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BY O. G. COX
Onae upop a twne Genius and
Wisdom walked hand in hand up
to ti*<» banks of a great sea. Never
k wtsAuch asea! Ihe light had shim
mwed itself to sun'fl.hes. and
was di ifting in perfumed winds
upon a sea of amethyst The
waves whiih fell upon the sil
ver shore were bursts of song.
a\J all the sea was one vast
q/iver of adrom of paradise.
Fair of face was Genius, quick
of tongue and action, and his
blood were streams of fire. Oh.
for <Ue «ea!”'he cried. "Wisdom
you have told me wrongfully.
Here is the-sea before me! It is
the perfume of poetry. 1 is the
distiilution of song. Its banks
\»re the rose gardens of thought.
Wherever its waves kiss tie
I
shore is the fallow land of fancy
sown with di earns and passions.
Why, it is the evaporation of
care The murmur of its waves
is but the echo of the flutter of
wiags of Paradise and the
music of Ute tremulous ocean of
happiness. Above it on gossa
mer wings quiver ten thousand
dreams of passion and of gran
deur; and upon it* vast bosom
floats love with white arms open
to the sun.*’ ♦
But Wisdom said to Genius—
" Tho sun-flakes that you see are
but the ashes of dreams, blown
by the ghost winds of dead am
bitions. The songs and flowers
I *nd music are but the phan
tasies of imagination and the
echo of desire. We have heard
of this sea for many days and I
shall take the mountainous path
which leads around it."
Oh, for the sea! Its arms are
warm and gentle!! The perfume
of ten-lhousand roses distilled
lifhtheir breath above its bosom.
Love’s light has dreamed itself
idto song clouds, and these in
gold and crimson glory float
above the sea.
And Genius wades into the sea.
What cares Genius? His
arms are sinews of steel. His
• boughts are panoramas of pow
er. He is tireless, and b*« hopes
are the fibers which weaw the
cloth of Ambition.
How pleasant the sea! Wis
dom was weak when he chose
the rocks and briers around ij!
Os course weaklings have been
suffocated and overcome through
.this dreamy carnival of the lux
uriance of the senses. They
were only weak lings. Mark
bow Genius breasts the waves!
• Along up over the sharp
rooks and tangled growth of the
mountain side toils Wisdom.
And Genius, effortless, is boroe
in dtieamy ecstasy upon the
honied lips of the wine hued
waves, whose surge is the song
of a satisfied seul. Ho floats,
the waif of the wind of pleasure,
which is wafting him further
from the shore. How warm the
water! Like the melted kisses of
ten-thousand dreams it seems!
<ih, for the strong strokes of
Genius! Every stroke of hi«arm
seA the sea a-tune with the bur
den of passionate music. Across
the sea lies the Land of Success,
and poor old Wisdom is already
far behind in the journey! .
• * * • •
The days creep on. And the
months creep ott. And the years
creep on. .Somehow the waters
have cold, and G» i:ius
h*- grown weart. "I had bet
terturn back," say;- Gm! us, ‘ml
go the oid way that V isdoiu
went.” But the current has
grown stronger, and oh, it is
so hard for a tired man to float
against the tide! He tries and
tries again and again and then
gives up.
“I will float on just a litttle
longer,” he says.
He nutices about him on either
side are eddying pools, and in
them every now’ and then to the
surface comes some bleared and
distorted face, and there are
despairing arms struggling to
keep these poor fates above the
waves. ,
How cold has grown the water,
the iciness of despair is in it!
And he is so weary. “I will
1 ju>l drift.” he says.
He jostles against dead bodies
drifting with him. Seared faces
and shrivelled forms are float
ing by his side. Miles ahead of
him be sees Wisdom crossing
ihe hill-tops. He shivers in bor
ror in the dreary sea- of decay
iabout him.
Not far ahead of him he sees
one lift trembling hands and cry
to God for mercy—and then go
down. A few bubbles unnoticed
I mark thj passing of this one who
was also like Genius a strong
swimmer. And Genius, weak
unto death, wonders what to do.
He has no strength to swim back
and face all the tide; he cannot
dr ft on much longer and keep
himself above the waves. He
lifts hts blood shot eyes, and
lar off on the summit of the last
hill that stands before the Land
I of Success he sees Wisdom.
Wisdom, standing in the sun
light which rests upon the top of
the hill, looks down upon the
sea. But it does not look the
i same from this bank as it did
from the rose-encircled bank on
the other side.
It is a sea of death. A little
wave creeps up the shore and
touches the feet of the tree of
.ambition, and the tree dies. Yon-
I der, another wave rolls up and
kisses the flower of hope, and
the flower fades. Across the
desert sands by the sea creeps a
billow and the lily of love with
ers and shrivels, <wd the rose of
1 beauty changes to -a rank and
hideous weed. There are dead
flawers all about ttoe banks, and
dead songs and dead dreams.
The waves beat themselves in
wild unrest upon the sands and
mourn and sub eternally. Sad
white faces are floating in this
sea of tears. No life is so virile
as to withstand the touch of
its waves, no being so robust as
to mingle with its waters.
Far off as a sp.*ck is Genius,
drifting and drifting. Wisdom's
eyes fall upon him. AH at once
he sees Geni«s lift his hands de
suairingiy, hopelessly, helplessly
aed far over the waves comes the
echo of a cry of dispair. Then u
few bubbles come up, and then
another dead faoe has come to
join die rest of thedead.
The sunlight falls bright upon
the mountain side <as Wisdom
with proud heart marohes down
i£ and crosses over (i®to»the Land
of Success.
Barn Burned.
On last Thursday night ®t 8 ® clock
t he burn of Mr. A.B. Handley wasfetmd
to be on fire and was totally eon
turned. The barn contained <BBO bwsh
els of corn, 300 of which were oaved.
but in a badly damaged condition.
The fire was of incendiary origin.
The burning of storehouses is becom
ingtcommcn occurrence in ourwunlj
and is a crime which should be wet
with swift, sure and severe punish
ment. Mr. Handley’s barn is the
fourth one destroyed in this way with
in the last twelve months. Every ef
fort will be made to find the crinaiinais
•Hid when discovered they will be pun
ished to the fullest exlent ad Ihe law.
DROWNED IN THE
CHATTAHOOCHEE.!
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Dudley Potts, a Popular Young Han |
Loses His Life. ’
The tragic death of Mr. Dudley Potts
on last Wednesday by drowning is a
source of deep and widespread sorrow.
He wns<rently Iteloved by bis imme
diate family and relatives, as well as
by a large circle of friends, and his loss
under any circumstances would have I
been greatly deplored, but the sad and !
untimely manner of his death render
ed it a thousand times more distressing
to his surviving friends.
There was but one witness to this
solemn scene, an old negro man. Bill
Mitchell. Mr. Potts was in the bateau,
dragging for a fish basket: being assist
ed in this by two negro men, Bill Mitch
ell and Arthur Conn.
The drag caught some obstacle, sup
posed to la' a rock, and one of the ne
groes, who was holding the drag line,
Jet it aioose and caused the bateau to
capsize. All three were thrown into
the stream and Arthur Conn sank in a
few minutes and was lost, but Mr. Potts
was an excellent swimmer, nnd evi
dently he was not alarmed. Hecnught
hold of the boat which was oyoitnrned I
and floated with it some distance dow n
the stream. In the meantime Rill
Mitchell had swam towards the bank ■
and just before reaching it his strength j
became exhausted and he was about to |
be drowned, when Mr. Potts, who had >
been watching him while he himself
was clinging to the capsized boat for
safety, called to him to catch an over- |
hanging limit —which he did, and was I
saved. Mr. Potts was perfectly > self-1
possessed and'Continned holding to the ;
boat ns it floated down the stream, ]
when unfortunately, the drag caught
nnd pulled the boat under. He then |
attempted to swim to the bank, but his •
strength was not sufficient to carry
him there, and he sank —one, twice, j
three timesand never rose again.
Mr. Dudley Potts was the son of Mr.
Frank M. Potts, of Atlanta, and the
brother of Messrs. Frank and Fannin '
Potts, of Gabbei tsville, and Kell Potts, i
of Atlanta. He lived near Long-Cane,-i
at the old family home; where last fall '
he carried his bride, Miss Mary Green, |
a lovely and gentle lady. Many and
sincere are the words of sympathy giv
en to her and all the other stricken
relatives.
DUDLEY POTTS’ BODY FOUND
Was Recovered by fir. Anderson
Yesterday Afternoon.
West Point. Ga., April 9 —(Special.
—After four days’ continual dragging
the body of Mr. Dudley Potts’ was
Idrawn up by Mr. Jimmie Lee Anderson
this afternoon at half-past 1 oclock,
Mr. Anderson was the last one to see
Potts go down to his water grave. Mr.
Potts made several efforts to reach the
bank, but owing to the swiftness of
the water and the drags attached tothe
bottom of Ihe bateau, which they were |
using in fishing up fish baskets in the I
swift part of the, stream, he was unable !
to do so. It seems that he thought!
himself safe when he caught to the
bottom of the bateau after being cap- !
sized, but the drags attached to the j
bottom of the bateau caught under .
the shelf of a rock, causing the bateau
to go under, and then he swam three
hundred yards, giving out just before
reaching the bank'.
He looked perfectly natural, not
even a bruise ob his body. His young
wife is almost paralyzed with grief. |
The ia terment will lake place tomor
row at the family burial grounds near
their home at Long Cane, Ga.
WITH CUPID’S,BONDS.
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Two Y'ourg Heerta arc Joined On
Last Sunday. Judge Pitts Per
forms The Ceremony.
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3 o'clock Sunday evening Judge Pilis !
united in marriage Mr. J. F. Carpenter ■
the son of Mr. Gill Carpenter and Miss-
Alice Hipp, the daughter of Mr. AV. J.
Hipp. The couple were quite young,
Mr. Carpenter being about 19 years of
• age anti his bride about 17 years. Mr.
Carpenter is a splendid young gentle
man, and his bride is a most beautiful
and attractive young lady. The Graph
ic joins their friends in good wishes
for their success and happiness, and
hopes that their lives may be full of all
things which are worthy.
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