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Near 300 Students. Eight Teachers. State Course of Study.
HIGH SCHOOL; MUSIC; EXPRESSION. GOOD ENVIRONMENT.
Students Prepared for College and for the Problems of Life.
H. B. NEAL, Secretary.
Leading Spirits in Civil
Life of the South
During the War
In heaping honor upon our great
military leaders of the Vai, we
are likely to forget to give due
honor to the memory of those sec
ondary lights who did so much in
a civil way to shape the work of
the Confederacy. It is true that
the South produced a greater num
ber of military heroes than civil,
however, we had several leaders
worthy of remembrance.
Among those who resigned their
seats in the United States Con
gress to stand for the rights and
liberties of their state Jefferson
Davis stands foremost.
It is interesting to remember
that he and Abraham Lincoln
were natives of the same state,
the one migrating southward, and
making his home in Mississippi,
the other drifting northward
where he absorbed the pervading
sentiment of his adoped section
until it became the guiding princi
ple of his life. Thus it was that
the environment of each had much
to do with shaping the course and
destiny of their future life. Up to
the time of the Civil Vv ar, Da\ is
had enjoyed a most successful ca
reer.
After graduating at West Point
at twenty, he entered congress for
the first time in 1848, where he re
mained, with the exception of a
short interval, when he was a col
onel in the Mexican W ar, until
1861. When the southern states
united into a confederacy, Da\is
was chosen to preside over the
new organization. It seemed to be
a fortunate choice, tor he w a s
thoroughly trained in both mili
tary. Althoagh his future career
was not without faults, he was at
heart sincere, with high moral and
religious principles.
Another of our leaders was a
Georgian, Alexander H. Stephens,
McDonough Public School
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who was chosen Vice-President of
the Confederacy. He was a true
friend of slavery, hut opposed to
secession. He was faithful to the
southern cause during the war, hut
was one of the first to sue for peace
Another Georgian who became
one of the ablest leaders for our
cause was Robert Toombs. He
was to the South what William
Lyad Garrison with his “Liberal
was for the North. When the war
was over he, together with Davis,
refused to accept pardon and to be
come a member of the reconstruct
ed Union.
One of our most learned lawyers
was Judah P. Benjamin, of Louisi
ana. He served the Confederacy
with much ability, hut after the
war went to England, where he
became famous.
Others worthy of mention are
John C Breckenridge of Kentucky,
who sacrificed his popularity to
go with the South; William Y.
Yancey, of Alabama; Robert B.
Rliett; Isham G. Harris, Governor
of Tennessee ; and Henry A. V ise,
Governor of Virginia.
Indeed with truth can these men
bo accused of loving their State
better than the Union. But is not
the doctrine of State Sovereignty
older than the Constitution of the
United States? When the States
won their independence from Eng
land, they became independent
States, and in ratifying the Consti
tution voluntarily joined the Un
ion for mutual benefit, but still re
taining all the essence of sover
eignty.
Although the cause m which
1 these men labored failed, future
history will not suffer their names
j to perish.
—Lucy Reagan.
I will finish my work with the
So. Dental College the Ist Friday
in March and after that date I will
be at my office all the time.
T. A. Lifsey.
McDONOUGH, GEORGIA.
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Capt. Wiley Williams, of Colum
bus, Candidate for state prison
commissioner at the primary to he
held June 4th, is one of the best
qualified men in the state for the
place. For fourteen years Capt
Williams has been Chief of Police
of Columbus, and has had practical
experience with criminals and con
victs, and would go into the office
of prison commissioner thoroughly
familiar with the convict system.
Capt. Williams and his friends
believe that he will he elected June
4th by a large majority. He is an
honest, capable and energetic man,
and has friends in every county in
Georgia who are working hard for
his success.
The Columbus Ledger says :
“As the campaign progresses it
becomes more and more apparent
that the candidacy for prison com
missioner of Capt. Wiley Williams,
of Muscoogee, is to receive the en
dorsement of a large majority of
the voters of Georgia. Captain
Williams has just returned from a
trip to eastern and southern por
tions of the state where the assur
ances which have been received
from earnest and enthusiastic sup-
W. D. GREENE, L. 1., A. 8., Superintendent
porters are w r ell founded. From
every section of the state his friends
here are receiving constantly simi
lar assurances which are in accord
with the attitude of the press, gen
erally, of the state.
Captain Williams is a man of en
gaging personality and has many
warm personal friends throughout
the state, but this is not tho chief
basis of the approval with which
lilts candidacy is meeting.
Rather, it is the fitness of Cap
tain Williams by training and ex
perience to discharge the duties of
the office to which he aspires. Be
ing otherwise well equipped, Cap
tain Williams is especiallly fitted
to he prison commissioner hv rea
son of the fact that as chief of po-
..Cotton Buyers..
One of the cotton firms doing business in this
section for several years is that of
INMAN & CO.
Of Augusta, Ga,,
Like their competitors, they always want their
share of the staple and usually succeed. Dur
ing the past ten seasons they have been repre
sented by
MR. JOHN E. CAY,
“ L. R. WINN,
“ J. B. UPSHAW, and at present
“ ODELL H. DUNCAN.
The standing of
Messrs. Inman & Co.
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Has been reckoned at all times as first class—
in business for business, of course, ever re
specting and regarding rights ol all, competitor
and customer.
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lice of Columbus far a number of
years he has dealt successfully
with those matters which come
constantly before file prison board.
He has made a long and efficient
study of those problems which
arise in connection with tho man
agement of criminals, problems
which have become more serious
and important since there began a
crystal:zation of the conviction
that the state should not only pun
ish for crime, but that while the
prisoner is in its care it should not
forget that in time he again will
become a citizen, in the broader
meaning of the term.
Captain Williams will mala* a
practical, useful member of the
commission.” •
