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, im54 I CantoUiliiicil with the jg77, jJkttiMi* llniiii r, *£■!. IS3i. ATHENS GA., TUESDAY MOKNING, APRIL 7 1891. _ VOL. 59 NO. 20 that ic is unmanly paper to for use any clusters about the memory of one so | fairly gluten with timely . p mgent paragraphs- ' HI L AT GRADY’S GRAVE. Ta ,, harlestou News and Courier nUU .|, disturbed because Governor I,,!!, of New York has been invited l( , speak at the unveiling of Henry Grady s monument. ■ recently appeared in that pa- | ter criticisms of the News ami auti-Hill | ly in the Jront ranks of Georgiajonrnal- i I is n and the bi iglit and talented Kem sentiment that | Crawford is mating its editorial pages ‘fly glisten with timely articles and ■HPiH. p: dear as Henry Grady to stir up di- HIGHER EDUCATION. vision of opinion In the politics of In an editorial I the {South. When we recall the bit- wliicb per, a writer, touching upon the in- | Courier of the last speech o! Henry Governor Hill has this 'V'. Grady when the matchless son ol the South was on his death bed, we vitaticn to to say '• ■ •‘He has accepted the iuviUt’oi can but doubt the sincerity of such utterances as those above coming from that paper. „nd will doubtless make 2* appro bate address. Surely, he could not 5" ire a more fruitful theme for elo- ouent discourse than the life and work of the brilliant Georgian who away ere yet his son had LaGrange Reporter. Tiik Athens Banner is making grand strides under the “ditorial management of Mr. Rcinsen Crawford. Last -Sun day’s issue was a sixteen pager, and brim f ill of interesting matter. Ath ens is cntiiUd to just, such a progress ive editor as Mr. Crawforu has shown himself. THE N£XT SPEAKER. , . <il a wav ere yeu uu ouu uau i There is some interesting specu- leached its zenith. Sure'y he will lation now going the rounds of the U oi lack tor inspiration when speak- p res8 as l0 w h 0 the next Speaker in .1 < itv which owes so mneb I . , . _ .. ... . "n'uuess and prosperity to wil1 be » and how the race wlU be ° . Muius Of the mau who will be made. The Chaileston World sums 1 Subject of his eulogy. We have op the strength of the sections as to fear that Gov. Hill will be une- follows : qual to the occasion, but all the “The Democra's and Democratic same it was a blunder to invite him ^m anoemeo have, in the next to perlorm the part assigned dim. house, 243 votes ; of these 97 will In endeavoring to tell why it was come from the West, 90 from iIh • r> „ „„„„ u li -- South, 39 from the Middle States, 14 a blunder to invite ove • - f rnm Eoglat d, and 3 fr.om the Grady,s grave, Ihe News and Courier Pacific slope. Now, slowing that every aspirant for the honors of thi goes on o say . I Speakership can carry the dtlega- •‘Ttiere was little or nothing in t.ioo from his own State, Springe*] common between Hill and Grady. w jH atari. with J.4 t Bynum 11, Mills They did not live in tue same State CrUp 10, and McMillan 8 or section, they were utteily unlike «[„ addition to this, the South in seniuncut and idea s—they repre*- an d New England are said to be for wmed two entiiely uitierent types ol Oisp, which would give that candi civilization ; there was uot even the date 85 votes, while the Wee», which I elmicest reading matter of anypublica- kii.-hipoi occupation between them; Mg 8a |d to be for Mills, .would give I Mon. Mr. Crawford is not only doipg uc) #11C working for wholly differ- j,j m gg, ent»n« s> by very different methods. “The votes of-the Pacific slope Ah ihn.gs considered, it would have ^onld go to Crisp, in all probability, been uillieult to find a more unsuita |>nt the 39 votes of the Middle States 1 Oglethorpe Echo: hie persoD to speak at Grady’s grave. 1 a re as yet doubtful. Last Sundae’s issue of our neighbor, Grady was a patriot whose love of j “The strength of the candidates ! The AthensBanner, consisted of six- then, is about as follows : Crisp 88, Mills 83, Springer 14, Bynum 11, and McMillan 8. Doubtfu' 39 ‘‘Should the contest then narrow down to Cr\sp and Mills, Crisp, by Crawford Herald. Last Sunday’s Banner was the big gest that ever waved over Athens. It contained sixteen pages, of six columns each and was well filled with bright ed itorials and other articles of interest and value. Its advertising columns s lowed also that Athens meichants are wMe-wake and that they know the val ue of printers ink. How Georgia Must Work to Obtain It. Gainesville Eagle. The Athens Banner’s Easter edition of sixteen pages and ninety-six col umns was very creditable in'ieed to the management of that excc lb nt journal, and speaks well for the enterprise and public spirit of the citizens of our si-ter eity. May The Banner long coutinue to wave. THE UNIVERSITY AND COMMON SCHOOLS Must Go Hand in Hand Heart to Heart. and the representatives of the people » ill be willing to put it on a plane in kn-pim: with the greatness of the state and wi lt the general dev, lopuient «>t it? educational inter, sis. “Tne large appropriations made for the common schools by ihe las; legislature wil! lie tner ased from year to yiar until that system is maJe as m-aily perfect as it can be. It would be a gnat mistake in ei- deavoring to perfect this system to neglect the Un.v-rrity on the ground that all the money available for idacutioral purposes should to to the common schools. Noth ing lends greater assistance, or contributes more toward the success of the common >cltool sys'em than a well regulated s\ stint of higher education, from which the coin-’ mon schools are enabled to receive compe tent and well trained instructors. long fitends to the l igit ited oy tue hi- nd o s. cure higher educa pjilding up the State C ovetmijt recently of the Doiveisity ion in G. nrg:a b; iveisity in Angus- THEY HAVE DECIDED;!! ta. E-litor Pien-ant A. Stovall, of th** Au gusta Obrnrvcl**, and Elitor Torn Gibson, of the Evening News, «re both ■ user at ail 'inn 8 to do soniethbg for theii Aims -Slitter, the Slate U iversity. Toeir papers, too, are opened with the wiltioum at to i-t Sir. M■ -ii rim in Ins scliettte to w<nk up an increased i.tei e-t among the A'umni RHE ARBITRATORS RENDERED THEIR DECISION YESTERDAY. 500 The G. C. & N. R. H. Will Pay S3 for Their Right of Way-The Vatu of Athens Dirt. raw Who the Friends of Higher Education are In Georgia to-day—Some Inter esting Interviews Gathered all Over the State—The University. Macon Telegraph: Editor Crawford is evidently bringing prosperity to the Athens Banner, of which he took charge a >few weeks ago. Sunday’s issue of sixteen pages and full of interesting matter would have done credit to a city twiee as large as the thriving raetrop- lis of northeast Georgia. Harmony Grove Age: The Athens Daily Banner, under the management of Betuseu Cranford is now one of the best papers in the State. Sunday’s issue contained six teen pages, filled with a variety of the a grand work for Athens, but for all North Georgia. Success to the Ban ner. country was as broad as the conti nent—lUl is a machine politician whose vision is measured by the horizon of his personal ambition. Hill’s whole time has been consumed to mustering the intricacies ol New York politics to keep Tammany on tup—Grady was a haul and consci entious worker iu industrial fields ai.It !or the benefit ol tits friends and teen pagt-s well filled with choice read ing matter and well gotten up adver tisements. We are glad to see that the Banner is being more appreciated by the people of Athens. Under its new editorial management it has shown it- obtaining Tennessee’s 8, wou.d have self worthy of that appreciation. 96,*,and Mill-, with the voles of II liuois and Indiana,would secure 108. The decision of the contest, thfere- . fore, would remain with the Middle tiiijHit'iirs ami the upbuilding of his States. city ami S Etc. Grtm v was a jour- | “This calculation, while it is fairh naiist—Hill is a lawyer. ~~ THEY BROKE THE BOX And Turned In a False Alarm—The City Wants Them. They are wanted badly The miscreants who broke fire alarm box, No. 36, at the corner of Waddell It was I made, is based upon the theory that shiest and Milledge avenue and turned tiisly's teittie pen rather than his I the delegations of representatives I in a false alarm, eloqueut voice which mane bis repu- f rom the different states will all fol laitoi, and by which he served his low the plan of New York, and vou make them Answer for their crime, people best It was because he was a8 units, but there is really no rea* It was Friday night about half-past wedited to journalism that he dS- I ao n f or assuming that they will, and, I 11 o’clock when,an alarm was turned in clinui the a lu ements of politics and therefore, after all, the calculations an * the department dashed to the scene- ami priii i led to lead ttiid instruct 8 o far male may each and every one | the piople by bis daily counsel rath- ,,f them prove to be erroneous in the it nan s-ek to serve them in a lower extreme; and with, so many candi spline. Whatever he might have nates as there are in the field, it is In *"i as an orator, he was far more really impossible to tell who will be as a journalist, and haying achieved elected speaker until the election Ins laini' in this honorable field, it | 8 hall have been held.” " li d nave been appropriate to select II j "UU.absl to Spesk <!i btm and for | ATHENS AND THE BANNER. hni! a 0 hi s profession at the dedi eaii.iu n! his monument. | The Banner takes nothing to itself Higher education is the theme of themes iu G<oigia to-day. •And there ts no loyal imd public spirited citizens of the South's Enpire State, hut hails the increusini: inti rest in this move ment with gratification and delight. It un ans timi the c <minon schools of G-orgia which ncetved sucu a c immend;:- bte share of the legislature’s attention las term, will continue to receive generous aid from the people’s representatives. It means that the youth of onr land will find as free as the water that we drink ed ucation that is broad and deep, giving their young mil.d> such a' store of scientific in formation as will in due lime fit them mos 1 advantageously for the great work of bu filing up the New Sou*h. And it means that G -orgia will have a great University y«L Tne idea that the pubi c seems to have ait upon as the only way to secure a thor ough systi in of higher t-i ucatfim is to ele vate the University along with the om- inon schools. This id- a is goine to be urged before the next general ashimbly by mms of G or- gut's most prominent c t z ns aud ablest statesmen. The Ba ses having instruct ed its enrnspoud- nt» iu the Georgia coir’s to interview siViisl letting citizens on 'his ail important issue is aide to give its readers below a fair estinta'e of who the strongest friends to .higher education are .n Georgia and what liny think the best plan to obtain it. It tnaki s ii t resting reading. When it arrived at the place it was liscovered that there was no fire and that box 36 had been broken open. This was a deed worthy of a Hotten tot or a lunatic and placed valuable property and priceless lives in jeopardy. The rough handling the box received disarranged the entire fire alarm sys tem and will be a source of great ex pense to the city. The box that was broken will have to be sent to New York for repairs and until it comes back there will be no APRIL THE TENTH Ihe News and Ouritr is very | lor issuing the big edition that went I a |ann box at that point, out to its subscribers last Sunday. The The earnest efforts of all good citizens naDer was simply the rightful fulfil should be given towards th* .detection PP , ,.i|of the man or men who committed the ment of a demand made upon us by the cr i me . enterprising business men—our Athens advertisers If there were any marks of enterprise in that issue, the praise belongs to Athens, to the men who are building up a great city upon a rock bottom foundation, who are demanding a news paper to keep pace with the city’s right io feel that no living states- man north or south could do full justice to the memory of Henry W. Giaiy. our peerless Georgian, in speaking at his grave. The man 'lues uot live who could make the speech ideal in Southern hearts on this occasion. Atlanta Men Interviewed. But, the whines of the News and « rowth * , AU ^ tb< ? ^ ' 66611 “ ld ’ J* la the Night Set for the Betsy Hamil ton Readings- Friday night April the 10th. Is the time for the Betsy Hamilton readings. And there is no doubt that there will be a good house. For the performance is given for the benefit of the Ladies .Memorial Asso- Special to Ihb Banner. Atlanta, Ga , M irch 28—The Gov.-t- nt.r “i Georgia is a powtruil worker and a netdrd trie-iii m the movement now so general ihmuyhnut the 8t.it.: to 8 cun higher education tor the »outti of Geor gia. The Banner's c»trespondent called on the governor t« -ja> and asked Ins views about the relationship^between me State’* common tchools and tin Slate University. “Tney are inseparable,” wn« the reaoy rcspm.be "Tue tchnnia and tile Uaiveist- ty lotm the scheme complete op ui which to woik out the fuUeet real za iou of better and more thorough education in Ibis state. Tne ecuoois cannot prosper without *ood teachers to teach them, and wlicte are the good tt achers Coining from if wj have no we 1.quipped University? ** Whar about ilie Federal appropriations to tire University?” * The correspondence between Secietary Noble and my-.elr is not yet concluded, wrote him someiime since s“ying the corn- miss ou for the state negro college Pad been appointed aud were industriously at work for the location, to put the college at ore - in operation * I told him that we would consider the matter ol app :rrioiimi-nt as soou as 1 was prepared to say to him that the school is established and in actual operation.” “What ate your views as to the appor tionment between the University and the negro school? ’ MR. CLARKE HOWELL. “The state should see that the Universi ty erows with the common school system. H’-avy appropriations for the latter should carry with them corresponding- help tor the University, which c«u be maintained -a degree that would make it au honor to the state, at a cost that would scarcely be felt by th^ people, if the state would only try the expnrim nt. As it is now, the University receives little moro than noth ing front the slut , nvst of that going to i being in !h<‘ natuic of a debt, which tbe state is obligated to pay. The state is ab’e to try the experiment of making the University s«cond to none in the S .utb, and our people should no longer teel that there is a necessity of rend ing tlitF boys outside of the state to re ceive the b nefi.s of a first class university cdtcuiott. “A-* it stands now, Georgia’s University will c-.mpare favorably w th any similar institution s udt of ti e University ot Vir ginia, but the stale should make its Uni versity Ihe standa'd for all litis s ction. *T am glad to si e the active interest Mr Meldrim is taking in org.tniz<ng Alumni associations hioughout the state, for I bi- iieve that it will do much good This associations should be organized in every town and ci>y in the state, and wl b the thousands that have attended the Universi. lyscatleret throughout the state, there sueuM be thriving Alumni orgamziiums *i» every c utty In the state, the go al results of whicn would very promptly becom- manifest." MAYOR HEMPHILL IS*'TN IT.’’ Mayor Hemphill ia also a strong friend to higher education and the State Uaiveisi- y. What is b Her he is a man who be hcves faitblulry in the movement to build up the coll, ge by endowment. Mayor H mphitl is a member <>f Ihe com- m'ttee of Alumni appointed by Him. Pet. r W. M“!t1rim to devise some means where by ilie college can receive an endowment sufficient to meet her needs. There has e.ever been but one inecth-g of that com mittee, whicli was held here iu A lama >ev.-ini months ago. Mayor Hemphill was one of the most enthusiastic members pres ent. When your correspondent called on him to-day for an expression of his'opinfim wiih referer ce to the work of that com mittee, he S lid: “We have b.en unavoidably detained in the work, and rath- r than muddle into tire matter to the injury of the coliege, now at a lim- when the money world is so close, and monied men so cautious, the commit tee has decided to wait for easier times in the financial world. We will then start to work for the endowment fund, and will certainly do something for the University Courier about the propriety or im- | Atheng . she deserves It *11. propriety of having Governor Hill praise of last Sunday’s Banner goes to Nation, and the cause could not be a her.-. There are maoy oth rs lu re who stand ready in the great work of building up the common tchools and the H;ate University together. Mr. Meldrim Talks. Special to the Banner. S vannah, Gi., April 4’h.—Hon. Peter W. Meldiiui, in reply to the Banner’s query n -day about the progress of th> admirable scheme receuLy mapped out by himself for working op greater interest among the Alumni of llie Uuivirsby for their Alma Mater, said: "I have not done all that I wanted to do before now, ami have been diiayed consid erably by tt.e rush of business tins winter and by the work brought upon me iu being elected chalymai of the commission who have io hand the building of the negro J college. “Just as soon as possible, I hope to make a tour of the 8iate and or ganize msoy new A'umni ass. ciations, not only in the cities and larger towns, hut in be small* r ones as well. I wanted to go toCartersvilleand G.tntsville this week, but have been' so busy that 1 could not leave home. “It is my purpose to get every town aDd Village and every rural neighborhood inter ested in the future o! the University as the backbone of the common school system we make a University education in this late higher and better, aud at the same tmie make it i s free as the air that we ea'hi*, then we c«n have a better ami surer way to secure higher education. We want to get the legislature to see that tne people of Georgia want's grand U. iversity that will stand with to wiring head above any to the South. That we want a plac.- where cur sons, the rich. s’, and the poor est, can meet to master the mysteries of a high scientific education and po‘i-h their minds like pebbles with tbe constant rub bing of one with the other. “ fire people ot G-oruia arc aware that money ftom the State to their common schools is not all that is necessary to build ud the system. We must semi more b >ys to the Univ-rsity We must enlarge the University. We must eive some money Mr the common schools by giving it to tnos- who go from the comntou scnools to the Univetsity. Winn they have comple ted their education at :he college th- y will go back and teach with well directed aim liLher school than the one they fi-fi be fore going to college, and here’s the whole secret of It-glu-r education in a nut shell. ‘The U-'ivrjrsity isapart of the common schools. The common schools are a part if the University. “They must be built up together.” The arbitrators have decided. And the Georgia Carolina & Nort era Railroad will pay. $3,500 for its right of way through the property of the Athens Park & Improve ment Company. Yesterday the arbitrators and attor neys met in the office of Mr. Pope Bar row to finish hearing the witnesses and to make their decision. The attorneys each made excellent arguments and after.giving- the most careful consideration the arbitrators, are all provoked. nob'er one. Betsy Hamilton (Mrs.' Plowman) is a charming reader and elocutionist and recites, as no other one can, in the dia- - 1. 1 - v „ , I lect of the North Georgia mountaineer. out of place, and tolallv un. ^*P®^****® ***’ cr ® ,f 9j“ The Memphis A v il -nohe says of her: piate, ana wnauy un- | w £ h good m atter and bandaomaly_dis- J ,. Th( . 1>(irtri | yal (lf n , r pUxuim are so i . _ _ | Columbus Enquirer-Sun io speak at tbe monument of Grady I The Athsnb Banhbboomes to us in " r» , . _ . . , -f 1 II1U yurtltlVUl Ul tic* urvirmw M.AV. ow played advertisements, typical vivid and sometimes so comically pa- enterprise and thrift of the classic city. t : j t j c that, they strike the heart with a e issue is a capital number, and is mixtureol , j J - - li is ttue that Governor Hill lacks The . calculated to bring Athens into great th icli ot being a man the type of our I prominence. As a special edition it Grady, but It 1. troa S?!Sfc5j2* thi. cuid„id 0.-iwog s«b-„“g!r!L.■2& new.” 1 pain and pleasure altogether FROM EAR TO EAR. country-man pleased to notice this evidence of the as a I Banner’s prosperity uncTer its new A Terrible Cutting tn Madison County on Friday. Madison county looms up with an- to-da> known .. - . ... , . management, ami heartily c-ong: atulate l(l | ier t . ll!t j n; r. leader among men. Hill is a point- ! cur contemporary upon the .-bowing Mr. J . T. Sermon*, of Doughty, was wae none. I made. 1 | in Athens yesterday and gave The mn. Iti Grady now, but to measure him to tbe other living statesmen who m »gbt have been chosen as orator on this occasion. Then it would be seen that there is no gross impropriety after all in | ihe invitation to Governor Hill* He is & democrat. He is one of the fvtr Northerners whose career has. “‘ways been most friendly to the South. HelovedHenry Grfdyand was among first to telegraph profound sympa th y to the bereaved fam i ly when all Georgia was bowed in sorrow :tl his I He need to Ion to hear Grady speak of the South, and its | ^ Qe s hie8 and annoy and it at Grady’s own invitation that j Governor Hill came to the South to | B Peak to thousands of Georgians l Bev eral years ago at Piedmont Expo- jlition about living issues of the day. Die Banner is no Hill paper any- ! than it is a Cleveland paper ot 1 Gorman paper, but we do protest Grady mu«. | ^*srij», was the cleanest sheet thaL ever came into the exchange office of the Madiso nian. It contained sixteen pages brim- full of interesting matter telling the story of the innumerable advantages of the Classic City, in which it was pub lished, and from which it receives such a hearty support. It was a splendid is sue and reflects credit upon Athens,and at the same time betrays sui etiterpris- Banner the particulars. The cutting was done by a dog, strange as it may sound. Exactly how he fixed.his teeth in his victims throat so as to produce the ter rible wound cannot be told, but the wound was from ear to ear and looked as though done by a knife. His victim was young and beautiful and her soft eyes and cuffing hair were well known in Doughty. She was passing a store when the fe rocious animal sprang upon her and i.uv *-**“*'' ~ , * .. .. - ... I iuliuuc uitiuiu* • p* -"ft “r” — ing spirit in its efficient editor that will f aS £ ene d his teeth in her throat. Then ever cause the paper to flourish under | he g j,ook and mangled her until the his management. Calhoun Timpp. _ , ^ a Item Crawfords’ Banner of la-t bun day was a surprise to the public. It contained sixteen pages brim full of choice reading and tastefully arranged advertising matter. It was the largest and most creditable paper ever sent out from Athens, and shows that the bril liant young journalist at the helm knows his “biz.” Great is the Banner of Athens. The Madisonian. At an election he’d in Athens last Friday, the people of that city cast their ballots alino-t unanimously street bonds. While Athens congratulated upon ‘bis move in the light dir et: . i, it would have been very opportune ten years ago hearts of the spectators grew sick and they turned away from the sight of a deed they could not help, so quickly was it done. Finally the dog was shot, after he had attempted the life of several others and all crowded about the beautiful fallen form wet with blood and covered with dust. Then she was taken up and dumpr d into a ditch tir.-t being sheared. She was a lamb. QOV. W. J. NORTHEN. “My views have not undergone any change, bt cause of'the demands made by Secretary N<>ble. The appropriation is made t<> the Ui iversity as a colleue. The appropriation made to the negro is made in ihe same way—as a college. “N»w, I hold that the appropriation should be divided, rot on a basis of school population, or scho 1 attendance, but on a ba-is of college population, or college at- ienhance. Thereftie, to appropriate *8,000 lor the education of 150 joung mre, ai ii then at the same lime apptopriate $8,000 for the education ol 25youug men, I donut think meets the demands of the state, wh dt requires the a] purtionment to be equhable and just ‘Slice the cmriculum of the University s putely a college curriculum, I can’t see why there should be made a difference n favor of the negro schools; ii for no thnt the HEMPHILL. esvrs. A. E. Griffetb, John Crawford ai d W. C. Orr decided that the G. C. N. should pay the sum of $3,500 for their right of way. A NEW BRIDGE, and they also decided that the railroad should build a bridge at Chase street. ''A The bridge will ho a most excellent one and thoroughly well built. It will be thirty-five feet wide and an orna ment to that part of the city. The G., C. & N. will also grade the approaches to the bridge ind ihe gi\ will not be higher than any grade the boulevard. T.'ie price paid is considered by real estate men a fair one, though not ex cessive by any manner of means and a pre ty fair index of the value of Athens dirt. The value of a court of arbitration \*+A was never better exemplified than iu Eft this ease where an amicable agreement has been reached and both parties thoroughly satisfied. A Reform to be Made In the Convict Camps. AVI BLOOD ON THE MOON. A Serious Cutting Affray Near Jeffer son Yesterday. Jefferson, Ga., April 4.—[Special] Mrs. Dr. Danniel who is visiting Mrs Long on Sycamore street has been quite ill but is improving at this writing. There was a serious cutting affray yesterday two milesTront Jefferson, two young men named Bob Melted and VViliie Williamson were the partiei pants. . McRea has a wound six inches long on his side made by a knife iti William son’shanef. Williamson wasarristedbut the warrant has been dismissed; McRea is resting quietly, he is attended by Drs Ross and Pendergrass, they have hop8 of his recovery with careful nursing. There seemed to be some uncertainty about the proper means of curing ca tarrh. but it has been found that Old Saul’s Catarrh Cure does the work once and permanently. When you see a bright baby pleased with itself and everybody else, be sure thnt Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup has been used'. Only 25 cents a bottle. ■«*> • ♦ . o— FROM HARMONY GROVE. Items of Interest Gathered by the Banner Correspondent. Harmony Grove, April 4.—[Special —Mi. W. B. Mason one]of the merchant princes of Berlin, Banks county was in the Grove yesterday on business. Hon. Cape Oliver, one of Banks’ most prosperous farmers and best citizens was iu towu yesterday circulating among his many friends. Prof. C. A. Meeks, a prominent ped agoguc of Banks couDty, was in the Grove this week. Editor Alexander of the Age, made a living visit to the Gate City this week ou business. Miss Annie Michael, the belle of Mon roe, Ga.. is iu the Grove on a short visit to friends. There was a large crowd in town yes terday trading and our merchants re joiced accordingly. FROM ATLANTA. Atlanta, Ga., April 3.—[Special.]— A small sensation has been created here by tbe disappearance of Elsred L. Day, newspaper man. who lias been here fora month or so working upadvortis- ing schemes. Day is from St. Louis, but married about six menths ago, the pretty daugh ter of a Pittsburg saloon keeper. The marriage, it is understood here, was a runaway affair. Day lias not been do- aM ing well here and got behind with i his board bill. Thursday be disappeared and no trace of him has been found siuce. His wife Knows nothing of his whereabouts. GEN. GARTRELL DYING. Gen. L J. Gartrell is dying here, fi has been in bed rot* nearly a month anu is now sinking gradually. Gen Gartrell was one of the anto helium democratic leaders and an ardent secessionist. He was in both the United States and Con federate Congresses. Atlanta, GA., April 4.—[Special.J- The Principal Keeper of the penitei tiary has just returned from Colo City where a thorough investigation, was made of the accident thatoecurred there on the 23 d of'March, in which four con victs were killed and several others hurt. “The accident was caused” said JR. Hi! Jm/M “by disobedience of orders, and the re convict lessees cannot be held responsi ble, but this shall be the last accident of this sort. The state is responsible for the fives of these men. They owe ab solute obedience to the overseers and we are going to issue orders prohibiting their employment in blasting or any such perilous work. They have been used as though their lives were of no ac count and that’s what we are going to sop.” It is expected that the reform will bo vigorously opposed by the lessees the penitentiary authorities are dote mined and the governor is with them. *!*- FROM MADISON’S CAPITAL. “1*. is certainly gratifying to observe *1 interest recently atoasirn’ itstlf all ov Georgia for liie.her education, wnicli in fi .at aense nnans a hitger University and better schools. •* The movement instituted by Mr. Mrl- Irirn, ol Sivanmtb, to onjauiz • Alumni as soc nitons all over Georgia in the towns and cities is au exc -llent idea, and ouglu to be fruitful of much go* d to our old Alina Ma<er in due time. I mn heartily in favor of building up the State’s college alone with the coinmt n school*, and just as soon as the committee m . - best to nteel again, 1 shall challenge any member of the c mimit- ttetoshow agrtuler desire than mine to do great ao’k for the Un v rsitv, and]tbus The Danlelsvllle High School—He Tried to Kill His Wife. to float s to he Died from Lockjaw. Special by News Telegram Association. Muncik, lnd., April 4.—Last night Miss Clare Koontz died at her home near Yorktown, this county, of the in juries received by a schoolmate acci dentally hitting her iu the temple with a stone. After a week had elapsed lockjaw set in, causing death. herrea-on than that the state would lo lU( . legislator sake possible the cnmple'e and higher SIBl «more money for i.ercnllee ducatmn ot the negro, when it leaves an | , n , llt haVe lt . T1 ^ Banner is The Baptist church is now being fin ished. Misses Georgia Sanders and Mollie Meadow are visiting relatives in Ath ens. The recent rains have everything in a slush here, and the farmers are com plaining considerably as they have had no time to prepare lor their crops. The Danielsvillc high school will give au entertainment at the academy on the night of the 11th iust. Prof. Lowe, of Atlanta,■'will deliver a lecture at i that time. Mr. Hampton, who lives near Suicide in the Delirium of Grip. Special by News Telegram Association. New York, April 4.—Frederick Aberg, who lived with his widowed mother on the top floor of 230 East For ty-second street,killed himself by jump- ingout of the window early yesterday morning. He was 22 years old and en gaged to be married to Carrie Jones, a Swedish girl. He had worked off and on for the elevated railroad, hut had the promise of a better job, when two weeks ago he got the grip. Day before yesterday he became delirious. Some body wanted to hang him, he thought. About midnight his mother locked the outer doors and lay down for a nap. Oconee Enterprise. The Banner, published in live an<t progressive Alliens, reached this ol- tVce last Monday containing sixteen pages of choice reading matter and It'S advertisements of Athene’ pu-hing bus iness men. The Banner floats proud- Tlie surprise nf Rip Va 7 '- Winkle when awaking from his long slumber could not have been greater than the Con sumptive’s upon finding himself entire ly relieved by Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. •J5 cts. A pretty picture —A sunny-haired child curing the Newfoundland’s cut toot with Salvation Oil. . nmense and impassable chasm b th - i lerr.eutary schools and th.- Uuiveisity | fur wh te pe pie. “I beli-ve rtiat the st> t>: must ii time build up its Univeisity. Tne school* arc incomplete without it. Higher education is impossible without it. The sooner the eiat- legislature awak*-s to this s lemn re alization the- t>e' er (or the schools, the h tu-r for Hie youth of our land, and the b -iter fi t Gt or. la. " I h h ela;ms ic be the Empire Slate of tl.e S iUtli.” HON CLARK HOWELL’S. VIEWS. Clark H iw. li is a reJ-' ot University mail and an enthusiastic fueno to higher education S lid he: “Tnere is nothing that 1 want t • see more thm thelib.-r>l r- c >nniim. . ey the S a'e, of the uiainiti- ce i l old U-.iversity, wh ch has comnbu ted so la'gelvto tht glory and to the great ness ot G- orgia. ■•1 believe that the lime wil' cure, and I do loI think that it is far distant, wl ft. vet y up i f ilie o t-iei’v tog-li inked alter,Jbm j i-r the right to urge the building mon seno-d* and the Uni Tne school: ruhst first tie ii is lo kine after them t Slate University.” JCDOF. HOWARD VAN EPPS. Judge HoWa:d Van Ep" is a leading spirit in Atlanta for the U ive'stty and its inte - «8Ts. II-wi s out of tne city win n the Banner's correspondent calleii, and 1 lir-nce an interview fri m i ini waspicvent- : d. He is chairman of ihe Stale Alumni ■ C mn-itue on endowment, and u is stud j v l I cali a oieelin- of the c< munttee to he j held herein the t.e-.r fu'u-e. There s no' ‘ a more aid -nt w orker tor Hit Cauae of n gb- .‘uouion iu Ge. rgi:t than Judge Van . Epps ; that the here, became angry, with his wife and made several attempts co take her fife, and was prevented from doing so once by a negro hoy. who caught Mr. Hamp ton's gun before lie could reach it. Af- i ter this lie took fcis knife and attempted ?he awoke a little afterward, when he dashed into her room, raised the sash, and sprung out of the window. He hit on his head on an extension of the next house, thirty feet below the window. to cut her throat. She prevented him from doing so by throwing up tier arm and receiving an ugly wound on it. Mr. Hampton has skipped to parts un known, leaving his family in a desti tute condition, and his old father bowed •down with grief. Th Augusta Has Leaders. Special to Banner Augusta, April 4th —There are tnany mual mee’ing cf the stockhol ders of flic Farmers’ Alliai ee Ware house and Commission Company v. ill be held in Clarke county court house. Thursday, May 14'h, 1S‘J 1 at 10 a. in. All stockholders and all Alliancinen having the interest of tlte company at ht art are earuest'y requested to be present. A.F. IV-i'E, President. Athens, Ga., April 1st 18»1. - GERMAN STEERAGE RATES GO UP. *1 The First Effect of the New Immigra tion Law. Special l>y News Telegram Association. New York, April 5,—The first effect of tiie new immigration law adopted by Congress, and now in force, is seen m clie action of the German steamship A companies, which have raised the rate of steerage passage from alt German ports to the United States by the sum of $2.50. There is no doubt but that the law will reduct the immigrant carrying bus iness of .lie European steamship lines; and it is probabie that it is in view of this reduction, and of the. danger and expense ol viola, ing the terms of the law, that the German companies have raised the rate of steerage passengers to America. Many of the immigrants declared to be undesirable have heretofore come to New York from Bremen and Ham burg. The I.iteralo-Joco-Musico club will be very largely attended Tuesday night. Tbe club grows more and more popular, . *; : A: —. art.