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THE BANNER ATHENS, GEORGIA, bEBi
DR TUCKER IS DEAD.
EDITOR OF THE CHRISTIAN IN-
DEX FAI.ES FROM A SECOND
STORY WINDOW,
Causing Injuries Which Resulted in
His Death—The Funeral To-Day—
The Pall-Bearers—Sketch of
His Life.
Special t > Tlu' Banner.
Atlanta, Sept. 9.—Rev. Dr. Tucker
is dead.
This announcement will carry sorrow
to many hearts in Georgia and the sooth
especially among the Baptists, of which
denomination he was acknowledged to
l>e one ot ihe leading men.
The circumstances surrounding the
doctor’s death are peculiarly sad, since
an accident was the cause of it.
He was appointed from the Second
Baptist church as a delegate to the
Stone Mountain Baptist association,
which lias been in session for several
days at. Sharon church.
lie attended the meeting on Friday
and Saturday afternoon, going directly
to his residence on Capitol avenue.
lie letired early, leaving his wife in
the sitting room downstairs.
About 12 o’clock Mrs. Tucker went
up stairs, and soon afterwards the doc
tor awoke and began talking with her.
He has been troubled agood deal with
insomnia, and about one ^o’clock lie
went into the bath room, as he could
not sleep.
Jn a short while Mrs. Tucker heard
him groaning as if in pain, and on
going into the bath room site saw that
the\\i"dow was open, and on ilie
ground, twenty feet below, the doctor
■was lying gt - using as if in great agony.
When brought into the house and t-x-
•amined it was found that his collarbone
*nd several ribs were broken, and Dr.
Hunter Cooper, his son-in- law, was
fearful that he had been internally in
jured.
Dr. Tucker recovered consciousness
but could not tell how he fell from the
window. It is supposed that on enter
ing the bath room he took a dose of
bromide to make hi in sloop, and then
took his seat in the window.
While here he must' have gone to
sleep and fallen out of the window.
He remained conscious up to 10
o’clock last night when he began sink
ing, and at half past live this morning
breathed his last, surrounded by liis
family.
THE FUNERAL,
During his life Dr. Tucker always
expressed a desire to have his funeral
preached by Rev. 1 >r. E. W. Warren,
of JIacon, but formerly of Atlanta, as
the two have been lifelong friends.
The following gentlemen have been
selected to act as pall hearers:
Major W. F. Slaton, Mr. A. D. Adair,
Judge John T. Pendleton, Mr. Samuel
M. Inman, Dr. A. W. Calhoun, Mr. D.
C. Bacon, lion. John T, Glenn and Mr.
Henry Hillyer. Mr. Humphreys Castie-
man, Dr. Amos Fox.
After the funeral services are over
the body will le laid to rest in West-
view cemetery.
Dr. Tucker leaves a wife and two
children, Mr. II. II. Tucker and Mrs.
Henry P. Cooke.
He leaves an estate valued at about
one hundred thousand.
Rev. Henry Holcome Tucker, D. D,.
I.LI)., wa- perhaps the most brilliant
Baptist Georgia ever produced.
When a mere child young Tucker was
taken to Philadelphia* where, with oc
casional interruptions, he remained
until lie was eighteen years old.
lie was baptized in 1834 in the river
Delaware by tiie elder . Brantley and
was ordained at LaGrange, Georgia, in
1851.
He reoived his preparatory education
in the University of Pennsylvania.
In 1846 he was admitted to the bar in
Forsyth, Monroe county, Ga.
He practiced his profession until 1848
when he abandoned it to enter the
Christian ministry. Selling his law
books, he repaired to Mercer University
to receive private instruction from its
venerable president, Dr. Dagg.
He taught young ladies for two or
three years in the Southern Female col
lege. LaGrange, Ga., and afterwards
for a short time, in the Richmond Fe
male institution, Richmond, Va. In
1850, he was elected professor of belles-
letters, amVmetaphysics in Mercer Uni
versity, which position he held unti
4he year 1861, when th institution was,
in a measure, broken up by the war.
In 1866 he was unanimously elected
president of Mercer University, and it
was during his administration that the
University was removed from Penueld
to Macon.
He had the credit of being one of the
chief promoters of that change. Resign
ing the'presidency of Mercer Universi
ty in 1874, he went to Europe, taking
his family with him, and was absent
over a year. While there he assisted iu
the formation of the Baptist church in
Rome, and baptized a man In the Tiber,
probably the first time such an act was*
performed there since the days of the
early Christians.
While in Paris he officiated durin g
large part of one winter in th
American chapei.
In 1874 lie was elected chancellor of
the University of Georgia, a position
which he filled four years.
At the time of his death he was the
owner and editor of the Christian Index,
which he has been editing almost with
out interruption for ten years.
lie opposed secession and debated the
issue publicly; but when the war com
menced he took sides with his own peo
ple, and, from first to last, co-operated
heartily with the Confederates. One of
the first to foresee the salt famine, he
earnestly advocated the manufacture of
salt,wnd soon became the president of a
large salt manufacturing company.
When small-pox prevailed in this
country he provided himself with pure
vaecine virus and a lancet, and vaccin
ated all, old and vonng, black ant
white, whom he found willing to submi
to the operation.
He was the author and founder of the
“Georgia Relief and Hospital associa
tion” an institution which correspond
ed largely with the Northern Christian
commission, and which carried aid and
comfort to tens of thousands of sick and
wounded Confederate soldiers.
A COLORED ROMULUS.
Capture of a Child that Was Stolen
and Reared by a Wolf.
Special to the Banner.
Sandy Point, Tex., September 9.—
Some twenty months ago a woman
living on the banks of Brazos missed
her tim e months old baby from the pal
let where she lmd left it lying during
an absence of a few minutes. Search
was made for the infant, but no trace of
it could be discovered, and the whole
affair was wrapped in profound myste
ry until a few days ago. A rarty of
gentlemen were riding through a some
what unfrequented portion of the thick
woods that border the river, when they
were startled by seeing a strange object
run across the road. Thinking at first
sight that it was a wild animal, several
of the party were about to fire on it,
when the one who had been nearest to
it called to them not to shoot,but to ride
it down instead. This was done with
difficulty, for the’,underbrush was thick,
but'nt last the creature was overtaken in
a dense copse. It was half running, half
: eaping, first on all fours and then near
ly upright.
The gentlemen dismounted and .at
tempted to lay hands upon it, but chat
tering frightfully and savagely biting
and scratching, it broke away from
them. They could see that it had a hu
man face, though the brown body was
covered with long tangled hair, and the
nails of the hands and feet so long and
curved as to be claws. It ran with in
credible swiftness, getting over fallen-
trees and dense masses of creepers at a
rate that obliged its pursuers to exert
themselves to the utmost to keep it in
view. It finally ran into an immense
oak tree that lay oprooted in the ground
ami the hollow trunk of which formed
a yawning cavern. By the dint of
poking in the tree with sticks the party
succeeded in driving out an old wolf,
which immediately took to its heels.
It was not the object pursued, as it was
not the object sought. This, too, was
dislodged and lassoed with a lariat made
of hides. It bit and scratched so fierce
ly that it was thought advisable not to
approach it, as it was half dragged, half
led home with the lariat about its neck,
howling and yelping like a wolf.
The fact of the negro woman’s child
having disappeared was well known to
all, and it was decided that this must
be the child. The old wolf bad evident
ly stolen it and for some reason adopt
ed it for its own. The mother declared
that this conjecture was correct, claim
ing that her child had had a malforma
tion of one car, which peculiarity was
found in the monster. It is kept tied
up in herjeabin, suffering no one|to lay
hands upon it, and is fed ou raw meat,
as it refuses to touch any other food.
The woman has hopes that she may yet
reawaken the human in it, but in the
meantime' she is reaping a harvest from
the crowds who come daily from all
parts of the country to inspect the
strange creature.
FLORIDA EVERGLADES.
STRANGE DISCOVERIES IN THIS
TROPICAL WILDERNESS.
What a Party of Explorers Found—A
Hound and Cave on,an Island Filled
With Mummies and Images.
—A Wonderful Stcry.
A SAD DEATH.
Mrs. S. A. Briggs Passes Away While
Visiting Athens.
Mrs. S. A. Briggs died early yester
day morning at the residence of her
son, Mr. W. P. Briggs. About six
weeks ago she came up from Blackville
S. C., to spend a while with her son
and enjoyed excellent health until two
weeks ago, when she was taken with
disentery, which caused her death. She
had the best medical attention, and all
that loving bands could do was done,
but death soon relieved her of her suf
ferings.
She was one of the best and purest of
Christians, and made many friends here
by her lovely disposition and charming
manners. ' Everybody she met, she
loved, and invaiiably had something
kind to say about them.
Her intense sufferings were’ borne
with great patience and fortitude, and
her death, while not unexpected,» was
a great shock to her family.
The remains were carried to Black
ville, S. C., where they will be interred
in the family burying ground.
She leaves four sons, a daughter, and
a host of sorrowing friends to mourn
her departure.
The bereaved children have the sym
pathies of the entire community .in their
great loss.
No matter what the school of physic, —
They each can cure an ache or plitlnstlc
At least ’tin said they can;
But ns Science turns the wheel still faster.
And quacks and bigots meet disaster,
To ns there comes a common man
Whose merits hath wou countless zealots,
Who nse and praise his “Pleasant Pellets.”
The “Pleasant Purgative Pellets” of
Dr. Pierce, though gentle in action, are
thorough, anil never fail to cure bil
iousness, diseased or torpid liver, and
constipation.
From the Inter-Ocean.
A party of well-known Atlanta gen
tlemen, Messrs. VV. P. Carter, Alfred
Nixon, II. B. Wrenn, and Frederick
Maxwell, returning from a hunting
and fishing trip to the Euerglades of
Florida, told a wonderful story about a
discovery in the depths of this vast
swamp.
The party had been out for absut two
weeks, and had not been very success
ful, game being comparatively scarce.
Learning from the natives that they
would find better sport by going deeper
into the recesses of the swamp, although
warned at the time of the danger owing
to the difficulty of threading one’s way
through its tangled mazes, they decided
to penetrate the famous Everglades.
Securing a light boat, manned by two
negroes, with provisions to last them
for a fortnight, they sffirted down one
of the sluggish streams leading toward
the heart of tiie swamp. Toward the
end of the fourth day, during which
time shooting and fishing had been a
good deal better, they were surprised to
find themselves issue from the tangled
jungle and lloat out on a large beautiful
lake.
In the centre of this sheet of water
was an irregularly shaped island, pro
bably a half mile in length and almost
the same in width, standing considera
bly above the level of the surrounding
marshes and comparatively bare of veg
etation. On this island was a circular
mound about 100 feet high, covered with
various kinds of trees. The hunters at
once landed, with the purpose of ex
ploring what they at once .surmised to
be a relic of the ancient mound builders.
They soon discovered that the trees
were of a species they had never seen
before, the wood being of a remarkably
close fibre and hardness, and when,
after considerable time ami labor, the
two negroes succeed iu felling one of
the smallest, the rings showed it to be
almost 2,000 years old.
Mr. Carter, the first to arrive at the
summit of the eminence, discovered a
shaft sunk into the bowels of the mound.
No rope being obtainable, a grapevine
was substituted, and Air. Carter began
his descent into the darkness of the
opening. After having been lowered a
short distance, feeling at the same time
in the sides with a stick, he peeeived a
sudden widening of the shaft, and,
striking a match, found a corridor ex
tending on both sides as far as he could
see by the feeble light. Telling his
friends of his find, he daringly entered
the gallery,where he wVasqHickly joined
by Mr. Maxwell, and the two started
out to explore the mysteries of the
mouud.
They had proceeded but a few yards
when the gallery suddenly enlarged
and disclosed to them a chamber about
15 feet high and 20 feet square. Here a
strange sight met their eyes. In rows
abound the room were queerly shaped
coffins, made of the wood of the trees
which grew on the mound, anil covered
with unintelligible characters. Grouped
around each coffin were gold pots and
utensils of great value, also inscribed
with hieroglyphics. In the middle of
the room was a miniature mound, and
in this were found pots, images, and va
rious bric-a-brac. Searching further,
they found several similar chambers,
some empty anil some tilled with all
manner of strange and curious arti
cles.
Returning to the shaft and descend
ing further, another corridor was found
connecting with more rooms than the
first one, but on reaching the bottom
the explorers discovered a third gallery
leading into a chamber, the splendor
and magnificence of which fairly took
away their breath. While the walls of
the rooms on the other levels were of
earth,walls of this were of beaten silver,
the ceiling of a kind of unknown blue
metal, thickly strewn with diamonds to
represent stars, and the lloor of brass.
On one side of the room were thirteen
gold thrones, exquisitely carved on
which sat as many mummies, these no
doubt being the deceased kings of this
people. Opposite each throne was a
marble statue, probably representing
the king it faced. In the centre of the
chamber was a mound similar to those
in the other rooms, in which were found
coronets, sceptres, an d other insignia
of royalty. Securing as many trophies
as they could well take cure of the party
set out on their return to civilization.
A Good Bill.
Mr. Johnson, of Clinch county, has
introduced a bill in the Legislature for
every man who carries a pistol to reg
ister the same with the clerk of the
court.
Several amendments will be added to
the bill on its final reading.
One of the amendments is that every
man who registers his pistol shall be
provided w ith a tag which he shall
wear around his neck, showing that he
has the right to carry a pistol.
Another amendment is that at night
the man having the right to carry a pis
tol shall wear a big bull’s eye lantern on
his breast so that the people may know
he has a pistol on his person. Still an
other amendment will be offered. That
the person so registering shall have
placed over their door in large letters:
“Keep on hand a registered pistol of
the six shooter variety. Tramps, book
agents and preachers take warning.”
Mr. Johnson is proud of his bill, and
has no doubt of its passage unless
loaded down with amendments.
A NEGRO LYNCHED
Tlie-Mol) Tied Him to a Tree and Rid
dled His Body with Bullets.
Special to the Banner.
Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 9.—John
Signiond, a one-legged negro, * w as
lynched this morning near Sterling
Creek, Gaston county. Sigroond was
employed as a laborer on the farm of
Squire J. B. Moore, a highly respected
citizen of Gaston county. Yesterday
evening, while Sigmond was doiug some
work-about the house, Mr. Moore went
into the field. No one was at the house
except the negro and Airs. Moore’s
twelve-year-old daughter, who was
sitting in the bedroom. Sigmond saw
her through a window from outside,
and went in and quickly entered the
room where the girl was. Then lock
ing the door he made an assault upon
her. The girl began to scream at the
top of her voice. Her father, hearing
her cries, hastened back to the house.
Securing anaxe he went to the door,and
finding it locked, broke it open just in
time to catch the negro by the foot as
he has jumping out of the window. Air.
Aloore struck the negro two or three
times, then bound him and took hint be
fore a magistrate. A preliminary .trial
was held, und the negro was turned
over to the officers to be committed to
jail.
It is about ten miles from Stanley
Creek to Dallas, slie county seat, and it
was after midnight when the officers
started on their journey to tiie jail.
When about four miles away, about
seventy-five masked men rushed oi\t
from the woods and surrounding the
officers, demanded that they turn their
prisoner over to them. The officers
said nothing and allowed Sigmond to be
carried away. The mob had gone only
a few hundred yards away when sever
al shots were heard. To-day the body
of the negro was found tightly bound
against a large oak tree in a standing
position, with his head as if facing the
mob. Ilis body was riddled with bul
lets, at least fifty shots haying been
fired into H»
THE G., C. AND N. ROAD-
How Work is Progressing this Side of
Chester.
Air. Sylvan us Morris lias just return
ed from a visit to Chester, S. C. He
tells us that the G., C. and N. road has
been gr deil for some distance this side
of that town, but he did not know how
far. A number of hands are now at work
finishing up the road to Clinton, a dis-
! tance of fifty miles. The next section
| to be let out is to the Savannah river,
i which will be done in a few days. Air.
Alorris saw the train come in from Alon-
roe, N. C.
It is said that Col. Jas. AI. Smith
will put in a bid for grading the en
tire road from Athens to the Savannah
river, and if he gets it will push the
work through with a rush.
ANCHORS WEIGHED.
OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
“ATHWART THE FOAMING
BRIME.”
He Sails Across the Deep Blue Waters and
Gives the Banner Seme Details of the
Voyage—Fair Seas and Sunny
Skies—America the Fairest
Land cn Earth.
STRUGGLING FOB FREEDOM.
The Colored Brother Joins the War
Against Trusts.
Special to the Banner.
Statesburu, Sept. 11. — On Friday
last a colored Farmer’s Allianee gave a
barbecue at Stateburg, in South Caro
lina. A large crowd was present and
the occasion was full of interest. Sev
eral members of the white Farmer’s
Alliance wore present and were invit
ed to address their colored fellow-citi
zens. A colored man also spoke from
the same platform and upon the same
general subject. The speakers, white
and colored,denounced the trusts in un
measured terms and declared the inten
tion of the farmers to combine for their
own protection. The white men pres
ent were treated with great courtesy by
their colored hosts, and the colored
people were’tlianked in formal resolu
tions for their “kind, cordial and con
siderate treatment” of the white men
who attended the barbecue. Nobody
was killed on either side—in fact there
was only one side and that the side of
the people.
RAILROAD MEN INDICTED
For Obtaining and Selling Tickets
Which They Knew Were Stolen.
Special to The Banner.
Lynchbukg, Va., Sept. 11.—Charles
Mortimer, night station agent of the
Norfolk ahd Western, and E. Goodman,
ticket scalper, wero sent to the grand
jury yesterday, the former on a charge
of embezzling a few railroad tickets
worth $100, and the latter for receiving
them, knowing them to be stolen. The
tickets were found by a colored car
cleaner, who gave them to Alortimer.
Instead of returning them to the proper
office, lie made a arrangement with
Goodman to sell them and divide the
proceeds. The tickets belonged to
Henry W. Marger, whose name they
bore.
A Boiler Exploded.
Special to The Banner.
San Francisco, September 11.—
Four men employed in the California
sash, door and blind factory were in
stantly killed yesterday by the explo
sion of the boiler. Two others were
probably fatally injured. Two more
are probably buried the ruins. Two
other boilers were blown there hundred
feet. The room of the factary was com
pletely demolished.
Larne, Ireland., Aug. 1889. —Our
boat is lying in the harbor at Larne.
We will sail in a little while. The har
bor is beautiful as the sun is setting.
The water is illumined, the lighthouses
on the two headlands stand in clear
relief against the sky. “The .flowing
tide comes in” rapidly, and will soon
be high enough for us to#ross the bar.
A British torpedo boat has just passeil,
and small boats are playing constantly
about the gentle heaving waters. On
the whole the harbor, surrounded by
the shores of the Emeral Isle, makes a
pretty picture. I spent the day at Bel
fast—bought some Belfast linen—went
to a flax-spinning factory. Visited a
ship-yard and saw ship-building in all
its stages. A ship of White Star line
was in course of eonstructon.
The passenger list is very large, and
I fear we may be crowded.
Ol'F COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND,SUNDAY,
SEPTEMBER 1ST.
I feel very near to home, although
the “Log” says we are eight hundred
and twenty-four miles, from Sandy
Hook. Weather is fine, and every sail
is-set to the wind.
We have had two days, that even the
sailors admitted with reluctance, were
pretty rough. - We were pitched about
very like the shot in a baby’s rattle.
Had a nice concert last night, and ser
vice todav. 1 am impressed with the
fact that so many pictures that we see
of the sea, and think are overdrawn, or
exceptional, are but representations of
every day occurrence. For example,
yesterday, I saw three or four boats not
unlike those of our home boat club, en
tirely out of sight of land, with two
men standing ou each of them haul-t
ingin their ypil-lines, The waves,
were so high that they would disappear
entirely into a trough of the sea.
The next instant it was beautiful to
see the tiny things riding on the crest
of the waves, with the solitary crew of
two men so entirely unconcerned and
happy. I judge of the latter from the
social way in which they waved their
caps to us. It seems very strange to me
that so few people have any fear of the
sea. I thought at least that I should
feel awed, but it is not so at all. 1 have
seen only two persons that seemed to
fear the mighty deep. As I stood in
the saloon door and saw the waves run
ning one after the other over the deck,
I experienced only a sense of intense
amusement and pity as I saw one of the
ship’s crew so sea-sick that lie could
scarcely navigate. The boat would
lurch violently to the port side, and
then a big wave would rush
across the deck from the
star-board, or she would ride high
ou one wave and plunge her bows deep
•inco the next. Then the water would
treat the steerage passengers to a gra
tuitous bath that was not perhaps amiss.
I am glad of the difference between
between this trip and tiie outward
bound voyage. Our party then was so
much made up of Southerners, that I
had little opportunity of comparing the
two sections, This is different—my
room-mates are a Scotchman, a Pitts-
berg man and a New Yorker, all show
ing different phases of character, and
each, I suppose, an exponent of his par
ticular section. There are several
Northern men that I see a great deal of
and a real nice Irish fellow whom I find
quite interesting, but not all agreeing
with the popular idea of an Irishman.
1 love the Southern people better than
any on the face of the earth, but I am
brought to realize that they are behind
in some things. In the matter of ac
complishments the people whom I have
met are ahead of us. Nearly every one
can do one and do it well. It is said of
the Scotch mother that she educates
her hoy and then learns him a
The Northern people keep up better
with the world and what is going on it.
They see and know so many of the noted
men of the day, see and hear the finest
actors, lecturers and singers. They
travel and study more than we do.
Some one says of the Bostonians,
“They study from the cradle to the
grave,” but for a’that and a’that my
heart is true to the South. I tell you
this is a go-ahead world that we live in,
and unless we keep moving we will get
left, but move with that speed and good
judgment that will take us the through
trip. The English understand this bet
ter than we do.
What about the sea? Professor
Smith, of Davidson College N. C., says:
“Oh the sea, the beautiful sea. You’re
not what you are cracked up to be.”
Sea sickness may have inspired his sen
timent. To me it is grand and beauti
ful. Its vastness suggests eternity. It
is beautiful under the nuonlight, the
starlight and even in the black night,
for the effect then is as if phosphores
cent lights follow the ship on each side
tie tut water it .. i "M
blue and shining* “***. J
If the water is broil
caps SUR "anj ^
great Am,. ric ,'
. Lntler thes illlle a ^V *
>eco,npare,Uoa bowl'r'H,
the stui light fallen, ’
a ^apy, briny u? ** wj
fellow feel like u
sugar to take the tL*‘ nU » 1
A calm night wi h e "nt of ^
^owsthesea^N
»y- Yet when the ,, U ’ nh< >f|J
and the. black gW ° n &U
theglinnnerin™ 0n . lhe ^
ship looks like a niil u' ll,at H
shooting stars 5 t*
115 freely
f M
shooting
tiful.
We have had bird, v
the entire distance ot'h? ^
a few hundred mil* If
have passed two whale M
Gulf Stream, and can,iu'H
out even coats or tdanket-aN
flannels and winter cloj ^
forcible. ie * at!
I spent an hour this mon -
“^“muling
tht-J did me a world of
world of good. Mrs r sl ;7'l
on a sensation
sore tin
dstcr li’ii
me that I was taking
enjoyed particularly'
and notes on Westmin^
lauls. It was a coincident
received them just as [ u ...
visit those places. I did f ee n
when I realized that three w rtb i
pass without ..receiving any l rttf
home, but 1 am learning '
nought hut pleasure. If it does^j
I have enjoyed the anticipation.]
IX 1’OIlT 4tll SEDIKMBtt
America is the grandest cowJi
sun shines on! New York
that well, perhaps I gotoofJ
I am very glad to he again ‘•J
uutiv e heath.’ I hope to be
better for all that I have seen, ajd
that I love my home betterthnU,
have done before. Yrm see I n { J
it before in the "beautiful p t -r-p,J
made py absence and distance.
I leave New York to-morrow f«|
agarn, and will go from there m\
cinnati The trip will take
the Hudson, and by way of tliel
Lakes, Unless my plans change*
1 will reach Atlanta sometime ii|
near future, by way of the tins
Southern. 1 am prolonging rujl
beyond what 1 expected, but I Ml
it is an opportunity, and when l|
hoaoe, why, I will he there.
J. D. V.<
The
HUFf- -PATTEM.
Excitement the Thrsateatil
Created in Athens-
Both Col. Huff and Mr. Fatal
are well known in Athens—the '4
having attended college lien—anda
threatened duel created agood desl|
excitement in our city.
No one doubts the courage ofa
one of these gentlemen. The
impression yesterday was, bowl
that Mr. Fatterson did wrongiunsl
ceptiug Col. Huff’s explanation ii(
mauuer that it was tendered. Tkl
onel plainly shows that iie hadd°J
sire or intention to wound Mr. M
son’s feelings, and was anxious#!
everything that a brave and bo®!
man could to avoid a difficulty.
In this he is endorsed by puoiie#
incut. It seems the easiest nwtteiB
siblc to have settled the trouble,!
the conciliating overtures made bjlj
Huffjbeen met half way.
Col. Huffs courage has never'
and never will be., doubted.
necessary for him to face Mr. H
son’s pistol to establish tuis
is an old man, too, and we.t
would have been much wiser to-
left the vindication of his c0Uta ' i .
veracity to the high character
always borne.
We have never met Mr- -* 1 ^.
but hear him highly spoken of.
young man, however, an' 1 lUt “ Y
blood is quicker ami warmer ^
Huff'’s. Hence it seems that #
be perfectly willing to meet ^
tr-ule half way, and accept the ,
no personal affront was in e
We hope that this unfortu*
has ended, and now that t ®
bitterness has worn off, m" ^
will interceded and get 1 -
reconciled. No correspond ^ ^
traction is necessary. Ft
tlefnen meet as brave an ^
men should, shake hands,
ly agree to forget the __
‘jefffersonJottiaS 5 -
Special to The Banner. ,
Jefferson, Sept. jnt»,
brough the first bale o
ferson today, and sold i * & |«
the junisr partner of jut*
Austin & Co. have sold ^
for several years and
the first. Our people r-JJ* A
the cotton man, and are
pay the best pri °® U
We were glad to see q{ a ^I
Yonngkin and Duke B »
with us Sunday last* ^ iJ
Hydrophobia itself •* a I
daze. I