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DAILY EDITION. 7 ' i - ■■ POL’TII V — ATHENS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1886. : — — NO 52 . ■ 7t OUR SUNDAY CHAT. Thera are arc only two flrst-etess specimens oftho genu* dude in Athens, and they are readily recogni*ed on light A* a . general thing our young men are line »pecimen* of manhood, with ruddy cheeks, muscle* like whip-cord, and form* erect) and manly. There i* nothing foppish abftrt the boys in Athens, snd they hate -a aupreme contempt for any one Who attempt* to put on aim or ex- quisitc style. Of*uch material i* formed the backbone of commercial or any other The'Classic City has been grossly slandered in one respect The impres sion ha* gotten abroad that Athens is no ted for itsjaristocratic and swell-head no tions, and that the social lines are eery closely drawn. Never was there graver mistake. The Athenians are the most open-hearted, hospitable people on earth, and there is nothing stuck up or exclusive about them. It matters not whether a man be rich or poor, bom in a palace or a log cabin, he is respected and received according to his moral worth. V Our people, however, are rather back' ward about taking up and lionising every plausible stranger, and such must ilrst prove themselves worthy of social re cognition before it is accorded them. This is right and proper, and is the surost safe guard around society. There is too gTeat a disposition manifested in some places make a hero of every glib-tongued, well-dressed stranger, and the conso- quence is that such people are often vic timized. So soon as a new-comer in Athens provos him or herself 'worthy of association, they are given a most hearty and cordial welcome. V This characteristic of our people ha* often saved them from being imposed It is impossible to do much sail- LOCALCHIPS. *m*U Item* That a Xepcrter oauihten th. nj Traterday Coleman sold a great many goods yes terday atauction. ■ The new member* if the city council will be sworn in on Monday. Hr. W. H. Horton’* little boy was badly burned with powder. The little Texas mule* are doing good work on the street, railroad. W. H. Beuaae is running a store near Hellicon Springs, and doing a very good business. Justices Kvans and Fuller will admin ister the law at the regular session of their courts on Monday. The contest in Greene county only cost the prohibitionists sixty dollars. This is the reason she went web Hadaway claims that he started out on the first day of January by selling to eve ry man that wanted anything in his line. Honey is unusually scarce, and the collectors who thronged the streets for the past two days made but small suc cess of collecting. Everybody is pleased with the improv ed appearance of the Banner-Watchman t and many good wishes for its increased prosperity are expressed. The streets of the city and the country roads are in much better condition than is usually the case at this period of the year, as the winter so far has been re markably dry. SOCIETY AhD PERSONAL. hig under false colors. The same rule applies to the business as well as the social world. While not looking upon a stranger with the slightest distrust, 1} is the habit of our people to treat him with every courtesy, but not take him to their bosoms and firesides until it is known that one is worthy of trust and association. From this fact originated tho unjust re ports about the hospitality of our city. V That Athens has its swellheads and upstarts, like every other place, no one will deny, but such characters are khown to all and are forced to form a small self- adiuiration society among themselves. They will not exceed n grocer’s dozen in number, and are mure objects of pity ing contempt than indignation or anger. No one cares for them and they are let severely alone. Athena is too small a place for those exclusive society rackets, and our people are naturally of tn ex ceedingly social turn. •a* Then again, it is folly to talk about an aristocracy in our American republic. Fow families can trace their genealogy back three generations without butting against * log cabin or running afoul some decidedly unaristocntic pursuit. We admit tint a sort of monied aristocracy has . sprung up, but the wheel of fortune * constantly revolving, and it la rare for wealth to linger through three genera tions. Tliis is too unreliable a basis to found too stylish a structure ou. Some of Athens' richest families began life at tho humbldst points, and thiafact la only the more to their credit, too, unless the new generation too soon forget their fathers' starting-point, and try to look down upon men now treading that same path. *a* •But true refinement is never purse, proud, and to-day in Athens yon will see families wno owned their hundreds of alsvs* liefojo tho war, often more soci able and easier to approach than some of these “new issues.” Any unnecessary sir* deceive no one but themselves, for every old citizen knows exactly' how thoy started life. They will he respect ed and honored fully up to their merits, but not one jot more. But in justice to our city we will ssy that hut little such spirit is manifested, hits of wealth is an exception and not the rule. Of course there are social circles In our city, and should he. it U no pleas ure to an intelligent man to converse with sn ignorant one, or s polished gen tleman to entertsin a boor. But these linos form themselves, and uo one wishes to transgress them. It ia never aaktd 4ft e weight of a man’s pocket book before he is received into the inner circle; but jo his private character and accomplish ments authorise his admission. Tills is the Ally line drawn. Charlie Demore will move to the coun try. What has become of Joshua Ball, the Quaker? Major Lamar Cobb ha* gone to Atlanta on business. Max Joseph will make Tors* his fu- tuee home. Veronee, the Patent King, has discov ered that he is an Italian. Several ladies came down from Har mony Grove yesterday. Mrs. H. C. White will return from Ma con some time daring the week. Hon. Howell Cobb has returned from Oglethorpe, where he went to visit Mr, Upson. Mr. Robert Weil, Who ha* been sick for several days, is tgsin able to be at his business. Mrs. Oates, of Toronto, Canada, is vis iting her father, Mr. John W. Ncvitt, on Prince avenue. Mr. Alfonso England is disgusted with fanning in Georgia, and now proposes to try his fortune in Texas. Hod. Samuel Lumpkin, tho able and handsome Judge of the Northern circuit, was in the city yesterday. Uncle Peter Culp bids a final farewell in this issue to politics. He has retired after succeeding in putting all hia friends in office. Prof. C. M. Stratum has returned from a short trip to New Orleans. Ho had pleasant trip, but does not think much of the exposition. Rev. Simon Peter Jones, presiding El der of tho Athens district, will preach this morning at eleven o’clock at Boggs' chapel, 4 milei weat of Athena. NEW YEAR’S CALLING. WINTEBYILLE ITEMS. An Xajoysbls Tim*by th* Participant*. | Mr. Wm. Walker has goto to Aiken, 8. The New Year calling Fridsy night I C, on a short visit wm quitoTsucccss, and both callers and Petty thioving is getting numerous again receivers had s pleasant time. Tho call- #n<j a relief prayed for. ing began about 0 o’clock and ended io- The Wintorvillo academy re-opens next ward eleven. Monday and afull school expected. The receiver’s were the following: A negro house at Hr. chts - Power’s At CoL Geo. D. Thomas’ new residence whs burned test Tuesday night wm Mrs. Stevens Thomas, Mrs. George This section has an emetic in the ahape D. Thomas, Mr*. Wtloh and Mrs. J**. I of pound parties. Give us s change. White. A fatal cat disease is prevalent through At Mr. B. L. Bloomfield*, Mrs.. B. L out Tho county, but .many think it poison. Bloomfield, Mrs. B. K. Bloomfield, Mr*. I Judge Harris says Christnus will not W. D. Griffeth, Miss Union, Miss Lis- occur again on Fridsy in 28 years, si* Bloomfield. Several parties finished sowing wheat Col. Thurmond’s parlors 'were presid- last week. Some are also sowing oats, ed over by Mrs. Thurmond, Miss Long Mr. Deo Winter claims to hare killed and Hisses Thurmond. 110 birds at one shot last week. Who can At Mr. A. Bishop’s, Mrs. Bishop, Mrs. beat it? R. D. Muire, Hiss Bowman, with Miss I The woods and fields have been full of Lowe, of Chicago. hunten during Christnus week, but they Mr. R. L. Moss’ house presented the I report poor luck, following: Mr*. Moss, Dr. and Mrs. Low-1 The indigo times has stopped all im- ranee, Miss Mary Nicholson and Misses I proveinents in house building, Ac. You Moss. can only hoar of a few repaira going on. The Lucy Cobb Institute wm besuti-1 There wm only a small amount of ful, and here a number of the young la* I chicken shooting indulged in during the dies of the institute assisted Mrs. Lips- I holidays, we an glad to report comb and Misses Ruthorford. I Day hand! an as thick a* fleas, sod it At Dr. Hamilton’s elegant residence, is thought thst they will nfuse to hln for received Mis. J. H. Hamilton, Mrs. J. H. | less than 60 cents* day and board. Fleming, Mrs. Williams and Mr*. Fon- Litigation jrttl baton* rampant in a tainer short while. Firmer* failed to pay up Every house wm made beautiful by I and merchants *n unable to wait, tasteful decorations, snd the re-1 The good effect of prohibition wm frashmenta, though strictly “prohibi-1 plainly seen during but week. Only tion, were much enjoyed. I few “small drunks” and no “fusses.” The gentlemen callers were quite nu-1 Prof. White’s sawdust theory is cans- merous, and we were unable to obtain s I ing our large sawdust pile to dwindle, complete list, but m near aa possible they I Farmers are hauling it to their stables, were as follows: - . There is less money among the ne- Maj. J. J. Thomas, Cspt. Pope Bar-1 groeg this winter than atony time since row, Mr. George D. Thomas and Oapt I the war, and the merebianta feci it keenly, -fames White were among the married I Two of our citisena hare pot up a for- gentlemen. I frit of $60, to be paid to tho one who Messrs. 8. Thomas, Jr, A. B. Long, C. I keeps dry until the 26th of December D. Long, L. D. Sledge, W. It. Briggs, W. [ next We hear that a bar room will be estab lished near here in Madison county. This M. Rowland, C. A. Scudder, C. B. Grif- feth, E. W. Burke, T. P. Stanley, Bit TBS SEASON WHY. In an interview with Mayor J. H. Dor sey yesterday, we inquired of him why he gave up the Athen* city mill. Too much buaincM outside, is the best sou. I have taken charge of the street railroad, which require* my attention all the time, end I could not look after the mill and the street railroad at the same time. The Elevator Mills had an advan tage over me on account of having to haul corn and wheat auch a long distance. The Elevator Mill* an at the North Eastern depot, and the City Mills a long distance from both th* depot*, th* only reason I gave it op.” This U mule and caught it by tho lag. The mule I Jg* in mTite “““ kicked him looee, which thoroughly ^ viiTum ■ A man named Topa* has been around Athens about the first of Dcosmbsr soil ing tickets on the New York Donation Society. The tickets wen sold for $1 apiece and only a limited number in each town to advertise th* concern. On the corner of the ticket was printed in very small letters what each' oqe would draw. ThefiUffereut things wan to ar rive here on the 21st of Decembsr, bat up to to the present writing they have not made their appearance. Mr. TopM sold several ticket! in Athens. It will be some time before the furniture ar- 'TD Elmo PASSIM STMMIX MATH It is said that John Wesley Cooley, the unfortunate oonvict who died sud denly Friday, was seen by some of his fellow-convicts in the act of steeling to bacco and aracealing it in his' boaom, a lups Phinisy, John Moss, Frank Thom-1 ia a calamity our people are desirous of as, Newton Lpwrance, A. E. Griffeth, R. I averting. G. Taylor, J.N. Smith. Mttr. AvWett, of Morgan counQr, while After the calling was over* most of the coming from Athens to this place a few paticipsnts went to the Athenaeum, j days ago, loat hit purae and 28 dollar*. It when) (lancing wm’indulged in till * late I is still lost. hour. I Mr. Dee Waggoner had a terrible "CHUBOH MUnUtrODwTraX BAPTIST wound on the hemd thU week ’ c “ Ued b * CHURCHES.” I the explosion of * gun. Dr. Carter vu We return thanks to Prof. Wm. Ruth- present and attended him. erford for a copy of hia new book, with A negro boy yesterday tried to ahoot the above title. -Itis a neatly printed I corn-cob loaded with powder. Ho did, volume of 216 pages, and to brim-full of the load going in his eyes. Be failed good Baptist doctrine and wise counsel to *®« eventful year of 1886 ushered in. members of thst denomination. Tho au-1 Many peoplo who are now in affluence thor quotes Scripture to show that over y got their start peddling whisky. They ordinance of his church is founded on ought not to stuff a newspaper reporter the teachings of Christ and hi* apostles, with tho idea that it wm all made by snd shows great research and an inox-1 farming, haustible store of religious information. 8ur **y ‘bore never wm m many chan We would think this book almost m nee- *■*$* the™ h»» been this winter. Near- esaary tea good Baptiot as a pool of I b » u the negroes have changed places and a large number of whites have moved SAYS HI irunfdonr. I outsnd in. Mr. Grier, the young man in jail under a sentence for opening letters belonging to a lady, says he is entirely innocent of ALL THE LATEST STYL IN 8TRI0TY FIRST OLA8BGOODS ! Jast Received in Every Department, at the Shoe 1 OF Broad Street, Athens, Ga. No Such Stock of BOOTS&SHOES Ever seen in Athens Before,All the Latest Styles in Ladi es’ and Misse’s Shoes BALDWIN & FLEMING. HODGSON BROS. Desire to call attention to their large nsfortment of TOBBCCOS. . CELEBRATED Is justly popular. We claiu there is no better for the money. Try it. A XYSTBBIOUS APT AH. From a private letter from Crawford wo w ■ iwiy, B«vB uo ib n'urviT innocent oil. ,, „ ... the charge; tiut he felt.no interest in the Wm. H. Young, eon of Mr. girl, and never raw her until confronted *“"“J 00 "*’ 0 1 fAn “° ch ’ 1 wh# “ U * with his accuser in the court-room, and n * McCar 7 * in * trDm ™ U < ot she so testified. Grier is confident } D 0c ? n “ C0 “ nt *. bn> getting . pardon from th. President, and m * d * hom *‘“ C "» fo, £ h “ W. hop. ha wiU do so, fpr the young I m r“* ri ° u *b disappear*! and his friend. men hra heretofore born, an Jcxcril.nt | ahost him. Berm! character, and belongs to a worthy and respected family. ■OU AXS HULL DOS, weeks ago he borrowed a horse from Mr. A. W. Wilkins and a buggy from Dr, W. M. Willingham, to make a canvassing • mwea to tne streetcar, a I i*,.**.,..* i„ annaaeanaa nn to date. Hr white bull dog saw tint there wm trouble, and concluded hi* assistance wm needed to subdue the untamed hM not put in appearance up to date. Hr. Wilkins’ hors* was found below Craw ford Monday but trying to make its way home, thoroughly stove-up and with om aroused the ire of the bull dog, and with a snarl ho Went for th* mule spin, snd ^N^sdSc^praparatio^vsr put upon buritd Us teeth into the flesh of that I the market hM met with more rapid or animal, snd it wyn some time before the wonderful success than the Turkish Lin- owner of the dog could fores him to turn iment, prepared by Dr. K. S. Lyndon, of ' Athens. It is pronounced far superior TBU1Y A MJSrOBTtnn. I to the Mustang and other kinds, for Dr. It rally seems thst an unusually good JL has taken the best properties from si) cottoq crop is a misfortune to the South, in compounding the Turkish Liniment M this year has proved, by so greatly re-1 The people in this section won’t use any during the price «f the staple. It is eeti- other, white it te bat invading other mated that the present crop will be the states, and even New Mexico, Texas and largest ever grown, snd henee th* supply California art now sending in their orders, exceeds the demand. On* more such I The Turkish Liniment will endure u year will bankrupt th* cotton-growing I long as time, andaccutuiy from now will states. The only hope for farmer* te di-1 be a household word in every family, versified crop*. . This is no advertisement, but a merited XOTIHIstnrsAYSUB. I endorsement of a small preparation that To-day w* only publish the usual site i* destined to be worth m much money of the Badner-Watchman, as we hare u every foot of property in Athena put not M yet everything in ship-shaptor We together, hope by next week to get all ofourar- I . range merits for the new year completed. I There te an old man living not far dis- A LAMS YACK. I tant from Athens who will not entertain Mr. S. L. Aabury, the keeper of Col. I any preacher at his house uniats he b •haven. He is a strict member of “ ' »>ut wm not coun- ly minister who Jim Smith’s negro yesterday. He lus a peck of 16 dogs, anc they never allow a convict to escape when they once get on his track. CEDAR GROVE Also some of our Favorite Brands lor which w are Sole agents. Give ns a nail and be Convinced. We Celebrate the New Year BY MAKING HEAVY ADDITIONSTO Our large and well assorted stock. So the future as in the past, we will keep only tho best gooods and sell THEM AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES. Drags, Patent Medicines, Chemicals, Seeds and,Fancy Goods in endless variety ,. ;*v-, ^.>1, hSeIPI Wholesale & Retail, Druggists & Seedsmen, Clayton St. J.N.SMITH & CO GRAIN DEALERS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Special attention given to Storage and Custom Grinding E AT MOSS & THOMAS’ WAREHOUSE