Anniston. Ala.. July 31.-(Special.)-Sey
eral prominent farmers around I.ridgeport,
in Jackson county, have been notified that
a new ami peculiar boycott is about to be
placed or. th* m. Hickory switches, accom
panied by notices, to different farmers,
have been left at convenient places where
they might reach the party to whom ad
dressed. The notices are as follows:
••NUT ,, '“" v, *u are hereby notified that
you shall not rent your land hereafter for
standing (m**n*-y> rent, nor for no higher
rents than the third and half. You must
come to the obi rule or your land will never
bi* tended again by no man living. We are
going to bring both landhold* rs and renters
to the mark or they can't stay in this
country and live. This to take effect from
July. 1894.
“FARMERS’ REGUI.ATORS.”
Similar notices have been received by the
section bosses on the railroads, notifying
them that hereafter they must employ no
laborer at less than $1 a day. Nobody
seems to know who the “farmers’ regula
tors” are.
MIHDER 18 SUSPECTED.
When l.sist Seen by Friends 11. M.
Bales HIIII ij’.l.."!><> in Cn*«b.
Chattanooga, Tenn., August 2.—(Special.)
11. M. Bales, a prominent citizen nnd busi
ness man of this city, is mysteriously’ miss
ing, and the supposition is that he has
been murdered. On Tuesday, July 2'th, he
went to Knoxville to colled notes aggre
gating $1,500. He was successful and re
turned to the city next morning. About
noon We.’.nesday, he told his wire that he
was going uptown to deposit the money.
