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\\ a v ue Con illy News.
Published every Wednesday by
C1IA K . C. TINDALL, Enir^ii.
AND
ROUT. L. BENNETT, Mawaokk.
Official Organ of Wayne County.
fiubsrripuoii 51.00 A Year in Advance,
Entered at Jesup, Ga.,’ postofliee
•• second-class mail matter
JESUP, OA. AUG., 15, 1902.
LITTLEFIELD RE*
PLIES TO HARPER
Editor Wayne County News :
I sue in your issue of August 1st
another of Mr. Harper's periodical
tirades against me, because ho
failed to be the nomination in the
la e primary. Ho say* I would have
shown myself up in much better
light if I hud undertaken to ex¬
plain how and by whom tho resol¬
ution wot doctored at the first op¬
portunity. Now if Mr. Harper
will took at his first that he had
published in the Savannah Morn¬
ing News, he will see that he
charged the Executive Committee
with being the cause of all his
wees. 1 replied to that article and
then it was that lie discovered that
I alone was responsible for his
political* demise. To that I re¬
plied truthfuly and allowed just
what part I took iu tho matter and
still he is not satisfied, and in his
last issue he charges me with say¬
ing what 1 did not say, and ap¬
parently wilfully ignores what I
did say. Now 1 will repeat what I
said before, that when the secretary
of the executive committee called
my attention to the fact that n
large majority of tho committee
present were in favor of leaving
tbe word “Democratic” out of the
resolutions, I authorized him to
leave it out as tho eonnnittoo de¬
sired. I did nothing I am sorry
for, nothing that 1 am ashamed
of, nothing that 1 would not do
again undorai miliar circumstances.
I did nothing that injured Mr.
Harper, us I fully showed in the
News of July lltb, when I showed
by the official figures of the pri¬
maries of 1900 and 1902 that there
was less votes cast uguiust Mr.
Harper in the lfto primary than
was in the priiuir/ of 1900. And
>yh»t was Mr. Harper’s reply to
these figures? He gays, “I under¬
took to prove that he received moro
white votes in the lust primary
than he did two years ago, and I
then go on with a lot of absurd
stuff too simple to interest intel¬
ligent readers.” Now if Mr. Harp¬
er has any faith in his own case
why does he not disputo these
figures? Why does he not show
that they urn not true? Tho an¬
swer is becauao he can’t, and ho
undertakes to brush them aside
by calling them absurd stuff too
simple to interest intelligent read¬
ers.
Now these figures show tho fuels.
They show that no iujury resulted
to Mr. Harper by any action of
tbe executive cominiUe or myself
and allows conclusively that hid
complaint that by tho action of
the exedutive committee and my
*ejf that we turned in over 100
**»>»*• «» hi.,,
he ws* defeated is absurd to say
the least, aud without any fouud
atiou in fact. Now I will give
31f. Harper a few more figures that
, he can call absurd , , if f. ho wants , to,
but they will interest intelligent
readers.
In the primary election of 1900
there was cast 1010 voles, ' and iu
the , lute . .. there 29 votes ,
primary was
less polled or 971. That shows
that Mr. Harper's kick is without
a cause, Tho truth is ho could
notget the support ri of tbe old time
Democrats. n . Lake » tho Nahunta ,
district for instance. Iu the
October, 1900, election Mr. Dan
Johnson, the nominee of the Pop
ulist party, aud a clever gentle
and .. likely to pull all ,,
ip»n a man
tbe votes of his party, received 9
vote and Mr. Harper received 48
votes, and in tbe lote primary in
that district Mr. Harper 1 got * C
votes aud ... his It: ^
opponent got 4.
feally looks like the Nahunta boys
mistook Mr. Harper for a Populist
And we have further evidence
that the late primary was not con¬
trolled by the Populists. Take
the Cind’iiates for receiver cl
fctHin. •‘m •» cnudidaiei*, . v i ol H
Ittu uIid uh
time Democrat the other an cx
Popuhst, mid the ex Populist* was
elected ; and for tax collector there
was two candidates, one au old
tunc Democrat and the other an
ex-Populist, and the Democrat
was elected by a good majority. It
shows plainly that the people went
to the primary, to vote for and
elect what they thought was the
best men for the various offices,
nml no kick coining from anybody
except that lone statesman from
Gardi, bqt tie seems to enjoy
writing about it, in fact he seems
to .have,quite a tuste for letter
writing. I accidently got in pos¬
session of a letter a few days ago
that he wrote in 1900 just after
the October election. The letter
was written to a gentleman and a
good Domocrat who did not vote
for 31 r. Harper in that election,
and in the district in which he
lives gave a majority of votes
favor of the Populist candidate for
representative, and that, I pre¬
sume, he thought it called for a
letter, but 31 r. Harper was elected
then and you can nee that the let¬
ter is written in quite a diiTerent
strain from those he writes nbout
mu now that he is defeated. Here
is the letter except the nanats and
postoffice which I omit: •
Dear Hir:
J wanted to thank you and my
frionda — lor your very kind
support, but have been too busy
in helping to prepare the burial; corpse of
tho Populist party for the
corpse now burial, being complete thank and
ready for 1 beg to
you and my other friends who,
taken such an active part-in my
behalf at the election in yotir dis¬
trict Wednesday, and rest assured
1 shall only bo too glad to redip
roento tho favor whenever the op¬
portunity presents itself. With
kind regards l am yours/etc.,
(.Signed) JO. Harper.
Now is such as this what Mr.
Harper calls tho bold stand that
he has always taken against the
Populists? Was it such as this
that made him tremble in his
boots and shake in his shops who'll
he discovered that the word - Dem¬
ocratic was loft out of the resolu¬
tions? Was it such (is this that
caused him to have bad dreams at
night? Was it such us this, tjiat,
caused him to have that vision the
night, revealed before- tho him primary when all it
wus to. that that,
important word democratic was
loft out of tho resolutions? Per¬
haps ho will tell us in his next is¬
sue. ■
Mr. Harper says that ho shall
not attempt to judge whether 1 am
a better or worse man than my suc¬
cessor us judge of. the county «*urt,
or in any other capacity. Now I
am frank to. admit that-1 don’t
kuow what ho means by tins, and
have not been able to find any one
who docs know and therefore I "will
liavo to leave his enigma unsolved.
I do understand however that ho
wants mo to resign the chairman¬
ship of the executive committee,
but that I am pleased in to in form him
1 am not the resigning
business at this time, so lie can go
ahead with that petition ha-nays
ho understands is in circulation,
or aoon will be, asking me to re¬
sign, and soo if he will have as
good success in getting signers as
ho did in making votes in tbe late
campaign. I
Mr. Harper says ho hopes will
not put the people to that trouble
as a comparison of my writing with
otc., ^rowrithig aird it 1 ‘with'th^saiL"^^^ conclusive*
his proves I very hardly in
to mind that am
sympathy with the Democratic
Now this shows very plain
[? 5?
w ith brains onougli in his head to
grease a gimhlet ought to know by
reading the different articles that
Capt. Milikin and myself are using
entirely j;> different mulls. * Capt.
Miliki B qllill wroto ik liu i e word
0 f only three letters several times
in his last article that was so dif
ferent from anything that my quill
has written so far that any one of
ordinary intelligence could easily mi
dotoct tho differene'e. As to
Democracy, I was born a Democrat
and have always remained a Dem
°crat and expect to die a Domo
crat - n,u } bt ' 0!iuse n £ l h ®JP
proparo thu corpse of the i opuhet
p ar $y f or burial or write any iu
suiting letteas to and about geutle
men and because I have never
huu 8 after b, ' ick election. elwth on people’s good front
». ,i« rea
son why ho should Question Jmy
gympathy for tbe Democratic
party. Now as to hia charge that
sinco I hung out taken'a niy shingle as a
>«wy« r I have case of the
htmd, is as far from true as a
great many other things he has
8a jd $hout me, but I presume that
a large head well tilled looks good
to a man like him, who in his
makeup was apparently gall ami left given short au
over supply of
on brains
Now, Mr. Editor, this co itro
so far as I nm concerned is
«T * *
an on i. I .have pro bleed facta
and figure* to substaniate what I
have raid, and in reply Mr. Harp¬
er comes back with nothing tint
vituperation and abuse because one
word was left out of the resolution,
and That at the instance of .the
committee more than myself, but
I am able and willing to assume
the responsibility; Ft him go on
and appease his wrath if he can
(so he don’t go Too far ), it HeelilS
tii be the only relief hi* can get.
Thanking you for courtesies shown
me, I am
Youts, LtTTI.KKIKI.D, etc.,
O. F.
Chairman Democratic Executive
Committee Wayne Co., Ga.
HIT. PLEASANT.
Warm weather, but nur burg is
still on a boom.
Mr. Offie Pearson, the young
railroad agent here, will leave this
week for his home at Richland,
Ga.
Miss Leo Ten:pie, the pretty
and accomplished daughter ot
Cap}. Charlie Temple, of Bruns
wick, is visiting Misses Minnie
and Agnes Akin.
Mrs. McDonald is the guest of
her neice, Mrs. L. U. Akin.
Rev. L. 15. McMichaol filled his
usual appointment in the ’ Meth¬
odist church last Sunday and
preached a very impressive sermon
to ail appreciative audience.
Mr. Shearman wiil fill the place
vacnied by Mr. Ozzio Pearson.
Mr. Shearman is a very energetic
and thorough-going business man
and has already many friends here.
Our Sunday school is flourishing
and doing a good work. It could
scarcely do otherwise - with such
an able superintendent as the Hon.
L. R. Akin.
RrsTit:.
Better Country Schools,
A method of improving, and at
the same time cheapening country
schools is a long-felt want, which
has at length, it appears,’Wei sup
plied successfully in some localities
of Maryland aud in several other
parts of tho Union, says tho Balti¬
more San. If the public school
system breaks down anywhere it is
in the sparsely settled rural dlstri its
where thorn nro not enough pupils
within a practicable area to justify
tho expense of a good building and
and a good teacher. The merits of
a graded school are not attainable
where there arc only six or eight
pupils of assorted ages and attain¬
ments, aud only one' instructor
with a minimum salary. The state
naturally cannot afford to pro tide
for a population of ten to a nquajrti
tuilo tho same school accommoda¬
tions that it readily provides for a
population of 5,000 to tho square
mile. Should it attempt Vo do so
the treasury would bo bankrupted.
Tho disadvantage is cnohanced by
the fact that in sparsely settled dis¬
tricts the people are apt to ho poor
and unable to supplement with
voluntary contributions, of local
taxation, the scanty school fund re¬
ceived from the state. The result
■s that some country schools arc
lamentably inefficient and the bad
of tbe schools tends to prevent im¬
provements be tho influx of new set¬
tlors and new capital. Intelligent
farmers, on the contrary, anxious
for good schools for their children,
move away with regret to localities
where the soil is worse hut the
schools better.
NOTICE.
For tbu convenience of the - i ing
ing classes ol tho - Wayne Co.‘tlie place
of has holding changed next convention
been from Corrinth
church to Odum on the lird Sun¬
day and Saturday before tn Sep¬
tember. All classes will please
take notice and report‘to the lat¬
er named place. ihe public gen¬
erally invited.
I. S. Bennett, Pres.
Look Pleasant, Please.
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E. HARPER’S REPLY
TO PEN AftLIKIN.
Mr. Editor:
1 had hoped my last article to
Uncle Ben would close the contro¬
versy, but ft. seems to me that
justice demand* that 1 should
Comment a little on his la3t article
which was published in the Sen¬
tinel ami t h > M/Ctv-i of week before
last. Sam Jones says tho hit dog
is sure to holler, now Ben must
have been hit very hard from the
way he hollers out lie* 1 lies! liesl
Now when Ben Milikin wrote and
published that article which
charges me while Ordinary with
having some new districts formed,
and when tho time for an election
of an ordinary came that I ran for
the offico and was beat-n by Hon.
J. R. Roberson, and to secure the
office that I hud the Votes of these
new districts thrown out, as I
claimed the districts bad been il
l,.gallv u,J lorm-l, Im Xlote and pub
a lb. The tacts as 1 R e .
m ^ m b„r tlmm, nearly thirty
ago while I was ordinary, a
wtis filed in my office to forin a
new district, now known a* the
Jesup district. I had the said drt k
trict laid out mid formed accord
ing to law; the election came be¬
fore a voting precinct had been
established in said district, and
the older ' heads know how that
election was carried on. I raised
the point there had lieen no voting
precinct established in the new
district. I knew ho had lied on me
at the time ho published it but had
more respect for him than to tell
him so, but now I feel fully justi¬
fied in doing so. When Ben
Milikin wrote that editorial in his
paper that said I beat tho Pop*
with sticks he wrote a lie and when
lie published it ho published a lie.
Ben .Milikin and everybody else
knows that I did not write my
artielo against him for facts; ho
seemed to be anxious to go into a
skin game with mu (or to skin mo
as ho caMod it) and to nccoinmo*
niodate him l just played him one,
and ho got beat at his own game
and it made him ao mad that he
could say nothingibut liar, liar,
liar. But I suppose that is one of
his characteristics to undertake a
controversy and if the other side
gets tho better of it he gets mad
and insults them in some way or
other. Benjamin has to toot his
own horn; ns I never hoar any one
Mbo tooting it for him. The good
people" of Jesup certainly have not
found out that ho make* such a
great and good officer as h*»{claiins,
or they would luivo put the town
i'll his hands to run it nil tho time.
Quo having such a political
record behind him as* ho* Jought
never to fry to skin anybody on
politics.
I plainly stated I would not
vouch for the truth of his having
run for mayor *>r constable. Ho
seems to think it a disgrace to bo
a constable when hundreds of
truer and bettor men liavo held
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l
Tuten Block, JESUP, GEORGIA *
that office. Why did he not say
that 31r, Brantley was lying on
him when he told about Ben at¬
tending the nigger meeting and
about the colored brother snying
"Dis has been de bestest nigger
meetings, etc.” The people have
not forgot wher Ben Milikm tried
to deliver the Populist vote of the
county to the Republicans for the
sake of getting an office for him
self.
The facts are Beri is ashamed to
face bis record, it makes him mad
all over to refer to it. When he
wrote and published that the chair¬
man and committee only did as
the state committee directed them
to do, he wrote and published an¬
other lie on the state executive
committee.
Now I am done with this skin¬
ning business unless Ben Milikin
is anxious for another round.
Very Respectfully.
E. Harder.
SCREVEN.
August brings tbe golden grain.
iIr> A ’ S NichoU Drought to
f ' n y ew potato. It weighed
thre<!
Miss Lizzie Walker has relapsed
but we trust she will be better soon,
Miss Mamie Galti* i« spending
verk with relatives at Inez,
5Vi- fNsppell made a business
trip to Brunswick snd other places
Saturday •
Mrs. Wright is on tbe sick list this
week.
Prayer meeting istwwwg held in
j|,j g COIU „i„i,tty for the fflttpose of
cageing tbe “devil." It they catch
the old gentleman we will all feel
relieved.
Guess wbat young man was made
to blush by a youug lady weighing
about two hundred and fifty pounds
sitting down on bis hat at church
the other Sunday.
Mi*s Janie l’earson is very sick
with fever.
Miss Minnie and Bera Odum are
visiting relatives iu our town.
Mr. J. 15. Mills and family ac.
cotnpAiiied by Miss Lizzie Rich visit¬
ed Tvbco Sunday.
Mr. Buoy and daughter spent a
few hours in town today the guests
of Dr. 3V. K. Eason.
Mr. J. C. Ilatoher visited Ml.
Pleasaut Sunday.
Mr. Stephen Rogers was in (ow n
today.
Mr. .Mansfield Ntcholls returned
home with a broken arm.
Quito a crowd of alternative
listeners were out Sunday to hear
Rev. Leo. We are always glad to
hear him.
Oh, Aden! what two girls re¬
semble so much?
Dr. O’Quinn, of Patterson, was
a visitor in our town today.
Be silent always, when you doubt
your sense, with
Aud speak, though sure, teem
ing diffidence;
Some positive, presisting fops
know, no,ds
Who, if once wrong, w ill lie
cl ways so. \
Bu t: Eve*.
JURY LIST.
List of petit jury drawn for No¬
vember term, 11*02, Wayne Superior
Court:
Nichols, W. h.
Witsoii, Joe
Cross, G. B.
Ritch, G. B.
Knox, J. F.
Waldron, jss. 15. D.
Hickox, J.
Waldron, A.
Richardson, 1’. R,
King, Newton
Surreney, J. J.
Young. George
Averett, W. D.
Cross, W. S.
McGaulcy Nicholas
Morris, L. 8.
Dennison, Jno. \Y.
Cobb, W. P.
Kelly, 8. B.
Lewis, J. G.
Spell, VV. T.
Patterson, W. S.
Pye, Jas. E.
Brannen, E. (}.
Strickland, G. L.
Jones, II. E.
Prescott, T. D,
Herrin, C. C.
Aspinwsll, W. II.
Bell, II. E.
Harper, J. A.
Highsmilh, J. 15.
Smith, Jos L. Smith
Highsmith Norwood
O’Quinti A. II.
Bist of grand jury diawn for
November term, 1902, Wayne
Superior Court:
Odum,W 1
Strickland, M M
McGaulev, David
Roatb, Alfred
Youles, It G
Dent, Silas
Bryan, Jno W
Strickland, Steve
Thompson, W It
Gibson, Mitchell
Jackson, J T
Ogden, 8 P
Willis, TV J
llrooker, Jno W
Blocker, J J
Kozier, Ben F
King, Jr., Jas F
Ogden, lsham
Edenfield, J F
Smith, John G
Roberson, W M
Walker, Jas II
Fields, C C
Hatcher, Sr. J C
Higbsmirii, Mpton 31 C H
Clary, J 15
Clary, B F
Jones,
Long, It A
Nichols, A J
JmrU s-rlr't ('•olrtrt,
One r*s*>rt tin* It that Je.ck Doyle !•
to be with the Washington Amertcao
!ensue team next e;>rl»». As s matter
•f fact, l>oyle sixm-1 • two years’ con¬
tract with Chlt-tneo last spring ami "ays
that ts where he will play uext yc at.
“Kid" Nteb.U.
Pltrher Nichols I* sleuit the only
Boston I>‘nmie player who has not y*4
asked for a raise, fie has done a* wet.
a* any other pitcher tn the team nod
wilt no denbt seek more money.
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LAWYERS.
1 --- CHARLES C. TINDALL,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
Offico in Tuten Block,
JESUP, GA
JAMES R. THOMAS,
Attorney and Counselor at Law
| Jesup, Georgia.
Does a general Law Practice
throughout the state and else¬
where by Express contract.
J. W. T0PPKLL
Attobney-at-Law,
St SEVEN, G a.
se
E. P.PADGETT <%. SON,
Attorneys at Law.
Baxley', Georgia.
Practice throughout the
Brunswick circuit ami elsewhere
by special contract.
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Attokney-at-Law,
Waychosp, Gsosoia.
Will practice in all Courts of
the Brunswick Circuit am] else¬
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—LAWYER,—
Office Tuten Building,
Jesup, OKOBO IA
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— PHYSICIAN it BURGEON,—
Office Tuten Block,
JESUP, GEORGIA
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Physician and Surgeon, »
Jssur, Georgia.
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