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THE BANKER ATHENS, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 3, 1S89 THE sTHENS DAILY BANKER. THE ATHENS BANNER, Published Daily, Sunday and Weekly BY L. GANTT. Editor and Proprietor. Jackson >tr»et, Athena, Ga. The Athens Daii.i Banner is delivered l;y carriers free of charge in the city, or mailed postage tree to auv address at the following r ties: ?5.00 per year, $L80 for six months, 81.25 for three months, 10 cents for one week. The Weekly or Sunday Manner 81.00 per year, 60 cents C mouths. Transient advertisements will l*e inserted at tee rate, of 81.00 per square for the first insertion, and 50 cents lor eacli 8«il*sequent insertion, ex cept contract advertisements, on which special r.ites#’.'in be. obtained. Local notices will l>c charged at the rate of 10 cents per line each insertion, except when con tracted ior oxten e l periods, when special rates will be made. Hein It tan ces may he made by express, postal note, money order or registered letter. All communications, money orders, cheeks, etc., should be addressed, or made payable to T. L. GANTT. SHERMAN TO VISIT ATLANTA. : nd sco that the work or death and des olation was complete. We feel assured that the managers of t ie Piedmont Exposition acted hastily and without consideration when they invited Gen. Shf.rmax’. He’s the last man on earth that the Georgians want to see or to welcome. It is uot yet too late. Let that invi tation be withdrawn, and not fo.ee the hospitable people of Georgia to refuse a pioper greeting to an invited guest, or play the sycophant and insult the mem ory of their martyred dead. Gen. Sherman is Hot wanted iu Georgia, and if he forces his presence upon our peo ple he will see eontempt, hatred and re sentment written in every honest and o . al eye that he meets. RATHER PREVIOUS. Wc do not think that the presence of Gen. Wm. T. Sherman will prove a drawing card for the Piedmont Ex position in Atlanta. Next to Beast Butler this man is the most despised by the-Southern people. They have not as jet forgotten his desolating march to the s a, or the happy homes and pros perous cities that he ruthlessly destroy ed. The wilful and unnecessary burn ing of both Atlanta and Columbia still rankles in the hearts of every true Southerner, and even at tin's distant day they are in no humor to do honor to the incendiary. If Gen. Sherman comes to Georgia as the guest of its capital city, ic will be expected that he be received and treated as an honored visitor. This recognition our people are unwilling to accord, and hence it would be an insult to force such a man upon them. There may be a few persons attracts d by depraved curksiiy who will attend the Exposition to look upon this old vandal, like the morbid taste that some people have to witness an execution or see a human monstrosi ty; but we feel assured that where Herman’s presence will attract one such visitor hundreds of patriotic and loyal Southern hearts will keep away. To invite Gen. Sherman to assist in celebrating the rebuilding of the cirv he so wantonly burned would be like exhibiting and honoring as an invited guest the incendiary who stuck the torch to your home. Although more than two score years have elapsed since Sherman and his horde swept over Georgia and Carolina with sword in one hand and torch in the other, the devastation and misery that they wrought will never he obliterated, at least in the memory of tiie present generation. The smoking houses, bin n ing cities and despoiled farms trill ri.-e like a hideous nightmare before the eyes of.our people; ;Ue shrieks of in sulted women and the plaintive cries of starving and homeless children will ever ring in the ears of those who heard them ; the t riumphant march of a brutal soldiery through a conquered and un protected country—the insolence they encouraged from the slave to his master —the sight of an old gray-haired man tied lip In* the thumbs or other wise tortured to make him disclose wealth Unit the soldiers imagined their victim had concealed—private homes invaded and the aged grandmother driven from the ingle nook, and the hand of a human beast in blue rudely thrust into the bosom of the maiden— the protesting father 'driven from his i.ou.-e and shot down like a dog on his own premises:—the corpi ses of murdered soldiers and citizens weltering in their own blood by-the roadside—the honor and missely of it helpless"rural popula tion. Yes, and thousands of acts equal ly its hellish and black did our poor and suffering country owe to this Vandal and his followers. Every scene that we have pictured above not only oc curred, but was repeated over two States and times without number. There is not a community in Georgia through which Sherman and his army passed hut to-day holds his name in ha tred and abhorence. To ask Georgians to receive asaguest and.welcome and honor such a man is an insult to their patriotism—an insult to the memory of our martyred dead— an insult to Southern womanhood—yes, an insult to every man, woman and child in our land who has a drop of Southern blood in their veins. Georgia does not want Gen. Sher man, and neither will she have him foist upon her. 'If he attends one of our exhibitions as a self-invited guest, he Would be avoided as a leper; if he visits the scene of bis vandalism, ex pecting our people ffi kiss the hand that smote them,he will be grievously disap pointed- If there is a Sherman day at the Piedmont Exposition, we predic" that he will not be cramped for room. Not odly has ttiisjrnan devastated our country'in time of war,bufcjha has ever been one of the bitterest and most vindic- j2 tive enemies the South fver had, arid in the last few months suggested to the negroes of the South' that they would way that civilized warfare is omul buttopseup at the dead hour of the night, armed with the “torch and dag ger,” to murder men, women and chil dren, and tp lay q^i- property anjl homes in ashes, assuring thbtn thatf they would have a million men from Torth to come to their assistance The department of agriculture is un- ne'eessarily growing excited over the office of State Chemist. Commissioner Henderson has shown his hand too early in the game, and Mr. lIi MriiRiEs.of Sereven,Jis rubbing him self the wrong way entirely too pre vious. The serious changes recently made against Prof. White in the office of State Chemist should have been more thoroughly investigated before they should have thus beeu made to take so effective results, precipitating the removal of the labratory to Atlan ta and discharging Prof. White. "We fail to see why a chemist of so widely acknowledged ability and tlior- oughnessriis Prof. White whose ef ficient:}' lias never j*et been question ed, should thus in bis absence be re moved from office because his analysis doe-u’t compare favorably with the wishes of Mr. Hitmi-suiri s nor with an analysis made by a rising young chem ist of Atlanta. We can l.ut think that the actions and charges thus made against Prff. White have been hasty to sa\' the least of it. TIIE SHARP COUNTRY CHANT. ME It- The farmers are being strangely mis led into “supporting the Brady bill. This bill is a measure strong]}* advoca ted by the country merchants. Under it the trade in fertilizers will be revolu tionized. No notes given in payment by Inc farmer will be negotiable. Tims the. Georgia companies will he crippled if not destroyed. No Georgia company is strong enough financially to do busi ness on its own unaided capital, when deprived of the use of outstanding notes. Of course, foreign factories of com mercial guano will be at a great advan tage over Georgia guano. For instance, a Maryland company does, say, a busi ness of 20,000 tons. One fourth of this isplaceu in Georgia. The notes receiv ed for the remaining three fourths are negotiable, and may suffice for the pioper conduct of their business. So these foreign companies will sell to Georgians by completing the sale out of the State, and making delivery beyond the jurisdiction of Georgia. But osie thing is certain. Nearly all the fertilizers will be sold for cash. There is the “gum” of the Brady bill. The country merchant buys, having ready cash, that mercurial article, and resells it to the farmer, who is general ly out of funds that are available. The merchant is able to take the risk. In the first place, he sells at a large profit, by reason of the lessening ability of the fanner to procure the fertilizer. Then again, lie will in most instances hold inortgaes anyway on the farmers’goods and lands, and is thus far protected by i he power of the relation of debtor and c editor, .If the debtor kicks the mer chant will squeeze down on him. It is a very pretty bill for the merchanj;. The farmer will understand it after awhile.—Savannah Times. THE FUEL OF THE FUTURE. NO MONEY FOR' INSURANCE COMPANIES. Within the past three hundred years the entire Atlantic slope of this conti nent was clothed with a dense growth of primeval forest trees Within the last half century we have experienced a scarcity of wood fuel, and have witnessed the general intro duction of coal in its place iu our cities and vilages. Coal, patroleum and natural gas have also superceded animal oils for illumi nating purposes, so universal that to the present generation it would seem as if a deprivation of these substances would iuvolve the stoppage of almost all machineries and would involve the world in cold and darkness, excepting as it is illuminated and warmed by the sun and other heavenly bodies. And now the statisticians come to the front and inform us that the rate of consumption of these substances now in progress and increasing, our entire stock of coal, petroleum and natural gas will be exhausted within the ensu ing two hundred years. Again, some of our,modern scientists insists that the all-embracing ocean is making constant encroachments on the area of dry land, and that the hills and mountains are undergoing decomposi tion of their substance, and that this waste is being washed away by rains and running streams, insomuch that in time nothing will be left above the wa tery surface but the cold, barren and uninhabitable summits of a few of the loftiest mountains. Edison, the great electrician, is now working at the problem of generating electricity by direct conversion of beat, and is confident of success in this en deavor ; but whether by this or some other process the great desideratum shall be achieved, there is no reason to doubt that a simple and cheaper method will soon he devised. As usually oc curs, the end will be reached through a succession of single discoveries and de vices. The color of llaming hydrogen is dinged from blue to that suitable for illumination by carbonization. The process is not expensive, but was at the outset rendered difficult by the great danger of explosion encountered; a danger which seems to have been thor oughly obviated. An se vc have the material conditions and most of the practical appliances for an inexhaust ible supply of both fuel and light for the whole world during all coming time. There will be no general scarcity of fuel, for nature is still at work in her subterranean laboratory preparing more coal and petroleum for inanb* use, and some to spare for earthquakes and vol canoes. Her resources and expedients are incxhanstable. Neither will the world be submerged by water, for while in some places the dry laud is sink ing, so likewise is the ocean bed sink ing in other places,, while in still other localities the elastic crust of the earth is rising above the waters. All parts of the earth’s crust have by (urns been covered with water, but at no one time lias its entire surface been submerged. One advantage of hydrogen gas for heating purposes is the absence of the deadly carbonic ingredient present in coal and natural gasses. From* the report of the Insurance commissioners of Georgia,it appears that the Fire Insurance business forth© year ending April Sfitli, 138fi, was done at a considerable loss to the companies. The premiums paid to the companies^ of which there were 40 doing business in the State, amounted to $1,548,861 00. The losses paid amounted to $1,370,- 054, and if we add to this the expenses paid by the companies, in dciug the business, (estimated at 30 per cent of the premiums) the whole losses apd ex penses amounted to $1,834,112 00. ’ From these figures, it Appears 'that the companies lost $390,255 00 in. Geor gia this year. ; _ Tims it appears that It is an erroneous idea that the Insurance companies are cmassing fortunes annually. The fact is, they are benefiting the patrons more than themselves. ^ PLEASE RISE AGAIN, MR. SMITH! OliVo bill asItRppeared whfen fresh from .ble': S P and .will yield a better class of goods and more of it than ever before. LET THE SHAl) COME UP. THE AUGUSTA EVENING NEWS (‘‘TEMPT V Af? FAQUTflW” AND THE SAVANNAH RIVER. 1 ra.lr.Lli UP J AonlUjN. 1 he imported Dress Goods and trim mings, woven and manufactured especi ally for the Temple of Fashion will l e the novelties of the season, and due notice will be given when these goods will be ready for your inspection. W. T. Houston, Manager, .Julius Cohen & Co. Bro. Gan^t, of The Athens Ban nkr, has put the ball in motion to have the obstruction to the free passage of fish in the Savannah River removed, and we believe the movement will have the much desired effect this time aern uot end in smoke as heretofore. Mu Gantt deserves and will receive the thanks of the people of the upper Savannah for his noble and disinterest ed efforts in their behalf. See article on this subject taken from that widi awake daily, The Athens. Banner. Nobody up this way lias any desire to injure the manufacturing interests of Augusta, but they do desire that that city reconstruct its dam so that they can get their shad as of yore Anil it would but be wisdom for that prosperous city to do this as soon as possible without being forced to do so, as it will be ulti mately.—Hiirtwell Sun. THE SAVAN f VAH RIVER TO BE OPENED. The Savannah river will: be opened for the passage of shad. Who should come to to the front with a bill in the Legislature to this end, but Senator Joseph StRother, of Lincoln county. The bill has been introduced,’ and the Legislature eannot fail to con sider it with fther than serious delibe ration, Mr, Strother! comes from a .section that has suffered from the ob struction of the Augusta dam most se riously, and has a full, realization-of the necessity of a fish way :bVea that obstruc tion, saying nothing of the agreement of the Buford .treaty.. He deserves credit for such , a bill, amj will win more confidence than -ever from his worthy constituents by< championing their cause so ably. * . : ♦ There will-not be as large a yield of rcotton asi is expected 111 the rains con tinue much ■ longer. The crops' hitve reached that period of-’growth which requires drying sunshine,'and ' unless it is had'tfteW&MgWill/be buf short.f It is to be freatfy desired' that such weatner may ensue. The Augusta News attempts to write a facetious article on a very serious and important subject—i. e., the dam at that city obstructing the free passage of fish up the Savan ..ah. Humor i3 a very good thing in its place, but in this mat ter the thousands of good citizens so seriously affected are not inthe spirit to appreciate a joke on this subject, even were it a hundred fold more humorous than the News’ editorial. Here we find a densely populated belt of country over two hundred miles long, and with a breadth only measured by its tributary streams, the inhabi tants of which are required, in order to save a single city the expense of building a proper fish-way to have their upply of shad entirely cut off. I^is a crying outrage and a shame. The statement that there is already a passage-way for fish through the Au gusta dam, is ridiculous. Not a single shad has been able to pass since it was put in. It’s a fraud of the first water. The News also argues that the supply of shad lias diminisliedof late years, and even the fishermen below the. dam meet with poor success. This is a natural re sult of blockading the river. Remove the obstructions and let fish have a free passage, and the supply will at once in crease. Besides, shad, like all other fish, are'now artificially planted by the government, and if a clear run to salt water is guaranteed, in three years’ time the Savannah river can and will be stocked from its mouth to its source, as also the many tributary streams. The News says the North Georgia fishermen have lost their cunning in catching shad. One thing they have certainly lost—their just rights. They had as well drag a seine through a wash tub, with the hope of catching shad, as over any shoal in the Savannah above Augusta. The News again asserts that the fish m the Savannah are not quite so impor tant as the manufacturing industries of Augusta. This we admit—to Augusta. But to the people above that city they of far more importance. If the Savan nah is properly stocked with shad anil a free run given them to the ocean, they ill be worth more to Georgia and Car olina than every yard of cloth the waters from the Augusta canal can pos sibly make. The statistics of the Gov ernment will show this. The News intimates that the Geor gia Legislature will protect their dam, and winds up by extending an in vitation to the next excursion down the Savannah to visit that city and partake of its canal water—and a drop or two of something else. If a certain legend be true, a certain Legislative commit tee sent to inspect the dam were given “a drop or two of something else” by the hospitable city and manufacturers of Augusta, anil the result was that lit tle two-for-a-ukkle fishway at presen used in the dam. But this time a com mittee of strong temperance men will be appointed from the Legislature, who will be able to t* 11 a fish-way from an auger hole. We would in all seriousness ask the editor of the Augusta News,how cau lie get over the treaty of Buford—made between Carolina and Georgia-—by which the latter State pledged itself to keep the Savannah river forever open, for the free passage of fish and boats, from its source to its mouth? It will not be necessary to demolish its dam, or even diminish the water power in Augusta’s canal. But that city can and should certainly be re quired to build a fish-way that will al low the free passage of the finny tribe. Sueli lish-wnys are now in use, and can be successfully placed in this dam. They are expensive, but the loss from the stoppage of shad at Augusta is also expensive to the thousands of people living aboye that city. THE SOLICITOR’S SALARY There is a demand in Athens for fine goods and we shall certainly keep them in every Department. W, T. Houston, Manager, Juliu-Cohen Co. We do not want our citizegs to send away from home to do their shopping when they can buy the same goods at the “Temple of Fashion,’’and be certain they are pleased, and save the express charges, and encourage our merchants to keep the best and most fashionable goods. W.T. Houston, Manager, Ju lius Cohen & Co. For fashion, style and economy, Tvisit the “Temple of Fashion.” W. T. Hous ton, Manager, Jnlious Cohen & Co. Every lady in Athens can buy a handsome suit at the “Temple of Fash ion,” and have it different from any one else, as our Trimmings arc bought for special dresses, and no two of them are alike. W. T. Houston, Manager, Julius Cohen & Co. Julius Cohen & Co’s, store is certain ly the “Temple of Fashion,” for Ath ens. W.T. Houston, Manager. Absolutely p,,' 1 Tills powder never varies . Julius Cohen & Co. will display very soon at the “Temple of Fashion,” the best, the finest, the handsomest and the cheapest stock of Dry Goods that lias ever been seen in the Classic City. W. T. Houston, Manager. 5 Pieces of Mexican Grenadine going to be sold this week at 5 cents a yard on the Bargain Counters. W. T. Houston, Manager, Julius Cohen & Co. SI 5 Yards of Shepard Plaids for Children’s dresses going to be sold this weds on the Bargain Counters at 5cents a yard. W. T." Houston, .Manager, Ju lius Cohen & Co. Adv <0 ncivsjia]’ »*»**&*»$& — D VU IlCWSHUDe**' we eiiu oa'ei effective w Select Loc; Newspaper * tJ 1J ri"uce § tm ,, N ‘; n I Lot No. 1 of Silk Ribbons to be syjd on Bargain Counters this week at 2L> cents a yard. W. T. Houston, Manager, J ulius Cohen & Co. University of athexs, ga. REV. W.E. BOGGS,D.B.I CHANCELLOR. [ A-aAe-nlc D spnrtnwnt opens i.n mw 18th ot September, ’ wi. Kxairiar ,1! 4 ' adenuc begin; on Moiul iv, tGih. I wii' 1 Players Held cverv nvirnar- ami A the Chancellor every Sundayafietn^n!'** TUITION FREE." r ~\v l)c;iavtincn": opens on’s.-nmilirYajI "5 per te.hi. "" i *| he ciiau filar. LAMAR COBB, lUwtiuf TitkhI in this depa -tm- nt For catalogaes addre ved&suuU-iSwkl: p Lot No. 2 of Silk Ribbons to be sold on Bargain Counters this week at 5 cents a yai’d. W.- T. Houston, Manager, .Ju lius Cohen & Co. One ease of assorted‘styles and colots of 27 iy.ch Dress Goods to be sold on Bargain Counters this .wee at 10 cent a yard. W. T. Houston, Manager, Ju lius Cohen A Go. .. - Your last chance this week on those handsome Silks at 25 cents a yard on the Bargain Counters. W. T. Houston, Manager, Julius Cohen & Co. Tutt’sHli After eating, persons of a blllwl bablt will derive great benefit by tul ing one of these pills. If you have beul DBINKINGTOOMUCH, they will promptly relieve thenamiij SICK HEADACHE and nervousness which follow, r*| store the appetite and remove (loom feelings. Elegantly sugar coaled, SOLD EVEBTWmE. Office* 44 Murray St, New York I One job lot hf and 5 cents Hand kerchiefs on the Bargain Counters this week. W. T. Houston, Manager, Ju lius Cohen & Co. One more chance this week to buy the best 25 cents Hose for 15 cent a pail on the Bargain Counters. W.T.Houston, Manager, Julius Cohen & Co. We will make a clean sweep on all Remnants on Bargain Counters this week, at some price, they must go. W. T.“Houston, Manager, Julius Cohen & Co. One more Jot of Bridal Quilts to be sold this week at 75 cents, regular price $1.00. W. T. Houston, Manager, Ju lius Cohen «£ Co. The salary of the Governor of Geor gia is $3,000;the Judges of the Supreme Court get $3,000 per year; the Judges of the Superior Court have $2,000; the Treasurer,who gives a bond of $200,000, gets $2,000 yearly, and the Secretary of State, Attorney-General and the Comp troller-General receive $2,000. each. The office of solicitor-general o^ this circuit .averaged Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Brown about $3,000 annually, and will in all Teason average Mr. Russell about the same amount. The Judges of the Supreme Court sit about nine months in tlief year, our own circuit judge, Judge Hutchins, sits at least, twenty weeks. He is always at work when Solicitor-General Russell is hardly 1 having anything to-do in vacation. The judge’s expenses in going around circuit are just the same, as Mr. Rus sell’s. The office of Solicitor-General, pays more money to the holder. What determined opposition has always been shown in the Legislature-when a move to increase salaries has been made, we all well know. *We > hope that Mr. Tv ok,'who has been a faithful mem ber of the Gteberal Assembly; 1 Si-ill not favor a bill that has rto ’supporters In our county. If he has any d6uht as "to hpw the people stand on the subject' Jet him visit home and inquire. The people, are against the measure, one and all. Will dose out Summer Muslins oil Barga'n Counters this week at 3rents, another cut. W. T. llonsion, Manager, Julius Cohen <Jc Co. A Dispute About Ex-President Davis. Special to the Uanner. Higginsvili.e, Mo., Aug. 20.—The ex-Confederate soldiers of Missouri met in tlieir seventli annual rc-union to-day . Senator Vest was present and addressed his old comrades. Col. J. T. Crisp also spoke. During bis remarks he eulo gized Lincoln and Grant, when some one in the crowd asked, “What’s the matter with Jett’Davis?” Col. Crisp .answered that he had no adiiiiration for the ex-Confederate Pres ident, when Joseph Shelby, who was Col. Crisp’s superior officer during the war, interrupted him: and rebuked him for speaking lightly of Mr. Davis. An animated dialogue followed, and the two former comrades were pnly kept from resorting to blows by their friends. ANOTHER SEIZUE- The Rush Seizes a British Sealer, and , Puts a Prize Crew of one in Com mand. Special to the Banner; Sax Francisco, Cal., August 20l—£ letter by the steamer St. Paul, from an Officer on board the Rush, says the, lat ter bn August 6th, captured the British, schooner‘Lilly, of Vancouver, taking •al satislavwn in sit ■uve of Clonuniwe* «♦ . »Ivvi. I prcfcnuntuf fpvl sufe iu r-commtat ing it to all suffers* A. J. STONER, M, Deceits. It PRICK,stl.OSv SoM bv p-nott- sml‘Whiskey Its cured *1 bomo™ I out pula. Boot Of |» ticmarsnentKBEi PIANOS wm. CLEARANCE SALE JUNE T0 AUG. S 18 89.- ORGANS ft Worth of ' Pianos andOrgun Must be Closed Out by August I. New.Nearly Neirflj Prime Second-bm TAKEN IN tXCHAKi and m*de nev in our reptir flcW most sell: Can’t hold them. No"* _____ CathPrica! ■ lit] Write for Bsrgun ShW- lufH luddenABATES SAVANNAH, C». CARTELS iTTLE iVER PILLS. SiCK seals in,Behring sea. Three hundred skins we’re found on board, which were seized and ’transferred to the Rush, k prize! erey{^ of fine Was put on (the sqhpoper^ wi^Vi Orders to take hpr to f«J*t .1«ir :wtl "t'lrrij I.. 1 1 Gray hairs prevented, dandruti re moved, the scalp cleansed',' and tlie hair made to grow thick by the use of Hall’s Vegetable Siciiian Hair Renewer. cried CURE •* ila fwnnD Sick Headache and reUsveaUthe dent to a bilious 8 ^ te W*** S Dizzine*3, ?{iusaa, Dr°^‘ "while th elt ® eating. Pain inthe Sid<s&^ in cum* remarkable success has beeno _ Aehetheywonldbealmo ares* nnsi to do without them. Is the bane of so wo make m’r great boaat. .mitt* 11 * ”S*. jjgsaSjSftjg very easy toanddo tt0\^ They arestnet 7 vegettw^aplws* goU pmste, but by thetefivefojd . use them. Iu vi^atMceh^tb,ffiG- by arnggSw cverywh o. yolk. CARTEti MtDlClNE t0., N«* .Ssj2.II Pill