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JtoMMted Dally, Mhtekly and by TDK ATHRN8 POBUSHIXO _ OO. TX. GANTT, Edltor-ta-Chtei. C. I). FLAN1UK*, Buslnea* Mammn. Tn« Atmkk* Daily UA»IB U iirtiwrt by carttera In the ruy, or mailed, portage Dm>, to »ny »<Kirf»» u the foUowlwt rate*; $«. * per year, (*>i|or sU month .*Lfc ft* three month* * the weekly o< hunday Bax» r.u* .0 per year. HWhu lure mouth* Invariably Cash la ad- **Tnuiateiit advert aemenU will be Inanrted at the rate of tier p r actuate for toe Brat luaer lou, aid to ecu a lor each nutxutpjent ina rUon, ex* eepteon raet advert aemenU, on waicii apecbd nios eaa lie obtain Ml. Local vucee will be eharged at the rate of lit eenta per Una each insertion, except » hen euu- traeted tor ealeuded period*, wl> u special cates wlJ be made. RemlUaneea may be made by express, note, mcmey otdrror reghiterwl letter. All btulnert eouununicaUou. should I dressed to the Buslueas Manager. be ad- NO RACE WAR IN THE SOUTH. Wo have not the slightest fear of there over being a general rnec war in tbe South, and neither doe« any one clue who lives among and under stands tbe negro. That there will bo occasional outbreaks and blood shed we do not doubt; but they wiil not bo more frcqucnt,and not near so disastrous and bloody, as tbe labor riots in tho North. Tbe negro is not aggressive, and easily controlled and cowed. Tbe whites of tbe South are fully able to cope with and keep him in subjection. As a race, tbe negro is kind and peaceful, and if let alone would live forever in harmony with bis former master. But there are mean and turbulent men in both races, whose business it is to stir up strife, and to these are due all tLe trouble that has occurred in the South since the war. If a few bad and lawless negroes can be driven out of each county—and there are white men, too, in tho same boat— such a thing as race difficulties would be unknown. Investigate every dis turbance between tbe whiles and blacks, and you are sure to find at tbe bottom one or more bad and law less men. As an illustration of tbe way in which the two races can agree when left alone, w'e have ODly to refer to the situation in and around Athens. It has been years since the slightest disturbance has taken place, and tbe kindest and best feeling prevails. The people of this section do not take any slock in Ibc movement to sond away tbe negro. We are en tirely satisfied with him as a laborer, and he certainly suits the South much better than foreigners, who do not understand our customs. Tbe negro is the best and most obedient peasantry any country ever had. He is as lull of faults as an egg is of meat; but the Southern whites thor oughly know bis disposition and can make allowance for his weak nesses. He is tbe cheapest labor to be bad, easily governed, and best adapted to our climate. It don’t matter bow thick tbe blacks are in a Section, tbe white man will rule. It is bis God-given power, and he will ever exercise it. It is much better to have more negroes than you need than not quite enough. Make labor scarce, and there will be such a scramble among farmers over bands as to bring tbe negro into power and importance—and there lays the dan ger. If you give one an inch be will try to take an ell. Here is his prin cipal fault, and against this tbe whites must guard. I The negro is too tbrifttlesa ever to acquire that power which money gives. They are as dependent upon their employers as an infant on its mother. In this they do not advance one step. In fact, their extravagance increases rather than diminishes, each year. They are a contented, careless race, and let each day take care of itself. They are doomed to be the serfs of the country so long as time lasts. The Southern farmer can never learn to get along with white labor. He has always been accustomed to ruling his dependents, and would live in constant strife with any other race than the African. To move off the negro and substitute in his stead foreign labor, would be for our land» owners to relinquish their posses sions to a more thrifty, saving and indnstrions people, and in lime be come tenants or laborers on the fields they once owned. Tbe negro is the best labor we can possibly have; and let our people get to work and try and train him into as good a citizen as possible. Bear with his weaknesses the best wo can, and while keeping him in check, at the same time win his confidence by insticc and kind* THE BEST COUNTRY ON THE GLOBE, i section of Georgia is without , the finest country in the world r people are fast developing it. fere yon can raise with profit any cercai known to our continent. It is the natural cotton belt, and under careful tillage this is acknowledged be the best paying money crop the highest state of fertility, the blight of slavery—that denuded our lands of timber snd swept the soil from the fields—is fast disappearing under tbe hand of time and careful tillage. The country is to-day many times better then it wss in 1S66, snd each year sees s marked improve merit. In the next two decades the South will be tbe garden spot of onr continent. The march of progress ami improvement is perceptible on every hand. Waste places are re claimed—fields terraced and washes filled—land once too thin to sprout peas now produces the most abun dant crops of cotton or grain—infe rior breeds of stock have given place to ths finest strains—and, in fact, look where you will signs of progress arc visible. Within the past year three branch railways have been built around Athens—the Smitb- onia, the JLexington and the White Plains roads. These short arteries of commerce show conclusively the development and prosperity of our seutiou. The day is not far distant when yon will sec these short line railroads penetrating every neigh borhood. Our people are foolish to seek any other country than their own, with a hope of bettering their condition. Nowhere else can they find so many advantages as they enjoy in Middle and Northeast Georgia. Here an in dustrious farmer can make all that he can gather, and what moro can man desire ? We have no sudden changes from extreme cold;or heat—our cli mate is mild and balmy and free from the blizzards of the northwest or the sultry sun-rays of the tropics. With us epidemics of death-dealing diseaso arc unknown, and while en joying the independence of rural life our farmers are in close communica tion with the trnfic, refinement and conveniences of this advanced age, A man in this section of Georgia can select his occupation, and a broad field is open before him. We have water power to turn the machinery of the world, mineral wealth of every kind, and new territory to open up and develop. Our people do not appreciate the blessings a kind Providence has be stowed upon them. We should he the happiest and most prosperous people on the globe. Nature has been most lavish in tlitS bestowal of gifts upon us, and,it is oqrotrn fault if we do not take advantage of them. The Alliance store at Lodi ha sold out. Savannah will soon have 300 electric street lamps. The Hamilton cotton mills Hsyc been soU tor 130,000. The mayor of Columbus hss declared war on Sunday saloons. T. F. Fuller bas been nominated for postmaster at Waycross. Ed Johnson was foond guilty of mur- •leimg kr< Meadow, of Ferry. The best bid for Okefeenokee swamp is said to be li}4 cents per acre. I>r. C. J. Emerson, an ex-represen tative of of Whitfield county, is dead. The Texas pony is rapidly supplant ing the mule as a plow horse in Ueor- *'*• Mr. Will Grady, of Oregon, brother to Henry W. Grady, is visiting At lanta. Some one broke into the negro Alli ance store at Eatonton and robbed tbe safe of $435. The Central system lias decided to bottle up Port Royal, and it is a great blow to Augusta, A negro named Roberts ,in Sylvania, is in jail for setting lire to the barn of a worthy colored woman. An attempt was made at llapevillc to wreck a Central train by locking tbe wheels of tl>e locomotive. Horace Cooper, an eight Year old boy ofjlalap. osa.was fatallyjinjured by hav ing a tree fall ou him which be had cut down with a hatchet. Mrs. Victoria R. Henderson, the fe male moonshiner, of Habersham coun ty, told a pitiful story, and her sen tence was suspended. Mr. D- M. Stringer, who was shot by IV. E. Smith in Gainesville, some three weeks ago, is dying from the effects of blood poisoning caused by the bullet wound. W. A. Stone, the escaped covict from Dawson county, who was arrested by l»is nephew and turned over to the pen itentiary authorities, will be pardoned by Gov. Gordon. Reliable information has reached At lanta that. Colonel It. D. Locke has just been appointed postmaster at Alacou, Ga. This is but another victory for Colonel A. E. Buck over his opponents. Tiie house of Mr. Charles Wells, of Atlanta, was sold by the sheriff to pay what he owed as one of the bondsmen of ex-Tax Collector Wilson. This was everything Mr. Weils had in the world. A young Englishman in Nebraska writes to the Sheriff of Georgia to look up the negro who offers $15,000 to tbe white man who marries his daughter, as he is ready to close the t.ade. pS-PHEtJ BEUQDHS EXTRACTS KATUSAL FRUIT MS _ States Government Endorsed by the heads of the Great Universities F . 00d j Ana]ySls ’ M the stTO «K est ’ Pure* and most Healthful. Dr. Price’s Cream Powder does not con Lam Ammonia, Dime or Alum. Dr. Price’s Delicious Flavoring Ex* tacts, Yaxulla, ILelnoa, Oraujre, Almond, Rose, etc., do uotcontain Poisonous Oils or Chemical*. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. a Hew York* Chic a 50. St. Louis* ONE-PRICE Clothiers, Tailors. Hatters, Furnishers. All goods marked in PLAIN FIGURES. Prompt attention given to mail orders. Measure blank furnished upon application. Eiseman Bros., --.17 and 19 Whitehall Set. Atlanta. Ga DECORATORS AND DEALERS IX I Haselton & Dozier’s Music House. Wall Paper, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Brushes, i TtT A "ATl a -*-rrN PIANOS and ORGANS. The Best Instruments at Lowest Prices. See a pnrtial list of our customers for reference on any of them i j i^visros. No. 17 "North Jackson Street, Next Door to Baxnf.k Office. M. MYERS & CO. have received their Holiday Goods, and invite you to call and see A Washington letter in the Atlanta Constitution says: “Now that the Buckites. have buried Judge Speer in the Macon matter, they are for heaping more stones upon his grave by turning him down on tno Athens postoillcc ap pointment. Speer is said, by them, to want toiput Mrs. Ham Dcariug in. They will, perhaps, first rush Mat Davis to the front, and failing on him put in A. E. Beussce, who has for eight years hold a clerkship in the treasury depart ment here. Fresh Fish and oysters received daily at Booth Bros. tf The Prettiest Of Goods suitable for sale in Athens. Line put on ]VT. the HOLIDAYS over Respectfully, MYERS & CO Miss Lucy Bishop, Athens. Capt. J J. C. McMahan, “ Billups Phinizy, “ Col. E. T. Brown, “ W. B. Jackson, “ Mrs. Raphael, “ M. B. MeGinty, “ W. D. Griffeth, “ Mrs. E. A. Crawford, “ Cant. W. W. Thomas, “ Miss Ellon Moll, “ J. T. Tolbert, Daniclsvillo. P. F. Crawford, J.avonia. W. if. Morton, Crawford. W. H. Cheney, Bairdstown. ORGkAJSTS. L. M. Cain, Athens. Williams Lodge O. F. “ II. T. Huggins, “ 1st Baptist Church “ 2nd Baptist Church, " Mrs. E. A. Phelps, “ Winterville ^Baptist Church W. H. Wright, Banksrillo. Mrs. Dr. Thurmond, Jewel ville. W. W. Brightwell, Mnxcys. Methodist Church, Winterville. O. A. Waddell, Milledgeville. J. P. Wilson, Greenesbnro. Miss Maggie Thurmond, Lynchburg, Va W. 17. Adams, Monroe, Ga. THE MOST COMPLETE -LINE OF For fresh fish Booth Bros. and oysters call on tf POPULATION FLOWING CITYWARD. One of the instructive tacts of the tenth census, says the Baltimore American, was the increasing growth of the cities that it disclosed. The population was flocking to the-cen- tres of trade—to the towns and mu nicipalities. This tendency has been growing, and the next census will show it in an enlarged degree. Bal timore’s growth, for example, will be greater, relatively, than the State of Maryland, or greater than the aver age of the country at large. This will be the case with most cities* The progress of cities is clearly shown in the fact that in New York and Brooklyn now there are nearly two and a half millions of people. Tbe increase iu ten years has been equal to the number of their entire population forty years ago. Onion Sets, White and Red. L. D. Sledge & Co. A/THElSrS, IS ’AT. . Athens Cotton Exchange. Athens, Ga. January 8.—Tone of the Market, Firm. Good Middling 9 7-8 to 10 Strict Middling 9 9-16 lo 9 5-8 Middling 9 9-10 lo 9 1-4 Strict Low Middling 9 9-10 Low Middling 9 8-8 to 9 7-10 Strict good ordinary 9 1-8 Tinges 9 1-2 Stains 9 1-8 to 9 3-8 Tone: Futures. January-February.... Ftbruary-March Marcli-April Aprll-May May-Juno June-July July-August August-Bcptember . September-October.... October-November.... Xoveinber-December.. December January. ... Openinz Tone: Dull. Closing Tone Firm at the Advance. THE RICHMOND TIMES. Among the exchanges that come to The Banner office, none is more highly valued than the Times, of Richmond. It is an out-spoken sheet, whose editorial utterances be token an able staff. The Times has bought out the old Whig, which pa per was so widely known throughout the South, snd has made many im provements in the management. Mr. Edward Ingle, the managing editor, ia well known to newspaper fame, and the successful management of the Times but confirms the reputa tion he has already fairly won for being among the ablest editors in the Sonth. for want of a woman’s love. A Young Man Squanders $60,000 In Three Years and Goes to the Poorhouse. Cincinnati, Jan. 6.—Three years ago Mrs. James Hensel died, leaving her son William $60,000 emassed in the ci gar business. The boy began a riotous ... — is delightful, ply to S*.' ■ M: - -ife. Jilted by a respectable girl, to whose hand he aspired, he plunged in to every possible vice and his monet new on wings. Months ago his last dol lar was gone. For weeks he has lived like a rat in the lowest river dives, and last night, half frozen, stupidly drunk and filthy beyond description, he was found in an empty molasses hogshead. Yester day. in police court, stupid, stolid and without a sign of feeling, bloated and repulsive, he went to the workhouso for three months. * call atBootli Bros 1 for • A 1 ® ■' ' — - Cheap Boj ' etret. 'Gj&aBMm DoYo THE ONE PRICE SHOE STORE., Liverpool Market. Firm Demaud Good. S 42 5 42 5 43 6 45 5 44 5 43 5 45 a *t6 5 48 5 51 5 52 Middling uplands, G t-8; Middling Orleans: Sales 12,000. Tone New York Market. Tone: F rm . Futures. January.... February : March April I •••• May.: i July August.... .. September October November December Middling 10 5-16 10 24 io as 10 :>7 ;0 44 10 51 10 58 10 03 10 09 10 22 10 27 10 3G 10 43 111 50' 10 56 10 13 la or Opening Tone Firm. Closing Tone Steady. Receipts of All U. S. Ports. Total Port Receipt* SepL 1 to Jan.a »-...|4,S36,719|3,8322«>5 Stock at all U.S.Ports.1- Lao,401. This W 1RS8 2\9U8 27,400 30,670 20,310 19.028 19.355 nigs -OF- Satisfaction guaranteed with every pair. Northeastern * Coal * Yards 0RR & HUNTER, Proprietors. ‘Red Ash Anthracite” The Best ever Sold in this Market. “Grlen IVEary” “CoarCreek” “Splint” Coal. Blacksmith Goal and Goke Give us your order now and get the benef of summer rates. DAVIS t GAREBOLD HAVE MOVED THEIR BOOKSTORE TO 111 Broad St., Formerly Long’s Drugstore WHERE YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND ON HAND ATTHE LOWEST PRICES. A FULL LINE OF Books, Stationery Musical Merchandise, And Base-Ball Goods. 11 BROAD ST. ATHENS,GA OF NEW YORK, LARGEST, SAFEST OLDEST MOST reliable: $126,082,153 7940,063 103.214,261 482,125,184 14,727,550 7,275.301 1,645,622 54,496,251 IS O RESTRICTIONS. If yon pay your Premium, the Company Will pay your Claim. ’AITSTT & WILLOOX Agts. 213, EAST CLAYTON STREET Assets Surplus, New Insurance, Insurance in Force, Paid Policy Holders in 1888, Increase in Assets, Iricreafee*in SuVplus, Increase in Insurance written. OK C. L. SORRKL. W. U. HAINES SORREL & HAINES. Have just opened up a CARRIAGE AND WAGON SHOP. Corner Jackson and Washington stieets. They are prepared to do all kinds of ULACkSMlTKING. 1IOKSE- SlIOEihG, eti, wi!' also buiid wagons esrriages and other vehicles to order. All kinds of re pairing dene promptly and at reasonable prices. Mr. Haines bas bad twenty years experience in the business, eight of which were spent at tbe old Hodgson shops. Give us a trial, aud we will give you satisfaction. REPAIRING AND HORSE-SHOEING A SPECIALTY 89clly Respectfully, SORREL A HAINES Augusta, Ga. 1RXS 4,144,858 1,021,lbs BUISTS NEW CROP OF GARDEN_SEEDS- We have just opened up tho largest stock of garden seeds ever brought to this city, consisting in part of 60,000 papers Buist’s Prize medal stock. SO busnels beans and peas, GO bushels choice onion sets. Our prices are the lowest at whole sale and retail. Special prices to market gardeners. John Crawford & Co., Athens, Ga. get one of Buist’s Garden ir 1890. THE PROLIFIC Tty HENRY •This Is a New and Masterly Medical Treatise, and lndh men and OLD MAN who ia Buffering from Weakness, Languor, Loss - • j 0 t Bplrits, Liver Complaint, Diwuacs of_tho Kidneys, and all diseases dependent upon isable to every YOUNC, MIDDLE- ws of Memory, Bash/ulnese, ts. Liver Complaint, Diseases of tho Kidneys, and all diseases c Folly, Vice, Ignorance, Nervous Debility, Vital Exhaustion, and THE ERRORS DROUTH and MANHOOD. -Rmrnd to leather, full gilt. Pries, only one dollar, hy mall, sealed In plain wrapper, postpaid confidential: Addtras XtosBT Du Most,M. b.,No.881.Colombo.iA. ; _uue.orftO.Boi npy, Boston, Mass. Prefatory Lectt This is the only ELECTRO-MEDIi and perfect. Itis Invaluable to all an Lecture with numerous testimonials 1 O PHYSIOLOGY ever publlsnt icted, as it reaches tbe very roots a _ sources, free to all. and is absolutely complete vitals of EXPERT HOMETBEATMENITVDn SIT1V Medico InHnnary.No.S81 Columbus Av.,Boston,Mass. “I HEARD A VOICES IT SAID. *»C0ME Special high quality Bottled Beer for family use. Prompt attention to orders. B jTMELL ' ' HjfiTfittOI MELL & LINTON, Insurance Agents, Represent the BEST COMPANIES and Insure Desirable Property in Athens and vicinity on most favorable terms, list of Companies. Home of New York Phrenix of Hartford — Liverpool and London and Clobe w — * sk—a# Vrtw*U A », >ov4 on ... ,I,IXR) ,1RRI $8,901,65 8,0612*4 tn U. S. 6JH3J1 Insurance Company of North America North British and Mercantile Germania of New York Hartford of Connecticut Georgia Homo Atlanta Home — Savannah Fire and Marine ....■ New York Life Insurance Company.... ..£2,000.000 .. 1,000,000 ... 1,200,000 . 200,000 . 200,000 ..(Mutual in U. 8. 3,472,61 2,808,71 *2$ 284,83 232,66 03,48048 OFFICE febiTdtf AT BANK OF THE UNIVERSITY. Witherspoon Ac Hamilton, (■Hi Wholesale and Retail Dealers in White L^ui, Oil, Varnishes, Turpentine, Brnsb- a c dors and Painters supplies. Don’t foret the piacc, 122 CLAYTON K.RhED ATHENS. GEORGIA We'wiffido your Painting promptly aud give .ath-iaotioa Witherspoon Si Hamilton. MfflM i : 'i'.'