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VOLUME FOR Al LIANCEMEN. Holes end Current Comment Regarding tbe Great Reform Movement. A substitute for the sub-treasury bill being fobmulated—free DE¬ LIVERY FOR RURAL DISTRICTS. Those who arc now howling against the “government ownership of the rail¬ roads’ mver sny a word against the railroads.”—Ex. “ownership of the government by the The Pennsylvania *** Farmer (Meadcville, r/mntrv- U fi S1 " S I'he farmers of this t* v ' ttx cnsive, more com— J!. n u ’ j ( ' rt> \ ‘ * nS G ,. Hnd ia ° ever mor .° before. ably let then * ' ‘T * , ° W , °/k*u-° W as on lit tl, fl far f [ n r \°J this country can l, oi’t . lecogm ion icy deserve. q * T.Z, ri “ .... lar „ ,l ” T To turn back, no, we would deserve the contempt anil scorn of the i world* but if ..... ri't .,, 1 tl \ V0 j ^”01 anf \ , ,a t! , . 0 for r nr ri 1 I s W • ° r d Y 1 respect . us f for it, .. and 9 plutocracy will tremble at our strength. Don’t give one inch of ground I™*!' 1 y ° U d °, hC w lU demand two wn Stand r firm, stand f united, . be a 11 eviiw.mg the victor}'is () * The * ik Missouri World says: It is stated that the people of this nation about twenty-five years ago, 11 s a general rule, owned their own homes. By the recent thousand (It90) census we find that thirty-one wealth of people own one-half of the this country. Now, we would ask how much of the wealth will bo found in the hands of the masses of the people twenty years hence, supposing the existing systems are not changed ? Will some export arithmetician tell us ? * * * The Alliance Herald (Montgomery, Ala.) says: This movement of the pro¬ ducers and laborers is for equal rights to all and special favo.s to none. Every man who toils for his daily bread, whether in store, shop, office, furnace or field, is equally interested. The success of it means benefit for all. Its failure means heavier burdeus, more toil and less profits to all. Buckle on your armor nnd tight for your rights nnd your liber¬ ty, the protection of home and the free¬ dom of your children. >»• Tne * * Marion following Butler, . official notice, signed by president of the North Carolina state alliance, was published in the latest i sue of The Progressive Farmer: “I desire to have a conference with one true representative allianceman or more from each county in the state. At your next county meeting elect one man to bo in Rileigh May 17th to meet iu confer¬ ence with me. Elect your best anti-trust member aud empower him to act upon his best judgement for you in a repre¬ sentative capacity on any matter that nmy come up for tho good of the organi¬ zation aud the cause of reform.” The Missouri *** World (Chillicothe, Mo.) says: Free coinage would be to the peo¬ ple what an oasis is to the traveler iu the desert—would temporarily quench the famine and desolation around them. But free coinage is not enough. If the powers that ho find that the people are deter¬ mined to have enough money iu circula¬ tion to carry ou their business ou a cash basis, they would doubtless agree to per¬ mit their tools in congress to allow such a measure to pass, for, through the agency of the national banks, it would be easy to contract for currency sufficient to offset the increase of circulation that free coinage would cause. A new financial system is tho remedy. A slight sprinkle will not break a general drouth, neither will free coinage permanently allay the geueral money famine. * (Paola, * * Tho People Kan.) says; Strange, isn’t it? When a receiver is appointed to take charge of corporation property, as a railroad, the receiver runs the road until the debt is paid; then turns the property back to tbe stockhold¬ ers. But when a receiver takes ebargo of the property of an individual wealth producer he holds it until the mortgage is foreclosed and sold and the rents gob- bleel up; then lie turns the property, farm or fact »ry over to the corporation bidding it in. Why is this? Is it done by virtue of law, or is it a matter of fa¬ voritism in the interest of robbery? Reader, you are interi sted to kuow. Why should law-made individuals fare better than God-made individuals? Why should tho law he in favor of corporations that are without flesh and blood and consci¬ ence. and against humanity, the think¬ ing, acting and sentient beings? **- FREE DELIVERY FOR FARMERS. An organized effort is under way among farmers to secure from Congress free mail delivery in country towns. The Farmers’ Alliance, Patrons of Husbandry, and other orders are canvassing the mat¬ ter. Letters are being written to Con¬ gressmen in favor of the project and petitions to circulated Congress for free delivery are being in many parts of the country. Farmers assert that a daily mail delivery at their door will add per¬ ceptibly to the money value of their farms, and will be worth still more be¬ cause it will keep them in touch with markets and the outside world and rob farm life of its isolation and monotony. Postmaster General Wanamaker states definitely for the first time that the ex¬ periments made by the postoffice depart¬ ment for free delivery in farming districts shows that the increase of revenue more than pays all the increased expense. He heltcves that universal free delivery would therefore be self-sustaining.—Ex. * * * BE NOT DECEIVED. “Let the people be not deceived.” says the Progressive Farmer. “The free aiid unlimited coinage cf silver is right. It is one of the demands of the Alliance. Silver was demonetized through stealthy fraud. It wa9 a great and heinous wrong. Bs it understood now and for all time that the Reformers do not regard it as a panaoea for all our financial ills. We know that as a measure for increasing the volume of currency* it is total lv THE <3 AND PIEDMONT inadequate. it According to Mr. Bland, would increase it only about $22,000,- or 30 cents per capita, it is not - o!d i{ : P” wer to °pi? r ss We ™iue ft - si stepping stone to higher things. We want free coinage of silver, but we want much more than that, we want a suffi¬ cient vo ume of full legal tender m nev ■ meet the requirements r.f t e legit imnte b a-mess 01 tin- country, issue l oy the government to the people at a low rate of interest. We want this and this agi- tation must never cease until we get it, for that is the on;y remedy for exist- ing evils. With all true reformers this is the great and the greatest of all issues b ^e the Americanpeople. ; The People’s Aid Alliance Review (Cincinnati, Ohi *) says: Aliiancrmen nn< 3 a p connected with the Alliance should not in the least I av! any feeling °f disheartement or think o ' taking their hand from the plow and lo king °b ck. Of course we will soiqetimes hear that the “Alliance” is playing out here or there, but do not believe such a thing! _-i® It is agra a grand ?. an ® i iu-t J U t r c V use I” and those tno ® ■ who are striving to . annihilate it, . root nnd branches, are the jealous ones and clingera to the parties whence thev ex- p ec t “baodle ” Shame on such men to make our laws! We’ve had enough of ,„ch. The progress made by the Farm- era’Alliance thus far has been satisfac- tory. The outlook is magnificent. What is needed is a “long pull, a strong pull and a pull altogether.” Let not one fall out of the ranks, but see to it that others are brought in. Remember the old ad- =ge: “United we stand, divided we fall!’’ Be firm; that will plant Alliance principles firm'yin the minds of the peo¬ ple. A plant of slow growth is some¬ times the best, but thus far the Alliance plant has grown exuberantly. * * * A “SOMETHING BETTER.” A Washington telegram says: The Alliance democrats of the house are pre¬ paring a bill which they believe, when perfected, can be adopted into a law,and which will give the financial relief the present condition of the country needs. It is in the nature of a substitute for the sub treasury bill. The measure will be introduced within a few days. It will provide for the government issuing mon¬ ey to tbe states at 1 per cent interest upon collateral to the amount of three times the amount furnished. The respect¬ ive states can then lend this money to its cit'zens at interest and upon col¬ lateral decided upon by the states. The full details of the plan have not been decided upon, but the general plan for issuing the currency to the states is on the same principle as the national banlc- i fami implements and machinery. Th« fill calls for $10,000 appropriation. The feature of the tariff debate Mon day was the speech of General Wheeler, of Alabama. He said it was the duty ot congress to revise the tariff laws so as tc add to the prosperity of all the people; that to increase the price of labor, whether of farm or factory, we must in¬ crease the demands for the products of labor, and that can only be done by ex¬ tending ducts. the market for American pro¬ Dispatches of Sunday state that the condition of Chairman Springer, of the ways and means committee, continues to improve, but he is still confined to his bed. If the improvement, which is very slow, continues as henceforth, he hopes to be able to leave in a week or ten days for Fortress Monroe for two weeks’ recuperation. The tariff discussion will probably close about the latter part of April, and Mr. Springer still expects to make the closing speech. Representative Johnstone, of South Carolina, has introduced an important bill, which has the double purpose of de¬ creasing taxation and increasing the cir¬ culating medium. It directs the secre¬ tary of the treasury to purchase the out¬ standing bonds due by the government, and to replace the amount of this pur¬ chase by issuing treasury notes. It pro¬ vides that the gold aud silver bullion ol the government shall be coined and held for the redemption of these treasury notes. The committee on elections has voted to unseat Mr. Rockwell, whose majority '"as very small, and to seat the repubi ; ing law. The general outlines of the plan have been submitted to some of the best posted and most successful financiers of this country, as w T ell as to men of legal ability, aud from all opinions to a large extent favorable have been received. Ttie general plan it is agreed is good, but those who are most interested are having some difficulty in arranging the details. However, ability they are advising with men whose as financiers cannot be questioned, and a practical measure will come out of it. COTTON FIGURES FOR MARCH As Issued by the Department of Agri¬ culture at Washington. The March report of the statistician of the department of agriculture was issued Friday. It shows that the production of cotton of the- world exceeded the con¬ sumption more than a million aud one- half bdes in 1890 aud a further greatly <nl rg'd <xcess io 1891, glutting the ma V ets increasing visible stocks during the past year more than one million one huudivd thousand b les. and reducing the Liverpool pri e of middling upland from GIG pence in Januity, 1890, to 4 18 pence in January, 1892. It states that in two years this country has pro¬ duced excess above the normal require¬ ments of more than two million bales, and indiea’es a heavy reduction as the only possible remedy, otherwise the se¬ riculture of the south will suffer worse than the w stern agriculture ever ba«. It declares th t the cotton states must be agriculturally self-sustaini g, that new crops must be introduced, as the agri¬ cultural population has outgrown the capacity o. cotton to support it. “Buckskin Jennie,’’ a conspicuous character among the Indian tribes about Del Norte. Cal., is dead. She was thought to have committed a number of murders among her own countrymen and the whites, but the crimes could not be traced to her. Jennie would shoulder a rifle aud go ou the warpath with as much nerve as any of her brothers and was as quick on the trigger as any of them. TOCCOA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1892. THE LEASE BROKEN And all the Central’s Officers Tender Their Resignation. THEY WERE ASKED TO DO SO BY THE TER¬ MINAL PEOPLE IN NEW YORK—SEN¬ SATIONAL TURN OF AFFAIRS. Telegrams of Saturday from Savannah state that the long expected next move in the great railroad game has come at last, and it is expected by the many who have held all alon", that the Terminal people were behind the Clarke suit, and that they were the real parties who wanted the Central broken. Saturday the Ter¬ minal people threw up the sponge and surrendered the Central as far as thev can, back into the hands of those who controlled it prior to the making of the lease. They will make no opposition to Mrs. Clarke’s suit in the United States court at Macon, on March 24th. So far hands as they are concerned, they wash their clear of the Central system, and renounce their obligation as guarantors of the dividend of 7 per cent. The officials appointed bv Receiver Alexander to run the Central railroad have all resigned. Aud they do not know why except :hat they were ordered to do it. The order came from the head¬ quarters of the 'lerminal management in New York and the resignations were handed in instantly. General Manager Green, Treasurer Hall, General Superin¬ tendent V. E. McBee, Traffic Manager Sol Haas, all resigned as offic rs of Gen¬ eral E. P. Alexander, receiver of the Central. The Terminal simply wants to drop These the Central system—so it says. resignations can be explained in the light of the breaking of the lease. Naturally the Terminal would not want its officers running a road which it wanted to get rid of. When the news first got out Saturday morning there was general indignation. It was thought to be a step od the part of the Terminal to embarrass the Central and to throw it into confusion, Some people were very angry and said harsh things about the Terminal and the Dan¬ ville. On second thought, though, they concluded that it would not make any difference to the Central, and that it could get along all right. General Man¬ ager Green stated that all he knew about it was that “our people in New York ordered us to resign.” He pre¬ sumed that they wished him to devote himself to their properties exclusively, and not be giving his time to the (Jen trail Captain Green denied emphatically the report that the Danville is running cars off the Central system. “Our cars go everywhere and we get cars from dozens of other roads,” said he. “Everything will be properly accounted for.” He de^ dared that it is absolutely false that Cen¬ tral cars are burned up to get the scrap to sell. “The Terminal company would not have an officer who would permit that to be done.” A large stockholder of the Central stated that the new’ element in the Ter¬ minal, the Reading and Jersey Central people, are anxious to have the Central of Georgia cut loose for the present. It seems that Fahnestock, Kennedy, Todd and those capitalists have a large amount of capita! tied up iu the Richmond and Danville property. They will exert them¬ selves to brace up that company. If the East Tennessee pioves too much of a load they will drop that, too. “It behooves Georgians now to give the Central their sympathy and do all they can to build it up There as an independent property.” is no way to compel the Dan¬ ville to continue to run the Central if it persists in refusing, but that one million- dollar bond can, perhaps, be forfeited. That bond was given to protect the Cen¬ tral against any loss or damage it might sustain through the breaking of the con¬ tract by the Danville. If the Danville chfims that the lease was illegal it might escape making good the damages in the event the courts decided that the lease was unconstitutional. But if the Dan¬ ville simply assigns as the reason for surrendering does the lease that the Central not pay, the bond should hold. An important question now is, Where is the bond? A minority stockholder savs that he understands it is not in the Central rail¬ road bank in Savannah. General E. P. Alexander was supposed to be its custo¬ dian. A railroad official, being asked if he had ever heard where it is, answered that he hfd understood that it is New Y'ork somewhere, perhaps in the vaults of the Central Trust Company. There will be a great sensation if that bond cannot be found, for it is going to figure iu It the future reported proceedings.' is that the Central's direc¬ tors will insist first upon having the eon- trol of the road placed in their hands instead of turning it over to a permanent receiver. In the second place, it is thought that they will try their hardest to collect that $1,000,000, or so much of it as will compensate the Cenvral for the damage it suffers through the breaking of the lease. The Danville would owe the Central stockholders $262,500 in June on the dividend account. It owes now, say, $150,000. JUDGE SPEER'S ADVICE. The following telegrams between Re¬ ceiver Alexander and Judge Speer ex¬ plain themselves: “Savannah, Ga., March 19, 1882, 12:08 p.m.—Hon.Emory Speer: The Dan¬ ville company has notified me that it abandons the Central railroad to the court. Its directors and stockholders and all of its joint officers whom I ap- uo’nted have tendered their resignations. I am actively organizing my own staff and accounting departments in order that the operations of the road may be uninterrupted. 1 anticipate no difficulty in doing this. Fuller details by mail. “E. P. Alexander, “Temporary Receiver.” Judge Speer sent the following tele¬ graphic answer to Receiver Alexander: “Y T t ur telegram is received. The sud¬ denness of the action and the simultane¬ ous resignation of tbe officers of the les¬ sees should awaken the liveliest sense of the urgent and vital responsibility de¬ pendent on yourself as the officer of tho court. I have just been informed that a !a r ge number of the engines and cars be¬ longing to your trust are being run out of the state. Referring to ihe terms of tne order of your appointment, you are reminded of the vital importance of gua such ding th° interests in your hands from df predations as reported. If the re¬ port is true,* persons engaged in that work might be liable to severe penalties for contempt of the injunc ion. Immediate¬ ly investigate, and if necessary act with utmost pre mptitude. I stand ready to grant any proper order necessary for tbe preservation of the property. “Emory Speer, Judge.” Dispatches of Sunday state that Gen¬ eral Alexander has not accepted the resignations of the Richmond and Dan¬ ville and Central railroad joint officials. Tiny were appointed by him as receiver and cannot resign without permission of the court. Superintendent McBee has not resigned, and will continue for the present in charge of the operation of the road. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. A Splendid Record of Enterprise foi One Week. The Manufacturers’ Record of March 19th contains tho following: “Reports from all sections of the south indicate a steady inflow of capital for investment in new enterprises. The establishment of new industries as indicated by the incor¬ poration of companies shows that a large amount of new money is being pkced where it will be of immense benefit to the south. The railroad situation i9 still complicated by the uncertainties of the Richmond Terminal reorganization, but present indications point to a plan tha- will place this system and allied interest upon a sounder basis than hitherto, and re ieve the properties of the great burden of obligations it was proposed to impose upon them. “Tbe iron trade is strengthened by the consolidation of the two great st pro¬ ducers, the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company and the DeBurdeleben Coal and Iron Company, and there is still a prospect of the inclusion of the Sloss Steel and Iron Company in the deal. “Our record of new enterprises for the week shows the following as the more important, items: A $125,000 electric light plant at Richmond, Va.; a $G00,- 000 stockyards company at Louisville, Ivy.; a $50,000 school desk manufactur - ing company at Newport, Ky.; a $1,000,- 000 coal and coke company at Corinth, W. Ya.; a $500,000 iron aud zinc com¬ pany at Roanoke, Ya.; a $25,000 fruit prese rving company at Richmond, Va.; a $100,000 water and power company at Palestine, Texs; a $25,000 manufactur¬ ing company at Salem, Ya.; a $1,000,- 000 manufacturing company at Balti¬ more, Md.; a $20,000 woolen mill company at Salem, W. Ya.; a $350,000 phosphate company at Plant City, Fla.; a $40,000 brick company at Louisville, Ky.; a $500,000 loan aud trust company at Charleston, S. C.; a $1,000,- 000 min< ral and mi ing company at Har- riman, Tenn.; a $275,000 copper mining company at Heuriet a, T« x.; an iron fur¬ nace at Queen City, Tex.; a $500,000 cotton factory company at Newport News, Va., and a $200,000 coal and c<>ke company in McDowell county, West Vir ginia.” THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH. A Bill for the Establishment of the Service Introduced in Congress. Mr. Hopkins of I linois, at the request of Postmaster-General Wanamaker, has introduced in the house a bill to author¬ ize the establishment of a postal tele¬ graphic service and for other purposes. The bill is a very brief one, consisting of but five sections. It authorizes the post¬ master-general, upon the advice and ap¬ proval and of the secretary of the treasury attorney-general, to contract with any person, company or corporation owning or operating lines of wires used for telegraph or other pur¬ poses, for transmission of cor¬ respondence, press dispatches and postal money orders over the same between any points designated by him, at or in con- notion with the postoffice under rules and regulations prescribed by him, at such rates per message as may be agreed upon by said contracting parties; not, however, to exceed the rates of similar messages charged by such persons, com¬ pany the transmission or corporation. The charges for and delivery of messages is to be prepaid by stamp. The adver¬ tising and letting of the contracts pro¬ vided for is to be conducted in a manner prescribed by the laws relating to cou- tracts for inland mail transportation, so far as the same may be appliable: In conducting the business, provided for by the bill, no new or additional of¬ fices are to be created, nor any additional clerks employed by reason of the same in the postoffice department or in postof¬ fices, nor is any expenditures of money to be made or contracted for beyond the sums received for the delivery charge of the message. Appropriations not exceeding said sums are made to carry out the objects of the act. The provisions and all stat¬ utes prescribing punishment for viola¬ tions of the laws relating to postal service are extended and made appliable to the service provided for. The bill also pro¬ vides that the postmaster-general by, and with the advice and consent of tbe pres- ident, may conclude treaties or conve.n- tions with foreign countries for the ex¬ tension and connection of the postal tele¬ graph service, including interchange 0 ! postal telegraph money orders betwee them aud the United States, SALISBURY’S REPLY Respecting a Renewal of the Modus Vivendi for Protection of Seals. A Washington telegram of Monday says: Lord Salisbury has sent a commu¬ nication to this government in reply to the note of Acting Secretary Wharton, of the state department, requesting a re- newal of the modus vivendi for the pro¬ tection of seal life in Behring sea during the comiDg season. The communication was received by Mr. Wharton through Sir Julian Paucefote, P.ritish minister at Washington. The acting secretary took it over to the white house during the afternoon and submitted it to the presl dent. Mr. Wharton declined to indicate the nature of Lord’s Salisbury’s reply. Sixteen thousand more persons from ihe famine stricken districts of Russia have takes been quarantined refuge in St. various Petersburg householder*. and have on NEWS IX GENERAL. Happenings of the Day Culled from Onr Telegraphic and Cable Dispatches. (VHAT IS TRANSPIRING THROUGHOUT OUR OWN COUNTRY. AND NOTES OF INTER¬ EST FROM FOREIGN LANDS. Assistant Secretary of War Grant is reported to be dangerously ill. Diplomatic relations with Italy will soon be re-established by the return of Baron Fava to this country. A heavy sleet and snow storm prevailed at Rockford, Ill., Tuesday. Street rail¬ way traffic was at a standstill. The Btifish government has been asked tends to give an do early "the answer as to what it in¬ to in Behring sea matter. The Wisconsin supreme court has de¬ clared the assembly senatorial and con¬ gressional appointment made by the last legislature unconstitutional. Canadian Dispatches of Tuesday state that the Pacific railroad strike has now -•xtendi d to the eastern division from Fort Williams to Chalk river, 4,000 more miles being locked up, A Paris cablegram of Monday says: It is reported that Mollien, Herrarn and Guepran, Ohemina directors of the Banque des de Feret Industrie which failed Saturday, have fled to America. The democratic state central commit¬ tee of Colorado has named Denver as the place and May 25th the day for the meet¬ ing of the convention to select delegates for the national convention at Chicago. The New' A T ork senate has concurred in the assembly amendments to the sen- ate bill appropriating $300,000 for the world’s fair, including an amendment for the closing of the state exhibits on Sundays. A Cablegram from Paris says: At a meeting of the cabinet held Tuesday M. Ribot. the minister of foreign affairs, and M. Ricard, the minister of justice, submitted the text of the extradition treaty with tne United States. Disappointment is expressed in French government quarters at the slow progress of the American commercial treaty in the chamber of deputies. The slowness is owing to agricultural influences which are opposed to granting minimum tariff to American pork. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Standard Oil trust held at New York, Monday, it was decided by a two-thirds vote to terminate the trust, and that all property held by the trust except the stocks of the corporation be sold by the trustees at private sale. A London cablegram of Monday says: The American Tin Plate works in Mon¬ mouth have been closed. At the Aber- tiliery works the operatives have received a month’s notice of the close of contracts. Three thousand hands are thus thrown out of employment. Dispatches of Monday from Ottawa, Ont., say: D. McCarthy, one of the lead¬ ing supporters of the government, gives notice of a resolution in the house of commons proposing that a Canadian rep¬ resentative be attached to the British legation at Washington. A Chicago dispatch says: Monday afternoon the grand jury returned indict¬ ments against the following aldermen: W. J. O’Brien, D. R O’Brien, Nicholas, S. C. Cremcr, Patrick J. Dorman, Phil¬ lip Jackson, S. M. Gosseiin and J. F. Dorman. The indictments are for fel¬ oniously conspiring to commit bribery. A Columbus, Ohio, dispatch of Friday says: The caucus of the Ohio house of representatives Friday night agree 1 upon a plan for congressional redistribution and this practically determines the ques¬ tion which has been the cause of much contention duriug the whole session. Under the new arrangement the repub¬ licans will have sixteen congressmen and the democrats five. The democrats at present have fourteen. A Philadelphia dispatch to the New Y'orlc Herald says: Treasurer Searles, of the American Refiners c mpany (the su¬ gar the trust), was iu that city Monday for purpose of completing a deal by which the Spreckies & Franklin refiner¬ ies were to be taken into the combina¬ tion. A formal transfer of properties is expected to take place at once. The re¬ finery of F. C. Knight is already in the deal, and is operated under the control of the trust. The Painesville Savings aud Loan As¬ sociation bank at Painesville, O., closed its doors Monday morning. The deposi¬ tors crowding are generally w'orking people, who are around the building and threatening violence to the officials. Colonel E. Iv. Paige, well known in rail¬ way circles, and one of the most promi¬ nent the capitalists in northern Ohio, is at head of the concern. No figures are obtainable at this time and the cause of the failure cannot be learned . A notice on the door of the bank conveys the in¬ formation that a settlement will be made with the depositors as soon as possible. An order issued by the treasury de¬ partment Saturday suspending the free list in case of coffee, sugar, tea, molas¬ ses and hides produced in Venezuela, Hayti and the Columbia, superseded issued and di¬ rescinded order previously recting the custom officers to suspend action in the c .se of such importations until further orders. Under this ruling, importations countries of articles question named be from admit¬ the thne in will ted to free entry, provided they were shipped prior to the 15th instant, the date of the president’s proclamation, but importations shipped on and aftar imposed that date win he subject to duties by the McKinley law. TOBACCO SMOKE. A Big Factory iu St. Louis Completely Destroyed by the Flames. The extensive tobacco factory of Lig¬ gett & M_\ers, at St. Louis, Mo., took fire in the sixth story, or “■ wearing depart¬ ment,” Friday morning, and in an »hnur almost the entire up: er part of the build¬ ing was in flames. Several hundred peo¬ ple, men women and children, were em- uioy< d in the factory, but all appear to have es<ap-'d without injury. CLEVELAND’S LETTER Wherein He Gives His Views in Regard to the Presidential Nomination. A dispatch from Milwaukee, Wis., says: Gen. Edwards S. Bragg, author of the famous phrase, “We love him for the enemies he has made,” has been urging Ex-Presideut Cleveland to make public an avowal of his position in connection with the approaching democratic presi¬ dential convention. He wrote a letter to Mr. Cleveland from Fon Du Lac, con¬ taining the following paragraph: “The danger to the public interests, which a failure of the democratic party would involve, seems to me now to re¬ quire an open avowal ®f your willing- ness to submit to any service to which your party may assign you. Many en¬ tertain fears that you may decline further public duty, which none but you can effectually be remove, and your voice will ever heard with benefit and effect. I believe your usefulness to the nation may be greater now than ever in the past to car¬ ry to victory the cause of tariff reform and res'ore the blessings of good government to our people, and as your fellow-demo¬ crat and fellow-citizen, I ask you to say to your party and people that your name will be presented to the national demo- ciatic convention as a candidate for its nomination to the presidency, and that you will accept the nomination if the convention shall make it, and again un¬ dertake the duties of presideut, if our party shall, as I believe it will, choose you for the office.” lows In reply the ex-president writes as fol¬ : To lion. Edward S. Bragg: Dear Sir —Your letter of the 5th in¬ stant is received. I have thought until now that I might continue silent on the subject, which, under the high sanction of your position as my “fellow-Demo- crat and fellow-citizen,” and in your relation as a true and trusted friend, you present to me. If in answering your questions I might only consider my per¬ sonal desires and my individual ease and comfort, my respouse would be promptly made, and without the least reservation or difficulty. But if you are right in supposing that the object is related to the duty I owe to the country and to my party, a condition exists which makes such private and personal consid¬ erations entirely irrelevant. I cannot, however, refrain from declaring to you that my experience in the great office of president of the United States has so im¬ pressed me with the solemnity of the trust aud its awful responsibilities that I cannot dacy bring myself to regard the candi¬ for the place as something to be w r on by personal strife aDd active self-as¬ sertion. I have also an idea that the presidency is pre eminently the people’s office, and I have been sincere in my constant advocacy of an effective participition in the political affairs on the part of all our citizens. Con¬ sequently, I believe our people should be heard in the choice of their party candi¬ dates, and that they themselves should make tbe nominations as directly as is con¬ sistent with an open, fair and full party or¬ ganization and methods. I speak of these things solely conception for the purpose of advising that my of the nature of the presidential office, and my conviction that the voters of our party should be free in the selection of their candidates, preclude the possibility of my leading a pushing, and self-seeking canvass for the presidential nomination, even if I had a desire to be again the candidate. Believing that the complete supremacy of the democratic principles means increased national pros¬ perity, and increased happiness of our people, I am earnestly anxious for the success of the party. I am confident that success is still within our reach, but I believe this is a time for democratic thoughtfulness and deliberation, not only as to candidates, but concerning the party upon questions of immense interest to the patriotic and intelligent voters of the land, who watch for the assurance of safety as the price of their confidence and support. Yours very truly, Grover Cleveland. POSTMASTERS IN CONFERENCE. Some Important Postal Legislation Suggested by Them. A Washington dispatch of Monday says: Ihe conference of postmasters of the country with the postmaster general here during the last few days will result iu much improvement to the postal ser¬ vice of the country. The conference ap¬ pointed a committee to draw up several bills to be presented to the committees of the two houses for action. ..mong the new plans they have formulated and presented to congress are tbe following: To establish postal savings depositories, providing that savings ma} be deposited in all postoffices designated by the post¬ master general in sums of 5 cents or more by the use of savings stamps, and the subsequent conversion of s*id small sums into certificates of deposit of from $5 to $100. The bill will further provide for the investment of such savings funds in government, state, county, school district and municipal bonds in the sec¬ tions where the money has been collect¬ ed. The depositors are to participate in the earnings fiom the investments lor all sums left on deposit for six months or more. Another very important bill drawn up by this conference is to provide for the issuance of postal notes at all postoffices in the country for sums of less than one dollar free of cost. The notes are to be redeemable at any office within three months from the date of issue. This three months’ limitation is placed upon them to prevent them becoming, a circu¬ lating medium. Tbe conference also drew up a bill providing for experimenting with the postal telegraph. Als > for the They experi¬ mental use of the telephone. also appointed a committee to examine into the expense and advisability of using pneumatic tubes in the larger cities. Also a bid to prohibit purely advertising sheets from transmission through the mails as second-class matter. Also to consolidate third and fourth-class mail matter. Another bill, and one of the most im¬ portant of all, is the one providing for the free delivery of mails in all towns of exceeding five thousand inhabitants, or where the pcstal receipts exceed fi-re housand dollars. NUMBER 12. APPEALING FOR RUSSIA. The Committee of Americans in That Country Asking More Aid. A cablegiam of Thursday from St. Petersburg c mtains the following appeal from the committee of American citizens sent to Rus-ia to aid in alleviating the distress of the famine-striekeu pi ople of that country: “If the Ameiican people knew the ex¬ tent of the suffering in the famine dis¬ tricts of Russia they would everywhere come to the rescue. Twenty millions of people are effected and in dauger of death from starvation. Typhus fever is raging in many places. Horses and cat¬ tle are perishing ofhunger. “Docs this not appeal to the hes-rts of those able to help ? Russia is deeply grateful to the American people for wliat they have done. The distribution of supplies is under the direction of the American minister and an excellent com¬ mittee. Nothing will be wasted. Every particle of food will be properly dis¬ tributed. Help us. Rudoi.x’h Blankenburg, A. J. Pkexel, Committee of Am r cun Citizens Sent to Russia. STRANGE EFFECTS OF GRIP. Two Cases of Sudden Blindness At¬ tributed to the Disease. A Vicksburg, Miss., dispatch of Fri¬ day says: Two cases of sudden blindness resulting the from grip have occurred here recently, and sufferers being well-known persons, one a lady has consulted the most eminent occulists in New Orleans who unite in declaring her case hopeless, and admitted that they were ignorant of the causes that occasioned loss of sight. The other is that of a boy, who was at¬ tacked by the disease and lost his sight in a few hours. An operation, promptly performed, has partially relieved him, through light as yet he can only distin^ui-h from darkness. His physicians have hopes of his recovery. RICHMOND t DANVILLE R. R. Atlanta anl Charlotte Air-Line Division. Condensed Schedule of Passenger Trains, in Effect Jan. 17th. 1802. NORTHBOUND. No. 38. NO. 10. No. 12 EASTEBN TIME. Daily. Daily. Daily Cbamblee..... a (E.T.) 1 25 pm CaC*OCDClC*Cfl^>*4>.C0C0WrCt3t-*»-*l3fc0H-^£H-©OOO<0«DS000 § '0CCCO Norcross....... § Suwanee....... Buford........ Duluth........ Mt. Toccoa......... Flowory Lula.......... Bellton........ Cornelia....... Westminster... Gainesville..... Airy....... Branch 2 59 pm 1111111.1113 WtvWMH-OOOO cj aaaaaassaaaaaaassa Seneca ........ ~j Central........ ^ Easleys........ Greenville..... c3 6 05 pm cj Greers......... c3 Wellford....... :* Spartanburg Clifton........ 6 57 pm ci oj Cowpen3 Gaffney ...... at Blacken oS Grover., urg at at King’s Mount’n s5 Gastonia....... si Lowell........ at Bellemont..... at Ar. Charlotte...... 9 10 pm 73 SOUTHBOUND. No. 37. No. 11 No. 9. Daily, , Daily. Daily. Lv. Charlotte...... 9 45 am &8Sg;S33gfe£SS£S!=S8!SS£gSi3SS58;S?SSS?Sn:g aaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaasa llS1i3Sii§g§SlS&gg§§i§§gI§§§§i3 Bellemont..... Lowell......... Gastonia....... Grover......... King’s Mount’n Gaffney...... Blacksburg .... <4 ...... Clifton....... Cowpens ..... Spartanburg.. . 11 43 am Wellford....... Greers........ Greenville..... 12 36 pm Easleys........ Central....... Seneca,....... Westminster... Toccoa....... Mt. Airy...... Cornelia...... Bellton....... Lula......... Gainesville.... 3 41 pm Flowery Buford........ Branch a a Suwanee....... a Duluth........ a Norcross...... a Chamblee...... a Ar. Atlanta (E. T.). a Additional trains Nos. 17 an l 18—Lula ac¬ commodation, daily except Sunday, leaves At¬ lanta 5 30 p m, arrives Lula 8 12 p m. Return¬ ing, leaves Lula 6 00 am, arrives Atlanta 8 50 a m. Between Lula and Athens—No. 11 daily, ex¬ cept Sunday, and No. 9 daily, leave Lula 8 30 p m, and 1140 a m, arrive Athens 10 15 p m and 12 20 p m. Returning leave Athens, No. 10 daily, except Sunday, and No. 12 daily, 6 20 p m and 6 45 a m, arrive Lula 8 05 p m and 8 30 a m. Between Toccoa and Elberton—No. 61 dai¬ ly; except Sundav, leave Returning, Toccoa 100 No. pm 60 arrive Elberton 4 40 p m. daily, except Sunday, leaves Elberton 5 00 a m and arrives Toccoa 8 30 am. Nos. 9 and 10 carry Pullman Sleepers be¬ tween Atlanta and New York. Nos. 37 and 38, Washington and Southwest¬ ern Vestibuled Limited, between Atlanta and charged. Washington. On this Pullman train no Sleepers extra between fare is Through New York and New Orleans, al-o between Washington and Memphis, via Atlanta and Birmingham. For local and detailed information as to ing through time tables, rates and with Pullmau local agents, Sleep¬ car reservations, confer JAS. or address, L. TAYLOR, W. A. TURK, Gen’l Pass. Ag’t. Ass’t.Genl. Pass. Ag’t. Atlanta, Ga. Charlotte N. C. C. P. HAMMOND, Superintendent. Atlanta, Ga. W. H. GREEN, SOL. HASS, Gen’l Manager. Traffic Manager, Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. LEWIS DAVIS. attorney at law, TOCCOA CITY, GA., Will practioe in the oounties of Haber¬ sham and Rabun of the Northwestern Circuit, Western and Frank] m and Banka of the Circuit. Prompt attention will be given to all business entrustecTto him. The collection of debts will have speo- ial attention.