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“Pitts’ Carminative
Saved My Baby's Life."
Johnson Station, Ga. September 16,1*91.
LAMAR A RANKIN DRW® €O h Atlanta, Ga.
Gentlemen: I can not recommend your Pitts’ Carminative too
strongly, as 1 owe mv baby’s life to it. She had Cholera Infantum
when five months old, and I could ret no relief until I DegM using ntt s
Carminative. The fever left her when I had given her but hrobotto,
and she hadfattened so shedid not lopkjike the same child. I adviseall
, mother whohavesickly or delicate children to give this remedy a
MRS. LIZZIB MURRAY.
Respectfufiy,
it Saved Her Baby—Will Save Yam
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THE BUFFALO SPRING AND GEAR COMPANY, Buffalo, N. Y.
TO ISSUE BONOS
FOB STREET PAVING,
There is No Doubt of an Election
Being Held Soon.
FOUR PER CENT BONDS
Will Probably Be Issued, Although Some With
To Try a 3 i-a Per Cent Issue—The Peo
ple Favor the Hovement and
Bonds Will Carry.
MORE TROOPS FOR
THECLASSIC CITY,
A Strong Effort is Being Made in
This Direction.
ATHENS’ HEALTH RECORD.
It Has (lade an Impression on the War Depart
ment-Congressman Howard is in Wash
ington and is at Work In the
Interests of Athens.
There will be an election held in
Athens some time in February for the
purpose of passing on the question of
issuing bonds for street paving pnrposes.
This has been practically decided
upon, although the city council has not
yet met and taken action on that sub
ject.
The different members have discussed
the matter informally and there is no
doubt concerning the action they will
take when the meeting of council is
held.
The pavement already done on Col
lege avenue has had the effect of in
creasing the sentiment among the voters
of the city in favor of bonds. A great
many of those who were active oppo
nents of the bond issue at the last elec
tion and who contributed most largely
and effectively to its defeat are in favor
of the issuing of bonds now.
Alderman J. H. Rucker gave notice
several days since that about the 15th
inst. he would request a called meeting
of council in order that he might intro
duce a resolution to call for an election
on this subject.
Since that time, assisted by Captain
Barnett, he has been gathering the data
necessary towards forming a correct
idea of the amount of money that
would be needed for the purpose of
paving all the streets in the business
portion of the city.
Various sums have been suggested but
no agreement has yet been reached. It
has been suggested that the city make
the bond issue sufficiently large to ena
ble it to carry a portion of the property
owners share of expenses for three or
fonr years at the same rate of interest
borne by the bonds, the amonnts to be
paid back by the citizens in annual in
stallments.
This wonld necessitate making the
bond issne larger than otherwise, but in
the end it wonld be a benefit, and the
city wonld not be ont a cent, at the
same time helping the property owners
pay their share more easily than they
conld otherwise do.
There has been some discussion as to
the rate which shall be paid on the
bonds. There is no donbt but that
Athens can float 4 per cent bonds at a
premium. There is some talk of trying
to float a 3% per cent issue, but there is
a doubt whether they conld be floated at
par. The proposition to float 4 per cents
seems to be the favorite.
The connoil meeting will be held in a
few days to pass upon this question. _
The Soldier Boys Will Entertain
With a Minstrel Performance.
PRICES 10,25 AND 50-
Each Moment Will be One of
Every Turn Will Warrant an Encore—The
Cast Will Comprise Over Fifty Talented
Artists, Black Face and Otherwise.
Congressman W. H. Howard is in
Washington and is exerting his best en
ergies toward securing more troops for
Athens. He is doing everything in his
power and will use his influence with
other influential congressmen.
The remarkable health record that has
been sustained by the regiments sta
tioned here in camp for the last two
months is said to have considerable
weight in Washington and there are in
dications that can be seen by an observ
ing person that lead to the belief that
the matter is under serious considera
tion.
There is still some very hard weather
ahead of the troops that are stationed in
the more northerly camps and as the
camps here are already laid out it is
thought that there would be every in
ducement to move some of these regi
ments here.
“After the Ball” won’t be sung at the
opera house tonight.
The minstrel performance will he in
progress'and the ball will be underway
down the street.
There will be a great many things
worth spending your money to see at
the opera house tonight.
It is no joke. The soldier hoys will
give a great performance. They will all
be there. Those not on the stage will
be in the audience.
The prices for tonight are low. Fifty
cents gets the best seat in the house.
Balcony will sell for 25c, and the coons
in the gallery won’t have to pay but a
dime.
The performance is refined through
out and .the soldier boys are particularly
anxious to have their lady friends and
acquaintances in the audience. Curtain
rises at 8:80. There will be no wait.
i —Wc know
of nothing better to tear the
lining of your throat and
lungs. It is better than wet
feet to cause bronchitis and
pneumonia. Only keep . it
up long enough and you
will succeed in redgeingyour
weight, losing your appetite,
bringing on a slow fever and
making everything exactly
right tor the germs of con
sumption. ,
Stop coughing and you
will get well.
Ayers
Cherry
Pectoral
To Our Subscribers—Important.
The Quaker Valley Mfg. Co. of Chica
go have requested us to announce that
they have sever;; thousand sets of the
finest coin silver-plated W-r Memorial
Spoons left over from their recent dis
tribution. They will mail, postpaid, a
full set of six of these spoons to every
subscriber to the Banner who will send
name and address—a postal card will do.
If, on receipt of the spoons, you find
FOUND IN A CAVE.
Watches and Jewelry Had Been Hidden by
Thieves.
Norman, Ga., Jan. 12.—A unique find
them the most exquisitely beautiful spe-1 of treasure-trove was made at New Leb-
cimens of the silversmith’s art you ever anon burying ground a few miles from
saw, and worth $3.00, remit 78 cents, as here ta fte Pant her creek district, a few
payment in full, within 80 days; if not
pleased, return spoons immediately.
Each spoon is of a different design—af-1 a ^ that place it was noticed that the
ter-dinner coffee size—showing soldiers slate covering the boxed tomb of Rev.
in camp in Cuba, Morro Castle and four Charles W. Carter, who died about ten
U. S. Battleships. They are imperisha- years a g &i wag slightly out of place, and
ble mementoes of the late war. and every . . . , , . .
, ., , .. . ... . as it was being replaced, a member of
subscriber should accept this most re-
markable offer, and obtain a set before * hG Carter family desired to look inside,
it is too late. All that’s necessary is to and discovered a box showed that it con-
say you’re a subscriber to the Banner j tained two watches, several watoh
(this is important) and that you accept movements md a lot of other jewelry ,
Memorial Spoon Offer. Address
QUAKER VALLEY MFG. CO., 857
W. Harrison Street, Chicaaro.
INJURIES PROVE FATAL.
Popular Engineer Who Wns In the Wreck Near
Kingston.
Kingston, Ga., Jan. 12.—Mr. William I
HORSES AND MULES.
I have jnst received a fine lot of horses
and mules. Call and see them before
purchasing elsewhere and I will save
you money. C. W. Cooper 410 Thomas
street.
Evidently these things were placed in
hiding there by some person that had
come into their possession by crooked
means.
The box and contents were taken in
charge by a member of the Carter
family.
To snbdne Nervous Irritability, Neu-
Hyer, the engineer who was hurt in the 1 ralgia. Hysteria, St. Vitus’ Dance, use
r-niiininn on the Western and Atlantic | Simmons Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets
railroad near this place yesterday after
noon, died last night about 11 o’clock.
The body will he carried to Dalton tor i DediIon u Expected Early in Month ot
interment. February
Uncle Billie,” as he was commonly Paris, Jan. 12.—The Liberie today
called by the railroad boys, was quite a I quotes *« a personage closely connected
favorite. | with the court of cassation” as saying
DETECTIVE. I tbat the inquiry into the Dreyfus case is
Shrewd, reliable man wanted in every about finished; that a decision may be
locality. Act under orders. No expe- expected early in February, and that it
rience needed. Write the Co-Operative will be almost unanimously favorable to
Detective Agency, Nashville,^Tenn. In I ^ revision of the trial..
DREYFUS INQUIRY.
close stamp for reply.
At a cabinet meeting this evening the
I minister of justice, M. Lebret, an
nounced that he had decided to institute
an inquiry into M. De Beaurepaire’
| latest charges. _
THIRD IS PAID.
/ - ■
| New Jersey Boy* Qot Their Money Yesterday
Morning. ■* .
The paymaster was a welcome visitor
I at Camp Haskell yesterday. The Third
New Jersey regiment was paid off
full for December and in consequenoe
things were rather lively down town
yesterday. The Fifteenth Pennsylvania
| boys will he paid this morning.
If Gloomy and Nervous, and looking
I on the dark side of things, take a few
doses of Dr. M. A. Simmons layer Med-
1 icine, and the gloom will disappear.
cures coughs of every kind.
An ordinary cough disap
pears in a single night. The
racking coughs of bronchitis.
are soon completely mas
tered. And, if not too far
along, the coughs of con
sumption are completely
cured.
Ask your druggist for one
of
Dr. Ayer’s
Cherry Pectoral
Plaster.
It will aid the action of the
Cherry Pectoral.
If yon have any complaint what
ever and desire the best medical
advice you can possibly obtain,
write ns freely. You will receive a
prompt'reply that may be of great
valnetovnu. Address, a
I 0 DR. J. C. AYES, Lowell, Mms*
NO EPIDEMIC-
W. A. Knowles, of The Tribune, and
Attorney Underwood Fight
EDITOR OF ARGUS IN IT.
Caused Editorial Protest By the Papers and the
Two Fights Resulted—Underwood De
manded a Retraction of an Arti
cle But This Was Refused.
Albany People Deny That There are Hany Cases
of the Disease There.
Albany, Ga., Jan. 12.—The people of
Albany have been very emphatic today
their condemnation of the glaring
publicity given by yesterday afternoon’s
Atlanta Jonmal to the so-called epi
demic of meningitis now prevailing in
this city. The article itself was mislead
ing in certain respects, bnt the promi
nence given to it by The Journal
through the headlines placed above it
caused a great deal of indignation to
find expression this morning. The truth
of the matter is the outbreak of menin
gitis cannot really be called an epidemic,
and some of the local physicians do not
regard it as such.
There has been no new cases in two
days, and will probably he no more.
More than half the cases reported have
been in the country from five to ten
miles away from Albany. The state
ment that there were seven deaths in
Albany on one day is absolutely without
justification, and Mayor Woolfolk and
City Physician Hilesman wired The
Journal this morning protesting against
the special published in that paper yes
terday afternoon.
There is no uneasiness or excitement
here, and no new cases are expected to
develop.
Rome, Jan. 12.—Rome is in a flatter
of excitement today as the result of two
fights participated in by leading citizens
of this city, one occurring yesterday af
ternoon and the other this morning both
the result of a sensational oharge which
has been made by two of the newspapers
of Rome, The Tribune and The Argus,
to the effect that the salary of City
Clerk Smith was recently raised unfair
ly, illegally, and improperly.
The two papers have been writing
editorials protesting against the action
of council in raising the salary of the
clerk, and also against the decision of
City Attorney Underwood that the rais
ing of the salary was legal. These
editorials resulted in the editors of the
two papers being attacked yesterday and
today Editor Knowles and City Attorney
Underwood engaging in a difficulty at
The Tribune office yesterday afternoon,
and Editor B. F. Sawyer, of The Argus,
and two sons of Clerk Smith having a
fight on the street this morning.
Yesterday City Attorney Underwood
went to the office of the Tribune and
called on Editor Knowles, demanding a
retraction of an editorial utterance
which appeared in the Tribune, and
which Underwood feaid was insinuating
and must be retracted. It seems that
Editor Knowles told the attorney that
the Tribnne wonld print any statement
that he desired to make about the mat
ter. This was unsatisfactory, and it is
claimed that Attorney Underwood de :
nounced Editor Knowles’ article as a
With this Knowles struck Under-
If Irritable, Oat of Sorts, Depressed
in Spirits, have a Doll Headache, take
a few doses of Dr. M. A. Simmons Liv
er Medicine for qnick relief.
A BRUTAL OUTRAGE.
Widow Lady Outraged and Murdered by
Black Brute.
Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 12.—A special to
the News and Observer from Gulf, N.
C., says:
Mrs. Nancy Welch, a most excellent
white widow lady and mother of five
children, residing about three miles
from Harper’s Cross roads, in Chatham
county,, was outraged and murdered
about five o’clock yesterday afternoon
by Henry Jones, a blaok negro. Jones
was a desperate character, about 35
years old.
Mrs. Welch had been visiting at her
son-in-law, Mr. Jones, and she did not
return home at night, search was made
and her body found about fifty yards
from the publio road at 9 o’clock with
her throat cat. The alarm was given
search made and the negro found at his
home near Richmond this morning
about 8 o’clock. He confessed his guilt,
and was carried back to the scene of the
murder and hanged by an unknown
party of about fifty, where he was found
this morning.
See O. W. Cooper’s fine mules and
horses before buying, 410 Thomas St.
Royal
Baking
{Powder
Absolutely'Pure
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
GOVERNOR ELLERBE
He Says That it is a Serious Menace
to Society.
WHAT IT LEADS TO.
“Meant Abolition of Regular Order of Justice.’
Hit Recommendations Regarding the Dl(-
pensary—He Suggests the Prompt
Punishment of Lynchers.
Columbia, S. C., Jan. 12.—The gen
eral assembly convened today. The
feature of the day was Ellerbe’s annual
message, which denonneed lynching in
unmeasured terms.
“It is impossible,” said the governor,
not to see in this tendency toward
lynching a serious menace to sooiety,
It means the abolition of the regular
order of justice and this is simply the
first step in the destruction of social
order the deed that pats law ont of office
is as serious a crime against sooiety as
the most viciously executed crime of
men.”
He suggests a prompt punishment of
criminals by the courts; forfeiture of
office by any officer who . gives up
prisoner; and the making of the county
wherein the lynching occurred liable
for damages.
1 The governor says that the time has
come when the dispensary system must
take as a law or be abolished and recom
mend the submission of the question to
the people by counties.
AT EMPLOYER,
Clerk Accused of Larceny Attempts
to Kill a Merchant.
WENT TO STORE WITH GUN
As Woolford Showed Himself lu the Door Davis
Fired at Him, But the Shot Was Knocked
Upward and Went Into the
Celling.
lie.
wook, and a lively encounter followed.
Underwood was somewhat bruised
about the head, and today his friends
claim that Knowles struck him with
some instrument or brass knacks.
The fighthetweeif Knowles and Un
derwood was followed today by one
between Editor Sawyer and his young
son, and two sons of Mr. Halstead
Smith, Norris and Holmes Smith. The
Argus has been printing editorials on
the salary raising qnestion, and night
before last the sons of Mr. Smith went
to the home of Editor Sawyer and
warned him to desist from publishing
any more articles about the matter, tell
ing him that they wonld not submit to
any farther criticism of their father.
Editor Sawyer became indignant and
told the young men that he wonld write
as mnch as he pleased and what he
pleased and jnst as he saw fit.
On yesterday he printed a red hot edi.
torial denouncing the raise of the salary
of the clerk and referring to fhe matter
in his vigorous style. This morning as
Editor Sawyer left his home and started
to his office in company with his young
son he was accosted by Holmes and Nor-
Women’s Complexions depend tor
beauty upon Digestion. Dr. M. A. Sim
mons Liver Medicine Regulates Stom
ach, Liver and Kidneys and secures the
blessing cf good Digestion.
IT IS THE SAME OLD SONG.
Kid McCoy Says That Sharkey Won on Several
Fouls.
New York, Jan. 12.—The Evening
World says: Kid McCoy issued a signed
statement today in which he intimates
that his defeat by Sharkey was the re
sult of several foul blows the sailor
landed on him. He thinks he can beat
Sharkey and wants to arrange another
match with him, but if Sharkey won’t
fight him again, McCoy says he will
make a match with Corbett.
Tom O’Rourke, manager of the Lenox
Athletic Club, today said that the re
ceipts of Tuesday night’s fight amounted
to a trifle less than $4,000. Sharkey’s
share of the parse is $15,000. The loser’s
share is $5,000.
WHAT SHALL WE DO?
A serious and dangerous disease pre
vails in this country, dangerous because
so deoeptive. It comes on so slowly yet
sorely that it ia often firmly seated be
fore we are aware of it.
The name of this disease whioh my be
divided into three distinct stages is,
First, Kidney trouble, indicated by pain
in the back, rheumatism, lumbago, fre
quent desire to urinate, often with
burning sensation, the flow of mine be
ing copious or scant with strong odor.
If allowed to advance, this reaches the
second stage, or Bladder trouble, with
heavy pain in the abdomen-low down
between the navel and the water pas
sage, increasing desire to urinate, with
graining sensation in passing, small
quantities being passed with difficulty
sometimes necessary to draw it with in
struments. If uricacid or gravel has form
ed, it will prove dangerous if neglected.
The third stage is Bright’s Disease.
There is comfort in knowing that Dr.
Kilmer, the great kidney and bladder
specialist, his discovered a remedy fam
ous for its maverlons cares of the most
distressing cases and known as Dr. Kil
mer’s Swamp-Root. * ’
It is told by all druggists.
As a proof of the wonderful virtues of
this great discovery, Swamp-Root,
sample bottle and book of valuable in'
formation will be sent absolutely free
by mail on application to Dr. Kilmer &
Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writ
ing kindly mention that yon read this
liberal offer in the Athens Banner.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 12.—Sev
eral days ago Woolford & Co., prominent
grocers of Orchard Knob, accused an
employee, Probie Davis, of larceny at
various times. Davis lives in Highland
Park, and is a young man of reputed
good character, and is supposed to be all
right in every way.
He bitterly denied the charge and as
serted his innocence.
This morning he pproached the store
of Woolford & Co., with a gnn and
leveled it at the door, seemingly looking
for some one.
Reese Woolford, one of the firm, was
standiug behind a big case, and conld
not be seen by him. The moment Wool
ford stepped ont Davis drew a bead on
him. Davis’ actions had attracted the
attention of the clerks and porters, and
a second before he fired a negro porter
knocked the barrel of the gnn upward.
The bullet went in the ceiling. Before
Davis conld fire again he was overpow
ered and the clerks disarmed him.
AN ENGINE STOLEN.
After Running Seven iTUes the Thief Left it
With the Trottle Open.
Winston. N. C., Jan 12.—A freight
engine was stolen from the Norfolk &
Western railroad yard here yesterday
morning. The thief was a white man
and he palled the throttle wide open and:
ran seven miles, when the steam ex
hausted and the engine stopped. He
left the engine with the throttle open.
The yardmaster here took an engine and
went after the one stolen. When he
reached it he found that in ten minutes
sufficient steam wonld have-gathered to
start the engine,'and does not know
how far it would have run or the dam
age that might have been done. Officers
have been looking for the thief sinoe
yesterday, bnt they have not been able
to get any trace of him.
MILES IS A LIAR
To relieve Mental Worry, cure De
spondency and give Refreshing Sleep,
use Simmons Squaw Vine Wine or
Tablets.
Says Qeneral
Eagan Before
Board.
DeW;*t’s Witch Hazel Salve
0|| e , Sraidg. Burns.
ris Smith and the fonr engaged in a dis
pute about the matter. A knife was
drawn and a cane wielded in a general
fight that followed. It is said that Saw
yer was attacked with a cane by Holmes
Smith. Smith claims that Sawyer out
at him with a knife, catting his hat to
pieces and inflicting a slight flesh
wound on hjs cheek.
It is claimed that Norris Smith drew a
revolver on Sawyer, which ended the
difficulty.
The two fights and the great feeling
whioh has been aroused about the mat
ter has caused much excitement in Rome,
and the friends of both sides fear that
there will be farther trouble of a serious
nature. All of the participants are very
prominent in Rome and farther develop
ments in the trouble are sure to follow.
It will be remembered that several
weeks ago the salary of Clerk Smith
was raised by the city counoil from $1,-
100 to $1,500 a year. This action of the
connoil was criticised as having been
taken hastily and Without legal author!
ty, and since that time mnch interest
has been aroused in the matter. The
city attorney was called on for an opin
ion, and he decided that the raise wss
legal, as the term of office had expired
j before the salary was raised.
Washington, Jan. 12.—Commissary
GeneralJEagan, in the coarse of his tes
timony before the- war investigating
commission this afternoon, called Major
General Miles, commanding the army, a
liar,” who lied in his throat, lied in
his heart, lied in every part of his body,
who “perpetrated a gross scandal and
who should be drammed out of the ser
vice and imprisoned,” and “should be
avoided by every honest man and barred
by every clnb.” He characterized his
interviews as “filth.”
PULLMAN DESERTS BRIDE-
Young Millionaire and His Wife Are
Estranged.
Chicago, Jan. 12.—After less than
five months of married life, George M.
Pullman, twin, and his wife are said to
have agreed to disagree.
The son of the late palace car mag- -
note was in the city for three hours Sat
urday harrying south to a winter resort.
His wife has rented their house at Free
hold, N. J., whither they went after
their romantic marriage, and will come
to Chicago, ostensibly on a visit to her
parents.
Miss Alice Palmer, Wadley, Ga.,
writes: Have need Dr. M. A. Simmons
Liver Medioine 20 years. It is the best
remedy for Dyspepsia, Sick Headache,
Sour Stomach, Indigestion, Biliousness
and Constipation I have ever used. In
my opinion it is much better than the
medioine pat up by Zeilin, and Block
Draught, which I have osed.
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