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THE JACKSON ECONOMIST. VOL. VII. (ONFBBKBATIIBII. Headquarters Georgia Di vision. Atlanta, Ga , March 25, 1899 Circular: —Comrades 1 1 The Annual Reunion for 1899 will be held m Charleston May 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th. The parade and review will take place on the first day ; and therefore all Confederates should reach Charles ton not later than the early part of Wednesday morning, the 10th, which is the first day. Railroad rates are one cent for each mile traveled. The railroad agents wjll give full information. Board can he had from 75 cents per day up to a larger sum It is believed that this will hi our most import ant reunion, as many great sub jects w’ll be discussed and dis posed of. Charleston people are making splendid arrangements for our entertainment, and it is hoped that in our lore for our memories and comrades every Grorgia Camp and County will send a large num ber to this Reunion. 2 Commanders will call their Camps together as early as possi ble to send delegates and alter nates; and te make all other ar rangements. Each Camp, howev er small its number, is entitled to two delegates and two alternates. The ratio is one delegate and one alternate to every twenty members, and one additional to every fac tion of ten members. Fall dele gations should be elected. Camps should carry their banners, badges and every old Confederate flag that cau be secured. Each camp will at once send its per capita of ten cents per mem ber direct to Maj. Gen, George Moorman, 824 Common street, Niw Orleans, La. The blank cer titicateß for credentials of dele gates and alternates will be mailed by him, to the adjutant at each Camp. The Ajutant or Commander will make out a full list of delegates and alternates, and mail the list to Gen. Moorman. And also mail a copy to Col. Jno. A. Miller, Adj’t Geu’l Georgia Division, At lanta, Ga., without delay. The efforts of the Commanding General of the Georgia Division to have a Camp organized in every bounty has nearly succeeded, yet are some counties where no t amp has been formed. Th<? Ap ical is here earnestly repeated to a ‘l Confe ierates everywhere to u nite\vith some Camp; and where ty n will unite they should form a * arnp, elect officers and apply for a charter. All necessary papers "‘d be furnished by these Head •jbarters on application. Ihe Commander or Adjutant of Cemp will mail to the Divis ion Commandear at Atlanta with d delay, a full list of names of a ‘i officers of Camp. Each Camp u “ adopt a badge showing on it word Georgia in large letters, ids badge may be iu adiition to ' ie Camp badge. It is also the re l O-st of a great many comrades la i- each Confederate shall wear a badge or card on his hat or coat B °w mg the regiment or abttalion R hich he served. The matter ‘ Uu ‘form is left to each Camp and member. ft is expected that some action ‘ i be taken at Charleston con WINDER, JACKSON COUNTY, QEOROIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1899. cerning the graves of our brave comrades who fell in battle, or died of wounds in hospita's. and diseases m prisons, and also of those who have died siuce the war. Information is earnestly called for on this subject, and it is there fore here urged that all Camps of Coufedoiates; all Camps of Sons of Confederate Sold/ers, all La dies’ Memorial Associotions, and all Chapters of Daughters of the Confederacy will at once mail to these Headquarters at Atlanta, Georgia, statements of the Location of the graves nearest them, the number of Confederates buried there; aud the condition of the cemetery. It is hoped that this sacred duty will not be neglected. Special attention is called to the movement of the two Camps in Atlanta and by other Camps and comrades to have a Reunion of the Georgia Division during the time of the State Fair iji Georgia. This movement is most cordially favor ed by the Commanding General, and a special meeting of the dele gates, alternates and visiting mem bers of the Georgia Division will be held in Charleston on Tuesday morning, may 11th, at 8 o’lock. at the Headquarters of the Division fof the purpose of making arrange ments for this Reunion. A cordial invitation is extended to all Con federate organizations in goorgia to attend the Reunion with this Division. The Ladies’ Memorial Association, the Daughters of the Confederacy, the Sons of Confed erate Soldiers, the order of R. E. Lee. the Wheeler Cavalry of Geor gia, and other Confederate bodies, are respectfully invit ed. The Commander of this Division intends to go to Charleston on the week preceding the Reunion, in order to see that all things are ready for the Division. A staff of ficer will go to Charleston early in April, to arrange for quarters, &c All staff officers and aides are re quested to reach Charleston as ear ly as possible, and report to the Adjutant General, Col. John A. Miller. Every effort will be made to make this Reunion a season of enthusiastic meeting for the men who stood by the South in the days of the Confederacy. Comrades 1 It is a great duty we owe ourselves, our posterity, our whole country and all who prize the qualities of valor, patri otism and divotion to groat con victions to foster these reunions, to sustain the hallowing sentiment they inspire, to watch the histories of Confederate events; to preserve the reverence due the memories of our deceased comrades, and to cherish the great axioms of human liberty that our country shall be distinguished among nations as a great and just government, exist ing and growing by the consent of the governed, Clement A. Evans, Maj, Gen’l Commanding. John A. Miller, Adj. Gen’l and Chief of Staff. It has taken four centuries to civilixe the American Indian, and the job is not quite complete yet, as there are a few of them left. But this need not discourage us in our efforts with the Philippines, as we have much better guns and a “heap” worse whisky now, With our facilities in this line we ought to be able to do the job in much less than half the time. COMING REVOLUTION Party Uossisiit at a Very l tl Great Discount. THIS GOVERNOR IS FREE. The Approching Storm of Indignation as Seen by the New York Journal. The tiv ■ e of 75,000. organized w nkingmen ut New York City demand the public own* I ership of public utilities. The Journal is pushing the demand with great power. True Democracy Won. Of Mayor Jones’ electon in Tol edo, the Journal says: True Democracy won a remark- I able victory at Toledo yesterday in i the reelection of Mayor Jones, Although an independent Repub ! lican in name Mr. Jones is a type of the man that will constitute the j strength of the Democratic party hereafter. Deprived of nomina tion by the Republican macnine, he appealed directly to the people) and his success will encourage the independence and devotion to the public interests every where. Letter From Mayor Jones. Mayor Jones of Toledo writes to the Journal as follows: I am glad to know that the Journal is throwing its great power in faver of municipal ownership of a gas plant in New York City. I do not believe that you should confine your appeals to Democrats unless you use tne word in its fun damental sense; certainly the party sp’rit should not be appealed to. The people care nothing for parties: they care everything for principle, and they believe in municipal ownership. The great est obstacle in the way of good government here and every where, in municipalities, State and nation, and the one that is now the easiest for the people to overcome, is pri vate ownership of public utilities. There is never any talk of corrup tion or scandal or dishonestly in connection with the management of our water works, our natural gas plantß. or, indeed, any of the publicly owned utilities. Nearly all the defects in our municipal government can be traced to the corporations who own or are seeking to own or extend public franchises. There is no kind of doubt about your proposition that good gas can be made and sold in New York City for fifty cents. We never shall have honest municipal gov ernment until all of the public u: ili ties are publicly owned. Very sincerely yours, S, M. Jones, Mayor, i No Boss Rules this Govenor. New York Journal. Governor Pingree, of Michigan, is a unique character in public life. He is eccentric enough to find out what is good for the people and then to strive to get it for them. The allied forces of monolopv have no terrors for him. He act ually takes delight in winning his political battles without their as-j eistance. When he became Mayor of De-| troit he turned over the vacant lots of the city to the poor that they might raise vegetables to help sup port themselves His enemies deounced him as a demagogue, . He forced, the street railway companies to reduce their fares to three cents, cut gas rates in half, and made the tax-dodging wealthy concerns of Detroit pay twice as much ss formerly. His capitalist ic opponents proclaimed him an Anarchist. But Pingree kept right on. He was elected Mayor four times, when the voters of the State asserted a claim upon him and made him Gov ernor. Through hi influence the legis lature recently pass )d a bill author izing the city of Detroit to buy and operate the street railwayc. On Saturday the City Council ap proved the law, oud appointed a commission with governor Pingree at ihe head to purchase and oper ate the roads. Although a Republican, he has condemned his party for its sup port of trusts. He is a hearty ha tor ef shams. He lives up the pledges of his platform, He re deems his ante-election promisee. Governor Pingree is in every re spect a great exucutive, and if pub lie officials generally had his hon esty, courage and ability, the coun try would be fortunate indeed. The Growth of Monopoly. Some idea of the extent of the trust mama may be gained from the fact that in the office of New Jersey’s Secretarv of State the receipts for the mere tiling of charters during the month of March amounted to $126,000,000. Nearly fifty compa nies were formed, and the aggregate capital stock of these is $1,111,- 150’000. This does notliuclude scores of smaller concerns that would increase the sum by many millions ot dollars. Taking up the list of trusts whose charters were filed in New Jersey during March we find that the American Woolen Company heads the list, having a capital of $65 000,000. The American Ice Company comes next $60,000,000. The United State Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company and the American Ship building. Company have $60,000,000, capital each. The International Steam Pump Company is capitalized at $27, 500,000, the New England Elec tric Vehicle Transportation •Com pany $25,000,000 and tne follow ing $2,000,000; Royal Baking Powder Company; Havana Com mercial Company, of New Jrrsey; American Beet Sugar Compauy, and the United Fruit Company. Among the other companies are: Consolidated Street Car Compauy. $18,000,000; Indo Egyptiau Com press Company, $15,000,000, Com presß Gas Capsule Company. $15,- 000,000; National Salt Company, the Park Steel, American Brick, Contiuental Cement and Ameri can School Furniture Company with $10,000,000 each. This sudden and marvelous a w’akemng to the advantages of com bination and organization on the part of business men is attracting the attention of all sorts and con ditions of men. Chauncey M. Depew, one of the country’s wealthiest men, recently declared : * In five years from to day there will not be an independent busi ness man in any large or in any considerable place in the United States. Every business will be in the hands of a strong consolidated organization wh ; ch is called a trust. It will destroy all opportu nity for independent euergy or competition, or for that rise of young men which, we have boasted, has been one of the great opportu nities o e this country.” Mr. Depew is a 9hrewd financier, a deep thinker, a man whose sym pathies are in every way with capi tal ; as the utterance of such a man this paragraph desesves more than ordjfiary attention. But others have more confidence in the man hood and courage of American freedom. Intolerance. The spirit of political intoler ance that exists in the South among the office holding element of the democratic pary is intense. No toleration whatever can be made towards those who believe that the conditions of the country demand radical changes, and that these changes can be accomplished successfully only outside the dear old party, independently of the Republican party. Time has proven the correctness of the posi tion assumed along this line by the reformers. This spirit of intoler ance among the office holding con tingent of the democracy is not generated primarily on account of their sincere opposition to the ushering in of a better system of government, but because of the fact that such a movement would in the great majority of cases re lieve them of the fat offices they are holding down. This is the main reason why their opposition is so pronounced against any change. If they could be everlast ingly quieted in the positions they have been holding for the past 20 years beyond the peradventurc of doubt, the whole aspect of the qufistion would be materially changed. But the most astonish ing feature connected with the whole affair is, that the men who furnish the votes to call the office holders to their positions, seems to display a willingness to sumbmit to the awful burdens heaped upon them just to please these officials. Though how ever, there is a deter mined opposition manifesting it self among the people to such a method, and by these people who have so long been dupod, a better system, a system more equitable ad just is being evolved and sup ported. In time it will predomi nate. —Winnfield. La., Comrade, An Everyday Religion. “We all want a religion that not only bears on the sinfullnes? of sin, but on the rascality of lying and stealing; a religion that banishes all small measures from the stalls, pebble from cotton bags and sugar, rooks from wool, chicory from cof fee, alum from bread, lard from butter, strychnine from wine and and water from milk cans. The religion that is to advance the world will not put all the big strawberries and poachers on the top. and all bad ones at the bot tom.” —Ex. NO. 15.