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WEEKLY BANNER-WATCHMAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18S6.
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BANNER-WATCHMAN
OFFICIAL* ORGAN OF
C!t; of Athens and Clarks, Oconee ft Banka.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Caiiy, $5; ... Sunday, SI; .... Weekly, $1
T. L. gantt.
■BLESS 'EM, LET ’EM GO."
THE SlLVERIQ'JESflM.
There is a restless, thriftless, dis
satisfied element among the negro
population of the south that period
ically i»re taken with bad spells of
exodusting, and it requires but little
inducement to make them pack ud
their duds and flee to “fresher fields
and pastures green." For several
months an epidemic of this ailment
has been spreading through North
and South Carolina, and thousands
of darkeys have quitted “the green
graves of their sires” to seek a for
tune in the miasmatic swamps of
Mississippi and Louisiana, or the
bleak and blizzard-swept prairies of
distant Kansas. The disease has
also taken root in our own immedi
ate section, and we learn that the
darkeys in Madison. Walton and
o.her neighboring counties are meet
ing at night and torming what they
term “colonization societies,” the
object being for Uncle Sam to give
this race ofl' a territory all to them-
selves, wlie!e they can be free
from the corrupting influenced the
white man. Now, if these people
want to purchase government land
they can ceitainly he accommodat
ed, tor even alter a twenty-six
years’siege of lepnblican rascality,
tlie “party ol great moral ideas” has
not succeeded in getting away with
all of the public domain; but if, on
the other hand, the negroes expect
this lam! to be donated to them like
the mythica lorty acres and a mule,
they will soon find that they are
l olio wing a cold tra.I -for it is only
big iabroad corpoiatioas, with mon
»\ t.> buy up the votes of congress
men, that can secure such favors
without value received. The negro
can go any where he sees fit on this
broad globe of our’s, or in
vade any state or territory protect
ed by the outstretched wings of the
gieat American Eagle, and he will
find that it takes either money or
its equivalent to secure the good
things of life. But we would not
place one stumbling block in the
wav of an exodust of our colored
population. The class that is ever
ready to “change base" on any pre
text is of no value to the country,
and the sooner they fasten them
selves on some other state the bet
ter for the section that they quitted.
We can spare just ns many as want
to go, an« theie will be plenty left
behind, and with the wonderful
multiplying proclivities of this race
it won’t take them long to repopu
late the country. Besides, by thin
ning out these drones we will have
a better class ot labor left. If such
a thing were possible, we would be
glad to see our negro population
colonized in some Western terri
lories, but it will never be done. It
would,we believe, be better for both
races, for theicare white men ill
every neighborhood who won’t
work in the field so long as they can
sit beneath the shade and hire some
lazy African at corn-bread-and-
tried-bacon wages to take the son
for them; and that darkey will not
put in a single lick more than he is
absolutely obliged to do It is ar
gued that the negro, if colonized ofl’
to himself, would soon relapse into
barbarism, and San Domingo and
Ilayti are cited as instances. We
do not believe this. The West
India blacks were but one degree
removed Irom savages, while the
negroes of the Southern states have
for generations been under the en
lightening influence of a Christian
people, and civilization is now too
firmly implanted in their natures
to be shaken. If the blacks of the
South want to be colonized to them
selves, and such a step is possible,
we say by all means gratify them,
and let our son-, be trained to take
their places. When a *nan becomes
restless and dissatisfied, the sooner
he is shipped the better for the coun
try. There is no true prosperity in
store lor the Southern states until
sine revolutionizing change is
made in our labor and mode of ag-
licultuie. There are too many
“botch" farmers, and it is all attrib
utable to the kind of labor that these
exodusting negroes furnish.
newspaper amenities.
The Southern press and our rep
resentatives in congress have taken
a pretty solid stand in favor of the
continued coinage of the bastard
silver dollar. We have read all
their arguments on the subject care
fully, aad tried hard to reconcile
common sense and patriotism, and
look upon the continued coinage of
this depleted currency as the finan
cial salvation of the South; while to
stop making the silver dollar will
be playing into the hands of the
rich men of Yankeedom. But it
can’t be did, and the conclusion
forces itself upon us that the sug
gestion ol President Cleveland in
his message is the light solution of
the problem—to stop the coinage of
silvei dollars until we reduce the
store already on hand, and when
the necessity presents itself, ’tis the
easiest thing in the world to fill the
hoppeis of the mints with bullion
and start them to grinding again.
Like the mythical salt mill, that
sank the ship and then made the
sea brine, this silver coinage has
filled every government vault to
overflowing, and if it keeps on, will
eventually drive out of the country
every other currency and place gold
at a premium. The democrats’ po
sition ,n the silver question re
minds us of an old man in Elbert
county who used to make spinning
wheels fora living. During the
war his goods were in active de
mand, and he couldn’t manufacture
them last enough; but after the sur
render, when the country was flood
ed with the products of the facto
ries, no one wanted spinning wheels
and their sale suddenly stopped
short ofl'. But the old fellow con -
tinned to make them. He filled his
shop, the loft of his house, every
out-building on the place,
and even old shuck-pens
witn his spinning wheels.
When his neighbors remonstrated
with the old man and Stated that
nobody wanted or would have his
Editor Carpenter, of the Elherton Oaxette,
Done Hie War Faint.
Twoofoup Georgia brethren of
the press, Mr. S. N. Carpenter, of
the Elberton Gazette, and Mr. Har
ris, of the Toccoa News, have be
come displeased with each other,
and have been indulging in rather
■nparliamen'ary references to one
another. Mr. Carpentet publishes
the following card, which explains
fully the present condition of affairs:
TO THE PUBLIC.
Mr. Harris, the editor of the Toc
coa News has availed himself of the
opportunity to publish the contro
versy between him and myself in
the Elberton Leader, and he adds
thereto such words as reflect upon
me by saying that I am s “scoundrel
and a cow #rtl.” When I read his
communication I wrote Mr. Harris
a note, stating that he must either
retract what he said or fight, and
that I would meet him at soaie
private and convenient place and
fight him without Weapons of any
kind. He declines to meet me in a
“fisticuff,” as he calls it. although
he said in the Leader that “we are
willing to give him any sort of sat
isfaction he may want, and just
whenevei and wherever he may
say.”
I am 50 years old. Mr. Harris is,
I learn, about 25 years old—stout
and physically my equal. I have a
wife and foui little children to care
for. He has neither wife nor chil
dren as T am informed. He there
fore can afford to meet me in mor
tal combat and fight with deadly
weapons had he the courage to do
so. In duty bound to my wife and
children I cannot afford to meet him
in such a conflict, but I proposed to
give him satisfaction in the old way,
which, although not according to
the # code, yet a way that would have
been equally fair to him and myself
Now, the gentleman declines, atid.
under all the circumstances, leave
it for the honest, brave and fair-
minded public to say who the
“scoundrel and the coward” is.
I dismiss him with contempt from
further notice.
S. N. Carpenter.
An Engenious Burgler Alarm.
Sohth ScmiATE, Jan 13—That
the colored brother’s propensities
for “raising things” are not confined
solely to the denizens of the sunny
South is evinced by *he following
incident that occurred in .this Vicin
ity recently: A well known granger
had stored away a choice lot of po
tatoes in his cellar. He had been
missing considerable quantities from
his store .and repeated watching had
failed to detect the thief. Finally
the farmer hit upon an ingenious
scheme for the apprehension of the
rogue. He utilized a clothes line,
which he fastened to the outer door
leading into the potato bin, anil car
ried the other end up staiis into his
bedroom. This end he made fast
to a table loaded with tinware.
Suddenly, during the night, the
granger was awakened with a deaf-
ning crash. He rushed to the potato
bin. Siezing the the thief, he ad
ministered a severe chastisement
allowing him to depart a sorer if not
a wiser man.
CAN’T PROVE IT. ,
Irntemaw Witt toe Old Cltlxens About the
Weather. • , r -1 . ~i
-f J Is'-Hr*
POISONED POUR WIVES.
i
Traglo Death of toe' Murderer-suspicions
of No. 5 Fatally Verified.
vlr y
London, Ont., Jan. 14.—A re
port has been received from Da
kota describing the recent death
there of George McCabe, who was
“How about the weather
cold as the notorious coUl Saturday,.spo-
ken of by our grandfathers?" asked a
Banner-Watchman reporter of one ofthe 1 here , y ear 3go on „ charge of
ancients of our city. ? 1 poisoning hi* wife at the D’ewdrop
It Takes lint a l ittle Courage to Grt filch
The bright w'ntersky at New Orleans,
La., one Dec. 15th, 18S5, saw a strictly
honest distrihuiion ol the 187lh Grand
Monthly and Extraordinary Drawiu&r,
•undiluted a?j usual entirely by Geu’ls
spinning-wheels,and that he already | {•- ’*!■ B';a"regard ol La., and Jabaj A.
r - , 1 Early ot \ a. Ovei hall a unman dollars
had enougn made up to carry the
country through another war, if if
should come, he would reply, “Yes;
CLEVELAND fcNUOHSta MISCEGENATION.
By his retention in office of that
old miscegenating political hack,
Fred Douglass, Mr. Cleveland
not only insults every de
cent man and woman in
the United States, but give?
his public endorsement to intermar
riage between the races. The
President’* first duty, as a white
man, a gentleman and a democrat,
should have been to kick from office
Fred Douglass, and thus shown his
condemnation of the practice of
miscegenation. Douglass has grown
rich by holding office and posing as
a representative of the colored race;
but when he married a white wo
man he insulted his own color, by-
declaring that none could be found
good enough lor him. And the
idea ol a democratic administration
retaining such a man in office over
the heads of honest and loyal mem
bers of his own paity! If this is a
sample of democracy, the country
will cry aloud for a third party. Has
the South, for nearly two decades,
remained true to her principles, only
t» elect a man to office that publicly
insults her people by endorsing
ama'gamation of the races? Is
there a Southern man or a Southern
woman but whose nature rebels at
the very thought? Il nothing else
will complete Grover Cleve-
' land’s political winding sheet
—so far as the votes ol
the late slave states are concern
ed—this Fred Douglass matter will
do it. An hundred conventions
could not force such a bitter dose
upon us. We had sooner any
time see a decent republican in office
than a miscegenating democrat.
prehaps you air right, and preha pi
you air wrong; but plenty of spinn
ing wheels air a mighty goad thing to
keep on hand, and there’s no dan
ger of the wimmen and chillum of
our country going in rags if they
can buy a good spinning wheel
cheap.” And he kept on making
them, until the poor old crank at last
died in poverty, and at his sale there
was little else to be disposed of but
spinning wheels, and they brought
about the price of tire-wood. It
seems to us there is a striking par
allel between that old Elbert coun
ty man and his spinning wheels,
and the democratic party and the
new silver dollar, and one’s argu
ment seems about as sensible as the
other’s. No one, except he be a
modern edition of Samson, wants
to walk around laden down with
silver dollars, for an X changed up
into them, if carried in the pants’
pocket all day, will make a fellow
hip-sliotten, while if you transfer
that purse to the breast pocket of
your coat, suspicious strangers will
think you have prepared for a pil
grimage to some prohibition town.
Again, the Bland silver dollar is a
bastard coin, carrying a bare-faced
lie on its face, and is looked upon
with suspicion and distrust at home
and repudiated abroad. There are
now hundreds of tons of these stored
in every government vault,
that nobody wants or will have, and
still the mints keep grinding them
out. It strikes us that the position
of the Southern democrats on silver
coinage is very much like a certain
paper we know, that always waits
to see which side of a public issue
a contemporary will take.and delib
erately climbs on the other side of
the fence. We always take the op
posite side of the Yankee capital
ists and republican protectionists.
This pian generally works all right
but there are exceptions to all rules,
and we think ihe silver question is
one instance wherein common sense
teaches us that for once we should
endorse the opinion of Wall street
and the republican party. We have
tried hard to agree with our polit
ical leaders, but the folly of the gov
ernment continuing to hoard up a
money that even its own citizens
repudiate, is so transparent that we
cannot sec how any one can insist
on it. Let Uncle Sam first empty
his coffers ot a few of the millions
now stored away, and that have
never for one hour been in circula
tion, and then there is plenty of
time to talk about coining more.
were scattered everywhere. Ticket No.
09,255 drew the First Capital l’rize $130
.000, sold ill tenths at $1 each—one to
Leon llarthe, lit St. Cnarles at., .New
Orleans, La ; one to J. C. Webster and
Heck Barry, Carrolron Ky. psid through
Citizens' National Itauk of Lousivilic,
Ky.; one lo Mesdanies Margaret A.
Nagle and Mary W. Knell of Memphis,
Teuu.; one lo C. K. Leals of Sail Franc
isco. Cal.; one to .1. Marzolf, of Jake’s
saloon, Black’s -Station, Yolo Co., Cal.,
paid through Hank of Woodland, Cal.;
one to Cbas. T Pardee, care Carhart &
Bro., 4!> Park Place; another to Max
l’olatschck. 17 John street, both of New
York City etc. No. 14.929 drew the Second
Capital Prize of $50,000, and was paid to
the First National Bank of Portland,
Me., in one check on accnitnt ot'Wm.
M. McArthur of Limington, York Co.,
Me. Ticket No. 51,<04 drew Third Cap
ital Prize $20,000. sold in tenths at$l.U0
each—one toT. C. Hand, No.449 W. 7th
st., St. Paul, Minn; one to A. M, Gt-u-
dron, Boston, Mass.; one to Geo. N.
Tichenor of Tucson, Arizona; one to A.
T. Beck of Lancaster, Ohio, paid to
Lancaster Bank there; one to T. C.
Daugheity of Elizaville, Kv., paid
through Exchange Bank of Flemings-
burg, Kv.; one paid to Anglo-Califor-
nian Bank (Limited) of San Francisco,
Cal. Nos.P2.37H and 85,990 drew each
$111,000, sold in tenths also—so they go
e vary where. For any information of the
189th Grand Monthly Drawing to take
place Tuesday, Feb. 9th, 18SB, apply to
M. A- Dauphih, New Orleans, La.lt
takes but a little courage to get ricli.
A “Hadman's" Legacy.
“Sire!” exclaimed a man in the
homelv garb of a mechanic to Rich
elieu, Prime minister of FranCe. as he
was entering his pal ace; “Sire, I
have made a discovery which shall
make rich and great the nation
which shall develop it. Sire, will
you give me an audience?”
Richelieu, constantly importuned,
finally ordered the “madman”impr-
isoned. Even in jail he did not desist
from declaring his “delusion, “which
one day attracted the attention of a
British nobleman, who heard De
Cause’s story, and developed his
discovery ot steam power!
All great discoveries are at first
derided.
Seven year? ago a man under mid
die age.entiched bv a business which
covered the continent, found himsclt
suddenly stricken down. When his
physicians said recovery was impo
ssible, he used a new discovery,
which, like all advances in science,
had been opposed bitterly by the
schoolmen. Nevertheless, it cured
him, and out of gratitude therefor
he consectated a part of hts wealth
to the spreading of its merits before
the world. Such in btief is the his
tory of Warner’s safe cure, which
has won, according to the testi
mony of eminent persons, the most
deserved reputation ever accorded
to any- known compound, and which
is finally winning on its merits alone
the approval of the most conser
vative practitioners Its fame now
belts the globe.—The Herald.
jantod&wit
“It is very chilly,” remarked the an
cient, “but the cold Saturday was a little
colder than the present spell. I rode
horseback from Lawrenceville to Mon
roe, and it was so cold that I froze in the
saddle, and when I arrived at Monroe I
was the next thing to an icicle, and had
to stand before the fire three hours be
fore I could be thawed. Large trees
were cracked open by the cold weather,
and cows had their teats and ears frozen
off. It is very cold now, but the cold
Saturday was down below zero, Ca-sar
or anything else that is marked on the
thermometer.”
Another one, who is said to have serv
ed in the revolutionary war, says he rode
15 miles to Jefferson on the cold Satur
day and stopped at Jack Bell’s hotel.
He found a little dog in the bed when he
was shown to his room. He did not dis
turb the dog, as he had warmed the bed
and kept him from freezing, during the
night. The dog was the only tiling that
saved him.
Another gentleman, who looked like
he might have served with Noah on the
ark, said:
“You may talk about your cold Satur
day and Judge Nicholson and . Uncle
Calvin Johnson, but the last blizzard
beats it. All of my chickens have their
combs and gills frozen off, and I can’t
have an egg to settle* coffee with. These
blizzards are getting to be monotonous,
and unless things change you will hear
of a great deal of suffering. I was a small
boy during the cold Saturday, and these
old fellows that arc harping about it
don't recollect anything about the cold
Saturday. It is a great deal colder
than it has ever been before. I know
what cold weather is.”
Inn, London, South. The circum*
stances of the case were very sus
picious, poison being found in Mrs.
McCabe’s stomach, but the pris
oner was acquitted. He had pre
viously escaped conviction on the
charge of murdering another wife
in Ingersoll, and it was alleged
that other women in Woodstock,
Ont., had fallen victims to his pas
sion. It is now stated that after his
acquittal here he went to Dakota
and married again, and one morning
his wife detected him surreptitious
ly putting some poisonous substance
into her cup of tea.
Watching her opportunity she
exchanged cups. McCabe drank
the draught intended for his wile,
ane while in the agonies of deatlr
confessed to the attempt at murder
and also to the poisoning of his oth
er four wives.
THE NEW DRUG STORE!
ON COLLEGE AVEMUE;
G. W. RUSH,
PROPRIETOR
IS now nr.*- . '
°P (l n and i
•stock of
WILKES COUNTY.
from banks county.
Cleveland’s mugwumpery policy
was bad enough; but when he re
tains in a high office at the National
Capital—a position that carries with
it social distinction and recognition
--a negro with a white wife, it is
high time for the South to cry out,
'Hold! Enough!”
hir* '
’
nidi
Fred Douglass, the apostle of
miscegenation, still continues to be
Rccoider of Deeds in the District
•f Colombia, while the man who
wrote • campaign life of Blaine re
mains as Register of Wills. The
President keepa them in office.
A large number of colored men
are'buying lands in Southern Geor
gia, the purchasers generally agree
ing to pay • certain number of bales
of cotton, delivered within a given
number of years, .
A Socorro (N? M.) newspaper
invites girls who are working in the
states at $1.50 n week to come to
New Mexico and get $25 and $30 a
month.
Tbs Cold Wave Hits Heavy.
Editor Banner-Watchman: We have
had the coldest weather since last Friday
morning the writer has ever seen. Our
thermometer has registered as low as
zero. The snow is about three or four
inches deep on the ground, and is frozen
as hard as can be, making it almost im
possible to travel on horseback or in a
buggy. Our mail lino from here to
Maysvillc has been deserted for several
days, hut service has again gone on the
route. Banks county has lost one of its
best men, P. T. Bush. He died very
suddenly of heart disease on the J 1th
inst Mr. Bush was found lying in the
road about fifty yards from his house,
with a bucket of meal that he was taking
to some of his old family servants. He
started te see if they needed any wood or
something to eat. Mr. Bush has for many
years been chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee in this county. He
was loved by all, both old and young,
all over the county'. He was buried yes
terday at 12 o’clock with Masonic honors.
There was quite a crowd at the funeral.
.. Simon.
The Magruder Hiue--Rlvers Frozen Over—
The Citizens’ Tlchot--Chlfas and a Land
Sale—Burned to Death, etc.
(Ouzette.]
Mrs. J. C. Stummer is dead.
We see that the Magruder mine
is to he sold at sheriff-s sale.
Little river was frozen over from
bank to hank at the bridge on Mon
day last.
We understand two or three bar
keepers from a distance speak of
locating here.
Mrs. Matthews, who bought the
plantation ol Col. Willis, is icpair-
ing the barn and making other im
provements on the place.
The following ticket for own
council will he voted for on the
25th: B. S. Irvin, E. Y. Hill. R.
'loombs Du Bose, M. M. Sims,
Boyce Ficklen.
Mr L. Smith has gathered twen
ty bushels ot chulas from one half
acre of land besides fattening a good
many head ot hogs thereon.
The Gate City National Bank of
Atlanta has declared a semi-annual
dividend ot 6 per cent. This insti-
tution is manned by Wilkes county
boys and we are gh-d to note its
continued success.
On last Tuesday, the mail rider
from Washington to Elberton, upon
reaching Bullard's ferry on Broad
river, was compelled to turn back,as
the river was Dozen over from bank
to bank. The river at that point is
something over a quarter of a mile'
wide.
A negro woman named Martha
Wingfield, who was quite old, was
burned to death while sitting before
the fire in her house on Mr. Boyce
Ficklen’s plantation last Monday.
Old man Billy, her husband, died
the next day. They were both aged
and imbecile.
CONSOLIDATING MILLS.
Messrs. J. N. Smith & Co., proprietors
of tiie famous Elevator Mills, have leased
for a term of years the Athens factory
mills, and are doing an immense busi
ness. This is one of our livest, most
generous and reliable firms, and we
gratified to hear of their wonderful s
cess. Athens is now headquarters
Georgia for fresh ground meal and stock
feed.
THE ARMSTRONG TRIAL.
Since the ecclesiastical court to try Dr.
Armstrong has decided to hold with
closed doors, the public will have hut
little confidence in any “vindication”
therein given. If Dr. Armstrong is in
nocent, his friends should not object to
having the evidence given the the public
in full. The secrecy on the part of th
defendent’s counsel shows up very badly
for their client, and will not benefit the
church. It looks very much as if they
were afraid for the true facts in the case
to be; given to the public, and are pre
paring to smother up things. Until
this step was taken we have always be
lieved Dr- Armstrong innocent, and
hope he may yet be able to prove
himself so; but a star chamber tribunal
will never satisfy the public mind.
WINTKKVILLE NEWS.
ELBERT COUNTY.
[Leader.]
Pine trees two feet in circumfer
ence are frozen through.
Wm. H. Harper and Willis Ad
ams have traded houses and lots.
On Thursday night last a negro
woman on Rev. J. II. Grogan’s
place unconscfously killed her child
by lying on it.
Married, at the residence ot the
bride’s father, on Wednesday last,
Mr. Jesse Almand to Miss Janie
Settle, all of this county.
Drugs, Patent Medicines, Colognes,
Extracts, and in fact everything to be found in a City Drug tore.
Braces of every description,m $ 1 up. Fine Stand Lamps, only
price, $2. At the New Drug Store you will find nothing but
rc ?ula|
New
Goods. No Old Stock on Hit
Every one will find it to their interest to cal! at the New Drug Store and get prices before buvin
ing the public will give me a liberal sh.rrge ol patron.ige, I am, respectlul y, 3 ' “•»
a W. RUSH.
A BltAVE LADY.
THE WHISKY TRADE.
An English scientist believes that
there are fragments of Noah’s ark
still in existence, and he proposes
to take a party to Mount Ararat in
search of them. ,
Atlanta is moving to secure the
holding in future of the state fairs
in that city. It is not yet known
what Macon will do.
The Governor of Ohio gets a sal
ary ol $4,000 a year. Out of this
he must pay about $2,000 for house
rent.
Col. Felker, of the Walton News,
has sold his interest in that paper
to his partnet, Col. G. W. Nifpier.
Prominent democrats are appre
hensive that the next house will be
republican.
Fifty years hence newsboys may
cry, “All about the Presidential
election in the British Isles!”
A Michigan girl committed sui
cide when she found out that 1SS6
was not a leap year.
MELEE IN MAXEYS
The Effects of Prohibition on tte Wholesale
Trade of Atlanta.
We yesterday met a prominent drum
mer from the Gate City, and to our re
mark that we noticed that Paul Jones and
other anti-prohibitionists were going to
Waco, Texas, he remarked:
“Yes, and their departure is only a
foretaste of what Atlanta will experience
before the year is over in the loss of cap
ital. All eyes are now turned on Waco,
and there will be a general exodust to
that city, it is one of the livest place:
in the Lone Star state, has now over 100
palaeial bar-rooms, and the fixtures alone
in each are worth from $8,000 to $50,000.
Waco is the great liquor centre for Texas,
and presents a broad and inviting field
for the ousted Atlanta dealers. They
have lost heavily, too, by prohibition.
John M. Hill is out $30,000 at least, and
Cox, Hill and Thompson estimate that
prohibition will damage them to the tunc
of $100,(*X), directly and indirectly. Then
there is the Atlanta brewery, a valuable
piece of property, now entirely worth
less. The whisky men have given up
the fight, and in six months Atlanta will
he a dry town.”
A Drunken Row in Which ona of the Fartlea
la Wounded.
Lexington Ga., January 14-—
At Maxeys, in this county, last
Tuesday, Mr. Bob Dower and John
\V infry got into a little altercation
and words bronght blows, and
Winfrey struck Dower across the
forehead with a bottle, which had
been emptedjust before the melee,
cutting a severe gash above the
eyes;’ Dower, in return, followed up
the attack with a knife, cutting
Winfry under the left shoulder, pro-
dusing an ugly wound. Maxeys is
the only place in the county where
the liquor license has not expired
and the above quarrel may beattnb-
ted to whiskey.
Wednesday last the boiler ot Mr.
Ed. Clark’s steam engine burst,
owing to the carelessness of leaving
water in the boiler. Mr Clark in
tended emptying the water out, but
finding it frozen, and thinking thae
to build a fire beneath and melt the
ice was as destructive as to leave it
alone, which he did with the above
result
CAPT. BURNETT’S APPOINTMENT.
This Gentleman In Washington City, and
mill Doubtless Accept Temporarily.
(’apt. W. B. Burnett left for Washing
ton City last Monday, and it is presumed
that he signified his acceptance of the
committee clerkship before Mr. Reese
appointed him. But the place will not
suit Capt. B., as it only pays $fi per day
while congress is in session, and he can
make more than this by his profession at
home. He will probably retain it, how
ever, until a change is made in the Ath
ens post-office, and of course being on
the field gives Jiim a decided advantage
over his opponents. His friends in Ath
ens are confident that he will get the
post-office, which of course is a bigger
plank than the clerkship, and will be
more pleasant, as it permits him to re
main with his family. Athens, however.
highly gratified at. Congressman
Reese s recognition of one of her most
popular citizens, and assures him that
Capt. Burnett will fill with credit any
office within the gift of a congressman or
th«; administration.
A prominent Athenian was down in
this section last week who had never
heard of the Hon. James M. Smith. A
prophet is not without honor save in his
own country.”
Athens’ wholesale merchants ought to
protect their wholesale trade. Wo often
hear and are told by farmers that they
can get one side of bacon in Athens at the
same figures our merchants can buy a
thousand pounds, and on that account
Atlanta often gets orders that would go,
to Athens.
Mr. T. S. Metlivln, a South Georgia
gentleman, will go into partnership with
Mr. R. M. McAlpin on the 15th inst.
Mr. W. I. Tuck talks of going to Wes
tern North Carolina, with a view of buy-,
ing and settling.
Mrs. Dr. T. D. Hutcheson, of Ogle
thorpe county, died Wednesday after
noon at .3 o’clock. She had only been
sick a few days, and her death was a
shock to this section. The deceased was
a most estimable lady, beloved by every
one who knew her, rich in Christian
faith and good works. “Precious in the
sight of the Lord is the death of his
saints.” Mrs. Hutcheson will bo buried
at the family burying grounds, near the
residence of Dr. Hutcheson, to-day, (Fri
day) at 10 o’clock.
There is a man in our town went to
the war to defend his niggej,the only
one he owned. While at the front his
jer died. When he heard the news
he laid down his musket and marched
home.
A True Story ofthe Late War from Oconee
County.
Oconee County. Ga., Jan. 14.—Editor
of the Banner-Watchman: During the
close of the final struggle for Southern
independence, this section of the state
was infested by a band of returned Con
federate soldiers, sort of camp-fellows in
the field, who rivalled the Yankees them
selves in their outrages on private citi
zens. They would go through the coun
try, claiming to have authority from the
government to press any stock they saw
fit, and thus succeeded in getting a great
many good horses, for which they gave
nothing in return, and which I don't sup
pose the Confederacy ever saw. The
people had been so oppressed by seiz
ures of their property that few had the
courage to resist any demand made in
the name of the army, and never thought
to ask for authority. But it was left to
a brave lady of Clarke (now Oconee coun
ty) to defend our rights, and it happened
in this manner: She had a favorite horse,
and one day, when alone at home, one of
the servants came in and reported that a
man had caught her steed in the lot aud
was about carrying it away. Without a
word she seized a revolver that belong
ed to her husband, and walked out in
the road just as the fellow was passing
with her horse. She deliberately cocked
the pistol, .and levelling it at his head
demanded by what authority he had
taken her animal. The fellow replied
that he had pressed it in service for the
government, and started to move off.
“Just budge one inch,” remarked the
bravo little woman, “and I will shoot
you like I would a dog!” Tremblingly
the man obeyed, when the lady sent a
negro for her husband, who was at a
neighbor’s house about three-quarters of
a mile otf, and kept the fellow standing
in his tracks until the head of the house
got home. -Then handing him the pistol
she explained the transaction and re
marked that she would now turn her
prisoner over to him. Then, for the first
time, the so-called government agent was
found to be a neighbor in disguise, who
had no authority whatever for pressin;
property. He looked very sheepislg and
was finally let off, after turning the horse
back in the lot. Ex-Rebel.
ATTENTION,
EDGE, DORSEY & CO,
NEW STORE
FURNITURE,
We have the largest and most complete line of Furivture e-rer b r
styles at very lowest prices.
>u»ht to Athens. Fins
1500 that will be sf-id at very lowest prices. 2y> doz. Chain., \Yi
Lounges, Wardrobes, pictures, Mattresses and everything else that is
tirst-class Furniture House.
OUR. PRICES arc as low as the lowest, and we especially invite all local! and see fir
It i< worth the time to see our stock, and we will take pleasure in showing our stock, even if v , u Je
wish to purchase. Our Undertaker’s department is complete in all its branches. Remember [tie putt-
Opera House Block—and he sure to call.
Edge, Dorsey & Co.
LEAVING ATLANTA.
Atlanta. Jan. 13.—Paul Jones, the
largest liquor dealer here, W111. Heath,
and (’has. Ctirier, prominent wholesale
grocery merchants and Louis Goldstein,
capitalists, left to-day for Waco, Texas,
where they go with the view of engaging
in business, if the outlook suits them.
They will visit other places in Texas be
fore selecting a location. T;*e party rep
resent about one and a half million dol
lars. They were anti-prohibitionists in
the last election and believing that the
result will injure the business interests
of Atlanta, arc seeking a section that
promises prosperity.
jpxton*.
HARRIS’!
.KSBVOliSDEBfiJTV
lOllOAMOWr.AlLiZx!
Decay .and ntucstre j •
OTMlisCAfteft, t-fcf
t!.p skilled^>1,./
AsicUis, r.wnlt
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
Thu Powder never varies. A marvel of pnrity
trenjrtb and wholeeomenref- More economic*
ban tbo ordinary kinds, and cannot bo aold la
competition with them altitude of low teat, abort
Wall it. N. Y. aogSiUwlT
A UAtSCALOUHE FOB
SEHVOUS
SEBiu
Organic Weakness,]
9 PHYSICAL
e uecayT
Festsd so. oven Six!
VEArtsovirezmiMNY
Thousand cases.
•Rw..
I TRIAL
Wpackao*-
OBATMXNT.
On* HantX, $3.0
...
f youth tul isdiiA-rotli
afjvoimtalce&i
uric. A
' CTCirbnun<*urk. Aroiti
3the iHjotkiAia* |rc(cr>
J1 toils rvoetUrj for tht-s
ItTTKikV*. Get our Fir;
1 CirciLtr ud Trial Puk
I tCC,Kivi team Importm
5facts ULt* taklrg tTu.fr
■nt elsewhere. TsV.. •
‘BE Ilr.MCirr that !i
I. D. Griffith
REAL ESTATE COLUMN,
OFFICE NO. 11. BROAD ST-
113
on McNutt’s creek,
five miles from Athens.goo 1
e room dwelling, one log
huu«e, barn, stable, cribs etc. A good
two horse farm open, balance in origi
nal forest. Terms 200 in cash, balance
on long time, or will exchange for city
perry.
76
Acres unimproved land . in
o-fence district, 2 miles
from railroad depot at Jef
ferson, l»a. Level and capable of be
ing highly improved. A good chance
to -settle near tlie be-*i. public school - in
Morth Georgia. Will sell cheap.
Acres on Jefferson road
twelve mile-afrom Ath
ens, t» miles from Jef-
fei>ou, 4 -eitieiiicuta, with all the nec
essary outbuilding*. Oue hundred and
sixty acres open land, balance original
forest, no fence district. Will sell cheap
and on easy terms. For further par-
Icnlars call on W. D. Griffeth.
HOME COMFORT
WROUGHT IRON RAM
COOKING APPARATUS.
C. HoAK. Sups,
WILKES COUNTY.
This is toe. rlin
■ that it gives entire *
Mrs
1 M M Walton F H
. F Wansi-v
Mj»< i
Ho.;
Wm Fonche, A
Mrs J h Bnrd
Dili ris, James. O.srlfti
C rtiotn&s, MraTJ <
J i«og»n, Mrs Hos» Hall. Mrs B I> Bntle
Standard, Mrs J I.BurdeU, K BiainletlG
e think it superior u eve’
l>.; sits<u9, WT IIu.lso
A J Pharr, Vr»c K Fioi
ralnra. R L R nitli. Mr
I. McMekin, Mm: V Sh.i>
UP M
sopor, y.
Mrs* W
MclCekih. John .1 Sheppar.i,
. L J
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ling vi t.»
■ OicMfkLfc
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Mr* E S Smith, James F Smith. Mrs M V Mason, S >
Mrs EG Williams. Win F Martin, W H Hart, S T Me.4F
CM Franklin, M G Wood, Sr.. Singleton B'v'd, RJ McC>
Moilie McL<»v Ella L l’earson, W H .4rant, T C
QUITE AMUSIKG.
A good one is told on one of our clever
and efficient street car drivers. During
the very bad weather he was driving one
ofthe wild and untamed small Texas
mulen, when coining to an exceedingly
muddy place in the track, the little mule
was almost lost to sight in the mire. This
caused the car to come to a very sudden
and abrupt halt, when the ladies, (and
there were a number of them) in great
confusion, made a rush for the rear door.
Just nt this juncture our friend poked
his head in the front door, with the reas
suring remark: “Ladies, keep cool
Nothing wrong except this d—n little
mule has mired up to his ears.”
TRUCK
MOST PERFECT MADE
Prepared with ■ pedal regard to health
No Ammonia, lime or Alum.
MCE BAKING POWDER C0. t .
CHICAGO, •• .1 • OT, LOUIS*
SUIlF.
CL HU
not Interfere with atten
tion to bu»lnrss, or crt.se
palaer ioamvcateoce in
t. By direct Jpphcatic”
...
vkhoM delay. Th* a*t
enl Amctioaaof th* ho-
The maUmtihk elcmtui;
of lifr, which ..are ten
trust cd«reriT'-nL*--k.»!-. l i
the patient lifeline* c!.rcT
” ’andr*p: llyf»ir.»b«.:l
—MDWwgttaala—ivlgoa
HARRIS REMEDY
R. C. B
T
RUSH’S
COUGH BALSAM,
•~FOR
Cough, Cioup,
, . Whoooping Cough
Asthma, Broncitis;'
1 - 11 Conouir-ption.
Aad %II Diseases ,f tte LCNGS
PRICE 80 CENTS.
PREPARED RY ‘
G. W RUSH
ATHENS, GA.
EXTRACTS
MOST PERFECT MADE
Parttt ud atronfwt H.taral Fralt Flavors. Vufflla.
bsshSmsi/ixiaiP* 4 ’ a *” c • -w*** - *
PriceBaSnkPowdarCo, «t-U»»
HELP FOR WOMAN
THE GERMAN AND AMERICAN
DISPENSARY AND
FEMALE INFIRMARY,
MISS E0SA FREUDEXTHAL. M. D.,
Proprietor.
theatiS> IREA8E8 pecuuar THE sex
Tiffs Dispensary and Infirmary has
all the advantages and facilities found
in such Institutions lu Europe. Every
department is perfect within itself.
Uterine diseases; til diseases of the
Madder and bowels; of the skin; plies,
wens, tumor, nervous diseases, etc.,
specially provided ft” and ctirqd gently
■ind quickly. Special apartmeuts for
ladies who may desire to remain In the
city for treatment. All remedies and
appliances superior; correspondence
•uriotly confidential., VVritelull history
of your case, and direct to myself at!
the Dispensary. . ,’ ,lc< -
ROSA FREUDENTHAIi, M. D.
ADVICE TO BUTUUta.
Mm. Winflow’s Soothing Stbup should al
1 “ed for children teething. It eootLea
"often, thefumt, allay, all pain, cure,
■rind colic, and i. the best remedy for diarrhaa,
Twenly-flf a cent, a bottle. lySld&wly
RE LL ESAATE BOOMING.
Meeting Mr. W. 1). Griffeth, the newly
fledged real estate agent, we inquired of
him how real estate in Athens was get
ting on. lie referred us to his adver
tisements in the Banner-Watchman for
an answarj “l- have also applications
for cottages and houses that 1 cannot fill.
There are .-several families who want to
move to Athens if they can secure houses
convenien tly located. There is a great
deal of .land for sale in the county. I
have for Vde 4,000acres in (,’larke, ,‘>,000
acres in Oglethorpe, J,400 in Greene, 1.000
in Madis/cn ami 1KJ0 in Jackson. All of
the abowe is good farming lands and can
be bought on good terms. The demand
for rep.1 estate i n A thens is very good,
and wh’en the free schools start up there
will not he a vacant house in the city.
Farm, just
ut of city
limits, con •
taioing 20 acres, ail under good wire
fence. Two frame dwellings. 10 acres
of the land in good condition for vegeta
bles.
DAIRY
Farm one-
fourth of a
mile from city
limits, 80 acres of land, with a modern
cottage, <» rooms, good stables and
barns, pastures with running water, 10
acres of extra flue branch bottom on
this place. Splendid opportunity fora
live man to -tart a paying business.
FOR SALE,
City Property, in Cobbhani—a four
romn cottage, with t\o room k>tchc
situ * ted 111 a desirable neighborhood,
convenient to street car. schools.
The lot contains one acre. Will tie aold
cheap and on easy term-.
Room Cottage in Cold
ham. good well and gai
den—-one square from
street car line, convememt to Lucy Cobb
Institute.
A NEW LAWYER.
Mr. !N. B. Jones, a graduate ofthe Uni
versity law school, arrived in our city
yesterday from Clayton, Rabun county.
Mr. Jones expects to make Athens his
future 1 home, and will practice in all the
courts #f Athens and the surrounding
counties*.. M. J. is a young man of abili
ty, and.' any coses entrusted to his care
will receSive prompt attention.
C;UNGIViAN’S
T 'OBACCO
REMEDIES
THE CLINGMAN TOBACCO OINTMENT
™ EPARA '
riWfsfRSWHh
_____ nrierfailed $iw
uromot rebel. Will cut* Ansi Ulcer*. Aberwe,
the!cungman tobacco cake
teF.MKDY,.i:** 1
“ alTins.Corni. NeanictaJ
5SSE3C4
*—wbatrM r cause. Price e.>cl>».
AN TOBACCO PLASTER
Ankri the hast aelentlffc
GUNGMAN TOBACCO CURE CO.
- DURHAM. N.30.. U, 8. A.
SIX
street
Inst it
5
10 pi
e
ROOM dwclhrig on Thomas stre et
convenient to business. As an
investment this place will pay
_ Brooks,
Bur^amy, William Jone?. William e»», M W Hat!. T H
Amazon. Mrs M M Turner. Mrs K F Cato. Ella l Newaome, M l. H«»r.ui
M M Mathis, .4 .4 Morrison. Mrs B Tanner, <4 W Mills. Lu.y .Inn Dye
ngtield, David Bailey, T B Smitn.T J Madden. Dante-
iKHWitkc.J
,nt VGiLciIf
DOWN TO PRICE
HARD TIMES DEMAND IT
•aid.
ROOM dwelling on Thomas street,
five minutes walk from Hrojul
-licet. Will sHl on the install-
plan at $13.00 per month until
ltUK 'K Store Rooms
cuth Street, he-
n Jackson and
Spring Streets. Roth Stores rented to
;ood tenant. Will guarantee 8 i**r
cent on th»* investment.
TWO
FOR RENT,
o
s
Y\ met
D
FFTCK on first floor of Franklin
House. Suitable for Lawyer 01
Doctor.
TORE No. 12, Broad Street, 22 by
120 with baseUfenr. Old establish
’d Furniture Siore, with Gas and
Water. ,
WELLING, on Foundry Street,
formerly occupied by Mr. I).
BfusHO, contains seven rooms,
gsHHi well of water, garden with fruit
trees and grape vines. ; , ,*
We have Reduced Our Prices a.- foIL"'
ST0YES
reduced to .$8.; $12. stoves reduced
reduced to $12; $1G stoves reduced to #14;
educed to $16; $20 stoves reduced to $18^
through our entire stock. We are the largest W
and cheapest dealars it this section. Call ° n us
MADDREY & JON#
NO 6 BROAD STREET ATHENS. GA
TORE No. 14 Broad Str.-et. splen
did stand for for Orocvriss or
Or* Gooffs,. Store ;f0 by 120 with
Koou cellar .'!0 by 70.
WANTED.;
For a
customer
a neat
Cottage ot. three or lour looms, near to
business part of city. Parties owning
such a bouse can rent it quick to a gooff
tenant bv app ving to
• --** - w. D.
jinl2dAwtf.
. GRIFFETH.
A 6 room
Cottage in
gooff neigh
borhooff. Can furnish a prompt paying
tenant at. $200 per year foil- the’ right
house.
janlCtlitw. W. D.,GmFFETH.
-’I ! ■ .' ‘I 1 - ..1 : ■
I nvestments wM smi aroom
Cottage for $(itX> in cash; .This place
is now re n teff-to S'good tenant for $8A
per year.- q i.z-j rlj a j .. ’
.janum&w. tent W. D. Gattrirrir.
kLANTfVlIIOXS—J t for sale
Os
iiii
Dried Apples at Pittman’s.
jam 5.2 w.
MAGNOLIA
1 The best Acid Phosphate iu Georgia.
Matchless Cotton
ACID
Gro' V!
A Splendid Aramonlated Guano that (s luuneasaly popular and arowlnf P*? 1
-ularit?'
Merry man’s Am. Dis.
Bofl
The Old Rel IaW«—Never gone back on any body yet, and nerer
I*'*"
O. K. DISSOLVED
A new goods which wfl! supply a long felt want ‘ All tbo above Fcrtili****^^ .
; s HUNTE|
'-Georgia.
m-fi’viTibm r.:r* "v ' - 1 ■ •'-■-r-
BORGIA RANKS COURIYr-Ta all, whom it
...
sanport out of the .'e,uu of W. 8.- Wlllhi t»t« cl
nodm-my hslo l.M affloUl J
QEORtltA.BXNtatSobNTlG-^TLAcriil.
will past upca the Rama at It o ciock. M., on the
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