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. Kl ,}><<■ i 4 4,i. t 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.