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OUR DEAD HEROES
\nd tlio
Cause for Which.
they
Fought and Died.
ni)R CITIZENS PAY LOVING TRIB
UTES TO THEIR MEMORIES
AND VALIANT SERVICES.
The Lapse of Twenty-Five Years Has
Not Dimmed the Lustre of Their
Names. Nor Diminished the Af
fection we Bear Them.
TOUCHING EXERCISES
CHAPEL.
AT THE
It is a hallowed day.
\„d right nobly did Athenians cele
brate ii.
I.inig live the memories of Southern
pstrioii'"' and valor, and peace to the
bones of our dead heroes.
Let Memorial day be perpetuated un
til age- vet unborn will be toned with
the lessons it brings each year when
lb.wers bloom sweetest.
I., t it especially he kept a living cus
tom in At lions, the centre of education,
tint borne of chivalry and honor—the
birtliblace of the South’s bravest chief-
Vcsterday’scclebration served to prove
ibat Athens is not dead to its olden in
terests. I* proved that the names of
Cobh, Smith, Grady, DeLoney, Hill
uml scores of others are still living in
their hearts, ar.d pulsating with every
throb, it proves that Athens is proud
of these dead heroes, and will honor
their memory so long as lime shall last-
tv bat a great and noble work the
l.adies Memorial Association is per
forming in this animal celebration whs
plainly set forth yesterday, and the
<iu i k and cordial response this work
|,as called forth from the hearts of our
youth, the hope of our country,was told
by the large numbers that crowded into
the solemn procession as t wended its
way over the hilltops to the Oconee
Cemetery, tlie home of our honored
dead. Kverybody entered fully into the
spirit of the day; everybody was en
thused with patriotic sentiments, and
everybody was glad of the privilege of
marching to the gr.vcsof our Confed
erate dead to learn lessons of bravery, of
honor and of true citixeuship.
MARCHING TO TIIK CHAPEL.
Promptly at 4 o’clock in theofternoon
a t reat assemblage of people of all class
es, ami of both black- ami white races,
gathered abound the shaft of marble on
College avenue erected by loyal hands
to the memory of our Confederate d« ad.
The music of a brass band summoned
obi and young alike to the spot, and the
whole of Athens found itself encircling
that shaft.
The Clarke Rifles under the command
of Lieutenant Sledge marched up and
was left at “place rest” for several min-
nus, whilo the University battallion
inarched by finder the command of Col.
C. M. Snelhng. Both companies were
ilr.nvu into line until procession was
started to 'lie chapel under the control
My fellow comrades, ladies and
gentlemen: I am proud' to be on
this college stage today. I look
around and see the faces of these Con
federate soldieis, and feel in ,my
heart the honor that has been conferred
upon me by the invitation to speak
from this stage here and now. 1 look
them in their faces and I see brave
souls that have been embasies where
none but the brave ever go. Long live
these Confederate soldiers! [Ap
plause ] Yesterday morning I arose
from a sick bed and went forth to greet
the dawn of day. Walking out be
neath Heavens blue dome, decked here
and there with several lingering stars
fast fading in the dawn of day, 1 be
gan to think what I should say to you
today. Here Mr. Anderson drew a
beautiful picture of his life arouud
campfires, with beloved comrades, or
marching by their sides into the fury
of a battle storm. lie was applauded
all through his speech wildly. His
picture of a united republic was pretty
and was loudly cheered.
After Mr. Anderson finished his
brilliant speech, Chancellor Boggs was
introduced.
DR. BOOGS’ SPEECH.
Dr. Boggs spoke as follows:
We meet to-day to pay our loving
tribute to the memory of our heroic
dead, who fought the battles of the con
federacy and now sleep beneath the soil
of their country in graves which shall
not be forgotten.
They .were as noble men as ever drew
swords in defence of liberty, and they
went to the war with the knowledge
that, whether they returned with the
we. declare that the cause of the South
unjust, that our fathers and heroes died
rebels against lawful authority, and
that they were foresworn traitors to
humanity and righteousness, then no
power beneath the sun can roll back the
opprobrium ami reproach which will
rest upon their names.
A time saying of a great woman it is
that “you men make laws but we in
spire the brain and conscience that teach
them; you men wield the sword in bat
tle, but tee office of the wife and sister
anil mother is to inspire hearts and
make heroes. Wives, daughters, sis
ters, mothers, it is your solemn duty to
study carefully the glorious principles
underlying that you may know how far
they should he taught to your children
and your relatives.
I do not mean that there ever will be
another war, nor do I say these words
in any bitterness. I have no desire to
feel bitter against those who hold honest
convictions different from my own and
who demonstated their faith by valiant
deeds oil the battle fields of our late
war. But I have never yet been taught
to strangle the deep convictions of my
uature in order to live in peace with
mankind.
When history shall come to
record with impartial pen, the deeds of
tue Civil war, she will write
that the Confederacy's heroes died in
the same cause that glorified the name
of Washington and secured home gov
ernment for the colonies, and will say
that the sacred right was guaranteed
to every person who suffered for the
Confederacy. Our Confederate heroes
saw the principles to which they were
HENRY W. GRADY.
vittor’s Ir.urels upon their brows, or in
the gloom of deicat, as they eventually
did, you of all the human race would
give them credit for what tuey deserv
ed, and love them for their services to
their country.
I recall to-day the case of a dying boy
as 1 sat beside him on the damp earth,
and his young head rested in iny arms.
He was a frail and delicate youth, who
in his ardor had left the halls of his
beloved Alma Mater, the South Caroli
na University, ami had given himself
to the service of his country and her
sacred rights, lie was stricken down
in the discharge of his duty in the va
liant < liarge on the Federal lines at
Ft. Harris- n, and was dying in my
arms. And as I watched the myste
rious changes that death was fast work
ing on his youthful frame and smooth
ed down the hair upon his brow, he ut
tered these words: “I knew what the
sacrifice was likely to be when I gave
attach d imperilled; saw that they
could live no longer in peace; that
their institutions were hated by their
brethren at the North; and in the
calmness and deliberation of their man
hood, they determined, like their an
cestors of 1770, to claim the right to
form a government of their own. Our
brethren iu passion and resentment are
using the same argument to-day that
King George used against our fathers,
and those opposed to us will have to do
these two things, to maintain rever
ence for 1770, and to condemn the men
of 1800; an utterly impossible position.
Poison, hate, force, wrath, can hold it,
but reason never, and the day will yet
come when all reasoning men will say
that it is impossible to condemn the
Confederates for what they did. The
North today is calling for aid to help
Ireland achieve home rule, the very
same thing for which tiife South pleaded
in vain. On acconnt of the lns>itution
myself to the service of my country; j of slavery your heroic deall are not re-
GKN. ROBERT. E. I.KE.
of Col Albert Mitchell. The order o*
march was:
Lt. The ex Confederate veterans and
speakers.
-‘I. The Ciarke Rifles.
• t| i. The University Battallion.
/bh. Citizens,and various organiza
tions.
Slowly and softly the procession mov-
e 'l off down College avenue to the music
''' :il > '.appropriate air played by the
band that preceded. Entering the
t olleg,. campus the file passed up the
,roai1 W: ‘lk to the college chapel. Here
the military companies were halted by
tll, ‘ir commandants until the speakers
a»il Confederate veterans passed into
the chape), taking the seats arranged
for the
1,1 on the chapel stage. When the
"‘"•panies and tho crowds filed in the
exercises 0) t ], ft ( j U y foeg. ln-
The
IX tub ciiapkl.
tinut ;.!! xerc '? e8 Chapel were
mpressive. T e opening hymn
, ,‘X 1 Trinity” sung by aehoircom-
L’* ;J of the best voeal talent in Athens
Ver y sweet and pretty. After it,
.fJS® Albert L. Mitchell arose anil
nerv i 1or der of march would be ob-
ei1 route to the cemetery. He
1 ““oonnoed prayer by Rev. C. W.
fill i ? ,r * Dane’s prayer was a beauti-
1 impressive one, 8ml was most
r& r ' at e. After the prayer was fin-
W n Mitchell introduced Rev.
day " Au ® er8 ° a the first sp -aker of the
Mr. ANDERSON STEAKS.
the L Ander *>“ approached the edge of
I counted the costs before I acted, and
1 do not regret what I have done; 1
know that the sun now sinking be
neath the western hills will never glad
den my eyes again, but had 1 one hun
dred lives I would give them all up for
the sake of my dear Southern land.”
We are here, my fellow countrymen
to honor such men as these; to honor
the memories of men who were as
true to their convictions as is the needle
to the pole; who believe that they were
right in all they did ; who _ died at
peace with God and in charity with
the world, and as the solemn certain ot
eternity was drawn over their features,
said: “We are ready to die for our
Southern home,” .
A bright page in the history of chiv
alry is the record of the Chevalier Bay
ard as he lay dying in the presence of
his enemies. As the brave men of Eng
land gazed upon the dying knight of
France, tears fell thick and fast, and
e*ch one would have said at the mo
ment: “Oh! peerless knight of France,
would give my right arm to see thee
again in the saddle leadiug on ilie
French. The noble instincts of the men
bad conquered, and all wept as be
assed away to the other world. And so
believe that not only among the sweet
women and noble men of the South,
but wherever hearts beat that are ten
der and true, and sentiments of right
and justice, the course upheld by the
renius of Robert E..Lee and immortal
ized by the blood of Stonewall Jackson
will be reverenced even by men who do
not agree with usin our convictions.
As famous as the nineteenth century
has been for Its humanitarian move-
menu, it is passing strange that it has
taken over twenty-five years to roll
back the tide of passion and bitterness
from the minds of those calling them
selves Christ ans, and that in this civil
ized country, which owes iu liberty to
the geuius of George Washington,
a Southern gentleman, there should be
placed in high office men^ who revile
and eurse the memory
brave.
Whatever others may say, I am here
to say that I tread lightly and with rev
erence upon the ashes of our slee P 1 "g
heroes, and that the convictions I then
entertained are now as fixed and immu
table as the heart's blood which courses
through my veins. , _ , .
No cause was ever glorified by
- ‘ iism. as that
of the honest
the
their cause righteous in the sight of God
8t»g e and started bis speech as fol- and man. women if
^ j My countrymen and fair women, «
have taken four millions of negroes from
me wilds of Africa, and by contract
with your people and yonr institutions
they have been made fit subjects to be
come citizens of our great republic.”
The book of Mrs. Stowe that did more
than any other thing to turn the tide of
the world’s disapproval against the
S uth, is in itself a perfect vindication.
To have been able to have fetaken sav
ages and transformed them into such
noble types of manhood as*‘UucleTora”
is in itself a proof that slavery was not
at alfevii.
“By their fruits, ye shall know them,’ ’
and judged by this standard, the South
has done more than the North and En
gland and France all together towards
christianizing the heathen. No blot
rests upon our dead heroes, and just as
sure as the mills of justice grind slowly
yet exceeding fine, the day will coine
when prejudice shall |>ass away as a
fleeting dream,and truth and right shall
be fully and completely acknowledged.
After the ceremonies had been con
cluded at the chapel,the procession pro
ceeded to Oconee cemetery where the
young ladies and young gentlemen
covered the graves of the dead heroes
with fresh and fragrant spring flowers,
and as darkness closed around another
memorial day, all went to their homes
with profound and undying admiration
for the manly lives and glorious deaths
of the boys who wore the gray.
HENRY W. GRADY.
At this appropriate time, when our
people are paying tribute to the heroes
of the lost cause, and the affections of a
whole section are clinging in fond re
membrance around the old flag which
first floated to the breeze over the bat
tlements of Fort Sumter, it is meet that
we take notice of the fact that since
last memorial day a form and face fami
liar and endeared to Southern hearts
has gone from among us. The life of
Henry Woodfin Grady speaks for itself
and asks little comment upon it from
our columns. From early youth he
was an ardent admirer of the Southern
chivalry typified in his father’s gallant
service and death iu the ranks at
Petersburg; and this devotion re
mained in his heart until amid the last
scenes of his life, he erected in our
State a home for the veterans of the
confederacy where they might remain
in ease and comfort until God called
them home. As an apostle of the New
South, he carried her last message to
the North end came home to die among
the people he had loved and knew so
well. Athens fondly claims him as her
noblest son, and remembers him grate
fully to-day as he lies serene in the
sleep of death in our sister city.
THE DEATH OF THOMAS R. R. CORB.
Oil December 13th, 1862, General
Burnsides made his famous and fool
hardy attack tqren Marye’s Heights
near Fredericksburg. At the foot of
the heights ran the Telegraph road,
and on this road, behind a wall or
rough stone, was entrenched General
T. R. R. Cobb’s brigade. Troop after
troop and regiment after regiment were
successively lead across the open field
to attack this position and successively
annihilated before they could reach our
breastworks. Fourteen brigades of the
Federal array were thus led to slaugh
ter. During one of the intervals be
tween the attacks Gen. Cobb was walk
ing rip-and down the line encouraging
his men, now almost exhausted by the
mere work of loading and firing. In
Fredericksburg, about three quarters of
a mile away, a battery had been placed
on Federal Hill, a well known emi
nence in the to*n, and was pouring
shot and shell into our ranks; just as
he paused opposite a little house be
longing to a Mrs. Stevens, who had
abandoned it at the approach of the
troops, a grape shot from the Federal
battery passed through the h»ll of the
house, striking Gen. Cobb in the thigh
and entting the femoral artery. As he
fell Captain John C. Rutherford
sprang to his side and twisted a silk
handkerchief around the limb, but thu
bleeding could not be stopped, and in. a
eeiving the homage due them. The
thing which fomented all the strife was
the proposition that human slavery was
in itself a monstrously wicked thing.
But, my fellow countrymen, there is
nothing in the history and institutions
of my beloved country that 1 would
seek to hold from God or uian. I pray
you to look into and consider the prop
osition which is on the very textbooks
bur children use, that the cause
of slavery was _ cruel and humane.
But as sure as God’s Bible is true, the
conclusion will be reversed and impar
tial history shall say that they have
gone beyond the bounds of truth aud
righteousness. The Bible abounds in
proof of the fact that slavery was not
villainous. Both in Old and New Testa-
rneut is proof of slavery’s existence and
not of its condemnation. The Son of
God came in contact with slavery every
day, and yet he condemned it not.
Rest assured that slavery will never
ag-iu be established, because it Has been
seen that mure money can be made now
than under the old regime. But don’t
blush for your dead when slavery is re
viled, and" don’t be afraid of the crici-
GEN. HOWKLLCOBB
The principles
go upon are antago-
f Go.L TT '
ei8m of the world,
which our brethren
nistic to the word of "God". The glory of
man passes away and the beauty of man
is as a fading flower, but the dead
judged by that infallible book will not
be liable to the charge of fighliug on
the side of oppression.
The South did not maltreat her bonds-
shedding of such heroism, as
overwhelmed our armies and
destroyed our institutions, it paid us
the highest compliment, It said: “You
MAJOR W. S. GRADY.
Among the brave chieftains that Ath
ens furnished to the Virginia battle
campaigu, none is more conspicuous for
his valiant service than Maj. William
S. Grady. He went from Athens soon
after the first guns had sounded at the
head of a gallant company. He was
kept at Asheville for several months
drilling his company in the arts of war
fare. He went from there to Virginia
and was wounded at Petersburg at the
time of the memorable explosion. His
right arm was shattered by five bullet
holes and he was taken to his brother’s
home in Greenvile S. C., where he died
few months before the close of the
war. His remains were brbught to
Oconee cemetery three years after the
war.
MEETING OF EX-CONFEDERATE VETER
ANS*
The survivors met at Mayors Hall at
:30 P. M. Enthusiastic meeting,
speeches being made by a number of
members.
The Secretary having previously re
quested a Memorial day letter from
John O. Waddell, the hero of “Cramp-
ton Gap,” said letter was read before
the veterans and most highly apprecia
ted.
As a tribute to the memory of gallant
John H. Hughes, of Troup Artillery,
suitable resolutins were introduced by
the Secretary, and unanimously adop
ted by a rising vote. An executive
Committee of three was appointed to
assist officers of the association in the
promotion of its interests.
Comrade W. A. Gilleland was elected
Treasurer of the Association. The Vet-
erans greatly enjoyed the masterly ef
forts of Rev. Mr. Anderson, and Dr.
Boggs at tiie chapel, and honored them
selves by a touching incident at the
cemetery, marching in a hotly to the
grave of Mrs. Elizalieth Church Robb,
the New York friend of the Confeder
ate soldiers in Northern prisons.
OEN. THOS R. R. COBB.
few moments he breathed his last. A
simple stone has been erected by his
daughters to mark the spot where he
fell with this inscription: “On thie
spot General Thomas K. R. Cobb, of
Georgia, fell in battle December 13tb,
1862.” -c -
THE ORAVB OF CAPTAIN SCOTT CONLEY,
On the left hand walk, just after en
tering the cemetery and on the right
hai'd side of the walk is the grave of
Captain Scott Conley, of the First Texas
Regiment, which regiment served un
der the lamented General J. B. 'Hood.
There were only three Texas regiments
and the Eighteenth Georgia in this
fighting brigade, and the Eighteenth
Georgia was called to the Fourth Texas
to make it complete. Capt; Conley
went to Texas when quite a boy and
left relatives back in Georgia. He was
wounded iu one of the battles around
Richmond and one of his relatives went
to Richmond and brought him to his
home iu Banks county, where he died
and was buried in a lonely little grave
yard on t.e banks of Green r.ver. Be
fore goiug to the war Capt. Conley be
came acquainted and fell in love with a
beautiful young lady living in Atlanta,
Miss Emma Loyd, whose father ownec!
the old Whitehall hotel, where the
Markham house now stands and for
wuom Loyd street was named. Capt,
Conley ouly lived a short time after he
arrived in Georgia, and his betrothed
only arrived in time to see his new
made grave. Her grief was intense,
and for months she stayed at the rosi
deuce of Captain Conley’s relatives and
every morning put fresh flowers on his
grave and bedewed it with her tears.
The remains were afterward taken up
at her request and interred in the cem
etery at Athens. Miss Loyd is still
living in Atlanta, and it will bo grat-
ifyingtoher and the relatives of Cap]
Conley to know that the grave of this
gallant officer of the First Texas Regi
ment was covered with flowers on Me
morial day by loving hands.
MAJOR GENBRAL M. L. SMITH.
Gen Martin L. Smith, a graduate of
West Pointand a veteran of the Mexican
War, was at the beninning of hostilities
Chief of Topographical Engineers in
the Old Army. He resigned that office
and tendered his services to Mr. Davis,
then Provisional Governor of the
Confederacy,at Montgomery. Commis
sioned Colonel of Engineers,he was as
signed to duty at New Orleans. He
served through the seige of Vicksburg
and was captured when that city fel.
After being exchanged, he was with
Gen Lee at the Wilderness at Spottsvl-
vania. After the surrender Gen. Smith
returned to his family aud home in Ath
ens. He was elected Professor of En
gineering in the University of Georgia,
and at the same time received the ap
pointment of Chief Engineer of the
Selina, Rome & Dalton R. R., which
later hte accepted. In July,1860,he was
taken suddenly ill and died in Rome,
Ga. His remains were brought to Ath
ens and interred in the cemetery, jupon
the bluff overlooking the Oconee.
ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT.
DEATH OF MR. CASPER MORRIS.
Our Hebrew Population Lose One of
Their Most Popular and
Worthy Men.
On Saturday morning at five o’clock
Mr. Casper Morris breathed his last,after
au illness of three months. It was
thought that until Friday at noon
be was improving, but when he began
to sink, the eml came speedily. He
bore all his sufferings with fortitude and
patience,
He was born at Filehse, Prussia, in
the year 1838, and came to tuis country
about the year 1857. It will thus be
seen that he had lived to be about fifty-
two years of age.
Before the war Mr. Morris r. sided in
Madison county and was a patriotic cit
izen, when the Confederate government
m*ue a call for soldiers, he was foundfto
prompt volunteer in the»16th Ga. Regi-
meut, and served faithfully through the
years of warfare. At its close he came
to Athens and began business as a mer
chant and met with great success. He
leaves his wife, having no children, well
provided for.
Mr. Morris was a member of one of
the largest and most influential families
of our Jewish population, lie leaves in
Athens more than one hundred rela
tives. He has a number of brothers here,
all of whom he induced to locate in
Athens, and to every one of whom he
extended that aid which made them to
succeed in business. Not only did he
help his brothers here, but each month
he sent far across the waters to ueedy
relatives In the old country.
It is a great deal to say for any man
that which cau be said for Mr. Morris.
During all his business career here, he
he has continued to merit and retain the
confidence and respect of all . acquaint
ances, both Israelite and gentile. He
was cheerful, liberal and courteous and
his death cas* a gloom over a large part
of the city.
Mr. Morris was a member of the Mar
sonic order, and the funeral will be 4
conducted by that fraternity this even-
at 3 1-2 o’clock, from his late residence
on Haucock avenue.
GEORGE T. MURRELL, Editor.
“SOME THOUGHTS ON FARMING.”
The best farmer I ever knew was one
of the best chemists the State of Georgia
ever produced. His knowledge of
chemistry enabled him to analyze the
soil of the various fields on his planta
tion. He know the elements in the soil
neeessary to the successful production
of wheat, corn, cotton aud other crops,
and he put these crops on lands best
adapted to ill m. When a deficiency oc
curred he knew how to supply it. Then
again I hive known some successful
planters wlio were illiterate men. The
lormer was successful by reason of bpok
knowledge and practice". The latter by
practice alone. The learning we get in
the school of experience is substantial
and good, but the process is tedious and
slow. A man may spend the first half of
his life in preparatiou for the worker the
second half and be no better informed
at the end of his journey than his scien
tific neighbor was at the eud of two
years. Two men start out for a given
point, one has a chart of all the ; cross
roans, the forks, the grades aqd the
number of miles clearly* defined and laid
down; by occasional reference to his
chart he pleasantly journeys- along
without delay or hindrance. The other
may get there after awhile, but his
journey can not be so speedily or so
satisfactorily performed. There is a
grant deal in knowing how to do a piece
of work. There is also a great dc»l in
being able to say why a piece of Work
should be done that way. Beeause
Daddy did it that way, and Daddy was
a successful planter, is net that the best
reason we can give for doing it after the
saute manner.
A farmer that never gets beyond tlio
imitative line is certainly circumscribed
to a narrower limit than his privilege
allows him to go. It is well enough to
do as we have been taught, provided
the teaching proves to be sensible and
sound, but if we never extend -our re
searches into a broader field than tlio
one already explored by our forefathers,
the wheels of progress will surely stop
and we will be on the same grade with
the mule we plow. He has been taught
to walk on the left of the furrow and
incline to the right or left at the word of
command.
A man should always be able to give
a reason for doing a piece ot farm work
in a given way.
A good farmer once said to me: “"The
best reason I could give lor plowing my
crop is to keep the infernal grass from
getting ahead of the crop.” Borne men
accomplish by the hardest of work what
others do with less toil. A little insight
into the requirements of plant life is a
very great help in the successful man
agement of a growing crop. The act of
killing grass may or may not bo fruitful
of good results imvorking a crop. A great
deal depends upon the time it is done
and the kind of plow used for.that pur
pose. A regular grass killer will not
stand back on time or mode so that the
object is accomplished. The hardest
working mail l ever knew never plant
ed anything, to speak of, but cotton,
and seldom made over five bales to the
plow. To use liis own expression—lie
belieVed ill ‘"wrapping up everything
with a twister.” By this procedure,
while he was wrapping up the grass, he
also wrapped up the cotton, and after
the cotton plants had been buried long
enough from the*face of the sun to kill
the grass, he would resurrect about half
a stand of cotton, and give it three
plowings with the aforesaid twister, pi
ling the dirt higher each time,and sever
ing every lateral root it was possible for
his plow to reach.
We can as reasonably expect a child to
grow* on to perfect physical manhood,
when it is being ill treated by cutting
off the food supply, frailing it over the
head, knocking out its teeth,, and
wrenching its little arms out of place, or
a pig to go on to perfect hoghood that
is hounded every morning, and beaten
with sticks and "rocks every evening,
and sta. ved all the day long, as to ‘ ex
pect a plant to flourish arid be most
fruitful without proper places, food,and
kind treatment.
The organization of tho Farmer’s Al
liance has been a God send to the agri
cultural element The principles of the
order are being taught to the young
members, aud even those who have
been “set in their ways,” are shewing
wonderful marks of improvement. It
teaches home economy and government
and retrenchment, it’s influences are
working wonderful reformations at
home aud abroad. The sub Alliances
meet and talk over matters of special
iuterest and general import. The
county Alliances come together and ex
change views; the State Alliances con
vene and legislate on affairs that pertain
to the general welfare of the farmer
and his best interests. The State del
egates return and disseminate truth
among the people at home. So that all
the way up, and all the way back, men
are thinking, men are acting for the
farmer’s good. Who would hinder them
from this legitimate work if they couM ?
Who could hinder them it they would ?
Who would tear down tips mighty
school, where men are taught the prin
ciples of justice to themselves, find equal
privileges to every creature of Adam’s
race ? Is it not remarkable that so large
a body of men - should journey along so
.harmoniously together with unbroken
ranks aud unfaultering step, and not
make a single serious mistake in a land
with bribery on the one
and threats on tlje other, amid all tiie
evil influences that the devil could Sug
gest, hell could invent hate relentlessly
put forth to disorganize and disrupt?
Isn’t it worthy of remark that this
young and overgrown stripping should
successfully combat and defeat the great
Ooliah of modern times Mr. Jute Bag
ging Trust, ami that, too, in the face ot
the tact that all the advantages were on
Goliah’s side? Was it not a beautiful
sight t<* see the Alliance keeping serene
ly in the mid ;le of the road; like a big
country dog trotting on into town, with
prominent cotton men, like little well
led special favored poodles, with silk
ribbons about t eir necks, and rteas in
thfeir ears, barking, coughing and
scratching* tip all the loose dirt,ami bap
tizing all the street corners win the
vain endeavorto intimidate somebody—
hut the order went along just the same,
and so she will go this fall. Don’
bother about looking up another sub
stitute for jute. Cotton bagging is the
tlnng we want now. Make a plenty of
if,for we will lie around in a few days to
see about it. It cart be easily recogniz
ed from jute, and will not have to run
the risk of being contaminated by being
made on a jute loom.
FROMWASHINGTON
THE ATHENS POST 1 OFFICE
SQUABBLE.
Democrats Backing a Negro—It Rests
With the White People of Athens to
Say Whether or Not They Want a
Negro Over Them--The Wanamaker
Boycott to be Declared Off.
Washington, D. C., April 26—[Spe
cial.]—Athens now has a good oppor
tunity to secure a competent and re
spectable white postmaster, if her citi
zens .will only conn* to the front witli a
strong petition to the President and
Postmaster General setting foith the
facts in the case, it is generally under
stood here that, the confirmation of Matt
Davis is held up so as to give the citi
zens and business men of Athens an op
portunity to be heard. It lias been
argued all the time that The Banner
was making this fight on its own re
sponsibility, and was not endorsed by
the people of Athens. Again,
tliis negio has on file here
the strongest kind of endorsements and
letters of recommendation, signed by
many of your leading white men. There
are parties in Athens who are backing
him right along, and I am now trying
to get you copies of their letters. It.
rests with the people of your city or not
whether they want a negro or a white
postmaster. I to-day s.wa leading re
publican, who is behind the scenes, and
he told me that he knew it to be a fact
th;it Wapainaker was only waifiug to
hear from the representative citizens of
Athens, and if it was shown him that
.the opposition to. Davis’ appoint-
nient-was as unanimous rsThe Banner
represented, that he ■ would not
force this negro upon them. But if, as
has been charged, Davis was the choice
of a large and representative element,
that lie would be at qnce confirmed. This
I know to be a fact. Now, while 1 have
been with The Banner in its boycott, I
think it would he an injustice to the
Postmaster - General to continue it,
when lie is vvillii.g to do right by your
people, and tiie blame of tuis negroo’s
appointment rests sorely with your own
people who fire backing-him. It seems
to me fair that the boycott against
Wanatnaker sb uld be declared off, and
your people look nearer home for par
ties on whom to vent their wrath.
C.
Grand Display of Furniture.
Every one who has investigated the
matter has been surprised to" know
what an immense display of furniture
is stored away in J. B. Toomer’s Fur
niture Palace. The display is not only
large in the amount, but iu the styles
aud prices. It makes no difference
what style of house you wish to furnish,
you can get the furniture from J. B.
Toouier. In fact there are bargains for
everiody.
And talk about Sewing Machines,
J. B. Toomer has long had the largest
trade in this line of business that was
ever attained by any firm in Athens.
He can supply you with the very best
Hewing Machines at the lowest prices.
In selling you a sewing machine he
is a practical man, and knows just what
he is talking about.
But in noticing Toomer’s establish
ment,. mention must be made of his Un
dertaking Department, which contains
a large and varied stock of caskets,
burial cases and coffins and burial
robes. He has a new hearse and will
give prompt attention to .all matters
pertaining to a funeral.
PilesI Piles! Itohlng Piles.
BTMPTOMS-TMoi-iture; intense itching and
stinging; most at night; worse by scratching; If
allowed to contiune tumors form, which o:tcn
bleed and nlceratc, becoming very sore.
Waykk’h Oixtmbnt stops the itcluug and
bleeding, heals ulceration, and in most cases re
moves the tumors, a t druggists or by mail for
25 cents. Dr. Swaine & Son, Philadelphia.
For lame back, side or cht st, use Shilohs
Plaster. Price 25 cents. For sale by
John Crawford & Co.
Qu ck, sa'e ami sure. This is said of S»L
vuU"U Oil, ibCgreat rheumaiic remedy and
greatest cure on earth for pain. Price 26c.
a bottle.
“Down In the Coal,mines underneath
the ground,” coughs and colds are very
frequeotand ihsre is where Dr, Bull's
Cuugli Sytnp is invaluable.
A Lucky Man.
Wm. Klein, of 931 Enterprise alley,
Capitol Hill, was the holder of one-
twentieth of ticket No. 64,385, which
drew the first capital prize of $300,000 in
the drawing of the Louisiana State Lot
tery Company, on the 11th of this month.
Learning that his ticket drew a prize,
he gave it to the First National Bank,
for collection, and in a week’s time th.-
cheek for the amount duly arrivtd.—
McKeesport (Pa.) Naws, February 28.
Advice To Mothers, >*,v-
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup should al
ways be used for children toothing. It soothes
the child, softens the gums, ullays all pain
cures wind colic and is the best remedy for
diarrhoea twenty five cents a bottle.
Powder
The United States Official
Of Baking Powders, recently made, under authority of
Congress, by the Department of Agriculture, Washing
ton, D. C., furnishes the highest authoritative informa
tion as to which powder is the best. The Official Report
Shows the ROYAL to be a
cream of tartar baking pow
der, superior to all others in
strength and leavening power, JI
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