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Y arry Gantt in replying to a very
••■^strong attack made by Mr. J.
L. Bishp, of Way cross, Georgia, talks
as follows :
If my past record will not give
me the confidence of my brethren and
convince them of my devotion to
their cause and of my sincerity of
purpose and honesty of conviction, I
must, with deep regret, conclude
that my labor and my sacrifices have
been in vain, and I feel humbled and
disheartened.
So Far as Col. Livingston is con¬
cerned, I am free to say that for sev~
eral years I entertained a deep-seated
and as I now realize, an unjust preju
diceaganist him. But for a year
past I have been thrown in constant
communication with him, and I be¬
lieve him to be a true, loyal aud ho n
orable gentleman, and that the tri¬
umphs of the aliance movement in our
state are largely due to his clear¬
sighted guidauce. He is the .'elected
head of an organixation, has done
nothing to forfeit my good ^ will and
confidence, and until he does so, I
propose to stand by our chieftain if
every other member deserts him.
The barber our friends are fought,
whether from or whithout our ranks,
the closer will I stick to them.
The enimies of our order] have
worked hard and long to break down
the confidence of Georgia alliancemen
in iheir President, and nothing would
delight them more than to see him
overthrown—for they fear L. F. Liv¬
ingston above all men.
Col. Livingston was elected by the
alliancemen of Georgia [in convention
assembled, as their leader for another
year. If he has disobeyed a single
command issued by that body, or for
one instant has descended from the
Ocala platform, and our bretlieren can
point to the offense, I will agree to
turn my pen against the offender.
The partisan papers have pub->
lished a thousond aud one lies on
Col. Livingston, and his every utter¬
ance purposely misquoted; but I de«
ny that he has ever betrayed the alli¬
ance, or was guilty of any act calcula
ted to bring reproach upon our order.
L F. Livingston was elected to
Congress as a Democrat—long before
the existence of a third party, and h e
was in honor bound to into the party
c iucus. The election of a speaker
had no hearing whatever cn the Ocala
platform, and could not effect its de¬
mands in tho slightest degree. The
alliance interests were not imperiled
by that caucus, but, on the other
hand, were really furthered by the
success of Mr. Crisp over Mills, the
accepted cundidate of Wall street.
There were no instructions given
by our supremo council, but simply
a recommendation was made. The
alliance 'S non-partisan, and our rep
resentatives in Congress were left at
liberty to caucus with any party they
saw tit, and to work where they
thought they could do the most good
for cur cause.
I dmy that Col. Livingston has
made the Ocala platform subservient
t) any party. On the other hand,
he is now at work trying to secure as
many of our demands as posssible
through the present Congress, and
pr )Ctue for the people that financial
relief of which they stand in such
pressing need. There is no time to
be lost, aud our fanners must have
relief and Tiave it quick, too. W 7 hen
I see the Romes of our people covered
with mortgages, and their stock, im
piemen is of toil and even seed grain
sold beneath the sheriff's hammer, I
feel that this is not a time to temper
alize or for an exercise of sentiment.
Let Brother Bishoq look around him
at the deplorable condition of the
farm ITS, and then tell me if they are
prepared to wait the slow and doubt
ful process > f securiug relief through
a new party, that will require yeais to
accomplish?
I km,'” I love my people, aud I be
lieve that I understand aud appieci
ate their condition. My whole aim
aud ambition is to .work for their
cannot secure al eir demands IIS
year, let us do the best we can, and
then keep working for the rest.
I am not opposing the peopies par¬
ty—for it has embodied our Ocala
demands in its platform, and I feel a
friendship and gratitude toward any
man or organization that defends or
endosses alliance prmciples But let
me ask Brother Bishop to show me
wherein this new party can assist
farmers at this time, or can poss ibly
be in a position to assist them, in the
slightest degree, for the nest five
years at least ? and are the farmers of
Georgia in a condition to wait so long %
Have you any hope of the third party
electing a President this year ? If so
please tell me what states it can car¬
ry “? Then how many years will it
take this new party to capture the
House and change the political com¬
plexion of the Senate ? Can it hope to
enact a single law for the relief of our
farmers until all the machinery of the
government has passed into its
hands ? And during all these long
years, will not our brethren become
weary of waiting, that they will grow
dishearteneb and discouraged, and
the alliance go to pieces ?
This is what I fear, and what induces
me to take the position I now occupy.
Now, if the alliance can unite with the
Democratic voters of our country and
discard the old leaders, and build up
ou the structure now so near com¬
pleted, don’t you see that we can se¬
cure in a very short time what it
would take us long and trying years
to accomplish through independent
action ? For the alliance to declare for
the Peoples party would unite both
the old parties against us, and fur¬
nish to our enemies, even in Georgia,
a slick to crack our own heads. Let
alliancemen vote with whichever par ¬
ty their judgment dictates, but do not
let us, as an organization’ nnite our
future with any one—risk the future
of the farmers, as it were, on one cast
of political dice, and do not let one
brother distrust another just because
his judgment may not exactly coin¬
cide with another’s. Let the Ocala
platform be tne only test of alliance
faite, and whoever endorses the same,
and stands firmly upon it, should be
given the right hand of fellowship
and receivdd with brotherly love and
confidence. Ostracism and abuse for
honest convictions and free and open
expression of opinions never won a
cause, and never will.
And there is another very strong
reason why our Georgia alliahcemen
should do all that they honorably
can, without a sacrafice of principal,
to purify and redeem the Democratic
party.
Aoy division in our white vote
means that the negro will again be
brought into po'itics, and our only
source of labor thus torn up and
demoralized. A man who has resided
in Athens as long as I did before
primary elections were enforced, must
look with fear and apprehension on
any step that will make the negro
race a political arbiter in Georgia.
The farmers work the negro and will
be the chief sufferers by such an un¬
natural condition of affairs.
I do not set my judgment up
against the official voice of our organ¬
ization—and when the fiat goes forth,
the alliancemen of Georgia will find
me obeying commands, and Lattlirg
for their cause in the front ranks, us
I have ever done.
T. L. Gantt,
EVE GLASSES.
PERFECTED
CRYSTAL LENSES
TRADE MARK.
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pamphlet.
Dfi. MASTER MEDSCISE CO., 0*. Louis, Rio.
SHOES.
If Ask my for. agents for TV. I,. Douglas ask Shoes.
not sale for in catalogue, your place your the
dealer to scr.d secure
agency, and get them for you.
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WHY IS THE
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE centPemen
THE EEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY?
It is a seamless shoe, with no tacks or wax thread
to hurt the feet; made of the best tine calf, stylish
and easy, and because we make more shoes of this
grade than any other manufacturer, it equals hand
sewed shoes costing from $4.(J0 to $5.00.
(fiSgK cy <fc3n 00 shoe Oeniiine offered Hand-sewed, for $5.00; equals thefinestcaif French
ever
imported SS>3 00 shoes Hand-Sewed which cost from VVeit $8.00 Shoe, to $12.00. fine calf,
•ipmi’a stylish, comfortable and durable. The best
shoe ever offered at this price; same grade as cus
tom-made shoes Police costing Shoe; from Farmers, $6.00 to $9.00. Railroad Men
®g‘2> 50 them; calf,
a and Letter Carriers all wear fine
seamless, smooth inside, will heavy three soles, exten¬
sion edge. One pair wear a year.
<3? £23 50 this fine price; calf; no better trial will shoe convince ever offered those at
a one
who vrant a shoe for comfort and service.
525 and *52.00 and Workingman’s durable. Those shoes who
have are very strong will other make.
given them a trial wear no
J S’-I.GO and St.75 school shoes are
c3 worn the by the increasing boys everywhere; show. they sell
on their merits, as sales
!j ssi/pS tUi S/Ofi* S3.00 Hand-sewed shoe, best
6toO a %> Dongola, very stylish; equalsFrench
Imported shoes costing from $4.01) to gC.OO.
Ladies’ 58.50, *52.00 go’a. and Stylish *1.75 shoe durable. for
Misses are the best fine Don and
Caution.—See that TV. L. Douglas’ name and
price are stamped on the bottom of each shoe.
TV. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass.
FOUSNL AND MACHINE SHOPS.
SAW MILLS
■-$160 TO $900.
Engines ifl Boilers
TO SUIT. 100 IN STOCK.
Large Stock of
SHAFTING,
PULLEYS,
BeltIan.Gr
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—AND—
SUPPLIES.
Lombard & Co., Augusta Ga
BOOTS, SHOES, REPAIRING ETC.
J. W CASTER,
Next door to Dr. Lee’s drug stoie, on
Railroad street, is prepared to make the
best shoes and boots, and do all kinds of
repairing and harness work and charges
the lowest prices
SHAVING, HAIR CUTTING ETC.
HENRY REAGAN,
-TONSOKIAL ARTIST-
Next door to Dr. Lee’s drug store on
Center street.
Haircut in the latest style. Sharp ra¬
zors and easy shaves. Call on him.
BUSINESS CoLLEDGE
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ATLANTA, ' v\. - - ■ ch YEAR.
An established Imsiness school, book¬
keeping and Shorthand taught by e*
periencetl teache s. Than antis of stu¬
dents in goo 1 paying positions. Terms daily
moderate. Stud nts received
Send lor ( ircu ar-.
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^ Trademark. ^
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Dr. W.. H. Lee <fe Son have a full
control of A. K. Hawkes spectacles
in Conyers, no other firm can sell
them.
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K I v£ 3
u ;5 --" ft 3 ' :.s;
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BHS 1 as ssisl ■■■fens
as
for Infants and
“Caetoriais so well adapted to children that Castoria
I recommend it as superior to any prescription Sour Kills st Wonna.’gj^^fc^ onSY? 5 ' 0, C ^n
known to me.” H. A. Abcheb, M. D., ' ^
111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Wit& iniurious n ’- teed :
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The Cextaus Comp
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MARKET, FANCY GROCERIES AND CONFicil^N
Osborn Has Every [j
Fresh Pork, Beef, Sausage, Everythin* i a
Every kind of Canned goods be mentioned n II
to p
tracts etc. Oranges, Apples, Bannanas, Coco “
Turnips etc. anuts,
B ? 111 9 esr'j® *
Everything at Bottom Prices.
A. B. OSBl
COTTON SEED, GUANOS, AClD~ETC~^
TO FARMERS
:ov
YlSsiLJ will have on hand for sale or'^i
Ezszda.aoa.g'e fox
Cotton
THE-—
VERY BEST ACI
and-
PIKTS3T O-^tJ^KTO!
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COTTON SEED MEAL IN QUANT
W O. Cooper Conyers
f3F"Office at A. P. & Gr. W. Cain's store.
FURNITURE.
M. HA VERT
--GRAND FURNITURE SALE.—
$ 20,000 WORTH OF FURNITU
Put on my floors for this month, and must be sold in the next sixty to
of prices. Commencing Monday, January 18, special prices an i
offered in parlor, bedroom, dining and kitchen furniture. j n «» J
1,000 chairs in walnut, oak and XVI century, will close out cheap- i
handsome bed lounges, ladies’ desks, folding bails, chiffoniers. ro - P
chairs to match at 25 per cent reduction on former pile vs. “i<>
at cost. Wardrobs, in plate glass and wood fronts, very cheap,
am; couches at your own price. Mattresses, springs, pillows a 1 ’
at special figures. Come early, purchase and make you.e
Don’t forget the place.
for the winter.
3v£,
Cheapest Furniture Alan South,
77 Whitehall and 64 South Broad Street, Atlanta, 71
SAsIi, Lm>* BLINDS, FTC. vw// //A
DOBBS LUMBER
MANUFACTURERS AM) DEALERS IN ~
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SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND MAN
INTERIER AND EXTERIOR FIMj
VERANDA AND STAIR WORM
Moulding, Ornament^ Lumbe^ Mgj| fl
OFFICE. WAEEHODSE asi FACTORY,) f I
Cor. Mitchell and Mangurn sts„ \ 11 A