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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. to 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-. M & m M f? M £ §* * S- o a o PQ s* > 0) fa . A Ti o x o a W W H 55 W PS < u c K fe d x K X a .3 m ■♦a a «■ ■ o <a PS ◄ 0 S* Oh 55 W B Q t-S o w B: H tc o O <u X W 53 53 •B PS ■fi ' W W PS B H H B H * 02 h O W VC o m o £ VC Q & o i X> es oo ©o' <M C a —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. au«.8B,mt-f.