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mHE meeting of the Atlanta Baptist As
sociation just closed was remarkable
for the uniformly high character of its
sessions. While it lasted three whole
days there was no third day in interest and
strength of program. The closing day was in
no way inferior to the days which preceded it.
Within the limits of this article not even all
of the best thngs can be mentioned.
The Association sermon of Dr. Lincoln Mc-
Connell was superb. It would have done
honor to a state convention or a Southern Bap
tist convention. Indeed, the Atlanta Associa
tion this time would remind one of a state
convention. And why not? There are more
Baptist within the territory of the Atlanta
Association than in the state of Maryland,
more than in Rhode Island, the state of Roger
Williams, and more than in the states of
Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Arizona, Wy
oming and Delaware combined. The program
of the association was, as it should be, con
structed along convention lines. Dr. McCon
nell’s subject was “God’s Call to An Honest
Man,” and was based on Acts 22:14-15.
The speech of Dr. John E. White on “At
lanta and Her Needs”, was second to none
and was pronounced by many to have been
the best address ever made by him. He argued
that the times and the situation demanded
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GENERAL CLEANING UP X
Just so rthe sake of our readers at a distance
who have not seen seen how good it looks on paper
and in reality, we give the following clippings
from recent pages of the Tennessean:
“CHATTANOOGA DRY AS POWDER FACTORY”
"Chattanooga is as dry as a powder factory,”
said Representative O’Brien of Hamilton, who ar
rived in the city Monday to take part in the extra
session. "Every saloon has closed its dcors and
there seems to be no immediate chance for their
reopening.”
The Hon. Johnnie O’Brien is one of the most pop
ular members of the lower house and numbers his
friends by the armful. He is a great champion of
the laboring man and is always in the forefront
When such a battle is waging.
DRY AS SAHARA IN KNOXVILLE, SAYS SMITH
"During the forty-eight hours that the saloons Tn
Knoxville have been closed, there has'not been a
drunk arrested in the city,” said Representative
Parnick Smith in a statement that he made before
the mass meeting at the auditorium Monday night.
“This state of affairs has not existed in Knox
ville in many years”, continued Mr. Smith, “and
the people there of all poiticlal faiths have about
reached the conclusion that they didn’t want any
more legalized liquor.
SALOONS EXPIRE WITHOUT TROUBLE
CLARKSVILLE, TENN., Oct. 13.—When Clarks
ville citizens awoke Sunday morning perhaps many
of them wondered if the saloons were really closed.
Before 12 o’clock Saturday night there was some
yelling and shouting on the streets, but when the
town clock struck the salocns closed up, and closed
up tight—not only that, they remained closed.
A few minutes before midnight several officers
appeared so as to be on hand if the law was not
obeyed, but they were not needed, for when the
tlock struck the men in the saloons were driven
out by the proprietors and the doors closed at once.
There was no disturbance at all. Several people
THE GOLDEN AGE FOR WEEK OF OCT. 23
Glimpse of Atlanta Baptist Association
By W. W. GAINES.
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that the righteous citizenship of Atlanta
throw themselves into the work of making
Atlanta a city whose God is the Lord. He
hoped that Atlanta would become the third
righteous city on the globe, taking her place
along side of Edinbough and Toronto.
President John F. Purser of the Home Mis
sion Board of the Southern Baptist Conven
tion, made a stirring, though impromptu, ad
dress on Home Missions.
One of the most notable speeches of the
Association was made by Dr. J. J Hall, of
the American Peace Society, on the relation of
the Peace Movement to world wide missions.
He called attention to the costliness of war,
that wars conducted by Christian nations
against the heathen countries were frequently
so unjustifiable and on account of such base
motives, and were sometimes so cruelly con
ducted as to drive the people away whom the
missionaries were trying to win.
Dr. G. A. Nunnally of the Georgia Baptist
Education Board made a characteristically
strong speech on denominational education, in
which he declared that if Georgia must be
saved to civic righteousness, Emory and Mer
cer must do it; that you could not look to the
University of Georgia for help along this line.
Presdent A. W. Van Hoose of Shorter Col
lege, Rome, charmed the people as he describ-
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came a few seconds after midnight and tried to
make a purchase, but were refused admittance.
NASHVILLE NEARLY ARID
Judge A. B. Neil of the criminal court stated
last night that he wished it to be distinctly un
derstood that his order in the cases of the retail
liquor dealers called on Monday was meant as
inhibition against the sale of liquor, even in
packages, for consumption on their premises.
That they shall surrender their federal tax re
ceipts on or before November 15, that in the mean
time no intoxicating liquor shall be sold across their
bars in the form of drinks, that their saloons shall
not be kept open after midnight, that no gambling
devices shall be operated on the premises and that
no lewd women shall be permitted to loiter about
their places of business, is the substance of an
order announced by Judge A. B. Neil of the David
son county criminal court on Monday in disposing
of the cases of more than 150 liquor dealers of
Nashville, each of the defendants having pleaded
guilty to the indictments returned against them by
the grand jury at its recent session.
No fines were imposed on any of the defendents,
and according to the announcement of Judge Neil,
their cases will be nolled on the surrender of their
federal liqour tax receipts. The order, if enforced,
will result in practically putting the saloons as
such out of business at once, as by the mandate of
the court the proprietors are forbidden to dispense
liquor in drinks. But they are accorded the privi
lege of selling liquor an packages, this privilege
having been granted them that they might have an
opportunity to dispose of their present stock and
make arrangements to quit business.
To date Judge Neil has disposed of the cases of
about 207 of the liquor dealers who were indicted
at the last session of the grand jury, about fifty
three of the defendants having already surrendered
their federal liquor tax receipts.
“There must be no further sales of intoxicating
liquor in drinks across the bar after today. Any
person who does so will forfeit his license imme
diately.”
ed the ideal Christian College in a fifteen
minute speech.
A short but most informing talk on Sunday
School work was made by John S. Spalding,
superintedent of the Second Baptist Sunday
school, in which he showed from reliable stat
istics, among other things, that only twenty
per cent of the people who ever become Christ
ians do so after the age of seventeen, and only
four per cent after twenty-four years of age.
He also made the gratifying statement that
the figures showed that the Sunday schools of
the city had been one-third larger this past
Summer than they were the summer before.
And Dr. John E. White declared his clear
conviction that the Sunday school was the
greatest religious force in church work today,
that he would rather give up the preaching
service in his church, the prayer meeting ser
vice and all the other services of his church
than the Sunday school; and he said that
more real work for the Kingdom was done in
our churches between 9:30 and 10:30 o’clock
on Sunday mornings than in all the other
hours of the week put together, and he pro
ceeded to prove it.
A number of earnest speeches were made in
favor of tithing. Rev. William Russell Owen
said he believed it is because it was scriptual,
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converting our fair land into a seethng Sodom.
Unless the tidal wave of moral laxity and social
degeneracy which is sweeping over our country,
is arrested by those who are in position to com
mand public thought and public sentiment, what
the end will be, no one can tell. I wish I could
say something to arouse the editors all over the
land, and awaken the public to the general
danger.
To do what I can in this direction, I have pre
pared several brief articles of conservative ut
terance, which I am sending free to a number of
editors to determine whether they are suited to
his columns. He may feel perfectly free to
abridge, or if he desires to amend or change,
he may omit the writers name, and use freely,
without credit, whatever is said or suggested.
The only restriction which is placed upon the use
of the articles is the request that they should
not be published before THE DATE which is
printed at the head of each article. The accept
ance of one article does not carry with it the
acceptace of any other article or articles which
may follow; they are not in the form of a series,
and do not stand related to each other-
Yours truly,
SYLVANUS STALL.
P. S —The titles are as follows: “Death of
Miss National Modesty,” 850 words; “Fixing
the Fashions,” 440 words; “American Man
hood,” 325 words: “The Best Society,” 650
words.
Editorial P. S. — We ask special attention to
“The Death of Miss National Modesty” in this
issue of The Golden Age. Watch also the others
and show them to every mother and daughter
in reach of you.
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