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♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE $ ♦ Meet* !)«<••»mher 10, in At’anta < ♦ Let evwry member come ♦ ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. o' r QL. VII. NUMBER 9. "'4,. THE . >/ MS COME. '■‘Ku Mr. Fullwood of Polk County Urges Prompt Action. TO REVIVE AND INVIGORATE NOW. Properly Organized, the 'Populisms of Georgia Can Win the Next Campaign Wants Every County to Pre pare for the Fray. Editor People’s Party Paper. As secretary of the Powder Springs mass meeting, the proceedings of which were published in your recent issue, it became my duty to furnish the Hon John D. Cunningham a copy of the res olutions passed at that meeting. For the information of your readers I take the liberty of quoting from his private letter to me dated, Chicago, Nov. 4th, as follows: “Your letter of the 17th has just reached me, having been forwarded after a long delay from Marietta. “In regard to the resolutions you enclose, will say that I think myself it would be a good idea for the State Executive Committee to meet and outline a programme for future action and I have written our friend James Sibley, and asked him to issue the call and you will no doubt see the same published in the next People’s Party Paper, or at least in the follow ing one. I shall make a strong effort to attend this meeting although to do so I will no doubt have to make a special trip at quite a loss of time and money. I have requested Secretary J. L. Sibley to call the meeting on the second Wed nesday in December, as owing to the long delay before receiving your letter and the resolutions, the time between now and the first Wednesday would be too short I think.” It will be seen from this extract from Mr. Cunningham's letter that he fully approves the resolutions passed at Powder Springs and has called a meet ing of the State Executive Committee in accordance therewith. As the call ing of these meetings and the sense of the term organization or re-organiza tion does not appear to be fully under stood by some, I will say that the only motive is to revive and invigorate our present organizat ons and form others in fields which we have not yet occu pied True many strong Populist counties may not feel the need of this early ac tion but there are many that do, and after the fusion and confusion of the last campaign it would infuse new ac tivity and courage if the S'ate Commit tee would meet and unfurl the banner of true Populism There are 109,000 meS in Georgia who vote the Populist ticket, with these properly organized we san win, without it we cannot. Its time we were drilling for the big gest battle we have ever had. John L Fullwood ACTIVE POLK POPULISTS. They Pass Resolutions of Interest to Sister Counties. Chairman J. A. Burdett called the meeting to order at 11 a. m. Mr. J. N Blankinship was elected secretary and the following resolutions offered by Mr. John I. Full wood, were passed by unanimous vote. Resolved Ist, That we endorse the action of Chairman J. A. Burdette in calling this mass meeting. Resolved 2nd, That we heartily ap prove of the action of State Chairman Hon. John D. Cunningham and State Secre'ary Hon. J L. Sibley, in calling our state executive committee together on the 2nd Wednesday in December for consultation and action. Resolved 3d, That ours being a re form party, we believe it to be incum bent upon us to hold early conventions and show to the masses that we are worthy of their confidence by selecting men of undoubted ability and integrity for our star dard hearers and by pla -ing them upon a platform of equal and exact justice between man and man. Therefore we urge our state committe° to call an early state convention and to use their influence to secure an early national convention. Resolved 4th, That the all important question of the coming campaign to Georgians is to wrest our state govern ment from the hands of those who have abused the confidence of the peo ple who placed them in office, and have used the power conferred upon them to further their own selfl-h ends regard less of the interests and welfare of the masses of the people. Resolved sth, That the political de bauchery of the last campaigns and the utter disregard by the dominant party of its p edges to the people have open ed the eyes of thousands of honest Georgians to the recks upon which our ship of state is rapidly drifting, and while they may differ with us as to some national questions if we act wise ly they are ready to help us place the reins of state government in the hands of brave and competent men. Resolved 6th, That we recommend a man for leader and governor whose ability, none can deny, whose courage, none dare question, whose integrity, his enemies will vouch for, a man whom Populists love to honor, whom republicans respect and support and whom democrats will vote for. One whose prejudice would not close his official ear to capitalists and corpo rations, neither would it be deaf to the cry of the widow and the orphan. A man whose brow has never fel' the breath of scandal in public or pri vate life, the equal of the great the friend of the poor and wh< dares to do right because Thou Goe seest me. A gentleman, a scholar, i statesman, a patriot, a Christian, thi Hon. Thos. E. Watson, of McDuffie. Resolved 7th, That we request th. Advance Courier and the People’s Par ty Paper to publish these proceeding and ask other reform papers to copy. J. A. Bubdette, Chm. J. N. Blankinship, Sec. THE PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPER KILLED THE BONDS. Representative Hogan Takes a Strong Hand Against Them. Representative Boi<eui let’s bill to issue bonds to satisfy the bonded debt of 1866 was killed in the legislature last week by a vote of 59 to 74. These bonds were issued Feb. 17, 1866 and to mature February 17, 1871 and were for $16,000. These con vention bonds were handled by Henry Clews & Co., of New York, as fin>-ncial agents for Governor Bullock. Various reports favorable and unfavorable have been made by legislative committees since and their repudiation has caused the most bitter reports against the state’s credit to go out from Wall Street. The holders are now ready to take 4 per cent although the bonds call for 7 per cent. Mr. Hogan, of Lincoln, wanted to be nut on record in the right light upon this maUer. But for the fact that he knew they were on the wrong side, he said, he would hold his peace. He said it was the same old question which had been tormenting the house for twenty-odd years, and every time, he was proud to say, the representa tives fresh from the people had slain it He was proud that this was no party question. As a Populist, he accorded to the Democrats interest in the wel fare of the state. He said.that Henry Clews & Co. acted as the financial agents for Governor Bullock, and the finances of the state were in a deplorable condition. He read from the message of Governor Smith to the legislature of 1873 a statement of a suspicion to the effect that Henry Clews & Co. were convert ing to their own use paid up bonds of the state, and that the attorney gener al of Georgia was refused an inspection of the books and accounts of Henry Clews & Co. Another statement was read from Governor Smith to the effect that no satisfactory settlement could be had with Clews & Co , who claimed that the state owed them $170,000. Mr. Hogan read further from Gov ernor Smith a statement that certain bonds redeemed and paid got into the possession of Clews & Co , and were sol data bogus sale in New York on one day’s notice, for the purpose of se curing a color of title to bonds already paid Mr Hogan read from the repo-t of Dr. Boz -man, the then treasurer that the 825.500 of bonds held by E P Seott and E L. Haves were part and porcel of the bonds redeemed by the sta’e and illegally sold and put baek into the market by Clews & Co. in 1873. As the bonds in question were held by E L Hayes, this was directly on the matter before ’he house. Mr Hoi/an disputed the statement by Mr. BoUeullet that the matter had never been adversely reported on by any committee or sub committee. Tlie bill was killed and the Bullock bonds go over another session. The Greatest Georgian. Sam Jones’ meeting at Canton has come and gone and the quiet little city has settled down to business again, but not to be old Canton for the next gen eration to come. The grace of God manifested through the preaching of this bold soldier of the Cross of Jesus is to be seen (the effects) in the changed attitude of almost the entire population in and around “New Canton.” The thousands that attended the ser vices day and night for eight days will never forget the demonstrations of the spirit as they increased from hour to hour. The hundreds of concessions to each proposition made by the evangel ist as the meeting progressed fully per trayed the fact that God was again visiting the earth in “pentecostal pow er.” Two noble members of the Canton Bar coming out boldly on the Lord's side were a part of the fruits of the great revival. The doors of all denominations, ' classes and orders were thrown open, every gate stood ajar, every heart was J warmed and every conscience made to feel better. Money sufficient was paid ‘ in and subscribed to build a large au di’ orium or tabernacle to the honor and glory of God. Rev. Jones was ably , assisted by Rev. Q lillian, Allen Alday, J Evangellist Tillman and our home 1 ministry. Good men, such as Mr. Ryman of Nashville, contributed liberally and nobly in defraying the expanses of the meeting and in building the taberna cle. God will greatly reward such lib- 1 erality and Christian manliness. As an evidence that the glorious influence of the meeting is still alive I will relate just one circumstance : I was at wo-k in th«- field a few days days ago when one of my neighbors came a:oug and called to me and told me a strange circumstance was taking place in a f imily on his farm. A little girl, said he, is unde’ deep conviction and imag ines ’ hat the devil is after her and it seems impossible for her tu be recon ci ed. Rev. Co per was sent for, went, and held prayer, the girl was filled with the Holy Ghost and a general family revival occured. We learn from God’s blessed book that they “that turn many to righte ousness shall shine as the stars forever and ever.” Who of these will be able to look up on the brilliancy of that crown that awaits Rev. Jones in glory. God bless him and his. J. D. Dobbs. Ha* Cost Two Million*. Secretary Long reports that it has cost already $2,000,000 to keep the ; United States cruisers guarding the At lantic ports to prevent fiilibustering ex ; peditions getting off to Cuba. Unless • Congress appropriates more money, the navy department will have to > abandon the patrol service inaugurated L by Cleveland. Spain however com i p ains against the laxity of the United ■ States vessels. j Turkey and Austria. Austria has demanded certain con i ees-ions by Turkey. Unless granted by November 19th, her gun boats will bombard Mersina. War is possible, but not probable. SLOW OLD SOLONS. They Grind Out New Bills and then Reconsider. HAMMERING NOW ON THE CONVICTS. What Was Done in and Senate Dar ing the Weeks—A General Brawl Over the University and the Congressional Fund. The legislature has done little this week, except killing the child labor bill; wranglirg as to the extent of the courtesies to be shown the University Trustees who want a hearing, the sen ate calling for a joint hearing on Wed nesday morning and the house passing a resolution hearing them as commit tee of the whole at 11 o’clock Wednes day ; giving a few hours to the peni tentiary debate taking no action as yet; passing new bills and then recon sidering them the following day and minor routine matter. The bill giving greater tax exemption for churches and schools was passed. The recom mendations of the Blalock committee in the form of new bills has developed considerable opposition, one being the reduction of oil inspectors salaries from $125 to 866 per month. The situation is now thoroughly complex. All legislative business is being laid aside in the house for the convict question. All kinds of bills are being introduced. A casual observer watching the tone of the speeches so far made and the interest developed would be safe in predicting that the old lease system with a few and a very few modifications will be adopted Honest reform on this line will be shelved on the final vote, after allow ing various ambitious legislators to fire off their prepared speeches. Talks with leading members verify this in every particular. Mr. Hall denies it is his bill that is now before the house known as the Hall bill but he spoke for it on the first reading. The state library among its thou sands of books has no Bible. A bill appropriating 85 for one was defeated in the finance committee. A commission to investigate confed erate cemeteries with a view to im proving them will be appointed if bill for such purpose passes. The fight over the University promi- to be-a long and lively one, both m the senate and house. The bill making it penal to hire mis demeanor convicts to private parties came up in the house. West of Loundes opposed it and on motion, the bill was killed by being tabled. Bills introduced in the house —to pro hibit the manufacture of spirituous or malt liquors in Georgia; additional 840 000 appropriation for indigent pen sions; changing the date of protection for singing and insectivorous birds from March 15 to Nov. 1 to Feb 15 and Nov. 15; authorizing the railroad com mission to regulate and arrange rail road schedules so as to make close connection at junction points when the interest of the public require it; limiting the solicitor’s fees to 85 in ganding cases; requiring cotton seed buyers to keep a record of seed bought also making misdemeanor to remove or deliver cotton seed between suns; fix ing common school term at 6 months; repealing the registration act of 1894; allowing female students at Georgia State Industrial College; prohibiting sale of seed cotton between Aug. 15 and. December 15; requiring prosecu tion of croppers or farm laborers in county when violation of cont act originates; making it penal to give fie eitious name in business or otherwise; amending the prohibition law of Franklin county requiring a practicing physicians’ prescription to secure liq uor for medicinal purposes; authoriz- Ellijay to issue 850 000 of bonds for scbrols, prohibiting the sale of liquor in Elbert county; reducing jury panels from 48 to 36; withdrawing the land scrip and Morrill funds from the Uni versity, requiring juries to fix penal ties where discretion is given by law; providing a dispensary for Statesville; making it unlawful to fire a pistol at any picnic or on any excursion train except in self defense. Bills passed—lncorporating Thomas ton; amending Hawkinsville city char ter; establishing prohibition in Hart county; b >nd amendment to Waycross charter for sewers and water works; city court for Waycross; abolishing board of commissioners of roads and revenues of Miller county; amending Unadilla charter. The dental examining board bill was parsed In the Senate. By a vote of 14 to 22, the Senate re fused to reconsider its passage of the bill enlarging the power of exempting from taxation of all property of reli gious bodies and educational institu tions. The Senate passed the bill permitting defendants bona fide to possession of land under claim of title to setoff value of improvements. The co:education bill admitting girls to the State University will be consid ered on Nov, 18. By unanimous vote women physicians were made eligible to appointment as assistant physicians at the insane asy lum. An appropriation of 82,000 passed the house to replace and repair county maps in secretary of state’s office. For a portrait of Chas. F. Crisp 8500 was ap propriated. The omnibus pension bill was defeat ed In the house. The senate passed the Turner bill making it an offense for any one not a member to wear the badge of an order. “EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL; SPECIAL PRIVILEGES TO NONE.” ATLANTA, GEORGIA: FRIDAY NOVEMBER 19. 1897. | ROUSE UP YE POPULISTS! Prepare Now for the Battle of Your Life in Old g Georgia and Win the Fight. ® The Populists of Georgia are more than one hundred thousand strong. Year by year our ranks are swelled by new converts who seeing the light dare to face X the enemy. The confusion of 1896 is now fast fading away and new hopes are budding and growing. Shall we allow victory so close at hand to escape us in X 1898 ? to § Every county in Georgia has held, is holding or should hold a “revival meet ing” and send the glad tidings all along the line, cheering up the despondent and x urging the zealous to still greater efforts. Send in your calls and follow this by a good report of yonr meetings. Send in names of new workers with their address x an I above all, organize! organize! organize! A lisle work now, a word here and a word there, a steady captain in this Sd : strict and a “wheel-horse” for that will do wonders. M : x with this a full dose 7X of literature regularly and with precision and the outlook will soon encourage ✓2 others. S? Come into the fight now ! Scatter your paper into every nook and corner of X your county —don’t worry abo’t the next county —make yours solid or do your S best to keep the “skirmishers” back. Now is the time ti outline your work for the X coming year. Meet soon and find out “who is who ! ” S Chairman Cunningham has called the State Executive Committee to meet. X Let every member get there ! Let every district be represented ! Now is the S time to put in club work. Roll up the list. Every hour will count. g STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. X The Executive Committee of the People’s Party of this S ate is hereby called to meet at the Jackson Hotel, Atlanta, Ga., at 11 o’clock, a. m., De ember 8, (the second Wednesday) to consider such business as may come before it. 0 J. D. CUNNINGHAM, Chairman. LR J- L. SIBLEY, Secretary. <®®«®®®®s®®®®®®« The next day it reconsidered its vote and the bill is still ponding The fight on the University opened in earnest on Monday. Governor At kinson sent a message requesting the General Assembly to allow the trustees of the University to reply to the recent criticisms made against the institution. Ex-Governor Boynton and Mr. Blalo-k opposed such a hearing, but a substi tute allowing the hearing before the house as a committee of the whole was accepted. The house presented an unusual spec tacle on Monday. Representative Un derwood, of Franklin county, backed by a petition with 1099 non partisan, signers wanted the city court of that county abolished. The judge of the circuit court opposed the bill and the house committee had reported ad versely. Messrs. Hogan and Bagget’ appealed for a fair showing for Mr Un derwood. A vote was taken and a di vision showed no quorum. On motion the doors were locked and messengers sent into the cloak rooms for absentees Three members were reported outside Finally when the speaker threatened ’he arrest of the absentees a quorum was secured. A vote of 24 to 69 defeated Mr. Underwood’s bill. The election of judges and solicitors by the people’s bill, is special order for Friday, November 19th. The bill protecting dry town and dis tricts in wet counties, also dry counties from liquor drummers was passed. Senator Carter in the Senate on Fri day denied an alleged interview with him published in the Macon Telegraph reflecting on Hon. Thos. E. Watson, the statements contained therein being the words of the correspondent. The Constitutional Convention bill was overwhelmingly defeated in the house. Senator Kilpatrick opposed the bill giving more power to exempt from tax- ' ation the property of chu-ches and all property belongirg to colleg s and in corporated schools. The vote on the bill stood ayes 22, Brinson, Cartor, Comas. Culver, Dunwoody, Everett. Goldin, Golightly, Gray, Ham, Hop kins, Hudson, McFarland, Redwine, Starr. Stewart J. A., Stewart, T. D Thompson, Turner, West noreland Wilcox and Wooten. Nays 14, Allen, Blalock, Brooke, Castleberry, Cook, Flewellen, Kemp, Kilpatrick, Mann. Sheffield. Shropshire, Strother, Van Buren, Walker, J. Y. Stone Mountain and Decatur are fighting hard for the county site of De Kalb county. Stone Mountain won the endorsement of the house committee The bill creating a secret ballot on the Australian system is supposedly f avored by the larger part of the As sembly. No d tails are provided for by the bill. Felder, of Fu ton, intro duced it The joint committee has voted favorably on the bill. Henderson, (Populist), of Fo-svth county, has introduced a bill providing a school book commission of the Gov ernor, Secretary of State, Comptroller General, Attorney General and State School Commissioner to contract for school books, also that no school books shall be used except those bought by the Commissi >n and that the uniform textbooks shall not be changed more than once in 5 years. Reid’s bill for a bourd of arbitrators for labor matters is before the house. The bill prohibiting minors playing upon pool tables except by parental consent passed the house unanimously. Appointments by the governor con firmed by the senate.are: John W. Phillips, Judge Franklin County Court, A N. King, solicitor of same, A. C. Riley Judge and W. C. Davis solicitor of Houston county court, John G Hale i solicitor Dade county court, D W. Clarke, solicitor Wayne county court 1 Three of the strongest and most pop ular men of Augusta are running for mayor- The campaign is the hottest ’ the city has ever known. Every nerve is strained to the utmost to register - voters yet there will be only about 7 500 registered. And this is the same l Augusta where the Democrats reported i 15 876 votes to defeat the Hon. Thos. E. . Watson. —Advance Courier. FAVORED OLD MEXICO. Has Many Climates and Much Wealth of Products. MRS. EMMA RIED TELLS OF BOTH, Describe* th* Invigorating Effects of High Altitudes and *he Peculiar Beauty of the Mountain Scenery—A Veritable Tropical Climate, Though occupving a comparatively small area, Mexico is favored with greater varieties of climate, of products of the soil and of mineral stores, than Her ’orrid. temperate and cold zones are defined more by altitude than lati tude, and are due to her position al most wholly within the tropics, con junction with the mountainous charac ter of the country. Thus at the sea level are found exces sve heat and the luxuriance of tropi cal growth, with, presumably, their ■ffspring malaria. An elevation of 'our thousand feet escapes the viru 'ence of both temperature and vegeta tion, while still possessing the languor ous balm of a perpetually mild summer, and a rich growth of semi-tropical fruits and plants. This one of Mexi co’s natural terrsces is the paradise of the indolent and the invalid and con tains several sanitary resorts, such as Cuantla and Cuernavaca, for victims of pulmonary diseases. It is the niagnifi ■cent plateau that carries its three hun dred leagues at an elevation varying from six to eight thousand feet, that forms the baek bone of Mexico, geo graphically, historically and commir ■ially. Here is found the tempera e c imate that most conduces to health aud activity of mind and bodv, and from here has extended with Mexico City as its fountain-head, the remarka ble national development that is bring ing Mexico in to prominence. A fourth climatic possibility is in the -till higher elevations of perpetual, though not severe, cold The scenery of Mexico is peculiarly beautiful, its mountain massiveness mH grandeur being clothed perpetually in verdure and vivified wi h tropical bloom. The agreeable features of the •1 imate. are the invigorating effects of ths high altitudes, the purity of the air at these great elevations and the mildness and equability that result from the sun’s unvarying rays. The disadvantages are in little peculiar! ies not easy to diagnose, such as sud ten and severe eo'ds (in the damp val ley of Mexico), indigestion from a too •i-imulating diet of meats and coffee, and the easy irritation of the skin from he sting of gnats, fl as and 11 es. Ha- ■>itually one feels extremely well, exu ber nt, in this tropical ozone, but s iable to sudden indisposition from ap pa-ently insufficient causes The rarefaction of the air presents difficulties to some constitutions, I though not all cases of cardiac troubles are adversely ass cted by the increased action of the heart. The lungs ex pand and ultimately grow stronger with the necessity for increased respi ration, though their development is often cut short, in the damp and un sewered city of Mexico, by a sudden and fatal cold. Winter and summer have little mean ing here where the only changes are known as the wet and the dry season. From June until October rain falls, Usually during the night, for two or three hours out of the twenty-four Six months of unbroken fair weather follows the rainy season, and it is dur ing this dry season that we have, here in the mountains of Guerrero, a warm winter clima’e than during the rainy summer. We have indeed found a per petual spring time where the mercury knows little variation from 70 degrees at any time or season. In the metropolis rs Mexico, unfor tunately situated in a bed of lakes and not yet perfectly drained, the chill of the unheated stone houses is extreme ly trying during December and Janua ry, while in April and May the ther- mometer goes up into the 80's and the poisonous dust of an unsanitary city fills one’s mind with apprehension and the hospitals wi h fever cases. It is only fair, however, to state that an immense and expensive drainage sys tem has just in w reached completion, and a proper system of sewerage will fol'ow. The lack of a sufficient water-supply dur ng the dry season, in some portions of the country, is a serious calamity In the old mining city of Zacatecas, where one fountain furnishes the, onl ■ supply for the nse of eighty-five thou s-nd peopte, the water is obtained, during the dry seas m, in jugs, as it drips, drop bv drop, from the scantily supplied rese-voir. In Mexico City artesian wells, some seven hundred in number, have been sunk, to supplement the spring Water that has been flowing into the city" for centuries over a magnificent old Span ish acqueduct, and the water supply is row sufficient for all purposes except the flushing of the city sewers. In the unwatered sections of ftK’xico, planting time is at the beginning of the rainy season, but along the water courses and where irrigation has b-en accomplished, the dry season is equal ly good for vegetable growth, and seed lime follows harvest without intermis sion. Thus the city of Mexico is furnished every day in the year with an abun dance of every variety of vegetables and fruits and at reasonable prices—a statement that could scarcely be made of any other city in the world. (Continued next week) Emma L. Reed. Mr Stro’ber** Card. ( State of Georgia, ( Senate Chamber Atlanta. Ga.. Nov. 12, 1897. Editor People’s Party Paper: Dear Sir : In your issue of today I notice a. letter from Senator Brooke, and an editorial in reference to my canva-s and position on the Anti-Bar room Bill. F rst, let me disclaim saying to the Senator anything about p'edges. In a casual way I said I was nominated bv Lincoln county under rotation on the old platform about six weeks before oxir State Convention adopted the p-es ent Sta’e platform, construed by some as a Prohibition platform, while I was not a Prohibitionist, and did not so construe it, and this difference brought about considersble confusion. Now in reference to your friendly but caustic criticisms, let m“ say I had determined to decline my nomination under the above confused state of af fairs My immediate friends insisted and p-evailed on me not to de -line until I had stated my position before the Senatorial C invention. As they agreed with me and thought the con vention would If not, then decline the nomination. This I did, and also told them if they could not accept my construction of the platform made after my nomination. 1 would will irgly withdraw and they could nomi I nate some one else. Suffice it to say, I was nominated by nearly a two-thirds vo’e on first ballot, and afterwards made unanimous as I thought, this however was a nrstake, and th« con fusion arising upon the diffe’ent con st-uctions placed up >n the platform continued In this dilemma 1 knew, but one other course, and th’s was to go to the chairman of my party 'n my crunty and ask him to call a mass meeting to endorse my position or ac cept my withdrawal. This step Ito k although I received nearlv a two-third vote on first ballot at the District Con vention. Could Ido more? The Chairman finally called me in private counsel with four leading and in fl iiential Populists of my county. Af ter due consideration these gentlemen formulated the card, signed by myself and published in the district papers, and referred to in your editorial. This card they said met the demands of the platform; that it did not pl- dge me to Prohibition or any particular bill, but only against bar rooms, and they knew that this was the construction of nearly all the Populist of Lincoln county. Briefly this is all. Re p' ctfu'lv. A. E Strother, Senator Twenty-ninth District. HERE IN OLD GEORGIA. Doings of a Week Gathered in Brief Paragraphs. SOLID NEWS FOR A SOLID PEOPLE. Happening* of General Interest From Many Conntie*—Crime* and Crimi nals—Wbat the Other Fellow Saw And Tell* Yon About. The celebration of the semi-centen nial anniversary of the birthday of Atlanta, as a city, will be celebrated next spring with great eclat by the Pioneer Society. Plans and arrangements have been made for the erection of a bicycle fac tory and variety works in connection with an iron foundry in Cordele. Work will soon commence on the plant. Sam Kemp shot and instantly killed Hu’hd Lambert Saturday evening a’ Woodc’iffe. near Sylvania. The killing ’eeins to have been deliberate and wil ful murder, as Kemp walked up to Lambert and shot him dead, and then fl-d. Both are colored. A movement is on foot to move an immense cotton mill from Utica, N Y , t.n Kensington. The mill will employ 2 000 hands and will be one of the largest in the country. Several south ern capitalists are interested. A tract of 200 acres have been purchased as a site for the mill. On Thursday night the prisoners, seven in number escaped from the Nashville jai l . They sawed through the strong iron bars of the floor with steel drills. They cut rff all comtnuni ation by cutting down the telephone poles and wires. Mr Gus I’ey a well known citizen of Augus’a was killed in a most peculiar manner in that city Thursday night As he wa< leaving his house bis foot slipp’d on the front porch and he fell down the steps to the ground a distance t twelve feet. He fell head foremost, breaking his neck. Dr. Thomas E Rogers, the Wsco physician who was placed on trial in the United States court before Judg Newman Tuesday, has been und guilty on toe charge of counterfeiting and sentenced to the peniten'iary in flolumbus. 0., for four years, and to pay a fine of SSOO. Felton Clements the 14-year old son of R E. Ciements of Buena Vis’a while out hunting Friday, found a negro child .3 years old. in the words The child had been dead several days, and its body had been almost eaten up by dogs. Mrs Frances Hixon, a niece of th ■ Cherokee ehieL John Rons. riled at. her home, at FL ntstone, Thursday, in th eightieth year of h<-r life. She had retained her knowledge of the Chero kee language to the day of her death She leaves forty five great-grandchil dren, all of them living in North Geor gia. Leonard White of Hickory Grove, Crawford county, killed himself in stantly on Saturday last by the acci dent vl discharge of his gun. Mr. White had been hunting and he sat do ’n on a log to rest, but on getting up the hammer of his gun struck a knot on the log discharging the gun and the contents entered his head. Indictments have been returned by the grand jury against twenty of At lanta’s leading merchants for selling cigaret’es to minors. The crusade was inaugurated several days ago by Judge Candler of the superior court, whose attention was directed to the violation by a boy smoking in the court room The witnesses before the grand jurv were all boys, about 100 of them, who told where they bought the “coffin nails.” Other indictments are expect ed. A gold medal has been awarded the state of Georgia for the general agri cultural display made at the Tennessee centennial. Thego’e nor has received notification of this fact from the expo sition authorities, accompanied by an order upon a Nashville jeweler for said gold medal, which will be deliver ed to the state upon payment of price of the same. Gold medals, such as are awarded by the Tennessee centennial, cost variously from 8135 to 8 50 each The state of Georgia can get just as fine a medal as she is willing to pay for. At ’he same time she is restricted to the purchase of gold medal-- and cannot practice economy by choosincr a bronze medal, which costs but one dollar. National New*. A b ; ll, which legalizes non-Catholic marriages in Peru and which makes legal all civil ceremonies performed b> the mayors < f towns in the presence o’ two witnesses, was sanct oned by con gress just be'ore adj >urnm nt Tne passage of this measure is a great tri iimph for liberal ideas for the govern ment The yellow fever reports b’come more and more encouraging each day now, and there are reasons for i> duig ing the hope that the visi'ation is about st an end Quaran ine regulations are being modifitd in all sections, and business is once more beginning to move in its accustomed channels Miss Ray, a literary woman who is also a philanthropist, has given $lO, 600 towards the formation of a n gro colony in Alabama. It is stated to be her purpose to work out a scheme for “harmonizing the race problem” at this colony. At Knoxville John Anderson, aged 33, angered over domestic troubles and un ba anced by religious fervor, kn-lt on the rai road track. Bible in hand, to pray, and a passing train decapitated him. The first lodge of Free Masons in America was established in Boston in 1733, the next was in Savannah in 1755 And they were called free be cause nobedy but a free-born man could become a member of the order. ♦ YOUR PAPER NEEDS YOUR HELP ♦ ♦ Now, liaise a club for 1898. ♦ ♦ Now all together A X▲▲AAAAAAAA▲AAAAAAAAAAAAAA ONE DOLLAR PEE YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER 374 ANSWERS MR. BATEMAN. Another Pop ’list Criticism for the Man from Maine. Editor P rty Paper. In your is-ue of Oct 29. We find an article from L. C. Bateman in which he says the Populists must under no consideration nominate a Populist like Watson or Norton in '9OO and that he will spend no more 'ime or money in fighting a forlorn hope if long haired cranks are to rule tbe roost and dictate our poliey. Now, Mr Editor, as to the hair, I plead guilty to the first count, and if refusing to surp ?rt any but a Populist who can show the scars of many a well fought battle consti tutes a crank, then I plead guilty to the whole indictment, and am happy to say that I have earned the title of long haired crank and expect to be able to hold it in the future. Immediately pre ceding and following this paragraph Mr Bateman dictates to the Pops that they must nominate Wharton Barker or they might just as well scuttle the ship. ) Why bless your soul Mr. Bateman, tbe ship was scuttled at St. Louis by such men as Butler, Allen, Weaver, Peffer, Pence & Co., for a mess of polit ical hash, and the only consolation I had out of the whole business was that they did not get the hash. Now this infamous clique told us that the only hope of the People’s Par iy lay in the nomination of Bryan be cause he was a silver Democrat. Now I saw a letter from Butler as chairman directed to one of our fusion D mocrats (I don’t recognize a fosionist as a Pop u'ist) dictating to us Pops up here that we must fuse Get one or two electors if we could, but we must fuse anyway. We fused by endorsing the whole Dem ocratic ticket and I fused by staying at home ard spendirg the d»y in fasting and praver, as did the rest of the Pop ulists in this S’ate. Now, Mr. Bateman virtually admit ting that Barker is a silver Repulican, save the Pops must nominate him in 1900 or they had better scuttle the ship. Butler, Weaver. Allen, Peffer, Pence & Co , told us Bryan was a silver Dem ocrat but we must nominate him or our party would cease to exist, and had it not been for some o’d wheel horses like Tom Watson who stood like patri ots in the middle-of-the-road and did call ant service in the cause of the hu man race Populism would hsve been numbered with the things of the past. I h»ve learned to swear by the O naha platform and one clause of it, if I'remember rightly advocates the ini iative and refer ndum in govern ment, Now why not apply it in our pa-ty management. W« ha->-e plenty of time between this and 1900 tn find out exactly who the plebians that com pose the Peop'e’s Pa ty want as our standa r d bearer in 1900 and thus dis pedSC iwlth Isioy short ha'red cranks at the same time. If we eannot trust our people in the manag'-ment of our partv affairs we had not best try it in the affairs of gov ernment. I, like Mr Bateman, have b»«>n upon the picket line of tha' grand li't’e army, who have been battling for human rights engaged in cutting a road throng i. the forest of political prejudice and b'idging the slough of ignorance in which the American voter was wallowing. Now, I am free to confess that I am cranky on some subjects and one of them is that men like Norton and Wat son who have borne the heat and bur den of the day, when supp -r is about ready shou'd not be asked to step aside and let some one who has never done anything tft earn it sit down at the first table and eat all the pie. Once for ad let Populists keep straight down the middle-of-the-road, look not to the right or the left, always keeping in mind the fate of Lot’s wife. Don’t stop to ask si ver Democrats or elver Republicans what to do, and when peo ple see you have confid-nce in your selves they will have confidence in you. D d the Republican party ask the Dem ocrats or Whigs who to nominate in 60? In fact did any party ever make a success by pandering to the dictates of ether parties? Where would our Republic have been if Washington had asked Briti-.h Generals where to place his men and who should command them? Let us have done with this bickering and if we have a Populist Party let Populists lead it, then the old guard will buckle on their armor, then our ranks will close up and the column move on to victory. S. B. Hazen. Winamac, Ind. O’Qainn on Trial. The bar k eper, O’Q linn, accused of killing Officer Ponder in Steinau’s i'h >lesale whi key house in Atlanta on Mm day November Bth was put on trial Monday November 15 This is the quickest record ever made in Fulton ou ty O’Quinn’s attorneys have made a strong defence and established an al bi, showing that he was at work when the shooting took place, although the state sought to disprove their evi dence. Later —He was acquitted on Wednes day. Boggs and Hunnicutt. Chancellor B 'gg< and Professor Hun nicutt who holds do vn the chair of Agricu'ture at the University are com ing before the trustees. The Chancel lor wants Hunnicutt fired because he talked too mui'h about the *acu tv and the college Hunnicutt won’t go U it’l he has bad a hearing. This is the re sult of the committee investigations and reports now bi so e the assembly. Smph and C»up-r. Major Smythe is Atlanta’s new post master He has appointed Ed. Blood gett his assistant Major Couper, Dr. Fox’s assistant, wants to keep his job and refused to leave with Dr. Fox, and. appealed to the United States Court. Judge Newman will decide if Civil Service will keep Couper in and Blod gett out Judge lewis Now. Hal Lewis has been appointed Su preme Judge, Judge Samps Haris having d clined the appo ntment Mr. Lewis has accepted. Judge Spencer Atkinson takes his new office as Rail road Commissioner on January Ist