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7 The True Citizen. W AYKESRORO, OA., FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1882 • The Survival of the Fittest.' THE FA IR ASSOCIA TION. wlio have been favored with high and lucrative offices till a certain age.— Justice equality and charity weald cry out against this. STEPHENS FT SPEER. All good citizens should rejoice at •he organization of a Coun'y Fair. It is (-.alculated to do much good. It will de-teminate new ideas in agriculture ; modern machinery and improved imple ments will be introduced : idi-as will be • £ changed, and each man will learn Moroething. It will unite the planting interests in closer bonds of sympathy ; it will br>ng about uniform system and action. Nevr and improved seeds will be t^e result; larger and better cu ps will be made on smaller quantities of mod. It will advertise to the world he great, resources of a large coun y, nod the wonderful productiveness of our metis. It will be a great benefit to our town. It will bring in a good crowd ior three and four days iu the year.— Hoarding houses and hotels will b« pat romzed. trade will be increased, and employment will be given to every branch of labor. We live in a world of progress—in an age of advancement. “Onward! — onward !’’ is the cry, and the man or the community that does not move will be left behind in the grand inarch of civili zation and improvement. Unless we adopt new methods and new plans, we cannot contend with the balance of the world. Old fogyism must be shaken off. We have a fine county ; the lands are wonderfuly productive, and are sus- ceptable of illimitable improvement.— Our climate cannot be surpassed; our crops are varied, aud highly remuner ative. Independence and wealth is in oar grasp if we will only work, and work in the right way. Then, lei us ail take an interest in the n^w move.— Let. every man put his shoulder to the wheel, and give a good strong push— and push all together. On next Tuesday, at 10 o’clock, we learn that the society will meet for per manent organization. That will be an imoc.rtant meeting—there is nothing ;ike commencing right. True, it can not succeed unless tho people take an interest in it. Much loss can it succeed cnic-ss proper officers are selected.— Much, in a measure all will depend upon them. A great deal is to be done —i‘ is no sun.ll enterprise. To carry it through will require considerable money, a great deal of management and touch work. The results will remuner- a e. Let no one be disheartened. Se lect good officers, all will depend upon them. Let there be a good attendance next luesday, and let every man look to the success of the enterprise. Representative Speer, of Georgia fur nishes for publication the following statement with regard to the alleged issue between himself and Hon. Alex ander LI. Stephens: “There is no issue between Mr. Stephens and me with regard to my telegram to Di. Felton, which I also gave to the Associated Press I called j on Mr. Stephens at his room, on Sun day morning the 14th 7 nst. I had learned that morning that a committee of Independent Democrats was to meet in Atlanta next day. I at once told Mr. Stephens that 1 would telegraph them to recommend him as the people’s candidate for governor. His secretary furnished mo some telegraph blanks and I wrote the telegram in his room, read it to him, and at his suggestion altered it in two particulars. I h ve the riginal draft. The telegram re cited : ‘I know positively lie will not reject such recommendation, and that if elected he will be the governor of all the people, without regvd to party.’ The telegram was true—every word of it. Mr. Stephens’ denial does no*, ap ply to this telegram, but to a telegram sent from Atlanta to a Western paper, s ating that he had telegraphed to the convention of Independents that he would accept their nomination fbr gov ernor. lie sent no such telegram. 1 sent no such telegram, and the tele gram I did send to Dr. Felton speaks for itself. Mr. Stephens expressed himself annoyed at the attempt lo make an issue between him and me when none exists. “Emory Speer.” Mr. Stephens appends to the forego.- ing the following statement over his signature : “The above is substantially true. What Mr. Speer telegraphed Dr. Felton was strictly true, though not by authority from me. There is uo issue between me and Mr. Speer. “Alexander H. Stephens.” Reports come to us that Gen. Rob ert Toombs is confined to his home in Washington, Ga., by rcas n of his own A Washington special to the Balti more Sun savs : Of the predilections of the gentlemen who have been agreed upon as members of the tariff commission it may be said that ex- Vice-President Wheeler is a protec tionist of moderate stripe. John A. Ambler, of Ohio, is an ex-member of Congress, whose bias is in favor of protection because bis people have a l«>cal interest on account of tho pro duction of hem p in lower Ohio and northern Kentucky. He will fight jute to the death. John L. Have-, of Boston, is the mouthpiece of the Wool Manufacturers’ Association of the United State;-, which occasionally lias a tilt with the Wool Growers’ Association, represented on this com mission by A. M. Garland, of Illinois. These interests represent every phase connected with the wool, worsted and wolens cared for by dealers in these articles iu the United States.— Henry W. Oliver, Jr., of Pennsyl vania, is a. very energetic man, very much liked by everybody, and one of the most rabid protectionists in America. His teachings and ideas all run that way, but he will particu larly attend to iron and steel, from the ore to the needle. Perhaps he has as good an understanding about •hose products as any man in Ameri ca. Robert P. Porter, of Washing ton, is a learned and experienced statistician. He will be the school master of tin 1 commission, represent ing no special industry, hut bringing a broad, comprehensive and unbiased mind to bear upon the investigation. Alex. Mitchell is considered the mo t nr minent man of Wisconsin, He is a strong-minded Sc dchman, who has come up from a poor boy to be president of the largest bank in Milwaukee, president of Milwaukee Board of Trade, and is worth at least six millions. He is a Demo crat, and the tendency of his mind is rather towards low duties. John S. Phelps, of Missouri, was many years ago the chairman of the ways and means committee for several years, and was one of the strongest chair men that committee ever had. ITe was afterwards governor of Mi.-souri, and his daughter married a man wfio THE TRUE CITI PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, AT WAYNESBORO, , , built a large part of the iMorthern personal afflictions, and the-condition of ?. T , T „ , Y .. Pacific railway, James P. Mont gomery. Phelps is advanced in RETIRING ON SALARIES. Judge Hunt has been retired on a P’-.Ery of ten thousayl dollars a year for the balance of his life. He has a good chance to live twenty years. yet, which will give him two hundred thous and dollars for doing nothing in retire ment. Q aite comfortable for a rich old man. Judge Hunt came og the bench of the Supreme Court in the latter part of 1872, performed the duties of his office for about six years, and ior the last three years he has been wholly dis- abled from paralysis. By the action of Congress he has been retired on his salary in order to have the duties of his office pertormed by another appointee. This is the natural and inevitable sequence of the tenure of office. Is here vigor and integrity enough among he people to correct it by an amend ment of the Constitution ? We fear ^t. But let tho question be made at uce and brought directly before the people next fall. A specified term of ffice, against a life tenure with anend- ss list of retired pensioners on the na- 'uial Treasury, that is the question.— ha‘ say the people in their majesty ? worthy old gentlemen are to be sup- at the public expense ifter a age, let it be ascertained on les of justice who shall constitute vorod claBS. It certainly will Mrs. Toombs. For some time the eye sight of Gen. Toombs has been suffering and taking on a state of semi-blind ness. We learn that this trouble has .so far increased, as to require him to keep closely at homo. In addition, it is said, that the menial powers of Mrs. Toombs are greatly im paired, and that her condition requires the most careful attention. The strong- devotion of the General keeps him at her side. The affection existing between them is of that abiding and golden kind that has made them models of mutual devotion throughout their married life. We hope heartily, as will all the peo ple who know them, that their ills may speedily be mended, and their lives spared for many years to come.—Even ing Herald. ted those gentlemen o; irtunes He is hopeless of }*rmanent recovc Savannah Times: Col. Durbcc’s agricultural specimens referred to in the Times yesterday as a “What is it?” is still hanging in the Times counting room. The portion of the em- of corn, at first supposed to be wheat, is now blossoming into hun dreds of little maroon colorod flow ers, and following the ft^vers arc apparent promises of something like corn kernels, very round in shape, and yet they are not kernels of corn. A circular from the National Repub lican Congressional campaign commit tee was received by tho employes at tho eapitol to-day, in which every employe is informed that he will bo expected to contribute 2 per cont. of his annual sal ary towards the campaign fund, which is to be used during next fall. Those circulars impose an assessment of $24 on each doorkeeper, and about $10 on tho page boys. Mr. Hill is still at Eureka springs! years, and it is difficult to say just what Ins opinions are as regard the tariff, except that he is in the fine of revenue reform. Taken altogether, the tendency of the commission is to wards protection. No man’s status, however, is indefinite, as is shown above, because three or four are put on with full knowledge of their vio lent opinions, and the remainder are placed as informants, and a balance- wheel upon the men who hold wen- defined views, SULLIVAN BROTHERS Independent in All Things, Neutral In Augusta News: In the House Wednesday a vote was taken and Mackey was given Dibble’s seat from South Carolina. There never was a grosser outrage committed in poli tics. The Republicans deliberately repudiated the rule which was drawn up by the late lamented Garfield for the protection of minorities. That rule was drawn, however, when the Republicans were iu a minority. In this case there never was a fairer proposition made by the Democrats to the Republicans. They allege that Mackey fraudulently altered the record in his case, and they simply asked to be givou a fair chance to prove the alleged fraud. This tho Republicans were afraid to do, »md so refused to grant the request. This is the whole secret of the Dibble- Mackey deadlock in a nutshell. No fair minded man in the country will say tho Democrats were not right.— The next time the Democrats get in to power, which will probably be when the next Congress, assembles, they should inflexibly determine to show their political opponents no quarter. Magnanimity ie simply thrown away on such a party. ]£ is like casting pearls before swine, and it does seem that the Democrats have had ample opportunity to find out this thing. Not Pledged to Any Party A JOURNAL FOR THE PEOPLSl Devoted to the interests of the people of Burke county, their struction, entertainment and advancement—a faithful and imparti chronicler of all Burke county happenings—a fair recorder of all import ant events elsewhere occurring—a sturdy advocate of correct Jeffersoniai) principles of government by the people and for the people—a just, uprigl and honorable journal. In all these things the CITIZEN hopes not to prove remiss in duty—it is a public institution, and every subscriber and patron is stockholder— the Publishers are merely their agents, and their duties anc responsibilities are reciprocal—we think we can promise that the man-1 agernent will do its duty, and if the public will do theirs, it will prove an] immense power for good in the community.