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- > *., The True Citizen, A Liya Weekly Paper on Live Issues Published Every Friday Mominff, at W ay nesboro, On., bv the SULLIVAM BBOTHBBS. RATES OF 8UJI8CE1PT10X: One Copy One Year, $2.00 “ “ Six months, 1.00 " “ Throe months, 50 t-tv" All subscriptions must be accompanied I bv the CASH. j THE THEE CITIZEN. Yol. 1. Waynesboro, Ga., July 21, 1882. No. 12. The True Citizen. Advertising rates liberal. Transient advertisments payable in Ad vance. ■» All contract advertisements payable Quar terly. All communications for personal benefit will be charged for as advertisements. Advertisements to occupy special places will be charged 25 per cent, above regular rates. Notices in local and business column f, of*, per line; in local 10c s. per line,each insertion. For terms apply at this office. Current Comments. J, SOUTHERN ORA TORS REF ORE NOR THERN A UR1ENCES. The great comet which was to aston ish the world about a month ago, has proven itself to be an umitigated fraud. We liave neither seen the comet nor anyone who has seen it. Several of our exchanges say that the watermelons are not good ; that in number, size and appearance they are all right, but the taste is not right, and that the eating of them is evidently producing sickness. We have noticed the same fault in the watermelons of! P us this section, and must believe that they ■ are unhealthy. Mrs. Scoville, after carrying her brother a poisened boquet the evening before the execution, now that he has WBm been banged is trying to sell his rotting, putrefying carcass for $500, as she says, to pay off a mortgage on her house.— The unnatural conduct of this woman is enough to bring a blush of shame to the cheek of every true lady in the land for the modesty of l.er sex. The interest taken in the Burke The following from a correspondent of the Macon Telegraph, so faithfully ex presses our own views upon the subject that wc find the inclination irresistable to transfer it to our columns. The wri ter says : Whenever a Southern man addresses j a Northern audience his address is al-i most always prefaced with an apology. No matter what the occasion, no matter j what the topic, an apologetic bow must 1 For The Citizen. 'i'lifv Reason. ADDRESSED TO ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS. You gave me a bunch of flowers, A gift I prize full well— But why they cliann my senses so, I’m most afraid to tell. And 7 will not: but simply let My heart the talking do : The reason that I love the flow’rs Is, darling, I love you. —J R C. RAILROAD SUIT. Judge Simmons, on last Frid n v, A SNAKE FORTY FEET LORO. The Philadelphia Times comes to the front with the very biggest snake story of the season. A Pennsylvania minister saw a snake between thirty CONGRESSMAN ULA UK. Darien Gazette. Atlanta, Ga., July 1, 1882.—R. W. Grubb, Darien, Ga.—My Dear Sir: Just as I was preparing for my and forty feet in length and as large 1 departure from Washington city for as a man’s body. His name is Rev. Alfred R. Rossiter. It was followed by n train of snakes. It lives in an anandoned colliery. We quote : ‘‘The monster moved very leisure ly and stopped every f- w minutes to rd»e its head several feet above the be made, the spe ker uni t smile mid choose his words ca tiously. “the dead 1 completed and forw rded his opnion in j pi .., um ] «„d U 1ter a peculiar whirring pas must be bur ed, “by gone* must |he caHp ()f the (ieo • ' 1 be by.-gones, no match must be struck that will “fire the Northern heart,” care must be taken lest the speaker in putting down his foot should tread on the Northern toe. So, in the spirit of conciliation, speakers have let them selves down to the level of flunkeys and bool-licks, until we have become al most grown ashamed of our war record, blush and cower when we are called rebels, and seem well nigh ready to re pudiato all associa ion and sympathy with the brave men who died in defen e of principle and country. Now. it seems to one who was a “so-called rebel,’’ who be'ievcd he was right then, has be lieved a 1 lie time since that, he was eorgia Railroad Com- j S()l , n( puny and Wm M, Wadley vs the 1 Railroad Commissioners, to A torney General Anderson. The injunction applied for is refused. The principal questions deciJed are as follows : 1. That a court of equity has juris diction of the bill upon the case as therein stated, and the remedy at law Atlanta, where I have come under the advice of my physicians for the benefit of my health by the change, your highly appreciated letter reach ed me. This circumstance will ac count for my delay in answering you upon a subject to which I have of late given a great deal of thought, and which concerns me as well as mv A* Mr. Rossiter was on the. ..f the wine ami with- i ,ri "" d «’ ™teri»l!y. that I would not be a candidate for pposite side of the ravine and with- 1 "* J * ^ le ruin " f in three hundred yards of the snakes he had an excellent view of them. I re-election, which you ,»y prevails. The snakes disappeared in the black lc!,nbc accounted for by the mouth of the Mayflower tunnel, slld | fact that the present impreaeion of the astonished witness drove here with all speed to tell his remarkable story. His hearers were inclined to being incomplete and inadequate, as a , skeptical at first, hut his manner County Agricultural Fair, which takes right, aud who expects to die in that place ihis full, continues unabated, and ! fai h. that it is time for Southern men the prospect is that Burke will make a credit able showing.—Augusta News. Let us assure brother Moore that the interest not only continues ‘ unabated,” but continues to widen and deepen.— Cur fair is even now ;u assured suc cess, ano we promise that, old Burke will make “a creditable showing.”— Vfe uow ext< nd io brother Mot re a cor dial invitation to come down and see to keep out of this graveyard and to stop this burying business. Is there no nianhood b ft in us? Must, we cringe betote Northern audiences, stand with our fingers in our no .utils, and be ever ready with a sneaking apology on our lips when wo address them ? iShall we, indeed bury the past f Shall we nevtr mention the brave men who died for the right except in whispers and under cov i or of darkness? Shall our lips be sealed and our tongues palsied whr» what our peop e can do when they try. j diese nien are classed as h g' way rnb- Wc want lewis’ators who will give us ber8 > ^'derers and a-sass ns ? The increased < ducational facilities.--Mon man who really desnes to burry fi.e t. z. uia Week y. We want legislators who will wipe past, himself deserves to he buried in forgetfulness. He is un rue to his, princip'es. false to the memory o: those t °f ninety-nine years, and that Mr. W ad refusal to obey the rules of the Commis sion would expose the complainants to a multiplicity of suits both in favor of theSta’e aud individuals, and would seriously imperil the existeuce of the corporation. 2. That, under the facts as shown by the cross bill of the defendants and the answer of Mr. Wadley, thereto, neither the Georgia Railroad Company nor Mr. Wno ley has any •urh in'erest as entitles thnn to main tain this bill, in the question made, to- wit: The right of the Railroad Com mission to fix rates of freight and pas sage over the Georgia Railroad, it be • ing shown that the Georgia Railroad Company has leased its roads and the righis of transportation and conveyance over them to Mr. Wadley for the space was so earnest that an armed party, headed by Captain Daniel Derr, went to Carey’s patch in search of evidence corrobarativc of Mr. Rossiter’s state ment. All their doubts vanished when they crossed the ravine below Carey’s patch and in the mud found the trail of the huge reptile. The trail was a trifle oyer thirteen inches wide an the impress in the mud an inch deep, The hunters followed the trail of the serpent up to the health has been derived from the numerous telegrams that were pub fished in the early critical period of my illness, no subsequent full and correct account having since been given to tiie public of my improved condition. I have never stated that I would not be a candidate, for I »m free to confess that a re-election would bo gratifying and acceptable to me. Under all the circumstances of the case, I feel a delicacy in deciding upon my own physical fitress, al though from the recent decided im provement in my condition and the opinion of my physician^, I feel jus- , . , , , , , , j tified in expressing the belief that bv mouth of the tunnel, where th'w held I . .. .. . .. . , „ , , ., , . , .jibe time its duties are to be perform ed I will be physically qualified for membership in the forty-eighth con gress. Of this I prefer that the peo-^ pie shall judge, through their repre sentatives, in convention to be assem bled on the 6th of September proxi- out the whole present public school sys- w ho died to defend him despic ble in ! Fy has virtually transferred all his torn, and formulate a system in which j the eyes of those whom he seeks to con- tliore is some justice, 'lhe present law J cifiate and a reproach to his own people. Crete, enough officers to take a large I S " ch provokes assault, <le . . , . , stroys self-respect, and b’-gets contempt por.ion of the so.iocl fund to pay their ; in the eye9 of all honorable men. sal a i ios, and such discrimination is j Let the past of South, rn war history made with wl at little is left diat all i remain forever unburied. Let iti facts justice is destroyed. We hold, that j be ke P fc Tresh in memory. Le* them be . • «, • L .. . , • , .. , (taught to our children, and their young every child m the State winch attends 1 . G . , , . , ’ ,, ■ • t n * . | minds imbued wi ll the noble principles school i> on itled to an equal participa-j f or which we fought. Those principles tion in the educational fund— no matter | are not dead. Then let us no', i tten.pt how humble bis s ation in life. \\ e j to bury them. Let us s’a'd by the bold that class discriminations in regard • S rft,7ts °f our sol .Uei , and repel the rights under the lease to the Central aud Louisville & Nashville Railroad Companies. The validity of the lease to Mr. Wadley, and the t ansfor by him *o the Central aud Louisville <fc Nashville Roads, is not decided, but both are treatedvalid in so far as are invol- ' a caucus and decided to return to MincrsviUe ami send to Shenandoah for “Rattlesnake Tom,” an old man who ; had for years earned a living by kill- i ing snakes for their oil.” David W. Williams saw the ser 1 pent. His story is very wonderfu', and without indorsing it we copy a part of it. ‘ The snake came out of a ‘cave-in’ above the mouth of the Mayflower tunnel and coiled itself on a little plateau near by . He says it is about mo, for the purpose of nominating a candidate. Please accept my thanks for your kind expressions and good wishes, and do me the favor to an nounce through the columns of your most excellent journal, that in my condition my present absence from thirty-five feet long, nearly two feet1 Washington will nut - prevent me Ihiek and covered with black, red and fron , 8ervin(? c „ n «titue lu »aa fuliv green scales, each of which is as large ••y a-* /' to teachers >s a violent injustice. Let each teacqlr keep a true record of the time children a tend his school, and all be paid an equal amount from the pub lic fund—no more no less. The reports from Senator H ; ll are again bad. From the first moment that we knew Mr. Hill’s vflfic ion was cancer we had no hope of his recovery, end to-day we look upou him as a doom ed man. While we felt glad to hear :f his improvement, we had no faith in lhe statements, and the sequel terns to be about to prove our worst fears. The Atlanta Po° -Appeal, speaking of Mr. ill ill's condi ion a few days ago says : For the last four or five days the re- pur h from Senator Hill have b?en le s favorable. Governor Colquitt called at the Sera or’s residence Sunday morning, and lound the sufferer enduring much paiu. His articulation was so indis tinct that the visitor was nb.igod to rely on members of the household, who have become accustomed to his lalter iug speech, for and interpretation of its meaning. Dr. Ridley said this morning, 'hat he A ,f oo change for the better, and 1'eui. ed there was no hope of an ultimate re covery. The disease was constantly in creasing, and though the Senator’s life ni ght be prolonged for months, he was perhaps equally liable to sink down and depart at any moment. 'J he doctor also suited that though the good spirits of the patient had boon much improved by his remova’ home, the disease which oj pi esses him is not to bo diverted by i j), nu ineiit’s cheer of mind, i Tho prospects of Mr. Hill's iccovcry seem darker now than at any ti:u© since hjs return to Atlanta ; but the Hand itiiich makcH the storm cun hr iug the Uu, God grant i, may bo su. ved in this case. 3. That that part of the 12th sec tion of the charter of the Georgia Railroad Company, which reals as fol • cowardly assaults that are constant.y made upon their fair names. Let us with lows: “lhat the said Georgia Rail- man’ y courage face the world if need be, aud o*n the work we did during the war, whenever occasion demands it. These remarks are provoked by the opening remarks of Honorable (r. J. Orr, at the National Educational Asso ciation now in session in Saratoga, New road Company shall at tho exclusive all times havo in all respects as if I were present in that city, and that I shall be pleased to give any of them who may re quire it, tho benefit of my services as their Representative. Yours v<*ry respectfully, Geo. R. Black. as tho palm of a man’s hand. Its head is adorned with a yellow crest and its eyes are large and fiery.— When Williams first saw the snake he, for safety, clambered up Sugar- man’s old breaker, fifty yard-* awayq and from that structure looked down right of transportation j on th , mon „ ter . It8 head was hold ! or conveyance of persons, m.-rehandne j, r ct> nnd W i|| i#ima msists that its a d produce over ihe rai.road and rail-1 hissing C()uld have hm . n heard a rojids to be by . them constructed while j quarter oi a A f ( . w m i nute H H f- ! s, '<iuenc<- of trouble about » lady,' j they see fit to exercise the exclusive u , r the hi g snake made its app^r-j J, ' r n' P. Addison, formerly of Balti- York We see little proprety in any:right. Rn tided, that the charge of , ( 0 „ perlect ball of rattlesnakes ; nior '’ an ‘ 1 Ric> ' anl Garland, with Qrtpntti a I n&mn t.n nia hipfli*niann nr . •• i i ^ .. .4 DUEL IN THE ROAD. Richmond, Va.» July 15.— In Lunenburg county yesterday, in con- special allusion to his birth-plaeo or transportation or conveyance shall not sentiments, and still loss m his going to ..... , , , , . tho graveyard “to bury tie pan The I CI °" od fif T . ee, “" l ,fr hundred pounds best way to bury the past is to sav i 011 articles, and ten cents per < u nothing about it. Bu f we are tired and b e foot on articles of measurement, f r disgua ed at seeing Southern men al ways tending, with mournful faces, at the grave of the past—trying to bun it. Fill the grave—come away from it.— Throw aside your spades, mid let the past stand up with the present, where it belongs. South. An exchange remarks that crimes ot all kinds, from tho potty theft to the most cold-blooded murder, aro on the increase in every section of the country —North, South, blast and West. In au equal ratio with tho ineroase of crimes, it is a notieeablo fact, there has been a decrease in real, vital religion, I: is a difficult matter now-a-duys to grant to them the exclusive right to fix their own rates provided they are wiTi- in the maximum named, but that the proviso operates as a limita ion upon tiio grant to them of the exclusive right of transportation and conveyance over their roads, aud upou exceeding the ra'es so limited their roads became subject to use as public highways, but in « ther n spects their charter is not effected. . 4. That the Legislature, under the distinguish the member of the church or, n ... e a . v • , . . , , , 1 Constitu ion of the b-ate, has ariglit to as for that matter, ho who calls himself 1 , , . r , • • .i delegivo to a Commission the power to a mimstor ot the gospel—an ambassador > , e c • , . , „ . „ , 1 fix rales of freight and passage over cf Christ-from tho .moor, the ,mm of lhe rai | roadsoftllo Su „. the wor;d. , Upon these propoaivions first ante 1, Augusta News ; Burke county has the judge delivered a learned and e’ab not an occupant ot i's jail. Burke orate opinion, aud upon the last, he ought to make a good crop nni keep! , , wf ,„ lh , 0 inio „ of Mr , thti oottou rows olean. T . ... . , 1 .... ,» . . . . , , Jus ten Woods, ill the case of 1'illey iiurke is a'l right m morals, her . t> _ .. . J crops booming, and her cottou rows came rolling out of the tunnel. Tnis ! t»» **ee fair pbiv, met in the -trange hull was composed of gome i ro,u ^ s, -‘ttlc their diffenuioeg. feev- thirty or forty rattlers, each measur- j cra * ! ‘b , ' , ta were fired. Garland wan ing from three to five feet in length, ' wounded in the left arm, just above every one hundred miles, and five cents j Hl , d 8 „ twisted „ n(1 tw j ne( ] and | ocke d ‘ ^ wr ' 8 L breaking the bone. Addi- per mile for every passenger,” does n it tngetkwr w ,. rt> t hey that it appeared i 8,M ' received one of Garland’s bullets fix maximum rates of freight and pas- i "though thov would never bo able 1 tbe riuht groin, whicb lodged, in sage over the Georgia lUi’road, nor j to 8en „ rHte themselves. They got'* 1 '" Tr: - J ; - the .*kin of the back. His wound ia remarkable re y , ' r,,ti(1 as very dangerous. A war* c h-rity .1)4 quickly ranged t cm- rul " ia for the ‘ rri ' 8t «.rland; a}»art, however, with in tbe Addison’s mother and brother have nearly clean. Subscriptions aro positively cash. vi. the Railroad Commission, and ex, , presses his ooeurrence therewi h. Sub' cribe for Tim Citizen. 1 selves in a twenty-foot crick centre, of which,’ with head er ct, I h?, v t ‘l‘een summoned to his 4>ed»id« glaring ey**s and rising crust, waa ; ^ ro,u b’ltimore. coiled tlnf “king snake,” as people j ^ ETEK8BURG, July 16. Additional call it. Tho perfect silence which ! P fi, h ul a r- H °f the impromptu du< 1 lusted a moment or two after the rir-1 f° u Kht near edderburn s saw mill, cln was formed was hr ken hy u rat-1' n Duuenburg county, last Friday, iling chorus, in which overv tail was | between Joseph Addison and Richard u»ed vigorously. Thin strange music | wt re r<c ,j ived this alternoon. had a wonderful etfect on the king i duel was fought at a distance of snake. Its eyes became frightfully j X Addison« pistol hung fue enlarged, the yellow crest swelled to ' k*ur times, lie only tired once, tho double its former size, while its head J striking Garland s wrist. Gar land fired five times, the last sip i taking effect in Addison’s body near the uavd, Edging under the skin of the back. Addison died at MX o’clock this morning. The du 1 resulted frnm Garland’s telling a young lady residing in Lunenburg ^ouoty, to whom Ad^ison_;g atldfa ' otoriIy '' " , " - married” tlWway'g been and that portion of the body that f was upright swayod to and fro in perfect time with the rattling. The most remarkable thing was that every snake stopped rattling at tho same instant.” Hon. A. O. Bacon and Hon. A. H. Stephens were both rained in Liberty county. 1 wW [ wine nur. Jftth