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Established la the Year 1874.
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Covington, Ga., Aug. 10, 1897.
TAXING BAGGING AND TIES.
The new- tariff law imposes a tax
on bagging and ties, articles that
are only used in the south.
As practically every citizen of
the southern states is interested in
the production of cotton, and only
a half dozen or so of capitalists are
interested in the manufacture of
bagging and ties, it will be plainly
seen what an outrageous discrimi¬
nation there is in the law that taxes
all the people of the south for the
benefit of the half dozen or so of
manufacturers of cotton bagging
and ties.
If there was no objectionable
feature in the Dingley tariff bill
but the one simple clause impos¬
ing a tariff tax upon cotton bag¬
ging and ties, that is sufficiently
outrageous to turn even every ne¬
gro laborer in the cotton fields of
the south against the “protective >»
policy of the republican party.
Every burden laid upon the cot¬
ton industry which adds to the
cost of making it ready for the
market, is obliged to force down
the price of cotton when it reaches
the market, and every negro labor¬
er in the cotton field is affected by
it.
The unprincipled feature of the
iiv>»>>_vtr, is iiui iu ilie sim¬
ple loss to the southern farmer of
the amount of the tariff tax on his
bagging and ties, but it is the
‘'class” legislation that the south¬
ern farmers’ products are taxed,
while those of the northern, east¬
ern and western farmers are not
taxed at all.
But it is only the republican par¬
ty that does that sort of legislat¬
ing in arranging their tariff sched¬
ule.
The democratic party is opposed
to the protective tariff policy, and
does not legislate in that way.
The democratic policy on the
tariff question is in the interest of
the whole people, while the repub¬
lican policy is for protecting the
few manufacturers by taxing all
the people of the country to do it.
But here is an editorial from the
Savannah News on this quesrion,
which completely covers the
ground and we ask for it a careful
reading.
The News asys:
DUTY ON BAGGING AND TIES.
The character of the new repub¬
lican tariff law is clearly set forth
in its provisions, which place
import duty upon cotton
and ties. There are millions
people engaged in the production
of cotton ; there are possibly a
hundreds—not more—engaged in
the production of bagging and ties.
Under the new tariff law the mil¬
lions are to be taxed for the benefit
of the hundreds. The production
of cotton in the United States em¬
braces the means of livelihood of
farmers, farm hands and those de¬
pendent upon them •. the produc¬
tion of jute bagging in the United
States—and no jute bagging is now
imported—involves only the in¬
vestment of a few capitalists. The
same is true with regard to cotton
ties. American manufacturers for
years have absolutely controlled
the market for both bagging and
ties. They could, indeed, export
their products to Europe, usder-
sell the foreign manufacturers on
their own ground and make money,
if there were any demand in Eu¬
rope for their products. The tariff
tax, therefore, is not in the least
necessary upon any equitable prin¬
ciple of protection to “infant in¬
dustries,” but is imposed solely for
the purpose of enabling the grasp¬
ing monopolists who control these
articles of commerce to enrich
themselves at the expense of the
southern farmers.
Indeed, the cotton bagging and
tie tariff tax is more vicious, in¬
equitable and tyrannical than most
other industries of the new law.
It is a more complete surrender to
trusts than even the high rate of
increase granted the sugar trust.
Cotton bagging is controlled by a
trust that has more absolute con¬
trol of its especial market than has
the sugar trust. It curtails out¬
put, raises prices and manipulates
the market to suit its own will.
The sugar tariff falls upon the
whole people, and is therefore not
sectional in operation. The bag¬
ging tax falls only upon the south¬
ern cotton growers, and is there¬
fore viciously sectional; more es¬
pecially since the money that is
filched from the pockets of south¬
ern planters is put into the coffers
of the northern trust.
There are some persons who en¬
tertain the idea that the cotton
grower does not actually pay, out
of his own pocket, the cost of the
bagging and ties which cover and
bind his crop. They think that,
selling his cotton by gross weight,
he receives pay for the baling ma¬
terials at the rate per pound of the
cotton, and sometimes comes out a
little ahead on the transaction,
while the price of cotton is greater
than the price per pound paid for
bagging and ties. That this is an
error is conclusively shown by Col.
Alfred B. Shepperson in a letter to
Textile America, published recent¬
ly. Seven-tenths of our cotton
crop is sold in Europe, therefore
Europe makes the price. And Eu¬
rope invariably buys by net weight.
It is the custom to deduct 6 per
cent, from American cotton for tare
and loss of weight. Six per cent,
of the average bale is about thirty
pounds, while the average weight
of the baling material is about 22
pounds, hence it is very plain that
the American producer pays for
bagging and ties out of his own
puv- *kC l • i ne purenaser lor export
must take into account the 6 per
cent, which the foreign purchaser
will take off the weight of the bale.
There should not be any difficul¬
ty in consolidating every southern
voter against so bad a tariff law as
this.
Blue and Gray
Invitation Extended Picket's Division
to Meet at Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Aug. 3.—At a
meeting of prominent Grand Army
men, held in the office of Mayor
Warwick today, at which the may¬
or presided, it w-as unanimously
decided to extend an invitation to
Pickett’s division of ex-confeder¬
ate soldiers who have quarters at
Richmond, Va., to attend a re-un¬
ion of the blue and gray, to be
held in this city Sept. 17 and 18
next.
The mayor was elected chair¬
man of the meeting. He said that
it was not a question of victor
meeting foe, but brother clasping
the hand of brother over the chasm
which was gradually growing dim¬
mer, and which would eventually
fade away beneath the increasing
glory of one flag, which now the
whole country honored. He was
sure that Pickett’s men would re¬
ceive a glorious welcome here, and
he would do his utmost to see that
they got here.
After some discussion the fol¬
lowing was unanimously adopted: ’
Resolved, That in the matter
of a re-union between the north
and the south, the blue and the
gray, we most earnestly invite the
cordial co-operation of the Phila
delphia brigade, the Giand Army
of the Republic, and the people
and the press of this city.
I lie reunion is held under a res
olution adopted at \\ ashington,
September 16, 1896, authorizing
such a re union. At a meeting of
the Grand Army relief association
a few days ago, a vote was taken
on the advisability of inviting
Pickett's division to attend a jubi
lee at Washington Park, near here.
It was carried, but the matter was
subsequently dropped on account
of the expense attached.
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Savannah News,
The officially authorized
ison of the new tariff bill with
one supplanted by it shows
the average ad valorem rate of
ty under it is 54.66 per cent,
against a rate of 40.10 per cent,
under the Wilson bill.
I hat means American manufac¬
turers and producers of protected
articles are to be permitted, under
warrant of law, to charge A inert
can consumers of their products
an average of fifty-four and two
thirds cents on the dollar more
than similar products can be pur¬
chased for in the open markets of
the world. The republicans used
to claim that it was their policy to
levy a tariff to equalize the differ¬
ence in cost of labor in this coun¬
try and in foreign countries. They
are not saying a great deal
along that line now.
While the Dingley bill grants an
average bonus of nearly 55 cents
on the dollar to its favorites, con¬
sidered in a lot, it gives some .of
them two or three hundred per
cent. The tariff on some classes
of pocket knives, for instance, is
two or three times their value in
the importer’s invoice. The far¬
mer who buys a pocket knife for $i
will receive 33 cents worth of
knife, while the American manu¬
facturer will receive 67 cents worth
of protection, at the expense of
the farmer.
In the matter of the largess ex¬
tended by congress to the sugar
trust, a careful calculation by ex¬
perts shows it to amount to 21 1-3
cents per 100 pounds more than
was allowed by the Wilson bill.
Under the latter bill the trust en¬
joyed protection to the extent of
40 cents per 100. The Dingley
bill as it left the house proposed to
raise the rate to 55.83 cents; the
senate committee increased that
rate to 58.004 ; the senate caucus
boosted the rate still higher, to
63 1-3, and the conference commit¬
tees agreed upon 61 1-3. Speaker
Reed’s “victory over the trust > »
consisted in accepting an increase
of 21 1-3 cents over the Wilson
rate and more than 5 cents over
the rate of the house bill. Wall
street knew what it was doing
> hen it was booming and buying
sugar stock.
»I UKIA
For Infants and Children.
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Jifaaturt evuy
4 arifPH.
Twin babies,born May 30th, and
together weighing but two pounds
eleven ounces at birth, are at the
West Pennsylvania hospital, Pitts¬
burg. The babes were kept at
home for fourteen days. Then the
mother and children were taken to
the hospital. The babies were un¬
able to generate enough heat to
keep them alive, owing to their
small bodies, so they were placed
on a hollow rubber blanket filled
with hot water, and covered with
blankets. They were fed every
half hour from a medicine dropper
holding twenty drops, and are now
so far along as to give ground for
the belief that they will live. They
have each gained one ounce since
birth.
An important move has been
made in California tor the purpose
of facilitating the shipment of its
potato crop, says the Tradesman.
The potatoes are to be dried and
put up in convenient packages.
The drying process will remove
four-fifths of the weight without
lessening the nutritious value of
the potato or diminishing its ex¬
cellence as food when cooked. It is
understood that the company en¬
gaged in this business will soon
] have ready for market nearly 1,000
000 pounds of dried potatoes, the
original w eight of which was about
5,000,000 pounds.
R’ ie up-to-date voter is a very
social man. He drinks with all
the candidates.
| it takes 17,500,000 gallons of
water to make one inch of rain on
a square acre of land. Now you
can calculate about the quantity of
water it requires for a general rain.
The election for member of the
legislature will take place next
j Tuesday, the 17th inst. Don’t
; forget the date, and lie sure you go
out and vote for the democratic
nominee.
The city of Dublin has decreased
in population 21,000 iu the past 40
years.
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Rflap*te Your BowrU With iturtrcU.
Candy Cathartic, care constipation forever.
Me. U Q f C. 1*15, druggists relusul money.
I AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS.
WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE
EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “CASTORIA,” AND
“PITCHER'S C ASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADE MARK.
I, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of “PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” the same
that has home and does new / on every
hear the facsimile signature of ZT&Zc/UM wrapper.
This is the original “ PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” which has been
used in the homes efthe Mothers of America for over thirty
years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought on the
and has the signature of wrap
per. No one has authority from me to use my name ex¬
cept The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fleicher is
President.
March 8,1897. ,X>.
Do Hot Bo Deceived.
Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting
a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you
gredients (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in¬
of which evert he does not know.
ii The Kind You Have Always Bought It
BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE CF
Insist on Having
The Kind That Never Failed You.
THt CNNTAUH COMPANY, TT MURRAY STRSkT. N t VY YORK CITY.
ANDY CATHARTIC.
CURE CONSTIPATION
to* & ALL
2S ♦ SO * DRUGGISTS
nDuvLuiu.il V fLTTim&OTm uUnfUlii 1 uui) to cure any caaeof conitipnfiou. Caarnrets are flie Ideal Imxa-i
tive. never srrip or ?ripe,i»nt cause easy natural results. Sam¬
ple and booklet free. Ad. STERLING REKEOY (’<>., Chicago, Montreal. Can., or New York. 9i7.i
$100 Reward
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a eonsti
tutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces oi
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dation of disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith in
its euratiye powers, that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list of testimo¬
nials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., To¬
ledo, 0. Sold by all druggists. 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
Order For Election.
Office Board of County Commission¬
ers, Newton County, Ga.,
June 21st, 1897.
Whereas. official notice has been re¬
ceived at thie office, through a writ
of Election, issued by the Governor
of this State* that a vacancy existed
in the representation of the County
of Newton in the House of Represen¬
tatives of the General Assembly of
this State, caused by the death of
Hon. R. U, Hardeman ; It is there
forg Ordered that an Election be held
in Said County on Tuesday the 17th
day of August 1897, for one member
of the Legislature to fill the unexpir¬
ed term of the Hon. R. U. Harde¬
man, deceased.
Given under my official hand.
T. A. PERRY, Chairman,
Board Commissioners Newton County
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Covington and Oxford
Street Railroad.
Covington, Ga., Jan. 5, 1896.
The following Schedule on the Cov
ington and Oxford Street Railroad will
he run until further notice :
Leave Covington Hotel at 5 40 a m
Leave Depot at........^..... 6 05 am
Le^ve Covington Hotel at 7 15 am
Leave Depot at............... 7 30 am
Lea Leave VP Cftvinaton Depot M.vfol ni o on „
at.............. 8 45 a m
Leave Covington Hotel at 10 40 a m
Leave Depot at............... 11 00 a m
Leave Covington Hotel at 2 30 p m
Leave Depot at............... 2 45 p m
Leave Covington Hotel at 3 40 p m
Leave Depot at....,,...,,,.,. 4 10 p m
Leave Covington Hotel at 4 20 p m
Leave Depot at............... 4 50 p m
Leave Covington Hotel at 5.40 p m
Leave Depot at.............. 6.00 p in
Leave Covington Hotel at 7 40 p m
Leave Depot at............... 8 05 p m
The Oxford car meets all trains at the
depot. SUNDAY
SCHEDULE,
Leave Covington Hotel at 10 00 a m
Leave Depot at......... ..... 10 15 a m
Leave Covington Hotel at 4 20 p ej
Leave Depot at.............. 4 50 p m
In addition to the above the car will
meet all regular passer,gertrains, besides
carrying the people of Midway home
afterchurch, morning and night,
T.C. SWANN, President,
J. G. Lester, Secretary.
DR. W J HIGGINS
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Office up stairs in the Swords Building.
CO-VZIZZLTCrTOitT, GLA..
Exchange Hotel,
163 Marietta Street,
ATLANTA, - . . GA.
-Rates per Day, $ 1.00
Per Week, $4.00, $4.50 and $5.00.
Opposite Miller & Brady’s
CELEBRATED STABLES.
A. J, ADKINS, Proprietor.
CrJ.Harvev Moore
ATLANTA, GA.
OCCULIST,
And Specialist in All Diseases of the
Eye, Throat and Nose,
Such as Cataract, Peterygims, Cross eyes,
Painful or Inflamed Eyes, Granulated
Lids, Neuralgia, Headache, Dizziness,
Nervous Dyspepsia, Cholrea or St.
Dance, Deafness, Catarrh, and Asthma.
Eyes Straightened by
Dr. Moore’s Painless Method.
loss of time. No ether or chloroform.
confinement indoors, No pain during or
the operation.
Granulated Eyelids Cured
Caustic or the Knife.
9 to 1 o’clock, daily except Sunday.
307 and 308 Norcross Building,
ATLANTA, GA.
Correspondence will receive prompt atten¬
when accompanied by stamp.
BARGAINS! BARGAINS! BARGAINS
In Every Thing. No End to Tl, l:k
I am neither busted nor near it, but am going to do
It takes money to buy bargains. If you’ve got a nickle
ai
no corns, walk in. You’ll leave it with us. If you’re blind,
a guide. If you’ve only one leg, hop on the other- but
all means come to my store for BARGAINS. Everythin
is on a Bargain counter. Shoes, Clothing, Hats, best li
n
Collars, Cuffs and Shirts, in Covington. I expect these
gains to last until January 1, 1898, and then start anew, p
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idence willing. I make but one proposition, and that i s
give you as much for your money as anybody in Georgia
W. 33- LEE,
COVINGTON, : : : Gr.
SGHOFIELD S IRON WORKS,
MACON, GA.
Cane Mills, Horse or Steam Power
SYRUP KETTLES
AND EVAPORATORS
Copper Or Galvanized Iron.
Steam Engines, Boilers and Saw Mills,
Shafting, Dnlleys, Hangers, Box and
Gearing, Injectors, Ejectors, Jet
Pumps, Valves, Eipes, Fitting S,
--ADDRESS THE MANUFACTURERS
J. S. SCHOFIELD’S SONS & CO •1 Macon. Ga
CANDY
CANDY ! CAADY!
BLANK BS
Fine
Is known throughout the
country for its superior quality,
therefore, it is unnecessary for
me to tell y ou that I have the
best. Only necessary to let you
know where to find the best of
Candy when you want it. Yon
will find, after seeing my stock,
and getting my prices, that the
best can he bought nearly as low
as the cheap grade of candies. I
also have their penny goods.
W. ZEE SMITH,
THE Q-ZROOZEZR,
Covington, Ga.
TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL
At Nashville May 1,
to October 21, 1897.
The buildings and grounds of the
Tennessee Centennial, in number and
architectural beauty, surpass Atlanta’s,
and nearly equal Chicago’s. The ex¬
hibits are all, very interesting and
instructive. The live stock display ex¬
cels any exhibition of the kind ever
made. The Midway is great.
The Western & Atlantic railroad
and the Nashville, Chattanooga & St
Louis railway, run solid vestibule
trains, with Pullman’s finest sleeping
cars, from Atlanta to Nashville. j
Do not be imposed upon, but be sure
that your ticket reads via. the Western
& Atlantic railroad, and the Nashville,
Chattanooga & St. Louis railway, be¬
tween Atlanta and Nashville.
For sleeping car berths, or any in
about rates, hotel or hoard
house accommodations, call on or
rite to
C. E. Harman, Gen. Passenger Agt
,
Atlanta, Ga.
Notice :
The round trip rates to Nashville are
than staying at home.
KKMSBSg Idea of Who tome can simple think
AC. NORMAN & CO,
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