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AN ALLIANCE SENSATION.
Some rather startling news comes
from Kansas, says the Coiambus En
quirer-Sun. Some of the most prom
inent leaders of the People’s Party
have weighed the sub-treasury
scheme in the balance and fonnd it
wanting. They have even gone so
far as to publish open letters con
demning it and protesting against it
They take very strong ground
against the scheme. If they sue*
ceed in keeping out the sub-treasury
plank from the People’s Party plat
form in the convention which is soon
to be held, it will rather demoralize
some of Alliance leaders who want
to lead the order into the Third Par
ty because of the sub-treasury
scheme. If the Third Party won’
have it, these gentlemen will be left
in the air, so to speak.
But there is another bit of Kansas
news which is significant. Frank
McGrath, president of the State Al
liance, was, awhile ago, one of the
loudest of the advocates of the sub-
treasury. Now it is reported he has
come out openly against the scheme.
Whether this is due to the hammer
ing he has had from President Hall,
of the Missouri Alliance, or whether
it is due to other potential influences,
it is difficult to tell, but his defection
from the sub-treasury ranks may be
. regarded as very significant
The prices for the week will astonish you. At and bslow Cost every piece of Summer
sale. An extra force of Salesladies will be employed for the week.
Your special attention is called to our elegant lot of New Corsets. Dr. Bridgman’s Electro Magnetic Corset at $1,00; worth 2 50. Best C. B. Corset 75 cents, real
THE COTTON CONVENTION.
The Banner has already urged
the call paade by the State Alliance
of South Carolina for a Cotton Con
vention to be held in Atlanta in Sep.
tember. There is wisdom in such
a step upon the part ot the farmers
of the South.
It is already known that this con
tion is to be held for the purpose of
deciding upon the feasibility oi
planting a small crop ot cotton next
year, and that if successful it will
be the means of cutting short the
cotton crop of the entire South. This
will give the farmers better prices
for their cotton, most assuredly, will
give them more time to devote to
their corn and truck patches, will
enable them to make a living at
home, thus lowering the market of
. provisions while raising the price of
cotton. That is the whole matter in
a nutshell.
The Banner hopes to see the cot
ton convention a great success. We
trust profoundly that the hall will
be filled with delegates from every
section of the South.
' the
With a view to keeping the farm
era fully posted upon the call for
convention, we reproduce below
resolution adopted by the State Allit*
ance ot South Carolina:
MAX JOSEPH! MAX
WHO IS MAX
JOSEPH!!
HIkt 1
Everybody knows he is the man that quotes the lowest prices—Athens’ Greatest Bargain giver. Do you want a gold dollar for 50c., 40c., 25c. ? If so, do not fail to ,
^ j -a m J o ^411 A/TOlSTTl A V A IT/OTTom . _ h k
G-reat Mid-Summer Sacrifice Sale which will
take place, Beginning MONDAY AUGUST 10th.
er Goods will be sold. It is room I want and not money. You cannot afford to miss this'
1-2 cents a yard for rich designed Challies;
1-2 cents a yard for black Polcadot Challies;
2 1-2 cents a yard for Plaid and figured Lawns;
cent a yard for White Sheer Lawn,
2 1-2 cents a yard for a lot Remnants, 25c. Tissues;
case Figured Muslin 10 yards for 15 cents-
1 case Bleaching, yard wide; no brand given, guar
anteed equal to Fruit of the Loom, 5 cents per yard.
Limit, not more than 20 yards to each customer. Call
early as the quantity is limited.
cent a piece for nice bordered Ladies’ Handkerchiefs.
1 1-2 cents apiece for large size Gent’s Handkerchiefs.
Do not fail to get the benefit of Low Prices. We have
cot something you need.
5 cents a yard for Black Check Lawn;
10 cents a yard for lace Striped Black Lawn
8c. a yard for 40c bi’k French Organdies,40 inches wide.
A Consideration for Merchants.
5cts a yard for 36 inch Challies, worth 15 cents.
5 cents a yard for 7 1-2 cents S*a Island Sheeting.
Would you know if you
If you w ould, examine our
were getting a Bargain 1
Clearing Sale in 'White
Every piece must sell, regardless of Cosf
rard for the 42 inch 25 cents PnW .. •’
20 cents a dozen for turkey red handkerchiefs.
<3 cents a yard for 12 1-2 cents Z ephyr Ginghams;
Xj ACJE3 CURTAINS.
At 50c, a pair, 1 25 quality; very handsome.
30 pieces yard wide Bleaching, best quality made,
at 6 3-4 cents, equal to Wamsutta. Limit, only one
bolt to each customer.
DO YOTJ WEAR SLIPPERS P
Here is a chance for you to buy them cheaper than
ever before.
10 cents a yard for the 42 inch 25 cents Polca dot Swiss-
4 cents a yard for the 10 cent Check Nainsook ;
1 cent ayard for White Lawn;
3} cents a yard for 10 and i2£ cents White Lawn;
T.«
8J cents choic« of every piece of fine White Goods in the h
includes every piece of White Goods from 8| cents to 35 c °!f"
C* me before it is gone and secure a genuine bargain. Don’t
tn » is all gone and then say we disappointed you. - v aw V ^
5 cents a yard, any length desired, from the bolt of Imitation rv
3b inches wide, 30c. quality. 0131 ^
5 cents a yard for 25 cent Pine Apple Tissue, from the bolt-no
W- cents a yard for 25c. Llama Cloth, 40 inches wide, handsome
7j . ..j f.. k—4. i:*.„ Ok 1 ’ U80me vo.^
45 cents a pair 1 00 Ladies Kid Oxford Ties, sizes from 3 to 7;
1.00 a pair for 2 50 Ladies Scalloped top India kid pump sole button Shoes;
* Ladi
1 00 for a 2 25 hand-sewed French kid Ladies’ Common Sense Oxford Ties.
Gents, Here is Your Chance!
85c. a pair for 2 00 Gent’s Plain Leather and Velvet embroidered Slippers;
44 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 Bals or Congress;
1 78 a pair for Gent's Patent Leather Oxfords, best quality worth 2 50.
7 A cents a yard for best quality Chambry.
FINE T ABLE WARE
1 25 for a pure Irish Linen Damask 8-4 Table cover, lianksom. 1
li ht blue border, knotted fringes, a 3 50 quality. D . not overlooktk!!*
10 cents a piece for a handsome tidy or colored Turkish towel, 25c
15 cents a pair of handsome and large lace Pillow Shams,-EW
plicated for less than 60 cents a pair.
Do not le* the hot sun
cauuot 1?,
tax your complexion. Buv
Parasol. J •' i
1 00 apiece for choice of the finest colored silk canopy top Parasola vi
wo so d at 2^0 to 3 50. ’ VWj
90cents apiece for a 28 or 30 inch black Gloria Silk Umbrella, wortli
75 cents a piece for a 24 inch black Gloria Silk Parasol, 1 50 quality '
TAKE YOUR TIME AND READ. CAREFULLY THE
which are offered you in this advertisement. No foolishness—we meaubusmess.^ This sale will last this week. But come as early as possible
and get the choice bargains which are offered you. T ‘ * “
BARGAINS
Respectfully,
MAX JOSEPH.
with constant light to the name of
Georgia.
The Charleston News and Courier
says:’
the
Resolved, First, That we, the State
Alliance of South Carolina, assem
bled in annual session, do recom
mend and urge the holding of a cot
ton convention in the city of Atlanta,
Ga.,commencing on the first Wednes
day in September next.
Second. That the subjects to be
considered at this meeting are hereby
partially suggested: (a) the cotton
acreage; can it be regulated and
controlled? (b), the gathering and
handling of the crop on the farm;
can it be improved? fc), the ship
ment, grading and selling of our
staple; can it be regulated so as to do
equal justice both to producer and
consumer? _
Third. That this State Alliance
hereby extends a cordial invitation
to each State Alliance in the Cotton
States to be represented at this con
vention, for unless the entire cotton
interest is represented this proposed
convention and its objects will be in
vain.
Fourth. That representation is cor
dially invited from all other agricul
tural associations as well as the Far
mers’ Alliance, at the open meetings
of the convention.
Fifth. That the Colored Alliance
of the Cotton States is invited to
send representatives trom each of its
State organizations. The secretary
is instructed to extend all cotton
S owers an invitation to participate
said convention.
YES. GEORGIA STANDS FAST-
There is no betrayal of faith in
Georgia. There may be one or two
Judas Iscariots here; as there are
apt to be among every people, but
take Georgia as she is, view her as a
State, and the star that glittered to
her name on the flag of the revolu
tion ; the star that gleamed in tri
umph when democraoy swept away
the oppression of British tyrants;
the star that shone over many a bat-
tle-fietd while Southern rights had
been ruthlessly stolen by Northern
oppressors ; that star still gleams
After the decent visit of Jerry
Simpson and Gen. Weaver in Geor
gia, it was Openly and loudly pro
claimed by the third party organs
that the Solid South had been irre
trievably smashed, whereat the par
tisan republican press and every po
litical mountebank in the laud great
ly rejoiced. But the story of Geor
gia’s defection was evidently without
foundation, and in proof of this the
Atlanta Journal published on Satur
day last interviews with one hundred
and thirtyonine Alliance members
of the Georgia legislature on the
third parly question.
The Journal propounded twoqueso
tions to each of thase representative
men: First, “Do you think it proba
bla that a third party will be organ,
ized in Georgia ?’ and second, (( Are
you in favor of such a movement?”
Sixty-five of the Alliance legislators
said that they were utterly opposed
to the third party movement, that
the democracy had always been true
to them, and that they would “stand
by it no matter which way the tide
may Sowforty-four declared that
they “would fight their battles in the
democratic party;” nineteen over
cautious souls, who are worth watch
ing under any circumstances, evaded
the issue, and eleven announced their
readiness to go into the new move
ment because they believed it had to
come.
There is not much encouragement
in this showing for the enemies of
the democratic party. A clear ma
jority of the Allianee members of the
Georgia legislature, in spite of the
harangues of the third party propa
gandists cleave to the old faitn.
The News and Courier is right
The State of Georgia will stand with
the democracy. There is no division
what it will do when the government
in ail departments falls into its
hands, and they are not willing to
imperil its chances and their own
salvation by deserting in the face of
an army of enemies.
The News and Courier is not mis
taken in its estimate of the character
democrats. Very few of them are
touched with the third party heresy.
The Georgia democracy will present
a solid front next year against the
party of high taxation and special
privileges. The third party apostles
from abroad and the tew men in
Georgia who would like to break up
the democratic organization in this
State have found cold comfort, and
the more they pursue their game the
colder it will become.
Georgia has no idea of abandoning
her democratic allegiance.
The Democracy and th* Southern Alliance
are ontand inseparable. Alliance vote* unit over-
throw Republicanism in ’82 and crown Demoo■
racy in her hour of triumph the party for th*
p*opl*. Mark it down.
here. The Alliance of Georgia is an
alliance of democrats, pure and sim
ple. Aliiancemen they are who are
sensible enough to know that their
hopes for % success in their demands
upon the government depends solely
upon the democratic party, and who
are patriotic enough to bear much
before betraying the iaith of their
fathers for a few faithless promises
by trickster politicians in the West.
Bat, the News and Courier goes on
to say:
We have great faith in the Georgia
democracy. They have never failed
the party in an emergency. They
wili doubtless remain4rue to the old
standard in the coming Presidential
contest, despite the limping loyalty
of some of the democratic newspa
pers which have an eye to tlie main
chance and are willing to sacrifice
the principles of the party for the
Bake of a subscriber or two. The
Aliiancemen of Georgia are first of
all democrats. They know what the
party is, and what it has done and,
A DANGEROUS BILL
The General Assembly of Georgia
has thus far recorded itself in shin
ing letters in favor of education.
It has passed. several bills for the
advancement of that cause in Geot-<
gia, and it has given the common
schools enough money to make them
thorough and effective in their work.
For all that the General Assembly
has dune in this direction the State
will ever be indebted to it.
But there is now pending before
the House of Representatives a bill
that is dangerous in its very incep
tion, and if passed would be subver
sive of the best interests of the peo
ple of the state.
It was introduced by Mr. Dismuke
of Spalding, and is a bill to rerqove
the State College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts to Griffin, and place
it alongside the Experiment Station.
If the legislators who compose the
committee on education will only
stop to consider for one moment the
effects of the passage of that bill, it
will go back more rapidly than it
was sent in, and an unfavorable rep
ort will be written across it.
To start at the beginning of the
whole affair, we always doubted the
advisability of establishing the Ex
periment Station in any place in the
state, save Athens.
We know there were many bids
made that were excellent and very
enticing, but we have always conten
ded that the Experiment Station
should have been established here
where the University of Georgia is.
But now if the object of this bill
is to bring the Experiment Station
and the State College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts together, is it
not reasonable that the Experiment
Station could be more easily moved
to Athens than the State College to
Griffin?
In the first place, as to the expense
of moving the State College to Griffin.
The legislature is content to let this
college get along as best it can with
the income it now has. If it were
removed, grounds would have to be
purchased, buildings erected, and ar
rangements made that would run
expenses way up into the thousands.
Thus from the standpoint of ex
pense, it is utterly unfeasible and
impracticable.
In the second place; as to the em
ployment of teachers. The Univer
sity of Georgia is run by as small a
number of teachers as any Univer
sity of its size in the world. This
is accomplished by the fact that one
teacher does duty in more depart
ments than one. If the State Col
lege were removed to GrifiSn, the
same number of teachers would still
have to be employed at the Univer?
sity, while an extra bomber would
have to be employed at GrifiSn. In
addition to this, the teachers now in
service at the University are thor-
oughly in the harness and are accom
plishing great good for the youth of
the state.
In the third place, would such a
step be an expedient one? Certain
ly not. The fact of the business is
that the University ot Georgia is be
coming too scattered even now.
The branch colleges are located
all around the state, the Technolog
ical School is in Atlanta, the Girls’
Industrial College is at Milledgeville,
the Medical Department at Augusts
and the Experiment Station at
GrifBn.
But at one fell blow to cut the
University in twain passes beyond
our comprehension in the direfnl eff
ects it must bring to the cause of
education in Georgia. .
To us there is absolutely no rea«
son for such a change, and we are
firmly convinced that the Georgia
legislature, composed of men devoted
to the interests of their state, will
lay that bill in an early grave.
It is a dangerous bill and is direct
ly against the best interests of the
people.
Th* danger alarm must be tounded. To dis
rupt the tolid Southis to bring back negro pow
er in politic* and Radicalism of th* deepest dy*.
God grant that this land so fair and to free will
never be plveed under th* oppressive yoke of Re
construction tun** agian.
TO THE LAST DITCH.
In regard to the third party qnes u
tion we are no pessimists, for we
firmly believe that the Democracy
will not only carry the solid South
but enough states in addition to ren
der the election of its presidential
candidate certain.
Yet the party that does not pre
pare itself for every emergency is
acting very foolishly, as has been
demonstrated on many occasions.
At present there is no especial
danger to the democracy of the
south, but there are at work among
the different states in Dixie certain
individuals whose only desire is to
disrupt her solid ranks. They come
covered with the mantle of hypoc»
risy and professing to be the best
friends of our people, but at heart
they are nothing more than ravening
wolves. They come with ins nua-
ting graces and broad smiles; with
tender sympathy and joyful prom
ises, but behind it all is a common
cause, the success of which means
the ultimate downfall of the South.
In the stillness of the night, these
enemies are sowing the tares among
our fields of growing wheat, and mix*
ing the noxious weeds of republican
ism with the healthy grain of de..
•mocracy. Just let the seasons pass;
the copious rains of democratic prin
ciples will bring the prod acts to
their full frnition and in the fall of
1892 the harvest will be gathered;
the wheat separated from the tares,
and the chaff burned as in an oven.
Let the men who are piopagaling
third party doctrine in the South
know this perfectly well, that in that
day of wrath, the democracy will
seize them by the backs of their
necks and the seats of their breeches
and cast them into outer darkness.
The plodding tortoise will reach
the goal if the swift hare lies down
to sleep by th* wayside ; and the
poisonous third party viper rnigh
bury its fangs in the democratic
woodman if he didn’t "raise bis axe
sod sever its head from its body.
Now is the time for vigorous and
aciive work; lop off the reptile’s head
the very first time he raises it.
Tnere may be a merry twinkle in his
eye and a rattle on his tail, but he is
just getting ready to bite.
These third party politicians are
si arp tnes; they come in a manner
thoroughly in keeping with their
business. They see at a glance the
condition of the Southern farmers.
They see the humble little homer
stead, all that was left the toiling
farmer after the civil war, weighted
down with a mortgage. They see
the husband and father toiling from
sunrise until sunset to keep the
wolf fro nr the door. They see his
wife compelled to leave her home to
tc: in the fields by his side, and his
little children debarred from the
pi vileges of the school house by
being forced to help their father
muke a .living.
And while looking upon this sight,
tkvy reason in this manner: “Those
me n are getting tired of their lot;
th y are becoming unwilling to rest
UE' er the burden of debt and hard
ships of various kind, and presently
they will rise up and seek the cause
of all their woes. Of course, we of the
republican party know where the
true cause lies. We have been
squandering their money for twenty-
six years; we have been paying pen
sions to thousands who didn’t de
serve them, while these men sup*
plied the money; but we can’t af
ford to lose our grip on the national
treasury for yet awhile. So we will
juBt devise a little scheme by which
to keep ourselves in power. Those
men wouldn’t believe os if we told
them anything, but we’ll trump up a
few speakers to preach the doctrine,
and they’ll find a few politicians in
each state in the South who want
office and are willing to sell them
selves to us to get what they want,
and they will carry the message we
send to the people, and we will still
keep our fingers upon the money
bags of the treasury.”
The scheme wor^s pretty well;
they map out their plans; and the
politic.a- s are lound to propagate
them and this is about what they
consist in.
They com e to l he farmer uhj
him if he wants to get oat ottt
Of course he does, and who istk
who doesn’t? ‘Ad right,”say thetii
partyites, “you j ust vote our wij,sl
we’ll pull you through. Wei
pass such laws as will relieve pi
and bring to you prosperity
happiness. All we ash is that
give uw your vole.”
The farmer doesn’t jump at
to the party, but U ready lor
thing that will get bim outofAk
He investigates the question
finds out the true facts in thee*
He finds that the orgtnizitioo *b
third party in thesnuihiiaiwW^
of the republicans; that a diviivd
Southern democrats means th*#:
cess of republicanism; that ’.he®
suit means the protligate pnrf*
nowf in vogue, the passage
of*
Force Bill; the deathoftaiiffi^ 3 ’
the return of the negro to po f<t
And with one accord they®’
their power and might and#*
the mask of deception. Ana ^
find that all of their deceit 1
not liv«) in Kansas or the W**
Thb Banner is in the fignt^
finish; it proposes to stand ty
Farmers’ Alliance sod
third party to the end; it desi®^
democracy of Georgia to ^
ted to a man; it invites the
Of the State to enlist actively -®
fight; it urges the people to
the cudgel; it begs the farm£r ' jS ,
all citizens interested in that* ^
land for which the very d’*
southern chivalry died, to bo- ^
their armor and wage relents*
fare against this hybrid defer® .
third partyitm ( v :
The celebrated Emmett, .
speaking of the invasion 0 \
by the British said: ‘‘I * ott ^
nrd*
them on the beach with a * ^
one hand and torch in the
both"
would immolate them ^
fore they had contaminated,
of my country; if they 801 ^
lauding, and if forced loreU '*.j a e 1
the strength of superior 18 ^
would dispute every inch «« |
burn every blade of gr* 88 ^
last intrenebment of liberty
be my grave." ,
And in the spirit which
forth these burning
lips of the great Irish
Banner comes today to ** 1 u-ri
in ibe ranks where all true
Southerners should stan ,
fight the battle to the l* 8 *
