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CLARKE COUNTY’S PART
IN (SETTING UP THE STATE EXHIBIT
FOR THE WORLD’S FAIR.
GOY. NORTHEN WRITES
And Gives Several Suggestions as to
the Work to be Done-The Pa
triotic Task Laid Before
Our People-
ATHENS BANNER TtJESDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 2, 1892
Georgia is going to bave an exhibit at
the World’s Fair in Chioago.
And an executive committee, of
which Governor W. J. Northen is
chairman is going about the work of
securing necessary funds to obtain it in
a systematic and effective manner.
It is certainly a work which should
summon to its aid every true and loyal
Georgian’s energies and attention.
The Georgia Building.
Georgia will have a building at Chi
cago. It has already been assigned to
our State, and a building committee has
been appointed by Governor Northen.
Mr. M. B. McGinty, our enterprising
fellow citizen, has been appointed on
this committee. The members of the
building committee are already actively
at work preparing plans to erect a
building out of Georgia material to hold
the exhibits of the Empire State of the
South.
The Sum to be Raised.
Tbe sum of money necessary to be
raised is one hundred thousand dollars
and all that Clarke county is asked to
give, is her pro rata share, which is
something over $1,500, or about ten
cents per capita. This amount can be
raised iu Athens and Clarke county.
Governor Northen is anxious for the
school children to help, andbas written
Capt. H. R. Bernard, our School Com
missioner upon that subject.
Among other things he says: “We
will not expect large contributions from
this source. If each child, attendant
upon tbe public schools of the State*
will give us a dime, we will obtain from
this source more than one-fourth of the
amount necessary to make the display.
The intention of the committee is to
have an elaborate educational display at
the World’s Fair among tbe other Geor
gia exhibits and the names of tbe schol
ars who contribute will be indexed and
recorded in the department of education
at the capitol in Atlanta.
The Ladles’ Work.
Mrs. W. H. Felton, of Cartersville, is
interesting herself very much in the
laudable undertaking of getting the la
dies wrought up in regard to this mat
ter. Ordinary Herrington has been re
quested to appoint tour ladies of Clarke
county to assist tbe committee, of which
Mrs. Felton is chairman, and will ap
point them in a few days.
The Farmers to Assist.
One of the most important parts of
the display at Chicago, will
be the agricultural part, and
Ordinary Herrington will appoint four
of Clarke county’s best farmers to assist
in getting up the Agricultural display
for the Georgia department.
Clarke county has her share to do,
and she can be relied on to do it.
DUST TO DUST.
Funeral Services Over the
of Mr. M. G. Watkins.
On Sunday afternoon a very
congregation assembled at the late
home of Mr. M. G Watkins to pay the
last tribute of respect to hiB memory.
The fnneral services were conducted
by Rev. E. D. Stone, who at the con
clusion of tbe sermon read a loving
tribute which the brethren of the de
ceased,of East AthensMethodistChurch
bad passed in their conference on Sab
bath morning. Mr. Watkins was one
of the oldest official members of that
church, and his presence and labors will
be greatly missed by that congregation
Rev. T. O. Rorie closed the services
in a few well-imted remarks in refer
ence to the character of the deceased,
and then offered up a fervent prayer in
behalf of the bereaved family.
The remains of Mr. Watkins were
carried Monday to the family burying
ground a few miles west of Maysville,
where the last sad rites were performed
and the body consigned to the dust urn
til the resurrection morn.
And Several Interesting Cases Are On
the Docket—1 he Farmers Are
Getting Ready for Their
Crops—Some Cotton
In the Field.
THROWN FROM A HORSE,
And will probably Die from the In
juries.
Monday afternoon, Messrs. J. H
Huggins Jr., and H. T. Huggins of
this city received a telegram from their
father, Col. J. H. Huggins, of Lula,
stating that their brother, Mr. Tom
Huggins had just sustained serious in
juries and asking them to come up at
once. They left immediately for Lula
attend the bedside of their injured
brother.
While out riding Monday afternoon,
Mr. Huggins was thrown from a horse,
and sustained snch injuries as are
feared will prove fatal.
Mr. Huggins has many friends
Athens who hope his injuries are not of
so serious a nature as reported and that
he will soon recover from them.
Popularly called the king of med
cines—Hood’s Sarsaparilla. It con
quers scrofula, salt rheum and all other
blood diseases.
■WINE QF cuaui % Tools far 1
CONSIGNED TO THE TOMB.
Funeral of Mr. A. M. Scudder Mon
day Afternoon.
AN AGED MOTHER IN ISRAEL
Crosses the River and Enters Into the
Better Life-
Early Monday morning the life-
work of an aged Christian woman was
brought to a close. Mrs. T. W. Mabry
mother of Mr. George Mabry, of this
city, died at tbe residence of her grand
daughter, Mrs. B. M. Chandler, in Bar-
berville, very early in the morning
Mrs. Mabry was in tbe 8'2nd year of
her age, and having been in feeble
health for some months, and quite sick
for some weeks, her
death was not unexpected.
For many years she had been con
nected with the ohurch, and her hum
ble Cbristain life as well as the testi
mony she left behind, gives her chil
dren and friends the consoling reflec
tion that she was ready when the sum
mons came, and has entered into the
rest prepared for the people of God.
Mrs. Mabry leaves two sons and two
daughters and a number of grand chil
dren and a large circle of friends to
mourn her death.
The remains were interred at the
the family burying grounds in Daniels
ville Tuesday afternoon.
its
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“Jesus, lover of my soul,
Let me to Thy bosom fly.”
Suoh were the sweet words sung by
choir, composed of Miss Maggie Morton
Mrs. C. M. Snelling, Prof. C. H. Herty
and Prof. C. M. Strahan, Monday af
ternoon at three o’clock, as the casket,
containing the mortal remains of Mr,
A.M Scudder, was borne into the Pres
byterian church by the pall-bearers
Messrs. H. C. White, A. L.Hull, W,
McDowell, C.D. Flanigen, E.I. Smith
H. H. Linton, J. M. Hodgson and C. B
Griffith. <
The church was well filled with
- friends and acquaintances
the deceased, and all the
young ladies of the Lucy Cobb Instit
ute were present, that college having
suspended its exercises in honor of the
lamented dead who was one of
trustees.
Rev. C. W. Lane read a lesson from
tbe Scriptures after which the Choir
sang “Peace of the Soul.” A fervent
prayer was then offered up to the throne
of grace by Dr. Lane.
The choir sang that grand old hymn,
“Bock of Ages,” and Dr. Lane offered
a few remarks upon the life of the de
parted father in Israel.
Among the lessons that be drew, from
his life were two very important ones.
He always made it a rule
to be present at one of‘the prayer meet
ings of bis, church, and be always took
a special interest in the sessions of Syn
ods and Presbyteries and the govern
ment of the church. At the request
the family no funeral sermon was
preached, and as tbe recessional hymn
was sung by the choir, the body was
borne forth to the hearse, and the sol
emn cortege moved off to Oconee cem
etery. •
»“Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust
to dust.” Into the silent grave was
lowered the mortal frame of one
Athens’ oldest and most honored citi
zens, but the memory of bis life shall
' long linger with onr citizens.
AN APPROACHING MARRIAGE
OVER IN OCONEE-
FLYING TRIP TO WATKINSV1LLE
YESTERDAY.
COURT IS IN SESSION,
DOWN TO BUSINESS.
Some Indications as to What the Far
mere Are Doing.
Do you know,” said a prominent
grocery merchant and cotton factor
yesterday, “that the farmers of this sec
tion are showing more pluck than many
of onr people would imagine?” Of
course the reporter was not surprised to
learn that the farmers were plucky for
he knew what sort of stuff they are made
of, but he asked the reason for the ob
servation.
As an incidental reason for my as
sertion,” continued th8 gen
tleman, “I might mention
The Banner editor paid a flying visit
to Watkinsville Tuesday
The town was unusually lively for I a significant occurrence that attracted
Superior court was in session, and a | my attention the other day while in the
NO WAR-
CHIU APOLOGIZBSTO THE UNITED
STATES
AND ALL IS SETTLED.
Mr, Harrison’s Little Message Will be
Put In the Waste Basket-And
The Country Will Move
8moothiy On.
very large number of people were there
from the surrounding country.
The court has just about fully organ
ized and the day was consumed yester
day in the trial of civil cases.
The criminal docket will be taken up
store.”
“I was standing near the door when
a farmer came up and asked me if we
had any yarns for sale, and I asked him
what he wanted them for. He replied
that his wife wished to use them in
this morning and several cases of inter- making c i ot hing. And I came at once
est will be disposed of. to tbe conclusion that the farmers’ wives
The case of the State against Jesse J. are goine back to the good old times
Whitehead charged with assault with when the 8pinn i ng w heel and loom
intent to mnrder will be taken up at made merry music in the household."
this term of the court. It is thought .. This is true in many instances, and
by many that this case will be contin- 8uch demands are being made often of
ued, but this will not be known until , ate The quest j on of raising home
the case is sounded and the announce- | 8Upplie8 ^ ma king clothes at home is
Washington, D. C., Jan. 26 —The
Chilian government now sits on the stool
of repentance, and is sorry it ever did
anything to vex Uocle Sam.
The apology of Chili has been made
and everything is satisfactory
So Mr. Harrison’s little message will
play no further part in the matter, and
the dead republican party will not be
resurrected by this little war scheme
The offensive note of Senor Matta to
all Chilian Ministers has been apolo
gized for and withdrawn,and the Chilian
government is sorry it spoke so harshly
about Minister Pat Egan and is now
willing to let him stay in Chili.
ments are made by the attorneys.
It will be remembered that some time
since Mr. E.G. Ware was going to his
home along the Monroe
road in Oconee county when
he was fired upon from ambush and
nearly killed. Subsequently White-
head was indicted for this crime and
when tried was convicted. A new trial
was moved for and pending the hearing
being answered by the farmers of our
section.
The Use of Guano,
“Another observation I have made
along this line is in regard to the use of
guano by the farmers, and I am led to
believe that they are going to rely on
home-made fertilizers to a great extent
They will scrape up the manures on
their places and use them instead of
of this mocion Whit,head attempted to, % amount of
escape but was prownM ^^1 money, hitherto invested in fertilizers
and using a large amount of manures
Overby kuocking him down with a bot
tle.
The new trial was granted and the
case now stands on the docket for trial
Great interest centers around the
ultimate verdict in this case.
There will be a negro tried for burning
the barn of Mr. Weldon Lea, of High
Shoals.
There were quite a large number of
hitherto wasted.”
‘1 know of several firms who will
eease to haadle guano this season,j and
others whose sales will be greatly re
duced. The farmers will not ubb j one
half as much guano this year as last.’
OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS-
lawyers in attendance npon the court I That’s How Long Three Chairs Have
yesterday, among whom were Ex-Gov.
H. D. McDaniel,of Monroe; Col. W.
R. Mustin, of Madison; Messrs. Alex.
S Erwin, Pope Barrow, George p.
Thomas, J. J. Strickland, A. J. Cobb,
Lamar Cobb, E. T. Brown, H. C. Tuck
and R. B. Russell, of Athens.
The Farmers at Work.
The farmers of Oconee county are
Been In Service.
Mr. Jno. R. Nichols, of this county,
certainly has some relics, of which he
naturally feels proud. Three chairs
that bave been in active use for more
than a hundred years is something rare
ly heard of, and a shot gun that has
been fired for more than a century, is
indeed a curiosity. Below we print a
getting down to work in earnest, aud card from Mr. Nichols describing these
are preparing to plant a good crop in relics:
well prepared land. Several farms Editor Banner : I see in the At-
have already been ploughed over and I lanta Constitution of the 22nd, inst.,
along the roadside many farmers were piece headed “Old Relics—A Chair
seen plowing and preparing to plant- With a History.” I have three old
While hard times have been prevalent I chairs in my house that I think are
in Oconee county as elsewhere, the far- hundred years old, or more. One of
mers are not decreasing their efforts in I them is an arm chair, the first chair that
the least. They are rather increasing I i 88 t at the table in, and it is the first
them. one that all of our children used at the
Several small patches of unpicked table in raising them. My oldest sister,
cotton were still to be seen in the field, who is now living with me, and who is
although practically all of the fleecy seventy-eight y,ars old, says it was an
staple has been picked. old T ° hair ? hen sh . e f. r8t , cou ' d reflect.
. , . I I have also mv father’s old shot gun,
Oconee is a good old county and her t jj a t j 8 ^ older, than the chairs.
PROF. C. C- SPENCE.
President of Young Harris Instltuteln
the City-
Prof. C. C. Spence, President of
YouDg Harris Institute, is in the city
Prof. Spence is an able and scholarly
gentleman, and reports his college as
being in a most flourishing condition
Some three or four hundred students
are in attendance, and the Yonng Har
ris Institute is destined to be a great
factor in the educational developement
of Georgia. The people of Northeast
Georgia, and especially those living in
the mountains, receive great benefit
from this school, and it will soon be
ranked among the leading institutions
of learning in the South.
MARRIAGE BELLS
Chimed Out In Merry Peals Yester
day.
Last evening at the residence of Mr
W. F. Johnson, on Cemetery street,
Miss Malinda Prater was married to Mr.
John Riley. Rev. E. D. Stone per
formed the ceremonies in an impressive
manner. Many congratulations were
showered npon the happy young couple
STOLEN GOODS.
If you go into a grocery store and buy
sugar and coffees, or in a jewelry store
and bay jewelry with no capacity to
pay for them, or no intention of doing
so, as some do, you are more dishonest
tbanyoj would have been if you bad
stolentbe goods- If young men knew
what the despotism is of being in debt
more of them would keep out of it.
The merchants axe neatly to blame
for that ruinous credit business. Skiff
the Jeweler has turned over a new leaf,
which is written thereon, “p*? today
and trust tomorrow,” meaning no
credit.
▲ GOOD MEETING
That Wiu be of Interest to Athenians.
Thursday morning, February 4th,
''there will be a happy marriage solemn-
r ^ izedin Lexington, Ga.
The contracting parties will be Miss
^May Ivey, daughter of Rev. F. H. Ivey,
’ and Mr. Charles Tucker Humphries, of
Columbus, Mississippi.
Miss Ivey has visited Athens often,
and has many friends in tbeClassio
it City.
' iSAl
Is What the Good Templars Held Last
Night—New Officers.
The Good Templars held a splendid
meeting last night. Perhaps this or
der is no n gaining ground faster than
any of the seoret organizations of the
city. At the meeting last night the fol
lowing officers were elected for the en
suing term:
Chief Templar, H. L.' Cook; Vice
Templar, Miss E len Garebold; Secre
tary, J. K Kenney; Financial Secreta'
ry, M. J. Abney; Treasurer, Miss J. W
Kenney; Chaplain, Rev, D, 0> Oliver
Marshal, C. W. Ford; Inside Guard,
Miss Eunice Williams; Sentinel, H. C.
Maflett; Organist, Miss Atticus Cona
way ; Past Chief Templar, C. W. Parr.
Sfagfaj^WINEO^CARDyi tor
FIVE MURDERERS
Arrested For a Horrible Crime In Sa
vannah-
Savannah Ga., J«o. 26 —At a late
honr last night the body of Meyer, a
well-to-do manufacturer, was found in
one of the lower rooms of bis factory,
where be had l.is office, desk and safe. ,
The outer dovr of the safe was open.
The body lay in a remote corner of the
room, hidden from the sight of passers
by some machinery. The back of the
head was broken in, and the entire top
of the head was bruised and crushed
In the throat was a horrible cut, look
ing as if a sharp chisel had been driven
into it. The head was in a pool of blood
from this wound.
The body was warm when found by
the colored boy who attended to the
horses in the stable adjoining. He and
two other Degrots were arrested, but
there was nothing to hold them on-
The murdered man’s watch and dia
mond pin were gone, and his pockets
were turned inside out. He was known
to always carry a large amount of mon
ey with him. No trace of the way by
which the murderers left the building
could be found, as there was not asin-
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The great ^ « “*“•>1,1.Me.det.ihee eeydeorer wi»de«
to tbe attack on tbe | , n , * nj
This morning Detective Wetberhorn
Baltimore’s men, the Chilian govern
ment is willing to leave to arbitration
snsh as will be satisfactory to the Uni
ted States.
The terms of Chili’s apology seem to
be perfectly satisfactory, and tbe talk
of war has suddenly subsided.
discovered that Gus Willians, a negro
employed by a friend whom the mur
dered man yisited last night, had not
shown up, and that he was standing
outside of the friend’s house when Mcy
er left for tbe factory, m the upper part
of which be had a sleeping room.
At William’s house bloody clothing
was found in a closet. When the de
tective and assistants found him aud
on the streets, Williams ran under a
house, but was captured. He declared
his innocence, and pointed to sores on
his person to account for the blood on
the clothing.
Later in the day, under the house
where he lived, were found the mur
dered man’s watch and two bloody ax
helyes which had been used in tbe mur
der.
J. C. Folk, Charles B «con, F. M.
Days, Marion Heyward, Anna E. Folk
Sarah Gay and Queen Martin, all ne
groes, were arrested as being impli
cated in the murder
It is understood that the five men
took part in it. The women are held or
witnesses.
Marion Heyward has confessed and
given a full history of the crime.
La Grippe again.
During the epidemic of La Grippe
last season Dr. King’s New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds,
proved to be the best remedy. Repo-ts
from the many who used it confirm this
statement, They were not only quick
A Young Girl Abdudted-
Augusta, Ga. Jan. 26.—Davis Car
penter, of Johnston S C , is in jail here
on the charge of abduction, and the
oase against him is a strong one. Early
yesterday mornimg Chief Hoed receiv
ed a telegram, dated Trenton, asking
tbe arrest of Carpenter and signed J. A
Blaton, saying that his daughter was
tbe victim. Chief Hood arrested the
parties as soon as the train arrived, and
a most pathetic tale did he have from
the girl, while the man listened uncon
cernedly to it.
Miss Blaton is a very pretty girl,
modest, and was nicely dressed. With
tears in her eyes, she told tbe story of
her error. She said she was 16 years
old and lived with her father and his
family at Johnson, where she was hap
py and surrounded with friends. Some
lime in November last she met Carpen
ter, who was at the time depot keeper
for the Charlotte, Columbia and Au
gusta Riad. She knew him to be a
married man, and his wife was living in
Johnson, but she thought he was di
vorced, as he was not living with her
The two soon became very intimate
He finally proposed to her to go with ly relieved, but the disease left no bad
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be married, and live happily together you will be satisfied with results, or
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A SUPERSTITIOUS GIRL.
From Whom a Banner Reporter |
Cleaned an Item
It is indeed wonderful how many sup-
lt is the firs’ gun that I ever shot, and
was a very old gun then It now has
the third stock on the barrel. The bar
rel is four feet long, and the second
stock was put on it by Mr. John Whit
man, the father of J. T. Whitman, a
newspaper man who at one time work-
.... _ , . I ed in the Banner office, with Alben
erstitious people there are in Athens Qj,ase a8 editor, and Johu W Burke as
and in all other places. The reporter publisher, I think. I can take the old
has often been amused at seeing people gun now and beat any of tbe breech
loaders killing squirrels oat of the top
of the tallest trees.
At another time I will give you an
account of other old relics that I have.
J. R. Nichols.
A STEADY PROGRESS
come down the street in full tilt, and
suddenly dive to the ground after a pin,
for “luck.’
But tbe other afternoon, the Banner
reporter was surprised at a beautiful
Athens young lady’s antics. He was
walking on one of the fashionable ave-1 i s Making the March of WatklnsvIUe
nues of the city, when to the Front,
a young lady was walking at a brisk Watkinsville, Ga., Jan. 26—[Spe-
p&cein front of him. Suddenly she I cial.]— In the past two years WatKins-
stooped to the ground, picked up some-1 ville while not on a boom, has been
thing and tossed it over her shoulder. I keeping up a steady lick, and many new
The reporter’s curiosity being some- I enterprises and new houses mark her
what aroused, he quickened hiB step to | P rogress. While notdestined to become
with him and as she knew her parents
would seriously object, they had
to escape secretly. This was easily
done. Carpenter and bis victim secured
a buggy and drove to Trenton, about
seven miles distant. They stopped at
the hotel in Trenton and spent the night
in the same room. In the morning they
took tbe train and came to Augusta.
Then the arrest followed.
Several times she could hardly speak,
and was forced to stop to keep back her
sobs and tears while telling her sad
story.
She was turned over to her uncle, Mr.
Louis Roesel, of this city, until her fa
ther came for her.
As soon as the girl bad been given in
charge of her uncle, Chief Hood sent
Carpenter to jail and wired M>\ BUton
that Carpenter had been arrested. The
following apswer came back:
’Hold prisoner. Officer will arrive
on first train.
“J. A. Blaton.
Throat, Chest or Lung Trouble. Trial
bottles ten cent at Jno Crawford & Co’s
Drug Store. Large bottles, 50c. and
$1.00.
MARRIED UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
LIPPMAN BROS., Proprietors,
SAVANNAH, .... GEORGIA.
Flash Times
jOW Priced Goods
We buve taker? orer tbe stock
of Rooks and Bibles previously
earned bv Kev. W. W. Lumpkin
and we have now to offer the
largest and cheapest stock of
BIBLES. BOOKS,
see what it could be. On approaching
he found it to be a Bnail.
The reporter was surprised to see the
young lady turn, and on his approach
she said:
“That was only one of my supersti
tions. If you find a snail and pick it
up by the horns on its head, and toss it
over your left shoulder, you will have
good luck for ten days. You laugh
now, but if you bad tried It as often as
I have you would pick up every snail
you come across.”
(MT RLACK.DRAUQHT u* cor
AVERAGE SALES
That Are Made Dally at the Dispen
sary.
Manager Johnson, of the Athens Dis
pensary, was in the clerk’s office yester
day counting out the cash received dur
ing the day from the sales at the dispen
sary.
“How are your sales averaging up?”
inquired the reporter who was standing
near by. ^
“Well,” replied Manager Johnson,
“they go to about $175 per day u on an
average.
“That is much smaller than the aver
age sales for tbe first month, is it not?”
“Yes, the average sales for tbe first
month amounted to about two hundred
and twenty-five dollars per day, but of
course they dropped ofi, and will pro
bably continue to do so for the ^balance
of the year.”
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a second New York, she is yet one of
the most thriving towns in Georgia.
The Watkinsville Mill Company,
under the management of Mr. C. L.
Pitner, of Athens, is doing a driving
business.
Many new houses have recently g6ne
up near the depot on the M. & N. road
Judge Weldon Lee, and Col. Toon
Powell, of High Shoals, were in town
today in attendance upon court.
The oldest building in all probability
in Watkinsville is the Billups hotel,
but it has a proprietor who knows how
to run a hotel after the latest approved
style.
Mrs. T. L. Gantt is expected back
tomorrow from a short visit to the
Classic City.
Harmony Grove Items.
Harmony Grovr, Ga , Jan. 26 —a
jnission meeting was hefd at the Bap
tist church here last Sabbath night.
Mr. J. K. Thompson, Banks biggest
farmer, is in town to.day.
Mr. Ed Anthony, the worthy Baliffof
Newton district, is in the Grove this
morning.
Mr. Alvin Thurmond, of Atlanta is
spending a few days with “the old folks
at home,”
Mr. Jesse L. Smith was elected Jus
tice of the Peace, in Newton district
last Saturday. A better man could not
have been found in the whole district.
Messrs. R. T. and G. D. McGinnis, of
Pocataligo district, are in the Grove to
day.
Capt A. F. Bernett, the war-horse of
Harris burgh is m town today, ciroulat-
among his hosts of friends.
For sale .by. John jOrawford ft Co. ^S,tv-flve
W tolsutte sad retail druggists _
For Over Fifty Years.
Mbs. Winslow’s Sootbxbs Strop has been
used for children teething. It sooths tbe child
: back in about two weeks'
Try BLACK-DRAUGHT tea lor Dyipepda
Two Fires In Macon-
Macon, Ga., Jan. 26.—Yesterday
morning about one o’clock a fire broke
out in the Commercial Hotel on Fourth
street. The third story was entirely de
stroyed, and the second story suffered
severely. The loss is estimated at $15,-
000.
At the time the Commercial was
burning another alarm was sounded,
and was caused by the burning of Joe
Powers’ livery stable. This fire was
the work of an incendiary, it is sup
posed. Six horses, two mules and oth
er live stock were bunred to a crisp.
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,Taken to Miixbdgkvilu.—Howard j
Crawford, the crazy negro, was taken,
yesterday to Milledgevule and turned
overto the, authorities., Unless some
wondrous change comes over the spirit
of his dreams, Howard will never have
sense enough to go back to Athens.
A Young Couple Overcome Many Obsta
cles, and Marry,
Greenville, Miss., Jan. 27.—The
elopement aud marriage of a Kentucky
bine grass belle has just come to light
here. The particulars give a tinge of
ramance to the affair, and makes the
bride a heroine, inasmuch as she had
failed three times in escaping parental
vigilance to wed the man of her choice,
hut the fourth crowned her efforts with
success, and her head with a bridal
wreath.
Miss Allie Goasom, the daughter of
Judge W. G. Gossorn of Bowling
Green, Ky., bad given her heart and
hand to L. L Loving, formerly of the
above city, but now of Nashville,
where he has headquarters as general
manager for Palmer’s law and * collect
ing agencies of Atlanta, Ga. The
couple had prearranged that they would
meet in Memphis on Dec. 9. Mr. Lov
ing was promptly on hand, but the will
ing bride was foiled in her attempt to
evade the parental watch. On Jan. 6
her attempt was again an unsnccessfai
one, and on Jan. 13 her plans were bet
ter laid, as she thonght, and telegraphed
her lover that she would be in Mem
phis, but at the last minute her game
was foiled. Mr. Loving arrived in
Memphis, bnt could bear nothing from
his expectant bride, so he came to
Greenville, impressed that, perhaps
she had come on here where she has
Bister living, Mrs. A. J. Moore, with
whom she spent last winter on a visit
but she had not been seen.
A telegraphic message to a friend of
hers announced him here, and would
await results. On last Wednesday night
the young lady, under pretense of visit
ing relatives in Barren county, took the
midnight train for Memphis, and a
friend of hers telegraphed Mr. Loving
to meet her in Memphis. Tbe pair met
the next day, and at the Methodist par
sonage they were made man and wife
by Dr. Ingram, and came on to this city
to spend their honeymoon until the
clouds of parental anger passed over,
and a treaty of peace be established.
. Abm8t ®ong' Better.— I
“Billie” Armstrong, of the University,
who brbke his leg while playing foot
ball last week, is now at his home in At
lanta getting along nicely, and will be
Bi ,n e ia a
drag-
children Cry for Pitcher’s CastorUu ]
,t favorite with all the boys, who I
ope to see bim well again soon.
Reasons why
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RICHMOND, VA.
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Successor to Burke, /
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Established 50 Years.
ATHENS,
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Drafts, Cheeks, INUtes and
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the Banner job office.
