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ATHENS WEEKLY BANNER (■Published Dally, Weekly aud Sunday, by TQff ATHENS PUBLISHING CO. RSKSBN CRAWFORD Managing Bdltor. 0 D. FLAN 10*BN Business Manager. The Athens iuiiy banner Is delivered rpar.c i.wIOl BIA tuuiHii * bw *ui luicouiwiiiww. The Weekly or Sunday Bannek S l.00 per year, 10 cents tot 6 months. Invariably cash Inad- anoe. Transient advertisements will be Inserted at the rate ot $1 A* p» r square for the first insertion, and Mean's for each subsequent Insertion, ex- cep conract advertisements, on wnich special rates can be obtained. Local notices will be chanced at the rate of 10 cents per line each insertion, except when con tracted for extended periods, wh .n special rates will be made. Bemlttances may ne made by express, postal note, money order or registered letter. All business communications should be ad dressed to the Business Manager. COAL RATES. The testimony before the Railroad ' Commission goes to show that At lanta’s coal rate about .which so much has been said and written is not an exorbitant one, although it is about 25 per cent, higher than be fore the consolidation of the Termi nal properties. A rate of half to half a cent a ton a mile is one with which any community should be satisfied inasmuch as according to all statis- ics it is as low as any railroad can carry at a profit. So much for Atl anta. The situation in Athens is deci dedly different. Instead of £ cent, der ton a mile, Athens pays from Atlanta at the rate of 1£ cents per ton per mile. The most moderate lover of railroads will admit that this is not,only exorbitant, bat is ab solute robbery. Compare Atlanta’s position with that of Athens. At lanta's distance from Coal Creek is 290 miles, and the rate complained of by her manufacturers is $4 25 per ton—the same coal has added to its price by the time it reaches Athens $1.45, while the distance is only 106 miles. The village of Center, ten miles from Athens, gets a rate 40 cents per ton less than the rate to Athens. Now why is this ? Sim ply because the rate to Athens is made by the long road—the Georgia —and being a competing point, the Richmond & Danville is allowed to go above the Commissioner’s figures and charge the rate allowed to the 140 miles of the Georgia road. In view of the probability *f new manufacturing establishments in Athens, it is high time that thiey ex orbitant tax, that is almost prohibi tory, should be raised, and the city pat on an equal basis with Atlanta and other points. Let those who are interested in the welfare and fntnre growth of the city push this matter while the subject is attracting pub lic attention. If the Terminal is too powerful, Athens for her own good and growtn must obtain an outlet to the Tennessee mines through Judge Thomas’s road or the Augusta & Chattanooga. What say you, merchants, lawyers, real estate owners, citizens ? Will yon pat yonr shoulders to the wheel and force the railroads to carry your fuel at a price that will cause man ufactures to spring up all over this fair city of Athens ? Is not the re sult worth a great effort ? THS ATHENS DISPENSARY. The newspapers of Georgia are all discussing with much concern the bill to establish a dispensary in Athens, pursuant to the agreement of the recent prohibition election. The Washington Chronicle writes in this connection : The sot does not forbid physicians from tarnishing liquors to patients under treatment, or the sale of do mestic wine of the sellers ''—n man ufacture in quantities not less than a quart, and not to be drank on the premises. It is said that the law and order party refused before the election to compromise oh this bill saying it was not constitutional. If the con stitution forbids it, then the consti tution ougnt to be changed. It is an excellent bill,drawing the line exact ly where it ought to be done, stop ping individual moneyemaking and |H| so abolishing saloons. It embodies nearly everything that law can do. From the two AtbeuB papers,Bans ner and Ledger, which took opposite sides on the contest, we judge that both sides are in the main contented with it, and disposed to give it a fair trial. It is in the main' the same bill which has been law in the town of Barnesville, and with which the peo ple are satisfied. Experience will modify it a htile in detail, bat we prophecy that the prineipies of the bill will be applied generally. It does not comprehend ail that can be done for temperance, however. Public opinion acting on women who give social entertainments ought to stop theofieriogof wine and punches to large promiscuous assemblages. Many persons who would not com mit themselves to 'otal abstinence on all occasions, will agree that this is wrong, an 1 that a woman is’ guilty of discreditable conduct who tempts a man to drink—but extreme views about this matter will hinder, not help reform. MR- CLEVELAND AND THE ALLIANCE The St. Louis Repuolic publishes an interesting special from Abbe*, ville, South Carolina. It is an in terview with Treasurer Willet of the National Farmer’s Alliance and it is strikingly interesting because it puts that prominent Allianceman, who has travelled all over the country, in the position of avowing that Mr. Cleveland is the strongest candidate for a democratic Presidential nomi nation. This Mr. Willet demonstrated quite clearly, thus : There will cere tainly be three candidates for the Presidency, put up by the Demo cratic, Republican and Peoples’ par ties. The new party will gain its greatest accessions of strength from States hitherto voting with unfailing regularity for the republicans. No one of the three candidates will re ceive a majority of the votes of the electoral college, though the demo cratic nominee will receive probably the highest vote. The election will be thrown into the House of Repre sentatives, and Cleveland, or whoever is the nominee of the democratic party, will be elected president, as the democrats have a large majority in the House. Mr. Willet says, however, that he wants it distinctly understood that neither he nor the Alliance is in fa vor of the third party. The farmers want certain things, and these they will endeavor to obtain through the regular channels from one or the other of the existing parties. They don’t care whether their goods are hauled by the republican or demo cratic wagon, but they must be haul ed. If neither party will grant their demands then stand from nnder, for the Alliance is bound to have what it wants, no matter who is hurt. There will be no third party unless the farmers are driven to it. The Alliance, Mr. Willet thinks, is steadily making ground all over the country. In Kansas it is strong est (150,000 members), though other States are not far behind. There are 156 Alliance newspapers in Kansas and from three to fonr can be found in each farm house. Every alliance man in the State is thoroughly in formed on economic questions, and is capable of taking the stamp at a moment’s notice and debate all of the Alliance demands. The greatest support of the Alliance edmes from the conservative middle class of far., mere. The very poor farmers, as a rule, do not join the Alliance* neither do the very wealthy, though New York State has many rich and influ ential members. Mr. Willet was asked to talk about the plan which he and other Alliance men are preparing for the solution of the negro problem. He said that the time was not yet ripe for the d s closure of the plan. Some time shortly the most prominent members of the Alliance in various States will meet and arrange the. details of the scheme. It will be presented to con gress at its next session, and will doubtless be adopted, it will prove eminently satisfactory to both North and South, and will be gladly adopt ed by the negro, who it will remove from politics. Until the negro is re moved from politics no party but the democratic can expect to gain any strength in the Southern States. When asked who would be the nominee of the third party for the Presidency, Mr. Willet replied that he knew not, and then significantly added that President Polk probably had more friends in the Alliance than any other man. WHY. OF COURSE! A prominent Alliancemau of Clarke county, and one of the most devout members of the County Alliance eame to the editorial rooms of The Banner yesterday to say : “ I endorse fully the editorial ut terances of ibis paper upon tbe third party movement and t he duty of tbe Georgia State Ailiauce to denounce it 1 want to say thai lam an Alii- ancem:.n, heart and ai.nl, and cbal lenge any member to compare his faith and devotion to the cause along with my own ; but I shall lose faith in the order if the Southern Alliance forsakes the democratic principles upon which the very organization was based, and lollows at the beck and call of the disappointed radicals out West in the third party move- men L I am not ready, as an Alii,- aoceman, to betray the faith of. my fathers.” Why, of course ’ So it is with all patriotic Southerners. It is the ve- iest nonsense to ex pect any other sentiments to be uttered by a pa triotic Southerner, be he a city poli tician or an Allianceman from the remotest rural district. As a matter of fact the Allianceman of the South is the last man to approach with per suasion to forget the South’s dead statesmen and heroes. Patriotism is not so cheap in Geor gia—bless the Empire State—as to be bartered for faithless promises. The democracy of the Southern States is as solid as the everlasting base of Gibraltar’s rock, and it will last long after tbe opposing parties of to-day give birth to new parties* and they in turn hatch others out and die. The Republic itself is built upon these same blessed principles of democracy, and a fundamental change of Government alone can nn> do the doings of our Revolutionary statesmen. No, no; ye leaders of the so-called ** people’s party,” the South has no sympathy with you in the betrayal of the democratic party. Turn to the pages of Ameiican history to learn that the South has ever been the home of honor and patriotism, the birth-place of martyrs to the country’s cause. Torn to your ever changing cosmopolitan population of the West and tell yonr votaries out there that the South is the mother of a Washington, of a Jefferson, of a Lee ; and teach them this truth : The South is the same patriotic, COUNTRY-LOVING, DEMOCRATIC SOUTH IT HAS EVER BEEN. JUDGE CRISP LEADS. It is indeed something to think about that Judge Crisp is in the lead for tbe Speakership, and yet there are a number of candidates from the strongholds of tbe North and West in the field. The newspaper reports that come from New York show that Mr. Crisp has made a ten strike in that city since his visit there to speak at Tam many Hall, and is the favorite in the race so far as New England is con cerned. This is truly gratifying news to Jndge Crisp's many friends and ad mirers in the Sonth, and surely it shall be Georgia’s pride to give to the country a Speaker who will be a credit to the Nation and reflect more shame upon Ex-Speaker Reed by a contrasting conduct. Hurrah for Georgia and Judge Crisp. Here’s some sound doctrine preached by a Texas newspaper, and it goes without saying that the paper is demo cratic: Do not let your business make a cow ard of you. It is the duty of every good citizen to speak hie mind freely on all important public questions. As a rule, the most dangerous men speak out and the best men have no voice in pub lic affairs. Do not sacrifice your citi zenship in order to increase your busi ness. Do not sell your birthright. The Republio needs a revolution in politics. We want more “commoners” who are with the people first last and ail the time. We want more men who are just so independent as to speak out their convictions. Wo need about a car load of men patterned after Alex Ste phen’s fashion. A young Georgia editor who is evi dently contemplating matrimony at a disadvantage rises to remark: Girls, do no* sell your affections. Affection is something that you may exchange, but do' not Bell or give it away. " The Georgia weekly Editors are now on their way to Washington.- The na tionai capital will be as bright with sparkling wit when these fellows ar rive as it is gay with sparkling wines when the congressmen are there. The people of Georgia are waking up to their duty in regard to the third par ty. Democracy will hold its sway in the empire state.—Lythonia New Era Pity the day for Georgia when the contrary comes true I > We wish the Georgia editors a happy trip to the North. Speaking connected ly we warn them against the champagne cocktails that have made Washington famous. The good time is coming when by some natural process Republicanism and third partyism shall decompose by self corrosion and rottenness and the Democracy sweep over this land of lib erty. The good time is coining! It is said that the daughter of Hon. John Young Brown is making his cam paign for governor of Kentucky. She is said to be a democratic beauty en traiue. THE THIRD GEORGIA- THEIR REUNION HAS BEEN POST PONED. IT IS NOW OCTOBER. The Old Soldiers to Meet With Com pany .h—Every Member of the Regment invited to be Present --A Letter. The reunion of the famous 3rd Geor gia regiment has been postponed. Mr. Charlie Reynolds of this city iB in receptof a letter from the chairman of tbe executive committee asking that all the boys of this regiment living in this part of the State to be certain to come and join them in the great reunion. Tbe Utter also enclosed the following circular letter which is of interest to every member of this regiment: At a conference held here to day by comrades of Co II., the following reso lution was adopted: Resolved, That the reunion of the veterans of the 3d Ga. regiment, to be held with Cc. H. on the 231 and 24th inst., be, add the same is hereby post poned, to Wednesday and Thursday, the 7th and 8tb of October next. This postponement beiug m ,de at the urgent request of Col. Claiborne Snead, President, and other officers and com rades of the association, for the follow ing reasons: First, Col. Snead’s inability to perfect arrangements for reduced rates of trans portation for the reunion in July; and second, because of tbe inability of com rades of other companies of the associa tion to attend at the time heretofore ap pointed in thiB month; and especially on account of th >se of our comrades, who are “tillers of the soil,” who are behind in their work, owing to unreas onable .weather and lateness of crops. Every Veteran of tbe old 3d Ga regi ment is respectfully and cordially invi ted, and urged to be present, on Octo ber 7th and 8th, 1891. The citizens of Covington, and the county of Newton, agree to this post ponement on your account. They are ready and willing—yea, anxious to re ceive you with exteuded hands and warm hearts, and to give you a “Sol dier’s welcome ” So, come! It is Co. H’s time, and she will be disappointed if you fail to be on hand. It was also unanimously agreed that Col. Snead, our President, be requested, in behalf of the regiment, to invite and urge the attendance of the Hawkins Zouaves, of New York, on October 7tb and 8th. R. W. Bagby, Chairman. A. C. McCalla, Secretary. J. M. Levy, Corresponding Secretary. Tbe foregoing approved. Claiborne Snead, President. W. A. Wyly, Secretary. a number will go. Mr. Reynolds is of the opinion that a great mauv members of the aid Third Georgia regiment will go from Athens and this section of tbe state. It will be remembered that the Third Georgia Regiment was lately enter tained by the Hawkins Zouaves of New York, and won quite a good deal of newspaper notoriety by sitting down at a dinner with tbe troops who were tbeir worst combatants in the war. • SLACK-DRAUGHT tea. cure* ooD»up«tlar> THIS MRS. LEASE. A Pull Description of the Woman Who Is to Speak In Athens. Mrs. Lease is a “hustler.” Maybe she would object to the inele gant phrase, but that’s just wha: she is. Speaking of Mrs. Lease, who is to speak in Athens to-moirow, Mrs. Harry Brown, wife of Editor Brown, of the Southern Alliance Farmer says: The early coming to Georgia soil of that remarkable woman, Mrs. Mary E. Lease, of Kansas, arouses natural curi osity among our people to know who she is, other than at once the most idol ized as well as the most bated woman of the whole northwest. Doubtless to Mrs. Lease and M> s. Diggs more than to any other earthly power, John L Ingalls owes hjs ignominious defeat, over which the people’s party in Kan sas have not yet ceased their thanks givings. The New York Hun has this to say of Mrs. Lciise aad her life work: “Mrs. Mary E. Lease is the daughter of an Irish nobleman who incurred tbe displeasure of the British government by reason of his love for Ireland, am) his disposition to do all he could to de fend the Irish people from unjust rul ers M re. Lease says his property was confiscated aud a price set on his head He fled from Ireland to America dar ing the civil war. He enlisted in the Union army, was captured by the Con federate forces and died among all the horrors of Andereonviile. His brother and son also lost their lives in the civil war, and so the daugh ter, Mary found that she had lost fath er, uncle and brother in the land vhith er they had come to enjoy tbe blessings of freedom. Thus early cast upon her own resources she was equal to tbe need laid upon her, and earued her own liv ing, besides finding rime for study and the wide reading which her ambition led her into. She was born on Sept. 11.1853. She married and is the mother of four bright children, each of whom is preparing to enter the wore to which the mother has devoted herself—in her own words: “The cause of oppressed humanity.” Her proud husband and children make an idol of her, and the laboring people to whom she preaches her new gosprl of peace, revere her as a prophet and call her Joan of Arc. Mrs. Lease says she pays no attention to the envy of women nor the hatred of men, but tries to keep steadily along her eveu way, believing that she is right, and that “Right the day must win— To doubt would be disloyalty—to falter would be Kin.’' In personal appearance she is plain to severity,tali, and of a pale countenance Her forehead is high and wide, and the expression of her features is that of a woman so fully in earnest that the sad realities of life impress themselves upon her. She holds the strict attention of her audience by the. power of her re markable voice, which i3 full and re sonant, very sympathetic and of a qual ity which enables her to perform the unique '.feat of singing b«ss inachoir. Mrs. Lease is an active Knight of La bor, and has be»n elected Master Work man of one of the largest assemblies in the Uuited States. She goes about agi tating and organizing tbe working peo ple, and, as she says, trying to educate them to a staudard which ia const* ntly to grow higher - Dr. Biggprs rlucklebeiry eordial is a sure cure for all Bowel troubles. For •tie by nil ilsstara, THE RATES REDU'CED. WE WILL HAVE CHEAP COAL ’AGAIN HERE. THE R,& D. YIELDED NICELY And the old Rate on Coal Will be Res tored at Once—Pat Calhoun Says. “Lst’sffoto Work and Build up the country.” Atlanta, Ga., July 15. [Special,]— Here is good news to people ot Geor gia. Coal rates have been reduced. They have not been fully restored to former rate but average inter-state rate will be less than ten cents ton greater than tbe original rate. Before commissioner to day, Mr. Calhoun made his arguments. He said that the policy of roa*’ which he represented was to do every- thing to encourage and develope coal and iron mines along the lines and to that end had made phenomenally low rates. It has been shown to the commission that the difference in the rates on the 175 miles have between the Geor gia Pacific railroad aud the Pensylva nia railroad earned four million annu ally, which is more than double the earnings of the Georgia Pacific road from all kinds of freights. Other similar instances were cited. It was stated that this comparison has demonstrated that the local rates are lower, than those charged by other roads in the country. Mr. Calhoun made the first an nouncement of tbe willingness of the roads to restore the rate during tbe course of bis remarks. This was positive indication that an agreement would be shortly reached in regard to the reduction of tbe rates. Mr. Calhoun said: “and in the spirit which animates you gentlemen we de sire to say to you that all the railroads here after conference have determined to restore this rate to what it was by tbe Bum of two locals $1 15 be conclud ed by saying that tbe railroads wish to unite with the people for tbe future development, growth and prosperity of this southern country. ESPECIALLY FOR ATHENS. This will be especially good news for Athens, Augusta, Savannah and those cities farthest from the mines. The traffic managers were in conference for some tinm and it was agreed that the local rate be reduced from ten to twen ty per cent. The 24th Oct. schedules Will be announced shortly AtMka J.K.OHL. IB WIHF OF l Winn v Tonic for Wokis, HARMONY GROVE’S DELEGATION. Hundreds of Farmers Coming from That Place to Athens. Habmony Grove, Ga., July 15 — [Special.]—HarmoHy Grove will send a large delegation to tbe Alliance rally. Messrs. Power & Williford’s brick store bnilding is progressing quite rapidly and when completed will be one of tbe best in the country. Arrangements are being made be tween our base ball team and the At lanta Club to play one or two games In the Gate City at an early date. Col. R. L. G. Smith and family, are spending a month at Tallulah. Mrs. H. G. Williford and Miss Fai nie Barber, left this morning for W bite Sulphur Springs. Miss Ada Almon 1, an accomplish! d young lady from Elberton, is visiting friends in town. Messrs. J. M. Carson and B. B Hawks, are in Virginia on a business tour. THE SPEAKING IN ATLANTA. Weaver, Simpson, ■ Polk and Sam Small, Make Alliance Sbeeches Atlanta, July 15..—[Special.]—A large crowd gathered at Piedmont park to-day to hear the Alliance lead ers do tbeir do. The speeches were very entertaining W hile none of them had the face to come out plainly aud ask the farmers to follow them away from the democ racy to the third party, they hinted that this mast he done in the end. And while there was some enthusiasm tor the sentiments of fidelity to the A1 liance cause there was no strong mani festation on the part of the crowd to show that they were quite “in it” to the extent sockless Jerry and his satellites would like to N see them as to third party. Alliancemen in this section want to see the Ocala platform carried out but leading Alliancemen say it can be safely done by voting with the Demo cratic party Sockless Jerry among other things said: There is much to condemn in your banking institutions. You surrender to them a terrible power, the chance of gathering to themselves a large part of the countv’s wealth. Under the necessity of [adjust ing ourselves to tbe new system, has come up the farmers’ movement. The Kansas farmer .thought these things could be gotten lrom the rebublican party, but when we came on the out side of that party it had a good effect. The people have control. We have about one hundred and fifty thousand mites of railroad built at a cost of $8,000,000,000, and railroads have added $600,000,000 of watered stock and bonds. They charge divi dends on that, and it comes out of the people 1 say tribute on the whole people, simply because we baye passed over to them the privilege of regula ting their own affairs. Two years ago •c took one bushel of corn to get anoth er to Kansas City, and freights were at least one-eighth higher to the east. A storekeeper told me that 20 per cent of the cost of goods in Kansas was rail road charges. Quite a Reform.—At the big Alli ance rally in Athens, one of the most l prominent figures present will be Mrs. j Lease, of Kansas, who did so much to ward defeating Ingalls. Reforms are I undoubtedly the older of the day when ! women take the stump.—Walton News. Georgia ought to be represented at J tbeWorld’s Fair/ It will be a serious error if the Emp re State of the South • has no exhibit there. j Cotton ^Planters. Iron A-ge Cultivators- Clark’s Cutaway Harrows. "W eeding Hoes. -aT— Talmage & BrightwelTs. Ttie#ariner# J@b#0ffke. NO. 13 NORTH JACKSON ST., [BANNER BUILDING!, Vfhy You Should Patronize the Banner Job Oft When one has work of an artistic nature to be executed, lie naturally «■ ri-ji it to the very best artist convenient. Of course, an expert workman at si.,iled mechanic has the latest and best machine- «i enable him to areomplii tt-e most satisfactory results. No one wishes to p u. .mi a workman who doa n--t keep abreast with the improvements of the day, for !i i an impossibility ;* h n to turn out a novel and artistic job. In printing, stylos are constantly clos ing. Type faces that were popular last year, are now rarely used. 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