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About The weekly banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1891-1921 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1892)
That no Change V/IU be Made—The Effective Work of Mr. R. L. Moss. Jr., In This Matter. The proposed change in the icbedule of the Macon & Northern road will not take place. And the merchants of Athens will not be embarrassed by suoh an incon venient schedule as was to have been put in operation. This news came to the city yesterday about noon, and was .received with great pleasure by all interested in the welfare of the city. The Banner's work in securir g tbc largely signed petition of merchants protesting against the change doubtless had its effect, but it was learned by the ropoi ter yesterday that the earliest step towards its prevention was taken by Hr. R JL Moss, Jr., about four days since. Mr. Moss lea rmd of the pro posed change and set to work corre sponding with the authorities of the road and telling them of the many dis advantages to Athens in the change of schedule. His work in this matter should be. appreciated, for by the determination Yard Wide Sheeting at 4$c; of the road not to change their schedule T Sheeting at 4c a yd; in the manner proposed a great deal of ° trade will be saved to Athens that would J us t liight Sea Island Sheet- have otherwise gone in another direc- [ ing cents; tlinghams 5 cents; New Fall Dress Ginghams, 10c grade at 6 cents; Extra Fine Silk finish Sat- * teen, 25 cents grade at 10 cents a yard; Fall Prints at 3J cents. Chantilla Prints at cents; Satteen Prints at5.i cents; Crepon de Russe at 10 cts The Excitement will be intense. The Public will flock to the place where GENUINE INDUCEMENTS ARE OFFER It is a state of war raging now among my comnetitors. All try to follow me to the top of the ladder. Some climb fo - me and feach the first step. Others despair when i it is reached But none ventured to its extreme heights. MAX JOSEPH left again for the Eastern Markets. My orders are to clear all. the counters, shelving, and , m . of down to half, and place the Bargains on the tabl: s. This order will be carried out to the letter. It is for this purpose A SPECIAL BARGAIN SALE FOR THIS WEEK -Jr? instituted. Read and convince yourself: ' * BLACK Dress Goods! SPECIAL SHOE SILL The schedule on the M. & N. will re main the same. HE WILL GET WELL Judge Hamilton McWhorter Rallied Yesterday. There was a very p rcepiible change yesterday in the condition cf Judge Hamilton McWhorter and it was for the better. His physicians nowtnter tain strong hopes of his recovery and be lieve that if he sustains no backset h- will get well. The symptoms cf the disease are iD favor of rtcoviry and with the patien' and cartful attention which he will get, Ju ige McWhorter will r cover. This news will be pleasant to his many friends, who wish him a speedy reoovery. Black dress goods Special this week, / ' i At 11# Cents. 14 pieces black Alpaca, double fold, 20 cents gr .de, At 15 Cen‘s. 16 pieces black HeDrie ta, double fold, 36 inch 26 cent grade, At 18 Ce.it*. 12 pieces black Henrietta, double f fid, 36 inch, 30 cents grade At 12£ cents, 6 pieces woolen dress fabrics, ems bosed side-bands, 25 cent grade, At 10 cents, 8 piec e all’Co 1 or woolen Alpacca, 15c f rade, At 20 cents. 14 pieces plaid Flannel, double fold, 35c. grade, At 8$ cents 10 pieces Outing Flannels, very fine 15c value, At 12 cents; Brogans, best qua’ity, full stock kip, White Oak Sole Bregans at 95 cents a pair. Ca f Brogan8, leather lined white oak soles, at 95c. a pair. Ladies Button Dongola Shoes at 1 00; Men’s Bals or Congress at 125, Men’s working Shoes, with clasp fasteners or hooks at 110; Children button school Shoes at 85 cents; Men’s heavy working Shoes at 100 a pair; Blanket Sale. White Blankets at 25 cents; Gray Blankets at 30 cents; Brown Blankets at 35 cents; Sanitary Blankets at 53 cts; Fine soft Blankets at 58 cents; Scarlet all wool .Blankets at 89c. _ California Lamb’s wool Blankets at 2 50. Flannel Sale—Special. Only a few Lots—Come Early. Cauton Flannel Bemnants at 4 cts a yard, Douole weight Canton Flannel at 6c. Extra heavy Canton Flannel at 8c. Double fleeced Flannel, ya? d wide at 9 cents Red d uble fleeced Flannel at 9c. All wool red Flannel at lie. AU wool twilled sc r et F annel at 17 cents. Hosiery Sale. Heavy gray ribbed Chi'dren and Misses Hose at 5c a pair; Extra quality heavy b ack stainless M isses and Chi dren’s Hose 5c a pair. Pin stripe Ladies Hose at 5c a pair. Ladies’ b ack heavy Hose at 7c pair. Best seamless 25 cent black Hose at 15 cents a pair. Men’s Hose, heavy qua ity at 5 cents a pair. Seam ess Men’s Hose, solid co ors at 10 cents a pa r. Quilt’s Sale. Goodi^omforts at 75 cts each; Turkey red back Cretonne faced at 1 25 each; Satteen Comforts at 1 35 each; White Marseilles Spreads at 50 cents each; El gant white Marseilles Spreads at 65 cents each; Extra heavy 2 25 white Spreads at 85 cents each; ' Very h avy, (slightly soiled,) White Spreads, 3 00 quality, at 1 00 each. Underwear Sale. Ladi s’ heavy ribbed Vests, long sleeves, 18c each, worth 35c; Gent’s hi avy Merino Shirts and Drawers 25 cents each; Gent’s natural wool Shirts 75 cts eaci Ladies’ gray Vests 45 cts each. Clothing Sale. SPECIAL. strong working- Men’s suits at 3 50; Men’s wool Cassimere Saits at 5 00. Men’s Business Suits at 6 50; Grocery Department Seethe Reduction. FLOUR REDUCED AGAflf Magnolia, 25 lb sack for 53 M or 50 li. sack for 1 10; Snow Flake, 25 11>. sack for 54... or 50 lb sack for 115 4 ' A 1 Patent, 25 lb sack for 63, or 50 lb sack for 1 25. 14 Any of the above three brands be had by the barrel. a ‘ Granulated Sugar 19 lbs for l oo- Green Rio Coffee 6 lbs ior 100 ' Extra fine grade Bio Coffee 51 1l for 1 00; Fine grain parched Coffee 221 cents a pound; Rice, 8 lbs for 50 cents; Tea, Oolong or English Breakfast, 25 cents a pound. Soap, 12 bar for 25 cents; Shoe Polish, 25 cent bottles at 10t I Paraphine Cand es at lc. each; | Matches at 5 cents for 12 boxes Pepper at 12£ cents a pound; Soda at 5 cen s a pound. TRAIN R0BBER». LAST WORDS OF GREAT MEN. Mr. They Held Ud a Train Near Coffey viHe, Kansas. CoffeWELLE, Oct. 14.—The night express on the Denver branch of the Missouri Pacific railway was held up and the express car robbed between Caueg and Tyro at midnight by two masked men. When the train stopped at Caney at 11 o’clock one of the robbers secreted himself on the forward platform of the combination express and baggage car. Shortly after leaving Caney the rol>- bers climbed over the tender and with heaw revolvers ordered the engineer to stop the train. The engineer brought I ^ity, Scribe upon my tombstone the train to stand still and the robbers ^at * a * ;rue and l°. va * Democrat. MAX JOSEPH. Loula N. Foster Writes to the Jackson Herald- Mr. Louis N. Foster has a piece in the i Jackson Herald of this week concern ing the last words of great statesmen which reads as follows: “Counted out by the d—d Demo- [ crate! Where am I at?”—Congressman T. E. Watson. ANOIREK MAN DOWN. Tots Time it is Something; Besides a Stick or rock. Yesterday the r: port c itne in that a man had keen knocked down in Lump kin’s woods, on the street 'le&dirg to Watkinsville. A reporter went as soon as possible, expecting to get a big eosa- tion as well as being in time for the coroners jury. Arriving at the place he found the woods and found a man ‘•Out of respect to my family and pos- f lying down in the woods and a crowd of small boys and negroes viewing the body of the supposed dead man from a cut the combination car from the train and compelled the engineer to draw the car to a deep cut about half a mile far ther east. Hero the other robber made his ap- | —Governor William L. Peek. “The grave is yawning to receive m<\ Farewell, vain world, I’m going home.” —Secretary of State W.R. Gorman. “The time of my departure is at hand. ^.pearance and both began firing their 11 must be off ”—Comptroller-General revolvers. The express messenger was A. W. Ivey. ordered to open the doors of the car, and after several shots were fired through the panels he complied. One of the robbers entered the car while the others remained on guard outside. The messenger opened the safe and the robbers, hastily grabbing the pack ages and envelopes winch it contained, placed them in a small sack and jumped from the car. Then they ordered the engineer to back the car to where the train was left standing, and, after firing “Funeral bells are pealing in every direction. I must furnish the corpse.” —Treasurer J. E. H. Ware. ‘•Plant sweet flowirs around my grave.”—Attorney Gemral J. A. B Mabaffey. What a sweet sentiment. “My last deedi are performed; my mission cn earth is ended; my last words are about to bespoken. Friends a few more shots as^a warning, disap- I and fellow-countrymen, stick to the peared in the darkness. Both the robbers wore heavy black masks, and their clothing was spattered with mud, indicating that they were mounted and had ridden hard. The express messenger claims that he does not know the value of the booty secured. The express officials and rail way men at different points along the line claim that the robbers did not se cure $500, if, indeed, they got that amount. THE CLOSING SCENES Of the New York Celebration Were a Failure and a Draft. New Yore, Oct. 14.—The night pa- D. mocracy forever.”—Commissioner of Agriculture James Barrett. “Dr. Nance, give me a heavy dose of I calomel. Iam sick and bilious nnto | death ’’—Senator Thirty-third S nato- i rial district C. T. Burgess. “Send for Dr. Bailey at once. My own case is a very crit cal one.”—Dis- j tx iot Lecturer A. L. Nance, “M D.” “Bury me North and South.”—Con- I gres man T. Pickett. IT STANDS AS LAW. geant, when it came along more than I Decision of the New York Apportion- three hours late, was a disappointment, I ment Law. * and dragging its snail-like course along I Aidant, N. Y., October 14.—The kept hnndreds of thousands of people on I legislative apportionment law has hr e r ?doc 8 Sthe moi^So^J'latei? 1 8 deila f ed constitutional. The court was The town is exhausted and looks along I unanimous upon all questions except the line of the parade at least, as if a those discussed in the opinion by Judge cyclone had struck a box factory and I Andrews. sprinkled its product for miles. , The result practically assures Dem- Ho Robbed the Railroad. I ocratio contiol of the legislature. Baltimore, Oct. 14.—John A. Brice The main opinion upholding the law was arrested here while trying to nego- is written by Judge Peckham. Justice tiate with Henry Pike, therailroad tick- Gray also written an opinion upholding et broker, for the sale of $500 worth of I the law. Judge Andrews wrote a dis ticketsover the Richmond and Danville senting opinion, which was concumd and Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. in hv Tl ,j_ a W! _„. ™ Seven ticketa-for distant southern points , by Judg ® Finch ’ 1116 0011111 ia Hnan were found on him. The Richmond and imouB on all qnestionB involved except Danville ticket office at Alexandria was those discussed in Judge Andrew’s robbed Sunday night. Mangled Beyond Recognition. Forsyth, Ga., Oct. 14.—The early northbound Central train ran over and instantly killed Lucy Ogletree, an old negro woman, near Collier’s station, about four miles from here. The wo man was on her way to the field, and was walking on the track with a cotton opinion. The opinion embraces over eleven thousand words. KILLED BY THE CARS. Peter Myers, an Escaped Convict .Gets Cut In Two. , ^ ^ i Peter M yero was sent to the chain SS&ftttCh; Whi,ea *° ,rom C,ttrke ■ - * -- 1L— S 0 , county for cruelty to animals, Peter The strike sun On. j did not like hia position in the chain Columbus, Oct. 14:—'The strike of the gang and made his escape. While at- ” ’’ —‘" ’ linen continues, I tempting to get on the oars at Union the differences Point his foot slipped and he fell under the men being | the moving train the wheels cutting him in two. There were two other men whether they will return I with Peter when * he accident bappen- if they refuse an effort efl » but we could not learn whether they thou: places. were escaped convicts or not. distance. The rep rter getting all of his spire nerves in position went up to Che man and found him dead, but n it frou. a rock or stick, it was dead drunk. The coroner had been summoned but the reporter did not stay to hear what the verdict of the jury was. This is about the solution of several of' the knock downs aroudd the city. a rumokeeTfight That May Come Up Between the Cen tral and R. & D. Dame it imor has it that relations are not the mo>t friendly in the world be tween the Georgia Central and the Rich mond and Danville, and at any mo ment the Central is liable to make an effort to cut off the R. & D. from the terminal facilities of the Macon & Nor thern depot. This would necessitate the North eastern using their old depot both for fre'ght and passenger purposes. Thepeople generally will not like any such an arrargement and the re fusal of the Central to allow the R. & D. terminal facilities at theM. & N. de pot and use of theM. & N. belt line will not make any friends for that road. Wh&t the people want is good accom modations and less quarreling both among men and railroads. CAPT D. CuLlVER la Pushing the Sewing Machine Busi ness Capt. D Cran Oliver is hustling things in the sewing machine line. He is Dis trict Manager for the Singer Manufac turlng Company, and his office is at No. 103 North Lumpkin street in the Y. M C. A. building. Capt. Oliver has control of the busi ness in nine counties in North Georgia, comprising the district oil Which he is manager and he is making his work hum. He is a man eminently qualified for making the work a great success as he is a man of sterling character, sound financial ability and wide acquain tance. The cifice on Lumpkin street is neatly arranged and &L are invited to call and examine the Machines before making and purchase. - - Grounds For Contest—The Demo crats in Oconee claim that they have good grounis for contesting on Scull Shoals district, that they only kept two tally sheets, and that the managers were not sworn in until next morning after the tl.ction when the managers met in Watkinsville to consolidate the returns. Messrs.-T. W. Rucker and Thomas and Strickland will be employ ed to contest the election. NEWS ITEMS. Augusta News: Webb Lodge No. 166, Free aud Accepted Masons, in this city, has been complimented in a manner which is intensely gratifying to all mem bers of the Masonic order in Augusta, and which emphaizes the confidence and reliance r posed the world over in that oldest of noble and dharitable fratemites. A generous and wealthy lady of New York, formerly a resident of Augusta and still remembered here for her tnao) good deeds and for her gracious and gmMe character, has notified the off icers and her friends tbat she has be queathed $5,000 to Webb Lodge on the simple c mdition that the lodge assume the care and keep in good order her 1o‘f in the city cemetery here in Augusta It is her desire tbat in after years sht may sleep in this city among bes kin- red and friends, acd tbat this gift m-ty be a perpetual memorial and keep hei luved ones ever tenderly oared for by those who litea in the laud which she loves and honors. To insure this care and faithful keeping, thecas chosen tht Masons as her agents, and the specia compliment to Webb Lodge is very highly appreciated by the officers and members of the lodge. The practical certainty of democratic sue :es is already having a healthy effec upon business. According to Bradstre. et’s report, there baa been a large redu ction of the number of business failures duing the last vuarter. The new-Grace church, Methodist, in Savannah, was not dedicatedJBunday as proposed. A balance of $700 of deb prevented, which amount, however, will probably be raised this week. A non-union man at Homestead was attacked by strikers Monday and so badly beaten that his life was despaired of. In his opening spee ch of the campaign at Topeka, Kansas, Saturday, John J Ingalls said “I would a thousand fold rather that the electoral vote of the state went for Cleveland than for James B. Weaver. That would be a mistake that we could rectify hereafter ( tpp’ause,) the other would be an indelible stigma, and a disgrace that would rest upon us for a century.” Justice Ingraham, in the court of oyer and terminer, New York oity, sentenced Barton G. Webster, murderer of CharleB R Goodwin, to state prison for ninete en years. When Mr. Vanderbilt was about to appear before the recorder, to hear the will of his father read, it occurred to him that a mistake of any kind at that r tical momm might cost him $50,000, 000 or $60,000,000, which mon y mig it be aqaired by the disinherited. He therefore gave Mr. Ev»rte $50,000 to go iato court and sjs beside him, ready with his wit and h's bi ains, if those n - markab e characteristic© should be needed in defense of the great heir. Mr. Evarts said everything was all right and walked out of court with his half a hundred thousand. An Abilene (Kan.) man recently advertised that he woud like to buy a second band mower, and to rddress ‘X. L ’ postoffice. He received one answer that stmek him favorab'y, and, after o'rrespnding some time, hunted the jparty up and found it to be his wife, who was trying to sell him their o d one. The.forthcoming report of the Prin cipal Keeper of the Georgia Pententiary shows that there are 1,979 convicts, only 159 of whom are wMto men. There are fifty-six women, two of whom are white, both for Chatham county. There ar two Germans, two Canadians, one Aus tralian, and the balance are principally born in the South, except fifty-fire bor in Africa. Five hundred and seven ca- read and write, aad 237 can read but no write. Seventy-eight are serving their second and third terms. Forty per cen are under twenty-one years of age. Fiv hundred and seventy two are married. A number are preachers, some ordaine since their incarceratiou. There are 404 B pti-t, 113 Methodists,two Lutboran-, three Romanists, one Episcopal and on infidel. The others do not belong to an. eburoh. Hm. Pope Barrow remined the -Vorld’s Fair invitation committee tha they have overtookoi sending a forma invitation to the Duke of Veraguas, iu Spain. He is a lioeal descendant ol Diego Colombo, and should not havt been neglected. Let’s have the Duk*- by all means.—Columbus Enqiirer. Btfore going abroad the other day Editor Dana, of the New York Bun, paired his vote with a Republican. Tom Yf atson carried the tenth con gressional district in Georgia two years ago by 4,859 majority. This year th< democratic candidate for governor car ries that district by over 1,500 votes.* It is now claimed that Thomas Ge^he- gan a convict in the Oregon penitentia ry, is the long aonth murderer of Dr P H. Cronin. He is said to be the ma< who actually dealt the death blow. The parsonage of the Christian churcl in Savannah caught fire Sunday night, andsmokewas pouritgout of the sec ond story windows and under the roof when it was discovered. The depart ment extinguished the fire before any considerable damage was done. A teriable hailstorm visted St. Paul Saturday afternoon. Forjan hour busi ness was suspended a 1 over the oity. A number of runaways occured, but none were serious. The largest greenback extant is a $10, 000 bill, and only one such bill has been printed Dy the government. Of th« $1,000 bills, the next largest, there are seven. i iThere is still burning in India • Eecretl fire that was lighted by the Parsees 12 centuries ago. The flire is fed witb sandal and other fragra t wood and it replenished fiive times a day. ' Breckenndge of Kentnoky _says Sen ator Hill, is the ODly public speaker he knows “who is impatLnc to begin his i peach—who can look bis audience squar it the face at the very start anl open without embarrassemeut.” One of the youngest grandparents alive is the duchess of Montponster, sister of Queen Isabella. She was a grandmothc r at 33 and a great-grand mother at 55. Wayne MacVeagb, who was Garfield’s attorney gf neral and who is out for Clovrland and Steveson, is a brother- in -law of Senator Don Cam-.ron of. Pen- nay lvania. • ' . Ezcite men. was caused at Dawson Monday, by the killing of Brown Smith awellknown negro, sometinfh Saturday night. Smith was shot by bis wife who ■ ooks for W. E. Riordan, while attempting to break in her house. They had parted, bnt Smith persisted in his effort to visit his wife and while under the influence of liquor went to her house sometime Saturday night. He was found in a garden near by a few hours late cold in death. A corner’s jury investigate the killing aq^returned a verdict to the effect that the man came to his death at the bands of hia wife and t lat tht killing was justifiable." The following wail comes from the Jesup Stntinel: Tis said we are to have two new papers started b< re in the near future, a red- iot demt < ratio one and a people’s party piper. We welcome them both, for misery Icves company and we will all starve together. One could accom plish the feat snccesfully alone, if left to tsown resources. Mitchell connty has a citizen in the person of At a Joiner, who voted for Geoi gia’s fli st and last governor. He V <ted fcrG vernor Clark in 1828, and voted for Governor Nor then on Wed nesday. Mr. Joiner is a farmer and perhaps the oldest man in the county. There is longer any doubt about rhomasville’e having a oigar factory. ■‘Itisan assured fact,”says theTbomas- ville Times-ELterprise. A stock com pany has beth organized and to all intents and pruposes they are going to make a big thii g of it. They will make a specialty uf goods manufactured from tobacco grown in this section. Geor gia farmers should make capital of this Samuel Gerst, < f Savannah, proprietor of the Screven house barber shop, has started an issue on the Sunday closing •f barber shops. The city ordinances *llow those places to keep open Sundays until 11 o’clock. Several months ago Mayor McDonough decided that they must be closed in accordance with the state law. He notified the police to re port every barber shop found open on Sunday... The notorious Harper Gilmore, the murderer of Dan and Balaam Pittman, has been looated, End the sheriff of Washington county will adopt measures at once to get him securely in the clutches of the law. information has been received from a negro man whp is reputed relia- bl! that the dosperado is residing rear Oconee, a station on the Genital r^ud, in Washington county, with som« cousin. Gilmore has made ro effort, tr amount to anything, to evade th* clutches of the law. It ia said that h* has already seat the shrr ff word that he will die with bis boots ou, and that those who come to take him will not find their pathway strewn wi;h roses. TO TAKE CHARGE. Mr. W. B. Jones Takes Charge of the Express Office. Mr. W. B. Jones, of Atlanta, arrived in the city last evening to assume charge of the Southern Express office here, Captain Williams having resigned Mr. Jones ha3been with the .Express Comp iny for thirty years, and has been for soma time floor manager of the At lanta offiej. IT CONTINUES TO RISE. The Majority For Governor Will b« Seventy-five Thousand. Atlanta, Ga., October 14.—[Special.] —Only five more counties to make their returns, and then the vote can be tsto- lated. These counties are Chaittea, Emanuel, Lincoln, Tel/air and Bollock. Only the vote for the members ol the legislature can bo opened, lor the vote for Governor cannot be opened and counted until the legislature meets, The People’s party received 05.111 ot the entire vote, and the Republican 3 862, giving a Democratic plurality ol 67,557 over the People’s party, aad i Democratic majority of 63,*>71 over hoi parties. The other five counties will run th teg'lative vote up to 70,000, and tin Governor’s vote will not be under 75,Ml The amendment for annual session of the legislature, so far, has bees adopted by a vote of 20,150. The ond, for fifty day sessions, has U* adopted by a vote of 27,157. The third, to read charters by title only, has bed adopted by a vote of 41,229, and the fourth for bank, railroad, and other charters to be granted by ibe secretuf of state has been adopted by a vote# 27,885. SENATOR DANIEL WILL BEAKED To Deliver the Dedication Oratlcn »t the World’s Fur. Chicago, Oct. 14.—A local P»P®* says that there is a probability d® Senator John Daniel, of Virginia, *■“ be asked to deliver the Columbia^* tion on October 21st. After receiving Colonel Breckinridge’s final declina* tion, the counoil of aaministratw® talked about the situation and so <u the executive committee. It Beemed to be the opinion that gap ought to be filled, although the vantages of a shorter programme w conceded. Several members of council expressed the opinion that ww ator Daniel would accept the hmor it is more than likely that the V will he invited by telegraph to do T the main oration of the day. Georgia’s convicts. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 14.—Col. H. Jones, principal keeper of the tentiary, in his report cf Gov. ■ J ' ort V shows that the State has 1,940 in her penitentiary. Of these, 19 male whites, 1,710 colored male?, white females and forty-four co* females. One-half are church memW£ >ne hundred Methodists and over hundred Baptists. TO REBUILD AT ONCE. Georgia Factory Will Soon ba Runi'l 1 ’* The owners of Georgia factory determined to rebuild their facioU once. The new building will be two high and otherwise of the same sions as the old one. The same ^ of work will be done as before, company will manufacture here a liner kind of goods. j-jj Work on the new building w> ^ at once, and it will be pushed to completion. The business s p $! He is universally esteemed in Atlan-1 schools has" already attracted*^ y ta, and is sure to add to his large num- (dea' of attention. It ,, her of friends white here. j gre it benefit to. onr school ij
