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GIVE U1RLS_A CHANCE.
THE BILL INTRODUCED BY HON. R. B.
RUSSELL. OFCLARKE.
A 11111 In be Entitled an Act to Create anil
Establish an Industrial Institute or Cel*
left for the Education offllrls, os u Branch
or the University; to Appropriate Money
for the Same, and for Other Purposes.
S«?c. 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Georgia, That
there ahull bo established in this State,
in connection with the Stato University,
and forming one of the departments
thereof, an Industrial Institute and Col
lege for th*; education of white girls of
this State in the arts and sciences.
Said school shall be located, equipped
and conducted as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the
Governor of this State shall appoint seven
tit and diacrcet persons, residents of dif
ferent sections of this State, to act as
commission, rs of said institute, who shall
r i vo without pay, except that their ac
tual expenses while away from their sev
eral places of residence attending to their
duties as commissioners may he allowed
at hereinafter provided, and they may
select from their number a chairman and
secretary, prescribe rules and regula
tions for their government; may accept
the resignation of any member and fill
all vacancies. A majority shall consti.
tote a quorum for the transaction of busi
ness.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted. That it
shall be the duty of saiif commissioners,
as soon as practicable after the passage
of this act, to procure the grounds and
buildings m ccssary for the establish
ment of th'* Industrial Institute and Col
lege for Girls herein provided for. It
shall be local* d within or near to the
corporate limits of that city or town, in
this State, which shall, ill the opinion of
the cmmisK'ni.ers, offer the best induce
ments for said location. r l he selection
once made shall be final. Said commis
sioneis, hereinbefore probided, so soon
as they have selected the location and
procured the necessary grounds, shall
pro eed to have erected on said grounds
suitable buddings for said institute, or in
case they secure grounds upon which
there are already buildings erected, shall
proceed to TruUMlel the Sam**, erecting
any additional bu blinds that may he
neeess.ny, and shall procure and place
therein the necessary npp'iance* and ap
paratus tequired to entry *nto idled the
intention ol this Ad
S.c. 1 iu further <•: :tet. •!, That
said cointiiissiuM'l> >h:» I po>M*>.«. all the
power neci ssary and proper for the no-
c.mpl-■ hment of the trust reposed in
them, mz., the establishment of a first-
class Industrial Institute and College for
• Girls of the State of Ge*>rgi », in the arts
and sciences, and at which such girls
may acquire a thorough normal school
education, together with a knowledge of
KV'dcrgaiteii instruction; also a practical
knowledge of telegraphy, stenograpl y
and photography; also a knowledge of
drawing, painting, designing and engrav
ing in their industrial application; also
n knowledge of practical and general
lieedlewotk; and also a knowledge of
hook keeping, with such other practical
industries ns may tend to promote the
general object of said institute, to ait.
OUR AGRICULTURE.
AN ATTEMPT TO DISMEMBER THE DE
PARTMENT IN ATLANTA.
A Rill to Cat Down and Cat Off— Is Thlt a
l*lan to Omit Mr. Henderson?—A Writer
Behind the Scenes Clives Some Points
From Atlanta.
Atlanta, Sept. 21.—The gentleman
who indites the “Legislative Notes’
from Atlanta to the Augusta Chronicle,
finds therein a convenient vehicle for
airing a lew personal suggestions
iu regard to the Department ol
Agriculture. He takes particular pains,
though in a soft of indifferent and appa
rently impartial way, to give prominence
I to the unfavorable criticisms on the De
partment, and to suggestions thkt have
been made by those who are opposed to
the inspection system and favor its abo
lition. Bead between the lines, there is
:»a evident sympathy with all sugges
tions looking to a reduction of the appro
priation, and even to the abolition of fer
tilizer inspections; but there is no hint
of a desire to abolish the office of com
missioner, or reduce the salary. On the
contrary, there is a shrewd suggestion
that the commissioner should simply run
;»n experimental farm and have one clerk
:i- d an appropriation of $5,t#X) at his
disposal. The writer of the “Legisla
tive Notes’* is understood to be a
gentleman who has long advo-
.ited the Department and the in
fection of fertilizers, and has been
a > ominctit in committee work relating
• hereto. It is thought that his love for
ue department has recently taken on a
•;ew form and a greater intensity, lie
i- known to favor a pending bill to make
the office elective and reduce the term to
two years, which would bring on the
• lection for a new term next October.
(Xot so long to wait.) There seems to
••• a wheel wiibin a wheel.” He started
• > .t as a friend to the department and
i• • the present incumbent. He is still a
I'i tend to the office of commis ioner and
liio honors and salaries thereof. He
-• eins now to hear the buzz of a
“bee in his bonnet,” to the tune of $2,000
;t year and a nice little farm, with a
rl -ik and $5,000 to spend. The strong
I eiing that the annual appropriation
should he reduced in the sum of $5,000,
h s finally left the brain of the gentlc-
w m and become cry slab zed into a hill
v\ hid. he introduced on Monday looking
i » such reduction. In his “Notes” he
s ems to be preparing the public for
\» hat he expects to do, and furnishing
the supporting arguments—a very
-hrewd, but ancient and transparent
method of manufacturing sentiment.
I;. 4*1 his disclaim' 1 ! of “an expression of
• pinion on the part of the writer,” in the
•q cning paragraph of the “Legislative
Notes,” in the Chronicle of the 18th.
* I then reconcile this expose of his
of sin-
ity and frankness.
TEN YEARS AHEAD.
fitting and preparing the girls of Georgia
for the practical industries of the ago.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That said
institute, when so established, sh .11 he a
part of the University of I L-orgia an 1 mi
tier the control and management of its
board of trustees. Said beard shall have
authority from time to time to open such
other departments of training and in
structions as they may deem that the
progress and advancement of the tin es
require They .-hall also have power to
establish such rules and regulations f«>r ■ | #v , f . «niinus with the allectaii*
the g tvcruineiit of snd Industrial lnsti-
tuteaml UoUege and teaching and train-J
ing of the student-’, n t inconsistent J GIN HOUSE BURNED-
with the provisions of this act, as in their j
opinion tna\ heneccssiry to >' c,Ir * I Moon**<;in House Consumed Near
success of said institution. 1 he Ilian- • . , 41 ., 4
celb>r of the University or Georgia shall | ''»«i“»-vllle-He Is Caught in the Lint
have the general supervision of said in - | «»'■»" *nA Hwlljr Burneil.
stitutc, hut the officers of the same n.ny j Yesterday morning the gin house, gin
he selected either directly hv the board , .. . . . f
. .. % ,»* i,i i f ; an 1 press and four or five hales of cotton
of trustees or through the local board of K .
trust* es hereinafter provided for. h, longing to Mr. Robert Moon, were
S» c. t». Be it further enacted. That I u*tied upon his place near Siinonton's
when the necessary huildi. have been j j >; , ig e j n Oconee county. The fire orig-
wefd or rom,.l. led ami ■ ’•' • vpliances j( fe( , from frie , jon of t)ie wheelg . The
placed therein as require*! »• .* r—
and said institute for girls shall 1
for tho reception *>f s'udents, said coin- l
inia§'oners shall notify the board of trus-
I -s is not less than one thousand dob
. i of tho University of Georgia, and
shall turn the institute for girls over to
thei*-control and management.
The s* ven persons named in the sec
ond section of this act (as soon as said
Industrial Institute for giris is turned
over by them to the trustees of the Uni
versity of Georgia) shall become a local
hoard of trustees for the same, with per
petual succession as hereinbefore pro
vided, ami they shall be charged with
the immediate supervision, control and
mangeuient of said institutioe, subject to
the general board of trustees*, of which
they shall be (for the purpose of this act)
ex-officio members.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That
there shall be one beneficiary for each
We regret to learn that Mr. Moon,
\v i.vi had rushed into the house,was cutoff
ft- »m escape, in the lint room. In trying
!.. get out he ran through the blua
1.i:t and was badly burned about the
h. ad and hack. A young man living on
his place was also badly burned. Mr.
Moon’s injuiies are painful, but not ne-
c --arily dangerous. His friends in Ath-
«• in regret to luar of his loss and inju-
THE ATHENS FAIR-
*t>tliinxc Getting In Order for the North
east Georgia Exhibit This Year.
Mr. W. S. Morris, the Secretary of the
representative in the General Assembly | |.- ,. r Association, tells us that the outlook
fi**m every county in liiis State, selected
by the board of education in each coun
ty on competitive examination, and who
shall be first entitled to tho benefits of
said school. The tuition in said school
shall be free to all white girls who are
residents of the State of Georgia.
Be it further enacted, Phat the sum of
sixty-five tmmsm I dollar*, or s> much j p ,. ,pi e around Carnesvillo are talking
thereof as m\y b * necessary, he, and tlvj * ' . .. -.**
saint* is hereby appropriate 1 f t th
■ the Northeast Georgia exhibition in
| Athens is very promising. Cheering re
! p »rls come in from every county in this
si ction.
I Mr. J. C. McConnell, of Franklin
i county, writes us that owing to his sick-
1 ness he has not been able to go about
a ol organize an exhibit; but that the
tahlishmeni
and College
this St He is
rant on tli T
of said sum *
ol said as m.-i
for in waiti'
avovided, th
liKtitite
.or of
w ur-
lo lust
n is, and the*Gove
oii/. *d to tlraw hi:
ir.-r of theStale in favor
m.->ione r s for such parts
• needed and are applied
. tho work progresses;
ill shall only he availa-
sr,” and will come to Athens to the
ihilion in crowds.
hie after tne lir-t d iy of .1 antiary, 1SSS,
and then shall come from any funcs in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, that a
property purchased under the authority
of this act, as well as any domains rece.v
eo, shall he free from lines ami cncu
brances, shall become the proi
the State of Georgia to be held by the
Trustees of the University in their cor
porate capacity, and shall not be alicnat-
We have received the following spe
cial from Gainesvill
Gainksvii.i.k, Ga., Sept. 20.—[Special
to Bannkr-Watciiuan.]—I think Hall
county will be pretty well represented,
a- also exhibits, visitors and interest at
th** fair. Hope it will he a success, and
t’.at all the counties surrounding will
take an interest in it. Yours respect
fu'iv, H. T. Martin, Mayor.
There are already a number of horses
at the fairgrounds, and this number is
lik* ly to be increased every day. The
tra.’k has been put in good condition.
1,11 ! an t trainers are actively at work with
' ° r ; their animals.
President W. J. Morion told us yester
day that reports over Northeast Georgia
very encouraging, and that the Vice
different counties were
ed by any one, nor shall any valid lien presidents,;..
of any kind be created there on. | u up splendid exhibits for the
Hcc. 9. I!o it further enacted. that all ; f „ r The oll „ ooW u most pnro , lraL . in „.
laws and parts of law in conflict with
act he, and the same are hereby repealed,
Nohtiikast Gkohuia Fair.— The pres
ident and directors had an enthusiastic
meeting Saturday afternoon at W. 1>.
Griffeth’soffice." The number of bids
for privileges were under consideration,
and arrangements were perfected for
sending out advertising posters. The
president veiled the grounds on Mon
day and selected a site for a secretary’s
office and a directors* office. The con
tract for this building will be given at
once. The secretary is in correspon
dence with the railroad authorities to
secure reduced rates during the fair. The
roads have given half rates on exhibits.
The prizes for the bicycle races will be
announced shortly.
AYERS. THE BURGLAR. NOW TOYING
WITH THE COTTON LOCKS-
A Talk With the Harmony Grove Burglar.-
An Eternity in on Ocean of Cotton Fields
The First Bad Break and the First of
Stripes -An Intelligent Fellow Suffering
For Mis First Crime.
“I would give one thousand dollars
for a drink of that artesian water.**
The speaker was in convict stripes and
the water which he craved gushed from
a well in Logansport, Indiana, his old
home he had a few months ago left, a
free and hopeful man.
It did not require a second glance to
spot the party who had spoken* His
suggestive garb and rough exterior did
not suppress a certain trim ness of fig
ure and ease of manners which lifted
hitu above the average of the gang.
He was Avers, the Harmony Grove
burglar, and his sandy bead and beard
had grown considerably since his con-
riction a few weeks ago in Jefferson.
Ayers had just come in from the cotton
field, where he had picked If5 pounds of
cotton. He had never seen a cotten
plant until he had been put into the
field with a sack over his neck; but in the
last two weeks he had been in the rows
nil the time.
He held alof from the other convicls; is
well spoken, intelligent; writes a fine
hand, and is now suffering from his first
crime, he says.
4 *I was lead into this.” Ayers said bit
terly, “and have never been in any jail or
penitentiary before. Little did 1 think
when I left Indiana a few months ago,
that I would wind up in this way.”
“But you are only in for ten years.**
“Yes, but this seems like an eternity .*’
Ayers asked what progress the refor
matory penitentiary bill was making in
the legislature?
“Very little chance of its passing,** he
was told.
Ayers says he w*ould never have been
caught at Hannoney Grove had he not
been siiot. The ball in his groin broke
linn up, and after running fora time he
collapsed and was overtaken.
“My one-eyed friend was never over
taken, and 1 could have escaped that
crowd,” he grimly remarked."
Ayers is very blue; benaves well; has
nut been whipped, but is watched close
ly, as it is feared with his long term be
fore him and his intelligence and inge
nuity, he will try to make a break.
A CARNIVALOF STOVES.
What Mr. Mihmi Moddrey Ho* Patou Exhi
bition In inn Broad Street Store—A Big
Drive In Uie Line of Heating Stoves— Su
perb Line of Hardware.
Yesterday morning the Baxner-
Watciiman, with a snuff of winterin the
luinoclial gale, went down to look at
the fine array of heating stoves at Mr.
M M. Maddrey’s.
Mr. Maddrey bad already notified the
public through our columns, that his
stock and his prices were without rival
and beyond competition, so we were
prepared for something unusual in the
wa}* of frost fighters.
At the door we were confronted bv
the head of the stove column. From
front to rear they stretched, over forty
ditferent patterns and makes, no two ex-
ctly alike—over one hundred feet of
heating stoves.
There were stoves for hard and stoves
for fcoft coal; stoves for wood; hall stoves,
>arlor stoves, office and bed room stoves,
ittle and big, fancy and substantial, or
namented and plain; fantastic and unique.
And at the head of this column, with
eyes atlame like bituminous coals; lips
over-lapping like ash pans, sat the cham
pion tire-eating, ferocious but composed
hull pup, with his natural temper soft
ened by a bronze collar and heavy steel
chain. This guardian of the heating
loves answers to the name of “Tige,”
and is not a menace to customers, but is
warning to anything like competition
at hdme or abroad, we presume.
“These stoves 1 ain offering absolute
ly at cost,” said Mr. Maddrey. “I am
not doing this as an advertising dodge,
but 1 want you to understand what I
say. These go absolutely and entirely
for cost, and no mistake. There is no
exception and no deception. There is
not so good a line of heating stoves eith
er, in Augusta or Atlanta.”
The Banner-Watchman followed Mr.
Maddrey all through his big establish
ment. His store stretches 140 feet, full
of stoves ami granite iron ware, tin uten
sils, cold vases and house furnishing
goods lower than ever sold before.
Down stairs, running the full length of
the house, is a cellar filled up also with
pots and stofes, roofing machines and
plumbing, utensils. Mr. Alex Sarrs,
his plumber, is one of the best workmen
in the country, he tells us, Here also
are his fine cooking stoves of the best
makes.
Stepping from the up-stairs story, over
a suspension bridge, which spans the
treet like a miniature Fast River struc
ture, we find ourselves in^Mr. Maddrey’s
repair shop where eight of ten hands are
at work in manufacturing and repairing
articles of household ware. Mr. Mad
drey employs none but the best work
men.
A man who looks in has no idea what
as establishment opens up, with its long
vistas of iron^and tin, its battalion of
stoves, and despite the savagery of “Ti-
;e,” a peep inside is apt to be followed
t>y a prolonged stay. Mr. Maddrey has
spanned a street; it may not be long be
fore he spreads over a whole square.
SAREPTA-
A Big Meeting Among the Ba|>tl«t*of Till*
Neighborhood at Mayuvllle, To-day.
The meeting of the Appalnchce It.p
list Association, which took place at
IIigh Shoals last week, is followed this
week by the sessions of the Sarepta As
sociation at Mavsville. A large number
of delegates went up to Maysvillc, Jack
son county, yesterday afternoon. Fol
lowing were among the members:
C.-awforJ—U!v. .1. t\ Cheney, L F.
Kd wards.
Millstone—Kev. J. (i. Gibson, F. M.
Mathews.
Salem—Dr. E. L. Sanders, E. B,
Clarke, J, J. Bacon, J. \V. Howard.
Bethany—W. E. Faust, K. B. Ma
thews.
Lexington—P. B. Moss, P. B. llaughn
Sarepta is one of the oldest associa
tions in Georgia, and includes over a doz
en churches. The Association looks af
ter mission labor, and religious work and
adjusts the relations of different church
es in its jurisdiction.
A SUPERB CROP.
The Diikam ok Yearn.—Mrs. ltecse
gave the Basher-Watch*an the South
ern Banner printed in lHJti. In this an
cient paper is published the meeting of
the citizens in Jackson county to appoint
delegates to the railroad convention in
Knoxville. The paper advocates the
building of this road, and tells of the
many advantages it will he to Athens.
The paper then had the county printing
of Rabun, Habersham, Hall, Franklin,
Gwinnett, Jackson, Madison and Walton
counties.
A Mammoth Rose.—Mr. J. B. Toom-
er brought to this office yesterday the
largest specimen of rose we htve yet
seen. It is nearly six inches across snd
it fragrant and fresh as a May flower.
“Her Majesty’’ is the name and it blooms
until frost The original coat ten thou
sand dollars, and Mr. Toomer, who has a
large and elegant variety of flowers, paid
|2 for a single catling.
Malicious Mischief.—At a school ex
hibition near McNutt, on Friday night
some mean, imalicous fiend cut the buggy
of Mr. Alva Harris to pieces, and put gas
tar over the neats. It is a pity these
aooandmls can’t be caught and dealt
with ai they deserve.
Death or an Old citizen.—Mr. Duke
Hamilton, an old and honored eitiaen of
this county, died Sunday at 11 o’clock.
Hia death was very sudden. Mr. Ham
ilton was at ona time tax collector of the
county, and at the time of ol his death I see Northeast Georgia, the garden apot
was justice of ths peace. | of the 8outh?
We learn from a gentleman who has
made a tour through the place of Hon
Janies M. Smith, of Oglethorpe, that his
cotton crop will be a magnificent one.
He will make two thousand bales of cot
ton, and it is stid that about fourth-
fifths of it is open.
Farmers in Oglethorpe, as well as else
where, are working like beavers to pick
through their crop which is now open,
snd is hanging loose in locks. A storm
would ruin this cotton and farmers would
lose thousand of dollars by a sweeping
equinoctial gale this year. This weath
er is a picnic for plant and picker.
We learn that corn is not so well filled
out; the ear is shrivelled even where not
damaged by tho flood at the roots.
In response to the address of welcome
before the convention of tho chiefs of
the fire departments, Chief B. B. McCool
said be realised that this section was
teeming with resources that would make
it as great as any locality in the North
or West What would he say did be
LUCY COBB INSTITUTE.
WHO ARE SOJOURNING IN ITS BEAUTH
FUL HALLS-
Full List of Teachers and Pupils—A Spies-
did Roll—The Faculty and Patronage .of
the School—Improvement* in the Build
ing—A Capital Showing.
At tbe request of the Banner-Watch
man, Miss Kutherford and Mrs. Lips
comb have furnished us with the follow
ing list of assistants and boarders now
at the Institute:
Miss E J Watt, Boston, Mass; Miss
Uora Powell, Cincinnati; Miss Anna J
Paulin, Wythville, Va; Miss Lizzie Rob
ertson, High Shoals; Miss Clara Oglesby,
Middletown, Ohio; Miss Leila Hil*,
Grovetown, Ga; Miss Josie Walton, Au
gusta, Ga; Miss Annie W Smith, Albany,
Ga; Miss In.ogene Griggs, West Point,
Ga; Miss Haidee Routzahn, Waynesboro,
Ga; Miss Clifford Gray, Waynesboro, Ga;
Miss Pearl Smith, Wadley, Ga; Miss
Minnie Cody, Warrenton, Ga; Miss An
nie Comer, Savannah; Miss Mamie Wal
ler, Savannah; Miss Blanche Tarwater,
Thomasvillc; Miss Frezil Caldwell, New-
nan, Ga; Mi-s Alice Drake, Griffin, Ga;
Miss Patti Price, Athens, Ga; Miss Julia
Syrnmes, Greenville, S C; Miss
Lucy Stribling, Sc-ncca S C;
Misses Genie West; Doiia Raine, Minnie
Cabamss, Nellie lr.wian,\Cornelia Jack-
son, Effie Howell, Maud Barker,, Eula
Kilner, Sallie Markham, Sallie Meador,
Nora Neel, Annie Dodd, Nellie Dodd,
Lena Venable, Berta Abbott, Annie
Hunnewell, Ida Appier, Atlanta; Misses
Mamie Harris, Mattie Lou Howard, Su
sie Boggs, Annie Harris, Janie Timber-
lake, Lou T Hook, Augusta; Misses
Carilla Harman and Annie A Smith,
Tennille, Gu; Mise Capitola Patrick,
Fort Smith, Ark; Miss Onia Williams,
Gibson, Ga; Miss Edith Taylor, Savan
nah; Miss Annie Blitch, Blitch, Ga; Miss
Lydia Cravens, Ringgold, Ga; Miss
Susie Wauley, Bolingbroke, Ga; Miss
Marie Wheless, Birmingham, Ala; Misses
Mollie Carter and Sallie Carter, Walnut
Grove; Miss Minnie Lovell, Savannah;
Miss Ida Brand, Logansville, Ga.
The vacant places are reserved for
Misses Mamie Moore, Mobile, Ala; Kath
leen Jones, Atlanta; Annie Lynch, Sa
vannah, Lena Latham, Shiloh, Ga; Bes
sie Hopkins, Thomasville; Effie Thomp
son, Senaca, S C.; Mary Lou Fleming,
Augusta; Lora Castleberry, Dawsonville
Ga.
Tbe boarding dapxrtment was limited
to sixty pupils, but owing to the neces
sity of giving up another room to two
new teachers, the number is reduced to
fifty-eight. As vacancies occur notice
will be given so that those who have to
be refused can reapply if they so desire
The Lucy Cobb has been greatly
brightened and freshened up during the
past year. A covered passage-way has
been put up, leading from the school
room to the chapel, and water privileges
have been placed all through the house.
This is understood to’liave cost over one
thousand dollars, and was the gift of a
prominent Atlanta gentleman and patron
of the school.
THESNUBBED COUPLE.
Foralcer Roe* Not Deny that Ho Felt Kx
ceetUngly Small*
1*1 ttsBuko, Pa., Sept. 19.—A special
to the Times from Columbus, O., says:
“While Governor Foraker adheres to his
announcement of last evening that he
w ould say nothing about the snub that
was given him and his wife by Mrs.
Cleveland, at Philadelphia, he has refer
red all inquiries to members of his staff,
and other persons to whom he has relat
ed the circumstances, with the under
standing that lie has no objection to their
talking if they desire to. Before leaving
the city this morning he related his sto
ry to his private secretary and to -other
gentlemen. Adjutant General Axline,
who happened to be witness of the Phil
adelphia incident, corroborates all the
Governor has to say abaut it. The story
in brief is that the Governor remarked to
his wife on the way to the Cleveland
resception that he was informed that
Mrs. Cleveland had turned her back to
him in the parade of the day, though he
did not believe it to be a fact, but
thought if she were inclined she might
embarrass them at the reception. Mrs.
Foraker replied that she did
not believe that Mrs. Cle/eland would
undertake anything of the kind,
but when they came to be presented the
President greeted them in a cool manner
and Mrs. Cleveland, who came next in
the line, elevated her Jhead and refused
even to look at the Governor and his»
wife. The Governor undertook on the
spur of the moment to introduce Mrs.
Foraker, bat it would not work, and
they pas-ed on, after which Mrs. Cleve
land’s face became wreathed in smiles,
ami the other callers were greeted with a
shake of the hand.
The Governor was asked before leav
ing the city to-day if the statements are
correct that are being made by bis pri
vate secretary and members of his staff,
and he refused to deny them, saying that
they had had a good opportunity to see
what took place.
OUR TERRITORY.
LANDS AROUND OUR CITY SECOND TO
NONE IN GEORGIA.
EXPOSED BY THE CRAND JURY.
I liocLinc Slate ot Affair. In CIiMtcrffeld
County, S. C.
Coli'Ubia. S. C., Sop. 18.—The grand
jury of Chesterfield have brought to
light a disgraceful condition of affairs in
that county. Their investigations show
that a perfect epidemic of adultery and
bigamy prevails in a certain section of
the county. White women are openfy
living with negro men and negro women
with; white men. On one plantation
eight cases were reported. The owner,
a well-to-do white man, has been indict
ed for living in adultery with a negro
woman, and the other seven cases were
against his negro farm hands for living
with white men.
THE WOOLFOLK MURDERER.
The Arrest of a Necro Charged With th.
Crime.
A special to the Constitution from
Canton reports the arrest of a negro there
named Dubose, who is said to be the real
murderer of the Woolfolk family. It is
said that he was sent to the cham-gang
by CapL Woolfolk; that his time was
out a few days before the murder, and
that he killed the family to wreak ven
geance. Woolfolk’s attorney has had an
interview with the man and ib confi
dent.
The Public Scnool Bill.—A bill to
amend the act creating the public schools
of Athens was read in the House on
Monday. It was introduced oy Mr.
Russell, of Clarke, and has been read the
first time. A member of the board of
education called at the Bannz*-
Watcbman office yesterday and said that
tbe board had never aeen a copy of the
bill and did not know what tbe propos
ed amendments were. It is very proba
ble that at the next meeting of the board
a resolution will be introduced asking
Mr. llussell for a copy of the bill. There
is a great desire in Athens to know what
these amendments are.
PRESS COMMENTS.
The Confederate Constitution prohib
ited the enactment of protective tariff!
The Federal Constitution would be all
the better if it contained the same prohi
bition in positive terms, insti ad of by
inference. Congress ought to be posi
tively prohibited from robbing the peo
ple.—Augusta Gazette.
No man knows the day or hour when
our Genera! Assembly will adjourn.—
Macon News.
If our Southern firmers could only be
induced to raise their food supplies at
home, the South in ten years would be
the most prosperous part of the United
States. No matter how cheap wheat
and meat can be bought in the West, it
is true economy to make our own food
supplies.—Augusta Chronicle.
The best and most temperate defense
of Dr. Hawthorne is that by Dr. Arm
strong, furnished the Atlanta Constitu
tion. Dr. Armstrong was nnder the ban
of his own church, but it was a fine
•hing for him to so ably defend an assail
ed minister of another sect—Anniston
Hot Blast.
Let us match here in Atlanta that
scene in Philadelphia which iir kingdom
or republic, is yet unmatched! As there
the birth of this nation was celebrated,
let us here celebrate its perpetuation—
and let both celebrations be worthy of
the government that, established “by the
people for the people, shall not perish
from the face of the earth.”—Atlanta
Constitution.
A short special to the Telegraph in an
other column, shows that Georgia’s
Governor sustained the reputation of the
State at Philadelphia in an admirable
manner. Well, Georgia has not only a
handsome Governor, but the Governor
has a handsome staff; and her pageant,
though small, was striking.—Macon
Telegraph. .
NASHVILLE*S EXCITED-
TbeL. * N. Floods tbe City With Detoc-
Itis not surprising that President
Cleveland should return to Washington
weary after so much (baking of hands,
such a whirl of reception and excitement
and such tension of nerves occasioned by
tbe magnitude of the events through
which he has just passed. It was an
occurrence of a century.
Nashville, TeniL, Sept. 19.—The city
is in a ferment over the presence of a
large number of detectives suddenly cen
tered here, mainly from outside States,
and supposedly in the interest of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The
people of the county vote next Thursday
on the proposition to subscribe $500,000
to the Tennessee Midlsnd Railroad, which
is to run from Memphis through Nash
ville to Bristol, where it connects with
the Virginia Midland, thus giving a com
peting line East. The LouisvUle snd
Nashville have been fighting the propo
sition. and it is rumored that these de
tectives are here to dog the employees
election day snd see that they vote with
their employers.
The meeting of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge of the World I. 0.0. F, which
assembled at Denver yesterdey is one of
the important events iu the history of
Denver. The members are estimated at
over 10,000.
eeai tbe Fite* of Eataipriie and Pluck-A
New Industry for tbe Farming World.
You think it dusty in Athens, and for
argument’s sake, we will admit it; but if
you have tasted enough, the good things
of life, snd have adesire. to be buried
alive, get behind a double.team and start
drive of some few miles into the
country. If you are not “dusted under”
before passing the limit of Clarke, then
we are no jndge of man’s powers of en
durance. It remiqds one-of the long
ago sand battles; the very face of the
the earth seems to fly upon the wheel
snd square into your face. Not willing,
however, to forego s drive with so pleas
ant a gentleman and fine a talker as Capt
Burnett, or a visit to a place of such in
terest as the big farm of Col. James M.
Smith. We bravedtlie terrors of a sand
bath, and after a couple of hours’ drive,
landed at oar destination. Everybody
knows who CoL Smith is; where his farm
is; on what grand proportions he plants,
etc. We shall try to develop something
new and of interest. First,wo would re
mind ouryea^e*-jj;that atthe close of the
war, Uol. S. was a poo? man; to-day he
has under his control something like
1,000 human beings, ten thonsand seres
of land, fine flouring mills, and perhaps
the only private cotton seed oil mill in
GooTgis, from which he turns ont thou
sands of gallons of cotton seed oil annu
ally. Cul. Smith gave us a cordial wel
come, as he always does, and was in fine
spirits, talking freely and forcibly va
rious topics.
He reports his crop not so good as last
year, and says that was a poor one. Ur
lost 10,000 bushels of corn by the high
water. He hopes to be able to get
through without buying corn, however,
by sowing plenty of rye, wheat, oats,
etc. Besides liis 1,01 JO bales of cotton,
Col. S. makes thousands of grain, syrnp,
potatoes, etc. lie will kill some 100
hogs, and has cattle without end. He
went up to Atlanta yesterday to
watch tho lease investigation. It is well
known that he is one of the lessees, hav
ing some 150 convicts. He says that
the stir has created no demoralization in
his camp at the farm, bat hears that
those on the M. & A. Railroad are pret
ty badly affected. Y'ou can form some
conception of the magnitude of his farm
ing operations when we say his ginning
capacity is some 40 bales Tier day.
ThrovwcXzem-thc^Uhn Salas hopper
on same level, the seed cotton is elevated
to tiiird floor by machinery, conducted
over the gins, where it falls into the
feeder, passes through the gin and a con
denser, is carried hy hand into a press,
and in a few moments rolls out a marked
hale of cotton. It is of the seed and the
treatment to which they arc subjected
that we would speak chiefly. Sepa
rated from the lint, the seed fall on the
floor into an endless screw, which con
veys them some distance, whence they
are elevated by cups, thence by another
screw they are conveyed some 75 yards
to the oil mill. Once in the mill they
are reginned, some 50 pounds of lint to
1,000 pounds of seed being the product.
The lint so obtained is short, and sold at
about half the price of ordinary lint
This is not a very paying operation, ex
cept in so far as it is necessary to further
treatment, lleing free of lint, the seed
next pass through the chopper, which
cuts them half in two, thence into a
large bin, something on the order of tbe
bolting apparatus in aflouring mill. By
a thorough, good shaking, the hulls and
kernel are separated, the, halls falling
out and being carried out as refuse, or
used as fuel. The kernelis next taken
and pnt into ovens and copkec''sime min-
utes, thence into a pan, frjm which, by
necessary manipulation, it is put into
layers, with cloths between, prepan ‘
to pressing. It is first partially prei
so as to be reduced in size and thickness,
thence into the hydraulic press of 2,500
pounds pressure to the square-inch. The
oil, under this pressure, exudes, the
press rises and the cotton seed cake, as
it is called, is taken out, ground, mixed
with acid phosphate and kamit,
making as fine a fertilizer's. 1 ! the world,
affords. Col. S makes thousands of it
The oil passes down into vats and is al
lowed to remain there a few days until it
settles and a sufficient quantity has been
made to warrant drawing off. It is then
drawn off into barrels, and put
aboard the railroad and the Col takes a
long farewell of it, selling to refiners in
New York. It passes on into olive oil,
butter and everything that Yankee inge
nuity can devise that can find * market.
2,000 pounds of see-* represent about
1,000 pounds of meal, and of this about
250 pounds in oil which weight 7*^ lbs.
per gallon, making about gallons of
oil from the seed from a bale of cotton.
The crude oil nets about 20 cents per
gallon the season through, making about
$6.75 per bale,as Can’t
some means be devised vrllereby- this
amonnt will be saved to planter and not
buried. The cotton seed coke free of
oil is just as good a fertilizer-as the crude
seed, considering the cost of hnadling,
better. The simplest plant that will pay
costs about $7,000 and requires seed
from about 2,500 bales of cotton, repre
senting about $16,625 worth of oil.
In saying that the oil nets 20 cents,
wc mean, of codrse. after it is made, the
cost of treatment of seed, etc., must of
course be deducted to find tbe clare pro
fit About eigh men of ordinary intel
ligence, are employed in the oil mill,
from reginning the seed to putting np
the ground coke into bags as fertilizer
and drawing off the oil.
onanew TRAIIL~
Woolcolk’a Lawyer Thinks Ha Has Found a
. Has.
[Atlanta Journal.) •
“We have arrested tbe man who com
mitted the Woolfolk murder.”
That was what Mr. F. R. Walker said
to a Journal reporter to-day. He then
said that be had received e letter from
the sheriff of one of the Georgia coun
ties, who had arrested a man for some
offense, and that in conversation with
the criminal the subject of the Woolfolk
murder came up. The man made some
remarks which pot the sheriff's wits to
work. He listened quietly and let the
conversation run on till tbe fellow had
said enough more to make ft evident that
he knew something about the crime.
Having gotten all he could in this way,
the sheriff resolved to flush the geme.
He turned to the prisoner suddenly and
accused him of having killed the Wool-
folk family. The prisoner was taken off
his guard and showed considerable ex
citement. He denied ft violently, and
said:
“I didn’t kill those people, bnt if I ev-
get out of jail I will be a desperado
id kill everybody I can, from the cradle
to old age.”
Mr. Walker telegraphed the sheriff to
hold the prisoner r and has gone to Jhe
place of arrest.
The Journal will probably be able to
give full particulars in a jew days.
Atlanta is aroused on the question of
the restriction of the sale of intoxicants,
should the city ever go “wet” again to a
limit of half a mile from the artesian
well and |flxing the license at $1,500.
The matter is now under consideration
before tho committee qn corporations.
It is proposed tq test the clatter at the
municipal election in December. Sever
al strong prohibitionists appeared before
the committee and opposed thevoteastbey
think ft will prejudice their cause. They
Wants fair and square fight on the mer
its of prohibition and no side issue. It
is thought to be a scheme to catch the
high license men. .
Vest Valuable.—Mrs. General T. R.
B. Cobb, of.Atlanta, has the original
draft of tiie Confederate constitution, as
ft came from the committee appointed
to draft it The.paper is a very valuable
one, and it is highly prized by Mrs.
Cobb. It is said that' the constitution
which was adopted by the Confederate
TOWNS AROUND US.
LATESTREPORTS FROM OUR FRIENDS
AND NEIGHBORS.
HARMONY CROVE-
Habhont Gbove, Sept. 19.—[Special.]
We are having some very fallish weather
Hon Pope Barrow passed through oar
town,Monday.
Capt Frank M Harden and family
passed down Monday, having spent Sun
day at Tallulah.
John Barleycorn will have to git up
and git out of Lula when the present li-
. c .j.....»i, BC »i., e r,il uorlicenseex P ires . «s the Lula local
now, and overcoats and winter clothing *111 has passed bo.h houses of the legis-
congress is the property of Sarony, the
celebrated photographer of NewYork.
will soon be in demand.
Several of eur citizens attended camp
meeting at Poplar Springs yesterday, and
all report a very pleasant time.
Hon V L Hutchins came down on the
11:30 train yesterday morning en route
for Homer, where the Superior court of
Banks countv convenes this morning at
10 a.m.
Misses Lnla and “Tat” Garrison, two
beautiful and charming belles of Gills-
ville, spent yesterday in the Grove, the
guests of Miss Ida Bohannon. VVe trust
they will visit the Grove oftener in the
future.
Cols Wall Simpkins, P G Thompson
and R L J Smith are now in attendance
upon the Superior court of Banks coun
ty. We wish them a pleasant and profi
table visit.
In the first paragraph of my yester
day’s letter, instead of “Miss Fannie
Winfrey” it should nave been Miss Fan
nie Wimpy. In the 3d item, instead of
“Dr W BJ Bryant” it should have been
Dr W B J Hardman, J r.
At a recent meeting of the board of
trustees of the Harmony Grove high
school, Chairman W B J Hardman, sr.,
tendered his resignation as trustee,
which was accepted, with great reluc
tance, by the board. Rev R S Cheney
was at once elected to fill the vacancy
A better board of trustees cannot be
found m the State than that possessed by
Harmony Grove, which consists of the
following gentlemen: Kev R S Cheney,
Messrs G W D Harbor, W A Quillian,
W S Kd wards and D J Sanders. An
election for principal of our school will
be held by our trustees on the SUth of
this month, and all who wish to apply
should govern themselves accordingly.
It is now safely predicted that our school
will average 100 pupils next year. If
the bill which is now before the legisla
ture is passed, thereby allowing our citi
zens to vote $10,000 lor the purpose of
erecting a fine school building here, then
we, will undoubtedly have the finest
school in Georgia, aud the largest town of
its size in the world.
JEFFERSON.
Jefferson, Sept 21.—[Special.] —
Judge W C Howard, Revs A .1 Kelley
and S McCarty left for Maysville yester
day, to attend the Sarepta Association.
Judge Howard has been the Secretary
of the body for some years. Our county
is getting to be quite a popular place for
large meeting. In the last twelve months
we have had a Methodist district meet
ing, Presbytery and this association, be
sides singing conventions.
Mr Joe Hamilton returned yesterday
from Oconee, where he went to attend
the funeral of his father, Mr Duke Ham
ilton. He says there were 19 children
present at the funeral. Mr Duke Ham
ilton was a man very much respected by
all who knew him.
Elbert Askew will return to-night
from his Northern trip, and wc all expect
some interesting stories of the sights he
saw, during the long winter nights just
ahead of us.
P J Roberts passed through our town
yesterday with twenty odd bales of cot
ton. He is one of our progressive far
mers, and has been very successful as a
planter.
Henry Brooks left for Lumber City,
Mississippi, on Tuesday, where he has
obtained a position with the Hinton boys,
who have made a great deal of money
there. We all hope that Henry may be
successful.
Jefferson, Sept20.—[Special.]—The
efforts of Jefferson to get a good railroad
rate was not because she loved Athens
less, but Jefferson more, and Atlanta
cotton men have made inducements to
Jefferson equal to Athens, and while Ath
ens may get the Jefferson cotton, Atlanta
is getting the proceeds of the cotton. In
other words, Jefferson to-day is spend
ing ten dollars in Atlanta goods where
she spends one dollar in Athens, and if
yon will interview the cotton men you
will find that the greatest advantage to
Athens is the cotton faptor. What Jef
ferson wants is al railroad, so Athens
can not only get the cotton, but the forty
or fifty thousand dollars that Jefferson
sends every fall to Atlanta. We have
on an average six to ten drummers from
Atlanta per week, and they all sell goods.
If we had railroad connection with Ath
ens she would get that amount. Our
wagen train does not run to Athens in
the spring and summer, and Jeflerson
will have twice as many merchants in
1888 as she has now, as we have as
many new stores going up as the pres
ent merchants number. So you see that
we cannot rely on wagons longer than
this year. So boom’up the railroad if
you want to keep our trade!
Jeffbbson, Sept 19.—[Special.]—
There was quite alot of cotton on the
maiket here Saturday, and it brought
good prices.
Several bales of cotton caught on fire
at Randolph’s gin on Saturday, but the
prompt action of the citizens prevented a
large fire.
Rev A J Kelley preached two fine ser
mons at the Baptist church on Sunday,
and also administered the rites of bap
tism to Miss Annie Howard, the dau^h
terolColWC Howard. Miss Annie,
by her sweet and lovely disposition, has
always been a great favorite in our town,
and since she has assumed her church
vows, we hope for a brilliant future for
her.
Mr Jarrell, with Childs, Nickerson A
Co., was with us to-day.
Quite a number will go from here to
Maysv’dle this week, to attend the Bap
tist Association.
WINTERVILLE
Wisterville, Sept 19.—[Special.]—
Messrs I H & J T Pittard have bought
400 bales of cotton up to date, beside
amount bought by our othermerchants.
The leaves on the trees are getting
dusty.
More than half the cotton is open in
some sections.
Capt Polk Gholston, one of Madison
county’s most successful farmers and
business men, is selling cotton and trad-
ingin Winterrille to-day.
Messrs John England and John Clay
ton Mathews have entered the merchan
tile business here with a neat stock of
goods and groceries in the storehouse be
longing’to Mr. S-'C Waggoner. These
are two honest and deserving young men
and justly elicit the patronage of the peo
ple.
An interesting protracted meeting has
been conducted here for the p<st week.
Rev Mr Seal, who was on this circuit
last year, together with Mr Cannoway,
aided Rev W P Rivers in the meeting.
Mr Seal preached an interesting sermon
last night He preaches again to-night
Prof. John B Atkinson opened school
here on Monday last with bright prospects
for a fine school.
There was preaching at the Baptist
church Saturday and Sunday.
Mr Claik Crompton, of Madison, who
was in- town on business to- day, hap
pened to a very painful accident by dislo
cating his arm, caused by jumping from
a wagon. i
The family of Mr H 0 Johnson,, of
Danielsville, hare moved into their new
house here, and are heartily welcomed to
our town.
Hon James M Smith has a car load of
cotton seed oil here for shipment
There is an nnosnal demand for day la
borers through the country now. Every
body who has a crop has business al
home now.
LULA-
Lula, Sep. 21.—[Special]—Camp
meeting at Poplar Springs broke up Tues
day morning, and all declare that this wai
the best meeting that has ever been held
since the camp ground was established.
M i*h good was done. Bev. D. Cran Oli
ver, of Athens, was there,
lature.
G IV Hill, of the Northeastern, camo
up Friday, and took in camp n eeting!
C W Asbury and family rolled in from
camp meeting, Tuesday morning, well
pleased w th the meeting.
Capt Jas. Land -urn, our railroad mas
ter, is a gent’e-nan that we wish all rail
road men would p..tlern after, ne is a
Christian gentleman, besides being a pro
hibitionist of the first water.
We notice the old familiar form and
face of E. P. Garrison on the Northeas
tern again. Eugene is one of our most
valued friends, and nothing would please
us more than to see him a regular con
ductor again.
H on J N Coggios, the wide-awake
representative ol Banks county-, is up
this week attending court at Homer. We
are all proud of Mr, Coggins up here.
He does not stop at county lines, but
works for all. He and Senator Wofford
had to take charge of our local bill and
put it through, because the members
from this county (Hall) refused to legis
late for or against whisky.
WATKINSVILLE-
Watkinsville, Sept 20.— [Special.]—
Misses Jessie Thrasher, of Quitman, Lu
cy and Furlow Anderson, of Athens, are
on a visit to Mrs. C. H. Ashford, of Wat-
kinsvillc.
George Williams was thrown from a
two-horse wagon this morning by the
horse making a sudden turn. It bruised
his head and knocked the skin off of his
leg, nothing very serious, but he sus
tains an aching head and a sore leg.
Col. John Mcll was over yesterday at
tending county court.
Messrs Will Long and Charlie Chand
ler spent the evening in town yesterday.
CARNESVILLE-
Carnesyille, Sep. 21.—[Special]—
A N King, K tq, and J C McConnell go
over to Banks court this morning to
spend a day or two.
Our Superior court convenes Monday
morning with a full docket. If the old
ejectment cases that are on the docket
are tried, tho court will hold eight or ten
days.
J P Mahoney, of Atlanta, was here
yesterday.
T M Henley has opened out a store at
Gunnells’ court ground, eight miles west
of this place, on the Harmony Grove
road.
A W McConnell’s team ran away with
him yesterday morning as he was going
to New Bethel to the association, and
bruised him up considerably, though he
is not seriously hurt. Dr H M Freeman,
of this place, rendered the necessary
medical attention.
J B Parks, W R Little and P P Prof-
fit, Esqs, are all in attendance at Banks
court this week.
The association at New Bethel church
yesterday was 'argelv attended.
Cotton is opening very fast
NICHOLSON.
Nicholson, Sep. 19.—[Special.]—
An amusing circumstance occured here
on Saturday. A colored lady who hails
from Athens, and who has been teaching
the black idea to shoot in this place, at
tended by her gay young Lothario, drove
their buggy into one of the muddest
ponds by the side of the Northeastern
railroad, for tho purpose of wetting the
wheel. The mud was deep and the load
proved too much for the harness, hence
it broke. The horse became frightened
and ran out leaving tho gaily dressed
pair surrounded by a sea of muddy wa
ter. Their cries of distress finally brought
help that rescued them from a grave of
mud and dirt.
We have had no rain since the August
flood, hence a large part the cotton has
prematurely opened, aad has been pick
ed.
CRAWFORD-
Crawford, Sept. 16.—(Special.)—Mr
Rhodes, the new teacher at Crawford
high schook was here yesterday.
Arnold, Maxwell & Co. will move into
tbeir new store in a few days, and open
up a fine stock of goods.
There are several cases of scarlet fe
ver in Goosepond district
Died, at Sandy Cross yesterday morn
ing, with congestion of the brain, the
eight-month old child of Mr. and Mrs.
J Phillips. The remains were carried
to Athens yesterday evening and were
buried there. We extend sympathy to
the bereaved family.
Crawford, Sept 17.—[Special.]—Geo
Hall has for sale a nice lot of pumpkins.
Now is your chance to have your pump
kin pie.
Pope Powell, of Atlanta, spent Sunday
in our town.
A good number of delegates left to
day for Maysville, to attend tho Sarepta
Association.
Miss Lola Edmunson, of LaGrange,
and Misses Ida Wingfield and Blanche
Wilson, of Bairdstown, are visiting in
our town.
Mr J Leseur, on the line of Oglethorpe
and Wilkes, lost his gin, press, gin house
and three bales of cotton by Are a few
■lays ago. It caught from the engine.
NORTHEAST CEORCIA FAIR.
Somethin* of Interest to Wheelmen-.Horses
in Training.
Every mail brings an increasing num-
cer of letters to the Secretary of tho fair,
asking for premium lists and information
of various kinds about the great event in
November. Letters from vice presi
dents speak ot great and growing inter
est on the part of the people of Northeast
Georgia in tho fair. There will be the
biggest crowd here from the immediate
vicinity ever seen in Athens, and every
body will see and hear something to inter
est them aad give them something to
talk about for a year to come.
The grounds will be opened some time
next week to such bicyclists as wish to
train for the occasion. Due notice will
be given of the day. All bicyclists in
the city aad vicinity, who are willing to
take part in the parade of wheelmen to
be held on the mornings of the races dur
ing the fair, are requested to signify their
willingness to the secretary at his office,
or by leaving information at the office of
W. D. Griffeth, on Colllege avenue,
A number of our amateur wheelmen
have expressed their intention to enter
for the prizes, and from the diligence
with which they are practicing, it seems
likely that visitors will not stand much
chance to carry away the prizes. There
zre several horses at the grounds already,
being put in trim for the races. We are
not authorized in saying anything far
ther than that they are from Oconee, and
that any county that expects to throw
dust iu the eyes of Oconee’s horses, will
have to “rise up early in the morning,”
as ft wore.
The posting of our lithographs and
circulars is progressing smoothly, and
they are attracting attention and favor
able comment everywhere.
Negotiations for the music during the
fair have been opened with one of the
finest brass bands in the State, and some
thing extra may be expected from the
boys with the horns.
DEATH FROM THE DYEi
THE FEARFUL BURN OF WILLIS BONE
PROVES FATAL.
HI. Death Twelve Bonn After the Acci-
dent—An Account of the’Occurrencc—IU-
tional Before Ills Dcath- HIs Burial Yes
terday.
lesterday morning atone o’clock, just
twelve hours after he was pulled from
the boiling dye vat, Willis Bone breath
ed his last
The Banner-Watchman yesterday
contained a brief account of the accident
At that time it was mentioned that
Mr. Bone though badly burned, was
feeling but little pain. This was really
a bad sympton as the nervous shock had
left him almost numb. He lingered un
til shortly after midnight Tuesday, and
died, in considerable pain.
THE ACCIDENT.
From the nature of things tho accident
was a horrible one. Willis Bone at the
time had walked upon the[platform about
the dye vat, and leaning his hand on a
scantling which crossed tho vat,! was
proceeding to stir the dye. The wood
slipped and the young man was precipi
tated into the vat of boiling water, fall
ing on his right side. Mr. Bone strug
gled in the vat and with his left arm
grasped the side and partially supporting
his body until he was jerked from his
fcarfuTbath by a colored man who ran to
his rescue.
THE VAT.
The dye vat is about 8 feet long, 4 feet
wide and 4 feet deep. It was tilled with
boiling brown dye about one one foo
from the top, and the fluid about the
thickness of cream was seething to tho
temperature of boiling water. By the
aid of his left hand Mr. Bone was able
to keep his face above the dye. His
left arm was burned to the elbow and
the skin of his body was cooked all over,
up to the jaw and. the roots of his hair.
His clothes protected him frombeing dy
ed brown, and in some places th* skin
showed traces of the dye mixed witn
the burn.
As soon as the colored man had pull
ed him from tho vat young Bone was
carried to tho warehouse, his clothes
were taken off and he was placed upon a
quilt Dr. RencdicL who was summon
ed reached him in a very few minutes.
He found him perfectly raw, shivering
from the shock and nerve exposure, but
to all appearances, suffering no pain.
The skin was not burned through, but
was so cooked as to deaden sensibility
The patient vomited at intervals, the ef
fect of the shock on his nervous system,
hut continued rational throughout. At
six o’clock he made a very clear state
ment about the accident. Strange to
say, his mind seemed clearer than it had
ever been in his life before. Swathed
in oil poultices he rested quietly and with
the aid of a hypodermic injection of
morphine, managed to be comfortable
until about an hour before he died.
THE DEC USED.
Willis Bone was a young man, about.
24 years of age, and was employed to do
light work in the dye house. He leaves
mother and one brother,the latter work
ing at the Bobbing Mill, near Athens.
Ho was buried yesterday afternoon.
LETTER FROM MR. SKIFF.
Worcester, Mass., Sept. 12.—Editors
Banner-Watchman: This is one of the
many progressive cities of New England
and now contains over 80,000 inhabi
tants.
It is the enterprising people of the
place in aiding and encouraging manufac
tures that the city is indebted to for its
growth and prosperity. We reached the
city Saturday, coming from Springfield,
another flourishing and go ahead city of
about $50,000 people, situated in tho
Connecticut valley on the bank of the
Connecticut river. This is where enc of
the United States armories.
It is an interesting place to spend the
day, looking through the buildings be
longing to your Uncle Sam. About 400
hands are employed making guns not to
kill squirrels and birds, but men. Wor
cester is not a prohibition city. One
thing is certain, a drunken man
came stumbling against us bef*re we
left the depot » n< l we found scores of rum
shops on either side of the street for
blocks after wc left the depot but don’t
think it will long be so as the temper
ance people have earnestly gone to work.
The first meeting of the fall campaign was
held Sunday afternoon and was a rouser,
3,5000 people in attendance. The speak
ers mostly were local ministers of tho
different denominations. They spoke
earnestly and with a determination
to conquer the whisky traffic. Sam
Small from Georgia was present and
made one of his off-hand literary speech
es, which was loudly applauded. He
had something to say about Georgia be
ing the banner state in the temperance
cause. His talk was listened to with
marked interest, and must have been ef
fective. Brother Small preached in Trin
ity church at night to a large congrega
tion that listened intently to what our
Georgia evangelist had to say. A con
tribution was raised for the purpose of
paying off a debt on a colored school in
Augusta, Ga., where white South
ern teachers were employed, stating that
he had paid $13,000, and two more must
be paid the first of December. The
speaker then introduced Rev Sam Small,
and his wants seemed to pnt a great
weight on the school, as being taught by
white Southern teachers, that such an
educational enterprise should be encour
aged by Northern people and begged the
congregation to contribute liberally for
the good work, which no doubt they did,
as he was before a host of generous and
well-to-de-pcople. One man here
has recently donated one and one-half
million of dollars for a university, locat
ed on a beautiful spot in the city, which
is now being built, and must be a fine
building when completed. This is only
one of the many donations of the wealthy
citizens of Worcester for objects of a
similar character, and by men that still
live to see the benefits derived from their
gifts. I believe in this living work, and
shall distribute my wealth whilst I live,
and see the good or evil result, as it may
be.
Business seems to be good, and the
outlook for a prosperous season never
was better. Crops are usually good;
manufactories crowded with orders, and
every one seems to be happy.
But little is said on politics, only by
the trained politicians. The common
people of both parties keep silent, but
think Cleveland will be the Democratic
candidate for President, and elected, un
less the Republicans bring forward a
stronger man than has yet been in the
field.
I leave to-morrow for New York.
Look out for the best, the newest, the
cheapest goods in the jewelry lino that
Atheua has seen for many a day.
Mr. Editor, I have written the above
hurriedly, and consider ft of but little
interest to the readoro of your valuable
paper, and shall not be disappointed if
the waste basket receives ft instead of
the Bannxb-Watchman. Yours sin
cereiy, Skiff, the Jeweler.
Investigations of the recent troubles in
Ireland is progressing. The Telegraph,
home rule, states that the suppression
cUuses,of the coercion act, are to be put
into force. This means that 200 of the
branches of the Irish National League
will be prohibited from meeting.
Investigation of convict matters pro
gresses before the Governor. Col. Tow
ers thinks all the lessees equaUy L
men. Also, that it would cost the State
$75,000 to $100,000 to get ready t* care
for 1,200 cofivicts. The State is to hav*
one more witness on the stand. .
Camp-meeting in Banes. — Last
Thursday evening one of the largest
campmeetiogs of the year was held at
Hawkin’s camp ground, in Banks coun
ty, near Bellten, The meeting lasted
until Tuesday morning and was attended
by fully six thousand people. Services
were held by Sev. Hr. PatUo, of Elber
berton, Quillian, of White Plains, Em
biy, of Harmony Grove, Frazer, of Toc-
coa, and others, The meeting was large
and satisfactory: Capt. D. Cran Oli
ver, of Athens, attended, with his moth'
er and daughter, and reports a most in-
terestiag time throughout The meet
ing never flagged; and there were sever
al conversions and additions to the
church.
Boulanger thinks France is getting in
fine fighting trim. Is Boulanger to prove
a worthy successor to Napoleon?
A MILE A MINUTE.
MR, LYDDEtL'S FLYING TRIP FROM
MONTGOMERY TO ATLANTA. -
NoUBed That Ml* Child t, u r lnx at Ch»r-
charlotte. He Secure# a Special Train and
Goto to Atlanta in Time to Make Connec
tions.
Atlanta, Sep. 18.—The loro of fath
er for child and the depth of anxiety
which may be aroused on occasions had
a forcible illustration to-day and in a
manner not often chronicled.
Mr. Forbes Lydell, a well-known mer
chant of Montgomery, received a dis
patch in that city about I o’clock this af
ternoon thata child of his, now in Char
lotte, was lying critically ill and not ex
pected to live.
The train for Atlanta had passed hours
before, and tho departure of the Air-Line
train from this city for Charlotte is at 6
p. m., his only train until to-morrow,
which, in all probability, would carry him
to the bedside of his child too late.
His anxiety was so great that he de-
termined to go at once, if possible, atany
cost, and he succeeded in arranging with
the railroad authorities for a special train,
which would put him in Atlanta in timo
to make the connection with the Air-
Line. For this valuable and timely ac
commodation ho paid one dollar per mile
for the distance covered, 176 miles.
The engine, with a coach attached,
containing Mr. Lydell and Train Dis
patcher McKenzie in charge, pulled out
of Montgomery at 1:15 p. m. Engineer
John McWaters had the throttle which
was a guaranty that the trip would bo
made in safety and in good time. Over
considerable portions of the distance the
run was made at a rate exceeding a mile
a minute, and at 5:20 tho train ran into
tho Union depot here with forty min
utes to spare. Mr. Lydell left for Char
lotte on the Air-Line at 6 o’clock.
REV. SIMON PETER RICHARDSON ON
DR. 1HAWTORNE.
The Iiaue 1# Prohibition .'Not Plngi.riiini-
UI B Enough to Swim Without Gourde and
Madder*-Whu Can Caat the First Stone
At Hawthorne?
Editor Banner-Watchman: Dr. Haw
thorne needs no onejto defend him. He ii
in all respects able to defend himself.
His spotless life is his best defense; [
have known him twenty years, and all
that time he has been on tho right side
of all moral and religious questions. Tho
present issue with Dr. Hawthorne and
and secular press, is not a personal is-
sjo with Dr. Hawthorne, l’copio are
not always mad rbout what they pro
fess to be mad about. The issue is pro
hibition. As to the Doctor’s plagiarism
that is a small matter; everybody who
knows Dr. Hawthorne knows that he
doi’t need gourds and bladders to swim
in deep water. He is, tall enough to
wade the most of tho streams he comes
to. If there is a lawyer, doctor, preacher
or editor who don’t use other men’s
thunder will he throw the first stone at
Dr. H.? Wo wait while ho sends up
his name, or comes up with rockin hand.
The press is very careful in taking care
of ministerial property. What claims
has this Godless country upon preachers
that God has not got upon them? Dr.
Hawthorne does not^usc language stron
ger or more severe than tho Saviour us
ed.^ Ho called the Pharises, vipers and
whited sepulchres.
All we know we have learned directly
or indirectly. There is not a man in
Georgia upon whose cradle and colli n,
quotations might not be justly placed.
It is simply impossible for such a man as
Dr. Hawthorne, on purpose,to appear be
fore the public in borrowed plumage.
S. P. Richardson.
GENERAL NEWS.
Forty cases of cholera a day in Rome,
Italy.
Chiefs of the fire departments of
America are in session in "Atlanta.
The Midland Railroad Company have
admitted their liability in the recent dis
aster.
The stringent money market is caus
ing a depression on tho stock exchange
in New Yo-k.
The cholera is of such a virulent form
in Europe that death often ensues an
lionr aftei the attack.
With 500,000,000 bushels as the avail-
able wheat crop of the year, we can hops
tor cheap bread.
Since the loth inst. there have been 35
new cases of cholera and 18 deaths from
the disease in Malta.
It looks like everybody is fighting
duels in Mexico. The Maximilian Em
pire scandals arc at the bottom of it all.
By the will ol Col. Green B. Board,
the late president of the Board of Trus
tees of Roanoke College, the college will
receive $10,000.
Geo. Webster’s Brewing Company, of
Cincinnati, made an assignment yester
day morning. Liabilities estimated at
$500,000: assests $350,000.
Several bills were introduced and read
the first time in th* House on Monday.
Mr. Russell, of Clarke, introduced the
999th and Mr. Featbstone the LOOOth
bill.
Woolfoljt is elated over the arrest of
three negroes, at whose door his lawyer
lays the charge of the heinous murder.
We hope him innocent, but await devel
opments.
Enough dynamite to blow up Havana
was found near Key West. Fla. The
plot against Cuba is assuming danger
ous proportions. We could take better
care of hor than that
Mr. Henry C. Hanson has resigned
the place of business manager of the Ma
con Telegraph, and Mr. J. F. Hanson
has returned to the place. Macon is to
have a dew paper, it is said.
On the Northern Branch of tho Penn
sylvania Railroad, near Monanoqua, yes
terday, two freight trains collided.
Twenty-five csrs caught fire and were
consumed with their contents. Loss
$400,000.
It is thought that Gov. Lee and Mr.
Barbour, the groat Virginia organizer,
will contest Senator Riddleberger’s seat
at the expiration of his term. Discord
among friends often means victory to
enemies.
Dr. Strong, of Atlanta, formerly of
Michigan, says that no such corn grows
in Michigan as he saw around Ellijsy,
Georgia. And yet Georgians think they
can’t raise their own bread; avaunt such
an idea..
In speaking of free whisky and tem
perance men, the Rev. Sam. W. Small
says: “True temperance workers all
over the union are rapidly recognizing
that the suppression of the livuor trafic
is at last dependent upon its national os
tracism,”
Who can longer deny the value of
woman’s services, since female inspec
tors are making seizures of innumerable
dutiable articles, such as pipes, silks,
velvets, etc., concealed in the bustles of
passengers. We have always looked
with suspicion on bustles. Who, but a
woman, would have dreampt of such a
hiding place.
Ten out thirteen of the governors of
the original states were Democrats. The
framers of the government wore demo
cratic in principal and practice. No
wonder that though temporarily obscur
ed, the light of democracy shines forth
more brilliantly than ever. The princi
ples *f true democracy will remain as
long ss there is a vestige of freedom and
true Americanism remains.
On last Saturday night a party of
raoonshinera went to the house of Hr.
James Ash, in Chestatowee district, in
Lumpkin county, broke ft open and best
Ash over the head with a pistol until he
was senseless, and then earned him out
in'the woods, where they tied bin to a
tree and beat him unmercifully. The
outlaws thought Ash had given the in
formation which caused the destruction
of their stills. Ash his left his home
snd is afraid to return. He is at Dalr-
lonega, and appeals to the courts for pro
tection.—Journal.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES. * (
The committee on banks recommend
ed the passage of bills amending the
charter of the Athens Savings Bank.
■ Consideration of the resolution relative
to the sale or lease of the Western & At
lantic Railroad was set down for Wed
nesday next
Nine hundred and ninety-nine bills
hare been introduced before the Legis
lature. Piled together,'they would doubt
less make a Chinese wall around the cap
ital city. .. *