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GEORGIA SEED CO., Macon, Ga.
(SUCCESSORS TO SOUTHERN SEED COMPANY.)
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IK FARM AND GARDEN SEED.
We are strictly in the seed business and nothing else. We handle only the
be*t. Can furnish any quantity South Georgia, Rye, Bariev, Seed Wheat Red
Rust-proof Seed Oats, California Burr Clover, New Cron Turnip Seed, Cabbage
Spinach, and all varieties Clover and grasses, Onion Sets, etc. We pay strict at
tention to freight rates. We advertise no goods which we do not keep'in to -k.
the past. To those
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same determined
1 have on hand now, and wilt keep, con
stantly during the season, iTarge stock o
HORSES and MULES of all kinds and to suit
ali classes of customers.
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in menioriani!
i',i words are these to any heart, im-
Kinir from their very naaire that.
I"; one dear has gone to join the great
lioiit v, ami yet they must be written
« time to time as along the path of
{!} the travellers drop away from the
0 f those who love them, It is an
inexorable law of God, and the bright-
"!. iif e buoyant and joyous In the
„ i,,,,-tide of youth, must have its wiu-
£ s0 nie day, when the chilling' blasts
^ill wither it, and its' most brilliant
prospects fade. And so it is with us
U> "\hjiig the rolling Potomac,where the
rim of Northern Virgiuia so often kept
s watch fires burning, by the side of
pouring its gol
die Father of waters,
,jot. waters into the Gulf; and far out
on the Kio Grande, which divides our
own proud land from the heritage of
the Montezuma*; in all Uie|Sunny|bouth
to-day the voices of her people * are
hu«heil, and in the silenee ami all per
tiling gloom, the memories of her de-
voted^ehioftain and leader, Jefferson
Pavia, are enshrined in the hearts of
the people he loved and served so well.
\,„ lips could speak a fitting eulogy
v ,,ici<i;iy to the memory of this illus
trious nian, but in ali the different
.i;,t<o mrades, friends and admirers
(.I the dbtinguislted dead laid their last, |
ttil.ut*• dow i), and in their humble way
t,. t niiteved the many virtues and noble ]
nrii' el character which stamp him
, M ,1 iia* wcilii’s gieatyst statesmen
an.I leaders.
’ll e proud and historic old State of
(icorgiii, with her glorious traditions
a;;.! tier unsullied record, paid her trib
ute yesterday to his memory ucd with
loving words solemnized the occasion of
hi., burial in a distant eity. Nowhere
in Georgia was Mr. Davis held in great
er love and admiration than among the
people of Athens, and the tribute paid
him yesterday was but an evidence of
ths great sorrow they have over his
death. Oldandyoung, rich and poor,
gentlemen and ladies, all repaired to
the chapel to have the memorial exer
cises which had been arranged for the
occasion. They were such as were cal
ls; laird to inspire the love of truth and
right in every listener’s heart, and a
spirit of emulation of the many virtues
of tin- great, chieftain.
at tub cnurix.
The University chapel was very ap-
prcpriately draped, and the stage was
arranged for the memorial occasion.
At the rear of the stage was the pictu e
of the President of the Confederacy,
heavily draped in black. On either side
of the stage were stacks of guns, from
which hung the inuilled drums. On
the 1< ft. hand side of the stage was a
large llag, with a single star of pink in
the renter, and on the other side was
planted the stars and barsof the gallant
Troup Artillery. Torn and tattered
remnants of a* glorious flag, riddled
with bullets, yet unsullied and un
tarnished, it were indeed a fitting place
for thee, at. memorial exercises over
him who championed the cause you
represented so well
The chapel was filled to overflowing.
Nearly a thousand people had crowded
into the auditorium, when the sweet
and solemn notes of the choir opened
the exercises of the day. A large choir
made up of most exquisite voices sang
the beautiful song: “It is well with
my soul.” After the singing Judge
Young L.G. Harris, the presiding offi
cer, in a few appropriate remarks,open
ed the exercises, and prayer was offered
im by Rev. W. Lane. Judge Harris
then presented to the audience
CJJAXCKLI.OR W. K. BOGGS.
Dr. Boggs spoke as follows: “I desire
my address to be to the young i coplb
especially, who have assembled with us
to pay respect to the memory of Jeffer
son Davis. I am an humble representa
tive of a generation, of which the most
illustrious member is to be buried to
day. Looking on my fellow soldiers as
the rear guard of a great army soon to
slumber with the diiBt, I make a solemn
appeal to the young people whose muf
fled tread is slowly pushing us from the
stage of existence. Representing the
men who fought for the Confederacy in
that great struggle, I charge you in the
presence of history, before whose bar
we have taken our'Lost Cause for final
arbitration; I charge you by the honor
of our fair and beautiful land, in the
name of trutli ana right to cherish the
memory of the Ola South. Facts are
now abroad and questions are now aris
ing which will test to the core your loy
alty to the proud memories of your
country.
I warn you against that deceitful
feeling of that phrase, the New South.
God forbid that I should say one word
to dissuade the young people from meet
ing all the great issues now before
them. In the race for pre
eminence and glory, I would not have
the South for one moment lag behind.
But I beseech you, as you would lead
your country In a proud and glorious
career to stand and look back upon the
memories of the past, and carry into
that new field of action all that is love
ly and pure. I beg you for your own
sake, your own honor, and your own
safety, not to allow yourselves to be
swerved for one moment from allegi
ance to truth and right for which Jef
ferson Davis gave the work of his im-
mortul genius, and for which Robert
F. Lee drew his stainless sword. Car-
*7 into that new life a love for the
South of Washington and Lee and
Jackson and Davis by allegiance to
truth down-trodden beneath the iron
heel of war.
Blind passion and feeling in regard
to the Southern cause will not stand.
« the confederate llag was unfurled to
Protect tyrannical home government,
and to uphold oppression, no amount
of genius, heroism, or sorrow can ever
atone to the world for the wrong done.
It has pleased God to allow our ban-
tho front. rFroiujldefeAt wirh-
shonor, we have taken our appeal
the bar of history, and w« beseech
you to retain vour loyalty undiniiuish-
' ed to the past glories of your country
The pens of your own immortal Davis
and Stephens make it easy for anyone
to inform himself as to the justice' am!
right of that linal appeal. Do your
duty and as you move torv'nrd'iuco
thin bright future, remembering that
on the sky are dark spots of danger and
the tremendous problems freighted
with the fates of unborn millions, in
vestigate fully, dispassionately, and
fearless the problem, which contained
the v ugio-Saxon principles of liberty
and independence embodied in the
great document of 1770. I, for one, do
not fear the result of the examination.
If there be any who shall deem us
wrong and side with our late enemies,
so be it. For most of you, aye, for all
of you, I may say, that after investi
gating the principles underlying the
confederate government you will carry
into the New South a deep and holy
reverence for the’ honor of your ances
tors. Such observations and study will
not make a man narrow-minded. \V as
Alexander H. Stephens made a bigot
because he had convictions of his own?
Did all the years lie spent at Liberty
Hall in preparing bisable books on the
war make him narrow-minded? Robert
E. Leu was firm and immovable in bis
convictions to the last breath, but he
charged his followers to re-enter the
Union and to accept the decision of the
sword on the political questioa. No
mortal ear ever heard our great general
utter one single epithet against his
enemies.
Did not Jefferson Davis put up the
most splendid defence ever made fora
government or a people when he gave
to the world his “Rise and Downfall of
the-Confederate States of America?”
lie always advised his people to go hack
to the Union, cease to hate, and with
energy and devotion tcv upbuild the
great Union of States. To show that he
cherished no hatred, be it said to his
I lasting honor, that when the man who
lirst took him prisoner came a short
while since to sec him at his home in
Beauvoir, he gave him gold to supply
his wants, tints illustrating the grand
eur of Lite divine command, ‘ Love thy
Enemies.”
1 he people of the South have no ill-
feeling to the North. When'Garfield
was dying the Legislature of Georgia
offered a special prayer for his recovery,
arid the whole South unveiled her head
at the grave of U. S. Grant.
With a desire to promote the welfare
of everyone, let us seek for truth, and
when we find it let us anchor to it. live
by it and die by it. We are not going
to cast away the great moral principles
of the Confederacy. Tho day will yet
come when the historians of the North
will say that, truth was not all on their
side, but that the South was trying to
defend what she believed was truth and
what was truth.
My young friends, let me beg you to
cherish the memories of the old South.
I have heard the greatest English schol
ars say that they knew where gentle
courtesy and knightly bearing of man
hood and womanhood were cherished.
Ic was my fortune to know Mr. Davis
in his private home. I have read of the
courtesy of Washington anil Lee: I saw
that of Mr. Davis. 1 saw in him ti e em
bodiment of the maxim : “True courte
sy is kindness in little things.” To his
colored servant, to the honored guest,
to his faithful wife, to his living chil
dren, to every human being who came
in contact with him, he was the embod
iment of social kindness.
True courtesy is not guilt or veneer
ing which covers a rotten interior. As
you are courtly and noble to your sister
anil mother and those around the fire
side, so through the whole of your na
ture 3*011 will bo a gentleman.”
Throughout his entire speech Dr.
Boggs held the close attention of the
large audience and was frequently ap
plauded. The next speaker was
ItF.V. W. D. ANDEKSGX.
He said: “There-come times when
there is a holy hush, a silence of voices
in the streets, when men guided as if
by instinct congregate together, bow
their heads and pass under the stroke
of a great and common sorrow, it calls
us together today—Jefferson Davis is
dead. From Maryland to Texas a
great sorrow is uttering its voice, and
that voice shall be heard by millions
yet unborn; fathers will talk it to their
children, and this day’s history with
what it embalms, will become a priee-
Jess heritage to those in far off years
who shall bear our names. It is a
unique case in all history. Not an
office of the government from the State
of Maine to the Rio Grande is draped;
not one flag dips its folds; and I say in
this presence that such is meet. In the
capitols of the nations of the earth no
bells are tolling; no State dispatches
come with messages of condolence;
we have no right to expect it. But,
fellow-comrades, the fame of our c ief-
tain Is secure.
Today ten thousand voices speak out
his praises and millions of hearts enter
upon the loving office of eherishiug his
memory.
Jefferson Davis took a high stand in
the world. He lived a life of eminence
and trust. More than once was his
hand crowded with civil and military
"power. We can say to the world that
he came to his grave without a stain
and above reproach. True; but none
save the thoughtless measure merit by
success. Some of the world’s greatest
benefactors have gone down under ap
parent defeat. But men generally come
at last to the right judgment. He did
not fail.
Mr. Anderson’s remarks struck a sym
pathetic cord in the hearts of his hear
ers and were loudly applauded.
The choir sang sweetly the hymh,
Safe in the arms of Jesus,” after
which the chairman introduced as the
last speaker of the day, the
HON. POPE BARROW.
no more; now ana then a
witu «vail whitened and feeble steps,
pauses and totters and lays his burden
down under the shade of the trees and
is at rest. Every man who journeys
along tiiis path knows that somewhere
ahead is his resting place. Near or far,
soon or late; he knows not when or
where, he, too, will drop out of ranks
»ml lie down to rest. The toil, the
sickness, the pain, the hunger, the
thirst, the beat, the cold, the turmoils
and the conflicts all are ended, and rest
ana peace and silence have come. This
is death, and from the standpoint of the
living it is all wc see. The rest is si
lent. The significance of the death
which has assembled yoiwtogether con
sists chiefly in what is represented to
the living.
Whether he follow the cross or the
cre-scent, when he dies it is simply a
loss of a follower to one side or the
other.
A few days ago an old man, whose
head was whitened by the snows of
eighty winters, breathed his last in the
city of New Orleans. From the Po-
tomac to the Rio Grande people assem
ble to-day to honor the name and mem-
, orv of Jefferson Davis. On the plains
'of Texas; in the forests of Arkansas;
in the smiling valleys of Kentucy, by
the side of Virginia’s rivers, and on
old red hills of Georgia, the Confedera
cy is assembled, and its great heart of
hearts is with its leader as he lies still
in death by the side of the Father of
Waters. What does this represent to
us ?! What i.-|it that enshrines his name
with undying sentiment in our hearts?
Twenty-five years ago the people of
die South, believing their rights in
fringed by the North, determined to
sever the tics which bound them to
gether politically. It is not the place
for me to discuss its expediency; not
the time to discuss its right. It may
have been an error, but it is an error
which we love, and which wc will fol
low to his grave without repudiating
it.
I endorse in word, letter and spirit.
A
EOMB.
A STARTLINGEA’LOSION CAUSES
A PANIC ON SIXTH STREET.
A “ Blind Vault” Long Forgotten Be
came Filled With Gas Which Sud
denly Ignited and Blew Out the
Sidewalk- Everyone Thought
an Earthquake had Occurred.
wli it lias been said here to-day. Let
no man say a new South is here which
knows better and can do better than
the old; let no man east dishonor on
Iris father’s name and disgrace upon
himself by disowning it. If there be
one to deride or si-ofi', let him go tram
ple on his father’s grave, "brow oil’his
name, and speak the recreant words.
Let some one be imported to do the
dirty work.
In organizing the new government
they called Jefferson Davis to the lead
ership. From that time to the last he
was yours. A great struggle ensued,
two sections resisted each other anil for
lour years locked in fierce and desolate
straggle, which brought death and mis
ery into nearly every home. Vain it is
for me to dwell upon the war; it is a
part of the history of the century. But,
comrades, of him, the centre figure of
all, it is the time to speak, and to speak
justice.
In the hour of victory and defeat he
was the same. His sublime fidelity to
the cause never wavered, ire was the
same at the end as at the beginning.
There came but one note from him. The
same intrepid man who witnessed the
grand triumph of arms at Manassas,
four years later stood unmoved among
the shattered remnants of Lee’s immor
tal army as its staggering lines left Pe
tersburg. Con rage auil devotion shone
as brightly in him at the last as it did
at first, ilestood at the cradle of the
Confederacy and looked into the future
without fear; he leaned four years later
over its coffin and gazed back into the
past without shame. When all was end
cd,und for two years he was held a pris
oner at Fortress Monroe in a dark and
damp dungeon, whenever a chance
terancc reached the outside world
came to the ears of lri< people, it was the
same clarion peal of high and
ed courage.
He is now a part of
who mourn him where
is the same knighM
chivalria spirit, the
character to us. Ho has ceased to play
his part upon this stage. His strong
personality is engaged in active duties
no doubt on another, lie is out of the
ranks here, but is employed in a broad
er field of action.
There Is no dca'li.
Tae sfars go down to riee upon some fairer
shoie,
And bright in heaven's jewelled crown,
They shine forevermore.
There is no death.
An angel form walks o'er the earth with silent
tread
And l.-eara our best beloved away,
And then we call them dead.
Mr. Barrow was applauded with a
vim for his forcible anil manly senti
ments. The choir sang “Rock of Ages,”
the song which was sung at the burial
of Mr. Davis in New Orleans. The choir
was composed of elegant voices and fur
nished very sweet music.
Rev. C. D. Campbell pronounced the
benediction.
“On Fame's eternal camping ground
His silent tent is spread.
And glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead.”
New York, Dec. 10—[Special]—The
residents on Sixth street, between Ave
nue B and C, last evening thought the
world had come to an end, and the
wildest excitement attended what was
at first supposed to be an earthquake.
It was about 7:30 o’clock, during a gen
tle fall of rain, that the ground over an
area of nearly an entire block trembled
visibly, and the next instant there was
a terrible explosion that shook the
buildings to their foundations.
Simultaneously with the explosion
the air was filled with debris, com
pletely obscuring from sight the front
of No. G19 Sixth street, a five-story
brick tenement house. Nine families
live in this one house, while a like
number inhabit similar buildings on
either side. Tumbling down flights of
stairs pell-mell, panic-stricken and
with blanched faces, came women and
children by scores, followed by men,
and as they reached the sidewalk their
consternation seemed to increase rather
than diminish. There, before their
eyes* was a yawning chasm that mo
mentarily threatened to swallow them.
This chasm, or abyss, was the result of
the rumbling earthquake noise and sub
sequent explosion a few minutes before
The whole siilewalk from the house
line to the curb, a distance of about
fourteen feet and five or six feet in
width, was scattered in every direction
one-half the block, leaving a deep
black hole. This hole had been a secret
or blind vault, the existence of which
had not been dreamed of for years. The
house, like those on either side of No.
1513, is built on the site of the old .Tones
lie brewrv, which for many 3-ears had
various subterranean passages or tun
nels used as ale vaults. In the conver
sion of the brewry into tunnels, some of
ise vaults were closed and left u 11-
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I Have for 0 Glp’istmas:
A Car-Load (60,000) Oranges.
200 Barrels .Northern App'es.
200 Bushels Mountain Apples.
1 Car-Load (10,000) Coacoanuts.
200 Boxes Raisins. ^ -v.? JL
100 Bunches Fancy Bananas.
1,000 pounds Malaga Grapes.
500 pounds Catawba and Concord Grapes.
500 pounds Stick Candy.
3,000 Baskets Mixed Candies.
5,000 pounds French Candies.
5,000 pounds Assorted Nuts.
5,000 pounds Pea-nuts
50 Kegs Peach and Apple Cider.
300 Boxes Fire Crackers Large Assortment Fire-works.
30,000 Cigars. Large lot of Knife and Prize Package. Large assort
ment 5 and 10 cent Prize Goods, Musical Albums, Etc.
I can iurnish the merchants all the above goods against any competi
tion. Come to see me and make the little folks glad.
ecS-wim.
W. A. JESTER.
MUSIC HOUSE
57 CLAYTON STREET, ATHENS, GEORGIA.
A Can be found Pianos, Organs, Guitars, Violins,
Banjos, Sheet Music, and all kinds of
Musical Instruments,
at the LOWEST PRICES. Picture Framing a
specialty. A large lot of frames
now on hand at
astonishingly
o. 619 is now used as a bakery by
Henry Klipple, who occupies the
ground floor as a sales-room and living
apartments, while the baking is done
in the cellar. The oven is under the
sidewalk in one of the old vaults, and
the fires heating the oven are in another
vault adjoining. Adjacent to the fur
nace vault was a blind vault that had
been hermetically sealed, and was not
known to exist until last night. For
several da3 r s past, Klipple and his assist
ants have noticed an escape of gas, but
the leak could not be discovered. At 7
o’clock last evening, the fires were
started to bake Moud&} r ’s bread, and
Klipple’s sons, Jacob and George, aged
twenty-four and twenty-six years re-
speetiyely, together with Frank Sieken-
ger and John Diehl, the foreman, were
bus} r on the dough. Half an hour later
they were startled Ivy a rumbling noise,
and the nex instant thi*3* thought their
end had come. The explosion blew out
tho whole sidewalk and the dividing
wall between the vaults, anil threw the
men to the ground.
THE ATHENS
FOUNDRY & MACHINE WORKS,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
Manufactures Iron and Bras'
Castings, Mill and Gin Gearing
and Machinery, Shafting, Pulleys,
Hangers, &c., Circular Saw Mills,
Hand and Power Presses, Cane
Millsaud Evaporators.
We sell Disston’s Saws, Rubber
Belting, Packing of al! kinds, In>
spirators, Injectors, Valves, Piping, Fittings, Steam and Water Guages, &e.
We ore now making Portable Steam Engines, which we sell with an
absolute guarantee as to quality and workmanship, and at prices that defy
competition. We also sell Atlas and Ames Engines, Turbine Water
Wheels, Mill Stores, Bolting Cloth, and everything needed about a mill
He spoke as follows “In the great
thoroughfare of life, over which the
throng of humanity is ceaselessly mov
ing, now and then some mother steps
aside and lays her infant in her arms
among the flowers by the wayside,
leaves her tears and her heart there and
passes oni now and then a laughing
child will separate from his compan
ions, stray aside, lay down his little
head on the cool grass, close his won
dering eyes and drop to sleep; now and
then some lusty youth, strong of heart
and full of life, reels and staggers in
tho march and falls; now and then a
THE OLD, OLD STORY.
How the Guiltless “Fence” Men Lost
the Day in a Habersham District.
Toccoa,Ga., Dec. 7.—[Special.]—One
hundred and one vote against the Stock
Law.
Thirty vote for Stock Law.
Yet thirty claim the victory, and that
hereafter Stock Law rules in the Dis
trict of Currahee.
People outside wonder how this can
be; how' thirty votes count more than
a hundred. -
It came about in this way:
The day the electors met to cast theu
votes, two sets of printed tickets were
distributed, one read: “Stock Law,”
the other: “Against Stock Law.” Of
the latter 101 votes were cast, of the
former only 30. But unfortunately for
the majority, the tickets were worded
wrong; they should have been “For
Fence;” the tickets as printed are ille
gal, and cannot be counted, so the thir
ty claim the election. Yery strong sus
picions are entertained that getting the
tickets printed with the illegal word
ing was a trick by some designing per
son or persons, for the very purpose of
bringing about the unhappy results,
well' knowing that the average voter
would not be ablo to discover the fraud.
Great indignation is felt by the one
hundred and they have appealed the
esse to the Ordinary for his decision.
Tuesday, the 10th rust., is the day set
for the trial.
For
Paints and
nishes, etc.,
-YOU WILL FIND THEM AT
J. L. ARNOLD’S
Rock Bottom
See him before you
and save money.
JOHN L. ARNOLD,
405 BROAD feT.
dec-10-1 m-w
MONEY TO LOAN
AT SIX PER CENT.
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C. C. Chandler, Agent,
Jefferson, Ga.
The firm of Mitchell andChandler has
disolved by mutual consent. I will con
tinue to negotiate loans on farm inort-
guages in . 1 *• • > 1 1 »* of Jacks
Banks, Oconee, Madison and other pla
ces by special contract. An extension
of five years will be allowed, but the
borrower can pay back the money at
any time. Partial payments can also
be made at any time. Money can be
secured at very short notice. Don’t
fail to see me before borrowing.
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