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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- h -» ardHow State BatuSJ— Pursued by an Enraged Slob. , ii e tin* * _ , . His Direful Deed, i ^•IdnthePa’metto K f.- «tatu?t3—S* ursued b ’ Enraged Slob. jf the KOa COW TO ATHEKS ;v fail-s to overtake a before. l^’Tnutl'-ve lately [ Tl>‘"' 11,11 , y.'i> N' , nmrtievev v k .lead hcen veri- 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. tnu.w - P5JN mm Endorsed b7 the heads of the Great rniversitfc* JT . nalyB..3, as the Strongest, Purest and most Healthful. Dr. Price's Cream not contain Ammonia, lame or Alum. Dr. Price’s De’iciovs Flavoring Ex* txa.i., v aniJa, Lemon, Orange, Almond, iCoee, etc., do not contain Poisonous Oils or Chemicals. PRICE BASING POWDER CO., New York. Chioaso. &t. Louis. X>-Q- M03JTT, M- 3D. By HENRY This is a New £?prc®riw d 0?8piv!u?Liver Complaint, Diseases «>* «» mtoeya, waa all awenaea Acrid""*, Excesses, Folly, Vice, Ignorance, Nervous Debility, Vital Exhaustion, and and Masterly Medical Treatise, nnd indispensable to every YOUNC. MIDDLE. I MAN who is suffering from Weakness, languor, Logs of Memory, Bashrulness, THE ERRORS OxYOUTHano MANHOOD. Bound in leather, full gilt. Price, only one dollar, by mail, sealed In plain wrapper, postpaid, CONFIDENTIAL. Address Henry Du Most, M. D., No. 381 Columbus Avenue, or 1. t>- ®ox Mass!’Prefatory Lecture with numerous testimonials front to alL s„ th. ELECTRO-MEDICO PHYSIOLOGY ever published, arid is absolutely complete Tt is InvallabS W ullamiOed.’L it Veches the very roots and vitals of disease. TWO DROMIOS. 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 misguided arrest. For all Dieenucs of Men, Henry Du Most, M. D., wnoirns discovered THE ELIXIR OF LIFE AND THE TRUE E8- 8ENCE OF MANHOOD, may bo consulted in •trictcHt confidence,in person or by letter,at niBKlectro- MedicO Infirmary ,No.&>1 Columbus Av.,Boston, Maes. “I HEARD A VOICE? IT SAID, 4 »COME AND SEE.*” DANIEL PRATT GINS ATHENS’ FIRST BALE. Athens lottw. Planter, Ga., August 27, 1889. 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 ploy them, under penalty of the law. d-lt-w-4t. J. H. Burt. Best Buggies and Wagons for the Money in Afclnns full lot mmuEmu* r F. Fleming & JSosi. ATHENS, GA. -AND- Foundry MACHINE WOKRS, ATHENS, - uEOHGA Manufacturers of Iron and Brass Castings, Mill and Machinery Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers and Baxes, Cotton Presses, Cane Mills and Evaporators, Cotton Seed Crashers and Circular Saw Mills. Mr. N. 8. Arnold, of ORlethorpe, Sends In the First Bale, Which Brings Twelve and a Half Cents. The first bale rolled in yesterday. It was sent to the Reaves Ware House Co., by Mr. N. B. Arnold, of Oglethorpe county, and was sold to J. H. Rucker for 12)4 cents. It was classed strict low middling and weighed . It was clothed in the white folds of cotton bagging, for jute is a thing of the past with the farmers now. The bale was well packed and many of the cotton men who surrounded it said that the cotton bagging was a good substitute for the jute. Mr. Nat Arnold is one of the livest farmers in Northeast Geor gia, and is one among tlie few that are making money at the business. He has already gathered six bales of cotton and could send them to market hut has not had time to have them ginned. The ball has been started, now let ’er roll along. Who will send the next bale ? TO OUB READERS. Malaria or Akuo Surely Curedi In this broad assertion, we speak not falsely, but state postively, that these and all miasmatic poisons, can be radr cally driven from the system,and a pei- manent cure guaranteed. Thousands of chronic cases, whose testimonials bear evidence, have been cured by our infallible remedy, which contains neih- er quinine, arsenic, or anything injur ious. Full treatment free by old phy sician of highest standing, also trial remedy sent on receipt of address, to ASAHEL MEDICAL BUREAU, 291 Broadway, N. Y. may 31dlv. A Narrow Escape. Mr. W. H. Howard, a prominent cot ton merchant and an old and respected citizen, of Augusta, made a nar row escapS last week. He is in Knoxville, Tenn, spend ing some time, and had accepted an in vitation to take a ride on the first train on the Cumberland Gap, Knoxville and Louisville Railroad, which train was so - Howard overslept himself, missing both I Putin Desiriig/ Mnuments or Work Apply to MDRW BOB the trains and the wreck. A? Athens Cemetery* Steam Engines, Injectors, Jet Pumps Steam Packings, Water Wheels and iD@“w Ya 1 ves Belting Cloth^ We have competent mill-rights and will send them out and erect mills anywhere in the country can furnish estimates. Write to us or call and see os for anything you may need about your Grist Mill or Gin. Address „ rTrmY _ ATHENS FODNDRf AND MACHINE WORKS, Athens, Georgia; THEO. MARKWALTER’S STEAM Marble and Granite Works. BROAD STREET, Near Lower Market. AUGUSTA, GA. hit Ink, Doaestio ini imported, it In him Georgia & South Carolina Granite Monument* made a Specialty. ▲ Urge lelection of MMt anti Gnaite Work always on hand, ready tor loitering and deflrer