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ATHENS, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1899.
$1.00 A YEAR
I PEN PICTURE OF
DO, m MUM,
A CLOSE SHAVE.
Unique Figure In The r
The
judge Griggs tells her
OF an Incident that Happened During the Wa
he Refused to Let Her Dtesa HI* I
Senator Bacon On Counting Us*
hatched Chickens.
Washington, D. C., Much 2.—(Spe
cial)—Washington’s curiosity, Dr. Mary
Walker, is, daring the closing days of
this session of congress, very much in
evidence. There are several bills pend
ing in which she is taking much inter
est, so she can always be found in the
lobbies talking to almost any congress
man who will listen to her. A merhber
was heard to remark after emerging
from an apparently confidential tuifc-
with her that he “had just as soon drink
kerosene as to talk to her.’’
Indeed it would seem quite a trying
ordeal to talk to her, for hardly one out
of the throngs which now haunt the
capitol, pass without a searching gage,
and many stop and stare with open
mouths. Always can be heard the
whispered information: “That’s Dr:
Mary Walker.’’ And quite a sight it is
to see an old lady wearing the costume
reserved for the sterner sex. Silk hat,
long cape, overcoat, black trousers and
the boots which gentlemen wore twenty
years ago, are a curious costume for a
woman. The only thing of feminine na
ture to be seen about her is a muffler of
some dark material, with some embroid.
ery on it, and that would not look
out of place on an old gentleman.
Judge James M. Griggs from Second
District of Georgia said to her in the
lobby, “Doctor, do you remember when
you were on a train between Augusta
and Atlanta, a Confederate prisoner,
that ^little boy mashed, his hand and
you offered to dress it for him? The
boy kicked and screamed and said no
Yi'^kee should touch him.”
“Yes, I remember the incident.’
“I was that boy” said the Georgia
congressman.
“The best laid plans of mice and men
gang aft aglee,” says the veracious poet.
Several senators can testify to the truth
of the assertion.
It looked for awhile as if the army bill
would contain a provision authorizing
the appointment of two army cadets at
large from each State. Taking time by
the forelock at least one Senator picked
out a young constituent for the expected
honor. Senator Bacon, of Georgia,
telegraphed to Hugh W. Walker, of
Augusta, that he would be appointed.
It was a good selection, for one of the
four figures on the Confederate statue
at Augusta is of young Walker’s grand
father, Gen. William H. T. Walker,
distinguished Confederate General. The
Imppy youth telegraphed his thanks,
the family were jubilant, and every
body was happy.
Then the Senate very cruelly left out
the clause which provided for the ap
pointment of the cadets. Hereafter
Senator Bacon will not count bis chick
ens until they are hatched.
The worst of it is that the Senate itself
cut ont the clause providing for the
cadets and the House cannot put it
hack in the bill, for to do that would be
g ving the senate what it had already
declined. J. V. H.
Mr*. Emory Speer Nearly Strack by a Bullet
From the Pistol of a Negro Soldier.
Macon, March 2.—Mrs. Judge Emory
rfpeer came near being killed Friday by
a bullet from a negro soldier’s pistoTT -
Mrs. Speer was in her home at Vine-
yille at the time the so narrowly es
caped death. The bnllet went through
the wall into a room where Mrs. Speer
was standing.
The shooting was done by four or five
members of the Seventh. regiment who
were being mastered ont. They were
firing their pistols promiscuously and
whether any of the shots were intended
specially to Judge Speer’s residence
could not be learned, as none of the men
were captured.
While the shooting was going on
THE ATHENSBILL
I COL G, H, YANCEY
NAMED AS CLEON. I
TO LAND AT MANILA.
If Congress Could Remain in Ses- Prison Commissioners Give Clerk Condition of Affairs There is Too
sion Ten Days Longer
Glessner His Discharge.
Unsettled.
IT WOULD BE PASSED.
WAS A DISAGREEMENT-
GEN. JOE WHEELER
A* it is the Bill WUI Have to Qo Over UuUI the Commissioner* Say the Change Wa* for the Will Retain His Seat in Congress—Action on
Session of the Next Congress—Hr.
Howard WIU Then Push
it Through.
flood of the Public Service—Olessner Says
It Was Politics—Col. Yancey’s Friends
Uratified at His Appointment.
the Resolution to Declare His Seat
Vacant Was Called for But
Staved OH.
Manila, March 2.—The United States
transport Morgan City has arrived here.
The wives of officers and other women
If congress could only remain in ses-1 Col. Goodloe H. Yancey, of this city,
sion a week or two longer, Athens would has been chosen as secretary of the
get a $50,000 government building. Georgia prison commission.
Bat as such a thing is impossible and Editor Douglas Glessner, of Griffin, I passengers were not allowed to land, the
Judge Speer rung up provost head-1 M there will be no extra session of con- who has held that position heretofore, authorities considering the condition
quarters and requested that a detail be} gress convened, the Athens public build-1 steps down an out at the request of the ashore to be too unsettled,
sqgt to the scene at once. Under his * in g hill, introduced recently by Con-1 prison commissioners. | This is the hottest day of the season;
orders, however, on account of an agree
ment between the city and military
ofificeiB, Oapt. Wood, who is in charge
of the provost, conld not send the guard
until he had secured the permission of
the mayor or chief of police. Chief
Boifeuilet was telephoned and he readily
consented to the guard to go to Viue-
ville.
When the guard arrived the riotous
negroes had gotten out of the way and
could not be found. Capt. Wood did
everything in his power to capture the
men but conld not do so. According to
his orders, the provost guard are not
allowed to patrol the streets of the city
and can only be sent out by request of
the mayor or the chief of police.
gressman Howard, will have to go over | There have been rumors published re- but fortunately all is qniet inside and
until the next session of congress. cently to the effect that Secretary Gless- outside our lines, and the majority of
Congressman Howard has not been ner had not been staying in his office the men are kept in the shade,
inactive in regard'to the bill to appro- land attending to his duties as he should. Washington, March 2.—The resoln
priate $50,000 to erect a government Chairman Turner, of the commission, tion to declare General Wheeler and
building in this city. He introduced the .simply stated'that Secretary Glessner other representatives holding army corn-
bill, gathered the facts and arguments I was no longer secretary of the cominis-1 missions to have vacated their seats in
in support of the measure, and has sue-1 sion and that Col. Yancey ha<J been the house was called up today by Mr,
ceeded in getting a favorable report elected and would take charge at once. I Henderson, of Iowa. The qnestion of
from the committee to whom the bill “Yon might say,” said the chairman, I consideration was raised at once by Mr,
was referred. when asked to the reason of the change, Lacey, (la.,) and by 43 to 87 the house
If sufficient time was left, it wonld be "that what lias been done has been done refused to consider the matter. Ayes
an easy enough matter to~ pash the bill I for the good of thfe public and the effect- and nays was then called,
on through the house and senate, but as | iveness of the commission.” I The yeas and nays resulted 77 to 164
it is, it will have to wait until another I “You can say this,” added Gen. O. A. against consideration of the Wheeler et
congress meets. Evans, “that CoL Yancey will live in | al resolution.
Congressman Howard will re r resent Atlanta, and will be at his office here. Not one child die8 where ten former]y
the eighth district in that congress, and during office hoars.” died from croup. People have learned
I will no doubt have the pleasure of see- Mr. Glessner says Bis discharge was the value of One Minnte Cough Cure
THE KIDNEY COMPLEXION-1 ing his bill passed. j made for political reasons, because he | nod use it for severe long and throat
Tribute to the (lemory of the Late rUnassa B.
McQinty.
Oh to a touch of the vanished hand,
A sonnd of the voice that is still.”
Manassa B. McGinty is dead! He
was horn in Rutherford county, N. C.,
on the 13th day of April, 1840, and died
Athens, Ga., on the 23rd day of Feb
ruary, 1899.
Andi’the silver cord is loosed and the
golden bowl is broken.”
At last after life’s turmoil and its
sweat have ended he sleeps well.
In 1861 he volunteered as a private of
Phillips’ Legion and at Appomattox he
laid down his arms.
No braver or better soldier aid battle
to the Confederacy, and when that un
happy struggle ended, penniless bat
strong he entered again the pursuits of
peach. And with an energy born of a
The pale, sallow, sanken-cheeked, dis
tressed-looking people you so often meet
are afflicted with “Kidney Complexion.”
Their kidneys are turning to a parsnip
color. So ia their complexion.
They may also have indigestion, or
suffer from sleeplessness, rhenmatism,
neuralgia, brain trouble, nervous ex
haustion and sometimes the heart acts
badly.
The cause is weak, unhealthy kidneys.
Usually the sufferer from kidney dis
ease does not find ont what the trouble
is until it is almost too late, because the
first symptoms are so like mild sickness
that they do not think they need a med
icine or a doctor until they find themsel
ves sick in bed.
Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root will build
up and strengthen their weak and dis
eased kidneys, purify their diseased,'
kidney-poisoned blood, clear thepr com
plexion and soon'they will enjoy better
health.
Yon can get the regular sizes at the
drag store, at fifty cents and one dollar,
or yon may first prove to yourself the
wonderful virtues of this great discov
ery, Swamp-Root, by sending your ad
dress to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton,
N. Y. for sample bottle and a book that
tells all about it, both sent yon absolute
ly free by mail/ When writing kindly
mention that yon read this liberal offer
in the Athens Weekly Banner.
Athens needs not only a new govern-1 epposed Governor Candler’s nomination. I ^ ron ^ e9- ^ i mme< hately stops cough-
...... , . , _ , I TT .. „ ... ing. It never fails.
ment building, but also a branch of the I He says the office required only a cer- 1
Federal court for
of Georgia.
tho northern district I tain amount of tithe and he came up I “Give me a liver regulator and I can
each day from his home in Griffin ud W^e the world,” said a genins. The
< ,,. . .. ,, druggist handed him a bottle of De-
| performed his duties thoroughly. Witt . g LUtle Early Risera> the famtms
The many friends of Col. Yancey in uttle pills.
I Athens are delighted at his appointment,
and know that he will fill the office with I KIPLING GAINS STRENGTH-
signal ability.
HORSES AND MULES
Supply His
They regret to give him
Change for the Better Seen in HU Condi-
W. S. Holman Is Ready
Patrons.
I call the attention of the people ol
this section to the fact that I have on I a P 38 a ,9^ Athens, however,
hand the best horses and mules I have where he haalived to many years and, Nflw Yorkt March 2 _ The condition
ever brought to Athens. I have been has been prominently identified *1*1, very ^
very CMtfnl in and^ know | her growth and advancement . |0 1 B 7
Col. Yancey will move at once to At
proved tonight. The crisis in the disease
was passed this morning.
This was the ninth day of Mr. Kip
ling's illness. In pneumonia the crisis
that I will be able to' satisfy any pur
chaser who desires a good horse or a good
male. My prices are so reasonable that and enter upon the discharge of
it wqpld pay anyone to visit my stable the dnties of his new office.
A * hel * , “ ,wotek »' * he °'|» reached by tbe »ren.b or
I say, when I say that I can save them I nty commissioners of Clarke county, | . . . . , , . , . ...
money on their purchases of horses and I . * .. . „ | ninth days, but it may be delayed until
mules. • W. S. HOLMAN,
Athens, Chi.
' day morning to choose his successor.
it will cause a vacancy in that office, | fourteen . Therefore there were forty
and the commissioners will meet Mon
eight hours during which the physicians
hardly left their patient’s'side. Daring
that time Kipling suffered greatly dar
ing his conscious moments, bat he was
The Law Offices of Mr. Sol Flatau I frequently unconscious or suffering
REMOVAL NOTICE.
As the season of the year when pnen
monia, la grippe, sore throat, coughs,
colds, catarrh, bronchitis and long
troubles are to be guarded against, noth- _
ing “is a fine substitute,” I have been removed to the Max Joseph I fro ^ a tkmding de iirium. It required
the purpose,” or is “just as good” « building, cor. Clayton and Wall streets.
One Minnte Cough Care. That is the
.one infallible remedy for all long, .throat
an iron constitution to bear np against
BROTHER A CADET-
Planter$ NUBIAN tea cana
* si*, Constipation and Indi
gestion. Regulates the Livar. Price, 25 eta.
Sold by Brumby Drag Co.
CASTOR IA
For Infants arfil Children.
Tho Kind You Haw Always Bought
flcKinley Promises to Appoint Young Bagley to
Academy.
Washington, March 2.—David Bag-
ley! of Raleigh, N. O., a brother of
Ensign Worth Bagley, who was killed
in the battle of Cardenas early in the
Cuban campaign, will be appointed in a
day or two a cadet in the naval acad
emy at Annapolis, the president today
promising this to Senator Pritchard.
J. Sheer, Sedalia, Mo., conductor on I the intensity of the disease, for Mr.
or bronchial troubles. Insist vigorously I electric street car iine, writes that his I Kipling’s disease is a doable lobar pnen-
npon having it if “something else” is 1 little daughter was very low with croup, I mon ia, a pneumonia of both lungs,
offered you. | and her life saved after all physicians
had failed, only by using One Minnte
Cough Cure.
SAGASTA RESIGNS.
POSTOFFICE ROBBED.
Chamber* Will Adjourn Until New ninistry is One Minute Cough Cure, CUTC5.
Formed. I is what It was made lor.
Madrid, March 2.— Senor Sagasta has
handed the resignation of the ministry
to the queen regent.
The cabinet crisis is expected to last | stolen from Covington,
for several days, as it will be necessary
Before the discovery of One Minnte
Cough Cure, ministers were greatly dis
turbed by coughing congregations. No
excuse for it now.
DETECTIVE,
Shrewd, reliable man wanted in every
ocality. Aot under orders. No expe
, Act under orders.
SUmp. and Money Amounting to Sxo.ooo I needed Write the Co-Operative
For a quick remedy and one that is
perfectly safe to children let na recom
mend One Minnte Cough Cure. It is
excellent for croup, hoarseness, tickling
in the throat and coughs.
VIEW OF THE CRISIS-
Detective Agency, Nashville, Tenn. In
Cincinnati, March 2.—The Covington, I close stamp for reply,
for the qneen regent to consult with the I Ky., postoffice was robbed of stamps
presidents of the chambers and other and money last? night reported to
political leaders. In the meanwhile the amonnt to $20,000.
chambers will adjourn until a new min- The work was evidently done by men
who hod secreted themselves in the
Royal
V Absolutely 'Pure
Baking
Powder
Absolutely'Pure
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
aovAL BAitmo powpgn co., hew youx.
IN MEM0RIAM.
TWO Mt SOILS
They Thought it was Wine,
Were Soon Unconscious.
and
HAD A NARROW ESCAPE.
Misses Newman Were Entertaining Two Young
Men and They Went to the Dining Room
Alter Some Wine and Cake—Finding
• a Bottle Drank the Contents.
heroic manhood, and a will that snr-
mounted all barriers, he worked and
won. > ,
At one time he was worth thousands,
bat reverses came and his fortune van
ished. I knew him in prosperity, and
he was genial and generous. I knew
him in adversity, when "unmerciful
disaster followed fast and followed fas
ter,” and he was honorable and honest.
He had his faults, save th i “a- oguid’^
all of ns have, bnt his warm heart was
the home of legion of virtues. He cher
ished no malice, he nursed no bitterness
He sided with the weak, and sweet char
ity lived in his sonl and breathed in his
actions. The prayers of the poor never
passed him unheeded and the wails of
the wretched touched the tenderest cords
of his nature.
He was a strong, brave, manly mau.
He was true to his friends and just to
his enemies.'
He believed in God; he loved justice;
he was tenderly humane. He wonld
have scorned a dollar wrung from the
suffering poor by erne! oppression. His
pathway was checkered by sunshine
and shadows, butat last, before the sun
of life had kissed The western horizon,
all Was bright.
In that dread honr when cowards
cringe and skeptics lose their nerve, he
was calm and unruffied. And with his
latest breath he whispered wefrds of
hope and cheer that fell like a sweet
benediction upon the hearts of those
who loved him, and through their com
ing years shall perfume memory. 1-
knew him intimately and well, his mo
tives and his impulses, and I do not
doubt his final destiny.
From that dreamless sleep he shall
awake, his enraptured vision gladdened
by the splendors of a celestial dawn.
Nor doubt, nor dogma, nor priestly ex-
communication can ever shake this
faith or rob me of this priceless consola
tion.
Albany, Ga., March 2.—Missed Etta
and Agnes Newman, ages 18 and 16,\the
daughters of Mr. and and Mrs. D. New
man, had a narrow escape from being
poisoned to death last night by their own
hands.
They swallowed a quantity of solution
of corrosive sublimate mistaking it for
wine, and both were soon suffering in
tense pain and were in great danger of
losing their lives.
The physicians worked several hours’
before restoring the young ladies to con
sciousness and it was feared their efforts
wonld be unsuccessful.
The yonng ladies entertained two
yonng men last night and they went to
the dinning mom after some wine and
cake. They found a bottle in .which
they thought the wine was and Miss
Agnes poured a quantity of the con
tents into a glass and swallowed it.
Miss Etta also drank some of the stuff
and in a short time both were uncon
scious and suffering.
The hoose-was soon in an excited state
and Dr. Hugo R Robinson and Dr. P.
L. Hilsmau were summoned. They
quickly began work and at * 2 o’clock
this morning restored their patient^ to
conciousness.
The yonng ladies are popular here
and 1-heir misfortune and suffering is
greatly regretted by their friends.
NEW POLITICAL PARTY.
If
If you have a cough, throat irritation,
weak lungs, pain in the chest, difficult
breathing, croup or* - hoarseness, let us
suggest One Minute Cough Cure. Al
ways reliable and safe.
QUEEN OF BELGIUM.
It I* Reported From Bru*sels That Her dojesty
I* Suffering From Bronchial-Pneumonia.
-Brussels, March 2.—The qneen of Bel
gium is gravely ill. Her majesty is suf
fering from bronchial-pneumonia.
Queen Marie Henrietta of Belgium
was bora August 23, 1836, and is a
daughter of the late Archduke Joseph
of Austria. She was married on Au
gust 22, 1863.
istry is formed.
The ministerialists hope the queen re
gent, will support Senor Sagasta and dis
solve the chambers.
Situation In Spain Threaten* Life of the Peace
Treaty.
Washington, March 2.—The situation
stamp department, as it was possible to I in the Spanish cortes leading np to the
do,' provided the watchman who is
charged with looking alter the carriers’
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers,
The famous IHt*r -»•!*«
MRS. JOHN A- LOGAN ILL-
Bears tho
Signature of
One Minute Cough Cure, r, ires
V lot I* what It mr+i —
Her Son Serving In Cuba Ha* Been
to Chicago.
Chicago, March 2.—Word was re
ceived here today that Mrs. John A. Lo
gan is critically ill at her home in Wash
ington.
Major John A. Logan, her son, is now
serving in the volunteer army in Cuba
and has been summoned to her bedside.
STERLING SILVER
resignation of tbe SagastsTTninistry and
threatening the life of the peace treaty,
door under the main stairway neglected I i8 by officia ig here to be the direct
to duty. This door is never closed. L^it nt on the port
Ttarongh it thieves conld enter and se- of the BpQn80 r8 for the treaty,
crete themselves behind mail sacks and it is add there was no requirement
see the stamp clerk put away to stamps either domestic or Included in the treaty
and cash when he closed^ to the night, itaelf/to the submission of the conven
The robbery was first discovered by t i 0 n to the cortes for a ratification,
finding tbe large door where mail wag- 0n uj e contrary, the text of the treaty
one back np wide open when the first g^g that it should be ratified by the
employees reached the building today. I qaeen regent. It is further said that
The thieves evedently escaped.that way 1 , j thia very point was discussed bytfce
Postoffice inspectors’have taken the I commissioners at Paris, the Span
matter in charge. Postmaster O. A. jgh commissioners desiring to require
Reynolds declines to say how much the the ratification of the cortes, bnt finally
For frost bites, burns, indolent sores,
eczema, skin disease, and especially
Piles, DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve
stands first and best. Look ont to dis
honest people who try to imitate arid
counterfeit it. It’s their endorsement
of a good article, Worthless goods are
not imitated. Get DeWitt’s Witch
Hazel Salve.
Houw Ho* Pascced the Senate Army
real loss amounts to.
for table use in new and exquisite designs, you can find atf
any time in our fine stock. We have also all the nfiYglties
in chatelaines and belt ornaments, sm oil ing bottles, chain
purses in finely wrought gold and silver, ladies belts in
striking effects in oxydized silver, rich jewel settings, and
everything in silver and gold for table or personal adorn
ment. s
,C. A, Scudder, Jeweler.
CornerXoIlege Avenue syid Clayton street.
PYNY-PECTORAL;
A QUICK CURE FOR
| COUGHS AND COLDS.
•g VERY VALUABLE remedy In all 1
’ | affections of tho
| THROAT OR LUNGS.
" Largo Bottles, Z5c.
taking the other coarse, perhaps with a
view to avoiding the very trouble which
l has overcome Sagasta.’
AT HARMONY GROVE.
Death ol nr.
E. Haggard, Aged Eighty-
Three Years.
g DAVIS & LAWRENCE CO., Lim., |
Paor-.or Persy Dav.-j 1 Pain-Kiuer,
FOR SALE Sr y
ALL DRUGGIST
Harmony Grove, Ga., March 2.—Mr.
! James E. Haggard, aged eighty-three
years, died at to home a . mile below
town today at noon. Mr. Haggard was
an old and respected citizen and will he
greatly missed by our community.
NO EXTRA SESSION.
Washington, March 2.—The last lin
gering possibility of an extra session of
congress disappeared today when the
house passed the senate army reorgani
zation bill.
Very considerable and vigorous oppo
sition to the acceptance of the senate
bill was voiced on both sides of the hall
and to a time it appeared possible that
the bill would not secore the necessary
two-thirds to pass it under suspension
of the rales.
But the republican leaders, Messrs.
Henderson, Grosvenor and Cannon,
came to its support on the republican
side and, Mr. Bailey, the democratic
leader, threw the weight of his influ
ence in favor of the hill on the demo
cratic side, arguing that it provided for
only a temporary increase of the army
which would be made permanent if
congress were convened ip extra session
Attempt is Being Made at Cincinnati to Bring
Malcontents Together.
Cincinnati, March 2.—A new political
party is to be organized here this week.
The general conference began a session
of two days at the Odd Fellows’ audi
torium today.
The new national organization is to be
called the nnion reform party, and it
wiU seek to amalgamate the silver re
publicans, the populists, the social labor
party and the liberal party—in fact, all
of the minor parties, except the pro
hibitionists. In response to the call sent
out by Chairman R. S. Thompson and
Secretary M. A. Neff there were seven
teen states represented in the national
conference.
The nsnal committee on credentials,
resolutions, etc., were appointed by the
chair and each one approved by the con
vention. 'The Committee to formulate
a plan of organization for the new party
was selected by a call of states, with one
member from'each state.
At the afternoon session the report
from the committeejm resolutions was
adopted. It declares that an experience
of over a century has proved that the
system of legislation by representatives
does not provide government of, by and
for the people.
The following permanent organization
was effected: Chairman, R. S. Tomp
son, Springfield, O.; secretary, Asa Tay-
lor, Omaha, Neh.; assistant secretary,
T. J. Donnelly, Cincinnati.
MR. B. F. HAWKINS DEAD-
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve
Cures Piles Scalds. Borns.
draduate of the University of Oeorglo, Class of
•86.
Thomasville, Ga., March 2.—Mr. B.
F. Hawkins died at his home in this
city today from plenro-pnenmonia. He ,
had been sick just one Week. Mr. Haw
kins, though a yonng man, was a lead
ing member of the Thomasville bar, a
director of the Thomadviile National
bank, and one of the foremost arid most
progressive citizens of the ^ tow$). Thcf
funeral will take place tomorrow.