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ESTABLISHED 1882.
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KNOCKED OFF A TRESTLE. ACCESSORY TO CRIME,
KSDAY MoRXIXlU SKPT KM HER 21. 1-!>T.
EVERAL
PETITION UNDER COVER, SURE
8am David, an old Negro Man
Killed Sunday morning.
M-UBBP
Governor Atkinson’* Opinion of A Citizen Suggests that the Pro- Judge Thomas will Introduce a One is Being Circulated at the N
[ President McKinley. posed Bill Batch of New Bills. mal School
ASKS REMOVAL OF SCHOOL.
Alleges That People ot Athens Snub Attendants
at the Normal School—President Brad-
well Says He Is in Profoundest Ig
norance o! Such a Petition.
Coroner's Jury Returned lu Verdict to the
Effect that David Was Killed by Being
Knocked off the Trestle by a
Seaboard Train.
Sam David, an old negro man, met his
death Saturday night or Sunday morn
ing ut the trestle on the Seabord Air Line
road spanning Trail creek.
His body was found about ten o'clock
Sunday morning by a negro man who
was out looking over his cotton crop.
Coroner Rogers held an inquest and
after a full examination into all the
facts, the jury returned si vewlict that
David came to his death by being struck
by a train on the Seaboard Air Line
railroad, and exonerated the road from
all blame. This verdict was signed by
L. K. Bailey, foreman, and the other
jurors.
David was altont sixty years of age
and was a farmer. He lived near where
he was killed.
He came to Athens Saturday after
noon and left for home about ten
o’clock. It was his invariable custom
to walk on the railroad track.
He was evidently struck by the eleven
o'clock South bound freight, or lie may
have been struck later in the night.
He was killed instantly, his head
being crushed in and the brains scat
tered along the track.
No evidence whatever of foul play
was found.
The proper way to build health is to
make the blood rich and pure by taking
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, the one tme blood
purifier.
Huudrup’s Shoe Shop has been moved
to 210 Washington street, Holman’s
building.
CARD TO THE PUBLIC.
I of- Baptists at Harmony
Today.
NO BLAME ON THE ROAD. SCORES CHIEF EXECUTIVE. BE BROADENED IN SCOPE. THEY COVER MANY ISSUES
fays He is Responsible for the Shooting of
Loftin, the Negro Postmaster at Hogans*
vllle, Qa.—Georgia's Governor
Does Not Mince Words.
He Soyi that Ab City Officers Should be Elected
by a Commission and Not by the City
Council—The Movement Grows
Steadily in Its Favor.
e to Revise the Way of Selecting Jury Com
missioners—Another Touching on the
Old Soldier Question—A Police
Commission foe Athens. "
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Bancroft, the riaglcisn.
In Bancroft's brilliant entertainment
modern magic lius reached its climatic
point. The death of the late Hermann
left Bancroft the supreme and undispu
ted master of the field, but it is not too
much to say tl at even if the old veteran
were alive today he could scarcely hope
to hold his own in comparison with the
splendid genius of the younger man.
Bancroft’s performance includes many
of his latest inventions and novelties
and his newest feats of legerdemain ex
cised anything of the kind heretofore
presented. The perfect bearing of the
finished artist is observable in every
move and syllable of the magician’s
stage presence and conversation, and it
is certain that he has reached the pinna
cle of artistic success. Costly scenery
and elalmrate surroundings add mystery
and bewilderment to his unrivaled per
formance.
The scenery for one of liis principal
acta is painted to represent onyx columns
and iu the background is nn immense
marble stair case, descending which,
the magicinu makes his first appearance.
The scene is a beautiful one and offset
by magnificently carved furniture.
There are tables supported by elephant’s
tusks, coiling sorpents and other equally
unique designs. The entire programme
is staged in the same sumptuous fashion.
The only thing used on the stage be
longing to the opera house is the cur
tain. /
Bancroft is a matchless personification
of surprise and mystery. His natural
equipment as a magician and entertainer
has never been equalled. His sleight of
hand skill is completely hafiling and far
in advance of the magicians of the old
school. He has been called the “end of
the century magician.’’ He is a remark
ably handsome man, with charms of
manner and wit as an entertainer that
make his performance as merry as it is
mysterious. Among the many special
features which are novelties in his rep
ertoire for this season may be mentioned
winsome maiden into a fierce,' roaring
. lion. This last feat is one that the ma-
glrian developed from a pretty legend
associi ‘ed with an old castle -which he
at the new opera house next Saturday
The New York Herald asked Gov. At
kinson for a statement in reference to
the attempted assassination of Loftin,
the postmaster at Hogansville.
And Gov. Atkinson sent them a tele
gram that iu the common vernacular
might be called “hot stnff.”
The gist of Gov. Atkinson’s reply is as
follows:
“The court will convene in Tronp
comity in November, and the grand jury
will investigate the matter, and if there
is evidence to convict any one there will
be no trouble in punishing the guilty
party. The officers are capable men,
and will do their duty. The shooting of
the negro is universally condemned by
the people.
“The same spirit of candor in which I
have written, compels me to say that
onr people an- uniformly of the opinion
that the man who appointed the post
master at Hogansville over the violent
protest of those citizens who furnish
niuety-uine-one-hnndredtlis of the busi
ness of the office, who own almost the
entire property of the community, and
who represent the forces which have
made and constitute the civilization of
that community knowing at the time that
the appointment wonld be taken as a de
liberate effort ou his part to degrade
and humiliate tl em, was himself, from a
moral standpoint an accessory to this
lamentable crime.
“Even these men, who took this view,
do not blame the republican party
for giving positions to the negroes
who have been faithful to them,
but it would have tieeu better
for the negroes, and pleasanter
for the white people of the sonth, if they
had given them positions where they
were not brought, so directly in contact
with the people to whom they are of
fensive as officers.
“You ask me what is going to be the
effect of this. I reply that the effect
will be the same it wonld be in Ohio if
the same conditions prevailed. Leaving
out the questions arising from prejudice,
what would be the resnlt iu Ohio if the
President, in making appointments,
ignored the views of property holders
and all the best elements of the com
munity, and over their violent protest,
appointed'to office a man whom he knew
to be offensive to them?”
WHAT IT MEANS.
When we advertise that we will guar
antee Dr. King's New Discovery, Elec
tric Bitters, Bncklen’s Arnica Salve, or
Er. King’s New Life Pills, it means that
we are authorized by the proprietors to
sell these remedies on a positive guaran
tee, that if purchaser is not satisfied with
results, we will refund the purchase
price. These medicines have been sold
on this guarantee for many years and
there could be no more conclusive evi
dence of their great merit. Ask about
them and give them a trial. Sold at
Smith & Bros’ and Dillard & Smith’s
drug stores.
The Carlton property, to be sold on
21stiust.,is the most convenient and
desirable home for a business man in all
the city.
Running sores, indolent ulcers and
similar troubles, even though of many
year’s standing, may be cured by using
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve.. Itsoothes,
strengthens and heals. It is the great
pile cure. Palmer & Kinnebrew and
Dillard Drag Co.
The snggestion of The Banner that a
police and fire commission be organized
has met with unqualified approval, and
there is little doubt but that such a com
mission will be raised.
A great many take a broader view of
the case and wish this commission to be
given greater powers.
The following commnnication is on
that line:
Editor Banner:—I have read your re
cent editorials ou the subject of a com
mission for the election of certain city
officers and agree with yon fully that
the commission is the thing we need,
bnt in my. jndgment yon don’t go far
enough.
Let the bill be so drawn as to empower
the commission to elect all onr city offi
cers, with the possible exception of the
clerk of council, and I am not sure bnt
that it wonld be better to include the
clerk of council.
This plan wonld take the whole busi
ness out of politics and place every city
officer on his merit. CITIZEN.
DR. KING’S NEW DISCOVERY FOR
CONSUMPTION.
This is the best medicine in the world
for all forms of Coughs and Colds and
for Consumption. Every bottle is guar
anteed. It will cure and not disappoint.
It has no equal for Whooping Cough,
Asthma, Hay Fever, Pneumonia, Bron
chitis, La Grippe, Cold in the Head and
for Consumption. It is safe for all ages,
pleasant to take, and, above all, a sure
cure. It is always well to take Dr.
King’s New Life Pills in connection
with Dr. King’s New Discovery, as they
regulate and tone the stomach and bow
els. We guarantee perfect satisfaction
or return money. Free trial bottles at
Smith & Bros’ and Dillard & Smith’s
drag stores. Regular size 50 cents and
11.00.
The .“Bicyclist’s best .friend is a fa
miliar name for DeWitt’s Witch Hazel
Salve, always ready for emergencies.
While a specific for piles, it also instantly
relieves and cures cuts, braises, salt
rheum, eczema and all affections of the
skin. It never foils. Palmer & Kinne
brew and Dillard Drag Co.
If you want to make a valuable in
vestment don’t fail to attend the sale of
tie Carlton property on 21st inst.
Have your Ma tresses renovated by the
Athens Ma tress Works, 225 Prince av
enue.
THE CASE CARRIED UP.
E. n. Suber Dissatisfied With the Verdict of the
City Court.
The case of E. M. Saber vs. S. O.
Benedict has been carried to the Sn-
preme court.
Judge Thcmas, representing Suber
filed the papers yesterday and the Su
preme court will be called upon to say
whether or not the City court judge did
right.
This was a suit against Dr. Beni
for da mag es, the plaintiff alleging that
Dr. Benedict said the bones in his foot
were mashed and that amputation was
necessary, which was dohe, and that
later on he found that the hones in his
Judge George G. Thomas,. Clarke
county’s representative in the legisla
ture, will at the session of that body,
next month introduce a number of im
portant bills.
Notice has already been given of his
intention to introduce a hill to admit
women to the University of Georgia,
and also a bill to consolidate the higher
educational institutions of the State at
Athens.
Judge Thomas will introduce a bill to
change the way of selecting jury com
missioners and seeking to amend the law
so that hereafter each militia district in
a county will be entitled to representa
tion on the board of jury commissioners
and each ward in cities of over 5,000 in
habitants will have the same representa
tion. This bill he is now preparing and
getting in shape to introduce at the
opening of the session.
He will also introduce a bill calling
upon the State to bury all Confederate
veterans at a cost of not lees than $30
where it appears that their relatives are
notable to afford them burial. He is
opposed to Confederate veterans being
buried as paupers.
Judge Thomas will introduce a bill on
the police question. He will get the
ideas of the leading citizens on this sub
ject as to the details to be pat into the
bill, and will prepare such a bill as will
give Athens reform along this line.
BUCKLEN’S ARNICA SALVE.
The best salve in the world for Cats,
Braises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe
ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil
blains, Coras and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cores Piles, or no pay re
quired. It is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded. Price,
25 cents per box. y
No man or woman can enjoy life or
accomplish much in this world while
suffering from a torpid liver. DeWitt’s
Little Early Risers, the pills that cleanse
that organ, quickly. Palmer & Kinne
brew and Dillard Drag Co.
Old soles renewed by Bill Haudrap
310 Washington street.
HELD UP THE CIRCUS.
The Banner reporter was informed
yesterday on reliable authority that a
petition was being circulated among the
teachers at the State Normal School, ad
dressed to tbe^General Assembly and
asking the refnoval of. the school from
Athens.
The complaint brought forward in the
petition is that the people of Athens dc
not treat the teachers at. the Normal
School with due consideration, and that
they refer to them in anything bnt a
pleasant manner..
It is also complained of that the peo
ple refer in a slighting manner to the
buildings', saying that they look like
factory bnilding and that the teachers
look lie factory operatives. Complaint
is also made that people *here say the
teachers at the Normal School do not
get enough to eat.
The reporter called on President Brad-
well and asked him about the petition,
and the reply was that he was in the
profoundest ignorance of such a petition
and didn’t see how it could exist with
out his knowledge of it.
When assured by the reporter that
such a petition did exist and that it was
being circulated, President Bradwell
said that it would have to go throng!
his hands before it went to the legisla
ture and that if it ever reached him it
wonld end there.
The rumors of the existence of such a
detition have_ been going around for
several days, but not until yesterday
was the Banner positively informed of
the truth of these rumors.
Carolinians Said They Hod Been Swindled Out
rageously.
Colombia, S. C., Sept. 20.—At Dillon,
Darlington county, Saturday night,there
was great excitement and nearly a riot
between citizens and the Harris Nickel-
Plated show people. The citizens con
tend that they were swindled anu duped;
that the “best people}’ went to the show
because it adverted “no games of
chance.” When they got there, gamb
ling tables were going and they went in
to win and lose. Then the circus peo
ple offered to make change, which was
scarce, and in every instance this “take
out” was from one to fourteen dollars.
Many of the confiding people put it in
their pockets without counting. When
the circus train was ready to move 250
men wit£ dfawn pistols swarmed around
and on the engine, holding it down. The
nircus men, also armed, were prepared
to fight, bnt the opposing force was too
strongand^wopositiuii to settle
made.
Owing to over-crowding and bad venj
cilation, the air of the schoolroom is
often close and impure, and teachers and
pupils frequently suffer from long and
throat troubles. To all such we wonld
say, try Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
For coughs, colds, weak lungs and bron
chial troubles no other remedy can com
pare with it. Says A. C. Freed, Super
intendent of Schools, Prairie Depot.
Ohio: “Having some knowledge of tht
efficacy of Chamberlain’s Cough Reme
dy, I have ho hesitation in recommend
ing it to all who suffer from coughs'
lung troubles, etc.” For sale by Pal
mer & Kinnebrew. -
A GREAT RUSSIAN COMING, j
: .
Nicholas Simln, City Engineer of nos
• Examine Our Filters.
City Engineer Barnett will havi
tingnished guest in a few weeks.
That guest will be NichotaD^
city engineer of Moscow, Russia,
will come to inspect the filter ]
the city waterworks station jB
City Engineer Simin is iny’
investigation all the filte^
use in America.
NINETY-EIGHTH SESSION.
Rev. John O. Gibson Will Preside Over the
Meeting—Forty-One Churches in the
Body-Meeting WUI be Attended
by rtany Church Delegates.
The Sarepta Baptist Association meets
this morning at Harmony Grove.
It is an organization to Which the
Athens Baptist churches and albneigh-
fcoring Baptist churches belong.
It is one of the oldest district associa
tions in the Sonth, having been organ
ized at Shoal Creek, F.anklin county,
in 1799.
The session at Harmony Grove will
be attended by scores of delegates. Ath
ens will send up a number of represen
tatives.
There are forty-one churches in the
body and that fact alone indicates its
strength.
Dr. John G. Gibson, one of the most
eminent Eaptist divines in Georgia, is
moderator, and will preside over the de
liberations of the session. Mr. R. T.
Pittard will act as clerk.
Dr. Gibson preaches the introductory
sermon this morning at eleven o’clock,
and Dr. Williams, of Elberton, wiL
preach the missionary sermon.
Small precautions often prevent great
mischiefs. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers
are very small pills in size, bnt are most
effective in preventing the most serious
forms of liver and stomach troubles.
They cure constipation and headache
and regulate the bowels. Palmer &
Kinnebrew and Dillard Drag Co.
WAIFS FROM THE WIRES,
Given
Temporary Home
Readers.
For Banner
Constantinople, Sept. 20.—Ferronh
Bey, councillor of the Turkish embassy
at St. Petersburg, has been a;
Turkish minister to thi
successor to Monsi
Anderson,
American wi
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plant, which/ A'
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The Newest Designs in
Goods Can bo Fonnd
MICHAEL BROS.’ SHELVES.
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No House In This City WUI Show's Superior,
and Few the Equal, of the Stock- W«
Invite You to Inspect Today—Wo
Quote a Few Special Items.
DRESS GOODS— _
The weather has been rather warm to
sell fall dress goods, bnt if the thermom
eter was at a freezing point we wonld
have a he t time to give a description of
our immense stock of Colored and Black
Dress Goods.
Should yon have the faintest ,* 5 “
buying a Wool Dress, by all " *
onr immense stock. Price- ,
10c to $3.00 a yard. m
All kinds of Silk .*■*
teries, Irredescent J
Trimmings. f,
CARPETS, RU
■ Wool Ingraii-
pets, Velvet
Rugs. r^ <
Lace Curtal
Portiers.
HOSIERY F'
24c for FU.
Hose, double* r*.
33c a pair }
ble sole, fine
The bestY
Black
a:
The best;
lack HosA
FEW H ',
35c a (’ j J
86c
worth T
Imita
worth
dozen
50
wel