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COXEY’S BIG ARMY.
PROPOSES TO MARCH OX WASH
ING WITH 100,000 MEN.
fchat Good Roads Association Which is Just
Now Attracting the Attention of the
Country—The I'lans of the March.
The serious call for 100,000 volunteers to
assemble at Massillon and march overland
• to Washington for the purpose of demand
ing the passage of a bill authorizing the
Issue of treasury notes in the sum of $o<)l),-
©OO,OOO, to be expended in building good
roads, and of another bill giving the right
to municipalities to send a non-interest
bearii.g bond so the secretary of the treas
ury and receive treasury notes in exchange,
has turned the searchlight of public opinion
upon J. S. Coxey and his Ildus Achates,
Carl Browne, says a Massillon, 0., dispatch.
Incidentally, Mr. Coxey owns and operates
Valuable stone quarries, and has a stud val-
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CARL. BROWNE.
V p d at probably s2'**.t**i. headed by Acolyte,
Tor which he paid .$49,W. Principally, how
ever. he devotes himself to reforming the
universe, and his business position enables
him to prosecute his astounding schemes
w ith energy and . xecutive ability.
Mr. Coxey considers that she future of
the republic depends upon his getting to
Washington with his army of peace, and
he seems to have no doubt that, when
there, congress will forthwith put his finan
cial views into operation. Said Mr. Coxey:
■ We shall leave Ohio about March 25th.
and our war cry will be Vn to Washington!'
We shall rea h Washington on May Ist,
when w will hold a grand meeting on the
neps of th< ipitol to demand in the name
cf the sovereign people the passage of the
g >od ro..ds bill and extension of the right
of muni palities to issue non-interest bear
ing bonds s I secure notes t hereon. NN e
shall depend upon the outpouring of the
down-trodden people to sustain us in our
mission for the salvation of tne republic.
No man will be permitted to carry tire
arms of any description. NN e want neither
anarchists nor criminals. Let this civili
zation that has created the and
anarchists tak ■ .‘are oi them, and not us.
Every man will carry a white flag, with
the inscription: ‘Peace on earth, good will
to man, but death to interest on bonds.’
Bulletin No. 2 is now in press, and from
an advance sheet this extract is obtained:
“We propose only the pt aeeabb- plan now
when that 1 ' s it will oe time enough to
talk about torce. We want lit’ ol i officers,
union and confrrderate, to volunteer aS
marshals of divmions. Horses will be fur
nished to most of them.”
Mr. Coxey is now training 100 of his own
horses, which he Proposed to turn over to
the officers without charge. The bulletin
continues:
■lt i xpected that the farmers of Penn
sylvania will furnish supplies for the pro
<■. ssion in its patriotic mission of salva
tion of the republic ”
The cheerful alacrity with which Mr.
Coxey assumes that the down-trodden farm
ers of Pennsylvania will provide provender
j.t his army d IW.uOO is no less remarkable
than his implicit faith that the Lord will
provide. He says:
“We are being fortified through the peti
tions we have been sending out. Every
farmers’ alliance in Pennsylvania has had
u petition, and we feel, considering all our
influences, that the good farmers of the
Keystone state will not permit our people
to want. Those wno go w i ... us w ill under
stand how tin scriptural miracles concern
ing bread and wine were performed. The
modus • ...faiidi of those miracles has been
lost in the midst of the ages, but it was
nothing ti 'i. or less than the coming for
ward of the people who had to give to
t:.w w ■ > H-.-i not. This, we believe, will
L ■ the ca.~• ■ w ith us.”
Just then Carl Brown broke in:
“And. 1. m; It. bear witness to the actu
al performance of such miracles in my
campaigning in Nebraska last year, and I
am this tar myself from California to
Washington on this faith and the
I ■ : by others. ft
was for this purpose that 1 I
v.as organizing the workingmen of ;
« nt last summer to
1 ’ '• ’ 111 t: ■ :••; .- il o' the silver purchasing
1- I, w: a the 1..1. I'irt.r Harrison ordered
the meetings < i b< 1 by a lawless police
force, and for me to leave the city.”
In ord.-r that the farmers of Pennsylvania
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Sad an C’oomy
Weak and Dyspeptic
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Gave Strength
and Perfectly Cured.
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Dr. .T. U. White
Birmingham, Alabama.
“T have not words enough to express my
thanks for the great benefits received from a
few bottles of Hood’s Sarsaparilla. I was
weak, and it made me strong; I was a dyspep
tic, and it cured me; I was sad and gloomy, and
it made me cheerful and hopeful. And last,
though not least, it siado me an ardent and
Hood’s x Cures
working democrat. AU who have taken Hood’s
Sarsaparilla, with my advice, report good ro
b tits. I giadly recommend, it to all sufferers.’
J. IL White, M. I).. Birmingham, Ala.
N. B. It you decide to take Hood’s Sar
saparilla do not be induced to buy any othei
Instead. Insist upon HOOD'S.
Hood’s Piils arc the best family cathartic,
gentle and effective. Try a box. 2o cents.
THK WEEKLY CONSTITUTION ; ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1894:.
and Maryland may be warned of the horde
about to sweep down upon them, the fol
lowing itinerary is given, ft is headed,
“Route of the Common weal to Wash
ington:” „ . , ,
“Start from Massilon, 0., at 12,30 o clock
p. m. Sunday, March 25. 1891, to Reedurban;
stop for two hours for refreshment and
organization—distance, four miles. Camp
near Canton, O„ Sunday evening, March
25th, holding meeting in Canton, on the
main street, immediately on arrival—dis
tance traveled, four miles.
Evening. Camp. Place. Miles Trav.
March 26, near Louisville, 0 12
March 27, near Alliance, 0 6
March 28, near Salem, 0 13
March 29, near Columbiana, 0 10
March 30, near East Palestine, 0 10
March 31, near New Gallilee, 0 10
April 1, near Beaver Falls, Pa 10
April 2, near Sewickley, Pa.. «, .. .18
April 3, near Allegheny Pa 11
April 4, near Pittsburg, Pa 1
April 5, near Whitehall, Pa 8
April 6, near Finleyville, Pa 9
April 7, near Bentlyville, Pa 11%
April 8. near Brownsville, Pa 13
April 9, near Uniontown, Pa 12
April 10, near Laurel Summit, Pa.. . 6
April 11, near Somertield, Pa 16
April 12, near Grantsville, Md 17
April 13, neat Frostburg, Md 14
April 14, near Cumberland, Md 11
April IS, near Hancock, Md 60
April 19, n ar Williamsport, Md.. . .
April 20, near Hagerstown, Md
April 21, near Boonsboro, Md 10;- 4
April 22. near Frederick. Md 15%
April 23. near Ridgeville, Mil 14
April 21, near Damascus, Md.. . . .. .5
April 25, near Atkinsons P. <)., Md... 4
Apr.l 2f near Loytonsville, Md 4
April 27; near Olney, Md 6
April 28, near Rockville. Md
May 1, Washington, D. C.
Meeting at noon on steps of capitol.
“At these meetings J. S. Coxey will ex
plain his bills, and Carl Brown will lecture
and exhibit his financial panorama and
draw off-hand cartoons on local and
national subjects, a la Thomas Nast.”
Here is the full text of the bill before
congress by which to build good roads by
the Coxey plan:
“Section 1. Be it enacted by the senate
and house of representatives in congress
assembled: That the secretary of the treas
ure of the United States is hereby author
ized and instructed to have engraved and
printed, immediately after the passage of
this bill, five hufiured millions of dollars of
treasury notes, a legal tender for
all debts, public and private, said notes to
be in denominations of one. two, live and
ten dollars, and to be placed in a fund to
be known as the 'general county road fund
system of the United States,’ and to be
expended solely for said purpose.
“Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That
it shall be the duty of the secretary of
war to take charge of the construction
of the said general county road system
in the .United States, and said construction
to commence as soon as the secretary of
the treasury shall inform the secretary of
war that the said fund is available, which
shall not tie later than : when it
shall be the duty of the secretary of war
to inaugurate the work and expend the
sum of twenty millions of dollars per
month, pro rata with the number of miles
of road in each state and territory in the
United States.
“Sec. 3. Be it further enacted. That all
labor other than that of the office of the
secretary of war, 'whose compensations are
already fixed by law.’ shall be paid by the
dav. and that the rate be not less than
$1.50 per day for common labor, and $3.50
per day for team and labor, and that eight
hours shall constitute a day’s labor unerd
the provisions of this bill.”
And here is the text of the non-interest
bearing bond bill now before congress:
“Be it enacted by the senate and house
of representatives in congress assembled:
“That whenever any state, territory,
county, township, municipality or incorpo
rated town or village deem it necessary
to make any public improvements, they
shall deposit with the secretary of the
treasury of the United States a non-inter
est-bearing twenty-five year bond, not to
exceed one-half the assessed valuation' of
the proper./ in said state, territory, coun
ty, township, municipality, or incorporated
town or village, and said bond to be retired
at the rate of 4 per cent per annum.
“Whenever the foregoing section of this
act has been complied with., it shall be
mandatory upon the secretary of the treas
ury of the United States to have engraved
and printed, treasury notes in the denomi
nations of one. two', five, ten and twenty
dollars each, which shall be a full legal
<t>mder for all debts, public and private,
to the face value of said bond, and deliver
to said state, territory, county, township,
municipality, or incorporate! town or vil
lage. 99 rn,r o.nt s.ahl notes, and retain
’ ■ of engraving and
Here is the man oi organization of the
Coxey Good Roads Association Common-
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J. S. COXEY.
weal (procession) to Washington, D. C., to
start from Massilon, 0., Easter Sunday,
March 25, 1891, and reach Washington May
1. Devised by Carl Browtie of California,
marshal of the Commonweal:
“Dear Sir and Brother: The following is
the plan of organization of the proposed
procession to Washington, .May 1, 1894 (in
i ternational Labor Day), to protest in the
' name of a bankrupt people agair jt any
i further robbery by interest upon paper
j notes (bonds) based upon the public credit,
when that same credit could be used to is
sue other pieces ot paper (notes or legal
tender) without interest or profit to national
(so-called) banks.
“As order is God’s own law, it is also
necessary for ail intelligent action by his
people, so the proposed procession will be
composed of groups of men (e tizens) num
bering five in each, one of whom must be
selected to act as marshal—group marshal—
to be numbered in the order of date of
group formation. Groups may be federated
into companies or con munes of not less
than thirty, nor more than 105. Communes
may be federated into regiments or commu
nities of not less than 215 men nor more
than 1,655. Communities may be federated
into cantons (divisions) of two or more. All
communes, cantons and communities must
select five marshals to be numbered as
first, second, and so on, the satye as the
group marshal shall be designated, thus:
First group marshal, first commune mar
shal. first canton marshal, first community
marshal. Badges of designation will be fur
nished free by Brother Coxe; , bearing
appropriate design made by myself, upon
sending certificates of organization, or
when any group or organization joins the
procession.
“All labor unions, farmers’ alliances or
other organizations desiring to join may do
so without reorganizing as above, and will
be given right of line.
“It would be well for all companies or
organizations to procure a wagon, if pos
sible, to carry camp utensils and supplies
for each, though several wagons will be
taken from Massillon for the purpose. If
you are going, write for map of route.
“The procession will be called the Com
monweal
“Now. hurry up! The time is short, and
although the reads will be horrible, re
member the condition of the soldiers under
Washington in the snow at Valley Forge,
struggling to win this fair land from an
English tax on tea, and we, the degenerate
sons of illustrious sires, have allowed Eng
lish bondholders to get us more tightly in
their grasp than George Hl had our fore
fathers. Rouse up! and demand congress
to issue paper money based on our own
security If paper money could fight bat
ties in ii can buiifl good roads and
streets and public buildings, and thus save
men from starving to death in 1891. Rouse,
ye bondmen, and protest against the yoke
at last. CARL BROWNE,
“Secretary J. S. Coxey Good Roads Associa
tion of the United States.”
Ihe leaders ol this great enterprise man
age to spare enough time to call out the
unemployed once every week at Massillon,
on the night the town council assembles,
and, after speeches on the public square,
with a brass band in the lead, they march
to the city building, and, invading the coun
cil chamber, demand, in the name of the
"sovereign people,” the adoption of a reso
lution endorsing their peculiar views, and
this programme they declare they will keep
up until the council acts in the premises.
They receive an enormous mail, consisting
principally of notifications of enlistment
from recruits.
Chimerical as the overland march to
Washington may seem, there is little reason
to doubt that the start will actually be
made. As to whether the journey will be
completed and the object in view accom
plished, the reader may draw his own con
clusion. '
an army on paper.
One Lone Cowboy Has Reported to Coxey
At Massaillon.
Massillon, 0., March 15.—1 tis not true,
as reported, that tramps are thronging
Massillon intending to join the Coxey
“army,” which is scheduled to move from
here toward Washington on Easter Sun
day. The literal fact is that the only ar
rival thus far from foreign parts is one
lonely cowboy, who came all the way from
Oklahoma, and is now peacefully engaged
in grooming the commonweal army horses
in Coxey’s stable. The stories about hordes
of vagrants mobilizing here are the in
ventions of perniciously active correspon
dents located hundreds of miles away, who
edit the news as sent from Massillon to
suit their own purposes. Mr. Coxey has
not sought to secure a large force to start
with, fearing confusion on the march. His
personal wish is to leave Massillon with
a small body of men, and increase it from
day to day, thus keeping the organization
well in hand. Whether the enterprise has
not gotten beyond his power to control is
now the question. His correspondence
would indicate that it has. lie has letters
from Kansas. Nebraska and Oklahoma,
announcing the prospective departure ot'
peace warriors by the train load to join
the commonweal wherever it best suits
convenience.
Whether these letters are genuine or mere
inventions it is impossible to ascertain.
At this moment the only local symptoms of
an uprising come by mail. In view of the
possibilities'in the case the authorities ane
on the alert. The greatest apprehension ex
ists at Pittsburg, where the effect of the
appearance of this nondescript army upon
the thousands of unemployed is feared.
Private inquiries come by every mail as
to what is to be expected. The nature of
the support Mr. Coxey is receiving may be
fairly judged by the following extracts
from his correspondence:
A representative of organized labor at
Beaver Falls, Pa., whose name is withheld
less its publication might lead to his dis
charge, writes: “1 can now tell you what
you may expect in the way of assistance
when you arrive here. We have here a
coming Nation Colony Club. I told them
it was their duty to make an organized
move toward rendering your army sub
stantial assistance. I was informed by a
club member that the Trades’ Council hao
taken steps in that direction. I trust we
can collect enough to tide you over for
several days. You must advertise out in
the mountains, or you will run amuck for
supplies. I feel quite uneasy for your safe
tv. The fiends that are opposing you will
resort to anything to bring your march to
a sudden and disastrous ending. Be careful
while in Pittsburg, and if you get by then
in safety all will be well.” *
' Ludlow, Ky.. March 12. I am organizing
a company to meet you on the day appoint
ed to depart for Washington. Send me
badges and literature. I have at this writ
ing forty-seven members enrolled. Yours
truly, C. 11. CARROLL.”
“Belmont, N. Y.. March 10.—I am confi
dent I can raise 100 farmers, headed by a
brass band, to join you at Williamsport,
Pa., or nearest point. Yours to command.
"JOB SEALING.”
“Millville, N. J.. March 12.—Can get you
1.500 men and will meet von at Hagerstown,
Md. KINBELL & GOUGH. Box 159.“
"Washington, Pa., March 7.—1 will meet
you at Pittsburg, and will have what pro
visions I can secure at Finleyville when
you arrive. J. B. AKIN.”
Dozens of similar letters are received
daily.
Worse 'l'linn Coxey.
Los Angeles, Cal.. March 15.—The indus
trial army movement is creating considei
able sensation here. Over 800 unemployei
organized a regiment several weeks ag<
and expect to join their comrades fro:
throughout the western states in March
and to march to Washington. They set
a delegation to the city council last nigh
to obtain railroad transportation forth
Los Angeles regiment to Washington. Get
eral Frye, commander of the army, today
sent notice to Secretary of War Lamont ot
the moving of the army, and inclosed it
constitution and by-layvs. A demand
made that Lamont order rations issued
the army from various posts, and •~".oy
transportation. General Frf’“ •
states that the army will nunme
by the time it reaches Washington, and
intimates that it yvill be just as well to
accede to requests.
No Apprehension in WliNlilnKton.
Washington, March 15.—The yvar depart
ment officials have had no request for
rations from any one connected with th
Industrial League, which organization is
said to be contemplating a raid in force on
Washington, and it may be safely pre
dicted that no such requisition is likely to
be honored, if it is made. Os course the
army officers do not relish the threat that
the capital is to be overrun by a horde of
unemployed and hungry people, as it yvould
add greatly to the burdens of the relief
organizations here. But, touching the im
plied threat of trouble and disturbance in
store for the toyvn if the extraordinary de
mands of the fomenters of this Industrial
League movement are not granted, the
army officers have no anxiety. Ever since
the riots here in the seventies the war de
partment has realized the importance of
having at hand a sufficient force to meet
any emergency likely to arise, and they feel
that there need be no fear of trouble from
tills last sensational movement. The sug
gestion yvas made jocularly that it yvas be
lieved the authorities could deal better with
Hie Industrial League than with the office
seeking brigade.
(.oing to Join ('oxer’s Army.
Newcastle, Pa., March 15. The railroad
men at Neyvcastle Junction, two miles s.mth
of here, say that, almost every freight train
that passes over the four roads centering
lhere have from one to half a dozen men
on it. v. claim to be 'in their way to join
Cuxev’s aiiny at Ma -sillon. I.ast night one
of the yardsmen at the junction counted
twenty-eight men on trains going through,
all of whom made lite statement that they
wi re on their way tu the army of peace.
More cases of sick headache, biliousness,
constipation can be cured in less time, with
less medicine, and for less money, by using
Carter’s Little Liver Pills, than by any
other means.
life in the country.
Lithonia New Era: The little fellow that
swallowed the bottle of ink is better. Dr.
Guess got it out of him by giving him
three pads of blotting paper,
Bowden Intelligence: The editor desires
to trade a good watch or a good sewing
machine for a good milk coxv—one that will
give from one to two gallons of milk per
day.
Ringgold New South: There is a. doctor
and a circuit rider in our burg, and it is
said the medicine will not effect a cure
until it lias been paid for, but people say
that they will pay in the fall; and the fall
might kill them, and we don't want any
one killed.
Pawsoinjleu.c It is rather early in the
season fi“ nake stories, but they are com
ing to tile’ front just the same. A few days
ago Mr. W. 11. Spier killed a moccasin that
measured four and a half feet in length and
nine inches in circumferene 0 .
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STIRRING STORIES.
INTERESTING INCIDENTS ABOUT
OLD LIBERTY COUNTY.
The Midxvay Society Holds its Yearly Cele
bration at the Place Where Geor
gia’s Civilization was Horn.
Last Wednesday was a great day down in
old Liberty county.
The fathers and the sons and the
daughters will gather from many miles
around to commemorate the deeds ot their
ancestors —those old fellows who first start
ed the ball of civilization a-roliing here
in Georgia.
And they will meet on the most historic
soil in the state, for right there under the
big oak grove where, last Wednesday the
barbecue in all its fragrant glory was
spread, transpired some of the most thrill
ing events of the revolution, ami that very
church in which the school boy will apostro
phize the shades of his forefathers was
reared by hands which helped to wrest
American libel ty from the grasp of the
Briton.
The old cemetery is there, too, near by
Midway church. Some of the tombstones
still stand, silent reminders of what used
to be. The tooth of time has gnawed off
many of the inscriptions and all of them
are moss covered and decayed, but once a
year the people of Liberty gather there
and point out with patriotic pride the graves
of their great progenitors.
There they indulge in legend and lore,
rehashing tales and traditions which have
been handed down even to the third and
fourth generation—tales which make the
youngsters listen with wide-eyed wonder
ment and over which the gray beards
chuckle just as if they had never heard
them before.
The Story of Snlette.
There is the story of Salette, the Rob
Roy, of Georgia. This remarkable charac
ter is scarcely known outside o>. Liberty,
but his deeds of valor and reckless daring
are held up to the children down there
ami any of them can tell you about him.
Robert Salette was chiefly distinguished
for his opposition to the tories. It is not
known witli certainty to what particular
command he belonged. He appears to have
een a sort of roving character, doing
lings his own way. The tories stood very
uch in dread of him, as w“ll they might,
r they never had a more formidable foe.
Ju one occasion a tory wno possessed
uch property offered a reward of one
mdred guneas to any one who would bring
him Salette’s head.
Salette heard of it. He got a bag, put
big pumpkin in it and started out foi
e home of the tory. Walking in, he said
at he had understood that a big re
ard had been offered for Salette’s head:
it lie had it with him in the bag and
at he was ready to give it up, provided
e money was first counted out. The
ry believing that the bag really contained
lette’s head, laid down the money, upon
hich Salette pulled off his hat, and, plac
; his hand on his head,, said: “Here, sir,
the head of Robert Salette.”
’he tory took to his hells, but a sho'. from
lette brought him to the ground.
“ ere are other tales < f this wonderful
xv. Once Salette and Andrew Walthour,
se descendants still live in Liberty,
i some others, were the advance guard
he American army, and, meeting with
advance of the British, a sharp skirm
took place, in the skirmish a large
ber of the British was killed. Noticing
of boots upon the feet of a dying
Salette resolved to possess them.
i pulling them off while his com
ere hallooing to him to leave, as
■n imminent danger, but he an
' “ave me alone. I must have
I want them for my cousin,
4aJc'te that it was.frequently
■to leave the American army
battle, get around to the rear
of i.ic. iemy and kill many of them be
fore he was discovered.
One (Jay he dressed himself in British
uniform, dined with a party of the enemy
and while the toasting and drinking was
going on, suddenly drew bis sword, killed
the right and left hand man, sprang upon
his horse without having time to throw
the bridle over his neck and rode off at a
gallop amidst the fire of his pursuers. There
are other stories about tills wonderful man,
equally as graphic.
General Sereven a Peacemaker.
About Major John Jones there are many
stories in old Liberty. No braver soldier
was known than he. Here is a little inci
dent which has been handed down about
hm and authenticated in White's “Georgia
Collections.”
Upon one occasion Major Jones and Col
onel William Baker disagreed, and chal
lenges passed. They were to fight in uni
form, on horseback and with broad swords.
The morning came and the appointed hour
found them upon the ground when Gener
al James Screven, who was killed shortly
after, unexpectedly presented himself be
fore them. He well knew their courage
ami settled determination. Approaching,
he said: “My friends and companions in
arms! Can <t be when your country is
bleeding at every pore and needs the sup
port of her sons in her defense, that you
are about to sacrifice your lives to feelings
of personal hostility and revenge? If you
cannot extend to each other the hand of
c mlidence and friendship Mr your country's
sake, do not destroy each other's lives.”
The appeal was heard. The drawn swords
were returned to their scabbards and they
lived to die for their country.
-Major Jones was killed afterwards in a
charge led by Count d'Estaing.
And thus incident after incident could be
told of these old fellows who rocked the
cradle of Georgia civilization.
Next Wednesday they will all be told and
retold there under the rotting rafters of
old Midway church.
State School Commissioner Bradwell and
countless other distinguished men came
from old Liberty. The other day. Captain
Bradwell growing reminiscent, talked inter
estingly about the place and its people.
He told something also about, Dr. Samuel
Talmage of much interest.
Some 1n I creating’ Heminiseenees.
“I am proud to be,” he said, “a native of
that old historical county, as was my father
and grandfather before me; and while I
cannot say about many events which have
transpired there quorum pars fui, yet many
things which are not written have come
down to me by tradition.
"It is well known that the name of the
county owes its origin to the active part
taken by the early settlers in behalf of the
independence and liberty ot' the colony of
Georgia. Lyman Hall and Button Gwin
nette lived here and George Walton presided
over the first superior court which ever
assembled in Liberty county. All the
signers are thus identified with the parish
of St. Johns and the county of Liberty.
“Old Midway church is, perhaps, the most
historical spot in .he state. Many distin
guished men have been sent out from its
portals, and many, equally distinguished,
rest in the cemetery near by.
“The members of the Midway Society
still keep up an annual reunion, and next
Wednesday many of the former residents
as well as those who are living in the coun
ty will repair to this Mecca.
“But,” continued Captain Bradwell, “I
started to tell you something of the cele
brated educator of Liberty county, Rev.
AVilliam McWbir—not that I can recollect
much about him, but 1 have heard many
things about him from my father, upon
whose shoulders his mantle as a teacher fell,
and from Rev. John Jones, who recently
passed away here in Atlanta full of years
and full of good deeds. I can remember,
when a little barefoot boy, seeing Dr. Mc-
Whir when he was approaching his nine
tieth year. The impression produced upon
my childish mind was one of great awe.
“When he spoke of General Washington—
with whom, it is sail, he was quite in
timate—l thought even Washington was
a pigmy in comparison with him. The
pictures of him which I have seen, bear
out my childish recollection, except that
the pictures do not look old enough.
“If one had said that he came over to
this country witli Columbus. I would have
received it withou' questioning.
“He wore no beard, and in this he con-
formed to the fashion of the day; for a
clergyman in those days would have been
ostracised if he had appeared in the pulpit
with a beard. He was especially gifted, so
1 have been (told in Lutin, Greek and lie
brew. It is also sekl that he believed tb it
the proper way to impart education was
through the back, and he carried his be
lief into active practice every day of his
life It was the book in the loft hand and
the’rod in the right And yet he is said to
have been the embodiment of justice in dis
ciplining his boys.
Died on Hi" Knees.
“Yes” continued Captain Bradwell, after
a pause. “I can tell some reminiscences of
Dr. Samuel Knox Talmage, another dis
tinguished educator of more recent days.
He came to Georgia from New Jersey. Nou
know he was an uncle of the present Di.
Talmage, of Brooklyn; and he was the
greatest preacher, second only to his
nephew, I ever heard. As an educator, he
was as distinguished as Dr. McM hir, al
though cast in a different mold. Like him,
he excelled in the dead languages. He was
the best Latin scholar I ever saw, and as
a rhetorician he had no superior. But un
like Dr. McWhir, he had more of the
suaviter in modo. To the bojs under his
charge he was kind and forbearing, placing
them upon their sense of honor and incul
cating in them strict adherence to
principle. He enjoyed a hearty laugh. He
was more than amused at the story of the
bloodhounds from the penitentiary chasing
the boys, about which I told you the other
day.
“By the way, in my hurried interview about
that affair, I omitted to state the part I
took in the drama, and I was in error in
placing Captain Martin, of Hawkinsville,
upon the ground climbing up the tree. Cap
tain Martin had taken refuge in a thick
haw tree, regardless of the thorns; and it
was a gentleman who stands high in south
Georgia who was climbing on the ground.
I was scared out of my wits and climbed to
the very top of my tree where I clung for
dear life like a squirrel trying to evade the
hunter. Dr. Talmage's amusement at my
ludicrous position was unbounded. He was
however, a terror to one who lacked prin
ciple.
“Dr. Talmage was a word painter of ex
traordinary power. It is related of him that
he was preaching once to the inmates of
the asylum which was within a mile or
two of the university, and was comparing
the wicked man to the condemned criminal
on the gallows. He was picturing the crim
inal as having the nooss fitted around his
neck, and a horseman at full speed
hastening with a pardon, and how precious
the time was. So graphic was his descrip
tion that it took a firm hold upon one of
the lunatics and he jumped up exclaiming:
‘Hurry up that man, doctor, or he’ll be too
late”
“I have been told the touching story of
Dr. Talmage's death, which I have never
seen in print. As the years went by he
received a shock which caused his reason
to totter from its throne, and he was plac
ed in the asylum. When frantic, he would
beconv> exceedingly profane. The only way
to calm him was to place him on his knees:
this position would bring back the spark of
reason and for a time he was himself again.
“It is said that he died on his knees with
his hands clasped before him.”
ALFRED C. NEWELL.
Murder :u:<! Arson.
Birmingham. Ala., March 14.—(Special.)—
A story reached here tonight that the
charred remains of an old man and woman
named Thomas, who resided some twenty
miles from Elba, Ala., had been found in
the ashes of their dwelling a few mornings
ago. Robbery, murder and arson are be
lieved to have been committed in order to
secure a considerable sum of money which
the old couple were reputed to have in their
dwelling. No details are known here and
the story is given for what it is worth.
NOG AND* HOMINY.
Buchanan Banner-Messenger: The farmer
who sets out this year with a determination
to raise an abundance of home supplies
will forget ail about there ever being a
panic.
Quitman Fi-»e Tt- ■ - :>nil hom
iny” campa;„.. c . . , ( , * f'.-f
are pursuing will put them in better shape
at the close of 1894 than they have been in
a long time.
Montezuma Record: Mr. John Tarrer. one
of Macon county's prosperous farmers, was
in town this week. He says the people
about Grangerville will raise more “hog
and hominy” this year. Now if till the
farmers will do this there will be prosperity
in the land.
Albany Herald: Southwest Georgia is
going to have a cold storage house this
summer, and this time next year, the far
mers down here will be readv to ship bacon
and lard to the north and’northwest. In
this way King Cotton will be forced to
give xx-ay to King Hog. It's bound to
come.
Camilla Clarion: Mr. J. NV. Everett, one
of the best farmers in the county, was in
the city Monday and reported that he had
recently killed four hogs that weighed 1,254
pounds, or something over 313 pounds each.
These are what you call pretty big hogs,
and there is no danger of the county starv
ing so long as such porkers are being
slaughtered.
Enquirer-Sun: The farmers of Troup
county xvho raise their supplies at home
are lending money to their neighbors who
don’t.
Washington Chronicle: We believe the
Wilkes county farmers will have a cam
paign of hog and hominy and “fight it out
on that line if it takes all summer.”
Albany Herald: The otiier day a promi
nent farmer expressed it this way: “if we
have plenty to eat at home, and meat and
lard and corn tu sell, what in thunderation
do we need with money?” That’s the size
of it exactly.
Cave Spring Herald: In southwest Geor
gia the song that is sung mostly is “Hog
and Hominy.” Northwest Georgia, needs a
tidal wave of the sam ■ music. Let the
farmers raise the tune and sing two parts
and the merchants sing the other two, cof
fee and sugar, and the whole country will
have a feast.
Sandersville Progress: Nearly every farm
er we meet informs us that he lias plenty
of corn and home-raised meat to last until
harvest time. This report is not confined
to one section, but is general all over the
county. With an abundance of provisions
all feel more hopeful of the future and
they are going to work to keep up the good
record already established.
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