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BMInlrai Report* About the UM
Flro •VU tlM Real Colprlt It- Dr.
Strep Rlllope' Condition—Import
ant Hows From tke Macon * Aik
oat Railroad, m%c~, •«.
Sunday the senior editor of this paptr
derided that he woaM drive over to
Watkinsville, and see what ia being done
. by oar neighbors. Itis no pleasant ride
between hate and Oconee's capital. If
- there is a moss wretched atrip of dirt
' road on oar continent we have.no arabi-
. tio4,to mil Even In the incorporate
limits of Athens it ia a succesaion of
ridges and washes, and the further you
travel onward the worse the highway
gets. It is a reflection on the Classic
City and the counties of both Clarkt; and
Oconee that this important thoroughfare
is not put in better repair. It is one of
the most important commercial arteries
of Athens, and yet there
is scarcely a mill road in the country hut
what is a turnpike compared to it. We
are convinced that the only way to keep
owr roads in decent repair 1s to levy a
tax to have them worked, and then let a
squad of hands, under a competent over
seer, that understands the business, be
kept constantly employed on them.
We hope that our next grand jury
will take some steps tending this way.
On the last day of this month King
Alcohol yields up his sceptre in Oconee,
and Prohibition will spread her protect
ing wings over the county. How far she
will protect depends on the agility and
ferocity of the blind tigers. The liqnor
men, however, have fought to th •
last ditch, and will perish at the bar of
the Supreme Court of Georgia It will
be next fall before «he> ofit in a h aring.
Mr. F »srJer will inov»* to Athens and
merchandise in th* Latterly store; Mr
Ridgeway will move his distillery near
Jug tavern, in lacks »n coun: ,and con
* tinue the manufacture of w.dsWy. M*
Waliie Booth will remain in Watkinsville,
and we sincerely trust will find some
pleasant and lucrative occupation He is
an honest and a clevei man, ami has the
good will and conlidence • f all who know
hun.
The first issue of ih*- Oconee Knter
prise appeared >atur . y, a d is a inns’
creditable h th ,»•:* •. pu •!I"’ —» >•> M
Ih;
Who trieu to o »••.*** • « 'lainpt II
S’..re III .title. S in* i .} V» ..111 find t»»e
real in* emu * te.s Amnioi • ’ evid ni e
has si me come >*u» »i.owing c »• clusivel
toat Or .\nioli* s si • was robbefl he
pooo k*r^peing sei on ur , for Or »mi Mrs h.
' rollup- *-i ar used in the night by
some on * k*. -eking over furniture in the
building, ** if stumbling around in tin-
dark. I he thieves were then at work.
We are gl »d to report that Or. Billups
is much better, and will soon be able to
resume bis practice in Athens. The
Doctor requests that his patrons delay
their work until ht 1 returns to his office,
Wai.cIi he hopes WI 1 be soon. Or. Bil
lups is one of the l>est dentists in the
Stite, and is besides, one of the kindest,
most genial and accommodating gentle
men we ever knew. And right here we
will add that Mrs. Billups gave us one
of the nicest dinners we ever set down
to. She called it a cold snack, but it was
a meal highly enjoyed by us all. This
is the best kept village hotel in the South
ern States. Kverything is so neat and
clean and nicely prepared. Drop in when
you will at the Watkinsville hotel and
you are sure to get something good to eat.
We found our Watkinsville friends
ra*.her blue over the prospects of the
Macon & Athens road. It seems from
what Mr. Aahford tells us that several
days ago a couple of reliable gentlemen
from Ocmn—, who were deeply intere&t-
vu in the completion of the Macon road,
decided that il the niounUin would not
come to Mahomet that Mahomet would
go to the mountain. So they hitched
up a team and rode over to Madison to
learn how the road was getting on. That
city reached, they found that the sound
of the pick and shovel had not as yet
disturbed the quirt of the place. In fact,
there was some doubt expressed about
r r**a«i coming to Madison at all. The
-*. .id .»own weary of even talking
... V i*ilr ad, <n > had relapsed into
» a i .f .a* • •. N 't deterred, howev-
r. ib. g. n»lemeii started in the direc
tion that common report said the railroad
was coming from, expecting each mo
ment toemue upon the gradeis at w«»rk.
For f*»ur long hours they arove briskly
on, and still no sign* of the railroad. At
last, at a point said to be fourteen miles
distant fr*uu Madison—but the gentle
man thought it much further—they came
to the vanguard of the railroad hand*?,
where a few convicts were at work
breaking dirt. From this point on to
Montu-c.lo these investigators found oc-
ca*i)nal squads of hands at work, hot
li.ey were not moving so fast as they ex
pected to see, and one of the contractor*
silted that if the grading was finished t •
U'ison by next June it would be a
surprise A number of bands went over
to get employment on the road, but they
were refused, as there don’t seem to be
%nv haste about completing the road.
Mr. Ashford said that these gentlemen
came home sick and faint at heart over
the rail read outlook, and decided that
• they would not buy any futures on the
Macon & Athens road just >et. There
was also a report in Watkinsville that
Messrs. Powell A Davenport had signed
a contract last Saturday to grade the road
from Madison to Athens, and that they
would at once set a large force of hands
to work on this end of the line. It
lacks confirmation, however.
Judge Thomas, however, expresses
every continence in the completion of
this road to Athens. He says that as
soon as the trouble in New York among
the projectors of the enterprise is settled,
which will be in March, that the grading
will be pushed to completion as fast as
men and money can do the work. J udge
Thomas is as well posted as any man m
Georgia about this road, and he ridicules
— tho idea of its not being finished as agreed
on. Cd Machen, he says, is stilt sick,
but his condition will not interfere with
the prospects of the road. THoBanner-
Watchmajv will, in a few days, send a
reporter over into Morgan, who will go
into Monticello and let our readers know
the exact number of hands at work, where
they are grading, and all other informa
tion touching this new railroad. We feel
not a shadow of doubt but that the road
will be built to Athens, but whether in
time to move the next cotton crop, is a
matter of doubt Mayor Hodgson says
he feels no fear about our city getting
the Macon road, as it has gone too far now
to turn back.
Wnoorpfo Cough.—This disease is an
epidemic in our cily, and ia quite vio
lent Dr. Hunnicutt has a little child
who has taken it the second time, and
the second attack is always the most se
vere.
Fihf. is Klderton—The residence of
Col. J. H. Jones was destroyed by tire
Sunday mOrning with all the furniture in
the second story. The loss is about $5,000.
Insured for $2,000 in the Phoenix. No
one injured.
As Oi.u Coin.—Mr. Whitney paid Mr.
Myer.Stern $6 for a $1 silver American
coin, dated 1701). Mr. Whitney has
quite a collection of rare coins. l*ieces
that will sell for many times their value
are in daily circulation in our city.
Meai>ers—Telford.—Married, on
Thursday evening, Feb. 10th, at the
house of the bride's father, by the Rev.
G. H. Cartledge, Mr. C. W. Meaderc and
Miss Frances Elizabeth, daughter of
Geo. B. Telford, Ksq., all of Banks
county, Gr.
A Sad Death.—A dispatch reached
Athens yesterday r rom Brunswick, Ga.,
ienouncing the death jf Mrs. Amy Cal
vin, wife of Mr G. W. Calvin and daugh
ter of Mr. Headrick Beusse. Mrs. Cal
vin was born and raised in this city,
where she has a number of warm friends.
The bereaved family have our deepest
sympathy.
A Prosperous School.—The Lucy
Cobb Institute is so full that Miss Ruth-
erfjrd, the principal, lias notified the pub
lic that every seat in the school is full
»nd all applications received from this
time forth will Ih* filed in ilie order re
ived and will be answered after Sep-
ii.her the tiret.
(Ifso Fautoridl—The competition
V*we n manufacturers of fertilizers is
- • great that only about one
i l!ir a ton profit is left, so we learn,
his i< good on farmers, but hard on
h ent* rp.ising genii men who have in-
*• -led their money in the busi:.ess.
h re are rival fertilizer factories in Kl-
• rton. and they arc slaughtering prices
oarfully.
ACGUftTA’S GREAT FIRE
THE OPERA HOUSE AND A NAR
ROW ESCAPE.
Another Report From The Tramp Corres
pondent—A Fiction Without the Basis of
Propabillty—A. Vagrant C.Respondent
who Should he Suppressed.
The great Atlanta daily has a corres
pondent in this section w ho travels about
on foot, sleeping in jails poor-houses,
and under haystacks, who is the most in
defatigable news gatherer in the state.
A Scare Two Week*. Before the Fire
—A VIotinee Lein Out in Tirae-The
Ulusonic Theatre a Disappoint*
ment— Augusta’* Chance to Build a
Sew Theatre—Banager Cohen.
August*. Keb. 15.—[Special.]—The He is perfectly unreliable, untrustworthy,
burning of Saturday night suggests what an “ 80 ^ ar ^ s we are concerned we would
a holocaust had been made had the fire . tru *’t him with a nickel. The follow-
broken out half an hour earlier. Scarcely j is the so-called special he sent to the
had the stream of ladies and children Constitution day before yesterday which
from the matinee emptied itself upon the . P ve ent *re and which we brand as
streets, when the fire which ate up Ma- ! J^olly false. An inquiry at the Western
sonic Hall and theatre, fastened itself Union office shows that no such despatch
A Lost Note.—A young blood in this
y the other day sent a note to a dusky
usel, but the carrier lost the missive
1 it was found by one of our bad citi
zens. who was yesterday engaged in read
ing the note to crowds on the street cor
ners. Trouble is threatened over the
matter. The name of the sender is now-
in every one’s mouth. His friends ad
vise him to exodust to Liberia.
Tiif. Southern Mutual’s Losses.—
It would be a very difficult for Augusta
to have a large fire without the Southern
Mutual Insurance Company getting
caught. The late Phinizy fire cost them
mething over one thousand dollars.
The fire Saturday evening got them for a
um, as they had $13,01)0 on one
of the burned buildings. The Southern
Mutual promptly settles its losses, and
and the courts are not called upon to help
adjust the matter. •
Him License.— F.x-Senator Barrow
says hr thinks the best solution of the
Prohibition question is high license by
the quart, and place the traffic in the
hards of reliable and bonded men only.
Mr. G. II. Arnold, a strong prohibitionist
of Lexington, says ho would not be sur
prised that at the next election Ogle
thorpe county voted back liquor; that
public sentiment is undergoing a great
change.
J'ixk G ran its.'—Jackson con®»y is now
building* fine granite jail, with a house
for the Sheriff in front of it, at a cost of
$7,4*M). The stone for the jail is now
being delivered, and is taken from an
inexhaustahle quarry about a mile and a
half above town, and on the railroad.
Wo saw slabs split out four by seven
feet, and some of them were very smooth.
Hock masons says this is the finest gran
ite they ever quarried, and is suscepta-
ble to a fine polish. If the Athens &
Jefferson road is ever built we can re
build our city of this stone.
The Klberton Railroad.—We have it
from good authority that it has been de- j jjj ea an( j 0 fd curtain of Lake Como
tennined to make the Klberton Air-Line • f e |j forever. One night there were
railroad a broad guage. We are also in- | i wo shows in town and both opera
formed thvi if th<* people of Hartwell . houses were in full blast. The boys
would use the proper exer- j Wore so tickled with the unusual and
tion the road would be run by our town metropolitan occurrence that they would
from Bowersville and connecting again j alternate between the two theatres and
a» Koyslon. This would be an advant- \ take in the novel experience. -
age to the railroad as well as to our j Theatre fires have been the most terri-
town, cutting off the expenses of rolling | hie in the history of conllagration. The
stock, etc., used on the Hartwell railroad | Brooklyn lire is comparatively fresh in
upon a lly behind the curtain. Some of
this crowd had not vet reached home
when the sky was red with conflagration.
Two weeks ago a large and fashionable
audience were waiting between the acts
for the fourth scene of Comedy of Er
rors, in this same opera house. Robson
and Crane had draw-n out on this Friday
night one of the most fashionable gath
erings of the season. Those sitting near
est the stage heard a commotion behind
the curtain and there were audible cries
of “cut the rope!” The gallery gods
smelled fire and gave the alarm. In a
twinkling the whole audience was on its
feet and a stampede was barely averted.
Well bred men and women turned pale
in the orchestra chairs but kept their
places. Fashionable young misses in
the balcony suppressed their screams
and clutched the arms of their escorts.
Tho rope was cut—the scene fell to the
stage in a Haute and was put out. A few
words from the manager calmed the audi
ence and the play went on.
This occasion was still warm in the
minds of the people when the theatre
tire lit up the air. A stampede of ladies
and children would have been awful.
There is ample time to escape, but grown
people seldom reflect and generally stamp
two or three to death in forcing an
egress—and some perish from fright. 1
recall that the Northern schools have
regular “fire drills,” in which the pupils,
at the tap of the gong, fall into line and
double quick to the stairs. 1 doubt not
that Prof. Branson has seen these drills.
One of the schools here had an “earth
quake drill” last fall. The drill worked
splendidly until the shocks returned,
and the usual stampede ensued. Theatre
drills are hardly practicable, but fire
escapes and emergency exits are. The
theatre just burned was probably no
worse oil* in it-* escapes than the average
public building, but it was no better. 1
understand that one of our insurance men
long ago pronounced it a lire trap. I re
member that the fire wardens and archi
tects, after it was built, ordered new
braces ami bolts to bo put in the Ma
sonic Hall, on Broad street. Probably
the public did not know what danger
did confront them. Mr. William W.
Thomas, who has* drawn the plans of the
Athens Opera House, told me only the
other day that he thought the Augusta
Theatre one of the poorest arranged in
the South.
Of course, Augusta will now proceed
to put up a finer and a better opera house.
The Masonic Theatre, just burned, was
always a disappointment. Architectu
rally it was an eye-sore. It never ap
proached in symmetry ami statue the old
building which was torn down to give
way to it. There was a display of parti
colored bricks, which made the Broad
street view look like a toy house, and
the side view was not imposing. I hear
that arrangements are already making for
a new opera house. A ugusta furnishes
as tine a\iuiences as any Southern city,
and ranks WitfrChartesf&tfanfiTNeif* Or
leans in dramatic appreciation.
unlay night in the spring of 1883. Smoke
was found at midnight boiling from the
back door of a bar-room underneath.
The fire burned until three o’clock, and
was two hours in forcing itself through
the opera house flooring. This was upon
the site of the old Concert Hall, which
itself ha«l been burned down once be
fore. The Augusta Opera House was
cozy and comfortable, and brought peo
ple together in a magnetic sort of way.
it was,never rebuilt, as the Masonic
theatre had the swing. After the new
theatre opened the old one folded its
went over their lines.
.Athens, Ga., February 14.—(Special.)
—It is intimated by a friend, close in
confidence that preparations are be
ing made to bring out a new political
paper in this growing city. The pros
pective prosperity of the city is assuring
the reason for this new- move, but a
knowing friend says that the new paper
will- be backed by strong political influ
ence, and that the new deal will divide
things generally. In other words, that
there will be a race between two news
papers for the various “fluences” in
this section for the- future. The pro
prietor of the new paper, it is said, was
a former citizen of your city, now do
ing a lucrative business in this place.
It has leaked out through the most
carefully guarded and secretive move
ments, that there will soon be a most
important change in 0he Banner-Watch
man oflice of this place. For several
days the movement has been going for
ward and the preliminary steps are now
nearly consummated. Mr. H. H. Phini-
z\\ it is said, w ill be the new addition to
the force of the Banner Watchman as
one of its proprietors. Mr. Phinizy is
well-known as former proprietor of the
Athens Chronicle and a writer of extra
ability. The new firm, it is reported
wil enlarge the paper, take the daily
dispatches, and add a job printing oflice
to its mechanical and art appbances.”
There is not even any idle talk of a
new newspaper here. The city lias two
now, and it any one else wants to try
their hand at the business no obstacle
will be thrown in their way. Mr. II. II.
Phinizy is not one of the proprietors cf
the Banner-Watchman but is a paid
editorial Writer who gives perfect satis
faction to the proprietors. We believe
Mr. Phinizy is satisfied. The proprie
tors of the Banner-Watchman are not
anxious to sell their paper, nor are they
eager to increase the number of owners.
STREET WORK-
Wrrtrhcd ('oiiiliiion of ttir .Muiu
Avenue* of Our City.
The public—and tho merchants and
country people especially—have a just
right to complain of the wretched condi
tion in which the main thoroughfares
leading into the city are left. Through
these roads pour the commercial life
blood of our city, and it is of the most
vital importance that they should be
kept in good repair. On the contrary,
they have been neglected that a few
prominent and fashionable avenues
should be smoothed up and straightened
out, and the denizens of our city given
pleasant walks and level drives, lake
for instance the street leading to Wat
kinsville, and over which comes fully
one-fourth of the wagon trade of Athens.
If there is a worse strip of dirt road in
the state, we have no desire to traverse
it. From the time you leave Broad
street until the precincts of Blairsvillc ,
are reached, it is a long succesaion lof
ridges and washes. *In one mud hole a half
A ROMANTIC STORY GLEANED IN
JACKSON COUNTY.
The Land Gram to Count d’Eatauf
-iflf ISeport* About the Gailaut
l'reiich.\oMeman-.That Diineu- I
bermeut of the Burrell Gang of
Free boo ter«.
offs of from six to eighteen inches re
peatedly encountered. And this.street
is no exception, for all the other thor
oughfares are in equally as bad a condi
tion.
We earnestly trust that Committee
man Smith and Superintendent Stanley
will give this matter their earnest atten
tion, and that before another lick of
work is put on the fashionable drives or
sidewalks. This Utter class of work
can be put off, but to delay longer re
pairing our principal streets is to drive
away business. Mr. Stanley thoroughly
understands street working, ami now if
he will devote some of his attention to
more practical matters, our business mei
and country friends will rise up and call
him blessed.
A PERTINENT QUESTION-
Ancle Peter Culp Put* In u Centre
Shot und VIuke* u Direct Point.
Dear Bannrr-Wakcuman>— Does the
aud would give us better freight rates, j the minds of the people. It occurred | ^ ^, an J'1* * °t w!*k»i
Let our enterprising business men look I about ten years ago.btit there are hearts * 1 *'— *—-* * A «~«*—*»* * *«
into thi*» matter ami se«* what is in it.— j H ti1l seared and homes still in mourning
Ha.twell Sun. j in the city of tabernacles. The burning
i of the Vienna Theatre made a grave for
An Unpleasant Report.—The n.me i scores of people in that great metropolis
of a well known merchant, who h..s a j 0 f the music ami the drama. I venture
store near Athens, and who in additi u j to say that more lives have been lost be-
to bis mercantile business preaches oc- f ore the footlights in this way, than in
casionallv, is connected with a scandal j the hotel fires of the country,
that is so unfit for publication, that the j remember once to have stood in the
Police Gazette would hesitate before I vestibule of Monumental Church in
publishing it. The matter is the talk of i Richmond, Va, and looked at the tomb
bis immediate neighborhood, and has
even gotten abroad in the city. We
hope for the sake of the man’s family
and friends, that he will be able to clear
his skirts of this ugly business.
Hodgson Brothers.—We call atten-
erected as a memorial to the dead who
perished on that very spot in a theatre
fire several years before. The sanctuary
rose upon the ruins of the Thespian
Temple.
If the recent fire in Augusta be
the means then of furnishing that city
tion this morning to the notice of this | with a new opera house of elegant audi-
sterling houSe, which renews its an- ; torium; modern fire escapes and safety
Death or T. Sam Tant. Esq.,—News
was received in the city yesterday from
Gair*«vil!e announcing the death of T.
Sara Tant, Esq. The many friends of Mr.
Tant were verv much shocked to hear of
his death, tfe had been very sick for
quite awhile, but seemed in a fair way to
recover. Mr. Tant thought his disease was
cancer of the stomach. The remains reach
ed the city yesterday on the noon train of
the North-Eastern Railroad and were
tranafered to the Georgia Railroad and
went down to Augusta last evening. Mr.
Tant bad not been in Athens a long while
but had made many friends during his
stay who are sorry to learn of his sudden
demise.
Mr. Tant’s remains will ho buried in
Grovetown near Augusta and not in Aug
usta as stated above. Mr. A. B. C. Dor
sey accompanied the remains from Gaines
villa.
Garden aed FooWKR Seeds.—We mr«
under obligations to that old reliable
grower James Vick, of Rochester, N. \\
for a supply of his vegetable and flower
a«*ed. Vick's seeds have always stood
at the head of the fiat for reliability, ami
practical gardeners will plant none other.
Ua has all manner of seeds and plants,
and makes a specialty of flowers. Send
for a eatal igue, and order what you want
direct from headquarters, where you will
get the beat and freshest seeds grown.
Vick'a seeds are not sold in Athena, hut
jr<m can get them by tending an order
nouncement to the readers of the Ban
ner-Watchman in Athens and North
east Georgia. They have done a splendid
business this fall and their spring trade
in produce and provisions is an excellent
one. They are handling large quanti
ties of meat and grain, and their ware
house season has been heavier and more
satisfactory than ever before. Hodgson
Brothers is made up of a strong team;
they are all workers and arc men of lib
eral means, broad ideas and enterprising
methods. They have done much to
make Athens the vigorous and progress
ive place that it has come to be, and the
stand of Hodgson Brothers is reecognized
a< one of the busiest comers in bustling
Athens.
A Miserable Theft.—Mrs. Cooper, a
worthy widow who lives in Oglethorpe
couuty, and has two little children, en
tirely dependent on her individual ef
forts for a support, succeeded last year
in raising two nice hogs, that she killed
and salted down in her smoke-house,
and which would have furnished her
with plenty of meat for the year. Some
nights since a thief broke into the house
where this meat was kept and stole the
last piece of it. It was indeed a severe
loss to Mrs. Cooper, who with her own
hands raised the corn to fatten the hog9.
She rents land from Rev. J. G. Gibson,
and with the help of her little boy, 13
years old, works it. Lynohing would be
too good for the thief, who is supposed
to be one of a band of idle negroes that
infest the neighborhood.
Cruel Treatment.—Emma Florence
yesterday filed a suit with the Clerk of
the Superior Court for a total divorce
from her husband, George Florence. She
states in her petition that she married
Florence in the month of January, 1881,
in Oconee c**unty. They lived very hap
pily together for several years. In the
summer of 1884* her husband’s manner
toward her underwent an entire change.
From Ihe affectionate considerate bus-
band he was changed into an overbearing,
cruel man. He inalireatod her most
shamefully, she alleges, and she found it
a living death to remain in his house.
About the middle of July, 1880, after
bearing his inhumane treatment as long
as she cauld, a separation took place
Since then he has not contributed to her
support Upon the above allegations
she bases her suit for total divorce.
George 8. ThomAs is her attorney.—Con
stitution.
The Watkinsville liquor men are rap
idly dosing out the remnants of their
stock.
precautions; cf real architectural beauty,
it will not be the calamity which at first
impended. The drama is too great an
institution to be decried. It is an influ
ence which cannot be ignored any more
than the press ami the pulpit. It has
its home in the hearts of the people and
its effects can be traced in the actions of
men every day. It has its temples and
its habitation in every well ordered city,
and the conveniences for gatherings of
the people before the stage cannot be
ignored. Ancient or modern, the drama
has exerted its sway, whether in the
great tragedy of the Greeks or further
back, in the classic ages of the Hebrews.
It w’ill not do to build a moral too rigidly
upon the ruins of the theatre.
I am glad to note that Manager San
ford II. Cohen is working up a company
to put up a new opera house. He was
one of th'e lessees who in 1882 took the
new theatre for five years. He has
worked hard in the business and has
succeeded in attracting several combina-
tijns southward which we never had lie-
fore. Severrl times he has had to guar
antee ruinous prices in order to get them
started this way, and once or twice he
was compelled to travel with them the
w’hole Southern ciacuit of which he was
guarantor. He has worked untiringly
for the business and had made such stars
as Rhea, O’Neill,Clara Morris,Aimee and
others feel at home in the South. It is
not a secret here that M’lle Rhea writes
to him all the year round, and that Fer
dinand Ward tried to get him to travel
with him last season as his manager.
If this fire has interferred with the
business of my friend Sandford Cohen.
I shall regret te know it I am assured
however that with his tireless energy
and his influence with press and people,
he will be a strong factor in the rehab
ilitation. P* A. S.
fulfil their part of the contract with the
city of Athens in relation to the exten
sion of the N. K. R. R? It seems to ine
that they don’t regard their obligation
at all as binding. They gobbl** 1 up our
hundred thousand dollars :ri stock—ex
tended the road as far as suited, and now
seem to bid defiance to us. If railroads
are generally conduced on such terms I
don’t wonder that the people are making
complaint. In my younger days the old
Jackson Democracy said corporations had
no souiS, and indeed it looks a little that
way now, if they all regard their obliga-
tiyns so lightly. 1 thought such obliga
tions were sacred, but it seems the R. &
1). don’t view it in that light. If they
don’t comply with their obligation .it
looks to me like they should be shaken
up. Theie is a way to reach every case if
pi oper steps are taken. Athens certainly
will not be bamboozled out af her one
hundred thousand dollars without some
effort to obtain her rights. 1 shall wait
and see.
Very truly yours, Peter Cut
KKTi iiMMi Thanks.
The Unsavory Scandal.—Considera
ble curiosity was manifested yesterday
by our people to find out who were the
parties implicated in the unsavory scan
dal reported in yesterday’s paper. Every
one was satisfied before he gave up his
inquiries. The merchant-preacher does
not seem to jnind his unpleasant notorie
ty at all, as he goes in and out among the
people as usual. The negro husband of
the injured woman intends reporting the
case before the next grand iury and have
him indictedjfor indecency by that body.
It seems that this is all that he can do.
From what we learned yesterday it is
plain that the negro’s object was to ex*
tort blsck mail, but the white man’s skin
is so thick that he prefers the. publicity
to the money he would have to pay.
Whereas, on the 14th day of Novem
ber, 188fl, Corinth Church had its build
ing burned down, and, whereas, by the
generous aid of many brethren and s is-
ters and friends, through the Providence
of God, we have been enabled to build
our house of worship.
Resolved,that as a church we xre grate
ful lo our Heavenly Father for his ever
watchfnl and kindly care over us, and
we can lovingly testify to His faithful
ness and to his promise to be a help to
us in every time of need.
Resolved, That we also tender our
heartfelt thanks to the good # brethren,
sisters ajid friends who so generously
and nobly came to our Assistance in our
dire extremity and aided us so heartily
in rebuilding our house of worship,
which is now about completed, aud that
we humbly pray that the Giver of all
good may suitably reward them for their
generous aid to us in their time of need.
-Resolved, That a copy of the of these
resolutions be forwarded to the Athens
Banner-Watchman, the Christian In
dex and the Oglethorpe Echo for publi
cation. J. F. Cheney, Mod.
J^B. Crowley, C. C.
Crawford, Feb. 13, 1886.
After a Tiiief.—Lait fall Mr. R. E.
Branch, of Oconee county, hired a horse
to a man who was traveling through the
country repairing sewing machines.
This was tho last seen of the horse until
a few days ago when Mr. Branch re
ceived notice that a horse answering to
the description advertised had been sold
near Sparta, Ga Mr. Branch went to
Sparta but could get but very little in
formation in regard to the horse or who
was theo in possession of him. After
great deal of trouble he fouud out where
the horse was, and that in all probability
the horse' would be run of£* and after
night went to the man's house who had
purchased him and got bis horse. The
thief is still at large, but the officers are
on his track and if caught will get a full
term in the Penitentiary.
While on a late visit to Jackson coun
ty, we learned' quite a romantic add in
teresting addenda to its history.
In the early settlement of Georgia
that entire strip of country extending
from the southern boundaries of Wilkes
to the Blue Ridge renge in Habersham
was embraced in the the territory of
Wilkes county, with the town of Wash
ington as its capital It was only the
southern part, however, that was under
the domination of the pale face, for from
the Cherokee Corner, now in Ogle
thorpe, north wr.rd, was governed by the
Indians. But gradually t^e onward
inarch of civilization thinned out and
drove- back the red men,'' and at last'
enough foothold and population _ was
gained in the wilderness to authorize the
creatiou of another county, named Frank
lin, aud with Carnesville as its court
house. The new county embraced all
that part of Wilkes lying north of a fine
running from the confluence of Broad
and Savannah rivers to Cherokee Corner,
afterwards other dismemberments took
place, resulting in the creation of the
counties of Elbert, Jackson, Habersham,
Banks and Hart, the two latter being the
newest counties.
Jackson was made a county in 1790,
at least the first court was held that year
The county site was near Ahe Tallassee
shoals, on the Oconee river, but was af
terwards moved to <ho centre of the
county—th** present thriving little city of
Jefferson. The third court-house is now
standing in Jefferson. The first was of
logs, ami the other two of brick. This
place was selected for the county town
from the fact that from time immemorial
it has been a favorite reso t with the
Indians, who held tlieir war and green
corn dances around the town spring,
under a big oak, and after the invasion of
the whites it was a trading post.
But to return to our narrative. Among
the gallaul French officers who came over
ith LuFayyctte to assist us
to battle for American independence was
the Count d’Kstang. The * oilnCCetonged
to a noble family, but he was wild and
adventurous itud if report be credited his
career 'was far from a spotless one. It
was said that he was the captain of a
band of pir.ites that ravaged the coasts
both of Europe and America, and
that he was as cruel and daring as brave.
The noble name of d’Kstang,
however, was his protection, for it would
have been a dangerous declaration to
barge with crime a man of such promi
nence anil power.
The patriotic and daring project of
Marquis d Lafayette exactly suited
the adventurous and roving
disposition of d’Kstang. It is n matter
of doubi, however, whether he was ac-»
tuated l»y the same noble sentiments
that made Lifayeltc take up arms in de
fense of a brave people struggling for in
dependence's by a thirst for excitement
and adventure. Be it as it may, there
was not a more gallant officer in the
American army than Cupt.d Kstange, and
at the battle of Yorktown he command
ed the French troops audio theirvalliant
services ou that day is the great victory
largely attributable.
In recognition of their services, at the
close of the war a grateful people Jhaving
no uvinej; or . during?ivs^hquflFS'wir
which to reward the lierdlU
who came to their assistance* aave _
n? f kwlii -i^i tof fcnafo"'
re - ning in what is now Clarke count*,
aud including Habersham, Jackson,
Banks, Franklin, Hart and the upper
portion of l.lhert. Tho grant to this
land should be now on file at Washing
ton, Ga., an*l tracts chopped from it are
recorded in nearly all the counties nam
ed. This land then had little financial val
ue, but Count d’ Kstange portioned a
part of it out among his friends and kin
dred, who moved to Georgia and sett’ed
thereon. These new comers belonged
to the best families of France, and to
tlieir presence is attributed the exal
ted and enviable position that this sec
tion of Georgia so rapidly assumed and
has always maintained, both in war and
peace. Many of the descendants of these
people are still among us, and while
by intermarriage their names are chang
ed, you can see in their faces to this day
unmistakable evidences of the presence
of French blood. Tho DeLaperri ers, of
Jackson county, is one of the few family
names left to us, but there are hundreds
of others living in Clarke, Oconee, Jack-
son and Franklin, in whose veins flow
the same blood as this' brave French. ad«
venturer. Mrs. Reese, of this city, is a
liueal descendant of Count d’Estange, as
likewise many others we can name.
But on the cessation of hostilities the
restless spirit of tho Count c«£Ulduot be
stilled, and if ancient rumors can be
credited he embarked in a career even as
bloody and lawless as when be com
manded a fleet of pirates on the Spanish
Main. It has always been charged—
and it is said with good grounds, too—
that Count d’Kstange was the head cen
tre of Murrell’s band of murderers and
freebooters, that for so long a time .kept
in terror the states south of and includ
ing Kentucky. In every state and coun
ty were branches of this band of outlaws,
and there was a strong organization of
them in Clarke and Jackson counties,
Ga. In fact, Murrell’s capture was ef
fected by a man from Jackson county,
who joined the band, took the prescribed
oaths, got into the confidence of the
chief and then betrayed hun. The initi
ation into this hand was that the appli
cant for membership should stain his
hands with human blood, but somehow
the Jackson county detective got that
part of the ceremony omitted.
The above story we gleaned from the
older citizens of Jackson county last
week. Of course there is nothing au
thentic to fix any connection with the
Murrell band on Count d’Estange save
vague reports, that are now hoary with
age. That this brave French officer
once owned our entire belt of country,
and that he won it by unsheathing his
sword in aid of a brave and patriotic peo
ple struggling for tlieir independence, is
matter of record.
PAUTICULARRS OP ¥HE BANKS
CuUNTY OUTRAGEOFSUNDAY.
A Plot to waylay aud Burder Tom
Armour-Sequel to tike Stealing of
a Wagon and Team in South Car
olina—The Wounded Ban Doing
Well, But the Would-Be Aasasaina
at Large.
About a month ago the Banner-
Watchman published an account of Bill
Armour stealing four mules and a wag
on in South Carolina, and that the ani
mals were scld in Athens. The mules
belonged to Dr. Hopkins, who followed
Armour to Georgia and recovered his
property.
Among the crowt! in Banks county
who turned out and hunted up the thief
was one of Bill Armour’s cousin. Tom
Armour, son of Taylor Armour, who
bought the place of CapL D. C. Oliver,
in Banks county.
This acton the part of Tom Armour
enraged the friends of the thief, and they
resolved on his death. So last Sunday
evening about sundown, Paul Armour,
brother of Bill, and Bill Posey, brother-
in-law of the Armours, hid out on the
roadside for him just in front of W. 0.
Thomas* gate, in Bushville district.
Tom Armour, unconscious of the trap
set for him, passed the spot where the
would-be murderers lay concealed. At
this instant the concealed parties stepped
from their hiding places and confronted
Tom Armour.
“Are you notsorry you have met us?”
one of the men asked.
“Why?” was the retort
Bill Posey replied by drawing a pistol
Tom Armour was unarmed, and had
two desperate men against him. He un
dertook to ride around the men. remark
ing that he iliil not want any difficulty.
Paul grabbed at his mule’s bridle, that
gave the animal a fright, and it tnrned
completely in the road. Bill Pasey by
this time had his pistol leveled on Tom,
who put spurs to his mule and tried to
get out of the wav. .1 ust as he started
Paul Armour fired his pistol at Tom, the
shot taking effect just above the waist
band of his pants, on the left side. The
b..ll ranged along the last rib for five
inches and then lodged.
After this act the two would-be assas
sins left for parts unknown, and Tom
Armour went to the house of Mr. W. S.
Mize, brother-in-law to Mr. C. 1). Mc-
Kie, of this city. He asked Mr. Mize to
send after a Doctor, as he was shot. He
then walked in the house without saying
anything more. Taking down Mr. Mize’s
gun he smarted back. It happened that
Mr. Mize had been out hunting S.tturdav
evening and had shot out all of his load
ed shells. Mr. Mize, after some trouble,
prevailed on Armour to lie down, whon
lie sent after Dr. Quillian. The Doctor
made an examination of tl.e wound, and
found it by no means serious, but had
the hall not struck the rib and ranged
around the shot would have proved fa
tal. Mr. Armour, at last accounts, was
doing well, although he has not as yet
been moved from Mr. Mize's house.
Paul Armour and Bill Posey have both
left the county, it is thought, aud are
still at large.
sout¥carolina.
MR T00MER WRITES AN INTER
ESTING LETTER.
Signs •! the Biff Earthquake—'The
Deep Fissurcs-Destract ion off Crtfps
and Destiti * “
” tor* nAll»2M w J[ j cnU3jL
fcere in 'the old P*ln£*j{pSute,
where the sound of the ocean'h] «,eard iu
the distance as it casts its billows on the
white s.inds of the shore, and the light
house of Cape Rouiain is flashing its
light fur out over the dark waves of the
broad Atlantic, 1 find myself reflecting
on the little city of Athens, and compar
ing our state with this state and her
noble people, that have suffered so much,
surely enough to have crushed out the
hope from even the goddess of hope,
what less than poor mortals. The whole
roadside is lined with small geysers that
cast up water and white sand, and to
pass up the road it would make you im
agine you were passing imtneuse ant
hills. These geysers are often only
few feetapa t, and it is easy to count 20
or more at one glance. 1 came across deep
holes some 100 feet in circumference ami
8 or 10 feet deep, with large piles of sand
around them, that must have happened
hundreds of years ago in some previous
earthquake. Earthquakes are surely no
new thing to this country, only history
is not old enough to tell the tale. The
total destruction of the rice crop and the
poor cotton crop has left.this country i
With trembling lips my lovo bade me farewell
A burning ldss she press’d upon my brow—
The stamp of lore. My temples even now
Throb o’er the spot her lips sought but to dwell
In one’s heartfelt .caress. My pulses swell
And tears fall fast aa t recall her vow:
“I’ll loyal be, thou’ true or faithless thou.
Till stars of love from twilight sties dispel:”.
I drew her form unto my bursting heart
And crowned the Eros of our misting dreams
With lasting wreaths and strong, imitassioned art.
While flowing swift came thought in mighty
streams:
“I’ll loyal be till life and soul depart
Aud shades of love blot out the spirit’s beams!**
—William Wallace Cook.
THE NAUTCH GIRLS’ DANCE.
A Performance Artistic and Decorous.
Bicyclist Stevens’ Description.
I luul been wondering whether an op
portunity to see the famous dance would
occur during my tour through India, and
so, when four or five of the prettiest of
these dusky damsels gathered around me,
smiled at me winsomely, ogled me with
with their bewitching black eyes, smiled
again, smiled sejxirately, smiled unani
mously, smiled jill over their semi ma
hogany-but nevertheless not unluindsome
faces, and every time displaying «se."s of
pearly teeth, what could I* do? What
could one have done but smile in return?
There Is no language more eloquent or
more easily understood, under certain cir
cumstance, than the language of facial
expression. No verbal qut -st it >n or answer
was necessary. I interpreted the winsom,
smiles of the Nautcli dancers right anil
they interpreted very quickly the per
mission to go ahead that revealed itself in
the smile they had forced from me.
Eight of tho twelve were commonplace
girls of from 14 to 18 and the other four
were quite handsome, as handsome-goes
among the Hindoos. Tlieir arms were
bare of anything save bracelets and the
upj»er portion of the body was but scantily
clothed, after the manner and custom of
all Hindoo females; hut an ample skirt of
calico reached to the ankles. Rings were
on every toe and massive silver anklets,
with tiny bells attached, made music
when they 'walked or danced. They
wore a profusion of bracelets, necklaces
of rubies, head ornaments, ear rings and
]>eudaiiU juhI a massive gold or brass
ring hi the left nostril. The nostril was
relieved of its burden by a string that de
scended from a head ornament mid took
up the weight.
The Naulch girls arranged themselves
into a half circle, tlieir scarlet costumes
forming a bright credent, terminating at
either end in a mass of sjjecmtors, whose
half nuked bodies, varying in color from
pale olive to mahogany, were arrayed in
costumes scarcely less showy Ilian the
ilancers. The cliajieroue tom-toms an
appropriate Nautcli accouijxuiiment on a
drum with his lingers, mid four prettv
girls advance from the half circle, and,
favoring me with a quartette of killing
smiles and a quartette of coquettish
glances from their bright dark eyes, they
commence to dance. An idea 'seems to
prevail in occidental minds that the In
dian Nautcli dance is a very naughty
thing, but nothing is further from the
truth. Of course it can be made naugh
ty, and no doubt often is, hut then so
can many another form of innocent
amusement. The proper Nautcli dance
is a decorous and artistic performance
when properly danced; tho graceful mo
tions and elegant proportions of the hu
man form, as revealed by lithe and grace
ful dancers, are to lie reviewed with an
eye as purely artistic and critical as a
Venus or other production of the sculp
tor’s studio. Only the ‘‘British matron”
would consider a Nautch
its
. the ____
™ into tip* .
most on a level with the sh<
mantle of transparent muslin, fringed
with silver spangles, is wqrn about the
head and shoulder? in the same indescrib
ably graceful manner as the mantilla of
the Sjianish sonorita. Raising a portion
of this aloft in the left liand and keeping
the “fan” intact with the right the danc
ers twirl around mid change positions
with each other, their supple figures
meanwhile assuming a variety of grace
ful motions and postures from time to
time. Now they imitate the spiral move
ments of the servient, climbing around
and upward on an imaginary pple; again
they assume a cliariuing jxisture, tlieir
dusky countenances half liiddon in seem
ing coquetry Ixiiind the muslin mantle,
the large red fan waved gently to and
fro, the feet unmoving, but the undulat
ing motions of the IhhIv mul the trem
bling of the limbs sufticing to jingle tho
tiny ankle bells.
A Great Slave Hunting llegi
The country between the Zambesi river
and the lake regions of central Africa is
one of the great slave hunting grounds of
R bad fix. The* country is fertile, * the | that dark continent. An English trav-
timber inexhaustible, aud yet the coun- I cler who recently journeyed through the
try is getting poorer every day. It j country says that every village shows the
would make you sad to see the desolate familiar sight of the slave in the yoke
look of this whole country along the sea- awaiting the departure of a caravan,
coast, from Savannah to Georgetown; a Th* s yoke is made from the forked
Oblij NEIGHBORS.
■ sqaaa
yesterday-^ news from the towns
AROUND US.
JEFFEUSOK JOTTINGS-
Court In Session—Pi irate Theatricals—Pe
culiarities of the Bar--Personals.
Jefferson, Feb. 16.—[Special.]—Su
perior court in session, and Col. E. T.
Brown, the handsome and winning So
licitor-General is doing good work for
^ e88e ® an ^ good government.
Three felonies and three misdemeanors
have fallen victims to the power and en
ergy ol the Solicitor and State’s wit
nesses.
The case against Armstead Camp,
charged with murder is now being tried
here.
“She Stoops to Conquer’’ was repeated
at the Martin Institute last night to an
intelligent aud appreciative audience. W.
T. Bennett, the efficient Clerk of Jack-
son superior court, who played the role
of Mr. Hardcasile, did so exceedingly
well his friends are urging him to leave
tho dull, monotonous routine of the
court h^use, and go at once upon the
stage where honor, renown and fortune
all call him, in the event of his consent
ing to the wish of friends of fortune. The
superior court will lose its best officer,
and the stage will gain a star which will
give more light to the stage than the
milky-way gives to earth. A petition is
now in circulation asking him not to
leave us. \\ ill write you his decision
and the success of his friends in a short
while.
M rs, I lard castle (Miss India Hunter)
was perhaps the most perfect in acting.
As a young lady she is pretty - and fasci
nating, and as an old lady (in the play)
she is just perfectly bewitching.
Miss Ada McKlhannon (Miss Hard-
castle) did her part well and won the ad
miration of the entire audience and the
hearts of all the boys nr.d young men,
and your correspondent bespeaks for
her a bright and brilliant future.
Miss Neville (Miss Lizzie Dixon] was
a great favorite, and one of whom we are
justly proud, and the play would have
been incomplete had she not been the
corstance of the play; and so natural
was her affection for Hastings (I meau in
the play) that the audience with one ac
cord, said, “that will he a match.”
As to the young men they all did splen
didly.
Some of the Jefferson bar carry a
glass and comb in their pockets, and
take great pride in keeping tlieir Uiiet
Adonis-like.
4 ol. Stevens Thomas, jr., of your city,
is in town. lie took in the entertain
ment last night and pronounced it a suc
cess.
'1 he Athens bar is represented this
week by Senator Barrow, Geo. C. Thom
as. J no. D. Moll and K. T. Brown.
A young gentleman from Athens re
marked to-day that of one thing he was
certain, and that was he intended to get
a wife in Jefferson, if he could.
Judge Hutchins is too good a judge
and has too much work to do for the pay
he gets, to be worried with 15 or 20 law
yers for eight months in the year is
worth at least $8,000, beside* the work
that is required of him.
Madam Rumor says that Ihe handsom
est doctor in Jackson county will soon
lead to the altar one of the beautifi
belles tf iho old North State. She wil
do -amt we dare say h<
muolj better.
rT5~Twii rX3m LmJU ' ir *P e!
UNIVERSITY OFdaEORGlA LIBRARY
UNION POINT NOTES.
Umos Point, Feb. 11.—[Special.,
Ti.i« town i* the mojt tlioroo-M.
worked by life insurnnee ui«n of any
own in the SuUr. They can discount
■ook agents an d lightning rod aieu a
lundred^iur cent..
Union Point, has a negro won.on 41
yosrs old, who is Um mother >fl4
herithy liejng children, and she looks
ntt r riM i m6rc ' T I, ?& luive tU
UxroN Point, Fob. R-p^UU-
I here is an uld tradition tbnt if the be»r 1
comes out on the 14th of Feb. and sees .
»h«dow, he will go back for six
mouths, but if he docs ijpt sce.it the
" i'r 'rramarVu.
goons in GreencsborotStho tbbo
closed with an oyster supper at the Com-
inercial and a hop at Zimmerman’s Hall.
Union Point, Keb. lG.-[Special.J_
Col. Junes M. Smith, of the convict
farm, in Oglethorpe, pass, d here to-day
on his way to Athens.
Mr. J. I!. MeLvughlin, railroad agent's
son, went up to tl.e Oslo City yesteruay
lie couldn't go to college with his gid'
but ho went as far as he coiilH.
Miss Perkins, an accomplished music,
teacher from Xashvi.le, Tennessee, nr
rived her to-day to take charge of the
music department of Prof. Newton s
school.
J. JoneirGardfier, one of tl.e politest
boys on the road, is among our merchants
to-dny.
IVVNIKI.SVII.I.I; \,|T|. S .
[Social.]
given here to-
1>aniki.svi:.i.k,
A rainbow party is to be ;
night.
l>r. Ed. Kinnebrew. of North CareP •.
formerly of Athens, (hi., is visitin ' his
brother here. The Doctor came tl.n... •!.
on horseback, and rides a splendid stetst-
lie speaks ol returning to Athens.
There will be a suit tiled to the next
term of our Superior Court in favor of
M. V. Roberta vs. T. A. li.lt f or ] 103vv
damages for stabbing.
There was an enjoyable singing ocra-
sion, largely attended, conducted by prof.
CanweR, at tile residence of J. K. Sun
ders, Esq., on th.; evening of the l'Jth.
Hutu mioai.s m:\v.s.
Hi'iii Shoals, Feb. 14.—[Speeial.l-Mr.
. unis i owell, fro... Oreone, .s too. in - to
High Shoals to live while her husband is
working on the railroad.
There are two cases of ineasies in
town.
Miss Mary Powell and Mrs. Dr. Gwyn
spent two days it. Athens this week
Mr. Garrison lias bought Mrs. Close's
house and lot, and will move into Oconee.
Another loint stock company is in forma
tion here.
A pleasant party at Frazier's last night.
Him. Shoals, l-’ch. If,.—[Special.1—
President Hinton ordered a called meet
ing of the High Shoals Manufacturin'
Co., for yesterday, hut l.aji weather pre
vented tlieir coming togetliej. 1
Prof. Moore lias a prosperous siii’dii'-
class in town.
•lodge I.eji and wife are beautify.:. '
their front yard with flowers, over-re,-ns'
etc*
Air. Allen is erecting a new reeidem-e
on Hill street.
S Alr-.lohn Frazer, the h.g shot ,,f town
killed *J5 birds at three or four shots'
Saturday.
inMr. John llattaway will not leave this
place before fall.
C'ltAWt'OItU VOTES.
l'rof. Oh enev’s school increases evert
week. He now has forty-live schoh;r>. ’
Short Bros, have a contract to Vmailil a
large barn for D, Stevens near Snmlv
Cross.
" ) Vatki, ' s has of cotton
m (Qll Ins last year’s crop on hand yet
P " a y our farmers are haulin~
arfky guano, we think tjiere will be a
deal 9f it used this yeaiyi,- -JwfeCtoa
wttwv&rffc 16:--^-“™"
; the Frifjt
, : vU and th6
ir, talking c
ERSON,
Among notable visitors‘tiuFur towi^l,
week, was War Cloud, chief of the Kaw
who was Gen. Custer’s old friend and
guide. He addressed the citizens at the
Martin Institute Chapel. He was dress
ed as he was when he visited Washing
ton City, 17 years ago. The little folks
were very much excited at the sight of a
sure enough Indian.
We thank Col. Gantt for his impartial
account of our famous horse swapping
brigade, and did not rob Clarke county
of her portion of the honor of contribut
ing some of the elegant stock to the nu
merable assortment of stock they have
semi-annually at our courts.
WATKINSV1LLE \VA 1FS.
hotel and!
R splehdid business.
There was? a gentleman in our town
yesterday looking for a location for a
newspaper, and from the encouragement
he received we think Crawford will have
an organ of her own in the near future.
J. F. Cheney will be a candidate for
V^ountv school commissioner. Hope the
t^ard will elect him, as lie is well quali
fies} for the place.
non 1-16 HITS.
Tiif. G C. A' N. Road.—Tho engineer
ing corps at work on the Klberton end
of this projected railroad is now at work
between Winterville and Pleasant Hill,
and their camp is pitched at lion. James
M. Smith’s place. Major Morrison yes
terday rode over tho line run, which is a
very good one. They are now running
on an air-line, hut may diverge a little to
the right or left, as tho topography of the
country demands.
country once the garden spot of the
state; the home of the aristocracy of the
South; a country where hospitality and
chivalry, with immense wealth, was the
ordi’r of the day, now desolate and a
home mostly of negroes, that
five from hand to mouth. What
a change in twenty-six years!
On the the train from Port Royal to
Charleston, l traveled with Small,the ne
gro ex-congressman. It Reeins a disgrace
that the nclde old state of South Caroli
na should have e.ver been represented
by such a looking creature. On the
same train 1 met Mr. Rice, the school
superintendent of the state—a noble
looking and pleasant gentleman. Th?
great difference between him and Smull
was enough to have cured the worst
Eastern radical from ever meddling with
the South and her people. But 1 am
glad to say Small has seen his last day in
congress and will be aucceeded by a true
blue blood Caroliniau by tho name of
Gen. Elliott.
Charleston is recovering so fast from
the effects of the earthquake that one is
apt, after all be has read, to think the
days of horror were over, drawn at a
first glance, hut by looking closely he
will soon find that most of the damaged
houses have been patched up. But old
SL Phillip’s church shows the visitor
what sn awful thing an earthquake is.
There she stands oiacked from top to
bottom with half of her steeple shaken
down, her roof in ruins, her elegant
plastering completely ruined. As 1 stood
in front of her at the tomb of John C.
Calhoun, the moon was casting
branches of a tree ; alxrat five or six feet
long—some are much longer—and from
tlireo to four inches in diameter at the
thickest part. Through each prong of
the fork a hole is bored for the reception
of an iron pin. This ready, a soft fibrous
Ixuk is wrapped around until the whole
forms a thick collar of kirk, making a
sort of pad much rougher than a horse’s
collar. It is ofieu allowed to remain
upon a slave for nine months or a year,
night and day, without being once taken
off. When a '•araviui is ready to stmt
the men are coupled by the yoke l>cing
lashed so as to form a rigid |x»le, binding
the pair from neck to neck together.
With loads on tlieir liemls. they then turn
their faces to the eastward and leave their
homes forever.—Pittsburg Commercial
Gazette.
Fowler to the Front*—Mr. J. A.
Fowler, who run a bar-room in Oconee
county, just over the Clarke .linv being
voted out of business at his old stand,
has bought s lot in Jackson county,
about half a mile from Gum Spring and
five and a half -ailes of Athens, where he
will open out again, if the county don’t
go dry »n the meantime. He w j
putting up his house.
Important Sale.—Mr. M. B.McGinty
has sold a two-thirds interest in his plan
ing and wo id shop, situated near the N.
E. depot, to a strong company of capital
ists with Dr. E. S. Lyndon at the head,
who will enlarge the same. This is an
important purchase.
Jackson on Pbohiiition.—On the 14th
of March Jackson county will hold anoth
er election on the Prohihibition ques
tion, and this time try to abolish even the
gallon liquor license. Some T rchibition-
ists in that county talked with expressed
doubts as to the wisdom of the move,
as it is doubtfuljf liquor will he voted
out
The STOok Law.—A gentleman from
Oglethorpe county tells us that oyen the
j fence leaders, who held out so long and
manfully against the stock law,, are at last
tqpuingsway their fenoes from around
.their fields and acknowledge that it is a
good thing. The only opposition is m
Pleasant Hill district, near the Madison
line.
For Roy* and Girin.
President D. C. Gilman, of Johns IIoji-
kin« university, says that for a girl or a
boy there is notiling lietter than tho
needle and scissors, and, particularly for
a boy. the jackk nife; that still more
fundamental Is the iiencii, which enalJes
one to delineate with more precision than
tiie pen what one w ishes to express, and
tliat a man is a better thinker ami a
more accurate worker if he can repro
duce* with his liand what lie has thought
with his brain.—Harper's Bazar.
Watkinsville, Feb. 16.—[Special.]—
We have had but little farming weather
for the last two months.
Cotton season over at last, and Orr
& Hunter’s wagons have begun to lay
down their cids and guanos for this year
at the farmer’s doers.
Messrs. Powell & and Davenport have
contracted for the remainder of un
finished road beyond Madison and also
closed the contract from Madison to
Athens. They will taxe charge of Jim
Smith’s convicts to-day and will have
about 60 of their own, in all 150 able-
bodied hands, while they may have
enough free labor to count 2U0 hands.
Mr. Powell says he can finish it Athens
by Oct. 1st, hut has until May 1st,’8#.
Mr. Isaac Thrasher has sold out his
Salom \ place and will leave soon for
Campbell county, where he has a large
contract for sawing cross-ties.
Our county seems to bo full of horses
and mules going to lower markets.
Mr. J T Hale is among the happy, but
says his baby is deformed as it has no
teeth.
l)r. While is sick in bed.
The measles are raging in and around
Watkinsville.
J. T. Marshal is sawing lumber to re
build his store recently burnt down. John
is an energetic fellow, and if thieves and
incendiaries w’illdet him alone he will
soon recover from the damage done him
Miss Nellie Stillman, a charming
young lady of Starksville, Miss, is on a
visit to relatives of this place. We hear
she will take a school at Joe Klders’s.
W K Harris is repairing the NichClsoii
house and lot in this plac**, and it greatly
helps the looks of Water street
Zach Alexander, one of Oconee’s lead-
ng negro politicians, is quite sick and
not expected to five.
How to Live a Full Century.
Professor Humphry, of Cambridge,
has prepared u series of tables which con
tain somo interesting information about
centenarians. Of fifty-two |iersons whom
ho mentions, at least eleven—two males
of the tombs showing that they had | J? 118 1U8 jears,
died in 1341. To my back stood the the alleged age o 10 .
ruins of the old Circular church, burned
in 1861. There seemed a spell upon
me and memory swiftly flew over the
many events that liad happened in this
noble old city since the first gun boomed
after secession was neralded' over the
Southern Confederacy. Toomeb.
IIomf.r, Fob. 14.—[Special.]The many
friends of Mrs. G. T. King will regret to
learn of her sickness.
Tom Armour was way lay ed by his
, cousin, Bill Atinour, on the night of the
13th. The wound is not serious. Sher
iff Henderson is in pursuit of the intend
ed murderer.
Miss Lizzie Telford, of the Grove
.»vel neighborhood, and Mr. Charlie
Meadows, of Maysville, were married on
the 10th inst. We wish the happy cou
ple much joy.
Homer, Feb. 16.—[Special.]—Mr. T.
J. Clements left on yesterday for Chat
tanooga.
Mrs. J. E. Stephens has been employed
by Prof. J. Y. Walker to assist him in
his school.
J. E. Stephens gave the young Indies a
corn shucking to-day. They all enjoyed
themselves very much, and more espe
cially did they enjoy the dinner.
Mrs. Cantrell, the mother of the young
man now in jail, has failed to make bond
for his appearance at the March term of
the Superior Court.
ELBKUTOX NKWS.
Twelve of tho fifty-two centenarians
were discovered to have been tho eldest
children of their parents. This fact* adds
Mr. Humphry, does not agree with popu
lar notions tliat first children inherit a
fceblencness of constitution, nor with the
opinion of racing stables, which is de
cidedly against the idea that “firstlings’*
ore to bo depended on for good perform
ance on the course. The centenarians
generally regarded were of spare build.
Gout and rlieumatism were, as a rule,
, absent. “It seems,” says Professor
! Humphry, “that tho frame which isdes
‘ tined to great age needs no such ngppliyl
the
The Covington & Macon.—Mr. A.
Craig Palmer, in addition to his other du
ties, has been appointed general freight
and passenger agent of the Covington &
Macon Railroad. The travel and freight
business of the road is gradually increas
ing, making it necessary to have an agent | actics, and engenders none of the pco-
Mr. Palmer will be found always ready . cant humors for which tho finger joints
to extend any accommodation to the pub I (as in gout) may find a vent.”
fie.—Macon Telegraph. Of the fifty-two aged people, twenty-
! four only hail no teeth, the average num-
Aw Aged Trunk.—Cspt. John Yens- 1 ber at teeth remaining being four or five,
t. _r n.i.u*iii. h.. iJT hi. MMUHuian , long hours of deep were notable among
hie, of GsinesTlile, has in his possession | - _ - . ,
n trunk that has been in the Vensble fsm- these old people, tho period of repose
ily for two hundred y emrs. It w»s brought
from EngUnd full of gold. This ancient
trunk has been hsnded down to all of the
John Vensbles.
Not Fbom Banks.—The good citixens
of Banks county wish it distinctly under
stood that BiU Armour, the horse thief
who stole four mules iu South Carolina,
is not s citizen of - Banks county, but
hails from Franklin county.
averaging nine hours; while out of door
exercise in plenty and early rising arc to
be noted among the factors of a prolonged
life. One of the centenarians “drank to
excess on festive occasions;” another was
a “free beer drinker,” and “drank like a
fish during his whole life,” Twelvo had
been total abstainers for life, or nearly so,
and mostly all were £ small meat eaters,”
—St, James’ Gazette.
Klberton, Feb. 14-—[Special.]—The
measles, mumps ami whooping cough
have been taking tl.e rounds in our coun
ty. No deaths have resulted that we
know of.
It is ascertained to-day that the resi
dence ofMajor John It. Jones, destroyed
totally yesterday by tire, was insured for
two thousai.il dollars, and that the policy
had not expired The loss beyond the
insurance is considerable.
Last night at th- Baptist chnrch an in
teresting and Unusual service was an
nounced for next Sabbath afternoon—
the ordination of.several deacons, at
which secvice, in addition to the pastor,
Rev. E. R. Carwell, Jr., Rev. T. C., Boy
kin and possibly the Rev. E. R. Carswell,
Sr., and other members, will be present
It is almost as dull here now as in
August The merchants are selling very
little except on time, -The farmers do not
cotue to town much. The doctors are
doing something as the people will get
sick sometimes in spite of their poverty,
but the lawyers are doing nothing.
Klbebtox, Feb. 10.—[Special]—Mr.J
M. Hundley, who is now in Klberton re
presenting the Equitable Life Assurance
Gontpany deserves a premium for bein^
the man can talk lifo insurance and be
entertaining. *
I.ieut-Col.. Thomas M. Swift, of the
Governors staff, is expecting to accompa
ny the Governor’s staff to Savannah, on
the 22d.
The male academy has been very re
cently repaired for the spring term. On
last Sunday when the residence of Maj.
Jones was burning, the academy, distant
one hundred and fifty yards, caught, and
the damage done the house and furni
ture in .taking sash out, etc., to save them,
necessitates an appeal to the town coun
cil for one hundred dollars for repairs.
PERSONAL AND MINOR ITEMS.
Mr. lienrv \V. Grady will be invited
to visit Athens and deliever an a ’dress.
Rev. John Calvin Johnson still con
tinues unwell, though confined to his
room lie is improving.
Tl.e Y. M. C. A. arc talking about
building next to tl.e BaNNER-Watcu-
man oflice, on Jackson street.
Capt. J. 1-1. Randolph lias a splendid
guano factory in operation in Jefferson,
in connection with his planing mill.
Mr. E, K. I sumkin 1ms been confined
to his home for some days; he was threat
ened with pneumonia, hut is well again.
The measles and whooping cough are
not epidemic in Athens, being confined
only to a few families, ami are very mild
types.
The draytnen will he glad to know
that the street railroad track to the 4 ieur-
gia depot w ill be taken up. It’s a great
nuisance.
Mr. Win. A. Harper, the missing car
riage painter from Klberton, has not as
yet been heard from, llis wife is ne irly
distracted, so we learn.
We are glad to learn that Mr. J. II.
Smith, who has been confined at homo
for the last ten days with pneumonia, is
now able to walk over the room.
We noticed more cribs of corn and
stacks of fodder iu Jaekson than any
county we have visited. It is a sure
sign of agricultural prosperity.
Maj. A. D. Willis, prominent fanner of
Oglethorpe county, was in*the city yes
terday. The year before last ho made
twenty-flve.bales of cotton to one mule.
Mr. R. C. Latimer, one of the best dry
'oods men in the state, is now with Co-
»*en, McMahan & Co. 11c is a valuable
iddition to tho force of that splendid
house.
Messrs. L. J.and A. W. Hill, thehMik-
?rs, have bought a lot on Perchtree street,
150x250, paying therefor $20,000. They
will build two handsome residences upon
the lot and live there.
Dr. Geo. Eberhart has determined to
.*eturn to Hartwell, ^here hewillengage
in the practice of his profession, lie
will remove from Harmony Grove to
Hartwell by next court week.
Mr. Lemuel*Swann, an old resident of
Clarke county who was paralyzed some
nonths ago, has never been able to re
move from his bed. His physicians have
.10 hopes oj his restoration to health.
At.'.rnh Bible Society—Auxiliary to
the / ierican Bible Society, liibles and
restiments, in various styles, can be pur
chased from Mr. Cobb Lamkin, the De-
oositarv, at his store on Luinkin Street.
■ / Young L. G. Hams.
Athens Feb. 17.1887. President.