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ATKINSON & FLURY.
Km id a! Die i'o.H Otti'-e at Orawfi/id
vTle. On . as Second Class Matt.-r.
C. K. ATKINSON, I Editoi 8
FLl.'HY, .
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'1 he price of cotton tell 1<I point s mi
Tuesday <>! this week.
I.ici* i- reported to ' m: i lam,aging the
c »is on ]» bint in Smith t arolina to a
cm.K.derabie extent.
'j!,.* ;»rohfbitionisls of the State
scent to i>e actively at work in 1 'y
countv jn trie Slate, and it is their in*
\i niion t" have a i*iii introduced in the
m t A,nm. to aholtsl, barroom
ill (.col via.
In tlx* f mte.-t. ea J e for tlc e.) untv
o faces of (Jeunce county, .fudge
Hutchins has ree< .i,, 1 v rendered a
, isioti and given t !i<; dll !(*<:« i,,“ the
l’opulis:. Ail appeal has been made
i,v the Hem (erats, and the ease no
doubt will go to to the Supreme court.
The < bronielc may as well quit wast¬
ing its breath about tin; free and un
limited coinage of silver alter its
u!t, ranee thi * morning, which is, that
it will support tin: party no
what the national platform mav declare
tor. Jll tl Who e;ile more lor party
titan they do for | PI tty principle, and
their Itoite-f convictions, and the well
fare of the ) ic< iplc, are unworthy ol
comidciice or tiusl. 1 »aily Ti ilium*.
The annual t 'onvention of the Gor
•'in Teacher.-: assoi iation w ill t.tkt pl.u
at ( umbel laud Kl.tml, la .juumg .lm\
I lie goth.
t bean rales ha* been secured from
the various road- of the 1,111
large crowd is anticipated.
'There will he interesting i xere.isc
each morning and in the ■Vettings,
hut the afternoon is set aside for plea*
n re and recitation, abundance id which
eau lie found at (.'uujImtUhkI
TJte goody-good element ol tlie eoun
try itre greatly shocked beeayse Clove*
,
7 s mil slipped off to Virgiuia lasl^unilay
: ml spent, the day hsiiing for woul.
ID he same people eec no harm in the
.o:me man putting tx* .a whole
xotd'i'.v.'S V "X to b.i*u( count rv
all time lotiu-dew biuikers of
If Glevelatt never did anythin .*
than fish ou Sunday there, would he
especial reason why he should he
< xcerated hv all lovers of liberty
just ice. — N«,'t t cot 1 f or m i st.
You can't toll where the two old
lies end and Hie national banking
• uini/.atiou begins. They merge
each other hv inaeusilw degrees.
hanks furnish the money and the,
parties furnish the lools todo the
It is .1 heautitul arrangement and
a man proud of his country,« *tj.
old parti's miglit be ettlled, : “A
•mid benutilul meehanist.o for the
■j.etuation of jackassexv" Long mav
-wave -with the <**.rs and tail
Miunenpuais Kepicsentative.
\Vv tee tlu re is ;i strong effort
Inade to resurrect the Farmers
\n this State. W <■ are truly glad
know this, and hope to see this
order again actively at work in
county in the State. But one thing
< riain, if the order is to be
lated by designing politicians, we
rather see it go down never to
again. Otto of tin greatest
that the Alliance had to eneouutei
V; t no’ole*order due to designing politicians
tlie to ride into office
Tho true object-of the Vllimn e was
protect the farmer against the
methods of speculators.
-We suppose the New York
ot . nmetn'thinks 1 oe souilu u
pic at lot U5. 1 ln \ have sent t uem
itddrco urging them n> abandon
and sustain the gold standard.
go so tai a- to a, company tins request
with a threat that if they do not,
.isiness hit'll will lie tho lir*-t to feel
tlie "Might of free silver.” that is. they
will he the first to suffer if they dare
incur the displeasure of the eastern
money power, l'he southern people
have made mistakes, have even done
wrong utanv tinn but they have never
been regarded either ft •• 1 or cow ani", Y
tu.d we have no expectation that they
will place themselves in that category
i.uw "—Mt. Veruonflll.) l’rogrt
Farmer.
If thete are any sinijnclons or
up North who believe that the
ern people are fooN. we refer them
the ‘‘brain which A irginia, tsouth
Carolina, and Georgia, alone have
duced. If they tLiuk the Southern
people are cowards w o respectfully in
\ ite them to jieruse carefully the re¬
cord from lsbl-bo.
A PATEICI’S CHEAT ACT.
Fhc letter of Genera. Hubert „ E. T Lee
to President Johnson asking tor the
Im-ih fits * * i amnesty and a lull report.
Stun nl all n.l.t, and p-.iviieg- ,, as >.'i
tonh in the presidential prodaimuum.
hu* recently been reprinted by The
New York Sun and is being copii d
very extensively by the tn ess ol the
count ry.
T he letter referred to is as follow* :
Richmond, Va.. .June 1.1, ]sf!5.—1*1ts
Excellency A.ulrt w .loin. *ou. iff e** idem
1 of the I'oiled S,ales. — Sir: J.eing ,
j ' bided from the provisions ol amne-ty
contained its the pi oclamation of the
j 2 kth ultimo. 1 hereby apply for
! bencUis ami full restoration of till
ight* a us I* priv iieg< s extended to those
! included in il terms.
1 graduated from the military
academy at Vi * ! lVnit in June,
, jr „ ;n tin « nited Mates army,
A;. .1. FI: was a general m the eon
! b'deiate a.my. and included in the
! render of the Army of Northern Yii
ginia, April a, i tu.
I have the honor to he, very respccl
fullv, your obedient servant,
It. K. 1 ,!.!*..
General Kecks eldest son, Genera!
George WaduUgtmi Custis Lee, re let;.* 1
to tin* motive., which led bis distin¬
guished father to write this letti r in
following comment:
When General Lee requested me to
make a copy ol thi letter to President
: Johnson he remarked: It was but right
lor him to set an > xample ol niakinv
foiaial submission to the civil aiithmi
1
tic:*: . and that be thought by so doing
: might possibly be in better
! j lie a post
I toil to lie nt use In the confederates
i who Were not protected by military
i paroles, especially Mr. Ibivis.
G. W. 'k Li:i:.
j The letter was doubtless a bald one
j for a man to have written under the
, eirantiisttiiiet s, but it. shows the great
| patriotism ol the great mat? who wrote.
](> ,. Jn ]!iyin ,, l<)(Ill , b ,.f or c m.r rea«
j . ts and the public General llobett K.
! ! Lee’s application for pardon,” s *ys
I ! '1 In* Sun, “and bis own declaration of
I the motives prompting him to 'III .» of
the. most, heroic acts of a life ft .11 ol
heroism.The. Sun feels that it is ; ilbing
luster to a noble fame which, is con¬
stantly growing ns tho years pass, and
which is justly appreciated ntei gener¬
ously pri/.cd in the not ill as well as in
the south.”
Tlie Clue.ago ("ivnntieb* as auotuer
newspaper which vooo.ii ms on the
letter. In an cdHotiflA, uhieb the
j letter itself is leprmhto Y»i. ae (
icle pay»J lilting irihsite to the
mss of Hohctt 11 . L* e'.s eh a meter
it says:
Tliat the atnnuNty thus sought was
material import-,mce to the General
i the defl ated sGuthern armies is
j improbable. I'.is animating spirit
j pmly aUrv.is.tie, pmtlv patriotic
Uiouglt, indeed, there should be
nized no tliiferenee between the
terms. That his devoted followers in
the sow Hi would be best served b\ an
j authority, example ot and sttlimissimt that the reunited 1 o established nation
i
j' jqnicklv v “ uitl "elded ’'"englitened into a and more
u h(,K ' this example ot the
li ><' arni.v • t m.-urreetioii suing
j l'ttrdon, w.i ' " arly m Ins nuntl. .b*
] was a patriot at tin* moment lie wrote
1 In' leIter.
j I’erhaps no net of his life betlerilhis
; trated the true ehnraeler of this great
man, and it is encouraging to note that
■ , t | H , years roll by the people of the
mu th as well as the iieople of the south
are learning to appreciate grandeur of
cimiucter atul ate proud of I A'G
as a great American.—Constitution.
-•When a man, crazed by whisker,
meets his wife and shoots her down in
cold blood, a- was the case on the
-livets of Atlanta last Saturday even
ing. it is certainly high time that tlie
law should sav to the dealer in whiskey.
you must hunt another occupation.—
The law takes the man in hand, who
under the intluenco of drink, did the
filing ; ,nd will, ns it slnmld.hang him.
hut the man who furnished the vile
stuff that dethroned his reason will be
allowed to go free. How long, oh,how
! long will such a state of affairs exist V
j us , as a * ;lr0 allowed to deal
out ih atli and destruction in this wav
of the wliiskev traffic.”—Columbia
Si . m j Ut j
"And men will be allowed to deal
out death and destruction in the way
of the whiskey traffic just so long as
those who profess friendship for the
cause of prohibition, support for office
those who are open advocates of the
bar room- and vote to sustain them,
did Hon. J. C. t'. Black, whom tlie
Sentinel supports lor office. Practice
what you preach and vote as you talk
'
brother, and j.eihaps things may be
changed.” McDuffie Enterprise.
3'es.brother Enterprise,there arcDcm
j corals that talk like the Sentinel does
aI, ‘‘ "lien voting time conics cast their
’ -‘Lx'i- tor such nu n a- Mr. Black, that
preaches prohibition and then votes
lor whiskey. Such utterances as the
first paragraph from the Sentinel, does
not harmonize with the ScuiiueTs vote
foi Congr--man for Urn I>w«»et. Ant
*uc:h methods tu the Sefctihd p racltecu ;
are in keeping wi;h the Deboer,tie j
party thr.MiglH.nt. The late Demo-,
.rntic < nngrcs «■ nt into office pledged
to ..H-a-urea looking to the good of the
goner.d masses, and the result was, a
general violation of every
made to the peopic.
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COIN PS.0 VERBS.
A < nr <spondt.nl in the Union-He-*
conier of Mt/ledgevilli*, gives the to!
lowing proverbs on the money que*
(ion lh;i . ari , worthy of consideration.
'IT * nit' I Xati . with eight
ton people, wem able to declare for
gold and silver as their money, over
one hundred years ago.
J. 'J li. United States, with seventy
motions ot people., tire now more able
u> dedare that gold and silver shall be
lh , h m0)| ,. v . Ask m) t Hltlv , consult
other govcrnpiem. If the people
( * x , e • |Juu „ u . il)Ue{ , end(m . in „/
«\* j
;{. The people must not put tmy one
in ofliee, unless lie openly declares for
the free and unlimited coinage of gold
and silver.
i. * 11 .,., .-.a .-i Mr. C'toiii- - i
this disirie.t beetinse of his vote on the
qu .‘Siian. Gen’l. Gordon has
already u tired from tt candidacy for
i'e-e.le<*,t.ion to the senate. He is wise. :
for in time Urn people would have
rcth-ed him, for the same reason.
5. ’i to* people, must retire all such and
, )( , sun . I)0 ^ p, ] )U ( .suc 111 nto any office,
An 1 before voting be sure that they
arc civ lit on litis question.
ik 'J !iis is the light of the masses
«g dust the classes. And tinr people
»* list, win, by every voter doing Ins
< 1 c,iy.
7. Our country produces crops in
gn at abundance, hut prices are **() low.
that the farmers have no money.
K. Gold monometaiism, has s> adlj
\ aneeil the price of gold and lower farmet dj j
the price of products, that our
arc in debt at the end of the year.
It. Heforo silver was
evciy farmer had some money
crops were marketed. This is not s
now.
It). Witli the free coinage of silver
c.iiilon wii go to 10 cents a pound ami
wheat to one, dollar a bushel.
11 . Nothing hut tlie free coinage
silver will advance the juices of ou
farm products.
Id. To bring this about put only *ilv
men in office.
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A HAHD FIGHT.
it is a hard fight for him,unity t<j
keep itself up to the liighest jmssihl*
standard. Human nature is
capped by lingering liruta! instincts o
heredity, hv environments, by sudden
temptations, and often by diseas
which science does not and to all ap
jiearanees can never understand. Just
to what degree crime is a disease we
do not understand. Il seems
hlo to itccounl for some of (ho
ill( ,] ju . ltions uf KOmf , peojdc J
. „ yrosu(1 of inwinity h
>|)U )(! or ,
| the iudinations tlieuisdves are symnf diug',
j toms of disease that cannot he
nuyi , ([ The career of Oscar Wilde if
j,, j, ointi Here was a brilliant man j
here was a mind, that with till i!j
eeeeulneitit s. was the fountain of
-pleinlid thought. It was a trained? ha*
educated mind. The man had
every iqqiortuuity to become, in reality
what the world so long thought l)f
<>l honor . well
w as. a man as as a mail
of , genius. But |, lus , true character ,
!
j came to light. He was found to I)
the lowest of the low in tastes
habits, and is now a hopeless
Gan such things be accounted for
cept we conclude that he was
The course for him to have followed,
when he found the disease or
»ess, if any prefer to call it that, was
* u ’’A* " Uh all the power that he
possessed. Other men are compelled
to tight their weaknesses. A western'
,naU 10 118 recently: “1 have not
drank a drop for 11 years, and I will
never take another glass of whiskey, 1 '
never, no never; and if you think ill
requires no courage to refuse when i>.
company with some men with whom 1
travel, you arc mistaken; it takes more
tannage titan it does to light
Here is a man who is compelled tc
slet P 0,1 hivi arm * tl> dc fend hitusell
against himself. But Wilde, like aj
i»«Hroon, surrendered; lie permitted
*hc brute to tiiumph oici the man:
a 'lowcd he savagely in his nature to
ov <’ r ' vllcl,n h,s culture, and many an
ot ^ cr 111:111 i K ' r,lllls himself to be un
done in the same cowardly way. Men
can be men if they wish to be. The
Almi S' ht .V K.as endowed every man
with a will power that wilt conquer hia
apju'tites and his passions, if he oulv
has the manliness to use the weapon.!
— Farmers' \\*ice. }
Dr. Henry C. White, of Athens, Teehno-j hasj
been circled President of ihe
logical caused School by of the Atlanta, resignation to fill the of Dr.| va-|
eaucy
Isaac S. Hopkins. Dr. White declines
to accent the Presidency of the sehooiJ
* hi Pitt-, f>d,b
, rr . Mu,f.< of county.
| quieUy plowing his field, was
tj if|cUd &0 [ hli 1)a ,, k ol lljc heafi with
*J*, e boU ecd of a „ uu by j oe Eaton,his I
' ah ,, or killed on last Saturday.
n oW f „ Uf j over the land Hlje |, et ween .
(icm va ^ vvhat leatl t0 tIie difficulty.— !
tuon nuide Id, esenpe and is still at
tree, but every effort will be made to
him'.
I The goldbng journals who have been
Plashing theirleeth in impotent rage
jver since Harvey's ‘‘Coin * financial
y ' bool” laid them out, are now claim-'
f '*.. ... ,.. (l i lo«'<eai vieiorv. because i
ti»e Vt>a ~ ]J;UVe v is a pnpuA.-t. Even'
i: ’
} jr . were a horse , thief, . hi. * I.ic.s , , e an .
‘ r ^5ments would still have to be
a,! ?\vered on their merits. " It is uol
"lio says it,’’ but whether it is true,
s -
i"'*’ 1>e »i «em
" ", j
1 ' vet an-werc-l h> : < .,,*.,uments
" (:t ll *o goldmigs at at. > - ’
If f 'f 8 Mt " "L**" i °
in :t logical battle.—Amuicus ants
aeeoulev.
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ARE YOU
BANKRUPT in health
constitution undermined by ex
travagance in eating, bydisre
garding the laws of nature, or
A A/Stcal . J , .. . :r
j- capG.t. at. . -> 1 ’
NEVER DESPAIR
Tutt’s Liver Pills will cure you.
P Ol Side llCUclctchc, (.!\ S|H pSKl,
sour stomach, malaria, torpid
CORSt i * pation , biliousness
and all kindred diseases.
LjVCr PHIS
SSI SuSOiUtfi , 14 .
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