THE SOUTHERN BANNER
[ATHENS, GA]
August
6, 1862-Dec. 11, 1866
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], August 6, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Garden Seed.
I am
paying cash for the following garden seed when I am satisfied they are fresh and
pure, until I get the supply I need. Those
displayed are most desired:
Bunch Beans, Butter Beans, Pole Beans, Cucumber, Egg Plant, Onion, Onion
Buttons, Carrot, Parsnip, English Peas, Scarlet Radish, Turnip Radish, Squash,
Early Cabbage, North Carolina do., Beets. Mixed
seeds are of no use to me.
Wm. N. White.
October 9th, 1861.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], August 6, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Tan Bark Wanted.
The
market price, in cash, will be paid for 100 cords Tan Bark, to be delivered at
the new Tanyard in Athens. Apply to
J. Bancroft.
April 9.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], August 6, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
"Pitch into 'em--Give 'em Jesse!"
Such langage [sic] is often urged upon us in regard to
extortioners, and urged, too, by men who, themselves, are generally engaged in
the same business. We beg to be
excused; we are satisfied that all that has been said on the subject has had
little effect upon that class and has only made the matter worse. ... Countryman
comes to town with a load of watermelons and diminutive fowls, weighing perhaps
a half a pound a piece. For the
first he requires fifty cents each, and for the second thirty cents.
He sells out his wagon load at thirty or forty dollars, and then, when he
goes to the store and finds sugar forty cents a pound--flour fourteen dollars a
hundred--molasses two dollars a gallon--thread two dollars and a half a
bunch--there, you see, is "retributive injustice at once."
Like Suggs he is "kinder tuk up short," and looks both ways for
Sunday. He skins us--we
skin him--it's fair all round, and when he gets home of a night he goes
to bed with the consoling reflection that "he's been done as he's done to others."
As for we outsiders who are skinned by both, we pay the prices in the way
of a ticket to see the show.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], August 6, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Statement of the Volunteer Aid Committee of Clark County.
Mr. Editor:--For the benefit of those who may not
understand the policy of the county with regard to our soldiers, the undersigned
committee will state that each volunteer company is allowed their first suit
upon going into service, and any other necessary outfit which they may not be
able to obtain for themselves, all free of charge.
After entering the service each soldier is allowed $50 commutation money
annually, consequently they need no further aid from the county, and with this
money pay for the clothing which they afterwards get.
This has been the case with every company that has left the county since
the Inferior court took this matter in charge, except Capt. Lumpkin's company,
(Johnson Guards,) which made no call upon the county, from the fact that they
received $50 bounty, from the Government, with which they supplied themselves.
We have supplied this clothing by buying with the county
funds, such materials as were necessary, and after the suits were cut, they were
delivered to the Ladies Sewing Society, who deserve more praise and gratitude
than we are capable of bestowing, for the noble manner in which they have toiled
in this cause--thus relieving the county and the soldiers from any expense for
making. These Ladies have done this
for all the companies, and in no case has any soldier been charged with more
than the material and the tailor's cutting bills amounted. ...
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], August 6, 1862, p. 3, c. 6
Wine, Grapes & Vines for Sale!
R. Micheli has for sale at the Fulton place, near Col. Wm. A. Carr's, Catawba Wine, and in August expects to furnish grapes to his customers. Also, when the season for planting arrives, he will have rooted vines of the following varieties for sale, and will superintend the planting, and have it done as it should be, at prices which shall be satisfactory.
Varieties of Vines.
Anna,
Emily,
Concord,
White Tokay,
Delaware,
Pauline,
Long,
Franklin,
Diana,
Brinkie,
York Maydew,
Lenoir,
White Fiontegran,
Herbemot,
Black Prince,
Union Village,
Rebecca,
Harris,
Clara,
Bl'k Hamburg,
Muscatel,
White Sweetwater,
Grows,
Devereaux,
Malaga,
Catawba,
Warren,
Isabella,
Scuppernong.
And will furnish cuttings of the above kinds, Cheep, Cheaper, Cheapest.
July 16.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], August 6, 1862, p. 3, c. 6
New Music, Paper & C.
My Maryland; There's Life in the old Land Yet; Bonny Blue Flag and other
Patriotic pieces.
Also--100 reams assorted letter paper.
One size as low as 50 cents per quire. Most
of it made in Southern Paper Mills. Just
received.
July 2.
Wm. N. White.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], August 6, 1862, p. 3, c. 6
Flour, corn meal, grits and big hominy.--Excellent quantities of each.
Meal 48 lbs. to the bushel. I.
M. Kenney.
June 4.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], August 6, 1862, p. 3, c. 6
Copperas [sic], Copperas [sic]. --It is believed that a substitute has been
discovered for Copperas [sic]. For
sale by I. M. Kenney.
July 23.
Wanted. Beeswax and Tallow, for
which the best market price will be paid in cash.
July 23.
I. M. Kenney.
Sundries Just Received.
Alcohol, in bottles;
Soda;
Bateman's Drops;
Race Ginger;
Mason's Blacking;
Spice;
Butterscotch Candy;
Venetian Red
Ess. Peppermint;
Spanish Brown;
Paregoric;
Starch;
Crockeryware;
Rice;
Bacon;
Lard;
Meal;
Flour;
Big Hominy;
Grits;
For sale as cheap as can be.
June 18.
I. M. Kenney.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], August 6, 1862, p. 4, c. 3
Slats, Slats.--A fine lot just received and for sale by I. M. Kenney.
July 16.
Bonnets, Bonnets--Neatly trimmed, as cheap or cheaper than ever.
July 16.
I. M. Kenney.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], August 6, 1862, p. 4, c. 4
Looms and Wheels. By Cook &
Co., at Dowdy's Mills.
June 18.
I. M. Kenney, Agent.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], August 6, 1862, p. 4, c. 4
The Cheapest Light in the World!
A New Southern Discovery!
Terebene Oil!!
It
can be used in Kerosene Oil Lamps with a slight alteration.
Lamps altered and oil sold at R. M. Smith's Drugstore.
June 4.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], August 6, 1862, p. 4, c. 6
Tan Bark Wanted. We wish to buy 2
or 300 cord of Tan Bark, and will pay the highest market price in Cash,
Groceries, Shoes or Leather. Bring
it in; for without Bark, no Leather can be made for the people. Pitner, England, & Doyle.
April 2, 1862.
New Music. Victory of Manassas
Grand March; Gen. Beauregard's Grand March; War Song of Dixie; DIXIE'S LAND;
Dixie's Land, variations; Southern Confederacy Mazurka; The South our Country;
Davis Grand March; First President's Quick-Step; God and our Rights Flag of the
Free Eleven, with many other pieces.
Just received.
Wm. N. White.
epther [sic] 18.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], August 6, 1862, p. 4, c. 7
Wanted!
5000
pair woolen and cotton socks;
500 bushels dried apples and peaches;
1000 yards country Cotton Cloths, plain, striped and checked;
1000 yards Woolen Linsey for Overshirts;
500 yards
"
Jeans for Coats and Pants for all which the best market price will be
paid in cash.
July 16.
I. M. Kenney.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], August 6, 1862, p. 4, c. 7
Work for All.
I
have purchased 1,000 dollars worth of cotton cards, which I am willing to sell
to any person for a good note for ten dollars--the note must have the name of
some person known to myself. Then I
will agree to take cloth in payment for the note, at market prices, delivered
between this and July 1st, 1862. Persons
who wish to lend a helping hand in working out our independence, and at the same
time make for themselves a living, must make arrangements to get a pair of
cards, as they are the bane of our independence.
The Factory's may be burnt, but cotton cards in the hands of the working
women are safe.
April 23.
R. L. Bloomfield.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], August 13, 1862, p. 1, c. 5-6
The Cost of Printing Papers.
People, generally, have very crude ideas as to the cost of
printing newspapers and the labor bestowed upon them. No class of men in the South has suffered more, perhaps, from
the war, than publishers. The
proprietors of the Southern Recorder,
in order to avoid loss, have been compelled to advance their subscription price
from two to three dollars a year. They
prefer to do this, rather than reduce the size of their sheet. We suppose at this time, that many papers do nothing more
than pay expenses, and some not even that.
Advertising and job work amounts to almost nothing, and yet we find but
few papers have raised the price of subscription. We append an extract from the Recorder,
which will give the readers of the Banner
an idea of what it costs us to furnish them the paper.
"The blank paper on which we print the Recorder has
advanced one hundred and fifty per cent., and is still on the increase, so that
it is impossible to conjecture where the manufacturers will stop their prices.
The present charge is at the rate of one dollar and twenty cents for the
blank paper alone to each subscriber, leaving but eighty cents, on two dollar
subscriptions, to pay for setting the types, press work, ink, folding, wrapping
and mailing, besides the wear and tear of materials, office room, and the
expenses of the editorial department. All
these items enter into the cost of furnishing the paper to our patrons. Such being the case, we are compelled to make a change in our
terms in order to avoid loss.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], August 20, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Substitute for Coffee.
Chickory [sic], at R. M. Smith's Drug Store, No. 10 Broad St. Aug.20.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], August 20, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Just Received and for Sale,
Blue Stone, Quinine, Copperas; Morphine; Indigo; Castor Oil; Madder; Epsom
Salts; Blacking; Soda; Prepared Chalk; Gum Camphor; Matches; Cinnamon; Toilet
Soaps; Chloroform; Brushes; Snuff, &c., at R. M. Smith 8 Drug Store. No. 10
Broad street.
August 20.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], August 20, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
To the Planters and People of Ga [sic]
The undersigned has been requested by the Executive
Committee of the Georgia Relief and Hospital Association, to address you a few
sentences on the importance of providing, during what remains of our present
summer, abundance of dried fruit and vegetables for our troops in the field.
Many of our people, without any such reminder, have been
diligently engaged in this work. But
there are many still, who are blessed with quantities of fruit and vegetables,
and yet from inadvertence, or engrossing occupations, have given no attention to
this subject. To such, I more
particularly appeal--in the name of our brave boys whose breasts are so freely
presented as bulwarks for the protection of our homes, and their comforts; in
the name of those humane attentions which they so well merit at our hands--and
most earnestly entreat that [tear in page] will, even at the cost of a little
[tear in page] inconvenience, give us their [tear in page] avoring to secure a
supply [tear in page] op of peaches is now abun [tear in page] Summer apples are
to be ob [tear in page] in many places. Fall
and winter apples will soon be matured in considerable quantities throughout the
upper portions of the State. Tomatoes,
okra, peppers, cushaws, pumpkins, and some similar vegetables are now or soon
will be in great abundance all over the State.
All these can be expeditiously, economically and safely dried
or preserved. They can be put up in
bags or boxes, (the latter preferable) and through our association or otherwise,
they can be forwarded to our soldiers as fast as prepared. They will prove very
great comforts indeed to those of our brave fellows who may be threatened or
suffering with scurvy from a prolonged salt meat diet.
They will be very precious as a light and refreshing diet to others who
are debilitated by disease, and have no food fit for their systems.
They will preserve many such in their places of duty.
They will restore others to strength and service.
And they will save others again from prostration and death.
Let the fathers and mothers who have sons, and the sisters who have
brothers in our camps, think of this; and if anything can add to the self
sacrificing energy already manifested in our State, I am sure this thought will;
and that we will receive such an enthusiastic response to this call as has never
failed to gladden our hearts, to bless and to brighten our labors in all similar
efforts made by this committee, whilst endeavoring to administer the charity
entrusted to our charge.
Papers in all parts of the State interested in the cause (and
who are not?) will please copy.
E. Starnes,
for Ex. C. G. R. & Hosp. Asso'n.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], August 27, 1862, p. 4, c. 3
A young lady of extraordinary intellectual capacities, recently addressed the
following letter to her cousin:
Dear Kuzzin: The
wether whar we iz air kold; I suppose whar U is air kolder.
We is all well and muthers, got the Terricks, brother Tom has got the
Hoopin Kof, and sister Susan has got a baby, and I hoop these fu lines will fine
U in the same condisun.--Rite sune. Your
ophecshunate Kuzen.
Soap
Without Grease.--To four gallons of strong lye add ten pounds of distilled
rosin, or eight pounds of pine gum, not distilled and free from trash is better;
boil steadily until there is no rosin to be seen, and if the quantity of lye is
not sufficient add more, and continue to add until the rosin is out, and boil
until it makes a brown jelly soap. I
have used this soap for a year, and it is equal to the best soap made with
grease.
Portable
Soup.--Let veal or beef soup get quite cold, then skim off every particle of
fat; boil it till of a thick glutinous consistence. Care should be taken not to have the soup burn.
Season it very highly with pepper, salt, mace, and cloves, and a little
brandy or wine, and pour it over earthen platters, not more than a quarter of an
inch in thickness; let it be till cold; then cut in three-inch square pieces;
set them in the sun to dry, often turning them.
When very dry, place them in tin or earthen vessels, having a layer of
white paper between each layer of cakes. These
directions, if they are carefully attended to, will keep good for a long time.
Whenever you wish to make a soup of them, you have only to put a quart of
water to one cake, and make the water piping hot.--Char, Mer., Aug. 18.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], August 27, 1862, p. 4, c. 3
Sundries Just Received.
Alcohol,
in bottles;
Soda;
Bateman's Drops;
Race Ginger;
Mason's Blacking;
Spice;
Butterscotch Candy;
Venetian Red
Ess. Peppermint;
Spanish Brown;
Paregoric;
Starch;
Crockeryware;
Rice;
Bacon;
Lard;
Meal;
Flour;
Big Hominy;
Grits;
For sale as cheap as can be.
June 18.
I. M. Kenney.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], September 3, 1862, p. 3, c. 5 [Summary: advertisement for chicory]
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], September 17, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Salt!
We
are requested to notify those in Athens, Buck Branch and Sandy Creek who are
entitled to salt, under the plan [shadow of binding] entitled to salt, under the
plan [shadow] by the Governor to supply them, to [shadow] report their names to
P. W. [shadow], Esq., at the store of Hutcheson [shadow], in order that a
correct list [shadow] made out. There
are two classes [shadow], viz:
[shadow] widows of soldiers who have been killed in battle,
or died in the militia in service of the State or Confederate [shadow].
This class is entitled to one half [shadow] gratis.
The wives of soldiers now in militia [shadow], and widows
having sons in the [shadow]. This
class to receive one half [shadow] for one dollar.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], September 17, 1862, p. 4, c. 3
New Leather.
A gentleman of this city of known public spirit, has shown
us a pair of shoes made of Dog Leather, prepared under his direction, which to
all appearance, in softness and strength, is equal to calf skin.
The circumstance was brought to our notice for the purpose of drawing
public attention to a new source from which leather may be obtained, while at
the same time the wool culture may be advanced; for it is an established fact in
husbandry, that as the number of dogs is diminished will the quantity of sheep
be increased; furnishing a rich staple to clothe our soldiers in winter, and
mutton at all seasons for our tables. An
ordinary dog skin, by careful tanning and cutting, will make two pairs of shoes,
worth at present prices, not less than five dollars per pair and in some
instances double the sum. Without
any particular malice against the canine race, we venture to suggest that at
least half the dogs now in Georgia can be spared by housekeepers and sportsmen,
and their skins made to subserve a valuable purpose.
On this score, a very liberal supply of leather may be had for men,
women, and children, substantial and pleasant in the use.--Southern Recorder.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], October 8, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
From the Chronicle & Sentinel.
Another Way-Side Home.
We give place, with pleasure, to the following notice of an
institution established at Union Point, for the benefit of the sick and wounded
soldiers. We shall soon have a
large influx of wounded, from the late battles; and though the ladies along the
Georgia Railroad have been unremitting in their exertions, we warn them that
still greater demands will be made upon their benevolence--not greater, however,
than will be cheerfully responded to. We
have lately witnessed the manner in which the ladies along the rout [sic] flock
to the depots; even late at night, with the enquiry, "Are there any sick or
wounded soldiers on board?" and the gratitude with which their offers of
service have been received. The
ladies actually seemed to feel a disappointment when they could find no sufferer
on whom to exercise their charities, and to dispose of their coffee, biscuit,
and chicken fixings:--
Union Point, Ga. R. R.
A Way-Side hospital has just been erected at this place by
the ladies.--The Athens branch leading off from this point, affording but one
trip during the day, left the sick and wounded soldiers who came by the night
trains, and were travelling in that direction, 12 or 15 hours without attention
or comfort. These angels of mercy
set to work for their relief, and within three days, they have a suitable house
fixed, with beds, and raised several hundred dollars to purchase food, and are
now giving their personal attention to sick and wounded soldiers on their
homeward journey. The physician of
the place, has voluntarily pledged his assistance when necessary.
Let the afflicted soldier know that he may find himself cared for at
Union Point.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], October 8, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Storing Potatoes.--For several years we have found the following to be effectual
in preserving potatoes from decay throughout the entire winter--
Put them in the cellar as dry as possible, and before putting
them in the bin, sprinkle the bottom well with sand and give the potatoes a
slight sprinkling as they are deposited.--Field & Fireside.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], October 15, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
Salt.
Some of the citizens of Franklin county formed a company,
one of whom went to Wilmington, N. C., and purchased salt at $12 per bushel.
It will cost about $1.75 more to bring it here.
Cannot a similar company be formed in this county?
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], October 14, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
Diphtheria.
We learn that ulcerated sore throat, (thought by some to be
diphtheria,) is prevalent in portions of Banks and Franklin counties.
We find the following remedy for diphtheria in our exchanges, which is
said to have been used with good result:
Take a handful of alder root, the same quantity of dogwood
root, and the same quantity of the bark of persimmon root.
Boil them with a pint of vinegar down to a half pint, then add a very
little water, a small lump of alum and a little honey, use as a gargle.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], October 22, 1862, p. 1, c. 7
From the Countryman.
Salt.
Mr. John H. Traylor, in a communication dated Whitesville,
Harris County, Ga., Sept. 27, 1862, addressed 'To The Countryman," through
the Columbus Daily Enquirer of 3d inst., says:--"Having noticed your
communication inquiring for Mr. Stubbs, and supposing you wished to know
something further about his recipe for saving pork by an economical process, I
have concluded to give a safe and economical one which has been tried in my
neighborhood, with very satisfactory results:
To 5 gallons of water, add 7 pounds slat 1 pint syrup, and 1
teaspoonful of pounded saltpetre. After
the pork is cooled in the usual way, pack in barrels, and cover with the above
mixture. Let it remain 4 or 5
weeks, and hang and smoke in the usual manner.
This plan was tried last winter by Judge Alex B. Huey, of
Harris County, Ga., in saving his entire crop of pork, with perfect success he
having saved 4,500 pounds of pork with only 85 pounds of salt.
I have eaten of the bacon, and have no hesitation in saying it is as well
salted as any I ever saw."
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], October 22, 1862, p. 2, c. 7
Handsome donation for the soldiers.--The Savannah Republican
says that the Proprietors of the Pulaski House of that city have tendered all
the carpets in their establishment to the Committee collecting for the Army.
There are 120 rooms in the House and the carpets will furnish 500 good
blankets. All honor to the generous Proprietors.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], October 22, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Athens Factory.
The Agent of this Factory determined a week or so ago to
sell thread at $3 per bunch for a given time, and adopt the miller's rule,
"first come, first served." The
hour for selling was from 8 to 9 o'clock each morning.
Hundreds of people would assemble at the office each morning long before
the appointed time. So great was the pressure that many females fainted, and we
are told that the scene was occasionally enlivened by rough and tumble fights.
Persons frequently put their money on the end of a pole in order to reach
it to the Agent. To some the scene was ludicrous; to others it was sad.
Saturday was the last day for selling in this manner.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], October 22, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
An Appeal for the Soldiers.
Friends of the Soldiers:--Our hearts are moved with deepest
sympathy by the sad and disheartening testimony which correspondents from the
battle-fields have borne to the stern fact that the Army, whose heroic courage
and enduring fortitude have repelled and conquered our country's foe, is
suffering for shoes, blankets, and other necessaries to its comfort.
Shall we be selfishly indolent, with this cry of coming distress borne to
us by the blasts which herald the approach of winter? . . .
The Society, long involuntarily inactive, waits with willing hands and
cheerful hearts to aid; requiring only material to give substantial evidence of
its earnest sympathy. We appeal to
you for contributions of blankets, shoes, socks, cloth or money; and pledge
ourselves that the material shall be promptly made, and forwarded to the
companies of Clark county.
P. Thomas,
Secy' Ladies' Vol. Association,
L. Rutherford, Pres't.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], October 22, 1862, p. 4, c. 2
How to Make Chimnies [sic] for Kerosene or Palmetto Oil Lamps.
Take a common sweet oil bottle cut off the bottom, by
burning a string wet with turpentine, around the bottle, then make a bottom of
tin to fit the lamp, and fasten it to the bottle with plaster of paris and you
have as good a chimney as you can buy. This
is something worth knowing at the present time.
When one chimney breaks the same tin bottom will do for another.
Please let this be known for the public benefit.
D. B. Haselton.
We have received from our ingenious friend, Haselton, a bottle prepared as above
directed, and a mate to one he has used successfully.
It may be seen at the Courier office.
Charleston Courier, Oct. 14.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], October 29, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
Mode of Keeping or Preserving Sweet Potatoes.
Raise a bed of ground about six inches above the common
earth, then level it over, take a dozen corn stalks about four or five feet
long, and tie them together with potatoe [sic] vines, and set them on end bound
together in the centre of the bed similar to the stack pole for fodder.
Take your potatoes and pour them on the bed around the stalks until you
fill the bed within eight inches of the circumference, and within four inches of
the top of the corn stalks, set in the centre [sic] of the bed.
Make the hill of potatoes in shape of a cone; and let it be as round and
as compact as you can well make it, then cover them with cotton seed until they
hide the potatoes at least one inch thick all over, with the exception of
them.--Then cover with common earth one inch and a h half thick except at the
top around the corn stalks, then make a good scaffold or covering of common
boards, so that it can be kept dry. This
is very important. When the
potatoes are taken out it should be done by a careful hand, and they ought to be
taken from the bottom and always covered up again as good as it was at first.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], October 29, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Way-Side Home for Soldiers at Union Point.
Our readers are already informed of the existence of the
home for soldiers at Union Point. While
at that place the other day we had an opportunity of witnessing its practical
workings. Hundreds of sick and
wounded soldiers are relieved and sent on their way blessing the patriotic and
Christian ladies that "minister unto them."
In connexion [sic] with this, we will mention that during the
past week, Miss Asenath M. Dorsey, and Mrs. Anna Gallaway, have raised in
Athens, the handsome sum of five hundred dollars for the wayside home.
These ladies deserve great credit for the zeal they have exhibited in
this matter, and have set an example which others might well imitate.
Our ladies generally have done much in aid of the cause, and we hope they
will continue in the good work.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], October 29, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Small Pox.
This disease has made its appearance in Cobb, Lee and
Newton counties. The latter case is
near Social Circle, Walton Co.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], October 29, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
From the Richmond Enquirer.
The Comfort Cloak--A Substitute for Overcoats and Blankets for Our Army.
I see that great complaint is made for the want of clothing
for our army.--Allow me to suggest a cheap and warm substitute for a blanket and
overcoat, and which can be made by any country matron.
Take sufficient quantity of common cotton shirting, dye it
brown with black walnut, cut it and make it in the form of a large loose cloak
without sleeves, leaving slits for the arms; wad it with cotton batting, in thin
layers like a quilt, fix an oil cloth cape to it, reaching down to the waist,
fasten it with a belt around the waist, the throat and breast part to be
fastened with string--and you have the most complete cloak and blanket a soldier
ever slept in, and much lighter than the woolen coat.
The writer of this used one an entire winter in the northern
part of Iowa, where the cold is intense, and he can assure you he never was more
comfortably clad.
The object of the oil cloth cape is to protect the garment as
well as the arms from the rain. The
collar should be made wide so as to cover the ears and neck when raised.
All the old woolen stockings, carpets, blankets, &c.
should be gathered up, well washed and pulled to pieces, spun into cloth, and
made up into pantaloons and jackets.
All the old shoes and boots should be repaired and sent to
the companies in the field.
Let the ladies in each city, county, town or neighborhood,
make up garments for their companies and send them forward by a trusty agent.
We have no time to lose--winter is upon us and our boys are shivering.
HOWARD.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], October 29, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Good paper, Cap, Letters both common and small note paper.
A large lot just received, and some kinds lower than they have been sold
of late. Also Matches, Visiting
Cards, Pocket Combs, Rogers Knives, [illegible] Spellers, Envelopes, New Music,
and School Books, and Miscellaneous Books, that I have been out of.
Wm. N. White.
Oct. 29.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], October 29, 1862, p. 3, c. 7
Wanted.
At
the Georgia Factory, a good practical Spinner, competent to run either Ring or
Flyer Frames. Personal application
preferred. Apply to
J. Garwood, Superintendent.
Oct. 29.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], November 25, 1862, p. 1, c. 5-6 [Summary:
list of contributors from Athens Ga., to the Way-Side Home, Union Point,
with letters of appreciation from Jenny Hart, secretary and treasurer, and
Joseph H. Lumpkin]
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], November 25, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
A Substitute for Shoes.
An old and experienced citizen has called our attention to
the subject of the use of cowhide moccasins as a substitute for shoes.
He states that when he moved to the Mississippi, fifty-two years ago, no
shoes were to be had for the negroes, and they made their own out of this
material, which answered the purpose as well as the more elaborately made
article, and in some respects better. The
process is simple: take a green
cowhide, or one well soaked, with the hair on--which is to go next to the
foot--"put the foot down firmly" upon it, and cut out the pattern
desired, make the necessary holes along the edges, and lace it with a thong of
the same material at the heel and up the instep.
Let it dry upon the foot, and it accommodates itself perfectly to the
shape of the latter, while it is sufficiently substantial for all kinds of
traveling, and its elasticity is preserved by use.
Socks should be put on when it is made, though it can be worn without,
and such allowance be made for shrinking so as to avoid too tight a fit.
The moccasin, it is scarcely necessary to observe, adapts itself to the
shape of the foot, and the fit is perfect.
It outwears, breathes, and is not hard, as some might suppose, but quite
the reverse. If desired, it can be
half soled with the same material. The
hair lining gives the advantage of warmth, so that socks, when not to be had,
can be better dispensed with when moccasins are used than if shoes were worn.
The gentleman to whom we are indebted for the suggestion says
that he has mentioned the subject to soldiers, who are very much pleased with
it, and say there is no reason why soldiers should go barefoot while so many
hides are thrown away in camps.
We think the idea a valuable one, and would be glad that
every newspaper in the Confederacy would lend its aid in giving it
circulation.--Mobile Register.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], November 5, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
The Poor of Athens.
The poor of our community will suffer much this winter,
unless steps are taken to prevent it. Judging
from the difficulty of procuring fuel at this time, it will be very scarce and
high, when the cold weather comes. Arrangements should be made at once to supply this article.
We notice that the citizens of Augusta, Atlanta, and other places are
buying wood for this purpose, and that the railroads are transporting it free.
We doubt not that the Ga. R. R. will do the same for Athens.
Let a fund be raised for this purpose, and the effort made.
One gentleman has authorized us to subscribe $25 for him, if twenty
others will do the same. We have
not a doubt but that there are nineteen other citizens of the place able and
willing to follow his example. There
is no time to lose. We hope some
person will take the matter in hand and carry it through.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], November 5, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Salt! Salt!
400
sacks arriving and to arrive, which will be offered to the trade for a few
weeks. Hoover & Taylor, No. 13,
Broad St.
Nov.3
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], November 5, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
Tallow Candles Equal to Star
Messrs. Editors:--It may be of some interest to your
numerous readers to know that, with not a cent of additional expense, tallow
candles can be made fully equal in point of merit to the common star candle.
To two pounds tallow add one teacupful of good ley [lye] from
wood ashes, and simmer over a slow fire, when greasy scum will float on top;
skim this off for soap, (it is very soap already,) as long as it continues to
rise. Then mould your candles as
usual making the wicks a little smaller, and you have a pure hard tallow candle,
worth knowing how to make, and one that burns as long, and gives a light equal
to sperm. The chemistry
demonstrates itself.--An ounce or two of beeswax will make the candle some
harder, and steeping the wicks in spirits turpentine will make it burn some
brighter. I write with one before
me.--Mobile News.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], November 12, 1862, 3, c. 5
Presentments of the Grand Jury of Towns County.
We the Grand Jurors, sworn, chosen, and selected, for the
Oct. Term, 1862, for the county of Towns, beg leave to make the following
general presentiments: . . . We respectfully recommend that the Legislature of
Georgia, appropriate a sufficient amount of money from the State Treasury, to
establish salt works in the most convenient places, and have a sufficient supply
of salt made for the State of Georgia. We
would request that the works be commenced immediately after the adjournment of
the Legislature, so that they may be in full operation by Spring.
If the State of Georgia will furnish us with salt for a reasonable price,
we can raise every other necessary of life, and fight Abraham Lincoln for the
next fifty years to come. . . .
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], November 19, 1862, p. 3, c. 1 [Summary:
list of contributions to Ladies' Volunteer Association--cash, cloth,
drawers, blankets, socks, etc.]
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], November 26, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Salt.
We are requested to announce that the salt for soldier's
widows and soldier's wives in Clark county has arrived.
All interested will forthwith call at the store of Messrs. Hutcheson
& Hampton, and get their supplies.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], December 3, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Heavy Flannels,
William Shear,
Augusta, Georgia,
has just received a supply of Heavy Cotton and Wool
Flannels, an excellent article for soldiers' wear, to which the attention of the
public is respectfully invited.
Dec. 3
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], December 3, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Just Received.
Madder
Soda;
Copperas;
Ext. Logwood;
Fine Tooth Combs;
Dressing Combs;
Brushes,
100 lbs white bar soap;
100 lbs Castile Soap;
50 lbs Cocoa nut oil soap;
6 doz. brown Windsor Soap;
2 "
Honey Soap;
4 oz. Morphine, &c., &c.,
at R. M. Smith's,
Dec. 3.
No. 10 Main St.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], December 3, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
Ladies'
Mourning Dress Goods,
Wm. Shear,
Augusta, Georgia.
Has
just received French Bombazine, of extra quality;
Plain French Black Mousseline DeLaine, double width;
Superior French Drap D'Ete, for Ladies' Mourning dresses;
Plain Black Grenadine, or Iron Berage [sic], of superior quality;
Black Crape Maretz and plain black barege;
Superior 4-4 and 8-4 Barege Anglais, for second Mourning Dresses;
Black Love Vails [sic] and dark gray Alpaccas;
Ladies' black Kid Gloves, of assorted sizes.
--Also--
Superior
Cavalry and Infantry Buttons, of large and small sizes;
Black Silk Braids, for binding coats and vests;
Sup'r English Long Cloths, and 4-4 Irish Linens.
The public are respectfully invited to examine the assortment.
Dec. 3.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], December 10, 1862, p. 1, c. 7
A lady, living five miles north of Ozark, Arkansas, with an axe, a saw, a
chisel, and an auger, made herself a loom out of oak rails, upon which she now
weaves eight yards of coarse cotton cloth a day.
The thread is furnished by Major N. B. Pearce, and woven into cloth for
army purposes.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], December 10, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Seizure of Goods.
In accordance with act passed by the Legislature, Agents of
Governor Brown have visited many towns and cities of the State for the purpose
of impressing cloth, shoes &c., for the use of Georgia soldiers.
The Agent who visited this place allowed $2 per yard for jeans.
It falls heavily upon some, who have paid $3 to $4 for what the State
allows $2, and who would have been satisfied with a reasonable profit.
We must confess, however, to being "smartly tickled" at the
prospect of seeing some of the speculators disgorge a portion of their blood
money.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], December 17, 1862, p. 1, c. 3-4
Tanning.
We are indebted to Mr. William Crutchfield, of Goochland
Court House for the following details and receipt for tanning leather.
If, in any particular, not perfectly intelligible, Mr. C. will take great
pleasure in affording any additional information.
The true mode for farmers to adopt is for each neighborhood,
consisting of from three to six, to combine, construct the vats and divide the
labor among themselves. They will
make as good leather as they get, if not better, and they will get double the
quantity they now receive from tanners:
TANNING LEATHER.--Pure water vat six feet square, four feet
deep. Lime water vat--same.
Vat for bark four feet wide, four deep, and eight long.
Soak hides till soft in pure water--from five to seven days--then flesh
on beam.
Beam for breaking the hides six feet long--a log, two feet in
diameter, split in two--underneath hollowed out for prop, to raise or depress.
In the process of breaking, use a knife two feet long with shanks for
handles--knife little rounding.
As soon as the flesh is taken off, (one hand will flesh a
dozen hides a day,) the hides are put in the lime vat--weak solution--one bushel
lime--first slacked. The vat not
quite full of water. Hides to be
taken out every other day to air, and replaced smooth.
Plunge or stir vat every time the hides are drawn. An
iron hook, like icehooks, to draw the hides.
As soon as hair will slip, throw hides over beam, hair side
up, and rub with fleshing knife. The
hair off, the hides are put back in vat of pure water, and to remain there a day
or two--then throw across the beam again, and with same fleshing knife, work out
all the lime and remaining flesh. One hand will flesh 50 hides a day.
The process of bating [?] may be omitted in tanning coarse
leather.
Take the hides as clean as possible to the bark vat.
At first one bushel of bark, pounded or ground--this weak solution to
continue two days--and gradually strengthened by addition of bark, say one
bushel daily. Keep it in two weeks;
handling and strengthening liquor.
Then clean out vat, taking out all the bark.
Throw in pounded bark--put down one hide--cover that inch thick with
bark, and so on each hide. Let in
water and let it remain a month. Again
clean out vat, reverse hides and repeat operation--and let this remain a month.
Again clean out vat and repeat operation--and remain another month.
(Chestnut oak bark the best--tho' the spanish or black oak
good.)
After 3d month, the hide being tanned, is taken out and hung
upon poles. This is sole leather
without further labor.
That intended for upper leather, half day, is oiled on the
grain or hair side with a mop. Reverse
side, and grease heavily on flesh side, half pound tallow and half pint train
oil to a side mixed. This mixture
is prepared thus: melt the tallow
slowly and take same quantity of oil mixed and stirred in--after it becomes
cool, is ready for use. Then hang
the hides in shade till dry.--Richmond Whig.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], December 17, 1862, p. 1, c. 7
The Cotton Factories.
The Graniteville Factory has reduced its rates to a
reasonable scale, as will be seen in their advertisement.
The North Carolina Factories met in Convention on Monday, the
3d instant, in Greensboro'--eighteen establishments being represented--and
adopted the following resolutions:
Resolved, That we will sell all the products of our several
mills at a profit not exceeding 75 per cent; and further that we give the orders
of the State the preference.
Resolved, That we will use our best endeavors to discourage
speculation in factory fabrics, and to secure this end we will sell in
quantities to such agents, as will prevent them reaching the hands of
speculators.
Resolved, That we believe the following prices are in
conformity at present with the Exemption Act, to wit: 4-4 sheeting, 35c. per yard; cotton yarn, No. 5's to 7's, at
$3 25 per bunch, of 5 pounds; No. 8's to 10's, at $3 50; No. 11's to 12's, at $3
75.
Resolved, That C. W. Garrett, Assistant Quartermaster at
Raleigh, be requested to publish once a month the list of prices he pays each
factory for their goods.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], December17, 1862, p. 3, c. 5
200 Doz.
Spool Cotton
For Sale.
Dec 17
White & Ritch.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], December 24, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Sundries Just Received.
Greer's
Almanac for 1863; Needles, Pins, Fine Combs, Coarse Combs, Brace Buttons, Flax
Thread.
Dec. 24, 1862.
L. M. Kenney.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], January 14, 1863, p. 1, c. 1
Wanted! 10,000 dogwood poles at the
Bobbin Mill near Athens. We will
pay five cents each for the above amount of good Dogwood Poles.
E. J. McCall & No.
Dec. 31.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], January 21, 1863, p. 3, c. 7
Socks for the Soldiers!
I
will give for good Socks of all sizes--Cotton 75, Woolen $1 00, and want all I
can get soon, as the poor soldiers are suffering for them.
Jan 21.
I. M. Kenney.
Sundries on Hand, Just Received.
New Rice;
Peas;
Flour;
Sugar;
Meal;
Syrup;
Copperas;
Salt;
Needles;
Pins;
Fine Combs;
Almanac for 1863.
Jan 21.
I.M. Kenney.
Wanted!
20
bales of cotton, in good order;
500 bushels of corn;
1000 lbs. tallow;
500 bushels Peas,
1000 lbs. Flour;
50,000 lbs Rags;
500 lbs. Beeswax;
1000 yards Woolen Jeans;
5000 pair Cotton and Woolen Socks;
Striped Cotton Cloth;
For which the highest price will be paid cash, on delivery.
Jan 21.
I. M. Kenney.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], January 28, 1863, p. 3, c. 5
New Music.
Stonewall
Jackson's Grand March, Rock me to Sleep Mother, Lorena, Let me kiss him for his
mother, Maiden's Prayer. Just
received. Wm. N. White.
Jan. 28, 1863.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], January 28, 1863, p. 3, c. 4 [Summary:
List of donations to Ladies' Volunteer Association, includes:
Miss Gaillard, rosin, rue, balm, lavender, sage, &c.]
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], February 4, 1863, p. 1--[Summary:
Report of Battle of Galveston]
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], February 4, 1863, p. 3, c. 7
The following contributions for the relief of the Fredericksburg sufferers are
acknowledged by the Ladies' Vol. Association of Athens, Ga.:
[list of names with $$]
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], February 4, 1863, p. 3, c. 4
For the Southern Banner.
To the Women of Oglethorpe.
The quartermaster General of Georgia has made a stirring
appeal to you for "Socks for the Soldiers!" Shall it be in vain? To
be free from the thralldom of death to all your hopes--to be worthy matrons,
wives, sisters and daughters of the noble men now battling for all we hold dear
on earth, you will nobly respond now and in the future, as you have so nobly
done in the past, to every call made upon you.
I am well assured of this fact. I
merely wish to call your attention to the request of Gen. Foster, believing, as
I most sincerely do, that in no other land on this earth, does there dwell a
more self-sacrificing--a more determined, or a more homogeneous aggregate of
patriotic woman than are found within the lines of Oglethorpe county.
Send me your socks, then, with your names upon each pair.
Let your servants knit for the soldiers and put their names too upon
their contributions. Let the little
daughters knit socks also, and put their names and ages on each pair:--So that I
may fill my large box to running over, and so that no "brave soldier
boy" from Oglethorpe county can ever say that the frosts and snows were
destroying his efficiency for want of socks.
Francis James Robinson,
Clerk Superior Court.
Lexington, Ga., Feb'ry 2d, 1863.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], February 4, 1863, p. 3, c. 5
How to Destroy Garden insects.--A decoction of the leaves of common camomile
[sic] will destroy all species of insect, and nothing contributes so much to the
health of a garden as a number of camomile [sic] plants dispersed through it.
No greenhouse or hothouse should ever be without it, in a green or dried
state; either the stalks or the flowers will answer.
It is a singular fact that, if a plant is drooping and apparently dying,
in nine cases out of ten it will recover if you plant camomile [sic] near it.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], February 4, 1863, p. 3, c. 6
Save Your Ashes. The Pioneer Paper
Manufacturing Company, will pay 25 cents per bushel, for good Oak and Hickory
Ashes, delivered at their Mill, four miles from Athens.
Feb. 4
Albon Chase, Agent.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], February 11, 1863, p. 3, c. 4
Okra--A Substitute for Coffee.
Mr. Archer Griffeth, of Ala., gives us the following
directions for preparing okra seed as a substitute for coffee.
He expresses himself as highly pleased with the beverage:
Parch over a good fire and stir well until it is dark brown;
then take off the fire and before the seed get cool put the white of one egg to
two tea-cups full of okra, and mix well. Put the same quantity of seed in the coffee pot as you would
coffee, boil well and settle as coffee.
Directions for Planting and Cultivating.--Prepare a rich spot
as for cotton, by bedding 3 1/2 feet. About
the 10th of April open the ridges and sow the seed, and when up, chop out to 12
inches in the drill and cultivate the same as cotton.
It will grow 6 to 8 feet high and will yield abundantly--one acre of good
land producing ten bushels of seed. The
seed will be dry in July.
Since writing the above, we have tried some of the okra
coffee prepared by the above directions, and find it better than pure Rio and
almost equal to old Java.--Try it.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], February 11, 1863, p. 3, c. 6
Shoe Thread--Made in the Confederacy, for sale by I. M. Kenney.
Feb. 11.
Okra
for Coffee.
A Small lot of Okra Seed--the best substitute for coffee--for sale at
James I. Colt's.
Feb. 11.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], February 18, 1863--[Summary: Take Hold of My Hand, poem by M. E. Moore of Texas]
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], February 18, 1863, p. 1, c. 2
To the Girls.
Men who are worth having want women for wives.
A bundle of gewgaws bound with a string of flats and quavers, sprinkled
with cologne, and set in a carmine saucer--this is no help for a man, who
expects to raise a family on veritable bread and meat.
The piano and lace frame are good in their places and so are ribbons,
frills and tinsels, but you cannot make a dinner of former, nor can you make a
bed blanket of the latter. And
awful as the word may sound to the ear, bed blankets are necessary to domestic
happiness. Life has its realities as well as fancies; but you make it
all a matter of decoration remembering the tassels and curtains, but forgetting
the bedstead. Suppose a man of good
sense, and of course good prospects, to be looking for a wife--what chance have
you to be chosen? You may cap him,
or may trap him or catch him, but how much better to make it an object for him
to catch you! Render your self
worth catching, and you will need no shrewd mother or brother to help you find a
market. Lynch.Rep.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], February 18, 1863, p. 3, c. 2
Iron, Plow Steel,
Coffee, Tea, &c.
In
store and to Arrive,
10,000 lbs Swedes Iron and Plow Steel;
300 lbs Blister Steel;
25 Tierces Rice, (new crop)
70 Boxes Tobacco;
7 Hhds Sugar;
2 Sacks Rio Coffee;
1 Chest Black Tea, for sale by
J. I. Colt.
Feb. 18.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], February 18, 1863, p. 3, c. 6
Flax Seed.--Raise and spin your thread. For
sale at $10 per bushel, or 25 cts per lb.
Feb. 18.
I. M. Kenney.
Pins, Needles and Fine Combs, at
Feb. 18.
I. M. Kenney.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], February 18, 1863, p. 4, c. 1
For Parents
Here are some good rules for parents to go by:
From your children's earliest infancy, inculcate the
necessity of instant obedience.
Unite firmness with gentleness. Let your children always understand that you mean exactly
what you say to them.
Never promise them anything unless you can give it to them.
If you tell your child to do something, show him how to do
it, and see that it is done.
Always punish your children for willfully disobeying you, but
never in anger.
Never let them see that they can vex you, or make you lose
your self-command.
Never give them anything when they cry for it.
Teach them that the only way to appear good is to be good.
Never allow them to engage in tale-bearing.
Do not let them run about at night or on Sunday.
Teach them that it is honorable to work.
Encourage them as much as you can, to tell the truth.
Be yourself what you desire them to be.
Never suffer them to go into a tippling house, gaming room or
into bad company.
Above all things, send them to Sabbath school, if there is
one near enough.
Furnish them with books and papers, and encourage them to
read by allowing them to read to you. This
has a powerful tendency to make a child's mind active, and gives him the right
kind of pride.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], February 25, 1863, p. 1--[Summary:
poem "Two Aprils"; p. 2--Morning Light captured at Sabine Pass]
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], February 25, 1863, p. 3, c. 1
To the Women of Clark County.
I have forwarded 400 pair of socks to Atlanta.
I have now on hand between 50 and 100 pair.
Contributions come in daily. One
generous woman, this week, gives 10. Shall
I get 1000 pair from the women and children of noble old Clark?
John Calvin Johnson, Cl'k.
Feb. 20, 1863.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], March 18, 1863, p. 3, c. 5
Wanted Immediately!
Mountain
Irish Potatoes, Rye, Flour, Good Lard, New Bacon; Tallow, Beeswax, Butter, Eggs,
Rags, Cotton and Woollen Socks for soldiers, Gray and Brown jeans for Soldiers,
striped and checked cloth--for which the best market price will be paid, cash
up.
March 18.
I. M. Kenney.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], March 27, 1863, p. 3, c. 1
Rags! Rags!! Rags!!!
Persons indebted to the Southern Banner office, from one
dollar up to one hundred, can now discharge their indebtedness in clean cotton
or linen rags, at five cents per pound, delivered at this office.
This is a fair proposition, and we hope every body will avail themselves
of it.
We will also pay the same amount in cash for rags delivered
at this office.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], March 27, 1863, p. 4, c. 1
How to Get Cheap Newspapers.
--The
Columbus Sun says:
"If you would like cheap newspapers, a good supply of
writing paper and envelopes--all of which are almost as indispensable as
clothing--save your rags. Let the
rag bag become a recognized institution in every household.
Nothing would tend more to increase the quantity of paper, and cheapen
its price, than the general institution of the rag bag.
Let every scrap of cloth, rope and thread, refuse cotton, flax or hemp
forms the fibre [sic?] be diligently saved, and sold to the paper mills and
paper will become abundant and be furnished at reduced rates.
"People of the South, if you would read and write, save
your rags."
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], April 10, 1863, p. 3, c. 3
Burning of the Bath Paper Mill.
The Bath Paper Mill, situated on the S. Carolina Railroad,
six miles from Augusta, was destroyed by fire, about 2 o'clock, P.M. on the 2d
inst. The Augusta Chronicle says,
the loss of this paper mill at this time, is a great public calamity. A large amount of work was done there for the Confederate
Government, besides supplying a number of newspapers with paper for their
regular supplies. The mill was
entirely destroyed, with paper and stock in process of being worked up.
About fifty hands were employed in the mill.
The fire originated from a spark upon the roof.
The high wind prevailing, and the length of time elapsing before the fire
was discovered, and it wholly impossible to save the building.
This was the largest mill in the Confederacy.
The constitutionalist is apprehensive of having to suspend, at least for
a time, its publication, until supplies can be procured from other mills.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], April 10, 1863, p. 4, c. 1
A Hint to Parents.
Few parents realize how much their children may be taught
at home by devoting a few minutes to their instruction every day.
Let the parent make the experiment with his son ten years old, for a
single week, and only during the hours that are not spent in school.
Let him make a companion of his child--conversing with him familiarly,
put to him questions, answers, and inquiries, communicate facts, and the result
of his reading or observation; awaken his curiosity, explain difficulties, the
meaning of things, and the reason of things, and all this in an easy, playful
manner, without seeming to impose a task, and he will himself be astonished at
the progress that will be made.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], May 1, 1863, p. 1, c. 1
Half-Sheet.--Circumstances beyond our control compel us to issue a half sheet
this week.--By leaving out all but legal advertisements, and using small type,
we are enabled to give nearly as much reading matter as usual.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], May 6, 1863, p. 1, c. 1
Half-Sheet Again. We are compelled
once more to issue only a half-sheet. The
necessary supply of paper could not be obtained.
We trust we shall not have to ask the indulgence of our patrons in this
respect again. By omitting
advertising matter, we are enabled to present nearly as much reading matter as
usual.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], May 20, 1863, p. 1, c. 7
Blacking from China Berries.--The Columbus Sun recommends its
readers to preserve the following recipe.
If you want good blacking, take a half bushel of China
berries, having them well picked from the stems, put into a kettle, and add
three gallons of water; boil down to one gallon, then strain the liquor, through
a sieve, from the seed and skins, and as much pine wood (the richer the better)
soot as will make a good black, and it is ready for use.
A pint of good, or a quart of weak vinegar, (or stale beer,) first mixed
with the soot will make it better, and if you add the whole of one egg to half a
gallon of the liquor it will be best and equal to any Yankee blacking.
This blacking costs little besides trouble and we have seen boots cleaned
with it inferior to none in gloss, and it will not soil a white handkerchief.
Let it stand several days before you bottle it off.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], May 20, 1863, p. 3, c. 3
Cotton Spinner's Convention.
In conformity with a request published some time since, a
meeting of the cotton spinners of the State was held in Atlanta, Georgia, on the
15th of May.
There were present: John
White, Georgia Factory; Hugh McLean, Alguadon Factory; Thomas Leslie, Troup
Factory; and E. Steadman, Gwinnett Manufacturing company. ... for the purpose of
taking into consideration the best means of supplying the great destitution in
cotton Yarns, now being felt, all over our State ...
The great scarcity of Cotton Yarns--the limited means of soldiers wives
and families--the probably continuance of this unholy war, and the apparent
suffering that must continue to accrue to the families of our noble defenders on
account of the scarcity of y yarns, and the almost impossibility of procuring
Cotton Cards ... Let it be remembered, that without the aid of Factories, thread
cannot be obtained, and the destitute poor cannot be clad.
Let the families of our soldiers be fed and clothed, and they will more
cheerfully and patiently bear the toil and suffering of camp, and more gallantly
meet the assaults of the enemy. Let
them be neglected, and dissatisfaction and desertion will inevitably follow. ...
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], May 27, 1863, p. 3, c. 2
Tableaux.--A number of the ladies and gentlemen of this place will give an
exhibition of Tableaux at the Town Hall, Thursday and Friday evenings next, the
proceeds to be appropriated to the soldiers.
From the extensive preparations being made, we feel warranted in
promising the public a rich treat. Let
them have a full house.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], June 8, 1863, p. 3, c. 6
Wool for Thread.
We
will give one bunch of cotton yarn for four lbs. of Wool. This arrangement will continue until due notice is given in
this paper.
June 3.
John S. Linton, Agent.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], June 8, 1863, p. 3, c. 6
To the Ladies of Athens.
The Annual Meeting of the "Ladies Volunteer
Association of Clark county," for the election of officers, &c., will
be held at the Town Hall, on Thursday, June 11th, at 4 o'clock.
A full attendance is earnestly requested as an important
secret is to be revealed to the members alone.
Any new members desiring to aid in the noble cause to which the Society
is devoted, will be admitted.
L. Rutherford, President.
May 27.
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], June 10, 1863, p. 3, c. 5
Ice! Ice!!
Persons
wishing ice will please leave the order and money with Mr. C. P. McAllister.
I will sell ice delivered in Athens at fifteen cents, or ten cents per
lb. at my mill, 5 miles North of Athens.
E. M. Chandler.
June 10.
SOUTHERN
BANNER [ATHENS, GA], June 10, 1863, p. 3, c. 5
For the Ladies.--Fine bleached homespun, linen handkerchiefs, stay binding,
needles, pins, knitting pins, just received and for sale by
[June 10]
I. M. Kenney.
Tobacco, wool hats, sleys, shuttles, rice, black pepper and soda just received
and for sale by