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THURSDAY. APRIL 90, 1890.
Our Soldiers are having a hard
time in the Philippines.
If vou receives a sample copy of
Thk Economist this week read it
ami give to seme friend to read.
If you are pleased with the pfUier
wo would ho glad to have you send
us a club from your neighbor
hood.
If the land of the world were
divided equally among the inhab
itants. each individual would have
twenty-throe and one-half acres.
There is a great inequality in the
division at the present day caused
by unjust and unrighteous laws.
A Michigan town has an organi
sation of young women who are
pledged not to accept the atten
tions of any young man who is
known to smoke cigarettes. If
young women would not receive
the attentions of a young man ad
dicted to any immoral habits or
vices, it would not only elevate
young women but would reform
thousands of young men.
Its Ignorance Excusable.
On tho editorial page of Sun
day's Constitution we note the fol
lowing squib:
“Asa nominee for the presidency
ihe 11 on, Wharton Barker, of
Philadelphia, is mysteriously sil
ent.”
The ignorance of the Atlanta
Constitution on public issues
and its lack of knowledge of great
men and what constitutes great
men is proverbial. It is therefore
excusable for not having heard of
Hon. Wharton Barker, one of the
leading minds of this continent on
the true science of government.
If the distinguished staff on the
Constitution, would keep up with
the times and would read a few
issues of The American, edited by
Hon. Wharton Barker, it would
roon find out that Mr. Barker is
not so Mysteriously Silent, and
the Constitution would also learn
more from the perusal of two iss
tus of Tho American on the true
principles of Democracy—on the
correct principles of economy—
and what it takes to make patriots,
than one would learn from reading
the Constitution wero he to live a
thousand years. We also venture
to assert, from the established
reputation of the Constitution up
to the present time, that if it knew
beyond a doubt that Wharton
Barker would be elected president
in 1000, he would not have a
stronger advocate from now till
that time than the Constitution.
Clark Howell wou'd head a de
legation to Philadelphia before
Saturday night to tender his ser
vices to that distinguished Peim
y Irani an and Mr. Hemphill
would sail for the Philippines at
onee and write back to his paper
*ll about that country and the vir
tues of Mr. Barker, Well, the
Constitution is excusable—it cant
help these idiosyncrasies. It has
been at it from its birth aud was
•imply boru that way.
Meeting of Industrial
Agents.
In company with Mr. and Mr9
W. H. Bush and Miss Dora Wil
hite we went up to Southern Pines
Monday night to attend the meet
ing of the industrial agents of the
Seaboard Air Line railroad. At
Statham we were joined by two
charming young ladies of that
place, Misses Booth and Tucker,
noth of whom are taking much in
terest in the movement.
The meeting was largely attend
ed and was full of interest to the
800 or more agents who attended.
Most every point oil this great sys
tem of railroad in Georgia, South
and North Carolina and Verginia
was represented and some splendid
reports of what is being done were
read.
This movement should have the
encouargement of the people all
along the line and in a few years
it will result in great irood The
prime object of these industrial
meetings is to try and get the peo
ple at all points on its line inter
ested in the work of beautifying
their homes, farms and streets and
making many tnings that can be
made at small cost and often with
no cost save the labor, instead of
buying everything we need and
want. Tho movement on this
line is to be commended and will
accomplish much if our people
will take hold and encourage the
industrial agents at every place.
The library feature of the move
ment is in Mrs. Heard, of Elbert
county, an intelligent and cultivat
ed lady who has thrown her entire
energies into the plan of having
a good circulating library all along
the line and who has determined
to make it her life work. The
meeting at Southern Pines was a
very successful one and full of in
terest for those who attended.
Southern Pines is a fit illustra
tion of what push, energy and ad
vertising will do for a place. Built
ou a sand hill, with very little fer
tility in the soil, they have suc
ceeded in building up a beautiful
little town of several hundred in
habitant!, W'th several fine hotels
and crowded all winter with North
ern visitors.
Pmehurst, the village built by
Mr. Tuft of Boston, is six miles
out from Southern Pines and the
two places are connected by an
electric car. We all spbnt a couple
of hours at Pinehurt Tuesday af
ternoon, hours that were indeed
delightful.
This village of Mr, Tuft’s is a
little paradise all his owu. He has
three fine hotels, about 30 or 40
residences all of which are fur
nished and rented to Northern
parties during the winter who had
rather house than be at a
hotel. He has water works, elec
tric lights, sewerage, a large store
to supply the wants of the visitors,
beautiful lawns aud play grounds,
a deer park, lovely drive-ways and
all the yards aud walks are adorn
ed with every variety of flowers
imaginable.
After visiting this almost bar
ren section aud seeing w'hat has
been accomplished by liidominable
pluck and energy, one can not but
feel ashamed of Winder and all
this section of Georgia, a section
favored and with sd many advan
tages over other sectiou, doiug so
little to develop our resources.
We are sleeping and people are in
vesting aud building up ether
points where the citizens are awake
aud adversisiug aud offering in
ducements.
Church Societies.
We have thought for a long time
that all societies and adjuncts to
the church had done more harm
than good. There are two many
of these things and to a great ex
tent they are over shadowing the
church and wielding a greater in
fluence than the church. These
different adjuncts, we are aware,
are popular with the church world
to day, and public sentiment has
been so crystallized on them that
one does not add any laurds to his
fame by antagonizing them. Men
are moral and political cowards
and are always slow to oppose
public sentiment however false or
wrong that sentiment may be. As
a result of this weakness there are
few independent thinkers in this
age and the vast majority of hu
manity simply float with the tide
aud accustom themselves to accede
to every innovation and question
able method that comes along.
But sincere and honest men and
women are forced to the conclu
sion, that with all these aids to
the church, it is losing its influ
ence to a great extent with the
world and there does not seem to
be in the hearts of the people that
reverence, respect, devotion and
love for it as once existed. It
might be suggested that had it not
been for these societies of various
kinds to aid the church and help
it to reach the people, it would be
in a more deplorable condition
than it is, Its present status,
however, does not warrant this
suggestion. It has looked entire
ly too much to these societies and
depended too much on them for
its upbuilding and saving of souls
to the exclusion of the Lord and
its true mission on earth.
The following from Sarge Plunk
ett in last Sunday’s Constitution
has so much of truth and good
sense in it on this line, we take
the liberty of giving it for the se
rious consideration of those readers
who feel an interest in tne tri
umph of the church and in the
growth of pure and undefiled re
ligion.
Hear What Plunkett Says:
“I would like to say some more on
the political situation, but Brown says
it is dangerous and I desist ou his ac*
oout.
“Butting politics aside l —though I
hardly see how this can be done, as pol
itics is in most everything—l clearly
have a right to answer those who have
asked me questions as to what I think
is the worst evil that now confronts ns,
and take it as an opportunity to give
me a long lecture on temperance aud to
politely insinuate that I should feel
hardest against the “drink” evil. I
will dismiss this insinuation by saying
that no man can defend himself for
drinking.
“Now as to honest inquiries as to
what I take as the worst evil, I would
say that no one thihg is responsible for
the conditions that confront us today.
It has taken thirty years for us to grow
to where we are. Slowly but surely
there has crept upon us a departure
from old time days which, if they had
come at once aud suddenly, would have
overwhelmed the world, and the most
of this has been done in the name of
religion or under the pretense of rais
ing the human family to a higher plane
of life, a finer degree of cutnre and a
better code of morals. Under one sort
of pretense and another the home has
been invaded, the old daddies and
mammies were made small—made to
submit and join the onward march or
stand as old fools aud be crushed by the
pressure. This was the entering wedge.
All else has come naturally and will
continue to come till this is a laud with
out a (rod and without family unless
we call a halt aud get back to old times
aud old-time ways. How to do this is
the great problem.
“I have my notions as to how to start,
but if 1 were to tell it all just as I feel
about it, they would crush me as an old
fool before morning, but perhaps I will
be allowed to say a few things, as a
starter.
“I would begin with the preachers.
On next Sunday morning I would have
every preacher in this broad land arise
in his pal pit and announce to his con
gregation that no more societies would
be allowed. They shonld call up every
adjunct to the churches and dismiss
them forever, They should then an
nounce that in the future the churches
would depend upon the Lord as being
able to take care of His own without
getting np any kind of schemes to raise
finances or to “draw” crowds. After
they had done this, each in his own way,
I would have them turn over to the
hired ohior and dismiss them and then
turn back and join tho whole congrega
tion in singing:
“All Hail the Power of Jesus Name,”
and make it ring like it used to ring.
Then, alter a good sermon, they should
go among their people and tell the good
sisters that hereafter they should be
“keepers of the iJbase” aud the brethren
should manipulate no more political
schemes through the church, and that
every hypocrit would be turned out at
the next meeting. This carried out
would look pretty gloomy for a time,
but it is the way, and I believe that
God would bless the more.
“I apsrehand that in a movement
like this the greatest howl would come
from the woman societies and the oily
tongued slick fellows who generally
make themselves sweet with these soci
eties. And I venture that the very wo
man who would make the greatest fuss
are those who are forever on the fad at
tending to other people’s families, while
their own children are running wild at
home aud more than apt their husbands
are entertained ottener at his meals by
some servants girl than by his own wife.
But tho great howl would come from
these sweet slick fellows mentioned
above. Thereisuot but one greater curse
to a church than these sweet, slick
fellows, and that is found iu a sweet,
slick preacher.
This society feature is the greatest
drawback we would find in getting back
to old time ways. The truth is, that the
churches have come to be a small mat
in religious affairs. Some fifteen years
ago I wrote some things in connection
with the Young Men’s Christian Associ
ation of Atlanta. Some of my best
friends told me I was a fool aud a pes
imist, and that it was the greatest thing
ever originated as a helper to the
church. Since that time I have known
such meetiugi under the auspices of
that institution as have verified the es
timate I put upon it then, till now I am
thoroughly couviuced that it is nothing
or less chan a nursery of infidelity,
skepticism and all other kinds of isms.
Some of the best people in the worid be
long to these societies, but I can tell you
now, as I have told you before, they are
a curse to the human family, and the
church is gone if she don’t unload
them.
The editor of a Macon (Mo.)
Democratic paper wrote a number
of prominent Democrats, asking
their views on what the issue in
1900 would be. Among the respon
ses received was one from U. S. Sen
ator Cockrell of this state Among
other things stated by Cockrell, was
that he was opposed to the retire
ment of greenbacks until the bonds
were paid. As much as to say that
if the bonds were paid he would
favor retiring greenbacks. Cock
rell’s position is that both the
bonds and greenbacks are debts
that ought to be paid and cancelled,
but as the bonds draw interest and
the greenbacks don’t, the bonds
should first be paid. Had it not
been for Grover Cleveland’s admin
istration and the Spanish war the
bonds might all have been paid by
this time and had they been, then
Cockrell would at this time favor
the immediate retirement and
cancellation of the greenback.
And this is the kind of a Demurat
ic leader we must look to for re
form, for he is one of the leading
'‘Silver” Democrats of the nation.
After serving twenty-four
years in the senate he has just been
re-elected by the “Silver” Demo
cracy of this state for six years or
more. It would seem “to a man
up a tree” that our fusion Populist
friends have got enough of the
“purified and regenerated” Demo-i
racy.—Missouri World.
Growth Of Populism.
Daily Tribune Augusta Ga.
While the Populist party seem 9
disorganized and drifting at pres
ent without a hand at the helm to
direct its course, Populist princi
ples are more rapidly spreading
thau ever before. This the Atlan
ta Journal admits in a thoughtful
article in which this is pointed
out:
“The rapid growth of the muni,
cipal ownership idea and its pres
ent great strength in all parts of
the United States cannot be denied
even by those who are opposed to
such a policy. It is always well
to look facts squarely in the face
and to consider them candidly.
The contest for municipal owner
ship of public utilities has come to
be one of the most important iss
ues before the country.
‘ His strong advocacy of muni,
cipal ownership is said to be one
of the reasons of Mayor Harrison’s
re-election by an overwhelming
plurality at the recent Chicago
election. Mayor Jones, of Toledo,
who was beaten for renomination
by the Republicans, ran as an in
dependent candidate on a platform
which savored strongly of socialism
Governor Pingreo, of Michigan, and
several other famous municipal
ownership advocates, rushed to the
assistance of Mayor Jones. He
literally swept the city, carrying
every precinct, and polling more
than twice as many votes as the
two regularly nominated candi
dates put together.
‘ Governor Piugree’s iufiuence
recently secured the passage of an
act authorizing the city of Detroit
to purchase and operate all the
streetcar lines within its limits.
“The Coloiado legislature at its
session which closed a few days
ago passed a municipal ownership
bi’l with very sweeping provisions
Iu Springfield, 111; Quincy 111;
aud Donver, municipal ownership
candidates won by heavy majori*
tits in the recent elections.
“In no other of the cities named
has the municipal ownership
scheme been pushed so far as in
Detroit and Toledo. Iu the other
cities it extends to lighting plants
and waterworks. Detroit and Tol
edo propose to go into the street
car business also, and to monop
olize it withiu their limits.”
TWO FURNACES BLOWN IN.
Iron Output Kxpected to Be Heavy
During the Present Month.
Birmingham, Ala., April 17.—Accord
ing to a prominent furnaceman, the
iron market in this section is a little
quiet, though there is much iron being
sent out of the district. He states that
the purchasers are waiting to see how
great the production will be increased,
anticipating a fall in quotations. Cur
ing the month of March the production
waß increased 70,000 tons, aud during
the present mouth it is believed that tig'
ure will be tripled.
The Tennessee Coal, Iron and
road company during the week just
past blew in two furnaces, one at Be* 1
semer aud one at Eusley. One of the
Ensley furnaces was blown out for re
pairs. The railroad men state that they
have noticed no falling off recently in
the amount of iron handled.
The quotations remain steady ut j
firm. No. 1 foundry iron is still quoted
at f 12.
TO DEDICATE MONUMENTS.
Georgia and Kentucky Shafts Will B*
Unveiled at Chlckamauga.
Chattanooga, April 17. Governor
Bradley of Kentucky, with his stuff au-i
official party of 175 people, will dedicate
the Kentucky monument at Chick*’
manga park on May 3. Governor Caud
ler of Georgia, with a very much larger
party from his state, will dedicate the
Georgia monument on May 4.
These dedications, coming at thea I!1,J j
time with the Chattanooga spring
tival, will bring many thousands of
soldiers and their friends to this city
the dates mentioned, aud mate it :U ,
most notable reunion of the blue an
gray that has taken place in the sou -
for a long while. ja
The veterans will, while here, take
the sights of the oity and sarroundinP
and will be entertained by thepaK eaD J
concerts, balls and other festiviu® 1
the carnival week.