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i«-f%]h > Athens Banner, Eat 1832.
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ALLIANCE department.
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-;OK«*K T. MURRELL. Editor.
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ATLANTA'S CRAZE.
THE GATE CITY WAS WILD OVER
A BIG ELEPHANT.
ce the Pressure on Agriculture.
: in the ne*8papui6 long
I f , lines iu the vy.>tl l of trade and
. b , t wit i a f-wesc pti ns the f«il-
1 rfa mer# ant ngricnlt-riits s r.ev-
.> ii worthy <>f comment by th*
1 rii- furnishes our merchant
I’ s wi ll " h t 5,1 >' ciU1 ROtw arg...
11 1/:, j, cl iin i g that as » cl.vs t e Ltr-
1 . .. re i » e t i eonl tion, financially
W *'-ikiit* r thai 'o me <ftrale. They
'forget that n< wspai er tne« are
' , v . ,. ;t ihJr rs, ami seek a 1 the time to
‘.'.‘"i'lTl ■ ei ertnuts. If the aetual cost,
jrth’e farm—I mean to m»v all
i7-. s at euiluut upon it—were
llt 01 ,e column, an l the prio rt-al-
in mark, t.» »a e °f pr d< cts, auil | u hile newspaper man, show man anil
va nation (•«•_ uon tbat^ eventinngielse—Miles Turpin, is given
MARKED COMPLIMENT TO
AT FORT WORTH.
And Prefers a Circus to Scott Thorn
ton’s Heavy Tragedy—A New Opera
House for Atlanta—Otner Items.
i i *
Atlanta, Ga., May 10.—[Special.]—,
A casual reader of the Atlanta papers
just now would probably come h* the
conclusion that Atlanta’ .is animal htad.
Editorial space and local spa< e, day in
and day out, is devoted to
Animals!
The Constitution is responsible for
the craze, ami .tluit erratic ceuius, erst-.
Business Before the Baptist Conven
tion Yesterday —The Firs
Sign of Victory for “Kind Words”—
Terms of Union.
IttltT lfORTH, Tft.- May 10.—[Spe
cial,]—Ou|b of thirteen’ nominations for
vlce-presiftentfe of the convention, as
follow's: J. B. Hawthorne. ofGec/rgia;
Charles L. Cox, Of ‘Virginia-: Thomas
H. Pritc .artl, of North Carolina; A. T:
Spalding, of Texas; T. f. Eaton, of
i/
.i,Vi ( in”.! by the family se in tli • ered
;[ c.» mi!, in nine cases out of t n then-
j. ■» i ilure on ha-it'. Only about one
Pinner «>nt of every ten succeed Vi
ln ,r,tt ng one cent over and above fam-
n'.,'..v|,|.|7si.-s. About half tlie reinain-
If.,;> to pay out at the end of
'l.,~ year, if Ibis’is n t ‘‘broke,” what
i. it'- Wiien a merchant fails, he walks
,i, ,ut f„r a couple of weeks with much
,„ .;urhation of spirit wb?n iiis assets
! tm l lialiiloics are summed lip and pub-
lisiieil, Ii opens on the other corner of
il„. treel and looks as calm and eom-
, hufiii as 1 ' ever. When the farmer
lie i> dead broke for 12 months
: ,[ ie’ist. lie makes no great ado about
ii, just sets out ton a ramble to find
tlier I'llrin as a tenant or laborer,
while the old farm goes into the hands,
of the sheriff.
II,- gathers up atwo horse load of as-
„.;s, puts them into a liability wagon,
hii.-iies up two liability mules and
meres oil’down the road saying.
-Man's ii.h'im uuty to man
Matins countless thou‘amis'memm.”
Now the reason this is not mention
ed in the newspaper is because there
lire too many of them taking place dur-
inj; the first week in January each year
audit is not considered a "break” be
came the pour fellow had nothing in
the beginning and never will Until the
the ras.-als are turned out of our Na
tions I Assembly and honest, true men
take ih.-U’ places.
A U,\\ necks iiiO it vyas thought Wor
th! of i-oiumeht by tiie L’rc s that sev
eral farmers of Lunraster county
lhi.. hail delivered up their estates hav
ing become hopelessly bankrupt, ln
lie- same paper appeared an account of
•Jim farms in New Jersey in one county
pa sing under the Sheriff’s gavel to sat-
i-ly mortgages held over ,t|ie farms.
.Mortgages for what*? Not for borrowed
money to speculate on. Not fori lie
riskingl$l,OCO to get $1,500 in
21 hours time. Not for the 'purpose of
iiivcsi ing in merchandise to measure off
ami weigh out at a clear profit ql 25 per
i m. .Not for money to invest in town
ieis to he disposed of at handsome pro
fit- when a boom has struek the town
and some bigger fool comes along. Bui
nn 1'ooti for u e hungry and raiment for
the ii ked,for shoes to keep the chi ldren’s
iin out of he winter snows and
mpnlies to enable them to lie strong
vi thru they may continue to walu
the tread mill of the laborers daily life
wide ut hope of reward. The people of
Pennsylvania are const ante quoted as
examples of thrift and sobriety educa
ted men who conduct their larins oft
business principles, who make every
rage cut ami cvfery stroke of tiie arm
remit. and, yet we Had in Lancaster
eo oi'v, several of her best business
i.nmefs giving up the struggWin hope-
le-s .h spair, and this, too, in a’ county
«i. iv i he annual ;» oduels of the.I arm
unit to $ lO.bdOjkKi,. 'Why is tjiis’r
i here poor follow s are fold that it its be-
.-e of Western competition. The
Vi i -inn farmers are told that they bear
tliM brunt or an unequal contest, and
they must not give up, that their eman-
ei. aiion will come with the growth
•i local markets and more diversi
fied production. Make the farm self-
sii.i.iioing they say and then, the. farm-1
it- eau afford to give the balance of
fair boi^st, and arduous toil toward
Wiping to feed the world, and that uo-
V.ily has the right to complain so long
soul and body can he kept together.
In other words the horse has uo just
i.iu-,- of complaint if after a bard days
«ork he finds oorri and fodder iu his
trough.
in the expenditure of the vast sum
exuded from the farmers by way of
"tidj’.ial taxation their needs are never
■’oiisidei-cd. J’oliticians glibly talk
‘‘liom *:io0.000,0d0, for the navy, of
?2,HL<ni0,t>00 for coast ■ defenses,
"i 000,(100 for pensions. Apd while
liny work up salary grab systems
9,1(1 hatch out new schemes’ whefeby
salaries may be iueieAfeed in amount
tuid number. While engaged in this
prniiiahle work for themselves and their
“ ts- they stuUiou.-ly jgAore.ui} claims
'be farmers and producers may have on
(lie government they sustain and sup-
I t t. They even go so far as to say 1
1,1:11 ( he governhieut has no tight
knew.
'•st security the world ever
flies- Hue gentlemen that bang
around the U,. S. treasury.. vaults l|ke
a ’possom
on iplass
tdcongh-
'"•nnddogs‘round a box
!“ R, that Lave been faf
b gi-lation for24yfears
‘"g and heaving the moment our hon-
'"'t suh-Treasury plan is mentioned in
ba*’ sensitive hearing and begin to
("■’•vl and grow l alnuit class legislation
•“bi -o on. Some of our Soiltherh eiii-
lor the wav
!,5»-
^ake up suddenly on tin
" ability sidt Of tiieque'stioti,- ,
J<-’"ipt to ridicule the plan itself
‘ oer that supports it. I suppose it
,m l ir a(’ticable to the bin a
' , ?>e t paren-
- '. 11,1 (heir capacious moqths open
. *ug twee dee, twee ’ oes* flir' cvoy
Sm,!? ll,at from the
C ithern farm.
■>h a system of taxation, by which
ion.'. , llU1 lKl!f t,,e pTofeperltjr of the
1 ry eseaixis entirely, that class or
i„ 3 e knowu as the producers find an
catio assessed against them,
r 11 . a f? r (culture‘ represents but
' I’ 1 '! 111 the capital and one-half the
; ltlon , it either directly or indi-
tl». about nine-tenths of
and Jr”' T° r public expenditure,
hini Jif' 11 P r od ueer wants to project
u „against unjust speculation by
so ion! of amue of the money
a.,d '.,„ ra : 0l,slj ' wrung from him, a. hite
mmt if ‘a raised against him. Congress
(he*Iin* .'.“ade to realize the right- of
n, usUu’ St f , ,n Evolved. The presa-To
iuthe,people, will rise
u «t L'lv ^P 86, And the - v wil1
1 he long about it. •
aher eatin'e.'heartburn. sick head
J.*
the credit fur the suggestion, auu'Dr.
S. It. Holland thinks some of tlte credit
is due to him, but the public doesn’t
ititiee with tiie doctor, and Turpin is
known as the daddy of that elephant.
Joe Harris is the ,wet nurse., Joe
heard Mile’s suggest)pn, and lost no.
time in letting the public hear q< it
tlirougli the Constitution. The scheme
“caught on” at once, and now the quar
ters keep rolling iuto the editorial rooms
just as the dollars keep rolling.into.the
business otHoe, and tiie children have,
been made to take an interest in tb: el
ephant by a promise to print the piciipre
of every child who sends in.ten dollars,
and already the great daily is begiuuiug
to look like an advertisement of Mul-
lin’s Infant Food—or somebody else’s.
Not to be outdone in the animal bus
iness, the Journal is after a lion for the
Zoo. . . . ..... .
The elephant and (lie lion have be
come the principal topics of conversa
tion on the streets. Bob Hardeman has
stopped talk ng polities'aiid is devoting
all his time to raising quarters for the
elephant. The dozen or more would-
lie governots who make it a point to
drop iuto Atlanta every week have
hAiight the fever, and evi-n Judge 1 leh-
ilevson has forgotten he is a candidate
for election to his pres .tit pos tion. ' i
•Al. are severely afflicted with auitual-
uionia.
Meantime Keeper Havens, of tile
Zoo, is lrncpy. He says notlifng; But in
his dreams-he imagines himself a mod
ern Noah. ;
This week we have had out annual
attack of Thornton, and with the -wan
ing of the theatrical- season Atlanta’s
young trti-ge-di-an s combs out his am
brosial locks, takes a ypef in the one
gal levs which serves as ii belt f clothes
himselt in a new suit of tragiedignify,
ami prepAres for the fray. , a i
Last,night i»e was with us. <
Fun? Bather, and the pimple of At
lanta know ^cbtt and ’appreciate 1uht{
and take him ah he ought to be taken,
ahd if you can't get a dollar’s worth of
fun out of onto of Scott Thornton's per
formances you must lie hard tor please
indeed. . 1 : •
Scott is no Booth—though he thinks
he is. But as a purveyor of burlesque
that bears the stamp of genuineness, he
lias probably no equal on the American
stage. He played ‘•'The Fool’s Re
venge” last night, and with the -able
assistance of as bad a lot of amateurs as
ever graced nn Atlanta stage, succeed
ed in making a great deal of fun:
Amf’’money toil. Heretofore Scott
has biien reaping-only the exjiericuee—
bis nianagersjhave got all the. money
tl ere was to get. This time Scott de
cided that his cup of experience was
running over, while the bottom had.fal
len out of that containing his money,
and lie determined to reverse tilings il
possible. . lie not only, made all busi
ness arrangements hiimoU, but he car
ried tlip hand-bills, hung '.he litho
graphs,. posted up the posters—did
everything that. Was to be done, and
with no assistance whatever.
A house which netted him $403 was
the result. The happiness which
Scott'S face indicates is beyond des
cription.
The announcement that we are to
have a new tneatre is good news.
A great many people think it is too
good to be true, but I
believe Manager DeGive means
all that he says when he announces his
determination to give Atlanta the fi
nest theatre in the’Sbutft. ■
The purchasers of the old capitol
building i have talked i Pf revepor*ting
the old Kimball -Opera House-which
•nee existed within those wallspbut
there is not , much likelihood of that
b-.-’ng done—none at all if Mr.-DeGive
goes ahead with his proposed new house
The fact is, Marietta .street property is
too valuable for opera house property.
No opera house in. a v.ity of Atlanljf’s
size can pay an interest, pn.tty;.ground
it covers, when that ground, is' , worth
hxlf a million dollars an acre, n ...«:„H
ULAI.F A .MIH,lp,N- !.
,. Somebody . has been, figurijug on the
value of central^ property},’ oWHBm
the recent sale, of tho BcJtzW Mopcrty
;u a criterion by which; to , jqqge. : tpe
price perfpQt... ol,. ,d .Jiio {
One thousand and three hundred dol
lars a front foot,for property, on a fide
streetr-and yet Atlanta does pot boom.
Values are . iiiierea&ipg daily in
Atlanta and, yet they .are. nptr;
ao .ectperts , teJL ; me—tqy higli. -1h»
fact is the whole state is on a sensible
sort of-a b<>oni and the,next lour years
.will show the biggest, growth, the. ernes
of Georgia bave;evor known., ,t.
The past week has been decidedly on.
eventful , in State politics as viewed
from,the Capitol. . , t-.ii
# The sale of the State bond* was the
big thiug up there—and a big thing it
was too..- Beyond that, there was prae-
tically nothing. . : ( qs
Judge.Nisbet, the aged Secretary of
the, executive departoeut, and Lomp-
trollen-General Wright,are absent from
tlwir offices, Botlf .of them have been
very well, but to-day the chances for
their recovery are,reported as,excellent.
Governor Gordonjias gone to his Tay
lor county plantation, «• Major. ri a, , ll, ‘
mond, Capt. Tip Harrison have
w eight of the State on . their shoulder-s
The absence of the Governor means. I
dearth .of news, and the Capi tol. FSPb*’*
ters are sad.
ia; J.K. Graves, of Teriuesee; L. L.
Polk, of North Carolina, w’ho 'is presi-
lent of the National Farmers’ Alliance;
JJ. II. Carroll, o.' T« x:is, aitd J. B. Gam
brel 1, of Mi.-siasippi—tlife'four elected
were Drs. J. B. Hawthoriie, F. IT. Ker-
loot, J. L. M.'Curry and Judge H. B.
'Ely. * '
HIS FJtlKNDS DKLIOHTKD.
. Owing to certain, events, Dr. Haw-
thorue.’s friends and .admirers were spe
cially delighted by. the liandfjorrie com-
pliiuept pu,id him by tbg cdhyention, iu
(electing Jiiui as thy flrs\. vice-prfcsnlent
by. nearly bhe li u ijd red, votes more than
the votes rgeeived by aiiy tither pomiiiee.
Dr. Ticbenor’s report on home mis
sions was' Madisonian in style, and
showed tluit the honie board, instead of
being injured by its connection with
‘‘Kind Words,” has received, the past
ear ,$15,000 more than last year.
Dr..Tupper read an abstract of the
report ou Toreig^ nTsripns, showing
$15,OOOi received, and growing prosperi-
“kikdwokps.”
Dr. Frost gained the (floor and offered
Iiis “Kind-Words,*’ resolunons, provid
ing for the permanent establishment.of
the same as the property-of the conven
tion. • ' '•'< ’
There was quite a flutter throughout
the assembly, as an objection was raised
to Dr. Frost having even-five minutes to
explain. A -division 1 was called for,
showing four hundred in favoi and
thirty-seven ‘ against the ptopositioh.
This was ctihnted as the first token of
vietory -fbr Kind Words.
By motion of Dr. Hawthorne, a com-
inittee of one from each-state,, <ou Dr.
Frost’s resolutions, was appointed and
asked to report-Monday morning < at lb
o’clock, when the greatest-discussion
ever w itn«?sed in ; a rejigiqus, is ex
pected. _L
Judge Ilillyer, of Atlanta, will put ip
1 stroug paper- snpixirting Dr* Frost’s
views of the ease. u- ' ; .! .-i K
THlfniBLE THE STANPABD,
Dr. .EqtOu waked up the iiousein his
resolution to propose ‘terhis<bf TtiiioA
with all. religions denominations, the
Bible tb’be the standard.
. Another exciting divfsibn with hifn-
dredsfor, and only few against, result
ed. . . .. ,
Tiie only other notable event ot the
day wjw, the eomnr.unicutioh home by
Dr. J* ii. Kilpatrick, presLlent of the
-^tarr
^ • Lirer tml Viii.
hirer ud Kidney]
tefeat that
clew:, that the
to it. A spier
a splendid cand
By the way, here the latest (iu’ erna-
tnrial mi- -,-i ion. A big-Lodied. '“ ,r -
hearted Georgia ^oy whose
business sense has put bun .at the ; hcacl
Major Marion d. Kiser,
Why not?
ATHENS GEORGIA. TUESDAY MORNING MAY 13, 1890.
VOL. 58—NO. 24
DR. HAWTHORNE.
HIM
AN
DAVIS-HARPER.
INTERESTING LETTER FROM
ELBERTON.
The Parties Not Yet Met~A War
rant Sworn Out for Mr. Davis’ Ar
rest—His Statement Not as Full and
Satisfactory a3 th. Public Expected
~An Encounter Daily Looked For.
than met tlie lii^h expectations of
a masterly eolivention sermon, deliver
ed with great unetioii and power.
The convention is so large iliat never
for ouce have all the .members been
seated together although the.beautiful
church building is quite large.
THIS MOKXiXG’S WOMK.
The second dny of the convention
opened in a deligh^fu^atuiosphere, an«t
a business aspect characterized every
movement;of the body. .The Georgia
delegation is foiling to .lie .overflowed.
The chair, ^in announcing the special
chair, s.latyd fhat ’lie’.had called tbjjis
iissistance the counsels <f tbe v>}:e-
presidents of the eonveiitiori in selec
ting the 'comrnitteb; Both Sidas of the
“Kind tVords” controversy were duly
and fairly ‘fepfe^ented. ‘.Perhaps thel
I members of tiie Wrii-bn tiou never lis
tened with more bortcerto ' te thfe an-'
Inonncemeiit of a committee. l !
■ tjik coMMrrrkE. \
I The following is a list of that com
mittee: -J. M. Frost, Joseph Sbaukle-
itord, W.:E, Atkinson,:N. A..Bailey, J.
U. Kilpatrick, E. C. Margin, CY. Dur
ham, Joshua Levering! E..H:; Kerfoot,
J..L. lawless, J; B. Gambrell, W.
L‘:Sji»i^i* W, S. Pennic^c and B. H.
Carroll, i.j j« 1 • , ;i: I
I ..The Georgia members are. deeply-
gratified iuJiaving Dr.: J. ,H. : Kilpat- :
I rick, tbn president of the Georgia Bap-1
tist convCnt^ou, to. represent Georgia
on this important committee. ■
’’THE SKMIXARY.-*-
The douv'ention is in
I ; Dr,j Kerfoot : op&fl^cl burff^t
statement and shewing tlnil if the mera-
to the endowment, Louisville, Ky.
stapd^ ready; to lay an ‘eqiial'iimount
upon'itV ’, ’ ‘ •
Dr. Braadiis fs rioWwihnibJi His way
to the hearts 'bf’tfie'isseiiibly abd to
Ltheir pocket,books . an4‘ i‘; great collec
tion is expected^ “" '
ii ■ * ■' ■■■' 1 (ec _ ,■
This remedy is became so. -.well kno^n
end ponuUg aa to need no ifi< ntion f
All who;have used Elefifnq B*y«ya sing: ihe
’xene sonv qr.^eJt.pprcr.nwW'i)*^
opt exiabanJit ifrgjwi ‘ .
S claimed. Electric I
tefi Liyey and Kidneysi will re-
ffloye Pvsplrk B .iif, Sail jSH)e H m and o
W jjfieqmoub enured by , rmpuie. blood
iWU syatem i
nreveni as well as.ciire all Malaria feyi
F«r cure of Ih adache. Constipation . and
lndwestioa iry EU-cnic Billers—Entire sat'
Elbkrtox, Ga., May 10.^—The' Davis-
Harper affair is still the all-absorbing
topie of eonversatio . hert, and our peo
ple are fearfully awaiting the termina
tion of the . ittieuliy. They see no way
in which to prevent blood-shed,although
several of our citizens will take upon
themselves to try and effect an amicable
settlement,’if such a thing is possible.
Mr: Harper believes that he was justi
fiable in taking the extreme measures
that he did, while it is not supposed
that Mr. Davis will accept a peaceful
solution of the insult he received.
Mr. Harper is still on our streets. He
went up to Franklin Springs' for a few
days, but it was at a time when lie had
rernou to believe that b*a antagonist
would not be in Elhertpn.
Mr. Davis’ card was not just what his
friends expected. It was thought that
he would not he content with a general
denial of the serious charges against his
character, but produce such, proof os
would vindicate him before an impar
tial jury. It was gtgteiaUy understood
that Mr. Davis had certain facts iu his
possession that would vhididate’his good
i ante. • If this be true, he i*.doing him
self an injustice to withhold them. A
simple denial of so grave a charge, ami
the published denunciation of a man
who has already inflicted a most de
grading punishment upon Him, is - not
satisfactory: .-f ut,.
The stateiqent that, according to the
code of honor,’Mr’. Ham Carter, (Davis’
second) should have challenged Harper,
in turn, on his refusal to tight his princi
pal, is a correct one. But Mr. Carter was
expressly; requested not to flo this, as
l’hil Davis.tlesired to take the matter
into..his own hands, anu vindicate his
diameter without outside aid’.
t The lady wl)o figured in this affair, it
s underwood, lias sworn out a warrant
against Mr..Davis for assault upon her
person^ and as soon as this gentleman
returns to Elbert county he will be ar-
Wifted ou sight. Of cmirse lie can give
bond; hut a, knowledge of this fact-kept
Mr. Davis away from Elberton when
tie was over here recently. In fact, it
is said that yrhile he stopinnl with Aik.
F. Deadwyler during the fjay, he. slept
at iiight across the river, as he did hot
desire to be arreste<l at that tune. His
friends say that when Davis returns to
Elberton—and they are expecting him
iaily—he will surrender at once, give
bond, anti .then act. as a brave and inno
cent man should do.
It is a mistake that the citizens who
were in that iudiguatioi) meeting will
rescind their action. They are all hou-
*rabft men, and- will Cheerfully do this
if Mr. Davis viudieates his character;
hut they are not as yet satisfied with his
canL Tbp popular sentiment in Elber-
ton, I should think, is u5otiff equally
divided between Harper ami Davis, but
the latter lias a decided majority of the
mint ry’people onTiIs ride.
Mr.. 4Urper:is «ontinually seen on the
treets, and does not appear in the least
tiervous or oXeited; hut sueii a situa
tion, of course, must he unpleasantly
felt by eyen the lira vest of men, As to
l’hil Davis’ .courage, no one ever
doubted it.
This is howi the matter now itands.
flow it will eiid no one eau tell. We
all fear the worst. I will wire The
Jl a nx Kit any new or startling develop
ments. . , CdxtoutVfTiv*.
COL. L. F. LIVINGSTON
Says No Ond is Authorised to An-
’ ‘ ‘‘ nounCe.
Atlanta, Ga., May 10.—[Special.]—
There have been, flying rumors on the
streets for several days to tbe effect
that Col, Livingston wohIU announce
within ten days that he is a candidate
for tiie office of Governor.
Col. Livingston was seen in the city
today aud was asked about the truth of
the rumors. .
:.“you can say that ,uo . one
4, authorized U? announce or to
deny that;I.am- a . candidate, or to say
that any trustworthy statement upon
tbe. subject will be made within the
next tun ..days*”.!. L
Colpnel Ijviugsfon also said that he
.would not, at this time, say wnether or
uot he would : be ifi.the race, .,j j
To-uiorrow,” he said, “I. shall leave
for Washington, Q. C,, to go before the
house, committee on ways and means,
and glv« nay. views on, the. sub-treasury
plan. They also want me to testify as
to the efiec) J^e jilan would have,- apd
wfiat are the nature apd extent of the
evil it seeks, to remedy* I shall appear
.before tiie comtoittee Tuesday..’?
THAT LIGHTNING ROD MAN.
A Word of Warning to the Unwary
** About the Game He Works,
THEG„g,AN.
The Gradate Settling on : the Outskirts
oTAthens, ’ 1 “ (
The : i ail road contractors are.-: now
building cabins oh Mr.- Dave Gann’s
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febitSdAWly
THOMAS—SMYTHE.
'fhere is a lightiiing rod agent qjvw
traveling thrpugli' Northeast Georgia,
we leairu, who is playing some. people a
sneaking trick. c . , uar y, i, , {
He' claims te put «P a lightning rod
^ inost scien-
from doing jp is
r -- ot ^
ngs of the unwary fanners thpt
cannot possjbTy serve any. purpose, hut
house by any glass hon-copductors, but
simply fastens the rpd ioTfie roof with
a piece of tin: 1 This eoiidncts the cur-
rentbf Electricity inimetliately to 'the
roof’and makes it eiiceetUngly danger
ous to live in a liouse over which one
pf these snare-traps for Jupiter is
placed.
AN OLD
GEORGIA
CALLED.
DUEL RE-
An Eye-Witness tc an Ante-Bellum
Duel on the Savannah River De
scribes the Scene—The Coolness and
Courage of Both Men—The History
of Judge T. W. Thomas.
Mr. J. B. Cofer, of Oglethorpe county,
was in Athens, Friday, and gave us au
interesting account of the famous duel
between Judge Thomas, -of Elbert, and
Mr. Smythe, of Augusta, to which af
fair he was an eye witness. Mr. Cofer
says the dnol was fought at Vienna,
over in South Carolina; but not a
vestige of that old town now remains.
At the time of tiie fight there were a
few houses, but they have long since
disappeared from the very face of the
earth.
The night before the duel Mr. Suiythe
spent at the home ot Mr: Gofer’s father,
who was his friend. Joe says lie was
cool and collected, aud did not appear
the least nervous or excited. In fact,
shortly after retiring to his room, he
was heard 1 udly snoring until morn
ing.
The combat did not take
place until late in the after
noon, when tbe belligerenp parties,
with a large number of friends, met at
tbe Savannah river. Tiie news of tiie
duel had spread all over the country,
and at the appointed time there was a
large crowd of people assembled. As
Judge Thomas stepped into the flat, he
remarked to the bystanders.
“Gentlemen, won’t you come operand
see the fun?”
After the belligerents had been fer
ried across the river, a coin was tossed
up for choice of sides; which fell in
favor of TUomas. The sun .was low in
the horizon, ahd he took a position with
his back to tin! orb of day, while Mr.
Sinythe bail to face it. Both tuen took
their stands, and not a nerve quivered.
The weapons were old-fashioned du
elling pistols, with an immense bore aud
silver mounted. Ti e word was given,
and both parties fired simultane
ously. Mr. Sinythe’s ball flew wildly,
while Judge Thomas’ shot struek the
ground about mid-way between the
two parties. At the second fire Mr.
Smythe again shot wildly, and the
Judge’s ball struck at his feet. Thu
latter’s weapon curved too few, but he
noticed this, and with thp utmost cool
ness and deliberation kept elevating
the muzzle. (Thu third shot was de
manded. S nythe’s bullet passed with
in au inch of Thomas’ Head, while the
latter’s shot took effect in bisoppofidnts
legs. Smythe, however, did not show
that he had been hurt, until he at
tempted to make a step forward, ween
hia limbs gave way and he sank, upou
the ground. Ji
• at this some one in tiie orowd
cried out “Hurrah for Thomas!”
which Sinythe’s friethls resented, and
one man announced that if tiie party
would let his name be kuown that
he would be challenged to stand at his
friend’s peg and receive a fire, himself.
For a.time it looked as if the duel
would terminate in a general fight, but
quiet was at last restored, when tin
c ndition'of the wounded'man was ex
amined into. The ball bad passed en
tirely through the Jog, and Mr. Cofer
says he saw a surgeon draw a silk hand
kerchief through it.
Judge Thomas did not seem in a haste
to leave the ground, but lingered for
some time, apparently waiting to see if
Smythe aud tils friends were satisfieu.
Mr. Gofer says he could go to the very
spot where the duel wus fought, al
though lie, was a small boy at'the
time; tuyl stood behind a tree near Mi*.
Smythe while the firing was: going on.
At that: time public sentiment was
favorable to the code duello, ad the
banks of the Savannah River, in this
ipoality, were the scene of frequent en
counters of this nature. But the days
of duelling are now past, and all the
lighting is done at long .range, and the
missiles used are harmless telegrams.
Mr. Hitoythe was at that time editor
of the Augusta Constitutionalist, while
Judge Thomas was one of the ablest
jurists ant beat men Georgia ever pro
duced. He died iu Elberton during the
war, and is spite of the general grief in
Which our retire country was enshroud
ed, his peonle were deeply stricken at’
their grea.il loss. He wa3 one of the
•grandest statesman 1 our State ever saw,
and had Juflge Thomas survived, he
\yould have been called by hjis people to
ihe highest position in their gift. His
Widow and okly daughter still reside in
Elbert county, The laster is the wife
of Mr. Asnury'. Tate,' one of Georgia's!
-beat citizens aiid most successful farm-
,«*• I,..!’. V . .h ■■ ■
y iT5-,i ~T
1 ''OOD ONE.
at onep.
■■ ‘Is cipsumptldnlncurable.
R ad the following: Hr. C. u. Morris,
W*kfri'.'**., ‘<Aysr“WAs down kttb Afe-
cess of Loe'es, and frtends ahd physic tins
liroimuncrd fee sn Incurable OuLtitiip iye
Bef.au taking Dr.'King's New Disco'/eiy
‘e,j«sf^6hd theteineterr,'ufi'd in
w. days dirt Wffl be brokea.'at our tte, aiid dWe urovatoot(he work ’on my
.’T.-PBUnqu twrurai ^n.rrrr - j ^-■
my
farm, ■ th kffM^Mt'ntd bine brer made.
Jrwt Muu’lcwart, Decatur Onio; s ,vs;
“H*d’il:fi<*i been lor Dr. Emtj’s NtwaDls-
(cuVrry for Consumption 1 would have ilit-i
of Lung Trouble*. Was given up by doc
tors. Am now in best of. .health." Try it
S imple boitles free at Jolm Of awfoul & Co
Wholesale and Retail Druggists.
GOT A I
The, Boss Farmer of. Clarke Talks.on
His Crop—A GoodProspect.
Got-much of liprop ?” asked a'BAX-
KKB man of Mr. A. iv . Dorsey, who ia
couceded.to make more, have more old
corn on band; better horses and better
beeves and hogs than any other man in
the State.
“I mu perfectly satVified with the Out-
look, and I can safely\say that my crop
prospect is far better man 1 ever saw it
before. I run a pail of my farm my
self, and only biro lalor done for ihe
money. , On ibis, I have, not planted a
seed of cottoii, nothing \but corn, aiid
plenty of it is nOw -kneebigh and looks
freehand, green. ; . \
“The wheat crop is not
as It has the rdst, and wi
much as it should J . .
“The last.rains brought
there will no doubt be a
cnop made. ,. . ■/
‘!1 have some refite rsw * , °*}j ve plant
ed considerable'cotton, and it has come
up splendidly. I never . saw \*i better
stand qf cottqn. .Some, of iny\ renters
iire'dohe chopping, aiid cotton
ing finely. .‘-vqo - ; ■ . i
“I don’t g > much on cotton, lut will
show corn with any one in the suiroiind-
iug counties.” ,>• ' L*
Mr, Dorsey,is one of pur best farmer#
and raises everything at home; wit;
pldntyto sell. ; : \’
Si _ d iltHOLt*:/, :
Puke and Good.—No, manor wofmi
bvert 61 the humblest Srtst; cifn real!
strqug, gentle, pure and good wil
by the very existence Of that goodnesi
.Skiff, thejewgler, is, bcipg„coi
and helped 'con'll ini hi !
age Ih: received from the pure and goot J
as this class of customers ulvvajs par
their bills promptly. * ,MF ~
promising,
not n.ake os
it i
t oats, and
" average
CAUGHT IN CAMILLA
ALLAN FLOYD, THE WOULD-BE-
MURDERER ARRESTED AT LAST.
He Turns up In Camilla and is Landed
In Jail—.Officer McKle Leaves to
Brins Him Back to Athens,
Allan Floyd is in jail at Camilla.
lie will be brought to Athens within
a few days to auswer for iiis frightful
crime committed in this city several
days ago.
Jriist Sunday ni.ht it will be remem
bered Allau Floyd became engaged in
a difficulty with his wife in Athens and
terminated the row by enttiug her se
verely, may be fatally.
The would-be-murderer escaped ar
rest at the time by skipping, to parts
unknown until yesterday.
Chief Gran Olivet, of the police force
received a telegram yesterday from the
sheriff at Camilla stating that the negro
had' been arrested at that place and
iwaited an officer in the county jail.
TO BE BROUGHT BACK.
Officer John McKic, of the Athens
police force, left yesterday afternoon
for Camilla to bring the assaulter back
to the Clarke county jail to await his
doom iu the court.
Allan Floyd and his wife foimerly
‘ived in Camilla, but becoming entan
gled in a quarrel the dusky wife in her
anger left home last week and came to
Athens, Tbe husband pursued her and
tiied to force her to return home. Upon
her flat refusal to do so, he stabbed her
very severely last Sunday night.
The woman may yet die.
LATER.
A telegram received in Athens yes-
ferduy announces that Alien Floyd
ha>l suicided in tiie Camilla jail by pris
oning himself.
EIGHT CO FOR LIFE.
"Honest Man’s Friend and Protect
ors.” 11
Marietta, Ga., May 10.—[Special.]—
The seven Convicted “Honest Man’s
Friend and. Protectors” and Bewden,
for murder, all convicted at the last
term of court at Jasper, were brought
here for safe keeping directly after their
having been found guilty, ahd lodged
in jail.
WENT TO TIIE PENITENTIARY.
Yesterday Special^Guard Turner, of
tiie penitentiary, came here and carried
the prisoners to the Dade county coal
mines, where they will lie placed in
impri onment for life for tlieir crimes,
full particulars of which have been
published.
TIIE BIGGEST BATCH*
This is tiie biggest , hatch of life pris
oners that has ever been sent to the
Georgia penitentiary in the history of
the State. Much of the excitement ju
l’ickens county has quieted down.
Disease lies iu ambush for the weak:
a“feeble constitution is ill adapted to en
counter a malarious atmosphere and
sudden changes of temparature, and the
least robust are usually the easiest vic
tims. Dr. J. II. McLean’s Sarsaparilla
will give tone, vitality and strength to
the entire body.
THE SUB-TREASURY - PLAN.
It Will be Discussed next Tuesday—
Prominent Alllancemen Advocate It.
Washington, P. C., May 9*—[Spe
cial.]—Tbe Alliance legislative commit
tee, of which Dr. Macune is chairman,
has arranged with Mr, McKinley to give
them ajieai’ingou Tuesday before the
committee of ways and means. The
Pickier sub-treasury bill will then be
discussed and explained. This is a sim
ilar measure to the one introduced by
Mr. Vance in the Seitete.
WANTS MR. LIVINGSTON-THERE.
Dr. Macune has telegraphed to Col.
Livingston to' be here on that date/and
a similar telegram has been forwarded
to R. M. Humphries, of Houston, Tex
as, the- general snperintendent of the
National Colored Alliance. Col. J oik
will not be on hand. He is now at Fort
Worth; Texas, with the Baptist conven
tion.
PLENTY OF SPEAKERS.
But there will be no lack of able
speakers to present the’ bill to the com
mittee from the Alliance standpoint.
~Dr. Macune will mske an address, and
so will Alonzo Waddell, of North Car
olina,and it is hoped that Col. Living-
stbn will'findopportunity to appear.
.CONSUMPTION CURED,
' An old physician, retired from practice, have
bad, placed in his handa by an East India
missionary tbe formula of a simple vegetabo
remedy for the speedy and permanent core of
Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh,. Asthma,
and all throat and‘Lung Affections; also, a
positive and radical enre for Nervous Debility
and all Nervous' Complaints, after having test
ed its wonderful curative powers In thousands
of cases, has felt it his duty to make it known
to his’suffefing fellows. ’ Actuated by this mo
tive, and a desire to relieve human suffering,
will send free'of charge, to all who desire it,
this recipe, in Uerinan, French or English
de»-Sl-ly«o w
Politics in the Ninth.—A gentle
man; who has just returned from an ex
tended trip over the 9th district saya
that the Hon. W. E Smith, of Buford,
lias the best showing of any of the can
didates for Congressional honors. The
Alliance will staff*' by him,as he is out-
spoken for the farmers. Our informant
say,- the plow boys will rally to his sup
port.
A Handsome Home— Dr.B. I.Hamp
ton is erecting one of the finest houses
in the city'on .Fairview Heights. His
residence, fi«hen completed, will coBt,
>ve learn, over $3,000. It is only one of
a dozen such Houses as Will be built in
this section the coming summer. . I« ;; a
mouth the street ca*s will be running
through the Lilly Lands and the
Heights: ”-*J .ii • t.v
MURDER WILL OUT.
THE GHASTLY DISCOVERY MADE
BY A FISHING PARTY.
The Body of aColored Man Found In a
Creek near Greenwood—The Story
of the Murder.
Grkenwood, S. 0.; May 10 -[Special]
While fishing on Corouaco Creek, on the
plantation ot J H. Crawford, about six
miles from ibis plac-, yesterday afterooou,
a party of uegro children.discovers 1 what
they believe was ihe arm of a human body
raised a few iuclies above the water of the
stream Oiher persons were called, and in
a few minutes the body of a negro man
was raised and brought to the shore, trial
Justice W. K. Blake was uoiifled of ihe
Hod, aud at an early hour this morning ha
aud several other persons from this place
wuni to the tc *ne of tbe tragedy.
A jury of inquest was organized and an
examination of the body was made by Dr.
B. C. Cobb, who afterward testified that
the death of the deceased was caused by
several blows on ihe headsnd fsc*,any one
of which would have caused death,’ Other
witnesses were examined and from their
testimony it was learned that the murdered
man was known as Jol.n Brackett,.said
ibat he for some omo bad been cutting
crossties in company with a negro kuown
as John Creipbal), alias Van Tnonias, who
is, no boudt, the murderer, os the follow
ing wifi s.iow:
Ou last morning Friday the two negroes
went lo their work aa usual. About 8
o clock in the afternoon Tuom&s alais
Campbell, went in the house of Mr Craw
ford, by whom they were employed aud
lefttbe tools, saying UfeKi Brackett had
gone away and that they would not work
any more before Monday. He tlieu w-nt
awayau'l bos not been «eeu in that locality
since. BraciteU had been paid iff n day or
two before the murder and it ia bff|«v.-d
llioi robbery aaw tbe motive in the raur-
der.Tnese facts were ail brought out in the
testimony on which lh- : jury based the r
venlici that the d C-*nsed came to his death
at tbe bauds of Catnpb II, alias Thom
as.
The two inm cnnit* front Rutherford, N.
0-, a short time ago, audit is known that
Vau Thomas baa received letters at this
office from some person in Newb rry.'
DAN1ELSVILLE DOINGS.
Fork District Carries Stock Law.-The
U. S. Census, Personal, Ac.
Daniklsvillk, May 10.—[Special.]—
At the stock tew election in Fork Dis
trict on Tuesday, «th iust., the vote
stood : For fence, 45; Stock law, 4J.
This is the first district iu the county to
carry an election for stock law, though
many elections have been hvld in the
county.
Airs". £. R. W. Meadow has returned
from an extended visit to her daughter
in Alabama.
Uncle Billy Bowers has treated us
nicely in the app •intineut of census tak
ers for our county. All intelligent white
men.
The next census will show Madison
county’s population increased 25 i**r
cent., and the county is making rapid
strides forward in material prosperity.
Cultivated acreage is being largely in
creased every year with corresponding
increase in building. .Madison county
is getting there.
.. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. „ _
Thus Best Salve iu the world for cuts L Court of Clarke county,
nes, UlC'iT* Salt Rbenni, Fever T ' “
,] Sor> s, Tl-Uei, Chopped Hands, Chilblains
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, . tind pos-
Siok baadaob* is tbe bane ut many liv.ii.
This unuoying complaint may be aured and
£ revented by the ocoasionat ua* of Dr. J. d '
loLaan’s Liver and Kidney Fillets [little pills. '
THOSE NEGRO ANGELS.
The Latest News About“Matt” Davie
iand Dudley.
Washington, May [Special.}-The
confirmation of Buck’s negro angels for
the Georgia postotfices is st 11 hanging
fire with great qiiietude at thp capitol*
It is possible and, in fact, tiighly proba
ble that Dudley will get left. His
chances for the Americus postofllce are
growing beaut fujiy less as the days roll
by. The republicans in the senate 1iave
come to realize! that it is a mistake to
put a man of Dudley caliber on a large
commercial t iwn like Amgricqp, and
unless Mr. WaiUmSS^SesaJ^with-
drew the naminutiea.it
WILL RK BEAXEN
in the senate,” Dudley will bo provided
for if he wants a job. There are several
thousand places here inte which he
wouM fall. The -big navy yard smith
shops offir something in bis llne and the
pay is liberiil. ;
The Impression is that Athens will
have to ■■■ ■ : > ■ ;•*;
PUT CP WITH MAtT DiVIS.
The petition from that city' : to Mr.
Wanamaker was strong, but the’ Geor
gia republican machine recognizes that
some few colored men must be provid
ed for if the 'morals of ihe,‘party is to
bp preserved aud so while they may
yield in the Dudley ease they refuse to
recede an inch in the case of Davis,
Many people habitually endure a foaling of
lassituda, because that think they have to. If
they would take Dr. J. H. McLean's Sarsap
arilla this feeling of meanness would give
place to vigor and vitality.
; ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I announce myself a candidate for
Representative from Clarke county in
the next General Assembly of the State
of Georgia, subject to the action of the
Democratic Party. > -
Apr. 5. dwtf. Andrew J. Cobb.
* ...T 1 . i T .
I announce myself a candidate for
Representative from Clarke county to
the next Legislature, subject to endorse
ment by the democratic voters. ’
Apr. 5. 1890. Thus. S. Mkll.
I hereby announce myself as a candi
date for Representative from Clarke
county in the next general Assembly
of Georgia, Subject to the action of the
Democratic party. ’
TOlbebt N. Lestkr.
April 9, 1890.
;— •
I oli a candidate for Clerk of
lively qn
'Is euarall
faction,or
res Piles, or no pay requii
tmOwiri perfect satisfni
i money refunded. > Price 25 cents per box.
Democratic nomination.
*ij ' hi . J ' K ‘
I respectfully announce myself as i
candidate for Cfierk of tiie Court of
Clarke county, subject to Democratic
nomination. T. J. Poas,