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ATHENS
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Est 1854. ' Consolidated 1S89 witMhe
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ATHENS GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING APPRIL S 1890.
VOL LVIII NO 19
CLARKE'S FARMERS.
CHA
D RE-UNION IN CLAS
SIC ATHENS.
\ I
0 c f Eloquence and W!t In the
College Chapel.
^ OF IN ALLOY ED JOY.
. hes of Distinguished Statesmen
;S;n in the Political Campaign
Georgia—Incidents of the
Day.
H ii
Il:il ill
I! i i -.
,i- tin' Far
ner’s I>ay!
:iv \va- >11
•cly the grandest
f f.innt-r- that ever took place
■:i-l ' ""i
11 t ll<* 111'
ruing tiu* liorny-
.. ,.f toil 1
egan pouring into
cV'-ry 1
i r.-ct ion.
■a:._'.'!i.~.i
■arts, carriages and
f ,-n !!.•>>
variety lined the
oV<T
the peaked hills
Atli
eiis, the proudest
-.wi-.-Gv
• little city in all
S •nth.
All the morning.
i-a until !
oon. the farmers
i^iug t’• • ■ 11
wives, sons and
. rP 'tt ililltt
in one va«t throng
Mi. -.plan
s and avenues of
•lurk Ilia >
reefs presented a
. i-. t; nth
from o. e sidewalk
, buggies and wag-
■ by it* tin
ir hurry, driven by
.■"pi.* fn.
n every county
Hi.' >i.h*u a
!k< were crowded
.-..111.! sea
rcely be passed.
: ha f *.r111• ■ t
s poured in.
■ nan .s. i
le country roads
t IMTO-S t ll
e adjoining hills of
1- piVsaltL
! a picture worth
ting. A 1
mg line of vehicles
.pr.> lab ..t'
an Attilia's army
- • I rift larg
heap of humanity
II -y spvat>
of Athens, which,
.a-i.la "a.
nee's meandering
S a pint ll r.
of prosperity and
moil Iwaut
V.
U It -S > l»lil
HER UFST.
in army «
i farmers, in very
it as was i
heir number, Ath
l.ia-s the
ol.! city!—did her
a. Atiiel
s was never known
. U-st of
ii.soitaJitv to any
• a : es,.eel
illy to the farmers
ii ,i! e\
erv house and laid
lie III toe. e
tv's growth is she
her Web
•ome on occasions
the College
hell rang out in
pealing
ones tlie invitation
It* in tile
•liapel, every store
.1 an.! the
Merchants of Ath-
. u an!, g
rasping their fami
ami carry;
ng them along went
i.uiie in ii
i.-ir great reunion.
1 at tiler's '
lub <•! b iarkecouii-
Xleiuied t
> tlie farmers o(.
•reliant- a
n.l business men
i.ic ami I
u.-iucss to tiie dogs
t lor tli to
join tlieir farmer
i i heir 11..1
day fun and frolic.
elk Wa
lisiiiissed for the
ll’ yarJ-ti
•ks were folded on
.TS. .-til l ll.
where did tiie city
i ills i ness
while the meeting
— ion. it
w as a proud act on
.1 our un r.
.bants, and, while
thing in.>re
than was expected
it iu- eeri
duly nothing more
w.-re gl.nl
to do.
V l RAIN 1
IRoUGilT MORE.
noon when
the trains began to
. r the No
theastern, Georgia
ngton ,v 9!
aeon railroads, tlie
increased
iu colossal sizes.
ai u brong
it loads of visitor’’
.tied then
into tiie already
-lreels of 1
>usy Athens. They
certainly showed by their sinking yes
terday, that their hearts and voices
have been smoothed and sweetened by
the concord of sweet sounds. The
children occupied the gallery of the
Chapel, an 1 when their swelling chorus
Tilled the hall, every one sat entranced
with vocal harmony, until their part
of the programme was finished.
col. smith’s speech.
When Col. James M. Smith, Geor
gia’s most progressive farmer was in
troduced to the audience, he was greet*
ed with a burst of applause. He spoke
as follows, and was cheered after almost
every sentence.
jfJMr. Smith said : “He did not intend
or expect to make a speech, he only
came to be with his brother farmers,
aud if he could not lend dignity to the
occasion, he could at least give the ros
trum an extra weight,” (Col. S. weighs
about 275 lbs.)
“The farmers,” said he, “are a noble
class of men. They are too conscien
tious to be lawyers, too outspoken to
be merchants, too matter-of-fact to be
newspaper editors, and owing to ex
traordinary surroundings, are not often
pious enough to be ministers. The far
mers build the railroads, support the
towns and cities, aud are the pillars on
which rest the peace, prosperity and
happiness of the whole country.
lie was glad to see improved methods
of farming, and the care they are
taking of tlieir lands. A farmers land
is, or oii£ht to be his Bank.
Georgia is a better state in which to
farm, than Kansas or any of the Wes
tern states. The Kansas farmer on
land *orth one hundred dollars per
acre, cau raise fifty bushels of corn
worth to him. fifteen cents per bushel,
good race,
the value of the corn raised on acre j and if elected, no one doubts but that he
JUDGE THOS. F. LAWSON.
The manj* friends of J udge Lawson
were glad to meet him at the re-union
of the farmers. They were glad to talk
with him on the po
litical questions ot
the day, because
there is no one bet-
inloruied on the
great issues that
confront our people
to-day than Judge
Lawson.
The people of Ath
ens were glad to*
meet the J udge face
tojfaee, in view of his political as
pirations, and to hear from his own lips
his plans and policies. Were they
satisfied with his stand ?—Well rather
Judge Lawson is a man to whom the
the people of the Eighth cau always
look as being on the right line of every
issue.
lie has done himself good by his visit
and will find whent he test comes that
lie has many friends in Clarke.
HON. F. K. COLLEY.
This estimable gentleman remained
in the city yesterday to attend the far
mers’great' meeting. He was busily
engaged,all day,shak
ing the hands of his
many friends, and
making new ones
wherever he went.
Mr. Colley is a gen
tleman of the Ches
terfield type, and his
winning ways have
caught the admira
tion of many citizens
of Athens and Clarke
who were straugers
to him before his
visit here. Mr. Col
ley will certainly make
is worth only seven dollars and fitty
cents. A farmer in Georgia, raises on
land worth ten dollars an acre, one
thousand pounds of seed cotton, the
lint of which is worth thirty-three dol
lars, and the seed four dollars and fifty
cents—product of an acre, thirty-seven
will represent our people in a manner
fully acceptable, and with credit to
himself.
MR. NORTHEN SPHAKS.
The name of lion. W, J. Xortben—a
name that is apt to soon have the prefix
dollars and fifty cents; see the difference i Gov.—when introduced bv Dr. Edwin
favor of Georgia. In Georgia we
have no blizzards nor extraordinary
bad weather. In Kansas aud other
Western states, they have heavy snows,
deep and long freezes, cyclones and six
or eight months of winter.
The Southern people had been chided
for their poverty and indolence and
general want of thrift and business
tact. The South, like the rejected
stone, was about to become the chief of
the corner. Already she was being en
vied, slandered and villified. The
Western states helped to rob her during
the war, now they want to tax her cot
ton seed and destroy their value in
order that they may get a better price
for their meat and grain. The West had
induced thousands of immigrants,
Newton to the farmers yesterday
rought fortli a long round of enthusi
astic applause and cheering, which last
ed several minutes. His speech was
lot obtained in full, hut in substance
ras a discourse upon the agricultural
aVd educational interests of Georgia.
Mr. Xorthen’s speech was characterised
by his accustomed wisdom anti sound
sense. He said he believed in educating
the masses with a knowledge that will
better enable them to successfully en
gage in agriculture, the common pursuit
in Georgia. He believed iu elevating
the minds of the farming classes, as well
as those who were more able to educate
themselves, and thought the State's first
duty was to extend its common schools,
and endow its University until educa-
built railroads, settled up the country j tion in Georgia would become as free
and had overdone the tiling, simply 1 and as pure as the water that we drink,
raised more grain and meat than she j and the air we breathe. He spoke about
could sell profitably. She proposes by ! the advantages of the Alliance and of
the Conger bill to rob the South. The its great work for Georgia, When Mr.
remedy for her, is to stop raising so . Xorthen finished there were many who
much and not rob us ! said, in an undertone, “there is the next
The negro, with all his faults, was the Governor of Geoigia.” lie was ap-
best labor in the United States. They j plauded loudly,
bore no malice, and were easily. peof. white’s speech.
controlled, have great powers of .....
endurance, can live cheaply and I 1 rof. H. C. White, of the L niversity,
if let alone bv demagogues charmed the audience with his usual
both at the North and South, well mixed eloquence and science, and
will be contented. After all, the his speech was a favorite toast of the
di w.-nt in the college chapel where
* •' exercises of the day were carried
i Ic reduced rates which the railroads
" : Te ! were a great inducement to the
' iint-iw ami helped the Clarke County
* riner's Club to a wonderful extent in
'" living tlieir entertainment the grand
it was. Our railroads have
'" Vervet f;dleu short in their acc>m-
i".el:tiion« to Athens and Northeast Geor
-"c and surely the authorities deserve
Ulv gratitude of every Athenian forit.
Ly the low rates and special schedules,
F -ier.lay, hundreds of farmers wereal-
'"»•-! to visit the reunion who would
i "i Law been here otherwise, perhaps.
AT TIIK CHAPEL.
1 rijiiquly at 11:30 the exercises in
1 "Hege Chapel were begun.
* "atireilor U . E. Hoggs, of the Univer-
‘ addressed the assembled multi-
'*•! farmers iu fin usually eloquent
bout ten minutes. He
the visiting farmers with a
Welcome to Athens, and spoke
pie? Does he expect us to vindicate
his annual commercial valuation which
has worked in the interest of the man
ufacturers instead of farmers?
As soon as the manufacturers’ agents
or salesmen came around to place or
sell his fertilizer, the local dealer would
try to receive a lower price, but the
traveling man would pull out Mr. Hen
derson’s commercial valuation and say,
‘See here, i am offering you my goods
at less than the cash valuatiou given
here, and will pay freight and wait till
Nov.’ This is generally an cud to the
argument.
Then the farmer comes to the local
dealer an l calls for his favorite brand.
When 1 e sees the price he complains
that it is high, and asks if he cannot get
it for less The same paper of com
mercial values is produced, and the
same argument with the same result.
The farmer is asked to be satisfied be
cause he is getting it for less on time,
freight paid, than the commercial cash
valuation at Savannah, and hence he
quiets down aud takes it at the dealer’s
figures. The result is that the price
has thus been kept up $1 or $2 per ton;
aud the fanner subjected to an annual
tax of to % million dollars, because
tliis rating was at retail instead of
wholesale figures. This season for the
first time, as be had to come before the
people, we find this rating cut down
$8.00 or 8lu.00 per ton. And this mulct
ing of *- 4 to A, million dollars annually,
lie now asks you to vindicate.
Well, 1 think, fellow farmers, we
ought to vindicate him by relegating
him to bis farm. He has bad 11 years
of the very best opportunities to study
farming now. With a rousing minori
ty let him go aud practice on the farm
what he has learned in the office.”
A LOVABLE YOUNG LADY.
She Dies Suddenly at High Shoals Fri
day Night.
High Shoals, Ga., April 4.—Death
swept down on our village very sudden
ly last night, and bore from our midst
Miss Lucy Tate, a young lady of uiark-
edpiety and well beloved by all. Miss
Lucy performed her duties the day be
fore with no signs of indisposition. She
and her brother were engaged in read-
the Bible until late last night, and
till no evidence of sickness was mani
fested. Upon retiring she complained,
toiler mother, of being unusually tired,
and that was the last sh^spoke. Mrs.
Tate heard a struggling noise proceed
from the bed in which Miss Lucy was
leeping, aud hastened to make a light,
hut when she reached the bed the disen
gaged spirit had taken its everlasting
flight to the God who gave it.
Tliis sad and sudden dispensation of
Providence lias cast a gloom over the
hearts of the many friends of the ue-
ceased.
Miss A. B. Owens left last Wednesday
for Madison, where she goes to live for a
while. Miss Babe is a most amiable
young lady, and wiil doubtless make
many friends at her new home. We
hope, however, that she will soon de
cide to return to her former home at
this place.
Y*our correspondent had the pleasure
of attending the County Alliance of
Oconee county as a delegate from High
Shoals Sub-Alliance yesterday in Wat
kins ville. It is a great pl->*«#nre to meet
in reunion with the farmers of the coun
ty and beartne interests of the county
so ably discussed.
BAD BLOODXtBRANDON.
HON. W. J. XORTHEN.
-k f,,
'I that he
«• til.-
'Il.ll
and wi-.-ly, about the edma-
‘•ivantages of the Alliance. He
"as thankful that the day
»'t arrived when the farmer^
' <•<1 hi.-in-elves in a position to
1 1 ar light of a brighter morn-
! bat through the mist of doubt
•niversity, they had landed at last
:u.- growing wiser from each
! ' teachings. Chancellor Boggs’
11 applauded enthusiastically,
"•*' received with good cheer by
oidie uce.
A CHIMING CHORUS.
, 1,111 i"« Die morning exercises at the
"M nothing was more highly cn-
. Vei • perhaps, than the chorus by one
% " IU ' l, °y* aud girls from the city
q X 1 *' Under tlm instruction of Prof.
' _' tlie pupils have made rapid
i o.r.regB- in this line of teaching, and
and
and
'.tli,
and
li.e
Southern white man is his best friend
and the negro is the best laborer for
farms, railroads and many other eccu-
pations. He is like a tool, if you know
how to use it, it will do good service.
Let the white people control, both for
his good, the white man’s good, and the
general good of the country. Intelli
gence must rule. I advise the far
mers to learn more of farming, stick to
their business, give it their personal at
tention, and if no unfriendly legisla
tion, the South would in the next ten
years, be far ahead of what she now is.
We have been to the bottom, we are on
the rise, our boom is on a soUd founda-
tion Let ua hope it has come to stay.
We can, and will work out our own
salvation, give us lair »™U“ t ter
No Georgian need go W est to better
his condition.. Stick to the old red hHU
there is vrt.re in the man, J n hll V,j
land. Let every farmer labor to build
up his own farm and his own neighbor-
''The^wms and’eities have out-grown
tlie country. Let the country growtoo,
S in toe end it will be better for both
town and country.’
COL. NESBITT’S ADDRHS9.
Col. R- T. Nesbitt, of Marietta,
among our distinguished visitors,
well known that Col. Nesbittwmthe
race for commissioner of ‘K^nlture.
and those who heard
day listened with interest to 1 l
“slashes” into the ceUdencies of toe
present administration. Col. N^bltt is
a handsome gentleman, and * “
fine mind. He is also a practical and
prosperous fanner, residingtSd^fvS
from Marietta. He read W*
terday, which was well written and to
the point.
was
It is
the
day. Prof. White, besides being one of
the most thorough scientists iu Georgia,
is, at the same time, an orator of brilliant
parts, and his speeches always have the
true ring of culture, wit and eloquence
He was cheered loudly yesterday on his
discourse upon the State’s best iuterest
—the education of her youth.
MB. J.O. WADDELL
This gentleman delivered a most en
tertaining speech to the farmers, which
we hope to publish iu full in a subse
quent Issue. Owing to a lack of space
we are prevented from publishing it to
day He spoke about the work of the
agricultural department, and dealt at
length with the question of analyzing
fertilizers.
MB HUNNICUTT’S SPEBC1T.
The following are extracts from Mr
Hunnicutt’s ajieech, in which he attacks
the agricultural department:
“To assist us in the solution of these
questions and the working out of this
state of prosperity and independence
the Agricultural Department was crea
ted. How much ic has done in these
directions we kiiew, alas, too well. How
much it may yet do remains to be seen
I think I am safe in saying that the
present incumbent, through his eleven
years, has not met public expectation
That the legislature should appoint
committee of investigation proves this
to be true. What some other man
might do remains to be seen. I do not
thiuk we would risk very much by
change.
But the Commissioner asks to be con£
tinued in office, not that be proposes to
do better, but that he may be vindicated
in what he has done. Does be expect
us to vindicate his opposition to the bill
making the officer elective by too peo-
ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT.
GEORGE T. MURRELL. Editor.
Difficulty Between Several White
Men Who Were Carousing.
Brandon, Ga., April 5.—A difficulty
occurred near here yesterday between
C. M. Wilson, of this place, and Will
and Henry Havnil, of Bethlehem, dur-
wliieh Wilson was badly cut about
the head and face. It seems that they
had gone to the woods below the bar
room for the purpose of gambling.
Wilson’s pistol was taken from him by
the Haynii brothers, and thus unarmed,
he was attacked and badly cut.
BOMBSHELL IN CAMP.
No -More Revelations For the Mor
mons.
Salt Lake City, Utah, April 5.—
[Special.]—The sixteenth annual con
ference of the church of Latter Day
Saints began yesterday.
Five thousand people were in attend
ance, representing brandies of the Mor
mon church from all over the country.
A leading Mormon said that ic was
expected that Woodruft' would, before
the end of the conference, assert that
he had a revelation from God that po-
lygrnv should be abandoned.
Every one who hits used it pronoun
ces Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup the best
remedy known for the complaints of
early childhood. It contains no opiates
Laxador is an invaluable remedy for
torpid liver, costiveness, dyspepsia, and
all bilious diseases. All druggists sell
it at 25c a package.
REVOLTOF RUSSIAN STUDENTS.
Farming Will Pay.
Tuis column concludes my rambling talk
on the subject. If in all these fifteen col
umns I have been instrumental in doing
aDy good. If I have given one Idea that
will be of practical U3e to my heavy
ladened and oppressed brethreu. It I have
sown one seed that will germinate, spring
forth and bear fruit iu the days to come, l
shall teel fully compens tied for the task
just finished. It is not a pleasant reflec
tion for a man to feel that his labor has
been in vain. Tue incentive that has urged
me onward, comes from a simple, honest,
and bumble desire to improve, as best I
may, the condition of a class of people
that God knows, needs all the help possi
ble, from any aud every source. I pro
pose, with God's help, to devote the rem
nant of my days to the upbuilding of my
own farming interest, and in every way
possible to help others to do the same. I
want no office at the hands of the people,
my task and inclinations leads me away
from the political arena. A politician’s
life is one of vexations, worry—a pathway
that is full of thorns beset with suures on
either side. Many good men have fallen
by this uncertain and dangerous way-side.
The political highway that is said to lead
lo fame and glory, is thickly strewn with
fallen heroes. There are many monu
ments here and there along the route that
will never have any garlands upon them.
M.ny tombs beneath which lie the remains
of inordiuate pride, and unholy ambition
Brother farmer, keep oat of politics—let
your greatest ambition be, to be a good
farmer, a good man. A systematic way
of conducting farm work, is one step
towards success. We all let our business
goat looaeends.
Now, while you are reading this, don’t
think that I am talking about somebody
else. I am talking about you. I am talk
ing about myself. We are all guilty ol
carrying on our farm work in a slip-shod
half-banded kind of manner. The best
farmer in this laud can find abundaut
room for improvement on this line. In
order to succeed, the stock raisers must
provide ample accommodation, food and
shelter for his stock. The successful mer
chant keeps his busiuess well in hand. In
all the other avocations of life, success
depends upou systematic management.
Then why should the tiller of the soil be
exempt? Wbat would you think of a mer
chant’s busiuess qualifications, who never
knew how he stood with those who were
furnishiug him goods to furnish to others,
uutil the final settling of accounts came to
pass? How would a merchant’s half bushel,
gallon pots and weighiug scales, look out
in the weather lying around the roots of
trees, or corners of fences when they were
uot iu use. Then why should farm imple
ments be thrown down here and Ibere to
Jry rot in the sun and wet rot in the rain
from one season ’till another season calls
ibem into active use. Every farmer should
have a dry place under shelter, to pul all
tools under and ail tools should be found
there when uot in use. Oue can go over
the average large tarrn where there is not
particular care taken to prevent such
usual careleasuess, and pick up oa stumps
and auds of fence rails, enough plows to
run a two-horse farm. The proper obser
vance of time ts another important item iu
the general make-up of a farm. A great
many farmers that have a considerable
auiouut of gil-up-and-git in their composi
tion, allow a little time here, and a little
there, to go by unheeded. Ten minutes
lost in the fore and afternoons work, seems
lo be a small matter to fuss about, and yet
it represents a loss ot 8 hours and 40
minutes a month, and over 10 days in the
course of the year. A negro can loose for
you, one solid month in twelve, if he is
allowed to monkey with bis hand-suing or
adjust bis plow clevis and hues often during
liteday. A mule that is allowed to stand
10 S'-conda before he begins to turn about
at the end of the row. will lose one hour in
30 hours if the rows are less Ulan o:te hun
dred yards in length. Ttc-se mallets taken
seperately seem to be cf little importance
at fust glance, but at the end of the
plowing season they represent a loss that
amounts to something in the general make
up of other farm work.
The ohl maxim that reads thus: “He
GENERAL NEWS.
Fire destroyed the old Greeley home
stead at Cliappaque, N. Y.
The school book lobby is accused of
| attempted bribery at Des Moines,
j An illustration of the phonograph’s
I work was given at a New York bau-
l quet.
that regardetn the weather in seed tune in j „ ... - ^
. , ' Construction work on the Durango-
h .rvest shad want should have its appro- j Ric0 rdilroad o£ Colorado has cotn-
priate place iu the chamber of a farmers
They Object to the Reactionary Regu-
ulationsNow tnforced.
St. Petersburg, April 5.—{Special.]
—The curator of the 0niversity here at
tempted to calm the exciteineut among
the students, but met with no success.
A detachment of jiolice Iris therefore
been placed on permanent duty at the
university. While the arrests of stu
dents at the Military Academy and the
Academy of Medicine were being made
bodies of Cossacks and gendarmes sur
rounded the buildings.
The movement has no connection
with politics, but is chiefly the outcome
of acute discontent arising from the
reactionary and arbitrary spirit of the
uew university statutes, which have
Liken the place of the liberal regula
tions which were in force during the
reign of the Emperor Alexander II.
The university hPre is still open. The
Government refrained from tarrying
out its determination to close the insti
tution because the final examinations of
the students were about take place.
Important Notice.
The undersigned takes this method
of bnugiiig his name before the voters
of Clarke county as a candidate for rep-
resenutive in the next General Assem
bly, and if elected, will present to each
and every one that honored him with
their vote a pair of Skiff, the jeweler’s,
diamond spectacles. No votes are ex
pected from the fifty Democrats that
Eli Perkins said did not like Mr. Skiff,
but signed Madison Davis’ paper for
postmaster at Athens.
Very respt, V. W. Skiff,
Love thy neighbor as thyself, and
when you see one with a bail cough ad
vise him to buy a bottle of Dr Bull's
Cough Syrup. Price 25c a bottle.
There is nothing in the world which
will give prompter relief to all suffers
from neuralgia than Salvation Oil.
Price only 23c a bottle. Y,
mind.
‘ Never put off for to-morrow that which
should be done to-day” should be written
on the cauv..ss ef every farmers memory.
Tuis is a common fault with us all. I
'have known men who call themselves
“Crack farmeis,” and ibey .really did give
good evidence ol being “cracked" that
would get “awfully into the grass” by
simply waitiog from Thursday at noon til
the uext Monday morning before going in
to a certain field of cotton lor the season
that a number of hands had promised to
be on hand the next Monday. Sunday
night the fl.iod gates of heaven would open
wide and their well laid plans would come
to naught. May be the next week the
same plan would follow aud fail, and when
they did get there “General Green” with
hi» forces would be in p .ssession of the
field aud when conquered the cotton plant
has had the most of the fight, and the
yield is irreparably cut off. Y'on may as
well expect five pigs lo fatten and grow on
the food that is only sufficient tor one, as
that a stalk of cotton or coi n shoull flour
ish with half a doz -n bunches of grass or
weeds about its rusts drawing on the plant
food that should be giveu to it alone. The
time to ciean out ihe crop is when the
plants are growing, not so much at laying
by time.
Now, my brother, hear the conclusion of
tbe whole matter. It you will infnse into
your farm work the kind of intelligence,
management and thoughtful energy that
characterizes tbe success:ul men of other
uvocations, you, too, will be as successful
as general conditions will permit. S rict-
ly adhere to the principles taught by the
F.timers Alliance. Frei ze to tbe well
founded purptase our noble order has in
view, that is, to force this grand and glori
ous Government to give the farmers an
equal chance to pro.per with men of other
callings. Familiarize yourself with the
Sub-treasury plan and other nu asutes that
will from time to time be presented for
our common good, and when the proper
time comes for us to lay the burthens of
our just and righteous complaints in the
lap of our common another we shall not be
disappointed.
In my last the word “reciprocate” was
written “recuperate" as plainly as 1 know
how to write; “touching” was “tracking”
when it left my band. 1 do not propose to
call attention to a ny more mislaskes, but
will ask the readers or this papet to please
remember (torn this time lorlh that when
they read anything coming from me, and
find a sentence that has no connection or
sense in it, that the fault lies not at my
door. I live in the country and have no
chance, whatever, to act as proof reader to
mv\ communications. I uever see them
from the sm.mei.it they leave my hand un
til they come lo me through the mail. In
simple justice lo myself I make this state
ment.
meneed.
The Rhode Island gubernatorial elec
tion has been thrown into the Legisla
ture.
Contributions to the Louisville, Ky.,
cyclone fund have reached the sum of
$130,000.
Robt. McCoy and Win. Hicks, col.,
were hanged at Houierville, Ga., yes
terday.
A young Austrian is in Chicago to
arrange for an jxhibit at the coming
World’s Fair.
Disastrous fire at Union City, Ter.n.
Narrow escape from burning of the en
tire town.
At Egg Harbor City, N. J.,a lunatic
George Dang fired his house and was
burned in it.
Judge W. A. Peffer explains the po
litical aims and objects of the Kansas
Farmer's Alliance,
An exciting struggle with a would-be
diamond thief took place in the l’almer
House, Chicago.
Hon. Robt. A. Hicklin. of Lafayette,
wants to be Speaker of the next Missou
ri Legislature.
Murat Halstead says he has not sev
ered connection with the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette.
A heavilv-veiled woman shot at a
Memphis clerk who, she says, had for
merly assaulted her.
In the Ontario Legislature a resolu
tion favoring Canadian-American re
ciprocity is being discussed.
DEATH IN DANIELSV1LLE.
Other News Itemsfromour Neighbor
ing Town.
Danielsvii.i.k, Ga.,
April 4th, 1S90.
On yesterday Mr. T. W. Dean, one of
Madison county's oldest citizens, died
of dropsy and elephantis. He had been
afflicted for five or six years, and had
been for three ye .rs so that he could not
move out of a chair. He was a consist
ent member of the Methodist church at
Wesley’s Chapel. The church loses a
good member and the community and
our county loses one of its most worthy
citizens.
M rs. J. M. Kidd and two children, of
Hartwell, are visiting her mother, Mrs.
H. B. Mattox, of this place.
The Baptists of tliis place are, to-day,
installing three deacons to till vacancies
that have occurred in their church at
this place.
A SUNDAY MAIL.
CROUP, WHOOPING COUGH and
Bronchitis immediately relieved by Shi
loh's Cure. For Sale by John Crawfoid <&
Co.
SHILOH’S VITaLIZEK is wbat you
need for Constipation, L'»ss of Appetite,
Dizziness, and all symptoms ot Dyi-p'-psia.
Pnci- 10 and 7a cents |>er bottle. For sale
by John Crawford ii Co.
SHILOH’S COUGH and Consumption
Cure is sold by us on a guarantee. It cures
Consumption. For sale by John Cruwfoid
& Co.
Advice To Mothers.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Svrup should al
ways be used for children teething. It soothes
the child, softens the gums, allays all pain
cures wind colic aud is the best remedy for
diarrhoea twenty five cents a bottle.
A Proposition from the People of Lula
for An Extra Mall.
Here is an item for Athens!
It will be seen from the following
letter that Lula is anxious for a Sunday
mail on the Northeastern.
Lula, Ga., AprH-5, 1890.
Editors Banner :—Lula people want
a local Sunday’s mail on the Northeas
tern railroad. What says Athens to
it? We need it, and if Athens will join
us in the request to Col. L. M. Terrell,
superintendent of R. M. S., we can get
it. Mr. Editor, put the matter before
the people of Athens, and see how it
will take, and give Jnoticeof the matter
through the columns of your paper. We
have a negro posLii clerk on the North
eastern, and lie is no better to idle on
Sunday titan the postal clerks on other
postal lines. We say give us a local
Sunday mail route.
Respectfully,
W. i,. Redm an.
We have needed such a mail service
all along, and it does seem that Athens
and the towns along the route should
have it. Let the citizens of Athens in
terest themselves in it, and send up a
petition to the proper authorities to se
cure it.
For lame back, side or chest, use Sbilohs
Plaster. Price 25 cents. For sale by
John Crawford k Co.
Avoid all Substitutes for
Royal Baking Powder.
No other Baking Powder is “just as good as the ‘Royal’” either in strength,
purity or wholesomeness. The “Royal” is superior to all others in all ways.
Most housekeepers know this from their practical experience, and the reports
of the U. S. Government investigations show it officially. The Government
chemist says the “Royal” is “undoubtedly the purest and most reliable baking
powder offered to the public.”
If some grocers try to sell another baking powder in place of the “Royal”
they do so because they can make a greater profit upon the other; good evi
dence of the superiority of the “Royal.” To give greater profit the other must
be a lower-cost powder, and to cost less it must be made with alum or cheaper
and inferior materials.
Because the “Royal” uses more highly refined and expensive materials it
costs more to manufacture than any other baking powder, but it is correspond-
ingly purer and higher in leavening strength, and accordingly of greater money
value to consumers, although the retail price to them is generally the same.
Consumers are entitled to full value for their money, and therefore will not, if
wise, accept any substitute for the “ Royal.”
Unfortunately, not only are ffiany of these would-be substitute powders made
from inferior and unwholesome materials, but they are placed before the public
with advertisements intended to mislead as to their true character. A powder
advertised by its manufacturers to have printed upon its label all the ingredients
used in it, proves upon analysis to have in its composition four substances not
named upon its label, two of which are lime and sulphuric acid. Most of the
alum powders are fraudulently sold as pure cream of tartar goods.
The danger incurred, should such powders be substituted for the “Royal,”
will be apparent to every consumer. __