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Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05
SPECULATIVE IN FUTURES.

The Inter State Agricultural and In
dustrial Convention which assembled
at Jackson, Tenn, last week and con-
tinued in session three days, among
other important things, passed the fol-
lowing resolutions unanimously. They
are of such vital Importance to our
farming and industrial interests we
feel that no apology is necessary for
occupying so much space in our col
umns for their publication:
Whereas, The manipulations by
spectators Of the cotton crop Of 1886
1886, which so depressed prices that
they have fallen below the actual
cost of production, forces upon the
planters Of the South the necessity of
relieving themselves, as far as in their
power lies, from the influence of so
ruinous system as that which now
controls the chief exportable product
of the country; and, with this end in
view, we, the representatives Of the
agricultural interests Of Tennessee, in
convention assembled, call upon our
brother planters Of all the Southern
States to protect themselves by united
action.
"Emboldened by past successes, the
speculator has already fixed a stand
ard price for the cotton crop of 1885,
81. This he has done before the seed
has been put in the ground or even
the plows have been started Cotton
futures for the months CT October,
November and December, 1886, and
January 1887, are to-day quoted in
New York at from $50 to 8.75, ac-
cording to the month. This means
not exceeding 81 cents for middling
cotton in New York, or 81 cents at the
principal cotton shipping ports of the
South, including such cities as New
Orleans, Charleston, Savannah, Mobile,
Augusta, Galveston and Memphis.
Middling cotton at these cities selling
for 81 cents means not more than u
cents to the planter, who must pay
freight, insurance and regular COM
mission charges, which generally aver
age from Z to l cent per pound.
"Now, in view of these conditions,
so ruinous of our interest, we appeal
to the intelligence of the cotton grower,
and ask him, can he pay the expense of
farming and make even bare living
by selling cotton at q cents per
pound? The answer is already given
in the negative. The new question
following upon this, is, what is the
remedyP We answer, diversified crops;
plant one-third less cotton and more
grain and grasses; raise hogs and hom.
my. Let cotton be surplus crop; in
stead of producing 6,500,000 bales,
make only 100000 bales. By this
means we may realize a living price
for our labor and at the same time live
Independently of the speculating
sharks who profit BY our losses. In
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05
LETT .LHSTLCE- BE DONE.

The more we think about the de-
cision of the Supreme Court in the
Pollard case, the more we are struck
with the pure and simple justice of the
bill that is now before the Legislature,
relieving the merchants of the COM
munity of the harsh penalties imposed
by the statute. That the bill is con-
stitutional, We think is placed beyond
all question by repeated decisions of
various State Courts of the last resort,
number of which were cited in our
article of Tuesday.
BY that bill justice is done to all
parties, where a positive injustice
would follow, if the measure of lelief
should fail. Thousands of dollars
would be paid into the State Treasury
by merchants whose contracts come
within the purview Of the statute, as
expounded by the Supreme Court, that
would not otherwise be paid, for as
the law now stands IL would be
throwing good money after bad to pay
up back license that would be Of no
benefit to the taxpayer. The State
thus would be benefited.
The merchants of the State, and es-
pecialIy these merchants who have
heretofore insured, to which contracts
the Supreme Court say the law applies,
can by paying what the State claims,
relieve themselves of the oppressive
penalties, and get the advantage
of their insurance. There is not
a man in the State, who regarded his
insurance contracts as falling within
the inhibition Of the statute, at the
time the contracts were entered into
and never, until the Oakolona fire, out
Of which the Pollard case arose, was it
once thought of, that the defense of
the statute could be made, with any
show of success. That fire involved a
loss of about twenty-five thousand dol.
lars to the insurance companies, as
we are told, and to save this amount Of
money they would plead anything that
would present legal defense, how
ever, unmeritorious it might be. No
man can look at this defense, as an ab.
stract proposition of right, and fail to
condemn it. The insurance companies
get all by the contract that they claim
ed. Mrs. Pollard paid the premium
for her policy, and when the loss en-.
sues, they then threw themselves be-
hind the statute for protection; some
thing that did not enter at all into the
contract when it was made. If there
is any objection to the passage of this
bill, meritorious and just as it is, it can
be plainly seen from what quarter the
opposition comes, but we have every
confidence in the impartiality of our
Legislators, to enact so wise and just a
law as this one is.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05
PANDORA,G BOZ

The more we think Of the Senate
bill for Constitutional Convention,
the more we are convinced it is full of
evil. 1t is as plausible and innocent
looking as box of dynamite, and will
create a political explosion in the State,
as surely as the chemical it resembles,
will cause a material explosion.
If the proposition to submit the
question to the people was separated
from the duty Of electiDg delegates, it
would not be so utterly Objectionable
as it issfor the people would undoubt-
edly vote it down.
Asitis now.itis measure so perilous
to the best interests of the State, that
we appeal to the House and the
Governor to crush it. The best senti-
ment of the people and the Democratic
party, is unequivocally opposed to
launching upon so hazardous a sea.
If the resolution should pass the
House and the Governor approve it,
the trouble would instantly begin. The
State would be hurled into political
revolution, 20ith the aOhite people hope.
zessly dj0ided on many important
questions.
The negroes under the leadership Of
Chalmers & Co. would go to the front,
and the wisest man in the State could
not give u remote guess of the out
come.
Those who imagine the negroes
would not again find bold and able
leaders, to make the most Of such an
opportunity, are wofully mistaken.
The labor of the State would be
excited and alarmed. Even now the
negroes imagine all sorts of things
about the Legislature, and if it should
be determined to hold Constitutional
Convention, it would be impossible to
convince them, it would not, in some
way, be aimed at them.
The Prohibition question could not
possibly be kept out of the election of
delegates. The opportunity for the
Prohibitionists to secure modification
of the Constitution to suit their views,
would be too good to let pass.
The elective judiciary, railroad super
vision, and many other questions,
would spring up in countless confu-
sion. Until the convention met and
until it adjourned, there would be no
rest from political strife.
Let the House show that it does
truly represent the people of the State,
and nip this evil in the bud.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05
DLD,NT LIKE THE PICTURE.

Some of the members of the Grand
Army of the Republic recently made
asses of themselves in Washington
City and kicked against the exhibition
of panorama that was too true to
nature, and to fact. The proprietors of
a representation of the first battle of
Bull Run We're about to put it on ex-
hibition when the members of exit
Carson Post" shouldered arms and
charged bayonets, SO to speak, and
adopted the following resolutions:
Whereas, In the city of Washing
ton there is being erected a building
for the purpose of exhibiting a pam
Drama of the scene of the battle of
Bull Run;
Whereas, The said battle was an
unexplained victory for the rebel army
and humiliating defeat for the Union
army.
Resolved, That it is the sense of
this post that the soldiers of the Grand
Army of the Republic should dis
courage the patronage Of said exhibi-
tion, because it is designed to crafty
the spirit of treason and perpetuate in
the memory of the people the triumph
of rebellion, and one of the most
humiliating defeats suffered by the
Union army during the late war.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05
You Have a Parfaot piar4

when you demand Bensons Capcine Plaster
Of druggist, to receive one Yet there are we
Tegrst to Sy say few druggist of the Cheap John
Se,e sapeGS WIG VIII NY 70 persuade you to accept
ing name; such as "Oapsicin," "CspseHImmn Jenny
"Capusin, .".t'apsicine," ETC, prefixed son1a.
times with the name Burton" HfS or @Benton sone;
Cheap John viii offer you one Of these wretehed
he can well afford to do, its real SsIna hsS' aS
nothing, and Its cost but little more. Benson3s S
are the only p0rus plasters that can be denend.
ed upon to cure every allment subject to exter.
tboropss nS ssSsm99t Pro. They are prompt sure and
by buying Of reliable druggist 0SIv ThS
Inc bears the Three Seals trademarIt ana nv
the WO q "Capcine" cut In the centre. 'N ''"'
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

We want no Constitutional Conven-
tion, but we do want railroads; an in
PRODUCTION of capital and intelligent
and skilled labor. Let the money that
is expended in useless Railroad Com
mission be applied to advertising our
untold resources, and to the encourage
ment of immigration, and it will not
be FIVE years before the railroads will
supervise themselves by healthy COM
petition.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

The Louisiana Board of Pardons
having resolved not to interfere in the
Ford and Murphy matter, those MUIR
derers must now turn to a higher and
grander power and ask pardon of God.
There is no other hope for them unless
the Governor thinks he is the co-equal
of God and grants them respites from
time to time, ad infnitum.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

A LITTLE dodger has made its ap-
pearance in Jackson, signed, "Pro-
moters Of New York, Mexican and
Texas Air Line Railway" Its object
is to convince the Legislature, that the
concern with the long name ought to
be granted a charter for a railway
through the State.
We are satisfied for the Legislature
to do so, as soon as it is convinced
of the standing and good faith
of said promoters" And we
simply renew the question we asked in
a recent issue: Who are the promoters
of the New York, Mexico and Texas
Air Line Railway? Ifthey are known
as men of standing in financial and
railroad circles in New York, or any
where else, they should lose no time
in proving it.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

In the North and West where cattle
have to be housed and fed six months
in the year, the farmers set great
stores by their silos. At the South
and especially Mississippi, the God of
nature has given us, in our dense
canebrakes of inexhaustible forage, a
silo that furnishes the best and cheap
est grazing the year round,
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

TUE Vicksburg Waterworks Com
pany has organized under its charter
and elected President, Directors and
other officers. The President says they
will inform themselves as to the best
mode of proceeding and begin work as
soon as possible.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

MOODY AND SANKEY have been
making things hot for sinners in New
Orleans. The Times-Democrat says
that never before was such an interest
in religious exercises manifested in
that city-three hundred people were
converted in one day.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

THE Star of Empire" is no longer
westward. The genial climate. fertile
soil, developed and developing resour-
css of the South are bringing the
strong EARNED and intelligent emigrant
this way.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

THE old Grant Monument Associa-
tion has gone the way of the illustrious
man it would commemorate-it is
dead, and new one has risen in i
place. The amount subscribed up to
date is $l15,6l9.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

SENATOR" MOODY, of Dakota, a
great political log-roller, is none other
than Col. Moody, spoken of in Horace
Greeley's book, American Conflict"
as having skulked behind a log at the
battle Of Shiloh.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

sustain a progress destroying railroad
supervision law, and unjust and in
equitable insurance laws, are, if not
permitting our State to go to the bad.
preventing her from taking the high
place among other Southern States to
which she is, by reason Of her many
natural advantages justly entitled.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

THE South is attracting unusual at
tention from railroad capital, and if,
there be no unwise legislation she will
soon rival the Northwest in facilities.
Memphis Avalanche.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

WOMEN in Washington Territory
can vote, but very few do, the right
Of franchise being exercised only by
those who have been so long in the
Territory as to be known to be of legal
age. Manageable widows and maids
decline, to place themselves on record
as being twenty.one years old.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

a GRAVE QUES1ION-LEVEES.
We are informed that an effort will
be made in the Mississippi Legislature
to change the mode of organizing the
Board Of Levee Commissioners of the
upper District. At present the Com.
missioners are appointed by the Gov
ernor, with the advice and 10y consent
of the Senate. The proposition now is
to take away the appointing power
from the Governor, and make the
members of the Levee Board elective by
the two Houses of the Legislature.
Nc trust that this movement will
fail. such change can only be harm
full to the vast interests concerned.
Such change would at once convert
the Levee Board into political
organization, and it would become a
factor in all elections for the members
of the Legislature, which cannot be too
much deprecated.
The Board of LeYee Commissioners
should be kept as free as possible from
politics and political influences. AS
soon as it becomes political machine
its efficiency is liable to become greatly
impaired, if not altogether destroyed.
The maintenance of a proper levee
system is the necessary basis Of all
prosperity to this portion OF Missis-
sippi, and the past politico-levee history
of this district should admonish the
present Legislature to keep the levee
Interests as far as possible away from
the domain OF politics.
Avalance.
We heartily endorse every word OF
the above, and commendit it to the con-
sideration Of our Legislature.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

A ooLoRED preacher announced his
text, from dat portion of de scripture
whar der Postle Paul pints his pistol
at der Fesians."
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

The attention of the Mayor of New
Orleans has been called to "deer meat"
in the markets of that city. We have
understood that meat in the New Or
leans markets was always dear.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

WHM Colonel Clarke, the President
Of the Illinois Central Railroad, went
to the scene OF The late strike Of the
brakemen on the New Orleans and
Canton division, and learned BY Obser-
vation the wrongs that had been
placed upon the men By subordinate
officials, he Immediately ordered the
wrongs righted, thus showing both
wisdom and bigness Of heart.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

CONGRESSMAN LEWIS BEACH, Of
New York, now wears the laurels once
worn by Congressman Holman, as the
"chronic objector" of the House of
Representatives.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

TIE new building to be erected at
Cooper's Well will be 4Ox175 feet,
three stories high and have galleries
on one side and at each end.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

MAYoN & CRAIG, commission mer
chants and wholesale dealers in pro-
visions and plantation supplies at
Canton, Miss, failed on the 1st inst.
Liabilities not stated, but believed to
be fully covered by solvent assets.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

SECRETARY LAMAR has recommend
ed that $4,000 be appropriated by Con-
gress to re-emburse the Cherokee claim
ants.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

TUESDAY was Woman's Day at the
New Orleans Exposition. Oh what a
rattling of tongues there must have
been
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

SERvIA refuses to accept the
treaty Of peace drafted by Bulgaria.
The treaty has therefore not been
signed.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

GEO. LESTER says that It cost him
10000 to star John L. Sullivan as a
Greek God.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

We believe it was just seventeen
years ago that Wm. NJ. Tweed, the
greatest official scoundrel this country
ever produced, gave the celebrated re-
ception in honor of his daughters mar
riage. Tweed was then in the zenith
of his power. Thousands and thou
sands of New Workers bowed down to
the golden calf, not caring whether
the animal was stolen or not,
SO it was golden. Long
lines Of toadies and boot-licks
postured in the elegant salons Of the
Tweed mansion, and even some good
families were thoughtlessly drawn in
to see the sights. Portions of Mrs.
-Tweed's reception dress were made in
different cities-Pekin, Teheran, Lon
don, Berlin and Paris, and it cost
eighty-seven thousand dollars and nine
cents Of the money stolen from
the people. The presents given
to Tweed's daughter amounted
in the aggregate to an immense for
tune.
Soon afterward the infamous, official
thief fed to escape the punishment of
the law he had thousand times out
ragged, spd all those who had ever been
in any way connected with him were
disgraced.
1t is now difficult to End even
a shameless toady who will acknowl-
edge he attended the reception.
Is it not possible that Jacob Sharpe
now being exposed in New York, will
leave many in the same unenViable at
titude, as those who countenanced
poor Old Tweed?
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

WE have before US a copy Of the
"Memoir Of Rt. Rev. james Harvey
Otey. DID. LII d." the FIRST Bishop of
Tennessee, by Rt. Rev. William
Mercer Green, Bishop of Mississippi.
It is a handsome book of three hun
dred and fifty pages, written in the
plain, fascinating style of Bishop
Green. In giving the book TO the pub
lie, the author who is now eighty
eight years old, says it was
not written for the eye of the critic,
"but for the hearts Of the surviving
children and the old friends of Ten
nessee's first and great Bishop"
It is for sale in our book stores and
as it was published at the authors
expense, he will be greatly benefited
if it is largely purchased. The price
of a single copy is only two dollars.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

The late cold spell killed the oat
crop in this State and replanting was
necessitated.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

GREAT distress from famine and
fever prevails in the villages of Casle-
kOr, Mulvany, and DOobeg, Ireland.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

We print a note from Mr.. Frank
Bnrkitt announcing himself the author
Of the pieces signed "Wool Hat" in the
Clarion attacking the State Female
College. If Mr.. Burkitt can stand the
position in which he has placed him
self by the articles, we certainly have
no cause of complaint, and cheerfully
submit the case to the public without
argument.
Any discussion Of the sub
ject would be fruitless, because
it is beyond Mr.. Burkitt's power to
convince US that the State ought not
to have one irst-class college for girls,
when it has two for white boys and
one for negro boys. And we beg to be
excused the task Of trying to convince
Mr.. Burkitt Of the truth, justice or
fairness Of any given proposition.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05

COOKED meat is very essential in
winter for fouls if you expect them 10
lay well.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-11-12
Friday. Nov. IL. 1856.
God Citizens.

Every man claims to be good cit
izen, or at least expresses desire to
be recognized as such by his fellow
men. The official vote Of the county
shows the majority against license ia
be 2O9, and is so stated in the Procla-
NATION of the Clerk Of the Circnit Court
published in this issue of the MIDLAND
This is not large majority but 1t as
definitely and sacredly establishes the
illegality of the whiskey traffic In this
county as a majority of 1000 or 5000
would have done. There are quite a
large number of persons in aociety
who have very little moral regard for
any law which runs counter to their
inclinations. and in the matter OF
trading in whiskey the number is un-
duly large. They will not be restrain
ed by respect for the law and only by
a fear of it's severe punishment. NO
law that has ever been enacted had ter
rors SUFFICIENT to restrain some from
attempting its violation, and 1t is falr
to believe that the whiskey inter-
eat will use bold and defiant, as we'll as
stealthy means to violate the pr"hiha-
tory law of this county when 1t attalns
its full force. which will be the 1st OF
January, 1887.
There are three fourths, we believe.
of the voters who cast their ballots on
the side of license at the last election,
who claim to he rs radical in their
opposition to the liquor traffic as those
who voted for it's total prohibition.
Now that the question of hor we shall
deal with the evil by law has been de-
termined. we expect those persons who
gre sincere in their professions
but, believed that a license law
was preferable. will at once
choose the prohibition side and
prove the sincerity of their profession
by giving aid both by precept and ex-
ample in having the law enforced. If,
on the contrary. they are found argu-
ing against the law and its enforce
ment they will be placed on the side
with those who have ALWAYS declared
that the business is as legitimate and
respectable as any other trade, and
that it is benefit to the community;
that the prosperity of the business
means public prosperity as truly as the
the growth and extension ofany other
business.
There is no half way place left
to stand on. Any manswho is heard
saying "your law and "you can't en-
force it, and such kindred phrases,
we hope Will have the manhood to say
boldly and without subterfuge or evas-
ion, that he is in favor of the whiskey
trade that he has no objection to, but
believes the saloon a good and useful
institution, that it has right to exist,
and be recognized by the state as a USE
full and legitimate business If he
takes ground against law he cannot
Justly claim to be good citizen. If he
favors the saloon and does not boldly
say so he cannot consistently claim to
an honest tizen. Which horn of the
dilemma. license friends, are you going
to take hold of?
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Tell Us What They Are.

The Democrat is out of humor with its
party and scolds it sharply. Complains
that there are no signs of victory" in
the lste elections. Their result was
"shower bath" and more of the same
sort. The Democratic party is told
that it must assert itself and do fearless
battle for the ''princirles it processes
Will the Democrat pause right here
and tell u~ and all the rank and file of
its reader IN plain S'Xon what these
"princ;ple~" are. We have hal plenty
of "glittering ceneralities," and high
faIuten talk about the mission" of the
party and all that. Now we
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-11-12
Jurors for the December Term.

The following jurors have been
drawn for the December term which
commences the third Monday in that
month.
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Notice to Gunmers.

All persons are warned and forbidden
not to t:espass on the premises of the SUBJ
gerber with dog and gun or other wise, un-
der penalty of the law.
P. ROBERTS KIRKBRIDE.
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A Call.

The Prohibition Convention, or
Committee, which met in Elkton on
Tuesday, September l4th, last, is re.
quested to meet at the same place on
Tuesday, November 23rd.. inst. at
IL O'Clock. a. NJ. to consider such
business as may come before it. A
tull representation from all the dist
ricts is requested. BY order Of
II. II BRADY, Chairman.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-11-12

SHILOH'S COUGH and Consump-
ton Cure is sold by DIR. Kirk a guar
antee. 1t cures Consumption.