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SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 190?. “THREE STEPS BACK HOME” And when he came to himself. * * * He said: “I will arise • • • • and go to my father and I will say. • * • • And he arose and came to his father/* —LUKE xv. By REV. JOHN E. WHITE, PASTOR SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH I F ONE moral law la made plaljier than any other running through human experience, It la the law that there le but one way possible for a man out of the bad Into the good, out of the false Into the true, out of the darkness Into the light, out of the sor row and woe of sin Into the certainty and gladness of salvation, and that way is by repentance. I want to talk to Christians and get them to realize this most Important truth. The common fault of Christians Is a mistake as to their relation to the law of repentance. We think of It as belonging to the primary department of Christianity—the requirement of Ini tiation Into the Christian life. It does belong there, but It also belongs at every stage of progress. The differ ence between the well developed Chris tian life and those lives lived In Im perfect fellowship with God Is that one repents Instantly and constantly with every misstep and. every upward step and the others, clinging to an old Ilrst experience, are loaded down with un- pardoned sins and really ashamed to repent or even admit their fault. In the strictest Interpretation the parable of the prodigal son Is a mes sage to Christians who are grieving their Heavenly Father by living In wayward disobedience or In a state of hopelessness and spiritual famine. Now, look nt It In this light: There are here three steps In repentance. The first Is an honest one, the second an earnest one, the third a practical one, or, If you will, they are an honest reflection, an earnest resolution and a practical revolution, all ending In a great rejoicing. When Ha Came to Himsalf. When TKo first step In repentance Is an honest one. It concerns the facts of a situation. It* Is an honest facing of an actual condition, "He came to him self.” Of ono recovering from a swoon we say. "He Is coming to.” When his faculties are fully normal we say, "He has come to himself," and we mean that reason Is again on the throne. It seems a slight thing to ask of a man that he be reasonable on the subject of his exact situation In the sight of God, but how often Is It asked In vain. The boy running away from home and despising his father and mother Is really beside himself. So when you And him battered by the world and ask him why he ran away he will say: I did not know what I was doing." The mother will take him in her arms when he comes back and she will say to the neighbors, “He was not himself, he did not know what he was doing." Now, It Is In this gracious charity Christ teaches us God our Father regards us' when we backslide. Oh. how true it Is. A revival of perfect sanity, of ab solute Intelligence with regard to your neglect of prayer and service would mean a revival of religion. There Is a madness In the blood of every Chris tian who Is lured Into an habitual self ishness of life. Into consuming anxiety for wealth and the things that perish to the neglect and discredit of his soul's loyalty to his Father in heaven. Let us pause and reflect. Are we acting rationally In giving ourselves up to Influences that put a distance between us and the example of Jesus Christ? Ask yourself when you momentarily realize that you are a wanderer away from the cross of Christ, Its law and Its spirit, "Where Is this leading me: where will It comq out? What Is the gain to me In the long run and In the eternal view of my soul?". Ought we not to be able to render a satis factory answer to ourselves about our courses of action? Mr. Harold Spender, the Alpine climber. In his book on the High Pyr enes, recently published, tells of an unexpected climax to one of his feats. With two companions he had scaled one of the most difficult peaks, and de scending, found refuge from the storm and night In tho chalet of a goatherd. The three men, half frozen, and ex hausted with the long and terrible strain, but glowing with triumph, crouched before the Are. The goatherd’s wife, a dull old woman, stood looking at them silently for a while, and their pronounced a single word: "Pourquoir (Why?) Spender declares that he and his companions looked at each other with an expression of surprise on each face. They had risked health and strength and life itself. "Why?" What had they gained? There was no answer. The one word struck llkp a blank wall across their consciousness of useless struggle and suffering ami danger. The snow fell outside, and the mist shut nut the hills. They did not talk to each other. Each was asking himself, "Why?" Come to yourself, you arp good at calculation. “Why are you risking so much of your Immortal self In conduct Inconsistent with Almighty God's will?" Now press the emphasis a bit further. "He came to himself.” He did not halt at "coming to" but went on to fix his mind on hlmsblf. To be a perfectly honest man Is no small achievement. The explanation of the professional Impression the preacher end the Christian worker sometimes make on people Is our lack of Intellectual honesty. It requires some genuine moral courage for the best man to unpack his soul before God. Hut It must be done. We will be on the way to God when we do It. I do not think I am putting it too strongly when I make the proposition to this audience that If any one of us will give one hour today before the sun goes down to an honest study of his owji soul, an hour of genuine self scrutiny In view of the will of God, In view of Immortality and eternity. In view of tight and Justice, tliat ho will be certain one time at least to hear his soul crying, "God bo mer ciful to me a sinner." But to get men to come to themselves, that Is the task. "My people will not consider, salth the Lord." To what pains will not even Christians go to avoid honest self-ex amination. We dread the aching mo ment when conscience says "your sin, your Ingratitude, your soul, look at It.” I have known some Christiana who avoid revival services because, I mean the real cause, because of the probabll. Ity that they will be compelled In some solemn or tender moment, to feel, how dishonest their spirits and lives are from the gospel of the cross of Christ and to realise-Just how coldly, neg lectfully and unlovlngly they habitually treat their Heavenly Father. "He came to himself.". Let me tell you, brethren of the church, that so cial, worship, the swing of the song, the rhythm of ceremonial, the sensuous elements of our service have their value, but the grandest spiritual fact that will take place In this church to day will be when one of you has for gotten the song, and the prayer and tho preacher and pushed his soul Into a comer of his thought and asked, ob livious of all around, “What am I In the sight of God today?,” The evan gelist was acute, when In reply to someone who asked where he thought the great world revival would begin In England or America, he said: "Draw a circle three feet In diameter about yourself, kneel down In It. and cry, •Lord, let It begin right here.' ” Wer are saying that the one thing needed to day la for the church to become re vived and get on Are through and through. 1 am not Indifferent to wl|at the body of Christ could do In that egae, but I haven’t got that far In my prayer here yet. 1 hope I may get to that after a while,' but now my prayer Is that I may see Just one or two come to themselves and say, "I will arise and go to my father.” There will bo no revival unless the vast majority of you get revived and wc can not be revived unless we repent first. The Soul’s “I Will, - ” The second step in repentance Is an earnest one. As the first step had to do with the reason, so this step In volves the will: as that had to do with an-honest reflection, so this concerns an earnest resolution. When the man In Christ's Illustra tion came to himself he did not stop with a miserable mental fumbling with tho facts of his situation, but he imme diately said something, said It out loud and with a ring—"I will; I will arise. I will go. I will say." In speaking last Sunday about the soul you recall that I maintained that the soul was a self separate from Its powers, but that the will stood In the closest relation thereto. The will is Soul’s right hand man, the prime min ister of that wondrous kingdom called man soul. It was a perverse will that led the prodigal Into debauchery, and that will, repentant, led him home again. The whole range of man's spir itual history Is mirrored In this single suggestive fart In the parable of Jesus. "Paradise Lost" Is the story of the human will raptured by Satan: Para dise regained Is the story of the hu man will rescued by the Son of God and reset to heavenly harmony. This Is the lino of battle In every man's life—the will. Whoever gets your will has almost gotten you. The old negro. plaining the doctrine of election. Id: "Dare's un election goln' on all de time. De devil he's a votin' aginst you and Jesus he's a votin’ for you, and whichever way you votes dat's de way de election's a-gwlne." Is there a man here who would ad mit that he could not be an active, praying, working servant of Jesus Christ, If he were to make up his mind to do It? I have seen men who, by drink and drugs, had lost his will pow er, as It seemed, but such Is not the [case with Inactive church members be fore me. Your will! Why with that will of yours you could march like a bridegroom to a marriage feast to face a storm of carnage; you could stand up against it thousand odds to carry out your plans. There have been hours when you felt your will close upon some cherished resolution like a vise. If that great section of Chris tianity which In the sense of Intellec tual ability. In the sense of character force Is the very flower of the churches, the men and women who,, when It comes to planning and good sense and meeting the financial Issues of the church, are natural leaders, honored and respected for their abilities and achievements In world, would give their wills one week ,to Jesus Christ to do what He died to do, language would be beggared to describe the results. God looks over the world He has made and He sees the planets and the spheres, (he rivers and the oceans are tike children sweetly moving obedient to His will, but alas! upon man God looks,and says: “Oh, sorrow! see the millions who knew Me not nor obey Me." "But. Lord, they have not heard Thy Gospel; they will obey Thee trlinn that nnanal ranoltoa ilmnt " An/1 when the Gospel reaches them.’ 1 And then a grief greater than any other will fall upon the ear: "No, no, for but behold these thousands who have heard My Gospel and have one 'time believed and are even now depending upon My Grace to save them—they are deaf to My coll: their wills aye not Mine." ) is It hard for the flower wheh summer comes To turn Its face to the sun? Is It hard for the flaming red ash to rink When Us course for the day Is run? Is It hard for the dew to moisten the earth When night’s dark,shade doth fall? Is It hard for the bird to answer again Tho note of Its mate's sweet oall? Or merely for man Is It hard to achieve The will of the mind above? For man who doth dally and hourly receive - Fresh proof of the Father's love? - Is the only strong straining against God's will > To be on the part of his child? While everything joyous fulfills his behest From tho mart to the tangled wild? All life that Is fully surrendered to God Sweeps on witha s tep serene. Moved by the bounding unlimited force That throbs In the earth’s fre/h green. Thus as tree and flowers and forest and glade Adorn without effort the sod. The fragrance and power may be felt of a life Wholly surrendered to God." Repentance that Repents. The last step In repentance Is a qyac- lical one, "He came to himself." that was square and honest. He said "I pill arise, I will go, I will say," that was resolute and earnest, but now the best of all, "he arose and came to his father." That was practical and It was the consummate conclusion of nil his misery. Reflection led to resolution and resolution resulted In revolution and then If I may anticipate revolution end ed In rejoicing. “They began to be merry.” Now I have seen men very serious here today. My eyes caught one face a while ago with eyes down-cast a* In an honest reflection and I said as I went on spanking: "God grant that he may come to himself." But I mu«t any that the very man In my mind s eye may have come to himself iodny end he may even have said In his heart "I will arise, I will go, I will say." And yet If he doesn't push It to prac tice he will mlsr a true repentance. Repentance Is not solemn reflection: If It were every funeral would he a place of repentance. This week & poor miserable husband, as they opened the coffln. kissed the cold face and cried Good-bye, good-bye," nnd then sat staring at his own sould In profound and painful reflection. Tho next day he was drunk and staggering on the streets. Repentance Is turning and going. It Is doing the thing the mind has so earnestly repeated and resolved upon. { 1 I )••••••••••••••••< “AS A MAN SOWETH” i»ss»sist*»s*»*s*sss»sa»sst»t»»»»*»a«*«a*s»»»t**i J L By REV. EVERETT DEAN ELLENWOOD, j PASTOR UNIVERSAL1ST CHURCH T HE season of promise and of prophecy Is upon us. The plow man's red scar across the fal lowed Held Is the prelude to the reap er's song of satlsfaotlon. The fragrant woods, In gala dress, whisper myste riously of more lasting joys to follow fast upon their fleeting beauty. Every where, across ths bleak bare fields, men may be seen, like anxious misers, biding their treasures In the earth. The food that might fee<\ a multitude Is hastily, eagerly, thrown upon the ground, and quickly covered from sight. Labor's mighty congregation of believ ers engages once more in the universal Interment, evidencing thus, a world wide faith In tho unending resurrec tion. For jocund spring la here, and summoned by her melodious voice the sower goes forth to sow his seed. Unconsciously It may be. but none the less truly, here Is performed a most sublime act of faith, and it Is an act of faith which depends for Its perform ance upon no blind relief In Impossible miracle or unreasonable and useless transcendence of recognised .law. He whose faith in the eternal persistence of seed-time and harvest Is to And practical expression In the labor of hi* own sowing, makes no demand upon faith other than that of experience. And so It Is that "There Is no unbelief; Whoever plants a seed beneath the sod, And looks to see new life appear Through breaking clod, He trusta In God.” Tho faith of the sower must always know this limitation, however. It It be Indeed the* sure and steadfast faith born of experience, and not the fatuous following of foolish necromancy. He must never allow blmself to hope or to believe that the promised harvest sbail differ one whit from the seed of the sowing, save In the measure of. Its quantity alone. He must not hope to "gather grapes from tborne, nor figs from thistles." He must not expect to put his eager sickle Into an unpolluted crop of wheat. In a field whose spring time saw with anxious heart the min gled wheat and tares fall from the sow er's careless hand. Nature’s wonderful alchemy performs no such confusing and disastrous miracles as this. It hss remained for the foolish, dresm-fe.'l fancy of the theologian to fashion this monstrosity. Nor can the sower nope to be able to share with another, either the honor or the reproach of the harvest. Though the actual toil of the reaping may fall to other hands, yet to him alone, who cast the seed, must come the praise or blame. No amount of frenzied prayer and sincere, though unfortunately de layed repentance, can change this eternal decree. "Be not deceived: God Is not mocked; for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” Upon this Immutable 'principle, woven Into th* very fiber of nature and plainly manifested In all her manifold and varying forms, rests the safety and stability of tho moral universe. Of all the lessons which man Is privileged to learn from nature's ever outspread, beautiful Bible, none Is more essential to his spiritual development than this. And of all "the foolishness of preach ing” with which the race has been un speakably cursed since first man was given a conscience, none Is more per nicious nnd disastrous In Its effects than that sophistry which would seek to discredit or disprove the unfailing operation of this principle. A system of religion which advances as a fundamental tenet the promise that the sinner may escape the Inevi table penalty for his own misdeeds by means of some miraculous vicarious hocus-pocus scheme of Intervention can not. In the very nature of the case, operate for the making of truly right eous lives among men and women. No wonder that many of the world’s mod ern students of ethics declare It as In creasingly their conviction that human civilization has developed In spite of religion, rather than because of It! Here Is another cause for an abiding faith and trust In the eternal goodness and wisdom and power of God. Should we not be profoundly moved with grat- REV. E. D. ELLENWOOD. Itude, when we discover how He con stantly "makes the wrath of man to praise Him;” how He overrules the er ror and foolish fancies of our theolo gy, and makes us to grow In righteous ness, In spite of the erroneous concep tions we have entertained'concerning His nature and Hla plana concerning us? But we should be anxious to avail ourselves of the opportunity to be co laborers with God In the moral vine yard, Instead of continuing to throw our unhappy errors In the way of His icaven. Let us put aside our theolog ical and traditional bias just fqr a mo ment and seriously face ourselves with this question: Given an Imperfect moral being, one still quite a little "lower than the angels,” as the field of operation, Is It really reasonable to sup- nose that the wholesale promlae of Irn- tutlonary punishment, will contribute toward the establlahment of geulne morality and actual righteousness In the heart of that Individual? It may be argued that gratitude here plays her part In the restoration of the sinner to holiness and decency, that In return for this tremendous sacrifice a persistent effort toward reformation Is certain to be made. But that nature which can complacently accept the sacrifice and suffering of an Innocent victim In the place of merited personal punlahment must be an entirely oecupled by cow ardice and selflshneas as to leave no room for gratitude which belongs among the higher virtues. Were sub stitutionary punishment for sin a fact of experience, Instead of a fiction of theology, the net result must bq hu manity's utter loss of courage and self- respect. As a moral proposition, a Ann belief In certain Incarceration In an eternal ble to a belief In any form __ punishment whatever, which can be escaped or avoided by ths acceptance of u fetish, or by allegiance to a man made creed. Time was, no doubt, when the fear of the horrors of endless punishment In unspeakable tortures was necessary to tame the brutish passions of man, and whip his savago Instincts Into some semblance of civilisation. "And the limes of this Ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repdnt." But. Christian theology, borrowing from Its founders this old heathen doctrine of endless torture as a punishment for sin, has nullified It and utterly robbed It of Its power as n deterrent, by making provision for Its escape, under certain conditions. All lawmakers know that a law without a penalty, or a law whose penalty Is uncertain In Its ap plication, Is absolutely valueless, save as tr legislative absurdity and curio. ir Indeed It be true, as we are taught, that "whom the Lord lovsth. He chaa- teneth, and scourgeth every son whom He recelveth." then how shall we be convinced of His love; If He with hold from us the chastisement so sorely needed for our discipline In righteous ness, and which Is certainly ours to ' reap, by reason of our sowing? And how shall we know that our sow- , Ing In righteousness shall not fall of 1 Its reward, If we Are commended to be- I Have that the iniquity which we heed- ' lessly scatter broadcast, shall not re- j qulro reaping nt our hands? Wo are constantly exhorted to labor for tho certain rewards of righteousness, but • how shall we be convinced of their un failing quality. If we must accept tho teaching that the results of out- evil sowing are to bo reaped by another? Let us show as sound Judgment In our theology as we try to express In our theory and practice of human legis lation. let us at least give God credit for as great a degree of wisdom In the Institution and maintenance of the divine government as that displayed ! by His Infinite children In their feeble and imperfect attempts at aelf gov- ' emment. SO shall we teach ourselves to be- | Hove In ths Infallable operation of all i of God's laws, both physical and spirit- I uni, and, becoming convinced that j "seed time and harvest shall not cense,” . W'o shall make It our chief business to sow continuously, truth, justice, love, Imerry, kindness, patience and sacri- . flee, which, being nurtured to maturity,, shall bring forth Increasingly peacable fruits of righteousness. SOCIOLOGICAL STATE SOCIETY rresldenl -Dupont Ouerry, Mtcon, Os. first V.-I’.-Dr. A. R. nolderby, Atlsnta. Second V.-r.-Dr. E. C. Pecte, Mecon. Scc.-Trcns.-Dr. W. T. Jones, Atlsnts. Annual Meeting In May, 1907, at Mscen. ATLANTA SOCIETY President E. Marvlnib'ndenrood Vic# Pit*. Dr. Tbeo. Toepsl Hmtftnrjr Miss Hsttf# E. Msfijn Trvmnrer ,.C. E. Folmuj of etch i EDITORIAL COMMITTEE. Rev. C. B. Wllmcr, J. D. Cleaton, E. Marvin Underwood, Dr. R. R. Klme. iHHINtIMtHIIIHHIIMIHMHHtIHmiHHIMHHWIIIHHIHIIHSHliHHtHHIMMIItMHHHIIIHIHHIII Secret Order News and Gossip -CONDUCTED BY CLAUDE NEALY.- SOCIOLOGY THE TREND OF THE DAY By DR. R, R. KIME, Atlsnta, Qs. S OCIOLOGY Is really the art of liv ing together In harmony for the benefit of each other. Organ**?' tlon for self-protection and self-preser vation has been the forerunner of a higher and nobler sentiment, now rap idly^^ developing ths *»»'®Prlnclple of which Is the "brotherhood of man. Never before have the Amerlcnn peopte t ha t * we *a ro° depe nd en t StfS Sa/permanently <o elevate and nah, April 1» to 19. did good work along sociological lines. Besides the various papers and discussions on these subjects, active steps were taken to aid In securing a state sanitarium for In dolent tuberculosis. Many members of the society hre working for its accom- pllshment and the as«oclatlon ls behlnd the movement as a body. The associa tion also Indorsed and urged the estab lishment of a colony for eplleptlc^ an industrial school for the feeble-minded lows: _ _ ... mentihe whde muatbe Improved and RnHroads can ndt exist wl , th . ou * *!)? people, and the people caninotImpirove md advance without the railroad*. capital needs labor for Its devdop- ment and maintenance, while labor v£di capital to give employment and ,apply Its demands for living and ele- nation of themselves. ... Insurance companies can not exl|t be benefits and protection of the in Thus* a^mutuaT relation exlri. be ween all the necessities and communities, cities, states and na- All professions, business, commercial d labor Interests are b , c **, n " ln ? h '2 illse the relation of one to the other in awakening that speaks well for j future. A higher c, . v 1 , ® h J‘ eht *° 0 ’{i, SS Is developing n higher moral indard In dealing one with the other- la civic honor and r, »*l t ?2i l, 2?M '^ld nd to foster and" develop the good and Imlnate the evil In all ^rburine..' , and"iabor?n. r er?ri; t Ja people and nation. Never before in • history has there been such a ml upheaval and regeneration of lc moral standard*. .. _ hibllc sentiment Is demanding* her moral standard In conducting , insurance, railroad* and In the nagement of capital and labor The iou* professions are falling to y I directing their Influence Into chan- ■ that aid In a higher development 'he Medical Association of Georgia —-hnTit 1U last annual meeting ib Savan- throughout State Commission. "In the Interest of the state for the better development of the people witn a view of securing a more harmonious relation of the races and lessening crime, vice and diseases, bp It ••Resolved, 1. That we Indorse and urge the legislature of the state of Georgia to provide for the appointment and maintenance of a commission for the study and Investigation of the primal causes of crime, pauperism, in sanity and mental degeneracy. "J. Bald commission to be composed of two physicians, two lawyers, two legislators and two teacher*, se ated because of their fitness and qualifica tion for the work. "t. It ahall be the duty of this com mission to study the above subjects from a scientific and practical stand- nolnt as they pertain to the state and this section of the country In relation to both white and colored races, and make annual report* of their work. In cluding suggestion as to the control and prevention of these evil*. "4. We urge the appropriation of at least |5.««0 oy the legislature and so much annually as may be needed for the use of the commission, that It may accomplish Its work In an sfflclent manner, and disseminate such knowl edge as will be of benefit to the va rious profession* and general public of ^“Adopted by the Fifth District Med ical Society. Fulton Medical Society, Atlanta Sociological Society; also by numerous physician* and citizens " — the state.” HANDY TRIBESMEN RAISE THEIR CHIEFS The council'fire of U^doc Tribe. No. 70, Improved Order of Red Men, wan kindled In the hunting grounds of Handy, reservation of Georgia, on the 12th Sun, Plant Moon, G. S. D., GO, by S. O. Newman, past D. O. 8. Council Are was kindled on 20th Sun. Plant Moon, by Hon. J. R. McMIchatl. G. J. S. , of Comanche, No. 0, whan the fol lowing named stump officers were elected and raised to their respective stumps: Dr. J. C. Jackson, sachsm; W. J. Brown, senior sagamore; W. E. Harga- gee, Junior sagamore; 8. G. Newman, prophet; W. D. Byrd, K. of R.; L. H. Moseley, C. of \V.; Q. T. Brown, K. of W.; S. M. Wortham. G. W.; J. R. Brown, O. of F.: V. V. Vaughn, first sannop; T. L. Smith, second fannop; J. T. Smith, Watt Dial, W. H Martin and J. K. Orr, first, second, third and fourth warriors; J. T. Webb, W. E. Smith, J. B. Crowder and Ralph Dlnl, first, sec ond, third and fourth braves. The following visiting chiefs were present and conferred the adoption, warriors and chiefs’ degrees; J. R. McMIchael anil S. L. Blanton, past sachems, Comanche, No. t; W. T Stephens, sachem, Comanche, No. 6; S. W. Lord, post sachem, Conesnuga, No. 22, all of Atlanta hunting grounds; V. R. Ingram, past sachem, Coweta, No. 7; W. F. C. Llnch, past senior saga more. Coweta, No. 7; R. T. Moses, senior sagamofle, Coweta, No. T, hunting grounds of Turin. • ***»»*»•»**•*••»•»»*•*•••< '••••• MMiM •••••••••••••••••••• •♦•••••••( Maxims of the ! FRATERNAL WORLD Take care of your sick members. Fraternal operation tends to elevate personal character. Many golden opportunities are neg lected because we rely too much upon some one else. PIEDMONT REBEKAHS WILL GIVE SOCIAL It fb. the uncertainty of life that make* a certificate In a good benefi ciary society both necessary and de sirable. Ths adheslv* power of the fraternal obligation Is truly wonderful. GOBBLERS TO FLY IN SHORT TIME The -Atlanta lodge of Gobblers Is to be Installed In the K. C. hall. In the Austell building, on the 2tth of ths present month or on May 1. Some of the foremost men of the city have signed charter applications to be come members of the new order. Hon. Hoke Smith. Hon. W. R. Joy ner, William 8chley Howard, Chief As the great fraternal order*' grow In magnitude they become more pow erful magnates In attracting others to become members. The patriotic teachings of good fra ternal orders have done much to pro mote that spirit of democracy that pre vails throughout our land. Plsdmont Rebekah Lodge, No, If, I. O. O. F., has been doing splendid work for the past few months, and Is grad ually coming to the front and Increas ing her membership every meeting night. For the past month the degrees have been conferred on a number of candi dates, every meeting night. Past Grand Sister Emma Ivy has been elected to Abe grand lodge, which meets next month at Columbus, Go., and Past Slater W. A. Spinks has been elected D. D. G. M. A new degree team has been formed, and with th* seal and vigor put into the work by the members will undoubt edly prove to be the best In the city. LOCAL BEAVERS WILL ENTERTAIN Atlanta dam, No. 2. Independent Or der of Beavers, met last Monday night st the hall, 67 1-2 East Hunter street Although the weather was Inclement, there was a good attendance. Much business of Importance to tbs local Beavera was transacted. The entertainment committee Is ar- DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA. Where wer* you Inst Thursday night? At th* hall, of course. Well, If you were not you should have been. Fraternity la the binding together of many Individuals Into a tower of strength for good and for the protec tion of the unfortunate. Just so long as the need for pro tection and co-operation exists, just so long will our grand fraternal so cieties thrive end prosper. Let every man consider seriously what condition his own loved ones would! be In If his salary was to stop suddsrily and he had no means to main, tain them. M. D. GLEASON. MACCABEE INITIATION ON MONDAY NIGHT. Greater Atlsnta Tent, No. TO, of the Maccabees, will have a big class Inltla. tlon at the hall, ft Central avenue, next Monday night. The officers are making special prep aration* to make this a gain night and Invite every Maccabee In Atlanta to be present. < The degree team will exemplify the beautiful ritualist' work of the Mac- Henry Jennings. Hon. Sam Small andlcabee* In a manner that will be Inter- many others of equal prominence ore'eating entertaining and Instructive to among the list of charter members. those who attend. We feel aad over the removal of some few of our members, and loved one* of our member* recently and yet feel that we ought to rejoice over some new ones we have received. early In May, which bids fair to be ono of the most enjoyable affairs ever given by any fraternal ortjer. Much enthusiasm Is being manifested in th* proposed entertainment. The commit tee on by-laws submitted Its report sad the by-laws wer* read and action post, poned until next meeting night. "MEMBER.” TEACHERS’ EXAMINATION. An examination for applicants for position of teacher In the public schools of Atlanta, Oa., will be held Friday and Saturday, May t and 4, beginning at noon on the Id. Applicants must be present both days and a fee of 21.00 will be charged to each applicant tak ing the examination. By order of board of education. L. M. LANDRUM. Acting Superintendent of Schools. IE FINE MEETING Coneaauga tribe. Red Mon- met In th* wigwam on Wednesday 'sleep »11 h * good attendance. After the routine business, our eagle-eyed first war rior scouted the forest and discovered one lone paleface who had wandered . Into tho camp. After duo trial he No. 2 Is on * boom—If you don’t believe It add your presence next meet ing night. Even the receipts of the evening are going up and this la a sure sign of success. After council closed Thursday night we had a jolly time playing games, etc. If every member will bring In an application next Thursday night you will be doing your whole duty and need not ask for bouquets. - , Watch out for the entertainment In May. Announcement In regard to thla later. "MEMBER." W. E. White. W. E. White, aged 40 years, died Thursday night at his residence, 704 Glennwood avenue, after an Illness of two years. He Is survived by his wife and two daughters. The funeral serv ices will be conducted In Maysvllle, Ga„ where the body was sent Friday nlgbL HARGISES’ TRIAL * SET FOR -MAY 7. Lexington, Ky., (April 27.—Judge James Hargis. Senator Alex Hargis, Sheriff Ed Callahan and Jess* Spicer, all charged with assassination of James Cockrlll, In July. 1)02, will be called here for trial May 7. Since the Jury trying Britton for the same killing could not agree, the accused ar* anx ious for trial. KEENE’S DAUGHTER SUES FOR DIVORCE New York, April 27.—The long-ex pected shattering of th* romance it Millionaire James R. Keene's beautiful daughter anJ her husband. Talbott J. Tfiylor. occurred today, when It was announced that she asked -the New York courts for an absolute divorce. Sbe wad Jessica Harwell Keene, aa>l only daughter) the "stunt” to tho "queen's taste.” The popular sachem, T. F. Callaway, Is getting over his recent Illness, i.'one- sauga Is gaining In tnotnbershlf wampum, and we ow* It to no one than to our efficient past sachem. Moon, who has brought In about tv palefaces this term. "LITTLE INJUN." .md nty .Mrs, Katie Jones. The funeral services of Mrs. Katie Jonas, aged Cl years, who died Friday night at her residence, 1452 East Fair street, were conducted Saturday morn ing at 10 o’clock. She Is survived by her husband and five children. The Interment was In Westvlew cemetery. NOTICE! The mayor nnd general council of the city of Atlanta Invite bid* for lighting the streets and public places of said city for terms of one year, two years, three years and five years, as per *pe--l- flcatlona contained In a resolution of said mayor and general council ap proved April 22. 1*07, a copy of which resolution will be furnished upon appli cation to the clerk of council. Bidden aball specif)' th- maximum price to be ebarged by such bidder to any person, firm or corporal Ion. within the city of Atlanta, during the form of contract with said city, for electric cur rent or electricity, for light, heat, power or other purposes for which elcctrij current may be used. Bids addressed to the mayor ai d gen eral council should be tiled v-i'h the clerk of council and will be -ne,i ;n May *, 1907, at 3 o'clock p. ir... the council chamber. The right to reject any or ail hi is reserved, W. J. oamimikll. Clerk of CamDuiL