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MANY WHO WAKT THEM.
What tha Council Haa PuUMMd
About tha Bonda-Athans Ha
Always Paid Har Da Ota—Tha
•treats WIN Ba Paved.
The bonds ara now on sa>.
Which meant that they will aoon find
their way into the whirl of commercial
and financial tides-
Clerk GiUeland has issued a circular
giving every particular of information
desired about the bonds and several par*
ties are after them already.
||Mr. John; B. Rees, a prominent
broker in bonds, of Anniston, Alabama,
It one of the flrmt wbo wants the bonds
He bas written to parties fn Athens ask-
•ing about their tale, and is negotiating
for the purchase of the full issue.
All of the brokers will be only too
glad to handle the bonds of Athens.
'i his city bears tbe| reputation atr.o u
the bond dealers of having always paid
its debts. This goes a long ways as to
the certain sale of the city's bonds.
OTHSB IN DUC AMENTS.
There are other i nducement s however,
that will certainly have weight in the
tale of the bonds for the city’s internal
improvement.
Among the pointers given by Clerk
Gilleland’a circular may be found the
following:
There is no sinking fund. The bond-
ed debt of the city from its earliest his
tory has been $161,200, of which $72,700
bas been paid. The city has never fail
ed to pay its principal or interest of its
debt promptly at maturity.
LOCATION AM) BUSINESS OF CITY.
The city of Athens is situated in that
part of the state known as Middle Geor
gia, being si venty miles east of Atlanta
and eighty miles north of Macon. The
territory tributary to Athens is the most
prosperous in the state. The State Uni-
veraity is here located, two large female
colleges, an.) the city has a fine system
of public schools, »nd is considered the
educa,ional centre of ' tie state.
Athens is the terminus of three rail
roads, and another, the G., C. A N.
Kailw 17 Co., is in course of construc
tion. which will be completed during
the >esr, while more are contemplated.
In the city limitB are two cotton facto
ries, two (uuudiits, two planing mills
and machine shops, two cotton pressis,
all of large capital, while there are
many enterprises, manufacturing and
otherwise, of smaller capital. There
arc two cotton tactori»-r, one paper mill
and bobbin tit ill within three or four
miles of the city limits. There are four
banks and twelve or more building and
lean associations. The volume of busi
ness of the city is estimated at ten to
twelve million dollars a year. An elec
tric street car line, five miles In length,
traversing the principal portions of the
town w ill be completed and in operation
by June 1st.
The city has a paid fire department
and aGamewell electric fire alarm sys
tem. A good system of water works,
< wned by a private corporation, fur-
n'sbes an ample supple of water for pub
lic purposes and private consumption.
'I I e sin els are lighted by electricity
. i d ga*. and the Electric Light Compa
ny furnishes private consumers with
either cleiric lights t gas as may tedc-
str-'d.
The assessed value <>f property in the
city subject to taxation according to the
tax oigeet of 1890 is $5 477,23b 00. The
value of personal property returned
for taxes in 1800 is $2,538,303 00. Real
estate is assessed by sworn assessors,
w ho assess the same at true market
vulue
Personal property is returned by the
taxpayer under oath at its true market
value. The increase of taxahle proper
ty in 1890, as shown by digests of 1889
and 1890. is $817 279 00. The inertase
lor the year 1891. is estimated at $525,-
000 00.
The present population of the city is
ten thousand. Natural born American
citizens predominate. Foreign born
population is comparatively small.
Cotton is the principal product and
export. The number of bales received
last season was 90,000 in 1890, estimated
at 100,000 for 1891.
No issue of bonds by the city has eyer
been contested
The payment on first interest coupons
of this issue will be provided for by the
tax levy of the present year.
There is no controversy or litigation
pending or threatened affecting the cor
porate existence or the boundaries of
raid city, or the title of ils present offi
cials to their respective offices, or the
validity of these bonds.
The proceeds of these bonds will not
be used directly or indirectly for any
other purpose than that above stated. *
The maximum rate of taxation au
thorized by the charter is one per oent.
and school tax and the total rate for
any one year has never exceeded one and
15-100 per cent. The rate for 1890, in
cluding the school tax was one per
cent. The rate for 1891 will be one per
" cent. The rate for State and county
taxation will be 70 100 of one per cent.
The corporate name of tbo city is
“The Mayor and Council of the the City
of Athens.”
Sealed bids for the purchase of the
above bonds will be received until May
15th, 1891, at noon. Bids should be ad
dressed to The Clerk of Council, Athens,
Gt., and marked '‘Bid for Bonds.” The
right to reject any or all bids is reserv
ed.
The foregoing statement, I certify to
be. to the best of my knowledge and be
lief, true and correct.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the
Is tho Day Sot for tho First Car to
Run and tho Work to bo Finished
AU Along tbo Uno—Something
About It.
It gon’t he long
Before tiie street car line is finished
And the cars are gliding through the
streets.
That is wbat Superintendent Vues
says and be is sure that nothing can tone
up now to atop the progress of the
work.
May the 17th i* the day be baa fixed
for the completion of the work and that
day will most surely find everything in
running older.
Every day sees tha force increased in
number and the amount of a day’s work
grows larger and large.
Wen the last rail is spiked Athena will
be happy indeed and have cause to be.
There is, perhaps, no lector as impor
tant in building of a town os street rail
roads; wherever they go they bring a
quick and appreciable rise in the value
of property and the wholecity.in which
there is a good system in operatior,feels
good results.
Athens, in the last few years,has out
grown even the wildest dreams of her
most srdsnt supporters, and bas as a
consequence outgrown horse car lines.
The electric line was a necessity that
everybody recognized and one that the
owners of the horse car line decided
should be met. S >, they tore up their
old line and are now putting down a
new one.
IV ben this line is completed it will be
thoroughly equipped in every way and
able to meet the demands of tiie travel
ing public.
WUAT ELECTRIC LINES DO.
Yesterday a gentleman who has just
returned from the uorth and west said:
“1 have taken an extensive trip and
returned better saisfled than ever with
Athens. This electric line is going to
be one of the biggest things in the world
for this place. 1 have noticed every
where 1 went that street rsilroads are
considered by all as the greatest factors
iu the growth of a city. I struck one
little place the other day where 1 was
told properthad appreciated in value
more lhau fi ve hundred per ceut. in six
month* because an electric line had
been built aud properly operated”
The history of Augusta proves what
great benefits this line will be. There,
property which was a drug on the mar
ket before tiie electric line was built by
it, isnow more valuable than its owners
ever thought it would or could he.
So it is with Athens. The electric
line will be the biggest thing in the
city limits and be of untold good to
to every property owner,.
THE WORK TO DATE.
The work is now going oi with a
rush.
That, no one can doubt, who sees the
*large force of bands at work oa every
street where the line runs
They are Many Applicants for the
Position end all Come Well
Reoommended—Whom Will
the Superintendent be.
On Monday next
The school board will elect the next
superintendent of Public schools.
And upon the selection then made a
great deal depends, not for the present
only but for all time.
The position is an important one and
one that will demand every energy of
the man who holds it, its duties cannot
be lightly assumed or lightly thrown
aside. They are onerous and will de
mand the closest attention.
Exactly wbo will be the coming su
perintendent is not, of course, known,
but he will probably be a man who ie
worthy in every way of the trust re
posed in him and one wbo will fulfill a!)
expectations.
TBR HOARD’S MEETING.
Monday evening, at 4 o’clock, the
school board will meet and make its de
cision. The whole city is interested
and anxious to learn what they deci. e
The applicants have ail come well
backed by recommendations of the best
sort, and it will be the mission of the
board to decide which is tbs best. The
gentlemen who have applied are all
well known in the scholastic world and
some of them are well known in Ath
ens and to the board.
Among the latter may -be mentioned
sir. U. G. Bond, now of Colnmbus, who
has done faithful sod efficient work
here in the past. The applications do
not come from any one part of the
country; they are scattered all the way
from New York to Florida.
That gives some idea of bow well
known Athens is, all over the country,
aud wbat an important position is tl •
superintendency of her prtblic schools.
Superintendent E. C. Branson has
made a brilliant reputation for himself
while holding the position and, in do
ing so. has made a reputation for the
schools, which is far reaching.
It is not saying tqp much to say that
there are no schools in the state which
have a better reputation for thorough
ness than those of Classic Athens.
On Milledge avenue there is a big
force at work The line has aeen
pushed until it is, today, far be} ond
the Lucy Cobb Institue and will, in a
day or two, be finished completely on
that street. There is no stop or stay,
and from sunrise until night the picks
strik - the ground and the ties and rails
are pla j d in position.
Tne work is not confined to Milledge
avenue. Out at tiie power bouse every
thing is activity and bustle. The last
stroke will have been done and the big
engines ready to puff away long before
tiie seventeenth of this month.
CP WITH THE WIRES.
The work ol putting up the poles and
stringing the wires is going on iu a
hurry. The poles are now at the court
house, on Priuce aveuue, aud will soon
be down in the business part of town.
As fast as tiie poles are put up a lr.rge
force of men, uuder the supervision of
Mr. Abell, comes along stringing the
wires.
They are now up on the Boulevard
and will come right along.
By May 17th the line will be finished.
By may 17th the cars will be runnin-
ing.
And Athens will lie happy.
ABOUT THE SCHOOLS.
At oresent there are four schools in
Athens, namely the Oconee Street
school, Meigs Street school and Baxter
Street school. These are all crowded
with scholars, almost overcrowded, in
fact, and this fall will probably see one
or two new buildings put up.
7’be erection of the school houses is
almost a certainty, or, if new ones are
not built, the present court bouse will
be made a school house, and the whole
system of public schools considerably
enlarged.
However that may be the post will
be an imnortant one.
And Monday evening will decide' 'ho
the next superintendent will be.
Bancroft’s fresh Strawberries at 28
Clayton street, opposite Webb* Craw
ford’s. Orders promptly filled. tf.
DEATH OF AN OLD MINISTER.
my
city,this the 11th day of Apriljl871.
W. A. Gillkland, Clerk
and Tieas’r of the City of Athena, Ga.
TO COMB TO ATHENS.
Mr. John S. .Humphries, of An
niston, Ala., has signified
bis desire to come to Ath
ena in the very near future to
look into the matter of purchasing the
city’s bonds.
Mr. Humrhries represents one of the
largest firms in Alabama, and bis visit
will mean very much for Athens.
So soon as the bonds arc issued and
sold the contracts will be let for the
paving of the business portion of the
Rov, W. W- Os'.ln, an Agon Methodist
Preacher Pusses Away Suddenly.
Trough Rev. C. A. Conaway, 'l ax
Bannfr has the sad intelligence that
Rev. W. W. Oslin, a superanuated
member ol the North Georgia Confer
ence passed away suddenly at his home
a few days since. He did not learn the
particulars, but is informed that he
seemed in usual health as he went in to
the supper table on the evening of bis
death, and fell hack in bis chair lifeless,
and “at once ceased to labor and to
live.” For several years past he bas
been in declining health and was placed
on the superanuated list at the last con
ferenoe.
Mr. Oslin had been a member of the
North Georgia Conference for many
yean, and had filled many of
the circuits of his conference
most faithfully and acceptably. He
served some years ago, perhaps foi
terms, the Watkinsville circuit. At
that time the circuit embraced three or
four charges above Athens as well as
the cbuicbes in Oconee county. Gen
erally there was revival fire in ail his
»’ n - “h<s,* - *'d his labors — great’-
,1 of the blessed in the building uj • the chur h
'AUree years ago he had cuaige of tue
Factory Mission, and here again his la
bors were faithful, and many were add
ed to the church. And so it may be
said of all the charges he ever served
in his long ministerial career.
Mr. Oslin was a most consecrated
minister, and though be rests from his
labors, his works do follow him. He
was welRknown in Athens and Clarke
comn y, where he had labored much
and where hisdeath will bring sorrow to
many hearts.
Just received at Maddox Photo Gal
lery, a beautiful line of new scenery
city,.and then when this is Te
THAT DOG LAW.
Yesterday mod last night sav
ts given by the
brilliant entertainments given by
music pnpito of Mimes Emma and Ellen
Mell.
Music has always baea appreciated in
Athens and among itamostutisfactory,
thorough and well established teachers
are the Misses MelL
The work of the pupils' as shown last
night was thoroughly enjoyable. Ev
erybody knew it would be a grand and
brilliant success, ar V the Misses Mell
have added additional praises to the
well earned golden opinions that have
always been showered upon them.
There were two programmes; one
lasting from 4 o'clock nntil 6:30 and the
other beginning at 8.aad lasting until
10 o’clock.
The parlors sere toell crowded with
a large and select audience, fully caicu
iated to appreciate, as it richly deserv
ed, the delightful programme that was
a-ranged by the harnesses and their
tiior ugh pupils.
Following is the programme in full,
• very featuie of which was well ren
dered and loudly applauded:
Neapolitan Barcarole, Misses Mandc
villa, McGinty, Frazdr and 'Voss.
Piano trio—Air da Chasse—Czerny,
Misses Holman and Strickland.
Piano duet—Andante Cantabille—
Diabelli, Misses Maty and Aline Hale. 5
Piano solo—“Good-Night”—Losch-
born, Mi's May Burnett.
Piano duet—La Qfacieuse— Boktn,
Misses Gertrude Thomas and Ellen
Mell.
Soug—Where Did You Come From,
Baby Dear?—D. Buck, Mias Loto Mc
Ginty.
Piano duet—Rustic f Dance—H. Hof-
man, Misses Maner Smith and Emma
Mell. . I
Piano duet—Sporcn-tang—Nurnberg,
Miss- s Katie Stiuerand Emma Mell.
Piano duet—Postilion d’amour—
Bebr, Misses Pear! Clifton and Mary
D( zier.
Piano solo—Marsch—Low— Wagner,
Miss Lucy Weils.
Piano duet—Brautgeaang—Jensen,
Misses Hadawr.y and Voss.
Song—1 Lightly Fly—Arditi—Miss
Bird Frazer.
A Coming Lrctuee.—Judge Howell
Cobb will lecture Sunday evening in the
Y. M. C. A. rooms.
Cincinnati, May 1.—Gen. Veaaey, the
commander-in-chief of the Grand Army,
who is here, says Secretary Proctor will
snocced Edmunds in the senate, and
that Gen. Alger will go into the cabinet
as Proctor's successor.
A Tennis Club.—In spite of the base
ball fever there will soon be a tennis
club formed. The games wiU be de
lightful and entertaining.
They Are Crowded.—The Commer
cial hotel is doing the biggest business
in its history, and to crowded with
guests alt the time.
What a Change.—There bas been a
wonderful and gratifying change in the
Northeastern railroad and it may now
be called a monel of promptness.
The Bridegroom Deagt.
Cincinnati, May 1.—The sixth victim
of the Snooks-Herr welding poisoning
died Friday morning in this city. He
was the bridegroom, wto has been ill at
the Burnett house since the day follow-
in,? the wedding.
The bride to still sick, and two or three
of the other guests at the wedding are
not expected to live.
DUNN IS CONE.
What The Boys Say.—Th# dancing
men in Athens say that there are more
pretty dancers in Athens than in any
city of its size in the countrv.
Ho May Be
Shown Up
Crook.
a* a Gotllah
Never Before.—There bas nevir
been a field day as brilliant as the one
soon to come will be. There will un
doubtedly be records broken.
Piano solo—Pilgrim’s Chorus—Spin-
uler—Wagner—Miss Ethel McGinty.
Piano duet—Serenade—Moszkowski,
Mis-es Bessie Garebold and Emma Mell.
Piano solo—Sparkling Diamonds—
Wollenbaupt, Miss Annie Crawford.
Sou?—LaGitana—Harris*, Miss Ruby
Mandeville.
Piano solo—Ouvertnre de Mignon—A
Thomas, Bliss Bird Frazer.
Vocal duet—Estudiantna—Lacome—
Misses Mandeville and Frazer.
Piano solo—Chanson D’Amour—
Josseffy, Mbs Lucy Griffeth.
Polonaise Vou Fr. Chopin (Arrang)—
Misses Frazer, McGiqty, Hadaway and
Garebold
By special request little Miss Nan-
nette Hodgson sang “Please, sir. give
me a penny,” and it was applauded
loudly and long.
Miss Anna Hamilton returned last
night from a visit of several months to
her sister, Mrs. McLendon, of Thotnas-
ville.
Receiving the Anathemas of Even t
Children—An interesting Incident.
The muzzling of the dogs and the
law for killing those running at large,
has beeu the cause of a good deal of dis
content among all clas-es of citizens,
and the city fathers and the police have
beeu the recipents of many hard
tho ughts and some hard words. A lady
mentioned to a Banner reporter the
sorrow of two little children—a little
boy and girl—because a policeman had
tiled their canine pets. From the de
scription given the grief and anger of
the little girl knew no bonds. After
having a good cry over the matter, she
retired to solitude to nurse her grief and
wrath. While she mused the fireof in
dignation rose, and in a most vehement
mander, wild'y jesticulating with her
hands, and her body swaying back and
forth, she soliloquized:
Oh, if 1 could see that bad, mean
policeman that killed my little dog, I’d
curse him, aid curse him, and curse
him. Yes, I ’d give him such a cursing
as be never had before,” and as she
spoke her li'Ale sparkling eyes flashed
and the burning cheeks indicated the
fire in her b east, because of the great
wrong wbica she felt had been inflicted
upon her. a
Just at this point an older member of
the family heard the outburst of indig
nation, and gently reproved the little
one for the fiery language, remarking:
“You must not use such language.
Only bad, wicked men curse. Never
say yon will curse any one.”
“Well,” she said, her cheeks still
glowing and her eyes still flashing.
“Oh, if I could ODly see that bad, mean
policeman that killed my little dog. I’d
Mess him, and bless him, and bless him.
Yes, I’d give him such a blessing as he
never had before.
The words were softened, bat the lit
tle one’s indignation was just as great
and her anathemas on the city fathers
and police juBt as strong.
The Literato-Joco-Musico Club next
Tuesday evening will meet at the resi
dence of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Welch,
n Milledge avenue.
A spendid programme has been ar
ranged, and the ciub will doubtless en
joy one of the most successful meetings
known to its history.
Already a number of theatre parties
are being arranged among the students
rfc
for the Scott.Thornton|performacce soon
to be given at the opera house.
Something novel bas been conceived
in Athens society anti it will be sprung
soon in the shape of a puzzle symposi
um. Every imaginable puzzle will be
passed mound to be solved by the
guests, just like the quotation cards at
the historical and poetical symposiums.
Resolutions of Respect from Norcross
Alliance.
ATTHE FIRST METHODIST.
There Wereilnterestlng Services Last
.Night Well Attended.
At the First Methodist ebuerh last
night instead of a sermon a platform
meeting held. Several heartfelt talks
were made on the line of personal
experience in the love of Christ. A
large congregration was in attendance
and the Good Spirit waa fully realized
in the meeting.
** The singing of Mr. R. D. Clancy, an
old Athens boy, carries wonderful life
and power with it. The meeting held
by the pastor for the children yesterday
afternoon waa rarely blessed.
One of the songs sung by Mr. Clancy
was so much enjoyed that Dr. Kendall
promised to have it printed on slips and
make each one of the young people
preseutofit.
Christian people everywhere are re
quested to pray for the blessing of God
on these meetings.
WILLIS GUNNELLS.
Wbereas, our Father in His infinite
wisdom has been pleased to remove from
our midst our beloved and honored
brother, Willis Gunnells, who has
served our order so faithfully all the
while he was with us.
, Therefore be it
Resolved 1st, That iu his death our
Lodge has lost one of its brightest lights
and most noble defenders, bis aged wife
a loving bnsband, his children a kind
and indulgent father, and Madigon
county a good citizen.
Resolved 2nd, That we cherish his
memory fondly among us, for we feel
like we have been greatly blessed by
haring such a man with us. His goed
works will live after him and his virtues
shine blighter as the years go by.
Resolved 3rd, That our hearts go
out iu sympathy to the afflicted family,
yet we would say to them “cease griev
ing for the loved one,” for we have
every evidence that he bas gone over
into the beautiful land and to now rest
ing sweetly in the shade of the trees.
Resolved 4cb. That these resolutions
be sent to the Southern Alliance
Farmer, The -Weekly Banner for
B * "cation, and a copy be sent the
y. J. E. Bond,
J. O. Fowler,
J. Henry Bond,
* Committee
* ’An Old Tried Remedy,
Dr. Holt’s Dyspeptic Elixir bas been
upon the market- five years and has
proven itself a superior remedy for
Dyspepsia and all diseases arising from
adisonlereJ condition of the Liver,
Stomach, Bowels, and Kidneys. It
tones up and establishes a healthy con
dition of nature’s three great organs
for eliminating disease from the system.
The skin, kidneys and bowels, besides
it contains a fine nerve Nerve Tonic. It
is through, these channels alone that
any disease is cured. It never fails to
cure Dyspepsia in any of ite forms. Try
one bottle and you will be convinced of
They Have Gone.—The flying jem y
men have gone away and carried with
them a good mauy hard dollars. A fly
ing jenny always catches the nicklea.
Next Monday. —The foundation for
the new warehouse of Mr. Swift will be
l.iid next Monday and the building will
then go up rapidly.
Tennis Has Played Out.—The ten
nis racquets of the college teams have
been hung up in their cases. Baseball
is the raging sport this season.
Ha Has Come Back.—Officer McKie
has returned from Bank county, where
he went to attend the burial of his father
last Tuesday.
Chikf Olivkr Sick .—Chief Oliver is
sick in bed. He is quite ill but his
trany friends hope soon to see hitu out
again.
Atlanta, May 1.—The cords of the
law seem to bo slowly but snrely wind
ing around J. L. Dunn, the young man
who is now looked up at the station-
house on the charge of forgery.
Chief of Detectives Coach has received
a telegram from Sedalia, Mo., saying
that Dunn was wanted there for forging
to the amount of $5,400. It was also
stated in the dispatch that an officer
would at once be sent to Atlanta to iden
tify Dunn, and to hold him until the of
ficer arrived.
It to also thought that Dunn to wanted
in New Orleans for forging to the
amount of $2,500.
It has been discovered that he worked
the forged waybill scheme with a car
load of mules.
The detectives think before they are
through with Dunn they will show him
up as one of the biggest and sharpest
crooks in the country.
Go AND See rr.—There will be a fine
game of bail on the campus this eve
ning. All who attend will doubtless
enjoy it very much.
To Be Organized.—The many ath
letes aud rowers in Athens will soon
form a boat club and have some great
sport on the Oconee.
In Abundance.—There to hardly a
yard in Athens which does not contain
fine game chickens. Some of the finest
in the State can be found right here.
Still Thinking of It.—The last«n-
tertainment given by the Arhemeum is
still being discussed- It was one of the
most delightful of many delightful en
tertainments given by that club.
Special Services.—There will be spe
cial services at the Methodist church
this morning at 9 o’clock. These ser
vices are well attended and wilt be con
tinued during the coming week.
A Pleasant Time.—The Juvenile
Missionary Society of Oconee street
church gave a pleasant party at the
Good Templars’ hall last night. - Quite
a nice sum was realized.
A Prominent Visitor.—Mr. Donald
G. Mitchell, Jr., a well known business
man of Chattanooga, is in Athens on
business. He leaves today.
They Abb Leaving.—Superior court
being over, the witnesses who attended
in the various cases, are all leaving for
home and work. By tonight they will
all be gone.
Tms Morning.—This morning at 8
o’clock the Junior department of the
Y. M. C. A. leaves for a picnic at Heii-
con Springs. The boys and girls will
doubtless have a pleasant time.
Didn’t Pan Out.—It now transpires
that Hick’s terrifying predictions for
the weather during the month of April
didn’t pan out. He predicted cyclones
and all manner of death dealing ele
ments at war, bat it was the gentlest
April we ever bad.
The B ay rr Wknt.—A horse hitched
to a buggy balked on the streets yester
day evening. Five men and ten boys
tried to get him to move and failed. A
little negro finally stack bis knife in
him? TbeT
today.
i buggy is being put together
THE YOUTHFUL DEMOCRATS.
A Cargo of Gum I
Los Angeles, May t.—The schooners
Robert and Minnie, American, are re
ported to be anchored in Catalina har
bor, with a cargo of arms and ammuni
tion intended for the Chilian insurgents.
The vessel is owned in San Francisco.
It was stated at the time of the vessel’s
departure that slie was bound for Eu
reka, ou the northern coast of Cali
fornia.
What “They Say” of the Kaiser.
London, May 1.—A Berlin dispatch
says the drinking habits of the kaiser
have again become the topic of general
remark. At a recent dinner he toasted
the Austrian military attache five times,
and the Italian military attache as often,
each time emptying his glass. His re
marks were incoherent, and caused a
painful impression.
HERE’S A PRETTY HOWDY-DO.
of
The Sheriff Wants to Sell Part
Railroad.
Atlanta, Ga., May L—[Special ]—
Sheriff Bromlett, of Gilmer county, is
in a peculiar position.
He has levied on the Marietta and
North Georgia railroad property in Gil
mer to satisfy taxes there, and has of
fered the property for sale.
He has beeu cited to auswer to the
United States court for contempt, on
the ground that the road is the court’s
property.
Chicago, May 1.—B. P.
the multi-millionaire grain
known nearly the world
Hutch,” to mysteriously j
It to supposed that he to i
and hta business a financial wreck.
He left the city about
ing with him a small satchel and i
to Pensacola, Fla. None at his 1
or relatives appear to have known
he was going.
The veteran operator, however, never :
was much of a man far confidants. How -
he occupied his last hours in
has not been discovered, except that he
paid lengthy visits to two of his favorite
drinking resorts, and at rack
the bartender, on leaving,'not to <
to see him again.
It has been a matter of
mor iu the board recently that
misfortunes’ had unbalanced *1
mind. His always eccentric
seemed increasingly erratic. Fa
at a time his abode day
been his little office ai
change. When, some
said, his sons, in view of their'
reported heavy losses, following re
less trades, began to consider the ap
pointment of a conservator to take
charge of his affaire, the (fid man was
furiously angry.
s but "Old Hutch"
No one
knew, or for that matter yet \
exact condition of his finanees. It was
practically certain, according to all indi
cations, that he had lost of late heavily
and steadily.
Have They Captured Old Hatch f
Indianapolis, May 1.—Later—Tho
authorities of this city have arrested a
man thought to be the "Original i
only ‘Old Hatch,’ of Chicago."
SHOT A POLICEMAN.
. Negro Shoots a Policeman and to
Swans “to a Soar Apple Tree."
Franklin, Tenn., May 1.—There was H
When you go to buy Hood’s Sarsapa
rilla be sure to get it. Don’t be put off
with ah inferior substitute. Insist upon
Hood’s.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Mr. George T. Hodgson wko bas been
quite ill, has fully recovered.
Mr. P. M. Center, a clever gentleman
from High Shoals, was in the city yes
terday.
Mr. Eugene Black, a popular student,
will visit bis home in Atlanta soon.
Mr. Ebb P. Upshaw. President of the
League, Talks About Its Objects.
“There ought to be more inteiest tak
enin the Young Mens’ Democratic
League,” said Mr. Ebb P. Upshav,
president of the association to a Ban
ner reporter yesterday. '
“We ought to begin to muster our
forces, and make at least a little rustle
in the world before the next campaign
comes on. I don’t mean to say that we
can hope to accomplish anything in the
way of gaining votes -for the
Democracy in the National
election, bnt we can hold meetings and
discuss the public questions of the day,
thus educating ourselves on democratic
principles. We can get up enthusiasm
like the other organizations of you g
democrats and in this way weean throw
a little life and enthusiasm into the
party that will have its effect indi
rectly.
“1 would be glad to call a meeting of
the club in the near future to take into
such idea as this.”
Mr. T. W. Reed will visit his old home
in Atlanta soon.
Mr. Sylvanus Morris is in Atlanta on
legal business.
Mr. Henry D. McDonald has returned
to bis home in Atlanta.
Judge N. L. Hutchins after conduct
ing the Superior court has gone home.
Mrs. Billups Phinizy has returned
fromavist to friends and relatives in
Augusta.
Mr. Neal Wilson of Kansas City, Mo.,
an old Athens boy is expected iu the
city soon.
Mr. Guy C. Hamilton will leave next
Monday for a two weeks trip to New
York, Boston, Albany, Baltimore and
Washington.
Mr. John P. Upshaw, a popular mem
ber of t|)e class of ’98 who was in Atta
ens several days recently visiting hto
brother Mr. EbbP. Upshaw has re
turned to his home in Social Circle.
Misses Bones, Walker, Dougherty
and Fleming will, not visit Miss Lize
Whitner, of Anderson, S. C . as they
had at first intended. They will remain
in Athens about two weeks before re
turning to Augusta.
Mr. Charles Scudder is on Wolf Is
laud, below Brunswick on a bunting
rrolic. He will be joined by Dr. Harry
C. White and Professor Bocock before
returning to Athens. The latter are
now attending the teachers’ convention
at Brunswick.
dtt.
Umbach A Brown are having a good
run of business at their new wagon and
carriage shops, 114 West Clayton. Mr.
Umbach says he is meeting with flue
success in selling his harrows. Ever}'
mail briDgs orders and he has sold
five hundred this season. These -
' woi ‘
¥
S'
a large crowd of negroes in town i
ing the ten-cent circus. One Jim Taylor
became rather rowdy and when Police-
man Charles Cook attempted to arrest
the guy "coon,” Taylor polled hto gun
and shot him. The colored fiend waa
then placed in jail by other powers that
be. Afterwards a well-organized and
orderly mob of men attacked the:
overpowered the sheriff, took the ]
from him and quietly carried 1
down a side street to a covered 1
and hong him np to a cross beam,
was done' in an orderly
recognized leaders.
His body was then riddled
lets and left hanging. The mob then
dispersed. Most of them were on horse
back, and no one knows who 1
It has since been learned
tight the negro also shot oneof
men. The negro's attack on 1
Cook was peculiarly atrocious, as he 1
him down, face downward and "
caught hold of his shoulder and
him in the back of the neck. It '
miracle that the boll happened to i
vital part. The negro was found, wh
caught, to have two pistols and a I
dirk on hto person.
manner, u
withbnl-
■ the circus
i Policeman
shot .
JUDGE BOTKIN BROUGHT TO TRI/>
The
Dr. William* Swear* He Wa* Not
a Jail re.
Topeka, Kan., May 1.—The
of testimony in the Botkin
proceedings has began,
ness was Dr. J. A. L. Wi
Springfield. Hto most
many was that he saw Judge
drunk four times daring one
court at Springfield.
Discussion developed the
there were enough witneeees
absorb the $15,000
expenses, and several of
' that some of the .
west had been working
ed as witnesses for the
.wing mileage.
A resolution was finally
▼iding the fond equally among
for the defence and
thorizing the audit
low witnesses present - to draw
oneway.
The demurrer filed by- Judge
was overruled, bat three counts
stricken from the complaint.
Sober ii
i appropriated fo
to
MORE ABOUT STANLEY.
Nat
says I
Thomas Maddern dost from
Soy* He Exaggerate*.
Lxavknwgbth, Kas., May 1.— 1
Maddern of Tanganoke, this <
just returned from Port
Africa, and a trip to the
dark continent.' He
exaggerated many things/ a
missionaries do more harm
According to Maddern, the
converted from hap}
ous heathens, into
mere, and lazy, drunken
When the kaffirs get n
they brood over it, and <
spiritual side.
For tho Boy* That Wore t
Clinton, Mo., May L-
Bronaugh, vice president of
federate home for the
(n'nnxl district, remitted $1,1
urer Ricketts,
naugh has raised
trict.
plete.
The canvass i
f coin-
To Bill Posters.
iven that any per-
r or tacking bills, posters or
cm the telephone poles will be
’ according to law. By order
■erintendent.
I. c. ConwXV, Manager.
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