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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY CONSOLIDATED JANUARY, 1,1891. VOL. XV. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ||R. G. P. ( VIII’IICU., DENTIST. McDonough Os. Any one desiring work done can lie ac commodated either by calling on me in per son or addressing me through the mails. Terms cash, unless special arrangements are otherwise made. U.eo W. Bryan j W. T. Dicken. Itltl AX & nKHUA, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, McDonough, os. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court ef Georgia and the United States District Court. apr27-ly J AS. 11. TIRAiIIR, ATTORNEY AT LAW, McDonough, Ga. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the United States District Court. marl6-ly p -V *EA«AN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, McDonough, Ga. Will practice in all the Courts of Georgia Special attention given to commercial and Other collections. Wili attend all the Courts at Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over The Weekly office. J F. WALL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, McDonough, Ga. Will practice in the counties composingthe Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention givin to collections. octs-’79 A. BROWS, ’ ATTORNEY AT LAW, McDonough, Ga. ’Will practice in all the counties compos ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia and the United States District Court. janl-ly lj A. pfefi.es, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Hampton, Ga, Will practice in all the counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia and the District Court of the United States. Special and prompt atten tion given to Collections, Oct 8, 1888 Jno. D. Stewart. j R.T. Daniel. STEWART & DANIEL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Griffin, Ga. JOHN L. rvi:. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Gate City Natioal Bank Building, Atlanta, Ga, Practices in the State and Federal Courts. 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I undertake to briefly Kl> "■ Slll 11 teach any fairly fntellifr* r.t p*-r»rnof either Mk K 111 I I |§ej. who can read and write, and who, « |fii|| I after instruction, wffi work industiioualy. W V iivw to earn Three Tfa, •;•**<» Ifcdtor. a Year in their own local] ties.wtot-rever they live.l will alaofurciah the situation which you can eam thatameunf. No money for me unl'M successful as abera. liaaity and quickly learned. I desire but one worker from each dtauirt or county. I hare already tauarht and proeided with employment a lu.-ye number, who are making over #*WM) a rear each. hiHEW and SOLID. Full particular* F K EE. Addre** at onca, E. C\ ALLEN. Box 480, Augusta, Maine. >£*~work fur ua, by Anna Tape, Autli ). -'iexa«. ami Juo. Bonn, 'loicdo, Obk>, *••*. v - .-ee cat. Oihti sare doingaa well. AY hy you? Be in# earn uver SOOO.fD a « <ssr , ot .i y QU ran do the w erk and live / ; 'jfF¥fsglt.l home, whewrvrr y*>u ere. Keen b<*- nuers arc easily earuinp: from fh to / 1 +r- SID a day. A!1 ar-■». IVr sliow you he-.r - J and arart y_nu. Can work In time 1 J er-. Failure nnkn >wn tm- nt them. jc Co.,liextjWfortlund.Mkino \QnJyT fdin£Bfiftlfe* thirty-’siaTPr'of essors of Kansas University were born in Kan sas. _, ———————a——a— 7 Outside of Ireland it has never bee* known to be quite so cold in Europe as it has been this winter. Uruguay has a healthy climate, and, according to its tables of mortality for 1882, Out of a total of 9640 deaths, forty five were of persons.over 100 years of age. Its death rate is only 16.510 per 1000. S. F. Hershey says in a recent article: “Woman lives lotigerthan man, goes in sane less mimarously, commits suicide one-third as often, makes one-tenth the demand on the public purse for support in jail, prisons-and almshouses.” A clever foreigner has said that in France women are the inferiors of men, in England their equals and ig America their superiors. An of the gentler sex, not too modestly, says women are men's equals anywhere on earth. ' A Western farmer’s daughter, who persuaded her father to" give her a farm of her own, manages the entire eighty acres herself, and last year contrived tc clear .sloolo,beside buying her clothes and machinery and stock.for the farm? She has a girl friend for a companion, and hires one.man. Wisconsin and Minnesota appear to be doing well in the* forma.i >u of school libraries, observes the New Orleans Times-Democrat. Duri g the past year the two States have established over 1200. The books for each of these libraries one selected from a list prepared* by the State Superintendent. In Japan:-the act of flirtation is a penal offense. Serious complications arise un der the law, but the young people of both sexes know that they cannot wink and blintk and giggle at each other un less they'mean business. It is a very gipod law,, thinks 4he Atlanta Constitution, and should be tried elsewhere. Peru needs overhauling, exclaims the Atlanta Constitution. A short time ago MisskClorinda Turner, who edits a paper in Lima, was exao'4'r^uijjfeted for print ing a certain story, aid her journal was publicly! burnt. At Callao an Italian named-' P.enzotti languishes in prison be cause be has sold copies of the Bible. All this is against the civilization of lhe age. _________ Bringing railiroads into large cities on ailevel with the streets is the cause, as sentsrthe Boston Cultivator, of innumer- accidents. It should be pro hibited by law. What it would cost to elevate or depress would be saved in damages, besides the greater gain in the preservation of life. In the country also the roads should be made as little unsafe as possible, and if theicrossing be through a cut it may much better be bridged than have teams near track with no warn ing of approaching; danger. There is something paradoxical in the idea that an iron whip, full of machinery and heavy guns and with hundreds of tons of coal on board, floats so high in the water as to beiin dangerof capsizing, says the,Philadelphia Bulletin , but it is reported‘that the Philadelphia is in this condition. Her “metacuntric height,” which meansiher center of gravity, is out of place, aud! a few hundred tons of lead will have to be run into her double bot tom in order to pull her down. In France, a year or two ago, a whole fleet of new gunboats had to be condemned for this reason, one or two of them actu ally “turning turtle” and going to the bottom before the defect was dis covered. Says the Atlanta Con&titubion: “George Bancroft, dead at the age of ninety, con tinued his literary work almost to the last. In his long life the great historiau accomplished a tremendous amount of work. He was Secretary of the Navy under Polk, Minister to England, Minis ter to Germany, and much of his time was devoted to public affairs. Besides his great history, he wrote many other volumes of exceptional interest and value. Until he reached his ninetieth year he studied, worked, traveled and enjoyed the pleasures of society. Altogether, Mr. Bancroft was a remarkable man, both physically and intellectually. But other old men of the present day have been as notable. Gladstone at the age of eighty-one bids fair to lead the Lib eral cause several years. Whittier is eighty-three. Dr. Holmes writes welt at eighty-one. Monteflore made himself felt in the world until he was past one hundred. Chevreul, the French chemist, worked in his laboratory when he was 103. An enthusiastic man, with a great soul, can do some of his best work in bis old age. Especially is this true of lit erary men, philanthropists, patriots and scientists. Such men are never killed by intellectual, work, but worry breaks many of them down at comparatively an early age. Work stimulates; worry blights.” MCDONOUGH GA., FRIDAY. MARCH C, 1891. GEORGIA BRIEFS. Interesting Paragraphs from all Over the State. The new city directory, just completed, gives August i 53,000 inhabitants. The ennvessing committees.of the Au gusta exposition are meeting with unex pected succe s. There are thirty-two ex-confederates in Washington county who are entitled to pensions. Deaths from hydrophobia are more fre qui nt than usual in Georgia, and mad stones are at a premium. The contest for sheriff of Jefferson county has been decided by the governor in favor of the contestee, I. F. Farmer. The new town, Demorest, in Habersham county, is not two years old, and has eight factories in operation, and is prepar ing to build several more. It seems that the South Carolina gold brick swindler, who recently came to grief, made unsuccessful experiments in a numbs r of Georgia towns. The petition of the Georgia Sawmill Association asking for a reduction of the rate on lumber has been postponed until the next meeting of the commission, March 10. The trial of Mrs. Ora McKee, of Rome, for murder, has beeu set for the first Monday in March, and it is predicted by many that it will be one of the most sen sational trials ever held in Georgia. Governor Northen has appointed F. W-. Gilbert solicitor of the county court of Wilkes. The present incumbent, Wm. Wynne, does, not ask reappointment. His term expires March 26th, this year. Araoeg other railroad enterprises, the organization of the stockholders of the Fort Payne and Eastern railroad means much for Athens. That point will doubt less be made the eaetearn terminus of the road. There is a great complaint of the mail service in some sections of southwest Georgia. The Americas Titles says it takes a letter a fraction over three days to get from Leesburg to Americus, a distance of twenty-five miles. The Americus Recorder says: “It is about time that Georgia’s constitution was amended so that the people can do something they want to. It is not suited to this progressive age and should be rele gated to the shades of the past.” Senorita Clotilde Annuncion Diaz will enter the Southern Female college at La- Grange. She is a sister of Dr. Diaz, the great Cuban convert. Professor Cox went down to the dedication of the new church, and while there it was decided that this young lady should come back with him and chter his college. Mr. J. A. Davis, of Houston county, is going to start a large gourd farm near Bon nrc. He says he is perfectly willing to mortgage the entire crop to get the money that will be necessary to cultivate and gather the crop. He seems to think there is good money in gourds, as they are not as perishable as melons. Col. Tip Harrison is still rushing the pension business at Atlanta. Two thou sand have been issued and five hundred applicants now on hand. Col. Harrison sent off $0,460 in pensions to 118 appli cants who had named him as their agent to collect the money. Comptroller Wright, as agent, has sent pensions to about 600 to date. It has beeu discovered that tne late firm of Phillips Brothers, grocery dealers, of Augusta, had forged endorsements to notes amounting to about $5,000. One of the notes, for $2,000, was paid by the man who took possession of the ir store after the failure of the firm; also went through the country and collected all debts due the firm. They have for parts unknown. A telegram has been received from Messrs. Brown & Kone, of San Marcos, Texas, stating that the trial of Snyder, who murdered his wife at that place some time ago, would begin on the 2d of March. In a letter to parties in Rome, the legal firm wrote that Snyder was go ing to do “the insanity act,” and that his attorneys, a film in Austin, were going to endeavor to get a change of venue. Twenty thousand dollars, in silver dol lars, halves and quarters, were shipped to Washington city a few days ago by the National Exchange bauk of Augusta. The bank had $45,000 in silver on de posit, which it could not handle, so it is sending it to Washington city to bo ex changed for greenbacks. It costs the bank $3 a thousand to ship money to Washington city, so they sustain a loss of SBO on the shipment. The high waters in the rivers around Rome has done some damage in the coun try districts. Sunday morning a sawmill, or rather a part of one, floated down the Oostanaula and was caught by two col ored fishermen near tbe Rome and Deca tur bridge. The saw and other portions of the machinery attached to the wood work was caught and hauled out of the water. During the day a part of a gin house came down, and with it a lot of seed cotton. This was also rescued by the same men. Mr. Hunter McDonald, resident engin eer of the Western and Atlantic road, left Atlanta a few days ago, to look after the Tennessee and Coosa extension of the Nashville and Chattanooga road. This little road (now extensionjhas had a most interesting career. It was one of the first railroads chartered in the state of Alabama, 1848 being the date, the privi lege being given to build it from Gads den to Guntersville. Work commenced in 1850, and, after a long series of ups and downs, extending through a perio l of thirty years, it has been completed to wi’.hin six miles of Cartersville. The Nashville, Chattanooga and Bt. Louis road acquired control of it about two months ago, and has since been actively at work finishing it up. It is expected the job will be completed by June. The railroad commission held an im portant meeting in Ailanta a few days ago. The most important development was in regard to the joint rate circulrr issued some time ago by the commission. The Central has been cited to show rea son, at the next meeting of the commis sion, why they have failed to comply with it. The East Tennessee, it is understood, has a w refused to carry out this order, AND HENRY COUNTY TIMES as a number of complaints have reached the < o*missiou concerning their failure to do ao. The Central, and perhaps other roads, are expected to carry the matter into the courts. The joiut rate circular, No. 171. was issued under au thority of an act of the last legislature, i bis law gave them a new power, and the test of it in court would be without precedent. The order of the commission went into effect only last October. Rome's NewFumice. The new iron furnace of the Home Iron Company is about completed. It is a thorough piece of work from the stack to the ground. Two immense woo let\ Ouiiviliigo i 1 u ttiSO I/CIU CGUStI'UC tCli, and the fmnaco with its buildings makes i splendid show. Tbv-furnace is located nt New Rome, ou the main line of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad, about two miles south of the city. The Chattanooga, Home and Col umbus railroad has its line of road near the furnace, and will haul all the red ore from Dirt Seller mountain Silver creek flows within a stone’s throw, and wafer in the greatest quantities will always be available. It is the intention of the owners to go into blast about the last of March, and the event is to be marked by a magnificent banquet.' The plant is one 9i the finest in the f o ith, and the quali ty of iron will be vert fine. The capacity of the furnace is eighty tons per day. fee II am cm. Just $60,000 were appropriated to pay pensions to confederate widows, but quite a number of people; are interested, it seems, in getting a pefeentage of that in fees. Most of the fccJninters live outside the state. Information has been received at the capitol of two .pension agencies in Washington, D. (J., -suiting to postmas ters and others for thd names of widows entitled to pensions njider the Georgia law, and offering, |a pay for such in formation, a percentage of the agencies’ fees for collection. Quite a number of applications have come direct to the capitol from lawyers iMid agencies outside ihe state as well ns in it, asking for pen sion blanks. To all such requests the answer has been uniform —that it was the state’s policy to make lawyers’ services and fees unnecessary in the payment of these pensions, and to have the money go direct to those for whom it was ap propriated. Atlanta’s Esixiiii Inn. At a recent moetialjbf the directors of the Piedmont Exp&tion Company the following resolution Was jiassed : Whereas, The people of Atlanta have responded liberally and nobly to the appeal of the directors of the Piedmont Exposition Company for donations to assist in having a creditable exposition during the present year, having con tributed within a few hundred dollars of the required amount, and Whereas. We believe that the senti ment of Atlanta is dec;>dly in favor of holding the exposition; therefore, belt Resolved, That, the executive commit tee of the board of directors be directed to proceed to make all necessary arrange ments for an exposition during the fall of the present year, provided the rail roads leading into Atlanta will make such donations and offer such rates of transportaiion as will be satisfactory to the executive committee. This will secure the exposition, as the street car companies and the railroads leading into Atlanta have never failed to do their part when the benefit of the city is in question. It will be the most thoroughly repre sentative and complete exposition aud most productive of beneficial results of any yet held. The Schoolbook question. The legislature, at its last session, passed a very important resolution con cerning school books. And it's begin ning to be heard from. The resolutions arc as follows: Resolved, Ist, by the senate, the house concurring, That it shall be the duty of the state school commissioner of Georgia, if possible, to inaugurate a system or plan by which school books can be supplied to the children of the state at a greatly re duced price. Resolved, 2nd. That it shall also be the duty of said commissioner to inquire into the feasibility of publishing all school books by the state, by contract with authors and publishers, or other wise, and make a report to the adjourned session of the present general assembly, should there be one, if not, to the next general assembly, of all information ac quired by him, with such recommenda tions as will assist in solving this ques tion and affording the desired relief. . The states’ publishing its own school books is out of the question. The state can make a contract with publishers and authors to supply books, or can adopt for its schools any uniform series of text books it may select. The actual inaugu ration of any reform of this sort by the commissioner, while it seems authorized by the resolution, would hardly be a satisfactory proceeding—so Mr. Brad well thinks—and the acticfh that will be taken is this: The commissioner will carefully and fully investigate the mat ter, and then make a repo:t to the legis lature at its next session, with r. com mendations. BURIED ALIVE, And Rescued After Nineteen Days of Suffering. A dispatch from Hazleton, Pa , says: Four men were rescued alive from Jeanes ville mine Tuesday night. All are Hun garians, named Thomas Tomastuskey, Joe Mastuskewitch, John Berno, and Bosco Frinko. Twenty-three men were in the mine when the water broke in. Six escaped and seventeen were caught by the water. Thirteen bodies have been taken out. Thomas Tomastuskey is in the best condition, and will doubtless fully recover. Mastuskewitch, known as “Big Joe,” from his size, is ap parently in the worst condition of all, and may not live. They were in the mine nineteen days sud nineteen hours, and owe their lives to the fa ;t that the por tion of the mine where they took refuge was “cushioned” by fresh air by the pressure of water which rose in tbe slope 624 feet in five minutes. They sup ported life on the contents of their din ner pails and oil in the lamps and bottles, and, when these were gone, upon the water in the mine, which was horribly foul with sulphur. ALLIANCE NOTES. OFFICIAL. National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union. OFFICE OF THE FHKSIDENT. WAeniNOTON, I). C , Feb. 10, 1891. To the Rtmhership of the Rational Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union: In c< mplianec with instructions from Ihe national legislative council of the National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union, 1 present herewith a plan for the organization of a lecture sys'em through out our entire order, which was ndoptod by the council at its mietlng in the city ef Washington, Feb. 4, ISO 1. 1 was further instructed to designate the date on which the first meetings of the county and district legislative coun cils should be held. All lecturers of the subordinate bodies of our order, together w ith the county lecturer of their respect ive counties, will meet at the same time and place at which their county meeting is held in the month of April next. All county lecturers will meet on Wednesday, the 6th of May, next, at such place within their respective congres sional districts as may be designated l>y the State president, for the purpose of elect ing a lecturer for their respective con gressional districts and for the transac tion of such other business as may come before them. The presidents of the S'atcs will at once designate to the couuty legislative councils the place at which the district legislative councils respectively will meet on tho 6th day of May next, and will also indicate to the district councils at their meeting the and the date at which the State legislative council will meet. Believing that the plan adopted will prove an efficient and powerful auxiliary in our work as a great and active educa tional agency, the national legislative council cordially and earnestly recom mend it to the entire brotherhood throughout the United States for imme diate adoption. It is commended ns absolutely essential to the success of our cause. Let us resolve that, the year 1891 shall be distinguished above all the years of our history for vigorous, active, success ful work. L*’t our great order be thor oughly aligned on the principles we have enuncinted, and assured victory will b: ouis. Select the member best qualified in mbordinnte, county and district bodies for this important and responsible work. Have this plan read and discussed iu every organization belonging to our order. Let tho watchword “Forward” pass along the lines. L. L. Poi.k . President N. F. A. and I. U. Plan for Organizing a Lecture System and Legislative Councils. COUNTY LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS. The lecturers of sub-ordinate bodies of the National Farmers’ Allianco nr d In dustrial Union, in counties having coun ty organizations, shall constitute the County Legislative Council, of which the County Lecturer shall be ex-officio chair man. DISTRICT .LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS. The lecturers of the several counties composing a congressional district shall constitute the District Legislative Coun cil, of which the District Lecturer shall be ex-officio chairman. STATE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS. The president of the Rtnte Alliance, the State Executive Committee, the State Lecturer (where such office exists) and the District Lecturers of the congres sional districts of the State shall con stitute the State Legislative Council, of which the State President shall be cx officio chairman. DUTIES OF BTaTF. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. It shall be the duty of the State Legis lative Council to meet at the call of the State president, and to provide means for the dissemination of Alliance literature among the brotherhood in their respective States, and to promote and advance the demands of the State Alliance and of the Supreme Council. It shall prescribe the term of service, the compensation for the same, nnd provide its payment for each of the district lecturers within the State. It shall co-operate with the National Leg islative Council in all measures and methods for securing such legislative reforms as may be indicated in the de mauds of the national body; provided, that no State Legislative Council shall advocate any measures which may con flict with the constitution or laws of the order, or demands of the State Alliance and Supreme Council. duties of district legislative coun cils. It shall be the duly of the District Legislative Council to convene at surh time and place ns may be designated by its chairman, within its di trict, to re ceive and consider such matters as may be communicated to it by the State and National Legislative Councils, to exem plify the unwritten work of the order, to secure and provide for the service of the lecturers, and for the dissemination of Alliarce literature in conjunction with the State and County legislative Coun cils for each county within Its jurisdic tion. It shall co-operate with the State and Nationnl Legislative Councils in ad vancing the general interests ~f the order, and for securing such legislation, State arid National, as may be indicated by the State nnd National bodies. It shall promptly disseminate such informal ion or printed matter to the various counties of the district as may be designated for the membership. It may establish by laws for its government; provided, that no Di-trict Leg slative Council shall, ad voeate any measures which may conflict with the constitution or laws of the State or National bodies or with the demands of the Stale Alliance or Supreme Council. DUTIES OF COUNTY LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS. It shall be the duty of the County Leg islative Council to meet at the call of its president at such time and at such pla<e within the county as he may designate, to consider such matters ns may be re ferred to it by the National, State or Dis- Diet Legislative Councils, in promt tlug ihe general interests of the order and for securing such legislation as may be indi cated by the demands of the State and National bodies. It shall devise the best means for securing such legislation for its county ns the order of said county may indicate. It may establish by-laws for its government. It shall give active co operation in disseminating all matter of information or Alliauce literature designed for the membership, and for securing au efficient lecture mvice for its county; provided, that no County Legislative Council shall advocate any measure in conflict with llie constitution, laws or demands ef the State or National bodies. For the purpose of organizing this sys tem, the National President shall desig nate and publish to the order the date on which the county and district legislative councils in the various States shall c< n vene. 1 lie Slate presidents shall desig nate and publish to the order in their re spective States the place at which each district legislative council will convene within its district. At the first meeting of tho district legislative council, it shall elect, by bal lot, a lecturer for said district, unless such lecturer has been otherwise pro vided, and shall report the name and postoffice address of such lecturer promptly to the State president, the State secretary and the national president, each of whom shall keep a correct list of the same. Ottumwa (Iowa) World says: “Some of the mercenary subsidized papers of the old parties think to heap ridicule on the sub-treasury plan by calling it the ‘government pawn shop.’ Now, since they have mentioned it, what is the dif ference between a government pawn shop for wheat or cotton and a govern ment pawn shop for storing bonds or whisky? Our kind, paternal government stores bonds and gives the owners 90 per eent of the face in money, at 1 per cent interest. The fanners ask this same government to occasionally store non perishable products and give them 75 or 80 per cent, of the value nt 2 per cent, interest. If the drones, who live off the labor of the workers, cau be accommo dated at a “government pawn shop,” if those who never produced enough in their whole lives to keep their worthless souls and bodies together a week can be furnished with storage for bonds and whisky, why cannot tho producers of all wealth, the foundation of the prosperity of tho lepulilic, be allowed the same privilege? Why?" Colonel L. L. Polk, the National Alli ance president, has written Georgia's governor a letter in which he commends him for refusing to take part in the recep tion of Jay Gould. The letter is as fol lows: Wabhinoton, I). C., Feb. 11, 1801. Governor \V. J. Northeu: My Dear Sir—Official dignity, when supported by the dignity of true manhood, always commends itself on Ihe approval of the American people. Toadyism in official life they condemn and despise. Please accept the cordial grasp of my right hand, after reading your letter on the Gould reception, and accept my sincere wishes for the success of your hopes and prospects. Yours very respectfully and truly, L. L. Polk. *** The Southeatt Enterpriie (Popular Bluff, Mo.) says: “The Ripley County Farmers’ and Laborers Union met in Doniphan last Friday and Saturday, and among much other business, unanimously adopted. the platform of the National Farm* rs' Alliance and Industrial Union, formulated and adopted at Ocala, Fa. The sub treasury plan was thoroughly discussed, and after the imaginary “Ilall- Chew” arguments were answered, it was unanimously adopted." • * * The Farmers’ Alliance editors of Kan sas met at Hutchinson n few days ago and organized the Reformed Press association of Kansas. Resolutions were passed de manding the formation of a National Farmers’Alliance pnrty; recommending an eternal severance from all other parties; demanding that all classes of labor be accorded equal privileges in the People’s party, and demanding the passage by congress of the service pension bill. Kansas Courier (Wichita Kan.) says: “Pure Allianre reform is simply this. The organization is not fighting Demo crats or Republicans; but has organized for self protection. When either party, or the leaders of either party, do not work in the interests of the laboring mass, then, through the pure reform ed ucation instilled into the minds of its mcmb' rs, fhey will receive a rebuke that will be a lesson worth rimembering. • * * The Alliance Vindicator (Sulphur Springs, Tex.) says: “Alliance men are becoming more determined every day to stand square to the front and demand their rights at the polls. That is the place to show faith by works. Demands through petition or otherwise will never be worth an iota until emphasized at the polls by honest hallo" s cast for men repre senting measures and not party.” The Alliance Fr*e *l/mce (Springfield, Ills.) says: “The question of the organi zation of the new party is being exten sively discussed in Alliance papers. As the great Cincinnati meeting which will settle this matter docs not occur for over a year, there will be abundance of time to get all the pros and cons in regard to this matter fully before the people. Let the agitation go on.” DEATH ON THE RAIL. A Train Jumps the Track and Four Men Killed. A dispatch from Richmond, Indiana, says: The rear coach of the limited Pan Handle train of the Pennsylvania railroad system, from Chicago for Cincinnati, jumped the track at Hagerstown Wednes day evening, and rolled down nn em bankment. Four persons were killed and several injured. The killed are: O. F. Deal, engineer of maintenance and way of the Pail-Handle; George Need ham, attorney of the road; C. It. Case, conductor of the train; Arthur Reeves, a passenger, of Richmond. I Henry County Weekly, Fstnblished 1878, ) Henry County Times, Established 1884. BUSINESS OUTLOOK. Review of the Past Week by Dun & Co. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: There is not much change in the condition of trade, but there is a lit tle more dullnesss at the south and in the northwest, with a little more stringency in the money markets and complaint about the slowness of collections. In general, business is still hesitating. Though there is no chance of monetary speculation at this session, the chances of an extra session of congress seem to be rather great, and before and pending legislation in several western legislatures regarding loans, mortgages, land titles and railroads causes much timidity and shifting of capital. But a large cause is undoubtedly a partial loss of crops, which has left a great many farmers without means for the usual pur chases. At the same time the collapse of the real estate “boom,” which for a while inflated prices throughout the west and south has affected business more than has yet been realized. To this influence is added at fho south the extremely low price of cotton, which uffects the farmers more, because so many of them tried, by holding back their crop, to force a higher level of prices. REPORTS FROM THE CITIEB. Thus tardiness of collections begins to appear, became local debtors do not real ize on their goods as promptly as they expected. The money market, although still generally called easy, gives signs of the steady approach to stringency. Southern reports generally note a fair de mand, but no improvement in trade, while northwestern reports are, on the whole, less favorable than before. Busi ness at the eastern cities has been irregulnr. The wool trade is strength ened by comparative scarcity, and the prices of somo grades are higher. The knit goods manu facture has apparently gained most, and next the manufactures of dress goods. A continuance of purchases at more than the usual rate will be needed to make the season a satisfactory one in men’s wear goods. The trade in cotton is dull be came the Southern demand has dropped remarkably. In rubber goods, trade is unsettled, some makers having advanced prices with those of the crude rubber, while others have not. The glass trado is fair at Pittsburg ani light at Philadel phia. Steel rails do not move, becauso buyers doubt the permanence of the com bination. Coal is dull, in fair demand. Cigar makers are busy. The advance in Sumatra leaf retards sales. AN ADVANCE IN PRICKS. There has been an advance in the aver age prices of all commodities, amounting to half of 1 per ceut. for the week, but it has been almost exclusively in pro ducts, of which the crops were Bliort. The price of wheat has not advanced, western receipts continuing heavy, whilo exports are light. But corn has risen 2J cents, and oats 1J cents. A speculative advance of over i cent is also seen in coffee. Exp rls of merchandise from New York for the past four weeks have been 14 per cent, less than for the same week last year, and imports also decrease about ten per cent. A littlo disturbance is caused by fuithcr shipments of 1(100,000 of cold to Eu rope, and as the treasury disbursem: nts for pensions are just now enormous, tho money markets arc likely to be strength ened for a time. Business failures for the week number 558; for the corresponding week of last year the figure was 257. THE SOUTH’S PROGRESS. The Manufactures’ Record Gives Splendid Showing. The Manufacturer *’ liecord , of Balti more, reports for the past week new in dustries as follows: Development, land and town companion organized at Alabama City, Andalusia, Eufaula, Eureka, Mont gomery and Phoenix City, Ala.; Augusta, Ga.; Port Royal, 8. C.; Brunswick, Ga. Locomotive works at Alabama City, Ala. Cotton mills at Anniston, Ala., Jackson ville, Fla., Ccdartown, Go., Edgefield, K> rshaw and Valley Falls, 8. C. Iron industries at Birmingham, Ala., Athens, Bolton, Canton, and Cartersvilie, Ga. Sewerage, waterworks or street improve ments at New Decatur, Opelika and Oxanna, Ala., Fort Valley, Ga., and Blacksburg, 8. C. Sawmills at Thomas villc, Ala.; Apalachicola, Apopka, .. ... i ... m o L Palatka and Wellborn, Fla.; Savannah, Ga., and Bowman, Guffney City and Pickens, S. C. Also lumber consuming factories at numerous points. A (otton compress is being erected at Mobile; electric light plants at Augusta, Ga., and Chester, 8. C.; electric power plant at Savannah. Phosphate companies were organized or commenced work at Bartow, Ocala, Palatka and Tampa, Fla. In ad dition to numerous other industries not reported above, the list embraces new buildings in Georgia, Alabama, South ( arolina and Florida, valued at nearly 1800,000; besides fourteen other large structures. MISSISSIPPI’S THIRD PARTY. Organization of Prohibitionists Effected. A dispatch of Saturday from Jackson, Miss., says: A third party has been or ganized in this state—“the prohibition party of Mississippi,” it is called. An address embodying their declaration of principles lias been issued. This organi zation is entirely separate from the non partisan prohibition movement of the state. A "majority of the white peonle of the state is opposed to the liquor traffic, and the sentiment against the saloon has grown during the last decade until over half of the counties iu the st.te are either “dry” by legal enactment, or under the operations of the “local option law." The great bulk of the prohibitionists in the date seem to be entirely satisfied with the progress made, and deprecate the third’party movement. WILL RESUME. Two Thousand Employes are Made Happy. At Cincinnati Saturday Probate Judge Ferris ordered the Dueber Watch Casa Company assignment raised, and the monster works will re-ume at once with its two thousand employes. NO. 27.