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ATHENS, GA. TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17,1891.-8 PAGES.
VOL. 59-NO. 13
A STORY OF A YALENTINE.
[Wenrex for the Banner.]
„ T j., v isValeo'i"e’f Day, Aooi Julia,
d you uiusl give me ft'I tbe valeu.tota
words were addressed to Jivki
.n il an iLie me mo* of Feb. 14,18-.
a bi^at-eyeti little niece of eight sum-
• WL'V Cdiry, you forget .oat I don’t get
dentin’s. ll has been ten years to-day
.... t received one ’
•B ,t you used to get them, didn’t you?”
■•Yes, and I have received as many as
re ,ni the same d.y."
“Well, then, wuy dm t you gel idem
“Why you see Carry, no one cares to
nd th'-m to me now. I have only spent
,, few Valentine days in Atlanta; and but
... 0 f mv old Hcqu«intances know my ad-
J I haidly expect any to-day."
“Is’q iainiauces all that sends Valed-
“V»8 1 suppose eo.
i.\Vhy, Aunt Julia! l*apa says that
reetuearis sent them one to another. Did
usintances or sweeiheaits used to send
lemtoyou?”
•Sweethearts, I guess,” smilingly te
nd Julia
“Well when I get grown, I m going to
ive lots “1 sweethearts, so 1 will get a
tap of valentine*. Aunt Julia haven’t
ju got one of the valentines your sweet-
tarts used to send you that you will give
Lv I want to send it to papa,.and he
Jli think lh.it he has a bran new sweet-
!Hrt.” „ \ .
“Yes, 1 expect I Ca l find one for you.
nw.be a good little go I, and I'll go to
y room and get all mv valeotii.es and
ow them t“ you, and yon can have the
If you like hist tor your papa."
So saying, Julia left little Carry in tbe
sy sitting-room alone, but soon returned
iili a small box in h<-r band. It was
ned and the little one drew nigh, and
r vah iitii es were taken out and careful-
xamined. Carry could hardly decide
e.i was liest lor her papa, ail of them
ing very pretly. At length, a large en-
was opm’d, and a beautiful picture
pped tr m it. There was no printed
rse on it, lor it simply bore the iuscrip-
“fokget me not.”
On the npiiosite side was penned in a
iiu hand,
Sometimes think of me ”
‘ Thai’s the very one to send to papa,
m: Julia. When he gets it, he’ll thmk
has a bran new sweetheart, made out
an old one, wou’l be?”
Julia replied by saying that she did not
ink net papa w..uld like that one, and
sides she prelerred keeping it herself,
the senicti coalinued. At last, howev-
one was tound that suiteii Carry’s pur-
ies, bul she was not conleul until ail
il lieeu inspected. As the bottom of the
x was neatly reached, Julia said :
Now, mat’s all—go get an envelope
d slump from your mamma, and mail
ur vu.i mine.”
•Bull see one more—a great big one,”
died Carry, peeping into the box.
Yes, hut dial is an ugly oue. Youdon’l
to si e if. do you?”
• Y> s’m, take il out."
It was siiovvn to her, and Carry said,
horrid ugly,” and then wished to
low if il came from a swietheart, too.
her Aim! te ling her that she sup-
i! at it did, die little one frowningly
ill :
rWell, I con’t think he was much of a
leethruri, do you?"
rob, ye-; he was ft good sweetheart.
|dii see, he only wished to tease me a lit
(■, sad 1 became very angry with bint
•t once recall him. He was a manly
young fellow of about twenty years when
be first knew Valia Bircball, and it was at
that time be began to love. Indeed, more
than once it was reported that they w* re
engag d, but such reports could not be
verified. Be was fond of a joke, and, as
has been seen, this was the cause of bis
having been ’Jilted,” as he supposed, by
nis “lust girl ” Some may inter that he
left Athens on this account, but we insist
that such was not the case, for on the 21st
of February, 18 (a week from the day
be mailed the comic valentine) bis ancle,a
fun i<-r of Baltimore, offered him a lucr -
five position in his wholesale bouse, which
was accepted. Wh< n he departed from
Athens, no one knew where he had gone,
save his aged parents, and they were not
pociiive as to his whereab >uts, for one let- | D g to Atlanta in
i u -Vliile ; and 1 huve r< ceived bul one
lit-iitine from him since."
•‘Bui how aid yon kn-W which sweet-
mi to gei mad with? Did some one tell
hi win. a nt •t?"
”N“, Inn I could guess from ibe hand
ling.’’
‘ Let mu see the writing on tiiat envel-
>’."
The envelope was handed the little girl,
a! stie began abeding aloud : “M-i-sss
Mi-;. J-u-l-i-a—Julia —B-t-r-c-h-a-l-i—
icnall. Now, I’ve seen and spelled the
ruing, but 1 still don’t know who sent it
you."
Julia represst-d a smile and said :
“l could not tell either simply tront read-
g the addrrss, hut 1 knew his haudwri-
tg—that is, 1 kuew the shape of his let-
rs. Look, these two envelopes are ad-
essed precisely alike, are they not T”
"Near y, but not quite. The “t” in Ath-
is in this one is not crossed ; but the test
the same."
“Well, he sent them both.”
“And at the saute time? Would a
i eevlieari send a pretty oue and an ugly
i< the same day?"
“No, 1 got this (holding up the comic
he) a year before I did that, and when it
'■«B teceived, I did Dot know where he
'as ” *
“‘That’s curious! When I become grown
11 tvil you, I’ll kuow where all my sweet
carts are.”
‘‘Yes, it is unusual; but had you not bet.
it mail your valentine?"
“Y.s iu, I will right now, but kissine
•fore 1 go."
This request was complied with, at d lit-
e Cm ry hurried off to mail her valentine.
< hen Julia begnu replacing the iittie mis-
les her mind was in the past aDd she w a
'inking of the day she received the comic
ah nitre, that angered her so much at
F»ii and then of the pretty one s-e had
c.-ived the following season, from which
>e c.m d form no idea as to where the one
'ho siut it was, save from the post-mark,
>d that was obscure—“B. & O. R R. P.
And, il she could hove been seen as
te Iasi one was carelully placed in the
t*x, a tear would have been no iced in her
K forshi had dearly loved Frank Biowd,
'ho “complimented’' her fiist With the
iaiic, i-nd afterward wiib the h andful
dentine. Up<n receiving the former,
owever, she resolved to have some re-
enge, and refused to see Frank, who
h' ugnt no one so good as Julia. But as
fill be seen, she, as well as Frank, was
liven no little anxiety on this account,
•he has always regreited her ret ions, and
low, the old wound is reopened, and she
bj-ds lull many a tear for the mistake,
hut | erbaps it will now be well to tell
[ho Ji lia is. She was the daughtertof old
lr. llenrv Bircball, who at one time was
"Lie a prominent citizen of Athens, and
« many she was considered to be the
cih- of the town. A few months after
[ie comic valentine was received Mrs.
hrchnll died, and then a year later Mary,
vr sister, mairitd Harry M-tore, a p oin-
'ent banker of Atlanta. Thus, the fami-
1' was reduced to two—father and dangb-
* n <i betore another year had elapsed,
tr Birchall'ton had passed away, leaving
Una alone. At ibe solicitation of bet
"otber-m-law and sister, Julia removed
o Atlan'a, and became a part ‘of Mr.
Joore’r h'«u* hold, wneie the thread of
his r.ar.at’iVj finds h«r.
At one uuie Ftank Brown was well-
'•own citizen of Athena, having tpeni
us boyhood here, and if hit reef name
—
ter bore one post-mark and the next an
other, and so on, for be had takeu the po
sition of a drummer, ana his territory was
a large one. We have seen that be bad
endeavored to call on Julia Birchalf before
his leaviua Alliens, and she denied him
the'privilege, without offering the slightest
excuse. Ftank bad heard of some un
complimentary remarks, said to have come
irom her concerning him and the valen
tine, which at first he refusedto believe,
but on her denying him the privtl.geof
calling the second time, be believed it all;
and cursed the day he ever saw the valen
tine winch caused ti e trouble-. While he
acknowledged he did wroDg in sending it,
tie thought she ought to at least give him
an opportunity of apologizing.
When Frank airived in Baltimore, he
determined to live ip the present,- and not
in the pi st, and to forget Julia Bircball.
And to all appearances be did so for a
time, but it was io appearances only, for,
as he said, “he could doI blot his Georgia
girl from bis memory, aod instead of his
love for her diminishing, it grew stronger."
So, when the next Valentine’s day came,
he mailed another one to her.
T> n years have passed since that time,
and be has In arc! nothing from Julia at all,
though several Georgia papers have been
closely read, with the hope of hearing
thus indirectly from her. He has, how.
ever, determined to visit bis old home, but
all Dopes of Seeing Julia have bet n aban
doned, for, be thinks, “she has long since
married and forgotten me—and how
strange it is that she is ever in my mind—
1 can’t forget her. Oftentimes 1 fancy 1
bear her sweet voice and even see her face,
and 1 would be so happy if such ’could
only be true.” And Frank was thinking
thus when he boarded the train for Geor
gia.
*****
“Jtlia, what could have become of
Carry?” asked Mrs. Moore, fully two hours
after the little girl had gone to mail the
valentine.
“I declare I don’t know. I feel very un
easy about her. 1 fear she is lost, and wilt
at once go search fet her.” So *saying, Ju
lia applied her words to action, but jt was
of n . avail, for Carry could not be*'heard
of anywhere. Jul’ii ut once huiried to the
bank and informed Mr Moore, when he,
with a detachment of tur police force, be
gan a systematic search of the city for the
little lost one,but their efforts weie futile,
as no clue could be secured as to her
whereabouts.
That was a sad day and night in the
home of Mr. Moore, for twenty-four hours
had passed, and still Carry was not to be
found. M’S. Moore was frantic with grief,
while her husband was almost crazed. Ju
lia refused to be comforted, saying that
she was partly the cause of the little one’s
being lost. The morning paper contained
11 j apathetic story of Uie tost child, and by
this time it was the top c of conversation
all over the city, and various parties were in
search of the lost one. Numerous stories
were io circulation—some saping that she
had been kidnapped—others that she had
followed a band of gypsies to the subuibs
of the city, and was now lost, perhaps
never to be found, etc., etc.
Meantime Frank Brown has arrived in
Atlanta. Having a desire to visit relatives
at Decatur, and it beiog a beautiful day, he
decides to ride through the country.
While awaiting the arrival of bis boggy,
he lead the story of the lost child Irom
the morning paper, and said in .a jocular
way, “Guess I’ll find her in Deeatur !”—a'
guess that be thought would never be real
ized. After spending a m-si pleasant day
with relatives iu Decatur, he Lett that plac<
for Atlanta about hd hour and a half be
fore suu-set As he was leisurely riding
along the road he heard a groan like that
of a child. Tne horse was stopped, and be
listened.
“Oh, Aant Julia 1" came from a faint
voice, bul be could not locate it. Instaully
he thought of the story he had read, and
sprang from the buggy, peeped into a deep
gully near the roadside, and to bis boi-
ror saw wbat he conceived to be the foim
of a dying child. On lowering biraself in
to the gully, he discovered that she was
the lost child, for the paper bad given an
accurate description of her- He soon had
the bow unconscious little one in his buggy
and was making fast speed toward Atlanta,
when a sign on the roadside attracted his
attention—
be best one was a picture that bad under
it, ‘Forget me not,’ and written on the
loher side was ‘Sometimes, think of me,’
and Aunt Julia thinks of hint, too, for she
nearly cried when 1 tried to gdt her to
give it to me. She had an old ugly valen
tine. too, and she became angry—and was
foolish fordoing so, she says—and would
not see that sweetbaart no more. And he
went i ft, and she hasn’t n>-ver seen him,
bnt she wants to, though. The next year,
the pretty valentine I told you about came
to hand, aDd she didu’t know where her
sweetheart was, wasn’t that curious?"
"Yes,” replied Frank, desirous of chang
ing the subject, “bnt you haven’t explain
ed to me how you -boqame lost?”
“Oh, yes; Aunt Julia gave me a valen
tine to mail papa, and I had enough mon
ey to go to Decatur and come back with,
and I tbduuht I would make him tnink he
bad a new sweetheart up there; so 1 ran
away to the train, instead of dropping mv
valentine in the letter box. After I had
mailed the valentine in Decatur, the traiu
was so long coming that I wanted to come
home before it did, and I saw a man enm-
wa.’Oo, and he said I
could ride with him. We got on nicely
till the hot ses began to kick and juinp.snd
the man toid me to get out for a mtnu'e,
and he woi’ld fix ’em. After I got out of
the wagoD, the horses k eked more than
before, and soon they ran away and left
me.”
“And that was the person t^e mornirg
paper said was killed by a runaway team
between Decatur aud Atlanta. But you
haven’t told me how you came in the deep
gulley?"
“And that’s where yon found me! I
don’t know much to tell you. I just
thought I would try to walk home, for it
was but five miles, when after awhile dark
overtook me, and as 1 was walking along
crying, 1 fell in. That's all 1 remember,
except 1 went iu sleep crying, and when 1
awoke I was in the buggy with you."
Now, let us leave Catry and Frank con
versing, as they are almost home, nnd take
« peep into the desolate home of Harry
Moore.
“My poor child!” sobbed the mother.
I sbail never see her again I Ob I my God,
have mercy and spare her to me!”
“Ob ! Mary, ihat 1 could c* mfort you!”
cried Julia, “but I fear she is lost forever;
but let us endeavor to be resigned and look
to our Heavenly Father for comfort, fori
am sure that He does all things well.”
Here the conversation was interrupted
by ibe front door opening, and a familiar
voice exclaimed :
“Heie’s a valentine for you, Aunt Julia.”
Both Mrs. Moore and Julia sprang from
their seats, rushed to the ball, and the lit
tle one was soon in her mother’s arms, and
a multitude of kisses were implanted oo
her face, when she, handing a card to Julia,
said :
“Take this for a valentine, Aunt Julia.
Read it, quick, for he’s now at the front
door.”
Julia took the card from Carry’s hand—
it was a visiting card, and “Frank Brown”
was all that was on it. Aud if Catry had
noticed, she would have seen a flush on
her Aunt’s face, which ebe bad never before
observed. Of cout se Frank was gladly re
ceived, and be and little Garry had quite
an interesting stray to relate.
*•*■”* * *• * *
On the 14th of the following February a
marriage wussolcmuizetl in one of the most
fashionable churches in Atlanta, and Frank
Brown and Julia Birchall were the con
tracting parties. They are living in At
lanta to-day, and when'Carry, who is at the
present an Athenian, visits her Aunt Julia
she is invariably asked by little Waller and
Harry Brown to tell them the story of
“Papa’s Valentine.” G. E. 8.
I
The CoYingtoh & Macon Has
Changed Hands,
AUD ATHE8S BILL FAIRLY ROOM.
THE RICHMOND St DANVILLE GETS
THE BIG PLUM.
What t.hq Georgia, Carolina & North
ern Will Do—Robinson and Sparks
Being Outbid Have Decided
to Build Another Road.
e n and southern couoectious.
The Covington aod. Macon and the
Northeastern will be improved, aud a
new road will he made out of • the two
ojd ones. The traias that • start from
Washington will van through to Macon
a nd on to the coast. VestiouleU trains
will pass Athens on their way up and
down the gieat trunk line and the Clas
sic Athens will at once awake and uad
itself a gieat city.
MAY BRING THE GEORGIA MID
LAND.
The closing out sale of the entire
stock of crockery, glassware and tin
ware ftf the Ten Cent Store for thirty
days. From the first of Marsh all the
above goods must be sold at cost and all
not sold at the time mentioned will he
sold at auction. W ill sell for thirty
days at private sale. The reason for
this forced sale is that I am going out
of this line of business and going into
the dry goods business exclusively. Be
sure and attend this sale. "You will buy
goods at cost aud wiil pay fifty per cent
more when 1 am out of the business.
A. Coleman,
Proprietor.
LAST OF EARTH.
Funeral of Mr. H. M. Wooten Yes
terday.
Yesterday afternoon at two o’clock
the funeral exercises over the body of
Mr. H. M. Wooten were held at his
late residence on Baxter street’
A large number of friends and rel
atives had gathered at the house to pay
their last respects to the memory of
their departed friend.
Rev. T. R. Kendall, pasror of the
first Methodist church, read the burial
service, ottered a fervent prayer and
made a short talk full of pathos and
tenderness.
“Jesus, Lover of my soul,” was sung
most sweetly by those present.
The remains were followed to the
Georgia depot by a large number of
sorrowing friends and a delegation from
the Good Templars.
Tbe body was interred at Bairdstown
yesterday afternoon. v
A. 8. HARPER, M. D.
The little sufferer was carried in, and
good old Dr. Harper made a thorough
diagnosis of her case. He said that in a
short while, he thought, she would regatu
consciousness, as fright, hunger and cold
were the main causes of her being in this
condition. Tue doctor began “pbysicing”
Carry and in a little while she was sleeping
nicily and naturally, and, as night was
fast approaching, Frank was advised to
start homeward with her. She was wrap
ped in Fiank's great overcoat,and with her
head on his lap. they were fast driving to
ward Atlanta. Ever and aDon he would
look down into the little odc’b face and
think of Julia Bit clt.ill, for truly ihe resem
blance was great. While be was thinking
thus Cany awoke, and opening wide her
laige blue eyes, asked:
‘ Where am I, and who are yon?"
Frank explained that he was carrying
her to “p-tpa and mamma," and began
telling of how she bad been lost, when
she remembered all, and' looking up into
hi* face, asked:
‘ Did you ever send, your sweetheart a
valentine?"
“Ye , my little one, but isn’t that a queer
question to »*k at this tine ?”
“I gues« ii », bul 1 have another one."
“What i» that ?’’
“Did you ever send a very ugly valen
tine to your sweetheart?”
Weli,I shall have to answer yes again,
replied Ftank, thinking of the only comic
vhI. mine he had ever mailed, whereupon
tbe little girl astonished him more than
ever with this query:
“Did you used to be Aunt Julia’s sweet-
heart?" We now have sixteen times as many
“But I don’t know who ‘Annt Julia’ isj people and five and a half times as many
and really I hardly know how to answer, representatives as we had in 1790, popu-
unless I say yes, for I have known a most, latton increasing so rapidlyas to force a
lovaMe girl by the name of'Jnlia." j large increase in ratio. Were that ef
“Reafon I asked you, when 1 asked I 1793 to obtain now, the fifty-third con-
Annt Julia for a Valen tir e to send to papa,' great* would have a house of 1,893 mem-
she showed me a neap of pretty ones, bnt hem.
LONG LOOKED FOR RELIEF.
Atlanta is to Reuumber all Houses on a
Systematic Plan.
Atlanta, Feb. 14.—Au ordinance will
soon be presented to tbe council order
ing a renumbering of all the buildings
in the city. The present want of system
causes much trouble and, while some
members of that body want the cente-
nary-block plan, it is thought they will
adopt that giving one namber to every
25 feet frontage. ,
RIOT AT THE THREAD MILLS.
Marvelous Wreck of Window Glass Occa
sioned.
New York, Feb. 14.—Thursday night
Clark’s thread mills, at Passaic, were at
tacked by a mob of men, women and
children.
The only damage done was by stone
throwing, and one or two slight inju
ries. The hoodlums succeeded in break
ing a great amount of glass in tne im
mense structure.
A New Catholic Convent for Alabama.
Birmingham, Feb. 14—The Roman
Catholic sisterhood have been donated a
lot at East Lake upon which they will
erect a convent. Work will begin early
in the spring. The building will be large
and expensive.
.Athens is in great luck.
The Covington and 31acon railroad
changed hands in Baltimore yesterday.
And, the Richmond and Danville
and Central systems played tbe winning
hand. ./
It was something of a surprise, for
ttye idea was quite prevalent all over
the world of Southern railroads that the
Richmond and Danville would not be
in the game at all. Tbe report has been
current for several days that the Geor
gia Southern and Florida would scoop
the Covington and Macon, and that Ibe
two roads would be operated by the
Georgia, Caroliua and the Seaboard and
Roanoke.
This report, indeed, came from Mr.
Sparks, president of the Georgia South
ern and Florida.
it seems that the Richmond and
Danville turned Jack on the last deal
and claimed the game.
AN INDEPENDENT LINE.
The Georgia, Carolina and Northern
will build its own line to Macon to con
nect with the Georgia Southern and
Florida aud thus obtain a southern out
let.
Athens being such an important
point on the G. C. & N. it is certain
that the system canuot afford to leave it
out of the southern line.
Messrs. Robinson and Sparks are
quoted as saying that t hey would pre
fer to build an independeat ’ine to
Macon than to pay an outrivalling price
fpr the Covington and Macon over the
Richmond and Danville. - ,
The story of the entire deal is summed
up iu the following dispatch:
The R. & D.’s Big Offer.
Special telegram to the Banner.
Baltimore, Feb. 14.—At a meeting
of the bondholders of the Coviugton
and Macon road today the Richmond
and Danville and Central systems se
cured the Coviugton and Macon on a
joint four and a half per cent, interest
bearing gold bond for ninety-nine
years.
Robinson’s Seaboard and Roanoke
system and Sparks’ Macon Construc
tion Company’s system decided it would
be cheaper to build a ne w road to Ma
con than to pay the figures and make
the terms necessary to obtain the Cov-
ngton & Macon road.
Accordingly John M. Robinson, of
the beabcard & Roanoke, and \V. Bi
Sparks, of the Georgia, Southern and
Florida systtem, have formed a combi
nation to build a road from Macon to
some point on the Georgia, Carolina and
Northern railroad in Elbert county.
The name of the new company will be
the Macon and Northeastern Railroad
Company, and the corporation will be
John M. Robinson, R. C. Hoffman, of
Baltimore; W. B. Sparks, G. W. Gus-
tin and W. W. Collins, of Macon.
Steps are being taken already to ob
tain a charter, and the road will be in
all probability constructed and in
pperation in a very sliort time.
The road will be about one Hundred
miles long. It is said that the new road
will connect at Macon with the Geor
gia, Southern and Florida aud in Elbert
county with the G., C. & N.
What effect the new road will have
on Athens and the Covington and Ma
con remains to be seen.
Another Account.
Special telegram to the Banner.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 14.—The Rich
mond and West Point Terminal has
gobbled another Georgia railroad.
That is the news from the meeting of
the Macon & Covington stockholders in
Baltimore.
Ostensibly tbe control passes into the
hands oj the Richmond aud Danville
and the Central of Georgia on joint four
and a half per cent interest bearing go d
bonds for ninety-nine years.
What obligations were assumed as to
the floating indebtedness of tbe Coving
ton & Macon which is nearly three
quartets of a million dollars or as to
expenditures in the government and
improvements is not known yet.
WHAT IT MEANS FOR ATHENS,
The G-. C. & N. Must Have a South
western Outlet.
Now,for the Georgia Mid'aod.
The chances are brighter than ever
befote mat Athens will get it and Ath
enians should avail themselves of their
golden opportunities.
The G.,.C. & N. and the G., S. & F.
are determined to build an iudepeodeot
line to the south of Athens. Induce
ments of a significant nature may ea
sily induce ' Item to build a branch from
t be G- C. & N. at Athens by Social Cir
cle to Macon, and Huts secure not only
a southern but a south western connec
tion of vast scope.
“The Georgia Midland” said Mr. E.
R. Hodgson, “is it) splendid condition
from McDonough to Columbus anti
thee it has direct connections wtih the
west through New Orleans. I think a
proper effort can be used to get this
road for Atbeus along with i he Geor*
gia, Carolina aud Nort hern.’-"
What say tbe citizens?
HE CAN DO IT HERE.
A Genius In Bridgeport, N. J., Gives
Lesson on the Uses of Dirty Streets.
Spec it uy News eiej mu u«.-,oeu tlou.
New Yok;:, Feb. 13.—Tbe condition
of . *e si ’-eeis o’ E idge iot t, N. J.,
woc’d have btougltLa blush even to tne
nee .s of Hans Beat. *e during the past
weetv. They we'e a ve'it.tole oea of
mm-, at least half a foot deep.
One of the citizens—an ingenious
yoc.it name Rose Scn'l—a Torded tbe
a nsb’tants some novel amusement yes-
re’ ciav. He procurer, a flut-botlo-ned
bur-1 and bitched to it a horse. Then in
slfc’ub fashion he guided the animal
through the piineipal. streets of ihe
town.
As tndliii'e haiksteeted along in the
mio-si,earn, hundreds of people lined
the di> tv sid*wal!.8 and cheered voci
ferously. Tile Street Cleaning Depart
ment wer;, of cou.se, “our of sight.”
SHERMAN IS DEAD.
HE FOUGHT HIS LAST CAMPAIGN
IN vain;
May he Meet With a Kinder Fate
Than he Meted to the Women and
Children of Georgia.
New York, Feb. 14—Friday evening
Barrett, private secretary to Gen. Sher
man, stated:
J
We Now Have a Vast Through Line to
the Coast.
Hurrah for Athens, once more!
Everything good under the sun seems
to come to her of late days and tbe ques
tion is foreyer se. tied now that we have
oae of tbe co ping great inland cities of
tue Dew SOufo.
This change of the Ooviogtoa and
I Macon into toe hands of the R. & D
means that. Athens will be Ibeceotral
point between that system’s northeast-
CARNESVILLE CULLINGS.
QXN. W.
[From His Latest Photograph.]
“Where his chances were one in a
thousand yesterday, they are now one
in ten, and we have reason now to en
tertain some hope.”
New York, Feb. 14—1 a. m.—Gen.
Sherman’s condition is unohanged. He
is resting, and the house has been closed
for the night. W. J. Dealy, Mgr.
From Gen. Sherman’s residence. No.
71 West Seventy-first street, bulletins
are eagerly awaited.
Saturday—9 a. no.—The physicians,
after consultation, declare that Gen.
Sherman’s condition is now hopeless.
He is dying, and the end is near.
C. T. Alexander, M. D.
10 a. m.—Gen. Sherman is sinking rap
idly. The end is expected soon.
11 a. m.—Gen. Sherman’s condition
unchanged during the last hour.
11:20 a.m.—It is only a question of
minutes now, it is said.
The general’s condition at noon re
mains Unchanged. Callers are informed
that death is-expected at any minute,
and he cannot long continue the unequal
struggle against death, but it may last
until thi£ afternoon. i
Dr. Janeway’s statement this morning
was that he would not live through the
day.
12:30 p. m.—Thomas Ewing, Jr., says
no more bulletins will be issued until the
final, announcing death, which seems to
be only a question of moments.
Gen. Sherman died at 1:50 p. io..
Gen. Sherman’s Life.
William Tecumseh Sherman was born
Lancaster, Ohio, Feb. 8, 1820. His
father was Charles R. Sherman. In 1836
he was appointed a cadet at the United
States 'Military academy, and in July,
1840, was graduated and appointed a
second lieutenant in the Third artillery.
He served in the army until 1853, when
he resigned, nnd engaged in the banking
business in San Francisco.
He removed to New York in 3857, and
the affairs of his firm were closed up.
In 1859 he was elected superintendent of
the Military academy in "Louisiana and
held that position until the state seceded.
At the beginning of the war he was ap
pointed colonel of tbe thirteenth regular
infantry. He took part in the first bat
tle of Bull Run. He rose rapidly and
his military history is well known.
His army was dissolved in Washing
ton after a grand review in 1835. On
June 27 of that year he was appointed
to command the military division of the
Mississippi. Ho was promoted to lieu
tenant general, and .assigned to com
mand of the military division of the
Missouri. When Ghaut was made presi
dent^ Sherman was appointed general.
He was retired February 8,1884
Sherman In Georgia.
Sherman was essentially a man of
blood. His famous “march through
Georgia” presents one of t he darkest
pictures in the whole histoiv of tbe
war.
From the tithe, when without any
provocation and for no reason, he hurnl
Atlanta, and sacked Columbia his re
cord is without one single thing to
brighten it.
Every action wa3 a crime against ‘ be
usages of civilized warfare. . Hia
“Bummers” under his very eye com
mitted crimes against humanity that
would make a Hotte itot blush, aDd re
ceive no tebuke from him.
The line of his mat ch was a scene of
desolation. Houses Were burned, old
and defenceless men maltreated, 'wo
men insulted and evet.v crime that dev-
lish ingenuity tould suggest perpetra
ted.
The people of Georgia have neither
love nor respect for l’im. The best they
can wish for him is that he may travel
an easier j oad than he made them go.
New York, Feb. 14.—Arrangements
have been made to have Gen. Slocum
take charge of the funeral procession.
to a no «eiy wherein aJ• is life a va
laugh jns.ead of ctyrog ant. fief ting
there *ssure to be foi’Utl Dr..Bull’s
Bshv Syuo. P-ice oo'.v 25 ceo s.
Tois sutvee i;» cueap but good. Use
Old Sam’s Caia ih Cure, for all nasal
afflictions.
COTTON EXPORTS.
Bulletin Showing the Number of Bales
^Shipped During January.
Washington,Feb 14.—The following
bullei in, issued by the bureau of statis
tics. shows the exports of cotton for tbe
month of January, 1S91: Expc ted from
E;1 imore, Md., 17,678 bales; Boston
an- Charle3tou, Mass., 23, 453; Brun
swick, Ga.. 20,198; Charleston, S. C.,
48,363; Galvtsron/l’ex., S9,323; Mobile,
Ala., 13,108; New Orleans, 270,872;
Newport News,Ya.,13,‘26S; New York,
58,215; Noifolk and Portsmouth, Va.,
53 ; 1S9; r.ichmond,Va.,10,464; SavaDab,
Ga., 67,42S; WiJmmgton N. G.. 11,145.
A Bargain.
I have-placed in Holman and Wil
son’s hands for sale my buggy, harness
Tom Reed will feel much bumbler aud mare. Mare only six years old.
, , , , . | Bankable notes will be taken if d^stra-
we trust when he stops down and out of b , m r Q AliTT
the speaker’s chair. d2t. wit.
What is Happening from Day to Day
In That City.
Carnesville, Ga., Feb. 14.—W. R.
Little and A. N. King are attending
justice court to-day at FUntville law
ground.
There will be a musical entertainment
this evening at tbe academy and a Val
entine party at tbe residence of Mr.
Walter Ginn near town. Both will be
well attended.
C. C. Ca'son has been assisting Mrs.
Ayers in the high school during Prof.
Looney’s illness.
Farmers are very much behind with
their work and are complaining about
so much rain. .
Miss Minnie and C. D. McEntire vis
ited Carnesville Wednesday.
John M. Phillips and H. A. Conger
are in South Carolina surveying a tract
of land for the former who has been sell
ing real estate over there.
The public roads are in worse condi
tion than for ten years past and travel
ing has almost ceased.
Farmers who have held their cotton
for fifteen cents are realizing the fact that
supply and demand controls the cotton
mat ket and are now selling at a clear
loss of five or six dollars per bale.
Prof. M. H. Looney is confined to his
room now and has been for several days
past. His condition has been danger
ous, but it is thought he is now out of
danger.
J. C. McCounell returned from a bus
iness trip to Atlanta today.
~ There is considerable sickness in the
county now and the physicians are very
busy.
Dr. H. M. Freeman has been sick for
several days past.
Work has commenced on theacademy
extension. It wilt be finished soon.
how ath'ensgotiit.
The Question Was Between Athens
and Atlanta—Athens Won.
In tne run of the proceedings of the
Agricultural Convention the Savannah
Morning News has this to say:
The selection of|a place for holding
the summer convention being next in
order, nominations were called for.
Col. Boyd nominated Grifiin.
T. M. Hughes, on behalf of the citi
zens of Clarke county, asked the society
to meet in Athens;
Col. Livingston, on behalf of Mis,
Underwood, the only lady delegate,
placed Atlanta in tbe field, and asked
the convention to consider it favovably,
coming as it did, from a lady.
Col. Lyons, of Cartersville. seconded
Athens in a brief speech, saying that it
had always been the object of the soci
ety to get as far north as possible with
its summer session.
Secretary Jemison then read lcttc s
from the mayor and aldermen and Far
mers’ club of Athens, inviting the soci
ety to meet there in Augus;, and prom
ising it a hearty welcome., Co). Boyd
withdrew GritHu in favor of Athens,
and a motion berog made to hold the
next session in that ciiy, President
Waddell putYhe quertiot), and it was
adopted without a disseti. tug vo*e. At
lanta was not noticed after being put in
nomination, aod it was evident tbac the
agriculturists d’d not want to go to
that p'acei
Fine Mules.
A Banner man called at the stables
of Holman & Nieoll, Saturday 7 aud was
shown a car load of tbe finest mules
ever put on sale in Northeast Georgia,
Mr. Phillips, a member of the firm in
Bowling Green, Ky., came in with the
mules yesterday. They will be in ex
cellent, trim uext week, aud if you are
in need of a good mole, call on flol-
imn & Nieoll, and you can get what
you want at reasonable figures.
POLITICAL POINTS-
MCKINLEY AND FOSTER HAVING
A LONE FEAST.
Ben Butler Wants Free Coinage
—Wrangling Over Appropriation
Bills—The Civil Service.
Toledo, O., Feb. 14.—WhSn in this
city, Mr. McKialey, replying to a ques
tion put to him as to which he thought
President Harrison would appoint aa
secretary of the treasury,, replied:
. “I do not know anything about it, but
if you would like to know who I think
he ought to appoint I will say by all
means make ex-Governor Foster the
secretary. He is entitled to the position,
is capable of fillinar it, and should and
will receive the support of Ohio for the
position. Put it down ,that I want
Charles Foster appointed to the vacant
cabinet position.”
Governor Foster was asked aa to his
choice for governor.
“I am in favor of Maj. McKinley for
governor,” said he, “and I think he will
be both nominated and elected.”
Charleston. S. G, Feb. 14.—The ap
pointment of three bank presidents, of
his own choice, as commissioners of reg
istration here, has shown how little at
tention Governor Tillman gives to the
urgency of professional politicians. Two
sets of names were urged upon the gov
ernor, but he appointed ones not on any
list, and before the men, themselves,
were consulted.
Washington, Feb. 14—The house 'is
spending much time in settling some of
the smaller appropriation items. The
debate over the clause pertaining to the
civil service commission was bitterly
contested, opponents of ctvil service
measures trying to cut it down to crip
ple or kill the work of the commission.
The southerners, knowing the commis
sion was* dealing fairly hy their states,
came to the rescue and passed the item.
It is generally conceded that if the
committee reports a bill for free coinage
of American silver, it may pass the
house. An unlimited coinage measure
would not get through if reported.
Boston, Feb. 14—In a speech, Ben
Butler alluded to the silver question as
follows:
“Now, as to the silver question, I have
always been a believer in the free coin
age of American silver. I am a protec
tionist any and every whore upon Amer
ican workmen’s labor. This would be
protection to American miners. The
law now obliges us to coin rather more
silver than we mine in a year, and we
have to buy some broad. I would have
this limited to the silver produced in our
own mines."
Jay Gould Still Stole.
New York, Feb. 14—On his return
to Ne.v York, Gould’s appearance show
ed he bad been quiet ill. In walking'
from the car to his carriage he leaned
heavily on his daughter’s arm.
MR. CLEVELAND AND MR. HILL.
The Ex-President Says he and the
Governor Have Always Been on Ex
cellent Terms.
New York, Feb. 13.—I called oa Mr.
Grover Cleveland in reference to the
Watterson letter. First I asked Mr.
Cleveland for an expression of opinion
as to the unity of the party for 1892.
Mr. Cleveland inquired why the ques
tion was asked now, and theo 1 tola
him the question was founded upon the
letter of Mr.. Watterson te Governor
Hill.
“Whatcan I say about it?” said Mr.
Cleveftnd, echoing one of my questions.
“You kuow more about these things
than 1 do. I go to aad from my busi
ness, and mind my own business. Some
people make a great deal out of very
little. Now, 1 am not worrying about
these matters in the least. I am attend
ing to my own business, aud I don’t
kuow why I should be asked about
these matters.”
1 reminded the distinguished demo
cratic leader that a very large secuonof
the country would be very glad to hea•:
from him. 4
senator brown’s dinner TAvrr.
• “I recently attended a dinner,” saiu
Mr. Cleveland, looking o>’t of rite win-
fiow with a smile oa his face, “wbicu
was given by a gentleman, and a groat-
deal was made of it by other people. It
was talked about and written about aod
looked upon as something very extia-
ord inary.”
“That is because you met Governor
Hill there.” j
“Yes, but I did not know be was to
be present, and be did not know I was
to lie present. It was a meeting of good
democrats at a gentlemau’s table ana
that was all.” ;
“And you had.no private couvers?-!
tioa with Governor Hill?” 1
“Governor Hill and 1,” said Mr.
Cleveland, quite seriously, “bave, ever
since I left the guoeroatorial t-bai- - ,
been on tbe very best of terms. Every
rime I have been to Albauy or passed
through it I have called on Gov. Hill.
Why shoald we uot be on cordial terms?
The evening of tbe dinner Governor
Hill was visiting an armory in this city
and he came. No; we had no private
conversation. All that happened was
stared iu the newspapers.”
Finally I remarked thatnotwii hstaad-1
lag tbe recent democratic cyclone iu the
country tbe democratic party would
have a good deal to do to beat the re
publican party.
“It will be no child’s play,” cuid tbe
ex-Pt esident very quietly.
NO COMMENT ON WATTERSON’8 LETTER.'
Before be banded me back tbe paper •
be looked ' at the date of tbe letter,
quoting it aloud. Mr. Cleveland, how
ever, made no comment on the supposed
letter. j
I saw Mj. William Purcell, of tbe
Union and Advertiser, just before he
left for Rochester. Mr. Purcell had
read the letter, but would not- express,
au opinion on it in any shape or form!
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Tbe best cure for rheumatism or neu
ralgia is Salvation Oil, useeu according
to uirec-ions. 25c.
Tite news from the seat of war is con
stantly t •adicrory; but not so from D •.,
Bull’s*Cough Sy up; every repot, co «-
cerniug it proves it to be tue bes- ou*,h
Syrup known. Only 25 cents a *>oi le. j
Boston -has as muddy streets as Acb«
eos. At least a Boston paper remarks
that “there was a good deal of hand- .
some hosiery out yesterday. gt4 j
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