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■ UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY INDISTINCT COPy RATIFIED. 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 r •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. ' * V /.VIA