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VOLUME 1.
SCEETJER BEOS.’
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Fall and Winter Goods.
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Our Stock of* Black Dress Boods isSuperior to Aliy
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Our Hosiery Department, Our Domestic Department,
Our Piece Goods Department,
AUK ALL STOCKED TO TMEIU FULLEST CAPACITY.
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Words are like leaves —
And where they most abound,
Much fruit of senso is rarely found.”
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gUtl Jh U JDJtwWMa 5 Between Atlanta and Chattanooga.
MV LIFE.
“My lift: in like the summer rose
That opens to the morning sky;
Hut, ere the shades of evening close,
Is scattered on the ground—to die.
Hut, on the rose’s humble bed
The sweetest dews of night are shed,
;Vs if she wept such waste to see;
Hut none shall weep a tear for me.
My life is like the autumn leaf
That trembles in the moon's pale ray;
It’s hold is frail, its date is brief,
liostloss, and soon pass away.
Vet,ere that leaf shall fall and fade,
The parent tree shall mourn its shade;
Tiio winds bewail theloatless tree;
Hut none shall breathe a sigh for me.
My life is like the print which feet
Have left on Tampa’s desert straud;
Soon as the rising tide shall heat,
This track will vanish from the sand.
Yet still, ns grieving to efface
All vestmgoof the human race,
Ou that lone shore load moan the sea;
l’.ut none shall e’er lament for me.
\V yv li. IVH Si-OI IY
Of Gordon ml Colquitt’s Alabama Coal
Mines Scheme.
New York llerald.]
In giving a history of the firm of Grant
A Ward, Ferdinand Ward incidentally
tells the story of the firm’s connection
with the Belmont Coni and I tail road
Company, of which John 11. Gordon, of
Georgia, was president, lie says:
Perhaps at this time it would be well
to tell the story, as disclosed by the books
and letters ot Grant & VVar,d, of the cele
brated Balmont Goal and Kailroad Com
pany, of which Major-General John B.
Gordon, formerly of the Confederate ser
vice and conspicuous at the funeral of
Gen. G'.iut, was president and of which
the firm of Grant & Ward, for reasons
hereafter disclosed, became proprietors.
Gen. Grant came into the office accom
panied bv Gen. Gordon and his son l\ S.
Grant, Jr., some time in ISSI, and hav
ing introduced Gen. Gordon to me said
he had been talking with Gordon on a
matter of business, and that lie had
brought him down so that he might talk
with me and then determine what was
best to do. Gen. Gordon sat down in
company with U S Grant, Jr., and my
self. Gen. Grant having left after the
Introduction, and stated that he, together
with a few others, was the owner of a
coal mine and railroad in Belmont, Ala.,
and that both himself and the parties,
among whom were Gov. A
■wW Colquitt, of Georgia, E C Gordon and
W S Gordon, owned this property, but
•being
FINANCIALLY EMBARRASSED
could go no further with its management,
and that he (Gen. Gordon) had come
now to consult Gen. Grant with the idea
that the General should become interest
ed in the purchase of the property. Gen.
Gordon told us that the mine could be
put in thorough working order for from
$30,000 to $50,000; that the debt of the
company was some $50,000; that there
was a great demand for the coal, and that
if the mine could be put into operation
they would have no trouble in disposing
of its product as fast as they could take it
out. Grant & Ward said that they would
consider the proposition, and after due
consideration it was decided that we
would take the property on the following
terms, it teing expressly desired by both
U S Grant, Jr. and his father that we
should aid Gen. Gordon in the matter, if
possible. I consulted with Mr. Fish
about the matter and he said that al
though we knew nothing about it, still if
Gen. Grant and his son, could rely on
Gen. Gordon, we could, and also if it
was their wish to make an investment,
that we (Ward and Fish) would not stand
in the way.
THEY MAKE A BIG LOSS.
“The company was organized, Gen.
Gordon still retaining the presidency.
THE CARTERSVILLE COURANT.
There were issued 100,000 bonds and
$400,000 in stock, the agreement being
that Gen. Gordon, Gov.Colquitt and Gen.
Gordon’s brother’s should have 3,000
shares of the stock, but that Grant &
Ward should have control of the proxies,
representing at least one-half of the en
tire capital. Gen. Gordon and his friends
received the stock, and after the firm had
made several payments on account of the
mine, we received a letter from Gen. Gor
don, dated April 22, 1881, which read as
follows:
“54 Wall Street, April 22 1881. —My
Dear Ward: I saw Mr. Fish this
morning and he told me he was ready to
do anything you would consent to do in
reference to the advance or loan to Gov.
Colquitt, my brother and myself on our
Belmont stock. What I wanted to pledge
was our whole stock for six and twelve
months as collateral on a loan of only 10
or 15 per cent, of the par value. Our
stock is not for sale at all, but we must
have some help. Wo have $300,000. of
stock. A loan -of 15 per cent, would be
$45,000, and 10 per cent. $30,000. We
will sign the notes. When I tell you
that 1 had over $14,000 of my own money
in the Citizens’ Bank at the time of the
suspension, you can well understand
how essential it is to me to have some re
lief. Besides, lam adding to my house
at Atlanta several important improve
ments, which are costing me cash, and
the cash intended for this is locked up in
the Citizens’ Bank. We will have in
this j r ear of the Belmont Coal and Itail
road Company at least $15,000 after our
improvements are completed. Let me
hear from you. Your friend,
,T B Gordon.”
I consulted with Mr. Fisli and with
Gen. Grant and U S Grant, Jr., about
the matter. The Marine Bank made a
loan of SIB,OOO on April 25, 1881, to us on
a stock note given by Gen. Gordon and
Mr. Colquitt and Gen. Gordon’s brother.
A SUIT IT AND MUCH TROUBLE.
Gen. Gordon failed to pay to the Marine
Bank this loan, although repeatedly re
quested so to do. In a nutshell, Grant &
Ward buy the mine from Gen. Gordon
and others. They issue 100,000 bonds
and put the SIOO,OOO into the mine. They
used the SIOO,OOO in paying the debts of
the mine and in putting it into working
order. They issued 4,000 shares of stock,
3,000 of which are given to Gen. Gordon
and his friends as a bonus. Gen. Gordon
obtained a loan at the Marine Bank of
SIB,OOO on the 3,000 shares of the stock.
The Marine Bank repeatedly called on
Gen. Gordon for the principal of the
loan, and no attention is paid to the calls.
At the importunity of Mr Fish the firm
of Grant it Ward are then compelled to
take the loan up from the Marine Bank,
and they do so and pay the SIS,OOO. This
gives them the control ot the entire stock
and bonds of tne mine. On March 6.
1882, a meeting ot the directors of the
company is held, and the asked for re
signation offered by Gordon as president
is received and accepted, and the follow
ing board of directors is elected; Gen.
U. S. Grant, James D. Fish, 11. G. Otis,
J. 11. Work, U. S. Grant, Jr., and Ferd
inand Ward. Mr. Ward was elected
president and U. S. Grant, Jr., secretary.
; Mr. Otis was instructed to make a full
j list of the indebtedness of the miue up to
; date, and also an estimate as to what the
i mine would cost up to May the May Ist,
| ISS2. Mr. Otis was instructed to shut
j the mine down with the exception of a
I few necessary men until May Ist, 1882,
and to procure ten new cars, new rails,
sheds, etc., and thus it was that although
when the firm purchased the mine Gen.
j Gordon said there over $50,000
! or SOO,OOO indebtedness on it, they had
spent up to the time the mine was shut
1 down, some $230,000, besides having os-
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA, THURSDxVY, OCTOBER 22, ISBS.
surned the debt of Gen. Gordon to the
Marine Bank as a loan on this stock,
which costs him nothing.
A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY.
At the time the mine was purchased it
was decided to look for a manager, and
Mr. U. S. Grant, Jr., suggested the name
of Mr. 11. G. Otis, a friend of his, and as
the mine was considered one of the
Grant investments Mr. Otis was not op
posed, and he became the manager at a
regular salary. From beginning to end
the mine was a drain on the firm under
his management until the time when they
found it was best to close it up rather
than to sink anv more money in it.
Since the failure of Grant & Ward
the mine has been sold to Mr. Otis for
sum of $5,000. And thus it was through
the suggestion of Gen. Gordon to Gen.
Grant that the firm of Grant & Ward lost
from $130,000 to $150,000. The mine be
coming worthless, it was decided that
each mcqibcr of the firm should take up
a certain proportion of this indebtedness,
and they did so take up $75,000 of it by
paying $15,750 apiece. The matter of
SIB,OOO loaned to Gen. Gordon and after
ward taken up by Grant & Ward was
charged up to profit and loss account in
Grant & Ward’s office, and appears on
tiie monthly statement oi November 30,
1882.
indecent STUPIDITY.
The concerted attempts of some of the
leading railroad papers to create the im
pression that the opposition to the anti
commission bill was the result of a com
bination between the Republicans and
Independents was the boldest and stupid
est incident of the whole contest between
the people and the railroads. It was
worse than this. It was the perpetration
ot a conscious falsehood, based upon the
insulting presumption that the people
are fools, and ready to swallow any sort
of rot that may be dished out to them by
newspaper Bohemians at the capital.
The Kailroad Commission in the sug
gestion of a Democratic constitutional
convention, followed up by the fostering
care of Democratic Legislatures; and
the fact that Rufus B. Bullock and his
late Chief Justice, Joseph E. Brown,
favor its destruction, is conclusive enough
of its Democratic origin and characteris
tics. Nice fellows these two creatures
are, to be held up to the people of Geor
gia as the pinks of Demociatic perfec
tion !
The attempt to carry-a point in Geor
gia by means of the odium which attach
es to the word “coalition” might have
succeeded a few years ago; but when the
people look out and see “My Dear
Matt,” Emory Speer, Bullock and Joe
Brown all in the same political boat, with
their wretched followers howling “coali
tion” at their Democratic betters, the
seit-respeeting voters of the State will
understand it all.
It is to be hoped that the next device
for arraying the people against the Rail
road Commission will be characterized
by wit enough to raise it above the dreary
level of a mendacity that is stupid to the
point of indecency.—lshmaelite.
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THE GRKELY TRAGEDY.
Why Private Heury was Shot and Used
for Food.
Philadelphia News.]
The manner of the killing of Private
Henry by his companions of the Greely
arctic expedition has remained a mys
tery. There was an avoidance of a cir
cumstantial narrative in the official re
ports made by Lieutenant Greely to the
navy department after his return, and at
that time none of the survivors would
give the particulars for publication. Gree
ly then said he had given a verbal ac
count to his superior officer, Gen. Ila
zen, who would not tell about it. There
had been a compact by the men with
their commander to keep the secret.
Greely has been for several months at
Pittsfield, Mass., where he has by rest
regained most of his lost health. He has
spent some of the time in writing a his
tory of the expedition, and he now says
that he is only waiting until the render
ing of his full official report shall leave
him free to publish the work.
“The execution of the death sentence
on Henry was not concealed,” he says.
“A verbal report was made to Gen. Ha
zen the very day I met him, and it was
followed by a formal report as soon as I
was able to put it in writing.” These
reports, however, were very brief, and
one who has read the written one de
clares that no particulars are offered
therein. There is no doubt that Greely
will make a complete statement, and this
understanding has unsealed the lips of
several of his comrades, from whose re
collections a succinct narration of the
tragedy is now made possible.
Private Charles Henry Buck, of the
Fifth United States Cavalry, who was
shot by order of Lieutenant Greely on
JuneG, 1884, at Cape Sabine, and was
eaten by his comrades, had twisted his
name into Charles B. Henry when he
enlisted, in order to escape any trouble
which might arise from the hasty man
ner in which he had previously left the
Seventh Cavalry. He was habitually si
lent, and his companions thought him
surly. The diary he left was querulous,
lie deemed himself an injured man. Af
ter ten of the party had died of starva
tion, and while two more lay at the point
of death, Greely felt compelled to act on
the evidence that Henry had been steal
ing food. The men had suspected his
crime as early as the preceding Novem
ber. It happened one day in March that
the whole party were nearly suffocated.
While several were yet unconscious, and
there was much confusion, Jans Ed
wards, an Esquimaux, saw Henry take
about two pounds of bacon from the
mess stores. This witness is now in
Greenland, but every accessible one re
calls liis testimony. Further proof of
the theft was found in the fact that he
threw up some of the undigested bacon
from his weakened and overloaded stom
ach. An investigation was held, and
notes of it, made at the time, will be
given in Greely’s report.
Every member of signed a
verdict that Henry was guilty. They
felt that they would he compelled to
starve to death or begin to eat their dead
companions long before the probable
time of rescue, and this consideration
heightened their sense of Henry’s crime.
There was a clamor for his death, but
the proof will be positive that Greely
only put him under surveillance. He
seemed partially deranged, but that is
now regarded as having been simulation,
as he subsepuently proved to be the
strongest of the company. Finally the
weakness of the rest rendered their watch
idle. He stole from the scanty stock of
liquor and got drunk. Again his life
was demanded and again Greely spared
him. On June she was detected in a
robbery of the provisions. He begged
for mercy" and promised to reform, but
he did not pretend to deny his guilt, and
the outraged men voted that he ought to
be killed. Greely gave him one more
chance for his life, but ordered that he
be shot if caught stealing again.
On the very next day he not only stole
some of the few' shrimps that were
caught with some trouble and exposure
by hand in the icy water, but in viola
tion of orders he entered the winter
camp, and there took some seal skins
that had been put aside for food. Gree
ly suspected that others w’ere in com
plicity with Henry. At all events, he
did not dare to condone the known
thief’s crime any longer. There was no
way of confining him. The only pun
ishment was death. He issued the order,
which has been preserved, that the
wretch be shot, and delivered it to three
of the most trustworthy men.
Lieutenant Greely gave no directions
as to the execution of the sentence. He
was, indeed, too ill to have superintend
ed the homicide personally if he had so
desired. The names of the three execu
tioners will not be given in Greely’s
official or personal story. None of the
survivors have yet revealed their identi
ty. The intimation is given that they
subsequently died, and that may possi
bly be true in part, if not wholly. But
there is no disposition to conceal what
they did. They took pistols and went
out of the quarters together. It was in
the afternoon and it happened that Hen
ry was alone in the rear of the tent. He
was the ablest man in the party phys
ically, and it was necessary to steal upon
him unawares or approach him in the
guise of friendliness.
Neither he nor anybody except Greely
and the executioners knew that the death
warrant had been issued. One engaged
him in conversation, while the others
shot him from behind. The two pistol
shots aroused the rest and the trio imme
diately walked into their midst. One
handed order b*A to .Greely, and
then for the first time its contents were
made known to all. There was unani
mous concurrence in the justice and ne-
cessity of the act. On the spot, Greely
abjured them to keep the identity of the
three men secret, but there was no inten
tion to suppress the faet of the execu
tion, or any other of the circumstances.
The motive for whatever mystery has
enveloped the ease lies in the cannibal
ism which ensued, and as to which an at
tempt was made, on the return of the
survivors, to hide the dreadful truth.
Greely declines to talk at all on this
point, audit is uncertain whether he has
yet made up his mind to publish or sup
press all he knows. The testimony here
inafter presented does not come from
him in any particular, but its sources are
trustworthy. Henry was buried at the
foot of an ice fioe a short distance from
the quarters to the northwest, and the
idea was attempted to be maintained that
the body was never seen again by the
survivors until their rescue. Asa mat
ter of fact, it was the first to be eaten out
of all that wore consumed for food. All
the flesh was removed from his bones.
Even his heart was eaten. Ho was the
healthiest and most muscular of the
dead, and besides this he had been kill
ed, while the others had died of disease.
An additional reason for singling out his
remains, when the choice had to be mado
between cannibalism and death, was the
lesSj repugnance to eating the flesh of a
man who had stolen their proper food.
The head was missing when the skele
ton was disinterred for bringing home,
and when the remnant was sewed in
a cloth and put into a tank of alcohol for
transportation on shipboard a block of
wood was used to give the remains a
semblance of completeness. This was
done when the survivors and their res
cuers hoped to suppress the truth. One
rib was found shattered as if by a bullet,
and on another were marks of lead. A
bullet hole was in the skin. The little
that was left of Henry is buried in Cy
press Ilill Cemetery, on Long Island.
THAT COALITION.
Atlanta Journal.]
The statements made by certain irre
sponsible parties that J E Bryant has
published anonymous cards in the At
lanta Journal against the anti-Railroad
Commission bill, and that the socret of
this paper's opposition to that measure is
because the editor and proprietors are
Republicans and connected with an al
leged “coalition” between Independents
and Republicans, led by Dr. Felton and
J E Bryant, are absolutely and unqualifi
edly false. Mr. Bryant has neyer writ
ten a word for publication in these col
umns, on this or any other subject. The
communications printed have been writ
ten by some of the best known merchants
of this city, and by prominent and dis
tinguished Democrats of Georgia. As to
the policy of this paper, the best proof of
the mendacity of the rumor is furnished
by its record. It speaks for itself. It
cannot be hurt in the slightest degree in
the estimation of honest and reputable
men by base and malicious insinuations,
whose motive and purpose is perfectly
understood. The editorial columns of
the Journal are not for sale, have never
been and never will be. Our advertis
ing columns are open to the public at
regular rates. On all public questions
we express our opinion freely and frank
ly, without fear or favor, serving what
we believe to be the best interests of our
people, with all the strength and ability
we can command. The Journal is not
the “organ” of any man or “Ring;” it
licks the boots of no man, however pow
erful ho may be, and does no dirty wot k
for pay in the interests of monopolies,
“ring” masters or self-constituted “bos
ses.” In the matter of this tight of the
Railroad Ring upon the Commission it
stands by the righteous cause of the people
This is the head and front of our offend
ing. “If this be treason make the most
of it.” The false and irrelevant state
ments above alluded to show how desper
ate the “Ring” and its subsidized satel
lites have become in their attempts to
crush the Commission and to re-enslave
the people. When a cause is so weak and
rotten that its supporters will stoop to
subterfuge and personal innuendo it be
comes eontemptible.
EX-GOVKBNOR SMITH.
Atlanta Journal.J
A reporter called on ex-Governor
Smith this morning and asked if he would
talk about the recent action of the Gov
ernor.
“1 have not much to say this time. I
may be heard from in the future, howev
er. You may state that lam not disap
pointed at the action of Governor Mc-
Daniel in appointing Mr. Erwin in my
place, although I was an applicant for
reappointment, because I wished to stand
by the Commission. I wa3 satisfied all
along that I would not be reappointed.
You may say, also, that there is nothing
disagreeable in the personal relations be
tween Governor McDaniel and myself
that 1 know of, and you may add that 1
have not one word to say against any
body. I think Mr. Erwin is an excellent
man, and I believe he will make a good
commissioner,”
“It would, perhaps, not be out of place
to say that over one hundred members of
the Legislature favored my reappoint
ment and indorsed me for the position
during my absence from the city. I ap
preciate this mark highly. I did not
send a single man to Governor McDaniel
to request that he reappoint me. This, I
believe, is all I have to say just now..”
“Will you talk about State politics?”
“Mot now. I have nothing formulated
in tny mind as yet upon this subject. I
may, however, be heard in the luture.”
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OBJECT TEACHING.
Rev. Mr. Sneath, pastor of the Salem
United Brethren, Baltimore, gave an as
sociation connected with his society an
object lesson the other evening, introduc
ing it by an address, in which ho said it
was not intended to make fun of such a
sacred thing as marriage, but simply to
give the young people some useful points
about how to proceed at the ceremony.
He said there were so many blunders
made by persons who were embarassed
and ignorant of how to act that he
thought the lesson a good one. At the
meeting last week two persons had been
selected as bride and groom, so as to
make the necessary preparations. Mr.
Sneath chose ebout a dozon ladies and
gentlemen as friends of the bride, and
these retire ! to the ante-room to march
in ahead of the pair. Four young ushers,
in ordinary visiting suits, had been ap
pointed. They wore little bunches of
evergreen in the coat buttonholes. One
young man acted as minister, and took
his place at the pulpit rail. The bride’s
mother was a pretty young blonde, but
the one acting as father a fresh-looking,
healthy youth. The minister said none
of the party had ever had any experience
in marriage, and it was readily believed.
All being in readiness, the organist be
gan the wedding march from Lohen
grin, and the pair, preceded by two
ushers and the company of friends en
tered and moved up to the voung min
ister. where the bridal couple halted.
No marriage ceremony was performed,
but Mr. Smith explained in a simple,
effective way everything in reference to
the ceremony. “In my experience as
a clergyman,” ho said, “it has often
happened that the groom does not wait
for the clergyman to finish his question
before he blurts out with the “I will.’ ”
“That’s becuse he is so anxious to have
her for his wife” said a young man under
his breath.
After the lesson, the pair marched
down the right aisle and up the left, with
two ushers in advance, and took seats in
a corner of the room, where a ‘reception’
was held. The bride—a dazzling beau
tiful brunette—wore a pure white dress,
on train, but there was no veil and no
orange blossoms. In her march down
the aisle, she passed so close to the Amer
ican’s bachelor reporter that he fancied
he felt the glow from her cheek. When
she accidentally turned her dark eye a
little, his heart gave a great throb, and
he was instantly carried back to other
days. The groom was a fine looking
•blonde, and bore himself like a man. A
young man said to the bride, as she pass
ed him : “Don’t you wish it were real?’
As her lips were parted, a little dim
ple was rounded up in her cheek, her
eyes sparkled and turned toward him,
and tlie^ r oung man knew without a syl
lable what the answer would have been
in words. The bride’s mother kissed
her, and the groom very sweetly, but,
although the reception was a general
one, the young men held back for
awhile, till a sensible young man of
thirty, with a blonde mustache, stepped
forward and kissed the lady in earnest,
He enjoyed it, and said so. The little
smacks were extremely ..musical. The
polite usher was rewarded also.
“It sometimes happens,” said the min
ister, “as in this case, that the couple
are in such a hurry to get away that the
minister doee not have time to salute the
bride.” A laugh followed, but lie did
not get his kiss till later. It was a beau
tiful, simple, harmless and useful lesson,
is the American’s comment.
DON’T WANT TO “KETCH IT.”
A gentleman who spent several years
teaching gives the followin account of a
teacher’s interview with a boy of about
14 in a riual district. Other teachers
have probably had similar experience:
‘What is your name?’
‘Sara.’
‘What is the rest of it?’
‘Sam-yell.’
‘But what is your surname?’
‘Middle name’s Hozayer.’
‘And the last name?’
‘Jackson.’
‘Jackson, then is the name of your pa
rents. ?’
‘No, mum, it ain’t. One of ’em’s
named Wilyum, and the other Mary
Jane.’
‘llow old are you ?’
‘Dunno.’
‘What! A boy as large as you don’t
know his age?’
‘Yes’um.’
‘A boy your size ought know the exact
year of his birth.’
‘I do know the year.'
‘What year was it?’
‘Same year as my sister Harriet.’
‘lndeed!’
‘Yes’um; we’re twins.’
‘I want you to ask your mother how
old you are, and tell me to-morrow.’
‘She dunno. She dunno nothing’.”
‘That is not a nice way to talk about
your mother.’
‘She don’t keer.’
‘Why don’t she?’
‘She’s dead.
‘Where do you live?’
‘Over yon.” This with a jerk of his
head over his left shou’der.
‘Have you any books?’
‘No, mum; I don’t need none.’
‘Why not?’
‘l’m only in my a b ab3.”
‘Then you Intve never had educational
advantagesJ”
Boy scratches his head, and says: ‘But
I’ve had airysipilas. If what you said
is worse rior that, I don’t wanter ketch
it.’ _
It is impossible to execute good job
printing with old, worn out type and
presses, a fact well known to an printers.
Our type is new and of the latest de
signs.
NUMBER 38
VIEWS OF AN HONEST LEGISLATOR.
To the Editor Alanta Journal:
Some of my constituents may think
strange of my not voting on the railroad
bill, and some explanation may be pro
per. To be frank and honest, I must
confess I felt inclined to vote for some
modification of the Commission law
when I first came up hero. Not having
giving the subject much thought, I sub
mitted it and the local option prohibition
liquor law to the grand jury of my coun
ty at the last March term of the court.
In their presentments they answered by
saying let both alone. Since the ques
tion has been under such heated discus
sion and scrutiny and investigation, how
ever, I have received petitions, strong
ones, from both sides of the question,
and many letters pro and con. I have
studied the thing with all my powers,
with a determination to be governed by
my sense of justice to those most concern
ed, and to exercise my honest convictions
in oasting my vote.
From ull the surroundings I could not
support the bill. So, even after voting
for the Jenkins amendment, l proposed
to pair with Mr. Harrell, of Lowndes,
and did not vote at all on the passage of
the bill. As some have accused Mr.
Harrell of taking advantage of me on ac
count of my implicit confidence in him,
I wish to say that such a charge against
him is wholly untrue. Mr.
too high a standard as a gentleman to be
guilty of such a thing, or at least I have
found him such. 1 made the proposition
to pair upon my own volition; Mr. Har
rell accepted and carried it out in good
faith, and I have no self accusing of con
science for it. lam aware that tho rail
roads do tell turpentine, lumber, timber
and watermelon men that the reason
they not make lower rates is on account
of tho Commission. In answer, I would
say, is it right to reduce on such things
and make up the difference on others,
flour, bacon, etc., from the farmers?
Why, the railroads and turpentine and
lumber men are able to pay such prices
for labor as to take all good labor from
the farms. Nearly all the stock of the
roads of the State are above par and still
they say are bankrupting.
Where is the farmer’s note par?
And really the figures Jo not show but
that they are a.? much, if not the most
prosperous, enterprise in the state. And,
mv friends, in my humble opinion if a
Railroad Commission was ever needed,
it is now. Come and see me and I will
tell you more. If you could have seen
and felt the weight of lobbying as I have,
you would have been disgusted, and
would ever hereafter be a confirmed ad
vocate of a Railroad Commission.
And, Mr. Editor, your paper, the At
lanta Journal, being the only paper in
this city that has done justice to this
General Assembly and vindicated the
Railroad Commission, I wish to extend
to j r ou my thanks and recommend all the
friends of the rights of the people to be
come permanent subscribers to your in
valuable paper.
R. B. Johnson,
Of Clincli county.
The House has passed by an overwhelm
ing majority the bill providingfor the ap
pointment of a State examiner of banks.
It is now in the Senate, and no doubt will
pass that body with but slight amend
ments. The bill provides that a compe
tent person shall make quarterly, or of
tener, a thorough examination of the
affairs of every banking institution in tho
State, examine its officers on oath, and
make a report to tho Governor. In the
event that any such banking institution
or branch thereof, shall be reported by
said examiner to be in an unhealthy or
insolvent condition, the Governor shall
proceed at once to take such steps, in
pursuance of the laws now in force, or
that may be hereafter enacted, as will
protect the interests of the depositors,
stockholders and creditors of said bank
ing institution or branch thereof. The
banks are to pay the compensation of the
examiner and his traveling expenses in
the performance of his duties. No per
son in any way connected with a bank
shall be appointed to this office. Should
such an examiner wilfully make a false
report he shall be imprisoned from two
to five years in the penitentiary. It
strikes us that this is a most excellent
bill, whose provisions, faithfully exe
cuted, will be a safeguard to the people,
promoting their interests a3 well as those
of the banks. Such functionaries are in
office in Northern States, and their labors
have proved very useful. It gives a feel
ing of security to the people having bus
iness with banks, and every honest bank
will be glad to show its healthy condi
tion.—Atlanta Journal.
Col. O. P. Fitzsimons as charged in a
campaign document, by the National
Democratic Committee, during the Pres
idential election, with being a Republi
can, and defaulter to the government
while Marshal of Georgia. Col. Fitzsirn
ons is not a Republican—he Is not a de
faulter. He was appointed by President
Hayes who knew him as a Democrat.
He was advocated and supported by
Democrats for the Marshalship. All of
bis troubles are attributable to the fact
that he was a Democrat and not a Repub
lican. The Republican gang in this State
made it hot for Col. Fitzsimons because
he kept himself from them personally
and politically. Attention is called to
tils card elsewhere. —Augusta Chrom^B
The anti-K tilroad Commission orW .|
are stupid if they think they ear■■
odium on those who oppose the aboli?®
of the Commission by asserting that LheS
lias been a league formed
Republicans and the Indei^M
that Tin* 1 <,gl
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