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TRADE ISSUE DAILY AND WEEKLY BANN||l: DECEMBER 6, 1892.
The Athens Banner.
llPabUshedDally, Weekly and Sunday, by
CHB ATHENS PUBLISHING CO.
T. W. HEED ..Managing Editor.
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OUR TRADE ISSUE.
The Banneb very naturally feels
a pride in ita issue of to-day. Twen
ty pages of matter, containing many
articles of interest and all gotten up
in nice style makes this issue the
largest and most comprehensive pam
per ever given to the people of Ath
ens and Northeast Georgia from an
Athens press.
It has been the aim of The Ban
ner to present in this issue a brief
notice of all of our leading institu-
tionsj and to say why people should
come to Athens when they are seek
ing a nice home and a place for pro-
fitable investment.
Our advertising patronage has
been very liberal, and we commend
to our readers a careful investigation
of the splendid bargains offered by
our merchants.
, This issue goes to the subscribers
of both the Daily and Weekly Ban
neb, which gives it a wide circula
tion over this enure section.
As in the past the city of Athens
and this section of the State has had
no more sincere champion than the
Banner, so in the future it shall be
our pleasure and privilege to be
lound at all times laboring for tbeir
prosperity and upbuilding.
‘money with no b pe of receiving it
b.ck. At the end of a few years at
*>bs8t, we will have no old Confederate
».! Veterans to kok after, lor they will
have one bygone answered the long
roll call on the camping grounds of
eternity. The property then can be
disposed of and will net a larger
mm than will have besn spent by
the State for the maintenance of the
Home.
But above all other arguments, it
is the duty of the State to accept
and maintain the Home. The peo
ple of Georgia will not look to the
small sum of money necessary when
a question of duty is involved. These
old men will take advantage of the
benefits afforded by the Hom^, or at
least a large number of them will.
They do so in Virginia, and the Vir
ginia Soldiers’ Home is an honor to
the South. And they will do so in
Georgia, too, if the members of the
legislature do their duty.
Why quibble longer over the
question of a few dollars ? When
their country needed their services,
these men left family,home, property
and all their earthly possessions and
went bravely and unhesitatingly to
the front, and to think now that
Georgia hesitates upon an appropri
ation of $15,000 annually or only
two«thirds of a cent per capita J
The people of Georgia want the
Soldiers’ Home accepted and main
tained. That issue entered largely
into the campaign of October. The
good women of Georgia are in favor
of it, God bless them, and it will not
fail.
Georgians expect the General As
sembly to do its full duty in this
matter.
REMEMBER OUR HEROES IN CRAY.
To-morrow is the day set for dis
cussion of the Soldiers’ Home bill in
the House of Representatives. It
will be a day memorable in the his
tory of Georgia, and it is to be hoped
that the result of that debate and
vote will not be disgraceful to Geors
gla and her proud history.
It is passing strange that the rep
resentatives of the people of Georgia
should consume any great amount of
time in the discussion of this bill.
We are at a loss to know how any
man who holds to the sacred tradi
tions of the people of the South
can for a moment regard the enact*
ment of ruch a law as anything less
than the fulfillment of a duty and a
high moral obligation.
The Home stands ready for occu
pancy. It found its conception in
the great brain and heart of Henry
W. Grady, and in response to his
eloquent editorials the people of
Georgia out of their feeling for the
war-worn veterans erected it. And
now that it is ready for occupancy
and needs only a small annual pit
tance to keep it up, Georgia hesi-
itatea as to its acceptance and main
tenance*
Why the sum asked for is a very
small one. It amounts to only two-
thirds of a cent per capita annually.
Is there a member of the legislature
who is unwilling to be taxed two*
thirds of a cent as his share towards
relieving the wants of the decrepit
and indigent veterans ? Is there a
man in Georgia who is unwilling to
pay his pro rata part at this rate ?
Why the smallest child of the poor
est citizen, would be glad to earn two-
thirds of a centduring the year to
pay its part.
And, besides, it is not paying ont
-.td/toria/ Comment.
Rev. Wakrrh At Candler replies to
the person who took issue with him in
the Atlanta Constitution as to the cor
rectness of his figures in regard to the
income of the University of Georgia.
He studiously avoids stating where the
income is realized, and makes the body
of his article an argument about the
way in which the laudscriptfnnd is dis
tributed. If Dr. Candler will only
admit, what any investigating mind
realizes in a moment is the plain un
varnished truth, viz: that the State does
not pay the University one cent as an
appropriation, then we can do the work
of convincing him or anyone else that
the landscript fund is judiciously dis
tributed for the best interests of the
educational system of Georgia.
The remains of J«y Gould- were laid
away yesterday in the family mauso
leum, at Woodlawr, Irwinton-en-the-
Hud8on. The manipulator < f millions
must now balance up his account on
God’s great life book.
PRESS OPINIONS.
Macon Even'ne News.
Ida understood that the Democratic
national committee has conceived a novel
plan to recognize services of leading
workers wno are loudly demanding
recognition, and which may serve to
quiet the importunities of office-seekers.
The committee have concluded to have
about 500 000 bronze medals cast. On
one side will appear a portrait of Cleve
land and on the other--the profile of
Stevenson. On the outer cirole of the
medal will he inscribed, “In recognition
of services of 1892.” Whenever an ap
plication for office is sent in to the com
mittee one of these medals of honor will
be returned to the applicant. This is
the most original method ever devised
by any political party to mollify an
army of office-seekers who migh» other
wise become troublesome.
Augusta Evening News.
Georgia’s University is now nearer to
the people than ever before, every one,
rich and poor, can be educated there
absolutely free of cost as far as tuitions
and college facilities go. There is no
discrimination whatever, and in this
Democratic institution one boy stands
as fair a chance as another.
Especial advantages are now being
arranged for the sons of farmers, and
President H. C. White of the State Col
lege at the Uniuersity today unfolds a
plan in which every farmer’s son in
Georgia is interested.
It is hoped that the farmers and their
sons will avail themeelves of this op
portunity. The course is open to all
over fifteen years of age. No examina
tion for admission iB required, and a
good common school education will
enablo any one of fair ability to take
the course with profit.
Atlanta Journal.
The Roanoke, Virginia, World wants
Thomas Nelson Page to be given a
foreign mission, and the Baltimore
News seconds the motion. The Jour
nal would delight to see the gifted
Virginian honored in the highest, bur
we hereby enter a protest against his
being sent out of the country.’ The
south and the country are not yet ready
to part with the author of “Marse
Chan” and “Meh Lady,” even for a
brief sojourn abroad.
Philadelphia Enquirer.
Of all the humbugs which demoralize
this suffering world, there' are none
worse than the gas and electric ligating
registers. They are simple things on
their face, but the amount of lying
whicn they do makes Satan appear a
paragon of truthfulness. It doesn’
matter to them whether gas is burned
or not, they go calmly ahead making it
appear that the customers never extin
guish the lights at all, and upon the
damnable record which they make the
public hai t > pay.
THE NATIONAL BANK
WHICH STANDS ELEVENTH AMONG
THE NATIONAL BANKS
OF THE UNION.
An Athens Iiistltutlorythat Is Doing a
Great Business—A Safe Depository
for aU Funds—Its successful
Management.
The Winter School cf agriculture to
be established by the University of
Georgia is receiving a great deal of
favorable comment on the part of the
press and people of Georgia. It is a
step in the right direction, and one that
is appreciated by the people of the
State. It will afford to farmers’ sons
an opportunity to secure a good agri
cultural education at such times as they
can afford to partake of the advantages
afforded, and also at a comparatively
small cost, there being no tuition fees
at all
The State Normal School will be a
great benefit to Georgia if the State
will only see to it that it is properly
maintained. The common schools are
necessary to the education of the masses
of the people, but they can never reach
that degree of perfection desired by
their friends without the aid of the very
best of teachers. There is but one way
to secure these teachers and that is by
Normal School training. Therefore it
behooves Georgia to have a Normal
School, thorough-find complete, if she
wishes to keep abreast of the times.
Iv every friend of education in
Georgia wonld only be as active in be
half of the Normal School as the young
ladies of Lucy Cobb Institute have
shown themselves to be, the General
Assembly would soon be thoroughly
convinced that Georgia u in earnest in
thiB matter, and that her people desire
the establishment and maintenance by
the State of a splendid Normal School.
The faculty and pupils of Lucy Cobb
Institute have done good service in t.hiq
direction.
There is a movement on foot to re
duce the salaries of several of the city
officers. This step should not be taken
unless it is absolutely necessary. It pays
a city to have good officers at good pay.
It is poor economy to hire cheap
CATARRfcl CANNOT BE CURED
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as
they ca not reach the seat of the d ! s-
ease Catarrh is a blood or constitu
tional disease, and in order to cure i !
you must take internal remedies. Hall’,
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucou.-
surfsces. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is not a
quack medicine. It was prescribed tr
one of the best physicians in this coun
try forvears, and is a regular prescrip
tion. It is composed of the best tonic?
known, combined with the best blood
purifi rs, acting directly on the mucou?
surfaces The perfect combination of
the two ingredients is what produce?
such wonderful results in curing Ca
tarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
F J. CHENEY & Co., Props.,
Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Very Impolite.
Little Dot—Mamma, isn’t it impolite for
folks to whisper?
Mamma—Yes, my dear.
Little Dot—Well, Dick an Johnny has
been wbisperin ever so long. They’s in
the nursery.
Mamina—That is very impolite. Were
you near them?
Little Dot—Yes’m: I was peekin through
the keyhole.—Good News.
Willie Tillbrook
Son of
Mayor Tillbrook
of McKeesport, Pa., had a Scrofula bunch under
one ear which the physlcan lanced and then It
became a running sore, and was followed by
erysipelas. Mrs. Tillbrook gave him
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
the sore healed up, he became perfectly weU
and Is now a lively, robust boy. Other parents
whose children suffer from Impure blood
should profit by this example.
Hood’s Pills cure H»bitn>i
mstprinp peristaltic action a f ihf «Hmcnt»lJ
In banking and financial circles all
over the Union, the National Bank of
Athens is known and recognized for ita
superior strength, solidity and firm
ness. :
If a person investigate the faots and
figures of the banking business, he will
at once find out that Athens has in the
Nations] Bank an institution of which
she should be proud.
It was founded in I860, and is one of
the oldest operating banks under the
laws of the National System. Its first
officers were Henry Hull, President,
and F. W. Adams, Cashier.
In 1867, Mr. Hull resigned and the
late Mr. John White was elected presi
dent, serving in that capacity until
1882, in which year he died. Mr. A. K.
Childs was elected to fill this vacancy.
In 1872. Capt. James White was elected
Cashier, which offiie he filled most
ably up to the present day.
The present offl :ers of the bank are:
President-A. K Childs.
Cashier—James White.
Book Keeper—John H. Lambert.
Asst. Book Keeper and oolleotor—J. J.
Wilkins.
The directors are Messrs. A. K Childs,
R. L Moss, J. R. White, James White
and Mrs. R. £. Morton.
It is capitalized at $100,000; has a
surplus of $100,000;: and has undivided
profits to the amount of $240 000 '&ese
figures are enough to convince one that
the management of the National Bank
has been eminently successful, and that
in its unexampled prosperity is to be
found recommendation enough
to the man who seeks
a place in which to;ldeposit his money
But iu addition to this splendid show
ing it may be truthfully said that e-
f irence to the books of the compauy
shows that for eighteen years a uni
form dividend of ten per cent was de
clared upon the capital stock while for
the past nine years un s form dividends
of twenty per cent have been declared.
And all of these profits have been earned
within the just limits of legal rates of
interest, and by the unceasing eff irts
and superior.business judgment of the
management of the bank.
The great ssoret of its prosperity, aitd
stability rests in the sound conservative
methods of .its management.' In Presi
dent Childs and Cashier White are to
be found two of the most reliable finan
ciers of this country, whose experience
and sound judgment assures the suc
cess of any enterprise with which they
m iy ally themselves*
All of its officers are courteous and
obliging, and every piece of business
entrusted to this bank is conduced
with safety and despatch, thus render
ing it pleasant and safe to transact
business at this place
A general banking business is trans
acted, loans are negotiated on approved
collateral; good commercial paper is
discounted; notes, drafts and letters of
credit are issued, deposits are received,
and colleotmos are effected with pr mp -
itude and upou the most favorable
terms.
^As a place for depositing funds, tbi-
bank is safe and reliable. Thec.i&racter
of its management, the firmness and
solidity of the hank; the rank it
holds among the banks of the Union-
all these facts go towards making it the
place for the depositing of funds.
It has borne an important part in the
progress and upbuilding of Athens by
the aid it has extended to important
enterprises, the security it has afforded
depositors and the services it has ren
dered in the way of facilitating the ex
changes and ' collections necessary in
the transaction of modern commercial
business.
It has twenty stockholders and nearly
all of them reside in Athens. The
property holding of the stockholders
amount to about two million dollars.
On September 12,1892, The Financier,
a leading journal of New York City,
published its annual Roll of Honor of
the National Banks of the Union, show
ing three hundred and six banks wi’h
surplus and undivided profits in excess
of capital.
Among all these banks the National
Bank :of Athens stands eleventh, and
the next Georgia hank is the Atlanta
National which stands 61st.
This showing for. the National Bank
of Athens out of oyer thirty-six hun
dred National Banks in the Union is
one of which any institution or com
munity should feel proud.
Athens is a city of superb banking
facilities and among all the banks none
ranks higher than the National.
meal
“At last, I can eat a good square
without it distressing me!” was
grateful exclamation of one whose ap
petite hadbeen restored by the use of
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, after years of dys
peptic misery. A teaspoonful of this
extract before each meal sharpens the
appetite.
—mp- m mmi
A magnificent line of PhotouraDh
Trims M Hueltoo A Dorter’#. P
BOTANIC
BLOOD BALM
A thoroughly tested Remedy
FOR ALL
BLOOD and SKIN DISEASES.
a
Kennesaw, Ga., Sent^mber 11,1890
Blood Balm Company :
My Dear Sirs—I take great p’easure
inscknowleclgingt.be great benefit my
wife has derived from your great and
wonderful medicine, B. B. B. For two
years she was a great sufferer from
-erefula, or some blood di.“*-a-e wbieh
had lain dormant all her life; we bad
attention from some of the most skillful
4physicians in the country,
uUllViUuibut all to no effect, until we
had all despaired of her recovering 1 .
Her mouth was a solid ulcer and for
two months or more, her body was bro
ken out with sores until she lost a
beautiful head cf hair, also her eye
lashes and eye-brows. In fact she
seemed to be a complete wreck. Now
conies the great secret which I want all
t e world to know, an.! that is that three
bottles of Blood Balm medicine has
done the work, which would sound in
credible to any one who did -not know
t to be so. To-day my wife is perfectly
healthy and clear from any scrofulous
taint, and she now has a three-months-
old babe also perfectly healthy. Very
tespectfully.
H. L. CASSIDY
tarit the reader will send to the
Bloo-j Balm Co. Atlanta, Ga., for their
illustrated “Book of Wonders,” it will
prove of further interest.
FOR
SALE OR RENT,
Sp’endid 90 acre Farm, 60 acres <n
Cultiva-i >n, H mi es from Post Ofti e*
This land lie* nearly level in a
high state r i Cultivation 25 ac es
will make a Bale of Cotton per Acre.
Good Improvements and has been
used as a Truck For last two years.
ANDERSON & JOHNSON.
NOTICE.
The Lots on Hill and Cobb streets
have been sold at j rivate sale, hence
the Auction Sale advertised for
Monday, December 5th, will not come
off. This shows that Athens Real
Estate is looking up, for nice buildine
lots are ye. in demand.
■a a in,
No. Ill, Broad Street.
CiABKE SHERIFF’S SALE.
\A/IL!i be Hold before the court bouse door of
W said countv in the city of Athens on the
first Tuesday in December next ■ ithin the le
gal hours of sale to the highest bidder for cash
the following lot or pat cel of land situate ly
ing and being in tain state and county In the
City of Athens, on Baxter street, adjoining lands
of W.C. Weatherford on the west, Brumby on
the north and east, and Baxter street on the
south, and containing one-third (%) of *n acre,
more or less. Levied on as the property of Alice
and Omie Epps, to satisfy an execution issued
from the Kuoerior Court of said county upon
the foreclosure of a mechanic's Hen in favor of
E. O. Eups against said Mice and Omie Epps.
This November 5th. 189?.
JNO. W. WIER. Sheriff.
Railroad Commission of Georgia.
L.ST. Trauurll, Ghairman. 1
Virgil Powers, > Commissioners.
Allen Fort, l
A. G, Briscoe, Secretary.
Atlanta, Ga., November 29th, 1892.
Circular No. ‘z23.
From and after the 6th day of December 1«94.
u.e 'villen an I Southern Kill road company will
be allowed to t-barg. as ma.-imum rates for the
tran i ortation of freight and passengers as fol
low a;
Oh Clasa-B 1.3, 3 4,5, 6, A, B, K. G, H, K. L,
M, N O, and R, the Commissioners’ Standmd
Tariff with Fifty pe>- cant, added.
On lasses C D, F, .1, and jf- the Commis
sioners’ Standard Tariff.
On Rotdn Class K. lets 20 per cent.
Passenger, Class B (4 ccn s per mile)
GO
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THE GOODS AND
THE PRICES.
CAN-
Safe Money
by-
change IN CLASSIFICATION.
The following chan-e hss been made in the
Commissione-a’ Classification:
Turnips, in Barrels or Sacks, n. R, «th Glass.
Turnips, in Barrels cr Sacks, O. R. Class R.
By oruer of the Board.
L. N. TRAMMELL,
A. C. BRISCOE, Chairman,
secretary,
Buying from Us.
No poor stock used in the i
Banner job office fiver
thing iwtalas*. j
D.W.
Wholesale and Retail
STATIONER!
ATHENS, GA-