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Vienna News. Published Semi-Weekly. VIENNA, QEORdlA. The whale which sank a ship did not purpose to be turned Into the light of other days In this electric era. . The special franchise tax valuations In Now York amount this jreSr to $220,* .020,165, or, $10,000,000 in excess of those of 1901. If the Society for the Prevention' of Cruelty to Children had no other claim upon public support. Its exhibit of conflsticated Instruments of punish ment would be sufficient, says the American Cultivator. Any one of the Instruments would be sufficient to turn an ordinary child into a revenge ful outcast. DR. CHAPMAN’S SERMON A SUNDAY DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED PASTOR-EVANGELIST. . Subject: Why Man Should Attend Church —Motives Which Should Not Influence the Worshiper—Nation Would Kelapie Into Barbarism Without God's Temple. New York Citv.—The Rev. 'j. Wilbur Chapman, the popular paator-evangellat ol the Fourth Presbyterian Church of this city, has delivered'a sermon in which he wt/t un« uciivcicu » wi — set forth the reasons why^men should at tend church: He preached from the text. “And He said unto them, Come ye your selves apart into a desert place and rest awhile." Mark 8: 31. John the Baptist bad been beheaded 'and his disciples were in confusion. They were truly as sheen without a shepherd* The apostles had heard of the disaster, and came to Jesua to tell Him of all the things that had come to pass, and then ft was that He snnke to them in the words of the text, “And He said (into them. Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place and rest awhile; for there were The Census Bureau has announced that the total number of farmB report ing cranberries in 1901 was 2927, with 20,14122 acres and a product of 987,- 002 bushels of total value of $1,216,193. Massachusetts had 6126 acres In culti vation, raising 598,906 bushels. Wiscon sin has 6912 acres and 111,608 bushels, and New Jersey, 8356 acres and 240,- 221 bushels. Accidents among rash and adven turous novices who risk their lives In climbing Alpine summits have been grievously frequent In recent months. Mountaineering amid great perils Is laudable for Sir Martin Conway and champions of bis class, but 4t Is the . wildest .and most - reckless folly for feeble spedments of humanity who lack experience.. Such untrained weaklings might ah safely go up in airships. - Hartford, Conn., la represented to have experimented more with street sweeping methods than any other city In tbo United States. It now employs a suction machine on sheet asphalt pavements, rotary sweepers on block asphalt and granite blocks, and hand sweeping on Jhe lmprovod pavements during tho day tftne and on macadam. The cost per 1000 square yards dally of those three mchtods Is .12.2 cents for the first, '24.46 ceuts for tbo second and 60.3 cents for the last. ' many coming and going, nod they had no lore so much ai to eat.” I am very well leiti aware that to'iome of ycu this may teem an inappropriate text, for if the church ia n desert then in iteelf it present! to u* the reason why so many men are away from it, and why there aeema to be a growing indifference to ita claims. Alas; it is true too often the church is a desert place; It will not help us any in. our efforts to lead men to attempt to blind our eyes to the condition of things. A desert ia a spot without water, without habitation, a place of death and despair, and this is true of every church where anything is substituted for the gospel, where the whole truth is not preached, and where Christ is not pre sented to dying men. The sermons may he perfect so far as their literary excellence fa concerned, but without the gospel, as the heart they are sounding brass and tink ling.symbol in the estimation of Him who is the great, head of the church. Then again the verse in which the text is found pre sents us a picture of the world. The Mas ter called the apostles aside to rest, for there were mnnr coming and going, and they hgd no leisure so much as to eat This is indeed a representation of the busi ness life of the most of men. The pnee is terrific, and if any man fails to keep step with bis competitor in business he is soon left'behind and is counted out of the race. One of the greatest needs of the day for men in nil departments of life, whether it be in the, shop, with the ordinary day la borer or with the great merchant in his business, or the famous lawyer at the court,, one of the greatest needs of the day is for rest. Rest does ndt necessarily mean idleness; when men rest as I have it in mind thev get their best conception of Ood. they work out their greatest plans for the future, they become in the truest sense ns God would have them. Between the printing-press and the camera there will be no lack of gra phic human documents about this gen eration, states the New York Post. Every small incident in a life may be banded down to Its direct offspring, and the result cannot but be entertain ing, If now and then embarrassing, to people In times to come. It Is not even left to ono to choose tho pose and the surroundings, any more; the photographer Is everywhere, and his realism unconscionable. One's children, one's wife, one’s servants, tho camp In tho woods, the Interior of the house, the way onb sits In the saddle and the way one gets himself up for automobUIng—all are set forth In nogntlves owned by strangers. In Ohio a thing may happen a halt-hour before It does happen. When standard time was adopted by the rail ways a decode or so ago and later made official time by the various states and municipalities, although the Ohio legislature stamped It with ita more Important cities have two kinds 1 seal of approval, few towns made that Change, and even now many of the of time, standard (that of the 90th meridian) and sun. The difference In Ohio between these two Is about a half hour, and to have the banks, courts, railways and about half The houses running by ‘‘standard time” and the rest of a city running by “sun time" Is, to say the least, confusing. An In teresting lawsuit recently grew out of this condition In Akron. A property owner took out a fire Insurance policy at 11.27 standard time, but the policy was datod “noon," It being 12 o’clock by the sun. It happened that the building took fire at the minute the policy was being written, and the In surance company refused*to pay the damages. Suit was brought, and It' was decided by the supreme court of the state that hs “standard time” was legal time In Ohio, the policy, although it tfas written at 12 o'clock sun time, had .really bqcn written thirty-three minutes carltor at 11.27, and therefore the company most pay the InaurancsL Leonardo da Vinci, the great painter, was once employed by the Emperor to pro duce a picture, which was to be- finished- bv a certain date. After workipe some time at his task, however, the artist ab sented himself from his studio for a week or more, doing apparently nothing toward' completing the nicturc. The Emperor hear ing of this sent a courtier to remonstrate with the painter, and when the latter did not meet the remonstrance commanded him to come to the royal presence. “Why have you neglected the naintine of the pic ture we have ordered?" was the question sternly out to the artist. “I have not neg lected it. sir," was the answer. “But we know that you have pot bed the brush in hand for these eight days." said the won dering Emperor. "True, sir.” said the art ist, “hnt nevertheless the picture has grown, the work of the brush is the Irnst to be done in producing a nainting. The last week I have been awav from mv studio it is true, hpt wherever I went that pic ture has been in my mind, and slowly and steadily 1 have been getting into place the figures to be put upon the canvas. The picture, sir, will be done at the stated time,"-and it was. and*this picture is to day regarded as the greatest work of the famous painter. Men cannot carelessly approach a great work. For the disciples it was "Tarry ye.” before the going forth to service, and this is necessary not only in religious life, hut in all departm-nta of life. In a paner not long ago under the caption “Why do we go to church?” the following wo* suggested: Because it is the fashion. Because it his become a habit. • Because it is respectable. Because we like the minister. Because we enjoy the musie and other at tractions. Because we feel lonesome when we do not go. • Because we sing in the choir or'are offi cials and must go. Because parental authority enjoin* it. Because it helps business. . Are any of these the motives that move you to attend church? Some of them may have a subordinate place in one’s actions, but they should never become a prominent or a dominant force. Why should we go to church? For a hundred legitimate reasons,- chief among which are these: . Because the church is the tabernacle ot the Most High. Because it has always been the symbol and centre of worship. Because He plainly promises to meet us pressure of materialism in these daj-3 it terrific, and unless a man has a strong up- V ,lcI ward pull, at least one day in the week he will find himself gradually going' down. 1 The commercial spirit of the day is some thing marvelous -to think of, and unless one day at least in the seven is spent in worshiping God the other days of the week will dwarf and starve that spiritual nature which every man pOstoues whether he is conscious of it or not.-. The tendency way of walking, while the man who one day in the week at least, looks up and net down will find bimsslf purer end better and stronger. “Men are sure to retro grade and lose ground if they - neglect tht church,” said a man to me'the other day. whose salary is 12500 per year- “My pros perity will be my defeet unless I am care ful. I find now that I am constantly thinking of business and scheming to in crease my riches," and then the tears started as he said, "1 question if I am as happy u when I was on a small salary and lived in a very simple way." Second—The church needs men and the work of God cannot be accomplished with out. It has always been God’e way to work through instruments sometimes as humble as the rod which Moses held in his hand and yet as important as Moses himself. God means to win men through men. and if the men of the day absent, themselves from the church of God for the loss of the souls of other men they are held responsible at the day of judgment. Third—Men ought to attend church be cause of the intellectual culture that is there gained. The average roan has little time for reading, little opportunity through the week for recreation and lectures and it is the opinion’ of this distinguished busi ness man that the average sermon will be A stimulus to his intellect. Remember, it is not so much what you hear as the im pression it makes upon you and the after effects upon your life. Men may have forget- ten the Greek they learned in college, and the principles of the higher mathematics, but no man could pass through college without coming out stronger and better in every wav if he were true to his educa tion, and the effect of a sermon rightly heard and received is to make the life purer, the mind clearer, the character stronger. Fourth—Tire example of church going af fords an important means of promoting the good order of the community. The re flex influence upon oneself is of the very best, and the influence upon others is con ducive to regulnr habits and good order. Fifth—The idea of recreation in’ church attendance is one of the most important reasons for faithfulness in this regard. "Surely," writes a distinguished man. “church going will afford this." A change of occupation is rest and a working man who feel* that he must sleep through the hours of the morning because he ha* 'toiled faithfully through the days of the week, will find that he is beginning his week duller thap if he had been true to God; while the business man who reads through most of the hours of the day be cause he feels that to attend church would be a. sense of weariness would find that he begins the week more weary than if he hod been,loyal to Christ. Sixth—Another writes, “We ought to attend church in order to become ac quainted with the saving power of Jesus Christ; men oneht to attend church to he good, and then they will be good for Corne ll. just io pivase a vimiing »»vau, next day met upon the streets a young man whom he asked again as ire bad awed him frequently to be a Christian. „ The man looked at him and said, "I never want you to speak to me on the subject again. t saw you in the theatre last night, and I ' * r “’ - — — who. pro- have little confidence in. a, iqan fesaes to be a Christian and was found in a questionable place of amusement." "I never won him/ 'said Dr. Munhall., He gradually drifted away from the church and from Christ,- and I met him in the West a hopeless wreck.” If a man’s influ ence may count for evil then who can esti mate what would be accomplished among men if we were true to Christ and true to the church and lived out the principles of both in our business life. Third—The home life would feel the im petus. Mr. Moody used to tell the story of the father who came to his home, found his little child suffering as he had been for weeks and months. The little fellow said, “Lift mehp,”-and he raised him from his bed, and tiieiy he said, "Lift me higher," and then he held him up for a moment as high as bis arms could reach, and when he took him down he was dead. "He had lifted him,” said Mr. Moody, “into the very arms cf Christ." This is possible ter every man who lives as he ought to live and works as he ought to work; is true t* Christ and faithful to the church. May God help us all to be just this.. Time Table Effective May 25, 1802. WAYCROS8 TO CORDELE. ■ NoTT NoTsT Bally,. Daily. SPORTING BREVITIES. W. C. Whitney 1ms paid *21,000 ana $17,000 respectively tor two Watercress yearlings. The GrandTrix de Paris, worth $40,- 000, has been won by M. de Alary’s Kizll Kourgan, Itockaway has defeated Bryn Mnwi second team In a polo match at Phila delphia by 15% to 9 goals. An association lias been'formed for the purpose of building a direct high way between New York Cily and Chi cago. August Bolmout hag decided to name Ills $25,000 yearling, who is a half- sister to the great Hamburg, Lady Gallantry. Frank Kramer has made two new bicycle records at Vallsburg', N ten miles In 22m. 10s. the Foam Stakes, value $4000, There are certain facts which we must remember in our. efforts to reach and t* heln others. First—There is a worshiping faculty in man. and it is the climax of all his other faculties. For the exercise of his voice man has the air, for hi* feet he has the earth, for hunger he has- food, for thirst he has water, but for his soul he must have God. John Stuart Mills was one of the greatest men. and he had one of the E eatest minds we have known in these tter days, but his early life, his father’s blood and his education had drawn him away from the church. He tried to kill ail faith, and yet he could not kill the de mand for something to worship. He eulo- lized his wife until he worshiped her, and the seven and a half years they lived to gether were the happiest years of his life. When she died the light of his life went out. There never was a sadder closing to mortal life than his. Second — Men have misunderstood the spirit of 'the church. Criticism ha* been made that-the church is a class institution existing for the favored few, but this is not true. The existence of the St. Bar tholomew Mission House in this city, twenty-second running of the race. The Atlantic Yacht Club's annual regattn at New York City was sailed in strong northwest breeze. Tbo Min- cola defeated the Yankee, and the El- minn the Muriel. Duncan Ross, champion broad- swordsman, lias challenged Garrison Sergeant Major Long, of the Halifax Military Gymnasium, for the cham pionship of the vtorld. Tod” Sloane, an American jockey, has been sentenced in Paris, - France, to two days' imprisonment and to pny fine of $2 for driving an automobile at an excessive speed, and also fiued $1 each on two minor counts. The new $100,000 gymnasium of the Lnwreneoville Preparatory School at Princeton, N. J., was formally opened during the annual commencement ex ercises. One of the features of the gymnasium is a swimming pool seven* ty-flve feet long and thirty-five,.feet wide. when people by the thousands have been reached and blci j— Ik - Because we need the help the church af fords. Because others need the force of our ex ample. Because ot the joy ire find in public and social worship. Because without the church the commu nity and nation would soon lapse into bar barism. Because close fellowship with God's peo ple hen is the truest road to the life here after. It is a tact that men an not attending church, and it cannot be true that this is altogether the fault of the non-attendants themselves. This ia a cold world in which we lire, and naturally the whrld wants warm words, warm smiles, warm welcomes, warm hearts, warm prayers and the warm spirit of brotherhood, and men have a right to expect that tba church which represents Christ upon earth shall exhibit all of these things. The man of the world does not stay away from the church because then is •too much ot the Spirit of God in it, but rather because then is too little. The church must be united if tbo unsaved world is to bo drawn to it. J. The following, reasons for church at tendance have been presented to me by men of gnat nnown throughout thesconD- jlcssed; the presence of the Madison Squan Chnnh House, so recently dedicated to the glory of God and the helping of all classes of people is an argu ment which directly meets this disposition on the .part of the unchunhed. Not long ago a man went about thrnugh the churches clad as a poor man, plainly dressed, and found that he was repulsed by no one and welcomed by nearly all. The church is the greatest factor in the world, -but its work is fint and fonmost with the soul and ita needs. Men have been disposed to 'Centura us because we do no do what the club does, nor what the lodge does, but it should be remember*: * that the church is not a charity institution, nor an educational institution; it is a place for regeneration, conversion and eter nal salvation. The church has a social mission, it ia true, but first of all it has a aaviug mission. We must keep first things first. The lodge may have its place in the ranks of men, but woe be to that man who allows it to usurp the place of the church in his life. ' try, great business men, great*' phiUntbro- ieaders of vnen generally, and pitta, great there is not one who has written to me but whose name ia known throughout the whole world. First—M*u needs the church. Tempta tions asMil him on every tide; there is no man that Uvea without temptation. The After Rossini bad. rendered "William Tell” for the five hundredth ,.... __ _ time a com pany of musicians came under his window in Farit and serenaded him. They put upon his brow a cold crown, and in the midst of the cheers Rossini tnmed to a friend and said, *T would give all of thia just for a day of youth and love,” and there is many an old man in New York who baa passed his Sundays in the house of God who knows more of- real joy be cause of this than the man whose name is famous throughout the world and counts his money by miUiona. In the Yellowstone Park there is a fa mous point where on one of the peaks of the Rocky Mountains the falling waters seem to hesitate for a moment at If to say. “Which way shall 1 go!" - This point is the Continental Divide, and a gust of wind determines whether tho water shall flow least to- the Atlantic or west to -the Pa cific. I doubt not but some one it reaching a decision as to what bis true relations to the church may be, add • if he decides Lv. Wayoros# ... 8:00 am 4:00'pq& Lv Beach 8: 47 am 4:47 pm t Lv. Ses6om# .... 9:00 am 5:00 pm Lv. Nlcholls .... 9:12 am 5:08 pm Lv. Douglas .... 9:*1 am 5:38 pm I*v. Ambrose .10:03 am 6:01 pm Lv. Wray .10:09 am. 6:10 pm Lv. Fitzgerald ... .10:37 am 6:37 pm Lv. Isaac .11:04 am 7:04 pm Lv. Rebecca .... .11:21 am 7:21 pm Lv. Double Run. .11:36 am 7:36 pm Ar. Cordele ..... .12:20 pm 8:20 pm CORDELE TO WAYCROSS. No. 2. No. 4. Dally. Dally. Lv. Cordele . 6:00 am 4:00 pm Lv. Double Run . 6:44 am 4: 44 pm Lv. Rebecca ... . 6:59 am 4:59 pm Lv. Isaac . 7:16 am 5:16 pm Lv. Fitzgerald .. . 7:43 am 5:43 pm Lv. Wray . 8:11 am 6:H^pm Lv. Ambrose ... . 8:18 am 6:17 pm Lv. Douglas .... 6:42 pm Lv. Nlcholls ... 7:12 pm Lv. Sessoms ... . 9120 am 7:20 pm Lv. Beach . 9:33 am 7:33 pm Ar. WaycrosB .. .10:20 am 8:20 pm THROUGH SCHEDULES. Lv. Waycross .. .. 8:00 am 4:00 pm Lv. Douglas .... .. 9:41 am 5:38 pm Lv. Fitzgerald .. ..10:37 am 6:37 pm Ar. Cordele .... ..12:20 pm 8:20 pm Ar. Amerlcus .. .. 3:12 pm 10:22 am Ar. Columbus .. .. 5:20 pm Ar. Macon .. 4:10 pm 3:55 am 7:25 am Ar. Chattanooga .. 1:00 am 1:00 pm Ar. Louisville .. ..12:45 pm 2:30 am Ar. Cincinnati .. .. 4:20 pm 7:20 am Lv. Cordele .... 6:00 am 4:00 pm Lv. Fitzgerald .. 7:43 am 5:43 pm Lv.-Douglas .... .. 8:42 am 6:42 pm Ar. Waycross . . ..10:20 am 8:20 pm Ar. Jacksonville Ar. Brunswick 12:50 pm 8:30*am 7:30 pm 10:00 am Ar. Savannah ....12:45 pm 12:20 am Ar. Columbia .... 6:05 pm 6:00 am Ar. Charleston ... 5:10 pm Ar. Washington .. 7:36 am Ar. New York ....1:43 pm 6:40 am 9:00 pm 6:13 am GEORGE DOLE WADLEY, Vice President & Gen. Manager. H. C. McFADDEN, Gen. Freight and Pass. Agent. ALEX BONNYMAN, Superintendent. J. G. KNAPP, Trav. Freight and Pass. Agent. A. B. DEMONT MOLLIN, Agent, Cordele, Ga. NEWSY GLEANINGS. Cnnndn has considerably reduced Jho tax on coffee imported from Mexico. Ono thousand miles of the new Pa: clfic cable Is completed at London. Famine Is causing great misery and many dei.ths in several districts of Korea. The Yaqul Indians arc causing much trouble lu the vicinity of Hcnnoslllo, Mexico. Government departments are to lie closed at 3 p. m. Saturdays In July and August. Long Maud farmers have declared war on the’ automobile chauffeurs of millionaires. Sweden Is alarmed at the unusual Immigration of Its young men to es cape military service. Dcnuinrk has begun tbe collection of a National exhibit for .the World’s Fair at St. Louis; Mo. The Baptists report for the last year n total ot 44',453 churches with more than 4,000,000 members. The Government has finally rejected the Uathmann torpedo guu, finding it less effective, than the regular twelve luch rifle. About 3000 people witnessed the strangling of a mad elephant belong ing to Baruutu & Bailey's circus in Tours, France. A rtuuor that.Great Britain intends to purchase the district of Loreuxo Marques, In Portuguese East Africa, has caused great excitement in Portu gal. A movement Is on foot In Alabama to erect a monument to tbe memory of the late William I.oroy Brown,-who was President of the Alabama Poly technic Institute. It is said In Munich (hat the United States and Germany are about to ap point a joint commission of bacteriolo gists, who will endeavor to discover n cheaper and more simple method ol C islnfecUiuc hides. BIG STREET RAILWAY DEAL. Lines In Richmond, Vn., Acquired by tho MwdMMB 0$Mft 1 1 The sole of the Richmond Traction against the church 'he^isKto^be pitied. Company, the Virginia Electrical Rail- while . church Pint 1 , strengthened, he will meet temptation, but overcome it; he will meet trial ana rejoice in it; he will have the approval of his own conscience, and this always makes a man courageous. Second—Hu eocial life will feet the im petus ot his decision. Men’s lives count lot evil.. Dr. Munhall, the celebrated even- and Development Company and Hampton Railway and Pgrk Company to tho Merchant's Trust Company, a syndicate of New York, was consummated at Richmond Mon day. The price realized for these properties was about $4,000,000. GEORGIA SOUTHERN & FLORIDA RAILWAY. mucuuw in Effect Mar 4, 1002. Southbound. Stations. IQulckl Dixie] Shoo] Valdo i 8tcp( Flyer) Fly)Exps. Lv. Me con . Kathleen . Orovanln .’. Unadllla. . . Vienna Cordele . .. Arabl Athburn . . Ar. Tlfton .... Lv. Tltton .... Sparks . ... Adel Heart pine . Ar. Valdosta . Lv. Valdosta . Lake Park Jennings . Jasper .... White Bpr. Lake City . Lake Butler 8am p. City Hampton . Florahome Ar. Palatka .. 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U45 in 162 lit AM 4 45 617 642 6 40 ,«* #40 777 75# 120 141 > 12 #2# 10M 11« AM PM 145 2 21 227 242 3K 3 2! 4 CT 4 31 4 63 #11 6 37 sn #1# 7 HI, PM “Dixie Flyer” has through coach and Pullman sleeper between Macon, and Jacksonville via Valdosta, and through co V ; £^V , .l' ,oe t 1 alMPef oatwaen Macon and Palatka. Local sleepar open in Mu- con Udon Depot SiW-p. m„ and remains In Un —‘ - — iaffipKum WM.'cHECKLEY SHAW. Ma- Vlce-Presldent. C. B v RHODES. eral Passenger Agt., # Gen- Macon. Ga. DAVE G. HALL. T. P. A.. Room HI Equitable Bldg., Atlanta. Ga. HARRY BURNS. F. P. A.. an W. Bay 8t„ an w. Bay st.. Jacksonville, pig. / i cVVlbRi