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ATHENS, GEORGIA, OCTOBER iS, 1SS9
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AMONG
gi!ieil ,>! '
-General Rtis-
^‘^istent i» Ignoranff
leof Clarke coun-
e* , l hepe ° , Mt
^hllT in the legisla
^ C|e, < i.i, 'constituents.
demand, for
the legisla-
l>v a eontempt
never refused to give either Messrs.
Russell or Tuck full credit for any act
deserving of commendation; but we
would be false to our convictions and
false to our people did we not come to
their defense and use our every effort
ro defeat the attempted raid upon their
hard earnings. We have no personal
war to make upon either of these gen
tlemen ; but this bill is a public matter,
“‘'to of this gen- and we propose that The Banker, like
& iIt ’ 1,16 "’Vet the public Rhoderic’s horn, shall wind its notes
r ..hr. ■ ^ - .of alarm and warning to the endangered
people o’er hill and dale, that thev
may rally around their county treasury
and save their hard-earned taxes from
any unnecessary raid thereon.
Kf* :
j 10
sonal
, fw ..„ that his P* r .
u ;„.lHOS Of the legis-
.'i-uk-o the opposition
. humble voters of
^“ olt
^ work and h#e the
t** 1 1 \ t!l0 ,i, n » of liolding
Without consulting
' :l uViam-o of the oppori-
■['I ,• lime did not suit
a-liii
in"'
convenience,and
putting oil'the
|)0 t -ct to work and
achinery of the
■ city, when
utirc satisfaction
ml tl-:». i
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tbfCidi
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h>‘ 1 '
Ill:*
1 111 <
i, in opposi-
couucil and
Bn*
i refuse to intro-
inicH'it bill- recommended by
u , A | l i,rui,'ii, until they
i notified to suit his
,i;otn<>w t r> j
..Turk, to Imv
jyjl'lll
1(fer id'
|r. Tm*k s»
total '
g to get his
passed by the
h 0 hl Clarke county
entire insolvent,
n- to be, too, a
ijfct, and to
Ktirsdl’s) ill-
si nee the above article was in type
we learn that Mr. Russell has consider
ably lowered his claims, and will now
demand only $500 a year on his insol
vent costs from the tax-ridden people
of Clarke county. So it seems that our
agitation of the subject lias already
made the gentleman lessen his claims
considerably. But what justice
there in even paying cut this $500?
Neither Walton or Oconee are respon
sible for a dollar of insolvent costs, and
therefore Clarke should not be made so
cither. Mr. Russell knew what this
office paid when he accepted it, an i if
he is not now satisfied let him resign.
There are plenty of lawyers equally as
competent who will gladly accept it,
and not ask the people of Clarke coun
ty to be responsible for a dollar's in
solvent costs.
Let vis again urge our grand jurors
to turn a deaf ear to any attempt to
committ them on this subject. We
learn that such an attempt will be
made.
w» l "’
-IdMlflUlt t-
those of the
r
|i,ih1 t:«x-p.iyc
: for he heard
pil without :t \
oril of protest.
Jri-r-. RiiS'Ol!
at id Tuck may
j. get i 51 ig
heir measure
^ )luii-e, lmt
they will strike
ini the Senate
is reached. Our
,taJ..v Lyle. *'
not a Russell,
<qi!e\' represe
native, and will
betruc iiiwai'H
ess of the whole
comity mo.'t u
onerously pays
ifatrWO anmr
lly toward his
lc.it!>, and wli
in this grab-all
let Site Senate
v motion will be
ttrilt: u j it tlit
sum already
Bid. This i
- right, for no
inly in llii'' u;r
■uii pays a cent
nuttwK nii'i
vhy should the
(Clarke bt- mat
e to do so?
Mieiiur-Genc
d Russell will
'til i J5 ilie uv
dilemma as the
Kiinti that iviit
crossing tiie log
wit in it; mout
i, and seeing a
Dtif the hone
in the water,
REPLY WANTED.
ATHENS YS. ROME.
The good people of Rome r including
Editor Graves-of the Tribune, place
their hands upon their hearts »and de
clare with undue emphasis that Rome
is the sixth city in population and
wealth in Georgia.
IV e unhesitatingly declare that the
good people of Rome, including Editor
Graves, are sadly mistaken. Here is
the list in tlnf'(Wder of their respective
palliation and wealth: Atlanta, Sa
vannah, Augusta, Macon, Columbus.
Athens, Rome, etc. The Tribune or
Thursday last gave with a great deal of
pride the information that four hundred
and twelve pupils were in. at tendance
in her public schools. Wo do not sup
pose Editor Graves underestimated the
number, and taking this as the correct
statement, it is seen that Rome has
about half the number of pupils that
Athens enrolled on her public sclioo.
list. The attendance upon the public
schools is a very good index of the pop
ulation of a city. Athens gets as much
if not more cotton than Rome. Athens
has mote manufactories in hex viemily
than Rome;has as many railroads; has
better educational advantages; and,
notwithstanding th esact that the Oco
nee is not navigible and the Coosa is,
does mere business than thelliil City o!
Georgia.
Ac present the Classic City ranks
sixth on the list’of Georgia cities, and
whesi the G., C. & N. is completed and
the other roads m process of completion
are in running order, Athens stands a
fair chance of pushing other places for
a still higher rank.
THE INSOLVENT COSTS BILL.
>. too, and thus lo.-st his
lift catch the shadow.
u-mo-is of < hi ke county de-
Ur. 'fuck that he use his in-
iT'-iit this scheme of Mr.
«<ke them responsible for
inivc:;! co-n. Mr Tuck
ict to farther the selfish
hi#''.—it matters not how
r ii. ivucv—but to guard
llic !>co]lie’s interests. Here
t.'Hitte.ii'ei-d a bill to add to
da inan who already re-
ouie
of
S;l!
itary,
and
twa
in is increase
la L*:i from the
chosen to represent, and
iihiii>-t. crushed to the
I “i taxation. If Mr.
1 hi? friendship toward
l 1111 ';'’ 1 l-ermit him to stand by
‘-‘'.iti.eai v m this mat-
tender Ids res-
■‘ Ict them elect in liis stead
r fcpresviitative who will
' 00 telling what amount this
ail,ni; ‘Hy from the treas-
Upet’ounry before it becomes
j Wli ' to ! )|- event the Solicitor-
^ineiic'-nraging litigation, if
and thus swell his in-
|/' ll l* * 1,to the thousands, ne-
' n-' *' '• ln e °* an additional
■ ■a to meet the insolvent
P* Solicitor ?
4 *ick
I tills
determined to have
cost bill, why
° 1 ‘ out ,lis especial friend,
Hue sole recipient of this
h ‘ Ul also hold 0ur people
Li Ior , ‘“solvent costs of the
i^***™, f he clerk of
- ] ! ,U lfc various justices of
their i' e ~ “ le j Ust as touch en-
|wi er . IIS ° VeUt cos£3 as the so-
L ; ,0r lll “j idl aid in en
I^jusn.. 11 - 11 pun5sMn R crime.
su L .ji vtln sin Sling out one
lout on! K ' eat P ri vilege, and
LeJ offlcer3 equally as
ir wh ° * ~
Why does not the Athens Banner
reply to Wm. C. Sibley’s request l'or
the name of his ‘•reliable informant”
who said Augusta cotton bagging would
not do? Mr. Sibley wrote a card ex
plaining how this bagging is made only
on orders, and was not begun until
large orders were received. Several
hundred thousand yards were ordered,
instead of several thousand, as the
Banner misprinted it, and it is really
soid at 12>2 cents instead of 12*4 as the
Banner stated. It is now about time
for Editor Gantt to explain or give the
name of his ’‘reliable informant.”—Au
gusta Evening News.
In reply to the above question we will
state that we have heard complaints
about the so-called Augusta cotton
bagging from a dozen or more respon
sible and well-posted gentlemen; but
suppose that one authority will be suf
ficient :
Mr. Jacks, superintendent of the
compress at Madison, Ga., telis us that
while the genuine cotton bagging an
swers an excellent purpose, that made
by the Sibley mills is utterly worthless
for the purpose for which
it is sold, and will not stand
the attain of compressing, lienee he
is forced to re-cover every bale receiv
ed in the Sibley mills bagging with
something stronger. Farmers had just
as well use jute at once as to bale tlieir
cotton with this Augusta cloth, for
every yard is stripped off by the com
presses and either rew cotton bagging
or old jute are substituted. We sup
pose that all the other compresses are
forced to do the same.
We trust that the News is now an
swered to its entire satisfaction.
We have no desire to do the Sibley
mills any injury, but would be false to
our people should we fail to expose
this matter. Every bale that farmers
pack in the Sibley mills cloth is equiv
alent to throwing the cost of flic same
in the fire.
The News is certainly a loyal organ
to the selfish interests of Augusta, it
notonlyadvoeates the blockading of the
Savannah river against the passage of
shad, but grows indignant because we
were called upon to expose the fact that
one of the mills of that city was selling
to the farmers as a cotton covering an
article that proved totally unfit for the
purpose.
We do not believe that Mr. Sibley in
tentionally or willfully imposed upon
our cotton planters, for we know him
to be an honorable gentleman; and be
lieve that Tiie Banner has really ren
dered him a good service in calling his
attention to the trouble with the cover
ing that he manufactures for cotton
bales.
In his card published in yesterday’s
Banner, lion. U. 0. Tuck repeats
more than once the sentence, “as you
would have them believe”—thus insin
uating that our paper sought to create
a false impression upon the people of
C’larke. We would have our readers
believe” nothing but wliat the circum
stances surrounding Mr. Russell’s bill
authorized them n bdie\i ig—i. •.
that art-augments had been made
to quietly have the Legislature pass an
act making the tax-payers of Clarke
county responsible for all of the soiiei-
itor-gei e ai’s insolvent costs, but that
rite timely exposure of the scheme by
The Banner lias considerably fins
tinted the plan.
Here we see Mr. Tuck introducing a
bill making Clarke county enclose the
payment of an indefinite amount of his
friend Russell’s insolvent costs, and
that, too. after lie had had been told by
one prominent gentleman, who sup
ported him. that Ids people we:e bit
terly opposed to being held responsible
for these claims.
Mr. Tuck says he ‘-introduced the
bill by request,” and only intended fix
ing tiie amount at $50d. We neve:
heard before of any i nit bei: g contem
plated. We requested Mr. luck to
send us a copy of the bill for publica
tion before he introduced it. that our
people might see just what w as lie
manded of them, but this lie did not see
pass this bill “rough-shod over the peo-
ole.” Wc would like to ask the gentle
man a few questions;
1. Did not one or more of your
strongest supporters tell you that, our
taxpayers were opposed to this bill,
and urged you not to introduce it?
2. Did it not occur to yon that it
would have been highly proper to let
your constituents know what was ex
pected of them, and to hare ac-
pialiited yourself with their wishes
before introducing this bill ?
Would it not have been better,
when lhat bill bill was read the first
time, for you to liaye made the same
statement to the House that you yes
terday made in The Banner?
4. Isn’t it something unusual to in
troduce a bill increasing the taxes of u
people, and leave the amount to be de
manded of them blank ?
Mr. Tuck seems to chafe under any
commcBtSabout his position in this
matter. We have made no personal
ittiM’k on our representative, but ex-
excising our previlege as an honest
■oiirhalist, commented only upon his
official conduct. Tliis^ve have a right
to do, and will certainly exercise
he privilege whenever the public
ntcivsts demands. When Mr. Tuck
was a candidate for the legislature, he
saw fit to make persenai assaults from
ilie slump upon the motives of private
gentlemen,whose only sin was that they
supported his opponent . Mr. Tuck
should not flinch now that a little irri
tant is applied to his own galled spots.
We are glad to know, however, that
The Banner’s agitation of this insol
vent costs bill will in all probability de
ter Mr. Russell from insisting upon its
passage, and also prevent Mr. Tuck
front giving it that support which he
says is necessary for it to become a law.
i’liis is a good year’s work for The Ban
ner. if it accomplishes nothing more.
We will state to Mr. Tuck that we
have no desire to do him any injustice,
and in his earnest advocacy of bills to
regulate cotton fires on> shipboard, to
secure an appropriation to the State
University, and other legislation that
will result in the building up and pro
tection of our section, he will always
find The Banner standing shoulder to
s ouldar with him. But when he gives
aid and countenance to an act to add to
t he load that the overburchened tax
payers of Clarke county already bear,
that one man may swell his handsome
salary, then he may expect to receive
daily broadside so long as there is
type in Thk Banner office.
If he wIr! visit his people, and learn
their opposition to this insolvent costs
bill, we feel assured that Mr. Tuck will
withdraw his support and permit the
sciu-me to die still-born.
We hope soon to have the pleasure of
w riting the obituary of Mr. Russell’s
bill.
THE RES,SELL-TUCK BILL.
The pour arkl ©verburthened tax-pay- I , , ^
^ A, . .v • . , i and get the opinion of the people
s of Clarke cotfniy inoe£ bear in mind L, /!„ , 1 . . ' r
j fight on Messrs. Russell and Tack, and
ask our representative to come home
on
that the bill introduced by Hon. H. C. I the biH ’ a * d We feel assured thathe
Tuck to make them responsible for $500 ! WlM wltl,l,raw l£ ’ lon S ^ such «■
of Solicitor-General Russell’s insolvent i mea?Ure >* a »g* .threateningly over the
costs does not stop with one year, but tax P a - ve,s of Clarke county our duty
to them demands that we use all means
AN UNUSUAL PROPOSITION,
'loti
a s his friend
MW I>0rt Cither Mr * Rus -
thU f ‘r the offices thev
our >!W DOth . iug t0 d0
^ve j n . opposition to the
W e _ ^ in the leg-
w»y . lat a scheme is un-
10 l he tav a d an l, nknown
t on e P eo Pi e °f our
^offleermay have his
m
The commander of the Ossipee indig
nantly denies the report thathe refused
to convey Minister Douglass to Ilayti
on account of his complexion. This
puts quite a different color on that in
teresting story.
A responsible and truthful gentle-
iiiAA tells us that he heard Solicitor
General Russell remark upon the streets
that if twelve“respectable ’men who vo
ted for Mr.H. C. Tuck will come to him
and state that they object to the passage
proper to do. The first intimation that | Q f his insolvent costs bill, that he will
our citizens had that a new raid was ! voluntarily withdraw it.
being attempted on their taxes was the j This seems to us a very singular prop-
announcement that Mr, Tuck, of j osition. In the first piace it contains
Clarke, would introduce a bill in re- ; an insinuation that a greater or less j
gard to the insolvent costs of the solid- i number of disreputable men voted for !
tor-general. In face of our repeated j Mr.Tuek,and to have any influence with does he not also have^bills passed to pay
requests for act py of the bill that Mi.; Mr. Russell, a Tuck supporter must
ltussill proposed to have introduced—| come up. to the Solicitor-General’s idea
that tiie t.ix-paj c.a of Cl:.r..e county | of “respectability.” What test they
might know exactly what was demand- ! must pass through before reaching this
ed of them, and 31 r. Tuck’s neglect to j exalted privilege Mr. Russell did not
furnish it—were we not entirely justified .<t a t
if it becomes a law there is no hope of
it ever being repealed, and this load
will be as much a fixture upon our peo
ple as was the Old-34 an-of-the-Sea on
the back of Sinbad the Sailor—for who
ever heard of an ofiiee-holder relin
quishing his grip on the public teat
when he once got it in bis mouth.
Five hundred dollars per annum
means $5,000 in ten years, not estimat
ing the interest on the money! This
sum will build five excellent bridges
over streams where they are badly
needed, and prove of great convenience
to the traveling public.
Or better still, this $5,000 could re
main in the pockets of the people, and
it would give about $5 to every tax
payer in our county if equally divid
ed. This money represents shoes for
the little ones, or several dresses for
the poor, hard-working wife. It rep
resents two week’s rest to the strug
gling farmer, or many little comforts
around the house of which the family
has been deprived.
And for what purpose is this tax lev
ied? Who is to be the recipient of this
bounty ?
A man whose office already pays tiie
magnificent salary of $3,000 per annum
—with only about six months work!
A man who made a heated contest
and a hard struggle for this office when
he knew just what it paid!
A man who does not make this de
mand upon Oconee and Walton coun
ties, where he does not receive a dollar
of insolvent costs!
A man who seeks to
take from the hard-working
people of our county $500 annually—a
sum in itself that many good men would
be thankful to labor twelve months for,
and work faithfully, too, from sun to
sun!
No. The people of Clarke county are
not ready yet to take from their scanty
earnings to swell the salary of a man
who is now paid full value, with heap
ing measure, for liis services.
Mr. Henry C. Tuck should certainly
have Jjnown that his people would not
meekly submit to this unjust and un
necessary burthen when he inti educed
the bill in the Legislature. It
seems really an insult to the intelli
gence of our people to even think that
they would for an instant countenance
such an outrageous bill.
Of course they are opposed to this in
solvent costs bill, to a man. Mr. Tuck
should have known this before he in
troduced it in the House, and that, too,
without a word of explanation or cen
sure. The men who were Mr. 'Duck’s
warmest supporters are loudest in their
condemnation of the scheme to make
our oppressed taxpayers responsible for
the insolvent costs of his friend Russell.
Clarke county pays the Solicitor-
General $200 annually on this claim,
while the other divisions of his circuit
with county courts do not stai d re
sponsible for one cent. "Why don’t
Mr. Tuck also include Oconee and
Walton in his bill? Wliat is fai*.
for one county is fair for
the' other. And further, why
in our power to defeat it.
K0 SURPLUS LEFT.
Tanner and the Court of Claims too Mueb
for It—Very Near to Bankruptcy.
Special to the Banner.
Washington, Sept. 2fF.—The surplus
is gone. According to the Assistant
Secretary Reteheller’s statement, made
several days sinee it had fallen from.
$107,000,090, at which point it. stood a
year ago, to $30,000,000. This balance
will be practically wiped out by the re
ports and estimates now being prepared
for submission to Congress.
There are agencies provided for by
law for ascertaining the indebtednes of*
the United States to its citizens, which
work noiselessly, but with marvelous
effect. Chief among these is the Court
of Claims. The late Mr, Tanner rather
boastfully charged himself with being
the champion “surplus ripper.” He
is not. The Court of Claims beats him
out of sight, and does it, too, in entire
accord with the forms of law'.
Sent to An Asylum.
Special to the Banner.
Chicago, October 2.~Ben Camp 1 »eL
Jones, son of T. Russell Jones, ex-col-
leetor of the port of Chicago, has been
ent to Kankakee asylum. Mr. Jones
was at one time a prominent figure of
one the board of trad* 1 , being head of
the firm of Jones & McDonald, who
failed for $250,000 in 1881. His mental
troubles are stated to be due to dis
sipated habits.
FAMEfiS HOLDING COTTON.
What
iH
It was just one hundred years ago last
Thursday that the state department was
first organized, Thomas Jefferson hav
ing been apppointed the first seeretaiy
of state on that date. This Interesting
centenary was celebrated by a fashion
able wedding at Richfield Springs. It
will be remembered.
Anyone who understands the cus
toms governing a legislative assembly
knows that when a representative in
troduces a bill—and fails at the time to
enter his protest—that he is understood
as giving the measure his endorsement.
This is especially the case with such an
important local act as the insolvent
costs bill for Clarke county. To intro
duce such a bill without explanation
most naturally leads the other represen
tatives to suppose that the introducer
in opening our right against
this scheme? If a wrong
construction lias been placed
upon Mr. Tuck’s position in this mat
ter, he has only himself to blame. He
should never have introduced a bill to
add one dollar to the burthen of the
people w ithout first publishing the bill
and explaining to those who must bear
the burthen exactly what is demanded
of them.
Mr. Tuck’s explanation, that it was
never contemplated to make Mr. Rus
sell’s draft on the tax-payers of Clarke
county but $500, and that the amount
W as left blank in the bill when it was
first read before the house, is a very
flimsy excuse for a gentleman of Mr.
Tuck’s brain and legal ability. If there
was any justice in making our people
responsible for $500 of the solicitor’s in
solvent coats, it is also proper that they
should be made to pay the entire
amount. You cannot compromise law
or justice. In fact, our county should
neve*’ have been made responsible for
the $200 now annually demanded.
As to Mr. Tuck’s confession about
the amount in the bill being left blank, j
this looks rather suspicious—sorter
like a loop-hole of escape,
to be filled as circumstances
afterwards authorize. This blauk space
could have been filled in with $5, $500
or $5,000, as the public pulse showed
how much the people would quietly
stand bleeding. It seems to us that it
would be better to have stated a defi
nite amount, that the poor tax-payers
of Clarke county might know the ex
act sum they were expected to con-
Again, it seems as if Mr. Russell has
elected himself dictator over the free
born voters of Clarke county, and dis
franchises from ’ participating in pub
lic affairs all those who failed to vote
for his friend Tuck. lie ignores the
fact, however, that the anti-Tuck vo
ters must furnish their full share of the
taxes to liquidate his insolvent costs
account, it is some consolation for these
disfranchised gentlemen to know that
while they are debarred from having
any voice in protesting against an ad
ditional burthen being placed upon
their backs, that they are still enjoying
the great American pri vilege of being
taxed.
The gentlemen by whose votes Mr.
Tuck was elected to represent this coun
ty in the Legislature will not enil< rse
such exclusive legislation as that pro
posed by Mr. Russell. In -the first
place, it matters not what a voter’s so
cial or financial position may be in the
county, he has just as much right to be
heard as the wealthiest and m >st pol
ished person. Secondly, the contest
between Messrs. Tuck and Mell was
fought by democrats within the demo
cratic party, and. the defeated side sup
ported the successful candidate just as
heartily as did his friends. Mr. Tuck was
not elected to represent any one faction,
but the entire people of the county; and
injustice to this gentleman, we do not
believe he will endorse such a proposi
tion as that made by his friend Russell
Gen. Boulanger observes that the
electors of France were bribed by gov
ernment gold to vote against him, while
bis arch enemy, Jules Ferry, who also
tribute towonls swelling Mr. Russell's j ££ ^j&K&A
salary, ' money. This seems to be a clear case
31 r. Tuck says lie does not propose to 0 f baby on both sides.
the insolvent costs of all the other offi
ces from the public treasury? While it
is true,as 3Ir. Russell argues, the sher
iff is paid two dollars per day for his
attendance on court, is not the Solici
tor-General also paid two hundred a
year by the State for liis attendance on
the courts of his circuit ?
We are glad that this matter has
been brought up. It shows the people
of Clarke county that they have been
for years paying the Solicitor-General
two hundred dollars per annum, while
the other counties in this circuit do
not contribute anything. Now let our
next grand jury demand of their repre
sentative to have the bill making this
annual draft upon them repealed.
Plenty of good men can be found who
will gladly accept this splendid office
and agree not to ask oiu people for one
dollar on insolvent costs. In the lan
guage of 3Ir. Stephens, if Solicitor-Gen
eral Russell don’t like what is served
to him he can pour it back in the jug.
3Ir. Tuck cannot shirk his- amount of
responsibility in this matter. He in
troduced that salary grab bill without
either publishing the same, as he was
requested to do, or first consulting the
people interested—and we really believe
but for the exposure of the scheme by
The Banner that this act would have
been slipped through the Legislature,
and the first intimation the people of
Clarke county had of its passage would
be a draft upon them for the . entire
amount of Mr. Russell’s insolvent
costs.
We have no fear now that this biff
will ever become a law. The Banner
exposed the scheme in time, and our
people are aroused. No man will now
be found bold enough and indifferent
enough to public seutiment to cham
pion its cause.But at the same time it is
right and proper for our people to
speak out and express their indignation.
It will deter the introduction of similar
measures
We do not desire to keep up this
Prominent Ailianceman
to Say.
A leading Fanner’s Ailianceman
was yesterday met by a Banner, rep
resentative, and from him we learned
the following information:
The Alliances in all the cotton grow
ing States have united in a determina
tion to hold back their cotton and
market it only as the demand of the
mills authorize. This movement is not.
confined to Georgia, but information
received from every Southern State,
from North Carolina to Texas, shows
that the farmers are determined to
force a better price for their staple. Of
course some men will market their crop*
as fast as gathered, but our informant
says that in spite of the published re
ports receipts at the ports are one-third
short of the same time last' year, and
they will get slimmer as the season ad
vances. It is argued that speculators
have made big sales for future delivery,
and the farmer intends to hold back his
cotton and demand his own figures. It
must be forthcoming, and can only be
bad of the producer. This gentleman
says the Alliance keeps posted on cot
ton movements, and are not proceeding
blindly, but cautiously and understand-
ingly; that mills are now shutting
down for lack of cotton to run them,
and before next spring you will see
them begging the farmers to sell them
the staple. The Alliance has no fear
about being forced to sell at prices fixed
by the speculators and mill men, but
intend to henceforth have a voice in
naming the value of cotton.
In reply to our inquiry, this gentle
man stated that the merchants need not
have the slightest apprehension about
accounts owing them by Alliancemen,
as every dollar would be paid the day
it fell due. Prompt settlement of
debts was a fixed principle with the
Farmer’s Alliancemen. Arrrangements
have been made for the organization to
secure all the money necessary to set
tle their obligations, and also to enable
them to hold their cotton. The farmers
intended this winter to exercise the
most riged economy, and while they
will pay every honest obligation, that
instead of spending their surplus mon-s
ey at once, would hold it back in their
cotton crop.
Heretofore, our informant stated, cot
ton always advanced in the spring,
after it had left the hands of the farm
er. This year the producer intended
to see that he received this benefit and
not the speculator.
We hope that this will work out all
right for our farmer friends, but very
much fear that a steady decline in price
will set in. It all depends upon the
amount of money the Alliance can
control.
Attention Alliance.
The sub-Trustees of all the Alliance
in the counties of JIadison, Jackson,
Oconee, Oglethorpe and Clarke, and
those who have taken shares in the
Alliance warehouse in the City of At
hens, and all members who feel an in
terest in the building and management
of said warehouse, are earnestly re
quested to meet the Temporary Direc
tors of the same at the court house in
Athens on October 10th, (Thursday) at
9 o’clock.
Please take notice,and act according
ly-
Oconee Enterprise, Jackson, Madi
son, and Oglethorpe county papers will
please copy. Geo. T. Murrell.
Chairman Committee.
The value of the estate left by the late
Juilge Terry of California will, uot
ceod the sum, of $100,000.