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PROHIBITION A SUCCESS.
T. L. GANTT.
OCR ANXIOUS FillK.Nl'S.
A WORD ABOUT DOGS.
It is, astonishing how many self-
appointed guardians the people of
Clarke county have outside its lim
its. In the lirst place, the dear,
good Atlanta Constitution is yearn
ing to take us under its wing. Then
a new correspondent every day,
under some apt and expressive nom
de plume volunteers, sometimes to
advise and sometimes to chide. The
latest of these dear creatures, and
the most rclreshingly innocent one.
is writing in the Constitution ol
Thursday as “A Strong Gordon
Man.’" This charming letter wri
ter wishes the democracy ot Geor-
«'i.i to "protest,” and in his zeal he
will not he satisfied unless it is
"emphatic." Protest against what?
Against the right of the people of
this county to regulate their own
affairs in their own way. Would
not that be democracy indeed dis
guised: The essence of democracy
is local self government—the rigln
of every county to regulate its own
• concerns in its own way. Put this
seems to stir up the bile ol oui
would-be guardian. lie is dread-
fullv alraid that
county will call
months in advance. Suppose they
did? Whose business is it but
tneiis? What right has any othei
county, or all the other counties, to
coerce them into a ditlerent course?
We wish to suppose a case, also,
lor our dear guardian to ponder on
Suppose the state committee should
decline to call any convention:
would that bar the right ot the peo
ple in the several counties to meet
and semi delegates and hold a con
vciUion? All, but our guardian
will shv that is ail extreme case
So is the one this dear creature sug
gests. :n his letter in the Constitn
tion, an extreme case. They are
the two extremes. The truth is,
tlie people of this county are on the
old democratic track. The dear,
good Constitution and its delight-
lid corps of anonymous correspon
dent are otf the track. The Clarke
county people say, "We will man
age our own county meetings in our
own way.” The Constitution, in its
solicitude, says, "You must not;
you must await your orders
the state committee.” In the kind
est spirit, and with sentiments of
giatitude to the dear, good Consti
tution and its charming correspon
dents, who are interesting them
selves so much in our local aflairs,
we say to them, "Gentlemen, it is
none of your business.”
THE GEORGIA COLONEL PLUMP
ED OUT.
For the encouragement of ’our
Oconee friends, who are now en
gaged in a desperate struggle to rid
their borders ol the curse of whis
ky, we will tell them what prohibi-
lion has done for Athens. So far
from injuring' business, nine mer
chants outof ten will tell you that
their trade has increased every
month since the law went into
effect. Now, we do not
claim or believe that this
is due to the iact that bar-rooms are
closed, but is the natural and legiti
mate increase of a growing and
prosperous place. It does show,
however, that whisky is not essen
tial to the commercial success ol a
town or city. Put the most marked
improvement is seen in the people.
A man staggering along the street
is a iare sight, while the corner
loafers have all dispersed. The j fidelity,
fines of the police court are hut leuv
WHY IS THIS THUS?
Columbus Sun: Summer is fcere
and we may row expect a demand
for a universal warfare against ca
nines. It has frequently been very
peitinently asked if the life of one
good human being is not worth the
lives of all the dogs in the commu-
nity.
The objection to the unlimited
freedom which is generally vouch
safed to dogs is not only plausiblr,
but it is well-grounded. There is
no more teeson why, in large cities,
dogs should enjoy a larger degree of
liberty than mules, or horses, or
hogs, or even the dreaded billy-
goat, which in its fiercest moods is
not half so dangerous as the average
cur when its corns are trod upon.
Put there is a sentiment for dogs
w hich no other animal excites. The
dog, in many respects, symbolizes
It is the only animal that
kind to associate with
The friend* ot Gen. Gordon, who
seem to be managing his campaign
in the Atlanta Constitution, are ex
ercising their pious souls over the
sins and shortcomings ol the Pan- . -.- -
. ..r , , ... . ri d-V. as a punishment Jor his assault
ner-Watchmanand the county ofj u p on England, several months ago.
MALONE’S SENTENCE.
He Oati Four Teare for Cutting “Coot" Eng
land's Throat.
Constitution.
Will Malone was given four years
in the Georgia pen-tentiary, yester-
Clarke. Our offense, with them,
"is rank and smells to heaven.” It
consists in having held out county
meeting before our blessed lords
and masters, the state committee,
had granted their gracious permis-
Malone is now in the Fultpn
county jail.
The jury in the case retired yes
terday morning alter the attorneys
had cone'uded their argument and
made a verdict in a very short time.
When the body re-entered the court
sion. Why do they not attack the l toom Malone was present, and with
good old counties of Butke and Me- a pleasant smile upon his lace scan-
nominal, and it is rarely that the
police are called on to make an ar
rest. The greatest peace and quiet
prevail, and our people are pros
perous and contented. On our col
ored population, however, are seen
the most beneficial results. They
are fast buying homes of their own,
and their families show that they
ire now receiving the money that
once went into the till of the bar-
keeper. We do not believe there
herralter some one-tenth as much liquor drank
meeting six , n Athens as betore prohibition
went into efiect. Some men con
tinue to keep their jugs and bottles,
but the great mass of our people are
accustoming themselves to do with
out intoxicants, and of course they
are the better for it. Like every
other revolutionary law prohibition
has its inconveniences, but the great
good it has accomplished far over
balances them. If Oconee will
abolish her bar-rooms, we assure
the people that ’.hey will never have
cause to regret it.
DR. FELTON IN THE RACE.
The tidings from throughout the
length and breadth of our state are
that the Georgia Colonels are rising
in their multitude and power and
threaten to flock to a man around
the standard of Gen. Gordon. The
uprising ot this miglqy host was a
deep mystery to us until yesterday,
when we approached one of the
aforesaid "Colonels” and asked an
explanation ot this unanimous move
on the part of their valliant mob
The democrats ol Partow, it is
authentically reported, have made
arrangements to send a solid Felton
delegation to the state convention,
and several other counties in the
man. It is the only animal that will
put its life in the balance to defend
its master and his property.
This noble devotion ol the canine
to the human species has always
awakened a responsive attachment
on the part of man. In all ages the
dog has, among all brute creation,
been the pet ol men and women.
Plutarch records the fact that even
before the Christian era women
were to be seen in the streets of
Rome carrying puppy dogs in their
arms and caressing them in public
To this day in all oriental communi
ties, such as Constantinople, Damas
cus and Jerusalem, dogs have the
"freedom of the city.” Audubon,
the naturalist, once said he loved
his -Jog as well as any human being
he knew of.
In the tace of a universal senti
ment which the lapse of centuries
has not weakened, the problem of
how we shall treat an animal whose
affection excites our gratitude, and
yet whose poisonous lungs menace
our lives, is an interesting as well as
a serious one. Some people, espe
cially women, are almost as much
attached to their canine pets as they
are to their children, and to have
any part of their present liberty cur
tailed would be a painlul consuntma-
Intosb? They have done the same
that we have. Why do they par
don Brooks county? It has done
the same. There are several other
counties, too, that have committed
this unpardonable sin. But the vir
tuous souls of our friends, the Gor-
donites, do not seem to be stirred to
wrath against them. It is against
us, and us alone, that their righteous
anger is kindled. "Consistency,
thou art a iewel.”
Bro. Gantt says that it would he hard
to ram primary elections down the throat
of Oglethorpe democrats, and that pri
maries are the greatest farces known.—
Constitution.
Bro. Gantt said that the Ogle
thorpe primary was the greatest
farce ever put upon the political
boards. We made no general al
lusion to primary elections, but be
lieve in ietting the people of the va
rious counties manage their own
affairs.
The Mirror
is no flatterer. Would you
make it tell a sweeter tale?
Magnolia Balm is the charm
er that almost cheats the
looking-glass.
THE ATHENS FENCE CO ATHENS. GA.
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WILL IT BE A W ATEK-HAUL?
seventh district are prepared to go * 1011 - Upon the indesciibably hor
rible death, ol an estimable citizen
and do likewise. This information,
taken in connection with the fact
that Mrs. Felton is now a contribu.
tor to the Working World, the
Knight of Labor organ in Atlanta,
exposes a cunningly laid plot on
trom t| )e p ar t of this wily old independ
ent to use all of his influence and
power to create a split in the dem
ocratic party this year, when, back
ed by the workingmen’s.vote, he
will enter the free-for-all race that
will follow. Dr. Felton well knows
that he has do chance for recogni
tion at the hands of of a democratic
convention, and his only reason for
wanting representation is a hope
to command enough strength to
split that body and force a repetition
of the Ncrwood-Colquitt cam
paign. when, by gathering around
him the independent and republi
can vote, backed by the K. ofL.
support that Mrs. Felton is now-
trying to capture for him, he will
have an excellent chance lor the
the prize. To prevent such an in
famous scheme, and to save Geor
gia from falling into the clutches of
the republican-independent party,
"Sir," was the reply, "do you no
tice that an infamous move is now
being made to plump the Georgia
Colonel entirely out of the political
ring? For a long time only a Gener
al was deemed worthy of public
honors; but the last two gubernato
rial conventions forced a pitiful
little Major upon the state, and as u
to add renewed insult to injury,
the Paconites are now trying to
force another Major upon us! Of
course a -kip from General to Ma
im plumps the Colonel clear out,
and we are determined to either
lorce a recognition of our claims or
go back to the General. At this
rate it will not be long before the
few privates- in Georgia that sur
vived the late war will demand to
be recognized, too! Do you sup
pose that ihe countless multitude of
Colonels will sit with tolded hands
and see every honor stripped from
their brow', that the Uenerals, Ma
jors and privates may reap the
spoils? Xo, sir; the Georgia Colo
nel is in an overwhelming majori
ty, and we shall not be ignored! We
shall arise in our majesty and de
mand that a Colonel be now pro
moted, or we shall hold the politi
call wheel at the General notch.”
THE
CONSTITUTION’S CONSIS
TENCY.
In the same issue announcing
Gen. Gordon’s candidacy, the At
lanta Constitution produced an edi
torial to the effect that a great na
tional journal like itself could not
afiord to dabble in such insignifi
cant little affairs as gubernatorial
politics, and its only mission in the
present campaign would be togive
the news. When the people read
that production they smiled clear
behind their ears,well remembering
that a similar declaration was made
when Judge Boynton was an appli
cant for Mr. Stephens’ shoes, and
how well the pledge was kept (?).
For one issue the Constitution was
neutral between Gordon and Bacon,
but the next day the true inward
ness ot the paper broke out in full
force, and if there is to-day in the
slate a more violent, one-sided Gor
don organ than our Atlanta cotem-
porary, we would like to have it
pointed out. The Constitution has
a perfect right to support Gen.
Gordon or any other candidate it
sees fit and proper; but we do pro
test against such unfair pretensions
as it made about only giving the
“news.” The people of Georgia
are not deceived by any such de
ceptions. The Constitution is against
Bacon to-day, the paper has always
been his political enemy, and you
will never make the sensible people
of Georgia believe but that Gen.
Gordon was trotted into the guber
natorial arena solely for the purpose
of encompassing Bacon’s defeat.
The Constitution had just as well
show its hand and announce that it
will use every means in its power
■to elect Gordon and defeat Bacon.
from the bite of a dog, we all feel
like rising in a war of extermina
tion, for who knows whose turn
may come next? But we all want
to kill somebody else’s dog and not
our own, We feel that our own
particular dog can never have the
rabies, or communicate them;
though as to the dog creation in
general, we incontinently consign
it to the pistol, the club and the hal
ter.
M0RM0N1SM ON THE WANE.
it behooves all good democrats to
so conduct the campaign as to keep
it free from that bitterness which
would prevent a reconciliation be
tween the delegates of the rival
candidates if the peaceand harmo
ny of the party demanded it. We
have authentic information that Dr.
Felton is being urged by leading
independents to make the race for
Governor, and, as is a well-known
fact, it does not require much urg
ing to induce him to gratify his am
bition and thirst for office.
BOSSISM IN GEORGIA.
The state eominitlee should order pri
maries in every county.—Atlanta Con
stitution.
"Order” ! ! ! What sort of a word
is that? Who is it the Constitution
says should issue the “order?” The
state committee. To whom is the
"order” to be issued? To the peo
ple of Georgia. Has it really come
to this? Is this the Gordon move
ment? “Should order primaries,”
says the Gordon organ. Verily,
verily, the greed lor power and the
long exercise of political control has
made the Gordon clique believe
that they can “order” the people.
Notwithstanding the blatant asser
tions of Gen. Gordon and his friends
that they wish to consult the peo
ple, here is their real utterance.
Their real dependence, at last, is
upon “the state committee”: ‘‘Help
me, state committee, or I sink. Is-
sue your ukase to your serls, the
people. Make them hold prima
ries, whether they will or no. I care
not what the people want. I want
primaries. ‘Order’ them. I dare
not leave it to the people to choose
delegates in their own way. We
must direct them. No recommen-
dation will answer. No request
will suffice. ‘Order’ them. Who
are they? Nobody but the people.
Who am I? I am Gen. Gordon. I
am accustomed to issuing ordets,
and having them obeyed. Let the
state committee issue the "order.”
This is the spirit of the Gordon
party and the animus ot the Gordon
movement.
Savannah News: It is said that
the Mormons expected that the
judgment of the Territorial court in
the cases of Snow and others would
be reversed, though it is not easy
to see on what ground they based
their expectation. Snow is a prom
inent Mormon elder, and just be
fore the passage of the Edmunds
act had two wives. He put asiJe
the old and ugly one, and clung to
the young and pretty one. He was
tried for polygamy in the Federal
court and convicted. His plea in
delense was that he was not guilty
ol the charge brought against him,
because he had put away one wife.
He appealed from the judgment of
the Territorial court, and the Uni
ted States supreme court on Mon
day virtually confirmed the judg
ment of the Territorial court by de
claring that it had no jurisdiction
in the matter. Mr. Snow and sev
eral other eminent Mormons will
have to pass some time in the peni
tentiary.
The Mormons are, of course, very-
much cast down because they be
lieved that under the Edmunds law
if a Mormon having two wives put
away the one he first married and
letain theo'her he could not be con
victed ol polygamy. They are now
undeceived and understand that
the first wife is the legal wife as
long as she fives, unless a divorce
intervenes *o destroy their relation.
There are indications that the
Mormon power in Utah is on the
decline. The Mormons are not so
aggressive as they once were, and
the movement towards Mexico ap
pears to be growing in favor.
What is needed now is a vigorous
enforcement of the Edmunds law.
The Mormons will doubtless
threaten to defy the law, but their
bluster will amount to nothing.
They are men of too much sense to
openly resist the government. The
ouly thing they can do, and that
they begin to admit, is to give up
their peculiar institution. There is
no objection to their religion with
out its polygamous feature. There
isn’t anything that is especially at
tractive in the Mormon religion,
however, when it is deprived ol
that feature.
There is great excitement In Bos
ton society circles because Mrs.
Mosher, of Cambridge, has decided
to tender a reception to Fred Doug
lass and his white wife, which the
elite will be expected' to attend.
Mrs. Mosher is a former resident of
New Orleans, and has two beauti
ful daughters, one of whom is said
to be engaged to the artist Vinton.
There is r rumor current to the ef
fect that the leaders of Boston cul
ture have determined to highly hon
or Douglass and his wife socially as
a rebuke to the Washington politi
cians.
There ate a half-dozen counties
in this immediate section that Bacon
will carry overwhelmingly, that
went against him heretofore.
We predict that the charges
against Dr. H. II. Carey, of Troupe
county, that he falsified his returns
while postmaster at the little ham
let of Antioch, to swell the misera
ble salary paid him, will, with in
vestigation, be dispelled like mist
betoie the noonday sun. Dr. Carey
is one ol Georgia’s truest and most
honored citizens, and his whole pub
lic and private life will bear the
most scrutinizing investigation.
An effort was made in the Meth
odist conference in Richmond look
ing to the consolidation of the Meth
odist Church, South, with the
Methodist Church, North. The
propositin came from a fraternal
visitor Ironi the Northern church,
and was courteously received by the
conferer.ee. The hotly discussed
Sam Jones and his work, in all its
bearings, and it was decided to let
that aminated preacher work in his
own way.
From the war-whoops certain pa
pers are sounding for Gordon, one
might think that the Confederacy
was again in the saddle', and the
people of Georgia were about to be
called upon to elect, by acclamation,
a General to lead an army to victo
ry, instead of a man to manage
the business of the state. Gen.
Gordon’s war record has nothing to
do with his political aspiration.
The issue to be decided by the
voters is not so much whether Ba
con or Gordon wilt be Governor of
Georgia, but whether the broad ter
ritory lying between the Tennessee
and Florida and the South Carolina
and Alabama lines, or the little city
of Atlanta,shall constitute the great
State of Georgia.
Each day we are more fimly con
vinced of the sincerity of the Con
stitution’s professionsof news-tiality
in the gubernatorial campaign. One
has but to read the editorials in that
great daily to see the impartiality
(?) in which the claims of Brown
and Gordon are placed before its
readers.
ned the jurors closely as they filed
into the room. When the jury was
seated the court asked
“Gentlemen, have you agreed
upon a verdict?”
“We have,” answered the fore
man.
“Do you find the prisoner guilty
or rot guilty?”
“Guilty.” answered the foreman.
As the jury answered the ques
tions propounded, Malone watched
the body closely, and when the
foreman replied to the last question
a complete change came over the
prisoner’s face. He had evidently
been expecting an acquittal, or at
least a mistrial, and when the word
“guilty” dropped from the fore
man's lips Malone showed his great
surprise. His face turned as pale
as a sheet and then in a second
flushed, then paleness came again,
and when Judge Clark called upon
him to stand up and receive his
sentence he trembled like an aspen.
Tears ran down his cheeks, and
every one present entertained - a
feeling of sympathy. Insentencing
Malone, Judge Clark stated that
but for his crippled condition he
would give him six years. As it
was, he thought four years suffi
cient. Malone received his sen
tence and then sat down. His at
torneys gave notice that they would
move tor a new trial and Malone
was sent to jail.
HENRY TODIES ESTATE.
Jud(e J. 8. Turner, of Putnam, for Con*Tsat
Athens, Ga., May 14.—Editor Banner-
Watchman: The many friends and ad
mirers of Judge J. S. Turner, of l’utnam,
have requested that brilliant young gen
tlernan to enter the congressional race in
the 8th district, and I am confident that
he will heed the call—and if he does en
ter the arena there is no back-down in
him. Judge Turner’s ability and de
mocracy are unquestioned, and his mor
al character is of the highest standard.
In fact, he possesses all the requisites to
make a model congressman, and when
the people of the district see and become
acquainted with him, there is sure to be
an uprising in his behalf. 1 feel no hes
itancy in promising that the Judge will
be in the race. Democrat.
HUNN1CUT & YANCEY
PROPRIETOR S.
Thu histories of the slave trade all
agree that no more than 500,000
Africans were imported to this
country; war and emancipation
found them over 4,000,000, and
now, including their Anglo-Afric
or miscegene descendants, they are
close to 7,000,000.
The voters of Georgia must not
lose sight of the fact that the real
issue in the present gubernatorial
campaign is not between Bacon and
Gordon, but whether a few Atlanta
politicians shall continue to control
the affairs of the state. Every vote
for Gordon is a vote lor ring rule in
Georgia.
Fred Douglass goes into the mag’
azines to say thatthe black race and
the white cannot survive together
in the satae country. He reasons
from his white wife to the conclu
sion that the whites must grow *
little blacker and the black* a filth
whiter, until black and white races
become a black and white race.
t-Theiflowers sent by ex-Pretiden
Davis' to be placed upon the grave
of Mr. Alexander H. Stephens at
Liberty Hall made the most touch
ing incident of memorial day in
Crawfordville.
A Colored Man's 01ft to Churches and Peo
ple.
Dakien Ga., May, 13.—The will
of the late Henry Todd, colored,
has beer, opened.
He bequeaths -his entire estate
and revenues to his wife during
her natural lile. At her death the
estate shall be converted into cash.
Five hundred dollars of the money
hall be spent in purchasing a bell
lor, and in repairing the colored
Baptist church. A sufficient amount
shall also be appropriated lor the
erection of a school for colored
children. The balance is to be dis
tributed as follows.
Ten per cent, to the white Pres
byterian church. Five per cent, to
the white Episcopal church. Five
per cent, to the white Methodist
church. Ten per cent, to the col
ored Baptist church. Ten per cent,
(five per cent, each) to two colored
Methodist churches. Five percent.
10 the colored Episcopal church.
Five per cent, to the white school
in Darien. Five per cent, to the
colored school in Darien. Twenty
per cent, to his hrother-in-bw,
Frank Cardone. Twenty—five per
cent, apportioned to relatives in St.
Augustine and Jacksonville Florida.
The wealth of the deceased is es
timated at Irom $100,000 to $125,-
000. Executors appointed are,
Messrs. Adam Strain, James K.
Clarke and H. Huntington. Mrs.
Todd is the possessor of consider
able wealth in her o .vn name.
DIAMONDS WITH A HISTORY.
A Gem Once Owned by Jim Flair, In Athena.
There are a great many diamonds in
this show case that have fearful histo
ries,” said the gentleman now running
the pawnbroker's sale at No. 12 Broad
street. “This large 5Ej karat soltaire
was worn bj- Jim Fisk before be was
killed by Edmund Stokes, it is a com
bination diamond, and is tlie finest one
we have. M r. Fisk paid a large amount
of money for the stone, and gave it to
one of his sporting friends, who, after
the death of Mr. Fisk, got short of funds
and had to carry it to the pawnbroker’s—
and here it is in Athens, waiting fora
purchaser. There is hardly a diamond
in there that, if they could talk, could
tell a tale of sorrow that would be very
interesting reading.”
W. K BURTON, Manager.
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TheGordonites charge that Major
Bacon SMrved awhile in the quarter
master department during the war.
If every old soldier who would like
to have been in the Major’s shoes
about that time will only vote for
him, Gordon will be buried too
deep for political resurrection.
From a gentleman just returned
from Atlanta, we learn that Fulton
county is not certain for Gordon.
Bacon has a great many influential
friends who are going to make it
lively in Fulton. Messrs. C. D. Hill
and Howell Glenn are both strong
Bacon men.
A NOVEL FIND.
a Pot of Human Teeth Dug Out of the
Ground.
Some little negroes out af Mr.
Charley Vincent’s made a curious
find Tuesday that baffles everybody
to explain. In an embankment on
the toidside they noticed a dark
looking object which excited their
curiosity, ami they at once began to
dig for it. Going down about a
foot in the earth thev found an
ear'hen pot, highly finished and
about eight inches in diameter. But
the strangest thing of all was what
the pot contained. In it were found
a full setot human teeth and partol
jaw-hone. These were much decay
ed, showing that the pot had been
buried for many years. The pot was
hrokeu to pieces in digging it out.
it was in the solid clay, and Would
not have been found hut lor a ditch
dug by the road-workers. The side
of theditch caved trom the heavy
rain, some weeks since exposing
a small part of the pot. Wednesday
Mr. Vincent biougiit it to the city
and showed it to many people but
none could vouchsafe an explana
tion Dr. Walker now has them in
his museum.—Greenesboro Herald.
POWDER
. Absolutely Pure.
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FLORIDA INDIAN WAR.
Oaeola, the Noted Chief Ouce a Prisoner in
Fort Marlon.
St Augustine Weeklv.
William Kendrick ot Jacksonville,
is 62 years of age. and was born and
reared in Florida. His birthplace was
on the Suwanee river, within a mile
of where the great Indian chief Os
ceola was born and lived. He con
tends that the great chief whipped
the United States government in
every battle he fought during the
Florida-Indian war. He regards Os
ceola the equal, it not the superior,
of Napoleon, or any other of the
great generals, of his day, in strategy
and prowess.
He was a half-breed His father
was a man from Georgia by the
name of Powell. The great chief
was known by the name of Powell
until the day of the meeting at Fort
King for the purpose of signing the
lieaty with Thompson, the United
States Commissioner, to transfer
their lands and move to Indian Ter
ritory. When the great chief, or
king of the tribe had signed the
treaty, followed by- all the sub-chiefs,
Powell was asked to affix his name
as he was regarded as a sub-chief.oa
an Indian of distinction, tor his
prowess in the hum, as well as his
bravery and influence with the tribe
and his fine personal appearance.
When called by the Commissioner,
Powell came forward, took the pen
threw it to the ground, drew his
hunting knife and plunged it into
the heart of the great chief of the
nation, and then turning in the
twinkling of an eye buried it in the
heart ol the United States Com-
missitner.
The sub-chief were as greatly-
surprised at Osceola’s act as were
the United States authorites present
Powell had taken the precaution to
have in striking distance several
hundred of the bravest warriors of
the tribe, who upon a signal, made
their appealance, and as he walked
out of the tent mutilated it with the
same knife that he had taken the
lives ol the two principal actors in
projecting the treaty. His braves
met him and subsequently declared
him Osceola, the great chief of the
Seminoles.
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GEORGIA MIDLAND NOTES.
The contract for sixty thousand cross
ties was yesterday awarded to Arm
strong, Baxley & Co., of Notasulga, Ala,
These ties are for July, August and Sep
tember delfvery, and will be sufficient
for more than the twenty miles promised
Columbus for the fall business.
Messrs. Foley & Burnley, contractors
for building the tunnel, arrived in the
city yesterday and brought with them a
portion of their hands. The rest of their
force will soon reach here. The work on
the tunnel will promptly begin.
Yesterday was pay day for the engi
neer corps. Several souls were made
happy.
Chief Engineer Greene leaves to-day to
inspect the work on the first twenty-five
miles.
Work on the first four miles from the
city will soon be under active headway.
The force is now being organized for that
purpose.
Mr. A. A. Lipscomb, contractor for
several miles of the grading, reached the
city to-day.
A large shipment of carts, for contrac
tors on the Midland, reached the depot
yesterday.—Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
PERSONS ANI) THINGS.
S. J. Tilden is regarded os favoring
Carslisle for the presidency, with Hill as
the tail of the ticket.
Henry Watterson has almost recovered
from his recent illness, but his doctors
will not allow him to do any reading.
A cowboy baseball nine is playing in
cstern cities. The public is delighted,
but the funeral of umpires cost so much
that the inanger is a good deal discour-
aged.
The Rev. Dr. Milburn was chaplain ot
the house in 1845 and again in 1853, but
hard praying was not required then as if
is for the present congress.
Ex-President Arthur may not be a
very sick man,” but he is unable to leave
his room and is no longer able to see his
friends, lie has fallen away from 250 to
130 pouuds.
There is a probability that the present
Congress will pass a bill making the
30th of April the beginning of a new pres
idential term and inauguration day. A
bill making such a provision has been re
ported by the Senate Committee on Priv-
ledges and Elections, and supported with
out regard to party. It extends the pres
ent Presidential term to the 30th of April
1880.
Standard Farm Fence, painted, 5 double strands, (10 wires), 2 1-2 Inch space between pickets, per running foot •
cents. Same Fence, 3 double strands, 6 wires, 4 cents. Unpainted, 1 2 cent less per foot. 1 n lots ot 2,500 feet and upw ari i
Ornamental’Lawn and Yard Fence, auy color desired, 15 to 20 cents per running foot, iioliseoutti*
Delivered free on cars in Athena 1 "
CLUBS.
Farmer* can club together anil purchase a County or Farm Right and make their own Fend eg at a very mtuiI c,*-
Machine Is simple, and any oue can be taugnt to run it in a few hours. '' “
For full information in regard to County, Farm or Territorial Rights, and cost of making the ieuce, call on ur a Idr^s
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ease. Our Machines makes 1,SOO to 2,000 feet per day, aa against 000 to 1,000 feel made by other machines.
TESTIMONIALS.
State of Georgia, Dkpaiitmknt ot Agrici'ltiue, Atlanta, Ga., Out. 17, 1885.—Alter a careful examination ol if,,
“Combination Wire and Picket Fence," made by the Georgia Fence Company, I am of opinion that ii offers t- t-,e fariut-.
of the State several very decided advantages, it is very strong, durable, cheap, to some extent ornamental, and free !r«»
the objection so generally urged against the barbed wire fence. It cannot injure stock.
J. T. HENDERSON, Commissioner of Agriculture
Office of Maddox and Rucker, Bankers and Cotton Factors, Atlanta, Ga., September 15, 1885—The Georgia Fern,
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Cherokee county with it. Have investigated the subject pretty thoroughly, and it is decidedly the best fence for all ti Ur .
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land in appearance and value. Respectfully, K. F. MaDDox.
Col. R. J. Redding, Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture, and a practical farmer, says: Tlie fence question isle
coming a serious one for the farmer. Being a farmer myself, and needing fencing I have been investigating, and hin
decided that the Wire and Picket Fence made by the Georgia Fence Company is the most practical an-l economical ««
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A FORGOTTEN TRAGEDY.
What Is Fame?
The Washington correspondent
of the New York Herald, writing
of the Senators’ financial condition,
attributes Senator Brown to Florida
“But the solid South?”
“True, it is solid in its poverty.
Senator Colquitt of Georgia is a
rich man, I suppose. Senator Cam
den of West Virginia is certainly
worth three or four millions, and
Senator Mahone of Virginia has
probably one million to bless him
when he leaves the Chamber. Sen
ator Brown of Florida has probably
half as much, but that is the end of
the story. The Southern Senators
are poor. Possibly five out of the
thirty have an income as great or
greater than their salaries. There.is
little use in naming them.”
THE OCONEE ELECTION.
The prohibition election comes off in
Oconee next Thursday and both sides
are working hard to carry it. The negro
is the balance of power, and his vote will
decide the question of whisky or no
whisky. There has been no outside in
fluence brought to hear on the election.
The best informed men in the county say
it is badly mixed and no one can tell
whether whisky or prohibition will win.
TAKING LIBERTIES.
A great many drummers, when trade
is dull, take the liberty of shipping goods
without ever receiving an order for them.
One of these liberty-taking drummers
shipped a firm in Athens ten boxes of
tobacco a few days ago, and wrote the
firm that they took this liberty. The
merchant wrote to the drummer that
they took the liberty of leaving the to
bacco at the depot, subject to his order.
The Athens merchants think they are
capable of attending to their business.
NOT GIVEN OT.
Harry Hill says he has not given up
his White Plains and Union Point rail
road, hut “by the eternal he will have
his engine palling well laden trains from
point to point by Xmas.” Bully boy
that Harry Hill is, and we are betting
onr last dollar on his bnilding his rail
road, and when it is finished it will prove
a paying road, too, you bet!—Madisonian.
/ AH Sorts ofV
.77*i t.i r. liijn.iw nit
man and beast need a cooling
. ‘lotion. Mustang liniment.
dub l id
Federal Heroes that Sleep Beneath the Mis
sissippi.
Chicago Tribune.
Some of the real tragedies of a great
war are not infrequently forgotten. The
magazines are full of accounts, by men
whose names have become well known,
of battles where there was fierce fighting,
and where the loss of life was heavy, as
battles go: but the mere struggle of two
opposing bodies of men is not all there is
of war. There are great tragedies in war
time outside of the battle-field^ and it is
usually the fate of victims of these out
side tragedies to be iorgotten. Here is a
case in point. Who to-day remembers
anything about the loss of a Mississippi
steamer called the Sultana? Who remem
bers that in a moment were sacrificed the
lives of more Union soldiers than in all
save very few of the great battles of the
war ? The morning of April 21,1805, just
as soon as the war was ended, the Missis
sippi steamer Sultana—whose capacity,
according to the Hon. John Covode,
Chairman of the War committee, was 376
passengers—arrived at Vicksburg from
New Orleans, having on board passengers
and crew to the number of 100. While
there she was boarded by 1,906 Federal
soldiers and 35 officers, just released from
Andersonvilie and Cahawha prisons
making a total of 2,141—just six times
her capacity. The soldiers were mostly
from Ohio aud fndiana regiments. They
were huddled together, says the account,
like sheep in the shambles. Many of the
soldiers were yet suffering from wounds
received in battle, and many of them
were sadly emaciated from starvation
in prisons, Memphis was reached on the
20th. After coaling the steamer proceed
ed northward. On the 27th at 2:30 a. m.
just opposite Tagleman’s landing, eight
miles above Memphis, the steamer ex
ploded her boilers, and in a few minutos
had burned to the water’s edge. The
scenes that followed was horrible, but
was of short duration, as the glare of the
burning steamer soon died away while
darkness more intense than ever settled
down on tlie floating hulks and the 2,141
victims of the disaster, who, mained or
scalded in addition t« battle wounds, were
borne down by the flood. Nearly 1,400
were lost! In how few battles were as
many men killed? Not many more were
killed outright at Shiloh; few more were
killed at Gettysburg; and when Grant
won his great victory st Missionary ridge
only about 2,500 were left dead on the
field. At Waterloo—the battle which
changed the future of nations—the Brit
ish loss in dead did not exceed 3,ooo. Upon
the Sultana nearly half that number went
to death; and yet this horrible incident of
a great country’s history sunk almost into
oblivion. Of all the hapeless steamer’s
load, only 786 escaped. The tragedy of
a time of tragedies is but recalled to mind
to-day because of a meeting recently held
in Toledo. There gathered a few of the
survivors of the disaster on the Mississip
pi. The tale of the Sultana has not yet
been told by any poet. What more piti
ful or striking theme could a poet—one
whose pen might have the power of De
Quincey—pitch upon?
RAISING BEES.
Turner Moon, one of the Athens po
lice, besides attending to the duties of a
policeman, has at his quiet little home
one of the finest apiaries in the state. He
took from one gum a few days ago 48
pounds of honey, which sells readily at
six pounds for a dollar. Mr. Moon
takes great pride in his bees, and has all
the modern improvements in gums. His
bees are mostly of the Italian species.
He has thirteen eolonies, and if they all
turn out like the colony from which he
has just extracted, they will make him a
very handsome return. The honey is all
made from white clover, which is said
to be better for bees than anything else.
Since the stock law has gone into effect
the white clover is doing finely. It is a
great deal better for bees than cattle.
Mr. Moon expects to increase his colo
nies, and in a few years will have bees
to sell.
C. A. SCUDDER
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AN OLD ENGINEER.
Jack Stubbs, the veteran engineer of
the Georgia railroad, was in the city
yesterday, with his numerous friends.
Jack Stubbs and Jim Galoway are two
of the oldest and most trusted engineers
in the south.
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LETTER FROM BANKS.
Banka Wants Chandler and McDaniel.
Editor Banner-Watchman: The farm
ers of old Banks arc getting on as well as
could he expected. A large crop has
been pitched with care, and I never saw
a more determined spirit exhibited by
the planters.
The small grain is promising. The
fruit will be abundant The railroad fe
ver prevailing in the adjoining counties,
has struck the more sanguine here, and
they hope that the road when built will
take in Banks.
Our people are much interested in the
coming campaign. I hear of no decided
preference for governor; but believe the
people would like jto honor McDaniel
again.
There is a decided preference for con
gress. Banks was the first to rallj-
around Allen D. Candler, and will be the
last to desert so worthy, so capable a
representative.
It is Bank’s time to name the State Sen
ator for this district. She will assert her
right, and the indications are that she
will put in nomination her last represen
tative, T. C. Chandler. He has been mist
ed by the people heretofore, and fully-
met their expectations; and if called to
the senate will acquit himself with cred
it and reflect honor upon his constituents.
Our immediate section is looking to
M. L. McDonald as representative, and
should he permit the use of his name he
will be a member of the next legislature
of whom there will be none more worthy
You can put Banks down fpr Allen D.
Candler for congress; T. C. Chandler for
Suite Senator, and M. L. McDonald for
representative.
Timothy Tcomuttox.
WINTERVILLE EYETEHS.
Farmers all complain of corn looking
had, and a very poor stand of cotton. A
great many planting over.
The order of the day is discussing Ba
con and Gordon for Governor. Gordon
seems to have about six votes to one
here now. ,
Matthews * Hutcherson have torn
down their old mill here, and arc replac
ing it with a large three-story building.
They will put in a fine com and wheat
mill, an addition that our place has long
needed.
Mr. R. A. Christian lost a fine horse
last night. He was put in the stable at
night, apparently well, but was found
next morning dead.
A large and seemingly much interested
audience filled the M. E. church here
last Sunday to hear Rev. S. P. Richard
son preach. A great many seem to be
disappointed that the meeting did not
continue longer,'and are anxious for
Bro. Richardson to visit us again. .
Mr. Hiram Crawford, with Messrs.’
Talmadge Bros., paid us a visit yester
day, and did some good for his most esti
mable firm. Call again, Hiram; we like
to see you.
Those who have sound cottonseed for
■ale,.advertise in the Banner-Watchman;
we want to hear from you ; they are in
demand here. , , . . ., , r S „AL
BOOK STORE FOR SALE.
AVISO the Uffar of Another 1*
offer my entire Stack of
insisting of Rook-- »tn
Stationery. Any p »r*»n dtoiri
entire stock mtivi will i;ir« go**
discount of 10 i»er cent, with mu-mt at S pe
cent Htul will tnke -he store at wiuti 1 reDtf
until 1st of Janumry. Will girp p<ts«-8v.}u I
'layofJnw*. All persons iutlchud t*. me w
pleaae settle.
in ay. dot** it. E. F. ANDKR'OX.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Mayor's Office, Atheus G.t , May r:i. ;S
Scaled proposals are invited, uuul June i
>686, at uoou, for the or«t :<>;i Public
School Buildinys in thi* city, in acrorda cc wit
plans and specitications on tile in the ..fB. tefth
City Clerk. Bath bid must be arcomrtonled '-y
certified chock, for |*M». to be forfeited to iln-nt
if aucceasful bidder fails to execute ooti: in-
contract within ten days after contract ii award
ea to him and all checks ol rejected bi-id-:
he returned Tk« ~ity reserves the right
ject any and all bids.
mayl&sAwtiSjune.
I. JIM MAYHEuh
... — Banks Superior • o«
March Term 1886 —It appsariug trom tne retot
•f the Sheriff that the defendant, iu the *6o'
stated case does not reside iu the county, and
further appearing from the evidence that tt
said defendant does not reside in tbi* slate It
erdered by the court that aervlce be perfect*-:
in tbo above stated case by publication «>f LM'
e.der once a month for four months in the B*v
ner-Watchtnan, a newspaper publish*!
Athens. Ga., this Ni&rch 27th 1S8«
J. B. K.-STE8, J.S.
H. L. BROOK, Libelan» attorney.
Georgia Bi
that the abov.
minutes of Banks Superior Court, this Ms; Jr.
L. N. TURK, C. 8.C..B C
thing was lovely until evening,
WHY IS THIS THDST
The Working,W.«rld keeps constantly
at the top of the column next to reading
matter, a list , of the last grand, jury of
Clarke-county, and asks that their names
be preserved for : future reference.-. ; The
last grand jury was Composed of the best
dtisens of tho county retorted for their e Toryone who have an «»■-.
intelligence. ttA «pt>ch»MM. n ,tf,they roUl '6e<m:- ! It would hiyebff” *“
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OCONEE SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC-
The picnic of Oconee Sumlaj- M ^
left the church yesterday morning *'
thirty, wagons, buggies and earn*?
filled with young people for Gam >P rl “-J
where they expected to enjoy the X
pleasure. The wagons were filled *
little girls, boys, and baskets lo4llel ( *, lI
good things. . The picnic party l* n
Gum spring about lOo'clock, nnd » te
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cloud began to.riso, and before the
reached Athens the rain had d re * .u
iimbr-
they wen eonScjentioua< menandidone ,»i s raw jatt
what thay-oonCteredi te bo their, duty to
Clarke county. The last grand jury are! ago
willi ij ,< run Ij theirrccoid.
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0 found a den .of three very Ws*
sums in the cemetery.