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They will not Obey

ATLANTA, GA, Aug. 26.-The Georgia
Legislature will not endorse the Ocala
platform. This is the result of a series OF
secret caucuses which have been held by
the Alliance members of the Legisla-
ture.
When the State Alliance was in session
last week it adopted the Ocala platform
and then passed resolution demanding
that the State Legislature, now in session,
should do likewise. This put many OF
the legislators in quandary. They were
willing to talk wildly about finance on the
stump, but when it came to putting them
into the shape of a legislative manifesto
they hesitated. :,
The Alliance caucus was at once called
and the matter taken up. 1t developed
that there were two nearly equally bal
anced parties in the body. One was ready
Cor the Third Party and committed to the
Ocala idea, and the other was afraid to
break from the Democratic party.
The proposal to make the Ocala plat
form the expression of the Legislature
wss antagonized by those who held that
the Democratlc party WAS aUle W leClIiy
all wrongs. This resulted in the formu-
lation of preamble and resolution
embodying the Democratic idea, which
were proposed as substitute for the
Ocala platform and adopted by narrow
vote.
The preamble says the national banks
should be abolished, the 10 per cent tax
on State banks repealed, and the per
capita circulation increased. The free
and unlimited coinage Of silver, it de-
clares, would heal all the financial ills
of the country. 1t was, therefore re-
solved that the Legislature should me-
morialize Congress 10 this effect, and that
the Georgia delegation should be thus In
structed.
Now the fight will be transferred to
the Legislature directly. The ultra AL
lance members say they will be satisfied
with nothing short of the Ocsla plat
form-sub-treasury scheme and all.
The treatment of Governor Northen
and Senator Gordon by the State Alliance
last week has driven score of members
off from close communion with the AL.
lance, and they will help in the fight to
to relegate Ocala to the rear.
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Can't Make it but can Drink 1t.

ATLANTA, GA, Aug. 27.-Prohibition
split the Ellijay Baptist association few
years ago, since which time one wing has
fought wkiskey while the other wing was
Just as vigorous in making it. :,
Prominent among the Free for al
Baptists" was Rev. Julius Pickett. While
advocating the sale of whisky Dir. Pickett
became aware of the profit there vas in
it. He fitted up a distillery, got gov
ernment license, and went into the man.
ufacture of the article. His brand Of
whiskey became widely known as Pick
ett's mettle.
The association to which Mr.. Pickett
belongs has just decided that no clergy
man will be permitted to engage in the
distillipg of liquor, though the right of
drinking it is not taken away from them;
Mr.. Pickett will fight for his personal
rights and will be sustained by MS con-
gregation.
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Anxious to Emigrate.

ATLANTA, Ga, August 23.-The ne.
groes of this section are again excited over
a scheme by which they are to be trans
ported to Liberia. The author of the
present movement liz the Rev. Benjamin
CASTOR, of Monroyia, Liberia. He ar.
rived in Atlanta three weeks ago, held a
meeting at Shalets Hall and unfolded his
scheme. CASTOR explained that he only
asked for the sum of S15, 900 to carry over
the first load of negroes. He would start
with not less than 200 or more than 700,
but the $4,000 had to be raised before
he could start. The ships in which he
proposed to carry over the negroes, he
says, are owned by himself and Elder,
Dempsey & Co., of Liverpool, England.
He calls his company the African Emil
grafton Company.
The minister told glowing story of
what the Liberian Government would do
for all those who went there. 1t was not
exactly "forty acres and MULE" bat it
vas twenty-five acres and six months
rations. The promise of such sudden
riches staggered the negroes, and they
began the task of raising the necessary
$4,000 to get the fret installnent OF
them off. For three weeks enthusiastic
meetings have been held. At these meet.
ings CASTOR would make his usual
speech in glowing colors. The great
advantages of Liberia were pointed out
and it was declared to be the land
of corn and wine and of milk and honey
A secretary and treasurer were elected
and the grand movement was started. 1t
is now in full blast and about one thou
sand six hundred or one thousand seven
hundred negroes have joined in. They
are patiently waiting for the required sum
to be raised, so that they can set sail fol
Liberia.
CASTOR is an intelligent. looking negro
so years of age and we'll educated. He
claims to be Baptist minister. He say:
be was born in Baker County, Ga, and
left here in 1866 for Liberia. Since TAX
ing up his residence there he has acquir.
ed immense wealth, as his story goes, and
is the possessor of vast area of rich
farmiLg lands about sixty miles west Of
MOnrOyia,
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If it Don't Pay, Quit 1t.

To tie Editor Of the Neacs and Courier !:
There is another phase of the over-pro-
duction Of cotton that has not been
touched upon, although itmay have been
in the thoughts of many of your former
readers. The cultivation of cotton in the
South Atlantic States is doomed. Hand
icapped at the very outset by the necessi.
ty of purchasing commercial manures we
enter the race with the Gulf States at q
disadvantage. There is saying among
farmers that "six cents cotton and one
hundred dollars year negroes cannot
grow in the same field"
Texas, with her four feet of black soil,
made about 25 per cent. Of the cotton crop
this past year, and venture to say in lve
years time will double her present yield.
Is it feir to call halt on Texas or any
other Gulf State because we cannot keep
up with the procession Labor IN the
South Atlantic States is getting scarcer
and higher each year, our lands are vast.
ing away under cotton cultivation, which
requires about thirteen months in the
year, and this despot which has so long
held US in heecy chains is now transfer
ring his seat of empire across the Misss'
sippi. Let him 60, and instead OF be-
moaning our fate let us turn our thoughts
and efforts to other productions.
Surely the men who stood amidst the
ruins of 1865 and worked out deliverance
with none to help save God, need not be
dismayed at this present outlook. Is there
a man east of the Mississippi who csn say
truly that cotton as his chief crop will
pay him at six cents or even seven cents:
1t would oe gigantic and iron-bound
combination that could reduce the pro-
duct;on of cotton. We have no right to
cran1p the largest efforts of Texas and
Arkansas because our few bales are made
at a loss. We must go to grain and
grass and COW peas and stock, and reduce
our cotton fields down into cotton patches,
ard small ones at that. Does it seem too
mild to say that before the dawn OF the
next century the South Atlantic States
will not make enough cotton to supply
the mills within their limits, and that f.
nancially they will be far ahead of their
present status, over and above the regular
increase. CHEER-UP.
Pcnd!eton, August 25.
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No one will deny that the Hon. George
ID. Tillman (his constituents call him
sUncle Georgen) is cratic in the extreme
I'm some OF his ideas; but when it comes
to a: matter of Democracy he is as sound
as the Father of Democracy himself. In
q. recent speech at Denny's, where
! some 1000 people were present, he men
iioned fre prime causes tending to
create the general depression now felt in
the South. For the first of these, he said
the farmers were responsible themselves
Cutting the cotton market by Pm over
product On, when much of the cotton land
would pay far better if planted in some
thing else. For the next three, the Re-
publican party must bear the blame, VIZ,
the oppressive tariff, the enormous pen
sions and the national banks. The fifth
was athis far.fetched old sub-treasury
Schssnut, which has been tried and explo-
sded in twenty different nations. 1t is
alarming the capitalists, who would lend
money, but are now holding it." "The
boys" did we'll to whoop for "Uncle
George" for he dealt out common sense
and good Democracy As remedies for
these evils he advocates the planting ofless
cotton, the levying Of an income tax, the
free coinage Of silver and the issuance of
more grsenbscks, As Mr.. Tillman says,
I the Democratic party has been battling
for the rights Of the people for years
against an aggressive and oppressive vic
torious enemy, and he deprecated the
disposition on the part of few to run
after strange gods when the we'll estab-
lished principles of Democracy were on
the eve of success. As We understand
Mr.. Tillman, the main issue he would
fight the Republicans on would be the
matter of the tariff.
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Hot Shot for Dr.. Stokes.

EDGEFIELD, August 26.-On Senator
Buffers return to day from attendance on
the naval committee of the Senate your
correspondent handed him copy of the
Cotton Plant of the Sth inst. containing
DR.. Stokes' editorial criticism of his
Prosperity speech, and also the Cotton
Plant of the 18th with the resolutions of
the Shells Alliance, and inquired if he
desired to say anything in connection
Herewith.
After reading both Senator Butler said
in reply:
ST have lived to very little purpose for
something more than half century in
South Carolina if it is necessary for me
to vindicate myself against such disgrace
full falgehoods as those contained in these
two papers. l had never met DR.. Stokes
until the Prosperity meeting. He ap-
peared to be a well.mannered, fair man,
and 1 treated him as such; but this per.
formance of his shows clearly that he is
devoid of principle and honorable quail
ties. He knows full we'll that | did not
utter the sentiments he attributed to me,
or anything approaching them. he heard
every word Of my speech aud had half
hour to reply to it. Why did he not then
and there in my presence rebuke such
sentiments? Why did he stand mute
and permit the farmers, whose special
champion he assumes to be, to be villited
and denounced in this way? Why does
he sneak to his sanctum and ten days at
ter deliberately pen this editorial, brist-
ling with perversion and falsehood? Why
all the circumstances convict him either
Of disqualification or, what is worse,
willful falsehood.
"I never uttered such sentiments or
anything approaching them, and DR..
Stokes knows it.
GAS 10 the Shell Alliance resolutions l
have nothing to say, further than that
they do me gross injustice. They bear
the ear marks of DR.. Stokes, and, course,
are predicated upon the false information
be deliberately palmed offon the members
of this Alliance. 1t is pitiable to see a
man, who claims to be intelligent, guilty
of such disgraceful methods to carry a
point, but he shall not practice them up
on me if can reach the ears of the peo'
pie he is seeking to influence and poison
against me by falsehood and misrepre-
sentation. If there is anything the peo~
ple of this State detest and despiSe it is a
sneak and q liar"
Senator Butler will be at Batesburg on
the 9th of next month, the day of the
public discussion at that place, and will
be glad to meet DR.. Stokes and repel his
accusation face to face.-Special to Nc'cs
md Courier,
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CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

PROSPERITY, August 25.-Mr. j. w
P. Brown, who lived one mile west of
here committed suicide this evening by
cutting his throat with pocket knife.
He committed the act in the presence of
his wife. No cause can be assigned but
temporary insanity. Mr.. Brown was a
member of one of the best families in
this county, farmer and highly respect
ed. This is the second suicide COM
mitted in this community in the last six
months.
LOUISVILLE, KY, August 3d. Near
Nicholasville yesterday special engine
on the Richmond, Nicholasville, Irvine
and Beattyville Railroad ran down and
killed Mrs. Mary Richardson and two
children. She was walking across a
bridge over the Kentucky River with
her three little girls aged 8, 6 aud 4
years. She felt secure as all regular
trains had passed. She drew as far to
one side as possible, gathered the chill
dren by her side and all crouched down
as low as possible. The tender project
ing further than the engine, struck them
and knocked the mother and larger
children off the bridge to the rocks,
sixty feet below. The baby was lying
fiat on the ties and escaped.
GREENv1LLE, S, g., Aug. 2S.-Wed-
nesday night, twenty miles below here,
party of thirty five white men started
out to lynch negro who had been cap
tured after having attempted to outrage q
white woman. The man confessed his
crime and was prepared for death. On
the way through the woods the lynchers
gradually left the party, and upon ar
rival at the place appointed for the
hanging there were only four white men
present. These were from another part
Of the country, and after consultation
they decided that, as the people of the
community where the pjnred woman
lived had evaded the responsibility of
the lynching, they would have nothing
to do with it, and accordingly they turn
ed the negro loose, told him to 'git," F."
and let for their homes. The negro dis
appeared.
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Undone by Worms and Rain.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug 29.-The Globe.
Democrat has special dispatches from all
parts of the South showing that the cold
weather and cotton worms il Missouri,
Texas and Mississippi valley States, and
excessive rains in the southeastern States
have been disastrous to cotton crops last
week. Not single encouraging report
comes from Mississippi, the cold, dry
weather having caused shedding all over
the State, and appearance of worms,
which seem to be general. The loss is
placed all the way from Is to 80 per
cent.
In Louisiana the situation is not much
better. Arkansas reports are only better
from four places. The damage estimat-
ed at so per cent. The damage in Ala
bama is about the same. Excessive
rains in Georgia and North Carolina
have done great damage to the staple,
particularly so in Georgia.
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their lives. In the last few days the crow
of one of the trains were arrested on tho
charge of murder, and if the carelessness
can bo established, tho crew may have to
suffer severe punishment.
Were the plan we suggested adopted,
and were careless crews tried for murder
when lives are lost as the result of their
carolessness, the traveller would be more
secure in life and limb.
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A DESTRUCTIVE ACCIDENT.

z Numerous disastrous railroad accidents
have been occurring recently in all parts
Of the country, involving the destruction
of many lives and the loss of much prop
erty. It is noticeable that more of these
accidents happen in the North and West
than in the South. But on last Thursday
morning at o'clock one of the most fatal
wrecks Of all occurred on the Western
North Carolina Railroad, two miles West
of Statesville, N. C. The train went
through trestle so feet high into swol-
len stream below.
The train was running at high rate OF
speed, and there are several explorations
advanced as to the cause of the accident.
It is claimed by some that the track
spread, by others that the train was
wrecked for purposes of robbery, and by
others still that the track over the bridge
had not been put il a condition making
it safe for train to pass over.
In the terrible plunge twenty-five per-
sons were killed and twenty-six injured.
Some were drowned before they could be
rescued. Excepting the conductor, who
was seriously hurt, the trains crew were
nearly all killed.
It is serious question to know by
what means this frightful loss of life may
be ayerted. The destruction of property
is immense, but is as nothing compared
10 the loss of life.
It seems that the train i'll question was
making from 80 to 40 miles an hour when
The accident occurred. No ono will deny
that this is too great speed to mako
while crossing trestle. If the railroad
men, then, are too careless of the lives at
their mercy, and are fond of dashing over
dangerous places heedlessly, would it not
l,e good law that would require them to
come to stand before crossing bridge,
lust as the law requires them to do before
crossing 9 public road? Had such a
law been in force, and observed, this hor-
iible North Carolina tragedy would never
lave occurred, as far as known.
Some accidents cannot be prevented by
my human foresight. 1t can scarcely be
doubted that some Of the many recent
accidents, however. are due to gross care
lessness, not so much on the part Of the
authorities as on the part Of the employ
ces themselves. It will be remembered
that recently two trains were carelessly
allowed to run together at Ridgeville,
this State, in which two young men lost
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We have it from gentleman, who is
supposed to be in position to know,
says the Barnwell Sentinel, that Governor
Tillman uses his free pass only when he
travels on business connected with his
ofice-business for the taxpayers South
;Garolina that when he goes to his
home in Edge6eld os elsewhere on private
business he pays his fare. If this is SO,
the Governor actually saves annually for
the people who put him in Office some.
where between $500 and $1,000. If he
should ever rise to explain, it vii! be a
genuine thunder clap from cloudless
5sky. TiIlman is making frst-rate
Governor, and, as one who formerly op.
posed his nomination, We are going to do
what. I'VE promised-give him credit for
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Attention, Colored Citizens.

ANDERSON, S. c., Sept. 1st, 1891.
There will be held at the st. Paul Bap-
fist Church on first Monday in September
beginning at 12 NJ, a grand mass meeting
in the interest Of the colored department
of the Southern Interstate Exposition,
which is to be held in Raleigh, N. c., in
the months of October and November
1891. We hope that every colored person
who loyes his race will be present and
take an interest in having exhibited tc
the world the progress made by the race in
the asst 26 years. Prominent speakers
will aCi dress the meeting.
E. V. GAssAwAY, Commissioner.
F. i. DENDY, Secretary.
c.. Z. BROWN, Treasurer.
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Whipping Posts in Tennessee.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 30,-An ex.
ira session of the General Assembly will
convene at noon tomorrow. The chief
business to come before the body is set
Ting the question of the recent trouble
between the miners and convicts and the
abolition of the Lease system.
There is strong sentiment among
members against the change. The mill.
tary laws are to be changed so as to give
the Executive more powet in emergen:
cies like that at Briceville. The criminal
laws are to be revised 30 as to send fewer
to the penitentiary, probably establish
ing the whipping post for mlsdemeanors
and house OF correction for youthful Of
Tenders.
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Judge Kershaw has ordered that a ne

Judge Kershaw has ordered that a new
Grand Jury be drawn for Richland Coun.
ty to serve in place of the one drawn at
the FIRST of the year, which panel Judge
Fraser ordered to be quashed at the June
term because it was shown that it had NOT
been drawn according to the law pre-
scribed. As the Jury system is the pal
ladium of the rights Of The people, too
great care cannot be observed by the off,
eers intrusted with this duty in drawing
fairly and intelligeutly the men who may
be called upon to render their decision on
the most vital and nomentous questions.
sIt was not nonsense nor mere whim that
induced Judge Frazer to insist that tho
law he executed strictly according to the
latter
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a correspondent of the State, from
Greenwood, writes that Phosphate In
sspectors A. W. Jones is the happy posses.
sor Of q free pass over the Richmond and
DanYille Railroad. Why, it seems that
the present State officials are no more
ayerseto being "tamsd' than were the
officers Of the olden time. What a re-
freshipg incident it would be if some
State official should break the record by
refusing, with dignity, to accept even q
Courtesy from therailroad monopolists
What jewel tof consistency it would be
lin his crownl How hard that he alone
should be the one exemplar of the doc
strine presched at the Office seeking time,
when that doctrine was made notorious,
sofsener in the breech than in the obaer-
vance when the Office had been won.
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- Man needs somebody to sympa-
thize with him ever in his meanness.


- There would be more buttermilk
than beer sold in st. Louis in the sum-
mer time if the people only knew the
good qualities Of the former drink.
There is nothing in the simple drinks
which exercises more beneficial infu--
ence on the general health. It is at
once food and medicine. The Tactic
acid it contains acts on the whole diges-
tive system, while as food it has already
undergone semi-digestion in the churn-
ing to which it has been subjected.
Physicians are every day increasing the
amount of it that they prescribe for their
patients, and in cases of liver and kidney
disease it is invaluable. Instances are
numerous ofpersons afflicted with Brights
disease living for many years in compar.
alive comfort with no other medicine
than daily supply Of buttermilk.-Glo6e
Democrat.
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The Cotton Growers Convention which
was announced to be held in Atlanta on
to-day "Wednesday September 2, has
been postponed until the 7th day of Oc-
tober. The announcement is r1ade by
/ Col. Thos. W. Holloway, Secretary of tho
State Agricultural and Mechanical Socie-
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FOR SALE.

SEVERAL very desirable Farms, lying
- from two to seven miles from Ander
son. House and Lot in City, on Franklin
Street. House and Lot on East Boundary
Street. One on East Benson Street. Also,
very desirable place, well improved, on
North Main Street, near business center
New House and Lot West of Public Square
and several vacant lots. Will be sold on
very reasonable terms.
TRrB8LE d QUATTLEBAUM,
Real Estate Agents.
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Eelton ItomS.

Tie Bolton High School has opened
with good attendance.
Mr.. Joshua Acker is one of the new pu-
pills of the Belton High School.
Mrs. H. IT. Smith, of Prosperity, and
her little daughter, Marie, are visiting
Mrs. J, T. Smith of our town.
Crops in this part of the County are real
good.
Messrs. r. L. Lewis and j. II. Cox have
gone to the Northern markets to buy their
fall and winter stock of goods. JAKE.
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nNE TRACT OF LAND, containing
" 315 acres, in Martin Township, 8
miles S. Z. of Anderson, near Ebenezer
Church. and known as the Col. John Mar
tin place. Well watered, and can be di-
vided into two or more Tracts. Persons
desiring to rent or purchase can call on the
undersigned at Anderson G. H. for terms.
LOU. T. KEATON.
Sept 3, 1891 8 d