Mr. S. M. Shnnkle, of Harmon;
Grove, is veVy ill and not exacted
to live.
Mr. Harry Pliini7y has shout got
ten ilia new office fitted up.
W. Addison Knowles, of the
Greeneshoro Home Journal, has
been tramping through the ratun-
taina. His baggage consists df a
fly fan, a mosquito net and three
copies of his paper.
U7. and Mrs. Bertling sailed from
New York for Europe yesterday.
Mr. Kichatd Hurra as is still very
tick.
The friends of the p op-aad-Go
baseball dub still think that they
can down the Atlanta professionals
Col. F. Phinizy returnej yester
day from Nicholson.
Hons. H..H. Carlton and R. B.
Russell came home yesterday
spend Sunday.
One of the cleverest men in our
community is Pres. Elder, one of
Talmadgt Bsos.' leading salesmen-
He Is deservedly one of the most
popular men in the .business with
all the trade from the country and
knows everybody in Oconee coun
ty. He is said to know the names
of every farmer in the order they
live along the different roads lead
ing through the county.
In all firms teas a Xs ports r oaasfti on
tha nr Tsstsrdsy.
The merchants are receivingtheir
goods very fast ‘
Michael Bros, will have the: best
atranged store in Athens.
BSD LUCS.
Mr. McGintv is havings series of
bad luck. He had a fine Jersey cow
to die yesterday.
By Rev. Emory Anderson, Mr.
J- E. Greer and Miss Lissie Toombs
Brawner, all of Clarke county.
hoke loonr.
'Coleman, the auctioneer, return-
•ed Friday night from New York.
He has purchased a large stock for
hit-ten cent store.
Mrs. Alex Nabors died yesterday
alter a lingering illness. She was
an estimable lady, and leaves a hus
band and five little children to
mourn her lost.
AHOriUB BALI.
Oglethorpe county’s first bale Wat
received on Friday by Moss &
Thomas. It was shipped them by
Mr. J. Phillips, of Sandy Cioss.
LOVED OVEB.
Mr. Tom Greer waived trial be
lore the U. S. Commissioner, and
was hound over to appear at the
1 October term of the court
WANTINO BAIN.
The farmers near Winterviile are
complainingubout not having rain
enough. The notion has fallen off
terribly in the past few days from
the hot sun
The police are principally engag
ed in quelling difficulties among the
colored damsels.
Tom Tracy, the decorator and
paper hanger, is advertising in this
issue. His work gives perfect sat
isfaction.
The grand jury of Hall county is
getting a lot of true bills against
Coffee, at Lula, for selling whisky
at retail.
A young man dressed in women’s
clothes sings for the members of
tha legislature, at a beer., jerking
saloon on Marietta atreet
The people of Jackson county
are busily engaged working the
roads.
The handsome horse thief is still
at large. Bird, who was in for
stealing a bale of cotton, has been
—iptored.
The Banner-Watchman returns
thanks to Mrs. Toomer for a waiter
of grapes and brandy peaches.
The Hodgson Bros, have fired the
first gon of the season in out adver
tising columns on bagging and ties.
They will keep a very large stock
on hand all the time and jvill supply
the farmers at the lowest prices.*
Mrs. Jeff Lane and children are
visiting Mrs. S. C. Reese, on Han
cock avenue.
Veronee has rented No. 13 on
Broad street and will put in a full
stock of stoves and tinware.
A runaway couple came down on
the North-Eastern Friday night to
HarmonyXJrove. The bride was
only 15 years old.
The building committee have dug
four good wells on the fair ground
and they all have splendid water.,
The (air ground will be enclosed
in a few days, with a good close
fence.
The track at the lair grounds is
being graded and will be ready in a
short time.
The fair grounds will be used as a
summer retort for the citizens of
Athens. A fine grove wilt be en
closed, which will be a delightful
place to go during the bested term
‘'Hot, hotter, hottest, and still a
Ei.tiKRTON, GA.,Aug.2i—Ellier
ton is on the biggest building boom
ever known here. Old houses are
being renovated and new ones built
The old town has taken on a new
and neat appearance, indicative of
thrift and prosperity., Beside* oth-
eis.the hondsome new granite-build
ing of Dr. I.ong’s, . the large two
story building of the Elbcrton. Man-
ufacturiny Company and the foun-
dry of Phillips & Garbutt are among
the more prominent.
The fall ’term of the Elbeiton
Male Academy opened here‘this
week, with'a good attendance. The
female institute opens next week,
with the prospect ora large 1
anco. |>--t - —< •
’A number of our merchants have
gone north for the purpose of laying
in their (all and winter goods.
The superior court convenes next
month. There is quite an amount
I lf civil business to transact; but
udging from tbe docket now tbe
criminal business will he light
Misses Daisy and Nellie Colbert,
Athens, with their friend. Mils
ddie Harper,-of Nickviile; are
spending several days in Bit
Considerable interest it being
manifested in a proposed railroad
from this -place to some point in
Sonth Carolina to connect with the
Savannah Valley road. TI10 dis
tance will only be about fifteen
miles, and the road can be built at a
comparatively small costs. If the
crops are aa fine this fall as the
prospects indicate, the road will “e
built within two yeara, and Will
prove ol ineatimable benefit to El
beiton and tower Elbert.
DOTS FBOM DAMKLSVIM.E.
Danielsville, Ga., Aug. at.—
Madison county pays a hundred
cents on the dollar, and is able to
Cohtlnue so to do.
O.ir jail has not bad a single occu-
jant since being cleared by last ,
ourt fill tbio week, when two 1
darkeys, charged, with cattle steal
Point I’khi'eniiic.jl.ak, Aug 19.
Dear Banner-Watchman: There is
some re,t lor ilie vftary. After
frizzing and frying and baking awd
foiling in a hot, dusty city, where
ilie mercury ranges and abides
amongst the nineties, and the whole
town looking as desolate as if a yet-
Id'vv fever scourge had frightened
ilie entire population into the.nionn-
tains, or summoned them!, to that
long resting place from whose
bourne no traveler returns,' I, have,
with the interest of my country and
he welfare of postihjfc future pos-
erity at heart, seen ft to - pack, all
my earthly possessions in a small
grip-satchel and take'upmy abode
lor a time on the sunny side of the
Blue Ridge mnunta.ns, in the hills
and valleys of the extreme northern
pr.tti-m of Ilie hospitable old county
of Banks, If a business man-who
is tired of the hum-drum role of
daily duties, dekires to- spend. a
month of solid comfort,* spiced with
the luxuries and pleasures life, in
proluse variety, let him' come: to
the retired shades, the fertile val
leys, the sporting hills and silvery
streams of Banks county, where the
smiting fields yield abundanj liar-
hi
vests, the laughing brooks contrib
ute in greatest quantities the speck
led mountain trout,'.and honey
blockade flow freely, the Ui
States,government to the<coutrary
notwithstanding, , Banks county
more independently of the '. profli
gate customs and conventionalities
bt what is commonly termed '“so
ciety,” or even of Ihc rigidly drawn
lines of the law. They acknowl
edge no superior, save God alone.
They live, move and have their be
ing within their own bounds. ' Ab-t
solute freedom is exercised • to* a'
greater extent in'this county!, than
perhaps in any spot on-the globe*.
The population is considerably -di
viderl between the whites, am
our calaboose since last March court.
Notwithstanding the fact that two
license bar room rare doing business
heatingV* was the'way U Was pnt'up h '* r * »!“> have been all the year!
yesterday.
SHEEP KILLING POM.
The farmers around Dowdy, in
Madison county, are complaining
of the damage done to their flocka
by dogs. There have been qoabeep
killed in the past few weeks. A
litile strychnine placed in pieces of
beef and put in the pastures will
soon put an end to them.
A CURIOSITY.
Mr. Lu .n Williamson, of Jackson
county, killed a chicken for dinner
Thursday, and on the gizzard of
the chicken was the head, bill, eyea
and neck ot a chicken. This forma
tion had grown on the gissard. Dr.
Whaley, of Athens, has this curi
osity in his possession.
WHE* WILL PEOHtBITIOH 00 IXT0 RT
FSOr IB HABERSHAM
We hive been asked time and
again when the prohibition law
would go into effect in this county.
According to the terras of the act
and the order of the ordinary it will
take effect Sept nth. It ia not
known whether any effort will be
made to oppose the law taking its
course. If there is, this men who
labored for prohibition will see that
the law is strictly and promptly en
forced.—Toccoa News.
TEE on. sat,
Ilie cotton seed oil mill is fast be-
ing brought to completion. The
buddings are all about finished and
the machinery put in position. Mr.
McElhany, the manager says that
he will commence pressing out tbe
oil by the first of October, This will
be e great advantage to the farmer*
'to get a good price for their surplus
cotton seed. The mitt will pay cash
for tha seed or exchange cotton
seed meal tor them. The meat is
said to be fine for stock and for fer
tilizing.
(HAND ZNGAXPKElfT L 0. 0. F. !
Mr. W. M. Pitman has [ust re-
tutncrf Bp(it-ijir--aiegtmf bf-hw ! svui,«
Grand Encampment, L O- O. J?-, With bfct
and the Grand Lodge of Georgia^
held at Newnan, Ga. Tbe follow
ing are the officers of the Grind
Encampment: -
H. C. Hutcheson, Atlanta, Grand
Chief Patriarch; G. C. Wilson, Sa
vannah, Grand High Priest; C. D.
Russell, Savannah, Grand S. W.;
R. T. Daniel, Griffin Grand J. W.;
J*hn-O. Deitz, 'MaCOn, 3
Scribe; W. S. G *
Grand Treasurer;
Athens, Gntud !!SMi
Asher, Griffin, Grand Sentinel; IK
P. Murphy, Grand Messenger; C. A.
Robbe, Augusta, Grand
tative.
Grand Lodge—H. F. Everett, Co
lumbus, Grand Master; Prof- Lf
Hstte, Gainesville, Deputy Gram
Master; D. Porter, Savannah, Grand
Warden; J. G. Deitz, Macon, Grand
Secretary; John Tyson, Savannah,
Grand Treasurer; A. C. Ward,
Dahlonega, Grand Chaplain; John
Riley, Grand Sentinel; f. P.
yan, Grand Herald; Repr-
lives to Sovereign Grand I
John B Goodwin and C. H. D
sell, of Savannah!
They hold their meeting next
year in Atlanta. * - ■
Madison county has now about
seventeen hundred voters, an In-
Create of about three.hundred with
in the past two years,
her
MB. CULP'S LETTER.
' Friend Gantt: I step to the
without Mr. Bloomfield’s knowle
or consent, and vindicate hit actio
in telling hie superintendents that
they join an organisation which i
antagonising the interest pf the.
ent Manufacturing Ci
they mnst find some ot _
tqemploy them. Mr., Bloomfield
represents the Company, and would
be recreant to bis duty if he Ifddpa
overseers in the factory to direct the
work and control the hands, who,
instead of doing their duly to the
Company, are telling the hands that
the company is grinding them to
the dust—iyrobbing them—is. work-
.ing them too long end paying them
too tittle—is expecting to gtil two
dollars worth of labor for erery dol-
lar*’ worth of work, Would you
ntEPAU nt THE PAIR.
The fanners should be preparing
for the coming fair which wilt be
held about the 151b of October.
Good premiums will be offered for
everything raised on the form, and
it wilt not only help them but will
help tbe Fair Association. The
farmers of Northeast Georgia shoul d*
take especial interest in this, ss it is
mostly for tbe benefit of stock rai s-
•rs and farmers. The director* ol
tbe foirassociation are doing every-
thing in their power to make the
fair grounds one of the main fea
tures of Athens and Northeast
Georgia, and it behooves our mer
chants and farmers to give it a good
send off and make the first fair a
grand success. Send inyeur butter,
pigs, cows, potatoes, and garden
products and taka a premium. The
premium will be distributed inn few
.day*. §
harm than good. Myself and George
Palmer have- aggregated about 40
'.B., me a: • ** ■-
yean with Mr.
ss and Pal-
iS years, and will both testily
to tbe fact that Mr, B. is not a hind
.man on his help, nor illiberal in
paying wages, but he runs his busi
ness and don’t ask bia bands to dil
ute hi* policy. This much, Isay
in justification of Mr. ' BY course.
Respectfully, Pbthr Culp.
AT HEW HOLLAED.
From a party just returned from
New Holland Springs -we learn
mat Camp & Calloway are
better fare than toy, £9*1 „
country. They have access to all
tbe markets and get everything
that their guests want. - There is n
large crowd there and music and
dancing evary aigbt.
Wc r.cvcr saw Madison
good citizens more dete
attend to their own business.
Madison county can “tote
own skillet”
- Madison county has eight bar
rooms, a decrease of lour within the
past twelve months.
Less whi-ky drinking is done in
Madison county than heretofore.
Madison county has as upright,
morahlc, moral and sober a citi
icnship as anybody’s county.
Madison county’s.good citizens
have an immense amount of pure
backbone, • - , i-
Madison county bad enough sand
in her craw to whip one of the most
Unequal fights ever seen in her bor
ders, carried on by tho combined
forces ol more than twenty persons
who do not belong to her, from the Tblskeluon
pulpit, the bat, and of both racea, j
and amateur stump speakers, with
not a speaker from outside her bor
ders to aid her. Many of her citi-
ns consider the fight won because
the unfair basis ■ upon which the
estion was submitted, and the
inner in which the campaign was
conducted. And yet Madison coun
ty must he slandered and insinuated
upon and the character of her citi
zens stabbed at by parties who are
cither ignorant of the facts, or wi
of God in their hearts to keep them
n remembrance of the Golden Rule.
If every newspaper would run
one column especially dedicated to
moralists, may be so callc ((moralists
might learn, among other good and
wholesome things, to attend to their
own business; to let the business of
others alone and that he who would
steal a min’s character is meaner
than a horse thief. i ‘" I
FOR THE cnUBOB.
The colored literary debating so
ciety of Bethel'A. M. E. church,
nixed July 8th, 1SS5, H. M.
:h. President; Stephen Perry,
Vice President; Dock Strickland,
Attorney; D. L. Rakestraw, Secre
tary. The above named society
wiflt perform the following pro
gramme at tho Town Hall Monday
iag, at S o’clock sharp, to
h alt are cordially Invited.
Special seats will be arranged for
all white friends who wish to attend.
bilion been a benefit to the county
of Clarke and city of Athens?"
Affirmative—Julius Mapp, D. L,
Rakestraw, Dock Strickland.t.ia ■
Negative—Wm. Walker, Ci H*
deman, Stephen Perry. u»; . /HI
Admission—Lady And gent, 15c.;
single person, **
i\
»ir. A. S. Dorsey
to picking cotton w
next week, and will
• bale per day.
while Speer was cnrousjng around
in the old ninth, inciting -the . ne
groes to aspire to a superior point
to that occupied by the whites, and
filling them with false impressions
politically amj.sosially, it was fear-
cd that this element' would , give
trouble and necessitate f help being
tution; but since Speer is dead, and
prohibition reigns sod ClpvtlandpcJ
cupies the White House, you would
never know that there‘were
any negroes 'Jn' the counfl
unless vou should, liappc
to see them in the- fields , JR I
psUlssktti eitliaL melodies-wafled
as in snte-bellart» fsys. -They seem l
to be 1 t4iMqt)tod J lW}3^iiTM i W
above all thankful that aemocratic
victory does not nesn second bond-’
age. Enough hn already been said
about fine crops in Georgia, so I
'will simply smc that it will be a
matter of Imposshility. for mother-
earth to yield a nore abundant re
turn to the farrrt< for , ,his labors
than she: gives foi promise of doing
1 .V^ifcs
. A corre snflenj »if flic IncT anap
olis Sent'rtef tel!&.« jpuH story, pro
jyauufacUretl out oj* the whole
cloth, of a of jtrlv war inch
cjtat at Afidernonvilip orison. A*
the eforjr rtiu», G -ncraf Ho weft
Cobb visited Amler»onvil?e to look
in,to the alleged <le*eiiiou of the
guards. It was* critical time, 1864,
and there were Ij.ooq Fedcral’ pris*
onera in the stLckaJe. If any. con
siderable nu mber of ti.c guards de*
aerted it wms feared that the prison
ers would make a break and over
run the country. The respond
ent says fhat.General*tub’./ collect
ed the guards near the stockade end
commence a ringing speech in
which he reminded them of the im
portant trust confided to them and
urged them to do their duty. Before
the speaker had uttered more than
a few sentences about fifty prison
ers m the stockade \ve*-e heard
singing the first verse of the -“Star-
Spangled Banner.’! - When 1'the
chorus was ib(ffched, with detona-
tipn* lifce an “cxplcdoji, 5,000 voices
were heard pooling: -*- *»
“The BUr-aptnglcd rmnner, O, Ioiir m»y It
Twenty car loads of genuine All Jute BAGGING,
all weights. Send in your orders at once and get ad
vantage of go^ds bought before the advance. We will
not be undersold. . V >if“i j ,
HODGSON BROS
bg 1
t vsh
will write yo| soon of the hid
den resource* aid natural curiosi
ties and wonderi tbst
found in Bank: county. '^1-muij
close now. in ordfr , to .cAtcK.'-.tha
mail. Sioux.
ie speech, hut when the roar sub.
ded and only a lew tcore voice*
were heard tinging the second
stanza. VVirtz hastened to have the
tinging stopped.' The narrator of
the story says* .. v — ~ , : J
•The vase was sung and the
chorus yeached again. The con-
'regation 'dumlierqd : 10,000 more
ban before. Hc.iviiist, what a
swell of sound! The very air seem
ed to quiver with the concussion—
the stocksdc wall trembled. The
stunned
r irfqj
had reached the : great gate, stood
stock stil! a- if paralyzed. The sol
diers forming the tquarfc weie pow
las ing the prison. * - ■-‘^‘ir trfK-r-j
•-‘Tne storm lulled, the speaker
sought to resume, but his manner
was disconcerted. Wilt/ was mov
ing nervou-ly about, but essaying
nothing. They Board the breeze of
song sweeping the lines of the third
stanza, but knew it only foreboded
the return of tin i< mpest. And now
it comes- |k ibm* V stS2 I
“Thereare20,000throats sv idling
the call of the penant under which
they had fought, and 5,00.) morn
joined in the invocation: 4. »--*• s-*
'it tt.elsnilr)[" tho tut'toa 11V :.u no of the
r.mtfc ' . * v»‘ , * '* ‘ r , *_* . *r
-r5*TK* sarhn nf fhr- Mint Wdni*
but struck the branches of the pin
when they begin to repeat. II!
wider, stronger, louder the awn
eals, roars,‘it ‘booms, it thu
t is artillefy.oT>01
rr.stands transfixei
the anthem before, bur
Thu listeners appear almoft
drops from ‘li's’^ianMwi^iqj
H. \*m mM at «<1 Isrn « a
ndW the
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m
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voices are clanginif the chorus— w
000 bosoms nutUtoft-siUb thought 1
of coantrr,'«nd;fia|n
clamber up, amt, Mippo
strongercomradr*. ■wavotheiresp. 1
Boor, fever-wasted fraitAs.-TWj-'HW 1 rtLi
an ho.ur of dissolution of thelr'.dh'-
its, haltuprive, and propping upqo 'yZ-OT
Tho most pnpuIii^ brnnd oC Chewing Tobacco in the
UtlVV'l t4Uiff Iviiqsa w»« *(fT | iUhI f,u*
TALMADGE BROTHERS, AGENTS,
d raise the withcredjingers
- _ olhkr-sloft"While -ihev unite
icir cracked' toice's in.the'refram
jriltheat ileyer morcuT,^!,'
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