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THE POST. WEDNESDAY, OCT i)0, 1878. R. L. HICKS, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. IF. P. IhW* is the regular ngrnt for ihr POST in Johnson count//, authorized to rc- 'cdre Hub»criptum», receipt for the tunic, and to make contract* for udeerthimj. All dues should he paid to him. A THUNDERBOLT. Stubbs n8 »"Forger, mid Proba bly Something Worse—lie 1m Detected in the Act, and acknowledges the Corn. In January, J 800, Dr. II. f Ticks and Mr. Win. Kight startod to Ton- nessco to purcIuiKO u lot of mules for tlio Into John B. Wright of Johnson county. Mr. Wright iriHtrueted (hem to buy the mules in Mucon if they should End snitiiblo onos mid thought they could do us well there as in Ten nessee. John Hi Stubbs loomed of the proposed trip u short time before thoy started, and volunteered to go with them and (as ho was well ac quainted in Macon) to assist thorn in getting tlio mules. Mr. Wright thought it best to divide tho amount of money, Dr. H. and Mr. K. wore to take equally between them. Bo ho handed to each of them *2,250.00 —4,500.00 in all. Stubbs know of this arrangement. When they reach ed Macon, boing joined by Mr. John M. McNeil (then living in Laurens county,) they called on a drover who offered Dr. It. and Mr. K. fifteen mules at <(210 a-piccc; which offer was accepted. But Stubbs took the drover off and juggled with him a while, when ho (tho drovor) returned and said ho had agreed to let the mules go too cheap—that ho mimt, linvo #225 apiece. Dr. H. and Mr. Knight wore inclined to break off tho trade altogether and go on to Tennessee, Snihbs urged them to take tho mules. The drover seemed to ho nervous and wild probably he could tako #210—and asked a few minutes to tnlk with .Stubbs, but af ter again juggling with him, ho said his resolution was fixed,—that lie could not take less than #225, and assured thorn that thoy could not do as well in Tennessee. They refus ed togive it. mid woro turning ah' ruptly away, when Stubbs stopped them and said, as a special favor to Mr. Wright, he hoped ho could in duce thorn not to incur tho oxpense of gying all tho way to Tennossco to find mules higher than those offered in Maeon. And that they might bo convinced, lie said lie had a friend named Hioks in Chattanooga—lie would send a tolcgram to him nml inquire of I ho price of mules. This seemed fair and Dr. II. and Mr. K. agreed to it, Stubbs thon wont off ami returned after an hour ov two with tlio following telegram: C'n aitanoocia, Jan; Oth 1800. To Copt. Jno. M. Stubbs, Macon, No mules horn at nay price. Good me- mum-slued mules have been selling here ft from *200 to *235 hy tho lot. I advise you to go up near l.oxington, Ky, Collect *;t, W Stki*ukn IIioks. Btuhhs said the telegram cast him #3 and Dr, Hicks handed him the amount, and put the telegram in his pocket. Thoy agreed to take tlio mules and projmsed to pay for them on the spot. But Stubbs interfered and insisted that as it was now late in the afternoon t hey should not pay for them till next movi.ing when they got ready to start home, They consent ed to Stubbs's proposition aiid went off to the Stubblefield House. But immediately after supper Dr. Hicks Ami Mr. Right got to talking of the strange conduct of Stub!vs and the mule drover. Finally Dr. Hicks and Right went over to the Tele graph office, handed tho telegram to the oporator and asked him if it emanated from that office. As soon as the operator looked at it, he said *‘No sir, it's n forgery." Dr. llieks requested the operator to enter hi* • vrt ifleute to the effect that it was a forgery <>n tho back of the envelope, and he promptly did so. Dr. II. and Mr. K. thon went to the Brown House where thoy found Mr. MoNeil and Stubbs. As soon as Stubl*s saw them, he approached them and took Dr. 11. aside and urgvd him ro- peatodly to go with him to a house of iil fame. Dr. l!i-.-ks n<>’.\ ibought he saw through the wholeof Stubbs's plot. The forgery seemed to bo u sort of side show to the main vil lainy. He believed that it was Stubbs’s purpose to get him into some dark alley and in collusion with one or two confederate Macon roughs to rob him. Of course he did not go with Stubbs, but told Stubbs lie must go with him and Mr. Right and Mr. MeXeil. He did not like to comply, but they would take no cxenso, so lio went. He re peatedly asked them where they were going, hut they evaded the question by telling him that they wanted to walk up tho stroct. Fi nally, when they got nearly to the Telegraph office and he scorned to understand whore they were taking him, he stopped and acknowledged tlio whole thing—ho acknowledged t hen and tlioro on tho streets of Mu con, in the presence of Dr. Hicks, Mr. John M. MeXeil and Mr. Wm. Right, that lie had committed an nnmittigatod forgery. Dr. Hicks lectured him for some time about the infamous Manner in which he hail abused tho confidence of Mr. Wright at tor volunteering his services to aid him, and about the indelihlo disgrace ho had brought upon tho family of Dr. Tuokor, liis fiithor-m-law.- Btuhbs seemed se verely cut and acknowledged tho justness of tho reproof. Dr. Hicks then told him he must see tho mule drovor aud hale tho price of the mules put back to #210—that is bis (Stubbs’s) stoalago must, bo deducted, or ho would have to sleep in the citlnbooso. Stubbs saw the d rot or and attended to tho matter at onco, and offerod to rot urn the tolcgram money —the #3. But I)r. Hioks told him ho must keep that us a memento of tho knavory in which ho had been caught. And he keeps that #3 unto tlio present, day. Personally appeared before mo Henry Illoks ami W. W. Right who being duly sworn depose and say that the above and foregoing facts are just and true to the best of tlidr knowledge and belief. Sworn to and subsorlli- j Henry Hioks eel before mc.8ept. MfiiHis 1878. ) W. W. X Right W. A. Tompkins, mark.-* N. P. mid ex offl. J. P. STUBBS’S FORGERY. It 1ms never been our purpose siuca wo commenced tlio publication of tlio Post to mako a personal at tack upon any one, unless occasion demanded it. But sinco the pro ceedings of tho 22d inst. wo fool it our boundcu duty as a journalist, to show tlio Public tho clmractor of the man into whoso hands n “mass" meeting composed of soventoon of tho citizens of Dublin liavo endeav ored to voto #10,000 of the peoples money. Wo publish Stubbs’s vil lainy wholly in tho interest of tho honest pcopio of Laurens county who dosiro to soo their appropriation hon estly expended Tho Post is the peo ple’s paper, and has the courage to champion tho people's cause; and whenovor wo fail to stand up boldly for the right and fearlessly to con demn, the wrong, may our tongue cleave to tho roof of mouth and our right hand forget its cunning. Dr. Hicks thinks that Stubbs induced turn and Mr. Right not to pay for tho mules till next morning, intending to make an effort during tho night to rob thorn of tho whole pile. Ho thinks it was Stubbs's in tention to come to tho Stubblefield House, but that thoy got to the Brown House before lie left. This, market, is only an opinion, but it is an opinion that amounts to an unal terable conviction with Dr. Hicks; and wo think that any fair-miuded man who will sit down nml hear Dr. Hicks or Mr, Kight tell all tho lit tle details of tho affair (which are too numerous for us to print) will bo o? like opinion. Mr. Kight says he is not willing to swear that Stubbs asked him to go with him to a house of ill fame—says ho is not certain that Btuhhs called it by that uame, but says Stubbs asked him to go with him to a place which he (Kight) un derstood to be a house of that char- actor, and that Btuhbs offered topay his way if ho would go. Btuhbs ap proached them together and asked them to go with him, and when they refused, he took each aside, sepenito- Iv, nml tried very hard to indaco them to go. They allowed him to run on just to see what he was up to, before they told huu that ho must go with them. Mr. Kight’* con viction is as strong, wo think, as Dr, Hicks's that Stubbs meant some sort of foul play ‘that night. Note that Btuhbs did not ask Mr. MeXeil to go—he didn’t have a pile of money. When Mr. Wright learned of the matter, he was furious, and was re strained only out of respect for old Dr. Tucker’s family from sending Stubbs to tho penitentiary. Mr. Wright afterwards employed Stubbs ok an attorney, and told Mr. J. L. Martin, Dr. Ilich’3 and others that he employed Stubbs simply because he thought ho would bo a good band to do bis dirty work for him—that he had to deal with a great many rascals, and that it took a thief to catch a thief. The original “tolcgram” as* well as the affidavits is in our possession, and they can be scon by any one who desires to do so. It is in Stubbs’s handwriting, but it shows that he made a tremendous effort to disguise it. Mr. McNeils affidavit, for want of time, was not obtained; but if any man who sees this issue of the Post entertains tlio least doubt of tho ox- act correctness of tho statement he can write to that gentleman now living, wo believe, in McCray, Tel fair county. THAT “MASS” MEETING. Right < i/.c'ns of Dublin Assume the Authority to Vote Away $10,000.00 of the Peo ple’s Moucy! On the 22d inst,, a mass meeting was held in the Court Houso in Dub lin. This information will bo a sur prise to many of tlio pcopio of Lau rens county, but it is so. There are plenty of mon living in Dublin who novor heard of tlio meeting till it was over. It was attended by only sev enteen souls. Only thirteen took any part whatever in tho proceedings. Every man in- the mooting lived within tho corporate limits of Dub lin. We fool safe in saying that not throe men livingoutsido tho incorpo ration heard of it beforehand. The fact is, it was a very select body. Wo must not forgot to add that this mass meeting was gotten together oil twenty-soven hours’ notice. But what was the object of this extraor dinary meeting ? What did it mean ? Well, tho ent-imd-dricd resolutions which were read cbntiihied such it mixture of cunning and Stupidity, that from them alone it was impossi- blc to got at tho meaning of the meeting. But from the general drift of things it was manifest that Stubbs believed that if ho could get a muss meeting of the pooplo of Lnnrens county to ask that the appropriation for tlio river be turned over to tho boat company, it would bo dono. And to this ond, knowing that tho people of Laurens county have no confulonco in him, ho got up this littlo meeting and took snap judge ment on #10,000 of the pooplo’s mon ey'. Wo smelt fraud in it, from tho beginning, and decided to watch it. Wo felt it to bo our duty ns a citizen and especially as n journalist, not only to watch it, but to protest against such proceedings. We knew very well that our protost would not ho heeded by that mooting, packed and eut-and-dried as it was; but wo entered that Court House merely to sound tho signal of alarm, to tho honest pcopio all over the county, to emphasize a warning to tho pub lic that a conspiracy was on foot to cheat them out of #10,000 of their money. For wo felt satisfied if that appropriation over got into tho hands of tho boat company Stubbs would steal it, and we bolioved that, ninety- uiuo j»«M. *«,,v t uv jictj|iio of Lau rens county wero of the sumo way of thinking. Well, tho resolution stat ing that it was tho sense of tho peo ple of Laurens comity in mass meet ing assembled that Col. Frubel turn over tho work of clearing tho ob structions from tho Ocouco river to tho Oconeo rivet Steamboat com pany, to be carried on under tho immediate supervision of Cnpt. Hen ry, was offerod. We made our protest. Judge Wolfe took strong ground on our side, and, wheu ho saw that the other side would not listen to reason, ho made on effort to get tho meet ing adjourned to the 5th of Novem ber. But no, it was a simple matter of arithmetic. Counting Stubbs and Tillery two of tho boat company, they had eight votes, and we had only fee one of whom was in the Chair aud couldn't vote, and an another from sheer disgust wouldn’t vote. So it is seen that eight men, all citizens of Dublin, rated away, to all intent* and purposes, #10,000 of the peopleV money. As soon as our leading aud think ing citizens began tq£#toar of it, a tide of indignation commenced to riso which lias been growing strong er and fiercer every day. And a class of men huvo taken hold of tho matter who are not ac customed to wasto their time in empty vaporings. It was .understood that Stubbs would present liis resolutions either by mail or in person at onco to Col. Frobet of MiUedgovillo or Maj. King of Chattanooga and ask for immedi ate action. To circumvent him in this, tlio following telegram was sent to both these gentlemen on the 25th inst. : “You will probably receive a communi cation soon purportiu^ to be tile expressed wish of the people of Laurens county, Ga., in reference to flic appropriation for clear ing obstructions from the Oconee river. The people in mass have expressed no wish or opinion in the premises, but ask that the matter be held in abeyance till such ex pression can be beard, which will be soon. Mercer Haynes, Judge C. C. L. C. Dennis McLendon, Sheriff. C. 8. Guyton, Hardy Smith, Clerk Sup’or Court” Tlio next step was to issue the fol lowing call for a moss meeting: MASS MEETING. “Tlio Citizens of Laurens county are respootfully requested to attend a Mass meeting iu Dublin, on the 5th day of Novembor, prox., for the the purpose of taking some action in relation to tlio appropriation made by the General Government for clearing tho obstructions from the Oconco river and other purposes. All are earnestly requested to attend, for tlio material interest of tho whole county is involved. Dublin Oct. 24, 1878. CITIZENS.” Posters; calling the meeting, were printed and tacked up around town, whereupon, John Graham, one of the eight voters, commenced to putt them down. A stopper, however, was put on his proceedings just as he made a new start after tho posters were tacked up a second time. In view of all these foots, it is clear that every honest man in Laurens county has a very plain duty to per form. Let all tho people assemble in tho Court House on ilio Silt of November, and tako some action in tho matter. A good plan, which has been suggested hy several differ eat parties, is to pass a resolution, saying, tliatdf, G6R FroTifTor Maj. King desires to consult tlio wishes of the people of Laurens county in regard to wlui shall do the work on our river, it is tho sense of our poo pie that tho wholo thing bo turned over to or set of three, five or seven commissioners, appointed by the mating, and that theso commission ers omploy Capt, Henry or some other competent man to do the work, subject to tho supervision of the commissioners. And lot mon be appointed on this commission who have a reputation which they cannot afford to stain, men in whom tho wholo pcopio have tho utmost confidence, such mon, for instance as Hon. Joel T. Coney, Hon. H. M. Burch, Hon. 0. S. G 113- ton, Hon. J. T. Duncan, Capt. T. II. Rowe, lion. J. T. Chappell, Judge J. B. Wolfe and a grout many others whom wo could mention. But theso measures will all be brought before the meeting, and it matters not what action tlio body may think host to tako, wo, as well as all other fair-minded citizens, will cheerfully acquiesce when the people shall have a fair hearing. Some blame may bo attached to us by some parties for being too per sonal, but when yon sec a sneak- ii.tcf with liis fingers on your money bags, it Is no time to indulge in glit tering generalities, you must shout “thief’ at tho top of your voice. Some may retrain from attending the meeting, on tlio ground tliut it looks like a personal difficulty be tween ns and Stubbs. But if tho structure of their moral throat is sueli that they shall strain at this little personal gnat, and then shall swallow tho camel of a #10,000 fraud, we arc sorry for them. 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