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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/ HitM 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. K. B„ m , 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.