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THOMASVELIJE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY DECEMBER 7, 1895.
NEW SERIES, VOL. VII—NO.
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soon be making their appearance.
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not send it to ns ? We can save
you money.
Col. Matt J. Pearsall, 6f Moul
trie, was in town yesterday on le
gal business.
Mrs. Phil Wade returned from
Atlasta last nigbt, where she has
been spending the past week.
Mr. W. J. Brooks, of Boston,
one of the leading merchants of
that city, spent yesterday after
noon in the city.
Mr. Moses Williams left at this
office yesterday one of the finest
stalks of cane we have seen this
season. It measured nine and a
half feet in length.
Hon. W. N. Spence passed
through here on Sunday nigbt en
route to Baiubridge to attend the
city court there. Will Spence is
one of the, “Old Guard,” a dem
ocrat of democrats.
Dr. G. M. Jones, of Wbigham,
spent last night in the city. The
doctor, accompanied by bis
daughter, Miss Willie Jones, will
leave this morning for Atlanta to
take in the exposition.
We understand that good old
Santa Claus has just lots of nice
things for the little ones
this Cbrietmas. Ard the old man
will be around bright and early
on Christmas morn.
Mies Annie Lewis, a charming
and accomplished young lady of
Washington, D. C.; is a guest at
the “Willows.” She is here for
the winter and we hope her stay
in the sunny south will be a pleas
ant one in every respect.
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WON WITH EASE.
The Thomasville's Defeat the
Valdosta 28 to o.
The first game of foot ball ever
played in _TbomasvilIe came off
Thursday and Thomasville won
by the score of 28 to 0.
The Valdosta boys got In at
1.58 and went at once to the
Brighton Hotel; where they
chauged clothes, then went to the
ball grounds. The Valdosta team
were abort of two men, several of
their best players being unable to
come up. Dekle and W. Beverly,
of the Tbomasyille's, played with
them to make out the eleven. . ;
The teams lined up as follows:
VAlBOtTA. rotrnox, TUOVJlSVILLX.
Holder, W. L. E. Smith, ft.
Jones, • L. T, Watt
Scruggs, L G. Cooper,
Pardee, O. .Parker, H.
Roberta, “ ’ * ‘ '
Parrish,
Dinkins,
Dekle,
Thomas, R. "
beverly, W.
Cartoll,
Smith, H.
Pittman, J
Clara,
At a meeting of the Library di
rectors Tuesday resolutions of re
gret at the death of Mr. J. A.
Brandon were passed and Mr.
Chas. M. Smith elected iu his
place. Mr. C. M. Chapin was
elected to fill another vacancy on
t ie board.
V. A. RORROCKS
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Tbomasville, Ga.
Plan ud biimit* finit^f.
I oQer my services to make contracts for
nr superintend all kin«.s of building, public
qr private, either brick or wood, also plumb
ing-
Satisfaction G n aran teed -
The board of county commis
sioner met yesterday aud trans
acted the usual routine business.
By the way if Mr. Mallette's bill
to pay the commissioners a per
diem becomes a law, theyjwill get
tome compensation for coming to
town every first. Monday id the
month.
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snd Laving ths
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d patch and neatntss
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Contractor and Bonder,
THomaaviUe • - &a
i will be glad to make contracts for, oi
si |4>rintend all clasees ot buildings, publir
or wrivate, in either brick or wood. Will
fur uUb plans and specifications it required.
It yoi want any building done call on me
•'<•1 ( will submit estimates, whether con.
tract is awarded me or not. I will faaran-
-.. t*w satisfaction in all my work. I refer tc
' tb- many buildings erected by me ia Thom
.a villa, and to all parties for whom 1 hard
worked. Shop on Fletcher street, 2d doorfOWW.BWiee wucre ,*ne party i
Broad. f— w* ^ly Jisbed three pr four years ago.
Dr. J. A. Thompson, of the
Methodist church, preached ‘ his
Inst sermon for this conference
year on Sunday. A large cougre
gation was out to hear him. Dr.
Thompson’s congregation and
friends sincerely hope that he will
be returned to this charge by the
conference for another year.
Now that the registration bpoks
hive closed the boys will com
mence to discuss municipal poli
tics. It is rumored that there will
be several candidates for mayor,
which event things will be de
cidedly lively, The election will
be held on the third Tuesday in
January.
The directors have made ar
rangements to have Rev. Sam
Joues and Gen. John. B. Gordon
lecture here, one in February and
one iu March, for the benefit of
the Library, It is safe to count
on a full bouse for each of these
popular lecturers and the Library
will receive a good sum as its share
of the receipts.
Mr. Wm. S. Iryine }ia§ prpsent-
to the Library a handsome life
size crayon portrait of the poet
Sidney Lanier. It is by Mr.
Zimmerman and one of his best
pieces of work. It is^andsQpiely
fiamed ip Georgia pine, dope by
the Tbomasville Variety Works.
This and t e portrait of Henry
Grady, presented by Judge Hop
kins Y5me time ago, nre very ac^
ceptable presents. Will not some
others follow the example of these
public spirited*citizeus, that the
Library walls may be ornamented
with portraits of Georgia's distin
guished citizens ?
Third Party Meeting,
A few th|rd party men—POO
gentlemau who iya$ present—said
about twenty'; met at the court
house oil Saturday. The object of
the meeting was to appoint dele
gates to the st^te QQpveption of
the party which meets \n Atlanta
on the J8t|i iqsfe The secretary
failed to report the proceedings
and the names of the delegates.
We should have published them
with pleasure. The attendance at
the meeting is a poiuter as to the
falling off of in members of the
third party in Thomas. Except
in some counties iu Tom Watson's
district, the 10th, * the following
of-the party in Georgia has dwind
led down very muth; -. In fact,
this is the’case in Kansas and
other,states: where the party flour*:
R.G.
R.T.
R.B.
L.H.B.
R. H.B.
... Q B. (Capt) Ba bee.
Da* is, (Capt.) Jr. B Pittman, C.
The Valdosta boys were very
light in weight and needed prac
tice, but they put up a nervy
game. The Tboifaafville's have
bad some fair practice aud were
well equipped.
The game opened with Thom-
asville faciug I be west goal. Bar
bee kicked off aud Dekle caught
and returned the ball. After
good runs by Watt, Pittman, J,
Clark and Pittman, C., Pittman
J. was pushed across the line for
the first touch-down. Barbee
held the ball for Pittman C., who
kicked a pretty goal. Score,
Tbomasville 6. Valdosta 0. Time
3 minutes.
Valdosta kicked off this time,
Clark caught, passed to C. Pitt
man, who made a good run,
blocked by Pittman, J., Clark
aud Barbee. Several more runs
by the back and line and then
Clark was given the ball for a
run around the end, witn Pitt
man J., Pittman C. and Barbee as
interference, he scored the second
touch-down. Pittman again
kicked goal in fine style. Score,
Thomasville 12, Valdosta 0. Time
minutes.
Valdosta kicked, D ittman J.
caught, passed to Pittman C., who
made a pretty run. Several more
.ins by the backs good center
backing by Parker, Cooper and
Lester/ aud C. Pittman was
pushed over the goal line for the
third touch-down. Pittmau C
kicked goal. Score, Tbomasville
18, Valdosta 0. Time 23 minutes.
The kick off by Valdosta had
just been made when time was
called for the first half.
The second half was almost?a
repetition of the first, Valdosta
only securing the ball twice.
Barbee scored a touch-down by
criss-cross tandem play with Pitt
man C. Pittman C. kicked goal.
Score, Thomasville 24, Valdosta 0.
Pittman C. was pushed through
the center for the next touch-down,
but failed to kick goal. Score,
Thomasville 28, Valdosta 0. • Time
was called with the ball within 5
yards of Valdosta’s goal,
The tackling of Dekle and Bev
erly who played with Valdosta
was splendid. They both played
like veterans, and too much praise
cannot be given them. As for
the lest of the visitors they played
bard and tyied to win. but they
were top light and needed prac
tice. The Tbomasville team'
played good ball, but could have
played better if it w'ere needed.
The Smith brothers at the ends
played unusually well, in fact
every man did his part. Most of
the work was on the backs, who
make several long .runs.' The
longest being make * by Pittman
J., who was blocked by Clark,
Piitman.iL and Barbee.
No one wu? hurt in the game.
The game was very free from
kicks (of both sides) and the Val
dosta boys Went home pleased,
with their treatment. They are
a gentlemanly lot Pf young men,
and we hope to se$ t^ein up this
After the game Mr. L. Schmidt
treated the boys to a delightful
surprise in the shape of a splendid 1
supper of turkey, oysters an<|*
othpr dftinty dishes. r
The first gam® vas a success,
but when the people understand
the game, better and larger
crowds will attend the games.
Mrs. F. R Parrsmorc De,ad
Valdosta, Ga> Dec. 1 .^—ThP
death of Mrs. Frank R. Parramori
this morning at 3 o’clock is one of
the saddest deaths Yaldosta baft-
bad in manydays. _ r _ ______
was the wife of pr. Frank - Parra-
more, a jffomipept tfeiitict here.
Sup had* been ill for several weeks,
but there was an improvement in
in her condition yesterday \vhich
led to thp hope tlftt she vyotild
fqlly recover. Mrs. Parra jnore
was before her carriage four pr
five years * M& McGee?,
daughter of Rev; B.|H. McGee, o :
the Sputh Georgia conference. She
leaves two little children <u»da
heart broken husband,' H&04-
mains wore followed to the comet
tery this evening Ly one of .the
longest processions ever seen in
Valdosta, and the last, solemn
rices were conducted by ReV.
Bascom Anthony of the Methodist'
church.” -
^ The deceased lived here at one
time, and had many friqnds who
will sincerely explore her early
The Wedding of Mr F. H. Smith
and Miss Cherie Smith.
We find the. following account
of the marriage of Mr. F. H.
Smith and Miss Cherie Smith
which, occurred on the 20th inst.
in Meridian, Miss., in a recent
issue of the Daily News* of that
charm and fasinatiob, especially
when enpid^has blessed the lives-of
popular and'handsome young, peo
ple, as on Wednesday evening of
the 20th, when pretty .Miss (mere
Smith, , ot Meridian, was united
in the bonds of wedlock to Mr.
Frank Smith, of Thomasville, Ga.,
and the large attendance at the
Central Methodist church showed
anl eager expectancy ere the bri
dal-,party arrived, while Miss
BoBsie Barber, in pretty evening
gown, began the wedding march,
“Tiie Sweetest Ever Tola,” there
went a murmur of interest
thronghout that large fthdieuce,
and all eyes turned to the en
trance. The* church \iras beauti-
whlch we should “give thanks,**
in this public way. First, tem
poral blessings—as individuals,
.as citizens: of. Thomasville; of
Georgia; of the United'States.
Secoud, spiritual blessings. Re
ligious liberty. A' pure gospel.*
Christian fraternity, and- then in
conclusion, • he' drew the lesson
that,"duties grow with opportuni
ties and .showed that, from the
favored position of pur country,
geographical and otherwise, it is
our high duty to send out those
moral religious influences that
will aid largely iu the evangeliza
tion of the world. • rr -..
The following was the pro
gramme ot the exercises: >
1 Authem-v-By the Choir.
2 Hymn—Congregation.
3 Scripture Reading—Mr. Ma
rion. -
4 Prayer—Dr Thompson.
5 Hymn—Congregation.
6 Eermon—Dr. Harris.
7 Collection for the poor.
8 Anthem—Choir. • +
9 Benediction.
The choir consisted of a quar
tette, composed as follows: Mrs.
W. D. Mitchell, soprano; \Mra. J.
E. Robison, alto; Mr. James Watt,
tenor, an i Mr T. J. Ball, basso.
Mrs. L. H. Jerger presided at the
organ, and the music, altogether,
was of the highest orde^.
The church was crawded and
the speaker had the close atten
tion ‘of everyone throughout the
delivery of hi* discourse.
The collection, which was quite
a liberal one, was turned over to
preached tbe-sermon, and, it was’
a sermon appropriate to the occa
sion. Like all of this grand old
man's discourses it was clear,
forcible and eloquent. The music
was-rendered by the usual choir
and was good. *
R*-g stratipn. Closed. "
When tfie.hour of 0.o'clock peal
ed out from the*city ball last even-
ingr Mr/ Evahs closed his big
book, in which he had written^
several hundrec^nauies, w ; .th a sigh
of relief. A- belated colored
brother was the Jast . to * register.
He jiist did" ^ave his- vote. The
number bf registered Voters is far
below what they footed*up last
year. Then/however, a spirited
contest .was ouffor mayor, and this
year, up to thiS'tijqe,. we have not
be Ard of a pronounced candidate.
The wbft&h&q^^eglisfered.,. 270
and the colorpc^^8B^m^kipg a to?
: While there was iio rush yester-
day-.^ a steady stream poured into
the office "of Mr. Evans for some
time, for the purpose bf qualifying
thamselves^o vdte at the coming
municipal electiqn^'Tije^ report© •
/dropped 1u.^but:poqn; and foiuhc
apyeyql.sjapqlng around the rail
stetatvrslve month * and, 'cf :£r the
town of; ThomasyUJe |ix * Aonths,
^hir.you .hay^L. pard aU If gal taxes
J “raaiided-i6i*^qa since Yhe adop-
>n of4be- constitution of ^87|,
except for ^he pyeaen t ./year; that
*yOqhayepa^d%our:street:tax, and
that you hays never been ponvict-!
ed of q felony or been on fhe ph^in
ga n g—'‘ * ' 1
, ‘<Sold on,” eaid Mad, “I regis
tered seyeraldayfrago.J l coins to
see about .bnyibg ' some' cotton
Mr. Evans h^expeilded agood
(leal.of breath, and consu.med val
uable time for n’othiojf,' > 'We ''are
not advised as to whether Mr. Mc
Kinnon found any cottonseed or
not, but io evidently . did not
think it necessary to swear that
he had not been on the chain gang
in. order to buy a lot of cotton seed
—Daily-T.-Ei Dec. 3.
Stt‘
THANKSGIVING
Services Appropriate to the Oc
casion at the Baptist and
Episcopal Chat chcs.
Thanksgiving services were
held at the Baptist and Episcopal
churches Thursday morning. The
services at 'the former were par
ticipated' 'in’jd'inily by the Meth
odist, Presbyterian and Baptist
congregations. The sermon was
ireached by fir. Harris; of. the
iaptist church, and it waa'jost
such a sermon as the friends of
this, .eloquent divine expected of
him. It was pronounced by ail
who heard it as. among the best
thanksgiving sermons ever de
livered in this .city. '
Taking, as bis text, Ps. 92:1,
the preacher said that no exegesis
of the verse would be' attempted,
but that the text would be used
almost solely to show the divine
authority for the special service
of the occasion. Then, for nearly
JfCHSwTAM? decorated with evergreen,
t iX hnt pot plants and chrysanthemums
not only beThaukful. but for t ^ e ^ntre of the arch, in
front of'the "church, hung two
white hearts of chryfauihemums,
iterced with eupid’s arrows.
l*irst came Miss Carrie Jenkins,
down the nght aisle and Mr.
Mayers Watt down the left and
me> in front of the arch, crossed,
took positions facing the audi
ence, then the others alternating
in the same style. They were
Mies Mell Minge, of Laneville,
Ala., and Mr-Tom Stone, of Jack-
sou, Miss Hettie Jones, of Liv
ingston, A’a., and Mr. Frank
Pittman, of Thomasville, Ga., Miss
Emma Berrill, of Quitman, Miss.,
and Mr. Anson Bail, of Thom-
asville, Ga., Miss Carrie Chisholm,
of Thomasville, Ga., and Mr.
BrooksjSmith, of Laneville, Ala.
The bride'B maids looking pretty
piquant in cream silk mull, kib-
bon and lace trimmings, satin
sleeves, carrying large bouquets
of-yellow Chiysanthemums, tied
with long yellow ribbons. Then
came the bride, looking regal,
and fair in white satin, en trdin,
pearl trimmings and tulle rid,
which added a soft witchery to
her face. She was accompanied
by the maid of honor, Miss Flor
ence Jenkins, who. was prettily
gowned in cream mull, satin and
earl trimmings, and carried a
bouquet of white chrysanthemums
tied with cream ribbon. They
came down the right aisle, and
down the left came the groom,
Mr. Smith, and best man, Mr. J.
Robison, of Thomasville, Ga.
While the march-was played, and
then continued softly through the
cerempuy, wh’ch was gracefully
jerformed by the pastor, Rev.
Jr. R. S. Woodward The angels
Said ta bs the Property oi the
Ochiockonee Light Infantry.
Rome, Ga.*; Nov, . 28,—The dis
covery of the old war flerg by Col.
S R- Coverdale, of Cincinnati, in
a box of old papeis the other day
Weddings possess a peculiar haa aroused much interest among
the General Benevolent Society.
At the Episcopal church Bishop
Whipple, of Minnesota, *vho is
pending a season in-Thomaevil'e.'D 1 - ' audT.rmony Ve”med”to
hover near that beautiful bridal
scene* and to join in the sweet
notes of the march as the party,
t'ie cynosure of all eyes, passed
out to repair to the home of the
bride’s brother-in-law, Mr. Lislie
Lide. The gentlemen attendants
wore fall dress suits. The ushers
were Mestrs. Tom Stone, of Jacs-
son, Pittman and Ball, of Thom
asville, Ga. Among the attend
ants at the reception were Mrs
and family, of Lauder
dale, Mr. Henry Izard, Dr. George
Izard and wife, Mrs. Jenkins,
Mrs. Stone, Dr. Woodward and
wife, Mr. Tom Smith, of Livings
ton, Ala., Miss Bessie Barber, Mr.
Ferrell, of Quitman, Miss., aud
others. After congratulations,
and the bridal pair received many
handsome presents, etc., the
guests were ushered into the din
ning hall ablaze with eiectric
light, while the weddiug feast
was sumptuous.and elegant in
every detail, served by tue dain
ty tea girls, Misses Aunie Jenkins
and-Irene.Izard, gowned in pale
bine and cream silk mull, flowers.
Mr. and Mrs. Lide made all feel
a cordial welcome. At 1 o’clock
Mr. Smith and fair bride left'for
their Home iff Thomasville, Ga.,
when all .wished them a hon
vogqge oyer the sea pf life.
A Change at the Depot
Commencing this morning Mr.
WHOSE FLAG IS IT ?.
NE W YORK LETTER.
A Unitarian Conference—What
Was Said and Done There—
All Our Poets Unitarians.
the veterans here.
Opinion is divided as to whether
it formerly belonged to th(T Ogle
thorpe Light Infantry,/of Savan
nah, or the Ochiockonee Light Iu-
f an try that waa. made - up near
Thomasville
The latter company consisted of
the town boys a id sonsof wealthy
planters of Thomas - county, and
the company was popularly known
as the “bandbox boys.” When
they arrived at Savannah with all
their caps and accoutrements
marked “0. L, I.*' they were un
der the'Command of Capt. Spencer
and wer» mustered into service as
company E, twenty- ninth Georgia
Regiment, under Colonel Francis
8. Bartow in 1801.
When they left that city for the
front they had to pack up inany of.
their belongings and trust them to
the storage division of-the com
missary department.
Among other thingsthey owned
a handsome banner presented to
them by the ladies of Thomasville,
bat Capt. George K. Green, who
belouged to company D, the same
regiment, is unable to recall just
how the banner looked and so
cannot identify the one found as
belonging to them.
• Col. Coverdale found this one
packed away in a box of old papers
jn an excellent state of preserva
tion, and it does not look like it
passed through the hot campaigns
from 1860 to 1864.
It is,of blue silk with a border
of gold fringe, and the letters “0.
L..L ’ are embroidered in silk
with the date “September 28,
1860,” aud snrrouuded by a
wreath of cotton bolls in natural
colors.
On the reverse is the- coat of
arms of Georgia, beautifully hand-
painted, surrounded by eleven
stars, indicating the states^ of the
confederacy, with the date paint
ed beneath, “Captured by the
second division of the twentieth
army corps, at Savannah, Decem
ber 21, 1864.”
The most mysterious part of the
affair is that Col. Coverdale has no
idea bow he came into possession
of the flag. It was probably pack
ed away in the box for more than
a quarter of a century.
He is anxious to find out tb
whom it belongs so that he can re
turn it.
Capt. Green will correspond
with some of his old comrades in
Thomasville and try to find out if
it is the old flag of the Ochiockonee
Light infantry, but there are few
members of the company new
alive.
Jpg .which enfeoff the .would be
*Yoifcrs~from^fcT'otfclal/oti. the in-
Jamps
McKinnon 'was 4eqq\rg uyei^. the
railings. . I^ow - Mr. fByftns has'
K P- Manaerlyn; of Bainhridge,
__ °®“ at tbe
just after disposing of fi colored
voter,jhci’.bsgai);:'- -it
imdV' soleionly 'swear that
ggHT?”! depot,.,hfl haring beep appelated
ticket agent at Thomasville; * Mr.
A. AV May, the former ticket
agent, turned over-the business
iug. Mr. Mqnnerlyu, accompa
nied by his wife, arrived yester
day. They wifi reoeive. a cordial
welcome at the hands of our peo
ple.
Mr. May, tbb retiring, tiokei
agent, has been in Thomasville
ftboqt a year and, so far as
WO have been able to judge
and learn, Las made qn ex
ceptionally good ticket agent.
He.has been accommodating and
polite to all the patrons of the road
and to the public as well, and
every one will regret to learn that
his connection with the road has
been se vered. Changes under the
new administration ha re, itseems,
been the order of the day. Mr.
May, we understand, will remain
in Thomasville.
' Mr.- Mannerlyu is the ."son of
Col: <L J. Mannerlyn, one of the
.fepsLlEnown and most popular gen
tlemen m 8outh Georgia.
Mr. W.: E. Davies has 'returned
DR. HOPKINS REMEMBERS IT.
Dr. T. S. iiopkins, of this city,
is almost positive that the flag
belongs to the Ochiockonee Light
Infantry, He eays he remembers
the flag well and thinks i
“captured” in the court house in
this city.
Iu response to a query, from the
reporter yesterday morning he
said :
“I saw the flag answering the
description of the one iu Cincin
nati,, carried away from the court
bouse in Thomasville by Captain
dcott, of Cook’s command. The
court house wa^ used at that time
as a .hospital for the Federal sick
and I.was in charge of the hos
pital/ I was told that the flag
was made by the ladies of Thomas-
yille aud presented to the Ochiock
onee Light Infflntry. Capt. Scott
was a Kentuckiat^ and was in
command of thuLpost. I remem
ber well hearing one of the boys
say, ‘that fellow will carry that
flag off and make people believe
it was captured in battle.*' The
flag showed no battle scars and
probably had never seen a battle
field. 1 have no doubt tBat the
flag in Cincinnati is the flag
speak of. It fills the description
to the letter.”
Col. Robert G. Mitchell, who
was the first color-b6arer of the
Ochiockonee Light Iufantry, after
reading a description of the flag,
is ve*y certain that it is the flag
of thqt famous company which
went from Thomas county in 1861
He has written to the Constitution
in which paper the dispatch from
Rome appeared, and will investi
gate the matter. The few surviv
ing members ef the old company
would like to look upon the old
flag again. *■•
Nbw York, Oct. 26th, 1095.
Editor Times-Enterprise :
I have just returned from Wash
ington, D. C., where I went as a
delegate to,attend tbe Unitarian
Convention. Thwconvention meets
once in two years and is attended
by clergymen and delegates from
every pari of theU iited States and
Canada. The Hon. Geo. F. Hoar,
of Massachusetts, is president of
the society, and Senator Morrill,
of Vermont, Vice-Presideut.
The meeting took place injdetz-
erott Hal), which wid seat 1,500
people, and continued four days,
morning, afternoon and evening,
the number.in attendance being
only limited by the capacity of
the hall. Carefully prepared pa
pers were read and speeches de
livered on a grsat variety of sub
jects relating to human interests
and needs. A paper of great in
terest was read by Hon. John Fisk,
L. L. D., on “The Origin of Lib
oral Thought in America.” He
traced the troubles and persecu
tions of “free thought” through
all tbe centuries from the time of
Christ down to the present day.
Christ was a “heretic” in his day
and those in authority did all in
their power to suppress his free
dom of utterance. And it ia not
so long since we in America perse
cuted the Quakers for opinion’s
sake! This paper, with others of
like importance, will be published
in book form.
There was another paper of tran-
ssendeut interest, by Charjes Car-
roll Everett, D. D. L. L. D., Dean
aud Bu8sey,Professor of Theology,
Harvard University, on “Our
Unitarian Theology.” Notaword
was said which could offend any
orthodox brother. But it was so
full of earned and Christ-like
sincerity as to excite the, admira
tion of every one present.
The Unitarians, in joining the
church, are not required to assent
to any written cieed, because a
creed binds one down to all past,
present and fu ure knowledge
the subject treated. As, on all
other subjects, they expect to learn
more and progress in knowledge.
Their only creed, if they have any,
“ Jove to God and love man,
ith Christ tor leader, guide and
example.” They can be followers,
of Christ without any written creed
about it.
It is a singular fact that all the
poets that have made any mark in
our coqntry, were Unitarians.
There were Bryant, Longfellow,
Emerson, Lowell, TEIolmes and
Whittier. Among men of letters
there was Prescott and Bancroft.
Sarah F. Adams, who' wrote
Nearer my God to Thee,” was
Unitarian. Among our presidents
there was Jvhn Adams, John Quin
cy Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Mil-
lard-Filmore aud Abraham Lin
coln. Did these men reach their
theological conclusions by higher
and broader thinking ? The Uni
tarian deuominatio*; is small in
comparison with m:.ny other de
nominations; but they claim that
truth is always with the minority.
Christ aud liis apostles were iu a
very small minority and. it has
been so ever since. If truth were
to be determined by votes the
Roman Catholic church would
swamp all others. Man is a finite
being, and his knowledge un any
subject must be limited. Absolute
truth only exists with Go.l, be
cause God is intiuite in knowledge.
A creed represent* tue best knowl
edge of those who make tbe creed;
but on so difficult, a subject it is
presumption to assume that noth
ing mdre can be learned.
There were three papers of rare
excellence read at the convention
by ladies. One by Rev. Ida C.
Hulton, of Moline, III., on the
Cultivation of the Spiritual Na
ture.” One by Rev. Mary A.
Safford, of Sonx City, Iowa, Ion
Forgiveness,” and one by Mrs.
Emily A. Fifield on “National
Alliance of Unitarian and other
Liberal Christian Women.” The
writers of all these papers, had
year’s fime for preparation. It
was a rare intellectual feast to lis
ten to such a brilliant condensa
tion of thought as was presented
in these papers.
In this letter I have presented a
simple statement of facts, which I
think Inay interest thoughtful
people. G. Q. Colton.
We regrel;Vto ieitu that our
yeupg friend, Charier Barnes, is
' te ill at hiB^hoina on Dawson from New York; where he has
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Hmssist'
quite i j, . ....j . I ...
street, W® wiihjnjn axpeedy re-.! been spending a few weeks in the
CQ?ery< " ■ ' —. , |interest of the Piney Woods.
Books Will Clos;.
Tax Collector Heetn will close
his books on the 20th inst. It
should be borne iu mind that he
is registrar and that all parties
Who expect te vote in next year'
elections must call on him before
the time expires. This is an im
portant duty and should * not
negieeted..
Mr. Heeth can be'.found during
business hours at E. 6. Heeth'
141 Jackson street, until the 20th
Messrs. J. J. Lunsford, Henry
Lnusford and Robert Lunsford
left yesterday ■ morning for At
lanta to spend a few days.'
Holiday goods will soon be dis
played by all tfie dealers in them,
EDITORIAL BRIEFS.
Paragr phs of P rominent Pithy
Things and People.
And the mayors took in the
merry midway. Yes indeed they
did.
Bev. J. F. Eden, pastor of the
Baptist church iu Quitman, has
resigned.
The negroes of Georgia return, '
approximately, $13,000,000 worth
of property this year. How’s
that for progress?
Sixty thousand' four hundred
and fifty-four people passed
through the ga ee of the exposi
tion last Thursday.
A bill has passed the senate
amending the constitution so as
to exempt church and school prop
erty from taxation.
The many friends of Judge ~
Bower throughout the state will
be glad to learn that he is recov
ering from his late illness.
The republicans will be at the
feed trough after to-morrow. And
they will have both feet in it.
The democrats won’t even get to
drink the swill.
If free silver men in Georgia
are to get tbe plums, what’B the
matter with Tom Watson? He
would be entitled te the first and
biggest slice. Tote fair- gentle
men. '
The fatalities on thanksgiving
day appear to haxobeen about
equally divided between foot ball
players and careless hunters. '
They were numerous in both
classes.
The county cl ain gangs will be
put under the control of the keep
er of the penitentiary. A bill to
that effect has passed the senate,
and it is more than likely to pass
the house. .
Congress convenes to-morrow at
noon. But it will be midnight
with the democrats. Anyhow
things will look dark to them.
But just watch the light break
again in 1896.
The legislature expires by limi •
tation on the 11th inst. The body
has been fairly industrious, and
its record will be above the aver-
ago. Only nine more working
daye remain. And they will bo
busy ones.
Will Myers was arrested .again)
at C'axton, ou Friday. He turned
dut to be a news butcher. This
makes the fourth time the fellow
lias been arrested for Myers. He
ought to wear a placard, some
thing like this: “1 am nor Will
Myers.”
Mail Contract Let.
The postoffice department has at
last let the contract for carrying
the mails to and from the post'
office and depot. It was awarded
to Calvin Porter, colored, his bid
being the lowest. It is under
stood that Jackson Hamilton, who
has been doing the work for tbe
past few years, is associated with
Porter in the mail contract and
will continae to handle Uucie
Item's mail bags. Porter Bays be
intends to pnt on a nice borseaud
wagon and will give the public
good service. Hie contract only
allows him ten minutes in which
to get the mail to tbe postoffice
after the arrival oi the train.
Miss Nettie Smith has'Te turned
from Atlanta, where she has been
spending the past few days; visit
ing relatives and seeing the expo-.
Bilion, ,
A young Mr. Drexer had a
young woman arrested in New
York last week for kissing _Ju»,-7
Justice Wentwortfi, before whom
tbe case was tried, fined the new
woman $2. Things are coming
to a pretty pass.
Mr. E. W. Barrett, the well
known Washington correspondent
of the Constitution, is to be mar
ried on the 18th to a charming
Virginia young lady, Mies Janey
Sutherland Smith, of Danville.
Our sincere congratulations, Ed,
on the approaching happy event.
Preparations are already being
made for the celebration of Gen
eral Lee's birthday. It occnrs on
the 19th of January, and is a
legal holiday in Georgia and sev
eral other southern states Lee’s
memory still lives, and will so
long as southern men and women
live.
The coarse attack of Ben Till
man on President Cleveland in his
Atlanta speech, was characteris
tic of the man. It might be well
for the managemeot of the expo
sition to disclaim any responsi
bility for the utterances of each
men as - Ben Tillman. He has
turned tiouth Carolina into a reg
ular hades and wonld do the same
thiqg for Georgia and the whole
eountry, if he had bis way.
Grover Cleveland towers too high
above each demagogues as Till
man and his sort to be reached
by their poisonous shafts.
m
Fitzgerald, the new town in
Wilcox county, being bnilt up
and settled by western colonists,
is growing with astonisBUrg-
rapidity. Old Georgia, especially
tbe wiregrass region, is blooming
and booming.
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