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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.