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THE ATHENS BANNER,
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President L. F. Livingston, of tlie . traeting considerable attention all over
Georgia State Frrmer’s Alliance, has j the country, and there are evidences
issued a timely address to the Alliance- j that the contest is close enough to allow
Mien all over the State urging them to j the Democrats a close fighting chance
rnrn outen masse at the Piedmont Ex- ! of electiug a majority of the State olfi-
posi;ion on Alliance day. j cers including the Governor, and of
It is well that every member of the greatly increasing their strenth in the
Alliance in Georgia should be advised J legislative branch of the government
Over One Hundred Cases on Point
J’eieo Island, Lake Erie.
Of New York, Speaks at tlie Pied
mont Exposition.
THE JUTE BAGGING TRUST.
While our cotton growers are using
most sternu jus efforts to defeatjthe jute
trust—and may eventually succeed in
forcing this combination to somewhat
lessen its demands—it will be at a heavy
pecuniary loss to the oppressed class,
and they will never be entirely safe
from future ■exactions. Therejare thou
sands of large planters all over the cot
ton belt who will refuse to join hands
with the Alliance in this most holy
war, and will continue to be supporters
and patrons of the jute trust.
Hence the Southern cotton planters
must leoktofa stronger^ power than^then
-divided efforts to effectually overthrow
their enemy and reader him powerless
for further evil. This power alone rests
in the Congressmen and Senators from
the cotton States, and we believe that
had these representatives of our op
pressed and wronged section done their
duty as they should, that the producers
■of the fleecy staple would have long
since triumphed, and that too, without
the pecuniary sacrifice they are now re
quired to make.
This is what should have been done,
and it is not yet too late:
Let every Southern representative in
either the House or Sen
ate of -our National Leg
islature hold a caucus and pledged
themselves-to work together as one man
and that their w whole mission be to
secure the passage of a law to place jute
bagging on the free list, and permit the
cotton grower to puichase in whatever
market he can buy the cheapest. Let
these Southern representatives call on
the Grangers and other fanner’s organ
izations in the West for assistance, and
ask that they instruct their eongress-
m«n to aid their struggling brothers in
the South—the men who buy^their
bacon and corn.^flnd are not only bound
to them by the, kind redof an liom-st
tiller of the soil, but whose interests are
-one and inseparable with their own.
Let “Death to the Jute Trust!” be
the slogan of Southern congressmen
until the victory is won. Let this great
end overshadow everything else, for it
is the most important issue that lias
ever confrooted our people—oppressing
alike the poor and the rich. Blockade
all legislation until the
to be present on that occasion. It will
be tlie greatest day for Alliancemen
since their organization was consum
mated.
The management of the Exposition
and every citizen of Atlanta have set to
work with hearty zest and in dead earn
est to make Alliance day the greatest
day of the entire Exposition. That
they w ill succeed in so doing is already
foretold by the success they have at
tained in securing the most prominent
Alliancemen in the country. They
have gone to considerable expense and
trouble to have Hon. Evans Jones, pres- 'methods of his administration.
ideut of the Farmers and Laborers’
Union of America, from Texas, who
will address the Alliance at the Expo
sition on Alliance day.
Hon. L. S. Polk, Secretary of the
State Alliance of North Carolina, will
also make a ringing speech before the
farmers, and the situation of tlie Alii
Governor Foraker, is of course, mak
ing a most rigorous canvass and is
using the full power of the State Ad
ministration to secure his return, but
be is considerably handicapped by the
fact that he aspiring to a third term,
which is decidedly distasteful to al irge
section of his own party, and, besides,
his course in administering the affairs
of the State has made him bitter ene
mies within the ranks of the republi
cans, who are disposed to throw him
over altogether and vote for Campbell,
his opponent, as a protest against the
Thus Senator Sherman in the course
of the canvass lias gone considerably
out of his way to impress upon the
people of the State that in his opinion
it is a very even thing for the public
good whether aCmpbellot Foraker shall
be Governor, provided the Republican
party retains control of the Legislature
The Island at Prassnt a Vast
Isolated Pest House,
ance today and its future prospects will and consequently of the State’s repi e
be discussed in an able and fitting man
ner by these eloquent and prominent
orators.
Another great feature of Alliance day
at the Piedmont is a double wedding,
the contracting parties being clothed in j
garments of cotton bagging. Governor
the
sentation in the higher branch of
National Congress.
Senator Sherman made an elaborate
reference to Foraker in his opening
speech, but the most conspicuous thing
in it was the absence of any assertion
or intimation that the Goernor was
Gordon, assisted by several eminent hJnest.
divines, will officiate.
The exercises aud program of the day
will be made both instructive and
amusing, aud it behooves every Alli
ance man m the state to respond to
President Livingston’s address by fall
ing in line next Thursday, and in one
vast muster rally arouud their promi
nent leaders ou the Piedmont Fair
Grounds and study their interests to
gether.
THE RAPE OF MONTANA.
The attempt of the republicans to steal
the State of Montana from the demo
crats will be one of the most brazen
and outrageous thefts ever perpetrated,
if it is successful. Montana is and al
ways has been a democratic State, and
with one exception, when the people
were divided on a local issue, they nev
er failed to send a democratic delegate
to congress. The State iB still demo
cratic, and the election of a delegate
shows it. But Since tlieir loss of the
Third Louisiana district, it was imper
ative that this party carry Montana. A
AN OCCASION FOR THANKSGIV
ING.
As the American ansi Canaslinn Authori
ties Have Closest All Avenues of Kscape
from the 1*1 c?—Fears That the Disease
May Ke Brought to Ohio Towns on the
I-ak« by Vessels.
Sandusky, O., Oct 19.—The wildest
excitement exists on Point Pelee
Island, over 100 cases of smallpox hav
ing developed there since Sunday. The
island has about 1,000 population.
Q'.mrsuitl ted oil h!I Sides.
All avenues of escape from the place
have been closed by American and Cana
dian authorities. Every oae of the en -
tire group of Lake Erie islands, includ
ing Put-in-Bay, North Bass. Middle
Bass, Kelly’s and others have quaran
tined against Pelee, and the Canadian
authorities have quarantined the main
land against the island, which has thus
become a vast isolated pest house.
Ohio Town* Alarmed.
Mayor Hunt, of this oily, has tele
graphed the state board of health, ex
plaining the situation, and asking what
lie should do. The vessels ply between
the island and the various lake ports on
this shore, and it is feared some of them
may bring the disease over to this side.
It is expected the state board will order
all ports along this shore of Lake Erie
closed against Pelee.
CORPORAL TANNER
TALKS
of Hi
counted, in’, arid now the election re-
tiirfis are being manipuhit:d so as to
give them also control of the legisla
ture. The result will be to give two
more republican senators to the already
republican Senate.
Itfis only logical that the man who
organised the theft of an election pre-
1 cinct in Silver Bow county, Montana,to
Gov. Gordon surely was inspired with
the prophecy of a soothsayer when he
appointed Thursday, Oct. 17th for aday
of Thank-givi g in Georgia.
The defeat of the Olive bill by the
legislature on Wednesday affords ad
ditional cause for rejoicing, and now
that the state and legislature are (lone
with this odious measure for ever am! a
day, let everybody rejoice, and be glad.
The defeat of this bill in the Georgia
Legislature has been greeted with glad
ness by every f6an who held tlie future
p osperity of the state at heart, and the
few friends who supported it no doubt
are glad the bill has been killed in time
for them to partake of a hearty Thanks
giving dinner with a clear conscience
ofhaving no longer the indignation of
their fe.llow citizens hovering over
them.
The Atlanta Journal was correct in
saying the bill failed to pass for the
want of more friends. We knevy this
all the tjiue, foc-iYerkuew the Georgia
republican congreesouvil ..-Ibis teert Legislature composed, as it is, of con-
wrongs
of
your
people i change the political complexion of tlie
are lighted. Use your strength to pre
vent the passage of any bill—clog the
wheelis of government, and thus force
congress to grant a recognition of your
just demands and a redress of your
people’s wrongs.
Our Southern compress men have
united and by “gerrymandering”' and
other means recognized in extreme casds
managed to defeat tlie passage of
objectionable laws by the majority ;
and surely there never- was a more
worthy or appropriate opportunity
for an exercise of these
peculiar practical tactio3
than iii this instance. If the compress
men from our cotton growing States'
will only do their duty in this matter
they can and will secure the enactment
of a law that will effectually and per
manently destroy the jute bagging
legislature, should be an old convict and
jail-bird ami that he narrowly escaped
lynching for his villainy.
The Homestake Tunnel precinct of
Silver Bow polled 172 votes, of which
163 were democratic. There is no alle
gation of fraudulent voting or fraudu
lent count, and the whole theft is based
upon the-merest technicality that lias
been settled by the Montana courts as
immaterial and" inSuffleieut J&’A itiate
the return.
• • . - + l * A . • * AJ
The Board of Canvassers was solidly
republican; the chairman of tlie board,
W, W. Ja^k, had Wavy wagers on tlie
county eliciting the republican ticket,
'.and lie lias skipped for Europe. When
it i$ considered that the pretexts for
this theft were prepared by a convict ;
that the chairman of the Board of Can
vassers had heavy wagers on tlie result;
scientious law-makers, could not b<
friendly to a measure which hovered
over the state like an appalling death-
cloud to its future prosperity.
But, it is all settled for good, and let
us rejoice in the defeat of the Olive bill,
which menus tlie continued prosperity,
which is now being experienced bv the
Empire State of the South,
RegardiuR Bussey’* Overruling
Order Raising Pension..
Washington, Oct 19.—Corporal Tan
ner was asked Wednesday what he had
to say regarding Assistant Secretary
Bussey’s overruling of the commission
er’s order raising $2 per month pen
sions. He began his reply by referring
to Cicn. Bussey us having been for
twenty years editor of a Democratic
paper, and as having never served in
the army or navy. He continued
“Gen l-ussey conveys the impression
that the effect of my order was to arbi
trarily raise all pensions below £4 (be
tween ai>,Out) and fin.OOO) to $1 per
month. On tlie contrary, the order re
ferred to cases allowed after March 27,
the day I took oriice. I could issue no
certificates for less than $4. N o one
di‘ p i*ed my right to take that c mrse
Then, of course, I could, act iu cases
where applications were on tile for an
increase from pensions less than 134, if
accompanied by pi oper medical certifi
cates. * There is plenty of law for it,
Bussey to the contrary notwithstand
ing. lie says there is no precedent,
say every commissioner who p.eceded
me left precedents.”
they are now so manfully; struggling
for, and tliat iVcostuig them such ,a
large share of,their liaril-earned monel’.
The jute baggingtfust is fefltirely dif
ferent from any other combination ever
formed in our country to extort from
the masses. Tlie sugar, oil and other
trusts are not confined in their} opera
tions to one locality but bear with equal
force on every person and section. The
jute trust effects and oppresses only one
class and one section—is directly aimed
at the great staple of the South, and a
crop, too, in which there has been but
little prefit to the producer. We be
lieve the grain farmers of the West wfll
unite with the cotton raisers of the
South in this most holy and righteous
struggle".
Let the Alliance and every cotton
planter demand of a candidate for con
gress that he will devote his entire time
and talent to working for hieir relief
before supporting him.
L This is the surest, the speediest and
the only way to defeat the jute trust.
Place cotton bagging on the free
list.
relief that no allegation of fraudulent voting
or fraudulent count was presented, and
.that the Canvassers have no legal powr
ers beyond computing aud certifying
tlie vote, the utterly lawless and revo
lutionary nature of the political theft
may be fully appreciated. •
A man has just as much right to ex
pect a merchant to let him have liis
goods without paying for them, or a
laborer to do work for nothing ami
hoard himself, as for a newspaper
to be sent : to hi in free
We found over one hundred such par
ties on our daily books, and as the
Tamp* *h a Hnrbnr.
Nnw ltOKRr 'Dct. 19.—The Tribune’
Birmingham, Ala., special says that the
Richmond Terminal, Georgia Central,
East Tennessee. Louisville und Nash
ville, Southern Pacific and other south
and southwestern railroads, aud the
plant s;. stem of railroads and. steam
ships have united iu a movement to
niaiio Tampa, Fla., the shipping point
for all freight handled on those lines,
large part of which uo.v goes via New
York and Boston. Extensive improve
ments of the Tampa harbor and ne.v
steamship lines to mobile and Now Or
leans ate u part of the cc ieme.
Greeting to the Empire State
of the South.
ADsoiutely p Ut
Killer! ia a Jlo l.ng M II.
Sokantov, Pa., Oci. 1!).—About 9
o'clock Wednesday evening Solon
enee, Pa., accompanied
Davis, of Pro
by two ladies, entered the blooming
la ii of i ho Scranton Iron and Steel
campiiuy io observe the process of marie
lifa.it. re. At the ,doorway were three,
car-, loaded with re l hot ingots. To
e en o the heat of these' in passing
Davis .tejiped. naek.va d, and was
expense was more thaij \ye could carry, j caught by an immense ilywheel, rovoiv-
erased the tast name. No discrimina
tion was shewn.
—
All couhnunicntions in the interest of
candidates will lie charged for at the
rate of ten cents per line. In view of
the fact that the contest will be decided
within tip* Democratic ranks, the Ban
ner will be “hands off.” Those who
desire to put forward the especial claims
of their friend or candidate must expect
to pay for the same. This rule applies
to every one.
John L. Sullivan lias .spent all the
money he made by his fight with Kil-
rain last July' and is now quoted as
“dead brok.” Buff this fact will hardly
prevent tb$ slugger from f enjoying life
in his usifal way. 1 He enjoys tlie ‘ sen-
' Gov. Hill and party spent, several
hours in Rome on their return from
Atlanta, and were greeted right roy
ally by the good Romans, and Editor
Graves in a most beautiful speech bade
them welcome to the Mountain City.
Mr. Donald Harper, representing the
young Democracy; also gave them a
cordial welcome in a fitting speech.
Gov. Hiil. left after responding with
patriotic enthusiasm to tlieir speeches.
A new industry has developed in Ath
ens—hunting up leg-breaking holes in
the streets and bridges, so as to man
ufacture
<ity.
suit against the
The cotton week ending Friday, 18th
inst. shows the largest receipts on rec
ord—309,000 bales. The previous high
est figures were reached of 11th No
vember 1887, when the figures 300,000
were reached.| It is believed if the Al-
liancemen had not held tlieir cotton
back they would have simply been
plienominal, as the crop promises to be
by far the largest ever made.
The Athenians now want Gov. Gor
don to declare a Thanksgiving, Day to
help out the Northeast Georgia Stock
and Poultry Show,
8Ation of breaking something even if
it is himself.
The Rome, Tribune pertinantly asks
what lias become of John L. Sullivan’s
candidacy for Congress. It was a
boom which seems to have been knock
ed out in one rouud.
JjJcElree^jriVINEO^^ARbUi female dimm
A darkey can’t expect to rank in first-
class society in. Athens unless he is the
proud proprietor of one of these fero
cious beasts a blind tiger.
iug t.'.9 times a minute,, ami winrle l out
O- sight. When the engine was f topped
Davis’ dea l and horribly mangled body
was found in the wkyci pit.
IVaiiun-iu l>atu Gives Way.
Oshkosh, Wis., Oct.. 19.—Berlin
Pam, on Fox river, just above Eureka,
went oiit Monday night. This is almost
unprecedented from the fact that the
water in the river has been remarkably
low during the past few weeks aud late
ly the river has been at the lowest -mark
ever known. It is thought that tlie'snri
and wind opened crevices through
which the water got start©; l and carried
the structure away. The loss of the dam
will seriously impede navigation on the
upper Fox. It will probably be rebuilt
at once.
Evidence* of Great Progress Raving Been
Made in the SuntH During the Last
Quarter of a Century—The Cl :ud Which
Hung for So Many Fear* Over It 1*
Gone—'ysiopiii of HU Speech.
Atlanta, Ga., Oot. 18.—The following
is a synopsis of the address of Governor
Hill, of New York, delivered Wednesday
at the Piedmont exposition:
iu behalf nf the great state of which I am
proud to lie the repre-entative, and for which
this kind expression of esteem and hospitality
is intended, I wish to thank you most cor
dially. The empire state of the north sends
warm greeting to the empire state of the
south. She is proud of your progress, as she
is of her own.
The north has not forgotten the message
whichjyour eloquent Grady brought to the
sons of New Eugland two years ago. He
touched, as no orator in the generation since
the wslr ha? touched, ft chord of sympathy
ar.d charity, whose sound vibrated from
Maine to California, and the echoes of whose
silvery tones hav3 not yet died away. He
told us merely what we know, but what we
never before fully appreciated.
Glatl to free Such Progre**.
I am glad that you have given me this op
portunity to see the south under Us uew con
dition—to see for
myself what you
have accomplished
in this struggle of
twenty-five years.
Everywhere w e
turn we are con
fronted with the
evidences of the
achievements
our sciemifi? men
a id skilled arti
sans. No perso
can safely predict
what improve
men'B may be made
governor hill, in the next quarter
of a century. Whatever contributes to swell
the sum of human happiness and tends to
a higher and bettor civilization deserves the
encouragement of a grateful people. Amer
ica owes much to her artisans, inventors and
menvf genius.
TheThactment of just and liberal laws for
the protection of thei> rights and the pro
motion of their interests, is the least tribute
which she can pay to the great work which
they have performed in her behalf. It is my
good fortune to become acquainted with the
r.ew south in a state which, though one of
the oldest of the old south, is one of the
most progressive of the new—in a region
which received tho severest blight of war,
but which shows now the greatest degree of
revivification—in a city which represents
best the recovered energy, the proud spirit,
the wealth, the intelligence, the honor, the
vigor of this rejuvenated laud.
The Southerner’* Loyalty.
When I reflect upon the scenes which took
place in this vic-q.ty; only, twenty-five years
ago, how a stubborn and loyal army, bat
tling for a cause which it believed to be
just, for homes, for families, for country,
for life, was driven southward step by step
by force a superior in numbers and re
sources, how, day after day, the sound of
cannon and musketry reverberated through
these va leys, and the flumes of burn.ng
homes It up the horizon; how vigorously
the Fe ’eml force?, spurred on by the one de
sire of preserving the Union of your fathers
and theirs, fought their way through shot
and sh 11, destroying homes as they went
a d devasta b g fields; how, finally, those
brave men in gray, driven from every
stronghold, fell baCit within the fortific itio.is
of ibis f-ir ci y, aud how at last Atlanta
fell: us a northerner ol i enough to have ob
served the tendency of the ante-Deilnui south,
I am amazed i as an American citizen proud
of my country'V institutions aud form of
government, I am rejoiced. This is indeed
the sunny south. The great dark cloud which
hung over the south for so many years has
gone, thank God, aul the bright sun of
heaven looks down upun.a nobler civilization,
il!'st)ivln_
pirations. The rapid- development of the
south, and-in the conditions of sdcipty which
now; prevail here, there are suggestions for
serious thought.
Not ft Pessimist.
I nm not one of those pessimists who,
while recognizing and admitting the glori
ous prosperity of your industries since the
...4? «... 'sL
This phwoer never vane* .
ritjr, strength anil wholesome^ n '* rr «« i
womiea! than the onlina^T***-
besoM In competition with Vt,i s ,mi a!
low tests, short weicht alum, t lc , '"“Ititai
lien,. Sold only In cans p,
Coj, lOS \v al Irtreeb New Y„T
*•“ Provedto youlhT^^f;
labor. Most of you will renSiL* 1
dictions of your statesmen beforT
thaiwithont slaves the south c ZZ'
itably produce cotton; y*
you have raise! more eX|?£u
years than you raised in the t»J."
before Sumter was fired on uot^v .
ing that only a part of yourpopJS
been engaged in this industry, ^77’
the meantime, your rowufseturia,!
haue become formidable rival* 0 £ •£,
Tlie SolM South,
It is sometimes said in the uortioJ
south is solid. 8o it is, solid fur
ernment, solid for the welfare of iVc
solid for integrity in private
life, solid in its opposition to a patrmi
ministration of publie affairs
against congressional extravagant*^
its renunciation of the error* of it*,
solid for American ideas, solid ja in*
tion to the new nation, solid in iUa
tions for a higher civilisation a id
all that would make us a prwp«re M
powerful republic.
Of such solidity I an not afraid,
dangers in such unity as sprh« fr*o”l
noblest motives and subsorvos the mo«d
alted patriotism.
A MINE HORROR.
Terrible Explosion in an Enjll.h (,
Mine—More Than Fitly Bead Bod!
Recovered From th* Debus.
London, Oct. 18.—An
enrred iu the Bent ilee colliery, at Lea
ton. Staffordshire, at an earl; ks
Wednesday morning. There
enty men in the pit at tho tuna sad
these only eleven are known to in
survived.
The pit is completely wrecked, i
search for bodies is attended with gn
difficulty. A large force of men in
gaged in clearing away debris sal t
deuvoring to reach the dead or dji
miners.
Fifty llotlies llvcnrwl.
Later—The men engaged in
iug for victims of tlie explosion ta
found fifty bodies of the deal unrwa
SUGAR TRUST STCLKS
Forced Down by I« Irpmdeat Bil®
•a Cheaper S«K*"-
New York, Oct. IS —Sum t>:ria
tificates which touched 120 bine24
now quote l at 77. The e nreai
things which have couti'iiwtcd to u
notable decline, among which we
new life, new courage and new as- the decision of the ®°^ r > cs jj
capitalization of the trust for an to®
about trible the value of tho
represented, the uncertainty regaruB
the decision of t
ity of the triist. and the er.
competition at Philadelphia oi JM
airo apreckeis ‘refinery. .
The* value of tlie properties
in the trust. whi^h fioa.s MW ,
certificates, 1 was only ;;>lo,GoU.w
- - - • ■ n. iM 1 ™
cent of
time of their incorporation. 0&W
Well Known Winnipngnn Dead.
Winnipeg, Oct. 19.—Senator Hardisty
died Wednesday evening- from injuries
received when he was thrown from his
carnage two weeks ago.- He was’chief
factor of the Hudson Bay company in
charge of the district of Edmonton.
His father and grandfather were chief
factors in the company’s service, in
fact, the Hardisty family has been con
nected with the company almost’since
its organization. The deceased was a
brother-in-law of Sir Donald A. Smith.
Twelve Tear* for Murder.
Qrand Rapids, Mich., Oct 19.—
Amiel Gosch has been sentenced to
Jackson prison for twelve years for the
killing of Dan. Siuclare,* of Bowne
township. The supreme court will be
asked to give Gosch a new trial
The blind tiger still has his lair in the
Classic City, and is breeding a large
number of cubs.
My lore was like Uly t.air.
Low droopim in the sultry air,
My heart was rent with «rief and cars.
I loved her well.
- — - — ^ gro^s diii
My love’s now like a blooming rose:
How bright her face with beauty glows.
I dare not tell.
The wandering bee would stop to sip,
The nectar of her perfect lip. 1 ’
’Twas Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Presrrip-
Tion wrought the spell.
MoELREE»8 WINE^F CARnm for Weak Nerves.
Knocked Out in Forty-Five Round?.
San Francisco, Oot. IS.—Charley
Turner, of Stockton, knocked out Will
iam Heunessy, of Kansas City, in the
fortv-fifth round, in a fight to a finish
in the rooms of tlie Goldon Gate^Ath-
le/io club, Wednesday night.
lt.'semenccd to Death.
New York, Oct. 19.—Judge Martin
in Part I general. sessions has resen
tenced to death tie nry Carlton, the mur
derer of Policeman Brannon, and fixed
the date oi execution Dec. 5.
Soldiers’ Monument Dedicated.
Worcester, Mass., Oct 19.—The sol
diers’ monument at Winckerdom was
dedicated Wednesday, Grand Army
S from all the towns iu the vicinity
g part in the exercises.
war, profess to soe In some of j’our institu
tions and conditions cause for grave appre
hension for the future., Such apprehensions
are due perhaps, to the agitation of selfish
politicians, to that ignorance which does not
understand the southern nature to the sur
viving remnant of old time jealousy an 1
suspicion.
Great Problems to Overcome.
J would not jjave you understand me os
depreciating present dangers, or as belit
tling the obstacles which now confront you.
Great problems will have to be grappled
with, and,the north is watching to see how
you solve them. One of these problems is
the education of the masses. The worst foe
to our democratic form of government is
ignorance. It is a startling fact iudeed,
which was reveale 1 by the census of 1880,
that in some of your states half the popula
tion could not read or write. The census of
1890 will make a better showing, I am sure.
Inqpstrlal Enterprises.
In the field of industrial enterprises you
have great opportunities. Your resources
are inexhaustible; see that they are not
monopolized; discourage such legislation as
tends to enrich classes at the expense of tho
masses. It is within your power to do much
towards securing more equitable relations
between employers and employed. • Thus
far you have been particularly fortunate in
avoiding disastrous labor agitations.
But when there shall be collected in your
manufacturing cities large bodies of work
ingmen, when rivalry for employment shall
have become keener, you will have to meet
serious questions, and if you would take
warning f om the north’s experience you
will prepare to meet them now. Your em
ployers must realize what ours have been
slow to realize: that cne man’s rights are the
rights of another.
Let the benefits of your prosperity be en
joyed, not by the few who would use them
for their own selfish ends, but encourage
that broad bunuuh charity which looks to the
greatest good of the greatest number. You
have within your borders vast numbers of
an unfortunate and long oppressed i ace; it
is your interest, as it is your duty, to lift
them out of the estate in which fate has
placed them, and help them to assume the
responsibilities of citizenship.
The Advantage of Free Labor.
The experience of the last twenty years
A’
started out wiih BO per
whole refining business of uw
\mt its output has steadily w*
crouched upon by outsiders. ‘ ^
increased tlieir capacity unu v „
been doing .the past year "V.jJ
cent, of the business, and.«*»£*
period of the sugar trade at J
° The independent refinea
mainly in Philadelphia, hjj JJ
producing capacity of * . .0
Sprockets" additional refill > . ^
deifihia, which wifi he coa ^ e J^
Jan. 1. will make thq;
output by the^independeuir .55.
000 barrels, ihe total <io s J^
sugars manufactured by
fineries in the baited ^
the trusts, equals • btm *SS«Ml
daily. The trust °an no 1°^*
to have the same monopo.y ^
ness that it had die first r
istence, and this fact ha per^J
ence in bringing ah° u t^, pr £ c eof®
reduction in the mark V j fe.
trust certificates during t
months.
Strangled His Employ
Little Rock, Ark.,Oct-^
letter from Yenita, Indwn nnlef
says, “a most remarkable m j.
committed in Cooweesce^ee
last Saturday. John B |CU8 y
to-do Indian, had in his
of nineteen,named James s ^
feel out with his employe 1, ^
ed his wages on a h>S ^ ^
agreed. Richards refused^
than the price a ^ rced ’ '' gie^
struck him. After a s g )Iy
got Richards down and
gled him, cnly relaXin ^ xt inet.
his throat when life wa \ C year s
ards was about sixty*
a peaceful man.
got away.
MsElree’s Wine
and THEDFORD’S BLACK-
for «1» by tbe W»» M