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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. % 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.