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THE BLACKSHEAR TIMES.
VOL. VII.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
WORK OF THE FIFTY-FIRST
CONGRESS.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE
BRIEFED—DELIBERATIONS OVER MAT
TERS OF MOMENTOUS INTEREST TO OUR
COMMON COUNTRY.—NOTES.
Mr. Quay’s ‘‘order of business’’ resolu
tion was again taken up in the senate on
Wednesday. Mr. Hoar offered a substi- debate
tute, making it in order to close
after any matter bas been under consider
ation for a “reasonable time,’’ and also
an amendment to add the election bill to
Mr. Quay's list of measures, a vote to be
taken on it September 4th. Mr. Hoar
said his motion seemed to require a com
pact statement of the purpose, mechanism
and necessity of an election bill. There
had never been a measure so much mis
represented or so much misunderstood.
Messrs. Hoar, Frye and Edmunds made
extended speeches. None of the Demo
cratic senators made any comment. Mr
Spooner moved to refer the Quay resolu
tion to the committee on rubs. Mr. Al
drich declined to lay aside the tariff bill
temporarily, so the senate proceeded
with consideration of the tariff
The house amendments to the agricul
tural college bill and the meat inspection
bill were laid before the senate and were
concurred in. These bills now go to the
president for his signature, The senate
bill authorizing the construction of a
bridge over Tennessee river at or near
Knoxville, and the house bill for the re
lief of settlers on the Northern Pacific
railroad indemnity lands, were taken
from the calendar and passed—the latter
with a substitute. Seven’ senators and
Speaker Reed were in the chamber when
these bills were passed. The senate ad
journed at 0:19 o'clock.
After the usual delay in getting a quo
rum, the house, on Thursday, passed sev
eral minor bridge bills, and then, in the
morning hour, resumed consideration of
the bill for the adjustment of accounts of
laborers arising under the eight-hour law.
Pending discussion, house* the morning under hour
expired, special and order the consideration proceeded of the
a to the
bill defining Carolina, “lard.” opposed Air. Me Clammy, in of
North the measure a
humorous speech, in which he quietly
ridiculed some of the arguments of Mr.
Brossius, of Pennsylvania, who had re
ported the bill. Messrs. Allen, of Mich
igan ; Henderson, of Iowa, and Forman,
if Illinois, spoke in favor of tho bill.
Mr. Stewart,of Texas,attacked the bill on
constitutional grounds. Mr. Oates, of
Alabama, proceeded to make a constitu
tional argument against the bill. Mr.
Wheeler, of Alabama, appealed to the
members on the democratic side to stand
by their constitutional principles. Pend
ing further depate, the house, at 5
o’clock, took a recess until 8 o'clock, the
evening session to be for debate on the
lard bill. The speakers at the evening
session were Messrs. Swency of Iowa,
Dunnell of Minnesota, Hill of Illinois,
Catchings of Mississippi, Bliss of Michi
gan, Lacy of Iowa, Neidringhnus of Mis
souri, Stoclcdale of Mississppi and Turnci
of New o’clock. York. The house adjourned at
10
On Thursday Mr. Blair introduced in
the senate, at the request of the Farmers’
Alliance, a bill to provide for banks of
deposit. Consideration of the tariff bill
was then begun, Mr. Quay’s “order of
business” resolution, contrary to expecta
tion, not being brought forward. Mr.
( pke, of Texas, made a long speech
against the bill as a whole. Mr. Faulk
ner followed Mr. Coke in a set speech
against the tariff bill. Mr. Evarts said
he had just received from the Grant Mon
ument Ass ciation a communication, in
the way of u memorial, which h id been
considered of so pressing a character (in
respect of time), that it had been sent to
him by telegraph. He asked that it be
lead, The telegram recites that the
members of the Grant Monument sssoci
ation deplore the recent action of the
senate as to the removal of the remains of
General Grant from the spot approved by
him, dedicated by the city of New York,
and accepted by his family, as his final
resting place, and it protests solemnly
against that proposed action. The tariff
bill was resumed, and, without action, the
senate, at 6 o'clock, proceeded to execu
tive business, and soon afterwards ad
journed. house,
In the on Friday, the confer
ence report on the bill making an appro
priation for additional clerical force to
carry out the dependent pension law was
agreed to. 1 Be report of the committee
recommending non-concurrence in the
senate amendments to the river and har
bor bill, and agreeing to the conference
raised for was presented. Mr. Kerr, of
low a. the point of order that the
amendments must fir-t he considered in
committee of the whole. So the house
began consideration in committee of the
whole. The senate amendments were
read seriatim. After non-concurring in
abopt one-haif of the amendments, the
committee rose and the house took a re
cess until 8 o clock. At the evening
session, thirty-three private pension bills
were passed, and tue house, at 10.80
o'clock. adjourned. immediately assembling _
Almost upon the tariff
on Friday, the senate took up
bill. The paragraphs relating to tiles,
rasps, iron or steel plates, wares or arti
cles enameled or glazed, were adopted
as reported. The discussion was inter
rupted to enable Mr. Platt to present and
have- referred to the committee on appro
priation from the interior department,
witt* a report from the special The agent discus- as to
destitution in Oklahoma.
si .n of the tariff was resumed, 9 pd sen
ate. after disposing of nine pages of the
bili. proceeded to executive business and
adjourned. the house, Saturday, Mr. O’Neil,
In on
of Pennsylvania, asked unanimous con-
BLACKSHEAR GA. THURSDAY, AUGUST‘>8. 1890.
scut for the consideration of the senate
resolution looking to the removal of the
remains of General Grant to Arlington.
Objected to Mr. McKinley, from the
committee on rules, reported and the
house Thursday adopted a resolution setting apart
and Saturday for the consider
ation of the bill constituting eight hours a
day's work and relative to alien contract
labor. Consideration of the lard bill was
then resumed and a long discussion en
sued. On motion of Air. Mason, an
amendment was adopted striking from
the bill the clause preventing the use of
casks a second time. Also an amend
ment allowing the use of branded‘‘lard
compound," or ‘‘compound the lard.' 1 On
the passage of the bill vote stood—
yeas, 111; nays, -16. No quorum. The
bill went over until Monday or Tuesday,
and the house adjourned. noon’Saturday,
The senate met at under
an arrangement that the day’s session was
to be devoted to eulogies of the late Sen
ator Beck, of Kentucky. Immediately
after the reading of the journal. Mr.
Blackburn offered resolutions, which were
agreed of the to, expressing the the death profound ofSIr.Beck. sor
row senate tit
and desiring a suspension of business
to enable bis associates to pay a proper
tribute to h s h : gh character and distin.
guished public service. Air. Blackburn,
and of Kentucky, made the opening address,
gave a beautiful sketch of Air.
Beck's life, front his birth to his death.
Tributes of affection, esteem and recret
were also paid by Alessrs. Ingalls, Vest,
Allison, Evarts, Vance, Hale, Morgan,
l’lumb, Hampton, Gibson, Coke,McPher
son and Carlisle. At the close of Air.
Carlisle's address the senate adjourned.
NOTES.
The amount of silver bullion purchased
by the treasury department Wednesday
was 466,000 ounces.
The establishment president has signed the bill for
the of a military park at
the battlefield of Chickamauga.
The senate, on Friday, confirmed the
nomination of Michael II. Haas as post
master at Fortress Monroe, Va.
Representative introduced Hunsborough, of North
Dakota, has in the house a
joint resolution proposing an amendment
to the United constitution, providing that neither
tlie States nor any state shall pass
any law authorizing the establishment or
maintenance of a lottery or the distribu
tion of prizes by chance.
The order of business for the remainder
of the session, arranged by the republi
can committee of the senate, provides
that consideration of the tariff bill shall
be completed appropriation without interruption except
by bills nnd conference re
ports. There are two conference reports
expected to be presented during the
visions week—one the on the irrigation civil bill survey pro
of sundry and the
other on the land grant forfeiture bill.
canals The lnts house agreed committee on railways and
the bill for protection to report favorably
on the of railroad
property and ot railroad employes
engaged in handling it. The
bili provides for safety brakes couplers
on freight cars and power companies on lo
comotives, but gives railway
sufficient time to prepare for the change.
After January 1, 1893, it shall be unlaw
ful for railroad companies to run a train
that cannot be controlled by an engineer.
TERRIBLE DISASTER.
A CYCLONE SWOOPS DOWN ON WII.KES
B.UUIE, PA. —APPALLING RESULTS.
The following are extracts from an ac
count of a cyclone at W ilkesbarre, Pa.,
Tuesday evening: Thestieets are ull cov
ered with fallen debris from demolished
houses, and the bodies of forty or fifty
horses are lying ou the streets. The
town is iu almost complete darkness.
Gangs are working on the largest ruin?
and expect to exhume several people, who
are re ported as missing. The hospital is
crowded with injured people, and drug
stores and undertakers’ establishments are
being datelhe brought into requisition toaccomino after five
injured. About a iu quarter diameter
cloud about twenty feet was
seen approaching from the west. This
struck the outlying districts and sped
through the town with a mighty roar.
The houses and trees in its path were
leveled as by a giant's hand. The air was
so thick for a time with dust, bricks,
timbers and roof tiles that it was impossi
ble to see. People standing in the whirled streets
were dashed to the pavement distance or of
a{ , a j Dgt buildings. For a
three blocks on South Main street al
mf j st evcr y * house sustained some damage, and
lumbers were leveled completely, The cyclone
others badly wrecked.
s)J ,. nt j ts force on a settlement known a
,ip ive points,” in the eastern part of the
c j t . w here the greatest loss of life is re
por ted. Large districts in several
,. r tions are in absolute ruin,
j Q answer to the proclamation made by
thc mavor the Ninth regiment is on duty
listing the police in maintaining order,
-phe nura ber of killed cr fatally injured
wi y „ 0 over tw ,., lt y. At least thirty
people were more or less severely injured,
y careful estimate places the number o.
buildings demolished and partially de
stroved at nearly four hundred. The loss
w nf r each nearly, if not quite. $1,000,000,
a j t b OU gh in the present chaos no pos
giWe raisaDS of making a close estimate
exists,
Brooch and Lace Pin.
The difference between a brooch and
•e pin. which a great many people do
not understand, is that a brooch should
be almost a long as it is broad : ©ftencst
i<- is round or re. but this is not ab
iitceiy a necc- ■ y. A aec pin must at
is! be mount! long pin, if the
j icw eied part itself is not long and nar
row.—[New r York Star.
TELEGRAPH AND CABLE.
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE
BUSY WORLD.
A SUMMARY OF OUTSIDE AFFAIRS CON
DENSED F'ROM NEWSY DISPATCHES
FROM UNCLE SAM’S DOMAIN AND WUAT
THE CABLE BRINGS.
Cholera is spreading rapidly along ,the
Mediterranean.
the Several eases of cholera are reportedjin
vicinity of Berlin.
The shipping strike has caused a gen
eral paralysis of business in Australia.
John Allen, the well-known tobacco
nist, died in Richmond, Vu., Saturday.
The 'ist of victims of the recent cy
clone in Wilkesbarre, Pa., now number
1«.
One thousand men are out of employ
ment, owing to the morocco tinishers’
strike in Lynn. Mass.
Flos' has prevailed over Manitoba and
the terrible stories, and 75 per cent, of the
crop has been injured.
-J ruined, Tho hay and crop in condition Ireland is reported and as
the of cereals
turf is bad. One death is reported from
eating diseased potatoes,
A cannon was prematurely discharged
in a sham battle at Waverly, N. Y., Fri
day, killing Will Bossum and fatally in
juring James M. Costamore.
The French steamer, Amerique, on Fri
day, lied ran down and sank the English steam
er, Broak, off the port of St. Nasairc.
Three persons were drowned.
Butler & Johnson, dealers in paper, 44
Bcekman street, New York, made an as
signment Saturday to George P. Butler,
with a preference of #140,000.
A dispatch of Wednesday, says: A
virulent diphtheria is prevailing iii towns
on the French shore of Newfoundland.
It is terribly fatal in its results.
Conservative railroad men estimate the
prospective loss to the Old Colony Ilail
road Company, by the Quincy accident,
aside from the damage to rolling stock
at $500,000.
Advices from Samoa, state that the
consuls at Apia have issued a proclama
tion in which they warn the natives
against entering into any intrigues to re
place King Mataafa.
Advices from Mons, Belgium,state that
8,000 have miners in the Borinage leaders district fer
struck, Socialist are
inditing discontent among the men, and
it is expected that the movement will
spread.
The A duchy dispatch from Vienna, visited Austria, says:
of Styria was by a hur
ricane Friday, at Grntz, the capitol of
the duchy. Buildings in which the na
tional exhibition was being held, were
completely wrecked.
On Thursday, Charles Seidell, of Cin
cinnati, employed at the Dupont powder
with works, tried to open explosion a can of followed. powder
a file. An
Seidell was killed and three other men
were fatally injured.
The situation of the machinists’ strike
at Pittsburg for nine hours is decidedly
favorable to the men. Less than a dozen
firms still hold out and the strikers ure
confident that all will concede the de
mands of the men in a few days.
A Buenos panic Saturday, Ayres dispatch says: Then
was a in Cedul market,
owing to reports that the Provincial Mort
gr.ge bank would be compelled to bus
ied pend the payment of of coupons, in the accompan- ministry.
by rumors premium changes
The gold is 157.
A dispatch Thirty thousand from Limerick, took Ireland,
says: demonstration persons held part
Sunday against in the Bishop O’Dwycr’s hereto attack
protest John Dillon. Mr. Dillon, Mr.
upon and
O’Brien ten other Paruellitc member*
of parliament made speeches.
The Ontario, Can., department of agri- it
culture has issued a bulletin, in which
is estimated that the yield of wheat ex
ceeds that of last year by 57,000,000 bush
els; that of peas by 2,500,000, and that
of hay and clover by nearly 600,000 tons.
The fruit crop generally is a failure.
The strike in Boerinage district is
spreading. On Friday 3,500 miners quit
work, making a total thus far of 11,500
men on strike in the district. Meetings
have been held at Jemrnappes, Guesmes,
Duaregnon and Frameries, at which the
miners decided to continue the strike.
The police were not allowed to be present
at the meetings.
Exports of specie from the port of
New York for week ended August 24.
amounted to $202,468, of which $20,01*
was gold and $236,450 silver. Of the
total exports $15,214 in gold and $57,-
475 in silver went to Europe and $18,-
804 in gold and $178,975 in silver went
to South America. Imports of specie for
the week amounted to $578,352, of which
$163,823 was in gold and $254,529 silver.
A freight train ran into the rear of a
passenger train on the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railroad at Paola, Kansas,
Thursday night, killing Pullman Con
ductor Camp instantly. The engineer
and fireman of the freight jum ped from
the cab. Engineer Woodward was seri
ously injured by his fall. A brakeman,
whose name is unknown, is probably
fatally injured. No passengers were hurt.
A New Yotk dispatch says: 'Hie re
mains of C’apt. John Ericson were on Sat
urday placed ou board the cruiser Balti
more. to be conveyed to his native coun
try. Sweden, for final interment. The
ceremonies attending'the transfer of the
remains from the cemetery, iu East Sec
ond street, were very imposing. Rear
Admiral Brane was in charge of the naval
part of the demonstration, and General
Howard the military. All departments of
the government were represented.
of A tireinan dispatch of Monday, engineers says: The strike
and of the Union
Stock Yards Switching Association is
still on. with the prospect of a decided
aggravating of difficulties. Several at
tempts were made during the day by dif
ferent packers to unload ice, procure
coal, etc., at the Union stock yard*, but
in every ease the strikers hitched on to
the loaded ears with their engines and
hauled them off to a remote part of the
yard so that they could not be unloaded.
The thirteenth annual meeting of the
American Bar Association opened at Sar
‘ atoga, N. Y., on Wednesday. The com
mission to promote uniformity of legisla
the tion presented a set of resolutions. Among
new members elected were Alessrs.
Perkins, Carson, Muhlenberg, and Heiser,
of Pennsylvania: Wales, of Delaware,
and Albert, of Maryland, making a total
membership of over one hundred thous
and. A general council was elected, oue
from each state.
All of the firemen and engineert em
ployed by the Union Stock Yards Switch
ing association at Chicago, went on a
strike for higher wages Friday morning.
The swiching or transfer system is the
largest in the country, as the association
does all the work for immense packing
houses at the yards. Consequently all
the work at the packing houses is at a
stand still. The reasons for the strike
are that the firemen receive 164 cents an
hour and engineers 128 cents. The fire
men want 20 cents and the engineers BO
Cents. The men also desire Sunday work
regulated.
TEXAS ALLIANCEMEN
HOLD A CONVENTION AND A DOIT SOME
VERY IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS.
The Texas State alliance convention
held in Dalas adjourned Saturday even
ing, all its duties having been finished.
Resolutions were passed asking congress
men to make laws preserving the public
domain for American colonization only;
that laws, both state and national, be
passed benefit to of regulate the people transportation nnd of unlimited for the
coinage of gold and silver to be sup
plemented by a sufficient volume of
treasury without notes, to supply the country
the intervention of national
banks; also asking the state legislature
to especially amend the land law so as to
open up the western parts of tho state
for actual settlers.
THE STABLES DEMOLISHED.
FOt.'R UKHHONS AND TWENTY OR MORE
HORSES KILLED OUTRIGHT.
A Philadelphia dispatch prevailed says: During
a vicinity, heavy storm which o’clock Thursday in this
about 7 morn
ing, the southern occupying wall of the stable bounded arid
carsheds, a square,
by Twelfth and Thirteenth Dauphin streets and
Busquehuua avenue and street,
was blown down. Four persons were
killed outright; three are so badly injured
that they are not expected to recover;
three others were less seriously injured
and one is missing and is probably dead.
Twenty or more horses were killed. All
the killed and injured were drivers, con
ductors or stablemen in the employ of the
street railways.
A HORRIBLE 8TORY.
A MANIAC KILLS Ills WIFE AND KIVK< HU,
DItliN AND EATS THEIR FLESH.
News reached Livingston, Montana,
Quinn, Saturday living afternoon twelve that miles a rancher west of named that
place, hail killed his wife and live chil
dren with a broadax. The man was crazy,
and when discovered was sitting in a
corner of the room eating from the arm
of one of the children. The bodies of
all were horribly mutilated, the arms and
legs being severed from the bodies. The
oldest girl, ubout fifteen years of age,
was cut almost in two. Several men
went to the house nnd tried to capture
Quinn, but he would allow no one to ap
proach, and was killed by one of the
men in self-defense.
HURLED TO DEATH *
A GRAVITY CAR RUNS AWAY AND DASHES
DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.
A dispatch from Mount Reading, Pa., Gravity says:
A runaway car on Penn
railroad, which ascends a mountain near
here, dashed down a five-mile declivity
at 11 o’clock Friday morning, at a fright
ful speed. When the car reached the sta
tion at thc foot of the hill, it jumped the
truck and rolled down a fifty-foot em
bankment, where it landed imprisoned upside inside, down
with the passengers
except several who had jumped number off.
Four were taken out dead. A
of persons were more or less seriously in
jured.
COLORED ALLIANCEMEN.
HOME INTERESTING INFORMATION REGARD
ING TJtEIIt FLAT FORM.
A dispatch of Saturday, session from of the Raleigh, Col
N. L'., siys that the
ored Btate Alliance developed some in
teresting information regarding is entirely thc
platform of this Alliance. It
different from that of the white Alliance.
Thc members are pledged to provide and for lie
their families, live economically
good citizens, ami also to withdraw from
partisan polities. This last feature is a
very important one, and is supposed colored to
mean a fusion of the white and
alliances iu the near future.
In some wheat-planting experiments,
when thc seed was covered but half an
inch it came up in about eleven days,
while tha* covered three inches w»3 ovei
twenty days in coming up.
NEWS OF THE SOUTH.
BRIEF NOTES OF AN INTER
ESTING NATURE.
rrrnY items from ai.i, coints in tuk
SOUTHERN STATES THAT WILE ENTER
TAIN THE READER—ACCIDENTS, KIRKS,
FLOODS, ETC.
Colored peop'e at Lula, Miss., are
talking of emigrating to Oklahoma.
The democratic convention in the
fourth congressional district of Louisiana
renominated N. C. Blanchard.
The Capital City batik, of Nashville,
Venn., is out just #41.080.70 through the M.
stock speculations of its teller, Fv.iftk
Allen.
The population of the third supervi- given
sor’s district of North Carolina was
out Thursday by the census office as 252, -
577. This is an increase during the Inst
census period of 88,607, or 15.85 percent.
A Richmond dispatch says; Judge the
Joseph Christian, ex-president of
supreme court of appeals, was married
Wednesday, in Centre county, Pennsylva
nia, to Mrs. Anna Reynolds. The Judge
is nearing three score utui ten.
An almost unprecedented good condi
tion of the rice crop is reported in the
upper l’edee section of South Carolina.
The news from the rice fields lower down
the coast is equally cheering. Everything
points to an unprecedented rice crop in
the State.
A dispatch of Wednesday from Adairs
ville, Ga., says: Down Oothcalooga vul
lev the grasshoppers are playing havoc
with fodder, clover and other green crops.
In some places the shuck has been eaten
from the ciws of corn. It i« fortunate
that they are not extended over a very
large territory, for the damage they are
doing is great.
Thursday A Sim Antonio, There Texas, is much dispatch excite- of
Lockhart, says: fifty miles
ment at a town
northeast of here, over an outbreak of
smallpox there. There are four cases id
ready reported, and fears are entertained
that effort the disease is being will spread, to keep although it under ev
ery mauc
coutrol.
A San Antonio dispatch, of Thursday,
says: The prospect of securing a deep
water harbor at Aransas pass at an early
date has caused some heavy investments
to he made there. Among the wealthy
syndicates organized to operate j there is
the Aransas Harbor, City and mprove
ment Company, with a capital stock of
#5,000,000. 4 *
A dispatch of Thursday from Raleigh,
N. C., says: The iron mines and operated at Chapel
Hill extensive are to be reopened syndicate, the on
un scale by a
members of which arc well known rail
way men. Nine years ugo these mines
were opened, but for some cause work
was soon suspended, though the ore is of
great purity and quite accessible.
U. 1’. Jones, a prominent builder and
ruilroud contractor of Knoxville, Teun.,
made an assignment on Saturday. Hit
liabilities $80,000. are placed These at $100,000 figures and as bt
sets at may
reduced or increased somewhat, us hit
ii(Tail's are in much confusion. Mr. Jonct
has u large amount of valuable real estate
and his creditors will lose but little if
anything.
The heaviest failure that bus occurred
in Nashville in recent years is that of
Bolivar II. Cooke A Co., which become
public Thursday. Mr. Cooke, the head
of the firm, bus been in business there
for twenty-three years and conducted one
of the largest wholesale liabilities clothing the houses
in the south. The of firm
are $800,956.06. The assets amount to
$278,477.75.
The Knoxville and Bouthcrn railroad,
from Kuoxvillc, Tenn., to Atlanta, Uu.,
220 miles, has been completed. A com
mittce of citizens have passed over the
rood and inspected it. Three years ago
Knoxville voted $275,000 to the com
P«ny, to he issued for stock to that
amount. A committee, who have passed
over the road, will report unaimously in
favor of issuing the bonds.
A Nashville dispatch of Saturday saya:
It bus just been leurued that a party of
White Caps a few nights ago visited the
neighborhood of L’arnesvillc, in Wilson
county, N. C., and whipped hickory four switches. men
and two women with
Among the men who were whipped are
John and L. K. Matthews and Obe Luy
hew. They claim to know nothing about
why they were whipped.
A Bt. Louis dispatch of Friday says: of
The Farmers’ and Laborers' Alliance
Missouri holds the key to the political
situation in Missouri. In the state the
consolidated alliance and wheel have
190,000 members, and 175,000 are voters,
it is organizing at the rate of five subun
ions a day, and when the November elec
tion arrives will control 250,000 Votes,
and hold the balance of power in the
state.
The prohibition party of Wake county,
N. C., met in convention Saturday, at
Raleigh,and nominated u full county tick
et. The platform is particularly interest
ing as it will be that of the party in North
Carolina th s year. It favors the sub
treasury bill, and the abolition of the
liquor traffic. Its planks are in the main
those of the Farmers’ Alliance, which,
like the state democratic convention, it
has incorporated.
The Grand lodge of Odd Fellows of
Georgia convened iu Huvannah Wednes
day morning. The following officers
were elected for thc eusuing year: James
Anderson, of Atlanta, Grand Master.
Robert Daniels, of Griffin, Deputy Grand
Master : James Vaubersebatt, of Savan
nah, Grand Warden; John G. Deitz, of
Macon, Grand Secretary; treasurer. James Tyson,
of Savannah, Grand 'The
NO 15.
grand lodge will meet next year in
Columbus, Ga.
A Danville, Ya., dispatch says; In
October Inst a warehouse at Kocky
Mount, Franklin county, wrs fired by in
cendiaries and burned to the ground, to
gether with several other buildings.
Four negroes—George Early, Byrd
Woods, William Brown and Nunnie
Woods—were arrested on suspicion, tried
and convicted, nnd sentenced to be
hanged. George Early and Byrd Woods
were executed at Rocky Alount Friday,
and the others will be executed ou Sep
tember lffth.
FARMERS’ ALLIANCE NOTES.
NEWS OF THE ORDER AND
ITS MEMBERS.
Wit AT 18 BRING DONE IN THE VARIOUS
SECTIONS KOI! THE ADVANCEMENT OW
TilK GREAT ORGANIZATION.—LEGISLA
TION, NOTES, ETC.
Tho Farmers’ Alliance will nominate a
candidate for congress in the Kansas City,
Mo., district.
•%
The Farmer. - ' and Laborers’ Union and
the Alliance of Arkansas lmvo consoli
dated the two organizations.
South Carolina has 1,052 sub-Alliances
and a membership of 40,000. An in
crease of MOO sub-Alliunces and 17,000
members since hist report.
***
Kansas, Tennessee, Missouri. Georgia
nr.d North Carolina lend ull other states
in Alliance membership. Missouri is in
the had with 2,000 unions.
*%
A good thing for Alliaiieemen to learn
is to keep their own counsel, hear all
that passes, learn all they can, and do
but little talking. The one who absorb*
ble, all lie is run the and gives increases. out us little as possi- who
one who Those
do most tn king generally have very little
in reserve.
The Alliance .% there lively
is getting
thlH year. From all parts of the country
conus the good news that prominent
members of the organizations ure being
nominated for Congress. That is amove
in the right direction. Fill all legisla
tive Imlls with Allianccmcn .—Arkumuit
lectin.
The ***
chairman of the democratic execu
tive committee of Hontli Carolina says tho
outlook is all right. The Farmers’ Alli
ance, about which there is so much talk,
Is all in the democratic party, and it will
organize before the counties as they were never
organized. The alliance, of
course, controls the conventions of all tho
counties.
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fact Co-operate all kinds mills, of such factories, enterprises, stores, in
must
have at the head men of clear judgment,
sound sense and methodical business
habits. The marked successes have been
won by just such men, und the mass of
failures were due to the lack of sound
judgment, and clear-headed business
views. Alllanees will do well to note
tills fact clearly.
The Htatc Alliance has again met and
the delegates have returned to their
homes. The meeting at Asheville was by
far the largest meeting yet held in the
Htnto. have Harmony prevailed throughout. order,
We many good men in our
but it would be nurd to get u better set
of officers Hum we now have in the Btate
Alliance. Borne of them have filled the
same place und ever since the first Htate
meeting, their private ami official
bearing has been such aa to win not only
the full confidence of our members, but
the respect und confidence of everybody.
Three cheers for the North Carolina Al
liance!—(Raleigh N. C.) I’royretiitt
Farmer.
It is a pi BBiiro to every Allianccman to
know that the order in Georgia is stand
ing squarely to the democratic party, and
those men who have had so much to say
about the division in the party, will cer
tainly now take a hack scut, VVe fail to
see where there has ever been reason for
the fears so often expressed for their of designing
men using the Alliance endeavored own pur
)>oscs; the only men who have
to tisn the Alliance for any purpose out
side of its legitimate intentions und aims,
was a few politicians outside of the order
who have endeavored to use it through
certain agencies inside our ranks.— Fvuth
r.rn Alliance Farmer.
The Holered Farmers' Btate Alliance
met in Macon, Ga., Tuesday, and trans
acted considerable business. Over fifty
counties were represented, and all the
delegates were enthusiastic over thc pro
ceedings of the special meeting. The
object of the meeting was to decide
where the Btate exchange will be
established. General it. M. Hum
phrey, of Austin, Texas, general
superintendent of the Colored Farmers’
Alliance of America, made quite an in
teresting address to the convention. He
is one among thc white men of the south
who are working for the advice upbuilding body of
the colored rare. His to the
was good. The best colored men of
Georgia are with him. Btate Superin- the
tendent Edward Richardson, of
Georgia Alliance, made a Richardson telling speech is
to thc convention. a
young colored man that has a following
of over sixty-five thousand colored men
in Georgia. homes, educate He appealed their to children the men and to
buy and
get property and work for peace
prosperity.
advertise: now.