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CLOSING EXERCISES
OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL8 OF ATH
ENS.
ATHENS. GA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1891.
VOL. 59 NO. 147
portant
A GOLD WATCH PRESENTED
To 8uporlntondont B. C. Branson by
tbs Scholars and Tsaobsrs-Bx-
osllant Programmes Rsndsr-
od at oaeh of tbs Schools
dt tbs Sum
mer Vacation.
The public school, bare closed for the
ummer.
And will not open until east Septem-
ITjo closing exercises of tbeichools
were held yesterday, sad ibey were
largely attended by the citizens and
patnias ot the schools.
Each school had Its special exercise*,
and each exercise was well carried out.
Each school bad a special attraction to
•how to the visitor*, and the common
verdict was that the public scholars of
Athens were the very best to be found!
anywhere in the South.
AT WASHINGTON BTXXKT SCHOOL.
Of special interest » as the program I
rendered so excellently by the pupils of
Washington Street School;- and the
large ball waa crowded to lu utmost
renting capacity by visitors from all
oyer the city.
Superintendent Branson wss present
and to him as well as many of the
scholars it was truly a closing exer
cise.
Prof. Simmons had chsrge of tho ex
ercises ot the day and was ably as-isted
by bis efficient assistants.
The work done for the scholastio
year was apparent from the ■ a*e with
which the scholar* recited, the tender
ness with which they sang, and a hun
dred other evidences to betaken in at a
glance.
Truly. Athens has a great deal to be
proud of, when she takes a look at the
work of her public schools.
The sons and daughters of the poor a*
well as those of tne rich, partaking
together the benefits afforded them by
the public schools.
To see the happy little faces all over
the building,beaming with intelligence,
and given a chance to inform their
minds through the votes of the people
of Athens would be eoongh to convert
every citizen to the side of tree school*.
The work done by the Schools since
1886 is apparent to all who have paid
any attention to what they are doing.
Itls6imply enormous, the amount of
work done by these schools and the in
struction they are giving to the children
of Athens.
THK CLOSING EXERCISES.
At the uptown and the downtown
Primary school* the three buudred pu
pils gathered with happy faces for their
•closing exercises. These consisted of
songs and recitations. After the read
ing of the honor rolls the little folks
proceeded under the charge of their
teachers to the Washington Street
School to join with the pupils of the
Intermediate and Higl-Suhool grades in
a tender farewell to Mr. Btanson, the
chsing of the session severing hi* con
nection with the Athens Public
Schools,
There were several beautiful songs
rendered by the pupila of tbe lower
floor ot tbe Washington Street School.
Misses Dillard and Hodgson are them
selves good musicians and the children
evidenoed the training they have re
ceived in the delightful accomplish-1
utent of ringing. There were alsoaev-
oral pleasing recitations and speeches
One could not fail to observe tbe good
discipline under which Mias Bernard
hosier floor.
Upstairs in tbo building, Mr. Bran
son awarded tbe Burke Scholarship
Medal. The contest was very close,
the marks of several pupils running
very near to that of the auvcessful con
testant, Miss Louab Webb, ot the Sev
enth grade. Had soother medal been
giv n, it would have fallen to Thomas
Abuey, who came within a fraction of
tbe mark made by Mias Webb.
Harry Dearing made tho exception
al record of 100 in deportmentattondao-
ce, and scholarship; but being only ip
tlie flttb grade was debarred from con-1
testing for the ptiae. All honor to a
boy who could make such a record as
young Dearing. He will yet wear the
medal of tbe schools,
The two graduates from the High
School department, May Montgomery
and Fred Orr. received with their df-l
plomas, the warmest congratulations of
Si perintendent and Principal upon the
flue record they had made in the school.
Young Orr has been in tbe Publie
schools sinoe their organization, and
hia manliness, diligence and intelli
gence have made him very dear to hia
teachers. Judging by the lovely char
acter Min Montgomery hat shown in
the schoolroom her teachers and school-
m: tes believe a heaati.nl and useful wo-|
manhood lies before
The following resolution’s bud been!
sent to the Secretary of tbe Board of
Education and it was hoped the action
of tbo latter concerning them would bo
made know Mn time to be read at the
closing sxoeroises of tho schools. The
absence of Mr. Fianigen prevented this
being done. Doubtless the Board will
accede to the request as contained in the
paper presented them. Below is a copy
of the DADer: ■
Athens, Ga, May 21,1891.
To the Board of Education of foel
Athens Publlo Schools:
Gentlemen—At at a meeting of the
teachers of tbe Athens Pnblio Schools
held t< day it was resolved bv a unani
mous vote to request the Board of Edu
cation to name the library belonging to
our schools in honor of our present
Superintendent.
It was Mr. Branson who first
conceived the idea of add
ing to our other equipments a well fur
nished library, and to this end be has
worked with uutiring energy. Onr
present collection of three thousand
volumes is largely due to bis efforts,
and we deem it a fitting evidence of our
appreciation of bis good work in this
direction that tbe library sbonld bear
bis name. We therefore request that
v-n will take such action as will cause
ih~ library henceforth to b<- known as
“Th BrunsonI Library of the (Athens
P ic Schools.”
W beg leave also to emphasize the
fact that we find the library an indis
pensable adjunct to our work. The
department for teachers has many
choice volumes and affords facilities for
improvement in our profession which
otherwise we could not obtain. The
books designed especially for the chil
dren have been of great, service in eveiy
ccade of tbe schools. We trust that the
liberal polk^" "
age of i _ targe.
Kespe.,rally submit:, d.
Mary a. Bacon,
Susan J. Newton, Committee.
Anxib Linton.
The gathering of all tbe pupila of tbo
schools on one floor waa an inspiring
sight to the many visitors present, who
patiently endured being crowded for
the few minutee necesaaty for tbe good
bye words to the superintendent, who
organised tbe schools five years ago
with a corps of eight teachers. The
'few words of parting were spoken by
1 Miss M. Bacon. Teachers and pupils
had united in purchasing for Mr. Bran-
eon a handsome gold watch, and Miss
Bacon presented it in tbe following
words.
“Mr. Branson, the teachers have
made it my pleasant doty this morning
to prssswt to yon with onr good-byes a
parting gift from them and the pupils
of the schools. I trust yon know better
than I am able to tell yon how sinoe rely
we thank yon for all the help you have
given ns in tbe last five years. I think
you cannot know how earnestly we
desire that your work, altar yon leave
ns, may continue to be in noble di e -
tions and,crowned with tbe truest suc
cess, and that your life now and always
may be enriched with influence from
tbe unseen sources of goodness and
truth. I'ske this watch, Mr. Branson,
with tbe love of your teachers and pu
pils.”
Tbe watch wss an elegant, opened
faced gold watch and waa engraved
most beautifully odder the Uireotion of
Mr. C. A. Scuddsf.
Mr. Branson responded in a few
touching remarks. He spoke of the
pleasure he had had for the five yean
of bi* connection with tbe schools in
the kindness end courtesy of tbe pupils,
and in tbe cordial sympathy and oop-
eration of the teachers, end prophesied
that the Athens Public Schools would
continue to increase in usefulness and
in tbe good esteem of tbe community.
It is certainly true that Mr. Branson
has done a good work in onr schools,
and tbo best wishes of our people will
accompany him in hia new field-of
labor.
And then the parting word was spoken
and the schools were adjourned lor tbe
summer vacation.
And a happy season, no doubt, will
it be to both teachers and scholars.
Everybody Takes It.
If you suffer with a feeling of full
ness or weight in tbe stomach, occasion
ally nausea and vomiting, acidity,
flatulence, dull paiu in the bead, with
sensation ot heaviness or giddiness in
the bead, irregularity of bowels, low
spirits, restlestness, sallow skin, de
rangement of tbe kidneys and palpita
tion of tbe heart, Dr. Holt’s Dyspeptic
Elixir will cure you. You have only
to try one bottle and be convinced
Manufactured by Dr. Holt’s Dyspeptic
Elixir Co., Monteauma, Ga. Price
(1.00. Bottles double former size.
A SPLENDID ROAD.
IS WHAT THE G. C. A N. WILL BE
VERY SOON.
GENER4L ALEXANDER TALKS
Capt. John Hart la Coins to Connect
Athene With the eea—The Augusta
fit Chattanooga—Other Rail
road Notes.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Dr. W. L. Jones has bought e botue
in Atlanta and will move there.
Mr. W. H. Pope will come over from
Atlanta to commend merit.
Mr. James C. Mell left yesterday on
busiuess trip to Augusta.
Mr. Bolling Stovall will visit relatives
in Columbia county this summer.
Captain Hutchins, conductor on the
Georgia Railroad, is vety much pleased
with bis new train.
Mr. Rem Remsen, of Augusta, left
; reaierday after a stay of several days
! n Athena.
Mr. J. W. Barnett ia much improved,
his sprained ankle being nearly recov
ered from its injury.
Mrs. William DuBoae •after a visit to
Mrs. Charles DuBoae on Prince avenue
left yesterday for her home.
Mines Maria Bones and Lizzie Lou
Walker, of Augusta, will leave that fity
today for their Summer home at Bath,
Ga.
Mrs. Francis Fontaine accompanied
by her daughter, MissfMinnie will be
among the vi-itors to Athena during
the next week.
Mr. Henry W. Grady waa compli
mented very much upon the speech be
recently made at the commencent exei
cises of a Tennessee college.
Captain J. H. Adams, Eaton ton, Ga.,
says: During summer of 1883,be Buf
fered with continued attacks of neural-
la, he thinks from Indigestion. Dr.
[olt’s Dyspeptic Elixir was the pnly
remedy that would relieve him. For
•ale by all druggist.
Tbe future of tbe Covington A Macon
Railroad is ail tbe talk of the railroad
world of tbe South.
What will be done with it.
Where is it going end wbat does
changing the name to tbe Macon A
Northern mean ?
'These ere a few of tbo questions asked
and the answers to them are of the
greatest interest to tbe people right
here in Athens and Northeast Geor
gia.
Speaking of tbe details of the road
and of its management.
Gen. Alexander said yesterday that
tbo Macon and Northern will be operat
ed from Savaunab just aa any outer of
the Central lines. The road is 106 miles
long, its terminal points being Macon
and Athens. It runs through a goo t
territory in middle Georgia, which,
however, is pretty well drained by oth
er railroads, tbe Central raHruad and
tbe Georgia railroad lines. The chief
value of the road to tbe Central ia as a
feeder to its t^ain line. It also gives it
connection at Athens with the Rich
mond and Danville, and might be used
aa e through line if desired from south
west Georgia to the north by tbe Rich
mond and Danville. Tt.e Central can
operate it cheaper in connection with its
system than aa an independent compa
ny, and make something more then
enough from it to pay tbe 41-2 per
cent, on the bond* and operating ex
pense*.
THZ BOAD AS IT WAS.
Tbe Covington and Macon was an un
fortunate speculation from the big n-
ning. Its stockholders never received a
cent ot dividends and lost every
dollar they put into. it.
The Baltimore capitalists lost
money on the read’s bonds, as they are
now exchanging a 6 per cent, bona for
one bearing 4% percent., a low of about
26 per oent. on their investment. The
read, it is said, was never more than
half built, and is in very poor condition
now. Tbe Central will begin at once
the work of putting it in proper condi
tion.
Gen. Alexander yesterday authorized
the purchase of 100,000 cross ties for tbo
road.
The Central’s recent purchases of tbe
Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus ami
the Mauou and Northern have added
about 247 miles to its already large sys
tem. The system bad a mileage of
1,312 miles on June 1, 1890, And Abe re
cent additions have increased the mile
age to 1,660 miles. This does not in
clude the Carolina system of about 300
miles, the auxiliary roads of about 1,800
miles, and the Ocean Steamship Cod-
pany’s lines. It is a big system and ia
still growing.
The Richmond and Danville also en
dorsed tne Macon and Not them bonds
with tbe Central.
General Hoke, president of tbe Geor
gia Caiolina and Northern left yester
day for North Carolina on some impor
tant business for that road. He will be
away from Athens several days.
The Jackson Herald is confident that
Jefferson will be linked with Athens
by rail within a very short time. Tin-
Herald very correctly conjectures that
the Augusta and Cbaitanoogals no dead
issue, and that it ia going to be built
The people np' in Jackson conn>y are
enthusiastic in;their support of this line.
So they are all through Georgia where
tbe road ia going to run. Chattanooga
and western capitalists have bold of the
Augusta A Chattanooga now, and the
Chattanooga papers say they mean bus-
QEOROIA GETS 91 1.007.
Allotment of Money by the United
States to State Militia.
The Secretary of War, with the ap
proval of the President, has made the
following allotments of money to tbe va
rious States and Territories for arming
and equipping the militia on the basis
of representations in Congress:
Alabama. (9.214
Florida. 3.6*6
Georgia. 11.067
Mississippi. S,3B:
North Carolina. 10,135
South Carolina. 8,292
Tennessee. 11,067
Virginia. 11.067
There funds are available July
next.
A SPLENDID DISPLAY.
Of What the Children, of the' City
Schools are doing.
Friday and Saturday afternoons will
be great times with the school chil
drea.
And Washington Street School will bo
crowded with citizens looking at tho
hand work and industrial training
complished during the last scholastic
year.
This is a distinct feature in the public
schools of Athens, and lias proven it-
sell to he very highly beneficial to tbe
scholars.
The hours of display will be from 3 to
6 o’clock on Friday an I Saturday af-er-
noons and the general public are tuvited
to attend and see what the girls and
boys are doing.
Sickness Among Children,
Especially infants, is prevalent more or
less at all times, but is largely avoided
by giving proper nourishment and
wholesome food. The most successful
and reliable of all is the Gail Borden
“Eagle" Brand Condensed Milk. Your
IT IS ORGANIZED.
AND THE NEW RAILROAD WILL BE
BUILT.
COL SMITH’S NEW VNETURE.
ilthonla jto
illt—The' Co
vtUo to be Built—The' 1 Company
Fully Organized and Beady
for Work.
From Smithonia to Dapieltrille.
That will be tbe next road bniit in
tbie section.
And it will be under tbe guiding band
of Col. James M. Smith, ot Oglethorpe.
That ia enough to stamp upon the
enterprise every mark of complete enc-
cess.
Col. Smith bee had a great deal of
experience in tbe railroad Hue,. und
be nether puts bimaelf behind a
movement bat that be poshes it to tbe
front.
Tbe now road means a great deal for
tbe section of eonutry through which
it rone. It will ran a distance of thir
teen miles, and will be a first class road
in every particular. Tbe road ia al
ready completed for five miles to Five
Forks, and it will be pushed rapidly to
completion on tbe Danielsville end.
There waa a meeting of tbe stock,
holders of the road Tuesday afternoon
in Smithonia.
At this meeting Col. James M. Smith
was elected President of the road,
Judge George C. Daniel, Vice Presi
dent, and Col. D. W. Meadow, Secre
tary and Treasurer. ,
Col. Smith asks that tbe citizens of
Danielsville and of Madison county
subscribe the sum ot (16,000 toward the
completion of tbe road, and when that
is done, he will himself guarantee the
completion of the road to Danielsville.
The new road will be built in a short
while. Work will be pushed on rapidly
from Five Forks to Daoielsville. It is
nota very long road and it will not be
come a mammoth corporation; bat it
will do a great deal of good in its
phere. The West Point Terminal sys
tem started from a little road in Vir
ginia only thirty miles long.
Tbe new road from Danielaville to
Smithonia may yet form the part of a
ureat trunk line.
Who knows!
ine
Capt. John Hart ia quietly at work on
the extension of the White Plains road,
which be so fondly pets.
It ia bis purpose to extend the road to
Savannah on an airline through tbe
finest section of timber land in Southern
Georgia.
He has every dollar necessary for
tbis undertaking at bis command, and
ia just waiting to get matters in shape
to go strait through when he starts
Thu extenson will put Athens on a di
rect line to the sea. This is wbat we
need, and it ia an end devoutly to be
wished for.
Let ’er roll!
WELL DONE. YOUNG LADIES1
The Honors of the Graduating Class
of Lucy Cobb Institute.
The years work has been finished by
tbe young ladies of tbe Institute, and
tbeir records speak beat of what they
have done.
They show tbat tbe class record is
better than ever before in the history of
tbe school.
In the contest for first honor, six
yonng ladies came within ope half of
one per oent of each other, and there
fore under tbe rules of the school share
the honor.
The first honor graduates are
Miss May Hull, of Athens, 99.7
Miss Gertrude Jackson, 99.7
Miss Carrie Law Yarnedoe, of Val
dosta, 99 6 .
Miss Mamie Calloway, of Newnan,
996
Miss Nannie Sue Hill, of Newnan,
99.5
Miss Susie Gerdine, of Athens, 99.4.
Thus it will be seen that the bow-T
young ladies come from ev*.ry sertio
of the state, and that Athens has tw
representatives among the six.
The second honor is won by^Miss
Clara Wimberly, of Macon, with an
average eft 99. — •5 •' i
In the English contse. the honor
taken by Miss Naunie Smith, with
an average of 99 S and Miss Jessie Mor
ton, with an average of 99.7.
The records sho w up splendidly for
the young ladies and tbe teachers.
Tbe graduating class is one solid
array of beauty, culture, and intellect.
With health at\d beauty laden,
A rich and priceless thing,
To woman, pale and wasted,
My precious gift I bring.
Such tho object and such tbe ntVaion
of woman’s valued friend. Dr. Pierce*
Favorite Prescription. Don’t lit un
reasonable prejudice prevent you from
sharing tbe health and beauty proffered,
io goou faith, by tbis most excellent
Remedy! None of the almost countless
weakness and disease* peculiar to wo
men. but that readily yield to its mag
ical power! Manufactured, recomen-
<ied, sold through druggists, and uuur-
anteed by the World’s Dispensary Med
ical Association, Buffalo, N. V., to give
satisfaction, in every case, or money
paid for it cheerfully refunded.
A LOCAL BILL.
To be Introduced In the General
Assembly.
Tbe Council will have a local bill in
troduced into the next meeting of the
generally assembly through tbe efficient
representative from Clarke, Hon. W. J.
Morton.
It will be upon the subject ot street
paving and will be introduced to carry
out tne general plan adopted by tbe
people when they voted the bonds.
Desks the power to assess part of tbe
costs on the abutting property Owners,
end to divide the costs info annual in
stallments so ms to relieve tbe taxpayers
from any unneocessary burden.
TRAIL CREEK BRIDGE.
CLASSIC CITY CHAT.
BRIGHT AND BREEZY NEWS-
VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS.
WHAT GOES ON DAY BV DAY
The Gossip and News of Athens for s
Day Caught on tho Fly by the
Banner Reporters—Side
walk Echoes-
Will oo to Baltimore—Miss Katie
Louise DnBose, of Athens, will go to a
Seminary in Baltimore next fell.
A Prominent Physic!ax.—Dr Du-
Boeay, of Tallullab Falls, is in the city.
He is a native of France end e promi
nent Physician. He came to visit Mr.
Lon O’Farrell.
Ik Sdurn Carolina.—Captain end
Mrs. W B. Burnett are still in Franton
8. C., where they :wtnt to visit Mn.
Barnett’s father who is very siok.
Good Seasons.—If the gardens and
crops hold beck their growth, such sea
sons ss this, then certainly something
has gone very wrong with great Na
ture.
It is Movzd.—Tbe botue of Colonel
T. Larry Gantt has been moved to
Broad street from Clayton and will soon
be enlarged into a hotel. It will be a
good location for a hotel, cornering
Broad and Lumpkin streets.
CoMtNCUTO Commencement.—Among
the yonng ladies of Atlanta who will
grace the commencements with their
loviness are Misses Gnssie K. Grady,
Minnie Fontaine, and Rebie D. Lowe.
They will be popular visitors.
Inspecting His Mines.—Mr. James
S. Hamilton is now in Murphey, North
Carolina, inspecting his mines. Mr.
Hamilton has a fortune in this proper
ty. If it is handled right.
BATTLE IN IOWA.
BETWEEN POLICEMEN AND BN-
THUSIASTIC STUDENTS.
A LIVELY ROW.
A tin Horn Welcome to a Returning
Victorious Base Bail Club' Cauaea
an Arrest and a Warm Fight En
sues, Ending In Bruises and
Broken Heads, and Flight.
Wbiting up Policies.—The Man-
hatton Life Insurance Company, that
established an agency here a few days
since, through its efficient agent, Mr.
N. F. Jackson, is writing up a large
number of policies.
The Vxbt Highest Mark.—Miss
Nannie Smith, who graduates with first
honor in the English course at Lucy
Cobb Institute this year, makes the
highest average ever made in that class.
It is 99.8, and the record ia oue to be
proud of.
Good music.—There is no one fea
ture of the Commencement' season this
year that promises to excel in in its
way the music to be furnished by the
famous Bearden band of Augusta. The
Bearden boys'^re favorites in the Clas
sic city when it cornea to musical mat
ters.
ONE OF THE SMITH’S.
Are you Owen Smith? “Oh, Yes,
must be; lam owin’ everybody!” But
I owe more to Dr. Biggers’ Huckleberry
The Swellest Going.—The leading
members of the “Cotilleon Club” say
the entertainment th*-y Will give to
start the Commenc- ment off this year
is going to be fashioned after the swell
est thing out in the way of a hop. The
club is composed of a large membeiship
and the roll is increasing every day.
Coming to Athens.—Mrs. Grant
Wilkins leaves the city ia a few days
for Athens, where she goes to attend
graduating exercises of the Lucy Cobb,
in which her daughter. Miss Julia
Wtlki is, participates. Miss Wilkins
will be one of the next winter’s debu-
ante.—Atlanta. Journal.
The Work Will be Commenced at
Once.
The new bridge to be erected over
Trail creek at the factory will be a
piece of splendid workmanship.
The contractor will give bond for the
work at once, and will commence to
build tbe bridge.
It will be a large and convenient
bridge and wiU be placed far above high
water.
It is a bridge needed fora longtime
by tbe citizens who travel tbat road,
and tbe city took a wise atop when it
ordered the bridge to be erected.
Dr. Biggers Huckleberry Cordial is a
sure core for all Bowel troubles. Fo
«ale bv all dealers.
ROOF/ FAINT.
We had a "heavy rain yesterday but
Reaves A Co.’a roof paint-stopped ail
the leaks in the houses witiph they have
painted. .
Have your roof painted with Reaves
A* Co.’a fine roof paint and your insur
ance will be cheaper.
GOOD AND RAPID WORK
la being done by the G.. C. and N, R.
R In Athens.
The work of the Georgia, Carolina A
Northern railroad in Athens is some ot
the very best to be found iu for. country.
And it is being done very rapidly at
thi* time, and before the people are
aware of it, the road will be through
the county and speeding on toward At-
lanta.
The bridge over the fiver will be a
beauty when finished, and will be one
of the best of iu kind in the Union.
The work through the lauds of the
Athens Park & Improvement Company
is almost completed, and the hands are
making the dirt fly in the vicinity of
Holman’s dairy farm.
In fact they are getting a lively
move on things and the topography of
the country is being quite changed by
the long grades and cuU and fills of
tbe new railroad.
Well, the people of Athens will give
a royal welcome to the first train that
steams upfon the other side of the
river.
Education will ooniinue its grocer and druggist keep it.
Cordial for curing me of tbe cholera J
1 morbus aud dysentery, 1 u ‘
Fob Sale.—Lumber and sawdust.
T. C. Delon Y.
Iowa City, Ia., May 27.—School boy
enthusiasm over a baseball game waa
the cause of a great ileal of excitement
and some trouble in this city.
The University club went to Grinnell
and played a match game, the Iowa col
lege defeating it. The result was tele;
graphed to Iowa City and between 900
and 900 students w at to the depot to
give foe victors an enthusiastic welcome
home.
Naturally they made a good deal of
noise hollowing, blowing tin horns, etc.
A policeman stationed at foe depot or-'
dered the boys to keep quiet. Shortly
afterward u student blew a blast ou the
tin bugle, whereupon a policeman ap
proached him from behind and dealt
him a fearful blow vnth lus dab back
of the ear, felling him to the ground and
rendering him insensible.
This enraged the students and they
made it so hot for the jxdiceman that ho
jumped into a cab, drove up town, pro
cured help and awaited the arrival of
the piocessio::, wh'.cli the students
formed upon the arrival of the team.
The officers then arrested two leaders
of the procession and started with them
to the city hall.
Some one in tbe crowd yelled: "Shall
we let the boys go to jail ?”
There was i: general shout of "no, no, ”
and the students, nearly 300 in number,
threw themselves upon the policemen.
A desperate conflict ensued. The two
students under arrest were rescued sev
eral times, bat refused to escape, and
were retaken by the officers. The fight
raged for nearly an hour. Clubs were
freely used, and the policemen drew
their revolvers, when a mob of Bohemi
ans and saloon keepers came to their
rescue.
The students were then put to flight.
One of their number—Ward Bannister—
had his head broken open and otherwise
dangerously injured by blows from a
club. Several others were hurt more or
less seriously.
Within ten minutes after the city hall
was reached, an order was served from
the mayor demanding tho police to re
lease the students under arrest. The
order was ignored, and it became neces
sary for the marshal to take foe students
out. The city.is much stirred up over
the trouble and further violence is fear
ed. The general feeling is that the po
licemen were in the wrong.
MINOR ITEMS.
An Insurance Man.—Mr James G.
West of Atlanta representing the Man
hattan Life Insurance Company of New
York is iu Athena. Mr. West is a
popular insurance man, a genial gen
tleman and represents a splendid Com
pany, Mr. Jackson of this city has ac
cepted the resident agency of this Com
pany.
Photographers at Work ;—The two
ihotograph galleries in foe city have
teen hard at work for the past week.
They have taken several fine group pic
tures of the fraternities of foe college
and also several class pictures. As the*
boys leave college they have to exchange
photos with one another.
It Annual Statement.—It was re
marked yesterday tbat foe annual state
ment of tbe Southern Mutual Insurance
Company to be made shortly would
show a dividend of 74 per cent on the
year’s work. •
That’s pretty good, isn’t It'.for a com-
>any started in Athens, and now the
argestof iu kind and best in the land.
An Old Farheb At Work.—When
a man gels old, he does not necessarily
lay down work. It is saidof Mr. W. Y.
Elder, an old and respected farmer of
Oconee oonaty, that although already
past his three score and ten, he can do
more work than any baud on his farm
and regularly shoes his horses anc
mules, tends to his cattle, and does
regular farming work.
Mr. Culpeper And His Tent.—The
citizens of Athens are awaiting with iu
forest the advent of Rev. Mr. Culpep
per in their midst. The great tent will
be here tbe latter part of the week.
Mr. Culpeper was unavoidably de
tained several daj s ic Atlanta, and in
addition to that the committee here
were unable to secure lumber in time to
arrange for the seating of the congrega
tions.
THE LAST MEETING
Of the Law Class of Eighteen Ninety-
one,
HE IS A WARRIOR.
SINTLBTON A BOM BARDER OF AN
CIENT TYPE.
SHELLS A KANSAS TOWN.
Remarkable Freaks of a So s
Crank—A Bottle Found in In*I
Containing an Envelops
Which Waa Sealed a Writta
Confession of a Murder
Committed Years Ago.
Tbe visitors to cimrmenceme>it are
arriving mail foe hotels are crowded.
The ii-wsof foe failure of Ryan's
Sons, of Atlanta, was a great surprise
here., ,
About midnight last night, it became
almost cold enough to wear an over
coat.
City Treasurer Gill*-land and Tax
Receiver Sims, are kept quite busy tak
ing in foe tax returns.
The Chamber of Commerce is doing
well, and is an organization of which
the city should leel proud.
The work of stringing the electric
wires goes rapidly on. The wire has
been strung as far as the Y. M. C. A.
building.
The dosing out sale at Cohen’s Paris
store has been largely attended tbe last
two days, and tne ladies are driving
great bargains in choice goods.
The French play to he rendered at
Seuey Stovall t^hapel Friday evening
will be very interesting. It ia some
thing new in these parts.
In these hot days, when sickness ol
ten results from bad sanitation, the
eity of Athens remains healthy because
it has a good system of sewers nearly
finished and an efficient Sanitary In
spector. J
ADJOURNED TERM
Samas City, May 27.—Henry Single-
ton, a man of intellectual cast of coun
tenance, but with an eye which betrays
instability of nxind. went to Seneca. Kan, y
three years ago aud bought an old flour
mill half a mile from tbo town. Hie
lived in the mill, but made no floor, al
though the' engines were often heard
razming. He admitted no visitors, ex
plaining that ho 'waa making a flying
machine.
The impression that the fellow waa a
harmless crank was dispelled the other
night when he began a bombardment of
foe town.
L. L. Haggard was sitting in front of
the Hotel Cameron at 11 o’clock, when a
crash was heard on the roof and a round
missile rolled down und struck him in
foe abdomen. Immediately another
crash was hoard across the street, and a
fnsilade waa kept up, balls of burnt clay
weighing five pounds striking every half
minute, and doing considerable damage
in the west end of town. ,
Men armed with revolvers and shop*''
guns started for the old mill, and soon
made singleton their prisoner. They
found about 800 of the clay balls ready
for use, and a powerful ingeniously con
structed steam catapult, which would
throw one.of foe projectiles a distance
of a miie.
"When captured, Singleton had a man
uscript story, in which he, the hero, is
represented as conquering various cities
with his engine of war. ' Ho is in jail
awaiting legal action.
“THIS IS TO CERTIFY."
Strange Confession of a Murder Commit
ted Many Year* Ago.
Wabash, ind., May 27.—The daugh
ter of Samuel Ohmart, of Laketon,found
a bottle on foe bank of Eel river near
her home, containing an old envelope, in
which was written the following confes
sion of a murder:
Viola, Noble Co., Ind., July 23,1863,
To Whom it May Concern:
This is to certfty that C Will Morris,
murdered Joe Snook for foe purpose of .
robbery and because of his ill treatment of "
me, on foe 13fo -day of July, 186S. You
may find his body in Turkey lake, about
four mile* east of Syrocuse, ICoaciusko
county, Ind. His body lies about fifteen
feet from the shore, and about 175 feet
southeast from a very big rock, 100 feet
north of the shore of the lake.
I got about *158. Will go to Mexico,
W. C. ” '
Of Clarke Superior Court on June ©th.
The adjourned form of Clarke.Supe-
rior Court meets on tbe ninth day of
June.
And tepm present indications it will
have phnrf of Vvork be< ore it.
Judge N. L. Hutchins, bein'” a mem
ber of tbe Board of Trustees of the
Uiiiv<-rsity or Georgia, wilt have to be
here on the 11th at least, and so he
placed the time for the adjourned term
a few days in advance.
Several eases of importance will prob
ably oome up, among them the case of
Hirchfield and Blnmenfoal, in which
nearly foe entire bar of Athens has a
hand.
At this time the Judge will admit foe
lawyers in the law class of theUniver
site to foe practice of tbe law.
This is now com* to be a custom and
each year foe entire law class is admit
ted on the same day id Athens. t
A New Evening Paper. 1
Atlanta. Ga., May 27—(Special).
Rumor has it that Josiah Carter, late
managing editor of foe Journal, is at
the head of a company with a capital
stock of (25,000 that will soon start an
other afternoon paper here- * The mer
chants, or some of them, are under
stood to be at the hack < f foe new vent
ure, and foe money has Wn all raised.
never to return.
. Morris.
The Law Class of-the University
holds its last meetim? tbis morning.
They will meet both Piofessors Cubb
and Thomas in their usual recitations,
and then their course here is at an end.
This year’s class is a very bright and
able one. '
It consists of seventeen brainy yonn*
men, who will be successful in their
chosen profession wherever they go.
They have done good work during
the term, and both pn f- ssors and stu
dents will be loth to part.
The class had a group picture taken Zek- Edge says the roof or his furn‘-
yesterday in front of the Ivy Building ture store always leaked until it was
and each one will cirry a picture home | pa i a ted by J. H. Heaves & Co’s fire and
by which to remember the genial faces j rusC pt00 f tf.
and kind hearts of bis companions. *
He Will Accept.
Atlanta, Ga., May 27.—[Special.]—
Advices from Sewanee state that the
committee to notify Bishop-elect Gailor
has arrived there and that Dr. Gailor
will undoubtedly accept. No formal
acoptance has yet been made, but he
will come and make.Atlanta his home.
THE BASEBALL WORLD.
National' League.
At Cincinnati—
Cincinnati 0 00001 00 0—1
Philadelphia...! 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0—6
■ At Pittsburg—
Pittsburg. 6 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0—10
Boston .,..0 0001.0 000-rl
At Cleveland—
Cleveland 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1—11
Brooklyn.......0 00121202—8
At Chicago—
Chicago 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0—1
New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0—6
American Association.
At Cincinnati— ' ' /
Cincinnati.....0 1 2 4 8 4 0 8 2—21
Boston 0 7 0 0 8 1 0 0 0—18
At Columbus—
Columbus 0 10 0 1 1 0 1 0—4
Baltimore......0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0
At Louisville—
Louisville 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0—8
Athletics....^.8 0 0 1 0 1 8 0 8—10
At St. Lou la
st. Louis 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1—8
Washington....0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0—6
RYAN'S FAILURE
Is still the talk of the Gate City.
Atlanta, Ga., May 27.—[Special.]—
The Ryan failure is of course tbe big
sensation of the day. People talk of
nothing else; it is discussed every,
where.
Steve Ryan’s friends—and he basis
good many—are sorry for him, and peo
ple generally regret that such a failure
sbonld have occurred; bat Ryan’s fel
low merchants have no sympathy for .
him. For i^onttufRyan’s matters have
meant the demoralization of business in
the various branches in which bis great
boose was interested. Tpe older mer
chants have predicted failure and fail
ure has come; but in tbe meantime foe
ether houses have suffered.
Talk of all aorta is rife. Not a few
people were found to insinuate that foe-
crash doeB not mean all loss to the
Ryans. They give Steve Ryan credit
for great shrewdness, and say he is not
so great a loser as be might be. Others
express great sympathy for him and
hope he will be able to resame. As
yet, the affairs are in such chaotic
state that it 4 impossible to give fur- s
to< r details as to assets and liabilities.
None of the Atlanta banks are in the.
failure for any large amount and. all
claim they are amply secured. John
£yan,Sr., and John Ryan, Jr., are on
Steve’s notes, and tbeir names are re
garded as all that eonld be asked.
The. Dead Policeman.
Atlanta, Ga., May 27—(Special).
Tbe funeral of Bob Goodson, the po
liceman who was killed, took place to
day. Brother officers on meeting to
day volunteered contributions io his
wife and-family amounting" to about
seventy dollars per month. Besides
this there are many subscriptions
which will u ake a neat sum for the
widow and orphans.
Go to G. Wi Mabry, 003 State’s Rights
St., for Spring Turnips and Guio