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THE ATHENS BANNER: SUNDAY MORNING MARCH 9. 1890.
GEORGIA’S CAPITAL. |
WHAT IS TRANSPIRING IN AT
LANTA FROM DAY TO DAY.
l'HB OK4UV MONUSIKNT—TALKS ABOUT
TIIK SUIT OOVRRNOH—TOM Ollt-
SOIC COtVTKMl-LATKS
MATKIMO.ir.
Atlanta, Gr., March 8.—[Special]—
Everybody in Athens,like everybody in
Atlanta, is, l;suppeae, interested in the
selection of Alexander Doyle as the
sculptor of the memorial of Henry Gra
dy. Tlic oommittce was very consider
ably split up when it came to e docisiou
of the important matter of selec ting the
man to hare charge of the work. Fif
teen designs in *11 were submitted to
tlie committe. They came from all
parts of the country, and sculptors of
erery degree of reputation; but when
the designs were compared, that of Ur.
Doyle met with the approval of a ma
jority of the committe. Several mem
bers favored leaving the matter open
for further competition, but after the
final decision was made I think all felt
throughly satisfied.
There will be modifications in Ur.
Dot!-’* plan. The figure for Instance,
will not heat all likenis design—there
it ahowa Mr. Grady leaning npon a chair;
tha figure is not his, neither is the atti
tude. ft serves f» show, however, the
proportions between figure und pedestal,
and that 1s all that ItTs meant to show.
Then there will be other changes, but
the general Idea of Mr. Doyle's plan
is adopted. . . „
Doyle will be remembered in Geor
gia as the sculptor of the Ren Hill sta
tue, andof the Jasper Monument. He
is probably tha most prominent or the
younger men of his profession, having
to his record many of the most notable
works of art in this country.
The question.iwhere shall the monu
ment be lecated ? hasn’t been officially
acted upon, but it la understood tha
the junction of Marietta and Rroad
streets baa practically been chosen. Here
it tha very heart of tha city to which
and for which be gave bis life's best
endeavor, will stand the monument
to the memory of Georgia’s greatest
son.
. “Wo want him right hero with us,”
said the people when it was proposed
that the Capitol grounds be selected.
“Ha belonged to us—we loved him
moat.”
And it is response to this demand—
whieh is general—that this most cen
tral place selected.
The air Is full of talk about the gov
ernorship.
The Constitution’s ballot printed last
Sunday stated it, then came Fresident
Livingston to throw the bomb into the
political camp.
The great strength shown by Col.
Northern has undoubtedly given that
gentleman a boom In the popular esti
mation, and Just now he is being most
talked about. The vote which Col.Blount
received—all of it presumably unsolici
ted—has caused the friends of that gen
tleman to take active hold, and I am re
llably informed that a quiet canvass of
the situation is being made by them.
Joe Dlount came up from Macon a
few days ago and haa been talking with
aome of his father’s friends, but he
•weirs there is no polities In it.
“It your father In tho race ?” he was
asked last night.
“That lsjust what I am trying to
find out” was all he would say.
Col. Livingston Isn’t a bit disconcerted
about the smallness of bis vote, as Indi
ted by the returns. He let the the oth
er fellows have their day, but all that
time ha wae sawing a goodly one
out of political wood. Then came his
turn—and how be did stir them up 1
The Colonel is decidedly aon-coinmu-
nlcative about hit chances, but he has
on his staff several men who are not.
One of these talked pretty freely to me
Thursday.
“Just ieok out for Livingston,” he
began. “Did you read his Interview;
Well, of course you know what that
means, and we’re going to put these
fellows In Congress on the rack, and if
they don't come our way, we’ll bring
out our Alliance candidates. Liv
ingston Is shapenlng things so thst
he will be at the head of any and ev
ery ticket, and he can do it at this time.
He’s a slick one, and no mistake.”
Young Mr. Thirkleld, the dean of the
negro theological school, le doubtless
“sorry he spoke” in Illinois.
His brother ministers took occasion to
Jump an him fer some of bis utterances
and they did it In the most approved
fashion.
This young man, it seems, hat been
saying outaide of Georgia some
things which he acknowledges he
could not say in It, and it’s all in the
same old republican hireling vein.
He talks of “outrages” in the South,
but in tbs same breath acknowleges
that the negroes are better treated here
than they would be in the North.
Tills young min It a son-in-law of
Gilbert Haven.
By the way, do you hoar Hoke Smith
la ked off
’Tit current gossip thst hit friends
am sounding the public pulse with s
view to having him auoced General Gor
den.
“Young Joe" Brown tells me thst
bit father's health It considerably bet
ter, and that he will probably go to
Washington early in April. 11a was a
ticker man than people believed, but
his wonderful vitality bat pulled bun
through once more.
Somebody walked up ta the Kimball
House counter yesterday and stated
that Tom Gibson, of the Anyut a News,
bad determined upon matrimony.
“DetenuHied upon it,” said Ed,
Calloway. “That's good enough. I’ve
‘determined’ time and agalu. But
here 1 am!”
And he bought himself a drink.
Jon Oul.
PERSONAL AMD SOCIAL
Misses Cloude and Maude Fullilove
will visit their home in Oconee to-day.
Mr. Julias Cohen bss returned from
the Northern mnrkets.
Mite Norma Marks was much improv
ed yesterday.
Mite Norma Cotter, of Hampton,
Ga., is visiting her sister Mrs. Jas. II.
Heave*.
A REVIEW OP THIS GREAT’ ORGANIZA
TION.
ITS MISSION AND ITS WORKS-
The Only Salvation for the Struggling Far
mers—They Will Coiitr*l rolltlca In Georgia
and the Booth—The 1’on It ion of The Athens
liAJtNKB—A Word to Certain Critics,Etc. Ktc.
When tlie Farmed* 1 Alliance was lira'
organized it was a general prediction
that the movement would soon go V/j
.pieces, and !>e wrecked on the breakers
of politics. Hut as months passed away
and the order, instead of weakening,
gained both in strength and Influence,
its enemies saw their mistake, and one
by oae struck their flags to tho now
power. ^
Never for an instant have we doubt
ed the purpose or future of tho Alli
ance. We knew the character of the
men wiio were enlisting under its ban
ner, and the gieat causo ther had at
stake. It waa a life and death struggle
with our farmers—fov not only their
present weal and welfare, but for the
future of their children and grand-
children. They were to decide whether
the farmers of our conntry should be
come serfs ou lands they once owned,
or take their independent and honored
position in the government and pros
perity of the country that is a birthright
given them by tho Almighty God Him
self.
Every trade, avocation and profession
had banded together for mutual protec
tion. The'farmers alone werp disor
ganize 1, and to fall an easy nrnl ready
prey to every man with whom they
came in contact. Ah a natural conse
quence, while every ether class was
prospering beyond all reason, the til
ler of the soil saw himself slowly hut
surely being ground between the mill
stones of capital into poverty, and knew
that the day was not far distant when
he intuit be turned out of house and
home.
Take the history of any town within
range of your memory, and you will see
one or more men in each who started
in life with no more capital thun the
average farmer. Hut what a change a
few years have wrought! In spite of
the fact that the farmer lias labored
hard and lived frugally, while his mer
cantile neighbor enjoyed all the pleas
ures and luxuries of life, yet while the
one is overhurthened with debt, the
•ther counts his acres by the thousand.
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Now this is an unjust and unnatural
condition of atTuirs, and shows that
there is something radically wrong in
the apportionment of profits. While
the merchant Is justly entitled to a le
gitimate profit on the goods he sells the
farmer, at the same time the latter
should have a fair return for his
labor. It nroves aa unequal division of
the good tilings of our land, and it was
only a question of time when the worm
would turii. For centuries the peas
antry of France submitted to exactions
from the rich, until their families fed
on grass and nettles, while the land
owner took fieni them the last crust of
bread. But a day of retribution at last
came, and tho heartless despots were
swept from the face of the laud, never
again to be reinstated.
We do not propose to compare
the situation Of our Southern
planters of today with the Iatfdlord-rid-
den peasantry of France before the
Reign of Terror; but we do assert that
had our farmers continued in their old
bea’en paths, that they would have
brought their descendants to this help
less state. Give a ir.an wealth mid
power,and there are few but who will be
come oppressors. It Is human nature
to assert power when it la within your
grasp.
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We do not blame the merchants and
other classes for lining their advantages
to swell their gains, and neither should
they censure the Fanners* Alliance
for using its power to protect its
members. Hut from this duv on the
battle between the honest tiller of the
soil and the inen who handle hi* crops
and sell him goods will be a more enual
•ue. The farmer will tight cotubiiia-
tion with combination, aud demand a
voice in nettling prices.
The Alliance movements, like all
great reforms, will work hardship on
some men. 'Phis is already aceu in the
unu«uaUy large number of mercantile
fail urea the past few months, despite
the fact that abundant crops were
made and tlie country was never so
prosperous. But an explanation of this
is easy : There have always l>eeti more
stores than necessary, but owing to tlie
Urge pr»tUf on goods they managed
not only to exist, but made money.
The Alliance has returned the prices of
goods to a living profit, and there is
going to be a general thinniug out in
tliis line of business. The uaya for
Urge and rapidly-accumulated fortunes
arc gone, and from now on a uieichant
will have to work as hard for the al
mighty dollar as the farmer who digs it
from the ground.
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The men who imagines thst this Alli
ance movement will soon be numbered
among the things that were, had as well
dismiss such a hallucination. The
Farmers* Alliance ia to-day a stronger
fixture than either of the great political
parties that have existed for nearly
half a century; and »• far from dissolv
ing, it will gather fresh strength year
by year. This year it will control pol
ities in Georgia and other Southern
State. The farmers have long been con
trolled by politics, and intend now to
take a rolling hand themselves. They
are the most conservative people in th*
world, and it is an insult for a paper to
prophecy that they will wreck their or
ganization for Its members to exercise
their right and power to vote for men
in full sympathy with their interests.
We are not an admirer of Col. Liv
ingston but the efforts of certain lead
ing papers to pull him dowu even be
fore he is announced as a candidate for
Governor, and blacken him in the
eyes of the men who have selected him
as head of tfeir order in our great
State, will build up for him a sup
port ami sympathy that he
outilil not otherwise secure. Snob
a policy will accomplish the very
eml they hope to defeat. It matters
not what may fc. your persontl feelings
toward Lol. Llvinston, ho is u>-day a
private ,‘ittzeu and the head of an hon
orable organization of farmers. Inat-
teniDtlr g to debase or hold him up to
ridicul* ; is to aim a thrust at the
AI Han .’e, and it is into the bosom of
ofthi' noble organization of farmers
that every venomous shaft enters.
Yor cannot Injure or pull down
tlie h#*ad of the Farmers Alliance
“"i. taunt the organization being affected.
We are prompted*to write thia article
that otfr reader* may know just how
Tiik Baxnkii stauda on the Alliance
movement. We have received several
letters and messages asking if our pa-
l»** r propose* to fight the merchants for
tho Alliance, and threatening a loss of
patronage if we do not change our
course. We deny that wo ire antago
nizing any merchant, or have alligned
ourselves against thoir intarest. We
receive ten dollars from the towns to
one from the farmer, and of course it
is to our pf caaiary interest to sustain
the former.
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But iu our defense of the Alliance,
we are prompted by an earnest and
hoaest desire to give all in our power to
* i-ruggllag people, and feel that in
their success alone rests tha future
prosperity of our country. L«*t
every patriotic mas--bo he
merchant, manufacturer or
professional—work hand la hand with
the Alliance, and lift them out of the
mire of bankruptcy into which they
were fast entering. To destroy the in
dependence of the farmer is to kill the
goose that lays the golden egg.
We want the good will sad support
of every merchant; buf if a man expects
us to gain it by antagonizing a move
ment that we honestly believe is a just
and honorable effort for relief by a
struggling people, we will try and ex
ist without such patronage. Tiik
Banner was never known to ride a
fence on anv great issue, and in this
fight is frse'y enlisted under the Al
liance colors.
OUR HOTELS.
ATHENS WILL HAVE TWO SPA
CIOUS BUILDINGS.
And They Will Be Managed Riegantly
—A Han to Remodel the Commer
cial— More Than $20,000 In the
Scheme.
Athens’ hotel, are on a rousing boom.
Ne sooner had tho report of the pro
posed enlargement of the Clsyton
House been published than comes the
news that the Commercial will be re
built and enlarged to a capacity double
that it new hat.
Mr. Moss, the sole owner of the prop
erty, ha* decided to remodel the bni fil
ing and extend It oyer an entire block,
thus Increasing the number of rooms to
doublo that it now contains, and will
also fit up the hotel generally, so ’.hat It
will be fully In keeping with the pride
and progress of Athens.
TllirLAKS LAID.
Mr. Moss was approached yesterday
by a BAirxaa reporter anil asked abou
his plans for building the Commerclel
hotel anew.
“My plant are simply to double the
sire of the hotel and increase ita gen
eral advantages proportionately.
Athene needs a better hotel and I ant
g oing to have it built. The present
uiluing will not be recognized in the
plot fur tho new one 1 shall erect,
“It ia my purpose to tear away the
store which J. II. Hull occupies, and
extend the Commercial hotel building
to that site, thus making the hotel to
cover the entire space between Broad
and Clayton streets. This extension
will give me ample apace for more than
fifty new rooms, and will furnish a
spacious dining room in the rear. 1
will spare no reasonable expense in the
work and think I can with careful plan
ning, expend 120,000 er 130,000satisfac
torily towards giving Athens a thor
ough and complete hotel.”
“Ilow much will the extension ef
the building cost aa yon have mapped
it out;” asked the reporter.
“About $20,000. Maybe more, but
no leas than this amount."
TIIK rUTURX IIANAOXUEXT.
“Who will manage the hotel In the
future?” asked the reporter.
“I don’t know yet, but I am going to
have it Well kept. Mrs Stanley, the
f iresent proprietress, ia anxioua to lease
t again,but will not stay here herself.
She wants to eub-rent it to another
party, but the work of remodeling the
building will prevent my leasing It, at
the expiration of the present lease.”
“When does the present lease ex
pire?”
“This spring,and just aa toon aa It ia
out, 1 shall begin the the work of re
building, It will take several months
to build the new portion aid not before
next winter will the contract for run
ning the hotel be let.
”1 shall find an experienced botol man
to take charge of the house and hope to
see Athens have aa good hotel accommo
dations as can be found in the South. I
have agreal deal of confidence in the
future growth of Athens, tnd for this
reason believe Hurt the hotel business is
one of the best investments to be made
in the city. 1 am determined to enter
it on a large scale, at all erenta.”
SOCIETY’S REALMS.
HORSES AND MULES.
The B'ggeet Lot ever In Athens.
W. 8. Holman, at his ule attblte on
Thomoa street, haa now on band the
largest lot of mule* and horse* ever
brought to Athena by any stable or
drover. Mr. Holman** agent* in the
Northwest have been kept busy for
the past month getting up mules and
horses for this market aud have been
shipping them in this week until every
lot in his spacious stables are full.
Those wanting good mules or horses
for farm work should give Mr. Holman
a call at once as he is determined to
Mil, aud the first who comes can get
the pick of this Urge stock
WIIAT HAS HAPPENED IN T* 1 K
SOCIAL WOULD LAST WEEK.
An Evening at the Athenseum—Prof.
Lane’s Lecture Postponed- Enter -
tainmonts of the Week.
In spite of the Lenten season,- Atb*. r»*
is gay. The theatre is well attest’,
the number of tea parties on MilleBgc
avenue have not decreased, the enter
tainments are almost as frequent, ami
the city Is overflowing with the lov« li
nes* or fair and welcomed visitor*.
All in all, the season of Lent has had
but little effect upon the social Joys a.
pleasures, seemingly. Not that the
season has not been fully recognize!
aud observed by those who profess to
do sc, but that the large number of via.
itora to the city haa infused such life
and light into our social realms that
gajetieshave been unrestrained.
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At the Athenanim on Friday evening
a most delightful entertainment was iu
store for those invited. The program
consisted of a lecture bv Prof. Charles
Lane, of Atlanta, gnd other charming
features, but owing to the absence of
Prof. Lane, the nleaturc of the lecture
waa withheld. Prof. Lane telegraphed
the chairman of the executive commit
tee that, owing to the snow’ and cold,
he could not come, aud a.»ked that the
lecture be postponed.
The news ef the* marriage of Mis*
Kate Harper to Dr. WiPI/.m W. IIill,of
Washington, will be received In Ath
ena with genuine Interest. 'Both par
ties are well knowr* in Athens, the
bride being one of the fairest and most
popular graduates that ever left the
Lucy Cobb. The happy couple were
united on Wednesday morning, March
5th, by Rev. J. D. A. Brown, of the
Presbyterian church, at the residence
of the bride’s mother, about ten miles
west from Washington. A company of
about fifty intimate friends and near
kinsfolks witnessed the marriage, and
sat down to a delightful dinner. The
bride is a charming, cultured and mod.
est young lady of much persona! beauty.
Dr. Hill is one of the m*»st popular and
prosperous young men iu Washing
ton.
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A dinner party was given last even
ing by Dr. and Mrs; White, compli
mentary to Judge T. R. Gibson, of Au
gusta, and Lieutenant Teifett, of the
the United .States Army. /These gen
tlemen caineup frem the Fountain City
yesterday at noon and ha* j been wel
comed moat cordially bv / heir niauv
Athenian friends. The p 'j ini .Judge is
a favorite toast wherever / e goes and
into whatever company I./ is 'brown.
Lieut. Tcrrett was formerly from Bal
timore and is an intimatir (rieud of Dr.
aud Mrs. White. \
Misses Jessie Frazier, Bird Frazier
Minnie Edwards, and Ellen Mell
left yesterday foi a visit to High
Shoals.
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Pr. H.C. White has returned from a
visit to Atlanta and tho Georgia ex
periment farm at Griflln.
Mr. and Mrs. Atchison, of Gadrice,
Canada, after a pleasant sojourn in the
Cl.msK' City visiting Mr. and Mrs. Alex
Bishop on Milledge Avenue, will io-
turn to their homo in the North this
week.
Mrs. Etnma Cadis, of New York,
who has been visiting relatives in Ath-
then* for a fortnight, will return home
in a ffiw days.
V
Mrs. George Hodgson sud children
are on a vist to relatives in Atlanta.
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Miss Daisy Talinadge entertained a
number of her friend* la*t Tuesday
evening at the residence of her father,
MaJ. J. G. Talmadgc, on West Prince
Avenue. The evening pasned of pleas
antly indeed to all present with music
and game. Among those present were:
Misses Pauline Harris, Bailie Harris,
Blauche Lipscomb, Katie Ruthetford,
Lucy Qriffeth, Maud Talinadge and
Meiers. Boston, Lovel, Wilcoxon, My-
natt, Mell. Talinadge, Callier and
Newell.
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LEMON ELIXIR.
Its Wonder'ul ftfoct on the Liver, Stom
ach, Bowels, Kidneys and III **»il.
Dr. Moz!ey’s Lemon Llixir is a pleasant
lrmon dr.nk that positively currs nil bill-
lousnese, constipation, indhre*ti(>n, all sick
and nervous headaches, kidney disease,
dizziness, loss of appetite, fevers, chills,,
palpitation of the heart, and all oibrr dis
ease* earned by disordered liver, stomach
and kidneys, the first great cause of all fa
tal diseases. 50 cit sod $1 per bottle. Sold
t.y druggists. Prepared only by U. Moz-
ley, Ji. D. Atlanta, Ga.
LEMON HOT DROPS.
For coughs and colde, take Lemon H-»i
Drops.
For sore throat and bronchitia take
Lemon Hoi Drops.
for pneumonia and laryngelie take Lem
on Hot D ops.
For consumption and catarbh take Lem
on Hot Dropa.
For hemnyihsfe and all throat and
lung disriars take Lemon Hot Dn pa
An elegant and reliable preparation.
25 cents, >t druggists Prepared only
oy Dr. H Vozlt-y, Atl.cU, G>.
Oxi.t Fifty.—Fifty prominent white
democrats in Athens didn’t like Mr.
Skiff, so says Eli Perkins. Also, Eli
ssys V. IV. Skiff might have had the
peitofiice if these fifty had not signed a
letter to Mr. Wanamaker that if say col
ored man was appointed Madison Davis
should be the man. And Madison Dari'
ia the man. But what do we cere about
V. W. Skiff, Eli Perkin*. Madison Da
vis, the postofllce, or the fifty that
signed tlie letter, Mr. Perkins says is
now on file at Washington. I.et ms go
to skill the Jeweler anil lie fitted to *
pair of his Diamond Spectacles, and
talk about the city elock, which accord,
lug to present indie.Ttio.is, will not he
born in Allien* In years yet to come.
To tm continued.
BBT
New Goods Well Selected at
Eight Prices Find Ready
Purchasers, y y
We will commence Monday, March 10th and continue'tbrongh the season
to display tin* latent importation of novelties in drees goods of superb designs
aud artistic colorings of all the newest weaves. j
The principal feature for Monday’s trade will be wash fabrics. * •
50 pieces new style Gingham* standard cloth at 7jJ£ets. Other hoieqaio
getting lOcts for them.
One ease Check NVisook 23 yards for $1.00. . * ■, * * *
One case Cable Cord I’ique 20 yards for $1.00.
25 bundles remnants,Check Nansook at 8 and 10 ceat*. w to
20cts. 25 pieces White Plaid Sets, worth 1J 1-2 cents. 25 pieces White gtrlnce.
lOcts.’, woitl* 15 cents. i
We boughl more white g.Kid.s than we have room for. Consequently most
iret them "Hf ”f. war. Three cises »tn- grade Plaid Btripee aau Plain will be
‘.brown on tlie ro,.uter with other goods m 2u per ceut leas thun ever before
offered in Athen-.
26 pieces Kail rend Cord Pique in small checks, large and mediant Stripes
and Plaids,most serviribit? good* in Inc market for children’s dresscee. •.
Our stock of Print* Ginghams, Zephyr Cloths, .Sateens and (’hallles, both
domestic and imported, can’t be equalled in Atlmq|/ nor surpassed in theSteftl*
HANDKERCHIEFS.
Monday will also he Handkerchief Day.
. g a
100 dexen at on. rent each. | HX) dozen white and oolored Xmbrci-
10(1 dozen at fieenfi!. veil north 10c. 1 dered from .15 < u., to $I.S0.
fiOdoren Giriita’ Urge ala. pure linen
BO dozen at 8 and B>
12 1-2 and 15 cents.
lOddizcn ilcm pure linen lOcts,worth
15 cents.
100 dozen white and colored Embroi
dered 25ets, worth 50 cents.
10 cents, worth 20 ceut*..
50 dozen Genin' large size pare linen,
12 cents, worth 25 cents.
50 dozen Gents’ large size pure linen
15 cents, worth 25,cents.
This stock is simply immense; don’t take our word for
it, but come and see for yourself.
HOSIERY.
We hew (lie most complete lino of ( lea if.vt black Hosiery In the market
uTnif , M rK So «■*«*• W* Mil .‘pe .*1*1 attar.
on to our 2.i cent Boy s ribbed fu.l regular. Ihej surpass any 35 oenti good
in the lu.trket. Don t fail to ace (his line. *» , ? 7 u
One case original brand Fruit of loom bleaching 13 jar<U ffr $1.00. *
ijP* iilt—AO
Novelties in Ruohings.
Novelties in Gloves.
Novelties in Embroider es.
Novelties in Rlbbona.
Novelties in Hair Ornaments.
N oveltiee in Flouncioge. , *
In eimple iangnago we won’t be underanfil nor equalled in atvle and
quality. Judgment in buying dixcmiuied bin* a n d biuinou run on email
expellee, Uloaua low price.. I hU leacm h .s b:u ii taught milv a than whiT.h.t
AthenLu, fi.vc learned it well, and day by day o ,“S o2.fti*u«' to’K
I luxe not m> fortmiare nr to have learned the a We lexuu ebould vi.it
Emporium of Fashion. * ‘ *
Davison, Lowe & Shepherd,;
Dictators of Styles and Low Prices.
SURPRISE STORE.
The Surprise store has several locals
ia today's issue that will prove inter
esting to our readers.
Dress goods always have attracted
and ever will attract a woman’s ntren-
tien—watch her in church, when a sew
bonnet or gown makes its debut.
Won’t every lady, young and old, turn
if only with the corner of an eye to in
spect and criticise! Notice tlirem
tho street. Isn’t it just, impossible for
them not to look at the new cloak that
lias just moved gracefully by ? It it
surprising therefore, that’they flock to
as beautiful a show rooms, stock'd
with elegant ta«te, as that of Davison,
Lowe «& Shepherd, on Clayton St. To
begin with, the store itself is de
lightfully attractive. It’s new. clean
and fresh from the painter’* brush;
then, with rare taste m d excel hut
Judgment. The discriminating buyers
for the Hym have purclu.-wd just the ar
ticles that arc needed to meet the wants
of everybody; these lovely goods, the
artist of the homu*, has display e«l to
such advantage that a fairy land pict
ure presents except to the passser-by
and irrefutably draws every lady to a
closer inspection. Its no wouih rtUc
store is crowded from early morn to
dewy eve with eager buyers.
The enterprising firm G making
money and they richly deserve their
harvest. Kaen member of the Ilr i of
Davison, Lowe & Shcphcad is a worker,
with all that tlie name implies aud a
capital fellow beside*.
"minor Tim
Boat riding is a favorite past tiu.o
with the young people every evening.
Horse-hack riding is beginning to ho
fashionable again.
All the secret organizations in the
city are in a flourishing condition.
The amateur minstrels are practicing
nightly.
The Clarke Rifles fair will soon take
place.
It is rumored that steps are being
taken to organize another military com
pany in the city.
Serenade parties arc on the decline.
All the Athens doctors seem to l e
prosperous.
There aro more than a dozen fisher
men in Athens who make their living
catching tUh from the streams around
the city.
A surprising number of people visit
Athens every day. 4
Guitar playing is again becoming
fashionable ia the city.
The real estate agents arc doing a
good business.
There is a conspicuous absence of
dudes in the city.
fiuburban real estate is in demand.
The public schools are crowded.
THEIR DANDER UP.
THE HUTCHEBS’ WRATH GROWS
HOTTER STILL,
Seata for the flr»t performance of Ad
eline Froet will be on eaic at ’he ueml
S lice on Friday next. Mix, Fret and
er Rplendfii company are playing to
lar^p buainee* in ell the popular citiea.
SeTeral member* of tbe company are
old Southern favorite* and will be aure
of a warn reception in Athena.
And the Strike le 8UII Ok - The/ Will
Ou Out of Buainoae -Tho Cltj Co a a*
ei.’e Coo neai.
Thu war ia atill rising.
Tlie council and the butcher! are
more at out* than ever, and tbe beef
famine xrow, more appalling ever/
Tue meeting of tbe city father* yea-
terd.iy afternotn aeeiua to have don.
but little to encourage t^e oppress*!
m.at men, and they, bare "gvt their
dander aroused” sure, enough now.
They went befot! tbe council/eater-
da, represented by W, B. Burnett,
taq., n-kinff for their right* under tbe
-i-uut h of the city, «txl appealing for
protection from the beef peddler*.
Thi .-ouncH proceeding* aUe'whare
will .liow liow obstinate the .(.there
were P these petitions.- The laws gov-
ernl-x our market, .re held .acred and
iuv10IV.de by our city father.. Why
tlioae law. have been' standing fer
•v. eiitr year, or more, and whs would
dare question their Wiadom. or dispute
their justice? ;
The action ot the council in brief le
this: she market law. are good
enough forna, but the market commit
tee can decide whelhei special hour,
only be granted tbe peddlcre or whether
they be allowed to sell before * batch-
er’aeliop. One of'thie committee waa
heard to aay that thia last plea would
be granted, viz., that no peddlnr shall
place Ilia beef before a butcher’s shop
for sale. The special hour restriction
will not be placed -oyer the peddlcre,
uio.-it probably. And here the nutter
ends with the council.
But not with the butchers,
no KOfen ii*Kr.
“I shall never stick h knife late
another Athena beef,” said 6oe irate
butcher iu bearing of e Bannan repre
sentative aftpr the council Beetle* ad
journed.
"Same- here,” salh another i* be
drew near. “1 have madr money in
the business and 1 bava some. of it lsft.
1 shall take it and aeud man* to Au
gusta. Ciikrleston and other places, but
I’ll Just be degged if Athena will get
another pound (rum my shop,”
"Do you meen to toy that yon kill
continue your strike*'* . " -
“Yea, indeed: U’e no strike nuw.
a is a genbrnl dhkngiiil iwfnslnim
We are nil going to abut are efe-pa so
far m Alpena is concerned. I am go
ing lo buy cattle and send beat to Au
gusta for a living henceforth.”.
—I • »1
Fresh canned goods at nil kind! hf
Galloway, Lambert * Ch’A