Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-02

Ia ro,,er entertained an idea OF going'
INT Il is needles to say that ever ~
- ~ .her, accented the invitation, ana no"
~, ave here enjoying the reunion NOR
. 49,, colonel Hemphill himself ior ms
s,reatest enjoyment is seeing the pi,no.,,o
he has given those who fousn'
him. .>, WAC HE.
Dpring the war Colonel Hemphili Mas
as brave as he is now generous ~
he who opened the second DAY rs 49,
gettysburg by firing the ilrst suii. ,,osse1
A., boli struck him on his chin' pass
u o,s q ~ throat. and carried away MS
.sadam's annie" and to-day the Oo'onr.
e,,ds tbat that side of his face moves o','s
-, -, ..,,r,nathv with the other. Nhen n0
80 shot down Jennings was his cap'dl','
cN1o,,ol uemphill was then coIPoi a.
- enc only unwritten chapter III Hio
rso is the one which tells OF the mann IN.
"a IA. ,,t,cb he was promoted from tnat NON
y, l..,',,,tssioned rank to the one ne nov
holds He was carried OH 'he heiu
Contain Jennings put in feld hUs ~, ,,,o
ubere ne remained until calluIeu Dy 20
Irnion soldiers. He was then -,
Nevv York. where he renamed unu
changed. Immediately aller -, IN
C,''',s,od Colonel Hemphill went BACK n'
- sr,,v and continued at the front
- ,bo end. He fought all over l.
- ord was one of the best soluiei9
$50 90 Throughout. the Virginia cam
paigns. 49,, rroronhiII re-
.,,rrod "a Georgia. and, entering me "li'
,,crsitv completed his educatioh' -
,r tbe latter co.'s. he went from A'i ,",
90 Atlanta where he opened senooi
so, ,,orng men. As a pedagogue he was
,.,,ocossf,1l and some of the rising yo"Is
80, 90 Georgia were once his pupils III
- aarly, ,7Ts he purci ased an interest,"
,n the Constitution. which was
making a life and death hsht WIN ~.
hright Herald. Henry w Crazy p"P
If was a bitter fight between lhe W." W., 80
bankrupting the other but heihP''ili
out the longest. and to-day owns an -.
terest in one of the richest-paSins pap, ,,3
I'm the South. 1t Is interesting 80
amueing TO hear him tell OF MS patlle9
ius tbe gifted Grady. 1t was morse
sonse AGAINST briliancy, and horse-sehse
,,.or Emf. had brilliancy held out one
day more, horse-sehse "O"''
beaten. .,-.,,,. ~t,,,ded
ord neither knew when one issue roileu
off where the paper would come rum ~. ~
49, rovt Finally. Mr.. Hemphell ana MS
associates conferred. The cash uia".
was emptv. and the paper-mll WASH !
t",nd-beorted but they decided to get out
INST one more paper, only TO zen -no-o
Who had stuck by them that they WIZ
thankful. To Colonel Hemphel vas 40
signed the task Of getting the Yaiet e. i;
I'll 20 member of the editorial stan
was assigned the task OF wtitihs 'ie O.,
d,ctorv Colonel Hemphill went out anu
the 'ISl tlii
nnlv time in his life he ever dealt WIN
..his uncle" but he managed TO drive
GOOD trade. Taking the money from Ihe
,awnbrolxer he went to the tcket-oihce
and ascertaining the fare to Athens, tcoh
ont enough money TO buy tickets Tor ms
famiIv hack to his old home. Ihen ne
invested the rest in paper FOR the Cois'i-
tution and. as he thought the last issue
80 tbat naner. Somehow that conference
leaked ont about the shop, notwlths'anu
ire, the fact that the man VINO was III
structed to write the demise, went OH
cot drunk. and failed to do as ne was
told. That night when the paper went
TO press Colonel Hemphill thought IL was
the last issue. and when ne opeheu ne
conv the next morning he was astonlshed
40 tind the editorial missing. He was
mad too. for he had no more watches
"a "hock." But. about that time, he
onened the Herald, and there found an
editorial from the pen Of Grady, giving up
the life Of that bright paper.
A NEW LEASE ON LIFE.
Of course Colonel Hemphill hustled up
his associates, and the Constitution
went on. Mr.. Grady never knew until
long after that one editorial too many
had been written by him.
Bu, that is just how near the Constr
tuition came going into Atlantas Jour-
nalistic graveyard.
Colonel Hemphill has amassed for
tune and is nov the president or two
hanks and vice-president OF another. lie
has been a member of the Board of Al
dermen and while a member Of mat
body was chairman of the Finance Com
,nittee. a position second only 10 mat
of Mayor of the city. lie has been
Mayor of the city. and was once promi-
nentlv mentioned for Governor of the
state As a businessman. he is one OF
the most successful i'm the South. ana
to-day is worth a snug fortune.
Tie gives all of his time not given TO
business to his family. and has charm
ing home on Peachtree, the fashionable
residence street OF Atlanta Mrs. Hemp
hill is a most charming and estimable
lady. and is prominent in social and
charitable works. Their home-life is an
ideal one During the late exposition
Colonel Hemphill was In demand every
day, and II was he who introduced Gov
ernor O'Ferral 10 the vast throng gath
cred on Virginia-Day Miss Lulu Belle
Hemphin, their charming daughter IS one
of the maids OF honor TO the sponsor Tor
the Georgia veterans.
The veterans with Colonel Hemphill are
=, fraa N fhsfr % "a
The Danvine depot. In the day they visit
their old camps and baiile-helds. and at
nioht they entertain their friends.
Last night Polk Miller who Is great
friend Of Colonel Hemphil's, spent an
hour making delightful music on his banjo
70 these veterans.
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