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1) iV •• 20 cents a dozen for turkey red handkerchiefs. This is something for merchants. 6 cents a yard for 12 1-2 cents Zephyr Gingham*; 5 1-2 cts a yard for 36 inch Challies, former price 15c. 5 1-2 cents a yard for 7 1-2 cents S o a Island Sheeting. Special Inducement in the morning from 8 to 0 o’clock. ’ ‘ •’ }. .att* r -A.stonish.ing Lace Curtains. *, 4 • - ^ 50c. a pair for very handsome Curtains. ^ 25 quality ; 60 genuine Opaque Window Shades, mounted on spring .Astonishing: White Good; A clean sweep. Nothing to be saved. All will go at the i all this week. 10 cents a yarfifortho 42 inch' 25 cents Polca dot Swiss- 4 cents a yard for the 10 cent Check Nainsook ; ’ 1 cent * yard for White Lawn; 32- cents a yard fox 10 and 121 cents White Lawn; 5 cents a yard for the Id cents Lace Stripe Lawn. 81 cents choice Of every piece of fine White Goods in the h includes every piece of White Goods from 81 cents to 35 cents ^ yo i want to pick up a genuine, rare Bargain ? Don’t let the A pi ked up early, •but start out early. Visit my place pick of the 1st Table, 16 feet long, of the most eleni.^ Goods to be had. 5.;-. * pa ' ”11 0. cents a yard, any length desired, from the bolt of Imitation nv „ 36 inches wide, 30c. quality, i ° n Chlw ^ 6 cents a yard for 25 cent Pine Apple Tissue, from the bolt—no *. 10 cents apiece for a handsome tidy or colored Turkish towel,' 25c. ’ 5 cents a piece for a pair of handsome and large lace Pillow Slv to >e duplicated for less than 60 cents a pair. ATHENS BA A WORD TO DEMOCRATS. ‘‘There is no reason for the demo crats of Georgia to be stampeded by this third party talk. Georgia far mers are democrats. They want certain changes in the policy of the government. They demand a lower tariff and more moody.’ The demoo era tic party can consistently meet these demands and retain their votes. To antagonize the farmers by put ting forth a Randall tariff polity and a Sherman financial policy will drive them off to a party of themselves. Let the party stick to democratic principles and the farmers will stick to the party.”—Evan P. Howell. There is mnch wisdom in these NNER ? TUESDAY MORNING*. AUGUSTS*, 1891 I- \m§rm New York and Philadelphia contributed the greatest Bargains ever known or heard of. The 3°ods.hau® e f 1d and been p,ace d i n The great Midsummer Merchandise movement has given us a wonderful business. I started out in the commencement to give 2 dollars for l dollar. I can now get way beyond that. THIS WEEITS PRIGE1S will astoiiish^you ! , You crowded utterances. Captain Howell could not have pat the c&se clearer had he studied the question a life-time and sought concise simple words to ex press his * verdict the dictionary through. In the first place no sensible man will hasten to take fright at the flum- gosh talk of these .third party lead ers from the WeBt for the simple rea son, as Captain Howell gives, that Georgia farmers are democrats. It is the democratic party in Georgia that has the third party movement to dispose of, for the very reason that the democratic party of Georgia is the Alliance of Georgia. It is the democratic party of the couutry that will kill the third party out of na tional politics. The democratic party has a plat form upon which every citizen of this Republic can stand and demand redress for grievances from the gov ernment. The Allianceman can stand upon it with special liberties and special privileges. The Ocala platform asks for many things that must be incorporated in the democratic platform at the next give z aoiiars ior t aonai*.. I can now get way beyond that. ^ _ ____ I3id we disappoint you. irionel?articular* P jNU * iIN or wiil we ever* V I have the goods to surprise. They were bought last week. This is between seasons. It looked very much to me like the merchants in New York wanted me to take th free and offer to pay the freight. If I make some strong statements below, you may rest assured the Goods will more than bear me out. 0 • -*■ ' From 6 o’clock morning till 7 o’cl’k evening every day. -A stonishing Dress Goods. 2 1-2 cents a yard for rich designed Challies; 2 1-2 cents a yard for black ground Polca dot Challies; 21-2 cents a yard for Plaid and figured Lawns; 1 cent a yard for White Sheer Lawn, 2 1-2 cents a yard for a lot Remnants. 25c. Tissues. 1 case Figured Musiin *10 yards for 15 cents- 1 case No Name Bleaching, yard wide; not allowed to give the brand but guarantee equal to Fruit, at 5 cents per yard. Limit, not more than 20 yards to each customer. I can make no promise for any of these in later days, as all will be gone. 1 cent a piece or 12 cents a dozen for nicely bordered Ladies’ Handkerchiefs. 11-2 cents a piece for large size Gent’s Handkerchiefs. 5 cents a yard for Black Check Lawn; 10 cents a yard for 20 cent lace Striped Black Lawn. 8c. a yard for 40c bl’k French Organdies,40 inches wide. * rollers, all ready to hang at 35c., complete. 30 pieces yard wide Bleaching, best quality made, at 6 3-4 cents, equal to Wamsutta. Not more than 1 bolt to each customer. 48 cents a pair 1 00 Ladies Royal Kid Oxford Ties, sizes from 3 to 7; 85c. a pair for 2 00 Gent’s Plain Leather and Velvet embroidered Sli 1.00 a pair for 2 50 Ladies Scalloped top India kid pump sole button 45 cents a.pair for Gent’s Lawn Tennis Shoes; 90 cents a pair for Gent’s white top best quality 2 50 Lawn Tennis Shoes; 1 25 for a lot of Gent’s 2 50 Bale or Congress; 1 00 for a 2 25 hand-sewed French kid Ladies’ Common Sense Oxford Ties. This is the final struggle in the Shoe department. Every dollar’s worth ‘offered is v*. or th. fully 2 00 to 2 50.’ The public will kindly read carefully the Special Inducements offered for the entire week. To parties who call early and are purchasers, I will allow the clerks to Jor any of the Specials. Goods will then be delivered. None will be sold before or after the week mentioned. I want everybody to reap the benefit alike. National Convention of democrats. The general tone of the Ocala plat form conforms to the demands in corporated in the democratic plats form. From year to year the demo cratic platform changes in particu lars, though not in principles. For instance the next democratic plat form will have a free coinage plank in it, which is a new plank entirely, though it is one that rests upon the same old democratic principle of turning money loose to the masses, instead of locking it up in the safes of the bondholder and oppressive monopolist. Again, we believe the party will demand the abolition of National banks, if not in the next convention, surely at no distant day, because it is a question that is as suming an undemocratic form. This is a demand made by the farmers also. And so it goes. Surely in the South the Alliance and the democo racy are one and tbs same. It is al ready known that the State Alliance . has called a convention to meet and appoint a committee to confer with the State Democratic committee about their needs and recommenda tions as to the party platform. What will be the outcome ? Why the farm era will gather themselves from all sections of the State and talk Alliance principles. Then the democrats will gather themselves from all parts of Georgia in the same convention hall and talk democratic principles. The two conventions will be fac similes of each other! In the democratic hall we will see the same farmers gathered alike at the call of their Alliance President and at the call of their State Democratic Executive Committee. They will talk about the same things they did in the Al liance convention and will discuss with their brother democrats, the non-alliancemen,as to the best melh od of demanding their mutual needs. Even a Kodak cannot distinguish the the conventions apart. The Alliance and the Democracy are after the same end. The only differences between them are as to the methods of achieving that end. So soon as these are discussed and the best plan arrived at the Demoo racy, gathering strength on every side, will move on to the grandest victory of right over wrong known to mankind since the memorable day that Thomas Jefferson signed his name to the Declaration of Inde pendence, freeing a piuch oppressed people with civil liberty. ..-D CONCERNING BOOMS. The word “boom” is used quite frequently of late years, descriptive of the growth of certain towns and READ THE ADVERTISEMENT CAREFULLY. There is money in it for you. Twenty extra Salesladies are engaged for this Special Sale. MAX JOSEPH. cities. The word is a little in dis favor because of its association with reckless adventurers in the West, who frequently buy a plot of ground and “ boom” it to such an extent as to sell the lots at fabulous prices. Soon the duped victims of these speculators find themselves swin dled, and the wonderful “boom” col lapses all around, except to the spec ulators who originated the scheme, and who have gone to other fields to try their fortunes on other unsus pecting victims. Fortunately we of the South have suffered little from such unprincipled adventurers, and our enterprising citizens in towns and cities have had a solid foundation upon which to ‘ boom” their respective localities, and the growth of our Southern cities has been on a substantial basis. This is especially true of the cities of Georgia, and from the Capital City down to the humblest county town during the last ten years there has been a reign of unexampled pros perity. Bat connected with all this, there is a most serious aspect to the quesa tion. -Have the rural districts kept pace with the continued growth of the towns and cities ? If we go in almost any direotion through the country, there is an air of thriftless* ness which is at least depressing Occasionally we find improvements in the shape of a tasteful cottage or a new gin-house, or a plantation with the latest improved implements, or here and there a farm stooked with the beet strains of cattle, or the finest herd of horses. But these are the exception and not the rule. Now the question arises, can the ‘‘booms” which our towns and cities boast so much about be real and lasting, unless the rural districts are kept also in a High state of prosper ity ? In other words, will our boasted improvements in towns and cities be abiding, if the country districts do not take more advanced steps in the way of progress and improvement ? Is it not after all, one of the prin cipal objects of the Farmers’ Alli ance, to bring the rural districts into the highest state of prosperity ? And will not this noble Order place the whole State in a better condition by lifting the agriculture -of the eounlry into a higher plane than it has ever before known ? Here is the hope of the country. A prosperous and healthy growth of the rural dis tricts is the true foundation for a lasting and genuine “boom” for the towns and cities. Will not the union of the farmers in their great organization be the salvation of the South, and cause her fields, her gar*. den6, and her vineyards to blossom as the rose, and her towns and cities to grow m size, beauty and financial strength, until oar sunny Southland shall become th<f* grandest country on the globe ? A WESTERN CONNECTION. What Athens and Northeast Geor gia should have above all else now is a Western railway connection. The positive need of snch a raila way is made more obvious than ever since the coal rates to Athens have been ruthlessly run up to such an exorbitant limit. We need more competition in this line of freights, and we need a shorter connection with the coal beds of the Vfest. There have ' been several attempts made to secure this much needed connection. The East and West Railroad, of Alabama, was to have been extended and some desperate efforts were made by that Company to get an outlet through Northeast Georgia to the sea. But the Augusta & Chattanooga was ahead of them,and a charter had already been secured by this comp* ny to bnild a road from the City of Augusta to the City of Chattanooga* passing by a direct air line through the Piedmont section of the State. This road is certain to be built some day, and if recent reports be true the day is not far distant. The cap italists of Chattanooga have taken np the project most enthusiastically and are firm in the determination to build the road just as eoon as the money stringency is relaxed. Now this road is a great boon for Athens. We need just such an air line connection with the West, and must work to that end. Athens wants cheaper coal, and while she has decided to get it-cheaper than she now does, by removing the dis*. criminating rates placed upon her by the railroads, still she must in the course of a very few years have her coal rates even cheaper than she expects from the reduction she will demand. To do this Athens must secure a direct connection with the West. MADNESS AND STUPIDITY. Editor Heury W. Watterson of the Louisville Courier- Journal is a dem ocrat first, last and all the time. He tuika to the farmers as a friend, and the following editorial, which ap peared iu the Courier-Journal is characteristic of his sound wisdom and moderation : ‘‘Farmers and friends of the far mers should not allow themselves to be deceived by the subtleties of the enemy. The democratic party was the farmer’s friend in the days when it controlled the government. Under democratic rule the farmers were prosperous and ■’happy, not at the expense of other classes, but under benign laws that gave to all what they earned. For thirty years the democrats have been struggling to restore the low tariff era from 1846 to 1860. Now that victory is about to perch upon their banners, the men for whose benefit this long fight has been made are asked to desert the standard. The army that is sweeping grandly forward to assured victory is advised to disband in or der to reorganize under other colors. Madness itself .could not be guilty of such stupidity. “The democratic party offers the agricultural classes all the relief that is practicable, all that is needed to restore their lost prosperity. It re fuses to lend itself to visionary schemes for giving everything to eve rybody, but it will give to all justice and equal opportunities to better their condition The farmers of this country, as a class, want nothing but what is right.* The idea of a great farmers’ party that will run every thing for the exclusive benefit of farmers is an absnrdity, since the farmers form but abput three-eighths of the population. It is a mirage conjured up to lure the farmers to destruction. Their strength lies in co-operation with other classes that have interests in common with them.” to consummate the proposed fusion with the Third party scheme. It will split the Alliance, for there are hun dreds of good Alliancemen in the Sooth who will withdraw from the Order before they will forsake the faith of their fathers in the demo cratic party. When this division in the Alliance is brought about, the power and in strumentality of the farmers in the affairs of the government will be re duced to nothing. The farmers of the South had best have nothing to do -with the Third party movement for more reasons than one. If they do cater to it-— mark it down—they will live to see the day when they will regret it sorely. THE FARMER- AND THE NEW PARTY. Third Pirty vs. The Alliance. It is interesting to know that this is the case as made out in the public mind of the general country. It cannot be made out any other way than that the Third party move ment is going to work against the Farmers’ Alliance’s best interests. It will be the death of the Alliance if the order is urged by a tew leaders THIS IS DEMOCRACY. Here is Democracy of the Simon- pure variety—Democracy that will bind up all deferences between city and country; Democracy that can lift a nation from despotism and wrong to the pure air of freedom and right; Democracy that comes from Jefferson’s great mind; Democracy that sheda its light alike for farmer, Ioborer, lawyer, doctor, preacher, teacher, rich man, poor man all 1. The people, the only source of legislative power. 2. The absolute and everlasting severeance of church and States. 3. The freedom, soverignty and independence .of the respective States. * • :. 1 4. The Union a Confederacy, a compact; neither a consolidation nor a centralization. 5. The constitution of the Union, special writ of granted power, lim* ted and defined, 6. The civil power paramount to the military power. 7. The representative to obey the instruction ot his constitnents. 8. Elections free and sufferage uni versal. 9. No beriditary office, or order, or title. 10. No taxation beyond the public want. 11. No national debt, if possible. 12. No costly splendor of admin istration. 13. No proscription of opinion or of public discussion. 14. No unnecessary interference in dividual conduct, property, or speech. 15. No favored classes and no mo nopolies. 16. No public monies expended except by warrant of special appro- pi iations. * i ! 17. No mysteries of government inaccessible to the public e^e. 1 » 18. Public compensation for pdb- lic services; salaries moderate and pervading economy. Such Democracy as this we find at the mast head of the Tribune-ot Rome and if that paper uttered not an >thor word on the. subject its posi tion would be made dear that here is a paper for the people THE AUGUSTA AND CHATTANOOjCAi v?e are frequently asked,” says the Gainesville Eagle “will the Augusta and Chattanooga railroad ev* r be built.” Of coarse we do not know, but we believe it will as soon as some of these vast railroad com bines—like the Richmond Terminal foi instance—whose interests are ad- eras to its construction cease to fight it. That a shorter line from the west to tide water is a necessity is becomming more and more appar ent Yes, we believe the A. and C, or some other road on pretty much the same line will yet de built; but no». until these powerful companies th*t are opposing it burst up, and it locals now very much like one of them at least will, soon go into the ha jda of a receiver.” The Eagle may give its readers even more satisfactory assurances tba i these if it will investigate the situation. The latest report from the Augusta and Chattanooga m to the effect that the company ts fully anc firmly organized and ready’for badness, though it is thought best not to move in the matter because of the lightness of the money world. A l.rge, strong company ofChatta- nor ■% capitalists whq have made a ape Ally of railroad building and wht ~iave been joined by other money pow. re further west wifi take up; the wort of building the Augusta and Ch> ianeoga Just as soon as there Is a re.axing pulsation in the money situation. . t - More than this, the people all along the line sire anxious to assist in making such a connection as this road would give and it is the most fertile part of Georgia. The Angus* ta and Chattanooga is by do means dead. It tea certainty. third party movement and councilij 1 Alliance.to stand by thederaoeattitf] fight the battle for tariff rrfwa, > f trenchment, etc., within the liwll that party. In this advice tbit l speaks forth the words of sobenouti] wisdom.—Dalton citizen. I The compliment is generst fhneiij not a single paper in Georjii OuU] not oui spoken in its opposition is & third party except one. the .Such Alliance Parmer and the editor; ttc in confidence that even chit pipi opposed to it. Col. Watson n«ed not famythttk j is a better friend to the fumen to [ every living man. He talks w411* j what has he ever done to adruct fc I interest of the farmers? This ink] when deeds not - words count «»*■1 dence. Col Watson ouahtto leva* ] plow, now that he has sold hi* la li brary y He ought to begin »:the bot tom and go up lest beginning aitokf he may go down. *. Mb. Watson says he cau aluratd* Democratic party because son* leaders needed it, and that he<Wn* cast slurs at the Republican puU* cause it was too rotten for him torw* Correct; but how does Ms. reconcile his declaration that ths ocratic party was no better than publican. “Tom Watson play* the den*' Athens Banner. Wsll the deuce counts a« ¥ oints as tbs ace: but, you •*“? on Watson holds the “yrker' the game is over.—Covington b1»< For the safety of our common^ * then, do, pray, call the game to? 0 ** more cards are dealt from the P*°»' Says an exchange So me P***” trying, to make game with the order forbidding telephone g» l8t ° over the wire. This is a gr»iuit° 113 ^ to a deserving class of young ** who can earn their living hy affable to every chump who up “exchange.” Ths Democrats of Kentucky » rt ducting an old-fashioned barbttn' < paign this summer. It remise older inhabitants of the ante** 1 times when the fight was set*** 8 Whig and Democrat parties. I • Col. Watson complains that the Bannkr says disagreeable things about him every day because he Is opposed to giving money to the State University. You are wrong, dear Colonel. The Banner, feels too much genniue sym- i • v ,tt \ > w flow here is the conclusion * Georgia editor has come to a»w study of (he question: SWrtSSnSffiSa, IVmmiiirlne the tlemaaOKIlO >U WUM""' tew. ' A Georgia editor who seems to his share of the worry at tne h» UPPL ,. f the spring poet thoughtfully wr * patby for you in this solitary fight to “Tutaa is a pleasure in poetio P* 11 ”' abuse you on that score. Such aeon- A yvrete^w^SSSSW mnti . ception puts you out of date in Geor- hh gia today for this is a day of reform, a season of education. Oh no we are not slifgry with you on that issue, Colonel.' IjYyou could do as much good teaching ttie masses of Georgia as the University is doing, you would be doing well. — ! ~~T~ ''. . .. The Athens Banner, a strong friend and warm supporter of the AUiauce, and cue of the ablest and most influen tial papers among the farming class iu Has ytate, is bitterly opposed to the yo editor* to go. The Tribune of Rotas ocratic party should bold a WKf and give thanks that Tom ' 8 f taken his departure from the democracy. Every paper in the state 0 is down on ihe third pint) ^ except the Southern Al unii the editors claim that«**