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Hon. ▼. a. Mattox, of Elbert County. Hot
a'uaaeiSUe fevOonsraes—ni Hoalth and
yrtvato tutaroou Forbid.
Heasdnont, Ga, March 10, 1886.—
Mr. T. L Gantt, Athena, Ga.—My Dear
Sir: I will not be a candidate for nomi
nation before the nextconrention in the
ninth congressional district My repeat
ed ill-health, together with the demanda
of my private intereata conatrain me i
thia concluaion.
The numerous aaanrancea of kindnoaa
and* anpport with. which I have mot
while my name haa been associated with
the position,have been exceedingly grati
fying and encouraging to me—atill the
inexorable demanda of health, family
and intereat admoniah me to withdraw
from an undertaking which I cannot
prosecute with an undivided and deter
mined energy. Yours truly,
Wa. H. Mattox.
The above letter will be qolte a sur-
priao to the many frienda of Col. Mattox,
in thia district, who feel that in hia de
clining to become a candidate before the
next oongrexaional convention that he ia
yielding up an aaaured nomination. He
waa certainly a very atrong man, and waa
faat building up A eiipport that would
have aecured the nomination overwhelm
ingly. ' Wo treat that Col. Mattox’s re
tirement from politico ia only temporary,
for he lathe kind of man our atate moat
needa the aervicea of.
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
BRIEF HIOTOBY Ur THE UEUAJil-
ZATIOX.
Thtaraat Power of One Man—wonderful
Orowtk of Use Order-Tbe Mlealoa of the
Knights la to Preterm Peace, Hot Create
I trite-th* Beginning of the OrC»- in
Claike County and its ProMHt Member,
ahlp—The Speaking To-Night, etc.
Learning that Mr. R. F. Trevelick, a
prominent official of the Knightc of La
bor, would lecture in Athene, at Deupree
opera house, to-night, on the principles
and aima of the order, we think it would
not be amiaa to give a history of thia or
ganisation in the United States and
Athena:
At present T. V. Powderly is the head
executive officer,with the title of Gener
al Master Workman of the Knights qf
Labor. By the advice and consent of
hia four associates in the executive board
be can blockade the wheels of commerce
hnd render inactive the machinery, the
locomotives and ears of a great railway.
This power is the result of the thought,
energy aad faith of Uriah S. Stevens,
once a poor cloth cotter of Philadelphia.
Stevens waa born in Cape May county,
N. J., Aug. % 1821 of parents in com
fortable circumaUncea. He received an
excellent education and waa destined for
the ministry, but became a tailor. His
sympathies were with the laboring class
es and he waa a reformer by nature.
He began the work of forming this or-
- ganlzation in 1869, at Brat mainly among
the cloth-cutters. The first local aaaem-
, bly was properly organised in 1873.
This was Assembly Ho. 1, and it has
been duplicated in form in every city in
the Union at present The body spread
. rapidly in Philadelphia, until it included
. nearly all the trades and the vast majori
ty etthe working mtn.
Having gained ascendency in Philadel
phia its tentacles began to reach out to
other placets. An assembly in Trenton,
N. ifi proved a failure, but in Pennsylva
nia'the movement found ready sympao
thixers. It swept across the state to
Pittsburg and captured the centre of the
coal and iron trade. Stevens believed
h yiseacy. The name bom the begin
ning waa the Noble Order of the Knights
Vf Labor, but no one except its members
knetr its name. Outside of the meet
ings it was neTor breathed. The ordets
and communications bore the signature,
•O f 1 * *•», and waa spoken of by the,
members as the "fife asterisks,” or “five
stars.” The calls for. meetings were
made in cabalistic signs maSt i'Auhalk on
the sidewalks, and there waa intense ex
citement in* Philadelphia when it was
discovered that a few chalk marks in
front of. Independence Hall called to-
gather 4,000 or 5,000 men.
The Brat general convention was held
' in 1878, when the General Assembly of
\ North America was formed. Stevens
was elected ‘General Master Workman,
holding the office through two terms.' He
kecime one of the most inBuential labor-
. tag men.in this oesotry, was twice a
candidate for congress, and beforevhis
death in 1882, saw the order he had
founded firmly established and growing
•in strength and wonderful rapidity. To-
day, although the rule of secneyls
s careftlly, observed aad exact information
cannot be obtained ante the stnagth
men of the executive board control fully
500,000 or 600,000 workingmen.
It was estimated some months ago that
from 150 to 170 new local assemblies are
organised every month. The annual in
crease in membershop ia put at Over
150,000.
The order does not yet include every
trade. The members of trades and oc
cupations, however, aro coining in one
after another, as difficulties arise. The
organisation is modeled to include all
kinds of laborers, and contains in its
membership senators, representatives,
municipal assemblymen, mayors, clergy
men, physicians, journalists, farmers and
even employers and capitalists. Mem
bers of bolb,aexes and workmen in any
calling with'cbrtain qualifications, such
as good chsTaitcrand membership in the
organized lodge of fellow-workmen
whore none exists, are elllglble to • mem
bership. In forming a local assembly
three-quarters of the chsrter members
mast be wtge-wodedrs or farmers.' The
local assemblies, as' far as possible, are
compoted of persons following Otis call-
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The' local assemblies goverii them
selves and can boycott arid take other ac
tion in their otrn precinct, bnt all feoner^.
al matter which the local or district as
semblies cannot handle, come under the.
jurisdiction of the Executive board, which 1
is all-powerful and has the entire ordersnd
each individual of it under absolute con
trol. They flue, investigate,, arbitrate
and issue all orders pertaining tothe
general intereat of the Knights,
The cost of membership in the order is
slight The initiation fee is usually
small, about $1 for mon soil 60 cents ■ for
women, although in some strong assem
blies with Urge funds on band itia
placed as high as |25. The monthly
dues vary from 10 cents to 40 cents per
month. Few salaries are paid. The
Master Workman of s district, who most
devote hU entile time to his work, re
ceives only as much as hs can earn at
bis trade. The General Muter Work
man receives a salary of only $1,60% and
the General Secretary-Treuurer only
$1,200, with expenses when traveling or
away'from home, while the mefnbers of
the Executive Board get only $3 a day
aad expenses while at work. Eseh mem
ber mtat pay bis annual per capita tax to
the general trsuiiry of 24 cents, which
pays all general expenses.
The active members of the board art
T. V. l'owderly, president *nd chairman,
and Frederick Tamer, secretary and
treasurer, and the work UUa on their
shoulders. Mr. Powderly was born at
Carbondale, Pa., January 24, 1849. Ho
learned, the trade of a machinist and
studied mechanical engineering. He'
joined the Machinists’ and Blacksmiths’
Union of Scranton, whan 19 years of
age, and wu pruiding officer of that
body. He joined the K. of L. in 1874,
and becamo shortly after the secretary of
his District Assembly. He wu prami-
nent in the order at the Brat convention
in 1878, and hu bun elected its head
six times. He hu been twice Mayer of
Scranton, Pa., and is a man capab’eyif an
immense amount of work. He is s good
speaker and is genial in disposition. ‘ j
Frederick Turner, the 1 General’ Secre
tary, las Philadelphian, and’jt'Xgold
beater by trade. He wad on. of the
put active originators qjyjraoiy, spa
wu s prominent; member of the Brat
General Convention. ' ’ «
The only proselyting which is allow
ed is tbs distribution of a pamphlet con
taining tha "Declaration of 1’rinciplsd,"
giving the rims of the order and tbs de-
uitrUBsTnii esritartfflf T|m|
motto of the Knights is, “An injury to
ops,Jp the concern Of ail.'
equally divided. The applications oon-
tinue to come in at every meeting, and
there are very few mechanics in the city
but belong to the order. A leading mem
ber remarked to ua: “The future of the
K. of L. is bright, and will continue to
grow in popularity m soon u our object
is thoroughly understood by the people.
There in no communistic doctrine preach
ed in our order. We are for peace, and
propose to settle all our differences
outside of the court-house, i The
idea hu gono out that we stir
up strife- and get. up trouble between
Small Items That a Reporter Gaunt on
the Ply Yesterday.
J. H.-Iteares haa’rbcautiful pair of
v A.
AJhe spring geode are the haudsoineat
ever brought to Athena. • .,
The belled bustard hu been, seen in
Medieon, Ha. I
It is said that Baird's minstrels were
theiflnest that ever visited Athens. '
The cotton market ia atill fluctuating.
the muter and the employees. This is H is up one day and down the nest.
Mil» mistake. We are u much eppoeed fhe police resemble a iXvfM circuit
In llnlFH ulllfl SinlliKil On- nhi—f tp il. . • ti NY 1
to strikes aa the capitalist. Our object rV j.with their new suits on.
,- - *' ---■ a ..j - ' aa, jrr. “ - ..... . .
is to keep them down and settle the 'dif
ference by ‘arbitration. If these differ
ences cannot be settled by arbitration,
then we here our remedy, and eq ,‘fiir it
has proved very effective in settlements.
Thera ts snoihsr mistaken idea about the
Knights trying to control the politics i of
tho country; We have noehing to do
with politics. We ask only lA-be,allow
ed to vote , for who we please^and the
men who will best further ojr interests.
We are not s political organization.
i»ro sro not many men outside qf the
■chinics that belong to tka order in
Athe$4- J JWe Bdpe jo do good all through
the. ceuatry. Como out to-nightiand
bear iOCT'kvSKiatUh. opera house.
He is a fine speaker„and will give you
# It seemed as if the books were almost
ven away laat nigh t at the bco^ auction
F'The Elevator Mills and ■ the 'cotton
seed oil mill are on a boom.
M. B. MoGinty, jrr, weighs elareU'
pounds aind favors hia £atEer...jJt j 1,1
The book auction started' last night
ami many sales wero affected acthh bid
ders own price. 1. J
AthenH is full of drummers. This is
a good sign that none the merchants sro
•gjbaky. >«r-/ V'**■♦<» : ,
Bananas on iceis a favorite dish-with
thou who can afford b*f h? then cold
bufud fried buon.
#>- Athens hu several patents that only
weed money to push them to make a for
tune,.
exactly pur standing and objects. We Tho little wooden negro front Of
wspt eytyy.msT in Athens to hear him,
and than probably there will not be so
tqqqh prejudice against ear order." , ;
tho order, jt is safe to say that the five
year in October and 'tfsnsook sit i the
gensidl business of tho order, , and) $$e«ts
officer* and thru member* oif tho Kfeo-
utive Board, the President and Secretary
conititatlng the. other two. ' q
The history of the order In Athens wr
get from s member who joined the K. of
I* when it first started in our city: f
The flrat lodge ,wu organised on the
22d day of August, 1885, by, Mr. Henry
Jennings, formerly of Oconee county,
but now of Atlanta. A few mechanics
met at the Good Templsi^’' hriP*ahd
started tho first lodge of Knights of La
bor In Clarke county. John W. . Black
wu elected first Master Workman,-and
at once went to work to increase, the
membership of the lodge. Speakers
were invited, and they explained Um ob
ject of the K. of ,I..,and at once tho mem
bership commenced to increase veryrsp
idly- CTR. Riden ia at present. Muter
Workman of this lodge, and makes a
good presiding officer. There are three
lodges in Clarke county, at difhrent
places, sad the membership in AtMns is
three hundred, and in the whole county
six hundred or over. There ia hot very
little difference between the number of
whitM and blacks that belong to/ tho
lodges in this county. Thoy are shoot
Y* ‘ ■ Y.
PKOBABLY AH INJUSTICE. J
A few days ago the Banner-Watch
man published a notice that some of our
citiscns had subscribed for. the Nash
ville Artisan through the agent, David
IG. Rsy, who earns to our city and repre
sented that hs wu the agent of that
I paper, and wu traveling through tho
South writing up the different industries,
and that those who had subscribed and
paid in advance bad Beyer received a
copy of the paper. 'Hr. J. H. Dorsoy
was * subscriber, and had never'received
a copy until yesterday, when a negro
brought him a bundle of Nashville Arti-
7.ans, that had been fished out of a trash
barrel on the street, and stated that
there were several bundles of papers in
tho barrel where his cams from. A
large, nuwberjf our best merchants and
citizens subscribed and. paid in advance
for that paper, and they sro anxious to
know why their mail Is found in a trash
barrel on Clayton street
A SENSATIONAL TRIAL.
For some time put thb papers hare
been ^qlt bl iii stogy o^coirt trial ovtr
have
Long's drag store is Tslned st one thon-
sand dollars.
a-! ravetohuaua
) SI ill ,n CtUrttJ
-j . -ivMtafuA.,’// f»AA
, , w|| EN YOU OOME DOWN- .
•r. IK5II . ' Jdrop'^ji ^AJID SEE, V,9| , «,lj )o ,. 0 la-'u'-
We are opening new goods every Hay and our spring stock is the
largest and, belt assorted ever before offered in this market. Call and
examine and be convinced!!i : “ 11.:
BALDWIN & FL.EMLNG/
•ir-ot lu Hot ilxCJul-- i>KAi.aww in •‘msva-1 sill 1* osnoijro
:BOOTS AND SHOES,
"1..." . t .wov.ll’' o0,4 * , * < l ! j Vk ATHENS, GEORGIA.
“Tho set of Dickens works told Iasi j
night at the book auction wu realms*
beautiful edition. ;
There is s tree in Athens which hu
letters carved on it, supposed to hgve
been done by DeHoto or some of his fol-'
GET A
Veronee is preparing to get out anoth
er patent. lie proposes to run the street
carl with the Texas mule attachment left
off.*
Some one had tho misfortune (?) ia.
drbpxiad break* a]ng which contained s
gallon of whisky, and Clayton street had
the odor of a bar-room for awhile.
,e supreme court tlnally gave to
rather v JamuT.MiUer^'ino mother of
tho child, on her ’ death-bed, gate'’ the
now-born infant to its grandmother,
Mrs. Wm. Wallace, wife of Prof. Wal
lace, well known in Athens u the K. of
L. lectunir£They. reared the child to sis
years.old, whan its father claimed it, and
last Sunday wu tugnod over to him by
the grandmother. It may. not be law,
butjuatica would b*T0 given the child to
its grandmother, who 1 had the trouble
with it daring infancy. Mrs. Wallace
ought to now sue Miller for the cost o{
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A THB GEORGIA MIDLAND. »
Atlanta, March 10.—Atlanta hu a
new proposition from the Georgia Mid
land. Tho conference between tho com-
mitteo and the directors did not result in
anything definite, and President Jordan,
■;^UsnU wsnjs/sny
ibid for a branch qr
Ths General Assembly «nwtr*rery. OiM 1 *
fin are jubilant ove’r tho'fsct that she hu
triumphed over Atlanta.; , ; i ”
BXTBNSITB BOOK BALB.
6olf£t(^
twenty thpnsshd Volumes ol Bare, Val
uable and Standard Books, to be sold for
wbat they will bring. This is an over
plus stock and coRtalns some very fine
sets ol standard works, history, bio
graphy, fiction, art books, etc. They
have secured the store room on Broad
Street, next to Childs, Nickerson A Co.
Mb.’A- Coleman will act as Auctietter.
OATS THAT NETX* DIE.
W. H. Beusse brought to our, office
yesterday several bunches of oats that
wero planted twenty years ago. They
are called the Italian oats, and cold
weather, inoyr or rain will not kill them
out. Theresa be eat thru times * year
before they come to a head. After they
are once planted aad take root there ie so
more trouble with them. They grow
thru feet high and have good heeds.
SOCIETY ANp PERSONAL.
Mr. Alex Nabors, one of our enterpris
ing butchers, lias gene to Southwest
Georgia for a few weeks. 'J
We acknowledge s pleasant call from
Mr. John C. Bailey, editor of the Enter
prise A Mountaineer, published st Green-
vilte, 8. C.
'•Harry Hilt, of Atlanta is in Wuhing-
ton. U is understood that ho is there
working up the means to build s railroad
frbm UniCn Point to Wlme Plains, in
Greene county.
A OUN DSED. y
V* I > a
( John Jonea^ a deep-colored fishermen,
was quietly watching bis book* on the
Oconee river, below the, factory,^whe'ti
Adolphus Richards came along,' ajid^
without shy word of warning, commenc-'
ed beating John ovor the head with! his
gun. Adolphus hu stepped off for ithe
present, but the police are on the look
out for him. John hu s bad cut on his
head msdo by tho gus. »*> »! *'
RATTLilNAXItOXTBBlTBItT.
Yesterday being a warm day, a small
ground rattlesnake crawled out from the
cellar ^ndertite barber shop on Bread
street, and wu killed. They have no
rattles, but are considered much more
dangerous than the ones with rattles.
FOR A’
H AT!
only Novelty for Early Spring,
MICMAEE •’BROS.
Broad and Jackson Sts., Athens.
■* nd^dbffJhKj I -vviii® noj a Iji'h vhjJ vitii b*<
1 r
, ova
yhilsH .refold bo
*» rril ..tJWi'iJ*
baint»>b
jBBHBMBfcrm-'
(SiSiiSiii'iEED
< f (trow ■ 'o ia* 1 ** j ^ “
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SHOT THROUGH THE HAND.
Mr. Will Hiudrup, while loading his
pistol, accidentally discharged it and the
ball passed through the third finger of
the left hand. The wound ia quite pain-
fui, but it is hoped that hs will not lose
lb Dr. Benedict dressed the wound.
THE MINITRSLB.
Baird’s minstrels was one of the but
troupes that ever exhibited in Athens. T|ie
curtain never drops, and it is ono round
of Bin from the commencement to the
end. Thoy deserved a better house.
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MALICIOUS MISCHIEF.. ;
Coleman hid a fine horse badly iinur-
ed yesterday by some person sticking s
hook in the fleshy' part of its thigh./'Mr.
Coleman had tho wonnd sewed up, but
it will diuble the horse for some timy. -<
MAKINO lMPaOTEMENTI.
Edge, Dorsey A Co. are making some
improvements in the rear of their store;
for the parpou ef storing the large lot
of furniture they are now receiving"* j
'jK^U EOO XATSS. yv_l^gg|3
A negro in Athens ate 120 eggs on s
wager. There wu no vinegar or other
chemicals used to reduce the sise of tho
eggs.
CHAXHRIH SATES.
uw^unes woa enecz M IM Bin 01 1 tking like cengutton of the braia.
HAMPTON & WEBB,
Prices |tiuasted u low u aav aiber markets. SeadovUera lac aanQleS
BueklldAvlj. . HAMPTON • WEBB, Lampkls *b. AUMU,Oa.
NEW GOOD
JUST RECEIVED '
of Gilt MonltLiB^s
Ever nhowi: in the City.
Painting Frames. >**,?.
mm
them up in elegant style for peetrafta ’ aad
W. BURKE, Athanta
WUtatiMfaatM
Wlm is i
ia Hew York btiytag k sprtag