Stribling was confined to servitude
at the State Farm, where he now
boards.
Nothing more was heard of the
case until Governor Harris visited the
State Farm; and, while at the farm,
the “little girl” saw the “old Gov
ernor,” the two clasped hands, min
gled tears and the “little girl” won,
as usual.
That visit by our Governor was
not made until after our Macon Daily
Telegraph published some highly sen
timental stories about alleged bru
talities at the said farm. The Macon
daily published columns of “dope”
on the aforementioned subject. State
officials investigated the charges and
found that they were hatched at the
“hope” shops of the aforesaid daily
newspaper.
It is beginning to look as though
The Macon Daily Telegraph drama
tized this whole affair, named the
dramatis personae, printed the “dope,”
decoyed the “old Governor” down to
the State Farm, had the “little girl”
on hand ready to meet an old man,
known to have in his bosom a big
heart, and before whom a tender
faced, brown-eyed, innocent little
girl would wring from executive
hands a pardon for a convicted and
condemned father.
