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VOL. V. REUNION SONO. [Composed and sung by Rev. —. —. Smith at New Orleans in 1892.] We’ve met again, my comrades bold, To grasp each other’s hands And talk ot times that tried men’s sonls AH o’er these southern lands. WaVe closer grown through floating years Since we together stood. And barred oar breasts to leaden storms On fields baptized with blood. Garland is filled with widows’ weeds; We’ve heard the orphans’ sigh, While comrades long since disappeared Are marching through the sky. We’ll write their names on fame’s proud scroll As heroes in the strife. And cherish those thev loved and left As long as »• have life. Our banner with its triple bars No more on earth is seen, The bat tie fields once red with blood With waving grass are green. No rude commands resounding now Disturb the warrior’s rest. Their farms asleep in camps of death, Their souls are with the blest. But though our flag lies folded now, To kies the breeze no more. And though no more we don the coats We once so proudly wore. We’ll not forget the vnlous deeds Beneath that banner done. Nor cease to talk of battie fields And victories we have won. And when all hate shall cease to live, And truth shall grasp the pen To write our country’s history down, She’ll say tbit of our men; That truer patriots never lived. Nor filled more honored graves, Than those who fell in freedom’s cause, Our own confederate braves. We’re not ashamed of what we did, We battled tor the right. And though by numerous foes o’erwlielmed, We yielded to their might. We walk again with freemen’s tre id The land that gave us birth, And glory in our sunny south. The grandest spot on earth. And while we do not brag, nor boast Of how our comrades fought, The pension roils, you know full well, The facts of this havo taught. And if these pension rolls be true And none have said they lied, We must have crippled all the world And halt the coons beside. Now my song I’ll close with homely phrase That has a statement true. Of bow the fight was ended and— I’ll prove it by the blue. The yankcos didn’t whip us, boys. Nor let it ne’er be said, But wc wore ourselves ont whipping them, Then stopped for want of bread. Then let us sing till heaven shall ring To our departed braves, Ahd let us pray each passing day Among their silent graves. That when our time to fall shall come And we must pass away. We’ll rise again with them to reign In one eternal day. VAN GERVOORFS CALL He Warns the Nation Against Papal Curse in This Country. I have ju6t returned from a to Wood and Van Zandt the very hotbed and centre of populism. At MineoLa lives new presideut of the Texas form Press Association, O. P. and at Grand Saline that veteran In out work, J. C. Rhodes, also Goldsmith, Prof. Collins and host of others true and tried in the faith. Every one of the dents of these counties to our party is an earnest of the road populist, aud many them- aw- going to Nashvillo. The whole- state has lined up fully. Those who think the popu¬ list party dead in this state should see the reports of the- meetings belli, Every one of them mous- for the conference and all determined to inaugurate grandest campaign ever made in this state in 1898. The- peoples'party can if they are wise- add a great army to grand host of enduring patriots. I notice- that Wharteu Barker iu American favors a new American party. He thinks we can get together. That the peoples’ party can never harmonize. we eannot unite all the reform elements under ou* banner. I am inclined) to agree with him. Grave doubts exist as whether under our ballot laws can get rid of our fusion tees, that the friction- caused the effort would divide and tract our ranks so that we never present a solid front. ly all the raeu I have talked with wonder how wo can bow get rid of Butler and his ocratic allies who have control our party machinery. My would be to elect a new TiE^feECORD V m Devoted to the Interest of Johnson County and Middle Georgia. WRIGHTSVILLE, GA, TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1897. and secretary and execu¬ committee aud call ou our to reorganize them. The would be that until the state committees were they would recognize But¬ ler and as he has back of him the fusion congressmen and senators it would be difficult to rally again. men are determined to de¬ liver us to democracy. They have of several -stated They have au army of officeholders. have a goodly uurnber of pa¬ pers who are fed at the pie coun¬ ter. All these will stand solid for 1 new fusion deal. Their selfish interests demand it aud they will sell principle, party and manhood to hold their positions. I love the name of the peoples’ party. I love the rank and file, the editors of our papers who stood by the faith. But there’s nothing much in a name. The peoples’ party name lias been dragged in the dust, its organization prostrated. Its convention became an auction block for the betrayal of the party its candidates. \Y r e need nev¬ er abandon one of our cardinal principles. We step out of the murky air bred by corruption aud fraud, into the clear day of a new future. The same principles have been upheld by the greenback and union labor parties. Three times the men who upheld this move¬ ment have changed the name of the party. If at Nashville we should decide to be known as the American party and start out with bran uew committees and form a new organization in every state, we could oarty all our papers and our true members with us bodily. They see the difficulties surround¬ ing us now so plainly that they feel it will he difficult to reorgan¬ ize. Fusion leaders control all our machinery in the north and of the national committee. We could leave these men with a mere side show if we took this new departure, and we would thu9 avoid all the breakers and have time by 1900 to secure a place on.every state ticket under our ballot laws. And we could add at once 2,000,000 voters to our ranks. We are opposed to British domination. We are in favor of a government of the peo¬ ple. We believe in a true Ameri¬ can policy for alt the people. I am* opposed to all the- influences that tend to place this country uuder foreign dictatiou. There is a mere deadly and sinister influence in this nation than either the British or the Rothschilds.. It is leagued and linked with both. All history shows that it has been the curse of •very government where it was permitted to live. It has been aboiisbed by tbe pope of Rome. The ablest writers, in that church have piled up evi¬ dence mountain high against its iuiquity. Nearly every Catholic country on earth has driven its from place aud power in. the administration of the affairs of the church, until today, outcasts from nearly every Catholic nation, they are driven to the United States to entrench thomselveu in the eitadsL of a socalled free gov¬ ernment. It is the Jesuit organiza¬ tion that I allude to. This whole # power has been transferred here, They controlled Cleveland. They control McKinley. They have a delegate who- acts as pope in North and South Aigerica and is as abso¬ lute a ruler as the pope himself. Our whole people seem to be under a spell. They are afraid to mention this silent power. They are afraid to lift a hand to stay the tide that is meuacing the very existence of this nation, Mexico,, Italy, Germany,, the very hotbed and sanctuary of the Catholic church, has overwhelmed this organization; but America-stands silent with its millions of majority CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE. It Is Not ' flow Cheap ‘ 'You can adver [ good tine, results but what you } can obtain by ! using THE R1: i conn’a columns. ’ Cheap : Advertise ; meats Can get nothing ‘ but cheap re ‘ [ sults. Try The Record’s I columns for up to-date results to your satisfac tiou. m.- VHONEST IN DEALINGS. Jul COMMERCIAL as PRINTING. %—Plain and'0rnamental Job Printing of Evary Bescriptinn.-——i& Lettér Heads, Note Heads, Bill Heads, Cards, Envelopeé, Invitations, Posters, Etc $ WE COMPETE WITH T'HE CITIES IN QUALITY AND PRICE. $ __.________________________________ | [m- QUICK AND RELIABLE; a ' If You | Were He! Yes, if. you were' thy creditor the march- and ‘ahtsitting‘ 9331 ‘ idly { in hi; shop pc onm’latiugmom dust, cobwebs; and out-ofrstyle ; goods than cash, 1 you would prob- l ‘ ably feellike'a‘ak ing, Why don't 4‘ you Wake Up vertising aug use the col’una ad of Tm: Rsponn. and exchange your stock, for legal tender? What say you? A New One On Bill. BY M.QUAD. We were waiting at the Air Line junction for the Southern express —fifteen or twenty passengers— when we saw a man come running along the country highway with his hat in his band. As he drew nearer to us he waved the hat and shouted, but no one could make him out until he reached us. He was a man of 50 years and very much excited, aud he had to wait three or four minutes before he could say : “Geutlemeu, my sou Bill has broke loose and will be here in ten miuutes!” “What’s the matter with your son Sill?” asked one of the pas¬ sengers. 4 He’s the awfullest fighter in all this state P was the reply. “He’s fit and licked everythin’ fur 200 miles around, and fur the last week I’ve had him tied up in the barn, ’cause he was achin’ to fight him. He was bustin’ the ropes when I left, and he’ll chaw this crowd up as a cow eats cabbage. Thar’ he comes now!” O 11 the crest of a hill half a mile away wo saw a man who wa6 headed our way, and the passen¬ gers asked of the excited father: “What do you think we had better do in the case?” “Git inside and lock the doors!” shouted the old man, “and mebbe I kill coax Bill not to do you any damage! If I had a chunk of raw beef I think I could git him to- fellow me back home agin. See him cum! He’s achin’ fur death and destrueshun!” “He isn’t foolish or crazy, is he?” “Not a bit, sir. He’s jest a rip roarer of a fighter, aud if he lights ou this crowd sunthiu’ aw¬ ful will happen. What you goiu’ to do?” “I’m goiu’ to meet your sou replied* the man, as he threw his coat and pushed up his “But he’ll make cat’s-meat, of iu two hoots aud a holler! fur heaven’s sake git while I see if I can’t coax to spare your lives.” The passenger leaped off the and went down the road few yards to meet Bill, who com¬ 011 the jump and yelliug every he lifted his feet from the He was a chunky young man about 25 years old, and as he up he made straight for the passenger. “Hold on, Bill—don’t kill him kill him!” shouted the father as he rushed forward, but he was too late. Bill had rushed at the passenger with his arms go¬ ing like flails, and something had shot out and landed on his jaw and laid him on his back. He lay so quiet that some thought him dead, but after a dash of water hr. his face he opened his eyes- and s&t up, and the father queried of* the passenger: “Mister, what did you do to my son Bill?” “I landed on his jaw,”'was the reply. “And: is he a licked man?” - * “He is. He is sighing to go to his mother.” “Yes, he looks like it. Say, Bill, the aiefch has tipped, up and »r- . rip.ro.rer.. home to ma, And Bill slowly got up, looked, around as if he had lost some thiug,.and leaned heavily on his father’s shoulder While the pair walked down the dusty highway and never looked back. “I find it impossible to kill the serve,” exclaimed the dentist in a troubled tone. “What can it mean?” “I’m a drummer,” with a ring of pride in his voice. NO. 21 Her Consolation. “George,” exclaimed Mfb-. Law son, according to the Cleveland Leader, “let me see that paper a minute. There's something nr Fugleman’s advertisement on the last page, about giving something away to every customer.” Mr. Lawson handed the paper over to his sweet little wife, and went on eating his breakfast. “I hope they won’t all be gone,” she said aloud, as she read the an-' noirncemerrt, “before I can get there.” “What are they going to’ give¬ away?” her husband asked. “A beautiful tea caddy to every purchaser of a dollar’s worth of goods or more,” she excitedly re¬ turned. “I wouldn’t miss getting one of them for anything.” “What do you intend to- buy? 1 '' he inquired’. “Oh, I don’t know yet. But there are lots of things I can find' to make up the dollar's worth. A tea caddy’s the very thiug I’ve been wanting this long time, and? I wouldn’t miss the chance for m good deal.” He kissed her and went away,, but when he got home again, at 1 night, he found in place of the happy wife he'had left that morn¬ ing a little woman who was the picture of woe. “What’s the matter?” George Lawson asked. He had forgotten* about the tea. caddy, and feared that bad news of some kind had preceded him. “I shall never buy another, cent’s worth of anythingvhvF-ugte man’s store as long as I live,” hie. replied. “Oh,’' he said*. remembering the in tlie raoruiug pap— “didn’t they give you a tea after all?”’ “Yes,” she replied in scornful' tones, “they gave me one. But look at it!” Theu she handed out a little jar with a nick in it, that,, it had been perfect, might have worth 8 or 10 cents. “Why didn’t you make thenr you a good one?’’ he asked, her cheek, and trying to. her believe that he sympa* with her. “I did ask for a good one,” Bhe “but what do you.think, impudent clerk said?” “I haven’t any idea. If it was disgraceful I’ll go and. him.” “He asked me if B wanted* the the weeping woman de— “Ob! he did, did he?” “Yes, and there I’d just bought* a dollar’s worth of goods that B suppose I’ll ever ueed !’’• “The wretch!” hissed George Lawson. Theu he told her not to care, aud kissed her, and made her think that he didn’t object to the. squandering of the dollar at alf,. aud at length her* gloom disap-* peared. A's they sat down to tea she sud¬ denly said, witlv a gladl look upon* J| er • “I’d feel awfully bath about it^ if I hadn’t seen the caddies, that some other women got. They were all cracked-, or damaged ini some way.’’ But her husbaud made no reply ( . He was thinking. It was at a receut meeting o£ women and a number of delegates had made earnest addresses, when, a little woman in the rear of the am tired- of so many squeaky sop* ranos;. I want to hear a man.” A Pittsburg woman has invent- ed the odd profession of breaking in shoes. She commenced by per¬ forming this service for a very wealthy friend, who wears the same size of shoes which she does herself. Within a few weeks the increase of orders has made it nec¬ essary for her to employ several young women who wear different sizes of shoes.