The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-17
PEN PICTURES or ATHENS.
4 Number of Interesting Matters
From the University Town.

4 Number OF interesting Matters
From the University Town.
Athens, Ca. Feb. 16.-The University
boys are looking forward with great
pleasure to .he celebration of the ami
versaries Of their two literary societies.
the Demosthenian and Phi Kappa.
The Demosthenian Society was organ
lied by seven students, of the University
on Feb. 10. 1sOi. and next Tuesday cele-
| brates its nlnety-fourth anniversary.
During its history it has had many prom
inent alumni. among the most promi-
nent being Benjamin II. Hill, Robert
Toombs and John B. Gordon.
Tuesday morning the anniversary exer-
cses will be held at the chapel and Mr..
j. j. Bennett of Jefferson, Ga. will deliver
the GRAFTON of the day. His subject will
be Secession no Stigma" and his adj
dress will be one of great interest and
power.
The Phi Kappa Society was founded
Feb. p, 1920, and next week will cele-
brate its seventy-tifth anniversary.
/ Among its founders was Joseph Henry
LumpSin, the first chief justice of the
supreme court of Georgia. Alexander II.
stephens in 1880 started the movement
! which resulted in the erection of the Phi
/ Kappa hall on the campus. II was the
society of Howell Cobb. T. r. r. Cobb
and II. w. Grady. The anniversarian for
this year is Mr. Green Johnson Of Eaton
/ ton, and he will deliver a magnificent
/ orator at the chapel next Friday on
/ the subject 1.-The Glory of To-day"
An article appearing in the Red and
| Black, the college paper here, as bur
/ lesque on the rules governing the Uni
versity library has incurred the displeas-
| ure of the faculty, and the author may
be reprimanded.
| Mrs Zachariah Chambers, living on
i Baldwin street is suffering from paraly-
/ sis of the muscles of the throat, and can
not talk or eat. Her case will conse-
quently end in gradual starvation, al
though every effort is being made to pro-
long her life.
President S. ID. Bradweil of the State
Normal school, and Superintendent Law
1 ton B. Evans of the Augusta school. left
to-day for Nashville, Tern., where they
will inspect the Peabody Normal school.
| From there they will go to Terre Haute,
Ind, to inspect the State Normal school of
| Indiana. rnen they yiu return here and
map out plans for the state Normal school,
which opens here on April !.
DR.. C. j. Pertie OF this city, has in his
| office as an office boy small negro boy,
/ who is a rare genius. He would while
away his time playing with little negroes
around the office door In order to make
him more attentive to his duties DR.. Pc
| trie began teaching him anatomy He
| learned rapidly and now is reading medical
books with avidity, although he is only
| about IL years old. A few days since he
was called before a visiting doctor to
demonstrate his quick perception of med
cal principles. The old doctor asked him
a question about the muscles in the foot.
| The boy answered correctly, but the old
doctor didn't know 1T himself, and the
| laugh was on him.
~. aTrrE hua
| bership of one hundred and eighty, and 1t
is growing every day.
Athens is just now interesting herself
in small industries. A broom factory is
In operation and is making a success, and
a canning factory is one of the new man.
ufactories of the near future. Negotia-
tons are pending also for the construc-
ton of a furniture factory here.
The Jackson county con tested election
| case which has excited great deal of in
terest on account of the all night sessions
of the court taking evidence for the pop
ulists, will require fully month of hard
| reading for Judge Hutchins when he
comes to examine the evidence. The pros
poets for the success of the democrats are
| bright
Chancellor Boggs, after weeks ill
ness. is out again.
Mrs w f. Alexander of Augusta Is the
guest of Mrs. w. +. Boggs.
Miss Hattie Mae Mitchell of Atlanta is
the guest of Miss Daisy Talmadge on
| Prince avenue.
One Of the social events of next week
will be the marriage of Mr.. Edward s.
Latimer of this city to Miss May Conner of
Conner Ga The wedding will be a quiet
home affair.
Prof. William Rutherford, the venerable
and meritus professor of mathematics
of the University Of Georgia, has returned
from pleasant visit to Florida.
Mrs. John c. Rutherford, the relict of
the late John c. Rutherford Of Macon,
has arrived in Athens on visit to rela-
| tives here.
Miss Gussie Block of sylvania. S. c..
is visiting her sister, Mrs r. M. w Block,
| on Mlledge avenue.
Mr.. Craig Barrow, who hurt his eye
recently while snow balling, Is well again.
Miss Alline Walker of Monroe is the
guest of Miss May Hodgson.
Rev. ]. c. Davis of Concord N. c.. is
the guest of Maj. Lamar Cobb
| Athenians are very much interested just
now in the proposed road from Lula to
Dahlonega, which being planned by the
company operating the pyrites mines near
Dahlonega, and of which Mr.. George j.
Baldwin of Savannah is the president.