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Cos!. T. L. Gantt's let era on
Havana, in the Banner, art
full of interest.
The 9th wist., <*ne man was
hung in Mississippi and fair in
Pennsylvania.
A the as auvauy has three
railroads, and the fourth one is
good on the way there.
Editor Gantt of the Banner,
s raising money to build an
Industrial Home for Athens, in
which the afflicted of the city
may he cared for, and he never
advocated a worthier cause.
The Athens Banner says that
Flon. James M. Smith lias made
nil of his preparations to build
a road from Smithsonia to tap
the Georgia, Carolina and Nor
them as soon as possible.
It seems that some white
men in Athens have been en
dorsing Mat Davis for the Ath
ens' postolilce. i here is not a
true while mania Athens nor
elsewhere, who is willing to
trust a negro with that office.
The Banner of the 10th, inst.,
says:
‘“My Dear Matt’ seems to
have struck a snag in his con
tinuation as postmaster. If
those leading white men who
have signed this negro’s en
dorsement will now withdraw
their support, we have yet
hopes of rescuing our city from
such a dire degradation.’ ”
It. seems to us that Mr. H.
11. Phinizy of Athens, is resort
ing to an unworthy method to
get elected to the legislature.
He is in favor of bringing liq
our back into Athens, and that
is the issue upon which he will
make the race. And with three
or four other candidates in the
field he is sure to be elected.
Steps should be taken at once
to fix upon a man that can beat
him, and every other candidate
should resign. If whiskey is
brought back to Athens the
elections that follow on prohi
bition will cost the people thou
sands of dollars, besides twice
that much in anxiety. Mean
while ibis horrible evil will be
getting in its work of death on
every side.
We have just learned, upon
undoubted authority, that
George Pittman, colored, the
republican boss in this county,
went to Atlanta to day for the
purpose of indorsing certain
white men in this county for
the position of census enumera
tors. We also learn that a cer
tain buck nigger of this town,
will be an applicant for the po
sition of enumerator of Ha-ris
burgh district in this county,
and that George Pittman will
indorse his application, there
by matting it more than prob
able that a big, black buck nig
ger will be forced upon tin
good people of Harrisburg dis
iriet ;>■ c sus enumerator. —
[Harmony Grove Cor. to At
ianta Constitution.
The following explains itself:
Dear Mrs. Butler:—Friday,
May 2, is the day set apart for
prayer and fasting in behalf o;
the vital interests of th® Wo
m in's Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
S cth. Asa society, we have
never been more needy. Our
missionaries in foreign fields
are breaking down from over
work. Our only medical mis
sionary has been compelled to
return homo. Ee-enforcements
in all our mission licit* ' are sad
ly needed. Few applications
i for foreign work have reached
lour Board this year. Lotus,
ItVeti, spend tlie 2nd. of May in
| prayer accompanied by fasting,
j A prayermeeting in each Aux
iliary will deepen the spirit ol
'consecration, and if faithlullv
observed, will insure a pente
costal baptism at the approach
i.ig annual meeting to be held
in St. Louis, Mo., commencing
May 14. Mrs. Julian Hayes,
Pres. W. B. M., M. E. Church,
South.
Columbus, 0., April 9.—A
special to the Dispatch from
Crestline, 0., says: ‘-Miss
Campbell, the only daughter
of Steward O. 11. Campbell of
the Continental Hotel, left
home last week, and was sup
posed to have gone to Berea to
visit friends. The day after
her departure one of the hotel
waiters, a colored man, was al
so missing, and it is known
that they both went to Cleve
land and were married.
“Miss Campbell was a leader
of society in Crestline. She
possessed an excellent disposi
tion and was a particular favor
ite. Her parents are well nigh
crazed with grit f. Of the ne
gro little is known, as lie had
been in the employ of the hotel
people only eight or nine
months. It is stated that Mr.
Campbell has received a letter
from his daughter, stating that
they were married and would
reside in Cleveland.
The Political Pot.
Now that the political pot in
Banks, and elsewhere is begin
ning to simmer, some gentle
suggestions will not be amiss.
And first, nothing is more out
of place than prejudice and
passion in politics, and yet
nothing is more common. The
most disgraceful methods are
often adopted in elections of
minor importance, and for this
reason good men hav© been
frightened out of office and
away from the polls.
The best way to purify the
ballot-box is not to leave it en
tirely in the hands of the im
pure. Immorality and ignor
ance will wax worse and worse,
when left to itself. The Scrip
ture says: ‘-When the wicked
rule the vilest men are exalt
ed.” And again, “When the
wicked rule, the people moan.”
A man should not love his par
ty more than purity. Party or
no party, it is our duty to God
—to ourselves, and to posteri
ty, to put the purest, best qual
ified and most intelligent men
we’ve got into the various of
fices of the country.
A true patriot will not vote
for a man, simply because he
is a relative, or poor or rich—
neither, just for the sake of get
ting even with someone else
on the score of an old grudge.
Politics of the Simon pure sort
is as pure as religion, and must
be guarded with the utmost
care. If our vote is rrorth any
thing, we must vote as we pray,
and pray as we vote. The best
and most intelligent'citizens
must regulate these matters,
but after all many mistake
will occurr.
We should either hold Prim
ary Elections or Nominating
Conventions, and that at an
early day, and select a man
hat we will be willing to have
is our representative. What
we do in this matter should be
done quickly.
Wa>htuai<i I.eiter.
F o n tho JoU' d<U’ 0 irMpunt’en'
Washington, April 7. —One
of the most honored customs in
Washington is that of egg roll
ingon Easter Monday, an anm
versary strictly observed bv the
juveniles. For two hours this
morning a regiment of mothers
and a battalion of Irish, Ger
man and colored nurses, wear
ing tho inevitable French caps,
mushalledan army of pretty
infantry toward the While
House grounds. The adjacent
streets were thronged. On the
field of battle tho struggle
was fierce and prolonged, and
when the camp followers were
left alone with the spoils, thou
sands of eggs strewed tho
sward.
The children who come to
the egg breaking constitute an
essentially democratic mob.
No children are too dainty,
none too humble, and none too
young, to enjoy the sport. Be
tween “Baby” McKee, who is
of course entitled to the first
place among society infants
duriug the present administra
tion, down to the half clad col
ored youngsters from unknown
alleys, is a social distance as
difficult of adequate compre
hension as the distance from
the most remote planet to the
earth, and yet for a few hours
they are parts of the same pic
ture. In fact, the ebon youth
has the better of most of the
wealthier children, for he is
learned in the art of breaking
eggs, *nd generally winds up
with his stomach and pockets
alike full. I saw one colored
boy being attended by a friend
ly policeman, who stated that
the lad claimed to have eaten
forty eggs and choked on the
forty-first.
A history of White House
children would make an inter
esting volume, there have been
so many generations of them
in that building. The most in
terestingone I recall was little
Thad Lincoln who had a full of
ficer’s outfit and used to nuke
war all by himself in the nois
iest possible way and whose
death, in this same house was
a sore sorrow to his lion-heart
ed father. The Ha yes children
were a peculiarly prim crew.
There was only a short season
of spring playing for the Gar
field youngsters before their
sorrow came, bringing the long
est season of silence the White
House ever knew. There were
no more children in the, White
House until the present idmin
istration, when the Harrison
family brought enough and to
spare. And the one spot in
Pres. Harrison’s otherwise cold
nature, so aver his enemies, is
his love for the babies of his
household.
Mr. Stone of Missouri, had
the uncomfortable experience
on Friday of feeling the wrath
of both friends and. enemies.
The question before the house
referred to certain private pen
sion bills favomibly reported,
but Mr. Stone spoke on the
pension problem in general.
He said that lie was in favor of
i ailing a halt ‘‘in this extrava
gant waste of public fund,’’ He
thought the government had
one enough, and that every
hing that was now done was
tor more political effect—a use
of the treasury lor campaign
purposes.
His speech was vehemently
denoun od by democrats and
republicans alike—mor eespe
ciully by democratic members
representing constituencies
with a large soldier element*
The feeling against Mr. Stone
was so noticable during his ra
marks that he closed with only
a mild protest against further
legislation.
\\ bother Mr. Stono bo right
or wrong, congress owes it to
deserving claimants to make
provision for ihe speedy adju
dication of pension cases. The
bureau, as it exists, whether for
want of clerks, or want ef man
agement, is wofully in arrears
with work. A letter written in
a case is answered perhaps in
a year, perhaps never. Testi
mony is considered some times
only after a year’s delay. In
cases that have once been re
jected, a rehearing on pertin
ent evidence is almost unob
tainable. The appeal board in
the interior department is 29
months behind with its work.
The claimants are not all de
serving, but the greater num
ber are certainly old and poor,
and it would b© a mercy to de
cide their claims as early as
possible one way or the other.
Tha man who doubts that ad
vertising pays, should see
Chaunoey M. DePew. He had
only a few hours here on his
way North this week, from two
weeks of Southern traveling,
but in those few hours ho was
interviewed fourteen times
and talked about everything,
the twelve pounds he had gain
ed on the trip, the delightful
climate of North Carolina, the
race problem, Easter, and first
and last—DePew. He never
comes here without occupying
a large section in the newspa
pers. A man who has always
somebody to ta'k to, when he
wishes to talk, and somebody
to talk to him, w'hen he wishes
to listen, must have an enjoy
able time. Perhaps DePew
gets too much of both.
touiinunivuted.
Silver Shoals Items:—We
have an interesting Sunday
school now. Rer. ,T. G. Bry
ant is superintendent.
Clate Mize and Miss Alleav
ey Massey were married Sun
day at Bro. Bryant’s. Mr. Mize
fooled the boys. They thought
last week that he was going in
to the furniture business, as he
had bought two bedsteads, but
they know now that it was an
other enterprise that claimed
his attention.
Mr. P. F. M. Furr seemed to
enjoy himself as he sat on the
water-stand and cracked jokes
with the girls.
Ace Griffin is the cleverest
in this settlement. He gave
away fur dogs last week.
We notice there lias been
several more new subscrioers
added to the Journal. May it
grow and prosper.
If the “Constant Reader” of
the Journal would change his
signature, he would be more
generally known by (he com
mon name of Pap. Dobbixer.
Great Britain is worying
about the rapidly-increasing
number of its lunatics. It ap
pears that those supported by
the government alone have
rrown to seventy-five thousand
It is attributed to tli# hurry of
modern life.
There is <o m thing abou a
t if ■ gg that 1 urt wcrse than
stc e.
Its Hard To Beat
The Beautiful Goods
000" I Am Now Offering in Satins, Wool, Challies Henri
etta, Cloth, Src., &e.
The Stock is So tag.
Such an Armful. The Man in the Cut Thought Otherwise,
But Gave up his Opinion when hri
Wife Gently Labored withHim.
As Far as our Goods are Concerned he Won’t take any
Seat Soon—Even a Seat in Congress Wouldn’t Tempt him.
Do you need
A GENTLE REMINDER THAT I. A. MADDEN’S
Is the place to get fashionable Goods. Don’t Fail to Come in
and see them when you visit Maysville, Ga.
*
I. A. Madden, MAYSVILLE, GA.
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