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ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER i, 1889.
OF AIM.
,.^ Georgia Falling
Line,
in
tbtComlag fair a Trl-
ninpliant Success.
• m Lists Soon to be Scatters*
of Country—Ex-
* r,E , cumorin* For Privilege.
nHW ra cl ‘J , ector8 Busy With
Their Work.
.-The
. .t little more than a month be-
s i“ I ' oaHr! ' Sh<w wU1
^ , iii full force.
“: thing is being put in readi-
the gret orent, and over,-
settled themselves down In
"ct.mev of the grand show,
r programs and premium lists
I 1 * ‘ arranged,and will soon be is-
m the thousands from theBANNER’s
, Vl , They will be scattered by
1 rotors over every section of the
* . nnH the claims of the great
|$)K>on :
states, and the claims
, kjm l Poultry exhibit will be se
L, 0 thousands of people all over
^Carolina, Alabama and other
:e r$. . .
as these have been distnb-
[ the work of preparation will have
■^completed, and the directors will
nitin readiness the approach of the
Msdog day.
jbeprivileges of the Fair have found
dir^le, and bids are still pouring in
then: from various exhibitors
joughont the South. The Fair
loands will be tilled with attractive
leshows and exhibitions of almost
wy kind.
The board of directors and officers of
( pair are becoming more hopeful
ich day, not only for the success of
heir show financially, but the perfect-
of every feature. They have
Hugh money already subscribed to
»te the show a splendid one if not a
ingle dollar should be taken in at the
jy<,and the fact that the idea of the
tori? gaming favor each day among
tery class all over the State encour-
sthem in the belief that their efforts
iiib«#rowncd with unbounded suc-
e. They deserve all the success that
witteml them, for their determina-
aatogive the people of Northeast
Inrgit a Fair, even after
Association and Far-
nrtAlliance had given out the idea,
imost plausible.
With a full recognition of this fact,
adwith just appreciation of the en-
s|iri>c of these gentlemen, the mer-
te of Athens and every citizen
» united in the work of encourage-
3 sail assisting the directors in the
wring out of their plans. The mer-
tt> have interested themselves in
i>tbolding of the Fair, and have sig-
S*J their willingness to do all in
tir power to help in making it a
«d ,uecess in more ways than one
They will have the most attractive
“hihiis of their varied lines of mer-
imilUe ever paraded before the gaze
Infiiors at a Northeast Georgia Fair.
They stand united to a man for the
* Wss °f the Stock and Poultry Show,
with their support and that of
,tr T citizen the Fair cannot fail in
every purpose. There
110 si.J' word as fail in
vocabulary of the directors, and
tr strenuous efforts each day evi
^fe their firm determination to come
"it’n flying colors and triumphant
****** Their work lias been taken up
*'ery nun in Northeast Georgia,
* this whole section of the State has
1 fn * n lin « and is working up the in-
■^t of the coming Fair.
the people’s Fair
'n their hands it
Tlicy are all highly in favor of
^“6 it just what the directors have
■‘gned it, a reunion of every
i., 0 P'-°plc to join in rejoicing over
“ "nties of this, the most prosper-
J esr the South has ever known.
11 attractive amusements
* and those
be secured
one spends witlyin the gates of the
grounds w ill be months of sight-seeing
and revelry.
The series of base ball games will be
a decided bit, as the very best teams
possible to be found will be bad on the
grounds, and will cross bats each day.
The directors arc now engaging the
players, and have raised a large sum of
money especially for this purpose.
The college boys will parade them
selves in all manner of athletie sports,
and will carry the concourse of people
by storm. They alwAys do. Their
games of foot ball} foot''races, jumping
an lathletic sports will be , interesting
the extreme.
The Ladies’ Department is already-
given up to be the most spleudid display
of the whole show. Their beauteous
display of chrysanthemums and works
of art and various handiwork will dazzle
the eyes of the scores of visitors in its
gorgeous array. Delightful music will
be discoursed all the while, and the
spectators will promenade through the
ladies’ department to the charming
strains of a splendid orchestra.
A fine brass band has been engaged
to furnish music in front of the grand
stand, and the whole fair will move on
ward each day with measured step to
wonderful success.
On with the dance!
THE FOUNDRY SOLD.
A CONTJBOLIiIN Q. INTEREST
BOUGHT BY THREE ENTERPRIS
ING CITIZENS.
A Meeting to be Held To-Day, and New
, Officers Elected. .The New Foundry
Soon to b9 Established will Not
Conflict. Athens a Manu
facturing Center.
A MO.NTH WITHOUT BAIN.
The Long D’ought in Maine Ended by
a Disastrous Storm
Bangor, Sept. 28—The late summer
of 1889 will long be remembered in
Maine and New Brunswick as a time
of remarkable drought. From Aug.
14 to Sept. 19 not a drop of rain fell
in this whole region and the country
became parched like a desert. Some
crops withered, while others, such as
sweet corn, ripeued too quickly in the
hot, dry air. Wells dried up, brooks
disappeared, streams barely- moistened
their beds, and even the great Peu-
ohscot ran so low that rafts could not
be moved in the mill district above
Bangor. Everywhere the air was thick
with the smoke of forest fires, which
in one of many instances threatened the
distruction of whole settlements,
making it necessary for the people to
stop and fight the flames day and night.
In the neighborhood of Fredericton
people removed the furniture
houses, and even went so far as to
bury their valuables deep in the
earth to preserve them from the flames.
On both the Penobscot and St, John
water-power mills were shut
V
-V,
attractive
been secured,
lft yet
/!. and appropriate for the occasion.
'[ ectors realize the fact that it wil
' late to have a varied line of ex-
Ustur “ a S r 'eultural and mineral
* anJ 80 have decided to make it
. ontir.uoas round of jelity and fes
1 ClS akil,g '
irranv 11 ' ro » nun of fun has been
eti e ’ and al1 lovers of racing, ath-
kll ™> runni, ig, foot hall, base
rtre works, and in faot
fill bo !' 1 '’ Calculat ed to amuse a croyrd
a r< ^ am Ply repaid by a visit to our
^"ill h cont ‘ nuous routine of pleas
ing <la 6 enac f ed ®ach day before the
No delay, no stopping,no
f.rki,,,- n , n ^ TArtU obtrude upon the
2 s o the fair, but every minute
TO BEAT THE EIFFEL TOWER.
down for lack of water and steam mills
for lack of logs, and the lumbering in
terest suffered great loss. When rain
finally came, last week it was accompa
nied by the heaviest gale known in
years, which did about as much dam
age as had been previously caused by
the drought.
ANOTHER CYCLONE COMING.
Havanna, Sept., 25 —Indications of
the approach of a cyclone are visible in
the southeastren portion of the island.
FIGHTING A JUDGE-
Difficulty Between Judge Lumpkin and Mr
Ira C. Van Duzer at Hartwell Court.
A gentleman in the city yesterday
from Lexington says there is a good
deal of excitement in that town over a
difficulty that occurred between Judge
Samuel Lumpkin anij Mr. Ira C. Van
Duzer, a prominent young lawyer of
Hartwell, at the last term ox Hart court.
It seems that Judge Lumpkin made
a ruling against Mr. Van Duzer that he
considered unfair and done in an offen
sive manner, and was quite indignant,
but said nothing while the Judge was
on the beach.
After court had adjourned Judge
Lumpkin went out to drive, and on his
return to the hotel was approached by
Mr. Van Duzer, who asked him if he
had dismissed court. On a reply in the
affirmative, he gave Judge Lumpkin his
opinion of him as a'man and an officer,
and followed up his remarks by deliver
ing several pretty severe blows in the
face of that officer.
Bystanders interfered and the parties
were separated. We did not learn
whether Mr. Van Duzer was hurt or
not.
Mr. Ira Van Duzer is the gentleman
who introduced the resolutions at the
meeting of the Executive Committee of
this Congressional district several years
ago; equally representative with the
larger and smaller orators, and who bore
the brunt of that campaign.
He was bom in Elbertou, and there
is not a more courageous man in Geor
gia.
We do not know the merits of the
difficulty between the two gentlemen
but it is certainly something unusual
for a Judge to be engaged in a fight.
The Athens Foundry has been soldi
At least a controlling interest has been
purchased and a new management will
take hold.
Mr. Will Fleming, Capt. Jas. White
and Mr. Tom Bailey are the buyers, and
they have engaged a majority of shares
and a controlling interest in th.'foun
dry.
They have bought all of Mr. Pfcini-
zv’s stock, a great part, of Dr. J. A.
Hunnicutt’s, all of Capt. R. Nickerson’s
and a good part of Mr. Fietch. Colbert’s,
which gives them the influential inter
est in the entire foundry and the ma
nipulation of its affairs.
A meeting of the stock-holders will
take place to-day, and it is arranged
among them that tlie following officers
will he elected:
Mr. William Fleming, Book-Keeper
and Financial Manager.
Mr. Thomas Bailey, superintendent;
Capt. Janies White, President, in place
of Capt. Reuben Nickerson, who will
resign.
This is a coiporation of enterprising
gentlemen, who will see to it that the
foundry will not- only retain its former
prestige aiiiong the manufactures of the
South, but will raise its standard to a
much higher pitch than it has ev;r yet
attained.
They have the capital and the enter
prise to make it the equal of any iron
manufactory in the Southern States,
and will do so beyond doubt.
Each of the gentlemen are too well
known for notice here and now-. Suf
fice it to say that they have pledged
their means and labor to the successful
manipulation of the Athens foundry,
and under their control it will become
one of the greatest factors in the up
building of the city.
Mr. Will Fleming is one of the li rest
aud most thoroughly emcrprisingr' uen
ixr-aujj aim'Tim* ,STcpciywVTOIi
as a business man that is enviable,and
rare.•
Capt. James White and Mr. Thomas
Bailey are both energetic men. who
make a complete success of everything
they undertake. All of these gentle
men have entered into their new line of
business with a hearty zest.
In conversation with Mr. Will Flem
ing yesterday, a representative of the
Banner asked if the new foundry now
about to be established in Athens would
not conflict with the Athens Foundry
partially.
“No,” replied Mr. Fleming, “we are
glad to seq, the enterprise started, and
feel confident of their success as well as
of our own, for there is plenty of terri
tory in Athens and surrounding coun
try’ for both foundries. They will not
conflict with each other one particle,
but will both move on apace with the
progress of Athens, and will aid great
ly, I hope, in the development of our
prosperous and progressive city.”
Talk of Putting Up an Enormous
Structure In This City.
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 25.—Charles
Kellogg, General Superintendent of the
of the Iron Tube Works at Findlay,
Ohio, sa}’s that New York is figuring
on the erection of a tower which will in
every respect surpass the Eiffel Tower
of Paris. Prominent capitalists of New
York are said to be backing the move
ment. Mr. Kellogg is preparing tlie
plans. The tower is to cost about $2,-
000,000 and to be fully 1,200 feet high,
about 200 feet higher than the Eiffel
Tower. It will be about 350 feet in
diameter at the summit. The frame
work will be of seamless steel pipe suf
ficiently large to support the structure
with perfect safety.
“I am at present getting figures on
triple plate glass,” said Mr Kellogg. “If
this can be used the tower will have the
appear'ance of a gigantic crystal palace.
Four-elevators will run from the ground
to a certain elevation,then two will car
ry passengers still further toward the
sky, while the crowning flight will he
reached by a single elevator. The second,
floor will probably be devoted to re
staurant purposes, then will come read
ing and writing rooms and other con
veniences, and it is understood that the
top story will be taken by the Govern
ment for an observatory
4 *Thp nlune will ha
A ROUND OF REVELRY.
The Affair Will be a Sea
son of Jubilee.
Attractions and Amusements
Will be Added Every Day,
A Balloon Ascension Will be Had—Thous
ands Will Cheer the Adventurer on His
Dizzy Tour— A Danee will be Given
Every Nlght--Martlal Music and
Military Haneevres. *
THE
FAIR WILL BEAM WITH ELECTRIC
RADIANCE.
The plans will be submitted to
mechanical experts, who will test and
comment upon the them from every
standpoint. It is a great enterprise,
and, if successful, will reflect much
credit on the projectors.”
Mr Kellogg says that lithographs of
the great. tower will be ready for in
spection in about two months.
Court.
CARNEsviLLe, Ga., 27.—Superior
court ..commenced .Wednesday morn
ing with Judge N. L. Hutchinson the
bench. James A. Mosley was elected
foreman of the grand jury, which is a
very intelligent and business body.
A large number of civil cases have
been tried and disposed of, and the
court thi3 morning commenced on the
criminal docket.J
There are four felonies to be tried
which will,in .all. probability, consume
the balance of the week.
There has been a number of visiting
nttoi neys pre> nfc during the court, but
not as many usual.
The swappers h^e^SU here iu mil ^ re t ting features to the Fair each da~y
Warner Miller says that the only
thing he has received from the Admin
istration is a telegram of good wishes.;
COTTON BAGGING.
Farmers Blinded to Their Own Interests
in the Use or Poor Cotton Covering.
The farmers should be cautious in
the use of cotton bagging that now being
used by them is totally wliorthless in
the service of a covering and falls short
of its purpose of overcoming the jute,
trust.
We learn that the compress men find
that a great deal, and in fact most all of
the cotton that is sent them covered in
cotton bagging is unfit for repacking
as the textnre is not sufficiently strong
to bear the pressue of the bales after
being compresse* and in very many in
stances compels them to put on a new
cover of jute bagging.
This not only causes extra expense to
the farmers, hut entirely makes aimless
their efforts to do away with jute bag
ging as it matters not who buys the
jute since the Trust finds sale for it.
The use of cotton bagging Is in this
way made a very risky experiment with
the farmers and they are standing in
their own light by using it unless they
secure that quality which is sufficient
in strength to retaiu the cotton after
being compressed.
We give this as a word of warning to
our farmer friends, and trust it will he
a valuable pointer for them.
force and many nags have changed
hands.
The term was enlivened this after
noon by two fights, a thing unusual
for this place. The parties were all
sober and preferred an old-time fight
to a bloodless Georgia^ duel.
There was a suit of considerable im
portance filed yesterday in the Court of
Ordinary. It is brought by 17 promi
nent citizens to abate a nuisance that is
to remove what is known as Cramp’s
mill dam. It is said to he unhealthy to
those who live near at hand. It is now
the praperty of R. K. Reaves, of your
city and worth several thousand dollars.
The petitioners are represented by J.
B. Estes and W. I. Pike and no doubt
when the fight comes up it will be| a
lively one. The case will probably
reach the Superior court.
The rains Wednesday night raised
the streams around here higher than
they have been for a year past.
Our court will adjourn Saturday or
Monday it is thought now. A small
amount of true bills have been found
up to this writing and most of them for
misdemeanors.
The Stock and Poultry Show will he
the grandest occasion of rojoicing the
farmers ever knew. It will afford a
gladsome opportunity for the happy
hearted farmers to revel in the abun
dance of the season. It will be a time
of jnhilee.
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
There is a strange and fatal disease in
the'Coalburg mines in Alabama! It is a
mixture between dysentery and kidney
trouble.
Rich gold mines have been discovered
near Canton, China.
Forest fires are doing heavy damage
in many parts of California.
Geronimo’s baud is to be settled in
North Carolina near the Tennessee line.
Philip Moen,the barbed wire million
airc, has been paying Doc Wilson
many thousands of dollars to keep a
secret. It now turns up that one
Janin was the real inventor of the barb
ell wire, and that he became insane,and
Moen pays Wilson to keop him away
from the sight of the world.
Deputy Sheriff Vann was killed yes
terday in Birmingham by a negro
whom he had arrested.
The Temple of Heaven, at Pekin,con
taining the dragon throne, has been
destroyed by fire.
A dispatch o the London News from
Athens, saysjthat Cristiaas are dragged,
bound hand and foot,through the towns
of Crete, and that many have escaped
into the country.
A dispatch from Mobile says that the
pursuit of the robbers who held up the
train at Buckatuna, Miss., has been in
terrupted by rain, which thew the dogs
off the track, hut will be hotly resumed.
Laflin & Rand’s ponder mills at
Cresson, near Pottsville, Pa., exploded
yesterday. Three workmen were killed
and a number wounded. Nearly all the
window glass in Cresson was shattered.
r l lie aeronaut will come.
I liousands' of spectators will watch
his daring feats, and the brass band
will theer him in his dizzy tour .with
the soul stirring notes of “Up in the
balloon, boys, up iu the balloon.”
*It «ill be a sight for the people; and
while thousands of feet in the air the
teeronaut will leap from his flying vehi
cle and descend amid the-cheers of
the multitude.
In conversation with a prominent
member of the Board of Directors yes
terd&y we learned that they were in
communication with a famous aeronaut
and had virtually engaged him for an
exhibition during the Fair in Athen s
He promises a most daring feat and will
leap from his balloon with a parachute.
He further agrees that unless the leap
is made no money will be asked of the
directors.
This will be a most attractive event
during the Fair, and will afford an op
portunity to the scores of visitors to
witness the most thrilling adventures
ever made by a balloonist in this section
of the country.
This in itself will he worth far more
than the admission price into the
grounds and we have no doubt but that
it will he a drawing card to the coming
show, as a similar sight is rarely seen
in the South.
This is only one among the many new
additions that the directors are making
to the rare amusements daily, and at
this rate one can, easily imagine that
the coming show will be the greatest
ever given in Northeast Georgia. Each
member of the Board of Directors is j
Georgia will turnout en masse eacliday
and will aid in making it a great finan
cial success while the directors will sc**
to it that an unexcelled program wi.l
be given them.
The directors of this- Fair' deserve
much 1 credit arid such is already accor
ded them. They have assumed an un
dertaking which had been given up
both by the Northeast Georgia Fair
Association and by the Farmer’s Alli
ance as. a douhtfui one and have already
placed it in a fair way of attaining un
bounded success in every sense of the
word. r
All honor to the hoar^l of directors,,
but In the meantime, let everybody get
ready for the Fair.
THE ARNOLDS TALK
About the Attack on John L. Conley.
Special to 1 he Banner.
Atlanta, Ca.,Sept. 271—The Arnold-
Con ley fight yesterday is still the talk
of Hie town.
Col. Reuben Arnold, his son and his
brother,'.have all made statements of
what occurred in the Plowboy office.
These statements when* comjjarfed
with those of Mr. Conley, his' wife atul
Mr. Thompson differ widely.
Mr. Conley’s wounds have been dress
ed and apparently he is all light' agaic.
PUT UNLER $500 BOND.
Yesterday afternoon after the Messrs.
Arnold were arrested they were taken
before Sheriff Thomas, who fixed their
bonds at $500 each.
Mr. Barton Smith and Mr. Arnold
Broyles were accepted as sureties and
the gentlemen released.
MR. FRANK ARNOLD TAJ.K8.
Mr. Frank Arnold has written a
stauient of his. connection with the
affair.
In it he says: “I preceded my brother
and nephew into Mr. Conley’s place of
business, Red was first by his side. He
turned from me, passed my nephew and
rushed for my brother. After a mo
ment’s rencounter with brother hR un
dertook to capture my nephew’s gun
and came near succeeding, and my
nephew fired the gnn to prevent our an
tagonist from capturing a loaded wea
pon. After this Conley rushed for me
and seized me by the throat, and at the
same time gathered hold of t my gun
with the other hand, but failing to take
my gun, he let loose ray throat and en
deavored to take my gun at all hazzards.
He did not succeed, and at this juncture
a lady, I understood to be Mrs Conley,
came between my brother- and Capt.
Conley, and raising her hands up, and- j
repeated in a most heartrending /
nor ‘For God’s sake, gentl*- 1 ^ 1 * sto P»V
I said ‘John, we an< l Captain?
Conley imrnir^ U P°» your honor?’}
He le/^oulyghn. andwftoyent quietly pi
aWa COLONED ARNOLD’S STATE*. BK t7
and the Secretary is in correspondence
with the exhibitors all over the So
continuously for this purpose.
In the meantime the ladies are going
steadily ahead with the arrrangement of
the Fair and will have a great dis
play of art and handiwork. The direc
tors have decided to make this depart
ment the most perfect of all,and will as
sist the ladies in overy way possible to
have their ball the most beautiful and at- \
tractive spot within the enclosure; They
have written to Wurm’s band ol Atlan
ta, Bearden’s hand of Augusta, and
Cards’ band of Macon consulting them
for an engagement during the Fair
week hut have not yet decided which
offer of the three to accept. In either
case they will secure a most superb or
chestra, and the music will he a charac
terizing feature of the ladies depart
ment. The ladies will take possession
of the ma ; n building and will trans
form it into one vast'hall of surpassing
beauty and loveliness. They will dec
orate it with rich floral embellishments
and elegant displays of paintings, art,
and handiwork of every kind. All of
this will be illumined with the radiant
beams of electric lights, as arrange
ments are being made with Mr. Robin
son, the manager of the Athens Elec
tric Light Company, to have special
lights ready for the Fair. Mr. Robin
son thinks he can furnish the lights
provided the posts and wires are put up
by the directors, and this they have
agreed to do.
At night the ladies’ hall will he turn
ed qver to the votaries of Terpsichore,
and a brilliant scene of dancing will go
on at night. The directors have decided
to make the young folks have a german
eachjnight,and with a splendid hall and
dancing floor, superb music and bright
lights and floral adornments the oppor
tunity will he complete.
A prize drill is being arranged to take
place each day. The hoard of directors
have conferred with Captain Goodloe
Yancy,of the Clarke Rifles, and will get
his company to parade in some field
movements, and will also confer with
Col. Snellings, of the University corps
cadets, to get his companies to engage
also in the drills. A drill will he had
each day, late in the afternoon and so
soon as it is over the dancing in ilie
ladies’ department will commence, thus
affording one continuous schedule of
festivity and fun, day and night.
The fact becomes more evident as the
Fair draws nigh that it will he the
greatest show of its kind ever given in
Georgia. Tlie people of Northeast
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Colonel Reuben Arnold has also-writ
ten a statement.
He says :“l did not attack Mr Conley
at his desk. I did not call upon any one
to hit him with a gun. Mr Conley gave
me no opportunity to ask or receive an.
explanation, which I had hope he
would be able to give.
Death of Col. Andrew Young.
Talmadge Bros, received notice yes
terday of the death of their uncle, x €oI.
Andrew Young, of Clebourne, Texas.
Col. Young is well known to a great
many Athenians, and has a host of
friends in the mountains of North
Georgia. At the breaking out of the
war he was appointed surgeon of the
2d Georgia Regiment, and after staying
with this regiment for some time re
signed and came hack to his home m
Union City, and raised a company
which was attached to the 23d Georgia
Regiment. At the battle of Seven
Pines he was woundsd and left for
dead on the field. Col. Young sur
vived, and afterwards raised the fa
mous Young Regiment of cavalry. Col.
Young was a gallant soldier, and one
who would stand by bis friends in
prosperity or adversity. He was seven
ty-five years old at the time of his
death, and had taken a prominent part
in Texas politics.
Leglslaive Notes.
Atlanta, Ga., September 27.—The
house has eoncurred in all the senate
amendments to the hill taxing railroads
by counties.
Mr. Johnson’s bill to make pistol
toters wear badges will receive a favor
able report from the general judiciary
committee.
General Lee’s birthday will now be a
holiday. The bill passed the Senate
yesterday.
Mr. Howell, of Fulton, will have the
University Trustee hill amended.
Mr Tuck’s bill to prohibit the sale or
manufacture of liquor within 2% miles
of Moroe’s Grove Baptist church in
Clarke county, has passed the house.
Half Mile Horses.
Mr. Joe Thurmond, the Jackson
county horse racer, was in the city yes
terday, and says that he will have
Mollie and Bill, two of the best half
mile horses that can he brought from
Jackson county. Mr. Thurmond says
he will make the other runners do up.
He says that all the farmers are com
ing.
The average age of the twelve En
glish bishops is 76 years.
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