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DAPTISTS IN CONVENTION.
Governor NOrthen Is Elected One of
the Vice Presidents.

Dallas, Tex, May 1-(Speclal.)-The
southern Baptist convention met at 10
o'clock a. m. today in the tabernacle which
Is provided with 5000 seats. All the space
was filled. Hon. Jonathan Harralson, former
president called the convention to order.
After perfecting the roll of delegates, Judge
Harralson was selected as permanent pres
ident.
Drs. f. M. Ellis. Of Maryland; S. II. Ford,
Of Missouri; J. William Jones, of Virginia;
j. S. Cotton, of Kentucky; j. B. Cran1l, of
Texas and Governor Northen, of Georgia,
were each placed in nomination for vice
president
DR.. Hawthorne, in nominating Governor
Northen, said in substance:
81 desire to put in nomination Governor
w. j. Northen, a man experienced and
skillful in the administration Of parliament
tary law; a civil ruler. who has SO deported
the duties of his high office as to win the
appreciation and plaudits of every intelli-
gent, virtue-loving and loyal subject of the
state; a broad-minded and Sreat-hearIed
Baptist who knows Baptist principles and
history-knows them so well that he would
not establish a religious qualification for
citizenship and office; a Baptist who never
concealed or lowered his colors in the face
of any Baptist foe; great-minded Chris
tian who loves Gods people of every ma
ton and whose influence at all times Is
consecrated to the Masters cause"
j. F. M. Ellis, J. William Jones, S. H.
Ford and w. J. Northen were elected.
DR.. Lansing Burrows and o. L. Gregory
were elected secretaries.
Elaborate papers on foreign and home
mission and Sunday school boards We're
read by Drs. Tichner, Willingham and Bell,
corresponding secretaries of the boards.
The majority report of the committee on
representation in the convention was sub
mitted by DR.. Folk, of Tennessee. After
much discussion the report laid on the
table. The effect of the report, if adopted,
would have been to reduce the representa-
ton. This IS a most important question, as
the convention has become so large as to
make it burdensome on the communities in
which it meets. The basis of representation
remains as now established
DR.. Kerfoot, of Kentucky, preached to-
night to the convention.
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with his speech, saying the committees re-
port was not good one and was fallaclous.
He raised the point that at times 1t was
right and necessary to sign a. petlllon LOT
license, as for instance, in case Where L
one of the two men would be granted the
only license in the power OF a town 10 pc
granted. He held it was better to sign the
petition of the better man.
At this juncture cries OF mo, no ana
Kisses were heard.
Bishop Haygood let his .gavel fall at once
and in a most impressive manner sald:
LET that be stopped. This is the first time
I ever heard misses in Methodist confer
ence
Several other speeches were made favor
ing and opposing the motion to reconslder
The conference already seemed to be at a
high pitch of excitement and every point
was discussed at length.
Dr. Heidi moved that the question be
put.
The chair granted DR.. Black a moment
suggested as chairman of the committee
and for the sake of harmony that the mo-
ton to reconsider be put and carried, ana a
motion to recommit be made and carried
having heard the discussion on the subject,
could bring in report which would pe ac-
cepted by all.
The question was disposed of for the
present as suggested by Dr. Black.
bishop Lanes Address.
Upon motion OF DR.. Tigert as the hour
for adjournment was near, the time was eN-
tended to give Bishop Lane sufficient time
to address the conference.
Bishop Lanes speech caused many hearty
"amens - an0 q1l' applause. 1t was in
deed "a et70r2caI effort and f'tai' ~
showed the common sense, Christian spirit
and love of the speaker and the people
be represented. He ended by making a
strong appeal for help for the Lane lnatl-
tute He was the recipient of the hearty
congratulations of all the bishops pres
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TWO NEW BISHOPS.
The African Methodists Also in Session at
Aiemph;s.

Memphis, Tenn, May 9-At the colored
Methodist conference today Bishop Lane, OF
Jackson, Tenn, called the conference tC
order and after religious exercises con
Quoted by L. Martin, of South Carolina
the choir sang: "Oh, for a Faith That VIII
Not, Shrink.
Devotional exercises were again held, af-
ter which the election of two bishops was
proceeded with.
The secretary called the roll and Iii del
egates answered. Bishop Beebe appointed
Rogers and Breeding to serve tellers
Fifty-six votes were declared necessary to
elect. On the second ballot r. S. Williams
of Louisville, received seventy-one votes
and was declared q bishop.
The roll was again called for the election
of the second bishop and Rev. E. Cottreil,
of Dyersburg, Tenn, received the necessary
votes and was declared elected.
Both of the successful candidates made
appropriate speeches and received enthu-
siastic applause.
MIS-. Winslow's Soothing Syrup Is the best
of I'll remedies for children teething; Zoe. a
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held his post, lifted the hymn Of "The Old
Ship of Zicn;'' and the great chorus of hap
py voices which caught it up did not change
the rhythm and the ring which he gave 1t;
and and When VIII s' the melody ceased the aged dar
ky claimed the privilege to speak
from his place in the gallery: and when
he sat down again the responsive amens
and murmured blessings which rose from
the lips Of bishops and preach ers gave a
benign emphasis to the old mans testimo-
ny-there was no color line between the
feeling of his heart and theirs.
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THE DEATH ROLL.
Death of Judge Young.

Columbus, Ca, May 7.-(Special)-W. X.
Young died tonight at his home in Beall-
wood. two miles from the city. He was i'll
only q few days. Mr.. Young was one OF
the oldest and most prominent citizens or
Columbus, and also well known throughout
the south He was the father OF cotton
manufacturing in the south, and was for
years the president of the Eagle and Phenix
Manufacturing Company, the largest cot
ton manufactory in the south, and one OF
the largest in the whole country. Mi.
Young established the mills. He was eIgh-
ty-seven wears of age, and is survived by
four sons Arrangements for the funeral
have not yet been made.
Thomasville Ca, May 9.--(Speclal)-
Louis Jerger, an old and well-knoWn cit
izen of this place, died tonight after a long
illness.
r y. Kennon, a prominent lawyer OF this
city died Monday morning. Colonel Ken
non was a Cleveland electCr in 1883, re-
ceiving q higher vote than any other cleo
tor in the state.
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is a. common exclamation at this season,
There is a certain Dracing effect in cold air
which is lost when the weather grows
warmer; and when nature is renewing her
youth, her admirers feel dull, sluggish and
tired This condition is owing mainly to
the impure blood, and its failure to supply
heaitny tissue to the various organs of the
body 1t is remarkable how susceptible the
system is to the help TO be derived from a
good medicine at this. season. Possessing
which the body Graves, Hoods Sarsaparilla
soon overcomes that tired feeling, restores
shot, she puidGS snf baaI 1+s sh tbon
sands of friends with one voice declare.
"lt makes the weak strong"
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DISEASES OF WOMEN

producing symptoms such lrolapsus, feel
ing of weight in lower bowels, bearing
down, dragging sensation, pains in back and
loins, distress in standing walking, irreg-
ularities, leuchorrhoea, irregular appetite.
depression of spirits, dropsical swelling, etc.
Diseasesoftne Rectum,
such as piles, fistula, liberation, ETC., readily
cured without the knife OF pain.
Diseases OF the Cenito Urinary Organs
such as gonorrhoea, gleet, structure Varico-
cele debility, etc, all successfully treated
and cured in the shortest possible time.
Free pamphlet and question list to all.
Patients treated by correspondence. Ad-
dress
w. j. TUCKER NJ. D.,
Piedmont Medical Institute.
ATLANTA, GA.
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DRINK TO THE DEAD.
Masons banquet at the Expense of Dead
Erother

Macon, Ga, May 11.-(Special)-N1r NJ. G.
SchWed a popular Macon citizen and mer
$1,000 to Macon lodge, No 5, f. and a; NJ,
on condition that the interest arising
therefrom every year was TO be expended
by the lodge in celebrating the anniversary
of his death with a banquet. Today was
the ninth anniversary and tonight the
lodge celebrated the memory of their de-
ceased brother with feasting and gladness,
as his wish.
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DR.. w. j. TUCKER,
Treats Successfully

F. DISEASES OF THE
LIVER, KIDNEYS
T A n D DIGESTIVE
I ORGANS producing
such symptoms as
{ sallow skin, palpita-
ton of the heart,
dry, hacking cough,
collie, pains and sore
ness through the
bowels, pains in back
and shoulders, rush
The Atlanta constitution., 1894-05-14
Accident ON the Illinois CcntraI.

CMcago, May ".%Che through horIn
bound New Orleans express train on the
Illinois Central railroad, due in this city
at Z o'clock this morning, was wrecked az
gage ear 'n and two conebes ane % bene deraed
The engine was overturned and Engineer
Samuel Edgenle was killed. The fireman
was seriously injured. None of the rest
of the train crew or the passengers We're
injured. The wreck was caused by a sWltcn
9rnnIeG fo win brae shGs fht ghi' that
passed over the track at midnight.
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Of blood to the head, with symptoms Of
apoplexy, hot flashes, constipation, alternat-
ing with diarrhoea, scanty and high coloreG
urine, with gravelly deposits; these symp-
toms often leading to chronic diarrhoea,
dropsy, Bright's disease and other untoward
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-11-29
SOME POLITICAL HASH
SERVED HOT AND COLDTOS SUIT
OUR READERS.
What Is Being Said and Done, Here,
There and Eyerywhere-The Truths
Of the Popullst Patty VIII Serve
Through Other Campaigns.

1t is real refreshing to ''us gentiles"
to occasionally see minister rise up
to the level of Christianity and initiate
the Savior when he drove the money
changers from the temple. In a re-
cent sermon delivered in Brooklyn by
Rev. Cortland Myers, that distin-
guished divine got after that prince of
hypocrites, George NJ. Pullman, in the
following very plain language: ut is
possible for Cain to become a Christ to
his fellow man and for George Pull
man to become what he has tried to
make the world believe he waste stop
playing 'Jekyll and Hyde'-mostly
Hyde. The United States labor COM
mission has now revealed that hypo-
crisy to the people. He has said:
Listen and you will hear the testi-
mony, as my heart beats, keeping per-
feet time with the heart throbs of the
poor laborers." We now listen and
hear only fearful discord and the ap-
plause in hell when heartless corpor-
alton places its cruel iron heel upon the
neck of man. There is a Pullman
company which hires the men and
pays them. There is town company,
which rents the houses, etc. One low
ers the wages, but that company has
nothing to do with anything else, it
says, and the expenses of the men re-
main the same or increase. There is a
reserve fund of $50, zoo, 900, a capital Of
S36, 900, 900, and an per cent dividend
being paid, while the wages of child
was taken from her to pay her fathers
rent because he was sick.
THE leader of this heartless, multi
headed business can no longer pose as
philanthropist and lover of his fell
low men. To love nan and to advance
the kingdom of God is to take the
crown from the brow of self and place
it upon the royal head of sacrifice.
The coming Of the kingdom destroys
all business of that kind and all
political corruption and all social dis
tinction. Its law is the law of love.
Statute law is often not worth the
paper it is written on because it is not
first written in the breasts of man.
kind. 1t is often he mere plaything
of politicians. A divine righteousness
is needed instead of a state righteous
ness"
We commend the above extract to
the prayerful consideration of Sir
George and suggest that he might ease
any pangs of conscience which it may
produce by generous and judicious
distribution of some more sleeping car
passes.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-11-29
Bad Doctors.

The boards of trade which said that
the country was going to smash be-
cause we were getting $4,000 900 per
month under the Sherman law were
false prophets; else the country would
have prospered after August, 1898,
when the cause of the trouble, the
Sherman law, was removed.
The statesmen who said the country
was going to smash because of the
ubiquitous tariff" solely, were false
prophets; else prosperity would have
followed the tariff reform" medicine
which the Cleyelandites administered
in the shape of the Wilson-Gorman
bill.
The fact that times are worse now
than ever, shows that the remedies ap-
piled by the democrats were not those
demanded by the disease.
Isn't il time for the mossbacks to be-
gin TO consider the case from this
standpoiDt?-People's Party Paper.
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what he knows of the Dominion Coal
company of Nova Scotia, a corporation
authorized to issue shares to a total
face value Of S21, 900, 900, and this on the
promise that congress should this year
pass bill which the President would
sign admitting coal from Nova Scotia
to this country free of duty and there
by giving it in the New York and New
England market about fifteen points
advantage over coal mined in West
Virginia or Pennsylvania. We would
also like to know if in this connection
$1,000, 900 worth of these shares or a
larger number were set apart to be
used for the influencing of legislation
to this end, and which one of the mem
bers of the cabinet was agreed upon as
the one to do with these $1,000, 900 of
shares as Cakes Ames did with his
money"
We haven't the remotest idea that
Grover will accommodate our inquir-
ing friend, or that he would tell the
truth if he did take the stand, but one
thing is certain, the public will watch
with much interest this famous coal
syndicate and note any legislation
passed to foster it in any way
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-11-29
Wants TO Know.

An exchange wants Grover Cleve-
land to take the witness stand and en-
tighten the public on some questions
in which it is somewhat interested. 1t
says:
''Soon as Grover Cleveland has lit
tie time. we would like him to tell
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-11-29
HIDING THEIR MONEY.
PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO TRUST
THE BANKS.
Prof. Thos. Z. Hill Makes an Able Ar
gument for Government Banking
Shows That 1t Would Create Conf
dence and Result in Prosperity.
Chicago Express.

Chicago Express.
Hundreds of millions of dollars are
continually hidden by the great mass
If common people in stockings, pock
cts, safes, safety repositories and else
where, and all this because they have
40 confidence in the banks as they are
1t present conducted They have very
distinctly in mind the remembrance of
long line of bank failures, extend
ing as far back as they can recollect,
IN which friends, neighbors and pos
Sibly they themselves have thus lost
money, They do not need to look
back very far into the past. 1t is a
little more than a year since when
over eight hundred banks tumbled to
pieces in the United States, and of
that number seventy-two nationa
banks failed during the thirty-one
days of July, 1898, and thirty-two of
these went down in the first seven
days of that month.
Hundreds of thousands, millions of
dollars thus lost by the common people
have never been recovered and never
will be. What wonder, therefore,
that the masses of the people are con-
tinually secreting their money and
withholding it from circulation, max
Ing scarcity and the conditions which
enable the money lenders to get an
exorbitant interest on their loans?
1t is seen from examination of the
situation that under present condi-
tons of banking no means exist
whereby money can ever be made
permanently abundant. There may
be times when confidence is SO
restored, temporarily, that business
men will freely place their money in
the banks, but let there be a few bank
failures and money goes out of sight
as quickly as a crowd will dispense on
the arrival of person afflicted with a
contagious disease.
What folly to talk of making con-
tinual abundance of money in circula-
ton when people so lack confidence in
banks they will not trust them. OF
what avail to have the volume of
money increased by the addition of
81, OOO, 100000 in greenbacks, or by an
equal amount in silver and gold, if the
people will not place it in the banks
by which it can come into circulation?
The situation that confronts us
steadily and sternly is perpetual
scarcity Of money. 1t will be claimed
that there is an abundance of money
in the banks at the present time. But
this affords no relief in the rural dis.
tricts. Has any one heard of reduc.
ton of interests on farm loans? Has
any one heard of any means by which
a farmer can borrow 81 of national
bank? Does any one know of any
farmer who borrows money escaping
the highest legal interest and com,
mission besides to broker who finds
the money? Does any one know of q
person who is compelled to borrow
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money on chattels who escapes with
less interest than from to per cent
a month?
And yet this excessive interest is eat,
ing out the vitals of the nation. Every
enterprise of every description is sup
pressed in consequence, and worlImen
stand in idleness as the result. In a
steady struggle with drouth, grass
hoppers, winds and low prices, the
farmer has burdens enough to bear;
but when the additional weight of
large interest rests on his shoulders
the prospect Of lifting the mortgage is
exceedingly slim. And so he lives on,
year after year, in the shanty house,
while the workmen who should erect
for him larger and more commodious
dwelling, lounge somewhere in idle
ness"
What is true thus of the farmers is
true in every vocation. With intense
competition in every line of industry
and the uncertainties existing as to the
future in finance, and especially be-
cause of high interest, the enterprise
does not go forward and workmen do
not get employment
With lack of work comes nearly all
the evils that afilict society.
How readily and completely all this
would be changed were the govern
ment to own and operate the banks.
What boon to the great common peo-
pie who now have no safe place to put
money. The government need not in
vest dollar in the banking business
1t would only be necessary to open the
room, invite the people to bring for
ward their money, guarantee them
against loss and give them, say per
cent on their long time deposits. How
rapidly the bank would then fill with
money-good money, peoples money.
1t would then be in order to loan this
money on security worth always twice
the amount which was borrowed at a
uniform rate of 4 per cent per annum
interest. And whatever the amount
which was loaned it would be always
deposited at once in the bank and
people would do business with checks.
Thus there never would be any de-
crease in the volume of money in the
banks. Money would always be acces-
sible and could always be borrowed by
the person having the security at 4
per cent interest whether the borrower
be resident of Massachusetts or a
farmer in Dakota. The short time de-
post IN the bank would draw no in
terest, but all borrowers would pay
per cent. Thus ten persons, each Dor
rowing and depositing during the day,
would give 40 per cent clear profit to
the government. But better than all
would be the increased revival of bust
ness through the vast accumulation of
money in the hands of the common
people, through their savings in inter
est and the freedom from the payment
of high interest. Consider for little
time the far reaching and beneficial in
tiuenee resulting from government
ownership of banks.
THOs. Z. HILL.
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SOME day there will be an awaken
ing all over the land, and then the
people will be sorry the Coxeyites
didn't hang the scoundrels in Wash
ington who have been selling us into
bondage, through the system of inter.
cst-bearing bonds. If everywhere is an
other party started its platform should
he: More rope and fewer resolutions.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-11-29

There are many eddies along the
shore of the mighty Niagara that seem
to carry the water backward, but the
mighty tide sweeps onward toward the
great ocean. There may be apparent
set backs to the reform movement, but
like the mighty Niagara its current
sweeps irreoistibly on to inevitable
victory.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-11-29

Fox twenty years the Republican
party has been engaged in the manu-
facture of paupers, and all it has to
offer its deluded supporters now is
nights entertainment of tin horns and
fireworks after each election. And the
paupers keep increasing.
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Set Aside the Law,

1t is against the regulations govern
ing the standing army to receive a gift
of any kind whatsoever from any per.
son. The first instance where this law
has been violated was few days ago
when the regular troops that were en-
gagged in suppressing the strike, in
way that was itself a violation of the
constitution, were presented a stand of
eolors by some of the wealthy citizens
Of Chicago. The following dispatch
relates the transaction:
FORT SHERIDAN, ILL.,, Oct. l9.-There
was novel and unusual scene within
the army barracks this morning when.
for the first time in the history of this
country, a regiment of the regular
force was presented by civilians with
a stand of colors. The regulations of
the army on such matters are unusually
severe, presentations of any kind to
regiments or companies being abso-
lutely forbidden. When, however.
the war department was advised that a
number of representative men of Chi
cago, includingP. d. Armour, President
Marvin Hughitt of the Northwestern
road, General Manager Cable of the
Rock Island road, Cyrus H. McCor-
mick, Potter Palmer, Lyman J. Gage,
H. n. Higinbotham, James w. Scott of
the Herald, William Penn Nixon of
the Inter Ocean, Congressman John C.
Black, P. E. Studebaker and numerous
other Chicagoans of national reputa-
ton, were DESTROYS of presenting to the
Fifteenth infantry a stand of colors in
recognition of the splendid duty done
by the regiment in Chicago during the
troublesome times of last July permis-
sion was promptly granted and elabor-
ate preparations were made for to-day's
event. Five thousand invitations have
been sent to prominent people all over
the country and two special trains
brought large number of guests to
the fort this morning. At 10 o'clock
the regiment was drawn up on the
parade ground in three sides of
square with Col. Crofton and
the color bearers in the center. On the
other side of the grounds the members
of the society of the Sons of the Revo-
luton were lined up. After a salute
of artillery DR.. Walter Dellafeld
stepped forward and in brief ad-
dress presented to Col. Crofton the
stand of colors. These were of silk
with the proper designs woven in
them, and comprised an American flag
and regimental standard. Both were
made according to the rigid regula-
lions of the army. Col. Crofton made
brief and appropriate response, and
handed the standards to the color SER
geants, who stood beside him. Then
the band played the Star Spangled
Banner and the affair was over.
1t was very appropriate for the gift
to come from the general managers of
corporations and of subsidized news.
papers. The calling out of these troops
in opposition to the protests
of both the governor and
mayor was violation of the constitu-
ton. 1t was a servile trucking to the
corporations. Hence it was proper
that they should be rewarded by the
corporations. Straws show which way
the wind blows. 1t was very kind in
the band, however, under the circum-
stances, to play the Star Spangled
Banner"