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THE
COURIER.
VOLUME V—NUMBER 8.
ATHENS, OEOROU, OCTOBER 14, 1004.
PRICE EO CENTS A YEAR
The Action ot the f I gamblinoagain.
' ; Recent Grand Jury.
And a Few Other Remarks by the Way.
What Might be Accomplished if Our
Juries Would Jiue to the Line.
The grand jury has at last met
and adjourned, and all it now
qniet along the banka of the Oco
nee.
Jqdge Ruaiell charged the jury
to take' all the time they needed to
investigate the eleotion frauds
thoroughly, and to spare no pains.
It was thought by the Jndge that
as they were going to take up this
question ih all its bearings, and
spare not, and when after a day’s
session they reported that they
were ready to report, the Judge
seemed to be very much surpris
ed, and said in substance, “What,
are you through already. I judg
ed from newspaper reports that
the whole town was honey-comb
ed with rottenness and fraud, and
that it would require several days
to finish your work." Mr. John
D. Moss, who was the foreman of
the jury, remarked, in substance,
"Your honor, while you may have
judged from newspaper reports,
we had to go by the evidence.”
Mr. Dorsey, who was the foreman
asked to -be relieved, and Mr.
Moss was put in his place, and he
Sflso refrained from voting.
\They brought in a true bill
against Messrs. E. S. Price, J. H.
Dootsoh and 0. C. Dean for buy
ing votesT
In justioe to Mayor Rhodes and
City Attorney Tuck, whose names
have appeared prominently in the
papers in this connection, that
they stand vindicated of the charge
against them, and it remains for
the oourts to settle the others.
As this matter is now in the
hands of the law we have no com
ments to make just at this time,
and the remainder of this article
must in no wise be construed as
in any manner alluding to it.
If it’s a crime to buy votes,
then it is a crime to sell. If any
thing, it is worse, and being igno
rant does not and should not ex
cuse a man, and it is a generally
conceded fact that the balance of
power in this city has been con
trolled by this element, who, as
soon as the eleotion is announced,
begin to barter, and our opinion
is that a grand jury should not
piss any class of lawbreakers by
when they come before them.
The grand jury Is one of the pu
rifiers of the country, and if they
fail to do their duty in some in
stances and push it on in others,
it is olass legislation and and does
not tend to force a universal re
spect for the majesty of the law.
For instance, it is not right to
deliberate for a day, putting the
county to considerable expense,
to find a fifteen cent negro crap-
shooter guilty, and at the same
time wink at, as was the oase
last fall, a congregation of peo
ple getting together for the pur
pose of fleeneing our people and
neighbors, and they did do it, in
the face of hundreds of protests,
and under the eyes of judges, ju
ries, solicitors and all, and also
in the face of tho fact that after-
- wards a man eame out under his
own signature and said that he
was responsible. Doubtless the
15-cent negro is pecking rook, but
nothing has ever been heard of
the other.
And then there is the Sunday
law whioh is never touobrd upon
yet it is a law.
And then .there is the sooial
evil, where a great discrimination
, is made between the whites in fa-
The Fair Was
A Great Success,
The Northeast Georgia Fair
has' been on in full bjast this
week, and from appearances it was
a success financially and a good
show, although the industrial de
partment didn’t come up to what
it should have done, and had it
not been for the magnificent-dis
play made by Bullock county that
part of the show would have been
quite week.
It was a ten-strike in the man
agement in securing that cavalry.
It is magnificence itself,-and; the
manner and skill with Which they
go through their manoeuvres is
wonderful, and that within itself
was worth the price of admission.
They say the racing was goo’d,
and we reckon it was.
The Midway seems to have been
all right. It wasn’t exactly W
Oh. Won*t It Never Cease in Its Damnable
Work.
When in. St. Louis we took a j arrested, and during our stay at
ride on ooa.of; magnificent world’s fair we saw no more
Mississippfriver ateamera several N “ d we “«* onr “*
. ,-ft . • - . ftonishment that about the first
miles down the river, land thing we took notice of after go
on the lower’decfc, we noticed, as I i ng into the fair grounds this
soon as iWbpatjpaahedthe oeii^|Veek was these gambling ma-
tre,of the stream, ybich was the.v(hines with crowds of men and
dividing line between --Missouri! children playing these machines
And IJlinoie, that there appeared /or all they were worth, and felt
almdetlaa’if : by magic, all sorts-of-jerry for a little fellow whore-
gambling devices—men with the 1
wheels ..of fortune, the crap and
I other gapie's;' while 4be slot ma
chines nearly covered that deck.
After the trip down the river aud
the return, as we neared the -Mis
souri-side, we looked, again, and
they were £one. We asked a friend
who was-' with lie why tiat was
the case) and he said that the law
of Missouri forbade, it, and that
officers were on the Watohout and
had they seen the machine* wotfld
Nave been ' taken and the owneif
marked to na that he had just
clayed away three dollars. Of
coarse the stakes were small, bnt
an occasional win firea the brain
of a child and is a long stride on
the road to becoming a confirmed
gambler. They bad a good show
if the fair this year, and that part
M it could have been left out
Without d-dug any detriment to
the fair. Really we don’t believe
.-that anything should be allowed
at the fair, that you cannot li-
eens on the streets.
The Reason Democracy
Is Taking a Back Seat.
The People Are Afraid to Trust Them Out
of Sight For Fear Their Freedom
Will be Jeopardized.
Fair View Princeton.
!
The protracted meeting has be-
gqp at this place.'.Rev. A. A,
Sullivan' is in charge.'- Mr. Til-
man and Charlie of Atlanta, are
assisting. 1 We hepe a lot of. good
-will be done here.- '
We'notice when the shows have
to pay their o wn way-in Athene
that Athens Is very strict on them.
Sunday School celebration—not , , ... . .
on your fintype^for iblks^on’t Athens says come, toys
Show girls especially, and hal^ rtf
•=u. ''That-^r.ribill£?
pay money for that kind of ashow..--^. .... .... , .
Takiurthd-talrs^
we saw of it was very credtable,
and helps to form a nucleus for
better things hereafter.
Three Sad Deaths.
Mrs. Lanra Corbin, wife of Mr.
Henry Corbin, died yesterday.
She had been sick for some months
past. She was an estimable lady,
and had many friends. She was
a sister of Mrs. Hall and Mrs.
Short, of this city. The fuueral
was cendncted at Oconee street
church, by Rev. E. D. Stone yes
terday afternoon.
Mrs. H. K. Cooper, after a lin
gering illness for years, passed
away yesterday afternoon and the
funeral was preached at the Sec
ond Baptist churoh yesterday
morning by Rev. iW. M. Saye.
She was a noble Christian woman
and bore her affliction with that
fortitude which characterises the
the followers of our Lord. She
leaves a husband aud several chil-
to mourn her loss.
Mrs. Samuel Woods, and old
and highly esteemed lady, mother
of Mr. B F. Woods and Mrs.
Claude Wages, died Wednesday at
the ripe age of 72. Her life was
full of noble deeds aud Christian
love. We deeply sympathize
with all the bereaved in this hour
of their sadness. ,
i
vor of the blaeks, aud right here
we say emphatically is where the
negro problem hinges, as it is
well-known that a woman of that
ilk is not going to work, when
money goes into that channel
without it, and the recent vagrant
law stands to-day a dead statute
ou the books, when its workings
should be absolute aud complete,
and if it is not the endi of jus
tice are not reached, and if these
ends are not reached, then an-
arohy and Judge Lyneh will hold
the reigns. There should be no
partiality shown the rich, the ig
norant nor the learned, but the
strong arm of the law should ap
ply to all.
will do just so we get the money,
all we need is a dispensary and
the hoo-chee-coo-chce girls and
the money will roll in we will
stand by you,
Mr. W. H. Hale has returned to
his home at New Holland, Ga.,
after a short stay with friends and
relatives at this place.
Mrs. J. R. Bovers, has returned
to her home st Comer, Ga., after
a prolonged visit with friends and
relatives at this place.
It has not rained here for 7
weeks and we don’t know when it
will rain again. The farmers
have got the most of their cotton
out in thiB section.
Mr. Walter A Wood, of Gwin
nett county, also a student of
that place, was the guest of Mr.
R. L. Bramblett on Wednesday
night last.
Our one hundred thousand dol
lar paved country roads are n»
dnsty as you have ever seeu.
That must have been a sinking
fund that we voted for as we have
never seen it rise yet.
Mrs. C. E. Bevers, an old and
much respected lady of this place
died from paralysis on the 10th
inst. She was born iu Jaekson
county in 1840 and married Mr.
0. E. Bevers in 1876. She was
-,ie mother of Messrs. L. C. and
J. R. Bevers. She also. leaves
threo siBters and one brother, Mr.
Jasper Williamson, Mrs. Mary
Pledger, Mrs. J. H. Dunuaway
and Mrs. John Wheeler. The
funeral services were conducted
by Rev. E. D. Stone. We extend
our heartiest sympathies to the
bereaved. From a sub, TOM.
Business School.
Rooms iu Deupree Hall. Open
Monday, 6th of September. Book
keeping, Typewriting, Shorthand.
For terms apply to
0. A. LUSTER.
It Won’t'Work.
The muzzle ordinance has re
ceived a great share of “cuesm”
irom fair minded people. One
man said to us “What are you
linking on the mnzzle ordinance
ftf. Don’t you know that it is
from that sonree that all the rot
tenness comes?" Not by any
liicans. my dear. It is the rotten-
sin higher circles that hurts,
-re, can be very little graft,
Part on the pert of. the
of the police or other city officers,
but what a tremendous thing can
be accomplished by the powers
who have unlimited sway. It has
proved so in many cities as some
of the jails in the country will
testify. Men have been elected
to these places to gratify- personal
pecuniary aims. How? Why by
using their offices to sell the city-
goods, or lands, or hoases, or con
trolling the business for them
selves. The laws of Georgia
strictly forbid this, yet the grand
juries fail to indict. This works
hardships upon the *people who
have more right to compete for
these things, because the law says
that mayor’s and aldermen shall
not do so. Not let the grand jury
do their duty in these instances.
Coal Tongs, Pokers, Shovels,
Coal Scuttles, Coal Vases at The
Huggins China House.
Dinner Sets, in French Ger
man, English and American China
at all prices at The Huggins China
House.
it-"! r,. . . . 1 J.; ..
It is to be hoped sincerely that
the people who give whiskey in
the present election will be prose
cuted. The ball has been opened,
now let the good work go on
Don’t make fish of one and fowl
of another
Suppose the city sold several
thousands dollars more whiskey
this week on account of paying
out #200 for fiags, don’t see what
good investment it was? Of
course there were several bright
young men rolling around on our
streets drunk, but what is the
wreck of one little old human life
so we keep the taxes down ?
Now is the time to do your fall
advertising, place an ad in The
Courier.
It is to your interest to buy
Paints where you can get the best,
and that place is John I.. Ar
nold’s. Drugs, Paints, Wall Pa
per aud Glass.
FOR SALE.
12 Room House, 8 acres good
land, just outside the city limits,
within 200yards of the car line.
Has every convenience to be had
in city, except gas. See Brooks
A Dosier v ' sal Estate and Insur
ance./ ■
We never conld shoot a squirrel
^behind a big limb, neither can we
ishoot at a man hid behind a “nom
do plume,” henoe we let some
thing pass which, we wi uld other
wise taokle.
Nearly a Serious
Accident,
On Tuesday night Mr. and Mrs.
I. N. Butler, after spending the
day aud evening at flye Odd Fel
lows and Rebekah Lodges returned
to their borne late at night, and
when nearly there Mr. Butler got
out of his buggy to water hiB
horse. The horse became freght-
ened and giving a sudden lnnge
forward threw^frs Butler oat of
the buggy down an embankment
She alighted on her head. It took
Mr. Butler several hours to resus
citate her, but finally she regained
consciousness and is now all right
save a little soreness about the
neck and shoulders. It was in
deed a narrow escape, aud we ar<
delighted to know that it was no
worse.
R. Brandt’s Re-
The Courier has received hun
dreds of compliments on onr arti
cle in regard to the mnzzle law,
recently introduced by Alderman
Rowe and passed by council at its
last meeting, after having been
ent to pieces. We took the posi
tion then and still maintain, that
it was undemocratic, and on ac
count of jnst such vile things all
over this country by men claim
ing to be democrats, is the reason
that the national democratic par
ty will be overwhelmingly defea
ted this year, as will also the po
litical ^eadgof some of those who
voted for the ordinance, be
chopped off when they put them
up again.
The people are not all fools,
neither do they propose to see im
perialism forced upon them.
Den’t you see what tney are driv
ing at? First, they cut out the
police, then they pnt the muzzle
on the firemen, then last they at
tempted to put it on all the city
officers, bnt they found this
wouldn’t work, no, sir, not by a
dam site. Doubtless they thought
that a muzzle in municipal elec
tions would also nimiL- item in
ocher matthrs. This is the most
dictatorial and obnoxious ordi
nance we have ever seen or heard
of in this land of the free and
home of the brave. If yon were
to hear that the owners of the
mill in the fourth ward had de
cided to turn off their employees
if they should vote for a certain
pair Department alderm » n - y°» *° uld •»*»* the
* welkin ring, but a oity takes an
almost identical thing iu its
hands and virtually says, if we
catch any of you trying to keep
your jobs we’ll cut off your head,
and you will be ever hereafter
barred' from getting your bread
out of this city, no matter how
competent you are.
Oh! shades of the devil! It
makes us very tired. But the
time will come, and the very fact
that these men—born free—but
forced to be slaves—refused au
opinion, aud would lie refused a
vote if certaiu men dared—will
stand silently and by their very si
lence will circumvent the schemes
political concocted by certain al
dermen for their political ad
vancement, and a smile of con
tentment will overspread their
countenances as they see these
would be mouarchs drop, politi
cally, one by one—and they will.
Put that in your hat. The peo
ple won’t stand it. It it the rot-
t-n stone that will defeat the demj
erratic party,and will net i ny de-
f -at it, but k II i too dead to skin,
and it ought to do it. Thu idea
of men claiming to be democrats
refusing men free speech is too
prepostrous for anything. But
if you give some men a little pow
er they will squeeze.
The election this fall should
tell the tale. Those who suppor
ted this obnoxious ordinance are
kuown, and the rebound*ill be
great. We really did not intend
to sav anything ahont this this
week, but'could not refrain, es
pecially when the grand old party
will be put in jeopardy if snob
things continue.
Is extensive and complete and em
ploys higher-priced and more ex
perienced help thau ever such a
shop ” Athens maintained be
fore. us repair department
ranks second to none iu the state,
and it is not uncommon iu his
store to hear customers state that
they were not aware such work
conld bx done in Athens, and the
enormous quantity of work which
is brought to this shop attest the
appreciation by the community of
the presence of such a shop iu
their midst. In his shop you will
find the most improved tools and
devices for repairing and adjust
ing the finest time pieces, for re
pairing all kieds of J«Telry, for
setting and resetting precious
stones, for making over silver
ware, for changing key-wmd
watches to stem wind, etc.
R. Brandt's shop is absolutely
reliable.
Dr. R. C. Orr, at John L.
Arnold’s, will fill your pre-
senptions accurately aud prompt
ly. Nothing bnt pure drugs.
Your patronage solicited.
Down Him.
The man that gives whiskey in
an eleotion for the purpose of se
curing votes is not a good citizen.
Heretofore men have kept con
tiuually drunk by candidates, and
sent home to their families de
bauched and drunken, and it is
time for it to stop. There will
be other grand juries—you bet
there will—and these matters will
be pushed to the end. Let the
good people get together and See
that it is stopped. I.et there be
no billy dallying in this matter.
They are beginning to purify poli
tics—keep it going.
