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<The (True (Citizen.
WAYNESBORO, GA., JUI.Y IA, 1SH3.
Kntereitat the I’.O. Wtnjtiexlmru im 'hi elmtx mutter
i<r We have driven up our ed
itorial space (Ids \v(*ek to a sound,
sensible communication upon the
all absorbing topic of the fence
question, a careful perusal of which
we commend to our readers.
I*" An exchange in an adjoin
ing county begins an editorial by
saying “Appearances are deceitful.”
Right, my brother; your outside is a
patent print, when you wish it to
“appear” as if it was all done at
home.
' vr lion. E.C. Duliignon, State
Senator, of Milledgeville, will deliv
er the opening literary address be
fore our next Agricultural Fair,
November (5th, lSHil. Prof. 11. ('.
White, State rhendst and Professor
of the State University, will deliver
the address, November 7th, These
gentlemen are well known, J’rof,
White is one of the first scientists of
the age, skilled in his profession,
and our people may expect a treat.
Mr. PuBignon is an orator, and a
man full of attainments,
’I'll K BAM, 01*ICNKll,
On Thursday merning, lion. P.
1), Cox, of Burke, presented a bill
to the House to require the owners
of stock in Burke county to keep
the same on their own premises,
etc., which was read (he first time.
This hill it is likely will become a
law, which will settle the question
at puce.
Communicated.
Am AtuMMM-ut for the Stork Law.
We are glad that the stock law is
being agitated. The intelligent,
thinking, solid men of the county
must support it, and surely if they
exert themselves they can shape and
mould public opinion. No country
or people can or ought to prosper
unless the public sentiment of its
intelligent, thinking men originate
and make its laws. The passage of
the stock law has become a pressing
necessity. Already hundreds of
acres of our most productive lands
have been abandoned because of
the scarcity of timber, and the con
sequent expensiveness of fencing.
Year by year this scarcity of timber
will increase, and the expense and
inconvenience of keeping up our
large plantations will be so en
hanced as to render their abandon
ment inevitable. The statement,
no doubt is correct that the yearly
expense of keeping up the fences of
Burke county will buy every cow
and bog and sheep in its limits.
There is now not enough timber in
the county to supply its legitimate
demands, even laying aside the
huge item of fencing. There are
only two steam saw mills jn the
county, and one of them (at Rogers)
is furnished with timber brought
from Emanuel county. Just pause
for a moment and reflect. Every
foot of sawed material now con
sumed in this once magnificently
timbered country is brought by
railroad from adjoining counties.
All the fuel used by the railroads is
brought from other sections. The
Central Railroad controls about (50
miles of track within our borders.
<>n this (Mi miles are used about
1-4(1,000 cross ties, worth perhaps
$00,000, and yet not one of these
ties are furnished by the land own
ers of Burke county. There are
miles of bridges and tressels across
our streams, but the material for
keeping them all up come from the
county of Scriven and Emanuel.
These are startling facts and should
cause even the most thoughtless to
stop and consider, and ask himself
“whether are we drifting.” But not
only is tin* supply of timber lessen
ing every year, but the dwellings,
the out buildings, the improvements
on dipt plantations, are all going to
decay. The handsome dwellings,
the substantial barns and gin houses
urwgelting to be things of the past,
“very few and far between.” Year
by year they are rotting down, and
are being replaced with cheap, frail
structures, and in a very short time
unless a riulical halt is made, the
plantation Improvements of Burke
county will be valueless.
But its fences—how can we do
Justice to the subject. To-day there
are thousands of miles of rail fences
in Burke county, and we doubt if
there are live places within its en
tire, limits which can lay claim to
having a legal fence. Each year a
change for the worse is being made
more manifest in this particular.
The yearly damage done to grow
ing crops by vicious stock encour
aged as they are by bad fences
would buy every cow and hog in
the county; and the quarrels and
feuds and dissensions engendered
thereby give rise to expensive
prosecutions and endless litiga
tions. Stock allowed to run at large
are but highway robbers, preying
and preyed upon, barren llgtrees,
useless cumberers of the earth. Not
one in ten are id - any service. They
rove here and there and every
where, seeking what they can de
vour, and if one of them by chance
picks up enough llesh to cover their
bones, they soon disappear from the
face of tlu> earth, having been ap
propriated for the use uf the va
grant throng which infest every
community. The writer, who owned
in a adjoining county a place of
a,(ion acres, about two years ago, had
the panneis of fencing counted and
to his surprise discovered that there
were 21 miles of fences. The plan
tation that year raised four hogs
and supported about Hi head of
cattle from which the owner never
got a pound of butter or a gallon of
milk.
If Burke county, or Georgia ever
becomes truly prosperous in an
agricultural point of view, the large
plantation system must be abol
ished, and tin* tillers of the soil
should be its owners. We hear
much as coming from the ignorant,
that the stock law will benefit the
land owners, but will injure the
laborer. As a class, how can the
labor, the hone and sinew of the
country ever own their homes as
long as the fence law prevails. A
poor man cannot buy a large place,
but ho might buy bis IP’ty or hun
dred acres. Its impossible to take
any of our largo places and cut them
up into small ones as Jong gs the
present system prevails. When the
stock law is passed then the owners
of what we term plantations, can
subdivide them into farms, and sell
then) to their tenants at remunera
tive prices, TJlG difference between
rent and interest would ulmu> In
seven years buy a farm. The tenant
who rents his land can have no home
attachments, takes no abiding Inter
est in tbe place, feels no love for his
surroundings; In' is here to-day and
there to-morrow; a rolling stone
gathering PO l)U>ss. The conse
quence is, he is kept poor, and the
land but keeps him company. The
one goes down, down, and the other
follows him.
The ignorant is told that the stock
law would raise the rent, llow can
this be ? Every sensible man knows
that If fences be abolished that there
can be and will be thrown into cul
tivation thousands of productive
acres of land. If then, every plan
tation will have more land for cul
tivation, will not each land owner
have to bid against bis neighbor for
laborers, and there being no corres
ponding increase of labor, how can
renters apprehend any Increase of
rent? Owners of land could then
afford to rent for less and the de
mand for labor would force them to
do it. With improved, labor-saving
agricultural ynpliments, and time
saved from fencing, the tenant can
make more manure, and cultivate
more land, lie can then not only
plant as much land in corn and
cotton as he does now, hut in the
fall and winter he will have abun
dant time for planting oats and
other small grain.
Our present system of agriculture
is nothing more or less than land*
butchery. We take everything from
it and give it back nothing in return.
During the spring we plant corn or
'cotton; in the fall of the year as
soon as the crop is gathered, the
fields are thrown open and swarms
of predatory cattle roam over them
trampling the soil and eating off
every sprig of vegetation, so that
when the next spring comes on
naught but the bare land is left, and
the plow comes along and turns
over on I// Hand; the depredating
cattle have already paten up and
carried away every sprig of vegeta
tion, such as grass, peavines, shucks,
leaves, limbs and pods of cotton.
There is now a society for the pre
vention of cruelty to animals, ought
there not to be a law to punish the
robber of the soil, the deseerater of
our old mother earth.
Tbe productiveness of the lands
of Burke county could be doubled
in live years if after the crops are
gathered the weeds and grasses are
turned under and allowed to decay,
thus giving back to the soil not only
all, but more than what has been
taken from it. If then our lands
are made twice as productive, is not
the owner of the la ml correspond
ingly benefited, and tbe cropper is
not his share increased, and the
renter does he not make twice as
much with which to pay for his rent
and advances? When the land is
improved and made productive,
every living being who comes in
contact with it is the gainer, reap
ing Ills corresponding share of its
benefits.
Stock when allowed to roam at
large are almost worthless, the de
stroyers and the destroyed. One
caw, enclosed and fed will yield
more milk and butter than a dozen
allowed to roam at will, and if its
stall or pen Is kept well littered,
enough manure can be made to pay
all the food it eats. Even the land
alone taken up by fences if planted
would produce enough to feed all
the stock needed on that place. The
The experience of the world teaches,
and reiterates the fact, that only
the raising of improved stock pays
and that only when enclosed and
cared for. Nine-tenths of the bacon
used in Burke county is brought
from the West, but a small propor
tion of its population raises its milk
and butter; we buy all our mules
and horses, This is therefore not a
stock country. Wo dig our living
out of the laud, and yet we hold the
land secondary as it were to tbe
stock. If a land owner or his ten
ant needs advances of money or
provisions when he goes to his mer
chant or factor, docs ho mot satisfy
him by promises to pay in corn and
cotton; does he even stipulate' to
pay in cows or hogs? ought not
then the source from which we
draw our living be the prime object
of our care and attention. Ts it the
part of wisdom to kill the hen that
lays the egg ?
Years ago a number of counties
in North Carolina tried the stock
law, and its people are unanimous
in extolling its benefits.
South Carolina has tried it and
we get from her only encouraging
accounts. A number of the most
enlightened and progressive coun
ties in Georgia have adopted it and
they tell in unmistakable language
that a n<‘w era of prosperity has
dawned upon them, and bids us God
speed in emulating them. Why
then stand we clinging to the worn
out usages of the past. Burke is a
grand old county; vjohi *to her soil,
fertile in her production. The God
of tlu> harvest has smiled on her,
and in days gone by have tilled her
lap with plenty. Here and there
may be seen a wrinkle on her brow,
or m silvered bnir timid imv locks,
but there Is life in the «*lcl land yet.
Every valley and hillside teems
with untold wealth. If we will but
foster and nurture her, the returns
will be ample and the yield unend
ing.
No Kknok,
Our Job Department.
We take pleasure in announc
ing tp thi*|mbjjc, tlint WO have
just furnished our Job Depart
ment with a full and complete
outfit of new and bpantillil mate
rial, comprising all new styles of
type, and "are now prepared to
do all kinds of Hook and Job
Work—great or small—prompt
ly, in tlm best stylo of the art, at
Augusta prices. Indeed, we
have the only complete printing
office which ever was in Waynes
boro capable of supplying the
public demand. And as there
is now no good reason for sending
away from home any work ol
any kind, we solicit the patron
age ofall who wish any pvinU
ing done.
SULLIVAN BROS.,
Printers and Publishers.
BLACK SMITH! N G
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BRANCHES.
Horseshoeing a Sped nil//.
CARRIAGES, BUCKS I KB AND WAGONS
Repaired at Kliort Notice and In
the best style.
The undcrsimicd liens leave to inform the
imhlielhal he is prepared to do hlucksmll hllig
in all Its branches, at his shoe opposite Mr. s.
A. Gray’s stable, anil asks a sham of llit 1 pub
lic patronage. lie makes Iloi'seshoclng a
Specially, anil iloes his work promptly ami
well, lie has seen roil the services of a com pe
tent carriage maker anil Wheelwright, and Is
prepared lo nmke your broken or worn Cur-
rhigos’ Bunnies and Wannns as nond as new.
1‘rlces to suit the times.
Give him n trial.
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Geo. R. Lombard & Co.,
Foundry and Machine and Boiler Works.
Near the Water Tower, 1014 Eon Wick St., Augusta, Ga.
Saw .Mills, Grist Mills, ('ane Mills, Plantation Maehin-
ery, Engines, and Boilers,
Co-ton Screws,'Shaft inns, I ‘111 leys, 11 miners, Journal Itoxes, Mill Gear
bur, (11n(neons, Turbine Water Wheels, (IIn (tearing, Juilsim’s (lover
mini, 1 fission's circular Saws, ami Glimmers and Files, llellinn and
Ituhbltt Metal anil brass Kit I Inn Globe anil Cheek Valves, Whistles
Glumes, Ac., Iron 11 nil I trass Cast Inns nml Gin 1(1 hs mill 1 njerlors.
Hepalrinn promptly Unite at l.owest I’rlees. We easi every (lay
both Iron and Brass, having greatly Increased our capacity with lat
est Improveil tools. We are riinnliin fall time with inn hands, which
enables us lo III! orders promptly al lowest prices. Gives usa trial before seiuunn elsewhere.
A neats for (ieornhi and South ('a ml Inn for KOUTI Nil's I' N IV K RSA E I N .1 EC "Id lit, the best
Holler Out. Works wllh one lever. Will work warm or cold water, anil will lift water. -
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Office and Drug Store.
Li] >ei*ty Street.
Just received a fresh suppl.v of Insect powder,
and keep on hand meiHeines lor the
profession nml the people.
I have a sample fruit press which every fam
ily will find useful ilurlnn the sum
mer to express thejulecs of
grapes and Indeed nil
kinds of fruits.
Just (lie tIdnn for the prudent housewife. I
shall soon have o fresh lot of Hutahana
and Kbit Dutch Turnip seeds, and
only I liese, as every merchant
I believe keep all others In
stock. I have pure III.
('nrb Soda for medicinal and culinary purpo
ses and id the price asked II is far
cheaper than soda put up for
nook Inn-
npi’O'S.'Uf l>. I‘. DUNCAN.
Utterly si, Waynesboro, Ga.
PEANUTS.
I have a large stock of pcnnuls ofall kinds,
Handpicked Virginia Temiesse and North
(''arolina. Hither for Seed or Uetalllnn.
Oranges.
I am well supplied with Florida, Messena
and Valencia Granges.
Lemons.
I keep on hand always the I,nrnest Slock of
Demons, and defy competition as to price and
quality.
Always on hand a full line of Confectionery
mid Fancy Groceries,
FOR SALE.
] liayo mi hnntl ibr Sale a line
lot of nice COUNTRY HAMS.
Now is your time lo get some
thing nice. Call early as they
are going fast.
W. McCATUURN,
InnH'Wf
CARPETS.
Carpets and House Furnishing Goods. The
Largest Stock South of Baltimore. Mouuel.
Brussels, 3-Ply & Ingrain Carpets, Rugs, Mals.
& Crumh Cloths, Window Shades, Wall Papers,
Borders, Lace Curtains, Cornices k Poles,
Cocoa & Canton Mattings, Upholstery, Engra
vings, Cliromos, Picture Frames. Write for
Samples and Prices.
GEO. A. BAILIE.Masonic Building, Augusta, Ga
Jnnl.VS.’lby,
Arlington House Barber Shop.
I have now nsHoehited myself with u llrxl-
clasw Harbor, and will coin lime our Shop un
der the tirm name of Drown & Thuse, and
will do In the latest sl\ Ic
IIAlH CUTTING,
DYKING,
SHAVING,
SIIAMl'l tOING
and everything Hint can he done In u llrsl-
clnsx HarhcrSImp. Give us a trial and we
guarantee sallsfael Ion. A. 1IHOWN,
Harnett House,
Savannah, Ga.
ANNO IE CONDrCTFJh
• I UST AH GOOD AHTHGSK THATCI.AIM
lo lie llrst-clasM and charge I wire as much.
Connected by si rcet cars, wllh all the depots.
Coin! this out to your neighbors. Don’t pay
41.DO per day or even 4:1.1m, when*i ou can get
the same or better aeeommodatlon for 41 -AO
per day.
The undersigned respectfully liifni'iux those
who desire a thorough course in Music, that
lie Is prcimrcd lo give Instructions upon the
Violin, I’lniio mid Organ. Piinlls, for Flute
and Guitar can also cider the class. Ills pri
ces arc I'l'iismuililc,
II>■■/)“' For rates and further pui'ttciilnrx ap
ply lo ell AS. .1. WA Id.Al'K,
mrTSJUf. Waynesboro, Ga.
E. F. Lawson,
A tt Or n e // - at- La ie,
WAYNKHUGIIO, GA.
Will promptly al lend to all bust ness 1111 rust
ed to Ids care, mid give special nllcutloii lo
Hie practice III the Court of Ordinary, oillee
next door lo Arlington Hotel, no\lu'sjhy
Subscriptions arc positively cash
J. I! Keenly,
Cor, Bay and Whitaker Streets,
deel.VSJliy. SAVANNAH, QA.
New Attractions
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The Music House of the South.
IAN0S, ORGANS,
AND MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS.
G. H. U.—E. 1.0. M.—L. P. Q. S
An extended visit among the principal
I’lano and organ factories has enabled us to
make I lie 11 nest select Ion of 1 list rumen Is ever
brought lo A iigusta.
Ourstock, which will lie replenished weekly
from the best liiniiufitcliirerx, will lie the larg
est and most iplcte til the South.
Our prices 1 lie lowest amt terms of payment
the easiest ever olt'ered.
sheet music mid music hooks—large ills-
count from publisher's prices. Best Itnllnn
Strings, and everything desired la the line of
music. Save money by visiting or corres
ponding wit h <I. o. ttoHINSON & co.
tsll Ilroad Street, Augusta, Ga.
NI'K'CIM. AOTI(•/■:.
From this dale the services of Mr. C. It.
Taylor, as 1 imer and ivnnlrer for u> terminate.
All orders for same will receive the prompt
al I on I Ion of M r, T. II airy (biles, who guaran
tees enI Ire sal tsl'ael toil.
(I. o. Itoltl NSON .St Co.
Augusta, Ga., October :t, ltWJ, oetaO'S,-
Chronicle & Constitutionalist.
A II G U S T A, G A.
Tile Chronicle A- Coiisllllllloiiullst Is the
oldest newspaper In the South, having been
established In ITXo,
The Chronicle is progressive and liberal In
all things and Is essenliully a fair representa
tive of Southern opinions and a persistent ex
ponent of Southern Industries. While l'|ve
free from sensallonallsm mid Immorality, II
is In 110 way behind Ihe best of its contempo
raries nxn purveyor of the news.
The Morning Chronicle A ConstIItilI0111111st
Is mi eight page paper of IS columns. I’rtee
4in per year; six mimtlis4.'>
Tue Kvcidng Chronicle A Constitutionalist
Is Hie Slime size as the morning paper. The
price Is 411 per year; six monllix ft. This
makes 11 ihe largest and cheapest eight page
paper In the Hnulli.
The Sunday Chronicle Is a very luteresllng
paper. 11 is mi eight page llft.v-slx column
paper. I’rlee 4- per year,
The Weekly Chronicle A Constitutionalist
is one of the largest papers III Ihe South, j I is
ten pages and eontallis seventy columns of
matter, l'rlee per .Tear; 41 for six mouths.
Specimen copies sent free. Address
C it 110N1 in, k A Con ht it it I on a i.iht,
myiVHJ Augusta, Ga.
T. D. 0 I i v e i\
A 11 o r n e // -at- L a w,
WAYNKNltOHO, GA.
Will praellee in the Align da, Kasteru and
Middle Circuits. Sn.ielal Uileiitlon given to
Justice Court practlne, myO’tUhy
SHKBTTAN,
1025 Greene Street, ----- Augusta Ga,
Pure Soda Wider, Sarsaparilla and Ginger Ale manufactured Horn Fresh and Kirst-1 n
jnalerjal. I.arger Beer In kegs mid bottles always on hand. Orders solicited uinl
tilled. 1WI J
N o Tee of Good Quality and Just Weight sill pptd to my customers al Hie Mm,
• Price’ fehll’SIc , “
GRAND CLEARANCE SALE
Handsome Carpets and Rugs,
Sale Continued for Thirty days.
We wish lo clear out and make room for other goods now on the way. Bargains will I*
given In the following goods:
Body Brussels Carpets, new Designs mid Colorings.
Tapestry Brussels, new designs.
Scotch Carpellng, Beautiful Designs mat Colorings.
Venetian Carpets and it-Ply (’arpets, new goods.
Hearth (tugs.’ Beautiful Patterns and Colors.
Cheap Hemp and Common Cotton Carpets.
Door Sluts and Crumh Clot lis, nice goods,
it,<100 Window Shades, new styles Just opened.
1,000 Window Cornices, 30 styles to select from.
Pole Cornices, Brass and Walnut.
1,000 Pair Window Curtains, Nottingham Dace, now goods.
Floor 1 HI Clot lis, nice goods.
Wall Papers, 10,000 rolls new Wall Papers.
Cant on Mailings, fresh new goods, iii d I He rent patters, •'.">0 rolls, all new patterns. Dad™
and Borders, all nice fresh goods. Newest patterns! Hoincmhpr Big Bargains.
JAMES G. BAILIE & SONS.
Old Store James G. Bailie A Bro. ; 713 I’.ItOA D STKKKT, AUGUSTA, (I A.
lnylO’Saiiy.
Iron, Steel, Cutlery, Guns, Pistols, Saddlery, and Bridles, Wheels, Hubs, Spokes,
Rims, Axles, Fte., Kle., Fie.
AT LOWEST PRICES.
GreiieiNil Awnt For-
Eclipse Steam Engine, Duplex Harrow,
Winshlp Gin, Walter A. Wood,
Manure Spreader, Mower, Reaper
Oliver Chilled Plow and Binder.
HENRY P. MOORE,
sept22’82hy
800 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.
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That the Best is Cheapest,-
And especially is this true in Furniture.
JUST SEE SOME OF OUR PRICES :
Parlor Sets in Hair Cloth, Walnut Frame from 4:0 to 400
The ties! Raw Silk Sel for 40o i'Vi r olfeivd.
Nice Walnut Chmnhcr Sets, Marble Top, JV.
The best Warble Top Set ill the market for 4ll.'i.
We defy Competition from Every Quarter.
We Acknowledge no Superior,
And Few Equals, in the South.
Wlw ever heard of Cane Seat Chairs for seventy-five cents. Extension Tables one iM'
lar per loot. We guaranfee satlsfaetlon In every ease. Ourstoek of Mattresses and Sal’iik
Reds is enmplele. Steam Dresseil Feathers always on hand. All goods packed and shlpi»’“
free of charge, rphnlstcrlng done in all Its brunches.
Illustrated Catalogues and Price 1,1st may lie had hv calling at Ibis oillee.
J. L. Bowles & Co..
sept l.VSJhy.
717 and 8:l!t BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.
W. I. Uelpli,
831 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, 6«.|
W HOI,ESA I,E AND ltETA! I. DEADER IN
Tinware, &c.
In stock u very full llnoof Ihe
Celebrated Excelsior Cooking Stoves.
The lu'Ht in the market. Sixteen illiferent hI/ck and ftlmlM. HU sizes with euaiaeknl n* s
erVi»lrs. Atlopled to all tviiulivmcnl s ami prli’cil to sail all purse*.
I BAD IMG FKATUBES:
e Wood Doors, Patent Wood Grille, Adjustable Damper, Inlerohaugeahh' Oi
rtf, Broiling Door, Swinging llemth-Plale, Swinging Flue-Top, Revels hie '•
I,ong Cross Piece, Double Short Centres, llimuiuated Fire Doors, Nickel t' 111
Double
miilie Shelf,
Burning Kong C
Nickel Panels, etc. I'liequulled in Material, III Finish and In D|H'ratlon.
mrtfl'aiby. W. I. DKKPI1,801 Broad Htroel, Augusta, Ga.