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LjsitioDsI ind Interesting
Trial
.. i former lawyer
lEIIHCTOH, GA.
OF
|0«
Brought There by Judge
Lumpkin* \
, lek a.Howell, AllasRov. Mr. Kow-
. /weed With Murder and Giving
* fH | S Hair to Negroes, With Steal-
'•nother Man’s Wife and Buying Chi-
^wSmcn-An Extraordinary Libel
m
jicK'oX. Trim., July 4. A more cu-
complicated, tale of human ad-
zL ambition, passion, false pre-
p fnV y, malice and religious for.
. p | man’s crime, woman’s,strength
jfoman’s weakness has rarely been
jin a court of justice than the one
"folded before a tribunal in thfe city
ring the past two weeks. It comes
[tlif form of a suit for libel. The
jinliff is a clergyman ‘of the Baptist
till and the defendants are thirteen
ambers of that church, honored in its
fieeaml its organization—some of
tom ordained ministers, others vener-
Me deacons, and still others learned
ollege professors.
THK PASTOR-PLAINTIFF.
The Rev. Dr. Howard, as he calls
Limself, has been known in Jackson for
any years. In appearance he is
itiikingly handsome man, of the aver-
l Might and with a well proportion-
1 figure.
According to bis own story of his
life he was born in a western suburb of
ondon in the year 1854. In 1872 lie
rifted to America and, nothing better
ffering, went up to the Arctic region
kith Lieut. Commander Greer on tin
igris, after the survivors of the Pola
sexpedition, About this time he
anged his name to Howlett and, giv-
[ing up the sea became a school teacher
i Colleton County, S. C. While there
; studied law and was admitted to the
|Bar as Frederick. " lett. Navi
red (WO years as a Justice of the
l'eacc, he went to Fayettville, in Geor
gia, became a member of the church,
Iresmned his true name of Howard and
[again taught school. m.
Ihs enemies charge, and lie? does not
deny, that at this stage of his career he
fell from grace. In a short time, how
ever, he again turned his footsteps into
the paths of reform, opened the Howard
Institute at Bethsada,Ga., and in 1879
took up his residence at Marietta, in the
same State. While tVere he became ac
quainted with Gov. Colquitt and Editor
Henry W. Grady, at whose suggestion
he transferred his institute to the more
promising soil of Atlanta. Before mov
ing there, however,lie was ordained ‘a
missionary Baptist clergyman. He
found himself in 1882 pastor of a Bap
tist church at Forsyth, Ga. The world
*&s running along very smoothly with
kirn, and he married a daughter of
Judge Cabaniss. After the death of
^ he was called to the rainistra-
uon °f the Frst' Baptist church in
Jackson. From a poor, weak[ divided
organization, aided by his present el
ided libellers, he built it up in a short
tune into a flourishing, vigorous church
People came from a distance to hear
preach; the fame of his eloquence
spread for beyond the bordeto of Jack-
snn; society bowed down to him; the
btate College at Auburn, Ala. enrolled
hi® among its doctors of divinity and
the Southwestern Baptist University
Mthonored when he consented to he
come one of its professors.
TUS REVERSE OF THE MEDAL.
The principal charges against Hr.
toward are that he is a fraud and im
postor; that he has no legal right to the
«a®eof Howard, and that his real name
,s i»ow!ett,alias Hewlett. The deacons
an, l the professors assert that under this
*®®e he taught a colored school at one
* n South Carolina, and later on a
^nite school. They charge, and de-
they have the proof, that he board-
•’ *n a negro house in that State., sleep-
>nthe same mom as the negro and
Msw *fe, eating at the same table with
a ‘m an d treating them in all respects
980,1 an equality with himself. It is
• l ogetl that when he left to go to an-
et State he committed the high crime
an< misdemeanor of giving them as a
Pfoof of his affection and love a lock on
11R beautiful light-brown hair.
' le bacons have hunted up this col-
rt landlord of Howard, or Howlett.
during the trial his- affidavit lias
' 11 r e;ui. in which he says that the
,' milT worked with
,:,,) le and
howlett
went to sea. killed a man, was wrecked
on the China coast and that he bought
two Chinese women. In sustaining
their charges, the deaeons put in evi-
lenee auother affidavit, made by one C.
Stevens, u lawyer and school-teach
er, living near Wnterboro, S. C. while
the ; plaintiff resided here. Stevens
swears that Howlett associated with un
educated negroes and that his general
character was bad. Another affidavit
maker swears that Hewlett ran away
with the wife of a railroad section boss
as a nice, educated gentleman, and one
veiling when h^returned from work
found that he (Hawlett) and his wife
had fled.” “Shefleft behind her two
little children, one at the point of
death, lie. pursued them, and if he had
overtaken them would have killed How
lett.” .
This Mrs. Brown, who has since be
come Mrs. Mattie McCarthy, is now
working in the mills in Augusta, Ga.
She sends her affidavit to Jackson that
“she ran away with Howlett because
he loved hint. He was handsome and
smart, and she thought it was a big
thing to be a lawyers wife.”
A LETTER WITH MILLIONS OF KISSES IX IT.
Here is a letter with one of the sweet
est postscripts ever penned, written in
Stephen’s library to the eloping Mrs.
Brown:
Liberty Hall, Crawfordvile, Ga..)
s. October 5, 1870. £
My Darling Mattie; I arrived here
yesterday and forthwith proceeded to
this house, where I was kindly received
by that great and good man, Alexan
der II. Stephens. 1 was at onec intro
duced to the solicitor of this circuit,
who resides at Lexington, about twen
ty-eight miles from here, and who has
made me an oiler to enter his office and
practice law there, {think I shall do
so and shall start for that place in tlie
morning on foot. I do so long for
the time when we can have a little
homo of our own, and I think that will
be soon. Lexingtop is three miles from
the railroad and : a very quiet place, I
am told. I anv‘writing this in the same
room with Mr. Stephens. 1 hope my
darling lias get quite well again. 1
long to see you niv own love. Do not
exert yourself at anything. I will pay
Mr. Going your board when I get busi
ness and lufVe told him so. So there is
no need for you to work at all. I saw
your luggage at Thomson, and I let it
lie there; didn’t open it. i:will write
you from Lexington and let you know
the result of my visit, to that ; dice. If
you think fit you can Send for the lug
gage and clean my shirt. 1 tVish I had
a clean one to put on, but it cannot be
helped. I will try to be back soon or
send for you. Look out for a letter
soon. If I should be fortunate enough
to get money to send to you to eor.ie to
me I will enclose it in a letter to Mr.
Going, as this one is, I have altered my
name slightly to Hewlett, so if they see
Mny advertisement they won’t know it
Is the same. Goqd-bye for the present,
my darling. Your loving husbands
>F. A. Howlett.
1,000,000,000,000 kisses.
IS nE A HOWARD.
heated controversy with Mr. Olive, who
was a Baptist. At this stage of their
acquaintance the Judge was called out
of town. On his return a wftman got
on the ears at Craw ford ville. Arrived
at the depot at Lexington, one of the
hackmen said to him that a lady desir
ed to speak to him. He found that it
was the good-lookiug woman from
Crawfordville, arid her first question
wea: “Mr. Lumpkin, I want to know
what you have done with my husband,
Mr. Hewlett?”
The Judge replied that he had done
him some kindness and would cher-
fully resign all claim to her lord.
Judge Lumpkin invited him to his
ofi’ce, locked the door, and handed
Hewlett a letter detailing the record of
his South Carolina transgressions. He
also charged him with having run oft*
with Mrs. Brown, the woman then
-■with him. The alternative of an inves
tigation or a departure from Lexington
was presented and Hewlett chose the
latter. Throughout his examination
Judge Lumpkin impressed all who
heard him witd the conviction that he
was unprejudiced and desired to be en
tirely fair to the plaintiff.
THE ATHENS CHRONICLE.
or Desire a
A BANNER MAN ON BOARD
HORSE CARS.
STREET CAR CHAT.
The City We Live in; Its People, and Their
Doings—Town Talk in Brief as Heard
On the Street Cars Yesterday.
GEORGE DEVOL, GABBLER.
Some Curious Incidents in a Mislsslppl
qjjIE 1 Sports Careert
A representative of a nation fast dy
ing out paid the Memphis Avalanche
office a visit last week. It is a 'genera
tion of men that flourished and decayed
with the steamboat interest on the
i Southwestern rivers, and though not
commendable from the moralist’s point
many. | G f view they were an interesting part
of life from Cincinnati to New Orleans
a score or wo years ago. The visitor
was a nian of GO, well preserved and
The ways of the woVld are
And the best school for the study of the
world’s ways is to be found on board a
street car. There everybody meets;
the richest and poorest, the highest and I stoutly built, with hairy, muscular
™ est * lffinds; a big head, from which time is
The business man rides to and from plucking the stnmd*of sandy hair, a
his place of business—the laborer to , ”
and from his work, the capitalist to and beard of the same color
from their business portion .of the city, tinged with gray, and gray eyes, with
and the dear ladies to. and from their the quick, keen glauce peculiar to men I mo tli proportions and is no ton O’er"mere
f unlit* llftlo cVlAnninivc 1 A D. i * a.1 •_ I .. ....
THE G., C. & N.
THE BONDS ALL SOLD AND EVERY
THING READY FOR WORK.
‘ , *
An Interview With Mr. A. L Hull-He
Returns From Baltimore In
•Fine Spirits.
Mr. A. L. Hull, Secretary and Treas
urer of the G., C. & X. Railway
Company returned yesterday from Bal
timore where lie has beeD in the . in
terest of the road. As soon as he en
tered the University Bunk in the after
noon a Banker representative called
upon him and asked the latest news
from the Railroad.
“Well,” said lie, “the G., C. & X. is
a healthy child. It is assuming mam-
going on in a street ear, because the
ride is a brief one and everybody is in a
hurry to tell what they know.
A reporter of The Banner boarded a
car yesterday for Milledge avenue to
see what was going on in Cobbham.
The whole truth in a nut;hell is
every bond is sold, the money i> in
him, ate at his
sometimes slept with him.”
he declars, told him that he
Dr. Howard, on the other hand, has
been equally energetic in his efforts to
establish the fact that, the blood of some
branch of the noble Howards flows in
his veins. He has a pile of affidavits
ana depositions even larger than that
of his accusers, and his friends claim
that he is fortified atevery point against
them. The expenditure of money on
his side, also, has been very large.
Whatever means he possessed have van
ished in contradicting the plots and
plans of his enemies, and the small for
tune of his young wife and her mother,
who unflinchingly stand by him, has
also been swallowed up by legal ex
penses. 77 l>' :
The last witness for the defense was
the strongest or all put forward by
them. He was Judge SumuslJLumpkin
of Lexington, Ga. Judge Lumpkin
told how he met the plaintiff, under tlie
name of Hewlett, in October, thirteen
years ago. He had gone to Craw
fordville to see his old friend, Alexan
der H. Stephens, who introduced him
to Hewlett. Mr. Stephens was one of
the most kind hearted of men. . He
seemed to take an interest in Hewlett,
and prcsentctT him as a lawyer from
South Carolina, who was looking for an
eligible place in which to settle. Thus
appealed toby the great Soutlierer in
behalf of a young man, Judge Lumpkin
suggested Lexington, and said that his
own office Avas‘full of small business
which lie Avould gladly place in Hew.-
lett’s hands. The following Saturday
Judge Lumpkin met Hewlett in Lex
ington. He asked him hoAV lie had
come to tOAvn, and received the
frank reply that “lie had walked. Ihe
conversation became more confidential
on tlie part of Hewlett, who told the
Judge Avhcn the suggestion of stopping
at a hotel was made that he had no
money.
This interesting tale was told in the
house of Mrs. Olive, Judge Lumpkins
sister, with whom he was living at the
time. llcAvlett professed to belong to
The Banner Does Not Seek
Controversy.
Our readers Avill bear
us out in the state
ment that The Banner has neither at
tacked any position taken by or cast
slurs upon our contemporary across the
street. While the Chronicle’s columns
have been almost daily filled Avith com
inunichtions tending to * retard the
growth and development of our city,
Ave did not even refer to them. The
Banner had mapped out its line of pol
icy, and let the Chronicle folloAv the
bent of its inclination, and.beeome the
escape valve for all disgruntled citizens
AA'ho. Avanted, in order to
save' a few dollars in
in taxes, to keep Athens an overgroAvn
country village. E\’en when the Chron
icle, without a word of dissent, pub
lished an article abusing and Unjustly
condemning the importation of foreign
citizens, still The Banner did not take
issue Avith the A’ieAA's expressed, as Ave
had firmly made up our mind not to be
the first to start a controversy when the
future of Athens AA-as trembling in the
baience and demanded harmony and
co-operation among our people. Ath
ens boasts a great many foreign-born
citizens, who come under the ban of the
Chronicle, and it was Avith difficulty
that Ave could refrain from' defending
them; but then Ave considered that their
characters Avere too Avell known to be
injured by such unjust and uncalled-for
slurs as AA ; ero made through the columns
of the Chronicle. We know, it is true,
that Avhilc a large majority of foreign
ers are in favor of the sale and use of
spirituous beverages, at the same time
there is less drtmkenness among them
than among nath-e-born Americans;
and neither does this opinion make them
assassins at heart and the scum of Eu
rope. Had that communication been
handed The Banner A\-e AA'ould not have
published it for any consideration, for it
Avas an unauthorized attack upon good
citizens—men and Avomen—AA’ho are
helping us to build up Athens. . But
even had it been published, The Ban
ner would certainly have combatted it
Avith the strongest editorial that our pen
could Avrite. 1 - __
But the Chronicle has seen fit and
proper to commence the assault, arid
The Banner will not retreat. Our pa
per and its editor for long months stood
the concentrated fire of all the combined
enemies of Organized Democracy .when
the Chronicle Avas riding the fence and
quietly throAving AA'hat little influence it
possessed to Mr. Speer against tlie nom
inee of Democracy. We do not propose
nOAv to retreat before a pop-gun.
Gentlemen, you can take your choice
We are ready either for peace or war.as
you may elect. WeliaA’eno desire to
enter into a controversy Avith the
Chronicle or any other paper, for Ave
feel that every line AA*e can pen is need
ed to boom Athens. Our neighbor can
advocate any scheme or measure it may
seeproper. It may fill its columns Avith
articles adA*ocating the digging of im
passable ditches across every street in
Athens—to punish Avith death any fman
who takes a drink—to tear up our rail
roads and make Good Templar lodges
and churches of tlie idle cars—to emu
late tlie example of the Inquisition and
burn at the stake eA’ery Jewish citizen
avIio dares to set foot on our sacred soil
—and Ave will promise not to Avrite a
line of dissent; for Ave do not think the
circulation or influence of our contem
porary large enotif
frequent little shoppings. I AA’ho have carried their lives in ' their I talk.
There is ahvays a lively conversation | hands and Avho search in that swift that’
moment the features of people they k trust company, and the road will be
meet for the first time. It AA’as George built at once.”
Devol, an Ishmaelite of the Ishmael- “How many bonds are comprised in
ites, for foty years the king of river the sale?’*
gamblers, Avho in his eventful career Five million, three hundred an sixty
He had dropped a coin in tlie fare box | has seen more of the seamy side of ex- thousand, and they Avere all sold ue-
and looked around for a seat hut OAving istence on and along the Mississippi tween the hours of 9 o’clock in the morn-
to the eroAvd that were aboard he had to than any other living man, and whose w an ,i four j n ; i ie ..ftvrnoon. The
stand up and swing to one of the leath- name is as familiar as pig tracks to «uhscrintibn list had to 1 «> , in oil mi
SJ523Sfc£3S=K,r r* f° "7 “7? the
college and a stranger in the city. river befoie and since the AAar. subscribed for three times as many as
** “Everybody gambled,” he said in the were allotted, and Baltimore twice as
‘It is not generally knoivn, I don’t °® ce ’ ‘ and all had stuff to loose.” I _ r
think,” said the professor, “thaf Chan- handle^ every sortof tools them days— tively, and at 3 per cent, in advance of
eellor Boggs has instituted a prize monte > faro, roulette, short cards, and w w^ was asked, at that.”
scholarship in the State University. It everything you Avanted to bet on. I “Well, that shoAV unlimite 1 confi-
Avas announced on last Commencement had the ‘privilege’ on all the big boats defied in tlie suecss of tlie Road certain-
day, but it seems that little attention is runnin’ out of Orleans, and it Avasn’t j v >> sa jd t j,e reporter
paid to it. It is a law of the University | mU ch of a week Avhen I didn’t draw | '-Yes they hive utmost faith ifi it.
The stock Avill be listed on the Balti-
that out of the six dollars paid fora | out; f ne br ten thousand. Noav I’m glad
diploma by. the applicants, four dollars ^ t R hundred sellin a book . i t < was
Id wnfiilnn/l r\TT f 1» a I 'Hn iiaaII am ta« Inn I **
most
is retained by the Chancellor for his
OAvn personal compensation. Xoav, .
Dr. Bogg’s has given this four dollars though. It aa as so simple, jou
from each graduate’s fee to a fund y° u see » an( l they all just kneAV they
called the prize scholarship fund, which could beat it. It caught the fellers
is given to the first honor man each | Avith the big Avallets that thought they
year thus allowing him to return Xnd
take a post graduate course. It is a
good thing, and I thing is a better evi
dence than any of Dr. Bogg’s interest in |
the college.”
could bust any little machine like that.
Did’they ever bust it? Well, not as I
more and NeAV York Stock Exchange
this week.”
‘When Avill tlie Avork on tlie road be
gin?? 1 we-askid.
“At once,” he replied. “Maj. B. H.
Temple, chief engineer will v r
the line at once, and he and Gen. Hoke
hope to have the contract from Chester,
remember. It Avasn’t built that way. I S. C., to this point let out-by Septem--
Yes, I’ve been a pretty hard one. ber. We AvillliaA’e no troubie in pro--
“One thing I can say that lots of men curing.the right-of-way.”
The reporters attention Avas here at
tracted away from this conversation by
one more animated, groAving louder and
louder, as u.V;,cars rolled on. It Avas
bet .veeu two merchants, and they we/e
speaking of the future ef Athens.
“Oh, I’ll tell you,” said one of the
gentlemen, “there’s a big bananza
We came away more elated than ever
over the hopes of Athens, when Mr.
Hull told ns that Gen. Hoke predicted
that in less than three years Athens
would certainly liat’e more than twenty
thousand population. He also said he
>cw of no hotter investment in re.i!
estate than was to he found here iioav.
TheU., A: X. will surely bo built
that think they are better than me can
not—I never beat a friend, or anybody
that I kneAV and liked. I never avouIO
give up money that I won when there
was a bluff made, hut many’s the thous
and dollars l’A*e giA’en hack to men
that couldn’t afford to lose it, and
genueuieu, vuere s » uig iwimuH i .. 0 T , ^ li; „ I TJieu.,A . -\. Avill silloly be OUUt
awaiting us. We have already ob - man > h t * ie * ^ » and the probabilities afip t -;their.machine
tained the C. & M., and Ave have vir- ™onds and such to ladies on boats when s j 10 p S yrill be located here,
tually gotten the G. C. & X. The I their husbands would lose ’em to me. Now let the people of Athens do their
scho.no to got their machine shops will Fights? Well, rather. th™>Mwpri^?th?ih£ffif tJt'
be an easy one, I am sure of that. It is “I’vebeen cut and slashed and shot n0 t]0 us spiri t arise to obstruct the
only a question of time before the Au- all over, but I’m here yet you see. Look riglitrof-way of the road an I let usk
gusta and Chattanooga Avill be built, a t that gash on my throat, see that have machine shops by all means,
and it Avill unquestionably come | wrist shot all to flinders; .and there’s
plenty more signs where you can’t see
’em. My main hold in a rough and
tumble flight was buttin’. I win most
of my fights that Avay. I never wanted
but one pass at a man and I had him.
through Athens. The new hotel is as
sured, from the very fact that the Im
provement Company Avith a capi
tal of one hundred thousand
dollars has taken the matter in hand
The street car line Avill be bought at a
a miGirrm barbecue.
Oat < at Princeton Factory—A Largo
* Crowd and a Pleasant Day.
Yesterday avus a red. letter day at
Princeton Factory—t-lie occasion being
a mOsi; delightful barbecue. Mr. Jas.
Haniiiitou kindly gaA’e holiday and as-
nominal price and it will not be long I My head’s as hard as iron. I’ll bet
before it Avill’ be operated on better money that I can split the skull of any I sisteil by contributions &c., to the suc-
plans, either by dummies or electricity, negro in America, and there’s mighty cess of the day. Everybody in the
but surely one or the ptlier.”
Yes,” said the other gentleman,
“and with all this the population of
the tOAvn will have increased in mam
moth proportions, and an increase of
people is an increase of wealth. It
seems as clear to me as a noonday’s sun
that Athens is entering on a’substantial
feAV doors I cant bust in.. Of course, I I community Avas present and enjoyed to
Avouldn’t be here to-night if the steam the full extent one of the finest barbe-
boat men hadn’t been my friends. I cues ever spread in tills section. Every-
stood in Avith the barkeepers and mates thing that one could Avishfor was there
and pilots, and the officers liked me 111 f£ U ' n ‘*5 BC ®* , , „
1 After dinner the younger folks enjoy
ed themselves in games, music and
other diversions. Sheriff and Mrs. Weir
and Messrs. H.X. Taylor Jand. M. C.
Pope Avere among other guest from the
city. The day was enjoyed by.$H pres
and wouldn’t see me hurt by a mob if
they could help it. Still, I’ve had to
ake water more than once to save my
boom, and Larry Gantt is not dreaming I bacon AA’hen there Avas a gang after me
at all AA’hen he tells the people of it.” | “There are just as many’ suckers on
. the big Atlantic liners as you cau find I entyand the barbecue could not be sur-
. Dli Iioaa charmifig;” said the one > anywhere! on earth, and they are gen- passed,
isn’t it too lovely,for anything?” “To 1 J
me,” said th
tlio sweetest
the prettiest lawns; and the largest old I man y !l time to the queen s taste. The
Southern residences here than anyplace purser stood in AA'ith me. I’d go abroad
I have ever seen. I haA’e alAA'ays AA'anted an d pnt my tools in his office, and he
to liA'c here, and 1 AA'ant no better place Avould point out to me ;the passenger
to spend the summer months than most likely to be Avorth my Avhile-
Atheus. There are some lots in Athens always put a stock of good liquor, Avines
as pretty as can be found most any- and cigors in my stateroom, and after I
Avhere. Take, for instance, this one of K ot acquainted I would invite tlie fel-
Mr. Rucker’s, Mr. A. L. Hull’s Mr. J? 1 * 5 in to s . am P* e eTn » and then I had
Geo. Thomas’ and Mr. Pope BarroAv’s,
Mrs. Hamilton’s, Mrs. Griffeth’s, Col.
Cliarbonniar’s, Mr. George Hodgson’s,
the Hoifie School, and Mr. Ferdinand j
Phinizy’s; AAhere are any prettier]
houses ; than these for a place like
Athens, saying nothing of those now j
being improved ?
•y-v
the game in my OAvn hads.’
The Politician and Parmer Make Hay.
i to do Athens or i ^en'es m an empty car
nnv class of its citizens the slightest in- ] but the lazv iimrie of
jury. Thk Banner is content to fill its r j )e mule- ”
mission and let tlio Chronicle work it 1 *
destiny. This is no time for IdL , .
needless controversies. We say to pression that Athens is th
ilie church of England, and got into
own
and
< ur contemporary, let us alone and
will not inolrst you. But if notin'
but a wrangle and acontroversA’ will
you—why. here’s at you
The Banner man was never more
lost in admiration for an imaginary
Arcadia than for Athens noAV, after
hearing this conversation. He Ava
gazing oil the floor of the car in unal
loyed bliss, dreaming of rural shades
and verdant groves and the like Avhen
the Car driver informed him the end of
the line Avas reached and asked him Iioav
much further he AA'ould like to ride.
M e aAA'oke from the trance* to find our-
cIats in an emntv car. with nothing
the bells on
to disturb the stillness of
South Milledge avenue. With the im
pression that Athens i- the finest little
city in the Smuii. ami inhabited by the
best people in the world, v
to our de.-k in ihe" Ban.n
write what a\*c had learned
Down where the meadows are smilintr in clover.
And each blade of grass holds its own drop of
dew.
AATicre fairy-like cloud-ships sail dreamily
over
Across the fair sea of ethereal til ne;
Where the wild bees incessantly hum in their
gladness,
. Anil the meadow-lark gleefully warbles its
lay.
AYhile the turtle-dove mournfully tells of her
sadness. \
The honest old farm* Iu *..iking his liay.
Up in the.eitv hall athe convo . T1 1i.>is,
At sty back room meetings ., w j R . re slates are
arranged
In ways that arolark and to uu . me rous to men
tion, , . ,
Where monf for tiadots is > r tvely exchanged;
With wise declaration-, a’ 1( j ‘solenin-inr<le
pledger / /
This, thutinil the other "‘Jrsigned to hetry.
By promise this way tlK’-eJahm wav lie hfdgos,
The sly mlitieian is makj( nK his hay.
maua world.
The flf ails.
In tii? issue an/years the fit vert is-
mentof the Grau« Yie,w hotel kept by
Col.W. D.Yom^g, at Talbilah Fails.
Co?. Young is /toted throughout Geor
gia for know/ng hoAV to keep a hotel,
came back | a those a^iio want to have a pleasant
: office to rime Avliilaf A'isitng tlie Niagara of the
[ South, should stop with him.
Not Going.
“I see there is to be a meeting of the
coroners of the state in Atlanta soon.
Are you going?” asked a Banner re-
librter of Coroner Pitner.
“Xo, I am not. I have got enough to-
do at home selling buggies, and I can’t
afford to go oft'to listen to a few office
seekers tell their tales. There are sev
eral coroners in Georgia who want to
ride into thO/governor’s office on the-
shoulders pfaheeproners. Some of them __
want to 1 i«Vc-ongre.ssmen»rrriii.1, am de
termined not to countenance any such
tradingin office. If there is one killed'
or dies suddenly I will have him set on
in the latest style, but never shall it be
-aid of the high and responsible posi
tion of the coroner of C’larke county
that lie aided and abetted in .putting a
coniner into any higher office. I shall
not attend the meeting,but stay at home
ahd look after the interest of my con
stituents and -ell buggies.’''
A Big Crowd Wifi Go.
| There Avill be a large crow d go down
to Farmington Tuesday morning to at-
j tend the barbecue and hear the speak-
I itig at Price’s Park. Col. TV. J. Xo -th
em,-the president of the State Agri/ul-
tural Society, Avill be present and in
terest the farmers in agriculture. The
train on the C. arid M- v T leave Ath
ens at s :. - )0 and return at <■ o'clock.