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A SERMON FOE SDNDAT
AN ELOQUENT AND HELPFUL DIS.
COURSE ENTITLED “LOST AT HOME."
»U H«v. Francis J, McConnell Ftiidui
Instructively on the Farabis In Lake,
Which Oeeii win the Grace el Gad
Toward {ha Loin
New York Crrr.-”toit At Home" was
the suhject of the aennon preached Sunday
. evening ter the Rev. Francis J> McConnell)
PJ»tor of the New York Avenue M. K*
Church. The eermon wae baaed on Luke
IV. Mr. McConnell uidt
All ths parables ot this fifteenth Chapter 1
of Luke deal with the grace of Cod toward
the lost. There is the story of & sheep lost,
another of a coin lost and another Of two
sons lost. The parable from which the text
of the evening is taken is not the parable
of the lost son, but the parable of the lost
sons. A great many of us stop at the twen-
tjrfifth vase. We rejoice in the sound of
. music and dancing which welcomes home
the prodigal, and prefer that the story
should end with the happiness of the ban
quet. The remaining verses, perhaps, seem
~ out of place. The beautiful
to us somewhat
narrative is marred by reference to the
ugliness of the elder brother, but if we
. leave the elder-brother out of the parable
We have lost in large part the Master's
S int. Remember that Jesus is speaking
the lost; He is'justifying Hit dealing
.with publicans and tinners. These are lost
' i which have wandered away from the
g ird I lost coins Which have eluded the
_ J of the housekeeper and fallen into
racks) lost sons who have wandered
out home td spend all in riotous liv-
—J. The parable was spoken in response
to the murmurs of Pharisees and Scribes.
With wonderful exquiaiteness Jesus puts
the Pharisees and Scribes into the parable.
The elder brother is the Scribe, who can
not understand the love of the Master for
publicans and ainners. It requires hut u
moment's glance to see that in the Master's
thought the Pharisee is lost—lost not in
open prodigality and outbreaking vice, hut
lost in false conceptions and false feelings;
Jesus does not say, indeed, that the Phnrh
see is lost, but He implies as much. When
we look at the parable in the light of the
whole teaching of Jesus, we can see clearly
the "lostness’^of the elder brother.
Possibly it would he well to say just a
word about the sense in'which the word
“lost’’ is here used. "Lost” in the gospel
means not that destruction has already
come upon the soul, but that the soul is in
the grip of forces which, if left to them
selves, will sooner or later bring disaster.
If the steeple-climber loses his hold the
. onlookers cry out “Lost," not because the
death-dealing shock has already come, but
-because the steeple-climber is in the grasp
of a force which will inevitably bring him
to destruction. If a ship falls into the
clutches of an irresistible current running
upon the rocks the watchers upon the
shore cry "Lost.” At the moment of the
cry the ship is as staunch as ever. The
“lostness” consists in her being in the
grasp of a force that must, if left to itself,
bring her to doom. The sheep out in the
wilderness bad not been killed when the
shepherd found it. It. however, was lost
because wandering aimlessly in the pros*
• enco of danger thnt must, sooner or later,
bring the end. The coin in the dust was
as good os ever, but in danger of being
swept out upon the rubbish neap, where
it might never be found. The younger son
had not yet lost his life, but his days were
Vif they were to be left to the forces
■hort 1
...a word. In the sense of being in the grasp
of death-bringing forces, the elder brother
was lost as truly ns the younger.
■ Of course, there may be degrees in “lost-
ness.” One man may be further from the
tight road than another, though any man
on the road is lost. A respectable-looking
Pharisee certainly does not seem so baa
as a dissolute spendthrift reduced to the
company of swine. But when lostness is
under consideration, nothing is so decep
tive as outward appearances. Physical
i that manifeat themselves in outward
▼lees I
signs an no more deadly than some subtle
- all vices are rough and boisterous,
jain, in the parable before ns we may
fall to see the lostness of the elder brother
because be remained at home. We are very
apt to think of lostness as spatial. The
younger son was in a far country, and
whether we realise it or not, something of
our thought of his lostness has to do with
his geographical position. The elder son
eras at home and, therefore, safe; hut the
lostness of the parable has very little to
do with apatial relation-. The father could
not have taved the younger son by fasten
ing chains upon him and keeping him at
home. The son was already far away
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when he chisped hit father's hand to say
goodfay. Nearness in a spiritual sense
not at all a matter of physical distance.
' at homo was in a
The eon who remained
spiritual sense as truly lost as the son who
wandered into the far country. Spiritual
lostness consists in false ways of looking
at and feeling about spiritual things.
It may be that some will object that ths
Pharisees were a particular class of people
living at a particular date in the world’s
history; thi
that they have long since passed
on, carrying all their frailties with them.
Of what use to speak of Pharisees to-day?
It must be responded that this view is
whoUy superficial—that Jesus spoke for all
ages; that in Pharisaism were certain fun
damental traits that appear over and over
again. Phariaaism is not yet dead; the
name is changed, but the characteristics
reappear. Few men are far enough boyond
Thariadlsra to make a protest against the
discussion of the lostness of Pharisaism
especially relevant.
First of qll, the stay-at-home was lost in
bis thought of himself. “Lo, these many
VMM iIa T eart’n tLnn 11 TKn U’nrrl "anrVB *
years do I serve tbec.” The word ‘‘serve 1
is not at all accidental; it ia a very essen
tial part of the picture; it strikee at onp
deep faults of Pharisaism—the inability of
ths 1“—’ - * —
1 ths Pharisee to rise above the Idea of ses-
vantship in his thought of man’s relation
to God. Tbs elder brother did not take
himself as s son, but as s servant, and
■aU. After the prodigal among the
came to himself he said, ”1 am no more
(worthy to-lip called thy son; make me ts
one of thy hired servants." The prodigal
-thought of himself as lost forever to son-
ship and hoped only for servantahip; and
yet the great redeeming fset in the reck-
i sinner’s case was that he had come ta
pitiful failures of the. day-bid crj- 8iil id
woe. But, looking upon God se s father;
•ee how quickly and rarely all this is
changed) s The father is not a taskmaster,
but a father. He takes tbs wilf for the
deed; He looks upon all our doings as the
expression of s. filial spirit and is satisfied.
But if tot work be dons slavishly ws have
no joy in .service and are s dead lots to
God; loti looked Upon merely as servants,
after Wt have done ell WS art unprofitable.
True> We look upon some things We hare
accompliahed^eiwjwe pronounce .them
, 4 our bringing in the
material kingdom of God—about oar in*
ventions—steam; the telegraph, the mighty
railroads and the steel monsters that
trample down the waves Of the sea. It
these are done as works of sons; if they
show the wish of the'sons to strug-le up tu
the immensity of ths Father’s thought, floe
must take supreme .delight in them. They
are creations'.Of His children l, they take
value, from the fact .tbit toe emld
Jdren's fin
gers have toiled lovingly upori tllfifij; God
values our doings beesust we art His chil
dren. If we pome, however, claiming tn bo’
servants and pointing to the great things
that we have done, the only response Is
that we are unprofitable servants.
The stay-at-home was lost so long as he
looked upon himself as • servant. The first
step towards recovery was for him to take
himself os a son. The first step out of the
lostness of the servant life is to take son-
ship for grantsd and to acf upon the as
sumption.
Again, the lostness of the stay-at-home
appeart from hie thought of service. “And
I never transgressed a commandant of
thine.” These words arena more accidental
tnan the others. The Master Is cutting
close to the essential Weaknesses In the
creed and practice of Pharisaism* The two
weak words here are “never” and "com
mandment.” The elder s son’s thought of
service was partly negative, find for t’w
rest cohsistcd in keeping commsndmcnte.
The Pharisee habitually thanked God that
he "was not as other men, extortioners,
unjust, adulterers, or even as the publican,
but fasted twice in the week and gave
tithes of all that ho possessed.”
First, the negative aspect nf the Phari
saic creed. According to Pharisaism re
ligion consists largely in not doing.
"Never” is the blessed word. Adherence
to the "never” creed causes the inert nnd
passionless worshiper to mistake the list-
leanness of death for the peace that passeth
understanding. Negative piety is often
shyer lifelessnrss: there is not vitality
endugfi to tweak forth in sin; tllere is not
strength or spirit enough to make temp
tation possible. How exasperating it is to
hear a dry, withered soul declaim on the
follies of youth, or n mind sluggish with
stupidity boast its freedom from doubt!
There is a long-lived heresy to, the effect
that the heart of religion is repression.
No longer do this, or that, or the other!
Drive out the devils, sweep the house, set
the furniture in order, board up the win
dows, lock up the doors and hide the
keys! This, ss of old. overlooks some
thing—the skill pf devils ns key-finders.
Back they come with others worse than
themselves; or, if they do not come back,
the hduse stands empty, which is about
ns bad. Redemption really means nhun-
dant life. The lifeless and inert seriously
starting toward redemption may possibly
make mare mistakes in the lint six months
of activity than In all the previous yesra
of listlessness, but they are better never
theless. One of the most disagreeable
features of this elder brother is hinted at
in this word "never.” It suggest* a staid,
lifeless, ■ploddingness beside which the rol
licking prodigality of the younger brother
acems almost « relief. If
It is almost a re
lief, too, to find thnt the elder brotlvM-
hceomcs angry, for nnger is aometimes
a sign of awakening life.
The more of the merely "never” there
is in a man’s religion, the more completely
lost the man is.
And then the other part of the creed—
the word "commandment.” What the
Master had in mind was the Pharisee’s
living by rule. He ia exposing the wood-
enness nnd mechanicalness of Pharisaic
jiicty; He is. showing us the lostness of
ig by rule. With the Pharisee life
hod become a round of ceremonial obser
vances nnd Pharisaism was lost in the
abundance of its rales. Any man ia lost
who tries to be good merely by rule. Of
course, many of tho great principles of
the Christian religion can be brought
down to the compendious statement of
rules, but in these the principle is kept
in mind. I am speaking ot Pharisaism
ns the system which slavishly learns the
rules and follows them. Such a course
leads inevitably to the wilderness. If
lose sight of the spirit and principle, v^e
thing. This
Upon that fact the father restored
The prodigal had learned something
' He hid learned to think
_ * who had sinned against
With thst lesson there followed
_ I arise and go to my father.” So far
OS this essential realisation of sonship was
concerned the elder brother was ts lost ss
the wanderer Who had gone to the far
country.
Looking at the parable in the light of jta
eternal spiritual significance, this must be
■aid, the man who strives to serve God
as a servant .and not ss a son is lost. Not
that ha ia a villain or given to outbreaking
transgression, bat to lone ts he mer4y
serves God he is lost to all joy for himself
and ia a dead loaa to God. I say lost ta
joy, because there it no joy in merely
. -vr. k Jf w , take the work
Jook upon God ss a great
T, a great lord over servants, we
mbtaket and we leave so much undone ani
we absolutely fail so mapy timet that we
get bat little satisfaction out of the work
itself. If we really look upon God as a
taskmaster ire must honestly confess that
we can never please Him. With our limit
ed insight end our hindering faculties ws
ue Ion to the happiness of successful ser-
r and the more we blonder the more
lost we- feel. As evening comes on and
the boor draws near when we ehaU he*
rE tail
i taskmaster, we look back upon all the
must have a rule for everything. .....
Pharisaism strove for and was. lost in its
own .cumbersomeness. If the system is
not complete, if thore are spheres of con
duct for which the Pharisee has no rule,
then in those spheres he is apt to feel
free to do his worst.
Living the good life is the finest of tho
fine arts. Fine art is not a mechanical ob
servance of rules—it is an absorption of
snirit. In the religious life it is being
filled with the spirit; and he who haa not
the sprit of life is lost.
The lostness of the stay-at-home still
further appears from hit unnatural heart-
lgeinMI “'Pill? enn 1 “ Thnen tvnivli mm*
doubly heartless, they repudiate brother
hood with tho returning prodigal and they
reproach the father for not looking upon
such a son as his own. Henrtleianesi al
most inevitably follows mcchunicaliim.
It is natural that it should be so. There
it no heart in a cumbersome set of com
mandments. Commandments having to deal
almply with doings and not with feelings
era in the nature of the case wooden and
lifeless. It life be looked upon as some
thing to be fitted into a scheme of com
mandments, all the fragrance of fine feel
ing evaporates. This picture of the elder
brother is the perfect setting forth of the
heortlessnetk of developed Pharisaism.
The heartlesineas came not out of delib
erate diabolism, hut out of mechanical
legalism. In the end, however, these two
are not far apart.
It would seem quite the fashion in these
matter of fact days. to. ridicule emotion
alism. There ie instead a kind of emotion
alism that deserves ridicule. The piety
that consists only in being happy is a poor
piety. But strike emotionalism out ot re
ligion and religion is not religion. In
Johns wonderful epistle of love much is
said about the pretence of God in the life,
and that presence manifests itself in vari
ous forms of feeling. Do you love the
brethren? That ik to say, do yon feel
the.force and Dower of.frleqdshjp? A-
S rt ot the witness of God s spirit it to be
ind just here, in the quickening ot those
fine feelings of friendship nnd love which
teem to come to naturally as we relate
ourselves to one another. Is the feeling
for brothers nnd sisters becoming more
kindly? Is the attitude towards fathers
and mothen and children more affection
ate? Is the circle of loving interest widen
ing? This is the mark of the presence of
God—this and that other feeling like unto
it, the affectionate going forth of the heart
in the cry of "Abha, Father.” Remove
emotionalism .of this kind and you tako
the substances out of life aa well aa out
of religion.* Life ia a matter of feeling.
AU values are realised in feeling, tnd the
feelingleaa mortal it tn unnatural mon
strosity. Any system of religions thought
or practice that makes men feelingless
it to be condemned. Phsritsism was {eel-
inglett; its lostness was set on high be
fore the gase of aU the world by Its failure
to feel the greatness of Jeans. It was ss
if the light of the rising ran played upon
dead eyeballs. A feelingless life! These
....
lory
_ seeing
or unhearing hearing.
Rtill farther, the stay-at-home reveals
his lost condition in his tendency to pat
toe wont construction possible upon the
Wink _
truth because’it was, about the WCTat thing
h IwtKit worked! tort #6Srt Mfflftelled
to make assumptions, U t hoots between
views either of which mty w WrtSCt*
Bo far ae the great mist of things U eotf
cerned, there is no nay ot getting absolute
proof beforehand. We must assume and
see., .Now, concerning men and things,
uattmptiona and Bad assumptions tn
M| nut at a matter of general attl-
if mind end heart toward things only
one Way M sale, That is, to pot ths very
Me construction on the lives of
best :
men itid the working ot things, This, in
word, is Christian faith. , Christian
faith dees not^i&rt "by proving things.
the Best.,, If a man is actually
[t RSDUlritl _ mm ■.mm..,
bad it, looks hOffifiilly toward the better
manhood which is, in almost, an
manhood which is, in almost, even case,
a possibility. Jesus called Junta "friend.”
and accepted hie kits even on ehe flight
of'his betrayal. Christian tsith looks oat
upon the working of ths entire univene
end assumes that they are righteous. In
that trust Is found peace.
Suppose one. Were to assume in dealing
with men that, ail men arc, liars. It can
not be proved beforehand that all men are
not liars or even that any one men it
‘ hr
absolutely truthful; hut
lost in his dealings with melt W
the one who should start with the assump
tion that' all men are Hart! The tare
path in the long run is the assumption
thst there it good in nil men and that the
f ood can be reached and made better,
n particular cases this may fail, but it is
in general the only Christian view. Ha
who, like the elder brother, bolds to tnt
•df» that the returning prodigal it hope
lessly and irretrievably, lost, is himself
Im il.H stfiMASmoaa fow •PrtTtt
wandering in the wilderness far from
safety,
Lastly, jhe lostness,of the stqy-st-homs
appeart from his thought, ,pf_,rewarL
ive lieeif serving with
a il never gavest me a kl
ef teems to have beei ^
the thought pf, material pay. Hi was
doing the mot* for What he could get out
of it. His thought 6f reward nyiyes along
a low plane. Jems condemned Pharisaism
because of its low view Of reward, Th*
taskmaster was to pay at the Close 01, the
day. Similarly some of us seem at times
to think of heaven as a place ot materiel
aud rather earthly prises. And again, the
null rattier curtniy pruc*) aim m*b
elder brother was lo«t in placing erapuaaw
upon an extraordinary forgiveness and
welcome as of more than the favor of the
father’s continued nnd ever present affec
tion. It is sometimes suggested that one
of the important lesson* of this parable
is its rebuke of tbc Christian who com
plains because the contrition of the return
ing penitent sometimes is rewarded by
more of ecstatic blessin? than is his own
long continued service of God. However
this may be as a matter of strict exegesis, it
is perfectly clear that the thought which
rates the exceptional manifestation of in r
terest as of more value than the continued
favor of tho father’s presen ee, wanders far
astray. “Son, thou are ever with me, and
all that is mine is thine." This is the great
reward, the favor of companionship and
nartrtership with the Father—a spiritual
benefit and blessing beside which all ma
terial thing- fall into nothingess. The prin
cipal reward is spiritdaf. We are not to
think of pay but of companionship with
the blessed God! Any thought of reward
lower than this is lost. There is a sense
in which the stay-at-home was as prodigal
as his brother. With his niggardly thought
of lower reward, he recklessly overlooked
nnd wasted the companionship and love
which were poured out around him. There
were two prodigals in the family. It would
be rather a difficult task to decide which
was the worse.
Resurrection of Christ,
The resurrection of Christ was absolute
ly necessary as a proof Jthat His life ijnd
teachings were divine. It was not merely
required as a fulfillment of prophecy, and
especially of tho prophecy of Christ Him
self, though it was needed for this, but it
was also demanded as an inspirer of hope,
because no hope of life beyond the tomb
could have sprung out of the grave of a
Saviour who Himself was held as its vic
tim. Paul clearly saw this, for he wrote:
“If Christ be not risen, then is our preach
ing vsin, and your faith is also vain; ye are
yet in your sins. If in this life only we
na^ *
jaVe hope in Christ, we are of all men most
miserable:" no hope of a future life through
Christ if Christ did not rise from the grave.
The doctrine then, also, that the soul pf
the believer after death is in bliss is with
out any solid foundation, for if Christ s
declaration concerning the raising up of the
temple of His body was. false, who will
daw sa£that His declaration to the^dying
thief. ‘To-day thou shalt bo with ...
paradise," wts not also false? No resur
rection of Christ, no hope of a blessed fu
ture life; for such a hope springs out of the
resurrection gospel. The disciples had no
hope until they, saw their risen Lord, then
they were glad.—The Rev. Ramuel Schwarm.
” Critical Spirit.
The critical spirit eats out, like a burn
ing acid, the very sweetness of spiritual
There is a mysterious quality ot
heart gentleness in ..truly crucified believ
er -which cannot be defined. It ia a thou
sand times beyond mere santificstion or
thodoxy; it is far more than outward cor
rectness of life; it is fathoms deeper down
than ths exact proprieties of bthavior: it
than a profession, and infinitely
is more
more mighty than holiness, preaching
doctrine. It ia the breath of Je
correct doctrine. It ia the breath of Jesus
in tho heart, the vapor from the river of
life, the perfume of the rose of 8haron, the
elixir of prayer, the marrow in the bone
of truth, which is far more in the sight of
God than aU the outward hulls of religious
form and teaching, which only serve as the
alabaster bok to this divine epikenard of
heavenly love. But one severe utterance
in a critical spirit will strike through this
inward purity and sweetness like a touch
of gsU. And bcctnto the spirit of criticism
is so universal among Christians is the rea
son why it is to rare to find a real saintly
soul who it charged with divine aweetnrM
of spirit.—The Evangelist.
Tell-Tale imitations.
Surface indications tre sometimes a bet
ter guide in moraia than the deeps oi ethi
cal philosophy. One man wUI tell you why
the theatre, tor instance, ia indispensable;
another will tell you, no less logically, why
it ought to be dispensed with. The deeper
the argument goes into foundation prin
ciples, the rarer each becomes of his posi
tion. But hare ia a programme of a pure
play, from one of the best class of theatres.
At the end of the bill are several heavy-
type advertisements, one of an "ale-houae,"
one of a "saloon," one of a "bar, etc.—til
in the neighborhood. . These advertise
ments are not ao liki
ely to be found on
the programme of a symphony concert, an
oratorio, or an illustrated lecture. Why
not? Never mind the reason. Two thingi.
the stage and the. bar, are associated, and
openly proclaimed to the audience. The
fact ought to count, if arguments do not.
Tendencies tell their own tale.
fife of his brother. “Thy son, which hath
thy living with harlots.” Th*
devowtd ,
cider son bail ho way of knosring this'to
Dally Praia*.
The entire Christian life must bear the
character of a daily renewed tbank-offerin;
to the glory of Him who ingraee bestowet
a perfect atonement in Christ Jean
thank offering of willing, undivided devo
tion of ourselves, with SI thst is ours, to
Him. For what other purpose is man, as
head of earthly creatures, placed below in
such a temple, save that be, aa priest,
should offer such a sacrifice, daily conse-
Ooeterzee.
God's Miracles.
It ia wonderful what miracles God works
in wills that are utterly surrendered to
Him. He turns bard things into easy, and
bitter thing* into sweet. It ia not that Ha
■B
JONES ROASTS JURY
Sensational Charge by Jurist
In Federal Court
DEMANDS A CONVICTION
Dtelarea thnt Fletcher Turner to
Guilty of Peonage Charge—An
Interesting Piece of Political
Gossip on the Side.
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VIENNA, QA.,
REAL ESTATE 1BENTS.
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Judge Thomas 0. Jones, of the Uni
ted States court (0 Montgomery, Ala.,
delivered n sensational charge to the
jury in the case of tho United States
va. Fletcher Turner, charged with
holding one Glennie Helme, n negro,
tn a condition of peonage.
Although there were only a few per
sons in the court room at the time,
surprise was heard on every side. At
S o’clock Saturday afternoop the jury
filed into the court room and Informed
the Judge that there was no chance or
prospect ot their reaching a verdict In
tho case.
Judge Jones then vehemently lectur
ed them. He told them that It thoy
believed the evidence offered by the
government the defendant was guilty;
that if they believed the evidence of-
ferofl by the defendant the defendant
was guilty, and that if they believed
the undisputed fact in the case the
defendant was guilty.
He said he had no power to put the
Jury ffl Jail for contempt' of court,
but that If thoy did not return a ver
dict of guilty thoy would perjure them
selves In the sight of God and dishon
or themselves In the cyen of man.
Congressman A. G. Wiley, counsel
for the defendant excepted to the re
marks of the Judge. The. case is now
exciting more attention than ever' be
fore. The Jury was discharged until
Monday at 11 o’clock.
Judge Jonea May be Promoted.
Ap loUJreuJlng ploco of political gos
sip Is now going tho rounds la Mont
gomery concerning Judge Jones. It Is
In effect that, in view of the judge's
courage and determination to punish
those guilty of holding negroes in slav
ery In Alabama, and the great ability
he has displayed on the bench, that
he will be appointed by President
Roosevelt member of the circuit court
of appoals when a vacancy occurs
shortly, after tho retirement of ono of
the Judges from that court who will
have reached tho age limit on the
bench. There Is a general belief lo
cally that when ths vacancy occurs
the plum will fall to the distinguished
Alabaman.
Judge Jones Is a man ot groat abil
ity and great personal magnetism, and
It Is understood that the president has
been greatly pleased with the strong
position he has assumed In the punish
ment of those men who have bean on*
gaged in the practice of peonage.
It is pointed out that the speeches
of Judge Jones as a member ot the
late constitutional convontton In Ala
bama, In which he took strong grounds
against tbs .grandfather clause In the
constitution and agalnBt the suffrage
provisions generally that looked to too
disfranchisement ot the negro, first at
tracted the attention of the president
to him, and to these speeches and to
the strong and manly grounds taken In
defense of the political rights of the
colored man was largely due his ap
pointment to the district judgeship,
These peonage cases, though greatly
exaggerated, have again servod to call
the attention ot tho president and the
attention ot the country to Judge
Jones as a man ot courage, and who is
capable and worthy of a scat on tho
conrt of appeals, or even on the bench
of the suprome court of the United
States.
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the place to get it. Old line Fire and Life Insurance
companies represented.
ENTIRE TOWN BADLY FLOODED.
Winchester, Virginia, Suffers Great
Damage from a Cloudburst.
Sunday afternoon the most serious
cloudburst ever experienced In Win
chester, Va., broke over the city, sub
merging tho entire town with from
three to six feet of water. The dam
age will roach thousands of dollars,
as every store, resldenco and building
In the center of the town was several
feet under water.
PROUD OP OUR RIFLEMEN.
President Roosevelt Sends Congratu*
latory Message to Mr. Jonea.
President Roosevelt Is delighted
over the success of tho American rifle
men In recapturing the Pttma trophy
in England. Secretary Jones, of the
National Rifle Association of America,
cabled the president the result of the
contest, and the president responded
as follows;
“Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 13, 1903.—
Jones, Secretary National Rifle Arvo-
elation of America—Accept my heart
iest congratulations for tho American
victory.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT.’
THREE KILLED IN EXPLOSION.
Deadly Accident Occurs at the Works
of Birmingham Powder Company.
Three men were Instantly klUod and
another fatally Injured by an explo
sion in the coining mill of the Birming
ham, Ala., powder mills near Boyles,
five mils* from the city, Saturday af
ternoon .
The building was totally wrecked by
the explosion, although it did not af
fect any of the other eleven buildings
If you want to liny LANDS see ns!
If yon want to sell LANDS see ost
THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Th* Great Highway of TKADE)and TRAVEL
THROUGH.THE SOUTHERN STATES.
ExeoUtnt Service
Quick Time
Convenient Schedules
Any Trip U a PImmn Trtp to tkoM'rho
Travel via THE SOUTHERNlRAILWAT.
The Finest Dining>Car Service In the World.
for Stalled laCarrasSloe as to TlcHats. Haft as»d Slreplng-Car rerer-
vatlona address th* nmrest Agent of THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
A H. HARDWICK.
W. H. TAYLOB,
JAME8 FREEMAN.
Traveling Freight nnd Passenger Agents Macon, Ga.
Georgia Southern
& Florida ”Ry.
LOCAL TIME TABLE
EFFECTIVE JUNE 28,1903.
READ DOWN. READ UP.
Seas
= I
4 so
0 45
OO'J
090
0 07
718
710
7 011
8 08
800
9 91
0 87
9 48
900
10 40
P.M,
3 10
300
410
4 31
420
430
0 00
0 10
0 47
0 29
700
7 20
7 44
8 20
A.M-
11 20 I.v .
12 11 " .
12 82 " .
12 00 " .
1 13 " .
1 48 " .
2 07 “ .
2 22 " ..
2 20 •* .
3 10 " .
3 01 ",
3 44 " .
3 40 *' .
8 0S " .
4 9f Ar .
4 40 I.v.
5 25 " .
Minion
Kathleen....
Orovunla i...
Unailllla ....
Vienna
....Cordelo
....... .. Arab! .... ..
Worth
Aabbura.....
Tlfton
... Lenox
Sparks
010
6 0
7 12
7 82
8 10
P.M.
Henrtplno
Valdosta
Valdosta
Haylow....!.
Fa
Cutler
Crawford ....
Jacksonville ..
AM.
4 10 8 401120
10 21
0 00
8 21
8 03
240 220
208
129
no ....
820
7 40
A.M.
I'.M.
Valdosta ....
LnkoPark....
Jennings....
Jasper
White Borings.
Lake City......
Lnko Batter
Sampson City....
Hampton
Ornnclln
Plorabome....
Palates
DUE P.M.
.. ..Ar 10 00 10 00
, Lv 10 29 10 32
10 14 1007
981 948
818 908
,860 840
818 762
7 60 T28
7 85 7 08
663 629
6 48 6 24
816 660
A.M. P.M.
Schedule of tho All-Year-Round "Dixie Flytr” Bloopers.
9 39
9 10
800
8 20
8 14
8 08
780
7 04
6 02
0 48
040
600
A.M.
Ar
..Jacksonville, ft. 8. A t. BY..
..Valdosta, "
..Tlfton, “ I
..Cordele, “
..Macon, "
..Atlanta, O. of O. BY ........
..Chattanooga,N.C.AST.L. BY
..Nashville, *'
..Martin, •*
•Bt Louts, ILL. CENT. B.B....
..Ar
8 20 am
SO? am
8 60 am
2 42 am
:2 45 am
900 pm
600 pm
9 60 am
546 am
10 60 pm
"Dixie Flyer” Is solid train with through coaches and Parlor sleepers between Ma-
s and Jacksonville, and carries Pullman buffet drawing room sleeper between Ms-
' ‘ ' ■■ ■ •— vl „ Atlanta, Chattanooga,
con and Jacksonville, onrouto to and from Bt. Louts, Mo.,
NaabvUle, Martin ana Cairo. *
"Quick Htep” Is solid train between Maoon and Palates, and carries through coach
between Macon and Jacksonville.
Itoond Trip TIckoU now on sale to Bummer Tourist potato and to Atlontlo Beach
nnd Whtto Spring*. Kla. . „
WxLuaxCnacaz.aTHnAw,Vloe President, Macon, Oa
C. B.Bhodss, General Passenger Agent, Naeon, fta.
J. B. BarrrssT, D. P. A, Jacksonville, Pin.
Laos A. Bkll, Atlanta. On ■ j
QET OUR PRICES w
ON JOB PRINTING W
•Mftl
While rar prices are lew, ear work is
Strictly Up-to-Date, and we giaraateo
satisfaction with e?ery job ef^printing.
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