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SOUTHERN ALLIANCE ’RUE, <E2).
80B80BITOIOK ONE IMII.I.AL JMli 'VUVWU.
INVA.UI ABLY tti AH-VAWIL.
Tliis paper m the - official otputi 'Of 'the
Farmers’ Alliance of Georgia, anil iswv
family in the Alliance iK'WXjwOteilftol-'ifte
t, so that otti 'ial communications 'will
reach the entire order in a -alntile week.
Thorough organization anti united tuition
can be time maintained.
The Southern Alliance Siwmwr
is the result of the ponsOlWtttioii'rffttliren
largely circulated and popular'papers iff;
Georgia, on the lot Os Urn®,ltflßo,t*« wit:
SoiiTHkiUN Alliance;, Weft IPolttt, 'Gn,,j
and Atlanta, Ga.
Faiimkk and FnurrGH<w«sis,'Griffin,<Ga.
Allianux Auvooa*, Montezuma, Ga.
The consolidated paper -was tmtwwllftoj
Atlanta, and under the new man®
The Southern Alliance Warmer
las been made bv ihetltafe Ailliaueo, the
irgan of the order'in Georgia. Tl® i|at*
wr is now in its twelvtli'volume.
wiutouial -mw.
i. C. Is now*, Editor iu'Oharg*.
W. l£. H. s«Aitov, JpHBhiPWW asnd!
Corresponding Editor.
TT t. .“ “. j'tSH ItS.
This paper circulates all-over (Georgia,
among the eighty 1 1 1 ousanll Al 11 inn eon inn |
in tiie State. Iftisoueuff fthe onoft die-,
sirarde advertising mediums iin tihei
South.
TO SIIiISCKJHIIin.
Please mention thia ipapoi to wour
ueighbors, aud do all-you enn ’to wutan
its influence end increttse iis cmuilation,
Address,
Southkw Aiiitiiwwo* FwbwW'..
'Atlanta, 'Georgia, [
AUI ANOMKKN iSKWD T>aw*».
Vo are join 'iuuireaft. Wfij
are fighting-your battle*. The Avar dmi
monopoly is raging, and we nrieon jyotiri
side. The legislature l Os 'Georgia 'is iini
session and questions bf'vittiblmpuihaui®;
to you are com lug before ttlnttlborly. We|
will tell you who etaudssquttre’to.won.Miid,
who flies the track.
This is the Alliance ipuper>dflftfß atrifl®.
Take your paper now, aud temp »qmm'
up with the iuoveme ll tsdf tlte'orllm wiili
the news of the day. Send your -siib
•oriptions on. Tlioy are oomiugbn ffattt.
Don’t be behind tlve oticsrbwftltntn.
Posy aox atwnqm will mot she receiwell
for subscriptions to'fbteipHpur.
liALLT TO tPWK IHUi t&i.
We are glad to b* able to give ti® iftt
forfuation that the 'mib-Aillianees itote
awaking to the necessities iff the oigan,
and the result ft-we continue to ifnipriwe
the paper. Push the matter, brttthrwi,
and let us 1 utre twentydive thousand
subscribers.
AliiaWKOE fKKWI|I(n;A!IOTWJIth.
After February thfttfl® Alliunce Dfaaft
quartors will bo iii thebililiiing ipHtWftttell
by Atlanta Constitutionttottlie>ordor ffor
the Exchange.
The thanks Os tlte orller are (due <our
neighbor for thft l clever donation.
warns iuwjAHJitsraw TtasusmuK.
Governor 'Gordon lints -never appointed
a trustee in the ipluce df IJlr. Friliim, wilio
was disqualified. We 'wodld lUtosttoasso
our Govoruor appoint -a ffarmor ton tfoe
board, ns 'the 'farmers 'think two Huff -the
university and rprttruriteeift.
in® vwm manor.
The Alliance w usontpowd >tff rmrtify
farmers, nadli otmrff 'whom huts® 'wmik t*o
perform. ® ift iis tto noth® imonpy, -tili
throwing iu-asmall .amountevil: amide.n
large sum. ftu whatever iis undm'tt&tm,
all should help. Off ttify willl mtft (fin ift,lhft
him leave 'the <order :aud >quft. iPlrumts
will eat up-allthejhoinyr andiiuvorlbi'nig
any'in its ip luce, iflrndmigdo lyoin- qiaXt.
•w«KT'»ruuss GJftMWflfe.
The aualysis'Oflasgimnmdiwsinrtt fthifa
its value. Wo must know what waeipth
juit heforewe can ftdll ’Wild til tor ift iis
good ornot. Theiper ciirft. ffor ifmftamie
Os ammoniamiuy 'tteilar-ge; Uftttiffbibewnr
monia is fromlhonfs audihoiinaiMiidipienss
of old leaclioi:, iftiisinOtittvallWbhi.
Fertilizers fur cotton ifibuiilfi die taunt
posed of acid iphosfihate'iff lltmo, ipiftttdli
and cotton weed meal. TTlft qdiotqilioiiii;
acid lime and ipotadh are tide imotft lint
portaut olomeitts.
- mil.— ■■ i
wfifttr wotmiA voiAir r
Frazil 'tiu-viuftillirowii'dffUllie tydtte off
monarchy'so easily, ithciinitstinn aniism,.
w'lirtt country 'wi il Ibe tlhe inwft ttojjoiii Ulltt
Ust Os irtipubfioaii igovounmoiifti?
3t is saidttlhrtt Aimtniliniislloiikititgtfilatt
way, and'that owmi'Camida iis f»ihiwillmp.|
Won are fast'cmnincttniiilie nioniUiwUni
-thattiihey areifroo, and UlliattJlienilaiimoiff
royttlCy -are Uiiffoinideii. tlUie inrowms
sot now upon cnatty a Umafl (sinpilij’ llm
caimc airevidntioii'niay mpsOt ftlte lihiair
cial condition off a>kingdom.
innn.
Throe agents wltih iheahtff ill llltlhrgjrHflh
od pictures tff idetil ffmiftllt«Att<tflhiwi ijftr
oeived the ipeofilSjUftlpalrtiingtOdoiiittlimii
worthless varieties off ffnift. Adlaifta Urns
just bei» taken »h thy sndli an wgmity ;;
but it seoms this'timcift was widli Ulluc
Hoses. .All (tilie tad ins waiitod ftlmm laud
many got hit. i
When our reaflnrx meed flhuitt Unmwi,
vines or Mhruhb"vy, senli tnaii osttaillidli -
ei, well ktnwn nursory and aenirrt-tUuim. |i
list agents with their bouUtliUil gihftum <
pass on.
'tint: S3uam; KVAttIACWiM.
I
Tlo- IfSathungm iis nuiw ah worij, and. is I
- dlily mmiiugcii hyi tftn tftnte agenU -Mr. J:
'(). 'V>yun, umdtn tihesupanvisiM): off Dpi.
j fthiypitt. IflwUlnuni adoultlj try, the- Kx
tihunge -anii soa-'vliatutioaai do over, the
• aparkots wilfsre (fiuy, nowdis.
• | Dlro. Iftoypitt iis % business
irnui, -anil nllwttys umbos ;n snmius* oft
Whig the nmdinrobus,. Wh oopy. ftrim tha
-; Atthntte '(fmsitltdtini. wllaft Bro. CCorpuP
sitys idioift tiltt- ftl«iltangoi. Wb ana aux
. nous tllaft ttl«' oiritur sUuulffi bnovw alii
i fth(nftifv,tiliu»ffms>aui!y,ftrim! tile ftonGi*
imitionifcffdllamcointiaEfl ifts wmHihgs.
miff: «»UIG irMI*IMUUAAII <«»lj!lH1iH.
Tlum'iftmoisiilhmiilb'dissatihfrUitumat
f ttu; Ifttmuionaff tttiis sdluull act Milledgo-
WUte. XifttfiaftHlornsiiilh- objiaitito Aili
’ lcllgrWllhi, im JWlludgovillU: is, ai good!
!)llßi«j,(and iltsipw|iUiw*inUj,v,of; any, honor
rthrttinmylteHttsftiiwcdupanithflmi. IP the
>| stlhodl llmll Ueeai Homtwd: aft Atlanta, the
yvoung!ladies omillll llum procured such
-oniiUiyymmfi as, woulill liavo aidetl thorn
. grwtityihi tiloiir vwoft.. type-writum
null aimunimiHos, andl plioinigoiphms,
*b«re;«re oatudhuft orpatihgs, liens not; t«,
Ibefhiundoiisowthaft'.'hi ttofrSftftt*h.
j VWt- 'Whid thtt:iftdihf{n- WdJl attvesay. li(nv
ovny. audl ttwidi itimwtvba-auWwuißS.
OUW.WlW'atfNft IIWIhA
■NHqyin(Glmm,«ffWihutm,iiii'A'eluoming'
'flu- IthiyillMliwoisftiiMtlantiy gave
fle-ffilHoWhigiiummntuifftha only woman
j wUmewurnoidethfi; Mfusutite DHlyv:
’llUieuititufiUUell,ilii lhobiiigc unon tliis
Ihalty'dldlftiiililullgptillhineni, llawn rnadt'.
j > the i tuq liiijy, Un wa uouidl tit ay. be iudui)«d
| ttoiiidftihtm!iln ilmtiri <titrilh'off tile order
! upurrtiin-lbfciU.oilai gtiatP.' Ift mustt ap
, minrrtfnftlu'Ui .-srrmgO' audl tempt thoii"
hamriostfiy as,(teidtitmitellftusiftdldinh*kti
i'Ofttet)UflbdiftiHlihiyyeu'Sii llftift gpue ftft,]
-w hij ilo.ift; >d! IfUJAlUft’**l open ini iii tile
;j (iwifhtgoffatnlivshi'lhdtgr htwli witnessed
J lilojinßsStMShisoffiftk woubirtg:. tyie wits
HrtteittidMhriugllh b«fmw.tite augpG Wr
! (humil, 'Whose hewer, gudl nulbs, alia bail
(| \\iidlttwU,aiuii'ilaqueGsimi3ir>se how txi
; slhmm-Jlmr.uinitpnseri'Vi tlin stmrets which
,1 lh»d««vvovllftffori heeitie»poßedl. The re
p aulftofftfleeHmiuheiioii w*ta the decisionifti
' liiiiiiifw-lhm,, atoll fun the- fthsft, lltsfe audi
'iiilg,-ttrmn,ttife ttiGtmiii gortt' was niUtter
. 'WHliittaiilh-waddfeaudl ihl)w% became at
ifdlldteigodl mumthm iff the- enter. The
, enidtaiojyohtille siiiieaaAliHh tp, twmi and,
1 'rtf the wo iuani fti - teift avts nob enoeuragr
- iiugathdthn>Qeilliigjsofftile- llolge lrioms
~ OrimitiHaftiiitiy llat«e beem mom t»gb!%
eUrtsed tirninpryintgaves,, anil! tfta ontside
wiWdloauilbaiwioffjyiun mauner of; en-
Uruntev mi bjy eu teni n g tlle m sol yes, aud
t beMnddaafftifciHtiytftitttaurthafttha worid
wmildnutl beiiijjimdi iff ift warn turned
iftfto one giruidi Uttsnuiii bmtjiorhood,
ljn>Of»w«ii« and qmutiuihg the principles
eff 35« tn igrobi enter.
> iHA-Mnii WWft iItI.'TUU«J»«SI- U)ft.O»;»H-4L.1.
Wstt; If»»«AOh-SWniJ»TtIHrHi
iiAUkWM Bam eiji»itw«JK.
s
| litifcagmedl tlfaft the- SWllitnoe eau do
iwpjrtiliingiffift sftelteittigeftbetr. Kfift fails
ftodtosoi, adl ladnift thaftiftwilll fftill.
Wll mll til ttvft«i»i AO Ii i vmm •ni et at Mamm
iAlIhUVL'H(tt. If AJIMHJI was
I imiHiiimmHlfeQbowemaetha'orgitm of: uln*
tirdfir. 'IlHa- ifapcir was mqiiitad; to gi ve a,
ftontihitmandidftlllHi'bondi, audl made a
r •cmttrmitt'W till tile- oirlhn t»> pubUslii its
oosoUifsims, fm«i audl i ts, jftbj wo ift. aft cee
Uwiii quiaes. 'lllte nioaiiiltg; off this was
tilwftth® oirihri would! eentac oni riiis
patpitr,fpiilhhbiailiitivotlluiadimtjo«s itrift
1 audibly muted afftmft meb® ift ai gmat sue -
1 H!I«S.
3 Wcialhiiti tilaft tiio- greater portjimi oft
3 til®entevb«®baa»i tfnufcftrt its- oontract
3 :aidlejiidmfMinuut:;bnftiioftaiww«k passes
theft w® dbi noft flhdlni a mbeirso fitha: o ndbr
iignmi ii tg tilmaediitßi oft th® State' AJlianoo
iMudnuninlitg old afften poliftieali papers.
r llbajymubaiani oisfa®ftmthemsolvcs, ami
> sttiiiwebjj allltheito power thisupptet the
1 adbqtßdiongfmioftthftontes.
i Wijj'Oiidmditiiese- political papers ask
, til® ondfttv ttti mako-thei® their organ?
t 'UII frjy 11 adi gondUmasona::
s ft. 'lSUiiy. kjmwftilu ondhn would; decline
r thibrotbnr.
a. 'llbejj kJiewtdlejyoonltd employ AdUk
aneemem tw> gm t*»> tile subdbdg.es,. gefc sub.
seriheny, ajjpoibftagent®aud! aonmspona.
r enftsauid
( 11* 'mi*f(t;MOi«SV
i tKtcutnpbidh tileir purposes “whether or
> noi.’*’ Wft Ua«® noi flgllft t*® mak®otn these
- papemi. h)iiti flgltft ift with; th® orders
( aslk til® order tu> stmidl by us as ®
uiiitt. fftiiftadl wws cam standi—dtiwdfth we
will! fftill. Wh iilii nob übjftcftto) the-local
i inmii% paper® beilugffUnuishedl Alliance
; msobitiimft.buft ww-dbiobjiicbtw the- po.
hiiiiallfisilicblmdlsocmftiriosoff tiia AJli>
;»ina! muitihg ® diftemuftorgan, from that
sAtlbcftidiby th® Stafte AJliana®, and: aft
Pimpti ttiibmalk dbwill tile- order ft® the
l|iuipos® off buiidirgiupi now politicians tw
igowiniii tilu-sftUiit' offGiorgiia.
Drethnnin, send!your polDdond comma,
uibatiimstwitibi pobtitodlpapersi, audl alii
-diUmvlllioldinis tWiV/mr dhiy constituted,
, bomlhdlongiHi..
llUBc Sbftiimail ftconomist Almanac
piiomihesftti be- ® wdhablh oonfiimtion
tto tilo ewi%odiy litenatairc-<ifi the farmers.
Ift willl wrtitftitii ® digesb ofi the procaed
irgsolVtilti-ooming mooting' of; the Farm,
an® atud habomnft' Tffliidni ofi Ajiim-ioa
wvbielhconwmasihi tjt. Uouiftnexb weak;
at silonP sbeftibi off tile-biography ofi many
off all® mem wJlo bawo baoni promihent ift
AUliam® anrd WUeellwork; ft model; ooup
siifiutibni fttr stal»i,aoufi%,, or subotdi
ni«® bodies;; wduahle- stainstdes gathered
fftomith® variousdbparmeuts ofitite gov
•innmeiib well oamridly iwxaiigadi so as to
gtiwcewiebaadl bandy information in ro
gturil tuiiimaiuus. amps, manufacturing,
audlmaoyothen importaoft subjects; a
ownplet«!audl simple- manual of parJia.
mentany usftgii especially designed for
lUM-im sihr Alliances and much other
I luutfiui: information.
s*>€TOEttSAJULJLANCE FARMER ATJ-ANTAGA., NOVEMBER 29, 1889.
1 OIJB HOKTICULTUItAL DBPAKTMENT.
We intend to make this department of
i our paper valuable to all our readers;
aud we invite most cordially all our hor
ticultural friends to help us to do so.
iiorticulture is both a pleasing and prof
itable business. It includes the kitchen,
garden, the orchard, the vineyard and
the tlowor garden. Four departments of
a hoiae that ought never to be neg
i Doted;
HJS iVULAHK THIS Ol VICE OF THE
PEOPLE.
Elsewhere we publish an interview
with that faithful public officer and es
teemed brother Alliaucemau, Hon. J. T.
Henderson,Commissioner of Agriculture,
inwhiel) be says be will ask the people to
re-oleethim to the office be now fills.
During his ad ninistration the Depart
ment- of Agriculture has become one of
the most importune branches of the state
government, and devoted to the upbuild
ihgof the agriculture of Georgia.
His-sinoere and earnest efforts in be
half; of the Alliance in their fight against
tlie bagging trust are still fresh in the
minds of the people and have endeared
him to the order throughout the south,
and wilt doubtless secure for bis an
nouncement a kindly reception.
LUMP ItOCK SALT.
Wo invite the afteutidr! o( our reader 4
to.the advertisement of the Ketsof Miu
ing Co., Foster, Brown & Co., agents,
140 Broadway, New York, in which they
oiler farmers Lump Koek Salt for cattle,
and Che best, kinds of; salt for curing
meat. In a letter to the company, Mr.
Flter Collier, director of the New Yox-k
Agricultural Exp rimeut station, says;
“Wo have used the salt bought o£ you
nearly a yew ago nonsUntiy in the
stables for horses, cattle and sheep. The
method of salttag Animals so they can
tlftvo the 9!>,lhH) matter at will by licking
the solid lbmp seems to be the most de
sirable in point of economy, of health
for the stock, and it also insures their
having the salt when needed, which a
weekly or bi-weekly salting does not,
besides few animals will lick off enough
at a time to injure them.
“Wu have found the ltetsof salt to be
flftm aud to stay together until used up.
This is iu its favor, as imparted salt is
very apt to break up easily, especia-ly if
itgets wet.”
Farmers and stock raisers would do
well to communicate with these gentle
men.
COTTON HAGGINO FOU THE FIITUBK.
Wa had so many resolutions en
dorsing cotton bagging and in response
to the oircular sent out apon that sub
ject that we cannot give them in full, but
give a listof the Alliances so responding.
As the object iB the same and the en
dorsement the same, we are sure that
tilis list will answer the purpose.
Adi want the bagging 44 inches wide
and to weigh from one to one and a
half pounds to the yard.
Clay County Alliance, which also re
commends small bales.
Wrighteville sub-Alliance, No. 946.
Shady Grove sub-Alliance, No. 1884.
Upatoia sub-Alliance, No. 535.
Harris County Alliance.
Shady Grove sub-Alliance, No. 1060.
Condor sub-Alliance, No. 1275.
Leo sub-Alliance, 1892.
Burrows sub-AJliauce, A. M. Porter,
•4 7
President.
Jonesville sub-Alliance, No. 868.
Lowndes County Alliance.
Long Branch sub-Alliance, No. 673.
Pleasant Hill Alliance, No. 1762.
Reed Creek Alliance, No. 1282.
Hebron, Alliance, No. 1346.
Martain Alliance, No. 1635.
Campbell County, Bethsaida Farmers’
Alliance, No. 1345.
E. T. V. and Ga.’s Year.
Kacord.
Probably the most striking evidences
of the south’s prosperity are afforded by
the reports as to earnings and expenses
of: the great southern railway systems
during the business year just closed. Wo
have already referred to the great in
crease in the business of the Georgia
Central, Louisville <fc Nashville, Chesa
peake liis Ohio, Cincinnati Southern and
commotions and other southern railway
systems, all of which routes are now
and have been taxed to meet the
demands of travel and transpor
tation. The annual report of President
Thomas, of the East Tennessee, Virginia
& Georgia System, just submitted, em
phasizes the record of southern activity
and progress. According to the report
the total mileage of the main line aud
braucheß operated during the year just
ulosed is 1,007.1- The gross earnings
amounted to #5,301,624.25, and the gen
eral oxpeuses to #3,374,665.94. Net earn
ings, #1,793,014.40. The net earnings per
mile of road oDerated were
#1,805.40. #191,706.31 represents
the increase in revenues as com pared with
tlm returns of the very prosperous sea
son of 1887-8, #2,500,000 of #0,1X10,000 im
provement bonds have been sold. Track
age, rolling stock aud terminal facilities
have been improved, and tlm progressive
policy inaugurated will be continued as
far as practicable. The East Tennessee,
Virginia aud Georgia, with its strategic
branches and commotions, now consti
tutes a veritable backbone railway sys.
tem from tlm Potomac to the Gulf of
Mexioo, and the prosperity which it ex
hibits is one of the best possible proofs
of the general and steadily growing wel
fare of the South,
Professor Newton estimates that 400,-
000,000 meteors fall to the earth annually.
GEORGIA GEMS.
Governor Gordon will have a grand re
ception in Chicago Saturday. There will
be a grand procession and the carriage
in which he will ride will be in its centre
and will be drawn by four splendid roan
horses.
There is great complaint that cotton
seed meal is being adulterated. Watch
the manufacturers, and if they can be
caught, prosecute thenj to the full extent
of the law.
Charles P. McLean died at his father’s
home, near Acworth, last Friday.
On Tuesday night, the gin house of R. •
W. Hale, of Jolly, Ga., burned to the •
ground. A number of bales of cotton I
were lost.
It is reported that Col. Geo. T. Fry has
struck a “bonanza.” Heissaid to have
unloa'i&d his great Atlantic and Great
Western railroad on some other parties
for #75,000.
An ex-Atlanta lawyer, Hilton P. Wright,
located in Chattanooga, played a confi
dence game on the town. Some Chatta
noogian’s are poorer, but wiser on ac
count of his visit.
Dr. W. L. Root, of Marietta, in a fit of
mental aberrtion, cut his throat and
stabbed himself in the side, one day this
He is not dead yet, bus is not
hlk fault. His friends hope lie may re
cover.
E. C. Bruffey, of the Constitution, has
joined the Presbyterian church. That
shelves one of the Constitution’s most
sensational writers. But Grady is there
and can supply the “facts.” —Marietta
Journal.
The Marietta Jonvn.d says: A. I.
Branham, of the Brunswick Times, says
he got liis training as a journalist ou the
Constitution, wheu he knows it was as
New York correspondent of the Marietta
Journal. Render unto Ciesar the tliiugs
that belong to Ciesar.
The SouTHEiiN Alliance Fabmku is
agent for the wonderful Peerless cotton
seed. *
Mr. C. G. Johnson, of Columbus, was
married to Miss Lizzie Robins, of Tal
botton, on Tuesday the 19th.
George P. Woods, of the nawkinsville
Dispatch, has sold his entire interest in
said paper to Editor Waterman, and a
consolidation of the News and Dispatch
has been effected. The next issue after
this week will be from the News office,
bearing the caption of Hawkinsville Dis
patch and News, The bad health of Mr.
this move. He will
yeiirdfro nt journalism. r
Dr. J. P. Tucker, of Ben Hill, died on
Wednesday last.
There seems to have been considerable
feeling over the recent West End annexa
tion election. Among the outcroppings
of it is the following anonymous postal
card received by Mayor Glenu, who favor
ed the annexation:
“Dear Tommie —If you don’t conduct
your campaign for governor any better
than you did the West End campaign
your name will be mud.”
Good Farmers in Vermont.
Wm. H. Seaver, Woodstock, has a farm
of 300 acres. He has over 200 grade Me
riuo sheep, milks 15 grade Jersey cows,
has one yoke of oxen, 4 horses and 12
young cattle. He raised 700 baskets of
corn and 250 bushels of oats, potato crop
light.
D. G. Spaulding, Taftsville, has a farm
of 140 acres. He keeps 15 grade Jersey
cows, has 11 horses; one six-year-old
Percheron stallion that weighs 1,400
pounds is the pride of the horse barn;
he has 85 Reg. Merino sheep—trood ones,
lie also makes quite a business raising
Chester White pigs; has now 10 bleeding
sows. Last spring he made over 3,000
pounds of maple sugar. When he wants
to rest he works in his brick yard, where
in tlm summer he employs about 12
hands getting off from throe to five hun
dred thousand a year.
n. E. Vaughn, Woodstock, is the able
manager of a farm of 269 acres, owmd
oy J. F. Rhodes. It is beautifully situa
ted, aud the buildings are commodious.
He keeps 200 sheep, 19 grade Jersey cows
and is making nearly 100 pounds of but
ter a week. He puts it iu neat 10-pound
boxes and sells for 30 cents a pound.
He will winter 19 horses, 9 of which are
boarders, has 20 head of young stock,and
20 hogs. One pen of 4 spring pigs
already have to sit down to eat. Mr.
Vaughn says he cut 157 tons of hay, had
1,300 baskets of corn, 269 bushels of oats
and 90 bushels of barley. Last spring lie
set 450 buckets and made 215 gallons of
syrup—as good as 17' 0 pounds of sugar.
Poisoned Tlielr Husbands.
The Nagy-Beeskerek inquiry, which has
been going on for the last seven years
with the object of discovering the causes
of the large number of suddeu deaths
that have occurred there, has resulted iu
proving that thirty-eight of the victims
were poisoned. Most of them were mar
ried. Female fortune-tellers supplied
the wives of the victims with poison.
Fifty-seven arrests have been made.
Mr. James L. Brown, five miles below
Greenville, on about a two-horse farm
says he has gathered 16 bales of cotton,
400 bushels of corn, 20 bushels of peas,
50 bushels of oats, has had a splendid
garden and has a large, luxuriant patch
of rye. His potatoes have not yet been
gathered. Mr. Brown is 65 or 70 years of
age and resides on a farm that was set
tled in 1828. He is getting ready to sow
a large crop of wheat. This worthy gen
tleman believes in living at home and
being independent
READY FOR BUSINESS.
The State Exchange of the Farmers’
Alliance.
The State Excharge of the Georgia
Farmers’ Alliance is ready for business.
President Felix Corput and Mr. J. O.
Wynn, the state business agent, have
temporary headquarters at 67 East Ala
bama street. On the first of February
they will occupy the commodious quar
ters furnished the Exchange by the Con
stitution, at the corner of Hunter and
Forsyth streets.
Every farmer wants to know how the
Exchange works, and Colonel Corput
makes it plain in the interview which fol
lows:
In answer to the question, “Are you
prepared to do business?” Mr. Corput
said:
“Yes, we are prepared for business and
are ready to furnish any kind of farm
supplies, fertilizers, seeds, oats, agricult
ural implements, wagons and machinery
at the very lowest cash prices. The Ex
change does business for cash, acting
only as|brokers. Our goods are obtained
from the cheapest possible source; the
jobber and manufacturer are brought
into competition, and we keep posted on
all markets. Wherever the home market
competes with prices we can obtain from
a distance, that, of course, will ha-m the
preference.
“We are very much encouraged by til®
readiness of manufacturers and dealers
generally to give us fair prices, seme of
them below anything heretofore furnish
ed to the trade in any quantity. Yet we
fißd it is the policy of some merchants to
disaffect members of the order as far as
possible, causing them to look with dis
trust upon the management and purposes
of the Exchange. This will be overcome,
but it will take sometime. Then parties
who are now fighting the Exchange will
find they have been handling a boomer
ang, which has recoiled upon them.
“In the matter of farm supplies we is
sue weekly trade bulletins to trustee
stockholders of the Exchange. In agri
cultural implements, fertilizers or wag
ons we prefer to give quotations or> appli
cation, as in such instances we can make
a freight arrangement which is benefi
cial, but does not apply alike to all points.
This also prevents interference by would
be agents, who know that if the Alli
ancesjbuy direct from, the Exchange, they
are losers in point of commissions and
other perquisites.
“Arrangements have been made with
fertilizer manufacturers by which time
prices can be obtained when an alliance
note is given. They do not agree to
handle individual farmel-s’ as^*
would be a tedious and laboriomlfworil
to scrutinize that as closely as might b*
desired.”
“How would this arrangement be made?’
“In Floyd county, for instance, the
trustee stockholders have adopted the
following plan, which, I think, will work
well: They propose to ascertain at once
the amount of fertilizers that will be
needed by each individual member of
the Alliance, whether for cash or on time.
If on time, they propose to take from
him a suitable note, properly seemed
and approved by the local finance com
mittee or b..ard of trustees, consisting of
three members from that sub-Alliance.
Having ascertained the amount of fertil
izers required on time and secured proper
rates which will amply secure them,
they propose to bulk their order, giving
the manufacturer or dealer a joint or Al
lianoe note, signed by every member of
that Alliance, this note to become due
ten days subsequent to the time when
the original or individual notes fall due.
By this means the Alliance will be am
ply secured and will take virtually no
risk in its acceptance, and the manufac
turer or dealer will receive a note abso
lutely good.”
“Do the strong men who will have to
aarry the weak object to this arrange
ment?”
“In some instances they do, and, no
doubt, they will continue to do so, but in
most cases they recognize the fact that
the good man has in the past been pay
ing the dealers for loss on indiscriminate
accounts made by irresponsible parties.
In most cases they believe they can carry
the weaker brothers without loss or risk,
at the same time protecting themselves
from the extra charges which have always
been added to goods to cover the bad
debts and losses iu trade. With a proper
finance committee or board of trustees,
as heretofore indicated, little if' any risk
is run by members of the Alliance. They
carry a poor but honest contingent, who
will in a fe“ r years become the very best
material and supporters of the Alliance.
“ I find that this year members of the
Alliance, irrespective of their financial
strength, have contracted fewer debts,
paid them more promptly, and are in bet
ter condition to pitch their ciops for an
other year than ever before This will
naturally encourage the stronger mem
bers to staud up and protect the weaker
element. Selfishness should by all means
be laid aside aud a broad policy adopted
whnhwill look to the common good of
the whole agricultural interest of the
state. This wo hope will bo generally ac
cepted.”
“ What will you save the farmers l"
“I believe by dealing direct through
the Exchange from #2 to #5 per to a can
be saved on fertilizers either for cash or
on time. We find that from #5 to #lO can
be saved on each wagon, while on agri
cultural implements and farming ma
chinery there will boa saving of from
twenty-five to six per cent. It is safe to
estimate that with proper management
of the sub-Alliances, prompt attention to
their wants and the execution of papers
entirely acceptable to dealers, a general
saving of twenty to twenty-five per cent,
can be made on all purchases from
the lowest price heretofore obtained.
In leading articles like sugars, coffees,
meats, brogan shoes and cotton goods
the reduction will be bar ely perceptible,
as these articles have always been made
leaders to induce trade. In fertilizers
the reduction .io prices will be but
slightly perceptible on acid phosphate,
kainits and cotton seed meal, but will be
marked on all manipulated goods. We
advise all the farmers to put in their
orders for fertilizers at once, as the ad
vance in acid phosphate within the last
ninety days has been more than $2 a ton,
with the likelihood of a further advanci
in the near future.”
“How will a farmer get goods throug
the exchange?’,
“Each sub-Alliance having ratified th
plan of the Exchange as set forth in
circular letter issued sometime ago, and
having paid up its first and second install
ments as called for, is competent to deal
through the Exchange. These sub-Alli
ances were required, on ratification of
the plan, to elect a trustee stockholder
or business agent, who should receive
from the state business agent weekly
trade bulletins, thoroughly posting him
as to the prices of various commodities.
Ihese pricey should through him bo com
municated to his Alliance from whom*
Ue would receive orders, which, being
bulked, should be forwarded to the
county trustee, stockholder or business
agent, who in turn should hulk the or
ders and forward them to the state bus
iness agent, these orders in all cases to
be accompanied by the cash, or such
papers as may be agreed upon.”
“About small articles?”
“It will be the policy of Yxcliang*
to handle goods as far -g practicable in
unbroken packages, oulyj aml a Rreat
saving can be made by placing orders in
carload mis. The members of tlie Alli
ance should bear in mind that tlie differ
ence in prices and freight between small
and carload orders frequently amounts to
fifteen, twenty or even a higher per cent.
While the Exchange will endeavor to fill
all orders entrusted to it, I do hot be
lieve members would save much by plac
ing very small orders through the Ex
change.”
“Will co-operative stores be allowed to
trade through the Exchange?”
“Yes, if doing strictly an Alliance
business. We mean by that, if dealiag
with Alliancemen only. If dealing with
the general public it was the ruliug of the
meeting of county trustee stockholders in
I Macon on the 19th of August that they
should not be allowed the benefits of the
Exchange, as tlKg> then idAca tfiomselves
in the position of genera! merchants,
traders.”
“How will the farmers’ produce get to
market through the Exchange?”
“In very much the same manner as
manufacturers and wholesale dealers
place their goods with business houses
and merchants at a distance. Fair and
honest samples of the produce offered,
whether cotton, sjrup, rice, sugar, or
anything else, should bo forwarded to
tbo state business agent, who would offer
the goods for sale upon the basis of tbo
samples received. It is, therefore, abso
lutely necessary that the sample be a
true representation, not of one package
alone, but of the entire lot of stuff offered
for sale. Where there is a difference in
the packages, a separate sample should
be drawn and forwarded from each.
These samples should, iu all instances,
follow the same channel that purchases
do, and come up to the state business
agent from the county trustee or busi
ness agent.
'“This will simplify the present manner
of marketing produce, and eliminate, to
a great extent, the many profits and com
missions between the producer and the
consumer. The Exchange, while it does
not propose to antagonize the middle
man, proposes to better the farmers’ con
dition by simplifying and shortening the
channels of trade. Iu this they expect
the co-operation of all right-thinking
people. For doing this work a small
commission, gauged to cover the running
expenses, will be charged.
“Oa what capital do you operate, and
how was it raised?”
“The capital is raised by subscription
to the stock. An application is now
being made for a charter authorizing the
beginning of business on a paid in capital
of #50,000, with the privileges of increas
ing it to one million dollars. The liabil
ity goes no further than the stock sub
scribed. The stock cannot be subscribed
by any iudividuhl—only by Farmers’
Alliances, on the basis of one #IOO share
for 35 members, two shares for 35 to 65,
three shares for 65 to 95, and four shares
for every 95 members. It is payable
in yeaily installments, commencing with
the year 1888. Alliances subscribing now
are liable for two assessments—for 1888
aud 1889. The third assessment will be
due any time after the first of February,
1890, and will perhaps be called for about
that time. We have now paid in #60,000
cash, which represents about 15,000
shares, or about #150,000 of stock. In
the course of two more years all this will
be in the treasury with whatever acces
sion it may have. New Alliances are
daily ratifying the plan and paying up
their assessments. There are something
over 2,100 sub-Alliances in Georgia, and
something like half of them have ratified
the plan of tbo Exchange and taken
stock.”
Mrs. Cleveland is having her portrait
painted by a Washington artißt. It is
said that the picture will be presented to
the Corcoran Art Gallery.