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ATHENS BANNER TUESDAY MORNING APRIL »■ 18SZ
OUR INSURANCE-
CITIZENS DI8CU3SINQ THE PRO
POSED CHANCE OF RATB8.
A NEW INSURANCE COMPANY
1
To be Organized In Athens—The
Movement Started Yesterday-
The Charter Being Drawn
. ^ —Win be an Athene
Institution.
-M-a jo
WILL SCORE ANOTHER VICTORY IN THE DRY GOODS This Week!
ut cut another
hard hits have been made lately by me, which set the public wondering, and competition staring at
gash i^ pritr W toh must double the sales of list week. HEitifi IS SOMETHING WORTH READING.
the destructive prices. I will not stop yet awhile
The proptsed change in insurance
rates is stirring up the people.' a
They do not like being rated as a
fourth class town.
They do not like beingput under the
thiee-qaarter value clause.
And they do not like the proposed in
crease in insurance rates.
As a result yesterday several o’tizens
met in the office of the Evening Ledger
and decided to start up a new Insurance
Company in Athens.
The name of the company is to be the
The Athena Mutual Fire Insurance
Company, and its capital stock will be
one hundred thousand dollars.
It will be managed in a like manner to
the Southern Mutual and its object will
be mainly to keep Athens from paying
out so much money on advanced insu
rance rates.
Those who Pok sfock yesterday were
Messrs. H. H. Carlton, C. .T. O’Farrell,
and E. L. Johnson and the amount sub
scribed was four thousand dollars.
-The subscription books are opened
and the matter will be pushed vigorous
ly. The application for‘a charter will
* be drawn at once.
Those who are interested in the
movement are in earnest and say it is a
fixture.
OH, WHAT A COUGH.
Will ynu heed the warning. The
signal perhaps of the sure approach of
that more teirible disease Consump
tion, Ask yourSCIves if you can afford
for the sake of saving 50e., to run the
—f-Tisk and do nothing lor it. We know
from experience that Shiloh’s Cure will
cure your congb. ft never fails. This
explains why more than a Million Bot
tle* were sejd the past year. It re
lieves croup and whooping cough at
once. Mothers, do not be without it.
For lame back,side or chest use Shiloh’s
Porus Plaster. Sold by City Drug
Store. R. C. Orr, Manager.
A NOVEL SPELLING BEE.
___ There is Lots of Fun In Store for Next
Week.
Next Thursday night at the Y. M.
C, A. rooms the spelling bee arranged
by the Ladies’ Auxiliary will come off.
It will be the source of much amuse
ment as well as instruction to those who
attend.
The Indies are busy getting parties to
take part in the spelling bee, aud the
names will be announced as scon as the
list la completed.;-
Another feature will probably he a
spelling match between the lawyers and
the dot tors to beoonduoted under the
^-.following rules:
The ten lawyers chosen to take part
In the contest will select one hundred
technical terms of law and hand them
in to the person who gives out the words
to be tp3ll(d. The ten doctors will
shoose one hundred technical terms of
medicine and hand them in.
The medical worJs will be given to
the lawyers to spell; the legal words
will be given to the doctors to spell,
and the que-tion as to
whether they have sp. lled them right
will be referred to an umpire who is to
be neither a lawyer nor a doctor.
This part of the programme will not
lastqver ten minutes, as all the words
will pe missed, and if they do happen to
spell them right, the umpire wouldn’t
be apt to know it.
A large crowd will doubtless- attend
the spelling bee.
BROWN’S mow BITTERS AT.VtVtr
_ Eor 1803
Contains One Hundred Recipes for mak
ing delicious Candy cheaply and quickly
at home. This book is given away at druE
and general atoms.
FOLLOW THIS TLP THIS WEEK!
96 pairs Children’s Woolen Knee
Pants at 15 cents a pair; worth 6U
to 75 cents;
109 (garden Hats, 8 inch wide b.im,
Canton straw, forth 25c at 10c;
114 black Sailor Hats, worth 3le
at 15 cents each;
118 fine Emhioidered White Baby
Caps^,worth 50c to $1 00 at 20c each;
. 18 heavy White Marseilles Couna
terpanes, worth 1 00 to 1 50 at 50
cents each.
Challie at 2£ cents;
Very wide 10c. Cballieat cents;
Remnants Bleaching, some good and
some better, choice at 3 cents a
yard;
Apple Tissue, a very fine grade ol
20 cents goods at 6} cents;
Check Nainsook at 3* cents a
yard;
10 cents twilled Suitings, hand
some spring dresses at 5c;
Yard wide Cambric finish Muslin
7c grade at 3£c;
Yard wide sea Island at 5 cents a
yard;
White Lawn, 8 cents grade at 2$
cents a yard;
White corded Lawn, 10 cents grade
at 3£ cents; t
Good Mattrass Ticking at 6 cents
a jard;
Gauze Ladies Undervests at 8
cents each;
Very fine grade 20 cents Outing
lpiii& Flannels for Blazers at&Jc;
Silk, solid colors, newest shades,
60 cents quality at 25 cents § yard.
Chevrons, very handsome effects,
2 Jc grade at 10c a yard.
18 pieces Creuons, 30c gri de at I5c;
Woolen Dress Goods.
Specrial Drive for this week;
Brocade Plaids, 30 cents the regu
lar price; special at 14 cents a yard;
Colors, Tan, Gray, Golden Brown,
Nile Green;
Bedford Cord, 35c gaade at 18c;
colors gray, tan,golden brown, b.ack,
ecru;
Bedford Cord, 75c grade at 43c, all
the newest sbaues;
Black Silk rt urp Henrietta 1 60
quality at 1»*S
All wool Henrietta, 75 cts quality
at 39 cents;
Summer Cashmere, newest designs,
double width 20 cts grade at cents;
All-wooi iNunsvei.ing at locenta a
yard;
Are you in need of Odd Curta:rs ?
I have a lot of samples These
Curtains rangh in value from 1 50 to
6 00 apiece; Choice at 72 cts apiece;
they aro 3£ to 4 yards long.
Lace Curtains, Lace Shams
Lace Bed Sets.
Grand Bargains!
Handsome 100 Curtains at 52
cents a pair;
Fine Lace Curtains in Irish point
effects, worth 2 25 a* 98 cents a pair.
Valencienne Lace body and heavy
two fone threads Lace Curtains, wortu
3 50 at 1 48 a pair, 3£ yards long;
Regular 6 00 Curtains, 3£ and 4
yards long at 2 50 a pair..
LAVE SHAM j
Lace Shams, value 25 coots at
12 ceuts each, very larg-;
Lace Bed Sets, wonderful bar
gain, worth 3 50 at 1 48 for bed
spread aud one pair shams;
Special Embroidery Sale.
Two Large Tables at the Front
1 to 3 incites, some worth 6c. and
as high as 15 cents; choice on that
table at5 cents;
Another Table.
4 to 12 inches wide, and worth from
15 to 5Uc, choice at 8c;
Another Lou
Choice of Nainsook Embroidery,
Cambric Embroidery and Mull Em
broidery, value 20 to 75 cents, choice
at 15 cents a yard,
Handkerchiefs 1 cent apiece,
Hooks and Eyes lc per dozen setts,
Pencils 5c for half a dozen,
Note Paper 240 sheets for 20c,
,?pool Thread 3c a spool,
Bali Thread lc a ball,
Pho ograph Frames, gilt or silver-
ette, with glass complete at 5c each,
ink 3c a bottie;
Toilet fciuap 6c a bar for 3 pieces.
Cloth Brushes at 10c,.
Blackiug Brushes with 2 .sides at
COc, '
Table Spoons lc each, *'
Hair Brushes 10c each,
Brass Tea Bel-s 10c each,
Shaving cups 10c each,
Rubber fine Combs 3c each,
\V riting pads lc each,
Hair Pius lc a package,
Bay Rum Oil : lUc for Be 25c bot-
t es,
Handkerchiefs Ex'ract 10c for 25c
b ttle,
£ wide Bleaching at 5c, ,
Fruit of the Loom at 7 cents a yard,
Cambric finish Bleachingyr:d wide
at 5 cents,
Check Homespun at 4c,
Shirting Calico at 4c,
Nice Dress calico at 3£c,
Check Lawn Remnants at 3£ cents,
Rernuan a Check Nainsook at 3£
cents.
Small Ware.
Useful and the Lowest Price ever
beard of
Pin?, full count, 1 cent a paggj*--
Needles, good quality lc., ft paper;
Pearl Dress Buttons 5c"a dozen,
White Counterpanes
A full li e of Jobjb&fHr'SftffigHhS;
divided into 2 lots ^
Lot 1 are values 75c to 1 25; choice
for these 50 c^iis each.
Lot 2 are values 1 50 to 2 25.
Choice for these 90 cents each.
Hosiery, Ladies’ Uaderwear.
Bought from an Ahctioq Sale of an
. importer s .Assignee
Pure Silk Ladies’ U nder vests, V
s ape neck, worth 2 25 at 75 cents
! each,
I cream aud pink si k Undervests,
! V shape witu cilk Lace, wor h 2 Uu
. at 70 cents,
I Lisle Thread Ladies’ Underves.s,;
cream, worth 1 00 at 4cc,
Pink and pure white gauze Ladies I
Underves s, V shape neck, orth 75c, |
at 42c, j
Fast black Child.ens ribbed u «
at i> ci ntB a pair. 1108
Etbiopiau dye fast blues, fu.l retn
lar seamless Childrens ribbed H
35 cents regular price, specia Ji J5
a pair. eD “
C hiffon Laces at 15c. a yd.
Look at our liue of i.k iia. dker-
chiefs, plain and embroidered Chif
fon Handkerchiefs
A.l new colors Crepe Muffler?. f ot
Ladies at 58c; worth 1 00.
Groceries, gp cial.
Lad es’
apiece,
A LINE OF DOMESTICS
To be Reduced at slaughtering prices.
£ wide Bleaching at 3£c,
gauze Vests at. 8
HOSIERY.
Ladies Hose, .uli length double
heel, fancy or solid colors at 5 cen s
a pair, %
Herns dorter b ack, lull regular
Ladies’ Hose, 35 cents grade at 18
cents,
Ethiopian d\e fast black 40c
qua ty Ladies t.ose at 25c.
20 lbs granulated Sug..r for 100.
cen hr -amstr.dra* your attention to the
j fact that the great advance in Sugar
deprives me h reafter of offering hj
lbs. If yqu want any call at given
hours.
Thurber's Roasted Coffee 22c. a lb,
3 jars sweet or sour Pickles for 25c!
12 boxes Maches f r 5 cent?,
4 cans Apples, Yellow Peaches for
50 cents,
6 bars 17 ounce Soap for 2oc,
One large lot Canned Vegetables to
close out at less than cost.
THE OGLETHORPE ALLIANCE,
And Its Meetings at Oak Grove mb
Week.
The Oglethorpe Echo says:
All efforts to get a full report from
the meeting of the county Alliance at
Oak Grove Wednesday last have prov
en futile. From such reports as we
can get we learn that after the regular
order of business was through with an
effort was made to commit the body to
the Third party, but there were a num
ber of Alliancemen present who wonld
not be so committed, and the body ad
journed. After adjournment a num
ber of Third, partyities assembled to
bear speeches from some speakers who
were.there for the purpose. After
which resolutions were adopted endors
ing the St. Louis platform and Tom
Watson’s CiAirsoIn congress. This was
not tho sentiment of all present though
by ahy means, so we are told,, and that
none of the officers of the Alliance took
partin the latter proceedings. We
don’t think there is any danger of the
ruling element in the Alliance in this
county going with the Third party.
OT UNTIL THE 24TH
the Schedules go into Effect on
tho G., r. & N,
g The schedule between Atlanta and
Elberton on the Georgia, Carolina and
Northern Railroad will not go into ef
fect toinoirow as first announced. But
•n Sunday, April 31th, a, schedule of
trains will be placed in operation, and
the announcement will be hailed with
t by j e qfie all along the line.
Jr. Biggers’ Huckleberry Cordial
i all bowel and stomach troubles
ng. S.ld by all
MAX JOSEPH.
221 and. 223 Broad Street, A THEN'S. GA.
THE DBMOCRAT8 OP CLARKE
COUNTY WILL ASSEMBLE
AND CHOOSE DELEGATES.
The Opera House Will Seat Bight Hun
dred People and It Should be
Crowded With the Enthus
iastic Democracy.
Next Saturday morning at ten o’clock
in answer to the o»U of the Democratic
Executive Committee of Clarke county
the Democrats will meet in convention
for the purpose of selecting delegates
to the State Convention that meets in
Atlanta May 18th.
Infaddition to the transaction of this
piece of business, a new executive com
mittee'will be elected and other impor
tant business a* tended to.
It is desired by all that the voice' of
this convention should be a full and
free expression rf the opinion of the
Democratic^party of Clarke county;
that its choice and will concerning the
planks that should be pat in the nation
al'platform should be ascutained, and
the wishes of the Democracy of Clarke
oarried out in every respect.
The Opera House will seat eight hun
dred people and twelve hundred people
can be crowded into it. It ought to be
full to overflowing next Saturday morn
ing.
The circumstances that now surround
the Democratic party in Georgia de
mand the enthusiastic labors oL all
Democrats.
Clarkvuounty will do her part and
ber convention will be an enthusiastic
The hour for holding the convention
was put at ten o’clock in the morning in
ord> r that the farmers and non-resi-
ilents of the city might easily attend
and take part in the meeting.
- Every Democrat in Clarke county
should bear in mind the day and hour
and place of bolding the convention,
and should be there by all means.
Many Persons are tnoxee ,
down fiom overwork or household care*.
Brown’s Iron Bitters Rebuilds the
system, aids digestion, removes excess of bite
•ad cure* malaria- - Get the genuine.
4~
The Nat
NEARLY BURNED.
Narrow Escape, of a Haif-w)|
Darkey.
Patsy Holbrooks is-the name of a half
witted darkey in Athens. He is about
forty-five yearsold, and lives down in
Lick8ldllet.
The negro is without mind, and
wears dresses all the time instead of the
ordinary apparel of the mala sex.
He used to runaround the streets of
Athens until the police ordered him
kept indoors, because he frightened
children.
Friday Patsy came near being
burned to death. He was sitting in bis
room by the fire, and his mother was
washing clothes out in the yard.
A negro girl came to the fire place to
gft a few coals and iu passing him
dropped some fire in bis lap. Tbe coals
sethis dress on fire and he waa soon en
veloped in flames.
He is almost dumb andean make very
little noise. However, he made enough
noise to attract the attention of hia
mother who came iuto the house in
time to put out the flames and save his
jfe.
DOWN AN!p OUT-
EDITOR IRWIN REMOVED FROM
THE EDITORSHIP OF THE
SOUTH’N ALLIANCE FARMER
Because of his Partisan Policy—The
Board of Control Decides the Ques
tion—Mr. Ellington Dissents—Mr.
Joseph M. Massey Elected
Editor,
Atlanta, Ga.,April 15.—The Con
stitution of today contains an account
of the removal of Editor Irwin of the
Southern Alliance Farmer, which reads
as follows:
The board of control of the Alliance
Farmer met yesterday morning in the
office of Secretary Ivey, of tbe state al
liance.
Tbe board is composed of Hon. Mar
tin Y. Calvin. Hon. L F. Livingston
and Hon. C. H. Ell ngton, and each cf
these gentlemen w a* present.
It will be remembered that tbh board
was.trcated by the s'ate alliance at its
meeting in Atlanta last August. The
question of pure a«irg the alliance
organ was beta? di.-cns-e-J. A commit
tee was appoint d 10 report upon the
advisability of purchasing the 01 gin.
This commtttee mode an adverse re
port.
It was then decide! to ore.- te the
board of control to outline tbe policy of
the paper ar.d to guide it in tbe way it
should go, and to see that it did not de
part from it;
The board of onotril had a'meeting
just after the adj •urn-u/ntof the state
alliance and selec d Mr. Larry Gantt as
editrr. It was agre d tnat Mr. Gantt
was to conduct tire paper in accordance
with a policy outfitted by the board,and
’Mr. Gantt so under-tood and governed
himself, while he remained editor of the
paper. •
But it came to pass that Mr. Gantt
decided to retire from the ed-torial
management of the paper. Mr M D.
Irwin, a soti-in-low of Colonel Peek,
who has been cod n et d with a weeklv
paper at Conyer.-, took Mr. Game’s
pi see, by tho cen&uut of the board.
No fault was found witfi the s.yla of
Editor Irwiu until after the bt. Louis
convention, when be, by degrees, begun
to come over to the Third party, and fl •
bally became a warm aud enthusiastic
supporter ol tbe St. Louis platform.
Among the loyal Alliance<neu this cre
ated surprise, not unmix-d with dis-
They consider' d it .highly
mproper for the organ of tbe Btate Al
liance, a non-partisan organization, to
take a partisan stand in pi li. ics.
Noticing Editor Irwiu’s advocacy of
the third party Colonel Felix Corput
wrote to President Livingston asking
him for a rating as to which had tbedi-
recting of tbe paper’s policy in charge,
the executive commi<tee or the board of
control If Colonel Livingston bad
ruled that the paper’s policy was to be
controlled by tbe ex*.cuuv-? committee,
Colonel Corput intended callit g a meet
ing of the committee to demand that
the policy be changed.
Presidem Livingston replied that the
policy of tbe paper wa« to be guided by
the board of control. He was busy at
tending to his duties in Washington,
however, and • had no opportui.ity to
havea meeting of th 3 board until his
coming home last week. He called a
a meetirg fer yesterday.
The opinion of the three gentlemen
composing the board as to what the
policy (i Tbe Farmer should be was
well kffown before the meetirg of yeE-
terday.
Mr. Calvin and Mr. Livingston be
lieved that the polioy of the paper was
wrong. Mr. Ellington believed itto be
correct and in thorough accord with
the sentiment of the alliancemen of tbe
state.
It took but little time, then, for the
gentlemen to arrive at a clear undex-
what each
thought should be done.
Mr Livingston and Mr. Calvin
agreed that Mr. Irwin should be asked
by the toard to change the paper’s pol
icy from a partisan to a non-partisan
p >licy. ,
In accordarce with this view they
wrote a letter to Editor Irwin, who
was d >wn stair?, anxiously awaiting the
turn of events.
“I’ll write one, to-*,” said Mr. Elling
ton, adjusting his glasses and trimming
his pencil.
A>.d so, both sitting at the same ta-
bl •, Mr Calvin wrote to Irwin and Mr.
E 1-ngton wrote.
In the letter written bv Mr. Calvin
and signed by bimself and Col. Liviug-
>n, four thirg? were asked£
First, The proem pfiicyot the paper
must be changed. It must be uon-par-
tisan.
Second, Editorial?, correspondence
and seLtted matter mast conform to
this requirement.
Third. T e editor wou'dbe expro'ed
to advocate the principl sand purposes
f t the order as laid down in the cousti-
tuii m ar.d t.ie demands < f the Allianse
as set foito by the Ocala p atfirm,
which is the lvt cffici 1 piriform adop
ted by the rtUe Al ianc .
Fon>th, Tnat Irwin give a bond of
110,000 to it-ure his compliance with
thes*i requirements. The object of
this, the lit-er itited, was to preserve
the pap r intact on a noo-partisau ba
sis anti to comply with tbe laws aud
ruling now of force.
Mr. Elibgttn wrote requesting Ir
win not to give in, but to stick to the
finish.
To Mr. Calvin’s letter Mr. Irwin re
plied that mere being a d'ff rence <f
opinion among tbe meinlurs of the
committee as to the present policy of
of the paoei, l e demand d that the
Slats Aili mcs be call id t gether in the
next thirty days to settle a* to the fu-1
ture policy of the pap r He thought I
the papers were endorsed by 90 p-r I
cent, of the Allinccemen of the State.
Then Mr. Calvin wrote an ther let
ter.
And Mr. Elliugton wrote anothrr
one, to<>..
: In the second letter to Mr. Irwin,
signed by Messrs. Livingston and Cal
vin, they said that tbev bad no author
ity to call the state alliance together.
The committee had specific duties
which it was ready to perform. The
closing sentence of this letter read:
“Are we to understand that you refuse
to comply with the requirement that
parti-aifchip bj dropped from the paper
and that yon will not meet the other
requiremetts outlined in our le'ter?”
In his si co-id lerter Mr. Ellington
repeated his admonition to the ediror—
“stick to ’em so the last We Third
party fellows will stand by vou,”
In his reply to Mr. Cilvin’s seoon)
letter, Mr. Irwin simply reiterated his
first proposition, demanding that the
alliance be called together, aud declin
ing to change the p l'cy of rhe paper.
Upon the receipt of this letter the
board took a recess until night.
At the niphl session Mr E lington
was not present and only two letters
were written. "One was in fiotid to Mr.
Irwin, informing him that inasmuch as
he ;had seen fit t> decline :o comply
with the requ rements of the hoard, his
appointment as editor of the si iance or
gan was annulled. Mr. Joe M. Massey
was then selected as editor of the
Southern Al iance Farmer.
The next letter was to Mr. Harry C
Brown, president of the Southern Alli
ance Farmer, notifyii g him of the
change.
Mr. Irwin hid gone to his home at
Conyers, when the decision of the hoard
was reached and the lit er to him was
sent through the mail'.
Mr. Mav-tey was Dext notified of bis
election anil he signified his accept
ance. • t
“Goose-Egged.” - Eirly Barrow, col-
f red, porter for one of the large Clay
ton street groojrystores, ypiWday per
formed aw< nderful feat. He ate at one
sitting, a dizen and a half jumbled
goose eggs. They were paid for by a
white gentleman, and be reiithed his
dining vary much.
GEORGIA POLITICS
A3 Viewed by Men at the Natlona
Capital,
Washington, April 12.—The Geor
gia congressmen are delighted with the
news that comes from Georgia of the
way the Third party leaders are being
put to flight.
Already the third party leaders are on
the defensive, to all appearances, from
this end of the line, and that is looked
upon here to mean a sure defeat in every
section of the state.
Judge Turner has gone borne to pour
hot shot into them down in the second.
With him, Moses and Livingston all
fighting for the Democracy, on here
fears any victories on the part of the
Third party. Indeed, while there was a
scare for a time, it is rapidly evaporat
ing and the prediction is being made
that Georgia’s delegation will be solidly
Democratic in tbe next house.
A well-known politician from the
tenrh, here last night, says the Demo
crats of that district have practically
decided to nominace Major J. C. O.
Black, of Augusta, aud chat the nomi
nation will be tendered him with such
unanimity that he cannot decline. He
believe* that Major Black will sweep
tbe district, and will even carry Mc
Duffie county by a large majority.
* While the tenth, for several months
has been cons’dered the hot-bed for tbe
third party,’’ said he, “it is no longer
so. The people are rapidly reaching
an understanding of the situation, and
ar goi-ig to stand firmly w ith the dem
ocrats. Whoever the democrats nom
inate, and I believe the man will be
Black, will be elected.”
out of jail.
Six Men Escape from Berrien County
Jail.
Dublin, Ga., April 15.—Ben Swailes.
a murderer, under life sentence for tho
murder of Will Green, indicted for
murder, and five negroes charged with
misdemeanor, broke j«U here about
12 o’clock in the night and escaped.
S\yail»s prized opened the door of hia cell
with a crow bar some one had given
him and open the cell and the doors of
the others, letting them in the corridor.
They then sawed twelve bars and were
in the corridor around tbe steel cages.
A few strokes of the bars on the brick
walls and they had a hole large enough
to pass out. ’ ‘ ~
Til ® i ail was completed last fall by
Manley Manufacturing company
of Dalton to cost $6,000. The company
building the steel cells claimed that it
was impossible for any one to saw out.
are indignant over the es-
llnrned Oat.
Midville, Ga., April 15.—The thief
who made such a desperate raid on our
town Wednesday night was caught in
¥ r - J - Davl3 of the firm of
£Sa^?£&. Wb £ S? re the principal
All Hu. at k\ s hands Wednesday night.
watches SSfr lnch \ dil1 * ^.ree fold
^ ' t 7 0h ? e Petals, a diamond pin
covered^ * smts clothing, were re-
T as brought backtoMid-
®. a J 1 ..,’ocked up to await comtnit-
and during the night he es-
i-Y, burning a hole through th« I
aud then diguing a hole i
n.tr the siiis through which he made !
•HR escape, t I
LOTSfOF TRUE BILLS
Returned by Floyd’s Grand Jury
Against Leading Church Members.
Rome, Ga., April 15.—The grand ju
ry now in session will go down in his
tory as almost equal to the grand jury
of one year ago. Just one year ajp all
tbe liquor dealets were indicted. Now
a number of the leading ci tizens and
church members of Rome have been in
dicted. A high official of the Baptist
church, one or two devoted Presbyte
rians and enthusiastic Methodists have
cases docketed against them. 'I he able
charge given by Judge Maddox on
Monday in reference to the shortage
in weights caused the grand jury to in
vestigate, and the bills found are for
selling meal, flour, etc;, without com
plying with the statutory requirements
as to marks. A number of the leading
wholesale and retail merchants will
have to answer indictments.
28 STUDENTS SUSPENDED.
They did not Want an Overdoss ol
Mathematics.
Macon, Ga., April 15.—This afti.' j
noon twenty eight. members ot t
sophomore class of Mercer nnivuii
were suspended the balance of t ie tens
on account of tasubordin itioo. Pro
fessor O’Keeffe teaches Gr* ek, usi
week be went to LsGrang * to a-tend
the Baptist convention, and du ing bit
absence Professor. Ryals, chair of math
ematics wanted the class in Greek to re
cite two lessons in mathematics per
day to make up for the loss timefroo
their Greek recitation during ;be ab
sence of Professor O’Keeffe. I ne stu-
dents rebelled xgatart this, and r fused
to recite, and would not - j- 1 gi<c fer
their conduct. Hence >h- - oep n wfc
MORE .TIME GRANTED.
For Killing His Brother.
Zkbclon, Ga., April 15.—C. T. Trice,
who killed his brother, Z. T. Trice, in
this county on the 29th of last July, was
Pot on trial in the superior court heire.
The jury has just returned a verdict of
voluntary manslaughter. The case wa*
“bly represented on both sides. Colo
nel F. D. Dismuke, Judge J. S. Pope
and Colonel J. J. Rogers, appearing for
the state. Judge John I. Hall, Judge
John D. Stewart aud Colonel John F.
Redding, represented Mr. Trice. i
Pretty Anita Wins.
San Francisco. April 15. — Pietty
Anita Baldwin, who recently eloped
with her consin, has made np with her
father, "Lucky” Baldwin. The old
millionaire fell ill several days ago, and
when the girl learned he was sick she
went to his bedside to wait upon him as
she osed to do. The reconciliation be
tween them is said to be complete, and
the old man wiil also forgive George for
carrying off his favorite. '
A Garnishment Holds It.
Augusta. Ga., April 15.-The check
for the payment of the monthly salaries
of the Angcsta- employes of the Rich
mond and Danville railroad is in the
Southern Express company’s office, and
cannot be gotten out because the express
company has been garnished by the
Richmond and Danville’s creditors from
paying out any. money entrusted to
them to be delivered to that railroad’s
Address.
Tho Lowest Bstlinute Placed.
Jackson, Miss., April 15.—The low
est estimate placed ou the loss of life in
the flooded district is fifty, all'of whom
are negroes. Most of the damage is in
the vicinity of Coiambus, which is on
b o n JL 0f , the Tombigbee, but more
than 3,000 families in tne counties of
Lowndes, Monroe and Noxubee are re
ported homeless and suffering for the
necessaries cf life, which are being sun-
plied now by private subscriptions. A
similar overflow occurred in 1874 but
the waters are noWeven higher than
then, and suffering is bound to follow
unless congress heeds the appeal for
assistance. *
THE ONLY ONEEVEfi PRINTED.
^ CAN YOU FIND THE WORD ?
There is & 3-inch display advert-ion.
ment in this paper, this week
has no two words • week » which
word -rL rJs . a *'ke except one
word. The same is true of each new
?l^T^lf d,f ^\^o! k, This 0m hou h se
thev will r h »® name of th ® word, and
L.x;2U t r a 2r,^s:L B “ , '‘“"‘
Depositors of Terminal Stock tt»H
Until Tuesday Next to Come In.
New York. April 15.—The K.c mond
Terminal committee has deciied to
allow deposits of securities until Tans-
day next, under the same co i litioas u
/those prevailing now. The deposit? M
far amount to $53.521),<X>0 out of a toto!
issqe of $91,179,000 of the IVrmita!
securities, including $47,200,000 w*
mon stock out of a total issue of
000. $3,000,000 out of $5,000,000
ferred stock. $1,300,000 out of $.'>.*
0006 per cent, bonds, an 1 $7,020,00)
of $10,653,000 5 per cent, bonds. M4
underlying securities were also *
ceived.
IMMENSE HAIL STONES.
The Pall Was Six Inches Deep in SH*)
Carolina.
Cambria, April 15.—'The town of Be*
nettsville was visited by the most de
structive bail storm - that has ever to*
known in this state. The cloud «**
from the northwest, and was funotu d
appearance. The hail stones were t*«
inches in diameter, and fell to tbedepw
of six inches* Birds, chickens ami W
were killed, and many glass-s
broken; men aud- horses were knock”
down, vegetables and cotton were ceP
pletely cut down, and incalculable “
jury is reported from the country.
A Duel with Knivei.
Little Rock, April 15.-New*
iust beeu received here of a bloodr
with knives, which occurred iu F*^ I
ner county, Arkansas, iu front of*J
Methodist chnrch at Antioch. rlie ^j
elists were a man named Bigg* aud "jj J
Hardcaatie, the latter being »
Dr. J. L. Hardcastle and a uepbc*. |
Judge T—C. Hardcastle, both proffliK j
citizens of Jacksonville, this county-
Hardcastle was attending
when Biggs sent word for him Wo j
outside, that he intended to cut biw ,
pieces. Hardcastle remained, j
till the services were over, when, j
coming outside, Biggs assaulted *
with a clnb. breaking it m two o« I
het-.d. The cohabitants then drew k > I
and fongbt desperately until BriSi ^ I
mortally wounded. HarUoasH#
placed under arrest.
Merit Wins.
We
ears we
desire to say U> our cUizenSijMjfl
tve have been selling Dr. Wi
Discovery tor Consumption,
New Life P;]!^, Bucklen’s Aroic*
and Electric Bitters, and have ,
led remedies that sell as well, ■* * D
given such univi-t-al s-lislacti* n. ■
not hesitate to cuera: te- ibmuvwjj
and we eland ready to refund tin
price if satisfactory i.-sul'S do 1 ^
■ ■ **»• l
their tine,
great
John Crawford