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THE ATHENS
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ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY
WANAMAKER MAD,
IIK
DELUGES LARRY GANTT'
WITH ABUSE.
STILL SPREADING.!
n«! l'"H cott Pr0VM tt (}rmt Irritant—
j llirj i- ih numds Matt Davis' Appoint-
■ut—Miis. I-yle Mr. Harrison's
'ri,nice—Her Support—A Humored
Trade by a Prominent Democrat With
th( . areal Georgia Carpet-Hugger—
Startling Disclosures Threatened, etc.
Washington, I>. C., Fub. 20.—
Urvy Gantt, of The Banner,
, - .' uS IU!M i c a deadly enemy of Postmas-
•rf-cJm-ral Wanamaker, anil he enter-
,'lii.s his visitors abasing the Athens
,.,lil,>r. A gentleman called a few days
. , c ilt the Postolllce Department,
where ho had a long talk with Wana-
makir’s private secretary. Jle says he
r heard a man get such a torrent of
»lm«e a> this fellow gave Gantt,and those
behind the scenes say the secretary is
only repeating the sentiments of his
l,i. l. It seems that some one has been
eemli'ig Wanamaker every copy of The
IDnsku containing its light on that of-
ticer,and Gantt’s editorial* act upon him
like turpentine on a sore-back mule.
It is highly amusing to outsiders, and
Bannkii copies that reach Wasli-
WANAMAKER A BIG MAN, BUT
BOYCOTT A BIGGER ONE.
ington are worn out with being passed
n round.
Tho Georgia boycott is having its ef-
f, .,l and Wanamaker would now
hack square down but for the pressure
made hy Buck outlie Admiu’s* ration.
Wanamaker is very sensitive to criti-
, ism from the presa/as is also Uarri-
Him who proved this by bis recognition
of journalists i i making appointments.
•| lic I*. M. G. is jealous about his liusi-
m ss, mo, and his ambition is to build
in, the largest trade in the country. A
greater pan of his business come from
the South, and it is the general belief
here that if the boycott is pressed and
heroines any ways genera) that, it will
have a purifying effect on Southern ap
pointments in the futnr . 1 have been
a.ked L>v a dozen or more men to de-
fcnhe Larry Gantt to them—for he has
certainly made a reputation in Wash-
in,.ton City, and the republicans liute
him worse than Satan
There is yet a faint hope of Matt Da
vis’appointment being defeated in the
Senate, if his eonueciion with the open
ing of private letters is properly shown
up. Mis. Lyle had tho appointment
i,, her brother is an litfluencial
rupnhlieau—bjlt Bo.-s Buek stepped ill
nml demanded of Harrison that he stick
to his trade, by which Davis was to get
the Athens pestoflice. in return for
tlm vote of the Georgia dele
g. ion in the Chicago convention.
Li course Wanamaker could have saved
Athens this shame,but l»e is nothing but
u miserable toot in the hands of brainier
men, who control him as a child. My
opinion is that Davis will be confirmed.
I There are certain wheels within
wheels that have conspired lo the ap
pointment of Matt Davis—some.of them
revolved by democrats—which 1 will
disclose so soon as I learn a little more.
T here are two democrats now holding
ollU c under A. E. Buck, and drawing
handsome salaries, that it is thought
have had a deadening elt’ect on a certain
intliiciicc licit might have defealed
1 tav is. Do not place too much faith in
iiny man until I can unravel certain
political tangles.
11 Gantt decides to visit Washington
< iiy during Wanamaker’s term of of-
lire, I would advise hint to get Gov.
Gordon to loan him a few companies of
militia, or 1 will not be responsible for
his safety. The republicans here, from
President Harrison down to Wanama-
ker’s otiiee-sweeper, look upon him
with the most bitter and vindictive
hatred. In fact, Gantt, to the republi
cans, is what Ingalls is to the. demo
crats. The democrats at Washington,
however, glory in his spunk, and are as
loud in Gantt's praise as are the re
publicans in their abuse of him.
Smith (Scorgtn and Florida Fall Into
Llun and Rrfnne to Futrootzo
Mood, Bonbright &■ Co, The
Athens Banner and Ila
Editor tbo Toast of
Montll Georgia.
Valdosta, Ga., Feb. 22.—[Special]—
The Athens Banner’s boycott against
Postmaster General Wanamaker is
sweeping over tho South like a tidal
wave, and Valdosta is hand and heart
with Editor Gantt in his valliant light
for democracy and white man’s suprem
acy. A few {days sinee Mr. Mauning,
a drummer for Hood, Bonbright & Co.,
(Wanamaker’shouse) visited our citj.
This firm had been selling largely to
our merchants, but they refused to
even let Mr. Manning show his Jgoods,
and told him they would pay two pri
ces before patroniziug a slander
er of the South, and a man
who lias fastened a negro post
master on a Southern eity. Our mer
chants are determined in this fight, and
enlisted for the war.
Valdastor is not alone in her boy
cott, for news received from every
city and town in South Georgia is that
the Wanamaker boycott is on iu full
force. Even Florida has fallen into
line, and a gentleman who has recently
travelled over that state tells me that
The Athens Banner’s boycott on Wan-
aniaker is the battle erv in the Land of
Flowers, llis drummers are given the
cold-shoulder wherever they go, and
are not making travelling expenses.
This boycott came in the nick of time,
for it struck Wanamaker’s house just
when merchants begun to order spring
goods. He will lose more in Georgia
and Florida alone than his contribution
tot the republican campaign coruptiou
fund anionnted to.
The farmers are with 1'nn Banner to
a man, and refuse to patronize any
house that handles Hood, Bonbright &
Co.’s goods. These goods are the hard
est stock on the market.
The Athens Banner is the most pop
ular paper in Gcorgia.with our people,
and if yon will send an agent through
this section I believe you can add 5,000
names to your list. All true democrats
for
Gantt has never tl nched when the in
terests of his party and people were
threatened. J* F
[We appreciate the above kind and
cheering words. Our correspondent
has sent us a long list of names of prom
inent citizens in South Georgia, and we
will gladly mail them copies of eur
next Weekly. We will also act on his
suggestion and send a good agent
through his section, who will establish
local agencies iu every town.—[Ed
Banner.) . •
A MIDDLE GEORGIA, TOO.
COVINGTON FALLS INTO LINE, AND KN
HORSES THE BOYCOTT.
Covington, Ga., Feb. 22.—[Special.]
“Three cheers for Gantt and The Ban
ner!” is now the battle cry in Coving
ton. Here’s our hand on the Wanama
ker boycott. Col. Anderson, of tlie
Star, endorses your course, while he is
opposed to boycotts in general. He says
the Banner is right, and this popular
editor but re-echoes the sentiments of
every merchant in Covington. From
drummers this week in our city we
learn that all the places on the Georgia
road are enlisted with Mr. Gantt in his
fight against toe iusulter ot our Stato.
THE WANAMAKER BOYCOTT.
MORNING FEBRUARY 25 1890.
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VOLLVHI NO. 13
ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT.
GEORGE T. MURRELL. Editor.
By applying the same principles new
l iu force iu the monetary system of the
United States with only slight modifica
tion iu the detail of their executiou.
i he Government and the people of this
country realize that tlie amount of gold
and silver and the certificates based on
In view of the fact that a goodly
number of farmers are not members of
tho Alliance, and consequently do not I t ' ie3e metals, do not comprise a volume-
.mea^cur ABUnc. .rg»». I. 2ffSlS^5SSS?3S , ^KS2
lias been suggested that in this issue of the volume, the Government allows in-
the Banner “The report of the Com- dividuals to associate themselves into a
mittco on the Monetary System” should I corporate, and deposit with the
bapaMUhaa. Witt™,commea. I* SjESSSi !%&*££%$&
it before the people for their careful Government holds in trust and issues
perusal. to such corporation paper monoyequal
EUREKA 1 to niuety per cent, of the value of the
bonds, and charges said corporation in-
key to the solution of the Indus- I tereBt at the rate of one per cent per
trial problem of the aoh annum for the use of said paper money.
trial i robleh of THE AGE. This allows the issue of paper money to
An important step was taken in tho increase the volumnof the circulating
history of the world by the National 1 medium on a perfectly safe basis, be-
Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union I cause the margin is a guarantee that the
at the recent St. Louis meeting, and banks will redeem the bonds before
the gauntlet is thrown before monopo- they mature. But now we find that the
lists and speculators by the adoption of circulation secured by this method is
the following: still not adequate; or to taken very
beport of the committeb on the mon- conservative position, if we admit that
ktahv htrteu u is adequate on the average, we knsw
kt system. that the fact of its being entirely inade-
Tlie financial policy of the general quate for half the year makes its infiex-
Government seems to-day to be peeul- ibility an engine of opression, because a
iarly adapted to further the interests of season iu which it is inadequate must
the speculating class, at the expense be followed by one of superabundance
and to the manifest detriment of the in order to bring about the average, and
productive class, and while there are such a range in volumn means great
many forms of relief offered, there has fluctuations in prices which cut against
up to the preseut time been no true rein- the prodneer, both in buying and sell-
edy presented which has secured a sup- ing, because he must sell at a season
port universal enough to render its when produce is low, and buy when
adoption probable. Neither of the po- commodities are high. This system,
litical parties offer a remedy adequate I now in vogue by the United 'States
to our necessities, and tlie two parties I government,of supplimenting its circu-
tliat have been iu power siuee the war lating medium by a safe and redeoma-
havc pursued practically the same ble paper money, should.be pushed a
financial policy. The situatiou is this: little further and conducted in such a
Tlie most desirable and necessary re-| manner as to secure a certain auguicn-
form is one that will adjust the ltnan- tatlon of supply at the season of the
eial system of general Government so year in which the agricultual additions
that its provisions cannot be utilized | to tbo wealth of the Nation demand
by a elass, which thereby becomes priv
ileged and is in consequence oontrary
to the genius of our Government, and
which is to-day the priucipal cause of
tlie depressed condition of agriculture.
Regardless of all this tlie political
parties utterly ignore these great evils
and refuse to remove their cause, and
the importunities of the privileged
class have no doubt often led the execu
tive and legislative branches of the
Government to believe that the masses
were passive and reconciled to the ex
msney, and a diminution in such sup
ply or money as said agricultural pro
ducts are consumed. It it not an aver-
age adequate amount that is needed, be
cause under it ihe greatest abuses may
prevail, but a eortaia adequate amount
that adjusts itself to the wants sf the
country at all seasons. For thiB pur
pose let us demand that the United
State* government modify its present
financial system.
1. So as to allow the free and unlim
ited coinage of silvur or the Issue of
istence of this system whereby a privi- silver certificates against an unlimited
leged class can, by means of the power deposit of bullion,
of money to oppress, exact from labor | 2. That the system sf using certain
look upon it as an outspoken organ for .. . _
iron-libbed democracy—for Editor* *all that it produces except a bare sub-| banks as United States, depositories be
" ' sistenec. Since then it is the most nee
abolished, and in place of said system,
essary of all reforms, and receives no establish in every county in each of the
attention from any prominent political
parties, it is highly aporopriate and
important that our efforts be concentra
ted to secure the needed reform in this
direction, provided all can agree up..n
such measures. Such action will in no
wise connect this movement to any par
tisan effort, as it can be applied to the
party to which each member belongs
In'seeking a true and practical reme
dy for the evils that now flow from the
States that offers for sale during the
year five hundred thousand dollars
worth of farm products; including
wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye, rice, to
bacco, cotton, wool and.sugar, all to
gether; a sub-treasury office, which
shall have in connection with it such
warehouses or elevators as are necessary
for carefully storing and preserving
such agricultural products as are offer
ed it for storage, and it should be the
imperfections in our financial system duty of such sub-treasury department
let us first consider what is the greatest to receive such agricultured products as
evil, (he one that outstrips all others so are offered for storage and make a care-
far that it is instantly recognized as the ful examination of such products and
chief, and known with certainty to be class same as to quality and give s cer-
more oppressive to the productive in- tificate of the deposit showing tlie
terests of the country than any other amount and quality, and that United
influence, is that which delegates to a States legal-tender paper money equal
certain class the power to fix the price I to eighty per cent of tlie local current
of all kinds of produce and of all.com- I value of the products deposited has
modifies. This power is not delegated been advanced on a.me on interest at
directly, but it is delegated indirectly the rate of one per cent per annum, on
by allowing such classes to issue a large the condition that the owner or such
per cent of money used as tlie circulat- other person as lie may authorize will
ing medium of the county, and having | redeem the agricultural preduet within
the balance of such circulating medium,
which is issued by tlie Government, a
fixed quantity that is uot aug
mented to correspond with the necessi
ties of the times. Iu consequenee
NORTH GEORGIA FALLS INTO LINK. AND
APPLAUDS TIIK ATHENS BANNER.
Dalton, Ga., Feb. 22.—[Special.]—
Larry Gantt's boycott against Wana-
I A<11 1 j o ,v ’.* —O
maker’s Philadelphia house is sweeping
over Cherokee Georgia and the moun
tains like wild fire. The Dalton Citi
zen has come out manfully in sup
port of the Athens Banner, and our
merchants,under no oil cumstanees, will
handle goods from Hood, Bonbright &
Co. in future.;
The news received from all the towns
feELREE’S WINE OF C*R0UI fur Weak Nerves.
“MY DEAR MATT.”
Thu Degradation or the "Classic City
Si iiud-Suaator Colquitt Can Hold Up tho
Confirmation for Six Months.
News reached Athens yesterday that
Harrison had sent iu the name of Mad
ison Davis to the Senate as postmaster
at Athens. The only relief of our peo
ple now rests in Senator Colquitt. He
<!lln hold up the confirmation for six
months, and we appeal to him, in lie-
half of our people, to ds so. It is their
earnest request that he stay this humil
iatiou to the last possible hour.
Our poople have no desire to manifest
their disapprobation by indignat! :n
•aretinga. They will show it by a boy-
cott against any house with which John
Wanamaker is connected. Thia is tbs
most sensible and effective way to reach
this infamous creature.
Lowest prices, best work,
"aimer Job office.
of this tlie money issued by the priv- treasurer should be allowed to charge a
ileged class, which they are at liberty trifle for handling and storage, and a
to withdraw at pleasure, can be, and is, reasonable amountof insurance, but the
so manipulated as to control the vol- premises necessary for conduct-
imie of circulating medium in the ing this business should be
couutry sufficiently to produce fluctua- secured by tlie various counties donet-
■ ions in general prices at their pleas- ing to the general government the land
ire. It may be likened unto a simple I and the government building the very
illustration in pdilosopliy: The inflex- I best modern buildings, fire-proof and
ible volume of the Government issue is | substantial. With this method in
[The above letter was received by a
gentleman in Athens yesterday, who
lus kindly permitted its to publish the
hsiiio. The slander and abuse ot repub
licans and such creatures have no
effect whatever on our posi
tion. We know that we onVtic' SUte Road is to the effect that
have the eontidnee and support of al
loyal democrats and men In lavor of
Anglo-Saxon supremacy, and such are
the only people whose good opinion is
worth possessing. We have not in
dulged in any abuse against Postmaster-
General Wanamaker, but plainly told
him the truth. If it irritates and an-
Bers him, he can gnaw a tile so long as
he sees lit. So soon as our business per
mits, we shall certainly pay a visit to
Washington City, and personally In
vestigate the influences that secured
Matt Davis’appointment, and let our
people know to whom they owe this
degredtttion and insult. The Banner’s
motto is: “Hew to the line—let the
drips fall where they may.”—{Ed. Ban-
nkii.] ' * ..
the fulcrum, the volume of the batik
issue is the lever power, and price is
the point at which power is applied,
and it is either raised or lowered with
great certainty to correspond with the
volume of bank issued. Any mechanic
tlie boycott is on in fnll force.
THE WEATHER AND FRUIT.
The Fruit Crop a Foregone Failure—
1'eaehtroes Will Not Bloom.
It is now generally conceded that the
mild winter has killed the prospects
for a successful- fruit crop this year.
Pear and apple trees hare bloomed and
the slightest cold spell of weather will
kill the blooms. There is not even a
chanee for tlie inevitable plum tree, as
it has wasted its fragrance too soo* on
the deceitful winter’s air. lhe fact is,
that so far as the fruit crop is con
cerned this winter has been a snare ana
a delusion. .
“There is one very singular observe
tion about peacli trees this “ “
a man who is pssteil oit snch topics,
a Banner reporter. ‘ Why they are
not going to bloom at all.
“What do you think is the cause sf
this phenomenal behavior?”
“I don’t know; but the trees will
surely not bloom in this locality. I
have examined the trees closely and find
that the buds have not even begun to
swell, although the leaves are rapidly
growing out.” The trees .alwaysbloom
before sending out their leavM. Of
course, there are a
very few. There will be no crop of
peaches this year at all. f . »
P It is believed all over the South that
the fruit crop has been almost totally
nipped in the bud.
Lusky Hamilton Ladles
The times received word to-day that
Mr John B. Young, of No. 33 Hannah
street west, had been so fortunate as to
bold a winning ticket in the Louuiana
State Lottery. A Mr.
Young who informed the rimes rep-
resentative that his wife and her taster
bad taken a cnance in tlie great lottery,
tlie drawing taking place«f No
The ticket was a one-fortieth of No.
98,455, and drew the first capital prize
of $000,000. The ladies teceived Hie
money, $15,000, promptly from a New
Orleans bank, by draft through one of
our leading banks here.—Hamilton
(Out.) Tl»88» January 4*
twelve months from the date of the cer
tificate or the trustee will sell same at
public auctiou to the highest bidder for
the purpose of satisfying the debt. Be
sides the one per cent, interest the sub
vogue the farmer, when his produco
was harvested, wonld place it in stor
age where it would be perfectly safe
and he would secure four-fifths of its
value to supply his pressing necessity
for money at one per cent, per annum
will instantly recognize the fact that He would negotiate aud sell his ware-
tile quickest and surest way of destroy- house or elevator certificates whenever
ing the power of the lever to raise or the current price suited him, receiving
lower price is to remove the resistance 1 frost tlie person to whom he sold, only
ottered by the fulcrum—the inflexible I the difference between the price agreed
volume of Government issue. The I upon and tbo amount already paid by
power to regulate the volume of money sub-treasurer. When, however, these
-o as to control price is so manipulated storage certificates reached the hand of
as to develop and apply a potent force, the miller or factory, or other consumer
for which we have in the English lan- hs to get the product would have to re-
gunge no name; but it is the power of turn to tlie sub-treasurer the sum of
money to oppress, and is demonstrated money advanced, together with the in-
as follows : In the last four terest on same and the storage and in-
months of the year the agricultu-1 buranee charges on the product. This
ral products of the whole year having I is no new or untried scheme; it is safe
been harvested, they are placed ou the and conservative; it harmonizes and
uiarkct to buy money. The amount of carries out the system already in vogue
money necessary to supply this demand on areally safe plan because the pro-
is equal to many times the actual I ducts of the couutry that must be con-
ainount in circulation. Nevertheless sumed every year are really the very
the class that controls tbo volume of best security in the world, and with
the circulating medium desire to pur- more justice to society at large. For a
chase these agricultural products for precedent, attention is called to tho fol-
speeulative purposes, so they reduce the lowing:
volume of money by hoarding, in the In December, 1848, the London Times
face of tlie augmented demand, and | announced the inevitable failure of the
thereby advance the exchangeable value French republic and disintegration of
of the then inadequate volume of money, French Society in the near future, but
which is equivalent to reducing the I so wise was the administration of the
price of tlie agricultural products, statesmen of that nation that two
True agriculturalists should hold their months later it was forced to eat its own
products and not sell at these ruinously words—say ing iu its columns February
ww prices. And no doubt they would 14,1849:
if they could, but to prevent that, prac- As a mere commercial speeaiation
tically all debts, taxes, and interest are with the assets which the bank held in
made to mature at that time, and they I hand it might then have stoppod pay
being forced to have money at a certain ment find liquidated its afiairs with
season when they have the product of every probability that a few weeks
their labor to sell, tlie power of money would mable it to clear off its liabilities
to oppress by its scarcity is applied un— But this idea was not entertained for
til it makes them turn loose tlioir pro- moment by M. D’Argont, and he re
ducts so low that their labor expended solved to make every effort to keep
does not average them fifty cents per alive what may be termed the circula-
day. This illustrates the power of tion of the life-blood of. the communi-
money to oppress; the remedyj as be- ty. The task was overwhelming,
fore, lies iu removing the power of the Money wbb found to meet not only the
fulcrum—the inflexible Government demands on the bank, but the necessi-
issue—and supplying a Government I ties both public and private, of every
issue, the volume of which, shall be in- rank in society. Ii was essential to en-
ereased to correspond with the actual I able tho manufacturers to work, lest
addition to the wealth of the Nation their worktnen, driven to desperation,
presented by agriculture at harvest I should fliug themselves amongst the
time, and diminished as such agri- I most violent enemies of public order,
cultural produets are consumed. Such I It was essential to provide money for
a flexibility of volume would guarantee the food of Paris, for the pay of trsops,
a stability of price based en cSst of pro-1 and for the daily support of the indus-
duction which would be compelled to trial establishments ofthe nation.Failure
reckon the pajffor agricultural labor at
In this extremity, when the bank
alone retained any available sums of
money, the government came to the
the rescue, atnl on the night of the 15th
of Match, the notes of the bank were,
by a decree, made a legal tender, the
issue of these notes being limited in all
to ,350,000,000, but the amount of the
lowest of them reduced for the public
convenience to 100 francs. One of the
great difficulties mentioned in the re
port was to print these 100 franc notes
fast enough for the public consumption.
In ten days the amount issued in this
form had reached 80,000,000 francs.
To enable the manufacturing inter
ests to weather the storm at a moment
when all the sales were interrupted, a
decree of the national assembly bad
directed warehouses to be opened for
the reception of all kinds of goods, and
provided that the registered invoice of
the goods so deposited should be made
negotiable -by indorsement. The bank
of France discounted these receipts. In
Havre alone eighteen millions were
thus advanced on colonial produce,
and in Paris fourteen millions on
merchandise; in all, sixty millions were
made available for the purposes cT
trade. Thus, the great institution had
placed itself as it was in direct contact
with every interest of the community,
from the ministry of the treasury down
to the trader in a distant seaport. Like
a hugh hydraulic machine, it employed
its colossal powers to pump a fresh
stream into the exhausted arteries of
trade to sustain credit, and preserve
the circulation [from complete collapse.
—From the Bank Charter Act, and the
Rate of Interest, London, 1873.
This is proof positivo, and a cloar de
monstration, in 1848, which this sys
tem could accomplish when a neces
sity . existed for resorting to it.
But sine© that time every
eonceivablo change has tended
toward rendering such a system
easier managed and more necessary.
Tlie various moans of rapid transpor-
station and the facilities for tlie instan
taneous transmission of intelligence,
make it no disadvantage for the pro
duce of a country to be stored at homo
until demanded for consumption, and
the great savings that will follow tlie
abolition of local shipments shows
what great economy such a system is
In this day and time, no one will for a
moment deny that all tlie conditions for
purchase and sale will attach to -the
Government certificates showing
amount, quality and running charges
that attach to the product.
The arguments sustaining this sys
tem will present themselves to your
minds as you ponder over the subject.
The one fact stands out in bold relief,
prominent, grand, aud worthy tbe best
effort of our hearts ainljliainls, and that
is “this system will emancipate produc
tive labor from the power of money to
oppress” with speed and certainty
Could any object be more worthy?
Surely not; and none could be devised
that would more enlist your sympa
tbies.
Our forefathers fought in theRevolu
tionary war, making sacrifices that will
forever perpetuate their names in his
tory, to emancipate productive labor
front tlie power of a monarch to op
press. Their battle cry was “liberty.”
Our monarch i3 a false, unjust, and
statutory power given to money, which
calls for a conflict on our part to email
cipate productive labor from the power
of money to oppress. Let the" watch
word again be, “Liberty!”
A Card of Thanha.
Mr. Editoe:—We have received so
inneli kind ties from the people jof Ath
ens and surrounding community dur
ing our recent affliction,that we feel con
strained to ask permission, through
your columns, to express our gratitude.
In all our itinerant life we havc.hard-
ly met anything that equaled it.
Of Dr. Steedly, we can hardly find
words adequate to express our appreci
ation, not only for his fidelity, vigi
lance and skillful management as
physician, but for much person-1 kind
ness that none but ourselves can un
derstand. Tho Doctor will please par
don us for this personal allusion.
Upon tlie people of Athens general
ly, and all those who have ss kindly
interested themselves iu our behalf aud
ministered to our wants in particular
we pray abundant blessings.
To our neighbors and friends who have
been so kind and faithful, we return
our thanks and feel more than ever re
solved to devote our time to^their good
To my ministerial brethren of Athens,I
am brought under many obligations
for meeting my regular appointments.
Above all to that Father,who chastens
those whom He levos, do we give heart
felt thanks for answered prayers and
for that providence that lias redeemed
our life almost from the graVe to com
parative health.
I. M. Blanton.
Mrs. I. M. Blanton.
ODR NEIGHBORING TOWNS-
Firs Near Carnesvllle—Three Negro Chil
dren Burned.
Carnesvtllb, Ga., Feb. 22.—'Three
negro children, aged two, four and six
years, were burned up in a cabin on G.
Brown’s place about three miles from
town, Wednesday about 1 o’clock
in. They were the children of Hut
Bird, (col.) and were left at home by
their parents who were at work about
a half, mile away. The house was
common box house and soon burned
down, Tlie firs was, no doubt, the
result of carelesncss, as tho . children
were left aloue in the house and per
haps fired it therasvlves and, becomin„
excited, did not have forethought
enough to leave the burning building.
Hon.' A. G. McCnrry,,of Hartwell,Is
in town on legal business and t# catch
on to improved agriculture as our peo
ple farm.
a Shorin’ J. C. McConnell left here yes
terday afternoon for the lunatic, asylum
asylum at Milledgeville, with Mrs. Ce
lia Carroll, where she will bo confined
as an inmate of the asylum.
Prof. A. L. Barge lias a large class in
penmanship here. .
J. M. Carson visited Elberton this
week iu tho interests of the Enterprise.
AGAINST RAILROADS
MR. HOKE SMITH'S SPEECH
DACATUR.
AT
the same rates as ether [employment
Such flexibility would rob money of its
most potent power—tbe power toop-
S ress—and place a premium on pro-
uctlve effort. But bow may so de
sirable a remit be secured ? Let us see.
on any one peint would have led to
fresh convulsion, but tho panic had
been followed by so great a scarcity of
the metallic currency, that a few days
later, out of a payment of 20,000,000 fal
len due. only 47,000 {ranee could be re
corded in sliTcr.
The Railroads in Their Relations to
the Pooplo-He Says Farmers
Pay the Freight.
Decatur, February 22.—[Special.]—
Mr. Hoke Smith made an address to
the farmers of DeKalb cecytty in the
court house at noon teday.
The court was adjourned by Judge
Richard Clark, so as to give Mr. Smith
from twelve to two in Which to make
bis address.
A large crowd had assembled in the
court room. There were farmers from
every section of the country. Some
had come to attend court ahd many to
hear tlie expected address on the vital
question of the day in Georgia.
At twelve noon, the assembly came
to order and Mr. McCurdy, of Stone
'■Mountain was asked to preside. He in
troduced Mr. Hoke Smith, which was,
as lie said, an informal task, as Mr.
Smith was the best known young man
in Georgia.
“He is tbe most distinguished young
man in the State,” said Mr. McCurdy,
because of his splendid intelligence,
because of his active, tireless and fear
less energy in fighting for the farmers
and people of Georgia; because of his
nerve, when lie declared in Athens, is
the very teeth of the monopoly, that he
would take up the battle of the people
againt illegal railway combinations
and trusts. Mr. Smith is too well
known to the .farmers’ audience. His
name is enough. I present to you the
Hon. Hoke Smith.”
He spoke of the relations existing be
tween railway transportation and the
farmers of the State.
Tlie railways, he said, must charge
enough to make their business pay
This was but just. No one could expect
anything else of them. But the practice
has been to charge as much as tbe tattle
will bear.
There is the injustice that the people
have to bear. It is to help prevent just
such unjust burdens that he was speak
ing to the people. They should know
these things, and they should remedy
them.
Mr. Smith then took up the subject
of. the railroad commission, showing
that the reduction of freight charges in
Georgia, caused by the commission,
had been about one-tbird. Tbe rail
ways bad fought tlie commission in its
incoption and ever since. They tried
to crush it at first, and arc now tryiDg
to curtail its power.
The advantage of competition was
clearly shown by figures giviBg the
rates where there is no competition aud
where there is competition.
The speaker then urged the people to
take an interest in these matters, and
then see that free competition is pre
served, and that the railroad commis
sion is retained with all its power.
NEWS BY WIRE.
ATHENS DIRT.
It Brings Better Prices Than Were Ever
Known,
The recent sale of Mr. Alex. Bishop’s
bouse and lot on Milledge Avenue
serves to show liow Athens’ real es
tate is increasing in value from year to
year.
A few years ago Mr. Bishop bought
the entire lot for $8,000. Since that
time lie has sold two divisions of it for
$3,000 each, and the house and immedi
ate lot for $15,000, thus making his
sales amount to $21,000 at a clear profit
of $13,000. Mr. Bishop still has a large
portion of the lot that has not been
sold. These figures show, bow Athens
dirt is advancing.
Young Abraham Lincoln, aged 15,
the son of Robert Lincoln, minister to
England, is dying at his father’s Lon
don residence.
Giant Jones Gilbert, eight feet tall,
married Genevieve Williams, five feet
in height, at Scrautsn, Pa.
General Master Workman Pswderly
denied that he proposed to remove to
Philadelphia.
The two-headed baby died at Buffalo,
N. Y., with measles. One half of tbe
child died at night, and the other half
in the moruing.
A human ear has been found nailed
to a telegraph pole in Cincinnati.
Five murderers will be hanged at
Harrisburg, Pa., April 9th.
Indiana prohibitionists have nomi
nated a state ticket.
An obscure paper published in Cin
cinnati has been prohibited circulation
iu Germany. _ „.
A consumptive at Fort Wayne, Ind.,
died after fasting 21 days.
Saunders Buckley was killed by
lightning uear Jackson, O.
The secretary of a Michigan prohibi
tion committee has been arrested for
selling liquor without license.
A marriage by telephone took place
in Indiana, the bride, groom and jus
tice eauh being in different cities.
Buffalo and his Wild West
show are exhibiting in Rome, Italy, to
enormous crowdB.
The natives in Japan are starving,
and live on rice and powdered straw.
John Phillips, a clerk at Florence,
Ala., was assaulted and horsewhipped
by two ladies for his remarks about
them.
Mrs. George Currit, of ShelbyvIUe,
Ind., has been nine times a bride and
eight times divorced. She was mar
ried and divorced from the same man
twice. * J "~
A fourteen-year-old boy at Glenn
Falls, N, Y., saved a train from being
wrecked.
Two thousand people gained entrance
to Buffalo Bill’s show at Naples, on
spurious tickets. -
A Catholic Priest at Wilkesbare, Pa.,
was ordered out of church by his con
gregation, when he drew a pistol and
compelled his insultors to leave, them
selves.
Twenty-one years ago the Maine In
dians stole a little girl. Yesterday jt
was restored to its mother.
There will soon no longer be a sur
plus in Uncle Sam’s treasury. The ex
penses already authorized by the pres
eut congress will exceed $500,000,000,
The female temperance crusaders
were tried yesterday at Trenton, Ohio
The defendants were welcomed to town
by a brass.band, and the best legal tal
ent in Missouri volunteered their ser
vices free of charge. The revengeful
bar-keepers,whose liquor was destroyed
are shilking for justice.
A house was wreeked by lightning at
Brazil, Ind., and the inmates badly in
jured.
George Francis Train, of Boston,will
try to make the trip around the world
in sixty days.
A. V. Potts la in jail at Florence, Ala,
for an attempt to steal his ohild from
his divorced wifo.'
In Calhoun county, Georgia. Wm.
Price stole Miss Nick and married her.
The wedding night the bride’s uncle
tore her from her husband’s arms, and
carried her home. Mr. Price will now
°U6 for a divorce on the ground o{ do*
B.rtioo. -
CHILDREN’S DEPARTMENT.
YpluokyboyT
The boy marched straight up to the
couDter.
“'Veil, my little mao,” said the merchant
complacently (he had just risou from such
a glorious dinner) “what will you have to
day ?”
“Oh, phase, sir, mayn’t I do some work
for yon ?”
It might have been tbe pleasant blue
ejes that did it, for the man was not ac
customed l* parley with such small gen
tlemen, and Tommy waan’t seven yet, and
small of bis age at that.
There were a few wisps or hair along
the sdges of the merchant's temples, and
looking down on the appealing face, thu
man pulled at them. When he bad done
tweaking them he gave the ends of liis
cravat a btusb. and then his hands travel
ed down to bis vest pocket.
“Do some work for me, eh 1 Well, now,
about what sort of work might your small
manship calculate to be able to perforin ?
Why.you can’t look over tho counter ?"
“Oh,yes, I can, and I am "growing,
pleaae, growing fast; there, see if I can't
look over tbe counter?”
“Yes, by standing on your toes; are
they coppered f’
“What, air?”
“Why, ysur toes. Your mother could
not keep you in shoes if they were not.”
“8be can’t keep me in shoes anyhow,
sir’’ and the voice hesitated.
The man took psins to look over the
counter. It was too much for him, lie
couldn’t see the little toes. Then he went
all the way around.
“I thought I should need a microscope,”
be said, veiy gravely, “but l reckon if I
get close enough I can see what you look
like." v
*T’oi older than I’m big sir," was the
neat rejoinder. “Folks say 1 am very
small of my age.”
“What might your ago be, sir?” re
sponded tbe roan with emphasis.
“1 am almost seven,” said Tommy, with
a look calculated to impress even six feet
nine. “You see my mother hasn’t any
body but me, and this moruing I saw her
crying because she could not find five
cents in he pocket-book, and she thinks
the boys who took the ashes stole it—and
—I—have—not—had 1 —any breakfast, sir.”
The voice again hesitated and tears came
to the blue eyes.
“1 reckon I can help you to a breakfast,
my little fellow," said the man, feeling in
bka vest pocket.
“There will that quarter do.”
The boy shook hia head.
“Mother wouldn’t let me beg, sir" was
the simple answer.
"Hump! Where is your father ?”
“We never heard of him, air, after he
went away. He was lost, sir, iu tho
steamer City of Boston."
“Ah 1 that’s bad. But you are a plucky
little fellow, anyhow. Let me see,” and
be puckered up his mouth and looked
straight down into the boy’s eye’s, which
waio looking into his. "Saunders” ho
asked, addressing a clerk who was rolling
up and writing ou parcels, “is Cash No. 4
still sick ?”
“Dead, air; died last night,” was tbe
low reply.
“Ah, I’m sorry to bear that. Well,
here’s a youngster that can take his
place."
Mr. Sauaders looked up slowly, then he
pat bis pen behind his ear, then his glance
traveled curiously from Tommy to Mr.
Tower*.
“Ob„I understand," said the latter;
yes, h* is very small, veiy small indeed,
but I like hia pluck. What did No. 4
get ?”
“Three dollars, sir,” said the still aston
ished clerk.
“Put this boy down four. There, young
ster, give him your name aud iud home
aud tell your mother you have got • place
at four dollars a week. Come back on
Monday aud I’ll tell you what to do.
Here’s a dollar i n advance. I’ll take it
out of your first week. Can you remem*
ber ?"
“Work, sir, work all the time t"
“As long as you deserve it, my man.”
Tommy shot out of that .shop. If every
broken stairs that bad a twist through the
whole flight creaked and trembled under
the weight of a small x>y, or perhaps, as
might be better stated, laughed and chuck
led on acouut of a small buy's good luck,
those in that tenement house enjoyed
themselves thoroughly that morning.
“I’ve got it, mother 1 I’m took 1 I’m a
cash boy 1 Don’t you know they take
parcels the clerks call ‘Cash?’—well. I’m
that. Four dollars a week! and the
man said I had real pluck, courage, you
know. And here’s a dollar for breakfast:
and don’t you ever cry again, for I’m the
man of tbe house now.”
The house was only a little 10x15 room,
but how those blue eyes did magnify it 1
At first tbe mother looked confounded;
then she looked—well, it passes my power
to tell bow she did look as she took him in
her arms and hugged him, kissed him, tho
tears streaming down her cheeks. But
they were tears of thankfulness.—New
York Mail.
CONSOLATION.
BY WALTER LEARNED.
When Molly came home from the party
to-night—
The party was out at nine—
There were traces of tears in her bright
blue eyes
That looked mournfully up to mine. ■
For some one had said, she whispered to
me.
With ber face on my shoulder hid,
Some one had said (there were sobs in her
voice)
That they didn’t like something she did.
So I took my liitle girl up on my knee—
I am old and exceedingly wise—
And I said “My dear, now listen to me;
Just listen, and dry your eyes.
“This woild is a difficult world, indeed,
And people are bard to suit,
And the man who plays on tbe violin
Is a bore to the man with a flute.
‘And I myself have often thought,
How very much better ’twould bo
If every one of tbe folks that I know
Would only agiee with me.
“But. since they will not, tbe very best way
To make this world look bright,
Is never to mind what people say,
But do what you think is right.”
—St- Nicholas.
‘How to Cure all Sk'n Diseases.”
apply “Swaykb’s Ointment.’* No
Internal medicine required. Cures tetter, ec
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Ae.,l>avlng the akin clear white and healthy.
Ita great healing and curative powers ore pos
sesses by no other remedy. Ask your druggist
for SwAYNZ’a Ointment.
MF* BROWN’S IRON BITTERS 1
Cures Indigestion, Biliousness, Dyspepsia, Mala*
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