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ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 26, 1891.
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Y GANTT’S CARD. CLASSIC CITY CHAT. THE CHERISHED HG
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UNDER THE LASH-
IS IT LEPROSY?
III THE BANNER Leads.
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All Iks load Nmsf Aftsss,
Woria.
BIGR.&D RUMORS
HHAT DO THEY ALL MEAN.
The Central's Lease—What About the
Covington * Northern and the
Fate of the Covington A Macon?
—Other Railroad Matters;
It’S a mighty cold day in rammer
i the r- ■ “
Richmond A Danville
i a first
time that
Co., cao’t stir up a first class sensation
and keep the people of the 'South talk
ing about what the oompanys intentions
are and where the syndicate i, going to
end.
Never was there so much talk about
the allairs of the Richmond & Danville
in Georgia as now.
And Athena is in it all.
The Central’s lease to the R, A D
added to it, and now comes the tale of
the Covington A Macon to the Brown
Brothers and the organization of the
Covington A Northern in which Com
pany Par Calhoun and other Richmond
Termna’ *• "nw are conspiciuous.
What next?
The guu*i.uiy can tell. Who knows
but that the old Covington A Macon is
going to be made the grealest trunk line
from the Norths est to the Southeast
with Athens a central point between
Savannah and Knoxville ?
The eituation is bright for Athens
every way you take it.
Here are the Georgia, Carolina .and
Northern and the Richm nd A Danville
the greatest competing syndicates in
the Southern States crossing here, the
only place they do croas at in the
south.
DR. ED- D. NEWTON-
18 SUPERVISOR OF THE INDUS
TRIAL CBN8US.
AND IS COUNTING THE SHOPS.
Athena Shows ud a Truly Wonderful
Industrial World for Her Size-
Some Great Improvements that
are Being Made-The G. C.
A N. Machine Shops.
General E. P. Alexander has returned
from New York As to whether the
Central bad been leased to the Georgia
Pacific lie raid:
“A great deal of work was done to
ward that end during my stay in New
York.” Gen. Alexander added, “but
there are a numtor of details to be com
pleted yet. There are so mane differ
ent interests at stake and so many dif
ferent representatives of different lines
and different boards of directors, all of
whom must have the matter fully ex
plained to them in order 10 reach a sat
isfactory understanding, and so many
arrangements to be made that it will be
some time before the lease, is comple
ted.”
“It will be made, will it not?”
“The lease will certainly be made; I
can’t say exactly when, but it will be
muds.”
"On the same terms?”
‘Practically the same terms thatfchave
already been announced.”
The lease, is by the Richmond Ter
minal Company through the Georgia
Pacific, the Richmond Terminal Com
pany guaranteeing the payment of all,
horv's aud 7 per cent interest on the
stock.
Nothing better illustrates the condi
tion of h’jsiness throughout any section
than the earnings of the railroad.
Judged by this barometer of trade, the
south makes a better showing than any
other part of the country. The gross
railroad earnings for April, as compiled
by Brartstrei t's compared with the cor
responding month of last year, show*
gain of 9.8 per cent, by southern roads,
7.4 per cent, by the eastern roads, 8 per
' cent, by the Pacific roads, 5 per cent,
by the southwest. 4 4 per cent, by the
grangers, and 1 0 per cent, by the cen
tral western, and a decrease of 3 per
cent, by the trunk lines.
The earnings of the Covington and
Macon and Georgia Southern compare
as follows.
Mav 1891.' May 1890. Increase.
C. A M. $10,253 $8,140 $2,107
Ga. Bo. 01,111 50,968 10,123
The Bibb superior court has confirm
ed the sale of the Covington and Ma
con road.
A deed waa then made to Alexander
Brown and Skipworth Wilmer, and
tbeae gentlemen are now practically
the owners and controllers of the road.
Mr. Brown owns nearly ail the bonds
of the road and the $1,284,000 of stock
with the exception of 1,000 shares valu
ed at $100,000.
About $150,000 of the bonds are held
in Macon. The largest amount held by
any one party there is about $35,000
It is believed the Central aud Rich
mond and Danville will now lease the
road and the agreement made in Balti
more a few weeks ago will be carried
out.
The outstanding 6 per cent bonds
will be retired and a new issue of 4>£
will be made. This issue will amount
to something like $2,200,000. It must
be large enough to refund the present
bonded indetedness of $1,384,000, pay
all past due coupons and put tbe road
in good shape.
A correspondent to the Danlelaville
Monitor says:
“The big iron bridge which the G. C.
A N. is building across Broad river is
only a few hundred yards from Mr.
Powers', and we walked down to it.
The structure is 500 feet long, and about
half of it is iron. Oniy 30 feet of it re
mains to be completed, and the Monitor
was requested to tell the people that the
construction train would roll over into
Madison early Wednesday morning (to
day). Tbe hands were not at work on
8unday, although they had worked the
Sunday before. The .good people of
the neighborhood requested them not to
do so, and they grauted the request.
We came back home greatly enthused
with the future of old Madison, and
thoroughly satisfied that the future of
this county was inneed great,”
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LARRY GANTT’S CARD.
P - - — i »•: a
HE WRITES IN DEFENSE OF DOC
TOR CULPEPPER.
A YERY STRONG DEFENSE
Colonel Gantt says he la no Religious
Critic, but he Knows a Good
Man and an Open Heart
When he aces It. He
le Mr. Culpepper's
Friend. ’*-* ■ 'C
Industrial Athens Is booming.
There is no better evidence of this
than tbs greet strides new being made
by the foundries of Athens.
The foundry and machine shops ol
E. S. Lyndon and Company have been
transformed into an entirely new estab
lishment recently and this industry is
taking on proportions that would in
deed, be creditable to Atlanta and many
other cities twice and three times the
size of Athens.
Since Superintendent Bsiley hss ta
ken eliarge of the affairs of this gr. at
enterprise there hss been a newness of
life infused into its busy bum of indui-
rMud tbe company hss decided to put
>iR a great deal of capital towards still
further enlargements.
The foundry has been enlarged to a
wonderful canacity.
There has been a brick building for
the machine shops just finished wbicti
Is three stories high with large halls to
accommodate the great throng of labor
ers now at work down there.
It is certainly a thrilling scene in the
neighborhood of this manufactory, and
the end is not yet.
We are getting in new machinery
every day” said Dr. E. S. Lyndon, the
leading member of the firm yesterday
to a Banner reporter, “and at an early
day we Can point with pardonable pride
to the greatest foundry and machine
shops V> be found in tbe whole state of
Georgia.”
flxming a company’s works.
The old Athens foundry, ho famous
throughout this part of tbe south, is
boldiug its own.
It is now in the hands of the
Flemiog Brothers and a more enter
prising and energetic company of busi
ness men have never bad a band in the
upbuilding of Athens, which is saying
great deal.
They have just had a number of im-
Movements Inaugurated into the work-
ogs of their already complete machin
ery and are contemplating still greater
improvements to be made very soon.
It is very creditable to Athens that
this enterprise has such a wide prea-
ige.
It does a driving business all over
Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and
Tennessee and is growing greater every
day.
ELKIN A MARTIN’S SHOPS.
Here’s a manufactory that Athens is
justly proud of.
The live members who have built up
this splendid industry deserve every
bit of the large pationage they receive,
and,it is tob^numbered among the veri-
first enterprises of the industrial world
of Northeast Georgia.
Thk Banner has recently had occa
sion to speak at length of the many
marked and notable extensions that
have been made in the blacksmitbing
departments, tbe harness departments,
and the wood work departments.
There are many people right here in
Athens who do not know to what ex
tent Athens is growing to be the indus
trial centre ot Georgia.
THK INDUSTRIAL CENSUS.
Dr. Edwin D. Newton has been ap-
Minted Supervisor of the Industrial
Census for Athens and this section of
Georgia.
He has commenced the work in a way
that speakea volumes for Athens. He
says bis report is going to show bp
most conspicuously among the other
reports from Georgia, for in counting
over the industries already enumerated
he finds that Athens is far ahead of any
city its size in the State.
It is rumored upon mighty good au
thority that the machine shops of the
Georgia, Carolina and Northern rail
road are certain to be established here,
and when this is done the Industrial
side of Athena will surely be enlarged
to wonderful proportions.
[communicated].
On my return tore las| Saturday
erroneous ’
night, I found
exist!
impression
of the
»f many of the
, in regard, to
jsrbo will com-
Everybody Takas It
If yon suffer with a feeling of full
ness or weight in the stomach, occasion
ally nausea and vomiting, acidity,
flatulence, dull pain in the head, with
senBatien of heaviness or giddiness in
the brad, irregularity of-bowels, low
spirits, restiestness, sallow skin, de-
... ... .Ipita-
rangement of the kidneys and palpita
tion of the heart, Dr. Holt’s Dyspeptio
Elixir will cure you. You have only
to try one bottle and be convinced
Manufactured by Dr. Holt’s Dyspeptic
Elixir Co., Montezuma. Ga. Price
$1.00. Bottles double former size.
login the minds of
citizens ot Athens,
Now, it is a well known fact, 1 am
not a professor ot religion, hot
holds in higher regard
moral-loving people thin mv
spect and honor sincerity ana real worth
wherever it is found,'and have always
tried to throw whatever influence 1
might possess toward the advancement
of any and every cause that would ele
vate or benefit my fellow naab.
In regard to Mr. Culpepper, I will
state that he haa been misrepresented.
For the past week I was a regular at
tendant at bia night services, and never
beard a minister with whose utterances
from the sacred desk I was more favor
ably impressed. His faee is open and
manly, his manner tender and captivat
ing, and his discourses free from
all sensationalism and delivered
in a most impressive
manner.’ He is certainly not an imita
tor of Rev. Sam Jones or any one else
lever heard. His manner, style of
address, and language are peculiar oniy
to himself. Even when speaking of
the misrepresentations of bis language
by tiie press, Mr. Culpepper .made his
corrections in a tone most kindlyforgiv-
ing—without a single harsh term or Ep
ithet. If he is not a sincere Christian,
and is enlisted heart and soul in the no
ble mission he has undertaken, tbe
wrong stamp has been planted upon
Mr, Culpepper’s brow. Those of our
people who will attend these meetings
expecting to be amused, will find them
selves sadly disappointed. The aer-
vices are conducted in an impressive
manner, and nothing of a light or friv
olous character uttered.
A great deal has been said and written
about Mr. Culpepper’s service to men
only. In reply to those comments, 1
have only to say that every minister of
the Gospel present—including Rev. W.
D. Anderson, so well and favorably
known to oar oi ti zens—heartily endors
ed his utterance.The ministers who pro
tested against that lecture were not
present, and so only beard those re
ports second and third banded. Of
course, no fair-minded man should con
demn another on such testimony .But as
proof conclusive that these services aid
result in good; Mr. Culpepper recere
over 300 letters endorsing the same, in
cluding a vote of; thanks frojn the 1890
club, comprising over 1500 members.
Some railroad men wrote him a letter
of thanks, in which they stated that
Bince his sermon not an oath had been
heard among their fellow workmen, and
there was a noticeable improvement in
the moral deportment of tbe men. It
was a sermon for men only, and no boy
uoder 16 years of sge was admitted to
the tent
It is also charged that Mr. Culpepper
is preaching for money. I never at
tended a similar religious service where
there was so little soliciting of contri
butions. Only one night did Mr. Cul
pepper touch' on tbe subject of collec
tions at all, and'then he stated that if
each one would only contribute a nickel
it would be sufficient to pay all the ex
penses of tha meeting. But there is no
argument in this. “A laborer is worthy
of his hire,” and there is nothing ob
ligatory on any attendant at one of
these meetings to drop a copper cent in
the bat unless he desires to do so. You
will hear the same sermon, and be
treated just as kindly and considerately,
as if you paid the entire expenses of
conducting the services. If another
man feels inclined to contribute from
his means to assist in such a good wort,
it is no one’s business but bis own.
I will say to the good people of Athens,
don’t judge Mr. Culpepper until you
hear and see him. I believe.him to be
a good man and a sincere Christian, and
that the fruits of his labors will be felt
inotfr city for years. 1 saw with my
own eyes what be did in Atlanta, and
know that more than a thousand per
sons in that city are living totter and
purer lives than before he visited them.
One thing is certain—if Mr. Culpepper
does you no good, be wilt certainly not
do you any harm. A man who preaches
the religion of Jesus Christ, and seeks
to elevate the social and moral standard
of a country cannot to an instrument of
evil. He will not utter a single senti
ment that can offend any one, and even
when denouncing tin, his language is
so kind and tender, that tbe emng ones
feel irresistibly drawn toward this mm-
later. *
Of coarse I do not set myself up ss s
BRIGHT AND BREEZY NEWS-
VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS.
WHAT GOES ON DAY BV DAY
The Gossip and News oil Athens for a
Day Caught on tha Fly by tha
Banner
walk Echoes.
Mas Booth Improving —The many
friends of Mrs. Asa M. Booth, who has
to*n quite sick for some time, will to
glad t<> learn that she is improving
speedily.
Thk Tknt Axkivks Today.—Rev.
Mr, Culpepper strives today from At
lanta with his great unt and will
probably preach bis first sermon on
TO '
bursday night.
Thk Nkw Athxnaeum Club House.
—The Athenaeum will have its new
dub boose tor a certainty. The com
mittee will meet next week and formu
late definite pins for its erection.
A Good Show.—Randall's! Minstrel’s
a hoi
OP GEORGIA’S COLLEGE MEN AND
BOYS.
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM.
It Will Be a Brilliant Commencement
—Great Speeches And Elaborate
Essays—What Will Be Done.
show tonight si tbe opera house, and
will donbtless draw a large crowd!
These minstrels are among the very
tost in the country.
Young Mkn’s Prayer Meeting :—
The voung men’s prayer Meeting of the
the First Baptist church, will to Leld
this evening at 8 o’clock, at the church.
A)1 men are cordially invited to at
tend.
Paintiko Thk Franklin Building.—
Mr. R. L. Reaves is Purity engaged in
painting the old Franklin: building on
Broad street for Mr. Billups Phinizy.
He is putting on a coat or two of the
finest Fire aud Rust proof Paint, and it
will give great satisfaction.
- Thk Minstrel Show. —It|is pretty
late in the season for shows to to com
ing this way, but auy time in the year
wul do for the minstrel show, for the
people are always ready to go out to
such a performance. Randall's Min
strels, playing to-night at the Opera
House, Is one of the best companies on
tbe line and'will doubtless have a large
audience.
Good Cooking.
Is one of the chief blessings of every
home. To always insure good custards,
puddings, sauces, etc., use Gail Borden
VEagie” Brand Condensed Milk. Di
rections on label. Sold by yonr grocer
and druggists.
THE ALLIANCE IS FIRM.
And Determined toWIn a Great Vic
tory. [
THE MAYOR TALKS.
And the Terrified Prisoners Form tne
Audience.
The mayor’s court was not very large
yesterday morning.
Indeed, the mayor says I
getting to to such a quirt
Pain Proved to be comparatives
Tbe Nineteenth fjentury luu an article
in a reoent number from the pen of W.
Collier, dealing with the relative sen
sitiveness to pain of the animal king
dom. He shows that as we descend she
scale the sensations become mors blun
ted. Active brain workers are most
susceptible to pain. With pain as a re
ntal
Col. T. L. Gantt, editor of the South
ern Altiance Fanner, was- in the city
yesterday.
News that teH of the vprdtperitv of
the Farmers’ Alliance is always gladly
read by the BanhKr readers.
So a Banner man had a very enjoya
ble talk . with Col. Gantt, and learned
many things that will be road with in
terest concerning this great organiza
tion.
"How about tbe presidency of the
Alliance?” was tbe first question asked.
‘‘Well,’’ said Col. Gantt, “there is no
division between Alliancemen on that
question at all. Col. Livingston will
undoubtedly to re-elected to the office
he now holds. Each county Alliance
in the State has as many votes in tbe
convention as it has representatives in
the General Assembly. Out of the en
tire number, Livingston will not to op
posed by more than a half dozen. He
will certainly he re-elected.”
“Isthe organization flourishing and
moving forward!”
“Well I should say so,” replied Col
Gantt.
“Reports from all the sub-alliaqces
show them to to in A most prosperous
and, flourishing condition. They are
stronger «.*- day than ever before, and
are gai n ing strength every [day. There
are now ooJJOO members of the Alliance
in Georgia, and over five million voters
among their party in the Union.”
“what about the third party.”
“Why, we in the South want to fight
itont in the Democratic ranks, of course.
That is the faitb'of our fathers, and
‘do no* want to desert it. In fact
are going to fight it out within the lines.
The Western Alliance are nearly all re
publicans, and they will not vote the
Hieratic ticket. They are. disgus *
h the republican party as much
are; .but they were raised
o democracy just as we
were raised to despise republicanism.
1 receive letters constantly from the
Western Alliance, and they all indioate
that, while they will not vote the re
publican ticket, still they will not ally
themselves with the democracy ”
Concerning the state of p<'
eorgia, Col. Gantt said tbs
vention would to called to discuss that
religious critic or adviser, for as Mr.
Culpepper said of himself, “I am as
full of faults as an egg is of meat,” but
ing, disordered liver and kidney com
plaint. Nature has provided a remedy
which is embodied in a formula that is
the wonder of the medical 'world for its
complete routing of these combined or
separate ailments. It is Dr. Westmore
land’s Calisapa Tonic. Physicians pre-
|i.' scribe it daily for their patients. In
malarial districts it is unrivalled. For
L. D; Sledge A Co., and S. C,
“ ■ —
that Athens is
getting to to such a quirt law-abiding,
mond town that be has bnt little to do
these days.
He got after a few of the colored race
yesterday, however, and reaped in a
few fines.
Arthur Brumby was fined $4. and
costa for disorderly conduct.
Mary Jones, $3. and costs for the
same offense.
Leila Lester in the same boat for $4.
ana costs*
Clarence Bush ami Tom Mapp were
np for a fuss they had in East Athens
and were given $10. and costs $5. and
coiitA respectively.
Ike Osborne bad been disorderly on
the streets and contributed $4. and
«-n«ts to the city till.
■Lucy Jackson was up for a violation
oi the sanitary laws of the city and
was fined $1. and costs.
when I see a good man misrepresented
and placed in a false light before a peo
ple—and a people, too, to whom I feel
as near as I do to the Athenians—I feel
that I would to guilty of a wrong and
an injustice If I tailed to raise my voioe
in setting him aright. Go and hear
Mr. Culp- pperpr-take no one’s word,—
bnt form your own opinion. I warrant
that it will be a favorable one.
T. L. Gaunt.
TOM DOOLEY RETIRES,
NINE MEN FLOGGED ACCORDING A MAN WITH A STRANGE DISEASE
IN DELAWARE. I TO LAW IN LOUISVILLE.
THE WAY THEY PUNISH
A SENSATION CREATED.
Commencement is almost here.
And it will to a most brilliant one
when it does oome.
Every preparation will be made to
carryout the most interesting pro
gramme ever gotten upfor Commence
ment.
The season will open on Thursday,
June, 11th, when the Board of trustees
meet. Several matters of timportance
will to up before the board and its
members will to kept busy for several
davs.
On Friday evening, Mrs* Win. E.
Boggs will entertain the visitors ana
friends of the University at the regu
lar Chancellor’s reception.
This enjoyable affair will to largely
attended* "It is one of the most pleas
ant customs of the Commencement sea
son.
Saturday evening at half past four
o’clock tbe Seniors will hold their class
tree exercises under the old Toobs
oak.
Mr.John H.Boston will recite the class
poem, Mr. T. J. Shackleford deliver the
oration and Mr. O. H. Sheffield read the
prophecy, after which the class will
smoke tbe traditional pipe of peace
around their class tree.
At night the champion debate occurs
between the Demosthenian and Phi
Kappa societies. The question has-not
yet been selected, but the debate will
be an interesting one. Messrs. W. E.
Christie, Eugene Black, and A. C.
Newell will argue in behalf of Phi
Kappa, while Messrs. J. C. Blasingame,
T. J. Shackleford, and C. R. Nisbet
will carry the colors of the Demosthe
nian. Sunday morning the baccalau
reate sermon will be preached at the
chapel by the Rev. Lansing BurrowB, of
Augusta,
Dr. Burrows is one of the ablest and
eloquent divines in Georgia, and his
sermon will to one of the chief attrac
tions of commencement.
' Monday morning is devoted to the
literary address before the two socie
ties. The orator this year comes from
the Phi Kappa society, but as yet no
one has been secured . Several have
been selected but have each declined.
Monday afternoon the Sophomores
will speak for the two medals offered by
t>>e college.
The speakers for that evening wilj
to:
Messrs. P, W. Breitenbucher, C. R.
Nisbet, J. C. Hoyle, S.' B Yow, Steve
Harris. Green.Johnson, Henry Love,
Harry Alexander, Clem Evens and B.
G. Smith. All are good sneakers, and
the contest will be close. On Tuesday
morning the visitors and citizens will
bo entertained by a speech before the
Alumnj Society by. Hoq. N- Ham
mond of Atlanta. Coi. Hammond needs
no eulogium upon his sound sense and
eloquence. The people know him.
Tuesday afternoon the Juniors will
speak.
The Junior speakers are:
Messrs. S. H. Sibley, Adam Boggs,
W.G. Park, Lewis Brown, J. F. Lewis
J. C. Blariengame, J. E. Whelcbel, B.
G Denmark, Julian Lane, W. T.Kelly,
and W. E. Frey.
Tuesday evening Mrs. H. C. White
will tender her annual reception to the
graduating class. • This reception is us
ually given on Friday preceding Com
mencement, but thi>year it changes
places with the Chancellor’s reception.
Mrs. White’s reception will be ODe of
great brilliancy, and those who attend
will enjoy themselves to the highest
degree.
nesday morning is the regular
time for the commencement exercises.
The exercises consist in speeches
from two Seniors and two lawyers and
Essays from two Seniors. The Senior
speakers are Messrs. A. P. Wright and
T. J. Shackelford. The Essayists are
Messrs. Frank Harwell and Marion
Hull. The law class representatives
are Messrs. P. S. Arkwright and J. R.
Ii. Smith,
The diplopias will- then to awarded,
and tbe commencement exercises will
to at an end.
Wednesday night at the opera house
the graduating class will tender its
annual reception, and the University
of Georgia will stand closed until the
Wedi
The Negroes of Blackness of Heart |
and Toughness of Skin Warmed
Up for an Hour-As to Viola
tion, So la tha Severity and
Duration.
A Traveler at a Louisville Depot
Found to be In a Miserable Con
dition, and Thought to be Suf
fering With Leprosy.
Louisville, May 25.—There waa a *
Wilmington, Del., May 25.-Nine I panic at the Short Line depot when it
men were whipped in the jail yard at I was whispered around that a man who
Newcastle. Del., consecutively. ^ the leprosy waa in the gentlemen’s
Seven of them received live lashes I w *’tiug room. i: i - t
each and two ten lashes. Seven of the A wel1 dressed man, with the travel-
men were colored. «B»ip«ae»ts of a well-to-do gentle-
Two colored men. who were whipped “ to * was ^ observed huddled np oas.A
last week for stealing, stood an hour in bench “ a dark comer. The passengeta
the pillorv in the morning for assault I hurr y in « the early trains paid no
with intent to kill the officer who ar- beed to the ^tary stranger, until to
rested them. A large crowd of people * ro#e £rom wnne forward to
witnessed the punishment*. | a window. 7t was then seen that hia
face and hands were absolutely raw, and
THEY QUIT WORK.
Wblta Men Strike 'Before They Will
Work With Colored Men.
Memphis, May 25. —The color line was
drawn here by the painters, plasterers
and . carpenters working on the construc
tion of a seven story office building, . „ . , . . , ....
Everyone of them quit work because I **“ hurned exodu ” from ' tha
the nails dropping from bis rutting fin
gers. His eyelids were almost gone and i
the sunken eyes nearly sightless.
The hideous spectacle immediately
caused a commotion, and. When a few
minutes later, a report was started that
the man had leprosy, there was an im-
vaauasa 4UU WUIA UCL14U8U 1 .
the contracting painter put three colored I . . . .
painters to work ou the bnildiug. . . WIktu * ,nl * n telephoned for two
. The bricklayers are now theory union f phy81c, " w ’ 1 W “°® 00 “ do ?*
in harmony with the colored mechanics. | . touch the loathsome ob-
The Barber*' Unioahas also inaugurated J 60 *’ >jut * fter a brie * examination, by
a war on the cheap, colored shops and touching the quivering flesh with their
has induced several other unions to im-1 canes, they pronounced the disease lep-
a tine of from $1 to $5 upon mom-1 rosy. By this time the depot was de
ed alia ’
A COUNTERFEITING PREACHER.
populated, and crowds of horror strick
en people stood across the street waiting .
for the delators’ verdict
The wretched man, evidently almost
insane, stated that his name was Wm.CS.
Piatt, and that his home was on Second
street in Covington, Ky. He muttered
something about having just returned
from the Sandwich islands, where he
Pastor of a Christian Church Arrested By
Detectives.
Chicago, May 25.—Capt. Porter of
the United States secret service has ar
rested the Rev. Jeremiah Holmes, pastor I had been on business and had fallen ill.
of a Campbellite church at Duqnoine I Piatt ' lreR8ert in a fashionably cut suit
Bis., on the charge of making counter- TNothing and a soft navy blue
foit coins. About five years 4o a gang 5 e a • color ^ ya ^
of counterfeiters were awwmSl ntTm and a black overcoat in his possession.
It was gathered from his rambling
quoine and four of them were sent to
the penitentuuy. It was believed at the
time that Holmes was implicated with
them, and ever since the United States
authorities have kept an eye on him.
The General’* Son a Gambler.
was gathered from' his . rambling
statement that he had come to Louis
ville several weeks ago, and had been
aimlessly wandering about, and was try
ing to return to Covington.
The patrol wagon was called and
meanwhile the afflicted wretch sat list
lessly trying to drive away the flies
London, May 25.—The St. S;anes Ga-1 from his face and talking aimlessly to
zette says that the fact that Bramwel!
Booth, son of Gen. Booth of the Salva
tion Army, is a creditor to the sum ol 1
$10,000 of a bankrupt stock broke.'
named Taylor, suggests stock exchange
rambling on the part of Mr. Booth. The
Gazette, on this ground, demands that
explanations be given.
an imaginary companion. When the
wagon arrived he was taken to the city
hall, aud Cnief of Police Taylor ordered
him immediately removed to the city
hospital. On arrival there, however,
Superintendent Barbour refused to .ad
mit him without a special order from
the mayor. The wagon then drove back
lotto depot and dumped him out in the
waiting room. The railroad authorities
tet up a howl. Passengers fled from
the place, and even the railroad employes
. A Negro’* Unguarded Step.
r Atlanta, May 25.—A negro at Frank
E. Block's establishment, corner Pryor 1 wer ® Pf'dc stricken that business was
£>S3S!f
into the opening in the floor at the ele
vator landing, falling several feet to the
bottom-of the building, where he was
picked up in an unconscious condition,
it is very
that the city should at once take charge
vhile
' probable that he will die.
Wanted.—A good appetite. You can
have it easy enough by taking Hood’s
Sarsaparilla, It tones the digestion
and cures sick headache.
of him, while the jailer, the station
keepers and hospital authorities refused
to admit him. After a council of al
most the entire city government, Mayor
Tyier solved the problem by ordering
him sent to the pest house beyond the
ARSENIC FOR WATER.
Fatal Mistake of Congressman Houle
Knoxvillk, Tenn., May 25.—[Specia.] I
—Congressman L. C. Houk died this
morning from a dote of arsenic taken |
accidentally last .night.
He had applied at a drug store for
drink of water. Tbe latter was placed |
in a glass on the counter alongside of |
another glass containing a solution of
arsenic.
By mistake the congressman drank
the latter. Tbe error was discovered,
but emetics and other means failed to I
relieve hia stomach of the deadly drug, j
and he died this morning.
third Wednesday in next September.
ANEW AGENCY.
The Manhattan Life Insurance Co. In
Athens.
Mr. James G. West, of the firm of
West A Otoar, bf Atlanta, is in Ath
ens.
And he comes to establish an agency
of the Manhattan Life I nsurance Corn-
Corn
e is chairman of the Central Union
mittee for Georgia and will call
the committee together in Atlanta next
fall to discuss the political situation,
A GOOD DAY’S WORK.
Captain J. H. Adams, Eatonton, Ga.,
says: Daring summer of 1883 be suf
fered with continued attacks of neural
gia, he thinks from Indigestion. Br,
Holt’s Dyspeptic Elixir was tbe only
And will drive the Dump Cart no
1 More,.. .
Old Tom Dooley has retired from aer
At least for the time being and per-
] ^He^ays 0 ^* has got into a condition
of health that prevents his stooping
over to clean up tbe streets and that he
is not able to drive the city cart any
loDger. *
And hence he has suspended his work.
He has driven that old cart for tbe past
fourteen years and everybody who has
ever been to Athens knows old Dooley.
He says - be loves the old cart and
hates to see other negroes driving it
around, and that if he ever gets thor
oughly uel', he’ll take charge again.
He *ays me streets of Athens are
getting into ja bad condition since he
stopped work.
Weakness of itself is not a disease It
is however a most distressful symptom.
Alas! how many wearily drag them
selves about, every effort giving them
distress, existing without any of the
pleasurable sensations of robust health.
Are you in this condition? Why?
There is no excuse for feeling mean
and miserable. Remove tbe cause of
your distress, which undoubtedly is a
state of blood impurity and a disorder
ed system. How? T Wl
' redone.
others have <
ndler,
by by doing
pany, of New York, in this city.*
Mr. N. F. Jackson has been appoin
ted agent of this reliable company and
will proceed at once to business, and
will doubtless build np a splendid
agency here.
Mr. West will remain several days
in the city working np .the business,
and then Mr. Jackson, with his usual
push and pluck, will see that the new
agency keeps abreast of Its older rivals.
IT WAS A SPLENDID LBCTURH.
ly with great effort that I could do any
thing. 1 used several bottles of Botan
io Blood Balm, and can now do a good
day’s work.”
Able to do a good day’s work 1” Is
there not aotneihiog uweet and refresh-,
ing in that expression ?' Strength to
vigorously do this or that. Strength
that is only overettna by natural fa
tigue. Strength that when expended,
sent to the pest house beyond 1
ty limits.
Nearly all the medical authorities who
saw the man believe that he has leprosy,
but the disease ia so rare here they are
guarded in their opinions. Dr. Barbour,
superintendent of the hospital, said:
* I have never seen a case of leprosy,
bnt have read considerable concerning
the disease. I hardly think the man is
afflicted with the dread plague, bnt it is
possible that he is in the second stage of
the disease. When he was brought here
this morning I refused to receive him
because 1 feared that he Was suffering
with a contagions disease, and that the
lives of the other patients might he
jeopardised. He should by all nitons to
sent to the Eruptive Hospital.".
THE Y. M. C. A. BOYS.
It’s Just Lovely.
LKAURKLLK OIL” possesses most marked
and surprising virtues in preserving youth, and
f low o' tbe skin and complexion. Reee skin
rom blotches, blemtshee^oaghneas.roarseneiw,
pimples, freckle*. Prevents withering, drying
1 sgeing of tbe skin. 80e »nd S1.C0 at Drug-
a, large slxe prepaid by express for $1.00
KS. Wells, Jersey City, N. J.
gists,
Annual
The Junior Department's
Meeting.
The Junior Department of the Y. M.
A NORMAL SCHOOL
A. celebrated their first anniversary
Sunday at 4 P. M. at the Presbyterian
To be Established In the Gate City.
Atlanta, Ga., May 25.—Special ]. . r
The Atlanta board of education took
church. Fully forty of the members I * step to-day which is of great interest
of the department were on hand. The
lecture room of the church was comfort
ably filled notwithstanding the gather
ing storm and repeated sounds of thun
der. The officers of the Department oc
cupied seats on the platform, and the
exercises began a few minutes past thf
ify
stated time. After the assembly sung 1 .,
two selections from Gospel Hymns No. rangementby which the spring holiday
"■ ~ ~ ‘ is done away with, the Atlanta schools
and importance to the teachers of the
State.
Upon motion of P. J. Moran, the
board established a coarse of normal in
struction to which the teachers ot the
State are invited. Under the new ar-
remedy that would relieve
sale by hll druggist.
him. For ' Goto G. W. Mabry, 003 State’s High
fit., lor Spring Turnips and Onions.
is by rest. and nature fully renewed
Sueh;willjto y< ttr reward if you give B
wick, Ga.,
are of nine
not one did me 1
Balm has
Randolph, Brunswick, Ga.,
*1 was under the care «>f nine
And Will Probably be Repeated At an
Early Date.
Mr. A. L. Hull gave a great lecture
at tbe Y. M. C. A. rooms Sunday after
noon, and tbe members and visitors
present are all desirous of his repeating
it at an early date.
It was, so full of interest and instruc
tive as to -carry with it a great deal
of force and po" *-r.
The members wi I ask Mr. Hall to re-
r at his vddr-Sv on “The Di ea-rtion
Jen a •’< The seer da.r of h
aocialiuu has received nutbuion* re
quests from both members and t non
members, to ask Mr. Hull to repeat his
address. This will bedone, and there is
no doobt but, that it will be repea >•*
very ston. Despite the pouring rain
nearly thirty men gathered to hear this
lecure, and their anticipation was tar
exce e! 1 y the . speakers remarks- The
speaker consumed folly 35 minutes, anil
so interested was every oue present it
seemed but a few minutes before the
speaker.ciosed his address. Had the
weather been favorable the rooms would
most likely have been crowded.
We have m ide arrangements to h .ve
and Butter fresh every
5. Master Deupree Hunnicutt read the
Third chapter of Proverbs, with such
distinctness that every word was heard
Next came the “Bible Drill” conducted
by Mr. Cbas. Roland in which tbe entir,
Department participated. It was won
derful to see the toys exhibit tbeir
fimilfarity with the Holy Scriptures by
turning in a moment to tne most ab-
scure passages in ever nook and corner
of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation.
The assembly then arose while the De
close three weeks earlier than in the
past.
The plan which Mr. Moran suggest*
ed and carried through by unanimous
vote creates a Normal school for that
period. Sessions are to to told in the
high • school hall which has a seating
capacity of four hnndred.
The onejihundied and thirty Atlanta
teachersiare compelled to attend;-the
partment repeated the “Lords Prayer w
in Eunison, following which the toys I attendance of all other teachers of the
sflng “Beautiful Valley of Eden.” I „ . . . , ~ _
TiKia .1, nr.tniroHia Mum I state is invited. Gov. Northeo and
This was highly enjoyable Then conn
the annual statement of Thoms C. Hull,
President of the Department which
bore chiefly upon tbe more prominent
features of the Department. It was an
excellent report. F,-llowing came th
tatementsof Fred Orr, Snc’y, and Will
M-w-sTreasurer of the Deparcmen’,botl.
of which showed tbe excellent uuudi
tion of the Department at present,
“Come over the line” was then
song after which Prof. E. C. Bran
son delivered a very short
address to the hoys, which was highly
appreciated an^ greatly enjoyed by the
boys as well os all ^others present. In
his talk the Prof, paid a very exoelleni
compliment to the chairman of tbt
Junior Depa tment comnrttee, Mr. C
A. Rowland. He commi
the ability and marvelous . .
Mr. Rowland as chairman and bespoke families, rum bears
School Commissioner Bradwell strongly
favor any plan toward Normal educa
tion.
The Ufa of a Child.
Mr. W. L. Fain, a targe commission
merchant, says he owes tbe life of his
obild to Dr. Biggers’ Huckleberry Cor-
iial. It always gradually checks the
bowels and does not constipate as many
,0 ' r-
WHO DOUBTS IT?
Hon. E. A. Morse, M. C. from )
-aid in a speech before the bouse 1
resentatives that of all the e '
Thurber’s'Can Goods at J. sTKing & I
Co. cers.
commented upon devil ever invented to destroy the bod-
velous success Ol I J® 8 a “ d ° h f ' Skfft C th«
irman and bespoke families, rum beats themall. Skill, the
for the department a far greater f utur.
under their chairman's wise direction. n,nm*tl
The benediction then preceded dismis- I spect.c es beats them ah
Sion. proccuc I Skiff, the low price and«