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ATHENS WEEKLY BANNER.
ATHENS. GEORGIA. TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16,1890.
A CA against THE ALLIANCE
q oV . Gordon, in his race for the
senate, is adopting very doobtrul
methods to capture the farmer’s vote.
• The Rome convention of imlepend"
clll/ . Unit forma ty brought Gordon
ft .,d I'Vlton out as candidates, yeilcd
„l ;l n|,l aided itself hoarse over tin
tirade of abuse and slander that the
latter heaped upon the Alliance.
We see that Gov. Gordon has taker,
up the cue thrown down by Felton
u!U l his supporters, and he is now
empuing the vials of wrath upon
t lm 'in lending head of Liviugaton
3! ,l ,c. lu r leaders of the Farmers’
Alii nucc.
i; v. Gordon should remember
tlmt iu it is abuse of President Liv*-
jnjrstim and other officers in the
Aiii i.it > , dial he not only offers s
gratuitous insult to these geutlemen,
hut also t« the noble order that they
repr. sent. The members of this
u.mIv htve -ceu fit to select Hon. L
F. Livingston as their head, and no
one can dispute the fact that he has
serve 1 them well and faithfully.
Therefore, it is an insult and defi<*
a nee to the Alliance to Bingle out its
pie-nleiit and stauuebest friends and
»np|orters for attack from, the
stu mp.
G>>\. Gordon ftnd his supporters
have thomselve, dr.a'wn the lines in
the senatorial campaigiK^The bat*,
tie in now between Gordon aud the
Farmers’ Alliance. To support Gor-
d>n for the United States senate
means a confession from the Alii*
ancc that it has made an unreasona
ble demand in this sub-treasury bill,
ami were a set of fools when they
defeated Stewart, Clements and
other Congressmen because of their
refusal to support this bill, it is
folly to guard the house, and leave
the senate open.
Again,the success of Gordon would
b a ruinous defeat to thcAlliauee,and
an ure a return to power of the old
rulers umi politicians that have
so long ruled Georgia witii an iron
rod and fed fattened upon the taxes
• rung from our people. •
Tne great work of reform done by
the Alliance, and Lise relief it has
given our oppressed and struggliug
farmers, will then all be Ihrowu
away.
Ii Gov. Gordon is def. a'.ed for the
senate, it will lie a grand and lasting
triumph for the Alliance. It will be
a rebuke to the enemies and ma
ligners of this organization, and
place the farmers in such a strong
ami impregnable position that no
one will dare again attack them.
We cannot see how any true, ioyai
and consistent Allianceman can give
bis support to Gov. Gordon. It will
beau acknowledgment ot the injus
tice ef the demands of this organiza
tion, and an endorsement of the
abuse and slander that J)r. Felton
bas heaped upon their order, and
that Gordon is now pouring forth
agamst its officers and friends.
An Allianceman who entertains
Sl »cli an opinion of his organization
°"es it to himself and to the order
itself to withdraw from its ranks.
VOL. 58—NO. 21
MV. CORDON AND THE BANNER ED
ITOR-
Gordon keeps a few old gags
1(1 use in his political campaigns,
that he worms them over when nee-
t8 * a, 7 to serve again.
hi ids Conyers speech th eGovernor
l ia M Ids reflects to The Banner
etlitor, and told that hoary and
^athorsheaten old story about Trip
j "'teing the army. In his last race
IV . Gordon got this off on Mr.
j f" r geC Grogan, at El her ton, be-
FICTITIOUS CORDON BOOMS-
The Gordo.n-Felton organs are now
filled with resolntions passed by lit
tle senatorial and county .conven
tions, instructing candidates to cast
their votes for John B. Gordon for
U. S. Senator This is an assump
tion of authority on the part of these
delegations that docs not belong to
them, aod no sensible or self-re*
spec ing senator or representative
will pay the slightest attention to
such self-appointed dictators and
bosses. They were simply empow
ered to complete the work • already
done by the democratic voters of
iheir section—i. formally norni-
>a e the candidates already selected
by the people. No one bad empow
ered them to die*ale a policy or name
a Senator for these officers to sup
port. ft is presumed that a man
who hail character and standing suf
ficient in a community to secure the
votes of a majority of the democrats,
could shape his own political course
when he came into office, and vote
for such men and measures as he
thought would best promote the in
terest of his constituents These
delegates represent no ideas but
their own, aad the officers that they
nominate should not pay any more
attention to Ihct? instructions thau
to the idle prattle of the same num
ber of private citizens.
The democrats of Georgia are not
a set of children or fools, that they
must have the work of the candidates
they select mapped out by a little
handful of political bosses So far
from a senator or representative
obeying the behests of these dicta
tors, ho should spurn them as he
would any other man or men who
sought to control his future vote.
The great people of a county or sen
atorial district are the only masters
a State officer should be accountable
to, and it is his duty to obey their
will, and their’s alone. He is the
representative and servant of the
people—not of a little packed con
vention.
A large majority of these senato
rial conventions are formed of old
town rings and politicians—the very-
class that are fighting-the Alliance
and boosting up Gov. Gordon for C.
S. Senator. They are now iryiDg to
accomplish, througli these packed
conventions, what they failed to do
in open and manly battle at Lite polls.
The Alliance are paying no atten
tion whatever to these liitlfe conven
tions. They arc quietly at work, and
will see that legislators selected from
their ranks do not cast their votes
for a U. S. Senator who is so closely
alligned with Wall Street, and who
announced that, under no circum
stances, would he support the Sub*-
Treasury bill—no, not if it cost him
forty elections. Gov. Gordon will
find, when he makes the run for Sen
ator, that this slap he gave the Alli
ance in the face will cost him one
election, at least. ^
Gov. Gordon has turned his back
upon the men who elected him to
office, and is now the leader of the
politicians, who once did their best
to defeat him.
Snuud t.he eeiti meats of every In
dependent candidate for the state
senate and hmise.aoii you w ill find
him a Gordon man. The politicians
and capitalists are now trying to de
feat the Alliance with negro votes.
ALLIANCE COTTON. $200 AND COSTS.
It is said that the Jeffersonian
Democrats of Oconee county have at
last fonnd a leader, who will make the
race a* an indegendent ag .inst Mr.
•laeksou. the regular nominee.
A Jeffersonian Democrat will he
executed at Danielsville next
month.
One of the Jeffersonian Democrats
in attendance ou the Gnrdon-Felton
convention at Rome, has been
arrested for stea’ing a pair of pants.
They will not succeed in stealing the
congressional seat of Mr. Everett.
Even when defeated, the Alliance
has accepted the result like the true
and loyal democrats that they are.
The independents come from the
Gordon ranks. This shows who are
the real enemies of democratic party.
For an allianceman to support
Gordon is to endorse the slander and
abuse now heaped upon this organi
zation and its leaders.
Let Alliancemen watch the class
of men who are grooming and sup*
porting Gordon, and then see if they
can support him without playing to
the hand of their enemies, or with
out a sacrefice ot their selforespect
Gov. Ijordon started a campaign
of abuse, and be alone will be re
sponsible for what is to follow.
The Farmers’ Alliance of Georgia
is a bigger man than Gov. Gordon.
He will discover this fact before the
election for United States senator
comes off.
When Col. Livingston is elected to
congress, we guarantee that he will
not resign his seat in the interest of
a republican, or of a man who was
afraid to go before people.
mi other gentlemen over the
' lall ‘> saw fit to oppose him
lD re l'b to Gov. Gordon, we have
'.'fi’say that the army was per
‘ u lv safe from the attacks of little
ri|n l,lH >t is more than the demo-
lu G ol Georgia will be if they elect
1 " iise a man who has once before
'Signed his seat in the interest of
tadiilate that the people had repu-
,ila M. Hut
0 army, a wou |,j not ^ eso fatal as
w a confiding people with
"Rliless companies.
*'* Banner seen fit to sup-
£ rtG '*v. Gordon
^rations, and against the interest
jH|. , Al!lance , we would have been
, '<? *•; but because we have stood
‘ » one of the victims of his
>''• Like
IN
farmers and their
taken the editor of this
a blind adder, ($pv.
is striking at every friend
1)0rte - l * le Alliance. Such
tifi a ^ wil * 0, dy serve to unite our
® ra against G<A, Gordon.
What guarantee ha9 the democrats
of Georgia, that if Gov. Gordon is
re-elected the United Stales senate,
that he won’t resign his seat in the
interest of A. E. Buck? Hon. Joseph
E. Brown’s reputation was about as
unsavory as Buck’s when Gordon
stepped down and out, that he
(Brown) might wear his honors. If
the Jeffersonian Democrats ” get
possession oi the government of
Georgia, there is no.telling who will
be our next Governor and have the
apDointing power to fill an unexpired
term.
Alliancemen of Georgia, standby
the jominees of your party, whether
they be on your side or not. You
can win the fight against Gordon
witii legislators measured by the
Alliance yard-stick. Show to the
world that you are organized Demo
crats, and will fight your battles in
the party lines.
That bribery scandal, like Ban-
quo’s ghost, will not down. Nothing
but the whole truth will satisfy the
people. It will come sooner or later.
Everett will weave old Felton’s
winding sheet. When this old polit
ical acrobat is once laid upon the
shelf, let him remain there.
A Blaze of Beauty.
Julius Cohen & Co.’s display of fash
ionable dress goods and trimmings can
not be equalled in the country. Their
many departments are loaded down
with bargains—everything new and
stylish you can see in this fashionable
bazaar. Their carpet department is the
admiration of every one t <at sees it.
The poorest person in the country can
buy a carp-’t and make home comforta
ble. This popular tlrni invites your at
tention to some special prices made in
their ad. in this paper.
A CLOSE SHAVE.
Danielsville District Coes for Stock
Law by Two Votes.
At the election for “fence” or “Ho
fence” held iai the Danielsville district,
of Madison county, the anti-stock law
triumphed by two votes. It was quite
a heated and exciting contest, and we
learn bas engendered a good deal of
hard feeling. The stock law men will
contest the election on the ground of
illegal votes. Judge Daniel, the ordi
nary, is a fence advocate, and the
decision will come before him.'
A SLAUGHTEROFREPT1LES.
ARRANGEMENTS MADE TO SE
CURE MONEY FOR OUR FAR-
MERS.
They Can Borrow at One-Half Per
Cent, a Month, and Thus Defea^
Speculators.
A Den of Fifteen Rattlesnakes Killed
In the Free State.
Mr. James M. Smith, a farmer living
in Madison county, %ear Danielsville,
was in the city yesterday, anil stated to
a Banner reporter that on Friday last,
while working in a field, he heard liis
dog tree something in an old chestnut
log. Going to the place, he secured
fence rail and prized open the log." On
doing so he discovered a den of rattle
snakes, all twisting and squirming
about in hori ible contortions. His doj
at once ran to the crack he had opened
when a large snake struck him on the
nose. Mr. Smith then began a battie
of extermination, and killed tho entire
nest of snakes, which consisted of one
4 feet long and with 13 rattles,and four
teen young snakes about a foot loDg,and
with only a button. The young snakes
were as aggressive aud .venomous as the
old one.ln three hours the dogjdiedjfrom
the effects of the poison.
ONLY SIXTIES
Col. Beck, state lecturer for the Geor
gia Alliance, in his speech at Godfrey,
stated that arrangements had beer,
made with an Augusta, Ga., capitalist
by which the Alliance can borrow all
the money they want on, their cotton,
for any length of time, at ft rate of six
per cent, per annum, and in a few days
an olHcial notice would be issued to that
effect.
This will lie a great thing fur the far
mers, for it will make them independ
ent of the speculators that are conspir
ing to put down the price of cotton be
low the cost of production.
Let our Tanners take advantage of
tliis offer, aud store their cottou and
borrow money on it. By; this means 4
they can force the manufacturers to pay
them the price that will next spring go
into the pockets of speculators.
Cotton is now going down, in the face
of a short crop, but by reducing re
ceipts our farmers can force the buyer
to pay them lull value.
Do not sell at present prices, but
store your cotton and borrow money
thereon to meet your debts now,due.
COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
Mr. H, II. Linton is admitted to part
unship interest in our Athens firm
from thi-date and will sign the firm
name. J. 11 Rucker
Athens, Ga., Sept. 13.
•— 13 w 4t.
HANCED HV A MOB.
A Crowd of One Hundred and Fifty
Men.
Special by News Telegram Association.
Aukkdkkn, Miss., September 12.—
Steve Crump, the negro who recently
itterapted to outrage an estimable
.white woman near Armory, in Monroe
county, was, on Tuesday afternoon, ta-
froui the jail at Armory, where he was
confined, by one hundred undisguised
white men and hanged.
another nkc.ro lynched.
The same mob took from the jail at
Armory a negro who on Tuesday last
assaulted Miss Mary Jane llathcoek
and hanged him also.
Killed by an Explosion.
Special Uy ’Itws Telegram Association
Wii kksbarrk, Pa., September 12.—
John Wahlford, John Ilassaud Michael
Pasted were yesterday killed by au ex-
p'osion of six kegs of giaut gun pow
der, at Shehola Glen,
SENTENCED TO HANG.
• Audit now seems that Mr. E. G.
Roane was an alternate Colley dele
gate to the congressional convention
This fact throws a fresh gleam of
light upon the bribery sctndal.
• Gov. Gordon is now leading the
enemiesof the Farmers’ Alliance. To
support him for the United States
senate will be a death blow to the
figure power and influence of this or
gauization.
The fight is now between John B.
G >rdon and the Farmers’ Alliance.
The lines are drawn. To support
Gordon means to use your influence
$o break down the Alliance.
Will Be Allowed This Year, Say the
Cotton Exchanges.
The following order was issued from
the Athens Cotton Exchange recently:
“Office of Athens Cotton Ex
change.—The Cotton Exchange of
New York, New Orleans and Liverpool
have ruled that deduction will be made
for all cotton containing; more than six
ties. Please govern your purchases ac
cordingly. _
This is only a re-issuance of an order
of last year, but it effectually closes one
avenue the farmers had opened to se
cure the loss sustained by the use of
cotton bagging. '
The question is now raised, if the
farmers can secure extra "heavy ties will
a kick be made? Ties cost only about
two and a half cents a pound, and in
this way the* lost tare is recovered.
Cannot the farmers use ties twice as
heavy as those now in use, on cotton
baggiug?
THE MAYOR- GIVE§ HIS DECISION
IN THE DRUG STORE CASES.
Dr. R. P. Sorrell-), $200 and costs.
Mr. W. J. Smith, $200 and costs.
"Dr. E. R. Kinnebrcw, $200 and costs.
Dr. E. S. Lyndon, $200 and costs.
So «ays his honor, the mayor.
It is a pretty heavy fine, and a good
many wore surprised.
Hiuce the beginning of the casus
against the above named gentlemen fo
violation of the liquor ordinance, the
whole city lias been pay ing close atten
tion, and looking forward to tbe decis
ion.
A test was to lie made as to whether
or not the way in which liquor waB sold
in the drug stores was legahor not. No
fight was made as to the faet of selling,
and the defendants took the stand that
the way in which it was sold was in
perfect accordance with the city laws.
But the mayor doesn’t think so.
He disagrees with the defendants as
to the law bearing on the sale of intox
icants, and yesterday filed his decision
in the clerk’s office.
The defense seem surprised at the
size of the fine and will take an appeal.
They say they are not at all satisfied
and us this is a test case, they will carry
it through the supreme court to get u
final decision whether or not it is legal
to sell liquor as was done.
THAT CONGRES
SIONAL SCANDAL.
THE TANCLED SKEIN BEING
SLpWLY UNRAVELLED.
GORDON IN
CONYERS.
HE PAYS HIS RESPECTS TO THE
BANNER EDITOR.
An Allianceman Writes a Sensible
Letter Reviewing the Situation—
Tho Farmers Will Not Support Gor
don.
Rufus B. Collins and Emily Boon to
Hang on November 7th.
&p ciul by News Telegram Association.
Calhoun: Ga., Sept. 12.—Rufus Ii.
Collius and Emily Boon were sentenced
by bis honor, Tboinas \V. Milner, judge*
presiding, to be bung on November 7th,
next, between the hours of 10 a. m. and
3 p. in. They are to be hung publicly.
Collins is the white man who hired
Steve Custer to kill his wife.
While he was being sentenced he
showed no signs of confusion whatever.
His attorneys, Messrs. Rankin and
Dabney, w ill carry his case to the Su
preme Court.
Steve Custer was sentenced to life im
prisonment at hard labor.
So, out of the four murderers tried at
this court, only one will hang now, and
that one is the negro woman Emily
Boon.
We are to have an adjourned term of
court on the fifth Monday, to try Wil
liam Boon for murder.
Mr. Geo. C. Thomas at the Y. M. C.
A. today.
C. B. Mills, the photographer, is now
at Earlville, Iowa, and in an advertise
ment speaks of himself as “the old bald-
headed sinner.”
Mr. Langford, our merchant tailor,
has just returned from a business trip
to Efberton, and says "that Hon. I<. F.
Livingston received a rousing welcome
from tho Alliance, on Friday. An im
mense crowd were present.
* Mr.. W. J. Davenport, of Jackson
county, was iu to see us yesterday. He
will be an applicant for the position of
inspector of fertilizers in this district.
Alliancemen in the city yesterday say
they will hold their cotton* and are op
posed to Gordon for the U. S. Senate.
Mr. Ben Dillard, an Oglethorpe
farmer, wa# in the city yesterday. He
says the bribery scandal is all the sen
sation down his way.
The right of way for the G., C. & N.
through Elberton has been settled.
Dr. E. S. Lyndon has appealed from
the award made by the arbitrators in
the G., C. & N. case.
The G. & N. bridge over the Savan
nah river will be completed by Novem
ber.
Mrs. J. L. Jarrell, oi Crawford, died
yesterday afternoon atlialfpast six. The
news reached the city last night, and
caused a great deal of sorrow among her
many friends here.
Lon Dillard, the negro found guilty
of rape upon the person of Mrs. Taylor,
was sentenced yesterday in Lawrencc-
ville to twenty years in the peniten
tiary. The jury is still out in the cases
against the other two negroes.
A Rumored Trade Between Colley and
and Olive—Other Attempts at Bri
bery—Wanted to Buy a Horse-Proof
That Mr. Lumpkin Was Closeted
With Roane—A Fresh Flood of Light
Turned On—Compliments to The
Banner.
Nice Cider.—Our esteemed friend
Mr. Jesse Daniel, of Clarke county, yes
terday presented The Banner office
with a jug of delicious cider. Uncle
Jesse is a great favorito with the press,' ,
and never forgets the boys when ho has i the classes,
anything nice on hand.
Coxyf.rs, Ga., September 12,1S90—.
Mr. Larky Gantt, Athens, Ga. Deaf
Sir:—Gordon spoke here yesterday, and
he didn’t fail to rap you a few licks.
He used the old war illustration of the
army passing a house in Virginia where
there was a woman and a dog, and the
dog barked and barked and barked at
tbe army as it passed, and tho old lady
was very much afraid that her dog
would bite the army, and he said that
“Gantt with his little paper at Athens
was trying to bite the army.”
It is passing strange that the “old
war horse” leaders still feel that they
were and are now all of the Confederate
army. It is very certain that they use
their scars and records for all they are
worth, to obtain the fat positions of the
land. While the “old guards” of the
confederacy are quietly and peacefully
working their farms on wages based at
$10 to $12 a month, or from 30 cents to
50 cents a day; ai.d when they try to
get the price of their almost only money
crop on a higher basis, so that they can
get more money ou which to subsist,
the old war horse leaders rise up en
masse and declare at this late day that
their plans wou’t do, and that if they
will only elect the “old war horses”
again, that they have ways and plans
by which they can benefit and relieve
the farmers. They all want $5,000 to
$0,000 places only.
The boys reared on farms in the South
are not going to pick 150 to 200 pouuds
of cottou iu the dews and hot September
sun for from 60 to 80 cents a day, and
they cannot be blamed for looking for
easier places at higher prices, in the
shade.
It is strange that the “old war horse”
leaders cannot realize that Europe,
through her New York agents, sells oil
the price of our cotton every year, and
beat the boys out of ail margins put up
on the “gambling cotton,” and when
the price is sold oft' low enough, they
load their ships at low prices with our
spot cotton, and the farmers—the real
Democratic party, and the real old
guard of the Confe leracy, or their sons
or daughters, are the real sufferers.
With present price of labor in every
other department of life Europe cannot
expect the South to furnish cotton on
wages at $10 to $12 per month, or 40 to
50 cents per day tor plowing or chop
ping 12 to 14 houis a day.
It people can run railroads, banks,
hardware stores, and all kinds of busi
nesses, without “diversifying” or with
out planting peas, potatoes, sorghum,
and all kinds of grasses and colts aud
Jersey cows and calves any man should
be able to get such a price for his labor
honestly and faithfully expeuded on a
crop of cotton that he can pay himself
and his laborers at least $1.50 a dav in
stead of 50 cents.
The old war horse leaders want their
cotton raising friends to stay at home
and eat blackberries and *;n naked and
vote for them to places at $ j.btW to $6,000
a year.
It is about time for you to tap old Joe
Brown up again. If the people had had
a say in bis going to the United States
Senate he would never have been there.
Any man like Colquitt, Brown, Gor
don, Jackson, Hammond, Bacon, Zeb
Vance, or Wade Hampton cannot but
help being enemies to tbe best interests
of tbe masses of the people, as they are
almost all of them interested directly in
or rep esent large corporations, or were
bora with silver spoons and aristocratic
ideas, aud when the masses decide that
they do not want such men to*rule over
thetmany longer there is a terrible bowl
emanating from the camp.
People here yesterday who supported
Gordon against Bacon, after hearing hi?
spcecq. went home his opponents.
I do not believe that if Hill, Toombs,
and Stephens could all rise from their
graves that they could have any effect
on the determination of the masses to
control their own affairs—and legislate
for themselves.
Thave read your speeches' and wri
tings from the old “Gglfethorpe Echo”
days up, and hope that you will continue
to push the fight for the masses against
Yours truly,
L. F. Scott.
The congressional bribery sc ndal is
still the all-absorbing topic of conversa
tion in Athens, and every morning the
columns of The Banner are eagerly pe
rused to see if there are any new disclo
sures. The air ir filled with ru.nors of
all k nds, and some of them, when fol
lowed, serve to throw fresh light upon
the matter. Mr. Roane’s statement has
assumed such a position that all the
facts arc bound to come out, sooner or
later, and the secret dealings attempted
iu that convention brought to light.
The public docs not know how far-
reaching is this attempt te buy the nr>m-
-iuatiou o. a congressional convention,
or who and bow many are concerned in
it.
Th re is a minor to the effect that
oveiabefore tbe convention met Messrs.
“Colley and Olive had a private confer
ence at Taliaferro court, and an agree
ment was made between them that in
ilie event of Colley not receivtTVg the
noiuiuatiou his support was to be given
to Olive. Negotia ions to this end
were made in A thens, and would have
been consummated,but for the refusal of
Messrs. Swift, Shannon and Cleveland,
ot Eibert,aud Messrs.Scott and Meadow,
of Madison, to be thus used. Doubtless
the firm attitude of these gentlemen de
feated Mr. Olive and nominated Judge
Lawson. Mr. Colley, it is said, could
nave given Mr. Olive the four votes
from Wilkes, two from llart, and one-
half of a vote from Elbert
Mr. Davis, the delegate from Clarke,
comes out ot the scandal unscathed, his
praises are in every one’s mouth. There
is a report on the street that Mr. Tom
Lumpkin, son of Mr. Geo. B Lumpkin,
stated toa gentleman on Saturday morn
ing, that he intended to change his vote
to Colley. It is also said that Mr. T.
B. Lumpkin told Mr. Davis on Friday
that he need not return on Saturday.
Mr. Davis was at once seen by a friend
and lie agreed to go to Lawson, in such
au event; and altbough every influence
possible was brought to bear upon him
to support Colley, he refused to do so.
There is also a rumor to the effect
that Mr. George B. Lumpkin is
not the only Olive delegate approach
ed with au offer to buy his vote with
money. A delegate from an adjacent
county—not Oglethorpe—stated to sev
eral gentlemen in this city that on the
first day of the convention he was. invi
ted into a private room, and a proposi
tion made to raise a stock company
ana buy a horse that lie owned at auy
price, and that, too, without the par
ties even having seen the animal. The
offer was afterwards raised to $1,000 in
cash if he would change bis vote for
Colley, lie indignantly declined both
propositions.
Mr. Lumpkin’s last card iu reply to
Mr. Roane* was not satisfactory to
many we have talked with, but they
are pacified with his promise that the
public should bear from bitn again. The
people feel that with tbe grave accusa
tion hanging over Mr. Lumpkin, that
be cannot afford to let the matter rest
in a question of veracity between him
self and Mr. Roane. He should vindi
cate his honor and ^character at any
cost.
There is no doubt but other parties
besides Mr. Roane are mixed up in this
attempt at bribery, but he is too loyal
to bis friends to give their uames if it
can be avoided. But every man who
figured directly or indirectly in the
matter will be known sooner or later,
aud tbeir names given to tbe public. It
is too serious a matter to be let alone,
and the honor of not only prominent
gentlemen, but the good mune of our
party is at stake.
The news reaches us from Wilkes
that disclosures have been made at
Washington that will throw a Hood of
l.ght upon the scandal. Respec a ie
gentlemen in that town and county af
firms that a delegate to our congression
al convention stated to them that. Mr.
Roane told the truth, and the money
was raised to buy the Olive delegates
for Colley
Judge Lawson and his delegates will
come out of this scandal unscathed. Not
a man believes them in any manner con
nected in the matter, and in his last
card Mr. Roane exonerates them. But
Judge Lawson is right in his determina
tion to investigate the scandal to the
bottom, and fix tho blame where it be
longs. He owes this to b^tti himself
ami the party of which he is the stan
dard-bearer. We learn that Judge
Lawson has already in his possession
information going to show that an at
tempt was made to defeat his nomina
tion by the use of money.
The Banner editor is daily in receipt
of letters from Democrats all over the
district congratulating him upon the
good work he is doing towards purify
ing our party and exposing corruption.
Old Wilkes is first among the number.
One prominent gentleman says that
in a week’s time the Banner has done
its people and patty a service that is in
estimable; that we have uot only stirred
up a rattlesnake’s den, but killed both
the old reptiles, slaughtered the young,
aud broken all the eggs. The most
shameful attempt at corruption has
been laid bare, and before the matter is
ended, facts laid before the Democrats
of our district, at which they will stand
aghast—and it will be many a long vear
bi-fore such another attempt is made to
control the nomination of a candidate
by the use of bribe money.
There is no use of a man who figured
in this scandal to ionger try and con
ceal his mime or the part that he took.
The whole story must and will oomo
out, and tho name of the principals made
known.
In the Banker’s determination to
fathom this attempt at bribery to the
bottom, we are uot actuated by a desire
to mortify or destroy the future politi
cal career of any one. Neither will we
conceal facts to save a friend. Person
ally we are on the most intimate and
kindly terms with all the parties mixed
up in this scandal, and it pains us to
take the steps that we do. But the hon
or and good name of our party are at
stake, and we shall vindicate this at any
and all cost.
We shall hew to the line, let the chips
fall where they may.
TO KIDNAP CHILDREN-
A Kansas City Man’s Schema for En
riching Himself Falls.
Special by News Telegram Association.
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 10.—An au
dacious plan which contemplated the
wholesale ’kidnapping of children for
ransom was revealed today when the
grand-jury found a true bill for that
offence against Henry C. Wilson, who
keeps a feed and livery stable at Ni-.
2037 East Eighteenth street. The plan
was to kidnap the children of wealthy
parents, conduct them to a secret place
in some, distant State and keep them
there until the ransom should be paid.
Wilson took for *an accomplice the
coachman of Mrs. Jeff Dunlap, a
wealthy widow living ou McGee street.
Mrs. Dunlap’s 3-year-old boy was to
have been the first victim* Then the 4-
ear-old son of Jas. H. Arnold of No.
01!) East Fifteenth street was to haye
beeu kidnapped. After these two had
been ransomed others were to have
been kidnapped.
The plan was all "laid to kidnao the
Dunlap boy when the coachman weak
ened aud confessed his part in the con
templated crime to Mrs. Dunlap, who
informed the police. When vVi’son
went to the vicinity of Mrs. Dunlap’s
residence last Saturday to carry out the
first part of his plan, au officer placed
him under arrest. Today the grand-
jury indicted him.
There is proof also at hand, it is said,
to show th8t Mr, George B. Lumpkin,
on Friday night, was closeted in a room
with Mr. Roane, where they nad a se
cret conference. Also, that the story
of Mr. Roane having bought his dele
gates for $750 was au open secret among
the friends of Mr. Colley. This will be
a very important 1 uk in the testimony.
Mr. Roane must lirst prove his secret
conference with Mr. Lumpkin, and that
the money was raised and deposited iu
the hotel safe. It will then be the duty
of Mr. Lumpkin to explain what passed
between himself and Mr. Roane while
together.
in his card, Mr. Roane justified his
self-confessed attempt at bribery, by
saying he was not a delegate to our con
gressional convention, and hence rep
resented no one but himself. From-the
Washington Gazette of Aug. 22, we clip
the following list of delegates and alter
nates of Wilkes county, from which it
will be seen that E. G. Roane was en
rolled among the latter,^nd had access
to Mr. Colley’s caucus and the floor of
the convention. Nearly every county
had one or more alternates in the con
vention.
Messrs. H. O. Colley and M. A. Pharr
were alternates but acted with the del
egates.
The following are appointed delegates
from Wilkes county to the congressiou
al convention for the Eighth district,
which assembles in Athens, Ga., Aa'
gust 28th, 1890.:
E. T. Shu brick, Jas. F. Jackson, H. B
Pope, Tbeo. M. Green, W. M. Sims, J
A. Dyson. W. A. Maguire, J. W. Ann-
strong, W. T. Harris, J. W. Chapman,
E. M. Anthony.
Alternates.—Jas. A. Benson, E. G.
Roane, Hl O. Colley, M. A. Pharr, Jr
Jas. W. Arnold, Jno.T. Lindsey, Julias
Phillips, G. W. Mulligan, R-. O. Barks
dale, G. Y. Low©.
The delegation to vote as a unit in
accordance with the wishes-of the ma
jority of the same.
C. A. Alexander,
CK’m Dem. Ex. Com.
CORDON VS. LIVINGSTON.
The General Jumps on Brother Liv
ingston With Both Feet.
Atlanta, Ga., September 12—[Spe
cial.]—Gordon and Livingston.
That has been made an issue in tho
senatorial race, and some very red-hot
limes are brewing.
There’s no doubt about that.
Itcomes about in thisway. A fewjday*
ago at Gainesville Gen. Gordon attack
ed Livingston and Macunc with gloves
off. Yesterday at Conyors he repeated
the attack more vigorously than at first.
He literally tore the hide off brother
Livingston in great long strips. He
alluded to him as a “mass of putrifac-
tion,” aud various other things on the
same order. He denounced him, indi
cated him and pounded the Alliance
leader’s fair name and famo beyond rec
ognition.
As Gordon concluded his speech Hon.
W. L. Peek, President of the Allauce
Exchange, arose and stated to the crowd
that he would reply to the speech to
morrow at 12 o’clock. He asked them
all to be present, assuring them that
Livingston could admit all Gordon had
charged and then compare records'" to
the General’s disadvantage. Col. Peek
says that he is going through Gordon’s
record from beginning to end; and that
when he finishes there won’t be ten men
in Rockdale to vote for Qeneral Gor
don.
The Governor speaks to-morrow at
Decatur.
FATAL WATERMELONS.
The Raidings of Their Patches Causes
Shootings and .Killings.
Special by News Telegram Association. ’
Ardmore, X. T.. September 12.—In ft
shooting affair at Buckmau Post office,
50 miles east of this city yesterday, In
which several parties were engaged,
Will George was shot through the neck
and killed and Henry Burch wounded.
The difficulty occurred over a raid on
Burch’s watermelon patch. Officers are
after the parties.
Iowa Fall, Iowa, September 12.—A
number of young men in this vicinity
planned to rob the melon patch of
“Brother” Gardner living near this
city, Monday night. The deacon learn
ed of their intentions concealing him
self, emptied tbe contents of a double-
barrelled shot-gun into the crowd. Sev
eral of the men were strqck, and one
named Fitz had his arm severely lacer
ated by the shot.
The Irons-in Place.—Tho irons on
Mr. J. H. Rucker’s belt line, arc now
in place, and tbe only work necessary
to complete the'belt.is the placing in
position of a switch. The track will be
in use in course of a few week. Th
line is pronounced to be ouo of the most
substantial prices of work of its kind in
the city.