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The Farmers’ Alliance.
Ex-Ssnator Robert H. Jackson, presi
dent of the Farmers’ State Alliance,
has called a contention of represent*
tites cf that growing organization to
meet in Atlanta on the 17th day of
this month.
The assembly will be largely attend
ed by the repteeentative farmers of the
state, and there is nodonbt that impor
tsnt results will grow oat of their do
liberations. An agent of the Alliance
is to be put in the field charged with
the duty of raising from SSOO 000 to
$1,000,000, for the purpose of estab
fishing an Alliance exchange.
The growth of the organization in
Georgia has bsen mot remarkable.
There are now more than forty thous
and members of the Alliance in this
state, and Free. Jackson is of the opin
ion that before the year is out there
will be at least one hnndred thousand
members.
In Texsi the Allianoe has not only
established an agency for handling the
produce of Jits members, but it is build
ing mills and factories. The agency
appears to oe i very simple matter.
It's not a money-making affair, being
operated solely in the interest of the
members of the Alliance. The mem
bera ship their cotton to the agency,
and also boy tkeir goods from it. The
only charge is the cost of handling the
cotton, and when goods are purchased
the members pay only the cost of man
ufactnring and the freigh . Piesident
Jackson says that agamies are to be
established in Georgia, probably in At
lanta, Macon, and Savannah; and sub
agencies are to be established in every
county in the state.
The farmers seem to know what
they are about, and they are proceed
ing to carry out their plans with extra
ordinary earnestness and vigor.
Mrs. H. H R ('itu-'uo, who has al
ways been identified with the Maes*
ohuat-t*B wornau suffrage movement,
has a veiy unique kitchen. It is built
of sheathed hard pine, with rafters ov
erhead and a big closet at one end, the
top of which forms a shell several feet
from the root. Ou this shelt are group
dd earthen vessels and some pitchers,
with two stone idols, which she calls
her Lares and Penates The cooking
utensils are hung on these kitchen
walls in designs as artistic as the
works ot art in a lady’s boudoir.
Each article has a place in the most
convenient nook, and the whole room
is a irodel of labor saving inventions
and neat, orderly housekeeping, while
here and there crops out a poetical
faucy or old New England legend.
In 6ome convenient place is a pilo
of note paper and a pencil, on which
to jot thoughts that come while wash
ing dishes or overseeing the baking.
Alihoogh on account of the systematic
anangements of the household this
modern priestess needs but little time
in her kitchen, when Rhe does offer np
herself as a sacrifice there the result is
such as the gads would appreciate
were they to banquet at her dining ta
bl e | Commercial Advertiser.
The Rev. Geo H Thayer of But r
bon, Ind., y*: " B i nd
wife owe our lives to obiloh 6 Lon
sumption Cure.” For sale by W. B
Mason, H< mer.
Advertising.
An advertisement in a newspaper
does its work all the time. Like the
growing crop, it does not stop to rest
at night, nor on Sunday. Like mon
ey at interest, it brings in enre ro
tarns, and never halts in its good
work. Money judiciously invested in
advertising is not thiowu away, as
some people seem to supptse, but is
the seed that germinates trade, and the
powerful fertilizer that keeps it grow
ing.
Gen. Grant on the Tariff.
When Gen. Grant made his trip
aronnd the world in 1877, he address
ed the manufactures of Sheffield, Eng.,
and in the course of his speech, he
said: “It mast be recollected that the
country which I bad, at one time, the
honor of representing, has gone
through a great war and contracted a
great debt in suppressing a rebellion.
That makes it necessary to raise a
large amount to support the running
expenses of the government and to pay
the interest on the debt, which is ow
ing in foreign countries to a large ex*
tent. It is impossible to raise the e
revenues from internal sources. The
protective tariff is a matter scarcely
heard of now in the United States,
though it was a common subject of talk
years ago. The reason it is scarcely
mentioned now is that the revenues
from impoits is simply regarded aeo"e
of the means of raising tie necersary
money to pay the interest on the na
tional debt, and the other expenses in
cident to the carrying on of the gov
eminent; and if we were to abolish
the revenue from imports, the foreign
bondholders would very soon cry out
against us because we failed to pay the
interest on the bonds they hold We
get along rapidly enough in that direc
tion. and wo will compete with yon in
vour manufactures in the tna kets ot
the world ”
m
During a heavy rain au I thnoder
storm, the tow boat, Future Ci v and
three barges from St. Loui . came n
collision with three Uaited S a ee war
vessels at anchor in front of the ci'y of
New Orl ans. La. Tvvo oi the barg<-
*ere sunk and the third was badh
damaged, but most of its freight wii
be saved. The two barges sunk ao
total loesfs. One contained 51 000
barbels of bulk wheat and the <oher a
full cargo of freight. ihe first vei-Sti
stiuck by the Future Ci'y barge wat
the Atlanta. One of the targes, drift
ing eideway, struck the prow of
Atlanta, and being held fast, causer
the Atlanta to drag along shore foi
nearly a mile. Finally, a number of
tugs came to her assistance, pulled iff
the barge and beached it; the other
two barges drifted by tie Atlanta.
One of them struck the Galena aid
sunk, breaking the Galena's anchor
ohain aid causing her to drift down
the stream. Thebbaber b e was at length
taken in tow by the tug Magnolia and
the warth’p secured. Ihe third barge
■track the Yantic, swur g around and
was somewhat damaged, but the Yan
tio was nninjared. The G ileus reseiv
ed slight damage to her rigging and
bows. Otbsr vessels of the fleet suf
fered no damage. The barges belong
ed to the Mississippi Yalley Trans
portation company. The loss amounts
to about one hundred thousand dollars.
FREE TO ALL.
Call at the Store of General Mer
chandise & Plantation Supplies,
Dry Goods, Notions,
Flour and Meat, Sugar and Coflee, for Cash, or Country Produce
Taken in Exchange at Highest Market Price.
W. C. J. GARRISON, Homer, Georgia.
Cheap Uash, Store.
<M*O.o©\A,,
General Merchandise & Plantation
SUPPLIES, DRY GOODS & NOTIONS.
Keep on hand a full stock of Groceries, Flour, Meal. Meat, Sugars,
Coffees, Teas, Molases, Tobacco and Cigars. Country Produce Taken
in Exchange at Highest Market Price. When in town call in.
Notions and Groceries,
J. E. STEPHENS, HOMER, GA.
A Nice Line of Confectioneries,
fiKvJCb, lSoliO.ee© 0.v.'l yeo d o.\V,
Ounry Produce Taken in Exchange at Highest Earket prices.