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ATHENS. QA., THURSDAY MORNING. JULY 27.
OVER THE CITY.
Mr. ud Hr,. Wllli&mson and Mre. CITY ZS.' OTTdlfl.
TV'
RAGRtPHS PICKED
UP HERE AND THERE,
in General, in
Which all are Interested.
Personal Items telling
Who are Coming
and Going.
Pot Prescriptions and Reliable Drug*
of all kinds go to Jno Crawford A (Jo
Mr. W. *. Ta»e, of Elbett county,
paid the city a visit yeaterday.
thh
Wmgfi dl<l are in Willcea connty on a
visit u, Mr. W. K Cull i-A'ay.
New crop Turnip Seed, *” ~ , die
fresh and reliable yweij”
Jno Craw. — «
Mr. T?m Booth, tte cmntv treasurer
of O jonee county i* very tiok and not
expected to lira.
Tiisw wanting to furnish stationery
(applies for the public schools will call
at the Superintendent’s offloe Saturday
morning.
Dr. Spence Durham, one of the oldest
eiUzans f Northeast Georgia, toatill
bale and nearly at his home in Wat
'ini rille.
A bg Indian fr m up the creek ar
rived in the dry yesterdar and will
open up a t-nt m«*’ing. The India r
was educated at Carlisle, Penn.
Tneeday and yeeterday, from the ao-
c ants from the weather bereao, were
tne hottest days of the season. The
weather baa been unprecedented hot
for the past few days.
Sweet Gam and Mullein is a sure cure
>r ooughs, colds, croup, consumption,
l d all otl-sr throat and Inna trouhl'.
Mr and lira. V. W Skiff leases
evening f rr a trip op nori b.
Coi. Joe McWhorter, of Antice
up yesterday on strictly busines.
B. Cobb’s Battling Works ie I Yeeterday Just before the eloud pws-
red to 80 Foundry street. 1 •' ”ver the city ttae ttwnmometeTjatthe
_ „ _ • ■ , . 11 re of E. X. Jones and Comyany
Bey. B. 7. Elliott will spend a day 1
o- two visiting friends In the Gate
City.
Mr and Mrs. Hugh Taylor and
family are visiting Mrs. James Carlton
on Hill street
Max Joeepb, the
merchant, 1< f. for
moruiag Be will take
Fair.
| a re of
marked 08, and when the wind blew »
Might gale from the pasting cloud, It
feu to 80 in about lira minutes.
Col. W. M- Hsiratnn, one (f the in
ventors of the Third party, came over
from Xlbert ye<t*rday to hear bit favor-
popular Broad sire*. I ite, Tom Watsmi, on the Third party
Chicago yesterda Col. Hairston is not a hand
take in the Wor.d’* m»°. bat when he gets a few
Bran and oat sacks wanted at Polar
Ioe Works.- .
Watermelons are plentiful and cheap
and the average Athena darkey is now
in bis glory.
We are gl id to learn that Mr. J J
Joiner, of East Athens, who baa been
quite sick, is improving rapidly.
The rutanrant keepers made a good
thing out of Tom Watson’s visit to
Athena on Tnetd-y. They were kept I will stand this climate. The plants are
busy most of the afternoon.
Weak stomach strengthened by Bee-
cham’o Pills.
Strickland, the man who was kicked
by a 1 o se at Cooper’s stable on Tues
day morning was able to go home yes
terdsy.
A p»rt of the Athens delegation f r
the District Conference l«f on tie M
A N yesterday afternoon. O h rs will
go-uownrt jdlyon the Georgia road.
The diapensary did not close Tues
day on atoount of Tom Watson's »pe»ch
It takes a bigger man than Tom Wat-
toa to dose the diapensary.
The plain truth is good enough f >r
H od’s Sarsaparilla. No| need of em
bellishment or sensationalism. Hood’s
Cutes.
Mr. Broth’* singing sohool at Seoond
Baptist church is very lar/e—Caere
being about 40 pupils. Mr. Booth is a
successful teacher.
Mrs. J. R. Boone, who was the step
mother of Mrs H. H. Hale, of this
city, died at her home in Guoesville on
Monday, and was turied on Toesday.
J Bee. W. P. Lovejoy, the pastor of
the First Methodist obu cb of this ohy,
was appointed to preach the opening
sermon at tha District Conference list
night.
Some of the bovs about Athena hav-
the reputati< n cf being pretty go d
fishermen, but unfortunately they never I
bring any of the finny tribe borne with
than.
We regret to learn that Riy. D C
Oliver is q dte sick at his boms in Kmt X?!* woVderf^he*Hh4tSe
Athens. • Mr. O iver wss dis*" r “'*"-“’ I attnbnte my wonderful he lth vrthe
in being prevented by this «. u >uw<, -- - . . . ,,
from tttendlnc the dtofct cmfom... £>“““"5 'JSXStZSSS
Many friendt accompanied the re-1 or biliousness, but four or five doses ol
mama of alu>*gs Nicholson to tbs cams- | Brandbeth’s t ill> always cure m»
tery yesterday. There wss general re
gret at the death of this old man, as be I
was universally esteemed.
gran
Best
lest achievement of meebanhm
ston earth. Office in Y. M. C. a.
building. E. S Edge, Agent
Many citizens of Athens nsnally at
tend the Bethlehem camp meeting 1 >
Walton oounty. We learn ti at • e
meeting will b gin on Fridty nigne be
fore the first Sunday in Angnst.
^KD.-Hew
^varieties.
—-—xtn do.n’s Drug
New Goods.—J. W. Brown
will have only bran new
store.
Wasted.—A go d,
burglar and fire-proof
J. W. Brown & Son,
-Books von Best—Two
rent either famished or not f i
in a nice boats. 408 north Jackson i
Apply at boose.
Takes Up—A cream colored heifer
calf with white spot in face. O vner
can get same by paying expenses of
keeping and this advertisement.
Pomos Wasted.—A ocmplet.
book-keeper with very best ref ere lop,
desires a situation in Athens. General
stork work could also be included.
Address S. O H. Banner Office.
Oconee Court —Court in Oconee h
sttil going on. The Whitehead cue
that has been put off for several terms
was called late yester lay evening Jndge
J Estes representing the defense.
Os lea.—The best melons that can
be bad will be kept on ice at L Bert-
liDg & Co’s batcher shop all during lb.
rammer months. Send your ordets oi
telephone,and yon will get the beat tha
can be bad on ioe. Mr. Bertling wil*
make a specialty of this business an<
will only sell them for CJBBT
Death Op An Infaht. Os Tuesday
night the infant child cf Mg- and Mrs
Wm Lovern died at their home neai
the pottery. The bereaved parent
nave the sympathies of many friend
in their bereavement. The remain
were buried yesterday in the cemeter
at Whitehall.
Sick from Gas nr a Well —Yes’cr
lay m trait g a negro named Turne
*; nt down into a well where he ha
been Muting the day previous, am.
had to be drawn cat very qaick. T.
gts made him very sick, and when b
revived somewhat, he wu sinus
crazy. The well belorged to Ton
Scott, and only two cr three blut
were made in it on yeeterday.
A Lively Rack—Yesterday aftei-
iOQi. down in front cf Dr. Lyndon’
drug store, a negro wu joggipg alorg
very leisurely driving a vehicle oi
which wu a box, and; in that hex wa
t diminutive siz.«) pig. All cf a sudde:
the pig dri pped from the boxtoth
{round Amid the yelling and hooting
>f the crowd, that negro, assisted by
ulf dozen other small regroes had tL
liveliest race Athens has seen for aom<
ime. After a weary race the pig ws
captured and quiet again restored.
A Sad Death—Yesterday morniot
Mrs. Ida Lovern died at her home a
Princeton Factory after a long ami
gainful illne**. Only a few weeks ago,
aer little infant wu baried, and th*
voung mother has been gradaally sink
ing since that - time. She wu th.
daughter of Mr- H H. Tolbert, now i
Nbjvnan, and the wif a of Mr Thoe. H
Lovern. She wu only 19 years old,am
only a little over A year ago wu a hap
ny obiidren have been sic I PF y° o0 8 bride - ready when
with scarlet fever, measles, acid atom- | the summons came and has entered into
at. The funeral took place yesterday
u Princeton.
FARLEY'S FIRE.
TSfT-*
.
HOT SHOT
glasses of lemonade he can explain in
forcible language how and why th*
Third party will win. But the ballot
box always tells a different tale
Mr. Wm. Pittman has at his store tw«
voluntary plants that came up in hi-
garden from seed of dates. These seed
were thrown In a trash pile In the gar
den, and perhaps a dc z in nr more p’.anti
-re growing fir- m them. Mr Pittman
is going to save one or two of these
plants and place them in a warm south
ern position, and will teat bow thei
‘ The fear of losing, or the hope of get-
'H(! - til a shall not control me, for no
muter what other people may think
vod do, 1 had rather be an honest
teaman orcitizro out of a job than a
nical trickcr and shunnet’ or doep-
llain in the United States sen-
about s foot high.
The man or woman with a cheerful
face and a sunny smile, is the one tr
e-jov life. It is impossible to hi in
this condition with an ill fitting shoe
Buy your shoes of J. G M. Edward-
and yon will not have this bad feeling
the shoes are not only good, but sr-
told at reasonable prices.
The Misses Braiway, of New Or-
leans, are spending the bested term at
Huberts Resort, Neenah, Wis They
arethegnes’s of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Rmmetr, of Naw O 'eanv, who ar*
pending the summer at this popnlsr
r. sort Early in August they will viri
he World's F.Ir at Chicago, wher
the? have elegant qutriers ergig-d si
one of the large hotels for the month oi
August.
One of our • ffi dais who hu noticed
uo*i things was talking ye>terday
about bow when a negro one • gats in t-
the chatogsn, be gem rally continues to
be sent up for some rascality. San-
Grrg ry bu only been free of th<
chain gang for a few weeks, and wil
probably go back. The same wu trn-
of Burrell Shaw and o-hers wtaos-
names were mentioned. It is not tb-
attractiveness of the chaingang, hat tb<
inclination to ra<cality that causes this
HE .LTH IN OLD AGE.
Edward Collinson, Qxeens, N
says:
“I commenced using Brandbeth’s
Pills over fifty-five years ago I firs
bought them in London, and have con- |
tinued using them since. I came to thi-
conntry in 1836 I am now over seven-
'arolina
liticiaus.
mbia, S. C., July 25.—Adjutant
General Farley tonigit gave to tin
press a scorching Apiy to the r,cer
letter of Senator Irby, in which the la*
ter denied that he wrote the Craddocl
article.
He congratulates Irby oh the won
derfol change upon bis manner
‘which does not extend to his morale,
a he has used the English language t •
o -noeal the troth instead of teUing it.’
Parly apiVgiea to the public firth-
vigorous language he used, by saying
“‘It would be impossible to do jnstioe t
inch a monstrosity in anythiog like
ordinary language.” -4,
He admits writing a political artic’
l itended for pnblicaMon and uyt
The charge that I had a conversiti
with Captain Tillman and offered hi
tn article for publication, which he re
fused, and told him of a combinatio
which had been agreed-upon, offerini
-itm the posi:ioa of adjutant general, i
-s pare and unadulterated a lie u wr.
»ver put upon piper, no matter who i
the author or instigitor df it. Indee<
in Saturday after (he 'inauguratioi
when Senator Irby says B took plat
[ bad 1-fs Washington.” 1
He states that he will give the artioh
ie did write to the press.
He declares that Irby wu the “•«al
nthor”of the Craddock article, gnd
hit if Jim Tillman had anything to d
* ith it he wu victimized by Irby, w
ried to 8aorifloe
y making him a scape goat.
carpenter by the name of M. S.
-era fell from the roof of a house in
t Des Moires, Iowa, and sustained a
'•sinful and seriona sprain of the wrist,
Thicbhe cared with one bottle of
Ghambarlain’s Pain Balm. He says 'it
! s worth 35 a bottle. It cost him 50
•enta. For sale by
JOHN CRAWFORD 4b CO.
“ Coma Out of tho Wet” and “ Come
Into the Wet.”
Yesterday a Banner reporter hap'
pened to fall in with an (fid cit<zan whr 114 ousts
Palmetto Fans Ons Cent Each »t
Michael Bros.—Any Quality.
Have you a bay 4 years old ? For
you can get him a pair of
was in a reminiscent mood, and among I Pants. If be is 5 or 6 we can fit him at
other things he told the following Jame price; larger sizes a few
story: more. Mioha 1 Bros.
Home years »go a rather eccentric Boys Shirt Waists: Are yon inter
gentleman named R applied to -sled—all ages U orate. The cloth
the anthcritiee of the Methodist chore* | would cost you more. Will sell yon
A Kimmtnii of Columbns.
Chicago, July 26.—-Alexius Colum-
is, who says he is a descendant of Lais
Joinmbus, the eider brother of th
reat admiral, hns come to Chicago I of an Ebgliah education. The appli
rom Buffalo, N. Y., to visit the World’s
-’air. He i» 96 years old. He hu three
filters here. In spite of his great
ror a license to preach the GrapeL I-
wu before a quarterly conference ol
the First Methodist ehurch that the |
-pplicetioo wu made. Dr. E. W.
S wu the presiding elder, and |
wu rather rigid in the examination.
First the candidate w«s examined on
he Discipline < f the chaicb, then the
Bible, and afterwards on the elements
one or one hundred,quantity unlimited.
Michael Bros. •'
Children’s Wash 8nits, Kilt, were
|1 50 and $2 Off, cow 85 oents.
5C0 Misses Silk Mulls and Embroid
ered Hats and Caps, were $1 25. $2 00,
and even $3 00. Your choiee 89 oents.
Michael Bros.
Any quality of children’s Caps, Laoe
and Embroidered, were 50,75, |100 and
now 39 oents.
Hje Columbus is active both in bodv
■ud mind. He is nearly 6 feet tall, and
-ears a striking resemblance to the
-»otto portrait of the great discoverer.
Viva Day* with a Broken Seek.
Baltimore, July 26.—Harry Hitch-
jock hu lived five days with a broken
•eck, hat his chances for getting well
re not good. _By diving from a pier at
cant failed in the test on each of thesr even $1 60,
'epartmect*, but wu perhaps -most I Bros,
worried by the t»st in English gram- One show case filled witlT Fana—real
msr. The applicant wu told to parse I Frenoh Fans, were 31 50, 33 00,33 00
the sentence, “John, eomd out of the I and even 3400, 98 cents for choice,
wet.” At this point the spplioaut | Michael Bros.
made a complete break-down. The re- |
salt of the iff tlr wu that the applica
tion wu refused—not on the test of |
grammar alone, bat on the general ex
smination. The brother wu angry he
•■ort Monroe Hitchcock’s vertebra? wu I cause of this refusal, and afterwards
nUn'JheTAS* ^reniars ridiculing all the
.fietC paralysis of the body lrom the
•eckdown. He has been brought to
John Hopkins hospital for operation.
members of the quarterly conference
Afterward;, stinging from what he
believed tb be a wrong infliotod on him,
Bro R—— determined to unite with
the Baptist ehurch and beoome a min
ster in that communion. Dr. T. S
Ladies’ 8 -Irt Fronts, Colombian Col
lars and Cuffs, everywhere 50 oents.
Oar pries now, 29 crats.
A large basket on tbs hosiery counter
filled with fine Liale, Bilk Fwed, and
Frenoh Ribbed : Hoar for Ladies, well
worth 50,65 and 79 *ts per pair. Your
choice 26 oenU. Michael Bros.
Nearly 200 <tpxen Bilk Embroidered
Handkerchiefs for L idles, lovelv quali
ty. We are satisfied with 12 cents
each, you should be.
Are .yon going traveling? The
Mountains, Sea-Shore or Chioago. A
Herbert Calls on Governor BnuolL
Boston, July 26.—Secretary Herbert |
hu completed his inspection of th< m -aw
Charleston navy yard and dined with I wtB the putor of that church in I Sew lineof Saits^ortre^
the commandant and ex-Congressman b,s ci W- He wu a man of infinite I oeived; loyely goods and beauti'ully
j-*st, and when the brother poured into I made and perfect fitting. Miohul
Dr. 8 - *s ear the tale of bis woe, he I “5*’ __ . i
. .. - . „ . nM * I Our store oloses promptly at six ex-
enjoyed it, and when sptoial stress wu I ce pt Saturdays.
. Fred Williams. The secretary
i on the Dolphin for Portsmouth.
A stop will be made over night at Glou-
ster, where the secretary and parti
*1 be entertained by Governor Rns-
Hor Hint Time at Church.
-Fall River,'Mass., July 26.—A mild
sensation wu created at the morning,
. - .. .service at the Central Congregational , ,
the governor’s neph- 1 ohurch Sunday by the first appearance oh “* ed a
t scape goat. I there of Miss Lizzie Borden since tht. wlllpresei
laid upon what wu termed the silly
and nonsensical sentence in grammar, I
“John, come in out of the wet,” Dr,
S —!—, in a laughing way said to him,
“Well, my brother, if yon come into
ibt|he sentence will be
litfll. The way the Baptists
MICHAEL BROS.
THE H0RT1GULTUKAL SOCIETY
y.,
Whenever my ohildrea have been sic
ach, disordered digestion or coative-
ness, a few doses of Brahdkkth’b Pills |
restored the’r h-»lth an once.”
A UKAwV GERMAN
Which Was Qiven at Cams Northeu
by the Clarke Rinea*
The Griffin Morniog Call bu this to
say of the german givea by the Clarke
Rifles:
One of the grandest germsns cf
Camp Northen wu g ven oat at camp
if it can survive daring | lut night by. the Clarke Rifles, of
ns. It wu led in a very graceful
Mr. H. T. Huggins and ftmlly, of 1 manner by the noted little mosiciaa,
*P )“*, Thareday riight j gmmett Maddox, with Miu Georgeann
on a short visit to the funiliss of Mo *rs|qn,„_ f «_ D „, , .
F. L. and W. R. Asbnry. Mr. H-iggins Thornton, which wu gieatly enj y d
lea prominent merchant of the Classic *>7 P reMnt * As this little pair glid-
A lady on Lnmpkin street planted I
one or two date seed in a flower pot and
a small plant has grown op f -cm them.
She will protect the plant from the
cold andse
fiM winter.
An Explanation.—In the aoconnt
given in yesterday's Banner of Tom
Watson’s speech, a reference was mad-
to certain persons, members cf the
Banks oounty delegation, whose " toee
were ont • f their shoes, eto. As this
language hu been severely criticised hj
some of our friends who corsidtred it a
tiok at the poverty c f the parlies men
tloned we make an explanation. Ta*
article wu written by a representative
of the Banner who wu a friend to the
persons thus criticised, and it wu done
in a spirit of pleasantry which wu un
derstood by the persons and the writer
City.—Clarketnlle Advertiser.’ I ed up the p.vilion in a most graceful This paper would nev r make insinua-
T ie meetirga at West Kid Chapel, I manner they were encored by the im-1 11008 or P la J 8 00 aocoant °* poverty,
oonduc’ed by Dr. Gwtltney are very | mense crowd of spectators time and
again. They were assisted by Serg’t
interesting and are doing ~a great deal
an i^efSlgalto I T C Crawford with Mits Pauline Clea. \
worker. | Sergt. Doeier with Miu C Turner,
GRAND BANQUET
The negro, Sam Gregory, who wu L‘ eut ' McCurdy with MIas Dude Wil-
plaoed in jsflIthe other day for swin-1Capt. G T Hodgson with J |
Given to the Clarke Rifles Last Night,
After a few days spent at Camp Nor
day for swin-1 Hams, capt. U T Hodgson with J | then our soldier boys returned to their
g some of onr merchants, is an old Godfrey, Lient- Bansse with Mias Car-1 home yesterday evenirg at 7:16 o’clock.
**•’ YonderLieth. C J O’Fa roll with Athens very nal nr Ally feels prond of
He hu^Tui^ «%p^in the Mi “ Sourr y» Mr - A * G°°way, with her crack militery company, u it
chaingang and will doubtless try it I Frankie Thornton, Sergt. C. Y. Weir I gained reputation while at CampNor-
sgainsoon. with Min Edwena Turner, Mr. SP then. It wu said to b« the best drilled
The times are gradaally growing I Rnives with Miss Clarencie Williams. I company that hu been in camps this
brighter. Soon money will be plentiful. 1H W Bonsse with Mss Cliff -rd Parr; I season.
I QiarteimtstrrSertRpeck Tweedy w t As it wu known that onr soldier boys
n«CMpodbyu“fiWrg shoes. Mr! Miu Willie Cox; Mr Arnold with Mis. would return home yesterday evening.
J. G. M. E1 wards will give yon jnst the I D .lia Boatle, Mr. Wier with MIbs Eow- I Mr Ned Cohen went around among
He quotes u follows 'from a lett
run Jim Tillman to him: “If it»
. cussary to convince you about tl
raddook article, I will *<end to Was
ngton and get the origin-1 mann orip
sit wu filed at the Western Uni-
slegrvph files My name ar d non t
P nme have been u-edfn conneoti-
4th severt.1 bastard productions, wi l-
ut any permiuion, and only pecnli
ircumstances, of which I shall tell y<-
■reven ted me from denouncing then
w well u the real author.”
After seeing Tillman he added t‘
ollowbg pistscript: “It is hardl
ecessary for me to a^ that .Irby die
-ttod t’ro artiettr (a his secretary
lays General Farley, “even if Ji
Pillman wu in it, there is no poB.ibi!
ty for Irby to have been out of it. I*
be remembered that ali of the pauie
rare offloe seekers, including Jim Till
nan, who was applying tor a consol
chip, and all seeking Senator Irby’s pa
ronrg-; let it not be f.rgotten tbs
lontemporaneons telegrams were sen
o the Ri gister covering the ume mat
ter-all of which is in psrfcot conso
ance with bby’s well-known method
fpnffiog himself. Then pat Jams.
Pillman’s statement in the balance with
he actual contents of the Crad look a •
icle and the conclusion is inevitable,
lot only wu it born in that den of
n'qnity from whioh few men have es
caped with e'esn hands, bat that lrb
vuat the bottom of it.” '
General Farley talks seriously t>
(rby in the vocative, telling him that
ie haamade a fool of himself .in the
U lited States Mnate, that he o .uld not
-.ven “appoint a dog p fitei,” and says:
“Another thing, J >ho, your gams: a>
olayir g the bally hu ran in the ground
Y .a can’t tally everybody, tor now an
then, Johb, yon ran agtinst a gun*
man, and you have to wilt, John, an
p-ople find ont that at heart yon aro
-toward. You att&oked Captain Shell a 1
John Shaw’s private residence on ac-
count of my article, when you knew he
wu nnarmed, and yon drew your bow-
ie knife. That was nngentlemanly and
cowardly. Why did yon not come af
ter me, f r I wrote every word of the
article myself and sigiedmy name to
it instead of ‘Craddock.’ By the way ;
John, yon have hinted that von wanted
to settle these matters ‘ont of pspira.
I know that yon are not hunting any
square fight, hut if yon can’s stand
these affectionate missives or pleasant
_ o event at her home lut Anirnst,
« was escorted to her pew by Dr,
Bowen and Charles J. Holmes,
FOR SALE.
One 40 mw gullet gin feeder and eon
anser, as good asne w. Apply to F. M
foLeroy, Jr. at
win Hold in Annual Convention Next
■ Week in Our City.
Greater mistakes have never been made
Borden since tht) I ^U. present it to you will be, ‘ John, I than that of taking the Horticultural
pplytoF.:
. at Oconee Mills.
A DISASTROUS WRECK.
come Into the wet.’” | society of Georgia for the Agricultural
This so incensed the brother that he Soofcty of Georgia, or in thinking that
would talk no more to D.\ 8 I tn some way they were affiliated or bad
about the matter, and gave up all in- »me connectian with one another,
tendon of entering the ministry in the For two days next week, Tneeday
Baptist churob, and went to preaching an d Wednesday, the fiortiooltnral
| on an independent schedule. I Society of the State will hold its annual
At some future time other anecdotes I convention in our midst and give one
may be given conoeraing this brother.
gcods you want at lowest prices.
Onr clever friend, Mr. C. J. O’Far
rell, has just returned ftora the World’s
Fair. He says it is the greatest fair
ever held in this country and advises
everybody to go and see the marveH on
exhibition that can do so. He says it
would take months to do justice to the
fair. . 7?
era; Corporal Lovejoy with Miss Jimmie | eome of the friends of the company and
Mabry. At a late hour nfreshments
were served and the guests departed
with much regret and ah ppyremem
brance cf th's joyful occasion. Ihe |
mneic by the camp orchestra was beau-
t-fnlly rendered.
“Contiru? to call the attention of the
city authorities to the nuisanoe of bare
ball playing on Suodiy It is agaiiBt
I soon raised enough funds to give the
| boy# a banquet on their arrival. Ac-
cordirg to program the boys were met
with a hand of mu.ic and escorted to
their armory where were served sand
wiches and refreshments, which the
Inys greatly erjoy d.
Onr boys bad a good time while in
Griffia and appreciate very highly the
liberality of their feliow-citizms in
V Louisville and Nashville Train Wrecked
In Tennessee,
Nashville, July 26.—A disastrous
rreck of a passenger train oocnrred on
he Loniavilie and Nashville railroad, 70
•iles south of here, about daylight.
Four cars loaded with hogs had be-
■xune detached from a freight train !
vhile switching to clear the track, and
▼ere dashing down a long grade, when
hey were met with terrible force by
he north bonnd fast express from New
Orleans. It is a miracle that no one
was killed.
The injured are Mail Clerk C. L.
Hughes, Fireman Zeanpne and Bag-
'agemaster Cook. Neither will die.
The train, except the sleepers, were de
railed, turned over and badly smashed.
A Big Texas Concern Assigns.
Dallas, Tex., July 26.—The old and
widely known land, loan and collecting
of the finest displays, the most instruc
tive lectures and best exhibitions of
the kind that has ever been seen in
Athens. With the aid of the Ladies'
TBE EXPOSITION DID IT
{•howMr O C. Johnson, of Beloit, I
Wis , expresses how he found ont what | . „ .. .
I’sytor’s Cherokee Remedy of Sweet I Garden Club c f this olty and all that
Gum and Mullein wac, and ho v effica-1 they can furnish in the way of garden
cions it is in in caring coughs, colds | products, and all that will be brought
and croup |
LAID TO REST-
The Funeral services of Judge James
M. Nicholson.
from aH pasts of the State, Athens can
expect to have a fine exhibition.
Let none of onr readers think, though,
that this is an arm \or a
branch, or any part of
body of that well known and useful or-
The funeral service over the remains, , , .. „„ . . . ., . ..
of Judge James M. Nicholson took | «ani.ition the State AgricuUuralBoci
place yesterday morning at the reei-
lenoe of Mr. H. K. Nicholson.
The services were oonduoted by Rev
W P. Lovejoy. and were in accord
ance with tho wishes of the deceased. I
Judge Niobolson had frequently ex
pressed the wish that the services
agency of Murphy & Belands, the lar-1 should be short and simple at his fa-
'est concern of the kind in Texas, has | nersL
ignn
ale of ~ assets or liabilities have been l
iled, but as the firm did an enormous
nous business the chances are that the
■labilities will reach |500,000, and the |
issets will be fnlly that amount.
Shut Down Indefinitely.
Philadelphia, July 26.—The exten-
<ive woolen mills of Scratebard Bros..
#dch have been giving employment to
ibout 259 hands, have shnt down indef
initely, owing to the depression in trade.
The firm has been in business over a
quarter of a century. This is the first
time operations have been entirely sus
pended in the mills.
a nnnn now
Any
home
Cloverhnts
Apply to J
--.ate of Mrs. B. F Maddox.
After the readirg of the Scripture
leuona, and the prayer and sweet song
s iv oe, Mr. Lovejoy gave a brief but
ety and therefore all fear may be taken
away with the knowledge that the pur
pose of the gathering is not to make a
elate for the next campaign, and that
they will take very little interest as to
who will be onr next Governor or U. S.
Senator, for whatever failings the ag-
ricnltneal society may have patriotism,
and the love cf politics is not one of them
The Horticultural Society has not yet
won any favors or honors in this field
and therefore claims none.
The Horbcnltnral Society is an or-
mpresriye talk befitting the o 00 *” 00 . tothedsvel-
sfter whioh the remains were earned to 0 t of f ra its and floW-
tbe cemetery and laid to rest. I its members are men and women
One marked peculiarity of this l c , n8eonited to the scientio study of
neral occasion wss the large attendance | hortionUure and ure uboring with nn-
of the business men cf the city. A
gentleman remarked to a Banner re
p irter that he did not remember to
have seen so large an assemblage of the
men representing ail classes of busi
ness as on this occasion. This showed
tiring efforts to advance the interest,
knowledge and cultivation of that use
ful bat oft negleoted science.
Cholera in an am has lost Us terrors
nines the int ol action of Chamberlain’s
.. .. . . Tn A„. -vinh. I Colio, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
the h’gi esteem in which Judge Nicb I ^Vheu that remedy is used and the
C»na«S-. Coiuiui; Our Setileru Away.
Ottawa, July 26.—An interesting in-
_ rnutiomj question is to be raised as to
ie right of Canadian governmeui
{euts to enter the United States in die
nise with a view to inducing settler.'
,iere to emigrate to the Canadian north-
.-est. At least 40 of these agei^s are at
.vork all
. - J babv boy . r
church that he regretted that he had I era | ofoer remedies had failed. The
not taken that stop when he' was s I child wu so low that he seemed almost
young man. He expressed in the lut beyond thelaid of^nmaa hands or reach
Z wekB rell.ao.apoD U. S.«» ..a
had no fear of death, but felt that all | JOHN CRAWFORD A Co.
1 was well with him. Peaoe to his ashes.
LOST.
From Tallulah Pails.
Tallulah Fall*, Ga., July 26.—
^ota. It is farther said that a special I delivery,
effort is to lie wade to induce the farm
ers of New York, east of Cape Vincent,
pa qninsdes of mine’and conclude to | to emigrate. •
risk it, don’t try to drag in friends ot
least w oi lueoo ugeivo a™ai ■ a Jersey heifer calf, with wm‘e i . n, v m j»nM Rimm-
theway from Mai^ to Da- Lpots. WiU pay suitable reward for I [Sp^cial ]-Dr. and Mrs. Junes Bloom-
W. B Burnett.
HARVEST EXCURSIONS
relatives to do your fighting, as yon
have an old habit of doing, hat ctm-*
yoaraelf, Johnny, for yon know yon
can get fair play and always find
‘where I am at.’ .
“Yon are getting into serions trou
ble and the only way to get out is to
to keep quiet and quit getting other
people to do your dirty work. The
McElroy experience was snffioient to
have satisfi d yon, for when you denied
that yon had i- stigated his article, he
TO all Points in Arkansas and Texas.
The Seaboard Air-Line will sell
ronnd-trip excursion tickets for above
Farmers Tain to Bnrstst/.
Rochefort, Mo., July 26.—David
Brown, Joseph Fisher and A. G. Ogden, _
three well known farmers living near I 'illl~.il.- * ~
Huntedale, were arrested bv Detective I occasion at one first-class fare.
Evans of Columbia, charged with the
burglary of two stores at Hnntsdale
several nights ago. A portion of the
stolen goods were -ecoved.
field,of Athens, »re here.
The Bide Ridge & Atlantic Railroad
is in a splendid fix to carry visitors
from Cornelia to Tallulah.
There are quite a number of beauti
ful, elegant ladies at Tallulah.
Mrs. W. D. Young, of Grand View
Hotel, hu been quite ill bnt is oonva-
TO CLEANSE THE SYSTEM
Effectually yet go.tly, when costive or
w bilious cr when ti^. lood is impure or
the law and ought to be stopped ” This I sluggish, to permanently cure habitual (
was the language addressed to a re-1 constipation,to awaken the kidneys and I tendering them a ba: qiet on their re
porter yesnrday morning by an old I liver to a healthy activity, wiuhoutirri- I ^ urn home.
and prominentoitizen of AtLena. We tatingor weakening them, to dispell ^
quote hia words and refer the matter to I headaches, colds or fevers, use Syrup of I m :o.rp_,„. -om. *•»
(he proper authorities. . | Fig**
i Death In Monroe.
Monroe, Ga., July 26—lSpecial ]—
Mr WilliamT. Stone died here this
,. . .... i morning. He wu about 34 years of I p a8Se nger Agent, Charlotte, N. C.
told you that yon were‘a hatMo jour 1 8gg> unm8rrie d, and recently served as 1 *
‘ J -v — mar8 hal of the town and u one of the
bailiffs of the district. •
Tickets on sale Angnst 2nd and 3rd, le8C | nfi , > Mrs Young is very popnlsr
with extreme limit thirty days '“I® and her convalescence will give great
date of sale. pleuure to her scorn of friends all
There will be fast trains, close con- oyer the 8Ute .
nections and ^Uman Bnflet Sleepers. and Mre R Mogg and Mr R .
Everything bright and comfortable. Moa3 , Jr .. at the cliff House for
For farther information, apply to |"
agents, or B. A. Newlard, Travelling | & wbi e ‘
Physicians prescrihi Tntt’s Pills.
face, and you had to tike it Y nr re
cord will not baar a ring and, beside’,
Itm prepared to prove you a’, heart a
traitor to your friend, Govei nor Till
man ; a traitor to the alliance, and a
traitor to the reform movement, and if
I hear anything more lrom you, I’ll do
it, John ”
General Farley concludes by saying,
NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS.
The Waterworks Commission expect
to be able to furnish water to consumers
LOST!
An envelope addressed to “John B
Cook, Atlanta, Ga,” and containing
papers of no importance, excppt to
owner. A Teward of one dollar (31.00)
will he paid for its return to Jonn B
Cook, Commercial Hotel, Athens,- Ga. | -rip |5
HO FORTY3EE!
The Macon and Northern will sell. . , . „
round trip tickets from Athens to Tybee sometime during the month of August
good on trains numbers 12 and 2, Satur- 8n ^ pei8ona wiatiing to use the filtered
fiats connectingat Macon with “Nancy w »ter on their premises may have the
HankB” and night train leaving Macon mains tapped beforehand by application
at 11 p.m. Good returning on trains I to the commission.
-umberl, leaving Maonn 7:40 a. m. fol- J. H. Rucker, ) Water Works
J ring Tuesday. Fare for round! A. L. Hull,
C. Morton Strahan, j Commissios,