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Pp sill ping, ladies will do well to drop in at LOHNSTEIN’S and inspect the va rious lines of new goods, just, being opened. They are very handsome and at very attractive prices. : x{: We are very busy and havn’t time to say much about them in this issue, but will be sure to please you if you will give us a chll. Respectfully, I ill LiUlliiMVVlll| TheflGreat Leader, andIBenefactor, 132 BROAD ST. > Pledger's Bad Advice. William Pledger, the colored poll? ticinn of Atlanta, will get himself Into trouble with the federal authorities if ho is not more careful with respect to the advice ho gives the people of his race. He called a convention of his followers some time ago to meet in Atlanta on Nov. 12th, and subse quently .announced that the couven- tion was,*pp?tpQned. A’gpod many of the delegates did not hear of .the postponement, however, and were present on |the idhyidriginaBy fixed for) ithf. iJkeetingA Pledger made a ijfeeliioHSeso delegates, .'dud among other things ho advised them to do all they could to influence the blacks to shun 'the census' takers' next June, so that Georgis’s population would ap pear to be much smaller than it is. His purpose was, he said,, to cause Georgia to loose several of her con* gresstnen, as representation in congress is based upon population. Pledger seems to have forgotten that the census is taken under a fede ral law, nuCjif tie ]colored, people were To SK upon ms'adtfcti^ they would,.lu effect,.be.gu?l,ty of oonipir ing to defeat that law. There m«y be no punifllimont;for a conspiracy of that kind, hut if there isn’t, there in vain to introduce, cotton sniniiing by machinery in KeW-York ana Phila delphia. This country was then un der a system of so called protection somewhat similar! to that which' now oppresses its industries, and Slater was prevented from .importing, mtthinery or even design's Irom England. -He was bent upon his experiment, howev er, and for the pittance ol. $r a day he made from memory a cotton spin ning machine for a Pawtu ' ought to bo. Colored etacles lit their race. n jlike Pledger are ob- ray (if progress of , . ey hafd no! desire to • sec their race advance. They are guided wholly by selfish motives, and would willingly, sacrifice the ’ best in-* tercsts of their race to gain a point for, themselves. It is doubtful if Pledger can point to a single thing in,his whole career that has been help fill to the colored people. In striking contrast to Pledger, is John T. Shuften, of Orlando, Fla., who recently wrote a letter on the race question, which was published in the World’on Nov. 14 th. Hej is n colored man of considerable promi nence, - and -his -letter shows that he possesses ability and culture, and that he is guided by good motives. In bis letter he says: There are alware two sides to, a question, and until the colored -+ace learns by hard und sad expericnco where their true iptei^sts lie, there will ever be unnecessary local troubles and disturbances in every southern state between the two races, and no power under the sun can by iforce prevent it. ! I * * * * . * ■ It is a foregone conclusion that the colored element can never become a ruling plait in/any of these southern states, no matter how. much they may predominate in numbers in white communities. sc -* (*1 * «»!.*< * *j * It is unreasonable for the people of the north to expect that of the peo ple of the : south which they them selves do not accord tbo negro. I say it is unreasonable for any people to expect the wealth, intelligence, and refinement of a community to; yield passivo obedienco and become sub- missive, to the domination of its, igno rant and more illiterate class, gnd so long os there is a persistency in this direction, encouraged by unprincipled politicians for sinister motives, so long will;there be serious conflicts be tween the tiro Clements. j v ' . * ; - i: * • mil * - * ... * There is no prejudice here against the negro in pursuing bis own sub stantial happiness in any legitimate calling. There is no avenue of Indus- S shut against him in the south. ero is no desi?e on the part of the people to keep him down, but they nave rather, m every instance, ;shown a sympathy and feeling -that ought to be commended. Those fanaticallcad- era, pretended preachers and politic ians up north who arc trying to in cite a conflict between the races, by advising retaliatory mensures against Outrages in the south are of att men the greatest enemies of the colored race, « , iv.JtfIrVi.' John 1 T. Shuften states about the condition of the blacks in the south, and it is a pity that there are not more colored men like him to give the same sort of advice to tho people of his race. There arc in this city colored men who will readily ad mit that the following extract from his letter is true. “Show me an honest, upright, industrious colored man in any southern community, and I will show you a man who has no complaints to make” The truth is there is no desire to keep the colored people down. On the contrary, there Is everywhere the utmost kind ness shown them, and if they engage in any kihd of business they receive every possible encouragement. Pledger would drag his people down to satisfy ijls 'feelings of hatred and revenge. Shuften would lift them Op, because hb has no hatreds and wdnts to see them prosper.—News.”''. 1 A Cotton Centennial. There will be a notable centennial at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, next year. It wilt commemorate' tfie " Cpe'' hun dredth anniversary of cotton spinning by machinery in this country. In 1789 The machine- was tried. Slater knew that he had the prioqiple right, but somehow -ip failed to con nect it with practical success, j He was in.dcbt. and in those days {the laws had little mercy on debtors.’ - He rtqught scnously offljdng.lhiyuit^ bt-cause he feared that he would; be considered an 1 imposter.. In the depth of his trouble a friendly hand was neld out to him by Sylvanus "Brown, a jear- penttr Who had done rome work 1 for him. Brown hbt only helped Slater to money, but he suggested a slight! al teration in his machine which turned tho scale toward success. On the 12th of July, 1790, the fust successful spinning machine was set up.in Amer- An Ex-Governor’s Conundrum. From the Lewiston (Me.) Jonrnat. This is tho fiftieth year of ex-Gov- ernor Garcelon’s practice of medicine in Lewiston. Now 76 years old, he is constantly at work, driving from fifteen to forty miles every day. His health has not been quite so good as usual this fall, but his chaise has been seen bobbing over our roads just the same. The ex-governor sat down the other day and figured up how many miles he had ridden in these fifty yean. He found that he had gone arouitd the globe many times... His longjourncy amounted to a trifle over 360,000 miles. It further impresses upon tho doctor the fact he is getting along in years when ho reflects that he has been personally acquainted with five generations of his own family and is now visiting professionally families in Lewiston whom he had attended for five gen erations. What a procession he has seen go on and oft the stage 1 Over an evening; lunch in his cosy home, the other night, the ex-govern or gave out a conundrum. “I am now visiting regularly,” said ho, his family composed of the following rel atives, now living under one roof: “1 greatgrandmother, 2 grandmothers, 3 mothers, ■: T.. ■ 1 grandfather, 1 father, 3 sons, 1 great grandson, 1 grandson, 6 sisters, 6 daughters, 1 daughter-in-law, 2 great-aunts, 5 aunts, 1 niece, - : 3 brothers, d; widow, . i t 1 stepdaughter, 1 great-granddaughter, 1 great-grandson, 2 wives, 1 husband, . : dnephew, On the 1 at h of July,1800, */tnphti- ment to Samuel Slater will be uiiveiled at Pawtucket, and tbe centennial of machine cotton spinning ill this cbiin* try will be celebrated with grand cere monies. This is an event in which the South will have ah especial inter est and at which she should be worthi ly represented. Whitney invented the cotton gin in Georgia. The applica tion ot machinery to the manufacture of cotton has made the ; great \etaple crop of the South the main depend: ehce of its agric’iilture. More ;than this, The South is not only the prin cipal source of supply- of cotton, rais- ing the largest crop in the world and the best quality, but the South is- - the -most preSpefouTs and 1 the most prom ising field for the manufacture of cot ton. Southern cotton mills pay bet ter than any in the world. Capital is deserting, the region in which Slater set up his first machinery for the manufacture ot cotton, and is seeking investment near the fields where the staple grows, in the salubrious climate where fibers can be most profitably syorked and where labor asi 'well as i Kamil conditiohs. i The South hold* the dominion of cotton production'and the South will inevita bly wield the scepter of pre eminence in the-manufacture of cotton goods. The Pawtucket centennial, therefore, has a lively and practical interest' for her.—Telegraph. »-* f Dainties of the Primeval Land. Greenland Explorer’s Diary, ';' Snakes, lizards, grasshoppers, tree- grubs, the Jarv® of beetles,, ; brush turkey’s Mgs, wddhoney-rinj feet, tho scrub is full of fond when you know how to get it. The best part of the snake the liver, which is over a foot long intbe big suak.es. "By the way, the natives never eat food that id ndtcooked. A snake’s liver is dccidely good and has a. gamoy flavor, Lizard’s flesh is like chicken. Tho beetle lnrvm are popped into the fire and eaten with wild noney; they ta^te like an omelette.' Grasshoj grilled Ore also capital eating, w nice, nutty flavor., 'Now, Maggie, let us understand one another thoroughly before we are married. YoOV. br ;t b6on»; will recognize me as the head of the house?” • :, “Yes, Clarence, you are to lie pres ident, provided you grant me my Wish*' “There, it is granted." ’ 1 ‘Thank you; darling. Then I am unanimously elected treasurer."-^ Commercial ' Traveler. 4 nieces, 2 nephews, “The question is,” said the doctor, “how many people are there in the house?” Are Trusts “Private Affairs? From tbe Angastn Chronicle. The decision of Judge Barrett in New York, has reveraea the Blaine idea that trusts were private affairs, and now the general term of the court has unanimously confirmed that decision. It but remains for the court of appeals to sustain Judge Barrett’s view to make this a ’part of tho law of the state. This is an important matter, and as the New York Journal of Commerce says: It means that combinations to limit the production and to affect the price of the necessaries of life will be declared unlawful, and the un scrupulous operators who have sought for fortunes by obtaining the control of the market in this way will bo de; prived of their vocation. This is nothing but tho old princi ple of “forestalling,” well known in the common law. “Corners and tres passes upon the common good, and the dealers and promoters who engi neer them, are deserving of punish ment as wicked conspirators who seek for selfish gains at the public expense.” Tiusts and combinations have no element of usefulness.'. They are enemies to healthy production, to legitimate trade. They are spawning beds of speculation, and should be put down. Two Georgians Complimented. From tbe Atlanta Constitution. During the couree of a conversa tion between Hon. Patrick Collins, and a gentleman of Atlanta, on the occasion of the formers visit here a few days ago/ Mr.' CoJUps, remarked that he regarded it os very unfortu nate for tho country at large, as well S for Georgia, that. Hon. N. J. ammond had not been returned to Congress. He considered him one of the ablest and best members of either branch, and one who should not have been left at home. When asked about Mr. Turner, of tho 2d, lie replied: ‘ “By fizr the Shiest member of tho Georgia delega tion. He is very retiring, but when aroused, he Is more than a match for either party on the floor of the house. He made short work of a member from my state, and several times have I seen him completely demolish mem bers of the opposition who had called forth a rebuke from him. Yes, sir, Turner is a great man.” Coming from such a source, this proves In what high estimation these two distinguished Georgians are held away from home. First Great'Railroad Accident. The first great accident on any rail road occurred December 24, 1841, on the Great Western Railway in Eng- gland' That day a train carrying thirty-eight passengers was moving through n thick fog at a high rate of speed. A mass of earth had slipped down from tho slope above and cov ered one of the rails to the depth of two or three feet The engine plunged into this and was'immediate ly thrown from the track, and instant ly the whole rear af the train was piled upon the top of tbe first car riage, which contained all the passen gers, eight of whom were killed and seventeen wounded. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict of “Acciden tal death in all the cases, and a deod- and of £1000 on tho engine, tender and carriages.” This feature of “deodand” belongs to the old common law, which declared that whenever any personal chattel was the occasion of death it should be forfeited to the king, not only that part which im mediately gives the wounds, but all things which movo with it are forfeit ed. Down to 1847, when Parliament abolished the practice, coronet's juries in Eugland always assessed a deodand against the locomotive involved in an accident, which; of course, the Compa ny had to pity as a fine. rl at Romance of an Egg. Early last summer a youu. Summersido, Prince Eawar< wrote her name and address upon an egg, which subsequently found its way to Boston, Mass., among other shipments. The parents of the young lady visited - Boston recently, ana, strange to My, > were introduced to tho young Bostonian who had received the egg and who asked them if they knew -the- young lady—their own daughter.. Explanations followed and a correspondence was opened. Tha wedding u .to take place shorty, -aflrege Nfwa. - - ' .. One Man Holds Up a Stage. tossiuftc/; Obs., Nov. 14.—A lone highwayman held up the Coos Gap stage.- yesterday, enfpopett the letters and registered pouches, and rifled them of their contents, then handed them back to the driver, thanked him politely, and bade him “Godspeed.” A fireproof pocket-book is one of the latest inventions. It is proba bly intended to prevent money from burning holes in the pockets of the owners. That's the Question. A witness who bad given his evi dence in such a wav as satisfied every body in court that he was committing peijury, being cautioned by the judge, said, at list: “My lorm you may believe me or not, but! have been wedded to truth from infancy.” “Yes, sir,” said Maulo, “but the question is, how long have you been a widower?” A most remarkable engineering project was suggested at the recent meeting of the iron and steoijnstifutot in Paris. It is nothing else than the erection of a great bridge between France and England, from Cape Gri- nez to Folkstone. An idea of what is involved in this gigantic undertaking may be gathered from some estimates prepared by the proposers of the project. The length of the bridge would be twenty-four miles, the num ber of-piers 120, the headway for ships 280 feet, and the height from the foundation to the top of the structure 600 feet. It is proposed to build tho bridge entirely of steel. To do this 1,000,000, tons of steel would be re quired, and the cost of construoing tbe bridge, it is estimated, would be The Augttsta Chronicle says: Gen.- Lawton is spoken of In con nection with the guoernatorial nomi nation in Georgia next year. Gen. Lawton would make a model gov ernor. iv>? •' General Lawton would mako a model chief executive of the great state of Georgia. He is & clean, broad, high toned statesman. Still another in voice of choice dress goods just received. Our Ladies’ Broad cloth in all the leading colors is certainly worthy of your attention. ¥e are 50c. per yard under-“New York retail prices on them. In Carpets and Rugs we down ev ery in this market, and we invite a comparison of pric es with other and larger markets. In Ladies, Misses and Children’s Wraps we are head quarters, as we are in everything else pertaining to our line. n ■■naamHc