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THE N. K. R. R. STOCKHOLDERS’
CONVENTION.
Ill 3I«-ot .nc Yesterday Afternoon—
The Contract IVltb Judge Thomas
.toiharlird-AConTiyann ■( the
n. i it it i:un,»i.ni.iK n«l»
s By the i’rrsldent.
The celled meeting of stockholders of
the North-Eastern Railroad was held
y»st< r.lejret two o'clock in tho'lew ot-
tlo* of Messrs. Barrow * Thornes, attor
ney* of the Richmond ft Danville Rail
road- A.number of local end neighbor
hood stockholders were on hend. The
meeting was celled by the boerd of di
rectors to take into consideration e pro
posed ammendment to tho- Contract be
tween -the road and the Richmond ft
DanVIile Railroad, by which the North
eastern Railroad or a * majority of its
athck, was conveyed to the K. ft D. com-
T^e President of the road, Hon. Pope
Barrow, called the meeting to order and
stated that the conrention had been call
ed as published. Unless dome tbjection
was made, a reading of the minutes of
last meeting would be in order.
Ur. Dudley Thomas moved that a
committee of three be appointed to as
certain bow much stock was represent
ed in the meeting. This prevailed and
the chair appointed Ur. Dudley Thomas,
Dr. J. At llunhicutt and Capt. James
■White as the committee. After consid
erable delay the committee reported:
No. of stores represented in per-
-y- son.-.-. 15C
“ “ “by proxy. 1,834
Total c 1,990
Largely more than a majority of stock.
The report was turned over to the
secretary, Mr. E. R. Hodgson, who read
the minutes oftlie last meeting. These
were adopted although '.here were some
dissenting votes.
Richmond ft Danville Railroad Co.,
Office Sup’t A. 0. A. L. Division, Atlan
ta, Ga., June 18, 1887. l'ope Barrow,
President N. E. It. R. of Ga. Dear Sir—
Below 1 give you statement of earnings
and expenses of your road during my ad
ministration as Superintendent- I have
no report of the earnings for August and
Sentembcr, 1886. For the fiscal year be
ginning Oct, 1st, ’80, to Uay 1st, ’87,
The gross earnings were ♦50,579.65
Operating expenses were 33,510.03
The earnings show an increase of $6,738.14
as against same period last year. Ex
penses an increase of $722 41. Net earn
ings increase $5,738.14. The expenses
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•k-TBCBlSrs, OTfORG-fA,
KILLED HIS STEI
FOR CRUELLY BEATTNG 1
TREATING HIS MOTET
das-ified show as compared with same
paid last year, as follows:
Conducting transp’t'n, decrease $4,040.16
U olive power, decrease 628.37
General expense, decrease 1,027.01
Maintenance of ears, increase.. 4,780.48
Maintenance of way, increase.. 3,580.49
You will note large increase in the items
of maintenance of way. This was made
necessary by the very poor condition of
your rolling stock, and 1 have had it over
hauled and put in good condition. The
chief item of increase in expenses of
maintenance of way is for cross-ties.
There is also a large increase of lumber
for repairs of trestles, etc. Your road is
in comparatively good condition, but
needs steel rails. I have made requisi
tion for ten miles of steel rail to be laid
this year. The road-bed, ties, etc., are
good. Track is fair and safe.
The fact of being compelled to operate
the northern ond increases very much
the cost and difficulty of operating your
road. Except during the summer months
the earnings from that part of the road
fall far short of the expenses of operating
and keeping it up. Italso interferes with
schedules for lower end of road. It is
poorly located and constructed, with 11
long, high trestles. 1 have made these
trestles safe for this year. Next year
they will cost $3,300 to make them safe,
and the next year they should be renew
ed at an estimated cost of $33,200.
As to the proportion of business and
expense on the two ends, 1 think 10 par
cent, of earnings p large* allowance for
jhe notJh “end, or $5.057,901 and
* cent of the expense, (a lowwitii
$8,377.50. The rail ia a poor quality
is wearing fast. We will need steel rails
in a year or two for the entire diatance.
E. Herkkliy, Sup’t.
ADDENDUM—ACO. 1, 1886, TO MAT 3R ’87.
Gross earnings for 10 months, $66,773.03
Of this the south end earned.. 59,882.07
“ “ “ “ “ .. 6,890.98
Oe motion of Mr. G. H. Yancey, the
report was received and adopted, the at
torneys for some of the minority stock'
holders again voting no.
Mr. Dudley Thomas offered hit resolu
lion authorising the lease of the Rabun
Gap read to W. B. Thomaa.
Mr. J. H. Lumpkin said quite a large
number of stockholders do not believe
this is s proper or legal proceeding. The
R. ft D„ a large and responsible corpora
tion, had obligated themselves to build
this extension. They now proposed to
turn loose and be turned loose from this
obligation. The N. E. R. R. was char
tered fer the ultimate purpose of
hnilding through to Knoxville.
The line had been broken at
Lula and as long as the R. ft 1). held the
connecting link—from Lula to Cornelia
—they controlled the i-oad. It ia now
proposed to turn over this extension to
m third party, upon the understanding
that he would build it. How was this
road, which ia now said to be so unprof
itable, to become so powerful a link in
the hands of an individuaL to be turned
into a great highway? The power of the
N. E. U. R. to extend is abandoned when
this soction ia given away. It
this ground that people first put money
into the project. We ought to hare at
least a guarantee for the benefits given
away. The consideration of this gift
was simply a promise of Mr. Thomaa to
build the road—a private party to build
a great railroad. Mr. Lumpkin then read
a paper the substance of which ia as
follows:
1. They denied obstructing the exten
sion of the road to Knoxville; but claim
ed that they wanted guarantees. They
prayed that the burden of indebtedness
of the whole road he not saddled on the
lower end of the road. They asked
that guarantees would be given to the
stockholders; if the promises of a great
corporation be unfulfilled, ia it reason
able to suppose that shareholders would
give away property on bare promises of
individuals or noa-residents? They pro
pose that Mr. Thomas give a solvent and
satisfactory bond in double the amount
of stock they represented, that the
holders be paid par value of their stock
within 2 years, unless the road be finish
ed; that the R. ft D. R. R. will guarantee
t hat the link ^of 12 miles to Cornelia
shall be used by the N. K. R. R., and not
broken at pleasure of the R. ft D. R. B.
Mr. Lumpkin then read
protest against “the everlasting destruc
tion of the charter of the N. E. R. R.” by
giving up all control of the road and all
hope of extension of the road under the
present management
Hon. H. H. Carlton said he had no
idea but that the original contract with
the R. ft D. R. R. in conveying the N. E.
It R. was illegal. However that was, the
B. ft "D. had acquired rested rights and
no one would gainsay it The supremo
court had ratified the matter when the
road had failed to ratify ita original con
tract and the It ft D. road waa given
another alternative which now it waa
about to carry out There was now no
way to compel the the R. ft D. Railroad
to build to Knoxville, and they aay they
won't build it Thoonly chance to get
to Knoxville ia to ratify this contract
Dr. Carlton stated he believed the men
who were behind the Macon ft Coving
ton Railroad were those now back of
Judge Thomas. He had mot some of
those men himself and had once talked
and treated with them on this subject.
These men had bought water powers in
Georgia and were interested in n project
to establish the print mills of New Eng
land in the Socth. What waa the stock
worth to-day? Not a chinquepin. Ho
would not pro a dishng for N. E. R. R
stock unless this extension was made. If
Judge Thomas goes to Knoxville this
stock will be made valuable. Now it
was proposed to make the R. ft D. R. R.
give a bond to indemnify the minority
stockholders. Why not make them give
bond to help ns ali.
Mr. E- K, Lumpkin: Wo wanted yon
to come in and yon wouldn't do it.
I)r. Carlton.—No, I did not want to'
hurt my pcoplo or my town. I hoj
.1 mica Thomas will make a million,
he 'liil not have some financial interest
in this matter I would havo no confi
dence in this work.
So far as salieving the 21 miles from
tit* payment of these bonds, Dr. Carlton
said this debt could dot be placed on the
lower end of the road. It would rili it<-
the mortgage. This read will be turned
over free of-indebtedness, and his.idea
was that these bonds must be .paid off
and cancelled, though there were other*
who differedItom him.
He said that with this protest adopt rl,
the Northern capitalist would not p it
money in this matter: Judge Thom -
could not borrow a dollar. This was a
notice that there would be a fight and
litigation. If the R. ftD. were to off-r
him parlor his stock and Judge Thomaa
needed it, ho would say “take it J udg
He did not see how any man who lov d
his town could obstruct this work. The
Knoxville work would bring this stock
to par much quicker than this bill of in
junction.
Hon. Howell Cobb filed a protest
against the ratification by stockholders
of the contract with \Y. B. Thomas, "•
other parties ,by which tho northern end
is to be given away, and the debt charg
ed to the lower end of the line. ■ .lull--
Cobb said he did this simply to proud
himself; the value of his own stock was
his to protect and the public interest
waa not a matter to be considered, as this
was a business matter.
Maj. Lamar Cobb filed a protest in
favor of John A. Cobb and others, against
a ratification of the contract by the m i-
jority stockholders.
Dr. Carlton said there waa a disposi
tion to make a point of bis remark abo r
•‘the public interest” and “the good o'
Athena;’’ he would aay that aa he h id
been accorded se much by the people of
Athena, and waa even now holding office
at their hands, he thought this much w.
cue them.
Judge Cobb said he bad no thought of
alluding slightingly to Dr; Carlton; b >
as far aa public interest and pnblic fa> <»
was concerned he would aay he had tried
to rendvrto the public aa much as he had
received from them.
lion. Pope Barrow was called up •
and by a unanimous vote requested ••
give his viows. He said he did not like
to influence the meeting; hut he had
studied this question as if he had owned
the whole stock. He found the N. E.
B. R. composed of two separate link-,
operated as one line; that the northern
end of the line was operated at a loss and
would run the whole road into debt.
■THE OIL S AID TO BE OOZING GRIN
;WILKES COUNTY. *
IS IT PETROLEUM!
Btlrirn of Cal. Baum, an Exytrt
Barer Fram Bread Rl vcr-Cel. E. P.
Howell land Ollier Atlanta NIen
Bet Sample* af Bock and Fluid -
A Bick and I’ndmal Find I'ar
Otfrfla.
Yesterday morning an interesting par
ty boarded the Georgia railroad fast
train at Barnett f or Atlanta. There were
no litters and crutches among them, al
though the usual contingent at Barnett
is unde up of the maimed and halt from
the electric shaft. This delegation was
BLOODY. WORK IN UNION.
A SHERIFF’ FIRED UPON WHILE
ATTEMPTING AN ARREST.
There was one profitable part and
posed of solid and determined men,
Isstic in their step and full of vitality
and enterprise. There were Col. Baum,
»<-w of Atlauta, the artesian well borer:
Hoik Evau P. Howell, of Atlanta, Hon..
A. Well ultra Hill; Col. E. T. Shnrbrick
and others. 1 his party had been over
in the eastern edge of Wilkes county ex
ploring oue of the most interesting de-
-lelopweiita “gLt j-lgl* 1 ■« !: " r -
gi«. They w* re laden with rui-k sam
ples mid redolent with scientific talk.
They had beep prospecting for p trol-
enm. and in the language of tho profession,
had really
“stbuck tut.”
“Wilkes county,” said one of the par-
iv, ‘*is the iuo..i wonderful section of
Georgia.”
“Did you ever think of her record a”d
study over her resources. She has
raised the biggest men . and endowed
them with the biggest money in Geor
gs. I need not call their names, we all
know who they are. Wilkes has bred
some of me finest farmers in the Slate,
and her cotton fields have left more than
one generation rick, in slavery, and out
of slave y, there seems to have been no
end to her productiveness. Much lau-i
is old and w ashed to day, but Wilkes
county farms hold their own in cotton
raising and corn growing.”
“There is plenty uf gold in Wilkes,”
chimed ia another. “Unr gold unites
weruonce or iwice productively worked,
and all they need to-day is money and
machinery to yield good product I be
lieve the time will come when the gold
mines of Wilkes county will yield rich
returns.’,
“Well, we can’t exactly claim the elec
tric mound and slum shaft" sai i a third
member of the warty; ‘ bnt they are on
losing part The losing part could not
he closed or stopped. That was the rea
son he had advised the R. ft D. people to
make the contract they had with Judge
Thomas. If this northern end is oper
ated long enough by tie N. E. R. R. it
will break us. be said he did not know
the details of the Thomas enterprise.
Gunby Jordan, of Columbus, was sneer
ed at as an “individual.” But he had
built the Georgia Midland, and the same
men will lend money to Bailey Thomas.
Mr. Barrow believed the prospects for
building this line were favorable.
Dr. Carlton asked if the Marietta &
North Georgia Railroad had not been
built the same way?
Mr. Barrow—Certainly, and so was
the North ft South Railroad and the i:.
ft D. R. R. A man, after all, was noth
ing but an individual—to he sneered at
and ridiculed until he succeeds—than t >
be worshipped and lauded. Even it
Judge Thomas could not build the ro 3,
he would be in favor of getting rid of it
Mr. I.umpkin then made a proposit on
that if the R. ft D. give to their die li
the upper end of the N. E. U. 1L, free -l
debt, with all rights and charten, to t o
The Desperado Finally Shot Dexd-When
the Fossa Advance Upon Him and Eld-
dle Bis Body With Bullets—The Coroner
Bent For. ‘
Dabloneoa, Ga;, June 21.—The report
of a killing near Gaddistown, in Union
county, has reached this place.
M. J. Williams, of Gaddistown, is the
deputy sheriff of Union county. He had
a warrant for the arrest of William Cal
laway, who was charged by the grand
jury with.the offense of adultery. Cal
laway had said that he would not he ar
rested; that he would kill the officer who
u dertook it.
THE ADVANcf ON CALLAWAY.
Deputy Williams summoned a small
posse of neighbors to help hiiu make the
arrest. Callaway had two sons -about
(rown, and they were known to be des
perate characters on an occasion of that
kind. •;
“They found 4iim in Ms ftcWlt
THE -DOTS EXCHANIIED.
Deputy Williams iniormed Callaway
that he had a warrant for his arrest,
whereupon Callaway drew liis pistol and
fired at Williams. As soon as this was
done, Williams drew his pis .ol and fired,
the ball striking Callaway just below the
heart
SHOOTING A WIUTNDEU MAN.
Fulton Williams, a brother of the dep
uty sheriff, and George Gurley, tLe con
stable of the district, at once discharged
their revolvers at Cnl'away, titling hi-
body with shot.
THE COLON HU SENT FOB.
Callaway died in about thirty minutes
Sheriff Williams at once dispatched a
messenger for the coroner of the county.
the edge of Wi kes. and I doubt not iht
TIIE FOItT BACK.
oil of rock and metal which inducts the
current, and the spring which forces the
flow of alum water will he fouud some
where up in old Wilkes.”
“But the oil”—
“Well,” said Col. Howell, “wo can
nrlj say we have prospected,- partially
uni superficially, of course. Col. Baum,
■f unr party is an old well digger. 11
knows petroleum when he sees it, and he
says there is petroleum there.'
“How does it look?”
“We found between projections ol
gray sandstone rock an ooze of blneish
mud with oil traces and the unmistaka
ble smell of petroleum. This formation
is surrounded in granite encasement.
Here is the rock. You can see the oil
-tains in this sandstone; and by smelling
this rock you have the real petroleum
odor. The theory is that this oil is forc
ed from the earth by uteans of heated
gases rising to the surface. Col. Baum
says there are decided traces of petrole
um on Broad River in Wilkes, and that
it will ju-tify boring a well to probe fur
further traces. It is now proposed to
spend a few thousand.dollars in making
this valuable and important experi-
0:i Thursday of the bicycle tourna
ment the championship 100 yards foot
race will occur. The managers have or
dared out a handsome medal fur tie
winner, and some money will i-liangi
■lands on the result. Dinkier, of Colum
bus, will probably he here, and will be
backed by friends Gus Nicholson, Alh
ens’ champion, will he put against any
non-professional tliat can he fotinl. \
great deal of interest is being manifested
in the race. A dark horse from Athens
ia looked for.
of stock of
ooontad at ita par value.
Mr. Barrow asked Mr. Lumpkin to re
duce this proposition to writing.
Mr. A. H. Hodgson made a stro i
speech in favor of ratifying the contra -t
A stock vote was then taken on the re
solution offered by Mr. Dudley Thomas,
with the following-result:
Ayes 1442
Noes..-.. 545
The substance of .Mr. Thomas’ resolu
tion was that the northern section of the
Northeastern R. R., lrom Cornelia to Tal-
luloh Falla, be sold and conveyed to W.
B. Thomaa and his assigns, in considera
tion of his undertaking an obligation to
extend the same to Clayton; that the
President of this Co. be authorized to
deliver to W. B. Thomaa a deed of con
veyance to this property, taking from him
his obligation in return to extend said
road to Clayton; that if it cannot be sold,
it be leased for 99 years.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr. Thomaa also offered a resolution,
that the President take steps to have the
charter amended.
After some discussion by Messrs. Yan
cey, Burnett, Lumpkin and Carlton, the
resolution waa withdrawn.
The meeting then adjourned.
A MODEL riU.1I.
Col. Smith's Convicts.—We do not
believe there is a word of truth in the
horrible charge against Col. .lames M
Smith, that we publish to day and an
investigation will so disclose. Regularly
every year about this time some slander
is started about how Col. Smith treats
his convicts, hut in avery instance he
has proved them to lie slanderous false
hoods. started by his personal enemies
through the basest motives. The good
people in this section know how Col
Smith treats his convicts, and they give
no credence whatever to such state
ments as that published. Surli a crime
could not have been committed without
their knowledge, and again, such brutal
conduct is foreign to Col. Smith’s nature.
We risk nothing in branding it as false.
COL. SMITH’S CONVICTS.
MEETING OF THE PENITENTIARY
INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE
Farming Prnctttred
by Capt. Jas. P. Wilson, of Clarks
ville.
CapLJai. P. Wilson, uf Clarksville, is
one of the best farmers in Georgia. He
owns a splendid place about a half mile
from the court honae. His residence,
barns, etc., are in thorough repair and
present a clean, attractive appearance,
and everything about the premises de
note that the owner is a man of taste,
thrift and enterprise. Capt. Wilson uses
nothing but the moat improved farm im
plements, and hia land is all thoroughly
broken up and pulverised—not a clod aa
large aa a man’s fiat ia to be found on hip
place. He raises ererthing he needs at
home—plenty of it and to spare. His
core crib is supplied frotr hia farm, and
not from the Western markets, as ia the
case with too many of our Southern far
mers. He this year has about one hun
dred acres in cultivation in core, wheat,
oats, peas, clover, tobacco, etc. The
Captain has two little boys who do aa
much work, and in a much more satis
factory manner, than any grown negroes
that could be found in the state. He
has given them such a thorough training
that they know just what to do and
when to do it. He baa one patch of corn,
containing about fifteen acres, situated
between two bold brandies, that will pro-
duce an abundant harvest, and says that
in two or three more years he proposes
to work this land op to a yield of oue
hundred bnahela per acre. When he
purchased this farm the laud waa so poor
that it would scarcely sprout peas—a
Urge portion of it being an old broim
sedge field. He haa only had it in culti
vation for two or three yean, and al
ready it produoea moat excellent crops.
There is scarcely a sprig of grass on his
The productof petroleum, or rock oil,
sometimes rises to tito surface- through
natural channels, hut iacbietlv obtained
liy boring. It is associated with all kinds
of geological formations, most abundant-
antly with sandstone, and is also foOnd
permeating limestones. In Ohio and
West Virginia petroleum is found in the
coal measures. In some parts ol New
York and Pennsylvania the wells aw
outside of the coal fields and so remote
that we cannot well imagine any connec
tion between the oil and coal beds-
“Many people,” .said Col. Howell,
“doubted the existence of oil in Wilkes,
because there are no traces of coal fields
in that section, but CoL Baum gives bis
evidence, added to that of others, that
this oil may exist entirely dissociated
from coal measures.”
The company which has purchased
options on these oil landa on Broad
River will apply for a charter, we learn,
before the legislature next month.
I here are a number of Atlanta and
Washington people represented. The
land, formerly belonged to Mr. Cade, of
Wilkes county, and the presence of pe
troleum traces has been known for many
years. Probably this was one of the oil
springs of which the Indians knew, and
from which they extracted oil by soaking
rags.and wrinsing the fluid from them.
At all events, when Mr. Cade sold the
land he reserved the right to work the
oil wells, we understand. In case Cel:
Baoiu and the company are convinced,
after an analysis and assay of their sam
ples of liquid and rock, which they carry
to Atlanta, of the availabili'y of petro
leum traces, they design, wo learn, to
spend about $5,000 in putting up ms
ebincry for tubing and pumping. They
will put up their tower over the well site,
wind up their drill rope and drive pipes
and work the well known “walking
beam,” to which are fitted the screws for
drilling or the sneker rods when pump
ing. The tools with the sinker bar are
Famous Trees.—There are now stand-
ins around Athens three trees fiom
which men were launched into eternity,
being tried by Judge Lynch’s court.
One of these trees can be seen from the
car windows of the North-Eastern train,
while the other stands on the side of the
\snre«rtireneh. -Thereis u 'fitpurstiGuft
connected with them, too. and tli£ par
ties on whose land they grow would
never let them he fi lled, in this con
nection we will state that the ga'Iows
near Lexington, on which Jones, the
wife murderer, was executed, is still
standing, a ghastly relic of a most hor
rible affair.
A Charge That AVc Believe to Be
Wholly False—Two Coavlcts Said
to Have Been murdered Because
They Refused la Work an Sunday
af Ike Oglethorpe Camp.
[If aeon Telegraph ]
Atlanta, June 20.—The special com
mittee raised by the House of Represen
tatives to investigate the convict system
and report on the alleged abuses and ill-
treatment of convicts, with -authority $o
sit during recess, met at the Kimball to
day. While there haa been no’ appro
priation to defray even the traveling ex
penses of the committee, I ran juformed
that different members of tlfe committee
have visited various convict camps, and
will visit others before the Legislator
convenes, at their ewn expense.. So far,
from what little members of the commit-,
tee have leaked out it is under
stood that they have come into posses
ion of -some startling facts as to the
in nfifi~n i in iiiiinMhfafiiwfi^ii «l
some of the camp£, which if true are Well
calculated to make the public blood cur
dle, and raise-a storm of indignation over
the State. A number of important wit
nesses will be put on the stand to-mor
row in hopes of arriving at the truth of
the reports, and certain allegations which
have been placed before the committee.
It is expected that the testimony of sev
eral cf these witnesses if they speak will
enable the committee to get at the core
of the convict abuses, whatever they may
he.
In an earlier report, giving an account
of the meeting of t tlie peniten
tiary investigation committee this af
ternoon, 1 referred to the fact that the
committee had,come into possession of
certain information as to the convicts at
.-oine of the c.imps which, if true, would
raise a commotion in the State that would
not down at the bidding of the the pow
erful losses influences. Since then your
correspondent haa been able to get more
directly at the .'barges, and they make a
story that demands immediate, thorough
ami severe examination. The mast dam
aging of these charges involves ex-Sen-
ator James M. Smith, of Oglethorpe, one
oi the losses, and the scene is laid oa his
plantation in Oglethorpe. It is charged
that nn Hu-d»y, d unojd.h, a gang of twen
ty convicts, in charge cf trusties, was put
to woi k n tho w heat field to cut and hind
the wheat* This of ilseir, would be ex-
trannliuary enough, as the losses have no
license to work the hands .on the Bab
hath day. It ia related, however, that
the convicts rebelled at being made to
work on Sunday, and refused to obey
the un-tits. They followed this up by
ii.aking an attempt to escape, and two of
fl-.e convicts were shot down and killed.
The dead convicts were buried that
night, and although fifteen -days have
elapsed, no official report ofthe affair has
Ix-eii made to the penitentiary authori
ties. J
, On the 13th instant members of the in
vestigating committee were given infor
mation of the alleged occurence, hut
w hat the source of that information is, I
hai e not learned. They came to Atlanta
with this kind of thing on the thresh-
hold of their investigation, and onviait-
ing the office of Col. Towers, principal
keeper of the penitentiary, learned that
lie had received the information from an
an entirely different source, and had laid
the matter before the Governor. For
g.,od reasons, perhaps, the matter waa
guarded with the utmost secrecy.. So
far as can be,learned, no steps have yet
mwner. but
it is nndomood that the principal keep
er, accbiuganiefl by oue or more mem
bers of the committee, will go down to
the Oglethorpe camp to-morrow to make
a personal investigation of these matters
on the spot.
Can these charges be true? They
may be utterly without foundation,
| which Colonel Smith may he able to es-
BIILLOCK AND Ills BONDS.
What He Says in Kcplr to .“Tax
l’aycr” on the Bond qiinllon.
We have been requested to publish the
following from the Macou Telegraph of
Monday.
THE .BOND QUESTION.
.. In this issue of the Telegraph is pub
lished a comniuniration from ex-Govern-
or Bullock touching the “repudiated
bonds” of Georgia. ..Ex-Governor Bull
ock writes in reply to'Tax Payer,” whose
article appeared in .Qiese columns on
Jun65tli, and is • entitled to a hearing.
Hjs views are expressed in the clear, terse
language of thelbusiness man, and need
no comnifnts .from the Telegraph. This
Subject to -far as the State itself ia con-
cerned ii res adjudicata, and the Tele
graph’s position relative to a reopening
has already been strongly expressed.
- EULLOCS’S KEJOINDEB.
Editor Telegraph: 1 happened to be
in New York when your edition of the
5th wss issued, containing two columns
on the “bpnd question,” signed Jgres_ent occupratts of those high posi-
Tayer,” and forthia reason have only now-
read-it
A Good Soldier.—“One of the best, tahliah as soon as they are brought to his
soldiers in my company,” remarked Capt; knowledge. They are of such a grave
Carlton'to a B.-W. reporter, “was John j character th.t.he ia entitled to an imine-
Lilly, the rock mason. He had the diate hearing. Iftheybetrue it is un
strength and constitution of a horse, and derstood that the Governor will imme
knew not the meaning of the word fear, j diately declare Col. Smith’s lease forfeit-
The boys used to call him. the ‘Fighting, ed, and take such further action as the
Irishman,’ for John 1 really believed occasion demands. The committee will
hungered for a battle as a man would for enter upon a prompt and searching inves-
food. There was no service so daring tigation of these charges at their session
but he would undertake, and it is a thou
sand wonders he came out of the war
alive. And he is justas true a democrat
since the war as lie was soldier during
it”
Salvation and Students.—Saturday
night a small detachment of the Salva
THE MINORITY STOCKHOLDERS:
unset (or Certain stockho
in the Nor Hi-Eastern Bnilroad-
Editors Banner-Watchman : - This
bill alleges that the original pur-
tion Army threw ont their skirmish line p 0 so of the North-Eastern was to con-
on Broad street, and commenced firing on 1 struct a railroad from Athena to Clayton,
the sinners with songs and tambourines, i for the purpose of promoting Western
The first note had liar'ly died away be-1 connections at Knoxville. It charges
fore the students had formed near the | that the --aiitiit uado-between the city
Surnmey bouse, with a tambourine, and of Athena and the Terminal Co, in 1881,
opened up on their hook. The Salvationists put the control of the North-Eastern
would sing and the students would an- ; into the hands of the B. ft D.; that all
swer them. The police went over and i the movements ofthe R. ft D. since that
told them not to make so much fuss, but time have been dictated by a desire to
where we now reside. It is,
late in the day to now re-
, these old, stale scandals as a rea
son for refusing a hearing in our courts
to the state’s creditors who have been
robbed by the partisan action of a legisla
tive majority usurping the judicial func
tions of the government
Nor is it a good defense to aay that the
government which authorised the bonds
waa composed ot “greedy beasts and
birds flung in upon us in. the wake of
war,” for it is not true. The chief offi
cials of that government, legislative, ju
dicial and executive, were natives of our
section or men who-were citizens here
before and during the war, and who did
their duty on our aide during the war.
Socially, intellectually and financially
these officials were the peers of any oc
cupying those positions befine or since
their terms. The judicial officers of the
supreme and superior courts appointed
by me Were not excelledln personal char
acter and legal learning ’ even by the
OUR NEIGHBORS.
A DREAMER AT CRAWFORD.
the boys claimed that they had as much ! bankrupt the North-Eastern and prevent
rights as tho Salvation Army. The army m extension.
after a short service got disgnsted at the They allege that the amendment to the
students and marched back to their head- charter of the North-Eastern, which au-
quarters. ~
thorizes the lease, wits never accepted
bv the stockholders. The charge is
Western North Carolina.—On an 1 made that all the arrangements that
invitation from Capt. Welsh, Mr. Gantt have been entered into with the city and
will probably in a few days leave for a
visit through Western North Carolina,
taking in the country through which
Judge Thomas’new road will pass, as
lifted and dropped by the rocking motion | also all the points of interest in that love-
of the walking twain. By this means the j ly land of the sky. He will write letters
_ of grass
place, and tho ground is broken np to a
considerable depth and aa soft aa a
feather bed. He has made quite a suc
cess of tobacco culture, and haa now on
hand a large supply, which is as nicely
cured and aa fins flavored aa can to
Found in tho great tobacco producing a lo
tions of Virginia. Capt Wilaonuaman
af rare intelligence and great energy,
and we predict that in a few yean' he
will be one of the moat successful far
mer! in tho state.
roBEPAtonts circus.
Notice That It AVI11 Visit Athens
Early In the Fall.
bore is effected. Sometimes torjiedoes
are used in these drills to clear away ob-
•tractions The method of boring ia
eery similar to the artesian process.
CONNECTION yiTII ATHENS.
Atlienais interested in this petroleum
.-ntei prise, from the fact that the Geor-
-;ia, Carolina and Northern Railroad will
p iss within four miles ef the well. The
Augusta and Chattanooga Railroad, if
liuilt, would cress very near Anthony
Shoal., where this oil trace is found, and
die Washington and Elbcrton Railroad
w ill probably be assured in case petro
leum is yielded. Gen. Hoke would
probably deflect hia road to take ip the
wells and shoals.
ANTHONY SHOALS.
These shoals are on Broad River—the
line between Wilkes and Elbert. They
are among the finest in the South. There
is a fall of 150 feet in a mile and a half
and the river at this point being about-
720 yards wide, suffers very little rise
from high water. It is estimated that
37.000 horse power can be easily yielded
at the first fall—the bead of water being
assured at every step. Should the oil
wells pan out, Anthony 8he*la will
be developed, and three railroads would
bid for the products of well and mills.”
“Our people,” said Col. Howell to the
writer, “have no idea of the value of their
lamTin Georgia. There ia noeud to their
resources. We do not dream of their
richness or limit We have been con
tent to scrape the surface and gin the
cotton picked from the fields. We do
not know what may be found by digging
beneath. I predict that by catting up
our land into small farms andby davel-
oping our mineral resources, Georgia in
25 years will be the richest section of
the United States,"
daily to the Banner-Watchman, anil
enlighten the Athenians as to character
the two railroad companies are fraudu
lent, and the bonds issued all void.
There are about $18,000 worth of
stock .represented in the litigation. This
seems a very small, amount when com
pared with the entire amount of the
stock. There are about $110,000 of stock,
not counting that of the Terminal Com ■
of the country and people that will soon I pany. Belov, we give a list of those
he linked to Athens by iron bonds.
Win. Not Move.—Capt T. II. Dozier
informs us Fiat it is a mistake that he
will leave Athens and go to Lexington;
that be has entertained no such thoffght.
On the other hand, he ia much better
pleased with opr city than he expected to
be, and will buy property and settle here
for good. He has advised bis friends to
move to Athens, fer he can recommend
it as a hospitable, Christian city, and pos
sessed of a splendid system cf free
schools.
The Crops.—Parties who have visited
different sections of the country around
Athena report as fine crops of corn and
cotton aa ever grew. The dry spell hag
not hurt them in the least With good
seasons next month, we will harvest a
splendid yield. The outlook-for the far
mers was never brighter. The gro——
crop will be the'cheapest made in yi
New Yob*, June 20th, 1887.-Editors
Athena, Ga^ Banner-Watciiman: You
are respectfully informed that the famous
Forcpaugh Show, Circus, Menagerie,
Wild West, etc, direct from the New
Olympia, at Ereatina, Staten Island, a
detailed description of which will be
found in the’ accompanying publication,
will visit your city immediately after
closing a prolonged summer as aeon at
the shove plate. This notice la arnt
only to such points as we intend to ex
hibit at during tho present season, and
any mention that you may give us will
be duly appreciated. Marked copies of
vour paper will receive prompt attention
If sent to the following address: ' Very
respectfully yours, Louis E. Cooks,
Gen’l Manager Forepaugh Show, 14
Dover street, New York City. 1
Clerks or Cocky.—There haa been a
meeting called of all the clerks of the
superior court in the State to meet iu At
lanta on the 20th of July, for tho pur]
of regulating fees. This is a good move,
as the law ia very deficient in relation to
the duties and fee* of the clerks. * *
Convict Recaptured.—Sheriff Winn,
of Oglethorpe county, last Friday, went
over into Madison county and captured
Mike Freeman, the white hone thief that
escaped from Col. Smith’s camp, on the
railroad. Miko had returned borne and
waa cutting wheat when captured.
nqptCAi Operation,—Dr. L. <x.
Hardman, of Harmofijr Grove, came to
Athena to perform a surgical operation
on Mr. Wm. Ash. He cut out a Urge
tumor from Mr. Ash’s back. The oper
ation was performed very successfully
and Mr. A. ia getting along very well;
Dr. Hardman is a splendid physician,
and U increasing his prectice.every day.
whose names appear in the bill:
Gann ft Reaves, 5; J A Hunnicntt, 20;
David Hemerick, self and guardian, 23;
Billups Phinizy, 20; Solomon ft Joseph,
surviving partner, 3; Athens' Manufac
turing Co-. 50; A S Dorsey, 5; Simon
Marks, 4; James Camak (no stock on
books); M A Canuck, 1; A S Camack, 1;
R J WiUisghaia^-estf—WtWa—Willing-
ham, 5; Myer Stern, 2; M Myers, 5;
Mrs A A Christy, admx J H Christy, 3;
Patman Lester, 2; J C Pitner, 10; B S
Dunbar, 5; W; W Lumpkin, 10; J H
Huggins, 7; Mrs M A Henderson, 4.
Dr. Lipscomb's name waa on it, but he
has, we understand, withdrawn from it
Judge Hutchins, while declining to in
terfere at all with the meeting of the
stockholders to-morrow, grants an order
restraining the execution' of a convey
ance to Judge Thomas until hia further
order. The bearing if set for next Fri
day, so we will not have long to wait.
TALK‘WITH IIAJIPTOX.
How He Says the Itfacon ft Athens
elf
Negro Killed.—Last Friday morning,
at Greshamville, Greene county, a white
boy shot and killed a negro man, shoot
ing him through the heart. The coro
ner’s inquest rendered a verdict of justi
fiable homicide. The negro had drawn
a rock on the boy, and was in the act of
hurling it at him when killed. We did
not learn the names of parties.
Koail i* Progressing.
A B.-W. man met Mr. T. C. Hampton,
yesterday, and asked how he was getting
ou grading the Macon ft Athens road.
He replied that he was doing splendid.
There was about four miles of the old
road-hod to dress up, and a little gap of
less than 100 yarda at' MontieeUo. At
the outside it woald not take more than
two weeks to get the road from Monti-
celio to Madison ready for the iron and
cross-ties. The iron to lay tho entire
distance ia now at Macon, and hands
:-<XtLtimt commoui ntion abuseOf“Bql-'
lock” is substituted for facts or argu
ments in support of repudiation; and
were it not for editorial endorsement of
your correspondent as being “one ofthe
meat gifted writers and purest patriots
in Georgia,” I would Dot notice this evi
dence of high position you assign him.
In deference to your endorsement I wish
te respond.
It will be impossible for mo to follow
the line of vituperative rhetoric poured
forth by your correspondent without tak
ing up too much of your space and fa
tiguing your -readers. I will therefore,
content myself with a brief rejoinder.
I wish to say first that 1 never “fled
the state.” After my resignation of the
office of Governor, it was, for personal
and family reasons, more agreeable to
spend as much of my time as possible in
New York atite with my aged patents.
There waa no secret as to my where
abouts, and on frequent occasions I met
the govornor and the attorney-general of
Georgia, tho state’s financial agent, chair
man of committees, counsel, etc., in New
York city, when requested by them to
do so, and when officially requested to
respond to my cases in court here I came
to Georgia, and continued to do so from
time to time until the prosecuting officers
consented to call the case for trial. Af
ter the death of mv parents I resumed
my residence in Georgia, and have since
been doing, in a modest way, what I
could to aid in building up and mautein-
ing our material interests.
As to the “bonds,” I will repeat what I
have frequently amid and printed before,
that none were issued except in pursu
ance of statute law, and all were duly re
corded in the appropriate departments of
the state government.
Dr. Bozeman, of Columbus,- whom all
kuow to honor and respect, was appoint-
by my democratic successor to examine
the stato’s financial records from the
time of Oglethorpe, to 1871. This ser-
was faithfully performed, and he paid me
the compliment of saying that the re
cords of my term were clear and com
prehensive, and that he .had no trouble
with them. It was ascertained, however
that four hundred thousand dollars of
bonds were signed by mv immediate
democratic predecessor, of which no re
cord could be foHnd
No fraud in the issue of bonds during
my term has ever been officially charged,
and none will ever be proven.
The defenders of repudiation do not
dare submit the question at issue at our
.state couite, hut when the subject is
•agtliiteti*tUBy aenjp a howl of lenuncia-
t-on against “Bullock” and the legis
lature which passed the laws.
Thank God, the day haa gone by in
Georgia by when her sober, solid men
can be blinded or bulldoxed by this sort
of chaff. If we have had the property or
money of other people fur our o$rn bene
fit we are. willing and ready to pay it
when our courts so decide.
Referring to this bond committee’s
repo-, from which your correspondent
quotes so copiously, I said and printed in
1871, and! repeat it now: -
“Briefly recapitulated, the opinion of
the ‘bond’ committee’ and the decision of
that legislature seems to have been!
“1. That where the parties who loan
ed money to the state or managed the
railroads and advanced the money to
build them, were republicans, I did not
construe the laws and execute them in
the manner and at the times the com
mittee think I should have done.
“2. That in these instances the laws
which I did execute were unconstitu
tional.
“3. That the legislature which enacted
the laws was a “bastard.”
“4. That these republicans, by sus
taining the acts of congress had ordained
*an ungodly chalice for his fellows,’ and
‘must not murmur if to his own lips the
hitter cup be pteaaed by the avenging
fate of a better day.* In other words,
while these democrats are in power, re
publicans must not expect the honest
n ment of just debts.’’
t ia true my republican successor ve
toed the bill which brought this bond
committee into existence, but he did
this because their sitting would he an
unnecessary expense. He had already
transmitted to the legislature s full and
complete statement of the amount and
character of the bonds issued during my
administration, aud only the correctness
of that statement was proved by the com
mittee.
As to myself and the report of the
bond committee, I desire to say that
when 1 resigned the office of governor,
there waa no charge against me of official
misconduct. The charges subsequently
brought against me were an afterthought
and were used for political effect in the
Seymour and Blair campaign against
Grant The committees were not assist
ed by shorthand reporters to give ver
batim and correct reports of statement!
made before them, and hence, words
were attributed to and put in the mouths
of witnesses which they never uttered.
For instance, Mr. Page, chief engineer of
the Air-Line railroad, is made to say that
I approached him with a corrupt propo
sition with relation to bonds indorsed for
that road. When, in fact, as he after
wards explained, he had nothing . what
ever to do with bonds, and the conversa
tion with me. to which he testified was
about lands on the line of the then pro
posed road. Capt Conley also said:
“The report of the evidence given by
me as published by the committee, u
wholly inaccurate, and puts words in my
mouth I have never uttered, and makes
me say things which are not true in fact.
Everything to which I testified tending
to show that Governsr Bullock acted in
good faith to the state has, it seems, been
carefully excluded, while every' other
thing to which I testified, and which tak
en by itself, could he tortured into a re
flection on the governor, haa been gross
ly garbled and carefully recorded.
Colt ’
The only logical reason ever , offered
for this repudiation is that the toveTn-
ment which authorized and issued . the
bond* was the outgrowth of congres
sional reconstruction and negro enfran
chisement, and that the state govern
ment when it fell into the control of the
opponents of those measures, was not
bound by any ofthe acts of its prede
cessors. If this position he well taken,
then of course there has been no legal
government in Georgia since a demo
cratic governor fled the state to avoid
submitting to congressional authority.
The same legislature which voted repu
diation of debts contracted under repub
lican authority, also voted a gold medal
to the abscondiug governor as an expres
sion of their appreciation of hia fidelity
topublic duty!
Fortunately for our state, however,
this control of the reactionists—“Bour
bons”—was short-l'ved, and by a union
of those who accepted reconstruction
as a finality with those of your party,
Mr. Editor, who preferred progress and
prosperity to sulkiness and “cussin’,”
those bourbons were given back seats,
which they still retain, and Georgia was
again started upon an era of peace and
plenty.
I hold, and shall maintain, that the le
gitimacy of the repudiated bonds is a
? uestion for judicial ascertainment, and
would be perfectly willing to submit
that question to Judge Thomas J. Sim
mons and Judge John L Hall, sitting iu
their judicial capacity after hearing evi
dence and argument. Opinions express
ed by them in the hey-day of youth, un
der uie influence of high political excite
ment, is one thing—mature judgment
upon a case in court is quite another
tning. But, Mr. Editor, I have no pecu
niary interest in this question. I never
owned one of these bonds and never in
tend to-do so. It is, however, of personal
interest to me when some one like your
“Taxpayer” empties bis vials of abuse on
my head instead of offering an argument
to sustain the repudiation which is in
him.
I enclose you a pamphlet covering
some correspondence between royselt
and others on this bond question. Per
haps it ia this tact which has inspired
your correspondent If so, I hope he
will read it again. Georgia has enjoyed
the benefits and collected taxes for near
ly twenty years on about six hundred
miles of railroad which were built within
the state because of her promises. Those
■remises are broken, and against the
tolders of those promises our courts are
closed.
Do you think, Mr. Editor, that abus-
ng “Bullock” and screaming “fraud” in
this case will satisfy the conscience of an
honest man or promote the honor of
Georgia? Rufus B. Rullock.
Atlanta, June 18,1887.
Cbaweobd, _ June 21.—[Special.]—
Brewer Mathews, dreamed a few nights
since that be saw the star of Bethlehem,
aud above the star the figure 5 and.
below the letter F, which he interprets
to mean five years of famine, and ou tho
same night his father Gus Mathews,
dreamed that he was on board of a-ves
sel going to a foreign land after provis
ions. The two dreams taken together
confirm them in the belief that a famine
will certainly come.
Crawford, June 21.—[Special.]—
A prominent Athens drummer sawed
the lumber and loaded it on the car tha
waa used in building the' largest star
house in Crawford.
Arnold Bros, have closed a trade with
Short Bros, to do the wood work on their
new store. \ -
A gentleman in Crawford holds a tick
et that drew $75 in the Louisiana State
. Lottery jit the last drawing. The hoys
say he must be their' agent as he is tne
only one here that has ever drawn any
thing.
Wo had splendid rains over a greater
part of the county yesterday, whiah came
in a good time to save the crop.
Winterville, June 21.—[Special.]—
The steel rails on the Georgia railroad
have been laid down within one and a
half miles of Winterville. They will he
placed along! the entire line to Athens in
the near future.
Dr. Carter is having lumber hauled
preparatory to building him a sew resi
dence during the summer.
Mr John England, our worthy tax-
collector, says there is a dry-land, ridge
route, a distance of near 100 miles, that
one may travel without crossing even a
branch, from Union Point along the
Georgia railroad to this place, theaec
through Madison via Harmony Grove,
Maysville, Beilton, on to Habersham
county.
Harmony Grove Juno 22.—[Special.]
There will be prayer meeting at the
Methodist church to-night. »
Another good rain fell here yesterday
evening and last night
’Squire R. T. McGinnis, a prominent
of the Free State, was in the Grove yes
terday.
Several stockholders in tho N. E. R.
R. from this vicinity went down to at
tend the meeting yesterday. Most of
them returned home this morning.
Col Jos W Hill, a prominent attorney
of Jefferson, is in the Grove this morn
ing on professional business.
Mr Jasper Wood, of this place,brought
in the first cotton bloom last Monday
morning. Mr Wood is one of our most
progressive farmers, and generally keeps
ahead of the times with his fine crops.
The first watermelons of tho season
made their appearance yesterday. They
arc quite cheap, being worth only 50
cents apiece.
Hifh Gampllmeat in a .Uncoil pp
per.
A correspondent from Athens writing
tne Macon Evening News, pays the
fillowing just tribute to Col. James M
Smith:
The moat noted man in this section of
the State and one of the most practically
sensible one in Georgia is Col. James M.
Smith, of Oglethorpe county. He is a
large compact man—will weigh 240
i tounds and 48 is years of age; is a native of
Wilkes county, the birthplace of the im
mortal Bob Toombs, who waa regarded
msthe'noblestmantheSonth ever pro
duced. We feel sure Col. Smith is as
practically sensible as Gen. Toombs was
able. He ia one of the largest planters
in Georgia. For several years a great
many of Col. Smith’s fellow-citizens have
wanted his services in the Federal Con-
peas, end now we often hear the opin-
on expressed that the people en masse
will call him to succeed the present' rep
resentative congressman. An illustra
tion of CoL Smith’s energy and good
, udgment as a planter and in matters of
Inance, is ahown in the year of 1865
when he.borrowed $300 and bought a few
acres , of land. Now he owns about 20,-
000 acres, all made by farming. He is
said to be worth one-fourth or one-half
million of dollars. Many persons who
know CoL Smith's great mind, aay that
he and Senator Brown ere the most prac
tically sensible men that the whole
South has ever produced—in other
words, thstthey possess the best judg
ments. There are a great many Geor
gians who would [ike to see Col. Smith
governor of the State.
The Beit Yet.—James Allgood, of
Oconee, is ahead on cotton.. He brought
A. has eight acres that will average two
feet high.
Sellimo Pistols.—For the benefit ot
those that don’t know or take the time to
find out, we will state that it is against
the lew to sella minor*pistol. The very
small boys of-Athens are getting cranky
about carrying pistols, and are doing
everything in their’power to raise money
to arm themselves with small sized five-
shooters.
Ciqabbtte PICTURES.—-There is hard
ly * hoy in Athena who has not a large
number of these fancy pictures, given
with packages of cigarettes. The jiic-
a stalk to this office yesterday over three tures are of popular actresses, aud some of
feet high, with bloom on the loth. Mr. them inclined to be vulgar. A liw
DOW
back 12
in getting
around Ma
There is about a mile of
i section
ng it down just
MontieeUo is
the com-
j has
‘at work,
his camp this
and will break
s. some of his
1 Madison fin-
long. Mr.
r the old
is day he
He has
will carry
e has no trouble
he completes
->e hia force,
it work yet
he has the
tio°n nld byp4SSed ,eainst their
Powell,
in farmi _
and dirt will be
ilonel Atkinson, another witness,
speaking of the report as published, says:
“Much of my testimony is suppressed
or omitted, and much of that printed is
so condensed that it does not correctly
express the facts detailed by me.”
Colonel Burns also said:
“The greater part of my testimony
either suppressed or omitted in the
printed report.”! i jM.
But notwithstanding all this desire to
convict me, the committee were not able
to report any official act of mine for im
peachment, and contented themselves
by procuring from a .convenient grand
jury indictments against me as being lia
ble for other o'fficials’ alleged misdoings.
In none of these, however, was there
any allegation of my having officially or
personally committed any fraud in the
issue or indorsement of state bonds, or
of having demanded or received bribes
or compensation for such issue.
On the trial of these indictments in
court tho alleged misdoings of other offi
cials was not proven and I was vindi
cated.. - •
Nut one single republican official uf
be kill bv t ' r0 P,^ my administration has ever been con-
.-i ilL farmers will victed of malfeasance in office, and those
of us who are still alive enjoy the re
spect of our fellow-citizens in the
COL. JAMES 91. SMITH.
GENERAL NEWS.
WIXTEBVILLE.
It A It.HON Y GROVE.
The Remarkable Coolness of a Laa whs had
Juat ateaped His Band la Elood-A Ter
rible Sunday Trcsedy in Savannah.
Savannah, June 19.—William
Wingard, a 15 year old Lid, fatally
shot his .step-father,
xTfbmas, \Vhile NMccp, .in'hil led .
this afternoon. .Thumbs. JUsd in Jji^g*.
mimi’es. wolfed to
tho polke station; a vSBoi t
from where the'shootinij occurred,
and gave himself up. -Tne muftler.
was the result of-Thomas’ C$bel
treatment of his wife, \Vin<$rd’s
mother, whom be maiggp£l.in li.au-
.ajj3£- Thomas
:of^-/juar-
fort, s. U, two yea
was a hard drnyher;
rcUonie disposition.!
Saturday night lie -went home
drank. This morning he left the
house early[S»ut came back about
noon, an^fregan cursing mid abus
ing hia (We, and thuilly picked hef
up in his i(im.and attempted to
throw hetfout cf a window. lie
then got a broom ami began to bent
her over the head. The Woman’es-
caped from the house, and Thomas
went upstairs, and lay do-wn on a
bed and went to slpep.. His v-rife
went to her mother's house and
while there told her of her husband’s
beating her. A while after she re-
turned home, her son entered;. Uje
house with a basket containing
some things for his mothef, which
he gave her and started up stairs,
A minute later two shots were
heard. Mrs. Thomas rushed up
stairs and met Wingard coming
down with a pistol it? his hand. She
hurried bj him and rushed into the
room where her husband was. He
was sitting on the bedside but fell
back without uttering a word. Win
gard went to his grand father’s house
and asked him to go with him to
the police station. lie told the ser
geant on duty that he had had a
difficulty with his step-father, and
wanted to give himself up. He said
alterwanls that he shot Thomas. As
he was being led to his coll he
turned and said with the utmost un
concern:
“Here, grandpa, here is a dime, go
and get me some cigarettes.”
At the coroner’s investigation,the
widow was almost uncontrollable
in her grief. The verdict was that
the deceased came to his death at
the hands of William Wingard, and
jury considered it premeditated
murder.
Thomas was born in Augusta and
was about 35 years old. lie lived
in Augusta until he was grown up
and had learned his trade, and he
then moved to Beaufort.
A H VI HIOI S HI NTING GlUlt NIL
A Model Game Preserve With a Los Palace
Iu Virginia.
JI G TAVERN JOTTINGS.
First Cotton Bloom; Fine Rains: The U., C.
ft N. Surveyors, etc.
Juo Tavern, June 22.—[Special.]—
Mr John H House brought in tho first
cotton bloom Monday morning.
Mr A P Cobb, of Oconee, was here a
few days ago. He is much improved ih
health, and reports crops fine in his sec
tion.
A fine rain fell last night.
Miller Willis is still here.
The G* C. ft N. surveyors are coming
this way again levelling up.
Wheat is turning out well, and fanners
wear bright faces.
The colored preachers are wearing
linen dusters and chickens are getting
large enough to eat.
Mr. Kelly says, that it is a mistake
about his shipping fish as mineral water.
He seat them straight.
BANKS COUNTY.
Yellow fever is not spreading much at
Key West.
Mr. Blaine is in London. He refuses
to discuss politics.
Mr. John Anderson hung himself near
Saluda, North Carolina
They are evicting the strikers in the
Pennsylvania salt works.
The Boston shoe strikers have agreed
to return to work on any terms.
Three hundred persons were drown
ed in a ferry accident on the Danube.
In Savannah a fire engine'nn into
street car.badly injuring three parties.
A maniac in Chicago attempted to
stone his wile to death, but was shot by
her brother.
It is stated that the President and
Mrs. Cleveland will probably visit the
mountains in Virginia in July.
Henry Ward Beecher’s pulpit will be
filled by Rev. Chas. Stowe, a nephew of
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Mr. Gould haa added 33)^ acres of
land to the Mount Vernon estate, adjoin
ing the old Washington home.
Since the dry 'weather the water in the
factory pond is drained very low, leav
ing the muck e^ppsed to the sun. Sev
eral good rains will remedy this.
CoL W. H. Chapman, special revenue
agent, will be tranaferred to Virginia.
Dr. Wm. King has been ordered to re
port ip Atlauta, and will take Chapman’s
office.
CharleB Alden, of Randolph, Mass., in
ventor of a milk condensing, fruit evap
orating and other processes, committed
suicide, by shooting. He was atone
time very- wealthy. ‘
Miss Brower, a 17-year old girl, of
Middletown, N. Y, has been made a ma
niac by a slander from a rejected lover.
Her fatiier sues him for $10,000 dam
ages. <- i- .V • 'l. ■
Miss Florence Harris, an accomplish
ed young lady, who has bean attending
the Homo School, has returned to her
imenear Marietta. She made many
lends while in the city.
It is said to he a sure sign of run to
see at sunset the rays of the sun reach
-Home, June 21.—(Special)—Mrs P A
O’Conner, of Atlanta, is the guest of her
mother, H T Stevens.
Dr A D Shenault died at his home
here on yesterday evening. Will be
bried at the Winn grave yard today.
Hohek, June 20.—[Special.]—Mr.
Walter Childs, of the Classic City, passed
through here on last Wednesday even
ing about 4 o’clock, en route to Clarks
ville. After ho had driven two miles be
yond this place his horses became
frightened, and turning their ceurse,
came at full speed back this way. They
made the dnve splendidly until thev
reached the river, when the buggy
struck the bannisters cf the bridge, tear
ing it to pieces. The horses came on as
if nothing had happened, and was stop
ped by a crowd of croquet players. Mr.
Childs was not hurtat all, and says he is
glad that it was no worse than ’it was.
Thursday morning he hired a buggy,
leaving hia here to be repaired, and went
on his way rejoicing.
Prof J G Walker’s school closed yester
day, and it was quite a sad affair. Sev
eral good speeches and essays were de
livered, which reflected much credit on
the young ladies and gentlemen. Sever
al of them were very touching. The
Professor made a nice little speech, and
when ha sat down almost every one in
the house were shedding tears, l’rof.
Walker will return to his home in Unien
county, on Monday. We regret to part
with him. He has many warm friends
in Homer, and will be greatly missed.
DANIELSVILLE DOINGS.
Danielsville, June 22.—[Special.]—
Jim Newton’s house was burned a few
days ago, destroying all his household
furniture.
Mr. Joseph O’Kelly last Saturday af
ter cleaning out his well started to climb
out by the rope, and just before he get
to the top lost his grip and fell to the bot
tom 34 feet, but fortunately he broke no
hones.
The little infant of John Echols waa
buried here Sunday.
The commencement exercises of the
High School will be held here on the 23
and 24 inst. Music is to be furnished by
the Danielsville string band.
ing half way up the skies. The proph
ets say- it is “drawing water" and the
NICHOLSON NEWS.
Nicholson, June 21.—[Special.]—
The wheat and oat crop is pretty fair in
this section, and we are at present inde-
pehdent of speculators aa to flour, and
all have determined to drink milk and
water until coffee get cheaper. By the
way, ought not our legislature to so
something to stop speculation on articles
of necessity? If it is constitutional to
prohibit the sale of whisky, it must also
be constitutional to prevent speculators
from robbing the people of coffee, meat
and flour.
YV. S. Edwards, Esq., of Charles
ton, \V. Va., has been in the eity
for the past few days. His visit
here was in the interest of the q;rcat
Cheat Mountain Fishing and Hunt
ing Club. Mr. Edwards was large
ly instrunienntjl in having the club
organized and is one of the vice
presidents. He left for his home
last night, but before leaving waa
seen by a reporter at the Mononga^
hc!a House. He said:
To-morrow the contract for \
building the lodge will be let. It is
to be built ot hewn logs and will
be 60x40 feet and two stories high,
it is to have twelve feet piazzas. In
side it is to be furnished with cher
ry wainscotting. Besides this main
building camps are to be erected
at various points throughout the
preserve. At present there are on
ly about 70,000 acres in the posses
sion of the club,but after awhile we
will have 96,000 acres. Carpenters
will be sent out at once, and we
think the job will be completed in
the next six or seven weeks. By
that time the first hunting pairties
will be ready to begin operations.
Ot course the club is going to be a
success, the greatest in the world.
“The property lies in Randolph
county. It is reached by going to
Grafton, then to Phillippi. Here
the railroad is left. The grade is
made to Bealington, eleven miles
above Phillippi. From there we
drive to Huttonville. Then nine
pniles up the Cheat mountains from
the town lies the plateau upon
which our game preserve is located.
It is five to eight miles wide, and
near the center runs Sealer’s fork of
Cheat river. It flows through a
valley 300 or 400 yards wide, and
for fifty miles we have full control
ofit. At the lower end of it we
have a huge canyon, and it is impos
sible to enter this tract except
through the old Parkesburg and
Staunton pike.
“This we will virtually control.
With the permission of the county
we intend to put in toll gates and
macadamize about twenty miles of
the road. We also intend to build j
a few bridges. From Phillippi, 40
miles away, we intend to erect our
private telegraph wire, and if as
great success attends our eflorts as
we imagine, we intend to run aline
of tally ho coaches. The best fam
ilies are in with us, and the associa
tion intends to have everything
money can get. We will have the
heaven of of a sportsman, seclusion
that secludes, and yet at the same
time a telegraph wire which keeps
ua in constant communication with
the outside world.
“Me* are now at work cleaning
up the farm. We intend to have a
club farm. We now have a game-
keeper on salary, and he will have Jf
a number of assistants on salary.
We are how having a good path
made along the banks of the river,
and smaller paths will be made up
the sides of the th# stream. Game
is plenty, but it has been decided to
bring three car loads of elk calves
from Montana, and we have the
iromise of some mosrse from Nova
icotia. The outlook is most bril
liant. Already over 400 appli
cations for membership from Cana
da and all over the country have
been refused.”—Pittsburg Chron
icle.
9
JEFFFEIISON.
Jefferson, June 21.—[Special.]—
Onr county was blessed with a fine rain
on last night and today.
Little Frank Howard; who ia always on
the alert in passing the jail, heard the in
mates talking about breaking ont, aud he
quietly whispered to his father the fact.
Sheriff McElhannon got a posse and went
to the iail and found they had got a plank
off and would not have been long in get
tiong out.
CLABKBVILLE.
rain will be here in forty-eight hours af
ter being seen.
Cincinnati, 0 ? June 10.—The reli-
eious sensationalists, known as the Per-
fectists, who believe that Mrs. Martin
was God and that Mrs. Brooks was
Christ, and who were exposed and scat-
Clakksvii.lv, June 2L—[Speci»L]-r-
A small shock of earthquake was very
distinctly felt here last Sunday night at
about half past ten o’clock.
Mr S L Fuller who had (he misfortune
to get his thigh broken sereral weeks
sicce is getting along finely.
. . - The negress to whom David Dixon
tsred, have again come to public notice left his property will probably move
at Walnut Hill.
North,
Preparing lor an limcrgcncjr.
“I’ll take two of those largest re
volvers you showed me yesterday,”
said a young man with false teeth
in a State street gun store yester
day!
“Self-acting ?” asked the clerck.
“It you please, and just throw me
in three boxes of carlriages.”
“Anything else?”
“Keep hand grenades ?” _
“Yes; how many do you wwntf”-
“Half a gross of your largest
aize.”
“What else?”
“A steel breastplate, if you have
it, and you might toss in a small
hand ax.”
“Must be going to tj hurt some
body, eh ?”
“Not neccessarily. And while
you are about it, just -wrap up a re
peating rifle with a gross of explo
sive bullets.”
“Going af’er O’Brien?”
“No, no. Got any torpedoes?”
“Dont keep ’em. What are you
going to do with all this trucks
‘*T’v* inst hirtfi] nut n* nmnirn Ji
J
“I’ve juat hired out as umpire in
th# Southwestern Base Ba
League,” said th# man with
false teeth, “and I want to prep
myself for some close games.”-
C-hicago Herald.
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