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Tribute to Lee’s Superb Character as
a Man.
As time goe9 4 on, Robert Edward i
Lee, the chieftain of the southern
armies in the great American con
flict. bulks larger and larger on
the scroll of fame, and already, 41
years after his death, he overtops
immeasurably the other great
names on both sides in the estima
tion even of the people whom he
opposed. It is not because of his
transcendent genius as a com
mander and strategist, incompar
able as his qualities were in this
respect, that he will be chiefly re
membered, however, but for his
splendid and seemingly flawless
character as a man.
On October 2, the forty-ninth
anniversery of the day on which
General Lee began his work as
president of Washington college at
Lexington, Va., the Rev. Thomas
B. Gregory wrote the following
tribute to him in the New York
American that every southerner
will read with a swelling heart:
“Lee, at the time of his surrend
er, was perhaps the most famous
mau iu the world, the best kuowu
personage on the planet. His
brilliant genius as a military man,
his wonderful fight against over
whelming odds, and last but not
least, his surperb mauhood, had
drawn to himself the admiration
of friend and foe alike the world
over.
“The tickers announcing the
surrender were scarcely silent
when appeals began pouring in
upon him from the rich men from
England to come to that country
and be munificently provided for
the rest of his life, to which Lee’s
reply was that he must ‘stay with
his people.’ The temptation of a
fine estate in England could not
lure him away from the plain
sense of duty.
The south, lifting itself from
the ashes of its desolation, offered
its late cheftain all that it had,
assuring him that some way would
be found in which he should be
handsomely provided for, which
generous and touching assurance
Lee feelingly but firmly refused.
“The great, rich north itself,
fully appreciating the noble
character of its former antagonist
with sublime magnanimity, reach
ed out its hand to the man whose
genius had played such havoc with
its armies and offered him the
best it had—leisure, affluence,
everything—but the same reply
came, ‘I thank you, but I must
remain with my young men and
lead them ia peace as I have led
them in war.’
“A great New York life insur
ance company offered Lee fifty
thousand dollars a year salary to
become identified with its staff.
The offer was refused. The com
pany then prevailed upon one of
Lee’s old generals to call upon him
and offered him one hundred
thousand dollars a year just for
the use of his name. ‘lf my name
is really so valuable as all that,
don’t you think I ought to be very
careful of it?’ answered Lee, and
he was politely turned away.
“Then came the offer of the
presidency of the little college in
the valley of Virginia, the emolu
ments of which were a modest
house and three thousand dollars
a year. This offer Lee accepted
and remained at his post, faithful
ly performing his duties until he
died five years later, October 12,
1870’’—Macon News.
Cleaning up Capital.
When Congress folds its tent
and steals awav from its legisla
tive haunts, the clearers and reno
vators get busy in Washington.
The big buildings where the Sena
tors and Represenatives have their
offices are scrubbed, mopped,
painted and cleaned from top to '
bottom. The Capitol itself is put
through similar treatment and the
outside is subject to treatment
with line of hose through which
fire engines force water to the very
top of the dome. It’s always an
interesting operation to see the
Capitol getting its annual bath.
Then the streets are repaired and
the trees trimmed and everything '
around Washington is got into the
best possible shape for the recou
veiling cf Congress In December
Owing to the extra session there
was little time to do all this dur
ing the present summer, so there
is unusual hurry and bustle now.
We are none of us any better
than we ought to be aud many of
us are a great deal worse.
Road Working Demonstrations.
; Savannah, Ga . Oct 11—One of
I the practical benefits which will
come out of the holding of the
great road races in Savannah in
November, when the Internation
al Grand Prrze and Vanderbilt
races will be held, will be the road
instruction and information to be
given road commissioners of the
United States east of the Rocky
Mountains.
Arrangements have been made
to have these in Savannah in
force, and the county authorities
are arranging to give them object
lessons in road building and pre
servation which should have an
appreciable effect on the quality
cf roads in many sections of the
country hereafter.
The arrangement to bring the
road commissioners to Savannah
includes the presence at the time
of Director Page of the Bureau of
Roads of the United States De
partment of Agriculture. The op
portunity fcr the road experts
has been brought about by the In
dian Refining Company, which
has for the last two years oiled the
Savannah course. Phis year the
company ia so proud of its work
and so confident that the running
of the races will see all world’6
records for racing eclipsed, that it
has decided to have the roadbuild
ers of the country here to see the
performance made on reads oiled
by it, and have an opportunity to
see the work itself.
The visitors will be brought in
special cars from New York, At
lanta, and other points where they
will gather aud make up parties.
While in Savannah the road ex
perts will have the opportunity to
hear from Director Page of the
Bureau of roads, to exchange ideas
with each other and have an ob
ject lesson in building the several
kinds of roads which have made
Chatham county famous. Chat
ham was one of the first counties
in the South to go for good roads
and its success is shown by the
successive bringing to the city of
tne only real international road
races ever held in America and
the final winning of the right to
hold America’s national race, the
Vanderbilt.
The farmer has a good many
mouths to feed; he is even oblig
ed all through the Winter to feed
the fodder cutter.
No matter how good a horse is
in its early life, its usefulness is
cut short if it is not properly car
ed for.
The Democratic party clings to .
its mule as an emblem, but the
insurgent is your real kicker.
Real Estate for Sale.
A beautiful home within one
block of center of city. Compar
atively new aud contains six large
rooms with bath connected.
Also 150 acres of land just
miles from depot of Lyons 125
acres under fence and 50 acres in
cultivation. A No. 1 land.
Also 150 acres in 2 miles of City
of Lyons, 87 acres under fence and
87 to 40 acres in cultivation. Fine
soil.
Also two lots with wooden build
ings thereon and in square adjoin
ing front street. Offered at a bar
gain.
Also cottage with four rooms on
7th street, and a very desireable
location. Nice little home.
Also 87 acres of land more or
less, with new dwelling contain
ing 5 rooms, two-thirds of this
property in in-corporate limits
and very desireable. Call on
110 acres, S 5 acres under esti
va'ion 2 tenant houses, 7 room
dwelling, 8 miles from Lyons,
very cheap.
135 acres of good red-pebble
land five miles east of Lyons.
Seven room house, 50 acres in cul
tivation. Splendid well of water
and near church and school.
Desirable home on sth st., con
taining 5 rooms and eleven lots
attached.
3 room house with eight lots,
just one block from the school
building.
53G acres on Altamaha river, 160
acres cleared, 8 tenant houses, 7
room dwelling
Powers & Mozingo.
Toombs Co. Bank Bldg.
■'He Lyons progress, oct. 13, ivii.
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