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-<topp*(t at the house of .Sam Cai
ore<l; near Verderr, s. c.. whc
work at forty cents a day.”
‘*1 staid two weeks, and was i
ing any further away. I \ V;iS 01
ter escaping the lynchers and
have given myself up to Sheriff
any time he might have come
I was not running from the olti
the Jaw at all.’*
“When did Mr. Winn arrest
THE BAXNElC, ATHENS, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 3, 1SS9.
Keeping.
Mif TEE OGLETHORPE MOR-
k PEOTECTED FROM ROB
^kolehce ASD DEATH.
KaS to Say foi Himself—An Ac-
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State
BatuSJ— Pursued by an
Enraged Slob.
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His Direful Deed, i
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K f.- «tatu?t3—S* ursued b
’ Enraged Slob.
jf the KOa COW TO ATHEKS
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before.
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J nines Huff, the
who several
Louis Waller,
:IS ever lived in Ogle-
who lias thus
crime
James llufl’,
i K . J5, wt diabolical
catalogue of crimes, and
t.wi; 1“ ^ ,
0 4 iai!.onw of an honest,
M i- now in the Clarke
! ,v j iil! and under the charge of
\ Vl -b He was brought here for
and it is well for him that
X 'ferdic enraged people of Ogle-
tuny wi-re making it squally
'l^rin that part of the moral vine
’ll.
of the murder have al-
|,ub!i-lied sometime ago,
iijiistanee were about as follows:
morning not more than two
tin-negro Jiinllufl*, who was
the public roads of which
,,„i. Waller,was superintendent,
d up rather late to begin his day’s
Mr. Waller reproved him for
l_,. tones, which seemed to have
r-.! Hull' a great deal and caused
],.ui to 1 c impudent the whole day.
> ,!i,i*ume in the afternoon Mr. Wal-
|.-i i.rdercd him to -rive up his axe to
another baud, which lie refused to do.
Mr. Waller bail some words with the
ami finally dismissed him from
il„. i-.iail- ami turned to walk away
fi.ij': him. a lien several of the hands
-Trained: "Look 1” and turningarouud
)lr, Waller wa- just in time to see the
atgro making for him with an axe in
the air which instantly struck him full
•■ittlie head and brought him to the
criiiml.
It was his death blow. Mr. Waller
":(5 carried home and his wounds
treated by physicians, hut after sufler-
iag tin-agonic# of the damned for one
Week he died from the wounds.
The negro had tied to parts unknown,
uni although a mob scoured the woods
for miles around he was not found,
ninil last Wednesday afternoon, when
sheritf Winn, as brave and daring a
man as ever breathed the breath of life,
found him at work in a corn field away
over in South < arolina.
Ho is now in the Clarke county jail,
it da Baxnkk reporter called on Sheritf
" eir yesterday afternoon for an inter
view w ith the negro to get the
Ml nMCKKU’s STORY.
SheritV Weir was enjoying his after-
tmon cigar and was more than willing
to .-.How us access to the half-breed
lovil in his gloomy cell, and we were
* Hiii admitted into the unceasing night
°f the dismal walls. As Jim Huff
walked up to the door of his dungeon
:i,1, l loaned upon tlie iron bars to peer
through, and with his devilish eye, de
manded the purpose of ourarrand, we
almost trembled at the sight of him.
He N a heavy set negro, as black as
the ace of spades, and haB an eye that
^speaks a brutish nature On
*‘‘ s head is a huge scar
"liicli was given him by Mr. Waller
"itli a hoe after Huff had struek him
■" itli the axe on the day of their difficul-
t - ' This gash had bled profusely and
Lid stained the shoulder of Huff’s shirt,
which still remains in clotted spots
Hull’s left eye is also blood-shot, and
L ar* but litle resemblance to a human
*yeindeed.
1 or true, he was a frightful specta
te as lie confronted us with his testify-
* n g stare.
At first he was loth to communicate
thoughts very freely, and seemed to
ftertain serious apprehension of our
'‘sit. Evidently he had never before
* tu interviewed by a newspaper re
porter, Finally we lead him into a
rec conversation and head his story as
follows:
“I was told by Mr. Waller to give up
m ? axe to another hand and take a hoe
to work with. I said ‘Mr. Waller, we
® u,t Wor k with our own tools,* and
* u gbed. Mr. Waller took the axe and
gave it to another hand and I took
T *Ve and went to work. He ordered
to take the hoe, again, and when I
reused he told me to leave the road,and
**jrted for me with the hoe. I raised
* nearest tool I could find and struck
“a as he had done me, and 1 then ran
°a f>y him and went home, getting my
^ e to do up my head. That night _
card that a mob of lynchers were after
*?* an< t I «et out for Carolina. I trav-
c ‘ed all night, and all day, and finally
asked the Bankr reporter.
“Last Wednesday night,’’ he replied.
“I was getting ready to eat supper, and
was sitting in Sam Cade’s house eating
a peach, when Sheriff Winn entered the
door and ordered me to give in.’’
“Did you offer any resistance?”
“None at all, Sir. I was not surprised.
I had expected him all the time.”
“When did lie take you back to Lex
ington?” asked the reporter.
“We came through the country and
reached Lexington on Friday evening.
I was put in jail and staid until that
night about ten o’clock when the jailer
came in and carried me to an old house
about six miles from Lexington to save
me from a
A MOB OF I.YNCfcKRS
so he told me. Solicitor Howard and
six other men stryed with me that
night, and 1 thank them for it. They
kept me from being lynched,
“on Saturday I was brought up here to
get me out of the reach of the lynchers.
I’m afraid of that crowd of white men,
for when they get it into their heads to
kill a nigger they make quick work* of
him sure. That’s all of my story.”
We turned away from the fiendish
spectacle of humanity, convinced that
lie was more devil than man.
Jim Hull' is
GLAD TIDINGS TEAT
LEACHED ATHENS YESTERDAY.
&
The Long Hoped-foi Western
C&ftnectiori.
THE BROWN BROTHERS OF BALTIMORE TO
TAKE THE BONDS,
The News That Col. E. C. Machen Brings.
A MAP CHARACTER.
Ills reputation wherever he lias lived
haf established him as such, and he
comes from a direful family. It was a
relation of his that strucS Col. IS. S.
Taylor, some months since, and a
cousin of his that shot at Mr. James
Young several months ago,n irrowly e.--
caping killing his daughter. Jim lias
always been regarded by both white
and black to be a brutal negro.
For this reason, and for the blackness
of his crime, a large mob of enraged cit
izens of Oglethorpe county have been
pursuing tin* fiendish villian ever since
he made good his escape,and it has only
been due to the caution and cool per-
scrverance of Sheriff Winn that # the ne
gro has not already paid the debt of his
crime with his own life. It is squally
still for him in Oglethorpe, and there
was much talk on the streets here yes
terday that the mob would
COMK TO ATHENS
and demand the*negro of Sheriff Weir.
The Banner reporter, however,learned
fr jin Sheritf Weir that he had not the
slightest fear that such would result.
A citizen who had just conversed with
a gentleman from Lexington said on
the contrary that he lea rued that excite
ment and vengenauce were at fever
heat at Lexington, and it was not at all
improbable that a mob would be in
Athens very soon, and in the dead hour
of night break in the county jail, fulfill
the demands of the law: “A life for a
life.”
At any rate things are beginning to
appear squally, and the end is not yet
IN FAVOR OF DUELLING.
else
Down on Prize Fighting or Anything
Where People Get Hurt.
A Baxneb man while quietly peram
bulating the streets in search of news,
came suddenly upon a gentleman who
is a Christian and who is respected by
saint and sinner as a follower of the
meek and lonely One.
“1 am in favor of duelling and think
you newspaper men should not throw
your influence against this innocent
amusement.’
Tiyt Banner was rather thunder
struck at the announcement, coming as
it did from such a source,, and at once
asked our Baptist brother why he was
in favor of this deadly practice, where
men’s souls are launched into eternity
on short notice.
“Wait a bit, and listen to me,” said
our friend. “I am in favor of it because
there is no danger in the duelling of the
present day. Now |if John Sullivan
was to challenge me to fight him a
prize fight according to the Marquis of
Queensbury rules I should expect to get
a black eye, a broken nose or a broken
leg. But if I was challenged by
John Smith to fight a duel with pistols
at ten paees I should expect to get off
without a scratch.
“Suppose John Smith shotat you with
intention to ldll?”
“This thing is always fixed afore
hand as Judiah Suggs said to his son
Solomon.
The Sheriff is generally notified when
the duel is to be and he is on hand ac
cording to appointment. In case the
Sheriff or his deputy are not there it is a
very easy matter to fill up the balance
so that no one gets hurt and their hon
or is saved. A board of honor is a very
handy thing to have around, so that as
a last resort they can be appealed, to
to and the wounded honor of almost any
gentleman can have the balm of gil-
ead poured on it by a board of honor.
“I am getting in the sear and yellow
leaf of life. I have watched duelling
closely since the war, and there has
been but very few hurt, and therefore
I am in favor it as a protection to those
who want to light. ** *
^J'he Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railroad
will be extended to Knoxville.
This news set the Athenians yester
day wild with hope and excitement.
The Banner reporter started out to
trace the report to its source, and thinks
he can lay before his readers informa
tion that will at last convince them that
the dream of generations will be
realized.
A gentleman from this city met
Judge W. B. Thomas in Atlanta a few
days ago, who stated that lie was then
en route to the North, and hoped soon
to give the people of Athens some good
news.
This week Col. E. C.Muclierl was in
our city, and he stated positively that
.1 udge Thomas has at last succeeded in
securing all the money necessary to
complete and equip his road to Knox
ville; that he (Machen) knew positive
ly that this was the ease, as he was in
Baltimore a few days ago, and was be
hind tlie scenes.
The gentlemen who are hacking.) udge
Thomas are the Brown Brothers, the
great Baltimore bankers, who furnished
the money necessary to build both the
Covington and Macon and the Georgia,
Carolina and Northern roads.
They heard of ,1 udge Thomas’ efforts to
build an independent line to the West,
through Col. Machen, and wrote him to
come on to Baltimore and confer with
them. This he did, aud his showing
was so entirely satisfactory that ar
rangements were entered into by which
these capitalists are to furnish Judge
Thomas with all the money necessary to
complete his line. It is said that these
gentlemen at once saw the importance
of building this road, and predict a fine
business for it.
It is proposed to have the road com
pleted and in operation by the time the
G., C. <fe X.gets to Athens, and the two
systems will he operated in connection
with each other.
It is also said that an effort will he
made by Judge Thomas’ road to buy the
Northeastern of the Richmond Termi
nal Company, and if they cannot do
this a parallel line will be built from
Cornelia to Athens,and unbroken trains
run from Knoxville to our city, which
will be the southern terminus of the
road.
It is impossible to estimate the bene
fit that the building of this western con
nection will be to Athens and this en
tire section of the State. It will enable
us to lay down coal and iron at a very
low price, and make our city one of the
most important manufacturing points
in the South. We will be the legiti
mate market for Northeast Georgia and
Western North Carolina, with the va
ried and undeveloped lesources of these
great sections, and our population will
double many times.
Our city, too, will be the terminus of
two great line, and new roads will be
built in every direction in order to
to tap these rival systems.
We consider the extension of the
Blue Ridge and Atlantic to Knoxville
of even more importance to Athens
than theG., C. & N., for it will give us
what we most need, a short western
connection and cheap coal.
Besides, the wealthiest hanking firm
in America will have large interests in
vested here, and they will look after the
building up and development of this
city.
We have every reason to believe that
this report is true, and will anxiously
await more definite information.
COTTON TAGGING*
Wi h Hon. A. F. Pope, of Oglethorpe
County.
lion. A. F. Lope, ex-representative
aud a prominent Alliance man from
Oglethorpe county, was in the city yes
terday, and in repty to an inquiry from
The Banner editor said :
“Very little jute bagging will be used
in Georgia this year, or in any other
cotton stati, I think. The farmers are
determinined on that question, and will
not be whipped out. it is not cheaper
to use jute than cotton bagging, as as
serted. The tare willfully make up the
the difference in price, and the tare the
farmer will demand and have, in spite
of the verdict of the Liverpool exchange
It is right that we should have pay for
every clean pound of cotton sold, and
the commercial world will recognize
this fact. 1 have information that last
year a difference of ten pounds was
made in every bale covered with eottou
bagging sold in Liverpool, and this
profit the shipper reaped. It legitimate
ly belongs to the farmer, and this year
he intends to have it. The way they
sell cotton in Liverpool is to take 100
bales and srtip ten bales. This is then
weighed and an estimate arived at of
how much pure cotton is sold. Let
them do the same with cotton bagging,
and you will see that the former will be
the gainer by its use.”
Mr. W. C. Orr says it is a mistaken
idea about cotton bagging not standing
the strain of compressing; that it is far
better than old bagging or other substi
tutes used last y< ar, and makes a servic-
able and good covering.
The farmers this year have resolved
not to use even old jute unless they are
forced to do so. 1 liey will procure all
the cotton bagging they can, and then
wrap their bales in anything else they
can. They will not even buy jute
twine.
The cotton planters are even better
organized and more determined than
we at once thought, and from the pres
ent outlook will crush the jute trust out
of existence this year.
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Phillips Says He is not Shewtnaker, But
Officer Rose Says There’s Nothing
In a Name.
There’s a small sized case of Dr. Jekyl
and Mr. Hy :lenst ir in Athens now. Some
time ago a warrant was sent to officer
Rose near Athens for the arrest of a
man named Shewmaker, who is charged
with burglary in Dawson county.
Last Saturday Mr. Rose suspected a
Mr. James II. Phillips of being the
man in question, and arrested him and
placed him in tlie Clarke county jail.
Mr. Phillips says his name is not
Shewmuker, and never has been, and he
has never burglarized anything in
Dawson county.
He says he has been in Athens about
two weeks, and came here from Banks
county, lie has been guarding con
victs on Mr. Jim Smith’s farm for seve
ral days and was there when Mr. Rose
arrested him, and turned him over to
Sheriff Weir.
Mr. Rose believes that Phillips is
sailing under false colors, and has
dropped the name of Shewmaker for
the more preferable one of Pliillups.
a Banner reporter interviewed the
unfortunate prisoner yesterday in jail,
and decided that it would be a “tragedy
of errors if Mr. Phillipsever turns loose
the wrath that’s pent in him over his
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ATHENS’ FIRST BALE.
Athens
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Tills is to notify all parties that my
children, Adolphus Burt, Maggie Burt
and Novie Burt, all under age, have
left my home without my consent*, and
to warn all parties not to harbor or em
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d-lt-w-4t. J. H. Burt.
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with the farmers now. The bale was
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making money at the business. He
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and could send them to market hut has
not had time to have them ginned. The
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along. Who will send the next bale ?
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