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About Upson enterprise. (Thomaston, Ga.) 1878-1879 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1878)
* * 14 if *het them tf JNO. F MEANS, Editor and Proprietor THOMASTON, GA. VOL. I. NO. 4 sines THE UPSON ENTERPRISE Written for The UPSON ENTERPRISE. Contrasted Marriages Ithe dignity of a true gentleman. This ' They are imperishable ! Through day and had a fuss with Wellhouse, warning him of his nearness to death to sit dowp—his mind seeming to be |was the first time that she had notic- them the soul assumes visibility, and The negro knocked him down, and I an d to with draw his mind from the stupefied, it having appeared clear knocked the negro down with a pair consideration of earthly affairs Rev. up to this time. : of brass ruckles, and stamped him-- 1 ied in the Dr, any violation of strict : an angel or demon is seen, decorum. But Alma was grieved; But will the Dr. reform? If so. SIT. IM.J8M. 6 M.J12 M. SOUARESILL — “~~ :1 isnare. I $1 00 2 Squares, 3 Squares, | 4 Squares, | Column, 1 Column Column. 200 300 400 500 1000 1500 $250 .$7 00 5 001 10 00 7 001 15 00 1000120 00 12 00 3000 20 00 | 3600 25 00 40 00 :10001 15 00 I 20 00 1 30 00 | 39 00 I 6500. 7000- $15 00 i 25 00 i 3000 40 00 | 50 00 : 80 00 | 130 001 By REV. W. C. CARTER. CHAPTER III. “Devotion wafts the soul above. But heaven itself descends in love. Tuesday morning came, and bright sunshine came too, and kissed and Will practice in the various State and eral Courts: Office first door Federate A NAL Tfanen mch 12-ly North of the Webb Ilouse. Wellhouse hollered out, "Hur for Hell Roaring Johnson; you my eau. grieved because of her position, and then may there be peace again at the grieved because of the potent influ- old homestead. But reformation in j ence of strong drink. After tea, she .him is not all that is needed; there is ,.,...,:, •, i , and wentto Mobile, thenice to did not, as usual, go to Mrs. Adair's one on whom much depends; Ids des- home ; w Chattooga county. I room, nor did she enter the parlor, tiny will affect others. If the Dr. se- made up my mind to stay around but requested that a lire be kindled forms there will be hope for Rufus, home untilI could kill the damned ras- eals who killed my Pa, and then to leave the United States. But I was her room. The hours wore heavily with Mrs. (To be CONTINUED.) Soon after this occurrence I are left my had Mr. Lawrence, an Evangelist, came up T be sheriff and deputies then tied and spoke to him ; FatherQuinlan ob- his arms behindshim and his handsin jeered, on the ground that Johnson front and puta cord around hisankles had selected his spiritual advisers, and and knees, and tied his hands down that no others had a right to interfere, Iby a cord to the sord around his frat. .and asked the sheriff to call Mr. Law The priest then shook hands with rence 2 way, but before leaving Mr. him, gave him his final blessing, and tied the crucifix in his hands. The Lawrence repeated a quotation from . D warmed the glad carth. The little : Adair. The Dr. was not entertaining. 114 i- birds seemed glad and expressed their but was really a nuisance. Late in thanks 12 notes unintelligible to man, 21 : 1.2 1 1 :1 but understood by the Omniscient the night he became quiet and soon One. The unfed kine were loudly de- fell into a sound sleep. Mrs. Adair s The THE GIBBET. not satisfied to leave until I did. 1 1 ' studied every scheme 1 ct uld think of to get to kill them. I let no one— scripture, and directed Johnson’s at tention to the words whien he had painted on a canvass near the gallows: The blood of Jesus Christ, Gods Son W X. BEALL, I Attorney and Counsellor at Last, THOMASTON, GA. One. The unfed kine were loudly de- manding their food, and Tray stood tears were somewhat excited for. at the front door humbly asking for had never before seen the Dr. into admittance, while Puss, upon ’more equitable terms han his lordship, was1 snugly asleep in the corner, oblivious cated, and she hoped that tins 11 ght vernor Refuses Interfere. to of the wants and sufferings of others. Five, six, seven, sounded the big town clock ; for though it was bitter be the last time. Poor woman! Who| does not feel for the wife that has| the Execution of Gus Johnson last Friday! A Courts cold, the faithful clock could not stop will practice in the ricmice in the ’ a minute to rest or warm though Ids Poumc down stalls. meho-ly 1 hands had been moving all day, and |the cold north wind was blowing full in Ids face. a drunken husband! But her condi- tion was much better than that of oth er women. Her family was small j and her wealth great. Nevertheless| 10,000 PEOPLE PRESENT. not even my brother know what 1 intended. My brother tried to get me to leave the country, but I would not, as 1 had sworn to kill the guilty parties before I left. I studied it so much and so hard that I got crazy again, and to drinking. Finally I got drunk, and let them catch me; 111 had baen able to have killed the ones I wanted to kill, I would not care a , damn what they done with .me. While 1was up there on a scout, I was over in what is called Dutch Johnson repeated his call for sthnu lants morphine or something a white powder was hanged him, which he put black cap was then pulled over his head and face, and the rope was ad- justed so that the noose would come just back of his lefbear t. The depu- ties then rather pushed him on the drop one steadying him on each side, and the trap door behind him was opened. All things being now ready. JULIUS E. E. MATTHEWS ATTORNEY LAW Thomaston, Ga. a Office up-sairs Cheney Building. JA. COTTEN, ATTORNEY AT LA W, (Thomaston, Ga. Will practice in all courts hi the State, Prompt attention given to all business en trusted to him, mch5,-ly A. C. GREENE, ATTORNEY AT LAW "Five, six, seven,” said Alma, "the sun 1s up”! and she sprang from bed. and, peeping through the lattice, saw king Sol who seemed as joyous and |bright as if a cloud had never passed |over Iris face. "Well," said Alma, “this is late for me; to-morrow I’M |rise at six. When at home I have the |breakfast over by this time. And what |is Mother doing?" and the poor girl's Jeyes filled with tears. "But God will ■ take care of Mother; and my salary will enable me to purchase many lit- |tle comforts for her tliat I could not :have otherwise provided.” What |would she have given to have looked in that morning upon her Huihble Ilittle home! But this she could not do. was one thing she THOMASTON, GEORGIA. Collections a specialty. Office in Johnson's Building. mch5,-ly ATTORNEY AT LAW Icould do, and were the privilege of |doing that forbidden, even the pres- |ence of her mother could hot make ; her happy : she could put her trust in |God and invoke His blessings upon |her and her mother. This Alma did. !and her spirit was strengthened and she prepared for active service in Ills vineyard. "Our Father who art in ,heaven ;"—how sivent these words, and how many hearts far away from |home—on the stormy maih the field ZEBULON |of battle, in prison, languishing their last bed of illness strut with the unrelenting monster upon how. Prompt attention given to busidess. James M. Smith, 4 many hearts breathe these dear, words and realize tliat comfort that only the Father can bestow.- Dr. Adair was not a professor of attention to but lit- )i the ATTOR XEY AT W ZEBULON Prompt attention given to busine JOHN F. REDDING, ATTORNEY A1 in a little water in ag it and spit it out say wealth is poor compensation for do- From the Rome (Ga.) Courier.] 2 mes ic inquietude and the miseries W , are indebted to Judge 4 rigid Cove. A man lost a horse, and a re- |ward of $25 was offered for the man who stole him. One night four dis- that vile stuff, you can’t fool me, and threw the goblet and a bottle of water to the ground. A drink of whiskey was then given him, a moderate one but lie wanted more, and begged to fill the goblet half full, insisting that he must have something to settle his nerves as he was going to make a talk. The sheriff said you can have no more, to which Johnson replied "you are not boss," and then asked for a chew oblet: he tasted the sheriff pulled out the support to ng it’s quinine, the drop without any word of com- maud, and he fell about seven feet. of tobacco which was given him. He W e are indebted to Judge • right guised men came up where I was, and for the following: had the horse the man had lost. Mr. Editor: I send you the Excu- gave me the horse, and a man’s five decision in the case of my client, (I don't know which car it was), nor They are going to hang me, but that Augustus Johnson. I have left no who the parties were, as .they were |is all they, can do they cannot make honorable means unexhausted to save all well digitised. They told me to cent potations as to feel his own per- him. The last tribunal has been appeal take the horse to the owner, together sonal disgrace, as well as tliat of the : ed to, and I am compelled to submit to with the ear, and make him pay me „n 4 1,1 : 1. his melancholy fate. TO " ’ family. The Dr. was feeble, was sick occasioned by an inebriate husband. J The Dr. did not appear at the break-1 fast table on the following morning, j for he had so recovered from Iris re-| was heartily ashamed of his criminal conduct, and vowed he would be more! Spares the reward. my lite, i will plant a flower upon his grave and drop a tear to iris memory. considerate if not temperate. He apologized to Mrs. Adair, and beg ged her to set matters right with Mis 1 DC Augustus R. WEIGHT Executive Department. Atlanta, Ga., March 11 1878 then called for Capt. Perkinson, the They sheriff of Fulton county, and said to ear. him "I love von. you are a good man. soup of me. He then said he wanted to write a letter to iris brother. Per- Uis neck was not broken. At the ex piration of eight minutes the physi- cians decided that his pulse ceased to beat. After twelve minutes more his body was cut down and taken charge of by his friends. And thus ha ( us Johitsott wild the penalty of Ids crime. Hisscase has caused more comment than any of like character that we know of. The fact that his victim was a negro, and that the jury that tried him were all white men, in a community where it is almost impossible to find white man who assents to the Social equality of the races, is evidence that justice is still triumphant, and .that tite hum- “It was not long after this occured that I got drunk and allowed the of- to Rome and placed in jail, charged with killing the negro at King's Fer- ry." By reference to the file ofthe COUR- blest may hope to have their right kinson offered to write for him, and respected. commenced. A gentleman from Polk Tie throng that attended the execu- county was rather officious about the tion was immense; ten thousand not writing, the boys He told Perkinson to say to being thoughtan overestimate; and in not to think; hard of certain fall that Fast crowd during the hours that were-spent around the scaffold, rfect order prevailed, hard men that they well know.” Ue com plained of the crowd coming around the most j and the writing stopped. Father Quin- iv any one speaking above a whisper. Ian was continually calling his atten- There were several thousand no- tion to his spiritual condition, and he groes, women and men, but a notice. A. R. WRIGHT, Rome, Ga.: : seu DEL to 100:0015 1184*10 1 | DEAR SIR—I have given a full con Alma. It was more than six W eeks ! sideration of the case of Augustus IER we see that Johnson was captured , , before the Dr. was again so under the Johnson, and 1 have done so with the in Chattooga county on the night of repeated with the priest the Lord’s able feature was the almost total ab- influence of alcoholic stimulants and earnest desire to find grounds for the the 5th of April, 1877, by Seriff W. D. then he did not appear at the table. exercise of Executive clemency, or at Kellet and John W. Cain, jr. An ad- ( 2 least to the extent of commuting the i journed term of F loyd Superior Court In the meantime, Rufus had na e | punishment from the death sentence to had been ordered for the first Monday considerable progress in his studies imprisonment for life. Under that in April, and dur ing that term he was and was ready to commence French, |sense of duty that controls me in mat- put on trial, and after & long and pa- prayer and other formula of the sense of white woman, church. He then called for .Judge ---*==- Underwood and asked him if there . DR. J. CU DRAKE. was any chance: the Judge told him there was no earthly chance for him! DK. W. M. BULLARD The Dr. was well pleased with his progress and complimented Miss Al ma for the wonderful success tliat had attended her labors in the instructions of Rufus Augustus Coriolanus. Al-j ma received as much of this praise as 1 she thought her earnest efforts deserv-■ ed. Now, Rufus had become consid erably attached to his books, loved Miss Alma, and was desirous to ex- eel. But there were two things tliat greatly militated against his mental and moral improvement: The Dr. tors of an official character 1have been tient invest ation lie was found guil to escape. DRAKE & BULLARD, more whiskey, and he poured out a As i Tender the public their professional ser. vices and will give prompt attention to 1 r - - all calls. nd he was sentenced Johnson begged him to stay with him, ! unable to find a justification of Execu- ty of murder, and the only sentence of |small drink and gave it to him. tive interposition. The killing was the law in such cases, tliat of death. Judge Underwood was turning away without provocation. The character was pronounced, ai -, of the unfortunate young man is note- to be privately hanged on the 15th of but the Judge answered him that all had better get away and allow him to riously desperate. The testimor is June. A motion for a new trial was to his sanity largely preponderates made and argued by his counsel, and leaves my mind without a doubt which was refused. The case was as to Iris legal and moral accounta- then caried to the Supreme Court; bility. The bighestcourt of the State, which part last Fall affirmed the in passing upon the action ofthe court judgment of the Superior Court, and below, says: "The evidence is over whelming, both as to the factum o the murder and the sanity of the de fendant." The facts furnished sine Johnson ntenced at the Janu- ary Term) 1878, of the Superior Court to be executed March 15, and at his talk with his spiritual advisers. At 12 :20 he asked "how much time have I?" when told little norethen anhour, he turned to tlic priests and said, "I have but little time to live and don’t, want to be bothered." He then beg ged for more whiskey, and the priests tried to persuade him not to call for it. DR. J. M. BLALOCK at ESIDENT DENTIL THOMASTON, GEOR SIA. Sabbath day he generally attended was by this time a confirmed inebri-| some place of worship, but was not late, and with this increasing desire for strong drink, Iris sensibilities had become obtunded, and Irisentire mor al being undergone a charge. Mrs. Adair's face, which before had| in attentive listener ; he heard the sermon, but did not retain and digest it. for he seldom remembered the text, |and always forgot the truths embod- |ied in the minister’s sermons; but till this was attributable to the Dr.’s dis- his trial bearing upon the ques homicidal mania do not differ in gree from those before the jury, are merely cumulative, not new, der these circumstances. Judge, Last Summer, prior to tlic hearing Johnson said “1 , 1 know what I and Un- . as much want." He then said to a young man known as "pig" Vann, a former friend it should be. at- | of his, Are you going to bury me ?„ tempt to brenk jail, til order to make Mr. Vann replied lie would. Johnson his sake-keeping certain Johnson was then asked “Have you a horse here?" ili Vann replied lie had. Johnson then' of his case in the Supreme Court, made a desperate and successful ri to tlic jail of Fulton counts Atlanta, where he was he kept during Barnesville, Gat Will practice in all the courts of the tate, neho v HUNT & TAYLOR, TORNEYS AT LAW; i : interestedness—he was thoroughly L A W secularized: Mrs. Adair, on the contrary, was an attentive auditor—remembered the text and the words of warning, of comfort and checr tliat the good par- son spoke, and felt the deep pathos tliat stirred his soul, and remarked the wonderful unction of the man of exhibited a little of the sunshine that as is tin i commiserate the < unfortunate offender ind as profound mpathy I feel for his WO God i the Di But she was too vascillating; Adair was as worldly-minded as| but her motive was the more ;emotional. No discourse ever moved Wilpractice in the counties comprising Flint Judicial Circuit, and in the Su- me Court of the State, 2 Office over UE Store of J. W. Hightower, mch-ly il Wm. S. Whitaker, ATT RNEY AT LAW her to actiom As to good resolutions she had made hundreds, but had nev er been known to put them into prac tice. She belonged to tliat class of women tliat never find any room, out- side of charity elf, for tlic development of she had a way W ill praotter ireuitainctiec in the counties of the Flint tahd theSupreme Court of the State JOSEPH J. ROGET 3 : V39 A T Barnesville, Ga All business Promptly attended to. CABANISS & PEEPLES, LY S &TLA Forsyth, Georgia. W Will 1 4 Flint Chetice in all the counties mch5,-ly When you visit Tomaston, call at his office and have youa Dental Work done as : L Teeth inserted, teeth tilled, teeth extracted, teeth attended to in the |best style of the Dental Art. Call once Jits brought up for re-sentence. makes home happy, seemed now in thy relatives, my official duty forbids to perpetualeclipse except when the oe- my interfering with the sentence of county, in company with one Shaw perpetaieen c, except vnen the | the law. casional visitor s merry laughter ring begged for morphine, and a small the term oi his confinement until last dose was given him, and he said "rou Sunday, except a day or two when he can’t fool me with your bitter quinine Af- any more, that’s ail right?” He then and you will not only call again, but will bring all your friends, including your sweethearts and mother-in-hiw. ALL WORK WARRATED, jsame lot and near his Dwelling Office, on tf , r his escape from the jail of Fulton talked some time with the priests. At unty, in company with one Shaw a quarter before 1 o’clock he was plac- who was in the same jail, condemned | e d on the scaffold. ing out in the old hall provoked smile. With the assurance of my kind feel- to death for the murder of Iris wife in ' Sharp and and Dowdell, and had a I i ing for you personally, ' | Baldwin county, lie attempted to : talk with the priest again. At 1 o’clock| I am yours, truly, etc. WEBB’S HOTEL, Thomaston, Ga This state of affairs was a hindrance to Rufus. Tlic example of his father if not contagious, was not without its influence. And there were the two Hainan boys, one thirteen and tlic other fifteen—both as rude as their P. S.—A similar letter lias been sent to Gen. W. T. Wofford, Last Friday Gus Johnson paid the penalty of his crime by suffering death upon the gallows, in conformity P — Twain winw priest again. At l o’clock JOIN N. WEBB make his way back to Chattooga the rope was put over the beam. In. county, in company with Shaw, and adjusting the rope lie insisted for both were captured near Powder more rope, saying he had not drop nd return- enough—"give me more drop"—and| 4 Proprietor. lay Terms reasonable. I01 in Cobb county ed to jail. before his :asked, a few day ion, why he came to ward home, and why he allowed him- ages would allow. They had learned with the sentence of the law to chew and smoke, to play cards and such a tragedy may never again have .‘i , to be enacted in our midst is certain- to drink. Mr. Haman had not re-ly the heartfelt wish of every lover: strained them in these things for lie of his country and Iris fellow-man. was a very immoral man. A few Johnson was well connected, num of atoning for her uncharitableness € by many good wishes for those who iwords of er v. would be the beneficiaries of her mag- constituted the parental discipline he i this section of the State, but from car- ution or mild reprimand bering among his relatives some of _ . | the best and most respected citizens of nificent fortune ing just debts- This method of pay- debts due tlic Lord— • I was in high approval with Mrs. Adair. But the little, ragged urchin that 'plead not for himself, but for Iris sick and half-famished mother, and receiv ed but one loaf of bread, wondered at tlic exceeding dimutiveness of the soul tliat was so able, yet gave so lit tle. it times exercised Boys, you would better let tliat tobacco alone, ly youth lie has borne the character self taken again, he gave as a reason tliat lie had no money, and was com ing back among Iris friends to get the money necessary to travel on, in or- der to get out of the country. From what we have learned of his conversation and behavior in prison it is clear that he did not until within a few hours of his execution give up hope of escaping the death sentence. His naturally sanguine temperament _ , led him to look for at least a commu said of a desperate law-defying boy and tation of the sentence by the Gove Mr. Haman; and if it was fine wines and brandies that they were in the man, and the crime for which he act of appropriating, such the force of Iris own example, and the nor, and ill the event of tliat not be |suffered the extreme penalty of tiie ing law on yester day, was one almost probability of a forcible was | without a parallel in the catalogue of by his friends.l murder, so far as a cat se for the deed was granted. Iris mind dwelt upon the interference and iris release in tliat testimony of Iris own guilty conscience that he had not the moral courage to was concerned His victim was an in- unday before last lie was brought >offensive negro, which gave him no up from Atlanta by a sheriff’s guard restrain them. These boys were con- reasonable provocation for anger much less for taking his life. Johnson lived in Chattooga county tint companions of Rufus, and his yet surely under- 1 State, and coming over in the neigh- boi flood of Coosaville, in this county, which is near the county line, lie went Alma was reading in her Testament, conduct was slowly and pondering in her mind its mighty going a change for the worse. De- ‘truths. It was her custom to do so; moralizing influences generally suc- and now that she away from phome, she did not feel that her neces- ’sities had become less, or tliat true I.. BERNER, 1 REDHEE C. A. TURNER BERNER & TURNER, ■piety may be preserved in tlic absence |of obedience. ab |sorbed in reading and meditation tliat she failed to hear tlic breakfast bell; in .this and lodged iii jail. After that time MRS. WAGCIE BEALL, |smiling, said, "I will jump off myself if you don't mind me.” About this time lie called for more whiskey, and: they gave him, the third drink, the priests objecting all the time to his having whiskey and trying to dissuade 1 him from it. All this time heappeared wonderfully cool, and seemed to have a full appreciation of, every tiling tliat was going on. He said “let me see my coffin." It was uncoverd, being near the foot of the gallows and j shown to him. He looked at it for a few seconds, and said, with a laugh, 1 “tliat is all right." He then called for water to rinse out bis month and beg ged for more' whisky, and a fourth small drink was given him. He call ed Father Quinlan to him, saying, "I love you,” and kissed him, and then kissed the crucifix lie held in his hand. He then stepped forward, support ed by his guard, and commenced ad- dressing the crowd, saying: “I'm what is left of Gus Johnson. You have allheard of Gus Johnson- Most of you fliink I am a bad man. I have bin a bad man. 1 was raised five miles above Rome on the Etowah riv- ier I’m now to be hung for killing a negro, fourteen miles below Rome, on Coosa. They say I killed the negro. THOMASTON, GA., Fashionable Dress-Maker. Gents clothing made and rebaired on the most teasonaple terms. Public pat- ronage solicited, mch5-tf BARNESVILLE BARBER SHOT M. D. L. OAKS, Proprietor. Work done reasonable, with neatness and disvatch. mch5,-tf LYON & CO.’s EUROPEAN HOUSE, he was visited in jail by various per- sons, with most of whom he convers ed freely. The day before his exe- cution, iris wife, a lady belonging to one of our best families, visited him, and took with her iris little child, an infant of some eight or nine months. Johnson had never seen this child, and upon his wife handing him the $2,00 Per Day. 50 cts. Per Meal L M, WARFIELD, Cotton Commission Merchant; to King’s .Ferry on the river, and call ing to tlic ferryman, a colored man named Alfred McCarver, told him to bring over the boat’ as he wanted to cross the river. Alfred obeyed, and started with the boat,' but not getting along as fast as Johnson desired, lie ordered the boy to hurry up. Alfred replied: "I am hurrying as fast as I .. can." At this reply Johnson became 3 its Influence, its mis- enraged and with an expression of an- ceed in eliminating from the minds of the young all that is good. Tempta tions may be successfully resisted when the object is reclaim tlic fallen; and the individual that unnecessarily exposes himself to these influences suf-■ fers irreparable injury.' Every word and I suppose. I did. little innocent one, lie merely took it in him. his bands* and quickly handed it back you. to her. His sister, a young lady was also along, and in the, bitterness of her grief, gave vent to tears and cries. Yes, I killed SAVANNAH GA. Now, here I stand up before This man on my left is Joe Sharp; he is a perfect gentleman, a Commission, 50c Per Bale. t a W • suddenly, some one at the door, call- has its meaning ORSYTH .GA.|ed, "Miss Alma, breakfast is ready." Fill Practice in IT : Alina arose, and arriving at the table icoheslect tie apologized for her tardiness. Tues- 8yth, Ga., in. II. Head, Banker day, Wednesday—all the days of the ctors Fors yth rias & Allen, Cottoni 6.mch5,-tf A, MARTIN, —; ‘ MART T. J: - MILLS, JR. • MARTIN & MILLS, TORNEYS AT Law. week passed away rapidly, and seem- ed very much alike, though there was some progress on the part of tlic ion, its life. ger fired his shot-gun at the unfortu- The exhibition of sister's undying love called out from him only profane chidings and words that decency will Words that are reflections on the nate man, one of the shot hitting him. not allow us to write, character of some one, are borne by from which he very soon died. malicious liearts. He told her , _ that her crying did no good with 1. „ 1.11 This was in August, 1876. Johnson him, that the proper place would and grow as a bail thus tells the story of his wandering have been to cry before the Govenor, of snow which men roll, and tounges until the time of his capture in April tipped with venom begin the strife 1877. He says: tliat often ends in blows. But those words are not dead. He with whom students composing her little school, her little school, and she had learned |they had their origin may sleep be- "I left the country, and went to South Alabama, and hired to Well- house, Travis & Co. at forty dollars per month and board for myself and good man, and I like him. He has an unpleasant duty to perform, but I don't blame him for it. He lias al ways been clever to me. On the other side is the man that's going to hang me, that's Jim Jenkins. lie’s a nice Libero! advances made on consignments at best bank rates. Instructions careful, ly followed, and satisfaction guaranteed OFFICE.Opposite Cotton Exchange’ nov25,-tf gentleman, and a good officer, wife is one of the nicest ladies imThis WILLIAM GUILFORD, r:octice in +1 and the alt the State Courts inice, fronted States Courts. sham building com, up-stairs, 0 mch5,-6m W.T. HANNAH ot a grant deal about their mental qual- neath the sod; but they are alive, and horse: to get out timbe ifications, and something of the dicip- their influence is widening, and their wrecked ore dav havir line best adapted to each. Nothing meaning is hourly intensified. Other for ship where her tears might have had some effect. A week or so before he was brought from Atlanta, Johnson was received into the Catholic Church and baptised by Rev. Father Quinlan a priest of that Church who resides there. About 10 o'clock tlic prisoner wa about Christmas taken from the jail’ guarded by a sher world. No man has got a better wife. She's a perfect lady and a good wo man.’ He then called on one of the officers to wipe his nose, saying, "Wipe it clean. I am now to be hung for kill ing a negro. I killed him, and I am sorry for it. I have been a bad man. Will always be found at his BARBER SHOP, Aud ready to attend the wants of his customers mch5,-tf S. And great tales are told of me. Tliat : A are not true; but I have killed, tour Internal-Revenue Special Taxes ,TOMASTON, GA. Lit 8 his service 2;. e pleased tn v s to the public and . SUGG, , rait on his patrons. U06e A. M. PATTERSON, A. D. 08 & PATTERSON, ,, by a boat, I went dowm with the ilFs posse of 36 men, commanded by men; two of them alone, and I'll- in marred her peace. The students were ears have caught them; other tongues hands—about eight of them—to re- Capt. R. 8. Zuber, and a guard of 50 swear tliat I killed these two by mv- regular in their attendance, studious have borne them; other liearts have pair it and obedient for they loved Miss cherished them; and, if good words, ‘Alma. they have gone about as ministering I Some three months Pthe Duble thet their profession mcho,-y Under the Revised Statutes of the Unit- self. The other two I had assistance ed States, Setions 3282,3237, 3238, ond 3239, every person engaged ’in any business, avocation, or employment, which renders him liable to a special tax, is required to proe-ure and place and keep couspiccusly in hes establishment or place of business a STAMP denoting the payment of said- special tax for the special-tax year begin- ing May 1, 1878, Section 3244, Revised , Statutes, designates who are liable to much time he had. Ila was answer- special tax. Severe penalties are prescrib. • Sometime ed on Form.11. is also required by law of every person liable to specil tax as above, 1 Severe pinaties are prescribed for none- 1 had compliance with the forgoing require- 1 . . . ’ He ments, or for continuing in business after ot Atlanta, and ( Colbert, of Dalton, of called th names some parties who be April 39, 1878, without payment of tax, the Roman Catholic Church, who said were connected with it II Applicatiou should be made to W. W, one were taking all possible occasions for again repeated a request to be allow- ease, at Macon Ga-ctor of Inurclw: They made a plot to put me under Col. J. R. Towers, to the place As they came towards of execution, nearly one mile from the me for that purpose, I drew my big in the river. pistols, and told them my name was jail, at the upper end of Broad street. in killing. I am sorry for all this killing. It is not right. I have had passed spirits working for tlic Lord. Pos- liell Roaring-Johnson, aud that they terity lias taken them up, and the had beared of me before. They were like a change in the conduct or habits works of the fathers are echoed by ortheran. Ichary d them and told of either Mrs. Adair or the Dr. But |their children. Imprison their 211- them to jump in. I shot once or twice how great was Miss Alma’s surprise thor : they know no incarceration, but and they leaped into the river like and mortification to find the Dr, utf- speak through the eye ; the silent pres- scaredl sheep, 4 .. r „ der the influence of intoxicating li- sure 62 the hand will revive them: house and be put me into the store to quors. It was at the tea-table.; his the image of him who, spoke the sell whiskey. A big negro, who had language was incoherent, and Iris will recall them, and time will give the name of whipping everbody manners, to lay the least, unbecoming them additional significance. Words! about there, came into the store away before she detected anything The sheriff’s guard immediately friends that might interfere and per- surrounded tlic prisoner, and the flaps save me, but I don't want them guard out side of that—a detatch- ment vith fixed bayonets proceeding the procession. At the ground he sat for about two hours in the wagon, with the rope about Iris neck, which had been ar- to try to do it. I am about to be hung for killing a negro." At half past one he asked how ed, "but little." He said. |ago they came pretty near hanging ranged defore leaving the jail. He was me for killing Squire Foster, attended by the Rev. Fathers Quinlan, to do with it, but did not do it.”
