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DECIDE NOT TO STRIKE.
The Miners at Tracy City Propose to
stick to Their Work.

Chattanooga, Tenn, May 8.-(Special.)-A
meeting of great moment to the Western
and Atlantic railroad, which is furnished
with coal by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railway Company, was held this after
noon by the miners of Tracy city, Tenn,
to determine whether they should so on
a strike or not. About 800 free miners are
employed at Tracy along with more than
400 convicts. The men decided &c continue
at work. and no trouble is now feared.
The number of convict miners has been
largely increased there, owing to the closing
of the company's mines at WhitWell.
Negroes Put to Work.
Nashville, Tenn, May Sat Blue Creek
mines Alabama, this morning over loo
negroes were put to work and evictions or
striking miners began The strikers are
very much rritated in consequence, ana
many threats made. Threatening no
tees, bearing daggers, pistols, cross-bones,
collins, etc, are prOmlScuouSly posted
Meetings are being held at all the mining
camps in that region, and trouble is appre-
hended.
strikers Gaining Recruits.
Baltimore, Md, May S--Dispatches from
the mining region of western Maryland ana
West Virginia, show that the ranks OF the
strikers are hourly being augmented In
the Georges Creek region the Ocean mine
of the Consolidated Coal Company, the
largest on the creek stopped today.
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POLITICS IN GEORGIA.
THE GUBERNATORIAL CAMPAIGN
OPENS UP IN EARNEST.l
Evsns Carries Counties Conceded to Atkin-
son-Ihe General Leading the Race
Democrats Stand by the Platform.

II was a great day for General Evans q
dav which will insure his triumphant VIC
tory.
Barlow, Telfair and Lincoln are added to
the Evans columns more votes.
Mr.. Atkinson gets only Cherokee and
Clnch a total of votes.
The high-handed action in Oconee, where
twenty men with no semblance of authori-
w pretended to speak for the county, will
be promptly repudiated by the people of
that county and, indeed will hardly be
endorsed by even the most rampant follow
er of the gentleman from Coweta.
The Great Victory in TeIfair.
The greatest victory is in Telfair.
The men who control mad fixed things
In that county-or thought they had. The
y holly unjustfiable- act of fixing the mass
meeing at a remote place in the county
SO that it might be in an Atkinson strong
hold far away from the majority of the
people seemed to clnch things for Mr..
Atkinson. The news that the people OF
the county rose In their might and over
THEW the manipulators carrying the coun-
1 " for General Evans, is glorious news m
deed and shows that the people, the real
controllers of the counties and the state,
have determined to assert themselves.
The story from TefaiI we'll as that
from Oconee and the other counties which
& were the scenes of political action, will be
g read with interest today
The Result.
The strength of the two candidates is
4shown below. Evans having is votes and
Atkinson H. Granting Atkinson Oconee's
1.-TWO, which have small show of ever get
Xtiag in the convention, Mr.. Atkinson has 16.
For Evans-Richmond 8. Terrell 2, Gilbert
IT, Barlow 4, Lincoln 2, Telfair ,. Total IS.
For Observation-Disclosures 1, Baldwin g
Coffee ,, Clinch 2, Cherokee 2, Douglas 2.
Total IA
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these they have rolled up a majority for
Evans OF about two to one. The county was
when the Evans men learned that they
could not afford to sleep on their arms arms
son spoke in Lncolnton Thursday, but hao
few to hear him and changed not single
vote.
at the mass meeting to pass resolutions
endorsing the administration. but after con-
luton would be defeated with a scornful
and overwhelming vote. So the resolutions ions
were submitted by DR.. Patterson, who was
elected chairman of the meeting, and they
were unanimously carried:
Resolved, l. That we. the members OF the
meeting assembled, do renew our allegiance
to the state and national party. anu re.
t Of 1ss2 IN the S'a'e anu ' ss.n ,man,
the efforts of the secretary OF the interior
in calling halt to fraudulent pensions
which are as demoralizing to the Dene zen,
Charles themselves Is they are onerols ana ana
odiouS to the already oVerouroeneu taA
payers of the country - es.s aomn1str rsa
cali upon the senate to pass the Wilson
tariff bill, including the provision for an
'Resoved, g.. That we urge upon our our.
representatives in congress the necessity Tor
continued efforts in redeeming every pieoge
Chicago, upon the faith of which the
democratic party for the first time In more
rlete control of every department OF the
government ana upon the faithful per-
Torrance and fulillment of which demo.
cratic sup, cmacy and the continuance Ct
the trust depend.
'Resolved L. That we reaffrm the decla-
rat of the democratic party, state and
national, in favor of the repeal OF the tax
upon state bank issues and earnestly re-
quest our representatives in congress TO
conduct their efiort to remove from the
statute book this violennt and oppressive
prohibitOry measure.
"Resolved, 5. That We heartily en-.
dorse the course in congress of
able the Hon and J. a q Hack a"d re
new our expressions of confidence In him
as a wise and respected counsel; or. in the
,ielibera lions of the party at Washington.
an eloquent and fearless defender OF the
people upon the floor of congress and an
ever courteous patient and untiring repre-
sentative Of his constituents; without re-
gard to party lines. and we hereby pledge
to him our united and loyal support for
denomination and reelection
I'VE cordially commend the present etfl-
cient and economical administrator or the
agricultural department. In which the farm
ers are deeply interested and we recon-
mend our delegates to the state con
yention to support the renomlnaIlon OF me
present incumbent, Hon. r. T. Nesbltt. FOR
commissioner of agriculture; TREASURER
Hardeman, Comptroller Wright and Secre-
tarv Of State Cook"
Wilkes county is going to follow Lincoln
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24S Majority for Evans.

Dawson, Ga, May 9.-Special. 1.-The
official consolidated returns of Terrels
democratic primary give General c. A.
Evans 248 majority. This does very we'll
men claimed the county by 200 majority
before the election.
Now that the gubernatorial matter is off
the minds of the voters. interest in the
legislative race is warming up. Three we'll
known citizens have announced their can
didacy, viz: Major B. H. Hood, Hon. A.
c. Hall and Judge w. d. Murray. There
may be other entries later on.
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1T WAS A GREAT VICTORY.
VeJf,.r Breaks the hack of Afkinsons
Claims in the Wiregrnss.

60 Nav 12-(Special )-Grand old
Telfoir broke the back of the WlreSrass 70
aav and broke the hearts OF the men WHO
control in this section.
General Evans captures the county ana
the result is a distinct and decided victory
for the grand man of Georgia
There has been no political victory like
this in the history of the county. With
obstacles that seemed insurmountable con-
fronting them, the Evans men presented an
unbroken front and turned what seemed a
few days ago to be inevitable defeat into
glorious victory.
This county has been put down as Ger
tain in the claims of the Atkinson men
and, indeed. there have been few people
here who thought that it would go any 9th
err way. Up to a few days age it was prac-
tically conceded to Atkinson, though Gen
eral Evans has had some warm friends and
supporters who have been active in his be-
half and who had never lost hope. The
outlook was not, however, very encourag-
ing.
But fortune favors the brave. In a mo-
ment of what must have been temporary
insanity, the linen who control settled
upon Cobbville. q place remote from all
railroads and from the people, as the place
for the mass meeting.
That action raised a storm Of righteous
Indignation throughout the entlre county.
Men who had been inclined to Atkinson
changed and all who were on the doubtlul
list joined in the condemnation Of that tct
1t reacted with great force upon the men
who executed it and from end of the
county to the other there was a perfect
storm of Indignation.
Still the fight wasn't whipped The Atkin-
son men had been very active They had
good workers and had secured practically
all the available buggies and wagons in the
county.
The politicians We're active, but the peo-
pie We're arouseG. The good solid yeoman-
ry from all parts of the county turned OUT
today. No mass meeting like Il ever
known here. Cobbvlle was simply over
Whelmed by the crowds which sWarmed in
from all corners of the county. Lumber
City and McFae sent over almost every
available citizen.
When the test came it developed that
the men who control weren't in it. The
test was, of course, on the selection and in
Struction OF delegates and by vote of
222 to Pc General Evans carried the day.
1t was a great victory. Il great rebulla
to snap judgment and ring methods, and
The people of Eelfair are reioicing tOnight.
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SNAP JUDGMENT IN oCoNEE.
The Democrats of the County Feel
Outraged at the Action.


Watkinsville Ca, May 12.-CSpeciaLh
The Atkinson men took snap judgment in
Oconee county today, but it will not go
down. Under the cau the executive com
mittee met today to fix the time and
method of selecting delegates to the guber-
material convention
When the committee met it decided to
elect the delegates then and there, without
giving the people Of the county an oppor-
tunity to speak
Oconee is overwhelmingly Evans
county and the only chance the Atkinson
men had was by trickery. So they
sorted to the Coffee county trick, which is
the same that was attempted in Liberty,
but failed.
The vote was 20 for Atkinson to IS for
Evans.
The democrats Of Oconee are outraged
and do not propose to let that action stand.
A mass meeting will be called and an Fv-
ans delegation will be sent to the conven-
ton. Today's action is unjust to the party
In the county and will leave bad feeling
if it is not rescnded by the committee
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SPIRIT OF UNEEST.
Democrats of Wilkes Express Their Dis4at-
isfactiou i'll Plain Terms.

Washington Ga. May S.--(Specal)-
Wilkes county democracy met IN mass meet
ing today. May the 18th was selected as
the day for holding q primary election tor
governor, statehouse officers ana leSlsia-
tors.
The feature of the meetings was the reSo-
luton concerning national affairs.
The resolutions speak dissatisfaction IL
no uncertain terms.
They call the attention OF the president
and congress to the fact that the pledges
MADE to the people in the Chicago platform
have not been carried out. The mass meet
ing was perfectly harmonious, there being
10 test OF strength as 20 gubernatorlal can
didates. Following are the resolutions
una nimously passed by the mass meeting
as introduced by Hon. NJ. z. Reese:
I'VE, the democratic party of Wilkes
county in mass meeting assembled, recoS-
nizing the fact that the prosperity OF the
country and the maintenance OF good gov
er.nrnpHt are objects desired by every pa
tri0tic CITIZEN and believing that these Cd
jects can alone be secured by talthiully ca
rying into effect the pledges mace 70 the
r-oltie OF the country by the national demo
cratic padty i'll its platform adopted at en-
Cago, do resolve ,.e
in each and all OF the planhs enumerated
in said atform and call upon the hatlohai
congress and the president OF tht oIIlt .
states to sea 10 it that these requirements
are enacted into laws, that peace security
of life. liberty and property and the bless
iIgs Of good government may De enjoyed ny
the citizens of the United States.
80. Tg~ss recognizing the fact that the
great body polite through long rePupiiSan
iuisrule was sick almost unto death, Wheh
the democratic party came into power we
cheerfully gave our thanks to the demo-
cratic president and congress Tor the WoIh
already done in carrying out the pledges
made to the people of tine country III the
Chicago platform ameliorating the condi-
ton OF the suffering people, but we call
their attention TO the further fact that
much yet remains to be done before the
people Of this country receive the full meas
urc OF relief which was promised them by
the democratic party when intrusted by the
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LIBERTY'S VOICE.
The Democrats of the Good Old County
stand by tho Platform.

stand by tho Platform.
Hinesville, Ga, May 7.-(Specal. )--Liberty
county is the first county in the first con-
sressional district to speak out and raise
its voice in behalf of the redemption of the
democratic platform, and to refuse its
dorsement of anything that is not demo-
cratic that looks to the betrayal of any
democratic trust.
AT the same meeting in this county, which
was largely attended, a resolution was
adopted reafiirming allegiance to the demo-
cratic party and endorsing the principles of
the party 'as set forth in the platform of
1S92, and interpreted by the majority of
the democratic representatives from the
south and west in the congress of the
United States" The resolutions were
Enthusiastically adopted and the effort to
attach a rider, endorsing in full the policy
which has had as its purpose the demone-
tizatiOn of silver and the establishment of
the single gold standard was overwhelming
~ rebuked
The people of this county stand unfinch
ingIy by the democratic platform and put
measures before men.
Liberty county has led the way in this
section and other counties will act soon.
The action of this county, which is just
across the river from the eleventh district,
is in striking contrast with the acton OF
the few counties of that district, which
have taken up the cause of the single Sold
standard, not because they want 1t or APP
prove il. but simply because Mr.. CleVe-
land approves it, The action of Ware,
CIinch ana coffee counties III the eleventh
district has been received with surprise
here, but our people consider that those
resolutions passed adopted by mere
handfuls of men ana that the meetings
y. ere especially ia, inlIned up by the SOUND
of the bell OF patronage Obligation ana
readily appreciate the fact that the senti-
ment Of the rank and file of the democracy
of these counties has been grossly mlsrepre-
scented.
In the meantime Liberty blazes the way
IN reattirming its unfinching allegiance to
those. who stand by the platform.
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RE L. A. H. N weary ON0s
Emanuel COunty> Democrats Call for the
Carving Ont of the Pledges.

EN- anuel COunty~ Democrats Call tOr the
Carrying Out of the Pledges.
Swainsboro, Ca, May 3.--(Special) 1.-The
democrats of Emanuel county will act in
primary on June 18th, on which day the
county will elect delegates TO the guberna-
torial convention.
The most significant feature of the action
of the executive committee was the en-
phasis of their endorsement of the national
democratic platform and the expression OF
discomfort at the delay in carrying out the
mandate of the party expressed iii the
national platform. The resolutions took
strong ground for the redemption OF every
democratic pledge and called for the cleo
ton of representatives who can be depended
upon to stand absolutely in touch with the
sentiment of the people in securing ma
tional legislation
The Second in the First.
Emanuel county is the second county IN
the first district to unqualifiedly and en-
Enthusiastically endorse the national demo-
cratic platform, and to make no compro-
mise which looks to even a quasi endorse
ment of the single gold standard pollcy'
which the eastern democrats in conblna-
ton with the republicans have been able
to carry to a successful conclusion.
The counties of the first district are prac-
tically unanimous in favor of the redemp-
ton of every pledge of the democratic plat
form, and in their unyielding and uncom-
promising opposition to every effort to de-
stroy silver as a standard money metal
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CONTEST IN BALDWIN.
Stxty-Nfne Votes Were Illegally Cast
for Atkinson OF, Nav lst

Milledgeville, Ga, May l2-(Special)-
The contest in Baldwin is fairly made up
and the notice is in the printers hands.
illegal votes were cast at the primary
on May 9Th for Atkinson, for whom a ma
jority of was declared. If sustained this
charge Will give the vote to Evans by 81
majority. These charges are based upon
records showing II at forty-nine Atkinson
voters were not registered as required by
the act of 1890, page 977, and that twenty
other Atkinson voters We're in arrears to
the city for their taxes for the year 1893.
The Evans delegation consists of c. p
Crawford, L. f. Newell, ID. b. Sanford j.
Caraker,, j. NJ. Edwards, 7. j. Barksdale
and j. T. Miller.
Some of the intelligent Atkinson men
propose to surrender the county rather
than resist the contest.
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LINCOLN TWO TO ONE.
Evpns Has a WaIkoycr-The Platform
EuuarSed

washington, Ga, May 12-(Special.)-Ol0
Lincoln rolls UP u handsome majority for
Evans. The mass meeting today resulted
Atkinson, IL; Evans, rs. 1t was a large
vote considering the fact that this was one
district the democracy of which suffered
severely in the last national campaign from
the onslaught of WISCONSIN. There are
fewer democrats left in this county, per
haps, than We're spared to any other county
in the tenth district by the Watsonian cy-
leve that it is with purity and honesty in
politics that the party will at last cover
all adversities, and for reasons such as
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MISSING WORD CONTEST.
The Result of the Guesses in the April
Contest.

Contest.
The missing word for April was umbra-
geouS; out OIL 594 SueSSes tnlrty-louf were
correct.
After footing up the guesses in the miss,
that 594 subscribers sent in guesses with
their subscriptions, and out OF this num-
Der thrty-four were correct.
The sentence was:
The moments We're numbered; the
strife finished; the vision closed. In
the twinkling of an eye our flying horses
aisle At right angles we wheeled
into our former direction. The turn OF the
road carried the scene out of my eyes IN
an instant and swept it into my dreams
forever" -
The missing word was UMBRAGEOES:
The fourth of 1894 is Sl4S50 this amount
guessers gives each one A.36 as their share
of the prize; this amount has been sent
to the list of names below.
Don't forget the sentence for this month,
The 800 pounds of gold which he h Ii
received in exchange for his treasure had
............ field.
Send in your subscription for the best pa
per in the south and be sure to send your
Every subscriber is also entitled to
guess in The CONSTITUTIONS great cot5o4
contest in which 81. 900 will be divided
among the subscribers; this is in addition
to the missing word contest.
The following are the successful guessers
r. j. Godbee, Telfairville, Ga.
j. r. Robinson, Rozier, Ga.
j. L. Jackson, Clinton, La. -.
Miss e. O. Drewary, Columbus Ca ia
". s. Jerniganson, Macon, Ga, 90 times9
S. n. Berry, Fosle, $; G .:.u\
A. G. Fuqua, Sarah, Ga, % times)
PONDS EXTRACT, men and women will
suffer from a severe headache, when ten
minutes spent bathing the head with the
Extract would afford relief.
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BY TwENTY-EiGIIr MAJORITY.
CIiDt IN Goes for AtI>insOn-The Admin
istratiOn Is Endorsed.

bonneville, Ga, May 12.-Clinch county
went for Atkinson today by a vote of 60 to
81. The mass meeting was holly contested
by both sides and both claimed the victory
till the polls Were closed and the votes
counted. Senator +. b. Sirmans, Colonel
r. q. Dickerson, Captain Augustus Du-
pont and r.. M. Crum We're elected dele
gates to the gubernatorial convention.
Resolutions endorsing the democratic ad-
ministration and Henry G. Turner were
adopted.
would have gone two to one for Evans
The small yote-92 in all-shows that it was
only small part of the countys democracy
which acted.
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ian, Ill., went on a strike at o'clock this

man, ILL.,, went on a strike at o'clock this
morning.
Their action took Pullman and his ex-
ecutive manager by surprise, as it was I'M
derstood that the men were satisfied with
the result of the recent conference.
The men belong to the new American
Railroad Union, but were not called out by
the organization. They demand a restora-
ton of wages to last years scale, and the
redress OF numerous shop grievances. No
violence is expected, but as precaution, a
large force of police has been ordered to the
scene. The works have closed indefinitely.
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people with the administration C the gov
eminent.
IS. That we call upon all good citizens to
come and join with us in electing 20 office
good and true democrats who stand square
ly upon the democratic platform and who
will give us a government of the people, by
the people and for the people,"
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Cartersville Ga, May 12.-(Special. 1.-The
campaign of General Evans in Barlow
county reached a fitting finale today in the
splendid endorsement he received. In fact
there were less than twenty-five votes fol
the CoWeta candidate.
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MONEY GIVEN TO OUR AGENTS.
pr;zes for Those who DO Good " DIRK for the
Weekly.

an Januarv Isl we offered a seTIes OF
nrizas amounting to $500 to the agents send
Ing in the largest list Of Sgb5er 46 Tat thg59
prizes were given in addition to the resllal
clear gain, as the commission, we allow
paws them handsomely of itself ,o-o
for. their work during the summer months;
in other words. we will divide between The
srribaTs S250. $40 to the agent sending in the
largest list; $37 80 to the agent sending N
the next largest list and 50 on as scheduled
in another column. -. $780,
Now let every agent start his list at once;
there are a great many subscribers whose
time expires between now ana the ISL Oh
September and you can get a lot Oh ne"
ones.
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Canton, Ga, May 12.-Cherokee elected
Atkinson delegates today in mass meeting,
and endorsed the present statehouse Off
GERS.
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BUSINESS MITES.

MINERS WANTED--Good, steady, sober
men, used to running air drills, for con-
tract work running drifts and sinking
stand some powder smoke until mine
workings connect Also good shovelers
and TRAINERS for underground. Apply
al Polk County Mine, of Pittsburg and
Tennessee Copper Company, to Carl Hen.
rich superintendent
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birmingham, Ala, May 9.-(Special)-
WAT was expected last night in the man
ner of a march to Blue Creek to aid the
strikers who We're being evcted proved
a failure from the fear of being severely
dealt with if any violence was attempted
The only feature of the situation today was
the TACT that the negro miners at Milldale
went out from fear of being dealt with
by strikers. Notices at Milldale had been
posted threatening the miners with death
II they did not cease to mine coal. The
notices We're signed with daggers and cross
bones. The negroes positively refused to
work for this cause.
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