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REFORMER
IYbmsiied Evr.ai Friday Evening
FORT GAINES, GA.
rORT a XPJT . H , OX ., JUNE ??, I 9 *M
POPULIST TICKET.
Tor Governor:
J. K. KI%r«
For FVcrctary of Str.fc;
On. A. L. NANCE.
For Treasurer;
C. M. JONES.
For Comptroller General:
W. H. KEMP.
For Attorney Oeueral*
J. A. B. MTlAFI’i
For CoiBtoiiJwonor Agriculture:
J. h. BARRETT.
How it would delight the heart of
n plutocrat to hear Kansas say:
“Oeorgin, you are too slow with the
old hag of D‘*mooraev: I fear rou
aio deceiving me. I will return
whence 1 cam*'out u> the arm:: of
.{• publleat inn.” v
Man of the W v . Man of th:
South 1 Veit cannot quarrel. Y o-1
must t"*t closer together, Your 4UUl
homes depe nd upon it. Banish fool
isii sentiment, and grapple each
other with tho hook ; of a lasting
friendship.
Wr.y was silver demonetized?
Who cun tell ? Was it to please t,h<
bloated bond-holder, or tho farmer - 1
If it was to please die ot’ner fellow,
why not p’ofvuo the farmer now and
put -’her back whor* it was Oefo;o?
n'i <*r« can b no harm Y. righting a
wrong.
When fko i anker buys a bond
that bond draws him interest. That
i- an in' an . t. 'G.e*' why s^rndd
ti.e goy rmr.cnt issue to that )»anker
HO percent of 1 ' value of his bond
in money to loit the people at a
big rale of intei -st ? Tho people
should think about these things.
All the difference in the so-called
Democratic and Republican party is
six pojr cent, on the tariff, a differ¬
ence that is hardly perceptible. They
are together on the Contraction of
the currency, demonetizing of silver,
monopel , trusts, combines, etc.,
etc, flow much longer can the peo¬
ple he fooled by this bogus tariff
question*
Every idle and unemployed man is
a burden upon the workingmen. For
while ho does nothing to support
himself he must have food to sustain
life, clothing to cover his bony, and
shelter and warmth; and tho expen¬
ses the; o th ngs must bo bourne by
somebody. The wealth producers,
tiamo y tho working men, are the
Nines who support this. The greater
the number of idlers tho larger must
be tho amount deducted from tho
earnings of those who toil.
Tho attitude oi tho political par
ties at tho present time as tkYer
minod by their leaders is simply lu
dicrous. They say in effect: “Don't
do anything to change the situation !
Don’t give the people any relief! be
cause we mav lose all the offices.
Let tl » farmer and tho wa-e-slave Yoncer
ciank th nr chains aa hile
Nothing era bo done now becaus<
we may lose the offices, It is r.o
use anyway. I'ho House will on*
p-sc. Tho Senate will not concur.
Thu I'resident will veto. It. is not
strange that neither of the great oar
ties have, in a position of prom-
nonce, a single man who fully grasps
.ho situation and is equal to it. How
tho love of office corrodes tho soul,
dwarfs the intellect, drowns out
honor, and oats out tho heart of a
man F
When the soldier went to tho
front in defense of his country,
risking , his nil for tho preservation
o. u«wn, ‘ e eastern capitalists
mred a substitute ana sent his g Id
to Europe for safe keeping. Tho
southern soldier also risked his all
Uciug n .tn jrn bulle 4 ' for the do
fense of a principle which ho bo
iioied be light. After the war
was o\ c capitalist brought back
his go'd, and with it fastened a but
den upon the soldiers of both see
Lons of the country which has
Tt-U-I- own to tne position of
11D SOutu ai
Alill, y wariaro egaiust tl
IS POPULISM DEMOCRaT'C?
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in answering this question wo in
quire, what is it that constitutes ... . a
1 ™"™’ Is it tno avowal and finn
port of certain recognized and well
defined principles that originate with
and go out from th people, or is it
devotion to ceru.u partizan mens
nres that originate with that class
known as professional politicians,
J^ 1030 their supreme interests purpose without is to work seek
m own
mg or desiring and untrammeled ex
pressiem from tho people.
Let us see. Before the war in
l ,urct ‘“W* ct Nomocracy, it was tho
universal sentiment of the party,
national banks were a groat
hnancifl a net polt.s.a. furso upon tho
people, and tho party waged in cos
sain and unrelenting war upon th^in
until stfSh banking Vets were re
f pn 1 J h ‘ 3 ' vas onc of their Kreot
landmarks. ,
A gum was the utfivcrsal semi
ment of the party that gold and sil
ver were equal as a luisis for cur
roncy, and the party favored the free
and unlimited coinage, of both. This
too, was a great landmark of the
party.
On tno tariff they were, not so
fully agreed. Tho extreme Southern
States were strongly inclined to free
trade. in the Middle and Western
Slates pci haps tariff for revenue
only -vfi , the dominnrt idea, in tho
North and Fab, tariff for revenue
, tt,th som ° «»sewmtnations K ; • 4 for a pro
tool ion, r T hose principles were tho
chief and distinguishing features of
the vv Je.i.ocrat.c . party, especially
m
havering the free coinage of both
l oM ard a silver ^UU-r, aud rvl i.n un -.vn,™ avert 1
a g no op
position . to national banks.
Now% how does tho Pooulist plat- f
torm c . harmonize with these distinct
ive features of the Democratic par
tyt We ind the first item in their
list of dr maud.-: “We demand the
abolition of national banks,” and we !
demand tho “free coinage of silver.”
Wo farther demand a removal of |
the existing heavy tariff tax from
tho necessities of lito “that tho poor !
ot ^ our [find must . . have. „ rri Thus it will ...
bo seen that tho Populists of tho
pronent day and Democracy before
the war are in hearty agreement in
opposing national banks, and in fa¬
voring the freo coinage of both gold
and silver, aud are equally sound on
the tariff question. Now, lot us in¬
quire, how stands the Democratic
party, or minor tho party loaders,
who have taken tho bit in their
teeth, and aro fashing madly on
without con Jting tho people, Let
us see.
We scarcely ever hear a word in
ositio.i to i.ationa . banks- Borne
op{
prominent leaders have assumed
that the Democratic party is no foo
to national banks, ’ and t,,,u some have 11
warmly expressed themselves as m
their favor, whilo there is nothing
liko unanimity of sentiment on the
qustion, no concert of action i in op¬
position, but q seeming steady pur¬
pose to ignore tho question, which
means eithor to favor the banking
policy, or a backing down, a Jack of
nerve to light Wall* street or the
money power—uuwilling to risk de
feat that they fear will come of op
position. Success of tno machine is
6**°^ consideration with the
lo-'dors who manipulate wires,
On tho question ot free silver, the
k art - v ^ demoralized and routed.
T* 10 ^ ort ^ anJ work with the
Money power that ih constantly seok
in S to still further contract tho cur
>encyiu order to make their hoard
«« "oiUions still more valuable.
The southern leaders believe that
the mon °y pow will win, and as
^ 1(? y wt>l ’k for the spoils they either
«ctivoly co-operate or silently con-
30ut ’’5' isnnring the question o£ sil
« altogether, or by treating it as ot
»« importance, or so slight, when
compared with tho tariff question, as
unworthy of attention. The party
leaders put all the stress upon the
question, and insist that every
thing elso shall be iu subordination,
oven to tho banking aud silver ques
uon.
They decline to agitate, and urge
tho adoption of measures that find
no favor in tho eyes of Wall street,
but has its determined and bitter op
position. Iu a word, the banking
machiue is dominated by the money
power, aud seem to be in a state of
abject submission to its behests, and
have no hope of success outside tho
tetters of \\ all street.
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ne -'
( a “ to c -“- s0 a ' ar 50 as t0 - 1 -. 1 off
V ‘ j° P ' ..'fll'tL ‘ !“i W Ttl
,. mp | 0 P a in building up homes of
1 - ♦V>t* happio* ss and nleas
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reus and coast;
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T01L1K3 ON.
; toiling, ? fc ° mafS and , eS pinching, 0t ‘‘“““'“V aud saving “*>
from one year’s end to the other,
and they receive only a miserable
■ pittance upon which to subsist, and
nothing is laid aside for a rainy day.
We see this in our own immediate
| neighborhood-men with families
j lo support, who barely earn tho food
j j tney sufficient eat, and clothing are unable to keep to them procure
com
fortable. Tho out look is dark to
them, and that their children must
inherit only hardship and toil grow
mg more severe with each sucecding
year.
Where shall relief be found ? Will
■ the plutocrat release rns grip upon
tho t hi oat of the toiler, or the bonds
man grow weary cf turning into his
coffers tho earning, of his slaves f
Shall wo look to tho men who have
brought degradation and poverty to
tho toilers to remove tho burdens
they themselves have imposed upon
them f
History lifts its warning voice,
crying from the shores of Ireland an
alarm made more terrible by contrast
with tho happy past. Pauper labor
prevails throughout the old countries,
and the tendencies in this countrv
are in tho same direction, A bona
are constantly securing immense
tracts of land in th:s country, and
every effort is being made to control
legislation in the interest of the pin- 1
loctMt, ami . against . . the , small farmer „
.
and the laborer, foiling on, day a£
ter dav, tho laborers have allowed j
these to unnoticed, . '
wrongs pass un
td now their removal will reonire
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hnrcnlmn aorculean fifFrirt-*- ertoit^.
Tho wisest counsels must prevail, i
and organization must be perfected. h ! j
and Tii educated up to the needs ot the
liour. Tliere j
is m> call for anarchy.
d ho American people have weapons
a 1 ! powerful in the ballots they are
as yet per miffed to cast. It is no
longer a question of whether this or
that party wins, but human liberty
is at stake and a revolution must
take place in order that labor may
• ,, the i hire . of £ which it do
receive is
serving.
Laboring men~*-before you is a
struggle as sure tocotne as the revo
lutior.s ot earth, Baro yo your arm
for tho work no\V- ’ to delav '“ means
tho , awful p , arbitrament , or force. Wait .
not for the rosdution bom of do
. Today blows will be bal
span*. your
lots, to-morrow you may sow drag
or.s teeth in furrows of a present
opportunity.
At tho close of the war, witn a
population approximating 37,000,000
we hail about $2,000,000,000 in
m onev. TheiC was no undue or in
jurious N inflation, ijabor t j. a1 , m ■, all „ n a
nar tm 0n ts of industrv / enioved j ‘ mnn
nerativo L • • for •" products \ and
prices its
prosperity, peace, contentment and
plenty abounded throughout the land
Kvefy artery of business, of trade
and of enterprise thrilled with tho
healthful and invigorating flow of an
ample supply of money. Today, with
a population cf 63,000,000 and a cor¬
responding growth in all departments
of industry and enterprise, tho vol¬
ume of currency has been reduced to
about $600,009,000, with the uniform
and inevitable result which has al¬
ways and everywhere followed an
unduo contraction,high-priced money
and low-priced productions, entailing
distress, poverty, suffering and ruin.
Would it not be better for the
government to pay . Us dents . m full
l«g»l tender paper money that it can
; eonstitutionaJy create and pay out,
! debt t “ an for hiring: _ ,0 gold merely prolong its
by as a basis for
money and making all of us, the peo
rdo, pay tatto3toprov.de interest-for .
'Ac use ot go.d! _t takes all that vre,
»f P 00 P le ' can earn for the support
of con B rcss aud its bummers, and to
lntcrest ctl 8°^ it hires, so
I *, ba ' we - th ® ? e0 to P le - cann debts, , ot , eaTO a!,f '
: *? clent mon c>’ pay onr
j tore every day away goes ten thou
I sanu °r mcre of homes for a song.
! j into tho hands of those who set out
to obtain them.
The laboring classes of America
I reallz-" 4 tho importance of education,
! I u the conflict between labor and
j capital that is now being waged, la
bor will bo defeated, unless it meets
; ! tho intelligence of capital with equal
j intelligence. When the Knigts of
Labor met in tho capital city of
| Ohio, m i892, they passed a resolu
! tion favoring compulsory educational
euactments. This sentiment has
boou repeaUd iy eapresse.) bv 'countrv the
b or organizaiions of our
that tho labor-eleiceats fealise
«sgo earuers mnst meot brains with
brains. It is nhcossarv that the great
f nght be presented and ioreii dv
adv 33 tes
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The people are in the midst of a
revolution, end revolutions never S®
ho/vtunr/l *’ ‘ in vntAer ^ -c ‘ _ Ct * -*
P ai S n » ^hich, it successful, will rc
suit in tho good of all people. Ileneo
there is no place to halt now until
the race is completed If the
„ sts cr „ SOCCPSS f ul , eoc ,, govern
men t w ill be tho result; but if bosism
should overthrow the Peoples’ party
an d fasten its fangs upon tho vitals
of e the ,v government, , . the ,, future - ,
m as
the past, constitutional govern
meet, so far an this Onion is con
ccrDe d ’alarmist, W ;}1 bo at an end V’o aro
an hut simply call
attention of tho Dermic to * fi’ct It
WO uld bo best for the people to look
tho surroundings fully and squarely
j n t ] {Q face L tho people Ueh bo hon
and trut , lfol „.;,h other: in
f act they can not afford to be other
% v ise. This is a time of govern¬
mental peril, and the people should
aC | wisely in tho premises
A Big Club.
Coxy Covkty, Ga.. June 16th, 1894.
Tho Colomokee Peoples’ Party Club
held it a regular meeting at Neaves’ Mill
today, and had a pleasant, as well r^s
P ro ' 3 P erons time.
After theusual ront'ne of business of
the campaign committee, Hon. J. E.
Harrall, of Callionu comity. va>< intro
duced to the assembly by Mr. G. W.
Crapps. and made a rousing speech for
the good of the cun so. the result of
wich, added sixteen members to our
club. There were over one hundred
pcv The , onB Peoples pr( ,,, ut taelnding several la des.
Party platfonn*\vas read
ib" G, IV. Crapps, and fully- explained.
Several colored people were present.
and they resolved to organize a club at
ollce -
The meeting odjonrnctt to meet again
at West’s Store on Saturday, July 7th,
and to hold a celebration at Fort Gaines
on T Resolved, f n ty I 1 * m, That t a copy of these Min- , r .
r.tes be sent to the Peoples’ Party Paper
au< l Glav Countv Revormer.
1. I. Campaign Com.
Rule Nisi.
Mauil P.. Simpson, v° ( Clay Superior Court,
TL li. Wash, I March Term iS'J-l.
’‘“J.fa^rinp'tothe Present,. the Hunonthle James Griggs,
court I»v the the petition
ofM.ind R. Simpson that on !7th day of
Juno, in the vein* of our Lord 1891, II. B.
Wash of said county, made and delivered to
Maud R. .Simpson to secure the payment of
«aid instrument executed and driivrlred to
her deed of mortgage, yrhereby lie conveyed
to her lots of ian.l Nos. 35L'.3fvJ. 362, and
! l 7 1-2 acres of lot 163; ali being in 7th Dis
triet of Clay county Containiiig 725 a.Yes,
more or ,, - ss ' c °ndUionod ?ha't if s->.id If. li.
Wash should pay off and discharge said
mortgage tM then according ^d to its tenor and and effect, said
deed otMnortgage
note should be void. And it further up
pearing main unpaid: that said It is note further and ordered, mortgage that ie
said II. B. V ash pay into this court by the
first day of the next term thereof, the priii
eipal, said interest, R. attorney’s fees show and cost due
on Maud .Simpson or cause to
the contraty, if there be any; and that on
failure of said II. Pn H ash so to do. the
tquity S'foSrK.T of redemption bc in and to said mart
‘ loPBVl ‘ r 1 ‘ cr “ a tor ,:inv ‘
R. E. Kennon, Petitione'rs Attorney.
J. M. Griuos Judge S. C. F. C.
live, GEORGIA Clerk of —Ciay Superior County.— I, and J. W. But
Court in for said
state and anti county, 5uI foregoinggS H?!o^*xiv,. hereby certify that th«
above e a true ah.I correct Ni ri ! eC i"
.
Simpstai vs. H. B. Wash. This May 23rd.
1894. J. W. SUTLIVE, C.'S. C.
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Cor. Broad & 12th Sts 1 m
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WATCHES,
CLOCKS,
JEWELRY,
Diamonds, Ring’s, Spectacles, Sil
ver Ware, Silver-Plated Wa'e,
Fancy Articles, Etc
GQ=»Watches, Clocks and Jewelry REPAIRED to give
Satisfaction, and Warranted. Gold and Silver Medals 1
and Badges made to order at New York * ■ ♦ ■* f ^ -
changed a, the highest cash price
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A > N 0 I > C E M E X T S.
V- W’V'./vwv'ya. -^v. '.*A' V'VvV.W.'NAiWv'
VI7 E tire authorized to announce J, li.
' i Bv.Ssev’s a* a candidate for theGeor
De gia Senate, subject to the aetinu of the
moc-rati.; party, of Eleventh District.
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For Tat Collector,
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K'™ .Jinking fclthitel'in’the my fwend? futuiifLhn ft** past support and
j ^'Ev^k the sunbort' ’voters
; of the of my
coun v v ’ - H - HAMIUSON.
I hereby announce myself for Tax Col
lector of Clay eonnty. I am physically un
able to do manual labor, and should the
toS* people of o&l°?itL Clay county wtt^ylSuty see fit to honor
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! H D. HAISTEN.
For Tax Assessor.
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? cr ° r ( -: Jav countv, wnd if re-elected. prom
their mh-e I tf^Clay iwlc mv t\h
I P rf5t support, respectfully to
b ° T 1,AV1S
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CEO. F, MARKS, JOS. R1TTINER.
MAfJXvS & faiTINLil,
COMMISSION .
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V\ hosale Fruits Sc Produce.
53 Povdrcs Street, NEW ORLEANS, LA
Rcf^cnces
Whither Nafl Bank of New Orleans, La
Metropolitan Cbas .J, Church Bimk'Tf & New Orleans La
Co.. Conkers, Ureen
vine, Mich
N. W. Mather, Banker, Howard City
Ii'radstrefcCs Mercantile Agency.
lexsrirsici-if
I J F. GUNN,
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PRACTICING PriYBTCIAN,
J5B-0ffice next to Walleiiteui’s.
r>J^ J ]VT HATCHETT,
Practicing Physician and Drflggist,
FORT GAWE'S, GA.
Also nice, line Stationey. School Books
Paints, Oils, Varnishes and Perfumery
All sizes gi asses cut. Prescriptions fill's
day or night with accuracy and dispeteh.
Legal Advertisements.
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GLORGiA nx *, xxy „*,. ( lay Gotuify.
To all whom it may concern.
Mre, Emma Watts formerly Mrs. Emma
Webb, os Guardian of EmmaHolland form,
erly Eninta Webb, lias ajtjilied to nte for
letters of dismission from siid Guardianship
and I will pass on the said application on
thf fiirst Monday in July next, at my oflficc,
in Fort Gaines Ga. Given under my hand
and seal this the 2nd d'rw of April 18W
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TYREE RAILROAD.
We beg to advise that the Savanngh &
Atlantic R. R. (better known as the Ty
bee It. R. ), running from Savannah to
Tybee, Ga which was damaged bv
storm | te t August, is being repaired, and
wil l be in operation in time to handle
^.:o usual Bnimnei’ business as liereto
0, Contract calls for the running of
, trams . that road the 1st
over on of Mat
The summer schedules will be put in
Operation as soon as possible, due notice
of which will bo given.
G’onecctions __ are requested to prepare
V/. F. SheuFman, J. C. Haile,
Traffic Man’g’r, G. P. A
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