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WEEKLY .BANNER-WATCHMAN, TUESDAY MAY 6, 1884.
STOKIKS THE road.
1 Travelon (it a 'Wayildo Um-Sonu-
tutng to Fat In a Gripsack,
men, 1 almost envy you the
yon nil; jour experience of
. ^..i-l.i; vout knowleilgeof business;
rhiinffii'B siahts you see, and all that,
know." This warmly expressed re-
; !U U trout the lips of an elderly plea-
. 1, last Anguft, ami was ad-
i ii'M-micircleof commercial trav-
• .1 .>0 die porch of the l.imlcll
! -1, 1.fills. Mo.
y,..” ri'spomleil 11 New lork re-
Hite of the profession," a drum:
- ft without liis pleasures, but he
. 1 I;s, too —risks outside the
of railroad collisions and
ir explosions, what risks for in-
i'iiis. for instance’saidMr. W.
■ ui jin. who tvas then traveling
1; ,<t, rn house, and is known to
>, it* all^paris of the country. The
—which, indeed, amounts almost
i:t tv — ot getting the dyspepsia
n etnal change of diet and water
■ >u having no fixed hours for eat-
I -h-eping. I myself was an ex-
I -av was. fir I am all right
\.. .Cs.-Miitii ..11 your digestion ¥"
ti a travi ling for a while. The
i.-i I l-u. I,.-d my jiajH-r. Finally 1
| -,n ' advertisement of
- i...i i«- I t riad it and it fixed me
;„■! an- There is nothing on
..in ij.inion, ,-qiial-to it as a
,r •,i -;. *t’ ia." Messrs Hiseox A
\ . York the proprietors, hold
ri: in .Mr. Franklin stating that
i. Fa rkeiVTonie aids diges-
M .: .rial Fevers, Heartburn,
.-., '..-h- aid cold-, and all
j.. a-i-s <f the I.iver and kid-
1. in votir ali-e. I'rices,
i icvohitiim is probable in
: Nerd to (fa Aftor His Money,
an iinpiiry of a reporter,
niiih on,-of our best know n
.. I lid you ever win any-
lie ti pliedoh,yes now and
c woo 11,2.’>U in a Geriimn
. ,1 won .-mail sums at odd
■ |...iii..iai.a Slate Lottery.
... N,-,. toleaus.for the pur-
.ii„, you ..—i'-v alluding to
..in’ intli of ihe capital
l.Mti'.siami Mate| Lottery,
II, on ticket No.
!.-posited the ticket
i-s., Insurance and
o-t-lioii. It is sure
-ui- proniytly lion-
olumhus, Mias.
M ,
s-l.
t-.iicinc Lodge lttunlerers
chcil at 1 larper, Kan.
A New Grass.
Mr. John Winter has discovered
on the railroad bank near Winter-
ville a new grass, that is now large
enough for grazing. ,He will test
t before recommending it.
Trouble in tbe Family. .
A married man of this city went
home the other night with a long
hair on the lappel of his coat, of an
entirely different color than that of
his wife’s. At last accounts a di
vorce suit was talked about.
— _ No Cure! No Pay.
^' ancer cured without knife.
Wanted, Address of all persons
afflicted with this terrible disease.
Also names of persons addicted to
the opium and whiskey habits. Ad
dress, D*. W. H. Christopher
& Sons, Atlanta, Ga.
, Atlanta Dirt.
Four years ago Mrs. Russell, of
this county, paid $2,400 for a busi
ness lot in Atlanta. The other day
she refused an offer of $5,500 for
same. There is no denying the
fact that Atlanta has a great future,
and by the next census she will con
tain a population of 100,000.
To Enlarge.
We have sold eveTy inch ol ad
vertising space in our daily, and if
business continues to improve we
will soon enlarge to seven columns.
This is a tine showing for the mer
chants of Athens and demonstrates
the popularity of the Banner- Watch
man.
An Indian Pipe.
A gentleman showed us a large
clay pipe, tljat he found in an Indi
an grave near Nicholson. Besides
this relic he found two other pipes,
a lot of broken pottery, and a hu
man skeleton. The one seen by us
was in the shape of an antique
vase and nicely engraved.
A Parallel Case.
Twenty years ago a similar hom
icide to the Gunn affair took place
in Buncombe district, in this coun
ty. John McCurdy, sr., had mar
ried a woman contrary to the wishes
of his son, John McCurdy, jr. The
father killed the son to prevent the
son front killing him.—Walton
News.
10 Dialnbution.
tli«- rush at Long & Co’s
!. • free distribution of
>1 !>r. I’.o-anko’s Cough
11, th<- most popular rem-
* 1 -iii-umptionatid
on tin- market. Regular
n-1 nl.Uii. Sold al-o at
drug -tore.
ided the bank at Ox-
11 could not open the
:lk Hat.
atioit of the eoin-
U.tiouph, “if a
11 ml Worship tlie
ade in tlie like-
11 11,',or on e-itli,
1 ate under tlie
s the head anil
' i’arker’s Hair
. -.ul restore the
or faded hair,
i-iirial. delicious-
uair dressing, hi)
>r. llMsanko.
ms h. . 1110 so familiar
pie throughout tlie
that ii is hardly necessary
i- tlie originator of the
nko's 1 -nigh and Lung
•m dr’- favorite remedy,
for rough-, voids, eoii-
II .11. .11.HIS of the Ihmat
L-e .",11 rent- and $1 .IK) Mold
. and K. S. Lyndon.
struck the town of Del
emolishing houses and
College Improvements.
Major Cobb tells us that not one
dollar of the $5,000 given for re
pairs fo the University buildings
has been as yet expended. This
work has been delayed until next
summer,during vacation, when it is
jyoposed to add $1,000 to the sum
and have the chapel overhauled and
modernized. The roof will be
raised and a handsome front putin.
Robbing Cars.
Five negroes were arrested at
Lula, yesterday, and carried to the
Gainesville jail, for robbing freight
cars at T.nln. They have been do
ing this for some time, and had lie
come rather bold in their robberies.
It is thought that the railroad au
thorities have the most undoubted
proof on them, and they will prob
ably do the state some service for
the offense.
BLUE BLOOD IN ATHENS.
Athenian Families that Uy Gate City Aristoc
racy in the Shade.
Since the Atlanta Sunday Record
has started the blue blood boom in
Georgia by publishing the pedigree
and coat-of-arms of the Peters fami
ly, the Banner-Watchman, ever
with the glory and renown of Ath
ens nearest at heart, yesterday sent
around a reporter to discover if there
was any genuine aristocracy in our
city, who. had rusty coats-of-arms
mouldering in the garret He met
with the most triumphant success,
and are to-day able to lay before
our readers several pedigrees'beside
which Capt Yancey’s Canadian
Jersey bull will pale jinto insig
nificance.
The first subject our vigilant re
porter tackled was Col. W. C. Orr,
who stated that his family came over
to Jackson county in the ark with
Noah, and he had often heard one
of his uncles recite how he and
Methuselah used to to play baseball
together.
“1 suppose you have a coat-of-
arms?” asked the Banner-Watchman
man.
“Yes,” was the reply, “but it is a
precious heirloom and in the keep
ing of J ohn Moon. I will loan it to
you, but it must be kept under lock
and key.”
The following is the coat-of-arms
of the Orr family.
The next man our reporter tack
led with this query was Col. Wm.
McKinnon.
“Yes,” he stated, “I am from one
of the first families in New Jersey,
for of nine boys every one is a first-
class blacksmith.”
‘How far can your family trace
back its lineage?” we asked.
“Ever since I can remember,” re
plied Mr. McK. I heard my father
say that he had an aunt to die nearly
100 years old. If any of the aris
tocracy of Georgia can beat that
record, let ’em put up or shut up.”
“Can you favor us with a cut of
the seal of your family?” we asked.
“I can that!” - replied our Jersey
triend. “Just take a picture of that
anvil and you have it to a gnat’s
heel”
nil. 1 Ti>
perfect safety
!•-lorer, as it
- mothers use
Ireatineiit <>t
ai llroneliitis.
ung Cvrutrywomen.
■nviiilile • I ist i net Ion for
1. This, they in great
P. tlie beautifying ami
lenee of Snzoilonl, the
•paration for tlie teelli
ii. it removes trom tlie
■very impurity, cheeks
lies the leetli to imisii-
iii, laminating ihe food.
triluiiii
li clleciually neutralizes
mt inlnr ui tlie breath.
years Allen’s Drain Food
ii-strongest testa as toirs
uring nervousness, nervous
d restoring lost powers to
ed generative system, and in
lilts i! ever lailek; lest it. $1
I. iiniggists.or by mail from
II. Fuat Ave., N. Y. city.
1.1 rumen. r.xqnsiTE.
t.i.I.-i -..III-. LOVELY,
ir-limi, ll.v Brent -kin cure.
Invfr-ible. the la-lies’ delight.
Such is Lite.
Did you ever know a covetous
man who was not continuously dis
covering that Mime one had swin
dled him, and his Iriends and neigh
bors were terribly small and penu-
ious? Skill', the Jeweler, never did
and heard of one that thought him
self swindled buying buying a pair
of pearl sleeve buttons. Such is
life.
c Maluli is now dreaded asjhe
1 Pie Prophet. A natural defense
i- urged in England to save
..-li honor in Egypt.
in Small of His Back.
ms( ipeine porous plasters car ad
: .1 -lull, weary ache in the small of
ALALIA posit
enrod with
Fills, a never
purely vegetable, con-
itviu coated. -’jets.
i'll os! Plica!
iml, Bleeding and Itcli-
uv im- cured the worst
rs’ standing. No one
dilutes after using Wil-
c * hutment. It absorbs
:, acts as poultice,
Prepared only for
hi the private parts, noth
in. .1. M. Conenbury, of
-ays; "1 have used scores of
ad if afford- me pleasure to
have 11 vi-r found anything
null immediate and and per-
f a- I'1. Williams’Indian
ut.” Sold by druggists and
i-eipt of price, $1. Frazier
-.. Prop's, Cleveland, Ohio.
R. T. Brumby, Athens, Ua.
Candler, wholesale agents,
1 Pile 11
.-s iu-hin
relief.
"tiocn of England attended
al.ng of her granddaughter,
gl.tcr of the late Princess'.
She did not take part in the
part of the programme.
Hail.
A, Ga., Aug. 13, 1883.
r-1
.A Slower—1 lake great
11 recommending your M. and
— entirely relieved me of a
01 stek headache in one hour.
H.WTSON, No. loOCrewsti
Came Clear.
The preliminary trial of the Hoi
liday boys, for committing an out
rageous offense on a negro woman,
was heard in Jefferson on Thurs
day. The evidence was not suffi
cient to bind them over, and the
two young men were set at liberty.
The trial lasted all day and created
great interest. They were com
pletely exonerated from the charge.
Sad Death.
Mrs. Chas. Hitchcock, of Madi
son county, departed this life last
Wednesday, after a short illness.
Mrs. 11. was a worthy lady, and
her death is sadly lamented by
large circle of friends and kindred.
She was buried at the family bury
ing ground ofjudgc Hitchcock, on
Thursday. Rev. W. M. Code paid
the last tribute of respect to a very
large audience.
Smashing Sewing Machines.
The Singer sewing machine com
pany yesterday broke up a car-load
of second-hand sewing machines
by’ throwing them from the second
story of a house. It would have
been much better to have given
these machines to poor women, or
let the parties with whom they
traded keep them. The company
must make a big profit if it can af
ford, in a trade, to allow $10 for an
old machine and then break it
pieces.
Our Sheriff Caught.
Our efficient sheriff again rallies
to the front with a complaint of a
very serious nature. One of our
d'Udish clerks a few days since in
duced him to invest in a new-fash
ioned, back, action patent fastener
Dutch collar. The sheriff, not sus
pecting any evil consequences, put
the thing on, and the result is the
epidermis of his gulping apparatus
has entirely disappeared, despite
the combined efforts of a role of
sticking plaster and two physicians.
The sheriff has our most heartfelt
sympathy.
A Sewing Machino Expose.
A gentleman who has been for
years engaged in the sewing ma
chine business, tells us that a ma
chine, sold in Athens for $40, is
manufactured at a cost of ta.50.
Further, that only the stands of this
machine are broken up, and the
heads are shipped back to the fac
tory and put into so-called “new
machines;” that last week forty ol
these heads were in' the North-
Eastern depot to be thus forward
ed. 'Thills a rascally swindle on
the southern people, and they should
have nothing to do with such an un
reliable company. If necessary,
proof to tpis effect can be produced.
. FARM NOTEsi
ration of this event the O’Farrells
have adopted a tin cup as theirseaL
Ham Wynn says his family came
to Banks county before tne Air-
Line railroad was built, but they
always went in their shirt-sleeves
and didn’t have no coat on their
arms.
Major I'ruity was sorry that he
had not a cut of his family coat-of-
arms, but he could draw it for us.
It is aliirge tree with a rope hang
ing from one limb and the carcass
oi a missing sheep at its roots. This
seal marks a very important epoch
in the history of the Pruitt family
of Banks county. *
Dr. Lyndon stated that his insig
nia of blue blood was extensively
printed, in tbe papers, a few years
ago, as an illustrative cut to Smith’s
Worm Oil.
We have other distinguished ped
igrees ia our midst, that we will
publish if Atlanta again attempts to
get up any corner in aristocracy.
Passing the establishment of Mr.
Isaac Lowe, we inquired as to the
age of his family, and "if he boasted
blue blood.
“I rather think we can,” he re
plied. “My ancestors came over in
the ship with^ulius Ciesar when he
discovered America, and even be
fore that time one of them fought
under Napoleon Boneparte at the
battle of Thermopybe. We have
lour branches to my family—High,
Lowe, Jack and Game—but all
springing from the same stock. Dur
ing the war the Yankees came to
my hogse and stole our coat-of-
arms, but I have since had another
made, that you can publish if you
see lit.”
We print below the design fur
nished us:
Our reporter next tackled Col. C
Washington Baldwin, the great
shoe man.
“I have long had a hankering to
let the plebians of Athens know
that in this representative ot the
Baldwin family they have a genuine
scion of royalty in their midst, and
am truly glad of this opportunity to
enlighten them,” he remarked.
“When the Baldwin family were
first transported to America, Curra-
hee mountain was a hole in. the
ground and Oconee river nothing
but a wet-weather branch. One of
my ancestors helped Christopher
Columbus wrest the island oi Great
Britain from the Egyptians, while
another used the Atlantic Ocean
for a carp-pond. Some of the most
distinguished exiles in New Caledo
nia and Australia boast tbe famous
Baldwin blood. 1 have here our
coat-of-arms, which you will please
publish. There are instances on
record where members of our fam
ily have been made acquainted with
only the toe of this seal, but of late
years 1 have wrested the proud
name from oblivion by selling the
cheapest shoes in Georgia.”
THE WILL FORGER.
Ai IntareiUng Cow Baton tin J. P.
Yest irday was a field day for His
Honor, Judge Kenney. The legal
fraternity of Athens were out, on
one sid 1 or the other. Judge Ken
ney cal ed the case of the State vs.
Andeh on Mathews and Benjamin
Hopson—forging a wilL
Col. £, T. Brown answered ready,
for the State; George Thomas and
A. J. Cobb, Esq., for the defend
ants.
Jackson Pool, an old negro who
was possessed of some small prop
erty, saw fit to die, and in doing so
left no one heir to his estate. An
old negro woman came np, who had
nursed Jackson, and on whom he
intended to lavish his love and af
fections if he recovered, and if he
died she was to be his heiT; but to
her great consternation, when she
went to take out letters of adminis
tration, Anderson Mathews appear
ed with a will drawn up in solemn
form, making Jum sole heir to Jack-
son Pool’s old clothes and other val
uables. The will was witnessed by
Benjamin Hopson and Georj
Shropshire, and seemed to be
according to Hoyle. All of Jack-
son’s Lnirs were dead, and it seem
ed very probable that things were
all right. George Shropshire, one
of the witnesses to the Will, was in
Mexico, and had been for tbe past
12 years. But some few years ago
he returned from his wild western
home, and the old woman who had
waited on Jackson found out that
George did not sign the will. So
she had Anderson Mathews and
Benjamin Hopson arrested. It
seems, though, that his honor, Judge
Kenney, did not find the evidence
sufficient to do anything with An
derson, but Ben Hopson, the wit
ness to the will, was bound over to
appear^ at the next term of the
court. The lawyers say the case
was very interesting, and a great
many legal points were acquired.
FASHION NOTES.
Mr. W. A. Jester was next ap
proached, and explained, from the
great antiquity of his family, they
had two seals, of a fish and an oy
ster, and he hoped to conduct him
self so as to add a $5 horse to their
insignia 'of honor. Mr. Jester is
not certain, giving very little thought
to the matter, but he thinks the
Jester family are distantly related
to Adam, and is confident that Eve
was the original mother of them.
All the blood that he ever saw shed
by the family was red, and not blue.
Collars are still worn high.
Bag vests are still much worn.
Habit skirts are again fashiona
hie.
Pansies are popularly worn as
belt bouquets.
Mouse colored undressed kids are
fashionable.
Bag vests contrast with the rest
of the costume.
Mushroom is the most fashionable
color in millinery.
Soft materials, either of silk or
wool, that drape gracefully are
much worn.
Embroidered nun’s veiling is be
ing made up extensively for even
ing dresses for young ladies.
New tailor made dresses have
perfectly plain skirts. They come
in all the new brown ana gray
shades. .
Square cut corsages are more
worn with evening dresses than the
very decollete, V shaped or round
corsages.
Velvet, even in the smallest quan
tities, does not appear upon any of
the new spring aud summer
growns.
Crepe lisse is not worn on street
dresses, but reserved for the house
and evening wear. Black crepe
lisse is extensively worn on thi
necks and sleeves of black dresses.
New jewelry is very unique. En
gagement rings are composed of
circles of some precious metals, ei
ther small sapphires, diamonds,
pearls or rubies.
Nothing prettier in bonnets is to
be seen than the fine gold lace over
the crown and a small brim of bis
cuit satin, with the soft aigrette of
marabout, biscuit colored powdered
with fine gold.
The newest slippers are made of
yellow alligator skin, have decided
turn-up toes, and are lined with
satin.
Jersey jackets are among the most
popular wraps for spring wear.
They are very useful and service
able.
Undressed kid gloves are worn
entirely to the exclusion of those
made of dressed kid. Ten and gray
are the popular shades.
A BONANZA KING.
COAT-OF-ARMS OF JESTERS.
Zeke Edge stated that he could
whip the man who intimated that
there was any pedigree about him;
-that he was a white man and a gen
tleman, and not any of your new
fangled registered Jersey bulls. Af
ter considerable trouble our re
porter succeeded in explaining to
Mr. Edge that a pedigree was a
mark of distiction, and no disgrace.
He then said if we had a furniture
or coffin cut to slap her in and label
it the
COAT-OF-ARMS OF EDGE FAMILY.
Mr. P. Benson says if there is.any
blue blood in Athens it runs in his
veins, for his Jfather once put two
spokes in a buggy wheel for John
C. Calhoun. The old man said
they didn’t have any cost-of-arms,
but we could get up a] picture of
the famous Benson wagon and label
A Paymctas’s Testimony,
i nlli-U lu #-e .\lr. John Fc-urson,
- t.iiiiii.od to Ills boo with what
>1-| a ini In I* conaiinqirion ol' the worst
As nil of his fmuil.Y had died with
1 ml disease (except his half broth
• lentil was regarded as certain and
Alter exhausting all the reinc-
linally an a last resort sent lor a
'■ He of hi ewer’s bang Restorer, aud it
Ned like magic, ite continued the use
nine time;Jiui has been fully rc-
hi-Hltli. ,io far as 1 could dis-
i cr In-had eons liiiitioii, and llrewer’a
stiirersavdU Ilia life.
Holloway, ll. D. liarncsville, Ga.
Twaaty-rtfur Hoars to Lira.
1 rum .Mm Kuhn, Lafayette, Ind.,
it; announces that he )B now in perfect
‘uli, we havo the following: “One
1 was. to all appearances, In
- last stages of consumption. Our best
liyslcians gave, my case up. I Anally
1 so low that) our doctor could only
" hours. My friends then’
ftlo Of Hr. Wm. Hall’s
■ong*. which considers-
J continued until I
, and 1 am now In per-
' Rust’has appeared onibriars, and
if the weather continues hot, with
rain, Wheat nHJdoubtless be affect-
<-•<} by U.
Cotton planting is nearly over.
The first plowing of corn will
commence this week.
Strawberries will be. poor and
scarce this) year. 1 Early vegetables
are also late and inferior.
.The few .fortunate* Who have
sheep, have beon-engaged the -past
week jn shearing. 0 ,
. Bill Holmon has.35 acres of oats
that he considers as fine or finer
than he eirei'.rfcised.' They Ate 2\
feet high.
Since the advert* «f this warm
spell of weather, fruit of eyeiy de
scription' bias made extraordinary
9rArt&i TMtof I^fches are appa-
growing rap-
ld|j. : • wrJifJ baa* promUet ah
abundant -Harvest.
SEAL OF THE BENSON FAMILY.
Bill Haudrup stated that his ped
igree was 32f, and he expected to
beat that tne next time they tackled
those noble Romans. Their coat of
arms hung in front of the door,
and we could copy it for the
-JL-
HAUDRUP FAMILY.
Tobn Booth said be descends
from a family of great warriocs, who
hftvc slaughtered beeves by the
thousand. The earliest record they
have of its bistOTy was when hfs
pious old ancestor, Moses, erected
that golden calf in tbe wilderness.
Ever since that auspicious event an
ox has been, the
COAT OF ARMS OF THE SOOTHS.
Capt tames O’Farrell says there
is an-old legend in bis family that
St. Patrick once ran a water-moc
casin from a pond on one of his an
cestors’ farms, and in commemo-
Tha Kiel Ulna or the EmpUa Stale.
Meeting up with Mr. Lawson
yesterday, the gentleman who dis
covered the mica mine on Dr. Huu
nicutt’s place, we inquired how he
was getting on? Mr. Lawson says
the mine far exceeds his expecta
tions. He has built him a house
near where he is mining, and is get
ting out some of the finest mica
that has ever been exhibited in the
south. He has an expert, a Mr.
Lewis, who has been working in
mica for some time, and he sayi
that it is the best he ever saw. Mr
Lawson has already put up ma
chinery to square it and get the
flakes in shape ready for market.
The largest pieces square 10J inch
es, and from that down to 6 inches,
and are as clear as crystal. The
vein is 12 feet across and seems to
be inexhaustible. The further be
gets down the better the quality of
tbe mica. Mr. Lawson says they
will make a shipment next week to
New York of 1,000 pounds already
squared up, and it is as fine as ever
sold. Dr. Hunnicutt has given Mr.
Lawson a good interest in the mine,
and before long we expect to see
several mica millionaires in Athens.
Mr. Lawson informs us that he
took out 400 pounds in four hours’
time, that is worth, in market, from
$8 to fto per pound.
GLORIOUS NEWS.
■ toBMpAttaa* BMM kW
Editor Banner-Watchman: I am
in receipt of a letter from Maj. J.
W. Green, dated May ist, in which
he states that Capt. Raoul has
agreed to assist in the construction
of a road from Athens to Jefferson
on tbe fbrms we consented tax, ant
now it only remains to be acqui
esced in by the board of lessees.
Their action will be forwarded to
me so soon as made public.
Yours truly,
R. L. Bloomfield.
An attempt was made to blow
a train on a Spanish railroad —
dynamite. .
TWO MONSTERS.
H^HiJiBSts i Itoa Ttaa T«atT Smrant
1*.. P, Amv v t . cans.
Vienna, April 33. — Hugo
Schenck and Karl Schlossarek were
executed to-day for murders almost
innumerable.
The condemned men rose at an
early hour this morning and receiv
ed the-ministers, who offered relig
ious consolation. An altar had been
fitted up in the prison and mass
stud. Both partook of the sacra
ments, and prayed fervently.
On the way from their cells to the
place of execution the condemned
men answered responses to the
“Office for the Dead,” which the
priests were reciting. After the
usual preliminaries were gone
through, the word was given, and
the prisoners were drawn up and
slowly strangled to death. Schenck
was rather good looking and barely
thirty years of age. He was tall,
well mannered and spoke fluently
several languages. In fact he was
the sort of a man to win the hearts
of young servant girls, inexperienc
ed seamstresses, shop girls and such
like, and it was among this class of
womanhood that this fiend in hu
man shape sought his victims. His
mode of operation was as follows:
After making the acquaintance of
girl he used first of all to ascer
tain what the amount of her savings
was. If the latter was sufficient he
began to make love to her.
After having by a promise of
marriage won the heart and confi
dence of his victim he generally
coaxed her into intrusting him with
her money. Then he proposed a
day’s trip into the country, always
contriving to arrange matters so as
to meet his “betrothed” at some
lonely place where he was pretty
sure not to be seen with her, and
where he killed her and concealed
the body. This system Schenck
practiced with such fiendish crafti
ness that he remaineJ undetected
■for more than five years. A trinket
which he had given to the last of
his intended victims, and which was
recognized as having belonged to if
girl named Theresa Ketterl, who
rad unaccountably disappeared
about four months ago, and whose
body was ultimately found in the
Danube, led at length to Schenck’s
arrest.
wholesale murders planned.
Before being delivered up to jus
tice Schenck also confessed to the
police that he had planned five
muTders for the week ending with
January 9 last, which were to pro
vide him with 30,000florins. With
this sum he intended to escape to
America with Emily Hochsmann.
his sweetheart. Two of his intended
victims are daughters of respectable
families. One is a servant to the
Baroness Malfatti, whose chamber
maid he had induced to steal pearls
worth 20,000 florihs, which tne im-
>erial family had presented to Dr.
Malfatti tor attending Napoleon’s
son, the Duke of Reichstadt, during
his last illness. This maid, who had
lived in the family for twelve years,
was so trusted that the pearls were
not missed until Schenck’s arrest
jave the clew to the robbery. She
lad prepared everything for
Schenck and his accomplice’s re
ception in the house on the very-
night he was arrested. Schenck
said to her he would give all the in
mates, herself included, a dose of
morphia; but he has since confessed
that his real intention was to murder
them all.
CONFESSION of' THE BROTHER.
Schenck acted by minutely pre
pared plans, and several times he
plotted against one girl even before
te had disposed of another who
seemed ready to gire tip nil to Him.
His brother has confessed to hav
ing helped him to dispose of the
body of the cook Ketterl, whom
they threw into the Danube. A
man answering Schenck’s descrip
tion was seen from a railway train
near Lundenburg, on the Northern
railway, wrestling with a woman
whom he seemed to stab. This af
fair was not cleared up, because
the police sent from the station
where the strain stopped could find
no trace of murderer or victim.
Schenck confesses to having mur
dered a woman near Lundenburg,
but refuses to give details. The
principal witness against Schenck
will be Emily Hochsmann, whom
he first enticed, like his other vic
tims, but finding her poor, yet at
tractive, spared her life, and even
spent upon her much of the money
obtained by his terrible crimes. She
offiered herself as a witness when
she heard who her lover really was.
His acquaintances were all made
by means of advertisements in the
local papers.
THE FIRST CASE.
The first of the cases in which
Schenck is suspected dates back to
August, 1878, and the last is sup-
losed to have occurred in Decern
resounded through~fhe^sfillness oF yo'u,”'wUs'tKe'repty," 4 fiJnt hope that
the forest and the girl dropped times will get better. Iwas in your
'fix myself and had to go to selling
books td make a living..’ But you
area stout old fellow, and maybe
dead, a streak of blood running
down her temple,
HIS LAST VICTIM. ’
The most pitiable of his victims
was his last, Rosa Ferenczy, The
natural daughter of a Hungarian
nobleman, she was full of fanciful
ideas, and when, at the age of thirty,
this handsome man offered her his
hand and heart, she believed fate
had turned at last, and, leaving ser
vice, followed him. He took some
of her money, r,Soo florins in all,
and lodged her in a remote Suburb,
visiting her sometimes. The land
lady states that Rosa Ferenczy sus
pected him when absent, but when
ever he showed himself she always
believed him. .At Christmas he
took her to the theatres and the
opera, promising to'visit his sister in
her company soon. She prepared
for departure, and said, crying, , tp
the landlady: “You’U either see
me happy and married, or never
again.” The landlady recognized
Schenck and Schlossarek as the
two men with whom Rosa drove
to the station. Next day her body
was found in the Danube, near
Presbourg. The sums which
Schenck obtained by his murders,
and whiqh he must have divided
with his brother and accomplice,
Schlossarek. do not amount to 6,000
florins. But he never worked, and
lived comfortably, often traveling,
for three years at least, as also did
his accomplices. He must, there
fore, have obtained money by other
means, or many other murders, to
which no clue is as yet obtained.
SCHLOSSAREK.
Schlossarek, the locksmith, was a
more determined character than
Schenck, but his wife, who is igno
rant ot his crimes, was difficult to
ileal with. In her despair she seem
ed ready to kill her babe for being a
murderer’s child. It is declared
that a band of at least sixteen per
sons all lived in one house in the re
mote suburb ot Rudolphsheim, near
Vienna, and planned these murders,
and that Schenck was the member
entrusted with the work of enticing
the girls away and murdering them
with Schlossarek's aid.
you can get a job in the brick yard
or or the street.” Mr. Gann says
there is money in going out of busi
ness just to shake oil agents and
beggars. v , , ,
Judge Nicholson says in iStScorn
sold for $5 per bushel in Georgia.
The year preceding was the dryest
ever known, and a great deal of
stock perished and there was suffer
ing among the people. 1S37 and
1S45 were also very dfy years.
With our country checkered by
railroads, a famine is now impossible
in America, as there is never a gen
eral failure of crops.
>er last. At that time two girls in
formed the police that their sister
and aunt, both having savings ex
ceeding 1,000 florins, had left Vien
na with one Schenck, an engineer,
who promised to marry the sister,
Josephene Timal, but that neither
of the women had been heard of
since their departure in May. It
was found that their books had
been presented at the savings bank
by an official of the Western rail
way, named Schenck, who was
known to have often called himself
the servant of Hugo Schenck, who
was really his brother. The latter
was traced to Linz, but bad left his
lodgings, which were searched and
in which much property belonging
to the women who had gone away
with him was found. On the night
of January 10 he was traced to Vi
enna to the house of a friend and
anested in bed. He showed exces
sive terror and had to be helped
down stairs. His brother was also
arrested.
THROUGH THE CITY.
A Chapter on the Supernatural—Ghost Stories
—A Mysterious Truth—What South Caroli
na’s Great Statesman Saw—Dr. Lips
comb's New Book—The Savan
nah News—About Water-
Other Rambling Thoughts.
A COLD BLOODED CRIME.
One of his victims was Theresa
Ketterl, thirty-seven years of age,
from Munich who was employed as
cook in the household of an official
of tbe Ministry of Finance. He be
came acquainted with her in July
last In the letter days of August
he invited her to an excursion to
St Poelten, a suburb of Vienna.
There they rambled the whole day
through the solitary woods, Schenck
and kissed her repeatedly. At
S t she said to him, “OH, for the
•e of God, dear Hugo, be true to
me! If you will ever desert me I
shall commit suicide.” Schenck
laughed. “You shall not. Yon do
not oven know how.” “I will
shoot myself!” “You do not know
how to handle a revolver. Look:
that is how it must bd done.'
Schenck pulled a pistol out of his
pocket, pointed the muzzle at his
head ana pulled the trigger. The
giri cried in terror. “Don’t fear,
Uttiegoose,”.Schenck said, laugh-
ing, “it is not loaded. Now you
try. Hark,” he cried, interrupt
ing himself; “is there not somebody
coming?”_ He rose to hi^feet and
went behind a bush close by, seem-
’ *-—‘filing. There, he loaded
and bringing'll back to
Ik nobody ^er^aftCT^aU!
Now, my clear girl, try your sui-
. He save her the pistol. She
it, laughing, and rawed the
Tow, attention!” cried
*One, two, three. Fire!”
resa pulled the trigger, a st\ot
NO*#yiwj. j. nct'-y
lhere seems to be quite a boom
now in Georgia on the supernatural,
doubtless brought aboutt by the en
tertainments of Miss Xula Hurst
Every paper you pick up is filled
with the most wonderful and im
probable stories. This sensation
will soon run its day, and as we do
not intend the Banner-Watchman
to be behind hand in anything that
smacks of journalistic enterprise,
have carefully collected a few well-
authenticated narratives.
Mr. J. B. Toomer, of Athens, says
he never heard but one thing that
he could not account for. Shortly
after the war he took charge of a
plantation for Mr. Eddings, on
Edisto island, near Charleston. He
was quartered in a large house,
near the beach, that was.once used
as a small pox hospital for negroes,
and in which a brutal murder had
been committed and a negro woman
also burned to death. • He says reg-
ularlj Cturj mglrt, when U>v
chimed S, he distinctly heaTd walk
ing over his head, in the room of
the murder, some person apparent
ly with new shoes on. The walk
ing continued just half an hour,
when the mysterious pedestrian
would hoist up a window and
then walk down stairs. The room
has been locked and guarded, but
the walking continued alle santee.
No family would consent to live in
this house but for a tew nights.
A lady, upon whose veracity we
would stake our existence, tells us
that when first married she lived in
a large old house that had the repu
tation of being haunted. She says
every night you could hear a noise
up stairs as if some one was pour
ing a bag of peas on the floor, while
at other times a great noise was
heard, like q large rock had fallen
through the roof. There was a bed
in that room, and it matters not
how nicely it was made up, on go
ing to the room soon after the im
press of a human form was seen in
the middle. This lady resided in
the house for several years, and says
the mystery was never explained.
Wm. Gilmer Sims, the great
Charleston novelist, in one of his
works, tells a strange story in con
nection with the'loss of the, steamer
Pulaski, off Cape .Hatteras, by
which out of 147 passengers only S
survived. Mr. Sims was on board
a rival steamer, the James Adger,
and 50 miles distant from the Pu
laski at the time she was blown up.
“But,” says the eminent writer,
“there was not apassenger on board
the James Adger but heard the
shriek of agony at the very hour
the explosion took place, and we
knew that something had happen
ed to our companion vessel.” Even
could sound have been carried this
distance/the explosion of the boil
ers of the Putaski was so unexpect
ed and fatal, that most of the pas
sengers were launched into eterni
ty before uttering a sound.
One of otir Oglethorpe corres
pondents stated that there was a
naughty story connected with court
down there. Since then every law
yer who was present has demanded
of us if the article had reference to
him. It reminded us of the wag
who wrote a delicately perfumed
note to all the ministers in his town
saying: “AU’is discovered. Fly .’’The
next morning every pulpit in the
place was vacant. We have since
discovered that there was nothing
serious in the Lexington trouble.
A SECOND “JUDE’S’LIGHT."
Story of a Brutal Murder in Franklin
County, and tho Strange Sight Seen Nightly
Where the Body Was Discovered.
In 1856, three negroes in Frank
lin county, Ga., committed < a brutal
assault upon a young white woman,
a Miss Stowe, and after their hellish
deed murdered her in a most hein
ous manner. After cutting her per
son with knives, and finding life
still not extinct, the fiends placed
the girl’s neck between a chestnut
stump and a root, and endeavored
to break her neck. Failing in this,
too, the negroes with their hands
deliberately choked her to death
and concealed the body in a dense
copse of woods. The victim was a
poor girl, and a domestic in the
family of a man named Shockley, a
merchant. The girl was soon miss
ed, and a search instituted for her.
It was continued unsuccessfully for
three days, Mr. Simon Marks, of
Athens, being one of the party, and
was present at the finding of the
body. The search had almost been
given up, when a young ntgro boy,
who was‘present, remarked to the
men that if they looked in a certain
skirt of woods they would find the
body. They did so and found the
poor girl just as the boy stated.
Her body showed sign's of the
most horrible treatment, and the
indignation of the county was at
fever heat The boy who told where
the body could be found was at
once arrested and placed in the
Carnesville jail, but he bitterly de
nied knowing anything about the
murder. Detectives were set at
work, and it was not long before
two other negroes, an old man
named Lank and his sonJerry,were
arrested. They belonged to a Mr.
Mangrum, and the only evidence
against them was that the dead girl,
in company with another woman,
was seen to pass where they were
at work, when the negroes jumped
over the fence and followed them.
Soon afterwards Miss Stowe’s com
panion parted company with her,
and this was the last time the poor
girl was seen alive. The negroes
were put on trial, but they most
bitterly denied their guilt, and stat
ed that a white man was at the bot
tom of the murder. Lank and his
son were convicted, however, and
publicly executed in Carnesville.
They died protesting their inocence.
The negro boy, who pointed out the
body, was next put upon trial, anil
Gen. Tom Cobb, after promise of a
half interest in the negro, made an
earnest but fruitless effort to save
his life. He, too, was hanged.
Soon after the execution of the ne
groes, strange stories were told
about the place where the body of
Miss Stowe was found. It is a
lonely and desolate spot, and
unnatural sounds were heard
ihwi V ML a.cauvt lUjaiLtlUUa
figures seen. ^Travellers by night
would avoid it, and it became
krfown as the “Haunted Hollow.”
But these sounds and ghostly fig
ures were never traced to any au
thentic source. There was, how
ever, one 6ight that was witnessed
on the night after the negroes were
executed, and it is said tq be seen to
this day. A ball of fire, at a regular
hour, is seen to rise from the very-
spot where the body of Miss Stowe
was found, and float for hours
through the woods. Time and
again has it been followed, but the
the light flies before the approach of
man, and can never be approached
except at a certain distance. It ad
vances or retreats just as the person
walks. We have this week con
versed with several responsible gen
tlemen from that section of Franklin
county, and they tell us they have
seen it many times. This light does
not seem to have any power of illu
mination, but is simply a ball of
“dead fire,” as some express it, sus
pended in the air. Lieutenant Good-
rum, of the Athens police force,
tells* us that he has seen this light
hundreds of times, having lived in
sight of the fated spot for a number
of years. When he first moved to
the settlement the people told him
that the farm he occupied was
haunted, but having no superstition
about him, he did not credit the sto
ry. But on the first night, in throw
ing his eye to the clump of woods
where tne murder had been com
mitted he distinctly saw the red
ball,, and for nearly every night, rain
or shine, - while he lived on the
place. It never approached the
house or left its usual beat, ' and
hence the sight gave him no uneasi
ness. Strangers in passing along
the rord have often been startled
by the light, but the people living
near had grown so accustomed to
the vision that they quit talking
about it, and he would never have
thought ot itagaiu, had his atten
tion not been directed to the
“Haunted Hollow” by reading art
account of “Jude’s Light," near At
lanta. Lieut. Goodrum says the
last time he conversed with a gen
tleman who lived in that neighbor
hood he stated that the light con
tinues to appear. The gentlemen
with whom we conversed are. alto
gether reliable, and there is no
doubt about the truth- of this story;
but whether it is caused trom su
pernatural or ordinary causes' we
leave to the reader. r
And it at last seems as if a sure
enough railroad boom has struck
Athens. By reference to a-card
from Mr. Bloomfield in another col
umn, it is seen that Chi. Raoul has
decided to assist us to build to Jeffer
son. We earnestly hope that all of
our citizens will now centre on this
route, and we can have the cars
running in time for the fall business.
This is the best news we have
heard in a long time.
V
“Why is it that you vote the radi
cal ticket?” asked one of My Dear
Matt’s bondsmen of an old white
republican the other day. “Well,
Colonel,” was the settling reply, “I
will come the Yankee 1 over you
arid answef. your question by asking
another. I would . flSti 1 to know
why is it that yon-MO! 90 a radical
nigger’s bond?!’ . Tbe-two parties
are not on speaking terms now.
mjrx»w» • ■ j i* 1 •, -
A book agent tackled. Mr.)
Gann, one of o.ur retired, capji
theother day, to- sell him a copy.
Buc&u-Paibl.
Quick, complete cun, all annoying Kidnes
Bladder and urinary Dirtaaeaf 1. Drnffilsty
A TERRIBLE ENCOUNTER.
There
conversation in the
ment of the large dr
of Messrs.' Bambrldgd & ‘StmvwMeB «ty
steady whir of a ’ hundred sewififtaiAV
chines could not rtholljMroWfl. 11 TTherd
the presence feminine “can 1 bOfeWMI’fie
sure the tongue fHmtntaS 1 WlH’twMaMt
The superintendent of the rooidj tiny
derstanding this, did hot attempt' ’tWeri*
force silence; so pretty Dolly Wj»dir«l*
May Bruton talked vorjr confidential"
in their corner of the room; UjOidswiAi
interfered, so long As fingers -’ wlMtty
as well as tongues. ■ ’’inDinma oi
And this is what May said, Uolfr’S
blue eyes being riveted open’ the quilting
on which she was at work. 1 < | "'e .juIkm]
“I saw her yesterday when l wlM^gox
ing ont to dinner.- She was just stepping
Into her carriage,' 1 and ■ Mr. ’EdgKr'hlmi
self handing her lu. She looks olfM
neatly forty. I should s&y-pbut thby say
she is immensely rich, nnd her dress was
splendid. So I suppose her nioni^gdes
against her age.” »■'•') -
“Did yon hear they weretobemarried
soon?” . - •' v. :-«do •« 1»-
“Bless me 1 Didn’t I tell you that? My
brother is in the stationer’s where tlie
wedding cards are being printed-. They
are to t>e married on the 2Tth. Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Balnbridge, and tho card of
tho bride’s mother, Mrs. William WH-
Twelve! Come, we wit! go for a
“No; I am tired." Dolly pteaded-
And her friend loftherj never heeding
-the sadden- pallor 01 the sweet youngi
face, or the dumb agony in - the great
blue e^cs.1 ■. • ®"ii:
When she was alone Dolly stole aw*yi
to her little room where' the clhaks, !
shawls and hats of the girls were kept,
and there, crouching Id a corner, hidden 1
entirely by a huge waterproof, she tried
to think it all out. - • i*J >■* t
What had it meant? What did Bdghr
Balnbridge mean in the long yea? ho had
tried by every mascular device to win
her love?
She hail not been unmaldculy, her
heart and conscience 'fully acquitted
her.
She had given her love, pure, true and
faithful, to the son of her employer, but
he had sought It, delicately and persist
ently, before he knew that it was given
him.
The young girl, now sewing for a liv
ing, had been daintly bred and thorough
ly educated, her lathee having beeu a
man drawing a salary sufficient to give
his only child overy advantage.
But when he died, and his wife in a
month followed him, Dolly had chosen
a life ol honest labor in prelerence to
one of idle dependence upon wealty rel
atives.
And yet in tho social gatherings of
these relatives and the friends ol former
days, Dolly was yet a welcome gnest.,
It was at her U'nele Lawrence's subur
ban villa she had been introduced to
Edgar Baiabridge. i -
Alter this she met him frequently, and
id her simple dresB, with her sweet, pure
face, had won marked attention from
him. ,
With the frankness that wasoneof her'
greatest charms, the voting girl had let
tier admirer (know- that though she
was Lawrence Wynuis niece, she work
ed for a living in the dressmaking de
partment of Bainbridge & Son.
Then he made her heart bound With
sudden, grateful joy, by telling he had
seen her leave the shop night afternight
but would not join her for fear of giving
her annoyance by exposing her to the
remarks of her companions.
After this, however, she often found
him waiting for tier at some, point fur
ther than tlie establishment, and always
so respectful and courteous that slie was
glad of his protection in her long walk..
But he was going to marry an heiress
on tlie 27th,' only a week away, so he had
but trilled with her, after ail.
Door little Dolly, crouching amoug
tlie shawls and cloaks, felf as if, alb the
sunshine was gone from lior life forever,
as if her cup of humiliation and agonv
were full to overtlowiug.
But the dinner hour was over, tlie girls
coming in or sauntering from resting
places in tho work room, and-the hum
of work commenced again, as it must,
whatever aching hearts or wearv hands
crave rest. ,-
Dolly worked with tho rest, her feei-
ingB bo numbed by the sudden blow that
she scarcely heard May’s lamentations
over a sudden llood of order, work that
would keep many ot them in tlie room
until midnight.
“We’llhave all day to-morrow if we
can finish these dresses to-night," said
teWi 1 . S9 UiU U>i. igt
so. But these dresses must-be ready-for
delivery in the morning.” , J i 11-
Talk! talk! talk! Whir! whir! whirl
Dolly folded and basted, working- with
rapid, mechanical precision! hearing the
noise of voices and machiues, fecling.the
dull, heavy beating of her heart and the
throb of pain in her weary head, bat
speaking no word of repining, excusing
her pallid face by the plea of headache.
It was after 11 o’clock when-the last
stitch was set in the hurried work, and
tho girls ran down the long llight of stairs
to plod homo through a drizzling rain,
following the late snow storm.
As Dolly passed down tho stair case
she saw in tbe conntiug house her recre
ant lover, busy over-some account books.
But for the heavy news slit) had heard
that morning she would have felt stlre
that this sudden fit of industry was to
furuish an excuse for esoorting ber homo
at the unusually late hour. . , .
But if so, Dolly felt it. was but an ad
ded insult to bis dishonorable conduct,
aud she hurried on, hoping he had not
heard her step. . „
She had gone some few streets from
the shop, when, passing a church, she
slipped upon a treacherous piece of ice
and twisted her ankle. . , ,
The sudden pain made her faint for a,
moment, and she sat down upon the
stone work supporting the railing to re
cover herself. ^
Boside her, not a stone’s throw pway,
a dark, narrow alley-way ran along the
high brick wall of tbe church yaijd, and-
tlie girl’s heart sunk with -a chill of ter-,
ror as she heard a man’s voice in the at-,
ley say: ,' . 1 , m
“Didn’t you hear a step, Biil?"
“A woman’s. (She turned -off some
where. He ain’t come yet,’.’. was the
answer. - ,
He’s late to-night," said the first
voice in an undertones •> vi
“You are sure he’s taking the diamonds
home?"
Sure as death. 1 was at —l’s when
lie gave the order. Send thorn to. my
shop at nine r ’ says lie, ‘and I will take
them home with me.’ And he gave the
adress of Balnbridge A Sou.’! • - 1 ' .c
“But are you sure that he will pass by
here?” i t | r j
‘Of course he will. IJe lives in the
next street. He’ll come." -i • l -
“Suppose he should show fight?"
“You hold him, and I’U soon stop bis
cry word fell on Dolly’s cars clear
and distinct in the silencq of the night.
They would rob : lifm, these dreadful
men, if nobody warnbil him. Thcv
would spring out upon him as he passfeil,
and strike hfm down before he knew
there was danger. .ten h: j
He must not come alone; unprepared.
False lever, false frienij as she felt she
was, she could not go on her way and
leave him to death.’ “■ '-• *
When she stood up the pain of-lier-an-
kle was almost unendurable, ! but -sho
clnng-tothe railing anil limped-alopg
one street. The other seemed, intermt-
bb. . ^ 'V; ” J
Oftcnshe crawled through the wei
slush of the streets'; often on one fbot,
hopping painfully along, till the shop
was reached at last, where -the light in
the counting-house still burned. .^,
Tim side door /or tpe ; woritiog
“Edgar sauntered
irSter-TSS’Ll
[went round and entered the <
WltgeaipitdL.
,X<>H
not arrest thorn u
tacked Edgar. ATtTtff,
aUfiRhhr t«»» w* ii«»iiiw mw
“My foot,” .DeUy«nnmntireds.—'ll,,
sprained my ankle last night. It was to
stop to rest that 1 8 At .^9 wn on the church
V “You'didn’t-i«ede I 'all ? thi way hack
trithsprained anklet* f> .viimio no/i
cried MfoAWa?
luuress tfrew near tblSolly and took ho?
hand in a close grasp,« hath been
hearing this morning a pretty little love
story, of whichartPtSSe heroine, and
Ihavfe’Cqme to, coet/ti you wUlbemy
assisting at a double wedding,”
’ '“Dolly's eyee. alowly dilating as the
other izdy spoke, were opined) to their
tuilost extent, a* this climax was reach-
^“BdrarJ'’, sh'e sale!.' “1 thoughtfie was
^olngto marry'yoif'bilThursday',” ''
A musical laugh answered her.’ >'' * ‘ ! '
Calling the gentlemen at the same time
from the window,'Where-they had saun
tered, during this littig scene, MiiaWU-
son. looked up at them. 1,, j,
'“Convincethis'yOurtg. lady,Edgar,”
slig said,’“that, your affection for me la
only that btoa dutiful eon; and that I
shall have a motherly affection for tier
likewise, when., I. become - the wife of
your father, Edgar Bainbridge, senior.”
And Edgar Junior took the chair his
step-mothef-cl.oct had vacated, while the
elder .gentleman and laay went outside
to arrange a cushionin' the carriage for
the sprained ankle. -■
. What Edgar said may. be imagined;
but certain it is that' Dolly drove home
with Miss Wilson,' and was that lady's
guest Until the -following Thursday,
when her wedding cards, too, were dis
tributed, and the bridal party consisted
of two bridegrooms and twp fair blush
ing brides. -,' t ,
The daily papers, in noticing the wed
ding, stated that. The superb parure of
diamonds Worth by Mrs. "Edgar Bain-
bridge, janior, iwu ia wedding present
from Mrs.Edgar Bainhridge,8eutor.
i J ji l m HABDtMR^TOAOE.
A Reporter, 0! UM-BapaVR^hMa Goes
Through Urn Plows and. Farming UfenjU*
, of Childs, Nickerson SCO. _/! J * '
It is a>, pleasure for a reporter to
writeup a good, square^honest fair-
dealing-houses and give the readers
of the paper a correct account of
how such business 'Is carried on.
Passing by- Childs,- • Nickerson 1 &
Co's, hardware store on yesterday,
we were invited in by Mr. Y; H-
Wynri,' in his quiet and gentleman
ly way; to look through their stock.
We toH Mr.-Wy nfv that it would
do'.no good to show us Riot of
plows and hoes, as we had never
had the* pleasure ofian intimate ac
quaintance with either of these ar
ticles. 1 - He insisted that they kept a
great many other things besides
plows and hoes, so we agreed to
follow his lead, -and give our read
ers a history of ihii large establish-
thedt-.'-i. 1 ■ • “'“‘tot 1 '' ■
i. “‘This is the first hardware house
established in ’the city?" we in-
quifed: .v- - ■ .*>•»-
“Yes; Weare the pioneers of the
hardware trade in Athens. , ’A. K.
Child's fine! R. Nickerson first com
posed the firm, and afterWards John
VV.' Nicholson- Was admitted at’a
parthfer, which made ub the firm of
Childt;'- Nickerson & - CO. The
Hbiise dofnrrienced ’business immedi
ately after the’wAr, in the-store now
fight.’
Eve
A Will cat, Watering a CUM.* Slain by Boca
The Wild cat is seldom seen in our
Country and when found they are
very 1 fierce. At Helicon Springs,
four miles froin Athens, a little child
waSTiut playing, when a pack of
dbgs at tne springs jumped a wild
cat, that was not five feet from the
child, and would certainly have at
tacked it if the dogs had not scented
the animal before it made the fear
ful leap. There were four dogs in
the pack, aod the cat made at once
for the sWamp, but was overtaken
"before it reached its den. ’ The
parties who went after the dogs say
ft Was a fearful fight. Thecat kilt
ed fwo of these dogs but the beast
was firtafiy overcome by the-other
Two. The skin Of the animal-is now
oni exhibition .at Helicon Springs,
and is v?ry lafge.
' Charleston, W/Va., May a.—
It ls'stated that Jacob Dobson, one:
of the Hill boys gan^who shot ex-
-sheriff Atkins, in Boone county,’
’last week, «was lynched at.Griffiths-
njonths.” “I am mighty sorry/ for "ville, Logan'cdunty, last night.
,’nJ ( o)iisftA ueiiem** k'joIf* *
Ing wet, white anff tremhlfeg^to con
front-Edgar 1 Bainbridge and tils HW
.11 nheoding their exclamations of pur?
prise and dismay, she toli^heratoty witl)
Bainbridge: “The srisundTela “a
“You bought diamonds ati-iWeto*
day?’( askeJiliB’fathen -Ly,. swaii:)
“A .parure for Miss WUson, X wi$l
present them, with your permission,
Thursday. Ah, look at that poor’gli
For, overcome by pain, fatigue
mental torture, Doily hud- staggered to
ward the door, but-fell: fainting to tbe
floor. . . „ ,i.... „ lr |
A hasty call summoned the porter, aru
in a few minutes the pqrtcra wife ap
peared, rubbing bereyes, butfUUofWo-
inanly resources for- tlie comfort of the
girl. . 191 _ gut U5-.XI £
- A cab, was procured,.-.« ‘
dry garments furnished '
hearted woman," and" ten
porter, Dollywa* driven.
Th» next morning .walk.
' pon^m^iandlSv 1
carlng^p.get tip*Lttato f
, But beforOhbonl slttlOi
her lame ankle upon a cushion,4
surprisedbvtwogentleman call 1
otner than 'Bainbridge and son, in per
so»—andn' ' ‘ ' ' '
< “IHLy ysftfth 1 jjnfqijsji ^ bsUii
Dveti to fhe store-thCy now occu
py, 1 bn the ’ corner Of Broad and
Thomas'sfireets, ,where they* have
been fof the p&st sixteen’ years/ J
purchased’ the 'interest 'of J. W:
Nichittsdh land ; W. B. /JicksOh;
wiSt# l. cj»ma f aha Ei t sSaffl
were afterwards admitted asjpart-
iters. The firm- now consisti 'of
R. Nickerson, Y/H. Wynn.W. B.
Jackson, \V., L. ; Childs and E. I.
Smith.” .
“Do you*. fifid business lively
enough td" support such a large
firm'?”'we asked. / . ", ; ’ r [ ■ ,
We have built up* a splendid
trade,” remarked Mr. Wyrul, “and
one that is increasing every year.
Our firm is composed of yofitig, live
ttien, 'who. thoroughly^ understand
tlieir business, and if nothing hap
pens We will do 'the' largest hardr
ware trade of the countty, Atlanta
not eikejited.” - 1
“fs your business confined to the
retail trade?” 7 1 ; ' ' / ,nu " ;
" “Alnflost exclusively. We have
some few customers among The mer
chants hi, this.vigiaityj. ytho trade
regularly, wjth us, and we sell them
as.cheap as they'can buy iix Atlanta.
There i.s'qne. policy .that our"' house
always pursues, and That is t6 buy
the yety l^esT.goods the market af
fords, in preference, to cheap ghods,
and .then tp sell them sit a living
profit. Honest dealings have won
us the'cbnnqpiice pf [the people, and
hot a naff in the 'hpuse would /in
tentionally misrepresent anything.”
“You seemi , to carry a large
:stp6k.?’’ l , : '■ ...'
“Ycji'm the JqWer stoty we
Keep all ot' our 1 iron," steel plows
and various other-articles. On * the
second floaffrtvbich is the main bus
iness part of the- house, we keep a
good stock of-'everything kept in a
hardware store. Thebe is . nothing
that yon ;ten call for but what we
keep Pn thisi floor. :..On the third
floor all 1 1 of our btiggy and wagon
material’ is stored, such, as buggy
spokes,'bodies, fellows, and, in fect,
a complete outfit tor .a. wagon or a t
buggy.” -mob ■wr-.j
This ist certainly 1 onp ofiihe big
" wis .
firms of our city,, and e»i
conducted on .business principles
and in a business manffen, ‘Every*
body-knows, Gapta iR. Nickerson,
and it is useless ’.for/ .1 Us
to kkyanything.about.:him. ;. -Ham
Wynn-has been'identified with Ath
ens aticoi the daysv of Grady, and
Nicholson, and is a thorough mas of
busittess. ’ E. I. Smith is* -gentle-
man/iani if yonree him you will
know, nt tyte firit glance that he
dMBldrMlaniiriWrewM a. thing' for
fc TniUwaltf dollars*. Xhe'otberhMi»-
berx. pfithcu £xn» 'are on the same
line. As to the clerks; wc‘know
every onuef- them-well-and if you
want to-bhtrcateir right-arid clever
just call for Menr Little, the hand-
somyfiaaff’tfdnf
os* of tog f’asaHMk li .tusiifA lu<’
XMwIum I twsr.nf!» Ir.. ,..