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i • t m TO CAROLINA? EDITOR GANTT VISITING ABBE* VILLE, HIS OLD HOME. A Halt la'HU KmirtCMalr-PIU' Halir»a<—Political w ComIp la AtlaktaooValli. tloa aaA FeraMall Feints. Atwhtv G*- March IW :* renewal ar«| was nothing doing at coitrt, and carte up toAtlanta, with the iotentieo of- once more visiting my -birthplace, the, little Tillage' ef 'LoWitdeeTtllc, id 1 Akaetflle county, 8, C., that I hate, no$„ aeep in, abtfut 20 years, and see ' what qhanges tiine, and the new, railroad that passes through the place hara wrought. And I had another motive, too, in . making this trip—the Georgia., Carolina * Norths' n railroad euU thla oonaty In half, and I am tnxious to see how work U progress, ing and to tell the people about the grand little city of Athens, with which they will so soon be brought in close contact. I think that the riait will be one of pleasure to myself and also result In good to our city and, the iBamtan- WarcmuN. 1 will write baor letters each day, and toll all about the country, the people, the lan4.*> nod last,, but far from least, the GL^ 0. & N. railroad. Gen. Alexander, Resident of the Cen tral syndicate, is no# in Atlanta, travel- ling in his special'ear. To him am I in debted for passes to make the journey. I am registered at the Kimball House, and am or. coarse faring like a lord. Ham ilton McWhorter, Esq- is with me, hsv- ing come to see Dr. Calhoun about an amigtion of his throat 1 trust that the voice of this brilliant young lawyer will not bo seriously impaired, for he is now fairly launched on one of the highest paths of any man in Qeorgia. Thiaaftef noon it was drisalind rain, and weiuyit oi lounging around tho rotunds, Mr. Mi Whorterand myself decided that wo would take an' axeursion to tho sixth ■tory of tho building on the elevator, and look upon the city fromthis lofty aleva-' tion. Wo werq richly repaid for our trouble. Atlanta is certainly a great city, wadthe-paWdrema spread before our eyes was certainly a scene to make the heart of a Georgian expand, with pride that the capital city otlhis. grant. State presented such a magnificent picture of wealth, business ami enterprise. While stopping at the Kimball, I have often been struck with tho fact that" the hat boy who stands at the dining room door and takes possession of the tiles, overcoats, canes, eto, of guests as they en'M, iv»W*a a toistaka-w ’d. gicu. the wrong article to a person on hiere-' turn after the meal. Often there are hundreds of hats ,st one time in his pos. session, apparently mixed up indiscrimi- nately on the rack, yet ho was never known to make a mistake. It is cer- tsinly a wonderful exercise of memory of articlea and faces. I had a call from Cul. Crenshaw to- night, and he is naturally elated ever his grand triumph over his enemies. Col. Crenshaw’s record is so entirely sstis- fsetory thst the government even de clined to hear sny explanation of the charges preferred against him. His was one of the best appointments President Cleveland has made. Tha only sensation in Atlanta is the reported coalition of Messrs. Bacon, Blount and 9immons, three old political enemies and antagonists. These gentle men are aaid not only to have shaken hands across the bloody chasm, but are actually as “thick as three in a bed and two in the middle." Messrs. Bacon and Simmons recently occupied the same berth on strip to New Orleans, and a daughter of the former gentleman has been visiting Comre sman Blount's fam ily in Washington. Atlanta don’t know what to make of the love feast, snd thinks thst some deep politics! move ment is at tho back of it. I have just learned that my eateemed friend Mr. John H. Hughes has just slipped and broken his leg in New York, and that gentleman haa a host of friends in At ianta, who are deeply pained at the tidings, Mr. Prince Hodgson haa been to At lanta on business connected with the Sthool of Technology, snd left for home this evening. No Athenian who viaits the Gate City is more respected than Mr. Hodgson. He is a “sound man” in ovary aenso of the word, snd forces the esteem snd confidence of every one thst he mocets. Bud Cox passed through Atlanta to day en route to Athens, where a hearty welcome from “the gang" awaits him. Bnd haa s new watch, that costs about 85 cents at retail, snd he is as proud of it is s hoy with his first pants. He Bhowed it tu every man he met on the street, snd Ed. Callcwav couldn’t attend to guests for having it thrust before him. Taken as a whole Bud Cox is a gentle man of the first water: but with that watch attachment he is but little hotter than a nuisance. And speaking of Bud Cox reminds me of liquor. The wine rooms are again in full blast in Atlanta, and it is said that a new prohibition drink takes the place of agaric; but it is only an alcoholic rose under another name. Mr. Joseph Thomp- hew order of things. Col. Crenshaw Bays there is still a great deal of liqnor sold on the sly in Atlanta, but not near ao much as formerly. I watched the Georgia Pacific train leave for Birmingham to-day, and count* ed seven coaches packed with people, The tide of speculative adventurer* and victims, that flow to tho Magic City is undiminished. I to-night heard several intelligent genllemen discussing the fu. ture of Birmingham, and they united in pronouncing that preperety of all kind* is unreasonably inflated, and a reMpJe must surely come that would bankrupt thonsands of guileless victims. Ona of the gentlemen said he was just back from Birmingham, and on investigation n* learned that many stores there, only ren ted for two per cent, on the investment; that real estate is as high as in New York and it would take the city, even under the moat favorable auspices, fifty yearn to catch up with the prices now ruling. He cited Pittsburg Penn., as an example that is equal as important sn iron tre as Birmingham could ever be, while, it enjoyed advantages that could no be reached by the Alabama city; and' the great old iron town haa only 80,1 population, and property ia not wa one-fourth of what it brings in BirmUg- ham. These gentlemen united in saying that Chattanooga had a far brighter future ahead of it than Birmingham, from tha faot that it has both ooal and iron almost as convenient as Birmingham; that it is surrounded by one of the finest farming belts of country in the United States; that it has the Tennessee river running through it, and is the natural gateway betw the South and the West, thro which all the products interphpaged tween these two great sections mi pass, On the the other hand, Birnitj$e : ham has nothing but her coal sad iron to fail back on, and the first time ’ thertf in s stringency in the iron market, and ills ifjliiff III are closed, Birmingham’s noons will explode with a terrific crash, and than its property will seek its legiti mate level. It is also said that the real estate transactions now made in Birming ham are not founded on s cash basis, snd only the original value of the lots are paid in. In October tho first installments 3 ust be met, when a fearful crash in agio City property may be expected. But t > return to a more interesting rp» : - jjH- — WORKING THE STREETS. WHAT CHAIRMAN SMlTttjOF Tilt . COUNCIL COMMITTKE%YS. Hew the Street Farces nil Funds Have Been Employed—Inadequate ’ Revenue--'The Patchwork Bull- SCH-Plant ter Permanent In. frevement Next Fall. . ... The streets of Aliens ere, if possible, a shade worse then evej.i . Since’ the rains have ceased and the mud has evap orated, great hotarhade boon disclosed on the sides and in some of tha business streets snd resident ave nues. Loaded wagons or carriages pro- ' now at their’peril, and broken hate been no unusual things of rowing that the city authorities ra llied weevil as thoroughly aa others, BAMuotealM on Mr. Edward I. W, chairmen of the consejr street imittee, yesterday morning,’,and asked what plan the city* proposed to work for this improvement ne’xt’year? 1 e found that Mr. Smith h*d ■ given subject close snd intelllgoitt study, atupthat he had been acting in theprem- ■ ' as far as the means at hand would . Mr. Smith was also quite de in his outline for future action, or plan so far has been," said Alder- Smith, “to patch up the streets as id as far as we could. But this will not bring lasting improvement, see we have had only about $8,000 ir to keep up sixty miles of streets. Could not do much permanent good > this money. Take a town like this, ise streets have been travelled and den for eighty years. The surface hick we dig from one place will . »- HIM. 7. mi— .. . lo to Ultra «t another. ’ The dirt na,packed or hardened for this )v Such roads would do very the summer, but the first rein of inter would ruin things." “Now, our policy has been to put sand and gravel for fillings, snd to utilize Charcoal, iron filings and such refuse as We could get from foundries and fur nace*. We have just gotten several wagon loads from the Athens Foundry for this purpose, which wo intend to put in. Where most needed.” “Wwhave macadamized one or two bad places like the Northeastern depot White boana and pets at Pittman’s, Mis W. S. Mite, of Banks county is in tow#' .< Athens has never had a finer season. Athens is steeped in prohibifloh and environed with it. March wind* are coming up strong: liddlecircuit. >v - r, an officer of the :hk#, is in tfjyeiiyi' attention to the nqw schedule f Alexander Si Erwra is in Atlanta, -£th#H. L Kimball House. Wvfis’t'homas returned home aftapa long visit to New York. M#W. B. Pruitt returned yesterday , noon, from a two daya’ visit to Elber- V* U -?i&l\ '* * 2 % % * 41■ i I1£ A Th's wind, has banked .up aome lug-' •stive snow clouds in the past two gentlemen hare expressed a get control of the new Opera macadam on Broad street fgrsatly expedite business in the subject to our people. My letter in re- road. Right now the hands are doing f ira to the Macon & Covington railroad, aome work at the top of the hill leading find, has enthused fresh hope into the AwChe railroad, which badly needs re- hearts of the people interested, and I : pair.” have had applications for hundreds of j “But our revenue for this permanent copiesof It. I have talked to well-inform- | work is to* small and has been for sor ed gentlemen from Madison, Covington,' oral years. Tho truth is we are now Macon snd Athens, and they all say thst running the city on appropriations,'which iMWaoCwwv* iinhgdnamafeAsaiMa^CwMtBawMpwy.jWi .whin ms town -was Iwm'pfqacpitljrfiWlinftF road boibg built. The only question is thirds of its present sixe, but ire now unnecessary delay in not paring off con- j inadeauato. Athens is growing percopt- trsetors. If work is settled for as fast ibly snd our present revenues are too as dona, there is no reason why the cars ; small for s town of ten thousand people, should not be running through to Athens j If we had sn increase from a registration by the first of October next. Covington or business tax, such as Atlanta has, is still sighing for tho railroad, and from that would yield two or throe thousand a ail that 1 can I am, the partially graded year it would be better for us. But we > com pie line to that place will be completed and operated, but only as a branch. The line will be to Atho'.s. I am glad to find the faith in the Geor - gia, Carolina A Northern road here un shaken. I have not heard tho first ex pression of doubt about its being built, i a plan on foot for present improve t which we put mush hope in." have ment which we put mush hope “What is that?” “We propose to have the city charter amended by tho Legislature in the Sum mer, so as to allow the city to pare the streets and crossings, upon the petition and'thet speedily. This road will be tho of one-third of the property-holders upon only competing line in our State, and will that street. The plan is to assess each ild up and boom every point that it build up and boom every point touches. Elbcrton must have it by all means, and lyt me again urge the pro gressive citizens of that town to get to work. They are in danger, and what is -done must be done speedily. T, L. G. A Rehaekaiile Family.—Mr. Thomas H. Wilson, who was buried on Wednes day, belonged to a remarkable family. Three brothers and two sisters, all un married, lived together on the little place near Athens, where they were bom and reared. From the farm they got their living, and managed, besides, to set good example to the world by their quiet, unobtrusive, generous deeds ef charity. All belon.ed to the Presbyterian church, snd were leading members snd zealous workers in tho faith. It is s rare thing to see a family so closely united as this, with no other ties tobind’them together, and no marital relations to disturb their even life. Those who have passed away reached a good old agb, and the survi- ilmly awaiting fer the sum It their kindred across the efit from two or three big licenses son, who supplies his custome'rs from his .Augusta of Greenesboro. Unffln to-dav contracted vers arc mons to join rivor. A Country Merchant's Idea.—The Banner-VVaT’ Iiman was talking with a well known country merchant yesterday about the Jackson county election. The merchant was gratified that the county had gone dry. He said the cross-roads grocery was a great evil; that people who lived in the city had no idea the harm these places did; ' that all the strife, trouble and unpleasantness of the coun try neighborhoods was due to this evil. His idea was thst the city should be al lowed to sell liquor, as there was no great danger from it where it waa under police regulation, but that no country bar rooms should be licensed. He said some men, snd a goodly number, too, were going to drink whisk v, prohibition or no restrict! in. and the county in which they lived might as well derive the ben- Griffin establishment to-day contracted for 8,000 gallons of jugs, to be shipped from an Ohio pottery. He paya ten cents a gallon, snd they are cheaper and much better ware than made only a few miles from Griffin. And by the way, I am surprised thst Mr Bloomfield don’t re surrect his jug factory. It seems to mo there is big money in the business when pushed. I asked Collector Crenshaw to-day how E rohibition was working in Atlanta, sa e was In abetter position to judge than / any man in the city. He replied that - there was not near ap much liqnor drank i?qw as when bar-rooms were in exist-.' Political News. -The opinion in the city in regard to the political elate now being formed by certain parties is that the names will have to bs erased snd others substituted before the campaign is ever. It is a dangerous matter to attempt to best sman before he has take his offi cial seat. The people tre lovers fair play too wall to lend their help to such s movement. Bon. H. R. Carlton regretted thst he was unable to vieit bis friends in Greene tod Elbert this week. He wai detained at home by indisposition, end will pro- •nsa, but that the people of AtUstaeetm-, bebly visit* his friends throughout the fd determined not to be reconciled to the district this summer. side of the street one-third of the cost of such improvement sud let the city pay the remaining third. In this way the work of permanently macadamising the streets and putting down crossings could ga right on. Now say thst Council each year appropriate four or five thousand dollars, of its funds, for aiding in this work, in a few years the streets of Ath ens would presents very different ap- pcaranco. Of course tho rest of our an nual appropriations would go towards patching up other portions until the work of paving could be extended.” "if the charter is so amended by the Legislature next Summer we could com mence the work of macadamising next fall.” So’ desli Hoi A won] witer. Mr; C. C. McGhee, of Atlanta, has re turned to the University after a short ti ip home. John T. Anderson, Esq., of Watkins- Tille, -was in the city yesterday on bu siness. The street force have bean patching nj the drives on Milledge Avenue, vary ef fectually. The windy weather has greatly inter- ferrod with base ball games on tha campus. The interest manifested by the Stu dents in the Literary Societies is a very hopefbl sign, »• Capt, J. E. Bitch waa numerously con- gratulated yesterday, on the prohibition victory in Clarkesboro. Senator Barrow has returned from Clarksville, where he has been attending Habersham superior court, Mayor Asbury Hodgson is one of the most energetic, efficient and wide awake officials Athens ever had. The street force have done some prompt and thorough work on Milledga avenue since the recent rains. Dr. Carlton expects to make a tour of aHthe counties in the Eight Congres sional District this Summer. Milledge’Avenue has been made more ions, which passable in the last day or two,by .hav- ’twNDEpfn^flflfirof the largo holes filled. Hon. H. H. Carlton, who has been con fined to his home with a sever attack of neuralgia, is out again on the street. Workmen.are busily at work prepar ing to-day the foundation of Mr. Andrew Cobh’s new house on Milledge Avenue. Mr. B. C. Collier, of Albany, a student of the University, has gone home to re- cuperate, after a severe attack of measlca. The bears, Gypsies, monkeys, Turks and horses have departed for more gen- crous climes. Thoy are in Danieisville. Mrs. Thos. G. Barrett, has sold the wood on her lots near tho North-Eastern depot, and it ia being rapidity cut down. Mrs. Mabry’s body was taken up to Jefiurson yesterday for burial. Rev. E. D. Sumo conducted the funeral exer- 1’ioneer Trucks.—The now trucks of tho Pioneer Hook & Ladder Company have been considerably lightened by tak ing off the long extension ladder and other unnecessary attachments. The trucks now carry three ladders, the long est thirty-six feet in length, which will enable the top of any building in tho city to bo reached. The present weight of the trucks is not toe heary for the two horses now owned by the company, and it*is thought that the problem confront ing the company has been solved. It is a pity however that tho order in the first instance should have demanded such a heavy machine, and those in charge re- gret that the error was not corrected in time; bat the best men are liable to err in their judgement. The trucks are now in good condition, and while the city lost some money in getting more ex pensive machine than was necessary, there is no reason why it should not get good service out of it with all super- iluous weight removed. Base Ball Grounds.—The feeling in the city is highly fcvorableto some thor ough and permanent improvement of the base ball grounds or the campus. The design now is to have the home base near Prof. Wiilcox’s side fence, have the atumps removed snd the grounds graded, and if possible build a small club bouie with dressing room, etc. people have expressed mveh interest in the matter, and it is thought the im provements will be made. The grounds are to be surveyed to-day and estimates of tho work prepared. Vismxo Carolina.—Mr. Gantt has gone from Greenesboro to take ia Atlanta and Augusta. Thenco he will nuke a trip to South Carolina into Abbeville District, bis old home. From Abbeville bo will ride across country over lino of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Rail road to' Elberton and Athena. Mr. Gantt will atop in Lowndeaville, 8. C n and reach borne in about a week. Mr. A. D. Cheeny, who has completed his course at Goodman’s Business Col lege, Nashville, Tennessee, has returned home. Miss Jennie Smith has over fortjr pu pils in her art class. Miss Smith is one of the most talented young artists in the country. The University base bill league isget- tiug into good playing shape, and only noods a good bait ground to be a com picte success. George Dudley Thomas, Esq., of the firm of Barrow & Thomas, attorneys, turned from a short visit to Elbcrton ■yesterday evening. Ex-Clerk of the superior court of Ful ton county, James D. Collins, Esq., was in the city visiting relatives the early part of this aieek. Mrs. Collins, of Atlanta, nee Miss Mitchell, after a short visit to her sister on Hancock avenue has returned to her home in the Gate City. Mr. L. L. McClesky, general passenger agent of the Air-Line Railroad is getting up an illustrated guide to the different summer resorts on his road. Major Marco Phinixy, wha spent sev eral months this winter with relatives in Athens in now in Gainesville where he will remain during the spring Col. J. W. Greene and Capt Hamilton Wilkina, of the Georgia Railroad with Capt J. A. Breuner of the W. U. T. Co., were in Athens on Wednesday. High officials of tho Georgia Railroad and of the Southern Express Company were in Athens yesterday on business for their respective companies. There is a movement on foot to rent the Fair Grounds, and invite Buffalo Bill and other distinguished showman of his class to spend the Summer here. Mr. Frank Thomas is visiting his lister Mrs. Henry, McAlpin, in Savannah. His A number of friend * f iU fil'd to know that the change of dim ateis benefiting him. Hon. Asa M. Jackson, ordinary of Clarke county, we regret to learn, ia in very feeble health. Judge Jackson has' been more or leas of an invalid for aome time. T - Dr. Lipscomb ia a regular attendant upon the lectures delivered at the Lacy Cobb Institute. The eloquent Doctor deiivere a coarse of lectures daring tho year also. Tha woman who robbed Mr. Tilton’s chioken house of a setting hen and her eggs was sent up for three months. She , will have an opportunity to > aome other talent bob. DEALERS IN LATEST STYLES OF Broad Street, Athens, Ga< ONION SETS AND ENGLISH PEAS, REDUCED ! JOHN CRAWFORD & CO. Wliolesule slid Retail DRUGGISTS, ATHENS, GEORGIA, Azalee Cendrillillon Camelia! The New Colors for Spring to lie found only at MiGHAElJ French Millinery and Trimmings. HlWHiTS REEEITEO DilLT.| Ur6est C. A. SCUDDER, JEWELER AND SILVERSMITH, BROAD STREET. This Space is Reserved for m. urns 4 eg. STOCK FEED -FOR- Horses, Cows and Cattle! BEST MADE—TRY TTI We are heavily loaded on Corn, Floor, Oats, Bran & Hay, -AT- ROCK BOTTOM PRICES. O’FARRELL St HODGSON.