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ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27, 1889. [^savannah river. IBUFOED & ioKENHy GEORGIA. teeatv a op cnRUiU to Close the Savannah ^ St *’ e in Old Document Resurrected *‘ ver " A by The Banner Editor. pnri' 1 " late excursion of the , u „ v down the Savannah river, i ,rJli - v every hand coni plaints ’"T' l ' id. about the Augusta llie 1 * -»*ad . Before was placed a profitable business, Int .„ who owned fisheries tal i' yt ~ . ,rt "" / miin"- the run of shad . !»'" ,? «.,< t>laced in the river a,i, 4„1 ddiinS "' :1 ' |B<I lifilein tar more profitable than f* tt " U they were a great com- I convenience to the people, for h* 1 . - enabled, during the running purchase all the fine fish they ^nted at a mere song. wer the nine mist >ut all the tri Often a wagon caught at a single drag of Not only was the Savannah abundantly supplied with shad, ibutary streams, and even .. swarmed with them. Huu- S s Of people would turn out, and in " k . n hours capture enough fish to feed ,comity for da\». ... . iiut as soon as Augusta built her ddam this business went by the ‘id an d shad became as scarce ill the ' ' /waters as lieu’s teeth. Not only , •frofitalde business was destroyed, but A people deprived of their chief luxu- cyerv shad they ate had to be brought from Augusta, and an extor tionate price paid for it. The Savan- w l, r iv e r .had is considered up North die greatest delicacy in the fish line, and ts the Augusta dam proved an in- iurnountable obstacle for the passage «f these fish,of course those living below thst obstruction reaped all the bene fits. A so-called fish-wav was placed in the dam at Augusta, but a shad had as v.ll try to scale the Eiffel|tower as pass through it. The few fish that made the attempt were found in the traps below broken to pieces by the force of the current There is no doubt about there being a peat wrong perpetrated on the people living on the upper waters of the Sa T»nnah, by depriving them of their fisheries, and so Tux Banner editor de termined to investigate the matter and <m by what right and authority a city could block the channel of a great w»ter course for its individual bene fit. During our recent visit to Atlanta we sMiuhod the State Library for all re ports bearing on this subject, and also to discover by what authority the Sa- muah river was given entirely to Georgia. After patient research among old vol- '•irnns, in which we were kindly assisted by the efficient State libraian,Capt.John ll'lfcdgCj we were at last rewarded. In Mm'bnry r.nU Crawford’s digest, dated 1800—a well worn volume and printed in old-style type, with the s shaped like f—we found “The Treaty of Bradford,” made between the States "f Georgia and South Carolina,in which document the question of the owner ship of the Savannah river was settled. This stream, together with a large ter ritory that Carolina owned west of it, were given to Georgia,the line of which Mate is defined to extend to the South Carolina shoals. But there is a pre vision to this treaty, and that is that the State of Georgia binds '‘itself to Wp forever open, from its mouth to it* source—at the confluence of the Se men and Ingolo—this stream for the tree passage of fish and eoatS. J uis is a solemn treaty made and rat- iiird between these two States, and in 'Iwxug the Savannah against the free jw^age of fish—which the Augusta •mi certainly does—Georgia violates lu? C(Un pact, and we believe that the people of Carolina can force her to re- ® ( ' ve 'hut obstruction. But it wifi not he necessary to des- •' } ibis important manufacturing en- 1 prise to re-establish a channel for the “Ration.of shad. A fish-way can he nat e in the Augusta dam, by which ie tiny tritle«au go up stream* This I' M ' r '". :l - V :it Augusta should be made by -igis-lature enactment to build, if it ‘^KOOO or more to do so. Such ' ‘-"aysare successfully used in many “Uis tip North. By permitting Au- j^ u , t0 blockade this great river the -j ^Mature not only violates a solemn utv with a neighboring State, but works injustice and hardship on a ">>e class of lierneople. no,.'* 1 v,,ltUTe * 8 now a most important that if Grady tells us to hi ’ S * Commissioner stated the t iat * ,e ^onld raise more meat in left f Ieanis °* Georgia, if they were Wllll obstructions, than the land tii, ' The immense popula te ^ im * is oldefly.fed on fish, and u...,, I s no reason why our own State luxury* 101 ** S ° saving and Government win stock any P is<a° W t ^ flsJl wllere they have a free is bunf* aiU ' 80 so<m M4 good fish-way have 1U Augusta dam, we can *d in u' Cral m ’^ on young sliad plant er UlC upl>er w aters of the Savan- wiii “ a Peculiarity of the shad that it Urn bhe third year to the exact spot where the young fish was first put in the water.. We hope that some mem ber of the present Georgia Legislature will re-open this question, and let the necessary steps be taken to enforce the Treaty of Bradford,” or at least open fish-way in the Augusta dam bv which shad will have free passage up and down the Savannah. It is right and just. .. ATHENS A HEALTH RESORT. A Wonderful He Altn Resord of Our City curing Th-j Present Summer- Athens is the most healthful city in Georgia. That’s what the resident physicians say, and the statement is verified by the health record of the pass year. One physician tells us that lie has never, during hit twenty years of prac tice in Athens,sega such aiieaihful year as this has been, and has never heard of its equal in any city the size of Ath ens. Another physician says he has known of but three cases of fever in Athens during the past year and they were in duced by natural causes rather than by any defect in the city’s sanitary condi tion. The fact is, that no city in the South has a better climate, a better natural dranage, a more healthful environment every way than has Athens and there is no reason in the world why it should- not be a wholesome city, We congratulate .the city on its thorough sanitary inspection and wateh fulness, and rejoice in the splendid ad vantages of health with which nature has blessed out city. A MELANCHOLY DEATH. MRS. JASF. STOKES DEATH BT STEPPING FROM A WINDNW. The Laly at one Time a Reigning Be!ls or Mississippi—She has Relatives in and Aaround Athens—A Sorrow ful Accident* SMALL PROFITS. How the Markets This Year Worked Against Our Athens Merchants. Do you know that from the large number of goods handled by the Athens merchants this year that very little clear money was made by them?” re marked a prominent business man to a Banner reporter yesterday. We replied that we were not aware of that fact. “Well, it is true,” continued our in formant. “It has been the most un favorable I ever knew for merchandis ing—not but that trade was good; but if you have noticed the markets there has been a steady decrease in the price of all manner of provisions and groce ries, except sugar, since the business began. Hence, as soon as a merchant bought, ho had at ,ouce to try and work off his goods, so «»to save a le*s. 1 venture the assertion that one-half the supplies sold by A^'pns merchants this year were without a cent profit. There was no great los», Iwvi^ver, nur busi ness men simply holding their own. look for a fine trade, however,- this year.” THE WINTER BUSINESS. The Coutractora will Have all the Work They Can do. Meeting Mr. McGinty, the boss con tractor, on the streets yesterday the Banner asked him as to the building prospects. Mr McGinty said that he possibly could do and the outlook for work during the fall and winter months was better than it ever was before. I am kept busy from morning until night loooking after my business and I expect in the next few months to have more work than I can possibly do. Athens is hound to build up aud the parties who own old rookeries on the principal streets and who have the money to build good decent business houses should see the importance of letting out contracts and have them built. Mr. McGinty is alive to the situation and will use his best efforts to bring ertir city to the front. A BROKEN ARM. Stanhope Erwin, a little Son of Judge A. S. Erwin Gets Hi# Arm Broken While Wrestling. Late yesterday afternoon while little Stanhope Erwin and Ralph Raphael were engaged in a playful wrestle on the college campus,the former was made to reeaive a painful accident. Falling on his side, and having his arm locked around his adversary the little fellow could not withdraw in time to escape falling with his whole weight upon it, breaking it just below the elbow. He was carried to Dr. Benedict’s of fice and had the wound carefully dressed. It is a very painful injury, but will soon heal up and cause him no trouble. Did Not Do It. Athens, Ga., Aug, 21. Editor Banner: It has been reported in the’eountry that I signed a petition to bring whisky back to Athens. , Th$ report is false from beginning to end. I would sooner sign a petition to bring small pox, mad dogs or rattle shake back to Athens than a petition to bring whiskyback. I think that all w ho sell whisxy are the manufacturers of shakes and mon- kes, and those who drink whisky will testify to this fact sooner or latter. Tuesday night last about 9 ;30 o’clock Mrs. Jas F. Stokes met with an acci dental and truly melancholy death. It occurred at the family resiJenae, McGhees Landing, in Bolivar county, Mississippi, while the husband and the youngest of the couple’s five children were at home. Mr. and Mrs Stokes were’ sitting in the second story room of their resi^ denee. Their child had been placed to bed iq another room. A cry that alarm ed the mother same from the child, and she hastily arose and fled toward the. Through some stange fatality, occasion ed, perhaps, by absentmindedness which aroused from the apprehension, Mrs. Stokes mistook a window tor doer; either that or she had forgotton that it was an upper room they were in. Whatever the occasion, the lady ran through the window, only to fall to tTi£ porch below, a distance of some ten or twelve feet. It was all over so quickly, and the injuries sustained by her were so serious and stunning that the hus band’s first «Utr idea of what bad be fallen Her was obtained from the noise of the fall. Impelled by horrible thoughts increased haste was given his steps and in less than a minute af ter he was bending over the uncon scious, if not intimate form, fraternal ly endeavoring to revive her. Failing in this his next efforts were in the di- retion of removing her to a bedcham ber. Her weight pro veil too mubh, however and die hurried to adjacent houses for assistance. Before he could return with, however, the unfortunate lady had succumbed to her injuries and life was extinct, tenderly, indeed was body borne into the house and placed upon a bed. An examination showed she had fallen upon her right side, the head striking first and being shockingly broken and torn. If a word was utter ed by her after the fall no one caught it. Prior to her marriage with Mr, Stokes, which occurred some fifteen years ago, Miss Blanche McGhee was perhaps the most extensively admired and persistently wooed society belle in the South. Reared amid all the luxu rious surroundings that wealth and culture afforded, she was a typical Southern beauty, upon whom nature had lavisly bestowed personal charms She was the daughter of Mr. Miles McGhee, a direct lineral. descendant of a proud old Huguenot family, and per haps the wealthiest slave owner in this cOuiity, GifciJptlil}^ HOsslbl^ CtOH* Wade Ilam{Hurt Of SOiitfi CafollfM.- Id addition to the fields Of fertile and, with all the litWeSsdff&i for their higher cultivation her fNtWc’Ps estate included fully 3,500 slaves, ^hile the war swept the latter class of possessions away, the landed wealth remained and enabled the family to live on luxurious ease. Miss McGhee was given evfry ad vantage of practical and theoretical education, which was rounded oft with extensive travels in this and the old country. Naturally trains of wor thy and ardent admires laid seige to her heart, and defeat proved to many of them, of lasting effect. While i« Eu rope, too, Miss McGhee’s heart and hand were besought by more than one titled lover, but to none of them did she lend her ear. There w*as end to all this animated ri valry, however, as there have been and always will be in similar cases. James F. Stokes, then a handsome, gifted lawyer, whose fortune was in the fu ture. led Miss Blanche McGhee to Hy men’s altar. His wife brought Jto him a large share of her father’s immense wealth, consisting mainly of highly improved plantations. The e v ent is developed not only by those ia the immediate neighborhood and by friends in Tennessee who knew both parties in their younger days, but by people throughout the delta counties of Mississippi, to whom Mr. Stokes was either known personally or through his works. Aside from the extent of his planting operations, he was presi dent of the Board of Levee Commission ers in 18S2-4-G. His family history, too is closely identified with that of this State, he being a son of Judge Jordon Stokes,‘of Gallatin, Tenn., who unsuc cessfully opposed the Hon. D. W. C. Senter for Gov. of Tennessee. Mrs. Stokes was also known and re lated to many citizens of Athens and Oglethorpe county. She was a neice of Mrs. Blanton M. Hill of this city, and closely related to many people in Ogle thorpe, who deplore her untimely end. B0XC0TTING JUTE. Even Cotton Twine Demanded by Our Farmers. “The farmers arc determined in their boycott against the jute trust,” remark ed Mr. J. S. King to The Banner man eaterday. “Why,” this gentleman continued, “their indignation and re- briion have gone so far that they actu ally refuse to buy jute twine to sew their cotten with, and I yesterday had to order cotton cord for our customers. You can’t sell a farmer anything made of jute, it matters nothow small.” Do you think cotton bagging will be generally used ?” we asked. “It certainly will. I never saw men so determined as the farmers are this year. It will ruin any man who will dare to use jute. He will be looked upon as a deserter to the enemy in the face of battle, and can never hope to gain the confidence and good will of his neighbors again.” “‘Do you expect prompt collections from the Alliance??” “I certainly do, and won’t be disap pointed, either. My firm has sold them over .$40,000 of goods this year, and we don’t count on losing a dollar. We sold a small sack of flour at the same price that we would a car load, and all manner of goods at retail at wholesale prices, It was a big saving to the farmer*, one they appretiate it, too” ‘Will there be any jute tagging sold in Athens this year?” ‘I do not think there will be a yard of new bagging sold. Several merchants have bought largely of second-hand bagging, but the farmers don’t seem much inclined to take hold of even this. Some of the largest planters, even those who don’t belong to the Alliance, will use cotton bagging, among the number Mr. W. II. Dean, of Clarke. The Scotts, of Madison county, big cotton raisers, why they wouldn’t touch jute if it was sold to them at one cent per yard. The farmers will stop that bagging trust, and you can paste that prediction in your hat.” THE COLORED MEMBER. How Holvar, of Liberty, Defended Hie Church. tV representative tells the following good one on a number of the Georgia Legislature. That body embraces several Mission aries, Primitive Baptists and Methodist ministers and also one Presbyterian preacher, Mclver, the colored member from Liberty oounty and the only col ored memher of the Legislature, It will he remembered that MolYerifc oauaty was the scene of the late excite ment over those false Christs, aud he was very much mortified over it, and was very sore about the depraved con dition of his race, He went tauue to try and get these fanatics straight, and Oil bis return to Atlanta Mr. Veazez, a Baptist ministsi representing Warren county, a couple of preach ers gathered around him to hear the la test news. Mr. Yeazez expressed sur prise that such a state of affairs should exist in a civilized land. “Everything has about quieted down,” remarked Mclver. “The dis turbance didn’t amount to much, and was started by a few Baptist and Meth odist niggers. I am glad to say that not a single Presbyterian gave move ment countenance. You know Mr Veazez that there are fauaties in every county. And by the way are the Mor mons still making converts in your county of women?” Mclver was asked no more questions. TALHAD6E BROS.’ MILL. Getting -Things in Shape—Corn Will be Crushed in a Short Time. The Merchants’ and Planters’ Mill near the Northeastern depot and owned by Talmadge Bros, is nearing comple tion. The tinners are now working on the roof. The machines will he ordered next week,and as soon as it arrives the house will be readj* to receive it. The owners will have none but the best machinery and a first-class miller. They propose to give Athens and the surrounding country the best meal that can be made. The mill willj have a superintendent who understands his business, and will be run day and night to supply the de mand. SMALL INDUSTRIES. How They Are Viewed by “Transit”— -They Will Bring a Diversity or Im provements to the Classic Cliy. Editor Banner: Your energetic and zealous efforts for the development of ourcitvareso surely in the right di rection that I feel impelled to add my small voice to resound the key note of SMALL INDUSTRIES. ' Of course the sine qua non of progress, in this and, is transportation. This wo have achieved. Few (if any) of our sister cities can boast of equal railroad facilities. Transportation being an ac complished fact small industries are the bread and meat of municipal great ness. When a citx* brings within its gates a large enterprise, as a cotton factory, rolling mill or so forth, with a capital of*a quarter of a million dollars or more, it feels that it has made a "big stroke. So it has. But the - importance to the trade and prosperity of the city is nbt nearly so great as if one-half the amount were invested in twenty smaller manu factories. This because capital so used not only employs many more people, in proportion, than larger factories, but also brings a diversity of inhabitants, a diversity of needs, a diversity of sup plies and a diversity of raw material. The money paid for the latter mostly finding its way to our merchants before leaving the city. It also makes a greater demand for prosperity both business and dwelling, Besides this, small industries bring in their wake many others that are dependent upon, grow out of and cluster round them. These in turn re-act upon the general prosperity. It is quite feasible for us to organize a stock company of say $100,000 or $200,- 000 capital (with power to increase) and utilize this capital in various small in dustries ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 each. The company to be organized similarly to our Land or Building As sociations. Its affairs to be qtanaged by a directory of our prudent and saga cious business men and the stock to be paid up in monthly or quarterly instal ments. It would undoubtedly pay the inves tors and in a year or two our city would be dotted over with small industries radiating a healthful vitality and bring to us a more varied class of visitors than we have ever known. One hour's walk through certain dis tricts of any of oqr,great cities will make patent, to any observant mind the great force as these small indus tries. Let us organize this ejriqpany an3 launch our city into a sea JifcWpeplfy, Transit, LOVED SOT WISELY SOR WELL. Jacob Denike’s Erratic Affection Lead. Him Into Serious Trouble. Special to the Banner. Newburg, N. Y., Aug. 22.—Jacob Denike, a painter of this city, eloped three weeks ago with the young wife of Lorenzo Van Buren,jr., of Fishkill,who was formerly a Miss Ida Crozier, of Newburg. They went to Rochester and thence to Rome, in this State. Mrs. Van Buren deserted Denike and went to Brooklyn. Her relatives wenld have nothing to do with her and now it is not known where she is. Denike re turned to Newburg, but on his arrival home was arrested on the charge of be traying Mary Brundige, a good-looking girl of about eighteen years. She alleges that Denike is the father ot her two- montlis-old child. Denike consented to marry the girl, and as she was willing the wedding was set down for this morning at 10 o’clock. The expectant bride, the Justice, the Prosecuting Attorney, the groom and •the Sheriff met at the appointed hour, but Denike was told by the Sheri ft that the costs of the prosecution must be paid before the wedding took place. He had no money, and the wedding was postponded until 2 o’clock this after noon. At that time he appeared with counsel and announced that he had changed his mind and would now fight the case. He was held in default of $500 bonds. Trial was set down for Monday. Van Buren will bring pro ceedings agains Denike for alienating his wife’s afiection. SNELSONS PROTEST. The INCREASING MR. RUSSELL’S FEES Dp With the Banner. Mr. A. S. Dorsey, the largest farmer in Clarke county, was in the city yes terday, and says he has got enough fod der in his barn to last him three years. He says his corn crop is immense. Mr. Dorseo never sells any corn, but will lend it to his neighbors, if they are in need. Six Bales Out. Mr. Seabe Smith was in the city yes terday, and says that Mr. Nat Arnold, of Oglethorpe county, has already picked out six bales of cotton, and could have brought in the first bale a week ago. There is too much to do on the plantation to stop and gin it, and the profit on the first hale would not pay for getting it ready. The first bale of cotton came in last year on the 17th of August. It is not much behind this year. Wants- and Don’t Want. Athens wants macadamized streets, paved side-walks, more railroads, more good men and a city clock. Athens is on a big bbom, and don’t want any more citizens but what will boom with it and use Skiff, the jeweler’s Diamond Spectacles. A Local Bill that Creates a Good Deal of Indignation in Athens. Meeting one of the oldest and leading oHfaens of Athens yesterdav he re marked to tv Banner reporter': “Do you Juiow that iV bill will be in troduced in the Georgia Legislature at its present session, to pay Solicitor- General Russell all the insolvent costs of the county instead of the $200 here tofore paid?” The Banner man remarked that he had not heard of it. “Well, it is true,” replied our in formant, “and every citizen with whom I have talked is indignant over it. It is an unheard-of outrage. Mr. A. L. Mitchell, while Solicitor-General, was content with what the law gave him, and did not want to take everything, as was also Mr. E. T. Brown. Why, the insolvent costs of the county may amount to $10,000 some year, and if this bill passes erery cent of it will go into Mr. Russell’s pockets. Language fails me when I try to classify such a bill. The tax-payers of Clarke will not sit quietly by and see themselves thus imposed upon. A petition will be at once circulated, asking the Legislature to defeat the scheme.” The Banner will investigate this matter, and if such a bill is introduced will unhesitatingly come to the defense of the interests of the people and use every eftort in its power to defeat it. Our paper is here to defend the rights of its patrons and will no* hesitate to speak out when necessity demands. Our motto is, “Hew to the line, let the coips fall where they may.” Gentleman From Merriwether Complains of a Gag Law. Special to The Bannor. Atlanta, August 24.—The following protest will be handed in next Monday by Mr. Snelson: Mr. Speaker—On the 12th day of Au gust the gentleman from Ware made an attack upon myself before this house. On the 19th of August I replied to this attack. Yesterday, the 23d of August, the gentleman from Ware saw proper to attack me again, and was allowed by this house all the time b« desired. I gave notice at $he close ftf his attack that I vyoqld rise to a personal priviD on MQ-Aay next to yeply to the at* tack made wptm myself, l^day th<* house hag adopted a rule that a claiming personal privilege shall not occupy but five minutes without an ex tension of the house. I protest that this is doing a burning wrong to the humble member that has been wronged, abused and misrepresented in many in* Stances, aud I hereby enter my protest against this amendment, in sO far applies to replies to attacks that hay# already been made Upon atiy of its members, and ask that this protest be entered upon the journal of this house. LEERED OCT OP A BALLROOH EN ROUTE. Jake (Kilrain on His Way to Get His Dose. llr. Mendal Morris informs us that the great pugilist Jake Kilrain passed down the Air Line road on Friday night in charge of an officer on his way to Mississippi where he will get the same dose that Sullivan got. Mr. Morris says that he was very gentlman- ly in his deportment throughout the trip and made friends with every one on board the train. He says that large crowds would gather at every station to see the pugilist and yell for him to make his appearance. Dr. Felton^eplied. Special to the Banner. Atlanta, Ga., Aug, 24.—The Jour nal of to-day contains a lengthy reply to Dr. W. Felton’s letter to the Casville Farmer’s Alliance. The artiele is sign ed J. F. B , and is written.by an Alli ance man. The writer thoroughly an swers the Doctor. Miss Pinchbeck and Her Beau Too Much For Saratoga Society. Special to the Banner. Saratoga, Aug. 24.—The sensation here this year, social and otherwise, have not been first class affairs by auy means, but the occurrence which came anywhere near being dramatic and sen sational was the appearance the other evening in the Grand Union Hotel ball room of the daughter of ex-Lieut.-Gov. Pinchbeck, of Louisiana, who is color ed to a noticeable degree, and she was accompanied by a young man plainly hailing also in a more or less direct fash ion from Africa. The ballrcom was so crowded that people did not get a fair chance to inspect each other, but the Northern men and women—and there are plenty of them here—speedily spot ted the dusky strangers, and the chorus of whispered comment aud half sup pressed laughter which followed caused, of course, Miss Pinchbeck’s retirement, but Saratoga lias been talking about little else for several days. Pinchback is here, aud they he has an income of $25,000 a year from the Louisiana State Lottery. He secured the stock, it is al- ledged,while he was Lieutenant, Gov ernor. SHOT DEAD IN HIS DOORWAY. A Chicago Man Mysteriously Murder in Broad Daylight. Special to the Banner. Chicago, Aug. 22.—Joseph Franer, a Bohemian, 42 years of age, living in West Nineteenth street, was shot and killed at 10:4fl this morning by an un know man while standing in bis back doorway. The murderer made his escape, running through the alley. .Mrs. Franer,who heard the shot fired, hastened to the back door to fined her husband lying dead on the threshold. His ody was taken to the house and the polite notified, but there is no clue to the murderer.