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Peoples Advocate. VOL. 2 I I Immortalized in Stone. The Drilling Ceremonies Wit¬ nessed by a Large Clow d. HON. THOS. M, NOIl.VO ID THE ORATOR OF THE DAY AND MISS MARY GOllRY TH,£MERO!NE The Labors of the . St ephens Monumeu tal Association at Lest Fruited with Success. Cabwvobuvim.k the -Mecca op Gaonota Yestxbeav When the finger of Death closed the eyes of the Great Commoner of Georgia; when after lying awhile at the capita 1 of the State, tbe scepter of which he dropped tor a fairer crown, when bis body (in ac¬ cordance with bis Wish while living) was Lorn for the last time through the portals of Liberty Hall and buried in view of those aceuea and amidst the people he had loved and by whom he was loved, when the frail casket oftbe mighty spirit was left tenantless aud still forever lying beneath tbe sod of bis beloved state, aud in the shadow of his life long borne, when "be¬ neath the shade of the trees" he rested in the sleep erernal, The samo spirit that meved countless numbers to do bon or tit bis death, besttred friends, aud even those once enemies, to erect iu marble some titling trtb ite to the memory uf the one w I tout a uatiooltad honored, whom the Jxto pie loved and trusted aud who, whether to the momentous crisis of states, or Jin hi¬ ding from the right hand tbe generous deeds of self sacrificing charity doue by tue oth¬ er; always exhibited the spirit of the tru iy groat. THE WORK PUT ON FOOT. Seeking to matenalixa tho love and ad. liiinration of their, hearts many of bis triends shottly after his death [which uc cured ou March 4lh. 83) formed tbe Sto pi.eus MoDumeutal Association. Its first meetiug was field in the Court hunse at Crewftmlvllle. Hon Geo. R. Barnes of Augusta was elected preeidout and Mr. M. Z. Andruws of 6’rawlordville vico pres¬ ident, Tue Aseoc.atiou went zealously to work suiic tiug subscriptione. Zfut from tbe fact that it has been ton years since Stephens death it will, he seen that the mevemeut labored uudertbe same disadvantage of almost ail move* of •m>» tlar nature. Fit indeed, te the u.ouu meat to the memory of the departed for it represei.ts the offerings of the great corn non people laid on the grata of on# who loved and served tbuia. Tbe com mon people gave gladly the small assist¬ ance their purse* allowed, while often the rich end infiluential of the city turned a deaf ear and stoned tbeir hearts against the pies for aid in erecting s tribute to honor the one, whose life work, coupeled with others of like mould tnede the glory al, d liberty of our country what it is, aud made pueotble the advantage* they eujoy. 54 bat ever had bean tbe trials and die eouragemeuu of the true heart* of t h« Monumental Association they were all forgotten in the glow of pleasurable and natriotic pride as they witnessed the unveil * dream . real* teg ot ... their . .. Ideal, , ,, their • stiosl ......... I 2 ed form they saw tbe substance ot long cher. iohed then eye* hopMj had the so beautiful long desired ev^enceof to see. To tb# members o f the Monumental Association let due pra.ee be given, ex bibitioe a# they 3 have in Ibvir toil . the . spirit of , him. whom . yesterday i . they tmmorialize-I to atone. A FR0FIT1OM MORNING that tioened tato day serene greeted woo had h ^i feared r Mr-<} mat thit toe tb# ere tbe day before woni-1 Continue IVvl tu tram, added tbeir Cargoes of aud i old t frieode. come ____ to ^ do uonor * sn-l n ' reverence at tbe ehriue or the Gteat AT LIBERTY BALL. over 1 "ll'pam Xe at»"t "'•^TasKBUcaiHi ores E A l*Uie befv.c 2 o'clock the Lev. U MAY 25 1893. L. Harrris opeued the exercises by invo¬ king Divine recognition iu a short and appropriate prayer after which, COL. li. M. HOLDEN, Whose uutimig energy h:nl done so muoh toward securing the success of the moumental project, Urielly reviewed the life ...d -ortotAMuciariwa; ing iu apt and gent-rout terms of praise ou tbs noble work done by Miss Maty A. H. Gay iu raising contribution* for the inonuuiant. Following this Col. //olden delivered a abort encomium on Mr Stephens, We regret ws are uua ble to give it in full. If was brief in interescing and eloquent.Cbl Holdeu then read Several letters from distinguished per sous that bad besu invited but who from various reasons wera unable to attend. Mr, Put Waleh t.reu made a few remarks on the work of tbs Monumeltal Associa¬ tion. Among hit renuuke he complimen¬ ted Mr M. Z. Andrews, (hen of the Crawf¬ ord vile Democrat, as the first to publicly advocate the erection of tbe memorial. Mr. Walsh then iutroduced Mtse Mary Corry, the great nemo of tha Dead Com¬ moner. Miss Corry drew tbe cord that loosed the veil covering: and once agaia but alas ! tu cold, dead marble, Alex. H. Stephens stood before the peo¬ ple. 7 be veil was drawn at 2.48 at I as it fell ewsy the Y. M. C. A. Band of Augusta played Dixie. [Inscription of Mou. on this page] .Ur Walsb then tsad a sonnet from Judge Blackly, as his contridution to the occasion, and ibsi), growing eloquent us he spoke cf the iteparted Stephens he ad¬ ded in the saute strain; that if he could come tu life agaio he would beg the peo¬ ple lu again unite tor the right, and prioc pic and wc-pl of uur common country. This remark of Walsh 's was the only one made touching tbeprcscut state uf politics Mr Welsh then introduced the orator uftbe day Ilou. Thus. M. Norwood of Savannah who was greeted with spproriate applause Lack of time and material "pruVeh ts us from giving more than a brief sketch of Ex bens tor Norwoods address. He Cotjced Stephen's fame bv sayli g that uo monument was needed to im¬ mortalize him and that of his death it might be said, us of Caesars, ' It is recor¬ ded in tbe cupitol." And that capitol the Continent. Mr, Norwo.id then dwelt upon the grand cbarac er and demigod like qualities of the Great Uuuitnopur and funding witfi iutense interest the attention of his audience as he portrayed the life of “Geor?iu's Son aud America's States¬ man,,’ The penny less or,»h in boy rising by indomitable will to the heights of fame. A lifelong salL-rur in body yet accomplishing Herculean tasks. Mr Nor wood related several incidents of b'tephei.s lifr: We nuts several, heretofore not published. StepU.ua when bat 30 years of age had been uomiuato I by the Wings for Cougress in a district so overwhelming Democratic not a Wutg of note would accept tie semination. "The b ,y' as he was dubbed accepted; throw mg his soul iuto the work with snob energy an J success that the democrats were rudely awakened from their dream of safety : ud Began to call ter help. A noted city ora¬ tor was seut against him but vhc-u Ste¬ phens got through with him his remains were borue away by bis mollified faieud* and never heard of agaiu iu that cam paua ‘ "Ihet defeat aroused the Democracy to greater decided energy. crush the boy T uev vo at onw blow, aud to that and they dispatched j the strongest stump speaker of their party, itou. Waiter T. Colquitt, to drive the youugster out of the district. The jy #luocr4l , wera afraid tbat the gosling ! Whig would not dare to meet their chain ^TSE-.; house the night before ana near tbe rushed ground tmjiat-^At^jA* Uiefitends . waa ou the and demanded a joint debate The little he having the opening au.i conclusion. Mr auipuens pened with a rambling talk ot au hour, studiously avoiding alt salient pviuts ot advantage tu hi* a-iver Gulquut f Wh replied cU with all Kr, “ l i ’° W#r “ ‘ n “‘ s - 1 TUo eye witness says when Mr. ht* pbenaroseto tlasheu, reply his he was torm traii,fwrme,i duated, ^js eV #s nie aiature seemed to stretch to tbe ce|]j ai - that saws he would ki2 nvlzf'XxBl any man ws© inter wi,h th * *?«»*"■« 'The Demo-;r»t i. :eh amp.oi, had euougri of that camp,,gn »„d retirwl lroin the district without an ^o. t/iah r ..t # com.n* tt “ t •** s:.in : the !»rge Dem.atr.tie InuX • \ n,.u remained a wonder. r ‘ A PAPER OF. FOR. AND BY THE PEOPLE. >• He rose tike a meteor, but soon took bis ri-titfu!t position among tlio fixed lu erecting this monument of marble standing on a base of granite we add no¬ to his name and fame; wet eek inspir on¬ ly to perpetuate both and to give ration to the youth of coming g enera an incentive to high and uobie deeds, Tho tnarb!e but typifies the bis glory now stands." THE A/ONUMFNT. AN IMPOSING MEMORIAL. ''The monument consists of e pedestal of Georgia granite, queried from tbe adjoin¬ ing county of Oglethorpe, the polished portions being dark, blue, and the cut surfaces light gray, and a life else eta'ue of Mr. Stepkeu* in pure white marble. Tbe pedestal is eleven .feet four inches high end tiio statue Itself six feet two,the whole rising to a height of eighteen feet. He stands with bis left hand resting on the book on a table at his aide eud the other bait upraised as if in the act of em phasing a poiut with one cf bis charac* istic gestures. The statue was carved in Italy, the pedestal being the work of Mr. Theu. Mark waiter, an Augusta sculp tor." THE INSCRIPTIONS. On the front fuce of the pudental is in* scribed this epitomeot Stephens life; “Born februaiy 11th, 1812. Member of the Georgia h-mssof representatives 16 30 to 184U; member Georgia elate 1842; member United States house of represeu- 1343 to 1849; retired Irom congress 1869; vice president of the <5 ii federate States 1801 to 188&5 United States senator-elect from Georgia 18(50; member /foiled States house of representatives 1873 to 3HI2.‘ Governor of Georgia 1882'* Died iu At¬ lanta Sunday morning, March 4th. 1883 Author of a‘ , Couslitutional View of the War Between the State*,, aud of a ‘Com¬ pendium of tbe History of the •States from thuir Earliest Battlement ’till 1872." On another side is this •xlract from one of Stephens' famous speeches; ''Jem afraid of nothing on earth, or about the earth, or under the earth excep to do wrong—the path of duty 1 rball ev¬ er endeavor to tiavul, fearing no evil and droadiug uo consi-qncnce also— "Here sleep the remains of one who dared to te tell the people they were wrong wbeu he believed so. aud who never iuteu tioually deceived a friend or betrayed un enemy." The following, written by .Richard Malcolm Johusou, is on another Ade-, •'Throughout hfe a *utl Wref in lx sly, mind aud spirit, lie was a signal exam¬ ple of wi-dom, courage fortitude patience, forbearance aud ywearying charity. *‘Iu decrepitude of age called to be governor ol elate, he died while in per¬ formance of the work ot bia office, and it seemed fit that, having survived parents brethren, sisters aud most of the dear companions of youth, he should ley his dylflg head upon the boeom of his peo¬ ple. " Ou the stde of the monument facing Liberty Hall is writtet.; The Great Commoner. The defender of civil and religious lib erty. Ue co) eted and took from the republic , nothing save gicry. Non Sibi. Sod Aiiiei MAY M. Tbe weather won perfect for tbi* time of tbe Tear, toe shower tbe eveuing be fore had well laid the dust and coo.ed on j ihinp * Y. eg M. r> O. A. a Band R . ot , Augusta . . f tur niabd the tuuaic. Zaj. McGregor and lady and daughter attended the uuvai.ing exereuws. , Ttlfl h ... n ff_i, -atli.i nn 0 . preva.tai it ft • la a 1 panful crowd. Col J DoHigruoo come up on fast treio ^ ut ^ uut remain lor the unveiling exer cises. at lel» oa tbe 130 train for Atlanta. , ^ lw ; pervjos prc * e& - a,id participating In tbe h uovelUg . exercise*, .,n woom ail bestowed more than a co ntu * _ tsno , Awl lhtw lWQ tw „ w w€r * r , * lhe *"* u °^ U0f ,0 * n J complimentary thoughts Whenever Mey were «poken ^ "~ 1 ^ Cony e*d Mr Horace Tun” M UoMeu A BEAUTIFUL SONNET. Chief Justice Blackly expressed regret that his official duties prevented him from accepting the invitation of the directors •jf the Stephens Monumental Association to be preeeutat the unveiling, but Col»' tributes to tbe exercises of t he day the billowing beaUtiiul Soliuet; A LEI AN DEL II STEPHENS. Of yeoman blood but yet of noble birth. By genius linked with /lurk and Chat hams Strain; Nclf-noble, too, by stainloss moral Worth Andnuu'.y work of hand and heart and brain. lie gave to Heaven a fruittful life on earth Of purpose, patieuce, labor, born in pain. Iu State-craft learned, iu council prompt and wise, l^spoech euunundiug, clear, incisive, strong. In action cod and cpteful of tin prize; Ue hated rashness as he hated w rung. Before his searching, calm, prophetic eyea Did future woes iu present errors thioug, His statu and couutry were to hint the same, And both he served with love end falfb (. aud .fame. Ij. E, ttftAley SHARON D 0 TS Br Hnoou. New* is very scarce. Pretty weather for term work now, Mr. J. A. Kendrick has purchased a first etas* saddle and buggy horse- lie is a beauty. At¬ {several of the Sliarouitos took iu lanta during tbe excursion also Augusta at the May Convention. Prof Thomas who taught school here last yeas died lu Florida last w%uk so we have learned. Jfr*. Caste Moere end grandaught ers Miss Lee aud Allie attended church at lteruett last Sunday. A few street lamp# in tbe village Would be beneficial, we think. A baby carriage factoroty aud whistle rattfe would pey in this section at pres¬ eut. ft,rof ilatcfiers school was closed a day or to last week on account of sick¬ ness. Mrs, Moore retuned home last Satur¬ day from a visit to her nelce Mrs. Joe Criffeth in Jonesboro. Mr. Woodall resumed hi* sebooi last week iu tue couutry. There is a heap of goods shipped to this place aud a very good business done tor the six* of this place In the mercan¬ tile line. l>r ft. K' Darden came out all shaved up last week fie look* like a Itttie boy now sure enough. Ur Urewu returned home last week from a visit to bis sen ia Atlanta W.U. Brown. regular fler. Mr. himpeon filled his apppoiutment *t tha Prespyterian church last &ab bath. Mtsa Adel Tayter of Atlanta is visiting home talks at preseut. Warren Mrs. Licence Sharp of County is visiting her mother near this place. >o one has gone to tbe wor.ds fair from thU section as yet that we kuow of visited Mr. Mr. end Mrs. W. T Flint J, A- Keudrick end family hero last week. people „ fee-ting on buveral or o«r are Irish potatoes now. A very wnolesome dish. TO OLK CORRESPONDENTS. J!, ‘‘j!?* ," ge^themTor becau-e but be< the peop.e Sto„ot . w u „„ them, au-e we ®‘, have toe type wilt, wh.cn to *«l U1 u „ au .l to tiouu piece-*e were eet when fcaH come *» «" vciltogof birne f'.S'S" again 1 ” Greene County. GRKENKMKUUI. Hr Olu Rtr. Hot weather and little cotton is the cry* The farmers around here are ebout done chopping cotton but it is I ookitig bad from the recent cool weather and cut worms are destreyltig it Mr. C- D. l.undy was in town Monday looking as well as ever- Ho save they aru still in tbe middle of tbe road down Ills way. Monday vsas county coutt here' Sev¬ eral cases were tried. They have put off building tiie new jail here until fall. Tha contractors not being qnite ready now. Rev! O. W. Garner preached an excel¬ lent eermon at tbe Missn n, vast of Ureenesboro, last Sunday. He Is a nice man and a splendid preacher. lira!)! crops are nothing extra in this section. Can anybody tell ns where wo can find a maiket for rats. Ra have a fsw barrels for export. Have four kinds black, white, brown and gray. it it with a sad bear that we chronicle tbe duatb of Mrs. Burali Robinson, on tbe 12th lust, Mho was a sincere chrl.t tleuend loved by all who know her, mid will be greatly uilssei in our comunity. During tbe rlae in cotton last fall, one of our buyers told us that he knew when tbe election was over and Cleveland was elected, that cotton would go up to a good pried. Ei> that rule should work both ways am! If that bu true Grover has put meat where It Is now, and can anybody tell where we that buy much at the preseut prices, will be at thte fail with eoton at five cent* KUNE TO ALL. tf 1'KIHIENS HIGH SCHOOL. Will have (u ckteing exercises next Jmnday and Tuesday pud Tuesday night. Monday and Tuesday will be divuted principal y to .examinations. Tuesday night an entertainment consisting of declama¬ tions aud dielofftx will be giweo. These w»M be no “adutissn i fee ‘ and the wor¬ thy /Vlocipal Prut. J. U. Aixth ny cur*" dtally invitee the public to be present. WHY ISSUE BONDS/ From the American Nonconformist we clip the following; Below ia a statement of the amount of inutiey and bullion lying in the vaults of tfiv Ircarary at Washington. It is copied froni a report of the Secretary of the treasury for Jfay Jet, 1898; Gold Coin ............$121,768,68.1.09 >Yt..ndard Silver Dollars., 3(50.359,922.00 Subsidiary Silver........11,118. 673.09 Tit-usury Notes, Act July 14, 1890...,...... • • • . 10,290,875.00 United Slates Note* .,20,078,899.00 National Bank Notes......6,081,299.00 $636,4(53,953 00 Cold Bullion • • • • • .. .. 80*629,774 00 .Silver Bullion • •ee m • •• — 110, 310,19(5 00 Total • ••• •••• • e •Sereo hundred and twenty six millions of dollars lying absolutely idle and powers tbat be about decided to issue more bonds. Any man that would give hie note bearing interest wh-.n he bad tbe money lying idle sufficient to pay with would be called a fool or a lunatic GREAT QUADRANGULAR DEBATE. Question; Which Offer* tbe /test Practi¬ cal Political Meau* for the Benefit of tbe Workingmen uf this Country, Tufi Democratic Paett, tub Prop lx* Pabtv tu* Rapcauc-AN Pautv en tu* Cacacu. This, tbe greatest debate of modern times, was held at Philadelphia, Pa., un¬ der the auspices of the Gbatham Literary union by tbe following speakers: Democratic Party—Col. Henry Ratter, son of Keutuckey. TheCbureh—Rev R H (Amwelt of Pcou eylvania. Peoples Partv—Gen. Jas B Weaver of Iowa. Repubhcan P.rty-6ol S L Woodford The lour speeches complete r.ru printed in pamphlet form and and will be tent any address t*n receipt of 25c. Or we will send tbe Advocate 1 year and one copy of the epeecea for one dot lar. Spread tbe fire. I will Wp on b^I herafw . full line *“’'“** ST. i NO 55 CLIPPINGS Journal of Knights of Labor; President Cleveland still clings to the faith he pro¬ fessed when he first took office. He ia still opposed to a second term-^the only exception he is disposed to make is in the case of a president. Consistency is a jeWel which ih public men cannot b« too highly etmmetwied. Our congresmnan man Lawson, made a strike for an increase of salary of one hundred dollars per month and got it without arbitration, when the laborer strikes ho is characterisiul as a fool ami an* arebist and etc. ami must submit his claim lo a board of arbitrators. J II M. ______ The Chicago Sentinel: It last Novem¬ ber's election was to be repeat-id next week Cleveland would be snowed under so deep that he would think he had burnt struck by a glacial period A madder set of men was never seen than the wheel horses who d>d the heavy work for the Democratic ticket last fall. Grat¬ itude is not one of Mr. CWvcIaud's pre¬ dominant characteristic!. One of the most patriotic deeds of the Revolutionary war, apart from the army, was preformed in 171 * by Robert Mor¬ is a I’luUlelpbfa banker, who died iti poverty eighty eeven years ago today, after a long impnsoument In a debtor'! prison, fit the winter of 177(5-7 Wash loftou'xarmy would have sutlcred dis¬ solution bccetieu of uo motley to pay the tbe soldiery, .(/orris loaned Washington (50,000 which tided the patriot army over tbe most giooiny period of tin: war fur American independence.—Buffalo Kx. THK MARRIAGE Of Miss Mary Corry and Mr. Horace Holden takes place on June let. at An¬ niston Alabama. TO THE PUBLIC At £aRGK G il at my office and have ycur tse’.h ■proper'.. -pi satisfactorily filled. I guar •inteu every piece of work UiaPft done iu my office to give perfect eaur faction .- if it does not tho work will cost you nothing. I employ nothing but best and most ap¬ proved method* induutal surgery. ttospt. Yours. W L Bictiika Dentist tireeuesboro Ga. SUCOKSSFUL FRUIT Ct/LTVllE 13 NOT POSSIBLE WITH CHEAP TREKS, None but first class Southern grown trees shuuId In- planted. Procure them from a nursery that burn* all poor stock and send* out nothing but good tree* carefully packed in damp moss so that they will reach you in jierfect cou '(Iti ou, If our ageul has not called on yon write to us for prices before you buy elsewhere. During the fruiting season sam pie* ol fruit will be sent free to any address on receipt of ten cents to pay postage. Agents wanted tvary where; catalogue free. Address. Cherokee Nursery Co., Way CroeK, Ga. A NICE RESTAURANT. Creenesboro was lucky enough to get a nice restaurant which resembles a city very much We would like to impress upon our readers that when they visit tireeuesboro to be sure aud look for the “Deliuotiico-" Me sirs F M Barn¬ hart A Co are the proprietors and would be pleased to have you call on them at any time Meal* at alt- Do not carry your lunch as you get jnst what yoa want- They can be found at J W Johnsons, building next door tothw palace saloon• Give the in a catl F b Barnhart ic Co¬ GrtenecesLoro Ga JOB WORK. We can supply you with work of alt description and at a cost that will be as mall ai you would have to pay anywhere. Work of Autistic Dutcx a no Fixed •lone neatly and promptly. Send u» youi lers. Dont Buy A New ^ ^ fix ^ OLD ORGAN OR 1*1 ANO that it wilt be a* good as new, 1 guarantee my work to be as well done a* that of any tuner or repairer. I live at White Plains, was raised here and can give reference tost ought to satisfy the nvnt doubtful as to my ability as a tuner and repairer. iKmt be taken in by some tramp who pro;-)*ee to be a pia;o work msii but let me do your work* Reept. Percy V Howell. White r-e ns Ga.