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f GRADY DEAD. RobTfte"s«utli o! Aartfesr Leaaer. ..inaHT, HD BEW1K WITH pfflJlIESSiSD PE0M1SE CUT SHORT, „v SOUTH ONCE MORE IN MOURNING. . # p r e.4 PCew.w,. Receive* **" , 'Athens. ECff Y of his birth mourns Dec. 23.—[Special.]—At- lurns today. . , ;n ieH ftre weeping and there is over the city. ■ Grady is dead, morning at 3:40 the noble heart owl tbe great soul passed eir tii to meet its God. l W i night there were anxious w about his couch. o’clock there had still been iuge a,ul some of tbe watchers isra, [stilled this morning, Mr. Tom Cobb Jackson moved an adjournment, in consequence of tbe death of Mr. Henry W. Grady. Judge Van Epps said: “I yield to the suggestion of our brother Jackson, An unmeasured and immeasurable ca lamity has fallen upon our city and State, and,as I believe, upon the people of the United States, in the death of Mr. Henry W. Grady. Its crushing weight rests upon my own heart today. Members of the bar engaged before this court are so much afflicted by this sud den death, as. scarcely .to be able to bring their minds to a proper discharge of their professonal duties. In my offi cial o*'parity, I can do no more to testify our sense of the great loss, than to ad journ the court. The business of the court on the calendar for today will be re-arranged for subsequent dates.” MB. GRADY'S SOCIETIES. Hr. Grady was a member of the Chi Phi secret fraternity at Athens, as well as of the Phi Kappa literary society. The Atlanta members of the Chi Phi fraternity in Atlanta will meet at tbe Court house at 4 o’clock this afternoon to take action on his death. Mr. Grady was a member of the Ma sons and the Knights of Honor, both of which organizations will attend the funeral in a body. He belonged to Gate City Lodge, No. 2, F. and A. M., and Mount *Zion The Augusta Cotton Exchange met at 10 o’clock, and passed resolutions on the death of Mr. Grady. The whole community is shocked, and a gloom pervades the city. an infant but a few months J standing between ihe Chi Phi chapter old, he went so near the portals which I and the University Faculty, his advice after eleven o’clock his pliy- j announced that Mr. Grady was a* rapidly, and his friends who but a few hours before were summoned. Among those who b*ere- Capt. E. P. Howell, Mr. Hemphill, Mr. S. M. Inman, 'tt Glenn, Judge Newman, Major Capt. J. R. Wylie, Mr. W. B Mr. W. L. Peal, Mr. T. D. 'or and Mr. Donald Bain. Mrs. - wished that thwe who loved him I take a last look before the an- (death came. One by one they [ upon that face which they loved II, and could not realize that r the shadow of death had settled lit. etly and calmly he went to sleep [iwolte in the grey mists of morn- i the “palace of the king.” HR. GRADY’S LAST ILLNESS. gr. Grady,” said Dr. Frank Orme, oily physician, in speaking of his i this morning, ‘‘was a men who so much of doing for other | lie was careless of his health. He t to Boston against my advice, and 11 told him that it would not do, eplied that his speech was prepared [was too late for him to back out. him oil' with medicine to take, : he should need medical atten- i Boston, gave him the names of deisms whom he could go to. His sh was a great effort, especially for in in his condition, and it com- i exhausted him. I learn that af- frards he rode in an open carriage Governor Ames and during the (complained of being eitflled by the On the way back he was taken i New York, and was compelled onsult a physician. In Washington | became quite sick, and expressed as very anxious to get back fore reaching Atlanta he tele- lied me to meet him at the depot, I when the train stopped in the car- 4, immediately entered my carriage as driven to his home. From the le left the train all the way to his he coughed violently and had i fever, and I realized then that be •going to be sick, but thought that •week or so of good nursing would ! him around all right. The next .Thursday, he was some hotter and hopes of his ultimate recovery. [th» following day, Friday, there was oge tor the worse. He suffered i a violent, bronchail cough, and the r was stronger. ’ was then that the pleural pueu • developed, and this, combined i a complication of diseases and an |wual degree of nervous prostration, T «<1 such a determined attack upon [entire system that he was unable to it, and could do nothing but hr. Itho I LuciusMorso. formerly of Mem- an<l Dr. A. S. Everett, of Denver, 'ratio, were both called ip by me kindly consented to join me in an al consultation. We all agreed character and treatment of the ,se > and we realized that there hut one result, It was just one l0Se cases where the determined acter of the attack is just irresista- cannot be coped with by human ' • If I had such a case to begin now in the very first stages,know- '1 taat I do of Mr. Grady’s illness, wd at once realize that it was ut- mpeless and that death was the result,” TIIE FLOWERS BELOVED, tiring his life Mr. Grady often ex- a a desire to have a wreath of aat * 0a pinks placed on his casket 1 he was dead. 1,10 these beautiful flowers that '"1 so well could he obtained in an d Mr. W. L, reel telegnfph- "ushingtoii for them. THE CITY COURT ADJOURNS. ■liacoinuiencipg of the city court Royal Arch Chapter, No. 19. He was also a member of Gate City lodge, Knights of Honor. “He was one of the best, one of the truest friends the order ever had,” said Mr. Steve ^Johnson, “and he was a friend in time of need. At one time our lodge owed $180 and we wanted to get Mr. Grady to give a lecture at the opera house, the proceeds to go toward conceling the debt. ‘*There’s no use in the lecture,” said Mr. Grady. “Give me a pen and some ink.,’ The pen and ink were brought and Mr. Grady wiote out a check for a hundred dollars. We raised the eighty dollars in a few min utes. That was the sort of man Grady was, a big hearted man, one willing to sacrifice his own interests to serve bis friends.” Mr. Grady was an auxiliary member of the -Confederate Veteran’s associa tion, his father having been a soldier for the lost cause. The only othei man belonging to the association who was not a Fulton county veteran, was Jefferson Davis, who was an honorary member. Tbe tears of the old soldiers for this grand old man have hardly ceased to quiver on their eye-lashes before they are again called forth to testify to the worth of this young man, the soldier’s son, the soldier’s friend, who has been cut down in the bloom of his useful life. “A better friend I never had, I never expect to have. I never asked Mr. Grady to do me a favor, it mattered not how great nor how small, but that he was ready to respond to my request. He was a friend the like of which I shall never find again.” It is probable that the chamber of commerce banquet, to have been given on the 16th of January, will be post poned on account of Mr. Grady’s death THEY ALL LOVED HIM. When Chief Justice Bleckley of the supreme court was told of Mr. Grady’s death this morning, Be was so overcome with grief that he eould not talk, but sobbed like a child. “It is a personal grief,” he said to a reporter. I loved “Mr. Grady, and the thought that I shall see and hear him no more weighs heavily upon my soul to-day,” Among the telegrams received this morning, one was from ex-President Grover Cleveland saying that he was very anxious f to hear from Mr. Grady. Captain Howell telegraghed that he was dead. Mayor Glenn has called a meeting of some of Mr. Grady's personal friends in his office at 4 o’clock this afternoon to advise with them what public action should be taken on Mr. Grady’s death The attaches of the Constitution held a most affecting meeting in the edito rial rooms at noon to-day. Every man, woman and cuild present keenly felt the loss, and it seemed as if a pall of sorrow hung over the entire assembly., A committee was appointed to draft suitable resolutions on the death of their [associate, Mr. Grady, and it was further decided that the entire Consti tution force would atterd the funeral in a body. Atlanta Journal. ROME IN TEARS. the errr of his birth mourns. Henry Grady is dead, and the South is once again draped in mourning. No sooner had the solemn and sacred funeral rites of the Confederacy’s dead Chieftain, Jefferson Davis, been per formed, and the crape removed from every door, than another death strikes the hearts of every man, woman and child in the South with equal sorrow, and replaces the crape upon every building. The leaders of both the Old ana the New South have passed over the river to join the great majority, and a doable sorrow bows every head, and pains every throbbing heart in the Sunny Southland. Mr, Grady died in Atlanta, yesterday morning at 3:45, and by breakfast time the news had been flashed all over the American continent, carrying gloom and sorrow to every home and every heart. It was the saddest hour the South ever knew, and is one that will never be forgotten in the hearts of Southern people. MR. GRADY’S ILLNESS. For several weeks Mr. Grady had beeu sick with cold, which seized him before he went to Boston to make bis last speech in that city. While there he grew worse, and the night of his speech he was very unwell, even while he was speaking. The nervous excitement of the moment caused a general collapse of his.system, which began to weaken from that night on until his death yes terday morning. He reached Atlanta last week, and was met at the depot by his physician, Dr. Frank Orme, who has attended him during his illness. He was at first not serious ly ill, and it was believed that by remaining athome, he would in a few days be well enough to resume his duties at the Constitution office. But it was not so decreed day brought no new developments of bis disease that indicated improvement, and the physicians began to grow alarmed about him. A dreadful case of pneumonia, and in fact a complication of diseases, began to develop the latter part of the week, and grave apprehen sions of his death began to be enter tained by his friends and relatives. HIS MOTHER TELEGRAPHED FOR. Last Saturday morning Mrs. A. E Grady, mother of Mr. Henry Grady suddenly determined to go to Atlanta t see her son. She made the deteruiina tion so suddeuly that several were prompted at the breakfast table to ask if any late news had been received that caused her to decide to go to Atlanta. "No, site said, “I simply feel that Henry is worse and I am going to see him.” Alas, how true is a mothers’ in stinct in discerning an impending dan ger. No* sooner had the breakfast been over than a telegram was receired calling her to Atlanta as Mr. Grady was much worse. Mrs. Grady and Jliss Mattie Grady left Athens that day on the Covington & Macon railroad for Atlanta. At Watkinsville the train was delayed by a break about the engine, and they ar rived at Madison ton late to make sced- ule time with the Georgia railroad for Atlanta. Rome, Ga., Dec. 23.—[Special.]—It was with profound sorrow that the cit- zens of Rome heard ef the death of Henry Grady. He ^has a host of per sonal friends here and all feel as though Georgia had lost one of her best friends and most zealous advocates. COLUMBUS^MOURNS HIS DEATH. ™ Columbus, Ga., Dec- 23.—[Special. —The intelligence of the death of Mr, Grady is received with expressions of regret by all. Mayor Dozier has called a meeting of citizens at she court house to-night to take suitable action in regard to the sad event. ■., s V - Augusta is Saddened. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 23—[Special]— A SPECIAL TRAIN. A special train was sent from Atlan ta to take them to Atlanta and they reached the Gate City about 8 o’clock Saturday night. The news of-this was most discouraging to the people ofrAth ens when they heard, for; they knew that Mr. Grady’s condition must bo much worse than the Atlanta .papers had stated All day Sunday telegrams were sent to Atlanta from Athens asking about Mr. Grady’s condition and the replies were anything but encouraging. Sun day afternoon a telegram was received by Prof. Wifite stating that but little hope of his recovery was felt. Sunday night brought another telegram from Dr. King to Prof. White stating that he was in a dying condition and all hope had been given up for him. NEWS OF Hts DEATH IN ATHENS. Early yesterday morning Prof. White received a telegam from Dc, King, say ing that Mr. Grady was dead and that hejdied at 3:45surrounded by his entire family. It was a bitter message to Prof. White. For he was one of Mr. Grady’s most intimate friends and ardent admi rers. It was a sorrowful word of news to the whole of Atnens, for here he was born and reared, here he reoeived his education and spent all of his early years. Naturally enough that Athens should have drooped its head upon the receipt of their news. All day tho streets were filled with inquiring friends, not only every bouse in Athens, but from the surrounding country, who in some way had heard of tbe unfortunate and sorrowful death. The Banner office was crowded all the morning with throngs of anxious friends who refused to believe that the worst was i rue, and who asked with something of hoveful- ness of the contrary, “Is Mr. Grady dead.” Alas! it was too true The great heart was still, and every report that came from Atlanta only confirmed it. .THE SAD NEWS. Since early morning yesterday dark ness and gloom has settled on our city. In the midst of the bustle of the merry Christmas times there was the sadness of sorrow. Henry Grady is dead! Such was the announcement that made hearts bleed, and that bowed the head in grief. The news traveled quickly, and it was not long before it was generally known throughout Ath ens, the city of his birth. Hundreds were unable to believe it and it was not until evening that the sad trnth begun to impress itself upon our people. It was not until the darkness of night be gan to hover over our city that the thought that Athens’ noble son was no more began to become a dread reality to those who knew and loved him. Then it was that heart answered to heart in the silent clasp of the hand, and tears involuntarily came to eyes unaccus tomed to such weakness—weakness, per chance, hut Henry Grady was dead How many had a word to say about his cliild-hood dsys, when but an infant he yet displayed the qualities of mind and character which have made him sir.ee the idol of his country There was the aged mother in Israel who wept yesterday as she. told of the' time when, as opened for his entrance yesterday, when She, together with his loving mother, fanned back to life the spark of vitality about to leave his little frame—and now for him to die when at the pinnacle of fame and honored with jbucIi lore as gratitude seldom gives to fidelity, ’twas too dreadful for contem plation, and she wept anew and refused to believe It. Then there was the aged citizen who knew the little boy when he first began the duties of his school- day hours—how he has watched him since and with what pride 1 Alas, the honors that he coveted for him never came. God took him to the higher honor, which remain above. And then there wore his classmates at the Univer sity—those who had known and loved and idolized,him. For these the thought of death to him whom they had loved was something which they could not contemplate. ’’Twas but as yesterday when he stood with a classmate upon the sidewalk near the campus and when parried at each other with those thrusts of wit of which they each were masters. ’Twas but as if an hour or two ago when with his nearest friends in Ath ens, he stood and talked on subjects dear to him: the University and the Technological school. ’Twas only yesterday that lov ing hands were clasping his and bidding welcome to his native heath. But life has ebbed away aud leaves us but the body of our ga.lantson. His spirit sought a wider and a holler sphere, Christmas may come, and childhood- happy e’en in sorrow such as this—may prattle and make merry in this hour of gloom. But, to the masses of our peo ple, ’twill be no Christmas. The pleas ures of the season will be as dead sea fruit—they’ll crumble '.iu the grasp. Henry Grady is dead! the news Spreads. As soon as the news of Mr. Grady’s death became generally known, the first thought of our people was to take some means of honoring him. Before twelve o’clock many of the most prominent buildings in Athens were draped in mourning. The Athenaeum club House wore festoons of black and white by early morning. The store of Mr. W. L. Wood was adorned with becoming drapery by the afternoon, and the grocery house of Messrs. O’Farrell & Ash was covered on the outside with black and white emblems of mourning, and was bea utifully draped. Upon the outside, iu black letters, was the in scription : The Merchants of Athens and The Entire South Blend their Tears and mourn The death of our loyal Friend and Champion H. W. Grady. On this spot he was born and here spent several years of his youthful life. “When a good man falleth the people mourn.” A fine portrait of Mr. Grady, draped in crape, was exhibited in front of Davis & Garebold’s yesterday and was the first intimation given to many of the sad death. The stores of E. I. Smith and John Hope Hull were among those draped on Clayton street. The grocery houses of Mr. S. C. Dobbs, O’Farrell & Ash, Hodgson Bros., and J. S. King were all covered with mourning and drapery. The Banner office was also densely draped throughout its whole length, and in the center of the ornaments was the in scription : In respect to the memory of Henry W. Grady, Athens’ Most Gifted Son. The South’s Yaliant Champion. The brightest Star in the Constellation of Journalism has been removed. His Native City and the Southern Press Mourn Their Loss The whole of lower Broad street was a mass of mourning and drapery, and the work of decorating the' stores with these somber emblems of sorrow was to the hoys, as to the line of conduct they should pursue, was eagerly sought and as strictly followed. He was prob ably the most distinguished alumnus in the whole Chi Phi fraternity, and his death creates an irreparable vacancy in their ranks. the citizens’ meeting. IS!®* Pursuant to a call of the Mayor Dr. J. A Hunnicutt, the city council and a number of representative citizens met at the council chamber yeasterday„to take action on the death of Mr. Grady. On motion of W. B. Burnett Dr. Hun nicutt was called to preside over the meeting, and Mr. W. B. Burnett was appointed secretary. Prof. D. O. Barrow offered the folow- ing resolutions with amendments mov ed by Mr. W. A. McDowell: BBSOAUTIONS. Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God in his wisdom to take from this sphere of activity the soul of our belov ed fellow citizen Henry W. Grady; and whereas this city in which he was born and reared has always felt especially proud to claim him as her own, and feels most keenly and tenderly his loss. Resolved 1st That the Mayor and council and citizens voice the sorrow of our people in this bereavement, no where more deeply felt than here. Resolved 2nd. Th-t in the loss of Mr Grady the Union, especially the South ern States and most of all his own loved Georgia has met with a loss which we regard as irreparable. Resolved 3rd That we recognize the great good he has accomplished to the Liter.iti re he was passionately foncl of, and his .leisure mon 8.its were spent in the library. Here he would read away every spare moments beween recitations* and never was without a book at home which he had taken from the " library. After he had graduated from the University at Athens he went to the University of Virginia to complete his education in Literature and the lan guages- Here he was a close student, and after one year’s study graduated, taking a prominent stand in his class. When he returned from Virginia he was at borne but a short time when he went to Rome and was an associate edi tor of the Rome Commercial. He wa3 not long iu working himself up to a prominent stand among the staff, and the paper flourished under "his able manipulations. It was during his first year in Rome that he married Miss Julia C. King, daughter of Dr. W. C. King, of Athens, who then resided in the old Allan bouse, in Which Mr. T. L. Gantt now lives. He was married in 1S71, and tbe ceremonies were performed in the First Methodist church on Hancock avenue. He carried his bride to Rome, and lived there until 1873, when he moved to At lanta and entered upon the editorial work of the Atlanta Herald, in which Messrs. Bill Moore, Bob Alston and St. Clair Abram were his associates. At that time the Herald and the Constitu tion were at daggers points and their excited rivalry caused many feats of journalism to be performed, the line of ' which were never seen or heard of be fore. At one time Mr. Grady charter ed a car to run in opposition to tho Constitution to Macon, and sent the Southern States by his earnest, constant. Herald into that city an hour or two nnrl anthnainoti/l n /I /\f fkniw 1 V 2 a.1 _ j.1 n j* and enthusiastid advocacy of their rights and possibilities. He never sought office, tbe esteem in which his fellow countrymen held him was higher honor than office can confer. Resolved 4tli. That we extend to his bereaved family the sympathy which no one but an Athenian can fsel, at this their overwhelming [sorrow. Resolved 5th That the city council he instructed by the Mayor to attend the funeral of Mr. Grady in a body, and likewise a committee of fifty citizens and as many others as may desire Resolved 6 th that the citizens of Athens be instructed by the Mayor to exhibit emblems of mourning and that the stores and public buildings be drap ed in sueh. Resolved 7th That next Wednesday be set apart as memorial day in Athens and that the bells of all the churches he tolled at 2 o’clock. Resolved 8th That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the bereaved fam ily. The resolutions passed unanimously and Mayor Hunnicutt appointed the following names of the delegation to at tend the funeral in Atlanta next Wed nesday: Mayor and Council, Chancellor,faculty and local trustees, Hon H H Carlton, C W Baldwin, Hon Pope Barrow, W L Wood, Judge Howell Cobb, Wm Ash, R KReaves, Dr E S Lyndon, A H Hodgson, Julius Cohen, W D ’OFarrell, Moses Myers, Y LG Harris, Col W J Morton, Col S Thomas, L Sehervnel, Mayor-Elect E T Rrown, Mr. T L Gantt, Geo D Thomas, Capt Jas White, T W Rucker, Judge J M Nicholson, E I Smith, Dr Jno Crawford, Capt G H Yancey, J Y Carithers, W S Holman, C D Vincent, R L Moss, .. W A Gilleland, Dr S C Benedict * John A Benedict, ProfW G VVoodfln, Judge A S Erwin, interrupffd only by sunset. The work j.H N Wilcox, will he renewed this'morning, and by noon today the [native city of the South’s most brilliant son will be wrapped in a dress of mourning. Such were the spontaneous signs of sor row that our people show. How many hearts are aching today that show no outward signs of their grief! HIS POPULARITY AT THE UNIVERSITY. In no portion of Athens—unless it be in that'suburban home In which reside his beloved mother and sister—was Mr. Grady so ardently admired as on tbe University campus. His many acts of service to tbe University had endear ed him to the boys beyond any other alumnus of our State institution, and had the University been in session, the studer^sjwould have united in a meeting of sorrow. Mr. Grady was a member of two societies at the University, his literary society, tbe Phi Kappa and his secret society, the Chi Phi. THE CHI PHIS, or as many active members as are in the city at this time, held a meeting yes terday and took appropriate action with regard to the death of their most prominent member. It was decided at that meeting to drape their hall on Clayton street for thirty days and the active members of the chapter will wear the badges or fraternity colors— scarlet and blue—covered with crape, for the next two weeks. A committee of five, consisting of Messrs. W. D. Ellis, Jr., W. A. Hemphill,* Jr.,Eugene Black, Albert Boylston and Dudley Youngblood, were appointed to repre sent the chapter at the funeral on Wed nesday A committee of three, consist ing of Messrs. W. H. Pope, W. D. Ellis and N. L. Poullain were appointed to draft resolutions to be published in the papers and to be forwarded to the family of Mr. Grady. Mr. Grady has always been regarded by this chapter'of the fraternity as one of its main supporters aud most brilliant lights, and his death deprives them of their most illustrious and er.thusiastic alumnus. It was he who, assisted by Mr. Peter W. Meldrim, Mr. J. H. Rucker, Judge A. Pratt Adams, and others, founded the chap ter in 1867. A year or two afterwards, upon leaving the University, he went to the University of Virginia, where he was equally prominent in the coun cils of Chi Phi, and it was there that the associations of friendship were mad?, with Prof. Hv C. White, which have only matured and intensified as they both grew older. A year or so ago, at the Chi Phi convention held in At lanta, he was elected the official head of the fraternity, a position which he filled with dignity. In the recent misundei- J H Rucker, W C Orr, G G Talmadge E R Hodgson, A J Cobb, Chas Stern, Lamar Cobh, J J McMahan, T W Reed, E K Lumpkin, A E Griffith, A L Mitchell, H N Layton, F B Lucas, J M Hodgson, D C Oliver, J S King, S-M Herrington, T P Vincent, John W Weir, EC-Branson, GGBond, D O Smith, E W Speer. The following were appointed as a committee on arrangements to super- intend the arrangements for attending the funeral: EE Hodgson, Chairman, WD O’Farrell, W B Burnett, G D Thomas and Hon Pope Barrow. MEMORIAL EXERCISES. Dr. H. C. White last night received, a telegram from Mayor John T. Glenn, of Atlanta, stating that the memorial ex ercises of Mr. Grady will be held in Atlanta on Thursday, and also stating that Prof. White would be expected to make one of the addresses on that occa sion. The friendship—as pure andjas beautiful as that of Damon and Pythias —Which has always existed between Prof. White and Mr. Grady, has often been the subject of remark. They were school-mates, club-mates, and friends in the closest ties of college life, and their subsequent lives hare been knit together in many ways. It is certain that no one eould more appropriately be called upon to speak at these exercises than Prof. White. A large number of our people will he present to mingle their tears with those of Atlanta’s peo ple, in their grief for the model citizen and patriot who has gone before. UR. GRADY’S LIFE. Henry Wood fin Grady was born in Athens on the twenty first day of May, 1850. The house in which he was born is the one-now occupied by Miss Fannie Anderson, and is situated opposite Dr. E. 3. Lyndon’s residence. He was the oldest son of W. S. Grady and A. E Grady, and was in his thirty ninth year when he died. His young boyhood was spent in Athens, and was educated at the local schools and at the University of Geor gia. i. * He entered the University in 1866 with the Sophomore class, and grad uated with the class of ’68. Daring his college life he obtained the name of “the silver-tongue orator] of college,”* and has deservedly retained it to his death. While at college he began his first at tempts at newspaper work, writing sev eral letters to newspapers, and cultivate his talents in a work that has always amounted to a passion with him. While in college Mr. Grato was a great favor ite with the students. His genial man ners and never failing courteous deport ment won the hearts of the hoys Jn deepest affection and his brilliant i»- tellect*and magic- eloquence captured their admiration in the halls of the two lituerary societies and in the recitation rooms. He did not like mathematics, and never studied it with any degree of fondness. The languages he studied very closely and .with a hearty zest. earlier than the Constitution reached there. This and many other feats which were expensive in tbe extreme soon bankrupted the Herald and almost bankrupted the Constitution. It was a touching scene in the office of the Her- . aid the morning after the paper failed. Mr. Grady afterwards wrote it up in a manner that would almost bring tears lo every eye that read it. This failure, nowever, did not deter Mr. Grady long in winning that fame and success that was destined fOr him. He went to New York; not upon re ceiving an offer hut simply to apply for a position. He reached the great Met ropolis City with only one dollar in his S ocket. He applied at the office of the Tew York Herald for a reporter’s po sition. The Editor-in-Chief told him to sit down and write an editorial on. the South and watch for his answer by the morning paper. “If your editorial is published you may come again to morrow and enter upon your work; if it is not published we will not need you,” said the Editor-in-Chief. Ihe editorial was. soon written and hnng upon the copy hook. Mr. Grady went to his room and was soon asleep, half dreaming that tho next day would herald his future greatness. The next morning the sleeper was awakened by a porter who brought him a paper with his editorial in full, and a note from the Editor-in-Chief asking him to come and take his position. Thus it was that Mr. Grady began the newspaper work in New York, where he attained some little fame, as a reporter. Not until his report of the Tilden. campaign in Florida, however, did be spring into national fame as a journal- ist. The story of how he went to Flor ida representing the New York Herald and got the first news of the Florida vote which the republicans were trying to smother and taking possession of a telegraphoflice at {some (little station flashed the news on to the New York Herald t and showed the electoral vote of Florida to the world. Another great feat of newspaper work that brought Mr. Grady into notoriety was when the great Louisville & Nash ville railroad deal was made, and Mr. Grady was sent to Cincinnati to report it. He v approaehed the President in the honest capacity of a news gatherer, and was received with insulting language by the President, who demanded with an oath, “Who are you, young man ?” “I’ll let you know tomorrow,” said Mr. Grady, and he left him. His arti cle in the Herald the next day caused the expulsion of the discourteous Pres ident from office, and was read with in terest by the whole railroad world. In 1875, Mr. Grady entered upon his situation with the Atlanta Constituion as a member of the staff. He has since that time, step by step, climbed higher into the estimation of the South. His brilliancy as an editor has increased each day, and the Constitution has, under his control, grown to be the most excellent newspaper in the Southern States. Henry Grady was a man whose equal has not been seen for many a day. He has lived a career that is peerless in the annals of the South’s history—a career that has been a pride of the old South, a blessing to the new, and which can never he replaced. As a brilliant writer, and a matchless orator, Mr. Grady was known to the world. Those who knew him personally, knew many more virtues that were his. Hr. Grady was a kind-hearted man, a man who loved everybody,andwho hated no one. He could not bear reproach, and would not allow anyone to be an gry with him. He came as near “re turning good for evil” to those who ever felt moved to reproach him, and thus smoothed over every augularity that might have arisen in his life before it fairly appeared above the surface. Amiable and generous, he was beloved by all who knew him, and was adored wilh all the power of earthly love by his relatives. THE SOUTH’S LOSS. The loss that the city of Atlanta, that the State of Georgia, and the entire South will feel in the death of Henry W. Grady cannot be estimated—not at all. The noblest champion that eyer main tained a noble cause has gone to his last resting. The pen that has proved mightier than any sword that was ever wielded by a stout warrior’s hand is sheathed: and the greatest heart in tho Sunny South has ceased to beat forever. The loss to Atlanta, to the State and to the South caused by the untimely death of Mr. Grady is incalculable and irre parable. 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