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Consolidated 1389 with the
Athens Banner, Est. 1832.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10*1889
o-reat 30-day forced sale a grand success, and we have only 15 days more to sell the balance of twenty thousand do liars, and this
oan easily do, as we are going to cut prices deeper than ever tins week. There is not a customer that has attended tills 30-day
■that did not buy twice as many goods as they expected to purchase, as soon as they found out the prices we were selling for.,
•respectfully invite all of our friends and customers to bring this advertisement with them, or they will find a copy of it at our
^ S o they will* see that this is a GENUINE SALE and NO HUMBUG.
e would be under obligations to our customers if they would no* ask for samples or-—to take goods out on approval during this sale, as there are always eager
chasers to buy the goods at the prices named. But if there are samples wanted from our regular stock they will be given with pleasure. During this sale you will
large signs at every department of the special goals that have been reduced in price.
OUR
ATTENTION
FIFTEEN DAYS.
The Lower Level of Prices.
idies’ cloths 54 inches wide, in all popular colors at 50c, regular price $1 per yard. -La-
idack broadcloth full width at Joe, regular price $1.25. Grey camel’s hair cloths at
worth 75. Henrietta cloths 44 inches wide going at 00c, former price 1.25. 40 inch
series plaid effect at 45c, cheap at 75. 42 inch brocade cloths, all wool, 25c. French
Dels and eider down at reduced prices. A few more pieces of the 25c sideba r.d cash-
5 pieces of 54-inch all wool Brooklyn plaids going to be offered at 80c per yard;
filing entirely new and stylisli. All imported and American dress goods and trim
at one-third off, to reduce rapidly for the next fifteen days.
What Prices!
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95 lbs of single and split zephyrs. Worsted in all colors just received and will sell it at
[half what other merchants have been asking lor it. 25 dozen more of Fosters patent
L]7 hook kid gloves at $1 per pair, in all colors, regular price 1.25 and 1.50. These
(die best gloves in the world for the money. On Tuesday we will show you a complete
jof children’s kid gloves. R. & Gr. Corsets are the best and are selling at pbpular pric J
All cents’, ladies’ and children’s underwear going to be sold at one-third off for the
It fifteen days. Children 25c hose for 124c. All Jerseys and blouse waist to be sold
[less than manufacturer’s prices. A few ends of table linens slightly soiled going to be
lit half of cost price. Gent’s and boy’s kid gloves, fur top, slightly soiled, 4o be sold
per pair. Not many left. Cali early.
Plushes, Silks and Velvets
All fancy, striped and plain velvets Warranted all silk to be sold at $1; goods worth
three times the money. A few pieces of very heavy upholestry plush, very wide, at $1.50,
woirlh $2 50. All plain, fancy and striped silks oil center counters at 50c and 85c per
yard, worth from $1 to $2 50, and these are not short ends, but can give you any number
of yards you wish. We are offering in regular stock tlie celebrated “Regatta” brand of
black silk we guarantee to give perfect satisfaction to the trade.We are the only house in
the city that carries a.complete line of Priestly black goods in all the plain and fanr.v
wears. We have reduced them trenty per cent off for fifteen days.
Holiday Goods on Bargain Co
Jr •£ J jp
All of the articles named will be nice for Xmas presents and you now have a chance to
uy ithem very cheap at the great thirty day sale, and remember there is only fifteen days
eft* Beautiful mufis and boas embroidered h’dk.’f silk umbrellas. Silk scares and ties at
45c, worth 75c. Gent’s silk handkerchiefs and mufflers. Pocket books, card cases, ladies*
plush boxes, fancy stands, writing desks, Albums, picture frames, gent’s leather dressing
cases, walking canes, riding whips, toilet stands, perfume bottles, music cases, fancy mir
rors, etc., and and a great many other articles that are nice for presents in plush and leath-
er goods. These goods will all be placed oil center counters, and the prices marked in
plain figures. Call early aud make your selection.
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j be sacrificed in the next fifteen days. We have sold a great many wraps this season. Now the balance we have on hand we are going to close out at fifty cents on
‘dollar as we will not have room to pack them up next summer. So we have decided to make prices and sell them quick. We have all the fashionable shapes
Imakes to be had in this country You can buy from us a $5 garment for $2.50, a $10 jacket for 5 00, a 15 OOdolmanfor 7-50 or a 2fl.OO
10 00. Wehope to see everybody at our store this week. We will guarantee prices against any reliable house.
V. T. HOUSTON;
MANAGER.
JULIUS COHEN
feiom MY.
PXESDAY WILL BE THE SOL
EMN DAY.
ICltlzeus Will Do Honor to the
ory of Mr. Davis-Tliey Will
ow Their Deathless Lovo for
the Patriot.
DETAILS OF THE DAY.
pg to the tact that the tuneral of
Nil Davis has been arranged for
pwlntsday, tlie citizens of Athens
IfK'poned the memorial services,
been fixed for next Monday,
•'M day.
► services will be held all oyer the
► ou that day, aud the Confederate 1
f°rs will all be informed in time
ffiiig their lust tribute of deathless
I' 1 their old soldier and chieftain.
PHamfe,derate survivors of Athens
Nnheust Georgia hud already sig-
their resolution to pay this trib
al respect before any orders from
rtordon were known, and the pa-
‘ spirit that prompted the citizens
to fix a Memorial day in
r ** the dead President can but be
I ®ed by every loyal heart in the
111 States.
*People of Athens iwved Mr. Davis.
Tutizen holds his memory dear,
|y ll ‘ remember until their deaths
»re reg re t he so kindly expressed
' ^ttg able to visit Athens a few
!H n ce in response to the invita-
'4him to come to our citjHlI is
ir > Miss Winnie, was his substi-
? cepting the invitation, and
*tura that was tendered her by
Ll “«nians is still a bright page in
Memory. No king ever Jwore
'•■r uiadem than the deathless love
•he people of Athens which
gray hairs today,
■services next Wednesday will
. mis love in deeds—not words.
|„. ei T store he closed, everwbusi*
PP®dl and let every man, wo-
Jy* child come out to pay tribute
■ President of the Confeder-
University will turn over the
riiapel to the use of the citizens
>ets will be in the line of
'Mill the Facultv will take part
AA'ces. The Lucy Cobblnstf-
; also take part in the services,
; -A-Butherhord will close the
1that day. When notified yes-
R\lhfc services, Rutherford
I 'id gladly, give jiolitlav on
EWJD Itt^tor'of Mr. Davis, and
R]' v::0 le school wo. - *
THE COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS.
The committee that was appointed
last Friday night by the Mayor to ar
range a suitable program for the Me
morial day, have made the following
repot t, which, with slight variations,
perhaps, will be carried out next
Wednesday:
Capt. C. G. Talmadge, Marshal of the
Day, to select his assistants.
The citizens to assemble at monu
ment at 11:45.
Procession will march to the college
chapel in order as follows: 1st, Mayor
arid Couneilmen and Mayor and Conn-
cilmeu elect, 2nd University Faculty,
3rd Military Companies, 4th Lucy
Cobb pupils, 5tl\ Home School pupils,'
Gth Public schools.
The Confederate Veterans Survivors’
Association will hold a meeting in the
Mayor’s office, and will take part in
the procession.
On the -stage will assemble Mayor
arid Couneilmen, Trustees,’Cuasicellor
arid.Faculty of the University, speak
ers, committee on arrangements, and
Marshal anil his assistants.
TIIH CEREMONIES.
In the college chapel there wiii be a
number of speeches made by prominent
speakers after prayer by Dr. C. W.
Lane. The names of the speakers have
not all been arranged, but they will be
representatives of the City Council, the
'old soldiers, the citizens of Athens, and
the college. Judge Harris will be asked
to preside over the meeting.
A FINE FARM.
A MODEL FARMER WHO HAS A
MODEL FARM.
Mr. XV. A. Gilleland it a Good Farmer
as Well as a Good Clerk of tlie City
Council. Points of His Excel,
lent Management.
DANIELSYILLE DOINGS.
What Ia'Happtnloit *■ ® nr Neighbor
ing Town.
Last Tuesday as Mr. R. E. Fortson
was on liis way home from Elberton,
his mules got frightend and ran away
with him, hurting him seriously.—
They also tore his buggy to pieces.—
We hope he may soon recever.
Mr David Long of this county and
Miss‘Carrie Witcher, of Oglethorpe,
were married at the home of the bride’s
parents, last Wednesday. This is a
union of two of the most clever and
high toned young people of the two
counties, and we with then* host of
friends wish them every imaginable
pleasure and long aud useful lives.
Airs J. H. White and her daughter
in-law Mrs. W. L. White of Montague
county, Texas, are now in this section
on a visit to their many relatives.—
They arrived in Athens last Sunday
anil came over Tuesday. 1 Ueywill rc-
pi'iin about six weeks, wc learn.
the useful and profitable.
This article is not written to bring
Mr. Gilleland prominently before the
public, but the point to be made of this
is that the only sure means of improv
ing a farm is stock. Mr. G. has or is
making one mistake. He is noc culti
vating any of the grasses. He is too
much dependent upon corn, fodder and
oats. Whereas, he ought to sow clo
ver, orchard grass, etc,
W, H. T.
Four miles from Athens on the Jef
ferson road is situated on a high eleva
tion the old Uolsey place. The land
when in its primeval state was poor,
very poor, as is evidenced by tlie natu
ral forest growth, some of which still
exists in spots, being scrubby black
.Jack, Spanish oak anil scrubby post
oak. ,.
The soil of the farm is of two classes,
red and gray, with a good foundation
of red clay, ~ close-grained and heavy.
About twelve years ago this farm was
taken in hand by our popular clerk of
council, Mr. W. A. Gilleland. Bushes
and gullies and galdeu spots have dis
appeared. Terraces, ditches and deep
plowing have figured conspicuously in
its improvement. Mr. G. is on tlie
right track. He has a herd of some 28
or 30 head of graded Jerseys, all of
which are fed entirely from the pro
ducts of the place. These cattle are
tlie manure-making machines of the
farm. Mr. G. gathers leaves, pine
straw and woods earth in abundance
and spreads them in bis cattle yards,
the result of which is a large amount of
fine manure, which is compounded in
Jan. with cotton seed and cotton seed
meal and acid phosphate, and applied
broad-cast. This present year on about
30 acres in cotton the yield will be near
ly or quite a bale per acre, as 23 bales
have already been gathered and there is
yet to pick G or 7 bales. An abundance
of corn has • been gathered to run the
place for another year. A large barn is
filled with oats, hay and other produce.
At this present time he has a large area
sown in fall oats which are beautifully ■ con fi rn is. as to his entering the minis-
green and luxuriant, and if they stand j ^ r y j s n0 ‘ Q 0 ubt to be attributed to this
the January freezes will yield enor- (1;ist grea t affliction of his life. There
mously. Mr. G. lias justfinished plant- are hundreds of Georgians who admire,
' vea, idealize Mr. Graves, who will join
us in saying that in whatever protes-
mon persimmons. s j on i 10 intends for the rest of his rife
Upon the whole, this is a model farm, t0 use t i ie magnificent talents with
run by a genial, unobtrusive gentle- , w hich he is endowed, it is certain that
man, whose time is mostly taken up j he w m a power for good and useful-
with his official duties as clerk of the , ness>
council of the city of Athens. Mr. G. i . ’
cells a ^ood deal of gilt-edged Jersey -
b 11 tw the citizens of Athens at fan- Holiday Goons.—A most complete
- - a t to be fortu- assortment of Christmas good', consist-
A PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER.
That’s What Hon. John T. Graves Will
Probably Be.
For some days the report has circula
ted in tlie press of the State that Hon.
John T. Graves, editor-in-cliief of the
Rome Tribune, would abandon the edi
torial chair and enter the pulpit.
When shown this report Mr. Graves
has declined to make a statement either
affirmatively or negatively, and Ids
hundreds of friends all over the State
have awaited, with deep interest,further
developments.. Yesterday a gentleman
of this city received a letter from a
prominent merchant of Borne in which
he confirms the rumor as to the en
trance of Mr. Graves into tlie ministry.
The writer says that the impression in
Rhine is that Mr. Graves will soon be
come a Piesbyterian minister.
Mr. Graves has all his recent life
been identified with newspaper life, and
since his return to Georgia the brillian
cy of his rhetoric and the ripeness of
liis learning have been conspicuous in
the columns of the Atlanta Journal and
of his present charge, the Tribune of
Rome. Last summer, however, a cloud
came over the clear sky of liis exist
ence. His brilliant and beautiful wife,
the help-mate of his early struggles,
the incentive to his increased useful
ness, the sharer of his recent triumphs,
passed away to tlie bright world beyond.
Since that time Mr. Graves has been
in many respects, a different man. The
rumored change which the latest news
ing a hog orchard of 280 everbearing
mulberrv and a large number of com-
THE FUND HAS STARTED
«
mu cereirtomc:
Hope they may have a nicest pleasant ; n rices- Itis a rare treat to be fortu- ; assortment of
visit amongst their formei lueijds aig n'ate enough to look, over ■this]orderly, ing of dolls
numerous relatives.,, j- j ‘ neat aqd tTsiifty plajte/hnd unu wpll re- be Is. Judies,
r. navis, ;imi < . . ---7. ,.i.’f.uj ,rh»siviro-Ac- mv a visit from anyone wild woupd en- everything ill
m4«» -j&•*W ,Kk '' ,ia • “ *?
Ils, tea sets,- doll furniture/
es.i carriages rfnd In fact
ih ine way of toys’can be
Rosa You de Lerth'
And It Will Grow Until a Princely Huns
Dm been Raised.
Atlanta, Dec. 7.—[Special to Ban
ner.]—-The movement set in operation
for the raising of a fund for Jefferson
Davis’ widow and daughter has started
and there is no telling where it will
stop. Dispatches received to-day from
various portions of the State indicate
an enthusiasm which can find expression
in nothing less than a princely amount
to be presented to the family of the late
head of the Confederacy. Montgom
ery, Ala., telegraphed to the Evening
Journal that she “will do her full duty
in any movement of this kind.”
- The’ Confederate Veterans’Associa
tion of Macon met last night and form
ulated plans for aiding the Davis Fund.
The Journal has received the following
telegram from Richmond, V#.:
“We start subscription here to-day.”
RiChard F. Bierxie,
i;? ; Editor State.
Augusta telegraphs through Col. C.
C. Jones, Jr, that memorial exercises
will be held in that city aud a fund im
mediately started.''. Columbus will im
mediately set to work to raise its fund
and Savannah will do the same.
ATLANTA AS USUAL LEADS..
The Davis Fund in Atlanta ran up
this morning to $1,500 in fifteen min
utes, Hons. Hoke Smith, E. P. Howell,
M.C. Kiser, J. W. English, Sam In
man W P Inman, G W Parrot, AG
Rhodes and H W Grady each giving
$100.
After the subscription lists were
started the finance committee called on
Governor Gordon, and at their sugges
tion he issued the following additional
call to have subscription committees
appointed in each state:
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 7.
As tlie commander of the United Con
federate Veterans I respectfully suggest
that you appoint a general committee
for your state to receive funds subscrib
ed for Mrs. Davis and her daughter.
The movement is well under way here,
and eminent success is assured. The
fundis to beinvested ; for and presented.to
them after conference by the commit
tees of all the States.
J. B. Gordon.
The Georgia committee was imme
diately appointed by the governor. It
is composed of one member from each
state senatorirl district as follows:
senatorial districts.
1st District—A R Lawton, Savannah
2d District—S D Brad well
C Nicholls
Butts
A McDonald,
I? Pendleton
7th District—Robert G Mitchell
8th District—J D Harrell
9th District R B Doster
10th District—Richard H Hobbs
11th District M C Edwards
12th District—Wm. Harrison
,13th District—A S Cutts
14th District—George Jordan, Haw-
kinsville
loth District—A G McArthur
lGtli District—MereerJIavnes
17th District—H H Perry :
18tli District—C C Jones
19th District—Columbus Heard
20th District—TF Newell
21st District—Richard Johnson
22il District—M H Ross
23d District—C C Duncan
24th District—W S Shepherd
* 25th District—Henry Persons
26 th District—James S Boynton*
27th District—H D McDaniel.
28th District—RB Nisbet.
29th District—J E Strother.
30th District—Thomas Swift, Elber
ton. „
31st District—J W Robertson.
32d District—W P Price.
33d District—Sam Dunlap.
34th District—W T Smith.
35th District—W L Calhoun.
30th District—P H Brewster.
37th District—James M Hewitt. |
38th District—Joe A Blance.
39th District—H P Bell.
40th District—C J Welborn.
41st District-YE W Watkins.
42il District-^W F Aver.
43d Distiiet—W H Black.
44th District—>W H Payne.
.The committees are requested to act
without further official notification
from General Gordon.
answering Gordon’s call.
The southern governors are respond
ing heartily to Governor Gordon’s call
for a memorial meeting all over the
south. The following answers have
been received:
Tallahassee, Fla.—John B. Gordon:
Your message is my first intelligence of
the death of Mr. Davis. The procla
mation suggested is eminently proper
and will be made by me.
F* P, Flemixc.
The governor of North Carolina tele
graphed the following:
I cordially approve the suggestion
and will do so.
Dax’l G. Fowler, Governor.
From Alabama came the following:
Your telegram reached this office in
absence of Governor Seay. It lias been
repeated to him, and he will advise
with you direct.
J. K. Jackson, Private Sect’y.
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