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’g he Jpoiitl 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 you ** vertise in a paper about. 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