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Jno. Kartox, - - - Editor.
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Pickett. wants notoriety.
I tlie legislature knapping?
Congress is again in session.
Oconee county is somewhat stirr
•and up over the whiskey question.
And Birmingham thinks the late
tragedy will cast a reflection on
her goad nanw!
Quito a number of the newspa
pers of the country are trying to
spot out Harrison’* cabinet.
There seems to be a big sensa
tion in Washington over some slan
deious reports touching the presi
dent and his wife.
The Constitution islacking neith
•r pains nor money in getting to
gether all the facts concerning the
Hawes tragedy.
The peopm ot Birmingham are
•sking for tl.e removal of Sheriff
Smith from otlice. If will hardly
b® done with, ut the sheriff resigns.
The contesting ot Col. Candler’s
•lection is a farce on this district,
and cheek ai k impudence on the
part of Pickttt, wholly without
foundation and reason.
The president lias presented a
hilt to congress asking that the
eivil service be amended so as to
include all railroad mails This is
a good move, and should be indors
ed by the entire country, inhere
i incompetency anywhee, it m in
this part of the mail service.
Should civil service to* e a board
of examiners, is now a question
beginning to occupy the public
niud. Common re .son suggests
that it should. Civil service works
admirably where the applicants
prove the would-be appointee s
qualified. Ibia should be done by
aboard of commissioners c.msii
biting a place in the president’s
cabinet.
< -hieag.i tins had a big explo
fif'::—act by bombs this time, but
by an oat meal mill, in which
three men were killed and a num
ber jtgured—some of (hem fatally.
The n icourred by the en-
K' lie hi .-.•••• burs ling. The build
big a id a whole block was entirely
burned from the flames; other
bulk i were shaken, from their
foundation'-. The inhabitants were
panic-r trickcn.
The pri>"t'ui <<*• arm the follow
u"s iiowiratioas to the setsM C pi
Pr.ir. D. ' i f.ixi of the Third Cavaliv
"< bo in-j""t( general with the rank
e ; t sj>i K weld II untcr, Pir-t
C \ r ,to he judge advocate with
tlO tan). In jr; Cupi. G. B. Davie,
i't a av, to he advocate
with hi kof major; First Lieuten
ant lijhtrt tjiaig, Four h Auillery to
> quartermaster with thr
rank ofoaptain; Captiu Douglass M.
‘V t. Fir* Infantry, to be cotmuifi
eiry if Hcbsistance with the rank of
e.p a‘n; First Lieutenant Charles Hay
Twenty third infantry, to be aonmiie
eary • ecfcsistanco with the rank ol
caprwia; W liis-m Joseph Larkin of
Illinois, (a Catholic priest) to be post
chap lain; Perry Belmont of Xevr York
ti be envy extraoidinary and niinis
t plsnipotentiary of he United
utes to Spain.
A Riot in Birmingham, Ala.
The eight inst., a riot took place
in Birmingham, in which nine
men were killed and a number
wounded. They wunted to break
open the jail and lynch Hawes,
who is charged with murdering his
wife and two children. Bo great
w’as the excitement that Shenfi
Binitli had surrounded the jail with
a special posse. ll© pleaded with
the mob to let the law have its
course, but they became more in
dignant and heHted. lie gave
them timely warning—telling the
mob if they dalu’t keep back he
would order lire. They paid no
attention to the sheriff, but gave
order to take the jail, and the sher
iff commanded his men to fire.
Great was the tragedy—people
fell in all directions, dead and
wounded.
Now the citizens are condemn
ing the sheriff, and he was arrest
ed, but has given a bond of $50,-
000. He liaj been endorsed for
what he did by Gov. Seay. He has
only carried out his sworn duty to
protect the law—even at the sac
rifice of many liv.
When the mob clock to vi
olate the law. they wvr no longer
protected by the lcv,.
Hon. Madison B-ii >( ; e Election
of (Teuefid ir. i .■'On,
Maj Mad*on Be!., ;i! one lmi
a prominent ritizen oi Banks, hut
now a resident of the <-ity •
lanfn, and who was ( omptroiler-
Gen. ral during (L-n Bollock's ad
ministration. in a private letter to
one ol his friends here, takes a
hopeful view of the situation,
which, is rather encouraging to
t hose who have entertained gloomy
forebodings as to the results of dem
ocratic defeat. He wavs: “I feel
lint the election of Gen. Harrison
will be ol great benefit to our sec
mu. C p’tslistM in tde north; rn
iitaie;. ihotend ot toying go T frooe-nt
bonds at a o rate < f inteieat, w ill
ow make in vestments in the Booth.
I'he Bou t.h has * gieat deal of cheap
‘and, waier power, timber and miner
al wealth that ought, and will be util
iz and 'I he war left pur own people so
financially exhausted, that they hare
e> n unable to accumulate a sul tiuien
ey to suable them to utilize the rant
midfivelof ed resources within cur hor
d-r Now, northern capitalists will
naturally invest where it will be most
lemnnerative, arid ] look for the tuanu
factoring and at) o her interest* ot
the Sooth to be pushed forward at no
distant day. Gen. Harrison’s elec
tion will have a tendency, I think, t©
make these moneyed men feel that
their investments io tha South will be
piotected and entirely sate in even
way. For these and rna.iy other r*a-
B its I think Geo. tlar.-.ison’e policy
will be kind and considerate toward
the southern states.
My father voted for his grand fath
er, Wat. Hi Hairison, in 1810, and 1
voted with the greatest pleasure, for
his grand son iu 1888, and I trust
that by the time the next national elec
tion comes around, many fair minded
democrats will be willing to vote the
republican ticket with me. It would,
really, he the best for the country, and
especially for our btlovod South."
All ia well tf at ends well.
Polities and the holhdayg.
Pickett Contests.
For sometime it has been whisp
ered that Pickett was contemplat
ing a trip to Washington for the
purpose of contesting lhe seal of
Mon. A. D, Candler in the 51st.
Congress It is now specially an
nounced that he intends doing so.
For several reason j, which per
haps it may not be prudent to men
tion at present, it is believed that
this was the intention ®f Pickett
before lhe election came off, in
caßethe republicans obtained con
trol of the next house of represen
tatives. This is his only hope, but
he will find that it w'll be impossi
ble for him tq, have enough illegal
voles thrown ®ut to reduc® the ov
erwhelming majority of Candler
materially.
lie will also find that illegal
voting was quite as easy for a Pick
ell man as tor a Can Her man. and
perhaps the result, if materially
changed, will only reducethenum
her of'votes counted for him, It
is believed that the election was
fair, and that Candler was fairly
elected, hii I as far as Banks is con
cenie'i, it was | e fectly peact able;
ora ry. more so hi fact, than i.■
u- <1 in such elections. 'The re
ps; ucaes rallied to lhe polls to a
iii. and worked soon and late for
Pub;hi. i’liev took thtrge ot the
>n i voted l hem solid. Il
■ tew illegal voles wi re
i ■ ■ ai. and there nearly
•slvv. ! :! .nit enough to mate
■lailv a.: : s. election on* way
or sinHiier. t, all it, would be
lo Pickett\i disadvantage.
Mr. Gatidici’-. majority in the
county is due to the fact that this
i- a deim-iTstiic county, and getter
ally supports the nominees of the
party; and if the democracy could
have been induced to leave their
homes and business on that day
and attend the elect ion; if they had
worked with half the zeal for Mr
Candler, that the republicans did
for their candidate, the majority
would hive been twice as large.
Progress in Modern Greece.
Since 1870 the advance in the King
dom of Greece has been very rapid
The country now has more miles of
railway than it then had of common
highway, bridges hav teen built, hat
tors have been improved, the canal
ttcross the ittbrnua has been dug, pie
paratiotis are unaKing to drain marshes
The number of acres of ground devoted
to the agriculture has alnaly increas
t*d. The population of A'hens has
doubled. Many Grecs families which
have long jveided out ot Greece are
now returning to their country, bring
ing with turn both energy and eapi
a!, aha people are better educated.
Extensive archaeological ixcavation
have hot u conducted, tbe museumc
have enriched. The land hay
bten made far more attractive and ae*
cessible to, toioignern. Brig.udage
has been put down. The kingdom L
ruled by a ministry more prudent aad
more firmly established than any thas
b;<v3 precede i. The l?<ud ie Btill suf.
I'ering from poverty and Jrom bad po
litical habits, but with th fiugality
and tcmpeiauce o the people, it musi
gain wealth, dignity end authority.
r lfceia is ;.o cioabt tut liawea kill
ed his wiio. 'ihe clotksa io the Ocl
a abas barber h p prove it.
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Xmas Announcement
ATHENS BOOK STORE.
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u .icullms. Ah B ink* —Our bonk tab!© contains many art books
I'opriate fm Ctma mas gilt*. We haw also added l iyti to onr general
- nek id Lit*imy W*ie and we believe w can nn all re .pur met t* in 'h*
*ay of book** for presen iat ion. We have a !ar select in oi Siaod-rd Auti
ri> in seta i< laiktig iron* five 'o iorty dollar-. Man .n 'hem >ve . ti r at about
.ah price. BlliLES—Pocket Bibles, Pew Bibles Family B Ides, 'IV-stMineßtl
icd b\ niuaie, scik oi prayer books and h) n.n w . A Itno eel ntinii oi the Fan
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ions iDHiiuiac ories, both a T home and abroad In lea* nor and plu-h goods, is
iiie hue we have an tx-’elleni assortment, mciuding al the n-* vet daeigua is
hrtpe, style >nd get up Piices on quatteis irouti one io -w*lv<j dollars. Oar
how roouj above the storeorny the eauir' stairway as the mng Meu’s Cuni
■ iau Association rooms, has beeu placed under ttie chaige i I Mi s Anns P*t
man, wbo during the Chiietmas season, will be aided by o< her young ladies.
Dolls, Building Blocks, alphabet block-*, gnuies, tool chests, •) toys, duiner
-ets, bi quo, lTguies, vases, bronze goods, etc . velocipedes, exp ee* wagons.
Frames, etc Christmas cai fs, 5 cents ti 6 doda>s each. For 25 cents we wilt
mail seven 5 cent card*, or three at 10 cents For on# dollar a mail 30 at b
cents, or 14 at 10 cents ei.ch Mad orders promptly attended to. Space is
limited or we rn ght mention otbci gi ode
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—Stoves Bought by Car-Loads!—
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