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ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16,1890.-8 PAGES.
VOL.59--NO. 3
the servant question.
The negroes are sadly mistaken if
tbey think that they can organize a
boycott, force their employers to
coine t<> their terms, and drive white
ladies to the cook pots. We do not.
believe the reports of any organized
movement to this effect among the
seivants of Athens. While there
are doubtless a few Iszv, dissatisfied
vagabonds, who would like to see
such a strike made, the great mass
of our colored population are con*
tented, and have no desire to antag
onize their employers. The kindest
ireling exists between the two races
in Ai hens, and we trust and believe
j, »ili so continue.
The whites are content to give em-
|,toyment to the blacks living among
•yen), and would oot like to supplant
them unless forced to do so. The
Southern people aud their former
tlavcs understand each other, and
the negroes will make a bitter and
nil mistake when they disrupt the
kindly relations that at present ex
ist. This race will never find as
kind friends and generous employers
s, their former owners.
It is nonsense to talk about our
while ladies taking to menial work.
Their husbauds or pareuta will nev
er permit this. Miney will always
demand servants, aud when the ne
groes tire of their service, they can
easily and quickly be supplanted
with whites. If necessaiy, in tpo
weeks’ lime, every kitcheo cau t be
hiksl with white cooks. So if tbe
negroes did strike against their pres
ent employers, it would only result
in their being driven to the cotton
fields, and the easy places they now
hold would be filled by servants
brought from the North. They are
ai.xious to come South, but- our peo
ple are loth to give up the blacks,
wlio have served them so long aud
so f .Uhfullv.
A VASCILlATInU BUOY.
The Georgia legislature is builds
ing up a rallur unenviable reputa
tion, oy ita -‘flipperty fiipperty"
manner of doing business. Sumeot
the members really don’t seem to
know wiiat they want. They one
day take an overwhelming and deci
ded stand on a public matter; but
the next day some smoolliniongued
lawyer makes a speech, and they
forthwith undo their work and are
just as unauimous ou the other side,
luerearetwo many' demagogues in
the present legislature, we are aila6i
forced to admit. They look more to
getting ou tbe big side, than to the
tiue interests of the Slate. Why,
an etl.irt.wa8 actually made to with
draw every dollar from our Stale
University, aud leave one college iu
Georgia, and that for the blacks.
We are afraid that the legislature is
puraueing a ‘'penny wise and pound
fuelisb policy.’’ Tbe sooner it ad
journs and goes home the better for
the Stale and the reputation of some
of its members.
and limb to tempt, a man with bar
rooms to get drunk, and then leave
our sidewalks full of bolts to trip
him up. If our representative is de
termined on re-enthroning King Al
cohol in the Classic City, humanity
requires that every safe-guard and
protection possible be thrown around
his tottering subjects.
But perhaps C il. Morton only in
troduced this bill “oy request.’’ If
so,our citizens ask that be use all his
influence to have it consigned to the
water bucket of the House. No man
has the welfare of his city and peo
ple nearer at heart than CoL Morton,
and we do not believe he will cham
pion the bill to repeal our paving or
dinance.
OUR SUNDAY CflAT.
A 6L00MT OUTLOOK FOR THE
FARMERS.
Toms DrawimPeojle from tie Country
THE WHITES MUST BE INDEPEND
ENT OF negroes.
THE FUTURE PRICE OF COTTON
DISCUSSED.
the colored college.
We think it was a mistake, tbe
legislature making the new colored
college a branch of tbe State Univer
sity. It is proper and just to give
the negroes their share of the laud-
script appropriation; but their insti
tution of learning should have been
kept entirely separate from the
whites. As it is, they will be run
under the same trustees, and tbe di
plomas received by blaoks will bear
tdc identical signatures as the whites.
This looks to us too much like blend-
iug the education of tbe races; and
comes much nearer social equality
than the instiuction of a few Yankee
white children in the negro college
of Atlanta, which caused that insti
tution the loss of this fund. It will
not be very complimentary for the
white graduates of the Slate Univer
sity to carry around duplicates of
the diplomas issued to negioes.
THE FARMERS NOT ALTOGETHER TO
BLAME-
There has been a good deal said
and writ'en about farmers holding
back their cotton, and being respon
sible for the stringency of the money
market. A certain amoant of blame
sboald also rest on the shoulders of
certain merchants, who, even after
the farmer turns loose his cotton,
stores it in a warehouse ins’ead o
selling the same at once and putting
more money into circulation. There
is avast quantity of cotton now held
by merchants, with the expectation
of an advance in price, and they are
just us much responsible for the
stringency of the money market as
is the farmer. It’s a bad rule that
don’t work both ways.
State And County Taxes
Are now due, aud should be paid
without delay.
As provided by law the books will be
closed Dec. 20, next, and execution
isued for all unpaid taxes, ou that date.
All voters are now required to regis
ter with the tax collector in order to
vote at any election..
The registration books for ths elec
tion f->r county officers, will be closed
Dec. 2i'. I will beat
Wiiitervilie, Dec. 1; Georgia Factory.
8; Princeton, 9; Paper Mi I, 9;
n. H. I.inion, T. C.
dw. Dec. 27.
THE ATHENS PAVING ORDINANCE.
We see that Hon. W. J. Morton
has introduced a bill in the Georgia
legislature to repeal the law empow
ering our council to force property
owners to lay pavements in front of
their lots. We trust that this bill
*111 not pass, for it would be a seri
ous thrust at tbe prosperity of our
city, and set il buck many years.
^0 public-spirited citizen desires a
repeal of this act, and there would
b® an indignant uprising of our tax
payers were it done. The few dis
inters to this necessary measure
fought it to the end, and after meet*
log with defeat in the courts, now
appeal to the legislature.
Col. Morton mast certainly under-
stmd the wishes ol bis constituents
too welt to champion this bill. If it
was leltjto a vote, the present paving
ordinance would be overwhelmingly
sustained. All of our public-spirit
cd citizens, and every member of
council, endorse it. Mayor Brown
efl fl>r Atlanta yesterday to protest
against this bill.
VVe c °n less that an not see
what our distinguished representa
tive
can mean by introducing such a
1 '»that is only supported by a few
pikers. Again, it would be an io-
Jostice to those of our citizens who
la ' e a * r ®®dy been required to lay
P’venients, to now release other par-
le,> If this hill hecomes a law, it
w> I be the duty of our city to reim-
«rse those parties for ths work they
“»v e done.
ol. Morton is now pressing a bill
restore the liquor traffic In Ath-
. *• U he succeeds ip this, it seems
os more than ever important that
e should have good pavements. It
°hld be diubly dangerous to life
A prominent farmer remarked toTiiK
Banner editor the other day: “It is
getting to be a serious question as to
what we shall do for bands to till our
lands. Thesupply oi negroes is getting
scarcer every season, and it is harder to
get them to make contracts. They ail
have an idea thi^t they want to farm on
their own account, which means to
work about three months in the year
and loaf nine. This year 1 employed a
family of three grown men ami two
women, to work <>n shares—1 furnish
ing the land and stock and they doing
the rest. They pnt in just, half the land
they could have tended, and refuse I to
cultivate another acre. By spring they
owed uie $70 for provisions tarnished,
and I had also bought several tons
of guano to put under the
cotton. These negroes then took a no
tion to leave aud go to work on the rail
road. Well, I had to beg and humor
them, and finally they consented to re
main. They made 18 bales of cotton
and about fifteen bushels of corn, that
barely paid their debts. These negroes
want to remain with me again next
year, but 1 realy believe it would be
better to sow dawn my land, or let it
remain idle, than to run tbe risk. There
is not a dollar iu farming with tree ne
groes.
“The whites are ail selling or renting
their farms and moving to the towns
and cities, and negroes are fast getting
in undisputed possession of our lands
if this emigration continues, l don’t see
what is to become of this country. 1 tell
you it is a serious matter. The
towns are all building up and getting
rich at tbe expense ol the country; bnt
when our white population is concen
trated there, where will their support
come from ? Cle.trly not from the ne
gro farmers, for they are too lazy and
thriftless to make more than enough to
keep soul and body together. They
ruin any farm they a> tempt to work,
and will soon have our farms a wilder
ness. Besides, the blacks have the
town fever about as bad as the whites,
und are anxious to leave the farms. 1
venture the assertion that you can take
my own neighborhood, and it is no ex
ception to other settlements, and you
will find four white families out of five
now trying to make arrangements to
sell or rent their farms and
move to some tow n or jity. Why, even
now the country is filled with deserted
farms, and the area of cultivated land i*
contracted each year. 1 tell you, 1 can’t
see what is to become of the country if
the whites move to town and depend on
the negro to support them. This Cnf-
fee has his '‘head sot agin.” If he ekes
out a miserable existence for himself
it will be all that he will do.
Obituary Notice.
“I made more clear money this year
on my farm than in years. With the
exception of that family of croppers,
my three little boys ami myself did our
own work, and my wife aud daughter
the cooking. I bought tbe most im
proved agricultural implements to be
found, and made these inven
tions, with two mules, do tin-
work of a half dozen negroes.
We had less trouble aud more satisfac
tion, than when working hired hands.
Warning was one thing we couldn’t get
done in the country, and 1 have to carry
our soiled ulotnes to Athens every week.
I am convinced that the only salvation
„ for the country i^for the whites to stay
Died, on December 7th,J890, at her on their farms, and learn to dispense
borne in Madison county, Georgia, Mrs.
Sarah Ann Williams, consort of Mr. J.
Y. Williams, aged 69 years.
She was born September 19th, 1821,
and was Miss Sarab Ann, daughter of
Samuel Strickland, of said county. She
united with the Bap: ist church at Ma
rini), in said county county, in 1838, and
lived a consistent member up to tbe
time of her death. She was married to
Mr John Y. Williams, 29th July. 1840,
and raised a family of ten children, five
boys and five girls, all of whom are
married except one son and one
daughter. She lived fifty years from
her marriage on tbe place where sbe
died, much esteemed by her friends
and neighbors, and dearly beloved by
her husband and children. The
church has lost a dutiful sister, tbe
husband a loving wife, the children a
kind and affectionate mother that can
never be replaced on earth. All her
children are members of tbe Baptist
church, except one. Friends sympa
thise in tbe bereavement of the family.
W e say peace to her ashes.
White Servants.—Many families in
Athens are sending in their applications
for white servants, and it is thought
that the full list of 500 will be secured
in a few weeks. The whites are at last
organized against the black boycotters,
and will soon be independent of their
demands. Special excursion rates will
be given from New York, as this num-
will fill at least two trains.
Sad Death.—Mr. Gus Bird, a vener
able citizen of Athens, died Friday
night at 7 o’clock at his home on tbe
corner of Hancock avenue and Foundry
street, He came originally from Dan-
ielsville, and has lived in Athens for tbe
past six years. He leaves a wife and
three children and a wide circle of
friends and relatives to mourn his Iosf,
His iuneral will occur today in Dan-
ielsville.
Good For Rome.—The bill to estab
lish at Rome tbe foundry for the mould
ing of heavy ordnance has already
named Congress and gone into the Sen
ate. If she gets safely through that
body the Hill City will have captured
the greatest prize on record. This lo
cation is to be chosen on account of
close proximity to mineral, and water
communication with the ocean. Five
hundred handa^ will be employed in
iue’s pros-
with the negro. This can, in a meas
ure, be done, if we will adopt modern
methods. We must throw aside our
rude implements of agriculture, pre
pare our lands better, and then use the
new inventions in agricultural utensils
We must reduce our plantations to
small farms, and make two blades of
grass grow where one grew before. If
we will do this, our farmers will prosper
more aud not have one-half the trouble.
One thing is certain—we must learn to
do without the negro, and tbe sooner
the better. So long as our Georgia
farmers depend solely on this race, they
are leaning on a broken stick.
will be pernicious on our children,-”
these works,
perity.
This means Rome’s pros-
A young man on Clayton street re
ceived invitations yesterday to the wed
ding of two of his former Pulcineas,
“The greatest trouble apd drawback
we country people have to stand is a
lack of schools. Our present system is
a fraud of tbe first magnitude, and if it
is not improved, I wojild like to (see it
broken up altogether. Our children
are growing up in igndrance, while we
see the offspring of tbe blacks being ed
ubated at our expense. It seems a mat
ter impossible to raise a school in the
country. For three months in the year
we can send to some little neighborhood
school, so overcrowded that a child
is but little benefited. Most of tbe
teachers only care for the pittance they
receive from the state, and it is a matter
of indifference to them whether a pupil
learns or not. If we had good nine
mouths schools in every neighborhood,
it would be an inducement apd incen
tive to our white farmers to remain on
their lands; but a man who has any
hope for biB children will not let them
grow up in ignorance, if it can be pre
vented. Our country churches, too,
are suffering from this exodus of tbe
whites, and in my immediate neighbor
hood there are two that have suspend
ed. It is unnatural to expect a man to
be content to live in a community where
he is debarred of schools and churches;
but neither can prosper without a suffi
cient population to support them.
***
“Of course there are a few neighbor
hoods that are exceptions. Take aruuml
Ha, in Madison county, for instance.
There the whites have learned to be in
dependent of the negro, and are happy
and prosperous. We have all to emu
late the example of the Ilaites before
we get through. We have the finest
country on the globe, if we would only
utilize our advantages, and free our
selves of dependence on the negro. The
towns are all overcrowded, and the best
and only place for us is on the farm.
We must stick to the old homestead,
raise our children to follow th)3 humble
railing, and teach them self-reliance.
So long as we surround ourselves with
droves of loafing negroes, the example
In speaking of the low price of cotton
the other day, Hon James M. Smith,
Georgia’s great farmer said: “I do
not look for any perceptible advance
next spring. The Mississippi Valley—
by which is designated tbe great eott n
producing states of Mississippi, Lou
isian, Arkansas and Texas—have
made tbe largest crop in their history.
It is only a question now of how much,
tbe planters can save, and the fine wea
ther enables them to gather an unu
sual amount. The few bales we Geor
gia farmers make is bnt a drop in the
bucket. Why, a few years ago, while
Georgia raised 800,000 bales, Tex
as raised only 300,000. Now we are
still producing our same amount, while
the Texas cop last year amounted to
2,000,000 bales, and there is no telling
what the present crop will turn* out.
They have out West strictly a cotton
country. Here we have to manure and
coax the crop. There they can make a
bale to the acre with but little labor.
Besides this vast country is being
fast brought under cultivation, and it
is not an unreasonable estimate to say
that it annually receives an addition of
a half million people to its population,
most of which are drawn from older
States. From present indications, I
am afraid that, cotton will go still lower.
I am selling my cotton os last as it is
ginned.” T. L. G,
Great bargains in Chiuaware at the
Ten Cent Store for the uext ten days.
It will pay you to see our prices before
you buy, and we wii. convince you that
you cau buy them at half what you can
buy them in Athens. Come soon and have
first pick, as they must be sold at any
price. To jobbers, we can save yon 25
per cent. There is Christmas goods
enough at the Ten Cent Store to supply
every man, woman and child in Athens
und they will be sold at a sacrifice.
A. Coleman, Proprietor.
‘LOOKOUT! MAD DOG!’
Cobbham In a Fever of Excitement—
A Negro Bitten.
“Boss, he bit me ’fore I know’d it,”
and his voice was still tremulous, aa he
held up a bloody, mangled band for our
inspection.
Pill Dickson is his name, and the dog
bit him in the vicinity of Mr. Yeronee’s
on I^ulaski street. The dog is described
as a mongrel cur, decidedly cadaverous
in bis appearance, and from his actions
very vicious.
The negro was quietly walking along
at about 8 o’clock last night, when the
dog darted at him ana attacked him,
biting him on the fingers of one of bis
hands just above the second joint. The
negro threw tbe dog ott", who made for
the direction of the city in a fast trot.
The negro came to Dr. Sorrells, in
search of a mad stone, who directed him
to Mnj. W. B, Pruitt’s to whose home
he now directed his steps.
The negro calldd at .Mx^Pruitt’s to
have "the mad stone appled to the
wound, hut at four >in the afternoon
Mr. Pruitt had received a message from
Dr. Uardmau,of Harmony Grove, ask
ing him to send the stone at once; so he
had to seek aid from another quarter.
He seemed terribly frightened aud was
satiering intensely.
DR. JEFFERSON HEARD.
A Prominent Louisiana Physician to
Move to Athens.-'
The Banner announces with much
pleasure the expected arrival in our
city, of Dr. Jefferson Heard, one of the
most prominent of Louisiana’s physi
cians, who will resume the practice of
medicine here.
Dr. Heard leaves a very extensive
practice but ill health compelled him to
return to his native State and our city
will welc me him.
He is a son of Mr. G. E. Heard, and
some j ears ago as a physician rapidly
forged to the front in Louisiana.
His arrival is expected within a short
while.
“Your babies” will always be good if
you will give them Dr. Bull’s Baby Syr
up while teething. It is a reliable and
sure remedy and costs 23 cents.
A lottery ticket may sometimes be a
paying investment; a far better one is a
25c box of Old Saul’s Catarrh Cure. It
pays every time.
A Big Pig.—Mr. James C. Martin, of
this place killed tbe boss pig of the sea
son last Tuesday. It was only eighteen
months old and weighed 520 pounds.
This was some bog and a Georgia raised
hog at that. It proves-that good hogs
can be raised in Oglethorpe county.—
Crawford Herald.
Henry Brldy Dead.
The negro who was mangled under
the wheels of tbe engine of tbeC. & M.
train, died the morning after tbe acci
dent. Tbe coroner’s jury returned a
verdict absolving tlie train officials from
all blame and laid the whole respon
sibility of the negro’s death on his own
shoulders. The body was fearfully
mangled and disfigured, and the negro
presented a horrible spectacle. The
funeral will occur today.
THE ATLANTA COURTMARTIAL.
THE METHODISTS.
RECENT SESSION OF THE NORTH
GEORGIA CONFERENCE.
Sketches of the Bishop and Ministers
In Athens District.
This conference has just adjourned
the session of 1890. It was held in
Washington, Ga. In the economy of
the Methodist church, the power to leg
islate is in tile General Conference,
which meets every four years. In an
nual conferences the work consists in
exaininiug the characters of the preach
ers belonging to them—in receiving the
reports of their labors for the past year,
and assigning them to new fields for the
ensuing year. In these Conferences the
interests of the schools and colleges of
the church are considered, and iu fact
all the activities of the church, not
in the control of the General Confer
ence, are enquired into and action tak
en to advance their interests. Here new
mission fields of the home territory are
mapped out and missionaries appointed
to serve them. Committees are raised
and each interest is put in hands spe-
cially charged with that interest. The
work is so divided that full information
is bad upon all questions to be consid
ered. The social privileges of these an
nual gatherings are much enjoyed by
the preachers. Many of them have not
met for a year, and to spend a week to
gether is a good thing. It is refresh
ing to hear them siug and see them uui-
ted in religious services. Perhaps the
best view of the strong brotherhood of
the conference is to be had at the memo
rial services. Here the roll of those
who have died the past year is called
and men specially appointed for the
work, read obituLry notices of each of
the dead, and any brother who desires,
makes such remarks as he deems appro
priate
The late session at Washington was
presided over by
BISHOP R. K. HAKGROVE.
Bishop Hargrove is a man of fine ap
pearance. His bearing in the chair of
President of a Conference is equal to
the best. He is quick to see, well in
formed in law, dignified, kind and con
siderate in manner. His presidency at
Washington was his first over the North
Oeorgia Conference. The conference
will be glad to see him again. His ser
mon in the Methodist church on Sun
day was of the higheBt order of preach
ing. His theme was covetousness.
Those who heard biin will always know
the dangers and exceeding sinfulne
of covetousness. F* 1
college, a-consecrated and devont ser
vant of his Master. He loves the doc
trines of his church and insists upon
men striving for the best experiences of
grace in their hearts, that they may
live upright aqd holy lives.
1!EV. W. F. SMITH
is returned to Wintervilie. “Uncle
Wess” is a man of fervent piety and of
good repute among his brethren. He is
chairman of the “Joint Board of Fi
nance” of his conference, a position he
has held and acceptably filled for sev
eral years. Wintervilie knows the
preacher, and doubtless the knowledge
the church has of the preacher makes
them satisfied that “Uncle Wess” is the
man.
REV. E. A. GRAY.
Lexington has had this preacher for a
year, and we take it, is willing to have
him again. Mr. Gray, at one time was
in charge of the Young L. G. Harris
College, and went from there to take
charge of some conference school in
Indian Territory. He is in the prime
of life—abounds in good feelings for his
kind—is an earne«t preacher.
REV. H. H. PARKS.
This preacher is well known in the
state, and in this section not a few have
known him all his life. In the years
before the war he served different
charges in this part of the conference;
and both before and since the war lias
been stationed in Athens. He is for
the second year presiding elder’ of the
Athens District and stands next to the
bishop in authority. He has filled, and
now holds places of high trust in liis
conference.
KEV. C. A. CONAWAY
Is put down to the Factory Mission- -
this will be his second year on this
charge. This gentleman has much heart,
and good tact, for the work of an evan
gelist, He loves that kind of work. He
is remarkable in song—devoted to his
work, an acceptable pastor. He returns
to his work in good spirits; and while
abundant in labors, he says he is going
to try to build a parsonage this year.
His picture is herewith given.,
great advantage—he sings well. He is
a man of good address, of fine spirit, an
acceptable and successful pastor. He
is in the prime of strength, hopeful
and|buoyant in spirits’ and will be well
received by the Athens district.
REV. R. A. SEALE
of the Norwood circuit is a preacher of
considerable experience and of good
successes. He is a fearless, tender, ex
pounder ' of gospel truths. He
sees the strong points, discovers the
weaknesses x of his charge and
sets himself to work intelligently. He
insists upon deep personal experiences
of the grace of God in the hearts of men
—such experiences giving tone and
strength to life. This is his third year
on Norwood Circuit and we regret that
we cannot furnish his picture.
REV. H. S. BRADLEY.
Leaves the city of Griffin and takes
cbarge’of the Washington church for the
year 1891. Dr. Bradley was a physi
cian before he was licensed to preach—
a physician of good practice. He is a
man of fine business qualifications—
preaches well—and as the men out west
express it, be “mixes well,” meaning
his intercourse with his fellow men,
is of a fine, taking manner. He has ex
tensive acquaintance, and is not un
known in this part of the state.'
REV. CRAWFORD JACKSON
was moved from Rome district and
placed in charge of the Little river cir
cuit of the Athens district. This gen
tleman has been in this conference but
one year—having transferred from the
South Georgia. He is a young man of
studious habits—diligent in his work—
looking after all interests. He studies
the theological questions that agitato
the minds of men. In tbe October
number of the “Quarterly Review of
the M. E. Church, South “ there is an
article written by him, entitled, “Three
dispensations in Christian experience.”
The aiticle in question has received fa
vorable comment.
REV. A. J. HUGHES
remains on the Broad river circuit.
This gentleman is very quiet
in his manners—rather retir
ing. He is a man of strong
convictions and never yields them till
they are changed by light and argu
ment. He preaches his convictions,
and insists upon the great underlying
doctrines of his church. He is a brave,
and yet tender preacher of the Gospel
of light and life. Mr. Hughes is always
to be found where he thinks the right
calls him.
REV. E. B. REES
goes again to Watkinsville. This gen
tleman is abundant in labor*,, fervent
in spirit—always looking for results.
It would be hard to find a preacher who
does more work in his charge, preach
es more than does E. B. Rees, and his
reports always, or nearly always, show
good results. Before he was an itinerant
preacher he was a physician, and he
carries his knowledge of diseases vet-
and will give you medical advice, if you
desire it. We present his picture here
with. Not a few of our readers will
recognize him at a glance.
REV. H. M. HARRISON
is the supply upon the Woodstock miss
ion. Mr. Harrisoa has a new work—
formed at Washington Conference. It
is in Oglethorpe county. This gentle
man is not a member of the Annual
Conference, but a local preacher. He
was raised in CUrke county and many
of our home readers know him person
ally.
We did what we could to get pictures
of all the. preachers of the Athens dis
trict—and we regret that in cases we
failed. It was our desire to present
them all.
When to Hear and Where to See.
There are ar great many things that
are painful to hear, against which our
ears should be closed. There are a great
many tbings that are pleasant to hear,
to such let our e n be open and we can
near what Skiff, the Jeweler, has to say
about Christmas, still better, let us go
and see what has. His store is filled
with diamonds, jewelary, watches, sil
verware, gold headed canes, gold pens,
beautiful new art novelties, yankec no
tions, nicknacks of an almost endless,
variety, suitable for Christmas presents.
Let us go with a kind word for Skiff, the
Jeweler, and see the diamond and other
useful and pretty, goods he may show
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A Verdict Reached In All the Cases
Against tne Gate C.ty Guards.
Atlanta, Dec. 13.—It seems as if the
verdict of tbe courtmartial will impli
cate all the members of the Gate City
Guards, who were arraigned.
From all that can be learned, it is very
doubtful if any of the men arraigned
will be exonerated.
The friends of Captain Snead have
from the first to the last believed him
innocent of any implication in the at
tempt to secure the drill program. It
may be that tbe court has only found
him guilty of the other charge—that of
insubordination.
It was the genera! opinion that there
was no evidence to convict Lieutenant
Roberts, but it seems as if tbe court
thought otherwise.
Private Myers, it will be remember
ed, entered a plea of “guilty,” and Pri
vate Spillman made no defense.
Thefriends of all parties, however,
Still hope tbat when the verdict c-omes
that those who declared themselves “not
guilty” will be exonerated.
The verdicts will be made public
sometime next week, probably Wednes
day or Thursday,
KEV. T. R. KENDALL,
Is stationed at First Church, Athens,
for the next year. He has been for
three years past at Mulberry Street
Church. Macon. Because of sickness
in his family be cornea back to his old
conference. Dr. Kendall comes to his
new work with the record of a devout,
prayerful and successful minister. He
will do good work and be welljreeeived.
REV. LEE M. LYLE.
This gentleman was born and raised
in Athens, and many of our readers
will see a familiar face when they look
011 his picture. For several years he
has been a member of the Baltimore
Conference. Because of ill health he
thought it best to come home. He
brings with him, from those of his
brethren with whom he was associated
in the conference which he has just left,
good and kind words of his labors as a
preacher of the Gospel. He goes to the
Athens circuit.
BKV. s. D. EVANS
is returned to the Jefferson mission, not
as the preachers sometimes say, to do
his work over, but to push the good
work to larger success in the name and
power of the Lord. This gentleman
looks after all the interests of his work,
and believes in the doctrines of bis
church—is a man of fasting and much
prayer.
REV. E. K. AKIN
is sent to Greensboro again this year.
He is one of the self-made men of his
conference—and is a courageous, sue
cessful preacher of righteousness. He
is a very quiet man, unassuming and
faithful. We regret that we are unable
to furnish his picture to accompany thi3
sketch. This preacher has no compro
mise for wrong, and is faithful to all
the duties of his high calling.
REV. J. V. M. MORRIS
THE NEW PASTOR
Of the First Baptist Church of Athena
REV. J. 8. BRYAN
is sent to the Oconee street charge. He
is no stranger to many of his hearers at
Oconee. £fe is a graduate of EmQry
s in charge of the G reerie circuit. This
gentlemro shared largely of the love
*nd confidence of the late Bishop
Pierce. The Bishop valued him highly
for his strong common sense—the best
sense of all senses. He has been a member
of the South Georgia Conference—was
was Presiding Elder of a district—
and tbe preachers tell, to this day,
good things Morris said and did.
This preacher believes and insists on the
reality of things, and insists that a
man’s religion enter into and regulate
avery thought, word and act of his life.
REV. J. B. ALLEN
comes from St. Luke’s in Augusta and is
putdown at White Plains. He has this
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DR. LUTHER R. GWALTNEY,
the newly elected pastor of the First
Baptist church, about fifty-five years
ago was born in South Carolina, where
he was educated. He entered tbe min
istry at an early age, his first charge
being in his native state, from whence
he was called to the pastorate of the
First Baptist ehurch in Rome, where
he preached until the entire community
den?-'udedthat betake the presidency
of the Shorter Female College, which
he finally did, though reluctantly, for
the reason that he was uncertain as in
which position he could best serve the
Master and benefit man. For a num
ber of years he has been the beloved
president of this college; preaching and
teaching God’s word to the girls. It
was a great trial both to the students
and trustees to give him up when called
to^ur city. No man was ever more
universally loved by those who knew
him than Dr. Gwaltney, who is one of
the ablest preachers in the state, his
sermons being both grand and eloquent,
whilst a man of deep piety, strong
faith and strong affections. His pecu
liarsweetness of temper, his deep-love
for God, and the souls of men; v>: * *'*■
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tor God, and the souls of men; his en
ergetic disposition makes him one of
the best pastors. Well may our Baptist
brethren congratulate
getting the services of such
Christian pastor,
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