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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 2, 1899.
The old parties cannot always fool the
people by promises made and never ful
filled.
The clouds are rolling by and the
prinoiplea for which Populiate hare eo
nobly fought are growing rapidly in pop
ular favor and wo will yet be vindicated.
The heavy advance in the price of
diamonds has brought on great suffering
among the rich people of England re
marks the Quill of West Plains Mo.
It is the duty of every man to study
politics and the different political parties
of hie country and to find out which
party advocates the best measures for
the boneflt of the majority. To do this
one must lay aside party prejudice and
think for himself.
If you are satisfied with present con
ditions and feel that you are getting on
nicely—out of debt, good home of your
own, plenty to eat and wear and no suf
fering around you —you can still hurrah
for the two old parties and let others do
your thinking for you. A man in such
a condition is not worth any thing to
great reform movoments for bettering
human lty.
If the big moneyed men and oorpora
tions prosper, they seem to think that
all other olasses of men and trades are
prospering. Prosperity to the masses
and not to the classes is what makes a
prosperous nation and a contented and
happy people. A man bowed down
with debt and no opportunities offered
him to meet that debt is worse than a
slare and oannot make a good oitizen.
It is disgusting to hoar men and papers
speaking of the great ware of prosperi
ty all orer this country when not half
the farmers of the south can meet their
obligations and hare not made enough
oorn to last them till the beginning of
next year.
The two old parties in Ohio ave swap
ping rotes. If a Republican in that
state can’t rote for the Republican can
didate for gorernor ~h& is adrised by his
party leaders to rote for McLean, the
democratic oandidate, and if a demo
crat can’t rote for the democratic oan
didate he is adrised by his bosses to vote
for Nash, the Republican candidate.
They both ask and beg those who can
not support their party oandidate not to
vote for Jones, the independant oandi
date, for governor. The old parties will
do any thing to ornsh out independant
action and it is strange to ns that good
men will still be led and follow blindly
these old parties.
The British have sustained a terrible
defeat near Ladysmith, the Boers cap
turing 3,000, and among this number
about fifty oflioers. From the present
outlook the Boers will soon oontrol all
of the Natal oonntry.
Read the article on New Zealand in
this issue and you will be interested.
We wish that our oouutry wa9 iu as
good condition aud that the laws were
such as to prevent the making of mil
110nairs. Read the article aud think
over it and it will do you good.
Some people have never purchased a
gold brick for no other reasou thau that
the gold brick man has never suspected
them of having the price.
NEW ZEALAND.
A System of Government We
Might Study With Profit.
From a series of lectures delivered in
the United State# a short time ago by
Hon. Hugh H. Lusk, ex-member of the
New Zealand Parliament, and for SO
years a resident of that country, we
glean the following interesting iufor
nation:
“New Zealand oame under the British
government in 1842 by oonsent of the
native chiefs, who, from the represen
tatious of she Christian missionaries,
preferred British to French rule. The
conditions were that their lands should
not be taken from them without com
pensation. So the British government
bought thsir lands and their rights have
been generally respected, though New
Zealand’s history is not entirely free
from race oonflicts.
“In 1870, to prevent land from being
further monopolized by wealthy capi
talists, the New Zealand parliament en
acted a law whereby not more than 320
anres could be sold by a land officer to
any individual. But this did not pre
vent one individual from buying from
another. So it was more recently de
cided that the best way to check land
monopoly was to put a graduated tax
upon the value of all lands exclusive of
improvements. If one’s land was worth
|SOO and less than $5,000, he should pay
a certain rate; if worth more than
$5,000 and less than SIO,OOO he ehoold
pay a higher rate, and so on. The re
sult was that such a man as “Ready
Money” Robinson, who had acquired a
hundred thousand acres, had to relin
quish ninety-nine thousand, keeping
but one thousand to descend to his
children. So New Zealand is not ef
fected seriously by this ohief of monop
lies and with her land legislation and
other reforms she enjoys a more dis
tributed prosperity than any other coun
try in the world.
“The land-value tax is the chief source
of inoome for the New Zealand govern
ment, bat there is a graduated inoome
tax. This is sometimes evaded because
people in New Zealand will lie to save
money, just as they do in America.
There is also custom duties, but these
are only to help pay off the Maori war
debt of 1863 to 1868, after which they
will be abolished.
"The government made the public
roads to faciliate transportation and
trade, and then for the same reason it
built the railroads These it owns and
operates under the management of
three railroad commissioners, and has
2,400 miles of track. There is no ob
ject in the management’s taking more
money than needed for running expen.
ses; and as travel and freight business
with the development of the country,
the expense to the people decreases.
They pay less as travelers and shippers
than the Americans do.
"Its employment of railroad labor
brought it face to faoe with the labor
problem. Now eight hours constitutes
the legal day, and every Saturday aft
ernoon is a legal holiday. To settle
wage disputes between employer and
employes, there is a court of compulso
ry arbitration, each party appointing
two arbitrators and parliament selecting
a judge of the supreme court for the
fifth. The decision is law. There has
never been a labor strike except oue
which was eight years ago aud a very
small affair.
"There are no tramps, no army of un
employed to live by charity, no marked
olass distinctions or hatreds, and no on
solved liquor problems.
“The sale of malt and spiritous liquors
is a matter of local optiou in the 96 dis
tricts . The law permits uo saloons, but
innkeepers may sell under lioense. If a
man is once Been coming from oue of
these iuus iu a state of intoxication the
proprietor is ares ted aud fined; and for
the aeooud offence he forfiets his license
forever. There is soaroely any drank
euess in New Zealand.
The country has a free sohool system,
with a law compelling the sending of
all children over 7 and under 14 years
of age, bat Mr. Lusk has kuowu of no
prosecutions under this law. There are
also free high schools and universities
for such as by their excellence seem
likely to become especially valuable to
the state.
"Women are equally interested with
men iu all public affairs, no distinction
being made iu the matter of sufferage or
eligibility to office; aud political topics
are much discussed in the family. The
women poll a vote within 5,000 as gieat
as the men. If any voter fails to vote
his name is stricken from the roll until
he oan give a good reason for the fail
ure.
"There is no corrupt politics or "boss
ism” in New Zealand. There is not a
millionare, and bnt one man that is
worth half a million. A man with
SIOO,OOO is very rare and Mr. Lusk
thinks to become a millionaire in that
country is hardly possible. Yet the
people a a whole, so equally prosperous,
are no less active, alert, industrious in
genious and enterprising, considering
the newoese and remoteness of their
country, than the people af Amerioa or
other countries where business is depend
ent chiefly upon a few great capitalists;
indeed far more so if we may judge
from the fact that New Zealand’s ex
ports average $75 a year for every man,
woman and ohild, while those in onr
own country average only one sixth as
much.
The natives already have mostly be*
come Christianized and assimiliated,
proving that really Christian oiviliaation
does not repel or necessarily extermi
nate the savage.
The happy New Zealand condition
leads the Houston Post to oonolnde that
•In this day, when the great question of
labor, trusts, public ownership of mun
icipal franchises, and possibly of rail
road and telegraph lines and improved
methods of taxation are engaging uni
versal attention we oan turn with
profit to the study of the history
and condition of the islands of New
Zealand with less than a million
inhabitants.—Buzz Saw,
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Thaukful words written by Mrs. Ada
E. Hart, cf Groton, 8. D. t "Was taken
with a bad cold which settled on my
lungs, oough set in and finally termi
nated in Consumption. Four Doctors
gave me up saying I could live but a
short time. I gave myself up to my
Saviour, determined if I oould not stay
with my friends on earth I would meet
my absent ones above. My husband
was advised to get Dr. King’s New
Discovery for consumption, coughs and
colds. I gave it a trial, took in all 8
bottles. It has cared me, and thank
God lam saved and now a well and
healthy woman. Trial bottles free at
Winder Drug Cos. Regular size
500 and SI.OO guaranteed or price re
funded.
Perry- Woodruff.
The marriage of Mr. G. W. Woodruff
and Miss Della Perry was solemnized at
the home of the bride in Walton county
yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock, Rev.
Thos. Chapman officiating. Immedi
ately after the ceremony the happ;
couple came to Winder and were given
an elegant reception by Mrs. Smith.
They left this morning for Atlanta and
the state fair to spend a few days. Mrs.
Woodruff is the daughter of Mr. John
O. Perry of Walton county. Mr. Wood
ruff is one of Winder’s popular and suc
cessful merchants. The Economist ex
tends its best wishes to this youug
oouple.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
That is exactly what Chamberlain’s
Congh remedy is. It is the mother’s
help when she is suddenly awakened in
the night br the ominous husky cough,
and labored breathing, of her babe. It
is the safe resort of the youth or aiult
when he has “cought cold” and there is
coughing and irritation of the mucous
membrane of the throat. It allays the
irritation and cures the oold. For
sale by Winder Drug Cos.
Mr. Marshal Whitehead, who repres
ents The American Guild, fraternal or
der, is spending the week in the city
and will organize a chapter here brfore
leaving. He has been quite successful
in organizing ohapters in other places.
A FRIGHTFUL BLUNDER
Will often oause a horrible Burn,Scald
Cut or bruise, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve,
the best in the world, will kill the pain
and promptlv heal it. Cures Old Sores,
Fever Sores, Ulcers. Boils, Felons, Corns,
all Skin Eruptions. Best pile cure ou
earth. Only 25 ots. a box. Cure guar
anteed. Sold by Winder Drug Cos.
Dr. Banks expects to be in Winder
and comunity the most of the time, No
vember 2nd until Wednesday Novem
ber Bth. Dr. has certainly done success
ful work among us.
Bryan rants about the "oonsent of
tho govened” and then favors the elec
tion of Goebel, the nominee of the ma
chine democrats for govenor of Ken
tucky. The "consent of the goverened”
was not asked in bis nomination, but
the “governed” will vote for the nom
inee because—pa did.—Ex.
If the Lord sends only one boy in a
family of girls, the mother and sisters
drop into line and begin to revolve
around him.
The improvident and shiftless who
put all their money into present joys
have all the argument on their side
when a bark goes up in smoke.
PAINT! PAINTiT
Do you want to Paint your dwelling?
If so we have added to our stock of Hardware
PARIAN PAINTS, OILS ETC,
PARIAN PAINT contains no lead and hence is guaranteed
to chalk, crack, rub off, peel nor blister. It will adhere to wood
Iron, Galvanized Iron, Stone or Tile. ’ lu ’
PARIAN PAINTS dry hard with an enamel-like glois that
permanent and can be washed or scrubbed, 18
PARIAN PAINTS will cover more surface and outlast all oth
er paints and will not come off except by wear. It is guaranteed b
hold its original color,
Call at our store and get a Catalouge explaining
*" * b ~ t PARIAN PAINT.
We now have our store packed full of NEW GOODS at OLD
PRICES and will be glad to wait on our many friends aud customers,
WE SELL THE CELEBRATED
McSHEIiRY GRAIN DRILL,
The only drill that will sow oats successfully.
We are also prepared to sell all kinds of HARROWS, including
CLARK’S TORRENT and VARIOUS MAKES of TURNING PLOWs’
Infact anything found in a first class HARDWARE STORE’
Call and see us at the same old stand,
STATE ST., HARMONY GROVE, GEORGIA.
Benton-Adair H’dw. Go.
Two Carloads
Of Buggies
RECEIVED.#-
One car of Rock Hill Buggies
Manufactured at Rock Hill, S. C.
One car McFarland Buggies
Manufactured in Indiana.
These are two of the Best Buggies made. The
latest things in Paints, Finishes, Styles and Get-up.
Some of the prettiest styles of Buggies ever
brought to Winder.
If you want a BUGGY now is your time to
buy.
Prices to suit the times. Come, see, and
you will carry one back with you,
T. A. ITAYNARD.
Nice Home For Sale.
I have anew nine room house with 13
acres of land for sale or rent. This home
is in the town of Auburn, situated near
Perry-Rainey oollege and convenient for
keeping boarders. 11 acres of the
land in fine state of cultivation. It is a
model home and I will sell at a bargain.
Now is your chance.
Gioroe Hartshorn,
Auburn, Ga.
Joseph Shockford, Hodgdon. Me.,
healed a sore ruuning for seventeen
years and cared his piles of long stand
ing by using DeWitt’s Witch Hazel
Salve. It cures ail skin diseases. G. W.
DeLaPerriere.
A. B. McDonald. J. D. West.
McDonald & West,
BROKERS, JOBBERS
and—>
Commission Merchants,
FLOUR, GRAIN, HAY AND PRODUCE.
We pay highest cash prices for
CHICKENS, EGGS, BUTTER
BEANS, PEAS, POTATOES
AND GEORGIA SYRUPS,
HIDES, BEES WAXandTALLOW.
Office in Investment Building,
COLUMBUS, - - GEORGIA,