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sorgia meintiur remarked lo-night
llut no comproibisv had been arrised at
between Mr. lLimiall and the repreaenta-
t.TeM o' tan IT reform, that Mr. lUmiafl
kept well aloof from the lree traders, and
when approached simply teplied that he
had no suggestions to offer and nothing
to say.
This course has had the effect of crys
t lining feeling against him, and many
Southern members declare openly
that it is Mr. Carlisle's duly when
lie is made speaker to deprive
him of all power for harm by refus
ing him an important committee. Then
is no reason to doubt the rumor that
generous concessions would be made to
Mr. Haudall if he could be induced to
talk of tariff at all, but lie is absolutely
dumb. What is to come out oi
this anomalous slate of affairs no one
can predict. There is a sort of undefined
and undelinablu dread that the democrats
may Tail lo pa>s a measure to meet th»
•demand for tax reduction, but ihi'
springs, most likely from a know.edge » f
(lie existence of a small faction in lluii
ranks who will oppose any bill they may
formulate to meet this public desire. Out
Mule delegation will vote as a unit lo
reduction. I here is no soft of doubt as
to their opposition. OI the new mem
hers l have heaid Messrs Colton, Grim* s
and Stewart all speak Upon this »u* jet*,
aod w niie .lodge Stewart thinks there
arc other\uai questions in which the
agricultural sections are Mletesled, par-
ticulailv the mullets of ui *re in nicy m.d
credit, he is umist.kahly in fat or of re
ducing the treasury mi ome.
I he re| u h. an m inVrsof the S mat
cournitiee on privileges anti elections
have com 1 tided to waive objection t«
the swearing in of Messrs, tuque am
Faulkner and other de.nocials whom
seat■* Hie «|iie-siiomd, and lake their worl-
lo the c •mmittee.
ThcDecdly Knife in the Hands «f
White mid Colored—Bloody uud
DnngcroiiN Kips—Biff StitsUes and
Doubtful Chance* of Bocorery-dL
Bad Kecord of Events*
Danielsvidle, Dec. 6.—{Special.]—
Report reaches hereof a little' bloodshed
between some of oar good citizens, Sat-*
THE JlESSAfiE Of THE PRESI
DENT OF THE EXITED STATES.
ATHENS FULLY ENDORSES MAYOR AS-1 DANIELSVILLE AROUSED AT MIDNICHT j
BURYH- HODCSON
BY SEVENTY-FIVE MEN-
THE BAR ROOMS.
Will
of I'.siib
i Atlanta.
-ISj. J-C
ui.y p-is-*n wishe-
i.ust regi>t'T m lb-
t Dorunirnl Which Will Uo Down
To History—The floral of Heavy
Taxation and an Overflowing
Treasury—How Ear Protection is
To Be Allowed—lie Sustains the
llanncr-Walcliniau^ Position.
cgi'ler* d lb:
morning as a win*.e>a.t
r, i.hiiki i.- the first ill ii
5 d’ enur*e, all til-
Washington, Dec. 6.—[Special.—
President Cleveland'* annual message
was sent to congress to day. It is de
voted exeluHixely to the consideration of
the excessive revenue and the tariff,
which the President regards as exceeding
all others in importance, and in the de
mand for prompt action, lie makes a
strong argument in favor of tariff
revision, and th<^ danger to the
business interests of the country oc
cssioned by the accumulation of a great
surplus in-the treasury, which th • Pies-
identestimates will amount to
.Mhy the .’khli of Juno next unless 1
prompt measures are adopted for reduc-
ng taxation and revenue. He shows
iha» the means heretofore adopted to
keep down the surplus that is, by calling
in and redeeming bond-, can no longer
he resorted to, as all bonds subject to
.Mil have all. adv been called for, ana
•udders of the bonds bearing higher rates
»f interest which are not auhj.-ct to re-
lempl on at the option of ih*- govern-
ucnt. will not be -um*ndi*!vd by their
holders without large premiums. He
•p»»>es propositions lo get rid of the sut-
plus by extra*ngtut appropriatim-a, and
>y depositing »Le money in banks in va
unis poition^ of the country, to he use 1
in aid of the business of the country
fne latter mode, he insists, would bring
,l,o.»t too close a connection between
iht treasury department and the busi
ness of the people, to the disturbance
if tl e normal condition of industry and
trade
Tor l>;»
;.Until*
On trie subj et of tariff r
‘resident is emphatic and e;i
ippeal for immediate action,
hat i xc« ssive taxation is a
vi-i.ii, tl
rne.-t i:» his
lie insists
:real wrong
And Tuts Him In Ollier for Another Year-
Sir. Horsey Gives Him a Close Race—Me
tro well Elected in the Second—McKinnon
Returns From the First—Capt. W. D.
O'Farrell Coatluues “the Mascot” of Ath
ens Folitics.
Yesterday was a cold, cloudy day,and
the candidates and workers who arose
early found a gray, raw morning, and a
suggestion of dampness in the air which
would have chilled anything but an elec
tion day ardor. Both sides were early
at the "polls, and in the two lower wants
especially, the contest was warm from
the opening to the close of the ballot
box.
The ballot was for mayor, one mem
ber of the town codicil from each ward,
ami a member of the school board from
the city at large. For several weeks
the canvass has been warm, and the
election was looked forward to with con
siderable interest. There was strong
feeling enlisted, and in one or tvre wards
there came near being serious personal
scrimmages, but the disputants were
separated in every instance, anti th* day
passed without any sort of disturbance.
THE FIRST WARD.
At the first ward poll a very animated
contest resulted. 1 here was a strong
effort made by both men to carry this
precinct, although as the election ap
preached it was evident that Mr. Dorsey
had the advantage in the ward. The
race between Messrs. \V. McKinnon, .1.
A. Mealor and R. 1). Matthews for coun
cil attracted considerable interest. The
early morning vote placed Mr. Dorsey
considerably ahead, but Mr. Hodgson
polled a good vote during the day and
showed considerable strength. W hen
the vote was counted it was found that
the result was as follows:
FOR MAYOR
et, t> lobe i-.X
•,ir of the ai.ti-
e prohibitionist.*
t —nifil.i to con-
Would plohabU
Wiii Un et till"
it- matter.
•»> ihe people and should not lie c**ntin-
led. He declares that the internal reve
•ue taxes be*ng iinpo*ed upon liquors
nd tobacco do not effect the necessari< >
>f life, and can he paid without incon-
• u-f ; also, that no c.»:iiplsi:it of 11 •.i-
t;x has been made by the people. But
l,-‘ \w.»i upon the peonle > i.eivsxitle.-
t-f litir.g he regards a »nar/ .ml ur.-
•.« cessary wrong which sh-v.! 1 he reme
died by tm.r rcoiiction. He would
h »v<- due regard pai'i t ' the interests of
home industry, but n-'l at an unneces
sary expense a d burden to the people.
He preset.is in a sir .rtf light the injustice
done lo the agricultural and oth*r classes
by undue protection to manufacturers.
He also alludes t** tne Coinhio-.tion ot
manufacturers to limit production and
keep up high prices wrong* which
should not he encouraged by a prohibi
tion ot foreign compel! i*»;i, and th*? no
nopo!i/.ing ••trusts’’ as combinations
a inch should secure no favor from ill-
government.
The President says that on account of
the predominant inipoi lance of the tarifl
and revenue questiu
A. H. Hodgsor
K. H* Dorsey,
V. W. Skiff,
Dors*
majority
Full At.HERMAN#
W. McKinnon,
*1. H. Mealor,
II. 1). Mathews
FOU SCHOOL TRUSTEE.
!)r. -lohn Gerdine,
8F.COM> WARD.
ANOTHER tYE WITNESS*
Wtiouui B*aluti l.amar and Elbert
\1 are in li»e ( row d that Assaulleil
t •iiiir lliftbiou-rr.
Atianta. Dec. 5 —[Special]—Thi-
tiv mil g a negro man named Harry Cole
UtMi called at police headquarter* and
inc lined the chief Hint he was on Ivy
».ear (.illliter, Saturday nitflit a
v* t k letfo. between 9:30 and 10 o’clock,
and saw the gang of negroe* who assaul-
young IJighloWtT.
Coh-mnn i** positive that he saw both
Isamii Lunar and Klbeit Ware in the
ei..wd, and that Ware threw the stone
that struck the young man. He says
that the negroes had been standing al
the corner of Gilmer snd Ivy atieetsomc
time before Mr Hightower passed, and
that they threw rocks at everybody
who rnme by wearing a blue badge.
Coleni-n will appear on the witness
stand w hen Lamar and Ware are brought
to trial.
Undauntedly, public inter, st centered
m the second ward, where the vote for
alderman w«.s very close batween Mr.
W. A. McDowell and Dr. E. S, Lyndon.
La-t year a clo:
between Messrs* A. McDowell and
I. V Murray, the latter being elected by
*J rotes- It was hard to tell during the
day which side held the advantage, and
fe. lir.g w.n
one
A Catastrophe Averted By the Cool
Deteruiiuatioii of Sheriff Scarbor
ough, Supported by the Couutel of
D. \V. .llcadow, Ctq —The Lynch-
era Foiled-
Danielsvii.i.e. Dec. 7.—[Special.]—
Hate often passes by rapid transition into
pity and sympathy.
For days the people of Madison coun
ty Have rejoiced that the notorious Dick
Hood was at last ensnared in the meshes
of his our t fashioning and lay, under the
powerful arm of the law, in a prison
cell. They little dreampt, however, of
the extremes to which Hood’s deeds
would force some of their fellow-citizens.
They had no conception that the cool
resolve of seventy-live determined im»n
were bent on drinking Hood’s blood;
that at midnight they would be aroused
to find their town and very doors picket
ed with masked men who had sworn to
take the law into their own hands and
dye the quiet streets of Danielsville with
the blood ol the informer. Such, how
ever, is history. About midnight Sheriff
Scarborough was awakened by a noise at
his door. Rushing out he wa; confront
ed by a posse of men who in cool lan
guage demanded the prison keys. He
remonstrated, he reasoned, he insisted
that tha would be lynchers forego their
dark designs and withdraw their request.
At last he obtained their "consent to be
allowed to consult one or two citizens.
He went direct to the home of D. \Y.
Meadow, Esq , to ask legal advice. Mr,
Meadow dressed hurriedly, went to the
door, and on being questioned as to the
best plan to adopt, replied, “Hold l<>
your keys.” “But,’* says the jailor, ‘th
umb threaten to burst through the door
and thereby not only secure the object
of their search, but free every man in
the jail.’ ‘Despite their threats hold your
keys, and if possible conceal yourself ami
them,” responds Mr. M. Passing by the
sheriff, he then goes to his front gate
and confronts the spokesman, who, with
one or two ot the lynchers, had accoin
panied the jailer. Addressing himself to
the leader, he remonstrated, and sai l
that he would secure the name of every
man in the party and htv
if they did not desist and
leader defiantly replied, “Do what you
will, you don’t know a single man in the
crowd.” After some moments of hot
words, the party moved off and con
sulted together, finally dispersing. The
greater number were not iua-ked at all. I
and it .s supposed that they were either
from another countv, or from n section
The Straight Anti-Prohibition Ticket Ooel!
Through—The Negroe* Vote Solidly YVet— j
A Yellowstone Kit Ticket ami an Anti- !
l'nul Jones Circular.
Atlanta, Dec. 7.—(Special.]—Tha
Washington, Dec. 7.—[Special.]—It
is known everywhere that the late Rob
ert Toombs lived and died in the aristo
era tic town of Washington. Some four
election for council men and aldermen i hundred yards due east of the public
passed oti quietly. 1 he entire wet tirfc- square, on Main street, is the home of
et is elected, -1.hough Jacob Haas for j this dt>’inguished Georgian. It is a large
alderman had a close call, and the offi
cial count may leave him out. The new
council wjll place the liquor license at
about one thousand dollars. Following
is the ticket elected, the colored vote be
ing cist almost solidly for it:
ALDERMEN.
Alber Howell,
Jacob Haas.
COUXCILMKN.
First Ward—John M Stephens.
Secontl Ward—Pascal J M oran.
Third Ward—James G Woodward.
Fourth Ward—S A Morris.
Filth Ward—A P. Thompson.
Sixth Ward—Martin Amorous.
Mr. Albert Howell is general tickei
agent at the union ticket office.
Mr. Jacob Ha^vi* cashier of the Cap
ital City bank, ami is prominently con
nected with a number of Atlanta enter
prises, and is well known as a leading
business nun.
Mr. J. ^Stephen* is tna ager ef the
Western Union telegraph office.
M r . 1* J Moran is night editor of the
Constitution.
Mr. Woodward is a well known prin-
t r, and is not the e litor of the Working
• rid, as some people suppose. The
e litor of that paper is G K Woodward
Mr. S. A Moriis is a member of the
linn of S A & .1 A Morris, lid Decatur
street. He is a business man who has
not been kn iwn in the city politics be
fore. He sticks closely to his business
in ! is highly esteemed by his neighbors.
He was strongly endorsed by a mass
m* eting of the fourth ward, at Adamson's
! lull, yesterday.
! Mr. A P Thompson is of the firm of
Thom M Clarke & Company, Hard-
I wale merchants.
[ Mr. M F Amorous is general main ter
of the Atlanta Lumber Company.
FI.A’i FORM OF THE ANTIS.
The anti-prohibition ticket which is
elected is pledged to the platform an
them inuicDcl Bounced duiing the campaign by the anti-
? prohibition committee. It is as follows:
On the BuhjecUbf license, regulation
uid restriction, we announce for our
selves, as a p-«ity and individuals, that if
hereafter the sale of liquots shall become
lawful in the city of Atlanta, we w.li fa
vor the complete regulation of the trafli
therein, and the confinement o r the same
t» the business poiiinits of business
streets only, and will oppose the grunting
•if any license to sell the >ame in a rest
deco comm unity, or adjacent to any
church, school, or fire engine house, or to
The Bang: of the Gong at A O'clock in
the Evening—Cash Girl? in Marching
Array—A Startling Sight—Night Work.
Rigid Discipline.
A Midnight Raid by Deputy Collector Gantt
and Deputy Marshal Kelly—Lifting the
Cap and Worm From the Cave—Thrilling
Adventures in a Swamp.
election was held here j not very familiar to the people of Daii'.eU j
viile. Wherever they were from, they
evidently cairn* with the full determina
tion to lynch Hood, and were prevented j . . _ . ,
from doing so only by the lirui opposition j rs ' 11 ° ur t,l ' ,n 1,1 1 of c ‘
bitter that a difiiculty at | of Sheriff Scarborough and the es
evernl friends of the , appeal of Mr. Meadow. The citiz
two candidates was imminent; but the
matte i was settled and the day proceeded
smoothly and plrasantly afterward. At
noon Mr. McDowell was thought to have
overtaken Dr. Lyndon, who held the lea I
♦ arly in the day, and at two o’clock Mr.
McDowell was said to be about 15 ahead,
iiis 1 Voting proceeded vert' slowly after this.
entire message to their consideration, aod
refers Uongieas to the teports of the
several heads of departments for
such other information in regard to the
“state of the country,” which the
constitution makes it his duty to
my b« fore congress; but that lie may
make these the suTTjecl of a future'cdrii-
muineatioii.
UMAR NOMINATED.
The President Sends in Ills First
Name to Ike Senate.
Washington, Doc. (».—[Special.] —
The President sent to the Senate to-day
the name of Jon. J* Q. C. Lamar for the
vacancy on the bench of the United
Slates Supreme Court.
(’losed F|>.
Madison. Dec. 5.—[Special.]—K. 1
llrohstyn A* Co. were closed up here last
night by the sheriff. Mrs. Mary Bur
m il held a note of $3,10U against their,
and being unable to meet the note they
were closed out. Their liabilities are
about #H>,nuO, while their assets will
not amount to more than 5,000. Their
Flock will he sold by the sheriff M auc
tion, commencing Tuesday, Dec. lilh.
ATLANTA AGHAST!
Over the Defeat of Senulor Brown
and (’ol. N. J. Hammond.
Atlanta, l ac. 0.—[Special.]—Sena
tor Joseph K Brown was before the
city council last night for re-election to
the position whi cli he has heretofore held
as a member of the board of education.
He was defeated.
Think of that!
A man who all his life has been con
sidered invincible in politics meets de
feat in contest for an office before the city
council of Atlanta!
Was ever such a spectacle presented
before?
The most startling feature of yester
day at terno *n’s session of the general
council was the defeat of Hon. Joseph
K. Brown us a member of the board of
education.
It was known that there would be an
organized effort to defeat him. and it was
alleged that prohibition had something to
do with it; but his defeat was not looked
for, and possibly would not have occur
red but for an oversight on the part of
the Senator's friends.
The members of the board of education
whose terms had expired were Hon Jo-
president; Hon X J
and when the box closed at four Mr.
McDowell’s fsiemls were confident, but
the ballot was too close to be comforta
ble for the candidates. After the count
was make the result was announced as
follows:
FOR 51A TOR.
AiW. TTcKlgSOlfty" •
K. H. Dorsey,
V. W. Skiff
Hodgson’s majority
FOR ALDERMEN
W. A. McDowell,
S. London,
McDowell’s majority
FOR SCHOOL TRl'RTEE.
20
157
Dai.ielsville are to he congratulated that
all*.'
it lo\V
»brn*ty. Further, we shall
oppose the us>* of screens, blinds, nroih* r
ol.^traction of the view of places in which
liquor may be sc hi, and will further op-
iio <• the use of any gaining table, devise
frame house of some twelve rooms, built
on the style of Southern ante-bellum ar
chitecture; long Right of stairs leading to
front door, basement floor; broad, full
length portico, supported on large, white
pillows, and sitting some hundred feet
from the street. It is surrounded by
ample grounds of some fifteen acres.
Our forefathers believed in abundance of
room. It was to this home that young
Robert Toombs, in the flush of vigorous
manhood, with his w'onderful talents
just developing, led his beautiful bride,
Julia DuBose, who shared the honors
and divided the cares of her husband’s
remarkable career. From this home
Robert Toombs went forth to grapple
the intricacies of the law and achieve his
great reputation as one of the most pow
erful advocates of the age. His knowl
edge of, and influence over men, was re
markable. From-here he went to Con
gress and the U, S. Senate, where he as
toumled a nation with his eloquence and
perfect mastery of every subject hi
massive brain grappled. Front this home
he made his narrow ami romantic escape
from the Northern troops, he passing
out of the back door just as they entered
the front gate. Since the war Gen
Toombs lived quietly in this home until
very recently, when he answered the
universal summons and went to his re
ward. In his home Gen. Toombs was a
perfect type of the Southern gentleman,
snd during his life many of the most
distinguished people of the day partook
of his lavish hospitality, within the folds
of this ty pit cal Southern ho.lie. It was
this home that was sold at public sale
on Tuesday last. The original lot was
Unified into five, two on either side of
the house lot. The house and lot con
taining some nine acres of land was first
put up anfi w'as hid off at $3,750 by F.
11. Colley, Esq. Mrs. Colley is a niece
of Gen. Toombs and is said to resemble
her gifted uncle, perhaps more than any
of the family. She, with her family,
will certainly appreciate the memories
that cling about the name of the greatest
intellect this section has ever produced.
Next, the lot adjoining the Presbyterian
church, wastoffered. it contains about
two anfi one-quarter acres, anfi was b.d
oil’, at $1,000, by Mr. Gabriel Toombs,
brother of Gen. Toombs. Lot No, 2,
went off at $1,005, to B. S. Irvin, F.sq
for Mrs. R. Toombs DuBose. Lot No. 4
just beyond the house lot, went oil' at
$850 to 1). JuBose, l>q , one of the ex
ecutors. Lot No. 5 to Mr. J. W San-
original lot brought,
and was considered
law held sway, and Will 1
take its own course. Mr. ! - - ,
properly snifi that, although employed to j ajqiara u
prosecute Hood, he was not w i ling to \ ; lt l* a . .
r .. , i ,, .i... r i furtherance and in aid of the regulation
see him murdered win n in tin* grasp ol I , ._ , r
the law, defenseless anfi friendless.
or the paving of an x j
liquor is
dors. The entii
therefore, $7.Gt*i
very well sold.
After tile lots wei
of laud about a mile
to the estate, were t
i* sold several tracts
from time belonging
UVred, but were bid
a-ncs 1 in by the
of t:.e
Houd’M Career,
Daniklsvili.e, Dec 7.-—(Special )—-
The notor ous Dick lioea, who has report
ed so many Madison county citizens, and
had so many warrants issued against
them upon charges of violating the in
ternal revenue law's, is now in durance
Dr. John Gerdine,
THIRD WARD*
In this w*rd there was no contest for
alderman. Mr. \V* D. Gnffeth being un-
opjKiscd. It was general v admitted that
Mr Hodgson would carry this ward for
Mayor, although Mr, Dorsey’s friends
put some of their best workers here and
polled a good vote. Early in the day a
difficulty was threatened between two
well known anfi prominent citizens of
Athens. Both parties thought better of
the matter after grappling, however, and
were separated, with the understanding
that they were to settle the trouble later.
We trush that now the election is over,
the difiiculty will be dropped.
The result in the third ward was:
FOR MAYOR.
A. II. Hodgson,
E. II. Dorsey,
V. W. Skiff,
no
109
173
The Virgtniu Official* Win,
Washington, l)cc 5.—[Special.]—In
the Supreme court of the United States
to-day. Justice Matthews rendered a de
cisfioti in the habeas corpus case from
Virginia. The decision is in favor of the
State. The imprisonment of the State’s
officers was declared without authority
of law, and their release ordered.
•*.\r
k ior.i
» Inquirer.’*
Atlanta, Dec. 5—[Special.]—M
C. lionet, of Spartanburg, S. C , wi»
a lecture in this oil}’ some lima during
th** pres* uL month, which promise^ to be
a brilliant success.
...ph E. Brown, .
Hammond and Hon E K Rnwson. Hodgson’s majority,
Mr Hemphill nominated Hon Joseph J for alderman.
E Brown. ! ^ • D. Griffeth,
After the ballot the Mayor declared j 1). C. Barrow,
that Messrs W a Hemphill, VV R Ham- | for school trustee.
mond, W M Bray and \V S Thompson j Dr. John Gerdine,
had been elected. - fourth ward.
There was a look of surprise on many j This ward, where usually a full vote
faces. j ,s thrown and an interesting contest
Senator Brown had been beaten, was made, held its election yesterday with
the thought that passed through several I out a ripple. This being Mr. Hodgson’s
, home ward, it was conceded that he
xpress his would carry it, but Mr. Dorsey’s friends
r.timents of were,active and got out a full vote. The
i result was:
thing was Foe MAY
•tlier wav.” : A. H. Hodgson,
E. H. Dorsey,
ielsville jail.
Rumor charges Dick with variovs of
fenses. He is charged with presenting
a pistol nt Mj*. Henry Gray an 1 severely
whipping him with a buggy whip, as
Gray says, because he would not agree
to swear as Hood wanted him to. He is
charged, too, with carrying a pistol con
cealed, and with forgery, and wai rants
for pointing pistol at Gray, carrying
pistol concealed and forgery, were put in
the hands of J. S. McCurdy, who went
to Gainesville and brought Hood to Mad
ison. Hood had been arrested a few
days before, but being considered a dan
gerous man, cussed and threatened him
self free, wi h the help of deputy mar
shal Jack Hunt, who. the hoys say,
threatened :o wade in blood up to his
n?ck before he would let Hood be carried
off by the officers.
On one of the many raids in this emm
ty by revenue officers, in company with
Hood, Mr. Andrew Eherhart,a peccable
and inoffensive citizen, against whom no
warrant was issued, and against whom
there is no charge preferred to this day,
so far as we are informed, had a pistol
leveled at him by Hood al out midnight,
and was grabbed and carried some dis
tance from his home. The disturbance
so frightened his wife that she was con
fined to her bed and very serious conse
quences followed.
This is more than a tnan can be ex
pected to quietly ubmit to, anfi doubt
less some one will havo to suffer for
these misdeeds and outrages, perpetrated
by men professedly looking to the en
forcement of law.
Hood’s game of bluff was no good
against Jim McCurdy, who arrested and
hand kufled him single handed and
minds.
Mr Angier w
surprise, and h
others when he
“If I hr.fi knewr
going I would hav
The five vote
quick i*'
otced the
aifi:
trade in liquors, we will fav
cense rate which, while not so high as
to create a monopoly, will yet be alto
gether sufficient to secure adequate reve
nue from this source to the city govern-
men*, and make practicable anfi efficient
regulation; and will favor the«lection of
such persons to the general council as
will carry the above into effect in good
fa h.
SE QN.WHOLEjjA _____
_ rorieis InetTo ♦lay”
and put the wholesale liquor license at
$1,TU0. 'There is great consternation
among the liquor men thereat! It was a
sockdolager.
SOME SENSATIONS.
At 10 o’clock the following circular
was distributed at the various polls in
the city:
“People of Atlanta: Will you allow
Paul Jones and his chosen few to control
your city? Rally to the polls and vote
the Atlanta Ticket. Save Atlanta’s in
terest. Let us have peace and good gov
ernment!'’
It was looked upon as a great joke by
the antis.
During tlje morning the question of
oity clerkship and city treasurer was to
a certain extent brought into tht elec
tion. Several antis expressed it as their
ouinion that the success of th ir ticket
would mean the defeat of Mr. J. II. Gold
smith for city clerk and of Mr. R. M.
Farrar for city treasurer two years hence
It is said that the anti ticket is favor
able to Mr. A. P. Woodward for clerk
and Mr. E. S. McCandless for treasurer.
While the election of city officers does
not occur until July, 1889, the result of
to-day’s contest no doubt has an impor
tant bearing upon it.
On Wednesday morning Miss Lula
Ellington was married to Mr. Arthur
Sanford, of Palmer, Texas. The ceremo
ny took place at the home of the bride
in the presence of a few friends. Rev.
Mr. Brown officiating. The happy cou
ple left immediately for Gainesville,
where they will visit relatives. They
will make their home in 'Texas, where
the groom is engaged in planting. The
good wishes of the* community attend
them - ...
bid •
alisfactory
A Teacher Killed By a Pupil,
Wheeling, W. Va., Dec. 7.—[Spe
cial.]—At a public school at Beeson
creek, Richie county, yesterday, a young
man named Davis, a pupil in the sclioo’ y
was told by his teacher, Creed Wilson,
that he intended to whip him for infrac
tion of school rules. Davis drew a long
knife and attempted to cut the teacher s
throat. Wilson struck Davis’ arm up
ward. The knife entered his forehead,
severing the temporal artery, and then
cut a frightful gash across Wilson’s fore
head, lopping off his right ear. Davis
continued to cut and slash at the teacher
until the latter fell exhausted from loss
of blood, he having a dozen bad stabs on
his neck and head. He will probably
die.
ow tl.l
voted
ceivefi
Brown were: Messrs Hemphill, Mccas- | N • ^ • EkitT,
lin, lvinyon, Tanner anfi Allen. j
101
58
aione.
Hood intimates that he will soon he
taken from jail here, and it may be that
there will be some fun between the State
and Federal courts as to where Dick
shall rest.
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A STRONG SERMON*
A Bomb Thrown ui
New York, Dec.
, Policeman*
5.—(Special )—
\Vl»de John Feeny, policeman at Union
H ll, N. J., was in a saloon at that place
yesterday, a bomb was thrown into the
room and exploded under a table, at
which Feeny had been sitting a ie mieiit
before.
>1 Tliuuk*.
Notice
Pauls, Dec. 5—[Special.]—The cen
tral revolutionary committee has issued
a notice thanking the republic for having
defeated M. Ferry, and thus saved the
republic from a coup d’etat.
i IVlor Rirliardfton «n I nte.np«*r-
ucc :»n«l i»rl»t-C«iT> lng.
1C4
On last Suml.y I!ev. Simon l’eler liich-
ardsnn preached a fine sennun imhe l-’irst
Methodist Church. Ilis theme was true
repentance. He said that there v as an
tslance oi people living practical, t’ree
from God. In Atlanta where they had
Hodgson's major.ty,
FuK Al.DKUUAX.
I). C. Harrow,
F r. SCHOOL TKl'STEF..
Or. Jno. Gerdine, 102
It will thu. he seen that Mr. A. H.
Hodgson is re-elected mayor for the next
year by 117 majority over Mr. Dorsey,
and that Messrs. W. McKinnon, W. A.
McDowell. \V. D. Griffeth and D, C.
The
red by th.
interest!!);
Protection in Spain.
Maurid, Dec. 5.—(Special.)—The
Spanish conservatives demand from the
deputies an increase of 25 per cent, in
duties on all foreign cereals, rice, flour,
cattle, etc.
Ttie Scalper. Luoglit.
Atlanta, Dec. 5.—(Special.)—Two
atrange young men were arrested here
to-day for selling bogus rsilnosil tickets
to Chicago.
New York Cation market.
Sew Yose, Dec. 5.—(Special.)—
Spot cotton steady, Middling upland
109-18.
Future* steady; December. 10,47@49;
January, 10.55@56; February, 10.03@U4
Chicago market.
Cntcaan, Dec. 5.—{Special.]—Wheat
opened, December, 79 Corn, De
cember, 50,' 4 '. Oats, May, 34c.
Pork/January, $14.97,'#. Lard, Janua-
ry, Hibs, January, $7.72}^.
the host, chu-ches, the best preachers snd
the finest theologians in the country, yet
there was 1,128 majority for whisky and
all that whisky means.
Mr. liicliards n declared that true re
pentance was helt.r than surface repen
tance which cried hallelujah and sun;
praise, while the conduct was morally
wrong. He said that the man who owed
money and could pay it and would not,
should not enjoy the privileges of the
church and could not expect the real
benefit of religion. He referred to a
church member, whom he once knew,
ho live in style, but refused to reiin-
bitsc a widow and an orphan for a just
claim.
I have seen tlisl ratn,” said Mr. Rich,
ardson, “blanche and wither under the
lashing's of the pulpit snd sUgger from
the church. And he’ll stsgger to hell,
he'll sUgger to hell.”
Harrow, Jr., are elected to council. I)r.
Jno. Gerdine has been unanimously cho
son a life member of the public school
hoard from the city at large.
THE PAPER MILL
A Company Organized Which Owns and
Will Operate This Fine Property-
Call! Wan Coming.
Wabhixotos, Dm. 6,10:30 a. m.—To
Observer: Continue cold wave signal to
morning of the 6th.
JEFFERSON-
Jefferson. Dec. 7.—{Special ]—Quite
a crowd here on yesterday, sale day, and
property brought very good prices.
Among the visitors 1 was glad to meet
Mr Mandeville and Col A L Mitchell, of
Athens; Deadwyler, Tom Carr and Char,
lie Bacon, of Mayaville. Lands brought
a good pi ice, and all interested parlies
seemed pleased. . ->
Willis Westmoreland Pendergrass sr-
rived in Jefferson yesterday at 3 o'clock
p m. The Doctor is happy and his ex
cellent wife is doing well.
The Jefferson Dramatic Club will give
sonic good enterUinments during Christ
mas for the benefit of the Martin Insti
tute, and should be well patronized.
Yesterday morning the paper mill of
the Pioneer Manufacturing Company was
sold at sheriff's sale, to satisfy a mort
gage held by the Bank of the University
for f 12,500. The property brought $12,-
C'J 20, snd it is no * understood that a
company has been organized with Mr. It.
K. Keaveg as President and Mr. Wm. D.
Griffeth Secretary and Business Mana
ger, which will commence at once to run
the mill and continue the manufacture
of news, manil'a and wrapping paper.
The capacity of the mill will be 2.50U
pounds a day, and the machinery, which
is comparatively new and effective, will
-enable the mills to turn out as fine spec
imens of rag, straw and wood pulp
paper as can be made. It goes without
saying that the new company will have
ample capital, and that it will bare the
mest efficient management This enter
prise will give omployment to 30 hands,
snd its reorganization is an auspicious
evidence ol the progress of Athens.
Death ot Lard t-yona.
London, Dec. 5.—[Special.]—Lord
Lyons died to-day.
The 4t llurl <*rly Itcporl ot Itic Slate
Treasurer to thcliarmi
Atlanta, Dec 7.—[ Sj>e
State Treasurer's repou re..- !
Gjvertiui this moiuiiig is an
document.
The most striking tiling about it is the
fact that the State devoted fcn times as
much uicney to her insane as s*'o did to
her blind or her deaf and dumb.
The report shows total receipts of
I161.247.2J. and disbursements amount
ing to $153,.'{43 88. The balance in the
treasury on June 30th of $341,889.03 was
increased to $340,762,38 on September
30lh.
Of the receipts $75,000 was from the
rental of the Western and Atlantic Kail-
road, about $80,OUO general taxes, Capi
tol tax and the liquor tax; $2,426.69 from
insurance companies and the rest fiom
various sources, in amounts less than $1,-
000.
Of the disbursements the largest item,
$43,750.03 went to the lunatic asylum,
while the blind asylum received only
$4,000 and the deaf and dumb institute
only received $3,750.
The agricultural department received
$2,800, only about one-seventeenth of the
bum devoted to the lunatic asylum.
It cost $28,551.51 to support the civil
establishment, $25,931.21 to keep up the
work on the new capitol, and $3,000 to
print the Supreme court reports. Tw'o
thousand doilars went to the public
buildings lund, $3,157.57 to the land
scrip fund, $988.40 to the school fund,
and $8,925 to the public debt.
An Indian Epitaph.
A summer hotel to be built at a Maine
watering piece is to bear the historic
name of the St. Aspinquid. St. Aspin-
quid was a famous chief of tlio Paw
tucket tribe of Indians, and was born in
New York in May. 1588. Under tho
preaching of John Elliot he became con
verted in early life, and laying aside his
tomahawk and all other implements of
savagery, he traversed "from Atlantic to
the California sea,” {minting out to tho
red men tho way to tho happy hunting
ground and the homo of the Great Spirit.
Aspinquid was un object of veneration
wherever lie went. In 11:82 lie died at
the ripe old age of 94 years, and was
buried with great pompon the summit of
Mount Agamenticus near York lunls.r.
History records that in honor of tho
departed spirit no less than 0.711 wild
i animals were hero gathered together, the
j contribution of thousands of warriors
| from every part of the country, tho col-
I lection including 90 hears, 30 moose and
j 32 buffalo, 1,500 mink. 900 muskrats,
483 foxes. 83 wildcats, 113 rattlesnakes
and wolves, catamounts, raccoons, otters,
beavers, ferrets and so on. St. Aspin-
quiil's tombstone was to be seen up to
1780, and inscribed on it in Indian lure
was the following:
Pr» sent. Useful: Absent, Wanted;
Living, Desired; Died, Lamented.
— Boston Gazette.
Buswia Said to Be .'TlaNMing Troops,
London, Dec, 7.—[Special.]—The fact
that Russia is massing troops on the A
trian frontier in large numbers, and
placing others where they can command
the surveillance of a portion of tho Ger
man border, is taken as an indicatien
that active measures will shortly go into
effect to enforce respect for Russia’s
wishes with regard to Bulgaria.
Bang went a gong at 6 o’clock in the
evening in a palatial dry goods emporium
on Sixth avenue. Instantly 1,300 em
ployes stopped work.
•What means this commotion?” asked
a reporter of the manager.
“That bell notifies our army that they
are to get ready to close up,” was the re
ply. “In a moment you will hear the
gong strike twice. That means to cover
up the shelves and counters. Three bells
will ring after that, and all those who are
not wailing on customers in the dress
goods department will go home. Four
bells sends down the attendants on the
upper floor and five bells empties the
house of all but tho cash girls. Wait until
they form in line. It is a sight.”
The reporter waited ufttil the gong rang
six times. Instantly the ties of rigid hut
necessary discipline were cut, and the lit
tle ones formed in squads. Such a cy
clone of voices and crowding for place! It
reminded the observer of a college cane
rush.
“Those girls arc as hard to control as a
regiment of boys,” said the good natured
manager. “It seems incredible that in
their anxiety to obtain desirable places in
the line they can l>e so rough. We dislike
doing it, but we are sometimes obliged to
discharge a few of them for their rough
conduct. These girls are all over the ago
of 14 years, and they must be furnished
certificate from a school teacher
before we employ them.”
At a given signal one squad inarched
past the other. There were no careworn
faces in the ranks. They all went past
smiling, winking or slyly making faces at
the other squad.
“Oh, they went out first last night,”
cried a little one in the company left be
hind. “I don’t think that’s fair.”
But it was fair; for the first outgoing
squad nt e\cning was the first to arrive in
the morning. Kqual division of labor is
the motto of the firm, and the Biblical
quotation of “the last shall be first
not carried out.
A STARTLING SIGlfr.
Twenty minutes after the first bell rang
the long aisles were in darkness, with the
exception of here and there a dim light at
each end of the room. The superinten
dent and the journalist inspected the
premises. In going through the suit de
partment a startling sight met the repor
ter’s eyes. A row of graceful forms
dressed in costumes worth hundreds of
dollars were there liefore the store closed
but on the return trip they hail been dis
rolled and nothing remained of their for
mer splendor but paper bustles. A wire
form wearing a pajier bustle in a dimly
lighted nxim produces a ghostly effect,
and Mr. Thorne said “he was not sur
prised at the visitor’s timidity.”
The sound of female voices was heard
singing a plaintive negro melody.
“That comes from the work room on the
top fliKir,” said the guide. “We some
times keep the dressmakers at work uutil
midnight altering cloaks and dresses
Inuight during the day. Of course we pay
them liberally for nil extra work.”
The basement of a dry goods store at
night is a busy place. In the delivery de
partment clerks were busy as bees check
ing off the packages and depositing them
in the boxes of tiie drivers, who stuffed
their wagons with them uutil the sides
bulged out.
“These are the cloak rooms,” said the
superintendent, pointing to a long row of
stalls with a square opening in each door.
“Here the clerks deposit their hats,
cloaks and lunch sachels, and receive a
check for them. One of the reasons fer
sending the employes homo in squads is to
avoid confusion here.”
**Thts~ts our henff night watchhtRjn,-** ?
said the superintendent. “He is a good
man to keep away from after dark. He
is a walking arsenal and makes it very
uncomfortable for those who try to make
his acquaintance at night.” He has e.
large force under him and they are all
well armed. Their duties are to close the
premises and protect it until daylight.
They sweep out the stores and dust every
nook and corner in the building. A squad
of paint cleaners follocv the sweepers.
They clean the stools and counters thor
oughly. The most delicate colored fabric
would not be injured by coming in contact
ith the woodwork after they get through
with it. All night long the men worked
steadily, stopping at midnight for supper
and an hour’s well earned rest. Thfe
watchmen on the outside of the building
were relieved nml went iuside for a smok
ing hot supper supplied them by the lib
eral proprietor.
Just as daylight came tumbling through
the eastern windows the great iron shut
ters were raised. The noise sounded like
the clanging of anchor chains on a man-
o’-war. The back windows were opened
and the dust blown out. The advance
guard of clerks liegun to arrive. The
white rolies of the counters were removed
and folded up and the bashful wire forms
weve once more arrayed in presentable at
tire. Customers began to drift in. Tho
long night had passed and a new day’s
business had begun.—New York Evening
Sun.
another fight.
At a fair near Fort Lamar a few night*
ago, the negroes got too much tangle foot
anfi as usual a holiday supper got into
a general row. Jim Bond had stolen &
razor and borrowed a shoe knife, which
had not returned, and with one of
these weapons cut Jim Gunnels (col.)
from near the shoulder blade diagonally
across his hack to his hip. Dr. Goss
sewed him up, using sixteen stitches.
Will Gunnels cut John Wooten nearly
half in two,just above the waist in front
Dr. Goss sewed him up with thirteen
titches, one inch apart.
Wooten will probably die but it ia
thought that Gunnels will get well.
LEXINGTON.
Lexington,Ga., Dec. 7.—[Special.]—
MrsJ W Echols returned from Pitts
burg last week. We are glad to learn
that the family of Col. Echols have de
cided to remain in Lexington next year.
Mr J T M Haire left yesterday to at
tend conference at Marietta.
Another mad dog sensation in our vil
lage Monday.
Mr G W Smith anfi Dr W H Rey
nolds took in the Classic City yesterday.
Mr E J Reynolds has ginned 434 bales
l of cotton this season.
Barnett’* Shoals.—We understand
that Mr. Joseph Coates, who recently vis
ited Barnett's Shoals, on the Oconee
river, was very favorably impressed with
the site and with the water power evi
dently available. Mr. Coates ia think
ing of moving one of his thread mills
down Bomb, and it i* not improbable
that these shoals will be selected.
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Store Keeper.—Mr. E. T. Martin h»s
been appointed by Collector Crenshaw
store keeper and gauger at Mathews’ dis
tillery, 8 miles fiom Athens, in* Madison
count*. Mr. W. C. Welch, the present
store Iteeper, will report to Atlanta, and
will doubtless be assigned to another dis
tillery.
Barn -Burned.—The hern of Mr.
Wiley Lester wts destroyed by tire Sun
day night in Clarke county, including
several head of cattle, stock feed and
farming implements. The tire ie thought
to be the work of an incendiary.
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at ))n..., Mi l l,
In tl). Greet Hanking Ilonara.
It is imleed not uncommon for a firm
to present its casliicr with $300 or $1,000
in cash at tho end of the year, anil to
give tlio clerks in less responsible posi
tions sums of money oommensurato with
their services. Tlio representative Wall
street concerns pay fair salaries. Tlio
young men of thfe dry goods district, al
though in tho busy season they perform
manual labor eighteen hours a day, ore
not better laid than their brethren on
the Stuck Exchange. In the great bank
ing houses, however, the pay of clerks
for tlio first year or two of service ip sur
prisingly small. This is because rich
men, in their anxiety to place their sons
with houses in which there is a clianco
of advancement, c,»:ite ignore the ques
tion of salary at the start. So eager are
they to see tlieir sons thus engaged that
very frequently they are willing to allow
tlieir boys to drudge along without pay
for a year or two. The great liouso of
Kountze Brothers lays its young men in
tIidrdAxea*«a4crTwiea«dnFy of $100,
and their list of applicants for positions is
always a large one.—Now York World,
Statu, of Longfellow.
The first statue of Longfellow to he
erected will beset up In Portland, Me.,
the poet’s birthplace, and will be the
work of Franklin Simmons, a Maine
sculptor. The clay model has just been
finished in Rome, and represents the poet
in a Bitting attitude, the right arm rest
ing in any easy position on the back of a
richly carved and ornamented chair,
while tho other is thrown carelessly for
ward on Ids lap, and loosely holds a mast
of manuscript.—New York Fun.
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MdCiiTUc. Outward (return**.
ou*ljr U death WttwiaiMj,wiadUalLt* *or« Books I
Attknti n Farmers.—Qiiestiora* to
be submitted to the Clarke county far
mers’ club for decision: In sowing
l grain, when the grain leaves the
hand which foot must be in front? An-
r next month. In cutting small grain,
when the cradle goes in, which foot
must be in front? Answer next sum
mer. In selling cotton seed, which gets
the poorest, quickest, the land or the
farmer? Answer immediately.
CREATION’S LOWER ORDERS.
Surgery In the Hospitals.
One of our doctors writes to me:
“While writing a'jout experimental sur
gery in the hospitals you might have
added that cases of death under the knife
la these clinics aro not at all uncommon,
and that they never get into print There
is not a hospital in this city that would
allow a newspaper to semi a reporter to
attend the oiierutions in its precincts fora
month niul give tiim free access to all the
particulars of them. Within that time
there would certainly be cases to record
which it would not be pleasant for the
hospital to have recorded. The secrets of
our hospitals are harder to get at that
those of Blackwell’s Island. Some day
some newspaper will coin a genuine sen
sation by revealing them.”—Trumble in
New York News.
Leprosy Spreading Rapidly.
Accor ling to M. Besnier, a member of
the French Academy of Medicine, leprosy,
far from disapi>earing by degrees, ii
spreading rapidly. Since the extension ot
the French colonial possessions soldiers,
sailors, traders and missionaries have
fallen victims to it in large numbers. M.
Besnier, therefore, exhorts physicians in
ull countries to study the fell disease in
order to find a means of counteracting it*
ravages, for it has active focuses of infec
tion in every part of the globe. The
malady is transmitted by a bacillus
shaped like that found in tuberculosis.
Cleveland leader.
Ira Hughes, and his sons, of Elmer, N. J.,
killed twenty-seven gray squirrels m a single
afternoon.
A woman at Castile, N. Y., opened a head
of cabbage from her garden and found a
bird’s egg imbedded in the center of tho head.
Sorao bird had made a nest there.
A hunting party of twenty-five in Idaho
shot twenty-three black tailed deer, two
white tailed deer, ono wolf, one caribou and
one wildcat, besides catching over 400 trout.
A peach tree at Sonoma, Cal., has presented
its owners with large fruit for 41 years, and
this season surprised them with 250 pounds of
peaches. Each peach measured over eight
inches in circumference.
Mrs. James Ferguson, of Chester county.
Pa., couldn’t imagino what was stealing her
young chickens, until sho happened to see a
big frog from a pond near tho barnyard
catch a chick and jump into tho water with
it. Tho pond was drained, many frog* were
killed and the little chickens ore safe.
Chicken thieves aro so numerous around
Flint, Mich., that tho price of eggs has gone
up, and ono estimable citizen, driven to des
peration by the varlcts, loaded a stuffed fowl
with an infernal machine and dynamite and
placed it upon the roost He said ho was
bound to have something besides his hens go
off.
A California man caught and killed a large
turtle, removed tho eggs from the body and
put them in a cupboard. Several weeks after
ward his wife was nearly frightened to death
on opening tho cupboard to find what she
took to bo young lizards crawling over every
thing on the shelves. The turtle's eggs had
hatched.
Tbad. Stevens’ Kindness to a Widow.
Mr. McPherson relates an incident il
lustrative of Stevens’ kindness and con
sideration. An old friend of his dying,
left a widow in destitute circumstances.
Stevens bought tho property at sheriff’s
sale and continued the widow in posses-
sion. To keep off grasping creditors ha
had himself appointed trustee for the old
lady, and on the back of tho deed she at
tested the fact that he was her trustee to
the full value of the property. There is,
however, not a scrap of paper throwing
light on this transaction, unless it may ba
a letter from Stevens, which descendant]
of the old kuly, who is long since dead,
allege they have, but which Mr. McPher-
sou thus far has vainly tried to see. Tha
property is worth from $800 to $1,000,
and is tho veritable stone house in which
Oen. Lee had his headquarters when tha
hattleof Gettysburg was fought.—Lan
caster Inquirer.
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Wonderful Advantages of California.
California, with its 1GO.OOO square
miles of territory, its 800 miles of sea
coast, its grand Yosemite valley, its stu
pendous water falls, its grand trees, its
towering mountains, presents within tha
limits of a single state all tho climate!
known to the universe, all the differences
of surface, from snow clad peaks to val
leys which lie hundreds of feet below tha
sea level, all the fruits between the equa
tor and tho pole, all the minerals known
to geology.—Cilices’" Herald.
Yesterday maining Deputy Collector
Gantt was seen making for the Georgia
depot in his buggy, which was laden
with a large copper still, worm and cap.
He was approached by a Banner-
Watchman reporter for information in
regard to the capture. Mr. Gantt said:
. “I captured this outfit last night, about
12 o'clock, in the Free State ol Madison
and about a mile east of Dowds. It is
one of the oldest and most noted blocade
stills in this section, and has about as
many patches on it as a corn-field ne
gro’s breeches. I have been for some
time on a hot trail, and had it jest about
located, when the enterprising owner
; lulled up atakes and moved. Last week
got pretty definite information, and so
last night decided to take Mr. W. D.
Kelley and see if we could not unearth
it. We left Athens just after sundown,
and darkness pretty soon settled upon
us. We went in a buggy, for l found
that the best way to slip up on a still.
I am opposed to taking along a great
crowd of men on a raid, and 1 have no
fear of personal harm from the people of
this section, for they know me and arc-
aware that 1 am only doing my duty. We
traveled the Danielsville road, until the
fork that turns off to Dowdy wasreach-
ed,, which we followed for half a mile,
wl.en we turned to the left iu a blind
road through the woods. After going a
short distance we stopped, unhitched
the horse, and concealed the animal and
buggy in a thicket, Wa then struck
out on foot, but soon got tangled by th e
numerous little dim paths, each exactly
like the other. After groping around for
over an hour through the woods, we
finally hauled up at a negro house, and
discovered that wu had wandered in ex
actly an opposite direction from the still.
You can’t get a country darkey to leave
his house after dark in response to tie
hail of a stranger, and so had to dispense
with the services of a guide ond depend
on directions. The consequence was we
were again lost, and it aas about eleven
o'clock when we again got our bearings,
to discover that we were still more than
a mile from the swamp in which the still
was located. But that mile and a half
was a rough one. We waded creeks,
mud holes, through thickets and briar
patches, “coontd” several foot-logs, and
were finally attacked by dogs on pass
ing a farm house. Neither Mr. Kelle)
nor myself had ever been in this section
befo.e, and we were afraid to stop at
houses and ask directions lest an alarm
be raised and the moonshiners warned
At last we reached the swamp, and here
the hardest part of our task
began. The parties operating
the still had been represented to me
as very dangerous men, and so we had
to be careful that they did not get the
“drop” on us. Mr. Kelly and myself
crept up the edge of the swamp, conceal-
ed by a fence, lor near half a mile, to soi
if we could not whitf the beer in the ai
or discover some other evidence of th
still. At last I found acorn-sack on top
of the fence, and taking ou*. my knife and
cutting a hole in the same, found it filled
with sprouted corn for malt. This \
conclusive evidence that we were on
hot trail of the still.
At this point Mr.. Kelly and myself
separated, He began an exploration
from the apper edge of the swamp, 1
from below. The moon had not yet
risen and in the dense undergrowth you
could not see your hand before your
eyes'. ’Thud luatchcaand a c-cdle in my
pocket but was afraid to strike a light,
lest it give warning to the moonshiners.
This tour through that swamp was the
worst trip I had ever taken. One time
1 got hung in a bamboo thicket, and had
to light a match to find my way out 1
fell in a hole Dearly as deep as my head,
and tumbled over enough logs, it seemed
to me, crosstie the Union 1’acific Itail-
roid. I had worked my way through
this swamp more than half * an
honr, with only the hooting of two owls
to break the stillness, expecting at each
step to come up on a g»ng cf moonshi
ners at work. I neglected to state that
Mr. Kelly and myself, while hovering
around the edge of the swamp, thought
that we distinctly heard men walking
and breaking wood on the opposite side
of the swamp, douhtlfefts, we thought to
fire up the still. 1 had gone about half
way up the swamp, when I heard the
frightful stempede aud breaking of hush
es, and in an instant my finger was on
the trigger of my pistol. The noise,
however I found to be made by a drove
of hogs; hut there was clearly defined
against the darkness, not ten steps dis
tant, the outlines of a man. In the
twinkling of an eye 1 had him “covered.”
As the dim light from the moon just
peeping over the horizon fell upon the
silver moulding of my Smith & Weston,
the figure whispered, “don’t shoot—its
me—Kelly—hist.” I approached him,
and a whispered conference insued. He
said he found no signs of the still. Just
at this time I cast tny eye across the
branch, and noticed a dark obstacle in an
opening in the hushes. At the same
time life unmistakable odor of still beer
was was waifted to our nostrils. We
knew that our search had been rewarded
and that one of the famous
blockade stills of Northeast Georgia was
at our hand, and With the most stealthy
steps, with a cocked pistol in each hand,
we crept toward it. We first stumbled
over a pile of dry wood, evidently just
hauled to “make a run;” we crossed a
deep ditch on a creaking plank, and fi
nally stood over a cavernous-looking hole
in the ground. We breathlessly listened
for some little time, when I finally made
bold to strike a match and light my can
dle. By iu faint light I was enabled to
partially see my surroundings. The still
was there, with its great stands of beer,
math tubs, sacks of meal and malt, to
gether with all the attachinenU of a first
class distillery. It was the best equipped
illicit still 1 had ever seen, and was a first
rate haul. A hole as large and deep as
an ordinary room had been excavated in
the ground, and partiallv covered with
boards and dirt. It is a dism il and mud
dy den, but apparently as secure a retreat
as could be found. We held a consul-
tation, tested the beer to see when it
would be ready—lound it would he in a
couple of days—and decided to destroy
the illicit outfit and return home. We
determined, however, not to leave the
owner a pound of copper to begin busi
ness on again, and after battering up the
still, ram and cap, carried it about two
miles and a half on our backs to the
buggy. It gave me enough, however, of
still-toting, for the cap and ram, my part
of tho load, felt like they weighed a ton
before my destination was reached. It
was after 2 o’clock when I reached
home, wet, muddy, torn by briars, and
nearly frozen. I am well satisfied, how
ever, with my night’s work, and would
take the same trip over to-night, if I had
a still located. This makes seven block
ade stills pulled in Madison county since
l have been in office, but there are still
enough left for seed. It is only a few
parties, however, in the Free State, who
are engaged in this business, a large ma
jority of the people of that cor nty having
no sympathy with any such violators of
the law. I have the blockade business
Mr. 0.1
kins, ex-sheri(V, seem to have had some
trouble before, and on Saturday night
mot at widow Thurmond’s just across
the line, in Jackson county, at a party,
where they got into a fight. Mr. Pitt
man was cut on the arm and his overcoat
and clothes badly cut inside, but the
skin was barely scratched. His thumb
was knocked out of place and ho says te
did. it knocking and only fought fair.
Mr. Hopkins was, however, cut by some
one severely in several pis iL-sJon the head.
His son Dennie had a beer bottle broke
over his head, which severely cut him.
Dennis thought the bursting of the bot
tle a i eport of a gun and cried oht that
he was shot.
Nobody seems to knew who threw the
bottle or did the cutting. Only onn set
was danced hefore the fight So the
party was broken up early in the night
The question is where did that beer
bottle came from in a prohibition county.
Mr. l'iMman and Mr. Hopkins are both
well-to do.nien and good citizens, and it
is hopeu that the little unpleasantness
will end where is.
THE SUNDAY BANNER-WATCHMAN-
Watkissvii.lf, Dec. 5.—[Special.]—
The Sunday Banneb-Watcbanm camo
over promptly yesterday by private cou
rier. The people were delighted to re
ceive them and hope that enough will
subscribe to authorize the editors to keep
this up, as we have no mail on Sunday.
Mr. Jim Grillin. of Oxford, was here
on business this morning.
Sing Jones, a prominent farmer of
Greene county, was in town to-day.
Miss I.ffura Wilson spent Saturday and
Sunday with the - home-folks. Shejia
going to school at Madison.
Miss Nellie Langford has returned
home after a long and pleasant visit to
relatives in Atlanta and Conyers.
Mr. McGinty’s force will soon[have a
larce kiln of one hundred and fifty
thousand brick burned.
I >r. Spence Durham went over to
Athens this week, the tirst time in
twelve years. The Doctor's health is.
mu:h better now than it nas been for
some time, lint he has almost entirely
' 1 ' eye-sight.
lost liis
JEFFERSON.
Jefferson, Dec, 5.—[Special]—Mr A
K Brooks' sister died and was buried
here Sunday. The funeral services were
conducted by the Rev Mr Lowry, 9* the
Methodist church.- She died vriwSrejscy, -
in the full faith of her final salvation.
Our fourth quarterly conference is in
session here now. P K Baxler is con
ducting the meeting. We all regret that
he is suffering with throat troubles,
which prevent him from preaching.
Our pastor, accompanied by his excel
lent wife and Brother Baxter, will leave
to-morrow for the annual conference at
Marietta. May they have a pleasant
time.
There will be very few business
changes here next year.
We hope to have some new merchants
to occupy the new brick stores that Mr
Randolph is building. We want ener
getic merchants to settle with us and
help build op the town, that has a bright
future before it.
LULA.
Loi.a, Dec. 5.—(Special.)—Capl Arm-f^r
strong, superintendent of tne Highsmith
Gold mine, has gone to Birmingham on
business.
Business in our little town is flourish
ing. Our merchants are doing a splendid
cash business.
Mr II E Headen, our assistant post
master will move his family to Lula on tha
15th.
Our bar-keepers have sold more whia-
by since our neighbor, Belton, voted wet
a year ago, than ever before.
Rev A 1) Echols and Col J H Huggins .
leave to-day for Marietta, to attend the
annual conference.
Our Justice Court at the Glide district,
is getting to he a big atrair Our N P
and J l’ have thirty-eight cases on their
docket.
Our coal chute and water tank are now
a certainty.
CRAWFORD.
CbawfoRii, Dec. 5 —[Special.]—High
AYnold will live al the Jarrell place,
near Lexington, next year, and till the
soil.
Several tramps passed through here
Saturday, making their way towards
Athens,
Dave Arnold went over to Madison, ,
yesterday, to look after his saw mill.
Jim Edmonson came in Saturday with
a drove of tino hogs.
Jarrell, Haire A- Co. will commence
manufacturing guano now soon.
The tax in Oglethorpe is one per cent,
and the tax-payers are grumbling at it.
Marriage certificates with divorce cou
pons are being introduced in Chicago,
end are becoming very popular.
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pretty well thinned out in roy division,
but hope to send Collector Crenshaw a
few more Christmas presents like this
hefore New Year. 1
Ministers in New York are moving in
the matter of burial reform. Everything
connected with burials has in conse
quence been gradually made so expen
sive that one funeral often costa a man of
limited means bis savings for months.
It i* wrong, as well as unwise, to oppress
the living for the sake of showing a sham
respect for the dead.
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HIGH SHOALS.
IIinn Siioai.s, Dec. 5.—[Special.]—
The Baptist and Methodist Sunday
schools decided, yesterday, to have a
joint Christmas tree lor the children. A
committee from each school was appoint-
d to make all necessary arrangements
to make the little folks happy during the
holidays.
Mr. John L Frazer returned to At
lanta, this morning, after a few days’
visit to his home and family here.
Mrs John W Hinton and children pass
ed through Friday, en route to Athens,
where they will make their future home.
LEXINGTON.
Lexington, Dec. 5.—(Special.)—Mr
Jno Knox was in Morgan county two or
three days last week.
Mrs Laura Hensley, of Knoxville,
Tenn, is visiting her father, Prof T B
Moss.
Rev T H Gibson will U aye to-morrow
for Marietta, to attend con'*Tence. Mr
Gibson is an able and popular i^an, and it
is to be hoped that ho will reuu
Lexington circuit next year, j
CRAWFORD- j
Crawford, Dec. 7.—[Special.]—Sam
Arnold, who has been in Decatur, Ala
bama, for several months, working at the
carpenters’ trade, had the misfortune a
few days ago to fail from a scaffold and
cut his wrist severely. He arrived here
yesterday and will stay until his wonnd
gets well.
John 111 Stokcly is confined to his bed
with a severe attack of rheumatism..
Dr Wood Arnold is again suffering
with a case of rheumatism.
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