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THE ATHENS BANNER. TUESDAY MORNING, TKBKUAllV il/lSS'O.
by
TH£ SLANDER AGAINST SOLICITOR
CENERAL RUSSELL.
The editor of this paper did all in
his power to defeat Hon. R. B. Rus
sell before the legislature for Solici
tor-General, and has opposed him
several times when he aspired for
office ; but we have always known
him to be, both as a gentleman and
an officer, a man of integrity and
honor. Even in the most healed po
litical contests through which M .
Russell has passed, there was never
a word whispered, or a thought in
dulged, that would reflect on his
honesty and veracity. The families
of Solicitor Russell and the writer
have been intimately associated for
more than a century ; and he is not
a scion from stock that would be
guilty of a treacherous or dishonest
act. Blood capable of such conduct
does not course through his veins.
So we write this editorial not as a
champion of Mr. Russell; but as an
act of justice to a wilfully and
shamefully slandered gentleman.
When we first heard the grave
charges made against Mr. Russell
by a WalkinBville correspondent 'u
the Atlanta Constitution, we de
nounced them ns false before ever
investigating the matter—for, know*
ing this gentleman as we did, we felt
convinced that there was not one
word of truth in them. Our confi
dence and faith’ in his integrity was
not misplaced, for an investigation
showed the whole story to be a tissue
of slanderous falsehoods, cunningly
concocted to wreck the character
and reputation of a young man on the
threshold of life, and w ho had his
future yet before him to carve
Iris own efforts. We cannot con
ccive a baser transaction than this
outrageous stab. It would have
been a far more heroic deed and
kinder act for the party who sent the
telegram to have plunged the assas
sin’s dagger into lue back of Solici
tor Russell, or struck the incendi
ary’s torch to his house, than to have
thus attempted an assassination of
his character and good name. There
can be neither excuse or vindication
for such conduct. The sender
that dispatch must have known that
he was giving circulation to a libel
for such a grave and outrageous
charge should not have been made
unless sustained by undoubted evi
dene?.
But this slander, like the boom
erang, will recoil upon its author
That publication will doubtless do
Solicitor Russell temporary injury
with those who do not know him in
timately ; but his vindication will
be so thorough and complete as to
overwhelm his enemies and place
this maligned gentleman on a still
higher pedestal in the confidence
and esteem of a just and honorable
public.
An investigation of the charges
against Solicitor-General Rnssell re*
vealed the following :
There was a negro indicted for
some offence, to which he plead
guilty, that Solicitor Russell, with
the consent of the county officials
interested in the case, settled for
$30. Ot this sum he received $15—
the rest of the money going to the
costs of county officers of Oconee
and if any wrong was done or law
violated, these gentlemen—whose
character and integrity no one dares
impeach—are equally culpable with
the Solicitor. A gentleman of that
county paid the fine, and the negro
afterwards left him without working
the same out. A demand was made
upon Solicitor Russell that he either
enter a new prosecution against the
negro, or refund his costs. A new
prosecution could notbeentered from
the fact that the negro had plead
guilty, and the State therefore was
slopped from a further prosecution
ot the case. Upon Mr. Russell’s re
fusal thus to prosecute, an effort was
made to indict him before the grand
jury—that failed, as the jury stood
twenty members for no bill,and three
for indictment.
This is the whole case in a nut
shell. • Mr. Russell only did that
which is customary with every So
licitor General in Georgia, and what
he has often done before. Jt is not
( condoning crime, and there is noth
ing either .dishonorable or unlawful
f D R* Many little cost cases come
up that caa be thus settled without
putting a county to the expense of
conducting atrial, and to have them
settled with the consent of all parties
Interested, is to the interest of the
tax-payers. Any one acquainted
with the business of Superior Courts
knows that this is a common practice
with Solicitors.
confidence iu his honor and integ
rity, and volunteer their assistance
in vindicating Ins good name.
The managing' editor of the Cons
stitution was not in hi3 tfflice when
that dispatch was received, or it
would never have been published, as
Mr. Iloweli knows Solicitor Russell
too well to believe that lie would be
guilty of such dishonorable conduct.
That Watkiusville telegram was a
miserable sensational affair, with no
foundation in fact, which an investi
gation of the matter would have
shown.
We learn that Judge Hutchins of
this circuit, and presiding at the
Oconee Court, is out-spoken in his
denunciation of tlu whole matter,
and sustains Solicitor Russell.
As an act of justice to Solicitor
Russell, we ask all papers that have
published the slanderous telegram to
reproduce this editorial.
To show the confidence of oar peo
ple in Solicitor Rnssell, so soon as
grftvu; chargsi were published
linst him, those who were bitterest
Solicitor-General were the first
ep lorward and express their
THE RUSSELL SLANDER.
Watkinsville, Ga., February 3,1800.—
[Special.]—In reference to T. L. Gantt’s
card in yesterday’s Constitution, in brand
ing tbe report of the Solicitor Russell case
from Watkinsville as false, I ;simp)y 6tate
in justice to myself and your great paper,
that Gantt grossly misrepresented the case
in denouncing your dispatch as false,with
out ever investigating the true facts. On
reading it in Sunday’s Constitution, he de
nounces it as false, when the court records
of Oconee county sav it is true.
John Calvin JonNsr.N,
Editor Oconee Enterprise.
In reply to the above, clipped from
the Constitution of Tuesday, I have
only this to say :
I am perfectly, content to leave
to a jury from Oconee count}’’ to say
whether Mr. J. C. Johnson or myself
has misstated facta. Solicitor-Gen
eral Russell has already employed
counsel, and will bring suit against
the Constitution for $25,000 for de
faming his character. This ease, I
learn, can be tried in any county
where that “ great paper,’’ the At
lanta Constitution, circulates. If
this be true, I will promise to use
whatever influence I may have with
Mr. Russell to induce him to try his
case in Oconee, and before a jury of
men who know both Mr. Johnson
and myself, and are acquainted with
the truth or falsity of our telegrams.
And furthermore, I think I can
promise for Mr. Rnssell that he will
consent to select men to try the case
from the grand jury box—the same
Mr. Johnson charges with indicting
him for malpractice This seems
and myself; and I feel assured that
Solictor-General Russell will consent
to my proposition.
The issue between Mr. Johnson
and myself is only this : He
stands charged with being tbe au
thor of a slander against a State
officer. From thg evidence before
me I believed tbe accused gentleman
innocent, and defended him—and in
defiance of the fact we were not
friendly at the time, and it is also
well known that Mr. Russell is at the
head of a paper soon to be issued in
opposition to Tbe Banner ; started
with the express purpose of injuring
our business. It would have been
to our interest to sustain the charges
against the gentleman, and weaken
him in the estimation of the pub
lic ; but such was not our policy.
We have nothing to gain by de
fending Mr. Russell, and were
prompted solely by the purest and
most honorable motives. If we have
telegraphed what was untrue, it was
not through intended or partisan
motives, and only did so after a care
ful investigation of the matter. 1
am willing to rest my case either in
the bands of a jury if the libel come
to trial, or before a fair-minded
and honorable public. I sms not on
the grounds as was Mr. Johnson, but
relied on the word of disinterested
gentlemen, who were versed in the
law and acquainted with all the
facts in the case. ‘ ;
T. L. Gantt.
P. S.—Will the Constitution please
copy the above ? T. L. G.
A NEIGHBORLY ACT.
About a week ago Mr. James L.
Bolton, a farmer living in the Pan-
Handle of Oglethorpe county, and
near tbe Madison line, lost his house,
furniture and a year’s supply ol' pro.
visions by fire. Mr. Bolton was an
industrious, honest farmer, with a
large and dependent family—inclu
ding four daughters—and by econo
my and hard work succeeded in
building a neat little cottage, com
fortably furnished, and had raised
enough meat and wheat to do him a
year. But in an hour he saw hi
home reduced to ashes, and himself
and family left without shelter. But
there does not live on earth a nobler
°r kinder people than those in that
section. Mr. Bolton was also a good
member of the Farmers’ Alliance
and this was the first opportunity
given the organization to put
practice the charitable and brotherly
teachings of their order—and this
they did, too, in a substantial and
tangible manner. While the flames
were at work destroying the home of
Mr. Bolton, his neighbors were
around him, and by hard work sue
ceeded in saving his barn, that bad
also caught. * Every bouse was open
ed to the distressed family, and so
generous and spontaneous was this
hospitality, that there was a friendly
rivalry among the neighbors as
who should have the pleasures ofshel
tering the family. But their kind
ness did not stop here. Even while
the ruins of this once prosperous and
happy home were smouldering, the
forests around were echoing the
sound of hundreds of axes
wielded by the stalwart arms of stur
dy Alliancemcn, and in twenty-four
hours from the time the flames first
caught, there were enough logs haul
ed to Mr. Williams’ saw-mill to re
build Mr. Bolton’s home. There was
no organized mectiug, but this woi
was a spontaneous, unsolicited kind
ness of neighbors. They did not
stop, either, with simply giving the
lumber to re-build, but put their
hands deep into their pockets, and
subscribed $250 in cash to help re
place the goods that were lost. Last
Monday evening Mr. Williams aver-
A FRENCH DUEL.
M. RUFUS STOPS A BULLET FROM
THE PISTOL OF DE MORES.
to
for
..... ... . a men were waiting with their wagons
perfectly fair proposition, and a test °
of veracity between the Watkinsville
correspondent of the Constitution
Several Negro Preashers in This -Section
Acting as Emigration Agents.
It is rumored that there are several
negro preachers in Madison and Ogle
thorpe counties who are serving as
agents to the emigration scheme that
has lately been stirred up among the
negroes of the South, by railroad men
and others to whose pecuniary gain
such an exodus would result.
It is said that these negroos are act
ing on the quiet and rarely make known
their purposes to the whites of their vi
cinities. It is also stated that they
have met but little success among the
negroes of these counties, and will con-
B, the following Saturday S"d“£ > .KSclSI“ !,r0 ‘ ! e“
red that he would not split a fix
a customer until every stick of lum
her for tbe Bolton house was gotten
out; and just as fast as it was sawed
BOYCOTT WANNAMAKER.
Pottmaster General Wannamaker
in his interview with Congressman
Carlton, has shown himself not only
an enemy to, but a slanderer of the
South and her people. He is deter
mined, in face of the protest of our
representative citizens, to foist a ne
gro upon Athens for postmaster^ and
thus heap insult upon injury, and
slander upon malice. To sustain
their self-respect, let not only the
democrats of Athens, but all over the
South, declare a boycott against this
miserable tradesman, politician and
bribe-giver. Do not order a dollar’s
worth of goods from his firm, and
refuse to buy an article that hears
the trademark of. “Wannamaker.”
This policy will soon bring this self-
ish fellow to a realization of his no
us policy, for it has beep dis 7
to haul it off and begin work on the
house,
night it is expected to have erected
for Mr. Bolton and his family even
better house than he lost.
Such kindness as this deserves
more than a passing notice,
shows the true teachings and prac
tice of the Farmers’ Alliance, and
will strengthen that organization in
the confidence and esteem of every
It
The neighbors of Mr. Bolton are
determined that he shall not lose by
this firp, and a committee of farmers
will this week visit Athens for the
purpose of buying household goods
to replace those burned. We feel
assured that our merchants and cit
izens will also lend their aid, for it
is to such men as Mr. Bolton that
we all owe our business and pros
perity. He is a man iu e^ery way
deserving both sympathy and gen
erositv.
their opposition to bis candidacy covered thatjthe nearest road to the
Postmaster General’s conscience and
reason is through his pocket,
HIS POSITION SUSTAINED.
The wisdom of Congressman Carl
ton’s declaration that ho would ask
no favors of the republican admin
istration, has been sustained by his
interview with Postmaster General
Wannamaker. At the earnest re
quest of our citizens, he consented
to approach that officer to try and
prevent the appointment of a negro
postmaster for Athens. Instead of
being treated as the chosen repre
sentative of his people, and with that
courtesy due a member of Congress
from a mere appointee of the Pres
ident, he was not only received with
discourteous and impertinent ques
tions, but was made to listen to
wilful slander against his constitu
ents and section. There is an old
saying that “ if you lay down with
dogs you may expect to get up with
fleas,” and it seems to have been
manifested when a democratic Con
gressman condescended to hold com
munication with.a republican satrap,
wlio had bought bis way to promo
tion by contributing to a campaign
corruption fund.
The insult offered our congressman
by the Postmaster-General should be
resented by every true and honest
Southerner. Let onr people show to
Wannamaker that he cannot stab
their good name with out hand and
empty their pockets with the other.
Boycott not only his Philadelphia
House, but even thess goods he is
fraudulently importing with his
name stamped thereon. The 1 people
of 15ewherry, S. brought the
Postmaster-General to terms by boy
cotting Uis .businhas, ami Athens
should be equally patriotic and have
as much self-respect.
The Duel the Desult of tin InstiUinrj
Artide. Pdhliih.cd Decently in the
Wounded Manx’s Paper.
Paris, Fob. 4.—[Special]—The mneh-
talkwl-of duel between the Marquis Do
Mores and M. Catniite Dreyfus was
fought this morning in the outskirts of
the little town of Coniines, ia Belgium,
just beyond the French frontier. At
the word of command Mi Dreyfus fired
and missed. The Marquis aimed more
deliberately and sent a ball into the
arm of his opponent, just above the el
bow joint The wound was painful,
but not dangerous. Had it not been
for the fact that Dreyfns dropped his
hand immediately on tiring it is very
probable that he would have been mor
tally wounded.
M. Dreyfus, in a feverish condition
and with his arm bandaged and greatly
swollen, is now lying at Lille, where he
will remain untill the doctors allow
him to return to Paris. M. do Mores,
accompanied by his seconds, reached
Pans this evening in lime for dinner.
Besides the principals nine men wit
nessed the duel; two seconds, one on
each side, two doctors, a French officer,
a fnemlof M. de Mores; M. Van Es-
tande, owner of the property where the
fight took place, and The Timos corres
pondent. There was no other newspa
per representative present.
CAUSE OF THE QUARREL.
The duel in many respects was a re
markable one. It was occasioned by an
artiele written some days ago by Drey
fus in La Nation, in which the well-
known political writer said a number
of things about the Marquis which the
latter considered insulting.
He said the Marquis’ father was a
banker, his mother a Jewess and lie
himself a word not usually printed in
high class newspapers, but it begins
and ends with the same letter. A few
hours later he received a challenge to
inoral combat. The conditions of the
duel were that if neither was wounded
after firsttround aseiond should be fired,
and sifter that a third if necessary.
As both men were expert shots their
many friends Poked forward to the re
sult with serious apprehension.
For years the Marquis de Mores has
been accustomed on immense cattle
ranches of Montana to the constant use
of a revolver. It had been his boast
that no thief had ever stolen one of his
horses or steers—and lived. Mr. Drey
fus had long enjoyed the reputation of
being among Parisian journalists the
one whom it was particularly unadvis-
ablc to challenge. He rarely missed
his man.
PREACHING EMIGRATION!
The fact is just this, the ’ negroes of
this section remember too well the emi
gration plans and the disastrous result
preached to them some years ago
Bill Pledger, and they
are like the burnt child who dreads the
fire. It will be a hard matter for any
negro preacher to preach the doctrine
of emigration into the minds of the ne
groes of this section of the state any
more.
These negroes who are taking their
texts upon this scheme in Madison and
Oglethorpe may as well desist from
their tricks. Their congregations know
they are paid to do it. and will turn a
deaf car to them every time. The ne
groes know where they have most
friends and protectors, and they will
remain in this section just a little while
longer in spite of the preachings of a
few would be emigrants.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Some Brief Bemmlscenses of Athens’ Con
federate Soldiers.
Dr. Joseph Orr of this city has in his
possession several clippings from the
old Banner and the Savannah Morning
News about the enlisting of the Athens
Guards, and the Troup Artilery in the
early days of Cl. These clippings are
extremely interesting,giviug the names
of every member of these companies
with a brief account of tho companies’
organization. The Athens Guards were
managed by the following officers :
Captain II. C. Billups; 1st Lieut. F.
M. Daniel, 2nd Lieut. D. B. Langston
3rd Lieut. G. E. Hayes; Orderly Sari
geant G. A. Carlton, 2nd .Sargeant A.
M. Wynn, 3rd Sargeant A. S. Mande-
yille. 4th Sargeant S. L. Alexander, 5th
Sargeant J. S. Williford. 1 1st Corporal
R. H. L. Huges, 2nd Corporal R. A.
Whitman, 3rd Corporal R. M. McAlpin
4th Corporal H. M. Delacy. One of the
members of this company, Mr, Richard
Hughes was seventy-two years old and
had served in the war of 1812, but is
said to have stepped as lightly as an v of
the younger ones. lie had three sons
two of whom were in this company and
one in the Troup Artillery.
In speaking of the Troup Artilery
the Savannah News says: “Of the
companies already arrived none have
presented a finer or more soldier-like
appearance than the Troup Artilery
from Athens, which reached Savannah
yesterday morning. They number
sixty-nine men, rank and file, with
three six pounders, one of them rifled
The following is a list of officers:
Captain Mareellue Stanley, 1st Lieut
Henry H. Carlton, 2nd Lieut. Alexan
der F. , Pope, 3rd Lieut Edward P.
Lumpkin; Ensign, Pope Barrow; 1st
Sargeant,Geo. J. Newton,2nd Sargeant,
Geo. A. Homer, 3rd Sargeant, Ruel K.
Pridgeon, 4th Sargeant, Baptist H.
Swan: 1st Corporal Lee Lyle, 2nd Cor
poral Lafayett C. Cooper, 3rd Corporal,
Thomas F. Baker, 4th Corporal Wm. H.
P. Jones.
KING COTTON.
SOME INTERESTING POINT
ABOUT ITS CULTURE.
The Earlici Siistosy of Molten. 21i
tt hilrity und the Cotton (<i«. A.it
falsremUns Article from n
I‘ro«s»eroa» Farmer,
History fails to give, an aviv.ar.t of
the time when cotton was first culti
vated. All we know about it Is .that
India, China, Egypt and the eastern
coast of Africa are the oldest .cotton
producing countries. It was found or.
this country when discovered by C6 :
lumtnis in 1402, anil was first cultivat
ed in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Dela
ware, Maryland and Virginia iu 1730,
In North Carolina, South' Carolina and
Georgia in 1735. It was cultivated in
small patches, not more than one or
two hundred feet square, and when
gathered was spread upon the hearth at
night to dry, and all the family were
employed iu separating the lint from
the seed, with their fingers. It was then
carded in,hand cards, spun on tho spin
ning wheel, and woven on the hand
loom. In 1670, throe bags were shipp
ed from New York. Four from Mary
land and Virginia, and three barrels
full from North Carolina. The bags
shipped from New York and Virginia
would probably have held three bush
els.
Tho cotton gin was invented in 1703,
and the cotton trade of the United
States did not become of much impor
tance until the beginning of the pres
ent century. (If the readers of this ar
ticle will call on the clerk of the court
of Washington, Wilkes county, Geor
gia, lie will show you the cylinder of
the first cotton gin ever made, Eli
Whitney iuventor.)
In 1800, seven years after the inven
tion of tho cotton gin, the crop of the
United States was forty-eight million
pounds, of which twenty-one million
pounds were exported. In 1810, the
crop was ninety-four million pounds.
In 1820, the crop was one hundred and
eighty million pounds, exported one
hundred and twentv-fiye million
pounds. In 1825, the crop rose to two
hundred and fifty million pounds. Ex
ported one hundred and ninety million
pounds. Aftor this the account was
kept in the number of bales of 450
pounds each. In 1830 the crop was
870,415 bales, very little more than Geor
gia now produces. In 1831, the crop
reached for the first time one million
bales, it being 1,008,S IS bales and grad
ually increased to 1870, when it readi
ed 2,177,835 hales and has continued to
increased until we now produce 7,000,-
000 bales, worth $300,000,000, and the
men who make it do not save one dol
lar out of twenty.
In 1770, Arkwright, of England, in
vented the spinning frame, and in 1775
Cartright invented the power loom. In
England thcro are nearly fifty million
swindles and in-If a million looms, em
ploying more than a half million opera
tive. It takes eighty thousand bales of
cotton each * eek to keep this machin
ery running, and at least a million and
a half are dependent on cotton for their
livelihood. England takes of our crop
about three and a half million bales.
Tho continent of Europe from one and
a Half to two million bales. The bal
ance we manufacture at home. The
first cotton factory in the United States
was built in 1791 at the at Pautucket,
R. I., by Slater, who served his ap
prenticeship under (Arkright, the in
ventor of the spinning frame. The sce-
and was built in 1795. The third in
1803, and the fourth in 1804. There are
now in the United States nine hundred
cotton factories and they have about
eleven million spindles and spin two
a quarter million hales of cotton
and
57 CLAYTON STREET,: ATHENS, GEORGIA.
Can be found PiaiVos^Orghhs, Guitars, Violins,
n.-mins am/rh* nnil nil L?nlo Ar
Banjos, Sheet Music,.and all kinds of
Musical Instruments.
he LOWEST PRICES. Picture Framing' a
specialty,. A large lot of frames
now on hand at
astonishingly
Prices,
“Feedyour land, and your land will Feed you.”
Ben Franklin or some other “Irishman” was authority for this state
ment, anil very true it is. To fatten an animal, give him good, rich, whole-
come food in sufficient quantities. To raise a boy to be : a stout healthy
man give him a plenty of good substantial diet that is suited to his con
stitution, and to raise a good healthy stalk of cotton, or grain that will
produce large returns, feed your land with Fertilizers that are composed
of the best elements, mixed in proper proportions. This you will find in our
Magnolia -la^oicSL,
O. 2c5L.\ IJis.lSones,
Matcliloss Cotton G-rowoi*.
33is. Bonos.
These goods are composed of the very host guides of Phosphates, Aniuai
AT1:S * ajj d Fotasu. Our Goods moused more extensively in thin section than any other
t\lii di ia a guarantee of quality. \Y e meet competition from tn? Quarter. ^ 1
rourt, Truly,
OBS & IHUTItTTlEIR,.
'or prices, &c., call on W. C. Orr, at Webb &. Orawford’a. j an ia~wSin.
JEF-
SEI OUR IADSES’
KID
BUTTON
Guaranteed as G-ood,
AND AS
H.
As any Shoe Sold for 50c. a pair more.
rn
E & BRIGHT WELL
AGENTS FOR-
THE CONTEST ENDED.
Flemming Seated as Governor of West
Virginia.
empt
to corrupt any.member' of the Jogislar
tqre, but that there*Dvas . sufficient evi
dence to cause a suspicion against Stol-
liuger.
A vote 'was then taken on Judge
Maxwell’s resolution to seat Goff, re
sulting, ayes 40, nays . 44. It was a
strict party vote, President Carr votiug
with the Democrats.
A vote was chen taken on Chairman
Kee’.s resolution to seat Flemming, re
ding ayes 44, nays 40, Carr again
voting with the Democrats.
only two hundred of these factories ar
in the cotton producing states. They
have a little over a half a million spin
dles. May we not hope the time will
come when the bulk of the crop will he
manufactured where it is raised.
Wc see from the foregoing what pro
gress we have made in the production
and manufacture of cotton from the be
ginning of the present century until
now. Let us see what we do with it
and how much good we get out of it.
We have seen that the crop of the Unit
ed States is, in round numbers, seven
millions of bales, worth sill of three
hundred millions of dollars
As Georgians, let us speak of our own
crop which ranges from seven hundred
and fifty to eight hundred thousand
bales. The crop of 1887 sohlfor thirty
millions of dollars. How much of it
went into the poedets of those who made
it? Let the report of the comptroli
general answer this question, lie says:
Tho increased valuation of property
for 1888 over 1887 was in round num
bers, eleven millions of dollars, and
that nearly ten millions of this increase
was in the cities and towns, and a lit
tle ovqr one million went to the men
who made thirty-two millions. Whero
did the other twenty-one millions go ?
To the north-west for horses, .mules,
corn, meat, flour, hay, wagons, plows,
axe-liandics, hamestrings, etc. Would
it not be ,,better for us to make these
things at home, and let our cotton be
a clean profit to us ?
Since Joshua led the children of Is
rael into tile Promised "Land , no people
on earth ever had abetter heritage than
we of the Southern States.-Lct^iis not
squander it, but hold on to it and leave
it in a better condition to oUr descen
dants than when it came into our pos-
ession. Senkx
HON R. B. RUSSELL.
He la Endorsed in Oconee County—What
Judge Thrasher Says.
Meeting Judge Edmund Thrasher,
Ordinary of Oconee county on the
street yesterday* he remarked to Tin:
Banner editor:
“I want to take your hand and thank
you iq behalf of the people of Oconee
county, for your article this morning in
defense of Solicitor-General Russell
You have stated the exact facts." I have
practiced law and been a county officer
in Oconee,for fourteen years, and every
Solicitor-General who has ever served
in this circuit did exactly as Mr. Rus
sell has done. I was counsel for a nc-
JOTP about whom the trouble was raised
anff so far from the Solicitor doing any
thing wrong, he acted at the solicitation
of the parties interested,and-in the in
terest of the taxpayers. In fact, he
lost §5 of his costs in - settling the case
and it was an aetof.kindness, .instead’
of self-interest, on his part to do so.
There was doubt about convicting the
prisoner, any wav. The gram! j ury
did not. fftid a bill of indictment against
him, as was charged. In truth, 1 think
the telegram was sent before rhe mat
ter was decided, atid the 1 Constitution
• correspondei t undertook 7 to guess at
.yrhut would be done. 1 ’ - <►
J.T. ANDERSON,
No, 111 BitoAD-SriyAwcBus* Ga.
. .. . n<; .1 in i. ,
’ 'Call on me. I have always on hand forms for
sale and to rent. Also cny property for sale
and to rent, Jan, 7—tf.
BrooksCotton Planters, Clark’s Harrow’s, Wood
Mowing Machines, Josh Berry Grain Cradle
THE) ATHENS
FOUNDRY & MACHINE WORKS,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
SIauufactures Iron and Bras
Castings, Mill and Gin Gearing
and Machinery, Shafting, Pulleys,
■ . . » y. idj mm . r
Hangers, Ac., Circular Saw Mills,
IlaDd and Power Presses, Caae
Millsand Evaporators.
\Ye sell Disslon’s Saws, Rubber
Belting,-Packingof all kinds, In»
spirators, Injectors, Valves, Piping, Fittings, Steam and Water Guages, *c.
We are now making Portable Steam Engines, which we sell with an
absolute guarantee as to quality and 'Workmanship, and at prices that defy
competition. We also sell Atlas and Ames Engines, Turbine Water
Wheels, Mill Stones, Bolting Cloth, and everything needed about a mill
or gin. , . , . . ■
Call and see us or write to us before buying.
Guaranteed to.nut 2000 toot Lumber per day; ifth Morse Power Eiflit
I Ip , 0 , w ha7e the Smith Gin aud Lint Shw Guiuui*7ftf
I aw\feeut for a i '- a repair all kknl of (Hus
i out qjgeui ior lue Deloach -aw au i iiiU machinery.,. Jtor more information, address.
Jan 14—wem * W’W. SMITH, Box 2S3, Athens,-6ft. *
dan. u—wqa. Or see me at me Vincent Hoow.