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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-06-16
CareIessness in Ordering Goods.

MISTAKES frequently occur DecauSo OF
the careless way many merchants have oi
ordering goods. Some forget to STATE
the number, quality, size, shape or coloi
Of the articles desired, and where price Il
. necessary element of description they
omit to mention that. Such buyers,
somehow seem to have the impression
that the iobber knows all about his wants
and win send the right goods, no matter
derinR. The blame for the uncertainty
and mistakes which naturally. grow out
i Of the careless Iotdering by the merchant
.beionrs 1to him Vet. when the WRONG
goods come to hand. he feels disposed 10
lind fault with the lobher. IL q man was
to draw up an ordinary contract relative
to a business matter, he would think that
great care and circumspection were nee
essary What Is an order, but contract
for so many goods? If the purchaser
was to frame an agreement for . wood lot
worth 800, he would use the strictest
care to see that the boundaries mentioned
and that the correct price, was inserted
and all the conditions Of the agreement
set forth. 81 A man ordinarily knows just
what he wishes to order. I He usually
la1owns the number of the article, II il is
numbered He can tell whose make it
IL, and give such other intelligent de
scripti6nr as will give hewholesale house,
from Whom he orders, the gecessary in
formation 60 enable; them to send such
goods and such only as he desires. Mer-
chants often omit to take copy Of their
orders, a thing they. should by, all means
do. This enables them to know what
engaRenlents they have out and prevents
their orders Besides, it is
a check Upon the practice Of stuhing
bills. The merchant orders gross Of
knives, when the goods arrive he finds two
gross, Z He Is uncgt ttafn whether he or
dered one or two gross and consequently
is in no position 70 insist upon a return Of
the surpitis goods, qofrf 1917. /,
4 + II It Is worth while to send an order at
al, 1t certainly is worth one 8 while tosee
that it is properly made. The practice
OF careless ordering is much more preva-
lent than most persons suppose No doubt
q great deal Of the carelessness arises
from the rush and I. confusion Of trade,
some Of it from, over confidence in the in
ssof the jobber, and not; little
from pure lazinesa. IL is easier 70 set
down aud run off an order, than to take
the pains of looking up catalogues for
names and designations. But these gen.
tiefnen find that their ease Is purchased
at The expense Of paying freight charges
On the goods that hnxs TO be returned be-
cause of anch hacarelessnesss ItlcertAinly
Is better 70 rse tho utmost care IN giving
orders for goQds and ayoid the delays, in
and mistakes which arise
from the lax method so frequently en-
ployed. - Chicago Commercial 4dVer-
tisef -" 20" - '-~ 80 -" va"
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Il California there are about SOC. 600
cattle and 5000, 600 sheep.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-06-16

c0pIy sorry INIT II 0na 1niscarT1ed as
did, but he was perplexed all the even
ing long, and could not understand why
the letter had not reached her. He sat
several hours turning The letter over and
over, noting the different post marks,
but not offering 70 reread what he had
written, and evidently trying hard to
grasp the situation mlly, He gave q
deep sigh at last, and. without Getffna
|, up from his chair, 1aid the letter By.
though still In sight. HS thento6k the
home paper and scanned It's m6aQeF COZ
1lnns Icarelessly, a1o61zing first, as one
aways fromshis former home does, at the
list Of deaths and marriages. EhaEWere
few and ook no speoial interest to him |;
but as he glaRced over, another column,
devoted for the most part TO sn1aIl town
talk, he must have seen this paragraph,
for he fell forward on his face like one
about to die If not5already dead, crush
Ing bis violin .,benessfaH Hhim, its deep
moan joining discoraa lyn with the
nocking boot Of the screecR7owI far ont
In the darkness. rrN "a
= We regret 10 iearn Just is We 20 TO press to-
ay>thht Mrs. Henry 7! G6odNell wife OF our
esteemed tpwnsuanl OF that A&ne,e died last
sircunastknoss s@ hsE adoSth were peculiarly
painful and paost disiresdRa. Nu. f0odxnlI
has becn married less thAia II year. and will be
rern1nsteted bssrnant1tG 0ll9 rsStcfBfG 90 Mia
4sshsr Barton, who hcfd hsnttt sle wa mar
.ss as the S|1s hSEs hSnss }s'ksep bsoths
loyely wofoan, and asgrimi Destroyer has In,
deed smcte heavily, Our heartfelt sympathies
are with the husband II this his 1iife extremity,
his hour Of trial. t&aDDc 81 & M
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in name Of the Hon. j. J. Mott
Collector Of the 9Th District, who
appointed the first colored store
keeper in the revenue service in
North Carolina. Mr.. Mott is also
chairman of the State Executive
Committee, and leader of his party.
We close our list with the Hon.
George B. Everett. Collector Of the
3rd District, who has recommended
two colored men for storekeepers in
his District, and had them commits
stoned.
These are the paying Offices in the
State. Some are exceptions Of which
Goldsboro is one, where we have
those white-washed, negotiating,
would-be sycophant gang Of blood
suckers. consisting Of Grant, Jno.
r. Smith and j. N. Green.
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/; might work to hts detriment.

1t might WORK 10 MS detrlmenC.
We are now done with Mr.. Smith.
The stigma he has tried to throw on
the negro we have thrown back in his
teeth. Mr.. Smith has acted like a
great many others Of our so.called Re-
publlcans. The negroes have been
warned Of him and should listen to no
more Of his soft, sweet tales.
A few of the citizens of Goldsboro
have been led to believe we opened our
columns on Smith to make him take a
negro clerk, but such was not alto
gether our design. Jno. r. Smith
promised he would take q negro clerk
provided the negroes would sign his
petition-which they did. Jno. R.
Smith has forfeited his word, but in
asmuch as he has promised the Demo-
Gratis not to appoint d negro when he
got their signatures, we presume he
keeps his promise sacred to them.
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For the star.
tHc SUIT.
A COMPLAINT.

Mr.. Editor On last Sunday the
Midland N. G. Railway furnished us
an Excursion train to carry passengers
to camp meeting near New Berne,
and after leaving the passengers from
the East the tram proceeded to Colds
boro to get more passengers. There
was a young Conductor in charge by
the name Of Morris, and to our sur
prise he took on some white passen-
gers from Goldsboro to New Berne
and placed them in one of The first
class cars and locked both doors. This
caused us deal of trouble as it was
the third car in the train. Had it
been the rear car we should not have
noticed 1t so much, but as it was it
was very annoying, asparties trying
to get in would have to get down and
go to another car.
Now, had one of the old conductors
had charge this would not have hap
pened, nor do we believe that the Com
pany have any knowledge of this trans
action, for we are satisfied that they
would not have furnished us the train
md then allowed the conductor to
ock one Of the cars.
Now, Mr.. Editor, this should not
De 10 free country.
AMI DIES NoIRs.
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BlNGHAM CADETS.

We notice in the News and Oh.
server of the 18th inst, in speaking
Of the drill of the Bingham Cadets
in which it says:
"By the efficient management of
the Secretary and Marshals the parade
ground was cleared of cattle, negroes,
loafers and race track horses, SO that
the Cadets had q much better opportu-
nifty to drill, and the public to see
them"
This is the common language used
bya great many of our Southern
presses in speaking of negroes.
We presume the negroes who at
tended the Fair spent their money
to 60 there and any man recognizing
them as brutes and Jumping them
with cattle, &c., may be termed a
partisan. 1t will be a matter
of no surprise to civilized, intelli-
gent people that some of our South-
ern Fairs are failure when they
read such editorials Boosting of ig-
and inhumanity in the
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HOMICIDE AT WILSON.

Last Monday night about III o'clock
on the cars at Wilson, colored man
by the name of Cary Hill, was shot
and instantly killed by Benjamin May
of Pitt county. We learn from pri-
vate letter from Wilson the following
particulars:
May and young man by the name
of John Gardner of Wilson came down
to Goldsboro on the first evening train.
They were drinking during the evening
and while getting on the 10 o'clock
train to return to Wilson, had some
difficulty with one Of the tram hands,
which was ended by the train man be-
taking himself to the baggage car to
avoid disturbance. The young men
were under the influence of liquor, and
after the train left Goldsboro made
some insulting remarks to a colored
woman who was travelling under the
care Of the colored man Hill. The lat
ter resented the insult and the two
young men, May and Gardner, attack
ed and would have beaten him had not
Capt. Cults, the conductor, interfered
to preserve the peace. The quarrel
was kept up till the train reached
Wilson, when the young men got off
the Car and hid himself behind some
cotton on the platform till the train
moved out of the depot. Then he got
on the platform, between the flrst-class
and sleeping cars. Gardner and May
got on the platform between the bag
gage and second-class car, and went
through the train till they came to
Hill who was standing at the door of
the first-class car, when May shot him
twice, one bullet going directly
through the heart. Hill died almost
instantly, and May and Gardner leap
ed off the train and disappeared.
Cary Hill, the man who was SO bru-
tally murdered, had been working dur
ing the SKINNER on the new Opera
House at this place, and while here
had so conducted himself as to win the
respect of all who knew him. He was
well and favorably known in Wilson,
where he had lived for some years, and
had the reputation of being an indus
trious and well disposed colored man.
The young men concerned in the
tragedy are respectfully connected in
Wilson and Pitt. and this unfortunate
affair has cast a gloom over both the
communities. The sheriff OF Wilson
and his posse are securing the coun-
try, and the colored people, naturally
incsnsed, are eagerly searching for the
perpetrators Of the crime. Messenger,
9Th inst.
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YORKTOWN

Has had her Centennial and our
Republic has had her GRAFTON. May
unnumbered centuries of Yorktown
Centennials be repeated, SO that un-
born generations, descendants Of the
heroes of that noble achievement
may have the exultant pleasure Of
meeting and mingling in joyful
greeting.
We regret our unavoidable abb
sence, but we are ofthe opinion that
the throng being SO great, our abe
sence made room for--'ce cdnaot sag
as we positively were not in the
crowd.
What, then are we to say to our
readers in relation to this Yorktown
tste? What conduced to the fall or
capture Of Yorktown may be as en-
tertaining, and perhaps, not less in
structive to our readers than any
clippings from our exchanges.
We start here upon the maxim
COP is THE RULER OF NATIONS, f"
and while His ways are mysterious
to us or are, in the words Of Pope,
I" all chance direction which we can
not see,' an analysis Of events as
they have occurred will clearly re.
veal the guiding hand Of Q wise and
benevolent Being. Causes are irrel-
evaut to this phase Of our story,
suffice it to say they drew from the
young Virginia lawyer The notable
expression, /" Caesar had his Brutus,
Charles !. bis Cromwell, and George
IIT'here pausing till the reitera-
ted cry Of /" Treason I from several
parts Of the house had subsidized, he
added may profit BY their ex-
amples; ifthis be treason make the
most Of It. x
This reference to George III
leads us to inform our readers that
George did not reside at the Vsti-
can !; be was King Of England: His
.Nsyigation Laws stamp Act
and "Mntihy Act mightbe look
ed upon as "Inyitations to the Bos-
ton Tea Party and subsequently
to . little Lexington scamper-dOWn
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where Lieut. Colonel Smith and
Maj. Pitcairn danced if they did not
pay the piper.
We may 60 farther into these de-
tails in a future issue, q brief rela--
ton of which may not have had OPP
portunity of becoming conversant
with the stirring times of the Revo-
lutionary period.
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A Galveston father rebuked his ugly
daughter for icing rather forward. He
said: "You ought to be ashamed to
be always running after the young
men," ut is not my fault" she res
ponded. 'swhose is itP'' ''It is their
fault. II they would stand still I
would not have to run after them, -
Soathener.
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keeps his promise sacred to them.
TIE PROOF OF THE PUDDING
rs CHEWING LE
There has been considerable said
by the leading colored men id North
Carolina in the past two years as to
who were the true Republicans and
leaders of the party; also who were
the colored mans friends.
Chief among these gentlemen is
the Ho6. W. P. Canaday of Will
mington, N. c., who aever lets an
opportunity slip to do something for
worthy colored citizen when 80
licited. We have known Col. Can
aday for some eight years and have
always found him faithful and true
to the principles Of the Republican
party, and an unbiased ofice-holder,
ready at all times to divide equally
the patronage of his Office, regard
less Of race or color.
Col. Canaday has shown himself
to be an unAinching friend Of the
negro, and to-day the name of WILL
LIAM PARK CANADAY Is honored in
every colored mans house or cabin
from the sea shore 70 the mountains
Of western North Carolina. .;,s.
He was appointed Collector Of
the Port Of Wilmington, about the
year 1877, and, as soon Is the oath
of Office was administered to him, he
appointed five prominent colored
gentlemen Deputy Collectors Of the
Port Of Wilmington. He is also
editor Of the Post, a Republican pa.
per published in Wilmington in
whose columns the rights of the ne
gro have always been defended.
The next gentleman on record is
the Hon. 0. Hubbs, now member Of
Congress from the End District of
North Carolina. This distinguished
Republican, while Sheriff Of Craven
county had several colored deputy
sherifis employed under him, and in
fact, has always been warm friend
of the colored people ofhis section.
The next gentleman to follow was
the Hon. Z. r Brink, Post Master
of Wilmington, who has two colored
clerks in his ofice-one as Honey
Order and the other as Mailing
Clerk--for this the colcred people
feel grateful.
About the same time the Hon. E.
Hubbs of New Berne, was appointed
Post Master, and on entering upon
the dutios Of his Office be appointed
. worthy colored clerk, who is yet
in the Office and doing his duty
faithfully. 8s.t
We next notice on the roll Of hon>
Or the Hon. W. w. jenkins Of Char
lotte, who has had two colored
clerks in the Post Office.
a The next followed Col. i. u
Young, Collector OF the Metropoli-
tan District, who stands on our list;
he has two colorsd clerks in his off,
fee and one deputy 10 the Fayette-
vile section. The Colonel has at
least eyinced a willingness to do
something for the colored citizens.
We are also pleased to note the
name Of the Hon., John Nichols,
Post Master at Raleigh, who has two
cOlored gentlemen IN his Office that
are worthy servants Of the Govern
ment. .s5.l t,.s,, IN
So, also, we take great pleasure
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The Post ONCE Middle.
lcoNTINuED.]4

the STAR stirred up the Post Offic
gang. One Hiram Grant, exp. M
on seeing his name mentioned il
connection with the muddle Prov
; ded himself with o club and sougb
vengeance. On Saturday eyenipg
Oct. 10th, between 6 andT odocl
saw mr.. U5aKE atTrS ostN orfc'
snd he said nothing tons then OIL
there, but The betook hinselfOff aud
aaske were going home saB0,s ten
O'Clock he made an'attack the
dark with . club; the timl and
place was not ill-suitedto One !capa-
ible of committing suohs coyardly
need. We will reserve further COM
sSSment just now as the matter is
pending trial in the Superior court.
We are not informed as to which Of
the rumorsMr. Grants delicacy be-
|. came offendGat, therefore #eSwill
repeat, at is rumored that H. Il.
"Grant sold The Post Office to Jno.
"R. Smith for $500 and that II.
I'll. Grant was short 81, 500 when
"Jno. R. Smith took charge of the
coffee in April, 1880, and Smith
" made good the deficit to the De-
partpent. -, R..smith is the
"autflor Of rumors and
"the publict .n .aAo them for what
" they are WORTH
We will now state for Mr.. Grants
benefit that our columns will not be
suppressed through any fear Of his
nightly assaults. We expect to take
the same freedom of the press ac-
corded to other papers and neither
the influence Of fear or favor shall
hush our columns from exposing
corruption.
We have given the author of the
rumors we published rejecting on
Mr.. Grant and if he can prove his
innocence we will cheerfully make
the correction and brand the guilty
one as q liar in our columns, regard
less of whoL. he may be. We trust
Mr.. Grant will be as ready to yindi-
cate himself Of these rumors as he
was to assg1lt o defenceless man in
the night with q club. We desire to-
inure no innocent man and we are
prepared to make the correction
when Mr.. Grant proves his limo.
cence. We can make no fairer prop
osition and We take it that reason
able man can ask no more.
We are doing our level best to lift
Jno. r. Smith out of his boots be-
cause he is not fit to be Post Master.
lie has tried to brand all niggers as
thieves and he is not q Republican.
lie has made the assertion that he
would "die and 60 to hell before
Ne would give niger clerkship
n his Office" win the better ele=l
nent Of the Republican party re.
,ognize such . man? Will the col
red men Of Goldsboro and Wayne
county be tools in the hands Of q
nan who would dare cast such .
lamnable stigma on their race
viii a Republican administration
'etain such q man in Office whose de-
light It has been to try and tarnish
he character Of alarge element of
he party q thieves an element
Ehoss greatest pride il has ever
,sen to show their fidelity at the
,allot box and contribute their sup.
,ort to the party which gave them
heir rights and protects their liber>
les? Will . christian people re-
Ognize . man whose knowledge Of
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as John r. Smith has made ? Their
are numbers of colored men in thi
town whose reputation for honest,
has never been questioned.
God has SO guided the destinie
of our nation that the shackles o
slavery have been lifted from tn
colored man, and he is q factor t.
use his ballot, to help make laws tt
govern us all as people. We trust
the bitter prejudice between races
will be soon lulled to sleep and the
good men of both races may strive
hand in hand to defeat the designs
|of all bad and vicious men in their
efforts to stir up strife between the
races. Men Of intelligence must
admit that the negro has q soul ant
that God has intended him to b
cultivated intellectually and morally
as a human being. ........., (. ...,,. 4
We will now pass on our Post OF
fee gang and see how they are -four
ishing. 1t appears the Star route
is an elephant on John R. Smiths
hands. Mr.. Thompson Of this place
took hold of it a few weeks ago but
for some cause gave it up. Mr..
Hugh Humphrey has not yet receiv-
ed his registered letter, made men"
ton of in our last issue, which was
mailed at Rose Hill the 9th of Au-
gust. We are informed that Mr..
Humphrey says the amount of mon
y which the letter contained was
lished out by some Of the Post Of
ice employees, but whether it was
,aid to Mr.. Humphrey or the party
It Rose Hill who mailed the letter
We failed to learn. !
The Post Office must be carelessly |
managed to allow a valuable letter
0 be stolen before it could be deliv-
red. There must be an expert
hief somewhere and he should be
'aught and made to know that ''the
rays Of the wicked are hard
Now we know letters have been
stolen and some one did the stealing
Ind there has not been a igger con-
1ected with the Office to blame for 1t.
There is something rotten in the Post
Office gang and they had better use
yreat care to keep the smell in their
midst q change Of garments before
coming out of the Office might assist
hem to keep the smell within limits /;
,r an old-fashioned habit the negroes
,ad of rubbing onions on their feet to
Keep the hounds from trailing them,
night be of service to them just now
Itihe the smell they are raising.
Patience and sweet oil'may effect a
,EaDge before long. Jno. r. Smith is
furnishing the oil and the community
The patience, while we win bend our
Undivided efforts to aid them in the
,ause.
We have been informed that G. A.
scott, better known as a "nigger|
hipper" during the exodus fever,
Who busted himself advising colored
nen to leave, but who in the sound
ess of his judgment took good care
ot to go himself, has been for the
asst few days sneaking around the
'ost Office and questioning gang
herein about the propriety "a resent
1g II. +. Grant with a STICK. Mr..
rant will doubtless feel highly COM
limented at being the recipient from
nch a source. We will not, however,
resume to comment upon this mat
sr for birds of feather will flock
,gether,' y sand he who lies down
18th the dog, &C." are not inappropri-
to epithets to apply.
Well, when Grant gets the stick he
ill feel M at ease till he gets an
ccasion to crack another niger on
be head. We hope he win not inter-.
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THE TIMES NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA, JUNE Z. 1881.

yer court. I've made up my mind
about the merits long ago"
And In three minutes by the watch he
was fast asleep again. But he was not
permitted to rest long before one OF his
help rushed into his room, which was
on the second floor Of u rlckety building,
and cried out;
"Old man that goldarned old SOW Is
In the barn agln, eatin' up all the bar.
ley"
"Gosh darn 1t May the blue blazes
strip all the brlstles Off that DANCED ole
sow's hide" yelled the Judge, and with
few bounds he was Mt the foot Of the
stairs AT that point he seemed to
realize that he had forgotten something;
so lie placed his broad palm to the side
of his mouth and shouted upstairs;
" list adjourn the court until kind o.
knock the stuiiln' out o. that SOW an
ef 1 amt back In ten minits I'll give u
verdict for the plaintiff"
The court was accordingly adjourned.
Upon another occasion, man who
had been drinking too much Of bad
quality of whlskey, which can be had
there nd llbltum, went iuto the willows
to take II nap, but the poor devil forgot
to wake up again. When the dead body
was found Yank was solicited to hold
an inquest.
What Is he dead ?" asked Yank.
Why, certainly he Is dead, - was the
rejolnder.
" Ef that's so, bury him. What's the
use o. holdln' II quest on dead fell
ler?" remarked the wearer of the err
mine.
About the time his judicial term was
drawing to a close, n man named Smith
wanted to sue another who owed him
$i00, and he accordingly interviewed
Judge Yank.
" Well" said Yank, 'did you see Mr..
- and hev talk with him about the
matter ?"
"Of course did"
Wouldn't he give you no satisfac-
tion Y''
Certainly not"
"By jingol" exclaimed the Judge,
"ef you couldn't do nothn' with him,
how In blazes kin you expect me to do
1t 2"
And such is the style In which Yank
would dole out blind justice.