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ppf'' , "Last, Sunday altcrnoon the editor of -*hi“ paper qazefi with, lulini ration and raptu:v i:jv>u the finest hotel tfatlnii:# -not only upon the Am**rie»n continent, »,tu iji “:c cv.ilizcd world. It was tho spruce de L«« n, at St. Augustine. ile saw how the energy, enterprise and capital oft lie. limn had transformed a malaria-breeding marsh—a favor* <1 .ixi.vmuAL SESSIONS 1 GHKSS. CON- i WHIPPING TH E J L'TE TRUST. It lias been left for Thk Basxer to Speaking of the suggestion that has 1 suggest to farmers the only practical ieen started to have continual sesssions and certain plan by which they can of Congress* the Savannah Morning ' continue to use cotton bagging without News l.as this to say : J a pecuniary loss to themselves and a and It has been stated that there is a j proportionate gaiu to the buyer, growing sentiment among congressmen J thus defeat tlieir arch enemy, the jute and others iu favor of continual sesMons ; This plan is to make up the tare . SE f "”» «*«■»«> »>■*'■*» r haunt of the tevfowl and alligator—into C(U , collt i, ul;i i sessions say . that tie ; additional ties*, and we see that the -\i- parntlise;’lie lias erected country has grown too great for the I liunces all over the State have prompt- learii.ug artists,afkl the handiw* rk of the m -st skilled artisans in wood, metal a id cloth; has surrounded this struc ture with ail the lovely plants and shrubi—Vv that the tn pics grow We impossible to dispose of or even const.!- i duty to inform tho AlHancemcn of the lookctfjtnon miles of walks and streets ' frequently vicious hills are passed, be- * 1 1 members who support them have er many of them, and that as the bind- fl t thllt their Hnt i ii ial measures cannot t>e taken up without wading through the entire being recovered bj, mass, except bv unanimous consent, a great deal of valuable time is lost, and frequently vicious b P»«4 “ » ith 7 r - j power ';°o ble. We saw where the enormous lor- ; a< wouUl tlo so jf ( than seven million dol-1 Were not favorably* < >xpended at the crprice Continual sessions -I * -*? °* i a one-horse farmer s eot- c011gr< . S8 an d money tl< ■trust bagging was tu le of more than seven million dol lars had been expended at the caprice of one man, and n< tlargerthan ton paii ti. The sight of a:i tliis mag nificence—this lavish of display of wealth—was pleasing to the eye and block legislation, tlieir pet measure were not faverablv* considered. Continual sessions of congress would Washingtonians very livelier during flows much more freely. It is hardly probable, however, ttjat they would please any considera ble number of the people. Cong; ess has enough time now to enact all laws the compresses with jute, we raised a stonn of indignation among certain men, and ouc paper was accused of being a “trust organ” and threatened with the boycott. We knew that there was no foundation whatever for this suspicion, and was not afraid to rest the defense of our cause and claims in the hands of the fair-minded and in telligent Allianeenien of this section. We propose to publish a newspaper in tlie fullest acceptation of the term, and felt that we would be false to our pre- , 1 necessary for the public good., If the tensions, false to our patrojos, and false cncOi eauly SK?s j on g were continuous, there would ; to our cotton producers did we fail to gratify in r to the senses. While lo king upon this I | . and grandeur tli prosaic thought forced. be a vast accumulation of useless "teas- i te}1 them the ^ rue state of a fl* a i rs . It Itself uioi me, hv what means ttiaa** they* 1 ^ wiis right that h mhle members of such a fortune accumulated, as to e 1_ i now . Congressmen would want their this organization should know the move- able this uuny-tiiues millionaire to ex- j sa i,, r ies increased. They say they can- nientsof the enemy they were lighting, pend the ransom of a Prince in gi ati- | not live now as they " n Jjjjj und not be permitted to blindly continue I would buv a they get. Continual sessions vvouiU * J r.. not be beneficial to the country. In | a struggle when all the work they . . i fact, they would be harmful. 'J here is [ was undone by other parties, palace as an investment for las idle j ,,i reai jy too much legislation, pital—for by a judicious expend? lying a whim, as a child toy—for Mr. Klagner did not erect did c pital—:or ture these millions would have brought him many times more revenue than when placed in this winter home for the wealthy class of the North. .V few years ago the owner of these promises was comparatively a poor man. In an idle moineiit the thought occurred t*» him to fonn a vast combi nation or trust that would uontrol the petroleum product of our eonntr . The oppressive protective tariff laws— that are making the poor poorer and e tabling a favored few to gather into their coffers the wealth of the land—ei.- n* led this con-pita tor against the il luminating tiukl of the people to put Ills scheme into successful operation; a id it is said that his monthly income is now counted by six figures. When I thought of the source of all tli in beauty and in agni licence, another scene appeared before my eyes. The drooping foliage, transplanted and trained at such a great cost, became the bended heads of that countless army of poor sewing women, at their miduight lamps—struggling to give tlieir little cnes the daily loaf or save a loved daughter from a fate worse than death —who must turn their wicks lower, anil render still dimmer the pale light by which they wearily Si itch, stitch, stitch the dreary hours of darkness into day-dawn, that each m ty contribute her little mite to add to (iie gains of this monied autocrat. The Stately pillars that uphold the building are transformed into the bended form c-f the honest laborer, who must toil in tarkness or contribute of Irs scanty wages to this despot; who, had he the power, would pt-ee a tax on God’s sun shine. The musical fountains in the c-ourt, sporting with oryst.il waters drawn from the very bowels of tlie eart h, become the tears of widows over *ue tax wrung from their little lamps hy the man who scatters liis money as %VMStefully as tliey do the sweepings AN ACT OF JUSTICE. from their pour rooms. The towers pointing heavenward appear to call The Banner opposed the bill intro *hiced by Mr. Tuck holding our people responsible for a still larger amount of th • Solicitor’s insolvent costs, on the ground t: a* Mr. Russell knew what the ofliee paid when he accepted it, and bad no right to demand a cent more than the amount for which lie bargained to serve tlie people. We always endeavor to be < onsistent in our oppositoin 1> or advocacy of measure’s and now think it right and proper for Cl; rke county to continue to pay the Solicitor-General $’200 annually on bis insolvent list, as this sum was a part of the emoluments attached to the office when M r, Kusseil accepted it, and was so understood by that gentleman and the people. For years the other Solici tors have been paid this amount, and i i? but fair and right that the present incumbent receive the same showing. Ic would not be acting in good faith for the county uow to discriminate against Mr. Russell. While the recent decision of the Su preme Court declares the payment of this money unconstitutional, we do not believe the tax-payers of Clarke coun ty will objeet to continuing it, and our Grand Jury should make a recommen dation accordingly. When we saw Mr. Rns ell endeavor ing to have a bill passed shouldering a still larger pnrtofhis insolvent costs on our people, we advocated an amend ment to the bill taking away the sum already paid by Clarke comity. But th**re is no possible chance now for the passage of this act, and our tax payers are willing “to render unto Caesar th** things that are Caesar’s.” In our opposition to Mr. Russell’s LEI we were not prompted through per sonal unlives, but by an hor.e>t desire to protect the interests of our people. THE RUSSELL BILL. down rue vengeance of a just God upon j lhi« oppressor of «he poor. The mas- j si -, e blocks of stone in the walls are the petrified hearts of Mr. Flagner and his associate extortioners. The smooth and flower- bordered walks, the chains of servitude that bind the people to this heartless aud grasping speculator, who has it in liis power to permit the mantle of night to remain unlifted in the homes of the people, until the hand of the Creator raises it with the morning sun. I a»ked myself, what will be the end of all this? Can a government that not only tolerates, but olds and abets, such a great wrong much longer exist? Uow long, oh, bow Jong, will a patient peo ple meekly submit to such outrages? Is the day very far distant when the masses will rise in insurrection against tlie classes, and by a just and righteous exercise of their power and numbers, use these palaces—erected witili money wrested from them by means even more outrageous than when the highwayman, with presented pistol, demands your purse or your life—as funeral pyres to blazon Into existence a new form of government where the sweat of the toiling masses is not taxed to swell the fortunes of trusts? Or will the voters of our great county resort to the more peaceful Methods of the ballot, and burl from power a party that tolerates such wrengs, and place again at thl helm Democrats, who stand pledged to lift these burthens from the backs of the people, and enact such laws as will render the existence of trusts impossible in our land of liberty ? One or the other of these aUern..tives I s e as plainly pictured in the future as I s wthis • nr. lily palace erected by the held of a great trust in that old Spnu- Is’i eitv. We see that the Supreme Court of Georgia has rendered a decision, which settles Solicitor-General Russell’s bill, holding the people of Clarku comity responsible for any of his insolvent costs Some time since The Banner quoted authority showing that it was a viola tion of the State’s constitution to pay out this money, and this recent deci sion settles the correctuess of our words. It seems that the bill Mr. Tuck in troduced would not only have been a great wrong and burthen upon our peo ple, but was an illegal and uiu^nstitu- tional measure. This gentleman sup ported the Olive bill because he con tended that it insisted on an enforce ment of our constitution; now let him prove his consistency by withdrawing a measure that tlie highest legal tribu nal in Georgia declares a direct viola tion of the expressed language of this same document. A prominent engineer, of Pittsburg has prepared the model of a bridge with which it is proposed to span tho North River. This Pittsburg gentleman probably hopes to be famous with fu ture generations. Then he should con template a dozen or more bridges over the Hudson. New York will need them in half a century. Be it said, however, to the loyalty of the Alliaiieenien, and their devotioii to the pledge and argreemeiit they had made, that dispite their knowledge that, they lost on every bale packed in cot ton bagging, and that the buyer re-covered anti-trust bagging with jute, that they did not for an instant waver in their nght. Even the opponents of the Alliance must have felt respect and admiration for men who so freely and unanimously sacrificed their interests in defense of a cause they knew to be right. We are glad to feel that The Banner was the first paper in the South to point out a way to our Alliance friends by which they can successfully defeat not only the iniquitous jute trust, but also the cotton exchanges that conspired against them We now say to the Alliance,.“Lay on, My Du ft’, ami damned be he who first cr'lls, Hold! Enough!” Use yo-.:r cot ton bagging—use the Sibley mills c’.ot’n —yes, even tear the shirt from your back an i wrap yotir bales in it, before buying a yard of trust jute! < The buy er takes a tare of 21 pounds from each bale you sell, and this you have a right to add iu additional ties. You are now on the surest road to victory taken since the contest between the oppressors and the oppressed commenced. You are not now trying to accomplish an undertaking that must result in your pecuniary loss, but you are pursuing a plain, practical,business course, that is sure to win. Thk Banner does not seek to secure the support of the Alliance or any oth er class of men by concealing news, but is ever ready to prove its devotion to the interest of our farmers, for to these men do we all owe our daily bread. THE WXlTRE r .NT0N~TRAGEDY. The municipal campaign continues to warm up right lively and the can didates are putting tlieir names in the political pot. Everybody seems to he in favor of the Democratic primary. Athens will sparkle among Georgia’s most prosperous and beautiful cities when she has procured the new rail roads, the city park, and the electric JrhU. The McGregor-Cody tragedy result ing iu the killing of Gody in Warren- ton last Saturday has thrown the whole State into a whirl of excitement. It is one of the most notable tragedies that has occurred in Georgia for many a day, as both men were prominent and highly esteemed by their fellow citi zens. Tlie different vumors that have re sulted from the terrible tragedy go to show that there are seine dark myste ries connected with the old feud of which this was a deplorable end, and that some of the best blood of that sec tion of the State is stained with the causes of this direful deed. The truth of these rumors, however, is questioned by many. We do not believe thft there will be any more blood shed over the affair, for reports say things are becoming set tled and a peaceful quietude reigns in the little town of Warrenton, despite the fact that every one thought that the killing of Codr was only a beginning of a bad busines in that town. Maj. McGregor is now iu jail at Au gusta and awaits a trial. The affair is a most deplorable one, for it was between two much esteemed gentlemen of worthy families. HAPPY HIT. The Baaiter’s Pointer Proved Practical. 0 THE PARSERS WILL PUT HIRE TIES OH THEIR COTTOH-COVERED COTTOi C1E1M The Banns? thd Fir :t Piper to Make ti e Sclulicn of the Puzzling Tars Question. FIVE CGUHTIIS ADOPT THE PLAN. Tin: Banner's plan went like, wild fire. The farmers everywhere at or«ec saw the sound philosophy and economy in putting nine ties on their cotton-eov- ^PERFECT ered cotton to counteract the jute tare States Government. Endorsed by the heads of o and Puoltc Food Analysts, as the Strongest, Purest and most lleaitwfili Cl reat taj». Baking Powder does not contain Ammonia, Limeor Alum. Dr PHoe'-r. ,• r r - tracts, Vanilla, Demon, Orange, Almond, Rose, etc.,do notcontain Poisonous^ apd they have talked about it and reas- 91 PRICE BAKING POWDER CO., New York. Ch’ca^o "'t 0 ' i i mm , fril|il ct, '■O'Jijl oned over ic together until it has gained the universal approbation wherever it has gone. This approbation took the practical shape of a forcible resolution at the re cent meeting of the Alliance of five counties in this section of the State providing for a strict adherence to the plan as proposed by the Banner. The resolution was passed and tlie farmers j will all send Jtheir cotton into market covered with cotton bagging and with nineties embracing the white robed bales. We knew from the outset that the plan was a good one, and felt assured that a suggestion of it through on** columns would put the farmers on to .'a most valuable pointer. Our expectations to this end have been fully realized, and we feel that we have rendered the farmers a just anil most valuable service. The Banner professes to be ever on the alert for the interest of tlie farmers and feels gratified when it can be of ser vice to them. We have been with them heart and soul in their untiring warfare against the jute trust and when many of the exchanges at the North began to close down on the cotton bagging and on the tare question, we were the first to solve the satisfactory answer to tlie puzzle and The Banner feels proud to have given to the farmers, before any journal, the plan of putting on nine ties on cotton bagging, thus eounteract : ng any advantage that jute may have had in the tare.proposition recently adopted at the New Orleans meeting. Since this plan has been adopted, we have seeh vas’ quantities of cotton com ing into the city with nineties to the bale, and we feel sure that the farmers have opee again surmounted all ob stacles and are decidedly on top in the fight between jute and eotton. This plan allows the farmers to use the cotton bagging without fear of losing aught by the exjierinient. They have settled the whole question of whether cotton bagging could answer the purpose of jute in the affirmative, and we congratulate them on having taken up so perfect a plan as is this, and bid them a hearts godspeed in the work of whipping out the the jute. Our mission is to look out for the interest of the farmers and we warrant them we are always studiously contem plating their welfare. -AND- ATHEJNtr. MACHINE WOKHS, Manufacturers of Iron Castings, Mill and Maclu Shafting, Pulleys, HangerJ Baxes, Cotton Presses, M ills and Evaporators, Seed Crushers and Circulirj Mills soil tbe Atlas iSteam Engines, Injectors, jet JU Valves, Piping and Steam Packings, Water Wheels Belting Cloth. We have competent mill-riglits and send them out and erect mills anywhere in the can furdish estimates. Write to ns or call and >ee us fi r anything you mar need about your Cri.-t M 1! or u- ATHENS FOUNtu K I AND MaCHINl Athens, v^eorgifi GEOROl •» SEED COMPANY. M U'0% LO: (SUCCESSORS TO SOUTHERN SEED COMI‘AXY(, Wholesale <fc Retail Farm & Garden Seed THEO. MARKWALTER’S STEAM Marble and Granite Worksl MANUFACTURER OF MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES aND STATIUS! Stealing Bagging. A cotton man of Athens tells us that one reason that there is so much com plaint about the Alliance bagging is that draymen in the city are cutting out the ends of every bale they haul, and hiding the stolen cloth in their pockets or bosom to use it for making garments and other purposes. This of course leaves tlie ends of the bales en tirely bare, and the cotton falls out. It was some time before the compress men discovered this practice, and took steps to put a stop co it. The Legislature shows no sign or willingness of an early aljoiunment. They prefer to Settle the State Road question while they are at it, and it" is well that they should. ' ELM ON ELIXIR. A Pleasant Lemon Drink. For biliousness and constipation take Lemon Elixir. For indigestion and foul stomach, take Lemon Elixir. For sick and nervous headaches, take Lemon Elixir. For sleeplessness and nervousness, take Lemon Elixir. For loss of appetite and debility, take Lemon Elixir. For fevers, chills and malaria, take Lemon Elixir. Lemon Elixir will not fall yon in any of the above diseases, all of which arise from a torpid or diseased liver, stomach, kidneys, bowels or blood. Prepared only by Dr. H. Mozlby, Atlanta, Ga. 50c. and $1.00 per Dome. Sold by Druggists. A Prominent Minister Writes. After ten years of great suffering from indigestion, with great nervous prostration, biliousness, disordered kid neys and constipation, I have been cured by Dr. Mozley’s Lemon Elixir, and am now a well man. Rkv.C. B. Davis, Eld.M. E. Church South. No 28 Tatnall St. Atlanta. Ga. The | Farmer’s Alliance Warehouse and Commission Company has petition ed for charter and will begin operations at once. Enclosures, Capinge and Likenesses Guaranteed of Statues and Bu*ts, iMl’OKTEH NATION OR FOREIGN GR NITKORM RBLE. Contractor for Building Stone of al! kinds Floor and Heartli Tile and 1,110 Agent i*»r the Be t i ENCE COMP NY in the World. . heA Ofl* The mo t complete '••election of designs in the south, origin* -1 ! designs ti- 11 * n pondence solicited. Prices to suit the Times. 520 «n«l 531, BROAD STREET. AUGUSTA. GA H owell co b -t vs. the north- e as tern Railroad « o., the liteiuupnd and Danville lUilroad • o., the Richmond aud West Poi t Terminal Railway and Warehouse Co., ••nd tlie Centra' Trust * otnpany of New Yorkf Petition f >r relief and c ncel atlon $315,0 0 o bonds. Cla ko Superior Court. It appearing to the court that the she* ft has not served the Richmond and West l oint Ter* initial and vv arehouse company,and the CenPal Trust < om aniesof New York, parties defend ant in the above stated case, because the v do not reside inClarke county or the state of Geor gia, or have ag nts • r officers in add state, a-.d that they reside out of the state. It is ordered by the court that service be uerfected by publi cation upon said parties in Thb Athkns B\n- N/.n for at least two moatlu t efore the next term of • larke Superior ccur, 3d Monday iu Oc tober. 18S i. and that they then apoear to plead and make deitnse. N. I . HUTC *INS, judge of Sn eriorC- urt Western < ircuit. A true extract from tha minutes. C. I*. VINCENT, Clerk C.S.C.C. LAND SALE. By agreement all the heirs who are of full ago and for the purpo-e of division, the undersigned a* agents will sell to the-highest bidder foreash at the courthouse door in Athens, within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in No vember 188!), the two tracts of land in Clarke county, one on the Middle Oconee river, adjoin ing lauds of J. N. Weir and Mrs. Mary C. Benton and containing two hundred and thirty acres more ? or less the other the one joins above described adjoin sMrs. Mary C. Benton, and fronts South on the road leading from Athens across Mitchell’s Bridge and containing one hundred and live acres more* or less. Both these tracts He about live miles from Athens aad a:e valuable lands paitlyin cultivation and partly in original forest. Improvements suitable for tenants. The con tract of sale and the lam is mav be seen on ap plication to undersigned. The owners reserve the right to selbat private .-ale before the date above and the right to allow any one owner to bnyjat the salfe. JohxW. Weir Harvey Akcuer. ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. G EORGIA—Ol.ARiiE ( xi rrv— !?y virtue of sn order of the court of Ordinary of Clarke county, grimfe l at the August teim 1889, of sai l court, will be sold before tnc Court House door in Athens, Clarke county, Georgia, on the llrst Tuesday iu October next, within the lsgal hours of sale, the following pjxtpehiy to-wlt: All that tract or lot of land lying on ntrong street, With all the improvements thereon; lot cohtain'ng half acre, more or less. Terms cash, and sold as the property of Jair.ej Newton, deceased, Jobv *. WiM.ivo“sn Adm’r. G EORGIA, Clarke cousTY-TitM 3; ? Court of said eunty: „ - 1st. The petition or .James M.wg* min B. Williams, ueorge Dudley Thoan- desire to ue meorponucu .... .. •-j „• c the privilege of renewal at the « ^ that carry on is tnat oi a nnd' business , h ^ prop** Sffi?SSSiiSifiSllSS^ e f G s£ iI1 TIie capital Its ».<•“'ras"2*t£l£S<! M 755lBw*%SSSi f. p»»*« . w 5f2 to I at present twentv-Hye th M )d with the privilege of stock at will to one bundled thoa^ * Ten per cent, of said twenty lavs lias been duly paid m n-s tias been duly paid in. coad* l 'j!I| Wherefore petitioners pra> »® d iartJ a order granting lh.s application.*^ ^ gr itln-r them under the nsme, an 1 * an order granting in.t> •*ri'"-- t rating them under the . *’ g ^ciWd. pose and for the time ** ert “ ^ § yitvtt Petitioner*' W' 1 * 1 - Superior Co r*, do ime have been dulyfli from file minntes and that same have been duly » ed- _ „ t, Vm.-rKIlT.CIW*-* This Sept 20,1888. C. D. VnK*»*