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ur\ OFF OF THE GEORGIA RAIL- HOAD FAST TRAIN. Two Froifbt Boxes on the Georgia Railroad Fast Train Daxtaged Yesierday-How tht Accident Occurrod. The (loorgin train «2ne in Athens at 1 -:••<> \ eslerday, was delayed several hours on account of an accident just be- \oimi the first mile post outside the city. .\> the »rain, composed of eight cars, six of which were freight, a as moving down j, rather heavy grade at a rate of about j ■ imle*j an hour, a bolster in one of the* freight cars gave way, causing the w I,f l> of that car to jump the track. I* "a- impossible to stop the train itn i;.« diately, as the air brakes were not \. •> *ing, and they had to depend on 1 >,• of the engine and coaches to stop whole train. The consequence was they'could not stop within GOO yards. I he wheels from the injured car ran out :‘i om under it, causing it to drop on the t; u k and pulling with it the next car be* i d. The rails were not tom at all, but ■ : *■ « ross-ties between the rails *were hadlv cut up. The engineer says he ,• w the moment the accident occurred, ,v I was very much afraid that the w:"de train would be thrown in the '• tch. The passengers, it is said, did not t v. it comprehend the danger until they _oi out of the coaches and inquired the i* »-on for stopping so far out of the city. .. id the accident occurred a few bull 'd yards nearer town, it would have . n >» destruction of the whole train, on •i - "unt of the high bridge over the riv- t:: so it was quite lucky in happening ^ hen* it did. The shattered cars were ! ailed with Ihmr, which was put into t wo other cars and brought over to the I In* obstruction was not rlcarep away by d o’clock, thus preventing the after noon's train from passing out. tuber trains however were not de ity, d. and the Old lleliahlc is iuw in i mining order once more. The fast train service is one o f the - most reliable and regular of the^hole schroule of the tieorgia I bn 1 road, and is seldom impe ded niE < noKs. C tton Late But Promuing--The Free State Lea.lii lue Van. Mr. fi. K. Heard has just returned front a trip through the lower portion of Klbert county, and in speaking of the crops says: ^ ”1 made a note of each farm I passed, and lind decidedly the best crops in Madison county. Cotton that has been planted on red la* d. and forward, is ex- e. llent, but there is a great deal of late cotton, and .hat is yet to make. The yield will depend altogether on the fall. I stopped at Col. Smith’s, and his crop is not good. I think he Worked it too L.XVI. ATHEISTS, GrEORGT-A., TTTESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,1886 THE PREACHERS SPEAK. ■P.RIT OP ATHENS SERMONS OX SUNDAY power with Hood, tempo.!, pestilen^J^p^HAN EARTHQUAKES- and showed how they all paled before the awful rending of the everlasting hills—how all except the earthquake might be anticipated, in some cases pro- 'jzszsxzszjzs: i—. -——*—* x* -x* quake-Warning tke.People of the Shock* Last Week. Nearly all the ministers of Athens made leading reference to the earth quake in their Sunday sermons. Large congregations attended divine service morning and evening. KKV. SIMON PETKR HICHARPSOX, presiding elder of this circuit, preached at the First Methodist church. He did not select the earthquake for his sub ject, intimating that the sin of dancing wy»s greater than the hotTors of the earthquake, He declaimed strongly against this society evil and arraigned tne people who participated in it as well as the, denominations that allowed it. He said the University should select preceptors to teach morals rather than to permit or encourage dancing. Mr. Richardson said that mahy people who had promised 0 >d to lead better lives, when the earth was trembling under their feet, had forgotten their vows al ready. !!e was responsible to God and to tnan for what he had said. When his hearers came to die they would find all lie had spoken to he true, lie did not believe in earthquakes as incentives to repentance. rev. ix. ca M run,i,. Rev. C. 1). Campbell, at the Uaptist church, alluded incidentally to the earthquake. He spoke from the text— “God is my refuge." No part of the earth, he said, was free from disaster. N'otliing was safe or true but heaven. The seaside developed the earthquake; the mountain faced the storm and the cloud-bunt; the house built upon open plain was not free ft ont the fiery ele ment which swept it in a single night. He whose confidence is short of God is on an uncertain basis. The personal application to the family of l’rof. llutherf. rd was n very feeling; one. the earthquake is the one fact that shows the impotence of man, the might of God in nature, lie alluded to the fact that Holy Writ teaches us that this powerful agency has been employed to punish sin, giving as examples the flood, when “the windows of heaven were opened,aud the foundations of the deep were broken up” and man punished for his sins—the swal lowing up quick of Nathan and his fam ily for disobedience. There were exam ples of God's wrath shown in the earth quake, hut iu general they were the ex hibitions of his power, as shown iu the operattons of nature impressed upon it in creation. In conclusion, he alluded to the power in God's hands to destroy his works as shown in the composition of the atmos phere, tbe separation of whose elements would result in univctsal conllagralion. Yet this is the God whose ordinances many neglect, some, even, in their folly, defy. AX ATHENS CITIZEN RECALLS FOR EIGN EXPERIENCE. A Sensation In Maplee— Tie Eruptlonof Ve.uvlue—How Houses are Built to Stand the shock*—A Fertile Country. E FIRST EXCURSION. THE PRIMITIVE BAPTIST. Athens, Ga., Sept 1st, 1880.—Edi tors Banner-Watchman: . I see in your daily of yesterday an article headed fighting: for the school*, which seems to need a little explanation. 1 am truly sorry that there should have been a misunderstanding between the Board of Education and th3 colored Primitive sllaptist of Athens, and more “Did you feel the shock of Tuesday night?” “O, yes.’* “Wasn’t it the worst you ever expe rienced?” “O, no!” “Where did you ever note a greater shake-up?” “In Naples in 1871.” “Tell us about it!” This dialogue ensued between the Banner-Watchman and Mr. T. L. Pon- iatowski, of Athens, on Sunday morn ing. A September chill had sharpened the air, and the slight tremor of Satur- day night'had not dispelled the feeling of anxiety which had prevailed during the week. It was a relief to find somebody who had been through a worse experience, and the Banner-Watchman asked Mr. Poniatowski to recall the *scnsotion of a boy of ten years and relate his expe rience then. “The earthquake in Italy,” said he, “was much more severe than the one 1 felt last week. Trees waved through the air and the whole world seemed to sway from its rest.” “What was the cause?” “Of course, the origin was volcanic. The shock continued in successive waves for an hour; then all eyes turned to Ve nn. Utf "Worked it too late? What do you nir»* Ktirkcr. of Klbert, one of huts Grot gia ever had, says •i.n« bis cotton as soon as * A" So let it begin to lliatlllt* u as you work celt »n it will end of maturing fast. Late i bit once in five years.” ITH ► Me . couple of Athens gentlemen v -terday, the Banner-Watchman ask- e 1 them for their experience, in riding about Athens. -Well, we have just returned from a trip Tn a buggy. ' “Wr went out the w. I.ANE. l>r. C. W. Lane at the Presbyterian church took for his text: “On those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and slew them think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?” “I tell you nay, but except ye repent • shall likewise perish.” Luke, lit chap. 1 and 5. Before considering the great truth of the text, he said, let us call to mind sev- ral related truths. 1st. God is love. He dothnot willingly atllict the children ol men.” 2nd. Man the sinner, is utterly worth less and without merit before God. The patriach said: “I am not worthy of the least of all the meTcies and the troth thou hast shown me.” Parlyh ex pressed a Bible truth when he said, that in estimating God’s dealings with us we must put our own merit and worth High Shoals, road eight miles, across by Hodges’ mills—thence back over the Jus; Tavern or Monroe road to Athens. W.- made a circuit of from lti to 20 ••What did you note?” •*To our surprise, gray land cotton was much better than had been represented. The drouth generally dries up gray land cotton: hut this year the plant is vigor ous, and although not lafrge, is well fruited. The stalk is not (all, but the hu>h is liardj’. Bed land is, of course, butter than gray. Cotton begins to need rain now. It is not openi.ig rapidly, and showers are wanted to develop the bolls.” “And corn?” *>The corn crop is fiqe—upland corn being an assured success.” PROF. WMS. BITHEBFORD. He Will fotlllveiy Not Rebuild, But Move on tbe Campus. Passing by Pro!. Kutherford's former borne and seeing him wandering around like a spirit haunting its place of earthly abode, we asked bint when he intended to rebuild. “I don't know that 1 will ever re build,” was the reply, “Some of my best friends advise me to move on tbe campus ami occupy one of the houses there, and put my insurance money out at interest. I am rather inclined to the nlea, but will not tal e any steps until my daughter returns from Europe, anu will then do just as she advises. She saved us our insurance and it is right that she be consulted. 1 lived on the campus for many yei\rs, and it would be like going back home to move there.' “What do you most regret losing in tin fire, Professor?” “My grandfather’j family Bible, in w hicli was recorded the birth and death of my parents, and even my owi. chil dren. I regret losirig this more than anything else.” “You don’t know yet what caused the sorry that it has assumed a shape re quiring me to write this note. You say that the Board had secured consent from the white officers ot t)»c church, hut to their surprise, the colored members no tified this body that they would protest against such use of their church, etc., which does injustice to the denomina tion, by making the impression that white members of the Primitive Baptist Church, recognize our colored brethren as our equals in Conference, and in one case at least as our superiors which is all wrong—wheye there are both white and colored members in the same church, thewhites rule entirely’ never allowing colored members any voice in Confer ence against white members at all. But you were led to publish as you did through a misunderstanding. The Primitive Baptist Church in Ath ens is now and has been for more than two years composed entirely’ of colored members and therefore lias no white of ficers. The brother who made the trade with the Board about the house belongs to another church, but did it as he thought by consent of leading members of tbe colored church, and was sure at the time it would meet the approbation of all the rest, in which he was mista ken, hence the trouble. Please publish this and obligo jov.rs etc. F. M. McLeroy. lire 7 “It must have been rats and matches. This was the fifth time that the house has caught, and once it was blezing through the roof.” RAILROAD TALK. 3rd. Every human life is partly sun shine partly shadow; partly joy’ partly sorrow; partly prosperity, partly adver sity. But the proportions in which they are weighed are variable, and these pro portions are among the deepest myste ries of Providence. •lth. Whilst God very oftens dispen ses earthly prosperity and adversity ac cording to character, to merit or demer it: he does not only so distribute them in this life, but he does in the life to come. The heart struggles of good med over the prosperity of the wicked, an 11 the adversities of the good, are graphi cally described in the 73rd Psalm. Gth. Hence the presence of prosperity, good health and freedom from trouble, proof of our merit or acceptance with God. Such blessings do prove the goodness and long suffering of God, by which he designs to lead us to repent ance. fith. Hence, again,the presence offgreat affliction and calamity does not prove unusual wickedness on the part of the sufferers. The human heart has always said, overwhelming suffering means enormous sin. Onrlsord stripped away this delusion. Suppose ye that these righteous men were worse than you are because they suffered such a calamity? I tell you nay, but except ye repent, ye shaP all likewise perish: i. e.«—suddenly, and with no time for preparation. The truth applies to the crushing calamity that has been sent to our sister city of Charleston and to our sister state. Think you that we are better than they be cause we have escaped? tell you nay, but except ye repen* ye shall likewise perish.” God designs the calamities of others to be a warning to us. Sympathize with, pray for, and help the sufferers from the awful earthquake; but hear the voice of God to Athens, to each of us, in the trembling earth, in the crash of falling buildings, in the wail of sorrow that comes up from the stricken city. “Repent, or pensh.” “Look unto Jesus and he ye saved.” Charleston is doubtless a wicked city, but Athens is a wicked city. Were God to deal with any of our cities strictly ac cording to their works, extending pro bation no longer, they would ali be blot ted from the face of the earth. WALTON COUNTY News Rotes from Our Thrivinp Neighbor. Monroe, Sept., Gth;—On Saturday night as Mr. Jim Avery was walking quietly up the street of our town, he was met by two negroes who refused to give him aity of the side-walk. Mr. Avery asked what they meant Without a reply one of the negroes, Henry Nel son, drew a pistol and tried to shoot Mr. Avery. Mr. Avery, seeing his danger, grabbed the negro, wrenched the uistol from his hand and shot him with his own weapon. Although the facts justify Mr. Avery, itis&n incident much to be regretted. It seems that the negro had been in trouble with the Marshal the night before, and *was seeking a difficul ty. He visited several of the stores Sat urday evening to purchase cartridges,, and when he was told that they had no license to sell them, h e would make an insulting remark as he walked cff. The negro had evidently been drink ing. The ball has been probed for, hut all efforts to extract it have failed. The physicians say they ennnot locate the hall and express doubts as to his recov ery .The negro was a brick-mason from Atlanta. His family will at tempt to carry him homo to-day. “Did it erupt?” “Very decidedly. The mou^tai stands 8 miles oast of Naples and two miles from the old sites of l’orapeii and Herculaneum. In an hour and a half after the shock, a cloud of steam appear ed upon the mountain’s crest. Then black burst of smoke followed. The lava was the last development.” “How long did this last?” The action was not constant; but the eruption broke out every day or so for a week.” “llow did it look'?” “In the day time the appearance was sombre and awful. At night the sight was lurid and beautiful. The Bay of Naples—at all times lovely—seemed more exquisite still.” “What time of year was this?” “It was in September. The earth quake was felt about five o’clock in the afternoon.” “Were the people frightened?” “Not much. They have grown ac customed to these developments. Their houses, you see, are built to withstand earthquakes. They are generally but one story high and are broad and low. 1 staid at a hotel near Naples, which was but one story high and covered three acres of ground. In Naples, which is built on the tide of a hill, you occasion ally see a two or three story house; but these are also broad and finely planted. No modern towering piles can be found.” “How often does Vesuvius erupt?” “I believe on an average of every four years. There is generally an earth quake at the opening and also one at the close of the action.” “The country, continued Mr. Ponia towski, “around Vesuvius is very fer tile, also around ML Etna. The farms grow wheat, rice, grapes and all kinds of tropical fruits. The land is well settled and carefully cultivated.” ‘•How did the sensation of the Athens earthquake compare with your recollec tion of the Naples shock?” “So far as I can remember, the char acter of the shock was much the same. Tuesday night’s shock was much milder, however.” Trial Trip Yesterday Morning Over the Covington and Macon Railroad. Yesterday morning at 10 o’clock the first excursion was run over the Coving ton and Macon railroad. At that hour a locomotive with two passenger coaches attached was in wait ing in front of the city park, at the foot of Walnut street A party of about thirty ladies and gentlemen, to whom invitations had been extended by General Manager Frobel, were soon on hand and aboard, and promptly at 10 o’clock the signal was given and the train moved oft’. The trip extended as far as the junction of the road with the Georgia railroad, one tuile above Robert’s station, and was in every respect enjoyable. The run was made without accident of any kind, and af forded the members of the party, as well as the general manager, opportunity to test tbe eificiency of the work as far as completed. The distance traversed was fourteen miles. The roadbed was mostly level, and the run remarkable easy, considering the newness of the road. The train made good time, climbing the grades at a lively rate. Returning, the city was reached at 12-45 o’clock. Despite the newness of the road bed and the fact that a great deal of it is “service track,” the train rolled along like a rocking chair. The main reasou for the easy Tiding is that the cars aTe suspended on the trucks by patent iprings of the latest improved pattern* and they have a gentle rock to them like a good boat in rippling waters.—Macon Telegraph. THE BASKET FACTORY. THE MOST UNIQUE AND INGENIOUS Them all. Tit. Excelsior Patent—How tb« Machinery Work* ad nHow tbe Basket Looks--Wbat It Promises to Athens. NEW SHOE STOKE. E. I. smith (& Co. Open and Ready forBus lness on college Avenue--A Complete Establishment. In passing up College avenue one is struck with the beautifully arranged shoe sti re lately opened by K. I. Smith & (Jo., on the corner formerly occupied as a jewelry store. The outside ap pearancc is attractive, having been late ly repainted and a large, tastey sign liaugs over the door. In the inside eve rything in the way of shoes .is kept neatly arrangedon a line line of shelving. The floor has been newly varnished and the counters covered with line Brussels carpeting. Sir. E. I. Smith, the head ol this new firm, is too well known for honesty and integrity to need any word to recommend him to the trading public He was born and reared in Athens, an has been in business here for a nutnbei of years, lie has made a reputation econd to none as a business man. The first lieutenant af this new firm is Mr. George Lucas, who knows more about the shoe trade than any man of his age ill the South. Having been connected for a number of years in the business he has made many friends, who may find him in his new quarters. This Ann are determined to keep nothing hut first class goods, anil it will be needless to send off to other markets after fine shoes when they can be found at the store of E. I. Smith A' Co. as cheap as can be bought at other places. Wc heartily recommend the new firm ot E I. Smith A Co. to the people, and hope they will receive a liberal share of pat ronage. A SAD DEATH. SENT TO THE ASYLUM. THE EARTHQUAKE. The slight tremors of Sunday evening were sufficient to keep up the tent life here in Augusta and Charleston. Mayor Courtenay, of Charleston, has arrived in New York from Europe. He says: “What is needed most now is means of shelter until the wrecked buildings can be restored. The people need canvass for tents, and many, I am informed, aro starving because food can not be got into the city. The worst is that much suffering will ensue among people of moderate means, who are too proud to make their wants known. The A Crazy Negro is Sent to tbe MtHedfevllle | people of Charleston must have prompt The Little Son or Ur. and Mrs. John White le No More. \Ve learn with deep regret of the death of little Francis Paine, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John White, of Clarke county. He had been sick for several weeks, and in spite of skilled attention and devoted nursing, in spite of a moth er’s love and a father’s prayers, the little sufferer sank beneath the touch of fever beyond resuscitation. But the afflicted parents know that it has gone to sleep upon a Father's arms and in a Father’s bosom. Tenderly it had twined about human hearts at home; but radiantly and painlessly and blessedly it blooms about the great heart of Him who suffer ed little children to go unto Him. Our sympathies attend Mr. and Mrs. White in their bereavement. The condolence of family and friends goes out to them. Bow the Two New Arteries to Athena' Commerce are coming On. We yesterday met a gentleman from Morgan county, and asked hi;^ bow work on the Macon A Athens road was progressing? “Splendidly,” was the reply. “They have now five or six hundred hands at work just below Shady Dale, which is fifteen miles from Madison,and aro mov ing dirt rapidly. 'There are also two commissaries estsblishcd between Sha dy Dale and Madison, and other squads of bands will be put to work at once. ’I he engineers are now locating the line. They are using the old road bed of the Griffin A Madison road as far Shady Dale, but will hare a fresh grade from that point to Madison, as the old survey has not the right course. I learn that Col. Machen paid $40,000 for the old road bed. 1 know that he has bought it” “l)o they have much trouble getting hands?” ^Considerable. They are only paying $1 per day on the M. & A. road, while Harry Hill is offering $1.25 on the Union 1‘oirit and White Plaint road. Hands are coming in, however, right along." “How it Harry Hill getting on with his road?" “Splendidly. lie has 300 hands st *0rg, and graded four wiles from the Hu is finishing up two miles per RET. Mil. DAVIS. The Rev. J. C. Davis, of Emmanuel Episcopal church, gave at the even ing service a lecture whose chief topic was the “moral of the earthquake.” -He spoke of earthquakes as coeval with the -history of our planet That they were all the -manifestations of the power of the great God in accordance with his physical laws. The action ol these laws no man baa yet been able to pre dict or describe. The preacher then spoke of the usual scientific causes of earthquakes, as have been SC int for of late so well in the articles of the At lanta Constitution, of Prof. Broun, of Auburn; of Prof. H. C. White, of our University; of Prof. McGhee, showing that at least they ware conjectured. He compared this earthquake with others, showing the unusual, perhaps unparal leled extent of the country affected. He alluded to the fqet of its being the moat destructive visitation aver known in the United States—the only destructive one ever recorded. He spoke ofits intensity st Charleston,, of the desolation in a few momenta, of the beautiful city by the sea; so unexpected^) overwhelming; of the fright, the suffering of the stricken citizens, of the heroism of noble men and women in the midst of such nnparallel- eiljhorrors. He compand the oarthqaakc with other physical manifestations ci‘ God Lunatic Asylum. The Ordinary had a jury sum moned yesterday to try I. B. Rainy, a crazy negro now confined in jail. Cant. J. G. Taimadge was elected foreman, and after organi zing, the sheriff stated that it was impossible to bring him to the Court house as he was unmanage able, and had tore all his clothes oif. The jury repaired to the jail and af- •er listening to the ravings of Rainy for several minut et, the fath er of the maniac was inti ’oduced who swore that I. B. Rainy wa a citi zen of this county, and I lad been for the past two years. He thought that his craziness had bc>tn brought on by hard study. lie also stated that Rainy was a pauper and had no means ot support only teaching school. The jury went back to the court house and rendered the fol "owing verdict: “We the jury find that I. B. Rainy is a lunatic, and ought to be committed to the lunatic asylum of Ga. We further find that he is a super, and is a resident and ic< act a citizen of Clarke qoimty. C. G. Talmadgb,.'Foreman. THE GEORGIA ROAD Iff ’30. An Old Clttna Speaks of this Old Road. “I was in Augusta in* 1830,” said an old citizen yesterdry, “when the first engine ran over the Georgia Railroad. People came- from all over the State to see the “wagon that ran without horses, I and pulled such a heavy, loai.” The road bed was covered with people who had come to see it. This road was the first built in the State, and few people had ever seen a train of cars. The first can that came over tho Athens branch, was pulled by mules, as engines cost st that time from $35,000 to $50,000. Be fore tho Elberton ^r-Line was built, there was a number of old people in El bert county who bad never seen a train.’’ aid .to tide them over the next few days. After (hat they will recover rapidly, fon they are plucky and will do all they car to gam their feet a sain.” IS CHARLESTON SIN KINO? The Macon Telegiapu’s correspondent who went to Charleston, writes this way in liis paper: A number of people have asked my opinion ns to whether or not the end has come. I am frank. I know nothing beyond an ordinary school training of geology, and tho variegated and at-vari- ance views of those scientists who have written on earthquakes, makes me have very little belief in the science as at present developed. Because of the seeming hollowness beneath me in the Charleston Hotel when the shock came Friday night, 1 confess that I have grave fears that a port of the city will either be swallowed up, or at least, that a portion of it will settle sev eral feet, which of course, means total tal destruction for the houses on the land so settling. My belief Is that the earthquake was esused by a lsnd- slide. Hail it been volcanic, the open ings in the earth for * circle of twenty- five miles around ‘ Charleston, would have given ample outlet for the explo ding substances and gases, and that ere now the end would have been, or that at some one or two points there would be distinct volcanic eruptions.) Charleston is a point of land running •ut into the ocean, flanked on either aide by a river. Mueh of the land is made, and it certainly cannot be regar ded as well able to withstand a few anure such shocks as that of Friday Slight. '(These considerations alarm me for Quarles ton’s safety, and it will require wacy days of absence of shocks to ex- NEUKU CANDIDATES. We arc reliably informed that a gro by the name of Rack David, of Mad ison county, has announced himself as a candidate for the state senate against Hon. Young Daniel, and that he has been in this couniy for several days past canvassing among the colored pop ulation. We have also heard that a movement is on foot to put out a color ed man from both Oglethorpe and Kl bert counties, and have a convention of the colored people of three counties for the purpose of determining which of the three candidates shall run. The negroes see that the white people are split up on local issues, and be In ving that many of the prohibitionists will not support Mr. Daniel because he is an anti, are endeav oring to take advantage of these things, and place one of their own race in this high and honorable position. It is not difficult to see where we aro drifting.— Elberton Gazette. One of the most unique and' ingenious industries in the state is the Athens Bas ket Factory. It has also turned out to be one of the most promising and profit able. We have seen nothing like it in the state. Wc arc told thatit is the only thing of the kind in the world. We believe it. The Factory in question is situated in the hollow back of Judge Nicholson’s residence, and is near the Tan Yard branch. Outside it is unpretentious, and docs not give an idea of its busy interior. A modest stiucture with fire-proof cover ing—a throbbing engine, the occasional rip of a saw—probably a passer-by would not stop to see what, was going on within. But the Banner-Watchman spied Tom llunnicutt at the door and stopped. n hour's inspection would require col umns to describe. Basket after basket was turned off even while wc were passing through; and while we are try ing to tell about it the neat bundles aac still being piled to the top of the ceiling. The machinery lacked about an hour of stopping when wc entered yegterday, but was plunging and cutting us if it had no thought of resting for the night. An earthquake would have no chalice ill all this din and shake, and the small tingle of the chestnut bell would be entirely lost. THE MATERIAL AND PR0CK88. To begin, the timber is piled up out side. It is white and Spanish oak, cut up the North-Eastern railroad and ship ped here. It must be smooth wood without worms or wind shakes, or faults of any-kind. Hundreds of feet of material ottered are not accepted on this account. The planks are 2 inches thick and arc first passed over a revolv ing saw, when a slat two inches thick and wide is turned out. This slat is passed under a rapidly turning borin machine—something liku a spinning gimlet, and holes me punched through the slat as easily as if it were cloth pierced with a needle; Next the slat is passed under a gang saw, and the piece is ripped into four laths quickly and perfectly. This saw is the only one in the United States that will cut oak slats. It was made especially for this basket factory, and in device and mechanism is an Athens enterprise. This machine turns out l.'-loti laths an hour, or over 12,000 per working day of 10 hours. The factory has turned out as many as 18,000 a day, and can do s. when pushed. The laths are next dressed on one side, when they are pushed into a boiler and sufficiently steamed rs to bend without breaking. After remaining ill the steam ing crucible for awhile, the laths arc passed over a wind and wrap ped about it like a ribbon. A nail fixes the circle and holds it intact. This cir cular hoop is the rim or top of the basket. The factory has just put in a new packing block, upon which the frames or bows of the basket are fashioned. In stead of being wrapped about the wheel, as for the rim, the laths are bent about an elliptical block and hammered into bas ket shape. The hows are here nailed together and five basket frames or ribs are thrown out," ready for shipping. There are in each package five rims and ten bows. Each basket has one riui and two hows with burlap lining. SECOND STORY. Now we leave this little lath skeleton to take care of itself, and to develop into a basket at will. Just now it doesn’t look like a basket. On the second story of the metory is the sewing or stitching room. Here is the burlaps which lines the interior of the basket. This cloth, which is ordered in largo quantities, is cat first in circular form for the bottom of the bag. Next a rectangular piece is shaped for the side, and six lady workers arc busy running the material through the sewing machines, stitching the side of the bag to the circular bottom. The machines are all run by steam power from below. N o treadle to weaken the limbs of women. Only a deft- move ment of the hand—a skillful clip of the thread and a hag is made. The ladies get a cent a bag. They make between 100 and 125 lines a day easily. Ons lady made 195 bags in one day. There are six sewing machines in running order in this room, and the work is easily done after practice. This then is tho last process of basket raak) ing. Now, when the basket is put up it is a round wooden' rim, from which hangs a burlap hag with circular bottom. Outside of the hag two wooden bows en circle it like a “U” and join the rim. The hows are fastened with four bolts at the top and one bolt where they cross underneath. This is all. The basket is “How-many hands do you employ?” - “There arc '24 at work iir the factory of which six are ladies. Of the 18 males 4 are skill d mechanics.” “What isyour power?” “Steam. We run an Atlas engine, 25 horse power, with 30 power boiler. The boiler is a return tubular with Han cock's inspirator. Our motor and ma chinery are the newest and host” The factory is now running on ful time to fill orders. It will close in a short time to start up early for the next cotton season. At that time it will be enlarged and greatly improved, and will have better facilities in every way. £Thii Factory is a gem. It is an honor and an impetus to Athens in every way. l)r. llunnicutt certainly deserves com mendation for his great enterprise. This industry has only commenced. There is no telling where it will go next year. The Excelsior Basket was patented one year ago today. IMPORTANT MEETING. THF A. fc C. RAILROAD. It is stated that contracts will he let out on the first of October next to com mence grading on the Augusta and Chattanooga Railroad. The indications at present seem to favor the route by El berton. Lincoln county- has subscribed $15,(AX) as an inducement to secure its location by Lincolnton, which wo sup pose, will not lack much grading on the road through that county. By using the same route that was surveyed for the Augusta, Elberton and Chicago Road, there is already some ten or twelve miles graded, and the people of Rich mond and Columbia counties can easily furnish, the means to continue it on to Lincoln line. If the people of Lincoln county can grade it through their terri- territory, there is little doubt but that the people of Wilkes and Elbert coun ties will do their part when the proper time comes and grade it on from the Lincoln to the Madison county line.— Elberton Gazette. PROHIBITION IN ATLANTA. It has Temporarily Stopped Building, but not Hurt Trade. Mr. Macafee, the contractor for the Oglethorpe county court-house, was in tlio city yesterday. This gentieman is from Atlanta, and a B. W. reporter ask ed him how prohibition was progressing in that city. “I am a strong prohibitionist,” was the reply, ‘and should the election occur over, would work for it again; but it has certainly temporarily stopped building ip the city, but not injured business in any other way. Last year I built thir teen store-houses—in fact, all hut two that were erected in the city—but this year not a single one have I built. A great many people have been thrown out of employment by the closing of bar rooms, and then there is a doubt in niany mimls as to the probable effect of prohi bition. These causes conspire to put u temporary check on building, but it won’t be permanent.” A CALIFORNIA SHOCK. Tba EarthquaE. stop* tbe Shaking Rock— Tha New Court House—Politic., etc. ntSAXB OF NERVOUSNESS. A lady living in Athens was struck by lightning when she was about 18. years of age, Since then, whenever s clou I comes up, she feels tho same sen sation she fell when first struck. Abotut a minute, before the earthquake on last Tuesday night, she folk the seasation. the.any confidence in me ih the city’s s ttbty. BIO ztri.XRita Sir. Poniatowski, the gentleman now fa k charge of Mr. McKie’s Jersey farm, is. mrfhorityon how much milk.a cow c an^ke. He says he has milked 16 {allans from a cow in one day. This i ny Book very large to most of the nilkorsof Northeast Georgia, hut when lbe ability of Hr. Poniatowski to extract tbe anilk from a cow is known, it does 1 jst look, so large. LEXINGTON NOTES. I.EXINGTON, Ga., Sept. 8.—[Special.] The Shaking Rock, one of the greatest natural curiositi«g in Georgia, and which has figured in a number of books—since tho earthquake has refused to meve and as firmly planted as the gigantic boul der on which it stands. Before the earthquake a child could have moved this stone by a pressure from one hand. The new court-house is fast nearing completion, and will be one of the hand somest in the South. It is trimmed with Lexington granite, and will prouahly be surmounted by a county clock. Oppo sition to its construction is fast vanish ing. Onr town will certainty have a railroad to Lexington at no distant day. $5,000 have been raised here, and negotiations are now being made with a company to equip it. JTG TAVERN NOTES. Jug Tavbux. G*., Sept. 4.—Da vie,, the 1 ir»ear old son of S. Mi chael, died Friday, at his home near here. He had aufiered with fever four weeks. Mr. Wili am Reynolds, at Per. ry’s Mill, lost a child Friday. It died of si diseass now prevail J; here pronounced to be whooping- cough, Mrs. John H. Smith is still lying I very low, but hopes of her recove 1 ,ne v ' _ J y are entertained. W. complete. “Whose invention is this?" “Mr. T. F. Ijtwson’s, of Athens.” “Whoowns the plant?” “Mr. Lawson showed his model to l)r. J. A. Hunnicutt, who was so impressed that he decided to build the factory and operate the machinery designed by Mr. Lawson. There was much trouble pro curing tbe machinery, as the whole thing Was entirely new and there was absolutely nothing to go upon in con struction. Some was made here; other parts had to be made elsewhere. The Athens Foundry put most of it up. The parts are models of invention and mech anism and do their work beautifully.” “When did the factory start?” “Last May, since which time it lias turned out 15,000 bLskets. Our sales have been immediate and immense.' We do not consign goods to parties or sell on commission, or employ local agents, as our prices are so low we have all we can do to supply our cash customers. Bar- ties wishing to control the sale of our Baskets in one or more counties can get 11 the information necessary from our Travelling Agents or Home Office. THE EXCELSIOR BASKET. “What do you claim for y onr basket?” “We claim that the Excelsior Patent Cotton Basket, is ore of the most useful inventions of the age. For the farmer, gardener, fruitgrower, miller, merchant, seedsman and cotton buyer, also for of fice and household purposes generally, they are indispensable. They aregreat- ) v superior to any split or wood baskets, being stronger, and will hold the small est grain, meal or floor without waste. For cotton picking, they completely “fill a long felt want.” When not in use they are so constructed as to be easily folded and packed away, ten baskets not occupying as much space as one split basket of same capacity. The great advantage of the Excelsior Basket, over split and others, are cheap ness, lightness, strength and dura- bility. The frames being made of the but young yonng white oak and pnt to gether with' the best quality iron bolts and taps, will last a gener.tkn with or dinary care. The body is made of finest quality heavy Bnriapi which, in event of wearing out, can be .readily replaced with com or guano sacks st a trifling cost They are convenient, easily han dled,* and are less than one-half the weight of the ordinary country split bas ket of same capacity. The. factory makes five sizes of the Excelsior Basket A'flor successfully stand- severe test, through tho picking season of 1885, we now ‘ f offer them to the public as csl basket for all purposes. We have endorsements from every far mer anil planter, who has used them Correspondence N, Y. Times. The next great earthquuk happen ed along at S:lo oil the morning of Oct. 31. 1S6S. I was in a third sto ry room of the Occident d Hotel, in San Francisco, and enjoying a cigarette, when a slight rattling of the sash drew my notice. It con tinued nine or ten seconds and then ceased. I knew the shock was over, and congratulated myself upon having had nerve enough to lie abed w hile it lasted. Suddenly the build ing rose vertically about a yard and descended again with a thump which brought down every inch of plaster in the ootn. Thun it rose again, and this t me shattered the window. The third upneaval fetch ed down the chimney,]andl thought it was time to get up and see what the other half intended doing. Then the hotel indulged in a jig,va ried by an occasional wild pirouette the motion was somthing like that of runaway street cars off the track, out more active and noisy, and sounds from the corridors convin ced me I was not the only resident who was enjoying it. It tvas rather early in the morning, but somehow everybody seemed to have waked up to full activity and enthusiasm, and there were races in every hall to see who would get down stairs first, and the prevailing scenery was something like that of a ballet, had a spurt down two flights with a lat lady wrapped in a blanket and held my own pretty well, but she cleared the lust nine stairs in one motion and won, but lost )he blanket When we alt arrived in the rotunda the clerk said he thought it was an earthqnake, and said it lasted just flfty-six seconds, and I was sorry I hadn’t arisen sooner and been down in time to see that clerk pul out his watch and time the phenomenon. ‘ A Pleasing Episode In Jackson County— General News Notes There. Pkndkhgrass, Sept. 5.—[Spe cial.] Your correspondent attend ed the - Ministers’ and Deacons’ meeting of the Sarcpta Association, nt Pendergrass, in Jackson county, last Friday, Saturuay and Sunday. Pent ergrass is a beautiful village, four years old, with abont 200 in habitants, anc located on the ridge on the south side of Middle Oconee river, 7 j miles from Jefferson. The- Gainesville & Jefferson narrow gauge railroad runs through the centre of the village and has a de pot here. The 4 or 5 stores enjoy a line trade from the well-to-do peo ple living on both sides of the Oco- nee. The lands in this whole section are rolling, but strong and fertile, as is demonstrated by the fine creps this year. The people are alive to improvements of every, kind and areas hfispitable as any peoule in Georgia. •The meeting was organized by the clectiou of Judge W C How"- ard, of Jefferson, chairman. The attendance the first day was small, hut was made up the two last Revs. Langford, Van Hoosr and Smith were visiting members from Gainesville. Revs. W. S. McCartv, C. D. Campbell, W. M. Coile. Prof. Rutherford and Judge Harwood en gaged in the discussion during the session, and all enjoyed the fine speeches made ny these gentlemen Rev. M. V. B. Langford preach- a fine sermon on Saturday, aiid Dr. Campbell a masterly one on the Sabbath. Rev. Mr. VanHoose was appointed for Sunday after noon. « The next session was appointed to be held at Winterville, Clarke county, at the contemplated Bap tist church, which will be erected by theappointed time, the 5th Sab bath in July, 1SS7. The programme for the next session is the most in teresting that was ever had since the otganization. MINOR NOTES. The Methodists and Baptists both worship in a school house, but * ex pect in the near iuture to erect buildings of their own. The cotton cron in this section is dependent upon a late frost for suc cess. Bottom land born is a fail ure. The sorghum crop is a success this year-long sweeting will be abundant. The finest granite in this section of Georgia lies in a belt extending several miles north of Jefferson slong the railroad. Nature has al most carved it in size and shape for building purposes. The apple crop in Jackson coun ty is an entire failure. A Mrs. Appleby, highly respec led by all, was lying at the point of death during the meeting. The Nicholson B. B. Club, played a match game with the town boys Saturday evening, only short distance from the church, was largely attended. JSeveral Athens boys have moved into this section and are doing well. White people largely predomi ate in this section. Only a few colored brethren” are seen. The programme's of the meeting were gotten up by Messrs. Cran ford & Davis of your city, and elic ited praises from everyone for their beauty and neatness. Road working has become gen eral, and a new road each in Buck Branch and Beaverdam districts will be opened during the coming week. Oglethorpe county commences picking cotton this week. Fruits and melons are reckoned among the things that were. Old mother earth continues to qnake, and nearly everybody has turned quakers. A few gentlemen in and around Winterville have assumed the res ponsibility for building the Wintir- ville Baptist Church, and will let out the contract in a few days. The completion of this house is now fixed fact. _ The Methodist we learn are get ting up funds to aid them in tear ing down their old church and erec ting a new one on the old site, and with good success. ‘ - ' - . , People certainly cannot complain at the theories ot zeieotiaujupou the 1 recent cirthquakes.’ These haya been sufficiently varied ind con flicting to satisfy the views of every one. Private opinion ,c»B^ b Mster itself upon scientific theo. in any' form, and the prevailing impression is that one is os aeaf right as the other. At the sent# time, science will push -her investi gation and gather her ««U, and it is probable that these fshocks will contribute valuable facts to m&ke ■ up a reasonable verdict. One of the most recent end clev er opinions is that of Mejor Harrv Hammond, a learned Carolinian, who attributes the sinkings and- shocks around Chstlestan ar.d Sum merville to the- lime c«v«iros end subterranean streams. These cav erns are formed by rain water charged with carbonic acid wash ing through the carbonate it liide .L.a. U*: TtiiuirnvD ■n the marl stone. Maj. HammoWd believes that in this way subterra nean streama and lakes have been formed miles in length, and declares that such subterranean cavities . are among the well-knpwn andrec- ignized causes of earthquaTces, through the falling, settling and sinking of their roofs and walla. Should the locus of tbe recent dis turbances be traced to the locality exhibiting indications of such- cav erns, we might put our fibgeron the the cause of the phenomena. A number of facts point in this direc* / tion. If the line of origin of the' . earth tremors be a line between Charleston and Summerville, then ' his line can not be very far trdm the subterranean cavern*. Tbe re ports of the commotion seaward seem too slight to suggest that their causes are - the secrets of ocean depths. “So far the earthquake,” says Major Hammond, “qould be fully accounted for by tbe success ive falling in of the roofs and waits of such subterranean caverns. Ages may elapse before they are hollowed out again, through the slow action of the' minute quantity of carbonic acid carried down with surface water.” Now we have the theory of Prof. McGhee, who believes the shock was caused by a land slide; Prof. Mkndeniiell who ascribe* the quake to volcanic action, and Maj. Hammond who brings - to bear the line caverns. It THE OCONEE CONTEST. Watkinsville, Ga., bepL 7.— Editors Banner-Watchman: In your publication of Sept. 4th I no ticed a < short article headed “A Contest,” which stated that I said “Edmund Thrasher is incapable of Ihe acts charged against him, and that he is right in his decision.” I did not say it, I said this: “A man who knows nuthing ot the circumstances, and reads Thrasher’s article in the B.-W., might think him incapable of the* acts charged against him, and that he was right in his decision.” Mr. Thrasher says that in what he has done in the prohibition matter he hzs acted conscientiously. Old man Keno once-said, when the Solicitor asked him if he had any conscientious scruples in regard to capital punish ment: ‘ Me conscience; no scru pies.” Yours respectfully, . W. A. Woodis. JUG TAVERN NOTES. Mrs. Caroline Wills dieJ at the home of her father, Mr. Geo. B. Wood, Sunday. Her remains were taken to Gainesville for bu rial. Mrs. Martha Burson died Mon day at her home at Cedar Hill, near here. Both of these estimable wo men lived in Jackson county, and many friends will mourn their loss. Miss Leila Richardson, of Athens, is teaching a select school here. w. A MODEST MILLIONAIRE.* Fall of Ute Court House. Charleston, Sept. 6.—During the rush of applicants for assistance large section of the Meeting street front of the courthouse, oppo site the city hall, fell out. The re port of tiro tail was equal to an earthquake shock. Immediately the assembled thousands iu and out of the building began to sway and move like billows oi a storm strick- stricken sea. The cooler heads present mounted chairs and admonished the people to move away quterly and not become excited. The scene was appalling for a shoit time, but quiet was fi nally restored. The men at work tearing down frail portions of the court house were ordered to stop work. The death of Hon. John Davi son, of Augusta, already noticed in the Banner-Watchman,removes one of the most remarkable, men ■ from that city. It is now believed that his fortune will far exceed half a million of dollars. In the absence of a will, which hat not yet been found,this, money will, be divided, says the Augusta Evening News, between relations in Augusta and in Ireland. It is probable that Mr. Davison himself did not know what he was really worth. Hit profits in Georgia railroad stock alone amounted in the past year to $150,000. Mr. Davison was one of the most modest of men. He was averse to seeing his name in the pa pers. He never was seen in pub lic places in Augusta. His simple desk at the Georgia Railroad batik, and his old-fashioned brick tena- ment on McIntosh street wereaU tbe world to him. Only when he travel ed,say* the paper above mentioned, would any one have imagined him a rich man, but on such occasions he would frequently go to New . York in a private car, with Lexius Henson for his “chef de cuisine” and plenary power in culinary mat ters. Lexius was nevet limited by him, and Augusta’s popular caterer never had a more generous patron - ot a better friend. When in New York Col. Davison' would always / stop al “The Windsor,” away.-uf" - j from the busy part of the metropo lis, and where none hut capitalists could afford the stay, and his suitCB of rooms were the most magnifi cent and costlv in all that pnheely place. He would return after these trips aud resume hiy simple life in Augusta and be more contented than when in the gilded paUces of earth. Mr. Davison .would frequently give his livery stable dnver five dol* lars as a private fee foi an after noon’s drive. He was generous to his family and friends, and ,as Coi. Randall aaid in tbe Augusts Chronicle, he literally “did good by stealth.” .-I BANKS COUNTY. Ono .of the Most Prosperous la tbe State. A reporter of the Banner- W atcam an interviewed one of the prosperous farmers ot Banks county >csterday. and from-bim we learn that this little county, situated be tween the Air-Line and Northeast ern railroads, has as good crops as were ever raised since the forma tion of the connty. The lartneti owe but very little to the merchants and a large yield of cotton-and up land corn only awaits the gather ing. The county is out of debt and has plenty of money in the treasu ry. The farmers attend to their own business and are not disturbed by the outside world. The health of this little county is good, owing to the pure water and good climate There are no criminals in the county jail, and it is seldom that euer a crime is committed. For a summer resort, Banks county ts the place to go to. A*mr usTAtnuHT. Fred Masse, the ice cream man from Atlanta, has concluded to open a ’ first- class restaurant on Broad street. Mr. Mass* is already shipping the furniture tq Athens, and wiU be open by the I5ih. All kinds of game wiU be kept, besides other delicacies of the season. the BIO FIS*. From parties who were present when the mill pond of Capt. Scott was drawn ofl; we learn that there wss s large num ber present, and that there were several hundred pounds of fish caught and some very huge ones. AH OTHER KICHMOBD.., Mr. Wtgnon, a young teacher of Mad ison county, was in the city yesterday, on his way to Gainesville, where he will negotiate for the Eagle. This paper can be bought; we learn, for $2,000, and is cartainly-a bargain,st that price. - ■ - politics in Walton. Monroe, Ga., Sept. 7th.—'The democratic executive cummittee, have thought it best to again re consider their action in r egard to holding primary' elections. The committee met again on Saturday last, an J decided to holJ primaries on the 18th inst., to nominate can didates for the legislature. Two prominent physicians of the county, NOT SO. Editors Banner-Watchman : I am sorry that your reporter, in taking a synopsis of my Sunday afternoon lecture on the earthquake, made me put ‘.‘Nathan and his fam ily” in the pit made by the opened earth. It is not so. “Nathan aud his family" were not there at the time. They were completely non But “Korah and his company” est. out “xvoran ana ms company' Galaway and Dr.' Long, are in-1 were there, and you will please dependent candidates. Col. J. H. (substitute these for the reporter’s Felker, who ha, been so active in ‘Nat ian and family,” in the interest the race for the last week, has with- [of tire truth of histor tiro ah his claims. Truly, C. Davis, ■v f«bs school itnunroj., The foundation] of the while school building has bacn laid, and work is now progressing on the colored school. A SAD ACdDBHT. last Friday, Capt G.'.H. Yancey’s lit tle boy, with one ofDr.Hunnicutt’a, was up in a tree at the Captain’s farm in Hab ersham connty. The two little fellows climbed out on a decayed limb, which - broke off, hurling the former to the ground with great force and breaking ouo of his-legs at the hip. ■ Young Han- nicu'tt, with great preeence of Quad, grasped a nother limb aa he was falling - and thus saved hiwe-if. We we glad to know that the little sufferer 1* Joiag well./. Mr. Cicero Arnold will he a« with the furniture house of F. H. Snook - a soon as it is opeaeff hi Athene.