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yyjll Meet at Tilton Saturday
an d Sunday, May 29 and 30.
AS WE BELIEVED IT .WOULD BE,
The Liters of Sacred Song are De
termined to Have Their Con
vention.
Editors of The Citizen:
After pleading to no purpose
with Brother Walraven to waive,
for the time being, his objections
to the use of the church at Five
Springs for holding the Whitfield
County Singing Convention, and
receiving his emphatic assurance
that he would be there to see that
the church doors would not be
opened for such a purpose, I issued
the notice recalling the convention
that appeared in your last issue.
Right after that our store was
besieged day after day by mem
bers of the convention expressing
their sad disappointment of the
necessity of the announcement,
and insisting on having another
call of the convention to meet at
an early date.
A few of the more active took
the matter in hand, and the follow
ing letter shows what has been
accomplished:
Messrs. Showalter and Roberts :
Dear Sirs:—According to prom
ise made to some members of The
Whitfield County Singing Con
vention, I have asked the pastor
and trustees of the Baptist church
at Tilton for the use of their
church for holding our convention
on the fifth Sunday and Saturday
before, May 29 and 30, 1897, and
have obtained their full and free
consent. They throw wide open
their doors for the convention on
the days designated above, and ex
tend a cordial invitation to all
singers of sacred song to meet with
them.
I have also seen the Presbyteri
an brethren who with equal good
will and Christian liberality have
thrown open the doors of their
church and invited the convention
to meet, with them also.
So you see there is now no ex
cuse for not having our conven
tion. There will be room for all
who come. You need, therefore,
not hesitate to freely announce
the time and place. We shall be
glad if both churches shall be fill
ed to overflowing on that occasion.
Come one and all for we need your
help and encouragement in the
song service.
The announcement of the con
vention for the time stated, was
made at the Baptist church at this
place last Sunday, and I made a
like announcement at the singing-
meetingheldat Five Springs,where
there was a large number present.
Come, all lovers of sacred song
and let us spend the days in such
heavenly communings as spiritual
songs provide.
Yours, very truly,
W- H. Coker.
liiton, Ga., May 3, 1897.
It seems, notwithstanding Bro.
Wal raven’s declarations to the
contrary, that a -singing service
was held at the Five Springs
church last Sunday. I refrain
hom all comment. The good
judgment of the people will lead
them to weigh aright such trans
actions.
In response to the cordial invi
tation of the good people of Tilton,
couched in the above letter, I
hereby call The Whitfield County
ringing Convention to meet on
Saturday and Sunday, May 29 and
1897, at Tilton, Ga. Lqt the
churches be fully represented and
et us all come together in a wor
shipful spirit and do what we can
Ci the improvement and elevation
of sacred song. Let nothing be
°De unbecoming the service, the
abbath or the purpose of our
Meeting. . "
Very Respectfully,
Edward Roberts,
President,
Dalton, Ga., May 5, 1897. .
Will be Held Next Saturday and Sun
day at Pleasant Valley.
Fashion, May, 3.—Well, spring
has come, and all nature seems to
smile. The trees are becoming
green and myriads of lovely flow
ers are emitting their sweet odors
to perfume the atmosphere, giving
to intelligent persons an introduc
tory lesson of “ That happy land
far, far away.”
We should not fail to appreciate
the great magnitude of the future
outlook of our country. How ex
ceedingly promising it is! Let
us all awake to new ambition,
hopes and enthusiasm.
Our farmers are now making
hay while the sun shines, bearing
in mind that “ One today is worth
two tomorrows,” in case it rain on
the morrows.
Presiding elder A. W. Williams
is holding quarterly conference at
Center Valley. I deem it useless
to make mention of his forcible
manner of presenting gospel truths
and attracting the attention of an
audience.
Among the many people from
adjacent districts who attended
church at this place Sunday, were
seen the familier faces of Mr. W.
D. Gregory, wife and daughter,
Messrs. Jesse Anderson, W. G.
Harris, Sam Fincher, of Spring
Place, and John Gregory. I am
sure that I voice the entire senti
ment of this community when I
say we are always glad to welcome
such folk.
Let every body attend the sing
ing convention at Pleasant Valley
next Saturday and Sunday. Yon
all believe in singing. Why not
avail yourselves of ^rery oppor
tunity to learn ?
In conclusion I feel impressed
to say that The Citizen is keep
ing pace with the leading newspa
pers of North Georgia.
W. H. Hampton.
- One Advantage of Farmers.
A correspondent of the Practi
cal Farmer in a late issue of that
paper, speaking of the advantages
a farmer has over those in other
callings, cites the fact that whether
prices be high or low, the farmer
can at least have a good table.
This is a matter of very great im
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whose mistress is a good house
keeper, there ought to be the best
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the best of bread. In one particu
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matter of diet, over the life of a
farmer, and that is fresh butcher’s
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the farm, this loss need not be felt.
But even this may be obviated,
and in some localities is, by arrang
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divide up among them a lamb,
mutton, veal or even a large beef,
whenever one is slaughtered. All
these things, together with the
honey that any one may have who
will, ought to do much to console
the farmer in hard times, when he
remembers that to most people in
the city, reduction in income abso
lutely compels a poor table.
Murray Sunday-School Association.
The north division of the Mui-
ray County Sunday-school Asso
ciation will convene at Sumach
Wednesday, the 19th of May, at
10 o’clock a. m., to select a time
and place for our next celebration,
and to arrange a program, etc.
Superintendents in said division
will please send a full quota of
delegates.
Jesse R s Anderson,
j. T . Henby, President.
Secretary.
Convict-made goods haveghence-
forth to be labeled as such m the
State of Wisconsin.
Sugar Beet Culture.
Within the-last few weeks nu
merous applications for sugar beet
seed has been received at the na
tional. bureau of agriculture, ,says
the Constitution, and there seems
to be a very general disposition on
the part of our farmers to give
the experiment a fair trial.
As the soil of this immediate
section is well adapted to beet
culture it is not surprising that
.our southern farmers should feel
a deep interest in the subject, nor
that even the planters of Louisiana
should look with a kindly- eye
upon the new industry. While
Louisiana cane has partially sup
plied the American market with
sugar for years, it has been neces
sary to suppliment our home pro
duct with large imports from
abroad, and this, of course, has
made us depend upon Cuba, France,
Hawaii and other foreign markets.
If the culture of sugar beets, how
ever is made a success there is no
reason why this country should
not be able to supply its entire
needs without going abroad for a
single pound of sugar. Indeed,
the outlook is most hopeful, and
perhaps within the next few years
the United States will cease its
sugar imports entirely.
Speaking of the attitude of
Louisiana cane growers toward the
culture of sugar beets, The New
Orleans Picayune observes:
“ The Louisiana sugar industry
will welcome the successful devel
opment of the beet-sugar industry,
as the success of the Western
States in growing beets will make
many friends for sugar in congress,
and will place the sugar interests
in a better position for the future
to demand consideration at the
hands of the national legislature.
Heretofore the sugar interests
have had a difficult task before
them in appealing to congress, be
cause sugar was mainly an indus
try of a single State'. With beet
sugar being produced in a dozen
or more States, the sugar industry
will no longer be isolated and de
pendent upon all sorts of combina
tions for fair treatment at the
hands of congress.”
Of course, it is premature as
yet to predict what the outcome
of the present experiment will be,
but with such unlimited resources
of soil and climate as this country
possesses there is abundant ground
for believing that it will be suc
cessful.—Barnesville Enterprise.
THEY WANTED TO MARRY.
Rev. McNabb Tied the Knot that Made
Them One.
DaWnville, Ga., May 4.—
Quite a novel wedding took place
at Rev. William McNabb’s last
Sunday night. Mr. William Dyer
and Miss Carden decided late Sun
day evening to cast their lots to
gether to_ fight the battles of life,
so they sent down to Judge Bogle
for the necessary papers, but it be
ing at such a late hour the judge
had retired for the night, but after
the man had used his lungs for
some time he succeeded in arous
ing the judge who is ever ready to
accommodate any one, went to his
office for the papers and the man
returned with them and accom
panied Mr. Dyer and Miss Carden
to Rev McNabb’s, who performed
the ceremony near three o’clqpk
Monday morning, and they went
on their way rejoicing.
Rev. J. C. Parrott filled his reg
ular appointment here Sunday and
administered the Lord’s supper.
We had a very heavy frost here
Saturday , night, but we hope there
was no serious damage done by it.
. The fruit-crop in this community
will not be as heavy as was ex
pected a while.
Wheat looks very promising and
there is a large acerage sown.
Most of the farmers, are about
done planting corn and cotton.
Baliff Thomas Gilbert carried
John McHan down to Sheriff John
son last Saturday evening, where
he will be held until the next
court unless he can make the nee
essary bond. *
, A. J. Miller.
The $.200,000 recently be
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San Francisco, for charitable pur
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