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VOL. XV.
THE PIONEER MILL
with New Style Feed Box.
THIS MILL is
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low and terms
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a Mill.
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should be owned by every good
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s White ley Solid Steel Mower.
A Complete Line of Harness, the very best that is
made.
The Dixie Force Pump.
What the world has been waiting for so long has come at last, a simple, indestructible, frictionless
pump, that a six year old child can operate, and which, when its merits are once known, becomes vabso
lnfcely a household necessity.
WHAT IT IS.
Unlike others that have gone before it, it lias no leather valves that soon wear out and lend to end
less annoyance. In the DIXIE, the 8-inch steel plunger is one-sixty-fourth of an inch less in diame
ter than the cylinder. On its circumference are three grooves. When at work, these become filled with
water, making it a water packer, absolutely air tight and giving such perfect suction that it can operate
in the" deepest well. In Tuscaloosa, Ala., one in a well 207 feet deep has for 15 months been doing
marvelous work and has not cost a cent for repairs.
Its Capacity.
It jvill lift and deliver with perfect ease 35 gallons of water per minute.
Its Durability.
Having nothing to wear out, it is good for a life time.
The "Water Tasteless.
The piping furnished with it is galvanized, making the water as pure as it comes from the earth.
Its Ease of Operation.
it can be operated with one finger. Any child six years of age can use it.
'W'hat It Can Do.
It can supply bountifully with the least possible labor your home with nature’s blessed gift—water.
By attaching pipe, it can deliver it at your lot. The turn of a valve changes the direction of the stream.
By attaching hose, it will protect your home against fire. A stream of water can be thrown over any
two-story house. With the same your flower yard or vegetable garden can be sprayed.
AVTo Endorse It.
The following gentlemen, leading citizens of Catoosa and Walker counties, practical men who never
spend a dollar where it does not pay, are using it and find it the best investment they have ever made:
J. M. McFarland, John C. Roberts, J. B. Dixon, Thomas Reed,
William Reed. Judge Combs, Jos. Robinson, Jos. Osburn,
James Smith. Willis Jones, Seth Allison, T. N. Jones,
J. J. Davis, S. B. Dier. W. E. Withers, R. F. Mize.
“ N. G. Warthen, Dr. D. G. Elder, F. W. Copeland, S. W. Fariss.
We ask you to investigate its merits. All orders promptly filled.
JOSEPH J. HIXON,
Patentee and Inventor,
DaFayette, Gra.
Walker County Messenger.
LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. AUGUST I.
It 1C AI) WHAT hi: n>\vs.
Georgia’s lirave Son Talks ol'tlir
Situation.
In his letter to Capt. H. W.
Johnstone, of Gordon county,
Georgia, Gen. Gordon after dis
i proving some charges made
| against him by the speaker of the
| People’s party says:
the general political situation.
1 am, however, deeply ooncern
'ed about the political situation.
It seems to mo that Georgia is in
deeper danger than at any time
since 18G8; for, although wo had
not then rescued tho state from
the carpet-baggers’ clutch, yet
our people were so united and do
! termined that tho day of deliver
ance could not bo long postponed.
Now, we are divided into fac
jtions, and the political schismat
ics are waging a most unjust and
bittei warfare upon tho party
which saved us—upon tho party
which gave us peace and security
through a well ordered and faith
fully administered stato govern
ment. When tlioso false teachers
can find followers among honest,
brave and truehearted southern
ers, it is time for apprehension.
If their slanders simply turned
the ignorant and thoughtless
against individual democrats, it
would boa matter of compara
tively small moment; but, when
they succeed in deceiving the
people and in leading them into
open hostility to tho only national
party through which we have the
remotest chance for financial re
lief, for safety from federal mar
shals at the polls, it is time to re
light tho old signal fires on the
hilltops and to summon again tho
true men of the state to their
place in line. The time has come
for appealing to tho common
sense of the people—to their pa
triotism and pride of race—to
their faith in southern honor, and
to their instinct of self-preserva
tion.
HONEST MEN IN THE PEOPLE’S PAR
TY.
There are many honest men in
this third party movement. We
must demonstrate, as wo can, that
they are being deluded by false
teachers into a senseless hostility
to the state government of their
own special selection, and against
which not one word of iust criti
cism has been or can bo uttered.
Wo must show that they are being
fed upon falso promises and de
ceptive hopes, which by no possi
bility can be realized; that neither
free coiuago of silver nor any
other measure of relief cun ever
be secured by a third party in this
country, because that party has
not now nor will ever have, any
following of consequence outside
of the south and a few unimpor
tant western states.
FREE COINAGE MUST COME.
Free coinage and all other
rightful measures of relief can be
secured through tho Democratic
party if we act in concert, because
with the honest men of the Peo
ple’s party united with the demo
crats we have an immense popu
lar majority in the union and can
surely defeat the republican par
ty at the polls. Then tho friends
of free coinage and of financial
reform would constitute a great
majority of the Democratic party
and would, of course, control its
policy at Washington.
POTENTIAL FOR EVIL, IMPOTENT FOR
GOOD.
On the other hand the People’s
party is absolutely impotent as
above stated except for evil. It
is strong to pull down but hope
lessly weak to build up. It is
herculean in power to hurt the
south, hut utterly powerless to
help us. Though it cannot de
stroy the democratic prospects it
can diminish them, but it will, and
does, give comfort and courage to
republican enemies. It is caus
ing dessertions from the demo-
N. E. Barkkh, Brest., H. H. Reap, Vioe-l’rest., W. A. Hadp, Cashier.
Qhattanooga pavings fan'll,
Corner Iti-oml null Tilt St., Clinttnnooxu, Teim.
Statement Jn,Y 12tli, 1803,
KRHOriW’KN. LIABILITIES.
Limns iim 1 Diseonnts, $121,404.00 Capital Stock, *100,000,00
Stocks and Bond*. 82,005.00 Undivided Net Profits, 11,205.38
Cash uml Bight Exchange... 45,070.82 Deposits, ■. 140,070.11
Furniture end Fixture* 4,802.01
$255,211.40 $255,211.40
Number of Accounts Opened to Date, 2080.
Total amount of interest paid to Depositors to date, $10,001.44.
pain rivK i>kh rufrr. rr.n ami n
On Deposits remaining in Hunk for full calendar months. Interest compounded
.limitary and July of each year, liusiness conllnett strictly to receipt and care of
Savings and Trust Funds.
CtTtilioutes of Deposit issued at the following lAtes of interest:
(Vrliti( , nii , )i o»» «l in it ml - - -1 |»«*r
rcrliiit'iilt'N |i;i) alil«‘ in (i months - - - •'» |*«*r mil.
imy»l»lo ill I*2 iimnilis - - - ti |»«*r reitl.
Certificates in oven Hundreds of Dollars issued for one to rive years, at 0 per
cent. Interest payable seai-annnally.
1)1 IIKCTOKS.
Xen Wheeler, 1). M. Key, J. F. Hniartt, .T. L. Lomtiard, A. S. Oehs
Willard Warner, H. 11. ltead 1 , N. E. Barker li. Lombard, Ji\, W. A. Haild
cratic battle lines, while it unites
aud rallies republican ranks,
which assail us with sectional
hate in their hearts and tho force
bill in their bands.
Every man of common souse
must see that the most probable
results of the third party move
ment are the Continued triumph
of tho republican party in the
union and the destruction of white
supremacy in tho south.
CO-EQUAL WITH THE REPUBLIC,
Os course I do not pretend to
agree with everything done by
the Democratic party; but U do
assert that,, taken all in all, It is
by far tho safest reliance for the
south, the truest, boldest, strong
est defender of the constitution
and of popular rights. It is the
most indestructible political or
ganization that lias ever appear
ed in history. It has seen many
other great parties organize and
flourish for a time and pass away.
It has added more of territory to
the union, and of glory to its flag,
than all other parties combined.
It has lived through foreign and
civil wars, and through schisms
in its own ranks, and will of nec
essity continue to live, whether
victorious or defeated,, as long as
freo government lives. It cannot
die until the republic dies, for its
principles are essential to the re
public’s life. It stands to-day
where it stood when Jefferson
first formed it, the unconquerable
champion of constitutional limi
tations upon federal power, of in
dependent stato government and
of equal and exact justice to all
sections and citizens. Its life is
important to all. To the south it
is a necessity.
WE CANNOT AFFORD TO'DIVIDE.
Hiipposethe democrats are not
agreed among all
respects. Can we afford on this
Or any other account to divido
while an aggressive sectional fight
is made upon us?
Suppose one democrat does fa
vor free coinage of silver at the
ratio of sixteen to one,and anoth
er democrat prefers twenty to
one? Aro snch insignificant con
siderations to divide u«„ while we
are threatened with a legion of
financial,social and political woes
through the infamous force
bill?
CAUSE OF THE LOW 1/RICE OF COT
TON.
It is true—distressingly true—
that our people aro financially
embarrassed and depressed. This
is due in part to unnecessary
tariff taxation and to class legis
lation by the republican party.
It is due in part to an insufficien
cy of currency in the conntry;but
it is still more largely due to the
fact that we have made more cot
ton than the world wants and less
provisions than we want. There
are, I believe, 2,000,000 more
bales left over from the last crop
than were ever before on hand at
this season. If we had made 5,-
000,000 hales last year instead of
9,000,000 hales, no combination
on earth could have kept cotton
down below 12 cents per pound.
Htatislics show beyond cavil that
the price of cotton is put up or
put down far more by the number
of bales on the market than by
the number of dollars iu circula
tion If wo would halve our cot
ton crop and double our provis
ion crop it would not be five
years until we would have \\ all
street and tho world at our
feet.
But, whatever be the cause of
tho depression, wo are not going
to find relief by breaking down
the Democratic party and aiding
tho republican party to retain
control. The man is oa the verge
of idiocy who thinks ho can find
relief from present ills by indi
rectly aiding the republican party
to inflict upon us, through feder
al election laws,lo,ooo times great
er ills in the disorganization of
our labor, and in the political tur
moil and race conflicts, which
such legislation will produce.
THIRD I'ARTY LEADERS AND- THE
FORCE BILL.
it is both distressing and amaz
lag to see the third party leaders
in the south attempting k» ridi
cule the dangers from the force
bill. Have they forgotten our
reconstruction experience?' Do
they think that the white man’s
control of these states is no long
er essential to our prosperity and
safety, to the welfare of vaces?
Do they consider it a light mat
ter to destroy freedom of elec
tions and surround the polls with
federal marshals and federal bay
onets? Are they ignorant of the
fact that tho platform of tho re
publican party demands such a
law; that the republican Presi
dent urges its passage, and that
a leading republican senator
practically admits that it means
for tho south “a bayonet behind
every ballot?”
There is no uso in mincing
words about so serious a matter.
The southern white man who be
guiles this peoplo with the delu
sive phantom of .financial help
from the government, whilo ad
vising them to close their eyes to
this overshadowing daager, is a
political driveler and an uncon
scious enemy to his race and
country. I am sincerely your
friend,
J. B. Gordon.
County Alliance Meeting.
At the regular meeting of the
county alliance Saturday, the fol
lowing officers were elected:
Bov. J. L. Berryman president;
C. A. Chambers, Vice president;
T. VV. Haslerig, Secretary; W. B.
Foster, Treasurer; Robt Dough
erty, Lecturer; J. A. Mathis,
Chaplain; George Langley,Door
keeper; D. N, Keown, ass’t door
keeper; W. B. Stancell, Sergt
at-arms; ltobt Martin, Business
Manager. J. H. Hamilton,
was elected delegate to the State
Alliance with Cody Manning al
ternate. It meets at Gaines
ville, August 17th.
The officers of the county Lodge
will be installed at the next regu
lar meeting. On motion it was
decided to hold a meeting of the
county alliance every month each
quarterly meeting to be held at La-
Fayette.the others with the sub
alliances. The uext meeting will
be held atVillanow Alliance Store
on the 13th.
Four sub-alliances were rep
resented at the Saturday meet
ing.
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