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The Oglethorpe Echo'
W. A. SHACKELFORD, Editor.
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LEXINGTON, GA., FEB’Y 27, 1891.
Bi.aink, much trade; Cleveland, little
silver. Guess their politics.
The burning issue of the day is,
shall monopoly continue to rule.
GEORGIA senators seem now to be a
thing unheard of in Congress.
Georgia should and will come to the
front at the proper time for showing
herself off at Chicago next year.
Cleveland’s mistake on the silver
question may be pardoned by remem
bering his grandeur ou the tariff.
Wonder how our mother country
regards the marriage of her offspring
to that bride of tlie South—Brazil.
It required two days and two cities
to bury Sherman. lie didn’t practice
that degree of detail about twenty-four
years ago.
If the Democratic party will proceed
to choke off this gigantic system of pen
sion robbery, wo of the South can res
pirate easier.
IIariuson 1ms decided to take a trip
South. Guess he wants to learn the
combination to the loadstone we used
last November.
Now that Quay made his argument
last week iu his own defense, when
shall wo expect the jury to bring in a
verdict of guilty.
The Western farmers are pleased to
hear that we Georgians are still iu the
exchange business—exchanging cottou
for corn and meat.
Some poor little monopolists are beg
ging this government to protect them
from the competition of Canadian ice.
Their cheek is amazing.
What is the reason Oglethorpe coun
ty can’t send a car-load of her splendid
granite to the World’s Exposition next
year. She can and must.
It is generally conceded that Ingalls
was honest. Perhaps that accounts for
the ltepublicans having sustained such
a loss in his defeat for re-election.
Some quotations from Abraham Lin
coln show that had his spirit been pres
ent during the vote ou the force bill it
would have been with the Democrats.
Wonder if Sherman wifi get a mon
ument. If New York couldn’t raise
one to the memory of Grant what can
any other city hope to do for oue of his
subjects,
Mr. Blaine is possessed of some of
the qualities that made up the states
manship of Thomas Jefferson—reci
procity, freedom of trade, freedom of
growth from mother earth and free
consumption by her people.
Henry Grady was the journalist
and leader of Georgia. Jay Gould is
the financier aud leader of New York.
Wonder what Georgia would have
thought had the governor of New York
refused to recognize Grady when he
visited New York.
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This seems to be an era of ineffec
tive majorities. The majority of Dem
ocrat* failed to elect a president two
years ago. The Republican majority
failed to pass the force bill. The Alli
ance majority failed to defeat Gordon.
So much for this age of caucusing.
Avgusta is noted for her hospitality.
Although her last exposition fell far
short of making expenses, and her re
cent carnival was a very expensive lux
ury, she proposes to indulge in anoth
er exposition this fall. Augusta is
purely southern; she will entertain if
she has to pay the hotel hills of her
guests.
There is a small company iu Atlan
ta who are taking the cake in defeating
the McKinley bill. That infamous
measure increased very much the duty
on cigars. The aforesaid company im
ports the Havana tobacco leaf, togeth
er with enongb Cuban to roil it into
a cigar, and then we have the real
Yana cigar made here in Georgia,
OPEN THE BOOB WIDEB, j
The above phrase of supplication i*
addressed to the Aliiancemen of our
country. While they are the class who
delve the face of mother earth, from
which we must all draw our sustenance
for life, we feel sufficiently concerned
to tender a word of advice, believing
that people of good sense never feel
that they have reached a degree of ptr
feet knowledge; for it is really the
w j ge man wbo g rowg more wise by
msntal friction with others.
We are i rsuade(J to tbe belic f that
there too restrictions .
are many upon
the present membership of the Far
mers’Alliance in Georgia. We have
always J believed that the sole object J of
the Alliance organizations . has been to
benefit themselves together with a
large si portion of the remaining citizens
of the country. It is Ilot a seliisnor
ganizalion. Its object is not to enrich
a few to the detriment of the many,
bu j £ 0 benefit the many by opposing the
few oppressors. While these few op
pressors are few in number, they are
great in power, therefore there must
be great numbers to overcome that
power. The Farmers’ Alliance must
make its membership to include mil
lions of good and stable men. They
are more likely to get too few than too
many.
They must overpower millions of
gold with millions of ballots. That is
the issue, and it can bo nothing else.
The Alliance must dive into politics
and swim ashore with the grand old
ship of state. It is folly to pretend
that politics is not its field. Outside of
that it can be but folly to organize.
They must demand at the ballot box
state and national reforms—the latter
principally. To do this they must have
the power of votes.
The human race is one great brother
hood. A man will rush to the rescue
of another man, may the latter be
any nationality whatever, if necessary
to protect him from an impending dan
ger. This is brotherhood of mankind,
yet men have subdivided into
brotherhoods, one of which is the Far
mers’ Alliance. There is always a
cree of interest felt by ono for another
of his own class, and too there is a
ural pride in human nature to assist an
organization of which lie may become
a member. Therefore an Allianccman
wifi do more for the cause of the Alli
ance than will an outsider. Itishuman
nature. Hence membership is what
the Alliance needs, They not only
need hundreds, but millions, The
abler, more intelligent and more active
this membership the better for the
eauso and the country.
Therefore, Aliiancemen, increase
your numbers. Open the doors wider.
Take in all who will be in sympathy
with you, whether they be actively en
gaged in farming or not. Now this
last remark may seem exaggerated, but
it is not. However, if all who are en
gaged in farming are received the mem
bership will be greatly strengthened.
There are many men, now ineligible to
membership under the present rules
the Alliance, who would make first
class Aliiancemen. Their interests are
identical with those of the farmers^ and
they are really in sympathy with the
farmer, yet because they happen to
long to some profession or to some
branch of business, now excluded by
the Alliance rules, they are forced to
regard themselves as outsiders. And
too, there are many merchants, law
yers, doctors, ministers, etc., who are
really large farmers—more interested
as to investments, about the farm than
with anything else, yet they feel
they must consider themselves out
siders. For example, our present wor
thy judge of the Superior Court, a large
planter, and Mr. J. M. Smith, the
est planter of the State—are ineligible,
the oue because he is a lawyer, aud the
other because he is a merchant. Would
it not be impossible for either of those
gentlemeu named to cast a vote antag
onistic to the farming interest of the
country?
Under recent rulings of high officials
iu the Alliance, some of its best mem
bers must be excluded because they
live iu incorporated towns. As a mat
ter of fact, small towns are almost com
posed of a group of farmers, who build
up together for their mutual conveni
ence. The incorporated town is noth
ing without the people therein. Then
shall a farmer (be he preacher, doctor,
merchant or lawyer) be disqualified be
cause he lives close to another farmer
or other business man? That is the
only difference between a proacher in
an incorporated town and one outside
of it. The fact that the town is
f norated does not change s the nature of
its ; inmates. The btate , is , sense in
in a
corporated, and so is the United States
j and ail governments.
The fact that the constitution or by
laws of tbe Alliance excludes these
1 classes, argues nothing. If it is a bad
| j law it should be repealed.
We understand that the Alliance has
j for its purpose the relief of themselves
i from the oppression of others—by
j changing channels of commerce and by
repealing and enacting certain
They can have no grievance with those
j who are not enemies to them, and
whose interest is identical w ith the far
mers. If a given course will benefit
and merchant, ‘ it is ‘ not
both the farmer
necessary to ask the merchant to act
with the"farmer. The merchant buys
and sells; the farmer makes, sells and
buys. The desire of the merchant is to
sell; the desire of the farmer is to buy.
The more the farmer can buy, the more
the merchant can sell. The capacity of
the merchant to sell depends upon the
capacity of the farmer to buy. The
more the farmer makes, the more he
buys, and the more the merchant
Therefore, the buying of the farmer
and the selling of the merchant de
pends upon the mafflng of the farmer,
and hence their interests are identical,
Thus it is to the interest of both, for
the farmer t# make larger crops, for
tbe price* of those crops to be advanc
ed—and too, for goods desired by the
farmer to be cheap—for upon these
conditions depend the purchasing pow
er of the farmer, and the selling power
of the merchant. Therefore a mer
chant, who would not make a good Al
liaucemen, would be fit only for the lu
natic asylum.
And so the identity of interests be
tween the farmer and the classes here
tofore mentioned, can be traced. Iu
case of a dearth of crops, can a minis
ter collect his salary, a doctor his bills
or a lawyer his fees? Should anyone
say that poor crops breed litigation,
our reply is that a large civil. docket is
always evidence of thrift and prosperl
<y
And now, open your doors wide, Mr.
Aliiancemen. You want millions of
strong energetic men. There are thou
sands of these ready to join you, and
assist you in the great work of reform.
You are more liable to content your
selves with too few than to get too
many. Should you get an inactive
member, ho wifi do you no harm, and
yet he might cast a ballot, the influence
of which would be felt around the
globe.
The monopolist is your enemy—
whether he monopolizes goods or mon
ey. In the fields of free competition
you wifi always be safe. We shall in a
future issue attempt to direct attention
to the monopolist, who is your only en
my.
WHAT OF THE DAY.
Very much can be said of it. It is
not even bordering on exaggeration to
say that no period in any age of any
nation has presented more climatical
issues than are now being agitated iu
these United States of America. The
nation is divided into a number of
classes; they arc all clamoring to be
beard. The political pot never boiled
more vigorously, to contain nothing
therein nearing readiness for con
sumption. No-national state elections
are on hand, yet we are fast turning to
pages of memory and encouraging our
anticipations. In the national legisla
tive halls the two great parties have
been crossing swords for these past
months. Each house has recently
passed an extra momentous measure,
(the force bill aud stiver bill) sent it to
the other, and it at once put on the
brakes to prevent its passage. The
Senate defeated the force hill from the
house, and in turn the house is defeat
ing the silver bill from the Senate.
Both these are national measures, the
one the hobby of the republican party,
and the other the theme of the demo
crats. And thus our civil liberty aud
prosperity have been and are in a fear
ful balance. The one great party is
saying, “I am iu in power and inteud
to coutrol.” The other is replying,
“you may do so now, but you can’t do
it long,” seeming to have a glorious
premonition that fate has something in
store for it.
National finances have been weighed
and found wanting. The common
unit of volume has been found deli
cient in uumbers. One party is de
claiming that we haven’t enough mon
ey, while the other is saving we have
plenty of money, but we don’t rightly
appreciate what wc have—“more con
fidence.” A strange 6tate of affairs.
The tillers of the soil are making gcu
eral complaint at the other classes,
aud demand more encouraging nation
al and state legislation fbr themselves.
Iu pursuance of these demands they
have taken posession of the state legis
latures, seut many members to the na
tional halls, and threaten to swamp the
field with a third national party, They
have been sorely oppressed, but are
now fast demanding recognition.
The hundreds of labor compacts and
working unions are shaking the wheels
of commerce with the undying
“grip” they have upon the habit of
all ,v stopping work , on the , same , hour of ,
the day, all complaining of the same
grievance and demanding the same
remedy, viz: more pay and less work,
Aud what of the day? The day is
fraught with glad tidings. Our nation
al commerce is making wonderful
bounds—“Reciprocity”—and our eagle
ou the silver dollar is flapping his wings
with joy at the bright prospects of less
work and more eagles to do it.
Enterprising millionaires are rushing
pell rnell through the laud seeking
, some depopulated region upon which i
to spread their gold, and out of that to
grow fields of milk and honey yield.
That fateful bloody shirt has been
washed and made clean, and now
thousands are they, who beg a scrap of
it with which to catch the tears of
sympathy for the supposed foes of the
past, but the re-united brothers of the
future. A purer hiatus in creation has
been discovered, who would like to
pension those foes and “rebels.” We
of this day and nation are the most ca
the world has ever known. Rich,
loyal and patriotic, accumulating mill
ions and billions, paying millions to
those who once fought for us (pen
sions), millions to those who are prom
isiug to fight for us in tbe future,
(standing army) millions for polices
on the rolling deep, (in the event we
wish to flarlit some one off from home)
aud millions untold, With interest,
with sorrow, with gladness, we are
thinking, what of the day?
The average load of guano that goes
out these days has a loud smell; so
loud in fact that the farmer can run
the back-trail nine months from now
to the place he found it—ashe briDgsin
that little bard earned bale of cotton
for each load of guano.
We would like to see one of those
invitations sent out by the committee
of leading citizens of Atlanta, whose
object was to welcome the Inman
Gould party to Atlanta Georgia and
the South. It appears that our high
official heard of only one guest—Gould.
Sheriff’s Sale.
■\XTILE VV be sold before the court bouse door iu
Lexington, La., between the legal hours
of sale on first Tuesdry in March, 1801, six bales
of cotton levied on as the distress property of J. B. in Rylee favor
and sold by virtue ot a wnrrent
of G. T. and F. R. Howard, landlords, vs. This J. Jan- B.
Rylee, tenant, for rent. Terms cash.
uary 20th, 1801. J. 1). WINN, Sheriff.
f ’ i EOUGIA Oglethorpe County.— Applica
X tion for Letters of Dismission.—Whereas,
W. Jl. Hopper, administrator or. estate of Willis
Collins, (colored) deceased, applies to me for let
ters of Dismission from said estate: These are,
therefore, to cite and admonish all persons in
terested to show cause, if any they can, why
Monday said letters should not be grunted oil the first
in May, 1891. This 9th day of Feb. 189L
J. J. BACON, Ordinary O. C.
/A EOItGlA, Oglethorpe County— Applica
VT tion (or Letters of Dismission.—Whereas,
Wm. T. Howard, Sr., guardian of his children,
applies to me letters of dismission: These are,
therefore, to cite and admonish all persons in
terested to show cause, if any they can, why said
letters should not be granted to said Wm.T.
Howard as guardian on the first Monday in
April, 18B1. Given under my hand and official
signature this 5lh day of .January, 1891.
JOEL J. BACON, Ordinary O. C.
YVEORG1A, Oglethorpe County.—A pplica
vl tion for Letters of Dismission.—Whereas,
Carter Holmes, administrator de bonis non with
the will annexed on estate of Robert Harrison,
deceased, applies to inefor Letters of Dismission
from said estate: These are, therefore, to cito
and admonish all persons interested to show
cause, if any they can, why said letters should
not ho granted on the first Monday ill March,
1891. This Xov. 25, 1899.
J. J. BACON, Ordinary O. C.
p vT EOUGTA, tion Letters Oglethorpe Dismission.—Whereas, county.— Applica
for A
L. J. Kd wards, Executor on estate of M. W. Ed
wards, deceased, applies to me for letters of dis
mission from said estate: These are, therefore,
to cite and admonish all persons interested to
show cause, if any they can, why said letters
should not be granted to said L. >f. Edwards on
the ilrst Monday in April, 1891, (liven under my
hand and official signature this 23d day of De
cember, 1890. J. J. BACON, Ordinary O. C.
( N EOUGIA, Oglethorpe County:— Ordina
VX ry’s Office. The 1 appraisers appointed upon
a plication ot Lucinda Gresham, twelve month’s colored,widow
o Oliver Gresham, for a support
for hcrsolf and live minor children, having filed
their return, and I will pass upon the same at
my office in Lexington interested on Saturday, hereby March cited 14th,
1891, and all persons they have, are before
to show cause, if any ou or
Unit day allowed. why s lid Given application under and hand return and should
not be my off!
• cial signature, this 11th davof February, 1S9L
JOEL J. BACON, Ordinary, O.C.
EOUGI A, Oglethorpe County.—I n Court
vT of Ordinary. W. W. Tiller, administrator
ou the estate of Sanford Tiller, late of said conn
law ty, deceased, having petitioned with the heirs in terms law of the
for a settleuicmt at of
said and deceased ii before the Ordinary M. of said Tiller coun- and
.James ty, S. 1 appearing ilier, heirs that at law Francis of said deceased,
have been out of the State of Georgia for twelve
years, aud have not been heard of since that
time by petitioner: It is therefore ordered that
said Francis M. Tiller and James S. Tiller be
served with notice of this petition by publication
in tbe Oglethorpe Echo twice a month for two
months ami prior to (lie first Monday and .Tames in S. April, Til
1891, that said Francis M.
ler be cited to appear at the regular April term
of the court of Ordinary to be held on the first
settlement Monday in should April, 1881, not be to made show cause prayed why for said by
as
petitioner. Given under my hand and official
signature, this 2d day of February, 1891.
JOEL J. BACON, Ordinary O. U.
Notion «»r Application for Charter far
tile Mnoon and Northeastern
Railroad Company.
is ■VT OTICE is hereby given that the undersigned
have formed a comnanv under the name of
the MACON AND NORTHEASTERN RAIL
ROAD COMPANY, for the purpose of laying
out, constructing, maintaining and operating a
railroad from Macon, Ga, in Bibb county, to
some point on the Georgia, Carolina aud North
Georgia, ern railroad, in the county counties of Elbert, state of
through the of Bibb, dopes,
Wilkes, Baldwin, Putman, Elbert, Morgan, in said Greene, Oglethorpe, that
and state. And
thirty days after the publication of by this notice
jn each of said counties, as required law, ap
plication of will be for made certificate to the governor of incorporation aud sec
retary under the state general a laws lor the incorporation ot
railroad companies.
JOHN M. ROBINSON,
1L C. HOFFMAN,
W. B. SPARKS,
G. \V. GUSTIX,
W. W. COLLINS.
February 14,1891.
Horses, Muies.
tacking the coming winter sod Spring: i will
£?»Soh Lexington a f U n a U e cf ^feiVi-e^mmen^tomy choicetHorses and Muies
customers, and shall endeavor by fair dealing
and low prices to command the patronage of
this entire section. I have now at my stables
some excellent buggy ana saddle horses which I
am offering at lon r figures. Ifl happen not to
have just what yon want on hand I can get what
will suit you on short notice.
MAXWELL BROS,
se t ,36 i Lexington, C«.
DAVIS & HARRIS,
Tonsoriai Artists,
ITViceiv Bre»ustSt%Mr
Len*oK>giefhorpV u^Siun^hem’when they
want* clean shave or a stylish hair-cat.
FOR THIS SEASON!
We propose to slio w the most complete line of
Fine Dress Goods and Trimmings
To be found in Athens or Northeast Georgia.
Our line embraces all the newest novelties, which have been selected in
person to suit the trade of this section. We are confident that our stock
will be found to be the prettiest in the city.
We have greatly enlarged Northeast our Georgia. line of Carpets and Rugs and can show the'
largest in assortment both in and In this line we defy competi
tion goods prices.
Every department of otti* four recently enlarged stoves is full to over
flowing with choice goods, to which we invite tlie attention of the good
people of Oglethorpe county.
M. MYERS Sc CO.,
Colleg'e Avenue, AtHens, <3-a.
TO MY CUSTOMERS.
The Encouragement They Give.
Encouraged by a continued increase of trade, I terre
bought and am receiving the largest lot of spring gs>ods
I have ever purchased, consequently am better prepared
to continue to supply mv increasing trade with almost
anything they may wish to purchase. So in the future,
as you have in the past, continue to give me a chance
when you want a good bargain. We can’t be beat on
Shoes. In fact, everything is kept up with the times.
When time or style changes we get new goods. We are
counting on our customers.
J. P. ARMISTEAD I y
CRAWFORD, GA • %
A FEW SPECIALTIES
I am Offering until my Spring Stock Arrives.
HeSr^The best Men’s and Ladies’ Shoes in this market
for the money.
H5air*Somethmg new in Shoe Polish. Call for it.
Hfi 2 gr s ‘Large line Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Hats from
twenty-five cents to three dollars.
HCsr^Full line of Hardware of all kinds.
I will make it to your interest to trade with me.
W. H. REYNOLDS, - LEXINGTON, GA.
L.*D.*SLEDeE*&*< 90 .,.
--DEALERS IN
EVERYTHING IN THE DRUG LINE,
CLAYTON STREET, ATHENS GA.
When you visit Athens call on ns. We will sell you the Best goods at
bottom prices.
Err.::
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new
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T. G. H ADA WAY
Clayton Street, Athens, Ga.,
Has just opened up in connection with his Harness Business a complete
line of Fine BUGGIES AND CARRIAGES made by the Ohio Buggy
Co., of Columbus, Ohio, who manufacture the best and finest Buggi es 111
the market. He is also agent for the Davis Buggy, a first-class cheap*
best Buggy, Harness lladaway will put in with either grade of buggy or carriage his
at cost. Call and see tbe Ohio Buggy, the leader over all
other buggies. Call early and get a fine Buggy and Harness while the
price is low down at T. G. HADAWAY’S, Athens, Ga.
NEW * COMMERCIAL * HOTEL
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WITH uew management, new cooks, good Sable, good rooms, good attention Ihr New Com
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House, is now in charge of the Commercial with Mr. W. H. Davis, a gentleman oflarge hotel
experience as manager. Give tbe New Commercial a trial. You will be treated all right.
We intend daring oar management to have a clean record. Special attention
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