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[he True Citizen, ^iva Weekly taper on Hv< Issues Published! Stery Friday Morning, at \\ ay- nesboro, Gfi., Hv the' BJ L L I V AN BB OTHE E S. RATES OP SUBSCRIPTION: .One Copy One Year, S'J.OO “ ‘ Six months 1.00 '• __ . “ “ Three months 50 \l far All subscriptions must be accompanied ] , by the CASH. ?- 1 I E <• 1. Waynesboro, Ga., February 9,18811. No. 40. Advert! sin Transient vance. AH contract tcrlv Ail communications for personal benefit will be charged for as advertisements. Advertisements to occupy special places will be charged SB per cent, above regular rates Notices in local and business column 5 < ts. per line; in local 10 cts' per line each insertion. For terms apply at this office. CREDIT Y8. CARE. ‘p co i Erd Atl .nta Post-Appeal. An intelligent gentleman said : “The tple where I live have got in debt, and have to make big cotton crops.— They buy all the new machinery they hear of, and it, seldom saves as much as represented. They go in debt for com ^ercial fertilizers, instead of making and fine manure, and the guano or phos- ites cost them one third of what they They are compelled to make [ton, and have neither hands nor good to spare for corn, bottoms are to tend, and they give up their ch land to fertilize the poor. There - 3, the corn has to he bought.” He the best terms he knew of, were thty cents cash ani one dollar on Frequently from $1 10 to $ l 2; leie there wore former- debts. ' tnan..can buy corn ami safely fatten bat, and he thought 10 cents cash and cents credit for meat was a fair . If the time was from January to member the interest was not very But much ofl the account, made Gift needed, was for six, four, three and months. These short times with same prices, make the inteiest for- sixty, seventy and even eighty per A doubtful man must pay 15 iid ly ceasing to exist, and the day is not far distant when such farmers will only be known in story books. Thrifty, en ergetic men, who work six days in the week, will own the lauds in another gen eratiop. It is also tolerably plain that the country merchant, who carries such a farmer will either break or go to fann ing. It is equally plain, that a gene ra failure among the country merchants will largely involve the big city houses First the plan!or, then the country trader, then the ci:y house, is the row of bricks to stand or fall. HARD ON STEPHEN'S. THE INEQUALITIES OF PROTECTION. two A recent issue of the Chattanooga Democrat contains an interesting story 11 - of how Governor Stephens pardoned a convict, as follows : “A few years ago. one Jack Blank, colored, was pulled for burglarizing a clothing store in Atlanta, and was sen tenced to a number of years in the penitentiary. Jack, it seems, had been a pretty jolly, good fe low, and had u number of friends in Atlanta, notwith standing his light fmgeredness, and they in turn got up a lengthy peti ion, nu merously signed, asking his pardon.— The petition went to the executive mansion, and seems to haye been pig eon-holed for a long time. In the mean time, Jack served out his term working in the mines, and was released. He started on his way back to Atlanta afoot, seemingly determined to lead a better and purer life. Night 6»l. its a pound. Fertilizers, me;,it and in he calculates to absorb fully two- lirds of the entire value of ihe crop [of the State, in each year. The coun try looks better than ever before,— [There is more paint on the houses, bet ter furniture, better gins, plows and . , overtook him, however, before he reach letter seed sowers, better mules, better] , A ed Atlanta, and he made application to essed people and a great apparent 1 prosperity ; but the show is a hollow . far its basis is debt. A fine crop stimulates to extravagance. There is a contagion in display, and the simple man ners of the old time country foks, are gone. People wdio went to church in a wagon, now want a carriage. Then, there are three items on which perse wring agents drum the whole country, 'I he.se the hopeful farmer .is sure to buy. They are the clock, the' sewing machine, and the cabinet organ. All arc sold on easy time terms. It looks like giv ing them away, and the farmer wants a clock for his wife to ^ct dinner by, his wife needs a sewing machine, and the daughter as truly needs a good .sweet- toned orgaW. But where is the money ’or it a 1 ? The crop is poor if the price The price is qw if the crop is fine. The soil is the only resource.— Debt demands cotton. But guano, corn, meat, a new mule, a buggy, better .resscs, the organ the machine, to »av off hands, and taxes, take ev- ry dollar W hat is the man to do ?— JeaVly again, certain, conclusions ave been - reached, The typical o style farmer, who ci^i't walk to town,-hut always did ride eveh if tho to a kind wayside farmer who, moved at the fellow’s misfortunes, took him in and gave him cheer and comfort, and a night’s lodging. Alas, for Jack ! Returning to free dom did not seem to have cured him of his unruly passion for appropriating Other people's goods and property to his own use. He spied the gold watch of his host, and ere the morning sun had flashed its ambient beams upon the pine clad hills and goober groves of his native State, Jack was wending his way towards the capital, having in tov his protector and friend’s gold watch. In course of tone Jack was captured, indicted, tried, found guilty, and sen tenced to ten years’ haid labor in tho minos. He was only reinstated into the duties of his offiee, and had begun to work out his term. In the mean time, about a month afier Jack’s senteuce for stealing the watch, Governor Stephens came across the “in fluential” petition asking for his p rdon for having burglarized tho store. The governor, whose heart seems to melt easily at the story of human misery, signed the pardon audsent it at once to Col. Phillips, ^vho had charge of Jack’s squad, informing him that Jack was a man. Jack was released, and Atlanta Constitution. The man who makes salt in New York or West Virginia is naturally a protectionist, because the tariff, by keeping out foreign salt, enables the home manufacturer to get from the far mer almost any price he considers it wise to demand. So with the maker of cotton or other machinery in New Eng land with the iron master irt Pennsyl vania, the silk manufuc urer in New Je si y. the copper -j.iner of Miclrgan. he lice punter in South Carolina, the sugar grower in Louisiana, to the end of the chapter, including the petty chemists who have smuggled into the House hill about fifty addi ional thefts. If the bill of the ways and means com mittee, with a l its new swindles, be come a law, the farmer will pay a pro tective tax ani whatever more such a tax implies, on all he wears, on a 1 the tools he uses, on the sugar and the rice he consumes in health, and the me ii- cines that ho takes in sickness. He cannot read in an hour a bare enumer ation of the articles which he is com pelled to pay a heavy tax upon. What aoes he get in return? He pays taxes to enrich other sections, par ticularly to enlarge and make prosper ous this or that town, but what recom pense does this man who represents the backbone of the country, and the basis of all real properly, what does he gain to offset the constant drain of customs taxation ? Take the North Georgia farmer for an example. His great cash crop is cotton, which is not protected at all. The factories to which he pays bounties do not afford him a mar ket, for he is compelled to send two- thirds of his crop abroad.to sell it at all. He pays taxes on probably twenty ar ticles which enter into the production offcptton, and yet his product does not receive a single advantage in return.— The,.tariff, in other words, increases the cost of raising cotton without adding an iota to its se ling value. The farmer’s wheat, and corn, and sweet potatoes, and oats, and mules, and cattle, are all in the same limbo. Tlie Jariff does not furnish a market for any of the products of a Georgia farm; it does not add one farthing to the value of farm products of North Gocrgia and yet it takes from the people of the State fully §10.000,000 a year ! This tariff drain of the South for the benefit, of tho East explains at once why one is the money lending section and the other the money borrowing section of the counlrv. MASONIC TEMPLE. Augusta, Ga Souths n Headquarters for Fine Iby Goods. We keep on hand at all times the finest and best assorted stock, and wn have the most elegant 8 t n re for showing it in all the South. Velvet*, Plushes, Silks, Satins, Novelties, and everything desirable in Dress Goods. Fine Hosiery, Ladies, Misses and Gents', Gloves, Laces and Notions gene rally. Underwear in great variety. Cashmeres, Kerseys, Jeans, Homespuns, Linen and White Goods. Cloak?, Holman*, Jackets, Ac. Blankets and Flannels. Everything in the Drj Goods line is in our stock. We offer no trash, hut on good goods we GUARANTEE PRICES against every market in the United States. A strictly first-class Dressmaking Department Orders filled promptly and carefully. DALY & ARMSTRONG. is a feature of our business. oct20’82.am. D A Y & AiiffiisLi, Carriage Emporium of T A N N A H I LL, . ■ ■ Georgia. plow stops sti 1, wishes to get tho new , a jug of whisky, his tobacco, arid talk ! T 1 *"' I ... , free ...... politics, or ask the prices, or discus tl e , x , .. x ’ ‘ ’ T , . made his way to “Texas, dar'mt, the . new loan system to farmers. He snenus , i , „ A „ ,, , „ kv , . land of the free and home of the brave. ^Un'-ee days of the- working six in town, , , ... . , , .. ° ’ where he will for years to come dmibt- ■ lnd two out.of the oiler three it .am-, . , ... r , ■ I . ess tell the story qt . how Governor “Jr tlie'imturrd is loo v et from rain.— , . , , ... Stephens inpdd a mistake which guve him ten years of liberty Jr the-ground is too v et from rain,— 1 lie yuies right and for the right man, goes to church, fa ks to the boys at . , 1 • I night about, w hat he knows, has a good, I , ..Maco.\\ Ga.. Feb. 5.—An unknown hard-win king wife, educates Lis ohii young woman threw her infant from the dien better than the o d folks wore ed- oar window this morning, betwi en Ma- uoated, and is a good citizen. But he 1 con an( j Atlanta, n°ar Frankville, while never keeps any accounts of money the train was at fu 1 speed. She gut on spent or made ; he has no sort of idea | a t Macon bound for Atanta. The what it, oos s to live ; ho has no dup i- child was picked up by the road hands, cate of the account his store-keeper has 1 (t is bad'y bruised, but it may live. against him ; he never in his life hoard j — of a little book to carry in his pocket 1 Mr. R. C. Mi’uor, Sr , of Milner dis- i» which tho store-keeper enters tho I triet, Harris county, has found a luinu same charges us in his own hooks; of p Ur e gold on his place. Ami now he can do a sum in simple interest Mr. Miluer will have to fence his plant hut he cannot calculate expenses and ation in to keep the prospectors out -- income so as to figure out a balance ; He has been offered $200 for the ten A SIGHT FOR WOMAN'S TEARS. the is the kind' st, cleverest man alive, I neither advanoos u;r leans, neither aro* n nor guano, will enable him uvtwtfqy itfriney. This class is a ow- acres whore the gold mine is supposed to he located. The scene on the burned Inman steamship pi> r yesterday, ihe 3d inst., would havc grieved any wo man’s heart. The pier, which is more than an acre in extent, was pil ed ten feet deep with the ruins of the finest dress goods. The fire insu rance men had been pulling them about in order to extinguish the smouldering fires, and had brought, to the surface goods that were only partly burned. Mixed up in the charred heaps were eunyl’s hair shawl-, lace handkerchiefs, gold em broider* d curtail s, Axmiiii-ter car pets, brocH'les, gay chintz >, rolls <4' heavy black si k, fine laces, ladi'-s' suit?, Hamburg edgings, and ki«l gloves. Altogether, some $050,000 worth of ruined goods lay oil tll*‘ pier. Thu-e are who'e-alo rates, and no duties paid. N ar the entrance to the pier were scattered the re mains of many ho k-. An iiisu ; ranee man pick d up a large revolv j er. It was estimated that, tip* sal | vage might come to $50,0,HI. The i tin-boa*, Manhattan, was busy nl 11 day throwing wat'*r on those parts u! the tire which were still burning. There h 'Ve b'en m> inquiri s for mi-sing men. None arc missing, and it is not ndieved that any were lost, a? afi had ample time to e c*pe. A ci 11 heavy fog clung to tip* pier ail day. The insurance men warm ed •themselves about spot? where the tire smouldered.—N. Y. Sun. j Finest St"ck and Lowest Prices. II'if Victoria, Extension T"t>\ Canopy ps. Rockaways ami Buggies, all ani grades. The p-ffer t American Road-Cart. The easie.-t riding and most two whet! vehicle yet produced. Leads all others. Supersedes all Three quarter Trotting Wagons. Ladies’ Pluc'om, elegant styles. Ma’erial. Fine Paints and Varnishes, Sad llery and Fine Harness. '■r findings. Be>t quality Seamless Gum Belting, pure article. Leather 1 Belting. Laciig. Fine Trunks and Valises. Agents for Wilson, Childs & Co’s Philadelphia Wagons, the lightest and host. 11 Me 11 A gr e e That the best is cheapest, and especially is this true in FURNITURE. Just see some of our prices: P rl r Sets i?j Hair Cl th, W>d> ut Fr*m° from §35 to $90. The host Raw Siik -S t for $f>5 * vr off red Nice Walnut Chamber Sot,-., Marble Top, $55. Tlqj best Walnut Marble T-'p Set in the market Hr §05. WE DEFY COMPETITION FROM ANY AND EVERY QUARTER. WE ACKNOWLEDGE NO SUPERIOR, ANI) FEW EQUALS, IN THE SOUTH. Who ever heard of Cane Seat Chairs for seventy-five cents. Fix tension Tables me Ho! 1 r per loo'. W«* guarantee satisfaction in every case. .Our stock of spring Bods D cmpletc. Steam Dress*-'! I'Y.itlit r? alwt v i"ih picked a d shipp'd free of charge. Up It brat cites. Our new Catal gue will he i' ndy At Corsicana, Tex is, the mercury tel til degrees Saturday in 1 ' 8 than Subscript!etit* are j'o^t’ivi'ii.v cash twenty hour*. .T. I,. BOWI H-V’2.b y.