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THE PEOPLE'S ADVOCATE.
—rmi«Htr. wekklt at
CRAWFORDYILLE, - - GEORGIA.
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE
GKEENE COUNTY FARMERS
ALLIANCE AND INDUS¬
TRIAL UNION.
ITbUMIEKft NOTICE.
UBSt RlTTH N *l,onper >e»r, M cent*
let six mouth. , Ji cents lor tmee
uiuuth*. SsubsdijrtioM# payable in
advance.
COKKKfePONHENCE on live and newsy
subjects invited* 1 h s real name of
the »utirur must accompany ail tom
liiuhieatlons Ai tides intended lot
puliiicatiou should be addressed to the
editor.
IlUrriSE-V* COMMl NICAIIOXS anl
those relating to advertising should
be addressed, and ail checks, money
orders and drafts should he made
payable to
PAUL L. HMim.
Ci a w lordville, Ga
PAUL L. .SMITH. Em To*.
Craw ford ville, Tb'iiaday, Mai., K’i*
Kdllurlal Kuiall Mlaot.
Your county ami state paper*, the
* ...
People's AdV'jcate and tho lWplua Daily
l’ajiei lor ouly 4 I ,*»0 a year. Duly a lit*
tie over ••h# cent a week tor each. Certain
|v \ou eau aft Til to Hjictiil tliat mueh a
v eek lor tlie hews, uud for the Peoples
i’arty.
We come out late this w**-k but it is a
fault not to la* laid to our charge. Read
elsewhere in thii paper wh .4 it was nr ole
Us late.
Ji. a card published in tins week's Deni*
ocrat; T. A. /f,*otic makes scven.ral state
luvuls in regard to us ami U> liimeelf.
tlue of these we notice, Hu claims that
he is and always has been a democrat.
We are not at ail sorry about that, but
we do think 1* was wrong lu him to wrilo
that piece headed *‘a move." which piece
a|)|>earod iu the last issue of the paper at
(*l<ilutU.ro, iu which he relot » to
the deiliucrats as being "Damuabte."
Thu county school eotniuienouer Mr, W*
T. Flint gave the school enniuouilors
their fitccssaiy stationery and etc last
bulunJay. The euuiuoralur# are Mr. J110.
U. Elliuil.oii, Mr T L /foully Mr W 0
Rhodes, Mr W T Flyi-t Mr J V\ Reive.,
and Mr Martian, 'ii nt meiaiiqi} w*|i
of as Ol -mm}*
It i# naturrd ’hat we should wish to
our friemta pro*|Hir. Those firm# w ho
•adveitiss with us are rut IrieuJs aud iu a
great measure thrir success is ours, There¬
fore If you wish to help the cause aud
your paper alro patronise those firms that
udveitise with us. Each cute is reliable
will do what they say, and in quality aud
quautity of good* aud business integrity
they are suppassed by uonc iu the c oun
‘y.
rOWELTON DJI'S—We caunot pub*.
|i*h now owing to the sudden and unlooked
for departure of oueof our printers. M my
thank* lo "Xarator’' for same. Be hope
be will overlook this fault not our# and
scud iu bis locals next week.
Bar ha# IwB declared belweeu the
Atiauta Goustitutiou aud the Atlanta
Journal which will hardly tend to hasieu
Democratic harmony iu tho South. Uoke
Smith, editor of the Journal, is tfocwUiy
of the lutcrior, and bcuce ibis trouble.
A few offices *>r a little plunder will fix
up the Coustitutiou, however aud iu good
time this w ill be forthcoming. There is
no paper on earth that can change the tone
of us editorials as quickly or more com¬
pletely than the Coustitutiou.—National
Watchman.
WANTED.
A goud, live «virespondent and agent
io each militia district of the Nineteenth
Sesartotial district to write each wreck th.
local# fr *m hi# or her district and lo col
lect and forward aubacriptiub* to the
People* Adv^<ate, OrawMvilk Ga.
W# will give that correspondent, free.
of above utentioaed pajwr. , for
cm# copy
ciab him paper and pay for stamp bill
aolong a# he represents us. and allow
usual per cent on subscription# collected.
If you will act as agent please dr* p ua a
postal at ooca and we will f jrm#b you
with material
F ret come- First served.
IX THE TENTH.
The 1 ate move of the Advocate, th'Ugh
• dutau ee of twenty mite*, carried
from the dUi tj the 10 th coogie.si.m
ilialrict- 'it.is move u, with,,,
.he ooiiiiury line. .1 h section. upon
which .her. we. recently hvstened
.1tUutu.11 ol 1 be world*
Rncl'}, ns 11 men upon the causes
brought shout Ibis uuuniiai octurreuce.
Several ve»>* sgo the Isriuer* so l
borer. ol lue .*y»till» amt vV'e.t goa<Dl
almost lo ties}** ration by »oi«e inigniy
evil cause that ki pi thein iui|ioveii»lte«l
.git,: ol ,, f it* ir ctfclt* to la tter
c< anil (tin lagan to oigani /.s
into so Alliance. 'I h a step was the
Iiatuiai thing oil esif.b
'I lie} ha<J tihU to light the hatte
tiuiajc*l, r«, ii inah lor hhi.seit.
Ilui 1 he hard schoolmaster,
taught them that uiu icni tiut.i, that
teii they might staml, but, iliviiled ih -\
would ho sure lo Iwil,”
Through then Alliance orgaui.i.ioii the
farmer* sought lt» dtrlloy the hiitilvh i ansi
oi li.e iitftiil *I*fjneaolou tuat was Cohtin
naliiy foreleg lUo'issud* of their
t- the vsil.
"I he }>athway of the Alii.nice, as
groped its way through lln .hadoWs anil
uncertainty thrown a.ou 1 I a hew
enterprise is toe Well Known, ami wit*
Uaveieil lot leicntly to uecn more than
a bscU« ai t g.auc*.
lake honest men tuey began the ivoik
a | home, making as I n ........sibio tber
twrutw auil.usiainiug a..tl bunging shout
lelieueiuueut 1 i every jnacn.al maimer.
1 hey also began to caaiiiliiu tlieir. CC <UU'a
with their me tenant* anf-uai.y came to
the Con, lusmu tliat lltey weie paying li.m
uiiiawlni ami ru uoas p.i cent, lu
many lustaueua this was true but as all
will admit now it was not (he cause ui
• '1 lie result of the m/es
was that many coopuialive stoics
were built und run by the Alliance.
Was good as lar a* it weut, but u did not
Ircglli to touch tilt* teal cause. Alter a
at time litis tact wa. realixvd by a
majority of the farmers and they began lo
look laiiliui hi 0,1ml in liu searcu. Auout
the licit move ol illi|t *i talrce made by the
Alliance was tue u.«i ol l ie b»ycoU,
which beXi lo the ballot is the grea.es t
pacific poWci flue risen posers.
TUeJuio (lagging TlUst Was whipped
lbs Alliance liieiebj, scored Its most
signal victory, Thu farmers through their
were gradully groping their
way toward the light toward the prin¬
cipal cause tliat was oppressing limin.
From the birth *4 the Alliance unto the
time it discovered the rest cause ol uppres -
lion there lud been scattered throughout
its every branch literature that dealt with
the real eause that aiiowad the ch*racter
of the tl epressiou^n d the f.rce* ihsiV
the writers ol these book# tract*, and
were generally men wflio had studied
years the ,very question tl*«t ihe
were trying t» solve and Ihere
ihoiisai.d of men in the Alliance *..b<*
aud tn ked Hie luhstauce of what
literatuool the .Ibiance taught. The
w.,rk soon began to liear fruit. Jfen
to think and to reason, and to ask
.he government responsible.”
The result is known,
Tho Alliance almost to a man found
the real cause of depression existed in the
government aud its administration. try
read and heard* and saw, th« indisputable
fact that class lcgislatou, and ihe lack ol
proper Itgislaiion. was Hie prime cause of
Hutir impoverirhsit comhti >u. Tue Alli¬
ance may have .been sl..w in finding tin*
real cause, but when they did find it they
set about t>* destroy it :u .1 determined aud
business like manlier,
And then tlw plutocratic politician# got
scared. Tuey claimed tin* proper sphere
of the Alliance had nothing to do with
government.
They sought to deceive the fanners by
Itlltng them the reason thst the times were
so hard was that they had made too much
They seemed to have forg.dlen their pre¬
vious explanation that they had u»t
worked hard enough, had not inadeeneugh
With such talcs they sought to divert the
attention of the people from iho.r own
past and present ctt.se Bat a* the "old
war hors* ’ S. A. Walker decUrwd, 'Ihe
Alluuce liad not been to school four years
for nothing, and a-l the attempu ended
,n miserable failure The Alliance WuS
now iu politics, t*ol from choice but from
necessity. They set forth their grievan¬
ce* and |H*tit ouott congress for ie.fr***.
L'ougro*- would not give it. aud hooted
sod ridiculed their petition*. This got
the farmers aroused iu dead earnest.
They m*t at St. Lout# \to. and again
|( tv . 4la p- u . , platform and de¬
t no w , n «o ild g *t thenv t«s u..le »
he solemnly pledged Uuuss.f to supp-vr
thrir demands regor.fWs# of party turn#
and caucus. The strength of the Alliance
at this time, may U* See3 from tr* fact
]U tt*c state* tlie nominees el
the Al.isuce weie endorsed by the old
party. This "as throng! fear alone. The
01,1 »’•«? V "'* ‘ * n ‘ lh * Alhance
principle# but were afraid V* offer much
reaituace. jt oeem* now that their policy
was to corrupt, if p>>**it>!e the leader*
the A'..:snee a id through the n work
tt* dissolution. Th * 1* x short sketch of
coarse *>» the Alliance pursued in **«•
«r-»l of tbs Hou hern and W**Urn State*
The **me will answer for Georgia aud the
t.mii district. as we'd as * review or aome
of she cause# that made the tenth a ceu-j
ter of eo much interest.
TI12 II <u. 1 A t\ ataon w*a* the choice
-
of tb, Aliianc. in the tenth ds.tr.ct
««-u->.....Pi-.t.ou hy the,nng
trau tiny, through lorcc of necosity
.'iiseil mm.
Tie: Alliance nil n it gi ve
nj, all ho, e of relief through the democrat
,C part) anil tbsy acted oil tue *U|>p >si
Inal It thev prsaci bell tbs platlorm,
nominated ti-e men, relief would be
tamed, This it >pe o*f relit I through
macliu.eiy ol the licni'afaliC paily
n-turai. loi lire A.iiai.ee demands were
pure Jellersii'.an dem. crecy applied to lie
and vailed eni.ditiuhs of Hie .
V*c CaU ali ituiviulnr I10W qs.ckiy t u,
n ije; was dashed to | iecea. tue
craiic ja ty liud leit every
pllnctpic and OliC t»ial milked to
l trill U lliall c aild not l<e a democrat
rti* AiliaiiCdi.iUi sit U*e iMiiicumc,
re pf ecc,, tail v Co WUU lull Otl (he
...allorm. and who ware elected by
A lilAllCC al <ic«i by lb*» iiuu*oc*Al»c
kvoiu uulicu -*All:uute l>ciiif>cratu."
» m e lslVIligftlUlit MuicK, Wiuu, iVutlKHA
and others, 1 iit-tto li.vii werii elected
lire distinct pledges i;iveil that they
be hut ol sU ii Aiiiauceiocn auJ tu.rt
would support tiia Alliance Ceiuauifs le*
A* . just • . sum . .
gardkss ol parly caucus*
It was not long before they (i'seovered
they must tuuouucn either tlis party
lire Jlllicipics' \t hat each did wo W»i
teinemhi I. Ail *>l tho Georgia delegation
.Vt\d Vi aUim laud W mu wno proved Ins
lo , a.ty to principle and to ills pietiges
ei> chose to servo tuo party lather than
ilMS JiCo|l C. Tuey I or got the piv.ges aud
(uii.t'U uiiir bdv.ii* uu tuu litvii wtiu Ltiii
picned lli.ur up Ircm oUcunly and bad
given via III pool tiou and power,
llateoli itmcmbcrcd Ins pleiiges.
He knew aud fell the sole muia of his
4 *c KiiUvV that they must have relief at any
lie taw the course of the utlllocratic par
|v so shaped a*> lo shut out ail hopes ol
relief aud standing lor principle lather ibau
party o« renounced his aiagiauce to a
t,*lse dtUiuracy and with eight other bravo
souls like hiuis.il juiucO til ! i’soplta party,
me ouly paily that piomised relief.
Zealous lor the cau.*e 1(1 which ha had
enlisted Ihe representative of llm tenth
district threw his whole soul iutu the strug
gle lor tue reiwf tbu people Justly deurau
ded. lu 1 lie early pait of the sesatou of
the last congress Watson exibited those
Hails oj character aud that genius that
stamped him as the Peel less. The able
manner in which he showed up the past
rocorJ of tile old parties, the scat'•
Utt^jg^^'^^r^.etraimn ho showed
in laying bare lituir subtle traitorous at¬
tempts lo siill further enslave the people.
The quick comprehension with which he
eveiy design of wail street upon
lew remaiuiug lilterlies, the brill la n
he exhibited iu seizing the
very gnus of his enemies aud from then
to.tress piuriug in those ceaaeletu.
volleys ths* sha.terel every rank
the , . torcea ol , the G ,, r,> >rat, . t „ ow#. .1 in* .1 Uv
U
vullutt he proved, tu tl».* luteicsts . of , fils , .
oppressed and tluw .croddeu couutrymeu
bis dauntlesk carnage aud hi#clear irre
sistiole logic in advocAliug and .lemaad
lug relief IrotnoppieAsidu al ■ marked liiui
an the great chunpioii *>l the Jieople wud
ihe deadly, uggrecsivo enemy ol everything
tliat threatened their iUtorc#t».
Tai» explain* how lits teuth became
fan* ills.
It w#s its repret.-otative tbst m#d# this
district the ceuU-r of tho worlds aiteutt ju*
A nmodil more to we.tkeu tho false
dexu.vracy and build up lu a correspond¬
ing d«g rev the IVoplca cause than did
Watson. No one did ui t ra to expo#® the
fearful wrong# being y*erpetr*t«d oil the
people under the guisd of law. Th# uxon
c> kiug*. the corruption i.*t#, the corrup
legfaUtor.-. iu short all the corporate pow¬
er* it may by truthfully said, trembled
before tbs luJicttucuts t be dauntless Geor
giau thought against them. They deter¬
mined ou fii# defeat.
vYstsou had thrown down the gauntlet
to tl«c* Gold G od.
And the Gold God had picked it up.
The struggle wa# betwavu Right and
\V rung, lot »cen Patriotism and Prejudice .
between man aud Mamou. F.esii and Biood
ag*111*1 Gold aa.i Oppression, aud the
Tenth district was the- nattle field, and the
world the* pectator. Watson champiouiug
ti.e cat.*.* of Man. Black the side Mamnr’o,
Tue end all know.
B!a*k t!ie reprmeut.vtiva of M anitn on was
dfx-lorrd elected. To eecure this end all
appearance uVre even ol honesty aud fatrnev
let go. The bounds of reason
ue*a of tboir majoc^ - stamp# >“» on its !"r face
iu burning letters "Fraud.
This is briefly the story of the Tenth.
But history ha# not closed her vo! ume yet
and let u* hope and endearvr to make
1 tie result of the conflict to to fou-ht
next year dificreut from the last.
7 be Advocate, while it lo ves the old
ftth none the less, feels a pardonable
pride in knowing that in the next 'attie
it will tight in tbv column* of he gallant
Jtatk.
iiiJiE\”fO.
i'< >e> di:y
& Mil Ms
Athens, C a.
—
-h*'p-. ti*w **» first -*1 i-s men ami
materiai. ll’lild and repair ad kinds ol
machili .-rv. Saw inibs uii.t mill* cane
mills pulley's sliaiiitig ded »ta! Iioxe* etc .
sp ciil'y. Macufacuueis anums f. ir 1
^ e| 1 V lm , s OI „| b.iei- it: jw.-fors amt
ejectors on the market. i\ _ e|» in *f» s
.team and water J p • a,id ''ll.nt'- and
cot:,>11 presses. Correspondence solicited
Tin s. Iktiley, Manager.
I
; L
* r( riiis Standard bred, and RegUt red
.et All . in ATLaKTA will stand tin® season
*
farm of Mr. T. A. branch,
^iwenesbocu. For full particulars as
pedigree and for all information wanted
*»piy to T. A. RRANC 1 J,
J.F. UARM 1 US 1 AEL.
<r
■
.T. II. 3 Moi»ei*i«f
esident Dentist,
Greor.eaboro, Ga.
^1 Lis wish to tuttu 11 my thanks to a pencr
, public for past favi.rs. and to announce
•list 1 have the “New and Improved
jBchud" for operations in filling teeth,
mi piepared to nerve y ou in a satisfactory
m *uuor at all times.
EDUCATE for PROFIT
-BY AlTENUli
MOOHE’S BUSINESS COLLEGE, AT LAN T A, GI
A Hi0h-(!rade Bsnaew fruuusc AW
2 ±&&S 5 cuter i & r Sir Ume. y u «4 ttcud tut
pi.11. tHsdeuU any
etrrulssa.
BOTANIC
BLOOD
A thoroughly tested Romody
rOR ALL I
BLOOD and SKIN DISEASES.
ai^g^n!!SeMMs!^fobr*Muf i ai!
^iacertain illssssss a^i.^u nvsryiuKHnrt‘p«“rur reciniiiiciidt'.l. I*
fur which t» t»
Iivvsr fslls to tii ni llt Irom tho first rtose. all
ciiirklv sml vff.'ctuult}* drivii'K through out
ms.Tium term* fr.*m the ijntrm
the of the iVm, liver and kid-
1 'T.*l« *.» with,,ut sny unplensnnt *>f ur tanoraiiee Injurious
■ I’ a* no ‘ tbl ' result
erbipyrstitlon. eoifaion sml hut thnreuKh tt Is fouintwi know h-<te>' u|*on
of.'h.Mjern sense » .-ireiXualfy
me.ilc*! sclenc* II
ins tlw. and enriches sufferer. the hluo.1 r.i.,1 ml hriii^v
he , h to the As 11 *!••*.« tunic
It' Vlthuuta rival, nu.l In is snsiysisuf alwulutety
he* hs' ita Kivin* properties it I*
id eomparisnii w Itls»psnscvsf»rall llh nny remedy ever
off'’. IdtotBepobHc.
111 * .ssltlng from Impure and life; Imp,‘*er- quickly
l»h * blood-the current «f
« llibiuetf u«. vcifuts. Ho n. Bnran. w 1*1*1
*su*l Vrupll.in*. ( nlHrrh.
IttfuiiniiiUMU. 111 Adder lllarMSS. Uxi. remitflo Kidney Weal.. snS
now Renoat htaows. etc. 1
(HVCSTiqUTt roil VOURUir.
Send fur our rree «o»*h of X (Siuabls
1 nf,,must Ion. tuvether with ,. w. ,, r
fallurrsv ol cerUBcnte# of remarks'..c
i nrlo from t*ie simplest to the n.. *t vir
ulclt disease, after ail known testify remedies itlt
had (ailsd. These certificates H-.i.id w
nu uuoertaln *uund. that n. tame
Hal|«||«thetwwt,cheapest, quiek.-i *tre.,t
eat knot siul most powerful Miuod Puruier ever
s to the world.
Taicte_#i.00 t>er bottle ; #6.® for f. hetwcs.
Foil sole bv drucr.tfC* : If not. send lo ur.
Address oLOOD BA CM CO Atie.ta. Ga.
An Eye to Economy.
She wan a girl of wisdom. lit
id to her: “Do you not lore to
Wander in tho moonlight?"
“Why* ‘‘Yen,” ghe answered.
-
“Because it saves gna."
Then ho did some mental arith¬
metic, ‘‘Will thought mine?" it over und said
you be
skying a Kind Word,
“My clear friend. ~ said a tem
perance advocate to a Storm beaten
tramp, ‘let me S»V a kind word to
Thaci ve * "* ued the
SSfcruESftva - I
4 think
.-I be after
Ba%nQ - Vef houor Texiu Stft
ingS.
Nothin^ to B© Thankful For.
Bleeker B-.-nd—I suppose you
celebrato-l Thanksgiving Dav with
a groat deal of zest, cou.-i 3 t*ring
6 tho largo crops you had, Uncle
i?
Undo Si Low—I dunno as I
did. kind Crops was so big I can’t gel
uo of price for anythin’.—
Puck.
m CHANGE.
A BUSINESS
E2. HARE-ISOKT
But'cessor to Mrs. H. M. llobertaon,
io RK1 tfxMaSBOH< >, GA
j
| flour, lid, mam
Toba'T'O and C!garn.
Satisfaciion Guaranteed.
T' t 3 T\\nJJ»ejmre_you wlien meii^
tion this paper yon
T eaironVim.
next'CO.tdnys my entir# stock of Tinware at actual tost
1 will sell for the
to giv® ro# * call in the Herald-Journal building.
IJe aure
THE FRICK COMPANY.
Eclipre laginss.
*c *
Kri« City Iron Works Er g'ne and Boil¬ mm
ers, Automatic Stationary Engine#.
GINS FROM *i to $•*! 50 1 *ER SAW
Huilars. Saw Miiis. Moon* C*>., Corn ' S^iteg
Mills l’ratt Gins, Seed Cotton Elevators
Cane Platform Mills. Seal®#. Cotton Food l’res*as. Scientific Wagon Grind¬ and m
Mills, H<»a'» U'liisle-Tool. S*■' #, Shin- ^ 1
ing machiuery, Shutting, «lc. otc.
gi*
MALSBY r db T ATEUY,
—SOUTHERN MAXAGinS—
( Atlanta, Ga.
81 oouth Fo 8 syt« 3 St.,
ME. A. B. McDOEALP,
—Proprietor ef—
MllfilflLLl RACKET STORE.
___DEALER IN-
gts? ~h p op
Aud n Ururrul l.lae ol Dry Uouils.
ad. in crockery and Tinware of every iort and a ^\P«® n - j \ J^'o^goine
oil br*- w,t
fK - D. McDonald.
n
«
IIE- 4 DQ UARTER 5 FO*
LOAY PRICES
st ds" oiLai
at a small plofit in fact our whole stock.is going at
Bock Bottom Prices !
jJ ri h ^Tred’^kMAiMWHiS , f
Call at once s.'l get > on * thr«w fourth
U— w ,». - to -
Victor few•*•*!'« an.i extra w.t.gs. tail in us -
yfospt
We sell genuine T>. *fc II- Scovil Hoes.
c* CDapman.M S r