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1 "a1 V . i 1 'f- - - s f TV 1 THE GREENVILLE INDEX JEccitoi? & JExoprietpi. GREENVILLE, -N. C. MAY 11 1894, Published Everv Fkiday m0 AT 50 CENT" A YEAR, do we need. First a Mayor. Before real and mental igcienc to be pre "IxdeW stufc his indifference 6iih he is elected Jet theBoard determine j sen ted at the South's industrial cir . as: to the? ffee school build in cr : itol to the Soath's greatest Jeadqrd, j Gre;niitle, was 8tnnj:;fWeIl it was thinkers and wojkeis..: ! strange un til yon i explan atioi i that A literary tuesis belbre me queens he hasn't tinie tottend to snoh mat Entered in the PostOfficeet Gre?n villc, N. C, as Second-01a$s flatter Unfortunats. in the case of Edward Fuller-sen -teJjoeil to death in Fayette vi He for t he-killing of Parker last summer, the Supreme court has' granted hirn a new trial, and one of the errors in the court below was that up d read ing an affidavit that one of mo ju rors who tried the case and stated that he had not formed or expressed ait opinion that the defendant was guilty, had made sue!1 statement be , lore the maker of the affidavit, and the court below oujlit to have grant ed a new trial. We were at school with Edward Fuller aim fee! a natural sympathy for him, out it seems to us tht the Supreme court has opened the door for any amount of sharp practice. For instance, after a mau is conv'ct- ed ot a capital felony, to save his neck a few friends can make affidavits that some particular juror had made a mis-statement on challenge to the favor, aud get a new trial. The ju ror may never have done so, but re lease of the prisoner is in question and the whole-masf-evide cVtf hir guilt cn be repeatedly brushed aside by this, simple one of what a juror, said, and the whole cas is placed in the hands of the Judge, on w4iose de cision an appeal is always taken, if unfavorable to the prisoner. His guilt m.iy be established, but he can JiOL be punished if this side issue is shrewdly worked and it always wili be m cases of such importance what the services' are worthy, not how muc'-i a speciaPfavorite can 'i get out of the tr&isur.t, the salary ought to be fixed before any one is selected, Now as to, the salary, we venture to say that in proportion to the taxes collected and the duties of the office, atsalajy of $50 or not more than $100 would get the services of as good and patriotic a mayor as the preseut mu nificent sum oi$300 or $400. The - - - . Mayor ought not to get the fees. The fines ought to go into the treasury or better still chronic law breakers ought to be worked in squads on the streets. By depriving tne Mayor. of fves, you dignify the office, vou re move temptation to make the fines too light fur the sake of the cost and you place the Judge above the criti" -'ism and slander of malicious or law breaking-Victims, and at the same time leaves "him free, to abate many nuisances, that for fear of being ?u.;. cased of trying, to make a dollar he allows to continue. Tde iow;i council men r-ave to do a of beauty in the gem ;iieity vof North Caro lina W h a t o por tnnir ies o u r honored iSenator lias iu two weeks to do what an ordinary man would lies itate to assay in five years. He can rear grim visaged war's awful front at Washington, he can great deal of work for nothing. Thov Betrcnchmsnt. The town of Greenville is in great need ofr water for fire and health. Some time ago the Index joined with the Reflector in calling for a higher tax levy, so that some permanent improvement could be done on our streets and water supply. Since then we must confess that the retiring board was right in not raising the taxes, unless a better sysem of spend iug the money was adopted. VVe had not given the matter much Study and are not thprouhly posted yet. Bat we know enough to believe that a general curtailment of expen ses in salaries and fees in these pinch ing times is the first work the new board will devote itself to. And ia this article it is not our purjose or wish to reflect on the conduct ot the old boarcl in the least, because wc be lieve they acted under their best im pulses. It is because we believe the new board' will be actuated by a sense of duty to the public welfare, that we make these suggestions to them. The dea that the town must take care of any body, that its funds can be used to pension off any one, should first be routed out of the mind of a conscientious public ser vant. - The next question should be what have besides to Uke all the cussing and all th responsibility. The May or does'uut lose uiie hour a week from his other business. He should be equally as patriotic as the council men and in these hard times $50 a year is enough, $100 , liberal allow ance. Put the otuer $300 in town wells. . to policemen. Let the Boni d first decide what he ia worth to the town, before they decide who he shail be. If one is enough and w think it is, decide on that. Then tho sala ry, then the man, remembering that the whole well being of the town de pends upon the peculiar fitness of the man for the position. It is im possible to measure the vahieofafirst class peace officer in dollars and cents. It is also impossible to make a greater mistake than to select one simply because he comes cheap and promises muoh, hut whose special merit for such position has not been established. We hope the new Board will pull togetherTor the good of the town re gardless of personal preferences prejudices or greed and we believe they will. Let retrenchment be their watch word in paying salariesand liberality in water and street improvements. by industrial and industrious appli cation of the arts of piping peace aud pungent speeclr, smooch out his wrinkle's, at Atlanta and taking a chaplec of Immortelles gleaned Irom the rapituous realms of romance, poe ; ry a-idsong, roi vhere burning Sapphb loved and sung, where belos rose aud Phoebus sprung, with the Scian and the Teian muse, the heroV ha-py the lover's lute, he can weave it -around the old heathens erstwhileaw ful noddle at Greensboro, and present ah A-ppoioiiarian dude before whom even Methodist virgins oould litera- rily 'fili high the bowl with Sainian wine aid figuratively or in figures 'dauceon Sulisrock or Parga's Shore' where nothing save the orator's ech oes could hear their ribbons, laces aud hearts ii utter, and where flutter ing they might adjourn to unium's marbled steep at d swan-like they could smg and die We trust they will not do it, we o n ly s u gges t th at t h ey nirgh t. Keep an eye on them Governor. Help Us- ters arid it pec lira to us that you are much harder ori him than the Jndkx was. We do not accuse you of do i ng hi hi a gross inidstice as you did us, but? we hopfeyou do. VYe believe on t h a t 'iioi i) i we li ad hit he r have you as a criti' than a champion- J ust one more Yprd. The advice and ail so freely 'gi ven - cou 1 1 1 not have ainou uted ;t6 much since u had convinced you that a public scho 1 could not.be hail in Green yille for a year or two more. The Index's hi bors have put a fi ee school in sight 'for the fruitless advicC you i ave praise, for the accomplished fact you .haw only to say, that the author of it is guilty of gross injustice to your un-utiUtariaii adviser. We take, it al 1 back ,1 tjyns strange before, but it is not-now, sinqe you have enlight ened a vvaaijeringpp.blic. We' thank you for praising us for praising you. You deserve all the praise we have ever given and your efforts for a school are more commendable -than vour censure of us. 8 7$. We could sav the nanpr fnll bat the goods talk better than Honors Thick Aid Fast. Senator Jarvis will deliver the-eu-logyon Senator Vance before the Cofederate Veterans Association in Washington, May 17th. He will dis cuss the "Obstacles to Southern Pro gress" at the Southern Industrial Congress in Atlanta and win deliver the literary address betore Greensbo ro Female College, June 7th- . What a field a whole plantation in fact, for the exercise of genius, what varied questions to analyze and audiences, to gratify. Biography statecraft and martial valor , before veterans and warriors at the nation al capitol. The science of industrial develop ment, involving moral, social, pohti- Ed tor Index ; The Index does Prof. W. H. R igs d ile our worthy Superintendent of Public Instruction a gross injustice, when it says that he has shnwn 1 strange indifference to the fight for a free school. In justice to him, 1 must say as one of the school committee. of this district, that he has done a' I ! that he could do in aiding me and am sure other members of the com-mittee- 1 have never gone to him for infor mation or advice, that he did, not with an especial interest give me all the help in his power; this criticism is unjust and unmerited. I am free to say, Prof. Kagsdale has a.ways taken an especial interest m education even more than eould be expected, as he has always had his time fully occupied with a full school and hence could not be expected to ex ercise himself as much as if he had only a Miiu school. ' However the Index is right so far i as'me action ot the public school coin inittee is concerned, they could do nothing m re than hold the public school fund untila sufHcietit amount was raised to procure a suitable lot and build a house. B. F. Sugg. Now, now Bro, Sugg, we didn't say a thing about- Prof. Ragsdale Of him we have the highest opinion as an educaor, a scholar and a gen tleman. We have ofteiLsaid he was the best teaoner for boys Greenville ever had. But we spoke of a public officer, in his official capacity. If you Lad not blurted out his name; bat few people in the coanty would have known who the Superintendent wra. Now don't run away, hold on ' a minute. You say his time is io fully oocupied, with his full school he caunot beexpected to exercise him self so much with other matters.' The Frank Wilson's. The Special, line ot GENTS CLOTHTNG fr6m $2.50 to $30 and BOYS SUITS at. 60cts, and th e elegant assortment of Gents Kurnishing8. hosiery, neck wear & under garments wiiL ia2 you at v Frank Wilson s. That eyeryvday Hat and Sun, dhrtoo, that every day Shoe ancNjunday too, yoti have been lookitig for is at . Fiank ' - Wilson's. Ladies, -Ladies, Ladies, Before purchasing: examine thoroughly that choice selection of Dress goodCand Notions in the com plete J)ry Good s de -partineut-df FRANK WILSON MILLINERY f Having made, my semi annaal visit to Baltimore and New now on hand a laree stock nf TT at Tnxr. I.NBTS and all Millinery Goods nr uiuu me laaies ano; public gen erally are invited to call and inspect; , :K Z i Respectfully, Mrs. Georgia Pearce. r r .5 K
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