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TECE! POST.
• WEDNESDAY, MAY -28, 1870.
R. L. HICKS,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
The I tights oi’Grand Juries.
We desire to cull the attention of
the Grand jury and Uie citizens gen
erally of Laurens county to wlint the
An "(Hi a Chronicled: Sentinel lias to
nay concerning tlio rights of Cl rand
juries, Tliut paper says ;
For the third time this year in
Georgia a Grand jury law Iicen'denied
the right to poos upon public affairs.
Judge McCulehen, of the Blue Ridge
Circuit
presentments of a Grand jury; Jmlgt
Wright, of the Albany Circuit, the
ungi
win the lirst Judge who
the power to suppress the
‘ >
ne
second; nml, we regret lhat it is so,
Judge Simmons, of the Macon Cir
cuit, Ibe third. The lirst two awes
have already been discussed in these
columns. The lust is perhaps the
worst of all. A tew days ago the
G rand jury of Mibb, having some of
the best citizens of the county among
its members, made tlio following pre
sentments:
“Wo believe it to bo an imperative
duty wo owe our county to call the
attention of the officers of this coun
ty to an evil which can, by * their
united efforls, bo abated to u groat
degree. Wo have referred to the
vast amount of time which law usu
ally been consumed in tlio trial of
civil and criminal eases. Tlui history
of Bibb Superior court for the past
fourteen yeuis is a repetition of the
sumo story. Many days have been
wasted in the procurement of juries,
adjournments after adjournments
have boon ordered, simply because
eases set for trial wore not roadv, uhd
oases have boon continued from tot in
to term on the most frivolous pre
texts, and when they were finally put
upon trial many tedious hours and
weary days have been consigned in
long, verbose and too often irrelevant
speeches of badly prepared conn .el,
who spun out the eases almost be
yond the point of endurance to the
afflicted hut helpless jurymen, and
then too often the jury itself, after
retiring for a day or two in consulta
tion, return to tlio court room mi.I
stultify thomsclves by reporting they
cannot agree. Wo charge no one
specially with the blame in this seri
ous matter, hut tlio business men of
our county have boon thoroughly
disgusted with the seoniing puerile
maimer of conducting the court.
Wo reiterate and emphasize tlio re
quest of our hist Grand jury, and
.bog our now Judge to join m our
earnest endeavors to alter and correct
all these abuses. Wo slmll extend
him our cordial assistance and best
wishes, and will gladly aid him in
carrying into effect the good work so
lumpily inaugurated by him.”
The reading of those presentments
caused an unusual and unseemly ex
hibition on the part of the lawyers.
Ono of them immediately .moved
that the objectionable mutter lie
stricken out; another “feelingly vin
dicated t he memories of the' dead
Judges;” another suggested that the
members of the Grand jury be lined
for onntompt; and still another re
duced this suggestion to practice by
asking tlio court to take into consid
eration the question whether a rule
nm would he granted requiring the
jurors to show cause why they should
not be lined. The Judge reserved
his decision until the next day, when
ho unmmnoed that he would not
grant the rule, but that he would
order the omission from the minutes
of tint portion of the presentments
which we have quoted above. We
do not hesitate to say that, this net of
Judge Simmons was arbitrary and
improper. Taken in connection with
the other assaults made upon the
the rights and privileges of Grand
juries by the judiciary wo shall be
greatly surprised if it. does not cause
such legislation to bo enacted'as will
effectually prevent similar high
handed proceedings in the future.
The evil t hat tlio grand Jury com
plained of was ono which it is their
duty to notice—the tmto and money
consumed in litigation unnecessarily.
The evil is one not peculiar to BiUb.
Every largo county in the State is
made to pay annuallv a very grout
amount for ’what nro known its court
expenses. This money must be mis
cd bv taxation, and it is the right
and duty of Grand jnrios toascortnin
the eansoof the mischief and suggest
a remedy. Tho Grand jury of Bibli
found the sessions of tlio Superior
Court had boon prolonged an unrea
sonable time since the war. through
t lie fault of judges and lawyers, and
they stated the shortcomings of those
parties briefly ana forcibly. The
lowyc s who were so swift to clamor
for the punishment of tho jury sim
ply nuulo themselves ridiculous.
Luwyor* nro officers ot the court,
and ore as legitimate objects of cen
sure as the Sheriff or the Clerk. In
our opinion Judge Simmons greatly
transcended his power when no re
fused to allow that portion of the
presentments which we have quoted
to be entered upon tho minutes. The
entcriug of the presentments of a
Grand jury upon the minutes of a
court is not a matter of favor which
die .lodge may grant or refuse, hut a
right which he lias no authority to
deny. The Grand jury were as fully
authorized to comment upon the de
lay and expense tendering the ad
ministration of justice os they had
to report upon flic condition of the
poor house and the jail. Wc go
further and say that they had the
right to take notice of tho conduct
of tho Judge uikjii the bench, if they
deemed it deserving censure. There
are those who seem to think that the
power of a Grand jury is limited to
considering bills of indictment and
passing upon the condition of roads
and bridges and county institutions.
This is a groat mistake. Grand ju
rors may take such nofice as- they
think proper of all public affairs.
They have done this since the time
of James the Second? and it is too
late for American Judges to attempt
to restrict their investigations. As
the Chronicle lias stated before, the
Grand juries of Georgia played a
U iromincnt part in the rescue of the
Rate from the rule of Radicalism.
During every spring and autumn
riding tlieso grand inquests of the
country nresented the corruption of
Bullock's administration, and Bill-
lock’s Judges, who sat upon the
bench, did not dare to say that these
present incuts should be stricken our,
or refused a place on tlio minutes of
tlio courts. Grand jurors havo tlio
sumo right now to pass upon the
official acts of public men, and upon
all matters of goneral interest. At
nearly every term of tho court they
consider State matters, recommend
ing the passage of such legislation as
they think necessary, or tho repeal
of such as they believo injurious.
Judges have no right to control their
discretion in presenting public griev
ances, and tho sooner this is made
clear the better. The ucts of Judge
McOiJpchon, Wright and Simmons
indicate that the privileges of Grand
juries should receive tho protection
of a special statute. If this bo the
case, the duty of the legislature is
plain, and should not bo nvndcd or
delayed.
Our Grand jury could not do bet
ter than to incorporate in their next
goneral presentments the above ex
tract from tlio presentments of tho
Bibb county Grand jury.
A Pretty Heiress Murries a
Black Negro.
"Pittsburg, May 17.—Tho little
town of Beaver, which is one of the
suburbs of this city, is iu a terrible
state of excitement. Ono of the
prettiest, wealthiest, best known and
really accomplished yofmg ladies of
the town left,her father’s house
and deliberately married a negro,
who is as ugly and ignorant as ho is
black. For some time past Miss
Annie Mason Imd given her parents
a great deal of trouble by her reck
less, wayward conduct, but being an
only daughter was spoiled by indul
gence. Her father is-United States
storekeeper in Indiana county, but
lives ill Beaver and is wealthy. Her
uncle is ex-C'hief Justice Daniel
Agnew, of tho supreme court; ami
the family is really one of the best
'll this part of tho slate. Mrs.
George Jones, lately Miss Annie
Miron, is twenty years old, is sym
metrical)' formed and is u brunette
with largo eyes and an exceedingly
pretty faeo. She hud a quarrel with
her parents on Wednesday night,
and early t he next, morning she loft
her home and mot George Jones, a
coarse, illiterate, negro coal digger,
by an appointment which she had
made by sumo unknown means
during the night. At 6 o’elook in
tho morning Jones and another ne
gro, accompanied by Miss Mason,
wont, to Rochester, which is about a
mile from Beaver, and hurried to the
bouse of a colored clergyman, who
married Jones to Miss Mason in pros
cnee of a couple of white men, who
were called in to^ act as witnesses.
Tho couple then took tho train back
to Beaver, where Jones birod a room
in a small house, which has only throe
rooms in it, two of which wore al
ready occupied by negro families.
Tlif reckless gill sont homo for her
trunk, piano and some of tho ormv
moots from her room, and this was
tho first intimation her mother hud
of the marriage. Her mother tried
to pursuude her daughter to return
to hoi' home, but she refused. Her
father is not at borne, and knows
nothing as yet of tho affair. It is
not known how Miss Mason became
acquainted with Jones, or whore she
over met him. Throats are openly
made by the young men of Beavor of
tarring and feathering Jones and
driving him out of the town, but up
to tho present time uotliing has been
done, and Mr. aud Mrs. Jones are
living in their squalid, foul-airod,
tiny room, while tho wayward girl’s
mother is lying at her clegaut home
crazy with brain fever brought on by
Annie’s conduct.
VANCE’S ADVANCE.
The State S. S. Association.
He Takes the Senate by the Ear.
Washington, May 19.—The Sen
ate resumed the consideration of the
legislative, executive and judicial ap
propriation bill. It was agreed to
take u vote on the so-called political
part of the bill ut 4 o’clock to-mor
row. Mr. Blaine spoke ut consider
able length, taking ground against
state rights, and was followed by Mr.
Vance. He, also, spoke of the sys
tem of education in southern schools
as being of an invidious character,
and quoted from school books to show
that such was tho fact. Mr. Vance
suid he was requested to state a fact,
which was, also, within his own
knowledge, that the partisan school
literature spoken of by Mr. Blaine
is non-existent. During the war a
few such works circulated, but since
then no southern child had ever seen
one. No measure advocated by
southorn men, said Mr. Vance, has a
fair hearing in this body. The fact
that it is upheld by them, is the sig
nal for reviving old issues, not perti
nent to the question. He thought
it essential to a proper consideration
of this bill that it be discussed On its
merits, but the arguments of its oppo
nents wore there party denunciations.
If this was an action at law, and such
answers to tho complaint wore filed,
they would bo rejected as frivolous.
Mr. Vance made a very earnest de
mand that proper respect be given
to southern representatives and com
mented on tho republican logic con
cerning free elections, which was:
“Elections slmll be free, if we have
to surround tho pulls with bayonets.
They shall be according to state laws,
if wo have to ovoruwo tlio civil au
thorities by force to lmvo our way.
They shall bo pure, if it takes John
Davouport and every criminal in our
cities to manage and give them puri
ty. They shall bo conducted with
out tho appearance of violence, if ar
tillery has to he trained on every bal
lot-box; and they shall bo fair, if we
have to arrest every man offering to
vote the democratic ticket. Unless
wo can use tho army at tho polls
to count hi the next president, wo
will abandon tho defences of tho
country.” i
. /. V ■ '■ Vy i
State Sunday School Convention
•—ltailroad A urn ugc meat.
Ok fide; Georgia State S. S. A., I
Atl v’nta, Ga., May 13, ’79. )
Eds. Telegraph & Messenger :
—Please publish tlio following rail
road- rates for the benefit of the
delegates to the Georgia State Sun
day School Association, soon to meet
in Macon:
1. Tlio Western ami Atlantic will
pass delegates for one f«»ro, they hav
ing return tickets at the office of
starting, to be endorsed by the Sec-
rotary, certifying that tho holders
of tho same were iu attendance at
the 8Gss : on.
2. The Atlanta and Charlotte Air-
Lino, the Atlanta and West Point,
the Central (and its brunches), tho
Atlantic and Gulf, tho Macon and
Brunswick ami the Romo railroads
will pass delegates for one faro, to bo
returned on certificate of President
Secretary.
3. Tlio Georgia railroad will sell
round trip tickets at throe cents per
mile.
4. On the Savannah, Griffin and
North Alabama- railroads, Mr. Wad-
ley refuses to give any reduction.
W. A. Candler, Seo’y.
Georgia papers please copy.
Johnson Items.
Prof. O. W. Sample’s examination
comes off noxt Friday.
Col. A. F. Daley 1ms commenced
building a tine honso in Wrightsx illo
on tho McWhorter lot.
Mrs. Bradshaw, of Johnson conn
ty, Ims cabbage Mint measures throe
foot across and heading nicely, sIiq.
also has onions that measure six
inches in diameter.
Little John Smith, son of W. J.
M. Smith, eight ven«f old, made a
ladies' dress on tlirsewing machine
hut We*.«d»>T. $
Jim Laveignc, of Sandersville, was J
iu Wrightsvillo last Thursday with a
load of tin for §alo.
The following letter explains it
self: *
Macon, Ga., May 10, 1879.
Editor, Pont:
Will you not, through the columns
of your excellent pajier, call attention
of the Sundav School people of your
section to the approaching meeting
of the State Sunday School Associa
tion, which meets in-Macon May 30,
31 and June 1? The State associa
tion is composed of one delegate for
every three hundred, or fraction of
tht-ec hundred, members of Sunday
schools composing county association's
and in counties where no'orgunizution
exists, two delegates for every repre
sentative to which the oounty is
entitled in the General Assembly of
the State.
The object of tlio association is to
promote the prosperity and efficiency
of tho Sunday schools of Georgia,
and it is to be hoped that the schools
of our immediate section may reap a
huge blessing by having the meeting
in our midst. Arrangements are
being made for the ample accommo
dation of a large delegation, and we
would he glad to see your section
well represented. Ask your people
to bo sure to send delegates.
Very respectfully,
R. F. Barden.
Tho Rev. Joseph M. Wood of
Wrightsvillo is agmn able to be out.
Johnson farmers have had a fine
time for killing their grass for the
last week.
Mrs. A. T. Linder still continues
pretty sick.
Condor, Ga., Mav 2Gth, 1879.
Ed. Pont :
The .Second Quarterly Conference
of tlio Dublin Circuit, notice of which
was given in the Post, convened at
Gotli8emane on the 24th and 25b
insj. ’Twas not my privilege to be
present at Love Feast on Sunday, 1 ut
1 reached tho place of worship in
time to hoar the close of the Sabbath
School address by J. D. Anthony,
Pres, elder, which was a rare treat.
After an intermission of fifteen min
utes, the morning services were
opened with prayer by Rev. T. VV.
Johnson. Elder Anthony then pro
ceeded to deliver the grandest ser
mon we ever heard. IIis text was
Hebrews 11th chapter and 24 to 20
verses inclusive—-tlio life and char
acter of Moses. For more than an
hour he Imd the moot attentive au
dience we ever saw. Tlio sermon
was a master piece of eloquence and
the poem the “burial of Moses” was
indeed sublime. We do not remem
ber on any occasion to have seen such
a large congregation, Every seat was
packed and the aisles full. We no
ticed a good many Dublinites.
Condor Items.
F. C. Adams,lias swapped off his
cunning horse again.
Beachani doesn’t allow a -negro to
say “all right” when he tells huh he
has a whipping for him*
D. J. Smith of Bartow and N. N.
Durden of Emanuel county, attend
ed the Conference.
Tho shelter an uhd Mr. J. F. Ful
ler’s screw giivo way and fell on a
calm day recently.
The hail-storm of the 17th was
very in severe in Woodville, three
miles south east of here. Cotton
was beaten down and even chickens
killed.
Tennessee bonds are rising.
Gov. Colquitt delivered a Sunday
School address bust week in Brook
lyn.
Capital punishment has been re
stored in Switzerland by a popular
vote of the people.
It is to ho feared from tlio latest
Washington news that the duty on
quinine will not be removed this
summer.
Vieto Hugo, writing of the pro
posed re-establishment of the death
penalty in Switzerland, says: “To
retain the scaffold signifies barba
rism; to re-establish it would he im
becility.”
Tho Enterprise has learned that
the pliruse “Bucket Letters” origi
nated in tho writing of certain let
ters to President Harrison by Davi
Holt, of Pulaski county, over the
nom de plume, Bucket.
Tho London World affirms that
tho youngest sou of tho queen.
Prince Leopold, has just sent an of
fer of marriage to tho Princess Marie
of Hanover, for whom his brother, the
duke of Connaught, \Vj.s an unsuc
cessful suitor.
* The Appeal gives the particulars
of the horrible death of Mr. Cass
Wood which occurred seven miles
from Invinton a few days ago. While
riding a mule with plowgear on home
from tho Hold, the mule throw him
to the gronnd, broke his neck, and
his foot gating entangled in ono of
tho traces, he was whirled and drag
ged around until tho back of his
head was beaten to a jelly, ono eye
torn out, an arm broken in two
places aud his fuco and body terribly
mangled.
Persons
Who contemplate visiting Macon arc re-
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To lie found in the State. PICTURE
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AI.SO
Violins, Guitars, Sheet Music,
Music Books, School Books,
Gaines, Toys,
In short, a perfect variety etock. Write
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9 Cotton Avenue, (Building with Flags,)
MACON, GA.
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may 28-tf
W. F. GEFFCKEN,
Buggy IMIeilkieir*.
Building and Repairing done to
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Neatly and Promptly executed at pri
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\
east corner Court House Square.
Cull and sec.
jnne 20, ly
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S ITUATED IN THE TOWN OF
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FRESH LAND under good fence. A
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to me at once.. A. CHAVOUS. *
Or, M. L. JONES.
Notice.
Treasurer’s Office,
Johnson county, April 28, 1879.
My office will be open in the northwest
corner of the Court House the Second
and Fourth Saturdays in each month for
the purpose of transacting county business.
JOHN M. HIGHTOWER,
57-4t County Treasurer.
10.000
NAMES of residents
wanted. For 25 names
and 25 cents we will send
you a tine silk' handker
chief, every thread silk,
regular price, 1.00, G. W
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Alar, 19-(5m
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If so, go to see Wash Baker, at his
first-class Satoon on Beech St., where he
keeps constantly on hand, and for sale.
Wines, Whiskeys,
Brandies Beer,
Cider. Champagne,
And in fact, everything in the shape of
Liquors and Drinks to be found iu a first-
class Saloon.
ALSO
TOBACCO, CIGARS ETC.
Give me a call and von shall be convinc
ed. WASH BAKER
Sept. 18-tf.Cochran Ga.
Pure, Fresh Drugs
• —AT—
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Also a full line of the most popular
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Also a good stock of the finest quality
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:NOTE WELL.:
We buy for cash and get the best rates ;
we sell for cash and take no risks: conse
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Our motto shall he Square and Honest
Dealing with all. Call and examine our
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Physic can be had at any hour
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wm. a. TEVftffiSPfT
jrm W"eler 3
—AND—
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DUBLIN, GEORGIA,
Offers his services to the citizens of
Laurens and adjoining counties. All work
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ESTABLISHED IN 1850.
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Importers and Jobbers, of
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UVUaCOICL. : : C rEb-
jan22 1879 ly
The Strtilting House,
TOOMSBORO, GA.
tot
0. II. L. STRUBING Proprietor
t«t
Thanking the Public for tlieir liberal
patronage in the pnst, I respectfully ask a
continuance of tlio same. My House is
near the Depot and first-class in ail its
appointments.
Good Conveyance
Always in readiness to accommodate
the T raveling Public who may wisii to go
from Toomsboro to Difbliu or any other
point.
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COTTON FACTOR,
SECOND ST. - - MACON, GA.
BRING ME YOUR COTTON
AND I WILL PLEASE YOU.
SSTOppositc J. W. Burke & Co.’s Book
Stor^jau22, '79, ly
NOTICE.
WE, the undersigned, wish to call the
attention of the Gin owners to the fact
that we are amply prepared to repay- their
Gins at their gin houses, and do respect
fully solicit their patronage. Any one
desiring work done will please inform us
at Dublin P. O., and they will receive our
attention immediately. We will remain in
this place six days from this date.
Anderson & J. T. Goodwin.
Mav 28,1879-it
From all parts of the country, reports
come of the immense sales and increasing
demand for that dcservingly popular Sew
ing Macliiue, The Old and Reliable “Stan
dard,” the price of which the proprietors
wisely reduced to $20, including all the
attachments, and at once secured fo- them
a popularity among the people, far beyond
that ever yet attained by any other machine
at any price, the consequence of which is,
agents arc leaving the old high priced ma
chines, and seeking territory for the "Stan
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they can outsell all other machines, where
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buttle Double Thread Sew’ing Machine,
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machine, and at. a price far dowm below
any other. It is thoroughly warranted for
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as in others. Families desiring the liest
machine manufactured should write direct
to the factory. And enterprising persons
wishing to seize the chance should apply
for so desirable an agency. See advertise-,
tisement in another part of-this paper.
Address, Standard Machine Co., Cor.
Broadway and Ciioton Place, New Yoik.
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