The true citizen. (Waynesboro, Ga.) 1882-current, April 28, 1882, Image 4

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The True Citizen, WAYNESBORO, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL;.’ .. / ' 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 ♦ IN ALL ITS BRAUCHS S. % 0 : 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. ► • •+ 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. : 0 : CARRIAGES, BUGGIES AND WAGONS Repaired at Short Notice aud in the Best Style. ; 0; 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.