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FRrwAV, MARCH 1, 1907.
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THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
The Nameless Season —
Between Winter and Spring
From the S - Lf.: ; ■ Globe-Democrat.
WT.it shall • ' til this -aron—that
n.i:i , s j . ..! between the night of
winter sni the fall dawn of (print
loom.
- d dls i
in’- ml
it place.'
toward
children cal!
use the odd
tattle decora
iavo company,
springe, pool
them "bat
It
Is not wlnt
season wit!
It Is n<
rnarke
ing; It is
lua i
to
?nce
r standing.
from the
ts in the
and road-
W signs of
pastures, mea-
d land, now more
r In the forlorn patchc-
Tbe
and
ut the
other
ere was decide l gre-n-
r-nd of March. The
thrust Its head above
around, and bet-.' and other Insects
welcome It® n-jrr.e’.l.ng :1 .vers as if
it were the nectar of fairyland. Even
before the snow has mented the queer
plant make* a hole In the ice. and by
its own warmth keeps living and
thriving. The row loaves of the liver
wort. whose jewel-like blossoms are
among the first to open, are still hid
den In the long, downy hair that
springs above the root of the plant.
By and by they will spread into tend
leaflets, resembling animal tissue, ju
tlfying their ugly name. But very
of n» know them by the real and more
beautiful one of hepaticli.
Makes Ready for Spring
In the first of second week of April
all doubt and Indecision vanishes, th
world makes ready for the genuine
outburst of life and growth that W|
can spring. The sudden glow of sun
shine, the subtile sense of happlnes
the feeling of well-being common
all of us. the humblest child as well as
the thoughtful nature lover, makes
these days the happiest season of the
year. It is at this time, while yet the
flood of spring is held In check, while
the mlra'cle of resurrection and growth
reveals Itself on every hand to him
who will take the trouble to open *hi
eyes, that all the subtle Indications of
what Is coming are especially dear to
the real lover of outdoor things. There
Is a softness In the air that melts the
most callous heart. We know that na
ture never will deceive her votaries.
There is a strange, premonitory con
sclousness through the woodlands, ex
pectant of the lady spring, that
hints of her swift coming, that prom
Ises that birds of April and the full
blown flowers of May.
set It up in good and
I ■■ ,.i; the snow I(
fleids. except in grim
i dlowf and along f<
sides. Perhaps there
real spring in the bar
dows and p
dreary than t
of dried gras->. the debris of stacks and
biack furrow.' than when the first
sparkling snow covered the lingering
greenne *s of December. Has any wri
ter ever described the g" .eral untldi*
n- s' of nature at this season of the
vear?
11 t kes a hopeful heart to enjoy a
walk over these muddy roads and in
the dripping wooods. But there are
always compensations. Dawn in the
grov'- where the sugar makers are at
v. ork I see from afar the glow of their
campfire and rutch the mingled odors
of smoke and steam, all laden with a
woodland sweetness unllk" anything
else on earth. The old-time sugar
camp is almost a thing of the past.
Modern methods have come in to
change this most picturesque of all our
country coustoms, so that nowadays it
is as much a business, is as common
place as all the other dear old farm in
dustries. changed now from handicraft
to machine. The pioneer men who
used to boil the maple sap In great
open kettles over an outdoor fire, the
pioneer women who rendered their
lard and made soft soap after that
Jolly old fashion, can not be blartied for
talking about “the good old times.”
fuedoauk" Vi vbgkq bgkq xzflfl
Just the Mere Fun.
If all there Is in life Is just the fun
we get out of thing, as we go .llong
(and who can deny it), then our pio
neers had the best of it and need none
of our pity. Think of wandering over'
hill anil dale, In company with your j The winds of March, all night long
best friend, to cut dandelion greens or I heard them roar and whistle. The
dig sassafras roots. Think of Tom , mighty orchestry of the skies was at
Sawyer’s Aunt Jane and her neighbor, work shrieking through the keyhole,
who boiled their soft soap together In booming down the chimney, moaning
the baek yard and "affectionately at the window, hurrying on over the
abused their mutual friends and sor- . bare treetops to die away on distant
rowfully bemenned the men." Do peo- hills. Out in the yar dthe pine tree
pie make root beer nowadays—do they were sighing, the wind lingering and
never go out before the frost is out of clung to the close foliage, and each
the ground to dig "yaller dock” and green needle drew its point across the
sarsaparilla and calumus roots to mix harp strings. A countless multitude of
in a fearful decoction called “blood sighs, an undertone of sad complaint
purifier?" Do they dose their chil- the whispering of spring, the burden of
dren with sulphur and molasses to the wind, the echo of its music as St
make their complexions clear, or with wanders over all the earth. March Is
sassafras tea to thin the blood, or the month,of winds and now does old
with dandelion greens to stir the liver? Aelus open his great bag to pour them
It was Thoreau, the great high priest fourth upon the waiting earth,
of nature, who said: “I am singu- j “I love to see dame nature do her
Jnrly refreshed when I even think of spring house cleaning with the rain
service berries, poke weed and juni- clouds for water buckets and the winds
per. There is a certain health even for her brooms,” said Allen. “What
in the words.” There is no scent on an amount of sweeping and drenching
earth so wholesome as that of the she can do in one day! How she dash-
pines no fragrance so penetrating and es pailful after pailful in every corner
restorative as the life everlasting on until the earth .is clean as a new floor,
hillside pastures. , Another day she attacks the piles or
In the days of this nameless season dead leaves where they have Iain since
the work of growth goes on unceas- last October, so that every cranny
ingly. although the heavy snows may may be sunned and aired. Or. grasp-
hide It from our longing sight. The lng her long broom by the handle
The March Winds and
Their Spring Message
she will go into the woods and beat the
icicles off the trees, ns a housewife
would brush down cobwebs, so that
the released limbs straighten up like a
man who has gotten out of debt and
almost say: ‘Now then, wo are all
right again.’ ”
The wind Is the domineering master
of the weather who drives everything
before him with capricious temper,
but whose guidance is so absolute!
* . ineb indispensable to the clouds and rains
natures way to hold e\er> Inch £ now „ tlwt they couW not exist
Indians called this raw, windy weather
"the frog days.” because just now the
hyla and toad, the leopard, green, wood
and bullfrog are hurrying over the
frozen earth to the water’s edge, where
they may set up their spring house
keeping. and some fine morning all the
frog folk will be croaking and rattling
ns if to welcome the good old summer
time.
Tenacious Nature.
It 1
She gains and to press steadily on to- . . . . .
Mm the time of leaf and flower. It t wIthout *»“»• ,
often happens that after a few mild Variable Winds,
days in February we may see a hun- 1 There are hot winds and cold winds,
dred little signs of her movement to- wet winds and dry winds, sea winds
ward the greening and blooming. The and land winds, permanent winds, like
lilac by the gate puts on a veil of the trades, periodical winds like the
green, the ends of the twigs are monsoons, and variable winds like these
swollen and wo can open the buds winds of Starch around us every day.
that but a few weeks hence will fling There are mountain winds and valley
incense over all the neighborhood. The winds, plain winds, “brave west
p'um trees show hard little knobs that winds.” hard northeasters and “faint-
will soon open, nnd people the woods lng air,” besides all the varieties of
with pale and shadowy ghosts. The local winds peculiar to certain parts
plump buds of the hickory reveal a of the earth, like the sirocco of Italy,
miracle of silken sheen nnd we pluck the Simoon of Arabia, the kamsin in
off the outer coverings to 'ay bnre the Egypt, the harma'ttin In Guinea, the
r rnbt-vo of leaf breasts packed in man- mistral In France, the hot wind of
I fold 'windings. Have you ever made Australia, the fohn of Switzerland, the
a liickorv whistle in the early spring? northers of the gulf of Mexico, the
Have you ever heard those primeval hurricanes of the Atlantic nnd the cy-
pfes of Pan sound sweet and wild clones of the west But ail these are
throughout the wildwoods on an early really alike In origin and nature. From
April day? ! the lazy breath which does not lift a
There is a tender beauty in the first leaf to the rushing current which voy-
hints of spring that means more to the ages faster than the swiftest train,
nature lover than does 'he full-fledged they are all but air In motion,
growth of later days. The appearance , If there were r.o winds, we would
of the leafless t-ee is often Ignored, [ have climate, but no weather. Wlth-
nnd yet each specips has some peculiar j out wind the other elements would be
some special beauty, which Is just now 1 passive, for in themselves alone they
seen at Its br't. No other tree com- are mere local agencies. It is the wind
bines such strength and stateliness, that blows the clouds to and fro. that
such grace and delicacy ns the elm. In sends the rain flying over the land and
the falry-like "dance of the leaves” it sea, that causes the snow to drift and
leads the way. nnd with the red and ; deepen, the hail to beat down the
silver rnapli s forms a trinity of loveli
ness. A few warm days in February
will open the flowers on the tonmost
branches of a young elm, althoucli
March is usually the blooming month.
This year the strange cold and snow
lias deferred the reason, nnd the fifll
bloom is yet to come. The flower hnds
of the elm are very plump, and may
easily be recognized; they are much
larger than thte leaf buds, and are
found on the high branches.
The buds of the silver manle are red
and smooth nnd berre in groups, with
very large flower huds. The flowers
on some trees are very red. on others,
yellow. On the red trees the ptstll-
iate blossoms predominate, on the yel
low ones the stamlnnte. The buds of
the sugar maple differ considerably
from these ef the other maples, be'ug
smaller and more pointed. The win
ter beauty of the beech •> well-known.
The sinewy str- ng'h ef its trunk rh.-
whiteness of its bark, the graceful
shape of its noble head, the fine
of its delicate boughs as they
crops, the fogs to shroud the silent
j earth. If life is movement, then the
i wind is the life of the weather. Have
j you ever thought how the weather.has
I influenced the history of the race—the
part the winds have played in time’s
, great drama? It was wind and rain
that brought about the de'uge: it was
i a storm which drove the first inhabit-
| ant= to America: it was a sea wind
| which destroyed the famous armada
land delivered‘England from Spain; it
was a snowstorm which overwhelmed
Napoleon In 1812: It wns a fogstorm
whi- h helped Mary Stuart to "scape
from JTisabeth and cross from'France
' to Fcet'r.nd: it was a fog which en
abled the Russians to take the hill of
j Inkerman.
Cloud Scenes.
The wind is also the groat artist of
the Skies, the fresco painter of the
rounded dome. We gaze each dav up
on the pictures made by clouds' and
„ v sunshine and never weary of their
stand beauty. So much of the happiness of
people, blest with the happy gift of
perennial youth. Jump to the concius- •£
i' :: that winter is now over and past. ”j*
And yet there is a wise old saw well J
v jrth remembering, "One swallow J
d • • r. jz make a summer," and one t
"spell of spr ing weather Joes not rr.iwi 4-
planting garden seed. In these wild
March days we wait with patience
for coming joys. Sometimes from out
the clouded sky we hear a strange
weird song. It is the call of the wild
gee.'-, the clarion of their leader as he
rushes through the gloom on his way
to home and happiness. Who can for
get the tender words of one who an
swered the soulcry from afar? “In
what strange land streaked with im
mortal dawn doest thou wander? In
what silent, sylvan waters wilt thou
bathe thy tired breast? Always when
I hear thy voice in the early spring, 1,
too, would be up and away from these
earthly marshes where hunt the dark
fowler—would be gone to some vast,
pure, open sea. where one by one, my
scattered kind—those whom I love
and who love me—shall arrive
MM
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toward Georgia for ousting the negro • Harvard University: and before enter-
Caught on
J legislators. In 1$59
| convention was held
4-
purpose
i-H-M
lOther negro
Macon, having
the organization of a
control prices of labor, j
I^ A fTp i - ; H M. Turner was a leading spirit in
Ll lw y' v- lng + this body, just as he was in the con-
”*■ vention the year before. If I mistnke
not. Turner was elected to the Leg-
•H-H-H-H-'l-l-i-
By JOHN T. BOIFEU1LLET.
Islature three times from Bibb County, ; ship when the late I
and was also postmaster for a while.
P. D. Pollock was another negro who
represented Bibb in the Legislature in i
those dark and stormy days. Frank
Disroon got in the running, but he I
was never allowed to take a seat in j
the Legislature. Jeff Long was the ;
ing actively upon the duties of the
chair he again visited Europe, return
ing in 3836. He then assumed the
professorship, which he held for
eighteen years, during which not only
his official but his literary labors were
remarkably uninterrupted and fruit
ful. He was holding this professor-
Josenh Le
tleman to the effect that that eaglo
was one of the earliest recollections
of my childhood. “Weil," continued
Mr. Wing, “on the night of the day
that Georgia seceded I mounted astride
of that eagle, and. waving my hat In
one hand. I hollowed until I was
hoarse. Joining my voice in the great
safely* to be 'together Vnlkir “haunts of ■ chorus of rejoicing that filled the city
. - . , ,, ■ nr»A»* Mio «rr»r»r gqfnn of tVitc Qrn m Tho
immemorial peace.
“You see that eagle yonder,” said
Mr. George F. Wing to me yesterday,
pointing to the gilded metal American
bird of freedom that is perched with
outstretched wings, as an ornament, ^ ls i
building on P the corne/of Secondhand repres >nted the | j n England, “where his works are i..
Cherry streets. I answered the gen- IwV 0 * 1 , ♦ n5ress ’ \ v haps more universally known and read
* 0 ,I- a short term, one year, butf than those of any other American au-
Conte, of whom I wrote yesterday, left
Macon to enter Harvard. In is’r.4 he
resigned, but continued to r. - Jo a:
Cambridge, In the house formerly oc
cupied'by Washington. In l.sfiS-9 he
revisited Europe and was everywhere
recipient of marked honors, especially
hi ms
and
Th
and to
benefit a
take the
Clay. It was gen
out this State
Speaker of the
of the Senate of
But ther,
the field f
tv. Y. Atkin
bition burnt
• glory of Georg
to whole count
s o of Senator S
llv known through
:<• that after serving
ho H use and provider
t'f the General Assemblj
■ desired :o be Gaverno]
is another Richmond
he Governorship-Sp
by the efforts of Benjamin F. Butler
Long was allowed $10,000, the salary
for a full term of two years.
thor.” I read in Prof. Clarke's sketch
that Longfellow was succeeded In Har
vard by Lowell, on whose retirement
the specific chair became vacant, only
. last year to be filled again by the ap-
gilt edge • polntment of Mr. Bliss Perry, editor of
upon the eagle, high in air, and from
this splendid vantage place I viewed
the grand demonstration • throughout
the pity, and shouted and jubilated to
my heart’s content.” This statement
of Mr. Wing’s very much interested
Clears the Complexion.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup stimu
lates the liver and thoroughly cleanses
the system and clears the complexion
of pimples and blotches. It Is the best
laxative for women and children as it
i? mild and pleasant, and does not gripe
or sicken. Orino is much superior to
pills, aperient waters and all ordinary
cathartics as It does not Irritate the
stomach and bowels. H. J. Lamar & : me> and I asked him how did he hap-
Co.. agents, near Exchange Bank. Ma- , pen ^ how di(i he manage to g ^ t
con - | upon the eagle. He replied: "I was
_ .. , _ , ,, . ... __ | at the time the printer’s devil on The
Death of Dr. J. H. La.imer, Sr. : Telegraph, which paper was then
HAZLEJHURST, Ga., Feb. 27.—Dr. J. j conducted by Mr. Joseph Clisby and
H. Latimer, Sr., a very aged and re- j published in his building, especially
sp'ected citizen, died this morning at j erected for the purpose, the same upon
his home in this city at 9 o’clock. His | which the eagle was perched, as it Is
funeral will take place tomorrow. He t at fhis very day. When the secession
leaves a wife and several children. Dr. ' jubilation commenced in the streets
J H Latimer, of Waycross, and Mrs. ! that night all the printers rushed
John McLean, of Douglas, being two j through a trapdoor and out upon the
of the number - : roof to view the sight, and I made a
Judge T. A. Parker convened Jeff j dasl > for the eagie and proudly
Davis Superior Court this morning and ; mounted the bird of freedom.” The
over the secession cf this State. The
night was a blaze of glory- Bonfires
and torchlight processions illuminated
the town, cannons were booming and
bells ringing, bands of music were j presence, it has decide to visit the
playing and flags flying, and there 1 j place of its birth. The decision has
was, about a 14-year-old boy. seated | j us * been reached to hold the annual
meeting of the Association this year
The Georgia Bankers’ Association is
coming back home. This
organization was formed in Macon in j the Atlantic Monthly.
May, 1892, and has never held an an- |
nual meeting here from then until now. | Longfellow was named after his ma-
Lut. after an interval of fifteen years, j ternol uncle, a lieutenant in the navy,
during which time it has favored va- i who had perished in the tire-ship In-
rious cities In this State with its 1 trepid before Tripoli in 1804. in a
adjourned over to the fifth Monday in
April, at which time the new court
house will be ready for occupancy.
An election for justice of the peace is
being held here today to fill the unex
pired term of J. H. Boone, who is post
master here, ar.d recently resigned on
account of the Hazlehurst office being
advanced to the third class.
: fires of patriotism burned in the breast
of young Wing, and, lad as he was,
it was not long before he had shoul
dered a musket in defense of the
South, and when Wilson’s forces ap
proached from the West to attack Ma
con Wing was found In the Confeder-
in Macon in June next, and this is
what I meant In saying that “The
Georgia Bankers’ Association is com
ing back home.” The leading spirits
in organizing the Association were,
Mr. Miles B. Lane, president of the
Citizens' Bank, of Savannah, and Mr.
L. P. Hillyer, cashier of the American
National Bank, of Macon. Mr. Lane
was elected president of the Associa
tion, and Mr. Hillyer was chosen sec
retary, to which position he has been
unanimously re-elected year by year
ever since. The Association started
with a membership of forty banks, .but
now there are 300 banks in the Asso
ciation, representing about 90 per cent,
of all the banking capital andl bank
deposits In Georgia. One of the social
features of the organization meeting
was an elegant banquet tendered by
the Macon bankers to the visitors.
The late William Henry Ross, that
courtly genelteman, was toastmaster.
The Georgia Bankers' Ascsoclation left
here In swaddling clothes but it will
return full grown, and it will find that
ate entrenchments ready to do his I Macon has kept pace with its growth
part In repelling the onsault of the j and -is arrayed in all the rich and at-
LIEUT. HAMILTON WAS
NOT INSANE. SAYS COURT
13,500 Federal cavalrymen upon the
city, but battle was prevented, as Wil
son was informed, through a flag of
truce from General Cobb, that by
agreement between Generals Joseph
E. Johnston and W. T. Sherman hos-
tractive habiliments of progress and
prosperity. The motto of the Associa
tion is. “One for all, All for one.”
The officers of The Association are:
President, John H. Reynolds. Rome;
firse vice-president, J. S. Davis Al-
T, i JOJinsiuji auu *». j.. oiienuun nos- I luso vice-piesiueui., j. o. jjavls Al-
^rfarM-ffwhfch^Hrd First IJeut h John I* i tilities had been suspended pending j bany; second vice-president, Oscar E.
— --- - - - - arrangements for “the disbandment of Dooly, Macon: third vice-president,
all the Confederate armies, and a I Charles B. Lewis, Macon; fourth vice-
biographical sketch of Longfellow by
Nathan Haskell Dole, appears the fol
lowing: “On the ninth of July, 18661.
Mrs. Longfellow (the poet's second
wife) was sitting in the library with
her two little girls, sealing up some
small package of their shorn curls. A
lighted match falling on the floor set
her dress on tire. She died the next
morning from the effect of the shofk.
and was burled three days later on the
anniversary of her marriage day.
Longfellow himself was so severely
burned that he was unable to be pres
ent at the funeral. Months afterwards,
when some visitor expressed the hope
that he might be enabled to "bear his
cross" with patience, he exclaimed,
“bear the cross, yes; but what if one
is stretched.'upon it!" The New York
Ledger paid Longfellow $3,000 for
“The Hanging of the Crane.” In July,
1875, occurred the fiftieith anniversary
of his graduation, and he wrote for
the occasion his Morituri Salutamus.
In 1S77 he received $1,000 for his
-the
uaily as hot as
Clay stepped aside, and Atkins
tered the lists for Gubernatorial hor
ors. Atkinson won. It appeared as
Clay had bt ?n "shelved.” at least ter
porarilv. Th ' was in 1S94. Two year]
later. In 1S96, cantc the election fa
United States Senator. Atkinson
served one term as Governor and
been re-elected to n second ,erm. (
and Atkinson became candidates fo
Senator. Clay was the victor and wltl
unwavering loyalty to the South, anS
in a spirit of*broad patriotism for th|
welfare of th'e entire nation, he haj
continued to represent Georgia in th"
highest councils of this repnbl
Going back to the days of J.ame^
M. Smith. He had served as Governor
from January 12, 1S72, to January
1877. He was ambitious to go to
Senate. Immediately at the expiratUvjj
of his last term an election was he!' (
by the Legislature for a successor 1
Senator Norwood. Gov. Smith was
candidate. His highest v.>te was twoni
ty-nine. Benjamin H. Hill was ele
The history of politics in this Stat
does not make it apparent that \
Governorship is any certain steppir
stone to the Senatorshlp. Perhaps thj
reason for this may lie in a remnrf
once made by that veteran. Allen
Candler, when he was Governor. T
question of making appointments to i
flee by the Governor was under d
ctisslon. Gov. Candler said lie would
rather not have this patronage, "bel
cause, for instance," he said, "if ther*
are three applicants for the same
fice the appointing power will m.ikj
two enemies and one Ingrate.” WheJ
\\". .T. Northon was Governor It wal
believed that he desired to crown hiT
public life with a Scnatorship. ThJ
close of his Gubernatorial term fittei]
In exactly right for the purp so. Itij
Hamilton. Twelfth Infantry, on charges
embezzlement, desertion nnd disobe
dience. which found him guilty and sen
tenced him to a term of 18 months in the
Fort Leavenworth penitentiary. The
firm and lasting peace.” On April 20, , president, James Knox, Waycross:
1865, Macon surrendered to General fifth vice-president, Z. C. Haves Elber-
jndVe advocate penerai. after careful con- i T ilson ’ w 5 !ch 75? elev , e ? day ® 5, ft er ton; secretary, L. P. Hillyer, Macon;
deration, reached the conclusion that *^e surrender of General Lee. _Wilson treasure. E. C. Smith, Griffin. John
LICut. Hamilton was not insane when the entered the city via Tattnall Square. K. Ottley, of Atlanta, is chairman of
acts w"rc committed and the President having come from Montgomery and the executive council. It will be ob-
, Columbus. The advance of his troops ; served that three Macon banks are
—— ' reached the limits of Macon about represented among the officers, towif
After Four . nightfall. The terms of the surrender the American National. Fourth Nat’
were made in the office of General ' ' ~
Howell Cobb, on Mulberry street, op
posite the Hotel Lanier, that general
being in command of the remnant of
the .Confederate forces In this city.
took a similar view.
G. B.
Burhans Testifies
Years.
G. B. Burhans of Carlisle Center, N.
Y.. writes: “About four years ago I
wrote you slating that I had been en
tirely cured of a severe kidney trouble
by taking less than two bottles of Fo- j
ley’s Kidney Cure. It entirely stopped 1 Mr. Wing and the eagle bring up
the brick dust 'Cdlment. and .pain and other thoughts. Georgia seceded on
ional and Home Savings. The Macon
bankers will royally entertain the vis
iting financiers.
Dan C. Farmer, Wlio met his death
in the wreck on the Georgia. Southern
and Florida Railway on Monday morn-
>n | ing. was the first engineer that has
“Koramos.” Longfellow died
March 24, 18S2, aged 75. It is said that ! administration ended in Novemb
just before Longfellow reached his . 1894, and the election was made by t
seventy-second birthday he called u i Legislature which mot at that w
friend’s attention to the mysterious, j time. Did the "Waycross war” pr
significant part which the number vent this splendid Governor and c
eighteen had played in his life. "I j ccllent man from going to the Senate
was eighteen years old when I took my i It was thought for some time tha
college degree; eighteen years after- Gov. Terrell would seek to encirc
ward, 1 was married for the second political career with the beautiful am
time; I lived with my wife eighteen fascinating Senatorial halo, but
years, and it is eighteen years since ] present there are no signs that in
she died. And then, by way of pa- | tends to try "to climb the steep wh
renthesis or epicycle, I was eighteen
years professor in the college here,
and have published eighteen seaprate
volumes of poems.” And he died in
eighteen-eighty-two.
like "Fame's proud temple,” Washing!
ton “shines afar.”
pcared. X am glad to say that I have ing convened in Milledgeville on Jan. j menced ooeration nearly ’0 venrs'a'tra
never had a return cf any of those ; 16. for the purpose of considering the ; This lien'also has the verv excellent
symptoms during the four years that question. Mr. Albert R. Lamar, once ! record of never having killed 'a nas-
have e-apsed ar-: I am evidently cured editor of The Telegraph, was secre- j se nger. The unfortunate accident on
to stay cured, and hcs-tlly recommend tary of the convention. A. Bibb County i Monday was the mou serious wreck in
Foley’s lCi iney Cure to any one suffer- ! delegate. Judge Eugenius A. Nisbet. j b'sto-y of the comnanv
ing from kidney v bladder trouble.” was the author of the ordinance of Farmer was the fourth engineer em
ployed by the Georgia Southern, and
he was considered one of the most
H. J. Lamar & Co. agents, near Ex
change Bank. Maccn.
Death of Mr. John R. Shaw.
AMERICUS. Ga., Feb. 26.—Mr. John
R. Shaw, a former prominent and widely
Vnown citizen of Aqpericus, died this
morning In Atlanta after an illness of two
months. The remains will be brought to
Amerieus Thursday for interment. Mr.
Shaw was for many years a leading and
>rogressive merchant here, and was held
n highest esteem for his strict integ
rity. He is survived bv his wife, who
ecession. He introduced the follow
ing resolutions, which were adopted,
after some discussion, by a vote of 165
to 130:
“Resolved, That, in the opinion of
this convention, it is the duty of Geor
gia to secede from the present Union,
and to co-operate with such other
States as have, or shall, do the same,
for the purpose of forming a Southern
Confederacy upon the basis of the con
stitution of the United States.
•Resolved, That a committee of sev
was Mi's Kate Folder, o'f Americas. He I enteen be appointed by the chair to
pnt/vomn °hiiT U tho C ^f f w" report an ordinance to assert the
orate veteran, out tne nest years of his . , , .. .
business career were spent in Amerieus r *§fnts ana fulfill the obligation of the
at the head of one of ‘the largest busi- : State of Georgia to secede from the
ness enterprises of this citj'. | Union.”
i President George W. Crawford ap-
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. ! pointed the committee, with Judge
. - , , ’ ! Nisbot as chairman. On Jan. 19
Examine la cel on your pa- | Chairman Nisbet. for the committee,
■nn-r Tt tollc Tinnr von a+onH _ ^v. 1 reported the following ordinance.
pST. in teilS nOW you Stand, on ! Which was adopted by the vote of 208
the hooks. Due from date on t0 „f, 9 r :
, .1* _ , . , : “We. the people of the State of
the label. Send in dues and. Georgia, in convention ^assembled, do
declare and ordain, and it is hereby
Governors Colquitt and Gordon, not
since the days of John Forsyth, in 1829,
seventy-eight years ago ihas a Govern
or of Georgia gone direct from the
Gubernatorial chair, at the expiration
of his term, to a seat in the United
States Senate. In 1827 Forsyth was
elected Governor, and at the expira
tion of his term .of two years he was
__ , elected to the Senate of the United
efficient engineers in this State States, where he remained until 1S34,
This is the anniversary of the birth j
day of on? of the greatest men tliaj
ever lived in Macon, a reno wned
In four months Hon. Hoke Smith ‘ tist, a man whose fame is not confined
will be inaugurated Governor of Geor- in America, but ha.-- s; read throughouj
gia. To wear the toga of a United 1 England and over continental Europe
States Senator is believed to be his The influence of his teachings Is
chief political ambition. Just here this i from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
question arises: Is the office of Gov- . h1s prolifiic scientific and philosophi-j
ernor a stepping-stone to a seat in the j al writings have been re td before thtj
Senate of the United States? As well i leading geological, mining zoological^
as I can figure it out, there have been , psychological, geographical and educ-a-
thirty-nine Governors of this State j tional congresses of the world. Hut
since 1789. the year that Georgia had j papers on evolution have attracted thy
her first two United States Senators, j attention and study of some of thi^|
and of this number eleven have been I strongest minds of this age. and he ad
Senators. And. with the exception of ! vanced ideas and discovered facts t’
came to Georgia from Ohio in 1880,
with the intention of keeping books,
hut decided to become a fireman on the
Central Railroad, and it was not long
before he knew all about running an
engine. When the Georgia Southern
and Florida was ready to begin operat
ing trains it engaged Farmer, know
ing well his skill, reliability and fidel
ity.
Iso renew for the year 1907.
Our Most Humiliating War.
As we have said, but for Osceola there
never would have been any Seminole War
at all. and all things considered, his ca
reer marks the most humiliating war the
.United States ever engaged in. There
were less than 6.000 Senfinoles, men. wom
en and children, all In Florida, when hos-
ilities began with the murder of Gen.
Thompson by Osceola. That great chiefs
cunning, capacity and courage had cost
the nation no lessNhon $39,000,000 and the
lives of threo soldiers for every Indian
brave that ho led. Such an appalling
record of destruction stands against no
other fighter on all our frontiers.—Lynn
Tew Sprague in The Outing Magazine for
February.
House of Lords Safe.
Marquise de Fontenoy in New York
Tribune.
American newspapers in discussing
the inevitable conflict between the
House of Lords and the House of
Commons, owing to the refusal of the
rmer to give the approval necessary
convert into laws the principal
measures submitted by the Govern- j Nisbet wns made one of the justices of
ment and passed with an overwhelm- i the organization of the court, and was
declared and ordained, that the ordi
nance adopted by the people of the
State of Georgia, in the convention of
1788. whereby the constitution of the
United States was ratified and adopted,
and also all acts and parts of acts of
the General Assembly, ratifying and
adopting amendments to said consti
tution. are hereby repealed, rescinded
and abrogated.
“We do further declare nnd ordain
that the union now subsisting be
tween the State of Georgia and the
other States, under the title of the
United States of America, is hereby
dissolved, and that the State of Geor
gia is in the full possession and exer
cise of al! those rights of sovereignty
which belong and appertain to a free
and independent State.”
Judge jgisbet was a member of the
first Confederate Congress at Mont
gomery and at Richmond. He was one
of the leading men of Georgia. While
a member of the State Senate, in 1S30,
he urged the formation of a Supreme
Court of Georgia. This tribunal was
not established until 1845. and Jud
Today is the one hundredth anni
versary of the birth of that affection
ate, humane and sympathetic poet.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and
elaborate prepartions have been made
at Cambridge, Mass., for its proper
celebration. I observe that there is at
least one Macontle—'Prof. George Her
bert Clark—who has taken special
notice of the event, and has written
Tor the last issue of The Standard, a
highly entertaining centenary sketch
of the author of "Evangeline,” “The
Courtship of Miles Standlsh,” “The
Spanish Student.” "Hiawatha.” and
“The Hanging of the Crane.” Prof.
Clarke’s article is illustrated with a
picture of Longfellow, one of the house
in which he was born in Portland, Me.,
and a picture of Craige House, Long
fellow’s home In Cambridge. Prof.
Clarke says thru Longfellow wais “one
‘of the poets of hearth and home,
whose works are recited in
when he was appointed 'Secretary of
State of the United States. "During no
period since- the War of 1812, had our
foreign relations involved questions
more important: and the honor and
success with which they were con
ducted were owing, in a great degree,
to the talents and firmness of Mr. For
syth.” He died in Washington cily,
on October 21, 1S41, in the sixtieth
year of his age.
were never unfolded or developed
by Swedenborg, Lamarck, Da
Huxley or Spencor. He held
"evolution Is entirely consistent witlj
a rational theism and with other fun
damental religious .beliefs.” His b
on geology and zoology are among thf
■most able and interesting ever
ten on the=e subjects, largely
result of his studies under th" cele-|
braied Agassiz, in Harvard. They
valuable contributions as showing
history of the earth. Hi-, view?
physiology' and biology have r? civcij
the commendation of the able
ters on these matters, and to him imsj
been accorded the credit of a
of original thoughts on the phenomena}]
of binocular vls'on, “which ha?
mained a permanent possession of set-;i
ence.” He held professershl
Oglethorpe University, in thi; StateJI
the University of Georgia. South Caro-j
lina College, and the Univers'
California, at Berkeley.
The eleven Governors who were also
Senators were: James Jackson George
Walton, Josiah Tattnall. John Milledge, I of his intimate friends were Longefel!
G. M. Troup. John Forsyth, Wilson j Lowell. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Em
Lumpkin, H. V. Johnson, John B'. Gor- i son, Richard Dana, Agassiz, Guyot and
don, Joseph E. Brown. Alfred H. Col- others who shone equally bright lr
quitt. It may be well to state that galaxy of stars that Illumined the f
James Jackson, Josiah Tattnall, G. M. • ament of literature, poetry ntyl s.-’enceM
Troup John Forsyth, H. V. Johnson j This former Maconlte of whom I ani^|
and John B. Gordon were Senators be- j writing, is Professor Joseph I.e Contef
fore they became Governor. Jackson, i
Troup, Forsyth and Gordon served in ! This remarkable man was h rt
the Senate before and after being Gov- his father's plantation, "Woodir
ernor. As well ns lean ascertain from ; ton,” in Liberty County, Georgia, Feb
ruary 26. 1S23. and died in the
mite. California. July 6. 1901.
seventy-eight years. He was survive!
Rjj
Car-!
the records I have 'by me, the only
Governors that passed to the Senate
direct from the Governor’s office were
James Jackson, John Milledge. John i by his wife and four child
Forsyth, A. H. Colquitt and John B. j Mrs. Farish Furman, formerly
Gordon. I am not positive, but I think ! ledgevflie, now of Macon; M
that Jackson was elected Senator be- j Means Davis, of Columbia. Sou
i fore his term as Governor had finished. ] olina: Professor .Too Lo C< r.t<-.
country j and if this Is true, X believe it is the i University of California. and
lyceums, and studied in the grammar I on lj’ instance of the kind in the history 1 Carrie Lo Conte. Mrs. r... Coi
schools, and read in the evening hour 1 of tbo State- James Jackson had a re- j her daughter. Miss Carrie re
to eager children by her whom they ! markable record, and his career shows California, hut at nr'tent (he/are oi
hold most dear.” In the opinion of! the poss'blllttes which this country a visit to Mr*. Le Conte’s gran-Maugh
Prof. Clarke. Longfellow’s life was “the ’ contains for men of ability and excel- , ter, Mrs. J. N. Bailey of Macon. A
tenderest of songs a long solo not ' lance of character. He was born in
without glad choruses—of faith and 1 England, September 21 1757. When
■brotherhood.” He thinks that “The fifteen years old he arrived in Savan-
Courtship of Miles Standish" is much n ah. and knew only one person there.
Tall
are four generation:
ily, to-wit: Ml'S. Li
ter, Mrs. Furman.
Just
the
tad
me faij
out. clear cut. in exquisite tracery
against the skv. The elm end thte
beech express both grace ar.d beauty—
the oak stands f V>r sturdy strength.
The Honeysuckle.
Of our domesticated plants the hon
eysuckle seems to be in the •.•'•ear-':
hurry to welcome the spring. Already
the voting leaves arc appearing or. the
old plant at the corner of the house.
The bulbs are sundry little green lan
ces up through the frozen earth. They )
must bo brave soldiers that are ready
to face the cold east winds. Apple
branches have'hcdd little liver-colored
excrescences, th- future leaves, and j
the great plumboles of the rhododen- 1
drons, cheerfully held In air all winter
long, reveal beneath many folds the
faint colors that arc to deepen, by and
by. into the glory of the flaring blos-
are merely brown reFnous tufts. The
privet-badge, win s- shiny green leaves
hang lirtp. and as if Masted with frost,
are showing live spots *1! along the
new wood. Even the 'omitropical wis
teria has a hint of life, and rh ■ or is
of Its branches are rough with live
buds. The forsvthia hr:
horny buds, rhe promls-* ol
glory of April, wh-n all t!
spring shell seem centered
blossom-Wrten shrub
Grasses have been ci
der the drifted baaVs
everywhere the vivid
through the melting i<
nnd shaded woods and
ways those queer little
points
life in the country is at the mercy of
wind : n.i V.vn::-, r. On these March
days the sky is like a great gray can-
vii-. some times i:eh:ene.l by feathery
clouds or dark-gray streamers or pur
ple masses. Darw columns of vapor,
with harsh edges of gray, are blown by
the wind across the pale color back
ground. flying as if a bomb had burst
I among them;
i pass before u:
re-elected at the expiration of his
term. Before going on the bench of
the Supreme Court he had been a
member of the Congress of the United
States. Judge Nisbet died in 1871. He
was an elder In the First Presbyterian
Church of Macon from 1837 until hits
death.
like o
broad-
bv
ely
majority by the Commons, seem
take it for granted that the Upper
Chamber Is doomed to be swept out
of existence, by reason of its unpop
ularity, In the near future. In fact,
people appear to believe here that,
when the fight between the Lords and
the Commons resolves Itself Into an
appeal bv the latter to the country I
against the House of iAtrds, this time- i The newspapers have made more
honored institution will be over- I or less mention of Bishop H. M. Tur-
whelmed. nor and his connection with the negro
Now, it by no means follows that, if I convention in recent .session in Ma-
a general election was held on the con. This was not the first negro eon-
issue of the abolition or radical reform vention held in this city at which
of the House of Lords, the latter would Turner was a centra! figtird. Away
be defeated. People who imagine this bac k yonder in 1868. during the decade
do not take into consideration the immediately following the bloodv har-
British character and Its peculiar pro- ! vest of war. and embracing the hor-
iudiees and paradoxes. Above ail, thev rible days of recons'ruction. urner
lose sight of that ancient saying, just i was the president and the controlling
as true today as it ever was, namely, ; spirit of a negro convention, comnosed
tail towers and castles that “the Briton dearly loves a lord.”
on a swift panorama; TVere any attempt made to tamper
years of age. he was elected
Governor of Georgia but refused to
serve. He was elected to Congress,
and was again chosen Governor, serv
ing from January 12, 1798, to March
3. 1801. being the first Governor under
the censtitutinn of 1798. Pie served in
the United States Senate from 1801
to 1806. He* had previously been a
member cf the Senate, from 1793 to
1795. Jackson died in Washington on
March 19, 1S96, while serving as Sen
ator from Georgia. On the retirement
went from South C:
to attend her brotb
fore her return to
sor Le Conte
more justly representative of Long- I He enlisted with the Americans in the i Mrs. Talley, and
fellow’s art than “Evangeline.” Prof, i war of the Revolution, rendered gnl- [ dren who are M
Clarke speaks of him as “the decor- j Iant service, and became a colonel. ] On Juno 3 0, 1901,
ous singer of the household tones that Later, in operations against the In- I Conte's son Joe,
ruled his time, but into which he often dians, he was commissioned a brig.i-
imports strain after strain of haunt- dier general. In 1788, when only thir-
J ng, old-world music,’ and he styles ! ty-one years of age. he
Longfellow as "the most companion
able among American poets."
I learn from the Standard that Feb
ruary 27 will he observed with .appro
priate exercises as “Longfellow's
Day” in all the schools of Cambridge.
This evening there will be public ex
ercises in a theater at which Mr. Wil
liam Dean Howells will he the nrinci-
pal speaker, and President Charles
Eliot, of Harvard, and others, will also
make addresses. A special chorus
> Conte, her dang
bob granddaus
tr gre ■: grandchjS
. Talley’s children
rofcs r or Joseph
irried Mrs. Davtij
rolina to California
tr’s marriage. B'eJ
the South Profes-
red to show his
from the public schools "will sing the j of Jack-on from the Governorship to
cantata. “The Village Blacksmith" j so to the United States Senate Da-
This afternoon there will be a special | vid Emanuel, president of the State
meeting, called "the children’s hour.” | Senate, became acting Governor. Here
of the grammar grades. ’
nimals stride past, the with the constitution of the House of
which will never live again: 1 Lords—the cradle of British parliamen-
vinged birds sail Into the west, tary institutions—the light would re-
er to return: grand chariots move solve itself into a struggle between
that are turned into mighty giants ] Labor, more cr less colored with so
on the horizon—nameless forms rise, cialism. on the one side, and on the
glide past and vanish into space, and other all the rich, educated arid train-
all thss ■ are pictures painted by the ed classes, the learned professions, the
art
ind
pon
heavenly canvt
of spring
ird
the
out-
1 heat, of
•en. With
be up and
ini
tag thing
■p. We
gree
th-- gold
e spirit
errogntlons . fresh gr
aver the
telp
in
would
•drop ar.d
from, her
from h"r
which old
- ■ 1 she should wear.
■d Jn n Cht-res.
• day cf March there was
:at hinted ef
he very eiecL
owners of property, real and personal:
the manufacturing, industrial ar.d
financial interests, tbe clergy, the arm*,
and navy, the tradespeople, ar.d. in i
fact, all those who are anxious to safe- j
guard property, religion and order.
The present party lines would be ob- j
literated. and Liberals, as well as Con- ;
servatives, would rise in defence of '
that House of Lords which represents :
the cne bulwark of the empire against. I
precipitate legislation on the part of j
the lower House, the political atrrjos-
phere of which is constantly changing. ■
subject to the influence of ephemera! , T j-
and sometimes unreasoning blasts of ' cc
of delegates from more than eighty
counties, which assembled in this city
to discuss the action of the Legislature
of that year in turning out twenty-
seven n-gro members of the General
Assembly, one of whom was Turner, a
Rerrc'entative from Bibb County. No
white persons were admitted to the
convention. In n fiery speech Turner
declared he would break up the Legis
lature. Resolutions were passed vow
ing vengeance, nnd Congress was
■ | memorialized to nrovet the negroes.
Turner'.- convention of negroe- at Ma
con Inaugurated the movement that
resulted in another reconstruction r.f
Georar'a. Turner's speeches anti reso
lutions set Congr r s~ and the Repub
lican North to talking about the ex
pulsion of th" neago rrvnbers from
th" General Assembly of Georgia. Tur-
rer wen- to Washington ta mesont to
Congress the resolutions, of tbe negro
convention Senator Charles Summer,
of Massachusetts, introduced a bill for
T-egormrauetion of Georgia, and
tor F-.'munds. of Vermont, of-
for the pupil: _
As an enduring and valuable memo
rial of the event. 200 bronze medals
have been struck, some of which will
be reserved to be given as prizes each
year in the Cambridge schools. X
statute of Longfellow will he erected
in Cambridge. An appropriation of
S4.000 has been made by Congress for
the pedestai. Secretary Taft is pres
ident of the commission that has in
charge the erection of the statue. I
learn further from The Standard that
during the week of the ccntcnn'al an-
niversnry an interesting public exhibi
tion will he held at the Cambridge I
public library of rare and beautiful Placed
editions of the poet’s works, together | Are.
with other memorabilia
with his name.
is an interesting historical incident
concerning him: “Burke County was
the scene of some severe Skirmishes
between the Americans and British, in
which David,Emanuel participated. On
one occasion he was captured by a
party of Loyalists commanded by Capt.
Rraetlev and conveyed to McDcan's
creek, where, after consultation, it was
determined to shoot him. Brantley or
dered a large fire to he kindled, and
made Emanuel erd his fellow-prison
ers. Lewis and Davis, take off their
clothes, with the exception of their
rh'rts. Three men were de-icnated to
them, and the nrlsouers were
between the marksmen and the
"he word ‘fire’-was then given.
connected
in
t-m-
lhe young ferns, appear above the j the
tangled skeins of sunlight, a
■- tint c-*tr>e In a sincF- n'ght
grass ar.d Tb- sky sr-ib-d with
:uc
of Ma;
popular sentiment, net to say hysteria. | fe r .->d ? measure repealing the restora-
The British House of Lords is per- j tinp of Georgia, to the L~nion. Con-
feetly safe for many, many years to , pressman Be”. Butler moved that G--or-
come. and whatever reform Lakes place ; gjp-s vo te in the presidential election
in its composition w. 11 be of its own of 1S6S be pot counted. And in other
making, and not the result of any out- | ways was the implacable hatred of
Seme lucky side pressure.
»he Republicans in Congress exhibited
L'cngfellow was born in Portland.
Me., February 27. 1897. Biographers
tell us that he entered Bowdoin Col
lege at the age of 14. where he grad
uated in 1S25. During his academic
course he composed several . of the
best known of his earlier poems
among them the “H*'mn of the Mora
vian Nuns,” “The Spirit of Poetry.”
“Woods in Winter" and “Sunrise on
the Hills.” After leaving college he
entered the office of his father for the
purpose of studying law; but in 3826
he accepted the offer of the professor
ship of modern languages and litera
ture in Bowdoin College. He went to
Europe and devoted some time to pre
liminary foreign study. In 1835, on
the resignation of Mr. George Tick-
nor. he was appointed professor of
modern languages and belles-lettres in
UP’
vhich Dav!
leir death-dhots
’ s directed tc
flssed hi= aim,
ith the rapidity
ver tile fire an
and Lewis received
but the man who
disnatch Emanuel
I'hereuoon our hero,
of 'Igh.tning leaped
made his escape.”
And thus a future Governor was saved
to Geori
r:a.
Hon. .A. O. Rocon is a living illus
tration of the fact that it is not essen
tial to he Governor ir. ord-r to reach
the United States Senate. Three times
he was a candidate for the nomination
for Governor, and failed to win the
prize, thour-h In the convention of 3883
he came within one vote of the nomi
nation. He derided ta leave the Gov
ernor-hip alone, and try for the Sena
torial Inn. He was triumphant. He
won the Senatorshlp the first time, ex
actly eleven years after h1s last con
test for Governor, and has continued
to hoid the office with great honor to ! H. Stephens, who afterward, as Gov-
da ugh tor the wonderful beauties of th'
: Yoscmite. and together they mad
trip lo the famous valley. in hi:
rambles he over-taxed his strength,
and on the evening of July 5, 1991, h
was attacked with a severe pain i
the region of the heart, which '
diagnosed as angina pect-ris, and
the morning of the following day th-
noted scientist died, “About 19 o’clocl
while the Physician was absent pro-j
curing additional remedies, he turne-
upon his left side, and at once
daughter saw a great change come ove:
his countenance. "Do not lie unoi
your left side, father” she cried. "Yo
know it is not good for you.” With
smile he answered. "It does not mat-;
ter. daughter." The*- were his Iasi
words. In five minutes he had cease
to breathe. The remains were inter-:
red In beautiful Mountain View Cem-:
etery, California, and “his grave
marked by a bugb boulder from n<
the spot where he died in the Yose
mite that he had loved so long am
so well.” At the time of h's demise!
he had been a professor in the Uni
I varsity of California for more thau
thirty years. His brother John, who'
| was also a very able man. was for-
I merlv president of the Institution, and
i remained with it until the day of his
'death. April 29. 1.891 dying tn his sev
! entv-third year. The two brothers
j were devoted and bad seldom been sep
arated in their lives. The graves
■ these eminent Georgians are side b;
side in far-away California.. Thei
! dertths were deeply lamented by
students, faculty and all others con
neoted with the University of Call
forma. The murlflleencz of Mrs.
Phoebe Anoerson Kenrst. mother of
William Randolph Hearst, has done
much for this Institution. The Le;
Conte Memorial Lodge of the Sierra
C’ub. a beautiful structure, has beeru,
erected in tbe Yoeemi’e Valley. In hon
or of Professor Joseph T-e C-nte. He
had been an extensive traveler, both
in th’s countrv and abroad.
Tn hi-- reminiscences. Professor Le
Conte sa'd: “Onlv one of mv nine
school teachers bed any snecinl influ
ence on me and that was Alexander: