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THURSDAY. JUNE 1. 1899.
Tuo Pniiippme war is a hard tiling to
wind up.
One man oowhided another in Atian
ta this week.
This has been a week of commence
ments all over Georgia.
Two American officers were captur
e.l this week by the Filipinos.
Mr. Bryan will speak at the Barnes
ville Chautauqua on the 4th, of July.
Banker Benedict, of Atheus, who left
that city rather mysteriously, has not
yet been located.
Leaders in the old parties can do with
impunity things that would destroy the
useful ut ss and influence of reform lea
ders.
Reforms always have their reverses.
This should not discourage one who is
an honest reformer. These reverses
often result in groat good and help to
keep the ranks purified.
It is surprisingly strange how ignor
ant men are na many matters that
shoo ib &f vita- moment to them.
Polioca3 firejnSioet have warped the
m.adt of i.xjiire'd? of otherwise good
men until they had actually rather be
lieve ahe and be damned than accept
truth and be rewarded with eternal
sal ration.
Capt. Burkitt, of the Okalono Mess
enger, of Mississippi, is one of the grand
men in the reform movement and a
man of much force. It is a great pleas
ure to meet with such men as he aud
his presence added much to the force
of the Kansas reform press meeting. He
was unanimously elected president of
the associatioh for the 3rd time.
Keep on the right line aud appeal to
the better judgment and reason of the
people aud we will finally win. Reform
principle are growing in the hearts aud
minds of honest and intelligent voters.
A change is goiug to take place and if
you are a patriot, it is your duty to help
bring it about iu a way to benefit those
who need benefit ting.
Bryan controls the machinery of his
party aud will again get the nomination.
The goldbug element in the party will
submit to his nomination, knowing there
is no chance for his election They will
vote the republican ticket and help to
defeat him. Tne only chauoe for the
people is through the success of the pop
ulist party, aud the sooner this is recog
nized the better for the couutry.
The man who conscienitously works
for the good of mankind at large gets
little appreciation for his efforts. The
apostles were sent out to offer salvation
to all who would accept it, but they had
a hard time and were treated roughly
by the v ry ones who ought to have re
ceived them with gratitude and thank
fullneas. This did not deter these grand
men of old from pressing an and doing
their duty aud you who are in the re
form fight from honest motives should
not becom edi scour aged or f aul ter. Kee p
up the fight for right aud justioe
as long as you have strength to
work
A New Depot.
Every section of G orgia feels an in
terest in the depot problem of Atlanta
because all sections of the state take a
pride in any thing for the good of our
capital city. All Georgia goes to At
lanta and there is not a citizen in the
state but that is anxious to see the old
depot torn down and one of modern ap
pearance and convenience for the trav
eling public erected. Atlanta being the
suburbs of Winder on one side, oar peo
ple are particularly anxious iu the mat
ter and hope the railroads will soon see
the importance of action.
Men who are fighting for great and
grand principles should ever try to be
in ucc >rd with these principles in their
every day life and actions. Try to be
consistent so as to have the confidence
and respect of those who differ with
you and gradually win thorn to your
views. To sum up the whole matter,
practice what you preach.
The Mobile Register, the leading
gold-standard paper of Alabama refuses
to accept the invitation of the Bryan
or silver democrats to come back into
their fold. The following is its lan
guage :
‘ The Palmer and Buckner Democrats
are never going back.”
The poor old party of rule or ruin is
getting in a bad shape and if its delud
ed followers had any independence and
miud of their own, it would go to pieces
in less than six months. Would that
the people would think and act for
themse’ves and not be controled by pol
ticians.
Bro. Wilson, of The Plow Boy, is
quite fond of strong coffee and Bologna
Sausage when on the road. They aid
one very much iu writing strong aud
vigorous editorials if you are able to di
gest them. Having fine digestive organs,
it enables Brother Wilson to write with
a power that is convincing and to give
the old parties plain aid unvarnished
facts. After reading from him we have
often wished we could eat with impun
ity Bologna sausage and drink strong
coffee that we might partially cope with
him oa this 6core.
The R ‘publican state convention of
Ohio is in session this week with a doz
en or more candidates before it for gov
ernor.
(Jen. Wheeler’s friends are grooming
him for governor of Alabama. War is
a great thing for some men and has es
pecially been a blessing to Generals
Gordon and Wheeler, so far as political
promotion is concerned.
Ex Governor Northern must certainly
have nu eye on the United States senate.
He and Lon Livingston ought to be
elected jointly by the democrats. The
two, in conjunction with Steve Clay,
would fifty represent the dear old par
ty.
Rain is needed badly in this section
of tho state aud crops are beginning to
suffer. Short crops would be a great
oalamity to our country this year as the
farmers are already in a bad condition.
Thu Economist has added several val
uadle Western papers to its exchange
list, all of which are up-to date and full
of vigor and good reading matter.
Big Hardware house.
The Dabney H irdware Cos. has closed
a contract with Smith, Carithers & Cos.
and has leased their large and mammoth
two-story rock livery stable for a num
ber of years. Smith, Carithers & Cos.
will go to work at ones and over haul
the bail ling aud fit it up for a big hard,
ware house for the Dabney Hardw are
Cos. The firm will also carry wagons,
buggies and machinery of all kinds.
The building is peculiarly litteu for such
business and the Dibney Hardware Cos.
is to be congratulated on being so for
tunate as to secure it. This is another
big move for Winder and means more
business for our city.
Editorial Thoughts
The partisan feeling in politics is los
ing its power gradually and will have
to lose it more bef jre we can hope to
see a free and independent people. Mav
or Jones of Toledo in a recent address
used the following language;
“I firmly believe that a great social
movement is now on in this country
that will very coon overwhelm the lie of
the pretended spirit of partisan hate
that has kept both the old parties alive
for the last twentv years. I repeat
what 1 said many times during the com
paigu, that so for as the people are con
cerued there is no moral difference be
tween the patties; they are both against
the people—for the few and against the
many. In partisan politics we have the
most vicious form of expression of the
worst features of our competitive sys
tem. In an interview on Monday, while
the election was being held, I said ‘chat
convention or that organization that
places principle before party, and those
people who place character before creed,
are to lead the American people
into the spiritual and the heroic time
when business will be love ’
“In conclusion, I wish to add that the
organization that is to lead in govern
meat in the United States hereafter
will not be a party, but will be the peo
p'e; and, with the platform of the gold
en rule, the fatherhood of God a? and the
brotherhood of all men, the people will
make partisan politics in America like
the snakes in Ireland—there will be
none.”
The surplus earnings of the Prussian
State railways for the last year amount
to $125,000,000. Now, this is not taken
from a Populist paper, but from the New
York Independent, a goldbug paper.
This is indeed fortunate for their are
hundreds of Silver democrats who
would not believe it true if quoted from
a reform paper but who are ready to
accept it from a goldbug paper. Sur
plus earnings $125, (>00,000!! If the United
States Government owned their rail
road there would be no need of taxes,
the surplus earnings of the railroads
would pay all the taxes. Why do so
many men who know these things true
fight them? For the sake of party sup
remacy and to please the politicians.
The question naturally comes up, how
long will men act like simpletons and
help cut their own throats?
A Standard, Square Bale.
A special effort, is being made through- j
out the cotton belt to have a standard,
square cotton bale adopted. This effort I
is not anew one by any means. For
several reasons it has been made, but j
thus far with only partial success. Last
year in this state, from twelve to fifteen
per cent, of the cotton press boxes was
changed to the standard measurement,
which is 24 by 54.
The cotton growers, particularly those
who have gins, aud the cotton giuuers,
do not seem to appreciate the import
ance of the standard bale. It is probable
that its importance would be appreci
ated would be appreciated if higher rail
road and ocean freights were charged on
cotton not baled in accordance with the
standard measurement. At the conven
tion of the cotton ginners associations of
Texas* held iu Galveston the other day,
a synopsis of the proceedings of which
we publish this morning,' a resolution
was adopted by the Galveston Maritime
Association which provides that cotton,
in bales of grerter dimensions than the
standard bale, aud of less density than
25 pounds to the cubic foot, shall pay ex •
tra freight to the amount of ten cents per
hundaed pounds.
From this it will bo seen that it has be
come an important matter that the stand
ard for square bales shall bo adopted.
It may cost something to change piess
boxes which do not already conform to
the standard, hut it will pay to make the
change. With uniformity iu the bales
a greater number of bales can be carried
in cargoes, aud hence the general adop
tieu of the standard bale would be
followed by a reduction in freight
rates.
The above is from the Savannah Morn
ing News of recent date. The effort to
have a standard square cottou bale
adopted seems to be a good one aud ou
the right liue. It appears to us to be of
great importance that the standard for
square bales be adopted and we com
mend its consideration to the giuuers of
our section.
The Man we Cant Forgive
The writer enjoys good poetry, but
he does hate to see what would be good
prose transformed into hideous verse)?}.
A great many people have an idea that
if the words an the end of every other
line of a piece of English rhyme, the
stuff is poetry—at least, many versifiers
labor under this hallucination; we think
the affiectiou rather rare among other
people. When such verse is sent us, we
consider the feelings of the writer and
iu kindness to him, consign it to the
waste basket, knowing that the author
is probably subject to like passions as
we are. The writer was once the
prouud possessor of the idea that he
could write poetry aud we even found
an editor umdud enough to publish
some of our rhythmical productions.
Years have passed; over and over has
Holy Writ enjoined us to forgive and
love our enemies, yea, “those who have
despitefully used ns,” but still the
memory of the event clings to us, and
we realize the difficulty of forgiving
aud forgetting. At times we would
cruelly and maliciously give some of the
productions of those afflicted as we
were, a place iu our columns but the
memory of our own bitter experience
causes us to act more kindly.
This is not intended to discourage
any one but liierelv to show why some
matter fails to appear iu the columns of
The Progressive Farmer.
The above editorial in The Progress
ive Farmer, of N. G., expresses our sen
timents so completely on the same sub
ject that we make no excuse for copying
it, trusting it may be of some benefit to
those readers of The Economist who
fancy rhyme makes poetry.
Reform Once flore.
Mr. Editor:—Please allow me space
for a few rambling thoughts.
We have many reform papers and or
ators, but as this country is largely
peopled by laud owners aud laud rent
ers, I think that a hearty, brotherly
corporation between the two classes
would be a long step toward reform It
is a sad fact that there is a selfish and
unkind disposition manifested by both
the laud owner aud renter. In the first
place, a large per cent of the land own
ers will not furnish their croppers a
house that is fit for any man who loves
his wife and children to live in; and if
you ask to fix the house they will
tell you its good enough. So the renter
concludes that his landlord doesn’t feel
or take an interest in him only for what
he can get out of him. On the other
hand there are many renters who will
lie under a leak rathei than nail a board
on for fear they will do the landlord
a favor, aud on other matters of busi
ness follow the same policy. If both
classes wculd take an iuterest in each
other’s welfare and help each otaer, it
would beget a spirit of love for each
other and reform would begin on that
liue in earnest. Then, again: Those
who think of buying any thing, think
well before doing so, and if you see you
would be as well off in the end without,
don’t buy—especially if you haven’t the
cash to pay. To those who have to sell
ask yourself what you would like to pay
if you were the buyer and so price to
your customer. “As you would that
men do to you, do you even so to them. ”
If all men would practice this rule in
matters of business with each other,
reform would begin to rapidly grow. If
we all would decide on the golden rule
we would all be ashamed of ourselves
and do better, whether debtor or credit
or, landlord or renter, lawyer or doctor,
merchant or farmer, and we would star
a reformation that would make all
hearts glad and all homes happy.
No political party destitute of this
kind of brotherly love will ever bring
the reform we pray for. We must an
swer onr prayers very largely in oar
dealings with each other. God help ns
all to extend a helping hand to
our fellowman and free us from a
spirit of selfishness and greed, aud then
it will not ba long till this earth will
seem like anew earth, and the people a
new people aud the God of host will be
with us aud blessing us.
A. P. Stewart.
There is doubtless a revival in the
ranks of true Populisms throughout the
country, for the papers that have never
faltered in the cauFe are coming to the
front everywhere, while those which
have been fusing aud fusing and accus
ing, are forced to admit their perfidy,
and fiud the safest refnge in crawling
under the Democratic blanket, despite
its baggy environments, and howling
“Give us Bryan or give us death.”
They will get both. —Western World.
TWENTY YEARS
WAS THE SBIKi,
Judge Russell Sends Up
the Attempted Rapist.
From the Athens Banner.
The people of Oconee county, a }.
though greatly excited and sorely tried
by au attempted rapß by a negro U pm
one of the young white girls of High
Shoals, have set the people of Georgia
.a good example by letting the law take
its course, and Judge Richard B. R ns .
sail has set the pace for trials of this
character by disposing of the case of
the criminal iu less than four days af
ter the crime was committed.
Sunday night at her home at High
Shoals, Miss Eugenia Dooley, daughter
of Mr. W P. Dooley, was terrified to
find a negro in her room, who attempt
ed to assault her and who would have
succeeded in his purpose had he not
been firightened off by her cries.
This negro, Charles Colquitt, was ar
rested in a few hours aud confessed to
his crime. The people, exercising gr ea t
coolness, allowed him to be carried to
jail at Watkinsville, and Judge Rus
sell was notified.
Instead of taking things slowly as
usual ic our courts, Judge Russell, de
termined to give the negro a speedy
trial. He called Oconee Superior Court
into special session, aud yesterday
moruiug opeued that court at Watkins
ville, in the presence of hundreds of
citizens who gathered to hear the trial.
The grand jury, with Mr. W. P.
Price as foreman, quickly returned an
indictment, charging Colquitt with the
offense of attempted rape, aud Colquitt
enfered a plea of guilty, which was
signed by Col. R R. Burger, the attor
ney for the prison, who had been ap
pointed by Judge Russell.
Judge Russell then passed seuteuce
upon Colquitt, giving him the limit of
the law, twenty years in the penitenti
ary. Ho complimented the people of
Oconee county for their conservatism.
He had many things of useful nature to
say to the negroes touching this crime
of rape. He told the prisoner he gave
him the limit of punishment under the
law as he deserved it, and that when he
came back from the penitentiary, all
would be charged, the old landmirk
would be gone, aud he would be, as it
wore, in anew country.
Colquitt was perfectly indifferent
through the whole proceedings. He is
seventeen years old and when he gets
out of the penitentiary he will be thirty
seven. He will be turned over to the
penitentiary authorities at once and will
enter upon the serving out of his sen
tence. This isoue of the quickest tri ,1s
on record in Georgia.
No Small-Pox Here.
The report is being circulated that
there are several cuses of Small-Pox in
Winder. There is not a case nearer
here than the one of Mr. Sikes, over be
tween Hoschtou and Pendergrass, and
ten miles or more from Winder. There
is no one near who has been exposed to
the disease and no fears need be enter
tained by any one that we have small
pox.
To Postmasters.
The Economist has a number o' com
plaints from different offices from sub
scribers who say they fail to get their
papers very often. Postmasters at some
points are entirely too careless with pa
pers. Some of them will take a paper
out to read or lend one to a patron of
the office to read "and then forget to put
it back in office for the party to whom
it belongs. This is not right and we
will make an investigation oa this line
if the complaints continue. Postmas
ters should be as careful with papers as
they are with letters.
The doctrine of equal opportunities to
all men in the struggle for existauce is
little appreciated by the large majority
of mankind or they would
certainly demand its enforcement.
No sane man can oppose this economic
principle, that is as broad as freedom
and founded on eternal justice, except
those whose accumulations have so cor
rupted their sense of duty to others as
to lose sight of this fundamental right
of all men.
The man who tries to be popular by
flattering and slobbering over people is
a contemptible specimen of manhood,
and the only deplorable thing aboat
such means is there are a lot of fools in
the world who are taken in by such
characters and think their pretentious
are sincere.