The Southern Mercury, Texas Farmers' Alliance Advocate. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 9, 1890 Page: 1 of 8
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[OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE FAÁMEJtS STAT* ALLIANCE OF TEXAS
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YOL. IX. MO. 41.
DALLAS, TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 0, 1890.
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CB>f. A. Townsimx
President.
Geo. H. Bipi.iy,
Vice Prci't-
Ijfe Ipsurapee ^ompapy,
Seo. E. Ide.
Secretary.
NEW YORK.
Wm. A. Marshall,
Actuary.
A88ETT8, •0,708,448 96;
ORGANIZED I860
LIABILITIES, eS,304.07li45;
SURPLUS, «1,404,377 61.
No Life Insurar ce Policies are issued which are as liberal as those of the
"HOME,"—its rolicies being from date of issue entirely unrestricted as to
residence or travel, and after two years absolutely indisputable.
SPECIMEN POLICIES WILL BE FURNISHED ON APPLICATION
The Home Life Insurance Co. was
recommended to the Brotherhood on
Jan. nth, 1889, by the State Execu-
tive committee; at the State meetitg
in Aug., 1889, a committee was ap-
pointed to investigate the different Life
Insurance Companies, and report to
the State meeting in Aug, 1890; on
the report of that committee, the State
Alliance, Aug. 2 2d, 1890, endorsed the
Home Life Insurance Co, of N% Y.,
especially recommending it to the mem-
bers of the Alliance, believing it to be
the best company in which to insure
for their protection.
•orAny information In regard to premium
rates or agency work. Addr«>«¡>, or call on.
H. X. LKONAHD, Gen 1 Agent,
901) Main St.. Delias, Texas.
tar An Are nt wonted in every county in Tex.
The following table, compiled from the An-
nual Beport of the Superintendent of Insur-
ance of the State of New York, exhibits the
amount of Assetts hi Id by the following Com-
panies for everj 1110.00 ot Liability on Janu-
ary 1st, lSflO;
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Northwestern, Wis 117 (9
New York Life, N V 117 H8
State Mutual, Mass 117 07
Provident Lite St Trust, Pa 11# 75
Traveler'*, Conn 116 72
1'enn Mutual. I'a 113 H«
New England Mutual, Mess Hit 72
United btaiee, N. Y Ill 05
Connecticut Mutual, Conn J10 82
Manhatton, N. K 10 7«
Massachusetts Mutual, Misa 100 05
fternoanla, N Y lOH «7
Mutual Benefit, N. J KM 15
Mutual LifsN. Y 107 41
Orion Central, Ohio 107 Ü9
Union Mutual, Me l«'f> 44
Washington, N. Y 10 «>
Average, om tting the Home, 112.85.
"The lamer the present surplus, the greuter
the dlY'dend-ptylng ability In the future."—
Insurance ripec^ator
what Are You Waiting Fori?
Our Stock is Large, Our Goods New, Our Prices Low.
Wn make a business of making bargains in
BOOTS <5t SHOES
For Ladies', Gents' Children's Wear
The newest styles, the best quality, the largest variety, lias been combined by ua in one mighty
effnet for trade. Our fall and winter ofluriuge will not utid cannot be surpassed. There is a limit
below which honest goods cannot lie sold. We placo our goods át low water mark for safe and
reliable shoes under guarantee. Kespoct us, criticise us, know us, and you will find we deal l'alr
and anve you dollars.
606 Elm Street'!
I Dallas, Texas-
A. H. PEACOCK,
dealer in
American Watches and
Seth Thomas' Clocks.
A full line of Gold, Bilver and SteelSpectacles
|9~Kepairing in all its branches, and work
guaranteed. 607 Kim bt„ Dallas, Texas.
Want and Exchange Column.
In this column we will Insert free ef charge
to any Alliance member, one time, any notice
relating to wants or exchange, Notices must
not exceed flre llnea.
S. S. Kirk & Co., are selling Cook Stoves
at cost; have a complete atock. Alio sell
Guns, Cut'ery, Carpenters Tools and build-
era Hardware. Call and tee them. 711 Elm St.
WANTED—Agents to sell the Plnless
Clothes Line; the only Une ever invent-
ed that holds the clothes without pins; a per-
fect success; patent H M recently Issued ;
sold only by airents1**w to whom the ex-
clusive right is pIHÉ given; on re-
ceipt of 60 cts. we will send a sam-
ple line by mail; also circulars, price list at d
terms to agents; secure your territory at
once. Address, Tee Pinli ttClothes Limb
Co.. 17 Hermon 8t„ Worces t «* Mass.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Wall paper—H. Hamilton, 747 Elm street
Faints, olla, etc.—H. Hamilton/ 747 13b
Street.
Bead "ad" of Fort Worth and Dall
Business Colleges, In another column.
Itlsatut
Our Secretary's Receipt Book la the han
di eft thing extant. Send for one. Be ml)
price, 60c, with order.
*vmt County secretary la requested to
present the claims ol Thb Mbboubt tc
his Alliance and urge the member* to sub
scribe and to renew their subscriptions at
@1. IB. REII&I&.
BREEDER
of Registered Hotstein-Fresian Cattle of thi
Best Milk and Butter Strains,
tar"Berkshire and Poland China a wm:,
ear Correspondence soltoi «<i
Address, Frost, Limestone Co., Tex.
ace.
Beware of Douehea, snuff, etc. Try Dr.
Thurmond's Lone Star Catarrh Cure, used
ly Inhalation; being a volatile liquid, so
▼err effectual the most skeptical can not ob-
Ject H it. All druggists.
The most convenient photo gallery in the
slty Is the Apex. Being on the ground
floor you have no steps to climb. Cabi-
nets only 93.00 a dozen. MS Elm Street,
Dallas, Texas.
fton't disgust your Mends with that
hsrrlbly offensive breath when one bottle
of Dr. Thurmond's Lone Star Catarrh Cure
wiU make it as sweet as a babe's In less
*aa a week. All druggists In Dallas.
UXT
The public Is so well pleaded with the pho-
tographic work of the Apex, 948 Elm St!
Because It Is better work than they can
got anywhers else tor double the money.
Cabinets only 98.00 a doiei.
WAMTBB.
Bailable men to sell our choice Fruit
Trees, Boies, Shrubs, Ac. Address at once,
Mat Bbothbrs, Nurserymen,
Boches '.er, N. T.
COUNTY MEETINGS.
Comanche—With Evergreen Alli-
ance, 15 miles southeast of Comanche,
Oct 9.
Colorado—At Columbus, Oct. 10.
Cooke—Gainesville, Oct. 17.
Erath—AtGilmore, 7 mile south-
east of Alexander, Oct. 22.
Eastland—At Pioneer, southwest
corner of the ccunty, Oct. 21, 1 p. m.
Goliad—With Black-Jack Grove
Alliance, Oct. 10.
Hill—With Rockwall Alliance, near
Itasca, Oct. 23.
Hamilton—With Pleasant Point Al-
liance, Oct. 16.
Jones—.With Liberty Alliance, Oct.
14.
Johnson—With Price's Chapel Alli-
ance, Oct. 17,5 miles east of Cleburne
on Grand View road.
Lamar—Elm Grove Church, 11
miles southwest of Paris, near Ambia,
on the Santa Fe R. R. Delegates will
be met at Ambia.
Medina—With Concord Alliance,
at Qiuhi, Oct. 10, 2 p. m.
Milam—At Cameron, Oct. 14.
McLennan—Waco, Oct. 14,10 a. m
Shelby—With Mansfield Alliance,
Oct. 10.
Waller—With Patterson Alliance,
Oct 16, 2 p. m.
Wise—With Pleasant Valley Alli-
ance, near Ridgeport, Oct 16.
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Ignorance is the mother of Super-
stitior; superstition enslaves the mind
and intellect. Intellectual and mental
slavery are the foundation of fear;
through fear the masses are held in
practical slavery. Under such condi-
tions the masses will sink lower and
lower in the scale of humanity, and
without a change for the better our
civilization will not last.—Texas Ltbor
Journal
SENTIMENTS PROM MANY
SOURCES.
Kansas Patron: Farmers have a
perfect right to start political cyclones
and sweep the ringsters and party
bosses out of existence. It is most
proper that they should nominate men
from their own ranks and elect them
by < verwhelming majorities.
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Farm and Ranch: An average
Texas farm, though a small one, is
better than a principality in Utopia; a
comer lot with a five-room cottage on
it will hold more solid comfort than an
entire block of.Chateaux in Espagne.
A pound of relief from oppressive
burdens is better than tons of blessings
which can never be reached.
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Farm and Fireside : Agriculture
and manufacturing are not in conflict.
They go hand in hand. For a coun-
try to reach its highest possible rank,
its agriculture and manufacturing
must both be fully developed. For
many years the South has had its ag-
riculture, but it has always been ot the
ultra conservative variety. For a few
years the South has had manufactur-
ing worthy of the name, and since its
advent a change has come over the
spirit of its dream, and it has been
awakened to look upon the promises
of an era of prosperity in agriculture
the like of which has never been
dreamed.
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Progressive Farm : Millions of as
true and patriotic men as live in this
country sincerely believe that upon the
success of the principles of the Alli-
ance depends the perpetuity ot free
government, free institutions and civil
liberty. Believing this, they regard
the great reform movement as of in
finitely more importance to us and to
our posterity than the political advance-
ment of any man. And in their ad-
herance to these principles they will
not hesitate to discard their most
valued personal or party friends, if he
place himself in antagonism to their
principles. The true men who are in
thia great movement are not men-
worshipers. They believe no man is
as big as the people.
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Western Rural: The people are
aroused at last. Never in our histoty
has there been such a union of action
among farmers as now. They are
gathering together in their different so-
cieties and are proceeding together to-
ward what they believe to be relief
from present unprosperous conditions.
In some of the states, worn out with
waiting for relief at the hands of the
old political parties, they have organ-
ized new ones, nominated tickets and
are now at work in the attempt to
elect them. How these new political
combinations will result, no one can
tell. They will at least disorganize
old political methods and perhaps
change the political complexion of
some of the states. They may not re-
sult in t'ne election of the tickets nom-
inated. It may be ultimately shown
that there was a wiser course than the
formation of new parties. But the
people are determined to have relief;
and The Rural honestly believes that
the only way by which the old political
parties can save themselves for any
great length of time, is by giving the
farmer what he demands and what he
ought to have.
Nellie Bly got around the world pretty
lively, butCHEATHAM's Tasteless Chili>
Tonic will go it at a still better pace.
Try a bottle when in need of a remedy
for chills.
g. W. Kanady Manufactures only bund
made harness and saddlery goods.
TEXAS NEWS ITEMS.
Pecos City has twenty two artesian
wells. *
Greenville is pulling for the ree
mail delivery system.
Valuable iron discoveries have been
made in Young county.
Wichita county scooped the $1,000
prize at the San Antonio fair.
Goliad county, according to the as-
sessor's rolls, has 63,900 cattle.
The Dallas News celebrated the 5th
anniversary of its birth on the 1st.
The Terry Ringers will hold their
annual reunion at Bastrop, Oc-
tober 2S.
Hon. W. H. Crain delivered the
address in English at Victoria on Ger-
man Day.
A farmer in Lavaca raised Irish
potatoes this year that weighed 21-2
pounds each.
A rapid transit railway scheme be-
tween Dallas and Fort Worth is about
to materialize.
The Waco Baptist Association has
withdrawn fellowship from the Marlin
Baptist church.
Papers throughout the state are
talking about the dirt road amendment
to the constitution.
The Sunday Globe is a new news-
paper venture at Fort Worth. It is
republican in politics.
Palestine is building a tabernacle to
seat 6,000 people for the Sam Jones
meeting in November.
Gov. Ross delivered one of the best
addresses of the year at the opening
of the San Antonio Fair.
German Day was generally ob-
served thioughout the state by de-
scendants of " The Fatherland.''
A train load of nineteen cars of
California wine passed through D alias
Monday, on the way to St. Louis.
" Much to do About Nothing," is
the title of a book published at Waco
about the late smallpox imbroglio.
Assessor Jno. T. Witt of Dallas
county, was elected president of the
Assessois and Collectors' convention
at San Antonio.
At the Floresville fire it is reported
that one man stood guard over a bar-
rel of whisky and let $110 burn up in
a trunk in the hoaae.
Replies to queries sent to county
judges by Gov. Ross show a general
reduction in crime of about 40 per
cent during the past four years.
An invoice cf flour was received at
the lunatic asylum at Austin which
was 26 i-2 pounds to the barrel short.
The contractors made it good.
Wolves are doing great damage to
flocks of sheep in McMullen county.
One flockmaster reports that he loses
on an average thirty head a month,
out of a flock of 3,000.
A convention is to be held at Hous-
ton, December 10, to take iteps
toward having Texas properly repre-
sented at the Columbian exposition in
1892. Every County Alliance is re-
quested to send a delegate.
The Masonic fraternity in Texas
proposes to appropriate $25,000 to
erect a boarding house in the city of
Austin for the purpose of accom-
modating Master Masons and their
widows in sending their sons and
daughters to the university, by furnish-
ing board at least possible cost.
Renew your subscription at once.
GENERAL NEWS.
Colt man of La., «as re-nominated
for congress.
The Alabama State Fair opens at
Birmingham, Oct. 20
A storm wave fjr the South is pre-
dicted for November.
The census reports show a decrease
of population in Nevada.
Active work has been resamed on
tlie Muscle Shoals canal.
The Athens, Ga , oil mills are mak-
ing 6co gallons of oil per day.
Judge Haskell ofS. C., declines to
run as the republican nominee.
Before adjourning, congress bounc-
ed postmaster Wheat of the house.
Mormon leaders are in Mexico ne-
gotiating for lacd to form a colony.
President Diaz says that Mexico
will trade where most advantageous.
Ex-Gov. Cameron of Virginia in an
open letter has abandoned the repub-
lican party.
Alabama has a special car fitted up
with exhibits to make a tour of the
eastern states.
The McCune-Gordon sensation in
Georgia holds the boards now with
McCune stock rising.
Heavy rains in Oglethorpe ccunty,
Ga., have recently damaged crops to
a considerable extent.
Wanamaker announces that he ex-
pects to continue his scheme for a
cheaper telegraph service.
Princess Victoria of Russia, grand-
daughter of Qp^en Victoria, is about
to marry a German prince
Judge Thurman of Ohio will be 77
on the 13th of November, and a ban-
quet will be given in his honor.
A clerical error in the river and
harbor bill reduced the appropriation
for the Illinois river from $200,oco to
$2,000.
Gov. McKinney of Va., went to
Monroe county, Ala , after his bride
and was married by Dr. Hawthorne
of Atlanta,.
Speaker Daniels of the Oklahoma
legislature feigned sickness and skipped
out from Guthrie to save himself from
mob violence.
The Mississippi river commission
recommends $3,000,000 for the im-
provement of the lower Mississippi
and tributaries.
The smallest man ia America is said
to live at Bay Minette, Ala. He is
perfectly formed, 21 years of age, is 3
feet high and weighs 49 pounds.
Attorney Gen'I. H ardin of Kentucky
has declared that the license under
which the Kentucky lotteries have
been operating is null and void
Albequerque, N. M., with) a popu-
lation of 10,000, has street cars, water-
works, gas-works, electric lights, rail-
road shops, city public schools, two
daily newspapers, several banks, and
sue church buildings.
Probably tke oldest law suit in ex-
istence was recently before the
Russian • courts at St Petersburg.
It was begun 500 years ago by the
heirs of a dead nobleman to recover
certain land, and is still unsettled.
Pension Commissioner Raum says
in his report that there were 537.944
pensioners on the rolla at the close of
the last fiscal year, and that there
are 100,000 claims in the office that
can be allowed under the new regula-
tions.
Condensed Correapondenoe.
on the riuht track.
VV. B. Shelton writes: "lam quite an
uncompromising anti tariff man • * *
The time has been when the tariff was
useful, but that time has passed."
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thanks!
From Stockdale, Wilson Co., J. N.
Alldredge writes that he likes to work
for The Mercurv, considers it one of
the greatest educators on the public
questions of the day, and thanks us
for the work already done for the peo-
ple this year.
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AWAKliNlNG.
From Blanco, Tex., "Citizen" writes
as follows: "The farmers are awaken-
ing to their interests in this county. *
* * * The Mercury is doing
good work. The subscription ought
to be doubled in this county and would
be if its friends would do their duty.
The Alliance is holding its own in
these parts. What members we have
now are the tried and true. • # *
# Yours for the right."
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LIKES THE COUSrNS'COLUMN.
1!. S. Pearce, Italy, Texas, writes
that for a long time he was troubled
with granulated sore eyer, but they
are now cured, and returns thanks to
all for their sympathy and kindnesses.
1 !e i« r tparher jnd says: "The more
information the pupils are taught, the
better prepared they are to read The
Mercury, and do juitice fo themselves
and those with whom the/ associate.
Your cousins column ii an interesting
one. and how envious I am at some
of them "
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in A nut shell.
J. B. Stribling writes: "First, we-
need a statutory enactment giving the
rail roads a reasonable n'.erest on ac-
tual investments; secondly, followed
by an intelligent commission with ple-
nary powers,—to extend to and make
connection with similar commlssiona
of other states. This is the whole
thing in a nut shell. Then the people
will be content, whilst the roads will
be secure."
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no rubber planks!
From Egan, Johnson county, Tex,
B. W. Kennedy writes: "The people
are being aroused as they never wert
before, and money, land, transporta-
tion, and national banks coupled with
the commission amendment, are the
vital issaes before the peop'e to-day.
We have plenty of I rue and noble
men in the democratic party who Are
honestly in sympathy with the laboring
classes. * # We have a host of
such men as Col. Brown, Wynne, Car-
ter, and others who have been tried
and the people know how they stand
on these questions. We want men
who are too honest, too noble, to stand
on a platform with India rubber plank
in them, when you pull them one way
they say 'reform' but as soon as the
eiection is over they fly back to the
same old class legislation. Give us
men who will give us no more liberal
constructions of the constitution, but
will use every endeavor to give us
back the grand and noble principles
of democracy of fifty years ago"
Parents are apt to place great stress
on money or a large property, and so
little on education, the possession of
which gives power, privilege, health,
influence, and happiness. Flames
cannot bum it, or floods wash it away.
The constable cannot levy upon it or
the sheriff seize it. It is the only
wealth that cannot take to itself wings
and fly from us. Why is it not more
generally sought?—Pr t>i. W. J. Beal.| |
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