Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-12-24

ATLANTA, Ga. Dec. s3.--Henry W. Grady
died Of pneumonia at twenty minutes of four
o'clock this morning. He caught cold on his
recent visit to Boston He had . slight cold
when be left AtiAnta and his wife cautioned
him against making too many speeches, As he
had generally returned from his visit North
With an attack Of pneumonia or something Of
that nature. His friends tried 10 dissuade
the genial editor from using his voice too
much, but with sad, i'll success. He Was IS
years old and Q native OF Athens, Ga. His
father vas colonel in the CO federate army
during the ~af. After his g-Ssaation from
the University Of Georgia Mr Grady became
. correspondent of tie Atlantis Co.'s stitutien.
and gained through tbs medium lecal fame
~ pungent and forc.b, writer.
H then established the Commercial al
Re- ue, Ga. and with that be attracted stten-
tion as winter of editorial structures upon
current political and economical questions.
Seeking wider field, he went to Atlanta
and became editor of the Herald Here he
established himself As enc of the recognized
journalists Of the South. When that paper
failed he was made one of the southern cor
respondents Of the New York Herald.
He set systematically to work to re-intro-
duce Georgia to the more active section Of
the Union, writing = series Of letters which
were after ward published under the title Of
a." Sheep, Gold and Oranges" that had not a
little 10 do With the planting Of orange groves
in southern Georgia and Florida, with the
development Of wool culture, and with the
re-opening of the gold mnes in his State and
North Carolina.
Mr.. Grady became one of the editors and
owners of the Constitution, and his yersatil-
ity and force ~ 4 writer has helped TO make
this Southern journal one of the foremost
newspapers in the United States.
He contr .buted a number of articles on
Southern subjects to Harper's Magazine and
Century Magazine which were widely read.
The funeral ceremonies will take place at
two In the afternoon Of Christmas day.
From every section Of the State has come
the request that his body might lie in state
In resPof Sc to this request the family has
consented that his body shall rest in the First
Methodist church, of which Grady WAS the
leading member, from nine in the morning
until the funeral hour. Mrs. Grady's re-
quest is that there be no display, nothing but
the simplest possible funeral. These re-
quests will be carried out, and on Thursday
special memorial services will be held at the
new capitol. in which all the people. the mil
itary, and the societies of which he WAS q
member will take part, and speakers will be
chosen from among Grady's classmates at
the University Of Georgia, the class being
famous for the large number of young men
who have since won fame. Today all the
courts adjourned and many of the city build
ings were draped in mourning In all other
cities in Georgia, public services will be held
Wednesday or Thursday.
Charleston Nouns Grady.
CHAKLEsroS, S c., Dec. 23. .-Heary W.
Grady's death has caused universal regret
here. His loss is regarded as public calam-
ity. All the hsas have been placed at half