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VOL. VI.
NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY. JANUARY 26. 1906.
NO. 42
Trade With the Hustling Merchants Who Advertise in the Newnan News,
ADDRESS BY
DD. QUILLIAN.
Delivered at Exercises in
Honor of Cen. Lee’s
Birthday.
The News is pleased to present
to its readers the address delivered
at the court-house by Rev. J. W.
Quillian, I). D., on the occasion of
the celebration of the anniversary
of the birth of General Robert E.
Lee. The address follows:
Madam President, Daughters of
the Confederacy, honored Vet
erans of the Lost Cause and Fel
low Citizens:
1 count myself highly honored,
though feeling my unworthiness,
to stand in your presence this af
ternoon to give some expressions
in line with the noble sentiment
which gives birth to this occasion.
It is a happy thought, and high
ly proper, that the Daughters of
the Confederacy should come to
gether with the remnant of that
noble band, their and our fathers,
who though broken and battered,
still in honor abide among us,and
that this meeting should be in the
presence of the youth and younger
citizenship of the country; because
the purpose of this meeting is not
only to keep alive the sentiments
of valor and worth of the departed
chieftain, Robt. 10. Lee, whose
birthday we thus celebrate, but
also to place upon the breasts of
his living comrades badges of
honor; thereby attesting our ap
preciation of their worth while
they live.
You, ladies, have had bequeath
ed to you a noble heritage, left by
your mothers and sisters, who,
while husbands, fathers and bro
thers and sons, were at the front,
with breasts bowed to a hail of
shot and shell, in repelling the
invaders of their own land, up
holding what they believed to be
God-given rights, in the protec
tion of their families and loved
under the shade of the trees.”
The name of Robt. B. Lee, em
blazoned as it is so high on the
scroll of fame, and shining so
bright with ever increasing splen
dor, diil not get there by accident.
A character so rich as his, around
which centers so many ennobling
memories,was not built by chance.
A personality in which is embodi
ed so much that is great, that is
grand, that is glorious, is not the
fruit of a tree of the forest, grow
ing wild in barren regions, but
rather is it the fruitage from a tree
that is planted by the side of life
giving streams, in fertile soil,care
fully pruned and well cultivated.
11 is life, as does every life, root
ed itself in conditions. Those con
ditions for General Lee were fav
orable to the development of great
ness—the best, the highest and
noblest of human traits.
Descended from noble lineage,
there (lowed in his veins the pur
est strain of the great Norman
race; so that when on the 111th
day of .lanuary, 1807, at Stratford,
in Westmoreland county, Virginia,
Robt. E. Lee lirst saw the light of
life, he was ushered into an en-
REY. ,1. W. OF 1LLIA N, D. D.
er in the catechism, then the that estate ami that home should
sainted Bishop Mead, lie went to ever lie held and occupied by the
the death-bed with his head bowed oldest mule descendant in each
in grid, and his eyes wet with succeeding generation, as the con-
tea rs, to catch a last glimpse of his , tie and head of his posterity for
father in the gospel. j many generations to come, Lee in
is it any wonder that General; heriled in unusual degree the
vironment that makes for the best I Harry Lee should have said: strength of family affection and
and highest in men. “Robert was always good;” or 1 tribal love. Then, when you rein
1st. The lirst thing that J men-' that this boy should develop into ember that this restricted devo
tion was the possession of a name a man, who while commanding
that had come down through a ■ the army of Virginia, in the midst
long stream of ancestorage, injofafearfulcarnageofdeath,meet-
which it was not only untarnished ing an humble chaplain of the | of independence for the American
tion had poured into it the knowl
edge that his own kinsmen had
moved and signed the declaration
but was actually burnished by no
ble deeds, until, like a ray of light,
it shines across the pages of his
tory for many generations back.
This name was set in characters
whose garments had never been
soiled by shame or torn by infamy.
The very rooms of the house in
which he lived were filled with
priceless heirlooms and the walls
were decorated with trophies of
army as he passed along the line,
with courtly bow and graceful
movement lifted his hat and said:
“I salute the church of God.” No
wonder that that man should on
the field of battle, from his own
tent send out prayer
soldiers.
4th. Another thing, before en
colonies, you will understand how
the doctrine of States rights and
every institution of America, be
came, in a peculiar sense, his doc
I trine und his institution.
You will then understand the
books to his alacrity with which lie moved and
I the certainty witli which he placed
his feet, and the honors that
victory, won by his forefathers in school-room and college
many a hard fought battle, in the
conflicts of life. Day by day,these
things looked down upon him, and
spoke to him of what was demand
ed of him, whilst the wise coun
sels and hallowed influences of his
ones, these noble women—your | gray haired father, for a few short j aration for anything was more | United
ancestors—were fighting battles at years, in early boyhood, enveloped than half success in that thing, lie “Save
home no less severe, and grappling! a u a garment, until the very at-
with foes no ^less pitiless in their I mospliere of his life instilled in
onslaught, for the wolf of hunger j spiration and fed every noble as-
and the fiend of squalor were ever piration of his better nature. And
tering the arena of activity in life’s; crowned his efforts, as lie followed
busy fields, he lingered in the and fought for the flag of his conn-
hall until j try in Mexico, lie walked in the
he was fully equipped for work 1 bright light of a holy patriotism
and prepared tor the fray. Ile, that burned within his own breast
was not afraid that the places y„u will understand, perhaps, as
would all be filled, and no work never before, the poignancy of tin
left lor him to do, il he waited; pain that pierced his heart, when
but conscious that thorough prep- b, resigning his commission in the
Wtatcs army, he wrote
in defense of my native
tarried till ready. How well hciytate, 1 never desire again to draw
redeemed his time, is found in the my sword.” Patriotism that
tact that while in school lie never Hashes and burns with a steady
over it all hung like a cloud of
frankincense, the daily prayers of J class.
a devoted mother, sweetening, These were some of the condi-
purifying and sanctifying. itions from which sprang the great
2nd. Another mighty factor in j an( ] peerless Robt. E. Lee. It only
remains for me to speak briefly of element in the character of Mi
present, in deadly combat.
They are entitled to equal honor
with the men in the trenches, and
should have erected to them monu
ments of marble, in which shall be
chiseled for the reading of future the making of this man was the
generations, words of appreciation. fact that the plastic period of
There should be moulded for them childhood and the formative per-
memorials of brass, in which is iod of lx>yhood was spent in the
etched, so deep that the storms of country and small town, away
the ages can never wash them out, from the excitement ol bustling,
something of their valor anil brav- noisy streets, and the maddening
ery. And, for myself, I hope, be- whirl of society and business.
fore I go to my long home, to see T1 bs young life was no hot j one’s Be lf and one’s own kiuspeo-
standing out there on your own house plant of either business or ple> and of what belongs to them,
city square, by the side of that society, preternaturally developed • c ou pl e ,l with this is a due recog-
receiveil a demerit or a reprimand j glow, as it always did in the breast
and left with high honors in his
of Robt. E. Leu, is one of the
noblest elements that ever entered
into the composition of a human
character.
2nd. Another distinguishing
two or three of the dominant ele
ments which controlled in a char
acter composed of so many excel
lent traits.
1st. Chief among these was his
Lee was his unswerving fealty to
duty. It was no light or liinitci
estimation which he placed upon
the weight or worth of the word
duty. To him, it was the grand
burning patriotism. Patriotism est word in the English language
begins in a correct valuation of and this because of the immense
range to which he applied it
the settlement of the ordinary al
fairs of life. Duty, to him, was
silent witness to the patriotism and brought forth to amuse oi to J nition of the various relationships the obligation which devolved up
and valor of Southern manhood, entertain, and then left to wither j of life> an(1 of tb(J obligations that on him, by virtue of his relation
one in the beginning of the strug
gle for the lost cause; the other at
its termination. In the beginning
Robt. 10. Lee held a commission in
the United Slab's army. The com
manding General was Winfield
Scott, who expected soon to resign,
and to urge the appointment of
Lee as his successor. 'When news
cached Lee that his native State
Virginia had seceded and united
with the Confederacy, his ambi
tions, his property,, his associa
tions and expectations were all on
me side. < )n the other side lay
the claims of his own State, his
iwii county, his own people, and
mm tnese relations, above the
lin of contending emotions, with
•ell like clearness then rang out
he voice of duty, lie heard its
ommands, and promptly and
gladly obeyed, in casting his lot
with his own people.
e other, when the flower of
Southern chivalry had been cut
town, and the country deluged in
ilood and anguish, with the little
Hind of brave defenders “reduced
to a frazzle,” whilst the hosts of
Grant’s army, well fed and well
cared for, surrounded them, and
the gallant. Gordon had sent word
to Gen. Lee that he did not think
that they could do anything more
without heavy support from Gen.
Longstreet, Lee said: “There is
nothing left but to go to Gen
Grant, and I would rather die a
thousand deaths.” Then one of
his staff officers said: “What will
history say of our surrendering!
Posterity will not understand it.”
The immortal Lee replied: “Yes,
yes, they will not understand our
situation, but tliut is not tiie ques
tion; the question is. whether It is
right; and if if is right, I take tin
responsibility.”
Great, man,whose star was duty,
which, when followed, led to iin
mortality.
Finally, one other tiling, which
is not so much a dcstinctivc eli
incut, as it was the cement into
which every other element of
character was laid and moulded
into one composite whole, was his
goodness.
It was til is that broadened li is
sympathies, unified his purposes
sweetened his life, and was li is
shield and buckler. His was not
an ostentatious goodness, set in
sectarian lines and moulded in
church bigotry, that delights ii
publishing abroad its own good
ness, but the rather was it that
type that is conscious of its reality
lives by its exercise among tin
needy, thrives in humanity and
delights most of all in its daily
communion with God, through
Jesus Christ its author.
Neither was his a moluscau type
of goodness, that with equal faci
lity accommodates itself to any
sort of conduct and practice, but
it was built on the fundamentals
DR. NUNNALLY
FOR GOVERNOR.
Newnan Minister is the Lat
est Entry in Gubernator
ial Race.
An immense amount of political
interest ami eoipmont has lieon
stirred up this week by Dr. G. A.
Nuunally’s announcement as a
undulate for governor. This an
nouncement was in the nature of a
omplete surprise to the people of
Newnan, as the public was totally
nawuro of Dr. Nuunally’s inton-
ion to enter the campaign as a
andidatc.
Dr. Nunnnllv is too well known
is minister, educator and author
o need any introduction to the
leople of Georgia. lie is pastor of
another one clad in the regal robes and die, blighted and poisoned by I £ evo i ve U p6„ on(J j,y virtue of
of purity, and crowned with a the atmosphere it inhaled. Butj thcHe relationships. But while
splendid diadem of light, hope and in privacy he grew, receiving, in-1 the Hacre(1 fires of patriotism are
inspiration, erected to Southern
womanhood. There and every
where, let them be partners in
honor, as they were in conflict,
for the tide that flowed from the
side of the crucified South, was as
stead ol giving, absorbing and as- j kindled around the family hearth-
siinilating, until cou ^ ( l stone, they straightway sweep out
without self impairment. j beyond these limitations and take
Thus growing, he developed the hold upon the interests and wel-
habit of self-reliance,quiet reserve, | fare of friends, neighbors and ac-
introspeetion and meditation, so j quaintaneee. Not stopping here
rich in the tears and anguish of characteristic of him in after life; they spread with increasing vol-
Southern womanhood as it was in and here he laid the foundations of i um e, until reaching the furtherest
the blood of Southern manhood. j that well proportioned, magnifi- ; confines of State and nation, one
And you, loved and loving de- ■ cent physique and iron constitu-
fenders of the faith, abiding with tion which contributed so much
us still, have been and are, in the 1 towards his success, when the
hour of defeat and since, illustra- struggles were heaviest upon him.
tions before all the world of the' 3rd. Again, as a child, he was
oracular wisdom of your eominan- i faithfully instructed in the funda-
der, Robt. E. Lee, when he said: mentals of the Christian faith and
“Human virtue should be equal to taught to l ead and study the word
human need.” May each one of of God for himself. Growing out j mortal Lee. Born on an estate,
you have virtue equal to any cala-i of this period is one of the most first seeing the light in a home,
mity that may befall you, until, in touching incidents of his life, j that was founded and builded by
the last words of Gen. Jackson, When in strong manhood,he heard j a forefather, in the years gone by,
“You cross over the river and rest of the sickness of his former teach-1 with the express intention that
stands enveloped in a glow of sa
cred law for his whole country,
whilst the highest interest of that
country’s every institution is the
holy altar upon which he stands
reaily to pour his life’s blood as an
offering to their maintenance.
This was true of the great and im-
of man’s sinfulness, God’s mercy
and Christ’s atonement, with man
through personal faith articulated
to < 'hrist his head.
’l’his virile, robust goodness
planted in childhood, grew and de
veloped, until it became strong
enough in the hour of defeat to
pluck all bitterness and rancor out
of his heart, and make his gentle
ness, moderation and even bene
voleneo toward his foes the sub
ject of common remark.
This goodness had strength
enough in it to hold him steady
to his fellows and last, gathering j ^ H biy alter stay ol lile’s loudest
up all below it into one, to his desires and expectations fell away
i from him, and when persecution
With this idea, Duty became his bitter scorn and calumny, like
master. He knew no voice and ra K* M K flood, swept down upon
received no orders contrary to biui, their waves parted or broke
this. When duty spoke, he did , whilst he stood solid and immo
not confer with flesh and blood, j vable like a beacon rock, from
nor did he count his life dear unto j whose lace there shone the clear
himself. (light of conscious integrity
I call your attention to two il- -
lustrious examples of this. The' (Coiuinut-don page 4.)
ships. He believed that the rela
tionships which he sustained en
compassed two worlds, earth and
heaven, and affected two periods,
time and eternity.
From this he felt that he was
under the most solemn obligations
to himself, to his fellows and to
his God. And the measure of his
duty in the discharge of these ob
ligations he thought was fixed up
on a graduated scale, with increas
ing weight; first to himself, second
DU. <1. A. NIINNA I.I.V.
tiie First BaptiHt church of New-
uun, and is popular witli the peo
ple of his own church and the
other churches of the city. He is
one of the strongest and most re
sourceful men of the Baptist de
nomination in <leorgia.
Dr. Nunually says his candidacy
is being well received throughout
tiie State, as is evidenced by let
ters and pledges of support re
ceived by him from every section,
lie proposes to make an educa
tional campaign on reform lines
und has outlined his platform in
reference to certain matters of pub
lic interest which he wishes to
place before the people.
The News regrets its inability to
give space to Dr. Nuunally’s plat
form this week, but it will be pub
lished next week in this paper.
Stephens Society.
The Alexander H. Stephens So
ciety of the public schools render
ed tiie following program at a
meeting held last Monday:
Debate: “Resolved, that Peter
the Great was a Greater man than
Frederick the Great.” Affirma-
tive: Stacy Cupel's, Myron Farmer,
Then Davis. Negative: Richard
Hardaway, Frank Holmes, Bill
Joe Nunually.
The affirmative won the debate
by one poinL.
Speeches by Bradley Davis and
Joe Meriwether.
Officers elected as follows for
term expiring March l<>, 11)00:
Leroy Mann, President; Elgin
Stallings, Vice President; Ray
mond Crane, Secretary; Frank
Holmes, Critic; Bill Joe Nunually,
Editor. Hamilton Sago, Stacy
Capers and Frank Orr, program
committee.
Ebenezer Sunday School.
An excellent Sunday school has
been organized at Ebenezer church,
near McCollum, and the promoters
are doing a great work in that sec
tion. J. S. Hammock is superin
tendent of the school, assisted by
Allen Royeton. Miss Dallis Moore
is secretary and treasurer.
Buy you a suit at Boone’s, while
a big saving can be had.
