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THE BANNER ATHENS WEEKLY BANNER. ^'atttkx^ <. THE ATHENS BANNER, Published Dal’.y, Sunday and Weekly BY T. L. GANTT, Editor and Proprietor, Jackson street, Athens, Ga. ^THiTATnKNinjXiwrBAXjn^irir^dellverei^ carrii rs tree of Charge in the city, or mailed post-K® free to any address at the following rates: $5.00 per year, $2.50 for six'months, $1.25 for three months*, 10 cents for one week. Tli** Weekly «>r Sunday Baxxek $1.00 per year, 50 cents G months. - ,, ’ Transient advertisements will he inserted at tee rate of $1.00 p< r tquaro fortbe tlrst insertion, anil 5o cents tor i-aeli .«il»t-ijuent insertion, ex cept contract advertisements, on which special rates can he obtained. . , , , Local notices will he charged at Jhe rate of 10 cents per line each insertion, except when con- trowl for **xtended periods, when special rates will be made. '. . iceiuittaiices may he made by express, postal note, money order or registered letter. All communications, money orders, checks, etc., should he addressed, or made payable to T. L. GANTT. THE OLIVE BILL-NO* 6* The first section of this much talked of bill is as follows: “Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that from and after the pas sage of this act it shall be unlawful for jtny railroad company, corporation, partnership or person, either.natural or artificial, to buy or hold anV shares or stock in any railroad company or cor poration iu this State or elsewhere, or make any contract or agreement what ever with any railroad company, cor poration, partnership or person, eith er artificial or natural, touch ing or concerning any cor porate property or franchises which may have the effect or be intended to have the effect to defeat a lesser compe tition in their respective business or to incourage monopoly, and that it shall be unlawful for the parties to any such, -contract or agreement or purchase heretofore made since the fifth day of December, 1S77, to proceed further in he execution of the same.” Really this would be amusing if it wt-re not a bill actually,pending before a law-making body. It provides that no natural person shall make any contract with another railroad person concerning corporate pro perty which may lessen competition in their business. If such a bill becomes a law, no two men in Athens could form •a partnership if they- were renting or buying from a corporation. It would prevent any two citizens from consoli dating their capital, and renting land from a railroad company. Suppose two or more enterprising citizens of Athens should conclude to combine their capi tal and put up an elevator on railroad land. This bill,if it becomes alaw,would make it illegal for them to do so* It is astonishing that anybody even for one moment should countenance such a radical measure. Take our town of Athens right now: we are trying to or ganize a land improvement company. If this Olive bill should become a law it will seriously impede its progress. No two eitizens can unite thejr means in any contract in.tlie new eoinpanv’s- propertv. No • two men in Athens could combine and trade for any of the property of our new company ' if the Olive bill becomes a law. It applies to contracts concerning the property of any corporation. It is not confined to ruilroaus. The language is . “any con tract or agreement” * * * * concern ing any corporate property.” If two merchants had rented stores side by side, from our Opera House Company, and wanted to consolidate their stocks in trade and good will and run both stores as one, this bill would" make it illegal. The people o*f Georgia will no more submit to any such communistic meas ure than they would allow the Chicago mi arch ft ts to comedown here and incite insurrection. FOREIGN-BORN CITIZENS. The man or paper opposing the im migration of foreign-born citizens, is an enemy to the progress and develop ment of bis city or section. It was a foreign population that built up the great West, and it is only the importa tion of foreigners into the South that will enable us to keep apace witli and overcome the rapid increase in our colored population, and save the old slave-holding States from being Afri canized. The fact that there occasionally slips in—among the thou£auds of deserving and industrious emigrants that weekly land at our ports—a few lawless and turbulent characters, is no reason that we should close our doors against every alien, that desires to live among us. Our National laws prevent the landing upojn our shores of pauper emigrants, so that there is no fear of the “scum of Europe”taking refuge among us. The simple reason that a man may not advocate prohibition of the liquor traffic does not make him a less desira ble citizen. Bismakck himself is one of the greatest beer drinkers in Ger many, and the man who classes this great statesman among “the scum of Europe” would be considered an idiot. This is a free country, and a man lias the right to think and act and vote as his convictions dictate, just so he does not violate our laws or outrage society. It is only fanatics and cranks who de sire to remould humanity to suit their own peculiar ideas. Such parties should exile themselves to some lonely mountain vale, and there put in practice their cranky notions, where they will not come in conflict with the prosperity of a thriving and growing city of the nineteenth century-. THE NEXT G ONGRESS It is stated that the President will convene the 51st Congress,in extra ses sion early in Oetober. The eyes of the American people are fixed oh the com ing session in eager expectation of a satisfaeroly settlement of the great fi nancial questions. The overflowing treasury is embar rassing to the people, and.it is a ques tion of general interest, how will the embarrassment be removed ? The Charleston News and Courier says: There are at least four ways of doing it: First, by Increasing the Gov ernment expenditures in appropriations for steamship subsidies, coast fortifica tions, new war cruisers, rivers and har bors and pension; second, by increas ing the protective duties to a prohibi tory- standard, and thus diminishing the revenues from imports, as proposed by the Senate bill in the last session of Congress; third, by repealing the inter nal taxes on whisky and tobacco; and fourth, by putting raw materials of in dustry on the free list, and by making substantial reductions of duties on nec- cessaries of living.” How will it be ? LONG COMMUNICATIONS* We Intend to make The Banner a a newspaper in the fullest acceptation of the term, andjience will have no room for long-winded communications .expressing some individual’s opinion on a subject that no one is part&ularly interested in but the author. We will always he glad to have articles from our people on any live and' current topic, hut must confine the writer to a space often lines. Wluu Tin: Banner wants to lay before its readers every morning is the latest happenings in our city,sec tion and all parts of the world, careful ly weeded of superfluous wprds. Any article calculated to hem :i t an individ-* ujd, association or corporation—unles purely- benevolent oni—will be charged for as an advertisemont. We.are not in the way of pvogre? we shall never place any obstacle in the path of true advancement.—Athen Chronicle. This confession does not speak much for the influence of the Evening Chest nut. For two days in succession it published articles in its local columns without editorial discent from the opii ions expressed, that advocate measuri to keep Athens in the near ranks of country- villeges. One offers opposi tion to railroads and the importation ol new and foreign eitizens, and the other article tights the paving of our streets. Evening Chestnut wielded any it would certainly be a serious e in the way of Athens’ pro- We'now take occasion to lay before the reading public a few ideas on the other side of cite subject, in order to as sure the other side that all the brains, and worth, and interests in the State of Georgia do not lie within the offices of railroad corporations.—Athens Chronicle. The opponents of the Olive bill have never contended that all the bVains and worth, etc., are centered within the offices of railroad corporations. No one would he so reckless as to make this assertion while Mr. T. W. Eked sur vives. • Why-, his own college paper, The Pandora,” that ‘doubtless has carefully studied this aspiring young genius’ reports a cogitation held by- Mr. Reed while communing with him self, thusly: “There may be smarter men in the world than Tom Reed, but I, Tom Reed, don’t believe it.” The Banner has never been so bold as to even insinuate that the men who manage our great railroad interests can hold a candle beside this young intellec- tuahelectric light. THE UNIVERSITY- Chancellor Bocals’ work for the Uni versity and higher education in Georgia lias bad its effect. In the Georgia leg islature the University- seems to be tlie favored subject for bills. Iu one ’day the following bills were introduced, which touch upon the University in some way: A bill to authorize the trustees of the State University to accept as a branch of the University a college of agricul ture and mechanical arts, to be‘estab lished at Wayeross. A bill to appropriate the proceeds of tlie lease of the W. & A. railroad to educational purposes and the experiment station and farm. A bill to establish an industrial college as a branch of the State University- for the educa tion of white girls, and to appropriate money for the same. This bill creates the school and a board of directors who shall select a site. Bids are contem plated, as in the case of the Experi ment station., A bill to provide for the admission of white female students in tlie State Uni versity- and branch colleges. - Here are four bills, introduced by members from different portions of the state, and all in one day. Saying nothing of the merits of tlie bills,which of course could only- be'shown by a sep arate discussion of each. AVe simply call attention to the fact that the state is wide awake on its educational inter est. For this revolution Chancellor AV. E. Boggs is due much of the credit and praise. We hope the legislature will do something for tlie State’s University. They can afford it,for they- have done but little previous to this. This is the cen tennial year of the college, and would be a'suitable time for it to spring forth with a newness of energy-. If the peo ple of Georgia and the legislature will stand by Chancellor Boggs in liis great work, the University will yet shove, in the hundredth year of its life, that it has grown better by reason of age. But at the same time there is a great deal-of hard sense in the assertion that railroad combinations are oppressive trusts. Newspapers-may laugh it into scorn; may with their beguiling ways cover up with slick words and honeyed phrases the true meaning of the affair; may cry out that the politician is lead ing the people to their own destruction; and call a halt in the supposed madden ing rush to doom; but more sublime than the awful roll of thunder and clearer than the lightning’s vivid flash, the voice of the people will be heard speakirfg in condemnation of their policy.—Evening Chronicle. Three cheers and a shower of peanuts from the gallery! When Editor Reed unloaded himself of that awakening sentence lie doubtless imagined that he was delivering a sophomore address be fore an enraptured audience. Young man, if you desire to become an editor you must forget.tliese old college har angues and get down to solid argument. They sound mignty- nice on the cam pus, but these old orations won’t do to revamp for the readers of the Ev old A HORROR A EAR HISHOPVILLE. rive negroes Assault a Young White 31an and liis Wife—The Man Beat en, Probably Mqrilereil-The Wife Shamefully Abused. Special to The Banner. Bishopville, July-5.—On last Fri day two young white people, Mr. and Mrs. Daniels, appeared in the neigh borhood, of Bethlehem Church, about three miles above here, and stopped over night with one Ransom J. Ander son, a colored man, and on Monday morning started out for Bishopville to look for work. On their way to ' town they- were met by one Ned Williams, a young negro, who bears a very bad reputation, and were decoyed by Ned to bis house, where he said they could remain during Saturday,-and he eould. then pilot them on Sunday to. a good place to stay- until they eould obtain work. ' On Sunday- morning Ned Williams went off’, ostensibly to see about getting a bouse for the young couple. His real object, however, was to summon four of his comrades, Ed Slater, John Wil liams, his brother Tom, Charles and Preston Jefferson, to aid him in a •scheme lie had planned. The five ' ne groes held a meeting just outside of William’s house anil in sight of their victims. A little after dark Williams told the y-oung white man and his' wife that he would now conduct them to the home he had secured for them, and they set out with him, but had only gone about two hundred yards from the honse When Ned's four companions jumped on young Daniels and beat him, and drove him away. Then the five with drawn pistols, assaulted the woman, each abusing hei to bis heart’s content. The poor creature, half dead, was- forced back into Ned William’s house and there kept until the next uipmhig, when William’s wife carried her to- the house of Preston Jeflerson, aflil he took her to the house of June Cupid, she remained with them until last night, when the white people*of tlie vicinity- got the first inkling of the crime. Investigation foil owed .and Mr. R. E. KILLING AT LITH0NIA. DAN* ALSTON KILLS ALECK WIL SON. The Slayer » Son of tlie Late Colonel Robert A. Alston—He is at Large— Particulars of the Laiqentable Affair, Briefly Narrated. j±c. Men do not often resign positions which pay $50,000 a year, but Mr. Al bert Fink has recently done so, in spite of strong pressure brought to bear to induce liim to retain it. Mr. Fink bad been commissioner of the Turk Lin# Association sinee its foundation, and ha« for years received a salary of $50,- 000 a year. His health has not been good of late, and lie lias determined to go abroad and seek recuperation. His resignation will go into effect July 10th. His successor has not yet been elected. ening Chestnut. Better stick to the old call ing of warming over the news from our mornings paper for your evenings af fliction. The Maeon Telegraph has ascertained that the prosecution of Woolfolk to date has cost $10,954.41. Special to the Banner.. Atlanta, Ga., July 5.—Dan Alston, son of the late Colonel Robert A. Al ston, killed a man at Litiionia last niglit. ' There was a holiday- at Lithonta yes terday. and it being the fourth of July a crowd of.men, among whom was Dan Alston, spent the afternoon drinking beer from a keg, which had been brought from Atlanta the day before. • Late in the afternoon several of the men showed signs of intoxication and became noisy and boisterous. A Ran ALSTON LED THE CROWD in its noisy demonstrations, and May or W. II. George anil Marshal Ander son appealed to the men to disperse and go borne. /y||£Wv . . AVhen Alston’s crowd left the Mayor’s house they went to the residence off a Mr. 'Serogan, who was giving a dance. ALSTON INTERFERES WITH A DANCE. Alston interfered with the entertain ment and blew out the lamp. He was remonstrated with, anil tlie lamp relit; Alston knocked the lamp out of Mr. Scrogin’s hand. A stonecutter by the name of Murray said'it was no way for gentleman to be have in the presence of ladies. At this, Alston knocked Murray' down with an empty beer bottle. Sorogins started after tlie marshal, and Alston’s erowd left the house. At the gate they met Wilson,s crowd. Somebody told Wilson what had oc curred anil he struck a match and look ed at Murray’s bloody: face. “Whoever did that,” said. Wilson, in a lood voice, “did a rascilly, dirty- trick.” • ' . . , Wilson went out on the street and j was met by Alston, who said : I’m the man who hit that fellow.” Carnes, bur trial justice, issued war-| ^ dOB , t care who did it » replied rants for four men, three of whom were Wilson, “it was a dirty trick.” parties wanted. The young husband Jackson (Y * ’ ■ »imer. s l»ecf*i j,, the Ua Harmony Grove g, i eaeU:d us yestenfol //’’Hi startling ,l cath of i th « >v °f J/>ut *«* r tow,! drophobia. man liv-ir He i has dot been heard from anil fears are entertained that lie has been killed. A searching party will scour the woods thisjevening. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. About four contact with an h *« bitten on the wound tention to it. Th- *^! and everything movej’u* until Wednesday ]S Sl plained of feeling A* snipper he w>8 milk, at the sight of eh convulsions and jr re " , until yesterday about be died in great a <- 0n “ Hardman .was h-- 2 , . - — hastily bun, but died before t l 1P NN him Hisrav-ingsa^na so vehement that he had I N his bed. u to W J Hardman savs i well marked by syjlL" -< In»,.h^hthe„^!S showed signs of rabies "N young man was bitten, ^ nutted toescape andhas„ 0 >i It is reported that seven, I? bitten by it. Considers)? ^ prevail# among the deceased. ” “ < A Sow Swears He WlH jyi. ' J off His. Father ami K-- ^ .Special to*the Banner. Ozark, Mo., July 5.-x eW3V I reached here that the eldest J Middleton has killed pjJ'l Holt, on the Arkansas border V ago this month, Holt killed die-on. at Mount Parthenon j county-, Ark., at a picnic. had escaped, from the Tanix jail nine-months- previous, sentenced to a long term in foi souri penitentiary for the Sam Snap;.through the Bald Holt had disguised himself« x and dogged: Middleton’s ctepsfi and finally got the drop on him * picnic. Middleton’s sousth®* they would, have Holt’s life modi for their father’s, and within in! three weeks of the anniversamft father’s death one of them ini a the oath. Middleton shot U«kfe the bush,. ACCIDENT OR MESS A Little Boy, in. PennsylvaniaSk A Hunter. Special to The Banner. Erie, Pa., July 5.—Samuel Ha and his son, 9 years old, were <V along the highway, and just ai reached a clearing they sawn standing beside a fence, wb Haselett recognized as m Priest.. As they approached Pm liberately raised his gun and i shooting tlie- bay through the I The little fellow fell against the board, exclaiming, “Oh, father!' expired. Priest claim's that he was shcoo rabbit and that he did not see mim RIS MOTHER., Herman Purabs-t Commits Marts i Fatally Shoots UlmstU. Jersy City, N. J., July5-4^ tragedy occurred today in s thM* frame tenement on Webster^ Jersey City Heights. ThevktW* Herman Probst, thirty-one y«^ a driver in the employ of the m Express Company, and his mother, Elizebeth Probst. shot his mother dead and then . bullet into his own head. Tb*J cide is still alive but sinking 11 ^ It is Trammell. Special to The Banner. Dalton, Ga., July ( of Paul B. Trammell, the rejP inee to fill the unexpired Colonel S. E. Field, deceased, be an assured fact by from' majority over Colonel h • H* 1 GainesvilleVBaak Special to The Banner. _ «il .Gainesville, Ga., July®' National bank, of this ^ made a statement of its J United States authorities. * ! that the. AVe are working only for tlie good of the State and our section, and believe our course is right.—Athens Chronicle, Our citizens were thoroughly con vinced of this fact when the Evening Chestnut suspended publication.yester day’to let all hands go fishing. But, strange to relate* the city stood the shock, and still survives. AVe aie not politicians; .neither are we demagogues.—Athens Chrouicle. No one would ever accuse the Even ing Chestnut of being anything fexcept the disseminator iff stale intelligence. Even the politician apd demagogue are credited w ith enterprise. The new states of tlie Northwest cel ebrated the glorious fourth ir. fine style. A big fire of patriotism has been kin dled in the AVest, and we look upon the four new stars recently added as a bright constellation. AA r e are surprised to find The Banner, which boasts its unswerving demo cratic spirit, advocating a measure which- destroys competition.—Athens Chronicle. Before the aspiring young genius who slings iqjcfor the Evening Chest nut is many days older he will meet with a great many surprises. He will be surprised to discover that there are men in the world almost as smart as he is. Mr. Reed has just entered upon the practice of law, and be will be sur- I rised when he discovers that tlie mere mention of his name docs not fill his office with clients and his pockets with fees. In fact, we are afraid that there are a great many surprises yet in store for the editor of the Evening Chestnut. Brother Reed, unless he lowers his sights a little, will find startling sur prises tacked to every mile post in his journey Jlirough life. AVe do not seek'to ride the farmers of Georgia, or any other class of Georgia’s citizens.—Athens Chroniele. ' • Editor Reed, Avhen he grou's a little older, will discover that the man who attempts to ride our farmers is apt to get dumped. Perhaps if he feels like exercising his equestrian talent itivould be best to start oft* by connecting him self with some circus,and ride the kick ing mule around the ring to the soul- inspiring notes of the hand organ, This is what we would call the eternal fitness of things. A Three-Year-Olil Child Under the Wheels of a Mogul. Special to The Banner. Dalton, Ga., July 5.—The Citizen this morning says a distressing accident occurred at Cohutta. a station on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad, ten miles above this city. A little three-year-old child of Sec tion Boss C. II. Maitland was playing on the track, unknown to its mother, when the freight train No. 23 approach ed. The engineer saw the child, and real izing its imminent danger, reversed his machine and did all in his power to stop the train. But the great wheels did not cease their revolutions until the little toddler had been cruelly crushed beneath the pondrous weight of the engine, produc ing almost instant death.. GAY WILKES. Col. Ren Terrell Addressing the Alli ance-Baseball. v Special to the Banner. AVashington, Ga., July 5.—To-day is a grand one for the Alliancemen of old Wilkes. Col. Ben Terrell adressed a large erowd from the court house steps,while eighty toothsome carcasses are frying on the pit in an adjacent grove. The Washington baseball club beat the Elberton cluti yesterday on a score of ten to seven. * THE BLOW STRUCK. As soon as the wonl was spoken by AVilson, Alston struck him and knocked him down. It. is thought he used a beer bottle. When ■,AVilson was down he was beat with a stick anil stabbed in the left temple-with a knife. It was | dark, and no one can swear positively who used the knife anti stick, hut Al ston was at the time fighting AVilson. AVilson never spoke after he was knocked down and never regained con sciousness. ALSTON ARRESTED. n About seven o’clock this morning, the marshal found Alston eating break fast and tokl him he was wanted .for creating disorder at the mayor’s resi dence. “It will take more than ojpe man to carry me,” sjiid Alston, but lie was in duced to go-quietly. On the way to the court house Alston asked how-AVilson was getting along. AVilson had been dead several hours. “He is very , low,” replied the mar shal. v . “I did him Up last night,” said Al ston, “and I hope lie will die.,’ Alston was informed of Wilson’s death when the court house, was reached and told that he was wanted for mur der. He made no comment. AN AWFUL CRIME/ An Alabama Preacher CJmrged With Murdering His AVife. Special to the Banner. Birmingham, Ala., July 5.—The hotly of the wife of Rev. Henry Duncan, the preacher who elopeil with Miss Baldsee, was exhumed yesterday, and it was found that she had been poisohed. The plaee where Duneas bought liis mor phine or strychnine a w»■ o,k previous was also found. The fat!iff of Miss Baldsee is nearly deranged by the devel opments. A report received last night announced the arrest of Duncan at Dalton, Ala. The People declare that if he is brought hack to his home he will be lynched. AVe want more railroads, and every new one adds to our progress —Athens' Chronicle. And yet the Evening Chestnut pub lishes, without comment, a three-headed article advocating the ridiculous propo sition of Athens giving ten dollars to churches where one is subscribed to a railroad. If this demand was carried out, our merchants could haul all the goods they need from the nearest sta tion on a wheelbarrow. Our churches can be and are liberally sustained with out imperilling tlie commercial interest of the city. Notice is hereby given that applica tion will be made to the,general assem bly of Georgia, now in session for the passage of the bill with the following title: A bill, to*be entitled an act to author ize the municipal courts of the city' of Athens to impose fines to the amount of fij’e liundred dollars, or to imprison, or set to work on the streets or other works of said city for tlie term of twelve months, for the violation of the ordinances of said city, to authorize the authorities of said city to make rules jind regulations for the government of persons who maybe sot to work upon the streets or other works of said city city and to enforce the same, and for other purposes. Five , Young People Drowned. Special to the Banner. Pittsburg. Pa., July 5.—A sad-acci- dent happened at the picnic of Arch Street Methodist church, Alleghaney, at Forest Grove, on the Pittsburg and Western railroad, yesterday afternoon, b£ which five young people were drowned. The five named,, together with Ed ward Shaffer, took an.Cold barge and started for a ride on Connaquenessing creek. The stream was very turbulent- anil the barge capsized, throwing the occupants into the water. Young Shaffer succeeded in reaching shore,but the others went down before assistance could reach them, The bodies have not been recovered. Baseball at Madison. Special to Tlie Banner. Madison, Ga., July 5.—A very inter esting game of baseball was played be ti\ een the Madison and Lexington teams, there was thirteen innings played. Lexington was victorious by a seore of thirteen to eight. Cleaning Up On the Conemaugh Special to Tlie Banner. Johnstown, Pa., July 5.—The work of cleaning up the Conemaugh river will be completed this morning. This afternoon Major Phillips Avitl begin work on Stony creek, clearing out tl debris as far as Kernville. lie thinks entire job will be completed by Satur day, On Saturday one contractor will be given entire charge of the town, and all officers of the N. G. P. will leave for their homes. in operation to months and e'o and shows that it| has ing to $42,000, and has nwd« profits, or nearly 5 prt ccn ' entire capital stock. Got It Bight* Aie free from all crude and irritating matter. Concentrated medicine only. Carter s Little Liver Tills. A'ery small: iery easy to take; no pain: no no purging. Try them. ' griping; Jefferson, Ga., July ?■ tec of the last grand jury ^ V at the February term of * court to investigate the^V^ Ciero Hill, a former tax tlie county, anil fromtfi® the grand jury able behind, but on in ' L . yi: yesterday it was found ^ t<( had not only paid the t01 ‘ share but paid more thfUJ ^ ^ county, hence the com»» * all proceeding vs ^Ir. ']].,• 1 will state, with * .prt nary, and AV. T. Benm' sueh mistakes do not 1 with competent oflh' 11 all will receive justice* IV. etta- ecnr ini'* 1 *2