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BANNER-MESSENGER.
VOL. XV.
A WOKD ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES.
To the B. M.; In an address delivered
in Atlanta some days ago. The presi¬
dent of the United States stated that he
thought that in future there should be
no distinction made in decorating the
graves of the Federais or Confederates.
We who served in the Confederate army,
thank him sincerely for the expression
even at this late day. The storms of near¬
ly forty winters have beaten upon their
graves. Each returning spring has caus¬
ed the grass and flowers to bloom over
them.
They rest calmly knowiug that t he fu¬
ture hirtorians will speak of them as a
race of men made lifeless by their valor;
and to their deeeudants, the ground in
which they rest, will be holy. They will
ku@w that
“On fame’s eternal campiug ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory gnads with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead.
Seme of us who survived the war be¬
tween the state; are concerned about
how much more tax is to be imposed up¬
on us by the United States, and how
many more negroes are to be placed in
office? If the president will help ns a
little in that direction, we will again
thank him.
Now a word or two about the Phili
pines. Wbat should be the policy con¬
cerning them? Thomas Jefferson, toe
founder of democratic party, and who
helped to make our government, placed
in that immortal paper, the Declaration
of Independence, the words, “All go\
ernmeiHs derive their powei from the
consent of the government.” We went
to war with Great Britain because of
these ringing words. They have been
the mast head of the ship democracy,
when she was launched, and will remain
there while she floats; and unless Cuba
Poto Rico, and the Philippines express
some desire to become part of us, we
leave the history of a hundred years be¬
hind us, and venture on an untried sea,
full of rocks and shoals. We had no
right to buy from Spain what she did not
own. In fact the inhapitants of all these
islands had about won their indepen¬
dence when our war with Spain began.
How much will it cost? The secreta¬
ries of wav and the navy experts say, in
their reports to congress, that the army
will have to be increased to one hundred
thousand men and the navy must nuild
fifteen new battle ships if we retain the
Philippines. The estimated cost of our
policy is from four to six million of dol¬
lars yearly. This means very heavy tax¬
ation.
Where does the farmer or American
laborer come in, he will have it to pay.
Why even Andrew Carnigie, the very
high priest of protection, says “there is
not a dinner pail that will not be laid un¬
der contribution. Labor is to bear the
expense.”
We know our couutiy will contain
more acres but will it be improved. Will
the eight million people who inhabit
them help ns to get better prices for our
labor orproduots? Are these people,yel
low, brown, and black Asiatics, alieu in
races aud religion, fit to be American
vpters?
If the president and his advisors will
turn to the twenty-sixth chapter and
seventh verse of the book of Job, They
will find that tbeie is a vacant place iu
the north spoken of, and wetrusthe will
put all their newly acquired people there,
BUCHANAN, HARALSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1ST).
together with part of our negro popula¬
tion.
We are fastly departing from American
principles by the bill introduced into
coDgro s for the government of the Haw
anan Islands, t , , wlncli , is a property , „
ficatiilu for voters I suppose for Cuba
and Forto Rico, the old Carpet Bag’C
bind kind will 1,1 niovnil pie ,*
Is is any wonder that , the , European F
governments „ . say, with ... a sneer, that with ..
all our professions of humanity, we are
at heart in favor of their form'of gov.ro.
ment—by - force.
.... The men who , framed . this nation, .
were
intellectual giauts. It is to be hoped that
the small statesmen of today will not try
to improve on their plans.
We know that this country will outlive
the repucliean party, and know that any
wrong they do will be corrected; and, we
who think this whole scheme was con¬
ceived in iniquity to prop up the falling
fortunes of a party that has done more
to debauch the people than war, famine,
or pestilence could accomplish, are con¬
tent to wait until (he people dicern that
“thou art weighed iu the balance and
found wanting.”
How about that sound currency they
were to give ns? Did they mean , bonds,
bonds, bonds? In the mean time, the op¬
position to the party in power are “very
well, 1 thank you,” and the “Tammany
tiger is thinking of how much farther
he will he in 1900.
As for advice all upposersof '
me, my to
^ ie enemy of the American people,
* s fco <b) :lb N ou ca,i t0 drive it from pow
e L and in due time “ye shall reap.
R. H. W.
A Narrow Escape.
Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada
E. Hart, of Groton, S. D. “Was taken
with a bad cold which settled on my
lungs; cough set in and finally terminal
ed iu Consumption. Four doctors gave
ms up, saying I could live but a short
time. I gave myself up to my Savior, de
^
I C01 >W »‘.t stay with ,..v
v s in eii.il, I TO! i mput my alisi nr.
ones above. My husband was advised
to get. Dr. King’s New Discovery for
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. I
gave it a trial, took in al! eight bottles.
It has cured me, and thank God I am
saved and am now a well and healthv
woman.” Trial bottles f ee at Cobb &
Lasseter’s drugstore. Regular size 5oc.
aud $1.CD. Guaranteed or price refund
ed.
Quite a bad wreck occurred at Musca
diue last Friday morning, The local
freight which was standing on the mam
line, was ruu into by an east bound
through freight. The cab and one freight
car of the local were demolished and set
on fire. The engine on the through
freight was injured. No one was seri
onsly hurt.—Ex.
The Art of Good Dressin g.
One woman in New York society has
achieved a reputation for good dressing
by unvarying simplicity, aniountmn al¬
most to plainness, in lie’r customs, and
another has acquired an equal fame
tin ough the wonderful creatiotis of her
Parisian dressmaker. It is simply be¬
cause they were clever enough to judge
themselves properly. One saw that an
absolute lack of prefcentionness best
framed her natural endowments of beau¬
ty in face and grace in form; the other
skillfully utilized the modist’s ability in
making the most of certain decided ad¬
vantages, and in reducing to a minimum
the prominence of her defects.— From
‘Lay Sermons for Women ” in BemoresVs
Magaxinejor January..
COURT CALENDAR.
FIRST WE EM.
mosday.
J „ f> 0 i Bigge- s V8 W s l rown.
M A Mann vs ,r t* Miller etal.
Geo iJ?, F £V dVw.
A\ Dow vs Globe Construction Coninany.
M W Liner et al vs G R Htnobens et a).
plic « vs T ll & Mary Rid.llespurger.
R H pv. ke,receiver, vs W .1 Brown.
Havirt Ha. s for n 0 e of Morris laong vs George S
Porter.
W L Tumlin et al vs Poos.. Mfg. Co.
'' ££?* Bany " ‘"eCoipm.-retu Lumbwc
! ' 1 vs " !) F Mann.
O E Allen vs Emmett Coon.
The Loveless & Bucket Mercantile Co vs C N
Williams.
G W Gentry vs A W Hal lock & Albert Benedict
* U 8 S 11 /' 1 n"iOi>h,'i!s'ro A88 ° Riation
vs S WT V Kinff e ' m ]^T l
r
Wm Johnson, sheriff, vs Wm Brooks. Brin, G
B Jenkins & J W Lee, security,suit on bond.
W T and O 11 McWiUiams vs West & Wiggins,
G1 >be Construction Co vs Sampson & Tinkle &
C W Fox clt.—claim.
B A Osgood vs A J Simpson and S E Simpson
clt—clai.u.
Nancy Blackmon vs S D Blackmail, complaint.
tV and M Bank vs M Aderhold, opt.
Northern Gov vs Stewart et ai E t, Wliitton clt,
claim.
Cook and Simpson vs Head and Head, action
for damage.
American Freehold Land, Mortgage Co vs Mrs
EHs;- Cheney, ejeci ,nent.
New Eng Mor.ga-,e Security Co vs Eva Lee
Whit; on, ejectment.
J H Winn vs 1 Bentley, M C Bennett clt, claim.
'V Brock vs A J Simpson, appeals 2 cases.
T W M Brown, at an, vs Mary A Perryman clt,
claim.
M J Simpson vs B O Munroe, M C Munroe clt,
claim.
W }’ Cole vs R C Price, appeal.
Ga Fruit Growing & Winery Association vs I.
V» A I’ Sterling, Cole J complaint. M
W f Brown vs Mis Lipharo, i U appeal.
lien. vs New, rule to foreclose
Jos Simpson vs EP McAdams, injunction.
Ed Thompson Co vs U G Brock.
WEDNESDAY.
Equitable Mort Co vs W W Beauchamp,
22 cases. SJoSSlSHSSU
^ckii'm ?an VS " m Brooks » W T Brooks clt,
^ ¥ Woodley vs L L Miller, T j Miller, gar
imamfl’eTdCo vsT’A Smithct ai, injunction.
Joe vv Ke,le y transferee, vs R C Hunt et al T R
Miss EunFe Hooper et al vs city of Tallapoosa,
injunction. ‘
v.EMlner.Ee.il ami
n oil i. Brick Co for u.e of T J Loveless & Son vs
Goklin ana Rowell, appeal.
Salon Savery v3 Elizabeth Savery, divorce.
Rome 'complaint^forland. Hardware 0 ^ C R amlCR 11 et a1 ’
Co vs B F Morgan, complaint,
G R anctS I. Hamilton vs W H Price ami WD
Griffith, complaint for land,
W C Walker vs G w Gentry; 2 cases.
THURSDAY'.
Mrs M 0 Huntington et al vs Allen and T F
Pliiipot, complyint for land.
R (i Gentley vs w P Robinson—complaint,
Atlanta Guano Co vs w M Pitt; and w A west
brooks, appeal.
watson and Strickland vs A c Eggles.
IA Leathers vs P K and M A Leathers.
Rounsevtlle and nro. vs J K Holcome, sheriff,
Martna et, al—^injunction.
.f Cobb vs RE Cobb, divorce the allmo’v
Mrs L M House vs South Fruit Growing and
Colonizing co et al, injunction,
w E House vs L M House, complaint.
George H Opdyke vs w G Reese, attachment,
w iv and o N "Vines vs M J Pierce, procesr.
R I. Rodgers and M P Kv'e, m j crew, J H
Sanders and H c Ayres, claimants.
Alice Lewis vs Ring Holcombe, damages.
Bunn and nro vs Isaac Pounds, Alfred Ayres,
clt—claim.
t ? ri i8sue agent, ccr
or ^, :
John l ijilvey and co vs j „ R Latimer.
A m Stone vsm E Wasserman. illegality.
Friday.
j c Pitts vs Thompson, H ,i Thomson, cifc, claim
A VI Paller vs Helton and Pounds, H A Hitch
COCK Clii**"Ciailifl»
G M Roberts, agt, vs j K Holcombe et al j w
Tomlinson vs j E Baldwin cit—claim.
Lncy A Heptinstall vs Hough Heotinstall, di¬
vorce.
Southern Paciftc Guano co vs A D Cor Ison,
Atlanta complaint on note. Joel Phillips,
Guano co vs complaint.
B F Morgan vs It D Latham; 5 cases,
j S Martin vs E P McAdams, G w McDonald
and Henry Bentley, garnishees.
Bessie Atkinson vs w E Atkinson, divorce.
* L Aldridge vs j a j wood, damages,
9 Q Riggs vs N n Mobley, complaint
E m Harden vs Ella Harden divorce.
9 A Sewell vs Mandy Hayes et at injunction 8 J
winkles vsj wj$>n «<iMe< nq.laint
NO. 18
w F Surrett vs srarthy Surrett. divorce
a Rcgtnstfiii vs j A ami A .i Helton coinpl*4nt
1 o Keeler cost tor use ot T j Loveless and' Son
vs \ i.ma Howell and j R Davenport complaint
on bond
Oeor^JJt L Muggy oo vs A j Illlton complaint
>irs m Akp iilge vsj A J t ivood aj>jK*a,l
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TheXure La ‘ Grippe pi e Cure, Cure
Ibeieisno „ Suffering from this
use
dreadful malady, if you will only got the
rt'dit remedy v ’. ‘Yon 1 °u im* arc h-iviim‘nnin in v mg pain an all
-
tuiou“h , your body, your liver is out of
have no appetite, no life or ambi
have a br„l cold, in fact are com
pletely used up. Electric Bitters is the
only remedy that will give you prompt
and elief. They ‘ directly
sure act. on
your Liver, Stomach, and Kidneys, tone
up the whole system and make you feel
1,ke a now being. They are guaranteed
cure or price refunded. For sale at
oI) ! Dottle. ) A basseter s drugstore only 50 cts.
P L ‘ r
LATHAM.
Latham, Jan. 2.—Wo hope ye editors
will excuse me for not writing regular*
ly.
We now have :» full stock of hot water
on hand, and if any more of the cones
pendents go to sleep on us like Happy
Sam did, we’ll use some of it.
It seems from al' indication, that we
may have to doctor the Old Gal. Watch
out, Old Gal, my remedy is always hot
water.
Wo have but two professional traders
m this community, and they are J. 1'.
Latham, Jr., and R. D. Connell. They
will trade on anything from a broken
pocket knife to a pair of leather socks.
The boys say they have good luck trad¬
ing when they are paid cash. Bob says
*' e ' s £°' n .g to ( l uit trading on time, for
b " <l - ».»«, j.i.y «P what
you owe, that you may continue trading,
and start even this year,
Mr. I. I. Summerville is talking of en
tering liucbauau hi K h school soon,
Mr. H. H. Smith will move this week
^° ^ ' ^ t,ves fG attend tv) attend to
the mill.
Mr j ,, ConiH)l , Silys tlla ,_ owim; (u
the tne bud oaq iuck luck ne hi* had u.iu witu with ms liis cuts catsuiat tint lie hi,
received a few weeks ago, he only wants
two hundred and fifty more, and wants
it plainly understood that he has reduc
, the .. to . do,la? each. ,
et ‘ „ pnee , one ^
Wonder who it was that shot J. RCon¬
nell’s cat during corn gathering time?
Guy Beall will begin his school at Phil¬
adelphia Monday.
Wonder what made Dwinneil Wood
quit extracting teeth?
Mr, T. E. Powell, who went to Alaba¬
ma with Mr. H. Carter has returned,
home. Tom says that he had a merry
Christmas.
Mr. J. F. Sujnmei villo has ten acres of
new ground corn to gather yet and about
five bushels of wheat to sow. Isn’t it
getting too late to sow wheat?
7 be Wandering Jew can tell the Old
GH tliM T. T. II. do...n’t c.-,re im,thing
about pound ! cake, egg custard, ’ apple J 1
, blackberry , , jelly, . ,, , but he . bices ,. to
pirs. cut
meat, butter, syrup, and, ehesse. For
breakfast, he says that he has got to
have coffee in his sugar.
Mr. W, H. Latham went to Bremen
Sunday to go to school.
To relieve yiental worry, cure Despon¬
dency and give refreshing sleep, use Sim¬
mons Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets.
"V VI.
If von can’t, pay ns all yoi* owe, come
up and setQc put t and make satisfactory
arrangements about the other p u t. D<«n's
forget tbiB please. Eaves & toon*.