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TfTE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDA V, AUGUST 29, 1884.
THE FIFTH CEOROIA.
Deunion of th« Survivors of this Fa-
1 R mous Regiment.
•econd reunion of the Filth Georgia
, Inofc place yesterday morning at
Hsll Tbe local committee bad
KS" e «ry ‘arrangement for tbe enter-
entof tbe members, and on Wednea.
“““Ltenant Conner, of the Macon Vol-
am i Mr. Charles Herbat, the libra-
decorated tbe stage most fittingly.
£*' ,h e itaga was the little cannon whose
0|B m baa belched forth Joyful
on all joy'd* occasions,
° d it was surrounded by
E. H. Pottle re-ponded in behalf of the
Teterana as follows:
“Colonel Hardeman: We can congratu
late ourselrea that tbe reception is given
us in tbe city of Macon. More than twen
ty-three years ago the Fifth Georgia K-gi-
ment took up Its line of march from this
city to the seat of war. V/e were then met
by your hdapltable and patriotic citizens
with open arms and cheered on In our pur
poses to serve the State and country. Tbe
patriotic women of your city met us
here with waving handkerchiefs and
bade us a hearty Godspeed
on our march to the Gulf, where the bntyn
uf tbe cannon resounded from Fork Sum
ter. This command tendered their services
to the government, and left wives, children
and all tbev held dear, and laid their all
upon tbe ultar of their country. Fathers
^edarma. Around and above the stage
* fOUDtd blttlfi sod Confwcnire U3|JS| fame r.9 homes liWnstn am] tha onnoiltn-
*“? Which the folds of the stars and stripes
a " sccll Two ot these flags belonged to
*' ...con Volunteers, and another floated
Berthe Jackson Artillery duting the war.
iw,ve all the flags was one tattered and
, n d though but little is known of its
history, it!» certain that it passed through
“ihe portraits of Jefferson Davis, Wade
<r,motoo, Stonewall Jackson, Alexander
S Stephens and Joseph E. John ii ton were
®i>oo the stage and added much to the
ffftcL fosutso i* utt*.
,10 30 o’clock the members assembled,
intrant of lirown’s Hotel and-formed in
itoe A detachment of the Macon Vo lun-
under Captain Oarnea, Floyd Rifles,
noier Captain Hardeman, and Southern
Sdets, under Captain Findlay, acted as
eKort. and at the tap ot the drum the vet-
mmmenced the march to the hall.
In the procession were many old soldiers
-hR hive turned the aword into plow-
ibarc^and till the soil: soldiers who have
a name for themselves, at
5. h,r and soldiers who have
mne into other walks of life. They were
marching side by side again, not to battle,
hnt to a meeting of peace.
Arriving et the hall the survivors filed
upstairs,followed by the Macon military,
“uJw^HL Ansley, who was wounded
at the battle of Missionary Ridge. was
made cbiirman ol the meeting, with Mr.
A H. Hightower secretary. The follow*
gentlemen then, took seats upon the
sU m: Captain J.ri. King. Judge L, O.
Niles Captain John P. lvlddoo, A. H,
Hightower. Chaplain R- R. Leiter. Judge
E.|I Pottle. Captain John A. Fulton,
ThSnis J. Burney, D. B. Jones and George
^Wbea'all had been seated, Mr. Thomas
J Borne? arose and said: “Veterans of
the Fifth Georgia, on behalf of the city of
Macon. 1 take pleasure in introducing to
you the Hon. Thos. Hardeman, who, in
Addition to being a veteran soldier, is one
of Georgia's most eloquent and honored
Cd. Hardeman was greeted with ap
plause as he arose. The following is his
ADDRK&J 0? WKI/'OM*:
“Nearly twenty years ago your last as*
aembly was beat and your last regimental
roll (ill was responded to before you
grounded arms, furled Vour banners and
inrrendered with Johnston’s army to supe
rior numbers in -.the Old North State. The
star of vour young republic had set in
darkness and in blood. The colors you
bad so gallantly defended on so many san
guinary fields
‘Had been furled forever.
For It* people's hopes ,ha<l Hod.'
“Hundreds of bravo comrades,who with
you went out to battle, had gone to rest
*Wbere the orlflamme Is burning
On the atarlit Ktlcn shore.' ,
“The conflict was ended. The sword
wu sheathed. The defeated and disband
j ad Southern soldiers turned their faces to
ward the desolated .South. Like Israel’s
boat, they began their journey through the
wilderness, and like them they'sat down
and wept when they remembered their
' Zion/ They wero iourm ving. however, to
so‘land of T>rorai*e.’ They boro not the
tbe bones ol their Josephs with them; for
these were left to sleep on tbe banks of the
winding Chlcamauga-by 'Tennessee’s
dark roiling rivers’—on 'the dark and
. bloody ground of Kentucky'—under the
palmetto** and pl^** of the Garollnas;
j aye, on fields Inm Hie
MOUUTAIN* TO THE OUI.F,
I tbe bones' of your comradm were left to
"i*c«totl,.-,i a-lui, 1. mortotheir
.farther perished as true men
I ,or principle ami for faith. F»UeD,
I IWir examples are beacons to you—to
I'nM. onward, forever onwarl/ where
Ifanrnmmon.and principle, direct. In
i following the star of duty Bethlehem Is
I leached. In the ascemkm v of principle
I [1m the chief elements of character and the
I hope find growth of society, for character
I Is nothing ante,, it 1. moulded in priori-
I J> ! '. nothing unless it is In ,1 upon truth,
[thus moulded and founded It will
|sn, though generations perish and
| revolutions tm „ the land with
l wrecks and tombs. Your comrades are
I [*.■ Their cause is lost, yet the prlncl-
IP" of rrl(-govtrnlinnI. for which they
I iimggjed, relined In the furnace of recoin-
IP"-.nine with undiramed lustre, refifct-
Iburnished steel,, the splendor of
I .P'"*ncs and tbe radiant beauty of
I “ "In,g. Theaeprinciples yet live and
I **"; world pays homage t iihepa-
Itnotisra that nursed and the dauntless
| “•f 0 * 101 that defended them. Defeat did
I their power, unsuccessful revo-
I “jh°o did not mar their beauty. The DU
1***** us that Daniel's oonrngs was
| test seen in the den of the lions
.Darios. The Hebrew children’s
fetuo of homes, liberty and the constitn
tion. We did not go its mercenaries or
conscripts, but in response to the call for
volunteers by the executive of toe State.
None of us who engaged in this conflict
sought the destruction of the consti
tution. It was to restore 11
according to the compact.
Vandal handahad been laid upon this in
strument. snd they sought to emasculate
it of those wise and conservative principles
which gave equality to the States and
SICUB1TY AGAINST IVHO.VO.
We loved the Union, but the Union made
the constitution.
"Governor Towns did a else thing when
the State’s contribution wav made to the
Washington monument. The Georgia
atone had this inscription: ‘The Union
as It'was; the constitution as it is.’
This stone was set at naught by the build
ers,..but is destined to become the chief
stone ot the building. Our sacrifice
was great and the loises irreparable,
hut time will demonstrate that all this
blood was not shed In vain. Go search
history for its teachings, and you will
learn that good has always resulted from
revolutions, however bloody they may
have been.
"Itnas been said that the blood of the
martyrs was the seed of the church. I ver
ily believe that time will show that this
revolution has been tbe means of attach
ing our people of all sections more closely
to the constitution as it was. Already we
hear the rumbling of the chariot wheels.
Uur constitution, for which we fought and
bled, will he the settled construction of all
parties and States.
“I look around me and seeastriking con
trast. Before me hangs our battle flag.
When we first raised it it came from the
pure hands of our devoted women. We
bare it on tbe march and planted it in the
bivouac. Now it is stained with the
SXOKI or BAVTLX,
and perforated by bullets. Thereithaugs,
a bond of union between us.
"On the other side hangs the stars and
stripes, once the emblem of oppresiion,
but now the flag of a restored union.
“We congratulate ourselves that this
welcome comes, not only from the citizens
of Macon, but her generous hospitality Is
voiced by you, sir, yourself a veteran In a
noble cause, and who has added to your
gallantry as a soldier the eloquence of the
orator and the wisdom of the statesman.
"In behall of the surviving comrades,
behalf of these mutilated and scarred vet
erans, in behalf of the honored dead of this
command who sleep their last sleep and
AT COOSA WHATcniK,
snd thus met bis fate, only us n brave
man can. Tears of sympathy will fill your
eyes to day as you recall tlio’heroic action
of that distinguished soldier, that brave
and 'gallant Lieut. Harp, who, when he
saw the flag falling, sprang forward and.
grasping it from the deathlike nip of your
brave color-bearer, advanced In front of
your line of b;rihe, and, waving it over his
head, called on you to rally to its defense,
until he, too, Went down in death upon the
very threshold of his old homo.
"Take it; and us Incomlnij time your
sons shall look upon it, may it be to them
an Incentive to noble and heroic action.
Teach vour children to love whet the col
on of that old banner symbolise, and the
liberties of this republic will be perpetu..
ated. Tell them that under its starry folds
thousands ot the bravest and best of your
comrades have fallen. Tell them that in
din of martial strife, when the hnman
voice was drowned, that flag alone, on the
field of carnage, was the
THE STATE FAIR.
I [ailh was biit exempli!
S* "*ri* of NtbnchSuiivucr • lunaw.
I the'^' d t lB bowlings of revolution and
H vna or kwiriMw,
13S n.* C0Br *ge of Southern opinions verb
I ?*!J*''trenfih of Southern convict'oos
J i.-.l! w.i, - tin- til>
I iSUP, “I-but, thank Ood, that cornice
1 Mu- i ii-’ n.vlii nt trill mill
“JJJJtotoWlons*—•■*ipr*l (mm tin- furnace
I nature and ‘with no ameU of
KiEV*--’ lBto Jour keeping this
J—J2* **“b; these immortal prindples,
*'*■*“*“*«•& Forget not, in your re-
^"’.“f** who so gallantly Mend'd
S’.nnri who,cover,-.! wit!, battle scar-.
f«to »*•«>’ ' " '''■* not save.’
in° r in’*® ,*** memory speak to-day
*he eloquoneeof •fioooi. To
| J® “">*«». .who have nu t in tbia city
l.„“® l ?7 our organization was perfected,
l™.m7f5o. oU,fr *,P le **“re». n* in wat
I dangers, I extend
°* yoar , U,lcoI > comrades and
I??™' 11 * 011 * P’nerally, a conlial wt'com* 1
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■ •mrypllant son, who. with companions
igj*| Wnt on; p, Ini t
1 i ton Ii I swiir.l
I i -ill.i.l r,,-.,.
l^.'SKtsd hearth,-.01.1- audheru-mi.ie*,:..
M lnmv of them now -1—p the sleep that
* no waking \ou, tixr, are pas,,
buti Oeorgu u nut .lead
r ' : mother lias been atrleken-
1 , - ’' veV.tor hi'
| 'I I arent dii
lieve fought their last battle, I think you
from the i»ttom of my heart for this gen
erous welcome.”
TUX uosrxs.
The roster of tbe companies was then
made up, and the following responded to
their names:
Company A, Clinch Rifles. Augusta:
Major D. II. Analey, 8ergeant D. B. Jones,
Private C. P. Roberts.
Company B. Gritltn Light Guilds: Ser
geants L. 0. Niles. George Simpson, Pri
vate Hawkins, Lieutenant George W.
Burr.
Company C, Irish Volunteers, Augusta:
Captain T. 0. Barrett, Lieutenant James
Duffy.
Company D, McDuffie Rifles, Warren-
ton : Captain E. H. Pottle, Privates S. H.
Culpepper, Reub Norris, B B. Harris.
Company E, Dawson Volunteers: Cap
tain J. A. Fulton. Sergeant Joe Etheridge,
Privates Wilds Martin, O. P. Brown.
Company F, Cuthbcrt Rifles: Captain
John F. Klddoo, Lieutenant James F. Sea
ley, Privatet Thomas J. Burney and John
M. Redding.
Company G, Schley Guards, Ellaville:
Sergeant R. T. Bivins, Privatet J. F.
Wood, M. W. Wlmbusb. 0. C. Wlinbush,
It. C. Meadows, L. J. Nixon, Wm. Allen,
T. J. Myers and H. W. Cockerel
Company I, Georgia Greys, Columbus:
Sergeant J. P. Chapman.
Company K, Upson Guards, Thomas
ton: Captain J. I. King. Privates Sem
Kllcby, 8. H. Gibson, C. V. Collier, J. P.
Colli. * Tom W. White, A. H. Hightower,
Ed Bn 'ird and It. A, Williams. Chaplain
IL It. Leiter.
H.ICTION or omesss.
Tbe following officer* were then balloted
for and elected:
Major U. H. Analey. president.
Lieutenant George Adams, Company A
vice-president.
Captain 8. W. Mangham, Company B,
vice president.
Captain Mike O'Conor, Company C?
vice-president. mna.
Captain E. H. Pottle/Company D, vice- er * -
president.
Captain John A. Fulton, Company E,
vice-president.
Captain John F. Klddoo, Company F,
vice* president.
Lieutenant C. B. Hudson, Company 0,
vice-president.
Captain L. M. Bnmu, Company I, vice-
president.
Captain J. 8. King, Company K, vice-
president.
Adjutant George W. Burr, secretary
end treasurer.
RXBTOMNO A 1UTTI.X rt.AU.
After the election of officera. Captain
L. C. Voting, of the Fifty-sixth
New York Regiment, want npon
the etage. carrying in hie hand
abnndle. He made an lntereatlng speech
of a few minutes, duration, in which he
expreased hit pleasure at meeting face
to face alter twenty years the soldiers he
had once before met under entirelr differ
ent circumstances. He fought again the
battle of Ooosawhatchle, near Savannah,
at which battle the regiment lost Ui colon.
He recalled by incident every
poeitloa of the Filth Georgia and hie own
regiment, ana as he spoke the vet
erans paid the utmoat attention
and seemed to follow Captain Young over
the sedge field, down the white road,- into
the deep ditch, back into tbe field again,
and then Into the swamp. Then as he
paid
oiowno rnisirrea
to the men who held the flag aloft and
kept it waving In the December morning,
in epite of the tact that man after man was
shot down »nd yet never al
lowed the colors to touch the ground,
to quickly did the breve rebel* spring to it,
the veteran* llred over again (be battle,
and for the time being were Confederate
soldiers and members of Use Fifth again.
Alter reviewing tbe fight, which took
place In Decern be,, 1561, Cept, Yonng un
wrapped the bundle and displayed the bat
tle tlsg of tbe Fifth Georgia. It was the
lint tune the veterans had looked
upon it since that December
morning, and a sight ol It again nnlocked
TALISMAN or VICTimY.
“Standing here to-day under the genial
sunlight of peace, prire as the air we
breathe, soldiers who wore the gray and
soldiers who wore the bine, let us pledge
ourseltes to stand faithfally by the dear
old starry banner that to-day floats so
peacefully and triumphantly over onr now
reunited country. Let us teach our chil
dren to love the old flag. Tell them, ‘That
the star flowering banner most never lie
furled, for its blossoms of light are the
hope of the world.’
"Nearly twenty years have come and
¥ one, old veterans, since yon and I met.
o most of ns they have been years of toil
snd pain, snd as I look into your faces, I
can plainly see that time has
I.EKT ITS riXSIB MARKS
upon your brow*. Many who twenty years
ago stood up manfully and erect are now
bo wed down with the weight of years and
infirmities of old age. But a few more
years will you be permitted to gather at
this reunion. Some of yoa will
have met for the last time.
Soon your eyes will have rested for the
last time on this old flag you so nobly de
fended. Soon, one and all of us will be
mustered out ot life’s great service and
called to Join onr dear comrades who have
preceded us. Let us then, fellow soldiers,
preserve the kindliest feelings towards
each other; let us cherish the virtues that
bind us together. Let os never, never for
get that the same noble and manly quali
ties that made us valiant and true in war,
fit and qualify ns for all the responsibili
ties of civil life. And may we nil be per
mitted, In the golden hereafter, to strike
bands with onr dear comrades who so
nobly yielded up their lives for home and
country, in that land where the long roll
of war is never heard and where peace
eternally abides.”
A TdCCHINO sc ext
Daring the delivery of Captain Young's
address the veterans stood with moistened
eyelids. 8ome of them bowed their beads
andcried as children over the painful mem
ories awakened bv the sight of the old flag.
Nor was this feeling confined to the sol
diers. In the audience, which was largely
composed of ladles, were several old ladies,
who wept perhaps as they thought of sons
or husbands lost to them upon the field of
war.
The scene was affecting, and when Jndge
Klddoo received the flag he was so over
tome by his feelings that he could only
express his thanks for the high compli
ments paid to the bravery of the men of
the regiment, and for the return of the
There were ninny old soldiers In the
audience, and they left the hall with pano
ramas of the dark scenes of tbe war pass
ing In quick succession before their vision.
TiAXiAcnox or businxss.
The veterans then selected Griffin ns the
next plaoe of meeting, fixing the second
Thursday In August os the date.
An Invitation was extended to the Fifty-
sixth Now York Regiment to be present on
that occasion.
Resolutions of thanks were extended to
the Volunteer Rifles and Cadets tor the
courtesies shown. The meeting then ad
journed.
In the afternoon the veterans met,
and with Mayor Corpnt and the board
of alderman, were driven over tho city.
On their return to the hall, they fonnd a
bowl of punch, sneb ns Capt. Tom Mas
senburg alone, know* how to brew, and
many were the toasts drank.
a rxw sores.
Chaplain R. R. Lester opened the meet
ing with a beautiful and appropriate pray-
WASHINGTON COUNTV.
Meeting of the Executive Con r-.ittee to
Arrange Details. j
The fair committee met yesterday in
Secretary Grier's office to arrange the de
tails of tbe coming fair. There were pres
ent : President Livingston. Secretary
Grier, Superintendent Hatcher, Treasurer
I’owcll, Dr. Carey,*Dr. Jonea, Judge Holt
and Col. Geo. W. Adams. In the morn
ing session Mayor Corput and a delegation
from the city council were present and
their oo-operation asked.
Mr. Ilobt. A. Niebet asked the commit
tee to set aside a day daring tbe fair for the
several young farmers' clubs of the South
Tuesday of fair week was devoted to this
purpose and all such clubs throughout the
South are requested to aend delega
tions and displays. On this day
Hon. Thomas Hendricks, Democratic
nomi'nee for Vice-President. Is expected
to be present and deliver an address.
Wednesday night of fair week is set
apart lor the
ORAND PYnOTXCHXIC DS3PLAY
to bp made by tbe Floyd Rifles. This
company have contracted with tbe largest
fire works establishment in the United
States lor tho pyrotechnics, and the dis
play will be the finest ever seen In this
country.
Mr. Nlsbet said the display of Jersey
cattle, which would include specimens
from the herds of Wade ot Atlanta, Hodg
son of Athens, Hill of Atlanta, Branch of
Covington, and Hunt and DeJarnette of
Eatonton, would ho one of the grandest
sights that the average farmer would
care to see. " Now that there
is a rapidly growing demand
for Jerseys, Guernseys, Holsteins and Al-
dcroeye, farmers are more than ever inter
ested in these fancy but
Aumix cows,
and for this epasoc extra efforts would be
made by the society to bring together a
great number, and owners of herds have
already sigoifled their intention of making
large displays.
While on this line the committee gave
instructions to have built stock gaps at the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia and
Central railroads near the park for the ac
commodation of stock taken from tho cart.
By this means there will be no danger to
the prized cattle while unloading. The gaps
will be so arranged that the cattle can be
easily transferred from the cars to the
grounds.
The flag borne aloft by Sergt. Joe Eth
eridge. whs was tbe color bearer
ol the regiment during the war.
waa presented to the regiment
at Missionary Ridge b; Mrs. Gen. J. K.
Jaccson.of Augusta. After the war It waa
given to Mrs. Jackson, who kept it until
tbe reunion at Anguita last year, when
■lie returned it to the regiment.
Telegrams were received from several
old soldiers who were prevented from
being present. Capt. 8. W. Mangham, of
Griffin, and Capt. U M. Bnmu, of Colum
bus. sent letters of regret, and naked to be
kindly remembered.
•Mitt Augusta Plant sent a beautiful bou
quet of bower* to the Clinch Rifle*. At
none of tho company was present, the
flower* were distributed among tbe vet-
an*.
A photograph wu taken of the furriT-
ore. In the hall.
Mrs. T. W. Mangham tent a handsome
beeket of tlowen to Major Analey, who
took great pride In giving it a oonaptrious
position on the stage.
Private Ed. Ballard displayed an ambro-
type taken o' himaelf in the uniform of hi*
company twenty-three yean ego.
Among the relics captured by tbe Fifth
Georgia 1* a silver cornet, which was
taken from a tent of Wilson's Zouaves at
Santa Rosa by Mr. D. B. Jones, who keeps
it as a relic of the long ego,
A MILITARY POST.
The subject of fair ground privileges was
then taken up, and it was finally decided
to pass npon sealed bids for the
VARIOUS PRIVILEGES
on September 20th. Several applications
have already been made, bat this plan was
thought best by tbe committee. Parties
interested will take due notice accordingly.
In a few days the passenger and freight
agents of the several railroads throughout
the State will hold a convention, at which
time the rates of fare and freight will be
fixed. The committee have the assurance
of those in positions to know, that the rail
road companies wUl make great redactions
for the society-
The committeemen are enthusiastic
over the prospects for n big fari. Secre
tary Grier has received a pile ot letters
which indicate that eo far as displays are
concerned, especially those of
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
which will be tne largest and most com
plete over exhibited m tho Sonth, thero
will bepnffleiont to fill all tbe buildings on
the ground, and thus form a world of at
tractions. The bulk of these will ot course
be transferred to the New Orleans exposi
tion.
Among the exhibits mentioned are stock
from Burke county, cattle from Putnam,
field crops from Talbot, and a very large
display of fruit and field crops from Bibb,
Monroe and Pike.
The poultry show will be extra large.
Colonel C. O. Wilson, of Milledgevilie, and
Editor Mumtord, of Talbottou, will have
fine displays of the finer strains of chick
ens, including Die popular Plymouth
Rock. So large will be their display in this
department that a
cOMsitmt or txrxsTS
from some of the largest poultry yards of
the North wilt be present to act In con
junction with the local judges.
Dr. If. If. Carey, who will remain in
Macon a day or so longer, la greatly en
couraged nt the prospect of big and hand
some displays in the needlework depart
ment, of which he Is at the bead. The In
dies throughout the State wilt contribute
most beautiful specimens of their taste and
tMll.
The committee have received informa
tion that many farmere'|elubi of Alabama
and other adjoining States will participate,
and that make an Inter-State display of
products, eta
THI OROUNDS,
A Cig Barbecue Dinner and a Splendid
Showing.
The farmers of Washington county met
at Sun Hill in Washington county yester
day for an annual meeting of the Grange
and a general handshaking and big dinner
frolic. Hon. Tbbiuas Hardeman was
present from Macon, and with many oth
ers made a short but good speech.
Oneof the interesting features of the day
was the report of a committee appointed
by the Grange to make an inspection of the
lands in Washington county. The report
makes such a good showing that we giro it
room:
“The following is a consolidated report
of tbe various committees appointed by
our worthy master to inspect the crops of
111" lll"Ill! T- nt t.'ir < i ' .1 • 1 !;♦• We llll<l
acres planted in cotton, of which 301
acres will make a bale to 1>{ acres, 1,180
acres will make a bale to 2 acres. 980 acres
will make a bale to acres, 742 acres will
make a bale to 3 acres, 300 acres will make
a bale to 3>4 acres, 184 acres will make a
bale to 4 acres, an average of 2K acres to
the bale.
“We find 2.488 acres planted in corn, at
an average ot about 10\i bushels per acre.
“The various committees did not report
the number of acres planted in wheat and
oats, home reported the.nnmber of bush
els, which showed an average of 5J4 for
wheat and 15 bushels for oats.
“Home of the committees report oats
poor, caused from poor stand.
“Two-thirds of the reports show field
-peas to be good and one-third fine.
“Three-fourths of the reports show
sweet potatoes to be good and one-fourth
poor.
“Groundpeas generally good.
“Stock reported good and a fine prospect
fdr meat another year.
“We are glad to be able to state that
more attention is being paid to raising
compost manure j, and it seems to be the
wish and desire of members to rfeiuce
their expenses in the way of commercial
manures. In some instances the reports
showed fine results from the use of Fur
man’s formula, and other instances where
part of tbe field was broken with two-horse
plows and part with one-horse plows, quite
a difference in the cotton in favor of two-
horse plows with the same manuring and
work. »
“The territory inspected suffered to
some extent by continued wet weather iu
Juno and dry weadier in July and Au
gust, and some parts quite severe by drouth
from the early part of July up to tbe time
of inspection, which was made from the
11th to the 18th of August, instant."
What Shall W« Do with Our Boys.'
This is more rendi.y asked tl:
torily answered. All our boy
men, with few exception*, a*e now com
pelled to wort to make a support. Few
parents now can afford to educate their
sons and put them in business with means
adequate to support thorn. With all the
hdvantages of education, few are fitted for
th* practicil duties of life. There Is no
lack of head culture in our schools. The
6cked professions show that; but
tbe practical education that fits a young
man to become one of the workers in
the various callings of artisan man
ufacture— machinist, miner or mechanic—
is wholly neglected. Thousands of men go
out from echool each year, who have
taken the full course ami are regarded as
scholars, who knowinot what to do to earn
their daily bread. Many farmer boysmnd
others, too, graduate at our oolleges%hi
• >njUL'iit*- tnf or «i* « lin ■ /» » / w im cun-
not calculote the speed ofjthe “old man’s"
gin or tlii'* -her.
Many young men enter college, spend
foui years, then graduate, and then enter
a store as a clerk at a salary barely suffi
cient to clothe them; and it is three or
four years before they are advanced and
receive a salary commensurate with their
services. Our education is too theoretical,
and the consequence is when wo need
skilled labor we have to get it from those
countries that foster and make large ap
propriations for technical education.
This, then, brings mo to my subject.
What shall we do with our boys? Edu
cate them in head, heart and hand. As
we have said before, the head culture, and
with it the moral culture, of our boys is
not wanting What we heed, what Geo:-
gia needs, what Macon needs, is a school
or schools of practical training. Let us
have a school where a yonng man,
when ho has finished his
course, can go forth prepared
and feel with “My own right arm, with my
knowledge and what practical experience
I have had, I can get remunerative em
ployment in workshop, factory, mill or
Hope on, Hope Ever.
What Sufferer Need Despair
Prolapsus -* i Neuralgia of tho Womb
Cured.
A lady from Amerteus writ*-- ‘lave de
fective meows, suffer great \ ■ \ j iavB
prolapsus. Have used many remedies, tag?
have never found anything equal your Peg
ulator." i
wife, during four confinement*. vit!Vred
greatly witn Neuralgia of the womb, leucor-
rbcea or whites and prolapau*, andtlwavx
bad a fearful time iu lsl>or, and lou the • hifd
During her fifth and sixth presnancle-i *h.* took
Hradfleld’s Female Regulatorduring the wholo
time, arul had a quick and safe delivery both
times, andtx>th children were healthy, Uvfng
children. Itpromptly cured the whites, the
Neuralgia and falling of the womb."
Treatise on the Health and Ilapplncuof
Woman mailed free*
The Bradfield Regulator Co.,
Box £8 Atlanta, Ga.
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Smoker* of Blackwell's Gcmdno
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fteelve Premiums an foll-.w* on
terms and eotitlitions bercp|4vif\M:
HOW RALEIGH WAS KILLED.
- the
Rftta
mg live f .r he
tepl
than a (iod
dll not let tin
•le.ul cited fo
mine*, run her fa> tone*, cul-
advimce her ■ ivilizati-.n
[JJWttr aad ber government. For
I v " purposes, begin year battle to
I -- shields together, let elbow
I, ..an.l it.-p Uep |.ac« » HI. > top
2 u 1 when armies encompassed
Lt’ 11 !*cafpiel her. ami you wil
|TMoy t, the hearts and .'.depend
w bill y »*i a**!
r hospital I t’.es.
npp]
jr, Judg<
FLOODGATES OF MEMORY,
and e\ ery man of them arose in respect
to its tattered mod well known folds.
« apt. Young handed the r>re« ioai nUc to
lodge Kiddoo, and whi> tli*» veteran*
vtood with dimmed hi*said: HI
"And now. old cmuradei in gray (f.*r as
•uch from the bottom of niv heart I feel
like calling y.m», l return vut.r old battle
;lsg that you no gallantly defended Iw
years ago TaW- it. and with it the beat
wi-he.1 of the Fifty .sixth New '» ork for
ea.h indl\Idtial member of vour noble
regim-m. Take it and a. V 0Q look upon
iLi itarry folds it will bring bark freth to
your min-ii those dark and terrible days
when shoulder to shoulder you stood.
L-thtin,. manfully lor your own dear ol.l
hoiith.anu.TUDB it. an.l precious me: .. .ri.-a
of I'iiirkamailKt :i:0|Miirfri-c.it„,-., „o; ...
revived, when ecores of your htavo *om-
rain yielded Bp their five., that tuat old
antict : 1 n 'l ' ’I >«n in d.-honor.
Old i ' ii-a i s, yon will not fortf.t tlra val
iant Sterling, who to f.arloly Lor. It
jiMihrhtbst terrible eton» of iho: a:ul
The military barrack, (or tbe Federal
soldiers of the department of the South
ere located at Newport, Ky. The frequen
cy ot flood* at that place have rendered it
a most undesirable site (or inch headquar
ter*, and the United State* government
bae been easting about (or another place
at which to establish the
barracks. An appropriation of (200,-
000 has been made bv Congress for the
erection of anltable buildings, bat nothing
so far has been appropriated for the pur
chase of lands on which to place the build
ings. The number of acres necessary for
the Southern headquarters is almost 1^00.
end of coart* there are quite * number of
cities patting in bids. Among them
ntny be considered Macon. 8everal
citizens yesterday expressed what is n pos
itive fact, that llaeon presents in a num
ber ol ways every possible advantage for
a military poet. The prime consideration
is health, and a consultation with the sta
tistics carefully kept and compiled by the
board of health, shows that Macon has
fewer deaths in comparison with other
Georgia cities, end thtt its health
la Getter than, any other city of
its size and popu'ation in the Sooth. It
in sufficiently Isr removed from tbe sea
coast to avoid any danger from yellow
fever, and the malarial districts are several
miles below.
It* railroad mb Is complete, and the
lines radiate In every eection. Its water,
alwayi open to adalysL.. la the purest that
can be fonnd. and she has, in
addition to these advantages, the
requisite imoant of land within a mile of
the city line. This land Is In tbe direction
of Wind,or Hill, snd in addition to an al
titude that idooe should commend it, it
has now, without any preparation, oneof
tiie finest and tuuil level drill grounds to be
found anvwtwvi*
it !> the dee.re of onr citizens that
Ma n -i latin-prop' riy s.-t forth should be
forwarded at once.to t'ra H. cretary of War
an.l advocated by oar Congressmen.
The establishment of the post at Macon
Is one of great advantage, as it would draw
its main stores from the city, and the
building of the btrnejta would bring here
an army of mechanics. Let eometblog
he done In the matter.
" I have been dreadfully troubled with
diseassof the kidney* and liver during
site past six months. Hrxr'a [Kidney atal
Liras ItRWZDv has made me a new man.
Itaae W.Tairbwthe* lYovtdcuct, E. l.B
Alderman Cox, of.ihe committee on pub
lic property. Informed the committee that
the buildings will be pat in good order,
and that there would he ample room for
all displays. •
The committee anticipate Immense
crowds, and tenting room hu been written
for.
Steps will be taken also to i ecu re a low
rete of hack fare during tbe week.
The matter of amniementa lias been left
tothe president, secretary and superinten
dent. They hare already agreed to
have baseball games betwsen the crack
clubs ot the State, arranging for a game
each day. There wUl also be a walking
match, bicyclo race and every other at
traction that can be devised.
The large Illuminated pesters erenow
fluttering through the malts to every city,
town and hamlet in Georgia,
TO* RACING
will be made a big feature of the week.
The record pf 2:2B, tbe best made on onr
track, will be lowered, and it it expected
that Major W. F. Anderson will have a
horse randy in time who will make the
record. 2:50.
Owing to tbe fact that Mr. R. J. Fowell
has been elected treasurer of the society,
tbe department of One arts wu given to
Captain R. K. Park, who will gtte the de
partment special attention.
The committee adopted the following
resolutions:
"Wnewus, The Georgia State Agricnl-
tnral Society hare undertaken to boi l a
faff in the city of Macon, beginning on Oc
tober 27, which in detail and ip the aggre
gate shall eclipse all former State fain and
which aball worthily illustrate the State of
Georgia, not only at home out at tbe New
Orleans_ Exposition, to which place it it
. .. . ^
A Frt&htfut Affair at Lumber Cltr Yester
dav Morning.
A telegram was received in Macon
yesterday morning announcing the killing
of Mr. A. V. Raleigh, better known as
Gus” Raleigh, conductor on a freight
train of the Macon and Brunswick rail
rc ai.and weU known in Macon as areilroad
man. The particulars in the telegram were
very indefinite and gaye rise to a number
of exaggerated stories.
A later telegram stated that tbs remains
would reach Macon late in tbs night.
Yardmsster Flournoy telegraphed at once
for Mr. Walter Raleigh, a brother, living
in Enfanla.
On the arrival of the (rain last night
about 11 o'clock, onr reporter obtained tbe
following facts:
The train of which Mr. Raleigh was con
ductor was on its way to Macon, and was
due at Lumber City nt 10:13 yesterday
morning: At that point it was necotsary
to drill some ot the cars to be left there
and the engine took off the oars and ran
upon n sldo track, which is about ball s
mile of town. Ancgronamod Eli Taylor,
who has been -wharfman an i freight
ho.use band for many years, disputed with
Conductor Raleigh os to the twitch, the ne
gro insisting upon setting it for tbe track
lie wanted tiie cars to be rnn on. Seeing
that tbe negro was determined to set the
switch according to bis own
way, tho conductor jam]
tbe cnelne and set Die switch. Some
words followed. In which the negro was
very saner and Impudent. The condne-
tor then picked up a small stick nnd ad
vanced toward Eli, who picked npla light-
wood knot and dealt tbe conductor a
terrific blow on the forehead.
This blow knocked the con
ductor down, hie head falling upon tbe
track almost immediately under the wheels
of tbe car. which was being pushed by tbe
engine. In a second the wheels were over
the head ol tbe stunned man, causing in
atant death.
Engineer Tom Tubbcvllle stopped
the engine nnd jumped to the ground,
and was eo horror stricken at the specta
cle that be could scarcely walk. As toon
as he recovered himself be began a race
after the negro, who immediately took to
tbeewemp. Several raft bands joined in
tbe chess, bat Ell had considerable atari
and made good his escape.
The news wat soon carried frem station
to station along the line ot the road, and
when it reached Eaetman a lot of doge be.
longing <o a sawmill there were pieced on
a train and taken to Lumber C.ty and put
upon tbe track of the fleeing negro.
The remains of the dead conductor were
then placed on the train and the condne-
tor of a gravel train brought the freight
train to Bullards,where It was turned over
to Mr.Tom Hall,who brought it to Muon.
The train was met hv Ur. D. A
Keating, tif Clay’s cstab'i-hment. and
where the mucins were conveyed and
dressed for burial.
Mr. Italeigh wss for a long Ume on tbe
Southwestern railroad, and for the past
year has been on tiie Macon and Bruns
wick. He was rated ae e safe and first-
class conductor, and had friendi by tbe
•core. He leaves a wife, but no children.
designed to transfer aald State fair exhibit
d
■WnaxAv, The State of Georgia has
mad* no appropriation or provision ot any
sort, either for the State fair or the New
Orleans Exposition; and
"Wexnxju, Tbe Georgia State Agricul
tural Society, srithout fee or pecuniary re
ward, is expending Its energies and what
funds it has in honest endeavor to make a
creditable exhibit and tbna stimulate the
armers of Georgia to redonbled efiorta In
this grand vocation and encourage a good
class of immfgraticn tothe State; there
fore, belt
"Refilled, That he press of the State,
" * — ‘ * urgently requested to
ment with their essen-
eerrlces our efforts in
this noble and worthy undertaking, accept
ing as a reward for this patriotic work, as
we do, the sweet consciousness of duty
done and tbe heartfelt thanks of agratcfiu
1 The committee then adjourned.
—Mr. Newt Bales was a member of the
poli-e force about ayear ago. and he con
cluded that he could do better as a farmer.
He left tbe force and secured a small farm
in llou-ton county, and forgot all about
drunks nnd disorder.:»x. Vester-Uv l.e
waa in town with his wagon and sums up
his success as follows: Out of debt, twenty-
I'.Af ii-ll’-A 'll ioU.iii : > bu-helA "I ■ "i'll
goodhr-.ilih an.l a clear conscience. Tills
Ii a pretty good showing for oneyear.es-
peuisliy for an ex-police in an.
mine.” We nerd not dwell on the advan-
t-ges of tacit training echoois. They are
like t "thrice-told tale,” too well known.
The necessity of such a school must be
apparent to nil. Since tiie war Georgia
has made rapid strides in manufacturing,
look at the increased number of cotton
factories; see the oil mills at work and
being erected; see the electr cal machines;
seethe ice factories; see the increased
number of miles of railroad.
Look at the number of stamp and smelt
ing mills to get the precious metals that
lie in her mils. See the number of saw
mills with all their machinery at work.
Travel through the country am 1 consult the
engine manufacturers and see and learn
the number of small engines being sold nnd
put up. All of these need educated and
trained, intelligent men to run them.
Parents are looking forward to such
-I’houls, tiie hoys are wanting t.i go l.i -u !.
schools. As proof of what we say we heard
the foreman of one of tiie shops in Macon
-ay lie hail applications on his list
of eighteen boys who wished to lcurn the
machinist's trade. All the shops in Ma-
c m are daUy, we might say, asked by pa
rents or hoys to get a place. The railroad
shops are besieged by men and boys who
wish to learn the trade, and many of them
from the very best families. Heretofore
mechanics, machinists and artisans have
been looked down npon, ns it were, and
tbosc- professions or trades have not been
tougbt after by the best men. Before tiie
war all boys who wished to learn a trade
were "bound" an apprentices, and few
Southern parents would not allow their
,m i" Ii" n|.;oi-'iti. "tl.
With the results of tiie war, that lias
changed, and now wo hear of no boys be
ing "bound.” Every avocation is raised
or lowered by the men engaged In it It
can be mtde honorable or not. and tho
day lj not far distant when It will be tbe
boast of onr young men “l am a me
chanic.’' It may not be amiss here, to
give two illnstrations in regard to what we
have written, to show tho necessity of these
-chool*. A gentleman In an adjoining
county had two boys and he wished them
to learn the machinist's trade; lie
wrote and made application to the
proprietor of a machine shop, who was
Iriend of bis, and what was his reply, ‘
will takey.’.nr uoj:, hot on get nnd the
associates they wiil have T would advise
you not to put them in tiie shop
Another, a bright, intelllceit boy, went
through the high teboo'. He wished to go
o work. He entered an office as office
boy. staid nearly a year. Uts father (hen
said to hint,' Son, get up your book* end
prepare for college.'" He replied, "Father, I
aoud rather learn Inc mtchlnisl's
trade. There la B——who grad
uated with first honor, ami *?
now working at (15 to $20 per month.
Let me learn Ihotradeln tbe same time
that l would go through college, I can
learnthetre.de, and then with my ham.
mer and kit of tools I can command good
age-. His father said. WeU said, my son
Is with yon. Yon can get bead ax a ma
chinist, or mechanic; ae well as a lawyer or
fji.lOO
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22other Premium* as licreshowru.
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celve tbe largest numberof our empty
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be Riven for tbe neat lanrmt nnml»er
and thus. In tbe order of the number
of emptjr bam received from each,
to tbe twenty-five ■uorrvfql con
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Dvra must be dooe up securely In a
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•coder, atul number cf bamr«mtain-
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Why She was Not Arrested.
Mr. J. W. Byrd, of Jones county, had
eleven dollars stolen from him lest April
nnd suspected two negroes, Sam Henley
and Adaline Byrd, of the theft He was
in town yesterday and saw Adaline on the
streets. He directed officer Yager to ar
rest her, bat refated to prefer any charges,
and the officer did not make the arrest.
Mr. Byrd was in town again yesterday and
went to tbe barracks and seemed surprised
to find that tbe officer had not arrestM the
women. Adaline Is somewhere in tbe city
and would have been in the barracks If be
had Simply preferred the charges, at the
officers can make no arrest on the simple
demand, unless it is known lor whet par
pose tbe arrest it made.
Nervousness, nervous debility,neuralgia
nervous shock. SL Vitos dance, prostra
tion, end ell diseases of the nerve genera-
Ur* organs, are all permanently ami radi
cally cored by Allen's Brain Food, the
great botanical remedy. $1 package; 6for
$3. At druggists, or by mail from J. H
Allen, $13 Flret Arenne. New York city.
Accidental • hooting.
Information was received yesterday of
an accidental shooting on Mrs. John HofiTa
place in the Rutland district, in which a
negro named Stephney William! lost his
life. From the meagre particulars atbsnd,
it seems that two negroes w» re in a water-
melon patch. One ol them, Williams, had
a gun, over the muzzle of which they broke
the melons. In some sort of wrangle over
the gun it wai discharged, the contents
lodging in WilHaaa'j face.
home parties came in yesterday for the
coroner, but as he was absent the inquest
was held by the jasticc of the peace of
Rutland dfstrict.
dootor.i
Last year, when onr able Representatiye
. K. Harris, introduced in our legisla
ture a bill to establish a school of tecbnolo-
y, and a committee of the Legislature went
orth and reported favorably on the work
ing of the achoals, my fond hope.*, ray ex
pectation* went out that ere another year
we would see established in Georgia a
school where our boys and young men
could go and secure not only head anil
moral culture, but hand training, to fit
them to take charge of the many industries
established and being established in our
State. How my hopes and ex
pectations /ailed is to be read
(n the action of the Legislature,
and seen in several of our Macon boy a in
the North attending such schools and more
than thirty boya asking to be taken into
our shorn to learn the trade, and w* must
Walt and see our shops and factories, our
mills and mlnee superintended by foreign
or Northern men.
Lst us return onr able Representative,
conscious he is right: let him go there to
battle for our boys—the hope of our State
and country, and if he falls, let the citizens
of Macon, as they bare done in several
other places, start a school to train these
thirty or more boys <n tho^e callings that
they may choose and for,which they may
be fitted. Rcvticus.
Macox, Ga., August 22.
Adbuva Patti, the great mRPV _
says of Holon Palmer's perfumes, toilet
soaps sod other toilet articles: **I unhes
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I ever tosed." Principal depot,
and 379 Pearl street, New York.
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It allays irritation, remores ad ten I on
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Bcaxrrr's Plato aura Extracts are the
frotu
Debility, Premature Decline In Ma
Youth* and the untold miseries rt
•nffiserMtew.rr”"™ - ' A *W k ilwaBEQ
man, youag. MinaloBgfB 1m Tm . *
1*pnenrlptfams toraU sente end ehr •IU-
•••••.eana eo* of wkiea klmh:::. ho
jewad hjr Uw author, whoa* experienoo
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eover*. full gilt, guaranteed to '.«• a Unit
fork In OTery fK*nse-ac< hanleal. lit.. *ry and
C .-vson*l~thui any other work sold It
country for or the money will be ro-
fuaded insvasy lagiaee ) ...■• ..niy «i oo
by mall, pestpaid* P4setntin■mar.’,'- < • • nt*.
lead now. (Sold Medal awarded tkiaaKMn»<
tbe National IfedJoal Aiao un-
cers of which he refers.
Tho Beteiet of Life should bo ml few hi]
jroungf.u i:i-:ru< u m and by tht a:!lduid lor
relief. Jtwill benefit all — jW/o* Lancet.
1 ■ 1 ■ lt't-r ..! l.-ty to whom this
• wil :«»: b" in f il. wh.-t.'iur y.. ith. .-vaix-uL
guardian. Instructor or clergyman — ira ‘naut,
Add reel PKAMODY MEDICAL DCBT1TUTR,
rOr.W. H. PARKER, No. 4 Bulflnch htreeL
■ •■at..:, Man* , who maybe coiihulicd ou au
: ijhi r«'.|iiirliis nkill nnd experience,
c.’hrtiiiir ar>d oUtlnaU tli«M‘**.'«i that have
baffled the nkill of all other
Give your boy 6mith*a Worm Oil.
. as
ofaliy without i
. . wfally V
Initancc of faflul
Meutlon this paper.
UEAL'i^t:
“THYSELF
Opium Habit Cured.
Why will you one the pol-wm when
you can be eo easily cured? It will not
cost you but little more to bo treated
than to buy tbe drugs. Read (be fol
lowing: -
I used opium forty years and wt
cured by Dr. W. H. Jones.
G. II. Slaw.
Marsliallvillo, Ga.
Write to me and I will give you the
names of parties in Macon nnd other
place* whom I have cured.
AU correspondence confidential.
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