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THE ATHENS a,' n | | -ssr£- ,-w - i ( no.oliJnlfd with Ikj ' Athena Banner, Eat. 1832. , (lie lover’ ? ree 0!1 nvler P r£ ,, „c it may ir»oge as j newspapers osced" N 0 SUNDAY SHOW. There should be no Sunday show World’s Fair. Good, people this good land of ours must th i 9 point. The matter is reity lively discussion, and at first Bcem, there America r , n ijaV ue»’r-r— ..Uioral pages fairly glow with , hot denunciations of those who express a desire to see the notion closed on Sundays. ' coder a» editorial headed “Well bul Ridiculous” the Chicago ‘ ld goes on to discuss the matter jurthe following fashion: ^ the Herald from * in „f„n -tales that a gathering B tidedVerbya former justice of * I t ol Illinois adopt- the people of in mass meeting as" the South. His style is prculirrly [ Southern and possesses all of that smoothness and interest that the writings or leading Southern authors [ carry with them. Mr. Waters short stories will I hereafter be a special feature of the j Sunday and Weekly Banner. ATHENS. GA„ • TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 12, 1891.-8PAGES. VOL. 59 NO. 25 Hjmn Dowdy's Cotton Patch. Religious Department. Da. c. W. lane, Editor. THE LAW OF THE SABBATH. BY GLEN WATERS. The briHiant and humt rous editor of the Warrenton Clipper says: If our legislature at its next session Hymn was a worthless negro. Sc .res and scores of old people in F .yette county will bear out this assertion, and not one will di pntu it. Ragged, lazy, thieving, shiftless Hymo Dowdy. The very best that could be said lor him was that he had never been coin- vti»hes to immortalize itself and lot P« ,ed work in slavery time—which was . . 1 I Major Black’s fault not Hymn’s—:ind that its praises go sounding down to thi- questionable extent he was not re- through the “long drawn aisles and 3 P , »' 8ible for his own character. But, it . .... . . I ia remembered, this redeeming connde'a- tretteo vaults of all futurity, it will I tion was purely uegaiive—it was in liold- certainly puss some effi clive dog inR h ' m n,,t iwponsible tor a part of bis I . , .. 6 meanness; a solitary and .questionable al- law. as a rule, the more worthless I lowance that was many limes overbalanc- and less able to care for a do<* the e<1 b F sins and snortemnings innumera- ° 1 ble, for which Hymn waaent.iely responsi ble. presic dieSii' v, “ u Lo ‘ ir . . J rations ‘ that. Blooming 1011 ’ 1 .,i hhivov recoru fiction of *a coming calam ty U. , loiimle.l OU me apprehen- l * r toe public mind and the pop , flhe World's Fair is opened id Chi Loon Sunday, and a.ao ot the su- p sue duty of the legislature not to Lours without p.ovidtug the re- Q.iiaite le^al guarantee that, tbe fair ill be do fd that day.” Inasmuch as a little church tu BiuOtnimHon canuot hold auy great tuaiber of people, it was sheer vani tv that led this metting to call Usell s'mass meeting of the people of that Only idiots or fanatics can a conviction ol coming calam- itv tn the State” because <*1' an \ thing to be done by a portion of its people, for such a eon ■ i.ui.ui implies that a just deity will oinisti an entire State for a supposititious impropriety by ofihem. ‘The |i..pnh;r and judicial vetnict of the ages” is lhat every- tiling that proiinn.es lest, elevation n; the iniuo and true spirituality oaght io be soughi on Sunday X’ose leparimei.is ol the (air will he opened on Sunday that will promote n ir ,o ends. I lie legislature has many duties to perform, but one ot t'ltui i> not to hoi her its perplexed head about Sunday and the fair. >'n‘> <iv pr looses that manual labor shall be done in ’be fair Sundays or that any one connected with it nn.u.il wuititead or hand more than six days in ihe week. TLe Art In- su.uie o! Chicago, its ieciutv rooms, i a ic.dmg rooms, are open. So will be the lair departments ot like na- i.i e. owner ie, the more worthless hounds and curs they have, .Scarcely a negro family in the county but has from one to five. They are half their solemn f e) j au j cured for, and are very pro Old Major Black died in ’68. He le r t Hymn ‘forty acre- and a mule’—in quota- don in-iks that curved lor very irony aud contempt—upon one condidon only. Tbe Condition was ihat Hymn should ce«se to ouse the name of Black, and call himself ductive of a throat disease among | Dowdy insicail. Dowdy, iheorigiual, was sheep and other property of value We would not give a flock of 100 sheep lor every dog in the county They are producers of Dotbing save profanity, and annually consume enough, together with what they de stroy, to pay the state tax. 1 hen why dot s one of our solons not a carpet-bagger, believed to be an ex-uuion soldier, who had recently swindled the negroes o; Fayette county-as iheir carpet baggers swindled the negroes of ili> ir sec- 'ions—by peddling millennium lilies to forty acres and and a mule. Dowdy had been uenerons to Hymn, de- signal ng as his inheritance foity acres in the Major's best land and the beat mule ot the country. Following the sw.ndler’e in- ‘0-''-h, Lawdvl’ ensued Hymn. •Down on yoi r knees.’said the strangi r, qui. tly. The essential idea of the Sabbath is that of a day set apart by the divine ap pointment as a period of rest and wor- | ship. This idea is involved in the command, “Remember the Sabbath day j to keep it holy.” The word “holy,” in Hymn dropped to his knees, the dog ec-1 its application to inanimate objects, as tirely fogotlen, locking into the near eter- 1 used by the sacred writers, means con- nity of the gun, now pointed with nice ac- secrated, or set apart from a common to cur cy into uis own face. a sacred purpose, devoted to God. The Hymn, tveu in tbe distraction of these official garments of the Levitical priests, aw-ul moments, noticed that the stranger | e. g., are designated as holy garments. city. have Laving aside all coming calamities take it upon himself as a dusy im- structions blindly,Hymn keptthls mauer posed by heaven, to prepare and put I a profound secrei lor nineiy days, and through a dog law. We are sure the masses of the people would favor such an eoactment. It always was a strange thing to us why a set of men selected (presumably) for their superior intelligence and sagacity could pass 3 or 4 months every two, years hammering away at legislature of to saj r the least, doubtful beniiit, and let such a glaring need as a dog law go unheeded. Some one is cer tainly allowing a golden opportunity for writing his name in letters of gold, on the scroll of fame “pass by on the other side.” Awake! arise! or be forever fallen. Sometime ago the AmericusTimes- Rtcorder came out to the front with a long and loud editorial enviously accusing the Banner of doing that | maj.,r, tar hu never mentioned the matter city an injustice tu saying Athens 1 ’ - - - J -* then, perhaps not witi out s ane vai;ue misei rings presented to h 8 old master th- millennium de.-d. ‘Y ju.loo,’ said die M jor. ‘ Yasser.' said Hymn. ‘How much did you give for that?’ ‘Dollar, maister.’ •D m’t cal: ine mnrsler,’ sai l th • Mijor, shirply, ‘Wheiedid you get that dodar? •tin’s—hit’s de same.’ ‘The one I gave you to buy meat ?’ ‘Yasser,’ said Hymn growing exceed- invlv uncumfortab.e. ‘What land did he promise yon?’ Hymn did manage to ai swer th .1 ques tion and then bioke down completely. ‘Mars Jimmie,’ Ue sobbed, ef I dom- wrong I’li give it back, ever’ bit. I tlou’ want nuitiiu 1 , Mars Jimmie,ef ns your’u. i don’ want «:y freedom, ner uuihm’. I’ll woik ter you—’ ‘Stop that,’ add the mejor, gruffly I’ve a great min i to take the hide off your back. N-*w get aw ay from here quick!’ Hym i learned in time—aot from the the country «'c," the Hanskk desires only to bo heard ajQ.mg t!)0?e who oppose tbe op’niag the World’s Fair on Sun- dsys for the very simple reason that G »d's Holy Sabbath should have Bure respect from Americans than t" be made a day of sight seeiag, a <l«y of merriment and mirth, a day that must call out policemen to pro tect moral laws, in the violation ol spiritual and Christian laws. Uis wrong that people should g<» U horse raves on Sunday. It is wrong Ur a bull tight, to distract the minds otmeaou the Sabbath. Itpsa day Ur g ra v e ndictions, for serious Noughts. Ii is a holy day. Let giddy Paris have her Sunday •folics. Let Havana have her Sun- d »y hull-fights. But let it be said 0( dn3 fair land: -‘Here is a peopl *bo love God better than earthly Ifivolities; a people whose battles W aiways been for right again-t ' 1W3 g; a people who have built up 1 « strongest nationality on earth Ltcause they have labored oeatb tbe •Pproving smile or God Almighty.’ Ld there be no Sunday show at cago. wards—that toe millennium deed wa a swindle. By toe major’s will, as has b-en already sta e 1, Hymn came sul sequendy iuto die ieiu.il posse-sion of a new name. and the identical luriy acres; and the id utical inul- apt cifi d in the boeus deed Hyinu, refusing Unpopular lieiief ihit he was air ady as worthless as it was pos sible tor one negro to he, btcatne more ribless than ever. He made thru, ales of poor cotton on the foity acres Ibe ‘ convictions of to the east, electric fire alarm, land I tirriyear, and then let ten .cres go f companies and countless other evi» '1 h , -JN ,x 'made two bales . ^ - i u ii a of pi or cotii n.md Hi»oiht-r ton acr s went denuea of progress, and challenged 1 - - the Tirat s-Recorder to anti, that the game might go on. Our esleeemed contemporary hasn’t sntied yet. Come, honey, what’a the matter with Americus? led it in the matter of enterprise. It called upon tbe Banner to name j over « few ente-ort»es achieved with in the p ist y< ars by the * classic city. Tun Banner took a delight in pointing to Athens electric street railway, paid fire department, se.wers. paved side walks, paved streets, new trunk line carried a couple of pistols half couoealed under his coat, and the tb> Uiitit cam® oyer him like tin-chill of death—that was Little Ike Williams! The very uiarr w in Hymn’s bones grew cold—it was L'ttle Ike! ‘Oh—Lordv—Lordy,’ said Hyoin,-tn - cbanically, ‘0b—Lordy—Lordy!’ ‘Ate you ready 10 go?’ asked tbe rider, still holmnc the cun nicely and steadily ad justed, one Huger resiiug against the trig ger. TfiesunsbiDe grew black to Hymn’s eves, and b s muscles grew rigid aid fixed. He couldn’t liaye a id said ‘no,’ tnougb his life had depended on it. ‘I b -lieve there’s some good in you,’ said Little Ike, as quietly nud coolly as it it had been a frog's life in peril. ‘Get up from ihere. I’m going to talk to you, and if you tell me a lie I’ll blow your head off, like lhat,’ pointing to the dog. Hymn managed to gain a standing pos ture and to maintain it after a fashion, bough his knees shook terribly. ‘How many days have you worked tlii? week,’asked Littie Ike. ‘None, maraier,’ said Hymn. ‘That’s what l thought. A id bow p.anv asi weekt’ ‘Oik—on<—some on it, marster.’ Yes. Now nst'n to me—remember what T tell you-<— if you don’t make six (tales of cotton on that ten-acre patch Ibis year,you’re a dead nigger. A-id if I ever ride by here at 6 o’cJ ck in ibe mOming d don’t find you here at work, you’re a lead nigg- r. And if lev. r ride by here a' sundown, ami don’t find you at work here, ■u’re adead niguer. And if lever hear your preaching or exhorting again, or stealing chiekens'or anylhi> g else, or tell ing a lie, you’re a dead nigger. And it ■ on ever tell anybody lhat you saw me here —do yon know whai would happen?’ ‘Y--s, marster,’ very ferven'ly. ‘Do you think you can remember all ih».t ve mid you?’ ‘Yes, maister.’ ’You’d betiei,’ was tbe significant ieply Now get over lhat fence and go to woik ’ Hymn was, undoubtedly for the the first hue in his tile, glad to gel wo k to do. He was making a lanmus r- coid at 'chopping ut’ cotton, while Little Ike looked on with half-serious, hdf-unused smile. Hvuin n"V.-r looked back— n-.-verstoppid once to spit on his hands but chopped on furiously. Ii didn’t take many minutes to finish the first row, a <1 in turning Hymn glanced -ck for the Hist tim- toward the road. Tue strangei was cone. S>to| ? I de< u ne ui n’t. He had learn ed io love iliat work. He chopped on until lifter the sun was down and lee By this is meant simply that they were garments set apart to the service of the sanctuary. They were to be worn only by the priests, and by them only in the discharge of their official duties. Any other use of them was a profanation. In like manner the Sabbath is a day set apart to the special service of God. In a special sense it is the Lord’s day. And by hts appointment it is to be d*e- voted to rest and worship. The labor to which the remaining days of the week are devoted is to be suspended and the time given up to the rest of the physical man and to the promotion of onr spiritual well-being. SHUTTING 1’UE DOOR. Children’s Department. Says ti e Americus Times-Recor der: Scott TbornioD, Atlanta’s pet tragedian, has started out on a tour of the state, and made his first ap pearance in Athens Wednesday even- ng. Nothing could have suited the ludents of the State University better, and they were on hand when he curtains went up, well loaded vith bad eggs, potatoes and cab itages. The first act has not beeD ompleted yet, as Scotty is too hash- 'ul a youth to stand before the im»- mense audience which greeted his appearance and receive the encore showered upon him. He was booked for only one night in Athens, and now feels bad because it was not can celled L'Lica MR GLEN WATERS. ,0l %8 Banner is given a story C ain Luted especially to the Sunday Weekly Banner by Mr. Glen & ‘ er 9) entitled •‘Hvnm Dowdv’s CuU °n Patch.” ^ is one of Mr. Water’s best short I s - ‘ e5 » and this is saying a very 1 deal, for as every reader of the 1 tXs *ii will at once acknowledge. ^ r ' ^ “tors >8 well known in AtU fL » He fiiv % ! 's an old University boy D S entered the Junior Class of foi taxes. The next>ear he made: au tx- ra ligbi bale of extra poor conon, ami .not .■ r ien acres went for taxes. It wa9 hieh t>m for co ton to be ‘chop ped out,’ about the 1st of May, 1892—a . eaudlul day. And Hyum’sC'Uton needed attention beyond doubt The tony acres had dwin dl'd awav to ten ncres— he mule left him by the major had be-u swapped for a pooi mule and a gun; and that poor mule swap ped again for a miserably poor mule aud a dog. Avtigue appreciation of these untoward cucumsianccs nerved Hymn that day to make an unusual tff n. He shouldered his rusty hoe, called his dog and set out for the coiton patch. Tbe sb.-cr neglect and waste was a si lent rt'buke tba. even H mn felt. He ti iiahy climbed upon Hie lop rail ot the fence, leizureiy adjusted himself so that the cotton paicu w s behind him, out ot iglit, and the sunshine in his face, began to m-dilate. H- continued to meditate, The Iran dog frisked restlessly about. Hymn h«d been mediiatiug fully an hour, the boe had fallen from betweeu his knees and was just as long as its shad, ow on tbe ground, and the hungry dog had become tired of frisking about and had fallen asleep, when a man ou horse back, movi .g slowly toward him down the road, tnei P.unp’esight. ‘IV it.- man,’ said Hymn as soon as the stranger c«n«e near enough lor that point n Ids nppt-arance to be perceptible. Hymn watched with considerable abat “Angel or Devil” is the name of a took that professes to show what he world thinks of women. It de.- pends very much upon the woman after all, it seems to ue. Woman annot be discussed in the abstract. 1 ed interest after this, and then with grow. There are some women who can wear mg curiosity, as it further became evident i t SmriviKnnt nith the bald I'hat the solitary rider was neither Simps Ioiin L Sullivan out wtth the Dam Tmedy nor Bud L(in( , ( nor y#t BiUy Rn_ tieaded end ot a broom, xney are i ^, en ^ an entire stian^er. (if not devils themselves) in copart- Hymn knew every man, woman and nership with the devil. Again, there child in the county, and a great many peo- ate women whose every look deed | pie that d j d “^ bv ^ in ._.%: t ' u ^T". , 'l y ’^ ul came to Shiloh on court days and such sp cial occasions—bul this mau was a stran ger. He seemed peifi-cily at home, too, and rode an unconcernedly as if he owned the land on both sides ot the road and bad money in tbe bank, besides. A swarthy, little, black-eyed man with A contributor to the Chistian Advo cate gives the following good advice for prevailing prayer, and touches upon a point that is too often forgotten: “One of the wonderful things about our Lord Jesus Christ’s words is that the meaning of them deepens and wid ens just as our hearts and lives deepen and widen. "Not long ago a young Christian fell into great distress about not being able to pray more earnestly. Ha went oft en upon his knees, he used full peti tions, he knocked loudly at heaven’s door, and then he went away empty and unsatisfied. ‘Have you followed the Master’s rules?’ asked an old pieacber. to whom he told his trouble. The young man said he thought he had. ‘You entered into youroloset?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘How aboui shutting the door? Did you shut out all your business worries, all your plans for pleasure, all your self-esteem? Was all jour earth silent before God when you sought him in that little closet temple ?’ The young Christian felt with a thrill that the speaker had found out the secret of his discomfort in prayer.” IMAGINARY TRIALS. A BOY HERO. In heartless Paris, which to foreign eyis Seems made of mirrors, g'.—light aad display. A splendid building’s walls began to rise, Ascending stone by stone from day to day. High and more high the^pile wus b ilded well, And scores ef laborers wete busy there, When suddenly a fragile staging fe 1, And two strong workmen swung aloft tn air. Suspended by their hands to one slight hold, Tiiat bent and creaked beneath their sud den wetehi: One,worn with toll, and growing gray and old; One a mere boy, just reaching man’s es tate. Yet with a hero’s soul. Atone and yonpg, W< re it not well to yield his single life, Ou which no parent leaned, no children . clung, Amt save the other to his babes and wife? He saw that «re deliv ranee could be brought The tr..il support ihey grasped mud sur<l> break, And tu lhat shuod.riug moment’s flash of though: He chose io perish for his comrade’s sake. With bravery snch ns heroes seldom know “ Tis right,” he said, and ioosiug bis strong etip, AT THE CAPITOL THE SPEKERSHIP RACE CUSSED THERE. DIS- CRISP IS THE FAVORITE. Harrison May Not be Renominated— The Behring Sea DIspute-The New Orleans Lynching-^Ven ezuela Accepts the Re ciprocity Proposition. ASHINGTON, D. C., May 9.— [Special].—Well, well! can it bo that after all of Mr. Blaine’s jin goism as to our rights in Behring Sea that we are to humbly back down? That’s the talk here now. According to my information, Mr. Blaine has discovered that we have nothing to arbitrate and that Russia never set up any Buck claims as he has done when she was the owner of Alaska, and does not now recognize that the Ut ited States has any such rights. As the story goes, as soon as Mr. Blaine saw that we. had not the slightest show under the proposed arbi tration he began ro search for a hole to crawl out of with as little loss of dig nity as possible. He began then to lay wires for a triple international agree ment between the United States, Russia and England, for the prevention of the indiscriminate killing of seals in Beh ring Sea, and now, it is said, that pend- Droppt-d like u stone upon the stones b< - ing further negotiations no seals are to low, ue taken at all this season. Officials at And lay there dead, the smile still on | the State and treasury depi lip. What though no laurels grow his gravr above Aud o’er his name no sculptured shall may rise? To the sweet spirit of UDselfish love, Was not his bf. a elonous sacritic. ? —H-.rper’s Young P.-ople. THE BABY KING. tments re fuse to either confirm" or derij this story. A whole week has gone by witbout a new and different statement from the preceding condition of the Treasury having been given out. Last week there were three or four them. Mum Is the word now, while the Secretary and his xpert accountants are preparing the figures for the presto-veto-uhange state ment, which, if it meets with Mr. Har rison’s anproval, and of that there’s lit tle doubt, is to be given to the public on the first of June. The intention is to follow republican precedent by manip ulating the trust funds in the monthly statement of tbe national debt in such The anecdotes current about little Don Alfonso are simply innumerable,! and appealing as they ao to every moth er’s heart, go far toward increasing the 1 . available sumlus ^ popularity of the throne .throughout | ^ r ^° rn 8 ^ 8UrplU3 ispatn. There is a sense in which imaginary trials and obstacles are harder to dissi pate than real or material difficulties it is on our mental impressions that all o ir rational actions are based, whether that impression be true or false. A real mountain can be cut away or tunneled. The engineer’s busines is to remove the mountain as a barrier; and, when that is done, tlie fact is apparent to every traveller to whose progress it has been an obstacle, But imaginary mountains are not so east’y removed. Tbe pick and shovel of ideal demonstration, a . ao „ M " , u 7 “ “7“ d *» km-ss j ar „ uinentj mav succeed in their work fi ) 3 ' h ® ^ hou der ‘ , ’j rPiffay; only to'fiud the mountain re- thing like honest pride, and started home. Brother Billings came by just as Hymn reached tbe fence. ‘Ill, Brer Hymn,’lie stopped to say. Coinin’ by dis att’noou?’ ‘No,’said flymn,’I been nt wuk an’I needs res’ au’ w’uts mo’ Br’er. Biealiug Chickens, ef some er you fai, slick niggers ud do a good day'a wnk now an’ dm, an’ quit yer rescaluy, you’d ueed mo’ res’an’ less shoutin’, you would.’ Brother Billinas’ amusement bad given way toincieduli'y, and then wond. r, and theu d.Siiust as be madully percieved that Hymn was in earnest. deride such imaginary difficulties in children, instead of undertaking to en gineer them out of mind. Yet we per mit Imaginary troubles to adults, say ing, “It is just a notion he has,” and then expect to be of no permanent im portance. But such imaginings are in effect more real than realities, and must be regarded as a reality to him who is possessed by them. In the tale of French writer, an old man who early in life was frightened says that he is afraid of the night, and continues: “I admit I should never have confessed __ this before arriving at my present age. fsyou crazy” Bre’r Hymn?, he asked, I When a man is eighty-two years of age *'.i. " . * • ' I I a . . ^.. Iff...] h 1 ... f/\ Kft ntanid rtf l m o ne saicntuically. " Ts you—’ Don’t Brer Hymn me eny mo’, an’ don’t stau' dar wd yo mout like a fly trap, an’ yo’ eyes wall’ roun.’ Kazcj.-s’a little ran’ an’ I’ll beat de stuffin’ plum outeu Brer Billings. Now, uitl QuickC Wnereupon Brother Billings r tired pre cipitately, and Hymn, swelling with the it is permitted him to be atraid of imag inary dangers. And in the face of real ones I have never recoiled.” This state of things is as true of childhood and middle age as of old age. It is easier to face real dangers than dangers that are, or may be, only imaginary. And the reason is that the unseen face of an He is exceedingly frank and unre. strained in the expression of his opin ions, especially wnen they concern the personal appearance of his lieges; and although extremely disconcerting to the parties immediately concerned, they constitute a source of delight to every body else. It was only with the great est difficulty that his mother was able to impress upon him the necessity of ab staining fr. m making remarks of this character in an audible tone of voice at church. Her admonishments, how ever, bore unexpected fruit. The King manifestly took it for granted that the instructions to remain quiet and silent during divine service applied to others as well as to himself; for shortly after ward, when the royal family and the court attended mass in state at the Attocha church, little Don Alfonso sud denly interrupted the preacher in the midlt of one of his most impassioned and eloquent perorat’ons .by command ing him, in a shrill and piping tone ol voice,’to be still, and not to make “such a noise in church.”—Harper’s Weekly “MUST AND MUSN’T.” where practically none exists. The first mutterings of a storm in the ranks of the republican party are being heard here. So far Mr. Harrison has apparently had it all his own way in bis march towards a second nomination, ail'd none of his party have seen fit to attempt to make any organized opposi tion to him, but saualls are ahead for him. Parquliar, of New York, has openly stated here his belief that Harrl- sou could not possibly be elected, and an Indian republican of promi nence has said that Harrison could not carry that State. These are straws showing the drift of republican senti ment. i ... The Blaine* 'men'- cannot be kept down much longer; they hate Harrison, and every time that Russell Harrison’s newspaper in its silly attempts to make glory for Harrison casts a slur upon Blaine that hatred ii intensified. Those men would rather see a democrat elected than have to stand HarrUon for another four years, and, mark the prediction, in six months they will be shouting that sen timent from the house tops. Mr. Blaine may be perfectly willing that Mr. Harrison should be renominated, although I have serious doubts of it, but his friends are not. They hope, of course to nominate Blaine, whether he consents or not, but they are determined as will be seen before long, that in any event Harrison shall not be the nominee. consciousness of a victory well earned, seen danger cannot be faced—because it went home ai d io bed. v is not there. In a tiue sense the imagi- Tue next morning at 6—and every morn- nary trouble is real, and must be re- ing Ht 6—rind ihe next evening at sundown spected as a reality —Hymo was there at work. There was no mako believe about it, ei-1 ther. He worked. Of course tbe news of Hymn’s reforma tion spread tar and wide. It was the talk of Fayette county. People lnuubed and ! said it would wear off. You couldn’t fool them, they said, for they bad known Hymn | too long But it didn’t wear off. Hymn almost foreol to look around him [S. S. Times The Good Old Times. “Then times were good, ' Merchants cared not a rush For any other fare, Then Johnny cake and mush.” But now times have changed, and tbe plain and simple fare of the forefathers is done away with. Patent flour, and high seasoned food, and strong drinks, and utterance are heavenly. Titty ire angels. There are very many of the latter class in Athens. Very many. No noDler company of women ever ^ 8wariI1 lllfc C . .. bnaded themeelves together than I br^mdjJriromed fei’t hat, and a gun across — j.... “ 1 tbe suddb-in from of him, aud a blue- cbi eked shirt. ‘Mornin’,* said Hymn, as tbe stranger rode up. The man made no acknowledgement whatever of tbe greeting until he bad ad vanced several steps further, and then be looked op abruptly, and stared si night at Hymn. The horse had, seem in tly of its own prefi rence, left the uii idle of the road and slopped so near Hymn that tbe lean those who conduct the Woman’s Industrial Home of Athens.- If the world had more such men and wo men no Burns would ever feel called upon to say, ••And man, whose heaven *rec cd face, Tlie smiles of love adorn, Mar.’s iohumauitrlto man, Makes countless thousands mouru. in the morning, and at. sundown, to be cer- ],ave taken its place, and, as a result, tara that Itnle Ikp Williatos wasu t lurking I ( jy S p e p 8 i a impure blood and disease of about, but be worked on anyhow, for he t g e ^ ma |.h, liver and lungs are nu- felt better at it. He actually liked it, and mftroU8 This great change has lad one thejeaous pride: and satisfaction w- th> © f the most ski llful physicians of the which he watched the cotton grow in that tQ 8tU( jy ou t a remedy for these ten-acre patch would do ones heart good ^dern diseases, which he has named ,0 5J se ' r, .. his “Golden Medical Discovery.” Dr. iPim« iot&vmi ihmS ihemw^ at the Pierce in this remedy has found a cure feuCO, 111 driving down tue road. I * T)v<aT>pnsiA 'Rmnohitis Anthma. •It’s the b. St cotton in the county .Hymn.’ Ponsomntionin itTearlv Maees and he said warmly. ‘I believe you’ll make Consumption, in its early stages, ana six bales of cotton on it this year.’ “Liver Complaints.”^ ‘Yasser,’said Hymn, ‘hit’ll make six I Yxss, Vonderkau & Bickers.—For bales.’ 1 the next week these gentlemen are otter- •And, Hymn,’ continued Mr. Perkins, ‘if i D g all styles of goods in their line at you want anything at the store now you greatly reduced prices. They now have can get it.’ n o old stock on band, and they are de- •Tnanker,’said Hymn. I ter mined never to carry any. In order Not only mat,but be gradually acquired a | to accomplish their purpose they have reputatieu fo> honesty tbai white people I made this sweeping reduction whi h are too alow sometimes to accoidiog to ne- you will find announced in their adver- The unveiling of Henry Grady’s dog waked up with a start and barely es- monument in Atlanta will be one of I <»P« d * , *- p P® d upo - n ' ‘ iUd graduated with high honor s ° ne i ear » carrying along with D*®udid success not only the studies s M- S. course, but all the studies ’Le Junior Class as well, this be* 8 required to get a diploma. h S,nce hi& graduation Mr. Waters ft 1 ’ biea 0D staff of the Atlanta “Station. He Is a vigorous, lv 'e newspaper-man, and is more* * °ne ol tb« best story writers in .'!•• >? the greatest events of the year. The love once felt all over Georgia for Henry W. Utrady is an abiding love. It lives and grows. BANNER W A V ELETS. Some take rye, and some take beer—a drink’s a drink for a’that. What s in a name, utileas tlie> are mixed. Mr. Cleveland is laying mighty low, but the people are doing a sight of watching, *nd Cleveland is doing a mighty sight of thinking. Mr. Harrison has gone home, qf last, in time to put on his blazer and think where it 1b best to spend tbe summer. Mornin’ sirb,* reputed Hymn'with soon- uneasiness. Tbe stianger stared full i>t Hymn for an. other second or two. without replying, and theu turned in his saddle to look ut tWr d -g. TTuu’re the nliger I want,’ belaid qni<-t- iy, turning to Hymn again. Hymn fairly stopped breathing and even the nungry dog seemed io sniff danger at hand. ‘How many bales of cotton did yon mak. last y«;ai ?’ he demanded, quietly. ‘One, marster,’ s*id Hymn humbly. ‘On twenty acres 1’ ‘Yasaer., Hymn was embarrassed already, and becoming more so under the steady gaz- of the Btranuer. •Ia that your dog?’ ‘Yes, marster Tbe stranger lifted h : a gun with a quick movement, and befotre Hymn could say word it wa» ever ns mly too late—the dn by the Here’s to the New Or eans grand was dead, Ids heal aln os tom nry? Send it Soutl —not the gi*nd we ll-directed shot jury Bouth. No, no, **»utl *# They’ll make as handsome trees as ever select him as.the dinner. Mi. McMillin you saw, one*of these days. Haven’t I has surprised a good many people by ou noticed the trees in Benson’s yard? I developing more strength than he had ^all and scraggy and crooked, just be- been credited with; but his only hope cause they were left to grow as they of winning is in the eventof a protrac pleased. The city fathers now don’t ted struggle between the two first named propose to run any risks—” candidtates, which many shrewd ob- “But I wonder how the trees feel servers are now predicting as certain to about the must and musn’t?” remarked occur. Uncle l’hed, dryly. Government officials decline to ex- Exit Tom, wishing he bad not said so press any opinion for publication on the muoh on the subject of trees—and boys, report of the New Orleans grand jury groes. And us for Hymn, he hsd been worthless to long th at he wondered not a little, sometimes, at ihe new respect shown him. So fur from bring ostracised in bis church, as ut first seemed likely, he be came u-lrading member. His influence io Mount J- rusaUm/and amongst tbe neuroes generally, became something wonderful. But perhaps the proudest day of his life was that day in November when he bau* tisements. Remember the plane to buy is from Vess, Vondereau & Bickers. Clayton street, Athens, Ga. Furniture —The E. S. Edge Furni tore Company have a new advertise ment in the Banner today. Mr. E. S Edge, who has charge of the business, is one of the most popular and well known business men ia Athens. He .... :. v , V , ~ u .„ . . I Known uusiuess uieu iu atuauv. ne ed bis sixth bale _of cotton to qhlloh, with carr j e8 a complete line of furniture of fully six hundred pounds ove^of good lint | all kin ^ 3 , Y ou will find his establish ment on Broad street, n6xt door to 8 cotton in the body of the wi Today Hymn Dowdy owofc the forty acres of laud willed him by Major Black’ and four good mules, and there isn’t a more industrious or more successful farm er in Fayette c .uoiv. His reformation is a fact of so long standing that it is almost forge tten now that be ever needed reforming— the re for- I mat ion itself has only a dim place in the | col. Jno. J m* moiies of the old people. When they tell the siory—I suppose it mast still be recalled now and then—they wonder to this day bow it all came about. T C. Dobbs. There is no use in Bending away for goods when you have an op portunity to buy front this firm. Give them a call and you win be pleased with goods and prices. TO ORLANDO. Strickland Has Left for That Place. Col. Jno J. Strickland. Has g ne to Orlando, Fla. Where he will attend to the interests It Was Simply Great.—Charlie Fur-1 of Mr. Sorrells in his suit for the recov- low’s Madisonian, one of ti e brightest ery of most of the land on which Orian and best weekly papers in the southern do is built, states eclipsed its own progressive self I ( ol. Geo. C. Thomas will last week bj getting out one «-f the most I leave in a few days to take a attractive spring issues thattver came 1 the work. to this office. It was twelve pages and I Thomas and Strickland is a fine firm printed in purp'e “to boo It takes I of lawyers and will, without doubt, a hastier to down handsome and enter-1 make things warm in the land of flow- prislng Charlie Furtv#. « «. “A fellow can’t have any fun,’ growled Tom. “It’s just ‘must’ aud I ‘mustn’t’ from morning till night. You | must do this, and learn that, and you musn’t do the other thing. At school I you’re just tied up to rules, and at home if they can prevent it, and they think —well, a shake ot mother’s head means they can. There's music ahead as sure more than a dozen mustn’ts. It seems as you are boi n, and with good manage- a pity a boy can’t have his way half the ment the democrats can march to vic- tiuie, and do something as he likes.” I tory keeping time with it. “Going to the city this morning, If the opinion of leading members of un ' Tom?” asked his Uncle Thed from an the party as expressed here lately have adjoining room. any influence with the democratic cau- Why, of course,” answered Tom cus of the house of representatives the promptly. . next speaker of the house will certainly ‘Going across tbe common?” I be a southern man. These gentlemen “Yes, sir; always do.” have argued that the south is entitled “I wish you’d notice those young I either to the speakership or to a place trees they’ve been setting out the last I on the national ticket, and that it year Or two. Of course ' the old trees would be better politics to give it the will die sooner or later and others will speakership. If a southern man is to be needed, but—well you just observe be speaker it will probably be either them rather carefully, so as to describe Repiesentative Crisp, of .Georgia; Rep- their appearance,” etc. I resentative Mills, of Texas, or Repre- “What about those trees, Tom?” aentative McMillin, of Tennessee. El- asked Uncle Thed, after tea, as they sat I ther one of them would suit me, there on the piazza. I fore I can speak of their chances without Why, they’re all right; look a little prejudice. Mr. Mills was largely in the cramped, to be sure, snipped short off I lead a month before the adjournment of on the top, and tied up to poles, snug as congress, but it now looks as if Mr. you please, every identical twig of I Crisp was ahead, and were it not for them; but that’s as it should be to make the liquor dealers national or- them ship shape, don’t you see? They ganization, which, it is stated here, can’t grow crooked if they would. | will bitterly fight him, I should —Sunday Afternoon. AN ADJOURNED TERM. The Superior Court to Convene Again June 9th. The superior court of Clarke ccunty. Will convence again June 9bh and bold an adjourned term. There is business of the greatest im portance to be transacted and the term will be very interesting without doubt. Tbe caseof the negro. Will Johnson, who shot and killed John Webb, anoth er negro, on the G., C & N. railroad, will be taken up and tried as will several other important cases. ' The jury commissioners have been on the lynching of the Italians, but pri vately the universal verdict ,is “just what I expected,” and many people have recalled the words of Edmund Burke—“a whole people cannot be in dicted.” Senators Brice, Yilas, Hill and Gor don will all sit in the rear row of seats ou the democratic siije when the senate meets next December. Yenezuela has accepted the reciprocity proposition made to her by this govern ment. A NEW BAPTIST CHURCH. A Meeting Will Be Held to Take the Building of a New Church in Hand. , - . , . , . . Athens is to have a new Baptist ordered to meet and draw a grand jury c j iurck . 'em) will narfrtrm fhoir riitftr in a #enr I ' . ' . , _ , _ This at least seems probable now. and will perform their duty in a few | days. A DISTINGUISHED DIVINE. and the matter is being very generally and very enthusiastically discussed among all the Baptists of the city. There will be a meeting of the Aid Society of tbe Baptist church held at tbe church next- Wednesday afternoon for the purpose of discussing the ‘ques tion more fully. The deacons of tho church wlU be invited to meet with the m "v'2\ ■ W vjSI m i Dr. McDonald of Atlanta WiH Preach . In Athens Yesterday A distinguished divine. Will occupy the pulpit of the Baptist church today. He is Rev. Dr. McDonald of Atlanta Aid Society and assist tnem in talking and is known all ever the state as a up the new church, learned and powerful minister and the The plan is this: To sell the Baptist church will no doubt be well filled this church and lot by the opera house, buy morning • a new lot more centrally located, ana Dr. McDonald is in Athens in attsn- build a larger and handsomer church dance ou hts son, who was so unfortu-1 on it. nately shot a few days age. 1 a lot near tbe cpnrt house is delta