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T . LARRY GANTT,
EDITOR ATHENS BANNER,
—IlKKOnH—
The Farmer’s Alliance
—AT—
BETHLEHEM. WALTON COUNTY.
— ON—
Saturday. May 3d, 1890.
y r t. L. Gantt, editor-in-chief of
Tut; Banner, was yesterday in the
liaiids of the farmers of old Walton
county, end we kuow he ie having a
•pleiidid time. Mr. Gantt was born and
reared iu the country, and has always
bw-u partial to the farmers. Whenever
he eau steal a day from liis work, in*
of spending it in the city or a*
s me pleasure resort, he drives out iuto
the country and mingle* with tne fartn-
rr*. His city friends laugh at his
strange taste; hut he says that these
visit* are of more real pleasure to him
thus all of the amusements a city can
afford.
Mr. Gastt has always been a warm
friend and sympathizer with the farm
ers, and no one is more universally pop
ular with them. Ten years ago, when
subjection had entered the very soul of I it with these colossal fortunes! How j haul his crop to this government de-
the farmer, and no earthly power could many of you,ia the language of that good pository, draw eighty per cent, on the
litt him above the dependent sphere j old hymn, can “read your titles clear”to j market value thereof—for which money
that seemed bis ill-fated birth-right. I the land you till? Must not the mule I he only pays one per cent, per annum—
But this little movement, like a snow j you work carry a mortgage as well as and bid defiance to corners and
ball when started down a mountain I draw a plow' ¥ Are you not paying in- J speculators!
side, grew in size, velocity and strength tereston the very crops you are growing Why, gentlemen, if this Sub-Treasury
as it sped onward and onward—until it and befor6 the are in the ground; bill passes Congress—and that't will be
at last became a mighty avalanche, that ? nd aftcr the fatiguing toil of the day, passed sou.c day in the near future I
is sweeping all before it. To the I not your min d wracked>nd harrassed have no doubt—you will see cotton
struggling farmors of onr country this over ^ urthen °* debt that clings to bring fifteen cents per pound, and
Alliance Is what the bright Star Q f y° ur hack even more tightly than did every acre of farm land double in val-
Bethlehem was to the Wise Men of the tbe 01d Mau ot the ^ clm 6 to Sinbad ue. 'The profit now going to the specu-
East. One guided its followers to the the Sallor * hi tors will pass into the pockets of the
Saviour of mankind—the other is lead- 1 couId COIue nearer horae > and P° int farmers; and we will have here in our
ing our farmers to prosperity, happiness out 10 youme . aen S aKedin other P ur ~ I Sunny South the greatest and most
and emancipation from slavery iUelf. I 8U * ts t * ,an a g r * cu lture who started life prosperous country in the world.
Since the dawn of areation, there baa afewyear8ago wkh “? moro capiul Tho opponents of this Sub-Treasury
never been a movement started or an or- %ha “ you had; men who haTe not labor ‘ bill argue that it will be “class legisla-
ed near so hsrd, or submilteed to one- tion.” Such an argument fatigues my
half your trial* and privation; and yet indignation. I would like to know if
they have flourished like the gieen bay our infamous protection tariff system—
tree, while you farmers saw your lit- that makes the farmer pay an average
tie possessions slipping away from you tax to tbe manufacturer of over forty
and passing iuto their bands. per cent, on every article he buys—is
My farmer friends, what does this not legigla tl 0 n ?” Ig uot those
show ? It shows as plainly as the noseou ^rtificates issued to the gold and silver
my face which you all will admit is a | mineraof the West “class legislation?
ganlzation formed with a grander or
broader field of usefulness spread out
before it, or that more richly deserves
the encouragement and co-operation of ]
all honorable and patriotic men, than
the Farmer’s Alliance.
I say, and the words, too, come from
the very bottom of my beert, God speed
it oonUsmTto^eoeivo I «>n a P‘«uousobject-that there bss been 1 Ig nottbelaw tliat iiermitsthediluHer
the applause and encouragement of every I ‘L^^f I store his w,,laky years in a
good and true man—until it becomes a
, and unfair division of the fruits o r
yonr labor. It is- right that the
I government warehouse without pay-
great ruling power** only in onr own ‘ , * tna ' 1 * e the tax, “class legislation And
State of Georgia, but throughout our me ™' ha " t » the . man 1 u / aLta . r * r a “ d . tbe *» not the farmer, who we all admit to
tt«i , " 8 cotton dealer should be paid a fair divi-
Union of States.
. , . . , , paidaIal , r U,Y1 " 1 be the edrner-stone of the prosperity of
. # , . , dend u P* n the capital they have invest- ,, ,
I feel no fear or hesitancy in trusting | ed> upon their bu8ine8B experleace a nd I our country * entlUed to the "a™®
control of our government
our
, . , control of our gfnunant \ th i lr u ml; but the Good Book
billing the Oglethorpe Echo, be wrote in the bands of our fanners. “' nie ub orer is worthy of his hire.” I ^ ’ “ incI9
column after column urging an organ - They are the most conservative peeple would alk how mucll hire have you far . Anotber a^mSet the
xetion among the farmers like the Alii- on earth, and have been too- long the reived during the last quarter of of * big ^se L that ,f Z
H„ce, and conies of these article,, are he pless victims of oppression them-l , Barely enough to keep soul "n ment hi da^^-ar^ousls fL ami
nill in existence in Oglethorpe county. J selves to ever become the oppressors of ... f eminent Duiias warcnouses Tor and
lie oppesed the Olive Rill on the ground j others. ^1^000^ where such a st.te Z^x^e 11“
that it went to the extreme measure of My Alliance friends, I rarely ever I 0 f alT*iirs eziat! | must extend like favors to the ronnii-
ontbeating private property and urged «P a newspaper but that I read tte * Utoapr#y ,
the strengthening of the power** of the therein a lector# to you adding, tug- Whew wealth und meo decay.
Kail road Commission—'which position J #mit)eeoeohing tho farmors I prince- ftud Lois is m*y flourish or may fade—
the Alliaiico litis adopted. The | not to enter into politios, lest it wreck | a breath ean make them, as a breath has made;
facturers of iron and cloth, to the wool.
I growers and lumber dealers. My an
swer to tills, gentlemen, 1b that these
I industries have already thrown around
ItiNNKu was the first paper in the their noble order. When the Alliance I ,,ut “ honei * t their country'* prid* I tliem the protecting arm of our great
1, to advise the farmers to make up was in its infancy, I was verdant enough « OV# 1 r " u,e “ t * ^ ,ac « k the farnler °» an
I . ' i .* - • - - I *5ucli, my farmer friends, was tue con* » annul fAAiin<v witw l~
the tare on coitoii-eovered bales by I to give you the same advlee;but it I “'"’i'- j e q,, al footing with these classes, and he
l.'.-r, Uic .h., „a .be 1Mo’« «>» S" “T “ ““ “ rl,er '
whole policy of this paper liua bean to ancemen are born with their wisdom ‘“e Alliance movement was organized him a warehouse or advance one eent
!»LL V;. is now teeth re.dy cut; and ...» ,U. *.bl«l ^ StSZS'£fhU ‘n£ "ok” 11 ’ "7
a„ oi.t.poken advocate of the Sub- days of Jackey and his beau stalk, your T® 0 ,®"f h of De,, P®" d - But 1 noble with the prosperity and happiness of
Treasury hill, and outside of the Alii- wonderful and sudden growth no! * h JJJ d * I “•~ Ufctry at , ‘“ art ’ ® au ©PPOse this
only daily paper in Georgia that is The Farmer’s Alliance has arrived at Thfi Alliance to the farmers is whit pr ®, n8,on - «e all must admit thsti t
battling w ith the farmers on this line nun’s estate, and I feel that you,gentle- Fbe *° the 18 W “ at * he wiu prOTO ‘be financial salvation of the
l! Z Editor cl. «b. iiirrod.iood .»~p.bl. both .»d J. * .nd .b.n the prep.,.
l’.VK* Association of a set of resolutions edltors-one of whom 1 am which. 1 ; . ’ " P , , 4 re8H,tS -
eiiilorsinu’ the Alliance and pledging moan that I am an humble knight of the , y . , There is another wrong to which I
" , ’ * “ P '*** LulU-forJbmi sooner be caught sheep ‘hat pro.n pos.tion among the ruler* and wi „ call attention, that must he
every paper in onr btate to the support | drunJniIn< for . Jllt J tag g, B J C ° U " try tb ^ U yo,,r regulated by our State legislature. 1
factory, than to be accused of being aj L J f ' ' . . .. , : refer to the miserable and abortionary
But j , \ say *°-« lay ’ gent ; emeD * that public school system .of Georgia. The
of the organization. While the other
editors weie only thinking of their en
joyment, this life-long friend of the far
mers was working for them
politician. 'The politicians and editors, i vour f#r liberty has just begun. I "V"’ •"
I say, have ma our goverumont loug • * Uxes wrung from our white cit
|e„o.igh t a..dfor onelam nowforgiv- You f reye ' ton,eeti * battlearrayy ® ,ir h«»«are used to educate negroes,
It u no wonder thatheliaaa atrong L *' Hrmmnmeh9W , enemies. To conquer you must meet L.y,. chUdren ofour own ^
ludd among the country people that can % Allianw . friends, you have a gram] °rg.niz.tion with organization, and and wlor are >, growing up
never he shaken. Tho farmers ^ow J toguw J eu combat combination with combination in lRnoranoe . Only a few days ago I
and appreciate a loyal and true friend 1 ^ |n fau accord and lobe victorious you must arm yourself hadugo into thecountry> ttnd
" '*!*. *. . . * . . sympathy with your views. As well ' Vlt P°" c ^» an P ace in o c ® men ,n passed a field where I saw two white
Ihe following i*the address deliver^ | ± I full accord and sympathy with your L^, hard at work p i anting cotton>
eause. — Not a half mile further on, by the road
Bnt by far the most important mea- *j de> was a building filled with blacks—
sure of relief for our farmers ever in- n, any of them grown men and
‘reduced is the Sub-Treasury bill. Two wo «uen—who were basking in the sun-
I am not afraid that AlHaacemen will | * f th .®“ bi ^* ara nOW . b8fo !® » hln « » nd tr T in K to «et a few drops of
one in the Senate and one in the llout-e. the extract of knowledge into their thick
Both are tending to the same great end 8kullH . wbat does this show? Simply
the emancipation of our struggling tbia and nothing more. Every pound of
farmers from the thraldom of debt and ^ton produced by these toiling white
the rule of speculatoTS%nd extortioners. I g{ rk j g taxed that negre women
Your Alliance organ and Ihk Atukns I may a tt end gehaol. Is this right? Is
Banneb are the only papers in Georgia, | u jugt? Ig u houe8t ? I iu the
had you to ex peet a carpenter to build a
house without tools, as that the Alliance
| can accomplish any great measure# of
reform without electing men to office
who are with you heart and soul.
by Mr. Gantt, aud it will be found full
of tfoiiud advice and cheering words to
Hi** struggling f a niters:
I.adihh a.xo Gentlemen :—I do not
know why 1 have been asked to address
a meeting of farmers, unless it be that I permit politicians to rido them into ef-
in my guileless innocence, I flee; but if I mistake not, tb. farmer
planted a crop of cow |»caa in January, boys intend to plant themselves firmly
him! you would like me to tell you what on the back cf every man elected to a
I don’t know about farming. Why, my public position, and if be dou’t plumb
frimdit, if I undertook that task I would the row there is going to be some pretty
di-tain you here until tin* youngest etiild 1 rough geeing and hawing,
in tlda audience became an old, gray'
iuired man.
But I flatter myself that I am Just
slsiiit a* good a fanner u« I am an ora- I in politics. | . . . : „ , „ - _... ■ *- »
tor, winch fact you will discover before We see onr people groaning beneath guSrest^hat tlm'ordinary of Clarke 8iti ° a U,at lt Ca “ n8Ter with credit flU *
1 proceeJ mucl. further. L load that iHrushfug the masses into * 8 VtaS H hl, “ ° W “ T*"* “ d ™
But there is one thing I do know: poverty, that a chosen few may seen- uTn mJ “camSTeuiL 1 “hit the * U fro,n bl8 ° wn ; or ca!1 oa hi “
1 cy to eit upon my case-arguing «»<« Northern friends for aid. The Yan
Him-*-the day of Cain, the tillers of the I mu late unreasonable fortune#. Look
■oil have been the most oppressed and around you to-day, and where you soe I
down-trodden people on God’s green 1 one man boarding np wealth, there are I
e»nh. They have been the “hewers of I hundreds, aye, there are tbonsands,wbo
*ood ami drawers of water” for the I never see the sun rise but that it finds
no sane man would advocate such a i keeg fregd the negr0) and i et the Yan-
wild and impraeticable theory. I re- I kee4 educate him. Beuder under Cie-
plied, that if this officer went into Na- 1 gar the things that are Caesar’s, and
tional Banks, into cotton warehouses unto the African the things that are
. . , . . . ■ , | . . .. . ... I and the ranks of capitalists and protect- the African’s. Give the negro every
r t of mankind—have rowed, that them poorer and more burthened L iodoatneg ^ a]ory to tryme , that dollar that lie pays towards our seboo,
otliirs may re ap; have turned with the debt tlmn when it set the.evening be-L oouJd reftdi , flndme ntoaend me fund; but do not rob your own child of
.Hestoftheur honest brow, the ma- forelnthe h ° rl “ n - to the lunatic asylum, to the peuiten- Lu educatlo. to advance the mental con-
«um ry of the universe, and oiled with 1 he fountain-head •* »» this oppres- to the gollowa> or to any otber ditjoQ of the blackg
‘b»* palms of their horny hands the I sion and wrong is our iniquitious and iu- j p j ace where my pen weuld be silenced.' - - -- -
wlu-els of commerce. I famous protective tariff system—the
It has been said that such a separation
.... . . v | ... ,i But if he selected his Jury from <be of the woo i d be unuonstitu-
1 liv farmer has been the helpless piey* offspring of the republican party—and I corn #nd cotton fields—from among the I This I admit; but I say, let
from time immemorial, of all other avo-1 which, like a vampire, ia sucking the horny-handed sons of toil, for whose J change he consUtution! Ala-
Every other class is organized very Ufe-biood of the poor. The farmer rights and liberties I am battling— bag jugt gucb a law in operation,
' or ^'f-preteotiou and mutual benefit, I | g q,^ to pay tributa to the manufao I that I had no fear of the consequences; J and a gimUjr b |u has been introduced
U'M merchants h»ve their chamber of I t ure ron every article that he may touch, I and even if the farmer boys did And I into tbe Virginia legislature; anil what
poiomeree; the manufacturers have I taste or handle, except the fruits ef his that my mind had been impaired in my Ai«n«m P and Virginia can do surely
w»c‘iiig; tbe dootors f lawyers, I owe honest toil, that ho nmst sell in zeal and work for their cause, that they t he Empire State of the South can also
»uil editors thrir convention.; and even open market and in competition with would see that I was kindly treated I accomplish. The Supreme Court of
hiv preachers their conferences .*nd as- I the world. The hat that shields him I aQd «ared for until my mental faculties I the United State—the highest tribunal
^viatioas. But the farmers were like a from the scorching sunrays—the shoes I were restored. in our land—a few months ago decided
■°ok of (keep without a shepherd—they that protect his waary feet from the if t b i s bill becomes a law, our coun- the question of States rights. Learned
' be bead, no organization^ It was clods in his path—the shirt that hides bis try will blossom as the rose. We all and able constitutional lawyers toll me
“every man for himself and tbe devil nakedness—the trace ohain that pulls know that in tbe fall, when our cotton that, under this decision, Georgia has
fur tbs hindmost.” Well, his Satanic his plow—yea, tbb very sunshine of orop is in the bands of tbe producer, just as much right to divide her school
^“jtsty may have gotten the hindmost heaven ia if yon admit it Into your that prices always roach the bottom fund between the two races, as she sees
‘•llow, km | b# regt of tbe boys bumble homo through a pane of glass! I notch. But “when spring time comes, proper, as has a parent to say which
'*»** also gathered in by that vast I Why, gentlemen, I believe had this Gentle Annie,” and our great South-1 child shall attend school and which
berd« of orguuizsd men, u ho had rogu- party' the power, it would make you I era staple passes out of the possession must remain at home.
*»r dreg aotsset to capture the unwary, pay tribute to the rich when yen cooled I ef the men who made it, and becomes Educate the negro, and you incapaci-
lws thus thiee short years age your paruhed lips with Ihe very water i the property of the speculator, that tote him as a form laborer. As soon
there was started in the great State of that flows from the bosom of Mother j prices go up—up—up; and there is of- as he learns B from a bnll’s-foot, be
* ( Texas a movement christened tho Earth. 160 a difference of two or three cents bays a long linen duster, a blue cotton
Alliance. At first it seemed such a What are the consequenoee of this iu-1 per pound between the price* paid to umbrella aud a hymn book, and develops
»ild and vieieaary scheme that few had famous law? Twenty-five year* ago a the farmer and what the speculator re- into a full-pledged gospel-slinger—and
evidence iu its ultimate aucceas. man worth half a million of dollars was eeivee. we all know the ultimate doom of the
‘be id«* ofgathering into a formidable looked upon as a modern Crowns. Ini Why, tho ootton sharps in Now York average negro preacbor. The muster
l( *‘ lbs disorganized, diversified and fact, I do not believe there was such a and Liverpool meet aud fix the price roll of any convict camp in Georgia will
'Hdidy separated elements that con- fortune In Georgia. Te-day we net enly that the farmers are to receive for their tell you.
* tbe agricultural community of Lee millionaires withont number, but oottou crops even bofore the seed are But I will not waste all of my
^* r great wmntry—that they could sver men worth fortunes of over ono hundred l planted. sympathy on the farmer. There is one
“• combined into an army able.to cope millions. Only think of it! It ia hard Now, suppose that the Sub-Treasury class even more deserving of pity and
*J‘b the united e»piui and industries 1 to estimate such a vast sum. I ean name bill was a law, and one of these gov- relief than you, my Alliance friend*,
tbe land—seemed but the dream of a three men In Now York who, by oow- .ernmeet warehouses was established refer to the farmer’s wife. Tkero is m £
As soon would one think of binisg tbeir wealth, ean buy up every 1 here at Bethlohem depot! Then sup- burthen that you bear, but the little
• weuiaa tud ebildren arraying them- 1 bale of cotton, every bushel of gain.and tone that next fall the speculators do- women, who is the light of your home,
‘gainst tbe men, as that this kelp- every ponud of meat produced In our cid.d that they would only pay eight shares it with you. Your trial* and
r* a,d dependent elass would evor great- country, and force theprodneer to seats per pound for cotton.that cost the cares pierce her tender aud sympathet-
to measure their strength against pay any price they may demand. farmer ten cents to produce—and it re- i c heart as a dagger. She b ars equally
‘U-DowarfuiiZs <> H7 .1 * innk at vour I ouireaclose work to raise cotton at ten I with you vour everv load? but
that
she is, alas! too often deprived
of a share of your pleasures. Did
ye horny-handed lords of creation
ever consider that while you are work-
ingin the field, that your wife was at
the house toiling just as hard as your
self; and that while you had but one
task before you, that she has a host of
duties to perform, each pressing upon
her at once and the same time ? When
you return to your noonday mea], and
find a welcoming smile and everything
ready to your hand—as if the con
fusion of the morning had been
touched by a fairy’s wand
and order produced from chaos—do
you ever consider the vast amount of
work that these pleasant surroundings
has cost the poor wife ?
At night, when taking your ease,
does it occur to you to look around and
see if your wife is having her season of
rest? You will find the old couplet
verified in her case, which says:
“Man works from «nn to sun,
But woman’s work is never done."
We men are all too selfish and self-
conceited—and I am no exception to the
rule. We imagine that because we are
the bread-wiuners of the family, that
the women’s work is mere child’s play.
Never was there a graver error.
There is not a farmer beneath the
sound of my voice but who, if he were
made to exchange places with his
wife, would be begging her to
rue back in less than twenty-four
hours.
At night, when yoa are locked in the
arms of Morpheus, and your weary
frame’s drinking iu the rest that nature
demands, the wife at your side is
trying to quiet a fretful child, lest it
disturb “poor, tired papa.” The dear,
unselfish creature! She never thinks
of her own weary frame and aching
brow.
By the dawn of day that poor wife is
on her feet, preparing the best repsst
Y”ou return to
your work in the field, while the wife
resumes the old-trend-niill existence,
that is rarely broken by a ray of pleas
ure.
Y'ou men can go to town, and there
meet and mingle with friends and dis
cuss the news of the day. How many
times during the year does tho poor
wife cross the threshold of her home,
except to attend Divine worship on
Stinduy? and even then you expect
her to look after or prepare a dinner for
your friends.
I do not believe there is a man living
wlio appreciates his wife a* he should
lie loves and cherishes her; but lie
should do *ven more than this: We
should resolve never to take a, pleasure
but the wife equally enjoy|.iti_ with us.
She bears her full part of' our toils and
trials, and it is enly just and right that
that site should alse reap the fruits of
our prosperity.
It should be the first duty of a good
Allianceman, when he has lifted the
mortgage from his home, to look to the
comfori and pleasure of his wife. Be
fore you add another acre of land to
your possessions; before you build a
new barn; before you purchase an im
plement to expedite your work, or before
improve your stock, look through your
home—go into the ki-chen, the wash
room aud the dairy, and see if there
is not some utensil or invention that
you can buy to lesson your poor wife’s
labor. Lilt u part of the burthen from
her shoulders, that she has so long and
uncomplainingly borne; and see that
her remaining days are made as happy
end as comfortable as your affairs will
warrant.
1 have detained you, my friends
longer than I should. I thank you for
the high compliment you have paid me
in inviting me to address you to-day,
and for the kind and patient attention
you have given me.
As a parting word let me say to you,
that I am with the Alliance heart, soul
and pen in their great work, and may
my right hand wither and drop from my
body if I ever prove recreant to your
noble order and its interests.
**»bat.
pow«rfsjlinterests that they must T Now m> farmer friends, look at your quires close work to raise cotton at ten with you your every load;
\ It was though that the iron of I own deplpra^e ponaitlon and compare > oents a pound. The planter can then I say with pain and regret
regret,
The New Discovery.
Tou have heard your friends and neigh
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be one of tbe many who know from per
sonal experience just bow good a thing it
is. If you have ever tried it, you are one
of its staunch friends, because tbe wonder
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a trial. Dr. King’s New D.scovery ever af
ter holds a place ia the housw. If you have
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a fair trial. It is guaranteed every time or
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BetaiL
Alton Angier, appointed United
States consul at Bheims, France, will
leave Atlanta on Monday for Washing
ton, New York, London and Paris. h G
will enter on bis official duties early in
June.
The First Step.
Perhaps you am run dowi.,can’t eat,can
sleep,can’t think, can’t do anything to you
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You should heed the waroin/, you are tak
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ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT.
GEORGE T. MURRELL, Editor.
GIVES HIS VERSION OF THE DIF
FICULTY,
m
‘The Alliance Must Xeet Out of
Politics.”
Men have different motives for sound
ing this all important note of warning.
The chronic office seeker sees too plain
ly, not far ahead of him, his political
grave aud winding sheet. The well
ed politician looks with deep concern
upon a group of half-fed farmers dis
cussing the political situation. Tbe
axle grinders of State and National
management get extremely nervous
when they view the growing disposi
tion on the part of the people to take a
peep into the political arena to sec how
things are gettiug along. •
The enemies of good government, of
course, dread to see the time when the
masses begin to think and act for them
selves.
Then again there is a larger class
who really sympathize with the poor
farmer—a kind of cheap sympa
thy that don’t cost them
anything. Who are forever saying “I
hope the farmers will succeed iu this
movement, but they must keep out of
politics.”
Everybody is unhappy and uneasy
for fear that this great class of conserva
tive met*} known as “The Alliance,”
will do something outrageous. They
seem to think that in asmuch as the
farmers have been in the habit, for so
many years, of having somebody else to
do their thinking and acting for them,
that it is the height of folly to begin to
do a little thinking and acting ou their
own hook now, but somebody is woe
fully mistaken about this thing. The
Farmer’s Alliance don’t propose to take
charge of the government aim run it to
their own exclusive interest. The 75
per cent don’t propose to say to the 25
per cent, that you have no rights and
privileges here in this majority-rule
country. We will certainly not with
hold from you ilie courtesy you refused
to extend to us. We will give you a
showing in the management of public
affairs. Now come in and set to work
like good fellows and help us to roll the
old machine along. If you want to
take a hand with us, throw 1 away that
old whip you have popped into a frazzle
over oijr heads, and get down and pull
or push, as it best suits you. We are
not particularly needing a driver now.
You must get down at any rate, and if
you arc too lazy, or too something else.
i» pull, you must get over the tenceand
take a nigh cut for home where you can
remain the balance of yonr days. We
are going to change some of our leaders
and put in some that cannot be made to
understand your way of driving. They
have been trained’ to keep in the
middle of tho road, and you
may yell until you aro hoarse.” “Whoa!
come here, Whoa! come here, aud they
will not comprehend 7011? meaning.
So the best thing you cart do : is to light
before the “off mule” kicks out what
little brains you lay claim to,,and put
out for the *bo*oin of your family at
once. Tbe present depressed condi
tion of the fanner demauds that some
thing be done as speedily as possible.
Everybody is advising the farmer to
live more economically at home; by
tliis they mean to say it is extravagant
ijt meat .three times a day and drink
_ ,r in their coffee during the week.
Economy is a good thing and should be
practiced by every one, bnt economy'
at home will not accomplish, in itself,
the much needed relief. A physician
may bring temporary relief to a*suffer
ing patient, but a permanent cure can
only be effected by removing tlie cause
of the disease. This is why the farmers
must take an interest in polities. There
is no other way to bo faithfully repre
sented in our legislative bodies.
We have no- hot beds to sprout can
didates, and do not propose to have
any now or at any future time. Sim
ply' because a man is an Allianceman
neither tits nor unfits him for office.
If he is inside he must be true blue.
If outside he must come up to the full
measure, else be can’t calculate 011 the
Alliance vote. It. is not tbe policy of
the Alliance t > put out any candidates
provided suitable outsiders present
themselves. If a suitable man can
be found be must come forth whether
outside or inside. .
An Allianceman has the same right
of all men to oflerTor office.
Alliancemen vote tbe way their inter
ests point and doty leads. Consequently'
the vote of the Order can be considered
practically solid.' We would just as
soon have a dry goods box with“Clarke"
printed on it in big green letters rolled
into one corner of Jhe Georgia Repre
sentative Hall &a tb have a man there
who knows mord’about his own person
al aggrandizement than our needs and ne
cessities. And may the good Lord de
liver us from one.of these young sprouts
who proposes to make the people a chop
ping block and the Lower House a step
ping stone to. a Higher office. We want
a man that knbvto'where the shoe pinch
es and how it punches and that will do
our bidding and jiot follo w the bend of
his own personal interest. There is
little or no antagonism of interest be
tween the professions, tbe mer-
chantile world, and the farmers
and laborers.’ Laws that are just
to all may 'not be much assist
ance iu creating^!i 11 ionaires in five or
ten years time, but they will certainly
keep millionaire’s sons and daughters
from being oppressed when the tide of
lortune turns. -
We need the help of every honest and
fair minded man to accomplish these
much needed rmorms, and we calculate
on the assistance of all except extor
tioners, speculator* and that class of
men who delight to throw every obsta
cle in the wat<rf bringing prosperity
and gladness tb the toiling masses and
hope to the heart of the oppressed.
There are men foolish enough to want
an equal distribution of the wealth of
the land, but they are not found
in the ranks of ibe Alliance
We don’t care how , much
wealth and •,power,,,any man lias
but in verjr,piany.cas; S we object to the
way in which it was obtained. This ob-
jection copies “kinder”natural to a man
who feels that he has been doing all the
piping, while* the other fellow has been
doing all thq dancing We don’t, want
anybody’s money whether they got it
honestly or otherwise, but we do want a
rea-onable compensation for the hard
And Denounces Mr. Harper as a
Scoundrel and Coward—More De
velopments May Come.
Hon. P. W. Davis was in Athens yes
terday, and when asked to give his side
ot the late difficulty in Elberton, hand
ed us two cards in which he makes his
statements. They are as follows:
To the Public.
On the Otli day of April last, one
James L. Harper, taking advantage of
my inability to defend myself on account
of sickness, made an assault upon me in
the streets of Elberton, knocked me
down aud otherwise mistreated me in the
most outrageous mauner. For several
days thereafter I was confined to my
bed and room on account of the illness
from which 1 was suffering at the time
I was attacked. As soon as I was able
to do so, 1 addressed him the note a
copy of which will be found below and
received the reply appended.
1’UIL. W. DAVIS TO J. L. HARl’SR.
Elberton, Ga.
April 2$, 1890.
Ma. Jas. L. Harper,
Elberton, Ga.
Sir: Owing to my physical condition
since I last saw you, 1 have been una
ble to communicate with you sooner
concerning the difficulty which occurred
between us, iu Elberton, on the 9th day
of April, inst. My friend, Mr. S. L.
Carter, will hand you this note. You
will please name your friend and the
time and place somewhere beyond the
Savannah River, 011 the South Carolina
side, tliat a meeting may be arranged
for the purpose of settling the matter be
tween us. Re*pectfully,
Phil. W.* Davis.
JAMES L. HARPER TO PHIL. W. DAVIS.
Elberton, Ga., April 29th, 1890.
Mr. Phil. W. Davis—
Sir: Your communication of tbe 28th
inst., to baud, through your friend, Mr.
S. L. Carter. In reply, I have. simply
to say that yonr conduct in the past de
bars me from recognizing you in tho
capacity you request. This will be con
veyed te you by mv friend, Mr. John
C. Brown. Respectfully,
James L. Harper.
It will thus be seen that Jas. L. Har
per attacked aud mistreuted a sick man,
and then refused him satisfaction when
ho was able.to get up aud act. Nothing
is left me but to denounce him as 1 now
do, as an unmitigated scoundrel, and an
infamous coward. Phil. VV. Davis.
To the Public.
In connection with the difficulty be
tween James L. Harper and myseif, re
ferred to in another communication, it
is my duty tv say that as he assumed to
act in behalf of a lady whom he pretend
ed I had insulted, I now declare .that
in tho whole of mv life, never by
thought, word or deed have I knowing
ly done her a wrong. She is a lady who
is a near relative of my wife, whom 1
have known long and well and always
respected. I di ned at her house the day
fore the difficulty with Harper, as I
had frequently done before, and met her
and parted with her in the same spirit
of respectful regard which 1 had always
felt for her as the aunt of my wife, r
am unconscious of having said or done
anything to wound the feelings of the
most sensitive lady, and was amazed
when I afterwards beard she felt ag
grieved at any conduct of mine.
However, if I have unconsciously
said or done anything at any time to
wound her feelings, I am ready to make
whatever ap-Jogy she may require.
Phil. W. Davis.
To the Proprietor of Salvation Oil.—
Thou hast built a living monument,
A cure forMhria wilti little money spent,
Solvation Oil, the greatest liniment.
No oue no# think* ot a domestic or foreign
trip, without a supply of Or. Uu l's Cougn
Syrup 25 cents.
A SAD DEATH.
Mrs. Napier Passes Away After a Lin
gering Illness.
Mrs. Napier, daughter of Mr. Alec.
Iiemerick, died at tne home of her fath
er, uepr Wray’s church, in Oconee
county, on Friday evening, 2nd inst.,
at about 8 o’clock. Mrs. Napier had
long been afflicted with consumption,
aud her death was not unexpected. For
many years she bad been a devoted
member of the Methodist church, and
was ready when death came. The be
reaved parents have the sincere sympa
thies of many friends in their great sor
row. The burial took place at the cem
etery at Princeton factory.
SHILOH’S COUGU and Consumption
Jure is sold by us on * guarxuteo. It cares
Consumption. For sale by John Crawfotd
& Co.
For lam** back, side or chest, use Shilohs
Plaster. Price 25 cents. For sale by
John Crawford St Co.
work we arg willing to perfoim, aud
nothing, short of this, will s itisfy us.
What we want distributed equally to
all men, is equal rights to all, and spe
cial rights to uone.
4 n equal opportunity for the pursuit
appiness is, or should be the berit-
aae of all men everywhere. If, in order
to accomplish tbis, the Alliance must
needs go into politics we may be con
sidered as already in. If you think tliat
this is right, lend a helping hand,
money made the most of it. * v ~
“Pence in the family.” You can enjoy a good
night’s rest and retain peace in tbe family by
keeping Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup in the boase.
At once poplar and efficacious it has “come
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All From a Snake Story.
Martinsville, Ind., May 3.—[Spe
cial]—Henry and Jerry Givans, two
brothers, were left street waifs in the
city of New York by the death of their
poor parents forty-two years ago. They
managed to live by selling paperaou
the streets. In 1855 they started on
foot for the West and settled at Waver-
ly, ten miles north of this city. At the
end of ta-oor three years, on the same
day, both were married, Henry at some
point in Iowa, where he had moved, and
Jerry at Waverly. A disagreement
arose between them and correspondence
discontinued. Jerry died aoout ten
years ago, while Henry moved to Cali-,
fornia, and all trace of him was lost.
He engaged in fruit culture, and amass
ed a large fortune. Last fall, a son and
namesake of the dead brother, who
managed to live by fishing, killed eight
out of a bunch of snakes. The item was
copied by many papers, and Henry saw
it in bis home paper at Fort Bidwell,
Oil. . Thinking it was his brother, he
wrote to him (Jerry) tendering entire
reconciliation. The last member of the
family answered, and the end of the af
fair is that Jerry has accepted an invi
tation to live with his uncle, and take
charge of a part of his large estate.
Advice lo Mothers.; ~
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup should al
ways be used for children.teething. It soothes
the child, softens the gums, allays all paic
cures wind colic sud is the best remedy for
piarrhoe* twenty fire ers bottle
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