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The colored lair of last week,
was ihn latest in Alliens. If sin
gle negro went from this county,
the public am not aware of it.
There is not the least doubt that
Banks county sent down the big
gest delegation to he Athens fair,
of any other county in ihis'sccii m.
A New England man advertises
‘‘for 50 cents he will send you a re
ceipt fur killing: insects.” The re
ceipt is a card bearing tho fillow
ing: ‘‘Get your insects to smoke
cigarettes.”
Athens warns more school room.
A proposition is an hoot to convert
the court house into a school build
mg and erect anew one. The cily
will give Clarke SIO,OOO for thc
prsperty.
It seems to be settled that a
joint company ot stockholders are
going to buy out iiiw two Athens'
dailies—lhe Banner and Chronicle,
and consolidate the papers under
the name of the Athens’ Publish
ing Company.
Jefferson Davis is very sick al
his home in Mississippi. Last ac
counts said lie was n >t able to raise
up in bei or even raise his hands
aarm’s lenght.
Thus the South's president is in
the etnbra of nearing death.
Only a lew days since Harris jn
made his republican friends in Jef
lersonville, Ind., so nud that they
burned up all the campaign docu
ments and the president in elfigy.
All because he gave their post office
lo admail they didn't warU —a civil
service man. so to speak.
Ex-Solicitor Dd. f. Urown of this
circuit, has been elected “father'’
of Athens. He is now mayor. A
good selection. Mr. i>r<>wn will be
conservative in the cities public
expend.lures—yet, will see that
her streets, sidewalks, public buil-
etc., are properly kept in re
pairs.
Some ol the N©i tham newspa
pers hate ex-Preside at J. Davis so
much t‘>ey could not, forbear say
ing mean things against him the
other day when it was rumored
that he was about, to die. The Chi
c-jge> Tribune, for instance, headed
as follows its dispatch giving the
rumor; ‘■•is Jeff Davis at the last
ditch? Report® 1 Critical illness
of the Arch Rebel.”
The liliesl- proposed excitement
arid sight-seeing pleasure for Alli
ens, we notice in the Banner of the
Mlsl. It was a notice from Atlan
ta. bearing a challenge for a prize
• 'gilt with either Martin Dempsey
o Cal. McCarthy, and signed Ned
dy Klinn. This is anew score on
the classic city,and. will be surpris
ing information to the surrounding
populace, to know that the quiet
and eiiie Athens—a city of aristo
cratic sire;—carriages and gray
nurses—contains within her walls,
or ever has—>ugiiisti; prize-fight
ers. But ihen.
Boycotting the Drummer.*.
The A. • ■■.■ men in so am of -he
coun t of S
colli’ , th*. ■■■.!■ . sa;.j a t rav
cling mnn ias! night. ‘-They claim
that the drum mors are burden lu
the me tv hunt s. it is urged now
that the farmers’ only nwians ot
avoiding this uncumbnuee is to
patronize their own slot os.
'1 he traveling nun i \ talking ov
erthe matter was not illiberal a*
ill. lie believed that if nnyhmly
should he promoted (1 is the farm
er, but; he questioned the wisdom
of a boycott. Al a convention t f
nolable businessmen held in some
of the northern cities a short time
ago, the duties of drummers were
clearly defined, and it is not. plain
how the commerce of the country
would continue if they were dis
posed. They are (level.>pers; they
act. as collectors; they are clerks dur
ing die dull seasons; thi y are ency
clopedias of the standing linns;
they are intelligencers and a thou
sand other things tint serve to
make them necessary. They are
a source of great convenience to the
country merchants.
The drummer did not believe
that the boycott wiT amount to
much. lie told, however, of a case
of boycott upon a barber in one of
ilia small towns up the Central,
which proved effectual in making
tho barber “turn up his Iteeis.”
The farmers endeavored to have
the barber reduce his price to take
of their hair. He refused—telling
them that their custom did not war
r;.nt it; that he depended upon lo
cal patromge; that thw'r work
would not support him. Incensed
at this presumption, as they term
ed it, they imported a barber, and
alter filling him up they told the
merchants that if they patronized
tiie other barber they would with
draw their trade. The consequence
was tho alliance barber done a big
credit business and went under and
has left Uio town.
VSt'rtfeiiiasgiitffA k -el i*.
[From the Journal's Gerrei-ponder, t. I
Washington, Nov. IS.—There
are, all told, about' seventy dive
members of the house in town and
of these, for some ur/accountable
reason, the majoiitv are democrats
The republicans are showing up
slowly, and it is probable that this
tendency will b®. evident up to the
Saturday before congress convenes.
Between candidates for speaker,
doorkeeper and clerk, the republi
can congressman who is in town,
has a hard time ofit.
At present there are only two
candidates for the speakership,
Messrs. Cannon and Henderson.
Mr. McKinley has gone to Mew
York for a week. Mr. Burrows is in
C@nnec.icut. It is no! known
when Mr. Reed will be here. He
is represented in his absence by
Henry Cabot. Lodge Mr. McKin
ley's candidacy is in the strong
hands of Representatives (Rosven
or and Thompson, and they are do
ing everything possible to persu
ade every new comer trial the de
feat in Ohio should do! effect Mr.
McKinley’s speakership hopes.
The first fight will be based upon
his record on western questionr.
Iho Congressional Record has
been raked with a fine comb to!
find his weak point. It is stated I
that lio opposed river am] harbor
appropriations when important
western interests were at stake.
Another argument that will ho us
•'I hint in llmt t'O tuvuif Urn
• fill i oi* iif Mid. i cojiige, nn juyti
iii tn i u rKiiii hi* '■ nviitc ii'.'ing tc
iio/ither *ir m m|Vir prO'irflirg Ktutrg
then, ibcio is iiih wool iitieo'ioo.
N•• w h. >;kuid 111 l!Ml G 'M! 1> I .<•— M
i! til s I'lo. e fiii n I-—have dechmd
t. i trim wool an is LnsititfU imi'Cte-vt\
■o them The u eoibt-ii* troru noui
glowing rt'Ces can itoi siacrl such ao
t. rgn in Mot.
Looked on from ary pivn'.itle figiu
n* h very piHiy one. * i Mr. Ihcd ie
H'llect oil. tlie battle wii 1 r*.;*t only the
wiiler among tiie Weotern camiiiiates.
It .vouki tnko a very old man to re
n* inlfr a better fight for the Bouse
dictstorhliiij.
Alter a long lease tt gowituii ’i.t
oliice, folio ve t by a year of lomodel
ing and plaa'eiing and tarnishing, the
eld Seiv aid mansion on Lafayoue
blare, next to Senator Don Uimeruuk
house, is strain occupied. Again tin
tenant is a Keeieury of btatc. The
hoti>e is vety old fashioned and no ex
teiior altera'ions have been made, ex
crpt the lengthening tf some of the
windows. T‘lie aspect is scal'd and
dull. ]no windows iook out on gram!
ol J elms and thrubbeiy. L is more
over rather a. digmfi-d looking l.ou*e,
an oi e loving psiue, pattd in historic
events, in its da)s as a club house,
H. S. Key was wont to ligtia.
trout us wind )*vm to the wife of Qun.
Sickles. And thtongh its doom, hDu
iy laughing to himself, cams Key <q
keep aa engagement with a famous
society woman, and Sickles, wai ing
for him b tiie big elm, shot him to
death and Lis blood dyed redder still
(he oid brick sidewalk that is tftw-o
now. So, I jug afterward, Payne, the
conic 'orate ot Booth, came to ki.,l Se
ward and in tiie very room now occu
pied by Secretary Blame, made the at
lack on iuiu, which came so mar an
assassination. In L*ter years, Qitteaa
-kuikiU to ills shadow of these tires
and watciiOl the White House an i
untied his. do-itc to murder Gaifieid
Moiltcom i,, Aw., Niv 17 —The
tiewas hi jat be- 1 received nero cf a
trr ible tragedy afMiactibu.tr, Monroe
county, .la a per-ot.a! difficulty le
tween Theodore \V. Marshall and
\i IJi C. Stevens, the 1 atsor war shot
oid lii-itamly killed ly the former.
Slew d.“ vvaa a y cuug turn about . igb
teeu years of ape, and w a a- on of e&-
fax Collector >J. 1 . Sti vei e. Ma;-
suali, vvl-.o di i tiis shooting, wi s his
ui.o'c. The femili** of both aie quite
promiLeut and lufluHoua,! in tbo coun
ty.
Mrs. iu nei - ■•liouie S udies
in Ra'u:e,' s say, or bluebirds: When
a pair ; bluchiids lioceri iu rearing
three bioods ia j\ srantD, iu the au
tumn, there broods-unite and stay wii.h
lie parc-nig making at lock of about f,ar
leptq ull ttie auruiu 11 through t;iv-v Ju-©j>
■‘ gvibc.r Cediim irout 6t.e -£tno bushes
—j.ok, rnipehipsis, and other >!,<
beirii'S —ana upon utrsty insects. The
first cold day of D neat her sea l th nr
to the codar ew-unp wuere gr..at nuui
hurt*
hooks or • obid us k-'in thnu cou-pany ;
But each mild day bruits tr.e himb rja i
troiu ibeir retri-m h;nk :o their Uinor
gotten homo at.d Them not hin)’uio ©
fasci’intii.g iu bird lifo'tbau to see ta
roliok oi the yo; t> - bude a o cf t : ©
s;ra\e denueai.cir of tl\ |.airnu; the
voutig visu the various house Hi whiou
t icy vtkTO reaio 1, FometuuMD two or
t .ice ewenug at. U:e titilts a'i t';
vvkiJe keep i tin tliet. low avve-t twit
u’.ng, is if uaver; ir g.
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W tild not (1 e'en such hti excitfitoenf among (he ladieuas the night and
M.vl)lJ IS S’S great Display of Bargains is Cieatitig* It is Causing • f ,-! "''
Un-n am -eg I>uv* mi, and not n tew* rows among angry and jealou compi’ t,
ni L*t ’em tost, the whole lieu tribe. Madden is not under the bed, but
he is selling tu
Under Bed-Rock Prices.
lienee th rapture of Buyers and roar of competitors Do von want a hit o
Take omy store. Can yon read ih.-sn mines an.t keep away?
Athens’ best Gotten Checks only 5 ?s. per nml. 7 1-Bih Gritting (heavy) >
/(•ni w per vaid. 4 1 4'-h shpoting ( heavy) Gets uingiianiM (a, great bargain )
712 cents per vaid. Calico from 5 r.ts. up. The-o prices speak for them
selves. Don't let tie sun go down without bringing your fivs senses to \nr
-tore and potting me to the test.
DON’T GO TO BED WITH THIS ON YOUR MIND
and dream of Coming to morrow—tomorrow the bargain bud* rney be all
H iwn a way, and leave yon the empty nost. Come, come today; Inins your
neighbor. D > somebody a good torn and par him on the track of an opportu
nity as rave as snow vi July. Come straight to
I. A. Madden, mav S vu.le, ga.
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MaMaLJa M mazr da May-, 8W W ij¥
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At Crawford’s Oid Stand, Clayton Street, Athens, Georgia.
WhoSesale and ESettaiS Dealer ia
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Fine Toi'-t Soap?i. T> ashes and Corahs. Fancy Articles in great variety.
sS3TThysicians Prescriptions Carefully Dispensed.
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A fh U ATVK m A [*s A •
Crj&Al K3VsJa *fflWdLW filadbW
112 (tiavton Street, Next Door to Pos* office, A luns, Georgia.
Haselton & Dozier, Proprietos.
gjry> 0-V Xl
vf'.fi'•s A 'G i- 'Wv Cy. /Tp\
iii , ;C OvvAAVo3.u-d.Wvo>,
--“•/yi..V* __ ..■new-|iN Ac
y v.ACNTi’fO'; ,'^y VCA.sm! all Jsir.de of musical ic.slin
'■p.'rtj meti’t on hi.ml and tor sale at greatly ev
dv.erd prices tor cash, or on the instaiA
■SS: \ nn Lit. Special rates to churches
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■; •■ ■ ■■ ■' ■., tyh -y; ] .r-honls. Picture frames on hand or made
; f : N;A y.'V i .••rder a* shoit no; co. A lull and ccic*
- d?y-y/'-. , ■ vVrJN. ; ‘ i. ie Mock of Ar<:•••’ Mafetial tc-r draw
’ v - ;y ' ' . I r 0 pi-d Mir-.-c in oil am! vvioer col te.
N. v D. P. Haselton, Thos. H. Dozier.
1870 —Four Oar Lk.mß Cooking Stoves and Ranges Have beau order— ISSi#*
ed to Cos in nw nee the season witti bv
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THE LEADING STOVE
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M juices can not be beat) v 7.:a •v, A
Increased Facilities, I am prepared ti a \
! suit all pureha-erd. boa ta/ scoex ot
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Roofing, Glittering, Tin and Sheet
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Metal We : Tinware Cheapest
Aad . all Oa Or WKtt’H'K -
V F Joilp V; t: Fnqr] Qf ATHENS
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