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About Conyers weekly-banner. (Conyers, GA.) 1901-1907 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1901)
TT"V 7 J T y “H / I wrasa a £ 1 ■ fr* js 4 N 0 V A IX % fry t f .A | \ li i s 1 -a 1 & ■? # * m j v & 1 EH wrr- x t? 51 ¥. J ! II j i_k ZT it NL. * ; *? ■ . 4 i i * ■ A _W A IT Gailey has informed us that this month will be a Bargain Feast lor the people of . dale and adjoining counties as prices will be made on goods that will keep crowds ing to have them wrapped up. what e- 11 should see this firm is doing. He leaves for New Irk the 15th. I Speech. [ Hon. W- L- Peok larbecue July Rlst. m friends, ladies and gentle IlYou who have had the Be of being at this ■ which has been so nicely Bind conducted so decently I P uch good order should Kod, as President McKinley I We ought to thank God Bus in this glorious land, a Bit has no equal in many p. We do thank Him Be heavens and the earth Bho come before us and with parts and determined will lie woodsman’s axe opened ■ds built our houses, ies and preached the gospel purity, viz—Love our neigh lourself as the world we go Ing through. They gave us 1st constitution, the best eo lud the best laws known lition. Ihcse days our father’s words ■heir bond-notes and mort Ivere unknown, confidence in lity was at its zenith. They i the truth as a pillow ■by day and of fire by jide III them to the promised is of such parentage I boast. Ir good old time religion is legion of to-day; their fields |i‘ fields, and their lands to¬ re our lands. in my experience, association ravel I am glad to say that I pet with no better people hose before me to-day. pt been'cast congratulate all whose 9 in Georgia, a unsurpassed in natural re¬ ’s All things t-hat are nec ' b> sus! .in the life of man c-st and in.„ke us coniforta ut happy can be, and is, pro iu our state. have the early and the late a blessing a large pait of not enjoy, but from >a s mountain tops to the leas a nd gurgling rills pours r i ng waters so assential to b 11 ^ and happiness. Yes, fends our possibilities can ! overestimated. lwho8e lot it has been to g 1 faster in the county ~have been extremely late. Go where you f 11 hear it said may that we have F t 0< unity and town la Geor ; e area. yet neverthelel people who have eve a year or more Ilf Tfin FEnpIe, Bu Ths FehtiIe, Fur Hie PsnpfE. CONYERS, GA.. FRID AY AUG, 9, 1901 leave but come back later either dead or alive. Is it the magnetism in the the people? or is it the to eternal gloyy? Farmers as a rule are a social people and believe in the hood of God and the brotherhood of man ; that the earth was made all men to till and enjoy the thereof. We are the most unsuspicious people on the top side of tills We dream not that unrighteous among us, and that part of the Good which tells us “to watch nell as pray.” Of late it is said that our wealth $1,200 per capita. Now, if be true, there should be no pover in thi* land ; and again, if be true, some have more than for all wealth in its origin¬ ality comes from the soil, and those who till the soil are not rich but they should be independent comfortable. The southern farmer ought to can be, if he will, the most in¬ of all men. We have the advantage in climate of any country. We produce all oi the vitalizing crops of the world no other part of the world cai with us in in growing cotton Egypt and most all other that attempt to grow cot ton do it by irrigation. But here we have the early and the later and nature has fixed it that great south shall clothe the fear no competition from any them. As to Russia, we taught all she kn r ws about cotton in the years of 1886 and 1888. We taught her well, too. She has to import her seed eveiy and depends largely on iivi consequently she will not much of a figure iu the pro¬ of this staple. So you see we have a monopoly this most wonderful crop. No crop can compare with it. crop has, after it is harvested long a life. Properly cared for believe it will keep fifty years. has been kept thirty cr more and then spun and woven as years’s cotton. It bears with less loss and less than any other product that or feeds man. Together this great staple, we grow the two vitalizing crops to per viz: corn and wheat. Then, why should we not be the and most prosperous on this globe? There is but one reason. We ,re not organized. Farmers are litre sheep—one wolf can t re whole flock, and one speculator will scatter a farmers. We are all at on ms own plank at the mercy tne waves and the sharks. should put our planks together niaicea ship strong enough to tne waves and land us into haven of rest. Will we do it? We can. if we will. It is ble for the land owners, and business people of the to organize in-self-defense. is a clay of organization. It come to stay and as long as are unorganized they a orey to speculators and no control of their crop. All business and industrial suits are combining. Yes, tarmers out west are ana uricing their corn, wheat meat, and we southerners are aoout begging the speculators cotton manipulators to price cotton and take it at their own price. 1 want to again stress the fact that our cotton has no equal and that it is the surest money crown in the world, and that in¬ stead of the cotton growers of south being the poorest of all mers we should be the richest, nest educated and most cultuied people under the sun. Organization, and nothing but organization, will bring about this great revolution in our life. We are oftea told that the sup ply and demand conrtol the price of cotton. It may have in time past, but it cuts no figure now. Combination controls the price of cotton; combination controls the price of iron, steel, coal, salt, sugar, coffee and on through all ar¬ ticles of trade. Neither have we any overproduction of food or rai inent. God in His wisdom did nor, fix His inimitable laws that wav. He gives us seed time and harvest every year, and every year provides for it'elf. He establish¬ ed this rule when the children of Isarel set out on their journey to tne promised land. Ilegave them dav by day their daily bread. Sorne years we have bountiful crops and other years wo have crops, so the equilibrium is kept up and all in all production oniv keeps up with the inciease of demand and it will not be but a tew years before there will he a demand for a 20.C JO.000 bale crop of cotton. All intelligent farmers with five years’ experience knows that with cotton 10 cents per pound —1 .ruling » a hard road to travel, consequently our sous leave the farms for easier and more profitable work. If we would ganize it would be just as easy get 10 cents for our cotton as it to get 5 cents now. Good prices for cotton and by-products will not only build up the country, but will build all business ojenpations and fes?'ons and make the cotton grow ing states the Eden of the world, Then let us come together in Cotton Grower’s Protective ciation that we may put a able price on our lint cotton cotton see and gin our own cotton where we please. Col. W A Broughton, of Ga , president of the Cotton ers’ Protective Association Georgia, has been instructed is anxious to complete the zation as soon as possible in state. Hen. Harvie Jordan, ident of the Interstate Crowers’ Protective Association, is now in Texas rapidly organizing state, and if it was possible to or¬ ganize the south in sixty days the present growing crop of cotton would net us $100,000,000 more than it will otherwise. Grganizat’on is our salvation. The Good Book tells ue that “a prudent man forseeth the evil and hideth himself, butthesnnpie pass on and are punished.” Will we bo prudent and save the golden haivest that our great staple brings in every land and country where cotton is manufactured and make ourselves easy and comfort¬ able, or will we be on simple, un* organized and continue to punish ourselves with poverty ■; and want? Time only will tell. And now in conclusion, I wish to say that all old time customs, which we have liv^d under so well, m the way of working our public roads is to be done away with. I am glad oir ordinary,Judge Helms whom I know to be one of the best ordinanes in the state, is w ith us to-day, and I believe will agree with me that under tins new sys¬ tem of working roads, we need a of commissioners of roads revenues. We ought to have board of five commissioners, one from each of the four militia dis¬ and one from the city of Con Why we want one from Con¬ isthat ourcity friends will have pay a property tax, and our pop¬ d< ctrine, or as some would democratic doctrine, is no tax¬ without representation. is it wisdom to place too power in the hands of one not even in a man with so wisdom and integrity of as our distinguished ordi Judge Helms has a white ele- o CO CO m pliant on his hands and knows not whether to take hold of his snout or tail. So much responsibility will either kill him or get him so the devil will not have him, for some days m the flexibility of this road law we are to pay five dol¬ lars or ten days, or one dollar and fifty cents or three days work, and at all times a property tax. Judge Helms will aid us in pre¬ curing a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues. Now is the time to login. I favor good roads if th iy must be had by tax¬ ation ; we are all interested in this subject, We are told “that in the multitude M council there is safe¬ ty” and we say in a Board of Com¬ missioners of Reads and Revenues there is safety. A Minister’s Good Word. “I had a severe attack of bil¬ ious colic, got a bottle of Cham¬ berlain’s Colic, Cholera and Di¬ al rhoea Remedy, took two dos¬ es and was entirely cared,’says Rev. A. A. Power, of Emporia. Kan. My neighbor acroas the street waa sick for over a week, had two or three b./tiles of med¬ icine from the doctor, He used them for three or four days without without relief, then call ed in another doctor who treat¬ ed him for some days and gave no relief, so discharged him. I went over to see him the next morning. He said his bowels were in a terrible fix, that they been running off so long that it was almost bloody flux. I asked him if he had tried Colic, Cholera Diarrhoea Remedy and he ‘No.’ 1 went home and him my bottle and gave one dose: told him to take dose in fifteen or twen*. minutes if he did not find re¬ , but he took no more and entirely cured . 5 } For sale Gailey Drug Co, Hire Imsurauee. Pit 3TECT YOUR PROPERTY AGAINST THE FLA3IES. We represent some of the best and most reliable Fire In¬ surance companies and would be pleased to have you consult us before placing your risks. We will make it to your interest to do so. W. V. Almaud & Go,
