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Banks County Gazette. VOLUME 11. NUMBER 37. TO BENEFIT THE FARMER WHAT THE AGRICULTURAL DE ( PARTMENT IS DOING Gathering Facts and Making Experi ments In Aid of Agriculture— Grasses lor the South. The Agricultural Department, writes Robert Graves in the New York Arher teier, spends $3,000,000 a year. Much more than one-half of this sum is ex pended in what might be called the prac tical operations—in gathering facts and statistics, in the purchase and distribu tion of seeds and plants, for the extirpa tion of contagious diseases of animals, for the introduction of and experiments with forage plants, for the inspection of meats and animals intended for exporta tion, and for the dissemination of infor mation. There is very little abstruse scientific inquiry. It isArue that the De partment is instinct with science. But all scientific, work has usefulness as its aim. Investigations are carried on, not for the mere sake of acquiring knowl edgei, but with a view to its application economically. Examples of this aie found in the careful study made of the habits and nature of the maple worm, and in the use of appliances for its de struction. A few weeks ago the Depart ment was called upon to suggest means of saving the shade trees of Cleveland from destruction. The trees of the beau tiful Forest City were being rapidly de foliated. The same thing happened at Lincoln, Neb., and in both cases the en tomological division of the Department was able to give practical assistance. Professor Riley, the chief entomologist, was asked a short time ago by a brother scientist how he was getting along in his study of certain insects. “I am not studying them at all,” replied Professor Riley, “because they are insects which do not prey upon agriculture. All my old scientific enthusiasm has been beaten out of me by the necessities of my prac tical work. I have no time for anything scientific for the sake of science—the chinch bugs, the maple worms, the grasshoppeis and the other foe3 of the farmers take all my time.” The man who sneers at the bug division of the Department does not im peach its usefulness. The Hessians brought their fly with them when they came over to fight for John Bull. George Washington beat the Hessians, but the fly has been with us ever siuce. Now the scientific men of the Depart ment of Agriculture are making war on him, and he will have to go. These men are, in fact, the foe of all insects which prey upon agriculture, and an example of their mode of attack will be found in teresting. The scale insect was ravaging the orange groves of Florida. He threat ened to devour the entire orange in dustry of the State. Professor Riley studied the scale till he became satisfied that he was of Australian origin, and that in his native State he waa troubled with a parasite which destroyed him as he destroyed the orange trees. A skilled pcmologist was sent to Australia, the parasite was found, he was brought to America and propagated, and now the parasite is making short work of the scale pest. Years ago it was the fashion to sneer at the seed division, because Michigan Congressmen insisted upon sending cot tonseed to their constituents, and be cause New York City Congressmen sup plied their home friends with large quantities of Early Rose potatoes. But the seed division has done its good work nevertheless. Three-fourths of the wheat now grown in the United States is of kinds introduced by the Depart ment. The variety which has widest distribution is the Fultz, a red winter wheat, which originated in Pennsylvania and was distributed <in 1871 and subse quent years. The area now occupied by it is four times as much as that devoted to any other wheat. It produces one fourth of the entire wheat crop of the country. How many milliou dollars better off the farmers are for this intro duction of this excellent wheat it would not be easy to estimate, but the benefit has been enormous. The Fife wheat, which is the great spring wheat of the country, grown almost exclusively in the Northwest, was introduced by the much reviled seed division. Just now the Department is making a special investigation of the grasses which will give best results in different parts of the country. It was the transfer to Eng land, in the seventieth and eighteenth centuries, of some of the grasses of Mary land and Virginia, which in large meas ure improved the bullocks of merry Eng land from four hundred pounders to fif teen and twenty hundred. The South needs needs new grasses as much now as England did in the sixteenth century, and for much the same reason. There are sterile acres which should be re claimed, and the Department is search ing the world over—Siberia, India, South America—for the grass which will suit the soil and “stick.” There is a grass problem in the West, too, where close and continuous pasturage destroys the short native grasses and leaves noth ing in their place. These are merely one or two examples of what experiment and science are do ing for agriculture. This year the De partment has spent fifty thousand dol lars experimenting with the making of sugar, both sorghum and cane, and its results bid fair to be worth many mil lions to the planters of Louisiana and the farmers of the West. In suppression ( ef pleuro-paeumonia and other con- tagious diseases among cattle,and cholera in hogs, the Department has saved mil lions to termers and ranch owners. Dis eases of plants have not been overlooked. Science has been applied to answer the question, what is “peach yellows?” what is “pear blight?” what is “apple scab?” what is that “vine disease," which goes through the vineyard like a flame of fire? what is “rust” in wheat? what is “potato rot?” what is “mildew?” In these and countless other ways the the Department is helping the farmer. It maintains'forty-six experiment stations, in which 370 trained, skilled men are applying science all the time in all the fields of agriculture. It is detecting adulteration; it is promoting irrigation; it il endeavoring to preserve old forests and encourage by distribution of seeds the planting of new ones; it is introduc ing foreign fruits and nuts; it is encourag ing the growth of fibrous plants hitherto unknown or long neglected, and it is making its work known to the farmers of the couutry by a series of publications which form the most ex tensive library on the subject of agricul ture kuown to the world. Its annual report, which the unthinking once made sport of, is now eagerly sought by scientific men and economists the world over as well as by the farmer. The edition yearly printed, 400,000 copies, is the largest single ad dition of any book published. Millions of copies of other books aud pamphlets are printed every year. All honor to Uncle Sam. say 1, for his use of science aud c.lueatiou in the uoliftiug of agri culture. WISE WORDS. Presistent puffing ha3 filled many a sale. Avarice is the vice of declining years. That which is everybody’s business is nobody’s business. In this world the elect are very in frequently elected. The wires of opportunity transmit few repeated messages. A man of means, in extreme cases, means a mean man. It’s a wise dog that will chase only the neighbors’ cats. Behavior is a mayor in which ever one displays his image; One dosen’t need to get a skate on to glide ou a banana peel. There is no fool like an old fool, yet we’re never too old to learn. If you would abolish avarice, you must abolish the parent ol it, luxury. Wliat a man cannot believe can never at bottom be of true interest to him. The only really successful liar is the mau who does it in a matter of fact way. A wife who is only the soul of neat ness should do a little materializing at once. A sweet, unselfish life, radiant with usefulness, never grew out of a heartless profession. A rolling stone gathers no moss, yet a mossback is without honor save in his own country. Time and tide wait for no man, although the proper thing is to learn to labor and to wait. There is no surer sign of a had heart than for a writer to find delight in de grading his species. No matter what his rank or position may be, the lover ol books is the richest and happiest of men. Heaven sometimes hedges a rare char acter about with uugainliness aud odium, as the burr that protects the fruit. Good books are always of use, particu larly in a family which does not enjoy the advantages of first rate schools. A social life which worships money and pursues social distinctions as its aim is, in spirit and fact, an aristocracy. Business is the rub of life, perverts our aims, casts off the bias, and leaves us wide and short of the intended mark. Naval Flag Signals. The red flag is a mark of danger, and shows a vessel to be receiving or dis charging powder. A flag at half mast means that a death has occurred, and hoisted union down is a signal of distress. A flag of truce is a white flag displayed to an enemy to indicate desire for a parley or consultation. The yellow flag belongs to the quaran tine service, and when displayed is a sign of contagious disease. A convoy flag is white, triangular iu shape, bordered with red, and is worn by raen-of-war when conveying merchant vessels. A church pennant is a white pennant, without swallow tails, charged with a blue Latin cross, hoisted at the peak, during divine service, over the ensign. A dispatch flag is a white, square flag with five blue crosses generally known as the five clubs; hoisted forward denotes important and urgent special service which must not be interfered with by any officer junior to the one by whom it was dispatched. —Atchison Globe. The greatest conflagration of history was the burning of Moscow in 1812. The loss amounted to $150,000,000, and 30,800 buildings were destroyed. Next in disastrous consequences came the burning of Chicago, with a loss of $125,. 000,000 and the destruction of 17,490 buildings. HOMER, BANKS COUNTY. GA.', WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1892. ALLIANCE TALKS. NEWS OF THE ORDER AND ITS MEMBERS Reform Press Comment and Items of General Interest. The Kansas Slate Alliance Benefit As sociation saved its members three times the cost of the State Alliance. * * 4c On a capital or only $22,000 the Kan sas Alliance Exchange did a business of $1 ,215,840 during the last fiscal year. * < * * The Labor Tribune (Carthage, Mo., says. Good crops and close economy can not supply the deficiency in the vol ume of money, nor pay taxes or debts. Some papers are shouting ns if big crops could briug money into circulation, when the fact is impossible. Good crops cause prices to fall for want of money enough to handle and hold the same, whereas if money was plentiful, it would 6e called into use in handling the crops, which would make large crops a blessing in two ways—first, by the extra labor it would employ; and, second, by the amount of money that would go into circulation. * * * MEETING OF ALLIANCE PRESIDENTS. The presidents of the various state alliances held au executive session in Washington a few days ago. According to dispatches, the meeting was somewhat heated when the question of alliance po litical affiliation came up. A number of other alliancemen who happened to be in Washingtou, but had no vote in the meeting, were allowed to be present and express themselves. It was agreed by them that an attempt to transfer the al liance vote of the country to any party would result in the complete destruction of the order. A resolution was passed unanimously calling upon the February St. Louis convention to refrain from committing the alliance to any party. The resolution is as follows: “Resolved, That it is the sentiment and desire of this conference of the pres idents of the Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union that the delegates from the Farmers’ Alliance and Indus trial Union who attend the industrial conference to be held in St. Louis, Feb ruary 22, 1892, use their influence and votes to establish perfect fraternal rela tions with all the labor organizations represented in said meeting with the Ocala demands as a basis and a platform for principle", and that such platform be presented to the national conventions of the democratic party, the republican party and the people’s party, this year, with an earnest request that the princi ples involved be ingrafted into their plat forms for the coming elections of 1892; but that they carefully refrain from com mitting our orders, as such, to affiliation with any political party or parties. NOT HIRELINGS. In an extensive article on Alliance mat ters, a correspondent in the Atlanta Con stitution admits that the lodges of the order are not as fully attended as formerly, accounting various reasons therefor, and adds: “So you cannot judge the power of tho alliance in Georgia try the roll call at the lodges, and to oppose the alliance is to oppose an unbroken array of our agricultural element. Abuse only •trengtheus them in their determination, and poverty and oppression but drives them the closer together. Onr farmers are not the untutored, irresponsible, vis ionary fanatics that their enemies would like to make the world believe. On the other hand, they are liberal in their views, are always open to conviction, conserva tive and law-abiding. Since the alliance was organized they have devoted great time and care to a study of the economic questions that agitate the public mind, and it would surprise an outsider to at tend one of our alliance meetings and hear uneducated men, just from between the plow-handies, debate great public issues, which you would think as far removed from their under standing as are the poles. I assert that the average allianceman is to-day as well or better informed in regard to the poli tics of our country as is the average pro fessional man; and they know as much about financial questions as the average banker or capitalist. There is no dangt-r of the alliancemen of Georgia being led astray by designing and ambitious dema gogues. At this time I know that the third party has not a ghost of a show in this section, and if the democratic ma jority in the house will give to the coun try financial relief, aud show their will ingness to lift the burden from the backs of the people, I do not believe that the new party will command a corporal’s guard in any county in Georgia. You never hear it even discussed at our alli ance gatherings, while the course of Col. Livingston, and those of our alliance congressmen who went into the demo cratic caucus, is universally commended.” ¥ * * THE ALLIANCE NOT UNDERSTOOD, Under the above headlines the Midland Journal has a very comprehensive article from which we extract the following: The aims aud scope of the Farmers’ Al liance in its several associations, and which separate branches are fast consoli dating in our national body, are but dimly understood by the general public, who have been misled by the daily pa pers, either through design or ignorance on the part of their editors. The gene ral impression with outside parties is that the Alliance is a kind of farmers’ politi cal party which will make nominations, and if those candidates fail of election, will speedily dissolve and be heard of no more, that they, the farmers, have some crude ideas about laws of finance and other economic questions, which are undigested aud chaotic, which, if attempted to be put into practice, would utterly fail to work. The monopoly press of the cities have been industrious to spread this belief among the people and create a prejudice if possible against the Alliance. Many intelligent farmers who draw all their information from the daily press and flatter themselves that they are well posted on public matters, are the dupes of this misinformation. Tiie Alli ance is in no sense a political party, but a co-operative brotherhood, in which all political parties are treated with impar tiality, or rather not considered at all, but in which ail economic questions are receiving a searching examination with out respect to what party may support them. The Alliance has an order of business which is tollowedin its meetings which never varies, and insures its work and proceeding to be uuitorm, and mov ing toward the s ime poiut throughout the country. Political affairs are closely scanned and the true inwardness of every measure transmitted to the whole organi zation from National or Supreme Council down to every sub-Alliance in the coun try, divested of all party favoritism; each measure being examined and discussed whollv on its merits, without a thought ol its uelng a par.y mt asur. By ihis means members get a true knowledge of public affairs, and are enabled to form an opin ion which v ives them an independence of thought and individuality which have heretofore been unknown to the masse* of the people who have been domi nated by a party bigotry which was little better than a state of moral and political servitude * * * Reverses or successes of political parties can have little or no effect on the con tinuance of the Alliance. It will con tinue to enlarge the scope of its useful ness and gain in power and influence throughout the country. Its mission is to undo the mischief that class legislation has wrought, and have laws passed that will stop favoritism to the money and monopoly clnssi s—in fact work their utter downfall and make it impossible for th<* system of legal robbery to be pur sued, which lias over-ridden individual rights for the past thirty years, by placing the corporation above the citizen and turning over the prerogative of gov ernment, to the control of a bank ing and stock gambling class. AN ADDHKSS. Below we give the address of the com mittee on the St. Louis meeting in full: fo all citizens of the Uunted States Greeting:—The undersigned have been Appointed a committee to issue an address sotting forth the object and purposes of *,o great Conference of producers which has been called to convene in St. Louis, on the 22d day of February, 1892. The call for said conference originated with the National banners’ Alliance and In dustrial Union at Ocala, Fla., in Decem ber, 1890, as follows: “This body gives its sanction and call for a meeting to be held about February, 1892, to lie com posed of delegates from all organizations of producers upon a fair basis of repre sentation, for the purpose of a general and thorough conference upon the de mands of each, and to the end that all may agree upon a joint set of demands just prior to the next national campaign, min agree upon the proper methods for enforcing such demands. If the people, by delegates coming from them direct, agree that a third party move is necessa ry, it need not be fenced. That the next session of thin Supreme Council elect delegates from this Order to represent it in said national conference of productive organizations for political purposes.” Committees from the National Farmers, Alliance and Industrial Union, the Knights of Labor, the National Citizens, Alliance, and the Colored National Farmers’ Alliance and Co-oper ative Union met in Washington, D. C., January 24, 1891, and chose a national executive committee, and fixed the time for the coming conference at February 22, 1892, aud instructed their executive committee to decide on the place of meeting and the basis of representation. The call for the great labor conference has since been ratified and accepted by practically all farmers’ and laborers’ or ganizations. The national executive committee met at Indianapolis, Ind., on the 10th day of November, and fixed the basis of representation, and ap pointed a committee to choose the -plaoe of meeting. This shows the call to be regular, and to be supported by millions of people scattered throughout every sec tion of this broad land. A movement of such great extent and popularity involves great forces and must wield great power; its causes, objects, purposes and methods, therefore, are important subjects of con sideration. The causes are many, and depend on combinations of circumstances that have been transpiring for years; many of them are to-day unnoticed, and to attempt even a list of the cause* would be almost an endless task, but prominent among the causes for this great movement, causes which should fill with alarm and concern every loyal citizen of this government, are: The rapid accumulation of the wealth of the nation in the hands of a few, and the general impoverishment and discontent of the masses; a finan cial system that furnishes a volume of money which at one season of the yeai is so redundant that money is worth in the metropolis only 1 per cent, on call, while at another season it is so inadequate that money ranges as high as 188 per cent on call, thereby entailing great hardship and distress upon all classes as a result of instability of prices. The general and widespread belief on the part of the masses that the government is administered in the inter est of a favored class (whether this be true or not, the fact that such belief ex ists is a matter of public concern) in spite of the wise and just provisions of the constitution. Boss rule methods and the distribution of million* of corruption money by political organizations, the depressed condition of all productive pursuits, the menace to free government involved in the shameful abuses of aggregated wealth, using combinations of transportation companies to control legislative and ju dicial proceedings, the foreign invasion which is received and allowed to exact tribute on account of the unavailability of American wealth in business, the plainly visible wide separation between the government and the people who seem to feel that they are pushed aside for the politician and lose a proper interest in government affairs; that monster, the mortgage, which is rapidly devour ing the liberties and the independence of the grandest and best people the’ sun ever shown upon, and whose con scienceless exactions must soon bring on a climax of violence unless wise coun eel shall prevail and the cause of justice assert itself. These among the many causes are sufficient to enlist the support of all patriotic citizens in any laudable effort to wrest American institutions from such abuses nnd restore them to the foundations laid by the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The object of the coming meeting is, under the blessing of God, to confer and agree upon the wisest, fairest nnd most just means of relief in the in terest of tlu wholo people, and* to announce a declaration of principles upon which all are agreed to stand and demand laws to carry out. For this purpose every organization of producers in this broad land is invited to send dele gates and participate in the deliberations. For the love of our country, for the sake of your family, in view of your duty to tbe prosperity, and pursuant of your re sponsibility to God, come! nnd let this be tbe second Declaration of Independ ence for the American people in which instead of throwing off the yoke of a ty rant king they liberate posterity from threatened industrial lyratiy and slavery. The purpose of the meeting will be devel oped when the delegates of the people assemble. It is Idle to suppose that they will adopt a set of demands without making adequate provision to enforce them. It is not for this commit tee to say what the purposes will be, but it is the duty of this committee to urge the intelligence, wisdom and virtue oi tbe land to participate iii the delibera tions and abide by the results of that meeting. C. W. Maccne I Hebman Baumoakten, r , ... Thohal W. GtLRUTn, Comßllttee - John P. Stkki.. 1 TRADE A LITTLE DUI&. Dun A Co.’s Report of Business for Past Week. Business failures occurring throughout the country during eight days since De cember 81st, reported to It. G. Dun & Go., number for the United States, 395; Canada, 48; total, 435, against 820 last wreek. The first week of the new year has been marked by some striking events. There has been an important decline in the prices of wheat and cotton, which have been held of late a little too high for foreign estimates of value, so that exports were somewhat checked. The decline will bring out larger orders for export. FLUCTUATIONS IN PRICES. Wheat has dropped sharply—BJ cents for the week on sales of only 15,000,000 bushels, Oats also dropped 2} cents, but corn rose an eighth, the large exports actually exceeding those of wheat for three days of the week, sustaining the price. Pork products scarcely changed; oil rose 2f cents, and coffee a quarter. Cotton has dropped to the lowest price since early in 1849, viz., 7.44 cents for middling uplands. Receipts at the south continue greater than last year, and, though exports are also greater, the stock accumulated and largely carried by banks at various points has a depressing influence. This affects trade throughout the south, but the demand for sugar and rice is strong and active, with slightly better prices. FAIR FOR THE SEASON. Trade in other parts of the country is fair for the season, the New Year’s quiet not having entirely passed. Great industries report no important change, though in iron a large business is beiog done, and the tone is improved. Some improvement is seen in bar and plates and fair business in structural iron. The money market has been well sup plied at New York, and other market" throughout the north are easier. The treasury has been disburs ng freely during the week, and while the sales of stock on foreign account have lifted the rates of foreign exchange half a cent, the swell ing exports appear to insure further im ports of gold. FROSEEOTe FAVORABLE. In brief, the business prospects of the country are remarkably favorable for the beginning of the new year, excepting at the south, and while the depression in that lection may considerably affect some trades and branches of manufacture, the uplifting influence of the large northern orops and of the unprecedented foreign demand for northern products give substantial ground for the great confidence which orevails. THE CAUSE OF GRIP Is Explained bj a Son-In-Law of Dr. Koch. Dr. Pfeiffer, soe-in-law of the distin guished Professor Koch, has discovered the influenza bacillus, and has transplant ed in in six cases with complete success. He hss also discovered the original cause of the infection. The bacillus of influ enza is the smallest bacillus yt discov ered. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS. RICHMOND & DANVILLE R. R. Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line Division. Condensed Schedule of Passenger Trains. In Effect Nov. loth, 1801. NORTHBOUND. No. 38. No. 10. No. 12. eastern time. Daily. Daily. Daily. Lv. Atlanta (E.T.) 125 pm 860pm10 10 am Chamblee 9 27 pm 10 48 am Norcroas 989 pm 1101 am Duluth 951 pm 1116 am Suwanee 10 08 pm 11 26 am Buford 10 17 pm 11 40 am Flowery Branch 10 31 pm 11 68 am Gainesville..... 2 59 pm 10 51 pm 12 14 pm Lula n 18 pm 12 42 pm Bellton 11 21 pm 12 44 am Cornelia 11 45 pm 110 pm Mt. Airy 11 60 pm 115 pm Tooooa. 12 20 am 1 47 pm Westminster 12 58 am 285 pm Seneca 1 17 am 254 pm Central 160 am 340 pm Easleys 218 am 4 11pm Greenville 605 pm 244 am 440 pm Greers 3 14 am 5 09pm Wellford 338 am 627 pm Spartanburg... 657 pm 354 am 552 pm Clifton 4 13 am 6 10 pm Cowpens 4 18 am 6 15 pm Gaffney 4 40 am 640 pm .Blacksburg. 5 01am 700 pm Grover 511 am 712 pm King's Mount’n 528 am 780 pm Gastonia. 5 54 am 759 pm Lowell 607 am 812 pm Bellemont 6 14 am 823 pm Ar. Charlotte 910 pm 6 40 am 850 pm SOUTHBOUND. Non. N0.9. Lv. Charlotte. 945 am 150 pm 220 am Bellemont 2 12 pm 2 42 am Lowell 2 22 pm 2 52 am Gastonia 2 35 pm SO4 am King’s Mount'n 3 00 pm 327 am Grovt r 3 16 pm 3 43 am Blacksburg 3 26 pm 3 63 am Gaffney 3 45 pm 4 10 am Cowpens 4 10 pm 442 am Clifton .... 4 13 pm 4 35 am Spartanburg ... 11 43 am 427 pm 500 am Wellford 5 50pm 5 28am Greers 6 09 pa 542 am Greenville 12 36 pm 534 pm fl 10 am Easleys. 6 07 pm 638 am Central 6 65 pm 730 am Seneca 7 22 pm 757 am Westminster.... 7 41pm 815 am Toccoa 819 pm 852 am Mt. Airy , 8 4Hpm 9 18 am Cornelia 8 52 pm 9 23 am Bellton 9 16 pm 945 am Lula 9 18 pm 947 am Gainesville 841 pm 942pm1C 12 am Flowery Branob 10 00 pm 10 82 am Buford 10 17 pm 10 45 am Suw&neo 10 83 pm 10 68 am Duluth 10 45 pm 11 15 am Norcroas 10 56 pm 11 28 am Chamblee 11 08 pm 11 43 am Ar. Atlanta (E. TANARUS.) 505 pm 11 45 pm 12 20 pm Additional trains Nos. 17 and 18—Lula ac commodation, daily except Sunday, leaves At lanta 580 pm, arrivm Lnla 812 pm. Return ing, leaves Lula 6 00 am, arrives Atlauta 860 a in. Between Lula and Athens —No. 11 daily, ex cept Sunday, and No. 9 daily, leave Lnla 8 80 p m, and 1160 am, arrive Athens 10 15 p m and 130 pm. Returning leave Athenß, No. 10 daily, except Sunday, and No. 12 daily, 6 15 p m and 645 am, arrive Lula 800 p in and 880 a m. Between Toccoa and Elberton—No. 61 dai ly; exoept Sundav, leave Toccoa 200 pm arrive Elberton 440 p in. Returning, No. 60 daily, except Sunday, leaves Elberton 5 00 a m and arrives Toccoaß 30 am. Nos. 11 and 12 carry Pullman Sleepers be tween Washington and Kansas City via Birming ham and Memphis, and Nos, 9 and 10 Pullman Sleeper between Atlanta and New York. On No. 11 no change in day coaches from New York to Atlanta. Nos. 37 aud 38, Washington and Southwest ern Vestibuled Limited, between Atlanta and Washington. On this train an extra fare is charged on flrst-cass tickets only. For detailed information as to local and through time tables, rates ami Pullman Sleep ing car reservations, confer with local agentik, or address, JAS. L. TAYLOR, W. A. TURK, Gen’! Posb. Ag't. Bi”. Pass. Ag’L Atlanta, Ga. Charlotte N. C. C. P. HAMMOND, Superintendent Atlanta, Ga. W. H. GItEEN, SOL. HABS, Gen’l Manager. Traftits Manager, Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, lia. JACKSON S DAY. A Banquet by the Business Men’s Asso ciation of New York. The Business Men’s Democratic Asso ciation of New York city celebrated Jackson’s Day with a banquet Friday night. Speeches were made by Grover Cleveland and Mr. Springer, of Illinois. Speaking on “The Issues of the Day,” Mr. Springer said among other things: “l can state, withojt any fear of success ful contradiction, that there is not the slightest probability of a free coinage bill becoming a law during this congress, nor is it likely that any amendment of the existing law will be made. If any meas ure on this subject is passed it will be one which democrats throughout the country can and will cordially support. It is possible that some such measure,accepta ble to democrats generally, may be agreed upon and become a law during this ses sion of congress. In reference to public expenditures, tho democratic house of representatives of this congress may be relied upon for a record of rigid econ omy. This will not be another billion dollar congress. A reduction of between fifty aad a hundred millions a year by the present house of representatives may he confidently expected hs compared with the appropriations of the previous con gress. ” INMAN RE-ELECTED President by Stockholders of the It. k D. Railroad Company. At an adjourned meeting of the stock holders of the Richmond and Danville railroad company held at Richmond Tuesday, James B. Pace in tho chair, John 11. Itiman was elected president and the following board was chosen: Samuel Thomas, John G. Moore, John A. Rutherford, Jas. Swann, Sam M. Inman, James B. Pace, Calvin S. B ice, T. M. Logan, C. M. McGhee, W. M. Stroug, George J. Gould and W. J. Oakrnan.