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NO. XVI
A ’TTTTHTsTR, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JTJ3STE 29, 1886.
VOL. XXXI
OLD ELBERT.
\ ri.KASAXT VISIT TO THIS GKAND
COUNTY,
Opus-Handed Hospitality and a Royal
Welcome--The Free -Bute of Madison—
capt. Carlton s Speech-Handling the
Representatives From Clarke and Elbert
on the Congressional Committee Without
Clovet--Polltics in the County—A Tri
umph for Bacon, and the County Conced-
fdto Him—Miscellaneous Mews Hastily
Tfcrown Together.
< in Friday morning last, together with
Ho'i. II. H. Carlton and Capt. W. I).
n I'arndl, the 11.-W. editor left to spend
* ‘.•uplcof days in Elberton* We reach-
« ,1 rirasant Hill just in time to get our
uriiu'-s in the pot, and partook of one of
ill"'**' good old-fashioned dinners with
11..n dames M. Smith. lie was not at
when we arrived, but his house is
Liberty Hall, and our party quietly took
j M -inn and awaited his arrival. After
:»(< " hours rest we re-embarked, and
»v. re soon en route for Mr. A. O. Har
per's, where we intended to spend the
night. After crossing tho river at Wat-
«*»'> mill, we invaded the Free State,
nil 1 ti»e rosy little farm houses, well-till-
r i fields and general air of thrift and
pr- 'perity told us that we were among
m* ii who “lived at home ami hoarded at
"•‘'me plnee.*’ Madison is one of the
f. w eonnties in this seetion that has not
adapted the stock law, and it seemed
strange to see hogs and cattle roaming at
hiu'e. and the old-fashioned rail fences
.-nohiMiig every field. At the Fork
church is one of the finest springs in this
seetion. and we stopped to slake our
lhir>t. A hold stream of crystal water
gushes from a rock, and is pure freestone.
We particularly noticed crops, and in
spile of the rains, were surprised to see
the fields >.I clean of grass, although
there i< a general complaint of being over
stocked with it. rpiand corn is just as
Vine ns the land can glow, hut cotton is
small and backward. Hut von can never
•nd progressive farmers in this section.
Mr. Seymour is a self-made man, having
carved his own road to fortuno by hon
est toil. Since the war he has accumu
lated upwards of $30,000 by farming,
and does not to-day owe any man a dol
lar. He is honored and respected by his
people, and exerts a great influence in
the county. We changed into Miv S’s
buggy and rode to town with him/ He
is an ardent admirer of Major Hacon,and
is working hard to secure the vote of the
county for him. Mr. Seymour tells us
that Bacon is.strongly opposed in Gosh
en, Pike and Petersburg districts, as the
report has been circulated that he is a
strong stock law man. He will in all
probability, however, carry seven, if
not eight districts out of the twelve in
the county, and as the people will vote
on delegates, this secures Elbert to the
People’s Candidate.
^ ° were astonished to note the won
derful progress of the county w ithin the
past thirteen years. Great strides are
made in farming, and new* and w'ell-im-
proved country houses have sprung up
on every side. The railroads have
wrought great things for this county, and
the march cf progrest still goes on.
By 8 o’clock we reached Elberton, and
registered at the Globe Hotel, still kept
by our esteemed friend Dr. H. C. Ed
wards. The Doctor consigned our party
to splendid quarters, and after knocking
the dust from our clothes, we walked out
to shake hands with our many friends.
Of course we met a cordial greeting on
euerv hand. The town was well tilled
with people from the country, who had
come to hear Capt. Carlton. Elberton
continues to improve, and on every street
we saw handsome new residences. Xo
place in Georgia has a brighter future
than Elberton. It is now suggested since
Athens has secured the Macon road, that
insures the extension of the North-Eas
tern to Knoxville, to build the old Au
gusta »V Klherton, widen the gauge of the
E. A. L., and extend it from Toccoa so
ns to tap the X. E. at some point between
Clarkesville and tho falls. This will give
Augusta the same advantage as if she
built to ( liattanooga, and at a much less
cost. '1 lion the road to he built by the
Pennsylvania Central from Muuroe, X C,
to Atlanta, w ill cross this line at Elber
ton, making the town a competing point,
and giving it all the advantages enjoyed
by Atlanta and Athens.
We found politics at a white heat. It
was a nip and tuck race between Bacon
and Gordon until the county committee
met and agreed to adopt in Elbert the
samo tactics that the Gordonites put on
Hall and Coweta counties, viz: To vote
by districts, and let the delegates so cho
sen settle the question. This action in
sures the county to Bacon beyond doubt,
and the Gordon men are very sore at
being hoisted on their own petard. Gen.
Gordon will speak in Elberton soon,
, however, aud they hope to break the
Bacon boom.
We heard a general expression of re
gret at Capt Carlton’s withdrawal from
the congressional race, and had he re
mained in the field we believe would
have carried the county o to 1 over Mr.
Reese. The people, however, are down
» i /pons/ from tlic boatman! / C<>l - f ° r »»*»<> i"‘™duc
toll U |,
gather
lU'hlh.
«*r«* i< in this latter crop until
d and harvested. We passed
thriving little hnmlct'nf Now.
town, one of the most thrifty and pros
perous vi lages in the county. We
> »w grout piles of the Madison currency,
'»/: shingles that are taken in barter by
tin* ston <. But the shingle industry will
voon heextim i in the “Free State,’’ as
timber is growing *carcc5 each year, and
“getter-" are turning their attention to
"tie r puruit-. There are no very wealthy
men in Madison county, and neither are
to.-re paupers. The poopleseem to have
•‘‘truck that happy medium between
Wealth and povertx that brings the richest
returns in happiness. They are indepen
dent, bare plenty to eat and wear, live in
nice houses, keep fat stock, are free from
debt, and nn^-d for their solvency aud
reliability. Madison county has always
voted tin* democratic ticket,and its people
nr* intelligent and consistent. They have
good hool houses and good churches,
and ale law-abiding and God-fearing.
They arc tiue to their principles, hate
deceit, and in fact, form a model popula-
I he
n had sank in the west when
•d the ferry, and a few halloa.s
••fully drove down the hill i
Be -low ly pulled his flat across the river,
h- .1 we drove in. This crude manner of
crossing streams will give way before
the inarch of civilization and improvc-
ih. nt. and the day is not far distant when
hand>omc iron bridges will take the place
* f terries. Kike Toads to water mills
m the country, we never saw a good ap
proach to a ferry, and the traveller always
Mv.iv s a sigh of relief when he is safely
a r-.-s and on top of the cut into the river
A short distance and we reached the
Ko-pitahle home of Mr. Oiner Harper
a here we intended to spend the night.
W e here met one of those cordial greet-
iv- for which old. Elbert is noted, and a
heritage in the Harper family. Mr. liar- j i, est j Tl q
V r s a young bachelor, that has thus far
Withstood the seiges laid against his
he.,rt by more than one fair damsel. He
h'«*s in a pretty cottage, surrounded by
em* of the finest farms in Elbert, and is a
prosperous and successful planter, mak
ing his farm self-sustaining and cotton a
surplus crop. But his house is far from
being one of the characteristic bachelor
dens, where chaos seems te be the order
»>f the day. On overv side you see the
rdining and chastening touch of wo*na:i’ s
hands—in the cleanly-swept walk and
the prettily-arranged flower beds and
shrubbery, the well-ordered house and
“plendidly prepared meals. Miss Addie,
the charming sister of our host, lives with
him. and her presence explained the or-
•b-r and system of this household. She
is certainly a model housekeeper. Feel-
in-not well and fatigued we retired for
the night, and therefore missed the pleas
ure of seeing Mr. Mell Seymour and l)r.
Harper, who ended around after tea.
t »ur party were aroused by times next
morning by the ringing of the farm bell,
and as we wanted to reach town as early
as po»ihle sunrise found us dressed and
s » sto»l at the table before one of Miss
Addio’s nice breakfasts. The last time
w, ‘ traversed the road leading from Mr.
Harper’s was 13 years ago, when we
hauled corn for our farming experiment,
that proved such a disastrous failure.
But a most wonderful change has taken
place in tho country. Lands that could
th**i, he bought for $1.5<) to $3 per acre,
and were a wilderness of scrubby tim-
h'-r or planted in dwarfed crops, cannot
r»ow be bought for less than $10, are in a
fin. mate of cultivation, and pretty farm
houses line the roadside. Xickville, the
°hl homestead of the Eberharts, we were
pained to see going to decay from neg-
** l ’t- This used to he one of the prettiest
*J‘d best kept places in Elbert, and a
most noted resort. Turning to the left
w ** » red a new road, made public
* ,hce moved from the oounty. It tra-
v, ‘ rsf s one of those th\n blackjack
ridjo* that at intervals cross Elbert—
land once considered almost worthless,
! >ut since the introduction of improved
bum machinery and the general use of
commercial fertilisers, yields a richer re-
tur, i f °r the labor than any other. This
character of soil is now in demand, and
the
formers
most prosperous and successful
*re settling here. We soon
•We up to a handsome residence, with
l lr B<-, well arranged barns nnd outbiiild-
' Il Ss, and it required no one to tell us
hal we were at the door of Mr. Mell
k ** Iftour » °ne %f the most prosperous
lion of Major Macon at Kalonton, ami
will not touch him with a ten-foot pole.
Air. Meese is very weak in this county,
hut the attack maile on his appointment
of Mr. f!airilner as postmaster has
brought to him a support that he would
not have otherwise secured. Heard, th c
youn ginan benefited by this appoint
ment, is both popular and Reserving, and
if the fight is made against Air. Meese on
this issue he will carry the county over
any man in thc state. A better post
inastor could not have been found
and the voters of Elbert arc ready
to endorse it whenever the fight is made
on Ibis line. The praises of young Heard
were in every one's mouth, and he has
made a splendid postmaster—one of the
It was indeed fortu
nate for Mr. Meese that an attack was
made on him for making so meritorious
an appointment.
At 11 o'clock, the hour set for Capt.
Carlton to speak, found thc court-house
filled with a picked audience—substan
tial, representative farmers from every
district in thc county. Thc’speakcr was
introduced by George C. Grogan, Esq.,
with one of those happy little outbursts
of eloquence for which he is noted, and
when Capt. Carlton arose he was greet
ed with a storm of applause. He was in
one of his happiest moods, and spoke for
an hour and a half to one of thc most atten
tivc ami appreciative audiences we ever
looked upon. AVe will not attempt even
a synopsis of his remarks, save to give
one or two points of public interest. He
charged that in redistricting the state the
8th district had been gerrymandered
in the interest of Air. Meese and a few
politicians living in the larger counties,
and denounced the scheme in the most
unmeasured language, lie contended
that thc democratic vote of the seven
small counties was larger than in the five
larger counties, and yet under the old
appointment the former were given only
14 votes in the convention while the lat
ter had 110 votes. It was a great injus
tice and wrong, and Air. A’anduver, of
Hart, was justifiable when he introduced
his resolution at the meeting of the dis
trict committee in Athens, whereby he
proposed togiTe the seven small counties
21 votes and the larger 20. ISut the men in
terested to guard the political interests of
Clarke county aided by the representative
from Elbert, had voted to deprive their
own people, and the eitiaens of Madison,
Alorgan, Oconee, Franklin and Hart of
• heir just representation, and to keep the
balance of power in the counties control!
od hy the politician who gerryman
dered the district. Capt. Carlton
then administered a withering
buke to Clarke’s representative
on the congressional committee, (Mr.
AV. B. Burnett), and stated that tho peo
ple of his county would place the brand
of condemnation on such conduct on Sat
urday next. The speaker was here in
teiTupted by J. P, Shannon, Esq, who
stated that he was chairman of the com
mittee, and as the amendment adqpted
was proposed by a member from one of
thosmidler counties, ho did not vote.
Capt. Carlton beard him through, and
then anBwered by reading the official pro
ceedings of the meeting, showing that Mr.
Meadow, of Madison, only proposed the
amendment in the interest of harmony,
when th:- found out that the delegates
from Clarke and Elbert, who also held
proxies from other counties, would not
consent to Mr. Vandurer's proposition,
and they decided that a half loaf was bet
ter than no loaf. Mr. Shannon made no
further explanation. We never saw a
speech better received, and Capt. Carlton
has certainly captured the hearts qf the
Elbert people.
We spent the afternoon renewing old
friendships and about sundown
Air. l.uther Martin announced that
the programme was that our party spend
the night with him. We reached this
hospitable home after a half hours drive,
and were delighted to find also present
Alessrs. W. H. Mattox, I. G. Swift,
Eugene Heard and “Rabe” Tate,
all friends of yore and some of whom
we had not met since our boyhood.
AVe do not ever remember spending a
more delightful time. Thc hospitality of
Luther Martin is proverbial, and his doors
arc always wide open to his friends.
Sunday morning we started on our re
turn trip home, taking dinner at Mr. A.
0. Harper’s, and reaching Athens about
9 o’clock.
SHORT NOTKS.
Capt. Carlton was charmed with El
bert county, and accepted an invitation to
return in a couple of weeks and attend
the inter-state and inter-county annual
fish at Alattox's mill, that has not yet
taken place.
Hon. W. H. Mattox was not well, and
is looking very thin. He will spend the
summer at Franklin Springs, and visit
Athens during commencement. A num
ber of ladies have also promised to at
tend.
AVe wish to return thanks to our
wliole-soueld young friend Mr. I. G.
Swift for his unlimited kindness t* our
party. He was untiring in his efforts to
make our stay in Elbert pleasant. He
is one of the best ^and cleverest young
men we ever knew.
Air. Pete Lawshe is in Elbert, in the
interest of a life insurance company. In
formation reached Capt. Carlton’s cars
that he had grossly slandered him, and
the Captain asked him about it. Air.
Lawshe positively denied the charge.
AV c intend to revisit Elbert soon, and
will take in all the old dueling grounds
on the Savannah river and write up the
deadly encounters. Air. James Harper
is well posted about these fights. AVe
will also write up the dead towns of Pe
tersburg, Lisbon and Vienna.
The stock law goes into effect in El
bert the 1st of July, but in several dis
tricts fences are already being torn away.
A great deal of bitterness still exists
over the election.
AA ehhshoro district is about solid for
Bacon, while Pike is nearly a unit for
Gordon.
Thc Savannah V-alley road is now fin
ished beyond Lowndesville, S. C., and
Elberton speaks of building a line and
tapping it. This railroad kills the boat
ing business that was once so popular on
he Savannah.
The Elberton merchants have large
stocks of goods, and report business as
excellent. Both the foundry and guano
factory are nuking money. The cotton
seed oil mill barely paid expenses last
yeare like all others m the south.
Air. AlcA. Arnold is president of the
Bacon club, and is doing some splendid
work. He u the right man in the right
place, it matters not where you put
him.
Mr. T. M. Swift says that Elbert will
go for Gordon, and we learn that he will
charter a free train to bring people down
the railroad! the speaking.
The rmaored probable candidacy of
Hon. James Al. Smith, of Oglethorpe, for
congress, took like wild-fire in Elbert
He can easily carry the county.
A BOYCOTT.
THE MACON ROAD.
CONTRACT SIGNED, SEALED AND
DELIVERED.
Work to Commence at once—What Athena
Must Do—Madison or Social Circle:
Which!—Covington to Have a Branch
&oad—The Jefferson and Elberton Cape
to Be Filled.
Since the return of our delegation from
New York, bringing back the glad tid
ings that Athens was to secure the Ala-
con road, our people have been supreme
ly happy. For a time the news seemed
to be too good to be true, but when the
papers were read to them, and they were
assured that there was not a single loop
hole for escape or evasion, they were
convinced that the dream of their life
was about to be fulfilled, and that the
next railroad map of Georgia would
make Athens the centre and a distribut
ing point for a new system of great trunk
lines, stretching to the North and to the
South, to the East and to the AVest. The
contract between the city of Athens and
the Afacon railroad stipulates that the
section of country between Alonticello
and Athens, including the latter city,
must take $150,000 worth of stock for
first mortgage bonds in said railroad, and
also give a right of way and sites for de
pots and other necessary buildings.
Athens must give ten acres of land, as it
is calculated to locate the machine shops
of said road here. The gallant little city
of Madison has subscribed $53,000, leav
ing $97,000 for Athens to raise. In con
sideration of a release from its contract
to extend the North-Eastern road to
Clayton, the It. & D. syndicate agreed to
take these bonds. This contract was
ratified by the City Council of Athens
Monday night, which finally settles this
vexed question, that lias cost our people
both annoyance and money. The work
between Alonticello and Covington has
been stopped, and as soon as the survey
is made and the route located, contracts
will at once be let between the former
point and Athens. About $15,000 lias
been expended already on the Covington
route, that will be thrown away unless,
as is proposed, a branch road be built to
tap the Macon & Athens. Whether the
new road will cross the Georgia at Aladi-
son or Social Circle is still an open ques
tion, depending on the amount of sub
scription raised along thc respective
lines; but we have not a shadow of doubt
but Aladison will win the prize, for the
prompt and liberal manner that her
people subscribed even more than the
sum demanded should weigh a great
deal in determining the route. Air. Ala-
chen, one of the livest railroad builders
in America, is at the head of this enter
prise, and as he is a man of action, and
not words, our people will not he
kept long waiting. In fact, we hear it is
his intention to have the road-bed ready
for thc cross-ties hy the latter part of ...... , , .
September, and by die first of January, men ’ ’Squire Hamilton ,s a good bus.-
The Constitution, Commercial Hotel and
Young McCurdy.
Bunny McCurdy, a youth that clerks
at McDowell’s, for several years has had
the exclusive sale of the Atlanta -Con*
stitution in Athens, and he had built up
quite a snug businees on a small scale.
When Mr. W. H. Brown was employed
as clerk at the Commercial hotel, he had
frexuent calls from guests for the Con
stitution, and to save the trouble of send
ing across the street every time he want
ed a pnpeT ordered a certain number of
copies each day, that he kept on sale at
the hotel counter. This seriously cut
into young McCurdy’s business, and
making the fact known to a few of his
mercantile friends a quiet boycott was
inaugurated against the Commercial.
When a drummer entered one of these
stores he was asked where he was stop
ping and if he replied at the Commer
cial, was refused an order. Xo reason
was assigned, save that the parties did
not wish to patronize any man that stop
ped at that hotel. This boycott had its
effect on the Commercial, and this week
a compromise was effected, hy which
Mr. Jesse Allen was given Mr. Biown’s
place behind the counter, and we pre
sume that the exclusive sale of the Con
stitution will be restored to Bunny Mc
Curdy. lie is a worthy youth, and sup
ports by his work his widowed mother.
CROW FORD DOTS.
Mr. John W. Hawkins, of this county,
was married yesterday to Mis! Nora
Poyner, of this place, Rev. J, F. Cheney
officiating.
The oat crop is thought to bo some -
what damaged by the big rain and wind
Monday.
The Bacon following in this county
has been greatly strengthed in the Glad # e
district as well as in others for the last
week.
Sickness still prevails 1° an alarming
degree in our town.
Dr. Willingham, though quite sick, is
better now, and hopes to be out soon.
Mr. L. M. Arnold, living near here,
lost a babe yesterday. The child was
about two years old. Mr. Arnold is
quick sick himself now.
Mr. J. L. Jarrell has been elected
mayor of Crawford, to fill the vacancy of
J. B. Poyner, deceased. X. Y.
M’XUTT DOTS.
When the news of the withdrawal of
the candidacy of Capt. Carlton reached
our people it plucked their hopes, for
they intended to place him in an elevated
office, which he richly deserves.
The disputed Fulcher-Freeman line,
about which so much has been said and
done, was, on last Sunday morning, run
by ’Squire Duke Hamilton. He used
the French method, employing two rod-
GEN. GORDON’S HOME.
WHY HE WILL NOT GIVE HIS
NEIGHBORS THE BALLOT.
Slrartlnt the Folia In the Face of the Farm-
era and Stone Cnttera of DeKalb—A Piece
of the Guibernatorlal Canvaia Nov Being
Carried on.
TEST OF LAUGHING MAID.
The test of “Laughing Ataid’* complete
confirms the wonderful butter capacity
of the little Jersey. Laughing Alaid was
milked from thc 14th to the 20th of June,
days), making 2G2 lbs 8 ounces of
milk. June 16th, we commexioed churn-
ng the first day’s milk at 9:10 a. m, at
the temperature of 74 degre«s, churned
20 minutes, and took up 3 11 is 10 ounces
of thoroughly worked, uns sited butter.
proceeded in the same r tanner, with
the temperature of milk ah out the same
the six succeeding days, m iking a total
of reworked butter for the seven days,
26 lbs. 13 1 ,j ounces.
Laughing Maid was fed during this
time, 63 quarts of ground, oats and 63
quarts corn meal. It can he- seen that
her record was made without any forc-
or ever-feeding in any vit. Alaid
was born Aug. 25, 1880, ar,d is not yet 6
ears old. Her sire is To rmeter. brother
Princes* 2d, 46 lbs, 12 o«. Blonde 2d,
14 lbs, 2 oz, Dairy Queer i, 16, 4 oz, Ona,
20 lbs, 13 oz, Desire, 16 lbs 3 oz. Her
grandsiae is Khedive, P. 103 H C. His
is also grandsire of Oxford, Kale, 39 lbs
12 oz, Ethes 2d, 30 lbs, a —on of Cooiuas-
sie, with 38 cows in th.e 14-lb list.
Laughing Meid is zister to Little Tor
ment, 23 lbs, 2*j oz* and Homping L as*,
15 lbs. Her dam isMirtha 3437, 13 lbs,
IS 1 *' oz. in 7 day *. She is by Medway
‘17, aireofMed.rena, 17 lbs, 17»f oz, and
his sire is Mr.. McCawber, 556, sire of
Countess Al<.-Cawber, 556, 16 lbs, 3oz.
M irlha’s d’ Aul j s Mirth, 92, g. dam ®f
Weary Burlington, 7600, 15 lbs 14 oz.
Mirth’s drna is Alotto 80, dam of Me
mento, 14 lbs Sob at 11 yeiars old. Yours
tru *y- T. L. PilNIATOWSKI.
1887, the trains will he running through
from Macon to Athens. This reads al
most like a fairy tale, hut those who
know Mr. Machen say he makes no
promise but what he can fulfill. But
this road does not end the benefits that
Athens is to reap from its construction,
fur it carries with it the Georgia Mid
land, that will tap thc Macon A Athens
at some point near Alonticello, and the
two will run in sympathy. These two
gTeat southern lines centering in our
city will force the extension of the
North-Eastern to Knxville, and we have
authentic information that steps are al
ready being taken to this end. It is also
reported that a movement is even now
under advisement hy a syndicate of pri
vate capitalists in and around Athens by
which narrow-gauge roads will be built
at once from this city to both Jefferson
and Elberton. There is nothing over
drawn or visionary in any of these pros
pects, and it does not take a very discern
ing man to see that there is now hover
ing over Athens that grand railroad
boom that the Banner-Watchman has so
long and confidently predicted must
eventually strike us. The Macon & Ath
ens road, wc suppose, will at once he re
officered with a President and directors
in full sympathy with the change of
route. It is not necessary to wait for a
new charter, as one is already in exis
tence, owned, we believe, hy the Rich
mond Sc Danville, for a railroad from Ath
ens to Monticello. This new road is
not owned by thc R. A D. syndicate, hut
hy private capitalists from New York,
aud it is intended to be a great through
line from the East and West, reaching
all principal points on the South Atlantic
and Gulf. All the northern mail and
travel to Florida will pass over it, being
so much the shorter line.
Augusta Chronicle.
Stone Mountain, June 22.—Of
late I am more and more impressed
had (the voters ot DeKalb county
been accorded a fair primary elec
tion it would have been safe for
Major Bacon. None perhaps have
been more aware cf this fact than
Gen. Gordon and his friends. To
avoid such a result, harrowing as it
must be to the General’s feelings,
and knowing Major Bacon’s friends
are mostly in the eastern part of the
county among the honest laboring
claases, including stone cutters and
farmers, who can ill-apare the time
to reach Decatur, eight and ten miles
from their homes, The ruse devised
is to call a mass meeting at Decatur,
which, it is believed can be easily
packed by the General’s friends.
Moreover, it is in his own county.
Decatur being only three miles from
his residence. It will afford the
General the splended opportunity
to be present himself, which he will
readily avail himself of, with a band
of his trained musicians, when it is
presumed he can successfully cap
ture the concourse. This appears to
be the strategem.
A MENACE TO DEMOCRACY.
JONES AND SHALL DENOUNCED.
ness man, and never allows time and
circumstances to defer liis business.
The rain of yesterday will p’ace the
crops beyond redemption, as thc grass,
to use a neighbor’s expression, had a
foul holt” on it before the rain.
C. B. D.
THE POST OFFICE.
Ur. Ed. Bancroft to Succeed Ur. K. C.
Latimer.
AVe learn that Capt. Burnett has giv
en to Mr. Air. Ed. Bancroft the position
of money order clerk in the Athens post-
office, and that he will take charge the
1st of July, when Air. Latimer will re
tire. Mr. Bancroft is a worthy and effi
cient young man, who has been for some
time with Air. A. L. Alitcbell, ad
justing the affairs of the Southern Afutu-
al, and is in every way competent to dis
charge the duties incumbent upon him.
He will make a strong bond to Capt.
Burnett, having sole management of the
finances of the office. Air. Bancroft’s
appointment will give entire satisfaction
A* our people, and a better man for the
position could not have been found.
DEATH OF JUDOE H1LLYEE.
The Constitution brings the news of
thc death of Judge Junius Hillyer, so
well and favorably known in Athens. He
was fer many years a citizen of our erty,
and had been in the pulpit for nearly
sixty years. Judge Hillyer, at the time
of his death, had been a consistent mei n-
ber of the Baptist church for sixty year s.
Thc three brothers were horn in Wilke*
county, and were men of unusual mental
and bodily vigor. The eldest and young
est still survive. Their father was Col
onel Shaler Hillyer, one of the early set
tlers, and their mother was a daughter
of Captain John Freeman, a noted parti
san soldier in that regiop in the revolu
tionary war. Judge Hillyer graduated
, at the State University in the year 1828,
and at once entered upon a successfu
career in the practice of law. Among
his classmates were Charles and AViltiam
' Dougherty, Charles J. Jenkins, A. H.
Stephens, John J. Floyd, Hines Holt and
GORDON IN MISSISSIPPI.
A gentleman writing from Alississippi
says: “If the people of Georgia do not
know Gen. Gordon, let them send a dele
gation to Columbus, Miss.; let them fol
low hack the line of the Georgia Pacific
railroad through Alabama aud ask the
farmers and land owners about him.
They will hear curses deep and heartfelt
at the mention of his name, and liow he
used his great name as a soldier to get
the men who followed him during the
war, to give up their lands to some of
his wild railroad schemes, and if that is
not enough let them come hack to Alis
sissippi and ask the once stockholders of
the Calhoun Land Company of his trans
actions with them, and they will hear the
same talc. * * * I never cau vote
for Gordon for any office, believing what
I do about him.”
These lines were written hy as good
and gallant a soldier as ever wore thc
grey; not a politician, hut a wide awake,
honest citizen, who has no interest at
stake, save that of the good of this grand
old state.
WILL GORDON’SSLPPORTERS REND
OUR STATE ASUNDER?
Unpardonablo Methods Resorted to In
Warren in Order to Secure the County’s
Votes—A Venerable and Reverend Citi
zen Given the Lie—Practices which True
Georgians Rebuke.
Warkenton, Ga., June 19.—
One of the largest mass meetings
ever held in the county took place
to-day. Both hotels furnished free
barbecues to the ' Gordon men.
Men were employed in Gordon’s in
terest to ride over the county tor
the past two weeks. The scene at
the court house beggars description
The Gordon men refused to hear or
listen to any supporter of Mr. Ba
con. They over-rode the recom
mendations of the Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee, refused to ballot
tor delegates, and insulted a ven
erable citizen and minister of the
Gospel wjfco endeavored to counsel
with them, branding him as a liar.
Such conduct has never been wit-’
nessed in any campaigh heretofore
and clearly illustrates that the coun
sels of the Atlanta Constitution and
Gen. Gordon’s unfair methods will,
if persisted in, destroy the Demo
cratic party. Mr. Bacon’s sup
porters > ielded to the bulldozing, to
prevent bloodshed and hold the
party together for the future wel
fare of Georgia, and allowed Gen.
G01 don’s friends to speak uninter
ruptedly, hoping that fair methods
and gentlemanly attention to the
speakers would allay all personal
bitterness among friends, but I fear
their commendable forbearance will
fail. Gen. Goreon’s friends were so
unruly that the President of the
meeting had to have the Court
House vacated and the crowd sep
arated in the Court House yard so
as to get a vote on a resolution.
Many followers of Gen. Gordon
and Mr. Bacon were disgusted, and
will never attend another nomina
tion. Where the money came from
to run so expensive a campaign is
unknown, but as a Mr. Turnbull,
who says he represents the Consti
tution, was busy among the Gordon
men, it is surmised that the bills are
paid. He goes from here to Gibson
to arrange a similar campaign in
that county, and to make arrange
ments for Gen. Gordon to speak on
Thursday. The result of the ballot,
which was for Governor direct,
was—Gordon 361, Bacon 304.
The local issue of the stock law
was raised against Mr. Bacon, as
one of his supporters was the gen
tleman who had the law passed,
and every lingering prejudice was
fanned into use. A more disrepu
table campaign was never made
by some ol Gen. Gordon’s friends.
Mr. Bacon has been defeated by
unworthy methods, when,
squure fight as between the two
men, Bacon- would have been sue
cessful by more than 200 votes.—
Augusta Chronicle.
THE STORY OF A WOMAN’S FALL.
KBLIC SCHOOL TEAttHERS-
AV. L Clay, principal whi to school.
Graaasaar department—Ali sses Lizzie
Bacon, Mamie Bacon, Mamie* Kennard,
M. J. Itoper.
Primary department—Miss.es Mollie J other noted men of that elder day. He
Bernard, Mary Brumby, Flor.eie Carr, j won his fame and success in the celebrat-
Annie Linton, Augusta'Noble. .
COLORED.
O. A. Combs, principal.
Mamie C. Jackson, Eliz Davis, Mln-
~nia F. Young, Mattie Brydie, teaither.
THE FREE STATE.
Bridge Christy tells us that Madison
county is at least four to one for Bacon,
and there is no danger of the peoj >le be
ing swayed by any self-laudatorious: har-
rangue for Gen. Gordon.
Gen. Gordon was “forced” into
the gubernatorial campaign in order
to restore “harmony” in hts j tatty.
Such “harmony” as he creat ed in
Warren county will destroy his
party.
ed bar of the Western and Northern cir
cuits, and ranked as a peer of Lumpkin
Clayton, the Cobbs, Hutchins, Hull,
Cone, Holt, and Chief Justice James
Jackssn, and others of like faune. Judge
Hillyer was a good man, and many of
his friends now living in Attpinn dn«jjy
mourn his loss.
When does the county of DeKalb
vote? Does it not act by a mass
meeting. How it this? Will the
Constitution answer. We were
under the impression that Gordon
wanted primaries. We near De
Kalb county is doubtful.
EXCITED CREDITORS.
The notice in yesterday’s Banner-
Watchman that N. B. Jones had gone to
California, created quite a stir on College
avenue, and a meeting of his creditors
was held in front of his office in the Mc
Dowell building. Bailiffs were standing
with all kinds o£ writs and processes,
ready to nab anything that looked like a
law book or office furniture. Livery
stable men were' peeping through the
key hole to see if there was anything in
the room to satisfy them for buggy and
carriage hire., Cigar men were eagerly
watching every place to find a table to
pay them for their fine cigars. Air. Jones
was known to smoke none but the finest
A key was at last found and the doors
opened, hut a bill of sale bad already
been made to the fixtures and books, and
the bailiffs had to return their attach
ments with nulla bona written on the
backs. Mr. Jones stood well in Athens
until his sudden . departure; AVe think
that he will send the money and pay. off
his indebtedness. He had gotten behind,
and no fees coming in, thought that it
was best to seek the far AVest in search
of fame and fortune.
We are more and more im
pressed each day with the “neu
trality” of the Constitution, and the
It looks to the man up a tree.
like old Joe Brown is goimg to try I “harmony” that Gen. Gordon's can-
and buy the Democratic voters oft didaev is creating in the democrat'
Georgia.
ic party.
She Files From Louisville to Nashville and
Is Reclaimed.
Nashville, June 20 —Last Mon
day evening, when the train from
Louisville arrived a the depot,among
the passengers who got off was a
tall, handsome brunette, about iS
years of age, attired in a ueat black
dress. She seemed to be a stranger
in Nashville, as she did not leave
the depot by the usual egress. With
a small satchel in hand, she proceed
ed as far as Church street, where she
singled out a boot-black, and under
his guidance went to E nma Wil-
suii’s bagnio, she ptesented a let
ter from one Mollie Bell, of Louis
ville, where she said she lived. The
woman questioned her closely as to
her her past life, but could extract
little from her except that she had
trusted and been deceived. Since
that time she had occasionally visit
ed an assignation house kept by the
Bell woman. She gave her name
as Nellie Grant, but afterwards di
vulged her real name, Nellie Trean-
or. Her mother stands high in
Louisville -social •’ circles. Emma
Wilson says she .advised the girl to
return to her mother,'but this she
positively refused to. do. She had
no money and was kept in the house
until yesterday morning, bqf was
not allowed to see visitors. A few
days ago she was an unseen listener
to one of Mr. J. A. Munday’s ser
mons, which was preached to the
inmates of the next house. She was
deeply affected by Mr. Munday’s
talk, and wept bitterly. Yesterday
morning the police received intoi
■nation from Louisville that a certain
young lady was missing. A letter
containing a picture 'of her was
placed in the hatidsof an officer,who
found her without difficulty.. She
was taken to the station house until
noon, when she was taken in charge
of by her brother-in-law, who had
come to’Nashville foY the purpose
of taking her home. He, too, is well
known in Louisville. ’ - He stated
that the author of bet shame was
well known, and if he did not repair
by marriage the wrong he had
done there would be trouble for
1 him.
The Action of the Baptists of Columbus,
Mississippi.
Columbus, Miss., June 21—At a
full meeting of the First Baptist
church here, the pastor, Rev. C. E.
W. Dobbs, made a statement ot the
recent charges preferred by the
evangelists against the Baptists of
Columbus. Rev. Dr. T. C. Tess-
dale offered the following preamble
and resolutions, which were unani
mously adopted by a standing vote:
Whereas, In a letter of Rev. Sim
Jones, which was read publicly by
Rev. Sam Small in their meeting in
Indianapolis, Indiana, on Monday,
he 6th inst., Mr. Jones admits that
he said, in his meeting in this city,
“that all who said that immersion is
the only and exclusive form of bap
tism, are liars.” And
Whereas, In his excuse for using
this offensive language to the Bap
tists in this city, and to the millions
ot immersionists throughout this
country, he alleges that the Baptists
•‘were engaged in an open and ag
gressive system of proselytism, es
pecially among the younger peo
pie.” And that “they went so far
as to confuse the minds and con
science ot many converts, and to
imperil their new born faith. In
some instances the children of par
ents of other than the Baptists were
urged while thus absent from their
homes and triends to join the Bap
tist church, upon the positive state
meat that its mode of baptism alone
could be to them the seal and sure
witness of their soul’s salvation.
Others were led to understand that
they would be damned if they were
not immersed. They were thus led
to doubt the reality ol the religion
of their fathers, mothers and fami
lies from time immemorial, and in
this dilemma to draw back from
their profession of Christ. In this
emergency of danger to so many
souls, produced by a spirit so jesui-
tically at variance with the union
work of evangelism in which we
were engaged, and which God was
favoring so mightily, I indignantly
protested against this species ot
proselytism.” Now, therefore
Resolved, 1, That as a church and
people, we do solemnly declare that
no such system of proselytism, as is
here charged against us, was adop
ted, or pursued, or countenanced
by us, in any way, during the meet
ings of Jones and Small in our
city; and we challenge Mr. Jones to
give his authority for so grave and
unjust a charge against the Baptists
o( this community.
Resolved 2, That no Baptist min
ister or intelligent layman in Co
lumbus, ever taught that^our “mode
of baptism alone could be to the
converts the seal and the suic wit
ness of their soul’s salvation.” And
the man or woman cannot be found
in our church, who ever taught, or
believed that the converts “would
be damned if they were not im
mersed.” In the first place, we do
not believe that either baptism or
the Lord’s supper is a seal of salva
tion. We hold, as we think the
New Testament most clearly teach
es, that the blood of Christ alone is
the seal of the sinner’s salvation.
And in the second place, we ;total
ly repudiate the doctrine of baptis
mal regeneration. We believe that
a man might be immersed seventy
times in the Jordon, and if.he had
not true, heart faith in the Lord Je
sus Christ, it would profit him no
thing. Indeed, it is a fundamental
principle ot laith, that a man must
be saved before he can properly be
admitted to the sacred rite ot Bap
tism. It is said, Acts ii, 47: “And
the Lord added to the church daily
t{ie saved,” and we adopt the prin
ciple most heartily.
Resolved 3, That it is due to us,
as a church, and to the large and re
spectable denomination to which
we belong, that Mr. Jones should
retract the allegations which he has
made against the Baptist church in
Columbus. It is possible that he
wag misinformed in relation to
things whereof he affirms so posi
tively. If so, he should give us the
names of the parties by whom he
was so grossly imposed upon. We
challenge him to produce a single
example of proselytism, on our
part, either in the schools, or in the
city generally, during the progress
of his meetings in our midst. We
are quite sure that no such case oc
curred.
Resolved, 4, That it is an unde'
niable fact, that the Baptists gener
ally co operated heartily with Jones
and Small in their meetings here.
They assisted as ushers, collectors
and contributors; aud as Mr. Max
well, their musical leader, knows,
they rendered important assistance
in conducting the music-on the oc
casion. Our ministers and members
co-operated in prayer and in the in
quiry room, and did what they could
to make the meetings a success; and
we respectfully submit to ail who
love candor and fair play that we
deserved decidedly more honorable
treatment than that accorded us by
Mr. Jones.
Resolved, 5, That a copy of these
resolutions be sent to Mr. Jones,
and that the city press and Baptist
papeis throughout the country be
requested to publish them.
HR. ARTHUR’S HEALTH.
The Reports Regarding It Without Founda
tion.
New York, June 19—Although
Wall street speculations are begin
ning to revive, the general trade is
still inactive and lives mainly on
expectations of a good fall season.
Reports have recently been pub
lished that ex-President Arthur is
growing weaker day by day, and
that his condition is extremely criti
cal. His illness is generally said to
be the result of indigestion and ma
laria, caused by the unhealthy cli
mate of Washington and his free
and high life. The truth is.however,
that not one ot the published re
ports have any foundation in fact
Neither any of the members of Gen.
Arthur’s family nor auy of the doc
tors in attendance upon him will
give any information of his real con
dition for publication. The -eason
of this reticence is that he reads
every line in the newspapers con
cerning himself, and as Dr. George
PeteTS, the physician in charge, said
the other day in conversation: “The
publication ot all the reports now
given will not have the slightest et-
tect on Mr. Arthur’s health, as they
do not come from a reliable source;
whereas, if I were to express an
opinion on the case the result might
be serious.” Another thing is that
Dr. Peters dislikes notoriety. The
physicians in attendance upon
Grant and Garfield made their bul-
etons regular advertisemeuts for
themselves, and created considera-
scandal in the profession. On the
other hand rumor has it tnat the ill
ness ol Gen. Arthur is exagerated
lor political reasons. As his inten
tion was to run lor Senator.hUcom
petitors to make him a man unfit
office for reason of health.
Since the Rhode Island Legisla
ture passed a prohibition act people
in that State cannot get a drink even
in the clubr, and such great water
ing places as Newport and Nara-
gansett Pier are now teetotal estab
lishments. The consequence is that
msny men who would otherwise
have taken their families there for
the summer are looking out for
other resorts. It is reported that
at Naragansett the casino will not
be open, and that real estate has fal-
lan considerably since the passage
ot the new law. Stock brokers who
were going to open offices in these
resorts for the summer have given
up the idea and do not care to risk
their money in suen an enterpriz.e.
Riooi-o.
A PULLMAN GIRL'S ADVENTURE.
She Falls in Love With and Marries tho
Barber Who Cut Her Hair,,
Two months ago Miss Carrie Nel
son, a pretty blonde ot iS, was liv
ing happily in Pulman. But her girl
acquaintances, to be up with the
craze of the day, had their hair cut
short. Her parents were well-to-do.
She informed her sister Sophia that
she intended to part with her beau
tiful blonde tresses. Sophia remon
strated and argued, but to no avail.
Canie visited a barbershop where
Martin L. Varney, a fine-looking,
dark-complexioned man, was em
ployed. The latter was so gallant
and cut her hair so pretty that the
silly girl gave the man her address,
with permission to correspond with
her. Several epistles passed be
tween them, and finally Miss NeN
son agreed to meet the barber. Af
ter two weeks acquaintance Varney
proposed and was accepted. They
were married and went to Philadel-
>hia on their wedding tour. Before
eaving home Carrie borrowed her
sister’s watch and ring, and when
the barber’s pocketbook became
empty he pawned the jewelry in
orderto bring them back to Chicago,
and as he did not get enough to buy
two tickets to this city, he left his
wife in Philadelphia, promising to
send for her in the near future. This
he failed to do, and after waiting
two weeks for word from her hus
band she pawned her clothes and
bought a ticket for Chicago. A
week ago she arrived at her home
and was received with open arms
by her sister, who listened to the
young wife’s woelul tale and started
out in search of the truant husband.
Learning that he was in a down
town barber shop she visited Justice
R. H. White’s court and swore out
a warrant charging him with the
larceny ot her watch. Varney did
not deny taking the timepiece lrom
his wife and was held in bail to the
Criminal Court for $200.
“1 can procure bail,” said the
prisoner.
“Well, go out and get a bonds
man,” said F. S. Moffett, his attor
ney.
Varney needed no further urging,
and left immediately. A baliff is
now searching for him.—Chicago
Tribune.
AN UNMITIGATED FALSEHOOD.
A gentleman from Oconee, in Athens
yesterday, said that it was currently re
ported that Larry Gantt said he carried
Oconee county in his pocket This is an
unmitigated falsehood and malicious
g’auder, done to influence the voters of
Oconee county and injure the Banner-
Watchman. Now, unless the perpetrator
of the above slander proves the charge,
-he stands convicted as a liar.
THE SECESSION SENTIMENT IN
NOVA SCOTIA.
Judge Holman, of Indiana, has
just been' nominated for the House
of Representatives. This is his
fifteenth nomination. He began
with the Thirty-sixth Congress.
He satisfies his constituents. He is
known in Washington as “the
watch-dog of the Treasury.”
John C. Calhoun would turn over
ia his grave, could he but see his
descendant Pat, traveling through
mud, slush, and rain for a political
ring.
Pat Calhoun may be bought to
travel for the ring, but the voters of
Oconee can’t be bought to vote for
the ring candidate.
Will Oconee county be dictated
to bv Pat Calhoun, who is sent out
by the Atlanta ring?
The vote taken in Nova Scotia
last week on the question of separa
tion trom the Canadian confedera
tion was overwhelmingly in favor
of separation. Only one of the iS
counties voted against it, and that
one—Cape Breton county—has a
pledge trom the Dominion govern
ment that it will build a railway
which will greatly improve the coun
ty. Of the 38 members returued to
the Dominion Parlament, 31 are in
favor ot seceeding.
May it not be that this Nova Sco
tia movement will grow in impor
tance until it seriously threatens the
stability of the Canadian confedera
tion? The complaint which Nova-
Scotia brings is that the confedera
tion has never been of any use to
her; that her representation in the
Otatawa Parliment have been grad
ually decreased while her taxes have
been increased ;and that the interests
of the smaller provinces had been
sacrificed to promote that of the lar
ger ones.
Ol course those who oppose sep
aration have their side of the story.
They declare that the seperation sen
timent'has been .worked up by dem ■
agogues, who hope to improve their
own fortunes by taking advantage
of the unsettled state of affairs which
is sure to follow any attempt to se
cede. It is probable, however, that
this latter reason for separation is
not the correct one. The people
would hardly lavor a movement of
such importance un ess they felt
certain that it would he for their
benefit.
We suppose the brass band was
in Dublin with Gordon last Tues-
dav.