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MON. W. E. SMITH'S ADDRESS.
M« Speaks to a Large and Appreciative
Audiance
On l»*t Wednesday morning quite a
targe crowd bled ftt the court house
the city to hear Hon. W. E. Smith,
tbe populist nominee for congresa from
the Second congressional district.
From estimates taken of the crowd
Ibere were al»ont three hundred present,
tnosjly composed of peoplo from the
con*try, Suppose almost solidly popnliht.
W there wcio about twenty
thirty citizens of the town and a very
fen from the county who were demo¬
^not over forty in all.
The speaker was introduced hv Col.
U. A. Tunui#secd in a few well chosen
remark* which was received with ap¬
plause.
Mr. Smith, amid cheers, nroSo about
r ! o’clock aud began bis discourse which
ireumod alHMit two and a hull hours,
lie elaborately discussed and explain¬
ed the financial question, the cause of
dv-prustiou and the remedy which would
l»r.ng relief and contentment once more
to tbe oppressed people ot this country.
He reviewed tho financial conditions
Cnion at difforeut periods on
nh»«^%ie the present administration, to
devoted tho larger portion of
In*, nme.
lb- touched on tho different planks of
the platform aud explained them iu a
NvhJictorT manner, and which we be¬
lieve cannot lie refuted.
Mr. Smith did not enter into abuse
either of tho old parties—nor
Uwur load, r*.
ppt-alod to tho Colored people
ito atand by the Peoples’ Party—
was the only party through which
at ever expect anything. He told
kat they* would never reach a
plain in life os long as tin y are
rd by money and w hiskey,
fcl, his ph a for populism was cne
best w« have listened to during
paign.
MARVELOUS GROWTH.
K* -form is steadily increasing through
«»nt tins country. In no instance whei*o
the reform movement has agitated is it
dying out nor ovcu in a state of stag¬
nancy.
From Maine to the Rio Grande—fron.
Mn Pacific to he Atlantic new recruits
are daily living added to tlie moving
rank* of reform.
W <^kll Begin with the Now England
Staten, Two years ago two or three j
thmimud votes constituted the populists j ;
strength in the entire six New England j 1
Staten, aud tlieso three thousand ballots
cast in the State of Maine,
Now reform it spreading like wildfire
over that entire sectiou.
I^tlic Middle States its growth is
,^nl. New York has put out a mil
“mt in the City of New York ro
f Bt'fignre extensively m tho mu
_
TOupal affaire.
Fennsylvnuia also is moving into line
up a strong state ticket.
Next come the Southern States, and
we say without fear of contradiction that
attained gigantic propor
Look at Virginia with her populist
g»m of 68,000 in ouo year, Look at
our home state—Georgia—with her huge
populist gains. Tima you will Hud it
throughout the South.
1~*.nI but not leas: comes the West and
Northwest. Iu almost every state we
are growing. Nebraska Colorado, Kau
f*.*, Iowa, tho Dokotas, Washington,
■ jbontCKi UiuotH, Minnesota and many others the
will be hot
In 1896 wo will cast three votes where
one in 1892.
Does this look Like dying!
Ccme pay your Sub¬
scription. It is due!
COL. C* C- POST
The thousands of warm friends nil
o?«r Georgia of the gentleman whose
heads this article will wish him
in the fight in which he is now
Ho has been nominated by
reformers of Florida for the state
Bate^jmd while the honor was iiu
unwished for. yet it eould not
have fallen on worthier or more deserv¬
ing ahontdei'i.
C. C. Post has devoted his life work
to the of humanity and there is
not a more unselfish philanthrepist or
truer patriot in the United btates today
[e is nol only a philanthropist And
bat a statesman. He uuder
fl&andbmore fully tho true purport of
this great reform than any mau in it
If elected to the senate Florida will
isdsed be fortunate in having tbe ser¬
vices of such a noble aud true statesman
in her legislative council.
THE BLUE MAN.
There are people in the world who
the brigbt side of any qnes
They are ever frowning at this or
at that—nobody does right
wrong, and so on. Such
1 man is to be pitted as well as blamed,
qvhero are bat few men more unhappy
Bat the regretful feature of the case
\ ^urh a one is not only miserable him
• 1C, but Ue modes his mise ry widen out
a« if trying to conquer tho
eorid and make the whole of it as blue
aa himself. And if he should succeed
■ 7^ 'ZZL. Tu 2.
ri
no more worlds to
\ ; * r K ilR F ut
u.an tn
It 1M inch
; oml} may be well assured will
W. H
COTTON.
All this talk of overproduction of cotton
bring the oauiw of tbe oxtretncly low price
is nonsensical bosh ! We think the old
adage, “Supply increases the demand,’*
wili apply to cotton tie well n* anything else,
Ha* the demand for cotton ceased f No, nor
never will a« long as the world stands. If
there was an overproduction of cotton is it
not reason rble to suppose there would be a
cessation in the demand T Can’t you sell
every bale of cotton you can raise?
I/et’s make an illustration, Suppose you
were running five plows and had five good
bead of mules and a drover should come
along with a lot of good mules at a lower
price than you paid for yours, would you
just because they were cheap, buy five more
mules when you had no earthly business
with them, the five you already had, an¬
swering your purpose ? You can not only
apply this to mules hut to anything else.
Home may argue that they would buy them
for speculative purposes. Is not the cotton
bought for speculation also f You need not
take the speculation dodge, for if there is no
demand there is no speculation. For specu
lation to succeed there must be a demand—
and where there is a demand there must be
a consumption.
No, it is not over-production but tbe
money stringency
PARTY PREJUDICE.
It may be claimed that party prejudice
does not influence the courts of out country,
but we take a very different view of the mat¬
ter. Of course we wish it understood that
this prejudice of which we speak does not
date back further tlinn a few years, and how
long it will continue is yet to be seen. The
dark shadow of this prejudice falls athwart ‘
and creeps into the sanctity of our tribunals,
.
where justice should be meted out—and urn only
justice. But it seems to be an impoesibilit Sltj lll iJI
to lay aside this prejudice, and many
are innocent we unjustly punished ypiWi
of it, \W. further believe that pally t^pfe J
dice has been exercised and will l»e E.erof <:iA_ ujflp
in this country until s final revolution ft
settle it. To this prejudice much uni
ted, undeserved and unwarranted
nient may be credited , innictingy^row.
shame and disgrace on innocent i ( ho/ Kd
their families. f
We \\«; trust trust, that that it it. m>y imv never never fall fall i./ mmur lot
to be the victim of such unjust proceeding*.
But it is better to Pear persecutioh than be
the possessor of a brain so small that preju¬
dice should take full control and destroy all
sense of right and justice.
BE VIGILANT, t
Everyone who voted the populists
ticket, both white and coHired, m the
October election, shoiitu rally to the
polls tho first Tuesday in November
next and make an open and nn liomst
effort to elect our congressmen.
Bo vigilant and work for tho cause
winch we have espoused do it in
an upright maimer—for lhanJR,' ro^BK ber that
honest defeat in better *len vic¬
tory.
Let every one turn out and if he pos
sibly can, bring a friend, and if you will
do your duty we will roll lip a majority
in old Clay for \V. E. Smith.
Lot every colored voter who has tho
best interests of his race and country
at heart--that prosperity may nguin
brood over their now desolate homes,
conio up like men aud cast your ballots
for W. E. Hir.itli.
Your Subscription is
due! Come pay it!
BE CAREFUL.
We don’t know whether through ignor¬
ance or a disposition to do something smart
that some one connected with the Abbeville
Democrat violated one of the United States
postal laws the other day.
The Reformer exchanges with the Dem¬
ocrat. and lust week’s issue was received iu
a different style from what it usually comes.
It was addressed to the Reformer as usual,
but other matter was written on the margin
which had no business there, and we have
the paper on file for proof when necessary.
Mr has nothing to do with the
Reformer, and If this “Smart Alec” wants
to display his hatred for the party or any
one in it let him sit down like a man and
write that, one a private letter.
We are satisfied the editor of the Demo¬
crat knows nothing of this affair, and we be¬
lieve him to be a gentleman, but his “mail¬
ing clerk” is slightly out of order aud needs
a mixture to keep him in a healthy state.
Uncle Sam won’t do co monkey with, bud.
and you had better do your writing iu a let¬
ter hereafter.
THE MONEY POWER.
The greedy money power dominates
all governments; oppresses and claims
th right to oppress all peoples; and
there is no limit to its tyrannical aggres¬
sions or its covetous demands.
The money power does not sieze the
mau in person. It chants vehemently of
pereoual liberty, but it seizes all the
means of life aud agencies of commerce,
and then commands men to live or die
as best they eau. It has established a
slaveryjfar less merciful than chattel
slavery, comprehending all labor regar u- 1
less of sex, race or color; condemning
all to death or permitting life on the
hardest possible terms.
This is the money power, and tbe
dangers iu which it involves the people
of the world constitute the importance
of the money questiou iu civilized soci
ety.
Geueral Weaver, just now is the
most social gentleman in America,
While Chauncey Depew is enter
tabling a special General excursion of rail
road magnets, Weaver is
entertaining all the . office holding
Lacey, Kn'Und McKinley 6 "JSKJr 1 cSEUcte Dolliver
ana
all the corporation attorneys arc bo
ing entertained by the gallant and
iu Ut general in the ninth cou
gressionai district of Iowa.
Dry Goods, Crockery. Glassware
aud Tinware, at McKissack & Co’s.
Blaine on the Gold Standard.
j James G. Blaine, in referring to tbe fight
: to kill silver as a money of redemption, used
| these prophetic words :
j j in “I this believe that the struggle now going on
country and in other countries for a
j single standard would, if successful,
J widespread disaster in and throughout
commercial world. The destruction
! ver as money, and the establishment
as the role unit of value, must have a
oue effect on all fonns of propertv, except
those investments which yield a fixed return
in money. These would be enormously en
hanced in value and would gain adispropor
tionate and unfair advantage over every oth
er species of property. If, as the most reli
able statistics affirm, there are nea.iy $
000,000,000 of coin or bullion in the world
not very unequally divided between gold
! and silver, it is impossible to strike the sil¬
ver out of existence as money without re
suits that will prove distressing to millions,
and utterly disastrous to tens of thousands.”
Notice!
Notice is hereby given that, during
the present session of the Legislature, a
bill will be introduced, entitled, A Bill
to establish a system of Public Schools
for the city of Fort Gaines; to authorize
and empower the corporato authorities
of said city to levy and collect a fax for
the support and maintenance thereof; to
create a Board of Education for the gov¬
ernment aud control of the same; to re¬
quire the couuty school commissioner ot
Education ('lay county to pay over to the Board of i
of said city, a just and equi- I
table share of tho State School Fund for j
all of the pupils attending the schools
estulJfthed iu said city, and for other
1>J fes.
$ t Gaines, Ga., Oct. 25th, 1894.
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? For Kent!
_ZBgood Glides improved farm for rent two
northeast of of Fort Gaines. \\ ill
Burnish stock and com to run the place,
rl’crms reasonable. Apply to
* W. H. MANDEVILLE,
Fort Gaines, Ga.
SHORT SNAPS.
•leans, all Wool, at McKissack &
Co’s,
Carriage Bolts, 15 cents per dozen
at McKissack & Co’s.
Mr. J. — Fulford is here again doing
some finishing work on the church.
McKissack & Co., havo just re¬
ceived a nice line of Clothing for
men and boys.
McKissack & Company will sell
you ISafes, Bedsteads and Extension
Tables cheaper than anybody.
Nineteen hundred bales of ootfon is
how it now stands at the Alliance ware¬
house, up to October 25. This is not
the end, either.
» Hon. W. E. Smith spoke in Cuthbert
yesterdav, and will speak in George¬
Benuy town today. He will make it lively for
on the Gtk of November
When ail evangelist causes democrats
to full on their knees during a big re¬
vival and ask God to forgive them for
stuffing the ballot box, don’t you think
that evangelist is doing a grand work ?
Some things work very well as politi¬
cal schemes, but one on tap now is not
the “dandy” it is supposed to be. Con¬
spiracy don’t materialize every time.
You may “give tho pops the devil,” as
you sav, but the “pops” are here to stay
—injustice, prejudice and threats will
but add to their zeal. So, go it!
What will the democrats fall back on
now since it is known that the full vote
vote of the stkite was polled on October
3rd ? They said the reason that the
democratic majority was no larger they
did not turn out and vote. Ah ha !
What next? You now see that the dem¬
ocrats who “didn’t vote, are populists,
dont you ?
Rev. Morrell, the evangelist who
conducted a series of meetings in this
city last year, has been in Abbe¬
ville, Ala., for several days and is thor¬
oughly overhauling the town—knocking
out sinners, strengthening the lukewarm
aud reclaiming the backslider. Oh,
Brother, come this way again. Won’t
you ?
Look out, pops ! the big, cogwheel
money lenders say they have it in for
you, nud that they will not loan you
any more money. Wonder if they had
the cheek to think they were buying
the populist votes this year because they
loaned them a little change at an out¬
rageous rate of interest ? Yon paid those
money lenders well for the kindness,
aud now see if jou can’t paddle your
own canoe.
j
Judge Lyman Trumbull, of Ilh
n °i s > a democrat of national reputa
tiou, is tbe latest prominent recruit
to the peoples’ party. It is rapidly
j becoming popular to join the peoples’
j party. The time is coming when it
will be as unpopular to be au old
party follower as it was to be a dem¬
ocrat during the rebellion—Sioux
City News,
A few years ago a Kentucky grand
jury brought in an indictment iu which
it stated that the defendant “did uulaw
fully, willfully and maliciously kill and
destroy one pig, the personal property
of George Pig, the said pig being of val
ue to the aforesaid George Pig. The pig
, thus killed weighed f about 25 rounds and
. wa6 a mate of ome olher owue d bv
‘ ““ pig less than «i
a he (George Pig) had of
. d , , ,
I f"> ““ tore .aid pig
i “^m the society of George Pigs
j ' 1 S a >nst the peace and dignity of the
commonwealth of Kentucky.”
Come pay your subscription. Wo
1 ucc ^ money,
qp I * J ook, ILook!
fa ’ OkS \ s \ j -*4— | j g S F R 1 | JL § 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
my friends for past favors and desiring a continuance of the same,
I ask you not to sell until you see mj.
HEADQUARTERS AT THE ALLIANCE WAREHOUSE.
J. W. Bass.
sa worn
M
ALLIANCE
are-itiouse t
U r 1 he Old Reliable.”
W E ARE STILL IN THE RING, PREPARED TO HANDLE ALL
Cotton iu the Best Style and Advantage to tho Producers. Our
MR. G. W. CRAPPS will remain in charge of the business, aud
with five years experience, capacitates bi.n for a Warhouse Man.
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 your Cotton here for Honest Dealings, protection from tire and rot.
BRING YOUR COTTON TO.THE
LIANCE AREHOUSE!
G. W. CRAPPS, M’gr.
A. L- FOSTeR, Ass’t. Manager.
'.'OS
V*
J THE RAY WAREHOUSE,
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COLeMAN, GEORGIA-
1 ar » again at my post of duty, ready to weigh and handle Cottou to
^ est advantage for my customers. Bring your cotton to the
RAY WAREHOUSE.
I Guarantee Satisfaction. C
| Joe Ray*?
Politics are Playing Out!
Read Something of Interest to Yourself and
Family. Dollars are Dropning, and a Great
Crowd of Buyers are Catching Them
as They Fall. Not at the Mint
or Banks, but at
f. J. TVliatley’ s
The Trade Emporium,
The Bargain Store of Ft. Gaines
SPECIALTIES:
Now aud Cboieo Line of
STAPLES and FANCY GROCERIES,
*
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BAGGI? TIES,
BOOTS, SIIO 'W^uCAPS
dry GOODS, ' s
IG STOCK OF LIQUORS
Y or the \Vwholesale Trade. Not over the Counter, by the Drink; but by
he I int, Quart, or Gallon. Great Inducements offered to tho
Jug Trade.
Honest, Straight Goous, at Panic Prices. Cottou Crop
hhort and figures Dropping. Buy where the
DOLLAR BRINGS BEST RETURNS.
Don’t Come to Town to Trade and go Home Sorry
That You did not Call^pn
j
T. J. AYhatley.
A, S. BROWN, 8. D. COLEMAN.
BROWN & COLEMAN,! 1
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
14.
UNDERTAKERS
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TABL1SHMENT,
Something FortiGaines^has long neede olicited.
BROWN & CO
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