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Banks County Journal VOL I. NOTICE! e TO COTTON BUYERS AND PRODUCERS. Cotton mutt go to Ten cents per Poind. This wi;l be seen within 60 or 90 days: If nil person* who are in terested in gteing cotton sell on the southern market for lOcts per pound, enough to make a donation of any amount from sl, to any amt that you feel willing to give to the Ten Cent Cotton Company in order loanable you to sell your en tire crop of cotton for lOcts a pound, will send to the undersigned, imme diately by either Post Office Money Order or Registered Letter- whatever you can, the same to bo used in the buying and handlding of the entire crop of our cotton, until the right and highest price is offered to our eottou raisers, for their cotton product. Our southern Cotton raisers must protect themselves against the very unjust, outrageous, powerful and yet most greedy immense combinations of wealth that we have to contend with; and one which if left alone will in the very near future absolutely re* fuse to pay to our fanners more than 3ct* or 4cts pei pound for cotton. It, does not require the mind of a philosopher or a Jay Gould to arrive at the conclusion that such price for our cotton means rurn to our farme-s. bankruptcy fur oir merchants, small incomes for our preachers, small in comes for all classes of our many hard workin people such as Lawyers, Doc tors, State, County and City official*!, Railroad officers and naan; air; school teacher;,, Editors! and nrinterx It* tV.-t overt- <' or H i • or oth.- <>" I! fohsver he ruined jf - tic eving s ‘ 1 - ■ v • -nore' -.o', a stop - her. and r.'ld.M Art'u t :.* :••••■ --'ii;e i--n vervolertrl sh-.-wr th:.t ar- i, the minority m law i-■;;!•. it-;; >fli ers, a- :i on th„l ac count we cannot do vu our greates, earthly eiu-iny, (the 'frusta and Com binations of wealth) by legisl-itiea; It therefore, falls back upon us ( the far liters and other people of the glorious and only South land) to lookout for ourselves. The Tex Cent Cotton Cos., I for the purpose of giving to those who by hard and constant work, produce th<- fleecy staple, and who bv rights are * entitled to the profiits arising from the manufacture of these goods. With the ninny millions of farmers and business men who night to feel deeply enough inleiv-ted in (his mo ven.ent to don le oi ietisi. g waul •h s 'crnd „bj t: 'd v ith n. U y | nu.iioi.s -if ban s „f m to fail b:il it upon, then.- can ’ e nothing iiiore nor less than suet ess for ili who c rntrih utesomeih'ni; toward this -mid. \ w 1.1 ever one who has the m tcr-wi, ir the success of our southern states it heart send by return mail u remittance of some size. Every one taat donattg as much as One ($1 00) dollar toward this fund is sure to receive it back when he sells nis next bale of cotton, because the ad vance in the price will ore than pay him ba?k that dollar. As there is no rascality connected with this scueeme, ail newspapers es pecially those of the. Cotton belt will do their section the greatest good that is within their power; by running this notice for at least sixty days. Tliev benefit themselves by helping to raise he price of cotton to a point at which the farmer will be aide to pay his debts and still have enough to subscribe for the Newspaper of his choice. So, let all newspapers put their levers under this, and thereby completely over turn Wall Street cotton combinations. The people who produce the cotton should derive the greatest benefit of that crop; This company proposes to give this vast sum of money to those who help to raise the price to lOctr This is the only way by which we can overcome the hold that the bankers of 111# East and North now have upon tis. We should not delay too long- Everybody should do all that they are able to do toward helping this great purely honest Southern enterprise. apW-wml contributions first, will receive ill# ‘ •\ror,g. '■bjy Vast But not Too Vague. \\T A V Ti; | \ \ —— Ten Million p-rsons win; are interested in having cotton v" Jxll 1 I.rl *• j “""sell for 10 cents per pound, to subscribe for one(or more shares of the Capital Stock of the TEN CENT COTTON COMPANY, which has for its object the raising of the price of Cotton to 10.-t per pound. This; wi! 1 seem impossible in the minds of many ; but when you have carefully estimated wiiat. is within the reach of such an immensely wealthy Company, which would he oom— posed of the ootton raisers of the south, togather with their friend*. You will see at a glance that ihis vast undertaking is within the reach of those Southern people who love freedom more than all else in this Southland. If they will read and study over the plans found below: and if they will only boar in mind that the originators and promotors of this rather novel (yet most feasible) plan that has yet been advocated for the purpose of lifting the Southern farmer out of a Bondage that is (at present) far more cruel and useles than the treat ment of our grand, brave, chivalrous yet oppressed Southern people was before, during and for a few years immediately after the late Civil war —are not using this plan for the purpose of enriching even a single individual or any particular set of individuals; other than the entire population (and especially our hereto fore and most severely oppressed and important class; Farmbbs.) We desire to say, further that the originators of this pfan have had enough experience with the ups-and-downs of this .ruel world during the years which have past; to have taught that honesty is the best and surest road leading to that point called Scccebh: though at first it seemed so far yet ’tis so near. Therefore; Fribxds. —You can remember that You are (when dealing with the Ten Cent Cotton Company) dealing with an honest and competent concern ; We guarantee that within twelve months from to-dav Cotton will be selling on the southern markets at ton (or more) cents per pound, by the bale. Doubtless you think this impossible; But wait just a moment, let us tell you how easily it can be accomplished. It is proposed to take this large sum o) money and build all the cotton Factories that would be neceesary to convert our raw cotton into the much higher-priced cotton goods now on the markets of the entire world. Let us say right here that it is not the object of this company to buy cotton then make it up into cotton goods and sell it again at a profit; but quite the reverse. We propose to pay the cotton Producers whatevor the cotton goods are worth ; charge absolutely nothing (above the cost of Manufactureing these goods.) Y.t at the same time absolutely controling the cotton markets of the worltt and then do so in the interests of the farmers who produce the cotton. The Factories will not make one cent of profits; neither will the certifficates be interest bearing ones. The only people who would receive any financial benefit would be the Cotton raisers and those laborers who would work in, and around these factories. Of whom the Lord knowsthere is enouugh to attract, the. closest attention of the world. AVhiah;is|most ei titled to the cotton crop? The raiser or the factory owner? We say the producer of-corse. Yet we deeply regret to have to say that instead of his receiving the benefits arising from his work and his time, he is at present actually payuig the cotton buyers, cotton exchanges and the bankers and merchants to assist them in raising and selling cotton for leBS than it costs to market it. Is itnot time for such heavy losses of the farmer's time wmi his money to cease forever? Your Axs—undoubtedly is, emphatically Yes. Then why should you doubt the ability of this company to raise tne price ot cot. ton if we secure co-operation of say ten million of our oppressed hard working Strr.iers who can easily afford to give large sum* in order to run cotton up to lOcts per pound. Doubtless you say “Oh well it will rise anyhow before long!” To ;hio we .ay yes, it will go up up up in order to enable those who will have bought the larger portion of the crop to rake into their pockets millions upon millions of dollars of profits: and to enable the Eastern Manufactnrers to hold the price* of cotton goods up to their present very high prices. Not only will they raie prices for th-’s purpose; bet in order to enable the factory owners to claim that high prices of cotton, and small margins prevents our pay ing our mill operatives any more than they are now receiving. This is unjust, and should be stopped. Why should we wait for them to raise the price of cotton ? Why dont our Far mers and southern people come togather and stick togather and overconia these powerful computations of wealth both North and East? OUR PLAN CLEARLY OUTLINED It is the desire of THE TEN GENT OOTTON COMPANY to sell Stock certiffi cates (to the southern people, especially our Cotton Planters)to the amount of One Hundred Milllion ($100,000,000,00) Dollars; This vast sum to be divided into Shares of the value of Ten ($10.00) Dollars each. Theseshares to also be divided into fractional parts of l-10of one share: These fractional parts to be worth not less than the par value of the whole certifficates, in proportion, or st.ooeach. All of this vast amount of money is to be used in buying Cotton at a higher price than-is now being paid for it. This cotton to remain in this Company’s hands until higher prices prevail; oruntil this company can arrange machines to convert this cotton into cloth, then to be sold to the retail trade at cost of the cotton plus cost of manufacturiing the same into cloth goods. Y,’o prorose to have Agents at ev;ry cotton buying center throughout the cn‘ tire So utile • n States; on saDr : s These Agents to buy from the farmers direct. Thii-eb. sa- li - millions • ~in :| ii, ns of dollars for the fanneri that have keiv'tofe'-i tr>'. in;..; .n sec n.m, -f this pi. •chaser’ i p-cilt. Agah .ve can sac.- triUli ms of d"n s •••sf m-,v y out of the pockets of our farmer; to pay railroad charge* for hauling our cotton to Northern <• Eastern nvils. The selling of these goods to retailers dhieot would cause a saving to these Southern people millions of doll as* annually. Again liter would be millions o* dollars that now go to the high salaried officers of big f;. lories in the .North & East saved. Y< t r. propos to pnv those working in our fatlories proper even hotter wages than they now receive from faetrics in the north and east.(This feature of our plan aiotie should mi mu lute thousands of lubor organizations members ty work for this company). Taken as a whole, we believe that this company with the large amount of aid the people (especially the farmers) will give, will prove to be the greatest godsend tbs fanners ot the south ever had; Because it will pi ice directly into circulation among the people tn the South about $500,000,000,00 annually. Instead of only 250 millions as is the case at the present price of cotton. Is this not well worth your serious consideration, and co-operation! REMEMBER.—This Company is not to receive een one cent of profits. All orofiu arising are to he divided among the cotton raisers in increased and cash price for cotton. These profits going to onr very woithv farmers. REMEMBER.—That any fanner or other person owning a* much as one bale of cotton may subscribe for stock in this company; and it is desired by this company that each and every farmer take stock. Because, it is our intention to buy cotton (as far as possible) from those who contribute to this company’s capital We also propose to to build fac’ories with this money and shall let the seperat.e Stales and Cities compete for these factories. The state offering the greatest inducements to this company securing the erection of a very large factory within its borders, winch will cost mo than a million dollars at first. It is our intention to honor each of our Sout ern States with at least oue of these city building and labor furnishing; also money distiibuting institutions. I’he city offering the greatest inducement offered by the cities in the successful state secures the factory to be located in s-cli State offering our company the greatest inducements to build therein. This is a matter deserving the at tention, of the Rail roads txo iuse al 1 cotton raised In each of thes states will have to be hauled to the factory in tint state. If any further information is desired it will be cheeefulty furnished by the undersigned, upon application; or you can keep up with the progress of this Company by reading The BANKS COUNTY JOURNAL: to which this Company is greatly indebted for the kindness shown toward uv AVliile we leave it to the People and the Press as to the luture prospects of our Company; we earnestly hope they will not do like the Atlanta Journal did: call it a “vague scheeme’’ and then fail to make proper quotations from our letter of thi;2Blh ult- We trust that ail newspapers that feel disposed to help the farmers, and thereby help thcaiselvts will do us the justice which ■kduc ns. by quoting our letters verbatim we desire to place one question before yon. and respectfully ask consideration us t.i whicn is wisest: To givelo Northern A if .•.•y„ilii ( " upon trillions of dollar* annuallv for fester than arbitrari 1-gmlation? Or. to v Company whatever you can *\! woi l 1 his looked for the-e HOMER, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1837. THIS CVLIKDItICAL BALE. m Homo and Farm publishes the first full and exhaustive account of the new machinery for rolling cylittdtical notion bales. It is impossible to exagerate the importance of this invention to the cotton planters of the South. That its relation to cotton plauting may be fully shown, we give i 1 detail a state ment of the effect it will have on the plantations and in the markets, fol lowing it with a letter from Mr. Ed* ward Atkinson. It is evident, we think, speaking from the mechanical standpoint, that this new invention is second only to the invention of the cotton gin itself- It is a direct blow to the protected trusts that have been making cotton ties, and to the various leaches that have fastened tie '’(selves upon the cotton business. iJrwill save to the planters thousands of dollars that are now wasted ;n samples or destroyed in transit. All of this will be plain to the cot planters, but there is one tiling that is not plain, and that is whether this saving is to be “hogged” by the in venters, who control this machine, or whether it is to accrue to the plan ter himself. Bearing upon this point we pub. lislt a letter from a friend in North Carolina, There has been among the farmers’ organizations throughout the South well grounded apprehension that the syndicate controlling this machinery propose not only to mo nopolize the benefits that come from this invention, jSut through it to se cure for syndicate the con trol of the great Southern crop. This is n feature that at this time deserves the utmost attention from the cotton planters. It seems that the control of this machinery is in the hands of a small syndicate; it will not be difficult for the capilali-ts back of it to organize for the control of a large part of the cotton crop. How this can best be prevented ts a matter of first concern to the South • era people at *Vs time. The cylin drical bale nppFsfs to have come to stay. It is without doubt a great economy if it wire open to purcharers, as in all other cotton machinery. The 'nine of it cannot be questioned, but if it is to be controlled, as now appears by a syndicate, with the pur pose and the power to establish a raw '•otlon trust, the cotton planters of the South should understand it at once, and devise some means of de- j *t roving the power of any such com j V.ttiatiou.—Home and Farm. A Wotider/al Discovery, Tiie last quarter of a century record* many wonderful discoveries in medicine, hut none that have accomplished more for humanity than that sterling old household remedy, Browns'lron Bitters. It seems to contain the very elements of pood health, and neither man, woman or child can take it without deriving the greatest benefit. Browns'lron Bitters is sold by all dealers. Where I>o You I>uy your Sioap a nd sotorth? We do ot sell l>t >ve now have in wloek tlio liamlsoinesi lint's of Toihsl Soap on tlio market. “Sweet Maiden’’ Soap ist the Mlickeikt tiling out for (ive ets a cakt L.C. Hardman & Bro HARMONY GROVE, GA. LARGEST STORE TN NORTH GEORGIA SLILM, .“Rust,” the dread of the cotton grower, can be prevented. Trials at Experiment Stations and the experience of leading growers prove positively that Kainit is the only remedy. We will be glad to send, free of charge, interesting and useful pamphlets which treat f the matter in detail. GERMAN KALI WORKS, " n N*** Si., New York. Chattanooga Normal University. Will Sustain the Following Depart— ments. General] Courses. Pnmanship, Teachers’ (Normal Curse proper), Commercial, Short hand and Typewriting, Elocution* Scientific, Special Mathematics, Spe cial Language, Spcial Science* Classic. Special Courses, Telegraphy,' Kindergarten, Art, Normal Kindergarten (for training of eachers). A Complete Conservatory of Music. School the entire year ex, cept the month of Angus. FOURTEEN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. EIGHTEEN DIFFERNNT TEACHERS. AS SPECIAL FEATURES of our school pupils may enter any lime, select such work as they esire, and pursue their studies as rapidly aa their ability will permit. In any reg ular couse we permit such subslitu tions aswill enable one to make a specealty of any line of work desired. TUITION in th regular De - partments in *I.OO per week, payable for a term in advance; in the Special Courses it depend upon the work ta ken. No tuitionwili be refunded, but for a continued illness ol more than two weeks.a due bill will be issued for the time lost, good for any future time. DIPLOMAS. To any one completing any of the courses above mentioned, a dipjoraa will be issued indicating the workd one. HOW THE SCHOOL IS GOVERNED- This is not a reform school; ther efore we have no set rules. We desirethe attendance of ladies and gentlemen, amt we expect io treat them as such. We arc willing to ad vertise in regard to the conduct of students’ and the privilege of asking the withdrawal of any one who does not conform to the usual deportment of a lady or gentlemen. EXPENSES. It is an objeet of the school to impress practical economy in every department. Good board can be had fri in SI.OO to $2.00 per w eek and room rent from 50c to 750 per week, thus making the entire cost with tu lion $3.00 per week. To meet these low rates it is absolutely necessary that all bills be paid a term in advan ce. We will refund money paid for board or room rent, but charge lOcper week additional lor tliutinie. if less than one term. Text-books may be rented from the text-book library at 10 per centof the retail, thus saving a great deal in the expenses of hooks. School begins September G, 1897 for next school year- For father infor ation addres i)R H. M EVANS, Chatauooga, Tenn. You will notice the advertisement of the Chattanooga Normal Universiiti above, read it very .-arefully, and it you decide to want to attend tlieUn iversity and take a thorough course, and if you have not the necessary moncyto pay your expenses, you can go to work ight at your own home, getting subscribers to the Journal, and we will give to the person who sends us the largest number of cash paid up gubsciptions to the Journal at 50 sir from now until Sep. Ist and thcraftee SI.OO per year to any addrsesimtil July lstlß9B, a scholarship for 48w’kn schooling at the Chattanooga Nonna! Thisis well worth vour is a school for both if either a ' - ’aigi-t Keating UM STRONG POINTS: Durable Roller Chain. Less Friction, Greater Speed, Light Weights, Great Strength And Durability More Modern Practical Improvements Than can be found on anv other wheel ##**##* ■**###* DEALERS WANTED. KEATING WHEEL COMPANY. M i D.M.KTOWN.. CONN " ÜBM CATAWWGC TO?. 1 DeLOACH MILL MFG. COMPANY, Atlanta, Ga., 1). S. A. I L 165 WMhhttoaSL. New York City. Kl S. Ilth St., El. looi*. Mo. d M j Tho<e interested in Machinery .can sec the handsome 18fl? Catalogue of the I P'd-.caeii AanufaCturiii Cos,, at this office. IGLEHEART3 H£WAN* P ow * rLO&IR hrtinii iOLtiiLAKT linos., inis Diana. Evansville. Ind. A. R.ROBERTSON Monuments and Tombstone Works. ATHENS, GA., 1 ' I have always on hand and for sale a large stock of MONUMENTS and TOMBSTONES At RO C K ,15 OTT O M PRIC ES. MO N UM E N I S, TOMB, HEAD and 1 O O TST 0 N E*S Aud C R A D L E T O M BS. You should always go and see RO BE K SO.V Sand get hi* price* Remember ROBERTSON Pays all the Freight to your nearest depot. j A. I!. ROBERTSON... 115 Thomas St., Athens, Ga. He U extremely fortunate that has no trouble; therefore we do not expect to have the smoothest sailing among that Sea of financiers who are harbored in the Wall and Lombard streets immense and now death stricken Cotton ComDinatins. Everybody says “Go up higher” to the man that is getting there. Then you can rodily understand why everybody is saying‘the Ten Cent Cotton eoupany is right; let’s shove it to the very top round of the ladder leaning on the temple of Success; and let us all shout loud enough for the Echo to be heard to the very borders of that territory not yet reach-xl bv the Echo saying with a Legion ot stronger instruments and voices than the Echo-—-itself' May the God over us all Bless The len Cent Cotton Company of llomor, Banks County Ga.” hUSmp Containing a Registered Guarantee. Book and T- .■-iinntii:i 1-, ! Kld' "'st age pui'l >old only no. :m.