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NEK, ATHENS, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 17, 1S89
“ONE NEGRO CAN SCARE A DOZ
EN WHITE PEOPLE.”
Such is the statement of a negro
preacher named John Williams, hailing
from Georgia, to the Colored Baptist
convent'on now in session at Indianai o-
Jis, Ind. This negro also advised his
people to “carry a pistol and use it
on the slightest notice.” All this in
dignation was caused by a party of un
known men taking from the ladies’
coach at Baxley Ga., several ne
gro preachers en route to this conven
tion and whipping them.
These negroes knew when they en
tered the coach set apart for the whites
that they not only violated the rules of
the railroad, but were endeavoring to
force a step toward social equality with
the whites, something that will never
be tolerated in the South. While os
tensibly bound on a mission in the in
terest of peace and love, in reality they
were sowing the seeds of discord and
strife. Not only their conduct in
Georgia, but their incendiary, boastful
and untruthful utterances in the nation
al convention of their church, show
them to be men utterly unworthy to
Jill the high positions which they oc
cupy.
As to the incendiary advise and ridic
ulous boast of the negro Williams,
he knew when he spoke that he was an
empty braggart and uttered a deliberate
falsehood. Was his advice followed it
would involve the South in a race war,
that could on : y result in the slaughter of
thousands of misguided negroes and for
a time turn a peaceful land into a scene
of blooodshed and horror. As to the
boast of one negro with a pistol fright
ening ten white men, the termination of
every riot in the South between the
whites and blacks show this to be false.,
Such incendiary and cowardly advisers
as this John Williams always manage
to sneak off and leave their deluded vic
tims to reap the bloody harvest that
they have sown.
Had these preachers remained in their
coach, and not attempted to have inso
lently forced their presence in a place
and among people where they are not
wan ted,.they would never have been
molested. The railroad officials daily
■order white men out of the colored
coaches, and visa versa. Separate com
partments are provided for the two ra*
ces for mutual convenience, and also in
the interest of peace—for it has been
found the best way to keep down dis
turbances. If equally as good accom
modations are not provided for the
blacks as the whites enjoy, they can
Lave their redress by tiling a complaint
before the Railroad|Oommissioners, who
will see that this justice is due them.
As to a general race war in the South
we have no fear of such a calamity.
The negroes are learning that nothing
is to be gained by listening to the ad
vice of bad and lawless men, who seek
■to get them into trouble that they may
reap office and gain by the blood of their
own race. In the case of this negro
John Williams, we see a man who wears
the robe of his church actually advising
his people to commit a flagrant viola
tion of the laws of the State in which
they live, by carrying concealed weap
ons. Such a hypocrite is a disgrace
not only to the pulpit, but to his race,
and the sooner the sacred garb is torn
from his shoulders the better for the
church he represents.
If the negro ever does force upon the
South a race conflict, it will be a sad
day indeed for him, for it will result in
his extermination or expulsion from
the land. A few fanatics at the North
may promise him aid; but you will see
the great army of white men in that
-section come to the assistance of their
own people and their own color. As
Commodore Tatnall remarked when
he fired on the Chinese to protect an
English vessels, “Blood is thicker than
water.” It ig the white people of the
South who trade and mingle with the
residents of the North, and their busi
ness, social and kindred ties will
bind the two sections together. That
valliant army of politicians now advis
ing the. negro to assert his rights will
•not dare to face the artillery if brave
and enraged men, with such windy
guns as these fellows use upon the ros
trum. The negro had as well expect
that oil and water will mix, as that the
whites^ the North will unite with
him in conquering their own race and
color in the South, and putting upon
their necks the heels of the African.
We say to our colored people, tui^i
deaf ear to such incendiary boasters as
that Indianapolis Baptist Convention.
Stay in your place, and no one will mo
lest you. No one ever heard of a negro
being insulted so long as he attended
to his business, unless it be by some
lawless person, and in such instances
the whites will unite with you in dis
covering and punishing the guilty
party.
But between the two races there will
ever remain an impassible gulf of social
difference, and whoever attempts to
bridge it will meet with bitter opposi
tion. It will never be permitted that
this structure shaUbe erected so long as
time lasts. .
r • Tit Taylor Bustle J Manufactory, at
Bridgeport, Conn.', shut down indefi-
& nitely Saturday night. The stand tak
en by 3Irs. CUkvEi.AXD on the bustle
question proved a fatal blow to this
WHEN ROGUES FALLOUT HON
EST MEN GET THEIR DUES.”
It docs the heart of a loyal Democrat
good to see the spirit of strife and dis
integration that is now going on in the
Republican ranks. The patriotic ( ?)
members of the G. O. I\ are having
regular pitched battles daily over the
offices; and a spirit of hate and bitter
ness is being engendered that threatens
to tear this party all to pieces by the
next election, and give the Democrats
an easy victory. These Republican
politicians remind us of an old Scot
tish army after a victory. So soon as
the battle is won they began to fight
and scramble over the camp spoils of
the vanquished enemies, and thus gave
them time to re-organize and turn their
defeat into an easy victory.
Day by day we see the Republican
party becoming more and more dismem
bered, and if something is not quickly
done to cement the greedy aspirants
for office and power they will be fight
ing among themselves in every State,
when the Democrats can step in and
again secure control of the government.
The deflection of Roscoe Conklin and-
his friends electedCLEVELAXD president,
but to-day this spirit of dissatisfaction
is not confined to New York, but per
vades every State where the Republi
can party has a foothold.
In North Carolina the negroes have
withdrawu their support because their
race was not recognized in the distribu
tion of offices; the refusal of the Sen
ate to comfirm the appointment of
Murat Halstead enbittered his friends
in Ohio, and they are going to play for
even; while the removal of Commis
sioner Tanner will anger the soldier
element,and is sure to defeat Harrison
for renominatiou. But these are only
few of the most important divisions
in the ranks of this party. The same
disappointment that is experienced by
their leaders is just as keenly felt by
thousands of disappointed office-seek
ers. Patronage is the most dangerous
and demoralizing power an officer can
possibly possess, for large numbers of
men must be disappointed to every one
rewarded—and it is impossible, too, to
convince each applicant that he was
not more worthy of the place than the
fellow appointed. At the next election
they will not give their party that hear
ty and free support as when they had a
longing eye east upon the official flesh-
pots, with an almost assurance of win
ning the prize.
We firmly believe that the death war
rant of the Republican party is sealed,
and that 1892 will see the Democracy
triumphant.
SHERMAN NOT COMING.
And even in the places where num
bers of the sitting or cf those who died
in camp or hospital, were given decent
burial, it is well-known that the graves
have been sadly neglected ever since
they were closed, and many of them
remain unmarked to this day. There
are Confederate cemeteries at Rich
mond, Winchester, Fredericksburg and
at many other places in Virginia, and
the women of Virginia have made re
peated, earnest appeals to the people of
the South for “help” only to enable them
to care for the graves at these places,
as they should be cared for at once if the
names of the dead who lie in them are
to be preserved. These appeals have
been little heeded, so far, and the
“ rotting wooden” “ posts” remain as
the significant evidence of the measure
of regard in which we hold the memory
of the men of whose heroism we prate
so much. This too js a deplorable state
of affairs. When will it end ?
STATE ROAD BETTERMENTS.
We glad to know that Gen. Shermax
will not be invited to attend the Pied
mont Exposition. The managers of the
show have reconsidered their intention
to invite the bitterest enemy the South
has ever had to come among those who
even for politeness sake could not
greet him with a welcome to the homes
he once took from them.
It is well that the committee on ar
rangements has reconsidered this invi
tation. The Eaxxer has never seen the
slightest reason for having Gen. Siirr-
max at the Piedmont Exposition, and
was the first journal in the State to ex
press its many reasons why be should
not be there.
Georgians do not wish to see Gen.
Shermax, and it would have been an
unpardonable act on the part of the
committee to have forced them to re
ceive the man they have, always hated
and will never love.
We congratulate the committee on
reconsidering the invitation to Gen
Shermax, and since this feature of the
Exposition has been withdrawn, we
wish them all manner of success with
the greatest show the South has ever
known.
In another column we reproduce a
letter from Hon. Joseph E. Brown on
this most important matter, in which
the people of Georgia are so vitally in
terested. Senator Brown discusses the
issue between the State and the lessees
of the Western & Atlantic coolly, clear
ly and in a business-like manner. That
this letter ha#had its effect already, we
refer to the fact that the House has ap
pointed a committee to hold a confer
ence with the lessees with a view of
settling the differences without a resort
to the courts, that can but entail upon
our already overburthened tax-payers
additional and unknown expense, be
sides greatly depreciating the income
from this valuable property when it is
again offered for rent. We feel assured
that no honest man will oppose the
State paying their lessees every dollar
that they are fairly and justly entitled to
r eceive. It is equally ns wrong for a
State to refuse to accord its just dues to
corporation as for one individual to
wrong another. That the lessees have
reatly improved the value of this prop
erty si nee it has been in their hands,
no one can or will deny. That it is also
in their power to reduce the road during
the remaining term of their lease to
almost as bad a condition as when they
received it, any man who will under-
standingly read the contract will see.
In view of these facts, does it not be
hoove our representatives—both as an
act of jusriceand as a business proposi
tion—to confer with these lessees, and
then deal with them as one hen ruble
men should by another.
We ask a careful perusal of Senator
Brown's letter, and feel assured that it
will convince any fair-minded man that
the legislature acted wisely and honor
ably when that body agreed to see if
they could have an amicable adjustment
with the lessees. We have conversed
with a large number of men lately, 1 a'l-
ing from different sections of the coun
try, and they are a unit in favor of the
State doing what i6 honest and fair by
these lessees, and they think it would
be a serious and costly matter to the,
tax payers if that body adjourns with
out making a settlement of this diffi-
ulty. It would simply be equivalent
to Georgia shouldering a heavy burthen
in the way of litigation, and destroying
in a manner the value of a splendid
piece of property. Unless these differ
ences are settled, we have no idea that
the state road will command the price
demanded ferits rental by thebill author
izing its lease, in which event it must
he operated by the State. No business
man wants to see this done, for experi
ence has already taught them that the
road would become a butrthen upon the
people, and in spite of everything be
used as a political machine.
OUR NEGLECTED DEAD.
“ A deplorable state of affairs,” it is
stated, says the Charleston News
“ exists at the scene of the famous
“ Custer fight.” Many of the bodies of
the slain soldiers were buried in shallow
graves, and tlieir bones have been wash
ed out by the rains and are now strewn
promiscuously over the surface of the
ground. It .’s a reproach to the Govern
ment that this condition of things
should have been permitted to occur at
all, and it is shameful that it has been
allowed to continue so long. It is in
tended to bring the subject to the at
tention of Congress at its next session
when measures will doubtless be adopted
promptly to provid^ decent interment
at least, for the whitening skeletons of
the ill-fated command.
A scarcely less deplorable state of
affairs than that which exists at the
scene of the Coster massacre exists, it
need scarcely be said, on many of the
battlefields in the South. The bones of
the Federal soldiers, indeed, have been
carefully collected and reinterred under
the direction of the Government, but
the graves of the Confederate soldiers
who:fell on the same fields remain for
the most part unmarked and neglected
On some of the fields in Virginia, it has
been asserted, the bones of many of
these- soldiers lie exposed to view, 1 br
when disturbed by the plough are
heaped under tie hedges in ghastly
piles.
If the Augusta dam and its so-called
fish-way do not interfere with the pas
sage of shad,why is it that while great
er or less number are caught each season
below that obstruction, not a single fish
of this species has appeared in the up
per waters of the Savannah or its trib
utaries since the dam was built?
Iu response to inquiries by the Cou
rier-Journal, Mr. G. C. Thomas, editor
of the Signal, published at Montieello,
Wayne county, Ky., pronounces abso
lutely false the story regarding an out
rage on a young gild, and the burning
of the alleged perpetrator, a negro,
telegraphed from Somerset as having
occurred in Wayne county.
To add to the troubles of Gen.
Mahoxe, in Virginia, ex-Senator Rid-
dleberger has declared himself for the
entire Democratic ticket, and has taken
the stump. The Mahonites realize that
the little General has a hard job on
his hands, but they have gone to work
importing negroes from Maryland and
North Carolina, and are doing all they
can to raise a large corruption fund.
The Banner office was honored yes-
terday with a visit from the Alliance
delegation of the neignboring counties.
We are always glad to see these gen
tlemen, and wish them God-speed in
their united efforts for the salvation of
the farming world.
The Chicago Herald says: “The ne
gro question, reduced to its last terms,
is this: Shall the black man or the
white man rule? Law or no law, sec
tion or no section, demagogue or no
demagogue, polities or no politics, will
a township, county or State of America
ever, in any likelihood, be permanently
ruled by a body of black men, no mat
ter how numerous the blacks, or how
sparse the white population ? If white
men remain on the soil, will they
dominate that soil ?
And of which these are the last
words: This is the negro question.
This is the alarm. It fought well against
white conquerors. Does the North be
lieve the South will defend itself less
bravely against Ethiopian -thralldom ?
WASHINGTON.
. Jfews Items Clipped From the Gazette,
Washington is wideawake. A meet
ing of the directors of the W. & E.
railroad was held on Monday evening
and took measures to build their road
in connection with the Georgia, Caro
lina & Northern. This will give us
outlets via Elberton, Athens and to the
Northeast, in addition to what we
already have. The line to Lincolnton
will make us what General Toombs
called a finished town.
Mr. E. T. Shubrick is taking the lead
ing part in the railroad from here to
Lincolnton, but he says it will be no
dummy. By no means. He says he and
Col. Jim Smith will see to it that Lin
colnton shall have a real railroad, stan
dard gauge. We say that a dummy
w onhl be splendid, but that the other
will be a still greater boom.
Last Sunday’s Athens Banner was
one of the finest papers we have seen
Gcently. We like the Banner and
read it everyday.
We understand there is a petition
feeing circulated which appeals to the
Legislature to allow the county to vote
on prohibition.
Mr. P. A. Stovall left town on yes
terday for Atlanta. On Thursday he will
resume liis position as editor of the Au
gusta Chrouicle.
THE AUGUSTA DAM AGAIN.
We notice that a South Carolinian,
signing his name H. A. Towns, is out
in a communication defending the so-
called fish-way in the Augusta dam;
but what most surprises us is that the
Hartwell Sun, a leading paper in the
section mostly affected by this obstruc
tion, reproduces the article without
comment.
Mr. Towns’ letter reads very smooth
ly, but like a scorpion, the sting is in
its tail. He winds up by confessing:
“I have a shad fishery below the dam
and naturally have been interested in
fish. I could give you some sure facts
and figures, but have written more than
I intended.”
No additional figures and facts are
necessary, Mr. Towns. That closing
paragraph opens the cocoanut and dis
closes the milk therein. We have never
doubted or disputed the fact that those
fortunate individuals, like yourself,who
have shad fisheries below the dam, are
perfectly willing to let the blockade in
this stream remain; but the unlucky
men who own shad fisheries above the
dam are entirely excusable for pro
testing against paying five prices for
every shad they enjoy, and which should
be their’s for tiie lifting out of the
water.
We deny, the fact that the fish-way in
the Augusta dam permits the passage
of'shad,it matters not what Col. Butler,
Sliad-fishery-below-the-dam Towns, or
any one else asserts. We will repeat
au unanswerable reply to such state
ments:
WOULD-BE ELOPERS.
A SUBSITUTE FOR COTTON.
Dr. Pankin’s Invention for Utilizing
the Bark of the Ramie Plant.
There is nothing like a material ar
gument such as that which may be seen
to-day the counting room of the
News and Courier. The argument is in
the shape of a roil of ramie which has
been prepared and treated by the Pank-
nin process, of which mention has here
tofore been made in The News and
Courier. By looking at the roll it is
easy, to conclude that the method is
perfect, although the method is aud
will be for some time a seeret. The
product is devoid of gum and of parti
cles of the bark. Each filament is dis
tinct and as glossy and transparent as
a strand of silk. The roll has been
bleached, but not carded or combined,
When this last process has been applied
which any one can do for himself with
his fingers it will exhibit itself even
more advantageously.
Dr. Panknin said yesterday that he
is now perfecting a machine by which
he can produce the stuff on a commer
cial scale. With the machine he uses
now he has prepared a quatity of the ar
ticle similar to that on exhibition.
The stalks of ramie are first split lon
gitudinally in halves or as nearly that
proportion as possible. These slips are
then passed through an apparatus sim
ilar to a fluting machine, which breaks
the weeds into small pieces which are
easily detached from the bark, which is
left in long ribbons. The secret lies in
extracting the gum absolutely from the
ribbon, removing at the same time all
the finer particles of hark. This done,
the decortication is complete. After
bleaching the result is just what is noted
in the material now at The News and
Courier office.
It was learned that the cost of prepa
ration by the chemical process will not
be so large as to make the manufacture
unprofitable. On the contrary, it is
said, that the cost per bale or per pound
will not exceed that for the preparation
for market of equivalent amounts of
long cotton.
Dr. Pankin is now in communica
tion with business men in New York
who are interested in the discovery.
Something ver} T interesting in thelway'
of the development of the industry may
may be, therefore, shortly expected.—
Charleston News and Courier.
Special to thc^!^ 16 Cn H
sorghum
make an average t!
5b/
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PROF. H- C. WHITE-
His Many Friends Elated Over His Great
Victory.
Prof. White was in his office yester
day, and was waited upon by a large
number of friends with congratulations
over his splendid triumph. The Pro
fessor expressed his gratitude for these
evidences of good will and confidence
on the part of his neighbors.
In an interviw with the Banner ed
itor he expressed himself as entirely
satisfied with conclusion of the matter,
but preferred to say nothing on the
subject, as Commissioner Henderson is
out of the State, and it would not be
proper for him to make any statement
in his absence.
The wisdom of The Banner in com
ing to the defense of Prof. White has
been justified, as events show, and ev
ery word of confidence that we express
ed in his honor and efficiciency is com
pletely subatsntiated.
acre.
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l«as, where | lc ' r„„
future! 1>r ° l,abl - v
AX A «ED )„. It
Mr. W. j 4 /> lK -
claims to be’
lu the State. It Wash 7.%
of 18o2, iu Virginia and?' 1 * 1 '
property of a Mr. SohJm ^ 11
war commenced Mr < "
the army with his J?**
three years, when Mr «
were both captured
lhe mule then served I* Y »al
Union ranks, whenl le
to live or die bin s
Mr. Goolsby ’ran
him to Georgia, where he
active service ever since V
offered $250 for the mule* at '
but refused to sell him J
like parting with some’of S tht “
sell Nebuchadnezzar p
to do as much work as a „
could kick the roof off of the
he has quit such tricks, w
down to quiet life.
COLOBEDAUiiicfis,
The Mississippi Farmers
Them Up.
Special to the Bsnutr.
CoKFEvviLLE, September I2.j
cent race troubles in this ^
resulted in disbanding all the iir
buncos,that were getting
Their papers published &
cendiary articles, that out^
whites, and regulators set to ®
break up the Alliances, where
devilment was hatched. It j 5 j,
ble to tell how many negroes
killed. The woods are full 0 f w
The number will not fall far si,
one hundred, and the bloody work
goes on.
The colored Farmer's Alliaaeej
the Advocate, published at Vania
been discontinued. The resols
adopted at Sunnyside on Sept®
had their effect and the editor cond
it was time to move.
The Durant Commercial Call
has also discontinued its bnsincsi
the Farmer’s Alliance. AIN
clubs of the Alliance in Le Flout
ty have disbanded. There were
teen of.the clubs, with a members!
over 3,000. The white Farmer's
ance is a powerful organization ii
sissippi, and its membership at
fifty thousand. They have all
frowned on the colored Alliance,
thoir advice to break up the negrs
ganization rather had the effect«
creasing the strength of that order
MORE ABOUT TAN.MIL
The Police Make a Man and Woman
Return to Their Homes.
Special to The Banner.
Atlanta, Sept, 12.—C. L. Hearn and
Mrs. M. E. Andrews, with three child
ren, all of Heard county, came to At
lanta day before yesterday.
Mrs. Andrews left an aged husband,
a minister, in Heard ceuuty, and Hearn
left a wife and family.
The police were notified and Hearn
was arrested.
A fictitious Loud was fixed up yester
day and Hearn was frightened into re
turning to his family.
It is not known where Mrs. Andrews
and her children will go. * ^
Mr. Hearn stated to a reporter yester
day that the reason why Mrs. Andrews
left her husband was because she was
so young and he was so old that she was
afraid he would die and leave a large
family of children dependent on her for
support. He was as kind and gcol to
her as possible, but was too old to suit
her. ‘
Harmony Grove Items.
Special to The Banner.
Harmony Grove, Ga., September 12
The first new bale of. eoitori was sold
here yesterday by Capt. A. T. Bennett,
one of the first farmers of Jackson
county. The bale weighed about four
hundred poundsT—classed as strict low
middling—bought at 12% cents by C
W. llood Son.
Prof J. II. Walker returned last night
from Atlanta. '
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Wilson spent
yesterday in the Grove.
g*Mr. W. T. Thurmond hasxoininented
the erection of a handsome,dwelling in
town.
RDM SELLING PAYS IN MAINE.
Retailers Cheerfully Liquidate Their
Fines and Increase Sales.
Special to the Banner,
Augusta, Me., Sept. 12.—Much sur
prise was caused here today when the
indictments from the grand jury were
reported, at finding that nearly every
druggist in Augusta had been indicted
for liquor-selling, and that in the coun
ty, out of a total of sixty-fivo indict
ments fifty-five were for transgressions
against the liquor law. The druggists
in nearly every case have stepped
promptly up and 'paid their fines,
amounting to about $100 and costs in
each case. One hotel was indicted and
also paid promptly.
It is what is called a “squeeze” here,
and comes three times a year when the
grand jury sits. The stores, hotels and
saloons willingly pay and then keep
right on selling as if nothing had hap
pened. Really it amounts to a license
law, nothing moi-e nor less, and the ma
chinery of the court is used to collect
the money from the liquor-sellers, who
willingly pay $200 or $300 a year. It
works beautifully. Every place is run
ning wide open, and in the capital city
there is plenty ol drink, and the coffers
of.the county treasurer are filled. The
prohibitory law is becoming mope and
more a farce in this State, and a lecense
law is probably near at hand.
ALHSAmRATLELLICO-
He is Retained Till his Suecea
Installed.
Special to the Banner.
Washington, Sept. T2.—Sec
Noble was called to the executive
sion this morning. He took ib
of papers and found the preside^
Secretary Tracy and Attorney^
Miller. They went into a «*
the subject under discussion W
Tanner matter.
the president has given Tan«f
mission to resume control of tk?
office pending the appOint mellt
successor and the formal acce]
his resignation. He is at
morning.
The matter under discuss®
executive mansion is the
he made of Tanner and the »pP
of his successor. Maj. cl ;
of Kansas City, member of
of representuti\es for tuo >•
commander-in-chief o-thcb
last year, has been sent ft*
Eighteen Men Reported to Have Been
Killed.
Special to The Banner.
Lynchburg, September 12.—A dis
patch from the Jellico coal mine in
Tennessee says eighteen men were
killed in an accident. No particulars
Capt. W. D. O’Farrell is in the city, were obtainable.
Our People Elated
arrive tomorrow, when
commissioner will be ten ^
At 11:15 Secretary Traej
Hey-General Miller left thev
Tracy said to a United 1-
“Commissioner Tanner n -
Heisnotseekingj^^ I
THE G-, C. & &
Ever, Jay tl.c
the Georgia, Caro 1 ^
road are coming nearer^
Athens, and «t«£“*** |
sound of the pick itf
be heard around ««
will- see happiness ‘ { f r o» -j
it means an advanc j#
per cent, in Classic • ^ j
Mr. Hull tells m>
know how many han^ itbtM ,
this road, as he seftU pjy
tors, but that tho >» ou
pretty heavy- ingI
A new survey j- *1
siderable distance
which delays m . [-e the ^
ii won’t be ton* _ ^ W
cated, when the roaa
to completion- *
The Glade * nd ifliofjl
thorpe county, a ^ . .
road to pass
they say it won t^“
line.