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THE HERALD AND ADVERTISER.
VOL. XXIII.
NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1888.
NO. 20.
SOME SPIfING
FACTS AND FANCIES,
FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE DEAR PEOPLE!
THE FARMERS’ ALLIANCE.
There’s nothing half so sweet
the poet; but, of course, he hadn’t
seen those lovely Spring Goods
that now decorate my counters,
else he would have qualified his re
marks. On this ground I can ex
cuse him, but upon no other; be
cause I have the prettiest, cleanest,
nicest line of Spring novelties that
were ever offered to the trade, ei-
ther here or elsewhere, including
Prints, White Goods, Muslins, (checked and barred,) Renfrew
Ginghams, Staple and Fancy Notions, and numerous other
articles calculated to catch the feminine eye and make glad
the hearts of my countrymen. I have no timidity in pushing
these goods, because they will float upon their merits. In
deed, they are only to be seen to be admired, and in this en
terprising age to admire is to buy.
In the masculine line I can show a most elegant lot of
President Jackson Explains the Ob
jects and Purposes of the
Organization.
Atlanta Constitution, Feb. 2Sth.
At last the farmers in the South and
West seem to be organizing in earnest.
A remarkable movement under the
name of the Farmers Alliance was
started in Texas about ten years ago.
It made considerable headway for the
first five or six years, but its real boon:
began in 1885. Since that time its
growth has been swift beyond prece
dent, and it now challenges attention
as one of the most earnest and serious
organized efforts ever made by any
class of people in ajiy country.
Within the past year or two the Far
mers’ Alliance has taken hold in Geor
gia, Alabama, Mississippi and theCaro-
. ,. r “ j a *,i iinas. and the Constitution has taken
111 life as love S young dream, saitn t j ie p a i ns t 0 lay before its readers in
the city and country a full and unpre
judiced and impartial account of the
status of this organization, its mem-
bers, its purposes, and what it has ef
fected up to this date. We felt that
this could be done with best authority
from the lips of Senator K. II. Jackson,
who is the President of the State Alli
ance. The Constitution requested from
President Jackson this statement,
which he gave with pleasure, coming to
Atlanta upon our invitation, accompan
ied by Mr. i. .T. Stephens, Chairman of
the Executive Committee of the State.
We commend what follows to the
thoughtful consideration of all men in
terested in the South, as this move
ment has reached such proportions as
must challenge the attention of those
interested in the public problem, no
matter whether they approve or criti
cize its purposes.
A HISTORY OF THE FARMERS’ ALLI
ANCE.
“What is the present membership of
the Farmer’s Alliance?” . ,
“We have a million and a half m the
Spring Clothing, comprising the latest styl^ and fabri^. and Jv^J'P.i h SS° ‘T'seefrom "S
f 1 - - 1 - " " PTC paper this morning that we ha^e six
teen thousand members in North Caro
lina. These figures, vast as they are,
do not give a fair idea of what our
membership really is, as our growth is
so rapid that no census can be comple
ted before our growth would have
made the census much below the real
figures. I can best illustrate this with
Georgia.”
“We want to hear about Georgia.
What is the history of the organization
in the State?”
“About nine months ago Mr. J. B.
Wilkes, an organizer from the Nation
al Alliance, readied Heard county, in
this State. He expounded the princi
ples of the order, showed the farmers
exactly what the Alliance would ac
complish, and organized the first sub-
Allianee in Troup county, just below
the line of Heard. From this mustard
seed has grown the great harvest. In
about six months he succeeded in organ
izing sub-Alliances in seventeen^ coun
ties in Georgia. President C. W. Ma-
cune. of the National Alliance, then or
dered a State convention in Georgia.
This was held in Fort Valley on De
cember 20th, seventeen counties being
represented, with a membership of per
haps ten thousand. This convention
adopted the constitution and by-laws
of the Georgia Farmers’ Alliance. I
was elected President; J. S. C. Glenn,
j of Thomas county, was elected Vice-
| President; P. L. Burks, of Chipley,
Secretary; J. H. Daniel, of Sumter,
Treasurer; Rev. Simeon Maxwell, of
Talbotton, Chaplain. From that date
the real growth in Georgia began. I
am sure we have added fifteen thou
sand .members in the past month. I
have at work between twenty and thir
ty organizers in the State of Georgia,
and I must have a hundred applications
now’ on file for new Alliances in this
State. The membership in Georgia
cannot be less than 30,000 members,
against 10,000 two months ago. This
illustrates the rapidity of its grow’th,
and also emphasizes the need of some
purely farmers’ organization, by which
the farmers can protect themselves.
If there w r as not such a need, and if
this need was not understood deep
down in the hearts of the farmers, such
a growtli would not have been
possible. This will illustrate what I
mean when I say that could not give
vou in figures the probable member
ship of the order. It is spreading like
a prairie fire.”
“How many States are you organiz
ed in ?”
“There are about fourteen States or
ganized, but new ones are being added
constantly. For instance, South Caro
lina is now taking hold with sub-Alli-
ances, and a State convention will be
called in a short time. This is the case
in many other States.”
“Has*the Farmers’ Alliance absorb
ed other organizations among far
mers ?”
“Undoubtedly. I lias absorbed the
‘Farmers’ Wheel,’ which was a very
strong organization in the West. It
absorbed a farmers' organization of
10.000 members in Louisiana. These
other orders have been absorbed by
the Farmers’ Alliance simply because
it is broader, more comprehensive,
more hopeful and more devoted, and
proposes a grander work than any or
ganization ever offered to the farmers
of this country.”
“Vou allude above to the needs of the
farmer that brought about the Far
mers' Alliance ?”
“The farmer needed everything. lie
needed protection against the mer
chant in selling to him at usurious rates
on credit, or high goods for cash. He
needed protection in the sale of his
produce. He needed a bank in which
his lands would be security for money
at moderate interest. In short, he
needed organization, because although
the great producer of the country, and
in vast numerical majority, he was the
helpless and defenseless prey of all
trades and all classes through the lack
of organization on his part. Every
other class and industry was organized.
The farmer saw cotton comers made
bv speculators, which reduced the price
of his cotton when it had to pass out
of his hands lie saw syndicates or
ganized to inflate the price pf every
thing that he bought and reduce the
am confident of my ability to please all who may favoi
with their custom. Suits range in price from $6 to $30, and
were made specially to order, from samples selected by Major
Woodroof and myself. This is official, and we have the rai
ment to show for it.
In addition to the above we have a splendid line of La
dies’ and Gents’ Shoes, medium and fine, (all late summer
styles.) Al^>, an elegant line of Spring Neckwear and Gents’
Furnishing Goods—the most complete assortment in town.
Likewise, a handsome assortment of new and stylish Spring
Hats, for men and boys.
The celebrated “Pearl” Shirt a specialty. I am also the
exclusive agent in Nevvnan -for Nomburg, Kraus & Loura,
manufacturing clothiers of New York, and will take your
measure and have suits made to order without extra charge,
Full line of Spring samples now on hand; fit guaranteed.
In the GROCERY line I keep constantly on hand such
articles as Flour, Meat, Lard, Sugar, Corn, Meat, Meal, Oats,
Bran, Peas, Stock Feed, and everything designed to nourish
or tickle the interior of either man or beast. I have a job lot
of Tobacco, all grades, which I am offering at a bargain. Also,
twenty-five or thirty barrels of new New Orleans Syrup, on
’ the same terms. Cash or On Time, and uniform prices to
all—rich or poor. Come and see me; I can do you good.
I. P. BRADLEY.
Greenville Street, next door to Newnan National Bank.
T. E. FELL & CO.
HERE IT IS!
Oil the axle with “Columbia Axle Oilloosen the hopper,
so it can move “up and down” easily. For opening, use a 3.V
or 4-xS “sharp pointed” scooter, with a narrow 12-inch scraper.
Newnan, Ga., March 2d, 1888.
ATLANTA & WEST POINT RAILROAD,
WESTERN RAILWAY OF ALABAMA.
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CHAS. H. CROMWELL.
Gen’l Passe nuer Agent.
price of everything he sold. The rail-1 on their goods.
roads organized against him, the man
ufacturers organized against him, and
the farmer did not appreciate the fact
that he was master of the situation if
he was only organized, but was help
less because he had not organized.
The farmer produces cotton seed and
sells it about to individuals. Immedi
ately the oil mills organize a trust to
handle his product and name its price.
He produces sugar, and sells it from
hand to mouth. The manufacturers
organize a trust to dictate its price, and
so in every department. There was a
pool in every trade and in every quar
ter organized to dictate terms to the
farmer, who, ignorant of his strength,
submitted. It has been an amazing
spectacle, that a class of men, produc
ing the basis of our national wealth
—say seven-tenths of the whole—the
hanking bonus of this government, and
furnishing nearly tWree-fourtbs of the
votes of tliis country, was without or
ganization, without protection, and
was the helpless feast of small bands
of commercial syndicates that fattened
on their gains and kept them poor.”
“How does the Farmers’ Alliance
propose to remedy these evils?”
“By organization and co-operation.
Those are the two watchwords. When
we get banded together so that ten
million farmers will move as one man.
the details will settle-themselves. The
awful majesty of ten million free men
banded together with one purpose,
North, South, East and West, will com
mand attention.”
“What are the immediate details you
propose ?”
“Let me take my county, Heard, as
an example. We appointed a trade
committee to call on the merchants of
Franklin and ask a bid from each for
the Alliance trade. Two merchants
made bids which we accepted for the
fall and winter trade. These bids
were a certain per cent, advance on the
cost for cash. These merchants agreed
to submit their bills to our trade com
mittee and thus guarantee the correct
ness of their charges. They were
thereupon denominated ‘trade houses’
for Heard county. Our members at
once flocked to these stores, carrying
the cash with them as a rule. One of
the corner-stones of our order is the
encouragement of cash buying by far
mers.”
“What do you save the farmers of
Heard county by this course?”
“We save them at least twenty-five
f er cent, on everything they purchase.
think this per centage has been saved
in all of the organized counties. I
know that the farmers are delighted
with the arrangement because it puts
money in their pockets on every dollar
that they buy, and it takes the farmer
out of the hands of the oppressor.”
“Wliat effect did this nave on the
other stores in Franklin ?”
“At first they were disposed to be
hostile—naturally, because it took their
trade away from them. Men who had
been customers of a merchant for ten
years would quit him instantly to go to
the Alliance trade houses. This rule
was almost unbroken and the mer
chants who had not been named criti
cised us. In January, however, they
came in and made a proposition which
we accepted, and all the houses of
Franklin were named as Trade hous
es’ for the Farmers’ Alliance. But
they all sell at very much less per cent-
age’than they had ever sold before, and
agree to mutual co-operation with the
Alliance by which their bills can be
examined by our committee. This
course has added fifty per cent, to the
cash buying farmers, and decreased the
credit farmers fifty per cent. Many
of the Alliances have passed resolu
tions that if they cannot pay cash for
an article they will do without it.
They will eat peas, and corn bread, be
fore they will go in'debt for meat and
sugar.” r
“How many of these ‘trade houses’
have been established in Georgia?”
“They are named in every organized
county. In some places we have two or
three trade houses and in a few’ in
stances have none. For instance, the
merchants of a place around which the
Alliance is not very strong may combine
and agree to make no bid for the Alli
ance trade. Opposition of this soil we
have met by establishing trade houses
at some other point in the county. The
farmers are determined that they will
have at every point in this State and
other States a trade house that will
rec ognize them, and will furnish them
goods for cash at a reasonable advance
above cost price.”
“How do you propose to enlarge this
work ?
“Bv establishing exchanges that w’ill
sell the farmer’s product, as well
furnish him all that he needs. In Tex
as this has been largely accomplished.
President Macune called for a subscrip
tion of three dollars each from every
member of the Alliance in that State.
This raised a capital of five hundred
thousand dollars cash. With this he
proceeded to establish exchanges for
the sale of cotton, and other produce
of the farm, and agencies by w hich the
farmers could buy at a reasonable com
mission anything they needed on the
farm. In many cases there was no
charge above the manufacturers’ prices
and freight, and at these exchanges as
small an article as soap could be bought
by any member of the Alliance on these
terms. This plan will be adopted in
Georgia and other States as we pro-
gress. These details will be worked
out with great deliberation and care.
We propose to take no false or hasty
step, but to be wise in the light of the
errors made by other fanners’ organi
zations. We have shown that by actual
experience they save money by club
bing together and establishing trade
houses. This alone would justify every
farmer in the State in joining the Alli
ance. We shall not sacrifice the money
he makes by this, in any unwise exper
iments in other directions, but as our
plans develop we shall have perfect
methods of selling all we make, and
buying all we need through our own
agencies, or the agency of those who
co-operate with us in sincerity and ear
nestness. We do not aim to tear down
any legitimate business or industry, but
on the contrary to encourage them.
But w’e do intend to protect the farmer
, from usurious charge and force those
j who sell him to take a reasonable profit
“The Alliance has other ends than
financial ones?”
“Of course, for no great movement
can succeed by preaching money alone.
Here is the formal declaration of our
punioses, adopted by ourState Alliance
at Fort Valley. They express better
than I can tell you our purposes:
CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS
OF THE
FARMERS' STATE ALLIANCE, OF GEORGIA,
Adopted at Fort Valley, December 20,1888.
DECLARATION OF PURPOSES.
Profoundly impressed that we. the Farmers’
Alliance, united by the strong and faithful
ties of financial and hon e interests, should
set forth our declaration of intentions; we
therefore resolve,
1 To labor for the education of the ogri-
cultura classes in the science of economical
povern merit. in a strictly non-partisan spirit.
2. To endorse the motto, “in all things.es-
sential, unity, and in al things, charity
3. To deveiop a better state, mentally, mor
ally, socially, and financially.
4. To create a better understanding tor sus
taining civil officers in maintaining law and
order.
5. To constantly strive to secure entire har
mony and good will among all mankind, and
brotherly love among ourselves.
t>. To suppress personal, local, sectional and
national 'prejudices, all unhealthy rivalry,
and selfish ambition.
7. The brightest jewels which it garners are
the tears of widows and orphans, and its im
perative commands are, to visit the hon es
where lacerated hearts are bleeding, to as
suage the sufferings! f a brother or a sister,
bury the dead, care for the widows and edu
cate the orphans, to exercise charity towards
offenders. *• <• construe words and deeds in
their most favorable light, granting honesty
of purpose and good intentions toothers, and
to protect, the principles of the Alliance unto
death. Its laws are reason and equity, its car
dinal doctrines inspire purity of thought and
life, its intentions are --peace on earth and
good will toward men.’’
“We stand by this declaration. We
propose nothing more than it declares,
and we will be satisfied with nothing
less than it aims at. No man of pa
triotism and intelligence can take ex
ception to this declaration, which is
sound and honorable—and the Alliance
stands on this as its platform, its con
stitution, and its gospel.”
“How is the work of your organiza
tion pushed ?”
’ “As president, I appoint organizers.
There is a State organizer who has a
general supervision. There are twenty
or thirty organizers who work in special
territories. Mr. J. H. Turner, of La-
Grange, is State organizer. An organ
izer goes to a rural community. He
announces that he represents the Farm
ers’Alliance, and appoints a meeting at
some convenient place. He declares to
those present the purposes of the Alli
ance, and if they want to organize he
closes the doors and proceeds with his
work, which from this point is secret.
Me then goes to another part of the
county, and when he has organized five
or more sub-Alliances in t hat county,
lie reports to the president, who then
orders the State organizer to proceed
to that county and organize a County
Alliance. We now have organizers at
work in every county in the State.”
“What success are the organizers
meeting with?”
“As 1 have said before, it is simply
marvelous. One organizer has organ
ized thirty-two Alliances with an aver
age membership of twenty-five at the
opening. Each Alliance then adds to
its own membership as it pleases, until
many of them go above one hundred
members.”
“Who can become members?”
“Farmers, mechanics, country school
teachers, countrydoctors and ministers.
Every man must be above sixteen years
of age and a white man. Ladies are eli-
gibleto membership, with all the rights
and privileges, without fees or dues.”
“From whence are you chartered ?”
“From the Congress of the United
States. Our charter is signed by the
President and thus indorsed by the
national gOTerhment. I do not know
of any organization that has this back
ing. Under authority of Congress the
national congress has the right to char
ter State Alliances, which in turn can
charter CountyAlliances, so that we all
operate under the authority of our
government. Indeed, our Alliance is
fashioned after the Government of the
United States. We have our President,
our Congress and our State Alliances,
each w’ith its Federal relations, and our
CountyAlliances, each with its State re
lations. The humblest officer we com
mission has the authority of the Uni
ted States back of him.”
“You believe, then, in the future of
the Alliance?”
“I believe that it has the greatest
future of any public organization ever
yet effected, It lias a potential effect
on the finances of the farmer in pro
tecting him from the ruinous merchant
exchanges under which he has been op
pressed for twenty years; blit it aims
above finances. It realizes that good
THE MARCH MAGAZINES.
Harper's for March has a long, inter
esting and richly illustrated article, by
Edward Bowen Prescott, on “Modern
Spanish Art.” Beside the portraits ol
-several of the leading Spanish artists,
there’is a large number of high class
American engravingsjfrom photographs
of their pictures taken in Home. “A
Visit to a Colonial Estate,” by Freder
ick S. Daniel, gives interesting tradi
tions of Virginia and the Romancoke
estate especially, including Washing
tonian relics anu portraits of the laid
Gen. Lee and his revolutionary kins
man, Light Horse Harry. "The First
Fire” is a clever, classic, anti yet hu
manly interesting piece of verse, by
Julia C. R. Dorr, celebrating the dedi
cation of a “virgin hearth.” “Canadian
Voyageurs on the Saguenas,” by C. II.
Earn ham, is another paper of varied
interest in narrative and illustration,
giving graphic scenes in the life of luvn
bermen. Mr. Charles Dudley Warner
begins a series of papers entitled “Stud
ies of the Great West.” W. I). How
ells continues “A Little Swiss Sojourn’
in his neat, trenchant style. It is illus
trated by Reinhart. “Mere Pochette”
is a Canadian story by Sarah Orne Jew
ett. “A New England Vagabond,”
bv Thomas W. Higginson, is a rare
piece of revolutionary biography. “In
the Red Room” is a White House
story. “The Empress Eugenie and the
Court of the Tuilleries” is by Anna L.
Bicknell. Henry Sedley sketches the
history of chess in America. Among
the literary notes is to be found a very
good idea of the purpose and character
of Kinglake’s work on the invasion of
the Crimea. Harper & Brothers, New
York.
Scribner’s Magazine for March open-
with the first of two articles on “The
Campaign of Waterloo,” by Mr. John
C. Ropes. The author made a careful
and elaborate study of the battle of
Waterloo, and these articles embrace a
great deal of valuable original criti
cism, as well as a most accurate sun:
mary of the established facts with re
gard to the movement of the opposing
armies during the campaign. The il
lustrations are from drawings recently
made by Mr. W. T. Smedley. Another
illustrated article, of interest to the
lovers of literary treasures, is “A Shell
of Old Books—Leigh Hunt,” by Mrs.
James T. Fields. Franklin Leonard
Pope, one of the leading authorities on
the practical application of electricity,
contributes a clear account of the ori
gin, development, and present state of
perfection of the electric motor, with
its application to various industries.
The historical part of the article is un
usually interesting with drawings of
the first electric motors. Robert Louis
Stevenson continues his series of essays
with some delightful recollections of
“Beggars,” whom he has known,rare old
characters, full of eccentricity. This
number contains an unusual amount of
fiction. The serial, “First Harvests,” by
F. J. Stimson, again transfers the action
of the story to New York, and contains
an amusing picture of the Stock Ex
change', gives glimpses of several clubs,
formulates thee ode with which a res-
oectable voung New Englander face.-
the busy scenes of New’ York life, and
shows decided modifications which
the reality brought about in it. Char-
les Scribner’s Sons, H»ew York.
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The Sugar Trust. j
New York World.
The effect of the sugar trust wa.-
strongly felt two weeks ago in the sale
of a cargo of 2100 tons of Manila sugar.
This raw sugar from the Manila Islands,
in the Pacific ocean, was sold to tin-
trust at 4£ cents a pound. In the earl}
part of the month similar sugar was
quoted at 4£ cents a pound, so in about
three weeks’ time the trust has suc
ceeded in squeezing the price on raw
material. It not only is forcing the
importer to sell at a price below the
market value of the raw suj?ar, but it is
putting up the price of refined sugar.
A few months ago the price chargee
for granulated sugar was 511-16 cents a
pound, whereas the same article is now
quoted at 7£ cents a pound. Crushed
sugar, which formerly sold a 5f cents a
pound, notv brings 8 cents a pound.
This difference in the price at whole
sale may not seem much, but the mone\
difference on the sugar used through
out the country is enormous. The
annual consumption of sugar in th<
United States is 3,120,000,000 pounds, of
which New York city alone uses 78000,-
000 pounds. Putting the average ae
vance in price up to date at 1£ cents a
pound, there would be an additional
profit on sugar consumed in the city of
as people cannot come together for good \ $1,170,000, and on the sugar used in th
purposes without benefiting each other country the additional profit would
and elevating the moral, and social, and ’ ” 1
educational tone of the whole commu
nity. We propose not only to save
money for ourselves in our actual busi
ness but to take cognizance of every
thing in education* or in government
that appears in relation to the farmer
amount to 846,800,000, to help swell the
dividends of this gigantic monopol;.
which is capitalized at $60,000,000, ai
least S40,000,000 of which represent-
nothing but water.
If this trust keeps on growing, tb<
Standard Oil Trust, say well-postec
or Ills welfare. We propose to make j merchants, will be but an insignificani
ourselves better while we live, and bet- I combination, compared with it, before
ter able to maintain ourselves, and we j many years elapse. All this work of
propose to take care of the widows and , the trust has been carried on with th
the orphans of our comrades when they ; utmost secrecy, and it has been impo.--
are gone. In short, we realize that we sible to get at any facts concerning the
have been helpless simply because we | details of the organization. Those con
hat e been apathetic and without or- j nected with the trust have refused to
ganization. We are coming together as j talk, and the sugar merchants have no!
comrades, and the closer we come the | dared to open their mouths about the
more tve are convinced that our inter-! matter, lest the trust crush them ow‘
ests are common, and that tve can best j of existence.
work our our future by common effort, j
and by association and co-operation.” ; A newspaper deals with an entire
"What is the official organ of the : community, and cannot stop to chuck
Alliance?” j evert’ self-worshipper under the chin
“The Southern Mercury,printed at Dal- or tickle ever}’ vain soul in order to see
las. Texas. It is a capital paper, edited : j t wiggle and laugh.
bysome of the a blest men of the country, j
It is owned ;rfid published by ihe Na- Dr. Calhoun Endorses Delectalave.
tiuiial banners Alliance, and alreadt i This delightful preparation has called
an has immense circulation. Besides the; - „ „ . ,
Mercury, there are several other inter-1 * 01t R t**e lollowmg endot ement Iro .t
esting papers published in interest <>f!Dr. A. W. Calhoun, the eminent occv-
the Alliance, some of them being made j list of Atlanta, Ga.:
official organs by the order in t lie States
in which they are printed. The official
organ of the order in our State is the
Former's A Waiter, printed at Marianna,
Florida ; but our order is growing so
rapidly in Georgia, that we think it will
be necessary to have an official organ
for the Georgia Alliance very soon.”
The Georgia Press Association meets
at Canton in May.
Atlanta, Ga.. Oct. 17. 1885.
Dr. C. T. Brackett—My Dear Sir—1 ’
affords us pleasure, after a careful ex
amination of the formula of your Di -
lectalave, to bear testimony to its va!
ue and to state that its curative quali
ties are beyond question I regard n.
as the name implies, a delightful wash,
and can recommend it to the public.
A. W. Calhoun, M. D.