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Anxiety h. to Vlrglulu,
It U stated that there waa much anxiety
in admlniatration circles on the day of the
Virginia convention. This anxiety was not
only nstnral, bat it was heightened by the
teturns.from Kentucky, which were not
exactly what waa expeoted after the inter
views of Messrs. Carlisle and Watterson,
Politically, Virginia is the leading South
ern Stale. She is on the border and has for
years been hardly pressed by a party nnder
"the leadership of Mahone, who, no matter
what may bs his faults, is an organizer of
acknowledged ability.
The 8tate convention of Virginia was
called by that astute manager, Mr. Bar-
boar, to offset the machinations ot Mahone.
Upon the eleotion whleh unit follow in
oaarse, depends the selection of a United
States Senator to suoeeed the amiable and
aver thirsty Kiddleberger, and the position
of Virginia in the next Presidential contest,
After mature deliberation the Democrats
off Virginia declared in favor cf ihe extinc
tion of the internal revenue system. Io
terms, this means that Virginia oaiiDot be
.depended upon if that system is continued,
This is the answer of Virginia Democrats to
the suggested compromise offered by
Messrs. Carlisle and Watterson. It is in
direet antagonism to the platforms of Ken
tucky and Ohio, and it is to be presumed
that Virginia Democrats are fully aware of
the necessities of the party in that State.
From time to time the attitude of Virginia
has been poo-poohed by sundry free trader,,
who havo not bositated to lay “let Virginia
go." It will bo wise on the part of the Na
tional Democratic party, to first consider
how the vaeaney oan be filled after the going
of Virginia.
Yesterday's Tragedy.
Bibb county has never before been o died
upon to contemplate Buch a bloody crime
as that which on yesterday was exposod to
the pnblio gaze. Nine persona of one
household wero murdered as they slept, the
victims ranging from the infant of a few
months to old ago standing npon the
threshold of tho grave. The fiend, who
ever ho is, did his work thoroughly; there
were none lett to tell the tale.
The sad and awful particulars of this
bloody event will be found elsewhere
graphically described in these columns.
The crinfo seems to have been one for
which our civilization and oar system is
not responsible. It looks like the work of
a cunning criminal from whose organize
tion had been loft out every feeling of hu
manity; a brute of the lowest form, acting
nnder the impulses of a patsion whose base
neas is unfathomable fan! with a delibera
tion rendered possible by an inherent
and a complete depravity. An arrest
has heen made which seemB justified
nnder tho circumstances, and doubtless ere
the setting of to-day's sun foots will be so
arrayed as to leave no doubt as to the author
and the motive of the crime.
It may not be amiss to say now, that a
conservatism of action has marked the after
history ot this event that mutt go far to
ward disarming publio criticism of the peo
ple of Bibb eonnty. Whether conservatism
was the wisest course open to this people,
tlmo will develop.
Texas and Prohibition.
Although all the returns from the Texas
eleotion of Thursday are not in, there are
sufficient to guarantee that prohibition has
been overwhelmingly defeated. The defeat
is all the more significant because of the
almost superhuman efforts put forth by the
prohibitionists. It is probable that it will
bo many years before another attempt is
made to put prohibition on Texas.
The plan of the anti-liquor men waa
shrewd. The law they proposed was of the
mildest form. Only the bar-rooms were to
be closed, while the drug stares were to be
allowed to oontinne the sale, for medioine.
The section votedjon as to prohibition roods;
“The manufacture, aala and exchange of
intoxicating liquors, except for medical,
mechanical, sacramental and scientific pur
poses, is hereby prohibited in the State of
Texas."
This seems to be the broadeat possible
law. It left room for the isle of liquor on
the slightest pretense. The “scientific"
provision would, doubtless, have allowed a
man to experiment acientiflcilly on himself
as to the effects of liquor, from a morning
cocktail to a matinee mint jniep, from a
brandy and aoda to an artillery punch,
notwithstanding the leniency of the pro
posed law, it was overflowed worse than
Augusta.
Texas wanls liquor, and wants it free;
and Texas will have lu
Mb. PazaiDtST Clryxlxmj makes a plain
intimation that he will retnrn to Washing
ton by the coast lino. This is also an inti-
maUon that be will visit Georgia, and the
Sevan nth military will be enabled to escort
him from the Central railroad depot in
£**auuah.
I
TL« commr.teta on Lnance, timpcnnre
A Buyer for the •fate Road
More than once the Telegraph hts ad*ro<
cited the sale of the State road. When
something crer $8 000,000 was named as an
obtainable prioe we thought that was fair.
In this delusion we were for the sale at once
but now we are .opposed to selling the road
feranything like $8,000,000. The reason
for this change is that on Thnrsday last
much larger bid was published.
The Orthodox Democrat, of Barnesville,
comes forward and offers very much more
than double eight million. We give the
propoRi'.ion in the Democrat's own words:
W® now offer to buy tbe Weatern and Atlantic rail
road from tbe Hut. on lb. term, of monthly pay
ment, of ell the net earnings to tbe SUte end to
pay neuly twice te much ae tbs proposed sale, oca.
eluding tbe .bole piymente ot tbe State debt by
or before tbe expiration of Ihe twenty-eight years
offered to the millionaire*, wbo .tone can rates the
amounts for tbe first payment. We propose to buy
the road and to first make It pay tbe entire SUte
debt with Intereat within tbe time epedfird and to
give eucb other Isneemonnt In money for tbe pur-
ohue of tho reed u would yield to tbe SUte at i!
pet cent' an annnet Income equal to the amount
paid for rent by Ibe present lessees or an Inter
est 1300,000 per annnm. After paying tbe stele
deot with Interest, we will then pay tbe SUU IS,
666.666 1 3 which, at tX per cent, would yield »300
000 Interest Ihle principal sum with tbe prlnct-
pit of tbe SUte debt, make. 115,116.666 2 3, be-
etde. interest that we offer for tbe roed. Thus tbe
debt will not only be paid, but tbe school fund of
the SUte preserved. Utiil tbe end of tbe twenty,
eight years, at which time Ibis »<1,689,sod 2 3 could
begin to beer Interest, tbe preeent rate of Uxetlon
would supply tbe ecbool fund became tbe annuel
Interest on tbe Stele debt, now raised by Uxatton,
would be paid by thenetearnlugsof the rout, This
offer te not made merely ae argument, but In food
faith, with determination to comply with every par
ticular.
What surprises us is that a country weekly
in Georgia can afford to bay a railroad at a
price considerably over eight millions of
dollars. Bat tbe editor ot the Democrat
is a man of honor and responsibility, and
no donbt oan be entertained of his sincerity.
In the matter of bond, we snggest that three
more country editors shall go thereon. The
reason is cbvions; if one editor oan bay a
$16,000,000 railr.ad, three other editors
ought to be three times responsible for the
pufohase money.
The installment plan proposed by tbe
Democrat in its purohase snggesta that it
wants to invest its monthly surplus in a
sinking fnnd. This, of eonrae, is none of
our business; bnt, for all, there is a preju
dice in onr minds against the installment
plan. Sales nnder that arrangement always
have a string tied to them.
The terms, however, of the Demoerat,
are temptingly liberal. It offers to pay the
State debt, beside paying the State ail the
net earnings of tbe road dating the term of
the State debt, and tbon to give the State
$6,660,666} as a school fund. This exoeeds
any proposition yet made, and it oer.'ffiniy
ought to command the attention of tho
Legislature,
Whether anything oomes of tbe offer or
not, once for ail the alander is set aside
that there la no money in running a coun
try newspsper.
We doff our hat to the Orthodox Demo
crat. JL .
-WrBlnlu Seta tho Pace.
The Virginia platform aononnoedln yea
terday's Telegraph has no donbtfnl sound.
It speaks clearly npon ail prominent looal
and national Isaacs, and barring its in
dorsement of the Blair bill, is probably
the moat progressive and sensible that has
leaned from a Southern State since tbe
war. It is a platform on wbtoh the Demo
crats will sweep tbe State. The chief point
of interest in the Virginia pis'form is tho
declarations of the convention concerning
the tariff and internal revenue:
2. We demand tbe Immediate repeal of tha Inter-
nal revenue .y.tem-a telle of the war, and
longer necessary to meet tho demand, of tho
goveram.nl; kec.ua. It la aggressive, fo.hr. mo-
nopolloa, and la obnoxious to tho intere.u of our
pooplo.
3. Wo favor ratslog revrnne for tho rapport of tho
Federal government by a tariff upon Imports limited
to tho ■ oeoasslUts of tho government, economically
admlnUltred and so adjusted In Its application »
to prevent unequal burdens, sneonrsg. productive
lotsrtstist home, the development of our material
products and afford just compensation to tho labo
rer, but not to foster monopolist.
This seta tbe pace for the South. Vir
ginia, for obvioni reasons, has always
wielded a strong in finenee in these Btates,
created largely by her sons and daughters.
At present she occupies a vary prominent
position because of tbe advanced condition
of her industries. The aotion of the Old
Dominion, while it may not be said to stand
for tbe Sontb, will have great weight every
where. In relation to the internal revenue,
North and Sonth Carolina, Georgia, Ten-
nesses and Alabama stand in pretty ranch
the game position. The system has been
mads odions and oppressive to the people,
and pnblio cpinioh is gradually solid!-
fjing npon tho idea that if it
be necessary to restrict the manufacture of
whisky by a tax, that the revenue ahouid go
to the Slates directly interested, and the
whole oontrei of the question with it. Aa
before showD, the Sonth U very generally
hostile to the internal system aa it now ex
ists. The Virginia convention haa now
done what several Virginia Legislatures had
already done—demanded the repeal of the
war measure, rightfully termed infamous.
Tha tariff plaDk is the expression of the
National Demoeratie platform | n lSR^ B | m .
plifled and more direct. It declares for the
custom house aa tha basis of governments!
revenue, an eocnomictl administration, and
a protective and fostering and developing
tariff. This is good enongh for Georgia,
A Watch Free.
Yon can get an improved Waterbary
Watch, with chain, and the WaaaLT Tei.e-
oBAPn one ytar, for $3. For particulars,
see advertisement elsewhere in this issue.
Scandalous Pe»4atlonalf<
It is very much to bo regretted that a
writer in yesterday's Constitution should
have endeavored to add to the horror of the
Wool folk tragedy, by arguing that Tom Wol-
folk bad either ontraged, or attempted to
ontrage, his sister Pearl, and to proteot him
self from discovery of that crime, the whole
sale slaughter waa made. The writer of tbe
article signs himself Pea Jay. He is more
or less familiar to the people of Georgia by
bis sensstional and generally unreliable con
tributions over that nom de plume to the
Constitution
In his article in the Consitutton yesterday
he stys:
Theie are fact, which cannot be pnt lu type
tolng to .bowthat for aeveral day. Tom meditated
a soft flendl.b aiaault npon bla filter. Tba ttaeo'y
formed, and it la not lnconalatant with tho erl
dence, !• that Tom watched for an opportunity to
enter bla ■inter*, chamber. Tbe only alarm beard
during the nigbt waa tho acream of a woman. It
waa the voice of Hlx Pearl, aa aba reat.ted tbe at
tack of Tom Woolfolk, and, breaking from Ha
graap, rutiled to her fatuor*-j room. Seeing bimeelf
tbni In danger of eaooanre, Tom grasped an' axe,
which lay near, and, entering bla father's room
while tbe latter slept, dealt him tbe murderous
blow.
Careful investigation by a reliable repre
sentative of the Telegbaph failed to learn
of any “facts" abont Thomas’s premedi
tating any snoh thing. Whatever those
imaginary "facia" may be, it is certain that
they eonld not have been too filthy for print,
alter wbat the Constitution did print.
One person did snggest that from tho
position in wbiob Miss Pearl's body was
found, that he feared there might have been
rape. This information was given Solicitor
Hardeman, who at once asked the man
what evidence there waa to warrant his sns
picions. The answer was, “noth
ing bat her position." Solicitor
Hardeman said as there was suspicion,
he would order an investigation made. The
gentleman demurred, and said there was no
need for that; and tbe matter wag dropped.
Tbe ladies who prepared the body for
bnria), noticed no evidenoeof snch a crime.
Pea Jay was not even at the scene of the
mnrde.’s, ha only having arrived ip Macon
near 6 o’clock Saturday evening. If his
theory or oharga is based on his reasoning
alone, it cannot etand.
He says, as an evidence of the assault,
that a woman’s acream was heard, and then
Pearl rnshed into the room of her father,
who was asleep.
The only testimony ns to screams being
heard was given by a colored woman who
lived three-quarters of * mile from tbe
Woolfolk residence. Is It not ridicnlons to
suppose that soiesms hoard three-quarters
of a mile off should not have awakened the
father not ten yards away?
The screams ot Miss Pearl wonld have
brought to her resone in a few seconds, her
brother Richard and her father, and they
wonld not have been easily overcome by
Thomas, who is a much smaller man than
his father was. I
Pea Jay, to earry out his ssnjgjlonr.1
story of rape, argues that the other mem
bers ot the fanilly rushing into the\ hall to
feaoue Miss Pearl, were slain there; and
that Thomas then removed the
bodies to the beds, to give the
idea that they had been murdered
while asleep. In view cf the fact that
nenrly all the victim! were found weltering
in their own blood, it is difficult for ono to
oonceive how they could have been mur
dered elsewhere than where they lay.
This much spice is given to Pea Jay
merely to call publio attention to his meth
ods for sensational newspaper Items. The
matter la entirely too sorions in this partic
ular ease, for one to be permitted to inter
ject such a totally unfounded story In the
account of the mnrder of the entiro family.
There are nnmerona inaccuracies and mis
statements in Pea Jay’s two columns, but
they are insignificant compared with the new
horror added to the terrible crime as it hap
pened.
There is no evidenoe to prove rape, or to
suggest the crime; but there is overy possi
ble reason to affirm that no snob as
sault was made. The people of Bibb,
and the Woolfolk family connections
in particular, will not thank the Oonalitn
tion for pnbliabing widespread, a horror
even more detestable than mnrder, which
has no foundation in faet or justifiable in
ternee. Snoh a wanton attempt to add to
the horror of the most terrible murdering
known, mnat bring ila own retribntlon from
a conservative and trnth-loving pnblio.
SHOT DEAD IXTHE KIMB4II Horne, and Venable is grief-etricken, and |T 111? pvt 1, r '—
! lays that he would rather have been kills 1 A'lL* vEaIKAL XYV
' — 1 I Mmseif than to have bad Horne shot down. ^iv
C. D. HORNE KILLED Wmr V Tnviwn 7?* 1 U ®* roh » n ‘ nt Stone Mourn
I11LE TR\ING lam, aod bam H. Vi-nable is thewell-kuown
TO STOP A FIGHT.
The Fatal Shot Flre.l by Col. Veal, or Stone
Mountain. In nn Attempt to Kill
Sain H. Venable—Details of
the Tragedy.
Dunn. Qbosvixob, of Ohio, and Captain
Kannouse, of Wisconsin, two Republican
clerks in the Treasury Department, have
been dismissed by Secretary Fairchild for
nal ng abusive ianguago toward the Demo-
cratio party.
Latzb returns show prohibition in Texas
not In the shape of a defeat, bnt as a
massacre.
How Tour Uncle Joeeph Holds Uta Own.
Atlanta National.
"While a very able man anvhow, much of
onr distinguished Uaited States Senator
Brown’s wondetfnl success is due to the
fact that ha never, never goes back on a
ftiend, and rarely fails to pnnlah an enemy.
He makes it a role to pay bis political as
well as his financial debts, and never rests
easy nntil the account-is balanced. No
decent gentleman, no manly man has any
respect whatever for these snivel service
reforms, who are ntterly inaentibla to an
obligation, and totally incapable of grati
tude. Of coarse, it is always
‘Understood that competency, fldel-
ity and honesty are pre-rcqnlsitea, bnt
no one has a “corner" on those virtues, and
the right aort of a man will discern theee
admirable qualities in a friend who has
done yon a kindness as well as in a straight-
laced, “goody-goody” civil servioe reformer.
We have in mind now s Very recent occur
rence whoro a man, for a violation of tbeeo
principles and for voting against a friend
who had done him a favor, w»s personally
denounced to his face and publicly in print
as an “infamous bar," “a traitor,and “an
ingrate," and pablie sentiment sustains tho
severe arraignment.
Kalntnck Keeps the Record.
Oloba-Demoerat.
It seemed at one time as if Kentucky had
broken bar record this year-held a Stats
election without any murders. The returns
were note!! in when this opinion was
formed. One eonnty comes in with six
shootiDg scrapes and six deaths.
Our Progress.
•" UnltUr .bandoned with tha com-
pletlon of railroad*, so the hug® drastic, cathartic
pUta. eompoaed of cru.1* and bulky medicine® are
introduction of Dr.
rler«* • PiuM.it Punitive Psllstt** which art
s agar-coated, and llt'J* larger than mustard **«da
^2! m |nU!£‘£ llr C ™° ,nU " ,d V*S*table €X-
Atlanta, August 7.—A few minutes be-
fore ten o ciook to-night, Mr. A B. F. Veal
of Stone mountain, and Mr Sam H, Ven-
000®' r? 8 ' 1 8 diffl,a| y ln room
203 in the Kimball Houro. Venable knock
ed Veal down, when tbe latter fire 1 two
Bhotsat Venable, missing him but killing
Mr. C. D. Horne, who was trying to part
the men. The ball which killed Horne, en-
tered bis left ohcek and passed through his
brains. 0
The details of the trouble between Vena
ble and Veal to-night, resulting in the kill
ing of O. D. Horne, are as follows: Mr. V.
J. Fsgm, one of the members of the South
ern Granite Company, who boards at the
Kimball, met Mr. Veal on the street this af
ternoon,and told him that he wished to see
him in relation to the transfer of a lease of
a store at Slone r^V-ou tain. He had not
lime to talk it o!® Itn lt n, but to d Veal to
come to the Kid&all to-night and see him
abont it Veal went to the Kimball about
9:30 to-night to see Fagtn. Fagin was not in
bis room, bnt Veal learned, that Fagin and
his friend Mr. H V. Deze, were in the
room of Mr. J. F. Lewis. 209. Veal weut
to the door in company with his friend,
Mr. John MaoDonald, and knocked on the
door. It waa opened and the two walked
in. In the room were Messrs J. F. Lewis,
O. D. Horne, Sam H |Venablo, V. J. Fagin
and H. V. Deze. air. Fagin says that he
did not know that Mr. Sam Venable was in
Lewis’s room nntil he and Deze entered.
When Veal entered, Mr. Venable arose
and said: “I ask pardon, gentlemen, for
what I am abont to say to Mr. Veal. Mr.
Veal has treated me in the most shameful
manner, and this is the first time 1 have
seen him since be did it ”
Mr. Veal said: “Will yon take any unfair
advantage of me?"
Mr. Venable replied: “None on earth.
I have never taken an unfair advantage of a
man in my life.”
As he said this Veal turned pale and
threw his hand to his hip nocket, as if to
draw a pistol. At this Mr. Venable slapped
him lightly on the face, npon which Veal
drew bis pistol and levelled it at Venable,
who se zed tho weapon, when Veal snapped
it, the hammer closing down on Venable’s
finger. Veal j-rked the pistol ont of Vena
ble’s band. Venable struck him a blow
and as Veal was falling he aimed the piBtol
up at Venable’s breast. At this jnnotnre
O. D. Horne grabbed Venable from behind,
Venable knooking the pistol aside when it
fired, the ball passing under Venable’s left
arm and entering Horne's left cheek. Vena
ble felt Horne relax bis grip and fall. Ven
able exclaimed: “My God, yon have killed
Horne." Vem.ble then gripped tbe pistol
with bis right, hand, W.l null hoidiug it,
nndstrnck Veals powerful blow u the
left temple, forcing him to the tt '-r. Vena
ble pressed the pistol down by V.-al's right
side, Veal being 011 the floor, when it fired
ag-to, this time the ball g 'ing into Veal'i
boor. Fagin rush'd up nud said: • Vena
ble, let him gu." Verihbleedd: “Not »r il«
be has that pistol" Mr. Levia sr.bb.d
the pistol out ot Veal's ban a, Upon wbiob
Venable let Veal up.
By this time rhe r-mu was full ot smoke
and the utmost oocfa*to.i prtv.dl- d. V. at
gotout of the room and went down ou ibe
Btreor, wh*re he wee arrested hy me police
and taken to tbe aunlon. Wa, bad
gash • ver hts left iinmi- aud a out nnder
his left eve. Dr. VanGoidunovtn extracted His spite is principally against tho super-
the bail from a paluful wound in bia foot, mtetident, and the trustee’, bntjhe haa uiao
Venable is not hurt. “ ' “
Tho remains of Ur. O. D. Horan were
removed to his residenee, corner of Walton
and Spring streets, to-night, Aninqa-st
will be held over them to-morrow He
leaves a wife and three children. He wai a
partner in the firm of Mil s & Horne, the
contraotors engaged in building the now
Capitol, and has lived in Atlanta about three
years. He is (rum Illinois.
The fend between Venable and Veal came
abont in this way; Six weeks ago Mr.
Venable went down to Stone Mountain,
when ho learned that only one workman
was engagt-d in loading six of bis wagons.
Venable said to Mood, bis superintendent
at tho granite works: “How is thie? Yon
ought to have at least two men ton wagso,”
when Moon replied: “Well, Veal has driven
your men off. Whenever a negro oomes
down here to go to work for yon, Veal tells
him that if ho don't pay the two dollars and
a half street tax he will have him arrested.
This frightens tbe negro off."
Venable went to Veal and said: “Veal, I
have never wronged yon, and you must not
wrong me. Yon have no right to colleot
street tax from my workmen who come
down from Alabama. It is not lawlnl
Yon oan’t do It.”
Ve.l replied: “I can do it, and I will do
it," to whioh Venable replied: “Well, it is
oneof twotbiogs—either yonr prejudice
against my company, or yonr damned
ignorance," npon whioh Veal went into his
store and came out with bis hand on a pis
tol in his hip pocket, saying: “Sam Vena
ble, yon are a bulldozer, but you oan’t bull
doze me,” to whioh Venable said: “I know
that yon have a pistol, and I am
unarmed, bnt I tell yon that you are an
infataont liar and a coward.' They then
talked on calmly, when Venable said: “I
h ive never wronged yon, and yon aball not
wrong m«."
Venable then left him and was abont to
let on tbe train when a bailiff came up to
tim with a warrant, charging hint with dis
orderly eondnet and nsiDg profane language.
Venable went to the mayor, who told him
that be would fine him twenty dollars.
Venable said: “You have no tight to do it,
and I will appeal tbe ease." “Yon mnat
giva bond,” said the mayor. “I own one-
third intereat in that mountain. Let that
bo my bond," said Venable, wbo started off.
“That won't do;yon must give bond,”
replied the mayor.
The bailiff tai l that Venable had been
outrageously treated and went on Venable's
bond. Venable then took the train for At
lanta, bat retnrned to Stone Mountain next
morning, when Veal appeared and tried to
haTe him arrested ana locked up In the
guard house, bnt failed. Venable told Veal
that he waa hounding him down and
wanted tohnmiliate him by locking him up,
bnt that he wonld not succeed. Venable
then showed hia papers, appointing bis
case, end said to Veal: “When we meet
again we krill settle onr differences ”
To-night is the first time that they have
met since the trouble at the Mountain.
Venable was totally unarmed to-night, and
states that ho has always prided himtelf
upon not carrying a pistot
Veal stated to the officer who arrested
him to-night that he believes a conapiracy
wis formed to get him into Lewis' room,
□e says that he waa sitting on the edge
of a bed in the room when Venable
walked in and began quarreling with
him, and then struck him. He says that be
then drew his pistol to defend himself
bnt did not shoot until Venable knocked
him and waa beating him. Veal is filled
with sorrow over the accidental killing of
contractor. Warrants will be sworn ont
against VeDsble and Veal to-jnorrow. Both
are under arrest at midnight.
KENAN'S ASYLUM DILL.
Superintendent Wliltaker Gives the Legis
lator's Animus in the Matter.
Milledoevillk, August 5—Editors Tel-
obapb : I see in yonr last Sunday's issue, an
article nnder the head of “The Government
of the State Lnnaiic Asylnm," an interview
yonr Atlanta reporter had with Dr. KeDan,
a member of the Legislature from Bildwiu
county, giving bis views why a change in
•he number of trustees Bhould be made,
and to change the time as to tbe election of
officers, eto., for said institution. Krom
reading the article, one wonld bo impressed
with an erroneous idea, and that is, that
Dr. Kenan has the good of the institution
at heart, bnt snch is not the fact; be is sim
ply tryiDg to oarry ont a threat made against
the enperiutendent, Dr. Powell, when he,
KenaD, was put out of tho institution by
tbe trustees, npon the reonmmendation of
a committee from the General Assembly,
composed ot eight members, three from
the Senate and five from tbe House; snob
men as Gnstin, from Bibb, Dr. Paul, of
Calhoun, Yow, from Franklin, from tbe
Senate; and Crenshaw, of Troup, Hnmber,
of Patnsm, Hawks, from Sumter, McWhor
ter, of Oglethorpe, and Johnson, of Bald
win, from the House.
Now oan any one suppose for one mo
ment that a committee, composed of suoh
gentlemen, would do an injustice to any
one? No, far from it.
Iu the year 1H82 thnro were some insinua
tions made by Kenan bimseif, that some
thing was wrong in the management of tho
Lunatio Asylnm;. and the resnltwas this
committee named above were appointed
and sent down during the recess ot the
Legislature to investigate. They _sme and
Bpent nino dsys, looking carefully into
every department, and after a thorough ex
amination, mado a report, in whioh they
oomplimented the superintendent and his
general management iu the highest terms,
and the other officers, with one exceptiou,
and that one was tbe first assistant physi
cian, Dr. Thomas H. Kenan; they found
him "guilty not only of mgleot of duty,
insubordination, gross miscouduot, but u
want of veracity, too mnch intimacy with
female attendants, borrowing money from
attendants aud patterns, to the serf
ous detriment of that discipline,
whioh should exist in said asylum;
and recommei ded and urged the
trustees to hove a meeting and correct
tho evil. This the trustees did, by failing
to re elect Dr. Kenan as an officer. He lett
the institution with tbe throat, I will get
even with them, and 6ver since he has been
seeking to do-so. Soon after leaving the
institution he became a candidate for the
Legislature, submitted his claims to a Dem
ocratic nomination, bnt was defeated by a
large majority by the Hon. llichsrd N. La
mar. Aftir this he oomes ont as as inde
pendent candidate, refused to go into a
Democratic nomination, aud did but little
else for two years but electioneer for tbe
offioe, promising any and everything to suit
tils voter, promised the negroes to have a
law enacted to raise their wages to $1 a
day for all common laborers, promised to
burst np the prohibition act, promised two
different candidates, or their friends, to
vote for both, to some enemies of the asy.
inm, or rather soreheads, to regnlato or
burst np the institution, promised to raise
wag's uf employes and decrease salaries of
officer 1 Ta friends of tho institn'ion ho
promised o do the inatitntion and its offi
cers no harm. In this way he was elected
by a smalt majority, nridzing the negro
Tote,
SCHEME.
I “\T?8 T I
animosity against the sub effioetsfor swear
ing tho truth when pnt npon oath by the
committee.
Messrs. Editors, his conduct while an offi
cer of tne Lunatio A-ylnm, was dark in the
extreme, bnt the investigation brought it to
light; this is where the shoe pinohoe. He
has no lovcfor the inatitntion orita officers,
but has sworn veogeaoco. This bill was
gotten np to vrnt a vile spleen. Ho thinks
by iU enactment it will get the inatitntion
into politics.
U* quotes an article whioh appeared in
tbe Teleokaph some time since by one
Tobesofkee, urging the necessity of an in
crease of trustee*, and pretending to be
an hornet criticism of the annual report of
ihe trustees and superintendent of the
Lunatic Asylnm, bnt was nothing more than
a oiiarepreeenla'.ion of thriraata and doing*.
His object was nothing more or loss, ao-
oordirg to his own oontession, than to
farther his own interest, ns bo was at tbe
time an applicant for trusteeship of
tho asylnm, and sought, by findlcg
fnnlt and misrepresentations, to get
in tbe board bimseif, and to do so, at
Kenan's friend, for he, Kenan, was very-
much interested in his appointment If
the members of tbe Legislature understand
Dr. Ktoio, his ^aim and waliciousniHs,
seeking vengeance upon Dr. Dowell, tbu
trustees and his sab-officara, trying to get
an inercaso cf trustees, eto., and in that
way to harrass and annoy and maybe, g t t
some of the officers changed without cause
or charge. I am satisfied they will never
pass the bill Every one familiar with the
history of the asylnm and iu workings sinee
Dr Kenan left, knows that iU management
is (qasl and superior to a majority of the
St te ihstitaUoD8 of the kind in the United
States and Canada.
But why object to an inoreaso of trustees,
eto . because to tho first pUca, it would ha
more than apt to drift the inatitntion into
politios. Candidate!, for Governor to
farther their own election might promise
and appoint men nnsnlted for the poaition.
A trustee should be one who feels an inter
est and hts sympathy for Buffering hu
manity, not one who wishes the plaee sim
ply for the salary. Again it would be a
useless expense of eighteen hundred dollars
per annnm.which wonld h« the salary of the
six new trustees. Besides having only
one in each Congressional district, it wonld
be a difficult matter to get enough of them
together each month to txsmine the vouch
ers. The law as it now elands works well.
Often the Superintendent wishes the advioe
and action of a majority of the board,
which will not admit of delay, thU oonld
not be had U the board were scattered all
over tha SUte. A* to the election of offi
cers annually, Dr. Kenan's views have nn-
dergone a radical change, ainco he left
the institution. While he was an officer,
he was heard to remark often, that an offi-
cer of a Lunatio Asylnm, shonld bs elected
for life or good behavior, and he even urg
ed the trustees to bare the law changed to
that effect
Hf- Fowell is absent on account of til
health. I feel it my duty as Superinten
dent pro tem, of the Lnn&tie Asylum, to
let the pnnlc know the truth, that they tray
not bo mislead. Vary Respectfully,
J * }}■ Whitaxxb. Sup't Pro Tem.
1 8—If any one donbta for one mo
ment the truthfulness cf these sUtements,
wo have evidence taken down, nnder oath
by the legislative oommittee, to snbstan-
tiate, and it can be published if desired.
J. U. W.
Read advertisement headed "A Watch
Free, elsewhere in ihi* issue.
A r-an to Fleece Fools In t h„ ,
Few 8perul»tors-,. r „,„ lb| ’^'«t
rite Great Railroad s, ! ,kj
-May be tVrre'Ed”"'*
Special CoriY*p:nd«nc«
New Yobs', Aagnst 4
the public wbo are interested P ° ,tl(
Central railroad affairs to thint "“ 'J
the subject, have proXy wufe'H
to the conviction that the so cribs* 1 ®
cate who secured tbe control 0 f
in January last are eimplv a nLlv 11 '
dividual speculators, iofliienced^" 1
.0 umae money for themselve, V*
reference to consequences, ro *>
great property is concerned ' '
pl^form of^akffig money P fo*r *i C,s J
^handling ot “ uigTpro^
With few exceptions, the stock t ,1
them is upon borrowed money tr 1
idea was to get it into ouch shan* it 1
could control the Central wjfh ,
amount of money md at the sJt 11
concentrate its control in few hand.' '
ing speculation safe to themselves '
A short lime einoe a singular ^
news was sent over the tape, To ih! ,
that the parties wbo obtained the com!
the Central of Georgia, secured bv thi 3
obase of the Hetty Green stock
held a mcAtino faw sn®?! I
peso
meeting tot ffie
of devtring, wsys
meads to reimburse themselves i._
sure that 1 have the words exactly"bot-l
are in substance as given me by »
formed broker. I learned after.*.,.. .1
learned afterward,!
a charter had heen obtained by the
oRto from the Legislature of North
similar to that held by tbe West Point J
minsl Company. This oompany was.
tered by the Legislature of North C»n
as “The Georgia Compaoy,” with it, ,
offi ce looated at High Point, North Caron
It was proposed that tbe preent nj
bors of the syndicate should
their holdings of say p
shares, at par value to the pool’l
otherwise “Tbe Georgia Company ” J
aocept in payment three shares of it, ,3
for one ot Central stock. An a«<
was also to be made npon the hoL„
Centra! of $10 p^r share, whioh wouH i
the pool a reserve fund of $100 000-
pool oompany to issue $1,000,000 of w
against the 40,000 shares of Central no-
whioh it was claimed they had arrsoeedl
place at 95> The bonds were to bs 1
tribnied to the shareholders in the
oompany, or they wonld pay 95 cast
eaoh ahare of atook sold to the pool.
If the Central pays a 6 per cent, divided
tho money is thus provided to the pod a
pany to pay the interest npon the boa;
if more than 0 per oeut. dividends step
by the Central tbe excess would go
making a dividend on the pool ooni™
stook, giviog it some speculative value.
the Central shonld skip a dividend the tl
serve fund wonld bridge thorn over for in
or three stmi-annnal interest payment!
Now suppose the syndioate paid an svtri
of $1.16 for their Central stook. ‘
this $it) per share assessment for n,„,
fund and the oost of the pooled eto
would be $125 per share Dednot $85 ]
share refunded in bonds or cash, and tl
are out just $3U per ihare
Central, aod in three shares of pool I
for one of Central.
If they issne three for one the iua« i
pool stock will be $12,000,000, with
chanoe of its market valne being leu tL_
$10 per share. At its cost value, horertil
$600,000 will seen to control of the
company, and tbe pool company wiU .
the controlling vote in all Central ruilr
elcolions.
This small amount may bo
the stock of the pool by a few speculator 1 ,
and it can thus be seen what an irruponi
ble power may secure the control of t‘
immense property, and how easy it will „
for them to so manipulate the repoiUt!
the Central aa to ran the atcck up or don
To them, speculation will beoome at otK
safo and easy, provided fools enough ctnbi
f°nnd to trade in this worthless stock.
This great property ramifies three SU!m|
Upon its capable and honest mnnagei
the intorest of half the people of t—
States are dependent, and hence to think cl
having it haadled and manipulated solely u
the inter, a: of a olique ot Wall afreet ipscoh-
tors, without regard to theo .astqcencei It!
mty fall npon its largo oonstitnency, ehoold
stir np the indignation and resentment d
the people of those States, and consign tl
infamy the men who are seeking to perpe
trate this wrong npon them, and this irsu
npon the general pnblic.
This contingency is worth considering bf
ihe Legislature of Georgia now it luelon,
in connection with the bill to lnoorpnnlei
roa I from Birmingham to Savannah, it*
construction of which will eern
as a protection to the pec$l*
and business of Georgia and Alabama
against a misuse of the roads they hen
hitherto depended npon. It also raise* tt*
qneslion as to the wisdom of a former L*g-
ieiatore which amended the obarter of Ik*
Central railroad by giviog every share *
vote, when the original obarter limited tba
vote of large holders to a given number o!
shares, a protection to the minority holien
which does not exist now. If there we*J
any donbt that the ultimate purpose behind
this move is to control the Central railnu
with a small amount of money sndmtnipi*
late it in the intereet of this bastard p»
■toek, the joiDt issue of avarice and Insw
it is pieced beyond qneslion by the
that eaoh member of the pool is to b« *►
quired to plaee half of his stock in a tm**
company in New York for the term ol ■*•
y»ara, which stock will always secure tk»
control of tbe Central.
The information contained in this letter
haa been obtained from two sonroesofth*
bighf-at credibility, and may be acevptm
by tho people of Georgia as indicative «
what is going on and what may be expect* 4 -
I am also la possession of other informa
tion with referenoe to the personal
of oertain parties connected with
syndicate whioh wonld be of tnteresttoJ 0 "
readers, but wilt defer sending fat **•
present. BocW-
A Card. *
Editors Teleobu'u: In yonr y
the 7tb instant appears an article signed “
M. Whitaker, superintendent, etc., prut'®-
At present I have time only to say if
statements were true why doe* he hut*?
to object to an investigation, and why do*
press it? We know that the Rev. »*•
Jones says "the dog that ia bit T* 1 !* 4
Hia article bears falsehood npon its -
Hie concern about the ten trustee «*“
makes him indulge in blackguardism, W'lir-
1s Ineffictual in diverting attention
the merits of the bill or injuring me.
falsehood abont ‘'Toboeofkee” will b* “.
ticed by tha writer, Gapt O. P. Crawf 0 '*
who is well known tbronghont tbs • “
and ia able to attend to his matters. I P .
sums. The pnblic will bear in mini tt
there ia soon to be an investigation of “
management of the asylum, and I
miss tho subject for the present.
fully, Tu .s IL hf**».
Ills notunUI a mao rtavbe* 3) that h* b*Sfy, *
rmp th® • m*I2 bill® vo fth® oauld® ot r '"‘
Puck.