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IB BANNER’S. POSITION ON RAIL ROAO LEGISLATION- gOn Saturday Hon. A. F. Pope, member of the House from Ogle- Ihore.was in Athens and in the.coqrse >f a conversation with a reporter of Fhe Banner, took occasion to say among other things that The Ban- her was * - on the wrong side of the railroad question.” Let us see. The Banner is now and aiways has been opposed to legislation pro viding for the forfeiture of charters as a remedy. This is a harsh and extreme measure which the situation does not demand. The Banner is now and always has been opposed to legislation which interfered with any lawful contracts of the railroad companies. The leases of the Georgia, the Augusta A Savannah, the Southwestern, and the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line are lawful and proper contracts and ought not to be disturbed. The Banner is now and always has been opposed to legislation in at lower prices. It helped them both! of rates; it says the ‘-contract” shall ways, they got more money for their | be ‘ illegal and void” if it defeats or cotton and what they bought cost lessens competition. Nothing shore them less. The farmers of Ogle- of this is worth anything in our case, thorpe county for fifteen years have As long as that ltase stands this mo- been getting from three and a half I nopoly will stand. Neither the State to four dollars a bale more for their I Commission nor the National Corn, cotton sold here in Athens than they | mission can help us. did before. Without realizing it our people all over this section were en joying the benefits of the wise con stitutional guarantee of competition If the Senate should strike out that part of the Smith bill which makes void this combination the people of this whole section of Geor Within tbo last three or four 18 “ " m »“ le,t •« lhe Power of the Richmond & Danville. Our com mercial prosperity will hang by the slender thread of its favor. One stroke of the pen of its manager and rate maker can pat down the cotton months, by the lease of the Central, the Richmond & Danville and Cen tral systems are combined under one management, competition between them is killed dead and the R & D. has a monopoly of the whole busi- I a |i he has to do is to raise the rate* ness. But for the*G., C. & N. Ath- to and from Athens East and West in the mannish pride of license and hurl their flippant skepticisms against the rock of ages, while so ciety applauds the sacrilege. There is no lank or station that these im pious doubts have spared, and be side the express mockeries of per sonal infidelity panoplied in sin, m<iy be set the steps that seem like heresy in the pulpit, breaking from orthodoxy and hereditary faith. It has stripped the earth of mystery.” It is time (o call a halt. Shitty gone wrong. The cultivation of noble impulses has been neglected by the rising generations, and the spirit of .chivalry and honor which once crowned knights seems to have TO MOVE ALL THE MACHINERY IN ATHENS. been buried with the generations market and put up everything else; | that are dpad and gua& The old time gentleman has lift his delicate sense of duty, of right and of honor ens would be bottled up to the East I on all his lines and the thing is done. I but few of bis belra j 8 a ber i^ as completely as she was before the It may not be done, but it can be J'^gg t t, a t has not been evenly di“ Northeastern was built. To the West done. The Banner is not the ene«. vided< she is bottled up now. Our contract m y of the R. <k D. and will not pre- The wor jj nee( j 8 more gentlemen, with the Terminal was waked up by J ud 6 e but tfa ere is a Constitution j 8 n „t the training school that terfering with the legitimate opera-1 the recent action of the city Council over us al1 wbich declares that none it once was. The nations need more lions of railroads and preventing ftnd ^ t tQ rne y f but whenever the °f the people shall be placed in the 1 8 tatesmen. Politics have grown to their earning a fair interest upon the L erminal refuae8 t0 reapect it our | power of any railroad by means of] be ^ corrupting . private capital actually laid out in onIy remedy wi U be a law suit. Noth construction and equipment. ing can tafee the place of competiH But The Banner is now and aU I , , ,. ~ , I tion and this Central lease has de ways has been an out and out sup-1 porter of legislation to prevent illc- ' 8lr °y ed tbat * gal combinations between railroads is It is apparent to the most casual which stifle competition and create I reader that the competition just spo-1 f or lbe ra ii r0 ad to have such power, ponopoly. ken °f that interstate traffic. It | and tbe Constitution forbids iL The combine of theCentrai and the is competition in interstate com Richmond & Danville systems | merce. The Georgia Railroad Corn- combination. The people are enti-1 A.nd thus it is clear that there tied to protection against the power mucb f or tbe young men of this coun- to oppress them. It is not safe for try to do Xhe baUle of Hfe tbat snch power to remain in the hands (.^fronta them is more serious than of any railroad. It may be exercised I lbat wb - lcb ever confronted previoas or it may not, but it is dangerous j generations. They can do more than men who fought in the forum and IT ISN’T TRUE. Some years ago the law made the brought about by the recent lease of mission therefore has no power over ,& ntfal> the Georgia> the Central is a flagrant violation of I jt a nd the legislature cannot confer I an d the Southwestern roads legal in- the Constitution of this State, has j t< The bu8 i ness coming into Geor, vestments for ail trust fundB held . , _ I* ’ • I hv onartiians. executors, etc. Of with the sword. What a task is yours, young mao What fields of labor are before you, and what rich rewards of honor await you ! Your mother country calls to you for a life that will honor her destroyed competition and created a gia from oat8 jd e or going from Gcor* ^ $25,000*000 now invested inthese y our race needs a life from you that powerful and dangerous monopoly, It is this contract and its destruc tion of. competition which this paper is attacking. Let us examine it and the pr@' ..cosed remedies. gia to the outside is beyond the con-I bonus by the people of Georgia, al tral of .or Railroad Commiraion and | >»rgo P»« »f to .Ido.. | and orphans. This agitation has the man who would appeal to it for I already seat these slocks tumbling, aid, in such a case, ought to have a and the prospects are good to wreck , the remainder of the support of these guardian appointed. Any fifteen w j(j OW8 and orphans.—Waynesboro Between Athens and New York I 7 ear old schoolboy knows that our True Citizen, there are two great leading mutes of State Commission has no authority P aba " J It « passing strange that | g«*> d 5 be a man ! transportation, the Piedmont Air- over rates between New York and | a newspaper which has always en Line and the Ocean Steamship Com- | Athens It is folly too to say that the R. & D. will not hurt u«, that it will be merciful to us, and will take pity on Ub and continue to give us good rates. The R & D. is no bet- will shed its influence for good nmong men; your God asks for the fulfil ment of the great work of character building wbich he has assigned yon! Be honorable and proud, be pa triotic and loyal, be noble and be THE ELECTRIC FL0IJ) SOUTH CAROLINIANS WANT SEA ISLAND COTTON EXCLUSIVELY. A MAMMOTH PROJECT. Proposition to Erect a Ten Thou sand Horse Power Plant at Bar nett Shoals—'The Plans are Ma turing. pany. The Piedmont Air-Line isl the Richmond & Danville route. The Oceau Steamship Company is the Central Rail Road Company's route. Freight from New York to Athens It would seem that a great work of joyed a reputation for moderate abil- reformation is going on up in Rome, ity can so ignorantly give utterance Snys the Tribune-of-Romi-: Every by the Richmond & Danville route I t, er an( j no worse than other people. In business matters it will consult its own interest What it may do as a matter of grace and favor is not the question; the question is what are our constitutional rights. We are not after favors, we want oar le- | gal rights. Whenever the commer- comes down to West Point, Va, by tbe Old Dominion Steamship Co., and thence to Athens by the R & D. and its leased lines jtlie A. A C. and the Northeastern. Freight for Ath ens by the Central’s route comes down to Savannah by the Ocean Steamship Co. and tbence to Athens by the Central and its leased lines cial prosperity of a community hangs the Augusta & Savannah and the on tbe mere favor of a railroad, it is Georgia. The same is true of North- g°“e. Tbe Richmond & Danville by bound freight, snch as compressed I this lease has the power to pat us cotton, from Athens to New York, back, except so far as the G., C. N. Here were two great trunk lines who can save us. The question is, shall were active competitors. They each the B. A D. be allowed to bold this .bad agents here in Athens and in I dangerous power when tbe Consti I. JTyork working for th<fc*5fcinees. tntioB prohibits it. Every merfihant knows that it waa a j ^ bin has passed the Honse called the two to see race between the two to see which could get his shipment. The lowest possible rate was made, tbe fastest time and the best of cars was taken. This has been going on for fourteen • or fifteen years, ever since the North eastern was opened. It was the com petition between the R & D. and the Central tbat was at work. Its ben eficent results are seen on every side here in our town. Cotton compresses ■prang up, warehouses were built, wholesale houses were opened, our merchants pushed into Abe territory above us and below us, which had before been monopolised by Atlanta fr *od Augusta, and the cotton frbm the Smith substitute which declares such leases void. It simply follows the Constitution and says that the ‘contract” shall be void if it de stroys competition and creates a mo nopoly. The Constitution declares the “contract” void and the Smith substitute follows it, and carries it into effect Another bill called tbe Chappell substitute was proposed, which left this illegal contract standing and called upon the Railroad C munis Aioh to deal with the ratps. This bill was lost, Our friend Hon, A. F. Pope voted against the Smith bill and*suppoi ted unto such thoughts as these. The Waynesboro True Citizen has cer tainly not studied the question of railroad leases in Georgia if it can. with innocent sincerity and faith de clare that the agitation of railroad legislation at the State house has caused the Central stock to tumble. If our esteemed contemporary will go back and study tbe Btock reports it will find tbat the Central stock went down, down day after day a month before the legislature met in summer session. It could not be otherwise when the Central, a competing line, and a line that had always been so prosperous, was leased to the Georgia Pacific, a railroad that was paying not a dollar to its stockholders, but which waa drifting hopelessly upon the shore of, bankruptcy. It is well to be honest in these matters The Berner bill will, if it tver shall become a law, have the effect to strengthen confidence in the Central’s stock. It is best that the people of Georgia, and especially the newspapers, should uol be frightened away from their commercial and in dustrial freedom by snch faked re* ports as the West Point Terminal fellows have been putting out. man and woman in Rome is interested in baviug the purgiug process rigidly carried on Up there under the court house you will find a body of earnest men who will assist in a very telling way in this work, if you will only give them an opportunity. If you know of any resc ilit.y just show it to the grand jury. You present the facts, the grand jurv will do the rest. See? »li the surrounding counties poured | tbe 0^^, ^ Tn BAVEERxap- Into Athens. Gompetitko forcedIportedthe Smith bill. This folbcrl these two railroad companies to give j 88ae< ns through rates, and the through A child can see at a glance that rates enabled our merchants to lay the Chappell bill lo noxccount. The down goods here so as to compete appeal the Stale Railroa d Com- w.th neighboring cities and also en- ml89ioninaoa8efof interatate rateB bled pur buyer, lo go up to about ,g idle aod The oousthuents Augusta and Atlanta prices on cote | of Mr . Pope are not threatened with ton. Competition did it and it was never done until wehed competition. '- . For thirty years and more the Geor gia railruad had been In operation, part of the time with the headquar ters here, and yet weetruggledwkmg doing the retail trade of the neigh borhood with a high local freight .7 rate to Augusta and the depot a mile from ns on the other side of the river, until the Northeastern was opened and competition sprang up. AU the surrounding country shared ir. these benefits. The people brought their cotton here and sold it for higher prices and bought their goods loss from a monopoly fn local busi ness. Their through rates are iti danger. They are vitally interested in the through rates to Athens be cause they sell their cotton here, and they boy their supplies here. The Chappell bill would have fallen help less and powerless because it simply refers the matter to the Cmnmission and the Commission has not and cannot have any control over these rates. On the other band the Smith bill, like the Constitution, deals with the “contracts” which creates the monopoly, The Constitution does not waste time fooling with a change ffMM *•* On *»r Pltctor'a OMtorta. I I! BE A MAN- We have fallen upon strange times. The world is growing wiser in the arts and sciences. Men have gone far beyond tbe acknowledged scope #f jMiman achievements; strange de vplopments are coming to light each <i«y beneath the manifestation of scientific culture; mysteries of art are made plain, and the world is ad vancing. But, there is a more serious view to take of human progress here on earth. In the face of all this won derful material development is the world growing better ? Is the wis douLof the age a wholesome wisdom? HMr the good God of us all drawn mankind nearer to his side f Does tbe age bring blessings of piety and faith ? Here is room for serious thought John Temple Graves in his last speech was not far wrong, we fear when he said : “The most ominous shadow that hangs over tbe horizon of free thought is the sweep of skep ticism against the creeds that have held the world imbalance for a thou sand years. Tbe earth is rank with infidelity. Doubt hangs on lip of youth and age, pn man ,ai\d maid and matron, and boy philosophers, otten before they are ripe, strut out There are fashions in thought as well as in style. The old dame is as abso lute in one as in the other. Her devo tees follow her mandates in both alike. It is the fashion now to abuse railroads. Multitudes do so, and for the very same reason that a woman wears a long-tail ed basque or a plug hat—siraplv because it is the style.—Waynesboro True Citi zen. Nobody ought to abuse m<]roads. Abuse is not the weapon . .ighta wrong. The peon's of Georgia have no quarrel for-the railroads. But they will enforce thoir constitution and de mand that rightful competition shall not be destroyed. This ii fair. Cornell University can boast the biggest freshman olass this year. It numbers about six hundred. It is to be remembered, however, that Cornell has a great many departments, and tbat the newcomers in all these are taken into account. In the classical depart ment Harvard has a long lead in the number of new students as usual. To run the machinery of every manu factory in Athens by electricity. That seems like high talk, and yet it »a project tbat is now on foot, and which stands splendid chances of being carried out. It would be a magnificent sight to see the machinery of the entire city turn ing at the command of an almost invisi ble power, and obeying the subtle elec tric fluid as it came rolling over the wires from the powerful electric plant. The plans of this mammoth scheme have not yet been fully matured,but tiny have been sufficiently developed to tell that tbe, movers in tbo scheme are tho roughly in earnest, and mean to push it through to success. Here is theii plan, and it is a leasable one: The company is made up of Atlanta capitalists, and it is their desire to es tablish an -elcctric plant that will be powerful enough to turn all the machinery in Athena. Where an abundance of water pow er can be easily secured, electricity can be generated very cheaply. This company of capitalists have been in communicatiou with parties to sec they can secure the use of ten tbotfSand horse power at Barnett Shoals. The water power there is unlimited in amount, and it is said by those who are in a position to know that the trade will be made by which the Atlanta Company will secure the right to use ten thousand horse power at Barnett Shoals. If such arrangements are m&do, this company proposes to put in a mammoth plant at the place where the electricity will be generated and run on wires to Athens. It is claimed that motive power can be furnished in this manner mucb cheaper than by the use of coal and if that iB true, then this new enterprise will be a great benefit to Athens and her people. The gentleman who furnished us with this information is a well known citizen in Athena who knew what he was talking about. He also said that the same company stood ready to establish a plant of sixty thousand horse power with which to move all the machinery in Atlanta if convenient water power near that city could be found. Tbe development of these plans will be watched with interest, not only in Athens but all over Georgia. It may mark an era in the history of material development along the line of motive power. A Convention to be Held In Charles ton-Sea ieiand Cotton Planters Determine Whether or Not They Will Control the Mar ket of the Worid\by Witholding the Sale of Seed. Want atrust. SCHOOL THE SALE OF SEED, SCHOOL STATIONERY. Chicago, Oct. 6.—A ^oecial from Charleston says : A conv. .on of plant- of sea island cotton lit this state is celled for Thursday next, for the pur pose of organizing a combine against the sale of cotton seed. The object ia to effect a combination by which Georgia, Florida and the Egytian growers of long staple cotton will be deprived of the Carolina seed. It is believe.! that the outside world is dependent upon the use of the Carolina seed for the quality of their staple, and if they oan he prevented from obtain ing the seed, this quality will deterio rate ao rapidly that the ea island plant ers of South Carolina will practically control the fine cotton market of the world. The committees have been at work for some time preparing a plan for combination, and it is believed now that the combine will he effected Thurs day. Merchants Supplied —AT— WHOLESALE RATES. Lowest Prices! D. W. McGregor, BOOK-STORE, O A. ATHENS, July 7—wlf A gentleman recently moved to Ath ens from a neighboring town and brought with him a lot of chickens. They had never seen auy electric lights, and when they razed upon the brilliant arcs they were dazzled. The result has been that they sit up. in the trees and crow and cackle all night.—Savannah News. Who is the owner of these silly chick ens? The Republican papers of New York are making a determined effort to effect a breach among the Democrats of New York city and Brooklyn, but the only result is to increase Democratic harmo ny. Roswell P. Flower ' is sure to bloom in the governors’s mansion at Albany next year. The New York World das an edito rial on the decadence of base ball. Probably slmilareditoriala will appear in tbe newspapers of Chicago, Phila delphia, Brooklyn, Cleveland and Cin cinnati. That is tbe way disappoint ment frequently works on theenind. The strikers in Savannah have been “struck out,” to use a base ball expres sion. There is more Catarrh in this sec tion of tbe country tban a'l other dis eases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pro nounced it a local disease, and prescrib ed local remedies, and bv constantly failing to cure with local treatment,pro nounce. I it incuiable. 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