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THE TOCCOA NEWS
AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL.
VOLUME XIX.
The Pug Saved the Child.
The sagacity of a pug dog owned by
Mrs. Porter in Johnstown saved the life
v>£ a two-year-old child at Providence,
It. I. Mrs. Porter was at work in her
pantry and the child was playing on the
floor in another room with the dog. Sud¬
denly barked the dog ran into the pantry and
and jumped about excitedly and
drew finally seized Mrs. Porter's dress and
her toward the room where the child
was. Mrs. Porter followed the animal,
which ran to the baby, licked the child’s
face, and put a paw to its mouth. Mrs.
Porter saw that the child was choking,
and with a sharp blow between the shoul¬
ders forced the obstruction from the
child’s throat. It was a six-pointed
“jackstono,” made of iron, such us chil¬
dren use in play. With the exception of
the from fright and the loss of a little blood
bis throat the baby is all right.—
(Boston Transcript.
THE COMING GOULD.
Office Boy—Beg pardon, sir, but 1 was
iwful sorry to see the way Mrs. .links
vent for you this mornin’. It was ham-
ner an’ tongues, wasn’t it?
Mr. Jinks (head of the firm)—Great
makes! Is it all over town?
Office Boy—Oh, no, sir. No one knows
it hut me.
Mr. Jinks—Here's a dollar to go to the
baseball game. Take a day off and en-
ioy yourself, but not a word about me and
Mrs. J., you know.
Office Boy—All right, sir. You kin
trust mo.
Under Clerk (a few moments
Say, Smikesy, how did you know there
tvas a row in the old man’s family this
morning? Office
’ hu’ Boy—By the way he was rippin’
rurin’ ’round at us.—(Good News.
MORE LIKE IT.
Old Soaker—I’ve got a terrible crick
in my neck.
disappear)—1 Barkeeper (watching the four fingers
'lowed it was a river.
RICHMOND! DANVILLER-R.
Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line Division.
Condensed Schedule of Passenger
Trains. In Effect Aug. 2nd, 1801.
NORTHBOUND. No. 38. No. 10. No. 12.
> AKTXllN TIME. Daily. Daily. Dally.
Lv. Atlanta (E.T.) 1 25 pm 7 20 pm ®
Chamblee..... 7 59 pm
Norcroaa....... 8 11 pm 9 55 am
Duluth........ 8 24 pm 10 06 am
Suwauee....... 8 37 pm 10 17 am
Buford........ 8 52 pm
Flow, ry Branch 9 07 pm
Gainesville..... 2 52 pm 9 24 pm 11 11 am
Lula.......... 3 14 pin 9 50 pm 1186 am
Bel lb >n........ 9 56 pm 1140 am
Cornelia....... 10 25 pm }2 M pm
Mt. Aiiy....... 10 28 pm
Tocooa......... 4 02 pm 10 68 pm 12 89 pm
Westminster ... 11 39 pm 1 20 pm
Seneca ........ 12 01 am 1 42 pm
Central........ 12 40 am 2 85 ptu
Easleys........ 1 03 am 3 05 pm
Greenville..... 6 05 pm 1 S3 am 8 80 pm
Greers......... 1 59 am 4 01 pm
Wellforrl....... 2 16 am 4 19 pm
S partanburg... 6 57 pm 2 36 am 4 43 pm
Clifton........ 2 55 am 4 57 pm
Cowpens...... Gaffney....... 8 00 am 5 01 pm
8 28 am 5 24 pm
Grover......... Blacksburg..... 8 46 am 5 42 pm
8 56 am 6 51 pm
King’a Mount’ll 4 17 am 6 08pm
Gastonia....... 4 50 am
Lowell........ 500 am 6 43pm
Bellemont..... 5 11am 6 54 pm
Ar. Charlotte...... 9 10 pm 5 40 am 7 20 pm
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Daily. Daily. Daily.
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Bellt-mont..... ........ 218pm
Lt.w.ll......... ........ 2 28 pm
Gastonia....... ........ 2 41 pm
King’s Mount’n ........ 8 06 pm
Grovt r......... ........ 3 20 pm
Gaffney....... Blacksburg.... ........ 8 30 pm
........ 3 49 pm
Clifton........ Cowpens...... ........ Ill pm
........ 4 15 pm
Spartanburg... Ilford........ 11 39 am 4 82 pm
W< ........ 5 11 pm
Groera......... ........ 5 31 pm
Greenville...... 12 8C pm 6 05 pm
Easleys......... ........ 6 33 pm
Central........ ........ 7 25 pm
Seneca......... ........ 7 53 pm
Westminster.,.. ........ 8 12 pm oooo(eo6
Tocooa ........ 2 25 pm 8 50 pm
Mt. Airy....... ........ 9 25 pm
Cornelia....... ........ 9 80 pm
Bell ton........ ........ 9 56 pm
Lula.......... 8 14 pm 10 02 pm
Gainesville----- 3 03 pm 10 28 pm
Flowery Branch ........ 10 49 pm
Buford........ ........11 03 pm
Suwon ee....... ........11 17 pm
Duluth........ .......11 29 pm
Noroross...... ........11 42 pm
Chambloe...... ........11 54 pm
Ar. Atlanta (E. T.) 5 00 pm 12 80 am
Additional trains Nos. 17 an l 18—Lula ae-
coninv idation, daily except Sunday, leaves At¬
lanta 5 30 p in, arrives Lula 8 12 p m. Return¬
ing, leaves Lula 6 00 am, arrives Atlanta 8 50
a m.
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m, and 11 40 a m, arrive Athens 12 05 am and
1 40 p m. Returning leave Athens, No. 10
daily, except Sunday, and No. 12 daily, and 7 20 p m
and 8 80 a m, arrive Lula 9 20 pm 10 30
a m.
Between Toccoa and Elberton—No. 61 dai¬
ly; except Sunday, leave Toccoa 12 55 p m
arrive Elberton 4 45 p m. Returning, No. 60
daily, except Sunday, leave aElt erton 5 45 a m
and arrives Toccoa 9 15 a m.
Nos. 11 and 12 carry Pullman Sleepers be¬
tween Washington and Knoxville via. Salisbury,
and Nos. 9 and 10 Pullman Sleeper between A»-
lanta and New York.
On No. 11 no change in day coaches from
New York to Ai lanta.
Nos. 87 and 38, Washingt on and Southwest¬
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Washington. On this train an extra fare is
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Washin gton, D. 0. Richmond, Va.
O. P. .HAMMOND,
Superintendent, Atlvkt*, G*.
LEWIS DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
TOCOOA CITY, GA.,
Will practice in ths counties of Haber-
shaas and Rabun of the Northwestern
Circuit, Western and Franklin and Banks of tl)e
be Circuit. Prompt enfcrustac&o attention wHl
fives te all business him.
The ooUacttaa ef debts will have speo-
Ul attwslipc.
ONE AND ONE.
last red glimmer of the sun
Shiuea through the open door,
And lies in straggling bars upon
The -well-worn school-house floor,
Before the grave young master’s ch
A weeping maiden stands,
As with a nervous, puzzled air,
The ciphered work he Beaus.
*lt Is no use,” she sobbed, “to try,
1 cannot get it right.”
“See here,” the master said, and held
Ihe figures to her sight.
“This problem that has kept you er
Had long ago been done,
Had you not said In adding, dear,
That one and one make one.*
*hut isn’t that-“ she stopped confused,
Her blue e\es sought the floor;
A look was on the master’s face
She had not seen before.
“Not quite, my dear,” | he gently said,
“That is, in sums like this;
But yet, I think, there are times whi
’Twould not be far amiss.”
And then—but pshaw! why undertake
To toil just what was said?
Full often has the tale been told,
Since Eve and Adam wed.
The logic that the master used
To make the matter j>lain,
Was used by man since earth began,
And seldom used in vain.
The swaying trees a talo of love
Seemed whispering to the brook,
As man and maid adown the glade,
Their homeward journey took.
Now, hand in hand, they pass life’s school.
Their knottiest problem done ;
They’ve solved it by the good old rule
Of “One and One Make One.”
—Yankee lUade.
-A XXHi vJHVJOI HflQT DIjIjG RTTT Y
-
It is many years since I was quartered
with my regiment in Vienna. Among
my acquaintances there was a young
nobleman in the Imperial Guard—
Baron von Steingraff. A finer hearted
fellow could not be found in bis ma-
jesty’s dominions nor a better soldier
in his army. Frank and gay as a com-
panion, he was a favorite with his own
sex, and a good figure and good prop-
erty, made him not unacceptable with
old mammas and young daughters.
Friedrich, however, seemed to be no
marrying man, though he had nothing
misogynistic in his nature. When our
friendship had grown into close inti-
macy I happened to banter him on the
subject of matrimony, but be assured
me he had resolved never to marry.
“Not,” said be, “that I have any dis-
inclination to the matrimonial state, but
fate, cruel and inexorable, has forbid-
den me to enter it.”
I stared at him in silent surprise,
After a moment he told me how, when
a child, ho had met a gypsy woman,
from Bohemia, as he crossed a wood
near the Schloss. She had stopped
i looke(1 into his hand and said:
I “Young herr, when you go to marry a
; wife take heed. The way to God’s
altar lies through God’s acre!”
eried I, laughing, “that was
ft safe prophecy. A man canuot well
get to the church door unless he walks
through the church yard.”
Friedrich shook his head. “That was
not 5jer meaning,” said he, “but rather
that lor she whom I shall wish to make
my bride must die on the bridal day.
Therefore, I shall never marry.”
He shivered, turned pale, and added:
“And now, Hauptman, let us never
speak of this again !”
A year passed by and I was far away
in the north of Germany when I got a
letter from Von Steingraff. It an-
nounced his coming marriage with a
young lady of his own country. “Mv
destiny,” he wrote, “what it may be I
must work out. 1 could not resist my
passion for my little Roeschen. So
come to me as soon as you can; and who
knows but your happier interpretation
of the gypsy’s prophecy may be the true
one?”
I laughed heartily as I closed the
letter. The old story! Woman’s
tongue had overcome man’s resolve—
pretty Roeschen liad whipped the
withered gypsy from the field. And so
saying I packed for my journey, and
the morrow found me en route.
At the close of a lovely autumn day I
drove along the road betweeu Salzburg
and St. Gilgen where it skirts the
picturesque little lake of Mondsee.
Not far from this stood the schloss of
my friend, built close to the rnius of a
suppressed monastery and sheltered by
a dark forest. Thither I worked my
way—but slowly—for the approach was
steep and circuitous, and by ‘the time I
reached the entrance and stood uuder
the heavy arches of the doorways the
sun had set and the great stone mass of
building was lying iu the gloom. All
was quiet and the place seemed des-
erted. I knocked at the heavy door
and an aged servant appeared. I an-
nounced myself and was informed that
the baron was deathly sick. On the
very day that he had written to me he
was prostrated with a serious illness
and he was now in the eighth day,
struggling with the delirium of fever,
The doctors declared the case to be
hopeless, but were in almost constant
attendance. One had just left and had
said he would retur n as the crisis would
occur that very nigJit.
I determined, of course, to await the
issue, and in a few moments stood by
the bedside of my dearest friend and
looked down on a poor shattered being,
with flushed face, a burning lip and
glazed eye, tossing and raving, whose
hand was unconeious of my loving pres-
Bure, whose ear turned from words of
affection.
From time to time I could distin-
guish words through his mutter-
ings, which told me how the bewil-
tiered spirit wrestled with horrible
phantoms. With appalling incongruity
be mingled the scenes of the bridal
chamber and the charnel vault, now
calling on his bride to wrap her grave
clothes about her, now bidding the
texton pledge him a skull of wine.
Terrible as all this was to hear and
painful to see, I determined to watch
through the Dight, and the faithful old
butler begged to and remain also. Indeed,
I felt so nervous distressed that I
was glad of his company. When
wanted but two hours of
Friedrich fell into a lethargic stupor. I
left the bedside and went to sit by the
fire. Old Klaus threw'on a fresh log
and filled a glass with Hungarian wine
from a flask on the table. 1 noticed
that the old fellow’s hand trembled,
and his eyes were filled with tears. I
•poke a few words of comfort and he
•obbed aloud:
“Alas! Herr Hauptman, my mind
misgives me sadly! I fear every mo¬
ment that I shall hear the dismal ring¬
ing of the ghost dead bell!”
TOCCOA, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 21, 1891.
At this uncanny title I shivered.
“But what may that be?” I asked anx-
iously.
“Ach! What an old fool lam. I
forget sometimes; but forgive it”
“But Klaus,” said I, “what did you
mean.”
Klaus bent toward me, his old face
drawn with fear. “The bell that rings
out the life of every Yon iSteingraff,”
said he, with suppressed emotion. I
suppose I looked both startled and in-
terested, and the old servant, glad of
hushed sympathy and attention, continued in a
voice: “Mayhap you observed
the monastery near the castle, sir, as
you came up the drive. Well, sir, a
long time ago the Baron Steingraff of
that day, who lived then in the schloss
higher up in the hills above the Ivro-
tensee, had a quarrel w'ith the abbot.
The baron was a fierce and haughty
man that cared little for church and
priest, his and the abbot was as haughty in
way, so the fued grew deadlier every
day.
“At last the abbot swore on the holy
relics of St. Wolfgang that lieivould ex¬
communicate the baron. And the baron
swore by the cross on his swordhilt that
he would tear the frock off the abbot’s
back and drive him and his monks out
of the monastery. The abbot was as
good as his word, and so, on the feast
of blessed St. Wolfgang, he and his
monks walked in procession through
the church up to the altar, and the
great book w r as opened and the anathe-
mas read, and then the bell was tolled
and the lighted candles extinguished,
and thus the baron was excommunicated.
The bell w as still tolling and the priests
were on their way down the aisle when
the shouts of the baron and his wild
men-at-arms, his jagers and holzknecth
rang at the walls, and sledges and great
pine beams were battering at the gate?,
One mad fellow seized a splinter of wood
and lit-^ at the altar and then fired the
panels, and the roof and the dry wood
were all soon in a blaze: The baron
seized the bell rope and rang out a loud
peal of triumph. But the abbot walked
up to him, dressed in all his robes, and
holding up his hands, cursed him in the
name of the blessed Trinity, and said:
‘“As the evil one peals that bell now
through your hands, so shall he peal it
when he claims the soul as it passes
from the body of you and your son and
of your son’s son. Amen!’
“So saying, the abbot called his
monks, and they went their way down
to the Lake of Aver. But the baron
and his followers threw themselves upon
the holy men and tore their frocks from
their backs and threw their books into
the lake. The baron then seized the
monastery lauds and held them, too,
for might was right in those days, and
he built the present castle hard by the
the ruins of the monastery, lest the
abbot and his retainers should rally
and seek to regain their old possessions.
“Time passed on, and the baron had
well-nigh forgotten that abbot or monk
had ever dwelt within the old black-
ened monastery walls. One cold win-
tor’s night the baron sat with his re-
tainers in the great hall drinking and
revelling, as was their wont. The wind
howled in gusts fitfully, and in the
pauses a loud knock was heard at the
oaken door. The Thurliuter, when he
opened the door, saw no one, though
the moon was at that moment shining
through a rift of tiie clouds, but he felt
a cold blast sweep across his face. So
he shut the door again, and thought it
must have been the storm that deceived
him.
“The next moment those in the hall
saw a monk in a black habit, with a
cowl drawn over his head, enter and
walk without a word to where the baron
was sitting. Then the monk drew back
his hood, and an old withered face,
ghastly pale, but stern, and fierce,
gazed undaunted ou the baron.
“ ‘Tausend sakerment!’ shouted the
baron, starting in a rage, ‘dog of an ab¬
bot, what brings you here? Trundle
out the shaveling, and set the dogs on
him.’
“The abbot raised his skinnv arm,
and said in a hollow and solemn voice:
‘This night twenty years you and I met.
I am on my way to the abbey; follow
me.’
“The abbot retired as he came, no
one daring to hinder or harm the holy
man.
“ ‘To the hangman with him,’ cried
the baron, ohoking with rage and
springing after him. That moment the
old bell pealed out with a wild clang
from the tower. The baron fell to the
ground. When they lifted him up he
was dead.
“ ’Twas said he died in fit. Maybe
a
so. But that very night one of the
holzknechts returning to the village
from the Riesen up on the hill where
he had been working, declared that as
he passed the tower he heard the old
bell pealing, and saw a procession of
monks following a bier and disappear-
ing within the ruins. Next morning
tidings came that the old abbot had
died the day before at St. Wolfgang’s,
but where or when bo was buried no-
body ever knew.”
“Old Klaus ceased and sat gazing in
the fire.
“A strange, wild tale,” I said lightly,
unwilling to confess myself moved by
the story. “Has the ghost bell ever
been heard since that time?”
Old Klaus shuddered. “Ay, sir,” he
auswered gloomily, “whenever the soul
passes from the body of a Von Stien-
graff, but I am not willing to believe
that the evil one dare claim the spirit
of my dear young master—one so good
and noble as he!” and again the old
servant fell to weeping,
“Hush, Klaus, lest you desturb him,”
I said, hastily, although a glance at my
poor Fredrieh well nigh assured me
that few sounds would disturb him
more. Then I paced the room and out
into the hall and down the stairs, for I
heard the sound of horses at the gate?,
and I knew that the physician had come.
I let him go up alone, while I sat for
a few moments in the chamber I had
been shown to on my arrival. I could
not take my mind from the story of the
ghost belL I stole np once more to the
sick-room. The physician sat at the
foot of the bed. Friedrich seemed to
be sleeping I quietly. I hoped this
might be a good sign, but, to my in-
quirv, the old physicion shook his head
sadly.
“ ’Tis the sleep that will wake only in
death,” he answered sadly. “An hour
I will decide, but be prepared for the
! worst I can give you but little hope.”
Impelled by I knew not what, I sud-
denlv asked:
“Doctor, what could have caused
this sudden illness? My friend has had
: the most perfect health all his life. Ke
once told me he had never been ill.
; What could have caused this fever?”
i “God alone can tell!” answered the
j physician, with piously. the day “The previous young baron
was me to his in¬
doss, and bade me gaylv enough to
dance at his wedding I never saw
him looking better. He was on hor.-e-
back and rode swiftly out to St. Gil-
gen, reining up his stead for an instant
to throw money to an old gypsy who
stood, her hand outstretched, by the
road. Always kind,” added the good
doctor, “always noble! I have known
him thus as .boy and man.” And the
usually cold man of science brushed his
hand across his eyes.
I took his other baud in my own and
pressed it warmly. Then I went to the
chamber below. Old Klaus crept after
me for sympathy. I sat down by the
fire with a heavy heart.
I took up a book from one of the
shelves and tried to read. Not a sound
was to be heard save the ticking of the
great clock in the hall. I laid down
the book and sighed. Just then the
clock tolled the midnight hour. The
deep bell struck twqive times, loud and
clear, and mechanically I counted every
stroke.
crisis! Midnight! A sudden thought—the
Then my poor Friedrich might even
now be passing the portal of eternity 1
I was about to speak to Klaus when I
discovered that he slept exhausted on
the hearth.
So I rose noiselessly, and passed sad¬
ly and alone into the great stone hall.
A breath of cold air Btruck my cheek.
It came from the end of the hall. I was
pierced through and through with its
chill touch. Certainly the outer doors
must be open. I peered through the
vista of the dimly lighted arches toward
the entrance, and moved a few steps in
that direction.
As I did so I was sure I heard a muf¬
fled knocking at the portal. I listened
intently, and after a moment the sound
was repeated, and followed almost im¬
mediately Still by the slipping of a bolt.
I saw no one. and I concluded the
sound must come from some other part
of the Schloss. I was about to turn and
desist from investigation when I again
felt the icy blast sweep my face and
throat Thoroughly startled, I strained
my eyes to see more clearly before me,
They became gradually accustomed to
the semi-darkness, and I perceived the
massive doors swing inward on their
iron hinges to admit a tall, dark figure
in cloak and hood.
“A priest?” I thought instantly; then
the thought was succeeded by another.
“Fredrieh is not a Catholic! Who had
summoned him? The doctor, perhaps!”
And then again, who was it that had
admitted him? I myself had seen this
figure pass through doors bolted and
barred! I heard his muffled knock ! I
saw him, noiv, before me—and yet of a
certainty I knew that none had bade
him enter nor had any baud unclosed
the gates to give him entrance!
Smitten with a nameless fear I stood,
or leaned against one of the stone pil¬
lars for support. The dark figure now
moved toward me down the hall.
Nearer—nearer it came, and I saw that
I was right—it was the figure of a
priest. As he passed close beside me
his cowl fell back and revealed an old,
wrinkled, ashy face in which were set
two gleaming eyes—black and evil. He
looked not to the right nor to the left,
but as he passed up the wide stair he
raised one thiu, white hand above his
head, and the dark sleeve fell back and
showed the skinny, withered arm bare
to the elbow.
I stood frozen with terror to the spot,
when a harsh sound smote upon my' ear.
It was followed by a shrill scream, and
old Klaus rushed from the room and
threw himself at my feet.
“God have mercy upon us!” he
shrieked almost crazed with fright.
“The ghost bell!”
Again came the harsh sound—the
claugmg of an iron bell! It smote
cruelly upon my sharpened sense—
wild, fitful, irregular—and, God for¬
give me! not as human hands would
have rung it I
I flew up the stairs—Klaus close be¬
hind me.
In a moment I was in the baron’s
chamber. The physican laid his cold
hand on mine—I saw the truth written
jfacC
“It is all over,” he said. “He is dead!”
A Short Lav Sermon.
This is a whole sermon in itself.
Children are peculiarly susceptible to
the beauty or otherwise of their sur¬
roundings. They may not be able to
voice it —may not be conscious of it,
even, but it has none the less a potent
influence on their behavior. “1 used to
notice,” said an observing person once,
“in a family which I visited quite fre¬
quently that when my call was con¬
fined to a chat in the library, a lovely
ennobling room, full of books and sun¬
shine, if the children were visible at all
they were exceedingly mannerly and
charming, while on the occasions when
I would go down informally to the home
luncheon or diuner, tlieir behavior was
quite different. The room was dark
and sunless, and the belongings good,
but all freshness worn off. I finally
attributed the change in the children’s
conduct to their different environment.”
Sixty-Four Years Married.
Green County can probably boast oi
having one of the oldest married couples
in the State. David Stickle aud Mary,
his wife, are the happy pair. They
have been living together for sixty-four
years, having been married in 1826.
The combined ages of the two i? 174
years. Both are still enjoying fairly
good health. Mr. Stickle was born in
Washington County ninety-one years
ago, and moved to his present residence
in Morris in 1840. Eightbhildren were
born as the fruit? of this union and three
are still living. The old gentleman is
quite active and his mental faculties are
still good. He wa? always an indus-
trious man, and he still cuts kb wood
and doe? many other odd jobs about
the farm .—Washington (Pa.) Eepub -
lican.
ALLIANCE TALKS.
NEWS OF THE ORDER AND
ITS MEMBERS
Reform Press Comment and Items ol
Interest to Ailiaucemen Everywhere.
An exchange says: Alliancemen are
warned not to trust the bad men who
have joined the Alliance for selfish pur¬
poses. We take the occasion to warn
them against the bad men who wou d
like to join the Alliance, but who cannot.
Beware of them.
*
The Dallas Times-Herald which has
been investigating, says that it knows
the attitude of 53 of the party papers
of Texas on the sub-treasury scheme. It
says 16 favor it and 37 oppose it. That
is pretty good progress for the measure
when we consider that it has not been
before the public long.
***
The Home Sentinel (Wingo, Kv.) says:
“When you hear a fellow say that the
government cannot operate a railroad, ask
him how it is that when a railioad com-
pany makes an assignment, dors not the
courts appoint a manager and the busi¬
ness has goes on just the same. The public
the benefit of the road, and it is op¬
erated under control of the government
agent. If the couits can operate one line
that successfully, can there be any reason
all the lines may not be run the same
Way ?”
*
* *
The Commerce (Tex.) Journal, says:
The New Yoik Chamber of Commerce
has just decided iiself against any and all
coinage of silver, and yet no one of its
members can point to a place where, or
tell of a time when, there was too much
silver money in me for the public good.
If English capitalists should come to
America with $100,000,000 to invest, it
would be hailed with delight. What is
the objection to our own people diggin g
the same amount from the earth an d
coining it?
¥
* *
The Arkansas Farmer (Little Rock)
says: “Don’t think because your little
Sub-Alliance is puny and wanting in en¬
ergy and life that the order is going
down. Read up and see that it is going
ahead with all steam on. It grows at the
rate of two or three thousand a day.
Thirty-eight states have been organized
and all will soon join the column. Noth¬
ing can stop the great march of tho-peo¬
ple. Take hope, take courage, stand
true to your colors, and your principles
will surely triumph. Right will, in the
end, be the victor.”
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The Independent (Taikio, Mo.) says:
It has been truly stated that the Alliance
is not a political party; yet the Order
will not condemn a man to death for vot¬
ing his sentiments. The only party in
this state that seems to be even in sym¬
pathy with Alliance demands, is the
newly organized People’s party ; hence
members of the Order in every county
and in both Democratic and Republican
strongholds are thoowing off their old
party shackles and going into the Peo¬
ple’s party, because it is the only one
that promises relief.
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BUT THEY WILL NOT SEE IT.
Under the above captain the Progres¬
sive (Raleigh, N. C.) says: “The esti¬
mated value of the cotton crop in Ar¬
kansas in 1889 was $28,000,-000, says
the Faulkner County Wheel. Now sup¬
pose the Sub-Treasury plan had been a
law and all this cotton had been stored,
the government would have Fsued 80 per
cent, of this $28,000,000 or $22,400,000
more, making in all $50,409,000 to move
the crop of Arkansas for the year 1889.
Doesn’t any man with common sense
know that the farmer? would have re¬
ceived better prices tor their cotton, paid
their merchants, doctors, lawyers, etc.,
more money and all have been greatly
benefited ?”.
***
The Progressive Farmer, commenting
on the recent elections, says: “The
elections last week were significant in
foretell some respects. the They do not exactly
what result will be next year,
however. Boodle was used freely in
some places. In Kansas the People’s
Party nominated candidates for Superior
Court in Judge?. They elected their men
two or three districts. In the others
the Democrats and Republicans fused
and by this unholy and unnatural com¬
bination elected their men. Taken alto¬
gether, there was nothing hue a repeti
tion of former elections and the country
is no better < ff than it was. But all of it
was an eye opener for people who are
working for the good of thecountry.”
*
* *
The Farmers Alliance has inaugurated
a war or trusts and combinations, and it
is theretore the duty of all papers on the
farmers’ side in that fight to give such
information as may be readily obtained
in regard to the various trusts and com¬
bines that do the most damage. There
are many of them, and perhaps some of
the worst are those made upon some arti¬
cle of small value, which enables them to
some extent to more readily escape
notice. The combination of the ax man¬
ufacturers is a fair sample of this class of
trust. There were two years ago twen¬
ty-two ax manufacturers in the United
States. In October, 1889, a movement
was put on foot to consolidate fourteen
of ihe largest of these by the issue of a
joint stock in purchase of the factories,
and leave the eight small factories to be
frozen out at leisure.
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The alliance in Georgia needs no com¬
mendation. It is known wherever the
j rinciples of the order are known, and
its influence is felt wherever the work of
the alliance b progressing. It is the
Gibraltar of the order, and stands at the
front in this great struggle for reform.
Its officers are among the best, always
ready and willing to defend the order
and propagate its doctrines. Its state
organ, the Southern Alliance Farmer,
stands among the best allia tee pape s
published and is doing a great work. In
this it is loyally aided by a large number
of country papers far above the average
in point of effectiveness and intelligence.
It is safe to assume that the alliance in
Georgia is in safe hand?, and will coa-
tinue to grow in the faith and increase
in numbers until the principles it chump
ions will predominate in that great
state.—Ex.
**■*
Tennessee has been a battleground for
Alliance principles from the first. It was
among the states that patriotically
dropped the organization of the Whe^i
and consolidated with tie A1 iance in
the formation of the National Farmers’
Alliance and Industrial Union. It has
always been aggressive in its methods,
and for that reason has met the wrath of
the politician. During the past year
especially been a bitter and mendacious war
has urged against the Alliance, its
officers and principles by the partisan
press and political bosses of the state.
This attack has tended to strengthen and
unify the order, and under the care and
guidance of the present officers will no
doubt result in great benefit to the Alli¬
ance. The Toiler, the state organ, is one
of the best Alliance papirs printed, and
is doing a grand work. There are also
a number of excellent county papers that
understand the situation clearly and are
is rendering intelligent service. Tennessee
the not wanting in earnest, honest men at
front, supported by a loyal member¬
ship, which is sure to bring future suc¬
cess.—National Economist.
*%
The Alliance Herald (Montgomery,
Ala..) says: The Alliance is composed
of machine Democrats, true Democrats,
Republicans, independents and third
party men. As an organization it is not
iu partisan politics. It has aims, and
seeks to accomplish them. It has a mis¬
sion, and expects to fulfill it. It came in
to existence at the demand of inexorable
necessity. It continues in existence and
will ever continue to live, because the
urgency of the necessity is so great and
exacting that the members who compose
it are bound by the ties of in¬
terest, and they are fastened to it
by a condition that compels them
to stick, to persevere and to make any
sacrifice for its success. This condition
has jeopardized their homes, has imper¬
iled the liberty of tbrir children and has
rendered it impossible for them to attain
prosperity. The census report on the
mortgage indebtedness of the country
shows the condition that has jeopardized
their homes. The fact that they are
compelled to sell products at cost of pro¬
duction shows the impossibility of ex¬
tricating themselves from this condition,
without a change of systems. The change
Df systems is the purpose. The change
>f condition is its mission.
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THE BANNER STATES.
The National Economist presents the
following li>t of states that have held
their annual meetings and adopted the
sub-treasury plan:
Alabama. Michigan.
South Carolina. Kansas.
North Carolina. Iowa.
Georgia. California.
Maryland. Indiana.
Virginia. Illinois.
West Virginia. North Dakota.
Florida. Delaware.
Aikansas. \\ isconsin.
Tennessee. Colorado.
Msisissippi. Texas. Oklahoma.
Louisiana. Oregon.
Indian Territory. Washington.
Missouri.
In twenty-three states it was reaffirmed
unanimously. In Alabama and Arkan¬
sas, there was one vote each against it.
In Virginia two, and Florida five, mak¬
ing a total of nine votes, in opposition
from twenty-seven states. In Missouri
the plan was practically carried by a
large majority, but wisely referred back
to the sun-alliances, and will doubtless be
unanimously endorsed at the next meet¬
ing. The above is believed to be a true
statement of the matter as it now stands.
Rather a good showing, too.
** *
’tis queer.
The Illinois Alliance (Springfield) says:
It is a queer notion in financiering that
the people must be in debt in order to
have money, isn’t it? It is pre-eminently
a banker’s notion. The people must owe
a national debt in order that national
banks may U9e their promises to pay as a
basis upon which to predicate a certain
kind of money! It is, or seems to be,
impossible for banker? to get away from
this idea. Mr. Blank is a banker,
and the only change in existing methods
of which he can conceive is an enlarge¬
ment of the national banking prb ciple,
so as to include other forms of public in¬
debtedness us a basis fur money. If he
and other advocates of this peculiar form
of banking were pressed, they would
acknowledge that under their plan the
people must be perpetually in debt in or¬
der to have a sufficiency of money. Since
this is true, why shouldn’t the debt itself
circulate as money instead of being em¬
ployed as a foundation for money?
Would a charge of “fiat” any more ef¬
fectually lie against such money than it
would against money the only foundation
of which is the very same debt? Perhaps
it is because the latter method contains
an “element of profit for the banks,”
which the former does not, that accounts
for the banker’s love of the latter, and
their hatred of the former.
m
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RECENT GROWTH OF THE ALLIANCE.
At President’s Polk’s office in Wash¬
ington it is reported that the growth of
the Alliance has been too rapid to keep The
track of during the past month.
following summary of recent reports is
given Oklahoma—Several out: subordinate Al¬
liances have been organized, with a net
increase of 400 members.
For some time past hot war has been
waged against the Alliance in Mississip¬
pi, and is getting hotter every day; but
since December 1st 1890 the net increase
in membership has been over 1,060.
North Dakota—Sixty-two Sub-Alli¬
ances have been organized, with a net
increase of 2,000 members.
Iowa—This state is doing some glori¬
ous, and aggressive and successful work.
Two hundred and sixty-six Sub-Alliances
have been organized since December 1st,
with a net increase of over 9,000 mem¬
bers, ninety-nine organizers are now at
work all over the State.
California—Fourteen counties have
been organized, with 215 Sub-Alliances,
and the net increase of membership is
over 8,000.
Louisiana—Two new county organiza¬
tions have been effected, with about
NUMBER 46 .
twenty Sub-Alnances, and the net in¬
crease is over 5u0 members.
South Carolina—Twenty-two new Sub-
Alliances have been established, with
about 1,000 new members, but a loss of
nearly as many ha9 been sustained. This
is the only state recently heard from in
which an increase in membership is not
reported.
Ohio—The Buckeye State heads the
list. Thirteen new counties are organ¬
ized, with 170 Sub-Alliances, and the in¬
crease of roembeiship is over 10,000.
South Dakota—Working under diffi¬
culties, this state reports a net increase
of 1,000 members.
West Virginia—The awakening and
interest is phenomenaL Two hundred
and thirty Sub-Alliances have been en¬
rolled, and the net gain of members is
nearly 10,000.
NOVEMBER COTTON.
Returns to the Agricultural Depart¬
ment for the Month.
A Washington dispatch of Tuesday
says: Cotton returns of the department
of agriculture for November is not favor¬
able for a high rate of yield, the latene'-s
of the crop, extremes of temperature, ex¬
cess of rainfall, followed by drought,
causing foilage enfeebled vitality and loss of
and fruit, have been unfavorable
for a large crop. On the northern bor¬
der of the belt killing frosts occurred on
the 29th; in Borne places as early as the
23d. West of the Mississippi there has
been some improvement during the past
month. The season has been very fa¬
vorable for picking. The quality is al¬
most everywhere reported high, and the
fabric is of good color and unusually free
from trash. The yield as averaged from
county estimates averages 179 pounds
per acre, distributed by states as follows:
Virginia, 151; North Carolina, 178;
South Carolina, 160; Georgia, 155; Flor¬
ida, 120; Alabama, 155; Mississippi, 190;
Louisiana, 200; Texts, 195; Arkansas,
210; Tennessee, 170. As killing frosts
have not yet been general in the
southern and western sections of the belt
it is possible, with favorable weather
following, that current expectations may
be slightly exceeded.
PLENTY OP CORN.
Statistical returns for November make
the corn crop one of the largest in volume,
with a rate of yield slightly above an
average of 26 bushels per acre. The con¬
dition has not been very high at any
period of its growth, but it has been quite
uniform, with uo record of more thau 10
per cent of disabilities from all causes.
The highest rate of yield, as estimated,
appears in New England, from 35 to 40
bushels per acre; in the south the range
is from 11 in Florida to 25 in Maryland.
Much of the crop is yet in stock, and its
condition and rate of yield may be some¬
what better known after garnering and
marketing. Yet it is evident the prod¬
uct will not be less than 2,000,000
bushels, or 31 bushels per unit of popula¬
tion.
MUST SIGN IT.
Supreme Court Decision in the Florida
Senatorsliip Muddle.
A Tallahassee, Fla., dispatch its sirs:
The supreme court handed down de¬
cision Friday evening in the mandamus
case of Governor Fleming vs. Secretary
of State Crawford. The court decide?
that a peremptory writ of mandamus
must issue from it, compelling the the secre¬
tary of state to sign and seal coin
mis-ion of R. H. M. Davidson as United
S ates senator, but it gives Crawford un¬
til Monday to decide whether lie will
sign or take the consequences. The opin¬
ion is very long and exhaustive. It does
not touch upon the legality or illegality
of Call’s election by the legislature, de¬
claring that the United States senate is
the sole judge of the matter. The decis¬
ion simply covers the duty of the secre¬
tary of state with relation to signing all
commissions a.’.d grants made by the
governor. _______
ANARCHISTS CELEBRATING
Memorial Day in Honor of the Five
Who Were Hanged.
A Chicago dispatch says: Iu spite of
a drizzling rain fully two thousand peo¬
ple paitcipated Sunday, in the demonstration
and memorial, in honor of Par¬
ens, Spits, Engel, Fi>her and Lingg,
the anarchbts who were hanged four
year? ago. There was a stn et parade
with red flags furled and draped in
mourning, followed by a speech-making
over the graves of the dead anarchists.
Eighteen societies were represented,
every one of which brought its floral
offering. O. c of these was a legend in
German, “Though dead, they still live;
long live anarchy.” Mr?. Lucy Parsons’
house was decorated with crape. Early
iu the day a red flag floated over the
roof, but the police went to the house
and took down the flag before it had
been long in p sition.
ECHOES FROM THE STORM
Which Swept Over the Continent With
Such Relentless Fury.
A London cablegram of Friday say?:
Stories of wreck and disaster by the storm
continue to be received. The British
steamer Fait field, a Bmall but staunch
iron vessel, was caught in the bay of
Biscay in a fearful gale. Tremendous seas
started some rivets, and the water stead¬
ily poured in until the vessel finally had
to be abandoned. The men took to
boats, and all were p’cked up by passing
vessels. The town of Lismore, 111 miles
Bouthwest of Dublin, ha? suffered enor-
mous damage from the storm. Thursday
night the gale, which has been prevail¬ Ireland
ing on the southwest coast of
since Tuesday night, started in wiih re¬
newed fury, and the town was inundated.
All fishmg vessels reported men swept
overboard^.___ _____
ONE FINGER AND A QUE.
A Powder Mill Explodes, Eternity. Blowing
Three Men Into
The Giant Powder Saturday, works at Clipper killing
Gap, Cal., blew up
three men and seriously wounding one
boy, James Hamilton was blown to
atoms, nothing being found of him but
one finger. killed, A. U. Han, a Ch namao,
was and only hb que found.
Joseph Pepper, a resident of Santa Cruz,
died from injuries, and Bert Hicks, a boy,
had his skull fractured. Many build¬
ings were shaken down and ruined.