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A GEORGIA
GOVERNOR
Who Defied the National Gov
ernment Seventy
Years Ago.
TOLD ON TROUP’S TOMBSTONE
Near Valdosta is the Story of the Wire
grass Governor Who Dared Defy
John Quincy Adams.
It is now seventy years since John
Quincy Adams sat in the presidential
chair—a long life time; and yet it is
nearly as loDg since the last governor
of Georgia that the southern tier of
counties furnished the state, turned
from the tranquility of plantation life
to the turmoil of politics.
There were giants in those days, and
George Mclntosh Troup, governor of
the Empire state of the south, was one
of them. Washington and Adams,
Jefferson, Monroe and Madison were
in those dim days something more
than unsubstantial shadows of the
past. They were the men of the day
—men who wore the robes of olllce,
not as oloaks convenient for cupidity,
but with someth : ng of the antique se
verity of Rome before the fall. They
were firm llesh and blood realities—
creatures to be loved and hated, ven
erated and denounced. Above all
were they men to be reckoned with;
and, aB will be seen, Governor Troup
so reckoned with one, at least, of them
as to leave the world a grim specimen
of the stuff from which his rugged
character was hewn.
Among these heroic figures the last
wiregrass governor of Georgia moved
at ease. A smaller man would have
been lost—a greater man would, per
haps, have held a larger place in the
memory of those who call Georgia
home, and upon whose affections the
state can never call in vain.
Such as he was—and he fully filled
the frame Fate oarved for him—Gov
ernor Troup was above all a Georgian.
One of the first to espouse the cause of
state’s rights in the south, he was
once nominated tor the presidency by
some party--now forgotten—devoted
to that faith, and to his dying day his
vigorous pen and his powerful mind
were devoted to the establishment of
his convictions. Educated at Frince
toti University, he had the further ad
vantage, it is said, of a term at Oxford,
England. Upon his return he es
tablished himself as a lawyer in Sa
vannah, where he married his first
wife, a Miss McCormick. His second
marriage united him with the Carters,
of Virginia—one of the Old Domin
ion’s historic houses; and his subse
quent purchase of a large landed es
tate near what is now Valdosta trans
formed the brilliant young lawyer in
to an equally successful planter. His
plantation was christened Valdosta,
and at his death his body was buried
beneath the oaks that had sheltered
linn in life.
It was during his tenure of office
that the opportunity came—as it comes
once to every man—to crystallize his
entire character in one memorable
deed. It was at the time when that
portion of the state above Macon had
been set aside as an Indian reserva
tion. The Indians had been removed
and the land should have reverted to
the state, which had. in fact, never re
linquished its claim to the territory.
Hut the authorities at Washington
held other views and a counter claim
was set up to the disputed lands. An
intermi.iable correspondence ensued,
and, with John Adams, the second,
at one end and Governor Troup at the
other, the controversy was not per
mitted to tlag for want of fuel. The
eud came at last. Wearied of conten
tion hut firm in his convictions, the
sturdy old wiregrass governor at last
dung back at President Adams these
memorable words:
“The arguments now being exhaust
ed, Georgia must appeal to arms.”
It was tiie last word in the contro
versy. Adams dropped his case—
Troup won bi 9, and the disputed ter
ritory is now peopled by the descend
ants of the citizens to whom the state
eventually sold it.
i s iieh was the last wiregrass govern-
or Georgia has known. He died rich
in years and honors, the wealthiest
man, perhaps, in the state; and upon
the stone that marks his last resting
place near Valdosta, those who have
learned to prize such great virtues as
courage, fidelity and honesty, may
still trace the memorable words that
held at bay the national government.
PERSONAL POINTS.
Around the Hotel Lobbies and inthe
City.
Captain Johnson went out on a hunt
yesterday.
Capt. W. R. Townsend was in town
yesterday.
Mr. Edward Barnwell will retnrn to
Darien Monday.
Miss Ivate Guerard will return to
her home in Savannah on Monday.
Miss Mamie Burroughs left last
night for Altanta, to visit friends.
Mr. George Palmer Smith is ex
pected to return to Brunswick shortly.
4Mrs. Winn and children of West
Virginia, will be the guests of Mrs. M.
J. Colson next month.
The prettiest and sweeteßt children’s
Easter hats,llowers, ribbons and trim
mings will be found at Mrs. Earle’s,
203, Newcastle street.
Dr. Ilosmer, Pulitzer’s private physi
cian, who accompanied the latter to
Jekyl, is spending a few days at the
Oglethorpe.
Miss Lake came up from Jekyl on
Friday to meet some expected guests,
and lunched at the Oglethorpe with
Miss du Bignon and Miss Finney.
Miss Frances Nightingale has re
turned from Jekyl, where she was the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. tjcrymser, Miss
Elizabeth Delalield returned with her
and will be her guest for several days.
Misses Mary Churchill and A. F.
Churchill, of Pelicanvilie, made the
trip from the Southern wharves to the
city on the steamship Werneth Hall
yesterday. They report a delightful
time.
Mr. Armand Chapeau has resigned
bis position as stenographer for the
local office of the Johnston Line, and
will return to Savannah. Mr. Bay
ard Butts has succeeded him, resign
ing his place with the Brunswick Gro
cery Cos.
Mrs. Sears and Miss Sears, from
Saginaw, Mich., are guests at the Ogle
thorpe, and are gladly welcomed by
their many Brunswick friends. Mrs.
Sears is the charming and accom
plished daugpter of Mr. Sylvester
Mumford, of Waynesville, and the
cousin of Mrs. James S. Wright, Miss
Tison and Mrs. Branham.
CITV ITEMS.
Happenings That Are Too Short for
Heads.
The woods on Blythe Island were on
fire yesterday.
An informal hop was given at the
Oglethorpe last night.
The Norwegian bark Cato arrived
yesterday from Kingston, Jamaica, to
load from the Downing company.
The many friends of Captain Greg
ertsen, of the bark Birgitte, are ex
pecting the early arrival of his vessel.
Father- Robert Kennedy arrived
last night from Savannah, and will
hold services at the Catholic church
today.
The big schooner J. Holmes Bird
sail, 1,369 tons, the largest ever in
port, has again sailed for Brunswick
to load crossties from Broadbead.
The game of baseball between the
carriers of The Tim as and the Adver
tiser, which was to have been played
yesterday, was postponed owiug to the
illness of Stetsou Fleming of The
Times team.
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To Gaiii Flotth, to Sleep Weil, to Know
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No trouble is more common or more
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People having it think that their nerves
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they are not cured by nerve medicine
and spring remedies; the real seat of
the mischief is lost sight of; the stom
ach is the organ to be looked after.
Nervous dyspeptics often do not
have any pain whatever in the stom
ach, nor perhaps any of the usual
symptoms of stomach weakness. Ner
vous dyspepsia shows itself not iu the
stomach so much as in nearly every
other organ; in some cases the heart
palpitates and is irregular; in others
ttie kidneys are affected; in others the
bowels are constipated, with head
aches; still others are troubled with
loss of fiesh and appetite, with accurn-
THE TIMES: BRUNSWICK, GA., MARCH 14, 1896.
That Discomfiting Dryness...
Gomes, with the approach of summer, to
plague mankind and womankind.
We Cure Thirst nß “^
Our soda fount is gauged to a most delightful frigidness.
But we are not boasting about our cold drinks. The ex
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our business.
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A Summer Cruise.
The American steamship Ohio will
sail from New York June 26, 1897, for
a summer cruise, touching at Iceland,
North Cape, Norway, Sweden and
Russia. Opportunity will be allowed
for extensive side-trips, including a
visit to the great exposition at Stock
holm. Capt. O. Jabanneson is local
agent for the line, and will be pleased
to furnish rates aud other information
to applicants.
La grippe may have left you weak
aud run down. Johnson’s Chill and
Fever Tonic is more than its name im
plies. It is a great tonic. It gives
appetite, renews health and restores
vitality. tf
When the weather is warm, seek
those things that are cool. Butts,
soda fount eau supply you.
Official Inspect
or of Watches
for the B. and
W.
DOWN!
I Go tlie Prices. I
The goods must go, so call now
for bargains.
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The . . .
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Brunswick people are all interested now over the
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Chase & Sanborn’s famous Boston coffees and
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You can’t drink “Seal Brand” coffee and red
liquor the same day. Mothers, see that your sons
and husbands have a cup of this delicious and invig
orating beverage every morning, noon and night.
Don’t forget.
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Aloses Isaac, A. H. Lane, J. M. Madden, A. o. P. Dodge, jr.
. Accounts of All Solvent institutions Are Solicited.
A Savings Department Is Maintained in This Bank
and Accounts of Women and Minors Are Solicited.
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of f^runswick
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BURGLAR PROOF SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT.
If you hold the lucky num
ber you will own the finest
wheel in Brunswick on July
4 next.
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306 Newcastle Street.
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You may be sure that it came from
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