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into , uCe-.b oW/V VLl* nuN- order
The (•"liven ion was called to oy
Ben Terrell of Texas who was
chainn m of the consolidated in
<1 istr: gaiff/iitions. Marion Cannon
of f ;i! i 1 mi a was eDeterl temporary
chainna n ami president and presided
unti id •• nmitcee on credentials report
e i ami a permanent chairman was elect¬
ed. Tie-re was no contest iu any of the
stale deligationB except Georgia. C. C.
Po- .ioni i,-orgia clahnad a seat from
the met of his selection at the staie Al¬
lan c-e meeting. Ac had no credentials,
but ?.i:e committee rinding that
Georgia Jibed two of having her fulldel
egati'im present seted Pnstund B ranch
tot' : : h'le >Ire delegation.
'Hi errated some contusion in the
convention and M . Moses protested a
such an actio i unless the new
dele;m e were bound by the unit rule.
However, they were seated and vo : ed
and acted as they saw proper without
regani io the rule placed upon the dele¬
gation gj the state exedutivccommittee.
Co!. L. L. Polk was elected perma¬
nent chairman of tire conference and
the ma ting was ready for buuiness.
'lli • platform was then takeu up and
passed wMi unbounded enthusiasm.
Pi. A fl-OR.Vf.
‘■This is the great labor confer jnce of
the Ended JJStates and die world, rep
resebi 'ng a!< d : vis ; ons of urban and ru¬
ral o"ganix‘d industVy, a senbitd in
Natioiuil Cougres, invoking upon its ac
tion tlm biecs'ng and protection of Al
migbtv God, putsfo’j 1 li loand for the
producers of the nation tins declaration
of union a.nl iudepemlenc.
'J’lie conditions which surround us
best ji'otify cur co-operation. We meet
in (be midst of a na ion brought to the
verge of moral, political and material
rein. Corruption conrina'es the ballot
box, tiie legislatures, Congress, and even
tucb.es the ermine of the bench. The
people are demoralized. Many of the
have been compelled isolate voters at
he polling pin :es in order to pre
vent universal intimdat'on or bri¬
bery. The newspape s subsidized or
mu/,Me- • public opinion scilem-ed; busi¬
ness pros! ante; our homes covered with
mort ages; labor impoverished and land
concentrating in the hands of caoilabsts.
Urban workmen are denied the light
of or;, aai/.ation for se'f protecdon; im.
ported pauperized labor beats down
their wages; a hireling Branding army
unrecognized byourlawsis established
to shoot them down; and they are rapid¬
ly degenerating to Etrooean conditions.
The fruits of toil of milMons are boldly
stolen to build up colassal foe'lines, un,
p.Teee ‘dented , in thehiiso’ y of the wo Id
while their posessors despise die Repub¬
lic and endanger liberty. From the
same p olilio v omb of govern menial ju¬
jus,dee breed the two great chu-ses, pau¬
pers r. >d millooa'res.
'fiie national pow er to create money
is ttpr p dated to emich bund holdeis;
silver, which has been accept d as coin
sine "the daw u of h's orr, has demone
tiseci to add to the purchasing power of
gel I, by deci e.icnig the 11 value of all
forms of property as w as human
labor, and abridged the suply of ch eney is pur
posely to f. tten nsuivs, baak
ruptii enterprise and i nsave industry.
A vast conspiracy against mankind
has been oaganized on two continents,
and is taking possession of the world,
If not met and overthrown at once it
forebodes terrible social convulsions,
desiruc.ion "f civ li adon or estabJish¬
un : of an absolute dt)Spo'"'.-in. In this
cri.-cs o' hu.iiaii iiffais, the iu.elTgeut
wort ; tpc people and p oducois of i e
Un eh t.it'es have cine together a
the enme of peace, order and society vo
d' ienu liberty, prospeaUy and jusiice.
W e. if '; a our u nion and iud pendeuce.
A' e as.- i t o r pin > s- tlirougu the po¬
litic d «■ g u> aaon wh'ch represents our
principals.
We cl urge that the control bug influ¬
ence d ‘initiating the old political par cs
have allowed tbe existing dreadful c<m
didoes to develop without sei'uius effect
to lestraiu or prevent them. (Neither do
they now ii>*end to scciimpl sh reform,
and ib \ have agreed together to ignore
in the coming campaign every is-ne but
one. 'i hey plundered propose to diowu tbe out
ovies of the liaitle people with the
f a b-Uim over the tariff;
emporntions, watered mtioiiftt batiks,
rings, \rasf-, of stocks,’ the de
mooeuiiuio i silver and ilie oppres¬
sion of usurers may a'l be lost sight of.
T.iev propo-e to sacrifice om homes and
children upon tiie aberof Mammon, to
deslroy the hones of the mu ti.ude in or¬
der iu secure c *r option funds from the
great lords of planner.
We assert ton a political organization
repn wot ug ihe podf'cal principles
be i in slated is n-cessary to redress ihe
grievances of which we eotuplain. As
semtried on the anniversary of ihe birih
of tbe illustrious man who led the first
great revolution on this continent a
gamst opp. ession, tilled with t he senti¬
ments which actuated that grand gener¬
ation, w e seek to restore tne government
otthe “ plain Republic people” to the bauds of the
with whom it o.Liu
ated.
Om doors a: e open to all poiu s of i he
eon .• We ask all honest men to
join wit h and help us, in order to re
strain me i xioi lions of . ggregate capi¬
tal. to d t\e the moneychangers out
the temple.
To form a perfect union, establish
juste.-, insure domestic i.quiUity.
prov il ior the common cue. , pr -
mon the general welia ml s cut t
blessings of bberiy , . oune.ves
our posteriev, we do ordain and esiab
lirti ihe following platform of princi¬
ples; We dec the union of the !a
First. are
bor forces of the United Sraces, th > day
accomplished, permanent and perpetual
vlay its siir it enter into all hearts of the
salvation of ili • Republic and the uplif -
ing of mankind
.Second. Wealth belongs to him who
creates it. Every dollar taken from in
dustty vi iibout an equivalent is robbery.
Jf any will not work neither shall lie eat
The interests of rural and urban labor
are die same, (heir enemies are identical.
Third. We demand a national curren¬
tiie cy, safe, sound and flexible, issued by
general government debts, only, full legal
tender for all public and private,
and without the use of banking corpor¬
ations, a just an t equitable means of
circulation, at a tax not to exceed 2 per
cent, as set forth in the sud-treasury
p an of the Farmers’ Alliance, or some
betier sysiem; also by payment- in (he
discharge of its obligations for public
impiovemeuts.
Fourth. vVe demand the free and un¬
limited coinage of silver.
Fifth. We demand the amount of cir¬
culation medium to be speedily increas¬
ed to not Jess than $50 per capila.
Sixth. Vf e demand graduated incame
tax.
■Seventh. We believe that the money
of the treasury should be kept a? much
as possible iu the hands of the peop'e,
and hence we demand that ail national
and Stsi e revenues shall be limited to the
nec essary expenses of the gov- rnmei t
economically and honesily adtnin's
tered.
Eighth. We demand that portal sav¬
ings banks be safe established by the gov¬
ernment for deposit of the earning-'
of ihe people and to facilitate exchange.
.Mni h. Your sub-committee upun the
land plank beg to submit to your ap¬
proval he following:
The land, of wealth, including all natural re
sovsees is the heretage of
all the people, and should not be mo¬
nopolized ownershiy for speculative purposes, and
allien for land shouldbe pro
prohibited. and other All laud now held by rail¬
roads corporations, in excess
of tbe'r actual needs, end all land now
owned by aliens, should be reclaimed by
•he government and held for actual set¬
tlers only.
Tenth. Transportation being the
means of express and a public nece Wty
the government should own and opei are
Ihe roads in the interest of the people.
Eleventh. The telegraph and tele¬
phone, like postal sysiem being a nec¬
essity for the transmition of news .-hoaid
should be owned and operated by the
government in the interest of the peo¬
ple. 'Twelfth.
We demand that the govern¬
ment is-ue legal tender notes and pay
Union soldier the difference between the
price of depreciated money, in which he
was paid, and gold.
Resolved, That we hail this confrence as
the eonumatior I the perfect union of
the hearts ami Hands of a’l section of
our common country. The men who
wore the gray and the|men who wore the
blue smouldering meet here embers to extinguish that last
ot the civ il war in
the tears of joy of a united and happy
people, and we agree to carry the Stars
and fcjtripes forward for ever to the
highest point of national greutness.”
A commiitee was appointed to select a
time and place for holdining a national
convention to nominate a President and
Vice-President
The committee is as follows:
Mr. Van Wyck, of Nebraska; C. W.
Macune, of Texas; M. J. Branch, of Ga.;
J. A. Powers, New York;,L. of Nebraska; Polk, T. B. Ma¬
guire of L. of North
Carolina; J. H. Willits of Kansas; Pres¬
ident Humphreys, of the National col¬
ored Alliance; Pierce Hackett, of Missou¬
ri; N. M Barrett, of Illinois (F. M. B. A)
L P. Morris, of Louisiana; John ;Zeits,
of Ohio; Mrs. MaryE. Lease, of Kansas;
Mrs. Dr. Dobbs, of Texas; Benjamin
Terrill, of Texas.
The committee decided on July the
4th as the day, and Omaha as the iplace,
to hold the convention
The mass meet! rig then adjourned af¬
ter indorsing the platform of the confer
ence.
SHEFFIELD ITEMS .
Leap year is not having much
effect over this way.
Wheat is coming out considerably
and we hope to get good crops to
help home sustainance.
It lias been suggested that we or
gauize a literary society in our com¬
munity. We think it would be a
move in the right direction.
To view some of the beautiful
flower yards we would feel inspired
(hat the lovely spring time is near at
hand.
Messes John Day and Caleb
Blake has returned from an extensive
trapping expedition, which was quite
a success we learn.
A goodly number of our fair sex
of this vicinity gathered at M - Bud
Humphries last Nuuvuuy rngut to
join in a quilting which they enjoyed
splindidly wo learn
Mr. John McDaniel of Burkshire
visited his sister Mrs. Henry Mossey
last Saturday and Sunday.
Mieses Willie and Am me a Mossey,
after a pleasant visit in this commu¬
nity returned to their ‘ home last
Saturday.
Since our last 'writing Mrs. Jane
Born died and was hurried in their
family grave yard in this district.
Mrs. Born lived to an old age and
had Ween a consistant member of ‘the
Baptist church for many years. She
was a lady of noble christain charac¬
ter and raised a large and highly es¬
teemed family to whom we extend
our profound sympathy in their
bereavement.
The Plowman.
Wake up my mi n.d ; wake up my soul,
Survey this g’oiie from pole to pole—
To what employment shall l bow,
Procure the art, or hold the plow.
Upon a just and strict attention, high invention;
The.plowman appears a
The great Messiah, when he wrought,
Made yokesaud plows as we are taught,
Mogul renown, in Indian’s land,
First takes the plow into his hand,
His millions in honest toil
To pulverize the fertile soi 1 ,
Tbe farmer Elisha, you allow,
Drove the ox and held the plow;
The stouborn earth he rent and tore
With oxen number twenty-four.
The immortal .Jobe, more rich and grand
Than any in the Eastern land,
Launched his plow, the earih gave way,
His thousands oxen rent the clay.
Of all the pencils by man invented,
The plowman is the best contented;
His calling is good; his profits high;
And on his labors all rely.
Mechanics, all by him are fed,
Of him the merchants seek their bread;
His hand gives meat to everything,
From the begger to the king.
Milk and honey, corn and wheat,
Are by his labors, made complete;
Our cloths, from him must first arise,
To deck the fop, or dress the wise.
We they, by vote, might justly state,
The farmer’s rank is amongst the great;
More independent than them all,
That dwells upon this earthly ball.
Then hail ye farmers, young and old,
Push on your plow with courage bold;
Your wealth arises from the clod;
Your independence from your God.
If then, the plow support the Nations,
In every rank and every station,
Let kings to farmers make a bow,
And every man secure his plow.
[Published by therequestof Bev. J. F
Almand.]
A POEM.
TO D. C. T.
If this pulse should cease its throbbing,
All fife from my body robbing,
And deaths cold hand should touch my
heart,
And bid me from this world depart,
Would my eves be closed without a sigh
For one who was so young to die ?
Would flowers be placed upon the casket ?
Ho; Oh, why then did I ask it?
And when I’m sleeping ’neath the sod,
And the grass above my grave does
nod;
Will thev long for meat home?
Or will they for me never mourn?
Ah, if I should die to night,
This world to all would be as bright.
But i have a heavenly home above,
Where all is sweet and holy love.
And when my Savior beckons me,
How happy, O, how happy I will be.
March, 3. 1892. Ahtreb.
The following was handed to us
to be published as spring poetry, it
being a verse left over fromlast spring:
He comes from a far off lonely land
To seethe one that first gave him a hand;
He never looked in that lovely face
And saw t v -« ession of beautiful grace
^*•1' v
Jk will be finished next spring.
Mr. Jessie Wallace is working
with the repair gang on the railroad.
VVHIsKY, WINES, ETC.
SAM SAYS
g>rea£
DO SO;
ITS GOOD
Don’t drink om i t a j i , lor it is
very BAD HABIT, and I would
you to drink out of a
B 0 E
In connection with this bit
COMMON SENSE I would say that
can sell you The Best Dollar
of Poke Vv hisky, for medical use
other purposes, in the city
Atlanta.
DAVE STERNUM <1
Whob salDe ,lec
Opp. Union depot. 36 Wail
JUEY LIST.
The following is a list of the
Grand and Traverse Jurors drawn
for March Term of Rockdale Su¬
perior Court:
GRAND JURORS.
J.E. Whitaker, Andrew J. Smith
Jas M. Mann, W. T. Stanton,
Alfred F. Sims, John S. Albert,
W. Z. Sterling, John W. McCluuo
H. Y. Hardwick, F. M. Chandler,
J. W. Johnson, J. O. Bohanan, G.
W. Cain, J. F. Bo wan, J. P. Til¬
ley, Glenn H. Owens, E. F. Cook,
R. H. Cannon, A. M. McElvaney,
Wm. T. Stewart, J. D. Winburn,
W. B. Reagan, Sr., T. R. Sharp,
S. J. Taylor, H. W. Hammock, F.
M. Ayers, J. W. Persail, Wm. L.
Peek, W. 7. Y/illiams, Wm. R.
Owens, Sr.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
M. M. Norton, J. A. Parker, M.
H. Melton, S. F. B. Scott, J. R.
Harvill, James M. Owens, P. S.
Stanton, Geo. J. Hollingsworth,
G. W. Chandler, John W. Butler,
B. F. Hill, Arch W. Rice, Leno
Parr, P. H. White, John I. Al
mand, Joe A. Cook, T. W. Ivey,
J. D. Eckles, Newton A. Farmer,
James W. Cowan, James P. Nick
eison, Hardin, John L. H. A. Sigman. Graham, W. F.
G. P. Til¬
ley, R W. Tucker, John 4. Tread¬
well, Geo. S. F. Miller, A. Pr.
Swann, James F. Mitchell, Thom¬
as A Nelms, John W. Mise, Hen¬
ry C. King, Wm. S. Fieeman,
James K. White, J. M. B. Goode.
THE ONLY ONE EVER PRINTED.®
Can You Find the Word ?
There is a 3-inch display advertise¬
ment in this paper, this week, which has
no two words alike except one word.
The same is tr^e of each new one ap¬
pearing each week from the Dr. Harter
Medicine Co. This house places a
“Crescent”on everything thev make
and publish. Look for it, send ihem the
name of the word, and they will return
Book, Beautiful Lithographs or Sam¬
ples Free.
AMRKET REPORT.
COTTON.
G ood middling. 7
Middling......... 4K
PRODUCE.
Our merchants are retailing at the fol¬
lowing cash prices:
Bulk sides. 9
Bran, per 100 pounds... $1.26
Butter, per pound...... . 10 to 20c
Corn, per bushel, new . 75
Coffee, per pound...... 25
Flour, per barrel...... 5.00
Hams, per pound...... 15
Hay, per 100 pounds 1.25
Lard, per pound . ... 10
Meal, per bushel..... 80
Oats, per bushel.......... 55
Potash, per ball.......... .....5 to 10
Sugar, per pound.......... .....5£ to 6
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Our merchants are paying the , follow
ine- prices for country produce:
Beeswax, per pound........... 15
Chickens........................... .15 to 30
Eggs, per dozen............... 12
Hides, dry flint, per pound 2 to 8
Tallow, per pound............ 4 to 5
Sweet potatoes, per bushel 50
SPECTACLES.
It:* m
LA * ”
IMS® ^ARAQEMftRK, ^
Dr. W T H. Lee & Son have a fnl
control of A. K. Hawkes spectacles
nt Cony ere, no other firm can see
hem.
FREE ADVERTISING.
Advertise your, Farm, Mineral, Coa
or if you want a position or work of any
kind or wish to employ book-keeners,
clerks salesmen, agents, canvassers, farm
hands or laborers,
ADVERTISE IN THE FREE
COLUMNS OF THE
BIRMIN G hi A A WORLD,
• i.-avngham, Free Ala. Only 25 words allow
i o i.i Columns. All words over 25
will be charged for at one cent a word,
for each insertion. Parties advertising
in Free Columns must take paper a r 10c
a month for as long as their Fr>e Adorn
Udr “Jiideif. -m-, /».....Word ■- « paber.
Hu |ir -i“ vj
yciid luce for four-'<*mpie cjpies. Farms
or sam cheap ami on long time, B D.
Shun ate, Editor World, Birmingham
Alabama.
PILES! PILES! IXCrtiNG I BE*
and Symtoms—Moisture; stinging; intense itching
scratching. If most allowed at night; worse by
to continue tu
mors form, which often bleed and ulcer -
ate, becoming ve>y sere. Swayne’s Oi.nt
MEST stops the itching and bleedin r,
heals ulceration, and in most case; re
moves the tumors. At druggists, or b\
Philadelphia. Jot e «nts. Dr Oct. Swayne 9, 91—6mo & Son
cas r (Nti
4 T «nchin £ Hit
of
tween
Wo
made even the Rrh Z,
look with pride- G|;j
faced, gray eyed little t ' "
contempt or a
well to do h Vfj)|
sw iue
At the car.
corner earwig':; 0 f on
young woman >
baby of about two / * H
Vth.
wik».
i„ boartiaj *>
heed that she was harflit Ai
task of much longer
arms her heavy i.
wms occupied, burde n. p., '
how- ever, aad 2
obliged to remain ^ a,1 2 s %ia>4
where she staggered at
the car. Several eve*,, i
was almost thrown times i! h er 1 V‘1
Her fr foralj" ow
mute appeal 1
might rest her anus of p : *
gray freight eyed was unansweredu^f looted^
woman
oook she was perusi n » . '; '
arose from her seat ami tend
the young mother to take J
It was then noticed for by
that the little die first]
that she stood woman was wkwar4l crin.J
raUier a
aisle, at times compelled to yl,
seat railing to prevent beiim>
the flooring of the 0 Jt0
car. i
This was noticed b y the
er, and without youn,» L
a word she
gently pushed the little woman S ™
seat, and then with a sweet, |
won’t mind, will you?*
an. pretty With baby in look the lap of tbe liufe J
a of scorn and]
commingled the big the young mother ini J
at beasts who lolled
seats, and then turning to her J
and its guardian she looked
pendent and as happy as a q uoea
Meantime the little woman a®
protege were getting well acq«j
and when she signaled 1
the
the :o stop, baby that wore she might leave dj
a very pretty
chain, fore. As which she had not been 4,
got up to depart il*
eyes of the little woman grew colj
there seemed to be a dangerous,
in them. She was detenam-.li
young mother should have \2
which she succeeded in SWIM
her. On leaving she handed
a card, which when read by tliel
acquainted her with the fact tlJ
crippled little woman was the nj
sister of one of the best known ii
no it sitting on the circuit ted
Cook county.
But the swine-they simply a
their legs into more comfor lie
dona, and talked louder feaetl
Chicago Tribue.;,
Voilist mill 1‘tue Aif
A Parisian scientis 1 , while :e$ti4
to the greater purity of the air id
vicinity of forests, does not attra
the cause to a greater richness in on
—the quantity of the latter kind
same in the atmosphere the absence of woods of tj j
plains—but to atmosphej
agents which v itiate the
towns. When forests are not
rounded by marshes, a from well epil tj
region is next to exempt
ics. surrounded Versailles by Is a case of in point forests ;| j
a screen
demies are unknown, yet the city!
the most wretched water.-St-!
Pioneer-Press.
A New Standard.
^To think married that Blodgett, plain of girl J
should have a V
‘ ‘They say the new Mrs. B.
amiable “Evidently disposition.” he selected liisw-el j
would .‘A 1UZO.V—for temper
looks.”' —Life.
A Mistake.
Teacher (in grammar class)—T 08
correet the sentence “I ^
Tommy (promptly)—I ^
E -“*
He Was Needed Aor wa I‘
Here is story that conns too
a
first hand: A night watchman
charge of mVr of houses at a
a no this
kniiKii sur- "v V. >rt in
other hoo* 1
desirous o: v
went to tiie owner of it! _ don’t
“No,” said the latter, “I
take care of ni}' ^
any one to in Hi'
night. If a burglar conies
h; m ” said the
- r >it’s all right” foaV
P but after
’ nnP to pah 1
him you want som
for ,
of the house you. ,
The watchman was eiigm. •
fork Epoch.
for Fifl? to"
Have Not Spoken
The Dumb Boys in R nss;a
sect. Why they are calie^ 1
ous km)*
yi, lV ^ s ->o Cfc «phis to ci 1
is Cu Of both Some : H
• , -. d
being the , magor;^ r
m ^
deluded old patna* of
have kept their vow £il “
u x
tbai) century, -i*
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