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By JOHN T. BOIFEUILLET.
On July 1, 1844. the Mayor of Ma
con issued a printed statement of the
Indebtedness of the city and pro-
pounced Macon bankrupt. The city
.lad subscribed $230,000 to the build
ing of the. Central Railroad, and $50.-
000 to the construction of the Monroe
Railroad, afterwards known as the
Macon and Western. The bonds of
the city bad been given for Its sub
scription to the stock of these rail
roads. The financial embarrassment
of the city was attributed by the May
or to tile large Investments by the city
In the stock of the railroads, from
which there had been no dividends,
though annual interest on the bonds
had been paid for several years. The
subscriptions were made in 1886, I
believe, and it was eight years later
when the Mayor was talking. Ac
cording to his report the indebtedness
of Mnenn was $287,842. The annual
expenses were $7,700: yearly interest,
$22,000; resources. $17,000. The total
expenses and interest amounted to
$30,700 annually, or $13,700 more than
the receipts. It will be observed that
the city's subscriptions to railroads
amounted to $300,000, and the Indebt
edness of tlie city was $2S7 S42. so the
Mayor’s explanation of the cause of
the city's embarrassment was correct.
But Macon did not remain bankrupt.
It was not so foreordained in th“ plan
of Divine operation, or so Intended in
the system of human government. In
six months after the publication
the Mayor
Improvement In the finances of the
city, and Macon continued to pros
per. despite financial storms and the
disasters of war. and has gone on
prospering. Is this statement true?
Won. let us see.
The best sj'stem of sanitary sewers
In the State.
The best auditorium in the State.
The best mile race track In the State.
The best exhibition park In the Sti*o.
The best fire department In the State.
The best police force In the State.
The best board of health in the State.
The best public schools In the State.
The best military companies in the
State.
The best colleges In the State.
The best health In the State.
The best water in the State.
The lowest death rate in the State.
The handsomest church in the State.
The prettiest dwellings In the State.
And then Macon has a good street
railways system and excellent water
and lighting plants. Her hospital and
various charitable Institutions are
among the best. She possesses hand
some public buildings, fine stores and
libraries. Macon Is especially attrac
Walnut street*,
occupied.
was completed and
Thi» church was afterwards bought
by the Catholics, and they still own
the ground upon which it stood.
While Rev. Mr. Cassels was pastor
the late Eugenlus A. Xlsbet, who was
a distinguished Congressman and an
eminent justice of the Supreme Court
of Georgia became an elder In the
First Presbyterian Church. In mem
ory of the
Samuel Cassels i: seems to me that it i nls na t ana "at*.
would be appropriate and proper for I kjJ^^ke^Christ, ^ fni^tihnr^^stnr.
the First Presbyterian Church to re- ~ “ ”^
Senate of 1S68 he resigned his seat in
that body. He had been previously ex
pelled from the constitutional conven
tion of that year. The Legislature of
1S6S became famous as the one which
expelled twenty-five negro Represen
tatives and two negro Seantors. When
the proposed expulsion of the negro
members was under discussion in the
House, one of the negro Representa
tives. G. H. Clower, exclaimed in his
speech: “Whenever you cast your
'al’hfu 1 services of Rev. ' v °tes against us. dis nigger will take
to me that it j his hat and walk right straight out.
move the remains and monument of
Mrs. Cessels to a more suitable bur
ial place. On a part of the monument
upon the ground I read an inscription - --- -
reason, the welfare of the black race
go to prepare a place for them. Stop.
Democrats: stop, white folks! Draw
do resolution off de tables, and let's
go to work.” Representative W. M.
Tumlin, a red hot Democrat, was
the deceased. Her last words were
also quoted, to-wit: “Christ Is my
only salvation.”
Then I came across a marble slab
under which repose the dust of a
former distinguished college professor,
Elisha Hammond. The Inscription
told that he was born in Massachu
setts in 1764, and died in Macon, July
9, 1829. He was a graduate of Dar-
mouth College. X. H. He emigrated
to South Carolina, and first became a
professor in the South Carolina Col
lege. and then a professor at Mt.
Bethel Academy. The tribute upon
the slab says that he was a man of
great learning and was noted as an
Instructor.
A monument to the memory of
Charles W. Washington tells the sad
store of his drowning in Walnut
Creek, March 1. 1833.
John E. Carter was a native of Bos
ton. Mass., and died in Macon, Octo
ber 24, 1837, aged 20 years. And
though he passed away “a stranger in
a strange land,” as his epitaph recites,
a nice tombstone was erected to his
memory, upon which Is inscribed,
among other things, the following:
“Thus died the stranger in a foreign
clime.
Lovely and young in all of manhood’s
prime:
Away from friends and parents to
whom he was most dear.
And brother and sister too, who drop
affection’s tear.”
The earliest trace of a burial that I
saw was that of Mrs. Rebecca A.
Pace, consort of Thomas Pace. She
died December 30. 1828. Over her
grave rests a marble slab. What at
tracted my attention was the state
ment in the inscription that she was
the daughter of Jared Irwin. Here
then was the sacred dust of the cher
ished child of a man who was Gov
ernor of Georgia several times, and
held other positions of public honor
and responsibility. He first occupied
the office of Governor from January
17. 1796. to January 11, 1798. He had
.co. .„ . the distinction while Governor.
tive In her religious privileges, educa- i 1796, of signing the act rescinding the
tionai advantages socal benefits and Yazoo law. In 1806 he was president
comercial opportunities. The Macon
of 1S44 would not recognize herself in
the Macon of 1907. but the little town
of sixty and more years ago had much
pluck and energy otherwise the growing
and prosperous city of today would not
be here to tell the tale. In those youth
ful years the aspring tot of a place did
not hesitate to subscribe hundreds of
thousands of dollars to public enter
prises where she thought it would do
the most good, and as a result of It Ma
con is now enjoying railroads and other
public utilities which might never have
Ived.
The remains of the daughter of a
former Governor of Georgia the dust
of a president of the first bank in
Macon, and the ashes of other persons
once well known in this city repose in
. the old cemetery situated near the
of j foot of Cherry street. This is the
tatement there was an i burial ground which Alderman Bow-
- *’•■ “ — **’“ : dre. with commendable sp’rft, desires
to have reclaimed by the Mayor and
Council from many long years of neg
lect. B'roken tombstones, bearing in
scriptions to the memories of members
of families formerly prominent in Ma
con lie on the ground, under leaves
and dirt, the walls of the graves In a
crumbled state. Some of the tomb
stones still stand erect, and the let
tering on them is easily rend, but in
the majority of cases the marble me
morials are badly broken and the in
scriptions almost obliterated by the
corroding effects of time. In numer
ous instances there is scarcely any
sign of a grave, and *n many places no
trace of one exists. The lot of a name
still prominent in this city is sur
rounded by a well preserved brick
wall, with an iron gate locked and
which boars evidence that It has not
been unfastened In considerably more
In 184 4. when the Mayor pronounced
tbo city bankrupt there were only two
railroads running out of Macon, the
Centra! to Savannah, rind tlie Incom-
pleted Macon and Western between
Macon and Atlanta. Xow Macon has
eleven railroads, to-wit: Central to
Savannah. Central to Atlanta! Macon
and Western). Central to Albany
(Southwestern). Central tp Columbus
(Muscogee), Central to Athens (Ma
con and Xorthern). Southern to
Brunswick (Macon and Brunswick).
Southern to Atlanta (E. T. V. & G.).
Georgia Southern and Florida. Macon
and Birmingham. Macon. Dublin and
Savannah, and the Georgia. In 1844,
there were two or three dally passen
ger trains running into and out of
Macon. Xow there are eightv-two.
No other city In Georgia has as many,
except Atlanta. In 1844. there was
onlv a handful of railway employes in
Macon. Xow the monthly pay rolls
of the railroads in Macon amount to
$150,000. In 1844. there was scarcely
a sign of a railroad shop in Macon.
Xow there are extensive plants, from
which the smoke of many chimneys
ran be seen, and the Central has un
der way plans for the erection of an
addition to its shops here that will
cos' over one million dollars. In 1844.
a railway trunk line was unheard of
in the world. Xow Macon has two,
and a third one is in sight. The Cen
tral. to the construction of which Ma-
con contrbiuted $250,000. was only 19-
miles long In 1844. Xow it owns or
controls 1.900 miles of rati, and a
great ocean steamship line. Macon
being the hub or pivot of this im
mense railway system.
In 1844 whene the Mayor pronounced
■Macon bankrupt the taxable values of
the citv were about three million dol
lars ($3 000 000). Xow they are nearly
twentv million dollars. The exact fig
ures ns reported to the Mayor and
Council last week by the city assessors
were $19,735,901. In 1844. the manu
facturing plants in Macon could have
he-n counted on the fingers of one
hind Xow there are one hundred
nnd rlnetv-elght manufactories of dif
ferent kinds. With an annual output of
over eight million dollars. To the wage-
earners in these plants two hundred
thousand dollars are paid monthly: In
this amount is not Included the sum
of one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars that Is paid to railway employes,
as mentioned above. The two amounts
make a total of $350,000 that Sfoes every
month to wage-earners in the different
industrial and railway establishments
in this citv. In the manufactures of
Macon there are about five thousand
employes, or one thousand more per
sons than constituted the entire popu
lation of Macon In 1S44. In sixtv-one
certan manufactories last year $1 300.-
000 were paid in wages: this does not
include salaries paid to clerks and
the higher officials. The value of the
products turned out during the year In
these sixtv-one establishments amount
ed to $7,300 000. I" 1844. hank stock
had but little value. Xow bank stocks
sel'« in Macon as high as two hundred
dollars per share, and the deposits in
the bank? aggregate nearly seven mil
lion dollars.
In 1844 when the Mayor pronounced
the citv bankrupt the population was
four thousand. Xow the population Is
hovering around the forty thousand
In addition to the railroads, manufac-
t i*ie« and banks mentioned above,
here are some of the other things pos
sessed by Macon in 190. which she did
not have In 1844:
The best paved streets and sidewalks
The best sVstem of lawns and street
parks in the State.
of the State Senate and became Act
ing Governor on the election of Gov.
John Milledge as United States Sen
ator. He continued Acting Governor
from September 23, 1806. to November
7. 1806. when he was elected Governor,
and filled the office from Xovember 7.
1S06. to November 9, 1809. He served
as Governor under two constitutions.
He was the president of the constitu
tional convention of 1789. Mr. Irwin
was president of the Senate at various
times, both before and after being
Governor, commencing in 1790. He
was holding the presidency of this
body at the time of his death, which
occurred at Union Hill, Washington
County, March 1. ISIS, to which place
he had moved from Burke County.
Gov. Irwin was 6S years old when he
died. This prominent man was born
in North Carolina, and removed to
Burke County, Georgia, before the
revolution, in which conflict he took a
gallant part, and afterwards served in
campaigns against the Indians. He
was made a brigadier-general because
of his splendid military services. At
the close of the Revolutionary War ho
was a member of the first Legislature
held in Georgia under the new form
of Government. In Sandersville stands
a monument that was erected to his
memory by the State of Georgia. Ir
win County was named in his honor.”
At the recent session of the United
States Senate a beautiful and touch
ing address was delivered by Sen
ator A. O. Bacon upon the life and
character of the late Rufus E. Lester,
Congressman from Georgia. Tho two
eminent Georgians had been close
friends for more than a half of a cen
tury. The friendship between them
comenced when Mr. Bacon, as a col
lege boy. .first met Mr. Lester in Savan
and of the white race, require every
thinking man to turn them out. The
constitution of the State of Georiga
says turn them out. Therefore, sir, if
we fail to comply with the solemn oath
we have subscribed to. when the House
is the judge of the qualification of its
members by retaining men here who
are clearly ineligible, we will be held
to account for It by our constituency
and our God.” The vote in the Senate
on the question of expulsion was 24
to 11. and in the House 83 to 23. Dur
ing the session of this Legislature Ru
fus B. Bullock was Inaugurated as civ
il Governor of Georgia, July 22. 1S6S,
having been counted in over John B.
Gordon by a few thousand majority.
Gen. Geo. W. Meade, who was in com
mand in Georgia under the reconstruc
tion acts, issued an order that military
rule in this State was at an encL
Governor Bullock spent much time in
Washington trying to get Congress to
re-enact reconstruction. Thad Stev
ens, Morton. Ben Butler and Charles
Sumner were his special champions in
this diabolical work. The expulsion of
the negroes from the Legislature was
claimed to be the cause of this pro
ceeding. Governor Bullock issued an
address to Congress declaring that in
Georgia there was no “adequate pro
tection for life nnd property, the main
tenance of peace and good order, and
the free expression of political opin
ion,” and he asked Congressional help
In his effort to restore bayonet des
potism in the State so the Legislature
and the courts and all of our public
Institutions could be under Radical
dvna-stv. A convention of negroes was
held In Macon in October, 1868, Bishop
H. M. Turner presiding, and resolu
tions were passed condemning the ex
pulsion of the negro Legislators, and
a committee was appointed to go to
Washington and memorialize Congress
for another reconstruction. Lester and
Bacon were prominent figures in oppo
sition to all this assault upon Georgia.
On July 23. 1868, the State Demo
cratic convention in Atlanta elected A.
O. Bacon a Presidential elector on the
Seymour and Blair ticket. So far as
I know, this was his first political of
fice. and he has ever since been a po
tential force in the politics of Geor-
tria. At the time of this convention
Robert Toombs, Howell Coob, Ben
jamin H. Hill ar.d R. J. Moses made
their celebrated “Bush Arbor” speeches.
During Mr. Bacon’s long career in the
Legislature he made numerous
speeches, but I have always heard
that his strongest argument was'’ the
one he presented in favor of the repu
diation of nearly $8,000,000 of bonds
which had been Issued during Bullock’s
administration, and which were de
years. The Legislature directed him
“to use his exertions to obtain from
the United Slates the extinguishment of
tae Indian title to all our remain
ing territory.” The Indian Spring
Creek treaty grew out of this. It was
in connection with this Creek difficulty
that Governor Troup, in answer to
rather hostile communication from the
President of the United States, replied
that "he would feel it to be his dut:
to resist to the utmost any military at
tack which the President of the United
States shall think proper to make upon
the territory, the people, or the sov
ereignty of Georgia. From the first
decisive act of hostility, you will b
considered and treated as a public
enemy.” Hostilities were averted. Gox-
ernor Troup received Lafayette on hi
visit to Georgia in 1825. His term a
Governor ended in 1S27. and the next
year the Legislature again elected him
to the United States Senate. Owing to
ill health Troup preferred the peace
and seclusion of home. "It i« not gen
erally known that, when apprised of
the legislative intention to send him
to Washington, ht to prevent it. has
tened from his home in Laurens Coun
ty. to Milledgeville. where he arrived
only a few hours after his election.
He remained in the Senate until 1S34,
when he wa= forced to resign on ac
count of failing strength and health.
He was a great champion of State
Rights and State Sovereignty. In 1S33,
when he believed that these were im
perilled. and being quite sick, said that
“he would have been carried on his
death bed to the eapitol, rather than
not have given his vote against the
Force Bill.”
dared void and illegal. 11 is sa'd that
his speech against the. fecognitlon of | establishment of the State University.
Telfair street in honor of Edward
Telfair, who bore a notable part in the
Revolutionary struggle. He represent
ed Georgia in the Continental Congress
of 1778. and signed the ratification of
the articles of confederation. He was
one of the commissioners to form
treaty with the Cherokee chiefs. Tel
fair was elected to Congress in 1785.
but did not take his seat. He was
Governor In 1786 and 1787. and from
November. 1796. to November. 1793.
When President Washington visited
Augusta the capital of Georgia, in May,
1791. he was entertained by Governor
Telfair.
Tattnall street and Tattnall Square,
in honor of Josiah Tattnall, who was
United States Senator In 1796-1799,
and Governor of Georgia from No
vember. 1S01, to'November, 1802. In
his military capacity he rendered im
portant services in Indian campaigns.
He was in comand of the Chatham
Artillery in 1792. and later was made
a brigadier-general. Tattnall was a
member of the Legislature when
Louisville was the capita] of Georgia,
and was in the General Assembly that
rescinded the Yazoo act. Tattnall
died in the West Indies in 1804, but
his remains were brought to Savan
nah, and buried in beautiful Bona-
venture.
Jackson street, in honor of James
Jackson, who was the first Governor
under the State constitution of 1798.
He was twice a Senator from Geor
gia of the United States. 1793-1795,
and 1801-1806. As colonel, he ren
dered brilliant service in Georgia and
South Carolina against the British.
As brigadier-general he conducted
operations against the Indians. When
only thirty-one years old he was
elected Governor, “but for reasons
which he deemed satisfactory.” he re
fused to serve. He was a strong
factor in the defeat of the Yazoo
fraud, nnd took a leading part in the
than a half of a century. The marble nah, who, in the full glow and ardent
slabs over the graves of the husband
and wife tell of their deaths in 1S38
and 1S39. each respectively.
This cemetery was the first burlel
ground in Macon. In 1826 the Legis
lature reserved the land for this pur
pose. It consisted originally of four
acres between Cherry and Poplar and _
Sixth and Seventh streets, but perhaps | gant banquet tendered by the citizens
some of it has been encroached upon 1 of Macon, in Xovember. 190a, in honor
for building purposes. The first in- j of Mr. Bacon, and. as a token of their
terment in this cemetery was John | pleasure on his return home in restored
Clark, a painter. He died on Novem- health after an
aspiration of young manhood, was just
entering upon the practice of law. Well
do I remember the last time I saw Con
gressman Lester. He had traveled near
two hundred miles, despite severe phys
ical weakness, to attest his friendship
for Mr. Bacon, and to raise his voice
in glowing.tribute to. the splendid Sen
atorial. services, .of that distinguished
gentleman. The occasion was the ele-
ber 24 1824. being the first death
among the citizens of the town of Ma
con. Prior to the reservation of this
ground by the Legislature for a cem
etery. the town commissioners in the
early part of 1824 had set aside the
four acres for sites for religious meet
ing houses, with burial ground attach-
extended visit to
Europe, and as a souvenir, of their es
teem, and regard, on the eve of his de
parture for Washington .to resume his
duties in the Senate at the session
then about to open. In his memoriam
address in the Senate, Senator Bacon
spoke In tender words of .the friendship
between him and Mr. Lester “which
these fraudulent securities was ninst-
torlv. The largest single amount of
those invalid bonds was S3.300.000 of
endorsed bonds of the Brunswick and
Albany railroad. Tho eollaose of this
railway enterprise of H. I. Kimball was
the forerunner of the general financial
crash that soon followed, culminating
in the resignation of Bullock as Gov
ernor, October 23, 1871 and his flight
from the State. I have' heard- it stated
that the original Kimball House cost
over $600,000, and that tin agent of
Henry Clews had said that $300,000 of
the money advanced on bonds endorsed
by the State to construct the Bruns
wick and Albany railroad had been ex
pended in building the Kimball House.
This is only one of hundreds of similar
illegal transactions that occurred dur
ing that dark period. Kimball was the
president of seven railroads and the
manager of a great Hotel, all at the ex
pense of the State. It would take
pages to tell the history of the recon
struction era. with its'bayonet despo
tism, disregard of law, farcical'‘legis
latures, gigantic swindles and general
misrule, in my limited space I have
been able to give only a hint- of the
“saturnalia of public plunderr and po
litical debaunchery.”
When the streets of Macon were first
being named the Mayor and Council
were quite patriotic. For instance:
While serving as
Georgia. General
Washington.
Senator from
Jackson died in
As well as I remember, the above
mentioned streets are all in the city
that were named after Governors of
Georgia. But there are other streets
in Macon which were given historic
names. I have space to enuemerate
only a few of them today, to-wit:
Hammond street. In honor of Sam
uel Hammond, a brave soldier in the
Revolutionary War, and while living
in Savannah was made surveyor-
general of the State: frequently a
member of the Legislature, and elect
ed to Congress in 1802. He was ap
pointed Governor of Upper Louisiana
Territory, Missouri, in 1805. and re
mained in the position until 1824, when
he removed to South Carolina. He
served that State in the Legislature,
was also surveyor-general, and secre
tary of State of South Carolina.
McIntosh street, in honor of Lach
lan McIntosh, a distinguished general
in the Revolutionary War. When
Charleston capitulated to the British
forces under Sir Henry Clinton. Mc
Intosh was taken prisoner. Button
Gwinnett was Governor in 1777 for a
short time. A misunderstanding arose
between him and General McIntosh.
Gwinnett retired from the office of
Oglethorpe street was called in honor j Governor on Mav 8, and he promptly
of the founder and first Governor of t challenged McIntosh to a duel. They
Georgia, General James Edward Ogle- j fought near Savannah, at the dis-
of a woman’s life, is the name often given to the “change of life.”
Your menses come at long intervals, and grow scantier until they
stop. Some women stop suddenly. The entire change lasts three
or four years, and it is the cause of much pain and discomfort,
which can, however, be cured, by taking
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“EVERYTHING BUT DEATH
1 suffered,” writes Virginia Robson,
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which cured me so quickly it surprised
my doctor, who didn't know 1 was
taking it.”
drank hard cider.” This gave the
Whigs a hint, and they seized upon
the slur as an electioneering appeal.
They built log cabins to hold their
campaign meetings in, and log cabins
became a regular feature in political
processions: they adopted ''hard
cider" as a watchword and drank
much of the beverage, and sung stir
ring political songs. The Georgia
adherents of the “Log Cabin Candi
date” determined to have a grand
rally, or convention, in Macon, and
August 13, 1S40, was set for the open
ing day. Fifteen thousand people
were present, of which number more
than four thousand were delegates. It
was the largest political concourse
that had ever assembled in Georgia.
From all sections of the State the peo
ple came on horseback and in vehi
cles, as the railroad mileage in Geor
gia at that time was very small.
the world that we stand upon the
great platform of popular rights,
which is wide enough, and long
enough, and strong enough for every
friend of his country to stand upon
without any sacrifice, except party to
country.” A resolution introduced by
Judge C. B. Strong was also adopted,
which approved of “the able and pa-
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thorpe.
Elbert street, in honor of Samuel El
bert. a distinguished officer of the Rev
olution a colpnel of Continental troops,
afterwards a major-general by act of
the Legislature, the highest military
rank in the State, and in 1785 was Gov
ernor of Georgia.
tance of twelve paces. In the meet
ing both were wounded. Macintosh
recovered, but Gwinnett died on May
27, 1777, twelve, days after the en
counter. McIntosh street was also
named after the Indian chief of the
Creek nation.
The Presidents of the United States
ed. Afterwards the Legislature gave lasted without interruption through
other locations for the churches and
reserved the four acres for a cemetery
exclusively, and according to my infor
mation it was abandoned as a burial
ground some years before the Civil
War. A number of bodies were re
moved from there and reinterred in
Rose Hill Cemetery. One of these
was that of Rev. John Howard, the
first presiding elder of the Methodioi
church in this city, and a man who
took a leading part in estit-llshing
Wesleyan Female College. He died
August 22 1836. and was buried In the
Cherry street cemetery, and a monu
ment was erected to his memory bv
the Methodist church. The inscriotidp
thereon was written by Rev. Ignatius
A. Few who. in 1S29. as pastor of the
Mulberry Street Methodist church,
established the Sunday school of that
church. The monument referred to
can be seen over Rev. Mr. Howardjs
gave in Rose Hill. It is said that this
was the first monument ever built in
Macon.
all the long succeeding years until the
sun had passed the meridian and the'
lengthening shadows told of the even
ing of life.”
Curiosity carried me yesterday to the
old cemetery, abandoned and neglect
ed. overgrown with trees, weeds and
briars, the browsing place of cattle, the
home of reptile*, cut up with foot
path? signs of descration everywhere.
In this scene of neglect T read with al
most a tear, the inscription "Remember
me." on a tombstone hidden among
the briars, and in order to decipher the
words I had to brush away the mold
and fungi of many decades. “Remem
ber me." How like a mockery this
seemed!—there buried in the tangled
bush through which the sunlight could
scarcely bleam.
While wandering about I saw upon
the ground the broken monument
which had been “erected by the kind
ness of the Presbyterian church” to
the memory of the wife of Rev. Sam
uel J. Cassels. She died in Macon on
May 24. 183$. Her husband was the
second regular pr.stor of the First
Presbyterian church of this citv. His
pastorate commenced in 1835 and end
ed in April. 1S41. During his ministry
the house of worship which
constructed b
Fourth street
The political currents in the lives
of these two men ran close together
in the same channel, and. in the dark
days of reconstruction, when the Ship
of'State was in the hands of pirates
and tossing upon tempestuous seas.
Lester and Bacon, with other fearless
and patriotic spirits, plunged through
the angry billows out to her side,
mounted the decks, rescued her from
tho plunderers and with firm, steady
and loving hands guided the proud and
gallant craft into a haven of calm and
peaceful waters. Referring to this ter
rible epoch in Georgia’s history, which
immediately followed the bloody har
vest of the Civil War. Senator Bacon
in his eulogy on Lester said: “There
was a saturnalia of public plunder and
political debauchery. In each State
the cry for rescue rang out through its
borders. Among the foremost who
sprang to the call was Lester, battling
sternly and untirely to drive out the
despoilers.” After giving a graphic
picture of the efforts of the reconstruc
tion's at destroying the material in
terests. overturning the social fabric,
and blotting out the civilization of this
fair State, Senator Bacon said Lester
was one of the master workmen in the
herculean task of rebuilding the State
upon the wreck and ruins. And to
Senator Bacon's -re-dit. honor and
praise be it said that “in this Invaluable
work of constructive statesmanship in
a field of legislation for which there ;
were no precedents upon which to mod- :
ei the work" he was a zealous and able
co-worker with Letter. During apart'
Gilmer street, in honor of George R. | were no t forgotten in the naming of
Gilmer, a gallant lieutenant in the j streets. Jefferson street, in honor
Creek War. several times a member ; of Th t,mas Jefferson, the third Presi-
of Congress Governor of Georgia. 1S2D- dent; Madison street, in honor of
1S31 and 1839. V hen a. Representative , j ame s Madison, the fourth President,
he was instrumental in the passage an( j Monroe street: in honor of James
of a law to prevent private banking,
“at that time a very sore evil.” By
his efforts as a Legislator public atten
tion was first awakened to the impor
tance of establishing an Appellate
Monroe, the fifth President.
The late Judge Julius C. Alford,
“the war horse of Troup,” was the
statesman who professed his ability
Court for the correction of errors. Here j to swallow a certain diminutive Geor-
is in interesting political fact: Having
served two terms in Congress Gil
mer was re-elected in 182S, but failing
to give notice of his acec-btanee to the
Governor within the time required
by law. Governor Forsyth declared
Congressman Gilmer's position vacant,
and ordered a new election. Gilmer de
clined being a candidate for the va
cancy, but became a. cand'date for Gov
ernor the same year. 1828. and was
elected defeating Joel Crawford. In
1S32 he was again elected to Congress,
and in 1837 was once more made Gov
ernor. At one time when his .health
failed him his - physician was Dr. Wil
liam Wyatt Bibb who at that time a
•Senator . of the United States from
'Georgia, and is the gentleman after
whom 'Bibb County was named.
Forsyth street, in honor of John For
syth, Attorney-General of Georgia. Con
gressman several terms, served in the
United States Senate in 1819, and front
1S29 to 1S37 Minister to Spain. Gover
nor of Georgia Secretary of State in
the cabinet of Andrew Jackson. Mr.
Forysth wa? first elected to Congress
in. ISM. and remained there until 1818.
when he resigned to become a m o m-
her of the Unite.! States Senate That
year he was appointed Minister to
Spain, which position he held for sev
eral years. While in Spain, Georgia
elected h ; m a Congressman, in 1S23.
Ke was chosen Governor of Georgia ’In
1S27. and at the euoiration of his term
he was again elected to the United
States Senate, where he remained until
1834 when President Jackson appoint- .
ed him Secretary of State. Mr. For- i
svth died in Washington City Octo- j
ber 21. 1S41. aged about sixty years.
gian alive, according to a very inter-
estlng editorial in the last issue of the
: Xewnan News, under the caption
“Who Offered to Swallow Stephens?”
! But our contemporary states, on the
! assertion of ■ a highly esteemed a'nd
; aged citizen of Newnan. that “nobody
ever offered to swallow Stephens.”
' The parties to the duel of words, so
1 says the story in the News, were Al-
: ford, and a "gentleman named Clark,
i from one of the eastern counties of
; Georgia. Both were members of the
i Legislature, and the incident is alleg-
, ed to have happened during a heated
j debate between these two on the floor
i of the House in Milledgeville. prior to
! 1843. Alford was a large man. and
j Clark was a small, thin individual.
The story was told to the Xewnan
gentleman by Gen. David M. Burns,
who represented Jackson County in
the Legislature for seven consecutive
terms, and was a Representative and
was on the floor of the House when
tho tilt occurred between Alford and
Clark and Clark made the famous re
tort to Alford. Burns lived to hear
the story told to Stephens. The above
reference to Alford by the Xewnan
News recalls to mind the fact that
Judge Alford was a very prominent
figure at a monster political meeting
which was held in Macon in August.
1S40, and many litizens of the coun
ties of Troup and Coweta were in at
tendance. I think a .mention of this
occasion will be interesting, so read
what follows.
I learn from Mr. John C. Butlpp.
Macon’s encyclopedia, that some Of
the delegations built good sized log
cabins, sufficient for a dozen men tj
sleep In. placed them on wheels, with
mules or horses attached, and they
were drawn fifty to one-hundred miles
over the highways to Macon. Or
these cabins were cider barrels, rep
resenting chimneys, and strings of red
peppers hanging on the door latches.
The first delegation that arrived was
from Troup and Coweta, amounting
to three hundred men, well mounted,
and riding two abreast, preceded by a
log cabin and band of music, with Al
ford, “the war horse of Troup,” ahead.
My understanding is that at this time
Judge Alford was a Whig Congress
man from Georgia, and was popularly
known in the State as “the war horse
of Troup.” Historian Butler further
ays that the Houston County dele
gation. five hundred delegates, bore a
log cabin with the inscription: “Hous
ton . Tippecanoe Club.” Reverse, an
eagle bearing the American flag.
They, had six other banners, with in
scriptions on each side. The first,
“Purge the Public Offices.” Another,
“Clear the Kitchen.” was followed by
twelve men with brooms. The Bibb
County delegation numbered five hun
dred and fifty, with three banners:
First device, a rattlesnake. Motto
“General Harrison, the Rod of Aaron
among the Magicians.” Second de
vice, portrait of Harrison, encircled
by a wreath of oak. with two Ameri
can flags. Motto: “The Last Hope of
the Republic.” Reverse motto: “A
Southern Man. with Southern Feel
ing^.” Third device, a log cabin and
eagle, with military emblems. Motto:
“Harrison and Tyler.’” Reverse: “We
Will Teach, Palace Slaves to Respect
the Log Cabins" (both presented and
painted by Mrs. Dr. Wood, of Macon).
Badge: A rattlesnake—“Harrison, the
Rod of Aaron Among the Magicians.”
A hugli procession of the various
delegations was formed and a parade
was made of the principal streets,
with brass bands and cannonading as
accompaniments. In the procession
were the delegations from seventy-
one counties, the majority of them
bearing attractive devices, of the or
der mentioned above, log cabins, cider
barrels and agricultural implements
predominating. It was doubtless the
most unique political procession ever
seen in this State. As a vote winner
it was evidently a pronounced suc
cess. A similar demonstration would
appeal to the wool hats boys even in
this day and time, and would shake
the politicians all along the line.
Thousands of people, not regular del-*
egates, marched in the parade. The
procession ended at the warehouse of
Hamilton & Hardeman, at the foot of
Second street, near the river, where
dinner, was served to the multitude.
A part of the bill of fare consisted of
over six thousand pounds of bread
and more than sixteen thousand
pounds of meats.
Johft S. Porteous. of Paducah. Ky.. 24
years old. is just seven' foot tall and is
still growing. He Is now in Colorado for
his health.
The inventor of eau do cologne was an
Italian, Giovanni Farina. Farina offered
mainly to sell his recipe for $3,750 in 1793,
but a few years ago it was sold by his
heirs for $200,000.
Oddly enough, despite the affection with
which she is regarded by the people.
Queen Alexandra has no circle of frlendq.
Miss Knollys, who never leaves her day or
night, has been described as "the Queen's
only friend in England."
Miss Edith Root, daughter of Secretary
of State Eiihu Root, accompanies her
father on his trips and wins the esteem
of even the most dignified ministers by
her intimate knowledge of statecraft and
her modest way of revealing it.
Frnncoise Coppee has given tlie Acade
mic Franeaise a sum yielding $200 bien
nially for use as a prize for young poets.
Tlie letting making the gift expresses
the regret that poets are so little encour
aged by prizes in comparison with wri
ters of prose.
Col. Sir Colin Scott-Moncrieff. I,L. D.,
will soon begin a course of lectures at
the Lowell. Mass., institute on "The Eng
lish In India and Egypt.” He is a Scotch
man and has been building canals for tho
English Government in Idia for the last
50 years.
Dr. Wallace Buttriek. secretary of the
General Educational Board of the Baptist
Church, has a gigantic task tiuon his
shoulders as chief of tlie bureau which
will have charge of the $13,000,000 Rocke
feller fund. It is said that he knows
more about American colleges than do
their own presidents.
Mrs. Emma Reba Bailey, a lawyer of
1 Birmingham, Ala., was a most complai
sant caller on President Roosevelt the
other day. She went to recommend her
son for (he position of Federal District
Judge, hut acknowledge that she would.
1"- willing to take the office herself. If
the President so preferred.
PROVERBS AND PHRASES
Troup
. i Troup, i
wa
in honor of George M.
; a member of Con-
,-,f those troublous times. Lester was
president of the Senate, and Bacon was j „. „ . ...
Speaker of the House of the Legisla- U'ess from 1806 to lSlo. when he with-
ture of Georgia contemporaneously.
When Lester was first elected to the
Senate from the Savannah district it
was to succeed the notorious negro
Senator. Aaron Alpeoria Bradley, who
u:ti> | had been convicted of a criminal of-
b~ing ! fense committed in New York, and
the Presbyterians on | sentenced
between Mulberry and 1 order to eicape expumlsion
drew to private life. Contrary to his
wishes in 1?16. Troup was chosen to
the United -States Senate iver Dr. Wil
liam Wyatt Bibb. Bibb's term would
have expired on March 4. 1817. but he
resigned and as an additional honor
the Legislature elected Troup to the
unexpired term. He had served only
the penitentiary, and In j two years in the Senate when ne was , ,. _
fro the 1 elected Governor, in 1823. serving four | crats said, ‘ lived in a log cabin and
The affair was known as the “Great
Harrison Convention.” The campaign
cry of “Tippecanoe and Tyler too”
was resounding throughout the eoun-
trv. “Hard eider” was the watchword
of the followers of the "Log Cabin
Candidate.” William Henry Harrison,
of Ohio, the hero of Tippecanoe, and
John Tyler, of Virginia, had been
nominated on December 4. 1839. by
the Whigs for President and Vice-
President. in opposition to the re-elec
tion of the Democratic nominees, Van
Buren and R. M. Johnson. Harrison
was an Ohio farmer, and the Demo-
After the repast the multitude di
vided into divisions and were ad
dressed by a number of prominent
orators. Some, of the sneakers were
Robert Toombs, War Horse Alford.
Wm. C. Preston, of South Carolina,
E. Y. Hill. Iverson L. Harris. A. FE-
Kenan. Eli Warren, H. W. Hilliard,
A. J. Miller, Roger L. Gamble. Frank
S. Bartow. Rev. J. H. Davis, of
Coweta, and the following of Macon:
E. A. Nisbet. Washington Poe. C. B.
Strong. A. H. Chappell A. S. Wing
field and S. R. Blake, the first captain
of the Floyd Rifles. Previous to this
speaking and the parade, the conven
tion had been called to order by the
chairman of the Bibb County Tippe
canoe Club. Gen. Elias Beall. Prayer
was offered by Bishop George F.
Pierce. United States Senator J. M.
Berrien was chosen permanent chair
man. United States Senator William
C. Preston, of South Carolina, deliv
ered an eloquent oration. The Tele
graph said at the time that “for two
hours he enchained the multitude in
breathless attention.” On the follow
ing morning Senator Preston again
addressed the multitude. A resolu
tion was introduced by Hon. A. M.
Chappell, of Bibb, condemning the ad
ministration of President Van Buren,
and endorsing the candidacy of “Tip
pecanoe and Tyler too." The resolu
tion was adopted, with the following
amendment by Bob Toombs: “Resolv
ed by this convention, that while as
State Rights Republicans we must ever
repudiate and condemn the principles
embraced in the proclamation and
force bill, yet we feel ourselves call
ed upon as patriots to forego our pecu
liar opinions of the means to secure
the great ends of State Rights, pop
ular liberty, and honest administra
tion of the property of the Govern
ment of the people, and extend a cor
dial invitation to our countrymen of
the Union party to unite with us in
the deliverance of the common coun-
,- from the hands of the ‘spoilers
Well doing is the best capital.—Turk
ish. i
He conquers who sticks to his saddle.—
Italian.
Confidence is the companion of success.
—Chatham.
He who does as ho likes has no head
ache.— Italian.
A diamond Is not so precious as a
tooth.—Don Quixote.
A good conscience is the best looking
glass of heaven.—Cudworth.
He that is embark'd with the devil
must sail with him.—Dutch.
He that cannot got bacon must bn con
tent with cabbage.—Danish.
He that contemplates in his bed has
a day without a night.—German.
Produce much, consume little, labor dil
igently. speak cautiously.—Chinese.
Letting I dare not wait upon I would,
like the poor cat in the adage.—Shake
speare.
What one knows not how to do is dif
ficult: what one knows how to do is not.
—Dutch.
BACHELOR REFLECTIONS
From tho Xow York Press.
When the average man tells the truth
it’s a sign it doesn’t cast him anything.
If th" average man's wife talk*; he
says she is noisy, and if she doesn't,
sulky. •
It pays to give your wife an allow
ance if she will let you keep on owing
it to her.
What a woman likes a'bout a man's
brains is that they aren't a match for
her instinct.
When a woman has a lot <of stoekings
she isn't afraid to u-e for fear they’ll
wear out it’s a safe guess she's a bride.
The way to make a woman happy is
to make her think she does you.
The way for a man to be an ideal
husband is for his wife to become a
widow.’
The crying of a woman’s baby sounds
sweeter to her than the singing of any
body else’s.
A woman believes everything in the
Bible except the page where the date
of her birth was recorded by the family.
It’s thoughtless for a woman to give
a man a lock of her hair when she, may
change the color of the rest of it later.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
From tho Chicago X'-ws.
L.ucfry is tho man tvho loses his reputa
tion—if It’s bad.
Whenever a man angles fnr a pretty
girl he baits his hook with flattery.
It's much easier to break into some
affairs.than it is to bark out again.
Truth is better than falsehood, but false
teefh are better than no teeth at all.
Often a man's suocess is duo to his ask
ing many questions' and answering none.
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE
lions, sharks and seal
swordfishes shot or captured by hex
In this great struggle we proclaim to majesty’s relatives or friends.
Professor Edward B. Clapp, head of
the Greek department of the California
State University, has been appointed
professor of Greek in the American
School of Classical Studies at Athens.
He will soon sail for Greece.
Mark M. Fagan, who is now serving
his third consecutive term as mayor of
Jersey Citv. is in Florida endeavoring
to regain his health. Mayor Pagan is
a hard worker and personally audits
all bills against his city.
Queen Maud of Xor.vay is fond of
collecting pieces of ivory. The speci
mens she most prizes are tusks of ele
phants shot by her father. King Ed
ward. and the Duke of Connaught. The
Czar of Russia is represented by some
wild boar tusks taken from animals
shot by himself. Among other tusks
and teeth are those of walruses and
alligators and
INDISTINCT PRINT