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Death of a Veteran Editor.
C H C WilHnghnin, the Editor of
th# Cartcr.sviilo Free Press, is
dead. We were aware that he had
been seriously sick for sometime,
‘ yet the sad intelligence of Ids
death, was to the writer a shock.
We knew Mr. Willingham well.
Tears gone by when we were a
boy, Mr. W. edited the LaGrange
Reporter, which under his man
agement, became one of the lead-
r«g and influential journals of the
state. This paper was then his pet
and pride, as well as the people of
Troup county, who admired not on
ly the able, independent an vigor
ous manner, in which it was edi
ted, hut its always neat and hand
some appearance, typographical
ly-
It was while editing the Repor
ter, that the late lamented Gov.
Stephens, waa attracted to him, as
a writer of unusual force, and se
cured his services as managingedi-
tor of the AtlantaSun, which Mr.
Stephens was then editing. With
the collapse of the Sun, Mr. Wil
lingham was employed to edit the
Rome Courier, with which paper
he remained, we believe, until he
established the Free Press at Car-
tersvilie somewhere about the year
1876 or 77.
Mr. Willingham, was a journal
ist by instinct. He loved the bus
iness, for which he was so admira
bly adapted by his mental charac
teristics. Although acknowledged
as one of the best writers of the
press, in the State, his education,
as he lias often told the writer was
obtained almost entirely, within
the walls of a printing office and
from the reading of newspapers.
As a wrltor, he was ready, nervous
and forcible. In his best days, it
Was no trouble for him, at one sit-
ting, to dash off several columns
of able editorial, embracing the
strong political leader, as well as
tho crisp and piquant paragraph.
One of the most .eminent. Presby
terian preachers, who ever lived in
the State, himself a man of pro
found scholarship and fine literary
attainments, once told the writer
in.speaking of Mr. Willingham’s
. education, so far as books were
concerned, that to him, Mr. W. was
a phenomenon, that he was one of
thereadist writers he ever knew,
that he certainly was at home with
a pen in his hand.
But it was as a man Mr. Wil
lingham, endeared himself to his
friends. Social, genial and whole
souled, he was one of the most com
panionable of men. True as steel
to his friends, he was faithful to
principle and to the right, as he.
saw it. Genial and pleasant though
he was, his columns could never be
made subs ervent to the wily and
scheming politician, and “unawed
by influence and unbribed by
gain,” he fought manfully for what
he conceived the interests of the
people.
Stand
.r
In Cold Blood.
Near the line of Carroll last
Wednesday evening was perpetua
ted the most willful and cold-blood
ed murder-that ever disgraced the
annals of heard. The particulars are
v as follows: In the evening late Mr.
Bamuel N. Barker (better known
as Bonner) returned home from
Work on his farm, and stopped in
his lot to feed some hogs. At this
time John W. Smith, his brother
An, and A. S. King, all of whom
lived near by and frequented the
premises, walked up. As soon as
they sa\v Barker, John Smith en
tered the lot with drawn pistol, ac-
-wCQBting him, and made him submit
*to the most profane abuse. Bar
ker told him he v-as unarmed and
to let him alone.. His wife plead
for him but received only the cur-
Bes of the murderous rascal. Smith
then struck Barker at the same
time£shot him, the ball taking ef
fect in the region of the heart and
causing instant death. The men
then fled immediately. If there had
been any disagreement between
the parties previous.to the murder,
it is not known.
mith is widely known to crime.
His criminal character is too well
known to need comment. He has
killed a number of men, and we
have heard prominent men say
that were all the indictments
against him collected, they would
compose a stack as high as his
head. He is a terror to his commu
nity, and the. instigator of nearly
k all the crime in northern Heard for
eft or fifteen years. Everybody
Jknows him and looks on him as a
erfect desperado.
The news of the sad affair cast
agFoom over the entire communi-
.ty, and w-hen told in town yester-
y morning a general feeiing of
sadness could be seen in every
countenance, and detected in ev
ery voice. He was a young man
and had been married about two
years. His wifeseeins irreconcila
ble to her sad loss. All knew him
to love him. He was a friend to
everybody, and had befriended his
murderer when no one else would.
Being a first cousin of ours, we
knew him, his sober, kind, and
The Georgia Wonder Takes
In Chicago.
Chicago, III., January -3.—Con
siderable comment has resulted
from the extrusion at a colored
man from participating in the tests
at the entertainment of Miss Lula
Ilurst, the Georgia Wonder, who
excited so much attention in New
York a few months ago, and who
isjnow performing at Central Music
hall in this city. The colored pop
ulation is especially indignant at
what they regard as an unwarran
table introduction of the color line
in a public entertainment. Shortly
before the five-minute intermission,
the manager, Mr. Atchison, made
the request that “any man” in.the
house should come forward to hold
the chair.
His request was responded to by
a neatly dressed colored man, who
asl.c mounted the stage, laid aside
his overcoat, and then walked to
ward the center of tho platform to
take up the chair.
flie manager at once protested,
saying: “This contest is not open
to you,”
“Why not ?” inquired the colored
man, amid the mingled applause
and hisses of the audience.
“I have the utmost consideration
for the colored man,” said the man
ager, with an eloquent left hand
gesture, as he reposed two fingers
of his right hand in the breast of
his Prince Albert coat, “but I must
protest against this. Leave the
stage if you please sir.”
“You said‘any one,’ and I am
here. I paid my money, and I am
obeying your own request,’ replied
the colored man.
MB. IIURST REFUSES.
Mr. Hurst walked rapidly up to
the speaker whose back was turn
ed toward him, as if meaning busi
ness of some kind; but as the color
ed man paid no attention to him
he moved uneasily back to his for
mer position. Manager Atchison
then stepped to the front and ex
plained that Mr. Hurst claimed the
right to determine who were fit
and proper persons to engage in
the tests, whether they were white
or black, and that they must de
cline the services of the gentleman
who had offered himself. The au
dience appeared rather to favor the
decision, and the colored man, be
coming indignant, declared that he
was a gentleman and a free born
citizen. This was not denied and
he was offered a seat on the plat
form, but he declined, unless he
w-as allowed to go through the test.
Mr. Hurst still refused, and finally
returned to the colored gentleman
his dollar.
“Let him try! let him try!” was
shouted by several voices in the au
dience.
“I say no!” roared a pompous
looking man, who was at once as
sisted down.
“Mr. Hurst is as good a friend as
the negro has, and he will always
see that you have your rights,” said
the manager patronizingly to the
colored man.
“Iam an American citizen, and I
do not want Mr. Hurst’s or any one
else’s protection. I have as many
rights as he has,” replied the gen
tleman of color, as he put on his
coat and started for the door.
An irate man in the gallery yell
ed out: “You fellow-s must think
you are in Georgia.”
Before the colored man left tho
house several young men hurried
after Him and gave him their cards.
The performance w-as then contin
ued as on the previous nights.
Mr. Hurst afterward said that
this was only the second time a
colored man had attempted to come
on the platform and he had object
ed each time. He w-as personally
a friend of the colored race, and at
his home in Georgia had the good
will of all the negroes, but he did
not v.-ish his daughter to engage in
tests with them. Miss Hurst also
said that she would have declined
to have tried any experiment with
the colored man. The ladies in the
audience, she says sympathized
with her, as*after the performartce
several of them expressed their
pleasure at the stand she had ta
ken.
The Horses’ Petition.
“Going down hill, w-hip me not;
Going up hill, hurry me not;
On level road, spare me not;
Loose in stable, forget me not;
Of hay and corn rob me not;
Of clear w ater, stint me not ;
Of soft, dry bed’ deprive me not;
Tired and hot, wash me not;
If sick or cold, chill me not;
With sponge or brush, neglect me
not;
With cheek and martingale
me not;
With blinkers, blind me not;
When you are angry strike
not;
Aud a more faithful friend
will find not.”
gag
me
Protective Tariff.
Editor Journal: In your paper
of recent date, Governor Brown is
reported as saying, in substance
“There is a class of Democrats w ho
would prefer the tariff to be levied
on a foreign article not found in
this country, rather than on such as
we produce, because they do not
wish to protect American industry
He shows conclusively that this is
laid policy and injurious to the
country.”
Now the Senator lias made a big
target for himself and shot central
ly through it. Who. ever before
heard of “a class of Democrats”in
Georgia, who would nrefor a tariff
on coffee, or other article not pro-
| duced in the United States, rather
j than on sugar or other home pro-
| duct, because the latter would pro
tect American industry ? If there
be such a class or w-ing of Georgia
Democrats I have never heard of it
before. I did not know that any
man wanted a tariff on coffee be
cause it is not an American pro
duct.
True Democracy teaches that
discrimination in laying a tariff on
importations is unjust, because it
benefits some to the detriment of
others. When the product of an
American industry is protecten by
tariff it inures to the benefit of the
few manufacturers or producers,
and to the Injury of the many con
sumers, the worst sufferers being
those who consume most.
Governor Brown, with his usual
ingenuity before the people, has
made a case to suit himself, and in
stituted a very plausible, indeed,
an unanswerable argument upon it
Facts, however, could be stated,
that really exists, outside of the
imagination. For example, the
Senator himself is said to have
millions of capital in iron mills,
money, etc, etc, in the posession
and enjoyment of which, together
with the large income from it, he is
secured by the government, with
out paying one cent into the Feder
al treasury as'tax on these poses-
sions. He contributes no more to
ward the support of the United
States government than the labor
ing man worth only $o,000, with a
family going in respectable
style.
Mereover, after the exemption of
this immense wealth from taxation
he still would have the contribution
from the people continued, in the
form of protective tariff on iron,
which increases his already large
income.
While these are facts which any
man of ordinary intelligence can
see and understand, if he will think
for himself, yet the tariff is such a
roundabout way of getting his
money, he never seems to know
why he is growing poorer, while
the millionaire is growing rich
er.
Air. Randall recently said, in ad
vocacy of the present tariff revenue
system, that people of the interior
do not seem to feel and know that
they pay tariff revenue, and he
seems to rely on their continued
ignorance, in this prrticular, for a
perpetuation ot the scheme. He
also says the people will not sanct
ion free trade. This, however,seems
to be a mere assumption. Who ob
jects to it? Not the people' general
ly; for the rocent vote in favor of a
man, said by his tariff Republican
opponent to be a tree trade man,
proves the contrary, particularly
as that was the jonly iss«o invol
ved.
Well may the protectionists wish
the internal revenue abolished.
They are not beuefltted by it, and
it is leading the people to see how
thetariff is insiduously consuming
their means. None but manufactu
ring monopolists and capitalistswill
oppose a change in the tariff system
Three-fourths of the people do not
belong to these classes and will not
oppose, when they properly under
stand it.
Mr. Randall seems to bo incon
sistent when he says, as he did re
cently in Nashville, that “there
are three sets of thinkers in our
country at this* time. One wants
prohibitory high duty, another
seeks to have free trade, and the
third class to which I claim to be
long, wants duties to be levied on
articles of import, so that when
they come in competition with
those manufactured in our country,
they shall have such a duty placed
upon them as will result in pre
venting their importation.” Nowit
may be because I am not a politi
cian and statesman, but for the life
of me I cannot see the difference
between a “prohibitory high duty”
and “such a duty as will result in
preventing their importation.” So
Mr. Randall is for depriving the
government of revenue for the
benefit of the manufacturing mo
nopolists, to the injury of the con
sumer, for of course there will be
no revenue from goods not import
ed. This certainly, to me, looks
more like Republican ideas and
methods than Georgia Democra
cy. J. G. Westmoreland.
Atlanta Ga. t
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