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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 portance, and far too little appre ciated. On every farm table, whose mistress is a good house keeper, there ought to be the best of butter and milk, the freshest eggs and fattest poultry, the great est variety of fresh fruit and vege tables, and it goes without saying, the best of bread. In one particu lar only need there be any advan tage in living in a city, in the matter of diet, over the life of a farmer, and that is fresh butcher’s meat. But with poultry, eggs and bacon, cured as it ought to be on the farm, this loss need not be felt. But even this may be obviated, and in some localities is, by arrang ing a club among neighbors, who 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 queathed by Mrs. Donahue, of San Francisco, for charitable pur poses will, among other objects, provide for two new kindergartens and an orphan asylum. ARE YOU INSURED? AGAINST FIRE? AGAINST ACCIDENTS? AND YOUR LIFE? These Three Things are 0! the Breast. Mr. A. H. Crausby, of 158 Kerr, St., Memphis, Term.,* says that his wife paid no attention to a small lump which appeared in her breast, but it soon de veloped into a cancer of the worst type, and notwithstanding the treatment of the best physicians, it continued to spread and grow rapidly, eating two holes in her breast. The doctors soon pronounced her incurable. 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