Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

THE ATHENS BANNER. WlUlMM* M. IMU |CMMll*ilHii1lklk( ChrMbli, M. I (ITT. jAttmmm ■■■■»». ■»■»». ATHENS. 6A., SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 10. 1891.-8PAGES. 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. -AND— 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. DON’T DIE IN THE HOUSE. ‘ Rough on Rita” deal's out rats, mice, flies, roaches bed bugs. Wall’s Hair Balsam. If gray, gradually restores color: elegant ton ic dressing, ;Vic, Si 00. Druggists, or Si 09 *!ze prepaid by express for #100 K. 8. Wells, Jer sey City. KoUUHON WORMS. Sale, sure Cure. Z5c. AT THE CAPITOL THE SPEKER3HIP RACE DIS CUSSED THERE. 'RISP IS THE FAVORITE. PHI KAPPA DEBATE. ANOJH&R. We have just received an other big shipment of Fans and Parasols for Ladies, Miss es and Children. DAVISON & LOWE. 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. For sale by Orr & Hunter, fine farm and dray males. Apr.25 d20t. NICE LINE. New line Silk and Mali Ties, White Apions,Splash ers and Scarfs, just receiv ed at DAVi&ON & LOWE’S. 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 FOR CHILDREN. 300 Straw Rats for Boys and Girls. 250 Mali and Lawn Gaps will be closed this week at reduced pri- C6S 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. Bueklen's Arnica saive. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and pos itively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satis faction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by John Crawford A Co., Wholesale and retail druggists. A Good Opening. A live canvasser wanted, Apply at Banner office. FASHIONABLE 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. DAVISON & LOWE.