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THE BANNER-MESSENGER.
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The Official Or»an Of Hardison COUDty.
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hcck i nan. Georgia, OCT. i, ism.
A. E. NIX, Editor and Manager.
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THAT STOCK LAW ELECTION
lino. Eimtob.:— As there has been so
much said about the contest and the de
feat of the stock law men, thought 1
WO Id give you the particulars.
N-»w. we claim that we were not defeat
ed. We claim that the Ordinary gave it
to the fence men flirough sympathy, for
he said he could have sustained us and
the law would have sustained him, but,
“tpkeep down hard feelings,” bethought
he would let us try it over. Now, we
think he should have as much respect for
our feelings as he did for the feelings of
the fence men.
That is all right, I recoil, but we did
not go into the contest for feelings, but
for justicT, and liad we got justice. we
would have got stock law. We only want
ed a fair thing, and we claim chat we had
a fair election. You see the Ordinary
i tiled out everything but the advertising,
and that be could have ruled by referring
to his book, which would have shown that
the election had been advertised fifteen
days. The contesting parties could not
show that the result of the election would
have becu different, bad the advertise¬
ments been posted fifteen days instead of
thirteen, for some of the contesting par¬
ties testified that they believed every
man knew of the election, and voted.—
You see that it was shown by the contest¬
ing parties that everybody knew it. and
that was sufficient. I am satisfied if they
liad gained the election, it would have
been legal; but as they were defeated, it
was all illegal, and they could not suffer
such illegality practiced, therefore, they
contested.
But if you wil! examine the law you w ill
find where parties participate in an elec¬
tion and find no fault until the elec
tion is closed, it forever debars them from
the right of contesting, i he contestants
did participate and used ail tlieir infla¬
cnee. They could not have contested un
tier that head. Now, if the contesting
parties knew that the election was illegal,
it was acting in bad faith for them to par¬
ticipate in it, and, as honorable men,
ought uot to have takeu any hand in con
testing. If the election was illegal, they
concealed it until after the election. The
law says it is a fraud to conceal a fraud,
and I think it is very unfaithful to prac
lice a fraud on your neighbor. But some
of them said that certain men got up the
petition for the election and that some of
the hoys holloed some when they fouud
they had stock law. Why that lias been
e practice ever since I was a boy. I all
w ays boasted when I threw a boy and told
him I could whip him if necessary. That
is a right belonging to ail parties who
gain a victory.
I hope the boys will cool off by the next
election, which comes off tlie 10th of Oct.
AV. C. W.
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f . appy nad content is a bnde with * The Ro
c>.c::'._r: ' • :.i lives in the light of the morning.
ro. iii;: ns ••• ■rUe Eocheshr Lamp Co. Xeui Tori.
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Another Cure For Rheumatism.
Lake City, Fla.
P. P. P. Mn’fgCo.. Savannah, Ga.
Gentlemen —1 had Rliumutism for
over six years, and last May was taken
down and 'confined to my bed. My legs
and feet were badly swollen and tlie color
of a red apple, and I was in a fearful
condition. I heard of P. P. P. (Prickly
Ash, Pook Root and Potassium), and af
ter seeing what the ingredients were—as
Bsc formula on the bottle—I concluedto
try it, aud after taking three small hot
ties was able to go down town and attend
to :nv business, and I must sav that-1 feel
Eke another man. Ain now taking the
large size, and to-day I believe that I will
soon bo as likely as any man of
years of age can expect to be.
X. C. t.\ NG.
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DKMOCRAT still ABIE To KICK,
Well, those telling licks have been
struck, but fell far short of the mark. AYe
haven’t even been staggered. The great
storm of magnificent eloquence has pass -
cd over without, doing neither good nor
harm. It was only a gale of wind and no
rain. It was composed principally of at
tempt'd irony, sarcasm and meaningless
expressions so mixed and blended togetli
er, it would take an expert stage critic to
tell “which from tother.” Brother Wild
may have imagined them to be witti
cisms. but they were nothing but idiosyn
crasies, which would prove a drawing
card if acted on the “Comedy stage.” lie
seems to have used them as we use eiph
ers in arithmetic, viz.: to till vacancies,
uis letter was interspersed
ujtb sll|rs . nu [ misrepresentations of a
p 0HKma i character, from our personal
acquaintance with him. We had suppos
^ j ie Vi0U( j j , av0 8corlK .<i as a man, and
be considered himself above such.
are slue brother Wild cannot expect
anv thinsr but an answer of the same kind,
as we can't answer any other way consul
ering bis letter.
In the first place we want, to again as
suret j ic leaders of the Banxer-Messkx
oek, as well as Oscar Wild, (or Wild Os
car woa ]^ i, e , nore appiopr ate.) that we
are XOT against the Alliance, nor ever
was. We would not be Surprised to find
vrc belonged to the Alliance before
0scar W ild did. and while our services
were probably of little value, we doubt if
hi other Wild has ever done more for the
Alliance than we have, We advocated
tlve priciples of the Alliance platform, ex
elusive of the snbtreasury,before the Alii
aucp ever did.
Now. brother AVild, don't you know
enough of the business world to know
that fluctuating and uncertain markets
are the means of financial ruin of at least
nine out of every ten who becomes bank
rapt? Now. if the cotton of the south
and the grain of the north were held in
warehouses and not placed on the
kets, prices would go up, as we said,
fhen. the warehouses would be opened,
for now the prices are high. Just what
you Man t. Xow, you dump that produce
on the inflated markets, and see whether
they do not collapse, and any man ought
to know that that is dangerous to finance,
you ask, “What poor laboring man would
be thrown out of a job?” Well, now, do
you suppose these monopolists will ac
cet j e your demands without a str ug gle?
Don’t you know that if they do light, cot
ton factories at least will close for some
t:nle throwing their hands out of employ
meat? But we'll take the grain ware
houses, containing the life and suste
nance of our people', we will venture the
asseition that there is grain enough in
the hands of grain dealers to day to keep
the U. S. four years. Now, these dealers,
with plenty of money and plenty of grain
oil hand, can make a li>ng struggle of it.
What would become of these many toilers
of the cities, if all our bread stuff sliould
be store(l away? Explain all this, brother
Wild? Again, suppose these moneyed ;
men do not make a tight, as you seem to
think. Suppose they will even pay 15
0 :s. per pound for cotton, and they have ,
the money to pay, too. AA T eiI, now, the
cotton would be theirs, and they would
then have the advantage. They would
ir . a g e -jj e consumer pay all the more . for
: hc manufactured goods. The same would
be the case with the grain. Now. if the
price of necessaries are raised through
the swbtveasuvy, would you not be adding
to the oppressions which the poor already
fear, unless their wages should be raised?
AY ill the subtreasury raise the wages of
the mechanic and other city laborers? If
so, explain how? Also, explain how, or
in what way, the subtreasury will make
more money and cheaper mouev. and how
it will benefit the city laborer to buy at a
■ higher price, or how will more money
help him, if he doesn't get any higher
wages?
“Mercy! what a flimsey point; in fact,
ail he has said is of that nature.” So savs
Oscar. Flow wise Oscar must think him
selt. We are only surprised that he lias
condescended to waste his great talents
and intellectual powers in answering such
; Gpvy argument. D m’“you. raal’y t’.iink
Oscar, that you could be yoked with Mr.
X and myself as anothei mwtern Solo
mon? “People who llws in glass houses
should never throw stones.” Good ad
vice for you, Oscar.
It seems tome that such wrongs (as the
enactment of the subtreasury.) in this
a civilized and Christian cotuitry, would
bring down upon us, such a curse from
an indignant God, that would destroy us
like Sodom and Gomorrah of old. The
readers will please notieo the Words in the
parenthesis, “as the enactment of the
subtreasury.” 'i hose words were placed
there by Oscar to misrepresent us. We
never uttered them or wrote them.
W ben we wrote the above quotation
(prophesy Oscar calls it.) we were speak
ingof the wrongs in general, which the
laboring class have to bear, and not of
the sub-treasury.as any one, who will read
that letter of ours, can see.
Please explain why “new life and new
blood would be infused in legitimate
business” by the enactment of the sul
treasury? Also, if you have every detail
as you say, of the sub-treasury in
cal operation to day. Why is this new
life and new blood not already infused?
And why, if you have it already in oper
ation, do you still ask and demand the
sub-treasury? Do you demand a thing
which you already have? You say the
business S of moneyed and cotton
our men
kings, would be a little stagnant. Would
it? Let us see. I judge they have the
money to buy your produce at double its
present price and they would be “copper
bottomed fools” if they didn’t sell it,
then, high enough to make a profit. So,
we guess, Oscar, you’re off there.
C. AY. (’HEMEAN’.
Concluded next week.
“SHE GOT.”
Mystur Edytnr: At the Jinnewary
eleetun I wus elcted Jestis of the peece
ni a overwbeelmin’ majoaitee without
opposituu, and since I wus in dew time
inaugurated and qualified, commissioned
and installed in mi office. The bizness
before me has been somewhat varid; but
one of the most remarkable cases on mi
docett wus a sate for damages bi slandur.
The ease wus fetched before mi magistee
bi one Mis Patsy Wiggles agin pile Peter
Forkedlip and wife, Mis Patsy came
spittin’ and smartin’ and growlin’ inter
court exclaimin’ ten thousand dollars
damages. Well, sed i, this court am
dy ter lieer evidence. At this junctun
3Iis 1>ats v riz and be S un tcr bU,w and
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foam about that old Peter Forkedlip and
his wife, a old lyin’ lieffer. fellin' lyes on
her. AA’e.’l sed i. what hav they told?
“Lyes, lyes, lyes of corse.” sed she. Sed
i, you must show bi the sworn testimon.ee
of disinterested jiartees what Peter aud
his wif sed. and that it is false. Fleer she
stopped short. Now. sed i, hoo air yer
witnesses? Sed she, "I haint got nnn.”
Then the Court sed. “defendant is loud
ter perceed with liis evideuse in his own
deefeuce,” Then Mr. Forkedlip riz up
and sed. “May if please yer onn'er, Mi’,
Jestis. i ken pruve ail i say and liav sed
and more tew. i ken pruve bi Bill Green
that this most respectable Mis Wiggles
behaved hersef bad to hiz certin nolej,
and bi Tom Blue that on a Mother casun
she did not beelinve wright, i nd hi Miss
tress Brown that slse seed her in bad bce
havyer from her door at home, and bi old
jedge AA'akcsocker that she wus not
fittenfercuinpaneeofniunkees.”
AY ell, lie called up his witnesses and
prured pineblank all he sed, and bi the bi
the hole kategoree of the slanderus re
ports could be established t.» he true,
The Court wus ashamed. Well, sed i,
Mis Patsy, yon so tie fer yer character
aud hidings you liav got it, and you hav
grate cause ter bee ’shamed ov it.
Now, i tell ver, ef folks dont want ter
be called bad names, they must not do
the things that the names apply to. The
Co: t finds yer gilty ov a: :i the charges
madeginst you and dismisses yer case at
yer cost and -passes sen reuse that- you he
hav yer sef wriglit anu keep yer mouf
diet and git ter parts unknown. I riz up
fom mi seat ov jestis aud exelamed. “Now
git!” She got with a hump tin ’er.
fni.k Stypes. JF>TIS PEECE,
dont go
To TALLAPOOSA without calling at
Ball’s. BOOK Store,
Where you will find
SCHOOL BOOKS, BLANK BOOKS,
MISCELL A N EOUS, BOOKS,
BIBI.ES, TESTAMENTS,
SONG BOOKS, SLATES.
PENCILS, PENS, INKS,
WETTING PA PEP, ENVELOPES,
TABLETS, CIGARS, TOBACCO.
PIPES, PURSES, POCKET BOOKS, 5
MEMORANDUMS, BOYS’ WAGONS,
DOLLS. ALBUMS, PAPER BAGS,
WRAPPING PAPER, LETTER BOOKS.
TOPS, SCHOOL BAGS, GAMES, ETC. ETC.
All for Cash!
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