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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 000 o o o 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. 000 o o 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- 0 0 0 0-0 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, (Continued on page 15.) 000000000 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. 5