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ATHENS
BANNER.
ESTABLISHED 188?.
ATHENS, GA.. SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 18 1902
$5.00 A YEAR.
MICHAEL BROTHERS.
MICHAEL BROTHERS.
MICHAEL BROTHERS.-
TOP-NOTCIi VALUES
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Wash Fabrics, White Goods, Silks, Dress Goods, Stitts, Waists, Skirts and Muslin Underwear.
Already our sales are enormous and this season bids fair to become the most notable of our history.
Wash Fabrics.
Our showing of popular Wash Stuffs has received
our greatest care, and we are proud of the showing made.
All of the designs are of the best productions of the most
popular printers. Among the many popular fabrics are
Athalia Batiste, Nainsook a Filet, Tilania Cords, Satin
Stripe Dimity, Sea Island Dimity, Batiste Satin, Corded
Batiste, Hawthorne Dimity.
These will be ready in the Wash Goods section to
morrow, and will be sold at one pries. This will be found
to be the largest and prettiest exhibit we have ever made.
15 cents a yard for choice.
A Stirring Silk Sale.
Nearly a thousand yards of
offered for one price this week,
transaction in Silks and have
which will enable us to sell them'1
usually pay for ieunants A
Foulards in a large assortment-4
These will be put on sale tomorrow! at
pular Silks will be
} have made a large
»ht them at a figure
at the price you
variety of Piioted
Were and designs.
69 cents a yard.
mercerized Cotton Foulards.
One hundred pieces Mercerized. Cotton Foulards
will be shown tomorrow in about 20 dew designs. These
are the Foreign Foulards.
35 cents a yard.
Many of them are hard to distinguish from the real
'oulard^ so perfect is the sheen,and printing. :
Ladies’ Muslin Urider wear.
,. r ;.Gowns, Skirts, Chemise,
Onset Covers and Drawers
v^at 2f>c, 3Sc, 49c, 09c and
.00 per garment.
WithoutS-doubt the great-
st underwear sale over held,
finishing more and greater
~ iprtunities for money
than ever before.
generous in pro-
Every garment is
tion and wonder fully
MICHAEL BROTHERS.
White Goods...
White Goods are very popular just now. In fact,
the demand this season is greater than ever before. This
White Goods Department of ours will show you all the
new things and at exceedingly low prices.
A superb assortment of Paris Lawn, Wash Chiffon,
Batiste Claire, Persian and India Lawns, French Nain
sook, Plain and Dotted Swiss in white, black and colored
White Piques, and real Anderson White Madras.
Ladies’ Suits, Skirts and Waists.
As the season advances Separate Skirts and Shirt
waists grow more in favor. Always on the alert for the
best interest of our customers, we are in a position to
show the latest and newest things at exceedingly inter
esting prices.
Striped Linen Madras.
These are boautiiul goods, 24-inches wide, in the
the most desirable colorings of plue, pink, red, helio and
grey with a silk-like lustre,
35 cents a yard.
MiCHAEL BROTHERS.
MICHAEL BROTHERS.
T. J. SHACKELFORD
DEFEATS UPSON.
Crawford Nominated for Clerk of Superior Court and
Pitner Wins Treasureship—An Exciting
Primary.
After one of the most oxoitlng cam
paigns over waged in Clarke county,
Mr. Thomas J. Shackelford defeated
Mr. S. O Upson for representative yes
terday. The race has been exciting
from the time Mr. Shackelford entered,
and the reenlt was in donbt until the
last ballot was counted last night. Mach
hard work has been done by both sidee
and each of the two aspirant for the
plaoe had strong friends who stood by
them like men until the last.
Mr. E. J. Crawford wins for clerk of
the superior court, defeating Mr. Cooper
the inonqihent, and Mr, J. K. Kenney.
Mr. J. A. Pitner defeats Mr. W. G.
Oarithers for oonnty treasurer by about
•00 majority.
The other offloers were nominated
without opposition.
The voto for representative and clerk
In the oonnty was as follows;
For Representative:
Thos. J. Shaokelford, 774.
S. O. Upson, 883.
Shaokelford’s majority. 91.
For Clerk:
E. J. Crawford, 693.
j, E. Kenney, 668.
O. W. Cooper. 843.
Crawford's plurality, 89.
The retains had not all oome In np to
midnight last night, and it Is therefore
impossible for the Banner to give the
tabulated vote this morning, bnt this
will he given Tuesday morning. As
plated above, Mr. Pitner defeats Mr.
HARD LUCK
FOR GEORCIA.
Accidents and Circum
stances GiveHercer
the Game.
Maoon, Go , May 17.—(Special.) —
Georgia 1, Mercer 3 tell the talc of one
of the closest baseball games ever seen
in this city. It was a case of Georgia
Oarithers about 600 votes in the county. hard luok from the flr8t ’ 118 Ander80n
Principal interest has been centered i wa8 8everel y lD 3 utod ^ a baI1 - in bat '
on the race for representative the past tln 8 praotioe. The field was very bad.
few weeks. Eor a long time It was
thought that Mr. Upson would be Domi
nated wlihont opposition. A short
while ago, however, Mr. Shakelford an
nounced, and sinoe that time the warm
est campaign has been carried on. The
best of feeling has been preserved
throughout,' the candidates and their
friends oondneting themselves as gen
tlemen from start to finish.
Mr. Shaokelford, who has been noml
nated for representative, was born in
Jackson oonnty. He Is 83 years of age,
and is a son of Mr. O. W. Shackelford,
of this city. Mr. Thomas Shaokelford
was reared on a farm, and always had
the kindliest feeling for the farmer. He
farmed until he entered tho University
of Georgia, from which he grad
uated in 1889. Later Mr. 8hackolford
took the law coarse at the University,
graduating a few years later. He has
practiced law in this city for several
years, taking a splendid stand among
the lawyers of the city and building np
a splendid praotioe.
Mr. Crawford, who was nominated
for clerk of the superior oonrt is also a
graduate of the state university, lie Is
a son of Mr. J. R. Crawford of this city,
and is one of the best young men izi the
community.
The Banner will give complete returns
from each voting plaoe in the county
for each candidate, Tueeday.
MISS EMERY
SPEAKS TODAY.
Devoted Christian Worker
Speaks at Emmanuel
Church.
JOE TERRELL
HERE THURSDAY
having about six inohes of ground cov
ered with lose saw-dnst, and just as
Walker, the last man np for Georgia,
hit to second base, a heavy storm broke
over tho ground, and had it been 80
seconds sooner tho game would have en
ded a tie.
Georgia made five hits, all in the
last four innings, and only one rnn.
Mercer made bnt three hits, only one
being clear, the other a bant.
Mercer Bcored one rnn in the seoond
inning by base on balls, and two passed
balls by Ooile and Walker’s error. They
next eoored In the ninth Inning on base
on balls, after two men wero ont and
Pates home ran over the fence.
Georgia scored in the eighth on Wal
ker’s hit to oenter and Beaver's two-
bagger to right field; the ninth Inning
left two men on bases and Georgia had
a splendid chance of scoring.
The feature of the game was Bower’s
pitching, Walker's batting. Jsqne’s
catch In the center field and the splen
did work of Porter, Mercer'Bbig pitoher.
Summary: Hits,: Georgia 6, Mer
cer 8. Struoh out: By Porter 13, by
Bower 8.
Miss Julia O. Emery, general secretary
of the Woman’s Auxiliary to tho Board
of Missions of the Episcopal church, is
in the city. She has been in attendance
upon the oonventlon jast held in St.
Paal's ohuroh, Augusta, and has come
to Athens at the earnest reqnest of the
Reotor and Woman’s Auxiliary of Em
manuel ohnrch. Miss Emery Is not a
mere bearer of tho word, bnt a doer, and
her presence in Angnsta was felt to be a
power of good, not merely with tho
local Auxiliary, hot with the entire
organization throughout the state.
She Is in thorough touch with nil
parts Of Missionary work, both at home
and abroad and will in the Ohapel of Em
manuel ohuroh this morning at ten
o'olock speak of this most important
branoh of the ladles work.
| All who are in any way Interested In
trying to see the Kingdom of this
world brought to a knowledge of God
and of oar Lord Jesus Ohrlst are eor
dlally Invited to meet Miss Emery at
the Ohapel this morning at ten o’clock.
TROY BEATTY, Rector.
The Candidate of the People for the Democratic Nomi
nation for Governor of Georgia Will Address the
People of Clarke County Thursday.
RABBI MARX TO
LECTURE TODAY.
Many Will Hear Eloquent
Divine at Synagogue.
New and interesting features' will be
added to "Under The Southern Ones”
so that those who saw the play before
will find something still more interest
ing while those who did not see It have
quite a treat in store.
Rabbi David Marx, of Atlanta, one of
the most eloquent men in the state,
will deliver a leoture at the Jewish
Synagogue tonight at 8:16 o'olock.
This will be an occasion of rare
interest to the people of Athens,
and a large audienoe will greet the dis
tinguished divine tonight.
The leotnre will be free and the pub-
lio is cordially invited to be present.
The Central of deorgla Railway
Will sell tlokets to Charleston, S. O.,
and return, via. Savannah, on May 31st,
acoonnt Wagner Day at Sonth Carolina
and West Indian Exposition, at $3:60
for the round trip. Tickets good to re
tnrn until May 34th, inclusive.
J. E. HUMPHREY, Agent.
NOTICE!
All persons owing oity taxes will save
extra oost of levying and advestising if
their taxes are paid within the next 10
days. Those owing paving assessments
due will save the cost of execution by
paying at onoe. B. F. CULP,
•t Oity Marshal.
NEGRO PROVED
GOOD ALIBI.
The oase against Henry Clayton, the
negro who was arrested by Athens of
ficers Friday afternoon on the charge
of being fonnd secreted in the residence
of William Godfree, was heard before
Mayor Rhodes yesterday morning and
dismissed.
Clayton proved by two witnesses that
he was employed on the farm of Mr.
Harvy Towns, near this oity and was
on the plaoe on the night the charge
was made against him.
Hon. Joseph M. Terrell, oandidate for
Governor, will address the people of
Athens and Olarke oounty in this oity
Thursday night, May 2Ind.
This annonnoement will be read with
great interest by the many friends of
Mr. Terrell in this county and he will
have a large audience to hear him at
that time.
Mr. Terrell comes to Athens at the
invitation of a number of the leading
business men of Athens, and he is hope
ful that while here he will meet many
of onr people. Those who want to per
sonally want to know tho next governor
of Georgia should be on hand Thursday
and get acquainted with Mr. Terrell.
Mr. Terrell will arrive in Athens
Thursday about noon and will spend
Thursday afternoon and night with
friends in this city. Thursday night,
at some place to be selected by his
friends in Athens, Mr. Terrell will ad
dress the voters of the county on the
issues involved in the present campaign,
and present his claims for the high office
he seeks.
Those who have not mode np their
minds as to who they will vote for for
governor are particularly Invited to be
present Thmrsday night, and all others
who want to hear good democratic
doctrine are desired at the meeting.
The friends of all candidates are invited
to be present.
Go to Opera House Tuesday night.
