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JgSSu. !■><• 1 Ath0m Banner, But. 1833.
prospectus
OF THE
American Wooden Tooth-Pick and
General Utility Company.
Gov. Rope’emln, President.
C< n. Run’emdown, Vice-President.
Co!. Clean emup, Secretary.
jlv l»i:ai. Mr. Suckkh: I to-day
jil you the prospoetus of a great com*
,1 which I have a<*««pted the
n, v, which I hope you will care-
IIIH
pHny.
nrc-i'l'
fully !'• ' use.
you will see, we proposs to buy
tip 7.i>:»»,o00 acres of pine and cypress
lainl in ihe swamps of south Georgia,
transfer those idle wilds into great
manufacturing centres.
\V ■ will issue $100,000,000 of preferred
flock and $10,000,000,000 ill general
.t„ck. The shares will be $100 each,
greenbacks preferred, but ifthis is not
convenient, we will accept in payment-
TO BE PROSE-
/ CUTEDj
ATHENS, GEORGIA. TEU.1DAY MO INING, SEPTEMBER 30,189>.
MR. J. C. SIMMONS HAS A SUIT
MADE AGAINST HIM
Mr. W. L. Wood—Who Says His
Son was Unmercifully and Cruelly
Beaten—Both Sides Given—Cards
From Mr, Wood and Prof. Branson.
knife on him.
itis.a great grief to Mr. Simmons and
us all if the whipping was a se ere one.
But since the^. matter of severity is to
be Settled by tile eourts, let us await
the decisions or the court before con
demning Mr. Simmons as a ruffian.
E. G. Branson.
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le 1:
In a
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iiything that you may chance
ic on hand, from persimmon beer
in ner lot in Athens,
ii will see that our principal btisi-
nc." will be the manufacture of wooden
tooth-picks, and .as soon as sufficient
capital is subscribed, we will at once
pruin l to erect manufactories. There
):i a broad field for this industry, for I
tlml. after a careful investigation, that
the vast region cf Central Africa is ut
terly deprived of this necessary article,'
while their use is only in its infancy in
tlii- country and Europe. We shall es-
fabli-h regular schools all over the land
to give instructions in the use of tooth
picks, and prevail upon our churches
to send toot.i-pick ministers among the
heathens. Thus you will see that
while <>ur company will pay enormous
dividends to the stockholders, at the
same time it will do a
great deal toward Civilizing the
world. In the course of a few months
we expect to have ii00,00() men at work
with hatchets splitting up the forests
into tooth-picks. We propose to build
a new city on the Atlantic coast, from
which thousands of vessels will sail
every week, carrying our goods to all
parts of the world.
But we will not stop with this one
branch of iudustry. Every portion of
trees will be utilized. The pine straw
wr shall pack in bales and sell to camp-
meetings to eoverthe floors of the tents
This will give new zest and encourage
ment to religions gatherings. This one
line, 1 estimate, will pay a handsome
dividend on the entire eapital stock of
our company. At a low calculation,
you cun gather 1,000 tons of pine straw
lroin an acre of land. At 50 cents per
ton, this would be $500 per acre, or an
a iinial incica.se oi $35,000,000;on our
entire tract.
The knots and resinous limbs we can
leadity dispose of to campaign clubs
tor illumination purposes. Say there
60,000 torch-light prooesions a year in
America—and this is a moderate esti
mate—and each one is a mile long. It
will take 20 cords of timber, which at
$5 per cord will bring our company in
a net profit of $5,000,000. Then I pro
pose to introduce this pecudar Ameri
can institution in China, Japan and,
in uct, all over the world. Do you
think 1 overestimate when I count on
h i increase ol $100,000,000 from this one
branch of our business?
The land wc will purchase is the
home of the Gopher, and here another
broad field is open to our company.
W hat is to prevent us from domesticat
ing ibis animal, and thus supply cheap
food for the world? The peasants of
Europe and Asia rarely taste meat, and
\\c can supply them \yth canned
gopher, pickled gopher and gophers
otherwise preserved at a price that
will make the world rise up and call us
blessed. A South Georgia friend, in
reply to a letter of inquiry, says you
cun cultivate 1,000 gopher holes on ah
aero, anil each ono will average live
pounds in weight. Here is 5,000
pounds of good, wholesome meat*to the
aeie, or 350,000,000 pounds on our land.
At live cents per pound, just think of
the income it will bring to our com
pany !
There are hundreds of other articles
wv wi'l discover on our property that
ran he turned into dividends—aligators,
wild cats, swamp musk, Cyprus knees,
sliamanders, samMies and mosquitoes.
1 have not as yet decided what use I
' in put the three latter attachment to,
tun <1j not intend that they shall be
wasted.
-New, my propositions to you is this—
an l I want you to consider it as stiictly
cunii leiitiul. I want your name as a
Director in the company, »nd for the
use uf the same there will be given to
ynu $15,000,000 in prefered stock, and
one-half of all the cash received from
the diaicholders in your section of the
•State.
" e want good agents to work up our
company, and will pay them a com-
uu-duu ( ,i 05 p e r eent. on all the busi-
'<«;*•* that they senJ to us.
I bis stock will pay at least 125 per
vni. dividend the first year, - and i con-
‘■titly expect to see stock selling at
before five years have
There will be a sensational suit
brought against Mr. Simmons, the new
principal of our public schools. It is
the first case of the kind which has ever
happened in Athens, and consequently
is already exidting a great deal of inter
est and comment, though the cause only
originated yesterday morning.
Mr. W. L. Wood is prosecutor, and
makes the charge that Mr. Simmons
brutally beat bis thirteen-year-old son.
Reaves Wood.
Reaves says that some ten days ago
h<? was reproved i»y the teacher for some
offense, and for this was taken before
the principal, and signed a pledge to
obey all rules and commands. Since
this he says he was reported again for
doing nothing more than laughing.
He bad appointments with the princi
pal which were put off, and the case
rested until yesterday morning. At ten
o’clock, by appointment, he went to the
building, and was takep by the principal
into a room, and the windows were
pulled down and the doors locked. Mr.
Simmons then took a leather strap, an-
inch wide, and witii both hands, gave
him at least a hundred lashes. For sev
eral minutes, he says, he was not able
to move, and even after this could walk
with difficulty. The blood was brought
from his legs and also from his hand
where he had received a stroke.
He went at once to his father, who
hoarding story and examined him. Mr.
Wood says the boy was terribly bruised
and cut up, and that Ihe heating was a
terrible one. He says«thut he aoes noc
consider bis boy better than other boys,
but than no disobedience deserved or
pardoned the terrible flogging.
“If,” said he, ‘‘my son committed aft
offense which was so grave, he should
have been expelled. And if not so
grave as to cause expulsion, then the
beating was a worse crime. Either
way, whether he did wrong or not, the
treatment is unpardonable and I shall
prosecute the offender to the extent of
the law. I have, shown my boy to many
people and all agree with me.”
Messrs. Lumpkin & Burnett have
been employed by Mr. Wood, and will
conduct the case.
Prof. Branson was seen also, and for
Mr. Simmons denies that the flogging
was so bad, although it was more severe
than it would have been on account of
the boy’s drawing a knife. This Mr.
Simmons had to take away. The strap
used was one kept tpr the purpose, and
Mr. Simmons only used one hand, the
ether being used in holding the boy,
who was struggling to getaway.
The offense was a grave one, besides
continued disorder, he was insolent to
his teacher, and knew he. deserved the
whipping. Prof. Branson showed the
records of the case given to him in
which Mr. Siumiuns says: “After
whipping him awhile, he said it hurt
and stopped.after a little. I then no
ticed a knife in bis hand and Reaves
said, ‘If you beat me any more Fll kill
you, dog gone you.’ At this I took the
knife from him and added some more to
the whipping.”
He also say?s he only used force in
taking the knife from him and in hold
ing him while the whipping was goin
on.
A CARD
Ill
,$looo for one
tlniiM-d.
1 have used the names of several gen-
Ceini-u as Directors without authority,
1,11111 they kick I will pay them for the~
l' r ,J'ilcge with large blocks of stock.
Ii aso let me hear from you by return
111 '*i and also send me a list of parties
111 Four section that you think may in-
* ‘ ‘ you
_ un-
,. visionary about this scheme.
1 "tie of our enterprises fail, we have
to fall back on. The tooth pick
insured success,while we will find
fillers ready made to prdcr.
Yours truly,
<>. Washington, Rope’emin,
Pr. sident W.T. P. & G. N. Co
■ .'em section mat you trim* may
v ' , ' t in this great corporation. As j
'> in >cu at a glance, there is nothing t
certain or visionary about this schei
the -
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sen. I
To Nerroaw Debilitated Be*.
. Vl "i win seua US your addroi
ns, wc
. i>a Dr. liyo’s Celebrated Voltaic Belt
From Mr. W. L. Wood Concernlnfe t
Brutal Treatment of His Child.
Mr. W. L. Wood Lauds us tlnyollow-
ing for publication:
To the Public :—I am animated
writing this card by an earnest desire
to do signal justice to J. C. Simmons.
1 propose to detail the affair in an im
partial manner,confining myself wholly
to facts. The natu re of the offense com
mitted l>y my little bov was very mild,
and did not warrant the brutal severity
of this Simmons If be had committed
any grave breach of discipline, it was
the duty of the school authorities to
expel him, and it was not incumbent on
this J. C. Simmons to subject him to a
lashing whose severity was unwarranted
by the trivial nature of his offense.
He carried the boy into the room,
pulled down the window, locked the
uoor, and with a large inch strap, struck
tiim more than a-hundred lashes. This
he did with both hands and with fear
ful force.
When he had finished my boy says
for several minutes he could not walk,
and when he came to me a half hour
later he could only move about with
great effort, and was in an exhausted
condition. I examined him atonce and
was enraged at the evident brutality of
the treatment he had received.
I found blood running from two pla
ces, and numbers of large whelps and
ugly bruises. I will submit it to tbe
public if it was not the proper thing to
have fcx pel led the child, instead of mak
ing him the helpless victim of this un
pardonable outrage?
Indignant, I carried him to many of
the most conservative and prominent
citizen of Atheus, and mauy of these
recognized solid and . and calculating
men, vere of the opinion that personal
satisfaction was the only recourse.
However, being a law-abiding citi
zen, I adopted a more conservative
course, and nave placed the case in the
hands of Messrs. Lumpkin & Burnett.
It was a simple case of barbarous bru
tality. Simmons, a large, powerful
mail, fiercely attacking, not whipping,
a little weak and sickly child of thir
te \Vould not any father under these cir
cumstances be justly indignant. Is it
r“,-M"iances on a trial. Thev will quickly
MiIm/T 1<,u l " vi g°r. nianbooil and health. Fam-
Voltaic Bau Co., Marshall. Mich.
■ciuau&Wly
A Chance to Make Money.
*k. Editor :
. “'-"givadMr. Moorehead’s expe-
ni.-ti with gold, silver and
1 it my duty to inform oth-
, m y success. I sent for a plater
is sn uv -' . ,nore work than I can do. It
ieJii- ne !"8 t}l « spoons, castors and
jr.Ur„.‘ ,8 OIIUUII8, WWWI9
>‘Nit u- y n'? P. eo l ,le , want plated. The
1 cleared $37.10, and in three
tfiont ^ 19 85,Vtnd my wife has made
\\- , r much as I have. Bv addressing
you ''rtireth A Go- 7.am-avillt-
■ r, fi'eth A Co., Zanesville, Ohio,
Set circulars. A plater only
ho,,’’*• You can learn to use it an
? , - ( l can pla'.e large or small articles
liiiva » rni ‘ l ;c money anyv\ here. I now
Ilk * lorae and hank account, all
1 ed ict of $3 invested in a plater.
SS. S.-NORTON.
CUUIRWUWi jwv.j o- ..-.a
not enough to make any parent’s blood
boil? All who have seen my boy , are
indignant, and join with me in praying
for protection to our children.
Respectfully, W. L. t\ ood.
A CARD FROM MR. BRANSON.
In justice to Mr. Simmons, a stranger
within our gates, and a gentleman, I
believe the public will await the deyei-
ments of the ease in the^courts. Ihe
statements from Mr Wood and Bisson
come from a child and an aogry father.
The records < f the case, as detailed
by the teacher of the boy, and ver
gentle a lady she is, and b /JJL 0 ? the
mons. arc on flic in the office of the
superintendent, and will' throw gre.tt
‘NO ANSWER
NECESSARY.’
SO SAYS MACUNE OF GEN. GOR
DON’S STATEMENT.
The Inconsistency of Some Democrats
Editor Banner: It baa Ik-cu u„
poiu-y of the democratic pariy
ever since it existed by the
leaders to rejoin upon them the strictest
a.lherence to the principles and prac-
tie. s or that party, in oruer for its safets
hi.u promotion in the fuiure every
where, aud there should not be a:iy
voices for or against tbe verdict paper
by the majority of the democratic puny
who should hold office in the party, anu
all independents and all whodesist froin
th.s line of policy were branded with dis
loyalty to tbe party. But what do we
now' see in the ranks of the democratic
party in the seventh district in the
great democratic state of Georgia. We
tind that after the party had held the
primary elections of all the counties.
According to the Executive committee’s
arrangement whie . had been the policy
of the party for years past. We And
that R. W. Everett was the man who
received the most Dotes and was de
clared the nominee of the democratic
party of tlio seventh district. As good a
man as their is in the state of Geor
gia, and will always accept the democra
tic principles and find tne democratic
canvasses qere or anywhere else. He
was nominated on the same platform as
wasW.J. Northen, where there has
not;been any opposition to his nomina
tion or any dissenting voice raised to
his uornination. But to our surprise we
see that there is a few irritable, sore-
headed political ring leaders in some,
and other places in the district, who
have called a bogus convention at Rome,
aud has nominated the Rev. W. 11? Fel
ton, an independent. The man they
hung in effigy, the emblem of death, in
the great city of Rome, some twelve or
fifteen years for his disloyalty and de
sertion Irom the practices anil princi
ples of the democratic partyin running
as au independent lor congress against
Mr. Chandler or Lester, the regular
nominee of the partj. Now they have
taken this man, Rev. W. H. Felton and
soaped him well and washed (lim ofl'
clean and sprinkled a little cleariffe i,
grauulated sugar on his head and a lit
tle upon his heel, and they have swal
lowed him head and tail, and have start
ed him out as their standard bearer of
the democratic party to go to congress
the next term from the .-eveiith uistriot.
Now we see that Brother Felton had
just come Cartersville out of a big re
vival meeting held by Bam Jones and
himself, to attteml this bogus conven
tion at Rome. It would have been sup
posed or expected that he would have
come there with heart full of love for
everybody iu polities, in religion, in
health, in sickness, or in any other con
dition iu life.Willing to do to others
as he would have others to do to him.
But we find it to the contrary. We And
him, as soon as his nomination is cer
tain, he mounts the platform and tunes
his bugle notes to the four winds of the
arth, aud gives vent to his aching
pleen to the denouncing of men’s no
tions aud principles in the democratic
party. 8o electrifying and filling the
audience with enthusiasm, that they
had to give vent to their feelings by ex-
olaiuiing: “Hallelujah, haireliijah, lial-
leiujuh, glory, glory, glory, to God, let
me now vote!” burn expressions are
sacreligious, and scorned a., aud held as
a disgrace to every civilized community
where it is allowed to be indulged in by
men of the world who^do not make any
pretentious to religion. Let alone a man
ot God whom the Lord has called and
qualified to preach his gospel, aud make
the world better, ami to let liis light so
shine, before men that they seeing his
good works may glorify our Father in
heaven. But instead of this, be is al
lowing this disgrace to go into a politi
cal harangue, denouncing the notions
and principles of fifty as good democrats
as lie or any of the crowd that nomina
ted him; saying at the same time that
these forty men who framed the St.
Louis Alliance platform had no more
love aud use for the democratic party
than the devil had for hog water. Now
a preacher of the gospel should always
strictly adhere to the truth, preach the
truth, and obey the command of the
blessed Saviour, when He said, thou
slialt not judge any mail, only by the
fruit he bears. Those fifty men did bear
good fruit if they were all democrats.
They stood the demociatic principles,
and rallied to the democratic flag at all
times, aud in all places,and if some were
republicans, they stood to their princi
ples and rallied to their flag at all times
and in all places, that is good doctrine
and good fruit for their party. There
was nothing said against these fifty
men’s disloyalty to their party until
they and the brotherhood in the demo
cratic, republican and Alliance parties
bad determined to change some things,
in tbuir parties, so that the wheel of
fortune might strike everyone alike as
it goes around, and these fifty men at
Sc. Louis that framed the platform
thought the best way to accomplish this
end was to stop the present mode of
nominating, and electing certain men
to offices by demagogues and designing
politicians, aud sustaining the principle
of letting the offices hunt the men, and
not the men the offices, and py these
means there is a probability of stopping
a few rich millionaires everywhere into
fortning themselves into monopolies,
trusts and syndic&ces to rob the laborer
of all the profits of his labor and beggar
his children. Now, as soon as these no
tions and principles are advocated. by
the Alliance democrats, they are de
nounced as disloyal to the party and de
serters from the Jeffersonian Democra-
Now, we want less of Jeffersonian
Concerning His Relations to the Much
ly Named Company—But He Gives
Out a Few Points In Denial.
Atlanta, Sept, 27.—[Special.]—Mr
-Mactine left for Washington early this
morning. Before leaving he was askec
by the Banner correspondent if he had
any reply to make to Gov. Gordon’s
statement touching his relation towards
the Farmers’ Co-Operative Cotton Oil
and Paper Stock Company.
“No answer is necessary,” he said.
“My point was not that the company
of which Gen. Gordon is president hail
done anything illegitimate. The stati -
ments made upon that subject, in my
card, were incidental merely. If they
injure him or that company in any way
I cannot help it. That was not my
object.
“I simply wanted to show that his
attacks upon me, made in the heat of
political diicussion in Gtorgia, while 1
was a thousand miles away, were belied
by the expressions made in his cool,
sober moments. Having done that,
proving by his own letters that he
esteemed me worthy of the highesteon-
ildenee, I simply leave the good people
of Georgia with my case in their hands
to decide.”
“But he states that you first agreed to
act as one of thq*lirectors.”
“Ye.-, as I stated in my card. But at
that time nothing was said about a gift
of stock, or any other remuneration
attaching to the position. Gov. Gor
don’s verb.il prospectus interested me.
was a plan that promised to save the
farmers money on their cotton seed. I
promised simply that if there was merit
in the enterprise I would help it all I
could; and I promised further to present
the matter, upon its merits, to the Ar
kansas Alliance. I attached considera
ble weight to Gen. Gordon’s sanguinary
declarations concerning the matter;
naturally believing him to be a sound
business man, and knowing him to be
governor of Georgia. But, remember,
there was no hint concerning this gift
of stock to directors. I expected noth
ing of the sort.
At Little Rock I received Gen. Gor
don’s letter in which he states that
5,000 or perhaps $10,000 in stock would
be given each director.
As I passed through Atlanta I told
the Governor to take my name off the
"list of directors. I didn’t give any rea
sons. The long and short of the matter
is that the free-stock proposition made
me suspicious. I lear icd, upon inqui
ry, that the Governoi’s reputation us a
business man was not good. Altogeth
er, I concluded that the safest plan for
me was to have my name taken oil’,
which I did.
“As to iiis insinuation that I was wil
ling to further his scheme, and perhaps
reap some benefit from it—not openly
as & member of the board of directors,
but under covor as editor of the Econo
mist, 1 have this simple statement to
make: Whqn I decided that my name
should be taken off tne list of directors,
I promised General Gordon at his own
suggestion, that if there was any merit
in his undertaking, 1 would help it all
could, iii that capacity. That, of
course, I am going to stand by. If the
scheme is ail right, doing for the farm
ers what he claims it will do, I will be
glad to help it, as editor of the Econo
mist.
“That’s all there is in it.”
cy
democracy and more of Cleveland de
moeraev, less taxes, less mortgages,less
trusts, less national banks, and more
money, and equal rights to all and spe
cial privileges to none. Ob! inconsis
tency of some demoAats! Where is thy
jewel? Not to be found in thy nature
unless cleansed by the grace of God.
M.R.C
Thomasvilie.
li«iiton this whole matter.
MIA was severely whipped,
R. may develop that it was by accident
rather than by design on Mr. bnnmons
It will he understood how this
■ ' known tbat D*‘*
and drew a
To the Voters of Clarke County.
In pursuance of the provisions of the
Registration Law of Clarke county, l
have registered the nan.es of all the
voters of the county, who appear from
the tax books to be of legal age and
who have paid all taxes legally required
of them prior ta^the 1st day of January,
1890. All such persons are therefore
entitled to vote m the next ensuing
election. Voters should vote in the
military districts where.they live, pro
vided the polls are open there. If not,
then at the court houSe.
H. H. Linton, T. C.
When Baby was side, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, sho clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Casto/ia.
WITH A WINCHESTER.
A Negro Desperado Attempts to Kill
Mr. W. S. McMillan.
Special byNews Telegram Association.
Btackshkar, Ga., Sept. 27.—Tom
Sheppard, a negro desperado,attempted
to kill Mr. W. S. McMillan, marshal of
this place, yesterday. The marshal at
tempted to arrest Sheppard, when the
latter fired at him with a Winchester
rifle, but missed. Mr. McMillan then
commenced firing at the negro with his
pistol, one ball taking effect near the
neck. The wound is a dangerous one.
AT THE POINT OF A PISTOL.
A Man’s Slanderous Tongue .Causes
Him Trouble.
Special by News Telegram Association.
Roanoke, Va., Sept. 27.—J. M. B.
O’Meara has caused the arrest of J. J.
Keely for assault and threatening his
life, and of Father.!. W. Lynch, pastor
of Andrew’s Catholic church, as ac
cessory. The trouble arose through a
scandal which O’Meara had made pub
lic concerning Keely and a lady of
Father Lynch’s church. The priest
arranged for a meeting, to which O’Me
ara came, not knowing Keely would be
there. At the meeting, Keely foreed a
written retraction from O’Meara at the
point of a revolver, telling him he must
sign or die. Keely admits the assault,
but denies the priest’s connection witli
it. Keely was fined $15 and bound to
keep the peace. The case against the
priest will be heard to-day.
DROPPED DEAD.
The
Alliance Legislative Candidate
From Cobb.
Special byNews 1‘e.egram Association.
Marietta, Ga.. Sept.417 —Rov. A. G.
Dempsy, the Farmer’s Alliance candi
date for the legislature, dropped dead
last night while making a political
speech at Oregon court ground. Heart
disease is supposed to have been the
cause.
The race for the Legislature has been
somewhat interesting iu Cobb.
Rev. Mr. Dempsy was opposed by
Mr. W. R. Power, aud both have put
in good work throughout the county.
Last night Mr. Dempsy addressed an
audience largely composed of colored
people, in a little school house at Lost
Mountain.
| jWhile speaking he suddenly faltered,
stopped, aud dropped dead.
Hu was taken up and carried to his
home in Smyrna, where he will be laid
at rest.
Rev. Mr. Dempsey was a Methpdist
minister and a man of family. His
death is deeply regretted by all who
knew him, and his family have the
sympathy ot his friends.
It is understood that the Alliance will
hold an early meeting, to take action
upon the death of Mr. Dempsey and
iinuicdiated name another candidate for
the legislature.
TO VOTE.
AT THE ELECTION NEXT WEDNES
DAY.
It Is the Duty of Every Democrat--
And Not One Should Fall to Cast
His Bal!ot--The Negro Candidate
Working Silent y.
M ERR! WETHER
RETURNS HOME
of the
And Defies Arrest--Verdlct
Coroner’s Jury.
Special by News telegram Association
Montickllo, Ga., Sept. 27.—Claude
Merriwether, who shot and killed Mr.
John Cordele a few days ago, has re-
turnsd home, and defies the officeis of
the law to arrest him. The coroner’s
jury has returned a verdict of murder.
Next-Wednesday, October 1st, is the
date for the election of governor, state
house officers aud representative.
Every'>0(1 y knows this, but little at
tention is paid to the near approach of
the time.
It is thought generally, that there is
no doubt, i f the election of the nomi
nees, and that there is no necessity to
take the trouble to vote.
But this is wrong. It is one place
where silence does not give consent,
and if itdid, democrats should take
more pains to let the world know that
theydo not merely agree tothe election of
the regular party nomineepand should
take more pride in the overwhelming
majority their standard bearer can be
gi veil.
You not only want to elect your men,
but you want to show to the people that
the democrats of Clarke are true demo
crats, and when standard bearers of the
party be chosen that each and e' ery vo
ter in the party consider it a priv 1 go, as
well as duty, to cast a ballot for Uiein.
If you do not vote it will appear that
you take little interest or pride in your
party, and thus endanger it. ,
There will be no contest for any place
except the legislature, for which a ne
gro of Athens is running.
Of course this appears as no - contest
at all, but you shouldn’t feel too confi
dent. Nearly all the negroes who can
vote will do so, and as the last registra
tion show’s there is little difference be
tween the number of the whites and
blacks in tbe county, and while many
of the latter are debarred, yet there are
euough of the former to poll a consider
able vote.
Many of these will no doubt, vote for
the democratic nominee, and there is no
cause to feel fear of defeat, but a cer
tain class of negroes beaded by their
candidate are working silently night
and day, and the number of ballots cast
for him wi.l surprise a great many.
It should be your pride to make the
majority of the party nominee as great
as possible, thus preventing other at
tempts by the blacks of the cla--s now
working for the office.
All these things should be taken into
consideration, and nothing should be
allowed to prevent every democrat from
casting his ballot for the whole ticket.
The ticket is as follows:
.Democratic Ticket.
ROBBED OF FIFTY DOLLARS.
A Railroad Passenger Has His Pockets
Picked by a Sharper-
Sped.il by News Telegram Association.
Marietta, Ga., Sept. 27.—A mail by
tbe name of Hubbard was robbed of $50
yesterday while he was ruling on the
train between here aud Atlanta. A man
by the name of cUeveus, who lives some
miles from here iu the country, was ar
rested and the money lecovered. Ste
vens sat iu a seat just behind Hubbard,
aud it is thought he picked Hubbard’s
pocket iu this way.
r art-
might be, whe
boy resisted Mr. Simmons
The Crooked Shall Be Made Straight.
Sunday of last week the writer of this
in the morning was at the Academy of
Music, in Brooklyn, N. Y., and listen
ed to a sermon from these words: “The
crooked shall be made straight,’’preach
ed by Dr. Talmage. The house was
packed from basement to garret. Rain
or shine, they told, me it was tbe same.
The Doctor advocated that there were a
great many crooked things in and peo
pie in the world—crooked merchants,
crooked brokers, crooked doctors, law
yers and editors. Among all the crook
ed things aud people be mentioned,
which I have not given a sprinkJin
the preacher did not mention the jewi
ler as being crooked. But the crooked
shall be made straight.
In giving out his notices for the week
one was that he should preach in New
York next Sunday evening, and so on
every Sunday * until tlieic church was
finished. As it is aow, they have no
home, and he had been invited to visit
New York, ami thought it a good time
tq visit when they had no homes of
their own, aud he had accepted the call.
Home again, ready for business. Both
crooked and st&ight are invited to call
Astray.
One cow and two steers. Owner can
obtain them bj’ paying for this adver
tisement and for feed by applying to
Mosely Brown, Newton Bridge road.
Items from the Grove.
Harmony Grove, Sept. 27, 1890
[Special.]— Mr. Alvin Thurmond, a pop
ular express messenger on the Rich
mond & Danville railroad, is on a short,
visit to the “old folks at home” in the
Grove.
Mr. W. H. F. Smith, of Jefferson,
passed through the Grove yesterday eh
route for Athens.
Dr. Charles Lane, of Atlanta, deliver
ed his renowned lecture on “Lessons
not learned in books” at the college
hall liere last night. Dr. Lane is uu
doubtcdly the best humorous lecturer
in the State, and his lecture last night
added new laurels to bis wreath, it
.was instructive, entertaining and amus
ing, and completely captured his cul
tural audience. All who were present
will long remember it as a green spot
iu memory.
Miss Ada Almond, one of Elberton’s
most popular belles, is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. Deadw r yler, of our town,this
week.
Hat mony Grove’s importance as
shipping point for lumber is not gener
ally known. Fully fifty car loads of
lumber have been shipped from this
place in the last two months, aud there
are now several thousand feet at the de
pot awaiting for cars on whicl/to be
shipped.
Homer, Maysyille and Jefferson were
well represented at Dr. Lane’s lecture
last night, Rev. T. O. Ror e, '*f llomer,
Mr. Wm. 11. F. Smith, of Jetfersou.and
a bevy of lovely young ladies from
Maysville, consisting of Misses Lilly
Comer, Lucy Newton, Mainie Alexan
der and Eula Deadwyler, chaperoned
by Mr. and Mrs. Jas. T. Come?, added
their charming presence to this delight
ful-occasion.
for governor,
W. J. NORTHEN.
secretary of state,
PHIL COOK.
COMPTROLLER GKTKRAL,
W. A. WRIGHT.
ATTORNEY GENERAL,
G. N. LESTER.
TREASURER,
R. U. HARDEMAN,
COMMISSIONER OK AGRICULTURE,
R. T. NISBITT.
SENATOR 27TH DISTRICT,
W. J. NUNNALLY.
Come c
REPRESENTATIVE,
J. E. MORTON.
out and vote above ticket.
Heavy Storms, then Frost.
This is what R- r. lrl K. Hicks, of St.
Louis, predicted in regard to the storms
of the present weet, and the balance of
the month of September:
“From the 2Gfa to the 30th the ele
ments will undergo the last storm move-
met.ts of tbe mouth. We name tlie 27,
28 and 29 as probable danger days. The
month bids fair to end in cool"nights,
with cold and frost to the north ward,
sufficient to justify proper watchfulness
and preparation against damage to im
mature vegetation.”
ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT.
GEORGE T. MURRELL, Eoitob.
COTTON BAGGGING—WHAT
ABOUT IT!
borne people don’t understand, and
some other people don’t want to under
stand why it is that so little cotton bag
ging appears in the Atheus cotton mar
ket. A little information just at thin
point may not be amiss.
When the Alliance tackled the Jute
Trust last year they went in to whip
the fight and everyone knows how well
it was done. The counties of Ooouee,
Oglethorpe, Madison, Jackson and
Clarke were at all times to be found in
the thickest of the fight and in the fore
front of the battle. Arrangements were
made by them with S. S. King & Co. of
this city to supply them with cotton
bagging. If 1 mistake not the order of
J. S. King & Co , was the third order
made in tbe State, it called for 75,000
yards and afterward increased to muok
more. Other merchants that were
friendly to the Alliance in this section
put in small orders so that we were all
pretty well supplied with cotton bag
ging. We bought all we could find aud
useu all we bought. J. S. King & Co.
sent an ageut all tue way to Now Or
leans and to other fact( nesand purchas
ed every yard that could be bought by
them. They sold every yard of it and
could have sold more if they could have
obtained it from the factories.
This year as eariy as May, Mr. J. S.
King insisted that we should put in our
orders as early as possible, so that wo
would again be among the first to ob
tain a supply. Upon consultation with
prominent Alliaucemcn from the above
mentioned counties it was agreed, first,
that there was no urgent necessity for'
ordering so early in the season, as
enough cotton bagging would be manu
factured to supply the demand. Second,
tuat it might be best' to see what action
the State Alliance would take with ref-
ferencc to tbe reduction of the size of
the bale, for in the event that the size
of the bale was reduced, any kind of
cheap covering would answer. Mr. J
S. KiDg insisting all tjje while that he
must know at the very earliest possible
time so that his order could be placed ‘
in time, I conferred with the brethren
in different sections of the State aud
about two weeks before the State con
vention requested Mr. King to proceed
tojorder, etc. This he did by the first
ut going mail. He first applied direct
to the factories and was informed that
the State Exchange had placed largo
orders with them which would take
precedence over bis order. He then
conferred with'the manager of the Ex
change and was told that he could be
supplied. He then made up his order
and immediately sent It on and was
then informed by Brother Wynn that
he would fill the order at the very ear
liest possible moment, which would bo
somewhere about the last of September
or middle of October. The Exchange
proposed to furnish sugar strips in all
cases where cotton bagging could not
be supplied in time. Mr. King, upon
consultation with myself and others,
decided to take the sugar strips in as
much as cotton bagging could not be
furnished in time. We are now using
the “strips” as a desuier resort. Wo
have’nt gone back on cotton bagging,
neither has J. S. King & Co. gone back
on us as some are wont to suppose.
All the cotton bagging that will be
manufactured will be used, and there
is no mistake about that. Last year
other sections of the state had to do
what we are now doing, use some sub
stitute for cotton bagging for the self
same reason that they delayed placing
their orders till too late a day to come
in when the bridegroom appeared and
the door was closed so they had to en
joy the feast afar off and eat the scraps
that fell from the table.
This year it has been our misfortune
to do the same.
Hurrah for cotton bagging and the
Sub-Treasury!
INSTANTLY KILLED.
from
His
Mr. W. J. Conlin Thrown
Horse.
Special by News Telegram Association.
Nelson, Ga., Sept. 27.—Mr. W. J.
Conlin, a marble cuttei in the employ
of tbe Blue Ridge Marble Co., whs
thrown from a horse and instantly kill
ed yesterday afternoon. His home is
in Rutland, Vt., and he will be taken
there for bnrial.
si de-hI:'ad loca ls.
Electric Lights.—Work was begun
yesterday on aline to run to tbe dor
mitory on the campus, and by Monday
night each room will be lighted by
electricity. This will be a great im
provement on the old style, and much
cheaper for the boys. /
is/called
Linton
Registration.—Attention
to the notice of I ax Collector
in to-day’s paper regarding the regis
tration act of Clarke county. Those
who have paid their taxes up to and in
cluding last year are registered by the
tax collector without being seeu in per
son. Do not stay away from the poll
because you did not go to the office to
register. Your name is down if your
taxes were paid. It is important that
every democrat who vot&l at the pri-
mayyt as well as those who did' not,
should give his support to the nominee.
have li„ht i- the dormitory by Monday 1 1 n skiff, the jewelleT, where they will
DI S ni * find everything straight and true.
sick with typhoid fever, is convalescing.
Miss Callie Watson left yesterday for
a two months’ visit to relatives and
friends. She will visit Monroe, Greens
boro, Macon and Athens before return
ing home.
The rain which has been pouring for
the last three days has not materially
injured cot ton in this seption, being ac
companied with slight winds alone, and
the avertge crop will be gathered in
Jackson this tall.
•*»
Now a word or two about new jute.
Jute bagging is about half the price of
last year. - The jute men claimed them
selves that 11 cents was not enough
to cover all the expense- of
manufacturing, so they piled on 3 cts
per yard to save them from sustaining &
dead loss, poor things! We do not
know what they claim now. We only
know that the same stuff now brings
only 7 and 8 cts per yard. It may be
that some of the parties who advocated
it so strong last season can explain the
cause of the low rates now.
The Alliance boycotted jute last year
not because jute wouldn’t answer but
because the prices wouldn’t suit. They
believed then, as they now know, that
all the talk about “cotton bagging
won’t do,” atid “jute is the best thing
you can get for the price," was alia
ruse to wrong and defraud them out of
their hard-earned money. Now that
the jute trust sleepeth a goodly number
of farmers with light step for fear of
awaking this devilish monster slip in
and take it while it is going so cheap’
but the moment this old bluebeard of
modern times blinks his eye-lid they
will scamper like rats. The Alliance is
all right and the farmers serene. We
have learned a good many lessons with
in the past two years and propose to
profit by them in the future. Weask
to be dealt with fairly. Everything
that comes to us let it be measured in
the scales of simple justice. We ex
pect nothing less We demand nothing
more. When this is done this will be a
glorjous country. Prosperity and hap
piness will sit enthroned by every hon
est man’s hearth-stone and the wilder
ness will blossom as the rose.
Jefferson Jottings.
Jefferson, Ga., Sept 27.—Mr. W.
A. McElhannon has accepted a posi
tion with the live firm of Pindergrass
& Co. He has just completed a' course
at the business college .of Sullivan New Telephones.—Telephone sub-
Athens Ahead.—Col. B. H. Noble
returned last night from Birmingham
and other points, and says tbe Georgia
lawyers are leading in their profession.
Birmingham is a lively town, but the
Col. thinks there is no place like Ath
ens.
ldsmitli, Atlanta. T*§bribers will please add to their list
Mr. H. P. Bell, who has been quite] Barrow & Thomas, number 12; Booth
& Cheney, number 29; J. Domblatt &
Co., number 33.
In Full Bloom.—In the yard of Mrs.
Marks ou Hill street is a peach tree in
full bloom. The blossoms were hardly
in harmony with the cool weather we
had the other day, but present a lovely
appearanee.
AT THE Y. M. C. A.
Meetings at the Rooms to be Held
To-Day.
“The Workers Training Class” for
the training of Christian yqung men in
Christian work, meets at the Y. M. C,
A. this morning at 9 o’clock for one
hour. The first half the hour will be
devoted to Bible study, and the second
half to practical work, as so much
needed in our men’s Gospel meeting.
Tbe attendance and study in this class
will be pledged. AH active members
of the association are urged to attend
this meeting at 9 o’clock.
At 3 p. m., Boys Gospel Meeting, led
by one of the boys. All boys under 16
years of age cordially invited.
. “Christ as Perfect Man,” is tbe topU
upon which Rev. W. D. Anderson will
speak to men to-day at 4,o’clock at the
Y. M. C. A. All men,' and especially
members of tbe association earnestly
invited to be present.
The Religious Meetings Ccmmitte
An agreement has about been made ihv ^
More interest is shown in the literary' C ° X *° ruu tbe ***** depart "!
•■aight and true. societies ^hup have been for years.
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