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NO. XVI
ATHENS, GEORGIA, TTOB8pA Y * JULY 6, 1886.
VOL. XXXI
., oUNTliY PRESS OF GEORGIA
[. .li.iuM lie a source of pride to
tie-’’-i-‘ l * int ' n * ler wr ekly press
!i:i» .1 defender that cannot he
bouaht with money or corrupted
; v anv pow er or influence. As is a
uf :; known fact, in the present gu-
it iri.ii.iign, campthc flesh-pots
ye all on the side ol Gen. Gordon,
wfciie to mi port Major Bacon, the
0 ,;,v reward is an approving
(iii.cience. And yet, we point to
, mat with pride that,by an over-
dining majority did the weekly
..jpeis of our state turn their backs
the glittering offerings ot the
_\ilai.ta Ring and are manfully sup-
., ,,|tng a ticket from which there is
net!.mg to be gained, save the con-
, - ,i ; »,ie" ol doing your duty. That
. , : o most corrupting baits were
,.ut by the upholders of Gen.
, | „i\ candidacy. ws have only
refer to the statement of that
lht -:, tried and true man, Mr.
\;.,e 11. editor of the Harwell Sun.
i; e was to lix his own price for
:t*.’ papers if he would only siip-
. :: toe Ring candid ite,hut with
i ,i e.airage and honor that char-
, ,e /eel him since a boy,
m tuned the base proposal
■ Itl.e name ot A. O. Bacon stil!
il i,.ts at tlie mastheau of his paper.
,\"i! there is not a sheet in (iro'git!
, , «:n:dl or insi gmlicant hut wha
c n’,,1 have sold its Mippoi t in the
l.-r-ent contest for gold—and we
ieier with iunrest ptirle to the long
]>! ui weekiics that spurned such a
tempting other and supported lire
candidate without a do.lar at his
hack. We <lo not charge that the
pie's suppoiting Gen. Gordon has
been cri iiptcn — fat removed is
anv >tich *>ii •wpici* »n Iron) our
thoughts— hut wf . «» a>st-rt that
lM,u* I* ii«*t •' li.icon p.»pi*r in Gcor-
, » M jt what it - c.iiior knew that it
,.s to hi' \ ivnniar\ interest ;o sup-
,, ,, ; ( 1,-n. < ini ti n Willi Mich ii
• ,!i.:i mcni rnp’.ib.e defender a*
r -seek y pic--. .Ml’ people may
■ i a--ii i it thm tl.e.r i “his, then
. .uni i In.ir liberties will he
..fulls guai.le.'i. A pure press
, t e oie ites! saleguard a country
have; and ihe newspapers ot
i g. , have cei t a inly, in this cam-
., ign, given evident proof ot their
e.n-wei'ving and incmruptihlc in-
ti jntv. I’.v this article we do not
laiend to ■ effect on our daily papers
— fur thrv ha ee also done their duty
murfidlv— hut this tribute is cer
tainly due o.ir rural brethren who
have so nobly sustained the proud
record <u ihe Georgia press.
Ml,’. PAT CAl.imi'N.
1 he Constitution of bumlay con-
A n- a just and meiited rebuke to
• r Banner Watchman lor certain
insulting -bus on Mr. l*at Calhoun,
hiil appeared in our paper under
!' e l ead of "Campaign Notes.’'
They were written by a thoughtless
\ unc mend, and published during
.ab-enee at Watkinsville. As
- n a- we read the squibs we re—
gietied that they had been pub-
1 «iud, and in our Sunday's issue
n ,nle an apology. These para
graphs were a slander on Mr. Ca
The B.-W. Adds 1,650 New
Subscribers Yesterday.
Ol’R DAILY SUBSCRIPTION LIST
NOW OVER 8,0(10.
A WOKU TO ADVERTISERS.
We yesterday* added 1,1150 new daily
subscribers to our list, end our circula
tion now aggregates over 3,000 copies.
For tbo truth of Ibis statement we refer
you to our books, that are open for in-
THECAMPAIH
WHAT THE COUNTIES HAVE TO SAY
ABOUT CARLTON'S CANIDACY
ANDTHEVANDUZER
RESOLUTION.
MORGAN MOURNS
Over an Erring Son—Carlton Lost Votes by
Withdrawing—Three Cheers and a Tiger
for Vanduzer!
Maiusox, Ga., .Tune 20.—Mr. T. L.
Gantt: Carlton could have carried Mor
gan before his withdrawal, hut he has
lost some votes here by it His friends
spection, as also to Mr. II. K. Nicholson, \ are working hard, and seem confident,
from whom we purchase our white pa- ! Morgan ropudiates all claims made by
per. Me doubt if there is more than i Mr. Reese on account of his being a na-
one or tw# dailies in the state that ex- j tive of this county, for when he appoint-
co/yl this number of papers. It is cer- • ed an outsider to office over the heads of
thinly a boom for Athens, and an en
dorsement for the Banner-Watchman
that cannot he ignored. Our business
men stand in their own light when they
fail to avail themselves now of our ad
vertising space. We are
same rates now as when <
did not exceed 800 copies. These pa
pers reach nearly every family in the
. v th congressional district and Northeast
Georgia, and are read by a class of peo
ple who trade directly with Athens.
^ on should have a card in the Daily
Banner-Watchman by all means. It
will pay a big investment on the money.
COL. R. B. MS BET.
Ho Tells About That Unfortunate Intro
duction of Major Bacon.
During Col. Nishet s recent visit to
Athens, he told us about that introduc
tion of Major Bacon at Katonton, that
gained for him such an unenviable noto
riety, and we are entirely satisfied that
this gentleman intended no discourtesy
to the guest of his county, and that a
general misunderstanding was at the
bottom of the whole trouble. Col. Nis-
het says that Major Bacon was not ex-
pceted in Katonton on that day, and
hence Ins friend- had made no provision
for either his reception or introduction,
du-t before the speaking commenced j.,,.
.fudge Frank Eeverett asked him t# in- rep
old and good citizens" he forfeited our
support. You had better send Carlton
over here at once. By thfe way, the
Reese men were circulating a report last
week that Carlton would he “sot down
barging the j on" in his own county, and we were told
rculation to listen for something to drop last Sat
urday. Jtdid drop sure enough, hut
mashed Reese and his friends as flat as
flounders. Morgan gives three cheers
and a tiger for Mr. Vanduzer. A. B. C.
THE LAND OF IN DEFILED DEMOC
RACY.
troduee the Major as well as Gen. Gor
don. He at first declined, but on being
pressed did so. Gen. Grfrdon had the
first say, and in conclusion, handled his
opponent pretty roughly about being a
standing candidate for governor. When
it came Col. Nisbet’s time to introduce
Major Bacon, he spoke of his valuable
services to his state and party, his nobil
ity and purity of heart, and in answer t*
Gen. Gordon’s closing attack, pleasantly
remarked that this was a free country
and a man had a right to run for office
just as long as he wanted. Col. Nishet
said he intended no discourtesy what- !
ever to Major Bacon, hut meant his i
remarks as an answer to Gen* Gordon’s
attack, and when he took his sent the |
General whispered in his ear that he »
believed he (Nisbot) had gone over to !
Itaron. IB- was shocked ami surprised j , lis , 1!m( ,
at Major Bacon’s construction of lus in-
troduction, and refused to he silenced
until he had explained what was intend- !
ed He afterwards met Bacon, and after I
mutual explanations took place, they ;
parted good friends and emirely satisfied. !
Col. Nisbet says that story about his
sons rushing up to the platform with
drawn pistols is all bo c h: that he has hut
one sen, who is a deacon in the Presby
terian church and never carried a pistol
in his life. Col. Nisbet is a courteous,
high-toned gentleman, and no one who !
knows him would believe that he was ,
guilty of anv act of discourtesy
Elbert Will Send a Carlton Delegation and
Endorses Vanduzer.
Kuieston, Ga., dune 28.—Dear Gantt:
Your favor to hand. Rest easy, old
hoy, for your friend Carlton is safe in our
hards. He captured our hearts, and
.Judge Win. Wilhite says Carlton and
Boh Toombs are the two greatest men
that ever set foot in Elbert. Hart
shan’t take Ira Vanduzer from us. He
is an Elbert-raised hoy, and we claim
our full share of all the honor he has
brought upon himself. An old farmer
remarked the other day, after hearing
how gallantly Ira had stood up for the
people, **I always did think then-was
something m that hoy besides worms.”
Mr. Reese’s friends certainly made a nice
proposition when they wanted to pit a
publican nigger from Greene against a
CARLTON AND RAILROADS.
What He Has Done for the Farmers of This
Section.
Mr. B. B. Williams, one of the solid
and intelligent farmers of Oglethorpe,
in Athens this week and remarked
tous: “There was an impression out in
my section that there is a trade be
tween Carlton and another party, hut
after thoroughly investigating the matter
I am convinced that such is not the case.
I think I am pledged to Reese; hut could
not lift my hand against as good and true
a man as Henry Carlton if I was pledged
a thousand times over. We farmers
would be base ingrates to go back on
him. Why, did he not get that North-
Eastern road, that has saved us several
cents on every bushel of corn, piece of
meat or anything else that we hoy! Only
look at the prices that we paid before
and after that road was built! If Henry
Carlton had never lived the N. E. road
would not have been built, and there is
not a fanner so poor but what he would
have been a few hundred dollars poorer.
Then again, Capt. Carlton is one of the
ablest inen in our state, and he is ashon-
st as he is fearless and brave, lie is -a
man that both friend and foe must re
spect and admire. Let Henry Carlton
t before the people, and I don’t think
his friends need fear but what he will
carry ( Jglethorpe, as likewise ever)* other
county that he visits.”
OGLETHORPE AGAIN.
white democrat from Elbert. The peo
ple now have this matter in their hands,
and they will work it out to the entire
satisfaction of Carlton and Vanduzer.
]i;ox-Riiiiu:i> Democuat.
HART HEARD FROM.
Will Take Carlton and Vanduzer in Her n
“We are Might Prouil of Our Boy."
Hahtwei.i., Ga.. .Tune 20.—Dear Ban
ner;-Watchman. Hart, I think, was a lit
tle shaky until Mr. Reese’s friends so
badly set down on our county and de
feated Ira Vandiizer’s resolution, hut it
will take a search warrant now to find a
Reese man. We are mighty peoud of
our hoy, and when it comes to electing
delegates Hart will pat him on the back
and send him right hack to Athens again.
We know that our interests are safe in
n and Ira says you Athens
folks treated him mighty cleverly. They
tell me that Magill will fun Carlton and
Vanduzer’s names at the masthead of the
Sun next week. We nr<* going to elect
them both, l'ut this in your pipe and
smoke it. Miss Nancy.
THE FREE STATE
Solid For Carlton—Hurrali for Ira Vandu.-
zer and Jones Meadow!
uul most properly branded so guest of his county.
by the Constitution. While we
Live used every argument and
means in our power to elect Major
Bacon governor, we have steered
clear ol anything like slander againsl
Get,. Guidon or his friends. Bui
«»wing to the state of our health, we
wc?c often !o r ced to leave our ollice
in charge of others, when articles
wtic published that we did not cn-
(vi*e; but it would have appeared
i ke a desire to shirk a responsi
bility to have repudiated them. For
instance, the reproduction of that
article about Gen. Gordon signed a
"Methodist Preacher” was mortifi
cation to us. We have never penned
or cl'pped one line but what we
consider legitimate and authorized.
We differ, however, with the Con
stitution, when it justifies Mr. Cal-
huun’s visit to Oconee by
cuing the fact that Mr. Walsh
at.d other friends ol Major Bacon
are stumping the state in behalf
«•! their candidate. These gentle
men did not go through a county in
a buggy the day before an election,
er woiked on the ground while the
vote was being polled. While we
exculpate Mr. Calhoun from any
thing in the slightest degree ungen-
tlemanly, at the same time we do
assert that his visit to Oconee was
untimely and improper, and we
were surprised that the people of
the county did not rebuke the same.
As to the “spike-tail dude** commu-
n.cation, a gentleman wrote that
" ho is fully responsible for his acts,
and he lacks a great deal, too, of
Uirg a ’’bob-tail slouch.” Weapol-
°8 17 -e to Mr. Calhoun for the arti
cles published in our paper reftect-
>ng on his honor as » gentleman
and deeply regiet they appeared in
fcur columns.
Col. Nisbet’s state
ment we believe is a correct one,
ami therefore all antagonism that the
friends of Major Bacon might feel toward
him on account of this unfortunate oc
currence should vanish. We feel assured
that Major Bacon will endorse this.
DANIELSYILLE DOINGS.
’A by did not the Constitution
8 ,v e the same prominence to iidi-
tor Matin’s explanation of that at-
trnipt to influence the political
cour-e of his. paper that it did to
denial of an attempt at bribery?
1 apt. Carlton has neither entered into
“ trade or combination with any man or
st ’t of men, ami lie brands as false any
•Portion or insinuation to the contrary.
M ~"
Reese's friends ridiculed at first
* '‘* fa °f Carlton re-entering the race,
’ ut are badly frightened now, and
“ on ’t you forget it.
''ill Mr. Reese please tell ns wily he
1 8 appointing a democratic postmas-
U ' r »t Washington, Ga.?
Daxiki.syii.lk, Ga., .Tunc 20.—The
closing exercises ol Danielsville High
School, under the management of Prof, j
Llewellyn J. Brown, dul credit to both j
students and teacher. The exercises
consisted of examinations of classes du
ring ihe day, recitations, speeches, dia
logues, Ac., at night. The occasion was
largely attended and a basket dinner was
enjoyed at noon. The addresses, which
were well received, were delivered at
the close of the examinations in the morn
ing by (’ol. tlno. .1. Strickland, and at J j
p. in. l»y Mr. David \V. Meadow. The
prizes were delivered at night by Col. C.
B. Henry.
The prizes were won as follows:
In advanced classes. Miss Mollic
Meadow and Miss Elia Sanders.
In General Topic class, Mr. Willie
Sanders.
Primary Geography, Miss Maggie
Scott*
Second class, Master Emory Me EL
hannon and Miss Otie Sanders.
Third class, Masters Roscoe Mattox
and Sammie Grimes.
In Elocution, (awarded by committee
on night of exercises) Mr. George E.
Daniel, Miss Dannie Edwards, Miss Lula
Bullock and Master Roscoe Mattox.
Splendid music for the occasion was
furnished by Messrs. Haselton, Power,
Howell, Laton, King and Venderlieth,all
of Athens. All these gentlemen seem
to be natural born musicians. Prof. La-
ton has a bass voice that would be a for
tune to him on the stage, and Prof. Hqw-
ell displays a wonderful skill at the piano.
The next term of Prof. Brown’s school
opens here on July 2Gth.
Col. John P. Shannon, of Klbcrton,
was here in the interest of Hon. Sea
born Reese. Capt. Carlton made a tell
ing speech in the afternoon, in which he
showed up some trickery.
The contract was not let to build the
bridge across South river, at Thompson’s.
Bids will be received for a few days
yet.
Mr. Crofts, representing a wrought
iron bridge company, was here, looking
after the contract to build South river
bridge.
Miss Ella Smith, former popular
teacher here, and her brother, of Jeffer
son, attended the closing exercisesof
our school.
Daxiki.svii.i.k, Ga., June 28.—Editor
Banner-Watchman: I have just com
pleted a tour into every district in the
county, and there is just as big a boom
here for Capt Carlton as there is in hii
own county and Oconee, lie made a
rattling speech in our court-house, and
everlastingly lathered Messrs. Burnett
and Shannon. The latter gent leman
came in just as Capt. Carlton was con
cluding. It is reported that he wrote
Mr. Reese to come home at once and
take the stump. The Free State hearti
ly endorses Mr. Yanduzer’s resolution,
and says all honpr to her own' represen
tative, Hon. Jones Meadow, who stood
so squarely up for the rights of his peo
ple. Madison county will endorse both
of these gentlemen by elacting a strong
Carlton delegation. * 11
and their own voting. Carlton shall
meet our people and have his say, and
we don’t intend to let him be choked off
by any packed Reese convention. He is
too good and brave a man to be slaugh
tered by politicians. Every man that I
have seen endorses Mr. Yanduzer’s res
olution as fair and just to all the coun
ties. Amicus.
A STRONG ENDORSEMENT.
The Saturday's Mass Meeting of the Clarke
County Democracy.
Never within the po litical history of
our county has there met a larger, more
representative or determined body of
men than assembled at the opera house
on Saturday last to endorse the candi
dacy of Capt H. H. Carlton for congress.
From every district in the county you
saw leading farmers; the mechanic in his
shirt-sleeves was there; merchants from
Winterville and other points in the
county had left their stores to be present;
you saw in that hall four-fifths of the
ministers and business men of the city,
many of whom had closed their
stores in order to let their em
ployees attend. And had the
slightest opposition to Capt. Carlton
been manifested, there were in call
over a hundred men, ready to come for
ward and flatten it. This mooting meant
death to all opposition to Capt. Carlton
at homeland was endorsement by his
own people that must ha\e its effect
abroad. The size and character of that
meeting cannot ( be lessened by jeers, and
any one that attempts it only makes
himself ridiculous. It was an anti-Reese
meeting, too, and the delegates selected
will, in the event of Capt. Carlton’s de
feat, cast their vote for any good man in
the district in preference to our present
congressman. The Oconee delegation,
also, is strong for Carlton, and was sent
uninstructed because he had not an
nounced. So Congressman Reese will
see that in this section of the district at
least his record has been strongly con
demned.
NO FREE PARERS.
WILKES’ WAYS.
Reese Can Be Defeated--Vanduzer’s Reso
lution Not Popular.
Wii.kks Go., Ga., June 2G.—Editor
Banner-Watchman: I think Mr. Reese
will carry this county, hut he is not So
strongly entrenched hut he might he
A Gordon Man Declares for Carlton—Reese
Promised the county, But He Won't Get
Thar, Ely.
OoLKTiioiti'G Co., Ga., Jan. 28.—Dear
Gantt: I am what you might call “a pisen
Gordon man,” hut can shake hands
across the political chasm with you on
Carlton. I suppose that you were sur
prised to see so many of your old friends
nek on you down this way, in
your support of Bacon; but I will now
whisper a little secret in your ear. In
the first place, we were favorable to
Gen. Gordon because we honestly be
lieve that his administration would re
flect honor on our state; then, you see,
the people dropped on a little game by
liich certain parties had contracted to
turn Oglethorpe over to Bacon, and we
determined to show them that we did our
own thinking. Well, Gantt, we have
lately discovered that the same contract
has also been made for Reese, and the
county is promised to him by a big ma
jority. Now, I have voted for Mr.
Reese once, and perhaps would have
done so again: but I think it would be
good idea, now that we are in rebellion
against our old political masters, t# put
in a finishing blow. It is reported that
pr oposition has been made, since these
county-givers see no chance of saving
their Bacon, to quit fighting Gordon if we
will only let Mr. Reese come in. We
can't do it, Mr. Editor. Scab’s a good
fellow, but as you said about Gordon,
we don’t like the way he is being spread
on. I have always admired Capt. Carl
ton, and if he is elected our district will
be represented by a congressman who is
every inch a man. It will take some
work to carry this county against Reese,
hut it can he done. Capt. Carlton’s
friends had better see that no snap judg
ment is taken against their candidate
next Tuesday. Old Fogy.
shannontTsohedule.
An Elbertcn Lawyer on the Rounds for Mr.
Rees«.
Ki.n Eli ton, Ga., June 29—Editor Ban
ner-Watchman: I have glorious news
for you. John P. Shannon, Esq., who
sat in the congressional convention with
a proxy in his pocket, and did not raise
his voice in defense of Elbert and the
other small counties in Uie 8th district
when Ira Vanduzer was championing
our rights, has now taken the field for
his friend Reese, and lias lately been to
Hart and Madison. He is doing some
great, work for his people this time, in
bellying them to get rid of Reese, forre-
povt says that Johnnie leaves a solid
Curlton streak behind him. It will cer
tainly he a nice reflection on the intelli
gence of our people if they alio w them
selves to be controlled by a w:in who
A CONVICT CAMP.
AJSAI), BUT INTERESTING PLACE
TO VISIT.
A Slander in the Constitution Nailed to the
Wall.
A correspondent in the Constitution
says that the editor of the Banner-
Watchman sent a large bundle of papers
to Mr. Joseph Glenn, of Oglethorpe
county, that were returned wrapped up
in a copy of the Constitution. There is
not a word of truth in that story. The
editor of the Banner-Watchman has not
sent out a single copy of his paper dur
ing the entire campaign that was not or
dered and paid for; and even had we
sent Mr. Joe Glenn a package of our
papers he is too good a friend of our’s
and too much of a gentleman to have re
turned them in the manner described.
If the Atlanta Constitution hopes to
build up its popularity in Oglethorpe
county by publishing articles belittleing
the Banner-Watchman it will find itself
mistaken. The simple fact that we dif
fer with some of the people of that coun
ty as to the wisdom of supporting Gen.
Gordon does not in the slightest degree
weaken our friendship with them. Many
of our warmest friends and best patrons
in Oglethorpe are the strongest Gordon
men. As to Joe Glenn, he is the last
man in the county to make such a ridic
ulous display. The people of Ogle
thorpe have known long and well the
editor of this paper, and they know that
what little influence or power he
may possess has ever been wielded in
their interest, and that can always rely
on him when they want a friend.
MR. GEORGET. JACKSON.
A Petition Being Circulated over the State
Asking His Pardon.
A large number of the leading citizens
in this and other sections of Georgia have
been approached with a petition to Gov.
McDaniel asking the pardon of Mr.
George T. Jackson, and many names
were secured in Athens. A gentleman
whd is intimate with the Governor says
that in less than three months Mr. Jack-
son will be a free man. This unfortu
nate man has perhaps misappropriated
more of other people’s money than every
thief now in the Georgia penitentiary put
How the Prisoners Spend Their Time
on Sunday—Fiddling and Preaching—
The Grounds, the Trusties and Dogs—
Description of a Model camp—How Col.
Smith Treat His Charges.
It is a depraved and rather cruel infat
uation, hut there is a peculiar attraction
about a convict camp, and we nev
er go to Col. Smith’s, down in Oglethorpe,
without taking in the stockade. To see
men in chains and stripes, confined in a
barracks, whih* guards, armed with re
peating rifles and double-barrel shot
guns, watch over them, and a pack of
trailing hounds lazily lounge around, is
a weird and fascia ting sight, and one al
ways feels better content with himself
after looking upon this picture of hu
man misery and degradation. The Ogle
thorpe convict camp is built upon the
spur of a hill, near the Beaverdam creek
and just over the Madison county line.
It is a high, dry plain, from which a mag
nificent view of cultivated fields and
broad bottoms can be had, extending as
far as the vision can reach. This camp
is about a mile from Col. Smith’s resi
dence, and nearly that far from the pub
lic highway. No one is allowed to visit
this camp, or even trespass on the lands
set aside for the convicts to work, with
out permission. The free labor and the
felons ’ are kept * entirely separate and
there is no communication whatever be
tween them.
As you approach the camp you see on
guard two armed^men, who patrol up
and down their beats without the stock
ade. As we reach the entrance gate a
“trusty” in stripes opens it for us. Sev
eral acres are enclosed by this outer wall,
and the ground is kept as neat and clean
as men and brooms can make it. There
is not a particle of trash or decayed mat
ter allowed around this camp, and the
sweepings and slops are carted away and
the latter emptied into the creek. A
large well of pure water is in the cen
of the grounds. A two-room house for
the guard, with porch in front, is built
within the stockade, while in front of the
barracks gate is a small portable shed,
beneath which a guard stands night and
day. Besides, within this enclosure are
a blacksmith, and shoe and workshops,
a store-house and cook room. The
greatest cleanliness and order prevails,
and everything and every man must be
in their place. The strictest attention is
paid to sanitary regulations, which ac
counts for the unprecedented health of
this camp.
It. was Sunday when we were last at
the camp, and the prisoners and guards
were all there. Buiit within the stock
ade is a smaller Qnc losure, formed of up
right planks, and there is a large yard
here in which the prisoners can exer
cise. Within the enclosure is also erect
ed the large barracks for inen, a smaller
one for the females and the hospital
building. These structures are all new*
and neatly built 6f plank, and on the
most improved plan for prisons. The
main barracks is an immense building,
something on the order of a summer ho
tel, and thoroughly ventilated. It is also
arranged with sliding sides, so that
cracks can be left for the air to pass
through in the summer, or closed in the
winter. It is built on pillars, some
eight feet from the ground, the open
basement furnishing a shady and
pleasant place for the convicts
to lounge. On Sunday the men
do their own cooking within
the barracks, on large brick hearths and
in old-fashioned ovens, pots and pans,
the smol$e being carried out through
large-mouthed sheet-iron flues, like those
in a depot. On each side of the room
are hunks, and every prisoner has his
together, and his high social position | mattress, pair of blankets and locked
should not have a particle of weight in
securing his pardon. The liberty of
some poor wretch without a dollar, and
reared in ignorance, is just as sweet to
him as that of the millionaire. But every
one must feel a sympathy for Mr. Jack-
son, who is an old man, and we have no
idea but that he honestly intended re
placing the money that he used. Under
the circumstances, had that petition been
presented to us we would have signed it.
DROWNED IN THE OCONEE.
routed by hard work. There is consid-j did not raise his voice in their defense,
erahle opposition to him on account of
his political cowardice in refusing to apA
point a postmaster at Washington until
after the election. There is strong sus
picion of a doulSe game. 1 have not
heard the resolutions of that Hart coun
ty delegate much discussed except in
Washington. They nre strongly con
demned there. Our people do not want
the representation changed, as it is
against the usages of the party.
(’OI'NTHYM AN.
FRANKLIN’S FA YOU ITE.
Won't Talce Any Reese In Her's—Ira Van-
duzer the Hero of the Day.
Caunksvii.i.k, Ga., June 28.—Editor
Banner-Watchman: In reply to your
letter will state Mr. Reese never did
have any show in this county, and we
are for Carlton first, last and all the time.
It would be a waste of time to work this
county. Our people arc justly indignant
that Mr. Reese’s friends voted away their
just representation in the convention,
and the action is denounced in the most
unmeasured terms and on all sides. Ira
Vanduzer is the hero of the day. Frank
lin will second Hart’s endorsement with
a ringing set of resolutions. Ur. McIn
tyre has taken off his coat for Carlton.
Democrat.
There are plenty ol counties lejt
to elect Bacon if his friends do not
get demoralized.
ON THE STOOL OF REPENTANCE.
“The Politicians Can’t Put Seab. Reese on
Us Again—Mr. Vanduaer’s Resolution Is
Just and Right.
Lexington, Ga, June 28.—Mr. Edi
tor: Capt. Carlton was sweeping this
county like a tidal wave when he came
down, lie can soon again gather his
forces. Our people not only object to
Mr. Reese, but also to the way he is be
ing spread on. Tho day of bossism is
dead with us, and from this day on the
boys are going to do their own thinking
when by casting the vote of Kliliert in
behalf of his people our power could
have been increasedin the convention'!:’. 1 j'
per cent. Our people have always been
proud of Mr. Shannon, and it is a source
of deep mortification to ns when he per
mitted Ins friendship for Mr.- Reese to
overbalance his fidelity in his own coun
ty. There are more democrats in Elbert
count}* than either Oglethorpe or Greene,
and nearly-twice as many as in Putnam,
and yet Mr. Shannon allows a compro
mise to be made by which these coun
ties are given two more votes than El
bert, when lie lmd it in his power to
right our wrongs. The Carlton men will
pay Mr. Shannon’s way into Goshen dis
trict if he will go up then - Mid make a few
remarks for his friend Reese. Oh, how
they love Johnnie up there! Shannon
has a clerkship under Reese at Wash
ington, paying $C ’per day, and in his
zeal for his friend he visited 'Athens be
fore coming home. Justice.
NEWS FROM MORGAN.
A primary .’ election for delegates to
attend the Eighth congressional district
convention will he held at the different
precincts on Saturday 10th July. Mor
gan county is entitled to three delegates.
Convention to be held at Athens 20th
July.
L. T. Campbell,
Chairman C. Com, M. C.
Mr. B. If. Blackburn, who was ap
pointed po stmaster at Madison on Feb
ruary 20tli, has at last been reported on
adversely by the senate committee.
A Boat Sinks in the River and a Colored
Man Dan Drowned.
Yesterday as one of McGinty’s boats
was coining down the river loaded with
brick, and just as the boat was nearing
the mouth of Sandy creek, it sunk.
There were eight men in the boat, and
all succeeded in getting to the bank ex
cept (lamp McWhorter, who could not
swim, and was drowned. The body has
not been recovered as yet, as the
water is very high and swift and still
rising.
Later.—The body was recovered yes
terday evening, and a jury impanneled,
who, after hearing all the evidence, re
turned a verdict of accidental drowning.
Report that the Contract to Grade the H.
A A. Road Has Been Given Out.
We learn from good authority that
Mr. Ferguson, the big railroad builder of
Georgia, has been awarded the contract
to grade the road from Monticello to
Athens, and that work thereon will com
mence just as soon as the line can be
surveyed and the grading stakes set. It
is calculated to have the cars running by
Christmas. The surveyors, we learn,
are now at work the other side .of Madi
son. Athens is enthused over the rail
road outlook.
BITTEN BY A HAD DOG.
Our young friend Omer Harper, of
Nickvillot, Elbert county was bitten by a
mad dog a few days ago andshould try the
madstone. If he will send to Athens he
can get one that has been tried on sever
al occasions and, proved effective.
WORK TO BEGIN.
box, that he keeps at the' head
of his couch. The bedding is
regularly changed, cleaned and sunned,
and the men required to use water freely
and plentifully. At night, every convict
is inarched into the barracks, and liis
shackles connected with a chain tliift ex
tends from one end of the room to the
other. At frequent intervals a guard is
sent in to see that everything is secure.
In the store-room there isplenty of good,
wholesome food, of the best quality, and
the prisoners arc given all that they can
eat. Col. Smith buys his molasses by
the car-load direct from the farmers in
Louisiana, and lias as few middle men as
possible. He saves hv this and does not
get adulterated food. Besides, there are
acres planted around the stockade in
vegetables of all kinds, and these are
iven them without stint. There are
some ten ora dozen negro women among
the convicts, and they do the cooking
during week days and the washing.
There is a superintendent to watch over
this, to sec that cleanliness is observed.
The utensils are carefully scoured or
washed after each meal.
There are now about 150 convicts in
this camp, and not a single one
on the sick list Last Sunday, at the
command of Col. Smith, the gates lead
ing into the stockade where the prisoners
are kept were unlocked, and on the en
trance of our party closed and fastened
again. The convicts—mostly negroes,
There are a large pack of hounds kept
at the camp, and they are trained and
practiced daily. A “trusty” is started out
on a circle over the fields and woods,
covering several miles, and after he has
had a sufficient start the dogs are put opt
on his trail, while one of the guards fol
lows them on horseback. This man
hunt is an exciting scene, and the con
victs seem to enjoy the fun of being trail
ed. One of these dogs will follow a trail
for days, and it matters not how many
other parties may have gone the same
way, they hold to the scent that they
started out on. But sometimes the wrong
track is struck, and only the other day
the dogs trailed a worthy oUl fanner for
several miles and he finally escaped
them, when hotly pressed, by taking
refuge up a tree, where he remained
perched until the guard came up and
called off the hounds.
RAILROAD CHANGES.
Mr. Thomas, the General Manager of
the R. & D. R. R., system, was in town
yestsrday,accompanied by Mr. Berkeley,
the Superintendent of the Air Line di
vision. Some changes in the operating
management of the N. E. R. R., wc are
told, will be made to go into effect on
July 1.
The Superintendent’s department will
be in charge of Mr. Berkeley, who is also
the Superintendent of the Air Line. As
the N. E. R. is using twelve miles of
the track of the Air-Line as a part of its
road, this is thought to be a good ar
rangement, as it prevents confusion and
saves expense. We were glad to learn
that in the changes Mr. II. R. Bernard
was a gainer. lie has, we hear, been
promoted and is to bo General Agent of
the N. E. It. R. Co., with his headquar
ters at Athens. The best part of it to
him is, that with the promotion comes
an increase of salary. Shippers and all
others having freight arrangements to
make on this line will find him now pre
pared to accommodate them with better
facilities than ever before.
No dissatisfaction was expressed as to
Mr. Bernard's management as Superin
tendent. On the contrary Mr. Thomas,
Q. M., R. A' D. It. R. Co., was very com
plimentary in this connection saying that
not only were the authorities satisfied,
but highly pleaaed with the results of
Superintendent Bernard’s services.
Our reporter asked Mr. Pope Barrow
as to the changes and lie stated that the
above was correct, and that he thought
the move was a wise one and would he
productive of good results.
DEATH OF MR. BEN VESS.
The young man whose name heads
this article, died at the home of his mo
ther, in this city, Sunday morning, about
5 o’clock, and was buried yesterday af
ternoon. He had been sick, with con
sumption for some tune, but not actually
confined to his bed until about a month
ago. Mr. Vess was a printer, and has
been plying his vocation in Atlanta for
the past several years. As soon as he
became sick he was brought to Athens,
and everything that tender hands and
loving hearts could Jo was done to re
lieve his sufferings and cheer is drooping
spirits. A short while after his return
he professed religion and joined the First
Methodist church. The sympathy of
our entire community goes out in behalf
of this bereaved family, reduced, in the
short space of a little over two years,
from a family of seven to two—mother
and son. First the father, then, one af
ter another, three loving daughters, and
one son have passed into the beyond in
rapid succession. The death-angel
has darkened the door of that home so
rapidly, that scarcely did the Happing
of its wings fade away in the distance,
and a ray of God’s pure sunlight bright
en their lives, than it reappeared again
with a deeper gloom. Surely the Giver
of all good will help the heartbroken
mother and brother to hear up under
these afflictions yet so freshly and indel-
liblv imprinted upon their sorrowing
hearts, and cause them to feel by this
series of sorrows here, they will reap a
harvest of joy when they, too, pass
across the river. G.
A COMPLETE VINDICATION.
The vindication of Mr. Isaac Lowe
from the charge of illegally selling whis
ky in Athens was as thorough as his
friends could ask. After hearing all of
the evidence in t.hc case Judge Cobb
stated to the jury that there was not a
particle of testimony to show that the
accused had violated the la w. and further
that he knew Mr. Lowe would not be
guilty of ary conduct unbecoming a good
citizen and a gentleman. The Judge or
dered the jury to find ’’not guilty” with
out quitting their seats, and that the
other eases against Mr. T.owe he stricken
from the dockets of his court. There is
not a better or truer man in Georgia than
Mr. Lowe, and his friends knew that his
vindication would he thorough and com
plete. It showed how high Mr. Lowe
stood in the estimation of his county
when a Judge rises from his bench to
defend and endorse him.
STRUCK BY LIQHTNINQ.
The gin house of Mr. M. 11. Arnold,
of Oglethorpe county, was struck by
lightning Sunday evening and burned
up. There was a cotton press in the
house at the time of the burning.
Still onH Is Mattie.
The rumor that Major Bacon had
come down is too silly to be slander.
No one who knows Major Bacon
believed it, and the people of this
State, even those who havfi op
posed him in this campaign, know
pretty well the kind of a man he is.
They know that he is not the man
to retire under fire or to be forded
from a position of inciple simply
because the odds are against him.
They know that his canvass in the
State represents a pro'.est against
certain political influences, ami that
he will not remove the barrier to
these forces until the verdict in the
State has been fully made up.
Major Bscon has behind him
twenty-seven counties, with a total
of 62 delegates. lie realizes that
they are pledged to the principle
which the campaign represents
more than to his own personal in
terest, and that this element in
State politics desires him to contin
ue the fight upon the line which he
has so gallantly made. Gen. Gor
don has been accustomed to see op
position go down under the heat of
the charge and the blare of the
tiumpets, but he has struck an ele
ment now which will not down at
his bidding or stampede at his
spurts of strength. It is made of
sternl and enduring stuff, and is
growing every day.-—Chronicle.
CHURCH MEMBERS ENJOINED
FROM SHOUTING.
THE RIG FARMER.
AFTER 33 YEARS.
Mr. Devers, from Texas, has been in
the city for several day s past Mr. Dev
ers went to California in 1850, when the
gold fever struck that state. He went
from Hall connty, and when the other
Georgians had made their fortunes and
came home, he stayed and has made a
good living teaching the Western hoo-
siers how to sing. Mr. D. has taught
sing schools in every state and territory
west of the Mississippi. He married a
Mexican senorita, and is now comfort
ably situated near the Mexican line in
Texas.
The‘public debt will be reduced
about ten million this month.
but a dozen or fifteen whites were sprin
kled in with them—were amusing them
selves in various ways. Some were
lounging on the broad piazza, some
stretched out asleep on their cots, little
groups were telling stories and chatting
together, but by far the larger number
were gathered around a negro fiddler,
while a young white man was beating
upon the strings with two straws to help
out the music. Occasionally one of the
convicts would dance a jig, the rattling
of his shackles keeping time with the
tune. But for their stripes and chains
no one would know that he was in a con
vict camp, for the prisoners looked as
free .and happy as if at liberty. Mr. Smith
knew all by name, and they crowded
around him with their little stories and
requests, and to each he gave an atten
tive ear. He had his pocket full of
small change, that was distributed among
the men. Soon the fiddling was stopped,
when a preacher—there are several of
the cloth in this camp—announced- that
he would hold religious service. Soon a
hymn of praise and amens and devout
responses nave place to the scene of
mirth we had just witnessed.
What we Saw on Col. Smltb’e Plantation
In Oglethorpe.
Col. Smith has fifty hales of cotton un-
ginned at his convict farm, while a long
row of unsold bales line the road side
He has also his entire crop of cotton seed
oil on hand, and thousands of bushels of
seed. And speaking of cotton seed oil,
reminds us that Col. Smith painted a new-
house w’ith it, instead of linseed, and it
does fully as well and is much cheaper.
This is a new use for this product of the
South. We were present last Sunday at
the mule inspection. There are 150 head
on this farm, and they are all large and
in splendid condition. Col. Smith says
that next year he expects to make 2,000
tons of his Davy Crockett guano for salo.
This fertilizer contains the missing prop
erties in our soil, and it makes finet-crops
than any used. Cotton on this farm
is clean in the row, but there is a great
deal of grass in the middles. The bot
tom land corn has been planted over sev
eral times, but it was soured in the
ground by so much rain and won’t cotne
up. Col. Smith has a contract on a rail
road for 100 convicts and 30 mules, and
will soon send them oht. He gets $3
per day for two mules and a driver, lie
has also been spoken to, we learn, to
work on the Macon St Athens road. Col.
Smith says he intends to sow down more
of his land in small grain, as there is no
money in farming with convicts. He has
lost by them every year that he has
tried it
The colored people of Dallas.
Texas, are all torn up by a recent
decision ol the district court. An
injunction was applied for to re
strict the colored members of the
Antioch Baptist church from
“shouting, screaming and yelling
at the top of the'r voices, and run
ning up and down the floor, jump
ing up and down on the same.” .
At the hearing of the case the tes
timony was voluminous. The judge
was puzzled, but after wrestling
with the matter two days, he
finally gi .nted the restraining order
in jhe following terms:
“The constitution guarantees per
fect freedom of conscience. No
court ol law can dictate how a man
shall worship, but the exercise of
that must not interfere with the
rights of others. A man has the
right to enjoy, but not to injure; the
right to maintain, but not to tres
pass. Shouting in religious wor
ship may be a matter of conscience,
but it does not get beyond state reg
ulations by reason of that. I do not
think that noise is a part of reli
gion, but I may not be a good
judge of that. It seems to me to he
only the result of emotional excite
ment, such as may be found at con
ventions or theaters. It may or
may not be necessaiy in religion,
but it also may he a nuisance. A
man has a right to shout as long
and as loudly as he pleases, provis
ded he does it wbe e he will not dis
turb others. S eep is essential, and
to rob a man of sleep is as much an
infringement of his rights as if he
were robbed of his chatties. The
order of the court is that upon pe
titioners giving bond in the sum of
$500 the clerk of the court will is
sue a writ of injunction, restraining
the defendants from disturbing pe
titioners or permitting same in said
church, by loud and unusual or un
reasonable noise.”
APPLING FOR BACON.
Baxley, Ga , June 28.—The vote
stood here today, B: con S93, Gordon
529. This county has been always
considered as solid for Bacon, but
Gordon’s strength, as developed in
the balloting, was a surprise to those
who had promised it to Bacon.
HOW IS THIS?
Bacon papers sent to two offices in
Banks county are not delivered. The
Banner-Watchman and Augusta Chron
icle are not delivered, and large bundles
of them are sent daily.
THE OCONEE RIVER.
The appropriation to clean out the
Oconee river between Powell's Mill and
the Georgia railroad bridge has been re
duced to $7,500. The bill has not as yet
passed the senate.
MOONSHINER KILLED.
Deputy Marshall Newt McDonald
killed a notorious Moonshiner named
John A. Brown, in Ben Hill district Sun-
day night The moonshiner threw a
rock at McDonald, and Jiit him on the
shoulder before McDonald fired. The
BITTEN BY A MAD DOG.
The Development of a Case of Hydrophobia
In Fort Gaines.
Fort Gainf.s, June 27.—On May
4th, a colored boy, eleven years old,
named Bob Culverson, was bitten
on Jhe left cheek by a strange dog
thought to be rabid, but as two
dogs were bitten by the same brute
and no bad effects have resulted,
the parents dismissed their fears and
the matter seems to have almost
been forgo'tton. Last Saturday the
boy complained of earache, and
growing worse, Dr. J. T. Mande-
ville was ca'led to see him on Mon
day, 21^; instant, and, although he
expressed surprise at his peculiar
symptoms and was unable to diag
nose the case, rone el the family
thought to inform him that he had
been bitten by the supposed mad
dog. On his return to his office he
learned that it was the boy which
had been bitten, and suspicious of
hydrophobia were aroused. He
has watched the progress of the
disease -closely since, and to-day
pronounces it a well defined case ot
hydrophobia, but not in its most
violent form.
Prohibition has been defeated in
Washington Territory.
Miss Waldron, a young lady of
about 19, who resides near Buford’s,
Va., completed her forty-eighth
day of fasting this afternoon. Her
only nourishment has been small
quantities of vinegar and water.
Coroner’s jury returned a verdict of I Her case puzzles the medical pro-
guilty of murder against McDonald. I fession.