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TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE 11,1889
Til t, citizen* of Abbeville, Ga., are
elated at the prospect of Macon put
ing boata on the Ocmulgco river.
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Governor Gordon , and , .Chancel
lor Boggs were in Griffin, VVendes
•lay, looking after the experimental
farm.
Work lias begun xp> the southern
end of Georgia Southern and Florida
railroad, and there is promise of its
early completion to l’alatka, Flu.
Thk crop of spring chickens
must either he very short, or quite
dilatory in ripening, as but a limited
few have as yet made their appear¬
ance in our market.
At Topeka, Kan., a burglar, who
haclcammittod murder to accomplish
his burglary, was lynched by a large
crowd of the citizens, who over-pow¬
ered the prison guard.
The confederate veterans of North
Carolina propose to organize soldier
associations in each county with a
view to the establishment of a sol¬
dier's homo in that state.
Three desperate negro criminals
b£lco the out night of jail of at tho Wayeioss, 3rd instant. Ga.
on
They were convicts under sentenco
for twelve months for folony.
Gen. Jubal A. Early, well known
to, and remembered by, many of our
readers, visted Winchester, Vn., last
week for tho first time since the war.
He met with a warm welcome.
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A MAN was found dead in a lagoon
in Jefferson county last week in an
advanced stage of decomposition,
with shackles on one foot which led
to tho supposition that he was an
escaped eonvi/A
HHk berm
"VIE to Governor
Glll'Ulin, Umingtt*WfflVressman Stew
firt and J udgo Daniels,of Griffin, eon
Ivoying tho property to the Govcrn
k>>* and his successors in office.
Thk work .of dismissing democrats
Orom ^IT^Major gijxriiment positions still goes
M. F. Caldwell, of
Gainesville, Ga., clerk in the pat¬
ent office was dismissed, the charge
being that, lie was a good demo¬
crat.
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Our new Capital building in At¬
lanta will be formally opened on the
4th of July with impressive cere¬
monies. Tho Weekly Press Asso¬
ciation propose to be present on that
occasion, on their way to their An¬
nual convention at Cartersvilie.
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Kkv. Sam Jones is holding a series
of meetings at Jackson, Miss., where
he^upreaeliing to the largest audi
that over faced a minister in
,-,Hreity. News comes from that
I^Hil |H^hv that great iutescst is being tak
the people, and that the ‘•meet
& are shaking the city to its fouml
JU.
■l'wo little girls, six and seven
Birs| of age, neai* Carthage, Tenu.
epe poisoned on the 4th in
sTant by eating red roses, from
which they died in a short time,
kittle girls, you can cultivate and
admire red roses, but do not eat
them. Thoy are not grown for that
purpose.
Thk city of Seattle, Wasnington
lerritorrv suffered _ . a , ,
conflagration on lhursday last.
The entire business portion ot the
city, embracing about sixty acres of
huildimrs ‘fell a victim to the devour
,ng flames. The loss . is . estimated, ,
from the most accurate figures ob¬
tainable, at from $ 7 , 000 , 000 , to
$ 10 , 000 , 000 .
Thk cloud of gloom is clearing at
Johnstown, Fa. Most accurate esti
mates place , the , loss of . life ,. P above .
10,090. L\erj'thing possible is be
ing done to relieve the attlcted eom
inunit)*. It is now predicted that it
will require a force of 5,000 men
uixt 3 ’ daj's to clear away the debris
and right up the town preparatory
to rebuilding.
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The State Officers have held a
meeting on the question, and
to move tlic dcpartmenld .i-om
their present quarters in the old, to
their quarters in the new
building on the 17th of June, on
which day no work will bo do„o in
the departments. The capitol com
mission will meet on tho 13th inst
to inspect and accept the new capi¬
tol iurnituro and everything con
^Hn|Lt 1 iercwivb and turn it over to
LO.
The J»biitl«nn llorrer.
The fatal calamity at Johnstown,
J'a., on the .'51st ultimo is unpara!
Idled in the hisioiy of this country,
horrifying details as were sent
the world from that point
touching the terrible calamity never
before tilled the columns of the
press.
Thousands of human lives and
millions worth of property were de
Htroyed within a short space of time,
And to what is this terrible de
struction attributable? To the bare
fact /• , that . a Jew rich • , men, in order ,
that they might have pleasurable
past times, had dammed up a stream
of water in such a mariner and at
H uch a point between mountains as
would inevitably produce , the , very
result that was produced, in the
event the dam should brake, as it
did.
This young ocean of water was
not thus confined in order that it
might be brought into requisition
fer any practical purposes, or for
the comfort, in any way, of those to
whom its confinement was a constant
menace
On the contrary this tremendous
volume of water was held, and con
tinned to be held, in its threatening
attitude that a few men might grat
ify their pleasurable whims,
The owners of that reservoir knew
that it held in reserve, ready to be
poured out upon them at the first
break of the dam, death and de
struction to the forty thousand people
in the narrow valley below. As ev¬
idence of this knowledge the repeat¬
ed inspection of the dam through
civil engineers is conclusive. News
now crops out that, for more than a
year, the breaking of the dam
and turning of that tremendous vol¬
ume of water in upon those people
in the valley below has been antici¬
pated, and yet the rich fishermen
continued |to fish and the danger
was allowed to remain. This un
parallelled calamity suggests the
question,—have a few men the right
to build up for their own pleasure,
that which will bring death and
destruction to thousands of their
follow beings? If so, then where is
legal protection to life, liberty and
property.
Too .llurh Wnutc.
As a good indication for the future
of our country, there are evidences
eroping out among our people that
much of the leakage, that has drawn
heavily upon them in the past, is
being stopped. There are visible
and increasing proofs that the peo¬
ple are waking up, and have waked
u]?, on the question of economy.
T ^vru is. observabl y among the
working classes, who are tlKT ififul
supporters of the country, a dispo¬
sition to save at points where liith
eito waste h: s had full sway. It is
clearly apparent to anyone, who
has been a close observer of the hab¬
its of our people for tho past two
decades, that a broader and closer
economy is taking hold upon the
people genereally. Important and
economic questions, that hear direct¬
ly upon individual and collective
interest, and the whys and where¬
fores, that have hitherto lead to
waste and extravagance, are being
considered. There is beginning to
prevail, among the working classes
especially, a realization of the tact
that there has been too great laxit}’
in their methods of financiering, and
they are directing their efforts to¬
wards tightening up on this line.
All these are evidences going to
show that we, as a people, are be¬
ginning to realize that there lias ex¬
isted among us too much leakage,
too much waste, and are indications
that a revolution ot methods is at
hand and that a brighter future is
before us.
M bile there may be pessimists
among us, who never see a bright
sj spot ot in in any anj sky, skv and mu whose vno.e nroDlmt- piopnet
ic vision can discern nothing in the
future but financial wreck and ruin
for country, and abject poverty, yet,
with the facts above mentioned be
fore ns, we can but be hopeful of a
coming prosperity, especially when
wo remember that ours is the grand
cst and best section of country J on
Yps tis true th h as
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and W ° iU ' e " !; ‘ d ot the ma,nfest
evulei,co > ll,at our workl,, g P°°P le .
having realized this tact, are begin
- t F ut a st f to this waste, ’ the
good fruits of which will come to
light in the not distant future.
1’he most delicate constitution can
“f \\ el L Lung U8e °i': Balm, '! 11 ft McLean’s Tar
me is a sure rein
edy K)1 . t . ou#?ll9t | oss ot voice . and all
throat and lung troubles.
A Graud Tournaiueut.
Griffin promises to have a grand
Fireman's Tournament on the 4th of
July. . . I lie reel . contest uni ... , be
a
run of one hundred yards, one hun
dr ed feet of hose to be unreeled, dis
connected, attach pipe and throw
water fifty leet. Ft* pri«e i„ co„
test 18 second prize $<5, and $50
fef best time to plug.
There are also several prizes offer
for fool races of one hundred
yards dash ; also a wheel narrow
race, one hundred jmrds. The 4th
promises to be a big da}’ in Griffin.
Any . ease of , extrame Bowel „ , D.s
order may be prevented by using
Lamar’s Diarrhoea Mixture in time,
n«axrr*na l>i lnv«.
The law gurranteos to every man
charged with a criminal offense, a
fair and impartial trial by a jury of
Ids peers. This is proper, this is
prudent, this is wisdom, and it is
!l right that should not be abridged,
Hut tho growing disposition to effect
delay in the trial of those charged
with the gravest offenses known to
l, ie 'aw, we fear, bodes no good for
the future of this country. The fre
quently repeated resorts to legal
quiblings and to minor legal techni
caht.es, , with „.;,k the .i manifest -, . purpose to
stay proceedings of trial, and if pos
sible, ultimately free the culprit from
punishment, are simply planting in
Die minds of the masses the germ
,, that , will, ... sooner or , later, , bring . f forth ,
a crop of fearful lawlesness. At
read} cio we see and hear of the on
coming of this crop of lawlessness
in the trequent lynchings that are
so often chronicled from different
sections ot our country. These
lynchings are nothing more, nor less,
than the inevitable fruits of legal de
i lay in • i bringing • • criminals to the bar
of justice and giving them that fair
and impartial trial to which they are
justly and clearly entitled under the
Supreme law of the land.
The legal subterfuges, sojeoinmon
ly resorted to in these cases, amount
to an actual presumption, upon the
part of those availing themselves
thereof, upon the ignorance and ve
nalety of jurors, and but serve to
engender and nurture, among the
people, that self-preservation spirit
that prompts them to become a law
unto themselves, when heinous
crimes are committed in their midst.
The jurors of this country are not
venal ignoramuses, but are tho
legally chosen citizens to sit in judg¬
ment upon the acts and doings of
criminals, and are wise enough to
know when their ignorance is pre
fiu mod upon, and when the Godess
of Justice is treated with contempt
through the channel of legal subter¬
fuge. Otherwise courts and court
proceedings would become a farce,
and trials a mockery. To keep the
citizens of any republic law abiding,
it is necessary that the law be
promptly and properly executed.
DizziNKss, nausea, drowsiness, dis¬
tress after eating, can be cured and
prevented by taking Dr. J. 11. Mc¬
Lean's Liver and Kidney Fillets
(little pills.)
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Common .Sninv,
That common sense is a natural
endowment none, doutless, will deny,
but that, in these times of cranks,
crankism, and extremists, it is not
improved and as commonly exercis¬
ed as it should be, is another propo¬
sition equally as '*pdeniable.
Man’s eo.’RtYnpR^ense is that which
gives proper shape and direction to
the practical affairs of life, it is
the great balance wheel that gives
proper adjustment to man’s business
and business enterprises. Accom¬
plished education, polished manners,
and society ways will not equip one
so well for the battle of life as tho
exercise of common sense, which
becomes stronger, broader, and more
powerful the more frequent it is
drawn upon and called into requisi¬
tion.
But while common sense is a nat¬
ural endowment, yet many people
often-times show a want of it. On
this point a correspondent to the
(Milledgeville) Union Recorder
says:
The miser shows a want of com¬
mon sense, for he lives poor that he
may die rich ; the spend-thifl shows
want of common sense, for he lives
rich that he may die poor. The
young man, who cultivates the hab¬
it that will make him a drunkard,
shows a want of common sense, for
he is cultivating a habit that will
develop itself in time into a disease,
for drunkedness is at last a disease
that first imflames the stomach and
j then the whole nervous system.
The opium 'b eater, the laudanum
^ t h s how'a want of com
mon SC nse in the cultivation of a
b u bit that will shatter their nervous
system, like lightening the tree it
strikes. The farmer shows a want
^aV*tic 1 e‘to°setr’ aml° buv^a half
dozen necessaries of life which he
should raise on his farm The phy
gician shows a want of common,
sense, who prescribes whiskey to a
sick patient who has inherited G r
cultivated a taste for liquor, as a
dialv tonic. The young lady shows
! a want of common sense, who mar
; ries, against the better judgment of
father and mother, a man with bad
habits. The young man shows a
want of common sense who spends
as fast as be makes. Each and eve
ry one shows a want of common
sense, who imagines that King, and
cheating and defrauding will pay in
! the long run of life,
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No need to take those big cathar
j tic pills; one of Dr. J H. McLean's
Liver aud Kidney Fillets is quite
sufficient and more agreeable.
1 he wheat threshers , have , been ,
operating in different sections of the
county for the last few days, and
farmers are reporting that fair crops
of both wheat, and fall sown oats
hav0 Ue„ ^ «’e Lve
heard a number of farmers express
regret that they did not sow more
jargelv in oats last fall. This but
gives W-e to our oft repent so*.
gestion to our farmers, never to per
m it the first tall month to pass with
i Q ut sowing a good crop of oats.
We are a,e decidedlv decided 3 of ot the the opinion oninion thu that
; 110 farmer will e\er lose anything
by no doing. ^
CORRUPT POMTICAI, HKTIIOI)^.
\\ hen viewed in its true lighf.,
and as to its inevitable and ultimate
results, political corruption is the
alarming feature of this republic,
It is too patent to every one at all
conversant with political maneuver
ings to be denied, that money is being
looked to, and regarded, as the means
through and by which to achieve
political success, where political pan
ties are concerned.
It is now openly estimated that
the cost of the last national cam
paign exceeded . 85,000,000. Now
assuming, as was doubtless the case,
that this vast sum of money was ex
pended in a manner, and for pur-
1 poses which honesty and true natri- *
-
otism condemns, is not the spectacle,
ami the promise ot the political fu
ture of this country, appalling? This
spirit of corruption is increasing its
hold upon the people, not only in
national, but in state, and even in
county elections.
It is an advertised, and generally
acknowledged, fact, that money J has
become the eontrolmg power m se
lecting men to official positions from
the lowest to the highest office in the
gift of the people. The logical
elusion from this fact is that,
men s fitness, capacity and ability,
but money is being depended on to
select the men who are to control
and direct the machinery of govern¬
ment. Under this status of affairs
the time is not distant, if"it is
now, when government will become
an object of purchase and sale, and
the party commanding the most
money will obtain control by virtue,,
of its highest bid. and will hold tho
reins so long as backed up with suffi¬
cient money to enable them to do
so.
What else can result from such
base political methods but a monied
oligarchy and the ultimate wreck
and ruin of the republic ?
Speaking on this subject, the Sa¬
vannah Morning News says:
A great many wealthy men who
would wot be guilty of a crime, or a
dishonest act in a business transac¬
tion, do not hesitate to sell t heir votes
or to assist in buying votes. There
are party workers who do not think
it dishonorable to resort to any
means to secure the success of their
party. They have no hesitation
whatever in violating election laws
and their moral sense is so blunted
that they are as ready to buy votes
as they are to buy merchandise.
Senator EdmiuDls makes nearly a
dozen suggestions for wearing purer
elections, but only two of them are
really valuable. One of these is
hat the people must be educated so
tliey w. 1 have a higher rppreem
!°„ of the n - hL 10 ca8t a b:lllot ;. a,ld
he other , .is jemLspryice . , .
One of the reasons tuat there is so
much immoral work elections
now is the desire to get control of
he offices A party worker who
hopes to get a good office if his party
is successful will use all kinds of
questionable methods to assist Ins
party, and if his wrong doing is not
found out he is pretty certain to be
rewarded, however unfit he maybe
to discharge the duties ot a responsi
deposition.
1 he people must be so educated
hat public opinion will condemn in
the most emphatic way the buying
and selling of votes, if a man who
bought or sold a vote was ostracised
in he community in which he lived,
just as a thief is, there would be very
few votes bought and sold. The low
moral tone of the people, with re¬
spect to politics, is what makes the
use of immoral election methods
possible.
The extending of civil service re¬
form rules will lessen the number of
political prizes, and as this number
decreases the number of political
workers,who think only of the offices,
will decrease. When parties strug¬
gle for principles instead of offices,
corrupt practices in elections will
largely disappear.
Hold Ai-ouud Rntuesrille.
Gainesville Eagle.
Several weeks ago Mr. lony’
* N1 erck purchased a tract of land
about u two nnles from this city from
Major David Welchel and Mr. James
PllS8 > P a Y in S a part of the purchase
money and taking a bond for titles,
' imcondSuonlT but
Whelchel reserved the mineral in
lerest 5 in hi »- Shortly after the
taansaction Merck discovered a
fokl-bearing T vein on the property,
; and luformedhim of it, and offered
llia an additional amount to relin
9 uish the m ‘neral interest The
proposition . accepted, and Merck
was
f iei ! s<dd one ' n ad 'nterest in the
a " d ^ ^ongstreet T for one
tnousand dollars, receiving one-half
111 cask * U l thls in P’ , ) e 3; bc P aid
YP t 10 valances due \\ helcbel and
Fass, and took straight deeds to the
land.
j After obtaining full titles Merck
made a thorough examinations of
the vein and found it contained free
j gold, os far as he opened it He
! brought specimens ofthe ore to town
and showed it to a number of min
ing experts, who pronounced them
very rich, and they further express
tlje opinion thut if there is a suffi
cient quantity of such ore on the
| property, it will prove very valuable
indeed—some estimating it to be
worth thousands of dollars a ton.
8 me ut k c ™ , hed
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pennyweight of gold was obtained,
H the vein is large enough and con
Unue ? 10 y ield lls well as it now
.
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remains to be seen how much there
is of it.
: Ibis find has produced quite a
flutter of excitement here, and Mr.
Merck and General Longstreet a>a
, considered very luckv in
possession of such a bonanza.
COTTON RAROnG.
The following circular taken from
the N. (). Times-Democrat embodies
the views ot the New Orleans Cotton
Exchange on the subject ot cotton
bagging, and manifest a disposition
upon the part ot the Exchange to
aid the cotton planters in their light
with the jute trust:
The Exchange say :
In baling the cotton crop of the
United States there is now annually
p in P l 0 Y ed about 50,000,OuG yards of
I foreign 010 - product, 1 and he jute its manufacture fibre is a
into bagging is conducted cheifiy
beyond the limits of the cotton stales.
The annual cost to the growers ot
cotton for the bagging used in baling
their cotton crop ot 7,000,000 bales
mfiy he stated at say $5,000,000.
For the purpose of promoting
home manufactures and increasing
the llse and consumption ot the
^''fat staple crop of the cotton states
into the qualities* aiTd^merits^of * a
cotton fabric made specially for bal
ing cotton. The results of this in¬
q«iry discloses very conflicting but
ext f n8,ve aud valuable opinion.
A number of manufacturers in the
cotton paring states are reported to be pre¬
to supply an important pro
portion of the covering required for
baling the cotton crop of the current
year. There is naturally a great
and commendable desire to use the
product ot our own fields and ot our
own factories.
This Exchange is in entire harmo¬
ny with
THIS PROGRESS!YK IDEA,
and will now. as heretofore, encour*
age, promote and sustain any prac*
tical measure promising general ben'
efit to the cotton interests of its
great constituency in the cotton
states. The probable annual re¬
quirements of one hundred and
twenty thousand bales of cotton for
making bagging, the employment
of thousands of operatives at loom
and spindle, and the consequent re¬
tention at home and disbursement
among annually our own people of 85,000,000
now sent out of the cotton
states in payment of foreign jute,
are partially developed facts, that
must command our serious notice.
The interests concerned arc general
character. The}’ are of great
magnitude and are pertinent to our
own especial friends and people.
lu the matter of fabrics for baling
cotton there should be competition,
at least, and that competition should
be on terms of equality. This leads
up to the point that the jute cover¬
ing on a bale weighing eight pounds
is more than the cotton cover¬
ing. To sell cotion covered and
jute covered bales for the same price
for the gross weight of bales, irros
pective of bagging, would be to the
PREJUDICE OE THE LIGHT COVERING.
It p, apparent / then that there
cannofc bo a )y fail . G1 . oqlia] competi
tion without a distinct recognition
of the impor t ai! t difference in the
respective weights of the bagging lhaf
nse , L j„ recommending a
Proper adjustment of existing differ
be made in-favnr ofa subr.li
tlUo cotton fabric, as against the
j llte fabric, the opportunity different of com
potitiori of the fabrics is
equitably established, without preju
dice t0 the sellei . ttr buvci . () f cotton ;
j s therefore
Besolved, That a copy of these
vieW8 be sent co the several Cotton
Exchanges of the United States ; to
the Cotton Brokers’ Association in
Liverpool, England ; to the Bourse
in Havre, France ; to Bremen, Am
gterdarn Genoa and all other foreign
eotton communities and associations
bl Eurooe
Stanley O. Thomas, President,
Henby G. Hester, Secretary,
New Orleans, May 21. 1889.
SCRATCH ROOK DREAUS AND
RANDOM SHOTS.
Grady! Henry Grady! Grady
of Atlanta! Yes, Grady! (rordon
first, then Gra'dy! I wish J could
forget Grady, but he is like a moun¬
tain 1 once tried to travel around.
1 was moving a half day, and iff
dared turn my eyes, that mountain
loomed up in the dreamy distance.
Grady is Atlanta, and Atlanta is
Georgia, and Georgia is the south
and the south is the universe to me’
Gfady is the coming man. 1 have,
friends who, say he lias the swell
head. What if' he has? He has
something to swell upon—genius.
Let him swell. \\ ho built Atlanta
fromashesand,ashesays, shine putsun
in the mortar and brick?
Who conceived of, and inaugurated
the constructing of half the railroads
and half the factories of Georgia?
tal to Geor-ia^^Who"^£Tos^n
couraged the development of literary
taste in Georgia? Who weekly
feeds the children of Georgia upon
pleasant and profitable literary pab
ulu ra? * n 8i f mo,,t bs thfc
maimed, - helpless , and , , hopeless , con
federate soldier may find a-comforta
ble home, and blissful retreat, in the
very heart of his beloved state—the
free tribute of a grateful people
proffered him as a feeble recom
pense for his valor and his suf
ferings. Who awoke the south
ern heart to a discharge of its
sacred duty? Who, in one short
monlh, could raise from poverty it
self, the funds for an everlasting
monument, make nations bow in
admiration, and cause heaven to
applaud? \\ ho but Grady? \\ ho
has done more for the farmer? Who
sounded the key note to the solution
ofthe negro problem? -But' say
my friends, “he does this for votes."
“He is aspiring, 5 ' Let him aspire.
He has a right. Here is one vote
for him for any office lie may desire, j
He may have switched off on the
tariff subject. 1 am not so sure but
^ was right. I would be convinced 1,^
wrong—always against poor folks
and farmers—always for Hanson,
even against the interests of Heaven
home'mude' r heVould blf , a^blg ....
not
man. He is a big man any how, and
you will find it out soon. I am no
kin to Grady. 1 have no eonnee
tim^ ivith Grady of any sort. I am
personally ‘ to Grady, but,
Grady !Bet.
NEW GOODS!
LOWEST PRICES !
THE STOCK THAT
J.J. CATER & FAULK
ARE NOW RECEIVING
IS SIMPLY
BEYOND.-.COMPARISON!
MR. FAULK, who has just returned from
York, says that this being his first visit to the great
Metropolis, and expecting to he criticised, he took
great care in buying and knows that he lias
A SPLENDID STOCK OF GOODS!
All we ask is for the Public to give ns a chance to, and we
will sell them Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats, Crockery, in fact
each Department is Complete.
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l£i vi>ioii of the Jury I,nw.
Mr. Editor: —In mj^ article on
amending the jury law, you said in
your editorial, that you agreed with
me as to extending the number
revisors >o sixteen, one from each
district: but you did not approve
the method of revising or the draw
of the same. Now Mr. Editor just
here is where the issue is made,
You would have the commissioners
appointed by the judge, i would
have them elected by the people at
the ballot box.
I claim that the justice of the
peace anil the jury commissioners
would be improved by consolidating
the two. The people will see to it
that we have the very best men in
each district to discharge these im¬
portant duties. Now as to your
plan of having only one hundred and
forty names in the grand jury box,
with sixteen revisors, it would only
give to each revisor, eight and three
forths names each.
You see at once that if tliey be
men of large family connection that
this number will hardly go round
their near relatives, and as a matter
of course their intimate friends would
have to be left out and hence made
mad.
Now Mr. Editor, you know it is
the order of the day, from president
down to jury revisor to provide for
his household first. For it is written
“that he who does not provide for
his household, is an infidel, and has
denied the faitji already.” Tempt; l
tion is man’s beseting s-in, and to de¬
stroy this tempter is the object aim¬
ed at in this communication. Now
I claim that the best way is to put
every man ** game in the grand jurv
box. i. e. if he be experienced and
upright, leaving and out all exempt bv
the statutes, the remainder (not
experienced but upright) to he plac
ed in the special jury box, under the
same restrictions. Now you object
to grand jurors being subject to be
drawn as special jurors at the hic
ce.ssive term of the court. This can
he easily avoided, by allowing pultingAbern one
term to pass by before
in the special jury box. Lt is right
that every man, whether grand or
special juror, ought, and should share
the arduous duties of a special juror
as well as have all tho pomp and
honor of a grand juror.
Nor do I believe that the neoDle
will be satisfied with your plan of
creating an aristocracy of one hun
dred and forty men, who as a matter
of course will go by favoriteism to
bemade perpetual sponsors to guide
sioners of roads and revenues, pub
lie building Ac.
To be denied this privilege, is to
Jony his cons.Untinn.l ri s ht guar
Hght citizen.”'''' ’ u i’
Now, Mr. Editor, I think that in
like condition all should have an
equal showing once in a while, at
least in having a say so in matters
pertaining to county affairs.
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JAMES T. GANTT, I
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