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Til ill 9 PUBLISHED WEEKLY, A. R. DODBON, Edttok. Entereil at ttc Buchanan FotToftice an second claHb mall mat ter. Buchanan, Ga., March 25 , 1898 . OtR ST AT Si TICKET. For Governor: Thus, E. Watson, of McDuffie. Lor Secretary of State: L. O. Jackson, of Decatur. For Comptroller Milliken. General: Ben of Wayne. For Treasurer: J. H. Traylor, of Troup. Commissioner of Agriculture: W. L. Peek, of Rockdale. For Prison Commissioner: J. S. Davette, of Polk. For School Commissioner: B. M. Zettler, of Fulton. For Attorney General: Carey Thornton, of Muscogee. For Chief Justice: Walter J». Hill, of Bibb. For Associate Justice: (Long Term), W. R. Leakin, of Chatham. For Associate Justice: (Short Term), Claiborne Snead, of Columbia. Don’t let any grass grow on tho highway to reform. Mrs. Nobles has been respited for another week. It’s two to ono that tins red-hamled murderess will never hang. Give us plenty of money and business, which is now almost at a stand-still, will rovive at once. Money is just.as essential to the life of a government as blood is to the human body'. The congressional convention for tho seventh congressional dis¬ trict of Georgia is called to ill set in Romo on July 17, this year, for the purpose of nominating a can¬ didate for congress from this dis¬ trict. Our demands are complete and just; our ticket is, composed of honest, able and true men ; and by the united efforts of every lover of justice and good government we’ll win in tho coming state election. “ Mark our prediction. It ought to bo kept constantly before the people that it was the democratic party' that demoraliz- I ed silver in 1893, and placed us on the present gold standard; yet it is the same party that prates so much about free silver.—People’s Party Paper. P. J. Moran, writing from Thomson, Ga., to tho Constitution, says: lC, There is danger to democ¬ racy' in Tom Watson’s silence and delay. There is danger if he runs, and more if he does not,’’ Occa¬ sionally a boss democrat is found that will tell a political truth, hut it takes an a* ful effort on the part of said demmy. Abuse seems to bo the princi¬ ple stock in trade of the average democrat ic politician. They twi’t be induced to take up the lnuin issues and argue them fairly, gen¬ tlemanly and honestly. No, sir; they dare not do it. They haven’t any argument that will sustain their position. Bee? Vv r o can’t lielp feel sorry to see • tho move for a nominating con¬ vention for president and vice president in July. It is too soon, and we will live to regret it if it is donp. We are afraid of Whar- ton B arker, What’s the matter with S. F. Norton, that we have to take an unknown man and boom him loc the highest place on ■ .ur t icket ? OUR STATE TICKET, In putting before the people <'f thisTffnte candidates for the vari¬ ous offices to be filled at the ensu- ing election, the state convention of the people’s party in last week was guided throughout by tlm highest degi'ea of good judgment and wisdom, the result being a ticket absolutely unassail¬ able, either as to the character or ability of the gentlemen whose names make it up. Every cue of them meets the mor.t exacting requirements as to good citizenship, proved honesty and integrity', and fitness for the position to which he is nominat- ed. These statements are no idle boasts—nor are they made be¬ cause it. is usual for a paper to praisa the nominees of its party, but because the truth of it will be given a cordial and hearty recog¬ nition by the people of all parties. The convention and the party' are to be congratulated upon the hap¬ py auspices under which the great campaign of the people started off. With men of approved^charac¬ ter and admitted fitness, the ques¬ tions of personalities ought to be largely if not altogether, left off; but how are we to do this when the democratic party generally run their part of campaigns on per¬ sonalities alone. Political contests, in which the personality of the various candi¬ dates becomes so great a part of tho issues made upas to practical¬ ly' leave untouched the real ques¬ tions of the da.y, are never pro¬ ductive of any lasting good. Upon the questions of public policy the people’s party of this state has spoken in clear-cut, concise ring¬ ing terms. Give us a free ballot and a fair count aud ve haven’t the least fear of the consoqntmees. The people are becoming more thor¬ oughly aooused than ever before. They demand that their votes be counted just as they are cast, and then they will manfully' submit to the result. WORDS* WITH THE BARK ON. Chairman Cunningham, in his speech before the recent populist state convention, said: “Brother Delegates :—It was so confidently expected that this con¬ vention would prove the death, of the populist narty, that the chair¬ man of the state democratic exec¬ utive committee lias called it to meet in this city to-morrow, pre¬ sumably to act as our pall bearers, “If any of those gentlemen, in their zeal to load the procession, have come a day ahead of the fu¬ neral, one glance at this body must convince them that this oc¬ casion gives no opportunity for crepe, sack-cloth and ashes or the shielding of crocodile tears. “VVesay'to them do you wait for us to act to know the will of tho people? Don’t hang on the outskirts of our encampment hop¬ ing to 6ee a break in our ranks for one of the other of your many can¬ didates, ani thus determine for yourselves jKiich one is best for you to pull for. I tell you I voice the sentiment of every true popu¬ list in this state, when I say you have none in the field that politi¬ cally is not worth the killing. “Do not glean the fields of polit¬ ical wisdom and justice, from which wo havo reaped populist principles, hoping to creato from the husks aud straw we discarded, democratic policies and democrat- ic promises. If in the future, as in the past, you prefer to serve your party rather than your peo- pie or your God, turn again to original methods, grease the joints of vour political heelers with the I j! of - ‘0, lio joyful,” find pockets with the (iin.fs and dollais of our daddies, dc-Tse new ;m dm- nisms for youi' ballot hc-xt reviso your registration iists and coach 0111 ^‘hUais. Re-write, and if possible, make more damnable your iufumous rape circular. For I put you on notice now that m 189,3 you have got to meet the same brave, united, uncompromis¬ ing foe that in the past you de¬ frauded, but could not honestly defeat or destroy?” DEM()CRATIO PRIMARIES. The democratic executive com¬ mittee of Georgia has decided to iiave early primaries, and has si - looted June 6 as the day for gener¬ al primaries in eveiy county' in the state. At these primaries del¬ egates are to be elected to the state convention which will b* held a month later to nominate a state ticket. There was a fight in the committee over the date, one cer¬ tain class of democrats favoring an early' date. The Candler faction won, and also selected the new chairman, Mr. duBignon, who by the way, is a pronounced goldbug of the yellowest kind. What a farce these democratic primaries are, and what an ope) - ing for juggling! There are to date three candidates for the dem¬ ocratic nomination for governor. If the democratic voters were al¬ lowed to vote for the man of their choice, then the so-called primary would l:e a primary; but the vot¬ ers will not be allowed to vote for the candidate. If there is a dead¬ lock in the convention, which is most sure to occur, a dark horse will be selected, and the voters will have no choice in chosing the man. One who is especially ob¬ jectionable to them may' bo select¬ ed and thus become the regular party nominee which they, the voters, will be hold in honor bound to support by having participated in the primaries. Hence it is plain that the so-called primary not a primary, but a cunningly de¬ vised scheme to bamboozle the democratic voters. If the men who control the dem¬ ocratic party in Georgia wanted the primary to be a primary, they would let the voters vote for the candidate diiect. This would be the fair and honest way of deter¬ mining the choice of t he majority, and select the candidates for the various offices whom the majority of the party desired-. But the. so- called primary on June 6! It is worse than a makeshift—it is a de¬ lusion and a snare. ATTENTION, POPULISTS! The time lias come for organiz¬ ing a populist club in every militia district in Hnra:s<m county, and in every school house in each mi¬ litia district, and I take this method of addressing myself to each chairman in each militia dis¬ trict of the county, asking them earnestly to orgtnize at once, and continue that organization until the election this fall. It is important that you should do this. With Hon. Thos, E. Watson at our head the entire democratic forces 111 the state can’t thwart us. Wo will succeed if you will do your duty in organizing. Yours truly, . J. II, Mize,” Ch’m. It has come to the point.now when there are lots of men who acknowledge that the money power rules and the country is going to the do S B > l,ut they.stiH vote for the (l * P- Th ‘T sa N ^ « ieir actlons that "if the country goes to h-1, i my party to send it there, The duty of congress is to enact into law the wishes of its constitn- ents. ALL600D & CHANDLER, TEMPL T'* JL, GEORGIA — EXC-t'SlVE 1 EALF.RS IN— X \ Rf>WA 35i’fti><! 11 B?/J5 3*•« ? uipI«>wij>nfK. I.iiy in larger (junnlihts li'eii BENEFIT general dealers. Gesi otter prices and give their customers,tho of the reduction. They also carry a lino line of and Saddles Their line of C'ROCKKJlY is superb. The best stock and lowest prices in town. Linens*tjdealers in GUNS, PISTOLS and CAR¬ TRIDGES. We are the ft nly firm in Temple handling theso goods. 1 n nt ir urc I'l'tiiis l iiflorj to J'lic- 0. Fr/ii ’ e.vtruvn.< burins 2 (i.iic<p,”!>cc'uusetbe seed:; oojt IhS, Being the only extensive manu¬ o' oultivfttlon wasted on inferior settle facturer of furniture in the world M [•’! twavs InrjoJy exceeds the orl^fntl cost of the test and dearest seedsto selling direct from maker to be bud. Tie best in always tic user, cheapest. Pay a trtile more for we save our customers the enor¬ mous expenses and profits of the jobbers and retailers. Send for catalogue A, showing our full line of lion ('hold furniture, at 20 to 50 and Five always cent*} get per your paper money’s everywhere worth, i P ;• I per cent, under retail value. Vp.M.FEKRY Always the best. & CO., Seed Detroit, Annual MicIvJ free. / m Quaker Valley Manufacturing Co , M V and 321 S. Canal St., Chicago. a $5,0i‘O Cash m Jffer! Tiff- paper amiouuce?, in onnecliai with The Atlanta Weekly CoiHitututiui, a new offer in vhieli everyone may have a chance. SERD IN AN &STISATE THE COTTON CROP SEASON Of 1897-98 CONTEST 3 £Gfl.N MARCH 1 ENDS SEPT. I. ’ 98 . TO E-: m THS COfiTEST YOU titlST 3U&SCi!f8E FOfl- RJ KUOO&. ' 6 I A IN CONNECTION WITH r J r L , u J. i . ' Tribune. AT THE EXTREMELY $i,20 LOW PRICE OF !:i connection with ibis Clubbing Rate, we will, if yon send your guess w>th ihe subscription price, forward all for you and thus fhj/£ YflKA AT res iwwwatt Ml EKraOHO;i!.UT 0?r'H3 TO OUR SU3CRIBERS1 JUrr.? }» »•%, rcuu! u nil vivy vu r>*l.*Ilv nv»«f Im* y«*»i uiidcrsfa m) fhe .'.vviii .i: Ik* 'lie •>'!' ^ co'ul Aw ui'il: To Mu' *'»’•- Tliirtl Airnivl: To tho suh- i < r > r s 11 ,.•*<• r l**rs nuuii i . tiu s 'ri"cr ur fnilucrd^rH nniri'n: 8 trio-r noming t 10 ticitiMid ■>; ct u«..U or :> -■ * n l iU'.vt rp>| \vc «/<li iKv\i *.v ' Rj triv,* If (*; *' VHl‘ 1 HCi U. GfO o; \,.n to iv .iff : dc»i . I hit fotlOP CV ■ A I 9/ • I wv will if tin* odtirn.tU* is r-celve I tho estmiuto 18 rowinil g!vo rf thu ew’fn i (t»* is re-vivo I Uurit'g Mar h. I Birin' Miircli. «• ‘ s C.> During M irch, £1,000 t«ra.............. ' • • " ! Ih9> ..................... I: P irPig *.{> *1. 2|\* ■ r ! 1 I> irPig V {)- !, ■ns tn O If Duriri ‘4 Aprll 750 ! V..H................. I 'J . . ISPS...... .......... If Murbn. M-u 1,700 I Murlhg Mny or r IfV | e? AJ It Morin : vfuy or 573 June. lo’JS.......... Jll'lO. \ ........ ..... June 18 VK.............. 1 1 During Jn v </r UJb 1 f 1 hiring- Ioiv or r’3 wi If Du-m;; July or 259 AUf'UHt,. IP. J ...... An/ st, 1818 • Au ;iHt. 1S»S ....... WV"I that Tit* fir;i r t;bd;h ww to $ 5,033 m cash. Note 5piciali If KX ACT li 'ures are not given during this oon- j ■ tes-l, the money will he ;iai«loutto the NEAREST TO THE EXACT figures. Somebody will gel the money, it does not.go hack to the The Constitution by any means. Those who solve the pioblem at the longest range will re- eeive proportionately the highest pri.tes, as yon notire I lie figures grow less as the time ex¬ pires and because the muu' er of hales received up to certain dales, as the time advances, can he known exact!' - , leaving shorter time and pro .abilities to figure agamst. In all three of the cases submitted it is distinctly understood that, shoo'd more than one correct or equally correct estimate he filed in the contest, the amount of the prizes so earned will he divided equally among the correct answers. The prizes ase offered in cash. There is no “missing word” in this’ no prnhnhilitv for some one to know absolutely the correct answer, but litis is brain versus brain, sktll versus skill, pencil versus pencil, fig¬ ures versus figures. Even - man is interested in the cotton crop, filer amount of the crop varies the price-and the jwice of cotton, In our territory is the barometer ol the people’s prosperity. duatftrnvri...__Ou Vital Problem You Oujtht Hake Figures. Such a to . THE CONTEST CLOSES SEPT. 1st Tbs estimate is to he ntficb; upon the ttval U-nitvd Stales Cotton Crop for 1897-98, the crop that has aheady been : e.'hered and is now in the corin'rv ns official figure, of receipts will show it from .Sept. !. 1897. to Sept. 1, 1.898 This is not the crop that is to be planted this spring, because the tipres tfiereon wili not Ire obtainable until Sept. I, 1899. It is foe the crop already in and mark..ted. official figures of which will he announced in September. As a guide for making your estimate we give official figures for each of the lastMeii crops. The conditions under which this last crop was grown and its probable oufput are ele¬ ments for you to compute from and will aid in the correctness of your present estimate Tiie figures given by Latham, Alexander & Co., of New York, are generally received throughout the South ns official, and we given an exact copy from their latest edition of “Cotton Movement-and Fluctuations” as follows: Season Acres planted Hales in crop Season Acres planted Hales in crop IS57-S3 . . . 18,961,897 7,046.833 1892-93 . • • «8,067.924 6 , 700,365 iSSS 89 19,362,073 6 , 93^290 J S 93-94 . . . 19.6S4.000 7.549.817 . . . I3S9-90 . . . 20.171,896 7.3H.322 1894-95 . . . 21,454,000 9 . 901 . 25 * 1890- 91 . . . 20,809,053 *, 652.597 1895 69 . . . 18.882.000 7T57.346 1891- 92 . . 20,714,937 9.015.379 1896-97 . . , 22, 541.000 N 757.964 Tho r f!,cures will be usod In deciding this contest. 23,320,00$ Viieir Estimate cf the Acreage for the Crop of the Sooso" of 1897-98 is Acres. roHowisig £13 the 6or.«filio;* of the Ccbito!: under S,TUS.^ KXAC’T L*st'mate upon tho number of bal- s, tin* pd>CM ibe Mec<-ud proportion will t;o to the nearest catini.'Ue, but H Il*c floit prizes ure t iv**n for t!i£ \ L.‘ fi t<*NT est'mui#*, ir.» tmv hu\ iut; Dumeil eowctly tho cxh t ii^ur h, tnen the m* ond ptiscs would come In for the scc.mkI n -:vrt SI estlui tc* ntid tho third prizes for the third m’a T f*st vstim iltr*. 8 ICC 0 MD — Cf Horaeone kRouuI fiiitimit n cu re h e.^ttyiato in out* division of the time shown above nn<1 Kotueouo should uentl a correct in s>*m? biter division, this Inst won ’1 fake rank only among; the aocond prizes, because tho lirst h«vi been pieviously awarded to someone who nuuiud tlui amount correotlv in the former period. estimate Cotton Crop Third— The condition prec iteiit for sending on nt the is tlmt each and every estimate publishing must ^accompanied advertisement hv « year's In accept-anye snliscriplt^n of our to The dtihhhix Weekly efli Constitution. the estimate If of sent the thnjugrhthe cotton fin per this itleijticMl envelop? that r . cron will be forwarded. This must Ie-Kent m the brimm the money that pays leavim* for fhe Hubscription. You cannot subscribe now «nrl send your estimate afterwards; no for^ettinir it or It out by n^cidont or otherwise, or Dot knowing of this con’estut th'time you subscribe, or an v other veasou/will entitle one to send «n ostirnats afterwards. The estlmat* must coino with the subscription, or wot at/all. In sending your estimate by an mu-nt of The fonstdation, you fnaice him your agent and not ours tn forwarding your estimate, both an to the corrective* of tiie figures an you in tend od them and the certainty of the forwarding of tho estimate. Kiirml i a p «rt.* Send more tuan one estimate, he or she will l>o cnUtled to a snare oi the pd/.c-fund roller whi-h if may scctiri* a pr : /.o (nr each correct estimate rent. Persons may enter the coat .sat as rasnv times thov send snhscriptiorn. amt under the rulon tho person mav receive a prize with e:i :h <»;' flu* thn-e propositions. fourth —!n making your ana.cor. ja-^t state simply; If "I estimate tho number of bates of cotton will be .................... Make your figure* very plain. other you want to mnkv eatimates later, or if you want to repeat the estimates you hnva undo, send s•inscriptions. Don't forget every auhscription for yourself or your friends wiH entitle you to an estiuiaie AimUESS AI.S. ci.ub»in« oiumas TO The Tribune, BUCHANAN, GA.