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 for his wit, perception and generosity. When he died, the colonists buried him with military honors in the public square. Oglethorpe ordered a pyramid of stones to be erected over his grave as a testimony of gratitude. It was only during the last year that the Georgia Society of Colonial Dames of America caused a granite boulder, rough-hewn from a Georgia quarry, to be placed in the square where his remains are supposed to lie, commemorating his noble character and heroic virtues.

THE BURIAL PLACE OF TOMOCHICHI.

Hon. Walter G. Carlton, in speaking of the history of this city, exclaimed:

"Beyond the clouds of furnace smoke and back of