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DEATH AND SUICIDE. KR. LOUIE HENKF.OF THE ATLANTA BABE BALL CLUB, DIEI FROM Oil IN JURIES. J. C. OASTON, OT CHESTERt S. 0.. OJM- MXTS SUICIDE BT SHOOTIHQ HIKE ELF. *pecUl Dispstet, to Baonar-Watclmun. Atlanta, O*, Aug. 15,7:30 p, m.—Louie Henke, first baseman of Atlantal, died this afternoon frfa} injuries received from running into Marr, of Nashville’s, yesterday* His wife and baby are in Cincinnati No game to day. J. C. (iaston, of Cheater, S. C. committed suicide this evening with pistol. Ill health was the cause. He was a brother of Doctor J. F. Gas ton. ■ C. Wait Capt. W.P. Welcl Has to , ; the north-Bantam Extension-A tlon With KnoxrUle—History of Cotobtry Tiu-ottgfc Which it W1U Pms and ttt products of sat Sou and Wines. . Capt. Welsh ii*. native tX North Carolina* and fa pfte Of the b$st In* formed and mo&iritth-estiijggentie- men We have ever met, , Ht* is en thusiastic non outspoken on the sub* FOREIGN IMMIGRATION. Dear Banner-Watchman: I am utteily opposed to emigrant socie ties or emigrant agents—in short, I am opposed to emigration to this country, only where emigrants are able to pay their own way, and would rather they had some means on their arrival, lor those who need help, are as a general rule, the very dregs of foreign commies, and on their arrival are ready to join the infernal leagues, labor unions, com- • uiuncs, uiliilisis 01 dynamiters, an uichifcts or some other hellish organ ization that ia opposed to law am order, ami are willing to embaik in • netariou* schemes to obtain money .without labor. This country is bet ‘ter oil’ without such screen. We (have a few m this country—born iheie, who envy every person who is ’prosperous, and would be willing to join a league, and divide out the ;pioperty ot loose who have by in- dustiy and economy acquired it, wc*ie they not alia d 10 expose iheir cowardly carcasses to danger. Their will is good, us shown by their conduct, but iheir cowardly hearts keep them from it. They complain that the rich arc grinding then) to the dust; that they are be ing lobbed of their living, when, it fact, they have nothing to be robbed of Such men uic a curse to any country. The negro, be it said to his credit, is a much better citizen than 1 host, and he is the l>e*t labor er for this country. In fact Co.,' has rented one of tie new stores of Wm Mcpowell& bon, on College avenue and will oped a first- class drug store. have •-.him £.work Vaide bv side with, j foreigners, and in warm weather he is more than a muich i n linn; can do more labor, and is much more docile* Ht ia n>n vo 1 it tin any croaking j Ukt sonic “poor white trad),’’ as the ne gro wo,dd say, but is content tY'il!*. reasonah e wages without v* much ci . iking Bay a negro what yon p.miii-e, and yon will seldom hive trouble with him. 1 have employ ed negroes ever since the war, and never had any trouble in our settle ments. Give me I he negro always as a laborer, and 1 ain for keeping him rather than bringing those dyn amiters trom ubroat. I know we get out of patience with them some times, but take the negro, all in all, and we can get none better for the south. Hence, 1 am for the negro as a worker ii* preference to any. Tiuly yours, Pktbu Culp. A NEW SECT Spreading in Northeastern Georgia. A queer craze has broken out in Georgia which is creating consider able excitement in the northeastern portion of the state. A special dis patch from Marietta gives the fol lowing particulars: “The northeas tern portion of Georgia is a vast holiness camp. The question of sanctification has been vigorously preached until now it is not enough -to be a Methodist, but perfect free* 1 dom from sin must be professed as well. The Rev. W. A. Dodge and the Rev. Wm. Parks are apostles of this new doctrine, and under their preaching numerous faith ebrea nave been disputed by the doctors. 'Che recent suicide of the Rev. M. D. Turner, who declared that he had lost the faith, has intensified the feeling. At a meeting at Mount _ Zion, last week, some remarkable statements were made. A curious feature was the presence of Mrs. M try Scroggings, ,who arose and stated that she was 104 years of age. Ninety-five years ago she joined the Methodist church; seventy year* ego she professed boll new, since which time slie has never had even tbeinelmation to aim She ascribed her long lifefoa firm faitbf-that she would not die. Mrs. Scroggings lives five miles frqm tbe?church, % which distance sheVfcfcul&My walks » every Sunday and on prayer meet ing nights. She looks and acts like a well preserved woman <g t forty- five." . ,V ’ ^ /. Gen. Hancock has returned thinks to the* organizations .tHfar participated »n Grant’s funeral. Secretary Rm duty those young ? officers who luive commands. 1 dtcotrl* Orderi , 8v adny .nd-1 tve never veen ordering to navel their The horse thjcf ha* been turned out of hi* agency in the Labor 1 Bu. reau of the government The line* mutt be drawn. ujtnv, , vote, C,WWe be will spend month. He will see ex-Ciov. Rober son, who is the key toithef.iilrolJ -iteation in thst st.te. Upon hi. return the Ctptain Will hSabje to lay before oqr ’ jpfty coimcB the 're sult of his investigation^. Aqd just here we will say, that if any com pany can be found who willput up a forfeit of $100,000 with ilguaran- tee thatthe North-Eastern will bn extended through to Knoxville, such a proposition wilt be ' mo.t f. vorably considered; but We want something tangible to operate on. Capt. Welsh says it Is a mistaken idea about th* WestaVn North Cato- lina counties being so poor; that under the developing touch of rail roads and northern capital the wil derness of mountains are being made to blossom as the rose, and the counties that a few years ago lid not actually pay enough tax for their per diem of the legislators, are to-day rich sources of revenue to thn state. In tS68 a refugee from Vir ginia first began the production of tobacco for maikct, and to-dav it is a crop far exceeding in profit the yield of cotton. There are farmers who make from $300 to $500 per acre by raising tobacco. And in this connection Capt Welsh says that the lands around Athens, and extending up to the Blue Ridge range, are just as well adupted to tobacco glowing as in North Caro lina, and he predicts thutina^few years this crop will supercedifl-the staple of the south. Tobacco is grown almost to the peaks of the mountains in Western North Caro- 4ina, on land so thin and rocky that it was considered Worthless, and too steep to he cultivated with the plow. Land has doubled many times in value, and one farm is cilfd that once soiil lor $700 that the owner has since refused $31,000 for. A kinsman to Capt. Welsh owes 6u, 000 acres of laud in Swayne conn tv,‘ on the line of survey of the North-Eastern extension, on which he has surveyed off two mnnufactur iug ,villages, and will soon have thrifty colonies settled on it. Thi- romantic region abounds in mineral wealth of nil kinds, anil the people only want railroads to get iheir products to market. Magnificent summer hotels are springing up at every station, and are filled with Visitors, The Country is one of the most heautim! and romantic on eaith. Capt. Welsh says the R & I), road docs nut want the Rahim Cap line built, as they will aonn h ive a western- connection With Atlanta via the Marietta & Nortli Geor gia. That the road is now graded within three miles of the North Car olina line, while that state has given this (Company enough convicts to complete the gap from the Western North Carolina to Murphy, the twelve miles intervening between that point and the Georgia borders having been graded years ago. lie says at Clayton we strike the head- waters of the Tennessee river, which will carry us to Maryville, Tenn., at but little expense, as the spurs of mountains can be blasted oil into the river. This gentleman argues that an extension of the North-Eastern to Knoxville will force a southern line. He also says that Athens has now the same guar anteed rates in western freights as were thp new proposition made the R. & D.'accepted, as that roaJ tin/ doubtediy controls the Wujf Creek link. The mere building- of this road, he argues, is in itself it viola tion of the contract with. the city of Athens, as it undoubtedly hinders, contract with Knoxville via Rabun Gap. - •• FWB PICTURES. Prof. Hagan has now all the work that he can do. He is the first Cray- on artist that has ever visited this KCtk(n. andour eltutens should avail themselvrS'of (hls rare opportunity nlarged. themaelvt to have their picture,, enlarge .'John B-QouihTak$nBaC4ealy HI. o "ds* 1 NpaTHKiELD Mass., Aug. 13, John B. Gough, who lectured last night before the Moody Convention, was taken ill after the lecture, and the lynipsomi indicate prostration from-the heat. Hia condition, .Is improved to-day. All WHITE. Col. Tom Lester has quit usin, the colored suflrage-slinger to worl lus farm, build houses and cook. He now has a fine French cook, and employs white men for his farm He says he can manage white hanilS better and get more work out of them. HANDSOME PICTURES. Crayon portraits of Mr. and Mrs H. L Cranford arc on exhibition in the windows of Cranford’s printing office. They are the work of Mrs. Luella Steele, of Atlanta, and re fleet great credit upon the skill ol this gifted lady. READY FOR BUSINESS. Capt. Montgomery has returned from the Buffalo Lilhia Springs of Virginia, greatly improved in health and ready to sell the best buggies and farm implements cheap. Capt. Montgomery has a splendid lot of buggies on hand which he is offer ing at prices that defy competition. MORE BOTTLES. The patent medicine manufactur ers of our city are complaining tli.f, they cannot get bottles made.fasl enough to furnish their mediqine This is a good opening for some young man with money to start a factory for the manufacture ol bot tles. They could find ready sale for all they could make. • THE EXCELSIOR COTTON BASSET. The above named basket has been patented by Mr. T. F. Lawson, ol Athens, anti a ‘large manufactory established, where several Hands employed in QtfIMp, them t» ter and getting them ready to be shipped. It is very simple end dir rable. Mr. Lawson is receiving or ders by every mail foyjbjk basket, and it will net ehe'TmrjiBi-fnrrrh will take the place of tjgkjlplit ha's- kef and lie used rty- Wery firntfe and shipper In- the Country. Mr Lswson hi* an advertisement in tfi? . Weekly Bxnnei'-Wit«'Hri)an, whi*^ should be read "Wy those wanting baskets. r;: - „ • A PLEASANT ears Capt. C- ’& TAldudee, left for New Yorkyesterday. Mi. j. J.C. McMahan, of Crawford, will go with Jam.' They/'will take ia Vir ginia Falls on the trip. RELIGIOUS NOTICE. L. D. Ridgeway will preach at the court house to day at II a. Sunday school at 5 p. m. He will also conduct services several nights this week at Bloomfield cbapcl. The subject for discussion on Mon day night will be: “Praver—Whst is Scriptural Prayer?” Great error will he shown up in this direction setl-sustaipfag. He has now for sale thirty head of beef cattle, seel fat, that have been running on hie Bermuda pastures, and they have not cost him a cent to'put in th! condition. He is the Doss water melon raiser of this section, tod has grown several this year that sleigh ed from 30 to 56 pounds. The lar gest melon ever raised in Georgia was sold in Savannah, and weighed 76 pounds. Mr. Berry says he In tends to go largely into the Bermuda pass business another year, its ht las several fields qfit. On his bot toms are six acres of the Johnson grass, and he says stock love it bet ter than anything; will leave corn and oats to eat it. It will grow at high as a man on horseback, and can be cut every two weeks. This grass was first imported by the late Mr. Shelton Oliver, and is now spreading all over the county. It is as hardy as Bermuda, and impos sible to get rid of when once set. Mr. Berry has a fine steam gin, but says public gins are fust playing out, as there are so many belnf- started up. Mr. A. C. Daniel wil this season rim * portable gin. The gin and press are fixed on wagons, with a cloth lint room, and they will set up on any farm and clean out a crop. This is a new idea. BORE IMPROVEMENTS. The Banner-Watchman expects soon io add steam power, a paper folder and mailing machine to the otfice. Some beautiful new adver tiling and body type have also been ordered, and we will have one of the handsomest papers and best equipped otfices in the state. MAJOR ACTON PARALYSED. Major I’. M fc Acton, so well and favorably known throughout Geor gia as the traveling correspondent and agent for the Constitution, was paralysed Friday night about eleven o'clock at bis lesidcnce on Baker street, near L'tckie. The Major was preparing to retire at the time. Dr. I'inckney was called in. The paralysis was partial and in the left side. r ^ ' s e - 1 NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that ap plication will he made to the gener al assembly utils present .session for the passage of an act authorizing the Mayor and Cpuncil of Athens to submit to the qualified voters of said city the question of altering the con tract made with the Richmond & West Point Terminal company ill reference to the sale Jand ex tension of the North-Eastern rail road and for other purposes. SiOK OF TFXAS. Last Friday we had a call Irom Mr. W. D. Snelson, a young man of CLike county, who has been living for nine months in Hill county, Texas, inthe northern portion of state, Mr. Suelscn says he has enough of the great,we*t, and will be content in the future to cultivate the red hills of old Georgia. He says that Texas is a grand state, and there is a great deal of rich land in its borders, but there, as elsewhere, you must work hard to make a liv ings Mur jgreat objection - to the ;iUtjisth$«!rfcertaihty of the seasons and crotie. If everything beppens fp hit, you will, make shore than twice your lorce can gather, and the crops will rot in the fields. Good jirop Years ate generally accompan ied by sickness, and just at harvest time perhaps your entire force is laid up With the fever. Bot when a failure does overtake the cropl and they a re of frequent occurrence, to A—fit is total and exterminating. In twenty-four hoars lie has seen tile finest prospect* the eye ever retted on utterly destroyed by grass- {toppers, locusts and other pests that infest the country; A specie* of the locust bad appeared before he left, end were destroying thousands of seres olf cotton daily. But as a gen- ing'Caopa'are this year ex- ly Hoe.yes feet, ou his trip w the, most magnificent jfetes^Mr. Snel- . where one man gets Texas, perhaps A hundred . make a support; that the tolkset bomeareelWgye in formed Of the few lucky adventures, but (be numerous poor fellows who are sighing for a chance to get back to the old stales me never heard Irom. Inttrvtsv With Hr. t. T. Barry, thorps County-Tha Johnson watomolons—Other Hows onni 0|$ county. Out esteemed friend Tom (Berry, one of the most Successful and pros perous planters in Oglethorpe, call ed in to see us last Friday, and chat ted for some time. Mr. Berry esme out of the war without a dollar, and by hard Work end good mat ment hat bought and paid for acres of the best land in Oglethorpe, encompassing the town of praw- ford, and jgias one of tHe tteii i<tbbk- ed farms We know of. His {word is as good'-a* *bi« bond. He tell* us that he 110w wants to double bit small Ituaa That s Boportsr otttthf on -*ht BIT YttWrday. The second crop of watermelons are much better than the early ones. farm, at he hu no troubte in' mak ing hit lands pay handsomely. This IS tiiuvts UVMfci Ilian ISIS. CHUT vtiss. .The bill board at the Book Store Corner has been Removed. ’ v" ** ' Meiirs. Atkinkon and .Wagnon, ol the H.G. Signal, were into see us-yesterday. They ere two whole- Staled boys. • Mr. Bi ts. Edge end wife went to- thfc falls yesterday.’*, !' ■ E.jT. Brown hat returned from Jefferson court. - * “ Albert Henley, Esqq has gone , to Banks county to rusticate for a few week*. ' , . Jesse Allen has a large white ret in hi* ste re that kills every gray rat he comes across. — « , -, . tAv conics itcrofcs ‘ gentlemsn not only rat.es a large Tbfc flr8l baIe w ,|l no t get in be- crop of cotton, but makes hts farm fore tll ,, ,,,,, a , cotton ,s no th',ck A HANDSOME HOUSE THIKK. Down In th* Coal Minas for six Ys*rs--Aa Incident of Jackson court. Talk ot the dashing Claude Du val, Sixteen-String Jack, or Joaquin the Marauder of the Mines and Pi rates of the Placers, but Jackson county eclipses them all when it comes to a handsome, daring horse thief, in W. R. Smith, who was tried at thejast term of the court at Jefferson and sentenced to kick end pick the dusty diamond* for the next six years at the Dade coal mine. The name of Smith, it is true, does not imprew a stranger with the belief tbit the owner of this common name would be very handsome or very dariCg in his walks through life. But Smith the horse thief is a different specimen of the Smith' faintly usually:teen on the . streets snd highways ot- our country. His hair is as black as the 'wings of the taven and floats back from a high forehead in long 1 ring lets, and rOtts uhiAcuntbrn'ijd upon a pair ‘ of broad t shoulders. Eyes as black as midnight and very large. Smith is six teet high, as litht as an Indian and a* straight as an arrow. His form is perfect and, bis face is one that women commit suicide for. A soft, downy moustache en circles the ltd of Smith’s Napoleon ic face, and his hand is even more handsome and well-formed his face. Small and well-tui with finger nails neatly trimi they looked more like ibey shi have been educated for the pain brush than untieing the halter wT fore the sjlb, that It is opening slow. Several farmers are working very hard to net the first.bale ot cotton in. TV.-' 1 . •' . Trotting hones will he in demand as lean At the (sty grounds art- opened. " The fair association will some large purse* fortho trotting and running races. •: ' The merchants are receiving large lets of goods Over the NoMt-East- ern railroad. Cpl. Dobbs ha* studied the rail road situation e great deal, and hi* opinion on the question is worth A considerable. Dr. Richard Burros* Is very sick. It Is'a hsrd matter to get eny one to sit up with the sick in Athens. There was a good trade for this season of theyaer yesterday. ' , Miss Miitnie Weil,'« fascinating and accomplished young lady of Athens, Is Visiting friends in Med- iton. We with hsr a delightful so journ. Edge, Dorsey & Co. have com menced advertising their large stock of furniture. The Harmony Grove Signal la out in a three column article on “What Woman Has D me and Can Do." The writer^ don’t believe a man can do anythiug hut., vote and drink whisky. , 1 Jackson street, between Clayton: and Broad, should receive the im mediate attenii m of, the street hand*. The B tnner-Watch,nan will emu- rr.ence giving the market reports tile 13th of September and have them corrected every day. There never was such at, abun dance of grass, and >u tny of our uni- yens ere having il sut *o- stuck, i , Mr. juft hyd large sign patmed by theParr !ros. It is neat and ta-ty, Capt. G. H Ysncey wa* down yrsterdar from his mountain home. Hon. II H. C triton reached Ath ens Friday night. OCONEE ITEMS. Miss Laura Fewell and Miss Sa die Ovetby, of Meridian, Misstvarb visiting friends and relative* in Wat- kinsville. ■ Mrs. William Richardson, from Atlanta, is on a visit to her relatives in Oconee.' •Toon Powell and Dr, * Bob Wil lingham are with Pink Price for. 1 day or two. Mr. Isaac Lowe and family are also with bipi- Rain very much . needed in spots yet, but,most of the farmers say they ere well satisfied. This hotel wtUmkH tbe Grand Rap- !s awl iiKnrnaiiil, a line view of the riv- r. and ia'lwatcd in North-East lieorvia, uu eie wailislopf .of the Blue Ridge, a -d 1 VMmW ■■■ twit abut -until mi'pi-ia mu t>iue mug: » ad-lielitlat climate, being »,W oVa tlit sca; highest temperature reea. -The nigbte are cool and John N. Ridgeway was In town ‘ JoJjn iuLwhale team by Mdwpwe*,i*heudpUkiM at n cSSn^oSW. M nl®J horse belonging to some other man. This is a caae where whisky wa* not the cause of Smith’s downfall,' ilis iove for horse flesh, evil associ ations and a desire to own other men’s property censed hts trouble. The sleuth' hounds of,the law overtook h : m in the yea? of his age, and for the next'Six years this rival of ClaudDuvaI .will: dig coal to the betterment of the plethoric purse ol Joe Brown at the Dade coal mine, Smith, if he should happen to come out alive, .prill be an older and a wiser man, and it la to be hopedihat be will curb his iove for horse-flesh and sin no more. era! AH IMPORTANT B2LL. Hon. R. B. Russell has introduc ed a most important bill ia, she House appropriating $63,000 per annum to the education of thp poor young men of Geoagia. Mr. Russell, who was in the city yesterday, thinks there is good-prospect of thf same passing. Ifso.alloftblf money will be spent in Athens, aqd «gdconsid erably to the property.of pW> city. Mr. Russell has already secured the passage ot a bill through the bouse appropriating $9,000 for repairs to the University buildings. He is Un doubtedly a vigilant aadahle young representative, and bee wver the success of hit county and the good of the peop'c at heart. No member has ever represented Clarke county iu the legislature who hp$:(BboMl harder or more faithfully for his constituents. The educational bill is strongly approved by Mr. Harris, chairmen ofthe finance coin mitt ee and other leaden in Ihe-houfe.,, , Two Mexican murderers were hanged at Laredo, Tex. One wet smoking a cigar wber. the trap fell. ^ with the bestfresstoas from the Mine. There are also mineral of dne medicinal qualitlea-^lr plmraml magne-ia—within two it yards of the hotel. irn hat been ready for the mill lor i time, By the 1st of August;'oor about ninety days, flmm aplauHrig, you can rely un making meal of it. It has from four to eight good ean to each stalk, or it has an ear at BfCir joint below where' the ear uai . / about the falls and of tb« hotel ia « sublime and 1 as any mountain scenery In _ ~ > beautlftil falls dash their tot snowy white:,es- down Every turn 111 the thesfde of the gorge tbroi Tallnlsh river flows, disc tores of sublimity and best ildo.qoiltie soft sirsliM Of soothe one to slumber at night. The roatlntf <-f lliei-atsraet-ouutl, a pleasant lullaby to niske sleep secure. For those who wi-h cool nights lor BfiJ comes out. This corn this year bed a very bad showing, never has been plo wed, ead the ground has been very hard; betide* there wan' hill of beans by each stalk, and a hill of Irish ] stalk. I thin) been sleep, or who, lithe of lluihend full end round of lung, like to cliUrii preclpioee and romp over mountelee by day, thle Ii tho place for them, eepeotally If they be slender of 'purse or. bete an eys to MOQOIBy$[j/ its. 1 I , r"\-' There Ste-filllisrdi snd Cards. Horae* and Carriages, Tenpins snd Dancing, and Deer, Turkey, Squirrels and Qasu* lor those sportively Incited. Depot and Telegraph office within $00 yurts of ho- 1. ’IWUnt arrive snd leave dally, ms- . ^ jtjg J auction. Tune or Boa«d. ' %% per day, $10 per wash. $90 to $40 per lnonlh. Special rates made with family. Children under 1$ years-$19 per month, servants $16 per month. For further Information apply to \< >” ■'*•' W. D. YOUNG. '1 . . /th 11. Owner and Proprietor. MpNHMPBHHHP-jet klngeloeseonnootlonwitb trains within leta -thsu half A talle, UnsraUnwI *t Rahim Gap Jo nwrdifciif ten properly cultlvatea, the corn •* ..ottid avenge eight ear* toUMf stalk. Tbe stalks are now tbbe seen r TO PRESfeRVE with eight good sited ears to‘each. I send you at ample of the new meat >w.j »'> We ha -*' ‘ barbecue, ...... « George Kelly’s. There were some of the finest watermelons we eves tasted, and the largest one especial ly raised, nisetl by Mr. Wes. Pur- year. {/ . High Shoals and its neighhorhbod is bard to beat when you talk of Fruit, TomajMS • N0EXPENSE-I1 iy f& I it «j «* mow USESTONE BUYNG FRUIT J) OR ANY YOU HAVE- families env county proud to claim. County court next Monday, at AnterjcahJwitfreservingPowder and Liqui or prevent fermentation, i ters. pireserVe AH 1 kinds of Fruit, Juices, Syrups, Sjuioei Marmalades or Compotes of Fruit, S|‘ , Fruits, Tomatoes, Vegetables, Cider, M A one dollar package will preserve $66 pounds of Frail, 1 preserve two barrels ol Cider. It still keep u will cider 1 served Fruit, etc., may btUtept the year round, or tor j barrels. No need to keep tne veessts air-dghl The building committee of the Fair Association have a large num ber of hands at work on the fair grounds, and it possible .wilt Havr e falr this fatt. The plans for tbe buildings and tbe track are perfect, and Athens will have a lair that she will be proud of. ~ «—«T r or months.' t a bloody riot bs- > and Russians. be ueeJ or removed /romlicfe i RtoiUed t