The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-03-01

to be wrong AS right. This amt popu-
lar talk, but It !, the truth, and that's
enough for Us to know. Juniu, says We
did him injustice. Not So He wrought
The injustice himself in making state
mcnt., derived from inaccurate sources
and inconsistent with the real facts and
/ figures, thus contributing to the prciu-
| dice of an enterprise which he admits
has. with all its alleged faults, been Of
incnlcu,ablc benefit to the people.
JunuS says: "'fhcrc are men among
Us who can remember when good rife
gun in this country WAS worth as much
as a fine tract Of land: and that it is u
matter Of history that one Of the most
valuable Ducktown Copper Mines wa,
once sold for pet bear just so--and
if we had no railroads or other iaciii-
ties for getting our stun and pro-
ducts 10 market now, rifle guns manu-
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bearing Quartcrscction would hardly be
di,rcrniblc to any ordinary mathcmat-
zeal capacity. The Copper Mine alluded
TO could not now be bought for mil
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goods "Ihc tariff ON a buehcl Of corn
from Charleston. Tennessee. to Atlanta
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.ot collrsenhe consumer IN Georgia will
rush ranlically to Charleston for his
.uuulv. which is fine reason why earn i
worth GO cent, loosc at fiat Iorc and
only f. cents Loose ai 81 Iouis
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our rood hccou.n Il !. choo,or han
wood. The roads charge $1,000 ircioht
ON ear load orrool from Cont Crock to
Cleveland. and they charge but $1,000
ON car load of coal from the same
plarc to Dalton. while. if Won will re-
ccivc vour coal in Atlanta. they will
haul if there for Won for $500"
That is what .Iunius said last week
Now scc how he crrs. The roads choroc
from Coal Creek TO Cleveland sol OO
pcr car load Of o tons. while from Coal
Greek to Atlanta they charoc So. ZONE
car load of Q tons. The error is too
cIarino TO need comment.
To-day .Lluius snys he "di1 moi in.
tend to convey the idea that the road
Shippcd frciuht from London for less
of money than they charg-
ed from Mouse Creek or Athens" We
don't know what he inicndrd to say. but
here il what he said last week in con-
ncction with his statement about coal.
which we have shown was wrong:
"I'pou what principlcs Of Justice or
rich, they do this ! cannot explain, no
more ''n'. ! can explain upon WhH' nr'h-
,nn,, ,rn,n nnInm ,o noitn, ,or I io W.
than they CHARGE for takiur il from
Mouse Creek or Athens
That is what our correspondent said
last week, and it is not our fault that he