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A SPLENDID CAREER
Was Ended in the Death of Colonel
Graves.
SPOKEN OF HIS ROMANTIC LIFE
Bis Long Service Under Three Flags and
the Closing Days of His Useful
ness Recalled.
In the death of Colonel Charles
Iverson Graves, Rome loses another
one of her best citizens, and the coun
try at large one of its most prominent
figures.
As a naval officer, soldier and citi
zen he stood pre-eminent, and the
plain story of his career would read
like the romantic adventures of some
knight of old.
In his earlier life he sailed every sea
and visited every country on the
globe and the remote islands of mid
ocean, and yet he was of such a quiet,
gentle and unassuming nature that
few who knew him in his later years
ever guessed at the marvellous inci
dents of his career.
Colonel Graves was born at Long
wood, Newton county, Georgia, July
26, 1888, and was in his fifty-ninth
year at the time of his death. A man
of superb physique and iron constitu
tion he showed few evidences of in
creasing age in spite of the many
vicissitudes of his varied career until
the last three years, during which his
health has been declining. The im
mediate cause of his death was heart
failure, and he passed peacefully away
at 2:15 o’clock yesterday morning,
surrounded hy his sons and daugh
ters, his devoted wife and a few im
mediate friends of the family.
At the age of 15, in 1853, he was ap
pointed as a cadet to the naval acad
emy at Annapolis by Hon. A. H. Ste
phens, and graduated at that institu
tion , No. 4, in a class of 45.
In 1857 he was assigned to duty as a
mid-shipman on board the United
States steamship Minnesota of the East
India squadron under Commodore
Tatnall, and was ordered to the Cape
of Good Hope and the Indian ocean,
visiting during the cruise Java, China,
Japan, the Phillipean Islands, Mal
acca and Penan, Ceylon, Hindoostan
and Arabia.
It was during this cruise that the
combined fleets of England, France,
Russia and the United States invested
the Pei Ho forts, and while the Amer
icans and the Russians were ordered
to preserve a strict neutrality the En
glish and French bombarded the
fortification and forced the vice-roy,
the present Li Hung Chang, to solicit
an armistice for the purpose of draw
ing up a treaty of amity and com
merce-
When the .representatives of the
four nations went ashore Midshipman
Graves was one of the escort for the
American representative and partici
pated in the festivities under the great
pavilion of silk decorated in royal
purple and gold where the banquet
was served.
The negotiations being satisfactorily
ended Commodore Tatnall sailed
across to Nagassaki harbor where he
dropped anchor and notified the
Mikado that unless the terms of a
recent treaty between Japan and the
American government were complied
with and the ports thrown open to
commerce he would bombard the
town. The Mikado hastened to com
ply and the ports of Japan were foj
the first time thrown open to the ships
of the western nation.
Among ihe many curious things in
his wonderful collection are two pic
tures printed on the spot by a Chinese
artist portraying the pavilion scene at
Pilo. Besides these he had rare cab
inets of Lacquer work from Japan,
fine ladies’shoes from the Phillipean
Islands, a pair of ostrich eggs from
the Sahara desert, peail oyster shells
from the Red Sea, swords and daggers
used by the Arabs and specimens of
the deadly Assegais and shields of
hippotamus hide used by t e fierce
warriors of Somali.
After a twenty-three months cruise
be returned to the United States and
held the rank of first lieutenant on
the Iriquois when he resigned his
commission April 8 1861. to accept a
commission in the Confederate navy.
For a while he taught in the naval
school, but was afterwards assigned
to duty on the Morgan in defense of
Mobile where he remained for some
time. He was at first selected by
Maffitt to go on the Florida, but
Admiral Buchanan objected to the
arrangement as be wanted him for a
more important service and he was
commissioned as first lieutenant under
Commander Morris on the Rappehan
nock then being built at Calais,
France.
He left for that country on board a
blockade runner and in the gulf of
Mexico the vessel was attacked by a
federal cruiser and forced to run
ashore on the island of Eleuthura
where the federal commander de
manded the surrender of the crew
and passengers, but Col. Graves re
fused, claiming that they were under
the protection of the British flag and
that the attack had been made in
British water. This brought about
international complications which
resulted in his being allowed to con
tinued his voyage to England and ul
timately to France.
The vaccillating policy of Napolean
111 prevented the Rappehauock from
ever putting to sea as a Confederate
cruiser and after eighteen months
Col. Graves returned to this country
and was appointed by President Davis
and Secretary Mallery to select a site
for a naval accademy.
The Confederacy declining he was
at last assigned to duty on the field in
command of a battery on James River
where he participated in a bloody
fight. He continued serving the de
fenses around Richmond until its
evacuation when he was one of the
escort that accompanied Davis and
his cabinet as far as Abbeville, S. C.,
and after the surrender he came to
Rome and began life as a private citi
zen.
Nov. 10,1863 he was married to Miss
Margeret R. Lea in Caswell county,
North Carolina, and with his family
be engaged in farming and teaching
school until 1875.
Gen. Loring another Confederate
officers had gone to Egypt and the
Khedive was so pleased with their
services that he desired to secure oth
ers and Col. Graves having been
recommended to him they began a
correspondence which resulted in his
accepting a Colonel’s commission in
the Egyptian army. During his career
there lie headed an expedition to the
Soudan for the reduction of Massowah
and was instrumental in conquering
the fierce warriors of the Somali on
the East African coast. The Khedive
afterwards appointed him to select a
site for a light house on the course of
the Red Sea and for that and other
distinguished services awarded him
the decoration of the order of the
Medidjeh. Col. Graves was so averse
to display that be never took the
pains to secure the star and ribbon on
that honorable order.
After three years service in Egypt he
returned to Rome and resumed the sim
ple occupations of a private citizen and
built the beautifnl home on the Oosta
naula river where his last days were
spent in peace and comfort, surrounded
by a devoted fam’ly and loving friends
who delighted to do him honor.
He was a Mason and a member of St.
Peters Episcopal church and a Chris
tian gentleman in every sense of the
word. He leaves behind him his de
voted wife and five grown up sons and
daughters, Messrs. Charles Iverson
Graves. Jr. of Birmingham, William
Lea and Robert William Graves, of
Rome, Mrs. M. B. Wellborn, of Annis
ton, Ala., and Mrs. Dr. Rr*P. Cox,of
this city, with two adopted children,
Maggie and Willie Lea.
The funeral services will occur at the
First Presbyterian church this after
noon at 3 o’clock. The pall bearers have
been selected from his former pupils
and are Messrs. D. B. Hamilton, Jr.,
A. S. Hamilton, of Trion, George Bat
tey.A. R. Sullivan, W. S. Cothran,
Cornelius Terhune, Benjy S. Barker
and H. H. Batteyand an escort of his
old friends has been selected consisting
of Maj. W. F. Ayer, Col. C. M. Harper,
Col P. H. Hardin, Capt. John R. Rey
nolds, Capt H. D. Hill, Col. A. B.
Montgomery, Capt I. D. Gailliard,
(’apt. W. M. Towers, and Dr. Charles
M. Marshall which will accompany hie
remains to the tomb on Myrtle Hill
where they will be laid to rest.
Pall bearers are requested to meet
at MeDonald-Sparks at 2 p. m.
Capes and jackets are selling
fact at Faby’e btcause he has
marked the price Way
de wn in reach of any one.
Burney never forgets trunks.
THE BOMB TRIBUNE. SUNDAY, NbVfiMßl 1£ 1. 1896
ON NEHTUESDAY
We Must Settle the
Great Question.
NOW ONLY TWO DAYS
Every Democrat Should Get Down to
Business
AND HELP TO. MAKE A LANDSLIDE
Let Every Democrat Put His
Shoulder to the Wheel.
A LONG PULL AND A STRONG PULL
Let Every Democrat Do His Duty and Do
It Well, and Let Republicanism
Go to ths Wall.
Only two more days until the great
campaign of "96 will be a thing of the
past.
Every democrat should get down to
business with a “vim” and put on the
finishing touches and make Hon. John
W. Maddox’s majority the largest that
he has ever received.
The populists and republicans continue
to send out anonymous letters, but they
will have little or no effect on Congress
man Maddox’s major ty.
Every democrat should appoint him -
self a committee of one and work for the
interest of the whole ticket.
Congressman Maddox continues to
make his rounds. Large crowds greet
him everywhere, rnd he will be re
turned to congress by an overwhelming
majority.
Tomorrow uight Judge Maddox
will speak here especially to the la
boring people, and ' his speech will
te one of the. strongest of the cam
paign.
Everything depends on the efforts
of the democratic workers between
now and next Tuesday, and every
democrat in the district should do his
full duty between now and the elec
tion day.
Following is the democratic ticket
For President:
WILLIAM J. BRYAN.
For Vice President:
ARTHUR SEWALL.
For Electors of President and Vice
President of the United States :
JAMES W. ROBERTSON,
of Habersham.
JOHN J. HUNT,
of Clayton.
PHIL P. JOHNSON,
of Burke.
JOHN A. WILKES,
of Colquitt.
GEORGE BRIGHT,
of Pulaski.
JESSE J. BULL,
of Talbot.
LUCIUS L. MIDDLEBROOKS,
of Newton.
ROLAND ELLIS,
of Bibb.
ROBERT M. W. GLENN, .
of Walker.
JAMES M. SMITH,
of Oglethorpe.
WILLIAM I. PIKE,
of Jackson.
EPHRAIM P. DAVIS,
of Warren.
ALEXANDER F. DALEY,
of Johnson.
For Representative in the Fifty-Fifth
Congress of the United States from
the Seventh Congressional Dis
trict of Georgia:
JOHN W. MADDOX.
of Floyd.
Fahy is showing a handsome
new line of dress gqods some
thing that will almost make
your eyes water they are beau
tyß. _
A BIG RtN
Burney Tailoring Company Have a Big Sale
Os Fine P.ite.
We have sold in the last sixty days
more fine pants than was ever sold iu
Rome in ♦bat length of time, and to
keep the pants trade booming we have
just closed a deal with a large woolen
house for about 500 pants patterns at a
very low price—in fact lower than we
have ever seen them.
We will now sell line pants lower than
ever before. Six and seven dollar pants
go now at $5.00, made to order.
Call early and make seletion.
Buney Tailoring Co.
220 Broad street.
Underwfa ’ at Fahy’s.
EXPRESS
Has just brought us another shipment of
MILLINERY
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Such as velvets, ribbon shapes, frames, etc.
We get new goods most every day by some way, and
as we get the very newest and sell at the very closest price
we don’t have any old stock to carry over.
IF YOU HAVE NOT
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Bought your autumn hat it will certainly pay you to
come over and see what great bargains in beautiful millin
ery we have to offer. The bargains are so genuine we are
crowded with customers in all our departments, but we
still have lots of new and stylish hats, and as we said be
fore, we get new goods almost every day, and will be glad
to show you the very latest arrivals.
Don’t Y"ou Tlxiixlx.
\
Because we are on a side street we are small merchants
with ideas and a small stock of cheap trash. Come
and see us and you will come again.
HERE ARE A FEW PRICES
IN OUR STORE FOR THIS WEEK.
Pure linen towels, each sc.
Pure cotton towels, each 2 1-2 C.
Three cakes buttermilk soap, sc.
Best spool cotton, three spools, 10c.
Ball sewing thread, ten balls, sc.
Good yard-wide Sea Island, 4c.
All-wool flannel per yard, 9c.
Fur trimmed capes as low as 50c.
Canton flannel as low as 4c.
Fine and Stylish Hats, Caps and Bonnets at
prices that cannot be met in this or any other city.
LANHAM & SONS
314 TO 326 FIFTH AVENUE.
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