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TIIE BANNER ATHENS, GEORGIA, JULY 183 9
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KGIA RAILWAY RUMORS.
orted Extension
1 to GainesyHls.
>f tne
Nothin" in 1 lie ! o
Georgia j.
Augusta,July ]Judge'W.M.Rcese,
director ol th« u.e .gin nuitoaii, .-aid to
your con espomu-m awh. v , that then:
It I1 i g v ' Vbl t lev>r in *l«e stateineu;;
that the. Gco.-gm i-iiltojid is eotiidtfcriiii:
tlie extension of the Athens branch to
rtett?n'» H | V F l u , connect "ith the Ma-
■ Noi ; th Georgia railroad, thus
Hid kilfii " 1 ^ 1 ^ ,fcl \ "’ffterti connection,
n»'£liKif. Aus " st “ ,,,,J «**«-
uo./hi t,mt * tlle Ge °rgin railroad
f h ’ m n ? t . i, °I )e fo «* tth.v business from
North Georgia ruil-
JOad, .mu the idea was absurd.
" <? dip the above dispatch from the
Macon Telegraph of yesterday, and re-
gtet that so important a director as
Judge Reese does not give his endorse
ment to a movement that we fee! sure
\vouid result greatly to the interest of
both our city and his line. We are
glad, however, to see from a dispatch
in the Augusta News, tljat President
Alexander, of the Central system, will
uousider the proposition, and that he
looks upon it favorably.
We think if Judge Reese will care
fully examine the railroad situation in
Georgia, that he will find it decidedly
to the interest of his road to build this
line. Jjii the first place, it is admitted
that the Augusta and Chattanooga will
be a dangerous rival to the Georgia, and
there is a stiong probability, too, of
this rhad being built unless somethiog
is done to Check it. This'proposed
extension of the Georgia to the Mari
etta and North Georgia will certainly
■doaway with-the necessity of another
line, and we do not believe that capita
lists could he found to place their
money in the A. & C,, for the two
lines, for three-fourths or more of the
-distance, would run parallel to each
■other, particularly through the section
of country from which the most freight
would come. Even admitting that the
Georgia road has no hope of getting any
business from the Marietta and North
Georgia, this new line in itself would
be a, paying investment to the Georgia
road. A continuous line could he ope
rated, including the branch to Jefler-
son, that is now dead capital. We are
sincere in our belief that a bettci pay
ing line for the Georgia road cobid not
he built than this, and are equally con
fident that it will be constructed at an
.early day.
[THE LITTLE HIGH CHAIR.
* The Auctioneer Bid it in for the Lady
in Black.
There was an auction at one of the
1 down-town auction houses recently.
A pale, sad-faced woman, in a plain
^-calico gown, stood in a crowd. The'
Houd-voice auctioneer came to a lot of
plain and somewhat worn furniture. It
mad belonged to the pale woman and
was being sold to satisfy the jnorgage
on it.
One by one the articles were sold, the
old bureau to one, easy rocker to anoth
er and a bedstead to a third. Finally
the auctioneer hauled out a child’s chair.
’ It was old and rickety, and as the auc
tioneer In Id it up everybody laughed—
everybody excepting the pale-faced wo
man. A tear trickled down her cheek.
Tl«o auctioneer saw- it, and somehow a
luinb seemed to come up in his throat
and his gruff voice grew faint. He re
membered a little high chair at homo
and how it had once tilled liis life with
sunshine.
It was empty now.
The baby laugh, the two little hands
that were once held out to greet “pap-
pa” from the high chair were gone- for
ever. He saw the pale-faced woman’s
piteous look and knew what it meant—
knew that in her eye the little rickety
high chair was more precious than if it
had been made «rf gold and studded with
diamonds.
In imagination he could see tlie ! little
dimpled cherub which if once lield;eould
see the little chubby fist grasping the tin
rattlebox and pounding the chair full of
nicks—could see the little feet which had
rubbed the paint off the legs; could bear
the crowing and laughing in glee—and
now—the little high chair was empty.
He knew - there was an 'aching void in
the place-faced woman’s heart as there
was in his own.
Somehow the day may come and go
and you never get over it. There is no
one to dress in the morning, no one to
put to bed at night. JgpUV . .
“Don’t laugh,” said the auctioneer
softly, as some one facetiously offered 10
cents, “many of you have little empty
high chairs at home which money would
not tempt you to part with.” Then he
handed his • elei-k a bill out of his own
pocket and remarked: “Sold to the lady
over there,” and as the pale-faced wo
man walked ont/\^itfi> the little high
chair'clasped in lierimus and tears
streaming down her cheeks, tlmcrowd
stood back respectfully, and ther was a
suspicious moisture in tlie eyeseof the
mau who bid 10 .cents.—Detroit Free
Press.
AN I M.AWFITI, Ai T.
. ‘ v
Two of Mr. Toomer’s ne
Agents Arrested—The Repeal of an
Obnoxious Law, Demanded.
For sometime sinct Mr. J. B. Toom-
er, an enterprising sewing machine
leader, has had twoUaf Ids representa
tives in Greene count}’, and as Toomer’s
machines are appreciated all over this
country, his men sold stacks of them to
the farmer's wives. It seems that their
large business raided the ire of, some
rival dealers, and last week, at White
Plains, Messrs. Dorough and Morrison
were arrested by a J P. for peddling
sewing - machines without paying a
county license. They explained the
law to this officer, and'he dismissed the
agents. But before they left town, Mr.
Mapp, the. tax collector of Greene,come
forward and levied on both wagon and
teams, for,a license of$25 each, and re
fused to release the property, until Mr.
Teomer was notified, when he readily
gave bond.
Mr. Toomer will now enter a.damage
suit against the tax collector and -Ills
bondsmen for interfering in ail unlaw
ful manner with his business, and also
for the loss he has entailed by the de
tention of his teams. Under the laws
of Georgia a sewing machiue agent must
pay a tax of $25 for each county he can
vasses, hut it is simply a debf, and no
penalty is prescribed by the Code for
its non-payment. The only redress that
a tax collector has is to levy upon and
sell property belonging to the agent
himself. In this case Mr. Toomer own
ed the teams' aud of course his private
property could not be held responsible
for the debts of other parties. You had
as well try to levy upon and sell Mr.
Mapp’s house and lot for the taxes -of
his cook or any other employee. Mr.
Toomer has employed the best legal tal
ent in Athens,, and says he will spend
any reasonable sum of money to secure
his rights.
Mr. Mapp doubtless thought that he
had the right to make this levy, but
lawyers say that he is mistaken and
that Mr. Toomer has a good damage
case against him and his bondsmen.
This law taxing sewing machine
agents is a most unjust one, and we
hope that our legislature will have it re
pealed. A sewing machine is just as
much a necessity as a cooking stove,and
far more necessity than a piano or or
gan—and yet the sewing machine
agents are required to pay a tax of $25
for each county they canvass, while
dealers in all other articles can sell
without paying a dollar's tax. These
sewing machine agents are a gres\t ac
commodation to their buyers, for they
not only deliver their goods in the
house, but teach the ladies how to use
them and keep the machines in repair.
It is a*direct tax on the poor women
of our state, for an additional price suf
ficient to cover this tax, is put on ma
chines by the seller.
By all means, wp say, let this infa
mous tax on sewing machine' agents
and the women of our county be abol
ished. It is a shame and an outrage*
The X
tiser chu
Presiden
one of tin
South Carolina, a
types of the Southern negro politi
cians in polities for revenue and no
toriety,”ami adds, frankly and truly:
To appoint such a man - to office in a
Northern town would be considered an
insult by the Prenidein's own. party
friends. To make the appointment in
South Carolina is hailed as good “poli
ties,’’.for it is designed to assist the
black men in turning over the electoral
vote of the State to the Jlepublienn
But what kind of an Executive
The IMoi
Our enfrerprisi
is the Merrier.
I-,.- f 1-. tie- A t ’ ;ei s
__ icli there is not a more
pushing paper in any city ol toe same
size in the country, is at present rejoic
ing over the prospect of several new
railroads for Athens. Referring to the
probability of the early building of the
Augusta and Chattanooga road by 'way
of Athens, it sayS: r
"Atlanta fully realizes the fact that
the buiidingof the Augusta and Chat
tanooga will be a fatal stab at its b isi-
ness, for it will belike (tigginga■ fath
omless djt(:h to the east of the city, and
diverting its foriiter trade to a new and
formidable rival.”
The Banner wrongs Atlanta. This
city has nothing to fear from the build-
■■■ rail-
party
is this who, for political ends, .insults .
the intelligence and respectability of a j hig up of Georgia, and every new rail
State by imposing upon it an officer road helping Georgia will help Atlanta
whoseperference wouldn’t be endured It is a wonder to us that tlie Chatta-
for a week bv a Northern community ■?” nooga and-Augusta road is not being
built, for there is not a better field in
the south. Such a road would be of
great benefit to northeast Georgia .and
of particular benefit to Athens. This
we would delight to see, and instead of
impeding the work Atlanta wishes it
God speed.
Atlanta is too large for those petty
jealousies that would make her envy the
progress of her neighbors. There is
room enough for all the railroads that
have been proposed, and the building of
each will make Atlanta that much great
er for'as they devolop Georgia so will
they benefit'its metropolis.
So here’s to the Augusta and Chatta
nooga, and-may it pass through Athens.
—Constitution. •
Cable advices indicate that the wheat
crop of Eastern Europe is in a bad way.
The indications point to the conclusion
that foreign demand w.ill be unusually
heavy, and that we shall find a ready
market at high quotations for our wheat
surplus. There is already a notable in
crease in thtf buying of “cash” wheat
for export.
Guard Against The Strikes.
And always have a bottle of Ackers
English Remedy in the house. To’
cannot tell how* soon Croup may striks
your little one., or a cold or cough mau
fasten itself upon you. One dose is a
preventive and a few doses a position
cure. All Throat and Lung troubles
yield to its treatment, A Sample bot-
is given you free and the Remedy guar
anteed by L. D. Sledge & Co., Drug
gists.
Sohp. Randolph Tucker has abon—
doned politics to become professor of
law in the. Washington and Lee Uni
versity at Lexington, Va.
Potroleum’s sudden rises after so long a
Fsoriasis 8 Years-Heath Arms, and Breast
a Semi Scab-Back Covered with Sores—
Best Doctors and Medicine Fail-
Cured by Cuticura Remedies at
* a Cost of $3.75.
I have used theCVTici KA Kkmediks with the
best results, i used two bottles of the Ccticcka
Resolvent, three boxes of Ccticcka, and one
cake of Cctigcka Soap, and am cured of >tena
ble skin and scalp disease known as psoriasis.
1 had it for eight years. It'would get better
and worse at times. Sometimes my head would
be a solid scab, and was at the time I began tlie
use of the Ccticcka Remedies. My arms were
covered witli scabs from my elbows to ins shoul
ders, in v bj-east was almost one solid scab, and
mv back covered with sores varying in size from
a penny to a dollar. 1 had doctored with all tlie
period of inactivity gives for a' ffreat - be8t doctow with no relief, aiufosoa mauy'dif-
<Io-il of diiioiisainn riS.. .. iX _ * ierent medicines without effect. My case was
deal otd,sen. ion. lhe fact that th6,< hereditary, tfnd, I began to think,incurable, hut
htanaiira has held Its Ohio Olt over the it began to heal from the first application of Ol’-
market makes it a difficult to accept the | T1CCKA ' ARCHER RUSSELL,
SKiffiS’h/JSStSlT* Sf* *****: Shin Disease 6 Years'Cn^d “°'
On Ale other l.aral, ills thovghFthZi 1 1 ™> *!»"««> “fv !“I have n»a u,e Cr.
the presence of a large short interest in
oil was a temptation difficult to resist.
•Mrs. Amelie Rives-Chan'er, who is
with her husband in London, intends
to take apartments Paris and enter
the art school cf C la Rossi. At
present she is writtii g a book
the'children employed in mills. She
may stay abroad for several years.
’]'UE SHAH IN LONDON’.
JILTED THE PRESIDENT.
A Brother of one of Grover Cleveland’s
Sweethearts is in the City.
A gentleman is temporarily located
in Athens whose sister was courted ' y
ex-President Cleveland and was rejec
ted by his lady love. Afterwards Mr.
Cleveland married Frakic Folsom. •
There is said to be no doubt about tlie
genuineness of this courtship. This
gentleman whose 1 , sister made such a
naiTOw escape from being mistress of
the White House is very reticent about
discussing the matter, hut it is said to
he a fact nevertheless. He was waited
upon hv a Barker reporter but most
respectfully declined an interview, so
this doubtless most interesting little
romance is known only to a very few
persons.
THE NEW ItAILKOAB.
— #— —
Lexington and White Plains How Being
Built.
The crossties for the railroad from
Crawford to Lexington are now de
livered. The road bed has been
touched up, and in a short time the
work of laying rails will commence. In
about six weeks.at farthest, it is thought
that the cars will he moving.' This lit
tle road will do a great deal to build
np Lexingtoii. The hospitable people
of that town will celebrate the comple
tion of their road with a grand demon
stration.
Track laying on the Union Point and
White Plains road is progressing slow
ly, but it is thought that in six or eight
weeks the cars will he running. It
would be a good idea to operate this
road and connect it with the Athens
branch, and run an unbroken schedule
ffom this city to White Plains. Our
Citizens have taken stock in this road,
aud it will he a valuable business feeder
for usx
An Eminent Doctor’s Prescription.
Dr. C. P. Henry,Chicago,Ill.,who.hae
practii^d medicine many years, says:
Last Spring he used and* prescribed
Clarke’s Extractor Flax(Papillon)Skiu
Cure in 40 or 50 cases, and never knew
a case where it failed to cure. “I know
of no remedy T can relv on so implicit
ly.” Positive euro for sill diseases of the
Skin. Applied qxterrially.
Clarke’s Flax Soap is best forBabies.
Skin Cure $1.00. Soap 25 cents. At all
Drujr Store.
Many ladies admire gray hair—kin
some other person~but dont care to try
its effect on their own charms.They need
not, since Ayer’s Ilair Vigor restores
gray hair to its original color. Sold by
druggists and perfumers.
PIMPLES TO SCROFULA,
A Positive Cure tor Every Skin, Scalp and
Blood Disease Except Ichthyosis.
Found In the Newspaper,
From the Cresco, Iowa^ “Plaindeal-
fer.” “We hffve never, as Oar leaders for
nearly thirty years in this county can
testify, written'a ‘puff’’ of any patent
medicine. Duty as well as inclination
impel us to depart from this studied
silence, to say to oar readers and the
public that, having been completely
prostrated with a violent and disti\ s r -
mg cold, after three days fighting it
with, ordinary remedies and getting no
relief from their use, we obtained, a bot
tle of Clarke’s Extract of Flax. (Papil-
lon) Cough Cure, bbtaining almost
instant relief and a steady improvement
under its use.” Large bottle only $1.00.
Ask for Clarke’s Flax Soap. “Best .on
earth.” 25 cents. Both the above for
sale.by all Druggists.
Tell a woman that she looks fresh and
she will smile all over. Tell a man the
same thing, and if he dosen’t kick you
it is cither because he has corns or
daresn’t.
Tici RA Remedies fur about eiglft months with
great success, utid consider myself entirely cured
of salt rheum, from which I'suffei'cd six years.
I tried a number of medicines and two of t!ie
best doctors in tlie country, hut found nothing
that would effect a cure until I used vour reme
dies. MRS. A. Mc(JLAFLIX, Morette, Mo.
the Worst Case of Scrofula Cured.
AVe have been selling your Cfticvb a Remedies
li/ i for years, and have the first complaint yet to re-
, . 1 ceivc from a purchaser. One of the worst cases
aDOlit ! of Scoofnla 1 ever saw was cured hv tlie use of
five I Kittles of CiTicrBA Kesolvest, Ucticvka,
and Cl'TIqa'ka So at.
TAYLOli & TAYLOR, Druggets.
Frankfort, Kan.
Cuticura Remedies
Cure every species of agonizing humiliating,itch
ing, burning, ^caly, and pimple diseases of the
skin, scalp, aud blood, with loss of hair, from
pimpies to scrofula, except possibly ichthyosis.
Soldevervwhere. Price,Ci'TicrKA,50c.;.so.vr
25c.; Resolvent, $1. Prepares by the Potter
Drvo and Chemical Corvoration, Boston.
EJg^Send for ••Ilow to Cure Skin Diseases,”
(U pages. 50 illustrations, and 100 testimonials.
Extraordinary Bone Scratching.
Herbert Sperry, Tremont, Ill., had
Erysipelas in both legs. Confined to the
house six Weeks. He says: “AVlien I
tv as able to get on my legs, I had an
itching sensation that nearly run me
erazy. I scratched them raw to the
bones, tried everything without relief.
I was tormented in this way for two
years. I then found Clarke’s Extract
of Flax (Papillon) Skin Cure at the
Drug Store, used it,and it has cured me
sound “and well.”
Clarke’s Flax Soap has no equal for
Batli and Toilet. Skin Cure $1.00. Soap
25 cents. For sale at all Drugstores.
JlMl^LKSblack-heads, red, rough, chapscd,
MR oily skins prevented by Cvticvra Soap.
PARKER’S 1
HABR BALSAKS \
Cleanses and beautifies the hair.
Promotes a luxuriant growth. J
Never Fails to Rostore Gray
Ha"r t> its Youlhfjl Color.
Prevents PanrtmiT and hair falling
50c. andftl-.iWat Dmgglsts.
Resulting from the Errors of Yonth, Folly, Vice, Ig
norance, &c., may be cured at home without fail or
exposure. Infallible and Confidentiitl. Largo
hihdercorns. „
a.T7.3r:
*^-o
TTave yon <
PARKE
from defective nutrition. Take in time. 60c. and
10,000 AGTS. WANTED™"
to sell the only Authentic, Complete and
Graphic
History of the Johnstown Flood.
Profusely Illustrate l with views of-all sorts
connected witli the mlglitv inundation. 12 mo
100pages. Price £1,50. Llhe>ai te-ins. Thous
and' want it. DEMAND i< IMMENSE. Send
nuiekl v fO cents for Outfit to
J. W. KEELER & Co.. 523 Chertnut St. Piiiln,Pa
A Royal Reception Given to Him and
His Suite.
Special to the Banner..
' Lonix’n. July l.— Theshahof Fwsia
arrived at Gravesend this morning
Here he was transferred from the steals
•er to a royal barge and driven to tire
speaker’s steps at Westminster. He was]
received at tlie steps by the Prince of
Wales, Earl Rosehevry,' Earl C’adogare,
and Sir Henry Drummond Wolfe, the
British anihass:idor to Persia, who will
chaperone his majesty during his visit,
and his distinguished company'. Slate
carnages were m waiting ami the royal
giu-.-t and bis suite were driven to
Jngham palace, where he will oe-
ANOTHER CRONIN MYSTERY.
Disappearjy***e of a Prominent Clan-
^hGael Man.
Special to jT^ 10 Banh r . .
New /Y”kk, Juki .—The Herald of
this moY’BDig devote two columns to
an article concerning the mysterious
disappe:u\y in<; 6 and e<ntinned absence
from New V °tk of Dr. John Melner-
ly. a prominent Chan-naGael man,who
ris not been UP 011 or heart, froth since
AWil 10, last. \ Dr. Mc|nd*ny was one
3f die. four m«n said to have been
doomed to death ^by tholitner circle
clan, fiie other thrive 1 icing ii ; . Cronin,
Dr. McCatiey of PliiUadelphiajknd John
Devov. \
That must have been a bi» drunk
when Goliath got slew with a “sling.”
/ NOTICE.
Mr. A. R. Eobertsoh, our Marble and
Granite Merchant, says our people make
a great mistake in purchasing Marble or
Granite Monuments from drummers or
traveling agents, wjkh the impression j
that they are doing better than they can
here in Athens, Ga. Mr. Robertson says
he keeps up with all the new and latest
Designs in the Monument business, and
will guarantee that his prises are at least
ten per cent, lower th.an any other Mar
ble or Granite' dea’.er in the United
States ; and our people will do much
better to go and see Mr. Robertson at
the Marble yard, when they want to
purchase a Marble or Granite Monument,
and he will guarantee first-class work
at much lower prices than you can get
from any other Marble oi*Granito Dealer
in the United States. tf.
256
HIRES’ IMPROVED 25c
•GOT
IN LIQUID N0B0IUNC EASILY MADE
THIS PACKAGE MAKES FIVE GALLONS
apartments while in l.oi
L ed greatly pleased
i don.
with
The
his
During her stay at \ ape
Harrison Sent a daily telegram
Mr:
Mr
McKee to keep her informed bf the
health of the b:uly McKed.
Southern iron is being extensively
sold right in the 'heart of the Eastern
iron manufacturing regions..
Advice To Mothers.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup
should always be used for children teeth
ing. It soothes the child, softens the
gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic
and is tlie best remedy for
twenty-five cents a bottle.
We suppose that the nyxt accession to
the stage will he the French maid, with
Dr. McDow as manager.
AXAZ'J'jtyit? GODOVS'
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tan
QnUEQ
mnumgriii^
Contractors and Binders
— Manufacturers of and Dealers in
STANDARD GUANO'
Brick, Laths, Shingles, White Lead, Mixed Pa 1
Oils, Varnishes, Builders’ Hardware,
Plaster Paris, and Cement
Scroll Work a Specialty.
-ALSO*
SASH. DOOR AND BLINK
Proprietors Athens Steam Planing Mills at Northeastern depot. Alii
promptly filled and estimates made. Office South street, near Jack
HARNESS DOW!
Knowing that times are dull with the Fan
have determined to put down the price of
ARNESS,
so that all the -Farmers can get wliat they want at greatly reducedtd
This cut in prices is done for the benefit of the Farmers who are in n«T
such articles .as I have on hand. Call at once if you need anythingii
HARNESS LINE an< l y° u will be surprised at the great reductionijm
r F. <S. HADAWATJ
Athens
Pounds
-AND —
.MACHINE WORKS,
ATHEXMt5,' - — - dFORC
Manufacturers of Iron and!
Castings, Mill and Maclu
Shafting, Pulleys, Haugen I
Baxes, Cotton Tresses
Mills and Evaporators,
Seed Crushers and Circular S
Mills. "
We sell the Atlas Steam Engine, Injectors, Jet
Valves, Piping and. Steam Packings, Water Wheels
Belting Cloth. We have competent mill-rights and
send them out and erect mills anywhere^ in the
can furnish estimates. * H|
Write to us or call and see us for anything you may need mo'
Grist Mill or Gin. Address
ATHENS FOUNDRY AND MACHINE WORKS.
Athens. Georgia;
MAURICE JAN* 0
The most APPETIZING- aafi WHOI.^^YrL
TEMPERANCE DRINK In tho world.
As— your Druggist or Grocor to * It. .
C. E HIRES. PHILADELPHIA
For Old and Young#
Us
;at
nt
J
We have an elegantly assorted
Parlor, Dining and Chamber Suits v '; e
styles, grades and coverings; also odd ^
in endless variety, all at prices never u
heard of. . meP
Every line of goods, through our iflvj*
Furniture Fstablishment, is complete .
latest and best designs. We are sure tor
every taste.
O’FARRELL &JANK0#
37, 39 and 41 Clayton Street__^l
THEO. MARK WALTER 5
Toll’s Liver Pills act as ktntily on tlie
cbil<l, the delicate female or inlirua
old age, as upon tlie vigorous mau*
STEAM
Marble and & Granite • ■ GV
BROAD STREET, Near Lower Market. AUGU^A #
Marble Work. Domestic
■ ■
.'Es
BW
. give tone to the weak stomach, bow-
aiuxrhoea ) els, kidneys and hludder. To these
organs tlieir strengthening finalities
are wonderful, causing them to per
form their functions as in youth*
* Sold Everywhere. - r <
Office, 44= Murray St., New York.
.
nwer MarKet. ^v.JSTA. 1 '-
2iii3 Imported, at low r
Georgia & South Carolina Granite Monument* made a ^P e
A large selection of Marble and Granite Work always on hand, ready ie r
Parties Desiring Monuments or Work Apply to
A? Athens Cemetery.
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