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Okerokee Advance
railroad meeting.
V motion prevailed
:e Oheackeo Ad-
After the adjournment ol court
for dinner, last Tuesday, all citizen*
of tho county wore reqoested »o
come into the court house to con
sider business of special impor
tance to every one. The citizens
aeon filed in until not loss than
300 persons were seated, arnoug
whom were noted several promi
nent railread non, Judge W. M
Sessions, W. R. Power, F. B. Chan
dler aed others, Upon motion el
Cel H C Kellogg, Maj J M Burt/,
was electad chairmen and Mr Ben
F Ferry requested te act secretary
Col O H Hutcherson asked that
the object of the meeting be stated
whereupon Msj Burtz arose and
said that as an investigation was
now going on in the General As
sembly, as to the validity ef the
present 4 couvict lease to the Mari
etta and North Ga. Railroad, and
ns sorno of the counties above have
held mcetirge expressing their
views and the sentiraeets of the
people, it was considered proper
and fit that we should make raani
fest our sentiments as our people
were directly interested in the
building ot our road. He then de
clared the meeting duly open and
ready to receive and hear such mo
tions as might be preseated. Mr.
Joseph B. Bardin then presented
the following resolutions which
upeu motion were ordered read by
the Secretary.
IfhereaB the Convicts of tho
State ot Georgia are boinjgJwrTi'fced
in the interest ol the North Geor
gia Impervemcnt Co., a foreign
corporation and not for the benefit
of the Marietta and North Georgia
Railroad.
Resolved, That we are highly
pleased to see the effort being made
by numerous members of the Leg
islature to linva the convictB stop
ped f- v wonting in the interest
c «\u.b Ga. Improvement Ce.
Ree»:.‘ed further, That we urge
upuo the members of the General
Assembly te make a thorough in
vestigation into the irregularities
and mismanagement in construe*
' ting the roud. The management
of Mr. lagor is highly ^unsatisfac
tory to our people and destroys all
hopes of an sarly completion ot tho
Railroad te ite terminus.
Resolved further,That we know
the great desires of the people e!
Georgia are that every resource be
fully developed aud every sectiou
be interspersed with railroads.
And we know that tho pooplo ar'e
in favor of working convicts ter tho
ieterest ol tho state and for the
benefit of her people, but not in tko
interest of a foreign corporation
Resolved further, That we are
convinced that there is mismanage
ment of the convict lorce now work
ed on the M, & N, Ga. R. R.which
requires a thorough investigation.
Resolved further, That we have
ue assaults to make against foreign
capital or capatalist engagod in de
veloping the vast resources of our
great state so long as they comply
with the laws of the state and in*
frieges upon no rights of her citi
zens.
Resolved luitber/That the North
Ga Improvement Co. a foreign
corporation has neither a legal or a
moral right to work the convicts
which were leased to the Marietta
and North Ga. Railroad, nor could
the M. & N. Ga. It. R. convey their
rights to work said convicts to the
North Ga. Improvement Go. with
out tho consont of tho Legislator*.
Resolved further, '1 bat it is the
duty of overy citizen of Ga. to aid
either by their legal or moral sup
port the completion of tho railroad,
but not contrary to law or to the
injury of individuals.
Upon notion the above were
adopted without a single dissenting
there present,
ed requesting
vauce aud Atlu.itu Constitution to
publish. The meeting then ad-
jouanod.
J. M. Burtz,Cha’m.
Ben. F. Perry, Sec’y.
(?'>
The
STATE CONVICTS AND TIIE
MARIETTA AND NORTH
GEORGIA RAILROAD
COMPANY..
/) lA-v.-c n J
Legislature, not a duy too
soon, lias raised u committee to in
vestigate the affairs of the Murieita
and North Georgia Railroad Compa
ny, a corporation that holds and
works u number of State convicts
Notwithstanding New Englaad is
horrified that Gergia should make
her convicts work and especially that
negio convicts stioulds be punished
in this way a lot of Massachusetts
men seem to be working these con
victs to their owu puipojes at the
expenses of the state or the lessees of
ihe penitentiary.
A trusted and intelligeat friend, in
no wise interested in the matter, move
than every citizen ol the state, after
looking into it lias furnished us
with some fucta winch wo proceed lo
make public, both for the benefit of
the committee and the people of
Georgia.
The first company who undertook
to build the roud was Wallace, Haley
& Co., and for tho want of means
they did little. Their successois
were Fields, McAfee, Tate <& Co., who
graded the rone lo Caaton. After
grading it they were unable to iron
und equip the road, nnd they convey
ed their iatire interest to R. F. Mad
dox & Co. with the condition that
they were to complete the road to
Caotor., and equip it wiihio a cer
tain time, which they dpi. When it
it reached this point,everythingc.me
apparently to a etmdstill; But Goi er
a! Phillips meeting Jooeph Kinsey
and Pulsifer & Co., got them interes
ted in the road. R F Maddox & Co,
formed a company with Kensey and
Pulsiler A Co. Kensey Pulsifer A
co. agreed lo famish all tho capital
necessary to complete the road to
Murphy N. ofT all out
standing liubiliiies. They further
agreed to construct tbe road from
Canton to MuiphyN. C., at the same
cost that the road wa3 const meted
from Marietta lo Canton, which was
♦5 000. per mile. After coastruciing
enough of the road to give them a
majority of the Htock, ora control*
ing interest in the lialrond, they
(Kensey, Pulsifer A co.) changed tho
agreement made with Maddox & Co
and issued $10,000 of first mortgage
bonds per mile, (the slate had a first
oiortgnge on the road from Aiarietta
to Cantou of $00,000 with interest);
besides they issued $13,000 of stook
per mile, thereby creating an in
debtedness of $23,000 per mile. -Mr.
Jo-eph Keiibey, the president of the
M. & N G railroad, is a co partner of
George Eager, the contractor, for
building the road, (I3 not this de
cidedly rishy) Again the convicts
were leased to the M & N G railroad
and not to the North Georgia Im
provement. company, which is claim
ed to be chartered in the state of New
Uampshire. Who the company is
composed of, and what its capacity
is to meet its liabilities is notkuouu
The treasurer of tb;Noith Georgia
Improvement companp is Harriet A
Eager, a sister of George E iger the
contractor tor building tho railroad.
George Eager is charged with mal
feasance as to a Bostou bank, aud is
now under an indictment. Keusey
Eager & Co, are working the state
convicts, numbering 230, for the in
terest of the North Georgia Improve
ment company, and not for the in
terest ©1 the M & NO railroad or the
stockholders thereof. These con
victs are walked without compensa
tion to the state and in violation ol
the cant.act with the state.
The old indebtedness of the M &
N G railroad has not beeis paid off
as agreed upon. The roud in Gil
more and Fannin counties was par
tially graded before Kensey and oth-
ets entered the company, but tbe
owners of that pail of the road
agreed to turn over their interest to
fail^il to do, but Kensey Eager & Co
huve urn ged theentire road when
they have no titles to the roadbed in
Gilmer and Fannin counties, beside"
the state has a first inortgag on the
first 25 miles of the road. The by
laws of the M & N Ga railroad re
quired the bonds to be sold for not
lees li en 90 cts in the dollar. Ken-
sey, Eager A Co, sell the bonds at 50
cents in the dollar. We presume
they have changed the by laws in the
same manner they have violated the
contract with the original stockhol
ders. The cnuvict on is that Kensey
Pulsifer & Eager have not put a do!
lai in the road, and when any work
is done by Eager, the can tractor,
they issue notes (0 him of the M A
N G railroad. Kensey, Pulsifer A
Eager elect directors ot the MAN
Ga railroad without notifyiog them
of tneir election, or even summoning
th'tn to a meeting. (A stiange com
pany.)
The counties of Gi[mer and Fan
nin are clamorous for tbe railroad.
Gilmer and Fannin would not sub
scribe money to be expended in the
counties of Cobb, Cherokee and Pick
er.s for building the road. The com
pany agreed to turn over the con
victs to G ilmer and Fannin, to grade
the road in these counties, they to
feed and c 1 the the convicts. The
convicts were starved and not cloth
ed, and to prevent them being retui n
ed to the state the pres dent had to
take control of them. The road was
sued for indebtedness created for
supplies for the convicts while work
ing in tho-e counties, and ihe coa-
victs cut wood at tits Cedartnwn Iron
works for 40 cents per cord, to pay
off the judgeiiir nt,
The convic-'s, when they left Gil
mer and Fannin, were nearly naked,
and some of them hid their naked
ness with a blanket. Under these
cncumstancei, are the counties ol
Gilmer and Fannin entitled to a rail
road ? Shouldn't the promptings of
| humanity r.quiie a more humune
treatment. *1- the convicts by these
counties? The present management
of the M & N Ga railroad is consid
ered fnmdulent in every respect.
L L ae president is a copartner of
the con true er. ’
2. The North Georgia improvement
company is illegal.
3. It is illegal for the convicts to
work for any company or person ex
cept the M A N Ga railroad.
4. The bonds are fraudulent, as
the company has no titles to tbe eu
tire road bed.
5. The contract of the cost of
building the road is violated.
There is no legal board of director*
and therefore the company is witbont
a legal organization.
Kensey, .Huger and Pulsifer. with
Judge Sessions, are managing Ihe
company without consulting the
board of diiec.ois.
COURT DOINGS.
the new organization, provided the
▼Oice, thereby showing they were j road was completed to Ellijay by the
the sentiments of the 300 or mere let of hurt November, which they
THOU SHALT NOT MOVE THE
ANCIENT LAND-MARK.
HEis lienor Judge Brown, and Sol
Gen Gober were promptly in their
positions, which they have so often
filled with honor. A large number
of visiting attorneys weie present.
All our local bar were in their places
A good deal of business wus despatch
ed with the usual promptness el this
court.
POINTS.
J M Giiggs, D VV Blair, and R 11
Euil were admitted to practice law.
Griggs locates ia Jackson (la, Blur
in Marietta Ga, Earl 111 Anniston Ala
The boy Light who took Bell’s
horse, acknowledged guilt and goes
to tlie clmiu gang lor 8 veats.
Glover etc, who took (J 1 Sharp's *,? n#t ‘fied.
, ' Fee 3.09c.
horse, tried the crazy game. It was, I
found loo thin, had his trial and was
sentenced to chain gang 20 years.
The names of the juaors will be
printed in tbe presentments.
Another cld relic is gone. While
we love to s<e progress, there is
some sadness connected with the
forward march ol things. Old trees
decaying and gone, old fossils dug
up und cast of with the di-bris o'
other ruins, and old houses torn
down. All these sadly remind us ol
Time’s destroying tooth. “Old
things are puesmg away, Behold all
th’ngs are becomiug new.”
This moralizing comes from see
ing the old Baptist church tom
down and tho decaying lumber car
ried awny and changed into some
new enterprise.
Neur ahalf century ago, when the
war-whoop ot the red man rang
out over the hills, with an echo from
the gulches around Canton. When
the “greea com dine?’’ wus the a;
traction along the banka of 1 ho E:»
owali river—Then it was, this old
Baptist church was elected. I11 the
days of Rev. Dr. John W. Lewis, R.
F. Daniel, William Gnsliam and
many oll.t rs who have
long since landed on the “O her
shore.’’ Only one or two are Irl ,
who were earnest p outers in extern •
Ing the cause they so much loved—
It. F. Daniel and his pious true wile
are about nil who are left with the
old church house, Like a rose ol the
wildernces left oa the stalk, 10 t -d
where the garden had been. Now
tbe old church is gone : Unc’t Frank
Daniel aud his noble good wile are
counting their four score year, while
the) are da'ly looking out for tlie
boat lo row them »v»r the ri/er. A
little later when ! jnator Joseph E.
Brown, a young man cast his relig-
ous lot wi'b many others, descend
ants of tho former. Joel Gult, Judge
J. RBrown, Mrs. W.If. Barton, Mrs.
Joel Galt, Mrs, Collins, all still liv-
except Joel. Galt.
Mrs. Gult, Mrs, Barton, Judge
Brown and his noble lot ly still mem
bers of this church, and olliHs scat
tered all tlilough tj/e country.
But the old clii/rch house is gone.
Thnty five year/a,0 we often listea-
ed to the gospel trom the lips ol Dr.
Latvia in this old bouse.
But we are mor.diz ng again : The
old house is gone, Everything is
changing. The membeu-hip has
gone into the new brick church—
Still trial old spot of ground is sa
cred .0 many of us, and ten thou—
sand sweetly sad memories cluster
around those grand old ouks in the
church-yurd, and tears “will well up
and will aot down at our bidding.”
when we see the lust board hauled
away.
Old Gati'on is about gone, and on
Ls ruins a new Canton is going up us
by magic. The “last train" Inis its
regular schedule t me here as well as
all over Georgia. We old fogies
>»u8t jump 011 when “all aboard’ is
sounded, or we will be left. No time
for moralizing. No time for reflect
ing. Onward! Onward!
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ii Jefferson C.>11 illy. Wli n t break.
In,*j him, Ire kicked over tin. , mo bar
end g >t fast nnd tiro one nf 1 1 hind
logx all in pieces. I employed iiu best
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He had a very l irgo thoMug i.p n‘ aa I I
used two hntrl.'H of your IC •iidal'G Spavin
Cure, niic ir took ihe bunch or ..ff
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completely aud left the leg smooth.
It is a splendid imd'cine for rheuma
tism. 1 have recoivmended it to a good
many, and they all say it does too work.
I wax in IVitberingtou <t Knceland's
bug store, I11.Adams, the other day and
saw n very tine picture you sent tuem.
I tried 01 buy it. but could not; they
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