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THE FRIEND OF THE ORPHANS
Robert A. Hemphill and His Modest, Noble and Help
ful Work in Various Fields of Action.
BY WALLACE PUTNAM REED*
One of the best known men in Georgia
is undoubtedly Mr. Robert A. Hemphill,
the assistant business manager of the
Atlanta Constitution, and yet it vrould
be difficult to find a leading citizen who
has more persistently shunned publicity
than the subject of this sketch.
During the past thirty years he has
been in close contact with hundreds of
newspaper men, and if he had been will
ing to encourage it his friends would
have taken pleasure in paying him many
complimentary and deserved tributes.
But Mr. Hemphill has never allowed the
knights of the quill to say in print the
hundredth part of the pleasant things
which they are always saying in their
off-hand talks, whenever his name Is
mentioned.
The Sunny South’s biographical sketches
and pen pictures are not devoted to offi
cials, statesmen, military heroes and
great capitalists alone, its gallery would
not be complete without the portraits
of some of the model citizens whose pub
lic spirit, enterprise and unselfish devo
tion to the welfare of their 'fellowmen
have made them generally honored and
beloved in the circles where their names
are as “familiar as household words,”
and among these lovable benefactors of
their communities it is only simple jus
tice to say that Robert A. Hemphill
stands in the front rank. He does not
know it, and he would earnestly protest
against this simple statement of a well
known fact, but it deserves a place in
th current annals of our line, because it
summarizes the general verdict of those
who are best qualified to pass judgment
upon the man and his work.
The writer of this article has watched
the career of Mr. Hemphill for a gen
eration, and is therefore acquainted with
some of the leading points of his history,
having seen him in almost every rela
tion of life, from the time when he came
to Atlanta, a young stranger from Athens,
and went to work in the business office
of The Constitution, down to the present
time. When a mere boy he joined the
Confederate army, and made a gallant
record as a soldier. After the war he
was a prominent member of the Athens
colony in Atlanta—a notable circle of
bright and successful men—and his many
splendid qualities of head and heart made
him a general favorite.
In his responsible position on The Con
stitution he shoulders a heavy burden
of business cares and responsibilities.but
his clear head, clean methods and un
tiring industry have made him one of the
indispensable factors of that great news
paper, and have done much to extend
its popularity and increase its patron
age.
Thrown among strangers during At
lanta’s turbulent and exciting period of
rebuilding shortly after the war, young
Hemphill resolutely turned his back upon
all of the temptations of that exceptional
time. While he enjoyed the innocent
pleasure* of society, he never neglected
his church duties, and from first to last
he has throughout his busy life continued
to devote almost every spare hour to
the Christian and benevolent works which
have always given him so much pleasure.
t it would havr been easy tor him uXenteF
public life, and many of his friends have
urged him to serve them as a councilman
or alderman, but he has always steadily
refused. In his church, the First Meth
odist, he has held nearly every office,
and for about twenty-five years he has
been one of its trustees, a member of the
board of stewards and Sunday school su
perintendent.
Early in life he took a deep interest
in the poor orphan children around him,
and his work in their behalf has led to
many of the most substantial and ben
eficial results ot that noble institution,
the Orphans’ Home of the North Georgia
Methodist Conference, at Decatur, Ga.,
of which he has been president for some
years past. In this connection the follow
ing extracts from a newspaper article
published about three months ago will
probably interest many readers who de
sire to learn something about the pres
ent condition of the Orphans' Home and
its work:
“The Orphan’s home of the North
Georgia Methodist conference, at Deca
tur. was the scene, yesterday afternoon,
of a very interesting ceremony.
“Ground was to be broken for the
Baby Cottage, an addition made neces
sary by the large number of infantile
orphans now sheltered by the institution,
and the announcement of the program
for the occasion drew’ a large number ot
visitors from Atlanta and Decatur.
“It was an ideal spring afternoon, and
when I entered the picturesque grounds
of the home with the Atlanta party,
headed by President R. A. Hemphill, we
saw before us, awaiting our coming,
more than a hundred happy, smiling
youngsters, arrayed in neat attire, and
evidently in the mood to enjoy the occa
sion to the fullest extent.
“The visitors spent a few moments in
a hurried tour through the handsome
buildings, pausing some time to admire
the pretty Epworth League cottage,
which was completed only a few weeks
ago. Without describing this edifice in de
tail, it will doubtless interest many of
our readers to learn that the sec
ond floor will be fitted ud for a
printing office and a shoe shop, and the
boys who are old enough for the work
will have an opportunity of learning use
ful trades, which will enable them to earn
a living when they go out into the world.
“When everything was ready the visit
ors and the children assembled in a little
grove near the Girls’ Home.
“Without giving the program in its reg
ular order, I.will briefly mention some of
its notable features.
“President Hemphill made a short talk,
in the course of which he reviewed in a
general way the history of the home and
its work, and expressed his gratitude to
the ladies of the First Methodist church
of Atlanta who have made the Baby Cot
tage a certainty by their active and ear
nest work.
“While he was speaking he held in his
arms a little tot. a mere infant, probably
the youngest inmate of the institution,
and in concluding his remarks he picked
up another little child, and holding them
up in full view of the crowd, he told his
attentive hearers a little story which car
ried an impressive lesson w’ith it. On a
visit to Alabama some time ago he met a
farmer who had a large number of sheep
on his place. After the late very severe
spell of cold weather the farmer found
two of his lambs apparently frozen and
lving utterly helpless on the ice-covered
ground. The case was apparently hope
less, but the warm-hearted countryman
carried the lambs to his house, and his
care and attention not only saved their
lives, but made them the prettiest and
strongest members of his flock.
“Now," said the speaker, “look at these
two little ones. When they came here
they were so feeble on account of cruel
neglect and exposure that death seemed
to be a question of only a few days or
duced. He entered fully into the spirit of
the occasion, and delivered an appropriate
address.
“The singing of the children of the home
was sweeter than the chimes of silver
bells, and the eloquent prayer offered by
Rev. G. W. Griner and short talk by Rev.
Dr. Lovejoy. presiding elder of the South
Atlanta district, touched the hearts of
all present.
“Ground was then broken for the baby
cottage. Mrs. Joseph R§ine. the present
president of the church society, respond
ed to an invitation to come forward, and
accompanied by little Elizabeth Boyd,
Alline Parks and Annie Sykes Rice, she
took the toy spaije handed to her, and the
first step was taken to prepare the ground
for the cottage. Each of the three chil
dren. together with several other small
children of the First Methodist Sunday
school, had the pleasure of turning over
a spadeful of dirt, and the exercises were
over.
“Mrs. Ralne has been president of the
society for only a short time, and the
main work of raising funds and making
arrangements for the erection of the
building has been done under the admin
istration of the former president, Mrs. W.
M. Nixon, who was indefatigable in her
labors to make it a success. Mrs. Nixon
w r as present to see the beginning of the
structure in which she has taken such an
active interest and for which she has
worked so faithfully during the past sev
eral months.
“Many of the ladles of the First church
have from the first manifested a deep in
terest in the matter, and they will not
rest until they make the cottage one of
the crowning attractions of the place.
“It will be necessary to raise more
money for the building and its equipment,
but the ladies feel equal to the task, and
It is safe to say that they will be success
ful.
“It was a revelation to the public when
The Constitution, about two years ago,
published a long article about the Or
phans’ home, with illustrations of many
of the buildings, including the boys’ home,
erected under the administration of Rev.
Howard L. Crumley, agent; the first home
bought with the farm in 1873, under the
administration of Rev. W. F. Cook, the
girls’ home, built under the administra
tion of Rev. Sam s P. Jones, agent, and the
school and chapel, built by Rev. Sam P.
Jones.
“At that time President R. A. Hemphill,
in his address delivered when he present
ed the home for dedication, gave many in
teresting facts connected with the his
tory of the institution.
“The late Rev. Jesse Boring was the
founder of the home about thirty years
ago. Rev. W. F. Cook, Rev. Sam P. Jones,
Rev. Howard L.Crumley and other agents
worked hard for many years to place it
on a firm basis, and the North Georgia
Methodist conference and many noble-
hearted men and women unselfishly gave
their time, money and efforts to enlarge
its sphere of usefulness.
“In his address President Hemphill paid
a high tribute to these workers, and also
to Messrs. George Muse, W. A. Gregg,
Asa G. Candler, Er Lawshe. G. V. Gress,
R. L. Jones, Hall Bros, and others, paying
incidentally, a deserved compliment
4the officers at mat time, r V’- r
“The institution has long been close to
the hearts of many of the public-spirited
citizens whose sympathies have been en
listed in behalf of the boys and girls who
have found shelter, friends and the influ
ences of a Christian home in the benefi
cent place of refuge.
Messrs. Er Lawshe and G. V. Gress
each gave the home $500 at times when
the money was greatly needed.There were
other large donations from E. P. Cham
berlin, R. F. Maddox, F. M. Coker, W. A.
Hemphill, Judge Rufus Dorsey, W. M.
Crumley, George Muse, M. Taylor, 6am
P. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Pattillo, H.
L. Crumley, H. S. Johnson, M. R. Berry
and others. The Southern, Georgia and
other railways were very liberal, and aid
came from the Chattahoochee and Collins
brick companies. Various Christian de
nominations gave contributions, and
Joseph Hirsch and other Hebrews took
pleasure in rendering timely assistance.
A great deal of the furniture for the
Gregg hall and the matron’s room was
donated by T. M. Brumby, of Marietta;
A. G. Rhodes, the Ware Furniture com
pany, J. D. Owings and the Atlanta Table
company, W. A. Crumley, L. H. Beck, J.
H. Simmons, of the Simmons Furniture
company, of Toccoa, and Mr. Cohen, of
the American Furniture Bed company.
The handsome portrait of the late W. A.
Gregg, above the marble tablet bearing
his name, was placed there by his loving
wife. Many ladies aided in the furnishing
of the home, and among them were Mrs.
M. Haralson, Mrs. George Muse, Mrs. H.
C. Leonard, Mrs. I. S. Mitchell, Mrs.
Judge Palmer, Mrs. Dr. J. W. Hurt and
the ladies of First, Trinity and Park
Street churches.
“F. M. Coker gave the tank and tower
for the waterworks system, which forces
up about 1.800 gallons a day of clear
spring water.
“M. R. Berry presented the home with
a fine piano a few years ago. Messrs.
George Muse and Asa G. Candler, in ad
dition to their work as trustees, have al
ways been liberal and helpful and ready
at all times to do anything in their power
for the welfare of the orphans.
“President Hemphill has been untiring
In his efforts to give these fatherless and
motherless little ones a start in life. Ha
has succeeded in inspiring others with his
zeal and enthusiasm, and through his
earnest efforts many of the boys and girls
have found good homes and useful and
self-supporting positions. During the past
thirty years hundreds of the inmates of
the home have gone out into the world
and have entered upon honorable career*
which are carrying them onward and up*
ward.
“The institution now has 124 inmates—
sixty-eight girls and fifty-six boys. Their
ages range from eighteen months to sev*
enteen years.
During the thirty years of its existence
there has been only one death in the
home.
“The officers and staff of the institu
tion at present consist of R. A. Hemphill,
president: Asa G. Candler, secretary;
weeks. But look at them now. See their
bright eyes and rosy faces. These two
lambs have been saved by the tender carft
bestowed upon theme here, and they aro
today two of the happiest and most prom
ising members of our little flock.”
“Rev. Dr. Walker Lewis, pastor of th*
First Methodist church, was then intro-
George Muse, treasurer; Rev. H. L.
Crumley, agent; Rev. G. W. Griner. su
perintendent; Mrs. A. E. Saxon, matron;
Mrs. M. C. Barksdale, assistant matron;
Miss Lily Reynolds, kindergarten teacher
and matron; Miss Annie Dodge, teacher;
Miss Mary Cowan, teacher; M!ss Julia
Villard, teacher; and Miss Maggie Price,
in charge of the culinary department.
“While waiting for their car the At
lanta visitors went through the buildings
and all were delighted with the neat
ness. system and order visible in every
quarter. Mr. Crumley, Mr. Griner and
the ladies connected with the institution
took pleasure In escorting the party
through the various buildings, and it was
evident that they were devoted to their
work.
“President Hemphill had good reason
to enjoy the occasion. His appearance
brought the smiling faces of the children
to the front, and as they crowded around
him it was plain to even the casual ob
server that they were overjoyed to wel
come their friend and benefactor. George
Muse was also a big man among these
people, and he seemed to heartily enjoy
his visit to this juvenile colony.
“It is gratifying to find that so many
people take an interest in this Christian
enterprise. It is a good work to rescue
these homeless and friendless orphans,
and give them a start in the world. Many
of them in the past thirty years have won
their way to high plains in the social,
professional and business world, and rank
among the noblest men and women in
Georgia.
“I do not wonder that President Hemp
hill and his associates and co-workers
are devoted to the home and its objects.
Such work sweetens the lives of busy men
and keeps them in touch with all that is
good, unselfish and lovable in humanity.
“Among all the orphans I saw only
bright, cheerful faces. They are a fine
looking crowd of children—not a dull or
surly face among them. But how would
they look, and what would be their fate,
if they had been left in their poverty
and misery, with no helping hand to save
them?”
Perhaps the above snap-shot picture by
a newspaper man will give about as good
a general idea of the Orphans’ Home and
its president as the reader would get from
a longer and more detailed description.
When President Hemphill was asked to
furnish the facts about himself for a
sketch he was willing to talk by the
hour about the home. Secretary Asa G.
Candler, Treasurer George Muse, and his
other co-workers, but he had nothing to
say about his own work, and was dis
posed to underrate it.
But a good man’s deeds cannot be kept
in the background all the time. They are
bound to be known sooner or later. A man
cannot spend twenty years of his life re
lieving the poor, visiting the sick, takin
care of the orphan and pStiently bearing
more than his share of public and private
burdens, in religious, social and business
centers, without attracting public atten
tion, and before he is aware of it he will
be a prominent figure in his community.
Personally Mr. Hemphill is a fine-look
ing man. tall, graceful and dignified, with
a pleasant face, reflecting a bright mind
and a kind heart. He is an impressive,
pleasing speaker and a good talker on all
subjects. Happy and blessed in his charm
ing home, where he is seen at his best in
his ideal family life, honored and loved
by his church and business associates,
and enjoying a full measure of popular
ity among the people at large, he bids fair
to enjoy a long career of happiness, use
fulness and prosperity. But he will never
be thoroughly happy until he sees the
Orphans’ Home on an absolutely perma
nent and enlarged basis. Day and night
he thinks and dreams of this object, and
those who get nearest to him are the good
men and women who open their hearts
and hands to his fatherless and mother
less little friends down at Decatur.
ROBERT A. HEMPHILL.
President of the North Georgia Methodist Orphans’ Home at Decatur, Ga.
BDYEHTDRESJLBN 8BTIST.
Falling on His First Notable Subject, He Determines
to Study in Europe—He Goes, He Studies, He
Returns and Is Now Completing His Work
Which Was Begun Twelve Years Ago.
Mr. Verner White spent a day or two
in New Orleans a few days ago. He left
there for the Jefferson Davis home at
Beavoir. Twelve years ago he was a
guest of this historic manor, at the time
painting a portrait of Mr. Davis and Miss
Winnie, the dearly beloved and deeply
mourned Daughter of the Confederacy.
The picture never passed the initial sketch
and Mr. White now proposes to renew
the undertaking and complete the wofk.
Between these t^o visits and directly as
sociated with both, lies a truly remark
able story of adventure, which is best
told in the artist’s own words, which were
uttered in the presence of a Times-Demo-
crat reporter:
“Eleven years ago,” said Mr. White, “I
was an exceedingly green and self-confi
dent young fellow and had not yet discov
ered that I knew’ nothing whatever about
art. I had set up a studio at Mobile, had
painted Father Ryan and other notables
and some of my deluded friends imagined
I was a genius. I agreed with them fully
on that point, so when Bishop Wilmer
gave me a letter to Mr. Davis I lost no
time in hurrying to Beauvoir. I was re
ceived very kindly by the grand old leader
and his family, and Mr. Davis finally con
sented to give me some sittings. He took
his awn pose in a big red chair on the
front gallery, and Miss Winnie stood by
his side with her hand on his shoulder. No
painter ii* the world ever had a more im
pressive subject—the white-haired states
man with the winsome girl at his elbow
and the great trees in the background,
showing glints and gleams of water be
tween their trunks, and I began to dimly
realize my superb audacity in undertaking
such a task.
“I finished my sketch, which was poor
enough, and Miss Winnie had the good
sense and courage to tell me kindly but
plainly that it would never do. She was
without a doubt an accomplished connois
seur, and what she said was so lucid and
direct, and had such an unmistakable
stamp of authority, that my illusions van
ished in a breath. I thanked her sincere-
y. ‘I can’t paint nbw.’ I said, ’but I in
tend to learn, and when I do I will come
back and finish the picture.’
“The Davis family thought I -was joking,
but I wasn’t. I went straight back to Mo
bile, packed up a few traps, told my
friends I was going away to study art
and hurried over to Pensacola. There I
met the captain of a Norwegian sailing
Vessel about to leave for Dunkirk, France.
The captain was a good fellow, sentimen
tal like many Norwegians, and about two-
thirds drunk. ‘Come w’ith me,’ he said,
‘and decorate my cabin on the way
across.’ When he found me on board
next morning he was greatly astonished,
but stuck to his w'ord. I had exactly 10
cents in my pocket, no baggage except
my pants and absolutely no plans, except
that I was going to Europe to stu4»’ art.
“Right here let me say that two other
young people from Mobile also went to
Europe for the same purpose within the
next month. One was ‘Roddy’ McKenzie,
and the other Miss Luddie Eustace,daugh
ter of Dr. Eustace. Roddy went on a
purse that was raised by admiring towns
men and has done well. I saw in a recent
number of Harper’s that he is now in
Egypt. Miss Eustace also made a success
and stands high at present as a woman
painter. I met both in Paris nearly two
years after my arrival.
“It took us sixty-seven days to cross in
the Norwegian boat, and in spare hours I
decorated the captain’s cabins with weird
marines that filled his simple soul with
delight—storms at sea, sunsets and moon-
rises and frightful wrecks, with plenty of
green and red and yellow. When we ar
rived at Dunkirk, which is a tiny’ lumber
port, the honest country folks swarmed
on board and declared 1 was a great art
ist. So I had reallj’ a very favorable in
troduction to the country. After the boat
left I went to the nearby town of Grave-
lotte. which enjoys the evil fame of being
the deadest place in France, and there my
struggle began. At that time I knew not
a word of French and nothing sustained
me but cheek and ignorance. That I
didn’t promptly 3tarve is a miracle, but,
incredible as it may seem, 1 did pretty
well. I painted Innumerable little south
ern scenes, negroes, cotton fields and alli
gators. and being a total novelty I sold a
good many. My crudities were set down
as the eccentricities of genius. I was
supposed to be the founder of a new
American school.
“While I was painting alligators I pick
ed up the rudiments of French from a
good-natured old Eoldier, and to this day
I retain a lot of his quaint expressions
that stick to me like burrs. Then I
struck out boldly, and for nearly six
years I wandered all over France, with
occasional sorties into Holland and Bel
gium. They were eventful years, crowded
with enough whimsical adventures to fill
a dozen volumes. I look back at them be
tween smiles and tears. Most of the time
I was desperately hard up, and often I
was both weak and hungry. Still I would
always manage somehow or other to
scramble through. It was downright luck
and as I said before, I was well supplied
with cheek.
“Animal painting has always been my
particular forte, and I found dogs a handy
specialty. This Jed to my first real piece
of good fortune. I had drifted to Biar
ritz, where I found the Grand Duke Alex
ander of Russia spending a month with
his suite. The grand duke had a magni
ficent dog, half Newfoundland and half
shepherd, and I followed him at once,
furtively sketching the animal until he
gave orders to have me arrested as a ni
hilist. When my identity was established
I received a visit from an agency who
told me that his royal highness ‘com
manded’ me to present myself at the pa
vilion of Henry IV.. where he was stay
ing. and to bring along my picture. I
didn’t know then that kings and princes
gave commands, so I told my visitor cool
ly that if his royal highness wanted to
see me he would have to call at my lodg
ings. That startled the Russian officer
nearly out of his wits, but it amused the
grand duke, and in an hour or so he came
strolling over. He found me sitting on a
billiard table, smoking a pipe. ‘Bon, jour,
monsieur.’ he said. ‘How d’y you,’ I re
sponded in English, and we became
friendly at once. The upshot of it was he
gave me a commission to paint the dog.
and I happened accidentally to make quite
a hit. I had some children in the picture
playing with the animal and decorating it
with French and Russian flags. The duke
was delighted and gave me two other
commissions at once. This established
my vogue and I also received an order
from the duchess of Luxenburg and sev
eral others. I am sorry to say I failed on
all this new work. The truth is I was as
yet only a raw beginner and had painted
the grand duke’s dog in a mere burst of
nervous inspiration. I fell down on the
others, as the saying goes, and left the
watering place deeply dejected and disap
pointed. I had missed a great opportun
ity.
“One good effect of the backset was the
energy with which I redoubled my studies
during my subsequent wanderings. I had
no money for tuition, but I copied every
thing good I could find, and picked up all
the hints I could glean. I went everywhere
and inadvertently sold enough animal
paintings to tradespeople and tavern
keepers to pay my way. Sometimes I
would get a job decorating the interior of
a cafe or doing a bit of a sign. It was a
Gypsy life, full of hardships and happi
ness, and now and then I would manage
to spend a few months in Paris. I took no
regular course there, but became ac
quainted with nearly all the artists and
obtained a quantity of valuable informa
tion at the different studios to which I
had the entree. I was continually learn
ing something, and while it took more
time, I fared as well, perhaps, as if I had
gone into one of the established classes.
“During all the years I still retained
the silver dime that formed my entire
capital when I sailed away from Pensa
cola.
“The last years of my stay abroad were
less eventful than the first. I was enabled
by that time to make a regular study of
portrait painting and remained in Paris.
Since my return I have spent most of my
time in Texas, where my parents now re
side, and lately the Houston Fair asso
ciation has engaged me to paint a series
of plantation scenes. In that connection
I have an opportunity to carry out my
long cherished project of finishing the
portrait of Mr. Davis and his daughter,
better equipped, I hope, than when I be
gan it. Unhappily, both my subjects have
passed away, but with the aid of the
sketch I feel confident of my ability to
complete the picture. It would take more
than eleven years wandering in Bohemia
to~ memory of tbat fe-entle and*
splendid old man, the beautiful girl at his
side and the great trees behind them, with
the waters glistening between the
trunks.”
“WALTZ KING” DIES.
Johann Strauss Passes Away in
Vienna.
Johann Strauss, the “waltz king,” who
died at his home in Vienna recently, had
been sick five days, when acute inflamma
tion of the lungs succeeded bronchitis and
he succumbed.
Strauss was born in 1825, the son of an
orchestra conductor of note, who strong
ly opposed his son in his desire to follow
his father’s profession. Thrown on his
own resources, the young man took a
clerkship in a banking house, which he
left at the age of 19 to pursue his musical
studies. As a child he had shown extra
ordinary precocity; he had been provided
by his mother with the best of teachers,
and toe was not long in making his way
to the hearts of the Vienna public, whose
darling he remained to the hour of his
death.
The Strauss dances, notably “An der
Schoenen Blauen Donau”—“Beautiful
Blue Danube”—won him universal fame,
and the melodies he composed in the fifty-
five years of his active work numbered 460.
His last work, the ballet “Cinderella,” is
left unfinished, the first act having been
completed only a short time since.
When he was only 25 Strauss toured
Europe with his orchestra, giving con
certs at all the principal cities. In 1871
he began to compose light opera, pro-
FOURTH OF JULY EXCURSIONS.
To Mountains or Seashore at One
and One-Third Fares for the
Ronnd Trip, By the Sea
board Air Iiine.
TJp-country folks and down-country
folks need a shake-up at least once a
year. The shake-up might as well come
Fourth of July as any other day. Moun
tain folks need a dash of seaside and sea
side folks need that peculiar something
called ‘‘mountain air.” Fourth of July is
kind of a jolly affair anyhow. Everybody
moves somewhere. The query Is where to
go? The answer Is found In a glance at
the Seaboard Air Line system. From the
waters of the Chesapeake to the crags
and deep trout pools of the Blue Ridge.
This railroad will put on sale tickets pur
chasable of any agent, July 2nd. 3rd and
4th and good to return on or before July
th, at one and one-third fares for the
round trip. Plenty of people will be going,
hut such ample accommodation will be
provided that there will be plenty of room
for the children—for the whole family.
There will be no struggle nor exhaustion
incident upon crowding for those who
take their Fourth of July outing by the
Seaboard Air Line.
Remember, the Fourth of July comes
but once a year. It will never do to' miss
the outing.
ICUREFITS
When I say I care I do not mean merely to
Stop them for a time and then have them re
turn again. I mean a radical cure. I have made
the disease of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING
SICKNESS a life-tong study. I warrant my
remedy to cure the worst cases. Because
others have failed is no reason for not now
receiving a cure. Send at once for a treatise
and a Free Bottle of my infallible remedy.
Give Express and Post Office.
Prot W.H.PEEKE, F.D., 4 CedarSt v N.Y.
ducing. among other pieces, “The Queen’s
Lace Handkerchief,” “Cagliostro.” “A
Night in Venice,” and ‘The Merry War.”
The following year he visited the United
States.
Strauss leaves a widow and a step
daughter, on whose death the Vienna
Society of Friends of Music will come
into his fortune of 500,000 florins
($250,000.)
All the Vienna newspapers devote col
umns to the composer, who. in addition
to the popularity he enjoyed, had re
ceived a signal honor at thp hands of
the emperor.
In 1872 Strauss visited America and di
rected an orchestra of 1,000 musicians at
the Boston peace jubilee. The late Patrick
S. Gilmore engaged him, at an enormous
salary, to conduct the jubilee. 'His pres
ence there was one round of triumph.
GROVER AFTER TROUT.
Connecticut Farmer Stops Eu-Fres-
ident Fly-Casting.
Grover Cleveland, former president of
the United States, was discovered one
clay while poaching on the land of Frank
Johnson, a farmer of Tyringham, near
Winstead, *Conn., and ordered from the
place. His friends say he strayed there
inadvertently, not knowing the bound
aries.
Mr. Cleveland went to Tyringham as the
guest of Richard Watson Gilder, who has
a residence there, and, looking very much
like a countryman. W’as whipping the
streams on Johnson’s land regardless of
numerous large signs “No Trespassing.”
When Johnson saw’ Mr. Cleveland on his
grounds he crept along a hedge until he
came to the spot where the large lone
fisherman had just landed a big trout.
“Ha!” he shouted, as he burst through
a thicket and rushed up. waving a stick.
“I’ve caught you at last, have I?”
“But, my dear sir ’’ Mr. Cleveland
began.
“Don’t ‘dear sir’ me,” shouted John
son, white with anger. “You just get off
my property, and don’t you lose any time
about it, either, or I’ll have you arrest
ed.”
Mr. Cleveland made his way to a fence
and climbed upon it. For a moment he
sat on the top rail, when It collapsed
under his weight. It was Mr. Johnson’s
fence, and the mishap made the farmer
madder than ever.
“You get away from here,” he roared.
“First you steal my trout and then you
destroy my fences.”
But the former president had vanished.
Neighbors went to Mr. Johnson and
told him who the trespasser w’as. In
stead of being sorry, he said:
“Grover Cleveland, eh? That’s the man
who wouldn’t appoint me village post
master when the whole place indorsed
me. It beats all how vindictive some men
are, and I never did a thing to him.”
Do you know that /we don’t see why
women dAn't organize and strike? Most
of them work all their lives for poor
board and clothes!
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APPLICATION FOR CHARTER.
STATE OF GEORGIA—County of Fulton.
To the superior court of said county:
The petition of William M. Otis, J. R.
Holliday and K. R. Lynan. all of said
state and county, respectfully shows:
1st. That they desire for themselves,
their associates, successors and assigns,
to become incorporated under the name
and style of ‘‘The Otis Lumber Com
pany.”
2d. The term for which your petitioners
ask to be Incorporated Is for twenty
years, with the privilege of renewal, as
provided by law.
3d. The capital stock of the said cor
poration is to be five thousand ($5,000.00)
dollars, divided Into fifty shares of one
hundred ($100.00) dollars each.
4th. Petitoners ask the privilege, of in
creasing said capital stock from time to
tffiie. with the assent of two-thirds of the
stockholders of the said corporation, to
a sum not exceeding twenty thousand
($20,000.00) dollars.
5th. Fifty per cent of the said capital
stock of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars
has already been paid In.
8th. The object of the said proposed cor
poration Is for pecuniary profit to its
stockholders. Petitioners propose and de
sire to carry on a lumber business;.to buy
and sell lumber at wholesale and retail,
both rough and manufactured lumber for
building purposes: and to buy and sell all
other building materia! as may be neces
sary for the purpose of carrying on the
business of the said corporation. Peti
tioners desire the right to buy, build, own
and control such lands, mills, machinery
and plant or plants as may be necessary
to carry on the business of sawing and
manufacturing such lumber as may be
required within the scope of their busi
ness, and to take contracts for the sup
ply of lumber and other material; for the
purchase and sale thereof, and to exer
cise all the powers usual and appertain
ing to corporations of like character, and
such as are accorded by law.
7th. The principal office and place of
business of the said proposed corporation
is to be in the city of Atlanta, Fulton
county, state of Georgia.
Wherefore, petitioners pray to be made
a body corporate under the aforesaid
name, with all the rights and privileges
of such corporations as by statute pro
vided.
This 15th day of May, 1899.
SIMMONS & CORRIGAN,
Petitioners’ Attorneys.
Filed In office this 17th day of May, 1899.
G. H. TANNER, Clerk S. C.
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