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k POEM. IW>ml * the Steatlnr of the Senior Deoeenbor Sth, 1894, **vrlty of Oohrgte. *r PKI'.CY HOYLIC ADAMS. SfaecOlim Mernitiisse Juv*bit. Soar Friends! again the horologe of time, fuse AmotUer year has struck, with o3etnn chime. Ami rs salute It—pilgrims ou our way— As bene we pruse to celebrate this day. lie every land, In every clime and age, Man's achievements are writ on his tory’s page, Brave, dauntless souls essay to do aod dare Ofgeod or ill—tbeir deeds are every where. The hold explorer cries: “Comrades! onward go, Through arctic seas, o’er desert fields of snow, Until, at last, the icebergs bid him pause, Hocan control, no longer, Nature’s laws; And jet he would with cold, expiring breath, Erect (mine trophy ef his light tvlth sbiatti, Hi* swnv huts rise—entomb his ghast ly bones, And dose beside a dark, rude cairn of stones. ThM the historic Muse has sung them well, The world’s great heart-throbs, as they rose aud fell, The warrloA’s meed, the tyrant’s lust of power, I ' i The hero’s laurels, greert but’ for an hour, Ambitious baos’.s, its lougi ng and its strife, 44 Ail discords in the harmonies of life.” Vo snA memorial would we snatch From fate, To no false gods our lives be conse crate; Vo empty fame, lie dazzling meteor gleams Athwart the midnight of our youth- Jul dreams, vj • <8 have ambition, but the •port ! Of iritis fortune, oriuf servile court; Vo wtuild bo bold, lot desperate or rash, la mimic warfare our swords clong aud clash, Our hopes are high, our aims have worthy ends, la sdl our contests, still we are good friends. Justice to all, to all generous praise, Tamil who strive aud ltvo laborious %ey dtyto -rT -o*o AlmaMatiA 'great soti9 wha arc gone, (Our footsteps arc but echoes of their owaj Bequeathed to us this trite, but noble tli ruth, As inspiration for all struggling youth, •Honor and shame from no condition rise, Ac* well your part, there all the hon or lies.” Our willing feet now led through learning'll mate, la honor 'hen of these delightful days, A tear (Jiriaeirio so 4smi)ilii ■ üb. Of manhood yet to be, With reverent luuids, O Classmates 1 plant our trqe. , r ♦ a arr i* f .Ihh ! i. 0,5% old Halls 1 ye hallowed walks! ye trees! Sweet harps that whisper to the pass iug breeze, l|otTety ear may catch lheir autumn moan, Worevery heartlhgj| plavnQvo under tone. T* us who hear if, day by day, its .spell t like the eity'a u'.glitwatch, “AH is well I” Thu* we again betako ourselves to ri rest, to fids own eqheHh'Cil rtook and neat, w M .Thj3-> Uly.talk lllw young homg-lov ■ > v| Jroo£ts ? ■ X *" f Ox taste “tb • tol serenity of booxs.” h fr#.*+ t'f-fT 'O, tfear old Town! whore beauty riigns supreme, The foster-home of many a peerless <lllOOll, from hill and dale tJicy come a joy ous band, t' ™£“ F The rose-biu^gttMeiT-Of ortr stfwtiy Jand, . . uuadsi and hearts reflecting every goed, Thecharm and grace of Georgia’s womanhood. Who sees tJjem one#, Love’s pilgrim age 1* o’er, A lotus-eater, he knows his home no more. - - Thrice happy town! what pilgrim old can tail, Without his saudal-shoon and scallop shell, Her century’s story ? names that adorn Tbeir country’s history, which is but their own. Some nobler bard shall build her lof ty rhyme. The wit and wisdom of her vanished time. What scholarshipe! what courtly manners dwell In men like Church, like Brandy and Waddell! See Troup and Crawford, McDonald, Gilmer shine! The Lumpkins, Jackson and Jenkins in tbeir prime! , . The Conbs, Johnson, great Stephen, and Ben Hill— A mighty host whom we remember slid. I tread these streets which they once trod, and where l seem to breathe a tar diviner air. What lender thoughts About this secue arts#! Like Mastered stars snjeweiUng the skies! What well known voices speak to us and say, “Though dead we live and are with you this day.” Xtoyc not hear them? dear mnemon ics giv6n, Descending on the suubeams down from heaven 1 We will salute them, bid them wel r toucher#, As if wo touched their hands and felt them near. Alas! but tor a moment—“one by one, luto the land of shadows all are gone.” Fame hath enshrined them, and each year she saves Her saintly lilies to deck their honor ed graves. The ancient Ghebers rose up with the sun, And looking eastward, prayed : “Glo rious Oue! t Thou god ol light sad life! we bow ts Thee, Great igg of Earth and Heaven’s inflßutfty. Type of our youth t immortal in Its prime, When hope ami faith and joy seem half divine. If we have sorrows, they but come and go, Lika tender shadows flit o’er sun lit snow. With Homer’s heroes see Venus yoke J her doves. And Ovid is the mouthpiece of oiir loves. What great deed* wait us in the dis taut days I What wealth, what honors and un stinted praise I All things are possible; for our de sires Are but the fuel of our furnaao fires. And so ws strive, until our race i* run, The battle fought, the victory lost or won. When others follow, t* do as we hpve doi,e - /iU) I i j worn bv misfortunes din-, His ionf ami full of rhanlieod’s smouldering Are, Hard by the Scaen gate, sat down on ff , Trtiy’s fi,. Hi fated walls,-to watch his valiant boys, Far down the plain, tee God-like Hsctcw rise! His bossy si4eul and spear-head tench the **> While ton ail abent him brave Aiti(lns'iireße. | i %, Ami heroes fall in bloody wilderness. The old man groaus—lie cannot help— he, cries, “Alone mvjlcctor must fight until he dies* Not thus our ‘Priam unto us appears. Looking frtjm Uie of his * 'ye'srs f 5 On hit dear boys, putting their armor • on, • r , To ‘fight tedUe, Which has Mere ' “begun. Ills voting, he knows no word like fail. For time has not yet pierced his coat of mail, He plans tlio battle, he lavs tho siege with cjm’o, Then looking up to Heaven, brCathCs ■* -a ftraydv ? Jl For onr sucoes^— then grasps hi* sword And leads its on where stubborn foes withstand. His gelicrals see where we need re lic^ And march at once to succor their * old chief. Tim combat lasts, till giant Ignijr. ance fells / Then lend our paeans ring throe S'* college halls. leal! no names—lhe Muse’s trembling string In diapason all their names shall sing; Yet one there is above tno others towers, In age and service whom I would crown with fiowers. See that old man,t with sunny locks and beard ? How many youlli have loved as well rs feared I Back thlrtv years, he was already gray— Our fathers’ Ngotor and our own to day. Dear teachers all, and worthy of all praise, They shall live with us to our dim old d*y. Peace be to them ; the calm, sweet peace of heaven, By Christ unto ilia dear Apostles given. We pray, dear Lord! grant them a rich bequest— A crown of glory and eternal rest 1 There is a legend—two young kings onco fought About an island their old fathers bought. Worn out, at last, by war’s consum ing rage, They leave their quarrel to a hoary sage; And this his verdict: “War at once must cease, y As fit memento of a lasting perAe. On yonder island, seen from both your lands, A green, young tree plant ye with Kingly hands; So long as ye belli see it, let It tell Of this* day’s deed: Remember aud farewell.” In fifty years, the two young Kings are old, In fifty more, their sons are dust and mold: Yet those, who wield the sceptre, still can see The Summer glory #f that peaceful tree. five hundred years! Tho tree itself NqCffSw-thi. legend lives In stead. And now, my Classmates! Let ua plant onr tree, A type of nobler wisdom yet to be. Here ends our contest, hero our youth ful strife No longer worthy of the.scholar's life. Here boyhood ends, hero alt its tollies cease. And manhood araokes the calumet of peace. Thus I salute ye! Face to face we stand, And clasp each other warmly by tho hand. Lot each to the other, till life shall end, Like old Achates, ptoto himself a frleud. As this world judges, all will net sue* ceed, 1 , j Some souls must sutler and tome hearts must bleed. Not every tree wo know thaf bcarcth ■ fruit, pi | rjf Yet evory life may be ©f good-repule. If we bo bold, virtuous, bravo and true, Each on* will find what thing he best can do. Our furrowed fields must hare both sun ami rain, If we would repp the harvest’s golden grain. Do thy best always; and when life is o'er, Tfehave net failed, for no man can do more. i,: ‘ChanoeMor Molb {Prof. Rutherford. There was never before so complete a stock of confectionery and toy store In this place than that of Ware A Pa rautha. MM—OdNwi i Tile largest and Choicest lot of con fectioneries and toys ever brought to Washington at the store of Ware & Parantha, at the poat office. _i ■ . Call early aud often at the store of Wane & Parantha if ytou warft plain and fttifey candies, raisins, dales, figa, bananas, applcs 4 oranges, ami all sea sonable fruits, at remarkably lew figures. For the best canned goods of all kludsetOl fljb tVarq *& Z’arftdtha. Tey* in the greatest variety and all fhc uoW’ltics in tys at thq store of ■ Ware & Parantha, at the pokt office. The Century IN 1885. A Q-reat Enterprise. The important featureof the Cen tury Magazine for the coming year— indeed, perhaps the most important ever undertaken by the Magazine— will be a series of separate papers on the great battles of the War for the Union, written by genera! officers high in command upon both the Fed eral and the Confederate sides, —Gen- eral Gratffwho writes of Vicksburg, Shiloh, and other battles). General* Longstreet. McClellan, Beauregard, Roseecrans.llill, Admiral Porter,and others. The series opens in the No vember Century with a graphically illustrated article on Tke Battle of 801 l Run, written by the Confederate general, G. T. Beauregard. Brief sketches, entitled “Recollections of a Private,” papers chronicling special events, de scriptions of certain auxiliary bran ches of the service, etc., will supple ment the mere important series by the various generals. A strict regard for accuracy will guide the preparation of the illustra tions, for which Tho Centurv has at its disposal a very large quantl'y of photographs, drawings, portraits maps, plans, eic., hitherto unused. The aim Is to preient in this series, not official reports, but commanding officer’s accounts of their plans and operations,—interesting personal ex periences which will record leading events ol the war, and possess, at the same time, a historical value not easi ly calculated. FICTION. In Ibis line Ihe Century will main tain Its prestige, and furm<h the )>est stories by American writers that can be procured. In November be gins A New Novel by W D. HowclU. Author of "Venetian Da vs,* “A Modem Instance,” etc. This story deals with the rise of an American business man. A novel by Henry James, a novelette by Grace Denlo Litchfield, and short stories by “Un cle Remus,” Frank R. Stockton, 11. H. Boyosen, T. A. Janiver, 11. 11., Julian Hawthorn, atul other equally well known writers will appear at various times. ■iscelukom mmti. Under this heading may lie con cluded a -cries* of papers on tho Cit iesof Italy by W. I>- Howells, the il lustration# bring reproductions of etchings aud drawings by Joseph Pennell; a series on The New Nolh-W, . being an interesting group of papers be E. V. Smalley, Lieut. Schwatka, Principal Grant (of Kingston, Onta rio), and atlters, descriptive ot little known regions; papers on French and American art, sculpture and painting, With some exquisite illus trations; papers on A free specimen copy of The Cen tury will be sent on request. Men tion this paper. TheCxntuby Cos., Now York. N. Y. Write to N. E. Ware, Sharon, Gi. for terms of his Business Institute, 45-3 m. SMITHS’ WOli aiK..ls the best. 11-lyn ANNOUNCEMENTS. Tits name of Major John F. An drews is respectfully announced as a candidate for tho office of Treasurer of Wilkes county. The undersigned respectfully an nounces himself a candidate for of fice of Tax Collector at the ensuing election. Wm. K. Smith. —-T —sf — I. respectfully atiuottncc myself a candidate for the officoof Tax Receiv er. In the past 1 haveoudeavored to make an efficient and accommodating officer. How well I sucecededjet the record say. Botce Fhklf.x. I hereby respectfully announce to the voters of Wilkes county that I m a candidate for the office to Tax Re ceivercr, and solicit their support. G. C- Sxf.K. The name of F. L. SAYER is res pectfully announced as a candidate for the office of Tex Receiver. The name of G B Bunch.is respedf firtly announced as a candidate for County Treasurer ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE BY Yir.TtTE mi *rdr from tb Court of Odina ry of Og’otborr* county, will be wW befor* tue Court bon mi door in Lexington, between legal horn sof wile, oa the tint Tutseday ia Jenua y nect. a tract of lend in Wilke* county, near the line of Oglethorpe, containing one hundred end flft /-three* here*., more or leos, end wijo : nicg Una* o; N D Arnold, Tom Arnold end other*. Sold M the propel ty of the estate of 8 C Arnold. Terms cash. Pec, 2, 13*4. W T BHOOU3, Adm’r. CATCH OH TO THIS ! AND LOOK HERE NOW. TEN MINUTES IS NOT A LONG TIME, BUT IS SUFFICIENT FOR ME TO CONVINCE YOU THAT MY PRICES ARE A TERROR TO MY COMPETITORS. j-nr ustame, T. Burwell Green, Means Good Goods at tho Lowest Prices. That my prices are so low i* a surprise to ail wh# visit p*y store, and will result In your INVESTIGATION, ADMIRATION, NEGOTIATION, GRATIFICATION. A PRIZE WILL BE SECURED, BECAUSE AN Investigation Of My Bargains will Excito your A-dmiration Ami Lead to a ]NT egotiation And Result la Your Immense Gratification. Now is the time to buy. My stock is on the market regaeifless of cost. Bargains every day at T BUR WELL GREEN’S. “ T Next Monday Night GRAND EXHIBITION of * - -r“ AT KEimY COHDES. THE 'LADIES ARE SPECIALLY INVITED. You would be surprised to knew how many delicious things a little money will buy at the store of Ware A Parantha. Fork over what you owe and with cash. Buy your goods of T. Burwcll Green. Goods at panic prices at T. Bur weli Green'*. • Keep your eyes my stock for bargains. T. Burwell Green. Head the town in low prices. T. Burwell Green. A fresh lot of the choicest sweet crackers just received at the store of WareA Parantha. Headquarters for Santa Claus at tho confectionery of Ware A Paran tha. Their stipply of toys is unsur- passed. Make the children happy with a small outlay of money b/ calling at the eonfcctionery of Ware A Parantha. ■ mm —- For pure candies of every descrip tion call at Ware A ParantM’a. For the finest Frcuch candies of evejry flavor known to the confection er's art, call aj JVyrc A Parantha'*. JJoWuften do we hear of the sud den fatal termination of a case of croup when a young life might have been saved by the prompt use of Ayer’ Cherry Pectoral! Be wise in time, and keep a bottle of it on hand, ready for instant use. Notice by the Tax Collector. W. It. Smith, T C. Wilkts County, I fathinylon, Oa. Dear Sib: Sheriffs who sell prop erty at public outcry in thoir unoffi cial capacity are subject to the lax imposed by law upon auctioneers. All persons who |scll property at public outcry other than for themselves are also subject to this law. Yours Re spectfully, Wm. A. Wrioht, 49-lm Comptroller General. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 7,1884. m g/g/mumm When you want genuine Rodgers silverware at lower prices than eTer before in Washington call on W. T. Johnson. Every price of goods war sranted. Crockery A Glass ware. China & Fancy goods at W. T. Johnson. A large new line of Fancy Tea A Chamber Sets at W. T. Johnson v Trot Board of Education will pay teachers of public schools on Dec. loth at the court house. 48-31 F. Sntrsox, C. S. C. E. E. PARSONS. TDELSTTA.X. OFFICE rp-sl-Am*, In the Wynn Building: