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■■■■I |gggmBF THE BANNER, ATHENS, GEOI GIA, SEPTEMBER -lO, Will Awake to the Hum of Many Thousand Spindles. A Busy Scene of Active Industry. The Athens Manufacturing Company working Wonders—One Factory com pleted and Others to Be Built—A Splendid Supply of WaterPower and Unsurpassed Natural Ad vantages—It Will Be a Manufacturing Town AND A RAILROAD WILL DE BUILT TO ATHE NS A rousing big boom. That’s what has struck Barnett Shoals with magic touch and transformed it from a natural wilderness into a busy - scene of industrial achievement. This fact was ascertained by a Bax- neb reporter yesterday from a visit to this busy scene of action, and he was more convinced than ever that a mighty hand was lifting Athens inevi tably into a prosperous and wonderful manufacturing city. It is to the courtesy of Mr. Frank Cheney, agent of the Athens Factory, that we were iudebted for the opportu nity of a visit to Barnett Shoals, and after a pleasant ride over the country for nine miles we arrived at the factory now being established at that place by this active and enterprising company ol cotton men. It is a wonderful place, and has been fitted by nature for every purpose that it has been adopted for. Barnett Shoals are located about two miles below the contluence of .the Oco nee and Middle rivers, and is thus fur nished with the united water volume of both of these streams, each of which in itself is provided with abundant water power. There are two divisions of the shoals called the higher and lower which extend for more than a mile down the Tiver, and both cf those offer splendid opportunities for factories and mills, and it is a wonder that these opportu nities have not been taken advantage of long since by cotton men. For some time past Mr.R. L. Eloora field, of Athens has kept an eye on this valuable property, and two years ago, when the estate to which it belonged, became involved iu litigation, he seized the chance of purchasing it for the pur pose of establishing a large factory there. Representing the Athens Man ufacturing Company, of which he is president, he made a purchase of the lands around Barnett Shoals to the ex tent of seven hundred acres, extending down the river the entire length of shoals on both si*Les. This gives his company the entire control of the Barnett Shoals property. Mr. Bloomfield’s plans are extensive. He is already engaged in erecting a fac tory at the upper shoals, which will have a capacity of five thousand spin- files. This factory is almost completed and when finished it will be one of the most complete mills in this section of country. The building is wo hundred and sixteen-feet long and one hundred feet broad; and is thrown into one vast room the full length and bredth on each story. This gives spacious rooms to each of the apartments, which are w ell ventilated and lighted by scores of windows on all sides and sky lights on the roof. The building has been erected on the the latest and most improved plans and has been managed by the most skilled architects that could be found. The machinery for the new building has been bought, and is being placed in position now. It is of the most improved style, and is capa ble of producing a very fine quality of goods. Mr. Bloomfield was superintending the work of putting down the machin ery, and in response to some of our querries said: “Yes sir, I have as fine a water power here as can be found anywhere. The Oconee river is five or six hundred feet broad here at the shoals, and the canal which I am digging to furnish our factory with power will give a fall of twenty-six feet, which is just double that given by the race of the Athens Factory. “About how much water power have you here?” wre asked. “I had a hydraulic engineer to esti mate it last year,” said Mr. Bloomfield, “and he says that the power of both Bhoals is three thousand horse power. This is capable of manipulating about 300,000 spindles. Mr. Geylen, the engineer who made the estimation, is a thorough and experienced man in the profession, and it was he who placed the water wheels in the King Mills and several others in Augusta. “When will you have the machinery in order to begin work out here?” asked the reporter. # “I can not say definitely. I will be ready in time, however, for the facto ries will not start up until late in the fall, owing to the retention of cotton bj t le farmers. I will be ready to start within several months, and that will be sufficiently early. My machinery ha* all been purchased, and is at hand all ready to be put down. I have thirty or forty hands at work now, and am rap idly progressing with the work. The mill will soon be finished, and the wheels started up.” But this factory which is being built is only the beginning of the plans ol Mr. Bloomfield. As soon as it is opened he will begin on another, a .d when he completes his designs he willjhave a half dozen spacious factories strung along the bank's of Barnett Shoals, and will have the wild forests around that vicin ity awake to the busy hum of thousands of spindles. He has the water power there to run twenty five factories, and he will con tinue to build new ones until he can use a great amount of this power Within a few years Barnett Shoals will be the scene of some of the most noted cotton mills in the Southern States. The opportunity is a rare one, and Mr. Bloomfield, backed by the Athens Mau- facturing Company is determined to make the best of it. They have the capital to erect splen did mills there, anil they intend to do it if it takes a life time. They have bought the entire property with this end in view. The possibilities and advantages- of Barnett Shoals have been acknowledged by some of the most prominent factory men in the United States. Last year Mr. James Coates, of the famous firm of J. & P. Coates, of Philadelphia came here to investigate the opportunities of the place, and pro nounced it a most excellent piece of property. He said that he has rarely seen as good a fall of water in his wliolp experience as that of Barnett Shoals. One singular advantage of the Shoals is that they form a natural dam across the entire width of the river; and just above the shoals the water is sixteen feet deep. This is an arrangement of nature which has made Barnett Shoals especially well fitted for furnishing ex cellent power for tne extensive facto ries that are about to be built there. The truth is, these shoals are in every way fashioned by nature for industrial adaptation, and the hills that rise up in high eliffs afford a splendid locality for the residences of the laborers; while the water is pure and healthgiving. It is in this way different from most fac tory localities, where the laborers are kept sickly in low, sweltering valley; There is a cool running spring on one of these hills sufficiently elevatod to carry water to every room of the.factory iron pipes. Barnett Shoals has every possible ad vantage, and one by one they are being taken hold of. One year ago, the place was a rude natural wilderness. Now it is a lively scene. About twenty-five cottages have gone up, and a mammoth factory has been erected. Within a few more years, it will be further trans formed inot a town in itself, and so soon as the necessity demands,a railroad will be built to Athens by the company in operation of the property. Keep your eyes on Barnett Shoals. WALKED IN HIS SLEEP. A Little Boy Arouses East Athens While Dreaming. Saturday night the citizens of £ast Athens were aroused over the report of a terrible murder being committed, and at least twenty men, with guns, pistols and fence-rails, went in search of the murderer. Mr.Mathews,who lives in East Athens informs us that about 1 o’clock Satur day night the little twelve-year-old son of Mr. Alex. Nabors came rushing to his house, in a terribly excited condi tion, and informed him that his mother had been murdered and the house robbed, and that the person who com mitted the deed was then in the house ready to kill all of tl\p children. Mr. Mathews got his gun and alarmed the neighborhood, who quickly joined him and down to the house of Mr. Na bors they proceeded. They surrounded the place, each man with his gun in position to slay the murderer as soon as he made a break. Everything was quiet in the house except an occasional groan, which led those on the out-side to believe that there had been another Woolfolk trage dy enacted on the inside. At last the watching on the out-side became mo notonous, and one of the party pro ceeded to investigate. He went to the door and it being un looked, opened it to find the family quietly resting from their day’s labors and nobody hurt. The only solution of the matter is that Mr. Nabors came home fiom his business rather late, and found his wife suffering with neuraligia and moarning considerably, After going to bed, the little boy jumped up and ran out* and aroused the citizens while in his sleep. The little fellow, after being thorough ly awakened, was very much frightened and could hardly he pursuaded to go back home. Drank Embalming Fluid. Albany, N. Y., Sept. 3.-While an 11-year-old daughter of Byron Welch was carrying in her arms her infant sis ter, 11 months old, today, the little one cried for a drink of water. The girl picked up a bowl containing embalm ing fluid, which stood beside the corpse of a-other child of the family, and al lowed the babe to drink of the poison ous mixture. A physician was sum moned, but the child died soon after ward. FOUND DEAD. MR. JERRE D BOWLES DIES SUD DENLY YESTERDAY. A Good Man Passes Away Suddenly and Alone In His Bed—Heart Disease At tacked him the Second Time and Proyed Fatal-The Death aSolsmn Blow-Many iRelatives and Warm Friends. The news that Mr, Jerre I). Bowles, of the express office, had died sudden ly yesterday morning threw Athens into a spell of sorrowful excitement. • It seems that Mr. Bowles had been attacked with his illness since Sunday night at half past nine o’clock. Down at Mr. A. S. Dorsey’s, where he boarded, he had eaten supper and talked on the piazza until nine o’clock when he retired to liis room. He bad only been there, however, about half an hour when he called to Mr. Ed Dor sey, who roomed near by, and told him he had a severe pain in his breast. Mr. Ed Dorsey and Mr. A. S. Dorsey sent for Dr. Benedict and set up with Mr. Bowles until four o’clock when he fell asleep, and slept until breakfast. He rose and went down to the express office and staid a little while, but de nied to go back to his room as he was not yet over his attack Mrs. Dorsey, who is his sister-in-law, went to him in his room and gave him the medicine which Dr. Benedict had prescribed for him the night before. She offered to sit up in the room with him in ease lie should need attention, but he insisted that she should not, saying he only wanted quiet that he might sleep. She then offered to place a call bell be side his bed for him to summons some one,should betake another attack of his trouble the night before. He declined this also, laughing at Mrs. Dorsey for considering him so helplessly ill. When Dr. Benedict arrived at ten o’clock he opened the door and found Mr.Bowles alone and dead. He notified the family who at once began the sorrowful task of arranging the corpse for the grave. The corornerheld an inquest and the following verdict was rendered: We, the jury summonsed in the ease of Jerre D. Bowles deceased, now lying beforejus, find that the deceased died from some heart trouble unknown to us. A. H. Hodgsox, Foreman, . J. A. Graxt, Secretary, C, J. O’Farrell, J. E. Talmadgk, H. L. Craxford, James O’Farrell, C. W. Cooper, J. C. Orr, J. A. Pitxer, C. B. Veroxee, H. C. Cavis. Mr. Jerre D. Bowles was born at Union Point, Gav^and was nearly for ty-seven years of age at his death. He had been connected with the Southern Express Company for many years and had established for himself an inviable reputation in the company’s estimation. He was sent to Athens by the company last spring when Captain Williams, who is the permanent mana ger here, left for a trip to Europe. Mr. Bowles came from Macon here. He has several relatives in Athens. Mr. Yince Bowles at the Foundry is a broth er of the deceased, and Mrs. Peter Culp is a half sister. Mrs. A. S. Dorsey, of this plaee, and her family are connections of the de ceased. His first wife was Miss Doble, of Athens, and is buried here. Mr. Bowles went over to the cemetery Sun day afternoon and visited her grave remaing until dark. Mr. Bowles had won many warm friends in Athens since his move here and had a very great many who knew him before he came. He was a devout Christian and a member of the Metho dist church, and one of bis friends yes terday with tears in his eyes toldhow he and Jerri had taken communion side by ideatthis clnirch the day before his unexpected death .1 The death of Mr. Bowles was a solemn blow to Athens and vicinity as well as to hi s family who are now in Macon. His remaius were sent to Macon on the C & M. yesterday and will, most probably be interred there to-day. LATER. The wife of Mr. Sowles telegraphed to Athens since the above was written that the remains wou Id be interred in Athens instead of Macon. The corpse was sent back from Madi son last night and the funeral will take place today from the Frst Methodist church. An Aeronaut Peril. Special to the Banner. Loxdon, Sept. 3.—An exciting scene was witnessed at an exhibition by Miss Beaumont, the aeronaut, at North Shields yesterday. In descending from her balloon with a parachute the wo man caught by a lightning conductor, from which she hung suspended by one arm far above the ground. There was a great crowd of spectators, and the excitement was intense. Ladders were brought as quickly as possible, and by their aid the daring aeronaut made a safe descent. THE DRAMATIC WORLD. Manager Haselton, of Tho New Opera House Arranging a Delightful Sea son for the Theatre Goers.—A List of the Amusements that are Billed. The amusements at the New Opera House for the coming season are rapid ly billed, and the season will be a rare one for Athens. The theatre goers will have a feast duiing tha entire winter and many a pleasant evening at the New Opera House is in store for them. We publish below a list of tlie shows that have been billed up to date with their dates, and it is a most excellent one: Melo Drama, “After Dark,” Sept. 20, Haverly Cleveland’s Minstrel, Sept. 27th. Streets of N. Y., Oct. 3rd. Agnes Herndon, “La Belle Marc,” Oct. 7th. Cora Van Tassell, Oct. 10. Held by the Enemy, Oct. 17. Graw’s Opera Co., Oct. 21st, 22nd. Louie James, Oct. 26th. Ezra Kendal Pair Kids, Oct. 28tli. The Wife Co., Nov. 2nd. Jewish Ball, Nov. 5th. Night off, (comedy) Nov Gth. Hattie Barword Chose, Nov. 13. Cal. Wagner’s Minstrel, Nov. 22nd. Frederic Ward, Nov. 23ud. Murray & Murphy, Nov. 28. Karl Gardner, Dec. 2nd. Walter Mathews—Tragedy, Dec. llece’s Evangeline Co., Dec. 16 Morrison’s Opera Co. Dee. 17. Alge Fields’ Minstrels, Dec. 27. Si Perkins, Dec. 31. Prof. D. M. Bristols. January Patti Rosa, Feb. 1st. Charlotte Thompson, Feb. 6th. Levat’s Minstrels, Feb. 8th. Daniel Boone, Feb. 26tli. Little Lord Fontlerov, Feb. 27. Zozo Little Maggie Querns, Mar Two Old Cronies, Mar. 29. There will be many others that be booked during the present month and Manager Haselton may congratu late himself on the promising success of his business. There is no reason why Athens should’nt have as good dramat ic advantages as any city in the State, and since we have one of the prettiest little opera houses in the South and a large cumber of theatre goers the com panies will not pass us by in the future. Homer Dots. Special to the Banner. Homer Ga. September 3.—Dr. V. D. Lockhart was summoned on Thursday to the death bed of his father, who was one of the oldest citizens in Hall coun ty being ninety-six years old at the time of his death. COTTON^ BAGGING. NOT A SINGLE ROLL OF JOTE BROUGHT TO ATHENS THIS SEASON. 7th. 5th. will SMALL SALARIES. The Clerks of Athens Are Not Apt to Be come Vanderbilts—Their’s is a Labor of Love, “The young business men of Athens are not very apt to get rich,” said a man to a Baxxkr reporter yesterday. “And why?” asked the reporter. “Well, sir, you would be surprised to know how little they work for. There are lots of young salesmen at the prin cinal stores of Athens avIio are getting not more thon forty dollars a month, and the best and most experienced bookkeepers rarely get more than six ty dollars per month. Those who get better salaries than than this are the ex ception rather than the rule. I don’t know of a single clerk in Athens who gets more than sixty-five dollars per month, whether he be bookkeeper or salesman.” “What do you allege the cause to?” be asked the reporter. “The demand is more than supplied. There are scores of young men who quit the farms upon which they have been raised, and couie to the city to get positions as clerks. They are content to get forty and even twenty per months for their services,iand feel flat tered at that even. It is so much more perhaps, than they were making on their farms.” But the question is, do they! The fact is the elerk who works for these meager sums scarcely pay their board and clothe themselves. DAVIS’ DICKERINGS. A Colored School Teacher ln„ Trouble in Jefferson, For some time Bill Davis, a colored man, and formerly in the Athens post- office, has been teaching sehool near Jefferson, where he had a fine school with a large number of scholars. Our informant says that a few nights ago Davis made some remarks about some ladies in Jefferson, which was overheard by several little white boys, who repeated his sayings to older ones; and they went in search of Davis, hut could not find him. Later on Davis met Sheriff McEl- hanon and insulted him, whereupon the plucky sheriff gave him a sound trash ing. The citizens got very much excited and the cooler heads advised Davis to leave, which he did, and is now in Ath ens. The Apaches in Alabama. Special to The Banner. Washixgtox, September 3.—The Secretary of war seemo averse to re moving the Apaches from their home in Alabama. He will do nothing until the Indian Rights association has pur chased the land in North Carolina, to which it is proposed to remove them. More Warrants for Prize Fighters. - Special to the Banner. Jackson, Miss., September 3.—War rants have been issued for the arrest of a number of eastern men connected with the Sullivan prize fight. Farmers on the War Path and Boyc All Dealers In This Obnoxious S —The Charleston Compresses Re placing Cotton Bagging With Jute. SKa. SFsy&Sapi KS&aSg?- directions o„.. fhe ’KiJ Philadelphia p Rab *e, Not a roll of new jute bagging has been ordered by an Athens merchant this season. They are standing shoul der to shoulder with the farmers in their fight against the trust. A great deal of cotton bagging has been ordered, and it is sold at exactly what it costs the mer chants to lay it down in their store They do not make a cent’s profit off of a thousand yards. This is indeed generous, aud will doubtless be appre ciated by cotton planters. Never were the farmers so aroused and united on an issue as they are in their opposition to the jute trust. From one end of Georgia to the other, and all over the other cotton states, almost to a man they have declared war on jute, and are sworn not to touch it at any price. It is like waving a red Hag be fore a mad bull to show a cotton grower a piece of jute. Their opposition goes to such lengths that they will not even buy second-hand bagging, and mer chants who have laid in a large supply find it a drug on their hands. The far mers contend that they want to goner- | ally introduce cotton bagging, and in- ! tend to use no substitute thereof, if they j can possibly prevent it. They are boy cotting all merchants and public gins that haudle jute. We hear of one large, prominent and wealthy merchant above- Athens who ordered some jute bagging. The news of his investment soon spread over the county, and as a consequence his store was avoi led like a small pox hospital. Customers who have been dealing with him for years began to drop off, and carried their business else where, until his store is to-day almost deserted. What will be the outcome we cannot conjecture. A few large planters in this section say they intend to use jute, but we doubt if they will do so in the face of popular prejudice. Farmers say they will ostracise and re fuse to speak to or associate with any man who goes over to the enemy in this fight, and we believe they mean it. A gentleman who has been in Charles ton, S. C., a few days ago, tells The Banner that the compresses in that city are stripping oft' the cotton bagging from every bale that they receive and substitute the heaviest article of jute, thus making an extra profit to them selves. This old bagging they sell for what it will bring, and the negroes buy large quantities of it. If this report be correct it would be well for the Alliance to investigate this matter and take suit able steps to protect themselves. If the compresses on the sea coast use jute it will defeat the very ends for which the farmers are battling. From the outlook to-day it really seems that the planter has an under hold on the jute trust. ffyne this miH*r willTi ATHr: Xs ' REV.w.eTe , TU1T ‘0N S Law Doranim m r, * tlH ..i this ilei.annuu'*;5 P ,"f '■« weil&sun9-i8wklv4t s> UIq You Carry A whole medicine chest in your pocket, with one box of Ayer’s Pills. As they operate directly on the stomach and. bowels, they indirectly affect every other organ of the body. When the stomach is out of order, „he‘ head is affected, digestion fails, the blood be comes impoverished, aud you fall an easy victim to any prevalent disease. Miss M. E. Boyle, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., puts the whole truth in a nutshell, when she says: “ I use no other medicine than Ayer’s Pills. 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LggMS.SASHABiafcr H owell co bm iaTt^ eastern Railroad fo the £ Dauville Railroad < o., thel;!^ Pol t Terminal Railway and Wirti and the Centra! Trust. uit.pamu Petition for relief and c nertatk, bonds. Ola-ko Superior Court. It appearing to the court tit'At t not served the Richn ond andwSS minal aud V arehouse compauy.atii2 Trust Coin anies of New York naril a, it in the above stated case, £9 not reside inClarke county ortLesi 1 gta, or have ag-nts or officers in sM that they reside out of the state, n ,1 by the court that service lie uerfectMl cation upon said parties in The inn nek for at least two mouths (efured term „f <Tarke Superior cour, M M tober, 188L aud that they then appeal and make deft nse. N, i. HUTt4 Judge of Sui eriorCiurt Westenl A true extract from the minutes, f c. U.VIM July, 25,1889. Clerk Cj ADMINISTRATOR'S Slti| Georgia Clarke County. 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