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r ^ o O G Z H Reformer
r.M. Editor.
VOLUME I.
Or/moiA.
Hi fin a ii for Georgia!
IIAVR you heard from Georgia?
They are marching through Georgia.
Charity is a poor mbstitute for
Just i« c
Do vou see any prosperity hanging
around?
Thk next fierce gale will give us
Georgia.
If this is prosperity, save us from
ndveiwity.
Am kind of fusion is simply traffick¬
ing for office.
Thk more the People's party dies the
lugger it gets.
Anything is money only when de¬
clared so by law.
Nfw People’s party papers are being
#3»i t0*1 every day.
Tiif. more money there is the, more
happiness ivo have.
And now brace yourself for the
fieivh from Texas.
Nav, the People's party is dead in
Georgia, “don’t it?'*
1 UK next time the People’s party dies
It will carry Georgia.
Tiii. prosperity which was to have
‘'ariv’’ has not “arov.’’
Thk People's party is growing faster
tha.ii it. ever did before.
These are prosperous times for the
Tnen who have tin* money.
l)KXIf.M HATH' congressmen lie
<neiy time their mouths g > off.
I om Watson will bo a member of
Ihe next congress. This is official.
I iik cut'Uoo polit ician'scheck is about
on a parity with his greed for office.
After the election the democratic
party will he dead, but it won’t know it.
Greed and grab are the two promi¬
nent characteristics of the two old
pa rt ie*.
Both old parties are so rotten that
they have started to fall of their own
av eight.
This best way to get ready for the
vi nqNjign of 1 JHMl is to organize legions
« very where.
1 mere is only one free silver party.
1 hat in the party whose representatives
vote for free silver.
hue the bankers continue to con
trol the currency they will grow richer
and t’ae people poorer.
Tnr. democratic people stood on the
Chicago platform, but a democratic
congre.ss .vat down on it.
Makinu “honest dollars” consists in
taking the debtor's property and cou
veying il to the creditor.
The millionaires are supporting tho
two old parlies, and so are the owners
of trusts and corporations.
Cnk reason land (dirt) is cheap is be¬
cause the two old parties are driven to
a mud Flinging campaign.
1 he vote in Matron's district in
Georgia *n.\s that gentleman will rep
rvM-ut il in the next congress.
How i.oNu has this light over tho
tariff been going on? Will somebody
tell us? And when will it end?
A silver dollar may not be worth
but * N cents, but it will buy twenty
pounds of cotton all the same.
One of the most difficult things to do
nowadays is to give a gx>od reason for
voting for either of the old parties.
The leason the two old parties can't
be true to their principles is became
they can't serve God and Mammon.
If Bryan of Nebraska wants to go to
the senate by the aid of Populist votes,
let him got into the Populist party.
H ay E you heard from Georgia? The
state was only saved by wholesale
fraud perpetrated by the democrats.
Ir the fool killer wasn’t so far behind
with his work no man would be allowed
to Collect interest on what he oives.
The farmer who is selling his wheat
for 40 cent# or his cotton for five cents
is doing a great deal of hard thinking.
The democrats of the Third congres¬
sional district, in Ohio, have nominated
Paul J. Korg’s “barrel” for re-election
Tbe bmdeu of all democratic
■pooches n jw are efforts to explain why
the democratic party i»not democratic.
E\lent usurer is supporting one oi
the ItiMlu. other oi thu old parties. He re
k ‘ Sut ! C1 ] le s i 1 arty y as his enemy. ¥
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Gov. W. Y. Atkinson In¬
ducted Into Office.
» GREAT THRONG WITNESS THE
IMPOSING CEREMONY.
The Exercises Attendant Upon
the Occasion—1 he Govern¬
or’s Inaugural Address.
Exactly at 1 o’clock Saturday the
oath of office was administered to
Governor Atkinson by Chief Justice
Bleckley and then and there lie be¬
came governor of Georgia for a term
of two years. The inaugural cerewo
nies were decidedly interesting. As
early as 11 o’clock tho chamber of tho
hall of tho house of representatives
began to fill with a gay crowd. There
were present successful candidates and
defeated candidates, statesmen and
politicians, and hundreds of beautiful
women. The galleries would not ac
commodate one-half of the ladies pres¬
ent and in consequence some were ad¬
mitted to the floor aud occupied the
seats of tho more gallant members;
others had to turn away disappointed.
IN JOINT SESSION.
Just at 12 o’clock President Vena¬
ble, of tho senate, accompanied by
Secretary Clifton, and followed by the
senators and officers of the senate, en
tered tho chamber. Senator Venable
climbed to the speaker's stand where
ho was presented with the gavel by
Speaker Fleming. President Venable
tapped the desk with his gavel and
said: “The joint assembly is now
convened, and the clerk will read the
resolution under which it is con
voned.” Secretary Clifton then read
tho resolution.
There was a long wait. Tho girls of
tho Girl’s Industrial nml Normal col¬
lege were on their way to attend the
ceremonies, but their train was delay¬
ed and Governor Atkinson, appreciat¬
ing the high compliment paid him in
their presence, said he would wait un
til they came. They finally put in an
appearance with their brown tailor
made costumes and Portia capes, aud
were scattered through ihe great audi¬
ence and up around tho speaker’s
stand. 'I lie legislators w'oro crowded
out by tho ladies. At 12:10 Door¬
keeper Dick Wilson marched down
the center aisle aud announced : “The
governor and the governor-elect await
the pleasure of a joint assembly.
President \ enable arose, tapped his
gavel and announced: “Let them be
admitted.” Then came Governor
Northcn aud Governor-elect Atkinson,
arm in arm, followed by tho r~ supreme
court and the statehouse officers. Mr.
Atkiueon marched to tho speaker’s
stand, where he was received by Pres¬
ident \ enable and Speaker Fleming.
Mr. Atkinson took a seat on the right
aud as he did so, he was greeted with
a loud outburst of applause.
President A enable arose, tapped liia
gavel read a few words in introducing
the governor-elect. “It becomes my
pleasant duty,” said lie, “to present to
you the Hon. W. Y. Atkinson, govern
or-elect of tho state of Georgia. Hear
ye him.” Theu President Venable sat
down.
Mr. Atkinson arose, stretched forth
his arm aud said: “I respectfully ask
that those present permit as many of
my children to enter the hall as room
can be made for.” Mr. Atkinson re¬
ferred to tho young ladies of the girls’
normal college. Immediately rpow was
made for them.
THE IN Aram AL ADDRESS.
The governor-elect began his remarks
by returning thanks to the young la¬
dies for tho compliment they had paid
him.
The governor-elect continued:
“I am about to enter upon the die
charge of the important trust which,
by the will of a free and intelligent
people, I have been selected to perform
amt avail myself of this solemn occa
siou to express the gratitude which
their partiality and their confidence
inspires.
mark “Appreciating this, the highest
of confidence which can be be
stowed by the people of this great
state, and impressed by a conscious
uess of my own inability to measure
up to the full requirements . f so high
aud responsible an office, I cuter upon
my duties with a sincere purpose to
discharge every obligation incurred in
assuming the authority vested iu your
chief executive.
have 4 4 Many of rny predecessors in office
been illustrious men, than w hom
none
t.ie
•ilmiimtrutkm tbnu that ivliicb his
marked tho official tenure of the able
and upright man whom I have the
honor to succeed. The great ability,
lofty character and M.ccessful admin
istration of any of these men, while
awakening within mean ambition to
successfully serve my Gate,admonishes
me that it will bo difficult to reach the
high standard of efficiency attained by
those eminent Georgians. With this
seuse of responsibility, therefore, and
with a knowledge of the existence of
perils menacing to myself aud to my
uative state, I assume the office
to which I have been elected,
relying for aid upon the fidelity
and intelligence of the representatives
of tho people here assembled, upon
a » tbe officers charged with public
Jitie., Georgia upon who have the never patriotic vet almu.loned people of
a public servant who was faithfully
“ The Voice of (lie People is (lie Voice of God.”
FORT GAINES, GA.. FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2, 1804.
struggling all, to serve them, „d, above
upon the watchful care and gold
anco o f ao overruling providence.
tlie affairs of
state at this important period in our
itiatory , the interests committed to
onr care admonishes us to forget all
l terncas engendered by recent polit
lcul contests and unite with
zeal in an effort to preserve the rights
anu liberties cf the Jiedple. However
"ldv.ywe may have differed in our
Views and preferences, we are all
Georgians and must share alike tho
CC C «" ■""‘‘'“‘"a lbe « ood t ‘ r «<«
cvH evil |b the honor or the shame* which
the future has in store for otir beloVcd
state. While gratefully enjoying
the ibttstimable blessings of free
government, wo should consecrate
our lives to an earnest endeavor to pre
serve its principles, improve its laws,
and perfect its administration! We
should strive to secure to the people a
government aiid a civilization which
do not dazzle with the splendor ere
ntod by the privileges of favored
classes, nor by the greed and power of
monopoly, but whoso prestige and
greatness como of a codo of laws which
is a guarantee that the same protec
tion, rights and privileges will be
granted all its citizens, however hum
bio, however exalted.
“Under our excellent system of gov
eminent the reserved rights of the
state, those powers which are confided
by the people to the state government,
covering ns they do almost every point
relating to the pecuniary interests, do
mestic relations and personal liberty of
the citizen, arc of imposing dignity and
priceless value.
“The power to select officers to aid
in the administration of the laws of a
sovereign commonwealth should not be
exercised for tho advancement of pri
vate ambition. The use of this power
should be controlled by a wise consul
oration for the public good. Each
new office becomes an additional fixed
charge upon the earnings of the tax
payers, and can be justified only bv
imperative necessity. Tho vigilance
of the people in guarding their inter
ests, and their reluctance to assume
tiew burdens, have protected them
Often there is greater wisdom in the
intuitions of the people than in the
learned arguments of their statesmen,
A faithful and efficient performance of
all the functions of government de
mands that we enter upon tho task of
so reforming the methods of transact¬
ing public business that the verdict of
the people will bo one of approbation.
“Government is a practical science,
and tho laws of a country should Vie
adapted to the practical affairs of its
people. At no time should the taxing
power be used to take from the people
a greater sum than is required to meet
the expenses of government economi¬
cally administered, and especially iu
periods of financial depression, it is
the imperative duty of public servants
to exact economy in every public ex¬
penditure, and levy tho lowest tax rate
possible. An intelligent and progress¬
ive people will not approvo a policy
which, by its stint, produces waste aud
retards tho progress of the state, but
they demand that wise and healthful
ecouomy which promotes growth and
is essential to good government.
“In securing to the people the ben¬
efits of an economical administration,
and in the accomplishment of other
beneficent reforms, we are often called
upon to deal with questions the solu¬
tion of which aftect the interests, con
venieuce aud ambition of our fellow
citizens, aud by these the timid aud
irresolute arc sometimes driven from
the path of duty. An officer of the
state who falters in such an emergency
is unworthy of trust, He who ser\*e9
the people wisely, courageously and
the unselfishly, will receive his reward iu
merited esteem of his countrymen,
who will Jove him for the enemies
which he may make by his devotion to
duty.
“A due regard for the welfare of all
the children of the state demands that
all our educational interests be care
fully fostered, harmonized and blend
ed into one complete and perfect sys¬
tem, beginning with tho common
school aud reaching to the university,
sncb a system as will insure to our
P rond old state a splendid manhood
and a glorious womanhood. Our corn
“ ou schools are young and the system
as yet, crude and imperfect. Frof
itin R 1> Y experience, from year to year,
ft nd with continued aid and co-opera
tion . on the part of our legislators in
perfecting the system and providing
liberal appropriations, they will soon
be brought to a higher perfection, in
a H tbe essentials of improved methods
aud practical usefulness,
“The great need of .our common
schools is trained teachers. The child
’ n 8Cft rch of light should have a skill
bxl guide. Every school should be
presided over by one who has mastered
the business of teaching, and whose
private life will impress the pupil with
lessons of a pure moralitv. The prop
is ^ “ j > '•«*'*
“The possibilities of our future,
extent, variety and magnitude of our
interests, the growth of happineL our popula
tion, the progress aud of
our state, our splendid civilization, all
demand that every state institution
and every department of government
receive such support as will insure the
successful accomplishment of the pnr
P os * 3 wb ich justified their creation.
“ Let U8 preserve all that is good in
our laws and institutions, eradicate the
evils and utilize m our growth all the
mighty agencies that promote good
government. If we would augment our
I>ower-we must move forward in touch
with tho civilization of the age. W e
milst foster a 8 I»tR of progress and
f!**™ the ™ conducting the bnsineu of
state a broad and liberal policy,
This course wiU arouse new ho^ in
our people, broaden their horizon, en
noble their purposes, enrich their lives-,
eler.te our citizenship, aunket.
enterprise, bring to tho slate marvel
ous wealth and make her future great,
grand and glorious. Such a policy,
while promoting our business in¬
forests, will assure the thriit, iuter
skill and capital of the world
that in Georgia every citizen is secure
in his rights—that Georgia invites
j Withih her borders all worthy aint pro
gressive people, who may desire to as
sist in diversifying our industries and
develop with their skill and capital
our inexhaustible resources,
"In »"= fficn.lly ami healthful rival
ry among states Georgia must not be
aggard, but leader. Iu this important
ra of our history, when Georgia is
soon to have within her boarders, the
greatest exposition ever held upon
southern soil, which will attract the
attention of the civilized world to the
character of our laws and institutions
i :uu t the resources and industries of our
t ate, we should pursue that
"hich will invigorate, strengthen and
perfect every feature in the superb
civilization of the Empire State of the
v 'outb,
“The high aud sacred trust Confided
to the legislative and executive branch
es of onr government is to protect the
people from unjust taxation,save them
from tho despotism of ignorance by a
liberal system of education, give
strength and prestige to the govern
men t by maintaining a well equipped
militia, properly support our public
institutions and various departments
of state, enact and enforce a wise and
enlightened system of laws that will
bless the country with the highest type
of citizenship, develop our resources
an ^ produce an era of growth aud
greatness. To accomplish these de
stable ends we must adhere to the
trUe theory of our government, assert
and retain every right which belongs
to Georgia as a sovereign state, and
demand from both state and federal
governments that recognition and re-
3 P ec t which one sovereign is due to
another. The citizen cannot be ex
pected to respect or obey the laws of
fh e state which does not resent an in
vasion of her rights, or an insult to her
dignity.
“The relations of the federal and
other state governments should bo
pleasant and cordial. Each should
recognize and respect the rights and
dignity of the other. During my term
a8 chief executive the federal and state
governments shall be floated Avith jus¬
tice, respect and consideration, and I
shall expect of all other governments
that Georgia bo accorded that defer¬
ence und consideration to which she is
entitled by virtue of her powers, her
dignity, her honor and her sovereignty.
“I enter tho high office to which a
partial and confiding people Ima'o
called me, determined to consecrate
my best energies and highest purposes
to tho service of the state. That I
may successfully meet every obliga¬
tion, disebargo every trust, aud grat¬
ify an unselfish ambition in promoting
the happiness of my people, protecting
the honor and increasing the glory and
greatness of my native state, I invoke
the earnest prayers of every truo pat¬
riot that the spirit of an all-wise God
will guide me aright, inspire me with
tho wisdom, the zeal and the courage
to know and to do my duty.”
THE OATH OF OFFICE.
When Mr. Atkinson had concluded
nnd tho applause bad subsided, he
turned to Chief Justice Bleckley and
said: “I am now ready to take the
oath of office.” With bowed head he
stood before the venerable chief jus¬
tice, who in dramatic and solemn
tones administered the usual oath.
At its conclusion Mr. Atkinson lifted
a large black Biblo and delicately
pressed his lips to it. With this he
turned to Governor Northen, who,
bolding the great seal of tho state in
his hand, extended it towards the new
governor and said:
“It noAv becomes my duty to deliver
to you the greut seal of the state of
Georgia, which, under the oath you
have just recorded, you will guard sa¬
credly, in tho interests and the honor
of the people over whom you will pre¬
side. ”
Mr. Atkinson received it, aud turn¬
ing towards Secretary of State Cand¬
ler, handed it to him, with the remark:
“1 return this seal to the man selected
by the people of Georgia to guard it,
knowing that in his hands the interests
and the honor of my native state are
safe.” With this Governor Atkinson
and ex-Governor Northen retired from
the chair and marched out of the hall,
folloAved by tho statehouse officers. It
was all over. The senate retired and
the honse adjourned.
CAPRI VI’S RESIGNATION
Cnused a Shock of Astonishment
Throughout Europe.
A cable dispatch from Berlin says:
Europe has not yet recovered from the
shock of surprise at Chancellor Capri
vi's resignation, Avhieh was entirely
unexpected. Count Y r on Caprivi has
,
“
HI had telegra ‘ l ‘ tl b *' hed kon J ^“ Count ries Eulenbnrg, mad ^ a3 to
*>™ce of inspiration which was
traced to Capnvi. The Kaiser there
upon ordered Caprm to ask Enlen
burgs pardon. On his refusing, the
Emperor dismissed him abraptly.
THE CZAR IMPROVES
-
And Will be Able to Take Part in the
Wedding Ceremony.
The London Daily News’ corre
spondent, in St. Petersburg, says:
“The czar’s bettering is a surprise to
every one. Dr. Zaoharin remarked on
Friday to a friend that medical science
was unable to explain thi8 turn m the
case. ‘Such a rally,’ he j eaid, ‘contra
diets all presumptions and impossible
things seem now possible.
“The czar will be able to take
in the marriage ceremony to the ex
tent of blessing the oouple.”
1 ERO iiVJ1 M W ” -fhOXllit A ST1INGTON. ATlU.l
NEWSY ITEMS PICKED UP AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. i
Sayings and Doings of the Official I
Heads of the Government. !
i
Judge habeasTormTin Colo has dismissed the-oeti- !
tioU for the case of I
Smith, the stamp robber, and remand- t
ed biin to iail for trial
AI1 * n of Gie ,, inmates . , of the wh.te ... , house
nin- J acc * “ atetl president \ ast Monday sph.A'siciau.as by Dr.
V,'’ o/suinllnoVin^Lp e 6 ^ a
tiearancc ^ F nitv
P ro rn n °f the • postoffice
8 i om- j
. , . to prevent the correspondence
j C1 13 :
, tmt ’ investment companies trom j
.' carried through the mails and
” e,n S
the postmaster general will order crim- j
mal proceedings instituted in every!
ca8e brought to his attention. j
'the United States supreme court |
Monday reversed the decision of the :
circuit court iu the case of John C. !
Eno .» formerly president of the Second !
National bank, of New iork, who was
convicted of forgery in the New York
Btate courts about ten years ago.
The department of state Saturday
evening received the following cable
from Mr. Denby, at Peking: “Japa
nese troops entered into Manchuria.”
This is the first authentic information
that has been received by the United j
States government that any Japanese I
forces had entered Chinese territory. |
Several days ago, at Washington, s I
baby died of smallpox and from tliis i
source has sprung five others. The
child’s father is an employe in the pen- i
sion office, and he communicated the
disease to Judge E. M. Rucker, of tho
]avv department of the pension bureau,
and William Owens, a messenger iu
tho same bureau. Judge Rucker lives
at a boarding house containing twenty
six guests. Borne have become fright- ' j
ened and left, while others are quar
antined.
Another case of smallpox developed
in Washington Friday morning,
James I. Parker, of Indiana, a hiw
clerk in the division of the interior
department, where the other cases
were reported, was the victim. Sec¬
retary Smith issued directions to have
the department closed. This action
was taken beforo the secretary was
aware of the new case. He said that
the order to close was on account of
tho fumigation of several rooms in the
bidding which Avas very disagreeable
to persons employed in the building.
political Secretary speeches Carlisle during will not tho make any j
present i
campaign. The secretary had a con¬
ference with the president Monday
morning in regard to the matter. The
secretary told the president that he
had received a very largo number of
invitations to speak in different sec¬
tions of tho country, and would very
much like to accept as many of them
as he could fill, but there were a.num¬
ber of important questions pending in
his department that imperatively de¬
manded his presence in Washington
for some weeks to come.
Secretary Herbert spent an hour
with the president Saturday morning
endeavoring to settle a problem Avhieh
has worried the naval authorities for
several months nnd Avhieh must be
disposed of promptly. Four impor¬
tant commands are to be filed—the
superintendent of the naval academy
and naval observatory, tho commander
iu chief of the south Atlantic station,
aud the commandant of the Nexv York
navy yard, the latter becoming vacant
November 10th by the retirement of
Admiral Gherardi. Ordiuarily these
details Avould not cause so much con
cern, but at present they involve most
of tho higher officers of the navy and
numerous changes are likely to result,
They are Subject to Tax.
Secretary Carlisle has made public
the decision of the attorney-general on
the question as to whether counties
have the right to issue interest-bearing
bonds of small denominations for gen
oral circulation. The attorney-general
says:
“I ,. T , have yours of ... the 1 17th instant, in .
which you request my opinion on the
question whether the proposed issue of
interest-bearing bonds by the county
commissioners of Floyd county, Cra.,
will be in conflict with the banking
laws of the United States. You en
closo the opinion of the solicitor to the
effect that such issue, if made, will not
conflict with the banking laws of the
United States, and, for the reasons
given by the solicitor, I concur in that
conclusion.
“As to the question whether such
bonds, if issued, will be subject to
taxation under sections 19 and zO of
ac ^ Eebruary 18, 1875, does not
ar i se upon any facts now existing and
is one upon which my opinion is not
^ ***•« to’the »«* ltTper T » cent' r -
be snbieet ^ tax
on currencv It understood ^Carl ’holds how
f^thev^ SecreUrv b^bfect this sle
^ Jn iire will to taxa
banki manner thi as Tn the this issue of
^Ltfe’supportof and the^wo^cers opinion
0 f the government.
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stolen Political Letters.
It haa been discovered that during
th 8twee k, while Chairman MGraw,
in charge of Mr . Wilson’s canvass,
; wft3 abgeIlt in wheeling, the demo
cratic headquartera afc Grafton> W .
: Va were broken into &nd a number
, J of Ietterg from politica l eorrespondents
wero 8toIeD . One of these letters,
containing campaign secrets as to the
work done a tho miners, was
: imbl i F hcd in a Wheeling paper.
ONE DOLLAR PER YEA R.
ROASTED TO DEATH.
Eighteen Charred Bodies in the Ruins
of a Boarding House.
In a tiro at Seattle, Wash., early
Saturday morning in a West street
house, at the corner .of Columbia and
West streets, sixteen persons lost their
' iv€S and several others were injured.
The following is a list of the transient
guests ns shown by the register taken
from the burning building:
A. Weston, F. Bollman, R. D. Si
monsou, C. D. Yohnson, M. McSorley,
'J" W. h Hussman, " cht »‘«man, D. Fraser, G. Hicks, Mrs. J. Mrs. Smith J
ami friend, J. F. Clark, Charles A. Pe
ter> j ametJ Merme, AY. P. Coffory,
NVilliam Matheson, M. J. Lawson, i>.
McDonald, city; C. L. Gibb, George
Moon, Redmond T. Schmitt, George
Bothell, C. L. Bellman, John McGuire,
D. Chase, William McNair, John
Ivingson, city; M. G. Dednckson,Port
Blakely. A. G. Buttler, a brother of
the proprietor, is missing. A number
were badly injured,
charred Immediately after the fire sixteen
bodies wore recovered. Tho
saddest sight of all was found in
inside room off the passageway which
led to West street. There, calmly
lying in a charred and blackened bed
was evidently a whole lamily. The
father lay on one side, the wife next
to him and a little burned and black
oned arm, the flesh tailing in shreds
from it and the small fingers clutched,
showed that a little child was among
the victims,
Crouched in a corner of a small in
S1 ” e room two charred and naked skel
e t° Ils Diet the gaze. The flesh was
burned from each, and the first, that
° f a man ^h blackened stumps of
arm ®» se ^na e d to be lighting an im
P• in g daiJ K er - Immediately behind
j nm a , °. bolt gbt and clutching
’ u l ,n
. «f* tbe skeleton of
116 wal waB a wo
nift n- rb e eyes were burned from the
30C ^ 8 ° tac » even i° ne
oa3ll imagmethe . look of hor
y
-P 1 a et t- t coup fa. \ ta rv\ lie c ung o e
e as ey oug wi an
um ecI1 oc •
There were about twenty transient
guests registered, and Night Clerk
Butler says the hotel had about twenty
permanent guests. It is absolutely
known that sixteen persons perished
and the next few hours may add
largely to ihe terrible death.
A COMBINE WANTED
WIIEREBY FARMERS MAY DIC¬
TATE THE PRICE OF COTTON.
Letter from John JRoddey to Southern
Cotton Planters.
The C jlumbia, S. C,,' State prints
the following from John T. Roddoy,
member of the NeAV York cotton ex¬
change and a son of a wealthy South
Carolinian. He has for some time
been advocating some concerted action
by southern farmers: south
To the thinking farmers of tho
—For the past two years I have made
cotton commissions my business, and
daily have I Avitnessed tho downward
tendency of your product. If you will
think for a moment, yon will realize
tho fact that though you aro the pro¬
ducers of this country and should be
the most independent, yet you are the
most dependent people in America.
“Why? Because there are combi¬
nations on nearly e\ T erything you use.
The manufacturers of the north com¬
bine on everything and say what it
shall bring, while you sell your prod¬
uct for whatever they are willing to
pay you. Why cannot you protect
your co tton in tho same way?
“I should like, if it meets your ap
p roVll l, to organize a trust company
ealled. the Southern Farmers’ Trust
Company, for the purpose of protect
* depressing
j ng your product from the
influences of speculators, spinners and
capitalists, and provide a means by
which you can name tbe price for your
product, instead of having the price
dictated to you, as is now the case. I
feel satisfied this can bo done by form
ing a trust, which would be able to
handle most of the cotton you grow.
“Let.the capital stock be $50,000,
000 to $100,000,000, subscribed en
tife] j b the farme rs of the south and
divi( ed into ft9 many ebare8 as may be
ncce8Sa ry and small enough for every
cott on planter to subscribe. Let each
farmer take Btock to his utmoet capac .
- t find rt the trust in every pos
s i b i e wav ‘^ese
..j tecciye 10 centB [or
^ ootlou . instead oi 0 cents, which
- cre ^ receiring , yoa 8S ve on a
o[ 8 , 000,000 bales about 8200,
000,000, at least twice as much as the
capital stock of the trust company. In
case speculator" should become fright
cned eve n at the mention of the trust
ftnd advance tfle price of cotton, so
the better for yon, but very like
j y tfle y would attempt at first to bluff
you. ^
r— think it; , w
Bach a P lan sllou1 ' 1 J °“i'i”F’
pl ‘T ’ W ° U d 1 n
f g^^ach eet ° representative state or sllunM, c^on either grower in
N «w York or tn some southern city, to
if something cannot be done to
Sth^gmus” £ be doneo^ yourTnSs 7
Wl11 not be wor worth th cultivating ^ tl ?£___
_ „
A Big Damage Suit,
! A damage suit for §50,000 against
the Mobile and Ohio railroad has been
filed in the circuit clerk’s office atMer
idian, Miss., the plaintiffs being the
heirs of William Roberts, who was
killed in September by an extra train
of that road.
_ I N ? . h ® os --^ J.“« " ad,n * “ atter ee | , ect
■
that . v kind which treats of life as it is
I rather than what it is imagined to be
under morbid conditions. _ .
NUMBER 23
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
A CONDENSATION OF OUB! MOST
IMPORTANT DISPATCHES.
Short and Crisp Morsels of General
Interest to Our Readers.
Six tons of dynamite exploded in a
magazine at Chippewa Falls, Wis.,
Sunday morning, causiog 85,000 loss
in property.
It is generally reported in Yokohama
that the second Japanese army, num¬
bering _
25,000, have begun military op¬
erations for tho capture of Tort Ar¬
thur.
A largo Hungarian boarding house
at Laurel Run, Pa., was blown to
atoms by dynamite at 3 o’cloQk Sun¬
day morning and three of the inmates injured
killed outright, four fatally
and a half dozen seriously hurt.
Six thousand dollars’ worth of cedar
logs, together with all the buildings of
the Bed Cedar Bucket Factory at Mur
freesboro, Tenu., were destroyed by
»«> Sunday, entailing a total loss that
will be verj great, and throwing one
hundred men out of employment,
Stern & Company, of New' York,
wholesale men’s furnishing goods,
failed Wednesday and tho sheri ff closed
them up on executions for 846,G03.
Tho liabilities are returned at $250,
000; the assets are not know r n. They
claim to have a large stock on baud.
Inquiries made at the Chinese lega¬
tion at London regarding the re¬
port from Tien-Tsin saying that
negotiations for peace between China
and Japan were in progress at Seoul,
the capital of Corea, show that they
do not believe it probable that mch
negotiations would be conducted at
Seoul.
A dispatch from Livadia says that
the operation of thoracenteeis lias been
performed upon the czar with sucoess.
The releasing of liquid matter by
puncturing has greatly relieved the
patient’s breathing and tho pressure
around the heart. It is reported that
there is no danger of imminent col¬
lapse.
A dispatch received from Peterhead,
a seaport about twenty-five miles from
Aberdeen, Scotland, announces that
the Swedish schooner Alene, loaded
with gunpowder, which was at anchor
near Peterhead, has been blown up.
It is added that within two minutes
after the explosion nothing wa^ to be
seen on the surface of the water but
splinters from tho schooner. All her
crew perished.
News was received at Fort Smith,
Ark., by deputy United States mar¬
shals that the Cook gang of robbers
who have been halding up trains and
looting towns in the Indian Territory,
raided Gibson station Wednesday.
They looted all the shops, escaping
with considerable booty. The band
then raided the cotton fields in the
vicinity and robbed the pickers at
work. They are being hotly pursued
by Indian police and a strong posse of
deputy marshals.
A special from Princeton, Ill., says:
The five defendants, including Mayor
Lauer, who were given penitentiary
sentences in the Spring Valley Pinker¬
ton conspiracy case have been granted
now trials by Judge Sharp. As a re¬
sult a high state of excitement prevails
and both the defendants and the action
of the judge are openly denounced. It
is considered that the judge unduly
favored the defendants during the
trial. It has been impossible to make
a verdict stand in the court against
any Spring Valley and Ladd conspira¬
tors, storo looters and rioters.
A fast freight train on the Pennsyl¬
vania railroad Sunday evening crashed
into the rear end of a work train at
Corydon station, killing three men and
injuring many more. The work train
was bound for Bristol, and stopped at
Corydon to take on more laborers. A
large number of Italian employes were
on the open cars. While the men
were boardiDg the cars the fast freight,
eastbound, dashed around the curve
and crashed into the rear end of the
workmen’s train. Many of the men
had no time to escape, and they were
crushed to death beneath the awful
wreck.
HOPE FOR ALEXANDER.
The Crisis in the Czar’s Case Supposed
to Have Been Passed.
The condition of tbo Russian empe¬
ror continues to excite hopes that the
crisis of his disease has passed and that
his recovery may be possible. The
following bulletin was received at
Washington Monday by Prince Canta
cuene, the Russian minister to the
United States, from the minister of
foreign affairs:
“St. Petersburg, October 29.—-The
emperor slept well on Saturday night.
Yesterday (Sunday) there has been no
change in the condition of bis maj¬
esty.”
Tho Chinese are Panicky.
The news of the Chinese defeat
north of the Yalu has caused conster¬
nation at Tien-Tsin. The Chinese of¬
ficials do not attempt to deny the seri¬
ous nature of the disaster. The next
fighting is expected at Port Arthur.
News of the result is awaited with
inxiety.
Fall River Strike Ended.
Secretary Whitehead, of the Weav¬
ers’ Association at Fall River, says
that the strike will be declared off
once. The weavers, at a special meet¬
ing held in the Academy of Musio
Monday morning, voted almost unani¬
mously to declare the strike off.
Cash for Depositors.
dedareTa The comntroller of the currency has
third thl credS dividend of ofthFist 5 per cent
in favor of the creaitors c t i lit
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