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EDITORIAL COMMEXT. !*•- • ■ws* •.■< ■n-nt it— ;xri't>y.vawrt- nr nrr ■ - u ,| U 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. 0 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. *P'H e>"h 5 Q T)?\l O' SH” nTC a MaMaLJa M mazr da May-, 8W W ij¥ W At Crawford’s Oid Stand, Clayton Street, Athens, Georgia. WhoSesale and ESettaiS Dealer ia vi *\. . . ro.f) • o, \\ \ Q.by ViE iVw’W*w'w'vScA v, o AJv 0 Fine Toi'-t Soap?i. T> ashes and Corahs. Fancy Articles in great variety. sS3TThysicians Prescriptions Carefully Dispensed. t t a ra sp BfSf' 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 &®m4 ?-t.| ■; •■ ■ ■■ ■' ■., 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 f A 1 p £ t a i\ H M DA i I’l , jU a , I I J t\s 'V ft'-> ‘1 t * dfeft sSP v&r fife3 <> THE LEADING STOVE -■.•- • .c-'-1 ■ ■•*-• •• ■■.■. i*. ■ - Benlerot - , ■’ 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 0... ■ -.A.-. -. ■ Roofing, Glittering, Tin and Sheet i Metal We : Tinware Cheapest Aad . all Oa Or WKtt’H'K - V F Joilp V; t: Fnqr] Qf ATHENS jljii U \j.i i..• A JLJIJLjAi KJp