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THE ATHENS GEORGIAN: MAY I, 1877.
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LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
memorial day.
Notice of the Association and
Order of Exercises.
Speech of Capt. Barrow.
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Of heroes Vrap™ed fn drramiSs W 8 lMp h ’
0»ef wanly forms' 1 fie gS« shrtnShip.”
THE CONFEDERATE DEAD.
«J. E. Ill toll,
Our genial agent, will visit the
courts in the Northern and Western
j circuits in the interest of our paper,
ami will call on the friends of the
Georgian in the different counties.
We hope to receive quite an addition'
to our subscription list, accompanied
with the “ 011c thing needful,” and
we promise to continue to publish
the hugest and best weekly paper in
Northeast Georgia.
Our Agents.
Mr. Win. J. G*ss is our agent at
Harmony Grove, Jackson comity.
J. T. Adams, Esq., is authorized
to receipt subscriptions for this paper
at Morgantown, Fannin county, Ga.
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at Eagle Grove, and is authorized to
receipt for money due this office.
l?alntTil Aceldcnt.
We regret to learn that Mr. Arthur
Evans met with a painful accident
on Thursday last-^ While returning
from a lishing excursion with a party,
ot fricnds;he was accidentally.thrown
from the whgoq, which resulted in
dislocating Ids collar bone. We ex
tend our sympathy and wish him a
speedy recovery.
"®j ,e them the meed they have won in the past,
Give them the honors their future forecast.
Give them the chaplets they won in the strife.
Give them the laurels they lost with their lire.”
Tho Memorial Association invite most cor
dially all the following organizations of the city
to joip in the ceremonies of to-day, meeting at
Hurmouument at 4 o’clock r. x., where the pro-
’ * formed as follows: •
Marshal,
f. b. Lucas.
Barns’ Silver Cornet Band.
Athens Gc '
niversity Bi
..—look and Ladder Company.
Hope lire Company No. 1.
Masons.
tens Guards,
raity Battalion,
and Ladder Co
■e Company No,
. - . „ Masons/^ A
Independent Order Odd Fellows.
Knights of Pythias.
Knights of Honor.
• Good Templars.
Mayor and Council.
Citizens on Foot.
Chancellor, Faculty and Students.
Clergy and Press.
Lncr Cobb Institute.
Methodist Snnday School.
Presbyterinn Sunday School.
Baptist Sunday School.
Emanuel Chnrch Snnday School.
St. Mary’s Church Snnday School.
Oconee Street Sunday School.
Ladies’ Memorial Association.
Vehicles.
XTcv&co -fco tho Fiiblio.
We hereby notify the puLjic that,
we have appointed Messrs. M. G. A
J. Cohen of Athens, Ga., solo Agents
in Northeast Ga., for our celebrated
lines of Gentlemen’s Dress and
Easiness Suits. The public are
cautioned against imitations as the
material we use in the manufacture
of our goods is always the best in the
market.
Hammerslougii Brothers.
New York, March 1st, 1877.
Shoes! Shoes!!
Our spring stock of shoes is now
complete with everything made in
Infants' 1 , Childrens’, Misses’, Ladies’,
Boys’ and Men’s Shoes. Remember
that our goods are made expressly to
our order by the best manufacturers
in the country, and for perfect fitting,
oasy wearing and durability, canuot
k® excelled. We keep nil grades of
shoes, from the coafaest to the finest,
and we guarantee to please our cua-
tomerss both in quality and price.
Everybody is invited to call (the
Ladies especially,) and see the pret
*y, new styles. The best nre the
cheapest, and you can always find
the best shoes at Snead’* Shoe Store.
Gpeolal* Notice.
Office Clerk of Council,
Athens, Ga., April 24,1877
Notice is hereby given that the
Assessors of Real Estate have com
pleted the assessments for the year
^877, and placed their books in my
office for examination by all con
cerned. Objections to assessments
must be made in writing, sworn to,
ond filed with me within ten days
from the date of this notice, at which
time the books will be closed.
W. A. Gilleland,
Clerk of Council.
april24-2t.
Order of Exercise*.
Pmyer,
By Rev. C. W. Lane, j ;
Music,
By Ladies’ Memorial Association.
Address, s 5 «
By Captain Pope Barrow. j |
Benediction,
Bv Rev. A. C. Thomas.
Decoration of Graves.
The various orders ure reqnosted to meet
promptly at the Confederate Monument at 4
o’clock r. m., and taking their positions rs in
dicated ia the order of procession by tbe Mar
shal of the Day, will march to the College
Chapel, where the memorial address will be
delivered by Capt. Pope Barrow, and from
thence proceed to the cemetery for the decora
tion of graves.
Memorial Day.
The lowering elements on the
morning of the 26th, seemed to indi
cate that the tribute of respect, which
cur annual offering to the illus
trious dead who sacrificed their lives
in the interests of the country which
they represented, would not take
place; but at the time appointed for
the meeting of the different organi
zations, the clouds had, in a measure,
dispersed, and a vast throng assem
bled at the monument erected to the
memory of our Confederate dead.
The procession was formed in the
order which our programme of
Thursday indicated, under the man
agement of the Marshall of the Day,
Mr. F. B. Lucas, with his assistants,
Messrs. H. Cobb Davis and J. E.
Talniadge.
burns* silver cornet band,
who generously tendered their services
for this occasion, headed the line, and
lent in every respect, and was a most
important feature in the order of exer
cises for the day
The different organizations being as
signed by the Marshals their respec
tive positions marched to
the chapel
when a most appropreate address
was delivered by Capt. Pope Barrow
who in an eloquent and impressive
manner extolled the’virtues of those
brave men who laid down their lives
in the interests of the “ Sunny South.*’
Address of Capt. Barrow.
The story is told of a Roman ma
tron to whom a lady of her acquain
tance was exhibiting her jewels and
precious stones aud ornaments of stl -
ver and gold, making a magnificent
display of the finest then known, and
who, at the close, being asked in re
turn to exhibit hers, sent and had
her two sons brought in, and placing
them before the owner of ti’e sap
phires and rubies, said: “ These are
my jewels.” This was Cornelia, the
mother of the Gracchi. She was a
widow and was poor, but the best
patrician blood of Rome flowed in
her veins and theirs. They were
then fair-haired, smooth-faced boys;
but, not many years thereafter, in
the dark days that fell upon Rome,
they illustrated in their lives the best
and finest even of the Roman virtues.
They proved that they who in their
boyhood had been their mother’s
jewels, in their manhood, became
their country’s jewels, whose price
was far above rubies.
The profound truths that He im
bedded in the deep foundations of
human nature are the sime in all
ages and in every clime The occa
sion that calls us together to-day ?
finds its impulse in a recognition of
the same sentiment contained in this
story of Cornelia. We are here to
day with mingled feelings of sadness
and of pride to cast flowers upon the
graves of our dead heroes, who were
their country’s jewels. How true it
is that they were; more precious than
rubies. The Confederate volunteers*
were the very flower of our youth.
What the heart is to the oak, what
the sun is to the day, they were to
the South. There is no virtue of the
soldier they did not po-sess and
adorn; there is no devotion in history
3 iore heroic than theirs; no patriot
m more {sublime. In the darkest
hours of the struggle they clung
to their colors. Even when chilled
by the suicidal blunder and crime of
conscription, when duty was partly
stripped of its grace, they still kept
brightly burning in their hearts the
vestal fires of patriotic ardor. Of
those of them who are gone, whether
fallen in the heat aud dust and roar
of battle with the gaudia certaminis
blazing in their eyes, or sinlimg to
their rest in lonely hospital, missing
and yearning for the soft touch of
loving hands, what shall we say in
honor that is meet? It has always
seemed that the best were taken.
“ Death loves a shining mark.” O t
of that vast legion of honor those
that are gone, were the bravest and
the best. It remains for us to honor
them. Let us never forget them.
This beautiful custom you celebrate
to-day, of sti owing flowers upon their
graves and touching afresh the chords
of memory, is one of the most grateful
tributes you can pay their heroism.
Tliere is a touching incident in
Swiss history which is retailed by
tbe ceremonies of this occasion
and exemplifies the same feeling. In
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the many favorable comments upon the
excellency of tbeir first appearance and
performance, must be truly gratifying
to all who are connected with the or
ganization. '
The first in the line of procession
came
THE ATHENS GUARDS,
under command of Capt. J. H. Rucker.
This organization was out in full force, evening
and the soldierly bearing of the com
pany, both individually and collec
tively, reflected credit upon the organ
ization, and it is with pleasure that we
note the increasing interest manifested
by the officers and members of this
favorite company.
Next in order came the
university battalion,
under command of Major L. H. Char-
bonuier. Their appearance was excel-
one ot the earlier wars between the
Swiss and their Austrian neighbors
at a pass near a village which had to
be nightly guarded, there was sta
tioned one night a young Swiss sol
dier. He was soon to be married to a
fair maiden ofthe same village,and upon
the night in question, she went up to
his post of duty to carry him his
meal. Just before she
reached him, a party of the enemy,
who, unobserved by him, had crept
under cover of the night to within
gunshot, fired, and he fell, mortally
wounded. She rushed to bis side to
find him dying. As she raised his
head, (with his last breath,) lie
pointed to the beacon near by which
stood ready to be set on fire, and
begged her to fire it and alarm the
villagers. She did so; but, in the
very act of kindling the hlnz* that
was soon to lick the skies from that
Alpine height and shoot its wanting
gleam down the valley, she too was
shot down.’ But the beacon was
fired, tbe villages were aroused, tbe
enemy were beaten and repulsed,
and her people were saved. When
the fight was ended, her lover dead,
and she dying upon the very spot
she had immortalized by her heroism,
they gathered around her to thank
her in the name of all the people.
Her life’s blood was fist flowing, and
when asked what'she wished them to
do, (for they would have built her a
monument,) she begged that her
lover’s aged parents might be cared
for; her own being dead. They
readily promised this, but insisted
that they might be permitted to do
something especially in honor of her,
and asked her what she wished. II« r
simple request was, that her name
might not he forgotten in the village.
At midnight, she died. In order that
her request might be religiously ful
filled, it was ordained that every
night, at the hour of midnight, it
should be the duty of the watchman
of the village to ascend the height to
the spot where she was killed and
pronounce her name aloud It is
three hundred years sinee this simple
but touching incident occurred ; but,
every night, at the hour ot midnight,
in that lonely Alpine village, the
watchman goes to that spot, calls
aloud her name,' and says “ good
night.” Monuments of brass have
been erected and overturned since
then; triumphal arches have crumbled
into dust; but in this poetic c istom
of the simple villagers, there is a
perennial tribute in her honor from
their hear: s.
So with us to-d-y. We go in like-
manner to honor our dead. We go
to .raise still h glier the monument of
love in our hearts for those whose
brave voices ' are ‘ hushed; whose
bright eyes are elosed, and whose
strong arms are fallen. There is a
grace and beauty in ihe custom that
is appropriate. We owe it to them;
we owe it to ourselves; we owe it to
posterity, to pay them every tribute
of respeet. They derserve our high
est, our profonndest honor. It is
true, the darkness of defeat has en
shrouded the cause in which they
fell, but they are still
‘ As dear to us as aro the ruddy drops
That visit our sad hearts.”
It may be true that the cause they
died to defend was an error; but if
it was “an error that we love;”
and year after year, we will bring
our children, and our chi! Iren’s chil
dren on this Memorial day to this
altar of onr hearts, as Hamilcnr did
the young Hannibal, aud sw ,-ar them
anew never to fo- ;et that Confed
erate soldiers, in spite of defeat, were
patriots still. Never forget that they
whom we honor to-day, were glorious
martyrs to freedom and not the vic
tims of rebellion.
In yonder city of the dead, where
we shall presently g«>, b sides the
vast throng of the living that will
alher to-day from the homes and
streets of Athens, bent upon the
pious task that is before them—there
will be another concourse. There
will be a silent army there to-day.
Invisible forms will stand before us;
inaudible voice- will whisper. The
people of memory will be there.
While you are busy scattering beau
tiful flowers upon tbe graves of tho.-e
who are resting there, your tender
memories, retouched aud quickened,
will fummon from their far off, name-
-less graves, the dead Confederates
who are sleeping elsewhere. Oh,
how they will throng with their
loved’ forms of youth and' beau y in
those shades to-day. They will come
from the rocky heights of Gettys
burg, from the trickling rill ofSharps-
burg, and from every valley and hill-
tup and mountain side in Virginia,
they will come in battalions. From
the winding banks of the dark Chica-
mauga, from the sweet orange
groves of Florida, from where the
Father of Waters rolls his majestic
volume to the Gulf, they will come
Fond memory will stretch out her
loving hands and give them back to
us again. The Confederate array
will be on foot again to-day. If
ever the spirits of the sainted dead
arc permitted, from their home be
yond the stars, to “ revisit the sad
glimpses of the moon,” that brother,
that son, that dearer one 5 et than all
others, will be with you agaiu to-day.
Let us go then to this reunion. Let
us live to-day in our memories. And
in the sad but fund duty that w r e
now go to perform, let us remember
that it is ours to-day, “To give unto
them beauty for asbes, the oil of joy
for mourning, the garment of praise
for the spirit of heaviness.”
The address finished the various or
ganizations accompanied by an im
incuse throng of citizens repaired to
the Cemetery to decorate the graves
of “our fallen heroes.” This sad
rite being finished the procession
was again formed inarched back to
tbe College Campus in front of w hich
the University Battalion and Athens
Guards had a dress parade which
closed the ceremonies of the day.
You Say Consumption cannot he
cured. It can, by this new p ineiple,
new way, Dr. J. II. McLean’s Cough
and Lung Ilea’hig Globules. The
healing gas generated when sucking
them being inhaled, stop tubercula
irritation and cure Coughs, Colds,
Hoarseness, Consumption or any dis
eases Throat or Lung. Trial Boxes,
by mai’, 25 ct«. Dr. J. H. McLean’s
office, 314 Chestnut, St. Louis, Mo.
Zsocal Uo-bicoG-
•
Good Advice.—Now is the time
of year for Pheumonia, Lung Fever,
Ac. Every family should have a
bottle of Boschee’s German Syrup.
Don’t allow for one moment that
cough to take hold of your child,
our family or yourself. Consump
tion, Asthma, Pheumonia, Croup,
Hemorrhages, and other fatal diseasea
may set in. Although it is true
German Syrup is curing thousands
of these dreaded diseases, yet ft ia
much better to have it at hand when'
three doses will cure you. One Bot
tle will last your whole family a win
ter and keep you safe from danger.
If yon are consumptive, do not rest
until you have tried ibis remedy.
Sample Bottles 10 cents. Regular
size 75 cents. Sold by your Druggist
R T. Brumby A Co., Athens, Ga.
Never harbor animosity toward a
friend for a mere hasty expression,
forgiveness is a godlike quality, and a
true friend is so scarce that he should
not be lepudiuted on slight grounds but
those who who iujnre you from malice
projiense should be shunned as you
w’ould avoid a tiger.
Be sure and call for Dr. Bull’s
Cough Syrup, if you are troubled with
a bad Cough or Cold. It will give
you relief. For sale by every respec
table Druggist One bottle 25 cents;
live bottles for $1.00.
Slipper., Morocco Slippers, nml Fine (ioat
and Kid Slippers. Slippers for ererjbody who
wants Slippers, at _ SNEAD’S SHOE STORE.
Cents’ Fine l.onr Quarter Ruckle Congress and
But tun Shoes of tho best! .quality and- latest styles
at SNEAD’S.
Important to tlio Public.
Arthur Evans, practical watchmak
er and jeweller, of Athens, is now pre
pared after having made arrangments
with the Southern Express company, to
receive and deliver free of express
charges, watches of all kinds to par
ties living on the line and in vicinity
of Northeast and Georgia Railroad.
Charges for repairing as low as can
be done in the United States.
Mar
Just Opened. - 300 French
salles vests from $2 to $3 at
Stern’s Clothing Emporium.
On exhibition tbe best French eas-
si more pantaloons for $5.
Stern’s Clothing Emporium.
A splendid mohair business suit for
$10 at
Stern’s Clothing Emporium.
Men’s Wax Brogans, $1 to $1 75,
at John W. Nicholson A Co’s
Shoe Store, Deupree Building.
Ladies’ and Misses’ Newport Ties,
(new styles,) at John W. Nicholson
& Co’s.
Straw Hats—-just received, at John
W. Nicholson & Co’s, Deupree
Building.
Ladies* and Misses* Foxed Boots,
in various styles, at John W. Nich
olson A Co’s.
We, the undersigned, give notice
to the trade that we will sell anything
in Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats. China
and Glass Ware, as cheap as any
house in the State. Come and see
for yourselves and bring your samples
with you. Reese A Lane.
Lucas A Ware, Athens, Ga.,
invite customers from a distance to
examine their Ladies’ Dress Goods,
Trimmings and Fancy Articles, in
great variety.
Building and Repair Shop—
Perrin Benson.—Ow’ing to Mr. W-.
V. P. Hodgson now having on hand
such an extensive stock of first class,
buggies, phaetons, carriages, wagons-
ctc., as not to require my services at
this time I have concluded to open a
Repair Shop of my own, at the shop
near livery stable of Gann & Reaves*
I will build one and two horse wagons
to order also a limited number of
buggies. I will be glad to receive a
share of the public patronage and
any one desiring information as to
my skill and reliability in all kinds of
work, such as buggy, carriage and
wagon making are respectfully refer-
ed to Mr. W. V. P. Hodgson, with
whom I have served for twelve years.
There they will find a large aud
assorted variety of my work which
speaks for itself. Carriage, buggy
and wagon timber taken in exchange
for work. Givff me a trial and I
guarantee you shall be pleased.
S Perrin Benson.
False Impression.—It is generally .
supposed by a certain class of citizens,
who are not practical or experienced,,
that Dyspepsia can not invariably be
cured, but we are pleased to say that
Green’s August Flower has never,
to our knowledge, failed! to cure
Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint, in all
its forms, such as Sour Stomach*
Costiveness, Sick Headache, palpita
tion ofthe Heart, low spirits, Ac., Ac.
Out of 30,000 dozen bottles sold last
year, not a single failure was report
ed, but thousands of complimentary
letters received from Druggists of
wonderful cures. Three doses will
relieve any case. Try it. Sample:
Botth-s 10 cents. Regular Size 75-
cents. For sale by R. T. Brumby A
Co., Athens, Ga.
Lucas A Ware, Athens, Ga.*
have a first class New York Tailor,
and make up handsome suits nt low’
prices. See their elegant Suitings
and Furnishing goods.
Hammerslougli’s Scotch, English
and French Business'Suits, in large
variety and at low prices, now on ex
hibition at M. G. A J. Cohen’s, Ath
ens, Ga.
Kip, Harness, Side, Lace and Sole
Leather, at John W. Nicholson A
Co’s.
Thrash’s Consumptive Cure.—
Sure cure for consumption.- bronchi
tis, coughs, croup, colds, and all lung
affections. Restores lost voice, etc
Ca l at Dr. Ed. Smith’s drug store*.
Dr. King’s old stand, and get a trial
bottle for 50 cents. Large size $1 50.
Married.
At the residence of the bride’s father, by the
Rev. L. A. Harris, on Sunday, 22nd April, Miss
Lilia Dawson, or Oglethorpe, to Mr, J. H.
Matthews, of Clarke. The foliawing were the
attendants: Mr. R. D. Matthews and Miss
Eula Gober; Mr. Doc Matthews and Miss
Emma Matthews.
'• i • ■
A full stock of Hammerslough’s-
Elegant Dress and Business Suits for
sale at low prices by M. G. A. J.
Cohen.
Shoe Lasts, Boot Trees, Pegs,
Awls, and a general assortment of
shoe-findings, at John W. Nicholson
A Co’s, Deupree Building.
Gents’ Fine, Hand-sewed Box-toj—
Prince Albert’s and Oxford Ties—just
received at John W. Nicholson A
Co’s.
Ladies and Misses’ Cloth Gafcers*
from 90c. to $2 25, at John W*.
Nicholson A Co’s.
Hammerslaugh’s Genuine French
Diaganol Coats and Vests at M. G
A J. Cohen’s.