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VOL VI ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1885. NO 288 THE SO’JTIIBBN EXTENSION. Ososnllr Admitted Oat ths UU Win m«ii Atatu if n Extras* itjm< km- Even those of our citizens who are moat sntagonistic to the pro posed trade with the R. & D. com pany say that it the road ia extended to Columbus, or even to Monticcllo and Eatontcn, that it will be a good move to Athens. Their oppoution ia bsscd.on the idea that the pro jected road will stop at the Georgia, and thus build up a competing point at the terminal, without materially benefiting Athens. Did we for an instant entertain the idea that the road would extend no farther than Madison or Social Circle we would certainly cast our influence on the opposite side; bnt with the enthusi asm and spirit manifested by the towns and cities south ol the Geor- gia road, and through which the extension must pass, we have every reason for believing that there is not the most remote probability of the rosd stopping snort of Colum bus or some other important city. But suppose that the city council, in the contract, stipulated there was to be no connection with the North-Eastern railroad until the new road had reached a certain point beyond the Georgia? Would not this eternally kill the prospect of any competing point, and destroy the argument on that tide? The cost of transporting freight from one road to the other would nip in the bud through rates for the termi- nal point, and at the same time make | and ts the new road prove an important Mr. St feeder to A'hent. It would give | we ho] our little city such advantage in latet as the drayage transportation, and that will always control the trade. Let our citizens seriously consider this matter, and ive feel assured that they will agree with us that we can build the Madison road and at the same time not imperil the commerce of Athens ill the slightest degree. HOOIKTV AND PERSONAL. Libotmnt Albon C. Hodgson, U. S. N, who has been spending mi And THE LAIHM MEETING, TtuOrsanlsatlon at the 004 Fallows' Ball Saturday Night. The Odd Fellows’ ball was well filled Saturday night, with work ing mer>, who had met to organize. There were several speeches, all fioin home. Mr. R. L. Bloomfield spoke lor over un hour, encouraging the meeting, and star ing that he wanted to join them, lie was replied to by Mr. Watkins, 'who said that he once looked upon Mr. Bloomfield as the poor man’s friend, but since his stand for the stock law he could no longer consider him as ouch. Mr. Dock Wilson stated that it was time for the working class to organize for self-prutectioi!, as the capitalista were now heaping coals of fire on their heads. Others followed in the same strain. The best of order was observed. CBEsFHAV. Mr. Lowe tells us that the beat Bermuda grass hay ia selling in Greensboro at 15 cents per hundred from wagons. One merchant has already bought $0/io3 pounds, and balea it fur market A party in that town, from one-half acre, cut 4,oco pounds, and expects to harvest as much ntoie before frost THB EXCURSION. The excursion to Tallulah left yesterilay morning about two hun dred strong. The rain of the night before kept - great many ! from going. Tney were a very orderly crowd aad seemed to be enjoying themselves. bis vacation with retoti friends in the city, left yesterday for Annapolis, where he will resume hit duties at Instructor. 1 • ^Johnnie Hogan hss returned from Mr. Tame*-Bloomfield will leave In a few weeks for Philadelphia, where he will conclude bit studies ia medicines, . . . There ia n very, fine crarM draw ing now on exhi In tion at the bool store, the work'd Mr. HagkWi! cox, of this city. It exhibits mm talent and taste. Mr. Gay Hamilton has returned to the city, altera round at the sum mer resorts. Miss Jennie Woodfin is visiting her sister Mrs. Bsrnard, in Atlanta. ' Col. Prince Hodgson Is stiU in New York. Prof. Charles M. Strshan will re turn from Virginia this week. Mr. Thomas Tl torn ton has return ed from a visit to Elbcrton. ] Mr. Simon Michael returned from New York yesterday, havin bought a magnificent atock c goods, that are oow amviog. Mrs. H. L. Cranford leaves to day for New Holland, where the will meet her mother and sister. Dr. R. J. Wiihngham, of Ltxing- ton, spent yesterday in the city. Mr. F. Y. Stork, of Harmony Grove, was in the city yesterday. He is going to change his business and take his brother in with him. Mr. Stark is a live young man, and e hope will do a good trade. We bed the pleasuie ot a call yes* terday from our esteemed friend, Mr. Walter Maxwell, ol Crawford. Mr. and Mrs. Lowe have return ed from their visit to Oconee. Miss Caldwell, a charmingyoung lady from Atlanta, is visiting the "J.Thoi ■^nearly a damage surf. I family of Mr.j. B.Tho rnton, onimri kzitixo. In reply lo a dispatch, yestrr- day, the Mayor of Griffin stated that he would notify Athens the day their meeting would be held, so as we could send a delega tion. The largest fee ever earned bv a Georgia lawyer was that of Senator Bc.ij. II. Hill, in the great Metcalf cotton ca-e. It was one hundred and twenty thousand dollars, and sixty thousand dol .rs was collected. Judge Chisholm, ef Savannah, was paid sixty thousand dollats at one time for services to the Atlantic and Gull railroad, and Gen. Henry R. Jackson received an equal sum; ADVXXTISIHO FATS. Mr. M. H. Arnold, some time since, advertised in the Banner- Watchman one time for a man to superintend bis farm. He,has al ready received 51 applications, and each mail brings in new ones. Mr. Arnold has supplied himself with two first-class men from the list of applicants presented. -, cHAxai or mah. Was lbi MarCoradt ConoNA, L. I., Aug 14.—Martin Cooke, while gathering kindling wood in the woods near the old Fashion race course, near here, about 6 o’clock to-night, discovered the dead body of a woman. In the immediate vicinity was found a man’s hat and a shirt and a bundle of old stockings. The body haa been dead apparently three or four weeks. There is a suspicion that n murder haa been committed. nmoroixMT VOTXS. Lieut Arnold, of the police force, ia now at work on a beautiful cot tage, on the Home School lot When completed, the eetirr place will coat him about 13,50*. Messrs. McDowell ft Son esti mate that their new building on College avenue will pay them a net income of so percent ontbelnvcst- ment. Every room bet already been spoke* tor. This shows that Athens property pays handsomely. The new Christian charcb ia now ready for the paintera, and will be one ef the prettiest little edifices in the state. , " The extension to Michael Bros.’ store will soon be completed, The new council chamber will be oyer* The machinery ia now being put in jilace aUhe cotton seed oil mill, erop- win be ready for the hew The name of Rabun Gap junction, on the North-Eastern road, has been changed to Cornelia, in honor of the accomplished wife ef the President of the road. 'Mrs. Pope Barrow. We aoaie time since made the suggestion that the name of Rabun Gap station be changed, for if the road is.ever extended it will conflict with the right!ul name of the terminal. n* wroas Ticket otvsn a Drmaunsr o» the Merth-xastera. A drummer stopping at the falls wanted to come down yesterday morning to Harmony Grove, and went to toe agent at Tallulah to S urchase a ticket The agent, in le hurry and bustle, gave the drum mers ticket to Tumerville instead of Harmony- Grove; and charged it he was* *” d ed Ibr Turnerviile. The drumi , kicked ami told the conductor b$ would have to put him off, at be ,to .Harmony QseVC atd asked for a peat to that place. The S luctor explained that he had to > by the face of the ticket, end af the drummer must payor he would put himofl., The telegraph line wet brought into tequisition,. and all settled without e suit for damages. ooa oATOtnra fish. . While the guests of Young’s Ho tel. at Tallulah, ooblast Sunday, were sitting in the passage, a setter dog came through the hotel 1 went up to the fountain in front pf that building, where Mr. Young keeps several Urge carp^nd diving down, captured a carp and came out of the pool with it in hit mouth, end-running around under the hotel, devoured it He came out, licking his chops, and immediately went for the lounUin again. Sever al of the guests followed him to tee how he caught the fish, but the dog seeing them, came out end went back under the hotel. Col. Young has a large number of carp in the fountain, some about three feet long, but if this deg is allowed to go in alter them they will be de molished very soon. AKXIVALS AT TOUMO'S BOTH. J WTurte, Martin; A H O’Far- ill, Miss L O’Farrell, C J O’Far. red and wife, J Burch, C D Long, Athens; W O Jones, I G Swift, Elbcrton; M Curran, Rome; H J Cheney, Thomaston; W B Hard* man, Harmony Grove; Ed Howell, ‘ulius DeGivc, M H Dooly' Miss Sttora Stephens, Miss Ida Ryan. Mrs Bingan, Alex Smith, R K Mrs Uingan, Alex amith, K j King, GW Everlet, M B Wilkei ton, Harry Hymen, J H Mocaslie, LOCAL CHIPS. (gull It sms Tlut a Btvortsr CaaxM oa the Fir TistsrtUr. The moroingi are quite cool, and the weather decidedly fallish. There are ahout 30 members of the Christian church in Athens. - - - Judge Jackson has appointed committee to confer with the Oco nee commissioners about buiUng the Simontou bridge. Capt John White says he never had a finer crop prospect in hit life. See notice of money wanted in another column. We are having more or less rain daily. Yesterday was . cool. and rry Hymen, J Atlanta; A L Dowdell and sister, Clarksville; B M Zenler and wife, Macon; Pr«’ Groff, Penn; R W LasTton and .’..nily, Orlando, Fla.; W C Elrod, Augusta; G W Mar shall and family, Florida; J J Nor ris, J N Gilmer, Anderson, S C; - . EHervcy,Baltimore. Md; W A ndwles, Greensboro; fames Bpn F Butler, Ge; Lieut Royal Navy; Miss A Stephens, Eu la, ‘ ■ fauU, Ala. a ram jxxxr biab. The greatest cow in the world. Princess Second, owned by Mrs. Samuel M. Shoemaker, .of Balti more, is dead. Inflammation of the longs killed her. She yielded in •even days forty-six pounds t mand n half ounces of better. She had a voracious appetite. Her first coat was $4,800. An offerof $15,00 was refused. Her last calf canid not be bought for tioyc.x). No carrier for the Banner-Watch- bnsinete and the paper has the right to sell papers, and promptly forwarded, office goods, and such paries will be prosecuted to the extent of Of law if found out To get the pa per yop must enroll your name at this office, when it will be sent where ordered- This it fsir warn ing, and we mean business. A CONVICT 7ABM. We learn that Messrs. Powell & Davenport will make more, this year than their force can gather, as there wee never each a crop seen as Is growing oa, their Greene county farm. v Zvesy bam is< now packad with bay, and the grass con tinues to grow; their cotton aad corn are magnificent, and from onq strip ofbOttomlahdMr. Powell estimates that he wifi gjathcT one thousand loads of pumpkins. He is waking altogether county convicts, and hut spring oflared at high as (1 par day for hands to chop cotton. In. r or hands to chop cotton. Ia por tions pi Morgan county farmers paid as high at f 1.35. ’ An old citizen tells nt before the war WO always had frost the first week in October, bnt the springs were a month earlier than now. There haa been a change of at least thirty days in the Dr; Hale is hunting for e new lo cation for hit office. Mr. McDuffie advertises a desira ble cottage on College avenue for tent You can get good board end lodging at the Greenetboro hotels for$13.50 per month. An early frost ia predicted for this fall, and it look* like it. It is reported that a certain party in Athens is retailing liquor at 30 cents a drink, on the sly. There are two plumb bushes in Oconee, the seed of which 'came from London and Paris. They were brought over by Judge Lump kin. There ia a parrot in Athena that speaks two languages distinctly— Spanish and English. He was ed ucated by sailors and wouldn' make a good Sunday school teacher. No signs of the caterpillar have appeared in this section, and the cotton crop it entirely free from disease. Mr. Lowe leaves for Greenetboro to-day to look after his business. It it said that every militia dis trict in Madison county will bd dot ted with bar-rooms. Every mail brings us a large list of new subscribers for our dollar weekly. The negro who robbed Mr. Dow ner, in Oglethorpe county, two yean ago, hat been captured in Al abama. Athens is thoroughly patrolled every night, and it is breaking up petty larceny. Every boy in Athena with a ca| ital ofjja cents opens a store in 1 back yard.' • We will pay $5 reward for the apprehension and conviction of any one buying a Banner-Watchman from one of our carriers. Catching doodles ia pastime for tome of the Thomas street merch ants. A. MODEL SOLICITOR. E. T. Brown, Esq., at the last term of Jackson court, disposed of i 5 criminal cates in two days. n recognition of the Solicitor's efficient services, the grand jury paid him a most laudatoiy and de served compliment in their present ments. PUUYEAK’H DI8TKICT DOTS. tom EAEXXX-WATCXKAE. Mac Lowe fa agent Ibr the r-Watchman at Greenetboro aad Is authorised to receipt for any money dee this office. Yon can leave subscription at his place of business and the paper wfit he A100 AX1> ITS CAFACmr. Mr. Pink Price, of Oconee, has a silo, 16x33 feet end 9 feet deep, di vided into two apartments. Into this he bat already ent ap and Stored away forage com, German millet and other green forage from 46 acres eftoad, and on* of the rooms lack* 18 inches Of befng fill. He dies a cutting machine, to chop propelled by horse powi op the stalks. !THe will than enough ensilage to last hi* stock oil the winter, and he says it ts keeping splendidly. ports con- te come in about crops, and ingerof a drought hat bow 'vanished. The crop i* opening slowly, however, and only m few formers, who planted in March, have commenced picking. With the exception of n few unfortunate spots, the largest crop known ’since thews 1 war will be harvested- A negro man in the employ of Mr. Pink Price, of Oconee, raised an order give* bios by that gentle man from $ 1 to $7.50, and succeeded in passing the same. The scoun drel then fled to’ Gainesville, Carry ing off Mr. Price’s cook. He was punned and both negroes captured and brought b«ck. The forger will bo tried et Walton court, a* the or der was passed in that county. Orop Eaport—So|ifkm Kovira'.i-A Brae Corn crop-A Ha Ftaca Was. Editor Banner-Watchman: Since your paper {eiUom contains an item of newt from our end of the county, I think it not ami.s to give you s few points as to u lt.it we are doing. At ia usual with our country churches during the lsying-by sea son, protracted services are being carried on at most of our neighbor hood churches. The revival at Bethel was providentially broken into some days since, but will be re newed next Friday by the Rev. L. W. Dewry, “the home-made Sam Jones,” of Oconee. During the re vival L ... _ . . ATHENSMALE ACADEMY. MONDAY, AUGUST l"lh, 1*81. Rate* ofiaitlo |M4 Penraftoahti ... ■ _ Mn* except In cams of protracted ■Ickiiwi, .... *2 0* > ’’V-konping, otr. . ... 4 0? > School Fund. Mo deductions for ab I. <*. HUDSON, sS. 1\ ORR, Associate Principals. R. A. PATTERSON & CO’S. CELEBRATED SHELL ROAD The most popular brand of Chewing Tobacco in the South. TALMADGE !— BROTHERS, AGENTS, ATHENS, GA. YOUNG'S HOTEL Tallulah Falls, This hotel oveilonk* the Grand Ka|i Ida and aommands a tin. view of she riv er, and la located In Nortli-Kast Uctuviti ... - .. ~ T —iJj.. vival last week at the Baptist church (Corinth). Service* conducted by Kev. J. F. Cheney, of Crawford. There were ten accessions to the membership of this church. Our bachelor friend, Wm. W. Puryear, has the brag corn field of this section. Wess says with the present -prospect* he will make enongh corn to share it with some body el**—his better half, you know. We have a “For Fence” man in our midst, the Right Honorable Constable of the District, who stand* to it with “the boys” that he knew what he was doing when be voted for fence, that be was voting a d—nd bogus affair, Quite candid for a fence man. The infont child of Mr. W. H. Hayes.just over, the Oglethorpe line, died on last Satvrday of dip- therto. Noother case*, and no fear oi the spread of the spread of this dread disease for children. Some of our neighbor* are com plaining just now or too much fath er-in-law “in theirn.” It is bad,'* little worse if anything, than too much mother-in-law. More anon. T.W. In Michigan a light frost was ob served tost night It was the first of the season, snd but little damage b*s resulted, on the south slopv of the Blue Judge, and has a delightful climate, being 2,000 feet above the sea; highest temperature “1 degrees. The nights are cool soil .wfreshlng. The Hnn-i has 2,000 feat nf verandah and 100 rooms, and is supplied with the best freestone from the moun tains. There are also mineral spring* of One medicinal qualltlee—Iron, sul phur end magnesia—within two hundred yards of the hotel. The eoeneryabout thcfallsand hi view of the hotel is ae sublime and euclmntlug as any mountain scenery In the world. Five beautiful falls ilath their waters la of snot piles ot snowy whiteness down 480 feet of rocks within lets thau half a mile. pic ture* of sublimity and-beauty. One can stand on the brink of this rushing our- rent snd look up at pines end lire which have their roots planted on the edge of the rocky cliff 1,000 foot overhead. KonnJ .MS ,, ' , V,fe rln E,r&Tf 0 “S soothe one to ilakbor ut night; The roaring °! the cataract sound* a ph-aannt lullaby to make sleep secure. I For those’who' With cool nights fnr sleep, or who, lithe eMImb mid full and round of lung, like to climb precipices and romp over 1 mountains ‘ hy dny, thin .‘"gr tally Iff they Is the place for them, especially ho slender of pane fit have an eye to economy, J ' Than ere Bllliardasud Cords, nurses and Carriages, Tenpins and Dancing, arid Deer, Turkey, Squirrel* and Qualls for those sportively Inctaeil. Depot snd Telegrajdi oMve will,In 200yard*of uo- tel, mine arrive and leave dally, ma king oka* eonneorion With trains on Air Lino railroad si U*buu Gap Junction. Tssms or Bosnn. $2 per day: $10 per’ week, f30 to $40 per month. Special rates made with family. Children under 12 years $18 per month, servant-, $15 p,-r nmnth. For larUior information apply to - “ Pi ■oi&aisggv THE BEST THING YET. SEE HOW-TO PRESERVE 260 Pounds Fruit, Tomatcpes, FORONE DOLLA R e. NOEXPENSE IN BUYNG FRUIT JARS: UStSSTONE OR ANY YOU HAVE- One^Dollar Package of tho American PruitJPresorving Powder and Liquid will do it. < American Fruit Preserving Powder and Liquid, Will effectually allay or prevent fermentation, and preserve all kinds-of Frnit, Juices, Syrups. Sauces, Marmalades or Compotes of Fruit, Spiced Fruits, Tomatoes, Vegetables, Cider, etc . It will Vh9 pro* fUo rear round, or for yearn, In «Iam, earthen or , ■»**• tliapiycorktM A i.hSr iNimon co k, or with fironc paper, or oil cloth tied over the top. or they out*,* I* !c*»pt in wco-ten ken enu Mims. No need to keep toe renew-*ir»ti£ht. Tm ; • vegetables, etc., may boused or removed from large re*8el* oa wanted from i<me to time durimr wtelca or months. ' • E. B. BENSON, Wholesale Agent, Hartwell,[Ga* hV in L>X O A 00., At ht-ns,Ga. ISM may* HUB