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The Cartersville Courant-lmerican.
VOL. VIII.
HIE TABERNACLE MEETING.
tl crows Better and Better up to
the Last Service.
( rrrufluiiK l>y FarnouH Preachers
... il-Siirilns MusSc by Prof. Kxcell
,-ui.l the Home Choirs.
i, ;r hist week’s report closed with the
hie sermon of Dr. Sullens on
f|)i lii' M
winy night.
]j..ii;iy was another day of great
. t 4, the attendance reaching into
<h<;avoids and increasing each day.
\t eight Rev. W. A. Candler, I). D., Pres
ideiit of Emory College, gave uh a ser
, !l(1 ,i repentance, that wan grand to
,:.| r . n to and doubtless grand m its final
, . jig. He has one of the brightest
jni,,,]* in our State, and though but a
voting man yet, evinces a knowl
olirrof human nature, and a depth of
thoc -'Hit that is remarkable. The oth
er .services were conducted by Drs. Lock
uo(,(] and Strickland, with their usual
happy results.
On Friday the first service was held at
a. m. It was appointed especially
L the children. It was a delightful
Jjjrht to see the great throng of little
on es present. I)r. Johnson, of Canana,
preached a special sermon to the chil
(Pvii—evincing again his fitness for Ids
work. Theme: nory of that happy hour
must long linger in many, a heart.
Kcv. Sam Jones preached telling ser
mons at 10:30 and again at night. In
tin 1 afternoon Dr. Lockwood preached
again —reproducing, at the earnest so
licitation of many, the great sermon of
Saturday night—from the text, “Your
garments are moth eaten.”
Rev. Dr. Tilman, the South Carolina
evangelist, spent Wednesday and Thurs
day here, and did splendid work in his
own way— singing, praying, working
with penitents, etc. He won all hearts
by his earnest, meek Christian spirit, and
his zeal for souls.
Among the notable sermons delivered
bv Rev. Sam Jones was that of Tuesday
morning. The text was from 11 Peter,
Ist chapter, 3d and 4th verses. No
synopsis can do justice to the sermon,
hut we cannot refrain from giving the
main points that impressed as the
preacher earnestly and ably handled the
great subject he had in hand.
“These two remarkable verses contain
Inore than can be discussed in one ser
> n. God help me to be thorough m
(lie points presented.
“In dealing with humanity we must
take it as we find it. The best way to
look at anything is to take it home with .
as, and consider it in its relations to
wife, children, neighbors, and in its rela
tionship to God. Six thousand years
ago God made man. He saw it was not
good for him to he alone; so lie took a
wife from man’s side and formed woman.
And let me say, it is man's duty to place
her right back there. Her pi ace is by
man's side. 1 don't know what side he
took the rib from. Some say the left
wide—nearest the heart —others say the
right side— indicating man’s duty to
shield and protect her with his strong
right arm.
“We hear a great deal these latter days
about the creation. I like God’s account
ol it best of all. It sounds like God. In j
the midst of the garden Replaced Adam j
nnd Eve. The tempter came, ai.d they |
fell. When God called Adam he answer
ed from his hiding place, ‘The woman
tempted me ' Eli toll you what I think
°1 Adam, I've Install respect for him—
tlie truth is, I'mgiad lie’s dead. It’s not
toy custom to dig np Adam —peace to
'Tb ashes—if 1 should come upon his
Igrave i wouldn’t weep over it as Mark
did. But some say I ought to
“ av e more respect for Adam. He don’t
deserve it. The truth is, some seem to
think we should reverence the devil. I
oppose they would have me speak of
him us ‘Colonel’ Satan. He has some
children in this world that 1 call ‘Colo
neK hut when it comes to the old gentle
man himself I propose to call him by his
r ’ltht name.
Eat mark you. when Adam fell, salva
thm had been provided—befell on Christ.
hen this blessed Christ came, Became
as a s on of Adam’s daughter. He did
!lf, t come in worldly majesty and power
"hut as the humble babe of Bethlehem —
tlm son of Mary.
( ‘‘en Adam fell, God said the serpent
ll,Uj bruised his heel, but that he should
' Uls h the serpent’s head. Ever since
11 humanity has been lame in one
' ,ul, LR'ery church is lame in one foot,
l! " east organized charities are lame in
Cj !| c foot. I've never seen anything man
' (H s but is marked by lameness. Man is
j 1 0! perfect. Well, I believe in lameness,
Rod deliver me from rottenness.
Ik ' you a bruised heel, my brother?
I '’ ou Koing lame? Listen: Not I, not
pi;;*- but thou shalt crush his head.
I s say Adam was made holy. No,
I b l! he had been made holy at the
I ' Vo| rid have come out holy.
I ' umde him a pure, innocent man.
1!t u holy life is very different from a
pure life. Innocence is a condition of
virtue. It means conquest —battling—
courage—victory. Jesus took the form
of man—just like man of to-day—He
said, ‘As I stand here unshaken amid
trials and temptations, so may you
stand.
“Can Jesus Christ change a man’s na
f tire? I say it don’t need to be changed.
It is perversion of nature that wants to
be changed. Our nature is inherited.
Man in his tripartite naturefurmshed the
basis of character —every needed element
for building the structure inheres. Asa boy
who inherits a patrimony is not respon
sible for its possession, so we are not re
sponsible for our inherited nature. Some
inherit the disposition to drink, steal,
lie, etc. This is as much a patrimony as
the boy’s. And with God it is not how
much of the inheritance we have, or what
it is—but what do you do with it?
“There is no law for punishing a man
for what he inherits. I am no theolo
gian. I am for souls. What need for
me to discuss great theological problems
while puzzled thousands sleep over them,
and drop into hell without a satisfactory
solution? What do you want with bait
that no fish will bite? If I were one of
your preachers in Cartersville I’d change
my bait before throwing in another hook.
“As we are not to be blamed for the
inheritance of evil dispositions, neither
are we to be commended for the inheri
tance of good dispositions. No, sir; it’s
the use of the inheritance. I don’t be
lieve in Adam's sort of virtue—the first
time lie was tempted, down he went.
Now, mark.the difference, when our
blessed Christ was subjected to tempta
tions a thousand times greater. Ah !
brethren, what a blessed thought to be
entertained by poor fallen, weak, help
less humanity—Christ came to restore to
man what he lost in Adam.
Look at old Job when the fiery tests
of his virtue came. Tried at every point,
and yet preserving his integrity till God
said, enough. You may call that “fallen
humanity,” but that’s the sort I like
give me a good big deme of that.
“Perverted human nature can damn a
world. God made my nature, and if I
will submit myself to His hands, he can
take that nature and set every cord of it
in unity with the ten commandments.
“It has been said you can take the
words of Christ andnuake half truths out
of them. God deliver us from half truths,
nnd give us the heroic spirit of Paul, that
we may declare the whole truth. Believe
and be baptized and thou shalt be saved.
That is a truth. But brethren, how
many hear my voice who have believed,
have been baptized, and yet would only
have to quit breathing to drop into hell?
“God will not do for us wh.lt we can do
for ourselves. He has his part, we have
our part. ‘Jesus paid it all,’ is nice to
sing; but He didn’t do it. He paid his
part; and if you rest there, with duty un
performed, with sins unrepented of, His
work, so far asyou are concerned, will be
in vain.
“Regeneration—what is that but
‘being made partakers of the divine na
ture’ at once with God. And the result
is, what God loves, I love —what Jesus
did, I do. When the sentence is pro
nounced, tlie reason given for it will not
be that Adam fell, and you inherited his
sinful nature, but this: ‘Ye knew your
duty but did it not.’
“We’ll never understand God’s side of
the Bible —it’s too deep for ns to fathom.
I never try to preach on that side of the
Bible. It’s like fishing on the wrong side.
Let us keep on man’s side of the Bible —
urge man to do what God commands.
“Do I believe in regeneration? God
bless you, yes. I believe in the fact of
regeneration. I believe God can make
me anew creature. How can i believe
otherwise when I see and know and feel
what God has done for as hard a case as
me? ‘Ye are the children of the devil,’
not because you inherited Adam’s sinful
nature, but because ‘ye no the works of
the devil.’ I know I’m in deep water,
but I’ve gourds under my arms, and
won’t drown; I’ll make the landing,
thank God, but I may drown some of
you.
Christ said we should belike Him, when
we do like Him. It we can but get a man
to do what God says to do, he’s saved.
I believe in ‘imparted,’ but not ‘imputed’
righteousness—a kingdom within and
not a garment without.’ The rock has
no beauty, no fragrance, but lift it to
the level of the rose, in the scale of natu
ral elevation, and it will live the life of
the rose. Lift man to a level with God,
and he will belike God.”
There the preacher apologetically re
ferred to the length of time he had been
preaching, saying, “It’s hard to preach
an hour or more without boring some
| sap-head; but you all know the way out,
! when you get tired.” There were no
I tired ones in the great throng, however,
| and he continued:
“Let me give you a pointer: A boy is
1 left by his father a vast inheritance—a
' grand palace, with its art gallery, its
I parlors, its libraries, music room, and
! everything to make life enjoyable; but
| the boy, like a fool, ignores all these,
CARTERSVILLE. GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1888.
takes himself to the kitchen, lies down
under the cook stove and says: ‘Now,
give me the buckwheat cakes and Jersey
butter,' and there wastes his life in grat
ifying his appetite—ignoring all the high
er and better aims of life, for that which
can only satisfy a hog.
“Now, take a girl who save, ‘Good-bye
to the church—to every hoi.* impulse or
aspiration, now just give me a fiddle and
a dude to hop with, and I am happy.’
Well, there is at least something more
desirable about Jersey butter than hav
ing a dude’s arms around one, and hop
ping to a fiddle. My God, wake us up to
the littleness of this world and its pleas
ures.
“Brother, don’t pray to God to make
you better—lie's already made you—
pray Him to help you to build wisely on
the basis given you. What I want is to
make friends with God—then I’ve got all
I need for time and for eternity. When
you have God’s nature imparted to you,
then you’ll feel like God—act like God.”
Then, with several apt illustrations,
the preacher portrayed the work of God
for man, and the operation ar.d minis
tration of the spirit —all knocking at the
door of the will, and urging him to do
his part—do his duty.
“Theology is one thing, a happy expe
rience is another,” said the speaker, and
as he spoke of some individual experien
ces, and wound up with his own, the
great crowd were spell-bound, happy
faces looked into his from every direc
tion, and amid the heartfelt “amens” of
some, and the sorrowing sighs of others,
he-invited penitents forward for prayer,
and many indicated a purpose to lead a
new life.
As our mind runs back over the inci
dents of the week —there conies trooping
up the glorious sermons of Warren Cand
ler, Dr. Lockwood, Dr. Strickland, Dr.
Sullens, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Felton, and
others; while the heavenly music still
rings in our ears —and we would like to
convey the whole thing to our readers,
but space forbids.
The Tabernacle services closed Sunday
night with a sermon from Sam Jones,
which can hardly be forgotten by any
who heard it. Doubtless many a heart
in years to come will, in ijs serious mo
ments, recur to his pathetic pleading,
and again these touchingly spoken words
must ring in their ears: “0, Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, how oft would I have gath
ered thee,” etc.
NOTES.
Prof. ExceH’s singing, with the voices
of the splendid choir, the sweet notes of
Prof. Fogg’s cornet, the notes of the or
gan and piano, touched by the deft fin
gers of Miss Nannie Ha-meter and Misses
Mary and Annie Jones, added greatly to
the pleasure and interest of the occasion.
Prof. Fogg is from Frankfort, Ky.,
and is one of the finest cornet players we
ever had the pleasure of hearing. He
has a golden instrument that cost S6OO,
and on it is inscribed, “Dedicated to the
service of God.' ’
Notwithstanding the terribly threat
ening weather of Saturday night an im
mense crowd turned out to hear Dr. Fel
ton preach. About the preaching hour
there fell a heavy rain, and the heavens
were livid with continued lightning. As
the thunders roared, and the heavy ram
fell upon the vast roof of the Taberna
cle, making a noise like that of a dozen
railroad trains, with most of the lights
extinguished by the fierce winds, excite
ment was getting high, when Prof. Fogg
began, in soft, solemn, sweet tones on
his instrument, “Nearer my God to
Thee,” the effect was wonderful.
The attendance was larger during this
meeting than ever before, and the in
fluence for good must spread far and
near.
Dr. Candler won all hearts with his
earnest, powerful preaching, aftd all who
heard him are hungry for more of his de
lightful sermons.
Dr. Johnson, who had come from far
off Canada to participate in the meet
ing, made some touching farewell re
marks at the close of the last service.
The love and prayers of our good people
followed him to his home.
It was announced that the meetings
would be continued Monday night at the
Methodist church, as that was the hu
gest building in the city, and on that
night a large congregation gathered,
and enjoyed, perhaps, the very best ser
vice of the series. A number professed
conversion, and several united with the
churches. Rev. Sam Jones preached a
deeply religious sermon.
May the good work go on, until every
unsaved soul in the community is made
happy in the Lord.
iiu:vl>le Property for Sale.
A e call attention to the advertisement
of property advertised by H. P. Ford,
administrator of B. G. Pool, deceased.
I his property includes a good house and
lot, known as the Pool place, near R. W.
Satterfield s new building. About one
and a half acres, almost in the centre of
the city. A chance is offered fora bar
gain in a good home. Remember the
time of sale, or call on Mr. Ford, who
will sell the property at private sale, if
desired, before sale day.
TATTLER’S TERSE TALKS
About Men We Know-Their Suc
cesses and. Deserts.
Qf© aunts Towerlnffl’pwiHd— r ol*tC llovr
ard’g Noble Life-Wiklea’s Worth.
im*sn—* Chill I.om-linoss.
It has been a matter of some surprise
even to Mr. Clement’s warmest personal
friends that he should have been unani
mously renominated for a fifth term in
Congress, in view of the well-defined sen
timent that has heretofore existed in
North Georgia against long tenure of
office. Clements seems really stronger
with the people now than ever before.
The opposition to him in the canvas just
closed was. led by good and able men.
Col. Shumate is a splendid gentleman of
fine legal and literary attainments; and
with a personal character above re
proach. It was conceded that he would
make a good Congressman. And yet
after a careful canvass of most of the
counties he failed to arouse any opposi
tion to Mr. Clements. The same may be
said of Judge Branham. His failure to
enlist a following against Clements was
not attributable to any lack of ability in
the man or want of popularity with the
people. Tie had been the presiding judge
ota circuit covering five or six counties
of the district and had given eminent
satisfaction. He had a large personal
acquaintance and was regarded every
where as a good lawyer. But lie retired
from the race because he felt it to be use
less to continue. Clements had a grip on
the people that nothing could shake, and
his opponents, after feeling the public
pulse for a time, yielded to the inevitable
and retired.
For nearly throe years now I have had
almost daily opportunity to observe Air.
Clements in Congress, and lam not sur
prised at his popularity. He works un
tiringly for his people, and there is some
thing about his quiet, earnest face and
obliging ways that can’t be resisted. I
don’t believe there’s a man in Congress
who has more personal friends, or one
who is regarded as more reliable and
clean. I see by the State papers that he
is being mentioned in connection with the
Georgia Governorship two years hence.
And why shouldn’t North Georgia furnish
the'inext Governor? And why shouldn’t
Clements be the man? Stranger things
have happened and this is by no means
beyqnd the range of probability.
Col. J, J. Howard passed through
Washington some two weeks ago on his
way to the North and East to arrange
with manufacturers for handling the in
coming cotton crop. He dropped into
the Treasury and spent an hour with me
in looking over the great treasure house
and banking establishmentof UncleSarn.
I was amused that he would not enter
an elevator, but preferred to climb two
or three flights of stairs on foot.
Col. Howard’s visit was unexpected. I
did not know he was in the city until he
walked into my room with his face lighted
up and his hand extended. I could have
hugged him, so great was the pleasure 1
felt. The dear old hills of Georgia do
not hold a kinder heart than his. A true
man is Col. Howard, full of charity and
strong in noble Christian manhood. 1
could wisli no greater good for myself
than to be, as the years grow upon me,
such a man as he. Since he left me that
day on the steps of the Treasury with his
good bye and “God bless you, my boy,”
I have often thought of the man and the
life lie has led. My first recollection of
him was in being impressed with his tow
ering frame and rugged face as he walked
up the aisle one Sunday morning at the
Baptist church in Cartersville. Since
then I have known him well and watched
him in his business, social and religions.
Col. Howard is a model man—diligent
and honorable in business, gentle and
genial as a friend; and hopeful, helpful
and sympathetic as a Christian brother.
I rejoice in the friendship of such a man
and prize it as a rare and precious thing
His influence and examples are better
than a sermon and his life is a perpetual
blessing. All honor to such a man.
Douglas Wikle, Esq., spent last week !
in Washington, combining in his visit
both business and pleasure. He parted i
with me Saturday night saying he had !
had a good time and met with success in j
his business matters. When I shook his I
hand I told him I intended to write a
letter to the Coen axt-American this j
week and would probably say something ,
about his candidacy for solicitor-general, j
Modest fellow that he is, he was doubt- '
ful about the propriety of m3’ doing so, j
and suggested that it would look like a '
“put-up job” for me to write about him |
just after his visit to me. But when I j
assured him with a solemn look 011 my !
face that my remarks, whatever the3 r j
might be, would be of an entirety non
partisan nature, he waived his objection
and agreed that 1 could write anything j
about him I chose. The rascal well *
knew I could not write of him without
saving something complimentary. Afte
five years of the closest personal friend
ship with never a jar or misunderstand
ing between us, and with the fullest op
portunity tor me to know his genic l and
generous nature, I can scarcely refrain
from extra vagant and enthusiastic utter
ances about the boy. But of course T
must rest rain myself and be diguilied in
what I say, as he is a candidate for a
very dignified office, and is indeed (except
with his bosom friends) quite a dignified
man.
I cannot know his chances of success
before the Legislature, but when it is re
membered that he has been connected
with the State press since 1882, ami that
his acquaintance extends over every part
of Georgi a it will be at once apparent
that lie has an opportunity, which, if
made t :ie most of, will render him no I
mean competitor for any man in.the
circuit. The best men in Georgia are his ;
personal friends, and with the young
men especially is he strong. The young- j
sters are coming to the front in Georgia
polities, and the young man’s eombina- j
tion will be the winning one in the next j
Legislature. Doug. Wikle has been meet- 1
mg many of the brightest young journal- \
ists aud politicians in the f#tate for the !
last five years in press conventions and
the like, and he has not, to my personal j
knowledge, been sleeping over his oppor- ;
tunities. He labors under the disadvan- ®
tage of having announced himself in this
race after many who will bo members of j
the Legislature have pledged themselves !
to others, and it will be no discredit to 1
him and no evidence of lack of confidence j
in his ability and fitness for the office, if
he should foil of election ; but there is no
reason just now for thinking he will not.
be successful in his race, and it is not at
all improbable that he will develop much
strength before the Legislature. When I
asked Wikle if he was making any fight
on Fight, he frankly said “no;” that he
regarded Fite as a worthy, honorable
and capable gentleman, who if elected
would make as good a solicitor as any
man in the circuit ; that he did not re
gard himself as better qualified than Fite
for the office, but that he felt himself
capable of filling it acceptably, and had
an honorable ambition to serve his coun
try and reap the emoluments thereof.
Such a statement from a candidate is re
freshingly candid and honest, and Doug. .
AVikle is incapable of being anything else |
than an honest, honorable candidate. I
have never known a man with a clearer,
higher sense of honesty, or with a
stronger desire to do the right thing in
all the relations of life.
I feel aseneeof loneliness to-night. To
morrow mv room-mate, with whom I
have been intimately associated for many
days, and for whom I have conceived the
strongest personal attachment, leaves on
a flying trip for the South, where he will,
as these words go into type, sacrifice him
self on the matrimonial altar and bring
back his Southern mate to take my place
in his heart and home. Hence my loneli
ness. It is pure selfishness in me, of
course, for my loss will be his gain, but
somehow I can’t help but feel a little blue
over the prospect, and almost wish that
I could get even with him by retaliating
in kind. In fact, it is his suggestion, by
way of comforting me, to “go thou, my
son, and do likewise.” To that sugges
tion I can only respond that it takes two
to make a bargain, but that Barkis is
willin’ if only aPegottycan be found. It
makes me shiver to think of this ap
proaching winter and I to be left alone.
But so ’tis. Fan you suggest a remedy,
Brother Freeman? .
W. J. N.
Resolutions of County Alliance.
Carters ville, Ga., Sept. Bth, 'BB.
The County Alliance met at this date, i
and after going through the regular rou- j
tine of business the following resolutions
were adopted:
Whereas, Certain corporations in the j
United States have combined together
for the purpose of monopoly, and con- |
trolling the price of jute bagging, and i
have, through their combined influence j
with capital, raised the price from Cj% to !
13*4 cents per yard ; and,
Whereas, This unjust and unfair cor- !
poration have, through their combined
influence, put great hardships on the
cotton producers of Bartow county, by
requiring them to pay nearly double
what they have been paying heretofore,
without any advance in the raw mate- i
rial, or without airy cause or pretended
cause of anything that has been done on
the part of the planters of cotton in Bar
tow county;
Therefore, be it resolved by the Bar
tow County Alliance, in convention as
sembled, that we, as a County Alliance,
pledge ourselves not to purchase one
yard of j ute bagging to cover the present
crop of cotton unless the price is reduced
to what it was sold for in former years,
and that we respectfully ask all the sub
alliances in our county to pass similar
resolutions and stand to them.
Respectfu Ily submitted,
R. N. Best,
Sec. Bartow County Alliance.
BAGGING TRUST.
ITavmers of Hie Cotton St.-v N-s to Tnl;e Oome
Cor.ttl'a :i ACtloik.
The following circular has been sent
out for publication in the various news
papers of the South with regard to the
taking of concerted act:.,m by the larsti
ers in the cotton States, looking to the
overthrow of the cotton bagging trust
recently formed :
“The bagging trust lias aroused the
indignation of the farmers throughout
the cotton States. Cotton, planters al
ready to annihilate tin-* w icked organiza
tion. if it is possible to find a satisfactory
substitute that will be acceptable to the
cotton exchange and ti e cotton under
writers. 1 here is u universal desire to
have this matter settled. At the solici
tation of individual farmers and some
agricultural organizations, I am author
ized by the fair committee of the Georgia
State Agricultural eoeiery to invite ail
the farmers of tin cotton States to meet
at Macon during the State fair, on the
loth and 17th oi ( < ruber, for t!io pur
pose of taking definite action upon all
trusts and combinations, that affect,
hartfully, the agricultural interests of
the South.
“The Southern Railway and Steamship
association have given to the State fair,
from all points in North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama
and Florida a rate of one fare. In this
way the expenses of travel will be greatly
reduced.
outlining the policy to be
pursued, will be delivered by distinguished
gentlemen. Among others, the presi
dents of the Alliance of Georgia, Alabama
and South Carolina, and masteis of the
Grange for the same States. The presi
dents of the State Agiicultural Society
for Alabama and South Carolina will also
take part in the counsels of the meeting.
“Condemn as we may the wicked prin
ciple of extortion that seeks to take ad
vantage of our helplessness, it is just now
more a matter ot concern as to how we
can save to ourselves the fifteen millions
of money that the cotton seed and bag
ging trusts are demanding iu their inor
dinate greed. Shall we resist?
“Laying aside whatever differences
there may be as to our organizations,
let us come together upon the days
named and form one grand combine, the
pulse of which shall beat as that of one
man, while we make war to titter extinc
tion upon all trusts and monopolies that
are destructive to our- agriculture.
“Papers throughout the South will
please publish.
W. J. Northen,
President Georgia State Agricultural So
ciety.
Tire Boys in Snipes.
The total number of convicts in the
penitentiary on August 1, 1888, was
1,566. The total number under sentence
for life foots up 203. as follows: 170 for
murder, 23 for arson, 8 for riot and 2 for
beastiality. Burglary is the most popu
lar crime with the wicked people. There
are 549 convicts in the penitentiary for
that crime. That is a trifle over 35 per
cent, ol the whole number of the inmates.
The total number in for larceny, in all its
forms, is 256. That includes horse steal
ing, larceny from the home, person, etc.
But there are only 14 convicts in for lar
ceny after trust. There are 124 in for
the crimeof rape, or assault to rape, and
there are 200 in for assault with intent
to murder. Of the total mini her of con
victs, 608 are confined iorcrimes against
the person, such as murder, assault to
murder, etc . and 958 are in custody for
crimes against property, such as bur
glary, larceny, etc. There are only 7
cases for kidnapping. There are five
counties which have not a single convict
in the penitentiary, as follows: Murray,
Towns, Johnson, Catoosa and Colquitt.
There are nine counties which have only
one convict each in the penitentiary.
They are Schley, Fayette, Glasscock,
Habersham, Heard, Miller, Charlton,
Dawson and Echols. Chatham has the
largest numberincustody. She has 163,
and is closely followed by Fulton, which
has 133. Then there is a lug *kip to
Muscogee from which there are 55. Bibb
comes next with 54. Richmond has only
35, Floyd 27, and so on to the end ofthe
chapter.
• ; i(ls for the High School.
The board of education lately appoint
ed by the Middle Cherokee Association
will hold a meeting at Adairsville on
Monday, the 15th of October, 1888.
Parties intending to make bids for the
establishment of the Ryals High School
Will please present definite propositions
on that day.
Any young men who propose to devote
themselves to the Baptist ministry, and
who may need assistance in obtaining an
education will please report at same time
and place, bringing with them such tes
timonials of character and suitableness
to the work as they may be able to se
cure.
Wm. 11. Cooper,
Chairman ofthe Board.
NO. 16.
