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.tTEENS BANNER: - At MORNING JUNE 1. i»»> ATHENS WEEKLY BANNER FabUslMdDally, Weekly and Sunday, by SUB ATHENS PUBLISHING CO. T.W. SEED J. J. C. MCMAHAN... ...Managing Editor. . -Business Manager. continue to be true. We have answered the piece itself | and not the paper, for it is scarcely fit to be noticed a Southern news-| paper. uTh* Athens daily banneh la delivered by carriers In tbe city, or mailed, postage free, to »ny address at the Wowing rates: $8.00 per y ear/aiso (or six month. ,SL»5ior three months kThe — (Weekly or 8u In cents tor ^Transient advertisements will he Inserted at ATHENS AS SHE IS- Despite the hard tim< a and the terrible financial stringency that has prtva led for the last year,' in the face of a crisis that has carried down before it many of the strong- THE SKIES ARE CLEARING, ar The cloud that hoveted oyer tbe Democracy of Georgia a few months since and which threatened to de stroy the integrity of the party hai broken and driven before the whirl wind of Democratic logic and reason that is now sweeping over the land. The political skies are clearing and the outlook is brightening every day. 1 herb is a glorious work now eep contract aoveroaemeniB,on wmeu special i «««« «*,.*#*** —* — — <=> i — -o r L^afnoMces WU1^> charged at the rate olio est business houses of the nation,the going on in Georgia and it should be Kota per line each insertion, except when con tracteii lor extended periods, wbtn special rates will bo made. Remittances may he made by express, postal ate. money order or registered letter. All business communications show dressed to the Business Manama should be ad- 0 GRATIFYING RESULTS- A few months since the great ques tion oi reducing the cotton acreage stood out very prominently in South ern agriculture. The farmers were (Sailed upon to either reduce the acreage of cotton or continue to live in debt. We ore pleased to learn that the farmers of Northeast Georgia have taken the right side of this question, and from everything we can learn, their decision is bringing to them very gratifying results. The cotton rcreage in Northeast Georgia has been reduced folly twen ty per cent, if not more, and tbe decrease in acreage in cotton has been marked by a corresponding in. crease in acreage devoted to cereals Wheat, oats and corn have beei more largely plan‘p'1 than has nsn \' ally been the case, and the crops are growing nicely. The wleit is almost ready to harvest; the corn is stretch ing upwards in luxuriance, and the fall o: ts will yield splendid crops. The farmer who has decreased his acreage of cotton and who intends ——this year to live at home, will find that he has taken a very wise step. THE LYNCHING QUESTION. The Chioago Inter-Ocean, that alwAj s takes the prize on misrepre senting and abasing the peopled the South, has contributed the la test piece as follows-r' While" 1 iliere are some things which ■~ 3 * fi'Sco’ rage ihe hope of peace, there » ic many : hat bid the philanthropist d i o / worker in the cause of hu- - »-nfy u> be of good cheer. Conn e dvr ng the rircuni8lau' , es > the col ri*«d raiA have made wonderful pro- gic s in education and in the accu mulation of p.-'ieay. With this • e e has sprung np a re- r hi oi via ng the better class r he chief trouble now ci r it, from ihr ignorant whites, who brpinto'ca the superiority of the co ortd (.evf'c in acquirements. It i> argtly from this class that the n.i b« and the lynching come. The i ntiu-ent against these, however, is l r wing. The best newspapers in C corgia and South Carolina are out- i poken against these lynchings,which i hey Bay disgrace the South, and the Governorj>f each of those States has spoken ont in plain terms. Both the newspapers and the Governors call for the enforcement of law. We fling back the assertion that the negro is superior to the white man, be he cultured or ignorant. By virtue of the fact that Anglo-Saxon blood runs through his veins, he is higher in station in this life, ai.d will remain so to the end. No people are more opposed to lynch law than the people of the South, and in no section does justice through the Courts do more speedy or more effective work. And it City of Athens has bravely weath- eied the storm and to-day is in an exceedingly prosperous condition. Very few failnres have, marked the period of financial depression, and her business houses to day are ail on a solid financial basis, is doing as mnch bnsines^as hei capital will allow, and her merch. ants are hopeful of the future. Athens has managed to keep up he lick in bnilding and in th« midst of dull times there is no* more building going on in the city than ever before in its history. Eve ry year marks an era in bnilding progress in* Athens, and notes tht erection of from one hundred and fifty to* two hundred new houses These of course are filled with ne' itizens and thus the city grow* steadily in population. Many improvements may be noted now. Tie Bt~e> ti are in better con dition now than they were a yem igo ; the sewerage and sanitation o he city has been largely increased ; he public school system has beei perfected and new school bnilding have been erected ; the fire depart ment has been enlarged ; the new water works system is now in pro* cess of construction. Improvement is the watchword and progress is the motto of the city. The City Council is on the alet to do whatsoever will redound to the best interests of the city, and the: efforts are appreciated by the people The advantages offered by Athene for the investment of capital and foi the location of homes and for the education of children are beyond those of any city in Georgia. It should make Athenians fiel proud of their city. She is moviDg forward at a rapid rate .; her future is a glorious ons ; and in the woik of advancing he.' interests every cit izen should deem it a privilege to help. It will be rec mpenss enough t« the patriotic citizen twenty years hence to look abroad upon the Ath ens that is to be and realize that ir her great advancement and pros perity are evidjcces of his energj and labor. THE LIQUOR would be well for the Editor of the Inter-Ocean to bear in mind that in his own section there is just as much, if not a little more, of this particular kind of lawlessness than is to be found in the South. It is true that the press of the Sooth have advocated the suppres sion of lynch law. and it is true at the Bame time that Governor North- \ on, of Georgia, is actually engaged in the same work, bnt if the editor of the Inter-Ocean could reason in stead oi abase and exercise common ise instead of foolishness,he would able to see that in the best regu lated communities,there will be corn- certain unnamed crimes, tho penalty for which is the swift sen tence of Judge Ljnch. It is human natun to be shocked ; such crimes ; to be carried be* the bounds of reason ; to be in- beyond endurance; to seize nearest rope and forestall the relict of the jury, i f true not only in the South, but in Chicago and Illinois and the North,and so long as human is what it is, this will THE CHURCH IN ' IR D3. Dr. W. P. Bainsford, of SL Geor ge’s Protestant Episcopal church, New York, is tbe advocate of s question .b e methoj of dealing with the saloon evil. Other reformer* have preached, lectured and soogh legislation against the saloon, saj s the Savannah News. Moral snasioi and the policeman’s club have here tofore, been t'.e chief weapons iD anti-saloon wars. Bnt Dr. Bainsford suggests a radical departure. Com petition in trade in his remedy, with the church as one of tbe parties t« the competition. He proposes tha the church shall provide substitutes for saloons. He has no': perfected the system, but, in a gee era! way, he proposes - hat church people shall open sa loons where beer, light wines and o. flee will be served temperately, md where reading roomB and other ittraotions will be provided. He vonld have these places open on Sundays daring the proper hoars, ‘nit they should be conducted in a egal manner, and with a view o* get ing rid of the evils which now sur- ound the saloons. He says he will advocate this idea rigat along hopes to interestfljnsiness men in the project. If Dr. Bainsford cou’d carry out his plan he would, no doubt, find a number—any number—of “business men” in New York quite eager to put money into a barroom under church patronage, and who, if the doctor desired, would join his church in order to obtain the privilege. Bnt it is hardly worth while to discuss the propo3iiion; -there are a hundred of objections to the scheme where there is one argument in favor of it. It is doubtful if Dr. Bains- ford’s congregation will approve it, and certainly nobody else wilL kept np until the election day is over next November.” The Third party was born in dis content and in discontent it will die. The masses of farmers that lifted the anchor and drifted away from Democratic moorings were simply deceived as to the results to be .ac complished by this Third party. They left the party honestly, cherish ing the opinions that were their own and exercising the right of Ameri can citizens to think for them selves. Now that the Democracy is spread ing its doctrinejthroughout the State and proclaiming it from the hostings m every district in Georgia, they are listening attentively; they are studying the questions of tbe day with honest and patriotic hearts and minds, and just as honestly as they left the party, jnst so honestly are they returning to the house of their fathers. The work of Democracy should go m with undim nished vigor. It should everywhere be a work of wise and patriotic conciliation. Argu ment should be need and not abuse; reason and not villification. There is no reason why those who have gone off after the Third party shouldn’t return to the Democratic old. Tne Democracy of Georgia has declared for the demands of the masses of the people, and here it home all are working and talking for the same thing There is no way in which to se cure relief to the people save through the Demociatic party. Therefore, farmer friends and brothers, cone back and fight yonr battles with ns. I jet ne present an unbroken phalanx to the enemy, and we will win the fight. Do not be embarrassed in return" iog to the Democracy. If two broth el s in the flesh disagree and are es- inged, it is their doty to come into ull brotherly love and fellowship rigain. Each one makes an advance md in mutual concession they j sin hands once more, and are as good lienda as ever. Now, the Democracy of Georgia makes the first advance; it presents be platform of principles adopted at Atlanta, in which are embroidered til these necessary measures of re • lief which yon demand; it extends the right hand of fellowship and asks you to grasp it with the same gcod spirit that prompts the offering. Come back; heal the breach; re store absolute harmony to the De mocratic ranks: and let ns live uni- *d as firmly as we did when our -soiling precints were hedged in by F deral bayonets and oar govern- nent was in the hands of the stran ger. * ' ueatli the daisies in the fall. We’ll laugh a little now ourselves, and next Nbvember we will langh a little more. The Bepublican party might as well own np to the true state of af fairs in this Republic. The people are tired of tariff and pension rob bery ; they are tired of unjust taxa tion and reckless expenditure of the money of the Government, and they j have made up their minds not to submit to it longer. The sentence has been written that .will consign the Bepublican party to life-time imprisonment; and no parden r.e >d be applied for. We wou’d commend to our Ttrrd party friends the assertion of -Gen. Clarkson, that the R publican parly would insist on JUs tl.c.ion on Force bill ideas. If such a policy ou the pa’ t cf the Bepublican ptrly does not call f r an undivided Southern Democracy, then we confess that we are sadly mis taken in. our ideas tf government. A direct men oe to the peace and happi ness c f tbe South, and how can the far mers of Georgia divide the Democracy and aid in the consummation of such a THE DEMOCRATIC PICNIC. Prof. A. L. Barge, cf Nicholson, dedicates the following poem _ to the Democracy: The Democratic party blows it* born,snd youvo got to come as sure’s you're bom, If you don’t, when y.u die, you U find a hot place and meet the Third party face to face. No matter whether Its day or night, you can not hide yourself from tight, So build your hopes on solid rocks, and put all your votes In the Democratlc^box. BURN IT INTO YOUR SOULS. There are two things for which the Republican party is responsible that every true lover of his country should ever keep before him. They arethe tariff bobbeby and THE PENSION INIQUITY. Let every Georgian and every Southerner study these questions Let every Third party man read -.hem. We are perfectly fair in this matter. We do not ask onr Third party friends to take the word of the Athens Banner for it, nor even to read what they term the ** partisan press.” Let thsm read the facts in the case as they appear upon the government records, and reading them with tiu- mind of a statesman and the hear of a patriot, make up their decision if that isn’t a fair proposition, then here is no each thing as fairncs?. If they will do this there will be no division in the ranks of the De- mocracj of Georgia or the South ; i '.hey study these two questions thor •ughly there will not be five hundred Third party votes polled in Georgi* ext November. We are willing to rest the entire case upon this investigation, for we know there has never existed in the histoiy ot human government two more diabolical infamies than these. Enriching tbe rich, impoverishing he poor ; strengthening the strong, weakening the weak ; intrenching interests of monopoly, destroying the homes of the poor; adding to the coffers of 'he swindling and filch ing from the toiling bread-winners i he hard-earned money of hones’ labor. Oh, for some homing, scathing words with which to write infamy upon the party that sustains them! Will a loyal. Southerner vote in such a manner as to aid this party to achieve victory ? Will Georgians help to divide the solid wall which protects them from the depredations of this enemy ? We think not. We have an innate faith that Georgia, the greatest State in onr illustrious section, will stand squarely to the mark in ihi- conteat. Augusta’s new paper, the Daily Pm- hibitionist, is out, and the first copy is upon our table. Augu ta is going to have a lively election, and the prohibi tionists have pat on their war paint. Tbe new paper can do a great deal cf good, if its discussions ifre carritd on in the spirit of reason and argument* The cause is & noble one, let the paper be as high in its ideas, and all will be well. Chobcs— Then j tin the Democratic picnic, It’s a gwine to take place to-day. I’m on the committee aud Invites you all, And I ain't got time to stay. Old Poitdat man *m mighty shy, he’s tryin’ to fix you so you’U die, He’ll put you in a bad place an dar you’U stay, and wait fer da cornin’ of de Judg ment day. He’ll break yonr back, and pull yonr nose, he’ll burn yonr eyes and pinch your toes. When tbe punishment comes you'll jell and shout, and kick Uke the devil because you can’t get out. taxon old bachelors wherewith to meet the expenses of the government. Fifth, we arc of the opioion, # f t , p having cirefuily, prayerfully, ard f or years pondered over the matt* r, that matrimony is by all odds the happier and moat desirable etiits of mar, or womanhood as well as the most bene ficial to the nation; and we call up 0(1 all true lovers of their country to come at once to the rescue and unite with U3. So you see the campaign is opened in earnest and will be run from now until tbe first day of January ’93 with all the zest and desperation *h t f,, ur years of accumulated wrongs can g lve to a party. The summer school to be run by tbe professors of the University of Georgia will be a splendid institution. It will afford a great opportunity to teachers who desire to become thoroughly profi cient in any one course of study, and will add to tLe immense amount of goed work in the cause of education that bas been done by theTJniveraity of Georgia in past years. CHORUb— Now third party sinners take oar advice, come back to our party you’ll find It nloa, i This chance for glory don’t refnse,but step right ba k in de democratic shoes. Co<*e oat of yonr darkness into day, leave Poet and pensions behind to stay. Forever forsake your ways of sin, an’ your dem ocratic brothers will take you in. Chokus— The Third party people around here aw very anxious for Tom Watson to come over and deliver some speeches, but from [resent appearances the mem her from the tenth will have his hand# full until November, and then he will not be in demand any longer, for both he and his party will then be “in the soup.” Gideon’s Band, the new seoret order in politics, doesn’t setm to he running hingsin Georgia as It expect* d. It . hirty men in each county are expectet to y»le all the balance, this little ordei might as disbanb before the honest yeomanry of Georgia plant it beneath the daises. M&hone cl timed to be a tetter Demo crat than Ben Hill What is he now! Speer claimed to be a truer Democra* than Candler. He now fills a Republi can life-office And Bacctimonion: Tom Watson will journey in the same dirt ction.—Isbmaelite. The Third party has initiated all tht mosqui toes in this section into full fel lowship, and they are sitting up late a eights to convert Democrats, bnt in the f 11 when the election comes off they will a’l be gone into the great beyond, mosquitos, Third party and all. If anyone wants to see a sample of Georgia agriculture he shonld pay visit to Col. James M. Smith’s mam moth farm in Oglethorge county. Tht crops around there are in splendid con dition. Roswell P. Flower, of New York, is now beiog prominently mentioned as a probability in the line of Democratie nomination. It js believed by his friend hat he can unite the factions in Ne* York tnd also carry the doubtful states and the Solid South. THEnegro in the South every day is coming to a more complete realization of the fact that his best friend is the Southern white man, and that the best interests, of those men are his best in- tjrests. The Athens dispensary plan is at trncting ttention even in far off Cali ftr iiain communities that are strag gling with the solution cf the liquor question. -Editorial Comment The Flood Problem. Atlanta Constitution. Within the past few weeks tbe floods have damaged St. Louis and vicinity to the extent of $11,000,000, Sioux City $2,000,000, and the Mississippi valley generally to the extent of forty or fifty million dollars. We shall not have to look far to find the cause of these destructive floods. The New O leans Democrat says: Af'er the destructive frtshtts in Pennsylvania in 1880, which, beside* iverwhi lmirg Johnstown and the Con- uemaugh valley, flooded the lands on he Suequebanna, Juniata and Allegne- nv rivers, destroyir g 5,000 lives and $35,000,000 of property. Major C. W Raymond was selected to investigate he subj ct, particularly tie ■vest f rz of the Susquehanna. He arrived at the a une conclusion as he French engineers, that the cause cf these flocd3 was to b; found in forest emoval and that the remedy lay in forest replacement; and he lays down he following four laws as beyond dis pute: 1 Tbe presence of a f rt st on a sur face prevents the formation of a torrent 1. The clearing away of a forest renders tbe soil a prey to torrentB. 3 The development of forests leads o the extinction of terrem*. 4.. The felling of forests increa«es the violence of torrei tsand may even cause them to be renew* d. The reforesting plan has been success fully tried, and onr contemporary thus summarizes tbe results: France has passed through the same experience that we have. The great finds which occurred in souther France in 1866 due to tbe deforestation of the Frerch Alps, created a loss of $50,000,000, and stimulated population agitation. The result was the adoption >f the vast scheme of reforesting -he Alp#. Stable land was planted with trees and sod, at.d unstable lard was auppoited with corrective works. The young forests and vegetation he d the «now8 and spring rains in check, and there wasso-m no sudden surface wash to feed the creeks, no swollen creeks to feed the largtr tiibutaries, and no mad tributaries to feed the great torrei ts. The results have been almost marvel ous. The notorious torrent of Bourget which commenced at an altitude of 9,- uOO fee, had for nearly one-half its leng h an extreme pitch of 54 to 100 and creat-.d land slides innumerable, bas now been subjugated for ten years by a young forest of 988 acres, planted in 1872 The forrest cf Biou Bourdoux, starting from the mountain at at an altitude of 1,500 f.'et, ritso* td'ng at a pitch « f 30 800, euttit g a ohand* 1. with * p« rp u- (Hciilar depih of from 300 to 400 feet an creati' gar its mouth a cone of debris covering 600acres, has el-o been tame ’ and the tetri tori which is washed t’a been made a garde * again. Hare Is Our Chance. Atlanta Journal. Tb«re are n^w 39 Democrats and 47 Republicans in the senate; al*o two Farmers’ Alliance men—reffer.rf Km- eas, and Kyle, of South Dakota. The terms of 8 Democrats will expire on the 4th . of March next—Bate of Tennessee, Blodgett, of New Jersey, Mills, of Texas, Cockrell, of Migsouri’, Faulkner, of We*t Virginia, Gray, of Delaware, Pa#co, of Florida, and Tur- pie, of Indiana. It is hardly probable that the Re publicans can eleot the succe#sor of any one of these, except, possibly, Hr. Turpie. - Tbe terms of 24 Bepublican senators expire at tne same time, all from northern states. The Demo crats have a good pros pect of electing the successors of Davis, of Minnesota, Felton, of California, Hawley, of Conn cticut, Hiscock, of New York, Paddock, of N.-bmka, Sanders, of Montana, Sawyet, of Wis consin, Stewart, of Nevada, and Sruth- bridge, gf Michigan. A gain of 4 sea’s would make a tie between the Demo crats and Republicans, and there is do good re a# on to doubt that 3 of the-e gains will be secured in New York, Michigan and WL-consin. Another would be certain in Connecticnt if the popular vote could elect a senator. There is no likelihood of tbe Demo cratic strength in the senate being re duced by these elections, but a hopeftq prospt ct that they will obtain a major ity of the body. .A Suppliant to Democracy. Savannah Morning News. Congressman Simpson, of Kansas, bas Itnied, through friends in Topeka, the r port sent out from Washington re cently that he he ht.d decided not to be a candidate for re-election tocoi grs* this fall. He is not only seeking a re- nomination, according to bis friends, bnt within the last ten days bas written letters to half a doz n prominent Demo- rats in his district urging them to se cure for him the indorsement of ' the Democratic p'rty. Simpson admits that unless he has the support Of the* Demo crats his chances are slim. It is safe to assume tb it he will not get the ibdor#e ment he seeks. ” HE LAUGHS BEST WHO LAUGHS LAST.” A few months since the Republi cans were cbnt-kling over apparent livision in Dtmocratic ranks con cerning the man to be nominated at Chicago for the Presidency. They always glory in division among Democrats and they feasted their souls upon what they thought would disiupt the Democratic party. No sound Democrat can identify him self with the pause of prohibition which wou!d violate the personal rights of the citizeu, and ru'ely trample upon his private and sacred rights as a free born man.—Augusta Chronicle. So our esteemed contemporary bas fashioned another Democratic yard stick, and would rule all prohibition- iisls out of the patty because “no sound Democrat can identify himself yfith the CAU8e of prohibition.” We are just as good a Democrat as the esteemed Chronicle editor and we are also iq favor of prohibition, and we would gently inform him that the majority of ^he counties of Georgia are dry, as are also a majority of h- r citizens prohibi tionists. According to the above clip* ping thfs would make G*eorgitf no Democratic state, a proposition the phronicle is not ready4o admit. The warfare is still going on in fhr columns < f the Bant s county G. ze'te, I between Editor Hames, third partyit--, [ and Dr Lockhakt, dome orat. The Third party after the el etion this fall will be somewhat like the man who strnck Billy Patterson—impossible to find. The agony will be oyer with the Re publicans in a few days and they will have named the man whose name will be mud next November. Fspnand £ramor< p3 in Northeast Georgia this year are going to be abun dant in their yield, and the heart of the farmer will he made glad. Educational circles are being stirred now oyer the announcement of the opening of the Normal school in Athens in J[uly. Where the Woodbine Twineth. Oglethorpe Echo. Where is the People’s party of OgL - thorpe? The Ejho ancwe»s:*‘-Duad, d. ad t Saturday’s di«cussion sounded its funeral knell. The Third party -s| no~mor*\ This is freely admitted by many who hayebeen sympathizers wi'h the movement. They admit that they were laboring under a delusion which was thoroughly exposed to them in Saturday’s discussion. They frankly say they were wrong and as frankly de clare their reallegiance to the Demo cratic party, being convinced that it is I the party for the people.” And there ' are a lot more counties in Georgia “in j the same boat” with OgUthoipe. As & matter of fact there is no room in Geor gia for a Third party. The Demcctatic platform is broad enough and compre hensive enough to satisfy every voter j who is not a self-seeker. NONE WILL ESCAPE. The Americus Timcs-Recorder says , - th® Georgia delegation to Chicago will rhey watched with eager eye the vary as much in personnel as in politics. Clarke County politics may begin to | boil at any morneqt now. progress of the Third party and de lighted in the possibility of break ing the solid phalanx of Southern Democracy through its agency. Things have changed aronnd somes what in the last.month or two. The quiet Republican camps have been alarmed by ihe appearance of the Plumed Knight in their midst, and now the fight is being waged with and bitterness between Blaine and Harrison. There is a little dis. cord prevalent over the line in the Bepublican kingdom we believe. Tbe smile that passed over the visage of the Republican goddess when the Third party started out with such, a rush has died into a frown upon perceiving that that party iB rapidly losing ground in the South and that the Southern Democ racy is preparing to wrap it care- Atnong tne heavy-*e’ghts are Farmer Smith with his 256 pounds, Clifton with 275, Duncan with 250 and Fred Foster and Col. McArthur with 300 Then the re are R’chat Jaon, duBignon, Myrick, Gnerry, Candler, Brown and Barrett who em’t aspire above 140 to 150, while the otherB maintain the aver age. Clifton holds the champion belt for good looKs, while Judgi Brown is more noted for his brains than for bis beauty, heir g a brother of your Uncle Joseph. The crip Outlook is very encouraging in Northeast Georgia. The Third party men are prone to say that they can control the negro question. Perbapi they will remember days when they were unable to control the negro question, days when Democ racy was their only safe-guard agaicst enslavement, days when under the flag of that glorious party they fought br ek the encroachments of the negro in poli tics, days which _ an undivided Democ racy now alone can prevent recurring. With these facts In their possession, is it not a hasty utterance to say that „ _ _ they can take care of the negro quea- fully ip its shroud and plant it be-, tion by themselves. Richmond Will Give $5 OOO. apiece. I AaantaCon8tlt . utlon ' Mr. Eb Williams came up from Au gusta, his old home, yesterday and brought a message from the Democracy of the Tenth that Col. J. C. C. Black will be their next congressman. The enthusiasm is growing all over the dis trict. Col. Black has a good fighting chance in Warren. Pom tyatson no longer has a clinch on McDuffie. Wil kinson county is safe. The Democrats are organizing clubs all over Columbia. Men who have been recognized as staunch third partyites are wrltingeards saying they are tired of following Mell Branch of raising “less cotton and more hell.” Hancock is almost aa solidly Democratic. Augusta promises a three thousand majority for Col. Black, and if the promise is kept there is no doubt of his election. Mr. Williams is to make a speech with Col. Black after a little. Mr. Wil liams has also been invited to deliver the | annual commencement address at East- Fourth Party Platform. Albany News and Advertiser, A great deal cf attention has been given to the Third party and it is very well known that there are very few people who are aware of the fact that there is a new party in Georgia now known as the Fourth party. It evi dently means business for its platform has already been promulgated and put before the people. Despite the fact that a great deal has been aaid against the organization of a new party in Georgia, this Fourth party is going to take well. Tbe main- planks in its platform has a great deal to-recommend to the voters. The organizers ot the party demand that all whocome into their ranks shall stand flat-footed, without doubt or flick ering. Here are the planks in the plat form of this new party: First, we desire to express our love and approval of all “corners,” and we denounce all those who are forever and eternally denouncing them as injurious to the country. Second, *e are unalterably and ever lastingly opposed to any Third party. Third, we believe in free and unlimit- j ed candy and soda water. Fourth, we beliefs in a There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all ether disease# out to gether, an-l until ti>e Ksi few yea"- was supposed to he incurable. For <• great many years doctors pronounced it a To: al iiis- ose, and prescribed local remedies, aid by corstantly facing to cure with local treatment, p.o ounetd it incurable Science has proven catarrh to b* a consti tutional distant, and therefore r< quirts constitutional treatment. H-iltV- C 1 anb Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cht-ne> & C Toledo; Ohio, is the only constit ti- nil cure on’he market. It is tak n inter nally in dose from 10 drops to a teaspoon- ful It acts direct-y on tbe blo -d -.nd mucous surfeces of <he ays ent The- offer one hundred dollars tor any cam it fails to enre. Send for cuculara and !e ti- monials. Address. F J. CHENEY & CO., T 1- do, 0 ESF'Sold by Drugg sis, 75c. Th* Terrible Mine Disaster Is Keen Worn© Than Fir»t Reported. Prague. Jane 2.—Farther particulars concerning the burning of the. silver mine show that the fire began in the Marine shaft. Speaking tnbre connect the surface with the various galleries. When the fire was discovered no re sponse could be obtained from the tabes, bat later, to the joy of the rescuers, voices came from the gallery next to the banting level. Denbe smoke, which killed four men Using the water hose, they falling to an enormous depth among the flames and smoke, soon prevented further attempts to rescue the imprisoned miners. The smoke most have by this time pene trated all the galleries, and it is feared that none of the entombed men will es-l Cape. All the carpenters in Perzibarml are at work preparing coffins for the dead. Tbe mines belonged to the state and had been worked since 1830.. They aro the deepest in the world, and yield fif teen tons of pare silver annaally. Mr. Chas. N. Hauer Of Frederick, Md., suffered terribly tor or»r ten years with abscesses and running sores oa his left leg. He wasted away, grew weak and thin, and was obliged to use acane and crutch Every thing which could be thought of was don* without good result, until lie began taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla effected a perfect cure. Mr. Hatter •* the best of heal’d). Full particular* oi
