Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

Bon. w. E. SMITH IOPTTLIST NOMINEE FOR CON QBESS FROM SECOND DISTRICT, WIIL HPF.AK IN FORT OAINES, ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24TH. E V E R Y B O 1) Y— BIG, LITTLE, YOUNG AND OLD, COME OUT AND HEAR HOMETHING GOOD ! 1 11E WIIL SPEAK AT BLUFFTON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 22. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS ? It ha* been said by some democrats, whose judgment and common sense is decidedly limited, if tho populists will only go to work and leave politics alone everythmg will be all right. They say that one of the main causes of the hard times is idleness. Perhaps the country need just such wise-acres (?) as they are in our legisla¬ tive halls—then the number of idlers would be reduced and what good times the people uould have—starving. Tho idea of telling tho people to go to work! Wlio is it that make from Reven millions to eight millions bales of Cotton yearly, and scarcely get for this cotton the cost of protection, and then liavo the yelp of “overproduction,” thrown in their face? HoM here a minute. What creates an over-production, if such a thing was pos¬ sible ? Why work, only. Will over¬ production and idleness go hand in hand? Nov you see the inconsistency in your argument, don’t yon ? Yon cry out in one broath “idleness,” and in the next you yelp out “over-pro¬ duction.” If “ovor-prodnotion” is not the fruits of labor, then please tell ns what it is. Yes, it’s work, work trom January to January, and after all the farmer is fleeced out of his honest earnings, and because lie complains at this, is told to “go to work and let politics alone," If work brings about over-production and over-production reduces the price ol cotton, what’s tho use of working? For the more wo work, tho more wo propnee and the lower our products fall in price, and the more idleness it will breed, for it is tho low prices which have brought about this idleness. If the farmer received a fair price for his products ho could afford to hire more labor, run moro plows—the land owner could rent his landsat better prices;trade would build up—tho merchant would not'd more clerks to nait on tlie custom- Mrs who would throng the now vacant ♦.tores, and many who are now idle would find ready employment B.-tween the merchant and farmer al¬ most ovctv idler could be employed, as t lerks and farm laborers would bo in great demand. St* you see at once-t hat it is not over¬ production that breeds idleness and dis¬ content, but the reduction in price of farm products. ity In conclusion wo will say that n major¬ of these hart! working “ovor-produ errs" are populists, while tho majority of the idlers lielong to the other parties. Your Subscription is due! Come pay it! THE COLORED EXCURSION As usual, the colored excursion to Eu faula last Sunday " was sprinkled with ac cklenta. Of course a great many of Iho excur mounts could not think of leaving home without ft supplv of “rosy’ to counter the first cool snap of the season, and ktep ineir blood circulating freely. At Dawson, a tournament with pistols wsathe opening salutatory, during which two or threo carcasses were laid on tho cooling board. Thcv then took recess until Cuthbert was passed, when suddenly, a long, knock kneed dusky, who was about three •Iiccta in the wind, arose aud announced ♦hat peace had reigned long enough, lulled his littlo gun and ventilated the top of the conch, and dared anyone on board to say they were displeased at his prrtorni.no>. Of conrao no ono ob Botwf.li Troy and Lufanla one o - Jow undertook to “scotch" tho train, and it is unnecessary to state that a touoral was in order tho neat dey. At Kaf.nl. ,bo cacarsionist. eased »°«y “a « »'•“ gant in the uae of cuss words, whioh re eolted m IrlUng thoeal.booso.ndi.il with them. Between Cuthbert and Kufaula a fel laeame cnMiorcd with a damsel on the haadkoehietalhin. .. and ’a° v*‘ he -id .i he r" devil. "2^ 8o he jumped <5 “° from me °**° tho ? flying thc tnun toward . . tlie .. damsel . , It . useless . is to add that instead of “talking to d.t sal," he a took . the other route—for the top of hi. hem! w» knocked off. Quite ft crowd went from Fort Gaines tmt they conducted themselves very i creditably and returned home all o. k. Some Oratofs. Wo heard Crisp. He is logical and Unornamental, with a touch of rich drollery. .i__iiiik.tr W« AVe heard naw i Hoke Unless vimiti, t-mith. His grasp of subject and facts is ► ery striking and his argumentative -V p^citl in defence of the adminishra y > a has not been excelled if equaled. hoard Tom Watson, How go slight a frame could contain so much vitality, energy and endurance is a ,,., 7r > H- looked MkO a country c • id two hours aud a half j i > » news© audispoe with i ament, eloquence, ridicule, a fcumor and i pathos 1L of c a v. born stump i orator.—Sunny South. \ HONEST ELECTIONS. Wbco will tlio citizens of Georgia de¬ clare for honest elections, a free ballot am! a fair coant ? From all quarters of the State the cry of “fraud!” has aeceftlded, and no doubt tlmre is ntsple foundation for this diseat isfied state of affairs. In many places the democrats abso¬ lutely refused a division of election man¬ agers with tho populists, and where the honest and open request of the popu¬ lists was not recognized is it not reason¬ able to suppose that corrupt measures for the sole purpose of carrying the elec¬ tions wero resorted to by the demo¬ crats ? If they favored a fair contest why re¬ fuse a division of managers ? Why place themselves in a suspicious light before the public unless it was to carry out a selfish and unjust motive. For this rea¬ son and only this reason is why the dem¬ ocrats took that course. Now, had the chairman of the dem¬ ocratic state exeenlive committee con¬ sented and issued orders for a division of managers at every voting precinct in the Rtate, all this suspicion of shady work, ballot box stuffing, etc., would have been checked aud tlio democratic l>arty probably would not have to Iranr the distrust and censure of all honest people of tho state—but alas, through an indiscrete chairman the party has barely escaped destruction. Dr, Felton Will Be Elected. Cartersville, Gn.. Oct. 16.—[Special.] —Hon. William H. Felton will be the next congressman from tho seventh dis¬ trict. That he will be elected, there is no longer any doubt. The doctor is making tho greatest campaign of his life, and each day seems to add new strength and vigor to tho hoary dcaded old man, who has done so much for Georgia, and whom Georgia delights to honor. Ihoso who said Dr. Felton was too feeble to make the race, are put to almmo. Ho has not been in better health for years, and is in possession of his old fire and eloquence. l)r. Felton will carry Bartow county l y at least 1,000 majority, and almost every county in the district. No man in public life has ever done Georgia more good than this old hero, and in congress he was a shining light. In the seventh district, as elsewhere in the state, it is a fight of tho people and purity on the part of the populists, against democratic money, democratic democratic ringRtcrs, democratic machine politics, office holders who use their positions for unholy purposes,—against democratic theft at the ballot box and the conspiracies of the national adminis¬ tration. And Dr. W. 11. Felton is the glorious champion of the people. Come pay your Sub¬ scription. It is due! VCU DAV T/icm In 1892, tho merchants of Georgia closed their doors and armed with their mortgages intimidated^ hundreds and thousands of voters. Theso samo voters wore afterward foot the bill of their in¬ timidation. These same merchants charged up all the campaign expenses to the poor fel* lows whom the intimidated with the mortgage, They raised an immonso sum of money with which to buy the negro vote, but there was not n negro who re¬ ceived a sack of Hour or a dollar who did not have to foot the bill after the elec tion-for it was all charged up to them the election was over they were forced to pay for it. J«st rest assured that these men who put up these campaign funds to buy and corrupt elections always get pay back for their contributions. Aud the fellow who gets pay for his vote has to foot the Ml after the election is over. Whatever tlio amount for which you "ell your vote, yon pay it back with compound interest. So, “put that in your pip o aud smoko it. __ H0N w E smith. Tbja gentiem8n Spe8k in Fort Gaines on Wednesday, October 24th, a[1( j ever y populist and democrat in Clay ^ ehonk , heflr bim . Mr Smitb js onc ottllo tliri[t y ami most prominent farmers of Decatur couul bo5c rei>coaobi hono8t „ nd nprght in Iris dealings with his felloe m an, and his standing sociably is nn quMliollable Having been reared on tho form ac „ bjm „ it h farm life-the wants an j ncccesltle8 of the farmer-and no man in his dtstriet is better capacitated „ t 8cconJ 0ongrefflional District and work for its best interests, than .. „ Mr. u Smith, _.,. and ,__._____ overy farmer es * Pee-My, should , ,, rally .. . to . bis . support. ■ By all means come out and hear his addr-s o n n Wedn-day , . . _ 24th, rus h Little Jonnio Bass had a narrow cs from serious injury, and perhaps death, turning the corner where the street and sidewalk intersect, when suddenly a .“tew^ht children r S This should be a warning to to be more watchful while on the streets, And teuton. .honld be t.aght to be more careful, also. w onder wbat will oome next ? It is that the populists are responsi bi e f or the hard times, decline in cot* ton, etc. If the pops keep up at this rate they will bust up the plan of salva tion, if the oontract is not already let to *** democrats who ara artists when it 0°““ wwokin « Judge W. A. Scott returned from Ao buru, AIil, a few day since, where he was called to witness the funeral cerc uauni«« of a sister, We extend condo leuw LAST SUNDAY’S SERMON. The following is a few extracts from a sermon preached in the Metododist church in this city last Sunday, by Rev, H. L. Crtmdey, pastor of the Baptist church: Tbjt:— Mai. 3:10. Bring ye all the tithes into the store house that there may be meat in mine bouse prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts; if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a bles¬ sing receive that there shall not be room enough to iL At the 'time of the writing of this text the Children of Israel were in a deplorable con dition. the They of which were “cursed with a cun-e.” in tithes cause and offerings. was they Temporal had robbed Israel God is typical of spiritual Israel, therefore we can now make an application. That we are now desolate seems undeniable. In years gone thers by the services rendered to God by our fa¬ and mothers were highly spiritual and -cere full of Christian love and interest. The\ delighted in talking of the rich and faith everlasting in the love Saviour. of God, and of their stroug old But these good services are gone, and God's people arc de¬ moralized and desolate—they are “cursed with a curse.” It must be true that they have robbed God. They have withheld from God the things that belong to Him. But what have we withheld from Him? First, Finauees. It is a shame for us to settle all other debts to pay in full for our own homes, enter into new enterprises and is neglect shame our that financial obligations hangs to God. It a debt over our new churches, the grandest blessings in our town. Second, Faith. Wc have not believed in God ^ as wo should. We have had faith most¬ eluded ly in men. that Churches have well nigh con without theiiid of some profes¬ sional evangelist a revival of religion can not be had. If our good brethren who come for a few days to arouse tho people had to remain with the people as pastor they their might have a hard time managing some of converts. It might be necessary to call in a new evagelist to arouse the people again, Let all Christians fully co-operate with their pastors and God will bless then labors. Third, Repentance for sin and confession of sin. Years ago people who were religious and church members repented of their sins and were Christly enough to confess them, but now these great requirements of God and the very nature of true religion are en¬ Many tirely ignored against by many professed Christians. sin God, the church and their own souls with perfect impunity. The old way is the right way, and the only safe way. All sins must be confessed to God atid re pented blessedness. of before we can enjoy heavenly Fourth. We have withheld trom God uni¬ ty of Christian action. While Christians differ externally, there is no internal differ¬ partake ence. They are born of the same spirit: of the same nature, saved by the same grace; have the same mind and great purpose While to glorify God and to do his will. we all may never agree in this world upon the great doctrines of the Bible, yet God certainly requires us to put onr hearts, influences and talents together in the great fiattle between right and Wrong, life and death. Fifth. We have withheld from God con¬ sistent Christian lines. If there is anything needful more than another, to be brought into God’s storchuuse, that Ihing must be a life purely consistent with the great princi¬ ples we far love short and have advocate; but alas, alas! how we fallen in this ! We are inconsistent (a) in that we do not lovo each other as we should; fb) in that we are so much like the world. You can scarcely see the difference. Christ says “By their fruit ye shall know them,” but now we have to wait until they tell us they are Christians, The world gambles, cui-ses, drinks, dances, 3ot-stfie"chureh. Who wonders that the whole world is cursed with a curse f Sixth. We have robbed God of church . discipline. There was a time when a mem¬ ber could be excluded from the church, but it is quite hard now, no matter what the of¬ fense may be. Members can gamble, curse, drink and do almost The anything church should and retain right¬ their membership. its rules for the great eously enforce and the good of the offending cause of Christ mem¬ ber; for I can see from which a scriptural stand¬ who point no ground those upon things base any one hope of delights eternal life. in If lost can soul is deeper a in the one gulf of woe than another that soul must be the Christlcss soul of the man who know¬ ingly commits these great crimes before God and hides himself behind the wills of tho church. Now, beloved, these ai-e some of the things that we have withheld from God. in this lamentable robbery lies, in my ruin. opinion, Let the secret of our desolation and us hear God tonight Let aud act bring upon all his given tithes en¬ couragement. us the and offerings into the store house and prove God—put him to a fair test. He invites us u-ove hi in. * ‘Prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts; if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a bless¬ that there shall not be room to receive it.” I can think of many and blessing? that would overrun our hearts homes with joy and gladness, one of which is^ our churches would rise up in the strength oi' the Jlmigbty aud put on their most beauti¬ ful garments. Second, all thy if tithes all professed and of¬ Christians would bring ferings into the store house of God, and firmly stand for God and with him against the world. Our cities and towns would not >e so grievously cursed with 12 ambling schools ond the liquor traffic, God's name—in the name of our sons appeal and da ugh t ers—1 make an earnest, solemn to ev¬ ery Christian aud to every citizen to weigh with these truths well. And let us turn earnest, anxious hearts to God; be true to Him. to our children and to ourselves, then ook for the great blessing of the tearing down of the infamous works of sin in our midst, which have so long cramped the min¬ istry, demoralized and hampered the faith¬ ful few, and allured our children from the beautiful, heavenly pathway of life, and the building up of the great cause of heaven.. Surely there is not enough room in our hearts for such long-prayed-for results, hence our souls would oyer flow with joy aud gladness. SHORT SNAPS. Jeans, all Wool, at McKissack & Co’s, Carriage Bolts, 15 cents per dozen at McKissack & Co’s. Dry Goods, Crockery. Glassware and Tinware, at McKissack & Co’s. McKissack & Co.* have just re¬ ceived a nice line of Clothing for men and boys. McKissack & Company will sel you Safes, Bedsteads and Extension Tables cheaper than anybody. The little the birthday folks were royally of Edwin enter¬ tained at party Hardin, jr., on last Saturdy Mr. evening, and Mrs. at the resi ence of bis parents, E. J. Hardin. The Alliance Warehouse has received upwards of sixteen hundred boles of cot¬ ton this season, and up it’s to Thoreday still rolling at noon Octobor 18th, in at lively rate, and will continue to do so. The" people know a good thing they see it, and dont you forget it! Look, look! Cotton : Seed Wanted ! WILL pay the Highest Market Price for Cotton Seed at any land¬ ing on the river or railroad station this side of Cuthbert. Thanking ray friends for past favors and desiring a continuance of tho same, I ask you not to sell until you see mo. •* HEADQUARTERS AT THE ALLIANCE WAREHOUSE. J. W. Bass. GEORGIA AND ALABAMA ALLIANCE Ware hi J ji r ouse U r Fhe Old Reliable. W7 V - do^mtho tyle*and~A<5Vantage"to the Producers. Onr V V MB. G. W. CKAPPS will remain in charge o£ the business, and with Sve years experience, capacitates hi.n for a Warhotise Mail. We have also secured the services of Mr. A. L. Foster, as As sistant Manager. Uncle Alex is too well-known to need recommendation. Bring vour Cotton here for Honest Dealings, protection from hre and rot. n -7 V. BRING YOUR CO TTON TO THE ALLIANCE * WAREHOUSE! G. W. CRAPES, M’gr. A. L- FOSTeR. Ass't. Manager. RAY WAREHOUSE, COLeMAN; GEORGIA I am again at my post of duty, ready to weigh and handle Cotton to the best advantage for my customers. Bring your cotton to the RAY WAREHOUSE, I Guarantee Satisfaction; Joe Ray. Po|ite are Playing Out! Rfead Somethin# of Interest to Yourself and. Family Dollars are Dropoinfl, and a Great Crowd of Buyers are Catching Them as They Fall- Not at the Mint or Banks, but at T. J. Whatley’s The Trade Emporium, The Bargain Store of Ft. Haines SPECIALTIES: Now aud Choice Liao of STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES, ✓ BAGGING and TtES, BOOTS, SHOES and CAPS, DRY GOODS, ETC. BIG STOCK OF LIQUORS Jug Trade. Honest, Straight Goods, *t Panic Prices. Cotton Cron &hortand J'jg.jrosDropmnK. Buy where the DOLLAR BRINGS BEST RETURNS. Don't Come to town to’Trade and go Home Sorry That You did not Call on T. J. A. S. BROWK, S. IX COLEMAtf. •BROWN & COLEMAN J UNDERTAKERS! i Have just received a New and Handsome Stock of COFFINS, BURIAL CASES* AND CASKETS Which they offer at Reasonable Prices. They are also pro partd to furnish a HEARSE, dig Brick and Cement graves* In fact theirs is a Frst-class UNDERTAKERS \ Ml m • Something FortJGaineslbas long needed. Patronage Solicited. BROWN & COLEMAN]