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the Athens banker Tuesday mornino April & 1890
A QUARTETTE OF EDITORS' BABIES.
The spirit of rivalry that is maul*
fested between the Atlanta Consti
tution and the Atlanta Journal,
says the Macon News, is not con-
people’s power to make the rich
richer And the poor poorer.”
Gov. Gobdon of Georgia doesn’t
share the opinion of many people as
lined to the business patronage and I c° nv i ct labor system of this
public popularity of the papers alone,
but it invades the home circle, and
State. Instead of the convicts who
are leased during chair sentence be-
there the contest for the greatest euhjected to all the moral and
circulation is waged as zealously as 1 Physical tortures that have been im-
in the office departments. The clever I P uie ^ system* ® ov * Gordon
cor espondent of the Augusta Cliron I says, unhesitatingly, and without
icle telis us that the managing ed* P ear contradiction,^ that in no
itor of the Journal, the city editor of P ri8on in the entire Union lhere
the Journal, the managing editor of be fo ° nd a 8 f l of "ho are
THE SUB-TREASURY BILL AND
THE FARMERS’ ALLIANCE.
Letter from H. H. Carlton.
Mb. Pack. W. Durham, Elder, Ga.
My Dear Sir.—Yours of 2Gth ult.,
asking my views on the sub-treasury
bill introduced in the Senate by Senator
Vance, of North Carolina, was duly re
ceived. An answer would have been
furnished at an earlier date but from an
unusual press of business. The object
of the sub-treasury bill is certainly a
good one. No industry in all this broad
land so much needs and deserves aid and
protection as our agricultural interest.
The organization of the farmers
throughout the country into Alliance
associations is well and wise. The inter
est they are manifesting, not only in
their direct and immediate well-being
happier, healthier physically, better and bettered condition, but the concern
city editor FF » r j they are taking in those public and leg-
_ _ _ e fathers ol mora ^y» and generally in a more fcigtive matters which materially effect
fouTliitlVbabieoi (U1 born wUhio »h. conditio, than tko« of ffl*3S. , flK d It V
past two weeks. Mr. Clark Howell, ® aor 8 l * «n#«tionAhiw inH.«tbMth.tniMw«m»tiil
the Constitution and the
of the Constitution are the
questionably indicates that progress aud
that self-protection so long needed, and
managing editor of the Constitution, misdirection of a skeleton i which, if prudently and wisely directed,
started the quartette with a beauti- aent by express to Waltham,
ful little girl; Air. Josiah Carter, | ba8 brought oat the fact th
Mass.
will undoubtedly result in incalculable
good to them and' the whole country,
that most I Agriculture is the basis, the foundatiou
managing editor of the Journal, fol-1 the skeletons used in this country interest of all other interests and enter-
i . . . . » °I tne saeisions useu in turn uuuuwy isefl o{ ^ coun try. The agricultu-
lowed with a bouncing boy; Mr. Joe I imported from France or Ger-1 rists are a great power, a mo?t potent
Ohl, city editor of the Constitution, I and that there is no tariff for I factor in our body politic. Then why
name nnv* with « nrettv littlo oirl “ mB J» aau . should they not exercise-that power for
came next with a pretty little girl, I protection agaiuat the foreign pan- I good of themselves and the country
port inee to our people, therefore, at the
risk of being soipewhat tedious, 1 want
to conclude by suggesting a financial
scheme which I think is far better than
the “sub-treasury plan.” One which I
think will subserve the interests of the
farmers and our whole country much
more surely.
Senator Stanford, of California, has
introduced in the Senate the following
preamble and resolutions:
GOVERNMENT LOANS ON REAL ESTATE.
Mr. Stanford submit ed the following
resolution, which was read:
Whereas there is a stringency in
money and much consequent distress,
the energies of_ the country being de
pressed, large portions of the farming
communities heavily burdened anil
struggling for relief; and
Whereas the United States Govern
ment is alone authorized to make money
which shall he a legal tender, whether
it be by stamp upon paper, silver or
gold; and
Whereas the value of the three com
modities when used as money depends
entirely upon the stamp of the govern
ment making it legal tender; and
Whereas it has been found that the
money advanced by the government
upon its own bonds to the holders
thereof has furnished the best anil most
a few days, and during that lime,
Hooper was taken down with pneumo
nia and died.
It is alleged that the deceased tolil a
friend, Charles Lewis, that he had kill
ed two men in Arkansss, who were
concerned in the lynching of his
(Hooper’s) father, and that there was a
third more whom he would yet kill, anil
that was John M. Clayton.
WINNIE DAVIS WILL WED
THE DAUGHTER OF THE CONFEDER
ACY TO MARRY A NORTHERNER.
and Mr. G. N. Hurtel, city editor of made skeletons. It is not likely, at large? As to the sub-treasury plan
the Journal, finished the quartette I either> tbat any duty will be im- I
with a sweet, blue eyed baby girl. DOsed f or Republicans are confident I the oountry generally, and am satisfied
«*■ • —- - • -' F r - that the farmers will so conclude wiien
ing to interfere with the business of | skeletons,
their fathers, as bright afternoon pa
pers cannot spare editors during the
The quartette of editors’ babies is
doing well.
It is affirmed that the blonde is
passing, and that dark«hai*ed dam*
sels are on the increase. Also that
blue eyes are becoming rarer, while |
cold, gray optica are multiplying.
But the spring poet is just as nu
PHILADELPHIA HOWLING*
Philadelphia Times: '‘There are | merous as ever, aud be pipes his lay
was adopted while it might bring some
temporary relief to the farmers, its
final and inevitable result would
be to further tax and oppress the farm
ing interest. Why do I say this ? Well
the sub-treasury plan proposes the erec
tiou on the part of the government of
warehouses in every county, where the
agricultural products amount to the
sum of five hundred thousand dollars.
These products or those of imperishable
nature are to be stored in these ware-
Hov the Child of the Southern header
Became Acquainted with the Grandson
of an Anti-Slavery Agitator—Love BroKe
Down All Barriers.
The present year has so far contributed
no more interesting item to social his
tory than the annoifneement that Miss
Winnie Davis is soon to wed, and that
... .. , , . , . | her betrothed is Mr. Alfred Wilkinson,
acceptable currency, through which to- SyracTlse N . t. He is a young lawyer
day in our country most of the ex- J* k*
country
changes are made; and
in moderate circumstances, and. the
Whereas the present stringency is grandson of Rev. Samuel J. May, a
largely due to the retirement of Gov- noted Abolitionist, who worked side by
, « — — . « i V _ _ : T A * J 1 /N - - - — a — l' 1 - mm — m J TiL — 1
25,000 carpet weavers and workers as industriously as if nothing bad fo^^^^the^o^rnleS 80
iu Philadelphia whose industry is | happened,
seriously threatened by the McKin
ley Tariff bill. It increases the
present needless and oppressive tax
on carpet wool from 100 to 300 per
cent. It is a wanton, wicked tax on
every carpet loom of the city; it
taxes raw materials that we don’t
and can’t produce; it increases the
cost of carpets to consumers and
per cent, of tlieir market value. Of
course the object is to enable the' farui-
A Bat Citt, Mich., man can make ers to hold their crops, and not have to
salt for 8 cents a barrel.
sell them, when the market is low, or at
ruinous prices dictated by tradesmen
and speculators. The purpose is cer
tainly a good one, and should meet the
Col. Dak Lahont is said to be up approval of all, but the plan proposed is
to bis ears in business, making obviously impracticable and would in
$50,000 a year.
Since the adoption of nominations
, , , , ., by ths democrats of Athens and
must thns lessen the purchase of „ „ .
1 . Clarke county, a poor man s vote is
carpets, and there is general revolt
among both employers and employed.
the end, as I have said, prove onerous to
the farmers themselves. To carry out
this plan, the government would have
to erect thousands upon thousands of
warehouses throughout the country,
and appoint a per ect army of govern
ment employes, all of which would have
to be maintained at the public expense.
Add to this quite immeasurable expense
the 80 per cent, to be advanced on the
as good as a nigger’s. In times gone
There are not less than 10,000 tin- I I crops sWed, and you willbegin toliave
workers in Philadelnhia whose in- “ d aU U C °V C,Dg Bnd care88ln 8 some idea of the financial enormity of
workers in Hmiadeipma whose in I wa8 done 0Q the American citizen 1 — ~
of African descent.
Philadelphia
dustry would be wantonly oppressed
by the increase of 120 per cent in
the tax on tin plate. It is a needless
and a crushing tax on every roof;
on every dinner-pail; on every poor
man’s kitchen and table; ou every
consumer of canned fruits and vege-
CoL B. F. Camp, 9 of Carnesvills,
says the people of Franklin county
have not as yet decided who they
will support for Congress. He thinks
. they will send an uninstructed dele- j
tables; on every small farmer who I g a tj on> and V( jte f or a dar k horse.
grows them, aud it is the veriest
mockery of protection of labor.
There is universal protest against
this cruel oppression of industry
alike from the thousands of tin-
workers and the hundreds of thou-
AN APPEAL FROM THE LADIES.
The Banner was yesterday handed
a latter from a committee of ladies
in Athens begging us not to give up
in our efforts to defeat the confirma-
sands of consumers in this great in**. .
dustrial city. The tobacco workers 1 tbm °f* ne ff ro postmaster inour
tbe undertaking. Nor would the scheme
end here, and only appertain to the farm
products of the county. Congress enn-
uot constitutionally enact what may he
termed class-legislation, viz: legislation
to a particular class, to the detriment,
deprivation or exclusion of other aud
dependent classes.
Unfortunately, in this day of constitu
tional disregard, such legislation is some
times and but too often enacted but cer
tainly without the warrant of ponstitu-
tional law. We, of the South, cannot
afford to give the slsghtest encourage
ment to such violation of that constitu
tion, which is, and must he, the only
bulwark of our safety. Though often
disregarded and over-ridden, yet it is the
only safe-guard left us, and must by us
be guarded with tbejsauie sanctity tbat
was given to it by our forefathers, the
fnupers thereof. Now, to apply this
constitutional principle of legislation, if
the sab-treasury scheme is inaugurated
ornuient bonds which have been so
largely the basis of our circulating me
dium; and
Whereas it is of great consequence to
national aud individual interests that
credit should be established, where mer
ited, as far is safe aud practicable; and
Whereas the Goverumeut can do this
abundautly, without risk to itself, upon
much of the property of the country, as
it is now doing upon its own bonds, on
which it is paying interest; and
Whereas loans upon a property basis
would furnish all the money needed
without cost to tbe Government, aud a
fair interest paid by the borrower
would give to the Government for the
use of its creditors in bills a large in
come. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Committee on Fi
nance be instructed to inquire what re
lief may be furnished by the United
States Government, and particularly
whether loans may not be made by the
Government upon' mortgages deposited
with it upon real estate, independent of
improvements, at such rate a^d to sueh
an amount only as will make the security
to the Government perfect, the Govern
ment to receive some small rate of in
terest, l rom 1 to 2 per cent, ample com
pensation for the use of its credit, and
to prevent the undue applications for
loans beyond the needs of the country.
And the Government, as further re
straint and provision against an overis
sue (if such a thiug be possible upon
perfect security, where the interest is
very slight,) shall provide to call in a
percentage of its loans, from time to
time, upon reasonable notice, as it
may deem necessary, at its own ilisere-
tiou, for the welfare of the nation.
_ This resolution is in the right direc
tion but doe3 not go far enough. In ad
dition to the provisions of this resolu
tion, I would favor an amendment to
the National Bank laws providing as
follows:
To every state of thc’United States,
which shall, by legislative enactment,
sec apart and plodge such a percent
age of its taxable values, for the
guarantee or payment of the pub
lic indebtedness of the general
government, to the treasury of
each sueli State or States, so enacting,
the United States treasury shall issue
government bonds in an amount equal
side with Garrison, Emerson and Phil
lips. She is the “daughter of the Con
federacy,’* the sole surviving iJhild of the
late Jefferson Davis.
| a* there is a straw of hope. They I extended for the’ benefit of those en
I said if it was proper for ths ladies industriai pursuits? For
I ^ l 1 instance, the wool growers and the
THE BIRTHPLACE OF MISS DAVIS
(The Confederate. White House).
The manner in which they became ac
qnainted was romantic in tho extreme.
Four years ago Miss Davis left her fa
ther’s home at Beauvoir for a visit to the
north. Sho spent a portion of the time
os a guest of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Em
ory at Syracuse. The Davis and Emory
families were friends in Washington as
long ago as when Mr. Davis was senator
from Mississippi
Dr. Emory is a son of Gen. Emory, of
the United States army, and Mia. Emory
is a daughter of the late Denis McCarthy.
While in Syracuse Miss Davis met at one
of the receptions given in her honor the
man who is to become her husband. The
daughter of the Confederate leader had
been given a very cool welcome atone or
two houses, and tliiB was resented by Mr.
Wilkinson, who championed her cause
and by his tact and gallantry made
smooth many places that might other-
‘ A
larly •fascinating, os it seems to have
gained a slight French accent during her
sojourns abroad. In repose her face is
grave and thoughtful, but when lighted
up by a smile it becomes girlish and viva
cious. She is tall, her figure is graceful
ly rounded, and her carriage stately. Her
hn.Ti.ia and feet are small, the latter being
strikingly noticeable by reason of tbe
highly arched insteps. She dresses rich
ly but quietly, with no desire to attract
attention. Her language Is as expressive
as her eyes. She is a skilled fencer at
repartee and a charming story teller.
In her wofrds and acts she expresses
the utmost respect for the social forms
and conventionalities of her native seo-
tion. Besides English she spdhks Ger
man, French and Spanish. Of her abil
ity as a conversationalist, a lady who met
Miss Davis during her northern visit said
recently: “The naive way in which she
described for us the meeting on horse
back of two fiery southerners, both stran
gers and both stutterers, was delicious.
The predicament in which one man
found himself when the other asked him
how f-f-f-far it was to a certain city, and
he realized that if he mJde answer that it
was s-s-s-seveu miles he would he shot on
the spot, was os real as life."
Miss Davis is now about 27 years ol
age. Mr. Alfred Wilkinson is Dearly 80.
lie is a graduate of Harvard and a patent
lawyer by profession, his business part
ners being George Hey and Arthur Par
sons. He is of medium height, has dark
Hair, dark blue eyes, a not'very heavy
dork mustache, and a rather fair com-
plexicn. His father, John Wilkinson,
was appointed revenue collector for one
of the districts of central New York hy
Abraham Lincoln. Tho senior Wilkin
son was originally a Republican, but
afterwards supported Tilden for gov
ernor.
Young Wilkinson’s grandfather, Rev.
Samuel J. May, as the associate and
friend of Phillips and Garrison, aided
Mias Prudence Crandall when, at Canter
bury, Conn., in 1388, sho transformed her
young ladies’ seminary" into a school
exclusively for colored girls. Tho affair
created a tremendous sensation at the
time and begot indictments and lawsuits
without number. Dr. May’s career os
an anti-slavery lecturer included visits
to several European countries. When
ho removed from Connecticut to Syra
cuse ho continued his work on behalf of
the blacks, had several collisions with
rioters and was once burned in effigy.
But time heals wounds, changes con
ditions and brings consolations. Dr.
May, the agitator of the north, and Jef
ferson Davis, the leader of the south, are
dead; the cannon that boomed defiance
in 1861 are rusted relics In 1800; the
Came dealing lines of blue and gray no
more meet in deadly conflict; peace and
prosperity have resumed their sway over
a united country, and the “Daughter of
the Confederacy” is to become tno wife
of a “Yankee” lawyer.
wise have proven rough to tread,
warm friendship naturally followed, and
iu course of time the gratitude the young
lady felt for the courtesy of her hand
some northern knight gradually ripened
into a tenderer regard.
After the close of her sojourn in New
York state Miss Davis returned to the
charming home of’her parents at Beau
voir, Miss., and there remained until a
few months ago, aiding her mother in
the conduct of tho household, and act
ing, when occasion required, as her fa-
to the taxable values so s*-t apart in I ther’s amanuensis and capable assistant
fllinh I’Pftnffi'f.iVB Statft. Tim interest; Kio liiavnm timvir T nofenmmor Vkrvra-
each respective State, The interest in his literary worl^ Last summer, how-
I of oar city to get up the petition, it j lumber men of the West? Those en-
would have bwu doee at th. lint SS**“5“P* £*
anil numerous other industries that
might he mentioned ? If these were
We assure our fair friends tbat h£“ ed :i. aild the . Govemmeut grani to
. them the same aid and protection tbat
their appeal Shall not fall on deaf I is asked for the farmers under the pro-
1
of this city number thousands, and | city, but keep up the fight M Jlong | ^ ^/^.^shoumTn^
they are in open revolt against the
increased taxes proposed on their
industry by the McKinley Tariff bill.
They declare that the bill as re- j
ported would be utterly destructive
of an industry that has grown into
vast proportions, and they protest as I ear ”
to-day the petition l R 08 *^ aub^treasury plan, who coulil’ es-
with one voice against this sacrifice J 1 tl,n «nnrmitv r>f »vru>m» ».h»
of labor to political contracts. Oar
thousands of leather workers in. « . , .it# ■ —
PhiladelDhia are in alarm because of Sandfty * Papei * to before them dollars, that the Republican party i
PU adelph a are in alarm because oi l Qchj| docnment a8 ^ open the going to expend annually for the pay
the repeated decisions of the McKiu-I - .. . . r . I meat of pensions, there would be a large
lev Committee to tax hides After * ye8 tb6 00,111tr ^ 40 tbe outrage deficit in the U. S. Treasury, instead of
ley Committee to tax hides. Alt «J about to be perpetrated upon a re- » surplus. Then the Republican party
tumbling over themselves time and ^ ,, ... — *
again back and iorth on the question, * 8p6 ° * commxxui J*
the tax on hides was suddenly re-, . . . ..«ucu me •»num man aui
moved for the fourth time just before tde democ,ats of Atben8 to shirk a clas9 of peop i e> we would have an in
v.„ pannei ,1 L.,f I- responsibility that made them hold I crease of the present high, protective,
the bill was reported, but it is known IF” . . . l oppressive, and robbr tariff taxation.
hack in this matter, but each one [ q'hi s calamitous condition of affairs
thought another man better suited
for tbe purpose.
Tbe petition will to-day be drawn
up. A committee is sow at work on
it. It is decided best to make it no
and the protectionists would be strongly
fortified in their high tariff schemes,and
It was not a desire on ths part of ] instead of obtaining that tariff reform
1 more needed by the farmers than any
that the Cattle Trust that paid spot
cash to the campaign corruption
fund as the price of a tax on hides
will renew the battle in the House
and demand that the party shall ful
fill its contract. There is not only
protest against this destructive tax 1 or * anized ® l * OTem ® nt * bot a 8p °^ a ~ I this, by which they could* become
could not be off-set, or compensated by
any advantage the farmers could hope
from the sub-treasury scheme. As be
fore stated the only real and practical
advantage to tbe farmers uuder this pro
posed plan, would be to enable them to
hold their crops for better prices. Well,
there is certainly a far better plan than
upon said Government bonds to be paid
over to the treasury of the respective
States, and said bonds so deposited in
the treasury of these sfates, shall be the
basis of enlarged circulatiug medium
within the respective States in the fol
lowing manner, to-wit:
When the legislatures of respective
states, having so enacted and so nego
tiated with the United States for
a deposit of Government bonds with
the treasury of said states, shall deem it
advisable for the relief of any financial
stringency witliiu the states, then the
legislature of such state shall by legisla
tive enactment authorize the treasurer
thereof to return said Goverment bonds
to the United States Treasury and re
ceive in lieu thereof currency either in
gold or silver .or gold or silver certifi
cates. or treasury notes), such as may be
agreed upon, in an amount equal to the
tax value of said Government bonds so
returned. This currency, when so re
ceived hy the State Treasurer, shall be
loaned or put in circulation in such
manner and upon such securities as the
Legislature may authorize
Thus, you will perceive, that this last
ever, her health failed her to a certain
MISS VARINAH DAVIS,
extent, and an affection of the eyes forced
a complete abandonment both. of read
ing and of continuous labor with the
pen. It was then decided that travel
would he the best medicine, and the fair
UNDUE FEMALE SWAY.
Toon* Mothers Who Now n _.
Edgertou, linn ln
Mrs. Maggie KSlly enjoys u „ 0Ve]
tlnctiOD. Sho is o resident of Edm.ri
Vnn nnA .l- • ^‘SUtOn
Kan., and within the limits of
week
became a mother and the mayor of .u.
neri *S
MRS. MAGGIE KELLY.
led the
ticket, which wag
elected recently
and which did not
hear the name of
a single man—^
V married
either, for tw
matter. Mrs.
KeUyia a prevj
brunette, of n*.
diurn height, and
not yet 30 years
of age. Her Lm.
band, W. H. Kelly, is a miller.
a native of Kansas and not atallambi
tious. “I think the men should run the
city. I would rather take care of niv
baby,” she remarked tho other day. X
The police judge, Mrs. Jessie Greer
is also a young mother, but her child is
18 months old, and Mr. Greer has hy
this time become so experienced that
there will be no danger in leaving him
to attend to the infant’s wants whUe his
wife looks after tile duties of her offics
The new magistrate has already outlinoj
her policy. She will suppress the “hard
cider joints” and close up the restaurants
on Sunday. Mrs. Greer is 25 years old
and was bom in Ottumwa, la. Both
the mayor and police judge are Demo
crats. In religion tho former is a Cath
olic and tl\e latter a Protestant.
All the members of the council savo
one are Republicans and have young
children. It is expected that tho lirJt
municipal expenditure of tho new regime
will bo for an ante-room off the council
ehamber where'
bunks can be fit
ted np for the use
of tho babies.
The triumph of
the women is due
to the fact that
their male prede
cessors didn’t at
tend to business
and the town was „
“going to tho k v
dogs.” As on ex
ample of the
men's negligence
it is said that MBS * JESSIK QRElia -
after the death of the city marshal gome
time ago, the then mayor could not get
enough councflxnen together to confirm a
successor, and consequently disorder and
rioting went unchecked throughout the
otherwise thriving little city. Edgerton
is the home of ex-Govemor John P. St.
John, tho great apostle of temiwrance
reform, and lias a population of about
500.
Commercial Traveler vs. Lawyor.
A wide awake commercial traveler
generally gets the better of an adversary,
even if tho latter chances to be a lawyer.
A case in point is tha^ of Leon Weill,
of New York city, whose wife brought
suit for alimony and won. The drum
mer promptly made up the quarrel and
resumed relations with Mr*. Weill, hut
declined to pay her attorney his fee.
Tho latter began an action recently,
which resulted disastrously tor him.
Judge Andrews saying in his decision:
’'•The husband and wife both swear
that the alimony has been paid, and be
sides 1 am not referred to any case in
which it has been held that an attorney
has a lien upon the alimony awarded to
the wife by a final judgment rendered
in her favor in an action for a separation.
The costs cannot be collected hy a pro
ceeding to punish for contempt.”
They Have Little to Live For.
The illustration presented herewith
gives an idea of the remarkable condi
tions under which existence is endured
in certain portions of England. “In
this old rotten van,” writes tho taker of
proposed plan is but an enlargement of invalid went to Eiirope as the guept of
the plan proposed by Senator Stanford’s ;
resolution, and would be making the
treasury of the States so enacting and
Mrs. Pulitzer, of New York city. . Two
months ago Mr. Wilkinson, with whom
she had corresponded since the date of
providing repositories for government their meeting at Syracuse, followed her
on the raw materials of our leather
industries, but there will be revolu
tion if it shall he accomplished*
These particular industries are now
seriously threatened by increased
tariff taxes which are demanded
solely in the interest of tbe greed of |
concentrated wealth, |pd with them
are enlisted tbe great mass of the
people who are to pay increased]
neons utterance of the people. The | absolute masters of the prices at which
paper will be passed from one man t© th ® ir c r ops ** 801,1 “ they are of
^ v I what they shall grow upon their farms,
another, and every loyal democrat | Let them cease to go in debt, anil prae-
Let
and men opposed to negro suprem- tice greater eeonomy in farming
. , ■ - • ■■ r 1 1 ■ I them make their farms self-sustaining,
acy is expected to keep it moving. | them fill their barns with hay; their
Sign at once, with all the clerks in | graineries with urain, and.their smoke-
. un . . . . . j I houses with meat, and then their gin-
yonr establishment, and state your I houses will be the only warehouses th- y
business.
BAPTISTS MEET.
will need or want. Better than govern
ment Warehouses. For here they would
have to pay no storage, nor want an ad
vance of money upon which they would
have to pay a government rate of inter-
taxes on most of the common neces* The State Convention Assembles at | est. Here their cotton would remain,
series of life if tbe McKinley tariff
Washington.
until called for at prices fixed by the
farmers themselves, and no longer con
bill shall pass. The protest is gen- | 1 trolled by those who dictate the price of
eral among the masses against op-1 Conv^tion a«embfed here this mom * Mle ’ “ weU “ the 0084 of production.
pressive
the protests are
sale, as well as tbe cost or p:
. »re «>* >“«« “d °in5epeudent ha i*appy
determined became of tbe bypocriejr "> d piSpereL. ’ There’can he no que/-
that proposes to crash laborMtb tgifSKSt' An orfer of bnL~i 5•gZXPSTSSZU'tS
wanton taxes while professing to wa* prorfred fte mm “lastyear So u tUeru P fa P e cti on f perhaps more than
protect and foster labor. In short, | | -
there is only one safe course for ev- beta* *.have r^rcireK^^ is alSgS
ery Philadelphia Congressman to “Kted^orils” publication
pursue, and that is to vote against I of Atlanta, and the American Baptist I {Jeed^mendiin^o as to’<Hve B freer ^nd
r .... „ . PuMinaHnn soefetv: of Philadidnlun. I ! lceu atnenuing so as to give ireer amt
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tariff bill in our history that avow. ^w ^ ^^w^the^h^
the purpose to legislate for exclusive “g* h ^e,and certainly they should be re
classes at the cost of the masses, favor of his amendment and scorad au I fecuritieruDorTwhieh leans oj^monev
anil tbe masses will resent the wiong j conventlOQ adopting | could beneg“tlatecL
bonds and the issuing of government cur
rency based upon its own bonds. The
payment of the interest upon said bonds
into the treasury of each state would
create a revenue thereto sufficient to de
fray all necessary expense for carrying
this scheme into’execution.
I have merely given you a syopsis of
this proposed plan, but sufficient, I
hope' for you to gather the idea.
Yours most truly,
H. H. Carlton,
HE BROKE JAIL.
A Would-Be Murderer Escapes from
His Cell.
Danielsville, Ga.,April 26.—To-day
about-11 o’clock, a. m., Mike Fleeuian, . ... . . . _
who was coufined in jail here for as- several years in the acquirement of a
across the ocean. He pressed his suit,
she yielded, and before his return to
America they had plighted their troth.
Miss Varinah Davis, better known to
the world at large as “Winnie,”, was
jbom at the president's mansion in Rich
mond, Va., while tho gnus, of contend
ing armies thundered about the Virginia
capital From the circumstances sur
lier birth she received the title
of the “tfuughter of tho Confederacy.”
While yet little more than an infant she
was taken with the other members of-
her family on that historic flight south
ward which ended in the capture of Mr.
Davis by the northern forces. At the
age of 15 she was sent to a seminary in
Carlsruhe, Germany, where she spent
sault with intent to murder, broke jail
and is now breathing the free air again.
M'hn fail rlnAw kao aoma Iov/va nolle in if
| thorough and finished education. On
her return she became! and remained,
The jail door has some large nails in it until her departure a short time previous
which were loose, and with the helD of I to his death, her father’s chosen comnan-
one of these he succeeded in bursting a ton and friend,
plank from over the door, and with this
plank he prised tbe door from its hin
ges and walked out and left without
any chance to shake hands with him,
which the sheriff regrets very much, as
he had become very much attached to
Mike, and hated to lose him so sud
denly.
Miss Mattie Meadows, who lias been
attending the Home School in Athens,
is now at home with the old folks.
CLAYTON’S MURDER.
by revolutionary action if necessary,
• s is a government 'of the people,
Again, the 10 per cent Government
The Assassin Known to the Officers
Los Angeles, Cal., April—[Spe-1
cial.]—Last winter during the floods in [
this section, a rancher named Thos.
Hooper, died atRanchito, in this coun- 1
ty. It is learned this morning that I
prior to his death, the sheriff’s officers
here bad collected evidence sufficient,
it is alleged, to implicate him in the
REV. SAMUEL J. MAT.
Miss Davis is not, in the general ac
ceptance of the term, a “beautiful” wo
man. bat sho Is distinguished looking.
. , . f if ySrJSrOTS SWtSwe vu I .Y hi . ch wou1 ^ a .long ways toward re
tire people and for the people,’ and much
summon to a fearful ffioTfeou Pam- j than intended hut this is an in-
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murder of John M. Clayton, brother of Her face is orientally oval and her com
plexion olive. She has dark brown hnir
and large intellectual brown eyes that
grow eloquent with expression whenever
she dismisses a subject in which sho is
tax on State banks should be repealed, Gov. Powell Clayton, of Arkansas.
After communicating with Governor
Eagle, of Arkansas, they were about to
who usurp the
proceed to Ranehito and arrest him, interested. Her voice, is of the soft.
teresting question, and one of great im- when the Hood came and cut him off for fweet southron variety, and is partita*
A VJ.S AND ITS OCCUPANTS,
the photograph from which the picture
is reproduced, “which I saw near Rugby
a fortnight ago, 8 feet .4 inches by 5 feet
8 inches by 5 feet 8 inches, there wen
one man, one woman and eight boys and
girls from four to sixteen years old. It
was their only home, and all were in a
most pitiable state, and not one of them
could tell a letter, except the mother,
who could read fairly well.”
It is said that 50.000 people in the
British Islands have no other homes than
these houses on wheels, and a general
demand is being made for the passage
by parliament of a movable dwellings
bill,’ under the provisions, of which the
sufferings of these unfortunates may be
in some measure alleviated.
Mr. Linton'* Sharp Criticism.
The London Society of Arts listened re
cently to a lecture on “Engraving iu
Wood: Old and New,” by Mr. W. J.
Linton. The speaker saw nothing to
commend in the illustrations of Ameri
can magazines. He characterized them
as “generally clever and pleasing pict
ures, well designed, effective and nearly
as good as photographs. These photo
graphs, if to be had, would, however,
well replace them, and wo should then
escape the infliction of linear ugHnesa,
and be no longer annoyed and insetted
with the pretense of enTravinr.”
MADE GOVERNOR BY MAN DAM U3.
ATouug New HamiMblru Mail Forced Into
a Illyli Ofllce.
David Arthur Taggart is now acting
governor of the state of New Hampshire.
Governor Goodell, the regularly elected
chief magistrate, has been ill for a lung
time. In the event
of his death Mr.
Taggart will 1c
governor hy right
of succession. He
occupies thy office
now as the result
of au order of
court. The story
of his forced ele
vation is this:
Mr. Taggart is
president of the
New Hampshire
state senate. The
other day Attorney General Barnard
brought mandamus proceedings requir
ing him to show cause why he did not fill
the office and duties of governor during
the illness of Goodell. Chief Justice Doe,
of the supreme court, thereupon directed
the clerk of the Hillsborough county
court to enter a decree for the plaintiff.
Mr. Taggart, on advice of the bench, fol
lowed the example of John Langdon, the
first president of the senate of New
Hampshire, in a like case, and assumed
the titio of governor pro tempore.
Mr. Taggart was born at Gaffstown,
N. H., Jim. 30,1£50. Ho graduated from
Harvard in 1878, and in 1881 was admit
ted to the bar. He represented Gafts-
town in the legislature of 1883 and be
came a member of the senate hi 1885.
He is a Republican and Prohibitionist
An Xrtab City Abandoned.
The facility with which the miners
and settlers of western America could
establish or abandon a town has long
been a thuma for all sorts of articles,
from the ephemeral statement of tho
daily newspaper to the solid and verified
record of tho painstaking historian, hut
nothing in the way of “boom” cities can
surpass the pace recently set by a noted
Irish municipality. Every one, of course,
has heard of Tipperary. The place was
owned hy Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry,
and he drew therefrom $45,000 annually
in rents. ,
Hi* methods as a landlord becameo®"
noxious to his tenants. They lured a
large tract of land on a neighboring es
tate for a nominal sum, gave a contnic
to a Dublin builder to put up all
requisite houses, stores, churches an
schools, named the place New Tipp® 1 ^?'
and moved. The old city has not a man.
woman or effild left in it. The
was made tlm occasion of a great ce
bration, in which prominent home rul
took part. Smjth-Barry now claims
right under an old feudal grant to dea«
nate the market place, and so the b
controversy is hot yet settled-
Disliked “Vulgarities-"
The Pall M»11 Gazette, of London,
ly published the shocking tale of a
laborer who died from starvation,
had deprived himself of food ths
wife and five children might live,
people who stbpped the paper saul
did not wish their families annoy® 0
the perusal of «ich vulgar atrocities
“ Favorite . Anodyne,”
home product, is unsurpassed
for interna] and externa'
pains. Controls all bowel
troubles, and is unequalled
as a liniment.
L. D. Sledge & Co.,
Proprietors.
fehlCd&wIy
The Wobk Booming — In a P ^ n .
talk with Mr. T. K. Brown, the ^
tractor on the G., C. & N., wh , w
miles at Broad river, we learn j n{t
work is progressing finely a to*
He works 85 hands there, »nd rent
tal force of 140 men at his am
force
camps
A Bio Contract.—\Ve * ” b »ti
informed that the Messrs. " gpid*
secured a contract for
ing between Athens and Aua
berton Star.
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