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memorial day
IN AUGUSTA.
Dead and Living Heroes of the
Confederacy Honored,
Annual Meeting of the Survivors
at Their Hall.
Exorcises at the Cemetery and Oration of
Mr. Hugh V. Washincton.
The“old Confeds" wore monarchs of
jail they surveyed yesterday andtlio whole
'town was turned over to them with full
permission to do just what they pleased
with it.
from morn until noon, from noon to
dewy eve could lx* heard the roar of
cannon, the clash of sabre's, the sharp
crack of the carbines and the mighty
din anil uproar of battles, for on all
sides could be seen groups of veterans
fighting their hard fought battles of a
quarter of a century ago over again in
such an earnest and graphic manner
that they themselves and their attc •
tire listeners could easily imagine they
were upon the numroous battle fields of
' the late war.
. 'THE SERVICES.
Perhnns a larger crowd never attend
| od memorial services than on yesterday,
, unless on the day of the great re-union
wlr'u I General Wade Hampton war
here. All the military was out in fill'
force and the excellent weather brought
forth many citizens who very sel
dom attend public exercises.
All the avenues and sections within
hearing were thronged by people anxious
to hear the eulogy by the eloquent young
Georgian .selected for the occasion.
Mr. Hitch Vernon Washington was
the speaker and it can safely bo said
that a more capable young gentleman
has never filled the position in this city
He not only posseses a smooth deliv
ery. but is also a good thinker and gives
good food for refleetion. Mr.' Washing
ton is a. genuine descendant of the first
president of the United States.
' The speaker was intnxlucisl by Mr.
T. R. Gibson in one of his usual neat
dpeeehes. Rev. J. K. Smith of the
u Furst Presbyterian church offered up
■ the opening prayer and Rev. Ernest M.
Retires asked the closing benediction.
[ THE ADDRESS.
h Ladies of tfie Memorial Association,
■uud fellow-citizens:
K Since listening to the scholarly address
■pf Col. Jones, the founder of the Sur-
■ vivors’ Association, I feel that my posi-
■ tion is like that of a philosopher who
to a famous school in the far
Brest for admission. The school was
and the professor wishing to con-
the information as gently as possible
MVik a glass and filling it so full that
*no more could be added without spilling
a part of the contents, held the glass
before the applicant; he eaught up a
rose leaf and laid it so gently on the
brimming cup that not a drop was lost.
And so complete was the eloquent ad
dress to which you were treated this
morning that I should hesitate to speak.
But so gently shall I lay the garland
_ of my love on the graves of yonder
bdo:.t sleepers as not to mar the com
pleteness of a day consecrated to their
sacred memories.
i History -with its monotones of ponce
and deep vibrations of war is like the
current of a great, river.
Near the northern border of our state
a peak rises high above its companions
of the Blue Ridge. Among the mists
that hong about its summit a mountain
Torrent, finds its source, which, dashing
from ledge to ledge and recruited by
many another stren.m, rushes, like tem
pestuous cavalry, upon the falls of Tal
lulah. Thundering in its wild descent,
it seethes and whirls for a moment, and
tossing its,white foam behind it, it speeds
away to enter the peaceful vales of the
Tugalo, broadening at length into the
majestic Savannah, which in its course
from the mountains to the sea touches
two historic cities—the one upon tide
water, the ancient metropolis of the
- Commonwealth, that holds as precious
legacies the memories of the chivalrous
Pulaski and the immortal Jasper; the
Other the beautiful city in which we are
assembled, where it is impossible for
one'familiar with your traditions to en
ter without recalling the heroic memories
of light Horse H.irrv Loe. Andrew Pick
ens. Elijah Clarke, Sam I Hammond, and
their brave followers, who in 17S1 be-
Bagged and captured the fort hard by
ground upon which wo stand, and
■ire the British ami their Tory allies
your fair city. They were worthy
of sm-h men ns these that.
Bon sent to the front in IStil. That
■ ashing cavalryman. Joe Wheeler, born
Bn the soil of Richmond county, and
■tanse Wright, wilt >ll many n gallant
B-hargo upon the fields of Virginia, are
B|lnstrious names upAu the pages of your
Biistory. Bright as are the names of your
you claim today a citizen in whom
Georgians sb T" your pride, the vic-
h'.ub ■ f your .1.-ti'><A
a lustre mwi ..nr tute from the
of the national eapitol unequalled
■Gnee the days of the dauntless and elo-
Buent Hill.
F A UNITED PEOPLE.
. We meet today not for strife. We re
■doice that twenty-eight long years of
■Leaee have intervened since the final
"iVnes of Appomattox, and that the pa
triotism of all our southland finds its
expression in loyaßy for the great re
public under which w" live. With no
hope but for the greater glory of the
Union, we can breathe with the poet:
Lord of the universe, shield and guide
us,
Trusting Thee always through shadow
and sun,
Thou hast united us—who shall divide
us?
Keep us, O, keep us, the many in one!
We meet for memories. We are assem
bled at the bidding of a sentiment, and
the call we answer comes from our own
hearts. This sentiment has no voice,
but it needs pone, and we obey its man
date as more binding than law of human
enactment. Most potent it draws the
people together in assemblies similar to
this, from the shores of the Chesapeake
to the banks of the Rio Grande. Per
chance it shall extend" beyond these
bounds, and wherever in this broad land
there is a cluster of Confederate graves
and a handfnll of southerners, they will
meet today in honor and' gratitude and
love.
It is said tliat times ar- unfavorable to
sentiment. tint the c-ommi-csion with
which natimle am! stat-s and individ
uals are ch.‘<rged is to make their way
in the world: that gain is the stake,
and bnsiuesi the steed, and competition
the spur, and sentiment is but an im
peding gamlwnt to be discarded on en
tering the V CI . it is even hi ted some
times that i gSt riplos are old fashioned,
'and are apt be more inconvenience
than value. ■
. To these iSpdern ideas some people
Imay easily take. They recall the inci
fler.t of the man who was asked by i
pit-Pastor' v. hat he thought of the doc
■*Wne of totaS depravity, and not taking
I the mi-an fUJ? the question, replied,
fco a very good doctrine
■ people w</up only live up to it.” And
■ there nra-V-lL people, who ignoring the
let that sjsnflment is allied to principle. !
I Id that principle is the base rqpk which
) l;ders ~£c'ure and permanent political
I) h'ernaJSht. deprecate the word and dis
m LirdAbs J. -rates.
THE ANGLO-SAXON SENTIMENT.
But, my friends, whence came this
seniuueut, why does it exist today? Why
has it survived defeat, and ruin and de
famutum and insult, and oppression, why
has it outlived soetioual hate, and out
la-stcd the flight of time? Why din's it
klndlo the eye and animate the heart
of the young about us as it did their
parents before them"? ' Because you be
long tv a race of freemen, n nice which
hits never worn a shackle—a race In
which the spirit of liberty has been un
conquerable and undying. From" the
ilawn of hNtory the Anglo-Saxon has
possessisi the spirit of liberty; if defeated
at times, lie has maintained his supre
macy by force of character and assimi
lated the conqueror instead of the con
queror assimilating him. It is as im
possible for the Anglo-Saxon to become
servile to another race or wear the
badge of inferiority as for the eagle to
be transcended by the crakiug raven, or
the king of beasts to be cowed by the
wolf. It was this spirit that resisted the
Danes, that forced their laws upon the
conquering Normans, that secured the
bill of rights, that wrested from John
the Magna charter, that led the armies
of Cromwell against royal prerogative
and royal usurpations, that inspired the
revolt of the American colonies. It was
the Anglo-Saxon love of liberty, the wil
lingness to fight for a sentiment, to main
tain at nil hazards and all costs the prin
ciple of home rule, of state’s rights, tliat
caused the flag of the Confederacy to
bo unfurled in ’(11, and moves our hearts
today in loving rememberanee of the
valiant lives sacrificed in that high cause.
These mein fought not for slavery but
for ,their rights that were menaced. The
principle that the states were sovereign
and as such had the right to enact their
own laws, the right of a> free and sov
ereign people to govern themselves. It
was the same principle that tired their
Revolutionary ancestons; the principal of
Henry, of Jefferson, of Calhoun. It
was this principle inherited with the
Anglo-Saxon blood in their veins, tliat
made the armies of the Confederacy un
complaining, when rajions or no rations
were their lot, when their uniforms were
torn and pntehod ami threadbare, when
the rille ball left them maimed for life,
or disease wasted their strength away,
when outnumbered they saw victory slip
ping from their grasp. It. was the moral
courage of their liberty loving souls that
made each of them count as throe, that
ever mode the rebel yell a note of terror
on the field of battle, and tliat oftimes
snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.
THE SOUTHERN ARMIES WERE
AMERICAN.
But what of the Southern armies and
of what material were they formed?
Who was the private soldier? He was
.■in American in the truest sense. In him
had flowered the best qualities of the
strain of which lie came. He was na
tive to the soil, and few indeed in the
Southern armies did not own the hind
upon which they lived. Somewhere in
the broad South there was a spot that
belonged to him, his home, and whether
palatial or humble, its roof was his own,
aitid it covered his loved ones. There
were no paupers in the South, and when
it was invaded, each man felt tliat his
own domain, his own home, was threat
ened The free and independent life of
the Southerner bpd developed in the high
est degree, the moral qualities of man-'
hood. Ills nobler ideas had not been
preverted by avarice nor his native in
dependence sacrificed to the artificiali
ties of city life In the Southern armies
there were' no hireling foreigners, fight
ing for a bounty, no alien paupers giving
and taking blood with no higher incen
tive than a pay roll. In moral qualities
the rank and file of the Southern armies
were the flower of Ninteenth century
civilization, and so changed are the con
ditions of life that that civilization will
never live again. The mode of life in
the South and environment fostered a
chivalry of feeling, and the followers of
Lee lacked nothing of knighthood but
the name.
Had their armies been other than
they were, the war would have edme
to an early close, and there was not
another people on the face of the earth
that could have bold out as they did.
It was the Anglo-Saxon blood perfected
by Southern civilization that made their
fighting qualities, their endurance, the
admiration of all nations; that enabled
them with wasted ranks to maintain for
four long, terrible years the unequal
struggle against the armies of the North
recruited from every quarter and grow
ing larger as the war advanced. Thrown
upon their own resources, hemmed iu
from all the world, their heroism fur
bished a chapter in history which will
suffer nothing by comparison with the
proudest achievements of ancient or
modern times. Hear the testimony of
that soldier and scholar, Gen. D. 11.
Hill: "What shall we say of those
unselfish patriots who were true to their
colors to the last, when the ravages
of armies had desolated their country
and left blackened chimneys over the
buried treasures of a husband’s and
father's love? How can we sufficiently
honor those men who, knowing that
their families, without food and with
out shelter, were starving to death or
were living on the offal of the enemies
camps—who knowing all this, still an
swered the roll call, still filled their
places in the ranks, still faced death
again and again, putting duty to coun
try above duty t > wife and chidren!
Hard must bo the heart of that foeman
which does not warm with a generous
glow at this simple tale of sublime de
votion of principle. May my arm be
palsied by my side when it ceases to
hold up the banner inscribed all over
with their glorious deeds. May my
tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth
when it ceases to pronounce the praise
of such matchless courage, unrivalled
devotion, unselfish patriotism!”
SOUTHERN LEADERS.
•» The Southern armies were worthy of
their leaders and their leaders were
worthy of them. Taken all in all
I do not see how there could have been
any other result. It is the marvel of
the age that we held out so long. No
others could have done so well. I said
the lenders were worthy of the men
they led. They were worthy of any
people or any time. The Anglo-Saxon
sp ; rit found its grandest, illustration in
their heroism. When the Norman army
under William the Conqueror met the
English under Harold. Harold dismount
ing fought among his soldiers on foot.,
that the weakest should be encouraged
to follow his example, so Lee and the
gallant Gordon rode down the fiery
front of battle amid bursting shells
I and whizzing balls.
THEIR CHRISTIAN CHARACTER,
Christianity shed its benign influence
I over their lives. When the vernal sea
son rolls around and the children of the
Sunday Schools sing on their festive
day. their childish voices repeat the
beautiful words of the greatest captain
of his age: “Let us cross over the river,
and rest under the shade of the trees,”
were Jackson’s dying words. When
Gen. Stuart, the Chevalier Bayard of
the war. lay with his death wounds,
when asked how he felt, ho answered:
"Easf. but willing to die, if God anjl
mv country think I have fulfilled my
rlestiny and done my duty. I would like
to see’my wife: but God’s will be done.”
When delicacies were sent to Gen.
Loe’s table, they were by hfm sent to
the sick and wounded in the hospital.
A patriotic lady sent him a saddle blan
ket beautifully embroidered with the
words "honor to the brave.” He sent
hi< thanks with the message that until
the words were picked ont he had no
more right to. use. ii than the poo« ; st
private who did h’s duty.
FOREIGN ESTIMATE OF LEE.
Gen. Wolseley is at* once the most
distinguished and impartial critic of Gen.
Lee. and yet could there be a higher
[eulogy? He said: "He was the most
[ perfect gentleman of a- state long cele-
TIIE AUGUSTA CTIBONTCLE, MAY 3, 1893.
brated for its chivalry, ho was just,
gentle and geneteus mid child-like in
die simplicity of his character. I have
met may of the great inen of my time,
but las' alone impressed me with the
feeling that I was in the preaence of a
nuui east hi a grander mould, and made
of different and finer metal than nil
other mein. Ho is stiunped upon my
metuery as being apart and superior to
nil others in every way; n man with
whom none I ever know, and very few
of whom 1 have read, ore worthy to lie
classed. When nil the angry feelings
caused by secession are buried with
those which existed when, the declara
tion of independence was written, when
Americans can review the history of
their last great war with calm impar
tiality, I beMeve all will admit that Gen.
Leo towered .above all on either side in
that struggle; I believe that he will bo
regarded not only as the most prominent
figure of the Confederacy, but the most il
lustrious American of the nineteenth
century, whose statue is well worthy to
stand on an equal pedosital with that of
Washington, and whose memory is equal
ly worthy to bo enshrined in the hearts
of all his countrymen.”
STAINLESS I,IVES.
Fellow citizens, that for which we
should be most grateful, that which most
swells my hVart with pride in all the
history of the war and the times since,
is that our great loaders, both civil and
military, have Hived and died free from
disgrace. They have seemed to realize
that the critical eyes of mankind were
upon them, that any meanness |or Httle
.ness or falsity wouldl reflect upon the
cause and the people they represented,
and with this consciousness they have
remained true to all elements of true
greatness. The Southern soldier and the
Southern statesman remains still the
Southern gentleman. So have they lived
and so have they died. For this I am
truly thankful, for in the integrity of
their lives will our children and all the
world read aright the Southern cause:
“With lives built high on truth's ctor,
nity,
They wrought alone to glorify their
laud.”
Tt was this that led a Northern orator
to say of the people of the South. "They
have some qualities which 1 cannot even
presume in an equal degree for the peo
ple among whom 1 live. They have, the
best of them, and the most of them, in
herited from the great race from which
they came, the sense of duty and .the in
stinct of honor, as ho other people on
the face of the earth. They have above
aH, and giving value to all, supreme and
superb constancy, which without re
gard to personal ambition, without yield
ing to the temptation of wealth, with
out getting tired, and without getting
diverted, can pursue a great public ob
ject in and out year after year and gen
eration after generation.”
Spiirits of Beanregard and Kirbv
Smith, last of Confeilcrato chieftans to
quit the ranks here, to join the warrior
souls of Heaven, bear ye this message
to Lee and Jackson and Johnson; tell
them all attempts to divide our people
have failed, that the great race to which
they belonged reigns today. East, and
West. North and South; tell them that
the banner they followed, now forever
furled, has ne’er been dishonored, ayd
that, in the birth of every child in thoir
beloved Southland a living monument
is reared to their imperishable fame!
SOUTHERN WOMANHOOD.
But there is another class worthy of all
praise. I do not know where else there
has been so much of feminine excellence
nud feminine loveliness as among the
daughters of whether con-
sidered in the days of ante belluni luxu
ry and refinement, or during the ordeals
of war, or amid the ruin and poverty
and gloom that followed. In her homo,
refined, gentle, hospitable and true to
every womanly instinct. Herself, made
of the finest porcelain, she sent her hus
band, her boy, her sweetheart to the
war. and her own privations, and hard
ships and devotion revcaleil more than
Spartan virtue. See her yonder, gray
haired and bent, receiving the nows of
her boy's death, or yonder alone with
her little ones, on the great plantation,
sorely pressed for the necessities of life;
see her again as she takes down the
costly garments of her happier days
to convert them into supples for the
soldiers of Lee's army; and again, as
an angel of mercy in the hospitals amid
scenes of suffering and death, minister
ing alike to the Blue and Gray. And
afterwards, the hopeful, toiling help
mates that have helped us out of pover
ty and despair into the light, and pros
perity of a now day. Ah! Rut they
"had souls of fire enclosed in shells of
pearl.” And every virtue lent a sweeter
grace by the incomparable charm of
modesty.
There is no dearer wish to mo than
that the chivalry of feeling they have
inspired may never pass away.
In the South there are two classes of
cemeteries —the one inclosed by solid
walls, with well-kept walks and drives,
with marble headstones, an agent of n
mighty nation is there to see that every
blade of grass is kept to its proper
length, and to watch over the graves
of the Federal soldiers who died fur the
Union.
There is another class—no marble may
mark thoir simple graves, no wall of
stone hem them about: no living sentry
stands guard above them, and no rich
government spends its treasures in beau
tifying the spot where sleep the manly
forms of the Confederate soldiers. They
ih-fjervio these things, but they need
them not. The earth may tremble and
sculptured stones may fall, time and
the Menxents shall wear away tin*
chiseli'd names, but. wli’le -tlm. blood
of our race remains in posterity the
memory of the Confederate dead will live
in heart and brain.
As sure as the flight of birds, as sure
as the return of the seasons, as sure
■is the kiss of the Southerh sun opens
the flowers and the rains of April re
new the emerald grass; as sure as the
the pines make their requiem, and the
woodland songsters swell the chorus,
so sure will out people come in this
beautiful season to deck the graves of
onr dead, to preserve their memories,
to honor their lives, to glorify their
deaths, and to catch the inspiration
of their immortal spirits. And remem
bering ourselves we will teach our
clvldren to remember
“Shull they find the peace of their in
valides
Ob. South, in your grateful hearts?
A refuge of welcome with living walls,
And love for its radiant dome
Till the music of death’s reveille calls
The souls of the warriors home.”
NOT CHARMED BY JAPANESE WOMEN
J
Clement Scott Doesn’t Sbnre the Impres
sions of Sir Eflwin Arnold.
San Francisco, April 25.—The romantic
view of Japanese women given by Sir Ed
win Arnold iu his “Japonica” and his
poems Is contradicted by Clement Scott,
who has just arrived here from China and
Japan. Scott Is dramatic critic on the
London Telegraph, of which Sir Edwin
is the editor, so that when his criticisms
reach London they are likely to create a
sensation in that office. Scott says he had
long rebelled against effusive praise of
Japanese women by certain English poets
and travellers, because all his friends,
men of culture and experience, told him
the Japanese women were coarse, silly and
mercenary. He devoted special attention
to a study of all types of the female Jap
anese, with the result that he pronounces
these women lacking in real courtesy,
honesty, virtue or beantj'. In the Chronicle
tomorrow Scott will have a long article
summing up his observations. It is a
slashing attack on the reputed beauty of
the Japanese women and on the good
breeding and Innocence of the professional
tea-house girl. Scott denies all beauty to
Japanese women, wham he pictures with
"pndgx choeka. small beadv eyes, bent
form, shuffling gait, conrsa black hair
smeared wWli vile smelling ml." He
found none of the educated,•isanipanionnble
women whose praises lie had heard sung.
He gives a rattling description of n tea
house, which, lui siiys, Is nothing more,
than a gilded grog shop, and the water
girls only mercenary little witches. Fin
ally, In the Yoshiwara, he found the low
est depth of Japanese vileness, a plnee to
wltleh Japanese parents sell their children
In order that they may live In Idleness
themselves- a plnee from which escape Is
almost a miracle.
PRIZE ESSAY
On the Industrial Development and Possi
buttles of Augusta.
Than Augusta, there Is not a more beau
tiful elty 111 the Smith, or, for the mailer
of that, iu the entire country. She stands
nt the head of navigation on the Savannah
river, and is the centre of a rich and pro
ductive territory which stretches toward
the four points of the oomiKiss. Tills terri
tory is peopled by a million industrious,
cheerful souls, ami, each year, they turn
into Augusta's eapaelous lap, one hundred
million dollars’ worth of farm and orchard
pisHluets. Ami yet, the out-laying Valleys,
which smile at the toiler’s totieli, and the
hills that skin the town, have not been put
to tho test they would easily stand. There
Is room here, and to spare, for the sturdy
New Englander, whether he be trucker or
grain grower, horticulturiist or florist, stock
raiser or ambitious to harvest the lleeey
staple. Land is plentiful, and prices rule
Invitingly; let him come and welcome!
In 1888, Augusta’s trade atmmtiled to
$57,01)0,000; In 18JI, $72,1)00,000. an increase of
per eeiit. - ill three years an luvltmg
field for strictly wholesale establishments.
In 1882, the city's realty amounted to $'J,-
685,515; in 1802, $16,468,050, an increase of
60 per cent., or an annual average in
crease of $679,343. In 1882 the city’s per
sonalty amounted to $6,293,604; in 1892, $5,-
643,992, an annual average decrease of
stH,;H>l. These figures are Interesting, and
■the comparison which the thoughtful
reader will institute between the Ums,
inviting. They tell of a growing confi
dence in the value of real estate us an
investment. Not content, to be known
solely as a commercial enqioriuin, Augusta
treated her citizens to a canal nine miles
in length, with 14,000 horse power, at u
cost of $1,300,000.’ Tills power Is rented at
$5.50 per horse power a year. Muon of
this power is unused. Be it remembered
tliat the canal lays under contribution to
this city, the Savannah river, which is
capable of supplying 400,0u0 horse power,
equal ill extent to the entire waler power
of New England.
AUGUSTA'S COTTON FACTORIES
Which dot tho territory in the western
portion of tile elty mid draw their propul
sion front tlie canal, represent $11,000,000 of
capital, employ 4,500 bands, annually con
sume 80,OtW bales of cot ton, and, each
year, send percolating through the eiity
1,000,000 shinning dollars.
"But,” says the man seeking investment,
"I want 'grad-grind facts.'” Here they
are. and they illustrate more forcibly t'hau
words the profitableness of cotton manu
factures In Augusta: •
The period was that of the memorable
panic of 1873-1878, during the prevalence
of which some of the old. established
northern and eastern mills were compelled
to stmt down. The gross earnings of "the
Augusta. Faatory,’-’ during those trying
five years amoimted to $526,837; dividends
declares! and paid, $276,000; bales of cotton
eonsnmod, 47.075; aggregate wag.m paid,
$766,146; aeTgregtite sales imide, $3,94i>,!)18.
The dividends equalled 46 p . cent, of tho
capital. $600,000, or an average of 9 2-10 per
eent. per annum. From 1m;.» to 1876, inclu-
declared and paid amounted
toiwT'por ceiite. <>f. the citpila.l s>loek, or
18 per cent, per iinnmri: At the tame rim ,
investment in real estate, new buildings
and new- machinery amounted to $160,01X1,
without the sale of new stock or call upon
the shareholders.
In 1881, Augusta's cotton receipts wore
62,771 bales; in 1891, 268,000 bales. This is
one of the best of interior edtlon markets.
Brices are higher than the average, be
cause our mills consume 25 per cent, of all
tho cotton manufaetiired In the South, and
full RO tier cent ol the cotton uniinutly re
ceived In tilts city.
Augusta is the point at which the smaller
Industries can be made highly profitable.
There is no city in the South which off. r<
a larger, safer field for investment than
August n.
Take the census figures of 1890, just as
they are, and note Augusta’s progress in
tihe Inst decade, as evidenced by the per
centages of increase in manufactures. In
the number of establishments, 595 per
cent; in capital Invested, 241 per cent; in
number of lianda employed, 248 per cent;
in wages paid, 320 per cent; in cost of
material used, 121 per cent; 'in value of
product, 174 per cent.
To the capitalist, to the mechanic, to
the home-seeker, the foregoing figures will
anpear us “apples of gold iu pictures of
silver.”
Augusta possesses every element of
strength mid beauty. In point of health,
ond to none; in intelligence and virtue,
her citizens are the peers of the most
exalted; her railways encircle her with a
network like a great web; her mean tem
perature, summer months, 22 years, 79.6
degrees; winter months, 46.5 degrees; mean
annual tenuperntlire, 64; her sanitary ar
rangements qual to the best; her edmai
tional and religious institutions meet every
demand of a steadily increasing population;
her people among the most courteous; her
merchants wide awake and reliable; her
paid fire department unexcelled; her
bonded dob.t, $1,751,300; iter tax rate, $1.25
•on the $100; state, county and school ta.x,
$1.12 1-2 on the $100; her electric railway 23
miles in length; her building mid loan as
sociations well managed ami helpful: her
great water way to the sea capable of
being made controller of freights; her
broad thoroughfares runniug at right
angles, being laid In asphalt, and cement
gravel; her county public roads among the
finest, in T h** state; her dwellings among
the lin.udsom*si and her homes among the
brightest ami happiest in ail the
country wide! her banking houses strong,
and prudently manage].
In 1880, Augusta’s population was 21,891;
In 1890, 33,300, a gain of 52 per cent. Hut Io
get census figures Correct, you must add
30 per coni, for unavoidable errors. This
will give a closer aiiptoxiinatlon to the.
present population, 43.290. According to
the census of 1890, there were 7,449 homes
In Augusta. Os these I,Z>l were owned;
6,198 hired. Os those owned only 33 were
encumbered. Statistics sfnow that about
80 per e* nt. of families prefer to rent
homes; 83.2 of Augustans prefer to pay
rent. This is suggestive: Neat, we'l- ap
pointed dwellings are in demand, and offer
a field for Investment.
Com*' to Augusta—the queen of Industry
in the South. If you should prefer a home
In the suburbs, you can find one on the
neighboring and easily accessible hilltops,
whose atmosphere is redolent of the pine,
and as dry ami invigorating as the most
exacting could demand.—United States In
vestor-
It!.
WOOD'S rnOSPIIODINE,
Tho Groat English Remedy.
Promptly and permanont-
Zam x vx ly cures all formsof A'ertx/RS
p-*,r
/Z HfiSt of Abuse or Exccssefi,
f'*') P een prescribed over 85
Zr /r,?AZ z \ years In thousands ot cases;
aa the only Reliable and lion-
LoxiS. Medicine known. Ask
for Wood’s Phos-
Mnwrntl PHODine; if ho offers soxno
fjejore ana WO rtiiless medicine in place
r f this, leave Ills dishonest store, Inclose price In
letter, and we will send by return mail. l’ric<-, ono
nackctfo. SI; six. $5. One will please, six will cure,
Pamphlet in plain sealed envelope. 2 stampg.
Address THE WOOD CHEM|cAgCO..
181 Woodward avenue* Detroit, Mich.
jytSold in Augusta and evervvbere
by alb responsible druggists.
for infants and Children.
“CaatoTlalssowolladaptcdtochildrcn that Caatoria cures Colic, Constipation,
Irccomtiuuid itaaauporiortoaiiy prescriptioa
known to me.” 11. A. Aucmtn, M. D., gcrtlon,
Hl So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. Y. ' WiUioiU injurious medication.
“The uso of‘Castorla’fs so universal and "For several years I have recommended
Its merits so well known that it. seems a work your • Castorla, ’ and shall always continue to
of supererogation to indorse tt. Few an* the Jo so as it bus Invariably produced bunrtlciaj
intelligent families whoflo not keep Custoria .results.
within easy reach " Edwin F. Pabdxb, M. D.,
Cantos ManTinb D. “Tbo Winthrop, ’’ 125tb Street and Ttli Ave.,
Lute Taster Hlooiuiugdalo Reformed Church. New 1 ork City.
This Cunt aim Company, 77 Mun bay Stkkkt, Nkw Yons.
Earner "*1
Al • Al • BE ©
LURES ALL EKIN
AND
6LDDD DISEASES'
! Uytk L ih'» 1’ I‘. n ■pleutiltl wb.ibln Ailon,
and pr-.s. riba It with «ali«fßrtlon f*r the cures of
forma <id stagei of Primary, Pectimlary and ')'•••! y
.Syj'iiUU, Bypi.HUlc lUmiiinathnn. K.'r. tul nn Ulcers ;;nT
fibre*, Glandular RueumaUain, Malaria, old
Ohronlo Ulcere that have rei'.itni ail treatment, Catarrh,
fra R R C CURES
[EKEmPhe
Te'ICF TomphuaST'S's?’*
qyrial Fu’.son, Tetter, Heald H«ad, etc., etc.
P. P. P !« n powerftjl twrt ’. end nn excellent
auuuing ii; -he lysietn rnpiuiy.
Ladles ol’o-h .tins me pohonad and whow blood la nx
an Init'- ► v t;<Uth n, due to Lie utrtu.l lrr«f{ularlt!«a. aie
rSWOt GURE.S
jKr.lt Malaria,
pIdMIby""";!!)!- 11Tr"T^"tL7"^cudtf'i'11 -I !**t-iC *anTToU’d^ l
t’Uwulng pronertiea of P. P. P., Prickly Ash, Poka Root
T
IJPB' • r ■ BBOS., ProiJrtetors,
Complete
Manhood
and how to attain it.
At last a medical work that tells the causes,
describes the effects, points the remedy. This
• is scientifically the most valuable, artistically
the most beautiful, medical book that has ap
peared for years; 96 pages,every page bearing
a half-tone illustration in tints. Some of the
subjects treated are Nervous Debility, Impo
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llusoand, Those intending Marriage, etc.
Every man who would know the grand truths,
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married life, who would atone for past follies
ami avoid future pitfalls, should write for this
wonderful little book. It will be sent free,
undu seal. Address the publishers,
Erie Medical Co., Buffalo. N. V.
XiJzX JAPANESE
rim IS) M JUE’
CURE
A New and Complete Treatment, consisting of
81jl’PoaiTOKIEfl, Capsules of Ointment mid two
Boxes of Ointment. A never-failing Cure for Piles
<*l every nature and degree. It makes an operation
v.itii the knife or Injections of carbolic add, which
are puinful and seldom a permanent cure, and often
r<. siting in death, unnecessary. Why endure
thii terrible disease? Wo guarantee, 6
boxes to cure Eny ctice. lon only pay for
benefits received. $1 a box, 0 tor $5. Guarantees
issued by our agents.
mNQTIDATIAM Cured, Piles Prevenierf,
UVniw I "s A 1 SUH by Japanese Liver Pellets
the great LIVER and BTOM A.CII REGULATOR and
BLOOD PURIFIER. Hmall, mild and pleasant to
take, especially adapted for children’s use. 60 Doses
25 cants.
GUARANTEES issued only by
L. A. GARDELLE, Wholesale and Re
tail Druggist, sole agent, 612 Broad street,
Augusta, Ga.
JOHNSON CRASS
AND
MolilotnH
We have a good supply*of choice, well
cleaned Johnson Grass and Melilotus Seed
fur sale. Correspondence solicited.
C. YOUN< 1 & Ei:<>., Selma, Ala.
OSBORNES
st
COLLECiK, Augusta, Ga. One of the most com
plete Institutions in the South. Actual Business; College
Currency. Many graduates tn good paying positions.
Full course, 4 months. Shorthand and Typewriting also
taught. Free trial lessons. Send for circular.
Copartnership Notice.
We, the iiniliTsignrtl will conilni’t as co’
partners, from’tliis date, the business ol
Cotton Factors
AND
riachinery Dealers,
over the firm name of
STON E, BONES & CAMPBELL.-
In addition to our services as Cotton
Factors we offer to the public Ames
Engines and Boilers, Liddell Variable
Feel Saw Mills, Cotton Gins, Grist and
Feed Mills, rhe Buckeye Spring Shovel
Cultivator. Mowers. Reapers, Rakes, etc.
<). M. STONE.
. JOHN P. BONES.
JOSEPH E. CAMPBELL.
Augusta, Ga., March 6th, 1893.
; ’ TarkeS’s
'Si HAIR BALSAM
•' - JjMI Cleanses and beautifies the hair,
lotca a luxuriant growth.
‘ Never tFails to Heetoro Gray
Hc.lr to its Youthful Color.
, Cures ecalp durastß A hair tailing.
1. '■•"eV Wc,»u'Jsraca« pmggi»:.i
'AVk Lungs, Debility, Indigestion, Fum.lake in time. M cU.
Paint at
Wholesale 1
From our new paint ware bouse just
rented by us.
White Lead.
Wo nre solo Augusta ngonts for Buck
Ijpad. Been selling it for 30 years.
Highest grade.
Linseed Oil.
Agents for tho largest crushing mill hi
tho West. Brought o,ut only in ear
load lots. We sell only pure uilxed oil.
Varnishes and Dryers.
You may rely on these being oil and
not turpentine goods.
Dry Ochres, Flour Paints.
Stains, Colors in Oil
In any quautlty.
Ready=Mixed Paints.
Pure straight goods. Don’t sell the fish
oil ami whiting kind, Ours don’t peel
and crack.
Plastico,
The Only Cold-Water Process
For interior house walls. Much superloi
to hot water process which scalds the
life out of colors. 2,000 tons used re
cently on World's Fair buildings. Get
color card. 511>s 50c. Sole Augusta
agents.
fe Fiwaifl s liliilsi Dim Go.
WHOLESALE.
□TITO
“Heywood Shoe!”
Made up in
Dongolia and Calf.,
Suitable for
• <
Spring and Summer.
These Shoes are ex- 1
j
celled by none. r
FOR SALE BY
I
A. J. GOULEY,
722 Broad St.
GOULETS CASH SHOE STORE,
915 BROAD ST.
To the Afflicted.
IXXXXTTXXXTTrX
Depot for South Carolina and Georgia.
for
DR. McRAE’S
Cure for Organic Stricture and all
KIDNEY COMPLAINTS.
This medicine is taken Internally—onjy
Iwo doses every twenty-four hours—ivndjlt
is an absolute cure for organic stricture
and all kidney diseases. It cures stricture
without pain, inconvenience or loss of
one moment's time from any employment.
No pain in kidney complaints unless there
are complications. It cures gravel lor
stone, by softening it and passing it out
in the urine iu tlie form of a sedlmlne or
fine powder.
1 have numerous letters from people
in.Barnwell county who have been cuieil
and- tire being cured.
1 guarantee a cure. If any one will tike
two bottles of this medicine and hel or
she are not sufficiently benefltted to in
duce them to continue its use I will re
fund their money.
Tills medicine can only be obtained by
ordering direct from me. It will be t ent
by mail on receipt of price $3.00 to my
part of North Carolina, South Carol iua,
Georgia and Alabama. In ordering say
whether for stricture or kidney disease
References as to my responsibility:
The Bank of Barnwell, Barnwell, S.
Citizen's Savings Bank of Barnwell, Barn
well. S. C.
1 Clerk of Court, Barnwell, 8. <’.
Sheriff Barnwell County, Barnwell, S. It. .
G, K- RYAN. Barnwell, S. t.
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