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ATHENS BANNER If fj SADAT MORNING DECEMBER « i»»«
ATHEWS WEEKLY BANNER' tba% for it did cot foil below it in
any respect. ~It was far more Dem
ocratic than Eeveral speeches that
were delivered, notably that of Con
gressman Johnsor, of Ohio, and it
ubllshedDally, Weekly and Sunday,by
*HK ATHENS PUBLISHING GO.
T.W. REED
J H. STONE A CO
.Managing Editor.
...Lessees..
tub Athens daily banner is delivered^ damped Mr. Crisp as a tariff re for-
tossSss&a&i&ztmL t — ^ lh9 ablest kind>
cents for 8 months. Invariably Cash in ad-
&T1C6,
Transient advertisements will be Inserted at
ther&teoti' * * * —
and so cents
en contract
ates can be obtained.
Local notices will be charged at the rate of 10
eents per line each insertion, except when con
tracted for extended periods, when special rates
will oe made. ar> *
Remittances may be made by express, postal
Ote. money older or registered letter.
All business communications should be ad-
I dressed to the Business Manager.
truth ol the business is, that
Mr. Crisp is decidedly on top in this
matter and his re-election as Speak r
is assured.
- 1 tie organization of the Alpha Mills
starts the ball rolling towards securing
Bmall industries of various kinds in
Athens.
Georgia deserves a cabinet position,
and the outlook is that she is going to
get one.
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PENSION REFORM.
Ex-Sscretary Bayard thinks "the
first step toward 'pension reform
should be the publication of the list
of pensioners in every county. It is
significant that Northern papers who
favor the reform, says the Macon
Telegraph, in approving the Ex«Sec
retary’s idea, express the be ief that
the effect of giving publicity to the
lists would be very great. If they
are right, the condition of affairs
must be very disgraceful The pen
sion Ust ought to be a roll of honor
What must it be in reality when men
who are drawing pensions fear that
they will be disgraced if their neigh,
bors find them ont ? It is evident
that many of them have such fear,
or newspapers published in the same
communities are very much iu error.
The Rochester Herald indicates the
reasons for their uneasiness when it
declares that * a man whose services
in the war were not hazardous, who
never saw even a skirmish,or who has
twill his claim on imaginary injuries
may well fear this measure of justice.
Publici y in such cases would mean
exposure, and exposure would mean
disgrace in the eyes of friends and
neighbors, who would be sore to read
the list with especial reference to his
case. Such is human curiosity, and
in this instance it would not be
without its uses.”
. ‘-Another class of pensioners who
would be put to shame in this way
is that of the wealthy citizens who
are sharing the government largess
k Some of them are probably of the
\ ‘dependent” class of pensioners and
f their discomfiture would be greatly
' eijoyed by the hundreds of hard
> **‘‘Worklng > aefegbofoecT veterans, who
have never thought it necessary to
ask for government aid though far
batter entitled to it than some who
are drawing large sums.”
HOW'TO COVER A TREASURY
DEFICIT.
tie first step should be a radical
oi expenses, says the
"Courier. Journal. Offices should be
consolidated, and hundreds should
be abolished. Appropriations should
be reduced. Subsidies should be
canceled and strenuoas efforts
should be made to bring the expenses
j within the revenues.
The customs taxes should be re*
dneed in order to increase the rev
enup. For instance, the tax on tin
plates should be* restored to one
cent, the revenue basis, from the
|McKinley ratio of 2.2 cents per
ind. Revenue duties would large-
inorease the revenues, and, at the
Ume time, would greatly reduce tax
ation.
Sugar Trust is protected by
*on refined sugar of half a
t, having raw sag&r flee. The
Soghr* Trust, instead ol
Jvernment, coileola the tax.
foe tax of half a cent should be ap
|lied to all sugar, raw and refined,
it shonld be abolished. If it were
! on all sugar the price would not
tdvatce, but $16,000,000 now ool-
*ed by the Trust would be collect
fd by the Treasury. In addition to
the sugar bounty shonld be
io'iehed, thus saving $9,COO 000.
a change iu the sugar schedule
:h as we have indicated the differ-
;e in revenue would be $25,000,-
|0 This, with olhe.r-^ngea cf
ohibitive to revenue duties, and
economy, would meet the im»
Sale requirements of the Govern-
CR1SP IS ON TOP. %
kJhe E orm Club incident has
at passed away, and the it. flu-
it has excited has been to
gthen the candidacy of Charl-s
isp lor the Speak* rship. The
h that Speaker Crisp had pre
fer that occasion and which
as not called upon to deliver
all odds the superior of an}
at the banquet, possibly
e exception of that of Mr
and it was the equal of
BUY YOUR GOODS AT HOME.
There is no reason why our people
should buy their goods away from
this city. Our merchants here are
selling goods just as cheap, if not
cheaper, than merchants in Atlanta
or other places. It is money saved
to the people to do their trading at
home, and we are glad to see that
our people are profiting by this doc£
trine. The Banner practices what
it preaches and does not solicit ad
vertisements that conflict with the
business of its local patrons. The
way in which to build up a city is to
keep as much of the products of its
citizens at home as is possible to do
-tditona/ Comment.
The Albany Herald has been making
some researches to disoover the origin
of some popular slang expressions of
the day. The Herald says:
The expression ‘‘not in it” is not one
of such modem slang as would have
appeared at first thought; in proof of
which witness this sen^Doe from
Shakespeare’s "Winter’s Tale;" "And
they have a dance, which the wenches
say is a gallimaufry of gambols because
they arenotin’e.”
Dr. Hawthorne in bis sermon in
Atlanta practically said that tbe Boulof
Jay Gould is in Hades. We &to no lev
ers of Gould or his memory, yet we be
lieve there is a passage of Scripture that
says: "Judge not that ye be not judg
ed.” It is not for men to say what
P issed between J ay Gould and his Ma
ker, and it were ebarity to hope that as
he approached the needle’s eye, the bur
den rolled from his shoulders.
The legislature has adjourned, and
will not meet again until October next
The antagonistic attitude of that body
towards higher education and the defeat
of the Soldiers’ Home bill ougltto be
lasting nightmares to those who com
posed the majority on those questions
giving them no rest or peace of mind
until a change of policy is inaugurated.
Col Elliott Shepard’s business
manager swore in court that the Col.
got so drunk that he could uot tell
whethtr another man was drank or not.
The Colit will be remembered, is the
man who selects scriptural quotations
for bis paper. He shou d keep that fa
mous admonition of Solomon’s always
standing.—Savannah Press.
The manfuaoturing at home of the
ar.ides our people consume is more es
sential than raising oar own meat and
bread, if we expect to keep our money
at heme. Raising onr own meat and
bread is necessary, bat the manufac
tures are ibdispenBable to onr pros
perity.—Americus Times-Recorder.
The Sunday edition of the Atlanta
Constitution, covering thirty-six pages
of well-prepared matter, was a paper
such as is rarely seen in Georgia. It
was not a special issue, hut was gotten
out just iu the ordinary ran of business.
It was of such a character as to reflect
great credit on its editors.
Wanted : A man brave enough and
big enough in Congress to tackle and
strangle ont of existence the great steal
as covered up in the pension act of 189u.
Wipe tbe act out of existence, and con
sign the men who framed it to deserved
retirement from public life.—Thomas-
v'lle Times-Recorder.
Christmas issues are all the rage.
Tbe flavannah Press put bn Holiday
attira in groat style; the Atlanta Jour
nal followed with t venty-six pages of
good matter, and tbe Constitution
wound up the procession with a thirty-
six page edition. Who will, bo the
next?
jx is said that tbe pressure of tl e
office seekers on the Congressmen in
Washington is so great that the different
statesmen climb out and in through the
back windows, go up the back streets
and hide as much as possible during tbe
entire day in order to avoid the rush,
The spirited discussion going on in
the columns of the Banner on the sub
ject cf specific tax on manufactures
will enable the Council to have sll the
arguments before them when it comeB
up for settlement.
The Christmas issue of the Rome
Tribune comes to us with twelve piges,
well-filled with reading matter and
showy "ads.” The Tribune is proi-
pering under tbe management of E litor
Cooper.
Col. E. Ellery Anderson bids fair
to rival Col. E. Freak Shepard, in the
respect in which tbe latter was regarded
b? old man Yandeibilt.—Columbus
Enquirer-Sun.
There are ten applicants for every
federal office to be filled by the incom
ing administration.
~PRESS opinons.
Atlanta Constitution:
Congressman Dingley’s point that tbe
Seminole war cost the government $800
per head of the Indians engaged in i>,
and that the bill to reimburse tbe State
of Florida, for its losses during tbe
struggle would be adding $2,000, per
head suggests another comparison.
The Louisville Courier-Journal shows
that it cost the Federal government
$9,000- per head to put down the 600,000
men in the Confederate army. It will
beseen, therefore, that the Seminoles
were disposed of at a very small cost,
and even if the State of Florida is reim
bursed the expense will be oce-third less
than the cost per head of reduoing the
Confederates.
We have always believed that tbe
soldiers in the armies of Lee and John
ston were worth their weight in gold,
and the statement that it cost $9,000 per
man to finally defeat them is in itself
striking tribute to their worth.
Of coarse, the pension Ust is included
la this estimate, and this makes the
matter still more interesting. Mr
Dingley will find that bis figures will
only result in calling attention to the
pension list, and they will make the
necessity for itB revision aU the more
apparent.
Atlanta Journal:
Now that the legislature has adj >urn
e J an interesting reflection is suggested
by an examination of tbe composition
of the mors representative section of
that body in connection with a back,
ward look at its economical coarse.
The ; house, for instance, contained
65 farmers, or 81 counting those who
mix farmi ng with other pursuits. This
was in striking contrast with the last
legislature, which was overwhelmingly
a farmers’ body. There are 44 lawyers
in the present house, 5 merchants, 12
merchant-farmers, 9 physicians, 3 j »ur-
nalists, 2 bankers, 4 ministers, 4 teach
ers, 3 capitalists, 2 millmen and one
stock farmer. The remaining members
are classified as follows: Farmer and
naval stores, 2; farmer and minister, 4
farmer ana banker, 1; farmer and man
ufaeturer, 1; farmer and miUman,
farmer and physician, 2; farmer «ud
journalist, 1; farmer and warehouse
man, I; lawyer and minister, 1; bank
er and manufacturer, 1; merc&ant and
miller, 2; real estate and live stock,T.
In spite of the f ot, as shown by this
classification, that th^re are fewer farm
ers in the present house than there were
in the last, it proved itself a much more
stringently economical body than any
of its predecessors of recent y.a s.
The Atlanta Journal rises to remark
that, “the number and variety of bak
ing powder ads in the newspapers would surfaces
seem to stamp this country as the "ris
ing generation.”
Editor Brkwsikk is improvi g the
Banks Ounty Gazette wonderfully
Southern Appeal:
Hon. Hoke Smith, as a cabinet officer,
would certainly be a gratifying sp.c
tac’.e to his myriad of admit era. If Mr.
Cleveland proposes to recognize Geor
gta in selecting his cabinet, there is no
better timber to be found for attorney
general of the United States'than Geor
gia’a great lawyer. Noether individ
ual in the State did so mnch toward
piling up the vast majority which was
so handsomely polled for Mr. Cleveland
in the last election. A fitting rt cogni-
'ion of Georgia, and an action that
would give general satisfaction to our
army of voters, would be the appoint
ment ot Mr. Hoke Smith to the
torney Generalship, a position
which he is admirably adapted,
wou’d Hill with befitting dignity.
At-
for
and
• DON'T KILL ME
—I *
SUCH WERE THE WORDS OF MR.
H. C. HUNTER.
BUT T0}I FARMER
Didn't Heed Them—Four Bullets Sent
Through Hunter’s Body End His
Happened Between
Ntcnolson and Center.
[ Life—It
Nlc noli
Mr. Herman Hicks
Of Rochester, X. Y.
Deaf for a Year
Caused by
Catarrh in the Head ,
Catarrh is a Constitutional disease,
and requires a Constitutional Remedy
like Hood’s Sarsaparilla to cure it. Read:
•‘Three years ago, as a result of catarrh, I
entirely lost my hearing and was deaf for more
than a year, f tried various things to cure it,
and had several physicians attempt it, but no
improvement was apparent 1 could distin
guish no Mound. I was intending putting
myself tinder the care of a specialist when
some one suggested that possibly Hood’s Sar
saparilla would do me some good. - I began
taking - * '
I | ___ my l
ing vrn> returning. I kept on tin I had
taken three more. It is now over a year and I
can hear perfectly vrell. I am troubled but
very little with the catarrh. I consider this a
remarkable case, and cordially recommend
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
to all whojtave catarrh.” Herman Hicks, SO
Carter Street, Rochester, N. V.
HOOD’S PILLS are purely vegetable, and do
sot purge, pain or gripe. Sold by all draggiatc.
POLITICS
in Oconee County are Getting Badly
Mixed.
Mass meetings have been held in Oco
nee county, two by tbe Democrats and
one by the Third party. The two first
meetings each party nominated a fall
ticket for county officers. Then the
Third party held a meeting to compro
mize and proposed that each ran four
fficers. To this the Democrats did not
8gree, and we understand that there
wiki be another meeting held Frid .y by
some of both parties with a view of
nominating a campaign ticket Thi
•nesting proposes to fight with the old
tickets. We do not know thafc—t&
meeting will accomp ish anything,]
are pretty certain that tbe Democrat
Oconee will support their regular oromi-
nees put out on the 12th.
ithS-., i
14,1891.)
ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY.
W. J. ATkell, publisher of Judge av.d
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper,
writes:
“Judge Building,
Cor. Filth A ve. and Sixteenth
New York, January
“About three weeks since, white
suffering from a severe cold which had
settled on my chest, I applied an All
cock’s Porous Plaster, and in a short
time obcaiued relief.
“In my opinion, these plasters should
be in every household, for use in case ot
cough*, colds, ’praio , or pains of any
kind. 1 know that in my case the re
sults have been entirely satisfactory
and bene fioial.
AN ARREST MADE
Savannah News:
P. D. Armour institute in Chicago
not to be a local institution, he says,
but will open its doors to pupils from
every state in the union, withont re
gard to sex or color. Mr. Armour an
nonnees that it is bis intention to make
the great school tbe pride of his life.
His former gifts to it, amonnting to
over $1,500,000, he regards as merely
the nucleus of the fund he intends to
devote to the establishment The
broad-gauge philanthropy of this fa
mous rioh man is a worthy example
for other millionaires.
Augusta Evening News:
Justice L. Q. C. Lamar will soon
come to Georgia, and his health is very
bad. It is said that be is only waiting
for President Cleveland to take his seat,
when be will resign and allow a Demo
cratic President to fill the vacancy on
the Supreme Court bench. And they
say that Hon. A. O. Bacon will succeed
biro. Judge Lvnar is past the age for
service, and can retire on regular pay.
Augusta Evening News:
Senator Persons will go down in his
tory as the hill kilter of the Georgia
Senate. He wears the scalp of the Sol
dier Home and of the Geological Sur
vey among others at his belt.
By the Bailiff Who Wears the Spurs.
A rainy day about two weeks ago,
Mr. R. L. Reayes after coming home,
bang his rubber coat iu its accustomed
place on tbe rack in' the hall. A few
hoars afterwards when it was looked
for, it was missing.
Mr. Reaves at once sn p cted and
traced the theft to Wm. Taylor, (col.
who bad been about the house. A war
rant was sworn out for uim, and yes
terday at the court house he was seen
among the spectators of the days pro
ceedings and was arrested by that capa
ble and efficient officer known as the
“Bailiff that wears the spurs.”
It seems that a regular epidemic of
murders has broken out in Georgia, and
that our section is having its share of
them.
Nearly every mail and railroad train
brings the news of some tragedy hap
pening in our vioinity in which whiskey
is generally at the bottom of the tron-
ble.
Tuesday evening about five o’clock, a
terrible tragedy occurred about two
miles above Center, inwbiob Mr. H. C.
Hunter, known more familiarly as Gov.
Huntei. lost his life at the hands of
Thomas Fanner, a} young white man
about thirty years of age.
It seems that Hunter had been living
in a house owned by Farmer and that
Farmer desired him to vacate. Tuesday
afternoon Farmer served a writ upon
Hunter, requiring the possession of the
property, and Hun ter told him to “go
to hell.”
Farmer walked back to his house, and
in a short while overtook Hunter again
on tbe road, and begin to quarrel with
him.
The affair from that juncture is bes:
cold by Mr. Will Cooper, a man who
•aw the shooting. He says: “I was at
work on a little house near tbe road, but
out of view because of a dump of woods.
Several other men were at work also
there. Mr. Hunter’s little boy came
running up to wherqjwe were at work
tad asked us to copm down to the road
as his father and Mr. Farmer were
fighting. We started, and before we
reached the road a pistol shot was heard
"We ran to tbe road, and and as we
namfLtn-sigbt, I saw Govj Hunter run
ning down the road withbis hands over
bis head, crying out, ‘D Ai’t shoot me!
Don’t shoot me 1’
“Farmer was in hot pursuit behind
him and fired as. rapidly as he could
three shots. Hunter ran behind a tre
and said to the orowd, ‘Don’t let him
sho t me! He has already killed me.
Farmer pushed his pistol in his face,
and would have put a bullet through
his brain, but for the interference of
Mr. Eaglish who rushed upon him and
knocked the pistol aside.”
Farmer was arrested and carried to
Jefferson, where he was lodged in j til
Hunter was carried to his home where
everything possible was done to save
him. Two bullets had entered his back
and two went through his bowels. He
died yesterday morning at thAse o’clock
surrounded by his family and friends.
He was unarmed daring the entire
difficulty. \
Mr. Hunter was a half brotllerof Mr.
Sam Hunter, of this city, and) leaves a
mourn
THE WASHINGTON BUDGET.
CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as
’hey ca not reach th« sent of tbe dis
ease Catarrh is a blood or constitu
tional disease, and in order to oure it
you must take infernal remedies. Hali’o
Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, and
acts directly on the hlood and mucus
surfaces. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is not a
qnack medicine. It was prescribed bv
«ne of tbe best physicians in this coun
try for years, and is a regular prescrip
tion. It is composed of the btst tonics
known, combined with tbe best blood
Mr. Blaine la Better, Ont Hla la a Fatal
Malady.
Washington, Dec. 21.—Mr. Blaine
holds to the improvement noted in his
condition lately. He rested well during
the night and entered the morning re-
fresed and .consequently better prepared
to a very slight degree to resist the rav
ages of disease. The malady is organic
however, and in the nature of things
must grow worse with time. Dr. Loomis
says: “Mr. Blaine is in a very critical
condition, yet there is not any immedi
ate danger. He may die at any moment
or live for weeks.”
Information has been received at the
the treasury to the effect that the finan
cial flurry in New York .was practically
over for the present, and there is no
longer a prospect of a panic. Money is
reported easy, and exchange has fallen
below shiyping point, so that the heavy
exportations of gold are not likely to
continue.
Secretary Foster stated that $3,000,000
in gold had been taken out of the treas
ury this week, and that about $1,500,000
more would probably be cast before the
week ended.
Representative Pierce, of Tennessee,
a prominent free silver advocate during
the last session, has given up all hope
.that tbe question wiu he reached this
congress. He expresses the belief that
the silver cause will be side-tracked for
four yearsr
-> In Congress.
The house is considering various pri
vate bills, called up to be passed under
unanimous consent.
In the senate, the army appropriation
hill from the house was presented and
referred to the comfuittee on appropria
tions.
General Arp afield stated that there
were 600 United States troops in the
field m hot pursuit of the Garza hand
on the border.
wife and two little children
his death.
Mr. Farmer is a brother of Z m
charged with the murder
Drake some time since.
From the best evidence to be
ed, neither of the men were
when the tragedy occurred. M
Smith, of Nicholson, says Mr.
was perfectly sober in tbe morni
others who saw him at Center
tbe evening say he was sohe:
Farmer was not drinking, eith<
The difficulty arose over a h‘
difference between them, as al
laced.
Mr. Hunter’s remains will he 1;
rest today.
FARMER’S VERSION.
a Farmer says that he did the shotting
in self-defense, and that Hunter
voktd the attack. He said thatHiii
s’ooped down, picked up a rook
threw it at him, ar.d that in ordei
save his life he shot him.
The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder.—No Ammonia; No Alum,
Used in Millions of Homes—40 Years the Standard*
A ROYALIST Hi'.
Great Excitement Prevailing Among
tbe French People.
SHiLOH’3 CATARRH REMEDY.
A marvelons cure for Catarrh, Dipbil;-
etia, Canker mouth, and Headache. With
e ch bootle there is an ingenious nasal
I jeclorforibp more successful treatment
AN WER THIS QUESTION.
Why do so many peop-e we • ee around
R* seem to prefer to suffer and be made * j«w»* »v<» --- uju.c tuwM'ui immorr-i
punfi rs, acting dtrectly on the mucous jjjjggrabie t»y Indigestion, Constipation o' these compltints without extra charge,
surfaces The oerfect combination cf u.zzmts,, Loss of Appetite, C.minlf upof P ice 60c. Sold by City D.ng Store, Rfi
the Food, Yellow Skin, when for t5c. we G.r Managers,
will sell tl em Shiloh’s Ytializer, guaranteed
»o cure th* m. Sold by City Drug 8tor
R. C. Orr Manager,
Tbe perfect combination cf
the two ingredients is what p’oduces
uch wondt rful results iu caring Ca
tarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
F J. CHENEY & Co., Props.,
Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, price 763.
the panama scandal.
The Royalists Promise That the Sins
of the Schemers Will Be Condon
ed if They Will Consent to
Overthrow the Nation.
Paris, Dec. 21—.The excitement over
the Panama scandal is greater than ever
and there are the wildest reports of
monarchist plots and coming arrests.
It is asserted that Herz has been in
communication in London with the
ogfents of the Count of Paris, and that
the exposure of the Thierre checks is
directly attributable to the Royalist in
fluence.
Another rumor is that the officials
and deputies, as well as civilians con
nected with the Panama scandal, have
had it intimated to them that their sal
vation lies in the espousal of Royalist
schemes, and that all their offenses will
be condoned if they will .
Consent to Betray the Republic*
Some confidence is placed by well in
formed people in botb of these rumors,
and it is apparent that the Royalist
agents have assumed an activity they
had not displayed for years is also evi
dence that the’ Royalist money is“again
circulating.
Should affairs take a turn favorable to
a “coup d’etat” in behalf of Royalty.it is
probable, according to report, that the
young Duke of Orleans would he -
Selected to Lead the Attach.
The dnke is more popular than any
other member of the family, and his
effort to serve in the army as a conscript
when he became of age made a widely
favorable impression.
The great difficulty in the way of a
Royalist coup is that there are no signs
of disloyalty in the army. Mr. Frevci-
net, the minister of war, is untouche 1
by scandals that have besmirched, his
colleague Ronvier, and he has devoted
and loyal attachment of the generals iu
high command.
A LEADER.
Since the firs u tmductioa, El-clric Bit
ters has gaint-d rapi lly in popular favor,
nntil now it is clt arly in the lead am >n-
pure medici a tonics an alteratives—con*
taining nothing which permiis its use as a
beverage or iniox'ccnt, it is recognized as
the br»t and purest medicine for alt ail
ments of t'tomacb, L'ver or Kidneys.—It
will cure Sick Ht adach -, Indigestion, Con
stipation, and drive Ma aria from the sys
tem. Satisfaction guaranteed with each
bottle or the money will be refunded.
Price only 50c. per bottle
Sold by John Crawford & [Co, and
Palmer & Kinnebrew
GEN A RAL NEWS.
The man who was killed by Brurs-
.k and Western switch engine No. 1
ac Brunswick Friday afternoon is now-
believed to have been Camp Mevers,
a timberman living near Jamaica. Th©
dead man was at first supposed to bo
John B. Owens.
0a B. E-. "Hunt’s place, four miles
from Macon, a week ago tsundav, wbil©
fooling with a gun that waa thought to
be not loaded, John Taylor shot bis
brother Job, with a heavy oharge of
birdshot. The wonnd was not thought
io b*r dangerous, but on Saturday last
the negro died.
While the most of the farmers of
Stew: rt county have dispoeed of nearly
all their cotton crop, some of them are
A DIVORCE SUIT.
Th* Participant* Are .Members of Nash-
Wm vlllc’s Select Soci .1 Circle.
Nashville, Dec. 21.—A sensational
divorce bill is'filed in chancery court by
Mrs. Mathew M. Gardner vs. Mathew
M. Gardner. Mrs. Gardner, as Miss
Saidee Polk Fall, has been an acknowl
edged belle in Nashville and Tennessee,
and Mr, Gardner is a prominent mem
ber of the Hermitage clnb. His wealth
Is placed at half a million dollars.
They married in May, ’91, and lived
toother till Nov., 91, then separated,
and ever since society has been tallHng
constantly of their affairs.
Often rumors of divorce proceedings
have floated around.
The complainant charges cruel, wan-
^i, lnhnmiui and malicious conduct.
. ? , J* ™ create a sensation. It is
Stated the defendant will contest the
case. —
■till holding the bulk of their crop, for
which they may get a fair prioe. In
the Pleasant Valley community there
are a good many bales of ootton stored
away for higher prices.
A. R. Call&ha, a contractor of Colum
bus, has filed a suit in Muscogee superi
or court against Dr. W.T. Pool, dentist,
for $25,000. Callahan built a house fer
Pool and there was some trouble about
the settlement, resulting In a lawsuit.
Callahan wonthe suit and Dr. Pool char-
ged Mr. Callahau with committing
perjury in order to gain the suit. Calla
han was honorably acquitted, and now
■ ues Pool for $25,000 for damaging his
character.
Griffia Call: An empty cartridge
shell, one mgro in the spiritland and
another in jufl That tells the story cf a
fatal sbootir g scrape in Cabbin district,
near the Stillwell place, Saturady even
ing, And all about a d< g, it s<ems.
Saturday, about night, the constable for
the Cabbin destrict brought in George
Lockhart and turned him over to
the sheriff for shooting El ji Wiggins.
At the same time he handed the eb< riff
a note from Dr. T. J. Mitchell, seating
the ball had punctured Wiggins’
abdomen, and that he would die from
tbe wonnd. It seems no one witnessed
tbe shooting and L-ckbart bad claimed!
it was an accident, but on the way to-
jiilbe admitted that he and Wiggins.
had had & difficulty about a dog, and!
tbar he h*d shot him.
G E. Mason, while walking near one>
of tbe tracks iu the Centrel’a yards at-
Columbus Friday, was struck by a shift--
ing engine, and the result was the com--
pound fracture of his left leg below the*
hip. Shifting engine 1106 had just been ,
supplied with coal atthecodlshute,and(
was puffi-ig around in tbe yard. Mr..
Mason crossed several of the trsoks and
reached the one on which the engine
was running. This also he crossed with
safety, the engine then being abut two •
oar lengths off. Aftir passirg over he-
then turned and walked parallel with-,
the crack, unfortunately, however, too-
near. The fireman saw him, re Jiz :d-
his danger an d giving tbe whistle several-
shrill pulls, yelled “Looked out k old!
man, or you will be struck.” Mr. Mason,
did not seem to grasp tbe situation and. 1
before the engineer could reverse th©
throttle the big engine struck him with)
the above stated result.
When Baby -w sick, we gare he? Castorto.
When she was a Child, she cried for CastorfA
When she became Mies, she clung to Cutorl*
When she had Children, sue gave t hem CA*tori«
Hard and soft Coal for sale at Lyn-
d *n’s.
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THE FIVE FORKS KILLINi
Both of the Dead Men Laid to Re<
The bodies of Messrs. W. T. Harr?
and J. R Dodd, were laid to rest We
nesday.
Mr. W. ||. Yeargin, the undertaker!
Five Forks, brought the bodies a3 fan
Athens The body of Mr. Harris we
sent to Jug Tavern, while that of Mr.]
Dodd was sent to Ayersville seventeen
miles above Lola. Dodd leaves a wife]
and five children.
It turns ont that Harris was shot with
a thirty-two calibre pistol and Dodd
with a thirty-eight.
It was rumored around that Dodd
h3d threatened Mr. Joe McElroy’s life
and bad hit him on the very evening
of the difficulty. / i
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