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Address of Mrs. David Ferguson
On Charles Homes Herty Day
THE UNION-RECORDER, MILLEDCEVILLE, CA, FEBRUARY 1, 19M
The following address was deiivcT-
jjjc dent to the unveiling of the
'it* boulder marking the site of
birthplace of Dr. Charles Holmes
Hfrty ° n ,ast Thursday afternoon:
Honored guests, old friends and
„ el *bbors, 1 an going to tell of the
days that are gone. When you and
I were young.
Sow memory’s bell swings soft and
low.
An d mindful! of lj gone hoars,
^^collections seem a*: sweet
y incens? crushed from flower*
Sow old familiar faces come
With purest pleasure fraught
tnd your* among the re*, received
Tl? tribute of a thought.
One great days like theae we are
compared about with a great crowd
„t witnwae*. The splendid men and
•omen who wrested our city from
tie Indian wilderness and those who
i,rp lived and loved and laughed
W d suffered and gone on have left
fomethmg of themselves in the
fabric of our city and much of
thmselve* in their decendanta.
So name has meant more to Mfl-
Msrevillo than that of Herty. The
white haired great lady who presided
orfr the hospitable home on Jeffers
,on street, whose heart sheltered ths
children and grandchildren and who
ever needed help, temporal or
spiritual-
Capt. Bernard Herty 50 gallant
and dashing with his Baldwin Blues,
a crack company in peace and in
Dr. Jimmy Herty, the wise physi
cian and friend, wriio saved my fath
er* life and many others in Rich
mond hospitals, and took time from
R« busy profession to serve as Mayor
of M-llcdgeville. ' J
Mi's Marv. the gentle teacher who
taueht us (just after the war chil
dren) with our meager inheritance
of life’s civilities. She showed u*
beauty, beauty of poetry, music and
flower and field. It may have been
in those walks through the voids
with her I first knew that the red
days was at the d^eo heart of Geor
gia ar.d that no flower* In their
beauty equalled the pines with their
cathedrals of living green, with
their whit** candies reaching up to
God.
Down Jefferson street in a beauti
ful house lived Mrs. Joseph, young
est daughter of the Herty’s. The
Gesner grandchildren came back to
live in the old home which spread
its wings and gathered in all the
kith and kin. Three generations of
our friends and neighbors.
When stfiool in the ojd Herty
house was done, we went to the old
academies on the G. S. C. campus
and last to the beautiful old grey
capitol building crowning the hill
above the Oconee. The lTddle Geor
gia Military and Agricultural Col
lege, now our own G. M. C. The girls
•were there on sufferance and we had
to take the full curriculum. Chancel
lor Mell saw to that Just aubatitut-
ing calisthenics for drill. Over the
fields we went surveying, leveling
and ditching, carrying the surveyor's
cha ; n and coming back earth stained
and weary to work out the piub-
h-ms with Mr. Cone, the kindest and
most understanding of all teachers
helping ns all he dared. (Great
teacher* we had and still have at
old G. M. C.) And those wall* have
caught and held something impalp
able of the great spirit of the men
who made Georgia. Something
spiritual which enters Into the stu
dent and has the power to thrill you
and me after fifty years ar.d make
us want to serve.
Only four of a class of nearly
forty was graduated in 1884. Emma
Crawford to marry Prof. James C.
Hinton “for him greek and latin
were no more difficile, Than for a
black bird tis to whistle”.
Kate Bigham, to teach the youth
of Georgia for half a century.
Charles Holmes Herty to the Uni
versity and *0 chemistry and I to
my small place as reporter on the
New York Herald.
In New York I herrd that Dr.
Herty had in mercy remembered the
pines and they should no longer
bleed to death. He had devised a way
to cut them so that the tree could
end yet live Prom his brain
the conception of the clay
cups to hold the turpentine, and from
his heart came the plan to have Mil-
Icdpeville, the old home town, de
velop a great industry making mil
lions of these cups.
“Without vision the people perish”
is true today as when the prophet
spoke and the great project was re
jected by his own and developed in
another state. But always in Dr.
Herty’s heart has beer, his section,
his state and his town.
“Our country is our father,
But our mother is the state” .
P.’fty years ago I had a dream for
the pines and out of my heart came
a refrain. “I am of u»e, I am of use”,
but I could never find the words for
the poem. My pines were too poor
for turpentine, too crooked and
warped for timber. Like a woman
I was looking to the making of fairy
cloth out of my slender, silvery
pine needles. Dreams come true but
not always to the dreamer. Today
•my pines are singing, 1 am of use! I
am of use! because this wise chem
ist, this old school mate whom wc
honor today has found after incred-
able patience and research that my
crooked pines will make paper that
most essential necessity of daily life.
Prom coarse brown paper to the fair
white sheet on which will be written
tl.e songs and the stories of our land.
Again he is to offer you (his people)
the golden means to make the l : fe
more abundant.
It has been a privilege to serve
with this splendid chairman, <Mr.
Henry Wootten, and the cotaittee,
Mrs, Henry Dawson Allen, Mrs. Mil
ler Stephens Bell, Mrs. Jasper Luther
Beeson Mr. Louis Clarance Hall and
Mr. Jere Neuville Moore. They have
bestowed upon me the honor of dedi
cating this tablet to you. Statesman,
and Chemist, from friends of your
native town.
operate in every way to see that
these historic grounds alway pres
ent a scene of beauty and symme
try. The concrete walks that are be
ing laid from the Northern gate to
the old Capitol building will also en
hance the appearance of the square.
Il is said that Recorder George
Caroentcr in trying the cases com
ing into the city court always weighs
the evidence well before he renders
a derision, and gives every phase and
circumstance careful consideration.
This is especially true where more
than one party is involved.
Mr. Morgan Thompson has been
employee of the Milledgeville State
Hospital since January 1st, 1904
Morgan, as he is called by hia friends
Is a clever genial man, and is active
In the fraternal and church circles
af Hardwick. He is held in the high
est esteem and confidence by the
officials ar.d employees of the Hos-
Mr. BiUcic Wall, Baldwin roun-
tv*s clever Tax Receiver, is it'll con
fined to his home on account of an
infected foot. Mr. Wall is missed
from his office, as he is well-known
throughout the county, for he is a na
tive of this city, and his life has
been spent here.
Local Comment
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Vinson will
on next Sunday, February 4th, pass
the forty-ninth anniversary of their
marriage. The day will be spent
quietly in their heftne as both of them
have reached a ripe old age, and are
not at this time enjoying the best
of health. ’Bheir Ihres have been
well spent, and they are In their
declining years sustained by an
ttbiding faith in a Divine Providence,
the Union-Recorder joins their
friends in congratulations and beet
wishes.
Leveling and resodding the campu.-:
of G. M. C. (The Old Cap tol
Ground) is adding to the beauty and
attractiveness of those historic
grounds, and making of them one of
the most beautiful spots in the city.
It is expected that there will not be
any more paths made through these
grounds, but that pedestrians will
us* the regular laid out walks. They
can do this without any trouble or
Inconvenience. The people of MU-
lcdgcville should feel a pride in
rendering every assistance and cc-
Gold money continued to come
to the local banka this week. The
coins are accepted on their face
value by order of the U. S. treasury,
but an order placed a penalty on
gold owners is expected daily.
Pot tad Bulb* Ready ,
Nircium, Tolip*. Chinee
Lily, 10c—CHANDLER’S.
blo<
R0GER5
QUALITY FOOD 5HDP5
MARKET SPECIALS
For Friday and Saturday
Gurpa Pl< Hun, WMe t.
Sure Rk, H>.
Ckoju, CWe Pork, 2kl«
Bacoa, Baaqaet Sliced a
Huh, But Sqv Cued, (Whole er Half) a.
Home Sliced, Cutre Co, *
Seuafe (My Owe Make) Pue Pork, k.
Veal Choice Cadet*, lb
Stub Choice K. C. Laia or Roud, *.
Seh Meet for Boiluf, k.
Bolofu, Sliced Ik.
Weiaen, Ik.
Gecrfir Pif Shoolden Whole, lb
Pork Neck Bobu, k
Sleek, Choice Pork, 2 Dm. for ,
Bacoa, WiW. Certified Sliced, lb
Htou, Hodden Picaic, Whole k.
Hur, Sliced Ead Cat, lb.
Seaufe, Smoked Pork, 2 Ibt. for
Veol, Choice Rood, lb.
Route, Choice K. C. Ik
Lord, Coantry Pare, lb.
Hem, Sliced Boiled, lb
Ham, Sliced Pimento, lb.
14c
9c
..35c
19c
..17c
...25c
29c
23c
23c
-.7 l-2c
15c
15c
11c
5c
25c
23c
- 12 I-2c
—He
25c
15c
12 l-2c to Uc
9c
35c
19c
FRESH FISH AND OYSTERS
MoUet lb _
Dreucd Trout lb.
Mackerel lb.
Oyiten, Medium Qt.
Oyrten, Select! Qt.
Cooked Shrimp, !b.
9c
17c
.....17c
—4lt
-Jlc
49c
You Have[Seen|The;Rest. Now See The Best.
The 1934 Terraplane
The Aeroplane of the Road
WILL BE ON DISPLAY
Tuesday, Feb. 6th
See this new car. Drive It. Compare every feature and then you’ll
say it’s the Leader for 1934 in the Low Price Field.
T. H. ENNIS
Hudson-Terraplane Dealer