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T2EMI ECONOMIST Official Organ Ordinary, OFFICIAL '>R<tAN OF WTNDKK. TUIM.ISHKI) K.VKRY THI’ItSDA T KYKXINO JKFFiIRSON OFFICKI With tho Ordinary in the Court House P. W. Quattlobaum will represent the paper and lake subscriptions. Subscription P.ates* ONK Yliß, - - *I.OO A. G. LAMAR, Editor and Publisher. 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.