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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.