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4 HF.NRY H. TUCKER, TCditor. MORE OF THE CONFLICT. Two weeks ago we had something to -say about that conflict of opinion which prevails universally among men on all subjects where difference of opinion is possible ; and, indeed, on some subjects .in regard to which we should think ' such difference would be impossible. We had reference to such questions solely as involve neither partiality nor 'prejudice, and in whose decision the mind is as unbiassed as it could be on the merest abstractions. We showed that, on all such questions, the ablest thinkers of our race differ with each other What shall we sajt now of those ■questions (a much larger class) which touch the interests, the affections and the passions of those who decide them? 'There is probably not a man in the world whose opinions are wholly, and on all subjects, unaffected by his feel ings. There has probably never been such a man, nor do we believe that there ever will be. True, all men are not thus affected in equal degree. Some seem to be controlled by their feeling altogether, their judgment being a mere foot-ball, kicked hither and thither by their passions. But there are none who reach to the opposite ex treme, and none who even approximate it very closely. Men in whom the in tellectual element prevails largely over the moral (there are not many of these), and who have been thoroughly trained to logical habits of thought, (there are very few of these), may, in a general way, follow the guidance of reason only, but even these have their weak points, and when their interests ■are at stake, or their feelings enlisted, •their judgment will be warped under the inexorable laws which govern hu man nature. Passing by the few pow erful thinkers produced by our race, and regarding only the average man, it is safe to say that it takes very little to bias bis judgment. Leaving out the influence of such passions as envy, jealousy and malice, and to say noth ing of love, (proverbially blind), the hopes and fears of men have often the mastery of their minds, while with many the influence of a few dollars is absolutely controlling; and by this is meant not merely that they can be induced, by the love of lucre, to say that they think thus and so, but that they actually think what it seems to be their interest to think. Men whose opinions are bought, are not always dishonest; for it is not the mere expres sion of opinion that is purchased, but the opinion itself. Men are often pro foundly sincere in their belief of a given proposition, when, if their interest had been on the other side, they would have been equally sincere in believing its opposite. Such is human nature. But if small considerations will in fluence a man’s judgment, what shall •we say of those which are greater? And what of that which is greatest? A man’s religious convictions, whatever they may be, are apt to be his strong est, and those which he is slowest to give up. These seem to take posses sion of his whole mind, heart, soul and conscience, and of all that there is of .him, as nothing else can do. Hence, when such questions are under discus sion, they are not regarded as mere abstractions; men may honestly try to so regard them, but, in spite of them selves, such things are practically con crete with all that they hold dearest, earth or in heaven. Is it at all sur ▼prising that they should be tenacious of such opinions? Would it not be a •miracle if it were otherwise? Centuries age certain differences of opinion arose among the believers in Christianity; just such differences as arise between believers or unbelievers in anything else; for these Christians were human. Those who agreed, nat urally consorted together, (what else could be expected), and thus parties were formed. The same cause that gave rise to each party perpetuated it; and to this other causes became adju vant. Affections were excited, antipa thies were aroused, interests were in volved, passions were stirred up. The zeal of each party to diffuse its doc trines, and to increase its numbers and its power, stimulated that of the other. Sin came in to widen the breach. Some, at least, of each party, having more zeal than grace, said and did things that were unfair and dishonors ble, and this, of course, provoked re sentment and led to counter move ments equally reprehensible. As cen tury after century passed by, the lines between the parties were very distinctly drawn, and the convictions of each sank deeper and deeper into the hearts of all its adherents. It need surprise no one that we have various ecclesiastical organizations and creeds. No man in his senses would look for anything else. The wonder is, not that there are so many differences on this subject, but that there are so ‘few. A half a dozen sects, or twice that number at most, comprise the bulk of Christendom. And the differences are not so great as they are sometimes supposed to be. True, when theory is placed side by side with theory, the two sometimes appear to be antagonistic; but the theories are often much farther apart than the men who hold them. The Calvinist and the Arminian seem THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST: THURSDAY, MAY g, 1881 to hold conflicting views, so that if the one l>e true, the other must be false; yet when they come to their knees their differences vanish, and in their prayers both embody the same doctrines; the very doctrines about which, in debate, they differl How can this be account ed for? We can only say that the vagaries of the human mind are unac countable. Considering, too, the deep hold which religion has on man, it is remarkable how little disturbance the conflict of opinion on this subject has led to. Os course we shall be reminded of the crusades, and of other religious wars, said to be the most bitter of all wars, but in regard to all these, we may say that the spirit of Jesus was not in them, and that those who were engag ed in them had no experimental knowl edge of his grace, and were moved by a mere superstition. Doubtless there have been many instances where those who were really men of God were so victimized by their own depraved na ture as to engage in unhallowed oppo sition to those who differed with them ; for, however holy men may be, they are still human. In former times there was bloody persecution, in which per haps some of the saints, conscientious but misguided, took part; in these lat ter days, the same disposition takes the milder, but still reprehensible, form of railing and evil speaking. But the tendency is to the better; and as men become more enlightened, and as the spirit of their Lord more fully takes possession of them, the evil spirit of controversy will subside, while yet con troversy will remain. Certain differen ces of opinion will be abiding, for their foundations are laid in the different constitution of our minds; but the time, let us hope, is coming with all, which has long since come with many, when conflicting views can be enter tained and discussed without leading to a disrespectful word, or to an ar gument known to be unfair, or to an uncourteous bearing, or to an unkind thought, or to any feeling unworthy of a child ol God. Hard Pushed.—We recently ex pressed the opinion that a law prohib iting the manufacture, sale and use of spirituous liquors in Georgia would be unwise for this reason, if for no other, that it could not be enforced, and that it would be a mere nullity, and that the violation of this with impunity would tend to beget a disregard of all law. We are informed that this has been construed to mean that we are opposed to the effort to check the demoralizing influence of the liquor traffic ! Well! What next? Liquor lovers and liquor sellers must be hard pushed for cham pions when they refer to the Index as one of them. Ina leading article of recent date we expressed ourselves in favor of what is known as the “Local Option Law,” by virtue of which each city, town, coun ty, and militia district, is allowed at any election, to vote for itself on the question of license or no license. Our position is, that in localities where public sentiment is strong enough to vote for no license, the same sentiment wiP, in general, be strong enough to enforce the law: and that where it is enforced there will be a palpable im provement in public morals and thrift, and that this fact will tend to diffuse the sentiment out of which it grew, and thus act like the leaven of the kingdom of heaven, which will eventually leaven the whole lump. We see no objection to the “Lo cal Option Law”; the constitu tional question is not likely to be rais ed on it; it interferes with nobody’s self-government; it allows each com munity to have its own way; it is a kind of domestic arrangement; it al lows home matters to be managed by home people and not by a distant Leg islature,; it is the doctrine of States’ Rights reduced to its last analysis. If the people of a community choose to have the liquor-shop, let them have it; if they choose not to have it, nobody has a right to force it on them. The effect of the “Local Option Law” is simply to insure to each community the right to act as it pleases. We ex pect to sign the petition asking our Legislature to pass such a law, and we respectfully advise our readers to do the same. Those who oppose the law put themselves, logically, whether wit tingly or not, in the position that a mi nority of a community ought to con trol a majority—that is, that a dozen men may control a thousand. We protest. We advocate for each com munity, on all such questions, the doc trine of “Do as you please.” The Living Church —a ritualistic and sacerdotal Episcopal paper—says that "there is no evidence to show that Bt. Paul had the divine approval when” he said, "Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel.” So, in blind idolatry of outward forms, men find it in their hearts to strike and to stab Holy Scripture itself. Oh, if, when such language rises to their lips, they would only pause to consider the ques tion, what ‘evidence they have jp show’ that they themselves ‘have the divine approval’ in their utterance of it! Per haps, in searching for the answer to this enquiry, they would discover the evidence they have overlooked of the divine approval in the caseof the sacred writers. Wise self-dotfbt would save men from much unwise doubt of the Word of God. THE CONVENTION ON TEMPERr- ANCE. Resolutions in regard to Temper ance were introduced in our late Con vention, imprudently, as was thought by some, and which led to a long dis cussion, more animated and more protracted, it appears to us, than the occasion called for. The resolutions were passed by a majority of eighteen or twenty, the minority being large enough to destroy completely their moral effect. Finally, they were re considered by unanimous consent, and others, differing somewhat in form, were with equal unanimity adopted in their stead. The fact of such a discussion may be misconstrued. It may lead some to suppose that there is quite a divis ion among us on the question of tem perance, and this may tend to neutral ize our influence in favor of thecause. The truth is that there is no essential difference among us on this subject; we are all opposed to intemperance and are all anxious to see all proper means in force to check its evils. The difference had reference to ways and means, rather than ends, the question under discussion being one of expedi ency rather than of principle. If our counsel had been asked, we should have advised against the intro duction of the resolutions,anticipating the very result which followed ; yet we repeat what we have said several times before, that in our judgment every lover of good morals and good order ought to sign the petition to our Leg islature, asking for what is known as the “Local Option Law.” We presume that no member of that Convention would object to this law, and we know that some of those who opposed the original resolutions, will be among the first to sign the petition in favor of it. The Two Wesleys.—The London Baptist publishes extracts from the records of a Baptist church at Cork, Ireland, during the first half of the last century. One incident seems worthy of passing mention. A lady, desiring to “submit to the original form of b tp tism,” asked Mr. Charles Wesley to be the administrator. In conversation with her and the Baptist pastor, he “had often talked in high strains of the ordinance of believers’ baptism, and de clared that he had baptized several adult persons in Bristol according to the primitive institution, i. e., by im mersion, on profession of faith and re pentance.” He “very freely consented” to the lady’s request, and “being of the opinion, as he said, that it looked more like the primitive practice to perform it in a river than in a baptistery,” he, at once, in company with the pastor, sought out a place. But he delayed to fix the day, though he promised to do so from time to time, “expressing himself warmly in the prospect of great comfort and joy in the administration,” and at last left the city, on a sudden, without performing it, saying the Baptist pastor “might do it as well” as he. After some delay, when Mr. John Wesley came to Cork, the lady applied to him ; "but when she had mentioned her scriipTe's con cerning infant sprinkling, and the proofs from Scripture concerning be lievers’ baptism, instead of calmly rea soning on the subject, he turned her away with an abrupt and short reply, viz., that what she called conviction was no other than a delusion of the devil.” Whereupon, as she should have done at first, she received the or dinance at the hands of the Baptist pastor. The Record, with some asperi ty, says that the younger brother “had led her on with false assurances,” and styles the older “that Rabbi, John Wesley.” Missions.—From 1800 to 1861 Chris tian communicants increased in India at the rate of 938 yearly. The yearly rate from 1861 to 1871 was 2,784. From that date to the present it has been 9,000. There is encouragement in these facts for Southern Baptists. Our missions in China and Africa, in Italy and Brazil, are yet in their first stage—that stage in which the imme diate fruitage is least; and we may take counsel unwisely of opr despon dency and our doubts, questioning whether too little is not accomplished to warrant the hope of larger and per manent results. But let us recognize the law of progress, nor fail to see that the small outcome from missionary effort in its early beginnings on any field, is the sure prophecy of a more abundant harvest to be reaped in after years. Besides; it is, to no small de gree, only in seeming that what is ac complished is little. We note in one of our exchanges a statement that the increase of native Christians in China from 1877 to 1880 was forty-one per cent. —a rate of growth which is not paralleled even in our own land. Let us work on hopefully, then—all of us work, both hopefully and liberally. Far sooner than we expect, may our mis sionaries be privileged with such an ingathering as has been vouchsafed to Missionary Boggs, sent out by our Northern brethren to labor among the Teloogoos in India, and baptizing dur ing the past year 2,758 converts. It is alleged that two genealogical tablets recently discovered at Tung Chow have been identified by Rev. T. P. Crawford, D. D., our missionary to China, —the one with the generations of Adam, in the fifth chapter of Gene sis,—and the other, with the genera- tions of the sons of Noah in the 10th. The statement wears an aspect of un certainty, not to say of improbability, about it. But it gives at least a sug gestive glimpse into certain possibili ties attending the prosecution of mis sionary work. Nineveh and adjacent cities grow every tear more and more famed for the confirmation their ruins supply of Old Testament history in the times of the Jewish kings. But may not all this be eclipsed by discoveries yet to be made by those who shall carry the gospel to the lands lying between the Euphrates and the Pacific? Some where in that wide tract was the early home of the humin race; and discove ries there may date back to the first ages of Old Testament history subse quent to the flood, and may shed de cisive light on certain ’ questions con cerning the unity and antiquity of the race, on #hich anti-dogmatic scepti cism is wont now-a-days to dogmatize. The Rev. Dr. Beatty, rector of an Episcopal church in Kansas, was re ported as having said, that he would defy the law prohibiting the use of wine at the Lord’s Supper. He rises now to explain, and says, that he did not defy the law, but only the idle talk about the law, which misrepiesented its provis ions. We must think that Dr. Beatty is loyal over-much. If the use of wine at the Lord’s table were prohibited in Georgia, The Index would defy the law, and make no explanations. While on the subject we may add, that we once published (accompanied with our doubts,) the statement cur rent in all the papers, that the Kansas law does contain the prohibition above referred to; we afterwards published a statement from Gov. St. John of Kan sas denying that the law contained any such prohibitions. Since then, we have seen an extract from the law itself, and we are satisfied that on a proper construction, it does prohibit the use of wine at the Lord’s Supper, Gov. St. John to the contrary notwith standing. We do not consider that such a law is identified with the cause of temperance, but if it were, it would bring the cause into deserved contempt. The right of churches to choose their own pastors is so clear in the light of the New Testament, and the exercise of that right is so consonant with the principles and experiences of true piety, that it can not be altogether ignored even under the ecclesiastical systems which deny it and legislate against it. As anillustration of the way in which it asserts itself among Methodists, whose discipline invests Bishops with an absolute power of appointment to pastoral charges, take what a corres pondent of the Baltimore Episcopal Methodist says, touching the state of things in the New England Confer ence: “When the Bishop meets the Presiding Elders to make the appoint ments, he finds that a number of the ministers are already appointed, so far as it can be done by the ministers and societies, and it only remains for him to sanction the arrangement. It is generally the case that these previously arranged appointments receive the Episcopal sanction.” We remember to have read, years ago, that a heathen addressed Dr. Jud son as "Jesus Christ’s man.” And now we see that one who accompanied a female missionary through the streets of a Chinese city, styled her “the Christ lady.” Ah, when these names are rightly earned by all church members —when every one who takes knowl edge of them reads in their lives the deep and high meaning of the names— then infidelity shall “come to a per petual end,” and “the kingdoms of this world shall be the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ.” Oh, brother! be thou fully and only “Jesus Christ’s man.” Be thou, oh sister! fully and only "the Christ lady.” It is the constant boast of sceptics that the church and pulpit are losing their hold upon the masses; but facts seem to point in the opposite direction. Enquiries made recently of a large number of prominent ministers in New York and Brooklyn, elicit the truth that during the last fifteen or twenty years, there has been rather an increase than a decline in general church at tendance. And we are sure that the state of the case throughout the c >un try at large, is more favorable than in those cities, though Infidelity, that “purblind Argus, all eyes and no sight,” may fail to recognize it. The Baptists of America sent mis sionaries to Germany and built up churches there. These Baptists of Germany, before they were fairly out of their infancy, carried the glad tid ings to Russia, and churches sprang into being under their hand. And now, these Baptists of Russia, whose infancy has not yet passed its first stages, have a missionary of their own appointment laboring in Bulgaria. So, like widening wave-circles on the face of the great deep, spreads "the testimo ny of Jesus” and gives promise of the time when the whole earth shall be filled with the joy and glory of it! An exchange paper published in Il linois, has a correspondent who asks in good earnest, “Does the sun move around the earth, or does the earth move around the sun?” The editor thinks it necessary to reply, “It is a fact long ago well established that the earth moves around the sun.” Well! Moody has said two good things re l cently. In the course of an answer to the question, "How may we secure a genuine revival of religion?” he said, “You must put aside all those distract ing church fairs.” And when asked, “How shall we train our converts?” he replied, “First, keep them out of fairs.” These two things, we repeat, are goed —so good that we say them over after him with emphasis. His reason for saying them is found in his belief “that the devil has a band in every church fair.” And we believe that, too. Hard on Baptists.—We have just heard a story of a negro who, having been a member of a Methodist church, desired to join the Baptista. On being examined for membership, he was asked: “Why do you wish to leave the Methodist church and join the Baptist? “Oh,” said he, “I've tried the Methodists and when I was with them it was all the time giving, giving, giv ing; so I just concluded I’d join the Baptists, where I can dip and be done with it I” Rather hard on the Baptists, but not a whit too hard on some of them. A Marvel. —Dr. W. W. Boyd, pastor of the (so-called) Second Baptist church, of St. Louis, is reported as hav ing said that he has seen the advanced sheets of the revised New Testament. Perhaps Dr. Boyd has been falsely re ported ; if so, it is due to himself that he should so declare; if not, will he or some of his friends tell us how it came to pass that he is the only man in America who has seen these advanced sheets? It is certainly a marvel which we should like to see explained. Harvard University.—About 13 per cent (say one eighth of the whole number) of students of this institution are agnostics, atheists, etc. etc. Os Unitarians who deny the Lord that bought them, there are 17,6 per cent. Classing these two together we have more than 30 per cent, whose tend encies are in our opinion decidedly pagan. Our evangelical conitempor aries at the North are congratulating themselves that the condition is no worse. The power of example is, perhaps, practically, the mightiest power wielded by the church: The uprightness and benevolence of believers in every day life, touch the hearts of men at a thou sand points and in a thousand ways, as nothing else can. Dr. Roswell D. Hitch cock says: “The superior morality of Christians was the strongest argument of the apologist, the final argument of history.” And to-day, for the masses full half “the Evidences of Christianity” lie in the lives of those who profess it. Frederick Harrison, the English Positivist, styles evangelical Christians “religious devotees,” and represents them as “in a chronic state of cataleptic predisposition!” Isn’t it dreadful to think of? They must be in a worse condition than even the sufferer from a railroad accident, of whom it was said, by one who overheard the consultation of the physicians, that he was sure to die because all his Latin parts were injured!” We have reason to know that our word does not go for much with the N. Y. Independent, but we beg to say that that excellent paper is mistaken in saying that Dr. Boyce of the South ern Baptist Theological Seminary "not very long ago had himself rebaptized, because he was not satisfied of the standing of the man who first immer sed him.” Dr. Boyce has never been baptized but once. —The Cedar Grove correspondent of of the Lafayette (Walkercounty) Mes senger relates the following in a letter to that paper, under date of April 21st: "There was quite a historical case which came up in the church that re sulted in good for restoring a very worthy man and a good citizen back to the Baptist church from which he had been excluded 24 years, on the follow ing ground: A certain brother called for a letter of dismission. This brother thought a public acknowledgement was due the church from the brother before the granting of the letter. The majority of the church thought differ ently. The brother refused to give his consent to the granting of the letter. A committee was appointed to see him, and get him reconciled with the bro ther. He insisted that he had nothing private against the brother. As he would not give his consent to the grant ing of the letter, he was excluded. He tried several times to get back, but the church required an acknowledgement of his offense, and that the action of the church was right. This he would not make, believing as he did, that they acted wrong, hastily and rash with him. It is something remarkable that he should have been excluded for one-fourth of a century, and remained a piotis man and loyal to the Baptist church, ready at all times to come back when the church would rescind its act of exclusion.” —Rev. J. A. Ivey writes: “Please, state that the general meeting for the second district of the Friendship As sociation will be held at Union,Marion, Ga., beginning Friday before the fifth Sabbath in May. The Minutes state the jirpe, the fifth Sabbath in April, but therebeing no fifth Sabbath in that month, it is deferred until May.” GEORGIA BAPTIST NEWS. —Dawson Journal: The baptizing ceremonies of the colored Baptist ehurch of this place, were witnessed on last Sabbath by nearly one thous and persons. We were not present, but learn that thirty-three applicants were baptized, and that, owing to sick ness, the baptismal rite of six new members was deferred until some fu ture day. Up to last Sunday thirty nine new members have been added to the church, and the meeting is still progressing finely. The indications are that as many more will join the church before the meeting closes. Rev. Elbert Walker, the pastor, is a faithful and zealous worker, and we wish biro continued success in his ef forts to the good. —Rev. W. A. Lane, of Caroil county, but formerly of Douglas county, has accepted a call to the Fairburn Baptist church. —ln a note to the Columbus Times Rev. J. H. Campbell says, in reference to the “open air meetings”: “The inter est of this meeting is increasing every Sabbath day. We are having very fine singing. All who will aid in this ser vice are earnestly invited to do so. I once more invoke the countenance and co operation of our citizens.” —Macon Telegraph and Messenger: Rev. M. B. Wharton, D. D., returned Tuesday from Louisville, Kentucky, in time to make the introductory address at the memorial celebration. Dr. Whar ton has just spent a month in Louis ville, at the request call of Dr. Boyce, the President, raising the balance of the subscription of that city to the South ern Theological Seminary. He was eminently successful, receiving nearly SB,OOO whilst there, besides preaching four successive Sundays in the Walnut Street Baptist church, of which he was formerly pastor. He also aided Dr. J. L. Burrows, of the Broadway Baptist church, in a protrated meeting, and returned to hie home in Macon looking better than when he left. After the meeting of the Southern Baptist Con vention he expects to return to Louis ville and finish up his work there. —Macon Telegraph •and Messenger: The following are the Sophomore speakers of Mercer University: W. B. Birch, P. D. 8., Macon, Ga.; A. L. Dasher, A. T. 0. and P. D. S., Macon, Ga.; J. T. Davis, P. D. T. and C. S. Columbia, Ala.; W. M. Foy, K. A. and P. D. S., Egypt, Ga.; B. F. Grigg, P. D. T. and P. D. S., Marion, S. C.; A. A. Hall, K. A. and P. D. S., Newnan, Ga.; E. F. Hinton, Macon, Ga.; E. Y. Mallory, P. D. T. and P. D. S., Rome, Ga.; T. H. Northen, P. D.T. and C.S., Sparta, Ga.; A. B. Perdue, A. T. 0. and C. S., Senoia, Ga.; J. W. Singleton, A. T. O. and P. D. S., Macon, Ga.; T. D. Wolfe, K. A. and P. D. S., Dublin, Ga.; W. A. Taylor, of Macon, Ga., and J. W. Singleton tied. The decision was made by lot. We may, without fear of contradic tion, assert, that Mercer has never had superior declaimei s to represent her at commencement. He who bears off the first medal must be well nigh perfect in the rendition of his piece. The young orators should not wish for an audience more refined and ap preciative than the one which will greet them at the pext annual com mencement. Nor should a Macon aud ience desire a better entertainment than will be afforded by this band of young speakers. DE LEO ATES TO SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION P H Mell, J H DeVotle, 8 Landrum, A J Battle. J O Jelks, Jr., C Z McCord, T B Lanier, A C Ward, A 8 Canuet, W A Overton, DW Garin, W G Whidby, James 8 Lawton, James P Harrison, R M Patterson, C C Smith, J J W Mathis, M B Wharton, J F Edens, J C Clements, T C Tucker, W M Bridges, W M Dyer, RB Headaen, G A Nunnally, W C McCall, George D Harris, J W Pullen, D T Espy, A McHan, J C McCord, H R Bernard, W M Speight, W H Cooper, R H Harris, F M Haygood, J H Corley, D E Butler, C M Irwin, D B Hamilton, G R McCall, J H Hall, B W Bu-'sey, J H Kilpatrick, B M Callaway, 8 G Hi Iyer, E R Carswell, W L Kilpatrick, E B Royal, N A Bailey, J G Ryalls, P A Jessup, ■ D G Daniell, J A McMurray, B F Abbott, A. B. Campbell, Chairman. A Card.—l ask leave to express my gratification that the movement in the late Georgia Baptist Convention to memorialize our Legislature on the Liquor Question was defeated, and to offer my hand to brethren Butler, Mell, Rutherford and others,, who opposed it. The Convention has existed nearly half a century, and if it has ever peti tioned the General Assembly for any thing, except for a charter, I have for gotten it. The movement would have been considered a political one. Let Caesar attend to his own affairs, and let us attend to those of Christ’s King dom. J. H. Campbell. W H Sanders, S Boykin, J G Gibson, I H Goss, C A Stately, V C Norcross, D Shaver. W J Northen, A D Freeman, J F Awtry, A VanHoose, HDD Straton, T Spurlock, F M Arnall, George C Davis, H S Hull, B J Conyers, R T Asbury, J W Jones, J H Mapp, J L Underwood, A M Marshall, E W Warren, W W Landrmn, BL Willingham, A T Spalding, J A Harris. J M Brittain, T A Gibbs, J E Appier, H S Estes M B Hardin, J M G Medlock, H H Tucker, T B West, T J Veazy, J A Ivey, J B 8 Davis, M M Landrum, J H Thornton, L R L Jennings, W A Burges, C 8 Gaulden, E B Carroll, T L Houck, Jas R Brown, T C Botkin, Geo 8 Obear, J E Brown, E R Carswell, ir„ F M Daniel, W L Stanton, Jas T Robert, J J S Callaway, A E Ross.