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ONLY TWO WAYS.
IT IS A UNION OF THE WESi
AND SOUTH OH REVOLUTION.
TIj# *;»*! Hit* No Tron!»l« In ffanclitag
th* Two Old Part let
The situation is serious. Every
patriot will vliw with alarm the
waves of discontent and revolt that
are rising higher and higher all over
the land. The question on everybody's
lips is "how is this all going to end?"
't here can be but one answer. Rlu
tocracy must take her hand off the
throat of labor; the money power
must loose its grasp on the industries
of the country or there is going to be
trouble. Jt is urged that the matter
can be settled by the ballot. Rut
how.' No one claims for one instant
that the present congress is carrying
out tbs policy which it was elected
to do. No one doubts that
the reason is members have
been bribed, cither with ofliec or
money, to bctiay the interests of their
onstituents (Since l«?S there has
been no expression of the people at
the ballot la<v that did not demand
sn increase of the currency, snd that
direct from the govrrnmeuL Yet
with systcmalie regularity the will of
the people, as expressed at the ballot
box. has been act aside and the de
of Wall utri'f*! complied with
The people, disappointed with one
party, have ffone over to the cither,
like two balky hornes. but never with
iuiy better mu cchH. It has been the
*ame to Wall street whether the p«*o>
pic (supported the democratic party or
the republican party Within the
past ten year* both old partiefr have
experience! a political c yclone that
almofrt ft wept them out of exintence
Hut disappointed again the people
have returned and resurrected the
corpse of their former love, only to
meet sgain sad disappointment The
trouble is (hat neither one of the two
old parties Is any longer in (he
bauds of the people. They
arc represented l>v two machines
and those machines are controlled by
politicians that are In the pay of Wall
street. It Is no longer asked Is this
measure what the people need, hut
how will it affect the party? Whether
it he a fact that a minority in each
party dictates its policy, or whether
It U a majority that does so, It is
evident that the people no longer do.
Under these conditions what are we
to do? The people will never submit
t*> the injustice that is fining heaped
upon them. The money power Is
arming itself to carry on its usurps
tkms by force, if necessary, and the
people are arming for a resists nee.
Revolution, with all Its revolting
scene., IU suffering, and devasu Ion,
is staling us in the face.
that Wall Street can use 4 .1 I... Its of
either to help the ..the. The u.m,
oratie party with »0 majority ia power
lest to pas. any measure of relief. 2 he
republican party would not if It
roiihi. Hit* HU‘!1 who control tho two
old rat tle, are either wealthy
Of drawing good salaries Hant limes
for the producers is a harvest with
llicm low prices ......one', iiiil.elr
po-kets Ihe.V are not produi era
1 hey are eousumcr>. There is no
hope of relief In that direction. Hut
there are enough earnest and sincere
man in the weal and south to control
legislation if they will unite. They
will never do it under cither the
democratic or rapublican banners It
is unreasonable to expect H- I In
People s party 1, a common ground on
Which they can meet in that w B y
..volution can bo prevented, it is
the only way. With the west and
south a uu!l relief could be had quick
»ml sure. The man who still con
tends for democratic success or repub
Mean success is either a demagogue
or Wind to hi* own and tohiscouu
try's interesta As a rule the men
who do so are either drawing a good
■salary a* a result of tftiAing for their
party or expect to do so. The coun
try is l eiug led into the vortex of de
strnrlion by spoilsmen Instead of
statesmen, let the west nud south
unite.
The liauk of Venice was the longest
continuous financial system known in
history, and the most shecessful it
did basin ess by a system of credits
not redeemable in coin \\ ilh this
system contraction was impossible. It
existed and flourished for about six
centuries (until the dow nfall of the
republic* and never knvw a panic,
Not so with the "cash office," a branch
which was opened for a part of this
lime. ai d whose credit* were redeem
able lo coin. <'n iwoocc sions it was
compelled to suspend payment*, and
its credit* fell below par. It wax
“tided over” by the aid and influence
of U»e main bank, whose credit* ere
mi snber, not redeemable in coin—in
facl, never to be redeemed at all, ex
cepl the constant redemption of cur
rent business for the last four centu
ries of it* existence were 20 per cent
above current coin value. Contrast
ihis with the numerous and disastrous
panics in this and other countries still
persisting iu a metal basis
If tH h currency i* $0 "hoQfst ow
is it that the dishonest men have got
the most of it?
To increase your business Adver
tise your goods. Try it and see.
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WE ARE. STIbb HIS SUBJECTS.
Bo long s. tli. I ntti.1 SI»lei live* tinder tli* tn|ltih Gold system, just so long do Amirirss reducers remain
ths ilsvns o t It r I r Is la I to |,«, r 1st Ism I .of til shsks off ths ItrltlNli John (Gold! ones mors by Mt.bi.hlng a eorreney
(Silver) ths hssli of supply of which Is mat In llrltlsh poisossloni. I'sopls's l'*rty.
FINANCIAL TRUTHS.
difficulty with biinetaliarn in
th ** u r^juircs a Whh valuable metal
maintained at par with a more
vfti,,aUft on '* Thia unnatural condi
tion can not be indefinitely main
lained except st constant expense
The objection to the recent bill for
coining the silver seigniorage was
not that it would add fifty-five mil
lions lo our coined money, but that it
nei essitated the additional burden of
maintaining fifty-five millions more
of stiver at par with gold, issuing
gold bonds to meet this expense does
,lot c,m ’ the difficulty—it only post
nones it, together with adding to our
Indebtedness. Along these lines
iN nothing hut difficulty and
dl *** ter
A circulating medium for th* ex
<hange of commodltlea should consist,
not of a subsianee naturally scar e,
which can not he made to increase S
with the increase of population and
the growth of business, but, on the
contrary, It should tie capable of
adjustment to those conditions.
(mr country \ ia comparatively L a new
01u , wlth ul . t increasing
y migration MjcRas by
natural resources.* .shall rfur vast in j
ter.sU bo crippled by a me»gre
mw || UB1 of exchange? The natural |
i,* B U for a medium of exchange la
population and wealth, and not ilia
luondt, rubles gold or tlUver. I’opu- ;
lHtioni with wealth iu IU various
formt , t> Uie source of need of a
medium of exchange and should be ;
be basis of supply. Considering the
material wtftit b of this coun
try many think that *50 per capita is
the amount required for the beet re
k „|,*. The evils of Insufficient (and
improperly distributed) circulating
mod ium lmvel.ee,. seen during the
pa , t n t n e months in the shape of Idle
bands and silent industries.
Gold h»s arbitrarily been chosen as
• if
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,/ ^ ^ dtmcult of gating
lL haa y#rT „ ttU i Btrlllata value
abova other metala; Its uaa aa money ia
the chief thing that gives it value; take ‘
that away and it will decrease In value
aa much if not more than silver, by j
limiting Its u*e aa money The aup
ply of gold does not increase with the
growth of population and therefore. the Increase It j
of other form* of wealth;
is not a rational medium or basis of
exchange of wealth between man and
man Reputation is the natural basis of
» medium of exchange, the amount
issued per capita l-caring a reason -
side relation lo the total wealth of
the community or nation.
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tine of our greatest needs as a
remedy for the present depression, and
as a basis for future prosperity, is a
paper money issued directly by the
government, not based upon
metal, ami not a promise upon the
part of the government to pay. but,
iuxicad, a promise to receive, a- taxes,
revenue, customs and all other obliga
lions to the government, and a legal
tender for all obligations, public and
private. Of course, sufficient guards
k » to quantity would be necessary,
1 hat could be a limited amount per
capita, the total amount increasing
according to the showing of the oen
-u* every ten years Also a certain
amount extra every year, to make up
hr reasonable contraction caused by
*,-.-idental destruction, as by fire, etc-;
the eutire amount to be kept in con
slant circulation by being uumediate
!v reissued as soon a* received by the i
government. let the present coin
SOMETHING TO SELL,
If there is any one thing that in cal
cuhited to make us tired more than
anything else it is this sensele s
twaddle about liavlng “something to
sell." Only a few days ago the writer
heard a farmer matte the remark that
’ if the people only had
something to
sell they could get the money fo* it.
Yes, we replied, they can get money
for it, but how much? Cotton raisers
cun get from 5 to 4 cents le-a for their
cotton than It takes to raise it.
Wheat growers can obtain less 'for
their wheat than it takes to produce
it. Gabor can sell its products at
priee* that make the producer poor
and the speculator rich. Millions of
men and women can not even sell their
labor at any price. Hut government ,
bonds can be sold at a good premium, j
Anl i why? 1 he bond is not good to !
‘' Rt ,,or *° wear. There is no in- ,
trfnalo viilne in it. Yet for It the i
nBs® 1 " "HI part with his gold For it
the usurer will give up his cash.
Why, w« repeat, is this true? Be- I
cause with every bond goes the privi (
'.''J *®' 1 ’ j
‘"" 'uli gold,' , °'i /
bond,
n ow oig.-reut^ it when rnen bonds?! pro
to swap their labor for
Men _ ^ who arc out ofem P ,o V mont
tta( | whoso families are suffering from
Uio of hunger ,
pangs
They prOjone to give nomothing of
rea i value, their labor, for bonds, and
don - t as k that the bonds shall bear
inter eat or bo a burden on future gen
era tlons llut no, these men are
crkn | tK True they have something
to sell—their labor but that will not |
( j 0 utakcsgold, precious gold, to ! j
bny Jmnds, and the bonds must bear
lntereit gold interest so Ul0 j ,
purob . Mr , can get their gold back and
t vill have the bonds with which t ,,
ievy tribute on labor. A great scheme
this, and a great government that per- !
,„iu it. (beat also is gold! You can't I
eat it or wear it, but it 1, great
cause, because because moat of the
foola win m it la robbing, say it
great. That ia the only reason under !
the shining sun
The curse of all government is that j
lt governs too much. At the present
rate of legislation we aro approaching j
the point where the masses will be
mere" jumping jocks.” Another dec- j
ade i B ( t,e modern evolution will j i
take aa back to where Darwin traces
t j, e beginning of the human race—
the ape'. And. having no further op
portunity for the exercise of our
brains- no nse for our arms in work
— and w hen tramping uas been made
.qilegal," cur progenitor will still
p aTC the advantage over us of bring
a i,i e t 0 "hang on” bv the tail!_
Twentieth Century.
The I nited States ia operating
sixty-sevm railroads now, including
such gigantic systems as the Fnion
Rad fie. Northern Racificsad Atchison,
Topeka ,t Santa l c. l hat is all right,
for they are being operated for the
l-enefit of Jhc stockholders. If they ;
were operated for the benefit of the
people, it would be all wrong — I’opn
list, t tah.
The 'wealers sav they can not wait
fora new congress. They will doubt
lesx have to wait. Hut their agitation
lias gone a long wavs toward making
the new congress the right kind.
Nothing has done so much to set th*
people in the cities and in the east to
thinking about government affairs as
these World.
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'1 he south and west have all begun
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POLITIC HASH.
Served Hot aml> l old to Suit Our
i. ire.
One of statement the metropolitan papers
makes the that it is gener
ally believed, in piAlng Vasliington, that it
was a mistake, Coxey in jail,
We are somewhat M that opinion our
selves. We ha been laboring
assiduously for along time endeavor
ing to impress poJl ungn the minds of the
people that a w«*tn this eoun
try had no rights Which the plutocrats
tration were bound of to IdeJ, reflect, has and done this illus- to
our more
convince them thJ’l all the reform edit
tors could have mofcs jfone in a thousand
year*. A few object lessons and
the people will be Jin to arouse them
selves to a sense c f the danger which
surrounds them.
• • •
Thc Miner Ci ty Democrat of
South Dakota si;g s up the situation
fts follows:
"The recent s Ires and the dozen
or more Coxey *• ies’ I marching ‘on
to Washington'h caused many an
in teitigentysME a terrible
.. , MW* La!
||ip®ftverses p”causes? xffid
,P ‘ s^ ' ,^,une,, to * It is
not McKinley tar. ir rfor the proposed
changes in the sc^duies provided for
bv the Wilson bill; it is not because
rl Cleveland . . and . the .. k democratic . party
combined which have^ Tva ^irnn^ht brought
'° l " a d“ d filb-1 7,,.^® th^Tand^w^h ' l h
. , „
,* r,* T 'i ! t a n d rl'r, ,1 ' g. ^ n
, ,,, aro . la , , ru ...
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”' V * had ho P < " 1 lhat democracy
w«»ild take the bull by the horns and
1,8 truc to a "d to the prin
ciplcs and traditions of the party, but
confess that th» prospect of arrest
l,,Ktlie on nwaul course ofthe part.x
we lov « 18 Tl ' e , « aders
»r« jealous of eaett other. Inordmate
Personal .mbltlon U lead.ng some to
l\7 " Mr 0 ' vu P° nu- ca i* graves, 1 ' >ej are
ragging (own _ wit em t r lsgrace
.
t here . no truer axiom than that
is
a lou f e lvlde< !, g aiust ise * c -* n n°t
sUnd
"The democratic party is now di
vided into wairing factions. They
aro more 1,ustilc toward each other
ll,Hn l* 14 ’-? ar *' toward a common
enMn y- 1 here is manifest discontent,
heart-burning and jealousies in the
repuSlican party. Chronic hatred of
democracy and a love of spoils are
the principal cement which holds the
leaders together. The leadersof both
parti- s are deserving of the condem
nation of the masses of the people,
The times indicate a disintegration
and reformation of the political ele
meuts.'
The only thing which the democrats
had left to make themselves safe on
a R ,hdr promises made in last eam
was th e Wilson tariff bill,
Figuratively speaking it was their
tail-hold on a further lease of power,
That is now so badly mangled that all
hop- s in tLat direction are gone glim
meriug. The thing is mangled so
that its own father would not know
it, and, if it don't couse to a vote pretty
soon, some good democrat cught to
move to adopt the McKinley law in
the interest of tariff reform. Senator
Test savs: "\Ve might as well be can
did with ourselves. There’s no good
in trying to humbug the people fora
It is a bill on the same principles, n
is protective from start to finish."
*
We have heard of “cheek” in oor
time, and have seen a pretty fair arti¬
cle of it among local politicians and
lightning rod agents, but it remained
for Grover Cleveland to exhibit a spec¬
imen that kno ks the persimmon
without any pole—just standin’ fiat
footed. In a letter to the pres dent
of the National Association of Demo¬
cratic clubs, he sij's; “it seems to me
that its best service has been an en¬
forcement and d monstration of the
truth that ovh party is best organ¬
ized and most powerful when it
strives for principles instead of
spoils,” etc.
Then, as if he bad not said enough
to make an army mule blush for shame,
be continued:
“The National association of demo
cratic clubs and every other democratic
agency should labor unceasingly and
earnestly to save our party, in this
time of its power and responsibility,
from the degradation and disgrace ol
a failure to redeem the pledges upon
which our fellow countrymen en¬
trusted us with the control of their
government.”
Of course, his Royal Fatness having
delivered himself thus the. little squir
rei-tailed lawyers, doodlebug politi¬
cians and liver pad editors can eat
their crow and reiish this dish. Sick
1 is democratic politics.
Men are leaving the old parties as
rata do a sinking ship. A few days
ago ex-Congressman W. II. Kitchen of
North Carolina published a card in
which he stated (hat the democratic
party would do very well as a minori¬
ty party, but was a failure as a ma¬
jority party. A dispatch from Gil¬
man, Wash., says Mayor 1’. V. Davis,
a prominent republican, renounced his
party and joined the 1’opulists. About
the same time a half dozen men left
the old parties and joined the i’opu
lists, among whom was Geo. lv. Ilar
tenstein, a member of the stale een
tral committee of Colorado. In a let¬
ter to Chairman F. R. Arbuckle, Mr.
Hartenstein said:
*1 am sorry to part company with
old political friends, but I can not
follow Cleveland democracy, and until
the party leaders return to democratic
principles and politics, I will refuse
to follow or support them. I have
not changed my opinion concerning
democratic principles as taught by
our distinguished founder and former
leaders of the party, and I find ttiat
there is more true democracy in the
People’s party at the present time
thnn iu the so-called democratic party,
i am sorry that you still stand by the
party with all its treachery to the
people and its un-demoeratie policies
1 ll0 P 6 it will not he long until you
« au *« e J ou! ' clear to join the
oiL; party Jipw iaJkristence tlRt vijl
anTTcan give the i ciitntry much needed
relief.”
A NATION'S DISGRACE.
The imprisonment of Coxey by the
authorities of the District of Columbia
is condemned by the people of all par
^ That he should bu lnan aeled
“ od *»«• in J ail for an aliegred
crime is an outrage.
His right to go to Washington and
present his petition is a right that if
guaranteed by the constitution,
9 ho assembly on the capitol grounds
was peaceful. The commonwealers
W ere unarmed. Were in no manner
tlireat ening and the law under which
liewasconv i cted ii ad \ )e ,. na i moti tfor
gotlen Near |y every week proves
s i 0 ns pass through the capitol grounds
yet are not molested by the police.
Every day lc „ alk on the grass
and are not dlsturbed .
Every day men may be seen wearing
badges as conspicuously as were those
worn b y Coxey and Brown, yet no
objection is raised.
The ordinance has been violated
millions of times and will continue tc
be violated without notice, but in this
ease it was adequate and served tc
send an enemy of plutocracy to serve
a sentence behind the bars.
The expediency of his plan is not
the question with the people. The
infamy of his persecutors is the ques
tion that the people have in mind.
Those who do not indorse his march
nor even believe that his demands
were the proper remedy for the popu
lar unrest, the hunger and distress of
the unemployed thousands, do not
argue that now.
They look on this outrage from a
different standpoint entirely aud with
a unanimity that is remarkable, it is
denounced by men of all parties.—
Express, _
lf you owe a man $10 and hare but
1° P a .V > l with, how do you expect
to pay the debt? You give him the SI,
hut you can pay him no more till you
have borrowed it back or sold him
some property it i.x estimated that
the total mdebtedne-s in this country
has now reached the enormous total
of $40,000,000,000. We have put 8500,
000,060 in gold. That is 81 in gold tc
S-o of debt. Wilt our soup-house
cheap- abor, gold -cure friends tell us
*«>•*, on a go d ba-is. we can ever pay
that debt?—Sledge Hammer.
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GEORGIA RAILROAD SCHEDULES.
OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER.
Commencing April 29th, 1894, the following schedules will be operated. All
trains run by 90tb Meridian Time. The schedules are subject to chang#
without notice to the public. READ UP.
READ DOW N.
Train sight, eat Train Train DAT night Train
So. 11 expb’s 1 maii. No. 2 1 STATIONS. No. 28 MAH.. expb’s No. 12
5 15p 11 OOp 11 58a 8 00a Lv Augusta Ar 9 25p 1 2 Op 5 15a 7 45s
5 45p 11 26p12 27p...... Belair 12 53p 4 50a 7 10s
5 58p 11 38p 12 39p 8 32a Grovetown 8 53p 12 43p 4 38a 6 59a
6 12p 11 50p 12 51p...... Berzelia 12 31p 4 26a 6 46a
.....
6 21pjll 30p!l2 59p 07a; 1 1 OOp 09p 8 8 56a 49a Harlem Hearing 8 8 34p 25p 12 12 24p lop 4 4 16a 07a 6 6 37a 28a
6
6 47p 12 26a 1 27p 9 11a Thomson 8 Ofep ll 59a 3 49a 6 12a
6 58p 12 39a 1 39p...... M esena 11 48a 3 36a 6 Ola
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7 06p 12 48a 1 47p no 27a ; Camak 7 50p 11 40a 3 28a 5 54a
7 14p 12 56a 1 55p cc 34a Norwood 7 43p 11 33a 3 20a 5 48a
7 29p 1 11a '2 lip co 46a' Barnett 7 29p 11 19a 3 02a 5 34a
7 40p 1 26a 2 25p o 58a! Crawfordville 7 18p 11 06p 2 48a 5 22a
8 OOp 1 52a 2 49p 10 17a Union Point 7 OOp 10 43a 2 22a 5 00a
2 06a 3 04p 10 30a Greensboro 6 31p 10 30a 2 06a !
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2 34a 3 30p 10 52a Buckhead 6 07p 10 04a 1 40a
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2 51a 3 47p 11 06a Madison 5 52p 9 49» 1 23a
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3 11a 4 06p 11 22a Kutledge 5 34p 9 30a 1 03a
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3 27a 4 22p 11 35a Social Circle 5 20p 9 15a 12 48a......
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3 50a- 4 45p 11 54a Covington 4 59p 8 52a 12 23a'......
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..... 4 13a 5 08p 12 13p Conyers 4 40p 8 30a 11 47pj......
..... 4 27a 5 20p 12 2ip Lithonia 4 29p 8 17»
..... 4 46a 5 37p 12 40p| Stone Mountain 4 13 p 7 58a 11 28p'......
..... 4 58a 5 47p 12 50p! Clarkston 4 04p 7 48a 11 17p ......
..... 5 08a 5 57p l2 58p 15pi Decatur 3 56p 7 38a 11 07p......
5 30a 6 lop 1 1 Ar Atlanta Ev 3 40|> 7 20a 10 45p......
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2 00a 1 52p ...... Lv Camak Ar .11 38a 12 40a
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..... 2 10a 2 Olp....... Wnrrenton . .11 29a 12 30a
..... 2 48a 2 24p...... Mayfield . .. 11 08a 12 Ola
3 14a 2 38p......j Culverton 10 54a 11 4op
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3 36a 2 49p...... Sparta 10 43ft 11 28p
..... 4 10a 3 03p......j Deverenx 10 29a11 Olp
..... 4 28a 3 12p...... Carrs 10 20fl 10 50p
..... 5 10a 3 32p......I Milledgeville 10 00ft 10 lOp
..... 5 40a 3 55p...... Browns 9 37a 1 9 55p
..... 5 54a 14a| 4 08p ..... Haddocks 9 24ft 9 38p
..... 6 4 22p...... James 9 10ft 9 20p • ••
..... 7 ~JOpjll 00a 5 OOp...... 25a|“05pJ Xv Ar Macon Lv 8 32a 8_30p
..... 7 Barnett Ar 2 OOp 9 30tt 6 55p
..... 7 42p ll 37a 2 27p: Sharon 1 15p 9 15a 01ft' 6 lOp
..... 7 55p 11 50a; 2 40p Hillman 1 31p 9 6 29p
..... 8 25p 12 20p 3 lOp Ar Washin gton Lv 1 05p 8 35a 6 OOp
...........j 8 20p 2 50p Lv Union Point Ar 00 i 05a 6 4Op
...........! 8 33p 3 OOp WoodvUle I 9 51a 6 29p
........... 8 40p 3 Olp Bairdstown 9 50n 6 23p
........... 8 50p 3 16p| Maxeys 9 38a 6 lOp
........... 8 57p 3 34p! 22p! Stephens 9 9 31a 18a 6 5 02p 47p
........... 9 09pi 3 Crawford
........... 9 28p, 3 50p> Dunlap 9 02 a 5 29p
........... 9 33p 3 54pj Winters 8 55ft 5 24p
9 45p 4 10p; Ar Athens Lv 8 40a 5 16p
...... 10 48a Lv Union Point Ar 2 05p......
......11 Ha Siloam ...... 1 42 p......
......112 Olp .....I Ar White Plains Lv 1...... 1 20 pi ......
UTabowtrjins raudaTIyjTxcep: 1 i and 12 Atlanta. which do not run on 1 Mvcon, .Sunday. n.vht Sleeping Cars be¬
tween At'autft and Charleston, Augiuta ami Augusta an on ■ vpve- 4 .
THOS. K. SCOTT, JOE W. WHITE, A. G. JACKSON,
General Manager. Traveling P&Raen or A get it. General Freight and Pass Ageu4
Augusta. Ga.
FINE JOB PRINTING A SPECIALTY
TRADE NOTES.
Business of the I’ast Week as Re
viewed by Dun & Co.
II. G. Dun & Co.’s review of trade
ior the past week says; “The outlook
seems a op.
tT, USougfi-12—“
gr,ftt. Moreover, it is tuposuble lo
distinguish between the mere replace
went or orders canceled for want of
fuel or other causes, and the new bus
iness for which works are anxiously
looking. That cancellations have been
heavy is certain, and it is not entirely
clear that orders of equal magnitude
have goneto other works that are able to
fl 11 them. Through the agency of strikes
the interruption of industry and com
mereo increases every week. Hence, it
ia somewhat encouraging that the de
crease in payments through clearing
houses is but 24.3 per cent for the first
week of June, 27.2 at New York, but
only 19.4 elsewhere. The decrease in
comparison with 1892 is about 90 per
cent. With only 2,937 coke oven work¬
ing and 14,576 idle, with the Cambria
discharging half its force, seven out of
nine of the Carnegie furnaces at Besse¬
mer ont of blast, the production and
manufacture of iron and steel are
smaller than at any other time for
years. While it is believed that de
ferred work will cause heavy produc¬
tion after the strike terminates, the
demand for product is at present much
below general expectation even at the
east. Other industries have been less
affected, but ma>fv of textile mills,
even in New England, have now
been closed for lack of fuel or of or¬
ders, besides other concerns in great
numbers between the Atlantic and the
Mississippi river. dull and
“The market for goods is
weak, with further reductions ia price,
and stocks visible accumulating, The
banks here continue to receive from
the interior about as much money as
they lose by gold exports, though the
crop-moving season is close at hand.
Customs receipts are again 36 per
cent, less than a year ago, and inter
nal revenue *23 per cent, less for the
week. Exports of domestic products
have been exceeding lsst year’s a little.
“The returns of failures are still en
ST ii*<S 5 L*sr«« 2,6 T 't)'T' ts S r ule uc
liabilities in all failures reported in the
£*20,000 th^uthandSJMOOMOOat at the\'a-t’. 84,500,009 at
the west
manufscST ancf’’86,6^^99“ of
trading concerns.”
TO EXECUTE HIMSELF.
Cronlu Will Hang on a New and Im¬
proved Gallows,
A dispatch from Hartford, Conn,,
says: Warden Woodbridge, of the
Connecticut _ . state . . . , has placed , , .
prison, m
the new execution house an improved
gmHows, bv which a condemned man
becomes Ins own executioner. hv
stepping on the drop he starts a flow
of water. The weight of the water
finally releases the spring which holds
the drop. Jack Cronin has been een
tenced to die by this machine on Au
gust 2d. At P the session of the state
board , , of , chantn-s .. . Dr. A. . W. r n,__ Tracy,
president of the board, presented hts
written protest against the hanging of
Cronin by Warden Woodbridge ’a new
contrivance. Dr. Tracy argues that it
is illegal, because the law cannot com
pel a man to be his own executioner or
a suicide. The law, he says, requires
that an officer charged with executing
the sentence shall perform his duty
and set tkt*t s»r net* of it tc th*
MILK
SCOTCH-IKISII CONGRESS
Meets In Des Moines and Re-elects Its
Old Officers.
The National Scotch-Irisli congress
met i n Des Moines, Ia., with a full
, ni™ .■■ vl.Jfr’oUtSa , fcil 4.t,jon. A score jiiefinWffSffijT of prominent itT
to 1
thg nationft j g 0e iety, including Hon.
j ohn A. Ivassom, of Des Moines; Dr.
ji c c os h )0 f Princeton ; General Robert
p attcrson> of Philadelphia, and Lieu
tenaut Frederick L. Culhoun, of De¬
^ rcdt ' re-elee
Tll e 0 j d general officers President, were Robert
te(1 as f<>1 i ows :
j ?0Dner ’ New York; vioe president geu
era , R ev John S. McIntosh, Phila
' president large,
dol hia . p ir6 t vice at
,p T ^y r j g bt ( Nashville; second vice
'
p r eRi den t at large, Rev. J. H. Bryson,
D D Huntsville, Ala.; secretary, A,
’ )
c Floyd Knoxville, Tenn. ; treasurer,
j^ hn jjcllhenny, Philadelphia. territo- Vico
preg j den ts for the states and
rjcg (( ere a j go elec t e d.
•WORK OK THE FLAMES.
A Large Building at V est Point, N. Y. f
Totally Destroyed.
A fire said to linvo been caused by
the explosion of n barrel of oil, started
in the large coal house «t West Point
Saturday. The structure is 200 feet
long by fifty feet wide and was entire¬
ly consumed .It coutftiued 150 tons of
coal, which is still burning. A cadet
liop was in progress nt Grant hall at
the time and the entire party hastened
to the scene of the fire. Officers, cadets
and soldiers transformed themselves
into a fire brigade and by heroic efforts
saved the gas house, post stables and
Deutori’s large store, which was only
a few feet away. About 200 yards of
the elevated railroad trestle work,
leading from the south dock, was burn¬
ed. No estimate is placed upon the
loss.
THE e ■ T HIKERS I____ V .... WISHED ,
Th h Governor Jones Scoured the
Woods Thoroughly,
^ A an Birmingham, ear Y onr A ’ a - ^MMchsays.
-
6 P^' aI t / ain ‘ 1 “ ded w, S * h . ™L
, r 1 was
* r -> *° v.rvr 4 ^
though tbe S woods snrronnd- for sev
^ miles and souring tbe
SSSTwX
liamB and Lieutenant James B. Erwtn,
failed to find any body of armed men.
Strikers Horn a Bridge.
A dispatch from Bridgeport, Ohio,
says; A mob of striking miners was
driven from bridge No. 2 on the
Cleveland, Lorraine end Wheeling
railroad bv the Ohio militia Saturday
* (o bridge No.
nicbt and retreated 4.
Shor(lv afterward the bridge was dis
COTered to be on fire . n was com -
p ; ete ] r df . s , rovt ,L
Colonel Oates as an Author.
Colonel Oates’ “History of the Fif¬
teenth Alabama Regiment” hrs ready been
completed and the manuscript is
for the press. It is said it will make
M „f 1,00© javges, and that he in
tends to present a copy to each sur¬
vivor of his old regiment.
Purvis M ill Hang.
A Jackson, Miss., dispatch says:
Will Purvis, the white-capper convicted
of the murder of Young Buckley, has
been re- sentenced and must pay the
penalty of hi* crime on the gallows, *»
Go». Stoae Sww refMwl to interim 1st