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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-09-12
Some Gold Bug Riddles.

claim that the reconciliation o. Sill
yer will unjustly enrich the SILVER
mine owners by giving them a doi'
lar for fifty cents worth OF silver
and then follow with the contradIc-
tory assertion that these dollars Will
only be worth 50 cents, and that
money lenders will be wronged II
paid in these dollars. They CLAIM
that remoretization will bring on Us
a deluge of silver, with ridiculous
initiation of prices, and in the next
sentence solemuIy warn rs that re-
monetization will drive all the gold
out of the country and contract the
currency so greatly as to lead to q
ruinons depression of prices, and
then ignoring both of these state
ments. they complacent!y declare
that the volume Of money cifcula,
ton has nothing whatever to do with
influencing the prices Of products.
Mr.. Carlisle in his Chicago speech
told US that reconciliation wonid
canae every bank in the country to
fail. Yet in that same speech ne
told us that reconciliation would
wrong every bank deposition because
it would enable the banks to pay
the depositors in 50ocent dollars.
This is a poor showing for The banks,
if they are bouud to fail, even when
settling with depositors at 81 cents
on the dollar.
Secretary Morton says that under
reconciliation our exports would be
paid for in silver, while our imports
would have to be paid for IN gold
For many years our annual import;
from silver countries have beer
s4OO 100000 of their products
Will Mr.. Morton explain Why W.
5 have not dumped $3,000,000,0 600 OF
81. O00, 00O, 900 Of cheap silver int
9 these countries? Wall street bro
: kers certainly profess to feel a deel
interest all at once in the welfare 0
. the farming class, and hoDdholder
: are showing a like apparent lnteres
in the veIfare Of laboriGg men. Rof
: sincere we are to believe this inter-
, est to be must depend upon how IN
! selfish their advice appears to be
Farmers do not seem to be readll
persuaded that they are at presen
, enjoying the large prosperity tina
Wall street brokers assure them
y the fact, and laboring men mGst d.
Al eide whether their chances for en-
Is ployment'a at good living rates al
u best when products arc fairly hlg
T. priced and the demand for labor az
u tive, or when prices for products al
le ruinously low and the industries
the country are paralyzed, II
warning Of a possible panic und'
:" reconciliation loses its force in tt
= face of the record of two gre
panics within twenty years ind
the gold standard. Il is nndeniao
that panic conditions existed in In
country from 1878 until the BlaE
silver bill 10 1878 gave to the cou
try a larger volume of circulate
and these panic conditions SCI
!, again in 1893 as soon as it becar
apparent that Il silver could 2
:. be used>as redemption money, d
that with gold redemptions we cou
have no expansion Of the currcn
:, to meet the requirements CT c
ort growing commerce and population
u. How do the sugarteat Republics
of Louisiana like the following pa
,an graph taken from McKinley's q
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-09-12
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Protect your ideas; they may bring you wealth.
Write JOHN W~EDDERBURN & CO, Patent Attor-
aeys, Washington, D. c., for their $3.50 prize offer
end List of two hundred inventions wanted.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-09-12


simply revive the policy that put
American -four in Havana free and
GAVE CUBAN SUGAR FREE TO THE
UNITED STATES B. r. Bulletln.
With the exception of sugar and
probably rice all Of Louisiana's pro-
ducts will be less than two-th'rds
crop, owing to tie drou'h and the
extreme bot spell. Corn will be
barely half a c:op, as it caught the
worst of the dry spell. Nearly al!
crons babe fair to do well six or
seven weeks ago, bnt the continued
drouth soon dried them up. In
many places the corn bnrt up IN the
field, and far from producing good
ears, did not even make fodder. The
stalks were actually burt stiff IL
many places and blown down by the
wind. The cotton crop suffered
likewise, and the effect that It open
ed prematurelg, and there acres ant
acres where open bolls and blooms
falling off the same stalk were to b'
seen, Aud when the rain came OF
this kind of a crop it washed out :b'
open cotton and scalded the stall
and leaves. Where the drouth ia
continued long the farmers pre-.
:erred it not to rain, despite the lac
that blooms were falling, fer it wa
TOO late to help them. In some c
the cane-growiug parishes in til
stiff lands the cane ia beginning
show the lack Of rain, and is assn
ming an unhealthy color.-B. /
Bulletin.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-09-12

We will have no policy by which We
do not get IS much as We give (er'os
Of Good, good y and will ina"gu~
rate no reciprocity policy that takes
from American wo.kmen a single
DAYS work that they can possibly
get, Great applause and cries of
.MsKiuleB's all right We will
simply revive the policy that put
American -four in Havana free and
GAVE CUBAN SUGAR FREE TO THE
UNITED STATES B. r. Bulletin.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-09-12

How do the sugarteat Republicans
of Louisiana like the following para.
graph taken from McKinley's Can
ton speech on last Saturday. Re
ciprocity, the twin Of protection and
true hand-maiden Of prosperity ?
already has a stronghold on the af~
f%ections of our people. Limited as
her opportunities have been, she has
always shown that she can be a great
factor 10 the trade of our country
What we want, gentlemen, ia a reci'
procity that is fair, liberal and JUS.
to ours as we'll as to other countries
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-29

,,..ao,, right He had been drinking
bnoH,iiv and was last seen alive IN Lemon Lemon
ritv Where he went to purchase hquOr'
A. Green Cove Springs Thursday after
noon while at play with some other chli-
dren Mamie Powell, little colored girl
about 4 years old, was burned 10 STei ::
I'D the clothes of this little one acc-
ddsnsnotaliv caught fire. the flames soon en-
veloping her body
q w. Roberts Of Jacksonville has peen
exnerimenting for some time past with
various methods for curing Florida grown
tobacco. He Is con r,abt VAN snat and that
he can cure tobacco so that 1t Will be IN
every respect equal to Havana grown anu
cured.
AT a mass meeting held in the court
house at Green Cove Springs Thursday
night the following municipal ticket was
Nominated: II j. Laud-Brown, for mayor;
Charles Wilson, for marshal; II. p. Be
mis-, for clerk and treasurer G. H. LIP
ford for collector; g w. Iyier, ?, r.
Hanford and L. +. rorfeSter' Aol aAuei
men.
A meeting of the democratic executive
committee Of Alachua county has been
called for Saturday, March q. The chair
man, Col. A. ]. Watkins or Rochene, says
that the meeting is called Tor the purpose
mary election TO nominate candidates.
me meeting is called early, but. this
is done for fear that the republicans
may try to capture the county
The country around Lake Weir is con-
siderably exercised over a petition that
II TO be presented to the board of county
commissioners on Monday asking that
a privilege be granted certain parties to
seine in the lake for fish. A counter pc
tition with about 200 signatures has been
prepared seriously Directing to the grant
ms. of any such privileges on the ground
that one of the chief attractions of the
lake would be ruined and that legitimate
fishing with hook and line totally de-
stroyed.
Mr.. Crocheron, baggagemaster on one
of the West Coast trains. was knocked
down and run over by a backing train
near the Inn at Port Tampa Thursday.
The wheels of the coach passed over one
leg, severing the foot and crushing the
lower part of the leg. The thigh was
broken in two places. He had very
severe wound on his head several inches
long Mr.. Crocheron was taken to the
hospital at Port Tampa City Fears are
entertained that the shock may prove too
great. He has wife and two children at
Waycross.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-29

mischief to the party and the committee
should throw it out Of doors as soon &c AZ
is introduced. ''ii 40 ~
James Sutlive of Fort Gaines. who has
been the superior court clerk of Clay coun-
" Tor ten years, expects to resign the
cIerkship soon and remove to Atlanta. Col
SutliVe will retire from politics and enter
the insurance field.
Tennile Chronicle Col. B. T. Rawlings.
our present able representative. will in all
probability announce himself as candidate
Tor the soicttorship of the Middle Georgia
Sircult. Col. b. d. Evans, our present So
ncltor would make a model Judge,
Madison Advertiser: The close of 1896
will witness the last sad rites over the tail
end of the free silver craze. which. like
the tail of a lizard. keeps wriggling af-
ter the body of the thing is dead Turner
smashed the head of the fad" the other
House of Representatives.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: There does not
appear any great reason for Georgia dem
ocrats to consolidate their two state con-
yenhons into one this year than in any
fourth year since the war. There may be
something In IL for the anti-administra-
ton and the free silver organs, but moth
ing in 1t for Georgia democracy.
Col. Thomas r. Mills of spalding has
been approached by committee of cit
liens of that county and urged to enter
the race for the legislature and combine
Thomas r. Mills practically entered the
race against Judge Beeks and Capt. Bal
ley, out Mayor Boyd and Col Barrow
are also SAID to be "inquiring round"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-29
POLITICS IN THE STATE.
Candidates in the Field and News
paper Talk on Party Policy.

Candidates in the Field and News
paper Talk on Party Policy.
Frank S. Harreu of cambridge is put
forward for state senator from the Eighth
district.
Hon. Frank Harrell, who represented
Decatur county in the last legislature is
a candidate for the Senate this year
Mai j. F. Hanson of Macon again pos
itively declares that he will not make the
race for governor under any conditions.
One of the political rumors afloat is
to the effect that Col. ]. ]. Bull of Tai
bottom may be a candidate for the judge
ship of that circuit.
The election for mayor of Rome occurs
next Tuesday, and the friends of the two
candidates, Capt. John j. Seay and S. s
King, are working night and day in their
interest"
1t is not yet authoritatiyely announced
that DR. n. G. Long of Elberton will make
the race for congress in the Eighth dis
trict. Friends of silver in the district are
urging him, 1t is said, to announce his
candidacy.
Atlanta Journal: A majority of the dem
oeratie newspapers in Georgia oppose the
one convention snap. 1t is loaded with
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-29
An Aged Veteran Dead.

Waycross, Ca, Feb. 2s.-Capt. w ID.
Hamilton, an aged confederate veteran,
died about noon yesterday at his home in
old Waycross, and was buried this after
noon with Masonic honors at Lott ceme-
terry. Capt. Hamilton had been sick for
several weeks, and his death was expected.
the civil war began he volunteered as a
private soldier. He was gradually pro-
NOTED to captaincy, which position he
held very creditably. Capt. Hamilton re-
moved to Waycross about ten years ago,
when New Waycross was just being laid
on, and no houses were here. He served
several terms as clerk of the city coun-
ell, until two years ago, when he was sue
ceeded by r. p. Bird. Capt. Hamilton was
at the time of his death, president of the
ton
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-29
SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE.
The Opening Day of the Session ut
Waycross

Waycross, Ca, Feb. 2S-The Sunday
school institute, in charge of Prof. HAM
i'll of the International Sunday School
Association, opened this evening at the
First Methodist church. Rev. w. F.
Hixon of Trinity Methodist church con-
Quoted the devotional exercises. and Prof
Hamill made an interesting address on
THE Sunday School Idea"
To-morrow's programme will ha about
as follows: Devotional service at 8 D. M.
by Rev. ]. w. Domingos of the First
Methodist church. Prof. Hamin will
Gospel of Luke" and a conference Of
Sunday school workers will follow in
the interest of Better Ways of Work.
ing" At p. m. Rev. W. H, Scruggs
win conduct the devotional exercises.
Prof. Hamill win close the institute with
an address on ''The Teacher and His
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-29
FLORIDA.

Whitewashing fences and buildings has
commenced in Gainesville.
An effort is being made TO secure a
free postal delivery for Ocala.
There are now FIVE colored patients at
the Plant system hospital at Gainesville.
Two bicyclists at Ormond made run
last week on the beach of nineteen miles
in fifty-two minutes.
Since the establishment of Alicia hos
pital in st. Augustine, in 1888, about $780, 900
has been collected for its maintenance.
The Florida woodenware factory at
Gainesville shipped several cases of pick
handles to Lynn, Mass, where they will
be used by railroad section hands and on
quarries.
Eight hundred to a thousand baskets of
lettuce leave Gainesville daily. The price
is holding up well. Good stock sold in
Philadelphia for $3.50. Beets are selling
at II cents per bunch.
The farmers in the Micanopy section
are fertilizing their cabbage crop for the
last time The cold has set the cabbage
back a few days and the fertilizer is be-
ing used to hasten the growth and to real
ize on early shipments.
Harlow w. Blake died at Tampa Sun
day, leaving a wife and four small chill
dren.l There is a mortgage of $3.50 on the
home and the generous-hearted citizens
of Tampa are at work to raise money to
pay off the mortgage.
Ralph Canova of Green Cove Springs
who was so badly injured last Saturday
night by the blowing out of the cylinder
head of an engine on the Southwestern
railroad, is resting easily. 1t is hoped
now that he will not lose the use of his
leg that was so badly crushed.
A prominent real estate agent of Gaines
vile says that from present indications
many northern people will locate in Flor
ida during the coming few months Hun
dreds of letters, he says, are received
every week from people who say they
intend to locate in Florida this spring.
Pat Currant, an Irishman, owning a
truck garden up the Miami river, near
Miami was found drowned in a boat near
Buena Vista, between 10 and IL o'clock on
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-29

A cocoa with rich chocolate flavor. re.
tanning all the nutritious and fat-produc-
Ing properties yet not distressing to the
most delicate, can be produced. Proven in
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-29
Trees Five Centuries old.
From London Public Opinion.

Gericke, the great German forester,
writes that the greatest ages to which
trees in Germany are positively known
For hfHs xsa 6e n 800 Boh@Sy snd
the pine in Norw& and Sweden have
lived to the latter age. Next comes the
has stood and thrived for upward of zoo
years. In Bavaria the larch has reached
the age of 275 years. OF foliage trees,
the oak appears to have survived the
longest. The best example is the ever
green oak at Aschoffenburg, which
reached the age of 40 years. Other oaks
in Germany have lived to be from 315 to
800 years old. At Aschoffenburg the red
beech has lived to the age of 245 years,
and at other points to the age of 225 years
OF other trees, the highest known are:
Ash, 40 years; birch, 100 to 200 years as
pen, go years; mountain maple, 225 years;
elm, 100 years, and red alder, las years.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-29

Saturday nights only II p. m. from Boil
ton street.
Cars leaving and arriving into Bolton
street passengers changs at Thunderbolt.
For Montgomery and 10:s a. m. and
$50 and p. m. Leave Montgomery 1880
a. m. and 1:45 and 5:25 D. m.
FOR THUNDERBOLT-Ca leave Boil
ton street depot on every hour and half
hour during the day and evening.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-29

Douglas. Ga, Feb. 2S.-The erection OF
a $4,000 school building at Douglas is an
assured fact. At a very early date the
brick and other material will be placed
upon the ground.
The elegant parlors of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Nj. Lott were thrown open last
night, and their charming daughter. Miss
Minnie, presided with winsome and en-
tertatning style over an impromptu mu-
sicale. The beauty and fashion of Doug
las was out in full force.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-29

Apparatus will be exemplfed in window each
day this week from 10 to l. to 5, to o'clock. Nc
Faddens is improvement all the other systems.
We invite the doctors and ladies especially to and
see wonderful development that be attained with
its They will be sold by exclusively in Savannah
after Wednesday, when will have full supply.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-29
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Negro HiEhwayman shot Dead at
Miami = Green COve's Municipal
Tfcket-A COIOred Girl Burned TO
Death-A Baggage Master Fatally
Injured at Port Tampa-A Negro
BaaIy Injured at the Bottom of n
Well.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-09

SHIRT WAISTS are distinctly different from
Shirt Waists you commonly meet them-a
little finer, little heater, slight difference in
the form, sleeves hang little better, collar fits
little better All of these differences are in
our favor. Each trife in itself, makes big
difference in the waist however
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-09

You will admit it when you see our Waists. =
The herald., 1896-11-17
COST OF MAKING A NINE.
Depends Upon the Way the Precious
Metal Is Hidden.

There are no hard and fast rules in re-
gard to making mine from the time it
passes into the prospector'S hands until
it becomes a dividend payer. Many
mines are such, as the miners say, from
the grass roots and turn out large
quantities of ore from the beginning.
j. b. Haggin. the millionaire mine
owner, took $3,O00000 from the Custer
mine in Lemhi county. Idaho, before it
became necessary to use candle This
mine was known as the Mineral noun
tain. A man came along one day, and
after looking at it. remarked: why.
the hanging wall is gone" This was
true Nature had assisted the miner
in this case; the mountain side had been
eroded, leaving the mineral standing
there. Mr.. Haggin also spent $3.000,000
in developing the Anaconda mine be-
fore it was on a paying basis.
Mines have been discovered contain
ing a fabolous wealth, although a pros
pector would starve to death in trying
to work them. This was true in regard
to the Homestake mine in the Black
Hills. The prospectors who made the
discovery could do nothing with it, and
it passed into the hands of Senator
Hearst and other California capitalists
They concluded that unless it was
worked on a large scale it could not be
made profitable An eighty-stamp mill
was ordered and shipped from Chey-
enne at a cost OF $195,0O0 as an expert
ment. The mine has paid in dividends
$37, 500 a month for seventeen years
1t requires a large amount of money
usually to put a mine on a dividend
paying basis. and, as rule. this the
prospector cannot do though pros
pectors have made fortunes with their
properties.-Spokane Review.
The herald., 1896-11-17
BROOKLYN ACCEPTS THE BAG
CHANTE STATUE

Brooklyn may be city of churches,
but 1t is not a city of prudery. 1t seems
Macmonnie's Statue of a Laughing,
Rollicking. Frolicsome Bacchante,"
which was rejected austerely by Boston,
is to find warm welcome at the other
end of the big bridge. The beautiful
bronze statue which the directors of the
Boston library declined to accept is to
be given a place in the Brooklyn Insti-
tute of Arts and Sciences. Moral Bos-
ton thought it would not be proper to dis
play the statue in a public place, and
Architect Charles T. McKim, who pre-
sented it to the library, has since then
been looking for a suitable place for the
handsome work of art.
Prof. Franklin w. Hooper, director Of
the Brooklyn institute, has replied to a
note of inquiry from Mr.. McKim, as
suring him in his belief the institute will
feel honored at the opportunity of CIV
ing the statue place in the hall.
Prof. Hooper also expressed his con-
tempt of Boston canons of art by saying:
This sculpture of Bacchante is as in
nocent and beautiful as it is graceful.
l feel almost like asking if the people
of Boston would put figure in foun-
tain with q Wate rproof and umbrella
over it t"-ChcagO Tribune
The herald., 1896-11-17
STATE POPULISTS
Wind Up the Campaign and Give Good
Advice

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 16.-Tonight the
executive committee of the Populist state
committee held a meeting in this city
to wind up the affairs of the late cam
paign Among those present were T. V.
Gator, Congressman-elec Barlow, G. II.
Castle and others prominent in the par
ty's councils. After the transaction of
routine business, an address to the peo-
pie OF California was read and adopted
The address was a very EXTENDED one.
Among other things is said the Populist
party would remain the champion of
the people on the great questions of
finance, transportation and land. Re
ferring to the victory of the Republican
party, the address says the success which
menaces human liberty cannot be per-
manently sustained in land where
liberty is an inborn right. The address
also said great as is the silver question,
it Is not as great as the whole money
question. g. question that involves the
bank of issue and the establishment of
postal savings bank. The address
concludes by urging Populists to or
ganize and educate, nationally, state and
local. to the end that none in a receptive
mood can go astray through a lack of
opportunity to learn.
The herald., 1896-11-17
A TREMENDOUS SENSATION
Caused by the Action Of Mrs. Craven's
Attorneys
Fairs Alleged Will in Pencil Withdrawn
and the Trust Will Admitted to Pro-
bate-The Heirs Victory.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16.-A tre-
mendous sensation in connection with
the Fair will controversy was caused
this morning by Attorney Delmas, act
ing for Mrs. Craven, the alleged con-
tract widow of James G. Fair, and for
Mark Levingston, named as executor OF
the so-called pencil will. Delmas, on be-
half of these parties, withdrew the PEN
Gil will which he had offered for probate.
This, 1t is believed. practically ends the
litigation, which bid fair to be inter-
minable.
Attorney Delmas made long state
ment, which was not concluded until the
noon recess. He said his reason for
withdrawing the pencil will offered by
Mark Levingston and Mrs. Nettie Craven
was to strengthen Mrs. Craven's posi-
tion as the contract wife of Fair and the
possessor of deeds to valuable proper
ties alleged to have been signed by Fair,
and termed forgeries by the Fair chill
dren. Delmas said If the pencil will
should be rejected, 1t would injure Mrs.
Craven's position as the holder Of those
property deeds, so the will was with
drawn, and Mrs. Craven and her allies
VIII concentrate their energies and
strength on the deeds and in establish
ing their validity.
The trust will Of September 81, 1894,
was admitted to probate. The trust
feature of this will was declared to be
Illegal so far as the real property was
concerned. It is rumored that similar
decision will be made regarding the per-
sonal property as governed by the trust.
If so, the attorneys say that it would
permit the estate to be distributed to the
Fair heirs directly, without being tied
up in trust and managed solely by trus-
tees against the wishes of the Fair heirs.
The trust will, with the trust feathers
eliminated, would be acceptable to the
Fair children. 1t is said the action of
Delmas this morning is the result of an
agreement entered into by all parties to
the litigation, and that Mrs. Craven, DR..
Mark Levingston and others have been
recompensed by the heirs for any loss
they might sustain through the aban-
donment of their position.
The proceedings are generally regard
ed as distinct victory for the Fair
heirs.