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OUR ATLANTA LETTER.
REVIEW OF TilK GUBERNATORIAL
SITUATION.
UcDaniel lu test Bis Old Mends ssd
Made lew Ones—Simmons Judicial Elec
tioneering Tour Has Cooked Bis Goosey
lac on To-Day Hal tho ''Drop” on Alltlie
[Special Curre.pon4.nce Benner-Wetthmen.]
Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 16.—Editor Ban
ner-Watchman: To-day I will attempt
to comply with my promise to giro yon a
brief review of the gubernatorial cam-
* paign, as it appears to ono who has care
fully watched the manmurering of the
• candidates, and the drift of public senti
ment, as manifested by the utterances of
leading politicians from various parts of
the state, who pay their semi-occasional
‘pilgrimage to Atlanta. *
I do not think there is any possible
chance for Got. McDaniel. In shaping
bis appointments he has ignored that
'little handful of friends who, by thoir
persistence, forced his nomination upon
the convention, etnl has sought to build
up a stronger following from the opposi
tion ranks. This policy never has and
never wiji^in. I have lately talked to
leading gentlemen from Clarke, Putnam
and other counties that sent UcDaniel
dologates, and they are exceedingly bit
ter against him. In fact, I doubt if the
~ Governor will carry a single county thal
supported him when he was first nomi
nated, except his own, Walton.-
Then again, thoro is some doubt
about hisclligi'uility on the minds of the
people, and this drawback, if nothing
else, will defeat him. But no Execu
tive that Georgia ever had will retire
with a cleaner record than Uenry D.
UcDaniel. His administration has boon
spotless, and ho has managed the affiars
*of state with marked ability and judg
ment.
Judge Simmons is ono of the beet
electioneered 1 over saw, but he has
carried it most too far, and 1 think has
literally worked li
be a sad reflection on the business men
of Atlsnta to be bulldozed into working
against a paper that has done as much to
build up their city as has tho Constitution,
Gats City.
UP IN COBBHAM.
self out of harness.
The press of tho slate is now handling
him without gloves for using his office
for electioneering purposes, nnd most
deservedly so, too. Personally I lain a street railroad has dona a great deal of
friend to Judge Simmons, hut ho is the
last man in tho slate 1 would vote
for, after he has so disgracefully drag
ged the Judicial ermine into the ces-
pool of polities. The poople of Georgia
oannot afford to elect Judge Simmons
Governor, as it would be a public en
dorsement of apractice that degrades our
state offices and would put a premium on
tho practice of using public position for
peraonal gain. It is conceded that
Simmon is more popular in Bibb coun
ty than llaeon, anil will probably control
its delegation; hut he will not get much
of a support elsewhere. Judge Simmons
has lost half of his strength in tho last
thirty days, since the press began Ua
war on him.
Von will naturally ask, then, who is
tho coming roan? To-day it is O. A.
Bacon, and I believe that he will hold
his own until tho convention meets, and.
that he will bo nominated on tho first
ballot. For more than n year the tide
has boon turning in the direction of
Bacon, until lately it gathered into a per
fect wave. Qua Bacon has been on tho
anxious seat n tong time, and then he
has always accepted defeat in inch a gen
tlemanly and patriotic manner, that in
stead of being weakened, bo came, out of
each convention stronger than be entered
it. There la neither blot nor blemish on
Baotm’a public or private record. • He
has always boon true to his state, his
party and hit friends, and would not
deign to stoop or wire.pnll to gather in
tboprUo he so much covetes. Gns
Bacon is every inch n gentleman, and if
elected Governor will make a superior
officer. Fulton county is his, and, in
fsct,bohaatwo-thiidsofth» state now
-in Us grasp.
There ia but one man that pan defeat
Bacon—H. H. Carlton, of your city. If
Capt. 0. enters the ran be will cut a big
road into Bacon's best territory, without
injuring the olher candidates. Ckpt
Carlton is a very strong man, too. If bo
declared himselfa candidate, and made a
canvass of tho state, ho could be nomi
nated and elected without the slightest
trouble. .
But there is one thing the people of
Georgia will never submit to again, and
thatia fora minority candidate to control
a convention, as was the case with Me-
DanteL It is an outrage on public sen
timent, and antagonistic to the spirit of
our government, which is that the i
jority shall rule.
Tho boycott against the Constitution
seems to be on the wane, as its advertis
ing patronage is on the increase. Wm.
H. Dougherty.,and two- or three other
small advertisers are tho only business
men wh? have withdrawn their patron
age firpm th» paper at the demand of the
Knights of Labor. The boycott will
never work in Georgia. It would Inde-d
ABUs cn th» Street Car--Improvements
Oolng On.
Yesterday morning, by invitation from
8upt Dorsey, of the Classic .City street
railroad company, wo took a ride up to
the terminus on Milledge avenue. The
back is in fine condition, and the little
fcxas mules pull the ear very rapidly.
They are getting fat, and are the very
for a street car or light farming.
The ears make very close connection and
pass each other every 16 minutes at the
switches. Tho street oar atablea are lo
cated in the rear of Mr. Coleman’s store,
and are very convenient The atreot
can are certainly a.blessing to the young
ladies going to school at the Institute,
and moat all of them ride to school every
morning. The road is nearly completed.
Supt Dorsey will, in a short time, com-
mince building the track to tho fair
grounds, so as to be ready for picnics and
base ball matches in the spring. There
will be several fine games played there
this summer, and one or two clubs of tho
Southern league will plsy hero. Supt
Dorsey js very well satisfied with his
* , and thinks that travel on tho lino
ntinue to increase. There are
ito a number of improvements going on
ig the line.
Macon Johnson has made some
improvements on his lot in
r. now Cratio's aver house ii nearing
completion, and will be, when finished,
one of tho handsomest. residences in
Cobbham.
The house of Mrs. Hughes, on Mil-
ledge avenue, will be completed shortly,
and is a beautiful residence. . ~
Capt Welch will 'build a fine hous 0
on hia lot next to Col. Dotring's.
All along tlie lino can be seen now
fonces, stable?, cow houses and various
other improvements.
Every tiling is in a nourishing condi
tion, and it is a settled fact that tho
good for Cobbham.
A QUERY.
A Lady Wants to Know About tho Athena
rost-offlee.
Mr. Gantt: Please inform a constant
reader of your valuable paper what is re-
uired or a lady clerk in a post-office.
Iss any one applied for the place yet?
Feb. 16th, 1886.
[It will require at least two lady
clerks to discharge the duties of the of
fice. As to what their duties will be
depends on the place they oeenpy. The
mail mast be made up and distributed,
stamps erased, and it will also be nsces-
sary for aome one to stand at the deliv
ery and give out letters and papers. We
presume the financial department will be
under charge of the postmaster. Any
lady with ordinary intelligence can soon
learn her duties. There are aoveral ap
plicants, but no sale, -ton has as yet boon
made.—Ed. B.-W.]
WANTS BOBBY BAD. ^
D. Fitzgerald, the Irishman that came
from' Chicago to marry an Atlanta girl,
end waa rejected on account of his un
gainly appearance, threatens to sut the
Banner- Watchman for damages because
it copied an article from the Augusta’
Chronicle, describing his ippearapeo.
We think the pen portrait a very accurate
one, and so will a jury whan they an
this fellow Fitsgerald. Wo say to him,
go ahead with your suit, and yon will find
n little honest work' an easier way for
Chicago Irishmen to make n living in the
South than sueing every gentleman for
damages who don’t declare yon an Apol
lo. This la the same fellow that wanted
to sue Col. Smith for damages for dis
charging him. We suppose he will also
try his hand on the Augusts Chronicle.
If Fitsgerald continues this gums he will
get something to sue for sura enough.
THE RAILROAD MUDDLE
BABDOBIAH JOXBI.
Randall in Augusta Chronicle: “It
seems that when Rev. 8am Jones was at
Charleston he made some ugly and un
just remarks about Mayor Courtenay.
Capt Ed. Willis afterwards came with s
message from the preacher to the Mayor,
asking that public functionary to come
nnd hear him. “Bear back to Mr. Jones,"
ssidthe Mayor, “this reply: Wheql
want to go.te * circus, I shall aeok it un
der a tent and not in a religions taber-
A BAD OVtTOHEX.
One of tho little Texas males walked
into the back doorof.Colemsn's up-town
store a few days ago. Joe Kenney, Cole
man’s clerk, did notlike the looks of such
a customer, but the question with Joe
was how to get rid of him. Joe says ho
will taka a black bear rather than a Texas
mule. . a ' -J » _Va,
Bae tbt Central syndicate and the Rich
mond and Danville iiatft a Trade?
Tho report that the R. & D. road has
purchased the Gainesville, Jefferson tc
Southern, taken in connection with the
statement that tho R. A D., in considera
tion of being released from the Clayton
extension of the North-Eastern, will build
to Macon instead of Columbus, looks to
us very much like a trade between these
great rival syndicates, by which the
Georgia will give up her little artery that
leads into the H.AD’i territory, and in
consideration for which this latter road
will abandon tho idea of building to Co
lumbus, but will connect at the Georgia
with the Macon road, that is conceded to
he under the control of the Central syn
dicate. If’thls bo true, all fear of a rival
trading point to Athena whore the road
crossos the Georgia can he abandoned,
as both line* will be under ono manage
ment We would be glad to sea both of
these reports verified. A gentleman in
this city, interested in the msttyf, wrote
to New York to find if Livingston got his
money than to build ths Macon A Cov
ington road, and tho reply came that he
had not been furniahed a cent from that
city. Ho ia doubtless backed by the
Central syndicate that ia furnishing him
with means. Everything ia robed in
mystery, and yon can get at nothing au
thentic. -
SAWING BONES.
Bogan A Lyndon Doing a Thriving Business
la surgery.
There haa hardly been a half dozen
surgical operations performed in * year
in Athena, until Hogan & Lyndon put an
advertisement in the Banner-Watchman.
Since they have commenced to advertise
they are getting more fingers, hands and
legs to saw off than they can attend to.
The reporter visited Dr. Hogan's office
yesterday, and found him covered with
blood from recent operations. Rachael
Sims, an old negro woman, was sitting in
a rocking chair under the influence of
ether, administered to her to have a An
ger token off that had boon pierced by a
noodle. Tho Anger was token off and
I terrible looking ..l.joot. A- littlo
boy from Princeton factory had his fin
ger badly mashed by the machinery at
the factory, and had to have it taken off.
Dr. Hogan also performed tho operation
of opening the club foot of s white child,
and thinks that he has done the child
some good, and that it will bo enabled to
walk without much difficulty.
TBB TOCCOA BORDER.
The CamesviUe Register thus very
sensibly argues about the horrible trag
edy in Toocoa. Wo oannot believe that
young Freeman committed the crime, al
though the ovtdoneo ia against him. How
can yon explain this argument by the
register:
“It is most improbable, that a planned
murder and robbejy should have boon
committed in broad day light, in full
view of many houses. It is difficult to
conceive tho object of carrying the body
into town Instead of concealing it, or al
lowing it to remain whore it fell. It is
altogether improbable that s hog should
have torn the head from the body. It
Could not have-been dona without drag
ging the body about if dono at oil, end
the body had not been dragged, and there
waa nothing to indicate that it had been
moved n hair’s breadth from where it
at first laid. It would have boon
impossible for dogs or hogs to strip the
entire head and face of all flesh as clean
ly ns it was done—certainly impossible
for them to have dona, without getting
it scratched and soiled. Hence wo con
clude that the mystery has not been
solved.’’
ALL THE LATEST STYLES
(mail Items That a Reporter Caught on
tho Fly Yesterday
Henry Beusse, Jr., has charge of the
IN BTRIOTY FIRST OLABBUOODB i
Y. M. G. A. rooms now.
The pony that Pink Prico bought of
the circus is dead.
The Athens cotton seed oil mill makes
twelve barrels of oil a day.
The wagon yards have done n poor
buaineas this season.
Turkey gobblers are now allowed to
roam at will on Jackson street.
Secretary Manning has made a call for
$10,000,000. Was it a jack pot?
An Athens mother quilts shot in her
boys’ pants, to break them from wearing
ou t their knees.
ptr & Hunter have 800 cords of oak,
hickory and pine wood for sale. See
advertisement.
Thera is n lady in Athens who kept
stUl one minute to havo her picture tak
en. This is tho first esse on record.
An old epicure says he has been able
to buy no good tea since tho war. Ho
used to pay $1.50 per pound, and the tea
was worth It, too.
The Washington Cronicle says there
ato a half dosen merchants in Harmony
Grove who sell in excess of $60,000 worth
of goods par annum.
Dr. Charlie Long haa a lot of cord
wood that he wants cut All who wish
to out moat apply at once at hls store on
Broad street.
Old Unele Ned, tho colored gentleman
that laid dewn tho ohovel and the hoo,
has expired, or at least ho is not nowin
this community.
Tito main object in life of tho small
boys of Athens is to see who can smoko
the largest number of cigarettes and read
the greatest number of dime novels.
There are fewer old maids in Athena
than any other city in the South. The
University of Ga. is situated in the little
dty beside the blue Ooonee lathe cause.
The surveyors of the Georgia Midland
are now surveying a route from Double
Cabins to McDonough, via Stillwell's
bridge, but it is 'probable the route by
Locust Grove will bo selected.
Q.'A. Ward, of Coffee county, who for
x years was clerk of tho superior court
of that county, has entered tho Georgia
Univerajty at Athena, Ga^ as a law stu
dent
Quite a sen>jntlon waa created by n ne
gro womaq, falling in » fit >[ the Lney
Cobb Wednesday. It was thought st
first that she was dead, but ahe finally
revived and was carried home.
Jnst Received in Every Department, at the Shoo Store
Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
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XOTHIBAR'S a RAVE.
-In the little town of Sharon, seyi the
Washington Chronicle, is ths grave ef n
young Irishman, who, with n Catholic
priest, waa drowned between Athens and
Lexington. The following is the in.
scription on his tombstone:
Methuen H. Motxibsx,
Aged 85 years.
A Faithful Irishman.
“How many fond hope* lie
buried here.”
It is seldom that a more expressive
sentiment is found than this one.
WEITBBT1AET BATTERS.
Col. Junes M. Smith, of Oglethorpe,
one of the lessee! of convict labor, has
recently completed some improvements
at his camp, in the shape of n new stock
ade and building, which place it among
tho best In the state. - ‘
There were only two deaths among
the convicts daring the month ef Janu
ary. one at the coal mines and one on thef
Oglethorpe camp. The health of the
convicts la reported aa excellent at the
present time, despite the severe cold
weather daring January.
DSJCOBTBEBUM ABBIVBBSART.
Ths anniversary exercisss of tbs Dem-
osthenfan society of the University occur
to day at l0:30 a. nu, in the college chap
el in the campus. E. T. Whatley, ’86, of
Newnan, delivers ths anniversary ad
dress. The public ore respectfully in
vited to attend.
■ ’r rET Irakis.
AtMaxeyswo saw Bob Giilism'a rat
tlesnakes which he has kept inn common
wooden box for two years, without food.
They are now torpid and have every ap
pearance of being deed. Hr. Gilliam has
u great fancy for snakes.—Washington
Chronicle.
ITRBTCBIBa A LITTLE.
Bsv. Sam Jonas ia certainly given to
stretching when tho occasion occurs. - Hs
said in one of his sermons in Cincinnati
that bo would rather bo five hundred old
maids shut up In a room by himself than
to be the wife of one drunkard. Rev.
Bam most bo n little off or he must not
haven heavy weight mother-in-law with
several good active sister-in-laws who
are old maids. Sam ia having too much
of n good time to appreciate the ilia of
life.
SOCIETY AND PERSONAL.
Mr. Frank Upson, of Lexington, has
entered the law class of the University.
Mr. A. D. Lipscomb, of Clarkesville,
son of ex-ChanetUor Lipscomb, is in tho
City, visiting his father.
WARTS TO nOW.
Rev. Dr. Lane has receivsd n letter
from HUledgeville asking about the
workings of prohibition in Clarke. It
has certainly done no harm, and if it has
dono no harm it must have done some
good.
COHUTTIE RETORTED.
The building committee of the Board
of Education have reported their obser
vations to the city council. It is no w in
the hands of the council to lot out the
contracts and have the work done.
ETCTET.ISS MOOTINQ.
' t-Muie hunters out on Mrs. Compton’s
place came very near hitting Mrs. Comp
ton with a bullet. It passed within an
inch of her head.
JanlSdly.
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Made from the very best grain---give it a
trial.
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as a Guano.
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In every Form, the
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Price, $1 per bottle; Qbottles $5 twin by Jno. Crew
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