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plTRAU f Editor Gantt'S 13 A’! A xE V THROUGH , J i) ■> A N i> HISTORIC ‘ LAN'I^ M Gorkin’s Wonders for ,f- ,ai1 ' v Route of Histo- ^ ijattlelleldSf- e nf9 |in „,i Thrivingund. . --S * j[ rr no -i rus- - the farmer clearing the w ood*. | Athens does not ^eoperjy appreciate the C. & M. road, we think. Ins * | valuable feeder to our <jity, and de serves every dhcouragt jn.Mit. The j building of thiss. Hue, insured us the G* G. & N., and it will also lie the indi- wil! red dpi fiiftg Utrntigii; which we get other rnilrohds. '' ' * Macon is certaiulv a strong city an<; :e armed, as he does not know at whit law requirosn train to stop hour lie may become embroiled in a at every incorporated place, and the ^ difficulty with drunken negroes. A Shady Daleitcs are* now trying to get short time’since a saw mill man delib- «n incorporate not passed. Maehen, j erally .-hot and killed a conductor who however,‘‘got the drop” oil her rival, ! caught the fellow stealing a ride on top and had her limits extended'soas toem- j of his coach. A gontleiyan tells us that brace Shady Dale, ^he light still goes \ thirteen murders have been committed on, and will be wafehed with interest. •So* Jt»r c pro jprrous e.«y. ' ♦j the Laud of Flowers. ( ; ;—[)oar Banxer:— ( ,-i , t - over the (’. <fc M. I ,,,1, ,i:i-diedule time and ]w , liiirteml ;it the Hotel 'roaijaiiibn du voyage ,'yr. j. !i. Dorsey and i j, s.er. Bob Taylor and E. .if iiic way; ■•hut Doc Dorsey „! t > Kt! r .ill'll I' 6t Ag« lh mat. mul i< ii.e r< o i- t lie t ■ i-«li fiit*ii presentativcas a I!o i- now Soliciting s. it F. road, i valuable offi- i of everyone he ,.|i inly in his element. , v> . Vl . prcuict, will make his .ii*inark in railroad circles, iiaihi-i tsinnertiwii we are glad \tln ii- i!:>» turned out some of ir»!l!-<i;ui men ill the South. Mvi'h.-lvV now receives a iio,i iyear from the 11. & D. mi;ii reel 1 ives $3,500 with . ;it piiilu.lelphia; Mr. 13ob ivl„, ,aine u> Athens a green alary of $4,000 and Orleans; Mr. Tim out $2,00.1. This I there i* in the young men h y. wii. n th y are given a fair Bin 1-ov g' jjrl i> ]>ai« Covington A Macon is one of the ri ling roads in the State learegiad to know it is doing a IK-., even in iis “bottled up” , A well-informed geutle- inet.iday that so soon as the iae X. was eomple- |i;.;i o.a.'Hi hands would at once be lower*; grading the line, and by miner tae cars would be run- rmigli to Alliens. Tliis will tilir C. A M. an outlet, and then mu imbe d. lit line pusses through one of fcftl ami rieliest farming belts in jit. 1 never saw finer crops lift noticeable on each side of the ha. not even nipped cot- tfesi'li* of Madison and the weed down viili balls. A great i a has been gathered, and an ■ crop !> made. •/ station 1 notice a great in* covered bales. It real.y it the fanners in Jasper and unties are more determined, •ir war against the hanging trust than Alliancetiii'ii around Athens. I •el wiiii several farmers, and hopeful of whipping the They say that under no eircum- ■ "ill the;. :;sc jute- A delegation d the .Mae.ni companies the other ito-c-eif their cotton-covered bale* *tK‘ing re-packed in jute,but report l| l the compress men affirm that t* hale lias been re-covered |“«ii, hat they are compressed just "“'■hy the farmer. ■ *• • ,lU 1M • road is not only a most ( 8,nt . hut a historic one. At Hills- 11 * n be seen from the car windows li"me in whicR Georgia’s grvat P'lniui. b. II. Hill, was born, and llie academy in which lie was p: bis alphabet. The house is a “building, a story and a half, and by out of repair. The school house F'lttaeilas an academy, but to ac- r ni '"ht,; t) le increased population -i°n has been built to it. With ^*«T>tioi the building is sacredly ■Adjust as it was when Benjamin fF.' Hill w»* a little barefooted un t l "‘ l,a ' K >' noted as a former bat- I Un --, Htul as the scene of Stone- !l > rr c«d*r. There was quite and the railroad is di- . hnoujji) the battle ground. The ■’ Ue «, from which this station 1 f na 'ne, and which was filled filets and its is building up rapidly I will remain over Imre until tomor row aftt riKirtn, Mien I will leave’ for Florida. Will try to get time to write j a lotber letter from tbis place. T. L. G. SEEING THE CITY. I hav -just taken a strolo over . the Central City, and it is certainly a live and growing place, With the excep tion of .nr owii Athens I don’t kuow a city in Georgia with a brighter future th.ui Macon. It is a beautiful site for a great city, being suiroumied by an ampitheatre ot hi I s, that are crowned with imposing public e iiives and palat al private resiliences. Mv most interesting visit this morn ing was to tlm oliiee of the Georgia, Southern and Florida Railroads, \fhieh is. by the way, the healthiest and most vigorous infant in the State. I was especially interested in this new line, ns it owes not only its existence, but its unprecedented success to Athenians or gentlemen closely aligned with our city. This road was built by Mr. Jell Lane, with Mr. Henry Wells as chief engineer and Mr. T. P. Stanley assis tant engineer. Mr. Lane took hold of the enterprise with only the charter to begin on, and succeeded in raising company with $50,COO. But he is one of Georgia’s clearest-headed busine men, and began his work in a business like manner. Mr. Lane never let out contract for work or material but he had the money in hand to pay the bills promptly when due. By this means be soon gained the confidence of capital ists in securing all the money necessary to, build the finest and best equipped road in the South. It extends from Macon, Ga., to Palatka, Fla., which is the head of deep navigation on the St Johns river. A regular schedule now run to Valdosta, and on next Sun day will be extended to Lake City, to which point the road is now completed By I December next, the entire line will be in operation to Palatka Xot content with this, Mr. Lane will this week l*-t out contracts on the Ma con and Birmingham road, which will he hastened to completion, thus making this one of the m st important lines in the South. Although in an incom plete state, the G., S. & F. is now pay ing handsomely, and its stock is worth $275. Mr. Lane c*n get $300,000 for his in terest in the road, and Mr. Henry Wells $100,000 for his stock—all of which money the gentlemen have made in the last three years. Through the kindness of Mr. Gus Stanley we visited the site where this company will erect their yards aud ma chine shops, and examined their rolling ; t ick. They have 23 large Mogul ioc - motives, passenger coaches, and f -eight cars, besides all manner of equipments for the road. All the coaches, are the finest ever brought South, and are like Pullman sleepers. Northern tourist* say they ha t no idea there were such an equipped road in the South. To-night I leave for L *ke City, Fla., over the S., F. & W., which is known as the “Suwanee River Route,” with Mr. J. H. Dorsey as guide, and will write you a daily description of my trip. Will probably visit Jacksonville, Palatka and St. Augistee before I re turn home. I am indebted to the officers of the S., F. & W. for great courtesies. I am impressed with the rapid strides the South is making. Dr. Gibson, of of Macon, who has just returned from a visit to New York, says every one he met is talking about the South, and the wonderful progress it is making to ward development. Northern capital is ready and anxious to seek investment among us, and the future of our coun try is too great for contemplation Murder Creek, on the C. Sc M. road, was so christened from the fact that the early pioneers found a dead mason its in tins seciiou in three inpqtlis. The-- negroes, however, never at tempt to force themselves in the white coach—as they do rp the country—hut U 0SOiiI o Scenes'. .banks, who had beeii foully murdered, A'or.tliie their difficulties to the ear se t is supposed, by the In Mans. How lie came to his death, however, is only a surmise. The scene of the tragedy is still pointer! out by old citizens, and is about one mile above where the Madi- s>n and Monticello dirt-road crosses that stream. l had an interesting conversation on the train with Col. Key, Vice-President of the C. & M. road, and one of thelead- apart for them. It takes a man with coolness and courage to manage these negroes and when they discover that “the boss” is not to be fooled with they behave themselves in bis presence. With these overseers it is a word and a blow. *** Mr. J. II. Dorsey is having a neat cottage erected for himself on Mulberry street in Macon, ner the Lnniear House; Slants ani tmj Plains Slrelcii Wice His Gaze. Bsech Haven, Valdosta and Other Growing Pianos—Frogvess Indellibly Written on the Brow of Southern Georgia. ITEMS OF INTEREST ALOHS] THE WAY. ing citizens of Montieello. Col. Key j and will iiiot e his family to that eitj between now and Christmas. Mr Dor sey will be permanently stationed in Macon,as he is too valuable a mrn to his road to keep away from the centre of business. says there is enough rich bottom land uncultivated on Little River, in Jasper county, to raise corn for the country. He suggests that a law be passed re pining every man owning land on a water course in Georgia* to keep the hannel of the stream open through his property, so as not to destroy the value of the low-grounds above for agricultu ral purposes. Col. Key very properly reasons that if a man hasn’t publie-snir- v it enough to keep his streams clear of obstructions that this land should pass into the hands of some one who-will utilize i£. One thriftless or contentious person can render worthless a long strip of valuable low-grounds belonging to those above him. This is a wise sug gestion, and we would like to see it act ed upon by our legislators. P* and ci, branches torn by My old friend, Mr. Rowe, of Athens, has just reason to he proud of the way his boys are turning out. Ti e one in the Athens post-office is a mad i young man in every respect, whil • I to-day met in Macon another, who i - in the telepnone exchange hi that ci.; . Sev eral parties mentioned him a* b i:ig f one of the most deserving and reliable young men in the Central City. Mr. Howe is an honest, God-fearing old man, and his sons prove that there is truth m the command to “train up a child in the way he should go.” **•* Every since I left Athens I have been /met everywhere with anxious inquiries as to the condition of our honored and beloved fellow-citizen, Judge Y. L. G Hands. His name is revered as much abroad as at home, and when he is sick and suffering the hearts of the peopl of Georgia throb in sympathy for him I liad no idea that Judge Harris was so widely known, and he is universally esteemed wherever his name and good works are known. . *** I have just taken a moonlight glimpse of Cordele, the coming metropolis of South Georgia. This city is like young man’s mustache—extensively laid out and thinly settled. At present Cordele coi sists of a hotel, several mix ed stores, a half-completed artesian well, and the biggest kind of prospects. In the new prospectus there is a bank, a cotton factory, several nne brick blocks and all the requisite attachments to a first-class modern city. We pre dict the biggest kind of a future for Cordele. A few months ago it was a howling wilderness. To-day it is back ed by unlimited capital and the enter prising managers of the G., S. & F. road. In five years from to-day I would not he surprised to see Cordele have 10,000 inhabitants. * * # A ride through the piney woods by moonlight is an interesting and excit ing trip, and one that will well repay yod for the journey* The great slab fires at saw-mills—the hands working around the turpentine stills like som- bre-hued demons—an occasional fire sweeping over the woods—the pines that have been scarified by the turpen tine hands standing ferth in mortal ar- Tlie G., S. Sz F. road has left nearly all the old towns to tlie right and left iiid has hewed out a path through the ilderness. Every few miles new iliages are springing up all of which will some day be flue business points. The road is about an air-line, and -trov er sesone of the finest and freshest mntries in the South. Its build ing will make the fortune of many a man, and prove of incredible benefit h developing South Georgia and Flor ida. V I do not know . a finer opening in America for a young man than for him to locate on this soil. The country is as fresh as he will find out West, and there are plenty of avenues for every line of business—whether manufactur ing, fanning or merchandising. Back ed by industry and pluck, a man can but succeed here and grow rich with >’OOd management. At Cvclonedia, .95 miles below Ma con, in Erwin county, the G., S. & F. road is establishing a model farm that that will lay the State’s experimental station in the shade. It em braces 1,000 acres, and the land is now being put in the.Lightest state of culti vation. The fields are enclosed with plank fences, every stump taken up, aud the most improved agricultural im plements used. It is proposed to gr *.v here, to the greatest perfection, every fruit and crop that the soil and climate can produce, and the most learned and skilled agriculturists that this country and Europe can furnish will be em ployed to superintend their cultivation, *„* A fine hotel, to cost $50,000, will be built at Cyclonedia; a $0,t00 house is now in course of erection, and every other necessary buildings, all to be of the finest and most improved de sign. Recently an imported Arabian tallion, that cost $2,700, and several car-loads of fine thoroughbred breed mares,as also an imported Spanish Jack, brought from Europe, are now aroused to stock this farm. The road also imported four southdown sheep at i a cost of $500, the rant guaranteed to Si eeinl to The Banner. Valdosta, Ga October 8.—1 reached this prosperous South Georgia towu promptly at 11 o’clock to-night, having left Macon at 4 p. m. Superintendent Hogue, of the G., S. & F. road, most kindly gave Mr. J. H. Dbrsev leave of absence to accompany me on iny trip, . and a better guide could not be had. While young in the service of the road, j Doc already knows the entire road as the streets of Athens. The gigantic mogul engiue No. 4 pulled our train under the master hand of that splendid engineer, Tom Water- house, while the train was in charge of • that popular and accommodating conductor W. F. Holt. The G., S. & F. trains run on the Northern plan. Every attaclree of the road is uniformed, and a brakeman stands.at the doors'iind requires a pas senger toabownis ticket before boarding the train. Tlie coaches are palaces on wheels—every one just out of the shops and beautifully upholstered, with French plate glass panne}*. The train {.Idles alongas if on glass, and so slight is the jar that 1 write mo t or this let ter while the cars are in motion. The people living on the line of the old middle Georgia road are accustom ed to setting their time pieces by the ar rival of the train. TheG., S. & F. is equally as prompt, and its trains arrive and depart to the second. After leaving Macon for some dis tance we. traverse a level country—the basin of the Ocinulgee. For two miles out we pass through a dense jungle. EE j . The Bahnhr. j, ™ ^ . Aftor leaving Elko, the mnr.tje of night fell, and we could no more of tliecountiy. We bad an excellent sup per at Lwrdele, of w hich growing place, iml the other attractions and point# of interest on the Suvvante Rive.-Route we will spt-f.lt in aocth-r v *»••>• when we will make our return trip bjr day- %fct. __ _T. i.. b.. * of o J 4 '* Two-small boys in the public school are c utemplating a duel. Since At lanta - a* put on the war prin ery e . d: ■ i I* afraid to soenA whisper, Athens has caught on and two little boys are now at daggers point-• A board of honor bus been called for ud their jatents refuse to j;y tl e’f expenses to Alabama. A meeting has been called for at the Commercial ho tel audit fight may t, ke. piace. There will be no vaporing in this matter nor dodging the sire rill - . We anxiously J await die result, and a fight is certain ! if either of the boys can get away from their nurse. uul ev- it'oW a Fifty gla-sblowers, at a place called Harrison, have struck. Under Dr. Harrison’s prosperous Administration it would have been highly proper to select for a strike a place of some other name. _ The Democratic candidate for Gov ernor in Ohie is a thorough convert to tariff reform, and is pushing this issue to the front in that State. The cam paign of education did not begin quite •arly enough, perhaps, to refoim the State, but the Democrats all over the country have a warmer feeling to-day for the Ohio Democracy Ilian for many years past. The Covington and Oxford street railroad continues to prosper, and its stock constitutes a paying investment. GEORGIA CLARKE COUNTY—To THE SCPEKIOB COCBT OF SAID OoCX- TY : The petition of II. W. Bell and W. C. Wills, of Jackson county; A. H. Jacks m and W. T. llakom, of Oconee countv; T. J. Scott and J. H. Rice, ot Madison county; A. F. Pope and L. W. Collier, of Oglethorpe county; 1. N. Lester and W. R. Ycrby, of Clarke county, and all of said State,show,that they have entered into an association nmler the name and style of 44 1 lie 1?ar- user’s Alliance Warehouse aud Com- Tha'fc the object of mission Company. , i m.u . said association is to carry on and fully tilled with cane, ihen we strike a conduct a warehouse and general com- T. L. G. NOTES OP TRAVEL. Disconnected Items Collected by the Ban ner Editor. . rw -Minister during the battle, L^" 1 - v ^ed, and only its trunk H i! , ' s said AJjat the erection ULr tank near at hand caused its l )art of the battle took Sum fi,,e of Rou, ffi Oak,around ton e cJ iureh, which wasburn- \ Y#nkees ' 0 r?‘ hoad Passes directly over the * hl «edifi w . The The traveller is ! car windows the house from th e Jit' * a ” Se d as a hospital after the licuin. . also a persiihmen tree HUia S under which Gen. kth.K 8 T entl9r * d ’ The place kout 8were kiUed is als0 The name of Gould Station, on the C &M. road, has been changed again, this time to Biship. The post-office de partment refused to recognize the name of Gould, so thfe citizens sent on to Washington a long list of names from which to choose, and “Biship” was picked out. There is now a post-office there. V The C. & M. trains do not stop at Shady Dale, below Madison, but is building ll P a rival town atMachen about a mile distant. When this road was first built the property-owners re fused to give the company enough land and so it was deter- ray like ghostly visitors—and many other strange and weird sights to an up-country man. I am glad that 1 went over the road by night, for daylight would dispel the weird and enchanting scenes, £L — - * * The great South Georgia saw-mills are in themselves a sight well-worth seeing, and I shall visit one of the lar gest before my return to Athens, that I may be able to describe to The Banner readers the lightning-like process of converting the stately giants of the for est into lumber. *** I can see from the ear windows the three slabs transported upon a frame fifty feet high, from which they are cast into a pit where the fire is never extinguished until therplant is taken up aud moved. This sight would furnish an excellent text for a sermon: All,of a tree that is pure in heart is saved for a useful purpose, while the refuse is oasff*ffcto a pit where the raging fire is never allowed to go out. *** The saw mill and turpentine hands are a rough and hard set,and every con ductor of a train in this region goes belt of magnificent farm lands—a vast, plane now maturing a bounteous har vest of cotton, corn, potatoes, hay, etc. The cotton fields are like a prairie cov ered with snow. Caterpillars have stripped off the foliage, aud nearly ev ery boll is open. Where the pickers have been the fields look like the dead of winter. 1 he scenery along tlie road is devoid of that dreamy monotony characteris tic of most Southern lines, In looking from tlie car windows there is a con stantly shifting panorama. One in stant you penetrate an almost tropica! swamp—front this you dash into a sec tion that reminds the traveller of a great Western plain, where as far as the eye can reach is presented an unbroken ex posure of well-tilled farms and cozy house's. You next pass through a forest untouched by tlie woodman’s axe. Far to the right tlie landscape is bounded by the azure-ridge formed by the hills clip 25 pound# of wool. Besides this i ot county, almost resembling will have all tlie fine breeds of cat*le, hogs, poultry and farm stock of all description. No money - will be spared in preparing and stocking this farm. ** The road goes to this vast expendi ture for the purpose of proving to the world that the pine lands of South Georgia will do under scientific culti vation, and it is impossible to estimate the value that this experimental farm will be in developing this splendid sec tion of our State, in inducing good eai- igrants to settle here, and encouraging our owm people to change their own mode of farming and adopt modern and advanced ideas. We hope that the ex ample set by the G., S. and F. road will be taken up and followed^ by other gieat railway lines in our State. Such an experiment farm should be started near Athens. * * # Cyclonedia derives its name from the faot that several years ago a devastat ing cyclone passed over it, felling eve rything in its path, aad the effects are still seen from the car windows. # * # I hate written these disconnected notes while the train was in motion,and therefore ask The Banner readers not to view with a critic’s eye any mistakes the printer may make in setting up the type. The New York World thinks that out of a population 1,700,000 there should be more than 164,426 go to church every Sunday. Sew York ! .s not a dry town is the principal cause of the non attend ance. Judge Day, of the Cayuga coujpt has decided that the electrical execution law is constitutial and has ordered it to be used in a case of capital punishment. An exchange smooths over all augu- larities by saying no man has aught against Mr. Tanner, for be meant well. It was what Mr. Tanner had ageinst tbe surplus that caused the trouble. mountains in height. At neatly every station we pass long freight trains—one of which contained 43 cars—most of them laden with lumber. The lum ber business is an immense thing for this road, as it traverses for a long dis tance a belt of Virginia pine forest, and lands that a few years ago were almost valueless are now veritable gold mines to these owners. After leaving Macon, the first place of interest we reached is Beachhaven— the other stations being as yet little towns in their swaddling clothes, but destined in a few years to become hriving towns all. Beachhaven is a breathing place for Macon and the patrons of the G., S. & F. It is distant 30 miles from that city and although only established . last spring has became one of the most pop ular and finest picnic grounds in the South. This generous and enterprising railway company has already expended $5,000 in beautifying the grounds here and it will take $6,000 more to complete them, which will be done by next spring. There are 100 acres in the grounds, that is a dense original forest, and at no hour during the day does the sun’s rays touch the ground. Beautiful buildings have been erected for the ac comodation of visitors, and everything that can aid to their pleasure and com fort provided. In this park are found everj r variety of tree or shrub found in this section. The ladies’ reception house is a fine octagon brick building that would do credit to -any city, while the dancing pavilion and other build ings are models of agricultural beauty and skill. Every week during the past summer Macon emptied itself at Beech Haven, thus showing its appreciation of the kindness and liberality of the G., S. & F. in providing for the public such a delightful retreat for the heat and dust of the city. About nightfalL we passed Elko, a budding young city on this new road, mission business. The particular busi ness they propose to carry on and con duct beiiig the storing and handling or cotton, also the buying and sell ng of any, all, and every such article or to mg they may deem usual, proper or m any war necessary in and for tlie full and complete conduct and carrying on. of a warehouse and general commission business in all of their respective branches. ,, The capital stock of said “Farmers Alliance Warehouse and Commission Company,” to be ($25,000,) twenty- five thousand dollars, with the privi lege of increasing the same at any time or times to ($50,000.) fifty thousand dollars; That the stock in said com pany shall be divided into shares of ($5.00) live dollars each; and that said company shall he authorized to begin business as such company so soon as the sum of ($4,000) four thou.-and dol lars shall lave been actually paid in. The place of doing business by said company to be in the city of Athens in said State and county, and they desire to he chartered under the name and style of “Tne Farmer’s Al’nim e Ware house and Commission Company” for the term of twenty years, v iili the priv ilege of renewal gat tiie expiration of said twenty years. Tie y desire the right tocoutract and be contracted with; to sue and be sued; to have and use a common seal, which may be changed at any time, to make by-laws, rules and regulations, bindingon their own mem bers, not inconsistent with tlie laws of this State, or of tlie United States, to receive donations by gift or will to purchase and hold such proper, real or personal, as is necessary or proper to the purpose of there organization: to elect such offi cers as they wish, either stockholders or others, that the same person may bold one or more offices at the pleasure of the company, and to do all such acts as are necessary for x the legitimate con duct of their business, provided that any stockholder being indebted to the corporation, shall not have any part of his stock in said company, transfered to another person, on the books of the company, until such or said indebtness shall first be paid off and fully settled. Your petitioners further show that they have already begun such business, in the city of Athens as set forth in this petition, under the name and style of “The Farmer’s Alliance Warehouse and Commission Company,” and they de-ire to succeed to all the rights aud liabilities of said, co-partnership, and to have the full right to conduct and con tinue the business, under the charter herein prayed for, in the books now used by said company. Your petition! rs further desire that no stockholder in said company, shall be liable, in his private capaeitv, to any creditor of said company, ' except for the amount of stock held in said compa ny by such stockholder and not then if said stockholder shall have paid out. of his private property debts of the said company to an amount equal to tlie amount of stock held by said stock holder in said company. Your peti tioners therefore pray that the said Honorable Court will pass an erder granting tbis, tlieir application, that they and their associates and successors be incorporated for the purposes during tlie time, and with the persons and privileges as herein before set forth. And your petitioner, s will ever pray, etc. ;S| H. H. Carlton, Petitioners' Attfy, A true extract from minutes of Clarke Superior court. C. D. Vincent, Oct. 14,1889. Clerk.® :*=rY