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VOL. II.
The Times
W. Al. Fowler, Editor and Proprietor
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THEY TURN ABOUT
When tlie sugar schedules were
voted on in the Senate, the demo¬
cratic members voted for protec¬
tion and the republican members
against it. When the McKinley
bill was passed, the sugar trust
was as yet incomplete, and the re¬
publican congressmen excused the
twenty per cent, protection they
gave 'the sugar refiners on the
ground that it was needed by the
refineries which were fighting the
Trust. After the passage of the
bill all these outside refineries
joined the Trust, and the democra
tic majority in the House decided
that no protection at all was
needed. When the democratic
senators—at the dictation of the
protectionists I'rust among them—agreed
to give the five per cent, pro¬
tection, the republican senators
promptly took the position of the
. House democrats, and voted that
the Trust should no longer be pro¬
tected- againsf foreign competition,
but that the people.' should be pro¬
tected by foreign competition
against the Trust’s extortion, Th$
populist senator and Mr. Hill voted'
with the republicans on this issue,
and the Trust won by a majority of
only three votes. This, hdwever, is
thearust’s less important triumph.
One of the amendments included
jn the Gorman-Brice compromise
deferred the tariff on sugar from
• the first of next month to the' first
of next year. During this interim
the sugar refinerjes can buy un¬
limited quantities of untaxed raw
sugar, and thereafter can sell it to
consumers protected by the new
tariff imposed. As this new tariff
amounts to 40 per cent, on raw
sugar (45 per cent. on refined
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sugar), and the jjrice of sugar is
practically certain to advance the
full amount of the duty, the gain
of Trust through this postponement
is estimatdd’as high as • thirty mil¬
lion dollars. As Senator Te||er
showed this postponement of the
tax is made worse by the fact that
the treasury is in need of revenue.
The sugar trust seems to be the
only gainer. .Yet every demo¬
cratic senator except Mr..Hill, and
one of the populist senators, voted
to give the trust this indefensible
extension of time*, in which to
“stock up” against an inevitable
advance in prices. It is. to be
hoped that the democrats in the
House will stand out against the
consummation of this iniquity. *
SOME CONVENTIONS
Republican state conventions
■* have been held in Maine, Ohio,
and Kansas. The Kansas conven¬
tion significently refused to endorse
either prohibition or woman’s suf
'• ineach^f these corfven
however, the most note
worthy thing was the disposition
of the silver question. The Maine
against
either of .gold or
rod ddbhue U) favor
“international bimetalisfri, to be
secured by all suitable means and
the moefr' strenuous efforts -of
National pbwer.” Ohio went
farther yak in demanding the res¬
toration of silver to the currency.
The pianlc,adopted rta^ as foUows;
“We favor brmetalism. Silver as
wet?as gold is ode of the* products
mf i&eTJtrited States.’ £ts coinage
and me as a circtriatSng mainlined medium
*sbouRt be ffeeadily ao$i
encouraged by. the
nefl^ent; and we ad
policy* ai wilL hy
i mimlinjr legislation *
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ets of the country, its farmers and its
workingmen, demand that the
mints be open to the coinage of the
silver of the mines of the ^United
States, and that Congress should
levy a tax upon importation of
foreign silver sufficient to fully pro¬
tect the products of our own mines.”
These declarations in favor of a re
turn to bimetalism—so remarkable
as/joming, from the party whose
representatives in Congress last fall
voted 123 to 31 for the uncondi
tional repeal of its own silver coin
ag; r are ®°* *he onl y iudica
ti^ns of a disposition on the part of
thfe republicans to oppose the mon
orhetallist policy of the democratic
administration. Several, weeks.
ago Senator Lodge of Massachu
setts, offered a resolution that dis¬
criminating duties,be levied against
the products of all countries which
refuse to enter into an international
agreement fqr the free coinage of
silver. Last week
Blarr, of New Hampshire (ex-sen
ator), introduced into the House a
resolution in favor of another inter¬
national conference to be held with
the understanding that if interna¬
tional action is not agreed upon,
national action shall be taken to re¬
store silver to the currency.
Ajfoffi wners of coal mines in which
strfkes now prevail, it is alleged,
have abmitted that if they did not
foment disturbances and encourage
their men to quit work, they did
not at least discourage them. The
reason is thus explained by a con¬
temporary : “The price of coal to
the consumer has not varied appre¬
ciably for |eyeral years. No
matter ivhat the price was at the
mines, the operators, who are also
interested in the transportation com¬
panies and in the business of dis
-tributing tne product, raked off the
same profit year in and year out.
The deprqssionditVbusiness caused
a falling off in the demand for coal
and foupd the operators with large
stocks on hand. What would have
been a misfortune to most business
men was turned into an advantage
by the mine owners.* Instead of
reducing prices,they raised fliem by
curtailing the output, and at the
same time seized the pretext to cut
down tlje wages of the miners.”
This allegation is plausible, if not
correct. It seems to have been
merejy a “question of finance.”
At their Springfield (III.) State
convention recently, the Populist,
in tluqr declaration of principles,
after adopting one relating to the
labor question, added their reliance
“upon the initiative and referen¬
dum for its practical opperation.”
■Thus a public measure may origin¬
ate with the people, and be sent to
Congress, to be framed and made a
law. In*this case the initiative js
in the people. O/, a measure may
originate,in the legislature or Con
gress, but cannot become a law
until it has been referred to the
people for approval or rejection.
In this case the initiative is in the
legislature or Congress. In either
case the n^qjsure js referred to the
people for final action, and this com¬
prises the referendum. The refer
ence is always with the people.
The legislature may enact, amend
or reject a measure, whether it orig¬
inates in that body or comes from
the people, but the latter have the
last word in rhaking it a law. The
idea is an enlargement of the old
Massachusetts town-meeting law,
and is a ^pstriction upon foroe Corrupt the
legislation, brihging into
principle that the majority should
govern, with die consent of the gov
it is the principle extolled
in^b$ Declaration of Independence.
A cold sweat will brtai out on
Beniamin ClfFnaon and William
McKinky they l«q>
It will be a curious thing
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TRIP TO THE ASBESTOS MINES
A Sketch Written by One of the
Party. :r .
‘ A company consisting of Mr.and
Mrs. Dunlap, Mrs. A. A. Camp¬
bell, Miss Ruth Starkweather,
Miss Ollie and Mr. VanHise and
Miss Anna Bell Dunlap, having
become enchanted by the smiles of
jy ame Nature as she peeped at
them from every hill an d dale a nd
gurgling brook about the ’town of
Demorest) decided to follow her
footgtgpg as she retreated to® her
mountain JJ d ells. Accordingly
f ew a y S since, saw this merry
party started off-in the direction of
Q f Nacoochee Valley, bound for
the asbestos mines at Sal mountain,
distant about fifteen miles, west
of our little city. They took
their way through the town that
has sprung up inconsequence of the
establishment of Porter’s yvooien
and cotton mill upon the banks of
the Soque’river, where the turbu¬
lent stream, one of Nature’s own,
has been 'captured and like Samp¬
son, set to turning the wheels
of the mills of the Philistines.
Leaving this beautiful place
they drove out on the Valley road
till, just as they were.preparing for
the first view of the green fields
and pretty homes of Nacoochee,
the driver, in a wonderfully uncon¬
cerned manner, turned into a
hitherto unnoticed byroad. It was
no use. He would#not .return.
So on they went with mountains
in front of them, mountains behind
them and mountains on each side of
them. The road wouhd rq? ount I
among the hills disclosing every¬
where with what a lavish hand the
old Dame; had poured out her gifts
in this northeast Georgia land.
At last a halt was - called and a
building that at first dppearence re¬
minded one of a prosperous, well
to-xlo saw-mill attracted their atten¬
tion. But they were hungry and
so they left the investigation of the
mill ti\l after the bountiful lunch
was disposed of. Then they were
invited by Manager Benjamin
to visit His doiriain. They found
that this was the site of the only
asbestos mine in the South, and
also the only mine iq the world
where one ton of asbestos direct*
from the mine -will make one ton
of marketable asbestos. This mine
is owned and, worked by a com¬
pany of far-seeing New York capi¬
talists who have faith enough in
the success of the undertaking to
invest in and push the enterprise.
The asbestos is found near the sur¬
face of the ground. . A trariiway
has been constructed to>carry it to
the mill where it is thrown into a
hopper mid crushed. It is ground
into several degrees of fineness,
each ope of which serves a certain
purpose in the great world* to
which it is given jyherv it leaves
this mill. When ready for market
it is placed in bags and teams con
vey it to the railway. T^e mine
is several miles from the railroad,
making the hauling an adtjtional
expense that will be over in
time, probably. There are/quan¬
tities of ore in these mountain
gions lying useless for want of
facilities to reach them.
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A railroad is needed to the mines
—many r#lroacfs are neede£
in-#eorgia and when she has pro¬
cured these facilities she will aston¬
ish the world with her, as yet, un¬
developed resources. This party
was pleased to learn that they ha 4
met the first load of asbestos ship¬
ped from the mine, The machin
ery has been in place only « short
time and as yet its full power has
not been tested. It is
that w&gi it is Running in -regular
order it will crush about thirty-five
tom per day. They left the mine
anil turned their faces homeward,
following gae seed, which brought
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end. The return trip offered no
new adventures and at last the
wanderers sought their homes,
weary and yet rejoicing in the
pleasure of a recollection of a day
happily spent among the most
beautiful natural scenery. in
Georgia One ok the Party.
A Friend of Demorest
I give an extract from a letter
from a former resident of Demo¬
rest, and who has at all times
shown himself a friend of our little
city* June
“Cedartown, Ga., 20.
Mr. W. A; Fowler, Remorcst again Ga. in the
I notice that you are
newspaper business, at the head of
The Demorest Times.
My love for fair Demorest still
lingers with me. I can’t help it.
I. love its hhis and valleys, its
springs and brooks, its skies and
mountain views, its people both
native and new comers. I love
them all. Kindly send me a sam¬
ple copy of The Times.”
Yours Truly, ,
B. M. Davenport.
A Well-kept Hotel
A reporter went through the
Lakeview Hotel one day this week
and was surprised to find such a
model hotel in Demorest. . The
Lakeview commands one of the
best vi^ws to be obtained about the
cit^. It sits on a commanding hill
overlooking the city and also the
lake and from the piazzas and al*
most any window, on any of its
floors the beautiful Appalachian
mountains may be seen rising above
the clouds in some places and at
others the white flfccks pf smoke
covering them like so and mqeh tleapafid snow.
The rooms are neat
the beds are a positive lhixury. kept
The culinary department is
up to the standard, and the manage¬
ment strives at all times do all in
\heir power to satisfied,Reside make guests com¬
fortable and setting
an excellent table.
Tcrms*at this hotel are very
reasonable and their rooms with
ten and- twelve foot ceilings are
probably as cool or cooler than any
others in the qity. We recommend
the Lakeview to those who want
either Summer or Winter board.
F. D. Hahnenkratt is the busiest !
man in Demorest, but he will “oc¬
casionally take a day off,” he re¬
marked the other day,’“to take
prospectors out through the new
orchard* and vinyards adjacent to
Demorest.” He took Mr. H.
Langtry, esq., through these new
fields, and the next day he became
the owner of o'ne of the choicest
pieces of fruit land in this section.
Mr. Hahnenkratt is very enthusi¬
astic on possibilities of fruit culture
in this seotjpn and says he feels con¬
fident that fruit-growing will do
more for this country than aitything
else. i . * *L
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The first big, round silver dollar
to roll into the capacious hand of
ye editor came from that estima
ble lady, Mrs. O. M. Snyder, of
Demorest.* May her shadow never
grow less,
DEATHS .
Miner —Died at his home, three
miles scU|h of Demorest, Thurs¬
day morning, June 28, Rolland
t Miner, aged about 21 years. *
We are pained to note the death
of Rolland Miner, who passed away
yesterday morning, after a sickness
of about three weeks; Mr. Mines
was shocked by'fightnin^a few
Weeks ago and a day or so *!nd later he
wrethrown fr osriji mule later
wds faken to his bed wi{h some
thing like nervous prostration*J roni
which he steadify sank, in spite of
.the best medical attention.
Rolland was a steady, sober and
industrious young man* also a'corr
icientjous Christian ^nd a consist
ent member of the Methodist church
beta. Rl leaves ayuung widow, a
wife of |»nly three months^ a father
and mother, one brother and three
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O Foundry a Machine
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General Founders iiifd Machinists
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Calf the attention of mill and machinery Qwherg trf diir facilities tof
doing their work and repairs. Good worfe^and low prices. Our foun
dry and pattern, 1 shop enables us to do repairs of all kinds . in ^ iion or
brass with the jpast possible delay; We' solicit correspondenCls witlf
those who desire work in oug cane-mills,%e<tfrmgs, line; Our specialties are castings aria
repairs on engines, shw-mills, grate bars,' etc.
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Some have promised tq secure for us better times, but in the medur
time, while the hard times are on us, $vhat shall we’ 3 o»? ECONO‘S
MIZE? But how economize? This is one answer: ♦ •
1st. Buy only what you need; 2d. In buying pay more attention td
quality than to quantity; 3d. Do not be deceived by the catcK word*
“Largesf*stock,” “cheapest prices,” etc. This often hidans cheajd
goods to The purchaser. Be your own own judge judge of 01 goods goods and and prices paces,
Investigate for yourself. In your investigation do‘not fail to call uporf
Safford & Dunlap,
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— DEALERS IN
Dry Goods, Hardware and
Groceries.
We also handle crockery, glassware, paints,* oiler, varitisftes, ft
Call and see U6. DEM^EST. OfORO
The Bank of Demorest.
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Doing a business under a special charter from the state. JLt
approved security. Pay interest on time deposits. Uw HWKI *
money on v
in domestic and foreign exchange. Transacts a general banking v bi
ness. CORRESPONDENTS: *•
Chase National Bank, Nbw York. Lowry Banking Cri.j A
Board of Directors:
Safford G. W. Dqplaji Bmitelle* ‘
A. A.
W. H. VanHise A. A. Campbell A. Hampton.
Officers:
A. HAMPTON, President. A. A. CAMPBELL, Cm
W. H. VanHise, Vice-Resident ■ 'WW®
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