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v VO VST A IS ENTERTAINING AN
GELS UNA WAKES.
T hr >orlkrrn Honda Demand Man
u( president Phlnlzy—A Set of
Tariarn Who Enjsy the Confuelen
mil .Wen and DUroufart at Le-
AUGUST A, Sept. 27, (Special).
Tlu; No* Jersey Knights of Labor
who refused to go to work Satur
day in the Augusta Factory today
demanded money from President
Fninizy. He (declined, and
„pon being asked by them
f„ r »jd, said he would aid them by
K i,ing the work for which they had
c! a contract, lleshowed their
. .natures to the contract at old
wages, ai id not a word about being
,i, uded could be shown on their
,,,ri. The mill officers acknow
ledge that they made a mistake this
liiiii', tor New Jersey Knights are
not wanted. They are all rough
and foreigners, and hardly know
fi-f language. They declined to
work and told Mr. Phinizv he knew
nothing of Knights down here.
T ic new airivals are lodged with
: ,cal Knights and seem satisfied
o th the situation—indeed, enjoy it.
-I KING fHE FACTORY.
M
Siaaier Workman Meynardie v». Augusta
Factory. Expense* for the Jersey Ex-
porls.-lntervlew Yesterday in the May
ors Office With Presteent Phlnlsy—free
masses Refused
Al’oi'sTA. Sept. 2S.--[Special
i’u-Milent Chailes Phinizy and
Workman Meynardie met
i- *iie Mayor’s office today. Air.
[> ■ i.i/.v informed him he was wil-
: o t„ -tand by the contract made
10 :i the New Jersey operatives. He
K ., t . * nothing of the niis represen
r t ons, hut believed that Overseer
p at chard denied. He says he be-
the Jerseys knew all about
Augusta affairs before coming, and
Mi Meynardie admitted he had
, n iiiinicaied with the Pare'son
!. .does. Mr. Pninizy held that the
!i- ,ey operatives were legally
hound by thtf contract and not he
to send the r. home.
1 he Mayor relused passes for the
crowd*and Mr. Meynaidie left to
retain Judge Twiggs and sue the
Augusta Factoiy. ludgeTwiggs is
out of Town, hut Meynardie says
he wi 1 press the case in the court,
t . protect laboring men from impo- 1
s ,lions and misiepresentations.
PROHIBITION TICKET LOOSES.
Howell, Bray and Well N*mlnut,
ed Howell l.eade the TltVet.
Atlanta, Sept. 2S [Spiral]
This has been an exciting daV in
Atlanta. Theie were really (wo
tickets in the field for the Legisla
ture. Messrs. T. P. WestmJ
land, J,J. Fain and J. O. Peikigs
had been put out by the pro! i bu
rton committee. Messrs. Siml
Weil, Wellborn Bray and Chrk
Howell composed the anti-prthi
bition ticket. It was urged tiat
the prohibition had keen tut
out by a clique ot commitec
in secret session and mat y pVpbili-
tionists openly declined to siLp (r t
it. The ticket generally wttH ly
the antis was not put out all a.oi
but was composed of gtntli
who had announced th timer
from time to time.
The prohibition ticket met with a
overwhelming defeat. 1 hev
VALE OF NACOCHEE.
a halt in the fairest spot in
ALL GEORGIA.
An Kdil«r^> Oliiup*c* of n (iarden
Spot—A Talk With Squire Xirliolw—
Visions of Itlanly llcunty—Smile*
in the V* Jley.
THE COVINGTON & MACON.
Nacoochee, Sept. 27.—Our friond
Young, of the Habersham House,
Clarkesville, had ordered the finest
turn-out that house had to carry us over
to the Valley, but as we decided to re
main perhaps a day or so, and wanted to
travel around some after getting here,
we decided to exchange for a buggy.
All the best vehicles had been engaged,
so we were content to put up with a
diminutive Uosinanti not overwhelming
ly larger than a Texts rabbit; a buggy
that had evidently gone through repeat
ed earthquakes, and an umbrella that
looked like it might have been covered
with Lazarus’ old linen duster. Knowles j
who is rather inclined to dudislincss,
and puts on a good many airs up here.
carried only two precincts in t * ie 'Irlien ho
was awfully mortified at our team, and
What «I»t* Outcome of ThloEnter-
[Macon Telegraph.]
That there has been studied and sys
tematic ellbrt of late to destroy public
confidence in this enterprise is too plain
to admit of doubt.
The Covington and Macon started
out handicapped by tne fact that its
president and reputed head was a man
without experience in railroad building
or management Furthermore, his ex
travagant and contradictory statements
touching its objects and purposes were
calculated to confirm the doubts and
suspicions of those who looked with
mistrust upon the company by reason of
its ollicial head.
In time Mr Machen, who has the
contract for building the road, and oth
ers who were largely interested in its
success, became convinced of the ne
cessity for a change in its organization,
and hence a new president and directors
were elected. Since Douglass Greene,
Esq., was made president and several
well-known capitalists were made direc
tors, confidence in the legitimate charac
ter aad objects of the company has stea
dily grown, while its financial character
has been regarded as fully and perma-
country, and were completely snow
ed under in the city. Howells
majority is 1,123; Brays S22. and
Weils Sio. It will be seen that
Clarke Howell leads his own ticket
by 201 majority. •The young men
have worked lor him at the poll*
and leel that he is their candidate.
They are enthusiastic over his bril
liant race, and to-night serenaded
him ‘he Constitution cilice he
made a call on a valley family
Vuld hitch it out in the woods or he
ft
^Knowles once came up here drivin
pair of horses that he brought
and he wanted to hitch them
his
uentlv established.
responded in a few appropriate re-
mark.«, and the young men aie con
fident He will reflect credit upon
them and himself in the legislature.
Rain fell just before the polls closed
and it was received as an emblem
of victory by the antis. A large
placard, posted on a tree at the polls
late this evening after the result
was assured attracted much atten
tion. It bore these words, “Fanat
icism and Cliques rebuked b) pop
ular indignation. ’
Prohibitions claim tb it today’s
vote is not a fair test ot Prohibition
President Giecno informed our towns-
mrn, S. K. Jaques. Esq., ten days ago,
, . .. ... , , that ah the bonds of tlio road had been
somv hedge. ( apt. Nichols says j placN , that Col . Frobe , had beon.in-
"" 1 J strutted to increase the force and push
the road to completion as rapidly as pos
sible. Since that time the contract for
the balance of the grinding has been
awarded to Col jnel Smith, of uglethorpe,
which confirms the statement made by
Mr. Greene to Mr. Jaques.
We feel warranted in assuring all par
ties interested in the completion of this
road, that it has passed every stage of
uveertainty, ami will, within a few
months, unite the cities of Macon and
Athens in close and direct communica
tion, and give to our people what they
have long and. sorely needed, direct pas
senger communication to all eastern
nt piazza.
* l ,e ^ad from Clarksville to the Yal-
is a # ery good one for a mountain
ntr y, a.d at numerous points you
h line vvws of the mountains. Yonah,
a huge muchar.t hear, its twin sister
near by, rhile th it giant old Tray.
al«t ten mile; distant, with its scooped
p, are cotspicuous objects. Tray
•'"Yonah are („■ largest mountains oil
tk'Authern sidi of the I’d
Hue nidge, the points.
Mr Meynardie denies the street j s t rt . n gth or sentiment in Atlanta:
■m,.1 cf h.s making money, and | that the ticket was not put out by
the party, that
- he does n..I tike a cent from
K light-, and also will have no
..lit
Su.,t. Crombe today moved int^
Mr. Login’s house, and is stra’ght-
eniog affairs at the Augusta FactO-
n hke a veteran.
The West End of the Augusta
Factory opened t >day and nearly
>i\’\ h^nds.ire busy inside.
A Sit A l’ELESS MASS.
voted
against
many who
the ticket
being ovir t.OlX) feet in height
latter 3.2W), Xacoocliee Valiev
ts unhl,tedly the fairest spot in Goor-
a- is a lovely little strip of rich and
level j, three raibs long and from a
couplr hundred yards to a half mile
wide, jlged i„ between a range of
mount an( J through which the Chat-
tahooc ripples over a rocky bed and
in a cr ,1 stream. Near the lower end
of l ie , v Sawtec Valley enters, which
is four,,, ],, ng a|) j conta j ns somp vcrv
ricli fa* j t ; s ;{ig miles from the
valley tL summit of Yonah, but the
mounUt\p earg to stand right on the
valley. There are several
are staunch prohibitionists and j thcm so r , rounded
would have voted differently on a | t i ie j r own
square prohibition issue; that while
it may be a rebuke to some prohibi
tion bosses, it is not an evidence
that prohibition has lost its hold in
Atlanta. Antis declare that had
prohibition won it would have been
claimed as a prohibition victory',
and having lost they
must acknowledge the defeat.
They claim that todays vote repre
sents the sentiment of the people,
and prohibitionists will never again
recover from today’s sweeping de
feat.
to tieceiv
into the belief that they
were artil [ and
where
irrrlMe and Fatal Accident at the New
Capital-Supt. Larkin Meete a Horrible
Death'
Atlanta. Sept. 23.—[Special.]
A tetrible accident occurred at the
new Capitol budding th s morning
which resulted in the death of one
ill the most valuable men engaged
on the building. A huge .tone
which went over the third story
window fell a distance of about qo
feel upon Superiniendant Larkin,
crushing him into a shapeless mass
jhe Stone weighed several thou
sand pounds. It was being haul
ed up to where it was to he used on
the wall, when the hooks slipped
out and it fell Mr. Lntkin threw
luck his head to look up. As he
did so, the stone fell on his chest
Ihs head and arms just escaped mu
tilation, but his body and lower
limbs weie fearfully crushed.
Supt. Larkin has been director ot
die rigging and pdlleys, and was
one of the best paid and most valu
able men employed on the capilot.
lie loaves a wife, lie was about
middle age, and came from Phila
delphia here.
pretty *qj*l lnoum | s here, some of j Simkins gathered the com and safely
Wc think the Macon and Florida will
l>e as fully secured a few months hence
as the Covington undMaconis at present.
TROUBLE IN HARMONYGR OVF.
Elii- IKailiff 1
Slave a Stout <
ktfurii.
the l.orkwmitla
1 Jackson County
'I bis quiet, little town is hardly ever
disturbed by rumor of war or carthquak.
The merchants are all prosperous and
when the bailiff with a haudfull of papers
appears 011 the streets, it generally causes
a stir. During the week trouble has been
brewing between Judge Simkins, and
the bailiff over a small lot of corn that
Judge Simkins had taken charge of for
a debt owed him by \V. C. Geen. Mr.
•an see signs
were made into them
but the spades soon
rcat granite bowlders,
elevations to be the
.’reator of the universe.
Coia%«li**nt«‘d Vole.
Atlanta, Sept. 29.—[Special.] ^ ^
The democratic executive commit- j mu]i butthis roma J 18 ri *>‘ >" tu '
tee met today and make the lollow-
ing ollicial announcement of »he
consolidated vote in yesterday s
primary: Howell, ^ ra y- 2 >’
633; W eil, 2,612; total, 8,179; I Mrs. C. is a most delight! j aeeom ^
Westmoreland, 1,902: Fain, 1,709;[j.lishcd lady,and has one^ prettie
Perkins, 1,469; total SIS'" 0 -
studied this matter
mounds were once
connecting w.th^ uf thc neighI>oring
mountains, hut convuIgion of
ture opened a for tlu . rivcr
through them, an Wo thcsc mounds
were cut off and fy by the action of
the water. There' , y onc
mound in the valley ^ ]n thig scc .
•ion of the state- aA t jg in front of
Capt. Nichols’ houiL. which more
anon. Thc lower cotL
intiu- r - .
lion is exempt
from those remains of\ .
Whilejn thc valley\ the guegU
of the Inglewood Hotel,V
(Tinningham, sister toy j^ now j
housed it in his barn, togetbei with
other goods and chattels belonging to
him. Mr. Segar who had an execution
against W.C. Green instructed the bai
lin'to levy on the corn in Simpkins crib.
The bailiff* after some trouble, made the
levy, and put a lock ou ihe barn. Mr.
Simpkins went to Hanks Court, and when
he returned, found his barn locked up
and no chance to put up his horse, or
or to get anything for him to eat A
blacksmith was found, the lock forced
and Simkins put in posession of the corn
and premises. The bailin' again appeared
on the scene with another lock and chain
and put his s«*al on the barn, which
looked more like a blacksmith shop,
than a place to house corn and horses.
Just as our reporter was leaving Har
mony Grove, Judge Simpkins had em
ployed Mr.Dale, a tinner,to go ami break,
the*lock the third time, and as the train
was moving oil' the sound of the tinners’
hammer could l»e beaid blazihg away at
the lock. This will probably be inter
esting before it is settled, as both parties
are very determined and will tight it to
the end.
SOHE CHOICE POISONS.
* '
rteroi
(Conititutlona )
“If you were going to commit suicide,”
I asked Professor H. C. White, “how
would you do it?”
“Queer question,” he replied, smiling,
“but I think I should take a whiff of
prussic acid.”
“Would that kill quickly?”
“In about a second. Y'ou would sim
ply catch a scent of bruised peach ker
nels and all would be over. An hour
after death there would be no trace of
poison it, your body. The first effect of
the prussic acid would be to turn your
blood black. As your corpse cooled the
poison would evaporate and in an hour
all would be gone. Like lightning the
breath of thc acid flashes through the
veins, kills and vanishes."
“Is this acid to be found in the drug
stores?”
“Yes; but not in the concentrated form
I speak of. If I wanted to kill myself,
which 1 clearly do not, I should pour
hydochloric acid over cyanide of potash,
whiff thc prnssic adid gate that arose and
go off in a twinkling.”
I have at my laboratory at Athens,”
the professor continued, * a piece of
parchment hearing these words: “This
is written with the ti'ood of Jerry
Twincher who was poisoned with prussic
acid. The writing is as black as ink.”
ON THE STUMP.
E CANDIDATES BEFORE THE
PEOPLE.
“A curious thing came to me in my
practice,” said the professor, as he knock
ed the ashes from his cigar, “about three
years ago the stomach of a woman who
had died under suspicious circumstances
in Aiken, S. C., was sent me for exami
nation I discovered a large quantity of
strychnine in the stomach, and made
several crystals which I sent to the au
thorities. Her husband was arrested,
accused of murdering her, and convicted.
About that time I got a letter from a
druggist, who lived near Aiken, stating
that the quinine he was selling was pro
ducing very strange effects, and asking
me to analyze a sample he sent ine. 1
did so, and found that it was almost half
strychnine. 1 at once thought of the
man who was under conviction in that
neighborhood for killing his wife with
strychnine, and thought that he might
have been unjustly accused. I went to
Aikeq to ascertain the facts.”
“Ana you found the man really inno
cent?”
‘No. 1 realize that the story ought to
have ended that way. but it didn’t The
man was clearly guilty and had bought
his strychnine from another druggist”
ABOUT OGLETHORPE.
HARRY HILL S RAILROAD-
LUTHER ELLISON ARRAIGNED
FOR MURDER IN ATLANTA.
Thi't'orflnrr’M Verdict In t»c Tr.tcd
in superior fonrl ol i ullon— Ollier
Neil, Nolen from Atlimlo. |g
houses in the valley.. upo „
an eminence back from tl j sur _
rounded by a beautiful oaff
we do not know a more deli\ ^ ^
than this for a weary tourisl j
the summer. We predict th.
it:wood Hotel is destined to
A ICfliahlo Siatfineiit at lo AVtiy
Work Wa*t Temporarily Suspend-
We are reliably informed that Mr. Har
ry Hill ordered a suspension of work on
the Union Point an^ White Plains Kail-
road because of a difference between
himself and his directors, into thc details
In- of which it is not now necessary to go.
of " on r0 *d was not stopped be-
1 cause of his inability to -give bond —
FOUR FIRES IN ATLANTA.
Atlanta, Sept. 2 9 .-[Special ] the most popular summer causey Ins .mi.niuy
Luther Ellison, .who was charged up-country. Ah. \\ inter, the )f President of the Merchunts.ilnnk;
with the murder of Bartwall by the tl ‘ e 1 homasville Enterprise, 1^ Welbom Hill, Vice President of Gate
coroner’s jury a few weeks ago, is
now being tried in the superior
court. The circumstances ol the
killing are yet familiar to the pub
lic, Bartwall having been cut to
pieces in front of Abbe Howard s
bagnio, and having died next day
r»m* Work of the Aiiuntn l>«*pnrt- in the Ivy street hospital,
men I—Total l.o»» will not Exceed i #
fifty Holla
Atlanta, Sept. 27.—[Special.]
I’his has been the firemens’ day in
Atlanta, and the department has ac-
9 nit led itself well. Four fires have
occurred and the total loss will
nut exceed $3,. Three of the
alarms occurred within 25 minutes,
.nd all the fires were on shinglfc
roofs, but they were promptly ex
tinguished, and *10 will cover either
spending the summer up li er ' d f City National Rank; Henry W. Grady,
half that we hear be true. Mrs. \. of the Constitution, are his bondsmen we
better hereafter keep him tief lc » r ".« n d their responsibility is well
. . . .V established. Ih6se facts we get from a
apron string, or chaperon him rc ,ia b l e & 0Ur ce. We trust Mr. Hill will
He made more mashes than the J soon arrange matters with his directors
sorghum mill in Georgia; and wnand finish the road. It will be an iin-
more surprising still, Winter passedVortant route, and Mr. Hill has displayed
iii- , . . _ Vreat energy in working up the enter
good looking up here! A pretty yoV j OJ or
lady told us only last evening that
considered Mr. Winter very handso
KILLED ON A RAILROAD-
Fatal Accident on tba Atlanta and Wait
Point Railroad Yeitorday.
Atlanta, Sept. 27.—[Special.]
The tiain on the Western railroau
of Alabama, which was due here at
a. m., arrived at I p m. today.
The delay was occasioned by a
wreck this side of Montgomery, in
»Inch a negro fireman was killed
and the mail agent and Uaggage
ir.astei were considerably bruised.
The accident was caused by a mis
placed switch.
EniTons Banner Watchman: In tliejindced. From that .moment we felt lil
editorial comment on the recent 1 a p, v j scd edition of Apollo. We asked on
correspondence, in regard . ,n i fair frieml if men weren't a little srarci
the Sarepta Association, occur these .. . ,
words, "they have furnished a safe around in these diggins, and
church peasantry etc." The meaning haven’t all been down with the small
of the entire sentence, as well as ol this j )OX> |t really s%ems so, when our
phrase, is obscure: but if the phrase is ; |* r | cnc | Winter can pass above par We
.1-- ,t «.i vorv iitnfi'il. ! *
of the
CRAWFORD NOTES.
\«*«vwu« Ifeported In Oglethorpe
fou nfy. v *
Awponii, Sept. 2:1.—[Special.] Mr.
Wilson of the University, was in
‘Ibis week, lie is a model young
Crnirrord. Her Crop,,’ Her People
unit Her Trade—..Saving Huy ~Pol.
itic* in the County.
A 11 annkr-Watchman representative
had just taken his seat in the train all it
was leaving Crawford, yesterday, and
the gentleman beside him remarked:
“I had rather live in Crawford than
any place its size in thc state.”
Crawford certainly is a very attractive
place; it is enterprising and growing ani
boasts of excellent society. The houses
are all neat, modern and inviting and the
people cordial, hospitable and cultivated.
Crawford docs a great deal of business
and shipsannually from 10.0U0 to l”,(KJO
hales of cotton. Most of this comes to
Athens.
“W e ship very little cotton to Augus
ta now,” said a prominent merchant, “It
used to all go there, hut it nearly all goes
to Athens now except the ‘guano cot
ton,’ and that is a very small item nowa
days, for nine-tenths of- the guano
brought in Oglethorpe is now paid for
in cash.”
“How are crops'/” we asked.
“Crops in Oglethorpe are very good;
better than we thought they would turn
out. -Uplard corn gave a good yield,
and although the cotton crop is almost a
month late, we think it will be about as
large as last year. Cotton is opciiing
very fast at present.”
“Greene county is saving more hay
this year than lever knew. Mr. Tunis
Powell has cured Ko tonsand Mr. Vase
McWhorter about 100 tons. How is it
in Oglethorpe?”
“\\ ell, we are saving more than for
merly, much more. Our fanners are be
ginning to realize the value of hay, and
will no doubt save still more in the fu
ture.”
“How are polilics?” I queried. “Oh,
politics are not so hot as they have been;
cooled down to about CO degrees Fah
renheit, 1 should say. 1 think the race
will be rather close. A negro candidate,
Dee Cunningham, lias entered the con
test, and about 500 negro voters have
registered. How much is to ho feared
from this very “dark" horse I cannot
say; a great many white voters have not
yet registered, and if there is no nomi-
nrtion—and I see no prospect for any
tho negro candidate may make a tolera
ble race.,’
FRANKLIN SUPERIOR COURT-
correctly interpreted it'is very inacctf- \ to d tlle resl
rate. Not half justite is done by t to , *
the body of which it is written. '1 hat year up here. \\ e feel that there
.'Vlarrird In Atlanta*
Ati.ana, Sept. 27.—[Special. ]
Mr. R. W. Road was tpmght mar-
tied to Miss Lula Richardson, sil
ler of F. II. Richardson, of the
Constitution. After a Western
tour they will live in Atlanta.
body has furnished much more than a
’peasantry-’ of any-kind—“church, or
agricultural, or educational, or social.
f 'y’or one, 1 am unwilling that any edi
tor within the hounds of such an intul-
gent and efficient a body ns the Sarepta
Association shall be in such dense dark
ness or such injurious ignorance; or that
he should be guilty of such gross dis
courtesy to a body- entitled t* kindlier
consideration; or that he shall perpetrate
such a llagrant violation of rhetorical
principles. A body which ha*s, in the
past, included in its constiuency states
men, eminent jurists and learned theo
logians, and which, at this time, has the
adherence of legal gentlemen of conspic
uous ability, doctors of medicine, whose
skill has been tested and proven, profes
sors of science and literature, and prin
cipals of educational institutions, second
in rank to none in the land, merchants
of the first standing in their communi
ties, railroad directors, planters, etc. etc.,
is not adequately or accurately described
by the phrase under criticism.
('has. D. I'ami-hf.i.l-
Painful Accident.
Atlanta, Sept. 27.—[Special.]
Mrs J. F.. Blount, who lives at 115
I vy street, while returning from
8.1m Jones’ services last night, fell
»nd dislocated her hip.
The I*rimprr Today
Atlanta, Sept. 37.—[Special.]
Political lYiitptinfr* ari* f ' heintf held
‘‘olitical meetings are “being helrl
everywhere tonight. The result ol
tomorrow’s primary in Fulton for
members Legislature is in much
doubt.
is no
other spot on earth where our lianly
beauty can meet with that recognilhn it
so richly deserves.
About fifteen or twenty families firm
the population of this val’ev, and bey-
own all the land. They are a hospitado
hut rather exclusive set, and are vey
particular whom they admit into thy.
circle. In fact, the society in Nacooclit
is like a little oasis of culture and re
fincment that thc tourist encounters it
traveling through this comparatively
Berry brought in a big load of
Ions yesterday.
ac.xington and Crawford railroad
ad hut sleepeth.
H. Arnold lias about complet-
r gin house.
is now quiet on cyclones,
iderably stirred up on earth-
qlla
iiiitbT.'- democratic executive com-
app 0 > Lexington, Tuesday, and
The cV"" Imr - for count y elficers.
allowed 1 ' 8 for the legislature will be
with thc bridles off. The
tes arc said to be out of
negro
the rac<!
Thu ,
popular f’Lwatchman- is ever so
not bo? V°unty. Why should it
Winnisg ts Virginia.—Invitations
are out to the wodf'ing of Hon, Dudley
DuBose, of Washington, Ga., and Miss
Emma Carr Robertson, a daughter of
Judge William J. Robertson, of Char
lottesville, Va. Thc happy event will be
celebrated in Christ’s church, Char-
lottcsville.on the 7th proximo. Mr. Du-
llose is the Democratic nominee for leg
islature in Wilkes county, and before
he returns from Virginia will bo repre
sentative-elect. Miss Robertson, is
tho beautiful daughter of the senior
counsel for the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad, and is one of the belles of * tr-
ginia.
Hullroad Taxi
Th
Atlanta, Sept. 37.—[Special.]
1 >'- R. & D. h. lR., the C: C. & A.
»nd the S. F. & W. paid 117,266.10
,0 th « Comptroller.
orgii
progressing moat satisfactorily this week,
be iron bridge ia being put un over Bull
‘”<1 track laying is moving right
»>>g. Chief Engineer Oreene haa just
turned from a trip over lbs line and
“ uuicl, pleased at the progreis which is
•ring made.
otic*.—All persons arc warned not
IxKj.y ®r otherwise trtsspass on my
On. A. R. Herring, gcpbfild&wlt
•
Gr.vsr.ns in Gkobgia.—When the Ath
ens travellers wore in Europe they were
shocked to read in Scoteh papers, the
cable accounts of tho American earth
quake. The telegrams told of geysers
in Pryor street, Atlanta, and in Selma,
Ala. They pictured the whole South in
volcanic tremor. It was several days be
fore they were reassured by private ad
vices.
Snook’s Fcbnitub* 8 to ax.—Mr. R.
C. Latimer, will have charge or Snook’a
now furniture, and will have it opened
byYhe first of October. Mr. Latimer is
a splendid business man, and his friends
are legion. Mr. Snook could not have
found a better manager for his business
the big merchant of
ly visits to Crawford.
Lexington, yester-
old & Son a big lot
ft. There are few
s than Crawford,
taken the road for
a jovial fj 18 - seems to be
, rt . U. II. K
lc‘\r Texas
several
in S\ther ui
I ^ > ’^JIy satisfi
d will
:W and family, who
' months ago, ra
ce. Rich is look-
weather. He is
the Lone Star
lands are sold in the valley they bring!j n Arnay it prosper, is our
from flu to f 100 per acre, hut they are-
seldom placed on the markeL The prin
cipal crop is hay, com and oats, that
grow luxuriantly. There arc two church-
here—Presbyterian and Methodist,
the former under thc charge of M r. Ste
phens, of Athens, and the latter Rev.
ovick Winter. They arc cosy and ro
mantic little edifices, built in little moun
tain coves, jutting out into tho valley.
There are two good hotels here, and da
ring the summer are well filled with
tourists. Board is cheaper than at the
resorts on the railroad, but the accom
modations by no means inferior.
Sunday afternoon we called on sever
al families, of course not omitting Capt
J. II. Nichols. One had as well go to
Rome and not see St Peter s, to Pisa, and
not look upon thc Leaning Tower, or to
Athens and fail to subscribe to the Ban-
nf.r-Watchman, as to invade Xacocchee
and neglect to pay their respects to Cap
tain Nichols. This gentleman settled
here in 18G5, and to him, in a great
measure, is due to Capt. N.
The mail carrier is now arriving, so I
will conclude in another letter.
T. L. G.
Whut is Going on This Urrk in’
ISurnesville.
(The Register.)
Thc Superior Couit convened on Mon
day morning, and was called to order by
his Honor, Judge Hutchins,
The grand jury was empaneled and
Thomas A. Skelton was selected as fore
man.
The Judge’s charge to the grand jury
was clear and pointed.
The case of Wesley S. Gables vs. Olia-
diah Dean stands first on thc docket, and
was continued on account of thc absence
of Col. S. P. Thurmond counsel for the
defendant.
The case of Sarah A. Payne vs Wil
liam McPherson, for the cancellation of
a deed is progressing at this writing.
A number of cases were called in the
forenoon and passed on temporarily.
We regret to learn that Col. S. P.
Thurmond, the veteran of the Western
circuit will not be present during the
present term of tho court boing detained
at home by sickness. It is thc first tune
he has missed a term of this court in
many years.
lion. H. H. Carlton, the Democratic
Congressional nominee, addressed the
citizens of Franklin county, in the court
house Tuesday immediately- after the
court adjourned for dinner, f
EUGEREBECK-
A Breezy Discussion at Public Ia-
•nes In the Good Old Style-Three
Itlcu Asking far Suffrages on the
R ustings—Differences Between
FUiacrnts.
v .;V is now cot Geor ? i ^
wnil^.jj^ve onl
Stokel Ro , gni
P»y *Y Athens ]
A ed i seed oil
ufact°i\ Rpoken ,
1 ?“■ A Johnson
'» d y> i have
visit to)
turned
the ul>£f thei”1
pt Har-
The Rabun Wife Murderer En Hon to
to the Penitentiary.
As we came down on the North-East
ern, Tuesday night, we found on board
thc train Eugene lleck, tbe murderer of
his wife and sister-in-law, sentenced for
lifo to the penitentiary, and who was be
ing conveyed to the Dade coal mines by
Capt Turner. Beck seems very weak
and Capt T. rcmarkedlo us that he nev
er handled a more quiet or docile priso
ner, and he anticipated not the slightest
trouble with him. Beck is one of the
finest- looking men we ever saw, with
long black whiskers and perfectly cbis-
I features, fie had a frank, open
face, and conversed freely and intelli
gently with us. There are no evidences
of the murderer about him, and there is
no doubt but that his double snd horri
ble crime is directly traceable to a mind
crazed and diseased by whisky. He
said he expected to behave himself when
he got to the penitentiary, in order to
get« pardon, which he ia hopeful of re
ceiving.
Wkdmno PabtF.—Yesterday morn]
ing the following wedding perty went
up the North-Eastern Railroad to Tall
lulah Falls: W. L. Sutton and bride, of
Danburg, Wilkes county, and Miss E.
Jackson, Miss 8. L. Willia! Miss L. M.
Sutton, and Messrs. - C. C. Walton snd
T. J. Barksdale—all of Wilkes. Wo wish
our young friends a.delightful time.
day of Sepi
grading 1
tors met
the bond
hrance s'
stock
said rolling
on time and
P. n. R. give
payment the
disagreed and
to suspend,
lion.”
Tips N. E. Dkpot.—There are consid
erable sir”- — 1 **--
after
compl
1 hero
that
journ
al ways
c would
I that
press, and erected a large new smoke
stack. The railroad is being graded with
A view of runnings branch into the com
press yard.
this €
(he (
QWf’a&VV-Nj- :*’] v'C riL:'■ 'VS
I He Ought to Know.—Mr. Wallace,
soliciting freight agent of the Louisville
and Nashville railroad, said in conversa-
2 tion with one of our business men yes
" terday that Athens did a larger business
in proportion to her population than any
city in Georgia.
Lexington, Scpt.25,—[Special.]
Memories of by-gone days have
been awakened by much good old-
lashioned stump speaking in Ogle
thorpe; the candidates for the leg
islature in this county have been
extremely busy of late and three
throats are hoarse and voices husky
in consequence. “Still hunt” meth
ods have also been largely employ
ed, and there are few men in Ogle
thorpe who have not been button
holed in the last two weeks!, and had
conciliatory voices pour into their
ears torrents of campaign talk.
The aspirants are three in num
ber; they are all highly respected
citizens, and each had a good, strong
tollowing among all classes; never
theless, when the election is over,
and the result is announced, one of
tlie-e hopeful politicians, with long
face, and sorrowful countenance,
will be ready to agree most heartily
with the poet, that, “Of all sad
words of tongue or pen, the saddest
are these—it might have been;” for
Oglethorpe is entitled to only two
representatives.’
THE CANDIDATES.
The candidates are Messrs. J. T.
Olive, R. B. Mathews, and VV\ C.
Birchmore. Mr. Olive is a very
popular lawyer of Lexington; is a
man of considerable ability, and I
believe that it is generally thnught
he will lead the ticket and that the
race lies between the two other
contestants. Mr. Mathews is ’ a
very successful farmer and a man
who has many friends in the coun
ty; he represented the county in
the last legislature and is doing all
he can to do the game thing in the
next session. Mr. Mathews makes
no pretensions to grammatical ac
curacy when he speaks, but is a
plain, blunt man,” with plenty ol
practical sense. Mr. Birchmore is
a leading merchant of Maxeys; he
is a self-made man who has achiev
ed tolerable success in life and
would make a gcxjd representative.
These gentlemen appeared before a
large^ crowd who gathered nt
Pope’s Grove, near Crawford, on
last Satin day to attend a picnic
given there. On Tuesday after
noon they spoke at Maxcy’s, and
at Bairdstown on ‘Tuesday night.
Each man delivered himself of pret
ty much the same utterances
on each of these occa
sions. At Bairdstown Mr. Olive
first took the fioor. He began by
defining the tadical difference be
tween the Democratic and Repub
lican parties, and remarked that
while he and his opponents were
all Democrats, they varied in their
opinions npon many matters, and
on these opinions would depend
their acceptation or rejection by the
people. He then took up the mat
ter of the railroad commission, and
announced it as his belief that the
present commission laws could not
be improved upon, and that they
should remain intact-. He said that
while there was a possibility of
bribery by the railroads, at the same
time there is not near so much
chance for imposition by them on
the people, for if the right of appeal
from tne Decisions of the railroad
commission were granted, the rail
roads, by their wealth and power,
could keep the case in the courts
until the poor plaintiff was bank
rupted.
PROHIBITION.
He next touched upon prohibition,
declaring his opposition to the en
actment of any general prohibition
laws, and avowed that he would
never agree to any but local option
laws. As to the State road, he is
opposed to the payment of a single
dollar for betterment. Said Mr.
Olive: “What moneys has been ex
pended in improving the road was
warranted by the earnings, and the
lessees have already realized ample
profits from the expenditures.
I am in favor of re-leasing the
road to the highest bidder. It
is a valuable piece of property,
and we do not want to sell
it; the sale of the road would
only invite needless expendi
ture and corruption, and whet the
appetite of wicker politicians forap-
piopriations (hat they could manip
ulate.” Mr. Olive is in favor of
every county keeping its own con
victs on its pauper farm; he is a
great friend to the State University
and scored it to Mathews lor voting
against an appropriation lor this
institution as well as against the
Technological school bill. Mr. Olive
dwelt at considerable length upon
tree passes; he thinks that since the
law allows such a liberal mileage
the acceptance of passes by any
State official ought to be prohibited,
because, moreover, the' giving of
passes affords a good initiating step
towards bribery. If elected, Mr.
Olive promises to accept no passes
and to introduce a bill prohibiting
any other legislator’s accepting
them. He was about to conclude
when some one asked him his views
on the registration bill; he made no
definite reply to this, only stating
that he “didn’t know about that
measure, but‘was willing to give it
a trial,!’ though he thought some
amendments advisable, he did not
however, say what those amend
ments should be.
Mr. Birchmore followed with a
very short address, explaining why
he voted (as county commissioner)
for an additional court house appro
priation, agreeing with Mr Olive on
>11 issues except as regards prohibi
tion, against which he voted; though
he made no promises as to how he
would vote on that question in the
future, except that he favored local
option to general prohibition.
Mr. Mathews concluded the de
bate. He began by saying that he
labored under the disadvantage of
having a record for his opponents
lo attack. As to tbe railroad com
mission, though he voted lor a mod
ification of its present powers, be
lieving it better to put matters of
dispate in tbe hands of the courts
rather than in those of threp men,
he was now willing it should remain
a* it stands, for he considered that
matter virtually spttjed by the peo
ple ip the election of Gpn. Gordon,
who opposed any change in the
present form of the commission.
He is
tracts do not expire until 1S90. “I
■do not think,” said he, “that enough
of our legislators can ever be bribed
with a free pass to do any harm, yet
I will vote for a bill prohibiting the
use of free passes by legislators, if
such a bill is introduced. I voted
against the appropriation for the
University, because it was taking
the poor man’s money to* educate
the rich man’s son. I shall always
oppose such appropriations, and I
shall oppose all increase of salaries.”
Mr. Mathews devoted a good deal
ofjimein explaining his registra
tion bill, in regard to which there
seems to be a good many popular
misunderstandings.
The debates have all been con
ducted in the most open and friend
ly manner, and good feeling has
reigned throughout the campaign.
N. VV.
NEWS NOTES FROM HALL.
Gainesville, Sept.27. (Special)
—.The candidates for the Legisla
ture are making quite a canvass in
Hall. Col. H. W. J. Ham, one of
the nominees, is receiving ova
tions in each district. Messrs. Ham
and Welchel J arc the regular
democrats, and are opposed by
Messrs. Waters and Philips. The
former will be elected by a good
majority.
7 Rev. Mr. A. A. Marshall, pastor
of first Baptist Church, has resign
ed its care, much to the regret of
every body in the city. He goes to
Anderson, S. C. Mr. Marshall is
quite young, yet one of the first
preachers of his denomination.
Quite a number of students have
passed through Gainesville en route
for College at Dahlonega. The
prospects of this institution are very
flattering at present.
Two bright young men, Messrs.
Boone and Estes, will leave in a few
days for the University at Athens,
both of whom will take a fine stand
in the Junior Class.
Mr. Howard Jones, clerk at
Hudson House, late of Pennsylva
nia, died this morning.
Gainesville promises to do a
larger business this fall, by half,
than ever before. Several of our
merchants have just returned from
the East where they bought exten
sive stocks of goods.
A few of our dignified Colonels
are anxious to be called Judge.
The young ladies gave an inter
esting entertainment at Colleg ehall
last night for the benefit of the
Episcopal Church.
Gainesville and Pendergrass nines
crossed bats this morning; result in
favor of Gainesville 26 to 13.
Col. P. F. Lawshe is shaking
hands with old friends in the city.
Judgi Estes returned this mor
ning from Rabun Court,
FROM CLARKESVILLE.
LETTER FROM THIS GRAND OLD
MOUNTAIN TOWN.
The Town* Cp the .\ortl»-i:«*tern—
The Proffres* off IVarmouy Krovc**
A Grape Vender aud un Editor—
The ’llu» men off C?larke««ille—
Other !Mew* Item*.
II AU.YION Y UUOVE.
opposed to the next legisla
ture doing anything with the State
road until a committee has -made
most thorough investigations as to
the value and capabilities of the
road. The road shoulJ then be re
leased, fic is a prohibitionist and
is in Jfavor of local option. He .is
opposed to doing anything with
convicts yet, as the present con
Harmony Grove, Sept. 27.—
jSpeial.J All of our lawyers have
returned from Banks Court.
Cotton is coming in very fast now.
About 75 bales were sold here last
Saturday.
Mr. Young Williams, a prosper
ous young farmer of Madison coun
ty, was in our town yesterday, cir
culating among his many feiends.
Rev. Dr. W. B. J. Hardman
preached an excellent sermon at the
Baptist church here last Sunday.
Cols. T. Larry Gantt and W. Ad
dison Knowles passed up the N. E.
R. R. last Saturday evening, en
route for the vale of Nacoochee.
We wish them a pleasant trip to the
“land of the sky.”
Col. Joe Merritt made a flving
trip to Maysville last Friday e'ven-
ing.
Franklin Court convenes at Car-
nesville today. Few, if any, of our
attorneys will attend Court there
this term.
Miss Jessie Rhodes joined the
Baptist church here last Saturday
and was baptized *csterday even—
ng, by Re v. Dr. Hardman.
WINTERVILLE.
News Motes from this Thriving Little Town
Next Door.
Winterville, Sept. 2J.—[Spe
cial.] Rev. Simon Peter Richard
son preached a fine sermon at Cher
okee Corner, near Winterville, on
Sunday, and also preached here last
night.
The Baptists are preparing to
erect a church building at this place.
The Methodists will also erect a
new church.
The new firm of Winter & Moore
have started their business in the
old stand of Winter & Co. They
are thorough business men and eve
ry way finely equipped for the trade.
They will do well from’ the very
start.
HAS NIB. BUSSELL NOTHING TO
SAvy
Editors Banner-Watchman: The
reports of Mr. Russell’s conduct, as
given by Mr. Murrell, arc getting to be
somewhat monotonous, and will continue
so, until the Hon. Mr. Russell shall sec
proper to give us a little variety. How
he can remain silent under the terrible
charges of his political antagonist, is
difficult to see, unless he knows that he
canm t prove these charges false. And,
if he cannot refute these charges, he
ought to stand before tho people of this
district, branded as a dishonorable man
in tjie use of dishonorable methods to
carry hii political purposes. If, after
his efforts in behalf of prohibition, ho
now purchases, or has purchased for
him, and deals oct, or has dealt out in
his interest, liquor among the negroes,
for the purpose of bribing their vote,
then the respectable element of every
community where he goes, ought to turn
away from him in disgust, and on thc
voting day, hand him over to tho ne
groes. If they can elect him, well and
good; but no white man, who likes a
clean record and moral consistency can
give his consent to be represented by
a man who gaius his position
his constituents. The dumb-dog logic,
Mr. Russell should understand, is not
the logic that wins in this case. Ijke a
man, let him answer the questions of
Mr. Murrell; let him prove by respect,
able witnesses, that he bought no liquor,
brought none, did not encourage it, did
not allow it to de given to the negroes;
that the negroes were not drunk with
the rqm which he and Us triends fur
nished. We understand pretty well
where Mr. Murrell stands, although the
writer haa never spoken to this gentle
man, haa never seen him and does not
kpow him. Bnt he has shown character
and consistency. If Mr. Murrell’s
charges are true, Mr. Russell has not
The writer does not say they are trne;
but then Mr. Russell does not say they
are not, although he has had plenty of
time to have said so. Let him under
stand that his silence is losing' him the
support of those who formerly helped
■him—those who want honorable men
to fill honorable . places. This is not
written in the interest of Mr. Murrell,
but rather in the interest of Mr. Bus
sell. Let Mr, Russell speak.
Knoxen.
Clarkesville, Ga., Sept 26.—Dear
Banner-Watchman: From time imme
morial our friend Knowles, thc genial
editor of the Greenesboro Home Jour
nal, has insisted that we make a pilgrim
age with him to tho Valley of Xacoo-
chcc, but something always intervened
to prevent; but Saturday morning when
he pranced into the 15.-W. sanctum and
stated that now was thc accepted time,
we readily consented to lay aside every
thing and make the trip. So 5 o’clock
sharp, fast time, found us steaming out
of Athens.
We noticed thatall thc little towns up thc
North-Eastern have improved wonder,
fully the past summer, hut none like
Harmony Grove. This is without doubt
one of the livest towns in Georgia, and
threatens, as a trading point, to even rival
Athens itself. There are not two pretti
er hotels in the State than are seen here,
and common report says they are just as
well kept and comfortable within as they
are attractive without. Mr. C. W. Hood,
tho merchant prince of Northeast Geor
gia, has made a very attractive addition
to his residence here. The white house,
with green blinds and trimmed with yel
low makes a beautiful contrast It would
be well for some of the Athenians who
are building new houses to stick a pin
hero. Harmony Grove has a live set cf
rfnerchants, and they are paring Athens
prices right along for cotton, too. But
not content with this, and stopping all
the retail business on our north, have in
vaded the wholesale field, and the larger
houses there are selling a great many
goods to tho country merchants.
\\ e found the hotel at Lula under
a new management. Mr. Gates has gone
to Greeneville, S. C., where he has leas
ed a large hotel and left the eating house
at the j unction in charge of his two uncles.
These gentlemen are twins, and they are
just as much alike as two a pairofehin-
quepins. This house, however, has lost
none ol its prestige under the new man
agement, and you can get just as nice
meals here as evor.
Ihe A. & C. A. L. is certainly one of
the best roads within Uncle Sam’s
realms. The cars glide along so smooth
ly and silently that but for thc shifting
scenery out of thc window a traveller
woald not know that the train was in
motion.
Just before reaching Cornelia junc
tion we noticed that Mr. Knowles be
gan to turn pale around thc gills and
trembled like an aspen leaf. He ex
plained his condition by saying that he
never passed this spot without feeling
that he was voluntarily invading a den
of highway robbers.
We remarked that since that chain
lightning whisky had been ousted from
Rabun Gap we saw nothing very danger
ous about the place.
“Well,” remarked Knowles, “perhaps
you don't But I was made onc day
on board ofa N. E. coach, in broad day
light, to stand and deliver up my hard-
earned money by the most infamous old
highwayman since thc days of Jack
Sheppard and Dick Turpin; and I tell
you, the history of John A. Murrell
would read like a chapter from the Bible
alongside the record of that old grey
haired reprobate. Y'ou see, there is an
old fellow living here who makes it his
business to go forth on the hedges and
highways and gather up all thc fox
grapes, wormy chestnuts, crab apples
and other colic promoters that he can
find and fire them at unoffending pas
sengers from a dingy split basket. One
day last summer 1 was coming down
from the falls, and was having a delight
ful time with a bevy of young ladies.
This old imposter, armed with four or
five bunches of wild grapes—and I’ll
tell you they proved sour-grapes, too, to
me—with a discerning eye saw my sur
roundings and made for qur party as
straight as if he had been shot out of a
cannon. But why prolong the horrible
tale? Y'ou knfiw I am naturally a gener
ous and chivalrous fellow, and. there arc
several poor families in Greenesboro
who make a good and honest living fol
lowing me around and gathering up
what I throw away. So with my usu
ally reckless extravagance I resolved to
squander a nickel of my wealth in grapes,
and taking the basket from the
old man passed it around
to the young ladies. Then, as a
sort of desert to the feast, finding the
grape vendoi a strong Gordon man, I un
loaded myself of some very fine witicisms
about the campaign. Well, when the
engine whistled to move off I thrust my
hand into my plethoric purse and draw
ing forth a dime, handed it to the old
man, fully expecting to have half
of it returned to me in change. ‘These
grapes are worth one dollar, sir!’ was
the reply. Well, you could have knock
ed me down with a feather. The an
nouncement came upon me like a Hash of
lightning from a clear slur. What did I
do? Well, I would like for you to tell
me what could I do? I had to pay that
dollar, for half the grapes had been eaten
up; but I tell you it was like pulling an
eyetooth. It took me six weeks to re
cover from the shock, and eight more to
get over the loss. From that day to this
I have shyed at the sight of a basket of
grapes worse than a weak-eyed horse at
a white stump on the roadside. I con
sider that the most infamous transaction
since the devil tempted Eve with a win
ter apple.
Our arrival at Clarksville was herald-
oJbjra jabbery of tongues worse than
that little dispute over the building of
the Tower of Babel. We soon discover
ed that the noise eminated from rival
’bus lines. It reminded us of tho palmy
days of omnibus business in Athens be
fore the Georgia depot was moved, when
Cooper’s and Reaves’ drummers used to
tear passengers limb from limb in their
scuffle to see who would have the privi
lege of carrying their remains over into
town. It was nothing unusual in those
dayB, after tho arrival of a train, to pick
up a hamper basket of arras and coat
tails strewn around over th* platform.
We managed, howevor, thanks to our
friend Y'oung, who came to our rescuo,
to escape with life. We were quiet
ly picked up by the nape of the neck and
one foot and dashed headforemost into
the front of a juggling-board swung on
wheels, and which shook Yts over into
the town at a two-forty gait But we had
sooner go through a combined cyclone
and earthquake than take that ride over-
again. For danger and excitement it
lays the old days of steamhnat racing on
the Mississippi in the shade. It seemed
like the salvation of the drivers of the
rival hack lines depended on their get-
in the dead of winter, and you had 1
build a pontoon bridge over the inu
every time you crossed the publi*
square. But - now all the water has
been squeezed out of that tmtd, and
when the wind blows a fellow snuffs tipu
enough red dirt to start up a brick yard
inside of him. But thc air up here is
bracing and the-water pure and deli- '
cious, and we do not know a bettor
place on our continent to summer.
so faqt as -'/Ggj
Clarkesville is not improving i
was expected it would whon the rail
road was built, but it has still a big fu-' '
ture ahead. It is a fine trading point,
and here is the Mecca for tbe mountain- .*;&
eers, who sell their farm products here :.q
and buy goods. Before the war Clarkes- . 5
villo was noted for being the summer
home of the wealth and aristocracy of
the low countnr. It is now remarks- )
the 1
ble for being the great shipping point for.
yellow-legged chickehs; and this crop is
as important here as cotton in Middle
Georgia. They are sold here by the
hundreds of thousands,
I leave this morning after breakfast
for Nacoochee, and hope to be at home
by Tuesday. T, L. G. - 1 ■-]’.
PURYEAR’S DISTRICT MEETING
. . .. - - position ting into Claiksville ahead of each other,
v?. — 1 557 , cU “ . of . hi * and we never saw such a rockless waste
waste
of whip and horseflesh. They would
try to pass one another at places in the
road not broadertban cow-paths, and we
expected each moment to be called upon
ito write onr own obituary.
YVe, howover, reached the Uaberaham
House in safety. This hotel is kept by
Mrs. W. D. Young, formerly of the Tal
lulah hotel, and we are indeed glad to
know that this estimable lady has had a
most successful season. Mr. Young
who is running asaw mill, has turned the
hotel business over to his better half, and
there are few finer managers in the state
Hr. Young is now getting out lumber
‘ Tie ,T of buildin S » fine hotel at
Tallulah. Ho will not rebuild on the
old site, but on the side of the railroad I
about 2C0 yard* this sido of the Cliff
House, and near the Grand Chasm:!
There is no*dispute over the titles to
this, land and Mr. Y'oung can get aU the
money ho needs. There is not a more
deserving or popular gentlpman in the
South, and he has a strong grip on the
confidence aqij esteem, of toe public
ClarkesviRo ts almost deserted
Affidavits of Certain Cttlxens Who Ware
Present at the Joint Session.
Editors of Banner Watchman:
We the undersigned, having in
view the peace and good orJer of
society submit to the thoughtful
consideration of the citizens of
Clarke County the following re
port of a meeting tor political pro
poses, held at Morton's Chapel, a
colored church in this county. Mr. *
Murrell was invited to address the
people of Puryear’s District on the
the political issues of the day, He
being a candidate for the Legisla
ture. We were present on that oc
casion, Wednesday night Sept. 15.
Mr. Murrell delivered his address in
a ’creditable and gentlemanly wav.
Any lady in Clarke County could
have' heard with propriety his en
tire remarks. Mr. Russell came
and requested a division of
time with Mr. Murrell. Mr. M.
agreed that Mr. R. should have as
much time as he desired to answer
his arguments provided he(Mr. M)
had the privilege oi closing after
him. To this Mr. R. agreed and
thc debate began.
At the conclusion of Mr. M’s ar
gument, Mr. Russell delivered him- .
self in an offensive manner to all
decent people present, white and
colored. He was indecent, profann
and obscene in his remarks;
unjust and unfair in bis criticisms’,
ungentlemanly and vulgar in his
comparisons. Three or four color- ■
ed women were present and Heard .
his remaras. As soon as his re
marks were concluded,without car-
rying out the compact with Mr.
M., he hastened irom the church,
carrying with him about half cf the
colored people who were beast
ly intoxicated with whiskey he
(Mr. Russell) brought with him for
the pu pose, and when Mr. M. en
deavored to answer his argument
he was yelled down by this drunk
en mob of negroes, so that no one
in thc building could* hear any ot
the remarks of Mr. M. in reply.
Mr. Murrell had no whisky on the
ground, while Mr. Russell did, as
we herewith state from our own
knowledge or observation. The
statement of Mr. Murrell with re
gard to what was declared by Mr.
Russell in reference to prohibition,
in a recent issue of the Banner-
Watciiman, is in every way cor
rect. As law-abiding citizens we
deplore the conduct of Mr. Rus
sell on that occasion. [Signed.]
Henry Hancock,
G. M. Hancock,
John R. Tuck,
Oliver Harris,
J. R. Thurman,
O. L. Hitchcock,
J. T. Hardeman.
We, the undersigned, subscribe
to thc above, except that which re-
fers to tbe women hearing the re
marks of Mr. Russell. We know
they were there. There was whis
key there that night and plenty of
it, for we saw the effects of it to a
most disgusting degree, and we
know that neither Mj. Murrell nor
his friends had any there. We were
in the house all the time, and the
drinking was going on outside.
W. H. Morton,
T- R. Morton,
J. M. Cooper,
H. A. Davis,
T. H. Puryear.
LIQUOR IN CLARKE.
The Government License* Granted
Here—Blind Tl*er* Killed Out—A
Cn«e In Court.
“What docs Collector Crenshaw mean
by saying that seven retail liquor licen
ses have been granted in Clarke coun
ty?”
•‘I can’t imagine,” said an offlejr of the
law of this county, yesterday.
“Possibly one or two of thc drug stores
have licenses for their business; but I
even doubt that these are retail li
censes.”
A liquor case came up in tho City
Court on Tuesday, in which one of the
dumb customers of ‘ the blind tiger” nar
rated what ho knew about it. Early in
tho year, according to the evidence,
“th© wild thvmo prow ** end rob ova
‘the wild thyme grew,” and where it
was only necessary to deposit a jug and
a quarter and leave them in solitude.
Whet tho owner of the jug returned
whisky was there and this money had
i;onc. This spot, howeyer, had dried up
] ike wells in the Soudan, according to
tho witness.
Judge Cobb imposed a fine of |2o and
costs in this case.
“In addressing a jury in a case of vio
lation of the liquor law, we do not havo
this evidence alone to fight; but the pre
judice of tho whole community.” So
remarked some Athens lawyers to a
Banner man.
Another one said, “Yes, but as long a9
men’s thirst remains there will be liquor
drank and liquor bought and sold.”
“YOU STHOLE DOT STEER.”
Charlie Nhuhardt Blocks a Cattle
Thieff and Returns a Beeff.
Tuesday morning early Charlie Shu-
hardt noticed a fine steer driven on the
streets by a negro. He asked him the
nice and looking at him keenly with hw
honest eye, Charlie plied in rich German
dialogue:
“What will you take for that steer?”
“Twelve dollars, sir.”
“He’s not worth twelve. I will give
you eight dollars.”
The negro accepted it and asked for
his money.
“I will pay you whon the bank opens..”
“But I want my breakfast”
“Here is fifty cents. Como back for
the rest”
Shuhardt sent immediately for an of
ficer, suspecting that tho steer had been
stolen. _ But tho negro, Rouce Jackson,
who said became from Mr. Daniel’s place
near Paoli, Madison county, smelled a
mouse.—in fact, a steer, and did not re
turn.
Mr. Daniels happened to be in town
late in the day and when, shown the
steer by Shuhardt identified him as his
property.
Charlie is out fifty cents so far; bnt
says he would have pud more than that
to detect the thief and arrest tho culprit.
TO TUE COUNTRY.
deserted by |
Several weeks ago Capt J.H. Nich
ols, of Naeaoohee, had a sunstroke, but
ho haa about recovered from its effects.
Jmso L.umsden.the gold miner of Na-
cooeheo, is a candidate for the legislature
in White coanty, and will doubtless be
elected.
Oxer a quarter oC a million chicken»
are sold annually in Clarksville.
Some of the finest bottom lands in the-
State are found in Habershami county.
Mr. T. A. Kokin so* did a fine bu
at
£n.