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HEADLESS PARAGB 4 PHS PICKED
UP HERE AND THEBE,
BT TDK mm BIPOBTEB'*.
About Matters in General, in
Which all are Interested.
Personal Items telling
Who are Coming
and Going.
For Proscription* and Reliable Drag,
of all kind* go to Jno Crawford A Co
Prof. J. W. Glenn, of Elberton, wa
in the city yesterday..
Mi>« B tins, of the Normal School,h»
left for her home ia Talb.rton,
Mr J E. Tslmadge went to Anni
ton yesterday to spend several days
Dr J H. Conaway, of Shady Da)
is in the city on business.
J. R. Cobb’s B( tt in; Works is
moved to 30 Foundry street.
Prof. S B. Orr, late * f the Marti-
Iastitnte, Jefferson, but now of Jog
Tavern, is ia the city.
Let every citiz n star d by Athens
an-l desp te the law suits and bar-
times, she will come out all right.
Mr. W. B. Far well, the S uther>
Manager for the Singer Sawing M -
chine company, waa in the city yester
day.
Bran and oat sacks wanted at Pole
Ice Works.
Mr. C. R Hargrove went down h
Greeneaboro yesterday m roing as a
delegate to the district conference.
Mrs. Lucian Duncan, is quite si'-K
ether home in this city. She is suf
fering from fever.
O lr friend, J >e Kenney, the Clerk o-
the Coarc, has purchased a residence i
the upper part of the city and ba
moved to his new home.
Mr John Williamson has just re
turned from a pleasant visit to relative-
in Wilkes county He reports goed
crop* in that county.
New crop Turnip Seed, all varieties
fresh and reliable
Jno. Crawv bd A Co
The f'obbharo prayer-meeting will b
held t.hi* evening at the residence -f
Mrs. I. M Kenney. A full attendanc
is desired.
The Parr Brothers are very skil’Li
workm- n in thtir line, and use only ib-
beatma eriai. If yon ' ait painting
done, be sure and give them a trial.
A nice psrtv will leave Mil srtg-vill
for the W« rld’s Fair on August 3 d.
consisting of Mr. and firs Wooten,
and Mrs. Sterling R belts, of that city,
and Miss Eula Bird, of th s city.
Mr. Rob* rt McDorman, the mail car
rier for tbc Fir. t ward has been snfl >r
i; g for some days with a serious -hroa-
trouble Hebss hardly be-n ib s t*
attend to bis work, although up a*d
about
Sweet Gum and Mullein ia a sure cur
for oougbs, oolds, croup, consumption,
a d all otv#T throat and Inn* tronhl*.
On Wednesday afternoon a sharp
storm of wind and rain poured tv r
O oi ee county from the Paper Mill on
>owa>di John R -binsoo’s The corn
was badly blown down in some places,
but no serious damage was done.
Mr. W. B Hoeea has j ist returned
from a trip through Madison, Franklin
a- d Hart, and reports the crops in all
those counties as being very fine, and
have suffered very little from the
drought. _
R v W. A E Church preached th’
funeral of Mrs. Id i Lovern at Princer-
ton chuich yesterday at 1 o’clock. A
large congregation of sympath'si-g
friends were present and the aervioes
were impressive.
Buy a Sirger Sewing Machine, the
grandest achievement of mechanism
Best on earth. Office in T. M- C, A
building. £. 8 Edo*. Agent.
Impaired digestion repaired by
Beeo ham's PiDs.
Soring medicine and Hood’s Sarsap
arilla are synonymous terns, so popu
lar is tbis great midicine at this
Mis* Lottie Jsckson, after
pleasant visit to friends in Westminster,
donees and other poi-ite in South Caro
ina, has returned home to the deligtt
of her many friends here.
Mr. Howard Neely has return d from
a week’s buiin a* trio to Now Orleans
Mr Neely put in a bid while away for
h- construction of a system of sewerage
for the en ire Crescent City.
Mr. J. B Osborn, southern reprnaen-
tttivcfortbe old reliable ‘ Horsfords
Bread Preparation,” is in the city
-t-skiog bands with the merchants and
flighting the house keepers with bis
•eautiful caioster.
Wilkes county ia to bava a splendid
<• c* track. The county surveyor has
just floisbed laying off the track, and
vhen tbe fall comes we expect to bear
f some feat trotting in the grand old
county of Wilkes.
Mr. Allen Talmadge was removed
rom his room in tbe city yesterday
oral? g »v< r to tbe home of Mr Geo
P Brigotwell, on the eastern suburbs of
iscitv. He is slowly improving and
opes are entertained of a speedy re
covery.
Tbe man or woman with a cheerful
face and a sunny smile, is the one to
■injov 1 fe. It la impossible to b* in
-ins oondition with an ill fitting shoe.
Buy your ahoea of J. G M. Edwards
-nd you will not pave this bad feeling,
be shoes arc not OBly good, but are
old at reasonable prices.
Deputy Marshal A. G. Elder, seems to
■e the most thriving business mad in
■is line these times He is af>er the
Licit distillers right and left, and
ough be has only been in offioefora
hor t time, he baa made it right lively
or the moonshiners, as several of tbem
ave been brorg-it in and a number
•f stills t’e troyeu.
W.C. Stay the great excursionist
h is arranged for a g-and excursion
mm Athens, Ga. to Port Royal, S C ,
including a trip by steamer 20 miles
round the Haibor landing atihe city
>f Beaufort, S C„ this beautiful sum
mer resort. Parties going on this*x-
-urrion will take the regular passenger
rain for Augusta, Ga., whioh leav-s
Athens, Gv Sundav evening at 3:50,
An vast C. p, m. Round trip tickets
13 50, for 2 days and to return on any
rain.
TO THE ENCAMPMENT.
The Clarke Rifles are Ter-
dered an Elegant Banquet
on Their Return—Elo
quent Speeches Made.
The Clarke R flea after a pleasant
and profitable stay at the Encampment
have returned and are with their friends
ones again
They came in Wednesday night and
wont at once their armory to store
swsy their guns and accoutrements
They were surprised on arriving at the
hall to fiod an wlegant banquet in read
iaeaa for tbem. It had been prepared
by several of the friends of the com
pany throughout the oity, and was per
fect in every respect.
It was no more ttysn the military
boys deserved, however, for they make
up a oompany that indeed should be a
pride Ip Athens and to Georgia, if true
military worth ia appreciated stall in
our midst.
Besides the oompany a large number
of friends eat down around the festal
board and until a late hour kept eWy-
thing in a roar of laughter and every
body oveifi >wing with good feeling.
Capt. W. A. McDjwell responded in
his own graceful and inimitable style to
calls upon him for an address. His
word* were fitly chosen and beautifully
expressed in loveliest manner. Hie
speech was vigorously applauded.
Col. Goodloe H. Yanc y, formerly
Captain o( tbe Bifies made a speech
which took well. Tae boys who w« a
the uniform always love to bear Col,
Yancey speak.
Capt George T. Hodgson, in behalf
of the o impany, gracefully returned
thanks f ir the reception tendered the
IR fl.-s on their retain home.
The rep ist spread b«f.re those pre-
HON. Y. L fl. HARRIS-
An Appreciative Sketch of One of | sent was a magnificent one and was
Athens Most Honored Citizens. highly etjiyed. It reflected ersdit
Dr. W. J. Scott, in hia notes on noted I upon those who arranged for this en-
Mtthodist laymen, has this to say of I tertainmect.
me of our moat highly esteemed f -llow !
>itiz?ss. Tbe ake’oh is f mnd in a i
recent issue of the Wesleyan Christian
Advocate:
The Clarke Bill s while at camp did
the very best of work sod elicited muol
favorable comment from Lient. Col. W
F. Jone>, Commander of the R giment
Hon. Y. L. G Harris was a village j and Col George .A. Mercer, Com man-
merchant at Salem, Clarke county,
Georgia, when I was in pinaf ires. He
gave me «t times the best advice, by
whioh 1 did not always profit,although
I sinceiely revererced him as a wise
nd godly young man.
I n< xt met him when he was a pr m-
uent member of the Georgia legisla
ture and an Influential Whig. Aa my
father’s friend he showed me on that
xeision the same personal kindness as
in f inner years.
In December, 1862, he met me and
my family with his carriage at the de
derof the poet, and also from several
U lilted States officers.
The R fl -s give a drill today at half
past five o'cloc’t either on tbe streeta or
on the campus The members are re
quested to meet at the armory at half
past five o’olook this afternoon.
OITY^NOTES.
Just Rkcxivkd.—New crop Turnip
Seed. Fifteen varieties.
Lyndon’s Drug Stobn
El PESTS ABE SOT WKfiLESS WTB ’ llESEBIIM
But Are in Every Stage of |
Development from the Size
of the House Fly to
Those 21 Inches Long
—Theories About
Them.
a warrant for
and had him arrested Drew,
realizing that he was in a tight fix-and
prosecution by th*
law for hts wrirg doings, consented t<
legally marry Barbara. Mr. Phillip
went to the courthouse and Ordina-y
Wiley Issued a marriage license on
September, 1893, for L A. Drew ai d
Barbara Phillips. Oo page 94 of tbe
A Mysterious Marriage Cere- m *rriage record th# license is r o irded.
. ,, rr . t *l»o the following otrtifl
mony and the Tragedies
That Resulted From it—
Death of the Wife and
Husband.
Mention bas been made In tbe Ban-
•kb several times of the ravages of the
grasshoppers in the vicinity of Athens-
I’he first field they desolated was that
f Mr. Fred Hnnnteutt, just above the
jity.. After their work at this point
ither places in the same section suffer-
d from their visits. They are now on [-entirety,
the old Phinizy place, run by Messrs.
McElroy and Lester, and of course
wherever they appear in a field It is
desolated.
Macon, Ga .July 25.—Here ia a story
>f romance sod love, duplioity and de
sertion, Imprisonment and death. It is
a sensational drama, bordering on trag
edy, and full of-pathos. The two prin
cipal characters are a confiding young
woman and a deceitful man. Brief
mention was made of the matter tb
today’s Constitution, but it is of suffi
cient iatereet to be presented in its
Miss Barbara Phillips was a hand
some and attractive young lady about
twenty-two years old, the daughter of
Mr. Dempsey Phillips, a highly ra
the following certificate:
1 certify that L. A. Drew and Barbs-
ra Phillips were j fined in monnos)
by me this 4‘.ta day of October. 1892
S. P. Bailey, N P ex Officio J P
Recorded January 31,1893.
As sons as tbe justice of the peac
married Drew and Miss Phillips, Dre-*
was ri leased from arrest. Drew then
carried bis wife home and left her, and
did not live with her or contribute to
her support.
Mr. Pnillips and family and Mrs
ew soon after this moved from
Vineville to Ash street, in M toon,
where they now reside. The Palmr
Barrel Factory suspended work tem
porarily and Drew also moved from
Vineville to Second street, near the
These pests have been seen in every I spectable carpenter of this city. Sbe
size, from that of the tiny house fly to I was a member of tbe Methodist ctaurob,
full grown ones inobes long. The I modest and gen:la. Her beauty and
specimens brought into the city have I charm won the admiration ofL A.
been almost wingless, and it was Drew, a young man twenty-six years
thought by some parsons that a species I old, who formerly worked at thePalmer
of the pest without wings had appeared t* 1 ™ 11 f«tory, but lately an employe
ia our midst, but that Idas will have to «» Southern phosphate works. He
irne bill against Alfr- d S nith, a white
railroad, and obtained employment at I manliving near the P pir Mill charging
the Southern Phosphate Works. Thus I him with that crime.
Drew and the. Phillips family were I' appears that the alleged crimo waa
again residing near each other, but I committed some days since on the farm
Draw never called to see his wife, ' ie * r the Paper Mill.. Smith is about
baby was bohn. thirty eigbt years old and the daughter
On June 31, this year, Mrs. Drew I is just blossoming into young woman-
give birth to a pretty girl baby. Drew | hood.
declined to contribute to the support of
the child and tho sick mother. Dr
be abandoned. The wings were not de
veloped on the grasshoppers brought
to tiie city, but now it is observed tkst
myriads of them are well supplied with
wings.
oame to Macon some time ego from
Florida. He was good looking and ap
peared worthy and honorable.
Tbe yoong people beoame acquainted
in June, 1892, and almost immediately
Various expedients have been resort-1 an attachment sprung np between them
- d to in the way of exterminating them
‘■ut no plan yet devised bat been su r
fioitnt to relieve those farms sill c'*-
with the pest. We have heretofore
noticed the attempt to born tbem out.
and no d ubt many were destroyed by
tbe fl try element, but where there are
millions of these it is hard to make
whioh soon developed ia love. At least,
that was the emotion that really stirred
the heart of Miss B >rbars, and Drew
j professed a kindred feeling for her. He
proposed marriage and was accepted,, as
Miss Barbara’s parents favored the
match.
Drew boarded frith Mr Henry Isaacs,
John 8aUivan, tbe f aithful and effioient brought the matter to light, and from
city pbyriciao, attended Mrs. Drew I the evidence before it brong.it forward
daring her confinement and subsequent I a true bill against Smith,
sioknes*. I A bench warrant wa* issued by
PLiOSD in jail. I Julge Hutchins and placed in tbe hands
O l the 16 h of this moath Mr. Phillips of the officers of the law who at cnoe
had Drew arrested and put in j til, set out to capture Smith,
charged with the abandonment and They found out yesterday afternoon
neglect of hia wits and child. While in hire in Athens that Smith had sent his
jail and attempting to git up Drew [boy to the National Bank here and
mueh headway in thus destroy!i g the I in Vineville, and Miss Pnillip’s family
was attaoked with something like ver
tigo and fell heavily to the flior and
severelv hurt hia ?head On sTuesdiy,
July 18.h. Draw gave boud and was re
leased from jail. A friend advised Draw
to contribute some money to the support
pests. We have not heard tbe result of
tbe application of Paris green, wbioh it
is sa>d Is the mist tffeotive means.
Some of oar farmers will give thi
method a fa r test and then the result
also resided in Vineville, not far from
Drew. Misa Phillips desired ’ha wee
ding oeremony performed at the home
of her parents but one night, about tbe
let of last Siptember, when Mr. Phil-
will be reported. The most successful lip* was away from hr mi, having gene
means employed after all, seems -to be I to East Macon to attend tbe marriage of
— tail
osr
uipwuo vuj^iujfpu css wa «>i, ■pouio ur i —-—- -—o-
the prmitive mode of fighting them I a friend, Drew called to see Miss Pt
with bruabes. I lips and asked her to got on a strew <
Nbw Go(ds.—J. W. Brown & S»:
pot st Athens, and oonveyed ns to tbe I will have only bran new goods in their
parsonage, where a committee of elect I store.
ladies greeted me as their new'y ap
pointed pastor, and provided hand
somely for the comfort of myself ai d
my young household
Daring my pastoral tern be was the
snperindendent of the Sunday School,
for whioh he was eminently fitted by
grace and -culture. As a steward and
class leader he was always laborious aGd
ustful, while bis attendance on the
sanctuary services was uniform and
punctual.
I have known few men who were so
g:f xd in prayer. 'He seemed evermore
Wanted.—A go- d, medium siz-d
burglar and fir<*-pra-f safe. Apply to
lr W. Brown A Bon, Broad street.
Rooms yob Rent.—Two rooms for
rent either furnished or not furnished,
in a nice house. 4C3 north Jackson St.
Apply at bouse.
Takin Up—A cre> m colored heifer
calf with white epot in face. Oner
can get same by paying expensea of
' this advertise
_ Various theories have been advanced
as to bow they came in this part oi
Georgia, tbe most plausible one being
.hat the eggs were brought South in
tbe bundles of hty shipped from the'
Northwestern States, r, ia well known
that that section of our country is of
ten under the heel of the grasshopper f
curse, and that they appear in oount-
1-as numbers, devastating every He'd
through which.tbey pass.
If this theory be correct, it is only an
additional argument against thepol’oy
of depending upon,
forage. E-pec Tally so, when Ge
can furnish all the bay our people
provided the proper attention is paid to
the raising of that crop. The hay
farms of Mr. Tom Hudson and othen
in this vioinity, show what can be done
in Georgia in the way of raising hay.
It is said tbe grasshoppers are bead
irg westward, and if tb<s be true not
niy Clarke bat Jsokson, G vinnett,
Walton, etc., may expeot a visitat-on
with him and go to a C’rtfin little
church at the far end of Vineville and
be married. At first she refused to go
without her father’s knowledge, but
Drew commenced to complain that sbe
| did notlove him and that ahe wished to
keeping and I
ement.
Po men Wasted —A cr mplete
book-keeper with very beat reference.
H waver, we hope some expedient msy I church, let us be married right here
found to destroy these pests and thnr I [ h,w marriage license and ‘Parson
prevent their devastation • f the lands I Jordan’ ia ready to perform the oere-
of tbe farmers of this and the adj fining [
counties.
Rev. D C. Oliver was reported as due, more than to any one else, the in
being better yesterday morning He
has been suff ring with a throat trou
ble, s'm-thirg like a rising, whioh
opened on Wednesday night and since
Bting
ina devotional mood, and to him is | a girea'a situation 'in , Athena."Generai
stork work could al*obe included.
Address S. O H. Bannbb Office.
that time he bas b*en resting easier.
A number of Athens young ladies
leti for Chicago on Tuesday morning,
and have been, ere this, taking in tbe
wonders of the World's Fair. The
party o insisted of Misses Annie Lin
ton, F-rry Bird, Mare B »per, S i*ie
Gerdine and Mary Russell. They will
stay at the fair for several days.
A Counterfeit Dollar.—The coun-
I terfeit dollar ia beii g circulated very
| freely in the oity, and every day some
> f tbe unsuspecting are picked np with
I it. The Deputy U. S. Mr-shal will be
on the look out tor those shoving the
I queer.
Sad Death —News was reoeived Id
terestand permanency cf the noon-day
p-ayer-meeting. His brief Scriptural
expositions in these meetings would
have done no d s iredit to a theological
professor at Princeton or Columbia
His reading Was select but varied, and
yet tha Bible waa the book which he
studied with greater assiduity than any
other.
Judge Harris was all through life
~. m ™ in „ l dl,lgen “ n . buBin T- WLil * e °K»* ed I Athens yesterday morning that Mrs.
brTXr Ton mon^win^ple™mu' K l “ **“ Vrotoooioahe w« remark- Mixon , the wifi of Dr. J.F. Mixon,the
You can wait for this time to erme I *bly inooeisful, and in later years as I p fe »iding Elder of the Elberton dis-
feeling much better if your feet are I president < f the Southern Mutual In-1 triot, died on Tuesday morning at 3
not cramped by HUflttirg shoes. Mr , U rance Company be did not relax hia o’ckck at her home in Elberton.. Mrs
J. G. M. £ 1 wards will give you just tne I... . , . . .
goods you want kt lowest prices. Mixon was well known in Athens, bc-
t,.,. I The death of his wife, to gantlr ye h n g the sister of Mrs. W. D Anderson
houte on the cimpus f irmeriy cLupied 1 80 nobl,> ’ 80 * kiUed iD eTer y Dr Mixon bas the sympathy of many
by Prof. Woodfin. Tbe bouse is being ®ent of housewifery and yet so distic- j friends in his sore bereavement,
thoroughly repaired, and will here- guished in the highest timm’y ac-
UomplUhments, would have crushed
This^uilding welesr nwHl SS him bat for bi » Wtb ,n God *
by Prof. Bvalr, tbe gentieman recently Por some months he bat lingered in
elected to fill the ohair formerly occu- I the border-land of Canaan, simply and
P’ed by Pn f Charles Morris. trustfally waiting for tbe summons
.^^toa^had^n^nb^S *°®' e « 1 J■*» **ni»'°* I mill Wwlnewlay night and captured
S!^ye.rX thts^Jn tS °/ br ° f ^ f «Arri,d
most trying one through which be bad * al liberality. His gifts to churches,
ever passed. Meu«f wealth were una- colleges, schools, individuals—wher-
ble to meet tbeir obligations, and of I ever, indeed, he oould find an op«n
oourse this msdethe times much harder, ^oor for the exeroise of his princely
short time, sndthat business will re - generosity, he bas seized the opportu
sume its former ease and freedom in nity.
■ But we forbear, leaving it to some I fljer~in his company. This had to be
Our friend 8kjff, the jeweler, is now future chronicle to enlarge on th « se I W on by the soldier who carried out the
in tbe north and esnnot agitate the oity virtues which have endeared him to his I of in h m , nn „ P
olo° k *A Banner has heretofore sng- own g, nerafion and that wt’l cause l^r^haved to a sXeriv
gested that an arrangement be made by ! * ... wm , m ii M ^i4nn» AU 01 tbe ”° y behave<1 in a 80laierly
the city authorities so that the fire “ ,<n *® P ««nembered !ong mann e r , but Mr OUie Coleman cap-
sys‘*m may accommodate the alter he his fallen ”r ’— T
jht.' Could Tot this °be h d e one? GEORGI i PACIFIC B. B BONDS. I rl ^t Mr. O 1 smsn is not only
L“t sun-time be adopt* das the standard The holders of Bond No 3041 $1,000 s 01 * 1181 but » gentieman m every sense
and then let the hour be struck by onr! oan j eaTn 80 methirg in his interests l y j of the word and the Banner congratu-
jfire alarm system. | caUing at the Bank of the University.
LOiTl
An envelope addressed to “Jobfi B
Cook, Atlanta, Ga,” and containing
papers of no importance, ex^D* to | night time by the lonely roadside and
^j e # W *T? ot .° ae (* l 00) 1 ^ijhont a sing'e witness to the cere
will be paid for its return to Jonn B I q. w . m
C «ok, Commercial Hotel, Athens, Ga I mony * Ta * koa ^ a ^ ont p m
1 “Parson Jordan” and Drew, by much
A SICE BIRTH DAY GIFT. I weet talking, overcame the objactions
1 fi-Miss Pnillips and she yielded and
Pulling the Stillkrs.- Mr. A G
I Elder, the Deputy U. S. Marshall, has
g me to work in earnest and ia bring
ing tiie illicit distillers to the oity every
morning He w*nt out near Jenning’s
Charley Sikes* and Daviaand carried
them to Gainsville where they will be
1 tried before Commissioner Gaston.
A Ju-t Tributx —Before going
I camp Northen Capt. Geo. Hcdg -on <f-
1 fared a beautiful watch to the beat sol-
i lates him and the company.
overpowered her," and she consented to
go with Drew.
a mysterious cybkmomy.
They got on the street car, and after
riding to a point near . St. Stanisl&tu.
eff the~g*r^and were
istantly' m it by a man who was stand
ing In the roadway waiting. Tbe.
itraoger said: “Mr. Drew, you are
late; I had given you up and was about
,togo” Drew replied: “Tbe jourg
lady detained me as she didn’t wish to
oome at first.”
Drew then introdneed the stranger
to Miss Phillips as “Parson Jordan,”
and said he was the one to marry them
Draw' then farther said tcYfiss Pnillips
“Barbara, it is no use to go to the
mony.” Drew then took a piece of
paper out of his pooker, and opining it
said it was a marriage license. Miss
Philips strenuously objected to being
married in any such fashion In the
A Thoughtful i ittia Girl’s Present to I oeremony waa performed then and
Her Father
Yesterday was Mr. Cobb Lsmpkin’s
birth-day, and he waa quite lucky in
recelvir g a number of highly appre
ciated presents. These gifts are not
v«lned so muoh on ate ant of their
033t, as the thoughtful care of the
givers.
there After the mysterious and nnu
■tual occurrence Drew oarried hia wife
id hia boarding honsa at Henry Isaac’s.
A B GUS MARFIAGB.
For severe! weeks Barbara was very
happy anjil one day a friend told her
that Drew had been boasting that sbe
was not his wife and the ceremony
That which he appreciated moat <* that united them was trgas. Sboim-
all was a biautiful Oxford Bible, a gift I mediately confronted Drew with the
from Mias Baby, a twelve-year-old 1 0 ( iar g efi g^o had beard and he declared
daughter. Miss Baby bsd been saving J ^ ^ uarr |sge waa genuine and he
the little money she received from time | never said to the contrary. Bar-
to time for this purpose, and without J b&ra told her fatlier wha6 ghe had hoard
her father’s knowledge, through a
friend, ordered a beautiful Oxford
Bible wbioh was placed on her father's
plate yesterday morning. It bad on
the fly-liftf the following inscription:
and he immediately commenced
| search for “Parson Jordan” in a certain
pirt of Vineville, where Drew said he
•ived, but no “Parson Jordan” oould
be found and no one knew him. Mr.
BUT HE IS CHARGED WITH A
HEINOUS CRIME UPON HER.
IT 1$ Till! OF fttPK.
And the Officers are After
Him in a Hurry—They
Have a Bench Warrant
'For Him.
The crime of ravishing a white woman
U horrible enough when it is done by a
iflgro m*n. It is more horriMe when
* wlite man is tbe g ’t fiend;
But when it o imes to a white ui»n and a
f fiber committing this horrible orime
’pm his daughter, things reach the
‘eliminating point eo far as brutality
snd-atrocity is conoerned.
Tbis is tbe state of affairs that is re
ported from Oconee county, where the
grand jury of that county bas founds
The matter remained rather quiet un-
| til the meeting of tbe grand jury whioh
checked out all of his money. Tho
officers went at onoe in search of the
boy, hr ping through him to oatch the
father.
A HOT PUKIUtT.
The offi xrs and posse struok the trail
of bis child and in this way be might I of the fugitive and pursued him into a
avoid future leg si troubles. O l Wednes- I swamp near WatkinsviUe where they
day, July 19sh, the day after b sing re- surrounded him and attempted to oatoh
leassd from j til, he called at Mr. Phil- him.
lips’s and asked to see Mrs. Drew. He He eluded them, however,and started
was informed that she was too ill to see back towards Athens, crossing the lino
him f >r the sight of the father of her back into Clarke oounty. Sheriff Wier
ohild after so long negleot and absence I was notified and joiu- d the pursuit,
might make her worse and shock her The pursuing party increased at every
nervoua system. Draw then gave Mr. | moment and soon numbered over two
Phillips $3 ii'J to help tupport tbe ohild,
and returned to bis boardiog house
where he was taken quite sick and had
to go to> bed.
THB WIFE Dies
On Saturday morning, July 231, Mr*.
evade marrying him. Sucb talk almost Drew died and was buried in Fort Hill
cemetery Sunday. She never was able
to rally from the siokness attending the
birth of her child.
THB HUSBAND DIBS.
On Monday Drew died from heart
failure, cansed, it it said, by a severe
attaok of cholera m irbus. Yesterday ha
was buried in Fort Hill cem fiery by
the aid s of bis wife he had so cruslly
wronged while in life.
Their baby is in fair health and ia be
ing cared for by hpr dead mother’s
parents.
hundred men.
There is some talk of lynching if he
is caugh', bnt tbe prevailing opinion ie
that he will be oarried to jail unless he
shows fight Ia sucb manner as to neces*
j sitate the use of violent force to cap*
ture him.
He is about 38 years old, 5 feet 8
inohes in height; weight 160 pounds,
dark oomplection, black hair, black
eyes and black mustache, and wears a
snuff colored, square cut sack coat.
If he is caught he will be taken to
WatkinsviUe j dl, although tbeir is con
siderable excitement over the affair.
TO CLEANSE THE SYSTEM
Cholera inlan urn bas lost its terrors
since tbe intiod action of Chamberlain’s
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
When that remedy is used and the
treatment as directed with each bottlo
is followed, score is certain. Mr. A.
W. Walters, a prominent merchant at
Wkltersburg. Ill., says: “Itcured my
baby boy of cholera infantum after sev
eral other remedies had failed. The
ohild was so low that be seemed almost
Effectually yet grntly, when costive or
bilious or wben tt— ’"'.ood is impure or
sluggish, to permanently cure habitual ~ — > .
constipation,to awaken the kidneys and 1 beyond the aid of human hands or reach
liver to a healthy activity, without lrri- j of any medicine.” 25 and 60 cent bot-
tating or weakening them, to dispel I ties for sale by
headaches, oolds or fevers, uae Syrup of
Figs- ^
THE WHITEHEAD CASE
Was Tried at WatktnaviUe Yesterday.
Theoaseof the State vs. Jesse J.
Whitehead, charged with assault with
JOHN CRAWFORD A Co.
WALKED FORTY-EIGHT MILES
To Attend the Grand Lodge of Good
Tompiars.
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars
of Georgia bas just closed its Session at
Dsmorest after a great deal of good and
intent to murder, o«ne tlp yeeterdsyin ^^ ^ A sute leomrer will ^
Oooaee Superior Court. Messrs. B. B.
Bussell, E T. Brown, and Thomas and
Strickland sppjared for tha State,
while Mr. John. D. Mell, of Athens,
B. E. Thrasher, ot Watkinsville, Judge
John B Estes, of Gainesville, appeared
for tbe defendant.
The evidence of tbe State was short,
tbe defenae introduced none and the
case wont to tbe jury at about dark
A verdiot may be tendered this morn
ing.
put in the field at an early date and the
work of tbe order pushed forward to
glorious results.
Grand Chief Templar, T. W. Reed,
retired from office and Mr. F. J. Sibley,
of Dsmorest, was elected to that office.
Athens bas one of the new officers, tbe
Deputy Grand Marshal, Miss J. W,
Kenney.
One incident connected with the
m ieting of tbe Grand Lodge was tho
isr. rxf- zrsLaS; I «■*-*•—*>—- *• •—*
connects Whitehead with tbe crime.
Tbe prevailing opinion seems to ba that
tbe case will result in a mistrial or ac
quittal. All the lawyers did well,
Readers of the Banner will remem
ber tbmt soma time since, Mr. a. G
at tbe meeting of the Grand Lodge.
Young ElUs is only 14 years ot age, but
came a long distanoe to tell of the good
work that is being done by Good Tem-
platy among the boys and girls of
Young Harris Institute. "
It trill doubtless be a sourc» of-grest
For toy Dear Papa, from his Baby, I p n nn pa then went to the ordinary
July 27, 1893 ” I office at tbe court house and was told
Mr. L napkin received other presents I n0 Eaarr j a g 6 license had been is-
Irom hie little ton whioh were greatly gued for L A Drew and Barbara Phil-
appreciated, bio.uae they were alto- I and t^gre wrs no record of any
geiher unexpected. I gaob marriage having occurred.
Last evenir g Mr. Lampkin gave a Mr p n juips then beoame convinced
birth-day lunoh to a few friend?. ^ I j^at his daughter hadbsen made the
was a most dtlighifuf oooasion and was viotim of Drew’s duplioity and a bogus
greatly enjoyed by those who were I marriage. Barbara left Drew and took
fortunate enough to be there.
A GOOD HOME.
Any one wanting to purchase a good
home oq Spriugdale street opposite
Cloverhurst with nice house on the lot.
Apply to J.E. Maddox. Admr. of es
tate of Mrs. E. F. Maddox.
up her abode with her father, not wish
ing to live with him in doubtful rela-
HAD DBZW ARRE-.TED
fi the instance of Mr. Phillips. Jus- . ■
i of the Piace S. P. Bailey, of the |
Wgre while riding to his heme In Oco-1 p^.n.n the illustrious founder of
nee county along the Monroe road, was I tho ^hool, Judgj Young L. G. Harris*
shot- from ambush and dai garously to know that among the scholars of this
wounded. < school there is such a boy as John Ellis.
This was the occurence upon which I *phe lodge made np money enough to
the charge of assault with intent to BUia home, but the boy asked the
murder was brought against Whit - j privilege of putting the money in the
treasury of his lodge and walking back
home. Tbe lodge told ' him it
CLARKE RIFLES ATTENTION. I wa8 his money, and he oould del
You are hereby ordered to appear at I what he pleased with it, so he walked
back home and turned over the money
your Armory this (Fridiy) afternoon
at 5:30 o'clock sharp in fatigue uni
form. . T . " _
By ordtr
G*0. T. H0DG3ON, T. C. Crawfobd,
C plain. 1st Sergt.
to his lodge.
The Grand Lodge meeting
! great success and the hospital
p ople of Demorest unboundei
□ext meeting of the Grand L<
he held at Acworth,