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he ’phoned back that there was no use
to send the men to see him—that he
would come and hold the meeting, not
withstanding he turned down fifty-nine
other invitations the same day,, to hold
our series of meetings. The result of
the meeting was good. A goodly num
ber of conversions and a great spiritual
awakening were the most important
features of the revival. Dr. Truett is
a very busy pastor, and very few know
about the great pressure he is under.
Guess. I had better' write something
about the conditions of fraternities out
here. The "Woodmen of the World
have almost taken’the day in Texas. I
believe I am correct when I say that
the Woodmen of the World are first in
Texas, the Odd Fellows second,
Knights of Pythias third and Elks
fourth. I am writing excepting the
Masonic order, for I do not know just
where it belongs in the order, but
probably it should be first.
I am profoundly touched by the
Woodmen; nearly everybody is wear
ing the W. O. W. pins. The fraternal
part is the most important feature
but the insurance is said to be as good
as the best, and the cheapest in all
the world. Sovereigns in Waxahachie
are carrying all the way from five
hundred to three thousand dollars,
which is the limit. Elm Camp No. 46,
of this city, elected its officers for an
other year last Tuesday night. One
of Waxahachie’s leading dry goods
men, W. M. Mincey, was elected.con
sul commander. There were several
in the race and it was quite hot. There
were several in the race for adviser
lieutenant. The writer was elected
and this is the second seat of honor
in the camp. Prominent men were
elected to fill the other offices. Mayor
Las swell declined to accept any nomi
nation as he has filled nearly every
office in this camp. If space would
permit it I would write about the big
banquet which the Woodmen gave here
last summer at the Chautauqua Park.
Other secret orders are flourishing also
in Texas, beside these. .
District court is now in session here.
It will take several months to get
through with it. We have a county
court which is of great assisance to
the district court.
Texas and Georgia seem to be rival
states. Some out here speak against
Georgia and magnify Texas, and some
in Georgia hammer on Texas and
praise Georgia. I have nothing to say
against Texas, but a great deal for
it; but every time I hear one running
Georgia down too severely I stick my
carcass in to defend dear old Georgia,
my native state.
Christmas will soon be here. The
people are getting ready for the day.
The Baptists have decided to move
the Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary to Ft. Worth. This city has
given $200,000 to get it. It will be. a
greater institution in every respect
than ever before and probably, will
cope with the Southern Baptist Theo
logical Seminary at Louisville.
The Baptist general convention of
Texas convened in the auditorium of
the First Baptist Church, Dallas, No
vember 9, 1909, and transacted much
important 1 business.
.The Baptist noble sanitarium was
opened to the service of the sick and
suffering October 14th. Since its open
ing a little less than two months ago,
patients have been received into the
institution, coming for a radius of hun
dreds of miles, in Texas, and far be
yond the limits of Texas. The begin
ning has been most auspicious and. the
growth from the first day most grat
ifying. The convention has secured
Mr. B. J, Robert to be the superinten
dent of this institution.
Yours truly, C. M. FLETCHER. .
O’BRIEN, FLORIDA.
OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA
EXPERT PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND SPECIALIST,
Will visit Dalton, Hotel Dalton, on FRIDAY, JANUARY 7th, and every
month regularly thereafter.
)ne Day DNLY R, &V £ 7,r'i a ,“ r Boms:
A Boon to Suffering Humanity is
here offered to the sick and ^Suffering
“ ^ be gi^en to ail v,iio cone tree of a.!
HIbbI under treatment, and Restore^you to
/ tell, you so, and give you such Council
/P . % and’advice as will prolong your Life,
\ No Greater boon has ever been offered
\ to the People*of this section before.
*^ Dr. Boykip has made more remarka-
\ Twenty Years than any .other living
The Doctor Treats the Following
Diseases only: Diseases of the Nervous
System like Neurasthenia, Neuralgia,
As no one writes ”rom this place,
I thought perhaps some of you up in
Whitfield would like to hear something
from Suwanee county.
Beechville.
one
This place is called
There is a school house and
church here. It is 7 miles east
O’Brien, 6 miles from Branford
4 miles from Hildreth. I like what I
have seen of this country. It is very
thickly settled here. I have met some
very good people since I have been
here.
I am only a little girl, and do not
know very much about the different
soils; but judging from the full cribs
of corn and fat hogs the land must
be very productive. The land is level
and sandy, easy to cultivate, does not
There are no creeks to over-
fl uo l at this season ot t
there’s many a person
wondering “what to give a :
■hristmas.”
The man can’t tell you; probably he
doesn’t know; but the chances are that inside
of two weeks after Christmas he’ll be coming
In hereto buy. something he wants, that you
could have given him for a present.
i Suggestions for Christmas
get hard.
flow, no womout hills or gullies like
Just think
man
we have in North Gorgia.
of hundreds of acres just as level as
and when the
far as the eye can see:
sun goes down it seems like it drops
into the ground.
The people here raise nearly every
thing they eat. They believe in plenty
of hog and hominy.
FROM A SNAPSHOT TAKEN RECENTLY.
Hysteria, Melancholia, Spinal Irrita
tion, or Debility, Paralysis, Epilepsy
or Fits, or Falling Sickness, Chorea,
Dizziness, Insomnia or sleeplessness,
Headaches or Migraine.
Diseases of the Heart, Blood or Cir
culation, like Palpitation, General
weakness or sinking^ spells, Anemia,
Hook Worm, or’impoverished condition of the Blood, Skin Diseases like Eczema,
Scrofula, Ulcers, Tumors Growths or Swellings, Pimples, Inflammations or Con
gestions. He wants to meet all persons suffering from Chronic Constipation or
Obstipation, Intestinal Irritation, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Ulceration or Dilation of
the Stomach or Bowels, like Hernia, Rupture, Appendicitis, Piles, Itching, Bleed
ing or protruding in Character. Tape worm, Diseases, of the Liver, such as en
largement or displacement or Congestion. Diseases of the Kidneys or Bladder like
Cystitis, Bright’s disease or Diabetes. Dropsy, Gravel, Uric Acid, Scalding or burn
ing Urine, Bed Wetting or too Frequent Urination, Sexual Impotence, Weak ss
or Irritability. He Treats and Cures Catarrh in all its Forms, Purulent' discharg
ing or Dry, of the Head, Throat, Lungs or Bronchial Tubes, Stomach, Bladder.
Kidney or Systemic. »»
He is now able to treat by an original and new method all forms of Lung trou
ble like Asthma, Bronchitis and Tuberculosis. In the First. Stages, if seen in time,
always Curable. All Cases taken will be Guaranteed a complete and permanent
and lasting Cure. Catarrhal Deafness, if Tympanum or Ear Drum is not_ punc
tured will be Cured upon written Guarantee. Diseases of Women, Uterine or
Ovarian are most successfully treated. Displacement in all forms, immediately re
placed in a very few minutes. Diseases peculiar to men beyond the scope of the
general Physician. Cases declared hopelessly .incurable or unsatisfactorily treated
are the ones he desires to see particularly.
If You have tried everything-and failed, if You want to get well again, then Go
and see this advanced progressive Physician and Specialist of Experience and
Reputation who, If there is a Cure for you, will bring it about and produce it
wi.h the aid of Science’s greatest achievements,’ which he has mastered and has at
his command.
REMEMBER:—This is not a scheme or Catch or Snare to get your money and
Run, as is too often the case. This is a Tgitimate proposition, and you deal with
your Doctor Direct who sees and examines you every Month regularly. Every
Statement here made is guaranteed as True. A Visit for Consultation and Exam
ination will cost you nothing, and implies no obligation whatsoever. If Treat
ment be decided on and given you, it will restore you to Perfect Health, and may
mean the saving of your Life. A nominal Fee only will be changed, if the case
can he treated with a View to a Cur?: Do not put off this Duty you owe to
’ yourself, Your Family, Your Friends and Your Relatives, who are now or may
’■'ter be suffering because of Your Neglect to Fight Dise^- and procure Health
without which Life instead of a Pleasure as it should e, becomes a miserable
snd painful Burden.
All Patients are seen and examined by him
in^Person. No Assistants Employed. Tie Doc
tor Employs the very latest methods of Treat
ment,---as X Ray, Violet Ray, Radiography,
Electricity, Hydro Therapy, Absorbtion, or
Osmesis, Faradic and Galvanic. Currents, Fin-
sen Rays.
I have been over
15 acres in pinders (we call them
peanuts up home) and forty head of
hogs were helping themselves. Some
were so fat they could hardly walk.
The stock law is not here;
every far
mer has a good fence and all have to
water their stock at pumps or wells.
We have a pump in the porch. The
water runs in a long trough across the
yard fence and empties into another
trough, and it is amusing to see so
many hogs come up to drink.
The long lint cotton is raised here
and has sold for 30 cents per pound.
The sugar cane grows here. I have
been to one cane grinding. The juice
is a delicious drink. The neighbors
all gather at a cane grinding to drink
juice.
I think some of the newly married
couples around Pawnville would do
well to come to Florida where land is
cheap and bread and meat cheaper
than it is there. Com is selling at
75 cents per bushel; dressed hogs are
One of our Hart Schaffner & Marx evening or
dinner suits; every man wants one or both.
Or perhaps a Hart Schaffner &. Marx fine overcoat,
for dress, for business, fpr storm wear; a liberal, use=
ful gift.
You might think well of a good business suit;
Hart Schaffner & Marx make the right kind and we
sell them right. .-
If you decided on such a gift the question of fit
can be easily solved; bring us an old suit or overcoat;
or tell us his size; afterward, if the clothes don’t fit
him right we’ll change or alter them free.
There are many other things for men in a store
like this, not so costly as clothes; quite as acceptable
and useful.
Fine ;% neckwear; rich silks of the best quality;
many fine colorings and patterns.
A great stock of good gloves from the best makers.
And heavier and cheaper gloves for other than dress
wear.
Umbrellas, imported fancy woods, some finely
silver mounted; a good variety from $1.00 up.
Sweaters and sweater coats are always accepta
ble; good things here.
Fancy waistcoats for all occasions, for dress or
business wear; some very smart novelties in imported
and domestic fabrics. ('
Men’s jewelry sets of all sorts; cuff links; dress
and dinner studs; sets in cases, cuff links and pin to
mateti; full sets with shirt studs and waistcoat but
tons alike. ,
Suit cases, hand bags, Regal and Stacy Adams
shoes, No Name hats; complete lines.
You Need it in Your Home
OUR
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the loved ones at home. I am having
the best time of my life, though I love
old Whitfield best, with its hills and
mountains grand. I would like to hear
from Moultrie again. You must be
farther south than we are, for we have
had some very cold weather here, cold
enough to save meat. When I am here
longer and see more ’ of this country,
I may tell you more about it Success
to The Citizen and to its readers, a
happy Christmas and a prosperous
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WHY I LEFT THE MINISTRY.
WAXAHACHIE, TEX.
[From Southern Fruit Grower.]
“As a minister I found that I could
not be honest,” says a former coun
try pastor in Woman’s Home Com
panion for October,
honest in business matters,
not be honest morally.
I have been getting The Citizen
promptly ever since I subscribed for
it, and it affords me great pleasure to
road its columns. Everyone that comes
to Texas, or goes t<J other states from
Whitfield, should certainly subscribe
for it; for it is the medium through
which they can keep, abreast of the
times in that and adjoining counties-.
Too, it is very much like getting let
ters from your friends every week.
The weather out h'ere is not so dry
now; we have had a number of fairly
good rains within the last month or
two, and it is also raining tonight as
a termination of a cold spell of wea
ther which is about the first we have
had this winter.
We had the p’easure of having
George Stuart,- Southern humorist,
This store is the home ot
‘I could not he
I could
j. I could not he
honest socially. Repeatedly I 'made
the attempt. Repeatedly the attempt
ended in disaster.” After a long and
bitter experience, he came to the con
clusion that the small church owes
four duties to its pastor. They are:
“1. Pay up. Turn in your contri
bution to the church treasury with the
utmost promptness. Leave the treas
urer no excuse for running your min
ister into debt.
“2. Speak out. When the church
is about to choose a new pastor, raise
the qu-ition immediately * as to the
stamp of preaching expected. Con
servative or progressive, let it he set
tled then. Better a hot debate and the
consequent hard feelings than a sham
acquiescence that keeps things smooth
for the time, and later subjects a
minister to a process of doctrinal
bullying that degrades his manhood.
If subsequently there arise disagree
ments, see to it that they are met
not by bringing pressure to hear spo
radically upon the pastor, but by
bringing pressure to bear, when neces
sary, upon his parishioners. By this
I mean demanding that they reach
common ground on which they are
willing ' - stand consistently.
“3. Be considerate. Refuse to ruin
your pastor’s usefulness by heaping
upon him a host of unnecessary tasks.
Leave him time to fulfill his larger ob
ligations honestly—time for solid, pa
tient, conscientious preparation for
the pulpit, time for the faithful shep
herding of the flock.
“4. Be natural. The pose people
assume toward a minister is a sur
vival of a bygone time, and so is
then insistence -that he practice an
artificial severity of lifie. The natural,
instinctive attitude is j that of candor
Dalton
The Dalton Citizen, Dalton, Ga
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of grass and make the ox. How do I
know? It may he when I am chewing
at tough steak it’s my red-headed af
finity that passed over some years
back.
It may be that I’ll spring into color
in the bosom of some flower and
freight with fragrance the passing
breeze. (Of course the white trash,and
negroes around town will he dog-fen
nel).
We come into the world naked and
hare;
We go through the world with trouble
and care;
We go out of the world, I don’t know
where—
I could not tell more if I preached a
whole year.
BILL MURRAY.
gloomy aspect, and the swells of mu
sic seem to have turned to a solemn
dirge over the scene of desolation. The
beautifully tinted flower blooms and
emits its fragrance for a moment; the
next moment it withers, and, leaf by
leaf, it falls.
Neither does the destroyer hold his
scepter from the rich uncle or the pro
verbial gray mule.
Scarcely had the song of the stars
over the new-made world died away
when the flower of Eden felt its blight.
It lurks in each flower and rides upon
each breeze. Revolutions sweep the
vast plains of earth; empires rise and
fall; monuments of heathen grandeur,
the most gorgeous palaces and solemn
temples on earth have crumbled into
dust. Surely the world was not made
especially for man. It’s bettor adapted
to the culture of hull frogs—three-
fourths of it water—hut then I am not
responsible for it—am willing to be
searched.
I know nothing of the future, very
little of the present, and have forgot
ten most of the past.
It mqy he that matter is all there
is. It may he that all there is of Bill
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BILL MURRAY ON LIFE. +
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in the one matter and of respect for
his individual convictions in the other.
“Some day, when Christians have
come to understand that only as these
four simple rules are observed can a
clergyman maintain his honesty, there
will result a reformation that will
make the preacher’s calling what God
means it to be—the noblest, the most
inspiring, the'most hallowed in all the
world. And never again will a man-
write an account of how he left the
ministry to save his soul!”
ENVY I THEE?
[From Southern Fruit Grower.]
Thou magnate money king of kings,
Whose filled coffers with silver rings:
Would I choose to envy thee,
And risk my eternity?
Ye rulers of the earth’s domain—
Lo! countless millions you have slain:
Would I thus degenerate he
To purposely envy thee?
Ye dryads of the mountain clime—
Forests, rills—all Nature sublime:
Yea, ’tis I that enviest thee,
Thou standards of liberty!
Thou pilgrim:—let thy heart be rife
With the love, deeds and simple life,
Of the Man of Galilee—
Pray, may this your envy be!
—Robert Sparks Walker.
Glasses as Gifts
will please any member
of the family if they are
having trouble with their
eyes. Examination free.
DR. CLIFTON NEWTON
Dalton.
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Fop Headache. Biliousness
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