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$5.00 A YEAR
THE BANNER REPORTERS.
About Matters in General, in
Which all are Interested
Personal Items telling
Who are Coming
and Going.
Disordered liter set right with Beech-
sm’s pan-
Judge A. S Erwin is on a ttoit to
ClarkesviU*.
Mte. Alex Davidson and family ore
tieitiog Oeioeetaio.
Mr. C. O. Ademe end wife hete re
turned from TnUaleh FeUs.
Torpid liter i* eur«d hy Tutt’e
pan.
The melon crop n lerger end better
then for yean.
Mr J K. Dixon, agent of the G ,0.
.mIN railroad, haa telephene Mo 181
at hie reeidenc-s on Wa-hlngton street
Miu Willie Wathburn, of Wstkin*-
tille, ia tieitiog the family of Judge J.
B. Ljlo on College avenue.
For Prescriptions and Reliable Drag*
of all kinda go to Jno Crawftrd A Co
The counterfeit dollar ia etlll on the
market, and eeteral were picked up by
uniuipec’.iog parties.
The question has been asked if Blue
Mountain Joe n any relation of Stone
Mountain Corn.
Yesterday morning a oorpse of a col
ored woman waa taken down the Geor
gia road for burial.
When you ere all tired out and brok
en generally, you need a good tonio
Hood’s Sarsaparilla is the beat.
We regret to learn that Mrs. John
Booth haa been seriously ill for a day
or two past.
Capt J P. Wilson’s two daughters,
Misses E valine end Helen, went do#n
to Crawford yesterday on a visit to
relatives and friends.
Goode Firm at the
World's Fair.
The firm of Michael Brothers have
sent about as many visitors to the great
C'lumbias Exposition as any train
the South. They consider it as a means
of obtaining new ideas and can study
the fixtures as well as the manufactures
of every fabrio kept in a first olass
store.
Mr. M G Miobael spent about ten
days to say nothing of tbs dollars st
the Fair and never tires talking about
the manufacturers and liberal arts
building.
Mr. Boa Bnnowa-Handiome, happy
Benny returned last week. We do not
know how muoh of the fair be savr, but
we are confident that he saw the Beauty
Show and rode in the big wheel. The
trip Improved Ben. Look at bis mus
tache, it speaks for itself.
Mr. D J Gordon is now in Chicago
Mr. Willie Eberhart left this morning
for the White City and Miss Callahan,
after spending a few days with friends
in Atlanta, will take, in the sights at
Jackson Park.
Mr. Simon Miobael, the clever senior
member of the firm, left yesterday for
Maw York, and after buying the stock
will go to Chic ago and see the wonder
ful Exposition.
Mr. H. X. Choate, book-keeper for
this firm ir now reading up on the Mid
way Plaixsnoe, oo as to feel perfectly at
home when be reaches the Windy City
in shout two weeks.
Mr. Luther Powers, the efficient shoe
salesman, has just returned from Camp
Morthen, and if ho recovers from the
eff ete of ithe german whilst in camp
he will take in the f Or.
Mias Mamie Hlllsman, the beautiful
saleslady who is perfectly at home in
every department in the big store, will
say good-bye to friends next week, visit,
relatives in Macon, and from there see
what is to be seen at the 400th anniver
sary
Miu Alice Kenney—modest, polite
and courteous, who ia considered the
| but Kid Glove saleslady in the South,
IS THE ONLY WORD THAT CAM
EXPRESS IT.
A Sensational Find Made in
the Heart of the City—
Some Talk of Lynching
but the Advice of Cool
Heads Will Prevail.
TURNS UP SOME UGLY LOOKING
CASES.
VISITING A LADY
A Girl is Assaulted by Her
Husband so the True Bill
Reads—Another 8candal
Comes to Light
Sensations never oome singly I
One of the most horrible things ever
known has been enacted in the very
heart of the city.
Men and boyiflock to the scene and
all return with ghastly stories.
The coroner may or may not have
melted the scene by the time this is
read,but ’tie expected that bo will do so
something immMmft Miu Talsie lAngfortUtha
18-year-old daughter of Mr. Ben C.
| Langford, who lives nesr by.
Wood is is a man of about SO years of
. , to do so. but finally in the interest of I Missea-othera wouldask 25 cents-we
evidence thirg* that make Smith god- tellinz the whole affair related ter M ' a with 0 cents. Michael
ty of a most heinous and disgusting I ■ un ® * n ® wn<M ® an.ur, reiateu ter g rog
s * story to the reporter. She Is a modest
. , .. .— m .— crime. ■ 1
may happen. ”
In the meantime, and until .si
ough iuvesrigatiou can be had, the
vice of cool heads should prevail.
Although lynching ia talked at hy !
excitable men, it it the general
opinion that no blood will be abed
til the people are satisfied that the safe-1 ^ ^adko^u'ot Mrs. Woodis.
community ds man da it. I That night while sleeping in the b*d I Superior Court when he
Talked hu been indulged in about the I Mra> ^y 00( j| s j am es Woodis made this statement to this gentleman,
locality for sometime, and many believe .ttemDt to assault her but she
that the riaughtering business hu been MreUQed he ^
— """“•■I T.» d.„ - The greatest Curtain Site, Shade Sale,
| . —. . • * I , , ... _. | nuwo case nuio yiuAiui, wkwu< Hfi I CUftlifl MsttfiftlS, 6tC., ill thO blStOff
in ihitiiiaa _|i) . the next morning WoodU met her in and said that tf he was guilty he weald ... ,» A then* Md of Athens wiU take place Monday A
Bat the feote w«l in the case will be | ^ cook toom Md kn0 cked her down, be wiling to torn his body over to the “ a Michael Bros. •
mvest'gated ^*7, and many citizens j Iq ^ 8 he wu forced to con- people to be tortured, for he would de- still latef * n ,_ ht a attemDt was Witch Sunday’s paper for a full ao-
7 J sent if he would release her. He at sire nothing else. Bald he: “I know ^ npon her and ril the dothespull- K.° y f £•
Whu transpires. I h... »a„r ah> MMiud ta. I Inta nr thinM khnnt funll* Out rnl I T: “ T. “ . . v - “ I Monday at MlL.UAh.Li iSKUa.
J. R. Cobb’s Bottling Works re
moved to 30 Foundry street.
end
J. W. Baown A Sons are opening up will go to Chicego in about 10 days,
a splendid stock f French and German I Miss Lula Bone—who is the life cf
China and Houesfurnlabing Goode gen- M . cht(a ^ mtUia9ry department,
w y ' * will join Miss Callahan at the Fair.
Miss Bailie Woods and Miu Gussia
_ .. , u , Haodrup. two charming ladies, in this
StfLrSK Urn-—..*... jh
explosion in a well in XasVAthens a tion as soon as some of tbair oolleegnu
few days ago is up and about again. I return.
The gr> at Curtain 8al»,.consisting of | We take pleasure in recording the
Lace. Tambour, Swiss, Renaissance, I above. It shows a prosperous, wide-
Antique *ker*tylM. awake firm, with salesladies and
morning, a Michael Bros. It will be a I „ . . ,, _. - ,, ,»
bina fide 60 oenta on the dollar sale. I men *H do*®* waU - The ®*T ksid
— ... I timee seem* to have no effect on their
Te“neieS. 3K Da gtow taken in the businou, a* any hour of th# day qua
World's Fair and baa enjoyed his tr^p | oan eee this store well filled wlthcus-
immensely. He will probably resob
Athene next Tueeday. l n U no mystery-OloM attention to
Bren and oat sack* wanted at Polar business, polite attention and courteous
lee Works. to all, “live and let live.” Motto:
A reporter stopped ip Joe Bernard’s printer’s Ink. You know the rest,
•tore yesterday and saw the clerk weigh
three of the smallest water melons in
the lot that Joe had on hand. The
three weighed ninty pounds. One of
the largest weighed forty pounds.
Tbe street sprinkler wu out on the
streets again yesterday morning, niter
a few weeks of disuse and mt A« a
imminent merchant aw the sprinkler
Joirg its work again, an expression of
subdued joy rated on hie countenance.
Mew crop Turnip Seed, all varieties
fresh and reliable
Jno. Cbawtobd 4b Co
Oconee oounty cornea to the front with
a couple more sensational stories, and
while they are not each u the people
of a community would have charged
up to their oounty. still the people are
determined to give the perpetrators
their deserts.
The grand jury hu returned a tru.
bill against James Woodis, a firmer
living near Bishop, charging him witl
assault with intent to commit rape upoi
NOT YET CAUGHT
otherwise and been a mother.
“Atflist I told him that nothing
would be said about these things if he
THERMOMETER
ALTHOUGH THE OFFICERS ARE i would go on and attend to his business GOES
SlTLL AFTER HIM.
BUT
DOWN.
PRICKS
ALFRED Slim STORY
And the Story of His Wife | the birth of my child. Ithen told him
and His Daughter—What
Led Up to the Finding
of the BilL
and let C»l!ie alone. He did this for a
while, b it a few weeks since he came
back from a picnic to Dublin beastly
drunk and quarreled with and cursed QLR PALM FANS AT ONE CENT
me, knocking me over & machine and
injuring me severely just -previous to
Keeps Many Cool. Why Not
You?—Plenty to be Had at
Michael Bros.—Satur
day’s Spec ; als.
our time for uparation had oome and
thatbe would have to answer for bis
treatment. I have instructed my at
torney to enter suit for total divoroe
from him, and never expect to live with
a r.,ii. ,.. ,i him again. Callie went before the
U-j-tw*.—*.-***-*
Ire dsJl>. *2**«,r ,r -
reveals a state of affairs mom horrible ^ th ‘ “
thftn at first imagined j thk girl talks*
If the stories u told by the wife and -iPSSJlI? SJI one bundr-d prettv Shirt Walsti
of Smith are to be believed. Wbo to3t,fled kefor* the grand jary,told for ’ndlM. They were flio, $1 76 end
tliittiVffsteUon^f themort ^| the reporter the story of her lathe* | |SJK. Your choice for S»«nta.
cious ever recorded, for they give in
Dropped into a large basket on our
onr BosUry Counter. Ltdles Hose
worth 60.60 and 73 esnta. l'hay will
all go at 25 oenta. Splendid values.
Thl Banner reporter had an inter-1 "jJ, 1 i^toS^Tu rovcWngml I
yesterday who^ad^en sniTta’ked with I “• ’ Drawers forcbildren, made out of
, . ...._ _ wbo “*d seen and taiked with she said that the first time her father I Lnnsdsle, Fruit of Loom and Cabat
age and hu four or five children. He I Smith just before the Grand Jury re-1 anv advance* to her was lest wear Ble aobing,I2 cents pair. Michael Bros,
is the son of Mr. W A. Weodia. turned the true bill against hins and to h l e WO uld brio* her b'xuotoan- . *’ or the mountains or ses-sbore—a
The atory u told by the girl to that him Smith told an intonating story. L„ , nd h „ not ^ Lu fa 7 Qaua^biff 'n Embroidered Para-
.ho wu called to Woodia’ home onu-| Smith wu raving on the lu>\ 6 F. * taU >wr motb«r jeols, wan >7», <8jj0*gd |I0.00. Your
and was present at the 0cor ‘«« 16 n t always wanted it concealed from
the mother. «
Later on at the dinner table he acted
.. JP
for $3 89 Michael Bros.
Childrens and Misses Silk Mull and
Embroiderek Hats, were $125, |l 75 and
|2.00, now 89 oenta at Michael Bros.
‘Ha „ indecently toward her and she left the LtS^
. ***** ^ Wh0 *?r , ^ r r WM M^Thls wu tolMwed w> by an in- SSbtoS:^***
i again I a concocted scheme to run him off from . ... _ .
i . .. . . . „ .. | _ ~ ^ .. ... . .. made upon her and all the clothes pull- I Monday at
Ttmaceneot invesUgaUon wiU pro. ««» «**•“•* har ^ * h “ “*P - ^ f ^ - ‘bout myfamily that notlj [tom ^ She screamed and he 1 *
.. WM : B . .riiBMf. I tor ® h# accomplished hia desires. | even my intimate friends know, but I Lgn off.
I^ugVtJriDT«t“u drow mim/of toe I v ^ °?T 17° aldn ’‘f “ , inf « from tkfethatr Af0 w nighta jater she was sleeping I The Waterworks Commission^ expect
curious to the rendezvous of the one b “ DOt b#eD 11 ? “ y r ^?' 0tion °?„“ T wlf ® or with her little sister and the father to be able to furnish water to consumers
Hto father, Mr. W. A WoodU, says I daughter. They are both wtuous Umeand stoie the ItUe girt and came I aometime daring the month of August
NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS.
who is oreating all thia excitement.
In fact, the molt rigid investigation
wiU
part and
dealt with.
r ^ came and stole the Uttle girl and came 1
that bis son is innocent and j women.
take place, and c cl men witl take I state Si 1 ^ ^ ber « cre “ n8 - 1 ^ Worolmnd h^ippUcatioa
and see thst aU oarties are fairlv tri ^‘ He my * “** oa ,t * t ?.®“«* “F W“® <»ld Sae told her mother and her mother to the commission,
twlth 7 1 *vd to it wu very co’d and that in I me if I didn’t make over a deed to her h&d htr j ooked Qp in parlor
It wfilbe held on Clayton strut, at aDBWer 10 bU Wito ’ < \ * l “ P , ly 5* “J pr ? 3rty ’ 1 ** f* ®l«hle. This wu done to prevent any
“ .„‘.V “t ° 7TI took some oover off the bed, when Miu They had made np their minds to 3*t rapetirton of the offense on the part of
to!5Sa J l tothi saS^ehu^j! I Mr ; Wo0 ^ ••«d|rWofme. Now on the evidence they |
1 his son left on aceount of another mat- have a jury that would oonviot me, ana I m1m 8mi ,
J. H. Bcokeb,
A. L. Hull,
C. Mobton Stbahan,
Water Works
Commission,
NORMAL SCHOOL FOND
Miss Smith said she was reluctant to
[ ter which was s ieged intimacy with I u I have no evidence save my own with I u „ the(e thiog ^ M they not only . The commit te e w leave to scknowl-
Th* Parham atory. saro= .. . 4 „ atao placed her name in a very embar- ^ Sute Nomal School
It sums that the trustees of the Wat- j I “* i<, 8 U « h ‘ bcfore the People, but that | Athenl 8t . Railway C« m’y.
ki as villa AOidemy a abort time since, I abont taking a trip to Dahlia on the I eTery word 0 f jt WM true, absolutely j j ud <» e y L. G Harris
went to FroL W. A. Parham, who was I Baptist Sunday Scbool excursion and true> What she told cannot be express-1 n w McGrevor
in ofasrga of it, and told Mm that they dnU,k dowa ^ere. How he ^ in p, int . ^ s Rolm £
had nothing against Mm, hot that the I returned home at d had some words Mr*. Smith said she didn’t wish to su 0 rr 4b Hunter.
oonduot ofhis wife was such u to ran- I * lt “ hls wl * e whiob led tothebrlnging husband unt to the penitenitiary I g. C. Took...*.";.."..".........
“BLUSH OF BOSES”
Will positively remove Tan, Frtck
lea, Pimples, Blackheads, T4ver Spots,
Moth Patches, Erysipelas, Salt Rheum,
Its, Etc. Any number of to '
nlals. Palmer ft Klnnehraw,
agents. :
MRS 6. H-DKJARNETTS
engaged for some time u slaughtering
gents’ fine clothing, oo’om, cuff, gad in
tact gents furnisMag goods
of every description. So every
one who takes pert In this inves igatlon,
u he Intends to rash everything in the
home in order to make room for his
lovely fall and winter stock.
A carpenter by the name of ML S.
I ^ Itne^s^ry'for him to git rid of her I lat « °° nrt - He admiUed I Md ^ tho d ;dn t care if he escaped, I iRWto
or givenp his place having drank too much wMskey and I ^ ke never came back to ouru, abuse, Rale & Conaway
. fbaohargebrouglit against Mts.Par-1 ***** ba he* treated his family wrong In I threaten and menace her family. Bhe I c, r Heity......
Chamberlain's Pain Bsim. Be U7» R1 wam wsalntimscv with James Woodis. I m * n 7 ioatancee. said that she and Smith had never lived <3. D. Flanieen ..
is worth t5a bottle. It coat Mm » Mrg . PartJTIuibout forty year, of I * h » , « y>, ;t wry happily together, but that rim had j ohn T, Anderson
JOHN CRAWFORD ft CO. i age and Prof. Parham ebout the same. hit and 1 always done her duty by Mm despite I T L Hltcbell
Shortly after thta Prof and Mrs Par- bl * "herasboote bavewot been known tlio tact that he always would curse, r l. Mom, Jr
OITYNOim j leftwStl^^teendWoodto also left. J s * no ®I ??. eluded the I abuse and mistreat her. ' ’
1 This wu assigned by Mr W A WoodU «“ oh of tbe 4 a ® oer8 ' Willie Smith seemed very anxionsfor acknowledged
Bbtobbd Hen.—Mrs.' J. R. Lyle and | es the reason of hU son leaving Oconee °'”* - ^ ,Bftthert ® * w * y * He dltln,t f®*
1 1 The reporter called at Mrs. Bmith s | to him with the money he drew out of | Total to date..
25.00
20.00
10.00
10 00
600
5.00
5.00
2.60
2 00.
600
260
6 00
600
10 100
320 35
Suoceaded in th* Normal College by
Prof. Euler B. Smith of i*Grang*.
Prof. Euler B Smith, president of the
1mi ^
Mr. Henry B. Palera, onr
Worl^Frir* Likeell other^thenlana I LaGxange Seminary and prominent in
who have paid a visit to the great show, educational circles of the state, hu u
he i* enthusiastic In Ms pnOu of it , umed ch of ^ ehaix ot Bl gltoh to
HeadvUesmraybcdy that can do so to ^ NormU
attend the fate. ThUU the chair wMob Mr* G. H.De
tnro f rom^h?DV*trict W (&9nf«MOdthla I Jernette, of Atlanta, hu P^Medover
afternoon. It ia Ms purpose to com- I with so much abUity sinoc the opening
mjcoe a meeting at East Athens ohurch I c f ^h e aeaeion, but which she ■piir|foro«sd
tomorrow, and there will be to ^qnighon account of thesad death
LlStoi 04 t0m0rK,W m0rniDE “ d of her mother which occurred a few
eveoiog. ... I daye since at Savannah. The sympathy
A citixen of East Athens yesterday I . ,. , ^DeJarnatte in her
morning i« talking to a reporter refer- J of all go out to Hre. DeJaniette is ner
red to the fset that one or two owes of 1 sad loss and it is with much sorrow and
bilions fever bad developed in Ms put I regret to the teachers, pupils sad friends
tf toe town, and he attributed it tothe , n AtbMU that they realise tost Mrs.
5SiS“u» <> K.orfSi»™u*. l D h ' , "°S‘ *• * M,t0
ptoUfK ?•*»«• «>““ W
You can wait for this time to oome I commission to fill a position in the
feeling much better it your feet are j normal faculty and her satisfactory
rot crauipisd by ill-fitting shoes. Mr. I work i Q »)g college hu been a great
-SS
y , . . innt returned I friends. Should the college be made
^VutVac^ permanent there ar, many in the city
Hill\ church In Oglethorpe county, and elsewhere who would be delighted
Wife R»v Mr. Sorrow, preacher in to see her made Lady-Principal with
argeef Woodstock^ mission. has been of Eng ii 8h . annexed. Mia.
terestf °Mr. “johnfon reports the DeJarnette hu long been a prominent
cbuich greatly revived, with many con- figure in the educational interests of
versions. I Georgia, having held the principslship
uy a Singer Sewing Machine, the J of the Girls High School ol Americas,
adest achievement of mechanism- Macon and Atlanta, all of which posi
tion earth. tions she filled with distinction and
^ing. E.S Enos, Agent. 1 ^ &buity>
yt HntebiM ^ gudal tatodWtu 1 By her charming attractions both of
rtl'r ofTftora belov^Union ^Point beauty of person and manners Mrs.
.aat Wednesday. The wind was so sc- DeJarnette hu won many friends In
vere that the top ot a freight car Uhe city during her brief stay, who will
entered cab and melted some umbrellss, * *’,
no serious damage resulted, however. I LOST I
a 11 this occurred about six mile* below An envelope addressed to “John B
Union Point. I Cook, Atlanta, Ga,” and containing
■ w ?.r* rzssss —
A® SC®, will be paid for its return to John B.
$
♦
Mini *«.«,. Lyle, aooompsnled by Miu I oounty. 1 v — 'TT'~ ~Z ’ I» «" w, «* * no u,uue > no urow ou ‘ 01 1 Total to date 8 422 35
Fannie Bryant arrived In the city from J Thia case against James Woodis will BntJ tound htr and ber daughter the National Bank Thursday. He wu I Subscribers who have not paid will
Rome yesterday morning. not come up in all probability thia term v . hnma “ u * h * by the °®°®" “ d to tura please do so immediately, u the com-
uhe is not in the oounty. Mt. Lang- «is a neat and attractive Uttlehome, oyer money to hia mother. mittee wish to make a final report.
Warnoenun Gciltt —The jury in j f ord ^ employed Messrs.' Thomas and I *■* «7erytniDg would seem to indicate 1 fob wife bbating.
the Whitehead cau in Ooonee oounty I Strickland, of Athens to assist in tho | tbat happiness alone reigned there. The Grand Jury returned a bill yea- WHY DO WE DIE?
after being out all night and half a day I promotion of the case. And it is an intelligent family, too, terday against Alfred Smith for wife! vital statistics classiflUd shows the
returned a verdict of guilty yesterday I The good people of Oconee oounty especially the young girl*, Callie and I beating Mrs Smith says that he never respiratory organs to be the feeble point
mornirg. Jndg* Hutchins will nroba-1 . . , .. .v. I her little sister. Ells They have Intel-1 k.., w »w it n^.hk „„„ |ium\n. Diseases of the lungs are out
bly sentence WMtehad to-day.
day evening at the Home School,
MtdameandMiw Sosnowski gave an
Impromptu reception to the teachers of BruiaeSf sore*. Ulcers, Sait Rheum’, publication,
the Normal School. Quito a number it I Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped hands, I Mrs Hmitt
oitixens were also present and a most | Chilblains, Corn*, and all Skin I h^n a »id...
give
(led.
also present
enjoyable evening wu spent.
r yesterday Th e KOOd people of Oconee county especially the young girls, Callie and boating Mrs. Smith uys that he never respiratory organs to be toe feeble
will probe-1 m de termined to so administer the law ker H**!® sister, Ella. They have Intel- but that it probably I * n f ^ p^Son in firiTv* Take
I a*tto reasove alQstain toeu(^argumay j B geo t e nd beoettfsoeSjand theyoonger I from tho tocident where he knocked j Taylor’s*Cherokee Remedy of Sweet
An Imfboxvtu Exception -Than- I ^ upon toe ceunty. | gl 7^ ^ | over the machine. | Gum and Mullein for coughs, colds and
Both the mother and daughter were
I not disposed to talk much but finally
HI OUTCOME OF IT.
A gentleman of Athens said yesterday
BUCKLEN’S ARNICA SALVE.
The best salve in the worid^ for i nto, | consented to give a full statement for j tbEt be believed it to be a plot against
~ **“ " tton - I Smith as he had known him for years
Smith re-iterated all that had and tbat he was aU right. He ia not
rioas'end*’poritivelycura PiU»,‘orToI^ “ ld . f nd «i d ‘titastrue. SheLmeinMsbelief,either,
pay required. It is guaranteed to give I denied that there wu any scheme made But on lbe other hand there are bun-
A ftxb a Tbikp —A revro bov want I perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. I up to run Smith out of the home he had | dredg who believe the storyu told by laU—We are having delightful weath-
to Be.mteln’s stable yesterday to seU a ^ForSl^by^o^Crawford ft Co* ^ Sbe ““J tbat b%d told W ? the mother and daughter. er up here now, and feel sorry for
set of harneu and while trying to make and Palmer ft Kinnebrew. to give her and her children enough Excitement ran very high in Wat- | Mends who are suffering from the in-
| consumption.
UP AT ?nRN£KVlLLE-
Where the Mountain Breeze* Ever
Blow.
Tobhbbviuk, Ga , July 28.—(Speo-
toe trade the polioe turned the corner
and the negro dropped the harness and
made for other parts. The police tailed
to catch him.
property to live on and he oould go, | ynsville Thursday and if Smith had tense heat heldw the Piedmont belt.
The ^reatCurtaln 8a*e, consisting of j becauee he wu cruel jo her. ^ j been oangbt he would have been in a | TurnervlUe is becoming quite % pop-
ibour, Swiss, Renaissance, I Mrs. Smith told how on several occa- j bad wa y, but things have cooled down (nkr summer resort this season and
mSrolnl, Br^lt vriSl re^he^Z’toit t^hc^wU^ °° n8 !,f^ bly “5“®“ now k erieltorsareflocklnghero«ngreatnum-
bona fide 50 oenta on toe dollar sale. J treated her, and that onoe ne wanted 1 mmld be carried to jail. lbere. Two hotels, Franklin’* and El-
p and down the hal H No one knows where he is although j lord’s, are open and rapidly filling up.
Tq* Paymaster Ch»r«»d wftK cotuiias. | way with a ? open knife [it is believed he hu not left Oconee At the Ellord house are Prof. Wilson,
Ca»do L T Jniy 28 —Treasurer I hla hand threatening to take her lit®. J county. The posse is still scouring the I wife and sister-in-law, of Sumpter, S.
Green^cC^irtain began th. payment of j ^ ^ < k* Mrs. Bowden and children, of Ath-
toe leased district money at T*lhin*. year-old son of Mrs. Smith, interrupt- i 8 hb guilty? ens. At the Franklin hotel, Athens is
all the symtomi pointed unmistakably I There wore 18,080 Choctaws enrolled, I ed, saying that his mother bad prom-1 Quit: a number of citizens of Oconeo I well represented in the person of Mrs.
to hydrophobia. He believes ft wu a | and t^ey are receiving f 103 per capita. I toed an attorney not to talk about j county were interviewed yesterday who I w. W Lumpkin and three children;
SurPoaXD To Bn Htdrofhobia.—A
negro woman died rather suddenly In
Eut Athena Thursday. We learn from
selttunetMut Atoeu.that Dr.DUa-
shaw, her attending physician declared
cue of that terrible disease.
Wobk rr Up.—Mr. W. C. Stoy is in
te. O nf t ?^r ! ind*d^a O nN ta tora h .*t 0 “ e ’* nd “ k ® dh ® rWby ‘ be Ulk ‘ I expressed it as their opinion that Smith j and Mrs. D. W. MoGregor and three
from 5 to 20 per cent They charge I tlsa, • v t n | wu tanooent. They said that be and | children. CoL R L. J. Smith, wife and
the city working up an excursion to
Port Royal and B L rd. This excur
sion will give * ride out on the am ot
twenty miles. This will be one of the
most delightful excursions of the
McCnrtain with being into s<
whereby he furnishes the people
with which to btjy .the checks.
monejr
wm Kieeut* the C*«aot»w».
Caddo, I. T„ July 28.—The execu
tion of the nine Choctaw murderer*
son, and every one should take advan-1 w m certainly take place August 4th.
tage Of the cheap rates of 23 60 for the Judge Hobson, to whom, the cue was
round trip. Good for two days. I referred for a new trial, has decided
1 that the prisoners were properly tried,
„ . and hu ordered that sentence b# car-
Badly Hdbt.—Mr. Barnett, living I riod out on August 4tb, to which date
about two miles from Athens, came in | th* men have been respited,
yesterday morning, and when near the A «„,<!«.«•
upper bridge Ms mule ran away,throw- w Qa Jnly 2 8,-Jim Conr-
iug Mr. Barnettoutof the wagon, and J^JT^rTwho so brotally mur-
both whesla pusing over him. His left £ h rconi njat0 , Ja v 0 Smith, on
ankle wu badly orushed and some of s un( i av , April 2, at a turpentine distil-
his ribe broken. He wu carried to the J i er y at Brsganza, bas been hanged,
store of Mn C. W. Reynolds and pby-
. oV ro-Piirt Roval S C* win oe paia ior us return to jonn u
8i~c“ din^a'triD 1 * by ^S' Commercial Hotel, Atban^Ga:
“ 0 B®m! t for >H 8 I C.[ th^b” antf^ol h *sunf- The great Curtain Sale, consisting of
mer resort. Parties going on th : s ■ x- Laos, Tambour, Swisa, RenaUianor,
curilon will take the rfgnlar pusenger Antique and otber *^1“» Houdsy
train for Augusta, Ga., which leave# morning, U Michael Bros. It will be a
gK Bungay aveainf at 3:60, ^ bona fide 60 cento on the dollar sale.
aioians sent for who decided that the
wounds were not necessarily fatal.
Mr. Barnett was carried to bis home
late yesterday, and was rating very
well atlut acoounti.
Sweet Gum ana Mullein ie a sure ours
for soughs, colds, croup, consumption,
and all other throat ana lueg trouble.
She replied that sbe was going to fell hlg rfid' m* got along well together two children, and Mrs C. M. Smith, of
toe straight truth about the whole mat- tnd that that wu at the bottom of it, Harmony Grove, are also quartered at
ter, cost what it might. A large number of Athens people aim I the popular Franklin hotel. Besides
The boy wu evidently taking the toow Sfn i th| having had business trans- these, Mr. W. 8 Erwin, Jr„ nephew of
side of hia father in the matter a “d on actions with him, and refuse to believe I Julge Alex S. Erwin, stops at the
every occasion possible took np the ar- | k The stories of the mother and I Franklin house, and others too numer-
gument in bis behalf. He seemed very da nghter of o'uree speak for them-1 ous to mention.
auiou3 for his father to make good his I Be < V6a>
escape and while not denying that his I ^ onlt an attempt. *v
father had made an attempt at rape, It wm a mistake that the impression I T“
still seemed to think it wroi g for his should hive gotten abroad that sue 1 —° 1 . .. M w Hodgson of
mother .m .Uter to tr, .. -«d hto to Lot heeo eommitM. It — o nlJ
the penitentiary or to the gallows of tempted rape and the bill does not [
the lynchers, I charge Smith with anything else.
“I do not want to send him to death j —— »
TO CLEANSE THE SYSTEM
Capt. Kennard, of Savannah; spends
I his summers at his bhautiful country
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Athens Loanl&Improve-
ment Company will be held at the: files
of W. W. Lampkin, Secretary and
Treasurer, August 1st, 5 o’olook p. m
FUR SALE.
One 40 saw gullet gin feeder and con
denser, u good asne w. Apply to F. M.
McLeroy, Jr. at Ooonee Mills.
or the penitentiary,” said Mrs- Smith,
“and you know it, Willie. I have,
however, made up my mind that he
shonid go there rather than that my
daughter be ruined. That, sir, is
a u -this’s coubbx.
Effectually yet gc>itly, when costive or
bilious or when tW ; ’ood is impure or
slnggisb, to permanently cure habitual
constipation,to awaken the kidneys and
liver to a healthy activity, without lrri-
tating or weakening them, to dispel
“I have another little girl coming | hea^hes, coids or fevers, use Syrup of
aloDg, and for the sake of my two girls
I took the step of pros: outing their fa
ther, for I feared if he remained here,
not ouly loss cf virtue, but death itself
might result. I could not have done
The great Curtain Sale, consisting of
Lace, Tambour, Swiss, Renaissance,
Antique and other style*, Monday
morning, at Michael Bros. It will be a
bona fide 60 cents on the dollar sale.
Athens, and her beautiful and accom
plished daughter, Miss Anaie Hodgson,
are spending the summer with him.
Altogether, we have a very delight
ful little oity, and a ooterie of conge
nial spirits which makes rime fly by as
rapidly and pleasantly as our mountain
breezes.
Tbe man or woman with a cheerful
face and a annny cmile, is tbe one to
enjor 1 fe. It is impossible to be in
this condition with an ill fitting shoe.
Buy your shoes of J. G. M. Edwards
and you will not have this had feeling.
The gboes are not only good, but ar?
sold at reasonable prices.
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