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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-12-18
TOTAL NET RECEIPTS

New York. Dec. 1.-THE following are
me total net receipts Of cotton at all
ports since September 1st, 1890:
galveston. l,0G9,l37; New Orleans, L.
"lZ'"17: Mobile. 91.623: Savannah. 61S.997: f:
charleston, 170,CS2: Wilmington. 20g .035 !:
NoF'olk, 2Z381; baltimore. 90, 19G; New
foTk, 4o,Ol2. Boston 81 sos; Newport
NeWs, l4,6C5; Philadelphia, 9,255; Bruns-
WICK, 34,79o; Pensacola, 1851
Total 1851 ,S07 bales.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-12-18
OPPOSE COMPULSORY EDUCATION
Nine-tenths Of the People interviewed
Oppose it,
Salisbury Truth-Index)

There j. no question that Ro-
wan county if vote should be taken
today on the question, is undoubtedly
opposed TO compulsory educational
act.
And in view Of the fact that Rowan
is far above the average North caro-
lima county III point OF educa ton,
this makes the condition all the more
signifcan;.
The Truth-IndeN reporter yesterday
put the question 10 twenty repreSen-
tative citizens Of the county. "DO you
favor a compulsory educational law.
Of the twenty-five. tWentN-thrcA re-
piled emphaticalIy in the negative.
one didn't know and one replied IN the
ALTERNATIVES
An article is being prepared by a
SaIisburian in opposition TO the ccin-
pulsory law proposed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-12-18
John Addison Porter Dead.
Gy the Associated Press.

IBN Tie ASSOtIdIFU tTCSN.J
Putnam, Conn. Dee. 15.-John Nd
Olson Porter. formerly private secre-
iary Of President Mckinley died today
at his residence here. He had been
sick for many weeks with Il malignant
intestinal disease.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-12-18

News was received at Dcs NoncS.
Iowa. last night that an engine. l. cars
and 81 men plunged down 4 fifty foot en-
bankment on the Chicago. Quincy Bur
lirgtcn and Quincy road John Dozle vas
Killed aud two other men, names unknown.
were hardly hurt.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-04
DEMOCRATS KICK AT
FARMERS PROSPERITY.
Farm Products Advance More than the
Goods that Farmers Have to Buy
at the Stores.
EVIDENT CAUSE OF MORTGAGE cANCELING
Since Mckinley Has Been the Helm Farm Products Have
Advanced As Per Cent. While Articles Bought by
Farmers Increased Ony 10 Per Cent.

The Democratic fault-iinders base their
efforts to create discomfort among the
farmers in 1900 upon different plane
from that OF 1896. Then their complaint
was that the prices OF farm products
were too low Now they complain. that
the farmers are too prosperous and the
prices of their products are too high.
Mr.. Bryan was nominated in Chicago
on July 10. 1896, and again at Kansas
City on July 5, 1900. Let us take the
quotations OF the first week in July,
1896, and July. 1900, the respective dates
are brought as nearly as practicable to
the dates of his respective nominations.
Nobody will question the fairness of
selecting wheat, corn, oats, lard, pork,
beef, cotton, wool, hay and butter as
ten representative articles of farm pro-
duction. nor will anybody question the
fairness of selecting sugar, tea, coffee,
rice, petroleum, leather. cotton cloth, tin
plate, sisal from which binder Irvine is
made) and Bessemer pig iron 1.-THE basis
of all agricultural requirements in iron
and steel as ten representative articles
of farm consumption.
The tables which follow show the
prices of the ten articles OF farm produc-
ton and OF an equal number of articles
Of farm consumption at the dates named
and the percentage OF increase in each
date OF Dir. Bryan's second nomination
as compared with the prices at the date
OF his first nomination.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-04

with a strong probability OF Nebraska
unless State pride is extremely strong
joining them. 1t is hoped to make up this
loss by carrying Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio, Amy one who knows Illinois poll
ties realizes that it is naturally a Repub-
licau State, and has gone Democratic
only once in forty years, and that when
the business elements were favorable to
the Democratic candidates.
The same is to be said Of Ohio, with
the added statement that it has never
given its electoral vote to Democratic
candidate for the Presidency since the
war. Indiana is the only close State, and
those who know it best believe that the
Democrats will not win there. In both
Illinois and Indiana, exceptionally strong
men have been named as Democratic can
didates for Governor, and to an extent
they will aid Mr.. Bryan. but not enough
to overcome the sentiment held every
where against him by conservative and
thoughtful people. All this apparent
prospect Of success over Mr.. Bryan ought
not to cause a lessening Of the struggle
against him. 1t will not do in this contest
to simply prevent his having majority
in the Electoral College by giving Presi-
dent Mckinley barely enough to win.
DECISIVE DEFEAT FOR BRYAN.
What ought to be accomplished is the
decisive defeat of Organism as disturb
ing factor in the politics Of this country.
The country cannot afford with each re-
curing four years to be upset from one
end to the other by the danger of man
OF such vagaries as he entertains obtain
ing control of the nations affairs. The
plea that is put forth by some men of
ability that he can be rendered harmless
before election by the enactment Of new
laws is hardly craftsmanship. Why place
n man in the Presidency whom you must
virtually put under bonds to keep the
peace?
Mr.. Bryan has so grieyously wronged
the Democratic party that no Democrat
who really wishes to see the party get
back into public confidence ought to aid
and abet him at this time. He would de-
stroy the country's currency system IL he
could by substituting the silver standard.
Why give him Endorsement in that deter
mination? He would abrogate the right
Of private contract, overturn the tradi-
TORS, practices, and high position of the
Supreme Court, and make impossible the
quick and effective maintenance OF public
order in times of excitement and stress
Why make il possible for him to even
undertake so much that is revolutionary,
even though he fail in ii all?
No Time for Experiments.
hardly think the thoughtful judgment
OF any citizen will say that the possibili-
ty that Mr.. Bryan may do better in the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-04

1t will be seen by an examination OF
the tables that in every article Of farm
production named there has been an in
crease in price ranging with single ex'
ception) from 80 per cent TO GS per cent,
or an average increase in the entire Sc
ries of articles of 1873 per cent.
In the list OF the articles of farm con
sumption there is reduction in price
in two Of the articles named. while the
increase in the other articles ranges much
lower than that OF the farm products,
the average increase for the entire series
OF articles Of farm consumption being
10 per cent.
Thus we see that in ten representative
articles of farm consumption. the aver
age increase has been 10 per cent, while
10 the ten equally representative articles
Of farm production, the increase has been
45.S per cent.
Now to take the single item Of farm
production upon which the fault-hnders
base their arguments and BY which they
measure all articles OF farm consump-
tion, namely, wheat. How do you sup
pose it happened that they have selected
this particular article wheat" by which
10 measure everything elseI There is
corn; its acreage In the United States
in 1899 was practically double that Of
wheat, its production -four times as many
Uomniled from Official report
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-04
" B2YANISsl IN WEST,
CROKERISM IN EAST"
Reasons Why James II. Eckels
Will Vote for Mckinley.
Comptroller Of the Currency
Urges All to Unite and Give Bryan.
ism Its Deathblow as a Dis.
turSing Factor.

The political outlook in the West is,
believe. generally satisfactory to those
who are opposed to Mr.. Bryan aud the
things for which he stands in public life.
In the extreme West his most ardent
friends are ready to concede that he has
lost much ground since the campaign of
1896. and unless he can recoup himself in
the Middle West and East, his defeat will
become matter Of certainty. The Pacific
States, the Dakotas, Wyoming, and Kan
sas will all be found to be against him,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-04

be measured, was, on July o, 1896, in
the New York market, 6Ihc per bushel,
and ON July 8, 1900. was SSc per bushel.
Now let us follow the same general
plan adopted in the other comparisons
and by selecting ten principal articles Of
farm consumption, obtain their relative
prices in the New York market in 1896
and 1900, at the dates nearest Mr.. Bry-
ans nomination, and thus find out what
quantity of each bushel Of wheat, at the
prices named at these two dates, would
have bought. The articles of farm con-
sumption selected for this comparison are
equally representative with those of farm
production above named, namely, sugar,
coffee. petroleum, rice, salt, leather, cot
ton cloths, starch, mackerel and cut nails.
The authority for the prices Is the same
as that already utilized-the bureau of
statistics.
In every case the quantity of these
representative articles of farm con-
sumption which a bushel OF wheat
would buy In 1000 is greater than a
bushei OF wheat could have bought
In 1890.
Purchasing power of one bushel OF
wheat at the date OF Mr. Bryan's first
and second nominations. respectively, in
ten different articles of ordinary farm
consumption, basing the price OF each
article upon that quoted in the New York
market at the respective dates:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-04

and which Las been widely discussed IN
the study of national economic questions
of late years. Why not measure by this!
A glance at the table which shows the
relative prices of articles in 1896 and
1900 will answer this question. 1t hap
pens that the percentage Of increase In
the price of wheat is less than that of
any other article OF farm production,
since wheat is more directly affected by
the production in other parts OF the world
where crops have been generally good
during the last two seasons.
Wheat has only advanced 35 per cent
from 1896 to 1900. while corn advanced
IS per cent, mess pork 60 per cent. lard
6s per cent and wool 6s per cent. Now
il is easy to see why the Democrats
happened" to select this particular item
wheat" by which to measure everything
else. simply because it shows a smaller
increase IN price than almost any other
article in the list.
Yet they are gravely marching through
the agricultural regions of this country
stating to the farmer that "a bushel of
wheat in 1900 will buy less OF the articles
which you consume than a bushel of
wheat would buy of those same articles
in 1896" Let US accept the challenge.
Mr.. Bryan's first nomination occurred
on July 10, 1896 and his second nomina-
ton on July 3, 1900. The records OF the
bureau of statistics show that the high
est price of mo. 2 red winter wheat"
a standard grade by which all others may
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-04
1899:
7,655,414

~ we are defeated In this
campaign, there Is nothing be-
fore the people but four years
more of hard times nm d greater
agitation.
boyou think we have drained
the cup of sorrow to its dregs?
No, my friends, you cannot set
a limit to the present hard
times.
business men complain that
business conditions are bad. I
warn them that these condi-
lions cannot be improved by
following up the policies of
the Republican party.
The Republican party pro-
duees u policy that makes hard
times. All those who love hard
times ought to vote for the
Republican ticket. and all
those who are tired OF hard
times have got to vote the
Democratic ticket, II they
would expect any relief.
These are hard times There
Will be harder tunes II the gold
standard continues.
ifyou ask how the gold stan
dard Affects the farmer, we
tell you that the gold standard
lowers the price of products OF
him who sells without lower
Ing his taxes or debts. III you
ask how the gold standard af-
feets the laborlpg men. We re-
ply that IL destroys the oppor-
tunity for labor muitiplies the
number of idle men. and fills
our streets with those anxious
for work. who cannot lind the
opportunity. The gold stan
dard, by increasing idleness,
brings poverty to those who
ought to have enough and to
spare.
ihe gold standard means q
dearer dollar and failing
prices. and falling prices mean
hard times.
IL we have a gold standard.
prices are as certain to tai as
u stone which Is thrown into
the air.
An American dollar will buy
two Mexican dollars and also
about two bushels OF wheat at
the same time. There was "a
time when an American dollar
would buy only one Mexican
dollar, and then an American
dollar would buy only one
bushel of wheat. If the time
ever comes when an American
dollar will buy three Mexican
dollars, then Il win buy three
bushels of what.
You know that with the
slightest prospect of foreign
war We would suspend god
payments. anl go either to "a
silver OF to u paper basis at
once.
Until you hlve blmetalIism
miilhands wil stand on the
corner and wpnder when the
gold standardwili bring them
good times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-04

These statements are all Official and
may be verified from the public records
OF the bureau Of statistics available in
any standard library. The figures and
prices in every case are given. and every
man can determine whether the asser-
lions of the Democratic fault-fnders and
prophets Of evil" in 1900 are any more
reliable than they were in 1896.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-04
CHORUS.
On Foreign Trade.

We must know just what other people
want before We can supply their wants.
We must understand exactly how 10
reach them with least expense if we
would enter into the most advantageous
business relations with them.--William
Mckinley.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-04

bushels and its actual value, as estimated
by the Department of Agriculture, nearly
double that Of wheat. Why did they
not adopt corn as standard Of measure
ment?
Again, there is the item of provisions.
of which we are the worlds greatest pro-
Queer. Why not measure by that?
Then there is wool, in the production
Of which the farmer is greatly interested
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-04
Proof OF the Pudding
In the Eating Thereof.

INSTEAD,
We HAVE
HAD FOUR
YEARS OF
UNpRECE-
DENIED
PROSPERITY.
THERE
HAVE Been
NO DRECS
IN The /:
CUP. !:
COLO
STANDARD. /;
GOOD {:
TIMES ;
AND ALL ;
THAT F.:
Mr.. BRYAN :
PROMISED :
THAT WE F:
SHOULD +:
NOT HAVE, f:
WE HAVE
ENJOYED.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-04


Mr.
J the of ncrease 10 O
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-04

.Import price, does aot include war tax.
tExport price.
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Young Mems Democratic Club
HELD TO GRAND JURY
Coroner Completes Investigation of the
 Scott Murder-An Explanation

Coroner Dallas yesterday completed his investigation into the cause of the death of Joe Scott, who was shot and killed early Friday morning, fixing the responsibility on Floyd Brown, Jim Carter and Bob An derson, three negroes who were held to the grand jury without bail Browns wife, who was arrested in connection with the crime, was ordered released.
 In reference to the statement attributed to Chief of Police Austin that the coroner had nothing to do with finding the $400 in the sewer at the city prison, MT. Dallas said last night:
 While I have no desire to detract any, thing from the fine work of the police de- partment in helping to fix the recent crime on the guilty parties, the facts are as fol- lows: The moment that Brown confessed that he had stolen the money and had hid 1t in the sewer, I dispatched MT. Ritten- berry, a member of the jury to notify the warden and request him to have the cell locked up and the water shut off, which was done. As soon as the jury adjourned I went to the prison, and in company with Mr. Rittenberry, Officer Bryan and pris- oner, the money was extracted from the sewer by the prisoner, washed and spread upon a board and carried into the chiefs office to dry. This was the first the chief ever saw of the money"
The age-herald., 1900-04-08
CHAIRMAN LOWE
 ISSUES A CALL District Senatorial Convention to Meet in Montgomery. MIR. TOMLINSON ENDORSED Members of Electric Political Club Rally to His Support and Will
 Work For Him at
 the Polls
MIR. TOMLINSON ENDORSED

Chairman R. J. Lowe, of the state demo- cratic executive committee, yesterday issued the following call:
 Pursuant to the instructions of the state executive committee, I hereby call sena- torial conventions for the below named districts, being districts in which there are no senatorial committees, to meet in Montgomery on April 25, A. D. 1900, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the state senate from their respective districts. The districts to which this call applies are as follows:
 First district, Lauderdale and Limestone.
 Fifth district Jackson and Marshall.
 Fifteenth district, Chiffon, Shelby and Elmore.
 Seventeenth district, Butler. Conecuh and Covington.
 Nineteenth district, Clarke. Choctaw and Washington.
 Twenty-first district, Monroe, Escambia and Baldwin
 Twenty-third district, Henry, Dale and Geneva.
 Twenty-ffth district, Pike, Crenshaw and Coffee.
 Twenty-ninth district, DeKalb and Cher otee. .,o .o, lowing resolution of the state executive committee:
 That the chairman of this committee Is hereby directed to call senatorial conven- tions in all senatorial districts which have no executive committees, said conventions to be held at the same time and place as the state convention"
 ROBERT J. LOWE, Chairman.
 N. L. MILLER Secretary.
 Endorsed Tomlinson
 The Electric Political club, composed of the employees of the Birmingham Railway and Electric company, met last night in Engineers hall to endorse candidates.
 Colonel J. J. Altman spoke for General Shelley, and MT. Tomlinson appeared in his own interest. Colonel Altman stated that General Shelley was for Bryan and the re-affirmation of the Chicago platform MT. Tomlinson asked him if Shelley be- Iieved in the Chicago platform, and re- ceived the reply that General Shelley was for the re-adoption of the Chicago plat form, but persisted in asking if the gen. eral believed in it, stating that man would act according to his convictions. Colonel Altman replied that Shelley was for silver at 16 to 1, and MT. Tomlinson stated that his opponent had never declared The club took up the question of the endorsement of candidates. It was appar- ent that MT. Tomlinson had majority of the members, with the chair against them. After considerable wrangling the meeting broke up. The Tomlinson men remained
The age-herald., 1900-04-08
for Calendar Holders
Calendar Explanation.
 Distribution Monday.

We have distributed in the City of Birmingham and vicinity some thousands of Calendars, each being numbered with a dis tinctive serial number. Neither the printers nor ourselves have kept any record as to who re- ceived or now holds any par ticular number. We will have an advertisement in the Birming- hamAge-Herald every day in the week, and will, until further mo- tice, print in each advertisement one or more numbers. If the persons holding the Calendars corresponding to these numbers will bring them to us, they will receive free of charge a hand some present. The gifts will be mentioned in our advertisements in the Age-Herald, and will vary in value from five dollars to twenty-five dollars. Get the Age-Herald and watch for your numbers in our advertisements.
The age-herald., 1900-04-08

in the hall and held a meeting. T. E. Powell was called to the chair and J. A. Berry was elected secretary.
 V. T. Brown then moved to endorse the Chicago platform, W. J. Bryan and John ". Tomlinson. The motion was unanf- meeting, on motion, resolved itself into a campaign committee to work for MT. Tom hnson at the polls on the 14th
 Spoke at Leeds
 MT. Tomlinson spoke at Leeds yesterday and was greeted oy large audience. At the conclusion of his speech he was warm ly applauded and a large Tomlinson club organized with the following officers:
 J. L. Bonagois, president; J. S. D. Will jams, secretary and treasurer; T. R. Mo- Brier, first vice-president; J. Berryhill, second vice. president; w. H. Broughton, third vice-president; Job Morgan, chair man of the campaign committee.
 The chairman of the campaign commit tee was authorized to appoint the mem bers of that committee.
 Tomiinson Club at Coalburg
 The following the officers of the Coal burg Tomlinson club, organized on the 9th instant:
 J. M. Gray, president.
 J. R. Owen, secretary.
 Vice presidents-T W. Poole, w. J. Bell s. W. Downs, R. A. Matthews. s. N. Col Her, W. B. Jacks, c. M. Parker, Lee Faulks, H. M. Cunningham.
 Young Mems Democratic Club
 The Birmingham Young Mems Democrat ic club, which a few days ago endorsed MT. Tomlinson for governor, held an en- thusiastic meeting last night, and heard addresses from c. T. Rudolph, H. B. Par rish, Charles R. Robinson and others There were present 173 members. Dr. G. M. Latham, the president of the club, pre- sided.
The age-herald., 1900-04-08
Sales for Monday.

selling k 0
 
  u1nthe in of
  who Q ProctvV nota lin and Skirt the sale Silks and Dress Goods the sale Baby Perambu of 
  an
  nen has ScOSt Nnua adm
The age-herald., 1900-04-08
Easter Fancy NeckWear.

Shown for the coming week line of Dress a Bonnets Leg horn Hats ChidrenS Flats and other styles.
 Linen Collars all and styles including the shapes 8c
 Ladies White Net es trimmed with Vaenciennes and coan plaed ueS yards long and inches wide each worth 45c, 29e
 There already 100 slightly soled necwear pecesyokes coaeeS sailor S250; all be sold 35c
 Ladies Fancy Embroidered Silk Bows Muslin de Soir in all color ings 25 different styles, 25e
 Ladies' Bows match French Bingham Shirt Waists acordan pated worth 15c, Sc
 White and Coored Pque Stock Collars Bows very newest ideas for white shirt waists; worth 5Oc at 35o
 Handmade Net Ties with applique work yards long and inches wide; designs Easter sl5 each 98o
The age-herald., 1900-04-08
New Feature.
Accordian Plating Done Here,
 and Promptly.

In line with the progress of the store, every demand that arises is met in an eff cient, able manner. The peo- pie of Birmingham want ac- cordian plating. We are prepared to do it, do it of course in the best manner, quickly and promptly.
 Orders executed same day received.
The age-herald., 1900-04-08
Rritish steamer Fonndered

Capetown, April 1.-The British steamer Mexican, Captain Copp, which was in col lision with the steamer Winkfield about eighty miles from Capetown, has foun- dered.
The age-herald., 1900-04-08

Here's price hint or two of lower priced grades: Children's mixed satin Straw Sailors trimmed with groSgrain band in all the leading coorngS, each worth 75c, at 5Oc
 Misses Tam O 'Shanter in colored mixed satin straw, with front bow and quill turned down in front and back, at 96c
 Chidren's Leghon Hats, untrimmed, in all the leading coors, high crown, worth 35c at lOc