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VOLUME 1. SCEETJER BEOS.’ - OF Fall and Winter Goods. ADVANCE TO THE FRONTS mm nDESS GOODS DEPARTMENT TERSVi LLET arul will not only promise to show you a Larger Assortment, nut w ill guarantee jou an x u from im. \\i ca’l tjK.cial attentiou to our line of BOUCLE CLOTH, FISSE HOMESPUNS, DUAP DE PARIS, REGENT CLOTII, TRICOTS, BERBER OTTAMANE, VeKSEY CLOTH, WHIP CORDS, ETC., ETC., ETC., And Also, A NEW LINE OF PARISIAN ROBES, which are perfectly superb. Our Stock of* Black Dress Boods isSuperior to Aliy of om* Former Efforts, Ami in too numerous to .Scribe. Some of our DOMESTIC COODS we nearly bought for a song, and you have no idea what BARGAINS ARE WAITING FOR FOR YOU. Our Sh.oQ Department, Our Hat Department, Our Hosiery Department, Our Domestic Department, Our Piece Goods Department, AUK ALL STOCKED TO TMEIU FULLEST CAPACITY. And last but not least, we mention our strong fort, known throughout Georgia : It is our CLOTHING DEPARTMENT I It is impossible for us to give an accurate description of the most Stylish, Handsome Suits, but we will simply say, to you, if you have your own interest at heart, call on us, and aVc will more than please you. “’Tis deeds must win the prize; Words are like leaves — And where they most abound, Much fruit of senso is rarely found.” ET^TT’D’D ‘D'D AC* The G° #( * s an(l CDthing House 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. Proper Treatment for Coughs. That the reader may fully understand what constitutes a good Cough and Lung Syrup, we will say that tar and Wild Cherry is the basis of the best remedies yet discovered. These ingredients with several others equally as efficacious, en ter largely into Dr. Bosanko’s Cough and Lung Syrup, thus making it one of the most reliable now on the market. Price 50 cts. and SI.OO. Sold by D. W. Curry. Our type is new, our stock of paper is large and complete, and the workman ship will compare with any in this sec tion, and last, but not the hast, there is the fact that our prices are the lowest. 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.” Bnckleo’a Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rbeurn, fever sores, tetter, eh*oped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi tively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac tion, or money refunded. Price 25c per box. For sale by r ' .VV. Curry. a y2B ly 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 11. ■■ 11 1 111; ’ it- 1 '’"‘■■"T- 1 ' with ti.oir —lie- i. v -d ti;<- r; <jN| s