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VOL. X.
A LIVELY MEETING.
Alltaucemen Review the Present
Political Situation.
Address by President Corpt&t* of tlie Floyd
County Alliance—Sonic Resolutions
That Explain Themselves.
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Pursuant to cull the Floyd Coun
ty Fanners’ Alliance met at the
City II ill yesterday. The atten
dance was large and the meeting a
most enthsiastic one. Representa
tives from all the counties of the
seventh congressional district were
present and took an active part in
the proceedings.
President Corput, after opening
the meeting in due form, read the
following address:
BiiKTiniKS: —This meeting has
been called by authority extended
me as county president, under sec
tion 2, article 2 of the constitution
governing county alliances.
It has been called for the purpose
of reviewing the political situation,
to pass upon the action of our im
mediate representative in the Con
gress of the United States, and to
receive, weigh and digest his reply
to your resolutions, to council to- j
getlier as to the future course to ;
pursue in regard to our county, j
congressional and state officers and j
representatives. To either surren- j
tier our demands or devise means
by which they will be recognized, j
to further cement the bonds that
hold*us together, and for the pur
pose of a more thorough under
standing and perfect organization;
so that should we see lit to enforce
our demands, we may, acting as
one man, with one aim and one
purpose, accomplish by unity,pluck,
and energy that which seems to be
otherwise denied us. We have
tried reason, have advocated the
justice ot our cause ana appealed
to unbiased judgment, but these
conservative means have failed us.
We have “asked for bread and a
stone has been given us.” Have
asked for action and relief, and ad
vice and promises have been given
us. We must now recognize that
the means heretofore employed
have been fruitless and inadequate,
and that these are not such as will
cause the average politician to obey
the mandates of the people.
It is therefore for the purpose of
discussing the most available meth
ods left us that we are gathered
together. Ret us council wisely,
and not forget that while more rep
resentatives of the forty odd mil
lions of farmers in the United
States—men good and true who are
fretting under adverse legislation
there are other material interests
that affect alike and which demand
our most serious consideration.
Wise business legislation equally
n uuoiwvuu ■
distributing the privileges afforded
as well as the burdens imposed by
the general government is needed;
legislation not bred in party cau
cuses, engendering party strife and
ignoring the will ot the people, but
that vhich rising above self, the
reward of friends, the punishment
of enemies, or the placing of per
sonal or political whippors in, will
be conducive of the most good to
the greatest number.
We cannot and must not advo
cate the oblivion of party lines or
independent movements; farshould
this be from our purposes, but rec
ognizing two great political parties,
we should through party nomina
tions, select and endorse men
large enough to comprehend busi
ness politics, strong enough to rise
equal to the emergency and fear
lessly acknowledge that they recog
nize. first, the God that created the
people, secondly the needs of the
sovereign people that founded the
parties, and thirdly, the political
parties.
Broad enough to recognize and
endorse (when such exists) the
merits of measures emanating from
the opposing party, discerning
enough to separate business meas
ures from political policies, and
responding only to party lash in
matters affecting political supre
macy. These qualifications, do ;
ex tat and men can be lound who :
dare assert the right and face the !
jeers and ridicule of those who op
pose 11s. Such qualifications do:
exist, but not in professional politi
cal hacks and demagogues. It
therefore behooves you to look well
before you leap, and having care
fully weighed the measure you ad
vocate, equally weigh the men you
propose to place on guard to see
that they materialize. Bet the
Democratic alliance of this district
(for it is Democratic) endorse
capacity, sagacity and measures
and not men, and the day is not
far distant when all in and out of
the alliance will acknowledge that
he who guides the plow, is equally
capable of successfully shaping the
destinies of a nation.
Your action of today, my breth
ren, is one of great moment, not
only to you individually, but to
every allianceman under the sun,
whether he be from the east, west,
north or from our own southland,
the eyes are all turned to Georgia,
who (Georgia like) is first to assert
her rights. Bet not those who look
upon her be disappointed. Let
THE G OURAOT-AMEIRIGAIN.
conservation govern your councils,
but having selected your line oi'
policy do not allow yourself by any
reason, for any consideration, or
under any circumstances swerved
from your convictions or deterred
from asserting your rights.
If you should see fit to present j
men from our organization as your
standard bearers in the approach
ing Democratic convention, let it
be understood that they are to be
the choice of the majority. Let
this choice be made in accordance
with your best judgment. Let the
minority fall into line, allowing
neither heart burnings or the rec
ollections of disappointed ambition
to come between them and duty.
Rise above self, my brothers, and
use that power and strength, which '
combined efforts and sincerity of
interests have given you, for the
general good.
He cautious how you listen to
and believe the poisonous, insidi
ous charges that may be made
against the men you select as
leaders, bear in mind that the
shrewd, wary politician under
stands full well that it costs less
to divide the people on the merits
and equity of any question than to
combat it with principle and mind
argument, and that for self-perpet
uation in office, he is ever ready to
use Plutocracy’s great scheme to
divide and destroy. Do this, but
stand shoulder to shoulder in
perfect unity, be unqualifiedly true
to yourself and the principles of
our order and all will be well.
Immediately after the c inclus
ion of tins address the following
resolution was offered and passed:
Resolved, That we approve and
endorse President Corput’s mes
sage and adopt the principles
therein enunciated as tlie senti
ments and declarations of the Floyd
county alliance.
Resolved, further that a copy of
the same be sent for publication to
the Tribune of Rome, Atlanta Jour
nal, Constitution, Southern Alliance
Farmer, Dalton Argus, Courant-
American, Marietta Journal and
Alliance Herald, and that all
other papers in the Congressional
district be requested to copy same.
The following resolution was also
adopted:
Whereas, The Floyd County Al
liance is largely Democratic and
proposes to act through the Demo
cratic party therefore be it
Resolved, That vve respectfully
ask the Democratic executive com
mittee of Floyd county to call a
primary election for ten delegates
in each militia district in the coun
ty, and that these ten delegates,
from each district, assemble at the
court house on a day to be pained
and nominate three representatives
to the legislature and twelve dele
gates to the State Democratic Con
vention and also twelve delegates
to the Congressional Convention.
In the afternoon Hon. J. C.
Clements spoke to the members of
the alliance and the public.
1)0 YOU LIKE MUSIC ’
If You Do, Help the Iloys (Jet a Hrass
Band.
We are going to have a real live
brass band.
That is if our people will give
the proper encouragement to the
young men who have the matter
in hand.
And why shouldn’t they? A
good, well trained band here would
he a source of much pleasure to our
people and would be invaluable on
state occasions. At one time Car
tersville had the crack band of this
section, but of late years we have
struggled along the best we could
without the aid of such a valuable
adjunct. It was not for the reason
that we have not had plenty of good
material for one. It was not be
cause we are lacking in apprecia
tion of music. It was simply be
cause no effort was made 10 keep
it up.
But now as the hoys have the
idea into their heads to organize
one, the Courant-Ameriean, always
the first to come to the aid of strug
gling genius, declares that we must
have a band —even if we have to
donate to the boys the band on our
hat. We are fully determined on
I this and when we are in earnest
j about a thing we are terribly in
; earnest. So it may as well be put
| down as a fact that we will have a
i hand.
Now for business. The boys want
nice new instruments. They agree,
if the citizens will furnish them
with these, to buy their own uni
forms and employ a good teacher
and pay all other necessary ex
penses. Asa guarantee they will
make a cash deposit in either one
of the banks for the fulfillment of
their part of the contract.
The instruments will not cost
more than S3OO, and possibly they
can be purchased for $250. That
much could easily be raised by sub
scription. No one should refuse to
give something.
The boys will be along with their
subscription lists in a day or two.
Treat them kindly and encourage
them in the project, and by all
means give something to help them
along. Do this and we will soon
have a band that all of us will be
proud of.
CARTI'.RSVILLK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JI'NE 12, 1890.
HOWREN HITS HARD.
He Handles the Liquor Business
With Gloves Oil'.
.V Lecture at the .WetHmltst Church That
Was Listened ta With Intense In
terest by a Fair Audience.
Rev. Frank Ilowren, a “reformed
journalist,” as some are pleased io
call him, lectured at the Methodist
church last Tuesday evening. While
not a great many were present the
lecture was very entertaining and
from the beginning to the end the
close attention of al! was held.
Mr. Ilowren has quite a pleasanf
delivery, is at times poetical, hu- j
morous and pathetic; is strong and j
vigorous in his denunciation of the
evils of the liquor traffic, ilis lec
ture, in short, was just what'would
be expected from a bright young
newspaper man.
After the singing of a hymn and
an appropriate prayer by Rev. \V.
H. Cooper, Rev. 11. J. Kllis intro
duced the speaker to his audience.
Mr. Ilowren thankJd the ladies
and gentlemen for the singing of
an old, familiar hymn in which he
regretted lie could not join, for
while, contrary to the usual wail,
“I am saddest when i sing,” other
people were saddest when lie sang.
He said that by birth he was a
Georgian, and though Ids feet have
led him to scenes in other states,
the home of his childhood has al
ways been nearest his heart. “You
can boast of the glories of tlie east
and the splendors of the west,” lie
said, “but the old rod Dills of Geor
gia were good enough for my fath
er and they are good enough for
me.” There was only one blight to
the fair name of Georgia, with rare
exceptions here and there, and that
was the licensing of tlie cursed
rum traffic. From this, in eloquent
and forcible language, he launched
into the barroom business, not tor
getting in his scathing remarks to
pay ids respects to the whisky
I drinking church members and tiiose
who voted the “wet ticket” at pro
hibition elections. “Why,” said he,
“the man who would set tire to the
tinest buildings in this town would
be doing an act of mercy in com
parison to the man who would help
by ids vote to bring whisky back.”
It was only necessary, he said, to
give a brief history of his life to
show why he was so bitterly oppos
ed to whisky, lie said he was rais
ed in a Methodist parsonage, sur
rounded by the best influences, and
had never touched a drop of whis
ky until he was grown. At seven
teen years of age his father sent
him to Emory college. A mile and
a half from there is the town of
Covington, where whisky was sold.
Although he was in the habit of
going to town several times every
week his feet did not cross the
threshold of a barroom for the first
three years of his college life. But
the time arrived when he became
a senior. lie felt as all other sen
iors have felt—one of utter suprem
acy over all else—a feeling which a
man has only once in a life time.
So one night, with other students,
he went to one of the barrooms and
there drank three glasses of wine—
not whisky or beer, but wine, such
as is found on the tables of some
church members. Being of a ner
veous temperament the wine had a
marked effect upon him. He had
never before experienced such a
delightful sensation, one of soulful
bliss. He went back again and
again and in thirty days he was a
confirmed drunkard. He came
near being expelled from college,
but he braced up long enough to go
through commencement and re
ceive his diploma.
With nothing but a good educa
tion and a bad habit he left college
to make his way through the world.
He first returned home and very
soon disgraced himself in the sight
of his gray-haired father and moth
er by getting drunk, something he
could not have been paid to do, but
fool as he was, he did for nothing.
Shortly after returning home he
was elected to the Florida legisla
ture. “They pulled a statesman be
fore he was ripe,” he said. His hab
its were not improved by a season
at the state eapltol. Associated
with men who made the laws, hut
broke every one of them—as im
moral a body of men as he ever sa w
gathered together, he went on from
had to worse. He left Florida and
next turned up in Savannah as a
reporter on the News, hut was
soon fired from that place on ac
count of drunkeness. He was next
given the city editorship of the
| Times, but Ids inevitable weakness
! again got the best of him and lie
j lost that place. About this time
he met Capt. Dawson, of the
Charleston News and Courier, who
' gave him a place on his paper,
which he held for several years.
All the time he was here he was a
| hard drinker, the friendship of Capt.
Dawson alone keeping him with a
| position.
I He then told of ids conversion,
how after days of excessive drink
i ing he was confined to his bed
; suffering untold torture, how lie
meant to quit, which he did by the
grace of God. Before he left his
room he got on his knees and j
prayed for six long hours and was
finally rewarded by the pardoning
of his sins, lie took no stock in
tlie idea of quitting whi ky drink
ing by the use of will power. 1L
advised the unmarried ladies of his
audience to never marry a man
who drank, to never marry a man
to reform him. He had no denun
ciations for the white aproned man
who ‘stood behind the bar. If it
were not for tiiose who stood on tlie
other side there would be no de
mand for him.
He then spoke of how tlie whisky
business could be remedied, lie
had no faith in tlie regulation of the
barrooms. Mad dogs, rattlesnakes
and grog shops could not be regu
lated. They must he totally anni
hilated.
“Why the low down dives arc in
finitely preferable to the so-called
respectable silicons,” lie said. “The
dives do not ruin men; they are
ruined by these ‘respectable’ places
long before they descend to the deg
radations of the dives.”
Ho wound up with a strong talk
in behalf of prohibition, bitterly de
nouncing church members and so
called Christians who favored the
selling of wliisKV, He hoped, if he
lectured here again, that some of
the latter would he imported for
the occasion as lie was sure Gar
tersville had none. All tie wanted
was for them to be gotten on the
front seats when he would begin
the skinning process.
A LETTER PROM PIEDMONT.
Hob Bail Writes of Several Matters
of Interest.
Since the recent land sale here
tilings have been a little quiet. Tile
northern folks have gone home o
spend the summer with their fami
lies, and make preparations to
move them here in the fall, but the
Piedmont Land and Improvement
company is still here and to stay,
moving on nicely with their hotels,
furnace, electric light plant, car
wheel foundry, and agitating a cot
ton factory and a good many other
industries of equal value. Keep your
eye on her in -.he fall.
lYiUsing £t W. <■'. vV.’s” glowing
accounts of ids visits to picnics, re
unions and school entertainments,
carries me bark to my very earliest
days spentitf old Bartow, which I
suppose is o >e of the best places in
-the world for.,)-' >d, solid, social en
joyment. It makes me long to he
among you, and take advantage of
some of those nice picnic dinners
and give my sides a genuine good j
school exhibition stretching. 1 j
will say, that Bartow is not only j
noted for her social people hut for
her many resources and natural ad
vantages. I am glad that people
from abroad as well as her own
cit izens are beginning to realize her
untold wealth, and many startling
advantages, t hope that during the
next twelve months (and have no j
doubt of it) her wealth will not
only he greatly developed, and
made known all over these United
States, but that such industries
will go up, that will make her one
of the foremost if not the foremost
county in the south. This may be
saying a great deal but nevertheless
it is true. Manufacturing town rise
up here in Alabama and grows like
a bay tree. Your advantages there
are equally as good if not surpass
ing. What you need is the proper
step in tiie rightjdirection jliberal in
ducements to those who will put
up industries. Everybody lend a
helping hand, do lots of talking and
advertising, hut use a great deal
more money, work and push than
either and you will be astonished
at results.
I have just been reading the life I
of Ilenry Grady and cannot help!
saying a few words in praise of it.
I think it is one of the most inter
esting and instructive books for j
young men I have ever had the |
pleasure of reading. I think every j
young man should read it. It can
not help but make some good im
pressions upon the mind, Mr.
Grady has such an impressive dis
position. Surely his mother feels a j
great reward in giving birth tosuch ]
a son. 1 would that we had more ;
such sons, and that every boy
would strive to cheer up his good j
mothers spirits, and make her ;
happy by building for himself such
a name and chi racter as his.
Bon Bail.
Joined in Wedlock.
A quiet marriage of two of Bar
tow county’s young people took
place at the home of the bride’s
mother, Mrs. William Hood, on
Wednesday of last week. The
couple were Mr. It. W. Milam and
Miss Nannie Hood. The ceremony
was performeu by I lev. J. S. Hill
house, of the Presbyterian church,
in his usually beautiful and im
pressive manner and was witness
ed alone by immediate relatives of
the contracting parties. The groom
i-, one of Bartow’s most worthy
young sons, possessing many manly
attributes, while the bride is a most
amiable young lady, well known
and beloved by scores of friends lor
her many womanly virtues. The
good wishes of the Courant-Ameri
cau follow them in their life-journey.
We use Jersey milk in ourshakes
Young & Mays.
GOSSIP POLITICAL.
How tlio Tolers Stand at the Be
ginning of the Fight.
The Farmers Fr e‘y Fxprcss Their Yh tvs
on CHmtidatt'tt mill Mi afiures—
Liv !y Tim s Ahc i!,
The surface indications point to
lively times in local politics.
The nominations made by the
alliance at Cass are not entirely
satisfactory.
There are those who think tlie
alliance was just a little too greedy
in naming two men from its own
ranks when there are numbers of
intelligent farmers outside the aili-
who would make good repre--
sentatives.
There are others who think it
would have been the proper thing
to name one farmer und one law yer,
who was known to be in sympathy
w itli tbe’fnrmors, for the legislature.
There are some, and they are by no
means tew, who sayifthe farmers
propose to pin their faith to so wild,
and impractical a scheme as the
sub-treasury hill, they should not
he encouraged by electing them to
any office.
There are many who say tlie
farmers are making a very grave
mistake by dipping into politics at
all, and that if they persist in their
effort to control the state and
federal affairs their order will go to
pieces in less than two years from
this date.
It is interesting to get the various
expressions of opinion from all
sorts of people. Most any one you
meet will, if asked, tell you frankly
what he thinks of the race for the
legislature, the race for congress,
the alliance sub-treasury hill, gov
ernment loans on real estate, orany
of the various topics of public in
terest. Here and there will be met
a fellow, who seems to tread cau
tiously and show signs of shyness
in answering questions.
Those cautious fellows are, as a
rule, candidates. You can gener
ally bet on that.
Monday was the opening day of
the June term of the city court and
people were in town from all parts
of the county. It was a good day
to got sample opinions on divers
and sundry political topics.
If current gossip is worth any
thing LeConte, of Adairsville, is
strong for the legislature in the
upper end of the county.
If miscellaneous opinions caught
at random and by accident can be
relied on tlit- allium emeu do not
seem to regard themselves as bound
to support the recommendation of
the Cassville meeting, but will vote
as they please.
If an editor’s views count for
anything J. J. Conner is one of the
coming men for the legislature,
lit' has friends all over the country
and they are talking for him.
Numbers of good farmers, and alli
ancemen at that, have said to the
writer that no more efficient man
than Conner could be sent to the
legislature. Ilis knowledge of the
law coupled with his experience as
a successful farmer are both in his
favor. He knows what the farmer
wants; he knows how to draft
bills in legal shape; he knows how
to prepare bills in the committee
room, and he knows how to present
his views on the floor of the house.
That is the argument made by one
of the most successful farmers in
the seventeenth district.
And the argument is foreiful and
suggestive.
But to pass on from the legisla
tive race.
The sub-treasury bill is not popu
lar in Bartow county. You can
put that down as settled. It is not
believed that one-half of the farm
ers favor it. At least twenty of
them have been interviewed and
only two have endorsed it, and
they only in a qualified way.
The farmers of Bartow are demo
crats. More, they are awfully inde
pendent democrats.
The fact that the officers of the
state and national farmers’ alliance
have endorsed the sub-treasury bill
and the scheme to place railroads
and telegraph lines under govern
ment control does not take away
from a Bartow county farmer the
right to think and act for himself.
They say the scheme is undemo-
crsitic and unfair.
They say they are governed too j
much already.
They say they despise this idea of
paternalism and of the government
daddying everything.
The more thoughtful of them say
that, if the inequalities and iniqui
ties of the tariff are corrected and
the farmers are given an equal
j chance with other classes, they are
i abundantly able to take care of
themselves without any special
| favors from anybody.
It’s a pleasure to talk to an fnde
i pendent, thoughtful Bartow coun
ty farmer. He ‘‘knows a hawk
irom a band-saw on a summer’s
day,” and can tell you the differ
ence between statesmanship and
i demagoguery without batting his
i eyes.
The seeker after truth also learns
[ that Northern has the “bulge” on
PORTER & VAUGHAN
Offer for the nc .t 30 days to ten's, boys
and children our entire stock of
btrsw Hals at Orsstly Beducsd Pricss,
m have too many of these goods on
ill' hand and they must be closed out at once Now is
your chance to buy a nice Straw I lat at a bargain
Don’t tail to examine this line. 1 5,4
Great values now being offered in ladies’, gents’
and children s l nderwear at Porter & Vaughan’s
Pig reductions in Parasols and Fans ‘at Porter &
Vaughan’s.
We must reduce our entire stock of summer goads
before making additions and improvements on our
store. Now is your chance to secure a bargain. We
mean business, the goods must be sold.
+RT COST.*-
We offer our entire line ladies’, misses’ and child
ren’s hemstitched embroidered skirtings at actual cost.
They must be sold, we are determined not to carry over
a piece of these goods. A big bargain for you in em
broidered suits. We only ask an examination.
TREMENDOUS BARGAINS
1 n White Goods, Satines and Outing Cloth. We bought
the above line of goods very cheap. We will now
force them off at once. Prices will be made so low as
to astonish the most economical buyers.
We are still selling the greatest bargains in Shoes
to be found in North Georgia.
Big Bargains in Every Department Now Being
Offered to Reduce Our Stock.
PORTER & VAUGHAN.
everybody for governor.
He also’ learns that Clements will
distance anything in the seventh
district for congress, unless they
spring somebody stronger than
Oorput and something better than
the sub-treasury plan to “buck”
against him.
MATERIAL CONTRACTED FOR.
The Presbyterian Church Improve
ments to lie llegun at Once.
The materials for the Presby
terian church improvements have
been ordered, and as soon as they
are cm the grounds work on the
building will be actively com
menced. When it is finished the
church will be one of the nicest,
prettiest and most comfortable
places of worship in this section.
The work will be in charge of
Mr. S. B. Holt as foreman. It will
be added to and changed so that it
will not be recognized by any one
as the same building. The front
will be torn away and an entrance
built on each corner. A tall beil
tower will be built on the south
east corner, and a smaller tower on
the opposite corner. A class room
will be added to the rear, anew
slate roof will be put on and the
interior will be most handsomely
fixed up. The windows will be
more attractive and the seats will
be comfortable.
In short, our Presbyterian friends
are going to have a magnificent
little church, not too costly, Hut at
tractive enough and suitable for
all purposes.
Death of a hood Man.
The many friends of Mr. James
H. Low will learn with regret of i
his recent death at his home in
New Orleans. Mr. Low was the
father of Mrs. J. W. Harris, Jr., re
cently deceased, ami spent a good
portion of his time at the home ol
his daughter in this city for several
years past.
Until recently Mr. Low was
known as an e e ie, successful
business man in Atlanta, an 1 after
wards in Now Orleans. But be was
best known, both in earlier and
later years, as an earnest, conse
crated Christian worker, and many
are the good deeds recorded on high
as evidence of a life of usefulness
on earth. His life was a benedic
tion to all around him, as with
steady, Christian example, and
earnest persuasion besought to win
them to the way of life. But he
has gone to his reward, and has
heard before now the welcome of
his master: “Well done, good and
| faithful servant.”
XO. B,
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Official Action on Several Things of
Special Interest.
The city council met last Thurs
day evening, with Ilis Honor,
Mayor Wikle, and a full board of
councilman in attendance.
Chairman cemetery committee
reported IB interments for May,
ho veil white and six colored. Four
of these were non-residents.
Marshal Wilkerson reported col
lections from fines, stieet tax and
license for the month of May,
s;i‘);i.Bß.
Accounts to the amount of ft 11.11
were approved and ordered paid.
The sale of the calaboose lot Was
referred to the building committee
with instructions to report at next
meeting.
Messrs. J. C. Wofford and Win.
Milner were elected tax assessors
for the year 18!K).
The opera house was leased to
M. M. Puckett for a term of three
years, #200.50 being the rental for
that term.'
An ordinance was passed prohib
iting boxes, lumber, rubbish, paper
or other combustible matter to b®
thrown, kept or stored at any place
in the city limits where it would
endanger property or cause the
spread of fire, or prevent the free
and unobstructed access to build
ings bv the firemen and watchmen.
Any one failing to remove such
rubbish after twenty-four hours
notice from the marshal, will be
subject to a fine not exceeding
#IOO or he worked in the city chain
gang not exceeding ninety days.
A resolution was offered by Al
derman A. M. Puckett making all
the property of the Cartersvillo
Improvement <>as and Water com
pany and the Uartersville Water
Works company subject to taxation.
U was laid over until the next
meeting when it will come up for
passage.
A license for bill posters was
: fixed at #2.00 each.
A resolution 1 /as passed author
izin- the selling of the West Knd
school house and lot for #1,700 cash
(if no more is offered), to make sale
it once and that the said sum or
fund be paid over to the
of the public school board to bt
expended only for the improvement
i of the Sam Jones female college
property, under the direction of the
public school board the .said coUi ge
being the property c •
L to be completed ami u.
u
Knd school house and lot. _
The celebrated Quaker Fity Lkwn
! Mowers at DxKaa A Hall a.