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THE GEORGIA PRESS.
The Griffin News office was invaded by
an army of school girls last Saturday, and
tho whole office surrendered at once. The
girls took possession, and investigated the
art of printing.
Augusta Chronicle: The Savannah
District Conferenc^f the Methodist Epis-
oopalChurch, South, was held at Waynes
boro, the session opening on Thursday
last and adjourned at noon yesterday.
Dr. A. T. Mann, P. E., presided. Among
many items of interest we note that the
conference passed a resolution pledging
the district to the support of Rev. R. W.
Macdonell, who will soon start as a mis
sionary to Brazil. Mr. Macdonell is a son
of Rev. George Macdonell, of the South
Georgia Conference. He is a graduate of
Emory College, and is said to be a young
minister of great promise.
As an act worthy of imitation we men
tion that, at the collection for the benefi
of the South Georgia Conference Orphan’s
Home, a gentleman pledged himself to du
plicate the amount paid by the remainder
of the congregation. Two hundred and
thirty dollars were reported, which
amount tho gentleman - immediately sub
scribed to be paid on demand.
Rev. R. W. Lovett and Messrs. R. E,
W. Palmer, R. J. Davant and E.
Neidlinger were elected delegates to the
South Georgia annual conference, which
will meet in Hawkinsville in December
next-
Ameiucus Recorder: We learn that
heavy wind accompanied by hail visited
the neighborhood of Mr. Thomas Staple-
ton in Webster county last week. A ne
gro church was blown down, and damage
done the farm of Mr. Stapleton.
Ann ASX Advertiser, of the 1st inst., says:
The crop .reports to-day are good, and
the planters seem to be in good spirits.
The com crop is set down as the best
prospect for years, and about a month
ahead of time. Cotton is looking as fine
ly and growing as fast as could be
wished.
The Columbus Enquirer, of Sunday,
says: About 2? o’clock this morning,officer
Pickett was notified that a negro bad com
mitted suicide by jumping in a cistern
near the residence of Mr. James Rankin,
In company with officer Tice and the in
formants, they proceeded to the scene.
On the sidewalk was found the coat and
vest of the deceased, and a baby’s bon
net.
The following particulars were learned
Billy Beach, colored, had stolen, about
12 o’clock at night, a baby of Jennie Hen
dricks, of which he was the father. It is
thought he murdered the child and threw
it into the cistern. He then went to Levi
Wright’s house, colored, awoke Levi and
his wife, saying he wished them to go
down town with him, as some of the folks
were sick. They went as far as the cor
ner east of the female college, when Levi
seeing the man bad done something
wrong, returned for help to hold him, as
he intimated he would be hung if he
lived, and was going to drown himself.
Before Levi reached his house his (Levi’s)
wife screamed and he returned. She
says Billy went to tho cistern and said
“come here, here is the baby.” Shewouk
not go to him. In an instant he jumped
into'the cistern, and called again for her
to come and shake hands with him. He
then let go and drowned himself. At
this late hour (3:15 a. m.), it is impossi-
blc to get further particulars. Coroner
Lloyd was notified, and will hold an in
quest to-day.
Americus Recorder:Mr. B. M. Whee
ler has laid upon our table the first col-
toh stalk, with squares, of the season
raised by Bobbie Hudson, three and
half miles from town. Bobbie is to be
congratulated if he has much cotton like
the line sample sent us.
' Albany Advertiser: Dougherty conn
ty is in a better condition, financially,
than it has been fora number of years. It
is entirely out of debt, and has a balance
in the treasury. The condition of Our
roads, bridges, public buildings, etc., is
not such as to require the expenditure of
any considerable amount cf money with
in the next few years, and with this en
couraging outlook before us, we see no
reason why we should not invest in
, free bridge across Flint river at Albany.
■We can never be better prepared for it
than now, and as a free bridge across the
river dividing our county has become a
pressing need to a very large portion of
our citizens, we can see no sense or rea
son in deferring this important “Bridge
Question” any longer.
Columbus Enquirer of the 20th inst.
rays: Early yesterday morning, Mimy
Johnson, a| negro woman employed by
Mr. Wm. Mebaffey, dropped dead. She
was preparing to get breakfast, and was
talking to her granddaughter when she
suddenly fell to the floor, and died in
few minutes.
All Columbus, it would seem from
reports in the city papers, were all out
picnicking on last Saturday.
Atlanta Post of Sunday says
About halt past eleven o’clock last night,
as Mr. Turner, a gentleman residing on
West Hunter street, was going home, and
w hen within thirty yards of his door, two
white men sprang upon, and having
dealt him a hard blow on the head with a
stone, proceeded to lighten his pocket
of about thirty dollars in cash.
Mr. Turner said that the men were
white, but before he could give an accu
rate description of them his senses left
him, and no definite idea can be formed
as to the guilty party.
A physician was summoned and an ex
amination of the wound developed that
the skull had been fractured and the pa
tient is in a very critical condition. His
life is despaired of.
It is said that John H. James, the At
lanta banker made last week in two days,
$20,000 to $22,000 by speculating in Geor
gia railroad bonds.
Augusta News; Captain John Brown,
the oldest white person In Greene county,
died on Thursday night, aged ninety-^ix
years. His remains were interred yester
day in the old family burial ground near
Ridge Grove church, eight mile3 from
Greensboro.
Atlanta Post: The white Republi
cans are having their say very numerously
in favor of equal rights being granted
them. Tho black Republicans have
nothing to say—at least they say nothing.
This silence does not mean that they are
whipped out, or that they have any fears
of establishing and maintaining negro su
premacy in the party. The whites have
so persistently demanded that the blacks
shall have their rights, and if by point of
great numbers the blacks assert the right
to rule the party what can the whites do
about it?
Mb. W. D. Young, proprietor of Tal
lulah Falls, is making a great many im
provements about the Falls. Near the
hotel he is erecting a bridgo 110 feet long
across the river, thu3 enabling visitors to
cross to the other side of the chasm, from
which a splendid view is had of the grand
and picturesque scenery.
Quitman Free Press: The new rail
road tariff, regulated by the commission
ers, goes into operation to-day. Upon
investigation, and with the lights before
us at this time, we are decidedly on the
side of the railroads and opposed to legis
lative interference in such matters. The
legal printing bill passed by the last leg
islature we consider most unjust and ar
bitrary, and it now seems the railroad bill
will, work hardships and serve no end, and
be of no benefit to the people.
Valdosta Tones: Twenty-six barrels
of Irish potatoes were shipped from Val
dosta to New York last Thursday. Quite
a number more will be shipped next
week.
Savannah News: Rer. Mr. Dunlap
has got a decree against the steamer Re
liance, her hull, tackle, etc., for $5,000,
but the steamer Reliance has been sunk
and is now a total loss, and the question
arises, what is the judgment or decree pe
cuniarily worth ? It seems to us that no
reliance can be placed on that decree.
Griffin News: It Wiilberemembemd-
that a few weeks ago Mr. J. F. West, of
Barnesville, killed a negro and left the
.State. We are informed that it has al
ways been his intention, after the excite
ment bad subsided, to surrender himself
for trial. Accordingly a few days ago be
came here from Hampton, S. C., accom
panied by bis attorney, Colonel Murphy,
a prominent lawyer of that city, and vol
untarily surrendered bimself to Sheriff
Bussev, of Pike county. He made a mo
tion for bail yesterday before Judge
Speer, but the hearing was continued un
til next Thursday, at Thomaston.
Dublin Gazette: Three Georgia
pines from this vicinity contributed to tho
building of the Great Eastern steamer,
which required forty-eight oxensto haul
them.
Savannah News: The announce
ment of the sudden death of Mr. Joseph
D. Willink Saturday morning was a
shock to his many friends and acquaint
ances, some of whom had conversed with
him on Friday evening at a late hour, at
which time he was apparently in the en
joyment of his accustomed health.
On Saturday morning, at bis residence.
No. 83 Harris street, be was seized with
a fit of coughing, and almost in an instant
passed into the spirit world, the. imme
diate cause of his death being internal
hemorrhage.
The Savannah News has the following
notice of the wonderful religious revival
that has been going on in that city:
The revival services which have been in
progress at Trinity M. E. church for the
past two months were brought to a close
yesterday. Day after day during that
time the church has been open and reli
gious services conducted by the pastor and
other ministerial brethren who have come
to his assistance, and a glorious work has
been accomplished. Its final results will
only be known in that great day which
will reveal all hidden things; but it may
safely be stated that never for years be
fore has there been a more gracious out
pouring of the spirit, unifying the church,
strengthening the faithful and converting
those who were dead in trespasses and
sins. Over one hundred have been added
to the membership of Trinity, while the
other orthodox churches have also receiv
ed of the blessings which such a state of
religious feeling brings with it.
Augusta News of Monday says: The
police yesterday were kept busy taking up
loose horses found on the commons. In
nearly every instance these animals be
longed to hard-working draymen, who,
not knowing the law, had turned them
out for a day’s rest and a nip at the green
grass. The fine is $2, and it worked very
severely on some of the draymen. This
appears outrageous, when we contemplate
the herds of vagrant cows that are per
mitted to swarm over the streets day and
night, and no notice taken of it. The
horses should not be allowed to go at
arge,^ and surely the villainous cows
should he penned. This is a strange law
of the great and good City Council.
Oglethobpe Echo: The latest sen
sation is that “Little Alec” is going to
marry. We suggest that Parson Simmons
be appointed to perform the ceremony,
and that Ben Hill be first groomsman, to
stand with Bella Lockwood, while Gor
don be chosen pall bearer, to carry the
groom to bed." This news is about as re
liable as most statements made by Wash
ington correspondents,
Savannah Neicssays: The rapidity with
which the vegetable trade is develop
ing in southern Georgia and Florida is a
source of great gratification and at the
same tune astonishment to our people. A
few years since a few hundred crates
were considered a large shipment, and
now the exports are counted by the hun
dred car loads and ship loads. Saturday
ten car loads of vegetables, nearly all cu
cumbers, arrived over the Savannah,
Florida and Western railway at the Ocean
Steamship Company’s wharf, and were
loaded in a lew hours aboard the steam
ship City ol Savannah, which sailed at 12
m. for New York.
Last Wednesday the steamship City of
Columbus left for New York, which port
she reached on Friday night, and her large
freight of vegetables from local shippers
and from the Transit railroad (Femandi-
na to Cedar Keys)]was delivered in time
for Saturday morning’s market, a very
important day for all concerned.
Columbus Times: A letter from La ;
Grange informs us that Mr. J. L. Robin
son, one of the owners of Troup factory,
lost his dwelling bouse and furniture on
Sunday night. His dwelling was about
a half a mils from the factory, and bad
but recently been handsomely improved
and furnished throughout with great care
and taste. It is not known whether or
not it was insured.
Milledgevtlle Recorder: Mr. Tbos,
Turk died at the residence of his son, Mr.
T. W. Turk, in this county, on Tuesday,
April 27tb, 1880. Mr. Turk was eighty-
seven years old in November. At the
time of his last illness he was one of the
oldest citizens ot the county. He was
highly respected, and in earlier life a very
successful farmer. Two years ago Mr.
Turk united with the Baptist church in
this city, aud was baptized in the Oconee
river, just opposite this city.
Griffin News, of Sunday, says:
Mother Stewart organized the ladies’ tern-
perance society yesterday afternoon. The
following officers were elected:
President—Mrs. Stark.
Vice Presidents—Mrs. William Mit
chell, Mrs. Mary Curtis, Mrs. Chloe Mit
chell and Miss Susie Johnson.
Secretary—Miss Miunie Powell,
Savannah News: Morrison Owens
was sent to jail yesterday by Magistrate
Molina to answer a charge of assault with
intent to murder Henry Atkins, a colored
porter, employed by the Blues to wait
upon them at their range on the first of
May. Owens was interfering with the ar
ticles placed in Atkins’ charge, and be
coming irate when ordered off, drew a
pistol and fired two shots at Atkins,
which fortunately missed. Ho is also to
answer to tire charge of carrying con
cealed weapons.
Columbus Times: Last year at the
annual picnic of the Odd Fellows, Mr. A.
McEachron won a gold dollar in the
walking match. He put bis dollar in a
crack in a log that was near the place
and thought no more of it until be had
come back to Columbus. This year be
again went to Salem with the Odd Fel
lows, and remembering where be had
rat bis dollar, went to the log and found
t just as he bad left it a year ago. He
brought it away with him this time, so the
reoplc of Salem need not be hunting in
lollow logs with the expectation of find
ing a dollar. ~
Rome Courier: Major Zachariah Sal
mon, one of the oldest and most respected
citizens of Floyd county died suddenly at
his home last Sunday evening. Major
Salmon was about seventy years of age,
and had been affected with heart disease
for some time, we learn, which was tho
cause of his death. He was walking
about the premises in the afternoon, and
coming out of the house was seized with
the paroxysm that ended his life almost
in an instant.
From the Monroe Advertiser we clip
the following items :
Mrs. Woodard, wife of Mr, OrrinS.
Woodward, of Culloden, died on last
Thursday. She was a .most excellent
lady. Having lived a life of usefulness
for sixty-two years, she quietly passed
away to enter the rest a religious, useful
life always wins. She had been a mem
ber of the Methodist Church for forty
years. Her husband and family have the
sympathy of all their friends.
Mr. Robert McGongh, ninety-five years
of age, and perhaps the oldest citizen of
the county, received a fall a few days
since and fractured his arm. He is, how
ever, up and still stirring about quite
actively for an old man. Himself and
wife, who are both hearty and well, have
been married sixty-nine years.
Savannah Recorder: The property
and franchises of tho Savannah and
Charleston railroad will be sold at pub-
lio auction on Monday next, the 7th day
of May, at Charleston.
Monroe Advertiser: A committee of
jentlemen from Forsyth visited Macon
fast week to solicit aid in rebuilding our
college edifice. The merchants and busi
ness men of that city, notwithstanding
they have been repeatedly asked recently
for contributions for various purposes, re
sponded liberally. With very few ex
ceptions, Macon’s commercial men
have laige hearts and generously open
their purses to all worthy objects. Few
days pass without some demand on their
charity, yet they respond cheerfully and
willingly to build churches, schools, rail
roads, etc.
ity should feel still more strongly attached
to those who extend generous aid iu the
hour of our misfortune.
Prof. Glenn, of tho Columbu3 fe
male College, is erecting an adf to
the college building of about 40x6 1 feet.
It is intended for bed rooms for the Hoard
ing pupils. This is evidence of prosperity.
Mad dogs have taken possession of
Bryan Neck in Bryan county. Some four
or five made their appearance and were
summarily despatched by the good citi
zens of that section recently. No person
was injured by them, although a negro
boy was attacked.
Mb. Bostick, recently elected *othe
superintendency of the Northeastern rail
road, made vacant by the resignation of
Mr. J. M. Edwards, now of the Macon
and Brunswick road, has declined to ac
cept. Mr. Berhard remains in tha posi
tion.
The exchanges are literally crammed
with descriptions of picnics and such like.
The TELEQBArn and Messenger is
not an exception by any means to the
charge. It is desperately hard for the
man that runs the “State news” columns
to get up a variety.
The contest between the Western Un
ion and American Union Telegraph com
panies before tbeRichmond Superior Court
in Augusta, was decided in favor of the
latter, so that the new telegraph line has
free access to all points in the South, and
will push forward the enterprise with all
energy.
The Columbus Enquirer has a notice
of one negro who had his coat tom off by
the western bound train on Thursday,
but not otherwise injured. He was
drunk, sitting on the end of a cross-tie,
asleep. He was effectually awakened.
Another negro, Henry Martin, a very
trustworthy man, was shot on his way
home on Tuesday night, by some un
known person. The ball is still in his
body. The yound was a painful, bnt not
necessarily a' dangerous one. No clue
to the coward that did it.
The Hinesville Gazette, in speaking of
the change of rates on the Savannah,
Florida and Western railroad, says: We
learn from the railroad agent at” No. 3
that tha orders altering the rates of
freight and passage have been rescinded.
The authorities have concluded to test
the matter in the courts, and for the pre
sent no change will be made.
Griffin News: Mr. L. D. Ripley, of
Macon, was in the city yesterday for the
purpose of attending the executor’s sale
of Central railroad stock. He purchased
nearly 200 shares.
Sandebsville Mercury: On the
24tli instant our Superior Court con
venes, and during its session many very
interesting cases will be adjudicated,
among them that of the State against the
treasurer aud his bondsmen, in reference
to the interest paid on deposits. The State
will be represented no doubt by Col. Ely,
attorney general of the State, assisted by
other eminent counsel, and the defense
by those celebrated jurists, Gen. Henry R.
Jackson and his talented son, Captain
Henry Jackson. Judge Johnson it is sup
posed is not eligible to set on the case in
consequence of relationship to one of the
bondsmen. Judge Simmons it is thought
will be present and preside during the
trial of it.
The civil docket is not heavy, there be
ing bnt few cases, and the criminal docket
is light, unless the grand jury should find
bills to be tried at the present term.
Atlanta Post: Late Saturday even
ing George Wright, a negro man who was
working for contractor McAfee on a new
building near the colored college, fell
from the scaffold, only a few feet to the
ground, and striking his head against a
large stone, received an ugly wound.
His injuries were attended to promptly
and now Wright is about again.
Berrien;} County Neics: We learn
from persons from the neighborhood of the
tragedy, that a Mr. Aikins shot Mr. J. L.
Faulkner with a load of small shot, at the
residence of the former, one day this
week. The wounds are very painful, but
not necessarily dangerous. Several shot
entered "his face, while the breast an<j
side received the main bulk of the
load.
Athens Watchman: During the
thunder storm on Memorial Day, Eugene
Brydie was shaving a customer; the elec
tricity played around bis razor blade to
sucb an extent that lie bad to cease opera
tions for a while. Eugene says he does
not know who was frightened worst, be
or his customer.
■Columbus Times: Last week Mr.
Zacb Lamb went from this city to his
home, a few miles north of this city, and
found that his wife was gone. She had
packed up her clothing and left during his
absence, and left a note for him, stating
that it would be useless for him to search
for her, as she was going to a place where
he could not find her. No cause was given
for the sudden leave-taking, and Mr. Lamb
has no idea where she is. She was of
sound mind and we are informed that the
impression is that she has gone off with
some of her friends or relatives. ~
_ Albany Advertiser: The commis
sioners of Lee county paid into the Treas
ury of Dougherty county to-day $104.50,
their half of the cost of the bridge across
Mucalee creek, known as “Ball’s Bridge.”
This has been a matter of some dispute
between this and our sister- county for
two or three years past, and we are glad
that it is at last settled.
Sumter Republican: We regret to
learn that our old friend, Hon. J. N. Hud
son, ha3 been adjudged a lunatic by the
honorable ordinary, C. H. Varner, of
Schley county, and he was carried to the
Lunatic As/lum on Saturday last by his
nephew, Dr. J. N. CheneyWe have
been informed by Dr. Cheney, who
called on us last Monday,
that the superintendent of the
Asylum pronounced the disease of
which Colonel Hudson is suffering, con
gestion of the brain, and gave it as his
opinion that he could hardly survive the
attack, yet there is ^slight hope that he
may. Colonel Hudson is a grand, good
roan, and one in whom all men could im
plicitly trust, and in losing him the State,
as well as this section, has lost a man
whose position in the ranks of the great
and good men, will not bo easily filled.
Sparta Ishmaehte: The declination of
Mr. J. H. Blount to stand for re-election
to Congress has waked up his Macon con
stituents to a full recognition of his ser-
vices as representative of the sixth dis
trict. A meeting was recently held in
Macon, in which the best citizens in the
place participated, with a view to induce
Colonel Blount to change his purpose.
Had we been a Maconite, we should have
united heartily in the protest against the
retirement of this able and patriotic gen
tleman from Congress. The State will need
good men in the next Congress, and Col.
Blount is just that sort of a man. There
is not, in our opinion, a man in the dis
trict that would make a more efficient
Congressman. Ho ought to he returned.
It is refreshing in these days to find one
man whom office seeks. It is as rare a
sight as a white elephant. We do not in
tend to make any suggestions to our
friends of tho sixth district. They know
their duty in the premises, and doubtless
will not be slow in discharging it. It is
impossible to - say what impression the pro
test of Macon’s best citizens will have on
the retiring member. If it should induce
him to reconsider his purpose to retire
from Congress, the whole State of Geor
gia will have a share in tho beneficial re
sults. -
The Talbotton Standard, in its Geneva
department, says: We have a white man
in our town eigbty-fonr years old, who
says be never held an umbrella over him
in bis life for rain or shine; ibat be never
bad the headache or toothache; that be
retains all bis teeth perfectly sound, and
can do a full day’s plowing, and does it.
Augusta News: We have seen a
new fifteen puzzle. It is a young man
who works on a salary of $15 per week,
spends five dollars a week for board, three
for horse hire, one for washing, three dol
lars and a-half lor cigars, two doliais and
thirty cents for drinks, and two dollars
for theatre tickets. Now, the
razzle to be worked out is this;
low can a young man save enough at the
end of tbe year to pay five dollars bor
rowed money?
As a general rule Macon’s
merchants are prosperous, and they richly —Ole Bull, now living at Cambridge,
deserve to be, for they are kind and lib- has imported four Norwegian ponies, the
eral in their donations. Forsyth has al- only ones in this country, one of which,'a
ways been a patron and friend of our handsome stallion, is valued at $2,000,
nearest large neighbor, and our common- and the others at $1,000 each.
Scenes in the Holy Land.
We copy the following from a review
in the New York Tribune of that admira
ble book of Dr. Wm. M. Thomson, on
“Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land,”
published by the Harpers:
The arrival of Dr. Thomson at Jafla af
forded him the first view of the Land of
Promise. It was just at the close of a te
dious storm, and the prospect was far
from reassuring. A long, low reach of
coast, dimly visible through the spray,
was all that could be seen on approaching
land. Not a hill, nor a house, not'even a
boat, relieved the dismal solitude. Upon
entering the town, it was not easy to
thread one’s way throngh the narrow and
crowded streets. The little party was
nearly run down by a huge bale of goods
borne on pole3 by eight stout porters,
keeping step to a monotonous chant.
They next encountered a troop of Beda-
win Arabs carrying long spears, and
mounted or horses wilder than them
selves. The dogs and camels in the
streets gave a Biblical aspect to the whole
scene. The missionary band were soon
lodged in a delightful “biarab,” that had
been placed at their disposal by an old
friend. This was the local name for an
enclosed garden, planted with orange and
other fruit trees, which were kept fresh
by water from a well. The transition
from the discomforts of the ship to the
quiet and fragrance of the garden was
like a scene of enchantment.
“Jaffa is, in reality, one of the oldest
cities in the world. It was given to Dan
in the distribution of the land by Joshua,
and it has been known to history ever
since. It owes its existence to tlie low
ledge of roets which extends into the sea
from the extremity of the little cape on
which the city stands, and forms a small
harbor. Insignificant as it is, and inse
cure, yet there being no other on all this
coast, it was sufficient to cause a city to
spring up around it even in the earliest
times, and to sustain its life through num
berless changes of .dynasties, races andjre-
ligions, down to the present hour. It was,
in fact, the only harbor of any notoriety
possessed - by the Jews throughout the
greater part of their national existence.
To it the timber for both the temples of
Jerusalem was brought from Lebanon
and no doubt a lucrative trade in cedar
and pine was always carried on through
it with tbe nations who bad possession of
that goodly mountain. Through it, also,
nearly all the foreign commerce of the
Jews was conducted, until the artificial
port of Ciesarea was built by Herod.
Hither Jonah came to find a ship in which
to flee from tbe presence of the Lord, and
from it be sailedffor Tarshish.”
The fruits of Jaffa are tbe same as those
of Sidou, but with some variations of char
acter. Sidonhasthe best bananas, Jaffa
the best pomegranates. The oranges of
Sidon excel those of Jafia in juiciness and
flavor, but the latter are always larger,
hang much later on the trees, and bear
shipment to distaut places. The fragrant
blossoms encircling golden fruit are here
seen to perfection. In March and April
the gardens are in their prime. The air
is loaded with the perfume of orange, lem
on, apple, apricot, quince, plum and china
trees in blossom. The people then fre
quent the gardens, sit on mats in the pleas
ant shade, sip coffee, smoke the nargileli,
sing, talk, or sleep till evening, when they
slowly return to their homes in the city.
The markets are held in the suburbs, and
present a lively scene to tbe curious vis
itor :
“Before entering the city, let us stop and
study this motley crowd of busy townsfolk,
country peas tuts, and foreign pilgrims,
strangely intermingled among camels,
horses, mules, and belligerent donkeys—
a very Babel of confusion, everyone for
bimself, and each and all ambitious to
make tbe loudest noise possible.
“It is probably'market day, and you
have before you a veritable Oriental fair.
There is no room in tbe city for such s
gathering, and it is, therefore, held here,
in this laige open space outside the en
trance. You may well study it with at
tention, for you will meet with none of
equal interest in all our rambles through
tbe land. Lemons and oranges, pome
granates and quinces, apples and appri-
cots, and all kinds of fruits and vegetables
in their season, which these extensive
gardens produce, are here exposed for sale,
The fellahin, also, from the villages bring
their sheep and goats, their lambs and
kids, their cows and calves, tlieii^milk and
butter and cheese, their poultry and eggs,
their figs and olives, and every other kind
of fruit, fresh or dry, which they possess;
in baskets or round trays or small earthen
jugs, in jars or large skin bottles, on cam
els or mules, or horse or donkey, on the
beads of men or boys, women or girls, arc
they brought and set down here to be sold.
With the proceeds in hand they enter the
city and shops, spending their gains, and
carrying home with them in return every
conoeivable article that domestic necessi
ty requires or fancy suggests for personal
adornment.”
The journey from Ciesarea to Samaria
afforded a succession of peculiar incidents
which supplied the author with abundant
materials for one of the picturesque de
scriptions of which so many are found in
the volume. Starting from the buttress
of Herod’s tower the way passed through
a dense and almost impervious jungle of
yellow daisies, which covered the rums of
the ancient city. The Arab guides took
care to keep the horses iu what was once
a path before it was hidden by the daisies
that reached higher than their”backs. The
whole region was full of old wells, pits
and broken vaults, and you could not en
ter the juDgle without danger of falling
into them:
“In all tliat ride of five hours we did not
pass a single village. Arab3 and Kurds
have possession of tbe entire region, and
hence tbe numerous robberies along that
route; but as we had tbe chief of the rob
bers and two mounted police of the gov
ernment for a guard, we were not molest
ed. Bakah - is a considerable village,
where the district governor resides, and
we had abundant opportunity to see the
notabilities of tbe neighborhood. Around
it are orchards of olive, fig, pomegranate
and other trees, and in tbe valley below
are Immense fields of onions. The only
well is at least half a mile from the vil
lage, and women and girls, in merry
groups were passing to and from it all tbe
day long, with tall black jars perched
upon their heads. They were well cloth
ed; and I noticed one, who appeared to
be a Sit, surrounded by her maidens. She
wore a scarlet-colored silk gumbaz over
her other garments, with a profusion of
native jewelry about her head-dress, but
her feet were hare. She carried her jar
like the rest, but somewhat coquettishly,
at a slight angle, while her walk was
proud and stately. It was evening, the
time ‘when the daughters of the men of
tho city came out to draw water;’ and I
wa3 pleLsantly reminded of Rebekah and
Eliezer of Damascus, Abraham’s faithful
steward, at the well near the city of Na-
hor, for many camels were kneeling around
the troughs at the well. The women car
ry all the watir, while the men lounge
about, smoke, sip coffee, play with the
mankalieor at tho dama, with which
games they are strangely fascinated. Some
of the women were spinning thick strands
of goat’s ' hair, with which coarse sacks
hags, carpets and tent-covers are woven.
They use no spindle, but merely fasten
the strands to a stone, which they twirl
round until sufficiently twisted, when it
is wound upon a ball, and tho process is
repeated over and over, in the most prim
itive manner possible. The men do the
ploughing, for you never see a woman
guiding the plough; bnt they follow after
and drop in the seed—simsum, cotton or
‘white com’—in the furrow. They also
assist in reaping and drive the mowraj
round the summer threshing-floor.
“The rest of the day was quite broken
up by horsemen coming and going in ur
gent haste, owing to reported raids of Bad-
awin from tbe plain of Esdraclon. The
alarm, however, seemed to be groundless;/
and, after a quiet night, we started early
for Samaria. The surrounding country
is very fertile and thickly inhabited.
From the top of a high hill I counted
thirteen villages, and was told that there
were many others hidden away in the
retreating valleys. As none of them sug
gest Biblical sites, it would be useless to
mention tbeir bard-sounding name*.
Turning into the mountains east of Bakah,
we followed a long rocky glen through
vast olive orchards, past a place called ed
Daep uir, very steep ascent, and then
down on the other side to ’Ain Ibta, a
well-built town in wady Shair. This
wady drains the region "north, south and
east of Sebnslieb, and passes across the
plain to the sea, where it is called Abu
Zaburah. On this point the testimony of
the natives was unanimous, but nothing
except accurate surveys will determine
the true course of the 'humorous streams
that descend from the eastern mountains
to the sea. We followed wady Shair all
the way from ’Ain Ibta to Sebustieh, and
tho villages or the hill-sides are numer
ous and picturesque. The entire ride was
over ground new to me, and, therefore,
extremely interesting. The underlying
rock is a white cretaceous limestone, with
soft and hard strata interchanging in
many places with surprising regularity.
The soil in the valleys is surpassingly fat
and fertile. I saw oxen passing through
a field where nothing hut their heads ap
peared above the waving wheat; and I
myself rode along a path, the wheat high
er on either side than the back of my
-horse. It is, indeed, ‘a good land, a land
of brooks of water, of fountains and
depths that spring out ol valleys and hills;
a land of wheat, and barley, and vines,
and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land ol
olive-oil and honey.’ ”
In regard to the ancient population of
Palestine, and the power of the country
to maintain tho number of people, Dr.
Thomson offers some interesting remarks.
He concludes that the entire territory
amounted to 7,500 square miles, but de
ducting those parts of tho sea-coast held
by Philistians, Phoenicians and other na
tions, the utmost that can be claimed for
the Hebrew inheritance west of the Jor
dan is 7,000 square miles. A considera
ble part of the country, moreover, on the
south and west side of the Dead Sea must
always have been comparatively sterile,
and thus the question arises whether such
a country could sustain two millions of
inhabitants under the conditions implied
in the Biblical accounts. To this ques
tion, Dr. Thomson gives an affirmative
answer. Tli® mode -of living, he main
tains, in ancient times, was much simpler
than now, and hence much less was re
quired to support an individual than at
present:
“The essentials are food, clothing and
shelter; and there is good reason to be
lieve that the average Hebrew, in the ol
den times, could and did live on far less
than what is required for the average
European or American of the present day.
They were an agricultural people and pas
toral—a nation of small farmers, just as
the inhabitants of Palestine now are.
The ordinary food of both was also sub
stantially the same—bread, olives, oil;
butter, niilk and cheese from their flocks;
fruits and vegetables from their orchards
and gardens, and meat on rare occasions.
The fertile plains furnished wheat in
abundance; and although .‘it is written,
Man shall not live by bread alone,’ yet it
lias been the main dependence in this
country, and is so still. On tbeir bills
flourished tbe olive, tbe fig and the vine,
and over tbe rough mountains and waste
places grazed tbeir sheep and goats.
Thus each man’s ‘lot’ furnished tbe food
forliim3elf and bis household. Their
clothing, also, was of tbe simplest kind,
home-made, coarse and strong—a long,
loose shirt, bound to the person by a gir
dle of cloth or leather, and a woolen ’aba
or cloak, to wear when not at work. Of
course their tailors’ bills were insignifi
cant, and tbeir washing nothing. Tbeir
habitations were small, cost little labor,
and less money. They bad neither
chairs, tables, bedsteads, nor other furni
ture to occupy tbe space; and the entire
household lived and slept in the same
room, on the floor, and with little change
in their clothing. Many Biblical inci
dents imply these and similar customs.”
In tho course of his journey, Dr. Thom
son was struck with the remarkable ler-
tility of the country, in which the intro
duction of the steam plough would almost
work miracles. Even with the present
imperfect modes of cultivation the har
vests are abundant. Iu formerly passing
the road in tbe month of June, the au
thor saw hundreds of men, women and
children reaping and carrying the grain
to tbeir great threshing-floors. Long
lines of camels bore on their backs bun
dens of untbreshed wheat larger than
themselves, and the grain lay on the
threshing-floor in heaps mountain high.
thinks a hotel furnished as handsomely as
the Mitchell House, and kept in the first-
class style that he proposes to keep it,
ought to draw a crowd of summer visitors
to such a delightful and healthy place as
Thomasville. At all events, he proposes
to make the experiment, and we all wish
him the most abundant success,
Bennett.
ANNUAL CONVENTION
The First Spring Fair.
Thomasville, May 1, 1SS0,
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:—As
your paper lias quite a large circulation
in this section, I am sure you will be glad
of a brief report of tbo spring fair held
here to-day.
It was expected that excursion trains
would be run as at previous fairs, but at
tho last moment the schedule was with
drawn, as the railroad commission’s rules
were thought to prohibit excursion Kites
Our people are very naturally quite” in
dignant at this unexpected turn in affairs,
but good old Thomas county turned out
en masse, and made the fair a success in
tbo matter of visitors. Still, we don’t
feel right about losing the crowds that
were coming from other places:
Tbe winter has been so mild that H
cold spring was anticipated, with killing
frosts. This kept some of our best farm
ers from making early gardens, and to
day tbe exhibit of vegetables was not as
large as it should have been. It was uni
versally conceded, however, that nothing
finer could have been expected in a larger
exhibit. .
Mr. John McKennon, Sr., took tbe first
premium for best display of vegetables.
Other premiums were awarded several
exhibitors. Mr. Samuel -L. Hayes, Mrs.
Emma McLean, Mr. A. W. Hastings, Mr.
John I. Parker, Mr. John Neal, Dr. R. J.
Bruce and Judge A. H. Hansell were
among the chief exhibitors.
Tho floral display was perfectly splen
did, and was only excelled by the lovely
maidens present. Mrs. fi. F. Hawkins
made a grand display of hot-house plants
and cut flowers, taking tbe first premium
for both. Her banging baskets and other
designs were much admired.
Mrs. John L. Finn took the second prize
for hot bouse plants, and Mrs. J. C. Law-
rie the second prize lor cut flowers.
Her floral designs were exquisitely beau
tiful. Mrs. A. W. Hastings, Miss Sallie
Hansel], Miss Mattie Seward, Miss Mary
Wright, Mrs. W. J. Young and Miss Nel
lie Mebane made handsome floral exhib
its. The committee on flowers consisted
of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Brown and Mrs.
Sidney Herbert, and tbeir report was ex
tremely complimentary to all the fair ex
hibitors.
Mrs. A. T. McIntyre, Mrs. Jas. S.
Smith, Mis. A. W. Hastings, Miss C. C.
McLean, Mrs. Foster, Mrs. E. J. Young
and Mrs. Emma McLean, made a fine dis
play of hot-liouse plants. Among these I
also noticed two varieties of oranges (from
Judge A. H. Hansell’s trees), bauanas,
pine apples, peaches, figs aud a cocoanut,
green from tbe tree. |
Visitors from tbe North and West, who
are now here on their way from Florida,
pronounce our display of flowers, plants
and early vegetables and fruits (with the
exception of oranges, lemons and straw
berries), superior in quantity and quality
to that of the Florida State Fair.
We could not have had a lovelier day
for our fair, for a cool bieeze has made
the sunshine harmless. The Sunday-
schools turned out in full force, a prize
of a nice library having been offered the
school in the country making the largest
display in numbers. The prize was
awarded Bojd Spring Sunday-school, aud
Major Sidney Herbert, the Atlanta cor
respondent of the Savannah News, made
the presentation speech, which was re
plied to by Superintendent Walker. *|^ntiaT“lement
It has been a day of real enjoymenWrii ►<m Ce . Deprive it <
all, as nothing has occurred to mar the
pleasure of any one present. Tbe di
rectors feel proud of their success, and
our people rejoice to know that Thomas
county can make a fair a success without
outside help of any kind, when compelled
to do so, as was the case to-day.
Our city is constantly improving, and
new settlers are almost daily coming here
to locate.
Since Mr. George Brown’s retirement
from the popular and elegant Mitchell
House, Mr. C. L. Porter, of Kentucky,
has secured a five year’s lease - of the
house, and proposes to keep it open
through the summer. We have many
Northern and Western visitors still here,
and Mr. Porter, with his rare energy and
enterprise, proposes to make Thomasville
a summer as well as a winter resort. He
Georgia Teachers’ Association.
Interesting Exercises.
Yesterday morning, at the Masonic
Hall, the Georgia Teachers’ Asso
ciation convened. Tho . meeting
was called to order by Charles E,
Lambdin, First Vice President, the
President, Rev. A. G. Haygood, D. D
being providentially absent. Colonel Jo
seph Clisby, Presideht of the Bibb County
Board of Education, was introduced and
delivered the following welcoming
speech:
Mr. President, and Ladies and Gentle
men: It has been thought appropriate that
I, as the nominal head of public element
ary instruction in this city and county,
should give formal expression to that cor
dial welcome which you have personally
received from the people.
The fourteenth annual meeting of the
Geoigia Teachers’ Association is a grand
announcement. It tells not merely your
own, but the public appreciation of the
importance of your work. It displays a
steady and persistent devotion to your
great mission, full of the brightest augury
to the future of Georgia.
Your association represents the grand
fabric of public instruction in all its parts.
From the patient trainer of infancy to tire
venerable head of the university and the
college, you are all here, representing the
graceful and majestic temple of learning,
aud working in harmony for the public
good.
Some idle contention there has been,
whether popular education i3 diffused
from the university down or from the
primary school up, or in other words,
whether the college or the common
school is the efficient agent of public v in
struction. The inquiry has no practical
force. An Irish traveler says that in Ja
pan they reverse all processes; for, says
he, they raise their trees from the top
down, and sink their wells from the hot
tom up. In this case we doubt not that
the leaven of instruction will diffuse itself
from all extremities to the centre. All
the schools are essentially co-operative,
Each assists the others, and all unite in
infusing that thirst for knowledge, and
public sense of its power and value, upon
which the progress of this great cause
must depend.
Nor will we join in any discussion of
the relative importance and dignity of the
elementary and the advanced schools.
Both fairly demand of their teachers
judgment, tact, patience and self-control
which befit, but are not often displayed
by the statesman and the diplomatist. The
accomplished teacher demands the high
est style of man or woman. Rightly cop-
sidered,the profession is the most honora
ble and important of human pursuits, and
we lament ibat with us in Georgia, it is
so ill-paid. Surely it jnust be an inxoard
call that directs the faithful and earnest
teacher to this sacred employment, and
he may well say to tha temptations to
abandon it, as the prophet rebuilding Je
rusalem said to Sanballat. “I am en
gaged in a great work and cannot come
down:”
It is a great work. It is like the work
of God bimself among our growing forests
and flowers—our com and cotton—silent,
often unobserved, but bow grand, benef-
iceut and momentous. We cannot think
or speak too much or too highly of this
great work of public instruction. Tbe
spectacle «f tbe wise, patient, laborious
and loving teacher, training the youthful
mind into a reverential submission to di
vine and human requirements, is one to
delight angels.
May God Almighty crown your persons
and your work with his special blessing.
May you gain new enthusiasm, ardor and
courage in your present meeting, and find
a rich reward of your labors in a genera
tion better fitted than their fathers to
lustrate Geoigia.
Colonel Clisby was responded to by
Professor Charles E. Lambdin, principal
of Gordon Institute, Earnesville, Ga.
Professor Lambdin then delivered his in
augural address, which, for want of space,
we are forced to abridge.
“the dignity of the teacher’8 pbo-
s FESSION.”
Gentlemen and Ladies of the Georgia
Teachers' Association : Off tbe coast of
Cornwall is a dangerous ledge of rocks
upon which tbe waves rush in such mad
fury that in the calmest weather it is per
ilous to approach it. Many a poor mari
ner, tempest tossed, has stranded upon
this ledge, and so great was the destruc
tion of life and property, that the English
government, more than two hundred
years ago, erected a lighthouse there. It
is needless for me to recount the .disas
ters to these houses from the fury of the
waves, until John Smeaton, in 1759, erec
ted the present structure, taking as his
model the sturdy monarch of the forest,
and dovetailing the foundations into the
solid rock upon which it stood, and each
rock of the structure into the one upon
which it rests, until the work was accom
plished. There it stands, a perfect model
of union, strength and symmetry, a mon
ument to the skill and daring of Smeaton,
defying the raging billows at its base, the
tornado that bursts in fuiy upon its
walls, and the lurid lightnings. One
hundred and twenty years it has resisted
nature in its angriest moods, and yet
stands to diffuse its light, to warn and to
direct.
My friends I delight in the thought that
you and I are beacons, diffusing light and
information around us, attraciirg those
who are befogged and beclouded by ig
norance,superstition and vice,into a clear
er atmosphere of intelligence, by warn
ing them off the shoals of destruction,
which beset their path. And if I can suc
ceed in impressing upon your minds the
dignity of the profession, I shall not re
gret my temerity in attempting the sub
ject. Light was the first effect of God’s
creative will; when he spoke the word
that relieved the World of darkness, ha
took the first step that made it possible,
not to say desirable, for man to dwell up
on this planet; for man in darkness, is in
chains, in mental and physical slavery;
Yain are the harmonies and beauties of
nature, if be is denied the knowledge and
pleasure of beholding them. The ocean
may stretch in calm, mqjestic grandeur
before him; mountains may lift their hoa
ry heads, the stars and planets roll in their
orbits above and around him, but without
light he is indifferent to their grandeur and
sublimity.
So we may wonder not, that in the early
history of our race the refulgent orb of
the god of day, had its many worshippers,
and the pale, placid moon found many to
adore her, as the divinity who smiled de-
nignantly and propitiously upon ilieir
wooing. We may not wonder they wor
shipped these representations of physical
light, for all nature loves the light. The
tiny shoot as it emerges from the parent
germ starts out vigorously in pursuit of
light, seeks light as the most important,
' Etl element of its successful exist-
Deprive it of the light,and its pale,
emaciated tendrils witness silently but
none the less truthfully and earnestly,
how dear, how sweet the light is to it. If
then, the physical light is so attractive,
how much more the mental. Imagine, if
you please, a prisoner confined in a dun
geon, dark, damp and gloomy; a ray of
light steals into the thick, darkness which
surrounds him; how eagerly he watches
the bright ray, how constantly he fixes his
gaze upon it, how regretfully he sees it de
part , and with what expectancy does he
await its return. Light, or truth, synony
mous terms, are delightful to all. In all
ages we find those who were willing to
devote their time, energies and fortunes
in investigating truth. And we are filled
with admiration at the scenes which
many of them achieved in the pursuit of
light, in spite of the gloom surrounding
them. With a single ray illuminating
his mental vision, Socrates followed it
until the ray became a beam of light., and
the beam directed his enlightened vision
to the great source of truth; a greater, a
more sublime instance of successful inves
tigation can scarcely be found in the
annals of history. But pardon me if I
have wandered away from the topic, have
been carried away by my love for the ob
ject of all teaching, and have not confined
myself strictly to the subject.
This then, my friends, is emphatically
your work; ’tis yours to lead the minds of
the present generation out of darkness
into the light, to connect each mind by the
invisible wire of thought with tho great
battery from which all the currents of
thought emanate with the great Jehovah.
You are the master builders, laying broad
the foundations for future grand charac
ters; for polished temples, in which sit en
throned immortal minds, that shall look
with enlightened vision upon the affairs
of men, directing and controlling them.
• • * * • * *
Our profession is not only honored in
its designs and results, hut it is worthy of
all honor In the unselfish, self-denying
character or its true members. In other
professions men may hope for prefer
ment, may and do aspire to honor and
fame, and are frequently honored with
important positions in church and State.
The faithful teacher, on the contrary, im
molates himself upon the altar of duty to
his fellow man, renounces all title to hon
or and preferment, by confining himself
assiduously to his duties; lus time belongs
to his classes, his thoughts, Ms medita-
"tions are for their advancement, his every
action is made with reference to its effect
upon his pupils’ welfare; he lives for them;
and dying, he has left them all he had
and was. You may call this cant, you
•may say it is all visionary or theoretical,
but I must insist that the true teacher is
the most honorable, tbougb lie be not the
most honored, of all men. I must mag
nify the profession that lias been, and
must continue to be, the most valuable
factor in tbe world’s progress and evan-
gelization.
Our divine master was less a preacher
than a teacher, and the most successful
theologians are they who preaching, teach
the people. I tell you my friends, that
the profession of teaching is beginning to
receive from the world the acknowledg
ment its merits deserve, and when its
ranks shall have been relieved of those
who dishonor it by their daily walk and
practice; of those who have ” formed no
higher conception of the responsibilities
and capabilities of the profession; of those
who enter its sacred walks for a season as
a temporary occupation, to be discarded
as soon as something more remunerative
presents itselfi when it is full of men and
ladie3 of broad views and cultivated in
tellects; ready and willing to sacrifice
themselves tbeir talents, and tbeir time
to tbe building up of grand characters at
which they may look with as much satis
faction as Si? Christopher Wren felt in
the development oi his plan of St. Paul’s
cathedral, then teachers will be honored
as the greatest men of their age and time,
teaching will be honorable^ and ouryoung
men will not avoid it as offering no induce
ment to exertions.
• •••*••
I charge you then, in conclusion, ladie3
and gentlemen, that you honor your pro
fession,remembering that if “knowledge is
power” ’tis yours to control, direct, and
utilize that power, andinproportionasyou
direct and utilize it, just in that propor
tion will our great State of Georgia ad
vance.' ’Tis your power to increase her
wealth, or by a misuse or a misconception
of your powers restrain her progress, par
alyze her industries and minify her re
sources. Let us, with united exertions,
C. \Y.
Female
go forward and undermine the dark cor
ners of ignorance and superstition, sink
shafts into all those parts where prejudice
and gross darkness now retard the devel
opment of our great State, and by a sys
tematized effort concentrate this .mighty
dynamite, knowledge, in those mines
and shafts, connect them with the great
central battery, so that when tbe current
is completed, the spark of truth which
shall be sent through tbe circuit shall en
ergize the power, and enable it to throw
off ail tlie obstructions of ignorance aud
immorality and let the great ocean of
intelligence and enlightenment flow over
Georgia with depth enough and broadness
of culture enough to give full play to the
most gigantic enterprises. ’Tis yours to
enjoy that honor. Shall we he equal
the occasion?
After an intermission, for the enroll
ment of members, Prof. J. M. Gannon,
principal of the Cathedral School, Sa
vannah, Georgia, read an essay on the
“Manner of Teaching Latin in our Pre
paratory Schools.” The subject was
treated in tbe most concise manner. We
regret that want of space prevents
port of tbe same.
After Professor Gannon bad finished bis
essay, tbe presiding officer announced
tbe subject open for discussion. The sub
ject was discussed at great length by Pro
fessor S. C. Caldwell, J. H. Chappell, Pro
fessor B. M. Zettler and others, the point
of argument being as to whether the de
tails in teaching should be followed, or
whether in the study of text books, more
attention should be given to the ideas
therein contained. Several held that ef
forts should he made to teach the scholars
classics, but the majority favored the
teaching, principally, of the structure
of the Latin language, leaving it to the
scholar in after years to^cquire a proper
conception of the beauty and finish of the
ancient writers.
After the discussion wa3 ended, the
committee on membership reported. The
following were elected members, and
were present:
H. C. Mitchell principal Marietta Street
School, Atlanta; J. W. Frederick, princi-
>al High School, Marshaliville; W. B.
?'anibrougb, principal Thomson High
School; F. J. Ingraham, principal St.
Marks High School; J. B. Matthews, Con
cord Academy; V. E. Orr, Louisville High
School; W. B. Bonnell, Walker Street
School, Atlanta; P. A. Jessup, Eastman
High School; W. F. Brewton, Excelsior
High School; W. C. Wilkes, Georgia Bap
tist Seminary, Gainesville; P. E. Davant,
Buena Vista High School; J. H. Chappell,
Columbus Female College; J. H. H.
Parks, Grammar School, Augusta; A. C.
Mooty, superintendent public school,
West Point; W. H. Fleming, superinten
dent public school, Augusta; John Neely,
superintendent public school, Americus;
John W. Panlette, Knoxville, Tennessee;
W. D. Williams, Georgia Academy for
tbe Blind, George M. Davis, superinten
dent public schools, Columbus; Charles
E. Lambdin, president Gordon Institute,
Barnesville; F. C. Caldwell, Rome Fe
male College; J. J. Methvin, principal
Nacoochee High School; Professor F, J.
M. Daly, Pio Nono, Macon; J. W. Ry
der, Bibb county." Hon. G. J. JOrr, State
School Commissioner; J. R. Drake, Black
Creek, Georgia; W. A. Thigpen, Stiles-
boro Inst tute; R. V. Forresier,' Male
Academy, Fort Valley, W. H. Lawson,
Sandersville; C. L. Floyd, Culloden High
School; W. W. Lambdin, Gordon Insti
tute; L. McManus, North Macon Gram
mar School; R. L. Do Lea, Southern
agent A. S. Barnes & Co.; Lucian V. La
Taste, Southern agent Lippincott & Co.;
R. E. Park, southern agent Iverson,
Blakeman, Taylor & Co.; Wm. H. Harris,
agent Harper Bros.; C. Herbst, librarian;
Misses H. L. Pardee, Sparta; Laura A.
Haygood, Atlanta; M. Rutherford, Atlan
ta; Ida Munns, Buena Vista; Mrs. A. F.
Shiver, Americus; Mrs. A. E. Browney,
Mrs. G. H. DeJarrette, Americus; Misses
Mary C. Bethune, Miss Rath Brown, Re
becca Cowles, Americus; M. F. Andrews,
. J. Muse, E. A. Bowen, R. Massey, B.
Love, Atlanta;.. Misses J. Varner, Indian
Springs; Mary S. Grier, Macon; L. E.
Thomas, Macon; Loula P. Griswold,
Herndon; Cynthia Horton, Macon. Ella
P. Horton, Macon; M. A. Hasseltine,
Warrenton; Anna A. Berry, Columbus: S.
S. Candler, Barnesville; Mary E. Harda
way, Camak; Alice S. Brinkley, Norwood;
E. H. Merril), Macon; Mary Hinton,
Macon; Mrs. M. M. Villepigue, Macon ;
Mrs. E. M. Edwards, Marshaliville; Rev.
A. J. Battle, D. D., President
Mercer University; Rev
Smith, D. D., Wesleyan f emale
College; Lawson E. Brown, SandersviUp
Gaj Rev. E. W. Warren, Macon, Ga.; l!
C. Dickey, Collegiate Institute, Culloden,
Ga. ; John Howard, agent Appleton &
Co., Atlanta; James R. Duggan, M. D
^ c ° n >£ev.S.P. Sandford, Mercer Uni
versity ; B. F. Hunter, Macon.
Before taking a recess for dinner, the
Association was invited to pay a visit on
afternoon SESSION.
The association being called to order
the secretary’s report was received. A
communication from the Middle Georgia
Teachers’ Association, throngh Mr. V. E.
Orr, was read and received with thanks!
Business was then suspended, and the
HALLOS MEMORIAL MEETING
was entered upon. Prof. B. M. Zettler
delivered a most feeling address upon the
life and character of Professor Mallon.
He was followed by Professor
o. C. Caldwell, who read a tribute which
has been previously, published is tha
Rome Courier.
Miss E. A. Bowen offered up a most
touching and beautiful tribute, dwelling
upon tbe Atlanta life of the deceased, and
pictured in glowing terms the love and
affection in which he was regarded. Pro
fessor W. B. Bonnell read the Constitu
tion's tribute to the dead man, adding for
himself feeling remarks. Rev. E. W.
Warren at this point rose and delivered
a long and affectionate address
upon the deceased, his purity, refinement
and perfection of character. Voluntary
tributes and reminiscences were then called
for, and responded to by Hon. G. J. Orr,
and others.
Interesting exercises are fixed for to
day, and the public are cordially invited
to be present.
SECOND DAY.
The association was called to order at
ten a. m. by the presiding officer, Profes
sor C. E. Lambdin. Exercises were open-
ed with prayer by Rev. Mr. Methvin, a
member of the association.
Tbe chairman of the committee on
nominations reported a number of appli
cants for membership, who were duly
elected. Mis3 Laura A. Haygood, prin
cipal of the Girls’ High School, Atlanta,
was introduced by the president, and pro
ceeded to read an essay on “Written
work in schools.” The essayist advoca
ted very strongly teaching extensively and
thoroughly by written methods, in
stead of the exclusively oral methods
practiced in nearly all schools
until very recent years. She mentioned,
categorically, a number of advantages
that the pupil derives from being required
habitually to express, in writing and in
bis own language, bis knowledge of the
subjects taught him in school. His abili
ty to do this readily and clearly is indeed
tbe only sure test of his knowledge. Oc
casional written examination are not suf
ficient to accomplish this purpose. There
should be more or less of this written
work with every class nearly everyday.
The essayist went on to explain in detail
her own method of using written work as
a constant ally of the usual oral systems.
This part of her paper was full of val
uable practical hints, which will doubtless
be of real profit to many of the teachers
who heara them. It is impossible to give
any just idea of this excellent essay in a
brief synopsis. It was full of thought,
eminently practical, and evidently the
production of an earnest, highly intellec
tual teacher who had thoroughly tested
the system which she so highly recom
mends.
The association was called to order at
4 o’clock. Professor J. D. McLaughlin,
of Talbotton, was introduced, and read a
paper on “Spelling; How to Teach it.”
Most of the paper was taken up in ex
plaining a very original, interesting and ex
pressive method, practiced by the essayist
In teaching spelling and pointing out the
good results obtained. By this method
the essayist had succeeded in making the
spelling lesson not only a highly improv
ing but an exceedingly fascinating exer
cise. Incidentally with spelling proper,
pronunciation, modulation, and to some
extent definition, etymology, etc., were
taught. The plan combined both tbe
oral and written method.
The paper elicited a long and interest
ing discussion in which Dr. J. G. Orr,
Professor Dixon, of Mobile, Messrs. But
ler, Howard, Featherstone, Zettler,
Hunter, Brinkley and Lynes took part.
The speakers highly commended the es
say, and endorsed its views in the main.
Many good suggestions were made as to
the use of written works in various de
partments of learning and in the different
school grades. It was both surprising
and gratifying to see how much thought
all the speakers had given to this impor
tant subject. They bad all tested tbo
matter thouroughly in practice, and were
unanimous in reporting most satisfactory
results from requiring much and frequent
written work from their pupils.
Messrs. Frederick, Butler, Bonnell and
Caldwell took part in tlie discussion that
followed. Many good points in regard to
teaching spelling aud word study were
brought out. All the speakers, except
Mr. Frederick, agreed that written spell
ing was infinitely preferable to tlie old
oral system. Mr. Frank Smith, of the
Knoxville (Tenn.,) public schools, was
invited by the president to address tbe
association upon tbe subject under dis
cussion, and upon other matters relating
to this work. Mr. Smith responded in a
graceful, felicitous speech, in which be
didn’t confine himself to spelling. It was
a happy commingling of practical sense,
humor and pathos, and was well received
by the audience.
Mr. Haynes, of South Carolina, by in
vitation of those present, addressed the as
sociation iu behalf of The Southern Edu
cational Monthly, a school journal just
started in Charleston, S. C., and of which
Mr. Haynes is the editor. He recom
mended it to the Georgia Teachers’ As
sociation as a proper paper for their offi
cial organ, and offered to make liberal
terms with the association to that effect.
On motion, of Capt. Park, the matter was
referred to a committee of five to report
on the last day of the session.
The next exercise was novel as well
as entertaining. Mr. George F. Howard,
a young Englishman, recently settled in
Geoigia, and now principal of a flourish-
school near Jonesboro, was introduced to
explain and illustrate bis peculiar meth
ods of teaching.
Mr. Howard is a thoroughly progressive
teacher, and in some things extremely
original. He is a firm believer in tbe
word method and phonic system, rejects
text books almost entirely in his teaching,
and does everything by a method pecul
iarly his own, and which be terms the na
tional method. In order to give a practi
cal illustration offhis whole system, he
brought down with him from his school in
Jonesboro thirteen little children, boys
and girls, ranging in age from live to
thirteen years.
The little company filed into tho hall
before the august assembly, with per
fect self-possession, which they maintained
throughout the trying exercise that fol
lowed. Tbe teacher first drilled them in
the phonic method of spelling and the
word method of reading, by means of im
promptu exercises, written by bimself
on tbe board. He then gave
them a rapid oral examination in various
branches of knowledge, passing rapidly
from one subject to another, asking only
two or three questions about each—thus
geography, arithmetic, physiology, anato
my, etymology, spelling, etc-, etc., were
all rung in. The children answered in
concert and with wonderful correctness,
enthusiasm and unanimity.
The association then was favored with
_ most excellent address on “The useful
and theoretical in education,” by E. R.
Dickson, of Mobile, Alabama. The gen
tleman gave the history of the progress of
education from that of old scholastic phi
losophers down to the present time. He
then mentioned some prominent evils in
the educaiion of the day—the great num
ber of text books on the same subject,pre-
paratory, primary, intermediate, common
school, high school and even university
geographies. He then condemned the
“drilling” in parsing as carried to too
great excess. He finally advocated the
preference of technical or special instead
of general education.
The discussion which followed was ani
mated and interesting, Secretary Cald
well and Profs. Gannon, Featherstone,
Bonnell, Zettler, Butler and Fleming tak
ing put.