University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-05-10

Dickens. The poem Lucille" he learn
ed by heart. His best intellectual
efforts were made in his literary ant
debating society while in college.
After his graduation at Athens III
went to the University of Virginia
there determined to broaden and more
nearly perfect his inborn eloquerc,
Having an ambition to be "sOciet,
orator. he made such an impression OF
the Wa hingtOn society that his right
as such was not disputed. Grady va:
disappointed twice in his college ca
reer once in the University of CrOrgia
land again in the University of Virginia
While attending the first school he had
IsOught 10 be anniversarian of has SO
lciety and as defeated = nne vote
lThis WIS 2 grna. hlow 20 him. bui
w!3.n he rs defeated u the election oi
'rIS !ocieiy'-i orator dt the University
IOf Virsi inia it nearly broke his heart
| Shortly alter returning - Georgia
from college he made Journalism his
profession. He began by writing news,
lpaper letters on various sub:ecisl Ii
was about this time that he married
lJulia King of Athens, who inStilled in
him greater ambition to be OF snme
use and worth 10 the South. After
his marriage he moved TO Rome, Ga,
and became partner in the RCme
Commercial. This paper soon went to
the wall. costing Mr.. Grady many thou
sands Of dollars. Not many years after
this he moved TO Atlanta and formed
2 partnership with Colonel Robert
Allison in the Atlanta Herald. These
two men probably combined more real
IgeniuS than any other two newspaper
men in the state. Their one chief aim
in the Herald was to make if the
leading paper of the South. In their
efforts TO do this they necessarily
Ispent great amount of money, going
to the enormous expense of chartering
an engine in order that they might put
their morning edition in Macon, Ga.
by breakfast time. Ii was not long
bankruptcy. Mr. Grady was only 23
years old ut the time of this misfOr-
tune. Having been disappointed twice
in his college life and twice in his
business career, he was greatly de-
pressed. Not TO be Outdone, he made
another effort. starting weekly paper
called the Atlanta Capital. This pap
er soon went the way of others. But
these failures only served to spur him
on and filled him with greater deter.
ito do or die, as ii were, |
in his attempt TO succeed.
Although he had failed three times, |
and the last time was stripped of his |
fortune, he did not throw up his hands |
in despair. He borrowed $50 left $25 |
of it for his wife and travelled as far
as the remainder would take him. He |
landed in New York with s3.7J. After
registering at the Astor House, he put
OH a bold front and approached the
editor of, the Herald. He
as given try out" and told to write
an editorial on the State convention
in the South. The writing of this
article made for him a place on the
Herald.
On his return TO Atlanta he was
given 4 position on the editorial staff
Of the Atlanta Constitution. He also
wrote for the New York Herald, in
with his work on the Con-
'titutiOn. The work that gave him
lim greatest prominence was his en-
IOsure of the election frauds in FlCri-
Ia in 1876. Mr.. Grady received from
he Herald, for this special piece of
work, $1,000. In 1879 - he procured
10000 with which to buy One-fourth
interest in the Atlanta Constitution.
lis share in this paper at the time of
lis death in 1883, was worth nearly
l1O,0O0. This enormous increase i'm :
he value of the Constitution. it is. said. t
s due to Mr.. Grady's work in its ser
ice. In his brief time with the Con-
titut on he climbed to the high seat II
+ honor and usefulness to his coun- i
ry which he had striven so hard to
ttain. His work on the Constitution II
He'd his spirit with a consciousness
I power for good, showed the people
he real man, the unselfish devotion d
his people, his great love and pity u
1r the poor and needy, his generous
ature and his unexcelred genius. Il
He died in Atlanta, Georgia. De- u
nmber %, 1889. The news of his
cath paralyzed the people of Atlanta "
nd shocked the whole country. Few
len will be seen in the new genera
on, with a mind so able, with such y
over of vigor. No doubt there are
len who are fitted to rule, men who
re popular among many. but a man