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POLITICAL FIELD
FOR FARMERS
Is Urgent Suggestion of Tom Wat
son in Campground Speech.
UNEARTHS OLD CREEDS
Fanners’ Alliance and Ocala Platform
Brought Into Light as Precedents
for the Later Day Union.
“The Farmers’ Union is going to de
clare the same principles and make
the same fight attempted by the old
Farmers’ Alliance, and in that fight
1 am going to help,’’ raid Hon. Thomas
E. Watson, addressing an audience of
some 1,000 or 1,200 people in the main
teut at the Whiteoak campground,
seven miles from Thomson, Ga., Wed
nesday. The audience Included people
of five counties, McDuffie, Lincoln,
Wilkes, Columbia and Warren, They
had met under the auspices of the
Farmers’ Educational and Co-Opera-
Live Union, and Mr. Watson was the
principal speaker of the day.
The whole burden of Mr. Watson’s
address was that the Farmers’ Union
must have a national purpose. He
Is convinced that the time has come
or will soon come, when this organi
zation, embracing in its membt rship
1,200,000 farmers, cannot be held to
go;her by the restricted plans and
narrow purposes which now prevail.
He wishes the organization to broaden
out, to take a more comprehensive
view of things and to support with
their united influence a national cam
paign, or a campaign for national of
fic rs, having In view the repeal of
all laws granting special’ privileges,
and especially those which operate
against the farmer. This program he
will actively urge in his periodicals.
He finds, this platform already fram
ed and these principles already enun
ciated in the Ocala platform, which
was adapted by the Farmers’ Alliance
at Ocala, Fla. That platform contains
the following declarations:
The income tax.
The removal of tariff taxes from all
the necessaries of life.
Direct election of United States sen
ators by the people.
Abolition of national hanks aDd gov
ernment loans to the people on good
security at 2 per cent interest.
No favoritism or class legislation.
Mr. Watson r<peatedly drew compar
isons between the Farmers’ Union of
today and the Farmers’ Alliance of
yesterday, and insisted that their pur
poses were the same. “The Farmers
Alliance was the greatest educational
factor this country ever kr.ew,” he
said.
Taking up the warnings and admo
nitions against plunging the Farmers’
Union Into the maelstrom of politics
In which the old Farmers’ Alliance
had gone to wreck, Mr. Watson said:
“Politics, meaning indorsing this
jnau for this particular office, should
he avoided. But politics in its la9t
and loftiest definition means the re
lationship that exists or should exist
between the government and the peo
p’e. Even the churches are not too
good to take an occasional hand in
practical politics.
“The Farmers’ Union will not reach
the point of its greatest usefulness
and achieve the hope It entertains
wntll the organization brings pressure
to bear upon the politician and the
statesman and tells them certain laws
ar.o oppressive and must be rept a it'd.
Certain other laws are needed and
must be enacted.”
Mr. Watson paid bis respects to
the politicians In no very complimen
tary way. He assured bis hearers that
when their united voice was raised for
leforuis the politicians would fall over
themselves to give heed, as they did in
the case of the immigration discus
sion.
SEEK TO PROTECT STATE ROAD.
Bill in Georgia Senate to Forestall Parallel
ing Western and Atlantic.
A bill, which will prevent the Louis
ville and Nashville railroad from par
alleling the line of the state read, the
Western and Atlantic, lu Georgia, was
Introduced In the senate Tuesday
nloruing.
Vuder the provisions of the bill, the
eorpcratioa desiring a charter shall
appear before the railroad commission
and present all facts connected with
their application, such as rights of
way and condemnation rights.
A CLASH OF RACES.
*
Negroes Precipitate Riot in Virginia Town
by Shooting at Whites—Latter Re
taliate With the Torch.
Garland Beloate, a white man, was
shot and seriously wounded Saturday
I night at Onancock, Va., by a negro
| named Uzzle, editor of a paper Pub
| fished at that place, and caused a
small-sized riot. Large numbers of
uegroes prepared themselves for riot
ing and went into ambush.
Four white men leaving Onancock
in a hack were made targets by ne
groes from a grocery store in the
suburbs.
Their baggage was riddled with bul-
I lets. The identity of the men could
' not be learned.
The printing office of the paper
i which belonged to Uzzel, and the store
I house of Samuel Burton, al3o a lead
, er of the rioting, were burned to the
ground by the whites early Sunday
! morning.
Several negro dwellings were rid
dled with bullets, but no one was
seriously injured excepting one negro,
who was shot in the shoulder. The
negroes, Burton and Uzz-1, were
though to be iu hiding places in the
store which was burned. This caused
the burning of the buildings, which
was done in a very quick time by
using oil and gasoline. The build
ing was surrounded to make sure that
if the two negroes were there they
would have no chance to escape. Many
whites who, toward midnight, filled
the streets of the town had come
from neighboring towns and county
surrounding, lost no time in a search
for the men who were especially want
ed, being the onts that began the
shooting Saturday evening. But this
search was in vain in every respect.
It is now supposed that both ne
groes made their escape from town,
as the negro village was thoroughly
searched Sunday morning, and no
clue could be found of them. A
and cursed Kellam, then calling for
to look after the situation, as it is the
mass meeting was held Sunday after
noon by the town council for the pur
pose of taking the following action:
First, to request the governor of
Virginia to rush arms for the citizens
of the town.
Second, to ask an injunction to pre
vent the negroes from holdiug their !
agricultural fair at Teasley Va., ou :
the ground that Uzzel and Burton are j
officeholders in the fair and both out
laws.
They also appointed five extra po
licemen. Later advices state that the
trouble began over a bill which Con
stable Kellam tried to collect from a
man by the name of Conquest, who
was in Burton’s store at the time.
Conquest refused with some words
and cursed Kellam, then calling for
assistance. At the same time Uzzel
appeared on the scene and fired a shot,
which missed its aim, and struck Gar
laud Beloate, a citizen of the town,
iu the hip, on the opposite side ol ,
the street, but uot seriously injuring j
him.
THE INDUSTRIAL SOUTH.
Some of the New Enterprises Launched
the Past Week.
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial
Index says in its issue the past week:
“The steady increase in the num
ber of manufacturing plants, the sub
stantial and unceasing expansion of
cities and towns and the construction
of more steam and electric railroads
in Georgia and Alabama, to a degree
unprecedented in the history of the
two states, have made lands more
valuable and caused them to ba in
greater demand. This is true alike
of suburban, timber, mineral and farm
lands. The existence of h new indus
trial era, the permanency of which
is guaranteed by large and increasing
investments of capital, both local and
from other sections, is imparting new
values to lands, thereby giving more
nearly commensurate importance to
property that in a large measure is not
only a barometer of business prosper
ity, but a basis of commercial worth.
“Among laud transactions reported
to The Indtx for the week are the sale
of a large number of suburban resi
dence lots at Washington. Ga„ the
sale of 150 lots iu South Highlands at
Besemer, Ala., purchase of 50 acres
of land at Waycross, Ga., to be divid
ed into building lots, and the sale of
a large tract of mineral and timber
land in the Gadsden, Ala., territory,
to be developed by the purchaser. In
a Georgia county, a 2.000-acre tract of
farm land has been sold for a price
that a few years ago would hardly
have been considered.
easy prey.
Teas—l think Miss Passay expects
to be married pretty soon.
Jes3 —Oh! Impossible!
Tess —Faot She tells me there’s
a simple-minded young fellow calling
at their house now who is under fin
ancial obligations to her father. —Phil-
adelphia Press.
' People who want something bright
and original, suggests the Toledo
Blade, may be referred to the story
of a Texas cyclone that picked up a
letter and delivered it to the person
to whom it was addressed, twenty
miles away.
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
How a Veteran Was Saved the Am
putation of a Limb.
B. Frank Doremus, veteran, of
Roosevelt Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.,
tsays: “I had been
showing symptoms of
kidney trouble from
the time I was mus
tered out of the ar
my, but in all my life
1 never suffered as
in 189 7. Headaches,
dizziness and sleep
lessness, first, and
then dropsy. I was
weak and helpless,
having run down from 180 to 125
pounds. I was having terrible pain
in the kidneys, and the secretions
passed almost involuntarily. My left
leg swelled until it was 34 inches
around, and the doctor tapped it
night and morning until- I could no
longer stand it, and then he advised
amputation. I refused, and began
using Doan’s Kidney Pills. The
swelling subsided gradually, the
urine became natural and all my
pains and aches disappeared. I have
been well now for nine years since
using Doan’s Kidney Pills.”
Sold by all dealers. 5 0 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Cos., Buffalo, N. Y.
LEARNING HIS LESSON.
“Carper has no enthusiasm in his
nature.”
“What makes you think so?”
“Why, he never apputuds anything
at the theatre, and even sheers at
the finest points of the play.”
“Oh, he is studying to be a critic,
you know.” —Tit-Bits.
MUSIC IN OUK SCHOOLS.
Martin Luther said, “No teaoher is fit to
teach sohool who is not also able to teach
musio.” So music went into the German
sohools four centuries ago, and so began
the wonderful musical culture of the Ger
man people. The musical advantages and
opportunities at the State Normal Sohool at
Athens, Ga., have been created because the
publio in Georgia prefers a teacher with
musical accomplishments. There is no bet
ter instruction anywhere in common-school
musio teaching, sight-reading, chorus sing
ing, glee club music, or on the piano, violin,
mandolin, guitar, cornet, or clarinet. Prof.
C. S. Stanage, Director of this department,
Is a very genius as a teacher, chorus master,
and oonductor of orchestras. Miss Clare
Harden, his assistant, is a most accomplished
pianist and a superb teacher of piano music.
Charges are moderate. The School sends a
special Music Bulletin upon application.
The session begins September 3d.
Science and the Camel.
Did the camel develop his hump
because of countless generations of
burden-carrying In the deserts? Some
scientists say so. The thoroughbred
rnehari or saddle camel of Central
Algeria, which carries no burden
heavier than a slim Arab dispatch
bearer, is losing its hump. Prof.
Lombroso, the Italian anthropologist,
has identified similar callosities —min-
iature humps —upon the neck and
shoulders or Hottentot and Malagasy
porters employed in works more ap
propriate to 'the camel. —New York
World.
Granultiod Ky
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flamed eyes are cured without pain in one
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ens. Makes strong eyes. Guaranteed or
money refunded. Dr iggists sell it at 25 ots.
or forwarded prepaid on receipt of price by
8. B. Leonard! A C\., Tampa, Fla.
USES OF NOSES.
Teacher —“Yes. little ones; this Is
the elephant's trunk.” (She proceeds
to explain at length what the elephant
can do with its trunk). “‘And now,
children, you shall tell me what youi
nose is for.”
Eliza Ann (aged five) —Us 'aves it
to wipe,*mum.—lllustrated Bits.
Argo Red Salmon furnishes material
for the muscle and brain and does
not heat the blood. Look in your
grocer's window for the transpar
encies of Argo Red Salmon.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
The Bride —I told lyibby I was go
Ing to give him something of my own
cooking and he said I’d better try
it on the dog first. Wasn't that a
!ruel suggestion?
Her Friend—Very'! I thought your
husband was so fond of dogs!—lllus
trated Bits.
KEYS SILENT
IN MANY CITIES
Virtual Tie-up in Telegraphic Sit
uation in Chicago.
AFFECTS OTHER PLACES
Dissatisfied Operators Walk Out at New
Orleans, Kansas City, Dallas, Denver
and Other Points.
Following the lead of the telegraph
operators employed by the Western
Union Telegraph company in Chicago,
w'ho went on strike Thursday night
because they w'ere asked to work
with non-union men in Los Angeles,
telegraphers in eight other cities quit
work Friday. The five hundred men
employed by the Postal Telegraph
company in Chicago, who belong to
the same local of the commercial
union as the Western. Union men, and
who declare that their working con
ditions have become intolerable, took
advantage of the situation and quit
work at (i o’clock. Chicago was thus
left with about thirty-five telegraph
operators endeavoring to transmit
the business of both telegraph compa
nies, where under normal conditions
fully 1,500 men are necessary.
The Western Union offices which
became involved in the trouble Fri
day together with the number of men
who quit at each, are: Salt Lake, 30;
Helena, 40; Kansas City, 330; Dallas,
135; Fort Worth, 40; Colorado
Springs, 10; Denver, 83.
In New Orleans, the men employed
by the Postal Teh graph company left
their keys Friday night to enforce the
demands made several weeks ago.
Late Friday night the general sit
uation had cleared somewhat and
where earlier in the day it appeared
as if the strike of the commercial men
would be universal throughout the
United States, the indications now are
that no further strikes will occur for
the present at least.
Under orders of National President
S. J. Small of the Commercial Teleg
raphers’ organization, National Secre
tary Russell telegraphed the secreta
ries of the locals to keep their m;n
at work until further orders. Mr.
Russell when asked for an explana
tion of this action said:
“We don’t want to use up all our
ammunition in one charge.”
The understanding is that the bro
ker operators will be allowed to re
main at work as long as the commis
sion houses handle only their regular
business over leased wires. The bro
ker operators belonging to the union
have been notified that they are to re
fuse to handle outside business, and if
they are discharged upon refusing to
touch such business they will be up
held by the union.
Secretary Russell of the national or
ganization, said: ■ ‘‘The men in Chi
cago took the bull by the horns and
ordered the strike without authority
from the national officials. We are
perfectly satisfied, however, with the
movement, and are ail working in uni
son. The telegraph companies have not
acted fairly and we believe w r e are
now in a position where we can force
them to terms. At any rate it has
come to the point where, if we cannot
compel the companies to treat us fair
ly we might as well abandon the or
ganization.
A RUNAWAY MARRIAGE AFFIAR
Has For Its Principal the Granddaughter
of “Stonewall” Jackson.
Miss Julia Jackson Christian, daugh
ter of W. E. Christian, assistant gene
ral passenger agent of the Seaboard
Air Line railway, who is also a grand
daughter of General Stonewall Jack
son, and Mr. E. Rand Preston, a well
known lawyer of Charlotte, were the
principals in a runaway marriage at
Salisbury, N. C., Thursday night.
PRESIDENT PARDONS WOMAN.
Was Serving Ten Year Sentence for Mur
der of Neighbor Over a Goose.
President Roosevelt has pardoned
Nancy Miller, who was convicted about
six years ago in Indian Territory of
manslaughter fer killing Alice Brake
in a dispute over a gosling. The wo
man was sentenced to pay a fine of
SSOO and to serve ten years in the
Ohio penitentiaary. She has been im
prisoned for about six years. She i3
the mother of six or eight children.
EXPLAINING IT.
“Bragley was telling me,” said Mark
ley, “that it keeps him busy these
days keeping track of his social obli
gations.”
“Very likely that’s It. At any rate,
he doesn’t seem to have time to both
er with his financial obligations," re
plied Lenders. —Philadelphia Press.
IT ALWAYS DOES IT.
“Experience,” said the Sidewalk
Philosopher, “is the best teacher.”
“That’s right,” replied Senator Bad
ger. “There’s nothing like experience
to steer us against new mistakes.”—.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
SELF-CONTROL.
“There’s one thing I will say,” re
marked Mr. Millions, “and that is that
my daughter, Arabella, has a fine dis
position.”
“Indeed!”
“Yes, sir. The way she can listen
for hours to her own playing on the
violin shows remarkable self-control.”
—Philadelphia Inquirer.
FITS,St. Vitus’Dance :Nervous Diseases per
manently cured by Dr. Kline’s Great Nerva
Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free.
Dr. H. R. Kline, Ld.,931 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
Ballooning.
Sport for the gods! Who else flie3
over a sleeping world, through space
and knows the joy of motion with
out movement, without sound, with
out effort? Our Roman Aero Club
is only three years old, and was in
stituted by no less personage than
Her Majesty Queen Margherita of
Italy. It had its inspiration from
the Military Balloon Brigade—the
Brigata Specialisti—of the Royal En
gineers, a very up to date corps, who
■were the first to make and patent
aluminum - painted balloons. Now
nearly every day in spring these love
ly silver spheres float off over the
Campagna, looking like the dome of
St. Peters let loose. Soon after I
had become a member of the club,
I made my first trip, taking an en
chanting flight, sometimes rising over
GOOO feet, and then sinking swiftly
to earth, to taste the thrilling joy
of rapid travel on the guide rope
across the most fragrant and beauti
ful land I know. The strange sense
of being disembodied of flight with
out movement, of rapid travel of mo
tionless suspension in mid-heaven, of
solemn silence, without oppression,
makes anew environment for the
heart of man. —Century.
An Apt Reply.
A jury in Blankville were sent out
to decide a case, and after deliberating
for some time came back, and the
foreman told the judge they were un
able to agree upon a verdict. The lat
ter rebuked the jury, saying the case
was a very clear one, and remanded
them back to the jury room for a sec
ond attempt, adding, “If you are there
too long I will have to send you in
twelve suppers.”
The foreman, in a rather irritated
tone, spoke up and said: “May it
please your honor, you might send in
eleven suppers and one bundle of
hay."—Lippincott’s.
FORMAL.
Jane —Sally is so formal.
Mary—ls that so?
Jane —Yes; she won’t even let a
man kiss her before they are engaged.
—Detroit Free Press.
High-Priced Meat
may be a
Blessing
If it gives one the chance to
know the tremendous value of
a complete change fo diet.
Try this for breakfast;
A Little Fruit,
A dish ofGrape-Nuts and Cream
A Soft-Boiled Egg,
Some Nice, Crisp Toast,
Cup of Weil-made
Postum Food Coffee.
That’s all, and you feel comfortable
and well-fed until lunch.
THEN REPEAT,
And at night have a liberal meat
and vegetable dinner, with a Grape-
Nuts pudding for dessert.
Such a diet will make a change in
your health and strength worth trial.
“Tliere’s a Reason.”
Read “The Road to Wellville," in pkgn.