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¥ The True Citizen. A. RIDK ACROSS THE COUN- O'Y. WAYNESBORO, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 4. 18*2 Entered at the post office at Waynesboro as second class matter. Oa., FitOMS0UTHWEST TO NORTTTKAS T CHOPS. ETC., ETC. —Mr. Millard Rhodes was in town Thursday. —Mr. J. S. mount’s little infant son is very ill. —Peachessell from fifteen to twenty-live cents a peck in this market. —Fitts were retailed on our streets Wednesday at 5 cents per dozen. « —,t. B. Smith, .jr., is now among the happiest men in towu—it’s a boy. —Mr. John A. Grubbs and family have return ed from a visit to Jefferson. —Mr. 0. E. Scherer will accept our thanks for a fine mess of Irish potatoes. —Hall’s Is the only pla :e you can get cooking oil. Only 90 cents per gallon. -Mr. W. L. McElmurray has purchased Mr. R. f. Neely’s fine horse and buggy. —'.Ve regret that much of. our important local matter is crowded out of this issue. —Mr. S. L. Foster lost his little infant son by congestive fever on Wednesday night. —Mr. Jacob Davis, of tlie firm of Dayis & Marks, of Midville, was in town Thursday. —Mrs. W. F. Holleyman, who was culled to Augusta by her brother’s death, returned home Thursday nigh . —Capt. .U P. Thomas lost another of Ids fine mules last week. This makes the third one the i 'aptain lias lost —Mrs. I'ecnifin and her two pretty little girls returned home on Thursday from a visit to frh nds in Jefferson. —Bub Jones, col , lmd a hearing Friday under a charge of wife beating. We faih d to barn the decision of the court. —Mr. 8. Wetherhalm is now the happy father of another fine bov. The oat and baby crop of Burac is very prolific. —Miss M. Ella Carpenter, after a 4 months stay with relatives in Augusta, returned to Oakland Farm on Monday last. —Judge Samuel Levy, in company with his wife and daughter, of Augusta, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. L. C. lien. —Mr. S. L. Foster is building a harness shop on Peace street, below Evans & Thomas’ store. Verily Waynesboro increases. —All members and advertisers who are yet entitled to the Fair Premium Lists, can get them by calling at the Arlington hotel. —Mr. John AY. Fulcher, of 3/cBenn, had the misfortune to lose his little boy from diptheria, laid Sunday a week ago, the 28d ult. -Mrs. Routzaim and her two little daughters, lluide and B rtlia, left for tlephzilmh last Mon day to visit the family of Mr. .1. S. Byne. —Go to Hall’s for pure cooking oil. A fresh barrel just received at 90 cents a gallon, 10 pounds to the gallon. Don’t fail to try it. —Little rear! Rowland, step daughter of Dr. .1. J. Palmer, who are now at their summer resi dence near Green’s Cut, is very ill from fei er. -Mrs. Valentine Fulcher lost one of her little b< ys from fever near J/eBean, last Tuesday w< ek, the 25th ult., where they are summering. Those wlio wish to see a line steel engraving Gov. Btephrns, can do so by calling at our otlicc, where we have one of the best pictures of him we ever saw. — Our McBean correspondent reaches us too late fbr this issue. By-tlie-way, what has be come of our Thomson correspondent ? Let us hear from you Tvrone. —Dr. Holleyman comes to the front this week with a change of advertisement. The Doctor proposes to do the right tiling by his customers. Don’t fail to read his advertisement. —Our little reporter, ,Tu!o Reynolds, in com- p.Tnv with several of t e town boys, attended a Sunday school celebration at Habersham on Thursday. They report a nice time. —If you have that disease called sore eyes go to Dr. Holleymar’s drug store and get a box of Pettit's eye salve, and suffer no more. It is the best thing of the kind we have ever tried. —Mr. Win. H. Holmley is the boss gin sharpner <4 the G4th district. It is said that when he sharpens a gin it takes the lint off the seeds as clean as if it had been shaved with a r zor. —Mr. W. H. Grubbs, one of Emanuels cle ver est young men, now assists Mr. Jas. T V. Grubbs in his arduous duties as post master. Willie lias made many friends during bis . tav among us. Pure, double refined cooking oil just receiv ed at Hall's at 90 ceil s per gallon. - Mr. J. D. Hunter, our efficient section master, tl an whom there is no better in the State, in onus ns steel rails have been laid on his entire section with the exception of one mile. The road will soon iiavo steel rails from Augusta to Milieu. —We call special attention to the advertise ment of Mr. A. A. Wood, of Searhoro. Anyore knowing of the whereabouts of the property ad vertised will be rewarded for his trouble upon i onvtying said information to Mr Wood. See advertis Interested in every industry of Bnrke county, we always utilize any chance when possible to inform purseli of her resources, and having lately had an opportunity to see same of he county we propose now to give our readers the benefit of our observations. sement —The jfasonic Lodge of Waynesboro will give a grand barbecue on Friday August 25. J/idville and .Seiiven lodges have been invited. Hon. John 8. Davidson, and probably some other bright Aftmpns from Augusta will also be invited to give g lecture on .Masonry. —I wjiiremain In Waynesboro with my pie- tore gallery until the 18 of August. All who wish M have their pictures taken should call as earjy as possible, us it may be a long time before jtftey have the opportunity again. T. W. DALE. — (■bailie TTodgcs, a colored mnKe, was lodged in jail up Thursday for displaying his skill in the r b] , azor by trying to cut a negro won an’s throat near the depot, by the name of ltuiney The woman, not fancying the leaving of this world with its many watermelons, ob jected, and escaping, had him arrested. —The attention of our city authorities is called to the situation of the bridge over the ditch at the corner of Mrs. Palmer’s lot in Ucrkerville. The bridge is now and per tie is all right but. it would take one with the jumping powers of a bull-frog to get on or off it. Don’t forget to send the Marshal around and hav%it fixed, —Me take the following list of the five largest tax payers in Burke county from our Tftx Re ceiver’s books: Maj W. A Wilkins, 8102,962; S. A/ Gray, $54 C87; estate of B, R. Miller, $81,000; James M. Dye, f2«,000; R. Steiner. 125,056. The amount of taxubie property in Burke aggregates 82,7)2,908, being some increase over last year's return. —Bob Williams, col., was arrested and lodged in jail this week, for letting his hatred • f Wash Corker, col., get his ire so worked up tliai last Sunday morning, about daylight, he very quiet ly kindled a fire under Wash’s fence, burning a In ut sixty panels before the tire could be checked. Afay he get his Just dues for such a mean act. —Last week in noticing the changes among ‘ ur merchants, we Inadvertantly left our good friend, W. M. Wimberly out of doors. Mr. W. will occupy the stork used by Broadhurst & Crocker last winter, it is a fine store room and a tine stand for business, and with the large stock he expects to put in for the fall and win ter trade, and Ids “motto live and let live,” he is bound to succeed. —Mr. W. H. Bteph cn». aged about 25 y»*HTP, died at the residence of Mr. O. B. Lively <>f malarial typhoid fever, on the 18th ult. Mr. Stephens had been at work in Augusta for several months, but was taken sick, and started for home and was compelled to stop at Mr. Liveh’e. his cousin, oulv four miles from home, where he died. Death is sad at all ages, but how much more when t he young, just stepping uuob the threshold of liie stricken down. The bereaved family has our sympathies. Subscriptions are positively cash. A RIDE WITH DR. WHITEHEAD Last week, being too sick to attend to our professional duties, we gladly ac 4;epted an invitaiion to take a ride with Dr. A. G. Whitehead, who was about to start on an ex'ensive trip of profession al visits. And let us say right here that the area of the doctor’s practice is only limited by his ability to reach his pa tients. Leaving town about. 3 o’o'ock, p. m., we took our way in a southwest erly direction across the country. The first crops which came under our ob er vation \ie considered poor, and felt dis appointed. But passing rapidly • n, the charac’er of the crops rap’dly changed for the better, nd o r ow i ob servation sooo verified the reports which we had so often heard this sea son, that “ he crops in Burke cnuniv were just as good as the laud and the cultiva’i n they have received could make them.” Indeed, wc feel s-tfe in say ing that the same hands who have made the erops will not be able to gather them. But on we went, stopping only where the doctor's professional services were called into requisition. Passing through a section of dense native forest, suddenly there burs upon our vision a great opening, resembling more some large bay than a plantation This was Dr. Steiner’s home place, -nd far away almost as far as the eye could reach, 'lie co ton and corn waved and danced in the breeze, and ‘'like things of life,” seemed to rejoice in “the sunshine and th< rain.” Further on we came to Dr. Steiner’s elegant residence, situated in a beautiful grove, and which bore about it an air of refinement iu d luxury which made one think of the days anti-bell um, when an independent Georgia farmer was equal to a “prince of the blood.” Here we met Dr. Steiner in person, who in formed ns that the p'antation which lay s retched out before us had more than a 1 ,(’0( - acres in cultiva 1 ion, which h'd been done with the werk of only 23 hands, nd to all appearances the cultiva tion had been more 1 ike that of a garden than Tie usual field work. This al most. incredible Jesuit has been reached by the adoption of the latest aud m st approved labor-saving agricultural im plements. with which cue hand is able to do the work of three or four. The Doit r makes machinery do the labor of hands, and has a machine for every uur- pose where it can be used. By a judi cious system of manuring Mid cu'tiva tion Dr. S liner has already improved Ids lands until his home p.a' tation is, with all its appliances and conveniencies, perhaps, the most va’uable plantation in the county. His crop: tins year will ; be abundant of nil kinds. Leaving Dr. Steiner’s, we sped on, and soon cauie to the famous old plant- tion bi lnnginj to the Miller estate, with its thousands of acres, where for’ urns have bpen made, and upon jrhich now stands a magnificent crop. Stiil moving • n, wr found the crops, some poorer, some better, but all as good as the land and the cultivation will make them— but the b's' average we ever saw. We reached town a lit le after 8 o’clock, p. m , having made about a 30 mile cir cuit. the doctor having ; dministered to about 30 patients, and we perfectly sat isfied with our trip. A VISIT TO GRAY fc QUINNEY’s MILL. Ah'ut 3 o’clock, a. n>., by prear rangement, on Monday morning, the mu sical voice of Mr. Thomas A. Quiuney rippled to our auricular organs, which recalled us from the land of dreams for the purpose of accompanying him on a visit to the above named mill, situated in the northeastern part of the county, 17 miles dis'ant. We were s< on ready, and springing into the carriage behind Mr. Gary’s spanking team with Ned to manage the ribbons, wo swept out of town guided by Luna’s pale beams. As soon as it was light enough to see we put our eyes to work on the c-ops, and found them everywhere good. We arrived at the mill, about 8 o’clock, and after a hearty breakfast which thanks to the morning’s rido and Mrs. Paris’ culinary i-kill was most palatable, we gave the ntw mill a close inspection from sheeting to rafter. The mill is situated below the eonfiuenoenoe of Long Branch and Boggy Gut creeks, < n the site of G. W, Sapp's old Silver Hill mill, on a plantation purcha-ed by Messrs. Gray <fc Quiuney, containg 1,- 418^ acres belonging to Mr. G W. Sapp, at public side, about eight months ago. Determing to utilize the fine water-power on the place, the pur chasers looked around for a workman who could do the job in first class order.— 'I hoy found him in the person of Mr. Wm. MoCathero, machinist aud mill wright, who, if we may judge from the work, nas no superior and few equals in the State. On ihe first day of May lasl work was begun, the old timbers were removed, the decayed piling taken up, ’he seat filled in, new piling driven home, and a substantial foundation laid. Then the heavy frame work was built of picked timbers, and af er a close inspection we afirm toat we never saw a more solid or bett’er job put to gether anywhere or for any purpose.— The mill h use is 40 by 40 feet, and from sheeting to rafter is constructed of best material, and every piece put in its right place. McCathern has excelled him self in the construction of this work. Next came the work of putting in the machinery. This consists of an Ecli'se Double Turbine Yuiter Wheel, of 33 32 horse-power, and is cabable of driving all the maclii. ery attached with a much less head f water than the ten feet at their command. The shafting and gearing was all cast and dressed by those great Southern foundry men, Geo. R. Lombard & Co., of Augusta, and fi s perfec' ty, and no flaw can be detect->l ed in any part of it The stones ar ■ 43 inch Esophus. manufactured by Wm. gtenner, Atlanta, Ga., an$ will > e in tact long aft. r mat ufacturers and pur chasers have aH 'ong passed away. The capacity of the mill is a bushel in four minutes, which w‘!I preclude the n ces- sity of a customer waiting for his meal. To the mill machinery will be at tached a 60 saw gin manufactured by that celebrated gin maker, Brown, of New London, Conn., with a patent feed er att iohment, and a press mad at the great Iron Works of Scofield & Co., Macon, Ga. Thus have the citizens in that section two great convenh neies pro jected and completed by these enterpris ing gentemen which they will no doubt appreciate by a full run of patronage.— One dferd in regard to the nw a.ement. There is often much complaint of un fair dealing at both mills and gins, but the well established oharaeter for integ rity of Gray & Quinney will assure the public of fair dealing—neither would they keep a man in their employment five minutes who was detected in the least dishonest net. And thus they feel that they can offer their patrons entire saisfaction. —Mr. P. B. Hall is the first to intro - duce the celebrated cotton seed oil for cooking purposes into this market. It is claimed that this oil is as good as lard, which if it be true, will insure its sale as it is much cheaper. We are trying it, and want others to give us the result of their experiments. —We are sorry to learn that Mr. Walker MoCathern lost his dw Uing house by fire on Thursday night, on his Gum Swamp plantation. The house was a comfortable dwelling of five rooms, and • as occupied at the time by one white man and two negro men, who came near being caught as the flames had sorfar progi essed that they barely escaped with their lives. Everything the house contained was burned,— Cause of fire accidental. Loss about $700- -no insurance. —In another column will be found an advertisement from Mercer University, which we commend to parents and guardians who contemplate giving their sons or wards a collegiate course. Mer cer University is no beneficiary of the State, dependent on taxation of the people for a support; but raising its standard of scholarship to a high degree, and planting itself upon the learning of its faculty, it proposes to live by its own merits. The graduates of Mercer stand to day among the most learned scholars of the South, and she has good reason to be proud of her alumni. To young men who are considering what college they shall attend, we consider Mercer TJniver-ity by far the l est in stitution of 1 arning in the South. See advertisement. —There is nothing which gives>us more pleasure than the appearance of a fine farm ; t 1 eretore, when our good friend, Mr. Walker McCatherr, invited us to take a ride over his Holms’ plantation, we most cheer fully accept'd, and mounting our gallant steed we w’ere soon on our way. Arriving at the farm, Me. took particular pains wp should enter it at its poorest place, and as we ad vanced the crop gjew better. Aware that the seasons had be n most pro pitious the present year, we were prepared to see an improvement upon last year which we knew was almost a total failure ; but we were not pre pared to see so much improvement, as one seeing it last year, and com paring it fith the crop now on the ground would not know it was the same land. We found much of the cotton as high as the tall horse upon which we were sitting and so full of fruit that the stalk was hardly able to sustain it. Every stalk of cotton seemed to have all oc it that it could bear, and the corn was so much better than the appearance of the land would indicate that it was fimply astonishing. Mr. McCathern has 275 acres of cotton and 100 acres of corn on the place, and expects to gather 100 bales of cotton and 800 busluds of corn. Good cultivation and good seasons havo done th<‘i work, and in our opinion Me. wi gather 128 bales of ootton, and 1000 bushels of corn. We returned to our office well pleased with our mornings ride, and convinced that old Burble will well sustain its rqj^httion the best farmh g coun — Last Sunday evening, just af'er the rain, -everal gentlemen were sib ling on the piazza of Mr. Wm, Chan dler’s residence, a deer, a large d<e, was observed to walk Up near the house, showing no signs of wildness. Litt’e Willie McCathern, grand-son <>f Mr. C., walked to the fence to get, a nearer view of the pretty auirna , when it put its nose through the crack as if it wanted to be fed, and licked the little fellowV baid. The gentlemen present went out and seiz~ in’ the deer, after a hard struggle succeeded in putting it into a pm, where Mr. Chandler kept it two days, when becoming convinced that it was somebody’s tame deer, he turs e 1 it lose. Mr. Chandler says he has since heard that a gentleman living in Scriven county has a tame deer, and supposes this one was it. . Tin* circumstance created considerable excitement among those preseut ut the time. \ \ Local $ Business. X3T Carry your Guns and Pisto's Jjrlff SLW to John Haenel to be repair K3T ed. AH work warranted. S. SCHWARZ WEISS SELLS THE GENUINE , BAKER AND OTHER CELE BRATED BRANDS OF WHISKY KEEPS ALSO F ESH CIDER AND LAGER ALWAYS • O in DRAUGHT. ; t — i tSOT Give John Haenel atrial at ’y«'Ur Guns and Pistols, he gS&~ makes them as good as new Jffff t3T and cheaper than you can jShJf have i-uch work done where. No shoddy jots. S. SCHWARZWE1SS PA THE HIGHEST MARKER PRICE FOR DRY FLIN r HIDES AND OLD iron: boulder, liter tion will be rewarded. STRAYED. ale, I he top. Any O NE large bay mare mule, with collar each si atlg-4,’82,1 w, Meieer Univerj