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TOPICS AT THE NATIONAL CAP
ITOL INTERESTINGLY DIS
CUSSED.
IL- Official Recognition Taken of Jeff
' Davis’ Death-President Harrison
Go.s to Chicago on a little
Trip - A Number of Congress
men “in the Soup” by the
Silcott Steal.
: Scrgeant-at-Arms of the
t a uisb
Correspondence of The Banxeb.
Washington, December 8,1889.—An
ex-Cabinet Minister lay dead today,
and yet no recognition was taken of
the met by the Government officers in
Washington. The flag that floats from
the roof of the War Department blew
out straight from the top of the 3taff
this morning. The telegraph had in
formed the officers of the department
that Jefferson Davis, ex-Secretary of
War, was dead, but no order was issued
in regard to the event. This is the first
time in the history of the Government
that the death of any one who was
once at the bead of an executive de
partment was left unnoticed. When a
few days ago news came to Washington
that the ex-President of the Southern
Confederacy was likely to die, an in
formal consultation was held, and it
was then decided that it was not the
duty of the Government to even reeog-
nize the fact that Mr. Davis ever lived.
The War Department officials were,
therefore, not In doubt this morning
about their course of action when the
news came of the death rf the ex-Secre
tary of War Mr. Davis had never had
his disabilities removed, and conse
quently was not a citizen of the United
States atthe time of his death. Sccre-
ary Proctor, when asked this morning
liy the War Department flag was not
at half mast, said:
“Officially we do not know that Mr.
Davis is dead. We know no -such man.
It is better to forget such tilings, to let
qcm jpass awayfrom our minds.”
It is quite probable, however, that
had Mr. Davis been what is known as
“areconstructed rebel” and a legal
citizen of the United States, the War
department would not have neglected
to take recognition of the fact that lie
wa3 dead. Secretary Proctor, no doubt,
remembers the cry of indignation that
went up from the ranks of he Republi
can party, and especially from the
members of the Grand Army of the Re
public, a few years ago, when the then
Secretary of the Inteiior, Mr. Lamar,
following the time-honored custom, or
dered the lowering of the department
flag to half mast as a mark of respect
to the memory of Jacob Thompson, an
ex-Secretary of the Interior, on the day
that he died. Ou Feb. 1*2,1878, George
W. McCreary, then Secretary of War,
ordered the closing of the depart
ment, the lowering of the flag, and the
draping of the building on the day of
the funeral of ex-Secretary Conrad of
Louisiana, the immediate predecessor
of Mr. Davis in the War Office. Conad
wasa confederate during the war. but his
dssabilities had been removed. This or
der was issued, however, after the fun
eral, about which there was a misunder-
thpro teas ngrtiHigSwit.
No official recognition of any kind
was taken of Mr. Davis i death in Wash
ington today. The Mississippi delega
tion in Congress met informally, and
passed resolutions to the memory of
Mr. Davis, but that was all. His death
has been expected for several days, so
that it did not come as a surprise, and
the news created but little more than
ordinary interest. It revived stories of
the South, and war stories, and stories
of the reconstruction period, and the
many men who knew Mr. Davis well
in Washington and elswhere are rush
ing into print w ith reminiscences of his
life and times. Little has been brought
out, however, that adds anything new
to the history of the leader of the
Southern Confederacy. For the past
day or two Congress has been polled on
the subject of removing voluntarily the
political 'disabilities of Mr. Davis, in
view of the fact that his death was
about to occur. The almost unanimous
opinion of the members was that it was
best to let well enough alone.
V
A resolution was agreed to at the cau
cus of the Republican members of the
House last Saturday that has never yet
been made public. This resolution pro
vided that in the distribution of the
House patronage, the officers who con
trol it should be careful to divide the
honors among the citizens of those
States which have Republican members
in their delegations. This means that
that the new officials are prohibited
from appointing any man who bails
from a State that has no Republican in
its delegation. Door-keeper Adams,
Sergeanc-at-Arms Holmes, Clerk Mc
Pherson, and Postmaster Wheat, have
thus had their unpleasant duties some
what simplified, and are now endeavor
ing to divide, as equally as the unfortu
nate members will allow them, nearly
200 offices among 1,000 or 1,200 appli
cants. Comparatively few of these
places are desirable enough to tempt
men of good health and intelligence to
apply for them. A large majority are
mere clerkships, door-keepers, assist
ants of various kinds, and pages. Un
der the caucus resolution, no citizen of
the State of Alabama, Arkansas, Flori
da, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas,
or the Territories of Arizona and New
Mexico, need apply for a position in the
House of-Representatives, for the offi
cials cannot give it to them if they
wanted to. The new officials are busily
engaged in endeavoring to divide the
offices among the applicants from the
thirty-three eligible States, They have
an awful task upon their hands, because
every member has half a dozen candi
dates. For the more desirable places
the pressure is still greater, and
when spoken to about the matter the
Doorkeeper, the Sergeaiit-at-Arms, the
Clerk, and/the postmaster all express
ed the wisli that they had never been
elected. They don’t mean this, how
ever, because they always come for
ward for re-election.
***
The committee investigating the ac
counts of the defaulting cashier of the
House, after a long secret session today,
came out with their report and blasted
the few remaining hopes of the money
less Congressmen. The committee
reached the only conclusion possible. It
found that t
House was not a disbursing officer of
the Government, and that the members
entrusted him with their certificates of
salarv at their own risk. The govern
ment could not recover on either Sill-
cott’sor Leedom’sbond, for the reason
that their bonds were simply security
for Government property, and the
money stolen was not that of the Gov
ernment, but of the individual mem
bers, who will each have to separately
look for reimbursement to Mr. Leedom,
personally and unofficially. There is
some talk of a resolution to appropriate
anew the money, with which to pay
salaries, but a very lively recollection
is entertained of the fate of the mem
bers who voted for the back-salary
grab, and the chances are that the Con
gressmen will have to grin and bear
their losses. These members, whose
names were priuted as having used the
office as a bank to their pecunary loss,
are hopping mad aud are indignantly
denying that they had any money on
deposit. The most vigorous of these
members is Boutelle of Maine.
**•
A somewhat novel proposition is
about to he made in Congress, as a sub
stitute for the one that comes up every
year and each time is deflated, to give
every Representative in Congress a
clerk at the Government expense. The
members ail agree that they need clerks
badly, and that it is only right that the
Government should pay for them, but
they always refuse to vote as they think
for fear of the wrath of their constitu
ents. It is to be proposed, however,
that the Government shall rent two
phonographs for each of the 325 mem
bers, one of them to be kept at the mem
ber’s residence and the other at the
Capitol. Tha plan is to have the mem
bers tell all their correspondence into
}lie machine, and have the cylinders
unloaded at the phonograph headquar
ters, the bills to be paid by the Govern
ment. The projectors of this scheme
think that the members would be more
ready to vote for this method of assis
tance than they would for live secreta
ries, for the reason that the expense to
the Government would be much less.
The phonograph company is decidedly
in favor of the new plan.
* *
*
A bill introdueeu by Senator Ed
munds yesterday, in regard to the re
moval of cases from State to Federal
courts, makes some rather important
modifications in the existing practice
It broadens the existiug ''laws with ref
erence to cases which may be removed
from State to Federal courts from being
confined to revenue laws and civil rights
cases, so as to include all cases in which
a defence is set up justifying the aet of
any person under the laws of the United
States.
V
The President and party left here for
Chicago at 3:30 p. m. yesterday, and
expect to arrive in Indianapolis to
morrow at noon. They will remain
there until midnight of Sunday, and
then proceed to Chicago. The Presi
dent will return to Washington on a
special train by way of Indianapolis,
bringing his daughter, Mrs. McKee,
and her children with him for a winter’s
visit to the White House. He will
leave Indianapolis on Tuesday morning,
reaching here on Wednesday morning
in time to attend the Congressional
Centennial celebration at the Capitol
at noon. —
At the last moment Mrs. Harrison de
cided not to accompany the President,
owing to the condition of her sister,
Mrs. Seott-Lord, who is seriously ill at
her home in this city. C. S. N.
TURNER RIGHT-
Sheriff Endorses His Sentiments that
Appeared tn Constitution.
In Sunday’s Constitution Mr. Turner,
the guard who carries prisoners sen
tenced to the penitentiary from the
different jails in the State, gives a hor
rible account of how the different jails
in our State are kept. -In conversation
with a sheriff of one of. our neighboring
counties he says that Mr. Turner’s ac
count is nOt overdrawn, and that while
the jail in his county is perfectly secure
and the prisoners can expect nothing
from the outside, yet it is not ventilable
and not a breath of fresh air can get to
the prisoners. He says that it is the
fault of those who built the jail, and
whilst he does everything in his power
to alleviate the sufferings of those in
side, yet it is impossible for them to
stand it long at the time. The Athens
jail, he said, was differently situated,
and has plenty of ventilation, and was
kept in good condition. We know of
our own knowledge that our efficient
sheriff keeps the Clarke county jail in
good condition and the prisoners are
treated as well as they can be.
The grand juries of each county in
the State could get some good advice
from Mr. Turner’s interview and profit
by it.
THE <4;. i\ & N.
THE IRON IS BEING DISTRIBUTED
ALONG THE LINE.
THE FUND GROWS.
And ft will Keep on Growing Until
$300,000 in Hubucribed.
Atlanta, Dec. 9.—[Special.] —This
morning Gov. Gordon issued the fol
lowing proclamation, making Wednes
day a legal holiday, so that ail may at
tend the memorial services:
Wednesday, the eleventh instant,hav
ing been set apart as the day for the
funeral of Jefferson Davis, and said
day having been recommended as a day
for suitable and solemn memorial ser
vices in honor of the illustrious dead, I,
J. B. Gordon, governor of Georgia, do
issue this my proclamation ordering
that the executive offices of the State,
be closed on Wednesday, the 11th inst.,
and that that day shall be treated and
considered as a legal public holiday.
J. B. Gordon, Governor.
By the governor,
J. T. Nisbet. Sec. Fx. Dep.
The Nashville American is working
up a movement, tne pnrpose of which
is for the Southern pres- to erect a
monument. Atlanta went actively to
work this morning for tlio benefit of
Mrs. Davis and daughter in securing
subscriptions Collections were taken
up for this purpose yesterday in a num
ber of the churches, and today commit
tees have been canvassing the city. As
a result $2,700 had been subscribed up
to a late hour this afternoon.
XeffcnM Jottings,
Jefferson, Dec. 9—On yesterday a
considerable nnmber attended the buri
al of J. G. McLester, a former citizen
of Jefferson.
In the afternoon, Messrs. J. E. J.
Lord and Miss Easter Wilhite and Mr.
E. H. Nunn and Lotie Wilhite were
married, and the ceremonies were per
formed by Rev. W. S. McCarty, atten
dants Misses Richie Duke and Mattie
Watson and Messrs. Will Barnett and
James Kelley. Also by Rev. Deavors,
Mr. Joe White and Leila Brooks. Ihe
couples are all Alliance folks and begin
life under favorable circumstances.
A murder occurred at Pendergrass
on Friday John Griffeth’s boy killed
Andrew David. The jury rendered a
verdict of voluntary manslaughter, and
Coroner Worsham is using his best en
deavors to get the boy.
willing to Spar for Charity.
Boston, Dec. 10.—[Special.]—John
L. Sullivan has signified his willingness
to spar at a public exhibition in behalf
of the families of the firemen who lost
their lines in the Thanksgiving Day
fire, ^providing the Aldermen do not
object. Sullivan is thought to be worth
$1,000 to the fund.
The New Foundry.—The foundry
which Dr. E. S. Lyndon is having
Built near his planing mills will soon be
in fine trim for business. Dr. Lyndon
has lately had a new supply of machin
ery shipped from Baltimore, and will
have his foundry well fitted up.
ANOTHER DEATH.
Mr. W. 8. Weatherly PaueM Over the
Hirer to Join the Great Majority.
On Sunday last the large cirele of
friends of Mr. W. S. Weatherly, were
thrown into gloom and sorrow ovar the
death of this excellent old citizen.
Mr. Weatherly had been failing grad
ually for some weeks and has not been
very well for a long time. He was an
aged man, and as disease and old age go
apace, his death was not altogether un
expected.
M[. Weatherly was one of the oldest
citizens of Athens, and has been a most
valuable one in his better days. He is
father to the young men who compose
the Ann Weatberly Bios.,and was father
of Mrr. II. R. Bernard of this city. He
had a large number of friends and rela
tives in Athens aud this seetiou of the
State'to mourn his death.
Tiie funeral of Mr. Weatherly took
place from the family residence yester
day afternoon aud the remains were
carried to their last resting place in
Oconee cemetery. A great many.friends
and relatives were in attendance'und the
services were conducted in a solemn and
impx-essive manner.
MAYSVILLE ITEMS-
News from the Gallant little City np the
North Eastern.
Suing and collecting makes the order
of the daj-, with lawyers, merchants
and courts.
C. T. Bacon has about finished his
tasty residence.
The M. E. House is finished in style
and reflects credit to the town.
Taylor Burch, Esq., has located
among us. May he be well pleased
here.
Charley Whiting has recently gone to
Buford, Ga., to work at the harness
trade.
Win. Bates & Sons are working up a
good wagon trade from the mountains.
J, T. Comer is doing a big trade here.
Qur cotton buyers, Charley Sims
Robbert Carr, 1. A.MadJen and othen
are still on the buy.
Neal Bates has established him a jew
elry shop and is doing good work and
much of it.
Our town ‘tiustees have elected a
teacher for 1890.
The Baptist church re-elected Dr.
McCarty for the next yeai.
Our Postmaster, Means, has got into
Ills new post-office.
Alliance Cotton.
Mr. J. F. Portwood, one of the best
farmers in or county, brought to town
Tuesday last 26 bales of cotton covered
with cotton bagging. The 14 wagons
that brought it in, came in a procession
and gave our town the appearance of a
huge cotton market, Mr. Portwood
knows how to raise cotton aud is a good
ci tizen generally.—Crawfordville Dem
ocrat.
Our Early History.—Mrs. H. S.
Barclay, the mother of Mr. W. DeR.
Barclay, of the University Law class,
is writing an interesting series of his
torical sketches for the Darien Timber
Gazette. In the last letter which she
writes that paper she reviews the colo
nial history of Georgia, and in so doing
refers as follows to the foundation of
the State University and the origin of
Athens: In 1800 Athens was finally
chosen as the site of the State Univer
sity and Professor Joseph Meigs was
made the first president. After some
trouble part of the seven hundred acres,
given bv John Milledge, the governor,
to the University, was sold and the city
of Athens built upon it. Mr. Lawton
B. Evans, says in his history of Georgia
that in 1801 Fianklin College was
opened and Mr. Josiah Meigs, from
Yale college, called to the presidency,
atAthens.
A Large Farm.—A number of Ath
enians spent Sunday on the mammoth
farm of Col. Jas. M. Smith, Oglethorpe’s
greatest farmer. Col. Smith has a£beau-
tiful farm, and is making more money
than any planterin Georgia, we haven’t
a doubt' He is also winning nuite a
name as a railroad builder, and when
he has completed his line to Augusta
his reputation as such will exceed any
other in the State.
And Still'They Come.—The Athens
newspaper consolidation is something
rather new m Georgia, as there is no
“hyphen-nuten” about it—no Banner-
Chronicle—but plain Athens Daily
Banner. In its new departure it conies
to us as a large four page, seven column
paper, backed by a strong publishing
company under the personal control of
Larry Gantt, a veteran of the quill and
one of the most vigorous writers in the
State. An Alliance department, edited
by Mr. George T. Murrell, aprominent
farmer, will be a new feature of the
paper. Editor Gantt starts out on his
new career, he says, with neither
friends to reward nor enemies to pnn-
nish, and The Journal wishes him t.ie
most abundant success.—Atlanta Jour
nal.
X Humor Hint Ouo Thousand Tons will
Be Mauled to Athena at Once—
Ti»e Wonderful Fro&resa
of the Road,
THE FU$D STARTED
THE COMMUTE MEETS WITH
MUCH SUCCESS.
The G., C. & N. Is still a humming!
Recent rumors indicate a rapidity of
construction that surpasses any tiling
in the history of railroad building.
There was a rumor afloat on the
streets yesterday to the effect that the
Covington and Macon Railroad had
closed a contract to haul one thousand
tons of iron to Athens for the Georgia,
Carolina and Northern Railroad aud
that the work would begin at once.’
This*goes to show that the managers
of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern
Railroad are pushing the work along
with steadiness and rapidity. They
are having the grading rushed along as
fast as possible through the valleys of
Carolina to the Savannah river and will
soon reinforce their supply of hands to
three thousand men, so we have been
informed by one of the civil engineers.
The grading forces will then be divided
and one set will be placed between
Athens aud the Savannah river. Tne
grading will be pushed through to
Athens with all the vigor that the man
agers of the road can put behind it, and
it is predicted that they will reach
Athens by next spring.
The force of graders will be followed
closely by the laying of the rails and
soon after the grading is completed the
road will be complete and ready for the
rolling stock.
The fact is that the Georgia, Carolina
and Northern will within a year be a
thorough and complete railroad with a
regular schedule of trains passing
throuugh Athens daily, and will be de
velop g one of the richest, sections of
country to be found in this part of the
South.
Athens wants the G. C,& N. badly,
aud the sooner it is built, the better for
our city’s future. There is a crisis con
fronting Athens at this period that "de
mands a speedy development. We need
the G., C. & N. to meet that crisis.
The fact that Athens has lately taken
on such a mammoth growth ;thatit has
assumed the proportions of the greatest
cotton market in this part of the South,
and has one of the largest wholesale and
retail.trades of any (Georgia city has
placed Athens in a* state of maturity
for the building of some great trunk
line, and the G., C. & N. is the line
that was most needed.^
When the road is completed to Ath
ens, the city will atjonce move off with
increased life and with renewed energy.
The establishment of the machine shops
of this ro d ia Athens which is now re
garded as a certainty, means a great
d -al for the city. This enterprise will
not oniy give employment to about one
thousand hands, but will tend to cen
ter all the business of the G., C. & N.
m Athens. North East Georgia certain
ly lias a bonanza in the G., C. & N.
and tiie people all along the line in the
three states ore rejoicing . at U.ie rapid
progress of tiie construction. Let
Athenians encourage in every way the
G., C. & N. and let ho hostile faction
rise up as it draws near our prosperous
city. All hail the G., C. & N !
Athens Will Do Her Share Eor lKi*. Davis’
Family—The Subscriptions Will Run to
Over One Thousand Dollars in
the Classic City.
The committee appointed by Mayor
Huunicutt night before last to solicit
subscriptions to the fund that has been
started for the family of Mr. Davis,
went to work early yesterday morniug
after reading their appointment in
The Banner.
They met wirh unbounded success,
as everybody knew they would do, and
as they themselves confidently expect
ed. Not a single man turned the com
mittee away from him yesterday re
fusing to give anything to the gracious
fund that has been so graciously raised
in every city in the Southern States.
The South will adopt the family of
Jefferson Davis as its own, and will
cherish them as its blessed heritage of
the grand old statesman that will be
put away today forever.
Athens is willing to do its share of
sustaining Mrs. Davis and Miss Winnie.
Our fair city considers it a pleasant
privilege rather than an irksome duty
to nurture the kin of Jefferson Davis,
and will keep them alive so long as
Providence permits.
The debt that hovers over the estate
of Mr. Davis must first be lifted from
the lives of his fam lv. Then a future
living must be granted them by the
charuy of the South. The way in
which the subscriptions have
been raised all over the
Southern is States gratifying injthe ex
treme, and will do the hearts of the sor
rowing family good. Athens must come
up with proportionate funds, and show
that our citizens have not forgotten the
hospitality and cordial manners which
they evinced-during the visit ofMEs
Winnie to our city. But what’s the use
of appealing to Athens people on such
i an issue as this?
The committee did good work.yester
day. Headed by Judge Y. L. G. Harris
who led the list with one hundred dol
lars §the commit tee has encouragemt nt
within itself, and l;a = *set, to work with
an earnest ambition and a hearty zest.
Judge Harris collected more than
three hundred dollars yesterday him
self aud will continue the good work
to-day. JHe is always ready in the work
of charitable giving, and always has tiie
ear of the public in such matters, be
cause of his own good example. He is
the right man in the right place as
chairman of tiie committee and to him
nui- h of their sueeess will be due.
All of the committeemen, are liberal
and public spirited, and a better com
mittee could really not have been found
in Athens.
So far they have collected more than
$G00 and will continue the work until
more than $1,000 has been raised.
Let the committee be met with gen
uine liberality by every citizen.
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DON’T LIKE THEM.
Gte^jia Baptist Down on tbg Philadel
phia Publication Society
The Atlanta Journal a few days ago
showed upthe the Baptist Publication
Society,of Philadelphia,which, in order
to popularize its ^publications at the
North, has sent out several negro in
cendiary preachers as teachers of the
white children of the South. The ae-
tior of that society, as exposed by the
Journal, lias caused a great deal-of in
dignation among the Baptists of Geor
gia. As a proof of this, the Journal
yesterday published the following from
Maj. Lamar Oobb, of Athens, that will
be read with interest by our citizens
here:
Athens, Ga., December 6, 1889.
Mr.£li. II. Oabiness, Atlanta, Ga..
My Dear Sir—As a Baptist I fnlly
endorse what you have said about the
Philadelphia Publication Society.
How My Eack Aches]
Soreness LMueiSH
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plaster.' y ,13t!lltaneu s
MAKING RATTLESNAKE OIL.
An Industry in Georgia That Is Said to be
Very Profitable,
. My
only objection is that it is too mild.
If a single Baptist Sunday school in ,, .. ......
the South takes those publications after uaan y we have seen in our north-
Tlicre are places in south Georgia
whore men extract oil from the rattle
snake and use it to cure rheumatism,
says the Athens (Ga.) Banner. These
persons will give a negro $1 to,-point
out a rattlesnake to them, andfehen
they kill it in a peculiar manner.
They place a forked stick over the
snake’s head, then put a cord around it
and strangle the snake. This is done
to keep the snake from biting itself.
The botly of the snake is then strung
up and the oil extracted from it. It
sells at $2 per ounce, and this industry
is a very profitable one.
The snakes in that section are very
large, averaging five feet in length,
and one rattler gives up a great deal of
oil.
A little negro once saw two rattlers
lying close together and wanted to get
the money for finding them. It was a
mile to the nearest house.
He was afraid the snakes would erawj
off while he was gone, and so he took off
liis coat and placed it between the
snakes. He went off, came back, and
found them still eyeing the coat. He
had them charmed.
So the snake is cultivated down there
as a profitable industry.—National Re
publican.
The above clipping is one among the
your exposure, I am sorry to know it.
You are fully instructed to use this
letter as you may see proper.
Yours Fraternally,
Lamar Cobb/
Eqj~ CLACK-DRAUGHT tea cures Constipation.
ROCK COLLEGE.
What Will the Stato Ever do With It?
What is going to be done with Rock
College ? is a qestion quite frequently
asked by visitors to our city. The
question has remained unanswered for
so many years that no one seems to
care much whether it is allowed to
crumble beneath Time’s telling stroke
unmolested, or whether the State make
it a piece of valuable property. An
idea was advancad last year to have
Rock College leased for the purpose oj:
apreparatory school for the University.
We would like to see this plan carried
out. Why can’t the matter receive im
mediate action by the State ? As it
now stands Rock College is a piece of
dead property on the State’s hands,and
will remain so until some step like that
just proposed has been taken up and
carried out.
TVe hope to tee the next legislature
take up the matter and make some use
of this valuable building that is fast
going to decay,
ern exchanges since our snake editor so
immortalized himself wifh the article
in question. The clipping was sent to
us by an aged citizen of Denver, Colo
rado, who has suffered with rheuma
tism for many years. Any of our
southern Georgia readers who have any
of the rattlesnake talisman on haud,
can find ready sale for. it away out in
the western States. Meanwhile our
snake editor is preparing auotboi story
for our readers, which will apoear in
an early issue.
SANS SOUCI.
There Are a Nnmber of dubs Under
Thin Name.
ago
fact
A PURSE OFFERED.
For a Fight Between Sullivan and
Jackson.
Buffalo, Dec. 9. —[Special.]—The
Erie Couuty Athletic Club, recently
organized by a number of wealthy men
in this city, has decided to offer a $30,-
000 purse for a fight between Sullivan
and Jackson. It is said that Sullivan
has responded favorably, hut Jackson
has not yet been heard from.
tion of the fact that our neighboring
town, Crawford, had a Sans Sauci Club
as well as Athens. There was no inten
tion on our part to*intimate that'Craw-
ford had modeled its club after Jour
own, for we knew that the club in that
city was much older than the one in
our city that sails under that name.
But since the impression has been made
in that city that such was the intent of
the little squib, we hasten to correct it.
The Saus Sauci Club in Crawford is
on a different order from that in Athens
and has existed for three years. It is a
literary club and numbers its member
ship among the old as well as the young
people ot the town. It is a most flour
ishing society and is the backbone of
society in Crawford. The club gives
regular monthly entertainments which
partake of a literary nature. Dr. M. G.
Little is president of the club and Dr.
J. G. Little is vice-president. The club
lias a large library and is in fact a weal
thy institution, as the members are now
about to erect a large building for it.
The meaning of Sans Sauci as applied
to the Crawford club is “without form
ality.” Whether the young ladies of
Athens haye [adopted this meaning for
j theirs, we are not prepared to say.
Incorporated by tbe LceWattm i
Educational and Cl.arlubTc ZSi.
franchise made a part of the presenil
stiMitlon, tn 1878, by an overyXt
vote.
Its GRAND MAMMOTH
take place Semi-Annually, Juneuur
and its GRAND SIXG1.E NUMB?
iXGS take place in each of the otii
of the year, and are all drawn in r u „_
Acad'-mv of Music, New Orleans. Lai
_ FAMED FOR TWENTY ye/
For Integrity of its Draws
prompt Payment of Prizes.
A ttested as Follows:
“We do hereby certify that wc md
arrangements for all the Monthly and
u al Drawings of the Louisiana SU
Company, aud in person manage i
the Drawings themselves, ami thattl
conducted with' honesty, fairness a,
faith toward all parties, and we aal
Company to use this certificate, wir&I
of our signatures attached in its!
menu.”
\ Cobb
We the Tmderslgned banks and 1
pay all Prizes drawn in the Lonbta
teries which mar be presented at u
R. M. WALKSLEY. Pres. Louisian j
PIERRE LANAUX, Pres. Slate
A. BALDWIN, Pres. New Orleans
CARL KOHN, Pres. Union National f
GRAND MONTHLY
At tbe Acadaniv oi Music, ScwOrll
day, November i2.1»T
Capitai'Prize $,300,0
100,000 Tickets at $20 'Each: I
Quarters $5; Tenths $2* Twentieth:
v LISTS OF FRIZES,
1 PRIZE OF ?300,000 is
1 PRIZE OF 100,0001s
1 PRIZE OF 50,000is
1 PRIZE OF 25,000is
2 PRIZES OF 10,000 are..
5 PRIZES OF 5,000 arc...
25 PRIZES OF 1,000 are...
100 PRIZES OF 500 are...
200 PRIZES OF 300arc...
500 PRIZES OF 200 are-
APROXIMATIOX PBIi
100 Prizes of $500 are...
100 Prizes of $300are..
100 Prizes of $200 are.
TWO NUMBER TERULSij
999. Prizes of $100 are
999 tPrizes of $100 are
1,18$ Prizes Amounting to .
Note.— Tickets drawing Capia
not entitled to terminal Pn*t*>
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