The true citizen. (Waynesboro, Ga.) 1882-current, April 28, 1882, Image 4
The True Citizen,
WAYNESBORO, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL;.’
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' The Survival of the Fittest."
To the Public.
To-day we send forth the first num
ber of The True Citizen, a new can
didate for publn favor, ani ask for it a
kindly reception and an unbiased ex
amination. The intention of the pub
lishers is to furnish their readers with a
journal containing a complete record of
events transpiring in Burke county
and the current news of the day from a 1 [
parts of the country. No pains o r
trouble will be spared to make
it a welcome visitor to the homes
and firesides of its patrons, and will
fearlessly attack the wrong wherever it
may be found, and faithfully uphold the
cognizing its obligations to the people
as its highest and most solemn duty, it
that the funds paid into the Treasury
for educational purposes be applied to
will lend what strength and influence the subject for which it was in ended.
it may possess to ikose candidates whom
it deems honest, capable and worthy of
the the people’s confidence.
We cannot believe, however, that
any true Southern man, or any honest
politician, or lover of civil liber'y from
any section of the whole Nation, can,
neither does he wish to be, imlcpenent
of the principles of Joffesonian Democ
racy—pure and simple—as practiced by
the Patriarch Fathers of the govern
ment. But when we sec rings, cliques
and squads of irresponsible persons, who
make politics a trade, and who assume
to dictate to the people whom they
shall or shall not make their rulers and
officers, only for selfish motives and
personal aggrandizement, then we glory
in the name of •‘Independent,” and sub
mit ourselves and our political tenets to
tor inspite of Burke if she d*r*' mur- I in£his wife seriously, and leaving the
rnur at thn f rf iture of her rights. | whole family prostrate on die floor.—
Is this feat-urn in 111" i clophone's The house was leveled even with the
But besides these phases of organized arliuio a dare Burke ■ Ii so, silt; | s’
par;ies*>r partisan faoinns, there are
always a few s'rest corner politicians—
in event- county and every town in the
State, loud-mouthed and deep-toned in
their professions of parly fealty—who
call all the conventnhs, pass all the
will most gracefully take up the
gauntlet so gingerly tendered—no
matter who acquiesces—and put a
candidate in the field who wid de
stroy your boasted majority, and
carry the district. Burke can do it—
resolutions, and dic'ate to the people | and if an attempt is made to force
what they shall do, for - s horn they shall
vote, and who really deny to the public
any voice in die government. And all
this is Organized p-my politics—only
another name for “clique and ring.”'—
We venture the assertion that it will
not be long before these petty political
tyrants will be made to feel the righteous
indignation of an in,suited people.
As stated at the begning of this ex
pose of our political views, we shall
maintain the principles of government
the people for their judgment—and if j as laid down by the great Thomas Jef-
right with all its strength in the humble ^ t j ie ^ decide against us, then we shall be ferson, but will wage an uncompromis-
as well as in the proud and gre it. In con tent
a word, the publishers hope to conduct
the The Ci i izkn in such a manner as
k> command the respect of all fair mind
ed men and the patronage of the public.
The business of the office will be con
ducted strictly on business prin iples.—
Anything to deceive the masses, now
seems to 1)3 orthodox in the polities of
professional office-seekers; and we int
unfrequcntly find public journals of our
State, claiming to be reflectors of pub
lic opinion and defenders of popular
And learning from experience the losses | rie ' nta> but who are too cowardly to op-
continually sustained by publishers who ; poge and expo8e the designs of dishon-
carry on a general oredu systoin, the ; etjfc offioe _ holdera t o rob the people by
publishers have determined to do b mi- ma i administra , bn of the governmental
ness upon a strictly cash bas.s, and will affairs> and which would f, r less than a
require the cash in advance for all sub-, mMg of « ae ll the binh-right”
script ions. 'Hus rule will De positively | n , .... , _ ,, ""
„ 1 . ..... „ . , , r of an honest citizen, and-cry out, “great
adhered to. llus feature m the busi- . „ , ,,, . ,, , .
... . , , is Dianna ot the Ephesians, though
ness management, ot the concern shofld .
... , . . , . i they know th?y are opoosing the sacred
d splease no Dotty, as it is nothing more . ... , T .
. 1 , . religion of the Lord Jesus Christ, or
than simple justice. At. least one halt
mg war upon all political coruptions
and wrongs, from whatever source
they may eminat). Tile Citizen
belongs neither to the house of Vork
nor the house of Lancaster—it wears
neither the white nor the red rose
her into measures,
pause for a reply.
she will. We
Meeting at Thomson. 4'
Joe Brown, colored, was carried
three hundred yards, and was badly
brui-ed. John Baker lost everything.
Not a house or fence was left standing.
Ilankin Phillips and family got under
their house. The structure was carried
off wen with the sills. The storm then
Kissed the Central Railroad at the 173
mile posl, struck James Lcckharty’s,
destroying every building except the
dwelling. It then struck John Nich
ols’ place, t proofing every house, and
killing two mules. Then, near Cordon
it blew away the residence ol Charles
•Lyle, fatally Mounding his wtfe and
child, killing outright Miss Lockhart,
and wounding Mr. Ly e seriously. It
the house and fences of
Augusta Chronicle & Oonstiutionali.it.
Thomson, April 22.—In response
to a call published in the McDuffie
Journal, for a meeting of the citizens
of McDuffie county, who were op
posed to the manner in which the
laws have been administered, a num
ber of citizens assembled at the Court j a l so dosir wed
House at 101 o’clock, this a. m. j Frank Balcom, and made a clean sweep
On motion of CM. M. C. Fulton, | 0 f the forests.
,)r - f ;Pi va * el “ ol(,d C,l “ ir : i The full pertieulnracannot he obtain
man and Walter b. Curtis requested . ,
to hct as Secretary of the meeting*. I to—uigiit, but j^reat damage has been
0. A. Re^se and others stated the done, and several lives have been lost,
object of the meeting. : The ruin ,vas terrific,
-Mr \\ m.^j lintup said that he had > Augusta, April 23.—A terrific rain
been requested bv Judge Snead to i . , , . .. . . , . -
. , . 1 ,i ,,• ?, , , storm, aoompumeu by had, visited tins
state t.o the meeting that he was, ; 1 . , ’
powerless to prevent the settlement.! sec ' t,a about midnight last niglit, last-
buts'ami the people and their rights, of t,he case of the Slate against T. E. I ing several hours, it is feared that
and suport that man for office whom it
deems the littcsi.
W. I). Sullivan, Editor.
of those who put their names upon the
supscription hooks of country newspa
pers, never had any intention of paying
the subscription when they scat their
nartres. 'This entails a heavy loss upon
the publisher, and does u grass in j ’.slice
to those who promptly and honestly pay
for their papers. Of course, we want
the patronage of all who propose to deal
honestly and justly, and we hope to con
duct ourselves and our business in a
aiding dishonest leaders in destroying
the last vest,age of human rigids and
civil liberty.
To deceive, to rob and to mislead
the masses, who are at home industri
ously laboring to produce an honest liv
ing, to bribe the morally weak or needy,
is now good faith to political parties, or
ganized for personal benefit and m/lives
alone. And if one dares express any op
position to these unrighteous acts, he
. ....... who would be a defender of justice and
manner to merit it; but to those who . . *
, I the right is ostracised and declared to
pay in promises, we must sav we navel p , .
... , be unfit for respectable party affiliation,
books »■«/>«pH Tom- e t J
no room on our
to record your
TEIie TMext Senator.
Sylvauhi Telephone, April 8th.
Some one of Burke county’s Sena
torial aspirants, p^rlmps, who is two
impatient to bide his time, has ad
dressed a letter to the Herald advo
cating the justness of Burke’s ignor
ing the compact entered into oetween
herself and sister counties of the 17th
District in regard to the right of
rotation in selecting a candidate for
Senator. We are glad to see that the
Herald has riot given its sanction to
such a proposition, but on the con
trary advises adherence on the part of
Burke to the agreement solemnly
made long years ago.
Burke should be the last to agitate
such a question, for in the event of
her violating that compact, it, would
be but an easy matter for Bulloch
and Scriven to take unto themselves
the honor of furnishing the Senator
continually. While Burke may out
S'dicitor-Gt.-neral considerable injury lias been done the
crops, especially the young cotton,
Watson, if the
wished it settled.
On motion of Opt. T. A. Hamil-, .. . . , . ,
ton, a committee was appointed by ! w ue 1 Wli ''eceeos.-ilate replanting. The
the Chair, consisting of the following estimated full is five inches,
gentlemen: Col. M. C. Fulton, Dr. j
E. C. Haw< j s, B. A. Willingham, j The Georgia Press Association
Wm. Printnp, C. H. Ellington, J. R.
, Hobby is made to serve the use ofprin-, number the other two counties com
names, or money to spare to pay vour ... . , T 11 ■ i • , .• , ,
J ' cple, and a greater exertion is made by i blued m population, still she has
•fficeholders to deceive the people, and
postage.
While the present firm had no con-.
.. ... .... „ , to placate the powcrlul than to do their
lice Mon with the publishers of the 1 ...
Burke News, an l could not legally or
nnrally.be held resja risible for any ot
the transactions of that firm, circum
stances, and to show a disposition to do
justice, have caused them to determine
to fill out the subscriptions of those who
i honest duty. To the great minority-—
pa'riots—honest men—who have found
their way into a few of the offices, we
give all honor ; and to them we look to
stand as a check to the corruptions
which pervade the admiuistratration of
all public affairs, until the people shall
subscribed for that paper for the time , .
.. , ... . , discover how much they are being un
paid lor. I hey-do this at a heavy loss , ......
posed upon, and arise in their might,
tear down the altars of Baal and set up
altars of political honesty in their pla
te themselves, and hope hat a generous
and discriminating public will appreiate
their action in this matter in a liberal
mihd.
To these who have honored ,us with
their confidence and their names, we re-
i urn our thanks, and shall in the future
The State Constitution is mandatory
upon the subject of a public school
system, and in this matter every citizen
. . d . of the State is interested, whether he
endeavor to morit both their confidence , ’
. , | has children to educate or not. No
and their patronage. 1
In conclusiun, allow to to say, that | S ood oUizen ca " oppose tins important
feature ot our organic law—there is no
intelligent, right thinking man who
does not glory in the education of our
children. But what has been the result
from this hour Tme True Citizen is a
fixed fact. There is n«w no dishonest
partner connected with it, whose only
stock in trade consists of arrogance, tin-
pudenoe, bigotry, o dishonest heart and j of this provision of the Slate Constitu-
< orrupt intentions. Its publication will, ,iou ’ A sc,,oul *1™““ ha8 be<m crea ‘
more smoothly on loan indetinhe period t0ll ,> a “ d ever * one.who^understands it,
oi time in the future—even forever—
hut a fraction more, if any, Demo
cratic voters than either of her sis
ters. With Scriven and Bulloch
combined in tbe contest, their Dem
ocratic majority for their Senatorial
candidate could never be overcome
hv Burke under the most favorable
circumstances. These counties have
no idea of surrendering their right
to an equal sharing with Burke of
the Senatorial honors. They stand
on an equal footing with her in their
Democratic vote, and that should he
the basis of the party compact.
We trust that there is nothing
serious in this demonstration on the
part of the Herald’s correspondent,
and that it does not foreshadow the
course of Burke county in the con#
ing election. We cannot afford, as
our brother of the Herald wiselv
; Wilson arid G. A. dicese to draff reso
lutions for the meeting.
The committee reported the fol
lowing preamble and resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, The citizens of McDuf
fie county iiaving noticed, with re-
gre', for sometime past, a want of
energy and vigor in the administra
tion of law ; and believing, as we do,
that a loose and partial administriv
tion of law is no preventive of crime,
but begets in the public mind a want
of confidence in, and a distrust of
those tribunals upon whose integrity
ami efficiency the good of society de
pends; and, whereas, we are filled
with gravest apprehensions at, seeing
a systematic effort made Ly a few
citizens to control jurors, in making
their decisions, of which practice a
non-resident attorney also has hut
just recently been guilty ; .and,
whereas, it is only by the expression
of stern public opinion that relief
may come ; be it, therefore,
Resolved, 1st, That the public
good demands that the laws he
rigidly enforced, with even justice
to all, without regard to persons or
callings.
Resolved, 21, That the adminis
tration of law by the Superior Court
has been weak and inefficient and in
a measure by favoritism to persons
or their attorneys.
R* solved, 3d, That tbe ignoring or
hushing up of cases brought to the
notice of the Court by special present
ment of the Grand Jury has been
done without authority of law,
is an encouragement to cr,
structive of the riglfta of the com
munity as expressed through the
. ■ .-•ii v • , | Grand Jurv, and sh >uld b« severely
says, to be divided on such issues at | , i ",
this or any other time. We have j 00 - 1 ! tn | liec • ,
.ii , j Ketfol ved, 4tn, 1 hat we condemn
moved along harmoniously under;. . j . .
fir .• , in unmeasured terms the efforts
tiie present rule tor sometime, and . , , ,
1 ■ | sometimes made to control or un-
i duly influence the decisions of Grand
i and Special Juries, and wo hereby
Of all the egregious species of earnestly call upon the Jury Com-
there is no reason why we should not
continue to do so.
aud we hope it will meet a prosperous
and useful career.
TilE SULLIVAN BROTHERS,
Publishers and Proprietors.
Our
D has been generally understood that
The Truk Citizen would be Liberal
— Independent, if it pleases you better
— in its polities ; and here, at the out
let of our career, we wish to say just
iow much of that understanding is true,
nd to define our political position so
»arly that ‘*a wayfaring man cannot
herein.”
Citizen will hold i/J^f always,
ts present editorial lianagement,
of all parties and fac*
lodged to the selfish inl
and who is not interested iu the reeep
tion of the salaries thereunto annexed,
pronounces it to bo a tax on honesty for
the benefit of knavery. We •make the
assertion without the four of successful
contradiction, that more mouoy is forced
from the people in tho vvy of school
tax than it would require to pay all the
expenses of 4111 economical administra
tion of the whole St ite government;
and yet before it reachos tho children
whom it was intended to beuefi, the
money thus paid by the people is so
completely absorbed by the salaries of
the multitude of school officers, as to
leave little for tho purposo for which it
was intended. Wo are by no means
done with this subject, but expect to
give it our early and earnest attention.
ThaCituen will sternly insist upon a
correction of the evils arising from this
prolific source cf fraud, aud demand
nonsensical tom-foolery every prac
ticed by any political body, this ro
tation business is the cap sheaf.
Few men, indeed, are prepared to
enter a legislative body—especially
one like the Georiria Legislature—
and meet the demands of the busi-
ness that must come before them
for their consideration and action.
They must learn this business as well
as any other; and during tho period
of their tuitiou, the interests of their
eoustituents must* suffer. We
would not give a fig to know from
which county, forming the district,
the candidate comes. All The Citi
zen will ask before giving such can
didate its support is; *‘Is lie houest
and competent?”
But Burke county is really enti
tled, to tho Senator for this session
of the General Assembly, and will
doubtless insist upou her rjfchts.
We are, however, told in the ®ove
edAorial that Scriven and Bulloch
counties can aud will elect the 'Sena-
meets in Augusta on the lUtii prox.
The sad news reaches us by the pa-
rpers, that tiL'intor Hill is m a very
critical c jndition.
We send The Citizen to many
of our contemporaries and request
them‘to put us on their exchange
list immediately. We shall always
take pleasure in 'returning all edito
rial courtesies.
The McDuffie Journal announce-
the \ n.uno of Co . \Y. D. Tutt, f
Thojfiison, as a candidate lor the State
SenilUe from the 29th District. N >
truest more honest, or ooinpetent
man'.lives in the State, and if elected,
which we do not doubt, he will be
sure Mo add fresh laurels to tln.se
which already wreath his brow.
Mr. Gr'vdy says that though Gov
ernor Bro\\vn’s health lnvs improved,
it is stiln precarious. “His left
bronchial tube ff clogged aud inat-K
live to sucly extent that it lails to
supply the jlung with air, threaten
ing to affe N:', it seriously if it ha
not air done^nt^- h I-t—
thoroughly the dangers of his case,'
and will not return to Washington'
until the weather is thorough y
then.”
BLACK SMITHING
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IN ALL ITS
BRAUCHS S.
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missioned to use the greatest care
in tho select! n of jurors.
Resolved, 5th, That a copy of
these resolutions, with the proceed
ings of this meeting, be furnished
the McDuffie Journal, Chronicle and
Constitutionalist and tho Atlanta
Constitution, with a request that
they be published.
On motion of Capt. T. A.yHamil
ton, the meeting adjourned.
Dr. W. A. Dunn, Chain
\Valtku3. Curtis, Secretary.
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Another Cycloiiie.
M \c<>n, April 2 > —A oyolono passed
bobov Macon last night, between eight
and n^e o'clock, passing with slight
damage to Griswoldvillo. It destroyed
many houses on Van Buren’s place,
scattering timber, etu., E. C. Greir’s
house barely escaping. Tht storm
struck tho (drove place, destroying al
most every house, and also killing two
mules. A stable was blown down on
tho Reynolds place, and serious damage
was done 011II. R. Brown’s plantation,
every house boing blown down, wound-
Hoj'ses/ioing a Specialty.
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CARRIAGES, BUGGIES AND WAGONS
Repaired at Short Notice aud in the Best Style.
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X HE undersigned begs leave to inlonn
Hie public that ne is prepared to do Black-
smithing iu all its Biancnes, at his shop, next
door to VV. McCathern’s Livery Stables, and
asks a sin re ol the public patronage. He
makes Horse Shning a Specialty, and does
his - work promptly and well. He lias secured
the services oi * competent carriage makerand
Wheeiright, and is prepared to make your
broken or worn Carriages’ Buggies ahd \vag-
ons as a ocd as new.
i-y*’ Brices to suit the times.
Give him a trial.
apr i.pt-o-0 I. O, BYRNS.
For Exchange*
Any ON Fi who has a good Cow
with a young calf,and desires toexchang
thorn tor a good Doubl-barreled Shot
Gun oan hear of a chance to trade by
1 ing at this office.