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BOND op convict lessees.
Know nil mrn by these presents
jv,*he L’»cbe*i.
oordon & Company, to be known
as the Georgia Penitentiary Compa
ny No. 3, as principal, end B. G’
Lockett, ofDougherty county, L. A.
Inrilnn, ot Bibo county, VV. B.
[ owe of Fulton county and John B.
Gordon, of IJeKalb county, all of the
>:ate of Georgia, ns sureties, are
held and firmly bound unto James
yi, Smith, Governor of said State,
an d bis successors in office in the
M ,,,i of thirty-seven thousand five
hundred dollars; for the payment of
which we bind ourselves, our heirs,
e\i cumi' and administrators,jointly
and severally, firmly by these pre*-
, vitined, *raledand delivered bv
this 21st day of June, A. D,
The considerations for the above
bond ire as fo’lows: The said
hones M. Smith,as Governor of said
st.iie. under and by virtue of the au
thority vested in hiin.andby an Act
passed at the last session of the Gen
eral Assembly of said State,entitled
an Act to regulate the leasing out of
Penitentiary convicts by the Gover
nor, authorizing him to make con
tracts in relation thereto and for
other purposes,” having hired and
farmed out a poition of said convicts
to said principal, as by a contract of
of lease hearing even date with these
presents, will more fully appear for
and during the tserm of twenty yeara
trout and after the first day of April,
i'79, subject to be ended by the par
don or termination of th? sentence
of said convicts, or either of them,
or the cancellation of the contiacr
by the Governor according to law.
Now, il the said principal shall pay
its pro rata proportion of theannual
rcv.tal according to the tenor of said
contracts and shall pay all expenses
ol siid convicts, as leqnircd by law,
and shall pay all expenses of trans
porting convicis ir im the counties
where convicted to the penitentiary,
shall treat said convicts with the
humanity required by law, shall
keep them sicurely without expense
to itie Slate and with such guards
and safeguards a- ihc law requires
am! manage >od keep them in uc-
cmdance wit i tne Miles an ! regula
tion- now ot lurce. or which may
hereaftar lie legally adopted for the
c I.drill o lien convicts, and not
untk ihe n outside the limits of
the Side, nor longer each day than
' e law .hows, nor on the Sabbath
da\. ii r i ft.ci corporal punishment
> '■! hem un'ess Hie same
-oa .li olutely necessary to se-
su 1 e ■ iscipline, and shall not sub-let
in li i-r, or hire said convicts or any
o the n to others, and shall report
ii dn oaih ad esetipes and the cir-
- uni anci - amending the same, as
ieq nre 111 law. to the Frincipal
Kei per, and shall pay the damage
specified by law for each negligent
escape, and shall discharge each
cnnvict immediaielv upon the expi
ration ol the term that he or she
may have been sentenced, and shall
work such convicts and keep them
employ td as directed by law, and
'hall discharge all convicts and shall,
when this letting is ended by time
or cancellation of the Governor, re
turn them to the State at such place
is the Governor may direct, and
shall in all respects discharge
their duty under the law touching
the management, control and keep-
u o ot said convicts, then the above
bund to he void, else to remain of
lull lurce anti virtue.
Ngned, sealed auJ delivered in the
presence of witnesses.
hholUilA PENITENTIARY CO. NO. 2.
Principal.
B. G. Lockett, [Seal]
L. A. Jordan, [Seal]
VV. B. Lowe, [Seal]
J. B. Gordon, [Seal]
Page 736 and 737. Sureties.
DR. FELTON’S ATLANTA SPEECH
DON’T BE BLUFFED.
The Gordoniies are now engaged
in playing one of the most brazen
games of bluff we ever saw. With
a view of creating a fictious boom
lor their candidate, they have se
lected hatches of their strongest
counties, and when, as every one
expected, they go against Major
Bicori, that impartial] ?) newspa
per, the Constitution, fairly ex
plodes its sides with hurrahing.
We never saw the outlook more
hopeful that it is for Bacdn, and
ihere is nothing to discourage his
Iriends. In the counties that have
acted thus far, lie has carried eight
more votes than ever before, and
’he pitiful little majorities by which
Gordon saved several of the coun
ties that were stocked in his favor
show-, that the people are aroused
Hnd stand ready to repudiate the
candidate who was imported fiom
New York solely to defeat an hon
orable and acceptable gentleman
iust because he would not bow to
the Atlanta ring. We are just as
confident of Bacon’s nomination as
«e were the day that we espdused
fits cause, and we say to his friends,
not let the Constitution’s little
We consider Dr. Felton the veri
est political demagogue in Georgia,
and his thirst for office is insatiate;
but this is all that can be said
against him. He is domestically
pure, scrupulously honest, and there
is not enough money coined to in
duce him to commit an act his con
science disapproves. As is well
known, we are no ardent admirer
of Dr. Felton from a political stand
point, but we do give him credit
tor the high virtues which he does
possess. Dr. Felton is a man of
the most retentive memory and
great research, and hence in a polit
ical campaign he is a dangerous
antagonist for a candidate with
reputation the least tarnished—for
he forgets nothing, is fearless in his
utterances, and no one knows bet
ter when and how to put in a telling
lick. This Dr. Felton did to per
fection in his arraignment of Gen.
Gordon in that Atlanta speech.
’He deliberately and in chosen lan
guage picked the Atlanta Ring
candidate to pieces as a child
would a doll, and scattered the re
mains among the audience. We
never read such a fearful, yet truth
ful, arraignment of an office-seeker,
and what is more, every word that
Dr. Felton uttered is the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the
truth, ami Gen. Gordon dares not
ai.empta denial. Any man who is
not hide-bound against reason, or
so deeply dyed with prejudice
that his mind is incapable of
receiving truths, who will
carefully read Dr. Felton’s speech,
cannot vote for Gen. Gordon, un
less he has wilfully and intention
ally made up his mind to inflict
upon the state an incapable and
dangerous man for governor. The
editor of this paper, so far as his
ability lies, has done as much to put
down independence as any individ
ual in Georgia, and hence no one
can truthfully accuse him of par
tiality toward Dr. Felton simply be
cause he approves the election of
the same man that the Banner-
Wa'chman does. But we hon
estly and sincerely believe now that
Georgia is in far more danger if the
Atlanta Ring triumphs by the elec
tion of Gen. Gordon, than in the
darkest days of independence in
the old 7th and 9th districts. Dr.
Felton’s speech should be placed in
the hands of every intelligent man
in Georgia, who is capable of rea
soning and receiving reason, and
we believe that it will do much to
ward saving our state. Gen. Gor
don cannot and will not attempt an
answer to a single one of the fearful
charges made therein—as Dr. Fel
ton dares him to do—for he stands
ready to clinch them on him. Are
the voteis of Georgia crazy, that
they consent to support a man for
governor so loaded down with
charges, and who does not even at
tempt an answer?
WHITE PLAINS.
THE BANNER-WATCHMAN EDITOR
IN THE GARDEN OF GREENE.
RECIPE FOR “SPONTANEITY.”
The following letter was handed
us by a prominent gentleman of
Oglethorpe county, and it shows
one of the numerous ways to man
ufacture that spontaneity ot which
Gen. Gordon so loudly boasted in
his letter announcing his candidacy.
It is a fair sample of the documents
with which Atlanta is flooding this
section. We have others behind
of still mote insinuating tendencies
The small capitals are our’s. The
letter says:
Headquarters Gordon Central Cam-
eaion Committee, Atlanta, Ga., May
23,1881!.
Confidential.
Lexington, Ga.:
My Dear Sir: I write you at General
Gordon's request. He wants your earn
est and active support in the fight at
Oglethorpe. Ii is very important to
him, and I hope that you can give it to
him. He will appreciate it highly, and I
certainly will. 1 know what your influ
ence is, and I know that I can fis h a
way to show my appreciation. 1 am
very much interested in General Gor
don’s success, and Oglethorpe is an im
portant county, and you arc an important
faction in Oglethorpe. If General Gor
don could feel sure that you were earn
estly for him, and at work for him, it
would be a great help. Ifyouwilldo it
I promise you that I will get even with
you somehow or other.
Yours truly,
H. W. Grady.
do
game ol bluff dishearten you. It it
nothing but sheer brag and bluster.
As we said, the Gordonites are se
lecting their strongest counties, and
the friends of the people’s candi
date have not spoken as yet. Why,
we can pick out in thia immediate
section fifteen or twenty counties
that are sure to go for Bacon, but
they have very foolishly delayed
action. Gordon can never capture
them, and when they do speak, you
are going to see the spots knocked
°ut of that Constitution-inflated
boom. We have information from
every section of the state, and there
it not a shadow of doubt about Ma
jor Bacon’s triumph. His fritnds,
we think very unwisely, are hold
ing back, instead of speaking out
and showing their strength. The
Constitution is taking advantage of
ffiis fact to whoop up the Gordon
followers. It is nothing but wind
work. Bacon is all right, and his
friends need not be the slightest
uneasy.
If the Atlanta ring triumphs
through the election of Gordon, the
people of Georgia will be but polit
ical serls.
Bacon will not lose one of his old
counties, and he has already enough
other votes to give him the major
ity.
Oglethorpe is as certain to go for
Bacon as the election comes off.
Put this in your pipe and smoke it.
Will the voters ol Georgia be led
by men whose influence are bought
through appeals to their cupidity?
Gordon demanded of other coun
ties what he would not permit in
his own. Stick a pin here.
WHY CLEVELAND MARRIES.
The Gordon leaden rely on sp-
P®«ls to ignorance, prejudice and
*«l<-intere»t Msjor Bacon's friends
address words of reaion to the in-
state* 116 * patriotism of the
Bis Sister Alleged to Be the Cause—Her
Temperance Notions Emharassins.
Washington, May z8.— The
New York Sun to-day contains a
3 column article on the causes that
lead to Cleveland’s determination to
marry. He was nerved to this
step by his sister’s literary venture,
and by her cranky views on tem
perance and kindred subjects. Her
book was a bombshell in the Preti
■dent’s campaign and annoyed him
a great deal. Her tem perance theo
ries, though not pushed ou the pres
ident, were an unpleasant conjunc
tion socially.
I am inclined to think, though the
Sun does aay so, that her interfer
ence with political *
her well known Republican procliv--
ities and the Fred Douglass and die
white wife episode, had much to do
with their estrangement. At any
rate, his Mater’s career at the White
House disposed the president' to
marriage.
The Fairest Spot In Middle Georgia—Old-
Time Southern Hospitality—’The Union
Point and White Plains Railroad—What
It Will Do for Athens and the Counties
That It Penetrates—Polities In Greene
and the Congressional Race In Particu
lar—Capt. Carlton's Speech, etc.
Our distinguished fellow-citizen, Hon.
H. H. Carlton had an engagement to speak
at White Plains, Saturday, and he kindly
invited us to accompany him. We
complied with double pleasure—
first, to get a glimpse of the congression
al race; and second, to see the people'and
section that promises soon to be linked
to our city by a railroad. At Crawford
we captured Dr. Mark Willingham on the
fly and carried him with us to the Point
The Doctor feels no doubt about Bacon
carrying Oglethorpe, although the Gor
don men are thoroughly organized and
working like heavers. The county is
being flood with papers and letters, in
which promises of ayl and assistance are
hinted at We saw one of these docu
ments, that by mistake had been directed
to the wrong men, and it will prove rich
reading when published. But of this
more anon.
We remained at Union Point about an
hour, shaking hands with the boys and
exchanging campaign news. About sun
down Mr. L. D. Carlton, a kinsman to
Capt C., and one of the oldest and most
esteemed citizens in Greene county, call
ed for us in his rockaway, with an in
vitation to spend the night at his house,
about two miles from Union Point Mr.
Carlton has one of the prettiest co\intry
homes in Middle Georgia, where, sur
rounded by broad acres of fertile and
well-tilled land, and the respect and loTe
of all his neighbors, he lives in as near
perfect happiness as can he enjoyed on
this earth. We were never more hospi-
tally entertained than by this kind fami
ly, and certainly spent a most delightful
night. We also met here Mr. John Hen
ry Carlton, a young bachelor of rare ge
niality and most pleasing address, and
like all of the name, we found him as
true as steel to his friends and convictions.
The next morning Hon. John Hart and
Capt. J. E. Cox, of the Point—a pair of
Capt. Carlton's most devoted and valua
ble friends—came by with the intent of
accompanying ourparty to White Plains.
It is twelve miles from Union Point to
this village, and we do not suppose there
is a prettier section of road in Georgia.
With the exception of the little streams
at the Point and near White Plains, the
highway traverses a high, hard white
ridge, with rarely a break in its smooth
surface. We noticed at several places
the grading stakes of the railroad, that
was surveyed last summer by Mr. Hutch
ens, of Athens. This road will be about
14 miles in length, and evades the streams
and hills at the Point by running up the
Georgia railroad track for a mile and a
half and then turning off. There will he
but little dirt to move, as the line of sur
vey follows the brow of the ridge, and
therefore the cost of grading will be but
nominal.
The country around White Plains is
certainly the garden spot of Middle
Georgia. We were surprised to see such
level and fertile lands, reminding one
forcibly of the low country. There were
none of the hillsides and washes charac
teristic of our section; but the soil is rich
and mellow, snsceptible to the highest
state of improvement and in cultivating
which any kind of agricultural imple
ment could be used. We do not know
any section in the South with a brighter
promise than the country around White
Plains, and the people fully realize the
advantages they possess. You cannot
buy any farming lands here for less than
$8 to $10 per acre, while that immedi
ately around the village, say in the ra
dius of a mile, sells at from $23 to $50;
and it is certainly cheap at that, for
while the land is most fertile and yields
a rich return for every ounce of fertilizer
placed thereon, the soil is so free and
light that an unusual amount can be
cultivated by a hand. Mr. Alex. Tappan
has one of the finest farms in this sec
tion, and we learn that it cost him $50
per acre, and could not to-day be bought
for twice that sum.
White Plains is most appropriately
named, as it stands in the midst of broad
plats of level land, the character of
the soil giving the country a whitish
cast. It is a lovely little inland village,
with the cozy white cottages embowered
in a grove of stately oaks. All along the
road, and even in the general appearance
of the town and people, you sec evi
dences of industry, thrift and enterprise.
The fields are well tilled, the farm stock
arc fat, and the farm houses denote com
fort and prosperity. Hence we were
prepared for a thriving village at White
Plains, and were not disappointed. Our
party met a cordial welcome and were
madeto feel os in the midst of friends. The
open-handed hospitality of White Plains
is proverbial, and richly deserved, too,
for we never met a kinder reception than
these generous people accorded us. In
vitations were showered upon us on all
hands to dine, and on departing were
begged to spend at least a week among
them. There are four stores in White
Plains, and they all do a splendid busi
ness, too. We were surprised to see
such large stosks at this season, and
such a fine assortment of merchandise.
The stores are all large buildings, some
two stories high, and every shelf is fill
ed. This is asplendid trading point, and
on the west its nearest rival is 25 miles
distant The projected road from Union
Point will consolidate all of
this business here, and largely
swell its trade and other receipts. The
present business of White Plains aggre
gates about $150,000 a year: Its cotton
receipts are between 3,000 and 4,000
bales and guano sales 3,000 tons. Whek
we consider that every pound of freight
must he wagoned twelve miles through
ceipts. Let our people seriously con
sider this matter, and when called upon,
give what they can spare. They do not
ask much, and we don’t know any en
terprise in which Athens can secure such
a rich return for so small an outlay.
We dined with that hospitable and en
terprising gentleman, Mr. Alex. Tappan,
and were royally entertained. Mr. Tap-
pan lives in a lovely home, surrounded
by every comfort His orchard is now
loaded with ripe peaches, on which 1ns-
cious fruit our party reveled, besides
partaking of one of those fine dinners
that Mrs. Tappan knows so well how to
prepare.
The people in the White Plains dis
trict are nnnsually intelligent, and hence
Gen. Gordon’s war whoop made no im
pression on t^em. This is one of Bacon’s
strongholds in Greene, and will give him
s good majority. We met a few Gordon
men, but they arc very scattering,
1:30 o’clock was the time selected for
Capt. Carlton to deliver his address, and
that hour found the Academy, which is a
neat, well-furnished building, well filled
with an eager audiened. Through cour
tesy to the distinguished visitor, although
it was Saturday afternoon and an unusu
ally busy time with the merchants, every
store was closed to enable the proprie
tors and clerks to hear the address.
Capt. Carlton was introduced to the audi
ence by Hon. John Hart, in one of those
neat and finished little speeches that this
brilliant young gentleman knows so well
how to “get otf.” Our next congressman
arose, and for two hours kept his audi
ence spell-bound by one of the most
chaste, eloquent and satisfactory ad
dresses we have ever listened to. He
answered with candor every question
propounded by the editor of the Madi
sonian, in regard to his (Carlton’s) posi
tion in the last race between Speer and
Bell, and the hearty applause that fol
lowed his explanation showed that the
people were fully satisfied. The kind
and courteous manner in which Capt.
Carlton spoke of his opponent, Mr.
Reese, and the tribute that he paid to his
democracy, won the hearts of all present,
as it showed the nobility of the speaker.
He said that there was only one point on
which himself and Mr. Reese differed!
in a speech delivered by our distinguish
ed representative in congress, he advo
cated the removal of the tax on whisky
and tobacco. He (Carlton) was opposed
to this. He wanted to see the burthen
lifted from the necessaries of life, and
let the luxuries be taxed. He did not
see the wisdom in having free liquor and
free tobacco, while every article neces
sary to sustain life, or for the comfort of
the people, had to bear a most burthen-
some tax. The speaker proceeded to de
fine his position on every important po
litical question likely to engage the atten
tion of-congress. He spoke of his love of
this section and its people, and pledged
them that his only ambition would be to
advance their interest and faithfully
represent their wishes; that their voice
should never be throttled, and the right of
the people to be heard carefully guarded.
The speaker was at times! very eloquent, 1
and referred to and answered every
charge made by his enemies, even down
to the report that he parts his hair in the
middle. This brought down the house.
In conclusion, Capt. Carlton pud a fine
tribute to the people of White Elkins,
and concluded with a rousing railroad
talk.
We never saw a speech better received,
and we feel no fear in predicting that this
precinct, on Saturday next, will go almost
to a vote for Carlton. There is no doubt
about his carrying Greene county, for we
never saw such a popular uprising in fa
vor of a candidate.
To-morrow we will give another arti
cle about our trip to Greene, and tell
what we saw in and around Union Point.
MINOR NOTES.
The hail of about a month ago beat the
bark from bushes and cut away limbs as
large as a man’s finger. We were shown
signs of it.
Wheat, like elsewhere, is a total fail
ure. Spring oats are as fine as the land
can grow. We saw several very fine
fields of corn, waist high.
Our young friend, John Tappan, the
masher of White Plains, was indefatiga
ble in his efforts to entertain our party.
Messrs. John Hart and J. H. Carlton
are two of the best workers in Greene.
They are divided as to the Governor, but
are a unit on Carlton for congress.
Bud Cox says they raise pine apples
and cocoanuts around White Plains.
The only tropical fruit that Capt. Cox is
intimately acquainted with is the black
berry. What he don’t know libout the
blackberry is not worth learning.
We passed through Siloam, one of the
thriving little trade centres of Greene.
The Reese men had a mass-meeting in
Greenesboro, Saturday. It is reported
that only a baker’s dozen were present,
and in appointing the working commit-
mittees at the various precincts, they
selected as many Carlton as Reese men.
Wilkes is said to be ripe forCariton,
and needs no longer be kept in the Reese
column. In fact, itis exceedingly doubt
ful if the county meetings are mdchloh-
ger postponed, of our present congress-
man carrying any county in the district
save Hancock.
Capt.Carlton made a splendid impres
sion in Greene, and he is just as certain
te carry that county as next Saturday
comes.
The White Plains merchants zay they
expect to do all their trading] in'Athens
when they get their new railroad.
The peach trees in Greene are turning
yellow and dying with the same disease
that attacks the orchards in this section.
Pears are blighting badly, too.
Mr. Oscar Fluker, at Union Pointy, days
if you plant a peach or apple seed that you
will get a tree, but it will not be the fcame
kindof fruit as the original. Be has
planted clingstone and raised dearstone
UNION POINT.
A NIGHT IN THIS THRIVING YIL
LAGE.
A Delightful Bummer Rosort-Magnllleent
Groves—A Hospitable, Butarpraing
OCOSEE COUNTY.
Die, etc:
On our return from White Plains noth
ing would do our clever friend Mr. J. E.
Cox but that we should spend the night
with him at Union Point. - This is one
of the several thriving towns in Greene-
county, is situated where the Athens
branch joins the main, line of the Geor
gia road, and the headwaters of the Ogee-
chee river rise in its limits. The Ogee-
chee is one of the few streams that holds
its name from its source to its mouth.
The tittle branch formed from the cool
spring at the railroad here, to the broad
river that flows into the Atlantic, is
kndtvn as the Ogeechee.
We have passed through Union Point
hundreds of times; have chatted with
its people npon the depot platform; have
eaten many meal^ at the well-kept hotel,
er lounged around the stores while await
ing the arrival of the train, but have
never “taken in the town.” There is a
deep cut in the railroad at the depot,
that hides the resident part of the town
from the eye of the traveller, and he is
often heard to wonder where the people
reside who keep these well-filled stores
and transact the business of this thriv
ing place. But a short but steep climb
up the terraces, and a glance ahead and
the whole secret is revealed. Before us,
and in the rear of the hotel, reposes one
of the loveliest and most delightful little
villages imaginable. On each side of
broad, well-kept streets are pretty
houses, surrounded by flowers and fac
ing on one of the most magnificent
groves of forest trees we ever saw. The
chestnuts and oaks have attained im
mense size, and this park affords not on
ly a pleasant retreat from the noonday
sun, hut is a romantic and attractive re
sort There is not such another grove
in Georgia as the one at Union Point, and
the gigantic trees are a sight to look
upon. We have often wohdered what
attraction the tourist could find here, to
spend the summer at such an ordinary
and staid place, except it be
the fine fare at the hotel and
the company of the intelligent and hos
pitable people; but a stroll over the place
settles this matter, for we know not a
more delightful or attractive resort. On
tho main line of railroad, and only a
short ride from Augusta, Atlanta, Athens
or Macon, one can either see and mingle
with the busy world, or by strolling off
a few hundred yards, have the same
quiet retirement as if in the heart of the
mountains. The air and water are pure,
the society of the place cultured and se
lect, with good churches, schools, etc.
Mr. Cox, while young in years, is the
oldest citizen at the Point, and refers to
the time when only two or three houses
formed the town with that knowing wis
dom characteristic of a village veteran.
There is a pretty and well kept cemetery
at the rear of the churchy pnd Mr. Cox
tells us that he was one of the pall-bear-
ers of the first body interred therein—
that of a young lady, one of his school
mates. This gentleman hoards with Mr.
Oscar Fluker, one of the proprietors of
the fine set of new mills recently erected
here, and as genial, whole-souled a gen
tleman as we ever met. We were most
kindly treated, and made to feel at home
by this delightful family. We were not
surprised at our friend spending so much
of his spare time at Union Point, after
seeing how pleasantly he was domiciled.
Our stay at the Point was a most delight
ful one, and we shall not be long in ac
cepting the kind invitations showered
upon us to repeat the same.
Complaints Against tho Ordinary—Tha Po
litical Horoscope—Bacon Loads.
Editor Banner-Watchman: Our peo
ple’s rejoicing over prohibition is fast
turning into anger on account of the Or-
j dinary not declaring the result of the
election. Why is this—that an officer
will take advantage of his office to worry
the people over an election in which they
feel such an interest? It is a great impo
sition on the good people of Oconee to be
so treated.
Bacon continues on a boom in Oconee,
and if nothing’happens we will send a
solid Bacon delegation to the conven
tion.
Carlton will have Rome little opposi
tion, but not enough to amount to any
thing. His opponents say that he has
been against Oconee’s railroad interests,
but we are satisfied that they are mis
taken. Let us hear from you, Doc.
There begins to be some little excite
ment over the race for the legislature.
Several names have been mentioned, but
none certain as yet. We hope, however,
that he who makes thence will endeavor
to elevate the political standing of our
county, and not consult a few drunken
negro leaders as to who shall go, as they
always allign themselves against the best
interest of the country, simply to oppose
the majority of the white people. While
we are in favor of protecting every inter- ■
est of the colored people, we are not in
favor of their controlling the politics of
our county any longer, by exciting the
race prejudice. We are glad to say we
have some colored voters who are sensi
ble enough not to be led by their false
friends, who are paid every year to lead
the most ignorant part of their people
for some particular candidate. Will
write you again soon. Oconee.
A CAMPAIGN SLANDER.
the business of the place. The White
Plains merchants buy the hulk of their
groceries from Athens, and if they had a
railroad to Union Point would do all
their trading with us and also ship their
cotton here. They hate new over $8,000
raised, and a guarantee that $10,000
will insure the building of the road. It
will take probably $2,000 more to buy a
right of way. Athena must now come to
the rescue of her White- Plains friends,
and help them to build the road. A lit
tle help will go a long ways, and retain
abig dividend in the w*y of trade. In
less than five years this road will add No Tne
however, is so short-lived and uncertain,
that the people in Greene are returning
to the old-fashioned plan of growing their
own trees from the seed.
the country, it is impossible to estimate
what increase a railroad would make in '"union Point nTaboutT equallydWided «•* « W»°M. ^^Ot-mnrOW.
(voon T?n r*nra atwl n^_L ....... t *.
between Bacon and Gordon. The Fdrk
Whte Plains and Veazey’s at* solid Ba?
con districts.
Thehandsome Baptist church at White
Plains will be rebuilt. Thefe was hot a'
dollar of insurimceowit.
Mr. Quillain, a: genial gentleman, has
eha^eoT the M. E. church at Whi
Plains. He is greatly beiovedhy
people.
toot#*
CAMPAIGN NOTES.
Mr. Hawes, of the Clarksville Adver
tiser, passed through the city yesterday
on his return from a visit to McDuffie
county. • He says the Gordon men down
there have given up the fight in the state.
The Constitution yesterday had very
little to say about the Fulton county
election. It was a Bacon victory.
Dave Meadow, ol the Free State, was
in to see us yesterday, and says you can’t
find a Gordon man in Madison with a spy
glass.
Madison connty votes July 1st, and is
dead sure for Bacon.
Governor of Atlanta—Gen. John B.
Gordon. For Georgia—Major A. O. Bi
con.-How does that sound in your ears?
asks the Hartwell Sun.
Gwinnett county will act on the gu
bernatorial question July 6th.
The Constitution alludes to the fact
that Dr: Felton, who supports Major Ba
con, is aii independent How about Cols.
Reuben Arnold, Albert Cox and other
Gordon workers in Atlanta.
Gordon’s speeches may be boiled down
to three words. “Big Injun, Me.”
OCONEECOUNTY,
Mm tine of the Party called for laturday,
June 17th:
As there seems to be no on* authoriz
ed to call the democratic party together
in Oconee county, it has been deemed
advisable to invite the people to meet in
the court-house at Watkinsvile, on Sat
urday, June l?th, at 12 o’clock, to select
delegates to the state and congressional
conventions, or appoint such a day the
meeting may see proper.
Democrats of Oconee.
Major Bacon Has Promised Offices to No One.
A friend from Oglethorpe tells us that
a report is circulating in that county to
the effect that Major Bacon has promised
Dr. W. M. Willingham the office of Phy
sician to the Penitentiary if elected Gov
ernor. There is not one word of truth
in the report, as we can satisfactorily
show Hamilton McWhorter, Esq., who
was an earnest advocate of Major Ba
con's at one time, but is now for Gen.
Gordon, suggested to the editor of this
paper that if Bacon was successful to try
and secure that appointment for our mu
tual friend, Dr. Willingham. We con
sented, and at our request Major Lamar
Cobb wrote to Major Bacon in regard to
the matter, and asked that he not commit
himself. That gentleman replied that he
had promised neither this or any other
state office away, and would not do so
under any circumstances. If elected
Governor, he would certainly give Dr.
Willingham’s application due considera
tion if presented. Dr. Willingham had
nothing to do with the application, but it
originated with a party who is now an
earnest supporter of Gen. Gordon. This
is all that there is in the matter, and the
Gordonites are welcome to all the capital
they can make out of it
CRAWFORD DOTS.
Mr. Jno. T. M. Haire, of Lexington,
left Monday morning for Nashville,
Tenn., where it is thought he will be
married to one of Tennessee’s fair daugh
ters.
Col. R. S. Taylor and Mr. Wm. Butler
had a little “set-to” under the lazy club’s
big oak, in front of Hall’s store, Saturday.
Mr. Butler was floored, while Col. Tay
lor lost a batch of whiskers and was re
lieved by the council of $3.75.
Mr. A. Haire leaves to-morrew to
visit his son John, in Aberdeen, Miss.
X. Y.
MOMTICBLLO AND EATONTON.
$17,000 hare been subscribed and
promised so far to the Monticello and Ea-
tonton railroad. There is now a strong
probability that arrangments will be made
by Atlanta to build a road from that city
to intersect the Macon and Covington.
If this is done we sjill then have a through
connection from Eatonton to Atlanta,
what our people greatly desire. Our ii
formation is that Col. Livingston is in
earnest as to all his promises made when
in Eatonton,and expects in a very short
time to have the route surveyed. Those
having lands can subscribe them as stock,
and can have their present value assess
ed by our own people. All of Col. Liv
ingston’s propositions are reasonable, and
exhibit an inclination to favor the people
of the county.—Eatonton Messenger.
A Wilkes County Man’s Desperate Struggle
to Save His Family.
Washington Chronicle: '
Mr. J. R. Huff, who lives iff the
western part of this county, had a
dangerous experience with a mad
dog on last Friday.' He was Sitting
out in the yard peeling potatoes for
his wife, when ne saw a dog enter
the yard that looked as if something ^ ,
was wrong with ■ hint. Mr. Hurt
ran in the house, got< his gun and;
DEATH OF MB. JACK O'FAK&ELL.
Our community was pained to learn of
the death of the estimable gentleman
whose name heads this article, which
sad event occurred at his residence in
this city on yesterday afternoon, after a
short illness. Uncle Jack O’Farrell, as
he was familiarly known, was one of
those genial souls who lived in an atmos
phere of good humor, and who surround
ed himself by a large circle of constant
and valuable friends. He was' a mem
ber of the Troupe Artillery during the
war, and will be donbly remembered by
the surviving members of this command.
THOMSON’S TURN OUT.
DEATH OF A Di.,1 ..IQUISHED GEORGIAN.
A telegram was received yesterday by
Major Lamar Cobb, announcing the death
of Col. Luther J. Glenn, of Atlanta. He
died yesterday morning, and his remains
will reach Athens at 1 o’clock on the
North-Eastern and deposited in the fam
ily burying ground. Col. Glenn is the
father of Messrs. Tom and Howell Glenn,
of Atlanta, and brother-in-law of Gen.
Howell Cobb. He was colonel of Cobb’s
Legion during the war and held many
high and responsible positions.
STEALING MEAT.
Bob Moon, of Oconee, has been suf
fering from incendiaries and thieves.
Not long since his barn was burned, and
now comes a thief and breaks into his
smoke-house and steals all of his sum
mer hams. Mr. Moon is on track of the
thief and will probably get evidence
to convict.
A NEGRO DROWNED.
A little negro boy was drowned at Mr.
Lucius Pitman’s mill-pond, in Madison
county, Monday. The boy was in a
boat and rowed it up to the hank, and as
he went to step out the boat pushed
back and threw him in the pond. He
drowned before any assistance could be
given him.
MORE BRICK LOST.
Our enterprising fellow-citizen, Mr.
M. B. McGinty, has been very unfortu
nate with his brick-yard up Sandy creek,
this week having lost his third lot, ag
gregating several hundred thousand. He
will move his yard back on the N. E.
road, as it was there above high water.
CHEAP INSURANCE.
An Athenian yesterday paid for $1,500
insurance on his house in the Southern
Mutual, and after deducting his premium,
it only cost him about $1.50. This
speaks volumes for this splendidly man
aged company.
Details of Meeting and Vote—Two Twenty-
Nine to One Twenty-Two—Everybody
Satisfied With the Proceedings.
Thomson, Ga., June S.—The
town of Thomson has not borne as
lively an aspect in a long time as it
presented to-day. Early this morn
ing people gathered about town an
ticipating a speech from Gen. Gor
don and a reply from Hon. Thos. E.
Watson. Gordon failed to get an
audience last night, the triends of
Major Bacon remaining away from
the meeting on account of the re
fusal of Gen. Gordon to allow Hon.
Thomas E. Watson to reply to
him. Skirmishers were sent all
over the county in vain endeavor
ing to get up a crowd to hear the
General. The triends of Major
Bacon and Gen. Gordon asked last
night that the speaking should
take place this morning, but Gen.
Gordon positively re used to speak.
He drove around yesterday and saw
all of his supporters that could
he found. The people of Mc
Duffie were very anxious to
have the General speak, and more
anxious to hear their brilliant yodng
townsman’s reply. Fully five hun
dred people, three hundred of whom
wore the Bacon badge, gathered at
the depot, and as the General board
ed the fast train all joined in giving
him a good send off to cheer his
dampened spirits. It was so easy a
walk over in McDuffie that quite a
large number failed to go the polls
to vote.
The court house was well filled
when the meeting was called to or
der, B. M. Goss in the chair, and
H. Johnson acting as secretary.
It was agreed that two tellers be
appointed from each side to keep
an account of the vote, which was
accordingly done. The vote was
taken, commencing at 12:30. Mr.
John Neal, a supporter of Gen. Gor
don’s, seeing they were so far be
hind, moved that the polls close,
admitting their defeat. The motion
was seconded by Quiilian, another
Gordonite, and adopted. The vote
was then announced: Bacon, 229;
Gorkon, 122.
COTTON DYING.
The excessive rains are killing thous
ands of acres of cotton in this section, and
grass is taking the rest. Farmers are
despondent over the outlook. It is said
that cotton will mature up to the 9th of
June. Many are replanting their crops.
IN THE RACE.
Judge James R. Lyle, of Oconee, was
in the city yesterday, and says he will he
in the race for the legislature. The Judge
sayB his county is almost a unit for Carl
ton* and is also safe far Bacon,
OUT OF JAIL.
Tom Grier has served out his six
months’ sentence and is out, looking like
his confinement has not hurt him much.
Grier was sent up for opening a letter
belonging to a young lady while route
agent on the G., J. & S. R. R.
GARNETS IN OCONEE.
Collins, the jeweler, tells us that there
are plenty of garnets found in Oconee,
bnt the stone is too soft and does not
work well, owing to the fact of contain
ing too much iron.
HORRIBLE HOLOCAUST.
HUNTING A GHOST.
A few days ago two young men from
Crawford made a visit to Center, in Jack-
son county, for the purpose, with anoth
er friend, formerly of Oglethorpe county,
of seeing a noted ghost, that makes its
periodic nightly visits to Center. Our
young friends were disappointed, not be
ing well posted as to the time of night the
thing makes its visits. They were too
late and missed the sight. They will
make another visit—one better posted
and will likely succeed.
STILL THEY COME.
IM Bannsr-Watchman's Subscription List
Continual ta swell.
’t Yesterday , we received 75 more week-
ly subscribers from Hart county and over
1(Y) new dailies scattered through North-
We-are now publishing
thi —
of papers ever sent
printing ' office in Athens,
iwlMn . . _
Titifiljpg every prominent man in 30-odd
peaches^ad vice vena. The nursery fruit,-, ^estinties, and our merchants should take
pli
public:
Of -this rare’.opportunity to
■ announcements before the
1st ’ honor—Lixxie Robertson, High
Shdds.'&a.; SaUie ltay Hill, Washing.
Vonor—Hallie Wimberly, Twiggs
MUSIC—-MISS HACHSLTOH’S CLASS.
MHMVribt honor—BoHellill,
>T« Goodwin, Lillie Barnett; El-
We learn that*party Tn.Atinens
stated Art he Lad been
"“"S* *SAA3 A VMM II lit *UU JJa ajs* MtKMnA||w!$w A-. a a ipt, b,
10,000 balea annually to our cotton re- Major Bee**. T *£ gjjtainOrije
,’S CLASS.
“r'Miss Mattie
ve made great
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TALLULAH FALLS.
Mr. T. A. Robinson has now his new
hotel at the falls open for the season, and
it will the best in the South. He has about
20 elegantly furnished rooms, and the
table will he supplied with the best the
markets of the country afford. Give him
a trial. Dr. Charlie Long can he found
at this house. Mr. Young is now getting
out lumber to build a fine 250-room hotel
on the site of the one burned last fall.
He is backed by a company with abund
ant capital.
FLOATING DOWM THE OOOHXE.
A party of young men are nixing ar
rangements to bnild a boat and put it on
the Oconee river below Barnett’s shoals
and go down the river to the Atlantic
Ocean. They will carry a tent; guns and
fishing tackle and hunt and fish at their
leisure: There is only one place after
leaving Barnett’s shoals that they will
have to get their boat hanled around. It
will be a most delightful trip and the
duck shooting will be good.
A00RD0* DEFEAT.
The Gordon men met a defeat in Lex
ington, we learn. They got all the prox
ies they could from the Bacon support
ers, and then tried to- elect Mr. Joe
Smith as chairman of the county com
mittee in place of J.T. Olive, Esq., re
signed. The Baconites nominated Mr.
J. S. Baughn and elected him.
THE BRIDGE.
The rock for the pillars at Simonton’s
bridge is pbout .out and workmen will
commence putting np the pillars next
Monday. The Oconee people are very
anxious to Lave the bridge [finished as
Boon as
Two Families Burned to Death-Brave Bat
tle With Flames for Wife and ChUdren-
Chlcago the Scene of a Fearful Confla
gration.
Chicago, Tune 7.—Eight persons
were smothered and burned to
death in frame houses 731 733 South
Canal street, at four o’clock this
morning.
The fire broke out in the cellar of
733 Canal street. The flames shot
upward and quickly burned through
the first floor, which is on a level
with the ground. Shooting upward,
the next floor was soon consumed.
The fire spread .through the wooden
walls of the basement, and No. 733
was soon wrapped in flames which
enveloped the adjoining number.
Both houses were filled with smoke
before any of the occupants were
aroused. Many, of tne sleepers
were doubtlessly smothered in their
beds. It will probably never be
known who awoke and tried in vain
to escape from the stifling smoke
and scorching flames. Flames fol
lowing rapidly after the smoke,
burned the bodies until they were
unrecognizable masses of black and
charred bones and flesh.
BATTLING FOR HIS WIFE AND BA
BIES.
The lower floor of 733 was occu
pied by John Raleigh, Jr. His wife
was awakened by a sense of suffo
cation. She aroused her husband,
who hastily donned a few articles
of clothing. He threw up a win
dow as the raging flames scorched
his face, singing his hair and mus
tache. He caught his wife in his
arms, and with a terrible effort
threw her bodily through the flames
out of the window. Her night
dress caught fire. With great pres
ence of mind she extinguished the
flames with her hands, and lent as
sistance to her husband in saving
the lives of their two small chil
dren. The fire had gained addi
tional headway. He was unable to
E ut the children out of the window.
fe then knocked on the wall to
arouse the people on the second
floor. Catching the babies in his
arms, he ran up stairs and jumped
with them from the second story
window.
TWO FAMILIES BURNED TO DEATH.
The second floor of No. 733 was
occupied by the Durkin and Mur
phy families. No member of either
of these families escaped. Firemen
in searching the rains came upon
the most harrowing scenes. Some
were lying in a half burned bed.
others who were awakened before
death came upon them were
clutching each other in groups upon
the floor. All the victims had evi
dently been overcome by smoke
before any effort could be made to
escape.
Reporta from Shelbina, Mo., aay
Judge Joseph Hunolt, the wealthiest
fanner and stock raiser in Shelby
county, Mo., was murdered on the
highway near his home at Hoger’s
grove, late Friday night last. His
body was found in the brush near
the road, with two great gashes in
his throat and three pistol shot
wounds in his shoulder and side.
BACON WINS THE VOTES OF Me-
DUFFIE.
ThE VOTE IN FULTON-
SIX HUNDRED BACON MEN AT THE
POLLS.
came to the door just as tne dog
came around the corner of the
house. He raised his gun to fire, .
but when he pulled the trigger the
mainspring flew out of place. He
then had to fix it back in, and all
this time he was looking for his
wife and children to come back
from the spring. He had barred
up the door after failing to kill the
dog. He called to his wife to re
main at the spring, and then fixed
the mainspring back in the gun
and after fixing it ran out just as
the dog was going out of the
front gate. He ran up to that and
fired at the dog, but with no effect,
as it did not lessen his speed
at all. Mr. Hufl saw
then that the dog w_s making
directly to where his children were
at work in the field. He ye’led to
them to climb a tree,which the.' did
immediately. The dog then had a
hundred yards start of his pursuer,
but Mr. Huff ran down the road be
hind him with nothing but an emp-
ty gun in his hand and picled up a
rock as he ran. The dog was then
out of sight around a bend in the
road, and Mr. Huff, redoubling his
exertions, ran w'thin ten feet of
him on the edge of the oad. The
dog made a spring at him, but just
as he would have bitten him, Mr.
Huff laid him o it by a blow from
the stock of his gun. The dogjgot
up and started at him again,but was
knocked down again and was killed
with a few more blows. The gun
was broken all to pieces. Mr. Huff ‘
burnt the remains of the gun and
dog. It was a narrow escape and .
he is to be congratulated on coming
out unscratched.
ANOTHER SPECIMEN.
Response to Gen. Gordon's Boast Tnat Ten
Men Would not Vote Against Him Is His
Home—Nineteen Hundred For General
Gordon.
Atlanta, Ga., June S.—Though
it is raining again to-night the day
was fair and offorded opportunity
for a heavy vote. The Gordon men
began work early and kept it up
until the polls closed. They left
nothing undone that would roll up
the Gordon majority, and there is
an evident desire to make Fulton a
set-off tor Richmond’s overwhelm
ing Bacon vote. They did not suc
ceed in this. Despite the many out;
side arguments to keep Bacon men
from voting, the Gordon vote is not
as large as was exgected by the Gor
don managers. The Bacon vote is
51 notwithstanding Gen. Gordon’s
ioast during the early stages of the
campaign, that there was not ten
votes against him in the county,and
the Gordor vote is 1,950 notwith
standing the H urculean efforts ot
the boomers of General Gordon
and the fact that the vote of the
county is 6,000. The vote as given
above leaves several precincts in
the distant part of the county un
heard from, but I am told the vote
in these will not aggregate 100. The
Gordon men will make a big hurrah,
but is a surprise to no one but them
selves, and they are amazed by the
strength developed by Maj. Bacon
here in the home of Gen. Gordon
and among the enemies of Macon.
Another specimen of the tactics
resorted to by the now desperate
Gordon faction is to be found in the
proceedings in Douglas county last
week. Previous to this campaign
there has been nothing in Georgia
to compare with it to open-faced
trickery and, impudent disregard of
the people’s right.
Sometime in May the executive
committee of Douglas county met in
regular order, and ordered a mass
meeting to select delegates to the
gubernatorial convention for the 22d
of July. The date selected was an
nounced, and people went about
their business. On the second of
the month, just after Gordon’s pass
ing, the committee, or a part of it,
met and called a meeting to select
delegates for the fifth, only two
days distant. A copy of this call is
before us as we write.
It was utterly impossible for the
voters of Douglas county to have re
ceived notice of this change. The
people are scattered about and dif
ficult of access. The result was that
about eighty Gordon men met and
cast the vote for a voting population
of ten or eleven hundred. So states
a reliable correspondent.
In this meeting, two resolutions
looking to the observance of the
original ’programme were voted
down. The Gordon men did not
want primaries, and the tools of the
Atlanta ring did their work as di
rected: ■ •* "* '
And yet the Gordon men still in
solently cries out for primary elec
tions and the “voice of the people.”
Gordon has carried eleven counties
and nine of them by mass meeting.
The record of hypocrisy and trick
ery is getting extensive.—Macon
Telegraph.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Where Doe* the Money Come From?
CmrnesTille Register.
The ring in Atlanta that brought
out Gen. Gordon must mean a great
deal more than the mere election of
their candidate. Methods are being
resorted to now never before known
in Georgia politics. We have never
known such persistent misrepresen
tation and hollow-hearted hypocrisy
practiced before. We never before
heard of emissaries being sent out
from the capital to assist in fixing
up counties for the election of dele
gates. We never before knew such
suppression of truth and distortion
of facts as is practiced by the ring,
by their organ, and by their county
bosses. Gen. Gordon is resorting
to practices that no other candidate
for high office in Georgia ever re
sorted to. On the very day se
lected for electing delegates in Har
alson county, he swept into the
county town with his brass band
and banners, made a speech to the
people who had assembled to elect
delegates and by his presence tried
to influence the action ot the peo
ple. Great and grave charges have
been made against him, well backed
up by facts and circumstances, but
he makes no effort to answer them.
The war, the war, the war, is his
constant and almost his only cry.
Hundreds of newspapers devoted to
his interest are sent to this county
for distribution weekly. Such ef
forts were never made' in this state
before to elect a candidate even
when there were two parties. Why
should such frantic efforts be made
now, when the opposing candidate
belongs to the same party, and is
admitted by friend and toe to be a
good and pure man. It means a
great deal more than the election of
Gen. Gordon to the office of gover
nor. It costs a great deal of money
to send twenty-five or thirty thous
and newspapers over the state each
week, and to send out men to fix up
counties, Where does the money
come Irani—who furnishes it? Does
any reader suppose it is furnished
by the*farmers, the mechanics or
the masses? It is reasonable to pre
sume that ti’is furnished by men of
wealth and position who expect to
profit by the ele etion of their man.
The Cheyennes have all gone to
Tongue river, where at the mouth
ot Cook creek, they are engaged in
the barbarous and bloody orgies ot
the sun dance, in which the noviates
become warriors and braves by the
ordeal of torture.
The west bound passenger frain
on the Air-Line was derailed near
Gaffney’s Sunday, throwing all the
coaches off the track and slightly
injuring two passengers.
Rhode Island has re-elected N.
W. Aldrich as U: S. senator , from
that state.
REESE DON'T AMOUNT TO MUCH
Two or three weeks ago, as the
editor of this paper sat down to din
ner at one of the tables of the spa
cious dining room of the Kimball
House, two unknown gentlemen
came in and took seats at the same
table. The talk fell upon Seab Reese.
They said they were going to vote
for him; but not knowing that there
was one among them taking notes,
they proceeded farther in the dis
cussion, and frankly admitted:
1st, that Seaborn has strong op
position in this district.
2nd,that Seaborn doesn’t amount
to much anyway, still they were
pledged to him.
Fellow-citizens, be not deceiv
ed—Seaborn Reese does not,in fact,
amount to much. He is not the
kind of man for any district to send
to Congress, and when Reese men
get off to themselves they will ad
mit it, just as those two men did,
because they know it to be a fact.
Don’t be over persuaded into doing
a thing that you will be sorry ot
afterwards. Reese is not the man
for the place.—Eator.ton Messen
ger.
PROHIBITION IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Raleigh and a Number of other Towns to
Go Dry.
Raleigh, N. C., June 7.—Local
option elections were held to-day
at many points in this state. There
was much execitment, but the elec
tion passed off quietly. The prohi
bitionists carried the day at Raleigh
umuuiaia carrieu me aay at ivaieign
by sixty majority, and also at the
following places: Oxford, Kingston,
Henderson, Warrenton, Louisburg,
Winston, Salem, Apex, Beauford
township and Seaboard. The anti
prohibitionists carried the elections
at Durham, Franklinton, Reidsville,
Holly Springs, Morehead City,
Asheville, Goldsboro and Littleton.
The election was upon the question
of license or no license for the sale of
spirituous liquors, and the law goes
into eflect at once where prohibition
was carried.
Charlotte, June 7.—The elec
tion here to-day on the question of
prohibition or license resulted in
favor of licensing saloons by a major
ity of 526. Statesville voted for
license and Concord votes for prohi
bition. All the towns under the
general State laws.
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.
Horrible Accident in Carolina—A Passenger
Train Flanges Tbrongb a Trestle-Six
Killed and Others Wounded.
Charleston, S. C., June 7.—
The northward bound passenger
train on the N. E. R. R.. which left
here at t2 o’clock to-day, plunged
through the Santee river trestle,
midway between St. Stephens
street and the' Santee river bridge,
smashing up the coaches and kill.
A
ing six passengers. The killed are
JohnL. Cole,l!>r. G. G. Kinloch,
William Inglesbv, Miss Mclver,
H,±L M w^ h i‘ e > ° ! f J Manon i
-M
Miss Hannah Wilson, residence not
known.
Conductor B. G. Mazyck and
Mail Agent F. W. Renneker were
badly injured. . j
The cause of the accident is not
yet known, but it is supposed to
hRve resulted from insecure fasten
ing of a rail on changing the gauge.
President and Mrs. Clevel
have returned to Washingtoi
