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FLDON PRICE AMD BIS CtROO* BILL.
V c all know Weldon Trice, of
■ # nd arc familiar with his
l - faults as. well as his many noble
. lint it is not of these that
' now wish to speak, hut of his
I.,, as a legislator. We say,
of contradiction, that
»dc a model representa-
pcople, and it would he
corgia did that entire
>r..p.
i.d.hlc
:
i
without tear
M,, nice nu
, ,,. of hi'
*«ll for
• of la"-makers take pattern by
official career of this gentleman.
, his fearless and patriotic course,
1 ilea member of that body, that
j,l, to take as a text for our
- ,1 t.. dav, and hold up Wei-
1», jec a- an illustration to
. o,e \ . lets in choosing their
..tVin-is. In the livst place,
eatleman had no at e to grind.
t . no ambition ior either a
. ... ,,t fuitiler prom •tion. 11c
.he- in a condition to act f«,
„ ,1, if his constituents, without
- ,, n-i 1 ' lienees. This should
i.c a the strongest poin’s
a c a legislator. Place in
,,)>>■.!i.tnl po-ition no politician
i-pires to promotion,
.. -me to look more to his
... welfare than to the good of his
111-hands are tii d, as it
tl . .,,,,1 he will he afraid to casta
„ wiihoiit tilst considering the
r. .. w ill have upon his dusky
p.:i:.n uc v. The great trouble
in li e ’, leorgi.i legislature is that
...full-, too many ambitious
iniai!-. and as a natural cousc-
and intelli-
made to give
ho generally
m l .hi election. As we said,
IV:, e had no higher ambition
i , netit his people, and sonic
• c c‘e.ite-t protections now ac-
1 . i farmeis origilurted with
V liief among there is an act
| i the put chase of farm sup-
. f:..m tenants hetween sun-
and d.uk. The splendid la-
,.f Ml Tint, that was killed
ncoo teaiing politicians, was
..niclcl after all act introduced hy
Pi.-e. lie was for abolishing
,e-. advocated a dog law, :v»l
1 ml.er end that locked to line
-i euty of tiie eoiiiili v; hut as he
. ocmilcil in most of thus*.*
...piling politicians, of course he
.1,! .iCComplisli hut little. Buttiie
• !l iutroiiueed hy Mr. Pi
.that placing a prohibitory
I-., icuses in Georgia. This act
. o.inl down, hut its failure to
. wa-, e: tainh a severe blow at
agin uituval interests ot our
a I'aimeis tell us that frointhc
.i :!a-e chcus posters are first
•ic i up in a ncigbbui bond until
. Vo e'-.s after'the show departs,
.: 1- .iemoiali/ed and the tields
\ ;'ected. The negroes have
. .n the til ain and will not
Thev loaf from house to
lii-cu-'ing the advent of the
i .nu! aitci it- tleparture what
l ad seen. There is a weird
• a on about a circus for the
rage Georgia darkey that is as
-tihle as the dice to a profes-
il gambler. At the lowest es-
,.le. one uuinlli', seal
-t to iIn- farmers through circus- !
Iters not how white l>e
field, or how far behind
ndlotd the tenant is, he
money to carry himself
family to the show. If
i-e the means in one w ty
mother. If he lives ten,
• liirti miles distant from
• f exhibition it makes no
NO XX.
ATrrreisrs, Georgia,
THE B ANNBR-WATCHMAN.
TRYING TO VINDICATE.
iCAKol in KaUierlng facts to satisfy Col. Gantt, of
the Athena Banner-Watchman, and Col. Ma
thew*. of the Svlvania Telephone, both of whom
THU PROHIBITION MOVEMENT.
The map of Giorgia in the Sun
day’s Constitution, showing the
counties from which liquor has
been driven, through a test vote or
by the legislature, was certainly a
matter of surprise to every one.
While we knew that the temper- I fictional part of * ernt which it coat Brother
' dalhews to run the extra session. The*e nutls-
ance move was sweeping over our ! tic* win »*• *i?.n to the public ms soon a*
lure, that »h»y were not robbed to any alarming
extent, rol. Brinson ha* figured up GanU'a ex-
list's for the extra tension U» have been! 1 *
cent*, lie carried home a slate which he thinks
win hold the lecimals necessary to express the
fictional par. * L ‘ L
| state, we had no idea of the extent
I of its success. More than two-thirds
)>orianl and lie-ioto a work can be prepared for
publication.— H «tyaft boro Citizen.
It is indeed very kind in “Hon.
,r I of the c<.unties have driven whisky R. A. Brinson, representative from
Scriven,” to have taken this great
trouble upon himself to satisfy two
humble ink-slingers, and so far as
our pro rata part of the burthen of
the late Atlanta menagerie is con
cerned we expect “Hon.” llrinson's
figures arc about correct. Hut we
will endeavor to combat his calcu
lation with one of our own. Let it
he admitted that it cost the Banner-
Watchman if cents to keep these
Iq-per-diem-free-pass Solons grind
ing out windy orations and dodging
every important hill. Now the tax
payers of Georgia have decided
that the real worth of the business
transacted hy that body amounted to
just seven-eighths of one per cent.
According to “Hon.” Brinson’sown
estimate, this throws upon our
shoulders not only the entire real
value of his whole body, hut we are
taxed 3 per cent, besides to he ex
pended in free rides and mean
whisky. Like all editors we arc
far from a millionaire, and do not
feel able to bear the entire burthen
of our general assembly. While it
is true that the big tax-payers had
to dance up to the tune of $ 109,000
to pay hotel hills at summer resorts,
where the landlords struck against
dead-beats, and also to liquidate
bills for cigars, pop-skull whisky
and other luxuries indulged in l>y
this body, “Hon.” Brinson will lie
forced to admit that our paper had
to pay a premium on every act of
real importance himselt and fellow
free ticket liends enacted. In look
ing over the proceedings of the two
prolonged sessions of that body we
find that they did manage to get a
quorum together long enough one
afternoon to incorporate some fel
low's fish-pond. The rest of the
time was spent in loafing around
har-rooms, airing their dignity on
the thoroughfares of Atlanta,
from their borders, while the others
| are last falling into line. But what
; is most surprising, the thickly pop-
j lilateil negro cdhutics in the lower
j belt of the state, and the mountain
j section—the home of the "moon-
I shiners"—seem to lead in this good
| w °rk. The liquor dealers claim
j that this agitation is only temporary,
j and that it will soon run its day.
, \Y e admit that heretofore temper-
j ance waves were soon spent, hut
| this movement seems to ns more
I deep-rooted than any we have ever
I before known. It appears to Jie a
; settled determination on the part ot
j the people to drive the curse from
I our borders, and we do not believe
I that they will waver or turn hack
in their resolve. One-by one the
strongholds of King Alcohol arc
being stormed, and from the glori
ous ami unexpected victories achiev
ed it seems that God is on the side
of the friends of temperance. With
in twelve months we do not believe
tluit whisky will he sold in half a
dozen counties in Georgia. The
cities will he the last to succumb,
• hut they cannot stem the tide. We
; believe that this move will amount
to something, for it is based on an
(uprising of the people against
j strong drink. It is not forced upon
them hv legislation, hut the result
right and just. When the great
people arise in their majesty and
'" c | proclaim that they are for prohibi
tion, there is noappeal. While you
can’t legislate morality or temper
ance into a people, they can he ed
ucated up to that standard. We
believe that this lcsult is now upon
us. With the advance of enlighten
ment and civilization, one hv one
the curses that have so long been
tolerated in this country are being
wiped out. It would indeed he a
happy day for Georgia when the
the last drop of intoxicating liquor
is drivenirotn our borders; and it can
be exterminated, too.ifthe people are t brought up. And for such
11 full sympathy with the laws. It J magnolc as this are we taxed Q cents.
It is an outrage on a citizen.
It seems like a foul conspiracy to
It
N.. pave
Ui,. him aw;
tier to coniput
•r person-
It is no
is needless to enact a statute unless
it is upheld by the popular voice.
It will soon become “a dead letter.”
• In Athens there are many lahor-
i ing men and mechanics who spend
| from one-lourth to one-half of their
entire wages for whisky. As a
natural consequence their families
must sutler for the little com fos,
if not the necessaries of life. Drink
does them no good, and they would
be much happier and better oil'
without it. What a blessing prohi
bition would he to the women and
children of our land! Take for in
stance our sons—lire future rulers
ot this country—and for them the
> tin
.;ia
the loss sus-
'.iiniei's each year
I of circuses. They
IV annually tliou-
II lo-s of labor alone,
i.ikii.g into consideration the
-pent lor admittance. We
:.oit Mr Price s circus hill will
■I'l.'itii' a law. Our farmers are
;.ti «! t.. War the brunt of taxa-
.1:11 they ile«erve every pro-
■ 11 that can he accorded tk«ar.
"tig a- \ie till our legislature
I tinllticians and otlici-hunters
people will he neglected. This
ie office that should seek the
If you see a candidate work-
tor nomination drop linn on the
int. Select some honest, fcar-
i'iti/eii. whether he W- an orator
ot. and -ee tli.it he is elected.
■ cities will he sure* to senil
ugh lawyers to see that the hills
It'.acted are constitutional. What
l a Lumets want is men who are
a t afraid to do their duty, and who
I' ii not want to get hack. Give
lie igi.i for one term such a body
I s Uw-makers and you will see our
KMial uiil state, at one hound, ad-
l-eici at least ten years in progress.
I 1 here is still another class of of-
I-i-ei-kers ut which the people
filauail steer clear—men who are
XL.i'al tu expre-s themselves on an
iitant public issue until they see
'i pul i.c sentiment drifts. Such
fr :: a t is not to he trusted. If he
J - not die courage or manhood to
t boldly on one side or the
lie will not do so
In the stock law'
the various counties
could see politicians astride the
u'. Hying to cling on to the iHttl-
- ot bath sides. Every lioisest
a must feel a contempt for such
aaractcr. They certainly have a
lcrcncc one way or the other,
• are afraid to come out and pro-
111 themselves. Never elect 1
•nce-ridcr” to any ollicc, it mat
' not how insignificant. Par bet-
bad you vote for an outspoken
i" aent, than have a nullity repre
"nig you. You can know what
expect of the one, hut the other
') tepreseiil nothing hut his own
'•ilical ends. We hope the hon
'• voters ol'the country will seri-
'■>' consider this matter, l’oliti
■ combinations aye already beiflg
"ued, and they should lie nipped
II the bud. Don’t let a few polity
leaders in each district get to
Itcther and give you a cut-and-dricd
ticket. It is essential lor the success
I'" our party that rings and cliques
should lx broken up. Make your
•"ght under the organized flag, but
throw off this ring rule. The white
people of Georgia must votetogeth-
i* r as one man, and the only way to
preserve that unity so essential to
success is for each man to be his
oven master and not be glided by
an Y one. Let the success of hit
I'jtfty end the welfare of old Geor
gia be your only guide.
bar-room is our greatest fear. There
is not a father in Georgia hut at j consideration the real value that
art dreads that his hoy may tail a j | K)( ] V was t o the people of Georgia.
cutse. , j- ow> jf t |, e members of our late de
funct state legislature had remained
atlhcir posts and attended to husi-
1
victim to this great national
lie stands more in dread ol whisky
than r-.ll other temptations combin
ed that may \>c placed before the
youth of the land. Alcohol takes
away all and leaves nothing. That
it is a blighting curse even its ven
dors must admit. We have only to
look around us and see the bright
intellects that it has deadened and
wrecked, and the happy homes it
lias desolated, to almost cause the
blood to boil in the veins of every
good and thinking man. The fath
ers and voters of Georgia could not
bequeath a richer legacy to their
sons than to drive this monster
Irom the country before our youth
are contaminated. It will l>c worth
more to their children than
all the riches they could accumu
late. It is needless, however, to
W ' m
every issue that may arise it will be
found battling on the side o. r mor
ality and good government. We
never stop to count the cost before
taking a stand, trusting our cause
n the bands of a fair-minded and
intelligent people. It the temper
ance issue is ever sprung in our
flinty the cause will find an earn
est supporter in the editor of this
paper, as likewise any other move
that looks to the advancement and
good of the people. \Y c do
not, however, think that Ath-
vet prepared for
the revolutionizing change. Our
lit) is too large, and we believe the
measure- will certainly he voted
down. When other places llw size
of Athens begin to throw oil the
vokc of this old tyrant and despot,
then there will be plenty of time
for our people to act. Temperance
is something that must vvork its way
gradually into a community. It can
not be pressed. Let Aur temper
ance men and women, and church
es, too, get to work aad instill into
the minds of the public a healthier
sentiment. Let the masses lie ed
ucated up to sobriety, and then,
when the test is made, there will be
no trouble in cither carrying the
day or enforcing the laws after they
arc enacted. A man -who is in the
habit of frequenting bar-rooms and
becoming intoxicated should not he
recognized in society. It matters
not how high his family may stand,
or what be his wealth, the ladies
should show him by their conduct
that he must •ather discard their so
ciety or the rmir. shop. Our minis
ters should pi each temperance more
and the chuTch members practice
it. Hold whisky drinking in as ob
noxious a lij'ht as possible. By this
means you will draw around your
cause the best people of the country,
and when you have them on your
side success is already secured.
We shall watch carefully this
temperance agitation, for it it oae
£ the most important moves ever
irted in Georgia. The prosperity
df the country and the future of oar
sons bing^p upot) its result,
GEORGIA GOLD.
A ItecMii* Finally (Marat tor Separating QcW
from Quarts that a Impregnated With Sulphur.
Columbus, Nov. i.—On the Bee
line vesterday I encountered Mr.
M. C. Wilcox, of Mt. Airy, Ga.
Mr. Wilcox is an Ohioan, his pa
rents and relatives still residing on
the western reserve. He enlisted
in the regular army at the outbreak
of the war, but was afterwards
transferred to the volunteers in an
official capacity. The war over, he
joined a Yale scientific expedition,
and began an exploration of the
hills of North and South Carolina
and Georgia. Bradley, the leader
of the party, was shot and killed in
North Carolina, I believe, for a rev
enue officer after moonshiners. For
ten years Mr. Wilcox has been de
voting his entire attention to the
gold fields of Georgia. He was re
turning from New York, where, as
secretary of a mining corporation,
the papers were completed by
which a party of London capitalists
will place some $.100,000 at the dis
posal of his corporation for mining
operations. I asked him to locate
and describe the field of operations.
Said he: “Thegold field isin Lump
kin and \Y liite counties. It is about
two hundred and fifty miles in
length and twenty-five miles in
width. Nacoochee is the head cen
tre of our operations. It is twenty-
live miles across the country from
Mt. Airy. The gold presents itself
in all phases. In some localities
there is fine gold; in others the
beautiful flower gold; in others
coarse gold, and in still others we
find nuggets. The tract was origi
nally held by Indians. It is prob
ably the El Dorado, in whose quest
the great De Soto died. The Uni
ted States government drove off
the Indians and turned the lands
over to the state. Then the state
got up a lottery, and the land was
parceled out to individuals. Pre
vious to this there had been placer
mining to a considerable extent.
But the western gold fever and
change in ownership took all of the
old miners away and mining almost
entirely ceased. Many of the new
proprietors never went to look at
their land*.- Others were poor peo
ple who came and took possession
of their small tracts. They could
go out any fine day and pan out $3
to $3, and it was like a big fortune
to them. Hence when capitalists
talked of developing their field by
regular quartz mining, they held
the lands at such a price that it
would not have keen profitable. In
the southern part of the gold terri
tory there are now three of our com
panies mining with hydraulic
power. I have spent seven years
in perfecting a combination of
ccpting every free ride tendered ^ twelve hundred acres in the north-
thorn and ill dodging votes when | ern portion of the field. Our terri-
•mv nfeasurc of importance was I * or y extends sixty miles. It is all
car- ,cat b’ f° r hydraulic mining when
our capital comes from London.”
“Are the present companies pay
ing?” •
“Yes; all of them. And they
are in the poorest part of the field
—that is, it has been most worked.
umpalm dbunty’”wHere ilieir' op"
erations are. \Yc call ours the new
field, although of course it is the
old.”
“Do the streams yield up gold as
in California.”
“Wherever there is sand to wash
gold can be found in such quanti-
tiesjas pay the worker well. They
earn better wages at that than at
anything else in the country.”
“Are there any difficulties?”
•“None in the ordinary quartz
beds. But when we reach the wa
ter line we strike a problem that
will make the fortune of the man
who solves it. Below the water
line the gold is mixed inseparably
with sulphurets. Assayists can
take it in small quantities in their
laboratories and separate it, hut the
problem of separation in large
quantities at a cost that will pav has
bafiled scientists for a century/’
“Is there no prospect of solution?”
“Yes, there is. A hundred men
in different parts of the country are
working at it. A young man in
Cleveland has a machine nearly
perfected, which I have just come
from inspecting. I am to go back
next month for its final test. It was
built by Lcffel & Co., and Spring-
field and Mr. Book waiter gave the
inventor valuable assistance. The
primary tests of the machine have
been satisfactory. If it is a success
there is arcel y any end to the
gold that can be assayed from the
Georgia field. Below the water
line is the richest quartz of all. It
will yield from $1000 tc $Soo per
ton.”
Mr. Wilcox, by the way, is the
brother of Mr. E. G. Wilcox, of the
Cleveland Leader, and of E. K.
Wilcox, a prominent attorney of
the Forest City. The tormer is
past grand master of the Odd Fel
lows of Ohio.
Tulmpoulbl*.
Men cannot draw water from an empty well.
Or trace Ihe alorlee that *oa»l w tall.
Or salher the aounds of a pealtns belt.
Men nerer can alon the htllow'a roar.
Nor chain tha winde Ull they blow no more.
Nor drire true love from a maiden > iW.
Men ■ an not o’ertake a decline lie.
tlhaoee hla wheat 10 a Held of rye.
Or call back ycata that have lone gone hy.
Men cannot a cruel word recall.
Feller a thought, be It great or ama 11,
Or honey extmet from a drop ol
Meu never can bribe old Father Time.
Gain the height of a peak be cannot climb,.
Or trust the hand that hath done a crime.
Man never can backward turn the tide.
Or count the stars that aro scattered wide,
Or And iu a fool a trusty guide.
strangle the press. While we are
not pickayunish, and would freely
contribute, our penny »- J
worthy chanty, we do protest
against our hard earned wealth be
ing wrung from our pockets for any
such infamous cause. It looks too
much like sending good money af
ter bail rubbish. We try to expend
our funds judiciously, and always
like to got value received; but any
fair-minded man will admit that the
assessment that the Georgia legis
lature placed upon us was extor
tionate and outrageous—taking into
Or gola a been he bath ceuned lu bleed.
Man never can hope true peace to wia
Pleasure without aud joy within.
Living a thoughtless life of aln.
Old Fanner Grudge.
Old farmer Grudge was determined to tn
In the surne old way that hia father wet
To toil aud to slave, to pinch and to save.
Nor spend on pleasure a tingle cent
His toiif* were few. and so rusty too.
For want of the needful drop of oil.
That cracky and slow^ thejr Jorced to go,
Aud added much to his »
ily toll.
His crops were scant, for he would not plant
Kuough to cover his acattered field;
But grumbled aud growled ami always scowled
At harvest over the meagre yield.
And from paltry store #»n the threshing fl«*or,
From gaping mow, and neglected bin.
Would voiees cry as he passed them by;
-You can't take out what you don’t put iu!'*
dee was:
And iu his dwelling am
’Twas plain
And mauagcdall with
There was little wood, tii
Oh. bare, indeed, was
* heed of a
his laud
ran s lire wo aud keen,
miserly hand
re was li
the {sultry shelf,
little food,
Ihe wife, it Is true, would skimp and screw.
Piece aud patch, ami some way tdau,
A* a woman will w th amsaing skill.
Who is tied for life to a stingy man;
But. oh. how she sight'd for the things denied,
The books and comforts, aud larger life.
Of which she dreamed, aud for which she
schemed
When eouseiiiing to be Farmer Grudge’s wile.
But Farmer Grudge not an luch would budge
From the path Ida penurious hither trial;
But though verv ricn, would work in a ditch
All day. and at dusk in a corner nod.
And his girl* and boys, bereft of the joys
That others had, were disposed to roam,
And to spend, profuse, uor put to use
Tue lessons they had been taught at home.
When Kllen, hi* pride, and his youngest, died.
Old Farmer Grudge was so much.depresscd,
ally believed the old man grieved,
And thu* hi* fatherly lovi
, . onfessed,
r the dead he shook hi* head,
Eeouomy was still in hi* thought,
r'or he suld with a groau aud a mournful moan:
“Now all that good Tamin' is good for
naught!”
t his home one moru the fanner wa* home.
Aud though little tocoiufort another he gave,
His neighbor* more kind were not int-liued
To grudge him the space required for a grave.
THE FACTORY POND.
Mr. Bloomfield Acta the Part af % Good citizen.
Office Athens Ma.nf’g Co.,
Nov. 13, 1SS3.—Editor Banner-
Watchman:—Your editorial relat
ing to the dam at the Athens facto
ry was referred to the health war
dens of the city, throught the May
or, at the same time announcing my
willingness to assist ill every effort
made for the best interest of Ath
ens. Respectfully,
R. L. Bloomeield, Pres.
ness, instead of dead-beating every
individual and corporation that had
an axe to grind, we believe the peo
ple would have been willing to pay
its members the real worth ol their
services, graded according to abili
ty—say from three cents to $2.25
per day; but when.thcy arc made
to average the whole caboodle at I4,
and then allowing 29 days out of
every month for loafing, it is time
for the tax-payers to arise in their
majesty anil rebel. $109,000 for in
corporating a fish-pond and buying
a lot of old third-class portraits is a
recount the dangers ot strong drink, i rather expensive luxury. W r e, how-
for every one is familiar with the 1 « H on.” Brinson, of.
iloinivn c tt'/ifk v * vl •
Seri vc n, for the trouble he has tak-
in our behalf, and would now
demon’s work.
The Banner-Watchman is not a
temperance paper, but at the same
time it will always labor for the as j. ,j, e gentleman to please figure
best interests of the people, anil ill j,; s own gains, and tell the tax-
up tns own gains,
payers of Georgia what return he
has given them for the money he
drew from the state tveasmy? W'c
think the gentleman will find
himself with a balance ol over $500
on the wrong side of the sheet.
Col. Huff will find it very difficult
to run a livery stable and a hotel in
the same building and give satisfac
tion to his guests.
While stopping at the Markham
our party were dieted on "phantom
lunches.” The bill-of fare read all
right, but when you ssked for any
article thereon it had just vanished.
The hash eaters at the Markham
will evidently observe the 29th inst.
as a clay of fasting; hut if they un
charged $2 per day fer such fare as
our party had they will undoubtedly
substitute cussing for prayer, we
seriously fear.
When an editor pays the Mark
ham House $2 per day for board
there is just $1.95 clear profit to Col.
Hull. And yet for this he expects
us to return thanks and ever hold
his house in grateful remembrance.
We sec that the name of Col. Huff,
of Markham House fame, is sug
gested for congress. We shall cor
dially support the Colonel, f-r it
would be a God-scnd to the travel
ing public to get nim into some oth
er business than running a hotel.
Ed. Calloway well knows the
opinion the Athens boys entertain
ed of the Markham hashcry, for the
demerits of that hotel were freely
discussed in his presence while
clerk at the Kimball. Ed., why did
J ou not do us the justice in that
ournal interview to say that the
editor of this paper was not the
only guest that denounced the
Markham? ,
Prolculosal Humorist.
Indianapolis Journal.
George Peck, the father of the
“bad boy,” was here a few days ago.
In the past few years Peck has be
come one of the most successful of
professional humorists. His income
is said to be nearly $25,000 a year.
In 1S74 he was a reporter on the
New York Herald “several hun
dred dollars worse oil! than when
he was dead broke. lie left New
York with a resolve “never to come
back until he had accumulated $13.”
Peck originated and grew up in Wis
consin. With “Brick” Pomeroy he
went to New York to start a demo
cratic paper. He was fortunate,
losing but $2,000—all that he had,
however. After reporting on the
Herald for a short time he returned
to Wisconsin, and, locating at La
Crosse, started Peck’s Sun, which
has brought rays of brightness to
many households on dark and
gloomy days. Five years ago he
removed to Milwaukee, and there
has met with continuous success.
A friend to him told me, a few
days ago, that he owned the whole
town. That’s perfectly natural. It’s
a way we editors have. The Sun
consists of mostly of real, and sparks
of wit and humor. Peck does
nearly all the editorial work himself.
His expenses are light and his profits
large. The humorist is about forty
years of age, heavy-set and wears an
immense imperial. He has fitted
up an elegant office and has a beau
tiful home. He is veiy popular,
and especially so with the ragged
newsboys. Not long ago he gave
several hundred of them a banquet,
and they in turn presented him with
a nair of diamond cuff-buttons.
Tha Ku-Klux Cases.
tivinnrlt HrraliL
A motion has been made lor a
new trial in these cases, which will
be argued before the circuit Judge.
Judge McCav refused to admit the
prisoners to bail, anil they are con
fined in Fulton jail, where they are
subjected to insults from a lot of
negro prisoners who are incarcerat
ed there. The Banks county boys
do not propose to submit to these in
sults. and the result has been a num
ber of tights.
While in Atlanta last week we
heard what purports to be the true
version of this whole matter. It
is said that it all arose from the burn
ing of a church in Banks or Jackson.
The Legislature had passed an act
prohibiting the sale of liquor within
Yarborough’s groerf.y was
the prescribed limits and when the
church was burned some of his
friends were charged by these
negroes with the crime. The result
was that they were whipped.
There was nothing politic in it
and when the negroes came before
Commissioner Dunlap inGainesville
he decided that the U. S. Courts
had no juridition, as the whipping
was not done for political reasons,
and that the case was one for the
State’s court.
After consulting with Speer and
Judge McCay he was instructed to
issue the warrants, and a new ver
sion was given to the whole matter.
The negroes now change their story
in order to get it before the United
States courts, claiming that they
were whipped for voting for Speer.
This was the first time the political
aspect of the case was heard of, and
when the negroes got to Atlanta,
they were prepared to swear any
thing that was necessary. It is sta
ted that the story told in Atlanta
and Ganesville was entirely different
but the judge refused to allow proof
made as to the former sworn state
ment of these parties.
A Test Temperance Case.
An important test case was tried
in the Superior Court of Fulton
county during the past week—that
of Mrs. Margaret Johnson vs. B. C.
Johnson, saloon keeper, for selling
liquor to her minor sou, James,
who;becamc a drunkard and lost his
situation.
The complaint of Mrs Johnson
showed that she was a widow lady,
and that her son was her only sup
port,etc. The youth is a machinist,
and earned $12 a week up to Dec.,
1SS2, when he began drinking, be
came a confirm’d drunkard,and soon
went to ruin. She had endeavored
to bring her son up in the paths of
rectitude, that he might not only
be a help to her, but an honorable
Importanl Law,.
As it will be some time before the
laws passed at the last session of the
Legislature are distributed, we
publish for information of parties
interested the following acts:
REttlSTKATION OF LIQUOR DEALERS.
Fromjiind after January 1, 1SS4,
and annually thereafter, each per
son or firm desiring to engage in the
sale of spirituous or malt liquors or
intoxicating hitters, or in either or
all of them, irr this-State, shall, be
fore he or they commence the sale
ot such spirituous or malt liquors or
intoxicating hitters, go before the
ordinary of the county in which he
or they propose to sell said spirit
uous or malt liquors or intoxicating
bitters, and register his or their
names as such dealer.
PROOF OF ACCOUNTS IN* JUSTICE
COURTS.
Sec. 4151 of the Code is amended
so as to read as follows:
\\ hen suit is brought upon an
open account in a justice court, such
account may be proved by the writ
ten affidavit of the plaintiff, and
when so proved shall be received in
evidence as if it was proved in open
court; nevertheless, if the defend
ant will file his written affidavit,
denying the justice and fairness of
the whole or anv part of such ac-
cont,- the court shall not give judge
ment in favor of the plaintiff for that
part of the account so denied or
controverted, unless supported hy
other proof; provided, that in all
cases when such affidavit is made,
there shall be personal service upon
the defendant before judgement is
given tor the plaintiff under the
provisions of this section; provided
further, that in all cases where a
counter affidavit is filed by the de
fendant, and the plaintifl’ is not
present at the court, it shall be the
duty ot the justice of the peace to
continue such case until the next
term of said court; and provided
further, that nothing in this section
contained shall apply to suits against
administrators anil executors on
contracts ot their deceased'testators
and intestates.
EM PLOY INQ SERVANTS AX1> CROP
PERS.
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.
TS# City by uu Su TlMud bj Ita Flra naad.
Charleston, November 12.—A
fire broke out in Wilbur’s clothing
manufactory, on Hayne street, this
afternoon, and spread to the estab
lishment of Robertson, Taylor &
Co., wholesale grocers, completely
gutting both buildings. Luding’s
bag factory, adjoining, was also
damaged. The loss is estimated at
$60,000. There were eight women
and a boy employed in Wilbui's
factory, most of whom jumped from
the third story to the street. Ellen
Hermon was killed by jumping and
Susie Bond was mortally injured.
Mary Wolfe was badly burned, but
may recover, as she was not injured
much in jumping. Maggie Quin-
lick and Annie Tylee were badly
hurt but will recover. Abigal Guy
and Laura Green are supposed to
have been burned in the building.
A little boy, named Lightheart,
jumped and was caught without re
ceiving any injury. Only the eight
persons named were in the third
story. The fire broke out under
the stairway, on the second floor,
and spread with amazing rapidity,
cutting off escape from the third
floor by the stairs. The persons on
the second floor only escaped ivith
great difficulty.
Presldenuol Calculations.
The state elections of this year
being over, some enterprising jour
nals have begun the work ol figur
ing out the results ot the Presiden
tial election of next year. If they
would base their calculations closely
upon the issues of the last election
in each state, there would be no
doubt of the result—the democratic
candidate would be elected with a
large margin to spare. But we take
as a basis the states allowed by the
republicans themselves to the dem
ocrats, as follows:
SURE DEMOCRATIC
Delaware
Florida
ELECTORAL
VOTES.
Mi**onri i«
New Jersey y
No
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
West Virginia
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
Every one of these states
democratic at their last elections by
decisive votes; hence the republi
cans cannot well dispute any of
them. It to these we add the other
states that have also recently gone
democratic by majorities so great
that their votes of next year cannot
reasonably be doubted, we supple
ment the concession with the fol
lowing: Ohio 23, Virginia 12, Cal
ifornia S—making with the above
conceded 165, 20S electoral votes, or
7 more than a clear majority. There
Sec. 4.300 of the Code is amend- ,s "° m “ r ?. . rci * s .? n . to d »P“ te ,. ? lle
votes of Ohio, V lrgnna and Calitor-
man. I p to the time when he took
the fatal drink he was a good, mor
al boy, and had no intemperate hab
its. His prospects socially and in a
business light have been blasted,and
that he is now said to be not only a
worthless boy, but her happiness
has been destroyed. The mother’s
damages were placed at $10,000.
The saloon in wnich the downfall
of young Johnson began is thu
‘Reading Room,’ on Marietta street,
well known as a popular resort for
members of the General Assembly
and formerly kept by E.Mercer.now
by U. C. Johnson. The defendant
of course employed able counsel,
but the widow was well represen
ted, Jcdge Cunningham, Lester and
other temperance advocates hav
ing volunteered their services.
Judge John D. Stewart, of the Flint
Circuit, presided for Judge Ham
mond, and the case attracted a large
crowd of anxious spectators to the
court room.
The case was given to the jury
Wednesday evening, and on
Thursday morning they returned
the verdict for only $ 1 and the cost
of the court against the|defendant.
As this is a test case and the verdict
is favorable to the principle at stake,
despite the trivise amount given the
heart broken mother, it is announc
ed that it will be carried to the Su
preme Court by the friends of the
temperance cause in Atlanta.
ed so as to read as follows:
If any person, by himself or
agiyit, shall be guilty of employing
the servant, cropper or farm laborer
of another, under a written contract,
which shall be attested by one or
more witnesses, during the term for
which he, she or they may be em
ployed, knowing that such servant,
ployed, amflliat VmTer”rfof service
was not expired; or if any person
or persons shall entice, persuade or
decoy, or attempt to entice, persuade
or decoy any servant, cropper or
farm laborer, whether under a writ
ten or parol contract, after he, she
or they shall have actually entered
the service of his or her employer,
to leave his employer, either by
ottering higher wages, or any way
whatever, during the term ol
service, knowing that said servant,
cropper or farm laborer was so em
ployed, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished as pre
scribed by section 4310 of the Code
of this State.
JURIES IN JUTICES COURTS.
Section 4157 is amended as fol
lows.
All appeals shall be tried before
the justice of the peace or notary
public, or both, and five jurors
drawn impanneled and sworn as
follows, to-wit: The justice in
each district shall once in every
two years make out a list of all per
sons liable to serve as jurors in the
superior court, who may reside in
their respective districts, and shall
write their names on separate pieces
of paper and deposite them in a
box marked No. 2. If the list is,
in thedccrction of the justice of the
peace or ’ notary public, as the
case may be, too small, then the jus
tice of the peace, notary public and
one ol the jury commissioners,
and if no notary then the jus-
tice of the peace and two of the ju
ry commissions of the county, may
select front the list of the tax pav
ers of the district such a number of
the most upright and intelligent
men, as they may see fit an proper,
to add to said list of the jurors: pro--
vided, however, that the list when
so increased shall not exceed
one-fourth of the voting popula.ion
of the district. Said justice or one
of them, or one of them in public on
court day, in conjunction with a
constable, shall if any is pending
or notice thereof given,
draw, after shaking the box, nine
names there from which names, af
ter being recorded in a book, shall
he deposited in a box marked
No. 2. After all the name is drawn
from box No. 1, then the drawning
and so on alternately. The jurors
so drawn shall be summoned by
the constable or other lawful officer
at least five days before the court at
which they are called upon to serve,
and if there should be a deficiency
ofjurors at the trial from cause or
absence, the constable, by direction
of the court, shall complete the juty
by talesmen to nine from whom the
plaintifl and defendant shall have 2
strikes each.”
Mahone claims that he was
slaughtered in the house of his
friends. It is natural that he should
complain. Benedict Arnold, though
he got the price of his treason, died
despised by his purchasers.
_ Senator Brown, of Georgians the
richest of the Southern members of
the upper branch of the National
legislature, being estimated as worth
>,000.
The no fence movement has this
advantage: it can never take a step
backward. Whenever the old fence
is rooted outit can never be re-es
tablished.
chance for the democrats in Nevada,
and by no means a hopeless one in
either Maine, Michigan or Wiscon
sin—the two latter having gone
democratic last year.
In every view that we may take
of the field—looking either at’the re
sults of the last election in all the
states, or at known conditions that
affect their present political situa
tions—the way is open for a decis
ive democratic triumph, which can
only be endangered by irrational
devotion to men against whom there
are strong personal objections or lo
cal prejudices, or by a mistaken en
deavor to carry certain states or in
terests to the detriment of the party
in others that might more easilv be
carried.
THE DEMOCRATIC) COLUMN.
OHIO
TEXAS
NEVADA
FI.OKIDA
GEORGIA
O It E G ON
VIRGINIA
A I- A It A M A
INDIANA
MISSOU R I
A R K A N S A S
I- Ul'ISI A N A
1» E I- A \V A R K
KENT l’ C K Y
MISSISSIPPI
M A RYE A N D
T E N N ESSE K
CALIFORNIA
N E W Y O R K
N E W J E R S E Y
WEST VI R (J I XI A
SOU T li V A R O L 1 X A
NOR T II c A R O L I X A
Twenty-three states, with 250eleetora
votes. Necessary to a choice, 201.
THE REPUBLICAN COLUMN.
N K W II a M P S II I It K
M A S S A C It U T E T T S
C O N N E C T I C U T
P K N N 8 L Y V A N I A
R IIO D E 1 SL A X I)
M IN N K S O T A
W ISCOXSIN
C O L O R A I) O
X E It It A S K A
V E R M O N T
MICHIGAN
II. LI X O I S
K A X S A S
M A 1 X K
1 O W A
Fiiteen states, with 151 electoral votes.
VOL XXX.
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
Shenandoah, Pa., has had a
million dollar fire.
A fire destroyed a large pot tion
of the town of Cesco, Texas.
John Kelley, of Tammany Hall
proposes to retire from politics.
The senate labor committee will
hold a session in Augusta, Ga.
Mr. Asa L. Biggs was burned
with his residence at Franklin, Va.
A syndicate in London is discuss
ing a project for a ship canal across
Ireland.
An Ohio family is dangerously
ill from eating hogshead cheese, that
contained tirchiniases.
An attempt is reported to be
under way to bring Arthur to the
front as the republican candidate.
The superior court of Pennsyl
vania held the Pulman car company
responsible for money stolen from a
passenger.
Washington, Ga., Nov. 12.
The new Catholic church at Sharon
was dedicated yesterday by the
Right Rev. Bishop Gross.
The ladies in the Atlanta Musical
Festival refuse to appear on the
stage with Levy, the cornetist, who
is divorced from two wives.
District Attorney Speer has Jo
been heard from in Washington, Pi
where he has been commissioned to
take charge of the South Carolina
cases.
In the elections Morgan coun
ty voted heavily against prohibition,
while the vote in Butts county,
which is not’sll yet in, is sufficient
to be in favor of the exclusion of
liquor.
The total revenue of the United
States for the past year, according
to the treasurer’s report, is $5,337,-
66S less than for the year before,
while the expenditure have been
seven millions greater.
Indiaga, Pa., Nov. 12.—At
West Lebanon, twelve miles south
from here, on Saturday evening,
Joseph Sarber shot his father twice,
went *', rst , in ‘Iw ami and again through
wtnt the head, killing him instantly.
Isaac Brvan, on trial in Golds-
horough, N. C., for the murder of
Thomas Saunders, has been con
victed and sentenced to ten years in
the penitentiary. The parties were
brothers*in*Iaw and became involv
ed in a quarrel about a hog, during
which Bryan struck Saunders with
a hoe, killing him instantly.
Augusta, November 13.—The
body ot II. Fulcher was found in
a thicket near McBean, Richmond
county, yesterday. His head was
riddled with|huckshot. The coro-
tier's jury could find nc clue to the
murderers. Fulcher’s brother
thinks that the murder was com
mitted by a colorctl man, and was
instigated by white men.
Conkling is said to be making
$100,000 a year at the law.
Rev. Dr. Talmage is to lecture iu
Mississippi during December,
The taxable values of Texas have
increased $107,500,000 during the
past year.
A Utah tourist sums up his opin
ion ofMormondon by calling it the
waste basket ot the world,
A citizen of New Plymouth, O.,
has some Easter eggs that have been
in the family over too years.
The underground railway system
which will soon encircle London, is
being built at a cost of $15,000,000
per mile.
A mot ement for the colonization
of Honduras by emigrants from this
county is expected soon to com
mence.
The teachers in a female college
in Milwaukc, Wis., have forbidden
the students to wear hoops or hangs
and the girls have rebelled.
There are two cats at the Crystal
Palace exhibit of London priced at
$50,000 each. Five handred dollars
is a common price fixed on the ex
hibits.
Professor William North Rice
says that the Connecticut river, be
tween Northampton and Meriden,
was once 150 feet deep and fifteen
miles broad.
Lieut. Flipper has apparently
abandoned all hope of reinstatement
in the army and is now a clerk in a
Texas laundry. “To such base uses
do we come at last.”
In Boston last week Judge Holmes
granted an order dissolving the
Palestine Railroad company. This
road was originally designed to run
from Cairo, Egypt, to Jerusalem.
Memphis, Nov. 10.—The steamer
ohn Lee, when opposite Fort
ickering last evening, ran down a
skid’containing a man, his wife and
one child. They were all drown
ed.
ilia, than those of New Jersey—w
believe, indeed, that either of them
may lie more surely counted on for
the democracy than New Jersey.
Then the democrats will have a fair
chance to carry New York if their
nominee .mould be a politician not
belonging to either of the New York
factions Jtnd ohiectinivihU tn tli«
ou.l-K 1 >nrso at least an even M aco „, whose traveling representa-
Tno Whitley Cum.
Butler, Nov. 12.—Mr. Camp-
Another “End of to* World.”
The etui of the world is confident-
„ lv predicted by devout Moslems to
shall commence on box No. 2, and be approaching with the close of
the Mohammedan thirteenth cen-
Two runout Roco Horses.
Frank Harper,who inherited two
of the greatest horses this coun
try ever saw,said the the other day:
"Longfellow is now 16 years old
and Ten Broeck 12. I always keep
a guard over them, both night and
day. I have been offered $50,000
for Longfellow, but I wouldn’t sell
him for $100,000, nor would I sell
Ten Brocck for the same money. I
will keep them as long as they live,
or until I die.”
Fnschor J.scktoa’i WlTM.
Oyster Bay, L. I„ Nov. 9.—The
colored population here are excited
over the discovery that one of the
t illars of the African Methodist
Episcopal church is a bigamist,
having no less than three living
wives. Kach threatens vengeance.
They held an indignation meeting
last night in the house occupied by
their lord and waited for tue return
last evening. He failed to appear
and ha* vanished.
thirteenth ceil
tury on November S. Tradition
declares the Ramadan feast, the sun
shall rise in the west, the day of
mercy and forgiveness shall cease,
and that of judgment and retribu
tion begin. Thus, a proclamation
has been issued from Mecca warn
ing all true believers to prepare for
the coming day, w hich the Times,
of India, tells us has been widely
circulated, and has created a great
impression. A fanatical pilgrim to
the Prophet’s tomb at Medina, Mo
hammed Saleb, declares that Mo
hammed appeared to him in a dream
last March, and warned him of the
pproaching end. There are 25
signs to he fulfilled before the great
day, and some of these the Moham
medans already recognize, the clos-
i n g s 'B ns being the coming of Iman
Mahdi, the dictator, with his troops
bearing black ensigns, and a
mighty wind which shall sweep
away the souls of all who have but
a grain of faith in their hearts. Af
ter the Mahdi’s reign the trumpet
will sound two blasts, the dead shall
all rise, and the judgment begin.
At a County Convention, which
appointed delegates to the state
oo.tvention, at Atlanta, December
i», the negroes of Jackson county
resolved that they will not support
any candidate, from Coroner up to
President of the United States, if
his efforts and decisions be not in
favor of the public school system.
tive, King, was arrested at this place
the other day for dispensing liquor
from his sample cases to voters du
ring the progress of the prohibition
election has been in Butler for the
purpose of settling the case. After
conference with the town authori
ties it is said the settlement was
made. Mr. Campbell admitting tho
truth of the charge and agreeing to
pay fifty dollars fine, fifteen dollars
costs, fifty dollars each to three
lawyers interested in the case. Two
other attorneys not presents at the
settlement had been employed in
the case and they may perhaps re
quire as much. This settles the
matter so far as the municipality is
concerned, but should the grand ju
ry take up the matter, which seems
probably there will be further trou
ble. Campbell left fot Macon this
afternoon after being here a day.
Plantation Philosophy.
De quickest pusson an’ de strut
ain’t always de best business man.
De colt is livelier den de hoss, but
he kain’t pull nigh so much.
De young man what would wa’r
a tight shoe case he thinks it looks
better in payin more ’tention ter
his foot ter de negleck Job his head
an’in airterlife de foot will track de
mos’ tention.
Sorrow is often de result of bod
ily punishment as it is ob true re
pentance. De man what is put in
jail don grieve so much because he
tuck what didn’t.long ter him as
he does dat he is in prison.
Loud talk is often mistaken for
argument and de man what drowns
de voices ob udder men, is mighty
often thought to have gain
ed de fight. Dis kills fine talk, fur
de mawkin bird flics away when
de mule krays.
Doan think, young man, dat yer
ken wa’r a dirty shirt an a bad-
looking hat an’ be ’spccted ’mong
strangers like de man what w’ars
fine clothes. De peafowl 'tracks
more ‘tention den de turkey hen,
cben dough his meat ain’t so good.
It ain’t kindness ter tell a man jest
airter he gets sober what he done
while lie was drunk. Ef yer haster
tell him, wait awhile. De day air
ter yer sticks a splinter in yer han’
de place hurts when yer touch it,
but a week airter •vartis yer can
press it widout frelin’ pain.
Rome Courier: “District Attor
ney Speer has exhibited a letter
from one of the convicted ku-klux
prisoners of Jackson or Banks coun
ty, offering him $100 if he would
have his sentence suspended. The
writer was perhaps a very simple
minded man, whodid not know how
reprehensible an acceptance of his
offer would have been. No doubt
he supposed that as state solicitors
sometimes nol pressed cases upon
pay ment of costs by defendants,‘the
United States District Attorney
might be able to obtain a suspen
sion of the sentence of a prisoner
after he is convicted. But whether
that was his idea or not, he paid a
very poor compliment to the Dis
trict Attorney in offering him the
money for his services, and we
think it would have been better for
Mr. Speer to conceal the fact that
any man had so poor an opinion of
his official integrity.”
InfMtlcld. Benaltd ty s Dog.
Cleveland, Nov. 13.—Early
this morning at Akron, Summit
county, the body of a full-grown
colored infant was found by a dog
on the banks of the Cuyahoga river.
The animal dragged the remains
through the principal streets and
presented a shocking spectacle. A
portion of the body had been eaten.
There is no clue and the affair is
shrouded in mystery.
On account of the drouth, which
seems to be prevalent all over the
country, the orange crop of Florida
is maturing slowly and the fruit is
somewhat smaller than usual, hut
the prospects for a good crop is con
sidered excellent. The yield is ex
pected to be much larger than last
year’s.
The passengers on this morning’s
south bound train on the Cincinnati
Southern railroad, state thatTrurall,
who committed an outrage on a
young lady at Point Burnside
a few weeks ago, was hung by
lynchers last night, and that his
body was hanging in sight of the
train when it passed that point.
Atlantic City, N.J., Nov. 10—
Three children of George E.Barnes,
proprietor of the Sageamtha house,
in this city, while out riding in a
phaeton this morning, were struck
by freight train at the Arctic avenue
crossing of the narrow guage rail
road, and all fatally injured. Two
have died and the death of the third
is expected.
There are not a few humorous
features about the water famine in
New Orleans, as for instance the
burglary committed out on Canal
street, when Mr. Hoyle was awake
at midnight to discover burglars in
his yard, armed with buckets and
and boilers, and prepared to steal
the water in his cistern. It is said
that young ladies actually go out
visiting at neighbors’ in order to be
invited u» Imv* — (U«w wf water.
n man in Kingston, Ont., who
feared that the hotly of his wife
would be stolen, erected a tent over
her grave on the day of her burial
and has slept there nightly ever
since. He and Moses, the husband
of the fat woman, who sold her body
to Dr. Hill, of Baltimore, for $too,
entertain different views as to the
proper disposition of a wife’s re
mains.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Barnwell county went dry Tues
day hy 1,500 majority.
The official majority for prohibi
tion in Campbell in 259.
Prohibition was defeated in But
ler county by 942 majority.
A French stenographer has writ
ten 44,031 words on a postal card.
The late L. M. Hill, of Georgia,
left an estate of $700,000, made by
farming.
Colonel J. C. Freeman is mention
ed now in connection with the At
lanta Postmastership.
An Oxford student by the name
of McIntosh ran over a croquet
wicket last Saturday and broke his
arm.
Policeman Frank Moscly and fam
ily were dangerously nauseated
by poisoned oysters in Atlanta Sat-
day.
Mii.lkdgevii.i.e, November to.
About six o'clock this afternoon a
man by the name of McMillan killed
another named Ellison, cutting bis
throat.
The Early County News says:
“We learn that cattle arc dying iti
the Spring Creek neighborhood for
want of water. This is terrible to
think about.”
Americus Recorder: Capt. John
A. Cobb says he has eight thousand
bushels of corn over and above what
he will need. Last year his surplus
was six thousand bushels. This is
the way to make farming a success.
Waynesboro Citizen: “The in
vestigation of the McBean homi
cide is still progressing. Messrs.
John and Warren Rodgers have
been absolutely released, the state
presenting no testimony which in
anyway connected them with the
atlair. Young Cox has been admit
ted to bail on a $1,000 bond. Tin-
investigation is proceeding in tin-
case of Brit Rodgers and Rufus
McNorrill.”
Everything is so dry in Macon
county that some of the sportsmen
carry a canteen of water along for
their dogs.
In Walker county, Ga., last week
a sow took a year old child in her
mouth and ran a considerable dis
tance with it before it was rescued.
No-harm done.
An exchange in Georgia says a
man catches fish in his well bi<*
enough to fry. . That’s just the sort
of a well a man needs to keep him
home Sundays.
In Montgomery county superior
court a white woman was indicted
by the grand jury lor carrying a
concealed weapon. She was con
victed and was fined by Judge Pate
in the sum of $10.
The Washington Gazotte says-
“The Magruder mine in that coun
ty is making *mretry gratifying yie i d
of silver. The ore being fitken
out assays $48 worth of silver tb the
ton. About a.ooo tons of ore have
been taken out and {filed up, and
the company i« now negotiating for
the machinery for smelting works.
Which will soon be put up at the’
mine;