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i»n\'FS A BOOMERANG AND THE
F thk people feel sick.
II1K- •“ V»lur»—Pe»ple Trying
* "fcrrP* PP* r Ilp-Th.Fu.
'•'".rAtlanta and Birmingham
.trd-Attanta Always Will
llr it »«•« c,, » ’
The BaNSW-Watchman months ago
. ; .he people to fight shy of Bir-
l inl sod its so-called boom. We
"Zt wo were not alone in giving this'
’ , The safe and prudent editor
s A-where cautioned his readers that
-jutiated values that fnled in Alp-
magic city could not last; that
, l f ash was as certain to come as the
1 ’Vt cones after the day. The history
n f _ ,iioh booms has invariably been the
Knormous prices, unusual activi-
,„||ation every w here, is generally fol-
|,y a rapid and startling decline in
\h1u, business stagnation, and commer-
I mm. This has been so often the
in Wall street and in other great
, , ntres that it would seem that
and thinking men would know
V
. i, li ventures were not in keeping
business sagacity. That Birming-
» as the place for speculators to go
1,,. lu ll proved by the enormous for-
", , mat have been made in Teal estate
jran-actmns there. That it was not the
wviu- for the operations of the moneyed
’aa„ who sought permanent investments
. .|„>wn bv the rapid decline in all val-
.... and the great difficulty now being
,.,,,,■11'-need in getting a living return
investments and the almost irapos-
1 ty of obtaining value received for
p„ !oia a few weoksago could have been
. ■ i n :i times during the dey.
The UannerWATciiMUan was talking
,f, ,V days ago with a gentleman who
. m-,,b- a large fortune in Birmingham
,!:i;ions. and who was wise in his
ll; i.■ win! generation by getting out before
, ;,-li came. He was a speculator
ii, ,i. f ssiou, and when intervied by a
- illative of this journal, was on his
irjv t" New York to double or lose all
■1, Wall street operation. This gentle-
.-,jn i d our reporter “that property in
Pirmii, •bain bad declined within the
, ,.i iw.i months at least twenty-five per
i. i.i. idle people there realize that the
l„„ -i, lias collapsed, and they try to keep
• arances and prevent the truth
, mg known by refusing to offer
r holdings for sale. This is, how-
, i. r. cheating nobody but themselves,
l i, - almost pitiable effort to holster up
[i„ir ow n courage and inspire confidence
,<. ,-i]v seen through, and were they to
dav to’oiler property that a few weeks
was bringing enormous prices. I
il.t very much if they could realize
lial! w hat it cost them. But they will
le-e much, the ge.itleman went on to
.... tot property in Birmingham has
nearly all heen sold on the option plan.
\\ l,. ii the crash comes, as it must before
■ .in:. tie- result will be that the original
„w ner w ill resume the proprietorship anu
lie mlier fellows will have lost their
in i!.-:n- "■ the capacious pockets of the
dalors and real estate agents.”
••There has not been within the past
eiglib > n months anything like a fair sale
el property in Birmingham. When 1
-av a fair sale, 1 mean a sale where the
price and the value were equal. Eve-
n:: i.’ has been forced—speculation
lu, l.. en rife, and the better judgment
men has heen lost in the mad race after
.a a. 1 do not suppose that hardly any
,.:u- bought property in Birmingham as
aa investment. No one really believed
that lets were worth the enormous price
th.-y obtained. The idea was that one
il l l,ny and sell again at a big profit.
No one ever thought lor a moment that
lie w ould be the last holder. But some-
• sv had to he, and perhaps those who
had the least idea of becoming so got
caught at last.”
\v lieu asked about the future of Bir
mingham, the gentleman replied as fol
lows: “It will never be as large as At
lanta now is, and never can attain tq the
si/e that city will eventually become.
Birmingham will always bo a manufac
turing center. So has Pittsburg been,
bat it has never caught up with
Philadelphia. Birmingham and Atlanta
will act the same old play over again.
No matter how fast Birmingham will
grow. Atlanta will increase a great deal
•aster. 1 regard and have always regard
ed Aibinta as the coming .Southern city.
\t will rival in ten years Xqw Orleans,
aim will eventually be the largest South
ern city. The only possible rival with
Atlanta will be Chattanooga, and not-
witii.landing the superior advantages
of that mountain city in very many re-
>jn*cts, I am confident that Atlanta will
ever continue to lead. Atlanta is attract
ing to ii men, who when they drive down
their stakes there, plant them to stay.
Permanent citizens are better than float
ing -peculators, and of such cosmopoli
tan material is the population of Birming
ham almost entirely made up. If a Bir
mingham man within the next ten years
gels'll, he big rich, ten to one, he goes to
Atlrnta to spend his money and enjoy
the luxuries his wealth can abtain.”
Such was the latest news from Birming
ham, and it must be noticed that in tone
and tenor it differs greatly from the
rosy and golden accounts that came from
that city not so long ago.
rilllllOlICUBBEB DOGS.
The Kennel of .lir. John Cnrt-
u right,of the fountain City
•■The Man About Town,” of the Globe
and l,ancv. of Augusta, Ga., has inter
viewed Mr. John Cartwright, the sole
owner of the Fountain City dog kennel.
■Mr. Cartwright says:
“I have now in my possession some of
the finest dogs that were ever transported
tu this country' and 1 intend to make a
specialty in the breeding of dogs. All
species of dogs can be obtained from me
by personal application or by orders.
"••Will you bo kind enough to give me
the pedigree of your dogs?” asked the
“man about town.”
“1 am busy at this moinentbut I’il re
fer you to iny barkeeper, Henry Bass,
who will have entire control of my ken
nel, and lie will give you all the data you
req
•Well,” said Henry, “Mr. Cartwright
has -ome of the finest dogs that were
ever brought to this country. They were
imported from Crestview Denbigh, North
Wales, England. These dogs are regis
tered in the American Kennel Register,
a journal published in New York, giving
i lie pedigree of each dog of prominent
note. Their numbers are registered in
the above journal as follows: Rosa, No,
1143, who is the winner of ten special
prizes; Button H, No. 4648, who is a son of
he champion pointer of the world; Beau-
ibnl, llosa May, No. 4392, who was sired
by Champion Fritzs. Flirt, who is the
winner of five prizes on the bench, and
last, but not least, a sky terrier • from
• lifion kennel, New Jersey, which was
imported by that firm.”
"Have you got any other breed that
you would like to be mentioned?’'
quired the man of news.
“Oh! yes,” said Henry, “Mr. Cart-
wnght has two hitches from Cliftonken
i ll. N. J., which are considered the first;
also, two stud dogs. One of them is the
mi of Beauford, the champion pointer
t the world, and they came from EUicott
ity, Maryland.
I'arties who desire to breed first-class
canines should avail themselves of this
opportunity, and should apply to John
•Mtwriglit at the “Grand Opera Saloon,’
ntticr in person or by order.
ltvtno, and NO Mistajc*.—Mrf W. D.
Gnffeth, one of the city assessors, has
been engaged for the past week in the
work of assessing city property. M -.
Gnffeth remarked to a B.-W represents-
five yesterday that he was oobfident that
there were over ten thousand people in
the city. Many new houses hate be «n
erected since the last assessment was
made, and every indication points to the
fact that the population of the city h <s
greatly increased. If the city conn:il
will have a census of the city taken, a d
it is fonnd that over ten thousand people
arc in the corporation, we can get the
benefit of a free delivery system. At a
little cost this census can be taken anl
the houses numbered at the same tim <.
and we can enjoy the luxury of a free
delivery. The matter is worth attrition,
and we trust some of our patriotic aider-
men will bring it before the council.
Mayor’s Court.—Yesterday Mayor
Hodgson fined Gardner Brown $2.50 and
costs for his conduct in Mr. Mendel
Morris’ store. Mr. Morris says that th
negro came into his store and enrsed th
clerk, a young man named Haas, because
he would not exchange a spool of thread,
snd afterwards seized a large rock an J
threatened the entire family. Brown
also told Mr. Morris’ little son that h
would whip him the first time he caught
him out. Mr. Morris says*it was only
Haas, his clerk, that at last was provoked
into attacking and whipping the negro..
Brown finally threw the spool of thread
behind the counter and abused both
Morris, his son and clerk shamefully,
and did not even stop when Mrs. Morris
came into the store.
Look Out for Them!—The negroes
near the Georgia Factory are preparing
for a big fair, or something of the kind,
and delegatious of them are now out ev
ery night preparing for the occasion.
Sunday night several houses on the out
skirts of the city were visited, hut wo
hare not heard whether the thieves got
anything or not. They are on a hot trail
after chickens. Put heavy charges of
buckshot into your gun and be ready to
give the first strange negro sneaking
around your premises a warm reception.
This is the only cure for such scoundrels
and the sooner it is applied the better.
A Novel Case.—A strange case of lar
ceny was reported yesterday. Mr. John
Bird owns a cow which gives several
gallons of milk per day. Lately, Mr.
Bird has noticed that the quantity of the
milk has been falling off and no satis
factory reason could be given for it. Yes
terday however he found that the cow
was being milked by a negro during the
night and the milk disposed of to par
ties, and when Mr. Bird’s milker went to
the cow for the morning supply, some one
else had secured it.
A Bold TniEF.—The negro thieves in
onr city are growing bolder every day.
*Yesterday morning Austin Hubbard en
tered the store of Mr. Jim Harbin, and
taking up a sack of flour, put it on his
shoulder and started out of the door. Mr.
Harbin grabbed the thief, but he escaped
by “shucking” his coat and leaving be
hind his hat, that are now in Mr. Har-
bit’s possession. The police were’at
once notified and are now on the track
of the black scoundrel. We never heard
of so much stealing going on or such
open transgressions.
__ *
Crowding Together Neoroes.—Capt
Oliver says one cause of so much petty
larceny in the city is that property-own
ers are putting.chimneys to every little
out-building on their lots and rentin
them to the swarm of negroes that floe!
into Athens to take advantage of our free
schools. These negroes have no means
of living but to steal, and being so crowd
ed together, they are rendered only the
more desperate. Council will have to
take some decisive steps to protect the
tax-payers from this black influx, and
also our honest citizens from these mid
night prowlers and sneak thieves.
THE BUILDING ASSURED.
THE Y. M. C. A. RAISE THE MONEY
FOR THEIR NEW HOME.
When I* will Be Bullt—vrha Will
Have Charge al It T-Wfcat is Pro.
peeeh to be Dene-A Temperary
Cynasium-Other Batten.
The future of the Young Men’e Chris-
tain Association in this city is assured.
There is no doubt shout it, snd while
railroad and other enterprises have had
a hard time collecting subscriptions, the
Y. M. C. A. has secured them right snd
left with but little trouble.
The Association has raised aeventy-
four hundred dollars thus far. This
amount is almost sufficient to erect the
building, but the Association wants to
erect a building worthy of the city and
the cause, and with that reason have
placed the limit at ten thousand dollars.
With this amount a handsome and per
manent home for the association can be
built.
At a meeting of the association a few
nights ago the following gentlemen were
elected a building committee: Hon. Y.
L. G. Harris, chairman, E. B. Hodgson,
John E. Tslipadge and E. E. Jones. A
better pommitiee fdr.the purpose could
not have heen selected. It is the inten
tion of the committee to call in the sub
scriptions about the middle of July, and
at once proceed to work. The associa
tion has secured several plans of the Y.
M. C. A. buildings in various parts ot the
country. Some of these plans are ex-
•eeding’y pretty and the buildings can be
duplicated hero at a much less cost.
The committee will solicit plans from
the home architects snd no doubt will
give every advantage to home talent.
Several situations have been sugges
ted for the new building. One that most
particularly commends itself to favorable
consideration is a lot on Clayton street,
next to Emanuel Episcopal Church.
This lot is well located, convenient to
business, and in every way suitable.
There is one objection urged against it,
•nd that is it is not a corner lot, and the
friends of the association think that with
u many lots to be selected from it is due
he subscribers that a corner should be
hosen. A full and fair expression will
•e had before the association makes any
selection. As we have already stated
THE MACON & ATHENS.
THE ROAD TO BE PUSHED TO COM.
• PLETION.
What the Completion Means-Goad
New. far Athena-Steel Ball* Be
|B| Rapidly Dellvered-The Car*
Wilt be Bun Into Athena by Fall.'
[Macon Telegraph-]
M.j, Wm. H. Ross has returned from
New York and brings some very grati
fying news as to the consolidation of the
Covington and Macon and Sav tnnah and
Birmingham railroads, an 1 the prospect
of their speedy construction. His inter
view with Mr. Douglass Green, presi
dent of the Macon and Ccvington and
recently elected president of the Savan
nah, Dublin and Western, and also with
others hi$t in position to know, was con
firmatory of the news contained in the
Telegraph’s specials of Sunday.
The line from Savannah to Birming
ham will be built The complications
which have embarrassed the Savannah,
Dublin and Weatern and prevented work
upon it are now removed, and there is
nothing in the way of its completion. As
the Alabama end of the line is in the best
of bands, there need be no anxiety as to
this line, which will ultimately reach
from Kansas City to deep water.
The Covington and Macon, or more
properly the Macon and Athens road,
will be pushed forward to completion
and it is now a certainty that it will be
ready for the next cotton crop. The
above portion of the line, from Athens to
Macon, will be completed probahly be
fore work is begun on the road from Ma
con to Florida. More work can be ac
complished by working on the north end
in summer and on the south end in win
ter.
Macon being in ths center of the system
the two roads crossing at this point, the
workshops will of necessity be located
here. Necessarily these shops will he
of considerable magnitude, and will add
large numbers to Macon’s mechanical
population.
It may be well to give Mr. Green's
reasons why the yvork on the Covington
and Maco.i road has not been rapid.
Considerable difficulty has been exper
ienced in getting steel rails, and with a
large force of hands employed these fre
quent delays in getting rails wonld have
nough money has already been sub- worked disbandment and much trouble.
• " It was thought best to keep a smaller
force employed all the time, even if pro
gress was necessarily slower. The rails
are now being received in regular ship
ments and the work going on, Hillsboro
having been reached and Monticello al
most in sight.
-cribed to justify the commencement of
work, and as soon as some matters can
be arranged it is expected that the build-
■g committee will at once proceed to
i ork. It is the intention of the associa-
■ ion to finish the building some time dur-
ng the summer, in the early fall at the
itest.
In the meanwhile the association will
emain in its present quarters and con
tinue the good work it has inaugurated.
: he association will erect a temporary
gynasium at the old town hall. This
will be fitted up with the latest appli
ances for the development of the pbysi-
:al man, and is destined to become one
of the most popular adjuncts. The need
of some such recreation as this has al-
■s been felt, and it is propesed to es
tablish the gymnasium temporarily in
the town hall where it can be gotten into
tetive operation by the time the new
building is completed. Of course, in the
plans of the new home the association is
rearing for itself ample provisions for
the erection and maiatainance of a first
lass gymnasium. The association is in
most flourishing condition.
. ^ nt Beohuia Midland.—All the grad
Pj> "I Beorgia Midland railroad be-
C *• tUU • IWIW Vi
H 'lets, with 80 wagons and 40 o
tits, pasted through Griffin last
i work on the road between Griffi
■ten dritlin and Columbus has been
M,e - and now the forces are concentrated
1 the line between Griffin and McDon
hfh. The Nows says a force of 360
ns and 40 or 50
week
Griffin and
clioaough, and the work is to be push
I ahead. The cars are running over
jout GO miles of the rosd,andit will only
| a few weeks until the track is finished
[Griffin.
pRusLTT to Animals.—Mr. J. W,
nphrey, in charge of the Y. M. C. A
ns, tells us that he is authorized to
at end proaeoute any person found
ng dumb animals with cruelty, and
jotts are made to him he will see
P* offender is dealt with as the law
[*• Mr. Humphrey is working un-
he Louise King charter, and is anx-
form a society in our city snd
»*r the members to make arrests.
»**« Neoroes.—A gentleman
[ an adjacent county says that every
loss negro that gets into trod
’straight tor Athens. Last week
if that class moved ap here snd
v loafing on the streets; ,
A Fireman’s Contest.—Chief Bald
win of the Fire Department and the va
rious officers of the companies are now
making arrangements for a grand parade
and contest on the 4th of May. It is
osed to have the annual inspection
that time, and to have reel contests
between the different companies. The
companies will go to practising at once
and it is expected that the -contest will
be exciting and interesting. It is not de
cided yet whether or not companies from
distance will be invited.
Salt Strings.—Capt. G. H. Yancey
reached the city yesterday, from Salt
Springs, 23 miles from Atlanta. Captain
Y'ancey says it will be the resort of the
South. One of the finest equipped ho
tels in the state will be put up there
and a railroad run to its door. This
gentleman also tells us that he saw par
lies ftom Birmingham, Ala., and they say
that while property is not in such active
demand, there is no decline in prices, and
gTeat deal of building is going on.
PaopERTT Tradr.—Mr. Macon John
son has traded to Mr. R. B. Russell his
property on Prince avenue, adjoining
Capt. W.W. Thomas, and containing a
small cottage and seven acres of land, for
his Milledge avenue house and a one
acre lot. Mr. Johnson paid $900 differ
ence. Mr. Rnssell will open a street
through his new purchase and sell off
lots. It wss a good trade for both par
ties.
A Union Depot.—A gentleman who is
in a position to know says that a union
depot for all the railroads will be estab
lished in rear of the Fronklin property,
and Prince avenue. It is the only site in
the city that presents a suitable level
for all the roads, snd believes there is
plenty of vacant land for shops and other
luildings. If this is true, property in
that locality will he very valuable, but
not desirable for residence lots.
Seconds Taeen Back.—It is now de
finitely learned that the faculty has de
cided to take back the seconds in the re
cent duelling affair. Why the facult-
was so reserved about a matter whicl
the public was so perfectly familiar with
will doubtless longTemain a mystery.
There is no reason why the determina
tion of the faculty should not have been
made public long ago.
A Railroad Subscription.—It is said
that the owners of Oconee White Sul
phur springs property have offered to the
management of the Augusta & Chatta
nooga Railroad five thousand dollars to
run the road by that resort. The offer is
being considered by the railroad, and it
is likely the line will be surveyed. This
will greatly increase the value ef this
desirable watering resort.
Lost (?) thk MoneV-A party iaAth-
ens gave a certain person $tO in money
and a horse to start out trading on, and
they were to divide the ^profits. In a
few* days the trader returned with an
old broken-down hack and reported that
he had lost the $40 out of his pocket.
The victim has now pasted in his hat the
adage, “Place not your trust in horse-
swappers.”
INSOLENT NEGBOES
We have been informed by Mr. Joe
Evans thst the young negro bucks from
thirteen to eighteen years of age; who are
attending the public schools, have been
in the habit recently of insulting small
white pupils of the public schools. Mr.
Evans reports the case of a crowd of
negro boys pushing and knocking young
white children off the sidewalk. It has
gotten to the pats that young white chil->
Iren are absolutely afraid to ge to and
eturn from school alone. A thirteen-
-old daughter of a highly respectable
en has been pushed off the sideWslk
several times within the past few days
iy gangs of these insolent colored pupils,
md grossly insulted by them. It is bad
nough, heaven knows, to be taxed to
•lucate these vagrants, but it is a little
hit too much to have to stand their inso
lence. If .education in the public schools
iffects them in this way, the sogner the
schools are abolished the better. The
bool board should look into these mat-
r and rid the schools of these insolent
_ ipils. The parties who have been
troubled in this respect lately will keep
an eye on their children hereafter, and it
will not be good for the colored bucks to
iractice their insolence again. The school
i-iard should look more closely into the
public school management, and see if
there is not some way to rid : the schools
o : these grown up young bucks, who
should be following the plow instead of
learning to read in the day time and steal
a> night. The colored schools are rapid-
1becoming nuisances.
A Merited Reward.—As a tribute
his gallantry and bravery in capturing
burglar while robbing a store at Harmo
ny Grove, a few days ago, the city coun
cil of Gainesville has passed s resolution
thanking Marshal Hanie for hie watch
fulness, courage end bravery in the mat
ter, and presented him with s new $40
uniform.
Tb O., C. A V^-It U said that Gen.
Hoke can make legitimately ,* Mg -'*'
by building his railroad. T?e 4 pi
for it $15^00 smile when bid
ped^nd can complete itfer$,
leaving him * clear profit of
every mile he constructs.
A Baxoai*.—Any one wanting » small
second hand piano, m • first-class condi
tio*, can secure a bargain by calling
Burke’i
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.
In Bad Luck.—Mr. John Statham of
acksori county come to Athens yester- .
ay with s load of butter, eggs and chick college work?”
Altiena is Visited bv Two Frofeaaora
Who Have Tbelr Eye* Open -Some
. Significant Remark*.
The city yesterday was visited by two
distinguished strangers who were taken
over the town and shown the main points
of educational and marufacturing inter
est. These were Mr. J. I. Alden and
Mr. M. P. Higgins, who are connected
with the Technological School of Wor
cester, Mass. They aae taking a trip
through the South, examining her edu
cational facilities and generally testing
the merits of the system by which the
people are solving the common school
question as well as that of higher educa
tion. It will be remembered that the
training school of Worcester is the mod
el after which the Georgin School of
Technology is framed and these gentle
men, representatives of practical educa
tion which is now attracting so much at
tention in the South, are noting the pro
gress which we are making also in this
new departure.
Messrs. Alden snd Higgins have been
to Atlanta and looked over the plans of
the State school which is now being
constructed. Thence they "ook a trip
to Oxford to inspect the flourishing little
school which Prof. Hopkins has annexed
to the classical school, and which he is
working so successfully in connection
with the college at that place.
These gentlemen made a tour of the
public schools yesterday and thoroughly
inspected the workings of our system.
They were particularly pleased with
these schools and pronounced the prima
ry departments very fine. They
declared that they were amply repaid
for their visit and trouble. They say
that Prof. Branson is one of the best su
perintendents they ever saw, and that
his work has flowered in one of the fin
est systems in the South. The work of
the corps of teachers was evidently up to
the mark of the best and most experi
ence.
The visitors made a visit to the State
University and met the excellent Chan
cellor of that institution. The college
was not in session yesterdey, but the
visitors were impressed with thebeautt-
tiful grounds, ample apparatus and evi
dent strength and symmetry of the Uni
versity system.
“How happened it,” answered one of
the visitors’as he stepped-in to the car
tage to ride to the depot, “that you did
notseeure the Technological School for
Athens and for the University? Your
facilities here should have fastened to
yon this new and progressive branch of
MATTERS MENTIONED
THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED BE
FORE ON THE STREETS.
The Workof the Assessors—Increase
of Population—The Improvements
—The Inconvenient Court House
—What Ought to be Done With lt-
A Union Depot—Other Hatters.
The city assessors have heen busy for
the psst week assessing city property.
The present board of assessors is com
posed of three as good men as conld be
found for the purpose. They are intel
ligent, have fine business faculties, and
appreciate the fact, all-important just
now, that Athens is no longer a village
settlement, but has become a city of no
mean pretensions. In making their
rounds, the assessors naturally become
familiar with the various improvements
going on in the city. They can compare
the progress of one ward with that of
another, and can state with unusual ac
curacy, different facts connected with
the permanent progress of the city.
♦a*
As it was stated in our columns yes
terday, the assessors confidently believe
that the population of the city is over
ten thousand. The assessors have had
ample opportunities of making a correct
estimate, for they are familiar with the
number of houses and their occupants.
A statement as to the population of the
city, coming from them, carries weight
with it, and now that they are on record
as saying that there are ten thousand
souls in Athens, the city council should
not hesitate for a moment to take the cor
rect census of the city, and lay claim to
the advantages that a ten thousand popu
lation is entitled to. The census can he
taken at a very small cost; as it has been
suggested, the police force can be put to
work enumerating the people, and with
occasional spurring up will no doubt be
made to do the work with perfect satis
faction, and with considerable despatch.
***
The assessois say that in the first ward
few improvements have been made with
in the past year. It is accounted for in
several ways. First, that ward already
is the most thickly settled ward in the
city, having more houses and more peo
ple than any other ward. Its popula
tion, in a large measure, is a working
population, and it has not in
creased to any appreciable extent
for the reason that there has not been
any demand for workmen or homes
in that portion of the city. And, too,
the class of improvements that hare
be- ii made during the past year, are not
improvements that would be likely to he
made in the first ward. For example, a
loan who wants to erect a handsome
home for his family, is more likely to
choose a lot in that portion of the city
devoted exclusively to residences.
we do not agree with some of his senti
ments. He said the other day “that there
was no good in placing flowers on the
graves of men dead twenty or twenty-
five years. That four five or six years
immediately following the war, this cus
tom was well enough and proper; but that
now the celebration of the day should
take a more material form. • That the
ladies and charitable disposed should
turn thur efforts in the direction of col
lecting money for the purpose of suffer
ing homes to the thousand Confederate
soldiers, whose want of arms and legs
prevented them from making a living."
***
The ex-soldier went on to say that if
after the war all the money spent in the
South upon memorial monuments had
been used in erecting homes and retreats
in the different states for the sick and
wounded of the Confederacy, that a great
deal more good would have heen accom
plished. That the homes and retreats
were the first work thatshould have been
done for the Confederate soldiers, and
after that the erection of the memorial
monument to commemorate the gallant
dead would have been very appropriate.
The old soldier thought that it was not
too late yet to begin this work, that
twenty years of suffering and poverty
had carried off many a poor soldier, but
that there were hundreds of soldiers
yet, who would hail as a blessing from
heaven the erection of a home, where
they could spend in tolerable comfort the
evening of tlieir days. The ex-soldier
declared that he was ready to give liber
ally of his substance for the work. He
is right in the main about th# home—
there should be one in every Southern
state, but there is still no good reason
why the beautiful custom of laying
spring flowers on the graves of our hero
dead should be discontinued.
MEMORIAL MATTERS. OUR NEIGHBORS.
TALK AVITH A FARMER.
SOME SOUND AND LOGICAL AD
VICE.
Fire a Farmer’s XVorst Enemy—Gu
ano to the Soil Like Whisky to the
Human System—The Profit in
Grass Culture—Gan ltuise Neat
Cheaper Than Buy It.
“Fire is the farmer’s worst enemy, and
one should never be allowed out of his
chimney,” remarked Mr. Jackson, su
perintendent of Dr. W. A. Carlton’s fine
farm near Athens, a few days ago, to
the Bannf.r-YVatchman.
“Explain your words,” the scribe
asked.
“I simply mean that everything in the
way of vegetation that can be consumed
by fire should bo allowed to decay ou the
land, and help form the mold so neces
sary to fertility. And again, to burn
over a new ground or any other field . is
equivalent to taking more than half the
substance from the soil. You not only
consume the litter that should be allow
ed to decay, but the fire also penetrates
into the land and actually burns out the
mold that is to our fields what blood
to the animal system. I will illustrate
this to you right here,” continued Mr.
Jackson. “Now carefully examine the
character of the soil on which you are
standing. It is a glaring red, a pure
clay, and you see the cotton stalks
on it arc dwarfed. Now step
about twenty feet up the hill
and tell me if you see any difference in
the soil? Don’t you see what a deep black
red this latter earth is, with traces of de
cayed vegetation, and the crop grown on
it last year also shows the difference.
Well, this illustrates what I was telling
you about fire. Both of these sections
of land were cleared the same time and
arc identically the same kind of soil. A
tire got out and burned oTer the first
part that you examined, while on the
other 1 allowed every leaf and brush to
decay. One soil will last much longer
than the other, and after the first year
largely outyield it Any vegetation
The bulk of the improvements for the
past year has been in the direction of
new homes. Consequently the second,
third and fourth wards particularly the
last two have secured the majority of
these homes. All over the city, here
and there, irrespective of location, new
houses have been erected and small
corner stores put up. These small
houses indicate an increased population,
and the demand for small groceries in
different parts of the city indicate some
thing. These improvements are not con
fined to any locality, but the costlier a'nd
more conspicuous houses are to be seen
mostly in the second, third o. fourth
wards of the city. The assessors say
that some of the choicest property in
Athens has been assessed at a ridicu
lously low rate. That men hare heen
paying taxes on an amount that would
not make half the sum they ask for their
property. It is proposed to correct this
evil this year, and it will not be long be
fore the howl is heard.
***
It is generally admitted that the loca ^ ^ _
tion of the Clarke county court house except a rich pine stump that wifi burn
was a mistake. It is decidedly too far wi u also decay, and form a stimulant for
removed from the business centre of the , the soil _ So in clearing Bmdlatnas
city. It will be remembered that at the • carc f u i that fire don't get out as I am
time our court house was built, the latej about the house or barn I pile the
THE LADIES’ ASSOCIATION MEET
AND REORGANIZE.
Election of Officers—Hr*. Ruther
ford’s Resignation Not Accepted—
Programme and Orators for the
26th—A Word About the Honnment
. : Thos. R. R. Cobb.
The ladies of Athens met on Monday
afternoon in response to a call from Mrs.
Rutherford, to prepare a Memorial Day
program for this vear and to assist in the
reorganization of the Association.
The meeting was held at the residence
of Mrs. Ann Hodgson, near the Confed
erate monument, and was a large and
enthusiastic one. Mrs. Rutherford an
nounced to the ladies in opening the ses
sion, that owing to the work which the
Association found itself called upon to
perform, that of assisting in the erection
of a monument to her brother, Gen. T. R.
R. Cobb, on the battle field where he
fell, she would resign the presidency of
the body."
This created a murmut of dissent,
which soon Xrhke into an outspoken pro
test. Mrs. Rutherford has presidedover
the Ladies’ Memorial Association from
its inception, except a few years. Before
the close of thewar, when the
duty of this society of ladies was to
minister to the wounded and to advance
the aggressive and defensive forces of
the Confederacy, Mrs. Rutherford was
an active agent and the acknowledged
head of the aid society. When the Con
federacy passed into a lost cause, and
there was nothing left but
its memory, . this lady has work
ed signally and continuously for
the hallowing of that cause. Under the
work of the Association that memory
has been enshrined in marble and per
petuated in the hearts of the people.
These were the reasons which influ
enced the ladies to pretest against the
resignation of Mrs. Rutherford, and they
were right. She was retained in the
Presidency, Mrs. Muir assistant Presi
dent and Mrs. J. W. Nevitt, Mrs.
Crawford and Mrs. II. H. Carlton were
chosen Vice Presidents. Miss Laura
Speer was elected Secretary.
A committee was appointed to prepare
a suitable programme for memoriable
day and to provide for its elaborate ob
servance in Athens. Mr. Sylvanus Mor
ris was chosen orator and Mr. E. T.
Brown alternate of the occasion. A full
er announcement will he made in due
time.
W f e understand an entertainment will
be given in a short while for the benefit
of the Association. The Cobb monument
matter will be looked after by an appro
priate committee, and the usual Memori
al Day collection will be taken up at the
cemetery boxes.
THE C0DB MEMORIAL.
One word to the ladies: The erection
of a monument to Gen. Thos. It. R. Cobb
would be a most appropriate tribute
to one of the purest heroes of the
Civil Revolution. But if the Association
is to erect a monument to Gen. Cobb it
should be in Athens, not in Virginia. It'
would he very appropriate to have the
battle field marked by a white shaft
where tile gallant Cobb was killed. But
a monument with anything like the sol
dierly statue and benevolent features of
the great and good soldier, statesman
and Christian, should he put up at his
old home. The heroic figure of Gen.
Cobb on the Augusta monument is an ex
cellent one, and Athens should duplicate
it in some form; but it should be here at
home. In one year there will probably
not be a single member of Gen. Cobbii
immediate family in Athens. They are
now nearly all in Atlanta. It will be the
more important then that the monument
should be put up in Athens where he
lived and whence he went to the field.
Let us have the monument here at his
old home.
YESTERDAY’S NEWS FROM THE ’’OWNS
AROUND US.
LOVE FOILED FOR ONCE.
AN ELOPEMENT PREVENTED IN
MADISON COUNTY.
An Irate Father Pursues the Bride-Elect
dne Captures Her Before ths Groom Ar-
riye«--A Lively Chase.
Daniels villk, April 12.—[Special.]—
For some time past rumor says Mr. Wil-
born Threlkeld, a handsome widower
lias been paying considerable attentions
to the eldest daughter of Mr J M Mob
ley, the besutiful Miss Ila. F or some
reasons this young widower and fair
dame imagined that the match would not
please Mr J M., and on last Thursday
night Miss Ila, about 2 o’clock, quietly
stole away from home and made her way
to Mr. B. Hull’s, in Elbert county. By
some mishap the lovers failed to meet
and when Wilborn reached Mr. Hull’s,
on Sunday morning, the irate father had
been in advance and recaptured the fair
runaway and safely landed her at home
again. There were some lively times
during the pursuit. The end is not yet.
Somebody is going to get shot in this
community if certain petty larcenies are
not stopped. A lot of trifling negroes
that infest this community, are stealing
everything they can get their hands on,
even to the corn in the horse troughs.
David W Meadow has bought the
beautiful lot recently purchased of
Mrs J 0 Daniel, by Mr B N Russell.
Danielsvillk. April 11.—[Special]—
On Friday last Mr. W. J. Dudley closed
up his house and went away, and during
the day the house burned to the ground.
Me had driven his wife off sometime be
fore, and nobody was at the house. A
ploughman near by was the first to dis
cover the burning, but too late to save the
building.
Mr. R. W. Boggs killed another mad
dog a few nights ago that was playing
havoc with dogs, poultry, etc. So many
mad dogs were never seen in this county
before.
Mr. E. Wickliffe, of Bowman, is visit
ed his sister, the accomplished Miss Lois
our assistant teacher, yesterday. He
says some of the burned store, in Bow
man will probably de replaced by brick
structures.
TIRED OF LIFE.
A GAINESVILLE WOMAN THROWS
HERSELF ON THE RAILS.
When near Mitchela bridge one of
his oxen became unmanageable and turn
ed the wagoh over breaking the eggs and
irning the chickens loose. This is not
at that happened to Mr Statham. He
h ol to camp and wait for the chickens to
go to roost so that he could catch them,
and while out in pursuit of his chickens
a thief came along and stole his butter.
Festive Gamblers.—Some of the
young bloods of the city who have been
indulging in festive games of the
[rest American game of “draw poltcr”
tave been summoned before the grand
jury to tell what they know about the
relative merits of fulls, straights and
fl ishes. As some of the. yaung blooda
a-e very apprehensive that their respect-,
s I fathers will hear of these little indis
cretions of theirs, there is much tremb
ling and quaking among them.
Pater Suspended.—Mr. D. A. Baker,
the genial young editor ef the Royston
Review, was in the city yesterday. He
wdl suspend the Review until next Sep
tember, as he will bo absent, when it
will be again resumed. Mr. Baker has
i ■ him the material of a capital gewspa-
: > >r man, snd we do not want him to
leave the profession.
Superior Court.—The whole ds/evas
taken up in the trial of T. W. Rucker va.
Athens Mfg. Co. The jury after
being out over an hqur 'bronght in a ver-
d et for the plaintiff, for one thousand
d dlars and cost The attorneys on both
sides made fine arguments.
A Returned Convict.—Bob Billups, a
young negro and one of the a»Mt incoiti-
ible rogues In Athena, after serving a
hrm in the chain-gang, has returned home
an 1 r. emsas hardened ai ever.. We pro-
di it that it won’t Be long be fere ha is at
kU old tricks again.
The Banner-Watchman was about to
answer, but the top of Charlie Cooper’s
new landeau closed over them and the
dust fell in great rings behind the retir
ing vehicle.
They were shown every attention by
Mr. Prince Hodgson, Prof. Branson and
other citizens,and left on the N. E. R. R.
train last evening, evidently impressed
with the educational centre of Georgia.
Eastxb Omnthro.—Mrs. T. J; Bur
ney has presented onr. friend Bnrney
with Ian Easter offeringof adaughter. It
. Is no secret that CoL Barney ia.a* hap
py a* the’owner ef a corner let in Bir
mingham. ' *
A Grand Record.—We call your at
tention to the advertisement of a remedy
which has stood the test of more than
half a century with increasing popular
ity, and is universally admitted to have
no equal as a remedy for the cure of dis
eases originating in a disordered Liver,
snch as Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Consti
pation, Headache, Colic, etc. Simmons
Liver Regulator is simple and harmless,
purely vegetable, and can be safely and
advantageously used under any circum
stances. It acts mildly and effectually,
and is especially valuable as a Family
Medicine, which position it holds in so
many homes. We do not kndw another
preparation which can bring forward
such endorsements from heads of fami
lies and those holding the highest official
and social positions. Keep Simmons
Liver Regulator in your house. It will
reduce your doctor’s bill and insure for
your families health and happiness.
It seems strange, but it is nevertheless
true, that the world contains people who
will try to imitate, counterfeit ot substi
tute something else for a Genuine, meri
torious at tide, even to the extent of mak
ing a spurious medicine, risking life and
health, and it behooves every one to look
that they buy only the Genuine. Zeilin
& Co. bare used the precaution to put on
the front of each wrapper their trade
mark of a curved Z entwined around the
mortar, and on the side-he signature of
J. H. Zeilin & Co. Frauds should always
be denounced and the true remedies only
upheld.
Th* Brown Fund.—Major Cobb tails
os that aeveral students have already
paid tha interest on the amount they re
ceived from the Brown fond. - This do
nation has done great good in educating
poor boys.
Th* New OrxRA Bouse.—It is de
oiled to add a third story snd a mansard
roof to the new opera house, at . a coat of
$$,000. ^TbUwttl mjjj» OR* fif **“> h * nd
Increased AnsAallr, Gaqlding, of
ration. ' Thottianda #f Zeros
are cleared. [•* ‘
Vandalism.—On either end of the long
verandah at the Lucy Cobb Institute
there are two large figures representing
different animals, etc. For a long num
ber of years certain young fellows make
periodical visits to these animals and
treat them to a coat of black paint No
thing has heretofore been done with the
parties, hot it is said that the recent
painting will receive the attention of the
grand jury. Several yonng men are
somewhat shaky over the outlook.
Our Polk* Force.—It is impossible
for [onr small police force to be every-
where at the same time. There isa
— ' " g' incorporate
... qn tijl 6qti;ktrt| of
think it Wflqjd ho » go.Qd
y to mount one or (wq
of the force, and let them do
patpel duto all night over"the town.
Judge Rice was the presiding judge of
the circuit. The old jurist had stood
the town hall with all its -discomforts,
until patience had ceased to be a virtue,
and he is said to have told the grand
jury that if a court house was not built
by the next term ofthe court, he would
build one himself and charge it up to the
county. The selection was made with a
rush, and everything about the present
court house shows that the building
was put un in great haste. The stair
cases go across doorways in the most sur
prising manner, and the rear of the build
ing has all along looked as if the possi
bility of the city growing in that direc
tion was never for a moment entertained
by the parties in charge.
•***
A courthouse should be near the busi
ness houses of a city. Jurors are fre
quently composed of men who can spare
but little time from their business.
These men do not want to hang about a
court bouse a mile away from the busi
ness part of the city; they want to go
right along with their business until the
time comes when they are needed in the
jury box, and if the court house is within
a respectable distance o£» the business
houses, they can get there in time to es
cape the wrath of the judge. As it is
now, when a businessman is drawn upon
a traverse jury he loses an entire day
from his business, for the distance is too
great to permit him to remain at the
store and be summoned by a messenger,
so he is forced to sit about the ccurt room
and wait with impatience,hour after hour,
until he is drawn upon a jury or dismiss
ed for the day.
***
It is hard to say what ought to be
done with our court house. It is fitted
for so many purposes that it is difficult
to decide upon the best. It would make
an excellent public school building; with
a little money to rearrange matters in the
interior, it could be converted into a
large, commodious and comfortable
school. It has nice, ample grounds,', for
the benefit of children; it is well shaded,
convenient to all the wards, and is about
as fair and central a location fur school
purposes as codld be sel/cted. There is
hardly any use in talking about this, for
there is no probability, either immediate
or remote, of this change being made. It
is almost a certainty that Clarke county
will have to put up with its present jus
tice hall for a good many years yet—
perhaps,until the winds ef heaven, or the
trembling earth, or the disastrous fire,
levels it with the ground.
»*♦
• A well known gentleman of this city
was heard to remark a few days ago, that
in the event all the railroads now being
built to Athens reached the city, that he
hoped no Union depet would be erected.
His idea was that if each road maintained
ita own depot, there would be built up
around each one a little town. That the
employes would erect homes near their
work; that elevators and presses for
each road’s benefit would be built, and
that in time it would become necessary
for each road to erect handsome passen
ger sheds and freight depots. All this
would be lost to the city if the roads were
to unite and erect one large, commo
dious union depot. And the gentleman
went on to say that -the nature of the
country abont Athens and the great diffi
culty that would be experienced in get
ting into the city would make it almost
impossible for a union depot to be erect
ed. He said that some remarkable feats
of engineering would have to be Accom
plished in order that the different rail
roads might get under the same shed.
***
• The Ladies Memorial Association has
decided to celebrate “Memorial Day” by
as good a parade as the city can get up,
and intends to have an oration from one or
the other of two prominent young law
yers of the city. We are glgd the
- ’ ‘ionjiaf dpterRt’Ped to rejepe the ga,
pa 'jodlfferen[atism that was rap-
it may not be out or pigoe to quote i
ex-Confederete soldier oq (he suV
though we will say in ths beginning
r ; j!g:
brush and timber that I don’t use for
wood in rows as I would lay off my fur
rows, and they take up no more space
than a hillside ditch or terrace. Every
year, during some leisure time, I shift
this litter to thin spots and plow over
the old place, which is the richest land
in the field. It is but little trouble and
pays far better than buying guano. And
besides, land thus treated don’t wash so
badly. In a few years everything has
decayed and you have a mold in your
soil that could not otherwise he secured.”
“What do you think about gu&no,
Mr.Jackson?”
“It has about the same effect on land
as whisky on a human being. It tem
porarily stimulates, but does no perma
nent good. I prefer compost,that I can
make cheaper, and it gives better satis
faction. And then the commercial fer
tilizers you buy these days are very little
account. In fact, one of the eld-fash
ioned sacks are worth five now. They
are using all manner ef substitutes for
the genuine deposit of the sea island
bird, that won’t do the same good. But
we farmers can make most of our fertil
izers at home and thus save 25 per cent,
of our cotton crop, that it now takes to
pay guano notes. Every brushheap or
log that a farmer burns is worth more to
his land than a sack of guano, for which
he pays three and four dollars.” *
“I notice that you raise a great deal of
hay.”
-‘Yes, and that is one of the big leaks
in our Georgia farmers’ pocket books.
There is nothing easier to grow than
grass, or a crop in which there is more
clear money. And yet look at the hun
dreds of thousands of tons annually
brought from the West and East to our
state! Why, there is a little strip of
bottom land of less than an acre, from
which in two cuttings I took six large
loads of hay, and would have got nearly
as much more but my machine broke
down. Grass costs but little to grow,
and yet there is no crop we can raise that
will yield more money per acre.
But one thing bear in mind—you
can’t grow hay on poor soil. You
must first prepare your land to produce
it, and you can’t make it too rich, either.
A few acres of bottom or even up land
will grow all the grass and make all the
hay a farmer needs for his horses and
cattle. In some of the German states,
where they irrigate the land, seven crops
are cut a year, and there is not a finer
grass country in the world than Middlo
Georgia. There is nothing that makes a
better hay than the little Lespedeza,
that has of late years been taking our old
fields. It is sweet and nutritions for
stock, and yields enormously. As the
stem is small and tender, there is no
waste, Mixed with Bermuda hay it is a
most superior forage.”
“Do you ever burn off your grass
fields?”
“Certainly not I tell you that I per
mit no fire on this farm except in chim
neys for warmth and cooking purposes.
You want all-the vegetation possible for
grass as well as other crops, and it iswil-
ful destruction to burn off the grass fields.
The dead grass and litter that collects
don’t. interfere with manuring, for it
droops to the ground as soon as the young
grass sprouts, and this forms a good coat
of manure.”
of manure.”
“Is there money raising hogs?,’
“Yes, there is money in anything yon
can raise on a farm. I have found that
I can raise meat cheaper then I can buy
it, but of course not on imported corn.
You must make your farm self-support
ing to grow anything profitable. One
must depend on another, and to be suc
cessful and prosperous you must waist
nothing and keep away from merchants
as much as possible.”
To our mind, there j» qoupd
sense in the $hqy$ tyief tqteryiew with
Mr. Jacl^oq than yya hqve seen on agri
culture in years, and we ^visp every
fanner to ent oflt the $$44 $|dA MSte \l
in his hgt, •
'■UAS.1-R <; t. I I'll'- "
Covington talks About building a road
(q connect with the G n C. & N., at Lo-
gansville.
IIA It .VI ON t GROVE.
Col. p F Lawshe, the popular and pros
perous ageDt of the Hartford Insurance
Co., returned to the Grove last night af
ter a pleasant visit to his family in the
Gate City.
Only two cases were tried here yes
terday in our Justice court. The first
case called was thatof H H Hale vs. Mrs
I F Harris suit on account, after hearing
evidence and argument of counsel, the
jury gave a verdict in favor of the plain
tiff. W W Stark and J M Merritt ap
peared for the platntiff, and Wm H Simp
kins representing the defendant.
The next case on the docket was that
I R Hix vs. L Barber suit on account.
After a short tria the jury returned a
verdict for the defeudant. Wm H Simp
kins represented the plaintiff and J W
Ilill and R L J Smith the defendant.
Rev. Frank Stark one of Jackson coun
ty’s most prominent and prosperous citi
zens was in the Grove this morning on
business.
OGLETHORPE COUNTY.
Crawford, April 12.—[Special.]—Sid
Wilkins while playing base ball yester
day ran into a barbed wire fence, and
sadly disfigured his pants.
In talking with people from different
parts of the county we find that they are
generally satisfied that prohibition" has
done great good, and in case the antis
succeed in getting another election this
year they will be defeated by a greater
majority tnan they were before.
We heaid a drummer say that he had
been selling tobaco several years and he
had nearly killed himself chewing, sorry
tobacco to show his customers that it was
a good chew.
NICHOLSON NEWS.
Thieves at Wort—Bain Needed.
Nicholson, April 12.—[Special.]—The
thieves seemed to have commenced
their spring work here as well as else
where. Dr. Hood has lost three sacks of
corn and about fifty bushels of fodder.
We are having very dry weather and
the ground is becoming hard and crusty.
Nicholson, April II—[Special.]—
Dr. W. L. Hood of Harmony Grove has
settled here for the practice of medicine.
Judging from appearances, I think he is
a nice man and good physician.
Mr E M Antony who has been sick
some time is getting well.
The measles which have been prevail
ing for some time are wanting subjects.
No new cases.
CRAWFORD NOTES.
The surveying party of the G., C. & N,
Railroad are running a new line from El-
berton to Athens. They crossed North
Broad river below Harpers ferry and
will cross South Broad above Watson's
mill. The party are now camped near
Bob Russell's in Madison county. If
tnis lino is seclected it will cross the A.
.1 C. road near Fork church in Madison
i ounty.
UNION POINT NEWS.
Union Point, April 13.—Farmers are
complaining of the dry weather.
The Terraces had 67 for meals one day
last week. That was a field day for the
clever proprietor.
Cotton receipts have about closed at
this point, with an increase of ten per
cent over the receipts of the crop of 1885
Athens will come in for a large propor
tion of the crop of 1887.
Superior Court.—The Viqe of the
court was taken up yesterday in a suit
of J. R. Crane vs A: Thornton princi
ple snd SJ. T. Kendrick security, The
jUvY g»TC * verdict for (he plaintiff. A
greet deal of the time of the court is be-
r ing taken up hearing divorce oases.
There will bp qt least fifty negroes who
are forced to 6» A"d marry again. ,
———
Yfe regret to hour of the death of CoL
John A. Stephens in Washington which
oocnred Tuesday night, He had been
very ill <Jf hemorrhagic fever for some
time, but had been sitting up and it was
hoped he would recover.
And Seeks Death In Front ef the Engine—
Her Tale ofWoe—Won and Abandoned—
What She says-
Lula, April 12.—[Special.]—Mary
Hill, a noted character from Gainesville,
Ga., attempted suicide here this after
noon by lying down on the railroad
track in front of a moving engine and
cars, but as the engine was not moving
very fast her life was saved by the pilot |
pushing her off the track, but she was
badly hurt. Mr. C. C. Hodges, the agent,
sent a dispatch for the Sher
iff of Hall county, and
he came and took her to Gainesville.
She claims that a certain man in Gaines
ville, who is sailing in high life, was the
cause of her ruin and then cast her off,
and she lay down on the track to kill her
self and get out of her troubles. She
also claims to have a brother in Athens.
She was indeed a pittiful sight to behold,
for every breath was a prayer to God to
let her die and get out of her misery.
JEFFFERSON JOTTINGS.
Jefferson, April 11.—[Special.]—Our
popular merchant, Mr. N. N. Pendergrass,
has been sick for several days. He is
better to-day.
Mr. Hill Randolph, sr., of Randolph
district, died on the 11th inst. He was
one of our best and oldest citizens. He
is an uncle of Messrs. J. E. and Hill
Randolph, of our town.
Mr. Ike Austin stopped work on his
stables yesterday on account of some
supposed defect in the title, but investi
gation showed that he bought
from the party that owned it. The
moral is that you must not listen to men
that have not sufficient business of their
own and are compelled to look after their
neighbor’s business for pastime.
Col. Lockett, of Albany, arrived in the
village on Saturday night He is the
guest of Prof. Hunter.
Our school has captured some half a
dozen scholars that had been going to
Dahlonega.
Mumps is working our town. Hope it
will soon be exhausted for want of ma
terial.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Carnesvh.le, April IP—[Special.]—
J C McConnell will leave here to-day
to attend the meeting of the Knithts of
Honor which meets in Macon.
Col. W I Pike and a party of Jeffer
son sporstmen will takle the finy tribe on
North Broad river, fishing from McEn-
tyre and Nelms’s mill pond to Stone’s
bridge. They will be accompanied by a
party from this place who will assist
them to catch a number of ells aad cat fish
from thatmurkey stream.
Miss Georgia Herndon and Dr. SC
Rampley will visit Miss Lettie Tabor at
Fort Lamar to-morrow, and take in the
Cromer’s mill picnic on their return.
John Williams colored, who has been
bed-ridden from a sore on his leg is in a
very precarious condition, and is not ex
pected to live but a short time.
Carnesvillb, April 11.—[Special.]—
Ghosts.are seen almost every night near
the tree Frank Sanders was hung on. It
is said that the land and house belonging
to Dr. H. M. Fceman, and near the place
of the execution, has depreciated in value
at least 50 percent. A watermelon farm
or hen roost at or near the place would
be a safe investment, as the average dar
key is superstitious and would steer shv
of melons and fat Shanghai’s that grow
or roost in that vicinity. It is an undis
puted fact that there is a fine supply #f
ghosts at or near the place of the execu
tion and they have been seen by several
parties and at many times. The parties
who have seen them are of undoubted
veracity, add their existence is establish
ed beyond a doubt.
The troubles and quarrels over the
stock law have abont subsided, and quiet
reigns supreme in Warsaw.
iicAier happenings.
Homer, April 12.—[Special]—Mr. W.
F. Hill came in town yesterday evening
with a long string of large suckers.
Mr. W. B. Mason is having some im
provements made on his homo lot.
Mr. L. N. Turk and wife are visiting
Mr. Harvey Telford, who, wo learn, is
quite sick.
Prof. J. G. Walks* will give an enter
tainment in the oourt house in about two
weeks. He will have a May Queen and
several nice speeches, compositions and
dialogViTO. All are invited to attend. He
means to show the people that his school
has not ‘Vlsoeassd,” as was stated in the
last week’s Banner-Watchman.
1WAYSYILLE HATTERS.
Mvrsvua.*, April 12.—[Special.]—
Mr. William G. England, of Oglethorpe
oounty, died here yesterday. He was
visiting his son-in-law, Mr. R. L. Wil
liams, was suddenly taken with paraly-
sis and died soon afterwards.
John Tate was arrested and tried here
last.night for assault and battery and
was bound over with a $15 bond for his
appearance at the superior court; also by
request of defendant’s attorney, the pros
ecutor was bound over to prosecute un-
deran equal bond.
The prcsidental campaign may
to have opened. Hon. John Sherman j
augarated the movement,, when lie I
his southern trip, and received negro dep|
u tations in Birmingham, and preached i
rial equality in Nashville. His tour '
evidently a graceful announcement ofthe
fact, that he intended to offer for
presidency. At any rate, the Hon. John
intended it to be graceful, but according
to Southern ideaii of tfewfituma nfrMq^ yl
it was far below the standard.
The “plumed knight,” Mr. Blaine, gave
Mr. Sherman a few days start, before he
took to the woods, and shortly after the
Nashville speech of his opponent, Mr.
Blaine was shaking hands with the St.
Louis merchants on ’Change. In point
of grace and beauty, Mr. Blaine's begin
ning may be said to have greatly surpass
ed that of Mr Sherman.
N It will thus be seen that the Republi
can party has already opened the. con
test for the highest office in the gift of
this people. It is pretty well understood
that the fight in the convention will be
between Blaine and Sherman. How it
will result no one can foretell with any
degree of certainty, but so far, the tone
of the Northern press has been far more
kindly to Mr. Blaine than to Mr. Sher
man. The rank and file of the party 'I
R eem to prefer the gifted and brilliant
Maine statesman, with till his faults and
weaknesses, to the almost Puritanical
coldness and dignity of the Ohio senator-
It matters liltle to the South which of
these men get the nomination. Both are
avowed enemies or its institutions and it
people, and if there is any, preference'-'--
the matter, it may he for J’.litinc; for, with
all his want of character and plrinciple, he
is personally more popular thaiufihermaa
As yet, the Democrats have noK' con
sidered with any degree of interest^* 1 * j
question “who must succeed Mr. Cleve
land In fact, death has robbed tile
party of the peo^e of so many of its dis
tinguished lights, that few are left whose
reputations are sufficiently extended to
justify the party in olt'ering them to the
people. Hie silence and indifference
seem to indicate beyond all question that
Mr, Cleveland will be his own successor
He is undoubtly the strongest man in
his party to-day. His administration,
while not particularly brilliant, has bee n
honest, capable and fearless. Corrup
tion has prevailed so long that the nov<[
ty has not entirely worn off. S ^
Mr. Cleveland made few promises—he
has not broken his word, what he said he
would do he has done, as far as he was
able. He has honestly administered the
law. Hs has not been a partizan presi
dent, he has been the chief executive
of the whole country, and the record of
his appointments will show that he ear
nestly desired to fill the ofiices with good
and capable men. Where honest officials
were discovered they were allowed to
remain, irrespective of their political re
lations.
In his political views, we believe Mr.
Cleveland is in accord with the mass of
the people. We believe in his tariff doc
trine he represents fully the great mass of
the Southern people. We believe he is
honest, he has shown himself capable,
and so far as we are concerned, we believe
he should he nominated, for he is more
likely to be successful than any other
man of his party. The party is not too
strongly established yet to overlook this
fact.
Atlanta cannot dodge the fact that
she was the first city, through bsW " '
her of commerce, to advocate the pas
sage of the Cullom Bill. And Atlanta
must accept the mortification of knowing
she was the first to pray that the law be
suspended. And i: will not do for At
lanta to say that the bill she advocated
was entirely different from the present
inter-state law.
Every now a -d then a wail comes
from the North about the growing disin
clination of the young men to wad.
Down South, it is with no small degree
of satisfaction that we notice the suc
cessful efforts of our young men in cb -y I
taining worthy and lovable women for
wives.
The Richmond and Danville railroad 1
has grown very strict upon the free pass
question. It is one of the encouraging
signs of the times that our great corpo
rations are so strictly adhering to the let
ter of the law.
Private advices inform us that the I
the goats at a certain literary and edu-1
cational institution were painted black, I
the other night. We cannot understand I
the object the festivejwuth 1 s in vipWj, I
when he treats ornamental goals toa]
coat of black paint.
W T e are glad to inform the public thal
up to date our varioua railroad franchise:
are still intact. It is only a question
time, however, when they will fall, eas;
victims, to the inordinate desire of the
many sneak thieves now infesting thif.
neighborhood.
When the car drivers are not sulky I
they are sassy. Sassy last week, theyl
are naturally sulky this week; but oh,f
well,’the mules are very trying to one’s!
temper.
The conviction of one or two sneak!
thieves would perhaps have a beneficial!
effect, but the shot gun, with its load of:
buckshot, is calculated to clear the at-|
mosphere more effectually.
General Sueiiman is continually in j
hot water. He is experiencing some
the same kind of discomforts he inflicted]
upon the South in 1864. x''''
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Few spectators attend the sessions of;
the superior court in this city. Court
week in Athens does not begin ts com
pare with an ordinary Sunday.
Suicides are increasing in number at]
an alarming rate. Self-execution is t
mighty poor way to get out of trouble.
PERSONAL AND MINOR rrEMS.
Mr. A. S. Dorsey says that spring oats]
are ruined by the dry weather.
Capt, Harry Jackson has been made]
Lt. Colonel on the Governor’s staff,
In a few weeks dirt will be broken on I
the G., C.& N. road. This is authentic. [
The new combination of the Macon A’l
Athens road will embrace a .system of|
800 miles.
Dock Dorsey killed a wild goose yes
terday on the pond with a rifle. It was|
a good shot. '
The good news from the Macon A Ath
ens roaid caused Athens to smile yester
day.
Mr. T. W. Rucker says he has s lot in]
Birmingham that he would not take]
$5,000 for.
Our railroad map was shown to sever
al merchants yesterday and created the I
most favorable comment.
Michael Brqs. intend to gointo'thel
wholesale manufacture of hate. It. will I
be an Important enterprise for our city.f
Mr. G. Jacobs, an Israelite of Atlanta,!
and an old oitizen of Athens, voluntarily!
sent Mr. Jones $5 for the Y. M.C. A. "
building.
Major J. H. Jones and lady, of Elbert- ]
on, yesterday went up to Atlanta to ex
amine plans for a residence to replace!
the one destroyed by 1 tire some tin**!
since.
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