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VOL. IX.
A PY OF PASSION.
A Wild and Dramatlcftopne at
the Court House;
at
Harsh Kpitliet* UeU, a Pitch** Battle
Follows and the Coart BoomTirowii
Into Coufnslon and lMsi^rder
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Last SatuWWy moruljitJ about 10
o’clock, at the courthouse, the
judge, jurors, lawyers and specta
tor werajp>ati a* sight some
what ouWofthf 'usual run of court
proceedCttgs. %
and without warning
th£i tffholeJcourt was in the midst
or a great excitement. Lawyers
furled harsh epithets at each other.
A pitched battle ensued. The
court room was one scene of wild
disorder and confusion.
The court was engaged in the
Hearing of the case of Kittle P.
Larey vs. J. A. Baker. R. J.
MeCamy, Esq., of the Dalton bar,
was presiding as judge pro hac viee.
The evidence had all been given in.
On both sides the case was most
lhotly contested, every inch of the
<ground being warmly disputed.
Mr. Warren Akin, counsel for the
plaintiff, was making the closing
argument and had gotten well
under way in his speech w hen he
said: “While Mr, Larrey was on the
battle-fields of Virginia, fighting
gallantly for his country, Ab Baker
was up here at Pine Log eating
sassafras root and the nearest he
ever came to smelling powder was
the smelling of dynamite.”
Instantly Mr. Baker jumped to
his feet and said, addressing the
court: “Your honor, when Mr. Akin
insinuates anything about dyna
mite he lies!”
“Do you mean to call me a liar ?”
asked Mr. Akin, excitedly, advanc
ing towards Mr. Baker.
Mr. Baker made no reply and Mr.
Akin struck him. Baker struck
back, hitting him a glancing lick on
the side of the face.
Charlie Jones was sitting near
Baker at the time of the distur
. bkhAdi. He arose from his sea* and
tiefore any one was aware of his in
tention he delivered a sledge ham
mer blow on Baker’s face and with
lightning like rapidity he repeated
the blow. It was then an encoun
ter between Jones and Baker and
both were using their fists with all
the might of strong men. The
court was astonished beyond des
cription. The spectators seemed
almost paralyzed. The judge caiL
ed on the officers of the court to
quell the disturbance and restore
order. There being only one bailiff
in the court room the judge then
called upon every one to part the
beligerents. It was perhaps the
wildest scene of disorder ever wit
nessed in our court room. Jurors
crawled out ot the jury box and
spectators rushed in between the
combatants. They were finally
separated and quieted and Mr.
Akin resumed his argument to the
jury in a quiet and dispassionate
way.
Each one engaged in the distur
bance was fined SSO by Judge
MeCamy. In making these fines
Mr. MeCamy delivered a strong ad
■ dress against the repetition of such
a scene. He blamed himself to
some extent for the latitude he al
lowed the attorneys for not confin
ing them to the issues of the law in
the case.
The fines have been settler! and
the beautiful angel of peace now
hovers over our temple of justice.
A BURGLAR THWARTED.
He Jumps Through a Window Glass
to Escape Arrest.
Deputy Marshal Forester had a
lively little experience with a bur
glar last Monday morning, just
about the time the chickens crow for
day.
It was at Dickson's Itaeket store.
The burglar escaped by going
through a front show window,
breaking the§dass into a thousand
fragments.
About 4 o’clock it was when Offi
cer Forester was making his usual
rounds among the stores, going into
the back alleys as well as the front
streets. He was accompanied by
the depot night watchman. He had
gone over the west side of the town
and finding everything secure he
continued his pilgrimage among
the stores of the east side. He
started into the alley at the rear of
Matterfield’s store and had gotten
as far as the Racket Store when he
made a surprising discovery. At
Ihe door were lying a coat, vest and
a pair of shoes. He flashed his
dark lantern and found that a win
Tim GOU RANT -A M ERI CAN.
dow pane had been cut out. Ap
proaching the window he again
used his lantern, this time the light
falling on the face of a negro who
was at the front end of the store.
As quick as a flash the negro dart
ed under a counter. The officer,
fearing that the thief would escape
through the front way, gave his
club and pistol to the night watch
man, telling him to guard the back
door, and hurried around to the
front. He had not gotten far be
fore he heard a loud noise, tiie break
ing of the w indow glass, and when
he had reached the window
the sidewalk was literally
covered with pieces of glass. A
large pane had been broken and the
bird had flown!
The proprietor of the store was
summoned and an investigation
was made. Piled up in front of the
window where the burglar made his
entrance w f as a lot of clothing. The
thief seemed to be a sort of con
noisseur in the matter of dress as
he had selected the best the house
afforded. It is thought after satis
fying his taste in clothing he had
gone to make his selection ol shoes
and it was about this time when he
was so rudely interrupted. His
coat, vest and shoes are now in the
hands of the police awaiting a
claimant.
Officer Forester is making a
splendid night watchman. He keeps
a vigilant eye over the town, pro
tecting the property of the people
while they are asleep. He ?s, in
deed, “one of the finest.”
THE ROME AMATEURS.
They Present “My Mother-In-Law ”
at the Opera House.
The Rome amateurs presented
“My Mother-In-Law” to a fair aud
ience at the opera house on Tuesday
evening. The performance was
above the average of the kind and
was really better than is given by
many of the troupes that claim to
be professional. The audience was
pleasantly surprised and enjoyed
the entertainment very much.
The “Soft Black Overcoat with
Velvet Goßar” was an amusing
prelude to the entertainment and it
was well presented.
Following this was the specialty
of C. Morgan Seay and Miss Cade
Sparks, and it was one of the best
features of the evening’s entertain
ment. Charlie Seay is delightfully
original and surprisingly clever and
as a comedian he is a success.
Miss Cade Sparks makes a most
charming soubrette and her danc
ing js faultless.
The play, # My Mother-in-Law,”
was presented with spirit and those
who took part evinced decided dra
matic ability. It is hard to realize
that the sour-visaged and tyrannical
mother-in-law was no less u person
than the amiable and sweet
tempered Miss Estelle Mitchell, but
such is the fact, and her acting
would have put to shame the most
horrid of that much abused class.
As “Mrs. Emily Belcher” Miss Ella
Smith was superb. Her acting was
very good and her pretty figure,
handsome dress and sparkling dia
monds were the objects of much ad
miration. The other ladies, Misses
Sojihie Albert, Hattie Galllard, Net
tie Smith, Cade Sparks and Annie
Ewing acted their parts most pleas
ingly.
The young gentlemen were all
good. “Johnston Johns, the advo
cate without a client,” by Mr. Darby,
w r as clever. Gus Johnson as “Sile
nus Cobb, a fellow advocate,” was
strikingly natural and Frank Lit
tell as “Lord Blinkers” showed he
had been there before. Charlie
Seay as “Major Rodney Trumble
bull” was excellent.
Asa whole, the entertainment
was a most creditable one and the
audience was highly pleased.
Don’t forget Akerman’s
auction sale of groceries
Friday and Saturday. In
Bank Block.
Bad Intelligence.
Mr. W. 8. Crosby has just receiv
ed the sad intelligence of the death
of his brother, Mr. Jacob Crosby,
which occurred at Leetonia, Ohio, a
few days ago. The deceased was
ill for only a short while and his
death was entirely unlooked for.
He was about thirty-eight years of
age. A local paper in speaking of
the death, says: “Genial Jake
Crosby is dead. Known by every
one for his wit, humor and inimita
ble mimicry, together with his per
fect courtesy, he will be missed by
every one, and by none more than
the host of children whom he de
lighted to entertain.”
CARTERSYILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1890.
A RAID ON BURGLARS.
Fire of the Light Fingered Gen
try Behind the Bars.
A Regularly Organized Gang Who Have
Been Making a Living at the Ex
pense of Honent Men.
Some good detective work has
been done in this city in the last
few days and as a consequence five
negroes find themselves behind the
bars and bolts of the county jail on
the charge of burglary. It is a regu
larly organized gang and they have
been thieving from our people for
some time.
The names of the negroes who
have been caught up with are Jonas
Resaon, Ed Bell, Ed Gordon, Charlie
Solomon and Joe Cannon. The
proof against them is said to be
positive and they are suspected of
committing several burglaries in
this city. They have been bold in
their work and slick in their meth
ods. Among those they have stolen
from are Porter & Vaughan, the
Racket Stare and the East and
West railroad,
It seems as if the gang had in
their possession a key that fit the
lock on Porter & Vaughan’s front
door and they went into the store
at w ill to help themselves to the
goods that are kept therein. When
it is remembered that the gas lights
in the store are kept burning dur
ing the night, and a street lamp is
directly In front of the show win
dows, it would seem to take a good
deal of reckless daring to venture
in witli a burglarious intent. But
so shrewdly did the gang work their
racket that they were not caught
in the act and they w’ere so clever
that they left but little signs of their
midnight visits. It is impossible
to tell how much they have taken
from the store. They would take
goods from the boxes on the shelves
pnd leave the boxes in the order in
which they were found. Nothing
was left to give the appearance of
a burglary having been committed.
The only thing they slipped up on
was the taking of shoes from boxes
on the shelves. It Is contrary to
the custom of this store to leave a
shoe box on the shelf after the
shoes w ere sold and therefore when
Mr. Porter the other day found an
empty one his suspicions were
aroused, He then made an inves
tigation and found tliat other things
had been stolen, Mr, Wm, Pqckett
was called in and told of the state
of affairs and he and Marshal Wil
kerson were detailed to work up
the case.
These two men set about quietly
to their task. The gang were soon
spotted. A negro was pressed jnta
service and he worked under direc
tion of the officers. He sought out
the suspected ones and began to
run with them, and soon was in pos
session oftheir secrets. He told the
officers of what he had learned, a
raid was made on the houses and a
quantity of stolen goods were re
covered. The arrests noted above
followed and probably the present
grand jury will find true bills and
the trials will take place at this
term of court.
The detection and arrest of this
gang was a clever piece of work.
Our town will now be probably rid
of the presence of these negroes for
some time to come at least.
A Brilliant Piano Recital.
Last Friday evening a number of
Cartersville’s society people assem
bled at the home of Major C. H.
Smith, on Erwin street, to witness
a piano recital by Prof. Joseph
Denck, of Atlanta. For an hour and
a half this gifted pianist charmed
his audience with the sweetest of
music. Even the most unmusical
could realize at a moment that the
instrument was under the touch of
a master hand, one who could use
it as he liked, drawing sympathetic
tears from his hearers at one mo
ment and coaxing smiles the next.
Those present were delighted with
the evening’s performance and it is
hoi>ed to get this distinguished
pianist to favor a Cartersville au
dience at another time. For the
pleasures of the evening the com
pany were indebted to Mr. R. C.
Miot, who influenced the professor
to give the performance, and also
to Major Smith and family, whose
home was so hospitably thrown
open to the guests.
We want one reader of every family
where the Courant-Ainerican is taken to
have a copy of the Rural Annual for IS9O.
It will be sent free. If you want the l>est
of Seeds, Plants, Roses, Ac., we hope to
get an order from you. Address Joseph
Harris Seed Cos., Moreton Farm, Monroe
County, N.Y.
BARTOW SUPERIOR COURT.
The Business Transacted During the
Second W eek of the Present Term.
The second w eek of Bartow su
perior court convened on Monday
last at 10 o’clock, hie Honor, Judge
Thomas W. Milner,presiding.
The following Banned persons
were sw r orn to serve as jurors dur
ing the present week:
W. R. M’ntcaatle, jr.J. F. Arnold,
G. E. Cnllowav, L. D. Muniford,
W. C. Lovd, ' R. N. <’. Ware,
Thus. J. Hilburn, J. H. Ferguson,
\V. W. King, It. 1,. Gunn,
W. A. E. Stephens, .1. M. Gentry,
J. H. Most oiler, I .W. Jolly,
Ben Akerman, J. it. Collins,
Jno. A. Gladden, 8. T. Dodd,
A. T. Dent, J. W. Tinsley,
Jeff M. Hall, A. J. Morris,'
James Lavton, W. V. Gaston,
Robert Collins, 11. E. Wolf,
{'lavton Irwin, J. E. Smith,
A. O. Maffett, L. B. Manning,
Marcus Field, H. T. Jones,
J. G. Smith, Thos. u. Kinman.
N. B. Cgsq&bell.
The following al. f b< names of
the grand jurors for this and last
week:
C. H. Smith, Jno. T. Owen,
J, P, Hawkes, W. M. Going,
J,B, M. MontgOip’y,J. T. Addington,
R. F. Jolly, ' Geo. Jackson,
J. D. Thomas, O. 11. 'Bollards,
George A. Stephens,.!. T. Jplly,
W. J. Hillmrn, J. F. Morton,
B. F. Posey, .Tas. H. Gilreatli,
T. G. Mopro, J. ((. lAgon,
E, E. Freeman, R. L. Griffin,
S. p\ MoCjinlyss, W. Brandon,
W. H. Attawav, Eli Barrett,
l>, M. Tali',
The following named persons
were sworn to serve as bailiffs dur
ing the present week: T. O. Rob
erts, J. G. Broughton, W. A. Whit
mire, J. E. Barron, Frank Hal!,
Charley Leake and W. E. Puckett.
The following businoss was dis
pensed with:
Josheph Mills vs. Ida Mills, li!>el
for divorce; order reinstating case.
Flonnie Baker vs. Clark Baker,
libel for divorce; verdict for plain
tiff, granting a total divorce.
The state vs. Foster Miller, cab
tie stealing; verdict of guilty. Sen
tenced to two years in the peniten
tiary.
The state vs. J. J. Conner, et al,
defaulting road commissioners; or
der discharging Joseph E. Smith
without cost.
Joseph Mills vs. Ida A'iHs, liiml
for divorce and jqdgmi-#t uw costs
against plaintiff.
The state vs. Dock Rogers, as
sault with Intent to murder; verdict
guilty of assault and battery; sen
tence not pronounced.
The state vs. Richard Powell, as
sault to murder; verdict of guilty.
Sentence not pronounced,
Htqte vs, Tom West, misdemean
or; yerdict of guilty, Sentence not
pronounced.
State ys, Charley Brown, shoot
ing at another; plead guilty of as
sault.
The trial of the rioters* was in
progress at the time of the close of
our report.
The following are the names of
the jurors drawn for the next two
weeks:
TRAVERSE JURORS THIRD JAN
UARY TERM.
H. H. Milam, J. M. Waldroup,
N, W. Mcßride, J. O. Hubbard,
J, (J, Ponaid, Jas, F. Pettit, r
J. G, Hfierman, B, L, Durham,
Tfios. F, Farmer, Moses Ncheuer,
R, M, Pattillo, L. J. Barrett,
Wni. Hammond, Win. B. House,
H. W. Slaughter, John H, Caldwell,
Joseph Lacey, Henry L. Mims,
Thos. P. Randolph, Chas. T. Culver,
R. L. Abernathy, H. M. Johnson,
Mismpson Edwards, Jas. M. Carey,
J. K. Ward, J. T. Abernathy,
R. W. Milam, Jno. J. Forester,
W. B, Sadler, Thos. Lumpkin,
W. P. Haney, J. L. Vaughan,
W. H. Linn, T. W. Bagwell,
D. P. Brandon, A. W. Ansley.
TRAVERSE JURORS FOURTH WEEK JAN
UARY TERM.
W. W. Hubbard, A. J. Brawner,
J. XV. Cochran, J. H. Roper,
Robert Grant, !).('. Dobbins,
W. L. Gilstrap, Jas. Chadwick,
Jno. H. Howard, J. W. Adams,
J. W. Oglesbv, F. F. Findley,
H. E. Hattiefd, J. C. Herring,
J. R. Anderson, A. E. Nelson,
Taneev Lewis, Jr., G. W. Smith,
J. T. Hubbard, MarshalO.Gilreath,
J. A. Stephenson, J. R. Weems,
J. N. McGuire, J. 11. Burke,
J. C. Bell, S. ('. Smith,
J. C. Henderson, Henry J. Smith,
H. L. Taff, J. L. Milhollin,
A. P. Moore, S. L. Burch,
A. M. Dover, S. T. Hicks,
W. T. Bradford, R. H. Lane.
The Railroad Shops.
The deeds to the land on which
the East and West Railroad shops
are to be located have all been made
out and are ready to be delivered
to the railroad people. Capt. Ball
lias been absent from the city for
the past week or so, or they would
have been turned over lie fore this
time.
This matter has been delayed on
the account of one thing or another
and it is now hoped the shops will
be speedily built. They will be of
great benefit to the town.
To Rent.
Good land for a two
horse crop near Kingston.
Apply to Joe M. Moon,
Cartersville, Ga.
jan23-2t
GETTING THE GRIP.
Bev. Sam Jones’ (Jreat Meeting
at New Orleans.
It is Being Largely Attondml and the Cele
brated Evangelist is Doing Much
Good in Saving Sinners,
[Now Orleans Christian Advocate.]
Since our last report, the “Sam
Jones’ meetings” have, with every
service and with every day, steadily
increased in interest and power.
The congregations, good from the
very first, have enlarged in num
bers. The various churches have,
with tolerable unanimity, rallied to
the support of the great evangelist
and Lis co-workers, Mr. Stuart and
Mr. Excell. People of all creeds
and of no creed have filled the seats
of the auditorium. Bros. Jones and
Stuart have preached a straight
forward, plain, pungent, powerful
gospel, and hundreds of hearts have
been reached and hundreds of con
sciences touched by the truth. We
haye never seen a man wiio ooukl
so quickly and apparently so
easily get alongside a sinner, and
show him so plainly what he needed
and where his help lay.
We will not attempt to sketch
the preacher and ids characteristics.
We can’t print a gesture, nor write
down a tone of voice, nor publish
an emphasis, nor show a pause,
nor paint an expression, nor photo
graph the flash of an eye, and as all
these enter largely into the evange
list’s sermons, we do not feel com
petent to reproduce those sermons
in our paper. Of one thing we are
sure, and gladly say it, and that is,
the sword of the Spirit in his hands
is a mighty weapon, and in his use
of it he reminds us that the old
race of the “mighty men of valor”
is not extinct. Ilis fearless denun
ciations of wickedness in its mani
fold forms pierce right down
through the seared and crusted con
sciences of wicked men and women 1
His hopeful spirit infuses new hope
into the discouraged hearts of
Christians and girds them with a
cincture of “boldness in Christ
Jesus.”
We are sure that hundreds of
people have heard the gospel dur
ing the past week who had little
idea of what the gospel is, and have
had offers of a salvation of which
they never dreamed before. Bro.
Jones has lifted curtains and poin
ted them to scenes in their own
hearts and families and churches
and the community, the sight of
which has made impressions that
can never fade away,
During last week the morning
services were held in Carondelet
Methodist church; during this w eek
they are being held in the Coliseum
Baptist church, and they have been
well attended, mostly hy Christian
people. Last Sunday the two ser
vices in the hall were a grand suc
cess. At three o’clock there were,
at least, ],500 men present, and Bro.
Jones preached on profanity, Sab
bath-breaking, gambling and licen
tiousness. Such a straightout state
ment of truth was never heard by
a New Orleans audience before.
His appeals, loving, heart-yearning
appeals, to young men to “escape
for their lives” from these terrible
sins, produced a most profound im
pression and brought tears to hun
dreds of eyes. At the close of the
service, at least 1,000 stood up and
said they would henceforth, by
God’s help, lead better lives. At
the night service fully two thousand
men listened earnestly to a sermon
on, “What must Ido to be saved ?”
The preacher showed plainly what
salvation meant, clinching the
truth as he went along by apt and
forcible illustrations. Half of that
great crowd stayed to the after ser
vice, and about seventy-five men,
young ami old, gave their hands to
the preacher as evidencing the fact
that they were done w ith sin and
had turned to a different manner of
life.
The attitude of the press of this
city toward this revival movement
is opening the eyes of a great many
people as to its temper on the great
moral questions of the day. Very
little has been said by the daily
papers about the meeting. The
Picayune started out well; but by
the end of the week it was com
pletely silenced. It seems that the
virtue of the daily press has been
shocked to silence by the “slang
and buffoonery of Sam Jones.”
That is the ostensible reason for
this silence. Some think that the
real reason is, that Sam Jones’ mer
ciless excoriations of the Louisiana
Lottery have caused that institu
tion to send out its orders, and that
Exceptional Inducements
Now Being Offered at
PORTER l VAUGHAN’S
To close out their Stock of Winter Goods.
We are Now Closing Out Our Stock to
Make Room for New Goods.
BARGAINS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT AT
PORTER & VAUGHAN’S.
We are STUCK on Underwear. The warm
weather is the cause of it. We will now force this line
off at ridiculously low prices. Men’s Underwear in
Vests and Drawers in all qualities. Full line of Ladies’
Underwear in all grades, Children’s Underwear in all
sizes and qualities. They must be sold. Price is no
object—we want the room.
DRESS GOODS ! DRESS GOODS t
Porter & Vaughan offer the remainder of their
Dress Goods stock at greatly reduced prices. All our
Dress Flannels to go at cost. Now is your opportunity
to get a fine dress for the price of a cheap one.
Only a Few Fairs of Blankets I<eft; They go
at Actual Cost.
To make room for a large shipment of Shoes that
are now being made for us we will offer for the next io
days the greatest Bargains in Shoes to be found in
North Georgia. All styles, qualities and sizes of Shoes.
We are headquarters for Shoes. Every pair fully
guaranteed.
PORTER & VAUGHAN.
the newspapers dare not disobey.
Every man and woman who lias
followed this movement from its be
ginning up to this time, whatever
view may be taken of Mr. Jones’
methods, are now convinoed that it
is a movement in favor of right
living, and against wrong living; a
movement for righteousness against
wickedness; a movement for God
against the devil. The press may
be silent and remain silent; but
God can turn Its very silence into
an efficient help for his cause, and
by that silence undermine the
strongholds of his enemies. He
has said: “He that is not with me
is against me;” and who can fight
against God ?
Obituary.
The earthly career of Nelson Gil
reath, Hr., ended Dec. 8, 1889. He
died at his residence in Cartersville,
Ga., and w as laid to rest in Oak Hill
cemetery, just outside the city
limits.
Born in Greenville district, (now
Greenville county), South Carolina,
Aug., 1814, he was at the time of his
death in the 7*>th year of his age.
Was married, first, to a daughter
of Rev. Mr. Gibson, of South Caro
lina, an Englishman by birth, and a
Baptist minister. There are two
surviving children of this union,
James H. Gilreath, of Bartow coun
ty, and Mrs. Mary E. Jenkins, of
Greenville, 8. C.
Nelson Gilreath came to Georgia
not long after his marriage. His
wife died some years afterwards
leaving three children—the two
mentioned and an older son, Benj.
Charles, who died in his 18th year.
Previous to this sad event he buried
his second wife, and now comes
another severe stroke—the death of
the oldest son, Ben.
His second marriage was to a
daughter of Dr. Hardin, w ho, at
the time of his daughter’s marriage,
resided at Canton, Ga., but subse
quently moved to Cartersville, Ga.
There are two children of this un
ion, Miller H. Gilreath, of Carters
ville, and Mrs. Elliot 11. Ferguson,
wife of W. Ferguson, of Rockmart,
Ga.
After the death of his second
w ife, being still a young man, com
paratively, he was married the
third time to Miss Lizzie Hargis,
who survives him, and now lives at
NO. 32.
the homestead in Cartersville.
There are six surviving children of
this union, the eldest, Alice, the
wife of Rev. G. 8. Tumlin, of Mari
etta, Ga. The sons are Lemuel R.,
Nelson, Jr., Paul, Thomas M. ami
William E., the youngest, aged 12
years.
The life of Nelson Gilreath was
an eventful one. As we look back
over that life and see the difficul
ties, the trials, the afflictions lie
had to meet and contend with, the
successes he achieved and the diffi
culties he overcame, it will be no
undeserved eulogy to say that Nel
son Gilreath was a man in the true
sense of the term. He was a man
of great perseverance and never
tiring energy, a man of decision
and will power, but kind and gener
ous to all, and especially so to his
immediate family and friends. One
fault he had, if it be a fault, was in
the matter of indulging his chil
dren to all they desired as far as he
was able to respond to their wishes.
He always looked at the bright
side of things, and his motto was,
“Never become discouraged.’*' Last
ly he was a man who feared and
honored God, loved and aided the
cause of religion, and in the end
committed his spirit to Him who
doeth all things well.
Adieu, dear father. Thou hast
preceded us a little while only.
Soon we’ll follow, soon we’ll come,
All must go, tho’ one by one.
M. H. G.
Cartersville, Ga., Jan. 20, 1890.
LITKKAKY NOTK.
The National Magazine for January
announces two new and valuable de
partments—“ Biblical Literature” and
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