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THE BANNER-MESSENGER. - The Official Or»an Of Hardison COUDty. — — ,..... ., rrrr: hcck i nan. Georgia, OCT. i, ism. A. E. NIX, Editor and Manager. -—~ M KSCRIPTION RATES. One Ycir - - $ 1.00 Sis M •' - - .50 Three Mentha - — -25 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. t 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. —----- 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. . .. 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 - 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! NEW HOUSE! New * FirM!, & NEW GOODS' t o « o* We keep a full line of Dry Goods, Groceries and Notions. 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