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The True Citizen,
WAYNESBORO, QA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 85,1888
Entered at the post office at v aynesboro, Ga.,
as second class matter.
THAT ARTESIAN WELL.
—Look out for J. B. White <fc Co’s,,
Augusta, great advertisement next
week.
—It is estimated that there is one
hundred cases of sickness in Waynes-
boro F t this time.
—There were 61 bales of new cot
ton received in Waynesboro the pres
ent week. What town can beat it 1
—A telegram was received here late
yesterday evening, (Friday) announcing
the very sudden death of Mrs. N. J.
Mosley, at Millen, Ga.
—Mr. Bell, the conductor of the
■night train on our railroad, is one of
. the politest gentlemen that ever pulled
a bell-line, and our citizens are always
giadto ride on his train.
' —We have heard several of our far
mers this week say that the cotton crop
would be much shorter than it was sup
posed some weeks ago it would be. The
coin crep is pronouneed just splendid.
—We call attention to the ad»er
tisement of Mr. C. E. Scherer, in
which he proposes to furnish our
citizens with nice bread, hot from the
stove. We know it is fine, we have
tried it.
—Mr. Barney Frost, of LaGrange,
Ga., was married to Miss Lula Miller,
at Hephzibah, on the 23d irRt., Rev.
W. M. Verdery officiating. We tender
the young couple our best wishes
for their future happiness.
—Our c'cver young friends, Cates &
Mackenzie, at the depot, are now re
ceiving oue of the largest and most
varied stocks of goods ever before
placed upon their shelves. Purchas
ers should give them a call.
—Mat West, col., while carelessly
handling a pistol a few days ago, ac
cidentally shot himself through the
leg, inflicting a painful though not
a serious wound. Our next grand
jury should pay their respects to all
who carry concealed weapons.
—Our dear Colonel, sy far as your
“disabilities” are concerned we re
fer you to the Lord, who nude you
so ; and as regard* your holding office
you must convince the people that
you are worthy of trust. The Citi
zen has nothing to do with either
issue.
—Mr. Tbos. Branch expects
leave next Tuesday for Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, Tenn., for the
purpose of completing his course
civil engineering. Our best wishes
attend him in his chosen profession
and we yet hope to see him perched
upon the top round of the ladder.
—Mr. A. C. Cates, of Brunswick
a former citizen of old Burke, h»s
been up for a week or two on a visit
to friend* and relatives. Mr. Cates
has a host < f friends in Waynesboro
who will feel sorry to see him go
Mr. C. is 6olid on The Citizen, and
of course, has our btst wishes for his
future prosperity.
—It wdS with real pleasure that we
met Judge E. F. Lawson on the
street Wednesday—the first time he
Pa* been down town. The judge has
1 ecn confined to h bed of sickness for
five weeks, has lost 26 pounds avour
< : Upoise, and is looking real thin. We
hope he will soon regain his wonted
strength and vigor.
—Prof. J. S. Rodgers requests us
to state that the rumor that his
»chool will be removed to another
ptut of-tbe city as incorrect. The
present location is all that can be
desired in point of health ^and com
fort for pupils. We cannot see the
necessity of sending your children off
to school, when you<can have them
better educated at home aud at less
••xpen e. Prof. Rodgers is a Burke
county boy, and we hope our citizens
will give him the hearty support he
so richly deserves
— On our editorial page to-day will
bo found the attractive advertisement
of W. I. Delpb, 831 Broad street, Au
gusta, who ia offering our people stoves
of all makes, from the finest cook stove
and heater to the commonest grades, at
prices lower than we have ever known
them. We had the pleasure a few days
ago, while in Augusta, of going through
Mr. Delpb’s extensive warorqoros, and
ware astonished at the extent aiftf vaii-
ety of Mr. Delph’s stock—and it was
being continually increased by new ac
cessions. The cook stove has become
an indispensible necessity, and aB we
have no stove store or tin shop in our
town, we fool that we are -doing our
reuders a favor to let them know where
they can be suited in size, quality and
price. Besides this, we have known and
dealt with Mr, Dolphfor years, and cun
assure all who call on him of oourte
ous treatment and fair dealing. Readi
his advertisement.
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Last week we published a communi
cation on this subject, which communi
cation we fully endorse, Waynesboro
has always borne the name of being
sickly, and the hundred cases now with
in its limits, brought to public attention
to-day by a reporter for The Citizfn,
and the death roll of the present season,
confirm that reputation beyond cavil.—
Indeed, all our citizens who are able
to do so fly from Waynesboro during
the summer to avoid sickness which is
as sure to come with the warm weather as
the sun is to rise and set; thus subject^
ingjonr people to thousands of dollars of
expenses to secure health. The diseases
most prevalent are fevers, and have
been for a series of years attributed to
malaria arising from contiguous
swamps; soience at last, however, search
es oat the truth, and fixes the cause of
all this distress and suffering upon the
impurity of our drinking water. In an
able paper, read by Dr. W. C. Van
Bibber lately before the Medical and
Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland this
subject is so clearly ventilated and the
situation of Waysesboro so clearly de
scribed, that one would almost imagine
that the doctor had his eye upon it while
he wrote. And that paper clearly
proves that tin fovers prevailing in ihe!
low, level country h ve their origin in
the use of impure drinking wa er. The
wells in Waynesboro will not av< rage
more than twenty five feet in depth—
some are deeper, of course, but many
not so deep. The land is cf a light, po-
rus forma* ion. and the water which falls
upon the surface, with all its filth and
impvrities, is carried immediately into
the wells, and used for drinking. Wliat
can we expect under the.:e ciicumStan-
ces but sickness and death ?
We must have puie w ter: aud how
is that pure water to bo had ? The on
ly answer to this question is : Through
the medium of an artesian well, which
centrally located would furnish the
whole town with drinking water. But
the expenses of boring a well is called
into question. There is now no taxes
levied upon property of any kind f >r
t">wn purp ses, the poll tax being sufti
cient to run the city government, and
leave a surplus in the treasury. The
money collected from the non property
holders is applied to the enhancement of
the value of the real estate of the ci y,
and it is nothing more than justice that
the additional amount, necessary for the
construction of the well should be col-
lec’edby a small tax on property—nor
do we believe that any considerable num
ber of our property owners wou’d ob
jeci to such a tax, when they must
know that it would do more to increase
the value of their property than any en
terprise ever carried out in Waynesboro.
Besides this, several gentb men have
offered to ra.tke liberal conations to
wards it. Under ihese circumstances,
and from every point of reason, it is
clearly the duty of our city authorities
to investigate the matter, and put the
question to our citizen-.
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—Ou yesterday, (Friday) the
Waynesboro Lodge F-*. A.*. M.\, No.
274, gave a ma^nificen* barbecue at this
place. Scriven and Mi;len lodges were
invited, bu* owing to sickn si and oth
er caiuaes, these lodges were poorly rep
resented Several prominent Masons
from Augusta were also invi f ed, but
failed to attend. Preparations were
made to feed about two hundred, while
only about seventy five were presen',
including the childr n of Masons. So
there was an abundauce and to spare.—
It being strictly a Masonic dinner,
none were present except Masons, and
no one outside the Order could possibly
tako offence. The dinner passed off
most pleasantly, and our Masonic
friends had a real good time. After
dinner, Rev. J. H. K. Smith was called
upon, and delivered a short address to
the fraternity presenr i > his usual hap
py style. Messrs. L. Cohen, Thomas
Quiuney and judge T. ,J. McfClnmrray
formed the committee of arrangements
and general management, and nothing
to make tae affair pleasant and a success
was left unattended to. The Citiz n
office is under obligations to its Mason
ic friends for a nice dinner.
—We herewith pass the following
resolutions : si Jlesolved, That we, the
attaches of The Citizen, in office
assembled and with on« accord, do
herewith return our hearfelt thanks
to our young friend, Minus MoEl-
murrav, for one of the finest water
melons of the season, And be it
further Resolved, That the fly leaf
of our subscription book bo left blank
and that the attaches wear a green
Rpot in their memories for his kind
ness. That this resolution be pub
lished in The Citizen and a copy
tarnish Minus for future reference.
Upon motion of our devil, who wa*
making strem-us efforts to get on
the outside of tee largest half of the
melon, this meeting adjourns sine
die” Many tliauKs, Minus, many
thanks.
Communicated..
MAJOR WILLIS YOUNG.
This venerable, highly esteemed and
justly lion red citizen, departed this
life at. his residence, near Hal.jyoDdale,
Scriven county, Georgia, on the evening
of the 21st inst. He had at*aiued the
extraordinary age of ninety-four years ;
having been born, near whtro he died,
in 1788. He was a brother of the late
Rem^r Young, of Thomas county, and
Col James Young, of Bulloch. One
of his sisters married the late Th mas
Jones, Esq., of Thomasville, and another
a Mr. Price, of Cherokee Georgia. A
younger brother, John, was admitted
to the Bar, and located in Southwes
tern Georgia, but died early in life.
Major Young was tho father of Mrs.
Edfliund Byne and Mrs. Virginia A.
Byrd, of this county, and the grand
father of Mrs. Routzahn and Mrs. Jno
D. Ashton. He was never married but
once, and lived over forty years a wid
ower He was a volunteer in the war
of.1812 —15, but, we belieye his regi -
ment sow no active service. In many
respects Major Young was a remarkable
man. From his youth upward he was
distinguished for his energy, prudence,
sound judment, courage, temperate
habits and fine social qualities. A
braver, truer heart never beat. Warm
in his .iffeetions and loyal in his friend
ships, he lived and died the type of a
chivalrous, knightly Southerner. In
dian nt at what he regaided the wrongs j
inflicted upon his section, he was an
ardent secessionist, aud staked the large
fortune his industry had amassed upon
the issue ; and when most of it was
swept away, yielded with a sublime
heroism to the inevitable, uttering never
a complaint. To tho day of his death
he believed all had been done, that
could have been done, and would re
sent with firery indignation any reflec
tions upon Mr. Davis, or any criticisms
upon our Generals.
Before and during the war his house
was the home of a boundless hospitality.
He was fond of society, and never hap
pier than when entertaining those whom
he cho9e to honor. He habitually
sipped his three toddies a day, in the
old fashioned style ; but could never be
induced to transcend that limit. His
habits were all of the olden time, and
during his lat»r years his memories and
conversation were chiefly of the past.
He hal seen many of our d : stingaished
public men, and bved to talk of Olay,
Webster. Calhoun, Crawford, Forsyth,
Troup and John McPherson Berrien.
He was broad, liberal and catholic in
all his views and feelings; and a more
generous and charitable man never lived.
Though an “old line Whig,” while
that party lasted, and a great admirer
of Clay and Webster, his Southern pride
always inclined him to our Southern
statesmen. MoDuffie he declared the
greatest orator since Demosthenes,
although he had heard his old party
leader, Mr. Clay- And I have often
heard him say that Ilayne got the bet
ter of the argument in his celebrated
debate with Mr. Webster; insisting
that Webster’s speech gamed* its .great
popularity ohiefly from its patriotic
peroration, which touched the old Revo
lutionary spirit then still alive, and the
love of the Union that was then fresh
in the hearts of the people. He was
full of anecdotes, and often one of the
most humorous men we ever knew.
But the brave, noble, hospitable,
kind and sunny hearted old man has
gone to his rest; and if a heart full of
the tendorest sympathies and most gen
erous impulses, united w’th love to
wards loth God and man, hath its
reward, then, indeed, is the home of
this old Patriarch now in Heaven.
One Who K>kw Him.
Hepbxibali Dots.
August 84th, 1888.
Dr. Gilbert Banks and Major J. K. Carswell
was In town last Sunday.
Miss Georgia Carswell, of this place, Is visiting
Miss Myra Sturgis, of MoDuffie.
Mr. C- K. Schaffner wears the handsomest
mustache we have seen this summer.
Mr. M. W. Rhodes, of Louisville, waB in town
last week, the guest of Mr. J. Gordon Byne.
Miss Myra Sturgis returned home last Satur
day much to the regret of her many admirers.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Steakley, of Elberton, are
visitiugatthe residence of Mrs. W. H. Davis.
Mr. J. J. Davis and Col. A. W. Jones returned
home a few days past looking like mountaineers.
Ouite a number of our citizens leave for White
Oak camp-ground to attend camp-m jeting to
morrow.
Mrs. J. T. Bothwell, of Augusta, returned
home last week after a pleasant visit to lr.ends
and relatives.
Burke was handsomely represented at the
dance at Bath last week by Col. Walter Roberts
and Judge John Hill.
Mr. George Jones, of B'rdsville, one of Burke
county’s mos; energetic and handsome young
men, is visiting friends here.
Miss A. A. Bolger returned to Charleston a
few days past. Miss B. has made many friends
here. We know a certatn yt ung man who car
ries a very sad face.
Mr. Barney Frost, of LaGrange, was iparried
to Miss Lula Miller of this place yesterday morn
ing at five o’clock. No cards. They have our
best wishes for a long life, prosperity and hap
piness.
We attended a delightful dan jing party at onr
neighboring village, Bath, a few days pa-1 at
the residence of C’apt. P. H. Wood. The accom
plished and beautiful Miss Julia Ashton, of your
town, and Miss Maggie Dent, of Columbia coun
ty, were the magnets of the evening. Tiobb.
Thomson Motes.
August 81st, 1883.
No new cotton brought to this market yet.
The corn and pea crops are th* best raised
since the war.
McDuffie had an excellent rain yesterday
(Suuday) morning.
Miss Myra Sturgi^ returned home from Heph
zibah last Friday-
The farmers and merchants all look happy at
the bright prospects ahead.
The county is remarkably bealthy for this
season. Only a few chills on the creeks, which
yield readily to quinine.
White Oak camp-meeting commences next
Friday. The belle of Burke county is expected
to attend as the guest of Mias Myra Sturgis.
Cotton Is rusting verv bad on grey lands. The
red lands are doing their best. The crop will
fall ten per cent, short of last year’s crop m this
county.
The Democrats of the countv agreed to have
no nomination for Representative. Tom Watson
made a telling speech in his own behalf, whioh
I see has been reported to that sploy journal, the
Augusta Evening News. Dr. Jones, his oppo
nent, hasn’t the ghost of a chance. Watson has
no superior to his age, and but few equals in
intellect in the State, and Is very papular with
the masses of the citizens in the county.
Rev. E. R. Carswell, jr.. who is one of the best
preachers in the South, is conducting an inte
resting meeting at Sweet Water Baptist church.
Seventeen have joined, and others seeking the
way to Salvation, and still their is room. Cars
well is the most popular preacher and draws
the largest audience of anv man who ever
preached in tills section. No man was ever
more beloved by the masses than C- hs a preach
er. Ttkonb.
—It is now rumored that one of the best en
tertainments In the way of a concert ever given
in Waynesboro, will occur here during Fair
week. The object being to raise funds for the
purpose of paying the balance due on the organ
In the Methodist church. Whenever Waynes
boro combines her talent for this purpose, she
can give an exhibition of Ametures that wouid
compare favorably with any in the State.
—In to-.lay’s i»8U«* will be found
the advertisement of D. L. Fullerton,
628 Broad street, Auguste, Ga.,who is
offering our people a chance to buy
stoves and tinware at prices which
seem to us to hardly cover the ex
pense of manufacturing them, and
yet we did not see a single stove in al,
his large Jtook but of the finest pat
tern. Mr. Fullerton has done busi
ness in Augusta many years, and his
reputation f. r honest e’ealing is a
guarantee that you will be fairly dealt
by, So, whan you go to Augusta be
sure to call at 628 Broad street if
you desire to purchase stoves or tin
ware. See advertisement.
Local ^ Business•
[
8. SCH WAR WEISS PAYS
THE HIGHEST MARKET
PRICE FOR DRY FLINT
HIDES AND OLD IRON.
]
S. A. GRAY has just received
some fine CHEESE and GILT EDGE
BUTTER. , ,
S. SCHW ARZWEISS SELLS THE
GENUINE BAKER
AND OTHER FINE
BRANDS OF WHIS-;
KY AT THE LOW
ES T market
PRICE. FRESH ' * .
APPLE CIDER AND
LAGER BEER ON DRAUGHT.
S. A. GRAY is now receiving
his FALL STOCK, which will be EX-.
TENSIVE and FRESH, having re
duced his stoek almost to nothing. Ex
amine before you buy elsewhere if you
want good goods. /
S. SCHWARZWEISS
IS RECEIVING DAILY
NEW CALICOES,. PLAIDS,
SEA ISLAND HOMESPUN AND
OTHER SEASONABLE GOODS
WHICH HEOFFERS ATTHE
LOWEST MARKET PRICE
»4tfcmember that S. A. GRAY has
sole control of the Bay St*te ShoJ’
and Leather Co. make of Shoes,
and if you want shoes to give
satisfaction, buy them, they are the
BEST.
WAYNESBORO MARKET.
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
C07 TON—Tone steady.
Midnildg lltf
Low middling 11
BACON-Clear rib sides 14*
Bulk clear ribs 14
S C canvassed hams 18*
CORN—mixed V bushel 90
FLOUR 7 00® 9 00
MEAL—W sack 3 50
BRAN—V cwt 1 75
LARD—^ lb 16
sugar ia®te*
OOFEE—Rio 15@25
TOBACCO 40® 1 >6
SALT—V sack 1 40
BUTTER— Country ....... 80@M5
eggs 108194
CHICKENS—Spring. : 10®»
POTASH—V ball 10
Cans 10
CORN STARCH—tR pkg 15
CIGARS 5
KEROSENE OIL 85
TAKE DUE NOTICE
A HAVE secured the services of a First-Class
BAKER.
And am now prepared to serve the people of
Waynesboro with nice Bread, hot from the stove
at 5 cents per loaf, every day, between 11 and
1 o’clock. Satisfaction guaranteed.
aug85,’88.t-o-o. C. E. SCHERER.
Meieer University.
IVIaoon, Georgia,
T HE Fall Term of this institution wUl open on
the last Wednesday in September next. Stu
dents may pursue the regular collegiate course
of studies or a select scientific course. Large
and valuable additions have recently teen made
to the apparatus of the department of 1 hysical
science. The Law School has a faculty of three
professors, whoBe chairman ia the Hon. Clifford
Anderson.
Board in “Students Hall’’ can be had at <13
p^r month, and in private families at from 815 to
A20. For catalogues and other information.
Address,
Rkv. A. J. BATTLE, D. D., Pres.,
or JOHN J. BRANTLY. Sec. Faculty.
aug.4,’88.1-m.
D. L. FULLERTON,
AUGUSTA, GA.
THE oldest STOVE DEALER in the oity
Hundreds of families in Burke, Jefferson and
Richmond counties are using one stove sold to
them during the last fifteen years.
Every housekeeper, will attest to their useful
ness, economy, and comfort.
Call at FULLERTON’S for tl e
hew ftiGHT mmm
The newest and largest aud best wood burn
ing stove in the market.
At FULLERTON’S you will find
TINWARE,
WOODENWARE,
CROCKERY,
& HOUSEKEEPERS
HARDWARE.
D, L. FULLERTON,
628Brpad Street, Augusta, Ga.
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