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JOURNAL’S
SATURDAY
SERMON
No words of Christ ever ga w more com
fort and cheer to his disciples than did
these. Let us briefly review the circum
stances tn the context.
Contrary to their expectations Jesus
had been arrested, subjected to a trial
which was a violation of all justice: had
been condemned to death, and executed on
the shameful cross. When a few faithful
friends committed his dead body to the
tomb the food hopes of those who loved
him were buried with him. Dazed, hor
ror stricken, heart broken, they stood as
under the spell of a terrible nightmare.
The royal, divine man whom they count
ed their king was murdered, his body fast
decaying, as they believed, in a sepulcher.
Hopeless, helpless, without plans, they
were adrift on a dark sea. and it was mid
night! Three long days passed; they lin
gered in Jerusalem they knew not why.
Suddenly it is rumored that Joseph s tomb
is empty! Then it is whispered that their
Lord had been seen alive by Mary Magda
lene. by Peter, by others. Hope revived,
faith kindled. At test all ground for doubt
was removed. They saw with their own
a’i of them—heard him speak in the
old tones and were permitted to handle
him. The thriHing. joyous task flooded
their hearts like a comfort. It is no dream,
no fancy; he is alive, is risen from the
d'ad! Gladness unspeakable! Hope at
once erected a palace of grand expecta
tions for the near future. The mighty
earthly kingdom of Israel was now a
certainty. Jesus will at once proceed to
organize his government, all the nation
will acknowledge his claim, the hated
Boman power will be overthrown, and
a glorious era will come. These views were
natural. The spiritual idea of the king
dom they comprehended vaguely. So a
Shock, a sore disappointment, was In
store for these simple men now so tontoy
building air castles. In the midst of their
bright fancies concerning a great earthly
mot.arch' Jeans announces his departure.
“I ascend to my Father. I commit to you
the enterprise of establishing a vast spir
itual kingdom of God over all the earth!
The fact of his going away was over
whelming. stunning, but the responsibility
at establishing his kingdom with the
Sng absent. Mt of reach for consulta
tion. direction and encouragement, this
was crushing! His presence was essential
to them and their work. What could they
do without him? What were they in view
of such tremendous opposition as they
would sorely encounter everywhere?
At thia Juncture comes the sweet, assur
ing inspiring assertion, destined to make
this a new world to them and all Chris
tians. •Though my human body shall be
withdrawn from your sight, still I. the
real, personal Christ, will be with you
alway. even unto the end of the age. He
withdrew from their sight that he might
take up his abode in their hearts for
*V”’ realization of this blessed promise
the secret of the wonderful scenes
at Pentecost. It was the explanation of
the heroic courage, strange eloquence,
abounding joy. extraordinary success ami
•wonderful endurance of the disciples sub
sequent to Pentecost. 'The living Jesus
Christ is with us. in us. as *e proclaim
bis gospel. We are his mouthpieces. It
was the most vividly real fact of their
Uvc-a. it meant and still means, that in
the Christian Christ dwells and carries
forward his work. The incarnation is re
’T This is the blessed heritage of all fol
lowers of Jesus.
The Christian needs to enter into a
vivid consciousness of the Lord’s pres
ence. It is his secret of life, peace and
power. Most Christians have a far-away
Christ, isolated, seated upon a throne
in a distant realm. Let him come nearer.
Let us realize that ho is here as well
as there. True, we cannot see. hear, touch
or handle him; but if he spoke words of
truth, he proposes to come into our lives
more vitally than any other life can come
Some believers have only a periodic ex
perience of his presence, his nearness.
Occasionally consciousness is vivid, rap
turous. Fellow Christian. Jesus docs not
wish to be shut away only tp be called in
tor emergencies. He would abide— “alway. ’
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So we need to cultivate a sense of his
presence—the sense of his presence—not
merely in the sanctuary at the hour of
prayer, but everwhere. A curious fact
in psychology is the ability which many
persons, especially blind people, have of
detecting the presence of others in a room,
though unseen and unheard. It is inherit
ed strongly developed by some, by others
highly cultivated. In the spiritual realm
all Christians have the high faculty of
realizing the presence of the Lord of life.
This is the Christian’s secret of a happy
life, and what is more, a useful life.
It is a glorious fact that Christianity is
not a creed, but an experience, a com
munion of Christ and the Individual. And
yet it is so seldom realized. We all be
lieve the words of the text. We would not
dispute the inspiration of the record. But
we do not claim our rich inheritance.
The truth must be verified in conscious
ness to be of value. It may be a part of
our creed but not of our life. It is not
what we have but what we consciously
know we have that determines our spir
itual wealth. Do you remember the story
of the farmer who lived and died in pov
erty while cultivating the thin soil of
a hilly lot of land while beneath the ugly
rocks there was all the while a gold mine
of Immense value, and how his son com
ing into possession after his father's
death by accident discovered the mineral
and became vastly rich? Each had the
same title, but what a difference in real
ized worth! Here in the text is man
of infinite wealth. The Christ, our re
deemer, our brother from God, will dwell
with us to make life a divine thing. But
remember:
Z This heritage is ours on conditions.
A world-wijje commission had Just been
given. All people were to know the gos
pel, beginning at Jerusalem. A task so
vast as had never before been committed
to men was given to this little company.
The equipment must be on the scale of
the enterprise projected. It was a divine
enterprise, and nothing but a divine qual
ification would make them equal to their
responsibility. So Jesus said to them in
substance: “I command you as king to
go into all the world, establish my king
dom. Go to every creature possessed of a
soul. If you obey I am with you to the
end."
Therefore only the man whose life is
utterly consecrated to carry out the in
junction of Christ can enter into this di
vine Inheritance of his constant pres-
PLANS ARE ANNOUNCED
FOR GOSPEL CAMPAIGN
NEW YORK. Oct. 19.—The national cen
tral committee of the Twentieth Century
National Gospel Campaign has sent the
following letter to the ministers and
churches of the country:
To the Christian Ministers and Leaders
in America:
On the 26th of December last, we sent
to you our first appeal, expressing our
conviction that, with the opening of the
twentieth century, the hour had struck
for the great forward movement of the
church, through •’existing organizations
and agencies," and for the rousing of
Christians to their God-given mission of
evangelizing the nation and the world.
That appeal met with wide and emphatic
responses, but the mighty task of re
formation has been only Just begun; the
crisis Is still upon us, its profound char
acter having been merely emphasized by
the striking providences of the year, so
that the needs and opportunities appear
today vastly greater and more pressing
than they did a year ago.
The tragic yet glorious Christian trans
lation of our martyred president, Will
iam McKinley, has revealed, as under a
searchlight, some things to which we
need to give quick and earnest heed.
The whole world has been brought to
sympathetic and intense admiration of
the spectacle of the sublime faith and
heroic death of a Christian martyr in one
of the foremost positions of power in the
world, and the ehord of human brother
hood has responded to the divine touch
as never before. The common grief and
affection have prepared for common ef
fort for that which is highest and best:
and should be taken advantage of to call
all Christians to a higher and more
strenuous Christian life.
The whole world has had a vision as
never before of the unseen forces of evil
that have In them the possibilities of na
tional destruction; of the awful menace
of the “lapsed masses" whose countless
millions are practically unreached
by the gospel. That vision should
urge, as nothing has ever before urged,
the leaders and members of the church
of God to gird yourselves to meet these
vast responsibilities.
L We ask your attention to the su
preme importance of a national gospel
awakening. A terrible affliction has been
permitted of God. and has brought us to
a consciousness of the existence of an
awful social disorder, which, if not stayed
in its course, bids fair to work incalcu
lable evil in days to come. While prol
- legislation may serve somewhat as
a deterrent of future violent develop
ments of such disorder, nothing but the
eradication of evil dispositions from the
Individual members of society will extir
pate this and many other evils that men
ace our peace, prosperity and properties,
our liberties and our lives. Such eradi
cation can be effected only by the regen
eration of the individual members of so
ciety by the atoning grace of the Son of
God, communicated through the preach
ing of the gospel, and by testimony as to
the present and practical effectiveness
of the Christian faith. We therefore re
alise in our national affliction a clear call
to the immediate and thorough evangeli
zation of all the inhabitants of America.
2. We call attention to the need of an
evangelistic reformation of the entire
church of Christ, in order to the evan
gelization of all the unsaved. The
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, ence realized. It may not be as a mis
sionary to foreign shores, nor in work
which will make you notable among men,
but he demands the surrender of life in
absolute obedience. Consecration to be
his representation anywhere, everywhere,
for all time, and then the sense of his
presence! What a marvelous heritage! How
full of consolation tor the afflicted.
What comfort in trouble! We can glori
fy him in our sorrows. How his presence
cheers as the soul enters the dark valley
of the shadows.
How full also of admonition is this
great truth in the midst of life’s trying
activities—the eyes of our Lord on us
always! In the home—it is his home —it
will compel patience, self-control, kind
ness. gentleness; restrain fretting, harsh
ness, complainings, making the house
peaceful, cheerfufl.'ln the place of busi
ness Jesus will see the buying and selling,
read all the contracts that are made,
control all enterprises—they will be for
his inspection. In tlje social sphere he will
follow us to our entertainments, will un
derstand the rivalries, the varieties, and
heartburnings, and know whether we fall
before the glare and tinsel of mammon
or bravely represent "whatsoever things
are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of
good report.” He will smile and cheer
every effort to brighten and bless the
lives of our human brother and sisters.
And he will weep where the pride of life
reigns. Into that department of life
where all other eyes are shut away, where
dwell desire, love, will, thought, he comes,
seeing the Innermost of us. Let us be
admonished that into all life he will come
to reprove, rebuke, to cleanse. Let us
understand what his coming means, and
submit to his conditions that we may
have the marks of the Christian, namely:
That we call upon God and call in God to
dwell in us. Let us claim our heritage and
henceforth enjoy the choicest company in
the universe. A character built up under
the power of this consciousness—how
’pure, tender, sympathetic; how high in
spiritual conceptions, how strong in its
moral force!
Brother, go to him now; yield your life
to do his will as your controlling purpose
and see what will take place.
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churches haveoareiy held their own for
the past five years, as shown by the rec
ords. The present methods of evangeliza
tion have proven insufficient to meet the
needs of the case, and, consequently, ad
ditional and extraordinary methods must
be adopted for the accomplishment of the
work. Every minister' must realize the
imperative necessity for hts engaging in
evangelistic service; and all Christian be
lievers outside of the regular ministry
must realize that God is calling them to
engage in personal evangelistic effort, in
co-operation with and in support of the
work of the ministry. All this means
nothing less than the evangelistic refor
mation of th® entire church of Christ,
for nothing less than that will answer
for the accomplishment of God’s purposes
in the salvation of men.
X We call attention to the need of a
revival of evangelical teaching and
preaching in order to the effective evan
gelization of the people. In order to re
generate there must of necessity be the
sowing of the seed of the eternal word
In human hearts, and that work can be
be effected only in the authoritative
preaching of “Christ and Him crucified,”
“according to the scriptures.” An author
itative gospel preached on the authority
of the word of God cannot fall to rekch
men with the saving grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ; and that is the only kind
of preaching that will effectually evangel
ize mankind. ’
4. We call attention to the need of
prayer for God’s blessing upon and lead
ership of the entire campaign. “Thus
salth the Lord God, I will yet. for this
be inquired of by t,he house of Israel, to
do for them; I will increase them with
men like a flock."—Ezekiel xxxvi: 37. Ged
sends His blessings where they are in
vited by prayer. We are now living in
the period when He has promised to pour
out His spirit upon all flesh; let us make
sure that we, through prayer, receive our
portion of that great blessing. Aqd let us
make equally sure that our prayers are
not wanting to insure the blessing to
others. We earnestly and prayerfully ap
peal, in the name of our divine Lord, to
those whom this call is addressed to Join
with us in a week of prayer and inspira
tional services in individual churches or
groups of churches in every city, town
and village in America. In order that no
time may be lost in inaugurating the
campaign, we- would suggest that the
week begining with Sunday, November
10, be devoted to important
work. While the week suggested has al
ready been chosen as the week Os prayer
for young men and th4 work of the
Young Men’s Christian Association, many
association leaders most heartily approve
of the Joint observance. For the bene
fit of those who may desire to avail them
selVes of a suggested outline of themes
we offer the following
SUGGESTIVE PROGRAM AND LIST OF
THEMES.
Sunday, November 10: Morning—The
Responsibility of the Church for the Sal
vation of the Lost. (Ezekiel 33. Evening
—The Twentieth Century National Gos
pel Campaign. Shall we join in this great
movement to win our country for Christ?
Monday, November 11: A Day of Humil
iation and Prayer, for Self-examination
and Intercession for the Church. (Ne
hemlah 1; Daniel 9.)
Tuesday, November 12: The Responsl-
bility of Parents to Win their Children
to Christ. A plea for the restoration of
the home altar and religious conversa
tion in the home. (I Kings 18 : 30.39; Deut
eronomy 6: 20-24; 11: 18-21.)
Wednesday, November 13: How Can
We Win our Sunday-school Scholars and
the Young People of our Churches to
Christ? Special consideration to be given
to young men, with special, prayer for the
work of the Young Men’s Christian As
sociation, now holding their week of
prayer. (Deuteronomy 31: 12-13; Hebrews
11: 24-26; I John 11: 24.)
Thursday, November 14: The Christian’s
Personal Responsibility to Win His Im
mediate Friends and Neighbors to Christ.
Haw may-business and social influence be
used for Christ? (John 3: 1-16.)
Friday, November 15: How Can the
Church and Individual Christians Win to
Christ Those that have Practically no
Interest in Religion and no Sympathy
with the Church? (Luke 14: 16-24.)
In order to further promote this great
movement in the churches of Christ we
shall be deeply grateful to all friends who
may be so kind as to advise us of their
co-operation with us in the work pro
posed in this appeal. We shall be glad
to furnish further suggestions for the ad
vancement of the campaign to all friends
who may request same.
Yours in the common faith,
WILLIAM PHILLIPS HALL,
Chairman.
In connection with this appeal the cen
tral committee announces that it will hold
three noonday prayer meetings daily in
New York for the coming month, at which
special prayers will be made for a na
tional gospel awakening. Friends of the
movement are also asked to send special
requests for prayers to the national cen
tral committee, 44 Broad street, New
York, and also to circulate this notice in
the smaller towns and villages of the
country, many of which the committee
has been unable to reach direct. Some of
the foremost ministers and laymen in the
country are connected with the campaign
and practically all denominations are rep
resented by them.
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ABOUT RUBIES.
It la Growing Much More Difficult to
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Chicago News.
Rubies are growing scarcer. The most
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China. The mines of Pegu are nearly
exhausted or but little worked today. The
regions where they are situated are dan
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The largest ruby known In Europe is
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brought from China with other precious
stones in exchange for their peltries and
which forms today one of the rarest or
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The one of which Chhrdln speaks with
admiration was of spteridid color and bore
engraved, the name oi the sheik
That of the shah of Persia, of which Tra
vernler made a drawing, weighed 175 car
ats. That of the king of Visapour was
sold in 1653 for nearly $15,000. The one
possessed by Gustavus Adolphus was as
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Printers’ Blunders.
Chambers’ Journal.
Printers are responsible for many chinn
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published which contained the startling admis
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a cause." Os course it should have been
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Parsons are the especial butts for the jokes
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Chicago News.
Men who have loose habits are not often
stuck up.
Many a man imposes on himself when he
taxes hts memory.
In traveling on the road to wealth it pays
to keep to the right.
For every historical fact there are two or
more historical falsehoods.
More men find it easier to drink out of a
bottle than to feed a baby.
Present opinions of the average man are apt
to conflict seriously with his past opinions.
Probably the firm establishment of the golden
rule is due to the fact that the exception proves
the rule. «
Against the Physician’s Advice.
Policeman—Here, you lazy tramp, get
up off the grass there and move on.
Tramp—l’m following my physician’s
advice. He says I must sleep in the open
air.
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ercise in the open air; so move along.
APPLES.
Russets brown an’ golden
Hangin’ on the bough;
Nights are growln’ frosty,
Time ter pick ’em now.
Autumn winds are sighin’,
Leaves are turnin’ brown;
Barrels are al! ready.
Shake the apples down.
Greenin’s picked an’ sorted,
Baldwins packed away;
Small ones gone ter cider
Fur a later day.
Pippins gone fur dryin’.
Russets in the bin;
Winter’s drawing nlghef.
Roll the apples in!
Nights are long an’ chilly.
Fires are bumin’ bright;
Fill the pan with apples,
Red air brown an’ white.
Set the coms a-poppln’.
Neighbors in ter call;
Now is when the apples
Taste the best uv all!
Cone.
Unwritten Facts in Georgia History.
BY GEO. G. SMITH, Vlneville, Macon, Ga.
No man has a right to be a historian
unless he is thoroughly impartial. He
should allow no antipathy nor no be
liklng to control him, and should aim
to do strict justice to all alike. This ,
is difficult, and none but a bold man
can claim to be free from all bias. I
became satisfied very soon after I be
gan my study of Georgia history that
exact Justice had not been done to the
loyalists, or tories, as they were call
ed, and I have tried to put them in a
proper light.
My ancestry were all Whigs, all
Americans, springing from the first’
settlers of Virginia. Most of these de
nounced people were Englishmen and
Scotchmen, and I was sure I could not
be actuated by any feeling of kindred
or partiality when I thought the time
had come when they should have jus
tice.
GEORGIA AND THE CROWN.
It will be remembered that Georgia
was the last-born of the colonies; that
she was the petted child of the English
crown; that some of her first settlers
who came in 1733 were leaving in 1774,
when the troubles began; that they had
been office-holders under the trustees,
and had been entrusted with high
places by the English colonial office.
They could see no ground for any bit
ter alienation. They could not see that
Georgia had ever been wronged. They
knew she was the weakest of all the
colonies, and the most exposed to the
Spanish, the French and the Indians.
The colony was prospering. Savannah,
the chief town and the home of many
of them, was now an elegant communi
ty, with all the refinements of life and
with all the luxuries and comforts
which constant intercourse with Eng
land could bring to them. They could
see nothing but madness in a contest
with the mother country. The few
young men who led in this movement
they counted as hot-heads, and so
many of the truest and best of the
people were unwilling to go into so un
equal and so unwise a contest.
JAMES HABERSHAM.
James Habersham, whose three sons
were the leaders among Whigs, had
been among the first to come to Geor--
gla. He had served the colony and
king and had rendered the most effi
cient and valuable service to both. The
colonial office had trusted him implic
itly, and when James "Wright was in
England he was in the governorship.
He was a man of spotless character
and of the very highest order of mind,
and he was bitterly opposed to the rev
olution. He was quite an old man when
the struggle began, and died before it
was fairly on. His old comrade. Noble
Jones, had been, even before him, in
Georgia. His oldest son. Dr. Noble
Wymberly Jones, was, like the Haber
sham brothers, heart and soul with the
colonies, but the soh had too much
regard for his old father to accept the
appointment of delegate to the conti
nental congress of 1776. The old gen
tleman died that year, loyal to the
last.
Sir James Wright, who was the most
thoroughly hated of all loyalists, was
a South Carolinian. He was a man of
large wealth and of the finest intelli
gence, and one who did more for Geor
gia than any other governor ever did.
He had been governor for fourteen
years before the war. During the
troubles about the stamp act there had
been a breach between him and the
assembly and it widened every day af
terward, until the time when there was
open war. and he was a prisoner in his
own house. He was permitted to es
cape and he west to England.
THE FIRST GEORGIA ASSEMBLY.
The assembly met to organize a state
government and it was soon evident
that Georgia was not a pleasant place
for the loyalists, and they went in dif
ferent directions. In Governor Wright’s
letters, published by the Georgia His
torical society, there is a list found
which shows who and where these
loyalists were. The list was made Jan
uary, 1769.
The governor was in London.
Sir John Graham was in London.
Jas. Edward Powell was in London.
» Guy Elliot was in London.
Sir John Graham in London.
James Edward Powell in London. t
'• Guy Elliah, in London.
Anthony Stokes, Esq., in London,
James Hume. Esq., in London.
Josiah Tattnall, Esq., in London.
Philip Yonge In St. Augustine.
Alex. Thompson in Edenburgh.
William Browne, in St. Augustine.
Geo. Baillie, trading to the Bahamas.
Capt. Lighenstone, pilot for the Eng
lish.
James Mullogen in the Bahamas.
George Barry in the Bahamas.
Philip Moore in St. Atigustlne.
Mr. Moss, in St. Augustine.
Mr. Wood in St. Augustine.
Mr. Panton in St. Augustine.
Mr. Jenkins In St. Augustine.
Captain McGHveray in London.
Mr. Kincaid in London.
Mr. Clark in London.
Mr. Ingllsh in London.
Mr. Fortey Antrqua.
Dr. John Irwin (Dr. Irvine) a refugee.
Dr. Trail, a refugee.
Mr. William Telfair, a refugee.
Mr. Massman, a refugee.
Mr. Jamesson, a refugee.
Mr. Reed, a refugee.
Before this list was made the first
legislature had taken vigorous steps
and passed an act ostracizing all these
and a few more, and confiscating their
property. Up to 1777, when this act
was passed, the trouble was confined
to Savannah and its surrounding coun
try. As will be seen by looking over
the list, the wealthiest, the most prom
inent and the most intelligent people in
the section were on the side of the
king. There was no favor shown them
by the assembly, and to escape the ills
around them, they fled, but the disas
ters of 1779 came thick and fast, and
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the stanch old governor came once
more to Savannah to take the reins.
Then it was his time to act, and he
did act vigorously. He called an as
sembly and he had an act of attainder
passed, but, alas! he could not en
force it. There was a garrison in Sa
vannah and a garrison in Augusta,
but the pestiferous rebels were every
where else. In the meantime the whole
of the up country had become involv
ed. The frontiersmen, Virginians and
North Carollanians, almost all who
had any means, wefre Whigs, and near
ly all ablebodied men were in the war,
but there were not a few Tories and
there was a fearful internecine war.
The larger part of these up country
Tories were simply brigands, and the
war was to the knife, but the act of
1782 shows there were not a few who
were under the 1 ars who belonged to
the best class of up country people,
and whose only fault was that after a
brave fight they had despaired of inde
pendence and were for submission.
Those who had remained true to th®
continental congress, had no pity on
these weak kneed ones, and their
property was taken and they were ex
iled. The Georgia Gazette after its
resumption in 1783 was full of the ad
vertisements of confiscated property.
It was sold on long time, and much of
it never paid for, much paid for, in
state money, worth about one-fifth of
its stated value. The horn® of Josiah
Tattnall was given to Ma
jor afterwards Governor Jack
son. The elegant home of Lieu
tenant Governor Graham was given to
General Wattle Greene, General
Wayne, General Clarke, General
Twiggs, indeed all soldiers and offi
cers shared in the spoils. The negroes
were taken and divided among the sol
diers. The cattle were used for the
military, and the lands were sold.
Some of the family was generally on
the Whig side, and secured the heri
tage, and sometimes the legislature
relieved the loyalists, but property
changed hands at a fearful rate in
those days when it was the universal
cry, to the victor belongs the spoils!
Major Jackson burned nine barns for
the old governor, and then bought the'
farm he had near Savannah, at the
sale of confiscated lands. Many fam
ilies were reduced to poverty and some
of the exiles never returned to Geor
gia.
The bitterness passed away gradu
ally and one by one the loyalists came
back and their children found them
selves sometimes in the ancestral
homes, which had been preserved for
them by some kind friends or relative
but for a hundred years no kind word
was spoken for people who had been
guilty of no other crime that being
loyal to their king. The vault of Sir
John Graham was taken with his es
tate at Mulberry Grove and two years
after the estate passed to General
Greene. General Greene died. They
bore him to Savannah and placed his
coffin in the vault. Forty years after
ward it was said, that when the vault
was opened the coffin was not there.
The rumor became current and for
75 years was believed that Lady Gra-
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cause they have nothing else to do that is
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wits finely. As many as 20 girls can play
or as few as five, but 10 or a dozen is the
best number.
The players all sit in a row, and the
girl at the right-hand end, or “head,” of
the row gives a fraction of one, say one
fourth. The girl next to her adds another
fraction to this, and she may give any
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make exactly one whole number. She
cannot give a fraction with the same de
nominator of the one given by the girl
Just ahead of her, and if she should add
one that should chance to make exactly
one whole, she must go to the “foot” at
once, taking her seat at the seat on the
extreme left of all of the other players.
For Instance, If she should add six-eights
For instance, if she should add six-eighths
to go to the foot, but if she should say
“four-sevenths,” she would make one and
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the dangerous unit. The next girl should
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which would make a total of one and eix
sevenths.
The players simply announce the num
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ham, the daughter of Sir John, hired
, some men to rob the vault and bury
the rebel anywhere they chose. The .
vault in time became the property of ■
the heirs of Sir John Graham, and Mis*
Massman always declared General
Greene’s remains were still there.
It was not credited, but last year in
that vault the coffin plate was found
and the statement she made verified.
There was no mercy in the treat
ment of the Tories of the interior.
They were in the main simply robbers
and they neither gave nor received
quarters. Nine were killed at one time
by the eons of Colonel Dooly to avenge '
their father’s death. Grierson ym
shot in cold blood after he had surren
dered and there was even toward those
who had once been in the Whig army
but who took the oath injustice
♦ done. And for years after the
revolution the legislature was reliev
ing those who had been banished and
whose estates had been taken from
them, but in my childhood no insult
was so great as to say, "One who de
scended from a Tory."
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The indications are that there will be
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child labor in the mills, at the coming eee
slon of the Georgia legislature, says The
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