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WEDNESDAY. MARCH 15. 1870.
R. L. HICKS,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
■BJJ.’t 1 !'.!!'.!
IF. l\ Hick* u the regular agent for the
POST in Johnmn county, authorised to re
curo eutmeriptione, receipt for the name, and
to make, contract* for adeertuing. AU duett
should Ijc paid to him,
•
The People mid the Grand Jury
Alter tin* Slicrift'.
In our Inst issue wo promised our
renders some romurks concerning the
Sheriff’s notion in taking the Sheriff'll
wiles from tho Post. Since wo pen
nc<] that promise, the good citizens
of Laurens county uhd our worthy
(5 rand Jury have championed the
cause of the Pooplo’s pujK*r with such
vigor and unanimity that we feel ton
complacent to say anything unkind
of any oilo. We shall therefore state
tho facts in the ease simply as they
nro, and leuvo it to an upright and
intelligent Puhlio to draw their own
conclusions and to make such com
ments as they may.
When J. C. Scarborough came out
as a candidate for Sheriff a large
number of the best friends of the
Post gave him their support; hut
first -required him to pledge himself
neger to change the place of adver
tising the Sheriff sides. This he did
without the least hesitation in the
most uiu|nalified manner,—-time and
time again pledging his “word and
honor (?)” that under no eircuin
stances would ho do the like. Yea,
HE RAIDED IIIH EIGHT HAND ANI)
TOOK A SOLEMN OATH HEFORE Al.-
MKIATY floD NOT TO DO 80. TllO
parties who required and secured
fcheso sacred pledges wore still not
satisfied. They called his attention
to the eontingouoy that an effort
would he inode to drive him through
Jiis bondsmen to dosert the Post.
Ho pledged himself to givo up the
office rather than be dri von. His at
tention was called to the fact, that
tlio editor of tho Post would proba
bly vote for hiH oppoi.cut.—Ho re
j)li(Sd lie did not object to that; (hat
he knew wo wero under special obli
gat ion to Mr. McLendon and ought
to vote for him, adding that his per
•dual feelings toward its should nave
nothing to do with his action—that
ho should koop the advertising in tho
Post because he knew it to be the will
of the people that it should nt a i/ there.
Yet, in t he face of all those facts,
(and wo defy him to deny one jot or
tittle of thorn) ho sent us a notice
last week advertising that ho intend
ed to make the change. When it
become known to the peoplo who had
assembled in town to attend court.,
popular indignation run high and
jHipulnr condemnation was universal.
AfloY consultation with some of our
wisest, and host oitizons wo drew up
the following petition:
State of Georgia) Feb. 25th, 1870.
Laurens county, >
We tho undersigned oitizeus of
Laurens county learning with regret
that our newly elected Sheriff, J.' 0.
Scarborough, desires to change tho
plaeo of advertising the Sheriff’s sales
from a paper Imping as wo believe a
largo and general circulation through
out t he county to one which wo are
equally certain has nothing like a
general circulation, there being
large port ions of tho county whore
the latter paper bus not a bona fide
subscriber, fake this method of ex
pressing our disapproval of said
change and wo resnootfully ask the
Sheriff to have all the advertising
emanating from his office published
in the, Dublin Post. Wo further
think it right and proper in ns much
as it is a matter concerning the in
terest of tho wholo jieoplo that the
({mud Jury should look into the
matter and see to it that, this mani
fest injustice he not inflicted upon
tho citizens of tho comity.
This petition was signed by almost,
every man in town, only four or five
living outside of tho incorporation
declining. In less than a day und a
half 221 names, nearly a third of the
white voters in the county wore se
cured, including all tho postmasters
In the oouuty except one who was not
in town and three of tho Sheriff's
brothel's-in-law. Wo took tho poti-
tion to the (Laud Jury room and
handed it iu, without a word of com-
incut farther than to say that we
thought it dear from the unanimity
with which tho one third of tho citi
zens who woro pr sent signed tho pe
tition. ilint nearly all* iu tho county
would have signed it if they had: been
hero. The 0 rand Jury niudo a rec
ommendation in accordance with the
spirit of the petition. Rut ko
Scarborough has not yielded to this,
the strongest demand over made by
tho citizens of the county upon one of
their public servants. Whether he
will or not remains to be seen. But if
he can goon in the dirty bargain, defy
the whole people, disregard Che sol
emu protest of the Grand .Jury and
consummate the perjury of7fis»ouI
exchange for the hollow promises
hold out by bis present course, we
can well afford to let him go.
In the mean time the readers of the
Post shall not be deprived of seeing
tho Sheriff’s advertisements, nor yet
be compelled to take a pajier which
they don’t want. The sales will all
ho published regularly in the Post,
as heretofore, free, for. the benefit of
our readers.
A word to our subscribers and wc
are done. The Poht has yielded a
handsome income from the day it
started and will no doubt continue
just as prosperously in the future
But a certain portion of a newspaper
income is necessarily on bimo, while
tho expenses of the papor are abso
lutely cash. It is customary with all
well conducted newspapers to make
subscriptions cash because of the
smallness of the accounts. Our list
is not quite reduced to a cash basis;
but necessity now more than ever
niukcs it absolutely necessary. Wo
hope thgreforo that every subscriber
now in^ arrears will pay us by
April court and that all our subscri
bers will renew as their.time expires.
After court weok wo shall bo com
polled to discontinue the papers of
all who are in an ears and after that
date we shall adopt tho plun of dis
continuing all pa|>or8 nt the expira
tion of cash subscription. We don’t,
do this boeause wo think we will not
get tho money,,but simply because
wo cant afford to wait for it. We
don’t bcliove any fair-minded man
will think hard of us for it, mid we
hope not a single name will bo drop
ped. But if any should ho, we hope
they will pay us and renew as soon
as possible.
The wifo of a miner in Hopewell,
l*u., had yellow hair of wonderful
length and abundance. It was so
heavy as to ho a bothor, but her hus
band would not lot her cut it off,
even when offered a good price by
dealers in hair. Lately work became
scarce with him, and ho did not
know how to make a payment soon
coming duo on his little house. Then
a stranger came along und offered
8200 for the treasured yellow hair.
That: amount of money would raiso
the mortgage on the homestead, and
tho husband roluctantly made tho
sale. He could not. help shedding
tom's when lib saw tho stranger’s
shoal's despoiling his wife’s head of
its beauty, and sho wept when sho
looked at herself iu the glass; but they
consoled themsolvo? with the crisp
bank notes, and tho buyer went away
with tho hair. A few days after
ward the miner weut. to |>ay the debt
and learned that * tho bills woro all
counterfeit.
Mrs. Felton’s Letter. | An atfc c m Pt also be made to
get contributions from the mother of
It is well known that the contest l 0,,e the editors, one of the most
in the late congressional campaign prominent and best writers of the
in the seventh district between tho I South, while occasional pieces from
organized Democracy and the Inde- Wesleyan Female College are expect-
pendents was one of the hottest M- Veto.
known to our political history. The | Mercer University, Feb. 25, 1879.
Independents had tho sympathy of
tho radical party North und South, I A Mormon is known by the wives
and it was believed by many that the lie keeps.
sinews of war were furnished Dr. a u ■ , » , .
... A lilden club has been formed in
l* cl ton by the Republican managers.
The organized Democracy on the
other baud, bent all their energies to ^ ^ IC population of Texas is now
defeat Dr. Felton, and requested cstiniutcd ut 1,(180,000.
Gen. Gordon to canvass the district Senator Bruce says lte was treated
for Judge Lester. This of course | like a whitemun in Europe.
kindled the wrath of the Feltomtes
against Gon. Gordon, and since that
time they have lost no opportunity
to try to shake the confidence of the
people in that gentleman. So a
short time ago when Mr. A. W.
Rces6 wrote to the Macon Telegraph
that it had beon ascertained that one
of I)r. FeltoR’s friends had written a
Dr. Carver, the marksman, and
his wife have gone to England.
- The largest section of the Demo
cracy still think “Tilden and Hen
dricks” ure good names to conjure
with.
The merchants und business men
of (Juthbert arc refusing to take the
letter to Senator Ferry, u Kcpubli-1 Mexican dollar, except for seventy-
can, asking money to aid the Inde-1 fivo cents,
pendents, Mrs. Felton assumes gra
tuitously that sho was the “friend”
alluded to, und with still lesa reason
MRS. M. E. MCVAY.
If
A. E. CHOATE.
MACVAY & CHOATE,
.
(Successors to W. T. McVay.)
OOOH=R^.3ST, s ; •• : GEORGIA.
W E have to dny entered into partnership, and will continue the Warehouse and
Mercantile business of the old nnrl welt known house of W T McVnv under
M. E. MACVAY,
■■■ iy |
Mercantile business of the old and well known house of W. T* McVa
the above Firm, Name and Style.
A. E. CHOATE:
We ask a continuance of the patronage so liberally given the House from your
County for the past five years, and pledge ourselvrs to use every effort to make the
New Firm Worthy* of Your Support*
We buy COTTON and all other FARM PRODUCE, and sell all classes of goods
ev jept whiskey b
Dr. T. O. Powcl has been elected
to succeed the late Dr. T. F. Green
as superintendent of the State Luna
tic Asylum.
If Tulmage ever dufget to heaven
he would want the Lord to lend him
a policeman so that he could visit
the other locality.
J. L. Rhein, of Craven, North
Carolina, has 125 acres in garden
peas which he expects to ship iu time
WE ARE ALSO AGENTS FOR A
high gkr^zdie Fertilizer
OTAT A LOW l‘IUCI!.„!SS
McVAY Sc CHOATE.
Cochran, Febr’y 19, 1879-tf
that Gen. Gordon inspired tho at
tack, and comes out in a most scur
rilous tirade upon tho Senator.
The following extract will serjo as
an exam t>lc:
“I understand the charge to be
that I ‘plead in piteously pathetic
terms for radical money to help my
husband’s election. Had I done so the
allegation would come with bad grace | to seed the land iu cotton,
from an owner of tho Macon Tele
graph and Messenger, which papor
was subsidized by Governor Brown
in the matter of the state road lease
for the sum of two thousand dollars.
I only recognize tho muster in this
attack—not the servitor who does 1 11 tclliug of
Gen. Gordon’s puffing as well as his I know nothin
dirty work in his newspaper.
I f A. W. Reeso m his strenuous
efforts to secure a place under the
senate organization finds it ueocssary
to show his subservience to General
Gordon, we cannot stoop to notice a
man working for such selfish ends
and suoli substantial rewards. The
sonutor, I find, lias beon very active
in this inattor—his position entitles
him to some attention.
When a United States senator cun
un a convict camp, which ‘is a dis
grace to civilization,’ for money
when he cun manipulate a sonthoni
insurance company and a southern
university publishing company, not
to speak of other circumlocution en-
D1P0RTANT TO TEACHERS
Fort Valley Mirror: Wo learn that
on yesterday Mr. Mack Robinson was
shot and instantly killed on his plan
tation by Mr. John Humber. It
seems that there had beon a difficulty
botwoon the parties on Wednesday,
and yesterday as Mr. Robinson was
riding along on his horse ho was shot,
tho load of buckshot taking effect in
his side. The party bringing tho
information says that as Humber
ran lio was shot nt by Mr. Robinson’s
son, who was a short distance be
hind, but it was not known if he was
hit.
The Wandering Jew, wo believe,
has ul ways been considered tho great
est. as well as the first tramp men
tioned in history. But since H. W,
J. Hum has come to be a circulating
editor, said W. J. had hotter look to
bis laurels. When last heal'd from
Mr. Hum was pluming the wings of
tho Gainsvillc Fogle.
What If They do Not?
Chicago Times.
In 1868 both parties sought Gen.
Grant to bo their candidate. What
if both parties should dp the same to
General Sherman iu 1880?
Mr, Juntos Rosoberrv, of Newton
county, says that he ouoo raisod
eight hundred bushels of peanuts on
one acre of grtiupd, and sold thorn
for ono dollar and fifty ocuts a bush
el.
A Philadelphia minstrel company
is producing in various parts of the
country a successful burlesque on
General Grant’s tour in Europe.
“What’s jogmphy, Bill?” “It’s
forrin lands that we
about by cute chaps
that never seen ’em.” Bdl got
government situation.
A Buinbridge darkey, when he was
told that a dollar was only worth
eighty cents remarked: “This
wtisserin cotton. Muss lmve been a
bustin crap of money made lost, year.”
A daughter of the late Brigham
Young was asked recently in Wash
ington how she had been treated at
the capital. Her reply was: “By
members of Congress and the pi ess
very well, but by Christians badly.’
P*. F. Jonas, the newly-elected
United States Senator from Louisi
ana, will lio the third Israelite who
has occupied a seat in the forum,
terprises, where the money of the I The others were David Yulec, of
subscribers disappeared forovor— Florida, and Judah P. Benjamin, of
where he could borrow ‘money of a Louisiana.
southern bishop—and the bishop The large iron safe known as the
sold tho collaterals for only one dol- “Ceuteunial Safe,” containing auto-
tar in tlie hundred, joti noed not be gmi'lis, photographs, etc., of distin-
surprised that lie should attack the guished men of 1876, was formally
wife .of a political opponent.” closed in Washington on Saturday.
This unreasonable and uncalled- It is to remain closed for one hun-
for attack upon Gon. Gordon, though tired >'001*3, and then to lie opened,
it may annoy him, tan possibly
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do no harm to tho man who stands
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A College Newspaper.
Post:
The Dalton Citizen says that two
negro children were burned to death
near Carr’s station recently. The
parents had locked them up in tho
| cabin uud then went to a neighbor’s
some distance away; returning late
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Tho Paris correspondents of several
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society, ono chief editor and two consequence of his severo discipline
subs, and a committee bf three from j n the Chamber and the vigor with
each society on arrangements. The which he prevents interruption from
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