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' LL | AN CE must be consistent.
rH Ksrin<-rs’ Alliance is not np-
,; oV (j irdou as a man, but
l* 05 ,"' , ....iiiiori him because he has
«ill n,K *'
l, ,te 1 tbe just demands of thQ<
But lor Gov. Gordons’"
in Ailant:', he would
P'l’U'
I/..UI'
hon-
... | IH ,1 ;i iva
U" tl!i . , j
Fv , rV true Georgian loves and
j‘,j in u. Gordor. His uuforLu-
' business ventures have no bear-
on his race Ibr the Senate. No
m-heves Gordon a dishonest or
rru ,.t mall, and his diastrous spec-
m i «‘ errors* of the head and
heart. Tae only serious
o.tinst Gov. Gordon is the
in which he resigned his seat
or
cate
line
li i.rg’a »<
until the
llifl
MB T -^tV a \Va H n e ce ° conee
WILL CERTAINLY BE BUILT THIS
TIME.
DARNELL.
They Speak of His Stand In Enthusi
astic Terms-And Endorse Him In
no Doubtful Language—A High
Compliment to The Banner Editor.
uia i 1 ' 1 '
ini 1
charge i
BiBier
th>- inU'i'cat of Joseph E. Brown,
lie Ins never explained in a
ssti'Git i \ manlier to any reasoning
Hit ,veii this the people of
willing U» overlook,
:;1 speech was made.
0 iir ,Hi ina day tbo\e from his sup.
pin eveiy h«.. il atni consistent Allis
wet-man—for iheic were but two al-
terns!ives left: To repudiate their
tovm, a'nl surrender to their ene
ti.u-s, "f t'> (Ideal Gordon for the
Sena'.-. K deeply pained many an
l,omst Aiii iuccman to oppose Gov.
Gordon, hui iliere was no help for it.
guL tic Alliance will not en
dorse the demand of “any man to
beat Guidon!” There is no sense or
reason iu this. If a man opposed
u, the Mih-Treasury bill is elected
In the seuate, that mau will be John
H. Gordon. A large majority of the
people of Georgia would prefer him
to ain other anti-Alliauctfcaudivlate.
Neither do the farmers want any old
broken-down politician thrust upoD
them, who sat astride the fence un
til die 'urmers had won their fight,
•ad then come over on their side.
It seems strange to us tlmt here
the Mih-Treasury bill had been agi-
tsed and discussed for five long
month-, and yet some of the hrigbt-
t-t intellects in Georgia could not
m* * any merit iu il until the count of
representatives was made up, when
i rei’o or scramble was made to en
dorse and swallow it.
Toe Alliance must watch out, and
wtbat m* politicians ride their or
der into office, hut the farmers must
themselves do the riding.
We want to see a praclica 1 , sensi.
hie larmer sent io the Senat-i—a man
lias stood by the Alliance and
ugin for its principles from the
ilianing. There are plenty of such
nun iu our stale, who are capable to
represent Georgia in this high posi-
1 i- a mistaken idea about all
Hie lira ins being in the heads of
Inver?.
Resolved, That the Oconee County
Alliance now in session, hereby endorre
the noble stand that Larry Gantt of
the Athens Banner, has men proper
to take iu the interest of the Farmers’
Alliance, and we hope that be may live
long to enjoy with us the fruits of his
labor. R. B . Harris,
* President,
S. M. Wkllbon,
Secretary.”,
The above reached Athens yesterday
morning.
Mr. Gantt is absent in Bauks county,
where he spoke yesterday to the Alli
ance. and the above complimentary res
olutions cannot fail to be a source of a
great amount of pleasure to him when
known.
He has often expressed himself public
ly and privately as to his high legards
for the people of Oconee county, and
the above resolutions tell in no doubt
ful language how they look upon him
and the stand he has taken in de
fense of tiie farmers and their rights.
He has not yet returned from bis
Banks county trip at this writing, but
will, no doubt, on his arrival express
his appreciation to his friends in Oco
nee county.
FOR THE CHAINGANQ.
A Prisoner Stops In Athens Last Night
Yesterday there arrived in Athens
the sheriff and deputy of White county,
with a prisoner in charge who they
were taking to the ehaingaug at Mr.
Smith’s farm. Here he will have to
spend a year. His sentence was for se
verely beating iiis wife, in fact almost
killing her.
RESOLUTIONS
A SAD DEATH-
A Good Woman of Jackson County
Passes Away.
On Saturday, the 12th instant. Mrs.
ira l' V. l’re-Miell, wife of G. W.Press-
*01. died :u their home in Jackson
toumy, idler a painful illness.
Hr.-. Tic-suell was about 38 years of
:,| nl pus-essing many amiable traits
"eftorm-n-r, numbered friends by ae-
tMiuiaucr.-. She iiad been a member
♦ the Meihoiti.-t church for 20 years,
uid luiiinicd her profession by a holy
bn- funeral took place on Sunday,the
win u iiiaiiy sorrowing friends
lut-ent. The bereaved husband
vliihireu have the siucere sympa-
* Ww 1,1 many friends.
ITls needed IN GEORGIA NOW.
ANew Cotton Picker Which Will do
( the Work of Twenty Men.
^rahle interest is being mani
in ciin-ago i n a cotton-picking
iC'
by A. Campbell of
He« ■’!. great things are ex-
Vii - ,*”"** "iventor claims that it
. -ave ‘Ml per cent, in theeostof uick-
A
r cent, in theeostof pick
I any for the mauufae
01 !!'« machines has been in-
,1,^"' 1 under the laws of
'Vu ' i.* 1 ’ s cu lb:d the Lone Star
»i;l, 1 !eki, ig Machine Company,
^urlev of'\V a ' Uf ♦ 8 ’° °’ 000 -
TanreV 0 ' s tt,e president: Seth
■iv,.’"! J'bicago, secretary.
I h«.i h "!B establish a factory in Chi-
4W I: l p ' a . v > at a cost ot at least $500,-
1 m.-.i-k,,, Wl ! 1 employ 1,000 men. Each
Uonj " 1,1 cost between $300 and
I 1 ) lion m?.’ Vtar ’ tlie y say, it cost near-
lo eiek the cotton crop,
‘I.,i t i, i * ‘ ‘ii" that their machine will
Kru l K li ‘ ,! ‘'" , e»tli that sum, and that
j Km'-,| ” r Ili e cotton will beim-
i^tveiitv ne ,nac *»ine will do the work
‘‘Mutt,
I Cu
tl.
I tile
'notion
picker
with
consinsts of a two
boxed receptacle
"eked cotton. The wheels
lfw^ "" the machinery by sim-
I" "''"tious. The cylinder looks
",i lhrt ‘ s, ' er cylinder, except
|*“Mx t i,, 'b or fingers, are from four
nkuii.., '*" ‘"uger and revolve with the
l5L l| u> din- 1 ' ,ey il l'*° have another dis-
'* r< mt and rapid revolutien.
rapid
I;-'"is e v ., uu « of the cart corres-
[M’ur ’,-* ty r ° 'he travel of the tim
">» the cylinder, «r me-
Ijf^car Vi 1 ? the forward motion
Connecting the Great Northwest and
tnp Coal and Iron Beds of Tennessee
with the Seacoast—Will Athens Cap
ture the Prize?
ARRANGEMENT FOR THE JOIN
DEBATE.
so that while the
permeating all through
Requesting an Investigation of the
Bribery Scandal.
Helena, Wilkes Co. Ga., Oct. 14 —
At a regular meeting of the West Wilkes
Mutual Benefit Society, the following
resolutions were adopted, and requested
same to he published in The Athens
Banner:
Whereas, The polling of the votes
at the primaries are supposed to he the
sentiment of the people, and to all ap
pearances, the people are not satisfied
as regards wbat is known as the bribery
the eighth congressional district,
therefore, he it
Unsolved, That we call upon alKto
aid iu wrighting those wrongs.
Resolved 2d, That we look upon the
proceedings of the eighth congressional
convention as being illegal and void,
without an investigation, and as it yet
stands it effects the legality of the con
vention; and wc enter our solemn and
emphatic protest a?ainst the same with-
qpt an investigation.
Dk. G. v*. Sharer, Ch’m.
J. R. Evans, See’y.
ALLIANCE PRINCIPLES,
As Formulated Ilrlefly by the Floyd Coun
ty, Co., Organization.
Rome, Ga., Oct. 18.—At a largely at
tended meeting of the county Alliance,
the principles of the order were promul
gated as follows, summarized:
The members solicit the general as
sembly to do all in their power to relieve
the farmers and other laborers of the un
just burdens imposed upon them.
They are opposed to joying members
of the legislature except for time tliey
actually serve.
Tliey protest against fostering liigher
education at the exj>ense of the common
schools, and wish the terms of the free
schools extended to six -mouths in each
year.
dneir candidate for the United States
senate must be in full sympathy with
the farmers and laborers; must favor re
trenchment and reform, with equal
rights to ail, and must support the prin
ciples of the sub-treasury bill.
Tliey demand that the session of the
legislature do not exceed forty days.
Tliey, finally, oppose any movement
tending to deprive tho colored jieople of
their full and equal rights as citizens, or
of a fair participation in the public
school fund.
OLD, AND ALMOST HELPLESS.
Murdered by Villain*, W lio ere Yet at
Targe, and May Evade the Law.
Carnksville, Ga., Oct. 16.—Billy
Manly, living eight miles south of this
place, died the other day.
An inquest was held over the remains,
which sliows that he was probably mur
dered. About two weeks ago, from the
information that can be gathered, some
' person, or persons, for some unknown
cause, assaulted him and beat him very
severely, from which he died.
He was alxiut 80 years old, and he ana
his wife lived alone. She is blind, and
little is known of how, when or who as
saulted him. He had no money to have
been killed for.
It is hoped the fiends in human guwe
will be ferreted out and made to pay the
penalty of the law for such villa incus
conduct.
At Jackson, Mmb., The New Mississip-
nian and The Commonwealth have con
solidated. Tliey have also purdiased
The Now Farmer, the Alliance organ at
Winona, and will run it at Jackson.
Mra, Jelferzon D«vl» in Atlanta,
Atlanta. Oct. 16.—Mrs. Davis stowed
in tho city Thursday, oo her way t°New
York. She is traveling alone, anti is
sintplv going to tho metropolis to revise
and superintend the publication of her
book, “Memoirs of Jeffersou Davrs,
which will npjiear shortly. Very few
people knew ot her presence in the city,
as sue was only here for ten or fifteen
minutes.
Augusta News says: Capt. W. B.
i oung,Secretary and Treasurer of the
Augusta and Chattanooga Construction
Company, has olHc ally called a meet-
Ing of tbe stockholders of the company,
to he held In Augusta next Wednesday,
the 22d, at 10 o’clock. 3
President W. E. Baikette will be here
and tae meeting will be an important
one.
The p ans for tbe rapid construction
and completion of the A. &. C. road
will be the most important one ever
made for the advancement of Augusta
will be formulated and carried out.
It looks like the movement forth"
building of the road is being made n
earnest now, and those interested sav
will be surely built. If- it is it will* be
the boss thing for Augusta.
The Oglethorpe Echo says: We had a
talk with a noted railroad builder the
other day and he gave us the inside aa
follows: He was just from Chattanoo
ga where he had been in consultation
with the people who have what was the
Augusta & Chattanooga iu hand now.
They assured him that they meant busi
ness and expected to commence work
on tiieir line in the quite near future.
The object of his consultation was t<> in
duce them to build from Augusta to
Washington, v here they would connet
with a Hue from 'Washington via Madi
son to some point oa the Mi: die Ge >i-
gla and Atlantic now in course of con
s’ ruction f.om Atlanta to tsavannali,
and making a line fifteen miles shorter
between Atlanta and Savannah than
llie Georgia toad.
The Augusta & Chattanooga people,
so this gentleman said, readily consent
ed to this, and that brings the line di •
rectly through Lexington. From Wash
ington the road will run to Athens and
on through North Georgia to Chatta
nooga where it will meet and become a
part of a great system now in course of
construction from Chicago tbrough In
dianapolis, tiid., and Louisville, Ky.,
to that city the w hole forming one of
tiie greatest railroad systems in the Uni
ted States. It will be the shortest and
most direct liue from tbe Northeast to
the sea and turn tbe tide of freights and
travel to a great degree from the north
ern and eastern seapoits.
“But when will this line be built,”
we asked the gentleman.
“I ll bet you a fine hat that trains
will lie running from Augusta to Wash
ington over it wilhin twenty months.”
was his reply. “ I'hen the continuation
of the line will be pushed through as
rapidly as possible. I am of the
opinion that the chatter for the Augus
ta and Chattanooga has now fallen into
Stands that w ill do something with it,
and not be long about it. They are
hacked by the great syndicate which is
building'ihe road from Chicago toChat-
tanooga, which insures them all the
money they need, and I see no excuse
for delay. Chattanooga, I found, is
thoroughly enthused over tbe line, and
its citizens, from whom the managers
have been tnkeu, fully realize the im
portance of tbe road and are clamoring
for its early completion. You uiay put
it down that tliey are not asleep, but at
work in such a way as will accomplish
something.”
We can’t say, however, that this great
line will make a city of Lexington.True
tbe advantages it will give us of a di
rect line to tiie grain country of the
West, the coal beds of Tennessee, and a
direct short line over which to ship cot
ton to the seaports will be great, but
they will ne as great for Athens and
Washington on either side of us. Yet
the people of tbe surrounding country
will get the benefits of these advantages
which will tend to their prosperity,and
we welcome the coming of the road and
hope to see it built.
Full List of the Dates and Places r :
Which the Democratic and Repul
Mean Candidates of the Ninth W.
Discuss the Issues.
Special by News Telegram Association.
Atlanta, Oct; 17 —The joint cor
rnittee. selected by the Hon. Thomas j
Winn, of Gwinnett, tbe democratic ca i •
didate for congress for the ninth con
gressional district, and the Hon. 8. ...
Darnell, of Pickens, the republican ca .
didate, the Hon. F. Tate, of Picker •
A. J. Monday, of Hall, and U. H. Bran s
of Gwinnett, composing tbe commitn i
selected by the former, and the Hon. (:
C. llaley, of Pickens: the Hon. Dav
Garret, of Gilmer, and non. W. <■
Wilcox, of Habersham, members con-
posing the latter, met on the 17th day .»
October, 1890., at Snwanee, Ga..
Gwinnett co inty, for the purposes !
completing .uni [w-rfectitigar-angi-aiei
for the joint discussion between sj.
candidate*, and perfected tile same it
follows:
They will discuss an Morganton, Fat -
nin ••onmy, at 12 m. Wednesday, O -
tober 22.1; at Jeff-raon. Jackson cou.
ty, at 10 a. nt Friday. October 24th; :»
Jasper, Pickens county, at 12 m. Moi
day, Oct ber 27th; atCnmtiiing, Fm.
svth county at 10 a. in. Tuesday, Octi
'><*r 28; at Dahlonega, Lumpkin coin,
t , Wednesday at 10 a. in., October 29.
..ud at Lawrenceville, Gwinnett countv.
on t riday at 10 a. nt , October31.
It is agreed by said joint commit!* •
that Winn shall open and conclude i
Morgautou, J .sp* r and Dahlonega, an .
D irnell pen and conclude at Jefferso- ,
< u timing and Lawrenceville, each >
occupy, if be sees proper, oue hour at. i
fifteen minutes—tiie opening speech t
occupy sixty minutes, the next, seventy
live and the concluding speech fiftet-
niiiiutc.—time-keeper to lie selected b>
the candidates on the ground.
C. U. Brand,
F. C. Tate,
A. J. Mcnday.
Committee for Winn.
C. C. Haley,
M.-C. Wilcox,
D. Garrkn,
Committee for Darnell.
HUNG HERSELF OVER THE CLIFF.
DIRE VENGEANCE.
VISITED UPON THE DESPOILE OF
A CAROLINA MAN’S HOME.
BURROWS’S STOLEN PROPERTY.
Still Another for the Scn*torahiP*
Colojcbus, Ga., Oct. 16.—The Evening
l-w‘ "ur,i ino.L.'T'"T "LT Ledger announces that ex-Governor Jas.
B5?«r *K.££S
rootles , t Alt iuiuii^u
r«in 'Ll, , l,, ey at the same time
■ Umv: 'nationless aa far as
r'iealj
r.
!!' r l that there’ is eo for-
Ttae Southern Express Company Fnts in a
Claim for its Lost Thousands.
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 14 —Rube Bur
rows’s heirs will not enjoy undisputed
possession of the estate the famous out
law left behind. Tho property, of course,
was the result of his several plundering
exhibitions. The money he secured by
robbing trains, lie invested in Alabama
lands as soon as possible.
The Southern Express company was
the loser by the outlaw’s work. It was
not only robbed of thousands of dollars,
but spent thousands more in its vain ef
fort to effect his capture. While it can
never get back the latter, it proposes to
make an effort to secure at least a por-
t.on of the former.
To do this, it has instructed its general
counsel, Messrs. Chisolm, Erwin and du
Bignon, of this city, to institute suit at
once for the recovery of the property. It
will be fought, of course, and an _ inter
esting legal struggle will result in the
Alabama courts.
That Story About the Strangulation.
Referring to certain sensational stories
that have been sent out from Birming
bam and other points, to the effect that
Burrows was clubbed to death and hor
ribly maltreated, Mr. F. G. duBignon
said that his firm had received letters
from tbe superintendent of the express
company, who examined Burrows’ body.
He says that tbe first reports as to the
manner in which be was killed, whils
endeavoring to escape, were true.
The firm will begin proceedings im
mediately.
Reputation
The reputation of a m in is made up of
what people say of him. In like manner
the reputation of a medicine depends on
what they who have used it say. No
remedy in existence has so good a rep
utation as a blood remedy as B. B. B.
(Botanic Blood Balm.) It is a success-
tul physician’s prescription and quick
ly cures both mild and terrible cases of
bad blood.
Dr. L. A. Guild, Atlanta, G., writes:
“Wm Sealock, living on my place, had
an ugly running ulcer on his arm which
ordinary remedies faded to control. As
a last resort I placed him on a use of B.
B. B. and the ulcer begun to heal at
once, at d efiected an entire cure. It is
a remrdy well worthv of confidence.”
Dr. J. E. Hall, Druggist at Americas,
Gn., writes: “A planter near this place
had several of his best, laborers affected
with Syphilis. He got them B. B. B.
Despondent of Life, a Newport Womir
Leaps to Her Death.
Newport, R. I., Oct. 17.—At the foo
of the forty steps of the cliff, a we;'
dressed woman was found under the in*
fluence of liquor the other afternoon.
She was token to tho police station, ahjl
was released at night. She declined to
give her name on ’ account of her hus
band. The chief of police hod her sign
the pledge. She begged everybody to
keep the matter private for her husband
and children’s sake. No one seemed to
Vrow her. She said the reason she went
TO the cliffs wns because her husband
had refused to let her into her own house.
The following morning the lifeless re-
maint of the woman were found near
the spot where she was discovered the
day before. Her head and knee were
badly cut, and it is supposed she threw
herself from the embankment while in a
despondent mood. Sho proved to be the
wife of Walter Bussey, a well known
New York caterer, who was made ac
quainted with the sad details. She was
only 29 years of age.
FROM FOREIGN SHORES.
Items from Abroad, of Interest to all
American Headers.
Rome, Oct. 17.—The government at
Washington has notified the government
here that no Italian immigrants who
have been sentenced in Italian courts
will be allowed to land in tiie United
States.
Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 17.—The report of
the Canadian export duty on logs is
showing its effects. Already there is an
enormous revival in t.liipments to the
United States. One dealer has applied
for fohr hundred cars. >
MARRIAGES AT THE EXPOSITION.
Several Couples to be United In Cotton
Bagging at Atlanta.
Atlanta, Oct. 17.—Two double cotton-
bagging weddings will be on the Pied
mont exposition programme next week.
One of tbe double weddings will take
place on Monday and the other on Tues-
lay.
On Monday, Oct. 29th, Rev. Sam
Jones, of Cartersville, will be on hand,
and will unite the following couples in
the holy bonds of matrimony: Mr. Edgar
Fuller and Miss Pearl George, of Atlanta;
Mr. F. M. Lacy, of Cobb county, and
Miss Anna Kirk, of Cobb county.
On Thursday. Oct. 30tli, Dr. Haw
thorne, tiie ‘ Talmage of the south,” will
marry the following couples: Mr. George
W. Stovall, of Gwinnett county, and
Miss An tonett Petty, of Gwinnett county;
Mr. William Bryant, of Fulton county,
and Mrs. Barrer, of Atlanta.
The couples will be taken to the expo
sition grounds in carriages drawn by
milk white horses, and a band of music
will be at tbe head of the procession.
Handsome presents nontributed by tbe
merchants and citizens generally, will be
given to the couples after the marriage
ceremony.
WORK OF THE SAW-
A Terrible Accident to a Young- White
Canton, Ga., Oct. 17.—Tom Hughes,
a young white man, was running an en
gine at D. C. Hamby’s sawmUL The
pump got out of fix, and while trying to
make it work, a steam pipe burst, tl e
force of the steam throwing young
Hughes against a circular saw in full ruc
tion. The left side of his face was terrihly
lacerated and both his hands badly cut
up. The right hand had to be ampu
tated, and it is liktfiy he will lose the left
one also.
The Wretch’s Brother, Bent on Re
venge, Bites the Dust—One of the
Most Sensational Affairs tn Ihe His
tory of the Old North' State—A
Wronged Husband Shoots His Wlf<. s
Paramour, Then Kills the Latter’s
Btother In a Duel.
GANTT AT ARP.
THE BANNER EDITOR IN THE
HANDS OF HIS BANKS FRIENDS.
Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 17.—News of
a horrible double murder in Alleghany
county, this state, is received here. It
appears that a man named John Dixon,
a prosperous young farmer, discovered
that an intimate relation was existing
between his young and pretty wife, and
Marshall Halsey, a mau almost a stranger
in the county, but of fascinating man
ners. Dixon, a few days ago, told Hal
sey of his suspicions, and warned him
that if he did not cease calling at his
home while he was away, he would cer
tainly kill him. Thursday, Dixon was
away from home, and on his return he
saw his wife leaving the house. She did
not see him, but he went at once and got
his rifle and followed her at a distance.
She went into some woods near by, and
her husband, with his blood boiling,
watched her. Halsey came up, and the
husband’s suspicions were fully con
firmed. Dixon crept slowly through the
thick woods until he was near enough to
fire, and then, taking aim, he pulled the
trigger of the weapon. The ball took
effect in Halsey’s temple, and he fell
dead by the side of liis slayer’s unfaith
ful wife. Dixon then told his wife he
intended to kill her also, but her pitiful
crjes and prayerful pleadings caused him
to desist. He contented himself by
pum filing her with lus fists, and declar
ing that tliey would separate by Halsey’s
dead body, never to meet again.
They parted, each going different di
rections.
Soon news ef the tragedy spread over
the community, and the excitement was
intense. Everybody, however, justified
Dixon, and swore that they would help
S ull down the county jail and free him
' he should be arrested.
Late in the evening, Charles Halsey,an
older brother of the dead man, hunted
Dixon down for the purpose of getting
revenge for his brother’s death.
He found him at the house of a friend,
and the meeting was dramatic in the ex
treme. Halsey jerked from liis pocket a
large revolver to shoot Dixon, but other
parties interfered, saying that if lie
wanted to fight, he would nave to fight
fair, and give Dixon a chance.
Ten paces were quickly stepped off,
and the two men put in position with
weapons in hand.
“Are you ready ?’ rang out a shrill
voice, and the duelists stood like statues.
“Then, one, two, three—fire P’ and the
two men began to shoot. Every cham
ber was emptied from their pistols, and
Dixon stood still and watched Halsey,
who staggered for a few seconds, then
fell to tbe ground with a groan and was
dead. Dixon was not touched. Four
of his five balls entered Halsey’s body.
After the duel, Dixon was escorted to
the house bf a friend. He has not yet
been arrested, and the people of the com
munity say no sheriff can take him.
Heretofore lie was a peaceful man,and
well known throughout the county. The
tragedy will cause great excitement all
over North Carolina.
WHISKEY IN KANSAS.
Nice Time and a Fine Dinner
--Sketches From the Speech
Red Hot Shots Thrown at "Jeffer
sonian Democrats”—The Senato
rial Matter Discussed.
The United States Circuit Court Makes
Another Decision.
Topeka, Kan., Oct. 18.—A decision
has been rendered in the United States
circuit court, in this city, that has
dropped like a bombshell and created
consternation among the friends of Pro
hibition in Kansas.
The decision in question allows the re
opening of the original package liquor
houses in this state. and in effect declares
that the bill enacted by congress does
not restore the power of the Kansas pro
hibitory law as against the oi’igimd pack
age saloons, because the Kansas law was
passed prior to and not after the act of
congress.
in Cedar Rapids, Judge Stoneman, of
the superior court, held the Iowa prohib
itory law to be void so far as it concerned
original packages. •
MONEY FOR COLLEGES.
A Generous Sum to be Divided Between
Georgia Institutions.
Atlanta, Oct 17.—The governor has
written to the Washington authorities,
assenting to the provisions of an act of
congress of August last, which appro
priates $15,000 additional to the colleges
of agricultural and mechanical arts
established under the act of 1872. The
g overnor will recommend an equitable
ivision of the money between the agri
cultural college at Athens and some in
stitute established or to be established
for the education of the negro youth in
Georgia. The appropriation will be in
creased $1,000 annually each succeeding
year for ten years, thenceforward re
maining fixed at $20,000 per annum.
A COWARDLY ASSASSIN
Brutally Murders a Kentucky Town Mar
shal at His Very Door.
Talmoth, Ky., Oct. 17.—S. E. R. Vo
gel song, town marshal of this place, was
shot and killed Thursday night.
The murder was brutal and cowardly.
Vogeisong was just entering the gate of
his home, when an unknown assassin
fired. The. marshal fell dead, with a
double load of buckshot in his breast and
face.
Several persons heard the shot, and
rushed to tpe scene. The dead man was
one of the sergeants-at-arms of the con-
gresaonal convention now in session
here.
Oscar Downard.a livery stable keeper,
is known to have had a grudge against
him, and is suspected of the murder.
DONE IN SELF-DEFENSE.
Keep Your Promises.
There is too much looseness prevail
ing among people in keeping promises.
Thus confidence is impaired and with
out that reputation is lo-t and nccess
a lailure. A mag’s wVi'k must be- es
good ami strong a* his 1 ond if he would
nave others confide in t im and respect
bi n. Keep your promisi 8 to Skiff, the
jeweller and he will tt ost assured’y his
to von. The iliamom s;ectacles none
no h"t»o«\
So the Jury Frees Mrs. Lillian Goqjd, at
Murphy, N. C. .
Mubfbi, N.C., Oct. 18.—Mrs. Lillian
M. Gouid, the English woman charged
with killing her husband in this place on
June 1st last, has been acquitted, the
jury declaring her not guilty.
This was her second trial for stabbing
her husband a few months ago. It was
charged that both were intoxicated, or
under the influence of liquor, and that
Mrs. Gould was obliged to defend herself
against the attacks of her husband, who
was well connected iu Engl .nd. Tim
pair had been traveling extensivety
through the southland boarded Here a
short time. Mr. Gold's English rela
tives urop^cu'ted.'
Harmony Grove, Ga., Oct. 18.—
[Special.]—Mr. T. L. Gantt, editor of
The Athens Banner, addressed a large
meeting of farmers and Alliancemen at
Arp, in Banks county, to-day. Mr.
Gantt wa3 met at Harmony Grove by a
Mr. Mize from the Arp Alliance, and
to the place of meeting, about ten miles
distant from our town. He spent Ia«t
night with us and met many of our citi
zens.
Mr. Gantt has a host of friends in
Banks, but this was liis first visit to the
county. He met a warm welcome from
the people, and every courtesy and
kindness \\a- extended to him. A splen
did dinner was spread, and it was a
great day for Arp and the Allinn.'e.
Col. Winn, our congressional nominee,
was expected, but having a previous en
gagement could not attend.
Mr. Gantt spoke about au hour and a
quarter, his address being confined to
the condition of our farmers, and the
measures of the Altianc-.
In speaking of Bauks county he said:
*’I feel to-day that I tread upon his
toric soil. It was you who gave to tiie
South the valiant and immortal Banks
County Guards—a company that was
the first to respond to the call of their
country and the last to surrender. A
command whose heroic deeds are writ
ten in blood on many a hard-fouglit
field, and whose gallant record is among
the most cherished archives of the Lost
Cause. It was Banks con ty that con-
t ibilled to succuss of our la-t Athens
fair, two of her loveliest daughters and
chivalrous young sous, who bore the
anti-trust banner of the Alliance to the
very tbroueol the mighty Hymen him
self.”
Mr. Gantt spoke as follows in defense
of the nominees of our party:
•*1 want to urge upon every Demo
crat and Alliauceman present to-day,
to go the polls on tne first Tuesday iu
November, and devote one day to bal
loting for his party and bis principles.
Vote for Thomas E. Winn, the Con-
g.essiooal standard bearer of the De-
nioc. cy in the Ninth district. Snow
iiuJifr i.(dependents and republicans so
deep, beneath a shower of organized
ballots, that the last blast of Gabriel’s
trumpet will not resurrect them. In
dependent candidates, my democratic
friends, means negro supremacy ever
t le white rac -;it means the placing f ne
political lied of the African on the i.eck
of tiie Anglo-Saxon. In tbe 7th and 5th
districts these independents call them
selves Jeffersonian Democrats? Do
you know what a Jeffersonian Demo
crat is made ot ? He is a cross between
a free nigger and a sore head politician.
It is said that a rose by any other ifaine
will smell as sweet; and by this rule
any Ooiier from the organized demo
cratic ranks—it matter not whether
he calls himself an independent or a
Jeffersonian Democrat, comes to you
reeking with tbe odor of the negro.
Snades of Thomas Jefferson! If the
spirit of that great law-giver could re
visit the earth, and could see the vile
and debased uses to which his honored
name has been put by certain politicians
in Georgia, he would burst his very
shroud with iudignation. A few days
since a convention ot these so-called
Jeffersonian Demociats met ia Douglas
county, Ga., and in their preamble, de
clared that they would vote for Will
Haight, the negro and republican can
didate, before they would support Col.
Livingston, the uotninee of their party,
because he was an Aliiancernan And
this some conventions, after passing
a long su ing of resolutions abusing anil
slanuci ing tbe Alliance, bad the~cbeek
and tiie audacity to order the demo
cratic members of the legislature to
support John B. Gordon for tbe senate
—at their command 1”
After explaining and defending the
the Sul< T «usury bill, Mr. Ganttspoke
as follows concerning the Senatorial
contest:
“Georgia loves and honors John B.
Gordon. He was a gallant soldier—lie
is a patriotic American citizen. If
Gordon was in want, there is not a
purse in this audience but would be
unclasped to him. If his honored
name was assailed, every brave and
loyal Georgia arm would be lifted in
liis defense.
"But, my farmer friends, when John
B. Gordon stood beneath the dome of
the i-apiio! of our great State and shook
tbe tiug of deffauce in tbe face of every
Aliiancernan in Georgia. When he
told you that he would not support your
Sub-: reasury bill—‘no, not if it costs
me forty eb ctious’—I say to you, that
no true rnd consistent Aliiancernan can
now support Governor Gordon for the
U. S. Senate.
“This Sub-Treasury bill that Gov.
Gordon ser.e* notice on you that be
will not support, means a difference to
the farmer from $10 to $15 on every bale
of cotton that he grows. Last year the
farmers of Georgia alone were robbed
O ‘over $10,b00,000 to beuefit the specula
tor. Otiiy think, my fellow country-
men, what ibis vast sum would do for
you if le’t iu your own pockets. It
would enable you to educate that poor
boy, who is now growing up in igno
rance, ami better fit him for the battle
of life. It would take the load from
the back of that poor wife, who is toil
ing ber life aw tty among the cook-pots
and the ovens. It would make the
eyes of that fair daughter sparkle with
delight at the new bonnets and dresses
you could lay in her lap. My fanner
friends, this Sub-Treasury bill means
to you the difference between poverty
and plenty; debt and independence;
yes, betweeu slavery anil freedom. Sen
ator Gordon, with a salary of $5,000 a
year, can afford to close h'S ears to the
appeals of the oppressed and struggling
farmers But cap you, my Alliance
friend, afford to dose your ears to tbe
app* sis of the little woman that you
havp sworn at the altar to love, honor
and pri feet. Can you afford to sacriflee
to the ambition of one. man tbe
great priueiides of the Alliance? and
does the scar upon the cheek of a
lant soldier touch your heart
tenderly than the ‘ ’
of apatient and long-suffering wife?
“Pin your faith, my Alliance friends,
to the Sub-Treasury bill—for around
that rcvoles not only your own inde
pendence and prosperity, but the weal
and welfare of your children and your
children’s children.” _ .
Mr. Gantt is delighted with Banks
county and its people, and says he feels
like kicking himself for not visiting
this splendid section sooner.
Alliance Department
GEORG I? T. MURRELL. Editor
“Bad Weather.”
I asked a neighbor this morning to
give me a subject for this week’s arti
cle. He looked at me and then out of
the window at the steady downfall of
rain, and turning nervously about said,
“Bad weather. I can’t think of any
thing else as long as that water is fall
ing out yonder, and I have so much
cotton ruining in the fields.”
I am like my friend and neighbor. All
other subjects tlwitidle into insignifi
cance as l stand anil look at the merci
less rain drops pattering against the
window paue. You may as well expect
a person with a bad case of toothache or
any other kind of ache to sit down and
calmly discuss the rise and fall of the
Roman etui ire as for a farmer, such a
day as this, with all the present unfa
vorable surroundings, to write or think
of anything else,when he sees the bread
being swept from his children’s mouths
ami the clothes floating from their
backs. How would the. merchant feel
with innumerable leaks in the roof of
his store room, if he could only stand
help esslv by and hear the drop, drop,
drop, «4 tae watery elements each mo-
nient during the loug weary,day_and the
longer, gloomier night, damaging his
goods and 'cutting off each hour the
profits from which his living must
come? How they would bestir them
selves and look up carpenters and tin-
uers! The newspapers in every city
and town in Georgia would overflow
with easualities every morning, and re
porters would take down notes from
door to door. In his case, however,hu
man sympathy and human help would
be generously bestowed. All leaks
would be stopped at, soon as money
eouid procure shingles, nails, slate and
tin, and there would be one vast auc
tion of damaged goods in Georgia the
next week that would put all the wo
men to shopping and all the men to
paying for goods only slightly damaged
at greatly reduced rates and hitherto
unsurpassed bargains.
Everybody would go crazy and refuse
to have anything but the cheap dam
aged goods. It wou.d take all the wa
tering pots and sprinklers in the State
to fix goods for market and when the
thing was over and the figures all
summed up we would find that trade
had never been so brisk and profits tol
erably fair. People love to be humbug
ged.
How is it with the poor farmers? „
The most of his possessions have do
roof to shelter them but the blue canopy
above and he stands a helpless victim
before tbe storms and tbe floods.
Very few people, except tbe farmers
themselves, nave anything like an ade
quate conception of the loss the farmers
of this section are now sustaining on ac
count of the “wet spell” that is now
and has been for many days, upon us.
I do not like to write on g'oomy sub
jects. VVe meet enough of despondency
along life’s pathway without going out
of the way to fiud it, but unless the
sunshine comes and the clouds pass
away very soon there will be distress in
many households in this part of the
moral vineyard.
I have never known the farmers to
work harder or have I sei n so much
painstaking exhibited in preparation
and working the crops any previous sea
son and yet the cotton crop will fall
short of that made last year and even
now there is no help for it. We have
been watching the clouds and hoping
and nraying for many days and there is
no prospect at this writing that our
prayers will be answered. The few
day s of sunshine we have had we have
all endeavored to improve to the very
best advantage, but at best tbe work is
slow, owing to the unprecedented scarc
ity of hands. The same hands that
make a cotton crop cannot gather
it in time unless the weather
is propitious for the work.
The storm cotton now banging in the
open rotten boils will cost two cents a
pound to have it picked out—about
$7.50 a bale. For this cotton we will
get about 8 or &}4 cents—2 cents for tbe
picking deducted leaves 6 or 6j£ per
pound that we realize for cotton that
has cost us 8 or 9 cents to produce. In
order to do even this we must have fair
open weather from now on ’till Decem
ber 15. The scarcity of hands preclude
the possibility of getting it out rapidly
and the few that are picking can only
get out about half the number of pounds
in a day that could be gathered before
tbe storm, owing to the fact that the
hulls come away from the stem and
break up in tbe band while trying to
separate the bolls from the staple. A
long train of disastrous circumstances
seems to be gathering around the cotton
harvest of this season.
The cotton plant requires a great deal
of sunshine from the time it germinates
in the ground until it is hauled to the
giu. That we have not had this year
except in certain localities. Morning
rams during the blooming season is
death to the bloom that appears that
day. One drop of water in the new
born flower seals the fate of five locks
of cotton and thirty-five seed upon an
average. This summer we had a great
many morning showers which had a per
ceptible and telling effect upon tbe yield
ot fruit.
From the 27th of July to the 18th of
August we lost heavily ou the yield of
fruit, in consequence tbe top crop will
yield but little in this section. Tbe con
tinuous wet and cloudy weather has
kept the cracked bolls from opening
wide enough to mature the seed and the
lint—so that the seed, lint and boll are
softening and rotting together. This is
not all. Tbe corn is being damaged in
like manner from tbe same cause. Corn
banging high on tbe stalk and appar
ently covered with the shuck is sprout
ing in the field, and the weavel is to he
found in large numbers. Tbe only
remedy is to gather it, have it shucked
and let it remain in piles for tbe raina
to run out the weavel. The outlook is
discouraging to say the least of it.
Alliance mass meeting of Qconeo,
Clar*e, Oglethorpe, Jackson and Madi
son will Be held in Athens at tiie court
house, Saturday, Nov. 15, at 10 o’clock,
of importance,