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VOL. III. NO. i}5.
TUe average life of a tradesman it
•bout two-thirds that of a funner.
In future the Congressional Record
w ill print only the words spoken on
the floor of Hie House of Represent*,
lives- -
Superintendent of Police Byrnes oi
Sew York city says that some of the
lll08 t dangerous and desperate crimin¬
al, look like clergymen.
The schools for trained nurses arc
now coming in for their shares in the
estates of those who die and leave
funds to worthy institutions, 'fills
shows that schools for trained nurses
are getting lo.be recognized and high¬
ly respectable affairs.
Tlie want of a sufficient supply of
good quality ore in Japan lias stood
largely in the way of fho country
manufacturing its own armor plate.
But the great wish of tho nobility tc
make the Empire independent of for¬
eign manufacturers in case of war has
led to large sums of money being ex¬
pended in opening up tlie mining dis-
triets.
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Judge Toft, one of tlie recently ap¬
pointed Federal Circuit Court Justices,
has directed that all witnesses under¬
going examinations in his presence
shall stand, and not sit, and attorneys
are required to do so likewise. The
rule itas provoked much comment,
states Hie New York Tribune. His
reason for having the witness stand is
that a hearing i* thus expedited.
it is only a few years ago that we
were following tlie footsteps of Henry
M. Stanley in his marvellous search
for Hr. Livingtone. Today, English¬
men arc building a railroad to Victoria
Nyanza that will open the heart of
Africa to the world, civilize its peo¬
ple and bring the remainder of man¬
kind in closer contact wiih the “Dark
Continent.” The missionary station,
schoolhonse anti blacksmith shop go
hand in hand with the locomotive, no
matter what may be tlie part of the
globe ou which they secure a foothold.
The incident which shaped tlie pro¬
fessional career of the late Paul Dill¬
ingham, cX-Governor of Vermont, was
cutting iiis foot with an axe while
chopping trees, wiicn lie was about
twenty-one yeers old. Although dis¬
abled only for a time, he had a slight
limp ali tiie rest of Iiis life in conse¬
quence of this painful mishap. While
recovering from the immediate effects
of the blow lie spent many hours in
general reading in a lawyer's cilice,’
and this led to iiis looking into the
•aw, and finally adopting it as iiis pro¬
fession.
Somo idea of England's grave re-
spoiisihility in India may be gathered,
suggests the New York Observer,
front the latest reports of the popula¬
tion of that country and its rapid in¬
crease. In 1881 tlie population was
257,000,000; in 18IU it was 280,000,-
000, showing an increase in a single
decade almost equal to that of the
whole population of England and
'Vales. Of these, 207,000,000 aro
Hindu 0 , 57,000,000 are Mohamme¬
dans, 7,000,000 are Buddhists, while
as yet only 2,284,196 can be spoken of
as in any sense Christians, Tho tig-
iires are appalling, The increase of
population in ten years is equal to
thirteen times the number of those
who “can be spoken of as in any sense
Christians.”
The directors of big corporations
are not paid, learns lhe New York
Sun, but they have a luncheon given
them when they meet, and a cerlain
sum of money is set apart to compen¬
sate them for Hie time they are eating
it and for listening to the reports, if
they are all present the sum is less,
lito fewer in number Hie more money
they get. But us they are generally
men rich in honors and estates, they
, are a little shame-faced at being tipped
like schoolboys, and they alw,i) s pre¬
tend, at laast among themselves, that
’Hoy give tlie money to their wives,
iaugl.ler. aim, co«,l„. fw
,"„.ir,r
tires of directors they will understand
that thev have a right to claim
money as their perquisite*. There is
one man in town, and d< ubtleas many
others, who says if lie attendid all the
board meetings to which lie is entitled
7o go as director, lie would earu in
I his manner alone .®30o0 a year—the
support of au unambitious family,
fury money, it is generally under¬
stood, goes to the female side of Ihe
house, as do the preachers wedding
fees. It is o’d s'.ory of how ,
an
wife of John Dcltvne of (lie London
Times suggested the obituary column,
of Which her husband i.layfully al-
lowed her the income that finally glow
t” soma imposing sutn.
THE V ENTERPRISE. •»
Repayment. ^
Beneath the elm-tree*’ arching .-'liads.
As gayly as the flowers arrayej,
A little tnaid was straying.
A boy. outside this paradise,
hooked in with longing, hungry eyes,
As if to join her playing.
At length she saw his earnest gaze,
While springing down the grassy way*.
“Poor boy, so sad and lonely,
Take this,” she whispered, low and meek,
With lips close pressed'against his cheek
“For 1 have kisses only." k
Years passed away. The child of eight
Became a maiden tall, sedate,
With lovers in a plenty.
Again site in the garden stood;
Beside her, in a happy mood.
Lingered a youth of twenty.
“Dear May,” lie said, with solemn face,'
‘‘I trust myself to your ktud grace,
And huinoly crave your pardon.
I must return without delay
A gift that you bestowed one day
On me in this same garden.
“I’ve treasured it for many years,
My ray of hope 'mid doubts and fears;
1 hope you never missed it.”
She turued her face in mute surprise
To bis; tne rogue with smiling eyes
Bent down and kissed it.
— [Harper's Weekly.
THE BLACK LACE DRESS.
BV AMY RANDOLPH.
“And you’re not going to the dance,
afier all, Katie Carleton?”
Henrietta Lacy was sitting in the
modest little third-story back-room,
which was all the homo that Katie
Carleton had; a square room, with
one bulging window, looking out
upon the roof, and the waits covered
with a coarse, zigzag pattern of crim¬
son on a pea-green ground, while tho
carpet, well worn in spotA and care¬
fully darned, was of a nondescript
color and design—great sprawling
leaves and scrolls bursting out in a
tangled complexity which would have
made a designer’s head swim.
But Katie Carleton, humble little
photoprapli-colorer though she was,
was young and pretty, with yellow hair
waving away from her low, square
forehead, arched brows, and deep
hazel eyes, while the confinement and
monotony of city life had not yet
stoieu all tho fresh roses from her
cheeks.
For Katie Carleton, like many
another, had left a comfortable, if not
a luxurious, farm-house home, with
the idea tluit fortunes were to be
picked up in the city as readily as
blackberries on a sunny stone wall-
Poorgirl! She had found out her
mistake soon enough, vet she had jtoo
much pride to return, a useless bur-
den to tlie honest old uncle and his six
daughters, who made cheeses and
raised poultry in the venerable pro-
cincts of Elderberry Farm. Nobody
wanted a governess; her little poems
were returned, labelled “Respectfully
declined” from the tteswspapcr
offices; and tlie water-colored draw-
take'tlie in „ 3) whereby she had expected storm! to
artistic world by hung
in the circulating library window
until tlieir margins wore smoke-black-
ened and tlieir bright colors hopelessly
tarnished, trouble without anyone ever taking
Ibc to ask the price. And at
last, just as Katie was beginning to
wonder whether death by starvation
was really such a painful end, some
kindly soul told her of a chance to get
employment from u great photograph
establishment in tlie Bowery.
Iletta Lacy was employed there, too
—not exactly in Katie's bumble capnc-
ity, but ns the smart young lady who
_
received the customers, helped them
with tlieir bonnets and wraps, and
answered general questions. Hho con-
sidereil it quito a ondescension ou
her part to patronize Ka ie; aud Katie
had too few friends to be specially
particular about their quality. And
now as Miss Lacy sat opposite her, in
E= lilac poplin dress, aud witii au
K> rlificial bird in her hat, one could but
think of a paroquet that had somehow
fluttered down into a nove-cotc.
“No,” said Katie, “lam not going.
«I kuow why,” said Henrietta,
spitefully, • •It’s because Evan Merris
immO
^ h>• - —
PW*' .1 a mere ^ conutrv «hrl c like
me, said Katie, = a )it( lo more
ultramarine blue tor the m h , ,
pudding-faced Rule bo> w i ll a cat in
his arms. Henrietta,
<<Oh I dare sav!” said
'
1 t0SS1 her head. “And yon’re really
determine no o „
^
“Then"perhaps ^ ' vou wouldn't mind
lending me the black ia:e dress you
pasted i Hie go.d stars ou when you did
mean g i fiu< ) tpat the lower
flounce i* “° F letelv torn off my
white .aila-.m, j rta ; ' v haven't
..
« 0 if, Hen-
iictla. ^ JIj§i (j. ir i e to!i, kindly.
Equal Rights to all, Special Privileges to None.
CAUNESVILLE. FRANKLIN CO.. GA.. FRIDAY. JUNE 24.1892.
“1 can put on a litilo gold fringe
and make a very decent ‘Midnight’
out of it," suit! llettn, indifferently.
•‘Only, lvutic, I think you arc a goose
not to go I”
Katie did not argtto the question—
site only painted quietly on nud Hen¬
rietta Lacy went away.
‘•Oil, Mr. Morris!’’ said she, radi¬
antly, as, on ascending the steps of
the photographic saloon, she mot the
handsome young foreman of tho print¬
ing office overhead. “I vo just come
from Katie Curleion’s. And you
ought to sec the lovely dress she has
been preparing for tho masquerade
ball!"
“Indeed!” Evan Morris's brow
darkened slightly. “I thought she
hud decided not to go.”
“1 don't kuow about that,” said
Miss Henrietta, artlessly; “I only
know that slie’s got a beauty of a
dress, black lace, all sprinkled over
with gold stars!"
Mr. Morris passed on, and Henrietta
entered the saloon, congratulating
herself on her finesse.
“I've put a spoke in her wheel, 1
guess,” said the young damsel to her.
self; “anil serve her right for getting
Evan Merris away from me, that had
known him years before she ever
showed her piuk-and-white baby-face
here. And I didn’t tell anything but
the truth, either! I did see the dress
there, and she lias been making it!”
Katie Carleton expected Evan Mer¬
ris in vain that night. The little bow
of fresh blue ribbon in her yellow hair
was all in vain; tlie new ruffle at her
throat nnd tlie spotlessly ironed white
apron were donned . to no purpose.
She extinguished her little lamp at ten
o’clock, and, creeping into her alcove-
bed, cried herself to sloop, she did not
exactly know why.
Tlie next night was tlie night of the
much talked-of masquerade ball. Evan
Merris hated and dispised these mis-
cellaneous gatherings from tlie bottom
of his heart—and yet, just when car¬
riage after carriage was driving up,
and tiie crowd arriving, lie chanced to
be standing in the brilliantly lighted
street, leaning against a lamp-post,
and moodily watched the prettily at¬
tired figures tlit by.
Suddenly he gave a start. There
was the black lace dress, starred over
with gold, floating across the pave¬
ment, worn by a slight, graceful fig¬
ure, and leaving a faint odor of musk
and patchouly in its pathway. But
he didjiot see the triumphant flash of
tlie vailed eyes, as for an instant they
rested on Iiis face.
“There she goes.” he murmured to
himself, as the d aphanous folds of
black and gold disappeared under tlie
decorated archway; “and there, be-
r.eath her feet, crash to ruins tlie air-
castles that my silly brain has been
building for the last three months!”
So lie went on his way, determined
to see or hear no more of pretty Katie
Carleton, tlie yellow-haired girl who
had somehow contrived to cast a
glamour about his heart and brain- de-
cidedly prejudicial to the influence of
Mis* Henrietta Lacy,
But a man's rcsoives are made
neither of gutta-percha nor adamant,
and he could not help pausing in-
stinctively in front of Hie tenement
house in which Miss Carleton lived;
and as lie paused lie saw, through tlie
big, brightly lighted window of the
grocery below, the slender figure of
Katie herself, in a gr»y dress, like a
little nan, buying the humble loaf of
bread aud ten-penny worth of tea
which were to serve for her morrow
morning’s breakfast.
“It can’t be possible, said
Evan Merris to himself. “No, it
can’ll"
But j«d at that moment Katie turned
and he saw her whole face; a little
sad, perhaps, but quietly self-con-
tained and sweet. Involuntarily lie
walked in aud held ont bis baud to
her.
Kate dropped the loaf of bread m
her embarrassment.
“Mr. Merris’ - ’
“Miss Carleton! '
•‘How came you here."
-I might, with better reason, ask
here? For I was cer-
...... ...
seeing her surprised aitd bewildered
tace -that I saw you cross the pave,
men, opposite Hebe Hall, tu a black
lace dress covered with gilt stars, and
enter the ha i-rootn door.”
•■Oh, no,” cried Katie. “I-»-4 had
long ago given up ah idea of going;
au( j Henrietta Lacy asked me for the
^ my (i resg , a8 e h e hadn’t time to
make up' one for herself. It was
Henrietta you saw. not me.”
“Henrietta, eh?” repeated Evan
Merris, slowly, as a certain light broke
in upon his brain. I always suspected
lhat gir! was not quite straightfor-
ward in her dealings, and I'm sure of
it now, Miss Carleton.”
Then, after a pause, he asked:
'•Are you disengaged this evening?”
‘•Quite.’’
“May 1 coitio up and sit with you?"
“1 shall bo delighted,” answered
simple Katie, flushing all over.
The next day ilenrietia Lacy came
around to Katie’s room, with tlio black
laco dress folded tip in a tint paper
parcel.
“I’m so much obliged to you, dour,’’
said she. “I had snob a charming
evening.”
•‘So did i," said Katie, who longed
for some congenial ear into which to
pour the story of iter happiness, “Mr
Merris spent the evening liore.'’
“Mr. Morris 1”
“Yes. And, oh, Iletta, only think-
He lias asked ttte to ho his wife, and
we aro to be married in February;
and I don’t know how it ever chanced
that so much happiness should be in
store for me.”
Henrietta Lacy bit savagely at iter
nails, as she listened. So all that plot¬
ting and planning had been in vain,
after ail. And the magnet, Love, had
attracted Evan Merris to the right and
rue, after all.—[The Ledger.
Colors and the Eye of Man.
Science gives us many interesting
details about what tho human eye has
been ami what it may become. Tlie
most ancient written documents attest
that in times most remote only two
colors were known, black and red.
A very long timo cliqued before tlie
eye could perceive yellow, and a Btill
longer lime before green could bo dis¬
tinguished. It is remarkable that in
the most ancient languages tiie term
used to designate yellow insensibly
passed to the signification of green.
Tlie Greeks iiad, according io the
generally received opinion, the color
faculty very highly developed, and
yet authors of the highest repute tell
us that in the time of Alexander the
Great, tlie Greek painters knew but
four colors, namely, white, black, red
and yellow. The ancients had no
words to designate the colors of bine
and violet, therefore they always re¬
ferred to them as gray and black. It
is thus that the colors of the rainbow
were only distinguished gradually;
tiie great Aristotio knowing only four
of them. It is a well-known fact that
when the colors of the prism aro
photographed there remains outside
the limit of the bine and the violet
(in the spectrum) a distinct impression
which our eyes do not recognize as a
color.
Physiologists tell us that it is rea-
sonable to suppose that as tlie color
organ in tlie human species becomes
highly developed, and even before ihe
eye becomes what Hie opticians would
consider “perfect,” this outside baud
will resolve itself into a color perfect-
ly discernible. O.iiy one speculation
remains: When the educated eye of
the year 2500 lias discerned and named
this now indistinct color, will another
shadowy hand appear to be classified
among the colors 500 or 1000 years
later on?-[Philadelphia Press,
The Wedding.King Finger.
There are facts connected with the
remarks an observant mor-
alist, which render it in a peculiar
manner an appropriate emblem of
matrimonial union. It is tiie only
finger where two principal nerves bc-
Jon g t0 two distinct trunks. Tlie
t h um b is supplied with its principal
1Je i ve3 from the radial nerve, as are
aig0 , he fore-finger, tlie middle linger
alul tl)C t ) )Um b side of the third or
r j n g finger, while the ulnar nerve fur-
nishes the little finger and Hie other
side of the third or ring finger, at tlie
CX ( rem jtyof which the two nerves are
joined in a real union, It tiius seems
!IS if it were intended by nature to be
the matrimonial finger. That the side
of lhe ring fl,,,,,,!. Jiext t0 t |, e liltie
finger is connected with the ulnar nerve
it f re q ae „ t |y proved by a common ac-
culeiit, that of striking the elbow
gainst any hard edge, when, if the
nerve is touched, a tlnilliiig sensation
j g felt in the little finger and ou the
same side of the ring finger, but not
oll the other side of it. — fNcw Orleans
pj cayu ,i e .
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The Luxury of the Law.
Ten years ago two Pennsylvania
farmers got into trouble about a little
patch of land, the only valuable thing
about which was a cherry tree. Fiual-
Iy oue of them chopped the tree down
aud the other sued him for its value,
which was assessed at $3.25. The
case has been fried several time* and a
final judgment has just been rendered-
The plaintiff won his suit and gets hi.
$3.25, for which he has lawyers' fees
to pay amounting to $.325. Defendant
has to pay his lawyer $240 aud foot
the costs, amounting to *987 more,
So these farmers pay for their fun
and the tree a total of $1552. to say
nothing of lost time ami harrowed
feeliuss.—[A’lauta Coustitutio*.
FOR ALLIANCEMEN
Notes and Current Comment Regarding
the Great Reform Movement.
THK DEMANDS ON THE KtOnT SIDE—
A lilts ION ATKIN WHICH EXPLAINS
M'SKLE—BKPOUM NOTES .
A correspondent that State writing from fourteen Minne¬
sota, says 1ms over
hundred Alliances, mauy Citizens’ Alli¬
ances and numerous People’s party clubs.
***
six Some people reduction are beginning of tho to tariff see that wid
a per cent
not pass muslor this year. Fin uncial re¬
form is the question of the day, says the
Alliance Echo.
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The New York World evidently favors
tlie graduated income tax. It asks:
"What possible hardship can there bo in
taxing largo incomes? Can auybody bet¬
ter afford to pay than tho man whose iu-
come is greater than all his needs?” It
really looks like tlie alliance demands
will have plenty of advocates after
awhile.- Ex.
The Alliance Standard (Linden, Tex.)
appreciates the responsibility of the com¬
ing conflict, and says: “ t his year will
test the spirit of our American citizenship
as it was never tested before. It will
show who are willing to be the slaves of
party domination, and who has the inde¬
regardless pendent manhood to vote for principles
of party.
*
★ At
The Burnet Avalanche (Burnet, Tex.)
says: "The Avalanche belongs to no
party, but is strictly Alliance. We want
reform, and we are going to work for it
this way. Our principles are true and
just, and if we stick to them they will
make us free. If you want to free your¬
self from the bonds of slavery and op
pression, come and go «ith us. its
teaching will not conflict wit It your shall po¬
litical or religious belief. ‘Truth
make us free.’”
A novel plan is being operated is in the
Dakotas. Eich Sub-Aliiauce naked to
prepare and seed a certain number i f
acres of land to wheat. This is to be an
offering for ibe spread of Alliance plin-
ciples, by selling the wheat and expend¬
ing the proceeds for lhat object. It is
said that hundreds of acres will be used
in that manner, and great good is ex¬
pected from the experiment, Such
methods disclose an earnestness that
should know neither opposition nor nation dis¬
couragement, und should lead a
or a p ople out of the dark shadows of
distress into the bright sunshine of pros¬
perity.
* *
*
The Alliance Tribune (O’Neil, Neb.)
says: “The farmers are not contending
for class legislation . They are contend¬
ing for class justice, class right. All the
other wealth-creating powers have had
the effect to produce inequalities and un¬
just discriminations, for the reason that
the fanners as a class have had ho bene¬
fits from government of the same kind.
The farmer demands class justice and
class rights so as to be put on au equality
with the other classes of wealth-creating
industries, so that he will have equal op¬
portunities to acqnite prosperity and reward en¬
joy the fruits of his toil and the
of his labor.
The Cause (Cooper, Tex.) says: "Po-
litical questiuus which direct'y effect
the interest of the toilers of this country
will form the main issues of the coming
contest between the two old parties on
the one hand, and the People’s party on
the other. If ever there was a time in
the history of this government when it
was necessary for the people to inform
themselves upon political questions in or¬
der that they may vote intelligently,
that time li-.s come, People should
dare to read, think and act for them¬
selves demagogues without who the assistance of political them
have so long used
as tools to further their own selfltb
interest 0 .
The Falmouth Guide (Falmouth, and Ky.)
wants the farmer !o wake up get a
move on him. It say*: Farmers, come
out of your shell, Conservatism reases
to be a virtue. You must net. 4 brow
(tt the yoke and be men. Stop obeying
your political macters, and do a little
thinking for youselvrs. * When the
worm has outgrown the shell that en¬
virons it, the instincts of this lower or¬
der o' animals stirs within and whispers
tf a better mode of living. It bursts its
bonds, soars into the air and sunshine,
emancipated, evolved into higher condi¬
tions.” You have long since outgrown
your shell. Bur-t its bonds aud come
into the air and suoshiue of freedom.
Why shrink and ower to autocratic
wealth and power when human right*,
home and country are in jeopa dy?
a**
There are millions of people in these
United Htutcs who desire congress to
take up the sub treasury bill and con¬
sider it upon its.merits, investigation giving without every part feir
a fair and full
or favor. If it is wrong, its advocates
want to know it, and they will drop it.
If any man can propose a better plan for of
securing a fl xibilitv in the volume
money that will be just to all, rein';7e
the discriminations agairst agriculture,
and keep up a true ratio between the
volume of money and the demand for its
use, it will be accepted with pleasure
and bailed with joy. The Alliance con¬
tingent in the house may not be able to
put that body on record upon the bill,
out they ca-i put them on record as to
their willingness to discuss the bill,
which it the bame thing, and which the
people expect as a reasonable service.
* *
THE llECORD.
The Economist begins a lergthv edi¬ the
torial uadi r the above eactiou, with
following words: Step by step the rec~
ord is being made which will control the
judgment of the people in casting their
ballots next November. Conscieatious
men, and most men are such, will cast
tbeir ballots for what they believe to be
right. 'I heir belief a* to which party is
rtgnt wtit tt" the rcsultof their judgment
from the evidence adduced for and
against each party. The evidence con¬
sists of the past and present record.
third Both old parties has have Kach n past, record, (lie
party not. will make a
very important record between now »nd
November. A party with a good record
is always in the host shape for a political
campaign, and a party with n hid record
is la the worst shape. A party with no
record lias advantages aud disadvantages.
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THKN AND NOW.
The Minion InJrjH .iieiU (Ii.d.) says:
"Forty vai's lure farmers owned a greater
portion of tho nation's wealth than now.
Farmers owned of the wealth of the na¬
tion—in 1850, five eights. In 1800, less
then one-third. In 1870, a littlo over
one-third. In 1880, a little ovor ono
fourth. In 1800, less than one fifth. This,
too, while fnrmgrs compo-s over GO per
cent of the population and pay over 87
per cent of the tuxes, from which (if you
will allow th-' degression) it will ho seen
that the application of the Henry George
land tax scheme would not seriously af¬
fect us if wo paid tho other 12 per cent,
and let the “world go free.” These pe¬
culiar hardships to tho farmers will bo
further and better understood when wo
note the fart that while the total wealth
of the nation is given as $85,000,000,000
in round numbers only $ 1 7,00 >, 000,000
is taxed, and of this, $14,000,000,000
is charged up to the farmers.
A recent issuo of the Progressive Far¬
mer (Raleigh) contained the following
paragraph: “We do not methods. hate politics,
hut we despise partisan But
(here are times when we feel it our duty
tn push up our sleeves and exercise the
rights of a citizen. Though in no cuse
have we done this unless wc thought we
cou ! d serve the cause and tho people wo
represent. We have not been actuated
by a desire to aid iu y man ot party. Of
late we have given everybody prohibition a hearing.
Democrat 0 , republicans, sts,
people’s party men—all have had tho use
of our columns to give vont to tlieir feel¬
ings. After this issue no partisan matter
will appear in our c iIuiiiiih. Ho out
friends will please save time and tr ubio
by not writing such matter. We slmll
do our best to educa'e. Our advice shall
he ns in the past: "Vote for the men and
parties that will serve you best.”
ON THE mu It T HifWv.
The Alliance demands are on the right
side of every great question now forging
to tho front in politic*. Is not that suf-
ticic.it J justification for making them#
Doch suppose there „ would , | ii t be any - „, f
anyone
stir in the great dirty pool of politics on
these questions if the farmers had taken
the advice of tho politicians and stayed
between the plow nun die-? Not a hit of
it. But these wieathcrcocks up at Wash-
log ton tMl lb. .I'd blowing.
foster says increa e tilt currency. lie
heard that from the Alliance. Secretary
Hunk saya do something for the farmers.
H- heard that in the Grange. Speaker
(Jrisn says tiounces shall have ftl'l con-
sideratiop. He .. heard i ,1 .1 that t f rom 80,000 on non
Georgia farmers. Senator 1 urpte sats
United States senators must he elected by
the people. He read that in our plat-
form [’resident Harrison says the ger
rymander is a dangerous menace to free
" He if has t read ,,i the »v., plank .i
government. . » ...
about equal justice to all. that the lucre Alliance is not
a popular demaud but
is on the right side.—Ex.
f
* *
.
'The Colorado Workman and Farmer
(Pueblo, Colo.) gets the factsdowo rigtit
as to the tanners and workingmen ot
ti.,, h... «*„. wg r tiro
forward in th, h.t Ovn years Ilian
average congress man or politician cn
comprehend. the It world says*. have u Never in people the
history of the
studied the political situation as they are
now. ti,:. This knowledge ta not to I... be
gleaned from newspapers, the but from text
books written by wisest and purest
men and women. The demand for these
books is taxing the publisher, to tlieir
f idlest extent. The idea lakes possession
«< — (*'«-« a*r mm
aie getting in tbeir work. If the groat
daily and weekly press of this country
would their tell the people would the force real
esuse of poverty, they
the enactment of laws that in one year
.1*-i, ibt«.
1 table paradise, in and ali there tho land. would 8o not long be a
ca^e of poverty
m the plutocrats can keep the people in
ignorance they can continue to rob the
masses of all the wealth thev create.
a * KE. r pare I.VAIIO. vatio v .
'1 he following interesting Setter 'from
President Polk was delivered recently to
the chairman of the executive committee
of of «0«ft North Carolina oaroima. Jt ft m-fds nteas no no i-xnla- exp,a
Hon. "j H. B Alexander, ., , „ President - , , ,, Kxecii
tive Board North Carolina State Alii-
anceI
Dear Sir and Brother: Having learned
that your executive board at its recent
session in Raleigh, N. the C., expressed of
its dissatisfaction with attitude
the Progressive Farmer in its last
preceding issue toward the people's
party, I hereby tender the resignation of
that j^per as tne ” m ^ a ’
of the State Alliance of North Carolina.
While it will remain as true and loyal
to the alliance organization and its prin-
ciples as it has ever been, it cannot and
will not be circumscribed in its advocacy
of the methods which only can bring re-
lief to our suffering people, and indorsed which
have been so overwhelmingly official
by them. Iq thus severing its
connection with the State Alliance it in
no measure abates its a! egiance and to the
prtnciple--of onr Order, wjl. ever
stand ready and co-operation willing to extend the its
full and hearty to ali
officers and the brotherhood for promot-
ing and maintaining the principles which
we have espoused. Fraternally
yours,
L. L. Poi.r..
Editor Progressive Farmer.
MASK AXD LST.
Male! was sitting on the floor playing
with her doll, when her aunt said to her:
"Mabel, put down your doll and come
and shell these peas. ’
"Oh, auntie,” answered Mabel, Jet'me "vou
make me do everything and won't
do anything!”—[Philadelphia 'l imes.
OFFICIAL ORGAN
- or TUB-
FRANKLIN COUNTY ALLIANCE
$1.00 PER YEAR.
TIIUEE-IKNT LOTION.
TIIIC i;vir, Kl'T'I CTH OK (,'O.MMISSIONRn NFS-
hitt’s btatf .urc.vr pointed out nv
KX-COMMISHIONEll UENDKUBON.
To tub Faiimkhh of (i eomjia:
Having « nicrcd tlu> iaco for Cornmi-sioaer
of Agriculture, l proprw; hi this letter to U>*
fonfe t o tho JnnmTH of U»*»> vg.u t ray views 111 re-
Kuril to » matter of vital importance to them,
i rofor to the cost of mi *lag cotton toth«av-
eittK" farmer, and to t ho bad policy (to give It
no worse a mime) of promulgating to the world
erroneous views as to the cost of ratalng the
tie - oy staple.
In his interview of March 19th, published
broadcast through tho hind, (.'ommiesloner
Nesbitt states In effect, that cotton can be
raised in ftoorghi at a cost of from to S 1-2
cents p r pound. widely
These astounding statement*, copied
and quoted, caused comment and &iseit*«lott
all over the state, and not only in the atete.
hut over the United States and the world in
all cotton circles, i I ere comes the official agr -
cultural head of t.h« grenteet cotton growing
state in the south, and says that Georgians
can and do raise cotton at 1-2 cents per pound,
leaving in it,even at present unprecedentedly
low prices, tho hand some profit of 100 per cent,
to tho grower.
Had such a statement, rome from a ring of
speculators on the Cotton Kxnhaiue In Wall
street, bent on “hearing” the market no as to
make a proflfabl • dpi I for themselves- the
world would have understood their motives
and laughed at. thoir statements; but,coming
from tho Commissioner of Agriculture of
Georgia, the world is bound to hear with
respect and credit tho statement ; credit it,
ye , the speculators will cred t it, the spinners
and manufacturers of New and Old England
will credit it; they are eager and anxious to
credit It; it means largely Increased profit*
and handsome dividends to them- But w ll
the farmer of Georgia credit it?
Ho who counts in his humble home the cost
of his cotton finds, that after denying him¬
self and family all luxuries and many m 'COft-
sitles, that, lie is Htlli heavily in debt, and the
mortgage is still upon his farm, bis boasts his
mule, his tow and the meagre furniture in bis
cottage. Pathetic words those, when on© com¬
prehends the whole situation—“the cost of a
pound of cotton.”
But not only does the farmer Hike alarm
when he hears the words of ill-omen come
from the Department created by h’m and for
his protection, hut. our public-spirited mer¬
chants and cotton men raise a note of alarm
as soon as tho unfortunate statement comes
to their ears. Ah soon ns he hears of it, Mr.
Samuel M# Inman, tho m ell known and suc¬
cessful cotton buyer-—identified with-cotton
Interests all of Ii h but-iness life, an honored
citizen of whom his city, his state and Nesbitt section^
aro proud,— he wi lies a letter to Mr.
and tells him that tins statement, coming e,«
it does fiorn one in his important position,
“carries a weight and if sponfcibiUiy that Is of
vast -importance." It wi 1 be te'naraphetto
every important c otton market in Europe and
America, and used in cotton elren arsand re-
ports. It will be a ‘bear’ aigument for still
further lowering the price, and w 1'JVe quoted
* u “>orltar for year* income."
It 1* hard to calculate the damme dow.the
farmers of Georgia, f he merchants and other*
hoMInff co tton, by this ill-advised assertion of
the Commissioner, this season; but the end is
not yet, it will bo used by tho spinners and
speculators to bear down I he pric; of the grow-
lag crop about which the hope* of the toiling
•»««““» “”' T «“"«• ha ?,“buiided better
.“’TSSi.'b.™
have I he charity to beliive that lie knew not
what ho wan dolnz.
Mr. Inman then asks Mr. Nesbitt for the flR-
tiros on wliii h he bases the remarkable statc-
meat he had made. Whetu aUe I to ‘taw’' by
Mr.Inman. Mr. Jo stntt begins to lay stress
upon thefnc t that It will mnutre years of <are-
fni preparation of the soil, of intensive ( arm-
j n(t , J( avy fertilizing, befor.i 3 t-2 cents
cotton can be ra sed. He then given thnflgnr. s
of tlie Slate K<i>erimerit Station o i a title
8™ien manured and backed by all
the wealth anil resources of till nation. He
atoo g[vM the figures and exjKirler.es ofCap-
tain Corpnt. a wealthy farmer, who pays cash
for everything he needs, who h>.s by inteii-iv*
farming brought up his land to a high state or
fertility, and in consequence profit. makes a fine crop
and a liandvimi Co'ouel Nesbitt I-
telling the farmers of Georgia nothing new
when ho te Is them that btg crops oan be raised
by the intensive system of culture. Ithasbeen
as^’atssr.sRsir
tl ,u„,b. (bn ..tor,! prarr. and by lb« II.
part merit of A{<riculture urnter my a&minbK
tratiem, for many years past,
But now cornea Sir Oracle, and with tjte 0 ir
of a man promulgating a new and important
fact. ;„ Informs the world that from a bale to»
bal ntla hllIr l>cr ttcr ,. CM , )0 r . lls *i in Gro r -
jia, and at a cowr not txcxiwso Tiiiir.z asd
A HAI , r osiers pkk pound.
Htatiktios.—I n compiling the “Common-
wealth of Georgia,” ns far back as 1833, I pur-
possiy re'rained from g ving the cost of pro-
about 8 1-2 cent* i>erjiOund« hut refrained from
giving it, bdieving It would h vean lnjnr on,
effect on prices. (He-? Commonw alth of Geor-
si*, page SCO). At the same time I used every
effort to show! he farmer that the.intensive
•rirSi&aK&JftM; farm ©script !
returua on crop© of every on
from all part© of the Mate, under aayatem of
hi#h culture. Fee also on page iCl tho report
of thecommiHe© of which I was chairman, in
awarding the prizes in the contest for
the beat acres of corn and cotton offered
bf the Geo. W. Bcott Go mjnny. Jn
that contest the highes yield was31-* bales
per acre, the lowest I bale per a-re, the bigh-
es , yi( ,ui or corn being HO 1-2 bush Is i>er acre.
the average bin,' 81 bushels. Whilst the c-.m-
mlttee commented on the handsome prod t to
be derived from such hi^h culture and org-d
, t npon lhB farlaer g, they took care at the same
time to show that the farmer* throughout the
*t»teonly roi-td a buio to31-Siu.r s No. Mr.
K-iitor, tie farmers of Georgia know these
■ factejust SS w ll as the lion. Coraroi-soner
hijn.se f; ho is not telling the farmer anyth-og
^
^ otJHO f Ufa upon him, under th » burden of
t J me pr j cn , for everything that he needs to
make bis crop; usurious interest charges add \-
ed to the unjust burd .na of the robber tariff
. ^
i mirK “ ti.an one-third of a bate to the acre, or
„ ake if Bt a i ea8 cost than 8 i-acems pee
nnd- shcppzrson, the grrat cotton stati*ti-
clan, writing in Nov. 18al, stated that cotton
wiling at that time for about 81-2 cents its-
a J. conn^ry rannm
r , and fiod forb ii that tho c who
. honId befriend ar.d prot-ct him. should try
to b-at down and cheap-n the product* of his
iai-cr by putting ihe wori i on notice thathe
can rake for 312 -enta what corts ■■ him *-
centa^ I« ^ d y ‘* V e uVnten-
t fa rraer f Georgia (
tlor)A i onths part of the Hon. Conuniaaio-ier.
- D utifn 0 t intentional it :s surely a blonder,
w hich :s little iess than a crime,
Kespecfuliv. John T. Hekdkrs-sn.
A Boston woman makes a business of
taking care oi children by the dav or
hour at her home on week days and sun-
days, to ihe great relief of mothers not
abie to hire a uurse, aud not wishing to
accept the charity of the day nurseries.
Her services are so much in demand that
she is sometimes engaged as far as three
weeks ahead. Business women and tired
mothers who otherwise leavetheir , .
cannot
j homes fmd her services of great value.
This adds another to the many expedients
by which refined women, loo delicate or
too retiring, may oam a livelihood witn-
out IftAviocr