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VOL. 59 NO. 132
Commencing Monday, May 11th, A GRAND CLOSING OUT
OF SUMMER GOODS!
IjV ALL OCR DEPARTMENTS.
WASH GOODS.
We Call Special Attention to Quotations Below:
100 piece# Figured Lawn, at 4c.
100 piece# Figured Lawn, at 6$e,
00 piece# Irfdia Lawn, at 12£c, .
75 piece# Gingham#, at 7c>
50 piece# Good Calico, at 4c, . . .
150 pieeea Beat Calico, at 5c, t . .
25 piece# Dress Plaid Nainsook at 8c,
25 piece# Dre## Plaid Fa#t Black, at 12c,
100 piece# Plain White Vic Lawn, a' 4c,
50 piece# Plain White V ic Lawn, at 6$,
50 piece# Plain White India Lawn, at Sic,
25 piece# Fancy Striped Outing#, at 8c,
2Q piece# Fancy Striped Outing#, at 10c,
20 piece# Fancy Striped Outing#, at 124c. .
10 piece# Swis# Zephyr# at 15c
100 piece# 42 im h Embroidered Skirt* at 50,
— worth double.
2000 piece* English Percale at 9c.
!00 doze.i Men’s Unlau- dried Shirts, 85c.
](0 *i “ “ “ 50c.
100 “ “ “ “ 75c
. . worth 6$
, worth 8
. . worth 15
. worth 10
. . worth 6$
. worth 8
. . worth* 12$
. . worth 20
. . worth 0$
. worth 8
. . wortli 12$
. . worth 12$
. . wor h J6
. worth 20
. . worth 20
65, 75 and f 1 00 a yard
. . worth 12$
The above qualities of Shirts are worth 50c., 75c. and $1 00 elsewhere.
DRESS GOODS.
50 pattern# English Wool Plaid, latest Novelties at 5 50 each, (linings in
clnded.) worth 7 50.
35 patterns French Wool Plaids at 8 00, worth 12 00.
20 patterns Extra Fine Special Novelties at 12 50, worth 18 00,
10 patterns Priestlies English Camel’s Hair at 15 00, worth 20 00;
25 patterns All Wool French Challies at 65c, wortli 8oc.
25 patterns French Batiste at 25c a yhrtl, worth 40c,
300 yard? Crepe DeCliene, all colors, at 75c, worth 1 25; ■
2000 yards all Silk Surah, all colors, at 37$c; worth 65;
100 yards 24 i. ch Black Gros Grain Silk at 87c, worth 1 25;
150 yards 42 inch all Wool Grey Camel s Hair at 50c, worth 1 00,
20 pieces 38 inch Nuns Veiling, all new Summer Colors at 25c worth 35c.
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NOTIONS.
100 Fancy Paraso’s at 50c, wor h 1 00;
75 Fancy Parasols, all silk, 1 25, worth 2 00;
lOOOBlack Silk Parasols, in a 1 grides, commencing from 1 Q0;
oOO dozen Linen Towels at 10c, 15c, 20c, 25c. each, worth double.
Special-Offering this week in Table Damasks, Napkins
Setts, and other Household Material.
Also special attention is called to our Carpets, Mattings
Poles, Lace Curtains, Portierres and Window Shades. ° ’
Men s and Ladies’ Summer Underwear will be sold
at less than regular value.
Cassimeres, Jeans, Cottonades, and a great many other
materials for Men’s and Boy’s wear, will be sold in this
sale at cut prices.
The above sale is organized with special care, and all articles quoted are very much below value, and in any quantity to suit the demand. Come early Monday morninu and eet
first choice of the largest and best asso ted stock of fine goods ever before offered to the people of this section. J & 6
JULIUS COHEN & CO.
SOME LITERARY GOSSIP.
GMILY BOUTON ON THE AUTHOR
OF “iSrHIS YOURSON.
MY LORD?”
An Entertaining Letter From Helen
Gardener, Her Habits of Life, Va
riety of Commnnlcatlons
She Receives.
Emily S. Bouton, in the Toledo Blade,
publishes the following entertaining
lueis sb ut tile brave, bold little wo-
tnau who in her recent novel -’Is This
Y..ur Son, My Lord?” lias created such
a genuine sensation by her fearless un
masking of conventional immortality
the thinking public, and I learn, has
sold to the extent of 25,000 copies in
five months. A knowledge of this fact
will explain the raison d’etre of the fol
lowing communication from the author,
who, I can well believe, is almost sub
merged by the tide of communications
setting towards tier:
1 have been asked a great many times
to write things about myself for the pa
pers. I have always declined. In the
first place 1 dislike the look of anything
like personal advertising, and in the
second place I did not feel that my per
sonality was of great interest to the
public; but I do wish I could—without
seeming to advertise myself, my person
ality—say one or two things.
A great many people write to me or'
send me little token# that touch me
deeply, and yet l cam ot reply to half of
them.' Each one, doub'less, expects a
full rep'y, and feels hurt that none
comes. It is not want of appreciation,
but want of time and strength that pre-
aud hj 0'ierii y
J lie peri-onalily of an author who has
won a wide r«putalion by long-contin- _
ued ami excelleul work, or hysotuesud- I vents me front sending a kindly recog-
sl. ti and brilliant stroke of genius, al- 1 nition and sincere thanks for the atteu-
ways becomes of interest to the creat tktn.
mill of leaders. They want to know
just how this wonderlul woman—if it
be a woman—carries herself; what is
the color of Ler hair, her iyes; who
were her father and mother, her grand
parents, aid where is her home—in
> short, every minutest bit of information
is greedily gathered in order to bring
up a complete picture before her read
ers of the person who has so won their
admiration.
This is true of the writer, Helen H.
Gardener, of that much-talked-of book
••Is This Your Son, My Lord ?” and all
sorts of paragraphs have been going the
rounds ol the pipers regarding her, of
which tlie following is a specimoti:
••Mrs. Helen Gardener, author of the
novel “Is This Your Son, My Lord?”
is about thirty years old, and is de
scribed as a really beautiful woman, a
little above medium height, of well-
rounded proportions, with an intellect
ual face, deep brown eyes, full red lips
and high, broad forehead. She is a
daughter of Julia Ward Howe, and pos
sesses radical views.”
This appeared in Current Literature,
mid it being naturaDy supposed that
that excellent magazjne must be corner,
it has been widely copied.
Helen H. Gardener is not, however, a
daughter of Julia Ward Howe, nor is
she even of New England origiu.
Her ancestors have always lived
in Maryland or Virginia, and
she. herself, first saw light
in the latter State, near Winchester,
file traces her family directly from the
daughter of Lord Baltimore, Miss Cal
vert. who marked a Mr. Chenoweth, he
hi ingthe first sheriff of Baltimore coun
tv, Maryland. HeV own father wg£
Rev. A . G. Chenoweth; her mother a
grand-i,itee of Sir Robert Peel, so that
itisevidei.t that she has back of her the
culture ot generations.
The pers» nal description given in the
paragraph quoted, i«, I think, very
nearly correct. Her face i# full of ip-
telligenre, and the earnestness that is
visible in all that she writes, looks forth
from her dark eyes
It is easy to see that intense inward
conviction points her pen, and it is this
quality that make# her novel, with its
background of realism, so vitally preg
nant with meaning. This book has ta
ken an almost unprecedented bold,upon
1'oiIbv brought me a large mail. It
contkined strange, beautiful aud pa
thetic things. 1 appreciate them all,
but 1 cani.ot reply to them all. Let me
explain and let me beg my unknown
friends to accept my earnest thanks for
their interest and warm expressions,
whether these expressions take a writ-
en or an objective form.
A sample of my mail is the one receiv
ed today. It was comprised of innu
merable advertisements, of coarse,nutn-
bers of letters from friend*, a number
from literary ami scientific men and wo
men who are known to me by name
onlyrtwo sermons rcceutly preached
upon my last book, with the “cotnpli
ments” of their authors; several books
with a request to “read and give your
opinion;” to MSS. of aspiring authors
with the -ante request—one a novel, the
other a “new system of geometry;” the
latter MSS. to be read with sufficient
care to enable me to recommend it to a
publisher! A pile of newspapers, with
notices more or less ^tersonal and inter
eating, marked for me to read; a b >x of
gold ore from a miner in New Mexico;
a live horned toad from a miner in old
Mexico, with a letter saying it was his
desire to send me something no one else
in bis climate would own, and a- very
queer and amusing little fellow Bildad
(that is the toad’# name) is, too; a sil
ver filagree bracelet, a most beautiful
thing, of Spanish workmanship, from
Central America; another box of ore
and lava from Oregon, and last, most
pathetic touch, an intensely religious
•Easter card’ of the usual sort, with
this written message on the outside of
the envelope:
“God will bless your footsteps, wher
ever you go, my light-footed angel.
“Yours truly,
“Mary Magdalene.”
This came from Cleveland, O., and if
I knew how to reach the woman who
sent it, I should certainly send her some
personal message; but since 1 do not, I
hope I may reach her this way and
make her understand bow deeply that
little message of hers and her signature
touched me. The letters I get from
women are worth working hard for.
They repay me for all I may do, for they
are chiefly fro In those who need help,
and who feel that I have given it to
them. The letters 1 get from men are
chiefly from scientific, thoughtful men;
men who are engaged upon the prob
lems of life in one field or another.
They are, u# a rule, from calm, earnest,
studious men, many of them well
known in their fields of thought. But
the women who write are chiefly moth
ers woo cry out with wild, pas
sionate protest, or with tearful inquirt
I wish that I might reply to all; bn
if 1 should do so, I should do uothiu.
else—my time and strength would all
be consumed. Ic is for this reason that
1 should like to say through the press
that each and all of these letters and
evidences of interest and confluence are
not only appreciated by me, but they
are helpful and stimulating as well, and
1 hope my seeming neglect will pain no
one, and will be understood, not as an
unkindness, but simply as what it is—
necessity.
Helen Gardener has a future before
her, we devoutly hope and believe, in
which site may, with strong, fearless
grasp, handle the evils that eat into the
heart of a people and bring, unless
checked, their glory low in the dust
Everything that she has written shows
the keen perceptions of a pure woman
who has the courage to do battle for
what she believes to be right. She has
the liters :•• gilt of so choosing her
words that they strike home, and
hence caunol fail of their ultimate pur
pose.
Emily S. Bouton.
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PHI KAPPA DEBATE.
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We have just received an
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and Parasols for Ladies, Miss
es and Children.
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an offer.
We are going to offer
splendid Bargains this
week in Lace Curtains.
Window Shades, Poles and
Bugs.
DAVISON & LOWE.
The Competitive Drill Close and Ex-
• citing.
The competitive debate in the Phi
Kappa society yesterday morning was
close and exciting.
These contests show that a great deal
of oratorical merit is among the stu
dents of the University of Georgia.
They also show that the best place in
the world to bring it out is in the halls
of a literary society.
In the past the old Pbi Kappa has fur
nished the Union with some of its moat
renowned orators. She is turning them
out still.
The question for debate yesterday
was: Resolved, that the civilization of
the Old South was grander than that of
the New.
It was debated affirmatively by
Messrs. A. C. Newell, J. P. Walker and
W. E. Christy, and negatively by
Messrs. E. R. Black, Green Johnson,
M. C* Horton and E. W. Frey.
The judges of tlie debate were H»n.
H. C. Tuck, Hon. A. G. McGurry, and
Judge George C. Thomas.
After consulting together for awhile
the committee awarded the medal to
Mr. W. E. Christy, and the three cham
pion debaters places to Messrs. E. *R.
Black, A. C. Newell, and W. E. Chris
ty.
There was a general band-shaking
after the contest bad concluded.
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Harrison May Not be Renominated—
The Behring Sea Dlspute--The
New Orleans Lynchlng--Ven.
ezueia Accepts the Re
ciprocity Proposition.
ASHING TON,
D. C , May 9.—
[Special],—Well,
well! can it be
that after all of
Mr. Blaine’s jin
goism as to our
rights in Behring
Sea that we are
to humbly back
down ? That’s
the talk here now. According to iny
information, Mr. Blaine has discovered
that we have nothing to arbitrate and
that Russia never set up any such claims
as be has done when she was the owner
of Alaska, and does not now recognize
that the Ui ited States has auy such
rights. As the story goes, as soon as
Mr. Blaine saw that we bad not the
slightest show under the proposed arbi
tration he began ro search for a hole to
crawl out of with as little loss of dig
nity as possible. He began then to lay
wires for a triple international agree
ment between th>: United States, Russia
and England, for the prevention of the
indiscriminate killing of seals in Beh
ring Sea, and now, it is said, that pend
ing further negotiations no seals are to
be taken at all this season. Officials at
the State and treasury departments re
fuse to either confirm or deny this story.
A whole week has gone by without a
new aud different statement from the
preceding condition of the Treasury
having been given out. Last week there
were three or four them. Mum is the
word now, while the Secretary and his
expert accountants are preparing the
figures for the presto-veto-change state
ment, which, if it meets with Mr. Har
rison’s aDproval, and of that there’s lit
tle doubt, is to be given to the public on
the first of June. The intention is to
follow republican precedent by manip
ulating the trust funds in the monthly
statement of the national debt in sucb a
way as to show a large available surplus
where practically none exists.
The first mutterings of a storm in the
ranks of the republican party are being
heard here. So far Mr. Harrison has
apparently had it all his own way in
bis march towards a second nomination,
and none of his party have seen fit to
attempt to make any organized opposi
tion to him, but saualls are ahead for
him. Parqubar, of New York, has
openly stated here his belief that Harri
son could not possibly be elected, and
an Indian republican of promi
nence has said that Harrison could
not carry that State. These are straws
showing the drift of republican senti
ment.
The Blaine men cannot be kept
down much longer; they bate
Harrison, and every time that
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DAVISON & LOWE.
Russell Harrison’s newspaper in its
silly attempts to make glory for
Harrison casts a slur upon Blaine that
hatred is intensified. Those men would
rather see a democrat elected than have
to stand Harri-on for another four
years, and, mark the prediction, in six
months they will be shouting that sen
timent from the house tops. Mr.
Blaine may be perfectly willing that
Mr. Harrison should be renominated,
although I have serious doubts of if,
but his friends are not. They hope, of
course to nominate Blaine, whether he
consents or not, but they are determined
as will be seen before long, that in a ly
event Harrison shall not he the nominee,
if they can prevent it, and they think
they can. There's music ahead as sure
as you are hot n, and with good manage
ment the democrats can march to vic
tory keeping time with it.
If the opinion of leading members of
the party as expressed here lately have
any influence with the democraJc cau
cus of the house of representatives the
next speaker of the house will certainly
be a southern man. These gentlemen
have argued that the south is entitled
either to the speakership or to a place
on the national ticket, and tb it it
would be better politics to give it the
speakership. If a southern man is to
be speaker it will probably be either
Bepiesentative Crisp, of Georgia; Rep
resentative Mills, of Texas, or Repre
sentative McMillin, of Tennessee. Ei
ther one of them would suit me, there
fore 1 can speak of their chances without
prejudice. Mr. Mills was largely in the
lead a month before the adjournment of
congress, but it now looks as if Mr.
Crisp was ahead, and were it not for
the liquor dealers national or
ganization, which, it is stated here,
will bitterly fight him, I should
select hitn as the winner. Mi. McMillin
has surprised a good many people by
developing more strength than he had
been credited with; but bis only hope
of winning is in the event of a protrac
ted struggle between the two first named
candidtates, which many shrewd ob
servers are now predicting as certain to
occur.
Government officials decline to ex
press any opinion for publication on the
report of the New Orleans grand jury
on the lynching of the Italians, but pri
vately the universal verdict is “just
what I expected,” and many people
have recalled the words of Edmund
Burke—“a whole people caanot be in
dicted.’*
Senators Brice, Yilas, Hill and Gor
don will all sit in the rear row of seats
on the democratic side when the senate
meets next December.
Venezuela has accepted the reciprocity
proposition made to her by this govern
ment.
THOSE MEETINGS.
THAT WILL BE HELD THIS AFTBR-
k NOON.
LET EVERYBODY ATTEND.
Dr. Leftwlch Preaches to Men Only at
the Opera House at Four O’clock
\ This Afternoon—Dr- Kendall
Conducts the Ladles* Service
* at the Same Hour at the-
First Methodist Church.
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It is guaranteed to give perfect satis
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Blazers, Keefers, Shirt,
Waist, Ties, Fans, Umbrel
las ana Children’s Caps at
DAVISON & LOWE’S.
Every man in town invited to the op
era house.
And every la ly to the First Methodist
church. /
This afternoon at four o'clock is the
time for the two meetings.
And every one in the city of Athens
would profit by attending them.
• THE MEN’S MEETING.
The meeting at the opera house will
be held in the interest of the men of the
city; the fathers who are striving to
make prosperous and peaceful homes,
tlie soos, who are to soon take' their
places, the husbands blessed with lov
ing wives, the brothers, who have sweet
and virtuous sisters; in short, all the
men in Athens today will have 1 an inter
est in the meeting at the opera bouse.
Men cannot be injured by listening to
a sermon, and the reverse of the propo
sition is that he will receive great ben-
fit, spiritually and morally.
Dr.Leftwicb is a citizen of Nashville,
and is a minister of remarkable power.
His sermons are full of interest and
conviction, and touch the hearts of bis
bearers.
For a week he has been carrying on a
meeting at the First Methodist church
that has resulted in great good. ^
Every morning at ten o’clock a good
ly number of ladies and gentlemen at
tend services at the church, and every
nigbt at eight o’clock the building is
crowded with attentive listeners to the
eminent preacher as' he declares the
word of God.
This afternoon be will deliver one of
bis best sermons, and it will be of spe
cial interest to men.
.It ia desired that efery seat in the
Opera House, from pit tb gallery, bs
filled', and that no roan in the city will
slight the invitation thus extended.
If the men of Athens desire to bear
a sermon that will do them good, they
will go the Opera House this afternoon
at four o’clock.
Don’t forget the time, four o’clock.
THE LADIES’ MEETING.
At the same hour, the ladies will have
a meeting all to themselves, and it will
be held- at the First Methodist church.
Dr. Kendall will preach the sermon
and conduct the services.
It is expected that the church wiil be
entirely tilled, and every lady in the
Classic City is urged to be present.
This meeting will be one especially of
prayer for tbe success of the men’s
meeting at the Opera House.
Tbe meetings will be two of the best
ever held in Athens.
TO CLOSR.
We will offer at greatly re
duced prices, all Grenadines,
Silk Drapery Nets, Fancy
China Silks, and Embroider
ed Flouncings.
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