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THE GEORGIA CRACKER.
Gainesville, Ga., April 23, 1898.
April showers fall fast and fre
quent.
“My country ’tis of thee,” is on
every patriot'3 lips.,
Gainesville’s new spring dress is
as beautiful as a luscious Elberta.
Our visitors are gone but a kind
remembrance of their visit lingers
still.
And the convention was glad it
met in Gainesville? Why, of
course!
“To arms! to arms!” is the cry.
And it meets with a hearty re
sponse.
The visitors all marveled at the
beauty of our auditorium. It is
the finest in the South.
The house and senate “clashed”
this week. When will we hear the
clash of arms with Spain?
It will freeze in Gainesville this
summer—ice, at least enough to
supply this city and section.
If ’twere done when ’tis done,
’t«rere well ’twere done quickly,
remarks the Augusta Chronicle.
Gainesville has had a series of
glorious revivals at the Baptist
and Methodist churches.
General Lee surrendered on
April 9th, instead of April 13th,
as was stated in The Cracker last
week.
And you didn’t forget to speak
a good word for Gainesville, did
you? Well, that’s good, if you
didn’t. ____________
The members of our local com
pany say they are ready to go to
the front. Patriotism flies from
their banner.
What about those hot headed
members of Congress? Y\ ill any
of them resign and take up arms
for their country in the fight with
Spain? We pause to hear of one.
That “war is hell” is demonstra
ted every day by the peg legs and
armless sleeves seen in our coun
try. Its horrors are known only
to those who have borne the brunt
of battle.
The congressional candidates
have been having a warm time
in Fulton. Felder, Livingston,
Branan and Blackburn were
strictly- in it, but Livingston out
stripped the whole crowd and car
ried the county.
The delegates to the State Sun
day school convention were warm
ly welcomed to Gainesville. The} 7
went to their homes charmed w r ith
the hospitality of our citizens
and with the pleasures of the con
vention.
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Modern Treatment of
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MONEY FOR WAR.
Inasmuch as the United States
is now to be involved in war it
will be interesting to know how
revenue will be raised to pay its
expenses. A bond issue -will of
conrse be necessary to supply the
money needed at once. The Re
publican members of the ways and
means committee, according to
the Atlanta Journal, have prepared
a revenue measure which will prob
ably be accepted by a majority of
the committee and reported to the
house very soon. It is estimated
that this measure will increase
revenues by $100,000,000 to $120,-
000,000 a year.
The bill provides for an addition
al tax of $1 per barrel upon beer,
from which $30,000,000 will be
raised.
On manufactured tobacco and
snuff the internal revenue tax will
be increased from 6 to 12 cents.
This is expected to raise $15,000,-
000 of revenue.
The increase on cigars and ciga
rettes has not been absolutely
fixed, but it probably will be $1 on
all classes. From this $5,000,000
is expected.
When the Dingley tariff bill w r as
before the senate an amendment
w r as adopted by that body which
provided for a tax on all stocks
and transfers of corporations, for a
stamp tax on all checks, drafts,
mortgages, loans and bonds. This
amendment was knocked out in
the conference committee. This
ammendment will be part of the
new r scheme of taxation. It "with
a tax on the patent and proprietary
medicines, a tax on telegraph mes
sages and express packages, will
raise, it is estimated, $35,000,000
a year.
The tax on proprietary and patr
ent medicines will be two cents on
packages or bottles retailing at 25
cents or under, and four cents on
those retailing above that price.
The tax on telegraph messages will
be one cent on all messages which
cost 25 cents or less, and two cents
on all above 25 cents.
A duty of ten cents per pound is
placed upon tea, and three cents
per pound upon coffee, with a
countervailing internal revenue |
tax on stock on hand. This latter |
will be in the form of a tax on the /
sales of stock on hand to avoid the ;
constitutional inhibition against j
a direct tax. From tea and coffee
$28,000,000 are estimated.
Bottled waters are to bear a tax
similar to patent medicines.
The bill prepared by the Repub
lican members of the ways and
means committee authorizes the
secretary of the treasury to meet
the pressing needs of the govern
ment by an issue of certificates of
indebtedness, payable in one year
and to bear interest at not exceed
ing 3 per cent.
The secretary of the treasury is
also authorized to borrow by pub
lic subscription the sum of $500,-
000,000. This loan is to be placed
through the postoffices and govern
ment depositories m low rate
bonds wtftch are to be sold at par.
They will bear 3 per cent interest
and are to be due in 20 years
though they may be redeemed
after five years at the option of
the government. The principal
and interest will be “payable in
coin.”
IT I& REPUBLICAN.
The Cherokee Advance takes
The Cracker and The Eagle to
task this w'eek about the state
ments to the effect that Pickens
county, the home of Congressman
Tate, is Republican. The Crack
er’s statement that Pickens county
has never gone Democratic is cor
rect, and the Advance does not
disprove it. All it does say is
that Carter Tate represented the
county in the General Assembly
in 1882-83-84-85-86 and 87. This
we admit, but how was he elected?
by Democratic votes er Republican
votes?
The Advance says further that
in 1896 Pickens gave Governor At
kinson a vote of nearly two to one,
&nd Comptroller General Wright
nearly three to one. That is also
probably true, but for what rea
son? Simply that the Republi
cans of Pickens do not affiliate
with the Populists and as they had
no state ticket in the field voted
for the Democratic ticket instead.
Now, isn’t that true, Brother
Perry ?
And, to go further in its efforts
to establish a fact that does not
exist the Advance says that in
November of that same year Car
ter Tate received for Congress in
the county 699 votes; Farrow'
(Republican) 415 votes; and
Winn (Populist) 26 votes, basing
another claim on the county’s
Democracy on this statement.
Well, now, how was this done?
Wasn’t it because Carter Tate had
put a sufficiently large number of
the voters of the county under
financial obligations to him by
reason of his long tenure in office
and the use of his large interests
in Pickens county, and because
the Republicans had put up a man
unsatisfactory to the voters of the
county? Isn’t that the case?
And, too, Brother Perry, isn’t
the usual majority for the Repub
licans in Pickens county about
250? Further, dont the Republi
cans control the offices of the
county about, if not quite, all
the time? And, isn’t it a rare
thing for a Democrat to be elect
ed to a county office in Pickens,
and when was it that the Demo
crats had complete control
of all the offices? Isn’t the pres
ent representative in the General
Assembly from Pickens a republi-
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PATROLLING THE COAST.
The government has divided the
Atlantic seaboard into six districts
for patrol and signaling in case of
war. This is a new arrangement.
This great work will likely to de-
solve, at least in part, upon the
naval reserves. There will be a
fleet of patrol vessels provided
which w ill perform much the same
duty as does a watchman on land.
In connection therewith w r ill be
signal stations on land, and a
system of intercommunication by
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The Stronghold o( Stjln
The features of cur business are ccrr**
styles and good values, and this is proven^
the crowds which throng our store from day 1
to day.
Don’t Miss our Special Spring Sale!/
can, and isn’t the present Senator
from that district, also from Pick
ens, a republican also? Aside
from all this didn’t the county
vote for McKinley for President
by a large majority in the last
election, and don’t the county al
ways vote overwhelmihgly for a
Republican in national elections.
And isn’t this the best test of a
county’s Democracy or Republi
canism?
No, brother Perry,your congress
man lives in a Republican county
and hasn’t got influence enough
to throw it into the Democratic
column.
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The Savannah Press says “Bob
Berner is getting more glory out
of the canvass than all the others
put together.” As this is all he
can get out of it, he is to be con
gratulated upon getting that.
Berner will get the glory, Atkin
son the railroad commisaionership,
and Candler the governorship,
says The Augusta Chronicle.
Spain owes a public debt amoun
ting to $73 per capita; France’s
debt reaches $166 a head; Great
Britain $87; Italy $76 a head; Au
stria $70; Russia $30 per capita;
Turkey $37; United States $16.
Germany is practically out of
debt.
COLONEL CANDLER’S AP
POINTMENTS.
Colonel Candler’s appointments
up to May 6th :
Vienna, Dooly county, Satur
day, April 23rd.
Talbotton, Talbot county, Tues
day April 26th.
Isabella, Worth county, Thurs
day April 28th.
Bainbridge, Decatur couuty,
Saturday, April 30th.
Knoxville, Crawford county,
Tuesday, May 3d.
LaGrange, Troup county, Wed
nesday, May 4th.
Greensboro, Green county, Fri
day, May 5th.
The Atlanta Constitution says:
“Old man Maximo Gomez is
evidently of .the stuff that some of
our revolutionary patriots were
made.”
APRIL IN HISTORY.
April 19, 1775—Battle of Lex-
ingtpn.
April 24, 1846—First engage
ment of the Mexican war.
April 12, 1861—Sumpter fired
on.
April 13, 1861—Sumpter sur
rendered.
April 14, 1961, Lincoln’s first
call for troops.
April 9, 1866—Lee’s surrender.
April 14, 1865—-Lincoln assassi
nated.
HOSCHTON.
Editor Cracker: The failure of
the Populist party to redeem a
single pledge made to the people
of Jackson county prior to the
last election and the profligate ex
penditure of the people’s money
under Populist rule has weakened
the party to such an ^ extent that
the Couuty may safely be put in
the democratic column at the fall
election.
Jackson county has hitherto
been a stronghold of Carter Tate,
but there is trouble ahead for this
neophite statesman now in this
county. A strong following has
already developed for Howard
Thompson although he has never
canvassed the county. Howard
Thompson is endowed by nature
with oratorical gifts that few men
possess, cultured and well up on
all public questions that effect
the welfare of the people ; he is the
man we need to represent the
Ninth Congressional District at
the National Capital.
Mr. Tate’s friends had no idea
of allowing Carter to engage in a
series of joint debates with Howard
Thompson. They knew how su
premely absurd it would be for
Mr. Tate to engage in a political
controversy with a man of Mr.
Thompson’s ability,hence the joint
discussion was called off. If Mr.
Thompson should and we presume
he will make several speeches in
Jackson county we predict that
he will carry it by a large ma
jority. Democrat.
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