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ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1891—8 PAGES,
VOL. 59—NO.
The flood gates were turned loose on
tbens night before last
If w*can just whip the repuolican
party from the Force bill until the
| fourth of March the jack pot is ours.
The Alliance muddle in Atlanta is ]
•owing into a sensation.
uliens is becoming more than ever a
tv of literary clubs.
It is well that we are having cold
weathor at this period. It will keep the
fruit trees from blooming and gives
promise that the South will have a
splendid fruit crop next summer. This
Now, look for what the Englishman i 9 something devoutly to be wished for,
Us “awfully nasty weather.”
Reciprocity with Canada is looming
i conspicuously now. The Canadian
!,ri, s arc anxious for free trade.
Atlanta still lays claim to the title
Mule City of the South.” She may
tv ■ it.
since the crop has been a total failure
for several years.
They says that Mr. Ingalls dies very
:ir ,l despite bis accustomed pluck and
.The schedule on the Northeastern
railroad that brings a passenger train to
Athens it the wizzard hour of midnight
is bad enough if it were well met. To
come poking in at 2 30 m. however
is intolerable. The railroad authorities
should take enough time from Mr.
Gould to look into the matter.
With tire alarm boxes and mail boxes
ere ; ,„d there Athens lias the air of a
u-tropolitan town.
the
Athenians who ventured upon
im ts yesterday marched to the tune
t -slide Kelly, slide.”
S a in Jones is preaching the Gospel
)a Sullivan-Kilrain aud according to
neelisbury.
General Longstreet has returned to
Georgia from Texas, but he has not yet
| come back to the democratic party.
The light is burning, General, and
while it continues to burn the vilest
| sinner may return.—Tribune-of-Rome.
Wonder what .office Brother Branham
I is trying to get the “old war horse” to
ran for?
The teacher’s convention will be held
b Brunswick next. The city by the
L a i, pieparing to give the wielders of
L | od a hands*, me entertainment.
The horse ears will stop running in
(tliens on the 12ili of Fcbrnaiy. The
id car mule like Bill McKinley wiil
in he out of employment.
11,el and toe, away we go; we don’t |
[iml ill,, weather”—A favorite song in
te Geological department just |
Oh ! ah ! !
Editor Sam Whitmire of the Bruns
wick Times has had a dream. Among
other tilings he dreamed that Editors
Pleas. Stovall, Harry Brown, Larry
G mtt and Crawiord were on an expedi
tion through Georgia selling lightning
rods to Ailianc* men. Brother Whit
mire should eat moderate snppers; but
if dream he must, being a young single
man, he could turn his attention with
bettter results about the dear girls of
Brunswick of whom he loves so to talk.
(Congress has agreed that Texas shall
deep-water harbor, 'll.is will
• w hie to the commerce of the
it West.
rxn
ditor puts it this way : Dir
re entirely loo numerous,
man marries lu: ought to be
,1 to consider himself in for the
The Farmers’ Alliance is rather rapid
in trotting out F« ffer for the presidency.
The political fanners’ movement ap
pears to have ail the bubbling enthusi
asm and frankness of extreme youth.—
Boston Herald. It takes just such
enthusiasm and frankness as this to
purify politics, to kick out such men as
McKinley, Ingalls and others, and to
make this land of liberty a chrystal of
democracy from Maine to California
bye and bye. _
r lsiiu [lie south shows an increase
70,000,000 in assessed value of
periya.id in exports of $24,000,000,
rly live times as much as the in-
tll other ports.
|l!S
a! i! in hi a College lias a lauded estate
fdioui twenty aires in the best part
York City, worth now $10,000,-
iilid likely t<> double in value ill the
•cade.
(bout the tirst of the mouth there is
d deal of pal biotic and oftentimes
meaning attached to this song
|i y'rc alter me,” that you hear so
eli now a days.
A Bostou exchange says: YVhat
would the speakers at the college alum
ni banquets do for something inspirit
ing to talk about if it was not for col
lege athletics and the victories achieved
by their eights, nines and elevens?
They would be reduced to the stern ne
cessity of discussing the development
of the intellect, and then everybody
would yawn and slide out through a
side door. A popular and taking theme
is the growth and development of col
legiate muscle.
That’s all very nice up north hut it
don’t go worth a penny down in Geor
gia.
Ike , x-Treasurer of Arkansas, who
lately in elos- corners, gets the
|1 .-boulder of those to whom he was
i dly kind and generous. Such is
CANADA'S PLAN OF RECIPROCITY-
Speaking of the recent proposi
tions of free trade by the Canadian
Tories, the Chicago Dei aid ha« this
to say.
That eminent political strategist,
Sir John Macdonald, has discovered
hie cigarette law, prohibiting minors | that a reciprocity sentiment is abroad
pi buying ihe weed, does not work
id 1 in Georgia as it might. A fur-
|r proof that young America cau’t be
rued.
great
STAND TO THE ALLIANCE WITH UN
BROKEN RANKS.
A trying hour in the history of the
Georgia State Alliance is at hand.
The recent secret conclaves held in
Atlanta by a number of Georgia’s
most promising Alliancemen—gen
tlemen of acknowledged intellectual
power and unstained honor—mean
much for the weal or woe of the State
Alliance.
The object of those secret meet
ings held at the executive mansion
is said to have been a purpose on
the part of these who gathered there
to displace Congressman L. F. Liv
ingston, president of the order, and
to put new editors in control of .the
Southern Alliance Farmer.
This brings on a crisis for the
State Alliance. The way in which
the Alliancemen will face the issue,
the course that will be taken by the
sub-Alliances, and the county Alli
ances in the face of these seeming
dissensions in the ranks, will have
much to do with the future success
or failure of the much cherished or
der in the fulfillment of Ita
work and purpose.
One thing is certain, the Alliance
must stand united in whatever
done. Whether it be for the good of
the organization to take the steps
contemplated by those meetings at
Governor Northen’s or not, the Alii-
ance ajone must judge, and when
the matter!s laid before the sub.-
Alliances and connty Alliances aud
is left with the people to decide, the
satisfactory and safe solution of tbe
problem will be reached, unques
tionably. In reaching thiti- decision,
the nnly word of advice the Banner
offers is that the Alliancemen should
alio « no one man’s personal ambi
tion to be a cause for the dissension
of the members. Whether they de
cide to act upon the contemplated
plans of the recent Atlanta meet
ings or not does not at all dismiss
the dangerous crisis that now cons
fronts the order. Thu Alliancemen
must stand firmly by their motto
‘•Measures, not men,” and above all,
must stand with unbroken ranks in
whatever they decide to do.
Let not this late uprising be the
heralding of vast dissensions in the
order. Smooth it over by doing
what is for the Alliance’s-good, ana
whatever is done let it be done unaa
“WE ARE SLAVES.'
AN ATHENS HUMORIST KNOCKS
SAM JONES’ WIT OUT OF SIGHT.
A Parable About the Use and Growth
of Tobacco—Some Logic and Rich
Reading Through and Through
Some Incomparable Originality.
fonder how Ingalls really feels over
|late bouncing. Some of the corres-
[dentssay be bas gone back to Wash-
ion jolly as ever. Others say lie
in Canada and is daily gaining
ground. He therefore dissolves
parliament a year in advance of its
natural limitation and goes to the I imously and with a hearty zest. Al-
people on a platform which is a | liancemen lose sight of men and deal
skillful evasion of the all-important |
reciprocity question. Sir John an
nounces that his government is al- I
ready negotiating with the Wash*
only with measures. The day has
come when such a policy alone can
prevent a ruptnre In the All.ance
lihcns is rapidly usurping the little ington authorities for the adoption I aQ d hold it together indissoluble.
ste City” from bustling, vanity
u-xen .Atlanta. In ancient times all
led to Rome, but in modern days |
come to Athens.
of a policy of reciprocity, and in
this way he hopes to steal the thun
der of the Canadian liberals, who
have stirred np the question and are
Alliancemen of Georgia, rally in
| this threatening hour to the flag
staff of your cherished order, aud as
| you tall into line once more decide
the question of your generalship
|ost anybody eau guess what bache- I prepared to profit thereby,
ulitor of Georgia it was who said a I But it is important to qote that
Ipany of pretty girls is called a bevy the tory idea of fair reciprocity with I and go forth to the fight again un
tight little birds until they marry,
which they are called a flock of
|y geese.
»w that Mr. Quay has announced
[opinion that tbe Democrats cannot
hi to nominate Cleveland in 1892,
[that they had better take a south-
(candidate, the democrats ought to
just what to do.
the United States differs materially daunted by petty quarrels, reunited
from the platform of the liberals, j n tbe p r j 0C jp! e3 for which yon so
and also from Mr. Blaine’s express- . _ . ' , . _
.. valiantly fight, and make one more
ed uoMcy of reciprocity between this , . - ,
- . . . _ strike for freedom from the heels of
country and foreign nations. Thns,
among the matters proposed by. the | monopolists and oppres-ors.
as a basis
Macdonald government
for its negotiations with this country I
are (1) a renewal of the reciprocity
e question of giving free passes _ _
ally is beginning to be a promlem | treaty of 1854, with certain modifi
e railroad companies. The are get- cations, (2) a revision of the laws
more and more inclined to operate and treaties governing tbe fisheries,
jr lines on the European plan. the coasting regulations and other
northern nespapor announces that »“»>jecte growing therefrom. It may
flags will not be half-masted for the 88 we ^ b® noted here that this par
orce bill. It would be more in ac* |tial and onesided reciprocity was
COME TO ATHENS.
The State Agricultural Society of I
Georgia will hold its regular session
at Savannah on the 12th of this
month, and among ether things to
be decided at that time will be tbe 1
place where the next convention iB to I
be held.
We see no reason why the Society I
Seeing that men who professed to be
servants of the Most High bad corrupt
ed themselves and become filthy and
abominable a great .and wise prophet
stood up and did prophesy these words
of truth and soberness.
Then shall the kingdom of satan be li-
keued unto a grain of tobacco seed,
which, though exceedingly small, be
ing cast into' the earth, grew excedingly
and became a great plant, and spread
Torth its leaves rank and broad so that
the huge aud vile worms with horns on
them, even on their tails, came and
formed habitations thereon, and did
crawl over and.leave their slime and
tilth thereupon.
And it came to pass in those days that
the sons of men did look upon this rauk
and filthy plant and were very much
enamored there with, and did think it
was beautiful to behold, and a plant
very much to be desired to make lads
big and manly. And it further came
to pass that men claiming to be nice
men, did put forth their hands aud
pulled the heads off these filthy looking
worms and left their bodies still stick
ing to the tobacco leaves, that the leaf
might be made rich by thejuice thereof,
and having cut these filthy plants and
smoked them, even with an exceeding
great smoke, and cured, and striped,
and prized, and wrought the leaves
thereof into curious shapes and forms,
aud the sons of ineu gave gold and silver
for it, and dia chew thereof, and some
that chewed thoreof, it made sick at the
stomach and others, it made their heads
to ache, and still others it made io spew
and vomit most filthily, but for all this
they continued to chew thereof. And
it came to pass that those who continued
to chew became exceedingly unmanly
and exclaimed. “We are enslaved anu
cannot cease from chewing.” ■
And the mouths of all who were en
slaved became exceedingly filthy and
foul; insomuch that they were seized
with a violent spitting, and they did
spit even in ladies parlors and on their
floors and carpets, and being wholly
abandoned to the use of the plant, they
even invaded the sacred precincts of the
house of the Lord, - and _ there, with
prayers on their lips aud tobbacco in
their mouths, they sang and prayed,
•.and preached, and chewed, and squirted
the filthy juice on the floor of tbe Lord’s
house and under the pews and against
the walls and in the pulpit, and did
drop their quids of tobacco all over thi
floor of the Most High God, and wouul
return home and say, “We have wor
shipped God to-day?” But some of the
Saints of the Most High were not well
pleased with such conduct, butchewers
cared not for anv of these things, but
continued to chew and squirt where
they pleased.
And in the course of time it came to
pass, that this rank and filthy plant
was ground into dust, eyep the stalks
and stems the filth therereof' including
cigar stubs and old chews, and was
called snuff. And it came to pass that
ladies, even beautiful and lair ladies,
did make unto themselves brushes and
mops, and dipped the same into the
filth called smith and did put these
filthy mops into their mouths, and then
rub and scub mightily, and spit and
sneeze and squint, and call tbe same
dipping. And again it came to pass
that the leaves of this filthy plant were
cunningly wrought into little round
rolls, called cigars, aud the sons of men
(lid set fire to one end thereof, and did
put the other end into their mouths
and suck mightily, even as calves such,
and they d'd look very grave and calf-
like, an l the smoke of their torment as-
ceudeth forever and forever.
And the cultivation thereof becomes a
mighty business in the earth, and the
merchants and speculators waxed ricli
thereby. And it came to pass, that the
saints of tbe Most High defiled them
selves therewith, even the poor who
could net buy bread nor shoes, nor re
ligious newspapers, nor school books for
their little ones, would spend money for
the filthy plant and chew and squirt
while their families were suffering.
And the Lord was greatly displeased
therewith and said, “Wherefore do. ye
Bpend your money for that which satis-
fieth not, and wherefore this waste.
And why do these little ones lack bread
and shoes and your families do without
religious papers and your children have
no shoes.
Turn now your tobacco fields into
corn and wheat and cotton,, and pat
this evil thing from, and be ye separate
and defile not yourselves, when I will
bless you and cause My face to shine
upon you,” but almost unanimously the
cliewers, dippers, snuffers and puffers
exclaimed, “We cannot cease from
chewing, dipping, snufling and puffing
and spitting and squirting, we are
slaves.’?
Friend to Women and Chileren,
COTTON IS WAY" DOWN.
THE PRICE GETS LOWER EVERY
DAY, IT SEEMS.
And the Situation Is About as Cheerful
as a Funeral Procession to the Poor
Farmer—They Are Bravely Holding
the Staple In Spite of It.
Cotton is still low.
The price seems to be improving very,
very slowly and the outlook seems alas,
too gloomy to the farmers who have so
confidently looked for better and
brighter days in the money situation of
the country as the spring drew near.
Those who have held their cottou for
better prices—and there are many of
them—find now, that they must either
sell at even a lower price-than they have
been offered at an early day or must
keep their cotton and stint their needy
families until the price goes up.
How long northern monopoly and
foreign capital will hold the reins over
the honest farmers, is a question that
seems unanswerable here uow.
ME. ASH TALKS.
Mr. W. Aj$h,a prominent cotton man,
says: “The cotton market is very low,
indeed. Lower in Liverpool and New
York than it has been in five years. I
canuot say that it will be any higher
next week, but think it will be lower.
Liverpool is ten cents and prices are un
steady with a lower teudency.
“The low prices are caused by the
large crop.”
MR. STORY’S VIEWS.
Mr. J. M. Story, one of the largest
cotton buyers on Thomas street said:
“Yes, the market is very unsteady aud
prices are low, uausbd by the immense
crops wade this year.
Liverpool is very low and we cannot
expect better prices from the piesent
outlook.
“Do yon think much cotton is still
held in the country.”
“Yes, no doubt of it, the farmers are
holding their cotton waiting for a rise
iu price, but 1 don’t think it will come.”
ALL AGREE AS TO THE CAUSE.
“Mr. Mossof the firm of Moss& Row
land had to the following to say: The
crop made this year was very large,
which has caused the down fall in prices.
The Liverpool market is 10 cents and
our local market pays from 8% to 9*^.
We do not look for better prices. Tne
crop is about 8,000,000 bales and the
farmers will make about as much as last
year with a 7,000,000 crop at better
prices.
“1 think there is much cotton in the
country still, the farmers holding to it
with great teuacity.”
BURNED TO DEATH.
HORRIBLE DEATH OF MR. R<
THOMAS.
CAPITOL GOSSIP.
SPENCER’S CASE IN A BETTER
LIGHT THAN BEFORE.
Left In His House by His Son—The
House Burns Down and he Perishes
In the Flames—It May Have Been an
Incendiary.
IT DIDN’T WORK.
A Reported Attempted to Remove
Brown and Gantt—Fighting Living-
ton. ,
• he following dispatch appeared in
the Augusta Chronicle. Whether it be
true or not, the Banner does not at
tempt to say. It is something of a sen
sation :
Atlanta, Feb. 5.—[Special.]—Notice
was sent out some time ago by R. L.
Burks, secretary of the State Alliance,
calling fora meeting of Alliancemen to
night at the exeevtiye mansion.
About twenty-three prominent Alli-
ancemen were there. It was developed
that Mr. Burks was not satisfied with
the recent deal, giving the management
‘ the Alliance paper to Harry Brown
and Larry Gantt. He wants another
orgau. By the way, he has a paper of
his own “The Alliance Quarterly.” J.
Waddell, was chairman of the meet
ing.
It was a pretty hot meeting. A
couple of commissioners were appointed
take the matter in hand. This
opens tbe fight on the present Alliance
officials.
Among those present wereDr. Gibson
and Torn Oliver of Oglethorpe, Paul
Trammel, Senator Todd, Col. George
Jones, Representative Reid of Putnam,
Col. Parks of Macon, J. D. Smith of
Dublin, Editor Guun of Cuthbert, Sec
retary Burks, ex-State Lecturer Beck,-
. G. Whidby and others.
A much larger meeting was expected,
but some who received Secretary Burks’
mysterious circulars were afraia to
come. The whole thing looks like a
fight on Livingston and his followers.
JHE LULA SHOOTING.
The Would-be Assassin Has Not Yet
• Ceen Caught—A Mystery.
No new particulars of the shooting
sciape in Lula have been received
The would-be assasin has not been
caught, but if he is, he will be summa
rily dealt with, as the people consider
this one of the most dastardly and cow
ardly crimes committed in this part of
the State for some time.
Mr. Smith, the wounded mau, is do
ing as well as could be expected with
me with the fitness of things to 1 voluntarily relinquished by the should not hold its next meeting in iiisao>vcij M wu ,„ .
tbem n B to the masthead and touch | Uniled Stfttea at the expiration of | Athens, and an effort shouid be made | twojoads of buck shot in his lower is not all that is needed, but it
goes a long way iu keeping the people
from starving. Mr. McElroy does not
ome gun powder.
new Indian' census shows that
noble red men of this country num
44ii,>73. 'Ten years ago they were.| OU8 consideration.
147, and ten years earlier there were
i4'*t>. It will thus be seen that Poor
8 Rotting down lower and lower,
the former treaty, and all overtures I to induce them to pay our city a visit,
for its renewal have since been dis- This section of Georgia is one o£
missed by this nation without seri" I the finest agricultural sections of the
It is not likely South, and mere could be no more'|
that Sir John Macdonald’s partii.l fitting place for an agricultural body
reciprocity scheme will meet with | to bold a meeting than right here
anything but a firm refusal at
limbs.
If Mr. Smith knows who tried to kill
him he refuses to tell it, and the whole
thing is shrouded iu mystery.
Mr. Smith keeps a hotel in Lula and
is well known to some Athenians.
ALL IS WELL,
in Athens.
be liuis of the grandfathers former-I Washington. Mr. Blaine is on I to mL^ino^cUy^ordw that*}; I
grandsons | a8 distinctly repudiating re.- mav 8 | JOW its members what the far-
lescended unto the sons,
great grandsons, but they are
ail
l.r„, tor >hh generations or mote. I ' Ub ?*"“* “ r *” !
k» Morning tie... Yee. E.on | ‘ bM >• m .““- | *" wf V° ,
>r inaiiiles are too small for the ! rials or that has other discrimina
te Americas of today saying noth- 1 ting limitations like the old Cana
of their old “bagged knee” trous- dian treaty.
■ As the Canadian elections will be
held March the 5 the battle wiil.be
We are situated in the midst of a
great and growing section; one that
points with pride to her agricultural
interests and to the manner- in
which they are being developed; one
that has given much time and labor
bat,Clifton-Diilon duel in Savannah > a j, ort an( | decisive- Prophecy as to I advancing the agricultural inter-
most Georgia duels seems to hang | thc result is idle . lhe Canadians are | e8t8 of tbe whole stale.
If the Agricultural Society should
way and another. They j e8 peciaily when the jingo loyalty j decide to come to Athens next time,
‘ a >s prove that “both
m>r aud dauutless cou
„ — " i tne result is itiie; me vaunumun an
• Duelists these days have a right j sloW ^ glve op mistakes of policy,
ini time one way and another. They j aapecielly when the jingo loyalty I decide to come U
men of j t . Rn j, wliich is Sir Jlnccionald’sjjbest, our c jty will give them a royal rtn
;they i j 8 played, 1 ceptiou and a hearty welcome.
Work on the Electric Line Progress
ing,
A Banner representative saw Super
intendent Voss, of the new electric line
yesterday.
And h» says that the work on the
line is going on as i apidly as the weather
will permit.
And that it will be in operation by
April.
Work on tbe power house is progress
ing finely, thereof is now being put on
by Mr. Maddrey and in a short time that
pait of the work will be finished.
On the Boulevard most of ylie track
has been laid and all over towOKF o work
is going on rapidly. !/ f' ?
All this is good news to the
Mr. Robert Thomas, of Madison coun
ty, met a horrible death Thursday
night.
He lived on tbe plantation of Mr. O.
W. F. Rogers, some few miles from
Danielsville.
Thursday night he was in a state of
intoxication, when ~ he met his sen
After talking with' his son for a short
while, he' concluded to go to bed, and
accordingly did so.
His son covered him up carefully in
the bed and in a f&w miuutes he was in
a sountTsleep. _
The son had a little business to attend
te at a neighboring house, and started
to go out of the room.
A large fire was burning in the fire
place, and thinking that there might be
some danger in leaving it uncovered,
he took two or three shovels full of
ashes and covered up the fire.
He then went, away from the house,
intending to stay for only a short time.
It was not long before the neighbors
were attracted bright light in the direc
tion of Mr. Thomas* house, aud rushing
to the scene, found the house one mass
of seething flame. The fire had gained
such headway that no effort on the part
of the bystanders could avail to save the
life of the unfortunate man within.
The roof of the building soon tum
bled in, aud when the fire bad died down
so that tbe neighbors could enter, they
did so and found tbe charred remains of
Mr. Thomas in the ruins.
The flames had raged so fiercely that
the unfortunate victim had been burn
ed to a crisp and beyond recognition.
The fire occurred about 7 o’clock
Thursday night, and at the time the
house caught no oue was present with.
Mr. Thomas.
It is not known what caused the fire,
but it is supposed that a log-of wood
must have rolled down on the .floor af
ter the sou of Mr. Thomas had left the
room.
Mr. Thomas was in his fiftieth year
when death overtook him in such a hor
rible manner.
Later.
It is now thought by many that it
was a case of incendiarism, and that
Thomas lost bis life through tbe malice
of an enemy.
Wednesday, Thomas and a white man
had a fight, but nothing was thought
of it at the time.
Yesterday they were both intoxicated
and were seen walking towards Thom
as’ home.
The white man who is not known by
the people of Danielsville, left him and
has not been seen since.
The horrible idea is entertained that
this man went to the house after dark
and settiug fire to the house burned it
up out of pure malice.
The people will pursue the subject
urther, and if it be incendiarism and
murder, the villainous perpetrator will
be brought to justief.
Col. C. H. OI instead Declines the Po
sition of Quartermaster General—
A Queer Error-The Alliance Sensa
tion.
Atlanta, Feb. B.—[Special.]—State
Geologist Spencer has not resigned and
developments today put his onse in 3
better light than before.
It will be remembered that when As
sistant Geologist Whatley made his
showing to the Board in reply to the
barge of incompetency, he showed two
letters, one from Prof. Willett, of Mer- H
cer, and the other from Prof. Jones, of
the State University. Both testified in
the interest of Mr. Whatley.
Two'lstters were received here today
from Prof. Willett, one addressed to
Dr. Spencer, the other to Governor
Northen. The one addressed to the
Governor was copied and a copy sent to
eaoh member of the hoard. This letter
puts Whatley in the attitude of obtain
ing testimony under false pretenses,
He stated to Prof. Willett that he
merely wanted the letter to hand in
with his application for membership in
the society of Young Geologists, and
really without making an examination,
for he was sick in bed, the letter was
written by Prof. Willett.
He goes on to expiess his regret at
attitude in which he is placed and says
he is with Dr. Spencer In the fight.
The work of moving the Ben Hill
monument to tbe state capitol will
begin tomorrow and probably be
finished Monday.
HE DON’T WANT IT.
Col. C. H. Olmstead who was tendered
tbe position of Quarter master
General by ,Gov. Northen has declined.
This means he will not he a member
of the Advisory Board and leaves two
vacancies to be filled by the Governors
appointment.
A QUEER ERROR.
A curious error has been found in the
printed accounts of the last legislature.
It is in paragraph 16, section 2 of tax
ar
account, wliich reads that all dealers in
‘Toy pistols, shooting cartridges,” etc.
are to pay a certain license. This means
that ^dealers in toy pistols and also deal
ers in sporting cartridges pay this li
cense. In the original account there is
no comma, so license is for dealers in
toy pistols shooting cartridges,” that
is toy pistols which shoot cartridges.
No tax is required of dealers unless the
xmu tax is xequireu ui ueaiers unless tue
toy pistols shoot cartridges.
The recent conclave of Alliancemen
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DESTITUTION IN KANSAS.
A Plan for the Farmers’ Relief Is Pro
posed.
Special by News Telegram Association.
Topeca, Kas., Feb. 5.—Hon. F. W.
McElroy, of Oberlin, Decatur county,
the democratic nominee for congress in
the Sixth district in 1882, arrived in the
city this morning.
He savs that the reports regarding
the destitute farmers have not been ex
aggerated. There is a crying need for
help.
A severe snow storm has been raging
in that section for the past 48 hours and
when he left Decatur last uight 18
inches covered tbe ground. The poor
peopie are in more need* of assistance
than ever in consequence of the radical
change in the weather, and eEtfything
possible is being done by tbe commis
sioners of the unfortunate country to
alleviate the sufferings. In Dee: tar
comity the commissioners allow UOccuts
per week for each member of the needy
families in orders on stores for provis-
THE FIRE ALARM BOXES.
A Correct List of the Boxes Already
Put Up by Mr. Platt.
Mr. Platt, who is putting in the elec
tric alarm system, expects to have the
work finished Monday. He had all the
boxes up but four yesterday and they
are in good working order. The boxes
will be placed at the following points
over the city, with the number of each
box:
15. Corner Strong and Thomas
streets.
16 Corner Foundry and Broad
streets.
17. Oconee street, in front of St.
Mary's church.
25. Near Northeast depot at junction
of Hull and River streets.
26. Corner of Jackson and Broad.
34. Corner Clayton and Lumpkin in
front of Episcopal church.
35. Iu front of the residence of J.
H. Huggins on Lumpkin street.
44. Coruer -Hancock and Pulaski in
front of Mrs. Noble’s.
45. At tbe junction of Hill and
Fiance avenue.
46. Corner of Meigs and Milledge
avenue in front of A. J. Cobb’s.
47. Corner of Waddell and Milledge in
front of the new residence of Mr. Bil
lups Phinizy.
A key will be placed iu the nearest
house to the box. After unlocking the
box the key can not he removed by any
one but the chief of police.
Mr. Platt thinks we will have one of
the best systems in the eouth. There
will be three companies to respond to
the bells. Two reels and one hook and
ladder company and all will be drawn
by horses.
HE COULDN’T STAND IT.
of
believe in the State making appropria
tions as gifts to the peopie. He thinks
that the end would be better served by
providing them with work, thus placing
them ,in a position to be self-supporting.
To do this he proposes that the State
make an appropriation to be used in
the construction of dams across ravines
and reservoirs which store water and
furnish moisture for adjoining lands.
There are in Decatur county about 25
of these dams already constructed
which have been built at the expense of
$25 to $500 each. They have proved
successful and the lands surrounding
them have never sines failed to produce
good crops. If the legislature should,
instead of giving money outright to the
poor, tax them for building these dams,
Mr. McElroy contends that they would
not again require assistance. The leg
islature of Neoraska, he says, will pur
sue this course, and be sees no reason
why the legislators of Kansas _ should
not do likewise. Water stored in large
ravines will irrigate the 1 .nd for hall a
A Lie Affects a Man so He Faints.
Special by News Telegram Association.
Parkersburg, W. Va., - Feb. 5.—W
A. Edgell, a well known citizen of Har
rison county, was arraigned in court
here today under indictment for violat
ing the pension laws, and pleaded not
guilty with much earnestness.
A few minutes later he fell over in
dead faint. Restoratives were applied
which soon brought him to, and soon af
ter be came in tbe court room and con
fessed his guilt.
Iu conversation afterwards, he sai
his conscience accused him so se
for pleading not guilty that ho lost con
trol of himself and fainted.
Athens and when tbe mules disappe
they will feel at last that good and need- i mile on eitiier side, and will insure good
crops every year.
Cd reforms have been accomplished.
Standing on Gol >.—In digging out
the foundation, for the pier of the G.,
C. cfc'-N. hi idge on the north bank of
Fork Creek, in Madison county, the
workmen struck a large vain of rock
rich in gold. Tiie vien is about ten
teet wide, it is n it known how deep or
long. The pier stands on it as ;a foun
dation
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at the executive mansion last night is,
of course, tne big sensation of the day.
Jay Gould aud his party drop into in
significance beside the fight between
these particular Alliancemen and tbe
man they represent on the one side and
Colonel Livingston and Harry Brown
i the other.
Tbe fact that the meeting was held at
the executive mansion has caused a
great deal of comment, not all of it fa
vorable to Governor Northen, many of
whose friends express regret at his
taking part in a meeting of this charac*
ter. Not that they do not endorse his
views, but they think it would have
been much more appropriate had the
mansion not been used for such a meet
ing- ir
Another meeting was held there this Wteii
morning and like that of last night the )
greatest secrecy prevailed. There were
some accessions to tbe party, < I under-
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stand, and some of those who were on
hand last night bavfe left the city. J us t
what was done this morning has not yet
developed, beyond the fact that a great
deal of indignation was expressed at the
newspaper reports of the first meeting.
Everything, they believed, had been
carefully guarded, and when they woke
up this morning to find the Constittf-
tsou had given them away, there ways
sorrow in their midst. At
last night’s meeting they dropped in
“to call on the Governor” one by one
a.idtwobytwo and left in the same
way. There were several whom, in the
dim light about the mansion, I could
not recognize, but among those present .
were the Governor, Dr. Gibson, Dr.
Beck, Col. Waddell, Hon. Paul Tram
mell, Principal Keeper (of the Peniten
tiary, Jones Col. R. E. Parks, of Ma
con, of the Governor’s staff, Hon. Bob
Beid, of Putnam, Senator Todd, Mr.
George W. Harrison, Eedtor Gunn, of
Cuthbert aud several others. A larger
□umber was expected, and there was
some disappointment at the small at
tendance.
Their movement is, in brief, a move
ment against Livingston and the South
ern Alliance Farmer, which is regarded
his personal organ. Some sensations,
are promised in the near future, but
those present at tbe meeting are keep
ing very quiet about the nature of
them. m S ; SfiBSw
“We are going to pu-ge the Alliance
of LiviDgston” was the way one of
them put it. I asked if he meant an
investigation and he stopped talking.
Livingston and his friends say it is '
simply the culmination of the fight .
made on him by General Gordon’s
iriends and be feels confident of
his fight
"Tax contract award
The contract for building
Equitable has been awarded to the
George A. Fuller company, of Chicago,
The building is to be finished in four
teen months at a cost of something less
than 5-700,000.
There were several bids, but that of
this famous company was the lowest.
This.company is noted for its work in
building fire proof buildings iu Ameri
ca, and now has under contract over
$8,000,000 worth of work in Chicago ami
other large cities.
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