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ATHENS GEORGIA FRIDAY MORflNG, JULY 24,1885
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GEN. GHANTr)EAD!l vill *” ,ob ” il ^ thispeat ^ ,nk li?e
He PiiK.sc* Away Without
a Struggle,
The Remain* Will Probsi-
bly be Buried m Wash
ington.
Atlanta, Ga., Tnlv 33.—Gen.
Ulyaaet R. Grant «!»•?«! lbi« morning
at Mount McGregor, five minutes
aftei eight o'clock. Ilis demise had
been momentarily expected forsev-
eral days, and his family were
all gathered around the couch of the
old hero. He passed away without
a struggle, and just before his death
asked for water, which was given
him. His remains will probably be
interred in Washington. The whole
country is wrapped in gloom at the
sad tidings, and telegrams of sym
pathy are pouring in to the bereaved
family from all countries. Gen.
Grant's wife and children r.re al
most del rious from grief, ar.d re
fuse to he comforted.
to the south and let it force the
western connection. There R *
better chance jpf the Athens & Co
lumbus road forcing this former
line than the extension of the N. E.
to Clayton doing to. The city of
Athens at ont time came within
$10,000 of purchasing the Mary
ville road, but the trade fell through
owing to certain parties in Augus
ta, interested in the project, hacking
out . ;•
1 he Third Georgia.
We return thanks to Col. Clai
borne Snead for an invitation to at
tend the reunion ot the id Georgia
regiment, tabe&eW M N&yneeboao
on the 29th anti 30th insta.
Fine Vegetables.
An old colored gardcnei for Mrs.
E. P. Bishop, of this city, ygaierday
handed us the largest tomato and
sweet potatoe we have seen this
year. The potatoe weighed exactly
one pound. Mrs. B. is certainly a
model gardener.
Wheat Burned.
Mr Terrell Cochran, of Wilmus
district, in Banks county, had a
stack of wheat burned on Monday,
containing 60 odd bushels of grain.
The fire caught from the thresh
engine, just as they were making
preparations to thresh out the wheat
The Fruit Crop.
We have seen no good peaches
yet, and the general report is that
th • crop will l»e small and insignifi
cant. Apples and pears are all
Watermelons are abundant,
but sin dl in size and lacking
flavor.
A SCHOOLOF TECHNOLOGY-
MORE ABOUT RAILROADS.
M A PI SOS KCOHKI A SOT HEJl FOIST, ASP
UOIJM OLT TWO A I.TEES'A T1 VES
TO AT HESS.
THE IS'Jl’SCTJOSISTS JIA VE SO HOPE OF
WIXSISa. HUT "SLY FHlHT/XO
nut pe la r.
The railroad excitement gathered
Jresh force ycstcidaj, upon the
turn of PiCsideut Pope Barrow and
Mr. E. K. llodgson from an ins
tigating tour to Madison. These
gentlemen report that little city
in a fever of excitement, and deter
mined on building a roa.i in some
direction, to get lioin beneath the
grasp o.f the Cential syndicate.
They say they greatly prefer going
to Athens, hut if our city turns its
hack upon them that they will
build 10 the south an independent
line and tap the E. T., Va. & lia. at
Jackson, in Butts county, that will
give them the same advantages that
they would have by connecting
with the R. & D. To this end, four
gentlemen of Madison liuve pur
chased the rond-bed ajid charter of
the Madis' n, Monticello & Griffin
road, and with a cash subscription
of $100,000, will offer it to the E. T.,
Va. & G*., provided that company
will equip them a line. The people
of Madi*on .mean business, and
know no such word as tail. They
also propose to turn this money and
road-bed ovet to the R. & D.,’ pro
vided that line extends to them. It
is well argued that a line from Mad
ison to Jackson will deprive Ath
ens of every dollar's worth of trade
and every hale of cotton she now
gets from Madison, and our people
will then he forced, in self defense,
to build the A, & M. road from
their own pockets or lose a big slice
of business. It this is done, it gives
Madison three competing lines, and
will indeed make her the great mart
of this section, and sap Athens as
dry as a bone. These new devel
opments are opening the eyes of
our people, and they scarcely know
which way to turn. Madison’s
claims took a big hound yesterday,
and several of its bitterest opponents
have now fallen into line.
We are reliably informed that
the gentlemen who filed that
injunction against the city council
have no hope of success, but all they
want is to delay the consummation
of the trade until the question can
bo thoroughly sifted. Our people
are still badly divided, hut we feel
assured that they will unite on a
plan that they think will be*t ad
vance the interests and prosperity of
our little city. We learn that
Messrs. R L Bloomfield. Talmadge
Bros., Hodgson Bros., O’Farrell &
Hodgson, R. Nickerson and E. I.
Smith, all prominent and represen
tative business men and vitally in
terested In the prosperity o£. Alli
ens, are now in favor ot accepting
the proposition made the R. & D.
by council and let that company se
lect its own route.
All hope of a through line to
Knoxville is given up, and the
only chance of filling the gap be
tween Tallulah Falla and Mavy-
Death of a Young Lady.
Miss Rivers, a daughter of Mr. J.
Rivers, who lives just outside of
e city, died Wednesday night
last. ileijfuneral was preached at the
B iptist church, and her remains in*
teried in Oconee cemetery yester
day afternoon.
Railroad Travel.
Travel on the North-Eastern rail
road for the past month has been
very good. People from South and
Southeast Georgia in search of the
many summer resorts of’ Northeast
Georgia pass over this popular
te The Georgia road is also
•g a fin»* passenger business.
Prohibition is Gainesville
The plan lately in vogue in Gaines
ville, of allowing drug stores to sell
liqnorupon the certificate of a phy
sician has proven a delusion. Drum
mers played around the city with
whole books of certificates. One
d 11 g store took in 350 liquor pre
scriptions in twenty seven days.
The Fence Contest
Judge Jackson is still sick And the
contested fence election in Clarke
county will not be tried to morrow,
as Dr. Pope says the Judge will not
be able to go out for four days. As
the lawyers will be absent at Oco
nee court next week another delay
must be granted.
Tk« Nacoochee Gold Mina.
Mr. Otis Childs came down from
the mountains yesterday, bringing
in a fine lot of gold dust and nug
gets taken from their Nacoochee
mine the past few days. A very
rich vein has been struck, and tliere
is every prospect for this property
paving handsomely. Mr. Childs
will leave in a few days to spend
awhile at his home in Massachu
setts. A
Athens feels a vital interest in the
bill now pending before the legisla
ture to establish a School of Tech
nology in Georgia, as there is but
little doubt about its being located
in our midst We have already the
nucleus for such an institution in
connection with the University, and
it would require but a small sum,
comparatively, to start it op. There
is nothing more necessary for the
advancement and development of
our state than educated artisans.
While a classical education is all
right in its place, this does not open
enough avenues for our young men.
What we need is skilled mechanics
of all kinds—the very class of men
that we are forced now to import
from the North. A graduate at
college has but two avenues
open to him—the law and the school
house. He is unfitted for anything
else, and as a consequence these
professions are now overcrowded
and receive fresh recruits at
every commencement. Besides the
apparatus connected with the State
University and which can be used
iu a School of Technology, there
are located in Athens every clftss of
manufactories, the doors of which
will be thrown open to the students. ^
Our little city has already produced | Athens a big sum to keep up, and
a number of self-made men, now *-
filling lucrative and responsible po
sitions in the mechanical world,
and if they only had the superior
advantages that will be offered by
this proposed institution, their ad
vance would doubtless have been
greater and the number increased.
Below is a list of mechanics who
graduated from the Athens Foundry
and Machine works, with the
places they now fill:
Thos. Bailey, (machinist) agent,
superintendent and stockholder of
the Athens Foundry and Machine
Works.
Alonzo Iler, (moulder) foreman
Chattanooga Pipe Works, with a
capacity ot 600 tons daily.
John Blackman, (machinist) fore
man machinist Georgia Pacific R
R. shop.
Richard Mealor, (moulder) fore
man and part owner Montgomery
Iron Works.
J. H. Mealor, (moulder) foreman
moulder Athens Foundry and Ma
chine Works.
Johnson Garwood, (moulder) for
merly foreman Winshiplron Works
and then proprietor of foundry.
Chas. Iler, (machinist) foreman
E. T., V. & Ga. R. K. shop.
Chas. Mason, (pattern maker)
foreman pattern maker at Van Win
kle’s, in Atlanta.
H. F. Galloway, (machinist) en
gineer G. t J. & S. R. R.
Lewis Bailey, (pattern maker)
pattern maker Athens Foundry and
Machine Works.
Others working at their several
trades, or in good positions.
LOCAL CHIPS.
Mr. Isham Pittard and family
will summer at Franklin, N. C.
Dr. Bertling’s marriage was quite
a surprise to his many friends in
Athens.
The Banner-Watchman is now
being complimented on all hands.
The* Buffalo Express calls the
southern revivalist, the Rev. Sam
Jone, *the cracker Talmage.”
Two Atlanta churches use the re
vised edition of the Bible.
The total yield of Georgia mines
is now about $35,000 a month, or
$400,000 a year in gold bullion. ■
ThtMparty accused of seduction
will hot be prosecuted by the girl’s
friends v
Coal will b« cheaper in Athens
this year than ever before.
Whisky is giving out in Athens,
and none can be had.
The Hope company loaned the
Champions their hose reel to carry
to Macon.
The railroad excitement in Ath
ens was at fever heat again yester
day. t
The Pioneer paper mill is now
doing a splendid business. . #
AU of our manufactories are now
run at their full capacity.
A lot of decayed fish were con
demned this week.
The police are now working up
a big case.
Some detectives from Atlanta will
soon raid the “Three Corner Out
laws” jn an upper county.
The old street sprinkler has cost
it is still worthless.
To-morrow the stock law agony
will be finally decided in Clarke
county.
Mrs. R. N. Snead is still very
sick. We sincerely trust she may
soon have a change for the better.
There are several believers in the
faith cuie in Athens.
Dr. H. T. Gatchell returhned yes
terday from a trip to Washington
City.
Mr. Bob Hale has been quite sick
for several days.
Mr. E. T. Brown, of Athens, so
licitor-general of the Western cir-
cui%d* in4he city. Mr. Brown \
one of the youngest solicitors in the
state, but during the six months he
has served he has established h>
self as one the most efficient His
work is spoken of by tne bench and
bar of his circuit in the highest
terms.—Constitution.
Mrs. Vess is seriously sick, we
learn.
There is a great deal of sickness
on Baldwin street.
The white flag was wet again,
yesterday.
Dr. W. M. Wil.linghwn and Mr.
M. H. Arnold, of Crawford, spent
yesterday in the city,
The J uly shapes in Fine Milan Straw Hats at the Fash
ionable Millinery store.
MICHAEL BROS,
A. new line of Tinsel Slippers for ladies, considered
the greatest novelty for beauty and style, at
MICHAEL BROS’
150 pieces White Lawn for commencement trade at
reduced prices, just opened. Full line of pink blue and
tinned •*
LAWNS AT 5 CENTS AT
MICHAEL BROS’.
256 Pounds Fruit, Toma toes,&e.
FOR ONE DOLLAR
The Mayer’s Office *
The following gentlemen are spo
ken of in connection with the May-
May
oralty for next year: * Capt. C, G.
Talmadge, Mr. Wi L Wood, Major
Lamar Cobh. Dr. E. S. Lyndon and
Capt. R. Nickerson. We trust that
our citizens will centre on a good
ticket, and then go to work and see
that the candidates are elected.
Home Again.
Yesterday the 5:30 pi. m. train on
the Georgia road brought hack our
colored firemen. They * report a
pleasant trip, and seem in fine, spir
its, although they- did not capture
any prizes except in the foot race.
They marched up town headed by
a brass band, and had two bfltraers
thrown to the breeze. Some of the
firemen report bid treatment at the
haads of their Macon brethren. We
will give an interview on the sub
ject to morrow.
A Baby Shoo ai Hew Holland.
Messrs. Calloway and Camp,ot
Gainesville, arc making arrange
ments to have a baby show in a few
weeks, offering to the finest baby a
prize. No squeaker over 3 years
old will be allowed to con{eut, and
no one under S years of age will be
permitted to vote. Competent jud
ge* will be selected, and pools will
be sold as soon as the details are ar
ranged. There will hesitant thirty
of die midnight disturber*, qo exhi
bition, and a lively time is esgfccted.
Pecan Cultura.
We clip the following letter from
the Conyers Solid South:
Mr. A. C. Daniel, of Crawford,
Ga., an enthusiastic cultivator ot
the pecan, has a bearing grove, and
in 1SS3, from one tree, he sole
bushels oi nuts in Athens, Ga., for
forty-five dollars. He usually gets
five dollars per bushel. Iu the
same county at Winterville, there
are bearing trees from which the
owner receives quite a nice income.
There are doubtless many such
trees scattered over the south, but
these are sufficient to convince me
that large profits may be derived
from the pecan, and it is my inten
tion to plant a grove next fall. If I
had five hundred trees like Mr,
Daniels, I would not exchange
them for the finest orange grove in
Florida. My advice to all is to
plant a grove at once. The young
trees will not cost much, and in a
few years they will prove to be the
most profitable investment ever
made.’ f
CARD FROM PRE8I0ENTBARROW.
Church Traablssia Galnesuille.
The Methodists about Gainesville
have been holding a series of holi
ness meetings of late, and consider
able religious excitement has result
ed. Some of the brethren have been
so extreme in their fervor^thatjbere is
some apprehension of a schism in
the church. Many do not accept
the holiness doctrine, or believe in
the alleged faith cures which have
been announced up, there. ; It is sta
ted that quite jutumber^df theMeth
odist church in g >od standing have
announced their intention of quit
ting the church oil this account, and
a number have already jactually
•withdrawn and connected them
selves with other churches in the
I community. 0
Editor Banner-Watchman: In the
report of *he interview with me
published in your paper of this
morning, occurs the statement that
there was an agreement among
owners of railread property to build
no more until the iaw. regulating
the commission was amended
What I intended to say was that
the owners of railroad property
have, without exception, so far as
know, come to the conclusion, that
they cannot afford to invest further
in Georgia unless that law is modi
fled. I know of no agreement, how
ever, among them to this effect.
As to the course to be pursued by
the Terminal company in case of
failure to agree with Athens, I am
not advised. The deternvnition.
if any has been reached, has: not
been announced tome, but with
these exceptions I think you have
given our conversation correct
ly. I am glad to see
your paper taking the position
that a reasonable amendment of the
act creating the commission is de
sirable, and I think the people agree
with you. I don’t think any thought
ful man would advocate the entire
abolition of the commission, and I
am sure no just man will insist that
its present powers ought to be per
petuated. Very Resp’y,
Pope’Barrow.
THE BEST THING YET.
SEE HOW TO PRESERVE
EXPENSE IN BUYNG FRUIT JARS:
USE STONE OR ANY YOU HAVE-
One Dollar Package of the American Fruit’Preserving
Powder and Liquid will do it
American Fruit Preserving Powder and Liquid,
Will effectually allay or prevent fermentation, and
preserve all kinds of Fruit, Juices, Syrups, Sauces,
Marmalades or Compotes of Fruit, S piced
Fruits, Tomatoes, Vegetables, Cider, etc
L one dollar package will preserve 25G pounds of Fruit, Tomatoes, etc. It will
preserve two barrels of Cider. It will keep us still cider in barrels. The pre-
erved Fruit, etc., may be kept the year round, or for years, in glass, earthen or
toneware jars ot any size, simply corked with a common cork, or with strong
paper, or oil cloth tied over the top, or they may be kept in woollen kegs and
barrels. No need to keep tne vessels air-tight. The frnit, vegetables, etc., may
l>c used or removed from large vessels as wauted from time to time during weeks
or months.
E. B BENSON, Wholesale Agent, Hartwell, Ga.
For Sale by LONG A CO., Athens, Ga. mayOtf
TALMADGE BROS
Respectfully invite all when in need of choice Gro-
eries and Provisions, to examine their magnificent
stock before buying. Come and see, and you will not re
gret it,
74 & 76 CLAYTON ST
The Fall Coarts.
Oconee court begins next Mon
day, bat there is Tittle important
business te transact, except the trial
otone murderer. Judge Hutchins
will leave Lawrenceville next Sat
urday for Oconee court. He . will
be almost constantly engaged until
October.
J. N. SMITH &C0.
GRAIN DEALERS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
ELEVATOR MILLS.
Special attention given to Storage and Custom Grinding
OFFICE AT MOSS & TH0MAS ! WAREHOUSE
ATHENS MARBLE WORKS
A. R- ROBERTSON;
MANUEACTURER AND IMPORTER OF
Italian, Scotch and American Granite and, Monuments
i have lately cone to 1 mat expeai* to procar* a tot of the ine* 14ttMfrapalc.Desto*a of Far
elr. and American artist*, the ftneat la the world. Also a large stock of beaotifnlly finished m on-
time, its and Tombstone* In ay yard, ready ter toll nag. Tho* wishing to paichnse Monuments
will do well to call ami toe these b-snifal dcslgu* ut the latest improved art. I ca-not be 1
eld by any oue In the basinets. I a net
A. R. ROBERTSON, Athens, Gea*
• Pittsburg, Pit., Jul> 22.-»—Chafes
Kaening, draughtsman, and Freder
ick Rich, machinist, fought a duel in ;
Mcnsbale’s Hollow this mortfin/.*
Two shots were exchanged At fhe
first fire neither party wax hit. At
the second shot Kaening teceived 2 ,
ball in his right side inflicting a.
probably fatal wound. 1
CE Rtf A IN CATARR1I CURE is a vegetable ap
cificfnr Catarrh in its various forms and stages, Ulc-er
sued Sc.-e Throat and all Inflammatory Diseases. Tb
only safe, convenient, economical and sure remedy
known. No expensive and dangerous apparatus requir
ed for its us**. It oures wlierajitliers (ail to give relief.
Cali or write for circular giving testimonials and full
information. Price one dollar per bottle; six liottles
or mo* v at the rate of ten dollars per dozen. Manufae-
:nrcd by
3 C. CO. ATHENS, GA.
For sale in Athen* by Jno. Crawford A Co., Whole,
fale and Retail Druggists, Clayton St., opposite P.O.