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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. <U&