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Bryan’s
Essential
Service.
Fame and
When the epitaph of William
. 'Jennings Bryan has been written,
^und his biography has been gather-
1 d in remoter times into the his
tory which is supposed to be both
discriminating and impartial, it
will be found that his great repute
does not rest upon any public of
fice to which he has aspired or to
which he may yet attain, but rather
upon the greater qualities of the
man, the statesman and the pat
riot, which are illustrated and ex
emplified upon his eloquent lips
and in his illustrious life.
Mr. Bryan has reached that po
sition not attained by more than
three Americans in all the history
of this country, where he is greater
than a president.
It is worth more to him to have
reached the serene height from
which he enjoys the perfect con
fidence of his countrymen than to
have held the presidency during
both of the terms for which he has
been a candidate for that lofty sta
tion. It is worth more to him to
have attained as his permanent
and universal title the soubriquet
of "The Great American Com
moner,” than to have been the
executor of the policies and of the
platforms of his party.
The things which have builded
this colossal character into nation
al and international repute, are the
qualities to which good men and
ttoughtful men, teachers, preach
ers and public speakers may point
the youth of this country as the
model way to greatness and the
only durable basis of the loftiest
fame. Integrity of conviction,pub
lic courage ana self sacrifice, are
the serene qualities which fashion
.the character of men; and all of
sponded that he could not accept
the nomination unless the conven
tion confirmed the platform upon
which he had been a candidate four
years before and which represented
his unaltered and unchanged con
victions. ,
And the leaders of the Demo
cratic party, numbering the first
and most distinguished men of the
republic, went back to Kansas
City, carrying the message that
one man, greater than office and
loftier than station, insisted that if
his party did not advocate the con
victions in which he believed, that
he could not consent to permit
them to use his name as leader and
advocate.
Few higher and loftier expres
sions of personal and political in
tegrity have been recorded in the
long history ot this great republic
than this message from Bryan to
the convention of 1900.
And now, as William Jennings
Bryan comes home once more to
receive the plaudits ot the thous
ands and the idolatrous loyalty ot
the party which holds him first and
dearest among its public men, he
stands today unspoiled and un
changed—411st where he has al
ways stood—on the serene and
splendid height of his brave con
victions, willing at all times to hold
those convictions in the balance
against his personal prospects and
surrender the highest station in
the world rather than surrender
the magnificent possession of his
personal and political integrity.
And so at last when we come to
measure the character and service
of this great citizen who may or
may not be President of these
United States, we shall be com
pelled in the wider and larger view
which time and distance shall
bring, and which matures men and
judgment, to record the fact that
Mr. Bryan’s highest and noblest
service to his party and to the peo
ple has been to elevate the moral
tone of American politics, and to
have inspired with a more definite
integrity the policies of the great
party of the people for whom he
stands.
It is only from areal Democracy
that a "Great Commoner” could
come. And that this man has not
only risen above the multitude, but
has held his serene and undisputed
place as the loftiest figure in a
democratic republic, is a joint
tribute to the real fundamental
sympathy of the mass with hon
esty, and for the crystal qualities
which have enabled this great man
to reap its glorious reward in the
universal love and confidence of
his times.
It is a source both of thankful
ness and of inspiration that out of
the reeking mass of graft and
greed, corruption and monopoly
of this reckless and rushing age,
that there has come to us "one
clear, white figure of integrity, one
knight without fear and without
reproach.” One Sir Galahad,whose
strength is as the strength of ten
because his heart is pure.
May he live long to be framed
these have been illustrated in the
career of the great Nebraskan who : against the shadows of the times,
is Atlanta s guest today. and to light the pathway of our
It is, after all, the high, clear y 0un g Americans to the nobler
moral note in every advocacy to anc j- more enduring way.—The
which Mr. Bryan has given his life Georgian,
which has stamped, impressed and
established his character in his na
tive lpd. There has not been a
cause for which he has fought that ;
he has not pitched his support of
it on the highest moral ground of
justice and righteousness.
When he made that immortal
parbale Lee "who made a glory of
Failure and a majesty of Defeat.”
Sweet to him was peril for his
country.
His union with Miss Rebecca
Earnest was * blessed with nine
children, all of whom and his be
loved wife still survive him. Capt.
Powel met the world with an out
stretched hand and a winning
smile. He believed in the exalted
dignity of toil, and the God-given
brotherhood of man. For a high
sense of honor, undoubted chivalry
and loyal friendship, he had no
superior. In his character there
was the fine equipoise of strong
common sense, with the magic of
good will, and the inborn princi
ples of a model gentleman.
Though ‘‘the golden bowl be
broken, and the silver cord be
loosed,” his many noble traits will
be remembered as long as the harp
of memory rings true to the loving
touch of Friendship.
Capt. Powel possessed a hopeful,
vivacious temperament, and he
cheered, unconsciously, many a
drooping, despondent one.
His heart vitalized his hand to
calls of charity unknown to the
world. He sounded no trumpet,
but his generous hand was ever
open to the cry of distress. For
twenty-one years he contributed
liberally to the support of the
Presbyterian church—it being the
church of his choice. Faith, Hope
and Charity were the triune deities
whom he reverenced. He felt that
humility was man’s loftiest crown,
and Mejcy, the fairest attribute of
God.
A golden-hearted gentleman has
passed from the ranks of our citi
zenship—one who possessed, in an
eminent degree that mysterious
cement of the soul—true friend
ship tor his kind.
Together with a sorrowing com
munity, the U. D. 0. would mingle
their tears of regret, and extend to
the * bereaved family and friends
that priceless sympathy that binds
us all in union.
"In the sweet fields of Eden
where the tree of life is blooming”
may we greet our loyal-hearted
friend again—he whose home was
his kingdom; he who was happiest
when the arms of his children were
around his neck, the tender hand
of bis wife in his, and the light of
his own fireside illuminating &11
their loving hearts.
He and his peers are the kings,
by right, of all the happy homes on
ejirth. God bless the privileged
ones who bear his name, and cast
upon them the descending mantle
of his many admirable virtues.
Resolved, First: That in Capt.
T. W. Powel’s death the U. D. C.
has lost a sterling supporter—
frank,enthusiastic and unchanging.
Second: That our united sym
pathy be tendered to the afflicted
family and their relatives, and a
copy of this tribute be presented
to them.
Third: That this tribute be
spread upon the minutes of the
organization and read at the next
meeting. U. D. C.
Mrs. T. J. Jones, Pres.
Ml
Resolutions of U. D. C.
Agricultural School Trustees.
“The angels of Life and Death alike are
his;
Without his leave, they pass no thresh
old o’er.”
Upon the new-made mound of
speech in the Chicago convention our esteemed townsman and friend,
which swept him in one electric : Capt. T. W. Powel, the U. D, C.
hour into national fame and gave j would lay a wreath of friendship’s
him two successive nominations purest immortelles,
for the presidency, it was the dis- At Rogersville, Tennessee, near-
tinct pulse of patriotism and of j ly 64 years ago he was born, and
lofty rectitude that rang like the for 33 years he had been a promi-
silver bugle through his words. 1 nent and esteemed citizen of this
When he sat tranquil and un- j place,
ruffled at his home in Lincoln, The Revolutionary blood, so
Nebr., while the Democratic na- graciously bequeathed to him, re-
tional convention of 1900 was in j ceived a gallant impetus in the
session in Kansas City, the domi-' civil war, to which he and five
nant committee of that great as- brothers gave distinguished ser-
sembly waited upon him to ask vices. When his sword was brok-
that he would honor the conven- en by a shot, and his clothing
tion by becoming its candidate for , pierced by thirteen bullets, his
President. And this man to whom patriotism but rose to a white heat,
the Presidency has always been and nerved his arm for surer aim.
less than his brave convictions, re- j He almost worshipped the incom-
Goveruor Terrell has appointed
the trustees for the different con
gressional district agricultural
schools provided for by the last
Legislature and the following are
the gentlemen named in the Fourth
Congressional District:
Carroll—J. A. Mur rah, Carroll
ton.
Heard—Dr. J. B. Handers,
Corinth.
Coweta—-T. M. Cellars, Grant-
ville.
Troupe—H. H. Lane, Mount-
ville.
Meriwether—,J. E. Leave! 1,
Woodbury.
Harris—T. L. Thompson, Chip-
Jey.
Talbot-T. H.Persons,Talbotton.
Muscogee—G. Gunby Jordan,
Columbus.
Chattahoochee—F. M. Gordy,
Cusseta.
Marion—G e 0 r g e P. Munro,
Buena Vista.
Piano Contest
Gets Interesting
The News’ great $350 piano voting contest
is becoming interesting. The friends of sev
eral young ladies have placed them before
the public as candidates, and the votes are
beginning to pile up. People are talking
about the contest and the interest is increas
ing daily. This is the first contest of the
kind ever inaugurated by a newspaper in
Coweta county, and it is natural that it ex
cites some interest. Pianos worth $350 are
not often given away by newspapers, and
the people realize that this contest means
something.
They realize that the News has planned the lar
gest advertising campaign ever devised and under
taken by a newspaper in this county, and they see
that the News is going to “make things hum” during
the next few months. Old subscribers are waking
up to the strong points of the News and the spirit of
enterprise displayed by its publisher; new subscrib
ers are coming to the paper; and the great piano
contest promises to be of unexpected magnitude.
VOTE NOW!
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young lady you desire to see win the piano. The
first in the contest will secure a lead tliat may be
difficult to overcome later. Vote now and place
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worth hundreds or thousands of votes to your candi
date before the contest closes.
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