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AUGUSTA’S FACTORIES. ALL CLOSED DOWN FOB AN INDE FINITE PERIOD. 4,>f» Wople Omt at Work-MeeUng of tko Datthts of labor-ns Womb Died of OiUtl Daoi.HuulubliTUBfir AwhiletosecureBait.-TheK. oft. ip. point a Ooard to rreteel the Eroperty of tha MIU Owners Agalnot Any Dsproda- * iMuttu Mar Ojo or. AuausTA, Go.. Aug. 10.—A reporter hastened to the factories to see and talk . to the operatives aa they canto from -their work- after the milta had closed ; d >wn for an indefinite' period. Arriving a little ahead of time we talked to c nun ■ her who had gathered around the Knighta of Labor hall, a..d learned on inquiry, that nearly half of the opera- tivea had been dismissed at noon. "What it the situation?” asked the re porter of an operative standing by. “The situation is simply lhis; We are ahut-out and we would rather go this way tnan strike. We will stand by the tf Augusta Factory and be guided by their action. If they go to work we will. If they stick out until they get the ad vance ws will.” “What will you do during the shut down?" “A large number of operatives, espe cially of the King and Sibley mills, have relatives living in the country an I they will go to them. A number of the men have already made arrangements and will go to work on railroads. We ain’t going to starve, that’s one thing yOp can putdown as certain.” “How about the women?" asked the eporter. “They need rest badly and they are A warm day. The cotton market is on a stand. C. Bode has a new ice cream wagon. Col. W. J. Morton tsft yesterday for Tallulah. The mad-dog excitement has about died out again. Rev. J. A. Munday, the great evange list, is in tha city. The new building on Jackson street is about completed. The N. E. R. R. office has been mov ed to Moss A Thomas’ warehouse. The hydrant on the Commercial cor ner will be moved on the sidewalk in few days. Work began yesterday on the lot where the white public school Is to be located. Hon. Emory Speer’s fine speech on the School of Technology his been printed by Cranford A Davis for distribution. CranfordA Davis are givng away some nice blotters. Every one should call and be supplied. The citisena on North College avenue are very anxious that the committee on liehts place their lamp post. | Capt Plunkett, the polite cenducto on the Georgia railroad, who has been under the weather for a week or two, we, are glad to say, is out on tha street again. Captain Oliver recsived a letter yes- tovday from a prominent physician ask- ing to be made assistant surgeon of the company which in being enlistea for Mexico. There was a fight between the captain glad to get it. I just le-t the women ! and first foreman of the colored fire will be true. They are more determiii. ed than the men.” About this time the sdki.s nuxo end the operatives from t c mills pour ed out—not with sad faces. They were not noisy. Smiles of satisfaction gleam ed over their countenances as they talk ed, and hurriodly walked to their homes to get ready to attend the mooting of the Knights of Labor,.which waa to be 1..IJ i - held at 7:30. The reporter stopped a few with whom hewaa well acquainted, and they all said about the same. One said: “I am out of a job. The mills have shut down, but 1 expect we will all live.” THK USKTISO. An hour before the time fertho meet ing the large hall of the Knighta of La bor was densely packed, and before the hour of. meeting, hundreds were unable to gain admittance. The visiting Master Workmen addressed the assembly. The meeting, of course, was private^ . butthe operatives who are lucked out wero counselled to be law-abiding and orderly, and they were advised to follow the good example of the strikers of the company at the Town Hall, night before last They were separated before eith er une was very badly hurt. Rome ol our citixens have had the gre-s on the sidewalks in front of their premises cut down; but other sidewalks are almost impassable—the grass an weeds having covered the sama. HAthens needs a new street sprinklor. Street Commissioner Stanley deserves a great deal of credit for the way he baa fixed np Oconee street. It certain y was in a miserable condition before he took it in hand. Mr. Jim Morris will leave the city to day for Virginia. Mr. George D. Thomas returned yes terday from the falls. Dr. John Crawford has taken the road again on a dramming tour. Mrs. Griffith, Mias Luey Griffith and Mr. Chas.' Grifleth left yesterdry for Tallulah. Mr. C. II. Willcox leaves to-day for Virginia. He wiU probably not return for several months. Misses Sprout and Brown left for the falls yesterday, when they will remain a few weeks before their return to Brooklyn. N. Y, Prof. Branson, the superintendent of our public schools, is delivering a so rise of lectures to tha teachers under hia con trol His first was upon the art of writing. We don’t aeeany aaa of tha United States and Mexico kicking -up a row about a little one-horso editor. But if it was Larry Gantt in the place of Cut ting then we would be in favor of a scrim- ■urge.—Cor. Augusta Chronicle. The accomplished Miss Daisy McAl- pin, after a most enjoyable visit to the classic City, left yesterday for Oconee White Sulphur Springs, where we pre dict for her a most delightful summer, with many admirers, judging tha future by tho past * ’ J. H- Hoggins set's fruit jars st $1.00 per dos. (half gab) and$! (1-4 gal) 8end In your orders at once, as prices may not remain so low but for a few days. KOTWIATKEK. The past few days we hark had seorohingly hot weather, almost unen durable. It rained below Tuesday Zon ing, and a general season would now be 4f groat benefit nun ease Mr. W. D. Uriffoth this week sold Judge K. I. Smith, of Oglethorpe e ty, a slice of land, ISO acres, Lora the Macon place, eight miles from Athens, and in-Clarke county, for $10 per acre. Judge Smith Isa good citixen and we welcome him to our county. sruxr trout. Great improvements an being made if Oconee street, and by next week it WlH be finished and smoothed off. In places this street has been raised three feet The steep sidewalks aro cut down and fences will be set back. THE ELECTRIC LIGHT. A aio EAJtBECuE. To-day a big barbecue will be held at Wellington, four miles from High Shoals, in Morgan county. Capt Carlton and other distinguished gentlemen have been invited. It will be the grandest affair of the season. We regret that we will not be able to accept the kind invitation to attend. WILFUL DESTSU0T1UN. The seats and desks in the Athens Academy, the properly of Clarke coun ty, have been hacked to pieces and ruin- Augusta feotory, who have beeu out 0 <1 by the pupils. It is an outrageous nearly a month, and not a single viola tion of the city’s rules have been report ed from that locality. WILL HOT SIXO. The bells will not ring this morning, but the operatives will be at the gates ready to go to work at the usual hour, at all the factories except the Augusta. 4,1X10 rxorLX out or wons. There are now in Augusta four thou sand white people out of employment, and it does not look as though there was much chance for an early solution of ti e trouble. TO rSOTIOT THK HILLS. It is understood that at a meeting of the Knighta last night a committee waa appointed to look after the mill property and sae that no one attempted to injure any property mills. ATHENE HOT IS. . Athens is rapidly building up. New houses can be seen on every street and moat of them are tasty dwelling houses. Tha oity is making substantial progress la every direction, and is rapidly secur ing all the conveniences which aro com mon to larger places. 8everal cotton fac tories, two cotton compresses, gas works, aa Ice factory, a good system of water works, an iron foundry, the free school system sad the'State University, are all operating to build up the city. Amongst its dry goods merchants, the Malians Company heads the list, with an immense stock of goods snd a spleodid trade. All ' (he merchants seem to be prosperous, Had have high hopes of tha advantages to be derived from the Macon aad Athens nUroad, which will, probably be com pleted by Christmas,' The businessmen of the ci$ expect to build a read to El- barton and tils will complete their rail road facilities. If the Augnstaand Chat tanooga is built, such tempting offers will be irsds that it is believed wiU Secure that road also. Altogethe- Athens is very happily situated and majr well be hopeful of its future.—Washington Chrooicle«wFSP • shame. We trust that our^iuhlic school buildings will not be so defaced as this academy has been. INSFXCTWO SCWakS. Mayor Reaves and Chief Oliver were around Yesterday inspecting the back yards of stores on Broad a treat At rear of all the drug stores the grounds were in a most filthy condition—a regular spawning place for disease. The Mayor will haves new sewer built and make the property owners pay far same. The attention of the owners of tha stores have been called to these places time and again. A TSUI SNAKE ST0X1. A few days ago as Sank Griffin, the painter, was strolling along at a picnic gait in the country, he saw on the ground a heap of something black and a good deal of it; also a wide-spread mouth and two legs hanging out of it. .When he recovered from his surprise, he was able to discern that it waa a living mass coiled up belore him—a very large black snake. The snake had partly swallowed a half-grown rabbit Mr. Griffin meas ured the reptile and found him over seven an I a hall feet in length. It was a curious black snake, having about a foot and a half of its tail white.—Walton News. Having business with aa old gentleman la Elbert county last week, I sat la his plaits until ho could come from the field, and I waa surprised to see him walk Up barefooted. Ho bad been hoeing all the morning. The case will appear strange when it is stated that he is past sixty snd owns seven hundred acres of land in hia own right. In Oconee county I saw a lady carding cotton rolls aad her daugh ter was spinning tha rolls into thread. Buch economy as this laid Ike hauls of aQ tha great fortaaes la this country. Oaf old people an stiU capable of practicing this virtue, but the younger geasmUaB in inclined to live ap to tbeirpstvileges. —Washington Chronicle. Auol-sta, Oa., Aug. 7th, 1888,—Edi- r Banner-Watchman! Having seen complaints in the newspapers recently of the inefficient and badly lighted streets of your city, induces ms to writs ^ey <>u on the subject of having electric Tights introduced into Athens. I have had some correspondence with Dr. llunai cult, but cannot get from him muck in- formation as to the wishes of you dti- isens respecting the uses of the com bined systems ef “Arc aad Incandescent Electric Lighting.” .He informs that the city is under contract vrith the the gaa company, having several years to run. 1 have advised him that the fket doas not prevent our system from being installed there st ooee, and to-be' made profitable to the promoters from the very beginning of operations. As it is in about 160 cities in the United 8tates, paying regular d.videnda of from 10 to 25 per cent Out of the above stated large number of cities which have had our system ins’alleJ, only about 20 were free to contract for eleetrie lights, at or before the plants were established. Notwithstanding, I do not know of one single city Shat baa not adopted and con tracted fufthe e|ectric light in addition to the miserable, poor gaa lights, long before the ei| iration ol their gaa con tracts. Individual and commercial lighting is ihe main thing to be consider ed. if your citiseua are desirous of en joying the greet benefits of the very best system of electric lighting in the world, I sm prepared to nerve them, and would respectfully request that you will call the attention of oiie or two en terprising citisena to tha matter, and would be glad to hear from you on Ihe subject in a day or so, as 1 am in hopes of leaviug bore nest week. Very i speeifuUy, 0. 0. Milluil a auras ok ooas. Next Sunday we will writs up a d-e scription of the blooded dogs in Athena. There an several canines in our city that $1000 would not buy. This is getting to b*about aa important an enterprise as the Jersey cattle business. * H THE LEADERS BOOTS AND SHOES, THE BEST TO 00 TO SEW TOEX. The latter part of this week Mr. Julias Cehea wiii goto New York, aud lay Ip one ef the finest stocks of fall goods ever brought to our city, la anticipation of he increased trade that our new railroad will bring. Goods for the Least Money! ATHENS. GA. A CONTEST. It is now reported that Judge Thrasher will have a contest and try and throw out Farmington and Salem precincts, oa the ground that they ware illegally es tablished. No one knows what will be the outcome of the trouble. teat tunnel. Tho surveyor! on the M. A A. road will reach the city new in a faw days, whan work on tha tunnel under the city will it once commence. If the read enters the city up the Tanysrd branch it will derelop n wide strip of lorel lend that can be used for manufacturing pur poses—something Athens badly needs. Ion Yon ToiM Powders. SANI.'AEY. Mayor Reares deserves the thanks of of our people for tbo personal attention that be is giving the sanitary ngulatisns of Athons. lie is having nil tha sawera and filthy back yards c.eanod out, and wiU punish any one that fails to obey orders. This is e most important mntter, and wo an naw in the midst of tha sick liest season of the year. HOTEL ARRIVALS. COBNUSCIAL HOTEL. W B Hutton,’ Richmond; G T Htrib- ling, Turnerville; E T Jerry, Atlanta; W H Nathan, L C Grogan,N C; Chas Smith, Atlanta; J B Hollingsworth, Au gusta; F H Smith, city; Mrs W C Young, Mias Lore Young, Fort Worth, Toxua: AV H O’Brien, Ky. . DIEECTUE TALMAQE. Director Tolmadge has bean in our city several days in tha interest of tbs contemplated railroad. By bia gentle manly deportment, hia frank and candid statements, ha baa not only endeared himself greatly to our people, but. cat- vinced all that W is ia dead earnest. Tke railroad exteeaiaa through Madison to Athena has ao warmer, more serious friend aad indefatigable -srarler than Director Tslmadge. Ha ls MM only a representative railroad man, 1st one of the moat popular raid xealout that we have erer amt. With him aad Mr. Mm ehen the railroad baa not only good Meads, bat the bast of workers. Wo kart never, ia oar life, asst two gentle men that impneeed ns more favorably,— TINS MUSIC. Athena has within hoc bordera as fins an amateur orcheetra as any city in tha a mth. It ie com nosed of eight pieces. Tht) young gentlemen compoaing this orchestra ere among our beet citisena, and play only for tha euUrtainmsot ol theiasstres end friends. It is to be hop ed that these young gentlemen will give concert, so that our music-loving citi sens can enjoy the sweet strains of their music. We learn that one or tho Ban- day schools in Athens contemplates add ing this orchestra to their tnnsie. This will be quite u novelty, and something that our city is not used to, and wo cax- not tall how it will taka. FEUIT. BIITILLEEIES. The fruit distilleries of tha 9th revenue division are grinding up apples and peach as snd eetUng up their •tilla preparatory to making brandy. FirahsTO gives bond ia tha dry counties, snd say tbay will bo •bio to soli all tbay can^make. Whan asked how they will manage to sell in violation of prohibition, they sue war with a wink and lay, “Don’t mind about that, we’ll sell all wacaa make." A trait dis tiller ia requited to give bond for the pty- mental the tease dae oa all th» brandy he distills, and is expected to make sat gallon of spirits for sick fourteen gallons of pomaeo, or eleven gallons or cider. After the brandy is gauged tha distiller is required to pay a tax of ninety cents per gallon within four months.—Wash ington Chronicle. '• NATVEX tJNADOEMXD. Ambition te hart fine dressing does not prevail everywhere. Passing along the public highway, in Oconee county tha other day, tad cogitating-upon tho extravigincc of woman, I saw a lady ia bar host porch, dreesid ia asset calico bat wearing neither ahsee nor stocking!, ead not sahnmad for passers-by to look at bar pretty foal Ska was composedly knitting, end seemed not to be disturbed st all by tbs presence of strangers. I said to myself, “Here is economy qplmJ- here is netoro unadorned. What an im mense saving to overworked men, if the ladies weald discard shoes sad Lt.p through tbs hot summer months! Ne more slippers, aa more Newport ties, aoas of MOoa boat—nitons-own perfect vunepoiled by the handiwork of * I bed to buy two prira of shoes as eooa ss I reached home, snd my epec- niations vanished into thin air.—Wash ington Chronicle, ELEGA NT AND BEAUTIFUL V ‘ Perfuned With Otta of Rose-Perfoctli Barite MANUFACTURED BY & CO J CRAWFORD FOLD M*AIL DSatXRS- C A SCUDDER. SILVERSMITH, Watches Clocks Silverware Stationery. The prettiest and cheapest lino of wedding and note paper in the cily. Stock fresh and new. i chools fur nished with stationeiy at lowest rates. All order* from tho surround ing country will receive prompt at tention. A largo lino of blank books, inks, pens, and \ oncils, can be found at all times at our store, Red Front, Broad Street. CRANFORD & DAVIS, ' - Book and Job Printers. PRINTING,PRINTING ‘ ■■ Do you wait any printing, now or later?— — Don’t Set ignis’ Fricss Comh !• mo and ynu will got best work aid lowest prices in the State E W BURKE, Clayton Str 3 A. R. RQBERTSON.fi Marble and Granite Works AlilfoBioekoffluIilcdGraniir a»J Vai '» 11 uu.m-nb leidy for lettering Also a large stock to iri-ci I o n.-Ca 1 and get my prices. A. R. ROBERTSON, Athens, Ga. *:■ •.