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ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 26, 1891. r rr~;; -=• ■ Y GANTT’S CARD. CLASSIC CITY CHAT. THE CHERISHED HG , V' UNDER THE LASH- IS IT LEPROSY? III THE BANNER Leads. isf luM It Midtl 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,” < 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«