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THECEDULAAND THE LEGAL TENDER
NOTE.
The Dallas Herald says : Mr. C.
N. Harpei, a gentleman alio has
lived len years in Buejjos Ayres, lhas
in part describes the cedilla, a form
of paper issued in the Argentine Re
public : ’'It is a mortgage bond au
thorized’bv the government, issued
by stale aud 1- cal banks, secured b>
'mortgages on improved or unim
proved lands, at the pale of 50 per
cent, of their nominal value, the in
tercsl on these cedulas being guar
an teed by ihe govern men l.” So far
he is doubtless correct. A qu< stion
may arise, however, as to whether
Mr. Harper ha«examined with equal
care the projects of paper issues in
the United States which he claims
to be identical with the cedula. He
said to the New York Star : ‘‘It is
exactly the scheme fnihered by Sen
ator Stanford, of California, when he
introduced his pioposed law, piovi-
ding for government $paus to far-
mers, in congress recently.’ Sena
tor Stanford might have a word to
aay if be knew that bis plan was
being coupled so closely with Ar
genline emission. Senator Slanfoid’s
plan is generally connected with that
of the Farmers’ Alliance, which has
been before the public and is known
to all general leaders. Is there not
a considerable difference between
the Argentine cedula and the pro
posed sub-treasury issues, even sups
posing these to be extended to real
estale securily, as the Ocala conven
tion demands ?■ inhere certainly is.
The cedula bears iuteresi guaranteed
by the government. It Is more 1 ke
the 7-30 bond issued byfftbe govein
inent of the United States du:ing the
civil war than'-anjCj&her form of
United States jjjvsfcr. That bond
was intended to serve both as cur
rency and as an interest bearing in
vestment. But in the sub-treasury
plan of the Alliance the government
would lake security and loan simple
currency. Thus the government
would always be on the creditor side
of the account, having interest to
receive, not to pay. Surely this con
stitutes quite a difference from the
cedula. The sub-treasury | lau may
have ils fault®, but it calls for dis*-
cussion more direct than can be fuel
by attempting to substitute for the
proposed treasury uotes a foreign
issue with a different arrangement of
the interest feature. In various
quarters there aie such remarks on
the cedula and the decline of the
Argentine curiency as to show that
an imperfect comparison iiuds favor
with ceitain opponents of the snb-
treasury plan. Yet, after all, »i>e
sub-treasury phm will be settled on
its merits, assuming the Farmers’
A.liance to be a movement with du
rable qualities, it is one with strong
forces aud persistent conditions be*
bind it. These forces may vary their
action, but that the essential striv-
" ii g lor relief will persist until de-
civise changes arc ilfeeted is not
doubted by close observers.. There
, is one danger common to cedulas and
greenbacks. Issue after issue being
made on the faith of government or
on the assumed value of wild land,
it matteis not which, the cuirency is
watered. Trices in the watered cur
rency rise, and-the expaudiug issues
create higher valuations. Prosperity
gives wings to expectation, and men
cease to* contemplate the arrest of
the expanding process. Whenever
the issues are slopped there must be
a reaction. The propJt.y more than
covers the first loans, of course, but
afterward it is revalued and more is
borrowed till too much is borrowed.
* Interest on the cedula ultimately be
comes ruinous; but even without
interest fiom '.be government the
volume of private interest on specu
lative use of greenbacks is also
ruinous, in addition to the overstim
ulation of expect ancy, as values can
not go on always increasing at the
rate started by a dilution of the me
dium in which the valuations are
made. All this mischief might be
avoided if the government woul<t
keep its own money-on.-a < oin basis,
hot permit banl^iawues. The valua
tions must x made in government
mor.il thus valuations would fe
• .able. Bank issues based upon tan
/ gible property would serve the pun*
poses of exchange without disturb
iog the standard of valuation.
the second is the cherished desire, 1 nifieei.t country will furnish boom«
THE ATHENS BANNER; TUESDAY 40RNiN6k JANUARY 0 189-1
=r.-i ~ , ' ,N,
the never abandoned hope of the 1
French people fo ‘.he recovery of the
territory lost in the Franco-German
war
The threatened Alliance of these
two formidable military powers was
anticipated by the so-called triple
alliance of Germany, Austria and
Italy, cooctivcd and maintained by
the dip'o'ualic genius.and the im»
mense personal i. ffueuee of Prince
Bismarck. The retirement of the
PriDce has not resulted,as was grave
ly apprehended, in any material dis
turbance of the statue quo. It ap
pears that the young emperor *as
anxious only to gel the ieins in bis
own hands, and to assert him self
‘Every inch a king.” Toe ground
of difference between him and Bis
marck was not the foreign, but tiie
internal policy of "'the empire
These twelve years of freedom fr ni
war Lave been more than the seed
time of liberalism in Europe. The
development of public seuliment in
that direction has already • 'elded
fruit. The franchise of suffrage ha
been so extended in Great Britain
that it is little short of universal
The stability of the French Republic
lias been so thoroughly proved that
its permanency is hardly any longer
an open question. The monarchies'
of Spain and Italy reot upon consti
tutions of which tiie principle of pop
ular representation is the most im
portant feature, and it is clear at
least that a reaction toward abco-
iutism has become impossible in
those countries. The German Emu
peror has manifested a decided pen
chant for persoral government, but
the moii.cut he passes beyoid the
limit prescribed by the constitution
of Germany he will encounter au op
position which will very promptly
induce him to alter his lone.
The party of tbe socialist has
made great strides in Germany, and
the labor reforms pressed by the em-
petor Lave been in effect a coutession
to, or rather an admission of the
principles of socialism ; that is, the
right of tiie State to define the terms
of the contracts between'labor and
capital, i ue socialists have not been
in the ieast conciliated by this ad
mission, aud the emperor himsell
has declared that justice, not concil
iation, was his only motive.
In other paits of Europe, purlieu*
larly in Belguim, t he labor questioh
lias become tbe main issue of poli
ties. From present indications we
should say that the peace of Europe
is more likely lo lie disturbed by
revolutionary revolts against the op
pressions of capital than by any
cause of quarrel between the nations.
The people are not at ail inclined to
accept the doctrine commonly held
by political economists and political
theorists that such questions are be
yond the province of government
They insist with increasing entrgy
that the fabiic of society must some
how be altered into conformity with
tbe industrial d> inr.nds of tile ma
jority. That, in fact, is t he tendency
of the age. It is just ns apparent in
tli' United States as .it is in Europe
But here the majority wi.l achieve its
purpose by constitutional and or
derly methods, while in Europe the
ptople will iiud tlumsilvrs, in all
probability, forced lo contend wi h
those pr<*digioii8 standing arniii s
which are reefuited fom their own
homes and supported by their own
hard earnings.
enougli to build up both cities.
* NORTHERN LETTERS*
Messrs. Oates & Gantt, real estate
agents, have made a move in tbe
right direction, in their efforts to
bring to Athens a number of Norths
era citizens who desire to locate in
Georgia. These gentlemen do not
propose to induce any one to come
hire on these excursions unless I e
means .business. They have bten
expensively advertising Athens and
this section of our Stale in the North
ern papers, and are receiving a large
number of 1 :tttrs from parties de
siring to purchase farms or city pro
perly. or establish manufactories in
our midst. To give these inquirers
an opportunity to personally inspect
tbe advantages we can offer them, it
is p opcsed next spring, to rufi an
excuision train from some ci’y in
the North ditect to Athens. We
have no fear but that tbe Athenians
will g.ve their visitors a genuine
old-fashioned Georgia welcome.
COTTON HELD BY FARMERS-
We do not believe that much more
ban bull' the cotton of this sretion
has been sold. Nearly every farmer
has a portion of his crop held back
for an anticipated advance in price.
Business has been dull up to ibis
time, aud a spirit of the most right
economy seems to pervadenl. classis.
Farmers are only buying such arti*.
cles as are absolutely necessary and
are making desperate and commend
able efforts lo pay cash for their sup*
piies this year. We predict that
from now on trade will improve.
Thu people must have a ceitain
amount of merchandise, and if they
don’t buy it at one time they must
at another. The financial situation
is getting easier, and now that cot
ton is beginning to move we cunli
denlly look for prosperous times
ahead.
iTHB COVINGTON AND MACON
To Pass Into the -Hands of New Own-
ers ~To be Operated For Receiver
Key Until the Sale Is Made-Change
of O flclals.
As is well known, the Covington &
Macon road has been in the hands of a
receiver for some time, by action at law
by the bondholders. It ■ is "also well
known that it has been reported for a
long while that M e Richmond A Dan
ville, the Georgia, Carolina A North
ern and other roads were anxious to
buy or control the Covington & Macon
so as either to have through connection
from the north via Athensand Macon to
Florida, or to own it just to prevent a
rival line from getting entrance by it
to this section and on to Florida.
It seems that the Richmond A Dan
ville has scooped the other roads, for on
Monday next the Covington & Macon
will pass under the control of the Rich
niond A Danville. In other words the
Richmond &'Danville will .operete
for Rtceiver Key until some such time
as it may purchase the Macon A Cov
ington. The Richmond A Danville
will operate it in connection with the
Lula branch, and will uo doubt, run
through sleepers, etc., to Macon and
Flori la. Whether it will connect
Macon with tbe Central, the East Ten
nessee, Virginia, Virgininia & Georgia
or the Georgia Southern is not known
The News understands that papers
regarding the transfer to the Richmond
& Danville, as outlined above, were
signed Monday night. It is said that
all the officials in the office of the Cov
ingron & Macon, at Macon, will be re'
moved except Major A. Craig Palmer,
secretary and treasurer. — Evening
News.
WIRED TO THE^ANNEUFBG
PARTS OF THE WORLD
What the . People Are Doing—Ci
And Casualltles-Small Telegrapl
Sparks Strung Together.
Indiana’s ProhibitionLeaguehas dis
banded.
An old woman was cured of rheuma
tism by the faith eure at Anderson,
Indiana.
At McGregor, Texas, a man named
Heidricks was resuscitated after being
pronounced dead.
Mrs. Victoria Doelker, of Cincinnati,
wtio went insane on aeeount of the
death of her husband, died Wednesday,
a raving maniac. »
The thermohieter at Fort FairfichL
Me., registered 60 degrees below zero
Wednesday morning.
skilled'
i most satis!:
ifaces
i one has work of an'artls
the very best artist
has the latest Mftj
results. No c
e imprWftifljsn^ Of 1
” ' artistic job. In-’
Pjh-Hr last year, j
casmuW- 8erVer ' - J v on
I'YPE N®W.
In The Banner Job Office there is to be found the largestlsd^tion of new
and artistic type in Northeast GfeorghC If you have a Poster as lirgias a newspa
per to print, and want it executed in an attractive style^-ln a styEtUtwill “catch
the eye”—The Banner office Is the place to have it printed. Iffyoihavean j n .
Dunn reports 10,907Jailures for 1890,1 vitation card that you wish to appear aS if it were lithographed, senqt to us. l a
with liabilities of $189,000’,000. fact, we qave the best selection of type for any kind df work that is tinted,
J/
John Pinkerton, of South Bend.,tyid .
has been sentenced to twenty-one years
imprisonment for rape on hit. eight-
year-old-niece.
The Lame Walk.
Pitiful indeed is the condition of
those who are confined to their beds or
chairs unable to walk. Ilow grateful
all ucli must feel when they recover
from their helplessness. B. B B (Bo
tunic Blood Bain ) has made more than
one lauie person happy.
Mrs. Emma Griffiths, Unitia, Tenn.,
writes: ‘*My little boy had scrolula so
bad his knees were drawn up and his
knees still', and lie could not walk. He
derived r.o benefit from met icines until
1 tried B. B. U. Alter using it a short
time only,lie ean walk and has uo pain.
I shall continue ils use.”
Mirtle M. Tanner, Boonville. Ind.
writes: “1 had blood poison from birth
Knots on my limbs were as large as
lien’r eggs. Doctors said I would be
cripple, but B. B. B. has cured me
sound and well. 1 shall ever praise the
day the men w ho invented Blood Balm
were born.”
To be Cut ui* into Lots.—Mr. Jim
Dozier was engaged yesterday in sur
veying the lands of Mr. Sam Wood
lying on the outskirts of the town. The
lauds will be cut into lots and dispos
ed ot.
THE PEACE OF EUROPE.
More than twelve /ears have elapsed
since Lord Btaconsfiel.l relumed to
London fiom Berlin with the boast
that he had brought back "Peace
with honor.” From that day to this
the pence of Europe ha9 been unbro<-
ken, but the great powers have slep'
upon %cir arms, and scarcely a
month has passed without a rumor
of war. There have been, however,
only two serious causes of anxiety.
T ie first of these is that policy of
conquest wh ch has become tradi
tional with tbe Romanoff dynasty ;
ELBERTON’S FUTURE.
Our Dcighbuiiug ci'.y of Fiber* an
itf - destined to become one of the best
business points in Georgia, and we
believe that the next census will
find it with a population cltseon to
10,000 in habitants. Elberlon is lo
cated in tbe heart of one of the finest
farming counties in tiie South ; is
surrounded by. unsurpassed water-
powers ; has pure water, and a de
lightful and health-giviug climate,
aud there is not a more enterprising
people on earth. But this is not all.
The town is built upon one of the
finest granite quarries we ever saw,
and Ibis industry alone will give it
an immense boom. Examine the
map, and you must confess that
among the coming Georgia cities,
Elhcrton is bouud to rank near the
head of the list. TheG,C tfc Ji.
will soon coDuect it with the East
and West, and the Toccoa branch
will be made a broad-guage, the link
to Washington filled ir, and C&ji*.
John Hart will soon extend his road
Will Build.—I)r. Goss will erect
handsome house on the property he
owns on. Prince avenue, one that will
lie an ornament to the street on which
it is situated.
A Pkesint to the Banner.—Mr. \
W Skiff', our enterprising jeweler, coin
plimented the Banner staff' with a mini
her of fans on which was stamped what
In; termed a good likeness. Mr. Skill'is
lining a good business and is one of our
Inst citizens.
Some Thirty Boxes.—The govern
ment of the United Slates, will ship to
Athens some thirty boxes to receive the
out-going .nail in our free delivery sys
teiu. These boxes will be located at
convenient intervals and will be of in
calculable benefit to our townspeople
g. iierall/.
Will Form a Party.—Miss Mildred
Rutherford will form a party of young
people this year and will rusticate dur
ing the c-ultrv summer months in Eti
rope. Miss Rutherford’s parties gen
eraily make a tour of the whole conti
nent, visiting all places that have his
torical inteicstattached to them, and
have been signalized by illustrious
deeds.
A Pitiable Sight.—While in Atlanta
.he ot‘<er day a member of The Banner
tali'saw a man without legs or arms
AU four limbs had been froz.*n off in
great blizzard in Dakota. He was try
ing to get enough money to buy him
set of artificial limbs He made
about fifteen dollars Christinas and that
night some dastard stole it. Verily the
thief that took that money ought to
hung.
Wedding Bells.—Cards are out an
nouncing the prospective marriige
Miss Emma C. Waggoner to Mr. John
T. S.-ymour, both of A adison county.
These young people have many friends
and well-wishers in Athens, who feel
great interest in their future. The mar
riage will occur on the twenty-first of
January at tbe home of Mrs. Susan
Waggoner.
Feels Proud ok ir.—Mr. Jim Wat
son, a farmer living some tew miles
from Athens, proudly boasts Ihe red
dest shock of hair that was ever wooed
by cite breezes under the sunlit skies of
old Georgia. The god of day retires
into liis shell when this horny-handed
son of toil comes out of his house,deem
ing it a waste of light to shine in con-
. , , . . junction with the blazing top gnot of
to that place, and give to Elberton a, ^, r w a tson.
short ami air line to the South At
lantic < oisL These loads are all as
good as assured,and within five years
from to-day you will see four rail
ways entering the towc.
E berton will soon be brought
within less than two hunts ride of
Athens, and cur people rejoice at a
clo>er connection with such clever ^
and enterprising friends as tbe El-
bcrtooiaoH. There will be no rivalry
TheG.,C AN. Wohk.—The work
on the G , C. * N. is slowly progress
ing and u.corning to the verdiet of
nearly every prominent citizen it
agreed that the G., C. A N. is building
one of the finest roads iu the country
Tbe bridge over the Oconee river here
in Alliens will be the most costly one
on the road an I will cost a great deal
more than the one over tin* Sivahnah
somewhat muddled.
-i' : Ml
No matter how good material a shop may ha*e, without skilled mechanics
Thomas West and Nellie Williams I the best results cannot be obtained.' It is even'so in a printing office. We have
were married in Raymond Street Jail, most artistic and skillful printers to be obtained. We refer you to ample* of
Brooklyn. West is awaiting trial for our work for proof ot tlns assertion. After al one s work ,* the bet way by
murder. His bride is said to be pretty 1 which to judge his ability. We have no “cubs” to “butcher” work,
and respectable. .”
Silas Fomati, Florida noted snake-
charmer, has started to the Everglade.-
to secure a collection of the poisonous I
snakes for.the World’s Fair.
A St. Josep,
chased a party
college, but the sights of the dissecting
room proved to be more than they
could stand.
Richard Marquardt, a Fort Smith,
Ark., grocer, suddenly became insane,
and cut two persons before he was fits- i juu i,i»u uk mj u™ rauim, uuu » wait mu juur tact one re
armed. He afterward hanged himself Rives out, but send your work in now, so that we may have time to lake it »
in his cell.
#:oim presses^ ■.
i .* • . »*
Without good presses, it is impossible to turn out first-class wck. Many
jobs, which are otherwise artistic, are spoiled by pooY press work. In T !1K
atlf i nn«se I Banner Job room there are five of the finest presses made—Adam’s.Pamt Book
V of liodv snatchers tothe 1>rc ' 88 * The Cottrell & Babcock Cylinder Press, two of the latest improv.1 Gordon
J2. i.'.fr I Presses and Golden’s Pearl.
WE PRINT 4NYTHIXG
That can he printed. Our Stationery is tiie very best, and our prices ai surpnV
| ingly low. If you wish the very best results, don’t wait ’till your tationery
gives out, but sent’
| truly artistic job.'
Nothing Definite Known About the
Schedule to be Adopted by the
N. E. R. R.
Since it is finally determined that the
C. & M. has been scooped by the R. &
1)., the citizens of Athens are extremely
anxious to know what scftedule the N.
E. R. R. is going to adopt.
It is pretty generally believed that
through trains will be run from Lula to
Macou, and rumors were prevalent yes
terday that the N. E. train would bring
down the Atlanta mail at twelve o’.lock
at night. Some material changes have
already been made on this road, tiie
passenger trains having different nttm-
■bers.
We await with interest for the sm»ke
to lift, and something definite to be d -
terminod.
Salvation. Army to Come to Ath
ins.—Athens is to have another dose of
Salvation Tonic. The regular physi
cians of the Army have under a diagno
sis < f her ease and have come to the
conclusion that site is getting too ner
vous and needs a little of their tonic to
brace her up. So it is said they will
soon infest our streets and swarm intQ
our crowded places. Tiie tambourine
wilt beat the holy music, and the good
brethren will sliuut and tiie sisters will
collect the money from the audienee.
Then will the'old scenes return, and the
University boys will rejoice. *•**
A Girl Killed by a Vampire.
Mrs. Cornelius Rainwater, of Sav..’
nah, Ga., received a letter from her
brother, James Uhl, who is engaged in
the wholesale coffee business in Cala-
bozo, Ven< zuela, in which epistle he
gave an account of the singular death
o! his daughter last September. The
young lady, who had just entered her
!7th year, had been a sonambulist since
childhood, aud it was supposed that it
was while in one of her frequent trances
that she left the iiouse aud wandered
several miles out into the country.
She was mi.-sed, and on being searched
for, was at last found near the roadside
dead, with a large vantpire clinging to
her throat.
The bat at the approach of the search,
ers rose from’ Ihe body of its victim and
attempted to fiy oil’, but was so gorged
with blood as to be unatile to make its
e-cape aud was shot by one of the party
The placidity of tiie young lady’s eduu-
teimnce showed that her death had been
a painless one, aud it is probable that
it svsis not until site sank down, still
fast asleep, that the vampire fastened
upon her. A small wound, resembling
l*e puncture of a large needle,*just
over the jugular vein, marked where the
small white teeth iiad liberated the
blood which it had sucked, ail tiie w bile
soothing its victim to deeper sleep by a
gentle, lulling iqovement of its out
spread wings, which is the habit of
these creatures.
The one which killed Miss Uhl was
unusually large, measuring 3 feet and
some inches from the tip of one wing to
that of the other, and while its weight
would have naturally been 10 or 12
pounds, it was so engorged that it was
found to weigh something over 20.
A~SAD DEATH*
Mrs. Hale, an Estimable Christian
Lady, Departs This Life.
Yesterday at twelve o’clock the soul
of Mis Hale burst its earthly cerments
and passed to a brighter realm. Mrs
Hale was an aged lady, having coin
pleted her seventy-fourth year, and her
death was not unexpected.
* or sixty years this aged mother ih
Israel has been a consistent member of
the Baptist church and the beautiful
piety that illumined her life lead her
ransomed soul triumphantly into the
arms of her Savior.
Her remaiqs will be interred-o <trs
Hill on Sunday. T
Mrs. Hale leaves a large family,’ :nd
to them we tender our sincere s> *a
thies. i-
THE COUNTY ELECTION
Count Deytn, Austrian Ambassador |
to England, fought a bloodless duel ih
Vienna with Count de Lutzon.
Rothschild will join Baron Hirscti in
the movement lo establish a colony of
Jews iu the Argentine Republic.
President Harrison and Postmaster-
General Wanantaker are investigating
the killing of Postmaster Matthews, at
Carrollton, Miss.
Henry LuU, aged eighty two, was ar
rested near B-thlehein, Pa., on tiie
harge of murdering a whole family in
Germany thirty years ago.
The President of Mexico has signed
the bill for tiie admission of corn from
tiie United States free of duty.
Roswel Vernoy, a young farmer at I
Hurley ville, N. Y., was seized by mssk- |
ed men while visiting at tiie house of a
young lady, carried in a sleigh for sttmc
distance and thrown into a suow drift,
where he nearly perished.
James R. Garfield, second son of the ]
late president, was married at Chicago
to Helen, daughter ot President John
Newel?, of the Lake Shore Railroad.
The grip still prevails in New Orleans I
and the death rate is unusually large.
Two men were killed and s.veral in- I
jnred by the collapse oi a brewery in
New York. ' '■
Mat Gillespie and John Hu&esshot
each other at Dafemite, Ala. Bo'h
courted tiie same woman, and Gillespie
had tohl her that Hughes had negro |
blood in his veins.
The Bundesrath has notified tiie Pope I
that the Jesuits will not be allowed to |
return to Germany.
England is experiencing (he severest
weather since 1813, and from all over j
Europe come reports tf very severe
weather, seven persons having been fro- J
zen to death at Frankfort-on-the-Main.
A shrewd Arkansas horse trader was
forced to give up $150 to save his life,
four men threatening to hang him If he
did not uo so or return a horse »lileh
they claimed he had secured by swin
dling a friend of theirs.
Hope A Co., of Amsterdam, Holland, |
have brought suit for the funding of
Louisiana bonds aggregating o\er $4,-
000,000, held by them.
A young negro woman was found
oh her doorstep in Jackson, Tenn.,
with hi r head crushed and oue hand ai- j
most severed from the arm.
SUSTG-LTS A.US' D> DOU BL3
PLOW STOCKS.
Plow Handles, Single Trees, &c.
W HOLE SALE ONLY.
Dee.—tf.
Talmage & BrightW'
■ Agents for
The Drader Spade Harro|:j
“ Cl irk Cutaway
“ White Chipper Plows
Hampton 1 and *2 Iior|
t Plows..
Mrs. Jocrndt, aunt of Frauk Braun,
a Chicago saloon keeper, Alio was l i
East Clayton St.. Athens, Oi
IF YOU HAVE
WI i PILES,
T-TT-PIO. MAlSlCWALTER]
i! ! m :r (.*.■' .:.••*
,T.i. manufacturer ok
RICK HEADACHE. DUMB AGUE. COS
TIVE BOWELS, SOUR STOMACH «rad
BELCHING t tr your rood does not »»-
lilloto oi 7—tow—wppoUto, ■
SSI GRANITE AND MARBLE MONUMENTS AND STATOARY.
^ , For Over Fifty. Years.
Mrs Winslow's sooiuixg Syrup 1ms been
use l for • bilureii tc thing. It sooths the child,
softens ibe gums, allays all patn c.ireswihd
colic, and h t' e best remedy for Diarrhoea.
. , . Twenty-live cent-a tattle. Sold by all urttg-
between the two place?, for our tnag< gists tiuoa*inmt tj?e »*rt i. j
Let Every Democrat Come Out” nd
Vote. , |
Next Wednesday the voters of Cl:
eouiity will express at the polls ti
wishes as to who shall be tfieir con .y
officers for tbe ensuing term.
At tiie democratic primary held" 1
August last, a ticket was named as ti
choice of that primary and that tick ,
should be c-rried to an overwhelm^ ,
victory.
Thus far opposition has developed to
only one candidate and that Ir in the
case of Sheriff Wier.
Ue will be opposed bp Iverson Smi:h,
a negro living in Athens.
If the democrats only turn out and
vote, there is no danger at all but that
the ticket will sweep all opposition
from the field. If any lethargy is no
ticed among the whites it will but stim
ulate the negro to greater endeavors
and perhaps develop more opposition.
Our democratic voters will doubtless
turh out an.l vote and the county offi
cers as nominated by the primary will
be elected by glorious majorities.
Will enre these trouble*.^ Try them*
yon have nothing to lose, but w111 cata
a vigorous body. Price, ssc. per box.
SOLD EVERYWHERE.
A UNIQUE STONE.
■ '■■■'■ ■ ■ n \
A Rail of Long ago That Bear* a
Quaint Inscription.
Some miles from Athens, in a seclud
ed locality almost eutirely clothed with
luxuriant vegetation, is a quaint stone.
It is shaped with a contour etriking-
iy simular to the human head and was
evidently the work of some inexpert
craftsman with crude implements. In
almost unlegible cbaiHC.ers is this
strange inscription: I. O. S. 1789. A
BRAVE
Evidently some red skin warrior who
has gone to his happy hunt ng grounds,
Mrs buried ther , and the negros in its
vicinity are deterred from committing
sacrilege on it by superstition) dread.
(Marble Wainstfbting and Encaustic Tiie Heart
AGENT FOR CHAMPION IRON FENCE GO,
XW* The best in the worid. 1 ew Designs ! Original Designs! 1 Low Wees!!
Pi ices and Designs cheerfully furnished gW All work guaran
OFFICE AND STEAM WORKS, 529 and 531 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA,Gijj
March 16- wly.
Tax Collector Snyder, of Tucson,
Ariz.. was shot in his office 1 y two
masked men and robbed of $4,000.
Two car loads of engines received by
Lyndon M’f’g Co.
Mrs. Camelta Willingham, Misse3 Ni
na Jjhnson and Daisy l*..\ies Wire the
E itests of Mrs. T. L. Gantt, on um.)-
iu street.
W. MeKINNON.
Blacksmithing and Repairing of all kinds. Guns and Pistols
paired. Cor. Washimqton & Jackson Sts . J
majGly ATHiN8 ’ *
Athens Business College
0D—:
School of ShortluMnJ, Typewriting a'
Telegraphy*
t VNE of the best colleges cither North or South fo* acquiring the >rt «* book-kwp in S'
Vfband, 'Jypewritin andTelccrephy. . ej
He*. rtudentsas»btect to portion*. . t*
A LL who have studied shorthand and become ttl*«ou r SS' *o» cootemplat« i‘t'<dyu' j^ M ,
A send for free trial lesvoos of o e of the simple# .most legible and rapid shortuaiiu ,
the world. . rate*-
T HM. oat of tuition m very reasonable, aud good board obtained for «tudents at so
Free Trial lessons, terms, circulars, etc., ddreae .
WJ T. JORDAN, Pres®
Not ice to Debtors and Creditors, ^kobgia. coi NTv-orj»»$
All parsons having de* and, against lha es- SiJSfvSa^SrJo^IuTmiBfatration oa
tats of Dr. A. ipscomb, are notlOrd to prs- applied forletteraot adiu 'ih|* •
sentthe same, properly. > raves to lha u der- t»teof v »»ttoLowm, ^ yaelr.
signed, and all persons Indebted to said estate or BW-lu
ho requested to make, ja.oedtate i ^
iff*.
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Mt. tLU ll UBBKN,
„ _ » as. 11. A. Lipscomb.
Executrixes.or Dr. A'. A. Lip;comb