Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-07
RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 1921

oncy to spend 1t and died compare.
lively poor and In debt
To show the great and care free
cart OF Grady. one Christmas eve Il
farmer ndmircr sent him big fat
turkey. After dark he started home
darkey trailing behind with bird IN
~ M He had gone few blocks
v hen he met an old crippled bcrgur,
"h" approached him with III" plea:
"Mister. Will you give b" quarter
t"'ard Sittin' dime, for my folks.
* We amt got 'cr thinx ter cat at
hoIsc?'
'Sur" viii, old man" replied
, Gnady a. h" ran Mis- hand into II
A"ek.;. when he remembered tha, he.
TO. was dead broke.
After thinking an instant nc called
In" harHcy 10 him and told him:
Here. give mat old fellow tn" ,ur-
hey HIS family needs II worse than
do. I'll have half Il dnz-u invita-
mons 10 dinner and n" uii. w.ilI think
OF Invir'nS him" So Win inutt"rcd
Il anks the mcndlcant marched away
c:rrN!nS Grady's chriSrmas turkey.
IN, mO piutocrat ever got more en-.
: ymcnt Of IN" good things out or life
u an Henry ". Grady 30 trouble
Va '1HNH 'pu.u abl MS DupNdnt.
,apDy. hopcfui spirit. Atlanta idol.
| ized nim and gave him her best.
Georgia loved and honored him ana
v na;cvcr Grady did was right with
* people The state LEGISLATURE
was IN session when G!ady received
Is ,"lce az announcing the assurance
OF ClcN rf1nd'- election. With en-
,hu>iastic audaci,y he wen, to the
Capitol. marched up To the Speakers
ncsk aud Selling his gravel. raped
ne house to order. and adj,lrncd
hat body IN the name of the first
Democratic President elected since
the 'ivil Mar The session ended In
rowling. ristous enthusiasm
Editor of Constitutions.
~ thai time Grady was editor of
the Constitution and his paper owned
small cannon that Grady himself
loaded nnd hrcd rom ,hc rooi OF mis-
Office building To cclcbrat. a. Demo.
Gra!y loaded his llt,ie cannon to
:,un ,unce the recollection OF Mr.. -. So.
ana. but We Democrats ,,ern defeated
When The news came ia Grady w-ni.
on - sheet Of paper the words. "A
Charge to Keep ] Have This paper
he DJs'"d ovcr IN" touch -hold t.; that
lii'lc loaded cannon. put i; away and
stated that n" %un was not again to
b" mod untu another Democratic
President was elected
Eu, when cleveland wax again
elected Grady had passed away. lu,
Ice left Ia his name to Georgia on.
of It's prCudcst hcritaees vIs a.
that tiiuc editing the Columbia -. o.
Da!ly Ecgihtrr. bur Went Ia. George.
u vote. For some time thu r.s,!l,
way i'm l, ubt. bur il was Understood
that il the Democrats did win ,h"
first nrws should bo pr"plarn.d L. tive
state by IA" La. cannon Tin; Grady
loaded went from N,hciis e At.
ltnta 20 hear earliest r"turus. a,i as
the reports hrrtG"t.G from party TO
nasty pui lie r"'iH. was Intense and
every car "tnIn' f. t" hear the voice
OF that littl. gan
FLASHED over Wircs
II WAS t""n tie news was flashed
'''r IA" Wis IN tI;. wings Of o!cc-
;ric,,v. ihnr The kcI y. cans conceded
tl.v.land's election AMI his party's
defeat. In an instant the sheet Of
pap"- ''aC Henry ~. Grady hiiusr!;
had pasted over the :ouy.,-h"lc Of that
little cannon was ;o,g away. u match
applied arc ~ Charge O. gunpowdcT
that era l. himself had rammcd home
bclclIch iuTth III. great ;idinCs. |,