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ttfetfJO VOL 1-NO 99. THOMASYILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 0, '889 $5.00 PER ANNUM —OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF— White Goods, HAMBURGS, —AND— ‘ REGARDLESS OF COST. They Must Go. Look out for a stun ner next week. FI LoWeiii. GORDON TO THE OLD VETS. HE ACCEPTS THE COMMAND OF THE ASSOCIATION. The Order Designed as an Association of All Bodies of Ex-Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Throughout tho Union—Its Objects Social, Literary Historical and Benevolent. Ati.vnta, Ga., Sept. 3—The fol lowing is Gen. John B. Gordon’s ad dress to the United Veterans’ Confed erate Association on the occasion of his accepting the comnjand: Headq’r's United Conf. Veterans, Atlanta, GA.,Sept. 3, 1889. To the Ex-Soldier* and Sailor* of the Late Confederate State* of America: The convention of delegates from the different states, which assembled in New Orleans on June 10, effected a general organization, designated as the “United Confederate Veterans.” It is designed as an association of all the bodies of ex-confederate soldiers and sailors throughout the union. The convention adopted a constitu tion and did me the great honor to elect me “general,” which position T accept with peculiar gratification. Preliminaty to the issue ol any orders, 1 wish to call general attention to the objects of this association and to enlist in their accomplishment, the active co-operation not only'of every survivor of the southern armies, but also that large contingent, the sons of the vet erans, who, too young to have receiv ed the baptism of fire, have neverthe less received with you the baptism of suffering and of sacrifice. OBJECTS OF THE ORGANIZATION. The first article of the constitution of the association declares: “The ob jects and purposes of this organization will be strictly social, literary, histori cal and benevolent. It will endeavor to unite a general federation of all the associations of confederate veterans, soldiers and sailors now in existence or hercaltcr to be formed; to gather authentic data for an impartial history of the war between the states; to pre serve the relies or mementos of the same ; to cherish the tics of friendship that should exist among men who have shared common dangers, com mon sufferings and privatations ; to care for the disabled and extend a helping hand to the needy ; to protect the widow and orphan and to make and preserve a rccod of the services of every member and as far as possi ble of those of our comrades who have preceded us into eternity.” TOLITICS BARRED OUT. The last article provides that neith er "discussion of political or religious subjects, nor any political action shall be permitted in the organization, and any association violating that provision will forfeit its membership.” Comrades, no argument is needed to secure ior these objects your en thusiastic indorsement. They have burdened your thoughts for many years. You have cherished them in Sorrow, poverty and humiliation. In the face of misconstruction, you have held them in your hearts with the strength of religious convictions. No misjudgmeuts can defeat your peace ful purposes for the future. Your as pirations have been lifted by mere force and the urgency surrounding conditions to a plane far above paltry considerations of partisan triumphs. SOUTHERNERS AS DEFENDERS. The honor of the American repub lic, the just powers of the federal gov ernment, the equal rights of the states, the integrity of constitutional union, the sanctions of law and the enforc- incnts of order have no class of defen ders more true and devoted than the ex soldiers of the south and their wor thy descendants. But you realize the great truth that the people without and strength of character, intensify love of country and convert defeat and disaster into pillars of support lor the future manhood and noble woman hood. CIVILIZATION OF THE PAST. Whether the southern people, under their changed conditions, may ever hope to witness another civilization which shall equal that which began with their Washington and ended with their Lee, it is certainly true that cktaj 11 votion to their glorious past is not only the surest guarantee of the future progress and holiest bond of unity, but is also the strongest claim they can present to the confidence and respect of the other sections ot the union. In conclusion I beg to repeat, in substance at least, a few thoughts recently expressed by me to the state organization which apply with equal force to this general brotherhood. It is political in no sense except so lar as the word “political” is a synonym for the word “patriotic.” PIlILANTHROPHY AND PATRIOTISM, • It is a brotherhood over which the genius of philanthropy and the patriot ism ot truth and of justice will preside;, of philanthropy, because it will succor the disabled, help the needy, strengthen the weak and cheer the disconsolate; of patriotism, because it will cherish the past glories of the dead confederacy and transmute them into inspirations for future service to the living republic; of truth, because it will seek to gather and preserve as witnesses for history unimpeachable tacts which shall doom falsehood to die that truth may live ; of justice, be cause it will cultivate the national as well as the southern fraternity, and will condemn narrow-mindedness and prejudice and passion, and cultivate that broader, higher nobler'sbntifhcnt which would write on the grave of every soldier who fell on either side, "Here lies a hero—a martyr to right as his conscience conceived it.” TOO LONG NEGLECTED. I rejoice that a general organization, too long neglected, has been at last perlectcd. It is a brotherhood which all honorable men must approve and which heaven itself will bless. I call upon you, therefore, to organize in every state and community where cx- confcderates may reside, and to rally to the support of the high and peace ful objects of “the united Confederate Veterans’ Association” and move for ward until by the power of organiza tion and presistent effort, your bene ficent and Christian purposes are fully achieved. J. B. Gordon, General. memories of heroic-deeds^ heroic suf ferings and sacrifices is a people with out a history; that to cherish such memories and recall such past, wheth er crowned with success or consecrat ed in deleat, is to idealize principle Cotton Bagging. There is no doubt about our mills being nblc to make bagging to cover the cotton crop. By the fifteenth of this : month, the Sibley mills will be making fifteen thousand yards of bag ging per (lay, or enough to cover two thousand, five hundred bales of cotton. This is only about one-sixth of.the capacity of this factory alone. The mills in 'Augusta, if they had the time, and their product would bo pur chased, could make enough ot cotton bagging to cover the entire crop. It was stated at first that the mills could not make cotton in competition with jute bagging. But this assertion seems not to have been well founded, as we are authoritatively informed that the Sibley mills arc now profit ably employed in the manufacture of cotton bagging. If New York and Liverpool ogi be induced to accept cotton bagging as a substitute for jute, a new industry for the consumption of cotton will be suc cessfully established, and the jute bagging combine will no longer exist to demand exorbitant prices from tho cotton producers of the South.— Chronicle, Augusta. VisiTsjoi- Ceremony.—A 'gentle man, with bis card ease in hand, rings the bell. “Arc Mr. and Mrs. B. at home?” “Yes, sir.” “Very well; then I’ll call again.” ( Our Outcasts Making Progress. It might have been well for Geor gia if the Cherokccs had bceu permit ted to remain in this state, and senti ments of friendship had been fostered. The aboriginecs would now teach Georgians the value of education. There are over one hundred schools in successful operation in the Cherokee nation, under control of the board of education. Thirty-five per cent, of all tho revenues of the Cherokee na tion are devoted to school purposes, and now there is a balance of this fund of 8 lo,Too. -The Cherokees also sup port an orphan asylum and an institu tion ior the deaf, dumb and blind. There is a flourishing seminary which was established in 1850, where young men are fitted to enter the Soplimore class of any Eastern college. The Cherokee maidens are also provided with opportunities for advanced edu cation in a seminary which the nation has provided for them. The girls’ institution was founded in 1850, but it was suspended iu 1801 and not re opened again until 1870' Two years ago this building was unfortunately burned, and a new one has since boon erected, which throws open its doors for pupils on Aug. 25, of this year. One hundred and twenty-four Cher okee maidens have applied for admis sion to the new seminary, and but thirteen out of one hundred and six rooms remain to be filled to crowd the institution, 'flic building, which presents a fine architectural appear ance, stands on an eminence just north of Talequab, and overlooking wooded hills and a long stretch of valloy. A park of eight acres surrounds it. Th is is now being laid out artistically, and when the landscape gardening is fin ished, it will look decidedly attractive. Io looks lijco, g 8200,000 institution, but its actual cost was only $78,000r It is of brick, three stories in height, and two hundred and forty-six feet long by ninety-six feet deep. At the cast end is a wiug, having a width of about seventy feet aud running back one hundred feet. A feature iu the education of hoys, which is new, at lcn*t in its practical application, attracts attention. Its chief characteristic is the absence of books in tho daily school routine. The boys arc all of tender years, be ginners, as it were, in school life, from eight to ten years, or thereabouts. They arc taken into the fields and brought face to face with nature Their curiosity to know of the objects around them is excited and gratified by their teacher, who accompanies them in their excursions and directs their Investigations. Afterward, when they desire to know more about the things existing in the world, books are put at their command, lnit these must he asked for, and not forced upon them. The system will develop the hoys physically, Imt by no means relieves them of study; on the contrary, it compels a great deal of study. The stimulus, however, is a pleasant one, and learning is made more interesting than by the ordinary process. Boys naturally hate hooks and lessons, because they are tiresome. Books to them are tools, and often so big and clumsy that they do not know how to use them, and lessons are worse than punishments. They must commit to memory hundreds of dry words which carry no meaning to their young miuds-which represent to them absolutely nothing hut so many con secutive sounds—Savannah Daily Times. Church Luxury. Spurgeon thinks the Americans have found out how to reach heaven on flowery beds of case. He has made a personal inspection of our ^hurches and is giving the English public the benefit of his views. The gay carpets on the floors strike him with surprise, In England thero would be nothing better tlmn linoleum or cocoa matting. An individual worshipper might be allowed a little strip of carpet in his pew, but that is all. Also, the elec trie bells, which communicate from the pulpit to tho sexton, telling him how to regulate the heat, the vcntila- toin, etc., strike a foreign clergyman with surprise. Ilappy thought, for the preacher to be able, without intermitting his ser mon, to order less coal or more air. The American Sunday school is al so eulogized. The carpets, pictures and luxuriously appointed scats arc highly commended, Imt some of the services, lie thinks, would be consul ered a little too lively in England. At one celebration ho saw the plat form covered with flowers, and draws the line at this, saying: “Such Sun day Services may he considered profit able by my brethren in America,but without making any criticism it uegard to the matter, I would say that such a service would be more appro priate for a week day than Sunday.’ Of course, Mr. Spurgeon is wrong here. Nothing is too good for the service of the Giver of all Good. If we wanted to draw a line, wo would draw it at tlic electric bell.—Chroni cle, Augusta. Blue an 4, Gray at Chickamauga. There will be a reunion of the So ciety ol the Army of the Cumberland at Chattanooga on Sept. 18, 19, and _*o, tllc twenty-sixth anniversary of the battle of Chickamauga. The most eminent cx-Confcdcratcs now in pub lic and private life approve of this enterprise. They believe it will be productive of substantial good, that it will be the means of celebrating, as it should be, American valor, endurance, devotion to a common cause, without regard to state or sectional lines, and on a field made memorable by the exhibition of American pluck and valor for two bloody days, at the end of which it was not certain if either side had gained more than it had lost. The numbers were almost equal, so nearly as to make it a peculiarly lair test of pluck and staying qualities. The combatants were practically pure Americans on both sides; and if now they can join in the plan proposed by the Chickamauga Memorial Associa tion they will give to the world the greatest proof of self-control, of the strength ot Republican institutions, and th? real grandeur of our govern ment yet recorded.—Montgomery Ad vertiser. To the Front. AS ALWAYS, (Mitchell House Block) Has just opened up to the young and ola gents the handsomest line of shoes ever of fered in our city, in all styles, from the narrowest to the wid est lasts. Patent leather shoes, hand some line of gents’ toilet slippers and full line of ladies’, misses’ and children’s shoes. Professional Courtesies. Actor (in country town)—“I hope you won’* object to announcing in your paper that this will be the last chance to see me outside of the great cities, as I have received an oiler from the Gotham Theatre at 8500 a week.” Editor—"I’ll print it it with pleas ure. And by the way, please an nounce from the stage that uow is the time to subscribe lor the Pumkinvillc Trumpet, as I have received an oiler of 85,000 a week to run the London Times.”—N. Y. Weekly. Unyoke Tho Calf. Years ago, when Lock Island wusn small village, and its people had lots of fun all to themselves, one of our sober, lignilied citizens put his own head der one end of a yoke, and a little calf under the other—to teach the animal to do useful work. When he found the calf was running away with him down a’Jdirt road toward a crowd around the country store on Illinois street, he measured sixteen feet at a jump, kept up with the calf aud yell ed at the top of his voice: “Here we come, darn our fool souls! Head 11s, somebody.” When halted and the yoke was be ing lifted from his neck, lie yelled : “Unyoke the calf! Nevermind me! I will stand.” “Do you belong to the Salvation army?” he asked of a stern-visaged woman who stood by his side. “No sir, I do not. But iu this gen eration of tired men,” she answered, with a withering look, at the sitting row of males, ”1 seem to belong to the standing army.”—Haqwr’s Bazaar. 'flic Brady bill has been put on its feet again. But its mighty unsteady. Mitchell House Block.