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jjjjjg« ROBBERY.
held DP ;BV rob
bers H TOCCOA.
.rDLVR R»BE BURROWS OUTRAGE-
t S BOBBERS APPREHENDED LAST
1 IVght-two WELL-KNOWN
young men.
10 llEIIY THE CHARGE AGAINST THEM.
Bijb'vay robbery at Toicoa*
; was tlie news unfolded .to us this
by one of our prominent citi-
** The deed is one of a regular Rube
*"■ i in its character and in its
jprro'vs
vjr^xvvjrjLA, XUJCI^UAI iyiifiunijnu, UOVEMBEK 26, 1889.
^, ness and audacity has no equal. On
JLfcy last three respectable farmers
THabersham county, Messrs. Wm.
" jth Win. Lee » ud J * B * Whitman,
JL in Toccoa, Ga., and had come
lot for the purpose of selling their
Jrton. They stayed in town most of
ttadsy, and during that time met two
naog men and talked with them con-
E»blj, no doub exhibiting the mon.
-receivedfor their cotton.
About dark they started home and
1*1 proceeded about five miles from
jKcoa, when the command came sud-
fcaly to their ears to halt. They did
Bind looked around for the one who
hd spoken. Imagine their surprise
n they found themselves covered
lilh a double barrelled shot-gun in tho
ladiofaman in close proximity. At
$ momont another man sprang quick
ly forward with pistol in hand, and in
inpid way proceeded to rifle their pock-
ttiof all that wasvhluable in them.
Tbe fanners were utterly defenceless,
tog without weapons of any kind,and
[wit] only resist with words, which
[me without avail. . When the robbers
rat through their work, they coolly
si deliberately ordered the three fanny
jet to k off, uud they obeyed. The or-
Us was giveu for them notjto turn
[toir backs and tbe order was carried
The robbers were masters of the sit—
oa.
Tue three farmers went directly
aud as soon as possible made
facts known in Mr. 1. W.
ximlVl^Wei^fP^collector. Who;de-
l to him, Alexander at*once re
sized the two men, and remembered
sing seen them at Toccoa that night,
ialsosaw them buy tickets for Lula.
Internee determined to find out who
pweie, and accordingly he set out
Toccoa. The whole affair was
wiled in mystery, but he deter-
Ito ferret it out. He arrived at
i aud loafed around for a short
[Tiiwlly his patience was rewarded,
Vbtsaw two men enter the npart-
*t where he was, whom he recog-
i« the two men he was looking
*■ H* nabbed them of course, and
tat once for the farmers who had
t robbed. Messrs. Lee, Smith and
totman went to see the men who had
■ captured, and upon looking at
1 recognized them as the men who
dcommitted the highway robbery
jrToccoa. Who should the young
•be but Mr. Will Blanchard, and a
^man named Jenkins, both well
"’"aud gin-sharpeners by profes-
V*a«y live near Gainesville. When
tn to about the affair they deny
1 knowledge of it.
COLLEGE NOTES. JH
'* being Done on the University
■*. hi Campus.
*hi Kappa Society will buy a
s "® e picture of Alexander II.
°* ^eir greatest mem-
wJ i 1 hang it in their hall. This
bi 0ne °f «>« most beautiful halls in
jr T » * n <l does credit to the Society.
* ^* d ~ lock in the Law Class elec-
;fcMaius unbroken.
young “Blackstones” at the
rilih * y are that lit-
fiftbemeim Well there
in this »gLt, so
•iiletthem continue thinking.
Senior class and one of the pro-
7Over «t re at ^ggerheads the other
an examination.
* ys are doing well in company
■fe c ^ as ® are coming down
! ', | ik«UWem e r °. at! ‘ Uding “ ,nli -
18 in am05fc prosper-
* to the college* & m ° St valua1jle atl ~
^*eU-N^ ^i 8 1™ will he an ele-
•Nl-bonnd book and wUl sell for
Per copy.
^ Me some fine debaters! n each
_ about in
They come off
dchstes are
now - They
• •
fSMV 0 ”*** is not five
|r $?£*** one « oes two
put Glee Club seems to
Theiri n ,?5i e tle wood-bine twin-
^irmusic needs reviving.
that a book be written
*«•»>'•«« toy.” It
J be rich, rare and racy.
OUR LATE FAIR.
The Attack by the Jackson Herala.
Tbe last issue of the Jackson Herald
is very severe in its censure of the late
fairia our city. We have already en
sured its strictures, and do not deem
fui tlicr reply necessary, but for auotli-
ei article accusingthe managers of not
acting in good faith About the alliance
wedding from Banks countv; and ac-
ceptingcouples who did not belong to*
the order. The directors held their of
fer open to Mr. Tho up. jn’s friends un
til the last moment, and only received
an indefinite promise. A notice was
published asking that parties send in
their names at once, as the offer could
not be kept open longer. The next
day the two couples from Banks, and
one from Oglcthope came in person and
were accepted. Mr.Pruitt had nothing
whatever to do with the fair, but he
wrote to Mr. Thompson explaining ilie
matter. The directors accepted two
more couples than they desired, but as
the parties were in the city, and thpy
did not want to disapoint them. Xo
restriction was made til the contract
ing parties shouxd belong to the alliance.
The offer was open to any who would con
sent to marry in cotton bagging on the
fair gronuds - Our impression is that
the Farmers alliance is opposed to all
manner of trusts, and of course would
not try to get up a corner on matri
mony.
So far as our fair is concerned, all
those who paid their admissson ex
pressed themselves as well pleased with
the exhibition, ahd they are the class
the directors sought to satisfy.
So far as tho Herald’s slur about “Mex
ican greasers” we will state that one of
said “Greasers” was a refined and cul
tured lady, closely related to some of
tue best families in Jackson and adja
cent counties.
IvAny honorable man who will say
that the fair was’nt worth the
price of admission can have liis money
refunded by application to the direct
ors who are all gentleman and not
lot of swindlers, hoarded together to
defraud the public.
som e "constitution folks.
Henry W. Grady, tbe Tregan
* Big Atlanta Daily,
H. W. Grady, editor of the Atlanta
Constitution, is a stout, black-haired",
black-eyed man of thirty-nine, and can
appear either fifteen or fifty. He is of
an elastic temperament and believes in
relaxation, works like a Trojan find frol
ics with the ::est of a boy. When he
gets through with his mail in the morn
ing he comes iuto the room where Wal
lace Reed, Joel Chandler Harris and
the other members of theeditorial force
are engaged, and breaks up their work
for fifteen minutes. Sitting on Mr
Harris’ desk, he brings everybody a
round him, and the audience is regaled
with jokes, and a running- satire on
current events. The entertainment
winds up with the suddenness of a com
pany on double-quick coming to a halt.
All at once Mr. Grady puts on a serious
face and retires to his room, slamming
the door behind him. With his stenog
rapher Mr. Grady is closeted for an
hour or so. ‘The amount of work he
will get through in an hour is astonish
ing. In a tew minutes he will lay out
a week’s work for his staff. He is lost
for a day or two, then comes into the
office some morning with a sparkling
quotation from the speech that is to be
At such times he asks every man’s criti
cism, but no one can suggest an im
provement. Some of his matchless pas
sages are envolved in the presence ef
his stenographer. Walking the room
and gesticulating as if before an audi
ence, he rolls them out as fast as Jim
can take them down. The superb ex
ordium of his Virginia speech, which
Mr. Dana pronounced the loftiest style
of poetry, was poured out in this way
without a halt. Mr. Grady is Intense
ly social, and a large part of his time
is given to tnose who come to call on
him during the day. There is hardly
one of these callers who does not pay
his tribute of news. If he knows any
thing it comes out. To his friends Mr,
Grady is intensely partisan, and to his
enemies a dangerous man. He works
on big enterprises but can go through
details with amazing rapidity. His
personal aquaintance is cyclopaedic, and
lie knows something about everybody.
For a man with an imagination he can
digest figures with wonderful quick
ness and precision. It would take a
world’s fair to fully occupy him. He
is an optimist at heart, hates croakers,
and his hobby is development.—Cur
rent Literature.
; Harmony Grove Notes,
Harmony Grove, Nov. 23—’Squire
Martin Luther McDonald, a prominent
planter of Banks county, was in town
yesterday.
Mr. R. B. Burgess’ auction sale is in
progress today and a good sized crowd
is in attendance.
Sheriff Tom McElhannon and Clerk
W. T. Bennett,-of Jefferson, are in the
Grove today circulating among the
boys.
An epidemic of measles i3 prevalent
in this section now’, and the doctors are
busy.
Mr, S. C. Pott?, a prominent Alleance-
man of Apple.'Valley, Ga., has a stalk
of corn on which ten full ears of corn
were produced this year.
All Talking About It.
A Banner reporter xvalked up one of
the streets yesterday morning and
stopped at nearly every group of men he
met. And less than four-fitlis of them
were talking about the fair and the
o-ood results already showing them
selves. It all shows that the effect of
tho fair upon the people is not a trans
ient one, but deep rooted and lasting.
Women with pale, colorless faces,who
feel weak and discouraged, will receive
, both mental ami boililv vigor by using
! Carter’s iron Pills, which are made for
ATHENS PUBLISHING CC
THE STGCK HOLDERS MEET AND PEE
FECT ORGANIZATION.
Mr. Oo D. Thomas Elected President. Tht
capit a St: ck Raised to $20,000.
An Enthusiastic Meeting.
blood, nerves and complexion.
The Athens Publishing Company lias
perfected organization, and by Decem
ber 1st the new paper will make its
appearance.
The stock holders held a meeting in
tho city co incil chamber yesterday af
ternoon, and settled up the business in
final and definite shape.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr. Geo. T. Thomas promptlv at four
o’clock and a full attendance was pres
ent.
It was an enthusiastic meeting.
The charter that had been arranged
for the company was read and was ac
cepted by a unanimous vote. The full
amount was quickly subscrioed and the
subscriptions were all received and de
clared binding. A meeting of the sub
scribers was called and the .corporators
adjourned.
The elections for tho officers of the
Athens Publishing Company were tak
en up and resulted as follows:
Mr. Geo. D. Thomas for President
and Messrs. Geo. T. Murrell, M Myers.
W. D. O’Farrell, E. R. Hodson, C. G.
Talmadge. directors. The vote was a
a large one, there being 228 votes cast.
On motion of Mr. Gantt the capita!
stock was increased to $20,000, by a
unanimous vote. There being no fur
ther business to be transacted the meet
ing adjourned subject to a call of the
president.
This has virtually settled the matter
of the consolidation of the two papers
definitely and warrants the establish
ment of a first class daily for Athens.
It was the biggest day’s work for tl -e
future welfare and prosperity of Ath
ens that has been achieved for years,,
for there is nothing more calculated to
increase the progress of a city than a
first class newspaper.
. There is no reason why Athens can
not have as good a daily for its terriio-
as any city in the South. We believe
the present incorportion can give Ath
ens a paper that shall not only be of un
limited benefit to the city in its future
growth and development but will be a
credit to the city.
The enthusiast. »t the meeting yes
terday betokened tlie determination of
each and every Stockholder to make the
undertaking a great success, aud we
heard a.-jSyominent stockholder say, be
wished fie was able to invest a thousand
dollars in the company, as lie believed
it would be the best investment he
could make. ' •
Tin* news paper will appear on De
cember! st with tb&iflr8t issue.
directors’ meeting.
Af 5 o’c’ock last evening a meeting
of the Directors of the Athens Publish-
ing Company was held in the office of
the President, Geo. D. Thomas.
Present: Messrs. Thomas, Talmadge,
O’Farrell, Hodgson and Myers.
Mr. T. L. Gantt was elected editor-
in-chief, with authority to select liis
own assistants.
Mr. C. D. Flanigen was elected busi
ness manager, and given entire control
of the department of the office.
The name of the paper will be “The
Athens Banner.”
The Business Manager and Directors
will on Monday make a-thorough can
vass of the city for stock subscriptions,
and will try and interest every citizen
in the paper.
An investigation of the business
showed it to be in a prosperous condi
tion, and handsome dividends are ex
pected.
ASTBANGE ANIMAL,
Running Will in Madison County Startles
• the Natives,
Mr. T. J. Po?3, a citizen of Madison
county was in the city yesterday, and
told t~ most startling narrative of a
strange wild animal thatisnow“raising
Cain in his neighborhood.”
The beast has been seen several times
by the citizens in that section, and is of
such descriptiou that no- one has yet
been able to tell what species of quad-
ruped it is. y' '"
It is three or four feet in length,has a
gray bushy tail, and make sa half bark
and half howl whenever seen, and darts
away in the twinkling of an eye.
The queer animal has been playing
havoc with chickens and turkeys and
has whipped several dogs that made an
attack on it. The people in that vicin
ity are greatly excited over the appear
ance of the frightful and unknown beast
and yesterday a party of twenty-fire
farmers went out in search of the ani
mal. The negroes are frightened be
yond their senses and children will
not venture out of doors scarcely in
fear of the sudden appearance of the
unknown hut dreaded animal.
No one can say what the the thing is
Some say it is a wolf, others a moun-’
tain lion, while some are sure it is a
<*ross between a wild cat and a polar
bear, but the prevailing opinion Is that
the best name for it is a “What-is-it.”
Whatever it be it has stirred up
much consternation among the farmers
of that neighborhood, and every effort
will be made to kill it in its wild ca
reer.
How Mr C A Buckingham Hits the Nall.
C A Auckingliam, night clerk of the
United States Express .CompaHy, when
asked to make up a purse for the purpose
of buying some tickets in The Louisi
ana State Lottery refused, but conclud
ed that be would' try his luck, and sent
*2 a nd received in return two one-twen-
tfetli tickets. One of these was one-
twentieth of ticket Xo. 69,159, which
drew the third capital prize of $;>0,000.
He forwarded liis ticket to The Louisi-
State Lottery Company and receiv-
ltard cash.—-
] Times, Oct. 1.
AFTER TWENTY YEARS
An Aged Couple Remarries After a
Long Separation.
An old gentleman from Banks county
informs us of a rather singular—mar-
riage, divorce and remarriage,of an old
couple in this county some years ago.
i’here lived near Homer a quiet gen
tleman of Scotch decent and a strict
L’reshyterian. This gentleman and his
vviie seemed to live happily together
and raised several children who were
gfown at the time the separation took
place. One day while some of the
neighbors were visiting the family
something was said about one of the
children’s not favoring the balance of
t^e family. This caused the trouble
and the separation. " After the visitors
had left the argument was kept up be
tween husband and wife and the more
they talked the further apart they went.
T^Uey at last agreed to live under tbe
same roof but never to speak to each
oiner under any circumstances. None of
the neighbors knew of the disturbance
ahd both would sit at the table and en
tertain their friends and no one could
detect that there was anything wrong.
This went on for twelve long years and
at last the husband brought the matter
before some of -his brethren in. the
church and they advised a reconcilia
tion and a remarriage, which was done,
and the old couple traveled down life’s
hill pleasantly until they reached the
endr
THE 0-, c. &n. ROAD.
The Engineering Corps Nearing the
City Limits.
Yesterday Maj. Morrison and his corps
of engineers were this side the Middle
Oconee river, and to-day they will
probably reach the incorporate limits.
They are locating the line, and in a very
short .time tl c contract will bj* given
out for gradi ■:% between the Savannah
river and Atlanta. Anothuj corps is
working between Jug Tavern and
Lawrenceville. This is the winding up
of the survey. The line from Jug Tav
ern to Athens has been slightly chang
ed.
The G., C. & N. bonds are in active
demand in Baltimore. They first sold at
97>£, but -nbw 102>£ are offered and
103>2 a>-e asked. The money for their
sale is in the hauds of the trustees, and
can be applied to no other purpose than
to build the road.
IN SELF DEFENSE. COVINGTON AND MACON.
ed in in return $2,500 in
r.hnttanoosfo fTenn.lTir
Chattanooga [ r
AN INSANE MOTHER S DEED.
She Forces Her Daughter to Swallow
Poison and Then Kills Herself.
MosHERViLLK.Mieh.TNov. 20.—While
insane, Mrs. Nathaniel fjjfcrang of Pu
laski, Jackson county, trjj^rto kill her
self and daughter with aconite Monday,
sa ving that she totted'that murderers
were after them.^j . A doctor saved the
women, but Mrs Strang remained in a
state of great nervous-excitement. Dur
ing the temporary absence of Mr. Strang
she filled two tumblers with a solution
of Paris green and, handing one
to her daughter Maud, aged eighteen,
and taking the other herself, she drank
her own dose and forced, the girl at the
muzzle of a revolver to .also swallow
the draught. Physciians were called but
the poison had done its work.
Mrs. Strang died at about midnight
in horrible agony, and Maud died an
hour or two later. Maud insisted to
the last that her mother had forced her
to take the poison, and said she died not
want to die, and she begged piteously of
her friends the physician to save her
life.
Mrs. Strang was a prominent member
of the Methodist church, while Maud
was organist in the same church.
CAMPAIGN PONDS.
The Suffrage-Sellers Very Sore Over the
Nomination.
The negroes in Athens who have
for years made big money selling their
votes and ’fluence, are very sore over
the whites nominating candidates for
municipal offices, and feel like they
have been greatly wronged. Several
old leaders are loud In their complaints
and did their best to get enough blacks
to register to control the election. But
this yerr the candidates would not pay
their taxes, and the negro voters are in
a hopeless minority, that will grow
beaut’fully less each year. . From now
on nominations will be made for every
office. Andy Prather says half the ne
gro houses were built with money paid
for votes by candidates. One office
holder tells us that his place cost him
several huedied dollars more than he
has ever gotten out of it.
ATHENS’ FDTORE.
Bhe Will be One of the Great Cities of the
South.
A Bannkr reporter met Capt. C. G.
Talmadge yesterday morning on his
tour of news-gathering and asked him
for his quota of news. He replied that
business was great and news scarce, but
Athens was all right.
“When the G. C. & N. gets here,”
said the Captain, “and we have electric
lights, and a new’ hotel, and a great
newspaper, you will see Athens one of
the greatest cities in the South, and one
whose future will be a brilliant one. I
believes these things will all be seen in
side of two years, and tlie citizens of
Athens have now’ gotten tbe right move
on them to accomplish this.”
It is encouraging to hear such words
from such men as Capt. Talmadge. It
proclaims a great future for our city.
—
Quick, safe and sure. This is said of
Salvation Oil, tbe great rheumatic rem
edy and greatest cure on earth for pain.
Price 25 cents a bottle.
“Down in the Coal mines underneath
the ground” coughs and colds are very
fiequent and there is where Dr. Bull’s
Cough Syrup is invaluable.
TW 0 NEGROES IN OCONEE ENGAGE IN A
DEADLY FIGHT.
Lon Robinson Hills John Owens With a
Knife—He Declares It was a Case of
Self Defense,
News of a frightful tragedy comes to
us from Oconee county.
Last Monday night two negroes, John
Owens and Lou Robinson got into a
fuss over some petty quarrel on the
plantation of Mr. Steve Branch in Oco
nee near Farmington and it proved a
deadly encounter before the whole
matter was edend.
John Owens seems to have been the
agressive man in the fight and graspin° r
a fence rail struck Lon Robinson on the
head two or three successive blows with
such rapidity that Robinson was una
ble to return any of his antagonist’s
blows. He was knocked down and re
ceived a frightful gash in his forehead:
but so soon as he regained his strength
and sense, he leaped upon Owens and
with a large pocket knife stabbed him
mercilessly In the right shoulder and
in the low'er part of the stomach. The
nearest physician was sent for who
dressed the wounds of both the wound
ed men. Since that time both parties
“ a T® he<m laid up from the effects of
their fight. Owens was very sick and
gradually grew worse until yesterday
morning when he died.
Robinson is still at Mr. Branch’s
plantation and is slowly recovering
from his wounds. He has" no fear of
being punished by law for the killing of
owens as he asserts that he did it in
self defense, and all who witnessed the
fight say it was a clear case of self de
fense.
' { W£ ^ ■ . . . '
IS THE PRIZE TWO SYSTEMS ARB
AFTER,
THE ONLY LINE NEEDED TO COMPLETE
THE ROBINSON SYSTEM FROM
PORTSMOUTH, VA., TO
PALATKA, FLA.
I
The Dunlap Verdict.
The general impression in Athens is
that it was an outrage against the N.
E. railroad to give to engineer Dun
lap a verdict for $7,000. Policeman
Culp says he was drunk when the acci
dent occured, and other witnesses testi
fied that he was drinking all day. The
accident is clearly traceable to his care
lessness. It has come to a nice pass
when a railroad engineer has to be paid
for getting drunk and endangering the
lives of passengeis.
THE COLOREDFAIR
Panning Out Poorly—The Saratoga Horses
Got Left.
The colored fair is ajlosing investment
this year, as the attendance is. very
small and. the attractions few and far
between.
Several side shows were induced to
remain over, but they are not dbing
enough to pay for the wear and tear of
their canvass. The proprietors are very
despondent and are auxious to move to
better fields, >
A darkey brought some Saratoga hor
ses and sec his game up in the exhibition
hall, but at last accounts he had taken
in only fifty cents, and; paying $2 per
day privilege. He is swamped, end
yesterday wrote the owner for money
to get away.on.
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
The Atlanta Constitution has the fol
lowing:
There is another big railroad deal on
foot.
The Covington and Macou railroad is
the prize for which the Richmond and
Danville and tlie Georgia, Carolina and
Northern systems are competing, and
it comes from good authority that both
have made liberal offers for this con
nection which will give the successful
bidder an entrance m middle Geergia.
For the Georgia, Carolina and North
ern, it will complete a line from Ports
mouth, Va., to Palatka, Florida.
Mr. E. C. Maehen did not tell all the
railroad news he-knew when he was in
the city the .other day. Since he left it
comes straight that Alexander Brown
and company, of Baltimore, who took
the bonds of the Georgia, Carolina and
Northern, the Covington and Macon,
and the Georgia Southern 'and Florida
roads, have offered the stockholders of
the Covington and Macon a guarantee
of three per cent dividend on their
stock for control of the road. The te .-m
of the guarantee, it is said, is lift;
years. It comes from another liig)
source that the Richmond and Danville
road has offered the stockholders a six
per cent guarantee for the control of
Covington & Macon.
Mr. Maehen, who owns a majority of
the stock, has gone to New York, and
it is thought he will trade before he re
turns. Alexander Brown & Co. will
doubtless go as far in inducements as
the Richmond & Danville, or farther,
for the Macon and Covington is all that
is needed to give them control of a line
from Portsmouth, Va., to Palatka, Fla.
This line includes the Seaboard and
Roanoke, the Raleigh and Gaston, the
Ra»eigh and Augusta, the South Caroli
na Central, the Georgia, Carolina and
Northern, now building from Monroe,
N. C., to Athens and Atlanta, the
Covington & Macen, from Athens to
Macon, and the Georgia, Southern and
Florida, fr*m Macon via Valdosta to
Palatka, Florida.
They control all this lino now .but
tl e Co vington and Macon, gml will go
£ good way to get that. The Richmond
and Danville, on the other jiafjxL by
‘getting the Covingfcai\ .-isd ijjpicqn
would shut out its most formidable
rival and gain access to middle Georgia
at Macon.
Between the two Mr. Maehen is likely
to get something like par for his stock,
with the dividend guarantee of six per
cent. This will make him from a half
to a million dollars. Considering that
he started a year or two ago with A side
of meat and a box of crackers, this is
not doing badly.
An interesting feature of the Georgia,
Carolina and Northern extension into
Georgia is the report which eomes from
a well informed source that Captaia W.
J. Raoul will he tendered the position
of general manager of that system.
Riddleberger has sworn eternal en
mity against Mahone. He has funited
again with the democratic party and
quit drinking.
. Mrs. Parnell repudiates appropria
tion to the fund for her relief, and
she is in no need of help.
Mr. Davis is better but his physicians
say his age is against him.
The official democratic majority in
Virginia is over 44,000.
$15,000 has been put on Jackson
against Sluggar Sullivan.
Four men who were frozen in Dakota
were fonnd and buried by Indians,
All the cheese factories have com
bined. = a- . \
The reports of a revolution in Portu
gal are exaggerated.
Prof. Cole, of Akron, O., was sen
tenced to the penitentiary two years for
debauching a little girl.
There Is a report in London of a rev
olution in Cuba.
A family in Chicago has disappeared
and their house on jbeing broken open
was fonnd covered with blood.
ATHENS FAIR*
What a Neighboring Paper Says of It.
The Athens Fair last week was a suc
cess. On Thursday, Alliance day,
there were 20,000 visitors there—the
largest crowd that ever was seen in Ath
ens. All the railroads had more people
than they eould well handle, and the
trade in the Classic City was never bet
ter. We heard a young Athenian say
that there were more pretty girls there
than he ever s..\v before. Three couples
were married in cotton bagging. The
opening parade, which was a mile long
was the most attractive feature ever
presented on a similar occasion. We are
proud to know that our friends of this
growing little eity were so successful.
Athens is one of the besu cities in Geor-
fia and is certain to become a laro-e city
in the near future.—Crawfordville
Democrat.
Ministers, Lawyers, Teachers, and
others whose occupation gives but little
exercise, should use Carter’s Little
Liver Pills for torpid liver and bilious
ness. One is a do-. T ry them.
Americus will have to act at once if
she is going to raise $1,500 to secure the
removal of W. G, Sutherland’s foundry
ram Michigan. It employ fifty men.
All disorders caused b}’ a billieus state
of tlie sj’Stem can be cured by usiug Car
ter’s Little Liver Pills. Xo pain, grip
ing or discomfort attending their use..
Try them. . J
DIED.
An Estimable Lady Passes Away:
Mrs. James Pittard, an estimable la
dy died yesterday after lingering some
time with a spell of illness. She was
well known and most highly esteemed
in the city, aud her death will cause a
solemn gloom in many a household.
Her funeral will he preached this af
ternoon 2,30 oclock at the residence of
Mrs. Thos. Lester.
A FATAL FALL.
A Colored. Woman Drops to Death.
From a Trestle
Athens was all astir early yesterday
morning over the report that a woman
had been killed by the North Eastern
north bound passenger train on the
trestle across the Oconee river several
miles from the city.
The train left Athens at 7:10 aud by
eight the rumor had seized the whole
town. The coronor summoned a jury
and repaired to the scene to find that it
was a colored woman named Ann Top-
liu, a well known and aged woman.
Tbe coroner held an inquest and for a
time it was hard to find the real cause
of the sudden death. The jury after a
complete investigation rendered the fol
lowing verdict:
>!. “We the juryjin the case of Ann Top-
iiii deceased, now lying dead before us,
find that the deceased came to her death
bv falling from a trestle.
J B. H. Noblb.”
Improved the Grounds*
The use of tbe Fair Grounds was
kindly donated to the directors of the
late fair, but while this is a fact, the ui-
rectors amply repaid the fair associa
tion. They spent over three hundred
dollars in improving the grounds,bund
ing new stalls and putting everything
in^hape for the fair.
What I know about that standard re-
medy-Dr. Bull’s Cough Svrup :-I
know that a 25 cent bottle cured me
a bad cough in 12 hours. It is a fact.
Myriads of cases of rhumatism and
neuralgia have already succumbed to
that wonderful remedy Salvation Oil.
Price only 25 cents a bottle.
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FL-y P.er.es
AH silk and wool Henrietta’s ae-
knowle lsicd to he the newest shoes and
finest 2cades in the city at $1, now cut
to (oc.
Michael Bros.