Grady Tour Through Elbert and Carolina Draws Large Crowds
Henry W. Grady and party completed a six day tour through Georgia and western Carolina drawing immense crowds in Elberton Hartwell and Andersonville. Speakers praised Grady for his eloquence and devotion to Georgia with residents closing shops and praising his mission to boost the state. The visit included dinners speeches and a Savannah river voyage and wrapped with a large Alliance dinner in Flat Woods.
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Henry Grady
Georgia
Grady
Henry W. Grady
Niagara
Carolina
Savannah
Athens
H. H. Carlton
H.C. White
W.D. O’farrell
Lula
Atlanta
Toccoa
Elberton
Wilson
Lavonia
Hartwell
Globe Hotel
James Grove
Prof
White
Carlton
Elbert
Tom Glenn
Alliance
Mr. Grady
P W. Davis
Bobo House
Andersonville
South Carolina
Grafy
Cathe
W. H. Mattex
Elbert County
3. C. White
Flat Woods
Capt. Carlton
Savannah River
Grady Fans and Savannah River Excursion Chronicle
A Georgia Savannah river outing near Andersonville chronicles Henry Grady’s comic antics and a flotilla voyage of dyed memories. Grady braves a rock snag and disrobes to battle the water, while locals recall Mans Jolly and Brown’s Ferry violence.
Negro Preacher Moves Grady With River Revival
The article recalls a colored preacher drawing strong emotion from Mr. Grady during a river services. Grady reflects on the negro race, praising the spiritual music and noting it as the wail of the slave. He says the negro remains true before city life and politics alter them. Tomorrow promises a second day report on the river and past adventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franie
Grady
Ed Barrett
Historical and Bloody Ground-Minor Incidents of the Journey
From a Thursday diary aboard river boats, Grady notes a sunrise over the river and impressions of sleeping outdoors. The party reaches Col Mallox’s farm for a Georgia barbecue, witnesses naval gestures and a colorfully described barber scene, and recalls antebellum dueling grounds on the Carolina bank with stories of Capt James Burch and Mark Knight.
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Grady
Atlanta
Ike McCalla
Mattox
Carlton
Henry Grady, Jr
Stanley
Col. Mallox
Georgia
Carolina
Palmetto
Empire States
James Burch
Mark Knight
Elberton
Savannah River Expedition Recalls Magnificent Five and Toombs
A fragmented reminiscence recounts a river journey along the Savannah with a party reading poetry on the water and praising the Magnificents. It notes Gen Toombs sheltered by locals, the pursuit by Yankee troops, and a rescue at Elbert County as the party moved toward Mattox’s mills and the river’s ford during a Civil War era excursion.
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Amon
America
Okee Shoals
Savannah River
Mattox
Mississippi Bowl
W. H. Mattox
Robt
Toomls
Iere
Toomained
L. H. O. Martin
Savanna Batteau
Toombs
Martin
Elbert County
Tol i
Tascre
Elberton
O. Martin
Elbert Coum
Tuck Irwin
Reat
James Edward Calhou
Carolina
Savannah
Grady
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Mr.Grady
D. C
Augusta
Mr. Earle
Earle
Prof. White
Ellen’s Isle
Loch Katrane
Walter Scott
Selkirk
Lewis
Fair Dames
Garden of Eden
Brown’s Ferry
Anderson County
Johnson
Mans
Jolly
Anderson
Coonel
Texas
Park’s Ferry
Hart County
A. R. Parks
Park
A.R. Parks
Ey H Te
Ity
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