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WEDNESDAY, NOV 27, 1878.
R. L. HICKS,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
TP. P. Jfiek* is the regular agent for the
POST in Johnson roinrtj/, authorized to re■
ausiee subscription*, receipt for the same, and
fto nude, coni rust* for adeertuing. All (luce
shoifUl he paiil to him.
New Item! .Law.
Wo giivn tlio rauders of the. Post
jjiwt qpek our views concerning the
working of oar public roods. In
,order that they tnay hoc how tho
matter in regarded in McIntosh
(County, where a now system is being
.vigorously agitated, wo clip from
ttho Darien Timber Ornette a com
munication on the subject. Wo
.earnestly hope that some our leiul-
ing citizens willjoon favor the Post
with their views either for or against
tho abolition of tho prosont system.
The writer from McIntosh says :
“A very busy season is now upon
tus farmers of tho seabord, and hence
the absence of my risttal letter.
Your eolmns, however in tho moan-
:ti»no, have boon filled with an inter
esting subject, that of a new law for
!keeping up tho public roads. This
:is a subject of great importance and
ishould bo discussed in a calm and
•dispassionate manner. That tho
'.mads at the present are in a doplor-
jnblo condition is patent to every one
\who Ims ooeasion to travel them;
.that the present law is not and can-
mot bo enforced is a known fact;
that tho present system (under pre
tence of law) of making the roads,
ceases to he a fiirco and is a source of
mortification to every good citizen,
and that the roads have long since
boon pronounced by every intelligent
visitor, u disgrace to tho county, an
facts so well known to the onteispriV
ing, progressive and travelling part
of tho community, that I forbear to
onumcruto further grievances in that
direction. When the act reftorrod
to first appeared in your coluins you
stated editorially that it had been
offered by an influential citizen ; if
that citizen had made an error in of
fering a provision of the new law
whieh is subject to constitutional
objections it only shows that ho is
not a lawyer; but that does -not hit
dor hint from being a progressive
man and a good citizen, and because
he proposes to give the powers to
the County Commissioners to con
tract the Work of tho roads doos not
prove him a chronic contractor, and
if ho woro, it is to bo hoped as it is
.believed and known that there is
grains and public spirit enough in
jtho Uoaitl of Commissioners not to
,mako any such foolish eon tracts as
is indicated in the jotter of vour cor
respondent ‘Taxpayer.’ I would
^suggest to him, ‘Taxpayer, that
instead of clambering over tho uul-
.works of tho constitution ar.d
squeaking..-to tho puhlio “ninu with
; n lovul head,’’.ho shut Iff mount tho
ramparts ami in ‘‘clarion notes”
Bing out: ‘You’re on tho right
track, brother reformer, ami I see
you are no lawyer, but come up
hero; I am a limb of the law ; ami
lot us frame a law which will fill tho
bill, ». a, give good roads to glorious
old McIntosh and not put paupers
in jail, either.’ That is tho spirit
which should prompt every one, for
tho cpmstion is, shall tho VunUa be
huilt and maintained by taxation or
hot P t The people out* hero say yes!
they cannot in any other way, for
Hint: imAivniiiD win* a...
.and has never returned. Since mul
ing ‘Taxpayer’s* labored effort
.against, tho proposed not, 1 have ox-
amiod it carefully ami cannot find
«V)ywhei\>. iy it *700 as tho proposed
amount of taxation ; on the contrary
I Hud that, tho act propose that
tho Hoard of Com nissioners
shuil have power to levy the sum of
not more than #3 per annum and
ftutih^r provides that tliqy shall ra
ni it,'abate or abolish any portion of
said tax as may not bo required for
maiutaineuco of roads. I am of
( C)Hnion (based on some e\|H>rieijee)
that if the stun of *3 per nun is
levied tho first year that the greater
jairt of tho amount will he collooted,
excusing tho anxious poor, and that
if that amount bo judioioqsty ex-
]>ondod on the roads, they can ho
pul in sneh order that they will re
quire a very small expenditure for
several years, and fifty cents per tax
able bead jier annum would keep
the roads in turn-pike condition,
with safe bridges and all the com
forts attendant upon such a state of
the roads. Now, if I am wrong, let
some one prove the contrary, not
make assertions unbacked by any
line of reasoning calculated to en
lighten the people.
At the risk of ocupying too much
of your valuable space, Mr. Editor,
I beg leave to state further, that the
present condition of our public roads
is a great bar to emigration to our
county and I believe if the same
apathy maintains in regard to public
improvements and progress that now
exist capital now in our midst will
fold its blanket and crab-like, steal
away to more congenial climes. It
behooves the public, therefore, to
look into this matter and the poor
man in particular is interested ; every
ono of them worthy of the name of
citizens, is or ought to be trying to
get himself a home ; good roads are
calculated to enbanco the value of
your property by putting you hearer
to market and in many other ways
which in this papor I shall not take
time to mention. Now let us sec
how much more burthen some the
proposed new law is on tho poor man
than the present law ; the present law
if enforced requires fifteen day’s la
bor per annum on the roads. Now
tho lowest figure at which a poor
man, white or black, can be hired in
this county, is 50 cents por day :pt
that rato if the law was enforced lie
would be contributing $7.50 per un-
mim to the public roads; tho new
law asks for not moro than $3.00 per
annum with the chances of a groat,
deal less, and at tho samo time open
I he doors for the “anxious” poor
man if lie should come along to work
upon the roads and receive a reason
able compensation for bis services,
lie will liavp saved $3.50 in labor and
have saved tho samo amount in cash
which “tho best blood of old McIn
tosh’' will reudily pay, rathor than
grub dirt in those swamps in the
months of August and .September,
which is the custom now.
Hut my paper 1ms grown longer
than I intended and I will say no
more at prosont; the subject is fruit
ful in ideas of political economy, and
I may refer to it again.”
Orphan Homo.
/it/i/ore Swainsboro Herald'.
Please announco through your col-
ums that tho Union Association, at
its last session, went into a resolution
to establish an Orphan’s Home in
the bounds of the Association, and
appointed Revs. J. A. Scarboro,
Wm. M. Cowart,, SollnO. Britton, J.
A. J. Smith and Mr. M. A. Grace as
a oommitto and agents to soliot con
tributions for that purpose, and re
port at the no.xt session of that body,
which will he hold with the church
at Mt. Tabor, Emanuel county, in
October next. Wo tako ploasuro iu
recommending these brothern to all
for the luudiblo work which the as
sociation tins assigned to them. We
esteem them as being faithful and
trust, that tho good people every
where will consider tho mutter well
and ooutriubto liberally to this good
cause. Tho Oommitto is ready to
recOiVo your donations at any time.
It is needless for us to say much in
regard to tho Orphans of our county
for wo know there are numbers of
them, destitute of homes and protec
tion. Will not the good people of
our county consider this and come up
with their means ami give something
to this good cause? Come one, come
all and help us. This is ono of tho
host moves tho Association has over
made, and wo feel that the Committee
and hrethorn generally will do their
whole duty.
Other papers will please copy and
thus aid in the fnthcranco of this no
ble project. Com m ittk e.
It is now generally conceded that
the hill to reduco tho uumbor of Ju
dical circuits in the State from twen
ty to sixtoon will not pass.
A bill was introduced in tho legis
lature providing that no one shall
be allowed to tako moro than seven
per oent interest for mouoy loaned,
hut has been consigned to a just aud
early grave. The assembled wisdom
of Georgia doesn’t propose to look the
wheels of industry hv driving caj.i
tal from tho state.
Cairo, Illinois, had an earthquake
last week.
The Anti .Jug Law Again.
Laurens Hill, Nov. 0, 1878.
Ed. Poet\
Tho late Grand Jury of our county
in their inquiry for the cause otcrime
settled down upon “whiskey” as the
principal source of evil, and recom
mended it to be taxed so high as to
prohibit its'sale.
Arc they correct in the first prop
osition ? Do they not materially err
in the second ? It is common for
logicians of the present day to “draw”
upon self interest for argument. As
I am in no way interested in a pecu
niary sense I have no such “deposit”
from which to druw.
It is probably a misfortune to any
community for this question 'to, be
agitated. As agitation is far more
likely to be persevered in by the ad
vocates of this evil than its opponents
thus giving it a fresh impetus.
The vote in tbelatc meeting on the
question was announced infayorof
the recommendation of the Grand
Jury, which doubtless was cornet.
But I presume that, under tho cir
cumstances, no ono will claim that
to bo a fair exponent, of the will of
our? people.
Will this Grand Jury inquire a
little faithcr back and see that, the
time once was with us when whiskey
was cheap and not encumbered by
odious revenue laws, and it was in
every man’s honso in the county,
and some well-filled wine cellars.
Compare the criminal docket of that
day with,the present mid be convinc
ed tlmt you are in error.
Supposo you puss a law putting
license on whiskey at $1,500, will
that prohibit its sale ? It will only
put a monopoly in tho bands of a
few men, and break up tho business
of many of our merchants who arc.
too poor to pay the tax. It will put
up many whiskey shops around your
comity lines in other counties, which
will absorb more stolon cotton and
other produce from the outskirts of
your county than will be saved in
the interior. The present law regu
lating the sulo of spirits wo think
amply sufficient. No man can sell
it unless lie is recommended by two-
thirds of tho froe-holders within
three miles of the place of business
and who actually live there. That
is a more stringent law in ono sense
than tho one proposed. For under
the latter the worst kind of a char
acter can sell it before your door, if
lie owns a situation and can pay the
tax. Under the present law every
dealer iu the county is recommended
by bis neighbors, as before stated.
Now, if ho prove unworthy of the
confidence reposed whan he applies
for a renewal of his lioenso they can
refuse to oudorso him and thus put
him out and give place to a bettor
man. Thus his continuance in this
business depends upon his good con
duct. If every community in. the
county would look well to this nmt-
fcor thoy liavo all tho protection they
could ask. The fault, if any, is not
for want of sufficient law. Hut it
lies la individual timidity which fours
;o oppose Smith or Jones for fear of
losing his vote and inlluouco or
something else as trivial and therefore
calls for moro legislation.
Whiskey scorns to mortal vision to
bo a source of groat evil. Hut so do
many other natural blessings which
are pervortod and abused by poor,
weak Immunity.
To our limited vision it appears
tho world wqull be better without
it. Hut hero we come in collision
with tlio wisdom of tho Creator and
must recoil. It it here, and is co-
oxtonsivo with civilization. Let us
then make the best we cun fit for all
parlies. It, is an impossibility to
prohibit tho side ami use of it.
I cannot here digress into detail of
the sourco of crime in our communi
ty. But I venture to suggest the
primitive source to ho lack of more
gonorul public education mid projier
moral training. Whiskey used by a
man who has had proper moral train
ing will bo used cautiously and tem
perately. Bring a child up in the
way ho should go, aud ho will depart
from it, or tho hibte it false. If
your sou makes a drunkard, don’t
blume Sarehett, or Nance, or Scar
borough. They dou’t have the train
ing of your boy. The responsibility
lies upon you, and you cannot shift
it to other shoulders. Hut poor, un
fortunate boy who has no good advice
or precept from the fireside, or sel
dom from the pulpit, against this
evil. Ho is ofteu brought up with
the idea that it caps the climax of
manhood to get drunk and chew to
bacco—to spit red.
Some people and legislators have
sought to rob the pulpit of its right
to puolic moral training in advocat
thg temperance, one of the attributes
of a eliristian, by trying to force it
upon the people by statute. This is
unwise. Let our ministry, like Paul,
teach the people, especially the yofitli
by gentle persuasion and kind argu
ment, the beauty and solidity there
is in temperance, and the make-up
of character. Ignorance, the moth
er of vice, prevails where the educa
tion of the masses is neglected.
Then, sir, let -.is instead of getting
excited over an abstract question cite
the Graud Jury and the people gen
erally-to every means possible to co
alesce with the vigorous efforts of
our State school commissioner and
we will in due time reap the fruit of
the great educational system lie is
planting in our State.,
Critic.
* Gov. Colquitt and the North
eastern Bonds.
Wc make the following extract
from an Atlanta letter in the Wilkin
son Appeal:
The most absorbing topic before
the people, und the legislature, is the
endorsement by the Governor of the
bonds of the Northeastern railroad
for $200,000—and tho insinuations
and imiendoos of Benj. Hill that he
profited by the endorsement. Mr.
Murphy; a clerk in, tin Treuurer’s
office, got a fee of $8,000 for it and
it is estimated that the Governor, to
some extent, or in some way partici
pated in it. But how, or to what
extent, no one pretends to know. I
am satisfied that the charges, or in
sinuations, are without foundation.
Some say that it is a war waged by
Benj. Hill against Colquitt, in which
Hill will be worsted, while others
say tlmt Colquitt, will he seriously
injured. I am inclined to think
that Colquitt will bo badly injured
before tlio people, although lie may
be thoroughly exhonomtod by tho re
port of the committco of investiga
tion. Whenever supicions are arous
ed against a public officer, it matters
not whether any foundation exhists
for them or not, ho is injured.
I am yours truly
F. Chamuens.
Montgomery News.
Hog cholera is raging in tho low
er part of the county.
Hon. I). «J. McRae's little girl has
been very sick with diphtheria for
some time, but is improving slowly.
There are more than eight, hun
dred pieces of timber lying at the
two nearest landings to Mt. Vernon
Mr. Henry wutorninn of Hiiwkius-
villo is in tho comity with n drove of
horses and mules.
Mr. T. J. Smith has attached a
room to his house exclusively for the
post office. It. is very convenient.
Our courting man bundled up a
few candy verses on last Sunday
morning, wont over, to see his gal,
and not finding her lie left the little
package addressed to her on the
table. Tho old lady got it and she
annoys him a great deal by quoting
soino of the swoot lines when she
outehes him in a crowd.
Mr. P. II. Hardman' Ims lost two
wives this year and married again
last week.
Tho Agricultural Society at Long
Pond is getting to be a good thing—
"being run by men who feel and see
the importance of it.
Bout for the Ocouce mid
Octuulgee Rivers.
The Savannah Recorder “under
stands tlmt a line steamer is to be
pluccd upou the route between Sa
vannah and Dublin, touching at all
points on tho Oconee, and proceed
ing on each trip to Hawkinsville,
stopping at all landings on tho Oc-
mulgee both to land aud receive
freight,”
Meeting of the Timber
Merchants
[.Darien Timber Gazette.]
The undersigned merchants of
Darien, are advised that, a report is
in circulation through the Timber-
district of Georgia, that under an
arrangement, hereafter all Mill Tim
ber is to be measured by allowing an
inch to be thrown off, to the detri
ment of the cutters, and as such a
report has a tendency to mislead the
cutters of mill timber, it was resob
ved at a meeting held in Darien on
the 7th inst. to publish a notice in
the Darien Timber Gazette set
ting forth onr views of the measure
ment of mill timber, so as to place
us on equality with other Lumber
manufacturing ports, and to be able
to make a market for the manufact
uring of lumber here. It is contem
plated by the laws'of this State that
mill timber should be so measured
that the mills can cut out of the log
the measurement paid for, and in
view of that law, we have requested
the Surveyors to measure accordingly,
and when the bark is left dll'the ; log;
to make an affowaned for it, which
we are of tlio opinion would average'
one inch, but in all cases-when the
log has no bark on it, tc measure the
full diameter as before. This wo
think, is only justice, and which the
cutters would be glad to have done,
as we could then pay more in price
for the timber and all would be bet
ter satisfied. It is a well known fact
in business that the supply and de
mand always regulates the price of
an article, and when the measure
ment is correct a better understand
ing is had of wliat. price can afford
to be paid. Hark is not timber, and
cannot be used for any purpose,
therefore the cutter has only to re
move it and got full measurement of
h is timber as heretofore. The allow
ance of one inch for the bark when
left on the log is from the diameter
of tho log and not from the square,
thus in several sizes leaving the
square from the diameter, the same
as heretofore measured.
Hiltons & Foster,
Young & La no don,
R. K. Walker,
Todd & Huntington
Robertson & Arowni.ee,
James K. Clarke & Co.,
: August Schmidt,
D. M. Munro, per Holmes.
Darien, Ga., Nov. 14th, 1878.
Pulaski county is contemplating
a bridge across the Oenintgce at
Hawkinsville.
Georgia Congressmen.
The following are the Congress
men elect from Goorgia:
1st District—J. C Nickolls.
2nd District—Wm. E. Smith.
3d District—Phillip Cook.
4th District—Henry Persons.
5th District—N. J. Hammond.
6th District- -J. II. Blount.
7th District—Wm. H. Foltou.
8th District—A. II. Stophens.
9th District—Emory Speer.
An attempt was made on the 17th
iust. to assassinate the king of Italy.
T. P. SARCHETT.
Earthquakes, grasshoppers and
revolution are disturbing different
parts of South America.
The reports that A. T. Stewart’:-
body had been recovered, and that
all the robbers were shadowed, turn
out to have been sensational in Into.
W. J. SCARBROUGH & CO,
BAR ROOM,
Dlx*fc>l±:OL., Geo,
Keep always well supplied with
Aurora Beer,
WINES LIQUORS AND CIGARS
Also a good assortment of
Family Groceries,
iVhich they will sell at prices to suit the
times. Give them a eall. jc 20, tf.
After over twenty years experience in the
LIQUOR BUSINESS,
I flatter myself that I know a little abopt
it, and wish to inform the public that I am
AT MY OLD STAND
On the corner of the Court House Square,
ready to serve all who want to purchase any
thing in my line. I keep always on hand a
full stock of "- ( i • -
ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS,
ANE
Louis 33<©©:e7
Oil draught. Also a flue stock of
Family Groceries.
All of wliich i'ofler to ’sell
The Strobing House.
TOOMSBORO GA.
0. H. L. STRTHING Proprietor
Thanking tho Public for their lilie-
ral patronage in the past. I respectfully
ask a continuance of the same, My ltonse
is near the Depot and first-class in all
its appointments.
Good Conveyance
always in readiness to accommodate the
Travelling Public who may wish to go
from Toomsboro to Dublin or any other
point.
Give me a trial and be convinced! I am iilsr
Agent for the
“OLD VALLEY WHISKEY/
iv 20. tf. T. P. 'SarChbtt. .
•~’y -I .CliiTT.f
• Tlie National Hotel.
(Nearly opposite Passenger Depot.)
TERMS PER DAY,. ...
SINGLE MEALS,...:....';
,*2.00
..75cts
The Pr ,T' ict , 01 ' foclta ff 'thankful; for tin
f/ ~ y. cl - v , hheral patronage ho lms receive
say tlmt. this^ no ' v leave t<
FIRST-CLASS HOTEL
Is in perfect • ,>rder in* all its; arrange
ments, and the most convenient of anv ii
the city, being only 100 yards from the Pas
sungur Depot office, where urc always
To receive Baggage and conduct Passo;
gers to and from the Hotel.
I have made shell improvements as i
enable me to accommodate all who may 1
pleased to give us a call. My fare shall 1
as good as the fare of any house in the Stnt
and my terms reasonable. Call and try u
E. C. CORBETT. Proprietor.
R. M. ARNAU,
Scientific Blacksmith,
Southeast Corner Public Square.
AH work done warranted to please or no
charge.
BUGGY WORK A SPECIALTY.
KEEPS ALWAYS ON HAND
A Fine Assortment of Plows
—ALSO—
THE CELEBRATED ARNAU SWEEP.
Which is superior to any plow of the
k id made in this country. With thanks
for past favors, we solicit the continuance
of the same. ‘o *30. ly
VJ. F. GSFFCKEN,
Budding and Repairing done to
Order. All work entrusted to mo
Neatly and Promptly executed at pri
ces to suit the times, ffliop bn souih
east earner Court House Square.
Call and see.
june 20, ly
A EE YOU DEY?
If so, go U sec Wash Baker, at his
first-cia s Saloon on Beech St., where he.
keeps eonsti ntly on hand, and for sale,
W mes, \\ hiskeys,
. Brandies Beer,
Cider, Champagne,
Aud in fact, everything in the shupc of
i .i juors and Drinks to be found in a flrst-
cia.-s baloou.
ALSO
TOBACCO, CIGARS ETC. '
( m u.i a uij! and.you sluill Le t &uvinc
ed. WASH BAKER,
Sopt. 18-tf. C'ocuhan Ga.
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