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THE - GRAPHIC. - 0 0. cox. Editor A Proprietor. JAMES B RIDLEY, City Editor and Busines.* Manager. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MoßJU*i<i AT SI.OO A YEAR. Advkip imino Ratkh furnhhod on ap plication at this jftiso. Our rates are rvasenable, and It will pay you to write. iteacui. Noticrs— Fire cent* per lin l<«*Hditiir Notices by contract. LaGrange Ga., April, 25,1899 WEDNESDAY—HEMORIAL DAY. Next Wednesday is Memorial Day. Thirty-four yaarsagoasbravea band of heroes as ever God’s sun shone upon, laid down the arms with which they had defended their homes and firesides and, barefooted and ragged and dis* heartened, came back to a land blackened with the smoke of Shermanfires and stained with v e blood of the youthful flower of the land. Sad were the day sand weary nights—thirty four years ago! From where the orange blos soms scent the florid climate of Florida to the sweep of the Tex as praries or the green fields of Virginia you might go into the humblest cottage, vino-clad be side the sea, or slumbering upon the mountain, and there would be the sounds of sorrow for brave boys ,ind grizzled heroes who nev er would come back. You might go into the home of wealth and thm* was the awful hush that « toid that the first born had fal len or that the cavalier father had again clasped the hand of Jackson,the grand,beyond the river <wiili its mystery. No home was so palatial but what suffering had come to it, no dwellingsoobscure but s> »rrow had entered there. In the ranks of the gray, shoulder to shoulder rich and poor, favot- d and unknown,had inarched with but one heart beat and the same .song of freedom from every soldier’s heart. And so in the vast gar* moni of our great loss and great bereavement were knit the heart fibers torn from every clpss and drawn from ewrj phase of our civilization. Among these strands which m ido this garment was the grief ol her who bent above her soldier son and the pathos stamped upon the fair face watching for the soldier lover who never was to come back any more. There v. as the strand traced by the smoke from the flume-swept home, there was the strand woven from the shroud of the poor dead. There was the fiber torn from die quivering heart of love and threads from the sad fabric of d. ad hopes. This was thirty-four years ago. t nee that time u thousand is sues have come to the surface, a new generation has come to largely fill the phi«*es so well and ably filled by those who ruled so lordly in the old regime. The lofty cavalier w.lks among us no more, the business man rules alike in North and South; bui thia business man in the South is the son of the old cavilier and ‘ while his head is turned to dis ’ fereut channels his heart is the same old Southern heart that marched with Jackson and fought the fight with Lee. The chang -led conditions in the South have I « I never changed its spirit. It is the same honest, chivalrous, gen erous spirit and open nature. And this spirit and this nature love the memory of the great hearts who followed where the oriflumme of the Souths treamed, whether in the shadow of defeat, or the glory of snccess. Next Wednesday the South pays its tribute to these dead. I'he survivors of that great cause will march under the old flags again, by the same grand old strains, to the sad pl'aers where fair hands lay the fllowersof love on the sleeping forms off courage. We here in LaGrange, whose county gave five hundred sons to this cause, can not afford to fail to exibit how deeply we re vere the memory of those who fought and dieu for us in the- old day s when the stars and' bars led the cause of freedom. Ifown in this Southland of ours th«ie lives no one who can afford- bo stay away from the ceremonies 1 i which the living pay to the her oic dead of the past. Some day you and I may have to pay the same penalty of life for our coati- i try and our convict'ons. It would be poor incentive to think tha-t ( tbity years after no one would care for the sacrifice we gaue. VVe cannot allow the interest in< this day to die out. No business is so important as to render any excuse necessary. The great* ; heart of the South asks that* on next Wednesday every mar. do his diuty. ( sone FIGURES AND REFLECTIONS ' The Treasury Bureau of Sin tis tics in a recent report gives some very interesting figures. These figures to which we refer are in regard to our foreign trade. They show that, in-ten years—from 1888 to 1898*-oun sales in Africa rose from $3,000,’-. 000 to $17,000,000; in Japan fromJ $4,000,000 to §21.000.000; Beb P giuuj from $10,000,000 t® $47., 000,000; in Denmark from .$3,000;.- 000 to $12,000,000; in Jflol.'anA from $16,000,000 to $655000,00«; : in France from $40,0<J0.000 to $100,000,000; in Germany from $55,000,000 to $150,0(bO,000; in Uie United Kingdom from $352,- 000.000 to $540,000,00®. Commenting on this the Wash ington Post, an expansion paper,, adds this statement:: “Perhaps the mosi surprising of our commercial victories-have been won in Great Britain and her dependencies. They baveasf tjnished English, manufacturers and the English people generally more than anybody on ibis side of the Atlantic.” Now it looks peculiar that after such figures issued by an expan sion government the expansion* ists would continue to claim that in order to advance our commer cial interests it is a necessity that we adopt England’s colonial system in order that “trade might follow the flag.” “Per haps the most surprising of our commercial victories have been won in Great Britain and her; dependencies,’’says the Post, aMI yet it will likely tell us in rt' few days more, if it is like the average expansionist, that we will have to own colonies like England does ff we want to com** pete with England and the other commercial nations, and yet in |he meanwhile we are making inroads among the dependencies of Englund. The figures from llu* Treasury Bureau of Statistics iiso informs us that: “Our excess of exports over imports in the last three years reached the enormous aggregate of $1,300,000,000.” Now this looas like that we might have the right to say what kind of money we will use in this country. Tbs money that, comes in to us for our products amounts to $1,300. KO.OOO more than the money which we send out of this country for things. It seems that) is not at question of whether other folks will take our money,, but ii in a qoestion of whether er nos we will take somebody elan's wnmey. ■ As long as the balance of trade; is in our favor we db not see how a man can argue that we can not make our own 1 financial' system and pass judgement upon tbeinowy which other people' p»y- We w«M»ld like sone expan sionist and some gold* bug to aos-wer tie two points which w hare shown from these figures-. Fhe respect and adncwritio-m of th* people for Mr. Bryan groves Strenger emery day. We have paid Spain* s2o,ff)®.- OOfijfior the privilege od taking.* her place bu 11y ing a nd'inuider ing-f/he PWipinos. Pm tihe death of ilbn. N-. JI Ffommonrfl 4»fcorgia has sufferedi the loss off a sterling citizen, and a brave andi lofty ger.tibman. There atw no millionaire Sena t>ors-fro<ni titoe South. There are i aon&eqiwtrtly no bribery investi gation trailers to otwr Senator- ! iiUi elections. AsS-TMtE BOAT GAME IN. — I’WRtolted' fur him as the ■ lioatteame i»j, Iki.tlie-diinv.ipmy light rf.te daivn that’A. been Klghion tile deck I aawvlfia snrile, Avul,.iHlm iiuarm, in a little- while, AVe miked a®d taught Aland; jpked an«il uliaffof lAlleui* the pleasures -and griefs we’ii halted; Andi D wm, so pro* Al I.' aueJd hardily s peart Tii htwe tHUe old fe’lliw tew one whute week; But oh, **r the waa* and oldb .Audi tin? tired look.rvaaaaAery told; That suam the de tfiYones. who once-Uad been , • Wmhdl watch for hitn.asthe boat coaoes i®. ftlluw often my dneaiuMags have t.utmed to stray Tb. the misty light of that morning gray; And down the wharf, ag:ua» and again,. I watch for him.au the boat csenes in, And I see the waves in the dawn light 1 beat Again on the pier; and I hear the feet Os the harrying throng in the morning dim, And I wait again and again for him. ■ The years roll on in their solemn sweep. And. the boats come on, and creep and creep Upto the wharf, as they did that day— ' But I watch for him in vain for aye. The years roll ever with surge sublime, But some bright morn of a golden time I When toil is ended and shame and sin, He’U watch for me as the boat comes 5 in. O. G. 0. J Never saw so many new goods i' at Seay Bros. DOWN THfc UHE»APEAI4E ; I followed you ado thr hay, j- Adown (he bay— Immii and I, ; The moonlight glistened ow the apnrj.. And in the night the went by. ii My heart had nailed adowu’ the baj, When you and I had saidi iurvwel],- Had sailed with you, with yuCSway, | As evening's shadows on u.*Ml i 1 followed down the (’liesapeal*- To find if niy heart had fared well— Ah, if the waves my thoughts -twuld ♦peak And toyonull my dreaming tel!'.’ o. g. r. It is reported and not denied that Tom Reed will not again br * in Congress. Ihat he will retire ; from public lisle. Already sev i eral Republican*haveannounced I themselves us aandidalies for the S|»eakership off the House of Re prese n t a t i ves*. John Wanansaker wouldn’t do a thing to that' Quny jury if he had a good chance to'make a solar plexus blow;. TRBMUP SUPEtMDR CSUHT Court Convenes Nmrt lowday sad | Thnae Will Be Hany Cases o« Imports ace and Interest* ©n tw%t Monday will aonveee Thoup Superior ctntrt. There will be niMoy cases- of interest J&diongf these will b*<he aoib of t:he ILwfGbrvage ' atanWorbs* ®ss pany against the ckyjof LaWru-nge? and the sorts of A. Al Moocy and J JI Ki Mtaoo againsti the W-esternj ISkilwayr of Alabama. will be other cases-of greet iu twrest;. and doubttos« there wills bea largo aliendanee. HfoHoo J on.Judgw-Sk W. Htwrrrs wilh prs- '■> side and Hon. T. At AUiin&on,< o«r vigilant solicitor, will be inf aMendacee, upon th« discharge, odlhis duties. £ TroM|v»Gauntjr CampuU. G. V. The inemben, of this camp and ’ till o'her veters ns of the oouoty ■ cure * eapesled to assemble rni rfourt house at 2 J'B>o’<iloek. and □sarch to>tbe College* Arftur the address ibis desired that as-many of the Veterans as. can stand the march wmHI join in tho line and go as i btody in thu position as- ' signed us in the precession. AM having suitable Badges williwear them. By order J. Ik. Schaub, , Command er. ! J, 8.. Strong, Adljunt. Ejaminatioit of iTeacltens. On the22nd of June next Ii wil| bold an axanxination for Teachers. The questions will be largely based on “Manual of Methods” “Page's Theory and Practice of Teachings, edited by jE. Q. Branson, and “Way marks for Teachers’”by Mass Arnold. Ol A. Bail C; S. C. Schools in Cuba andi Elsewhere. U II * Prof. J. F. Utraughuav wh*> recently visited Cuba with a view of investiga ting the outlook fqe establishing a sirhool in Havana, Cuba, nsext fall on has return visited Swvaatnah, Georgia, where he anranged toopen a well equip ped Business College June Isth. Prof. Draughon now has flourishing j business eoDeges located in Nashville Tenn.,Galveston and Texarkana,Texas. These colleges have superior courses of instructions, and) special facilities for tecuriag positions. See Prof. Draugh on’s ad. elsewhere' iu this issue.—Spe cial rates wiß be given all who enter either of colleges soon. I will sell on the first Tuesday in May al public outcry in the city of LaGrange all my buggies, | carriages, wagons etc. I have a' number of first class vehicles that will go at a bargain. There will be no by bidding. Every vehir cle will be sold. ( P. H. WilliakSjA,. 18. S. R.ffllE BID. Passes Away at His fiooitt' On Vernon Street, ms OF inw QWITITK Ycwrog, Highly RdspvctelWith Scww Friends to Mourn His Death. Mr Walter C. Littlb died a» his bet®e in this city idst Wed nesday after a short illness. He was neb thought to have lteen se riously” ill. and no tippreiteusiong were fefc abont his uliimiittr reco* jvery; thws his death was a great i shock to-bis relatives >10(2 his (Jriends. His mother was at) his side when* the sudden chamge tcok place* which ended his life; and, although »»d was immediate ly sum ie weed and remedies applied, ncrf)!iii*t»g could be done for iis relief death quickly ensued. Mfr. Little- was the oldest Ison erf the kutw Dr. S. W. Lit* tie, v, skilfw* physician and ‘ remembered'- with affection by. Jmany ,lo whom# l:e ministered* during his litie, >n sickness aud * sorrow. a young maa< of stealing qftal'blies, a loving and thought!u<kso*,, and faithful in the discliaiig# u>t his Obliga tions. , He leaves-two- brothers and jtwo sis’jer* lw> maMam his loss; :-and t hey,-• nd his-ffovoted mother, (whose iove ckmg. with lenderest ■. fondness to th*s, her oldest son. “have (he siueei»e sympathy of j their irienda-iu sh-s sad affliction. Death issUwuy* »ad—sad when fit approaches with gradual or with naslennig sfop; but whoa ;H sn iidies ns vitrtim away with 'out w.lining, whei the blow talbr ."as a bolt fi’Min a> dear sky, the shock of is is irrribJe, and pros- Itratrs loving Iripnxfa in the very bitterness of <b spair. The funeral services were con ducted at h’s home on Vernon street and the remains interred ijat tin- family burial ground. nave You Heard i Olli? You may have heard* about SGOTTS EMULSION; and have a vague notion ( that it is cod-liver oil with * its bad taste and smell and all its 'other repulsive tea-« tures. II is cod-liver oil, the purest and the best in the■ world,.but made so palata» ble that almost everybody can take it Nearly all children like it and ask far more, SCOTTIS EMULSION looks like cream; it nour ishes the wasted body of the baby, child or adult better than cream or any other food in existence. It Bears about the same rela i tion to other emulsions that cream does to milk. If you have had any experience with other so-called “just as good” preparations, you will find that this is a fad. The hypophosphites that are combined with the cod-liver oil , give additional value to it because , they tone up the nervous system i and impart strength to the whole i body. * «oc. an 4 ,00. all d- ) SCOTT & BOWNE, Chensisw, New York.