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MGEHEE -BLANKENSiIP = In this
county, on the 18th, at Roosevelt Chapel
near Jordan Station. by the Rev. 6eo.
W Flowers. Mr.. }. r. McGehee 10 MISS
Willie A. Blankenship.
REEVES -wILBURN- In this city on
the 18th inst. at the residence OF the
brides father, by the Rev. Geo W..
Wilson, Mr.. Ed. f. Reeves, of Cayce
Station, 10 Miss Blanche WilbuTn, oil
this city.
NICH0LS-HILL-in this county, near
Lodgton, on the 23d inst, Mr.. David NJ
Nichols TO Miss Alvira Hill.
coLoRED.
THOMPSON-ALE XANDER-On the oath
inst, Aft. Thompson to Lydia Ale1ar-
der.
BARBEE- LOCKRIDGE-On the 25 ih,
Scott Barbee to Mary Lockridge.
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Council Proceedings


HIcKMAS, Ky. Sept - 1879.
Council met Present Councilmen
Faris. Plummer. Campbell and Landrum.
The Mayor being absent. Councilman
Faris was called TO the chair
On motion, the reading of the minutes
OF the previous meeting was dispensed
with.
NJ. F. Millet rendered his resignation
as City Clerk. which. on motion, was &C
cepted and ordered TO be filed, and the
office of City Clerk was declared vacant.
CITY CLERK ELECTED.
Councilman Landrum nominated r. E.
Millet to fill the unexpired term of NJ. F.
Millet, and, on motion, said R. E. Millet
was unanimously elected Clerk.
CITY BONDS, CHECKS. &C.
On motion, the City Clerk was directed
to advertise for all bonds, checks or other
evidences of debt of the city, and to pro-
cure suitable books and therein make n
correct record OF all such Indebtedness.
ORDERED TO HAVE DESK REPAIRED, &C.
On motion, the Clerk was ordered to
procure cancelling hammer, have the
city desk repaired and TO put the city
papers in order.
ACCOUNTS ALLOWED
Tho following accounts were allowed
and orders directed TO be drawn on the
Treasurer for the same.
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Cernmissioner's Notice.

Fulton Circuit Court, Kentucky.
Geo. d. Prather's adm r, prtiff,
against Equity
Geo. B. Prather's heirs and cred
itors, defendants.
Notice is hereby given to the creditors
of Geo. b. Prather, deceased, that the un-
dersigned, Commissioner of the Fulton
Circuit Court, under an order in the above
styled cause, will attend at the County
Court Clerks office, in Hickman, KY, from
the date hereof until the 4th Monday OF
January, 1880, to receive and hear proof Of
claims against said decedent; and that all
claims not presented to him and proven as
required by law, within the time specified
above, will be forever barred.
JNO. A WILSON,
Master Comm'r Fulton Circuit Court.
scrtl-IS.p
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commissioners Notice.

Fulton Circuit Court kentucky
Frank Millers admir-, prrif
against Equity
Frank Miller's heirs and credit
Ors, defendants.
Notice is hereby given TO the creditors
Of Frank Miller, deceased, that the
undersigned, Commissioner of the Fulton
;ircnit Court, under an order in the
above styled cause. will attend at the
County Court Clerks office, in Hickman,
KY. from the date hereof until the 4th
donday of January, 1880. to receive and
hear proof OF claims against said decedent;
aud that all claims not presented to him
and proven as required by law, within the
time specified above, will be forever bar
red. JNO. A. WILSON,
Master Comm'r Fulton Circuit Court
septl-lS79.
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WHAT WAS THE MATTER WITH
GUMBo7-On the night Gumbo was taken
sick; John ". Cole and myself. were with
him after supper, and as he had com
meuced vomiting, we collected some Of
the elected matter. carefully preserv-
ed the same until could get some good
acid, and then examined the same very
carefully, assisted by John W. Cowgirl.
We first tested fluid known to have a
very minute quantity Of strychnine in it.
We then tested fluid that had no strych-
nine in it. The first gave the play of
colors perfectly; the latter gave no col
ors. We then made three tests of the
matter elected from Gumb0s stomach,
and it gave the play OF coors just as per
cepiibly as did the fluid known to have
strychnine in it. This is why [ have
stated so positively to some Of my friends
that Gumbe had taken strychnine. As
to how he got the same, | know not The
test used: For nitrous compounds in the
acid-sulphate of iron; test for strichnia
drop the suspected fluid on a clean porce-
lain surface; evaPOrate to dryness; apply
sulphuric acid to the spot, and, after.
wards, minute particle OF bichromate
potass. 1t will first turn blue, then pur-
pie, then crimson, followed by red and
| green. ALEX A. FARIs.
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HARDWARE, ETC.

CASTINGS, 3a4c per 10.
IRON, bar size, pc per Id.
Pillow STEEL, sc per III.
PLOW STEEL WINGS SIC per 10.
IRON AXLES, &c per 10.
NAILS, 81 IS rates.
HORSE SHOE NAILS, 30c per ID.
STEEL. cast. VI. 8 A, 20a25c.
STEEL PLOWS, Sal21c per 10,
HUBS. 81 .25a2.25 per sett.
PLOwS, Hertweck, Baltzer knoerr,
Steel Plows, No. |. $500; No. z, Sf.OG
No. 8. So. 50; No. 4, $500.
Baltzer's patent one horse Plow $500. ex-
ira pillow moulds 500 each. Cotton
scrapers same.
Powell & Bro. from various factories, one
horse plows. S5.00a5.00; two horse
plows S6.00al6,00.
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sUNDRIEs.

BAGGING. IOal23c per yard.
ROPE, machine l5a2Oc.
TIES. ja6c.
LEATHER. kip skins S4.50ae,5o; sole. per
lb., so 35c upper side, S4.5Oa5.O0.
PRINTS, 4a6c per yard.
DOMESTIC, 3ial2ic per yard.
JEANS, 2oa50c per yard
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Coussens Compound Honey of Tar has
been so long and favorably known that it
needs no encomium For coughs, colds,
sore throat, hoarseness, etc. it affords
speedy relief. and is most pleasant and
efficacious remedy, honey and tar being
two of its ingredients. The skill of the
chemist, and the knowledge of ply stefan
were united in its preparation, the result
being & compound which is the favorite
remedy in this severe climate. and has no
equal as a cure for coughs, colds, boarse.
ness, bronchitis, Group, e'c. Use COussens
Honey of Tar Price 80 cents For sale
by Buck & Cowgirl, Hickman, Ky.
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ATTENTION.!

Notice is hereby given to all persons
interested that al 2 clock p. IN. Saturday,
Oct. 4th, 1879. at the City Hall in the
city of Hickman, KY, we will sell to the
highest bidder the privileges of the Full
ton County Fair Grounds for the coming
Fair. We reserve the right TO reject all
bids. Bonds. with security. will be re
quired of purchasers.
! w CowGILL,
GINS. BALrzER,
2G Committee
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The Mexican Dollar.

What is the difference between the
Mexican dollar and Tabler's Buckeye
Pile Ointment? One does what il pro-
misses and the other doesn't. The Mexi-
can dollar says. Il am one hundred cen 8;
but when you come TO invest it you find
it is only eighty-hv Tahler's Buckeye
Pile Ointment says: Il will cure you OF
Piles" and upon trial it is found to DO
so in every case. Ii makes but one
promise-to cure piles: aud does 60 with
ont failure. Price 90 cents bottle.
For sale by Buck Cowgirl, Druggist
Hickman XIV.
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You Must Cure that Cough.

With Shiloh's Consumption Cure you
can cure yourself Ii has established the
fact that Consumption can be cured. while
for Coughs, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough.
Asthma, and all diseases of Throat and
Lungs, il is absolutely without al equal.
Two doses will relieve your child Of the
Cronp, it is pleasant to take and perfect
ly harmless 10 the youngest child, and no
mother can afford to be without it, You
can use two-thirds of bottle, and if
what we say is not true we will refund
the price paid. Price le cts, 80 cts. and
81 90 per bottle. If your Lungs are sore
or Chest or Back lame, use Shilohs Po-
rous Plaster. Sold by G. A. HOLCOMBE.
Druggist, Hickman, KY. jal0-ly
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A Good .ToIxe

parishioner stopping with his pastor
was mortified to see him visit a ciose, az
ter each meal and quietly take drink
from suspicious looking bottle. His
duty compelled him to demonstrate with
the good man on this deplorahl4 practice,
but his modification was increased when
he was shown that it was bottle of Dr.
A. Q. Simmons Liver Medicine that wns
used, and he was assured that 10 that ex.
cellent remedy the people were largely
indebted for sermons free from dyspeptio
symptoms. with which they ha.i been
afflicted until he was cured BY this relis.
bic remedy.
This medicine is for sale by BucK &
CowoILL. who also have some trial pack
ages to be given away to applicants.
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"Sot up to EN- r

oo' Wy " C.u
A revival will begin at the Metho-
dist church on October 9Th.
There was perceptiblc frost, back
Of Hickman, Wednesday night.
In Graves county eighty seven com
mon schools are in operation.
Prof p G.. Hslyburton, formerly of
Hickman, is now teaching French class
in Richmond, Va.
Mr. ". j. Atwood, ia duly author
iied to solicit and receipt for subscription
TO the HIcKMAs CouRIER
McCurcuES is selling the finest Ken
lucky test Coal Oil at 20 cents per gall
Ion. ju27-tf
W Rbstt franklin formerly an EN-
ployee OF this Office, is now publishing a
paper at Kenneth, Mo.
MURPHY the temperance evangelist,
will lecture in Paduoah the 9Th OF next
month. Hunt up your blue ribbon.
The booth privileges of the Fair
Grounds are to be sold on Saturday, Oct.
9th, at the City Hall. See lad" in anoth-
er column.
A new street lamp is 10 be erected
te-day on The N. E. corner of Clinton and
Union streets. 1t is to be furnished by
Capt. II. Buchanan.
The May6eld Fair begins October
8, and reunion of the survivors of the
First Kentucky Confederate regiment will
be held on the grounds that day.
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ANTISfPTIc MINERAL WATER.

a sure preventive Of all Coniaeie,,=.
Infectious and Miasmatie Diseases. as
Yellow. Swamp. and Malarial Fevers.
Cholera. SMALLPOX. etc
For sale hy c. 4. HOLCOMBF.
aug io-im Hickman. Ky
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STRAY NOTICE.

HNAKEN UP AS A STRAY, by S. J. Lit
tie, living one aud half miles north
of Lodgtou. in Fulton county, Ky. ONE
DARK BAY OR BROWN MULE, years
old, which is appraised at S35.
s26-tw H. C. DONOHO, J. T.
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ALWAYS SOMETHING New AND
TENPrIsG Grated cOcoanr{. tboneless
herrings, gold ring candy, are imong the
new deIicacies and nOveltiA . Coles
bakery and confectionery. j ach jar
of candy is genuine eox ins for 8
child, and candy warrante mically
pure. Sold at the same pric "a ordinary
candy. The grated cocoanuNls great
desideratum aad conveniently Nc house
keepers. Try it. ny
PREMIUM Canvassed Hams and snow
fake Lard, just received and for safe ut
McCUTCHEN ju27 II
The Fulton Conuty Teachers In
stitute il TO convene at the Public School
buildings, in Hickman, next Monday, con-
tinuing three days. We trust the friends
of education and our citizens generally,
will extend a welcome encouragement to
the teachers aud friends in attendance.
There is no class or profession, exercising
a larger influence on the well being of
society than the teachers, md there is no
class less appreciated or less encouraged
We want them to receive a generous vel
come. take them home with you and slim
Mate them to the important duties of
their profession, and cause them TO feel
and appreciate the dignity OF the truly
great labor in which they are engaged.
Notice.
All persons holding bonds checks, or
other evidence of debt against the City
of Hickman, are required by a resolution
of the City Council to hle with me a
statement of such indebtedness, as fol-
lows: number, date, to whom issued,
amouat. and Endorsement thereon. As
soon as such statement is furnished, |
viii call and verify claims and statement.
This notice must be complied With in 90
days. H. L. u y. I.
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Let Us Have Peace.
Salt. Salt!

Best Ksnawa salt by the barrel or re.
tail, At
500 MCUTCHEN'S.
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Local Items.

nA-Short communications on public
questions rrinted-but not responsible
for sentiments or expressions of cores
pondsnts-except where we refuse to give
name Of author
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GROCERIES.

BACON, sides 6Ictsi shoulders 6ctsi hams
l0cts.
CHEESE. I2al4c per pound
COFFEE. Rio. 12alS per 10.
CRACK Frs. 7a9c per 10.
COAL OIL, Is per gallon.
CANDLES. star, E5aI6c per ID
FLOUR. Hickman Mills, S5.00a6.50.
MOLASSES, 35a Acc per Dbl; 45cts per
half barrel.
LARD OIL. S100 per gallon.
LARD Sea I0cper III.
GUNPOwDER, $3.50 per key.
BLASTING POWDER. S5.51 per key
SODA, 3Ia4 per ID. by the keg.
SUGAR, brown. l0c; hard llal23c
SHOT, per bag. 81 IS.
STONEW ARE, topper gallon.
TOBACCO, manmfac'd per III. 50a75c.
SALT, car load bush. bbl., 81 90; by re-
tail Sl.75; go ID. bhl., car load, Sl3Oa
by retail 81 80.
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J. AMBERG'S SONS
offers to the trade the
incest assortment of
Gents, Boys and Chill
dren's clothing ever
brought to Hickman.
Also, Hats of the very
latest style, custom
made Boots and Shoes
and Rubber goods.
septl9-3w
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Vote as Won Please.

DUT remember that you can buy tn,
ID best quality of Groceries at the low
est prices, at
apps JOHN WHITING s.
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CITY ITEMS.

PUsE old Apple Vinegar, made in FuL
ton county, At
ju2T-tf McCUTCHEN
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z z r r I ~ e

Is warranted to remove every cause from
the system that produces the ChilIs, and
IT IT fails to do this you viii sustain no
loss, for every druggist is authorized to
guarantee permanent cure in every case,
no matter Of how long standing. and will
refund the money if the Chills return
after you are through taking. Positively,
no cure, no pay. Try it and be con WINGED
II cantains no poison, and is perfectly
tasteless. A permanent cure guaranteed
in all cases. T. W. GROVE
Manufacturer and Prop'r, Paris. Tenn
For sale by 7. P. FORTUNE s. CO.
ju27-l0t Hickman XIV.
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nhood: How Lost. How
Restored
Manhood:

Just published, a new edition
~ h Of DR.. CULVERWELIS CELE-
I * DRAFTED ESSAY on the radioa.
- cure (wiihout medieine) of SPEn
MAroRRuGA or Seminal Weakness, Invol-
uniary Seminal Losses, INPoTExoY. Mental
and PHYSICAL ncapaciiy. Impediments to
Marriage etc. also. CoNsu&frIoN. EpILEP.Y
and FRS. induced by self-indufgence, or
sexual extravaganza. sc.
The celebrated author, in this admira-
BILE Essay, clearly demonstrates. from =
thirty years successful practice that the
alarming consequences of self-abuse may
be radically cured without the dangerous
use of internal medicine or the applica-
tion of the knife; pointing out mode of
cure at once simple, certain and efectnal,
| by means of which every sufferer, no
matter what his condition may be, may
cure himself cheaply, privately, and
| radically.
Ha5@1his Lecture shonld be in the hand
Of every youth and every man in
! land.
Sent free under seal, in plain enveIop,
to any address.
Address the Publishers,
THE CULvERwEL MEDICAL CO.,
Al Ann Street Post 0fise Box, 46ss
june20 ly
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HAVE you Dyspepsia, are you Consti-,
pated. have you yetIo ~ skfn, ltse oe y
SHILOHS SYSTEM VITALIZER 1t is
guaranteed to relieve you. and will you
continue to suffer when yon can be cured
on such terms as these. Price 10 cts, and
IS cts. Sold by C. A. HOLCOMBE. Drug
gist, Hickman, KY. jal0-ly
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HlCh MAN, L.
KEEP on HAND MOLASSES KEG
and Barrels OF all sizes, holding from
10 TO 60 gallons. Also, Flour, Apple. Pc
tato and other kinds of barrels; Kraut
and Pickle Stands. and all cooperage that
is usually made by coopers in this coun-
try, and at prices 10 suit The times. The very
best Cypress MOIasses barrels, of good
seasoned timber holding As to 4S gallons
at $3.50. Please call At my shop and ex-
/ anime my work and judge for yourselve s.
| sept5-lm J. d. STEPHENS.
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Commercial.
HICKMAN COURIER OFFICE.
FRIDAY, Sept. 20, 1879.
COUNTRY PRODUCE, ETC.

COUNTRY PRODCCF, ETC.
DRIED FRUIT--Apples 2 to 8 cents !;
Peaches > 10 p cents.
CORN. ear 45c; shelled 4Oc on bank. soc
in Hick man.
COTTON, l0al2tc.
WHEAT. market active sOasl 90 per bush.
MEAL. soc, from wagons.
BEES wax. DC per ID.
HIDES, green, SC; dry sailed, sal0c; dry
fint, l0al3c.
WOOL, sOa87}c per lb., tub washed; un-
washed to lJcts.
FEATHERS. 35a40c per h., prime
TALLO ", &c per ID.
BUTTER, fresh, 10ai5c per 10.
POULTRY, Spring chickens $3.50; old
81 00a2. % per dozen.
EGGS. l0c per dozen.
BARRELS Cypress Molasses Barrels
Sl.50; iron bound 81 80. Flour 45cts.
Apple and Potato 35c. Kraut and Pickle
Stands 75c to $50. Cypress Kegs, iron
bound, 10 gals, 90c; Oak, 90c.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

An ounce of preventive is better than
pound of cure Take Antiseptic Min
eral Water every other night.
If your liver troubles you buy Sim
mons Liver Medicine, in green wrapper,
at Buck & C0wGILL.
WELLS Persian Perfume "HAcKMETACK'
is rich and fragrant, try it. Sold by c.
A. HOLC0MBE, Druggist. jal0-ly
Antiseptic Mineral Water prevents yell
low and all malarial fevers, Cholera,
Small-Pox, etc.
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DR.. ]. B. STAMPER,

Os::'l'Y
1T Is An ESTABLISHED FACT THAT
i that Quinine or Cinchonidia will stop
Chills. and for this purpose there is no
better remedy. But it is also an estab-
lished fact that they do not remove the
cause that produces the ChilIs. For IL
they did, the chills would not return on
the 9TH, 18th, 2lst or 2Stb day. Then is
1T not money LOST to attempt to perma-
nently cure the Chills with Quinine CT
Cinchonidia. when they do not remove the
cause from the system that produces them,
For until the cause is removed, the Chilis
will return The
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GHILDREN'S SHOES AT AMBERG' S
from p cents TO 81 %.
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MARINERS THE HIGHEST Cash
prices paid for wheat and country
produce st
81 PLAUT& BRO.
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The City Judge presented a report OF
fines assessed from Nov. %, 1878, &c date
S266 50
,,.pouAr'a qrpouT
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McCuTcuES huvs his goods for cash, and
henceforth will only sell for CASH. or ten
days time to prompt working men, or any
one else that works and pays. ju2I-tf
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SDeciaI Notice!

The greatest bargains ever offered in
the City of Hickman can be had now in
all lines of goods, at
ianlO ]. AMBERG'S SONS.
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NOU CAN GET GOOD JEANS AT AN
BERG from 20 TO 40 cents.
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BUCK & Cowgirl.
THE NOOK.
WEST HICKMAN

OOOI IL IL y II y i
Opposite WHITES TLoURISG MILLS
HICKMAN, KENTUCKY.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-08-26
WHY THE SOUTHERN NEGROES RE
MAIN POOR.

1t will be remembered that Gen. Run
Mon in his recent article in the Atlantic on
the Negro Exodus showed that the discon-
tent of the Southern negro Is largely due
to the unfair treatment to which he is sub
jected, and the eXorbitant prices which he
is charged for his supplies, as well as to
political violence. As an example of the
sort of contracts which the Southern land
owners make with their negro tenants, we
append digest of a written contract eN-
hibited by a colored refugee in Kansas. 1t
is headed Terms of Contract between o..
X. Mcdowell, agent for the plantation of
Virginia Thomas, lying two and one half
miles north of Dickport, Mississippi, and
Dallas AScur, (colored), tenant, and these
are its terms;
''Tho tenant is TO pay four bales OF cotton OF
800 pounds weight. delivered at the gin. for
twenty acres of land. For the use OF q mule To
cultivate the twenty acres the tenant Is To pay
one bale OF the same weight. The tenant i
also to pay $50 for each 100 pounds of lint
ginncd; Is to pay sl.75 for the bugging and ties
for each bale, and is to have the benefit of the
seed from the cotton. lie (thc tenant T. 20 put
l6 acres of the land In cotton and four ia corn.
All supplies not furnished by the tenant, such
a meat, flour and meal, and necessary cloth
ing, are 10 be charged To the tenant nj the rate
of = cents a pound for mess pork or unstnoh ed
meat, and ~ cents peck for corn meal. Cot.
ton dress goods and domcstics are to be fur
nishcd AT - cents a yard
The agent for the land Is 10 sell the cotton,
deduct the rent for land and mule. the bill OF
supplies, with commission of al a bale for sell
ing, with interest on the bills advanced M the
rate of ! per cent. per month. II is also fur
Their provided that, should the crop planted by
the tenant fail from any cause whatever, 10
pay the agent the iull amount of his rent for
land and mule, together with ginning commits
sion, interest and Announcements, the balance
shall be held as "A proper lion against the next
crop or other income OF the said tenant tin the
same shall Doe fully paid"
In the light of such contract rs this. it
is easy 90 see why the negro becomes dis
contentcd. when he has 90 make over near
" all the product of his labor simply rs rem
tai for the land cultivated, while the rest
goes for supplies and commissions 10 the
agent One years deficit is made % lien on
the next years crop, and 81 the tenants
load accumulatcs year by year, while the
prospect before him grows steadily more
hopeless. Twenty five cents "a pound for
pork, ftty cents a peek for corn meal,
twenty-five cents yard for cotton goods
here is "a margin for from three 20 four
hundred per cent profit on the supplies
furnished, while the annual rental charged
for the land IS from onc-thrd 90 onc-half
of It's selling value. when the Southern
white, cheat and Cypress the negro in this
fashion, it is scarcely lngcuuou, in them
TO express surprise and Indignation at his
attempt % better his condition. hosipE
Journal
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-08-26
RLANrON DUNcAN REPLIES.

Mr.. B,autou Duncan, the Grcenback
orator from kentucky, the man who was
imported 20 Norway, that our people
might learn Pie truth concerning bulidos-
iu-. is as tree 90 hit those who strike him
o., is the provcrbial Hibcrnian. After
his Norway speech, the Nar Religion
called him ''thc greatest ass we have vet
seen in this or any other campaign. On
rcadiu. this complimentary notice, Mr..
Duncan Immediately sd, down and wrote
,be following letter, which We publish to
show how tremendously the coalition Is
working. and how thc brethren love one
another. This is the letter
E.-. Editor N.- Religion, Norroy,
NHH..
Your name escaped me, when
You volunteered To- suggest what l should
om, from my speech OF course l am
,hc greatest ass" i'm the appreciation OF
oue who deserted the Republicans to "but-
ter his bread AND torgcJfu, of the Bible,
declaration. He That calle,h his brother d
fool shall Dee in danger of hell lire, now
da,hc> into politics. for which hc j. better
fttcd than for the pulpit.
The lass is always honest. \ clcri
cal politician. just ruH.l Democrat. * not
always pure. You repudiatc the Bible ano
do not believe H hell fire nor i'm futur,
punishment. believe in an of them. But
what chance is there for youto act honestly
I'm politics, or 20 sec any good I'm anybody
who does not support TWO parties at the
same time. and suppress the truth whcr
You suggest Do.
BIANIoN DUNCAN.
August 10Th. l>-9.