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jpEL SECURE
isiAsiTiEETiHG
YESTERDAY.
rtltbt Hotel Plans Matnred-All
(asitttt Present—Twenty-
pn Tousand Dollars Will
Be Raised.
rnE HOTEL >V1LL BE STAR
TED AT ONCE.
"'HE
ball keep rolling
Daily Baanar.
limittee did the work. They
, he D< .w hotel for Athens.
f |in they adopted cannot fail
S another week has gone, the
" lhe new hotel will be ready to
A BANNER REPORTER CHARMED
WITH A CONCORD OF
SWEET SOUNDS.
In Boar Spent at Raneltoa & Dozicr’t.
Great Music Stare—A Churiniag
Betreat from the City)* » n
and Daal«.t JDriring
Bufkest,
meeting of the committee ap-
thc mass meeting Friday
^tTnlay at four oelock in Col. E.
s law office. It was a full
and the deliberations that
eeiTTied on showed that every mem-
njthoroughly aroused over the
of his mission. Everybody
(Elhusiastic and to see the earnest-
rfihtt meeting was to be convinced
k hotel would be built,
lull past four the meeting was
ij to order by Capt. Willie Thomas
nun. They at once proceeded to
»the proper and most forcible
for semiring the hotel. After a
pr discussion of all the plans that
itenoffered, the committee adopt-
noolution which in substance is
Stows: *
e hotel must be built.
0;< ler to secure it we must raise
thousand in Athens. With
mount in hand, arrangements
toady been perfected to borrow
Wince necessary to build the ho
odie we can get in this way fifty
Bunl dollars we can build a hotel
lihen? costing seventy-five thou-
Mlars.
hseemed to be the favorite plan
meeting ami was adopted unani-
jhe committee. They have
;gau the work of collecting
nty-the thousand dollars in
ns and have received subscrip-
jom only a few men to the
itof ^10,000.
fib only shows how readily the peo-
itud for the enterprise and what
Sic spirit they evince in its under-
f. We believe the citizens will
■ously endorse the action of the
ineeaml will do all in their pow-
Hklptbcm build the hotel.
■tiling is certain, the committee
Man business. They have pledged
earnest endeavors to the ft.rcher-
of their plans and will begin early
*>rro\v morning soliciting the nec-
Tsubscriptions for beginning
WITHIN A WEEK.
h week’s time they hope to have
tod the twenty-five thousand dol-
hand will be ready for beginning
on the hotel. A charter has
been drawn up and
applications will be
toit 1 for :he stock company that is
wild the hotel. As soon as this
J^rhas been granted the building
il!e S>n to ri>e up and tower its lofty
»above the city ilium phantly,
to citizens should encourage the
«of the committee, and as each
approached lie should subscribe
** , »l<y as his means wi’! allow.
®°W will be a good investment.
*"•? so, but it v iti be the greatest
indirectly to the merchants and
Jto^men in Athens that could pos-
u •* obtained at this period. The
a now rests with the citizens. The
“Mittce ims discharged its full duty
“Mone it well. It only remains
ptoneople to stand by’ thorn and
?">» liberally to the stock that
w solicited this week. The shares
pjaced at such a low figure that
,. ■•'hzentan take stock.
■'<vcry merchant, every business
,1 clt!rl s salesman and laborer
! “olds the welfare of Athens at
. bike stock in this, the most
“enterprise that has ever been
pto.'H'0'i flic city of Athens.
"" • 0Ur names down, gentlemen!
Music hath its charms!
Yesterday as a Banner reporter was
rushing through the noisy din and
dust of the busy streets searching in
vain for sansations and the like the
soft sweet strains of delightful music
were wafted to his ears, which con
trasted sweetly with the clash of busi
ness, the rattling of wagons and the
general bustle and confusion thatreicn-
ed supreme. **
Following those tempting strains to
their source the reporter found himself
m the musical emporium of Haselton &
Dozie.
The store was a busy scene, with
many customers all around touching a
a few notes,now on the handsome pi
anos that stood around, or upon the
banjos, guitars, etc. that abounded in
profusion in the pretty windows.
. It was a pleasure to drift for a while
in this delectable retreat, and the re
porter leaned against the counter en
tranced.
Mr. Haselton. the junior copartner
of the establishment, was showing two
handsome pianos ta several customers.
One was a handsome rose finished in
strument while the other was an ele
gant mahogony . They were the famous
Cooper pianos and were as fine iustru-
metsas can be found in any music store
in the South. Haselton & Dozier have
the exclusive agency for North East
Georgia and are selling them at prices
that amazed the reporter. The reduced
rates of freight, Mr. Haselton said, per
mitted him to let theni go at such price.
Mr Haselton also showed his customers
several Iverson & Pond pianos. More
than one hundred of these elegant in
struments are used in the Boston Con-
servetory of Music, and have never
failed to give thorough satisfaction
wherever they have been used.
A magnificent line of organs may be
seen in the rear of the store, that shows
up die great excent to which Haselton
& Dozier are doiug a music business.
Among the different makers whom they
represent are Newman & Bros., Dyer &
Hughes, Kimball, Eastern, Cottage &
Co. and others.
“You must be doing an eno> mous bus
iness this year,’ remarked the reporter
to Mr. Haselton when he was at leis
ure.
“Yes we have done the largest busi-
nes we have ever expected. We have
sold pianos all over North and Middle
Georgia, and-In South Carolina!. ' We
have just shipped a handsome piano to
Harmony Grove to a prominent citizon
of that place.”
And then he was eff to wait upon
other customer. The harmonious strains
of musie again arose and was blended
with that of the cornet at the other
side of the establishment. There was
everything to be seen in the Store that
can be imagined in the musical world.
Flutes, violins, violas, bass violins, ban
jos, guitais, piccalos, brass band instru
ments—everything from a piano to a
jewsharp.
The reporter came away reluctantly,
with a whirl of musical melody on his
brain, and with soothing comfort in his
savage breast, for music hath its charms
to tame even a newspaper man.
PLANTERS’ POINTERS.
OUR AGRICULTURAL CORRE
SPONDENT TALKS, AND TELLS
Why Farming Does Not Pay-Some
Sound Points Sifted and Sized-
Valuable Pointers for Our __
Farmer Friends.
WAS HE MURDERED?
MR. GEORGE RADEN DISAPPEARS
MYSTERIOUSLY.
He Gaea Oat Coilacting for Klin Em
ployer la Slndunn County sad
Not Return.—Suspi
cions of Foal Play.
A Splendid School for Voung ladi ■*
\
j At Lust! At Last.
* holier' enS *J’ our v0 * ces an d >
cf sighing and waiting,
to. i through the dark, over
U .gabies, fioundering through
>i!iK . !nu * branches, and after
of... 4 84 numerous as the pine bush-
a/Vl'V'iH pideB, rejoice and be
n° l ll >at you were a pen-
v-t i.;?', 1 .. bounty of your western
it ' m high your head and feel
•flits, iave only received your
has seen by the ’ aid of
Lights of West Athens
Nombeu One.
E j. 1<: n» correspondent of the
fr»*fuli ' ‘ lms been requested to
OUf r T;Ort of tlte musical y Grid
tot • Lhe fact that this was the
5& or Juhu ■■■■■
will 1,111 y ,hc
toi; f 0I, g. “Home, Sweet Home,”
tor the cbrreananilont.
Howard Payne’s
whose hands he con-
eorrespoudeut.
CARELESS DRIVERS.
Recent Runaways Should Teach a Lesson.
The recent frightful runaway that
happened in Athens which caused the
death of a little negro child, and which
has been closely followed by a similar
occurrence in Winterville, where a
young white boy was run over and
killed instantly, is enough to teach a
lesson to careless drivers. The reckless
manner in which the wagons and teams
are left unhitched and unguarded on
the public streets of Athens daily is
enough'to serve as a warning to our
mayor and city councilmen. IV e think
it would be we’l for them to pass an
ordinance preventing drivers from leav
ing their teams 'unwatched in the
crowded and busy streets. The fright
ful results that have lately occurred
should be a sufficient warrant for such
an ordinance, and when the lives of our
citizens are thus placed in jeopardy we
think it is high time something was be
ing done to remedy matters.
The late runaway in Athens came
near being a much greater calamity
than it was. It happened just before
the memorial procession marched down
College avenue, and had it been a few
moments later it would have probably
resulted in the serious injury, if not the
death, of several of o . r best citizens. .
At any rate the carelessness of the
drivers should be done away with by
law. An ordinance prohibiting the
leaving of teams unguarded on the
street® would be a most timely one
nowf and our mayor and councilmen
would do well to pass it at their next
meeting.
The New Road.
The Georgia, Carolina and Northern
Railroad is now finished to Clinton, S.
C and Norfolk, Va., aud with a heavy
force of hands is working fast to com
pletion to Elberton and Athens, Ga.,
form a through line to Macon viaC.
S M Railroad. Geor^a.
Fl0I j d’irSrt STA am'
distant.—Abbe-
ville Herald.
Wagon Ylmi.-This is tegive noli*
“““ « ,<*W
IS any pl» ce in lhc Clt ^ H p ATTE ns n.
LS ecial Correspondence to Bamxbb.]
It is a thing of common occurrence
for nierchants, lawyers, and other pro
fessional gentlemen, to prate on the in
dependence of rural life. One said to
me a few days' since, (a successful mer
chant,) “If I had a farm, 1 am sure I
could make it pay.” Said I: “Why
don t you get at it then?” .Said he:
I Uou t know how; I don’t know any
thing about the business at all. I don’t
know when, nor how, to plant cotton.”
He gave me an enquiring look. I told
him, in the spring of the year, and in
the ground, ami left him.
H is a pity that the fates have decreed
that so many men should become trades
men and professionals, that otherwise
would have been successful agricultu
rists.
Now, let us see if we can give some
of the many reasons why there is no
money being made on the farm.
To go to the fountain head of all our
trouble, we find that the United States
Government at Washington is run in a
manner that is unfriendly to the best
interest of the farm. One of the great
evils of the day is the restricted volume
of currency. The volume of the cur
rency furnished by the Government is
insufficient to transact the business of
the country upon a cash basis, and the
people are forced into the credit system.
The people are in debt—only a few are
prospering, and they at the expense of
all the rest. Restriction of currency'
works to the interest of moae»- lenders,
and against the welfare of* all other
classes. The money lenders accumulate
in their hands the great bulk of pro
duced wealth, while the growing in
debtedness of the people continues te
increase at a fearful rate. The surplus
now lying in the Government vaults at
Washington exceeds the hordes of all
other nations combined. Instead of
money being loaned hy the Goverment
on the security of United Stotes bonds
at cost of issue to a favored few, who
re-loan it to the people at exorbitant
rates of interest, why not loan it direct
to the larmers, on land security, at cost
of issue? Why should bonds, which
may have their value greatly impaired
by a public calamity, be preferred as
security to laud, of less changing val
ue. and the basis of all production ?
Money is power—and the concentra
tion of money, is the concentration of
R ower. The taking of money from the
ands of the people and placing it in
the hands of bj-avnou oi
law, is hut the transfer of power from
the hands of the people into that of an
oligarchy.
The average circulation of bank notes
for the past twenty years has been, it is
said, about $300,000,000. The interest
at 10 per cent., would be $30,000,000 per
year, making a total of $600,000,000
paid by the people in the last twenty
years to National banks as interest for
the same money that the Government
lends to the banks at 1 per cent., leaving
a profit of $150,000,000 in the hands of
hauks—practically a free gift of the
Government from the hard earnings of
the people, for which they receive no
return.
The prices of i roducts measures the
reward of a farmer’s labor. As prices
shrink, the reward of labor diminishes.
So we find that the depression of prices
on farm products fosters the growing
indebtedness of the farmer; the demand
for money, the instrument through
which commodities are excehanged,
grows greater, the value of interest in-
incrcases. Production brings to the
producer less reward, and interest
commands more of his products. So, in
both directions, the indebted producer
is bled to dea£h.
Thus we might go on with reasons
and C3inplaints, but it will avail us
nothing. The way to purify the water
is to make pure the fountain head. The
Alliance is advised by many wise solons
of the present day to keep out of poli
tics, but until the farmers and agricul
turists of the country do their duty at
the hallor-hox and send men who will
look after the interests of all classes,
(farmers included) and demand such
legislation as will tave the farming
c’asses from impending bankruptcy we
cannot hope for much better times. The
farmers of thi; country have worked as
hard, and lived as economically as any
people on the face of the earth, but by
unjust discrimination the wealth pro
duced by their, toil is safely stored
away in the coffers of the monopolists
who*are living in affluence,perhaps, be
yond the style of the crown heads of
Europe. This is because there has been
no legislation for the benefit of the ag
ricultural interest and very much that
has been detrimental to it. *
Tariff reform is another road that
leads to the prosperity of the farm. So
long as this abominable protective sys
tem obtains, just so long will We sell
our farm products in the lowest mar
kets of the world and buy plantation
supplies in the highest. Tariff reform
has been discussed at great length m all
the public journals that feel an interest
i« the farmers welfare, and under this
system of education the peo
ple are speaking in unmistakable
terms of approval at- the bollot-box. At
the next Presidential election Alliance
men, whether they be Democrat, Re
publican, prohibitionist or what not
will jump on high tariff with both fee
and stand there. . .
I will continue on this subject iron
time to time, and after making som«
treneral observations, will come to oui
Farm management at home and dea
more in practical illustration.
A startling sensation comes to us from
Madison county.
A few days ago Mr. Geo. Raden, Jbook
keeper and collector from John W, Mat
thews wlwruns a distillery, went out in
a buggy with a companion to collect
some accounts fot Mr. Matthews.
They soon reached a place in the road
where Mr. Raden left his companion in
a buggy and went across a fleliHo reach
a house where he had a bill to collect.
He told his friend to drive around the
field and he would meet him at a certain
place, which he pointed out. It was a
good long distance across the field to
the house he was going to and in the
field was a swamp with a number of
trees in it.
^ Mr. Raden started out across the
field and his companion drove on down
the road.
Mr. Raden has not been seen since,
and hereby lies ,a tale of tragedy it is
thought.
After his companion had waited at
the place pointed out fora long time,
he decided that Mr. Raden bad got
ten lost, and at once set out to look
for him. After a thorough search of the
fields and swamps and finding nothing
of him he drove back to Mr. Mathews’
house, and told his tale of the mysterious
disappearance of M r. Raden. Since that
time the whole beighborhood has been
astir with excitement and everybody
hastened out scourting the whole coun
ty for the missing man. Nothing had
been seen or heard of him last night
when the latest accounts were sent In.
was rr foul play ?
The question that arises is, has Mr.
Raden, whwhss always been a straight
and honest man skipped the country, or
has he been murdered? The former is
hardly probable, as Mr. Raden had no
money with him belonging to Mr. Mat
thews and his boeks were all balanced
to a cent. He has always been an hon
est, upright bdok-keeper and his char
acter is spotless, He held the confidence
of his employer and every one who
knew him, and this ha3 led to the sus
picion that foul play has been the cause
of his mysterious disappearance.
. A PKOBABLECLUE.
It Is said that Mr. Raden had been
pushing several debtors pretty hard for
the payment of their accounts and had
engendered in this way a good deal of
hard feelings towards him personally
A great many negroes had become “at
outs” with him, and this is the oi
clue that has been imagined at
ahla.f« Ew>t,Vng killed.
Runners have been sent to Center,
Harmony Grove and Nicholson to see if
he had taken ||he train at these stations.
The strange part of it, is that he has
not even been seen since leaving his
companion in the buggy.
DRAGGED TO DEATH.
Another Child is Killed by a Runaway
Team.
A gentleman from Winterville brings
us the sad news of another child being
run over by a runaway team and killed,
which occurred day before yesterday in
that town. *
Cornelius Fleeman, a nine-year-old
son of Mr. J. S. Fleeman, while trying
to check a frightened team of mules,
was entangled in the wheels of the wag
on and received such injuries as proved
fatal a short time afterwards. Mr. Flee
man is one of the most estimable eiti
zens of Oglethorpe county,and the kill
ing of his son Is a severe blow to his
family and a host of friends.
The accident occurred on the out
skirts of Winterville and caused a great
deal of sorrowful excitement in that
usually quiet and undisturbed town.
We tender sympaties to the bereaved
family.
Mr. A. H. Jack-on, of McNutt, xrt
in the city Monday. He is one of tt
leverest gentlemen in h;s
country.
section ol
HE GEORGIA FEMALE SEMINARY.
GAINESVILLE, GA.
Married in Winterville.—Winter
ville was recently the scene of happy
nuptials. Mr. Jerre Pittard, a most
highly esteemed and prosperous young
merchants of that town, wedded Miss
Yara Brown, one of Oglethorpe’s fairest
and favorite daughters. The wedding
occurred at the residence of the bride’s
father, Rev. J. M. Coile officiating.
Memorial Service.—There will be
memorial services at Boggs Chapel next
Sunday in honor of the lace Mr. Ferdi
nand Phinizy, whose membership in
this church was highly prized and who
was beloved by every member. The
church will he draped in mourning, and
a large congregation will assemble Rev
H. H. Parks will conduct the service.
Re-appointed Director.—Gov. Gor
don yesterday conferred a well-deserved
compliment on Prof. White by appoint
ing him a director of the Georgia Ex
periment station. The law provides
that one of the directors shall be from
the University Faculty and that the
Chancellor shall also he ex-officio a
member of the hoard. The former
honor could have fallen upon no one
more worthy to receive it. Dr. White
is one of the ablest and most practical
scientists in the South.
Probably no institution in the State ba
com<‘ into greater prominence during the
jast few years than the one whose name
leads this article. A few years ago when
Prof. A W. YanHooee resigned a position
in our University to become the head of a
school in Gainesville, the institution \va-
Itardly known ou*side of tin
city and Hall county. To-day, by judi
cious advertising, harJ worn and supply
ing the institution with the best of teauher-
the reputation of the school is not bourn
by State lines aud Is rapidly extending it.*
influence over t)te entire South. Prof.
YanHoose is so well known to eur paoph
that no commendations of him, at out
bands, is necessary. He graduated with
distinction at the University in ’83 anti
since that time has filled honorable posi
tions in some of oar Southern institutions,
among others the Howard College, Marion
Ala., and the University in this city. It
was a surprise to his friend-* here when h<
gave np his position in the University to go
t > Gal esvil:e,at d the trustees urged him to
reconsider Lis resignation; seeing an op
portunity at Gainesville however, to entci
upon a life work,h-s adhered to bis determi
nation to leave Athens and in the fall of ’86
entered upon bis duties at the Seminary.
Last JuDe he was so fortunate as to se
cure the assistance of Dr. A. J. Battle, then
President of Mercer University, in the man
agement of the institution and together
aided by some of the best talent in the
S mth, these gentlemen are building up a
school for girls and young ladies second to
none anywhere.
Among other teachers Mrs. A W. Van-
Hoose, a graduate of the Slate Normal
College, Nashville, Tenn., has charge of the
department of Mathematics, Miss Sally G
Long from the same institution teaches
French and Elocution. Mrs. A. YanHoose
assisted by Misses J. P. Oviatt and S. L
YanHoose has control of the Musical de
partment. Misses Oviatt and YanHoose
are both pupils of the of the New Eng
land Conservatory, Boston, and bavin dis
tinguished themselves as Musicians. Miss
OviaU’s voice shows a high degree of cul
tivation while a recent correspondent of
the Constitution says of Miss Yanhoose;
“Her work is brilliant. She has the lightest,
easiest, and most graceful touch I have
ever seen and &9 the music rolls from the
keys touched by her slender, delicate fin.
gers the listener sits entranced.”
The boarding department is all that the
foudest mother could desire for her
daughters. The rooms are all new, nicely
furnished, carpeted, well heated and li^ht
ed. ▲ few extracts from those who have
or have had daughters at the Seminary,
will describe this part of the institution
with morejustice than can be done by our
COT rcspr>uaem .— — -r-.
Mrs. J C. Wheeler, of Macoy
“Having spent several days with my
daughter at the Seminary, I must say that
1 am delighted with its entire management.
The girls are all cheerful and happy, the
teachers show them every possible atten
tion, the fare is excellent, rooms well fur
nished and I thought, as l looked at tiie
happy crowd;if girls are not con ten'el heie
it >is impossible for them to be so while at
school. I |only* wish that I was
young in order that I might enjoy the ad
vantages offered by the Seminary.
Rev. J. S. Calloway, of Bairdstown:
“I have-just visited my daughter who i9
at the Seminary, I was delighted with ev
erything, my daughter receives every at
teution that could be given her at home,
She is greatly improved iu hea th since
going to Gainesville.”
Mr. R. W. Anderson, Hawkinsville:
“1 feel sure that my daughter has fallen
into good hands. Site is delighted with
the school in every respect and the unr-
vailed climate of Gainesville has been of
great beneOt to her.”
Rev. J. P. Cheney, Crawford:
‘T recommend every one having daugh
ters to educate to send them to the Sem
inary at Gainesville. I have just visited
the school aud seen the splendid manage
ment thereof and know whereof I speak.”
Dr. E. W. Warren, of Macon who never
fails to spend one month in Gainesville
every year, says: “I have annually re
ceived such benefit from the Gower Spring
and climate of Gainesville that I am satis
fied the cl imate is not surpassed in the
State. Dr. Battle’s elegant culture and
dignity of depotment, t-gether
with bis elevated Christian character and
parity of miDd,fit him eminently as an edu
cator for young ladies.”
The location of ,the Seminary
is beautiful m the extreme. It
sits in a campus of about
ten acres, amid a forest of primeval oaks
and is capable of being made a most en-
chantii g spa*. The large college build
ing has just been completed and Prof.
VanHoose informs me that in the spring,
work will be begun on the campus.
In the words of the Gainesville Engle,
The Seminary is the pride of GaDesville,”
and all Georgia is watching its upward
career with the g eatest interest.
J. J. C.
FRUIT IGR0WING.
IT CAN BE MADE TO PAY IN THIS
SECTION* : : ‘
Some Polnts of Interest to Fruit Grow*
era—An Experienced Nurseryman J
Gives Some Yaluable Pointers
About Raising Apples. |
Pimples on the Face
Denote an impure state of the bjoed
and are looked upon hy many with sus
picion. Acker’s Blood Elixir will re
move all empurities and leave the com
plexion smooth and clear. There is noth
ing that will so thoroughly build up the
constitution, purify and strengthen the
whole system. Sold and guaranteed by
L. D. Sledge & Co, Druggist.
A full line of toys of every descrip
tion, and a full line of picture books
for children, of every 1 de&cii,>iioii, ul C
itode’s. Cali early, to avoid the ru<h.
declStf
Books, games, bloeks, efthe puzzles,
paint boxes and transparent slates at
Miss Rosa Von der Leith’s.
NUMBER I. ^
Athens Nursery, Dec. 12,1889.
Editor Banner :—Can fruit growing
be made to pay in this section?
Yes. Why not? The * crop of fruit
this year, throughout the whole coun
try, was so abundant, and of such fine
quality, that many will be inclined to
turn their attention to this most delight
ful occupation. Having had some ex
perience in this line, wejlpropose to
write a few articles for the benefit of
those who would like to diversify their
business, both for profit and pleasure.
The amonnt of fruit sold in Athens is
now very considerable and on the in
crease. With an addition of ten or
twelve thousand to her population,
which Is soon likely to be, it will be a
fine local market.
We will begin first with the apple i
If the people in the upper counties
would introduce in place of the Shock-
ley some other varieties which are far
better in quality and equally as good
keepers, their profits would be greatly
increased.
Thirty-five years ago, the Shockley
was a much better apple than it is now.
The trees- generally now seem to bo
constitutionally diseased aud short
lived. We first brought the Shockley
prominently before the publie m 1849.
and had it retained all of its good qual
ities up to now, it might be called a
benefactor to the country. But the
Shockley, with all its faults, has
proved, and is, a great blessing to the
people of th® counties, from which they
derive a great deal of money.
The mountain Ben Davis, as a profit
able apple to cultivate, is of good size,
keeps well, and handles well. Its size
and color will always sell it, although
it is a little inferior in quality.
The Maugum is unsurpassed as a fall
apple, but is disposed to rot somewhat.
Oconee Greening is a No. 1 apple, and
is a native of Clarice county—good size,
quality first rate.
For a perfect winter apple in th&cli-
mate, we give the Yates preference to
any and all others. This we introduced
from Henry county, many years ago-
Nothing can he alleged against it bub
its size, being rather small, and of the
Crab order; but what it lacks in size,
it makes np in its great bearing. Trees
are healthy and vigorous, and begins to
bear when quite young. Fruit dark
red, covered with small, white specks
when ripe ; , crtsp tn\U j u icy.
-x . -L.oina.tio flavor. It is not
really ripe before middle ©f iXaoanu*^.
and will keep well until middle of~ ~
March.
A good business might he done here,
raising early apples for Northern mar
kets. The apple is not so perishable as
the peach, and even in summer, can he
sent long distances. Then, why nob
plant largely of the early varieties for
Northern and and Western shipments ?
For the early variety, we will name Red
Astracan, Early Harvest, yellow and
striped June. For summer, nothing is
better than the old yellow Horse—al
ways reliable everywhere. This apple
would pay well to ship. The tree is
long lived, and is a good and sure hearer.
Apples are profitable to raisefor hogs,
horses and cows. Allow us tosay right
here that the soil for a good apple or
chard must be kept gin a high state of
fertility. New ground just cleared is
best, but any land with a good clay
foundation, by thorough, deep plowing,
and liberal use of manure, will make a
good apple orchard. Bone phosphates,
with plenty of potash, applied to land
having Jm abundan e of vegetable mat
ter, will keep the orchard in a healthy,
thrifty, bearing condition. The cow
pea i9 a good crop to plant year after
year in the orchard, to keep up an.
abundant supply of vegetable mould.
A northern exposure is best. Dry flats
at the foot of northern hillsides are ex
cellent locations for the apple. Do nob
plant an orchard unless you can, and
will, take care of it, and then it will
pay, and pay well.
Coutagioas Blood Dlaeaaes
Ulcers, sores, pimples, itch, salt rheum, etc.,
are evidences of contagious blood disease. It
is manifestly a duty to eradicate blood poison
f:om the system by a use of B. B. B. (Botauic
Blood Balm,) thus enabling the sore placeB to
heal, and thereby removing all possibility of
other members of the family becoming like
wise afflicted. Send to Blood Baim Co., At
lanta, Ga., for book that will coivlncc.
J. H. Outlaw, Mt. Olive, N. C., writes: “I had
running sores on my shoulders and arms. One
bottle B. B. B. cured me entirely.” .
L. Johnson, Belmont Station, Miss., writes:
“B. B. B. has worked on me like a charm. My
head and body was covered with sores, ana my
hair came out, but B. B. B. healed me quickly.
W. J. Kinnin, Hutches, Texas, writes: “B.
B. B. has cured my wife of a large ulcer on
her lgg, that doctors and all other medicine
could not re.”
M. J. Rossman, a prominent merchant of
Greensboro, Ga., writes: “I know of several
cases of blood disease speedily cured by B. B.
B. Two bottles cured a lady of ugly scrofu
lous skin sores.”
W. C. Birchmore & Co., Maxey, Ga,, writes:
B. B. B. iu outing lir. Robert Ward of blood
poison, effected one of the most wonderful
cures that ever came to our knowledge.”
The Banner had a call Monday from
one of its cleverest patrons, Mr. E. p,
Whitlock.
HA.M0NY GROVE HAPPENINGS.
New.
a Banner
Itcnia Picked np by
Correspondent.
Miss Ruth McLaughlin, the belle of
Union Point, is visiting the family of
her uncle, Rev. R. S. Cheney, of our
town.
Mrs. McSmith, our popular and effi
cient music and art teacher, left this
morning to spend the Christmas holi
days with relatives in Macon, Ga. Dur
ing her short sojourn in our town Mrs.
McSmith has made quite a host of
friends, all of whom will await her re
turn in January with great impatience.
The work on our new school build
ing is progressing very slowly now,and
it is feared that it will not be complet
ed in time for the opening of our flour
ishing school on January 3d. The pa
tience of professors and patrons is worn
well nigh thread-bare already, and the
contractor may have a damage suit on
his hands if he does not-.hurry up the
work.
The Presbyterian church in this place
lias recently been painted, and is now
being nicely plastered. When this
-work is completed the Presbyterian
will have decidedly the prettiest church
in the Grove. 5
The concert which wa3 to have been
given on the night of the 20th by the
young ladies of the music deDartment,
was postponed until some time in Feb
ruary, on account of the unfinished
condition of the hall. This wiU be a
very pleasant concert indeed, and will
he participated in not only hy our home
talent, whieh is as good as anjfc in the
State, but Messrs. D. P Haselton aud
Harry H. Smith, of Athens, will also
probably he present and assist in the
concert.