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T[IOMASYILLE, GE01IU1A, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE G, 1800,
$5.00 PER ANNUM
Change-of-Venue
CLOTHING
This week instead of
DRY GOODS.
ATTENTION
AT SUMMER HILL. | that tho order had ever or would ev
| ask war that the farmers be allowed
A Rousing Speech, A Big Crowd i to organize and co-operate as others
And a Fine Dinner. I , vcre doing
I The Alliance was not seeking to
lliree years ago Wednesday the j build its fortune by tearing others
MEN,
YOUTHS’
AND BOYS.
LOOK AT
QUOTATIONS,
Reflect and Act.
NO BAITS,
NO CLAPTRAPS.
NO MISREPRESENTATION,
Men’s Black Corkscrew
4-button Cutaway Suits Worth
81.(5.00 for 812.00.
Moil’s Black Corkscrew
Sack Suits worth 815.00 for
812.00.
Mm's Fancy Cassiinere
Suits worth $15.00 for $10.00.
Men’s Fancy Cassiinere
Suits worth 812.00 for 88.00.
Men’s Fancy Cassiinere
Suits w n th 810.00 for 8G..>0.
worth
worth
worth
Youths
wool
suits
87.DO for
3.50.
Youths!
1 wool
suits
80.00 for
5.50.
Youths
wool
suits
$10.00 for
6.50.
Youths
wool
suits
812.00 for
8.00.
worth
Summer Hill Sub-Alliance
gaui/.cd.
Then there wcie five members, to
day there are many times that num
ber ; then the success of the Sub-Al
liance was a problem, indeed it were
not too much to say that the success
of the order itself was a problem.
To day all doubt has been removed.
Summer Hill Sub-Alliance is a power
in the community, and the Alliance
order is a power in the land. The
farmers have learned the benefit of
cooperation and they are so much
pleased with the good they have done
for themselves, that they are deter
mined to carry forward the work that
has been so well begun.
The members of Summer Hill
Alliance determined to celebrate the
anniversary of its organization in a
fitting manner. A splendid dinner
was to be provided, to supply the
wants of the inner man, an Col. I* F.
Livingston, president of the State Al
liance, and one of the best speakers
from flic hustings, in the state, was
invited to furnisn mental pabulum for
tlm crowd that assembled.
This was loo tempting an array of
good things to he allowed to escape
the appetite of the reporter, physical
and otherwise, and when, therefore,
the morning of the expected day
came, he took the sole remaining
member of the sole remaining alliance
lie lias ever made, and behind a good
horse started for Summer Hill, 12
miles from town, and the pleasures of
the day. The rain nl the day before
bad lent its cooling influences to the
atmosphere, and soft fleecy clouds hid
what might otherwise, linvc been the
too ardent rays of the sun.
The drive to Summer Hill is one of
the most pleasant in the county; it
leads past prosperous farms und cosy
country homes that wear on their face
nn air of peaceful content that one
seeks in vain amid the bustle and
confusion of towns and cities.
The crops arc good almost ns a rule,
und only in a few eases could it lie
said that the dread enemy of the farm
er, the grass, was in the ascendancy.
In the few isolated cases seen, sturdy
efforts were being made to overthrow
the enemy.
A few minutes after JO o’clock the
ground was reached, a beautiful and
extensive oak grove in front of the res
idence of Mr. Joe M. Massey. A ros
trum had been raised for the speaker,
which was tastefully decorated with
flowers; huge stalks n! corn in full
silk and tassel stood at the front mi
ners of the rostrum and a Kolb Gem
melon of goodly proportions was on
the speaker’s table.
A little before 11 o’clock, (’id. Liv-1 state
ingston appeared on the stage; lie was j only
introduced to the audience by Mr. A.
W. Ivey, president of the County Al
liance, in a few well chosen remarks.
Col. Livingston has a face that would
attract attention anywhere; thin
brown hair, intermingled with gray,
down, and its members realized that
any order that sought success by such
means must fail. The fact that the
farmers of the country needed some
measure of relief was universally con
ceded. Carlisle, Cleveland, Wanna
maker and even President Harrison
ackuowldged the need. Mr. Carlisle
had said that every decade saw fre-
burdens placed on the farmers of the
country. This was true, and to rid
the fanners of these burdens was the
mission of the Alliance order. That
men everywhere acknowledged that
farmers were oppressed proved that
they needed relief as a class, since
their troubles were in no sense the
result of local conditions. They havi
been hewers of wood and drawers of
water for others, since 187o, and i
they stood their ills longer, they would
be natural born fool-.
In ten years more they would hav
been in the condition of the farmer
of Kansas, nine-tenths of whose prop
erties was under mortgage to foreign
loan associations. After having been
before the country three years, the
Alliance Order was willing to stand or
fall by the rule Christ had given
when he said “By their fruits ye shall
know them.” The first thing the
order had done was to teach its mem
hers to read and think, and as ignor
anec was the heaviest tax that any
people could hear its efforts in this di
rection had borne good fruit. Then
the Alliance taught its members not
to buy anything they could not pay
for, and beside teaching them economy
in expenditure, bad also taught econ
omy in time, that it was unwise to
waste time on unremunerativo labor.
As an evidence thnt its teachings
in this direction had not been in vain,
ironclad notes were not as plentiful as
formerly. As an evidence of the
good that cooperation done the farm
ers, the speaker said that the order
bad held up the price of cotton last
season, and would do it again, tlm
placing money in the pockets of the
farmers of the south. Tlier. too they
had bought goods cheaper, so that the
rule worked two ways. Wait two
more years, said the speaker, and no
man that tills his own land in our
grand old state will be in debt. Suc
cess had come, for whereas the order
had first started, predictions of failure
were plentiful, the order now com
manded the attention, respect and in
some eases the fear of the outside
world. To illustrate the change since
the war, the speaker gave some sta
tistics which showed that while in
18fi0 70 per cent, of the property in
the state was owned by the farmers,
and 08 per cent, of the people of the
owned their own homes, now
7 per cent, of the property of
-he"state is owned by the tillers of
the soil, and only 01 per cent, of 'un
people live in their own homes, and
the same is true of all the other states.
A had financial system and a wrong
adjustment of the burden of taxation
another danger approaching, an era
when the people shall stand arrayed
against the capitalists of the country,
an era of corruption in high places.”
Has it not come asked the speaker?
What secured Waunamaker a place
in the cabinet hut hoodie. What beat
Cleveland hut money? Does not
Harrison know that he is president by
the grace of coin well spent? .’11,000
men own three-fifths of the property
of the country, and these men fix the
taxes tmd frame the policy of the
government. Calhoun had said forty
years ago, why force tho people to
support the credit of. the nation, and
then pay the taxes of the nation, and
allow money to go scot free.
Jefferson said in the early days of
the republic, that Winding was rob
biug the people on a magnificent
scale.
Col. Livingston then elaborated at
some length the sub-treasury scheme
and answered the objections that have
been made against it. It will not, he
said, turn loose an army of republican
office holders on the south, for the
managers will he elected by the people
where the warehouses arc located. It
will not, ho said, give speculators an
opportunity to corner the markets,
for the receipts from the government
will he iron-negotiable and non trans
ferable.
I f you oppose the sub-treasury
scheme, offer us something better, for
you must admit the necessity of a
change, said the speaker.
The entire speech ofCol. Livingston
made a fine impression on the audi
ence; lie is thoroughly ill earnest and
his earnestness is contagious.
After lie had concluded, dinner was
announced, and it was a good one.
Bountiful in supply and Excellent
in quality.
In the afternoon," Mr. Copeland,
agent for tho AlliajiuyiiFarmer, made
sh off Talk'; after "He"' had finished,
Judge Cessna, General Manager of
the Florida Exchange! made an inter
esting business talk. Col. Living
ston, by request, made another short
talk, and then the crowd broke up
and the pleasures and profits of the
iy came to nn end.
Fully b00 people were present, and
there has not been in all the experi
ence of the reporter, an audience
more thoroughly in sympathy with
speakers.
fringes a head thnt is slightly bald, j were tho causes that brought about
Boys fall suits from 81.50
to $0.00.
Boys knee pants froin|35
cents up.
The host unlaundricu shirts
in the world for 50 cents.
We always do what we
promise. Try
132 Broadl,Street.
and deep gray eyes peer out from
overhanging brows. He lias a pleas
ant voice that is in thorough command
and at one time can swell with the
force of passion and again quiver with
emotion, and there is that in his pres
ence and delivery that captures his
audience and takes them along with
him.
lie begun by saying it was pleas
ant to be with.the Summer Ilill Alli
ance, on this anniversary.
When the Sub-Alliance was organ
ized three years ago it was doubtful
whether the order it represented
j would ever amount to a row of beans.
Two years ago it had taken a new
start, because it had outgrown the
prejudices that had environed it at the
outstart. At first it was supposed
that while it had in view tho benefit
of the farmers, that while working
them good it would injure others. AH
this condition of affairs, and to change
both of these is the great work before
the order. The volume of currency
had been too suddenly contracted,
which carried the money of the coun
try into Wall street, and enabled the
men there to hoard it and thus'dictate
the policy of the government. In 18iib
there were 851.01 of money per capi
ta, now there is less than 810 per
capita. The financial system of the
country had lioen fastened on it as a
war measure, and Salmon P. Chase,
who was Secretary ot the Treasury,
when it was inaugurated, wrote before
he died, that his action in recom
mending it to the Wavs and Means
was the greatest mistake of his life.
President Lincoln at the close of the
war had written; “We have cause to
congratulate the country on the con
clusion of the war, for it lias cost -
Commencement at the South
Georgia College.
President Lovejoy, of the South
Geonjia College, is putting things in
shape for the coming commencement.
Tin: final examinations and exercises
ot the primaries will commence to-day,
and the exercises in the languages
and higher mathematics on next Mon
day and Tuesday.
The exercises will he very interest-
; and ii is hoped that the patrons of
the college, liic public, generally, and
all the officials of the institution, will
attend. The" South* Georgia College
should receive the moral as well as the
material support of the entire com
munity.
The programme of commencement
week will appear soon.
Does Blaine Want War.
London, June.i,—ThcTimes declares
that the order to dispatch American
cruisers to Behring sea smacks too
much of the methods of the first Na
poleon iu dealing with weak statesmen,
and that if die order is executed,British
men.of war must follow. "We can on
ly imagine," the Times continues,
“that pressure from Irish-Americans
has induced Secretary Iilaine to with
draw from his apparent desire lor a
diplomatic settlement. We believe
that Fngland will agree to close the
time for taking seals, but such an ar
rangement must he international, and
can’t be imposed upon the world by
American gunboats at the bidding of
Mr. Iilaine."
Blaine has long wanted an opportu
nity to twist the British lion's tail, and
he may utilize the present dispute to
seize the caudal appendage referred
o.
A house and lot was sold on Smith
Avenue yesterday.
The Masons of Atlanta are going
to build a 875,000 temple.
Gene Walker has sold his melon
crop at Metcalfe, to the melon syndi
cate. It is safest to sell fin the track
as a rule, and this we understand, is
the course being pursued this season,
hv most growers.
Let South Carolina democrats, and
every aspirant lor office, pledge them
selves to follow the example of Ala
bama last week. Every democrat
in that state is pledged to support
the nominee of tiie Montgomery con
vention.
The military are having a big time
at Kansas City. That 85,000 will be
hotly contested. Georgia has several
companies there, including the
famous Ilillcs of Atlanta, and the
Georgia hoys will fully sustain the
reputation of the Georgia Military.
Stanley says if lie could get five
thousand two gallon jugs into the
heart of Africa they would buy him
ten thousand acres of land and five
hundred wives. One two gallonjug will
make a man think he owns the world—
provided it is loaded.—Norristown
Herald.
SIGNAL SERVICE BUREAU
K. Thomas Jr's-1211 Broad Strut.
C.S.Bondurant Volunt.oerjObsorver
•athcr Bulletin Cor tin* 2 1 hours ending
o’clock I fc \ M., June 5, 181*0.
Tkmfki: vri’UiC.
2 p. m *. 8»J
7 p. m HI
Maximum for 2-1 hours 87
Minimum “ ‘ “ 70
Rain-fall 0.00
Indication for fair, warmer.
Thomas Sheriff Sale.
FOR JULY.
Pelham Pulls ’Em.
The first car load of melons, crop of
181)0, left Pelham yesterday. They
were grown by Mr. Jerry Hurst, and
were shipped west. The agent of the
Alabama Midland offered Mr. Ilurst
one hundred dollars bonus, and free
transportation over- its line, if he
would ship via that route.
Pelham plucks the honors, on the
first shipment.
Remember that the ladies and
others are invited out to see the Hus
sars drill this afternoon, at -l.fiO
o’clock. The drill will take place iu
the open field to the left of Jackson
street, leading to Laurel Hill ceme
tery.
Hon. I. A. 'Bush, of Camilla, is in
town. He argues a case before Judge
Wilt
in JiiIv
follow i
Utilise door
st Tuesday
of sale, the
ill tin
ocean* ot blood an 1 money, but I nee i llanscll this morning.
.sold before the Court
of Thotna.iville. the I
ftweeii the legal hour
property to-wit:
One tract of land containing tlire
unreor less, lying and being situate
town of Cairo, iu the To.':d district
bounded as follows: Un the north by lauds
ofS. A. Koddet'bery. on tho south by lands
of Win. Powell, cast and west by lands of
,S. F. »fc W. Ry. Co., said tract of land known
ns the depot or warehouse lot of the Savan
nah, Florida and Western Ry. Company
and now used by said company as a depot.
Levied on as the property of the Savannah
Floiida and Western Railway Company, to
satisfy a Justice Court Fi Fa issued from the
Justice Court of the 7.VM district G. M. in
favor of John S. Itodiford, agent for May
King, vs said Savannah, Florida and Wes
tern Railway Company. Written notice
served the defendant March 15th, 1800, in
terms of the law, property pointed out hy
defendant and levy made by R. R. Single
tary, L. C.
Also at the same time and place one tract
of land containing ten acres more or less
situate lying and being in the town of Bos
ton, County of Thomas, State of Georgia.
' e said tract being bounded on the north
the lands ot C. C. Austin, and IVyton
Crosby, on the east by Green street, south
by the lands of Griffin ami Clay, and oa the
west by lauds of Thomas Coppy and Klbert
Dimps. Said tract of land levied on as the
property of S. G. Culpepper to satisfy three
Justice Court Fi Fas issued from the 1145th
listrict G. M„ Herrien county.in favor of W.
11. Briggs vs snid S. G. Culpepper, said Fi
Fas having been properly ncorded iu the
lerks office of the Superior Court of Thom
as county and properly endorsed by T. T.
Stephens, N. P. and K. O. J. P. in and for
l countv. Levies ma ic hv L. M. Steph-
j t-ns, I.. C- ' J. A. lll'RST,
June
Sheeirt'.
Owing to the inclement
weather last week which pre
vented many from taking ad
vantage of our low prices in
the Fine Grade of Goods, wc
will continue to offer for this
week.
Our Line of French Fine
Batistes former price 50c now
reduced to 36c. French Chal-
lies at reduced prices. French
Satincs fermer price 36c this
week 28c. Imported Scotch
and Frence Ginghams former
price 25 to 50c, this week 18
to 27 1-2.
Please bear in mind our as
sortment in this Line of Fine
Goods is getting smaller every
•lav. Those who would wish
Fine Goods] at extremely low
prices should call early.J
JLEVY’S
Dry Goods House.
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