The morning news., 1889-04-24

! writers from the north. It promises to be
/ the most largely attended and inn
portant meeting the association has ever
held. and matters of great interest TO
our home companies will be legislated upon.
For several weeks the insurance journals
have been filled with reports of the discon-
tent among some of the foreign companies
on account Of the Atlanta Home and other
Georgia companies paying their patrons
dividends or return Of premium. One lead
ing English company went So far as 10
threaten measures which would have dis
solved the ASSOCIATION, unless this feature Of
the Georgia companies " as met. Another
complication has been ca used by the coming
of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
New York When this company
made its deposit and was licensed by the
comptroller it applied to be admitted as a
member of the Southeastern association,
but Its application was not acted upon by
the authorities here, but referred to the
convention at Richmo5d 1t is claimed by
some members OF the association that as the
Mutual pays dividends to its patrons. it is
no more entitled to membership than the
Atlanta Home, which was compelled to
withdraw. the meeting at Richmond
promises to be an exceedingly lively one on
account of the important questions which
are % be sett ed there, but Insurance men
generally seem to think that 10 radical
lHElNiaAtGu Will bb dOuDAtJ, O1L h'uN VIC
meeting will be harmonious and the tariff
ass citation undisturbed.
Macon Telegraph. Several years ago
Postmaster Hardeman visited the town Of
Rockford, H., and while there attended the
annual exposition Of the WinneDago County
Agricultural Society. As result Col.
HGrdeman was called upon for a Jeecb,
and, complying with the request, be gave
ms hea rers one If ms famous old-fasIioned
talks, for which be is 50 well known. The
speech took with the crowd, and the ap-
planse VAS simply great. Every year since
the secretary Of the society has sent Col
Harieman an invitation TO address the
society, and always accompanying the
invitation came the assurance that
AL ex penses Will be gladly paid.
and bring along yoIr good
wife" \ few days ago the following letter
vas received: Rockford, ILL.,, April 10
Col. fhomss Hardeman, Macon. Ga.-My
Dear Sir: | presume that yen had com
mencei to compose yourself in peace aud
think that your friends in Rockford had
given up ever trying TO induce you to visit
them during their fair and make them an
other of your famous talks, but such is not
the case. In order for you TO again make
1t possible to accept We organized ourselves
in little association last fall for the pur-
pose of putting q man from Indiana 10 tho
~ ESIuFnsldA N-dii. Win LIc tAlfGCtd
ton that he would, at an early
period OF his administration, see fl: to re-
heve yO1 from the duties Of postmaster
at Macon, so as to enable you to come
out among your friends in the north. In
this we were successful, aud | now can see
no reason Why you cannot accept and carry
out the plans you arranged for yourself
some time ago. Yours res esYectfuily. c. c.
JONES, secretary The letter amused Col.
kla-r .g1ora @t,
fact that 1t was the 35oh annual fair of the
society, hs concludes TO reply TO his friends
as follows; Mr.. G G Jones, Secretary
Dear Sir-As your little association" were
partly Instrumental in sending me on a trip
up sat river permit me u say 70 thsm,
II Rockford is a station on said river. | will
bs pleased 70 stop aud see them. Is it onel
Very respectfully. THOMAS HARDEMAN.
Parties in Macon from tie Voolfolk set-
tlement state that evidence will be produced
in Perry to show that a trunk full of
clothes belonging to Miss Pearl Voolfolk,
one Of the murdered victims, a made of
II summers, aud who had attended the
Wesleyan Female college. had been re-
Gently found at the house OF Green Lockett,
q negro living Oh the Voolfolk plantation.
his is the first intimation that a trunk
with Miss Pearls clothes had been lost
or was missing from the Wool
folk house after the murder. 1t will
be remembered that the Voolfolk
family was killed on a Friday night, preced-
ing the Saturday on which large neigh oor-
hood picnic was to have been held, and it
was stated that the Voolfolk family had
made extensive preparations TO attend the
picnic, and haj prepared large basket full
of eatabies for the Uicnic, but the next
morning when the discovery of the terrible
murder was made no trace of the basket
and It's contents could be found. The de-
feuse argusd that the murder was com
mitted by some wandering tramp OF ne
groes who had made way with the picnic
goodies. Another report is that evidence
will be produced tine coming trial t. show
that the Voolfolk basket OF picnic provisions
was seen at Green LOcketts house, and that
a short-hsndled ak like that with which the
family were killed was also recently found
there Green Lockett was a very i'm
portant witness for the state at the first
trial. He is the negro on whom Tom Wool
folk desired TO fasten the guilt of the afro
cious butchery. Tom went to his house and
called him Immediately after the murder,
and Tom in his statement before the jury
said that Lockett was at his Lockett'sl
house asleep and he had to call
him 70 arouse him. The impression
created on the public mind at the first trial
was. that when, after the butchery OF his
fathers family, Voolfolk went to Green
Lockett's house and told him of the murder
and tried to persuade Lockett to go TO the
Voolfolk house with him aud investigate
the matter, it was with the intention Of
getting Lockett in the house aud then kill
him and let ii appear as If Lockett had
done the murder, and when Voolfolk
aroused from slumoer and saw Lockett he
killed him, aud thus would pose as the hero
who slew the slayer Of his fathers family
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sensational stories afoat.