The Russellville Democrat., 1885-10-22
Gala Rock Township,


Correspondence OF the Democrar.
UNION, Oct. Is In our neighbor.-
hood we are all peaceable and quiet.
Bud Cloniger has sold out and is GO
inc to Yell county. Bud is no free
jack IN political sense, but is hon.
cstly republican, and we are sorry
to lose so good a citizen. Charles
Lewis( not the b. Of +. Charley, is
in possession of an II pound boy
Our lodge met last
Saturday night with good attend
ance. SO much is being said just
now through the papers, and in pri-
vate conversation about politics that
ii you will bear with me ] will spend
nv opinion. We must go on unwav-
ering in our efforts at reform; we
have commenced good fight and
our soldiers are strong force and
let us push on. 1t is true the taxes
are 20 cents more on the 100 dollars,
but remember it is putting the coun-
ty out Of debt, and when we are out
of debt we can get free breath. !
admit that we BIS of F. are hard run,
and a great many of US will be una
BILE to pay our private debts in full,
but we want the public debt paid, it
is a shame to have the county in
debt. So far as our private debts
are concerned most OF it is due the
merchants and they have charged us
exhorbitant prices, and If we pay
them part they can afford to wait
until next year. We owe our doctor
in this neighborhood but he
does not need so much money; he
can gay his board cheap and little
drug bill, and no need of so much
money to ride about on, but we want
the county out Of debt. Some OF
our merchants and best off farmers
will have most oil IT
to pay and the little raise of 90 cents
on men that have plenty won't hurt
them much, what we need is to once
more get the county debt paid, pay
it though the heavens fall, pay the
public debt, as for our own we'll
havv to take the chances on them.
-. AS for politics prop
per we have no need of alarm if the
people want Mr.. Tobey let them
take him, but as for me if the charg-
es are true that he did take an oath
to support the constitution and then
use a free pass NO more Tobey in
mine, however ] did vote for hun.
believe we could get Mr.. Mike
Weathers to I'll Tobey's place SO
there need be no trouble over that
score; Mike cannot make as fiowery
speeches as some, blu, he would al
ways be on the side of the farmer,
and what does the interest of any
one else amount to to us; merchants,
lawyers and doctors must take care
of themselves. but US poor farmers
must look out for No. /. These
trades and professions are no use to
us, and as far as we can we ought to
ostracise them, excommunicate
them, except the doctors; we do not
allow them in our order because
their interests antagonize ours. In a
letter written in the Reflector not
long since good brother said and
said Alright too, that we poor farmers
might come to town the people
would ssy to u.s. why don't you raise
turnips, potatoes, ect., and have
money. Then when we have raised
them and brought them TO town they
say we have raised too much and
there is surplus and nobody will
buy from US. That is the way it
goes. Now don't you know if we en-
courage the building up of large
town with big market for these
things it would be worse; and as for
me / am not going to help make any
man rich. OF course if we would
cellar up these turnips, potatoes, etc.
next spring we could get a good
price but do you suppose we are GU
ing to do all that to please these
town gents. If they want vegeta-
bies next spring let them send north
for them In some sections Of the
country l notice the farmers are de
handing $3.50 ton for cotton seed
and on the Memphis r. r. they pay
$1,000 a ton. Now if we had our
county debt paid and full ticket
of county officers, SO we would not
have so many burdens on us, we
could then have time to think, and
maybe we could make strike and
refuse to take less than the seed are
worth. We did make the thieves
raise a dollar on the ton; / don't
know how they did work it on them
but they jumped up from 81 to IS
ton, and If we had time to fool with
them we could make them go higher.
:. Now, Drothers, let us rise in our
might and support our standard
bearers; every body curses Mr.. Gill,
but he is the back bone Of the order;
he has done more to break Atkins
down than any man In the order, land
until we have stopped all these
towns from growing and get the
county debt paid we cant expect to
prosper. /. Anybody having good
milk COW to sell drop note To the
editor and oblige The county
debt must be paid this year or we
60 under. RECORDER.
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