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J. N. HALE.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY.
OFEICIAL ORGAN OF THE ALLIANCE
What Free Silver Mentis.
The term “ free and unlimit¬
ed coinage of silver” is misun¬
derstood. Many believe it to
me ui that everything in the
shape ol silver, bullion or other
wi- will at once be coined in
unlimited quantities and thrown
on the street. Only those who
have silver to coin will take it
•to the mint, and only those who
earn it will or should be legally
permitted to possess it. “ But
then foreigners will send their
silver here to be coined if it is
free, and that-will give us too
much money, ” is anotner cry.
Is a dollar’s worth of silver
comes from across the water, a
dollar’s worth of some American
product is exchanged for it, un¬
less the foreigner is reckless
enough to send his bullion for
nothing. If lie does, w r e are the
gamers. If he desires to coin
his silver into American dollars
they must circulate here; for as
soon as they go abroad they
must go through the crucible
aud appear in another form, as
the money of another nation;
and gold must do exactly the
same. Every argument that
has been or will be used against
silver, can with equal force be
directed against gold, for there
is no such thing as “ money of
the world. ” We see no foreign
moi: ey in circulation here. There
is no American money in circu¬
lation in any other country. The
fad that both gold and silver
are susceptible of so many cur
rency changes, causes the work¬
man to believe that paper is the
best material of which to make
money; it is cheap, it cannot be
melted into a coin of another
nation, and if it goes abroad, it
will like a true American, come
home; not that alone, but it will
come home in payment for the
product of American labor.
Should war invade our domain,
a paper currency would not play
the coward’s part, as did gold
and silver in 1861, and flee from
ul No man could turn it into
anything he could take out of
the country to our injury.
Four hundred thousand dollars
of the state’s money has just
been divided among the widows
of confederate soldiers from Ga.
killed during the war. Now,
§200,000 is to be divided among
those old soldiers who have been
injured by wounds or sickness
incurred while in the service of
the confederacy. On the first of
March, the paying of the pen¬
sions will begin.
That a minister and a news¬
paper may help one another is
made plain in the Augusta case.
Tho .minister denounced the ed¬
itor. and the editor promised to
answer in the next issue of the
paper. Everybody will buy the
paper to see what “the editor
savs, and everybody will go to
church to see if the preacher
follows up the first attack. See !
It is said that the cotton acre¬
age will be reduced 20 per cent,
in Georgia this year. It is, mi
doubt lv, bvougt about by the
ov erproduction of cotton hereto
foie.
EDITORIAL NOTES
And old Clod Head Ellington
wants to be governor of Geor¬
gia ! The people of Georgia,
Old Clod Head, have some pride
left.
The flowers that bloom in the
Spring may hustle with all of
their might, but they won’t
get head of The Candidate by a
d - sight.
The Covington Georgia En¬
terprise wants Mr. F. C. Davis,
of Newton county, elected com¬
missioner of agriculture, at the
next election.
Hon. L. F. Livingston, with
several other prominent alliance
speakers, will address the people
of Newton county at Covington,
to-day.
Bainbridge had a jail delivery
011 last Tuesday Night. The oc¬
cupant who escaped was a ne¬
gro boy, charged with the rape
ing of a negro girl, 10 years old.
How can any true son of
Georgia ever get his consent to
follow the leadership of such an
old renegade as C. C. Post? The
advocate of social equality with
the negro and the infamous
force bill. He w is so low that
hn was kicked out of the Repub¬
lican party; refused admittance
to the democratic party and will
soon have the Third Party
stinking so badly that a buzzard
wouldn’t tackle it.
The farmers of Walton coun¬
ty, met at Monroe, last week
and passed resolutins to decrease
the acreage of cotton, and in
increase that of grain, by a
large per cent. This resolution
should be unanimously adopted
in every every county in the
state.
We want the kind of money
that is easy to get.
There is no blockade whiskey
in Rockdale now.
Plant lots and lots of potatoes.
They are good food all seasons
of the year.
A man who is mean to his
wife need never expect to enter
the Golden Gate.
About eight thousand bills
have been introduced in con¬
gress, and less than a dozen of
them have been passed.
The appropriation to the
World’s Fair will be voluntary,
and not by state appro¬
priation. This is as it should
be.
Congressmen are not earning
their salt these days, for they
are simply doing nothing. But
maybe, after all, it is for the
best.
Spring time is almost upon us,
and ere long the hills and the
valleys will bloom forth 111 their
splendor, their [grandeur, and
their verdure. Then we’ll all be
inspired to write poetry.
The first we remember of old
Joe Brown he was in McDon¬
ough, Ga., with old Bullock beg¬
ging the negroes and sorry
white trash to defeat Gordon
for governor, and they did it.
Now he is advising wcmoorals.
It beats a hog a Hying.
It is disgusting to hear men
who have uever been true to
any cause, any god or any par¬
ty, belly-aching around about
the evils of the democracy.
They are unfit for any party of
respectability and the quicker
they get off to themselves the
better for decent people.
lie Organized,.
Seeing Captian Bill Sterling
in town the other day we suspi
cioned that something unusual
was on foot and followed him
up. He soon led us into the
rear end of Hudson’s store when
Loge Sigman, Dr. Turner, Noon
Hudson and Tom Brodnax had
already assembled.
We soon learned that this au¬
gust meeting was for the pur¬
pose of re-organizing the old
“ Liberty Club, ” than existed
here in days gone by and was
such a great source of pleasure
to all. Death has been kind to
the club and not one has been
called away.
The meeting was called to
order by the ex-president, who
was famous at Getysburg and
goes by the name, familiar to
to us all, “ war tales. ”
On motion of Dr. Turner, the
election for officers were com¬
menced and resulted as follows:
President, Capt. Bill; Secreta¬
ry, Dock; Treasury, Col. Logan;
Lecturer, Col. Noon; Chaplain,
Hon. Tom.
Immediately after the election
of officers a messenger arrived
from “ over the river,
and refreshments were enjoyed
by all.
After refreshments some res¬
olutions were offered. Dr. Tur¬
ner offered the following:
Resolved That each and ev¬
ery member of this club obli¬
gates himself to stand solid and
firm for “ Bourbon ” Democracy
There was some discussion on
this resolution but it was finally
decided that as the word “ bou
bon ” was the main basis of the
resolution, it should be passed
and spread upon the minutes.
Hon. Brodnax offered the fol¬
lowing:
Resolved, That it is the object
of this club to meet aud be to¬
gether at the same place with
oneanother for personal benefit,
and pleasure and for the pur¬
pose of "sending forth to the
world examples of useful frater¬
nity and “ wholesome truths- ”
The latter part of this resolu¬
tion was two much for the treas -
urer and he was fined 20 cents
for “ cackling, ” as the president
called it.
The resolution was heartily
endorsed by “ War tales’’and
“Old Bourbon, ” the Secretary
and was put on the minutes.
Letters were read from Jack
Wood and Bud Overbay express¬
ing their best wishes for the
club. Also one from Charles
White from which we clip the
following: “ While absent in
person, I am with you in spirit;
aud I waut you, whenever the
juice gets low in the jug and a
collection is to be taken np, v,o
put down for my pan. I regret,,
as I know you all ‘in, the neces
sity of having to come together
in a dry and barren town. But
stick together! Follow closely
your leader, our gallant Brother
B., in his light for truth; [giving
w’.lhug ear to the voice of your
great encyclopedia of the late
unpleasantness; stand firmly by
the noble principles of “ Dulce
far liiente’ ns taught by your
president, and the day may yet
come when “|the juice of the
and the juice of com ”
grape
and the old Liberty Club, will
go nand in hand free and un
trameled. ”
Thanks were retnrned Mr.
White for his sentiments and
his name was enlisted as an
honary member.
Refreshments were again
passed and the hour being lat ■j
the president appointed next
Thursday as the time of meeting
at which time the lecturer will
give a discourse on the different
wars from the killing of Abel to
the affair with Chili.
The Monticello Southern Star
has changed its title, and will
henceforth be known as The
Monticello Star. Col. Webb is
an excellent newspaper man and
we wish for him an abundant
success.
Politics is getting to be monot¬
onous. Like the old woman who
had been poor all her life, when
she looked upon old ocean for
the first time and remarked: “ I
am so glad to see somethin^
that there is enough ouough of,’
the people are having quite
enough of politics, especially the
kind now being served.
A young sprig has just been
licensed to practice law in Dub¬
uque, Iowa, and he will probaly
receive the snubs from the bar
and benignly patronizing smiles
from the bench until he grows
older This new applicants for
briefs is General George M Jones
who is only 90 years of age.
A violent earthquake shock
was felt in San Diego, Cal., last
Wednesday night at 11:14. The
shock lasted ^so long to allow
people to decend from third sto¬
ry buildings and look back and
see the buildings still swaying.
Loud rumbling accompanied tlie
tremble. No damage was done.
The shock was also felt ,^at Los
Angeles.
Mrs. T. S. Almand has a lamp
chimney that she has been use
ing lo years. She says she
boiled it in clear water before
useing it. There is also, a lady
at Americus, who has a lamp
chimney that she says she has
been using 8 years. She boiled
hers in salt and water before
useing it.
AT TEE CAPITOL
News from the Political Center
What Cccurs to Interest
You at Washington.
Speaker Crisp is at Fortress Mon¬
roe, and unless he disobeys the pos
tive orders of his physician he will
not. return this week, although he
said when he left that he would re¬
turn in time to preside over tho house
on Wednesday, unless he was too un¬
well to do so. In his absence no
meeting of the committee on Rules
can be held to act upou the request of
those who signed the petition asking
that a date be set for the eonsidera
ion of the free coinage bi 1, and, in
*> w <-.f the auno lucf at- iii. that tLe
> vs and Means committee would on
Acst of March cal1 U P one of
tariff bills for consideration, ttie situ
ation is a little embarrassing, and calls
for some very fine party mamgremetr.
It is estimate d ! maS luuu
six weeks wiii i.e required for the de¬
flate on the three tariff bills, and as
several of the appropriation.bills will
meanwhile be reported and disposed
of, it seems safe to sav that it wiil be
May before the final vote is taken on
the last one of the tariff bills. Mr.
Biami, speaking for the silver demo
era's, sa-. s they wiil not object to the
tariff bi Is having precedence, if the
Committee on Buies wiii s>'t a day
for the confide/ation of the free coin-
*“ ebi!: ; bastw
&v *
not hear , 14
P0Siti0n 0 thg
that Khichh dayij^
of C aa e arly ^
°ngress be 8e t'
of the free C01na
of a compromise, ge bin
proved by all 8Uch *s tsa |
will have to c °nservau v&d I
House proceed^ be 1 5
can 'H
«^«b»lule -The Governmeat pakia| "H
-
ficiencyforthecu-reauH n ,
i386 ’°“
me use appropriations °
bulwndoltaCm made
a deficiency inMarlv ,
the departments o[ th, (O
Mr ' ^l 0 ' 1!i »e wkoisj
the “” , syndicate Sel which tajj
gs ,ea!m « pmitaw
feliotv guest of Mr. Harri° ’ ,
cretary Blaine son 3
at a dinner
his old business associat
Elkins, an evening es, Ss
or tw 0 a.
gossop says his corning here
time is closely connected
business before the Behrb
commission. ft
With tw 0 such
as Secretaries Bluine and l\\
the cabinet, Mr. Mills has '
feel confident a
that his s i
be properly protected by the
traiion.
Representative Harter, 0 ;1 ]
whose opposition to the tree
of prominence silver has given him hand] cons']
of late, has
Holman, chairman of the <]J
caucus, democrats, a request signed by f] ]
for the calling of a
on the silver question, and Mi
man says tie will issue the isau] call
week. The call may ue
the caucus held, but unless it h
more largely attended than ih
caucus held for the same purpi
is not probable that it will seta
policy to be pursued by the fiJ
The committee to investigate
sion bureau will hold its secant
ing to begin Thursday, taking when a clay which! will]
evidence,
ises to be voluminous. Keprej
tives Cooper and Enloe will rep
the prosecution, so to speak, ad
Representative Payson, of I
and Green B. R ium, Jr., are eq
for the commissioner of Pension
may be that the beginning ofth
vestigation may be postponed ai
days to accomodate Represen
Cooper, who is one of the la
counsel in a murder trial to take
in Indiana.
Congress is in Chicago to dsi
the capital reminds on e of the m
of the long recess, so quiet is e
thing. The adjournment was
until tomorrow, out ai there isnH
quorum of either House or
here, nothing can bo doneunui*
uesday, when tne excursionists
be back.
It seems strange that a man I
was set clown upou by the v terl
the country as hard as was ex-1
Reed, should still cherish pol
ambition, but he does, and hen ’I
ing to secure the Minneapolis support eoj of j
delegation to tho
tion to his presidential caded preteiisj upoaj
Mr- Harrison has
Blaine to checkmate the
and he has promised to do so, j
the man in the White house i» 3
of the ex-Speaker all the same, sj
him neither I
. i.
2.fc *0 t(jW k as
resolution providing * for a consJ
tloiiai amendment authorizing
election of Senators by ^ 1
through Congress at
won .tt
Hon. Patric Walsh is bow¬
spoken of as P-* ' ' c ‘f
date for the State Senate
eighteenth district.
If advertise you want w
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aud talk -
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for. Every advertiseiflcas S:4
for itself ten times over
copy earn lv and avoid tire --