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!ti iibM less w. Ugh Meals, Oconee County, Ga. A WIEXLT MlWSr AFEK. I. «. CIXTBB, Miter end rroprUter. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. •» ..... .......SO eeuto. Ms Months. • • .......SO ** Church, marriage and death notices Inserted free. — ‘Advertising rates on application. Entered at the postoffice at High Shoals, Ga., as second-class matter. ■ CHURCH DIRECTORY. Mbtbodi«t— Rev. J. T. Lowe, Pas¬ tor. Preaching every fourth Sunday and Saturday night before. Sabbath school every Sunday at 9 a. m., T. W. Powell, Superintendent. Baptist— Itsv. T.J. Christian, pastor. Saturday Preaching every »«wona Sabbath Sunday ana night before. school well, •very Sunday at 9 a. m., J. W. Rod Superintendent. Woman's Missionary Society meets Sunday every first Sunday immediately after school. Mrs. J. M. McLeroy, President. tf MORGAN CIRCUIT. Mallobts— Kev. 3. T. Lows, Factor—First Saturday and Sunday school 8 p. m. (9:30 a m. flrat Sunday.) Superintendent, B. P. Little. Pbh.adei.phi a— Seooni Saturday and Sun¬ day sohoo) 9:10 a. m. Superintendent, J, J. ■targes. BshobotH— Third Saturday and Snnday school S p. m. (9:30 a m. third Bunday.) Superintendent, Mrs. Annie Anderson. riioH Shoals— Fourth Saturday p. in. and Bunday school 9 JO a m. Superintendent, T. \V. Powell. u Wanted. A good man to solicit subscriptions for the Mbssenobb. Will pay salary or commission. LOCAL AND PERSONAL. A Brief Paragraphical Summary af th< Doing* of Our Friend* and Neighbor*. M. L. Canada, of Mobile, Ala., is visiting relatives and friends here. T. O. Qonpwey of Athens placed last week a very fine piano in the home of Judge J. W. Lea. Messrs. Bob Miller and Ed Dobbins, two of Oconee’s representatives citi mui, were in town a short while last Thursday, W. H. Nunnally k Co., Monroe, Ga, are headquarters lor millinery and fine dress goods. tf J.W. Cleghorn,W. L. Haggard, Jas. H. Lowe and wife, Ed N. Center and; J. B. Hattaway attended the aasooia tion at Rook Sprlnga last Snnday. The Baptist Sunday school will give a ohnroh missionary Saturday entertainment at the have the affair in night. Those who give charge entertainment promise to ua the nicest of the season. It will be free to every¬ tend. body and everybody is invited to at¬ W. H. Nunnally k Co.,Monroe,Ga., are millinery now displaying the largest line of ever shown in Walton coun ty. tf The many friends of Rev. J. L. Moon, who was pastor of the Morgan circuit at one time, bnt who is now stationed at Eatonton, will be glad to know that he will preach for us at the Methodist churoh next Snnday. Miss Lnra Gibbs, a charming young lady her of Atlanta, who has been visiting sister, Mrs. Jas. H. Lowe, left Friday will for Social Circle, where she visit friends before returning to her home. We appreciate our High Shoals cus¬ tomers. Come and inspect our im¬ mense line of goods in every depart¬ ment. W. H. Nunn alls & Co., Mon roe. tf The dry spell was broken Saturday night by a heavy wind and rain storm. We also had good rains Sunday night and Monday. Colonel S. J. FuIIilove attended the co-operative meeting of the Christian churches at Winder the first part of the week. The friends of J. A. Ginn will be glad to know that he is still improving. Lather Fitzpatrick and Bug Peeler are two of the happiest men in town. A pretty young lady has recently made her appearance at eaoh of their homes. High Shoals is to have a real, sure enough showed circus. The first sines Rob¬ inson here twenty-six years ago. The small boy is jnst about as happy u he can be without karting him, for he will see a real elephant and a cage of monkeys and langh him¬ self sick at the clowns. Let everybody take a day off and come tomorrow and see the circus. Free street parade at 1 o’clock. Rev. H. R, Bernard, of Athens, filled the pulpit at Baptist church Saturday night and Sunday in the absence o Rev. J. T. Christian. Those who are owing us on sub¬ scription will please come forward and settle as soon as convenient. Giles Medlin has returned from Monroe. Mr. Ed Feeler, a respected citizen of onr town, who has been afflicted with paralysis for a number of years, died Sunday evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Louis Baxter. He was interred at the Baptist cemetery ducting Monday afternoon, L.Weatherbee con¬ the funeral ceremonies. The bereaved family have the sympathy of onr people in their loss. The Monroe Mercantile Co. of Mon¬ roe have the nicest and most select line of dress goods that have ever been brought to Monroe, and they have put the prices down to suit six cents cotton. Cur people are cordially invited to make their store headquar¬ ters while in Monroe. “The American Queen” free at their store. tf New home-made syrup 80c per gal¬ lon at P. M. Center’s. tf If your watch or dock is out of fix take it to N. Houser, at Dillard’s drug store, Athens, Go. tf 500,000 brick for sale. tf R. R. Joses, Bostwiok, Ga. The Atlanta Weekly Journal and Messenger one year, 90o. tf LUETGERT CASE CLOSING. Final Argument* Bogun and the End Drawing Near. At Chicago, Monday, the final argu¬ ments commenced in tbe Luetgert trial and the case will be given to the jury by the end of the week. This, at least, is tbe expectation of the attor¬ neys. expeoted Monday The defense to take most of the session of the court in offering rebuttal evidence, but some of its witnesses were not present when their names were called and it was de¬ cided tbat the ease might as well go on. Assistant State’s Attorney Mc Ewen then began the opening address for the state. MBS. NOBLE’S CASE. Mr. Terrell A»k» Supreme Court to Ad¬ vance Hearing. A Washington dispatoh says: At¬ torney General Terrell, of Georgia, submitted a motion before the supreme court Tuesday Elizabeth to advance the case of Mrs. Nobles to as early a date as possible. Tbe court took the motion under consideration. Mr. Terrell thinks the case will be advanood'to some date in December. PINGBEE RETURNS. At On* Tim* It Wa* Thought That th* Governor Wa* Lost. On the Red D line steamer Venezuela, whioh arrived at New York Friday from Venezuelan ports, was Governor H. S. Fingree, Governor of Michigan. of perfect Pingree looked the picture health. He eaid it waa his first vacation in nine years and he had President-elect enjoyed the trip Andrade immensely. and He dined met with him at hie country seat. HENRY GEORGE DENOUNCED. Philadelphia Labor League Failed To En¬ dorse Him For Now Fork Mayoralty. A resolution to endorse the candidacy of Henry George for mayor of Greater New York was almost unanimously de¬ feated at a meeting of the United Labor League At Philadelphia Sunday after¬ noon. During the discussion tbat followed the presentation of the resolntion Hen¬ ry George was severely denonnoed by the speakers as a “fakir” and a friend of capitalists. COUNCIL STOOD FIRM. Original Package Dealer* Make Unanc cental Fight In Greenville, 8. C. Greenville, S. O., original package men mode an uusncoesafnl attempt to get the council to revoke the ordinance taxing their business. The ground of appeal was that the liquor is protected by interstate com¬ merce law and the ordinance taxing them and not taxing dispensaries is discriminative and out of the city’s power to enforce. MORE HOPEFUL AT MOBILE. Light Deport of Five Sow Case* and No Death* Monday. A special from Mobile, Ala., says: The very light report of Monday at noon has again raised the sprits of the people. The record showed Two but of five tbe new cases and no deaths. new cases are in houses where fever has visited before. Board of health report: Total oases to date, 126; deaths, 20; recoveries, 67; under treatment, 39. JUDGE FIELD WANES THE VENERABLE ASSOCIATE JUS¬ TICE ASKS TO BE RETIRED. HAS PASSED THE AGE LIMIT. Formal Application Filed With the Presi¬ dent—HeK«nna Will Be Sneoetsor. A Washington special to the New York Herald says: “Associate Stephen J. Field, of the United States supreme court, has made formal ap¬ plication to President McKinley to be retired from the bench, nnder the law allowing members of that court to be retired when seventy years old. “This statement is made upon the highest authority, and also that At¬ torney General Joseph McKenna, of California, will be nominated to suc¬ ceed him on December 6th, when congress convenes, five days after the retirement of Justice Field takes ef¬ fect,’’ Justice Field, on August 16th last, established the recoii for the longest service on the bench. Until that date the service of Chief Justice John Marshall had been the longest in the history of the court, covering With thirty-four years. August 16th Justice Field’s service exceeds that'tjf 'Marshall. Jus¬ tice Field was appointed in 1863 by President Lincoln, and is now in his eighty-first year, bale and hearty, of strong mentality, but of feeble body. MRS. ATKINSON TESTIFIES. Wife of West Virginia'* Governor Charged With Forgery. The examination in chief of Mrs. Atkinson, wife of the governor of West Virginia, who is charged with forgery, and whose trial has been in progress for some days at Glenville, Va., was placed on the stand in her own behalf Tuesday night. She re¬ counted tho history of her life. She was married to Judge Camden in 1883, and up to the time of his death, he required her constant care and attention. She stated that during all this time she had assisted him in the transaction of his business and es¬ pecially had she been of efficient She ser¬ had vice to him in a clerical way. written letters, papers and receipts for him, and had signed his name to them with her own underneath, but always with his authority and at his dictation. She denied in toto the material allega¬ tions of the statu-...>d-said emphatical¬ ly that she had never signed Judge Camden’s name to any papers after his death. All receipts and papers produced by the prosecution and filed as evidence in this case and which bear the signa¬ ture “G. D. Camden, per Mrs. G. D. Camden,” were written and signed prior to the death of Jndge Camden and with his consent, by his authority and by his directions. She pronouneed the Owens receipts, whioh in this case ■he is oharged with forging, as genu ine and written by her under the di¬ rection The of Judge Camden. in eeseion ooort has been about ten houre each day einoe the opening of the caee. WILL BUILD NEW LINE. Th* South Carolina and Georgia Hallway Will Spread Out. The South Carolina and Georgia railroad will build a line in Southwest Georgia. The road has leased the Au¬ gusta Southern for a term of ninety nine years, and will extend it from the present terminus at Sandersville to Dublin, where it will connect with the Oconee and Western. The South Carolina and Georgia has bonght the Ooonee and Western and they will build on from Hawkinaville, the southern terminus of tbat road, to Cordele, where connection will be made with the Albany and Northern, which road the South Carolina and Georgia has also leased. This brings them to Albany, from which point a line will be constructed to Thomasville, thus giving a through line from August* to Thomasville. Contracts have been let for a por¬ tion of the work, which will be push¬ ed rapidly to completion. SILVER RESERVE RELEGATED. Nothing More Heard of the Bank of Eng¬ land'* Offer. The London Times, in its financial article Snnday morning, expressed the belief tbat so far as tbe Bank of Eng¬ land is concerned, nothing more will be beard of tbe offer to hold silver as a portion of the reserve. Prooeeding, it says it deplores the “mischievous effect the governor’s let¬ ter has had abroad,” and it quotes length from a letter written by a American manufacturer, whose name is not given, dilating upon and ting the fact that the bank’s offer to some extent a confession of the visability of what Mr. Bryan claimed. Cotton! Cotton!! Farners i Oconee aid ffaltoa Counties, Don’t wear out your shoes, lose your time, money and patience by peddling yonr cotton on the streets. Bring or send it to us, and we guarantee you honest weights and best prices. All we ask and all we get out of your ootton is 50 Ceils Ft Bale Clues. We always net street prices and frequently pay yon a profit besides. Try us and we are confident wa will make you a regular customer. Yours Truly, Griffith & Welch, Clayton Street, ATHENS, GA. 1 Wholesale Grocers, Athens, - - Ga. 221S. Broad Street. ■J Athens, Ga. Note. Sloes aM Eats. Largest Store in North Georgia. Merchants will do well to get our prices before buying. MICHAEL BROS., ATHENS, GEORGIA. (3m) PERCY MIDDLEBROOKS. Altai and Cmellt at Lav, w ATKINSVILLE, GA. Will practice in any and all courts of this and adjacent counties. Office in Court House. tf lev Livery Stable If you want to FEED, HITCH, TRADE or SWAP, Stop at Bearden’s Stable First-Class Livery Teams Horses and Mules Always on Hand For Sale. G. A. BEARDEN, Prop. NEWTON BUILDING, MADISON, GEORGIA. 3m A White Throat Racer. George Stewart, while working on the farm of J. Kennedy Tod, the New York banker, at Sound Beach, Conn., came upon a reptile known as a white throat racer, which was colled behind a rock. He procured a gun and fired at the Bnake, slightly wounding it. The snake, a monster, sprang at him and hit him on the shoulder, but was knocked to one side. Mr. Stewart seized a rail, and for more than an hour there was a run¬ ning fight between him and the snake. When it was finally killed the reptile wsb found to measure eight inches around and nearly ten feet in length. The snake is the largest ever seen there.—Trenton (N. J.) American. SHX RESCINDED TBE ORDER. Miss Oldham—I want a birthday cake sent up to the bouse to-morrow with sixteen candles in it. sixty Baker (slightly deaf)—Did you say oandles ? DR. JACKSON’S ■t A Guaranteed Remedy for All Dls. eases Arising from Disordered Stom¬ ach and Bowels. Cures Siok Headache by removing’ the cause. A never failing remedy for Teething Children. Relieves that “tired feeling” by put¬ dition. ting the digestive organs in good con¬ Relieves that burning sensation is the stomach by neutralizing the pois¬ onous gasses caused by improper di¬ gestion. Relieves that heavy feeling in the stomach by getting the digestive or¬ gans in good condition end causing A healthy day. action of the bowels every Prevents fever by removing the of¬ fending eanse. Fever is caused by * collection of filth on the stomach, end can be prevented by removing the filth, and keeping the digestive organs in good oondition. Will cure or prevent almost any ail¬ ment to which the human family is subjected by putting the digestive or¬ gans in good condition, thereby build ing up the general system and restor ing druggist it to its proper it. $1.00 state. Ask yonr for per bottle. * Sold and Guaranteed by the GUARANTEE REMEDY COMPANY Athens, Gft. BO YEARS’ tYOffDIRMflff a a Patents ■ TRAOS MARKS* OORVRIOMTS OMIONS* *o. 80IEMTIFI0 AMERICAN, _ SSKS A. i ROBERTSON’S Marble and Granite Works, ATHENS, - - GEORGIA I have always on hand and for sale a large stock of fine Monuments and Tomb Stones and Cradle Tombs of the very best Marble at very low prices. You should always go and see tho old Reliable Tomb Stone Dealer when you want to purchase a Monument or Tomb Stone. Don’t be humbugged by tramps and deadbeats. Remember Robertson pays the freight to the nearest depot. A. R. Robertson, ATHENS, GEORGIA. Liter anil Steles For Sale. I have for sale some of the best South Georgia pine lumber ever brought to this section, entirely free from knots and wind-shakes, and planed on both sides, consisting of weatherboarding, ceiling and flooring at $1.10 per hundred; casing at $1.30 per hundred. I have on hand a big lot of shingles that I bought before the advance, whioh I will sell while they last at $1.60 per thousand for No. 2, and $2.o0 for No. 1. Now is the time to buy. J. D. ZUBEB, tf Bishop, Ga.