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1 NIGHT Of m.
Several Severe Earthquakes
Visit Athens.
OUR CITIZENS BADLY FRIGHTENED.
A Series ofShoeks Extend-
I From Nine O'clock
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Until Daylight
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INCIDENTS OF THE NIQHT
DESCRIPTION OF NOTH!) EARTH
QUAKES THAT HAVE VISIT
ED OUR GLOBE.
Tuesday night, about 9 o'clock, Athens
was visited by one of the ievereat earth
quake shocks ever known here, and the
whole oitj was thrown into the wildest
fright and confusion. It is estimated
that the
HIRST SHOOK LASTED ABOUT T1IREK MIN
UTER,
but in less time than an hour four returns
of the earthquake were felt, with each
iiiccecding jarof less force. At2 o'clock
in the morning there was one more
shm-k and another at daylight—making
SEVEN DISTINCT EARTHQUAKES IN SEVEN
HOUIts’ TIME.
The first shock was by far the
most prolonged and frightful in its force.
The lops of a number of chimneys were
shaken otT, arnamenta thrown from the
niantiepiecea and broken, and the whole
earth kept in a quiver for what, to our
thoroughly frightoned inhabitants, seem
ed an interminable time. The shock was
from north to south, and a low, dead
rumbling sound accompanied the
STHASUK ANll UNWELCOME VISITOR.
The writer of this article was at his
farm, “n the outskirts of the city, and had
gone to sleep. We were aroused by a
roar as if a heavily-loaded train of cars
were passing beneath the window, and
our first imptession was that a cyclone
was coming. The
House kockrii rp.ARFi-LLY,
and a student's lamp on a table near the
bed seemed about to he shaken to pieces.
The blinds rattled, and at one time it
seemed that the house would leave its
pillars. The jar first appeared as if
gently rocking back and fortn, and then
a tremble up and down. We went *out
into the yard and glanced at the sky
Not a speck of cloud was visible, but an
unusual number of
siiiH...::o STARS
were Hashing across the firmament. The
air was so still that it seemed a calm. The
principal portion of the city was a half
mile distant, but we could distinctly
hear the confusion.
MEN AND WOMEN WERE SCREAMIN') AND
FRATINO,
dogs barking, and there was the greatest
excitement and confusion. We returned
t > bed. ufter the jar had ceased, but in a
few minrtis the shock returned, but
with less foro than at first. Before the
clock struck 10 there were four repeti
tions of the shock, but each one of less
violence thsn the former. Even after
the shocks had subsided, there seemed
to be a faint quiver over the earth, last
ing nearly all night. As we stated above,
there were returns of the shock at 2
o'clock and daylight. The excitement
in the city was intense, and especially
among our colored population. Many of
them believed that -* —“
JUDGMENT DAY HAD COME,
and rushed from their houses screaming
at the top of their voices. The streets
were full of people on their knees.
There was a colored dance at the Town
Hall, and when the oarthquake came the
entertainment broke up in the wildest
fright and confusion, and those who
were a moment before tripping the light
fantastic toe were upon thpir knees ask
ing pardon for their sinsVand promising
never again to engage in such a worldly
sport as dancing. But many of the
whites were also badly scared, and just
ly so, too, foi the largest houses rocked
as if shaken by the hand of a giant, and
sonic of the brick rcsidenooa felt as if
they would
CIIVMHI.E T<> PIECES.
The Commercial Hotel was well filled
with guests, and when tbe house began
to tremble so they rushed down stairs
and into the halls in their night dresses,
in the greatest fright. Hundreds of peo
ple sat up all night, and many
REMAINED ON THEIR KNEES UNTIL DAT-
LIGHT.
There seemed to bo certainly good cause
for fright, for such a prolonged and vio
lent earthquake shock has never before
been known in this country.
I'Ror. CHARDONNIER'S OjqN\Oi(.
Col. Charbonnief said, that as nearly
aa he could ascertain, the earthquake
lasted about two minutes It oame, he
thought, from tho southeast. A rum
bling noise was heard, almost immedi
ately succeeded by a very perceptible
heaving of the earth. An ordinary pen
dulum clock on-tlie mantel at the Col
onel’s house was stopped by the shocks
of the earthquake.
MR. It. L. CRANFORD TALKS. *
If there was anyone section of Athens
where the shock was seyofOT (ell than
another, it was (HI Hancock avenue- The
people living on this atreot wore wild
with fright, and tho ohimoeya and
houses wore worse shaken up than any
where else. Mr. H. L. Cranford says:
“1 was sitting on Ay porch With Mrs.
Cranford and Mr. Davis, talking, when 1
felt s slight tremor, and a noise like ao
approaching train of cars, coming, appa
rently, from the northeast Immediate
ly there followed a severe ahock. The
houses on the opposite side of the street,
occupied by Mrs. Reese agd Mrs. Bain,
began to crack, and ft? fondi began to
Ml (tom ft? ftimuny? of all the houses
The cracking of the houses could be
hcafd for |0Q yard* or more. At this in
stant the screams of two colored girls
were hoard, and from the noli# I was led
to believe that tha houses were falling
in. I walked across the street to Mrs.
lteese’s gate, to see if any one was hurt.
The earth was in a perfeot tremor, Ind
M r. Davis had to grasp a tree to steady
himself. I had the same sensation as if
on a ship at sea. I placed my hand on
the earth that seemed to rise and fall, aa
if in waves. It would have taken but
Alderman McKinnon says: “East
Athens was badly shaken up, and one or
two chimneys wrecked. The people left
their houses and few slept that night”
John Mack, col., who was at a meet
ing at Moore’s Grove, about six miles
from Athens, says when the earthquake
came the services broke up in the great
est confusion, and the negroes were wild
with fright One old man lost all his
crockery that was broken by the shocks.
TOWLES SHAKEN UP.
Mr. Fowler’s clerk was io the city
yesterday, and says the earthquake put
in some good licks at the bar. A large
stack of Hour was shaken down and a
number of bottles jostled from the shelf
and broken.
OFFICIAL OBSERVATION.
Capt R. Nickerson took the official
obserTation of the earthquake. He says
he was sitting in his dining room and at
the first rumbling took up his watch.
The time was 8.54 p. m, and the dura
tion of the first shock was 3 minutes and
15 seconds.
The second earthquake occurred at
9 05 p. m., and lasted 45 seconds. The
third commenced at 9:10)^ p. ni., and
lasted 1 minute and 15 seconds. The
fourth commenced at 9:49, and lasted 15
seconds..
Between one and two o’clock the
glasses in his house rattled, and at four
o’clock another shock was distinctly
heard. Other citizens declared that at
seven in the morning the seventh dis
tinct shock was experienced.
1‘rof. D. 0. Barrow said: “There
were six separate and distinct shocks,
lasting from ,'j minute to 3 minutes
each, and the whole number spreading
over an hour, with about equal intervals.”
Each one of these shocks was of suf
ficient strength to shake the house and
make the windows rattle. Very likely
thes; six shocks are but a small propor
tion of the whole number of shocks
which would have been recorded with
delicate seismographs.
l’rof. Barrow thinks probably it came
from the northwest.
Prof. Charbonnier believes it came
from the southwest. Both the vertical
and wave motion were n ticed. Prof.
Charbonnier noticed the tilting tendency
of things about his home. The clock on
his room mantel stopped.
the SHOCK IN 1875.
In the early fall of 1875a severe shock
of earthquake was felt in Athens—lasting
five or ten seconds. It was distinctly
felt all over town, and many people sit
ting by their firesides imagined the
chimney had caught. Tne “Athens
Georgian” was running its daily edition
and the editorial force were all stirred
up. It wss not near so severe as this
one. This was the heaviest shock and
the longest, and most oft repeated we
have ever heard-
incidents’
An old negro living'in-Cobbham heard
the windows rattling and concluded that
it was some one trying to break in, and
turned his. dog loose and and fired oil
his gun.
A store keeper near the Rock College,
got so frightened that he commenced
yelling and firing his pistol to get some
body to cotne and stay with him.
A scientific darkey in Athens says that
the earthquake was caused by a shrink
age of the ground after the rain.
Several ladies were prostrated by the
shock, and are still severely sick from its
effects.
More than fifty chimney tops were
shaken ofT in the city.
Mr. Chappie, in East Athens, says the
earthquake oame directly from the
South, and he says he looks for fearlnl
news from South America.
The earthquake turned' a pleasure
party into a prayer meeting.
Mrs. Charlie Reese says the earth
quake was severer than she ever felt on
the Pacific coast This lady says that
the third shock is always the worst and
most disastrous.
Many parties remained out of their
houses all night, and slept on the
ground.
The tops of the chimneys an Dr.
Camak's house were shaken off.
Mrs. Reese’s front yard was strewn
with brick from the top of the ohimneys.
Dr. Qerdii.e distinctly heard the shock
at 4 o’clock this morning,' as did one of
his patients who was awake.
The soren o’clock shock was felt by
many of our people, some of whom slept
very little during the night.
The streets were full of people last
night just after the earthquake.
Bill Davis and Ed Sanford were terri
bly stirred up. They were in Hodg
son's store, and imagined ft* whole
building was OQVftiftg down, Davis had
lost key. but ft his (right, wrenched
the look open with his band.
A good many of our citizens thought
that the omnibus and street car line had
cotuhined to kiok up a rumpus in tho
city.
The shock was severe in WatkihsTille
and up and down our railroads.
Chickens were shaken out of trees on
the North-Eastern.
It is very probable that the shock wiU
be repeated off and on during (he next
30 days. There ft no occasion for
alarm, however, for the first shock is
nearly always the severest
Rome dwelling houses ft Jefferson
Were moved from their pillars, so says
Hr. J. E. Randolph.
A negro in Dr. Gerdine’s yard says
that he could hear the earthquake some
time before he felt it, and that it un
doubtedly came from the northwest:
This is not at all improble, for Prof.
Dean tells of a good many coming from
that direction, one of which traversed
the whole United States from northwest
to southeast. But this direction ft not
that which CoL CharbQJMWt ftiWght it
took.
Angwft tad a Aock ftzt week, and
affected by Tuesday night’s phenomena.
When the first shock was felt the dogs
began to howl and display other symp
toms of great uneasiness. Parties who
were in tbe neighborhood of stables de
clare that the horses exhibited signs of
terror and trembled ft every limb. A
gentleman informed us that he was com
ing out of bis cow lot, where several
Jerseys were lying down in a contented
and peaceful attitude—that when (he
earth began to tremble then .animals im
mediately rose and manifested the great
est uneasiness. Another gentleman says
his chickens were so much disturbed by
the shsking of the earth that they left
their roosts and huddled together ft a
corner of the house. There is no doubt
that the animals felt the premonition of
the shock. One gentleman who owns a
fish pond near the city, and who, with a
party of friends, was engaged in a hunt
for the finny tribe, declares that the ef-
fect of the ahock upon the water was in
every respect noticeable. The waves
were unusually large, and when they
would moot would form quite a credit
able disturbance of u mally ] la -id wattra
There is no doubt that the dumb crea
tion felt the first shocks in a greater de
gree, and for a longer period were in a
state of more uneasiness.
ELBKBTON AROUSED.
Elberton, Sept. 1.—[Special]. Three
shocks of earthquake were heard here
lsst-uight at 10 o’clock. ' The citizens
were much excited over it, especially
the negroes, who believed the world was
coming to an end.
in harmony grove.
Harmony Grove, Sept 1.—[Special].
Our town and all this section of country
passed through the throes of a good sized
earthquake last night. There were some
six or seven distinct shocks felt here,
commencing about 9 p. m. and lasting
until 3 a. m. Everything and everybody
was shaken up considerably. One party
called his entire family out into the yard
and had family prayers. Some of the
negroes were frightened nearly to death,
and several of them have hardly got on
their feet yet after their big scare. We
are told the shocks were very violent
indeed in Banks county, and bricks and
rocks were thrown off of chimneys and
scattered far and near. The chickens
were also shaken from the roosts in this
vicinity, thereby making the discord
doubly diabolical. A great many peo
ple sat up all night, expecting the world
to come to an end.
DANIELSVILLE IS SHAKEN.
Danielsville, Sept 1.—[Special],
Last night about 9 o’clock our little
town was shaken by the severest shock
from an earthquake ever experienced
here. The first shock lasted about five
minutes, and houses rocked to their very
foundations. Many in bed were aroused
by the rocking of their beds and rattling
of furniture, and ran out of their houses.
Shock after shock followed, but not so
great as the first. Tho last Of the earth’s
trembling was noticed long after mid
night.
tirfi ceiling foil in his room' at the upper
end of Green street He had hardly got
ten to the door of his room, when he
beard the’ceiling fall, covering the chair
and table where he had been sitting.
THF FACTORY DISTRICT.
Jha aback did not seem to be quite as
eavy aa in th thickly settled portion of
the city. Around the Augusta Factory
the people ware huddled together and
were singing and preying.
The exact number of shocks was thir
teen—the first ohe at 9:22,—city time—
the last at 12:33—city time.—
The following are times of the different
shocks, the one at 9:51 bang tha seve
rest, and tha one at 10:27 next ft severi
ty; at 9:51, 9:52,9:69,10:01,1007, 10:21
10-26,10:27, 1©;27, 1039, 10-.34, 10:38
10:45,1.03 seventy-fifth meridian time.
At Langley Mills, near Augusta,
the dam haa broken in sbout a dozen
places, and the South Carolina track is
washed away for a thousand feet The
engine of the Charleston train is laying,
ft abont fifteen feet of Waterloo its side
The fireman is killed. The M2y has not
been found. The engineer is badly Wanes# men,- and the planters and
injured. The Bath- dam is also broken.
OUK RAILROAD
A Nsw Line Being Surveyed—Nigh Shoals
Will Hot Capture the Road.
We were yesterday shown by Judga
W. B. Thomas a pamphlet issued by the
CoTington & Macon road, descriptive of
the country through which the road
will pass, the equipment of the line and
its prospects, from which we will make
extracts in the future. There is also a
handsome map of the road, showing that
it will certainly pass ftrrngh Madison
and Watkinsville, High Shoals being
left out, but the road will he ean’ied as
near that point as possible, probably
within two or three miles. The bond
holders are guaranteed that the road will
be completed . the present year. Mr.
Roberts and his force of engineers are
now engaged in running a line nearer the
river, to see if a better and cheaper
rente cannot be found- They drop back
two miles from the city, but will enter
on the saute route already surveyod.
The Clayton Letten
Atlanta, August 2S.—The let
ter published in the New Yoik
Evening Post, written by Mr. J. W.
Clayton, an old and well-known
citizen of Atlanta, giving a descrip
tion of tbe condition of things here
is creating a etir. The Constitution
devoted considerable space -to dis
proving the statements in that letter
and published the views of a num
ber of citizens contradicting Mr.
Clayton. Your correspondent met
Mr. Clayton to-day, and that gen
tleman is likewise stirred up. He
insists that he was substantially cor
rect and is engaged in preparing a
reply.
CLOSE OF THE COTTON
SEASON YESTERDAY
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deale
bought at Athens and
quality'and cleaner,than
! elsewhere. . it general mU» for highei
figures than other gjwftv similarly
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ATHENS & GR8WIN6 MJHttEl
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Wftat fi[as Been Done 1
Ten Years,
A vtl Inehioo? oA
THEOUTLOOKFORVl^CltY
floo*/ 1 u'frtc
WHY ATHENS IS
COTTON CJ‘
The fact that Athens, is ooe'ot the best
diets in. Georgia, has ’been ge-
egztixed for several years, ..Thjp _ con-
Nkqinfc.if groNftg .ft-^fl .mibdSj-h*
THE STATE CONVICTS.
INTERVIEW WITH HR. SHUBRICK
ABOUT THEM.
tow Mr. Oeorte T. Jacksen Is Dalng at
Old Town—The Only White Woman la
the Penltcatlarr—Female and Juvenile
Convicts.
NEWTOWN SHAKEN HP.
Newtown, Madison Countv, Ga,
Sept 1.—Friend Gantt: At precisely 10
o’clock p. m., August 31, I was awake
and the heaviest shock from an earth
quake occurred at this place that has
ever been felt It lasted about 3 min
utes. In about 5 minutes the second one
came, which was light; the third one in
about 3 minutes—about half as heavy
as the first. In interrals of 5 and 10
minutes there were three more. The
first one shook the house so violently
that I thought it would fall. Every
joint ft the house appeared to be trem
bling. While I am writing this the earth
appears to be in motion, and 1 feel a curi
ous sensation. I have just walked out
to my store. I could not walk steady. I
know 1 was not drinking nor frightened
The sound oame from a northerly direc
tion, and ft the east it appears to he
smoky. Something unusual has hap
pened, but I cannot say where, and I ex
pect there is a terrible disaster some
where. Truly yours, MB F. Arnold.
Capt. J. W. Hinton, of High Shoals
was in the city yesterday, and. says the
shock was perceptibly felt there. Chick
ens were shaken from their roosts and
the timbers to the houses cracked.
A great many of our citizens are dread
ing a repetition of the earthquake. The
third shock is always said to be the most
severe,
ALL OVER TnE SLATE.
The old rookery in Atlanta, called
the State Capitol, stood the shock very
well. The artesian well was not inter
rupted. CoL W. D. Grant’s house was
badly shaken up in Atlanta. A shower
of slate fell from Mr. W. IL Lewis 1
house, on Peachtree. A lodge of Atlanta
Odd Fellows were scattered. The board
of Stewards of Trinity church were de
moralized in session. The Kimball
House guests flew to to the elevators and
storings. Big Bethel negro church was
demoralized in meeting. No damzge
wss done ft Atlanta.
In Covington the Baptist church con'
gregation was broken up.
The guests at New Holland Springs
were the most scattered of alL
Clocks stopped in Rome.
little to have wrecked Athens^ n fae W* W!M4 ft tax# rolled from
houses oould not hltXVIldSA t *•- | Greece to Georgia.
IfWT sfclffc- $ tb« our
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liftn,"
WUAT OTHERS BAT.
Mr. John H. Newton says: “I was
horn in the year 180ft and remember
that in 1812 then was an earthquake
equally as severe as the one on Tuesday
eight, and vary similar in its character.
I was living in Jefferson county, Ga, at
that time. There was a very severe
ahock,followed by four or five' smaller
ones. With the exception of year,
I never knew an ea^qqqk* to severe as
• ft? fit?wsnt. I was sp Old.
IhS tint right at Major Lamar Cobb’s, and
RS It was shriek house, I felt consider
able fear of the building falling in. It
locked badly.”
SEVERE IN AUGUSTA.
Augusta also had a slight shock last
Novembsr.
There is no reason for alarm. Such
shocks have done no serious damage in
this country. The earthquake is a curi
ous, but not a deadly visitor hero.
Invalids were carried into the street
on stretchers. Pictures were throw*
down ft the Broad street leektanceu of
Dr. Campbell and Dr. Ford and at Dr.
Dugas. Bricks foil foot* the Augusta
Hotel. CoVRags folk i* Mr. Julies Try-
oris atom., fa the neighborhood of the
eowetoay a number of people sought ref
uge in tho grave yard, and' regular
praye*-meetings were inaugurated. In
number of negro localities on lower
Greene street, families were seen hud
dled together between the rows of trees,
A lamp was knocked from * reading ta
ble in Miss Morton’s lap. Ceilings of tho
residences of Dr. Curtis and Mr. J J.
Lea fell ft Greene street.
Mr. Shnbrick, deputy superintendent
of the state penitentiary, called on us,
Monday, and the conversation turned on
his trip. We asked him Eow Mr.
George T. Jackson was doing at the Old
Town camp?
“He is very feeble,” was the reply,
“and I believe that if it were not for the
hope of securing a pardon that he would
not live three months. Von know he
isa very proud man, and when tho ‘jury
brought in a verdict of guilty it was the
heaviest punishment that the hand of tho
law could inflict upon him. He ia too
feeble to be kept at work; and remains in
the stockade. He is not shackled, but
wears stripes, as the other prisoners.
The law prescribes it aa a part of the
sentence. The prisoner entered no pro
test, bnt he obeys e ypry order without a
murmur. .
“Does he stay ft tbe barracks at night
with the other convicts?
“1 do not know,but thin); he eats]with the
camp physician and the superintendent
He is treated aa kindly aa the law per
mits; but he is low-spirited and dejected,
and if not pardoned out soon, won’t be
alive much longer.”
“How many white women are there ft
the penitentiary?” , , , .
“Only one—Miss Roney, from Clay
county. She is a plain country girl of
abont 23 years, and is modest and cir
cumspect in her deportment Vou will
remember that the was convicted of be
ing a participant in a murder, and that
her mother died ft jail and her brother
was banged about two weeks ago! A
white woman looks out of place in
the penitentiary, and I am glad to knew
that steps are being taken to secure this
girl’s pardon.”
“How abont Dr. Felton’s reformatory
prison bill?”
“At the time it was introduced in the
legislature I had occasion to investigate
the matter, and found 44 negro women
in the penitentiazy and only four youths
under 18 years of age. Of the women,
24 had been sent up for murder, and- the
others for anon, buTgiary and other bad
crimes, thus showing that juries only
convict weazen ft extreme casta. Of
the yoaths, they were all hardened crim
inals, end were sentenced for most brutal
inn. Only one or two prisoners e year
eeid be affected by Dr. Felton’s hill,
iafte event that it had passed.”
“What is the condition of the variotis
camps?” -
“Admirable. There is but little sick-
as and everything isworking nicely.
The convicts are well treated, and the
law complied with to the letter. I have
no complaints to make.”
TBE SHOCK ELSEWHERE.
AU up thd Georgia railroad from Au
gusta to Covington last night mthquake
rolled like* big h*U ft* Lowing alley.
TheshggfcMWWtau severe w Savan
nah. Thswhol* state is stirred up.
IT STRIKES SAVANNAH.
• Savannah, Sept L—[Special,] The.
earthquake struck us squarely. But lit
tle damage done. No one' hurt
THE EFFECT ON THE ANIMALS.
The dumb creation were noticeably
CROCKERY BROKEN CF.
At Smytbe’s store, the scene of brok
en statuary, crockery, vases, Ac, was
tried by acrowi. The sensible. proprie
tor arid: “Thank God it is no worse.”
Tho demolition of crockery was gi eel.
Ms. Smyth said tho *-aagmg articles
swung four or fixe inches.
inatunat the Union Depot
was great- A.heavy glass-face book-case
ft the law office ofHon. John S. David
son was thrown to. the Moor and demol
ished'. Ornaments chandeliers and other
hreakphles were destroyed all over tho
city.
WON. JOS. r. lama>
merchants have not been slow
to realise the advantage of sending cot
ton to A*thens.
“What are the receipts for the year
closing Hugust 31st, 1886?” the Banner-
Watchman asked of a prominent mer
chant yesterday.
“Our books shpw 62,113 for this sea
son.” :
“And last year?”
“53,896.”
“Have you the figures for 1884?”
“Tel; they show up 45,615. The in
crease for the past season is 8,217; and
for the past two seasons 16,498.”
These figures are moulded in solid and
suggestive facts. In 1886—ten years
ago—the cotton receipts of Athena were
20,000 hales. -In ten years the increrse
has been over three times these figures.
THE EXrLANATttjEr >
The reason is evident. The natural
increase of the yield is one cause. With
the growth of population and the improv
ed methods of cultivation,the cotton belt,
instead of being confined to the coast
oonnties and the middle section of Geor
gia, has widened into the hil! country
and mountain ridges. The cotton-patch
has supplanted the hickory and the*' dak
as readily as it displaced the beech and
-the pine. Cotton has broadened its'do
main, so that the low country has ceased
to be its sole dwelling place. The old
order of things which left cotion-grow-
Ug to the black belt, with its dense ne
gro plantations, has been succeeded by
the nem regime, which opened the up
lands anil gave cotton planting to the
white lands of the upper counties. The
result has been not only io increase the
volmueof the crops by spreading the area;
buttoiinprove'its quality by cleaning
the methods of cultivation.
! AN INTERIOR MARKET..'
It is not surprising then, that a cotton
market should have grown up in Nortfat
it- Georgia which was once entirely
tributary to the lower cities. And it was
Very obvious that if the freights and fa-
cilities’oTSUch an Shfei^r 'mzrkdt cotiTd
be made anything like what they were at
the coast, the interior markets would
approximate the importance of the old
cotton centres. This is exactly what
has been done. • • '
The city of Athens opened up to her
self an independent route to New York
over the North-Eastern railroad. This
gave us through rates on cotton shipped
to New York, as it secured through
rates on Western produce, which she
sold - in return for the cotton. Athens
enjoys all the advantages of a competi
tive point, which, since the consolida
tion of the railroad systems, many of the
larger cities do not possess. As tbe cot--
ton trade then commenced to seek the
interior, and the buyer to get nearer ,the i
producers, so as to reduce the margin Of
expenses, Athens rose steadily ss a cot
ton market Every year her facilities
have been improved. '
wl ®* f, R*?fr<Stfa d Accident' 1 ' 0 - 1 (
T's . 'Ll - iil tu •» it hn>. *
thing will taft’ihtfdAes tdt in the
kets.
Eastern spizritM constantly write
«frtbttWti>eiUCtota»»akea oft the best
lot) ther baodie.during the yeari” ' V
oua TEikrroaTv'.ii—■-rid'*
’“What territory do we command?”
d I “We-get cotton aU^aloag' th*, Athena
Branch of the Georgia railrood apd,along
the North-lfts(erp Branch of, the - Rich
mond imd DanviUe rriJroed. , Wejpi
cotton from White Pftins now, and when
the Union Point and White Plains iine Is
'finished" ■•”V ir jug—'
from * that section " than ever We
draw from Wilkes - county, aa# as far
along the Georgia railroad as Morgan
Then we draw across the narrow gauge
from Walton and Jackson, and in the win
ter, when roads are bad and i: cannot be
hauled through the country, cotton is
shipped to Athens through Gainesville
and through Social Circle.”
“Our territory is widening every year,
and when the Macon Sc Covington Road
drives into our city we will run down far
Into the territory of the Central City.
j :,r| . THE FOTCSI,
The future of the cotton business of
Athens is onr most promising feature, apd
aa this trade is the index of the commer
cial value of the city, it is easy to see
what our outlook is and what our chances
are.” q , , . f .
“What is your estimate for the year
closing Aug. 31, 1887 7"
“I count confidently on 75,000 bales.
It will not bz many years before we han
dle over 100,000 bales a season. Of course
this means corresponding increase ft oth
er lines of business. It will strengthen
the produce and provision business and
the growth of all staple articles ol
trade.” ,« .
•Augusta; Ga., Sept, t.—Charles
ton is fearfully wrecked. ' Five mil
lions of dollars will not iover the
loss. > Associated press reports try
one’hundred people are killed in a
ntllroarf accident at - Somerville,
near Charleston. Tbe engineer and
fire man ■ ft dte‘ * tilled. Tbe people
will not enter their houses, and
there is not a hundred residences
occupied. Dealers refuse to open
their storee and business is entirelv
suspended. The five fires which
broke out after first shock are now
under control. Fissures in the
earth are noticed from which-fire,
apparently from a great depth, ex
tides, and a sulphurous smell is no
ticeable in Augusta. ; Shock* con
tinue at intervals, a very severe one,
causing a stampede, having occur
red at fonr o’clock. A lady’s death
trom fright is reported.
Chronicle.
“Then we pay Atlanta prices almost
continuously. Our quotations show this.’’
A SHUT-DOWN.
HUNDRVD HANDS OUT
PRINCETON FACTORY,
AT
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
mised $1.00 per day for hi* labor. It ia
reported that aa organised move is now
on fool to demand • greatly increased
price for picking eoteon.- There ia not
one farmer ft jehundred that makes shy
dear money now, and if the negroes try
to organize a general strike it will only
result in their own injmy. The K L
are arid to be devoting especial attention
to the colored element, and it ia claimed
that one-fourth of the race in Clarke
county belong to the Order.
met with a miraculous escape. The ea- stoutly
KIHHHRhBHBwB
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING. ’
A little negro accidently shot e boy
Szturday,ia Oconee county. The shot en
tered the boy’s ayejand killed him in-
(Rtantlv
OUR FACILITIES.
We have now four large warehouses:
with Stonge room, skilled, weighers and
shippers anda'coinplete’system for busi
ness. 'In .no way fits Athens, heifer
equipped henelf tban this, and each
year additional room will be furnished. ~
OUB COTT >N COMPRESSES. . .. . J
We have two large compresses, one at
each freight depot, which have added
very materially to our ability to pay
higher prices for cotton. Cotton com
pressed occupies Ufes freight room sod
reduces shipping czpe.tses, so that the
Athens market frequently offers to ad
joining oounties tho^advantoge of 1-8 to
1-4 cents a'poand. So thoroughly have
the compresses performed their work
that by one of these alone last year 30,-
090 bales were shipped from Athens on
ihrough hills of lading, to Eastern mills
and to European spinners. The same
schedule is observed, and relatively the
same prices are given, which can be se
cured at the coast- This shows how
rapidly the old avenues of cotton trade
have been changed end how- new rail
road lines, new system .of cultivation and
improved methods,of handling and ship-
ping have metamorphosed . the cotton
The warehouses have been
taken from the river banks and set upon
the hills. The compresses are removed
fromthe wharfs and pot up at the rail
road towns.- The purchasers are ap
proaching the producers.
CHEAP CKABOES.
Another secret of'the growing value of
Athena as a cotton market'is the cheap.
Mss with which opr merchants, handle
cotton- ; The standard ezpe n *e of $1.60
End $L7S per halo, which the farmer has
b4en accustomed to regard as refutable
ft the larger cities, has been reduced Un
Athens to 40 -cento and 60 ' cents per
bale, Merchants and buyers are ‘con
tent to work on small margins, and are.
bnildftg np a l&rge business. This con
cession, Athens has made promptly, apd
wisely, and it isa put of the business-'
like system which has everywhere been
instituted. Athens has been swift .to,
TrembUs With the Wears Room Boss Lead
to'a General Btikiwasloia—Talk With Ur.
Hamilton Yzzurdxr. i -
“Princeton factory has shot down!”
This was the nears which reached the
city yesterday morning.
There was surprise and some anxious
inquiry.
The Banner-Watchman had printed
an account of some trouble with the
weave room boss, but few dreamed that
the whole factory would be involved.
Yesterday morning tbe BannEr-
WaVchman sought oat Dr. James 8.
Hamilton, the‘President and part- owner
of this well known cotton factory, and
asked him for the facts.
“Yes, sir,” said Dr. Hamiltoi? “I have
just received word from General Mana
ger Russell that the bell was ruDg this
morning and not enough hands went to
the mill to start the machinery. So they
have shut down, and I am going out now
to see what can be done.”
“The trouble came from dissatisfaction
among some of the weave room handa
over the weave room boss, Joel Dean.”
“What was the complaint?”
“It was charged that he was partial in
his management and unjust in his treat
ment We laid the matter before Mr.
Dean, and he declared that if a majority
of the hands in his room voted to turn
him out he would go.”
“Did you tokd the vote ?’’
“Yes, Mr. Russell and I called up each
hand in the presence of Mr. Dean, so tha.
he might know what the charges went
And out of twenty-odd bands, only six
voted against him.”
“We regai ded the matter as settled,”
continued Dr. Hamilton, “but it seems
that the dissatisfied handa had friends in
the other rooms who took up the trouble.
These parties have worked up a feeling
against Dean. My note from Mr. Rus
sell says that the bell this morning was
rutag at 6 o’clock, but so many hands
were out of the card room that the mill
could not • be run. So ho stopped the
wheel and shut down the mill.” -
“How many bands are out of employ
ment !'• ;
“Between 90 and 100.” .
“What kind of man is Mr: Dean J”
“We have found him energetic and
competent. He was employed at the
Athens Factory before he went with us
ft January. He seems to' have been
unpopular at Princeton.
Princeton Factory started up in Janu
ary, after a suspension in the depressed
period, and an opportunity was given the
hands to obtain work. Itia to be hoped
this trouble will be speedily settled. It
is said that the Knights of Labor are not
concerned in this strike.'.’
Latkb.—Late last night the Bannsb-
Watchman lesruei that the differences
had not been settled and. the probnbili'
ties were that Mr. Deep wouldjresign his
place.
The following comsponience will ex
plain the solution ol the trouble, and the
factory, we. presume, wiU start up to-day:
Athens, Ga., Aug. 3L--To Dr, Ham
ilton, Lessee of Princeton Factory—Deaf
A gentleman from High Shoals tells ns
that the Knights of Labor are organizing
Lodge* among the negroes in that sec
tion, and the colored fellow-citizen ea
gerly unite! with the Order, as he is pro- »*a>pu»e this principle, and other places
where the old system of cumbrous metV
ods are in vogue, are yearly losing tho
cottoq which, we are novr.controlling.
I‘i OTHER ADVANTAGES.
The banks, we find, - furnish ample
means for handling cotton here. Their
policy in this respect has been liberal
and accommodating. Athens controls
All the'money, she wants for her bust
ness right at'.’Home, and tWs mofive-
power ia the secret spring of trade.
The demand of local suinners, includ
ing Athens Factory, Princeto tand High
Shoals, amounts to about 10,000 bales
year,'an element in the buying which
cannot be overlooked.
A MERCHANT’S VIEW.
“It is generally conceded,” said a sue
hliltion* of Dollar* Will Not Cover
7 btllt 1 the Loss.
5_hJ ■ .vt»
It is more carefully pwked and bet- 0pe,HundrixloPoT*oo* Killed in a
ter ginned. U is m ire largely gathered
and prepared for market by white labor
than cotton jn the low conn'try. and this
Not Otic Hondfedf 'Residence* Oc>
, cupied in the City.
Fissures in the Earth and a Sul
phurous Smell Noticeable in
'■ Augusta.
A GREAT CONTEST.
McWHOKTER-LEWIS
VASSIN GREENE.
Hard Hand to Hand Flsht for the State
Senate—What tne Candidates are Doing-
On the stump Before the People.
THE SHOCKS CONTINUE.
Augusta Badly Damaged and Alarmed.
Wreckings on the Sand Hills.
t on the Carolina Railroad.
i i
News from the Carolina Coast
Augusta, Sept. 1.—-[Special],
This city has been the most shaken
spot in. Georgia.'i The disturbances
of last night were more severe than
at first Supposed, and to-dhy small
shocks have continued ht intervals.
Some of the people here are in a
*ftt* Mfr?#iJl
'•>’ Special Onreapondenes.
Union: Point, Ayg. 39.—A raft
ling campaign ia in ‘progress in old
Greene. Four candidates are out
for the lower house and two for the
senate—this being Greene’* tithe
and in the rotation system. Hon.
M. W. Lewis and W. P. McWhor-
ter, the Woodville merchants, are
pitted against each other. This, of
course, brings the combined Mc
Whorter influence into the field.
Tbe result is in doubt, but the gal
lant lewis has inaugurated a dash
<»£• brilliant, local campaign the
county baa experienced in years.
He di&dains the “still bunt” meth
ods, and goes straight to the people,
with the issues of the campaign—
meeting the yeomenry of the coun
ty face to face and defining clearly
his position on the questions of the
hour. Nor does he stop here; he
challenges his opponent to meet
him on the stump in a joint discus
sion.
AT WHITE PLAINS.
The first meeting occurred at
White Plains. It is thought that
will be the last. Lewis hurled back
the petty objections and low insin
uations made against his candidacy
with bis tremendous force, and car
ried the war into the enemy’s
camp. The tilt was civily—the
sparring sharp. There is, however,
but one opinion of the two men on
the stump. Lewis is in bis element
when on the hustings. His argu
meiits are conclusive, his points
tall, and bis strong, earnest manner
Is irresistible. He knows the weak
points in the armor ot his antagon-
onist, and there he sends the keen
ijl;» 1
<5N the Mill.
The houses on the Sand Hills for
some reason .teem to have suffered
most seyqrety, bricks failing (rom
chimneys, ceilings cracking and the
brick residences on the U. S. Arse
nal grounds; in some places being
badly wrecked. These grounds
contain U. S. ordnance warerooms
and officers’ apartments. So loss
of life is reported in Somerville
or Augusta.
GREAT WRECKAGE.
Our advices from surrounding
towns show wreckage, but no loss
o( life anywhere.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
' The accident to the South Caro
lina Railroad was severe and resul
ted fatally to the fireman. The
bulkhead at Horse Creek was
washed down, and interspersed rap
idly oyer the track. The' fireman
was killed, the conductor mortally
injured and tbe stock in the cars
were drowned. The tram is now
entirely under water.
CAROLN1A coast. *
Reports from Beaufort and Port
Royal on the Carolina coast show
no loss of life, but great damage.
The negroes around Beanfort are
crazed with (ear.
Nothing definite yet from Char
leston.
LATEST FROM ATLANTA.
No damage Reported Except at
Charleston.
Atlanta, Sept 1.—[Special.]
The earthquake is the sole topic of
conversation to-day. Everybody
detailing their experience of last
night. The most serious results in
this locality were cracked walls, a
few overturned chimneys and the
shaking ol bricks lrooi the tops o(
buildings, Reports from North
and Northeast Georgia show the
same state of affairs. No, injury to
person or loss of life are reported
from any where except Charleston.
The news received this morning
from Charleston overshadows all
others. The damage there is gt eat
er than from last year’s cyclone.
Hundreds of people are homeless,
and seventy are reported killed-
Railroad wrecks and other ’serious
casualties were heard of.
HARRY HILL.
This Tonne Railroad Bnllder Will Take
the Athens * Jaffair on in Hand.
We yesterday received a letter from
Mr. Harry Hill, President of the Union
Point and White Plains railroad, in which
he inquires relative to building-the rail
road from Athens to Jefferson. He asks
the opinion ofonrbusinessmen onthe sit
uation,and whether they deem itadvisahle
his visiting Athens for the purpose ex
pressed: Mr. Hill says he is progress
ing finely with the U. P. and W. P
road. We trust that Mr. Hill will viait
our city without delay, and he can re
ceive all the aid and encouragement that
he asks toward the road from this city
to Jefferson, as the people at both points
and all along the line are ripe for it This
is a most important fine to Athens, and
if Harry Hill takes hold of it We believe
the road will be built It will be the
cheapest route in Georgia, and also one
of the most profitable short lines.
I hereby most respectfully tender to you
my resignation Us 'hhss of die weave
JobL T. DBAS.
About 5 o’clock, ?. is, Mr. Joel "T
Dean brought me bis resignation as boss
of-the weave'room, ofhiW own volition,
and 1 though ever so reluctantly, I can but
acceptit
Very Respectfully,
J. S, Hamilton, Lessee.
August 31st, 1886,
Mr. Asa Tborntm moved into Mr. J.
H. Dorsey’s house, over file river, and
Mr. Rob Reaves occupits the house, .va
cated by Mr. Thorntpn. Mr. ' Bridge
Christy, of DsnielsyiUe, moved his faiqi
ly into Capi. White's cottage oppositi
Mr. J. W. Nicholson’s.
MADISON LETTER.
Madison, Ga., Aug. 30.—Rev. David
E. Butler died at his home ft (hit place
Sunday, morning. He has been ill for
some time, and his death was not unex
pected. He has been . quite prominent
in state affairs, and bad very many
friends. A member of the state senate
in 1867,1 think; a trustee of Mercer
University; a director iof the Georgia
railroad for a number of yean, and at
ode'time editor of the Christian Index.
He rns also Past Grand Matter of the
Mutoaie.order of the state. He haa left
his impress behind him, and it is for the
good of mankind. He will bo buried
here to-morrow.
Affiaira are very dull here now. Bar
becues have been in order the past two
weeka. Saturday a large one was given
*t Rutledge, under the auspices of the
Farmers’ Club, Qapt. Carlton was pres
ent and made quite a hit—with the la-
He wiU be safe for that precinct
Captain
dies.
when he runs again. The (
— - to-<Uy,
.The first bale of new f cotton was
brought to town Saturday by Mr.<A. C.
Zsebry, and brought 8c "
~ 'e, relict of
rapture of incessive argument to the
hilt,
homes are altractiveand their tat
are laden with things good ior
ir.ner man. The girls—well, I
a married man and must be carefa
of mv utier.inces; hut I cannot* re:!
frain Irom saying that they are just ]
such girls as would be expected !
Irom these pure surroundings and
“■ E. R.
ennobling influences.
THE MACON & COVINGTON.
Strange Rumors Afloat About this Railroad.
The Constitution of yesterday contains
a piece of news that fell like a v.-et
blanket upon Athens. It is to tho effect
that the Macon & Covington road had
been bought up by the East Term., Va..
& Go., and will only be built to Monti-
cello, the gap to Athens being given up. jj ]
The contractors have not been paid off <i:
and are clamoring for their money. By .
to-morrow we will probably know some- . B
thing authentic.
Later.—Judge W. B. Thomas has just I
returned from Atlanta, and says there is j 5
no truth in tho statement published in . 1
the Constitution in relation to the abovo
LET THE FACTS COME OUT.
tllbOjl-.U*!' BADLY HURT.
Johnny Thornton, a little cash' boy at
O’Farrefi & Hodgson’g,hurtbis foot very
badly yesterday by a box of tobacco fall
ing on it The little boy fainted from
the pain and it was some time before he
got over it.
•Mrs- Wade, relict of: Hudson Wade,
died in this county Saturday, and was
buried Sun'dayi She was a very old
lady, and at bne time occupied ohe of
the most elegant residences in this place-
The war reduced her from affluence to
poverty. CABDtNiL.
Jud Robinson, the little negro who was
concealed in the refrigerator at the mare
ket bouse, had a preliminary trial before
the Justice yesterday, and came clear.
IN THE FORK.
This has been considered one of
McWhorter's strongholds. Lewis
spoke here yesterday to a large
crowd. The speech was one of
great power and eloquence, and
cannot fail to impress the voters of
this seotion. He met and trium
phantly refuted every , objection
raised against him. The people
were first surprised, then astonish
ed—they did not dream that this
quiet little preacher possessed such
hidden powers of oratory and in
vectives. This feeling soon gave
place to sympathy, which swelled,
as* he poured forth a torrent of
burning words, every one of which
was pregnant with meaning and
glowing eloquence into a tumultu
ous enthusiasm. The crowd went
wild over some of his most telling
hits—cheering themselves hoarse.
His arraignment of the “still
hunt,” -‘button hole methods,” that
whispers one thing in one maq’s
ear and something else in anothers,
filling tbeair with senseless or slan
derous rumors, was terrific. This
way ot conducting a campaign
which has become so popular of
late got a black eye yesterday. In
the hands of unscrupulous politi
cians, it is a most; pernicious prac
tice deserving the strongest con
demnation In too many instances
it becomes a perfect slander mill,
and is corruptmg not only to poli
tics, but to the morals of tne coun
try. Mr. Lewis is right, aad wheth
er he is crowned with the laurel oi
victory or forced to wear the badge
of defeat, his work is purifying the
political atmosphere and inaugura
ting cleaner campaign methods will
not go unrewarded. His antagon
ist was on the ground and was in
vited to reply, but when Lewis had
concluded he was not.
The fight goes on, I^wis speaks
to-day at Powell’s Mills and Bur
gess’ store. He will warm up the
people belore he ia through.
For one I glory in his courage
apd am provd of his honesty, his in
tegrity and his talents. He is a no
ble scion of a noble race. True aa
steel to the best interests of his peo-
people, bold as a lion in declaming
and standing by his convictions,
strong in denunciation of wrong,
quick to repel any unjust accusa
tions of those who would strike him
down, he is- proudly illustrating the
demoerrey of oil Greene. The
spirit ot his honored father, Hon.
M. W. Lewis, whose name he
bears and whose memory he honors,
in the son. And that
spirit is thoroughly aroused.
Woe to the man who by act, word,
or insinuation, would invite the
withering scorn or burning indig
nation which be is capable of hurl
ing with crushing force.
THE OTHER CANDIDATES
are making the circuit with Mr.
Lewis. He has set the ball in mo
tion. They, very cbeerlully, I sup r
pose, tollow his example and an
nounce their platform to tbe peo
ple. The plan has: started—here
after it must be kept up. The peo
ple will demand that all who ask
for their suffrages in future shall
stand flat-footed and commit them
selves to some distinctive litre of
policy. Every honest voter says
amen! Who will be the lucky trio
I do not pretend to prophesy. Of
the lour men offering for the'lower
house, each one hat some following.
Ail are clever gentlemen, and all
agree touching the questions of
state policy. Between the senato
rial candidates there is at least one
difference. Lewis ia committed to
the railroad commission law aa it
stands. McWhorter has admitted
that he signed a petition asking
Greene’s representatives in toe last
legislature to support tbe railroad
bill. Lewi* it pressing home this
issue, and will continue to confront
his adversary with it to the end.
ENJOYING THE FUN,
Your correspondent is going tbe
rounds with the candidate* and en
joying the fun. Ain’t candidates
clever, though? Everything is free
as water. I mean cigars arid the
like. These are all temperance
candidates and do not carry v -
dent How they do work!
they do smile! How whole-souled
they are! Oh, they are daisies—
are these Qreene county candidates
THE CROPS
are excellent wherever I go. Up
land corn if as good as the lind
will grow. Cotton is fruiting every
day, but is fully three weeks late.
The prospect for an abundant crop
is excellent and the people are
happy.
THE FORK
is the banner section of Greene
county. No more generous, hospi
table people live in Georgia than
they, They have a goodly land and
The Banner-Watchman has given
the (acts^aboutthe Oconee county li
quor election as they have occurred
The record is one of the most re
markable that has been furnished in
the prohibition movement in Geor-'
gia. This paper printed on Sunday
the statement of Hon. Edmund
Thrashqr, the Ordinary of that coun
ty, defending his action in the prem- : -|
ises.
There has been much dissatisfac-
tion over the action of this officer, j.
We do not go too far when we say
that among a part of the people of j
his own county there has been indig-/^J
nation at his delay in proclaiming I
the result as much as in that direc- j
tion he has given the vote cast last , •
May. The charges which have :!
been repeated and the motives im-
puted to Mr. Thrasher are of a most I
serious nature. If they can be sub: - j
stantiated the people owe it to them- ]
selves, without regard to their stand J
in this liquor question, to remove I
him from office. If they are not true j
they should not be repeated and ‘ I
great injustice has been don’e a man, •
who fills one of the [highest offices ]
in the county.
The Banner-Watchman has sim- !
ply published the facts and state-jj I
meats which had been given from
time to time. We would advise the ~ ■
good people of that county who are ;
dissatisfied,to confine themselves to j
collecting evidence and presenting
their cause to the courts rather than
resort to aspersing motives or con- i
demning men. Let all the tacts j
Come out in the regular way e
it appears that the verdict of tho
people hqs been rudely set aside, it j
can be righted, or if the election i
a new election may be ordered. The *,
people will then be nearer in a po-'
sition to judge of the official conduct ^
of the Ordinary. -
The matter is one for determined
and orderly investigation, not for
irejudice or passion. The courts
iave refused to attach the Ordinary fS
for contempt, stating that he had the.
right to declare I he result as the
legal vote seemed to preponderate.
The Ordinary says that he construed
the vote fairly and intelligently in
the light ot tne law and the evidence.
He is entitled, owing to his station
and as a citizen, to credence and for
bearance until a tull investigation is .
had, and a final conclusion is estab
lished.
The co ntest tor the senate in the
20th district is growing very warm.
Hon. M. W. Dewis and Hon* W.
P. McWhorter are contesting for
the choice ot Greooe, and the prir
maty .will be close and exciting.
This is a family fight and the Ban
ner-Watchman publishes the
Greeneiboro letter as news. In ,
such a contest we cannot afford to
take sides. We trust, however, our
esteemed correspondent will favor
us often with news. He . is one of
the most accomplished and influen
tial men in Greene.
The sentiment among the busi
ness men in Atlanta seems to be
that the ,Gate City is not so badly
damaged by prohibition, as recent,
letters have represented it.
Comparatively few desirable houses
are for rent; the banks note no
abatement in business and Mayor
Hillyer declares that the city will
be able this fall to meet every obli-
S on, so soon as the taxes begin to
r in. Meanwhile the sentiment
in Atlanta is drifting towards some
modification of the law. The liquor
test will be made this year in all
city and county elections. Thecon-
lests is growing more bitter event
day.
There is trouble brewing in the
Mill Presidents Association in Au
gusta.' When the lockout was or
dered in the Augusta factories, the
mills in Carolina, -whose offices are
located in Augusta, were allowed to
go on. This gave Vaucluse and
Graniteville and Langley tbeadvan-
tage of uninterrupted trade and un- -
demoralized labor. The Augusta
managers are complaining at this..
Now let us see how it will be set
tled. We hope sincerely that the
strike and the lockout are both
doomed.
The deposed members' ot the
Alexander family seem to "be drift
ing again towards power—Gen. E.
P. Alexander of Ga., and Prince
Alexander of Bulgaria. The signs
are good.
“•1 ne talk about the Louisville and
Nashville railroad having purchased
a controlling interest is regarded as
without'any foundation, and that
there will be a change in the man
agement 011 Sept.i as simply rot”—
so says the Savannah News.
THE LEXINGTON RAILROAD-
Reported Opposition to an Important Lo
cal Bntarpriso.
It is reported in Athens that certain
prominent citizons both ft Lexington
and Crawford are quietly working to
prevent the building of* short railroad
from Crawford to Lexington, with a view,
of utilizing the rock quarry in tho latter .
town. A company iaTeadv to build the
railroad, and this opposition is as sur
prising as it is wrong. It is sa ; ( i
that local prejudices and interests are at
‘he bottom of this opposition. Lexing
ton haa perhaps the finest rock quarry
in the South, and the projected railroad
would at once develop it and infuse
fresh life and vigor into the town.
AIX RECANTS.
A prominent whiskey man of Atlanta,
who baa just retired from business, says
that he has made all the money he wants,
and is now thi.iking of making a tour of
the world with a party of friends, ho pay
ing all the expenses. The gentleman
has his money deposited in a great many
different banks in the state and in look
ing; over his hank books a few days ago
found $11,000 that he had forgotten all
abont.
PLEAD QUILTY.
John Austin yesterdky plead guiltv
and was fined $40 tad costs by the
Mayor, or 70 days on the street Ho
was yesterday out on bond, Madlsoa
are proud of their birthright. In-1 Davis being his bondsman,
dustrious, energetic, thrifty and in- Jud Johnson plead guilty to cursing;
teliigent, they are successful as far- on the street, and was fined $5 aeS ?
mere and men of business. Their | costs. i ;