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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, Mfl-TWftLVE PAGES.
THE USURY CASE AGAIN.
BILL OF EXCEPTIONS REVIFW ED
AND VERIFIED BY THE COURT.
•The ArgnmenU llrgun—Col. XV. E. Sim-
mona Open* Mid la Followed by Da-
pont Oaerrr—Fan In Court-
Antic* of Ltwj#«.
After the United States .renit Oamt
opened np yesterday morning the proceed-
inc of reviewing the notice of exceptions
male to the rnlinge of the court on the
points of evidenoe was continued.
The exaeptione were taken up one
by one and examined by the court,
one or two of them woio changed or
oorreoted slightly by hie Honor before he
would xerify them. The grounds for one
note of txoepllon made by th« eonnsel for
the plaintiffs were bo ohanged before it wag
allowed to go on the bill that its fores will
be destroyed, as grounds for reversal, with-
out doubt. _ .
There being so many of these txoeptions
noted by the plaintiffs makes it look as
thonvh if the case were decided against
them they wonld carry it to the Supreme
Court, in fact there is little donbt but that
they are leaving tbo bridges up behind
them for that oltemative in ca e of defeat
in the present suit.
The greater part of the morning was con
sumed in the revision of the bill of excep
tions, and before it was completely done
there was more or leas variety of entertain
ment for the interested listeners to the
admitted that they looked after tlio “wel-1 sel for the plaintiff complimented him
fare" of the Iosdb about aa energetically os highly and pronounced hie speech to be a
an agent could be expected to do for his splendid forentio effort, bat added that "be
principal
The correspondence brought mto court
had no cue.
When the honr for adjournment was
nnder a summons of duees tecum revealed reached yesterday, although Col Hammond
the relation occupied by the so-culled oor* had not quite concluded his argument, Mr,
respondents of the Corbin Banking Com- Guerry returned the compliment, saying
pany and throws quite astreik of light upon that the distinguished gentleman had as
It is sometimes interesting for one outside
of the profession to sit in court and study
that phase of human nature most sptiy
illustrated by the ethicel antics of lawyers.
One not acquainted with their true inward
ness would sometime: be almost peisuaded
to oall “polioo" when thoy act aa though
their hatred of each other were violent
ssopah to indicate "malice aforethought
on board in largo quantities, aud again
would the stranger be as deeply impressed
the other way in observing what hail fellows
well met they are as soon os the point in
question is settled, and they sit dawn and
ae readily a:apt their aotioua to the famil
iar railery of traternal spirits.
A touch of this humor seemed to take
possession of the parties in the suit far a
Uttie while yesterday, even Including ihe
dignified conrt htmsell. While reading
over the aeventh exception the court
loaned forward and with arch delioaoy
Informed Colonel N. J. Hammond, the
learned Atlanta jurist, that "admissible"
was spelled a-i-ble, and not s-ft-1>- 1-e,
Oalonel Hammond, whose production
the bill was supposed to be, meek y bowed
acknowledgment. And the court went on
nntil presently another orthographical error
was ran up against, when he remarked, as
he rewrote the word, something about
Scandinavian spelling. Colonel Hammond
then took the il oor, and pleaded not guilty,
awearing the responsibility off upon "the
clerk" of his o olleagna, Col Simmons.
Major Baoon then arose end said that
be wonld state to the court in behalf of the
clerk that he was in the employ of the
claimants' attorneys.
Colonel Hammond: "If there is any bad
spelling in that bill it is probably duo to
the tact that the elerk in question is from
Southwest Georgia.
Dupont Uuerry next made the point that
said dark was not from
Macon, and Col. Simmons stated
that as his colleague, Col Hammond
seemed to he disposed to stddie the bad
spelling npon Southwest Georgia, be would
Jravo to be disloyal esough to state that the
olerk was bred and placated in Atlanta.
It all rested upon Atlanta at this juncture
and Colonel Usmuond farther explained
that the bad spelling was probably das to
the fiat that the manuscript had not been
revised sinoe it wsa run off from a
type-writer at the rate of sixty words to the
minute.
This explanation seemed to satisfy *11
parties, and the repartee waa suspended for
the resumption of hu.iuest. The bill of
exceptions was finally laid aside and argu
ment opened for the claimants by Colenel
Simmons, who spoke earnestly for about
an hour, and was followed by Dupont
Guerry, Esq., for the defense. Ur. Guerry
was Interrupted at 2 o'clock, and the court
adjourned until 10 o'clock this morning,
'when ho Ttlll r can mo,
A TxlbouoFB representstlve, in convar
setlon with severe! lawyers yesterday af
ternoon, took down the following state
ment cf one of the professional gentlemen
aa his version of tbo case, although not
personally interested In tbo salt. He said:
'The oaso has beoome more and more
interesting as the trial progresses, and from
the brilliant array of c annuel, both for the
plaintiff and the dtf udsnt, end the sharp
. oontest on every materiat point, It Is evi
dent that It is considered by the contend'
ing parties, or at any rate by the plaintiff,
as likely to beoome a leading out In legsl
literature. There is very little donbt that
tho ease will go to the tribunal of last re
sort, and that the Supreme Court of the
United Btatrs will be called npon to pass
upon the points now st Issue in the Federal
Oourl
"The defense in this ease has set np the
plea of usury, and it is not disputed that
twenty per cent, of the (8,500 loaned to
Gay was never delivered to him, but was re
tained for what the plaintiff ealls 'commit
bIodb.' **
"It htt been boldly tsi< tied that an agent
may ofcarge whatever he Is able to get from
the borrower in the way of oommiaalons for
his services in tecariog a loan, without
tainting ihe transaction with usury. The
plaintiff in this case, however, has made
strenuous efforts to establish the f set that
tho commiteion of twenty par cent, eharged
by tho Corbin Banking Company was only
reaaontblo compensation for the services
performed. The plaintiff also denies that
the holder of theae notes. Chav. L Flint,
hal any knowledge of the amount of oam-
mission charged and that ha delivered to
the Corbin Banking Company the full
amount ooverad by the notes, to-wit, (8,600.
"Plaintiff also strenuovs’y insists that
the party who negotiated toil loan, Mr.
Gortnin, was the agent of Ur. Gay, and
was employed by him, and that Gay signed
a written agreement to piy him, Upiman,
20 per cent of the prcceede of the loan.
"Ihe witnesses for the plaintiff on the
dinct examination claimed pos lively that
they wer* the agents of the borrower, sod
disclaimed being the agents of the Corbin
Banking Company, or of anybody else ex
cept of Ihe borrower. They admitted, on
being pressed in the croes-esemination,
that they were the ■eomspondenta' of the
Corbin Braking Company. They farther
admitted that Urey Died blanks provided
by the Corbin Banking Company iu
ail these transactions; that the amonntof
commiciou charged was fixed by the Car-
bin Banking Company; that 15 per cent, of
ths amount waa retained io Mew York end
5 per cent forwarded in a separate ebeck
to them for their Individual commissions
They very reluctantly admitted that after
Ute loan was made they s ill 'locked" alter
it and tried to “induoe" the borrowers to
the mode of operations. , I usnal made a splendid speech but that
"The defense have submitted iu evidence oertainly has no cue."
a copy of the charter of the New Eogland Counsel for plaintiff dwelt at length upon
Mortgage Security Company, which docn- a newspaper clipping of whet purported to
ment, also, reveals some remark ible fsots, be the sayings of the distinguished Chief
“The domloile of the great corpcrslion is Justice cf the Supreme Coart of Georgia,
in the little village of Brooklyn, Conn., a when delivering ao opinion on a ease in
plaeo eoutsiniog quite a largo population wbieh usury was pleaded,
during the clam neasoc. It is a country Counsel'for defendant urged that "while
resoit where the overworked money lenders a'l things aro possible, if the extracts read
and note shavers uf New York and Boston from this pewspaper clipping were in fact
meet gregariously to enjoy the luscious the words of the Chief Justice, ho has ra
cism bake. This place is the domicile of ceutly adopted a style of composition arid
the soulless corporation, bat the smiling, a method of reasoning to which ho has been
smooth-faced stockholders and directors heretofore a perfeot stranger. The paper
hang np their hats either in New York or sounds much more like a speeial plea
Boston. Among the list cf stockholders the moulded bv a real estate agent or a circular
two largest sre Austin Corbin, President of from the Corbin Banking Company than
the Coroin Banking Company, individually, the foroible and logical expressions of our
and the corporation or partnership of the j distinguished Chief Justice."
Corbin Banking Company. Counsel for plaintiff towards the olose of
"Corbin is also a director at the present his address made an appeal to tho jury to
tin e in the New England Mortgage Security protect the rights of the "New Hampshire
Company. The theory of tho defendant is widow," whose hard earned savings were,
that Austin Corbin; as president of the or might be invested in this loan to Gay.
Corbin Banking Company, receives the ap- He intimated that the real owner of this
plieation for the loans from their eorre- debt was the aforesaid “lone woman,” who
spoedents in Georgia. II it is ‘creamy’ he had intrusted her littla all to the New Eag-
accepts it and then, acting aa a dlreotor of land Mortgage and Seoority Company for
the New England Mortgage Security Com- investment, and who knew nothing ot the
pany, approves the investment of tbo transactions of the Corbin Banking Com
monty of that corporation in the loan." pany.
The correspondence alluded to by the Col. Hammond will conolnde his argu
gentleman quoted above is rather amnslng ment this morning, and the case will be pnt
to say tho least and created quite a little to the jury after the oonrt has delivered his
smile in eourt when it was read to the jury, charge to the jury.
Following are a ooupie of specimens ot the It is expected that the charge in thiB case
banker's correspondence: will be more than usually interesting, not
Under date o: February 31,1881, W. G. I on account of the importauee of the euit but
Wneelor, recrelury of the Cjrtiu Banking because Judge Speer always presents a case
Company, writes to Mr. Gorman, the com-1 to a jury in an able and spray manner, eon
panv's correspondent at Talbotton. | veying with it great force.
"I am in reooipt of the application of
Jacob M. Gsv for a loan of $8 500, and
A TALK Wlfll A JUROR. I thecovwqtobahdmacom.
THE WOOLFOLK JURY NOT INFLU
ENCED BY DEMONfcTHATlONS.
The Impressions Upon a Juror’s Mind—
(Justifying Conscientiously but Hop
ing to he Itrjscted-A Most Unani
mous Verdict - other Matters.
A meeting of the jury in the Woolfolk
The Lawyerless Meeting—The Injunction
Case Again Postponed.
The hearing of the Injunction case of the
Covington and Macon railroad was again
postponed yesterday, this time to the 4th
of January.
The continuance was made by the unani
mous consent of the parties on both Bides,
and it it believed that before that time all
differences will have b.en satlstactorily
adjusted.
As mentioned yesterday, the creditors, or
TUE GOBBLE SONG.
THE TIRESOME TUNE OF TIIBtht-
TURKEY THIEF. TRtJE
A Long List of r*„ y Th
lance Was Ke„. rUea V ‘«'-
the Chaln-Onng-A ShJj *
Thief and a UcartLsMamn**
easel, called for 12 o'clock to-morrow at
W, F. Price's warehouse.
closed doors at the Hotel Lanier on Tuesday
night N -ae ot their attorneys were pros
it is understood that the objeot of the en% for mo reason that the creditors pre-
meeting is to refute the charge that they ferred th.t they wonld meet and consult to-
1 . .1 « « • -a — a 1 cr-Maop l.i I b... r Avars* man T f man n ol tkali
were iu any way influenced during the trial 8 ether ia 'Mr owu wey. It was not their
of Woolfolk for the murder of his father, intention to reflect in ony way upon their
or that they bad perjured themselves in attorneys, bnt thev desired to see what they
qualifying as jurors.
The foreman of the j ary was Rev. H. J.
could do without legal interruption of pro
ceedings. Capt. Frank 8. Johnson was
Harvey, a gentleman who stands amoDe the made ohairman. Tho olaims r< presented
best in the land and whose statements are amounted to shout (10,000. The
unquestioned. In view of tho proposed question dismissed was the most feasible
meetir g the Telxqbaph asked him yester-I P^ an which they could secure their
day what he thought of a juror's duty after I money and take tho road out of the courts,
his ten days' experience,
'Jury duty lit all times,” said he, "is un- pletion.
so that it aonld be pushed forward to corn-
pleasant more or less, and this is especially
true of a jury trying a man for murder.
The position is an unenviable one.
A resolution wsb adopted appointing a
committee to issue a circular to all the cred
itors aekiog their oo-oporation, and to be
grocory store corner Tblra p, ,h ®
streets. In front of hisstcre s/g d - P ‘ Qtn
the sidewalk ts a manmoth obicSen c0
rather chicken house for Hi? ot
thirty feet long. Tht rewere eiotw « ty ot
keys and a large lot of chickens^thu® lni '
Wednesday night, and they wsrahln! °2 0p
toned lor the Christmas tr Jde. MrpjU* 1 ;
had soma turkey a at home that JAA"
tended for his own tooth, but fer til. .
the thief who stole this reporter’s tVrkV-J? 1
transferred them to the store coop* * yh ®
yesterday morning when hewentd-.-
to open the store tho eight turkeys.^
gone, and with them fourteen ohickena.
Ihe moils had drawn the staple
held the look and hasp and hadtakei? {ft
fowls without making any noise at le«t S®
Dolieeman on that l.JTi
That being the oase, it is not likely that present at .a moeting to bo held next Thnrs-
. . ... . oil • Haw ninbt Tl*!> oommittoo mo. .1.. i.
a man wonld try to get on out?"
day night' TIPs oommittee was also in-
•No, fir; I cannot conoeive how a man etruoted to negotiate with Col E. 0. Maohen
conld perjure hiiuself to seoure a place iu the M ‘ be payment of the olaims.
f L* r*- a. a a. . V. .. . I T( la nn.Involno.l fhal flol M
jury box. Oo the contrary, it seems to me, I I! Is understood that Col. Machen has
CROOKS CAPTURED.
note that yen have forwarded memorial for i Moonshine Hunters Maks a Haul for Uncle
iasptc ion to Tnssey. This is ell right The Sam In Itutts County,
application certainly looks 'creamy' and 1
application oertainly looks 'creamy sna 11 List Tnesday Deputy Msrsbal BleJsoe
hope he will report favorably. and Deputy Collector Coohran set out for
In another letter from « a ®®I«G° r - Butts county, where they heil suiffod game
mau the territory over which ho la to be of tbe m00 nshide sort They spent Tuts-
permitted to operate is assigned him, and I dHy meaod.iicg through woods
he il cautioned not to "gun on the tern* | an( j swamps, wading brooks and quagmire
tory of another “correapondent"
until daylight Wednesday morning. Dor-
Another letter ia from Tnssey, who seems j„g their wacd-rrags thev ran across several
to have had general supervision of the bull- deseitod camps tba: had evidently been the
ness m Georgia. He writes to Mr. Gormsn I 9eeDe Q f juici'. operation, but not until after
os follows, under dateof December 8,1881:1 the mornii g ui c cured tbo wild woods did
"Dear Sir—On my December delinquent I they striite u trash trail.. Having slruok it
all men would disqua ify who oauld do so signified his willingness to psy every olaim
conscientiously." against tho road proper, and tweaty-tive per
"What do yon think of your brother cent, of tbe claims against Post & Ingepcll
members of the Wooitolk jury?'' tbe contractors. The difliculty which seems
"I cau say with pleasure that they are t° bavo baen in the way of an earlier settle-
gentlemen. They* entered upon their dnty j ment on this basis has been that much of
as jarors unimpeached and unimpeachable, tbe indebtedness is claimed by
They do not fesr criticism. They aro oon- the company to bo against
soious that their verdiot was a righteous j Post & Ingersotl, while on the other band
one." the creditors claim that they did not know
“What Influences worked upon your I Post k Ingersoll in their tra-isaotions.
mind during the trial?” > Phis, however, will also be adjusted, and
"I oan only speak of my own mind. I ho further Double on that soore is to be ap-
When placed on my voir dira I prehended. The only hitch that the cred-
feit tba*- the prosperity of a country Hois now see aro two claims which Col
and the peace and happiness of her citizens I Machen will not pay on tha ground that he
depends on a willing obedience and due does Dot consider them just One is the
observance of all laws enaoted by the law- UsvU claim. II will bo remembered that a
making powers and placed upon the stat- * aw euit was made of the right of way
utes for the protection of person and through a portion of the Davis property on
property; and for the protection of person I tbe east side ot the river, w Inch was the
ana propety end the mainUinsnoe of good I 01(1 '*8bt of way of the Georgia railroad,
government the Lwa should be enforced T bis law suit resulted in favor of the Oov-
and offenders brought to justice. Viewing ington and Maoon railroad, but the olaim
the Woolfolk tragedy from tbis standpoint, bas been again brought forward. The
I, like Bny right-thinking man, felt that if other claim is that of Thompson
Thomas G. Woolfslk had committed tho HoU J< a eub-contractor wilh Fer-
list I And the following: Schley county, No.
35.Ml. Jaoob M. Gay, ElUville, S1G8 41.
“And now I want you to go for this "old
cuss” iu good shape and see that he -‘ponies
up” at-Once. We can’t afford to have him
slip up on this trifling amount in an $8,500
however, th<y mtde a oautitu* bnt sure
cha-e, making tr-.etr way carefully up the
bed of Big Sandy creek, npon tho banks of
which they found a live camp about seven
outlets south of Jackson, with five operators
in it, four of whom were lounging about or.
deed he should b, punished as the law di- R n8on * Co-. who, it is said has been
recta; but I was notpn judioed sg.insthim. P»* d at least 25 per cent of bis bill, and
I looked upon tim as the acemed and not turthermorc, that it is not owed by tho
the guilty otiminal
proved to toy mind.”
■Did yen feel aoy sympathy for him?"
Thai had to |g cwnpiny,
The creditors, or tt least that portion of
them who met Tnesday night, say they feel
loan. I! he can’t get there on a small I <j 0 i, „ gnurd duty, one of them, J. B. Amo«,
amount like tbis what in the devil is he go-1 e, e j BR arme( i wllb a loaded shot gun and J
ing to do next year. Yours truly, F. Washington with a brace of pis’ols,
"a. I). idsjxv I both of them evidently being on dnty as
It it now said that a Now Hampshire I guatdtmeD. Wiien the officers Lad orept
widow loaned the money to Mr. Gay, the I to the edge of their e>vsrn they made a
Georgia farmer, who is trying before Jndge | slight movement that startled the covey,
Speer in the I'niiod States eourt, to prove and Deputy Marshal Bledsoe immediately
urary practice on the part of tbe Now Eog- I covered the armed parties with
land Mortgage Security Company iu its I his rifla while Deputy Coohran
dealings with him. It Mr. Gay succeeds he I boldly advanoed and divested them of their
will practically mako a revelation to tbe defensive irons. Tney then proceeded to
financial and reel estate world. For it I plaoa the entire party of five, including
would appear that if this be a cue of usury I H. V. Amor, J B. Aaioo, his nephew, J. F.
the entire foundations of Georgia, Washington, C. G. Turner and Wilty
comprising her vast area • of I Brnwolee, uodsrarretl
rich farming estates, ere honey-1 They also took possession of tho camp
combed with tbe trenohea of nsusra who and dostroy.d the still wbieh was a crude,
are operating on a gigantic icale among oar I but prnotioal a;e iraen of moonshine arofai-
farmers and tvading the laws of the land I tecUrecap-b of precipitating oonsidtr.
in a mostingeniona manner. I able of tba oionutiin dear in the o ntse of
But tbe question ia still an open one and I each twenty-four houra
bas been fought to tho teeth by as able a Tho part* thi n visited the bouse of Wash-
corps of attorneys on each side as oould bn ington and iouud ihtuoln a keg oonteiuicg
found iu Georgia. The doeumeutaiy evl-1 fir-*atlon« ot the crooked liquid which
denoe put in is voluminous and tbe Uati-1 they prccotdod to ooud cate in ihe name
mony taken from the stand has been te- ot Uuete Samuel, after which they set out
duoed to a niotey by shrewd, exhaustive I on an excursion to Macon wiiero they
crest-questioning and rebuttal. I arrived sometime during the night.
It has been shown that the every fertile I Yeaterdaj tbe five mountain dew maun
county Id Gergia Is oovored by a oorrespon-1 lecturers were taken before Commitslortr
dent of tbe Corbin B inking Com-1 L. M. Erwin for t semination, Tto evi-
p my and that these correspondents I donee wag only partially taken during the
also operate their territory, not only in nc- day, however, and on adjourhipg last night
grlMting loans for thir oompany, bnt for I C immisstoner Erwin released all bat H C.
other companies, and for individuals in I Amos on their own rtoognizirc:; but, as
some instances. Whether this state of I Amos was caught in tha act of carrying oa
Welt, I knew bat little of the cate, and oonflfent that all the oreditors will agreo to
my stay In tbe oonrt room | H)e propositions to be made. One says
and opportunity for viewing him awakened I will be represented at the next
in my bosom a degree of sympathy and meeting, and another says the entire $48,
completion that he eeemod not io deserre 000 Wl be present* It is also said that
and I at. first feared I -caned perhaps too Cal - Maohen will be in attendance, and that
much on the side of mercy; bat after a close ke has already arranged for what money he
r rumination I found that I weB free from wanta oa condition that tha road passes
bias and prejaoloe, and my oonBcienoe for
ced ms to qualify. Arriving at that con-
out from under tho recriverdbip.
At any rate, the creditors expressed
viotton I hoped for nj-ration. Finding no themBolve3 yesterday as believing that the
escape from the unpleasant duty aud re- prospects was brighter now for a settlement
eponaibillly I entered the jury box deter- ‘ban ever before, aDd that the iojnnotion
mined to hear with an unpnjndioad ear and 01180 *>>1 be at end before the 4.h of Jan
mind all the evidence for and against, to “^7-
rtcoutile if possible ail conflicting evidenco Tho c,e<Jll ors maintained their individu
without imputing pmjury to any man, to aIi ‘y yesterday throughout, in that they
take the preponderance cf tho reconciled I went into the court and through their
o, hststont evidence, apply the spokesman, Eoglneer L. W. Roberts, asked
given by the court, and I for the continuance.
and
law
upon “ tho evidence and the law
alone I wonld let my osnvietloni rest, and
from them farm my concluiions and formu
late my verdiot.”
'What effeot did the speeches of the at-
torneja have upon you?"
To eaoh and every lawyer I gave indi-
THE POULTRY SHOW.
One Thousand Fowl* In Sight, and Lota
of Fine Dogs.
It is estimated that at the coming poul
try and bench show to be held in January,
.... , ... - _ .thetewiU he on exhibition 1,(K0 fowM,
vidnel and patient attention. While I ad- 800 pigeons, and 150 fine dogs. This esti-
policeman on that beat and the watchmm
at Wider s faotory olose by did not heu
any unusual noise. ' ““'best
Mr. Pinkns is satisfied that the robber*
as committed after mtdnioh. r °Wry
was committed after midnight. He did cS
close up antil 10 o’olock and thtra are ton
many people passing in that vicinity up to
midnight to have allowed such a steal!
There were certainly more than one person
engaged in the stealing, because one* man
oould nst have carritd away eight turkera
to say nothing of tbe fourteen chickens ‘
The gobble BODg wiU not be heard‘thU
Christmas at the home of Mr. Piokus.
as EXCEEDINGLY COOL THIEF
The kitchen of a white woman named
Fannie Smith, living in the lower part of
the oity, was entered by a window soma
time fluting Wednesday niitit- It
found yesterday morning that tha thief
gathered up a dezrn plates, some knives
and forks, spoons, eto, and then poarina
somo syrup on a piste sopped with some
bread taken from the safe. The rasctl then
gathered np his booty and left, not forget-
ting to oarry a turn of the stovewood with
him.
thiuga is working benefit or mlUflciencs to I operations, he was rsquirrd to give a tern-
tha Interest* ot tha Slate and ita people at I porary bond of (3U0 or sleep in jail. He
large, or to those immediately Interested, is I obese tbe first alternative, and sucoseded
not a question for tho conrt In the present I in giving tbe bail, so that ha was allowed
cue to decide, aud, Indeed, ia onu to be I to spend the night with hia associates in
looked at on many tidal before its tree «(-1 trouble. The heariog wilt be concluded
feet oan be determined by any one. It | before Commi» toner Erwin to-day.
mast be regulate! by lap, hm If already ao
regulated then tbo oonrt aud jury taut
ANFGRO’d SUDDEN DEATH,
handle It according to tha law aa it ia writ- I Tha Coroner’s lMiii*-i—'t h* Testimony amt
ten, without taking into aooount tbe effsola
of tbo method need by these operators.
U.ityin the legal acorptation of tbel “ oa . n '
Ihti Vvrdlol.
Yesterday morning Cironer Hodnett wu
negro
lion of the night. There woe -canaidtrable
n^m.?m*l , xxiit U, i» 0B “ ar5rt0 * h ® bt0U ‘ ,r "“ t,oU * *» the South which waa titga! with
DewWowowj - —-i*—:— — *. 1 blood, aod there was a quantity of Dloodoa
Thoa oughteet then fore to hare put my ■ onsy
to the •Ichaogera. and then, et ny comic*. 1 the floor. There was no evidenoe of foul
•hould ban receive 1 mine own with usury.’’— -Uv to be seen.
ir.nhaw YYV 0?. I * *
Matthew XXV. 2T. . ...
■■Crary brtn*aU> tha treason of a realm Into a
few hands.’’—heoan.
Tur riBST wrrxxss swoin
was Jeannette Dumas, who testified that
But the question now ts "can this Iran*. George unit to btr housa about II o’olock
. . * .a t* a.1 I fl it r-liihf nrnl’imit anH ■atari fnt tha haw nf
railed their learning and elcquence and ranto is made by the entries now made,
zeal and masterly scholarship, I was not and the inquiries for coops end kennels
ciepeudent upon thiir argument (or oon- The txeonUve oammittco held another
victiona that wonld lead me nnswerviagly I enthusiastic meeting yesterday afternoon,
to a verdict. Thezaalot the oonneel was Mr. Lining Brown was elected a member
oommendal.lt>, end their spoccbee were in- c f tbe oommittee. This if a valuable addl-
teresting, but they were powerless to lead I tion as Mr. Brown, though a young man,
me away from Ihe foots or to make plainer I Is one of the best posted men on poultry
to my mind the evidence I had received ia the south.
direct from the lips of the witnesses," a oommittee of six, composed of Presi-
“Iu your position as a juror, shut dent Hardeman, Price Hhinholser, 11 D.
off from all communication gwith Locke, Clarke Grier, and Dr. McHatton,
everyone and placed where yon could aee were appointed to meet the merchants, and
great crowds every day, oould you determine if possible raise a fund to be held in reserve
what was the pubtio sentiment at the time?" should tbe committee need it.
“I knew nothing of any publio sentiment The present outlook is bright, bnt shoul 1
that tended to mob violence. I lolitvotbat the -aaoeintlou have a rainv week, it would
tha people di sired a fair and impartial trial be placed Iu debt Only 23 per oent of the
and after that they would accept as final tho amount is naked for at once, and thii will
verdiot thou# motive lud lioocrity thuy bid I bo med in building coops and other prtpar-
no light to question." I allots, and thebalanoc to beoolleoted when
"Yon beard theexeUmxtions, 'Hang him! the show is given.
Herg him? " A rate of two cents per mile has been se-
"Yes, but they had no effeot on my mind I cured from the railroads, and large crowds
beyond tne sympathy I f.lt for the aooueed are expeeted from all over the State,
and bis relatives who seemed so much teni- One hundred thousand posters will he
fled from the moment. I regarded distributed at all tbe railroad stations do-
the matter os the demonstration of ting Christmas week. Major A C. Knapp
two or three men fired by whisky aLd Col It. D. Looks have this advertising
end did not think it an evidence of publio I in hand, wbloh is a sure guarantee that i:
sentiment. In arriving at a conclusion, It will be done, and done well
bad no effect npon my mind at elL To my | Every man owning a thoroughbred
mind ths evidenoe pointed to Thomas G. ohiekon or dog should send to Clark Grier,
Woolfolk as tbe murderer of his father. 11 secretary, for s premium list,
was forced to the o nctuaion that he waa 1 Tha express company have agreed to give
the murderer to a moral oertainty; henoe, I a half rate each way oa ell fowls or aogi
ccu'.d not do otherwise than find him sent to Maoon to he exhibited.
WANTED A SHIBT.
Late Wednesday night a negro went into
the store of A. Greenwood, on Fourih
street, and, after monkeying around sail
he wanted to buy out the concern, slipped
out with a bundle of shirts. He was par.
mod, and they say he dropped a shirt every
hundred yards, like a balloon throwing oat
ballast, nntil ho bad but one shirt loft, and
with which he escaped.
HEIt LIST DOCK.
An old negro woman, Aunt Polly Wiu-
ters, who livts in the alley baek of Wilder's
shop, has been carefully nursing a dnekfor
several weeks. It bad been presented to
her, si she was unable to buy either turkey
or chicken, sue was treasuring up ihe does
for her Cbiiatmas dinner. Think some
thief didn't steal that poor woman's duck
Wedneaday night! Well, he did.
A HACK1UN S LOSS.
Ed Selbies prides himself, or rather he
did pride himself on bis stook of Plymouth
Books. He runs a hack, and whenever be
went home to dinner he took a look at hU
rooks aod wondered in his mind if they
were not good enough to enter for a pre
mium at the coming ponttryshow. Yes
terday when he went ont to admits them,
he diseuvered that a thief bad iuvadad hit
premises and carried off some of hii finest.
now THEY WISE 2EWAXDID.
Rebecca Darby is the sole owner ot »
10x14 eating saloon sud fruit oonosrn on
Bridge Row. Warren Collins is s cocos-
nut-beaded and ooooaoat-colnred boy, end
be hooked one of Uebeees’s ooooanuts
from her sr.loon. The theft wu seen by
two other boys, CharlMBugg and Chirlis
Gibson, aod becoming suddenly overcome
by a apatm of morality, they pitched ont
alter Warren and naught him wilh ths
stolen not in hia possession. They held
him nntil Officer Murphy came olor-g, who
carried ell three to tbo batraels os tha two
Charlies had long been wanted They
were taken before the reeordsr who held
Warren for a warrant, and sent the two
Charlies to the ebaingang for ten days.
a ft tin a fair or SHOIS
Yesterday a negro gtri named Julia Ball
was caught making way with a pair of ihocr
from the store of Hoff Sims i Bto., sud wu
turned over to Officer Hoimea, who locked
her np. As Mr. Sima wonld not proceeds
hi r, Chief Wiley released her.
THE STl’IiBLirtXLD THIEF.
The thief who entered the btubbleflsla
Home at 1 o’olock yesterday morning sna
stole a gold watch aud chain from Mill
Head, one of tbe boarders, mention of
which was mode in yesterday’s Tiuoeatx,
was not apprehended yesterday.
STOLX ms WEDDINO SUIT.
A conntry couple, colored, oame in on s
train yestoidsy morning from Cochran out
bridal trip, OLd stopped for a while u
Thompson's boarding house on Fourth
street In the afterroan they took a bid
to go to tbe nnlon depot, and between tout
and tha boarding bouse his weddiog run,
which was carefully wrapped op in a Mu-
die, was stolen. The loss was reported to
Officer Patterson, but too Ute to find it
action between tbs Corbin Banking Com- «“ght pmvioua andosked for the key of
S eny, ot New York, end Jaoob M Gay, of H**/? 0 ® ,u whlal> he di « d - He told her
abler county, Georgia, be proven to be •‘ a ‘J> a *“ «>* te ever was iu
nioriom?'* I fcw ht«; tUftt be bed beoome very weak;
through hU attorneys olaims I h»d a bad cough, and ha i leaned up ogoimi
. .. . • si ., at.* a. _ _ . a n _ I ot fnrwiA fnr liiirmnw.* Iln aim rant in tha
that U U and ahowa that be p,td 2) per! 8 f-'ncc f-r anpporL He alio went to tbe
cent, for tbe negotiating tf the loan rf door and vomued. Witness gave him -
guilty."
"You were not tn the least intimidated ?
"Net iu any way or by any means. I felt
no trepidation aa to tha effect oltbe verdiot
upon myself. Uadi fait that the sconced
on rant ont man, I wonld have vtndi-
Tho <xi entire oommittee will meet again
on Saturday on matters of importance.
Funeral ot Mrs. Zett'ier.
The funurtl of Mra. B. M. Z filler tock
(8 500 and coneeqnently motived only (0.- quantity of a blood meoiotue which
„ .i i w n Inn halt ur.n f iLiiFvia (nan left 11, _ n/ti ae in
. . .. . „ . i . . plaoe yeaterdsy mornii g at 11 o'olcck at ihe
«Dd him at all hi zirdi, ana in stotirg my hut Baptist church, and tha Urge attend
own position and giving von tneae fecta I uro, , Me »ud the high tateem In which tht
330 in money, but has paid 8 per cent. I *-• ‘ 1,0 > aIid George then left ihe house
annual interest, or at least fats been charged go io hia room. YtaUrdsv morning wl
am satisfied that I votes the entire jury.
When the jury returned to their room,
tbit much, on the ezt re amount of (8,6000. hor r , PrUcilU Wsll.ee, aha went to
high esteem in which the
good woman, tender laving mother and
true iff- edonate wife was held by tha peo
Tno New Englaul Mortgage Security lb “ room to are if George had removed
a oount.r that the Cor- anything from the bo lie, as he was going
there was some delay, far the r.-.on that p i 80t Macon. In the oaogregatlon were
,tbe chairs bMt been taken out When they tna teschen of tbe pnblio aobooU, and the
**r* earried tn, the jury examined the board cf rduaeriou waa aUo repriaented.
Gay any money at oU, bat merely aoted sb ; ho h"* » hoy to that door. O.i enierug she
broker in the transaction, and negotiated i’-mfl George ly it g npon the floor in the
tbe loan by means of their own itfluonea P<"“ion he was touud by the jury, and he
and knowledge of the markets, and for dold -
W«1 made foreman, and a btilot wu taken. w . Warren, the pester of the <■! uro i. and
When the billots were read the word guilty wer4 unnsually impresaive. Thfl ehoir,
composed of Mis. BrSoks, Mrs. DeJarnetti
■cob aervies oa their part charged him 15
per cent, com mission; that tbo other 5 per I
cint. vm retained by tho local broker or 1
Pdacill* Wallies corroborated 4 this state-
wu*. (.ixrv a,, ~ .w— W...V. w. TBB nmr betubned ▲ verdict
their correapondent, Mr. Gorman, for his ,hat ,h « d«*a*‘d came w hie aesih by hem-
services; that Mr. Gay has never paid a or J“ l 8“ from ths lungs.
was then moved that if any ynror desired .nd Mr. Everett, with Mri. Everett at tho
r-eommendalton to mercy he woc l rise. orgaD( , anR .. Jean ^ L , Ter o{ u ^
Each ynror remained In his aest. Tbe ver- »i w .,nld Not Live Alway” and "Asleep in
dict’was Iben written, and in eleven mtn-1 Jeans ” F
eontaining the
centot Interest yet, nor aoy of the notes
that have fallen dne; that Ihe Corbin Bank-
George cams to Mac an shoot twelve
y6a» ago from Atlanta and was a earrisgs
th^y returned, and ..sled Tom Woolfolk'. bUrtii^f ISKtSrtHSmlS
ing Company negotiated the loan in turn npbolsUrer by trade, though hs has been
through the plaintiffs and the plaintiffs working tor aiiong time with Mr. G. Bernd
. . , •* t ■ .* _ I OA ■ hainasa Hiaftrsa If A l*a.1 n i > aH Ib-a
now iutimste that they again secirsd the ** a harness miker. He bad married two
~ *' ’* 1 daughters of Jeanette Dumas, the first wit-
ltrlnc Couatantly Improved.
From tba IfcDufB* Joarail. . . . t _
The aabaeription pries of the Maoon Til-I Park. E. 0. Corbett. 0. B. E lia and J. 0.
to tbe geav*. The tollowiog were the ptil-
beari r-: B L. WUlirgham. 0. U. Willing,
ham, Geo. B. Obear, Virgil Powers^ B E.
monoy from a New Hampshire widow. dan 8 l .. . . , , .
They also claim that the Corbin Braktn - I aworn, both of whom were dead. It
Oompany does a general braking sad *• supposed that he was taken with tumor
brokerage bnaineea, and that in this tran-1 ‘hagts H edneaday night and died iu the
KIBAFUhU been raanoed to (7 a year, but I Whoaler.
ita many aud admirable features are not
only kept np to the highest standard of ex-
ofilenee, but are being constantly rat
SAction they seted ’ literally and pnrely in I house shoitty afur g.iug to bed. He was
the capacity of brokers, and hence had a | alone daring the night.
A Merited Appotatmsnt.
salience, d« are oerag eouawuuy im- i the^Granit^LrS^AiPr
proved. Henry itichsrdson il dlspLying I Stinud Mr.^SJa V Tl.tn nr, nf II ■ w rt
right to ask whatever comm'asion they
deemed their servieM worth
Tte great cose will probably reach a con-
Tbres Georgia Coagreramen.
From the Oeloseu Usrald.
Congrcstmon Crisp it taking a high stand
remarkableMlitv^ in IU editorUlm.nVg^ P olnpld Chile. E Dsm'oir, of MircS
ment. and winning golden ontaion. i.om ft'S P'*£° “ ado
.ll loven of bonesl pure and Lrl*. jour- .
elution tc-day. YeaUrd.y Dupont Guerr, in Congra.r Ha ta r.g3ra in. of tha
finished bU argument very ably and waa Wing member, from the Sonth SlonnL
, „ . i ’-eading members from the South. Blount,
Clotlilnc vm. Tobacco.
From tha 81. LouU Rcpobllcan. ^
The Democrats of Ohio, in their plat-1 yesterday by hia numerous'friendsr'Ha U
appointment cartin with it tbe treasuryabip
ot not only tbe grand lodge, bnt of the grand
eammandery and tha grand ehapter.
Mr. Damour was warmly congratulated
antatlves. All of them
towed by II an. N. J. Hammond for the ^
cUimtota
Uaiho c^oolMUm of Dopoot Ooti/y’d| S5m%^iS!k!liwl
pay the interest promptly; that they kept
L *n eye on tbe tox Looks to rae that the Uxes
were ptid on tho property mortgaged or
deeded to Mean the loan. 1—— r # .
In fact, both Mr. Gorman and Mr. Eites address to the jnry, tho diatingaisbedeoun
r
stron • atstement of fseta wd Mgnel with lh „ Honi , tf
great force and logic upon the premise, o' <Und in lhe „ nk , , h# natlon > a
the defence. Msjot B*oon was in tum fol- j leemstors.
form, expressed • wlUlngness to let tho to-1 eminently fitted tor tbe position being a
bscoo tax go. in connection with tha re- close student ot maKrary, devotiig nearly
form ot tariff duties and purely as a surplus I all his time to Ihe order, by edaoauon and
reduction measure. No Democrat has ever every other pcssibls aiolifieAtion. His
BAT ll
tlasr "Ob, a. tolled ’boat Samson Ltit dess Phil-
BUM* ctj U UahdMB poor
-••eter* ce&Un’t get ao Solvatlcs OtL”
. . . . , . ,. . ptasibls qaalificAtion. His
boon absurd enough to bold tbe Btaina Idea numerous Mtsonie Irler fla tbroushout tba
that tobaooo ia a necessary of Ufa, moreen- SUte will be sled to know of the appoint-
litLd to privileges and exemptions than or-1 ment, end will heartily applasd the choice
• tides of food and clothing. I of tha grand mailer. PP
My riddle.
My fiddle > Well I kind o' ksep her heady, dal
you know t
Though I ain’t ao runch inclined to t»»P
fitrlng* and twitch the bow ^
At I wiu* teforo the timbtr of my tibowt |0t
And mMogtra wta more Ilmbtr-iikt tnd
Yet ^cn?plonk and plank and plink.
And tan* htr np and pUy, .
And jttt loan back tnd lnagh nod wink
At avtry rainy d*y.
My ptsyln'i only mlddltn'-tuea I pkhsd «P w ‘“
The h?ndo'"sort o' fiddlin' that the folks tsllwfi*-
Tht o®d Fit Oat" and ’’Byatraw" and ’-gylL^"
On tho Km/' ^ i«W|
la Us cowUUIom thit l saw whra th« ch ia » “
And so I plank tnd p'onk and pllnk,
And roram np my bow. 4
And play tb. tones that make yso thin*
The davit's In yonr toe > ,
That's how this here old fiddle's woe my t' ut
From th. .trio*, soma her mioairw
to’ ktyt short— . lh , „bM«
From her spam, ora bridge sod to •"
round h.r thro t, K ,'
Sho’o e wcolo’, ooatn ptgaoo. oln|lB
•vory not.t .
And or I pat her neck, and pltnh
H.r .trtnso will lovin’ hand*. .
And turnin' eloit, I .omrtlma thtnh
8h. kind o' nnd.rilAndjH in|| may.
For Coogho nnd Throat M „r
Co brown's nvhUlTioehoo. , lh ux
chAnsed my eilod rapjefla* 0 (.'-
bsturef that which »*•
Bar. Honry Ward Baihrr. gold only
A Modern FrodlX* 1 * on '
From tho Et. LowU B.pnb»oaa. ^ ,|j.
Tbe oeli tbe BtpubhoeB« u
■tail for Editor Mcdlll will k*” “ it ,
aeenmultte oon * k l"*“! Us b» V
prodigtiretnras.Ed itor MoJUl 1
petite lor calf a> preaenf-
IrUrumortd that
Mtismady.