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An Act to provide that the twelfth day o f F ebruary in
each yea r shal l be observed in the publi c sc ho ol s of
thi s State under the name o f
Georgi a D ay
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appropriate exerci ses ! and f o r other purp o se s
S E CT I O N 1 B e i t enacted by the General A ssembly of
the State of G eorgia That the twelfth day of F ebruary
in each ye ar shal l be ob served in the public school s of
this S tate under the name of Georgia D ay
a s the
anniversary o f the landing o f the first colonist s in Ge o r
gia under Ogle thorpe ! and i t shall be the duty of the
State School Commi ssioner through the Coun t y Scho ol
Commis sioner s annually t o cause th e teach er s o f the
school s under their supervisi on t o conduct on that day
exerci ses in which the pupil s shall take p ar t con si sting
addre s ses
o f written c omposition s readings recitations
or o ther exerci se s relating to thi s Stat e and its hi story
and t o the live s of distingui shed Georgian s When said
day falls on Sunday it shall be ob served o n the following
Mon d ay
B e i t further enac ted T h at all laws and part s
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o f l aw s in conflict with this Act be
hereby repe aled
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It i s di ffi cult to prepare a pr ogram that s h al l in every
way be a da pte d t o the varyi ng a ge s and c a p acitie s o f
pupil s ! t h erefore t o meet a l l the requirement s three
parts have been arranged in order that any wi se te a ch er
may select w ha t is mo st appropriate to tho se children
directly under her charge choosin g p o s sibly s ome things
from all three
In order t o make th e program effective pupils Should
b e cho sen who will put life an d enthu s iasm i n to the part s
a s signed T h e be st materi al can be ruined by carele s s
p resentation while indifferent ma terial may be some
times made e f fective by wi se handling The t eacher
must feel herself what s h e de sire s to be felt by the pupil s
The selection s should b e given then to tho se most likely
to give proper empha si s and expre s sion to them
Avoid by all mean s having the pro g ram t o o l ong
becaus e the be s t things are apt t o tire if long drawn out
It is sugge ste d that the p art s b e a ssigne d p riva tely one
pupil n o t knowi ng what the other ha s bee n app ointed to
do s o that the program may be a surprise t o all taking
part in it It would be well to open the exercise s with
an enthusia stic talk from th e teache r herself showi ng
the children how important s h e think s i t i s t o h ave
G eo r g ia D ay made s o prominent
Commend Govern or Terrell for taking th e i n i ti a ti v e
in i ts ob servance the L egi slature for ruling it s o b s e r v
ance and the C ommis sioner o f E ducation for planning
f or i t
If the progr am is a failure d o n o t attribute it to a
l ack o f enthu sia sm on the p art o f the one h o pre
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PROG RAMME G EORG I A D AY
F E BRUARY 1 2
I N T R O D U CT O RY R E M AR K S
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What c on stitute s a S tate !
Not high rai sed battlements or labored mound
Thick w all s o r moated ga te !
Not cities proud wi th spire s and turret s crowned
Not starred and S pangled court s
Where low browe d ba sene s s waft s perfume to pride
high minded m e n
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Men who know their dutie s and their right s
And knowing dare maintain
P revent the long aimed bl ow
And crush the tyrant whil e they rend the ch a in
The se c on stitute a State
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FE B R U AR Y
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US MEN !
G ive u s Men !
Men from every rank
F re sh and free and frank !
Men o f thought and reading
Men o f light a n d lead i ng
Me n Of l oyal breeding
The Nation s welfare speeding !
Men o f faith and not o f fiction
Men of l ofty aim and acti on !
G ive u s Men I s a y again
G ive u s Men !
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Men h o when the tempe st gathers
G ra sp the S tandard Of their father s
In the thicke st fight !
Men who strike f o r home and altar
(L e t the coward cringe and falter )
G od defend the right !
True a s truth though lorn and l onely
Tender as th e brave are only !
Men who tre ad wher e saint s have trod
Men for C ountry H ome and God !
G ive u s Men ! I s a y again a gain
G ive u s such Men !
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Tea cher Children can y o u tell me wha t day thi s i s
that we are t o celebrate !
Children F ebruary 1 2 th Georgia D a y !
Teacher Who se State wa s foun ded o n thi s day !
Children O ur St a te !
Teacher F or w hom wa s G e orgia n a m e d Z
Children G eorge II King o f E ngland
Te acher Why wa s it named for him !
Children B ecau se he gave General O glethorpe the
chart er or right to settle it
T ea cher Who was O glethorp e !
Child r en A n E ngli sh S cholar S ta te sman Soldier
Member Of Parliament and Christian G entleman
Teacher Why di d he wi sh t o s et tle Georgia !
Children T O give a home to tho se p oor unfortuna te
men in E ngland who had been imprisoned for debt and
s ome time s for a very small debt n o t more than 2 5 cent s
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T eacher Wha t a s O glet h orpe s Obj ect children !
Children T O give these men an opp o r t unity t o pay
their deb ts to regain their self re spect and to be fre e
men once more
T eacher Wh at argument did he u se with the king
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Children Tha t i t would be l e ss expensive t o the gov
than to feed and cl ot h e them
e r n m e n t t o col on i ze them
in priso n
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G eorgia and loca te Savannah ! (H ave the child drilled
beforehand to dra w thi s from memory and be able t o
locate the pl ace s prompt l y L e t the que stion s be con
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C h ildren B ecause everything unde r he aven could
grow there ! the flower s were s o beautiful and the tree s
were s o large and fine and t h e birds sang S O sweetly
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W OR D S
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Ther e i s n o State like G e orgia
The winds have t old me S O !
The waves o f the Atlantic
H ave sung i t s oft and l ow
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The mocking bird ha s tr i l l d i t
All throu g h the summer night
And the e a gle ha s proclaimed it
In his maj e sti c flight
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may talk ab out the U ni on
And the l and beyond the s e a !
B ut the E mpire State Of Georg i a
I s go o d en ough for me
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That ever buckle d sword
H e r daughters are the faire s t
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Repel th e tyrant s chain
And her doctor s ane sthetic
H a s conqu e red human p ain
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C H OR U S
Y ou may talk ab out the U nion
And the land beyond the sea !
B ut the E mpire State Of Ge orgia
Is go od enough for me
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There is n o State like Georgia
H e r citie s scrape the ski e s
H e r valleys laugh w ith plenty
And progre s s loud replie s !
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And the melon o n the vine
And the saw i s making music
In th e h e a r t of yellow pine
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ab out the U nion
And the land beyond the s e a !
B ut the E mpi r e State of Georgi a
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Children There are 1 4 6
Teacher Wha t county are we in !
3)
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Teacher F o r whom named and wha t i s the county
seat !
2)
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tell us something o f the
o n e for whom this county i s named
Children (Short S ketch of the one a sked for )
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Te a cher
i s ready now with h i s map
and can locate f o r u s the sp o t whe re O glethorpe landed !
al s o th e place wher e o u r town (or ci ty ) i s ! al so the
important rivers of the State and leading cities
Teacher That wa s well done and now will s ome one
t e ll me h o lived in thi s tract o f l and before the Good
! ueen Anne landed !
Children Indians
Teacher What were the le a di ng tribe s Of Indians
livin g in G e orgi a !
Children Two ! the Cre eks and Cherokees The Creeks
l ive d in the S outhern p art and the Chero kee s in the
Northern
Teacher Who received O glethorpe when he landed at
Y amacraw B lu f f !
Child T o m i ch i chi the I ndian Chief and Mary Mu s
grove They receive d him and the C olony very kin dly
becaus e O gletho rpe treated them kindly
Kindne s s
beget s kindne s s you know T o m i ch i ch i gave O glethorpe
a buffal o robe and p ainte d up on i t w a s th e hea d and
feather s Of th e eagle , saying through hi s interpreter
The feather s are soft and signify love ! the buffalo skin
i s warm and mean s protection therefore e a sk y o u t o
love and p rotec t our little o n e s
T eacher D id O glethorpe keep h i s word !
Child Y e s because he wa s a good and kind hearte d
man and kn ew what l ove a n d jus tice me ant The I ndi ans
loved him
T eacher D id anybody else settle in G e orgia except
these debtors children !
3 r d Child Y e s H ebrews S a l z b u r g h e r s H ighlanders
E ngli sh merchant s and many o f the E nglish Gentry
fine sturdy stock came over l ater and ca s t their l o t with
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Georgia Ge orgia people are the fine s t people i n the
world
Teacher D id they like the n e country !
4 t h Child Y es very much
On e Of them w rote back !
I think it i s the plea sante st climate in the w orld ! for
i t is neither t oo wa r m in summer n o r too c old in winter
Th ey h ave certainly the fine st water in the world a n d
the land i s extraordinarily good ! this may certainly be
called the land Of Canaan
Teacher This i s our Ge orgia children and we lo ve
it s Ol d red hills Who w rote The Red O ld H ill s Of
Georgi a
5 th Child O ne Of o u r own Georgian s H enry R J a ck
s o n Of S avannah
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th ough we felt the words
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Who can tell me the name
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our Ge orgia
flo we r !
Children The Che r okee R o se
Te acher Will
tell Us the L egend O f
the Cheroke e Ro se a s given b y C ol C C J ones o u r
Ge orgi a historian !
(F ound in Ge o r g i a L an d a n d P e o pl e by Mi s s F L
Mitch e ll , Athens Ga
p age
The L egend o f
Nacoochee i s on page
T eacher No I think a s we enj oye d that S O much
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may we n o t have
give u s The L egend o f
Nacoochee
Teacher D id Georgia always r e m a i n a c olony child
ren !
Children NO in 1 7 5 2 s h e be came a Royal Province
and a s governed by the king an d p arliament
T eache r When did she bec ome a Sovereign Sta te !
Children After the War of the Revol ution
Teacher What ha s Ge orgi a always sto od for !
Children Wisdom j ustice honesty bravery goodnes s
and truenes s
Teacher D O you know what is o n the G e orgia flag !
Chi ldren Georgia s Co at Of Arm s ! Wi sdom J ustice
and Moderation
Teacher L e t s wave the Geor g i a flag and s a y H urra h
for Georgia
Teacher H o many c olonie s were there in all !
Children Thirteen
Teacher Georgia wa s the la st settled b u t the first
in w ha t !
C hi ldren T o rule liquor from the cloon y
Teacher And w h at doe s she stand for today !
Children Prohibition ! H ur r a h for Georgi a !
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Teacher L e t each Of you think Of one man in Geor g ia
tha t y o u kn o and that y o u th i n k i s a gre at man and tell
me why do y o u t hi nk he i s great (It w ill be w e ll if the
teacher would direct the c hi ld s though t to some p erson
in a local way so tha t the children ma y learn to honor the
great men o f their own section )
Te acher H a s G eorgi a ever given a Pre sident Of the
U nite d St ate s !
Children Not yet but s h e will s ome day
Teacher Y e s I agree with you and who kn ow s but
what that future Pre sident m a y be o n e Of the boys in
this very room It may be p o s sible boys if each o f you
wi ll mak e your life count for some thing and you may
even b e a greater man than any President ha s been
I think we c an clo se the exerci se s by S in ging ag a in the
chorus Of T here i s n o State like G eor g i a
Sugge stive Re adings
S i dney L anier s B ob
The
Story Of O ur Mocking B ird
The Story of a Prover
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We have m e t today to celebrate the birthday o f o u r
bel oved ol d Stat e Of Ge org i a a S tate no w called The
E mpir e State of the S outh
but de stined to be T h e
D O y o u a sk me w hy ! B e cause
State of the E mpir e
she h a s the right t o claim many thi ngs w hich are not
kno n and when known will place her w h ere s h e truly
bel ongs among her sister State s and when s h e h a s fully
m e t all of her educational Obligation s and been arou sed
t o her marvelou s opp ortunitie s i n thi s direction n o State
will surpa ss her
She a s founded F ebruary 1 2 1 7 33 in a spiri t o f love
for her fellowman and S he h a s a lw a ys lovingly w e lcomed
the stranger i n her midst H e r founders w ere men o f
S trong reli g i ou s faith w ho showed their i s d o m by mak
ing friends with the Indian s and winning their l ove and
c onfidence inste ad o f antagonizing them a s D e S ot o and
other coloni st s h ad done
She al so showe d her wi sdom by a l a n d e d po l i cy s h e
a dopted She gave 2 00 acre s o f land t o each head Of a
family an d fifty more to each child Th i s enc ouraged
settlers and some one ha s said It pu t the crown o f
i ndustrial glory on her head a n d the rock of con scious
independence beneath her feet
She showed her j us ti ce and h o n e s ty by p aying t h e
Indi an s full value received for their l and or whateve r
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(It w ould be well t o have the pupil s sing here There
i s n o State like Ge orgia
found in Part I o r at l east
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Ge orgia t o pog r a ph i ca l l y and S how what r i ght we have
to claim greatne s s f o r her there
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Spe aker !
Georgi a i s a grea t State ! She lie s in the s ame latitude
a s the H oly L and There are nine b e lt s of climate in
the U nite d State s and G eorgi a has e i ght of them
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There i s n o t a tree a shrub a plant a flower a v e g e
table a fruit a gra in a gra s s a nut nor any othe r thin g
which ha s n o t bee n grown o r can be grown in some p ar t
Georgia
She h a s mountains
feet high and
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valleys and plain s of perp etual springtime and tropical
region s where tropical hea t m ay be felt
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What ab out her for ests !
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mile s o f pine fore st alone
no t to spe ak o f her o ther tre es such a s oaks (many varie
tie s ) p opl ar a sh beech elm che stnut hickory maple
wa l nut sycamore swee tgum blackgum dogwo od l ocu st
persimmon sa s safras wild cherry cl i i n qu e pi n cedar
m a gnolia bay etc H e r curly maple and curly pine are
susceptible of th e mo st beautiful p o l i sh i n the world and
are highly sought afte r
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What about her metal s !
Spe aker H e r metal s lie under every hill side
There can be fo und iron c oal le ad silver gold c opper
c orundum a sbe s to s s l ate ochre mica plumbago talc
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gneis s s andstone s o f all k i nds aluminum o r rathe r the
ba si s of it with innumerable other mineral s Then her
iron sulphur alum lithia an d othe r mineral springs
abound arte sian w ell s spring up a t the slighte st boring
and then her clays her p orcelain terra c otta p ot tery
a n d enameled bricks are known the world over
Crys tal s
o f amethyst s
and quartz are foun d in large qu a ntitie s
and even diamonds rubie s garnet s and sapp hi res have
been foun d The fin e s t Indian arrow heads are here in
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What about Georgi a marble and granite !
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Speaker Geor g i a ranks se cond in marble in the
U nited State s only V ermont excell ing her The large s t
block Of m arble ever quarried came from Ge orgia and
i s in th e C api tol B uilding a t St Paul Minn ! G e or g ia
granite is the very be st an d Stone Mountain seven mile s
in circumference near Atlanta Georgia i s a geol ogical
mon stro sity
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Wha t about her w ater powe r!
Spe aker H e r wa ter p ower i s limitless
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when the wate r o f T allulah F all s i s harnessed that alone
will be su fficient to hea t and light the State
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What about her fish and game !
Speaker H e r waters ab ound in fi s h ba s s bream
perch c atfish m ountain trout etc D id y o u ever e at a
mountain trout ! F ine ! no better fish in the world H e r
islands abound in gam e deer bears wild cats panthers
wild turk e ys wild ducks rabbit s snipe O po s sum p art
ridge s wo odcocks etc Pre siden t Ro o sevelt coul d have
foun d everything here neede d in re a s onable quantitie s
elephant s lion s and tiger s excep ted
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Speaker C otton truly i s King ! The fi r s t co t to n
planted i n the U nite d State s a s planted by th e Salz
burgers at E be nezer Ge o r g i a Think w hat Georgia c ot
ton h a s meant to no t only Geor g i a b u t to the world !
T hat crop alone brin gs in millions and million s o f dollar s
annually to the State H e r s e a island cotton w ith th e
long staple i s c on sidere d the fine st in the world Then
her corn wheat rye oats b arley rice clover pea s
p otatoe s tobacco (no w concede d to b e the best raise d
ground pe a s sugar c ane e tc etc
Made
a nyw here )
from thi s cane Georgia syrup i s fine ! At th e S t L oui s
E xp osition Georgia receive d the p rize f o r th e largest
a s well a s th e gre atest diversity of forage cro p s i n the
United St ate s
Teacher What about her fruit crop !
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D id you ever eat a n E lberta peach ! I f you have t her e
i s no need for Geor g i a n s t o even dis cuss with o ther s the
fruit que stion ! s h e i s certainly first when it c omes to
water melon s and peaches Then the Georgi a apple ha s
o n the fir st prize a s to be st new variety and the s econd
prize f o r l arge st varie tie s at the I nternational H orti
cultural F air i n the W e st H ur rah for Geor g ia ! B eside s
this we must not omit her cant a loupe s he r grape s espe
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ci a l l y
blackberrie s dewberrie s goo seberrie s whortleberr i e s
currant s p ears figs apricot s p omegrana t e s cherries
orange s l emon s pineapple s etc etc
Then her nuts ! Why great acre s o f pecans are being
planted everywhere yielding many bu shel s of the large s t
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and be st Of nuts the black walnut E nglish walnut
hickory nuts che stnuts chi n q u e pi n s hazelnut s and Ge o r
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O ld H ill s o f Geor g i a
excep t tha t metal s lie beneath
them L e t us a l l S ing n ow about T h e R e d Ol cl H i l l s of
by o u r Savannah poe t and state sm a n H enry
Ge o r g i a
R J ackson (See Part I words a n d mu sic )
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Ge orgia in C olonial Time s !
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Speaker Y e s O glethorpe o u r founder may be
said t o belong t o Ge orgi a in Colonial Times H e was a
noted man in E ngland before h e ca m e to Americ a b eing
known th e re a s s ta t e s m a n f o r he wa s a member of the
E nglish Parliament and to ok a prominent part in E ng
li sh a f fair s Of S t a te s o l d i e r s ch o l a r phi l a n th r o p i s t and
Chri stian gentleman
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Speaker NO a c ounty ha s bee n named for him
a college a s name d f o r him but i t died ! there ha s b e en
no m onument in m arble to w h ic h we a s G e orgian s m a y
p oint with pride The Colonial D ame s have ma rked by
stone s the pla ce s where he landed F rederic a and Ya m
a cr a
and where he pitched hi s tent ! a n d the D aughters
Of the American Revolution have been i ntere sted in pre
serving spots a ssoci a ted w ith h i m The Son s Of Colonial
War s aided by other pa triotic org a nization s are plan
ning n ow to erect a monume n t a t Sav a nnah a n d s ome of
the funds are a lready i n h a nd \Ve hope this monumen t
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w ill s oon be unveiled and i t i s t o be tru s t e d tha t every
child woman and man shoul d have a p art in a dvancing
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Georgia when she a s a Royal Province !
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o n e Of whom w e should j us tly b e proud
G e orgia though
the younge st wa s a t the time of re sistance to the stamp
act and other indignitie s pu t up on the col onie s by G reat
B ri tain the mo s t pro sperou s of a l l the colonie s ! a t o n e
time during the Revolutionary conflict Sh e sent 5 79 bar
rel s of rice to the p oor in B o ston The G overnor wa s
Sir J ame s Wright a strong Tory and true to the C ro w n
H e refus ed for Ge orgia to send repr e sen tative s to the
F irst Continental Congre s s and so i t happe n e d G e orgia
had n o voice in that body B ut the L i b e r ty B o y s a s they
called them selves determined they would t ake matter s
in their o n hands The mo s t prominent of the se were
J o s e ph H a b e r s h a rn and No b l e W i m b e r l y J o n e s E dwa rd
Telfair J o seph Cl ay William Gibb ons and J ohn Mil
ledge They called a C ongre ss with representative s from
the twelve p ari she s Of Ge or g i a t o meet o n J uly 4 1 7 7 5
w ith the Obj ect o f set ting forth their griev a nce s and
pre senting them to th e King and Governor The Go v
e r n o r absolutely ign ored them then their pre siding o ffi cer
Archibald B ulloch i ssued an order to seize an E ngli sh
ves sel load e d with ammunition in orde r t o s ecure p owder
and arm s f o r defence and thi s wa s the first in stance
wh e re E ngli sh rule in an Ameri can C ol ony wa s defied
Then a Ge o r g i a s ch o o n e r wa s Offer e d by them f o r service
in the war and thus beca m e the fi r s t v es s e l c ommi ssioned
to fight in the Revolutionary War F ive members t o the
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Second Continental Congre ss were sent by thi s G e or g ia
Congre s s and when the D e cl aration of Independence wa s
sign ed J uly 4 1 77 6 three G eorgia n ame s were found
there George Walton B utton Gwinnett and L ym a n
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stations o f life i s t o o long to b e called Shall we n o t
give short sk e tches of those nearest o u r own home t own
and tell why we should honor them ! Tell f o r whom our
Tell u s o f a soldier o r
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n county i s named and why !
p atri o t who illu strated our G e orgia from thi s section o f
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CH AT TA H OO CH
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Ou t of the hill s of H aber sham
D own the valleys Of H all
I hurry amain t o reach the plain
Run the rapid and le ap the f a ll
Spli t at the ro ck and together again
Accept my bed or narrow o r w ide
And fle e from folly on every side
With a l over s p ain t o attain the plain
F ar from the hill s o f H abersham
F ar from the valleys of H all
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All through the valleys o f H all
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The rushe s crie d a b i d e a b i d e
The willful wa terweeds held me thrall
The loving laurel tur n ed my tide
The fern s and th e fondling gra ss said s ta y
The dewberry dipp ed f o r to work delay
And th e littl e reeds sighe d a b i d e a b i d e
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V eiling the valleys o f H all
The hi cko ry told m e manifold
F air tale s o f shade th e poplar tal l
\Vr o u g h t me her shadowy self t o hold
The che stnut the o a k the a l n ri t the p i ne
Ov e r l e a n i n g with flickering me aning and S i g n
Sa id pa s s n o t s o co l d th es e m a n i f o l d
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And oft in th e hill s of H abersham
And oft in the valleys of H all
The white quartz shone and the smooth bro ok ston e
D id b ar me of pa s sage with frien dl y brawl
And many a luminous j ewel lone
Crystal s clea r or a cl oud with mi st
Ruby garnet and amethyst
Made lure s with the lights of streami n g stone
In the clefts o f the hill s Of H abersham
In the beds of the valleys o f H al l
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And oh not th e valleys Of H all
Avail ! I am fain f o r to water the plain
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H o oray f o r the sunny South
H ooray hooray ho oray for the dear Old boys in gray
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to s ave
When I think of L e e and J ohn ston and o f J ackson true
and brave
G ordon L ongstreet Wheeler F orrest many Others great
and go od
I cheri sh more than ever my loyal S outhern blo od
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On a cloudy , mis ty morning
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When th e gallant Gordon led h i s men through flying shot
and shell
They checked the foe they hurle d them back they won
th e bloody fray
And Gordon rode to victory tha t glori ou s twelfth o f May
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chieftain L e e
S ough t t o lead o u r Gordon s line of gray t o check the
fierc e melee
B ut t h e young and loyal heroe s yelled L e e to the rear !
that day
And G ordon led to victory th at gl oriou s twelfth o f May
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H e r mines her fi elds her factor i e s all throb wi th pea ce
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At F reedom s S hrin e still w orship and l ov e their D ixie
L and
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(The col onization of Ge or g i a i s delightfully told in a
sp eech m a d e b y H o n Walter G Charlton of S avannah
before th e Co l onial D ame s Of Geor g ia The following
extracts have been selected which may be rea d b y some
Of the Older pupil s a s an introduction to the program
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The w h ole story Of th e colonization o f G e orgi a reads
like a S p ecial p rovid e nce of G od T o the most f r i e n d l e s s
all p eople the forgotten deb tors o f E ngland had
of
suddenly come a veritable sunbur st Of bene v olence They
i n their new
h a d re ached Americ a in sa f ety and n o
home the I ndian again st who se depred ation s up on the
colony o f C arolin a they wer e expe cte d to be the guard
receive d them with a fri e ndship and genero sity u n pa r a l
lel ed in the hi story o f the two races We cannot too
strongly 1 n s 1 s t upon the gratitude we o e to T o m o ch i c h i
f o r the p art he played in thi s and every o ther cri si s o f
the c olony After that Of O glethorpe his i s e a sily the
noble st figure in o u r e arly hi story H e a s a broad
liberal minded gentleman ! true to every promi se brave
in every emergency and with a di g nity Of spe ech and
bearing and l ook which made him fit t o be the hi storic
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c ompani o n o f the founder H i s sen se of right an d d u t y
ha d m a de hi m an exile f r om hi s pe opl e and y e t eve n
a s Mico of the Y amacraws wh o had c a s t their fortune s
with him h e commanded the re spect o f th e tribe w hi ch
had banished him At the conferenc e held between O gle
thorp e and the chiefs o f the L ower Cr e ek I n d ian s for
the purp os e Of settling by treaty the b oun daries o f the
colony the King of the Oco n a S w hich h ad been T omo
chichi s tribe said of hi m that he a s a goo d man a n d
had been a great warrior and that it a s for h i s w i sdom
a n d courage tha t the b ani shed men h ad cho sen h i m to be
their kin g I t wa s h i s influence which brought ab out the
tre a ty and h i s con stan t cheerful courage never wavered
in the most perilou s moment s There i s but scant mate
rial f o r romance in the e arly days o f the c olony The
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e m inently practical and embraced such
pro s aic occupation a s th e building o f h ou se s the ti lli ng
of the soil and the c onstructi on o f the mac hi nery o f g ov
e rn m en t
T h e town a s divi de d into wa rds in each wa rd
four g ty thi n g s and in ea c h tything ten hou se s A free
holder o f a tythin g had hi s to n lot 6 0 x 9 0 feet a g arden
lot O f five acres and a farm l o t of forty four acre s an d a
frac tion The land de scended in w hat wa s kn own to the
c omm on la w a s t a i l m a l e that i s in defaul t of male i ssue
i t reverte d t o the tru stee s B eyond the town four vil
lage s made a w ard which depended up on a ward in the
t own The square s which we are accustomed to regard
a s plea sure grounds were de signed a s pl ace s o f refuge
in time of war for the families and cattle o f th e i n h a b i
tan ts of these village s in w hich they w ere at li b e rty t o
encamp the villager s re sorting to the square up on
which their w ard depended
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The p olitical system a s simplicit y it self O ver all
were the tru stee s w ith O glethorpe a s t h eir c om m
i s sioner
There were three ba ili f fs h a ving judicial po w er s a
reco rde r a n d a reg i strar A t erm court wi th civ il and
criminal juri sdiction and grand and peti t j uries p re
s ided over b y the baili f fs
E ach
s a t every s i x weeks
ward h ad i ts con st able under whom were four tything
men and ther e a s a public storekeeper
F rom time t o time slight ac ce ssions w ere m a de t o the
colony among them certain Italian s ski lle d in the S ilk
culture They came in the shi p J ame s whic h w a s the
firs t ves sel from E ngland t o a scend the S avannah river
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the age of 92 years T o mo ch i ch i the king o f the Y a ma
craws A s h i s end drew n ear he summ oned h i s followers
about hi m and urged upon them that they persevere in
H e expre s sed the
their friendship s for the E nglish
g r eate s t tenderne s s f o r O glethorpe and a s troubled
that death c am e a t a tim e w hen he might h a ve been o f
service agains t the Spaniards A S he had induced t h e
C reeks to sign the tr ea ty and thus a ssi sted in th e found
ing Of the to wn h e de sire d tha t he might b e burie d in
S avannah among the E nglish And s o hen l ife de
p arte d they b ore the o l d warrior a s he had wished to
Savannah he r prominen t men being hi s p allbearers
followed by the Indian s the ma g i strate s and the people
And reverently and in honor t o the martial sound o f
minut e gun s they laid him to re s t in the hea rt o f the
t own And over h i s grave by order o f O glethorpe they
erected a pyramid of stone s in te stimony of their grati
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What i s the p opul ation o f Ge orgi a by 1 90 0 cen su s !
About t o and o n e half m illions
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What prop orti on colored !
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many c o untie s in G e or g i a !
An s
Ab out 1 4 6 by 1 900 cen su s new ones have b e en
added
I n what ha s Ge or g i a been fir st !
T h e fi r s t v e s s e l commi s sioned t o fight the B riti sh wa s
a G e orgi a schoone r
T h e fi r s t s t e a m b o a t to cro ss the Atlantic
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S avannah and sailed from G eor g ia
T h e fi r s t (i n th e Un i t e d S ta t e s ) State U niversity wa s
t h e Geor g i a U niversity
T h e fi r s t c o l l e g e in the world to be stow degree s upon
women wa s Wesleyan F emale College at Mac on G a
T h e fi r s t ch a r t e r e d c o l l e g e f o r
o m en i n t h e
orl d is
thi s college
T h e fir s t
o r l d to receive a dip l oma wa s
o ma n i n t h e
Mr s Ca therine E B ens on nee B rewer and tha t dipl om a
now hangs on the wall s o f Wesleyan a t Mac on
T h e fi r s t t o d i s co v e r a n e s t h e s i a wa s D r Crawford W
L ong J effer son Ga
T h e fi r s t s e i n g m a c h i n e in the world wa s made b y
F ranci s Robert G oulding Of L iberty c ounty Ga
T h e fi r s t pa s s e n g e r r a i l a y ran from A ugu sta Ga
to Charleston S C
o r l d wa s S tarted by
T h e fi r s t S u n d a y S ch o o l i n t h e
J ohn We sley at S avannah Ga o n e year before Robert
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f t h e fin e s t f l u t e pl a y e r s in the world wa s Sidn ey
L anier Of Macon Ga
T h e fi r s t t o c o di fy t h e E n g l i s h c o m m o n l a
and princi
ple s of equity wa s Thomas R R Cobb of Athen s Ga
T h e fi r s t t o r a i s e t h e f l a g a t M a n i l a wa s T o m B rumby
o f Geor g i a
T h e fi r s t t o t u n n e l u n d e r t h e H u ds o n was William
Gibb s McA d OO, o f Marietta G a
T h e fi r s t s o l di e r s th a t o fie r e dl f o r Co n f e d e r a t e s e r vi c e
a s the O glethorp e L ight Infantry of Savannah
T h e fi r s t g e n e r a l o r c o m m a n d i n g o ffi ce r to fall o n the
ba ttle field o f the sixtie s wa s F rancis B artow o f S avan
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T h e fi r s t c o l o n y t o s e n d m i s s i o n a r i e s t o th e I n d i a n s
T h e fi r s t Or ph a n A s y l u m i n th e Un i t e d S ta t e s
T h e fi r s t t o s ug g e s t M e m o r i a l D a y
Gr o s s e s of H o n o r o n vete rans o f
T h e fir s t t o b e s to
the w ar between the State s
T h e fi rs t t o r a i s e c o tt o n in the United S t a t e s
T h e fi r s t s u g g e s ti o n of a c o tt o n g i n came from a Ge o r
gia w oman Mr s H illhouse, o f Augu sta G a
T h e fi r s t i r o n cl a d s t e a m b o a t i th r a m The Mana s sas
built by a Ge org i an Charle s Austin
T h e fi rs t b r u s h f o r a co tt o n g i n wa s invented by Mr s
Nathaniel Greene of S avannah
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PR E S I DE N T IA L
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CA B IN E T !
Wa shington s J ohn Adam s and Thoma s J effer son s
A d minis tr a tion s J 0 8 H a b e r s h a m P ostm a ster Gene r al
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Madi s on s and M onroe s Admini stration s W i l l i a m
Cr a f o r d S e c r e ta r y o f T r e a s u r y
J ackson s and V a n B uren s Admi ni stration s J o h n
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B uchanan s Admini stration H o e l l Co b b S e c r e ta r y
of T r e a s u r y
Grant s Administration A m o s T A k e r m a n A t to r n e y
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Ge o r g i a ! Ch as F Cr i s p, o f Ge o r g i a
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Pre sident o f the Provincial Congre s s t o fo rm the Con
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L ive s
activitie s among her distingui shed sons
J uri s ts j udge s and l awyers s ta t e smen orators histo
ri a n s authors p oet s dialect writers n o v e l ist s th e o l o
gian s e s sayi st s humori sts j ournali s t s editors invent
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Round Mi s s Nancy s B ureau
Mi s s Mary s C h ristm a s
L o ng s tr e e t s Ge o rg i a S c e n es !
T h o m ps o n !
Pre sent
Maj or J one s Court ship
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F ollow his tone s inspiring !
On on to the field Away !
And we ll see the foe retiring
A s they did o n th e t e l f th of May boy s
A s the y did on the twelfth o r Ma y
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Whate er o u r fate may be
Ti s swee t t o think that dyi ng
We will leave o u r count ry free
Though the storm s of battle pelt her
She ll defy the tyrant s sway
An d o u r bre a sts s h all be her shelter
A s they were o n the twelfth Of May b Oy s
As they w ere o n the twelfth o f May
Co m l n e m o r a t e s the bravery o f G E N J O H N B G OR D ON
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It i sn t raining rain to me
I t s raining daffodil s !
In every d i mpling drop I see
W ild flower s on the hill s !
A cloud Of gray engulfs the day
An d overwhelm s the town
I t i sn t raining rain to me
It s raining ro ses down !
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B ut fields Of clover bl oom
Where any buccaneeri n g bee
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A health then to the h appy
A fig to him who frets
It i sn t raining rain t o m e
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The Old gentleman was brought very low with mala
rion s feve r and h i s physician and family ha d made up
their minds tha t no twithstanding his extreme reluctance
t o dep art from thi s life a reluctance heightened no
doubt by hi s want o f prepara tion f o r a better h e would
be co m pe l l e d t o g o The system o f therap eutics in vogue
a t that time and in that section included immen se quan
titie s o f calomel and rigorously exclude d cold wa ter
Mr E llington lingere d and lingered and went without
water S O l ong and t o such an extent tha t it seemed to him
he might a s w ell d i e of the disea se a s o f the intolerable
thirst tha t torme nted him
At la st , on e night when hi s physicians d eeming hi s
c a se hopele ss had taken their dep arture informing hi s
family tha t he c ould hardly live till morning and the
l a tter worn down by watching were c ompelled to take
a little r e s t he as left to the care of his con stant and
faithful servant , Shadrach with strict and so l emn charge
t o n otify them if any change took place in hi s master s
condition and ab ove all un der no circum stance s t o give
him c old w ater
W he n th e re st were all a sleep Mr E lling t on always
a stute a n d adroit in gaining his ends and who se fa culties
a t pre sent were highly stimulate d b y hi s extreme nece s
s i ty calle d o u t to his a ttendant in a feeble voice whi ch
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he strove to make a s n a tu r a l and unsugge stive a s p o s
S ible !
Shadrach g o to the spring and fetch me a pitcher Of
water from th e bottom
Shadrach expo stulated pleading the orders o f the d o e
tor s and hi s mi s tre s s
Y o u Shadrach you had better do what I tell y o u
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Shadra ch if you don t bring me the water when I
get well I ll give y o u the wor st whipping you ever had
in your life !
Shadrach either thought that if hi s ma ster got well he
w ould cheri sh no ranc or towards the faithful servant
whos e con stancy had saved him or ,more likely that the
p rospect Of re co very wa s far too remote to j ustify any
seriou s apprehension for hi s pre sent disobedience ! a t all
events he held firm
The S ick m a n finding thi s mode Of atta ck in ef fectual
d
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awhile and then said in the mo s t persua sive
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a ccent s he c ould employ
Shadrach my b oy y o u are a goo d nigger Shadrach
if you ll g o and fetch o l d ma ster a pitcher of nice c ool
water I ll se t y o u fr e e and give y o u five hundre d dol
lars
And he dragged the syll ables sl owly a n d heavily
fr o m hi s dry j aws a s if t o make the sum appear i m m e a s
u r a b l y va st
B ut Shadrach wa s proof agains t even thi s tempta tion
H e only admitted its force by arguing the ca se urging
that how could he stand it a n d what go od would his free
dom and five hundred dolla rs do him if he should d o a
th i ng th a t woul d kill hi s master !
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The Ol d gentl e man groaned and m o a n e d u At last he
b ethought him of one final stra tegem
H e rai sed hi s
head a s well a s he could turne d hi s haggard face full
upon Shadrach and glaring a t him from hi s hollow
bl ood shot eye s s aid !
Shadra ch I am going to die and it s because I can t
get any water If you don t go and bring me a pitcher
o f water after I m dead I ll c ome back and haunt y o u !
I ll haunt you a s l ong a s you live !
O L ordy ! Ma ster ! Y o u sh all hab de wate r ! cried
Shadrach and he rushed ou t t o the S pring and brough t
it The Ol d man drank and drank the pitcherful and
more
The next morning he wa s decidedly better and to the
astoni shment of all so on got well
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good stock and t h oroughbred Whe ther r iding o r walk
ing you could tell him by hi s carriage b y the vehicle he
rode in o r the measured dignity with which he walked
about T h at ve h icle wa s a s unique a s a Chinaman s
p alanquin I t di d no t re st o n elliptical springs but wa s
swung between four half circle s and the dickey o r d r i v
e r s seat wa s perched still higher and the driver s bell
crowned h a t wa s the first thing that came in sigh t a s the
equipa g e r ose in vie w over the distan t hill There were
two foldin g stair ca se s to thi s vehi cle and nobody but an
ari stocratic l a d y c ould ascend o r de scend them with a ri s
The gentleman h o w as b orn and bred
to c r a ti c g ra ce
to thi s lu xury a s a ki n g in his way l imited i t i s true
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but neverthele s s a king H i s hous e wa s n o t a pal ace
but i t a s large and roomy having a broad hall and m a s
sive chimneys and a verandah ornamented with Corin
thian columns The man sion was gene r ally situa ted in
a grove Of venerable oaks It was se t back one hundred
o r two hundred yards from the big ro ad
and the lane
that led to its ho spitable gat e wa s bordered with cedars
or L ombardy p oplars The se cedars are stil l left in
many place s but the p oplar s died with the O ld South
They died at the top very like their owner s Pro minent
i n the re ar o f thi s mansion
a s the Old gin hou se w ith
the spacious circus ground underne at h wher e the hor ses
went r o uh d and round under the grea t co g wheel s and
the little darkie s rode o n the beams and p opped their
home made whip s Not far away wer e the negro c abin s
and the orchard and the big fa m ily garden an d all around
were fowl s and pigs and pigeons and hone y bee s and
hound dogs and pickaninnie s to keep things lively The
owner Of the plantation was a gentlema n and wa s s o r e
garded by his neighbors and an obleman w ithout the title
of n obility H e ha d been through college and to New
Y ork and S ara toga and ha d come back and marri e d a n
other gentleman s daughter and settled down The Old
folks o n both side s had g iven them a start and built the
man sion and sent ove r a share of the family negro es to
begin life with
H e dre s sed w ell and carrie d a gold headed cane and a
ma s sive watch a nd chain tha t were made o f pure g old a t
Geneva There a s a seal attached a heavy pri s m
atic
seal that ha d hi s monogram The mann e r in which he
t oyed with h i s chain and s e al was one o f the visible sign s
I t was a s significa nt as the mo ti ons of
o f a gentl eman
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The se Old time gen tlemen kep t open hous e and all who
came were welcome There wa s no need t o send word
tha t you were c oming for foo d and S helter were always
ready A boy wa s called to take the horse s and put them
up and feed them There a s plenty Of corn and fodder
in the crib plenty Of big fa t hams and leaf l ard in the
smoke house plenty Of turkeys and chicken s in the back
yard plenty Of pre serve s in the pantry plenty Of traine d
s ervants to do all the work while th e lady Of the hou se
entertained her gue sts H o proud were the se family
servants to S how Of f be fore the vi sitors They share d
the family standing in the c ommunity and had but little
re spec t f o r what they c alled the po white tra sh
Th e se ari stocrats had wealth dignity and lei sure and
S ol omon says that in leisure there is wi sdom and s o the se
men became the l awmakers the juri sts the sta te smen
a n d they wer e the shining l i ght s in the council s o f the
na tion
The re sult o f the war was a fearful fal l t o th e ari s
They lo st many of their noble
t o c r a cy Of th e S outh
s on s in the army and their property soo n a f t er The
extent Of their misfortunes n o one will ever know for
the heart knoweth it s own bitt erne s s
Many of them
suffered and ere s trong The c o l lap se Of them was a
ful They ha d n o t been raised to exerci se sel f denial o r
economy and i t wa s humiliating in the extreme f o r them
t o descend to the level of the common pe ople B ut they
did it and di d i t heroically
The children Of the se Old p atriarch s h a d to come down
some and th e c h il dren Of the c ommon people came up
s ome and they have m e t upon a c ommon plane a n d a re
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nes s life Spirit and blood have united wit h energy a n d
muscle and it makes a goo d teame the be st all round team
the S outh ha s ever had
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Is purty hard to bea t !
Y ou git a thorn with every rose
B ut ain t the ro se s sweet !
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And give the ro se o u r tear s !
When L ove may be a viole t
T h a t b l ossom s u naware s
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And the lightning leap s from high
B ut the rainbo w s like a ribbon re d
R ound the black dre s s of the s ky !
F RAN K L EBBY S T AN T ON Atl a nta G a
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B onnie B lu e F lag
O h ! ye s I am a S outhern gir l
I gl ory in the name
A n d boa st i t w ith fa r greater pride
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The soldier i s the lad for m e
A brave heart I adore !
And when th e sunny S outh i s free
And fighting i s no more
I ll cho os e me th en a lover br a v e
F rom out that gallant b a nd
The soldier lad I love the best
Shal l have my he ar t and hand
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Thi s S outhern land s a gloriou s land
And ha s a gloriou s c ause
Then chee r three cheers for S outhern rights
And for th e S outhern boys
We scorn to wea r a bit Of S ilk
A b i t Of Northern lace
B ut make o u r homes pun dre s ses up
An d we ar them with such grace
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H urrah ! H urrah !
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And now young man a wo rd to you
If you would win the fair
G O t o the field w here honor c a lls
An d w in your lady there
Rem e mber that o u r brightest smiles
Are for the true and brave
And that o u r tear s are all f o r tho se
Who fill a soldier s grave
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H urrah ! H urrah !
the sunny South so dea r
Three cheers f o r the home spun dres s
The Southern ladies we ar
CARRI E B ELL S IN C L AIR Augusta Ga
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a rk ! tis the c annon s deafening roar
Tha t s ounds along thy sunn y shore
And thou shalt lie in cha ins no more
My wounded bleeding Ge orgia !
Then arm each youth and patri o t sire
L igh t up the p atrioti c fire
And bid the zeal o f tho se ne er tire
Who strik e for thee my Ge orgia !
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Around thy altars foemen S tand
T O sc a tter freedo m s gallant band
And lay thee low my Georgia !
B ut thou ha st noble son s and brave
The S tars and B ars above thee wave
An d here we ll make oppres sion s grave
U p on the soil of Ge orgia
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We bow at L iberty s fair shrine
An d kneel in ho l y love at thine
And while above o u r stars still S hine
We ll strike for them and G e orgia !
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Thy woods with victory S hall re sound
Thy b row shall be wi th laurel s crowned
And peace shall spread her wings around
My own my sunny Ge orgi a !
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Y es these shall teach thy foes to feel
Tha t S outhern he arts and Southern steel
Will make them in submi ssion kneel
B efore the son s Of G eorgia !
And thou shalt see thy daughter s to o
With pride and p atri oti sm true
Arise with stre n gth to dare and d o
E re they shall c onquer Ge orgia !
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Thy name shall be a name o f pride
Thy heroe s all have n obly died
Tha t thou mayst be the sp otle s s bride
O f L iberty my Georgia !
Then wave thy sword a n d banner high
And louder rai se the battle cry
Till shout s of victory re ach the s k y
And thou art free my Georgi a !
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R EFE R E N CE B O O KS F O R G E O RGIA D A Y
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Advant a ges
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G eorgia (Is sued by the D epartment of
Ag r i cu l tu r e )
G e orgia the E mpire State o f the S outh (Is sued by the
Agricultural D epartmen t )
E van s H i story Of G eorgia
Cha s H Smith s H i st ory o f G e orgia
Remini scence s o f F a mou s G e orgians L ucian Knight
(F ranklin Turner CO )
S outhern L iterature (B F J ohn son CO )
Progr a m f o r Georgia D ay (L e ster B ook CO )
Storie s of G e orgi a H arri s
H istory St ories o f Georgi a Chappell
Storie s Of Ge orgia Ma s sey and Wood
The South in H i story and L iterature Mildred Ruther
ford (F ranklin Turner CO )
C C J one s H i story o f G e orgia
Mi s s Mit c h ell s G e orgi a L and and People
Mc Ca l l s H i story o f Georgia
B ishop Stephen s H i story o f Georgia
G G Smith s H i s tory Of G eorgia
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