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THE SANDERSVILLE HERALD
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Georgia Division U. D. C.
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Official Program For October
PROGRAM COMMITTEE—MRS. HERBERT M
FRANKLIN, Chairman, Tennille; MRS. J. W.
LEE,Covington; MRS. E. A. POUND, Waycross;
MRS. H. C. CARROLL, Tennille.
Prominent Georgians
Sidney Lanier Born 1842 Died 1881,
•■My life has been filled with music.”
“It is only the small soul that ever
cherishes bitterness, for tho climate of a
largo loving heart is too warm for that
frigid plant.”—Lanier.
Question.
1. Among American men of letters
how is Lanier generally recognized?
Ho has been compared to what twe
great English authors?
2. Of what decent was he? Describe
his characteristics as a boy, his worship
of nature, his fondness for music and
his ability as a performer, his favorite
instrument.
11. What College did he enter at fifteen
years, name two teachorH who most
impressed bis life? To what studies
was he most inclined, and in what de
partment did he become a loader?
4. According to his testimony from
what did ho derive greatest benefit while
at this College? In what year did he
graduate and with what class stauding?
6. Which of hiB works was founded
upon facts he gained while upon a visit
to his grandfather in East Tennessee
soon after graduation?
6. At the beginning of tho war, in
what company did Sidney Lauier and
his brother Clifford enlist? Describe
his taste for military life even as a boy.
Why did Sidney Lauier not accept pro
motion?
7. Tell of his first year of camp life.
In what battles did he participate later
on? Where were the brothers stationed
after the fight at Malvern Hill. Of
what disease did he feel the first symp
toms here?
8. Where did Sidney Lanier see ser
vice later, and when were the brothqys
separated? Tell of his capture and itn-
prisoment. During those mouths what
iwas his only joy and consolation and
how did ho carry it into prison with
him?
9. Where did he teach and what
caused him to resigned tho principal-
ship? What profession did ho follow
upon his return to Macon? To what
places did he go in search of health?
10. When did his literary life really
begin and to whom were his first poems
written? What position did he secure in
Baltimore and what hid his director
say of him?
11. Tell of his lectures. They were
the moans of procuring for him what
position at Johns Hopkins? What
poems were said to be written with his
life-blood? Described his work iu Bal
timore while in the throes of incurable
disease.
12. What great author became his
friend at the suggesstiouof whom Lauier
was selected to write the ‘‘Centennial
Cantata.”?
Describe his death and burial. Quote
a stanza from what you consider his
greatest poem. What poems are said to
bo ‘‘religion set to music”?- What did
Bayard Taylor say of "Corn”? What
book did Lanier write which is the
only book in existence that gives the
sceintiflc basis of poetry? Give a list of
his principal poems and writings.
Answers to'questions will be found iu
The South iu History and Literatpre by
Miss Rutherford.
poet’s poet.. Scholars are now begin-
to study his verses like newly discovered
gold-bearing ores; and in the great un
iversities of Europe his little volumes of
song have been introduced as text-books
iuto the crowded curriculums—L. L.
Knight iu Remiuisciuces of Famous
Georgians.
Thore was a young man who grew up
in Macon with beauty of mineaud char
acter that would have left him a blessed
memory even had not Providence en
dowed him with the two gifts, Music
and poetry as none other has beeu en
dowed beneath our Southern sun. Four
years lie lay out under the Virginia skies
iu a faded gray uniform, the music of
his flute and guitar at night the soldier's
solace as wero his faithful heart nnd
ready hand his country’s sentinels. All
his gifts were consecrated there to the
South—health, energy, talent, genius.
There wore developed in him the germs
that were to immortalize his mind and
destroy his frail body. Ho came home
to fight the Confederate soldier’s fier
cest battle, the battle with poverty.
Slowly those gifts of mind were develop
ed; quickly the fatal seeds of disease.
The music of his flute—it is now as the
memory of childhood melodies—but the
rhythmic beat of his mind’s broad
strong wings are beard forever in the
stillness of the Southern night. Not an
idle legend, on tales of Greece, nor my
ths of ancient Rome; not on misty wars
and loves and griefs was that which was
in his time best bestowed. It was con
secrated to symphonies of the South
and the immortalizing of that which
is Southern. He fought for his beloved
South with both pen and sword; and
the pen was mightier than the sword.
Harry Stillwell Edwards.
O hero, lito that lit us like the snnl
O hero, words that glittered like the
stars
And stood and shone above the gloo
my wars
When the hero-life was done!
The phantoiSs of a battle came to dwell
1’ the fitful vision ot his dying eyes—
Yet even iu battle-dreams, ho sends
supplies
To those he loved so well.
His army stands iu battle-line arrayed?
His couriers fly I all’s done! now God
decide!
And not till then saw he the
side
Or would accept the shade.
Then Land whose sun is gone, thy
remain!
Still shine the woodB that mini
his deeds.
O thrice-beloved, where e’er thy great
heart bleeds,
Georgia, Sept. 1865
Extracts.
Abemethy says: Lauier’it poems are
the rarest product of English and Am
oricau literature during the last quarter
of a century. His character was
pure, so refined and so chivalrous, and
iu the pursuits of his ideals lie was so
noble and devoted, that rightfully he
may be called the Sir Galahad among
American poets.
Georgia’s master minstrel, in the
strictly technical sense, was Sidney
Lauier. The suffrage of the world’s
best literary critics have conferred up-
ou him tho degree pre-eminent. He
was not and will never be like Whittier
or Longfellow, the peoples poet; but
like Lowell he is steadily becoming
from year to year what implies an ap
preciation much more critical; the
Unrevised
Early Poems
Lanier.
of Sidney
Stutemer.t of the condition of the
Merchants & Farmers Bank,
Located at Davisboro, Ga., at the close of business, Sept. 28 pins
RESOURCES
/
Loans niul Discounts
54.776 01
Demand Loans . ... ..
. 3,860 (.0
Overdrafts (Cotton 8918.06).
. 9.906 10
Hanking House -..
2.600 ()0
Furniture and Fixtures
. 1,021 00
Due from Banks and Bankers
ill the State
-.6,792 36
Due from Banks and Bankers
in other states
. 2,268 65
Currency -
..2,208 00
Gold
Silver. Nickels nnd Pennies.
.. 434 02
Checks and Cash Items
.. 16833
-
.. . .
Total 82,930 33
LIABILITIES
Cnpital Stock Paid in lfinm
Surplus Fund S’fwS £
Undivided Profits, less Our- ’ * J
rent Expenses, taxes pnid. 2 6‘>2 17
Individual Deposits Subject ’ '
to Check.* on 1n ,
Time Certificates... ” V->k< ok
Cashier's Checks ’ ' jj.,,, 1J?
Notes and Bills Rediscounted B inn L,
Bills Payable, Including Time ’
Certificates representing
Borrowed Money 29,000 00
% -
Totttl * 82,930 33
STATE OF GEORGIA—County of Washington.
Before me came Samuel W. Hollis, cashier, of the Farmers A Merchants
Bank who being duly sworn, says the above and foregoing statement is a ln ,
condition of said Bank, as shown by the books of file in said bank.
Samuel W. Hollis, Cashier
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 28th day of Sept. 1908.
Kiiimam Brown, N. P., W. C
The Dying words of Stonewall Jack-
sou:
‘‘Order A. P. Hill to prepare for bat
tie.”
"Tell Major Hawks to advance the
Commissary train.”
“Let us cross the river and rest in the
shade.”
The stars of Night coutaiu the glittering
Day
And raiu his glory down witli sweet
er grace
Upon the dark World’s grand, en
chanted face—
All loth to torn away.
And so the Day, about to yield bis
breath,
Utters the st^rs unto the listening
Night,
To stand for burning fare-thee-Wells
of light
Said on the verge of death.
Excerpt from The Tournament
Thou Love cried, “Break me hiB lauce,
each knight,’
Yo shall fight for blood-athirst Fame
uo more.”
And the knights all doffed their mailed
might
And dealt oat dole on dole to the poor.
Then dovo-flights sanctified the plain,
And hawk and sparrow shared a nest.
And the great sea opened and swallow
ed Pain,
And ont of this water-grave floated
Rest 1
Macon, Ga. 1865.
The Palm and the Pine, ^
From the German of Heine.
Iu the far North stands a pine-tree,
louo,
Upon a wintry height;
It sleeps; around it snows have thrown
A covering of white.
It dreams forever of a Palm
That, far i’ the morning laud,
Stands silent in a most Bad calm
Midst of the barning sand.
—Sidney Lauier, Point Lookout Prison,
1864.
Sandersville Mothers’
Strong Endorsement.
The mothers of thin city com
mend in strong terms our cele
brated remedy, Baby Tonic Diges
tive, for the restless and fretful
babies. It brings relief and also
removes tho cause. Sold for
twenty live nnd fifty cents by
The Sandersville Drug Company.
Put your Money in The Farmers & Merchants
Bank, Tennille, Ga., Where it will Be
Insured Against Loss—
Instead of putting it in a stove, where it will be burned.
He Hid S40Q.00 in a Stove;
Wife burned up money l
'Macon, Ga., Sept. 17, 1908.
H. P. Schnider who resides on Third St,, became tho loser of
eight fifty dollar bills this morning when his wife arose early nnd
made tire in the kitchen stove tc prepare the morning meal. He
had worked htlrd and saved the $ 100.00 to buy a home, and drew
his money out of the bnnk to puy for his lot. Having to keep
the money over until the next (lay, the man placed his money in
tr.e fiie grate of his stove to hide it from burglars; his wife not
knowing it was there, made fire in the stove and when husband
went to secure his money it wns burning.
.If this man had left his money in the Rank and paid for the
lot with a check, he not only would have had his money safe,but
tho check would have been a double receipt for the money lie
paid out.
Put Your Money in a Rank Where it Is Insured Against
Loss’; ask to see the evidence of the insurance.
The Farmers & Merchants Rank, Tennille, Ga., Insures all
of its Deposits against loss from anv and all causes.
Yours very truly,
* S. C. KNOX, Cashier.
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