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AMERICUS. GEORGIA, TUESDAY: MAY 26, 1891.
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THIS WEEK.
FOR SALE
TO-MORROW
k One case Figured Victora Lawn at 5c worth 7c
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5 Bales “Cant Tear” Check Home Spun at 4£c.,
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FOR THIS WEEK ONLY!
THE SECOND ADVENT
AS PREDICTED BY DR. CARSWELL AT
CORDELE SUNDAY.
lteaioDi Given For Hi* Belief That the
End of the Earth I* Near at Hand—How
the Savior Will Appear— Prophecies
Already Fulfilled.
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A word to those in need of
CLOTHING
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thing desired, and onr prices are way below the point of competition. We
will offer SPECIAL inducements TOIS WEEK in Childs Suits and
Knee Pants.
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prompt attention.
Cordei.k, Ga., May 25.—[Special.]—
Dr. R. E. Carswell, an eminent Bap
tist divine of Douglasville, preached to
a crowded house yesterday his sermon
on the second coming of Christ, which
already had made him famous.
The stenographic report taken for
The Times-Recordek is too lengthy to
be given In full, so that only a synopsis
of the sermon is sent. Referring to the
coming of the Savior the Doctor said:
First—Ho will come in actual person
and not merely in the expansion and
glory of His kingdom.
Second—He will come suddenly upon
the world as a thief in the night; 'as the
lightuing and as the flood upon the an
tediluvians, who, though warned, went
on eating and drinking and marrying
and giving in marriage, and knew not
until the flood came. and took them
away. “Even so shall it be In the com
ing of the son of man.”
Third—He will come in power and
great glory, and not in humiliation and
weakness as at first.
In the second place was presented the
order of events that shall take place
from the Lord’s coming to the time
when the kingdom shall be delivered up
to the Father. When our Lord comes
he will poise himself in the mid-heavens.
First—The first resurrection, or the
resurrection of the righteous only will
first of all be accomplished. This is
called “the resurrection of the dead in
Christ, the resurrection of life, the res
urrection of the just and the resurrec
tion from among the dead.”*
Second—The righteous living upon
the earth at the coming of the Lord will
then be changed. Their natural bodies
will draw on transfiguration robes.
Paul says: “We shall not all sleep, but
we shall all be changed.”
Third—Both these companies, all the
righteous will next be caught up to
meet the Lord in the air.
Fourth—Then will follow the flood of
fire which will sweep the earth and de
stroy, all the wicked just as the water
flood destroyed the wicked in the days
of Noah. This explains why the righte
ous were lifted out of earth as in the
last event and met the Lord in the air.
Not a hair of tlicir head nor a thread of
their garments shall bo harmed by the
avenging fires.
Fifth—Satan will bo bound, the de
struction of the. wicked effectually ac
complishing the binding of satan. Earth
renovated by fire and rid of all the hosts
of iniquity, will next be occupied by the
Lord . Jesus and all the saved, and a
glorious millonium of on6 thousand
years of pcaco and unbroken joy will
follow. At the opening of this period
there will bo a judgment of rewards, in
which the good deeds of the righteous
w ill be taken account of, in order to
grade their rewards.
First—The second resurrection of all
the wicked. “The rest of the dead live
not again until the thousand years aro
finished.”
Second—Satan is loosed for a littlo
season—the resurrection of the wicked
effectually unbinding Satan.
Third—Tho great last battle. The
wicked flocking about tho dark banner
of rebellion unfurled by Satan The
Lord Himself w ill accomplish the v Ictory
alone.
Fourth—Then will take place tho
final judgment—the judgment of damna
tion, in which the wicked alone shall
stand. Tho saints shall participate with
their Lord in pronouncing damnation.
Paul says: “The saints shall judge the
world and judge the angels. 1 *
Fifth—Then will come tho last record
ed chapter in the book of time, when
the mediatorial kingdom shall be de
livered up to the Father and Redeemer,
and the redeemed shall enter the courts
of glory.
As indicating Dr. Carswell’s interest in
the subject and his sense of its *mport-
ance, he referred to an expression of
Alexander H. Stephens about the second
year of tho late war. When asked what
were the chances for the south, ho re
plied: “It makes my heart sick to see
what is coming upon tho people of my
country, and they seem to be so ignorant
of it.” And so the preacher feels when
he thinks how near we may be to the
great final catastrophe of this dis
pensation and the great bulk of
humanity so Ignorant of and careless
about it.
To prove that our Lord** coming is
certainly rapidly nearing, three lines of
argument wore resorted to.
Pirst—A symbolic view of tho prophe
cies was presented upon tho black-board,
showing that out of twenty-one leading
prophecies already certainly nineteen,
and with but little doubt the twentieth
also, have been completely fulfilled—
the nineteenth referring to the wrench
ing of temporal power from the Pope,
THE HOWARD-BICKERSTAFF
CALLED YE8TERDAY
But Owing to the Illne** of Attorney* and
Absence of Witnesses is Put Off Until
Fall—The Prisoners in Court—The Trial
Will be a Long One.
which was accomplished in 1870, and the THE TRIAL POSTPONED.
Turkn-Iiusslan war, by which the power
of the Turks was broken from the land
of Jacob, and by which Palestine and
Jerusalem were opened to the occupancy
of tho Jews was the fulfillment of the
twentieth prophecy; so that the twenty-
first and last prophecy—the vial of wrath
poured out Into tb9 air—Is already be
gun In the physical and moral corruption
so notorious at this hour. Henoe, so far
as the main prophecies are concerned,
the world is ripe for the coining of our
Lord.
Out of many, signs only three can he
now stressed.
First—The gospel has been preached
among all nations and the scriptures de-
clare that when this shall he done, the
end shall come. How extensively the
gospel is to be proachod among all na
tions is not said, but as It is not to save
all, but to bo a witness against all na
tions, who knows but that tills sign is
mature.
Second—The corruption in faith and
doctrine pointed to as a sign is cortaln-
ly apparent. The time lias come when
the world will not endure sound doc
trine. /The Lord asked ominously:
'Nevertheless, when the son of man
cometli, shall he find faith on tho earth.”
Much profession, but little possession
of that genuine faith that links the soul
to Christ.
Third—Tho movement of the Jews.
The blindness of the Jews In rejecting
Christ was to last until the gentiles
should have their full opportunity for
salvation. The gentiles opportunity
was to last until Jerusalem should be
no longer “trodden down of the genti
les" bnt once again oecupied by the
Jews. Both theso have oome to pass.
Fifty thousand Jews already occupy Je
rusalem and many thousand in south
ern Bussia and elsewhere have proclaim
ed their belief in Jesus of Nazareth. Un
doubtedly even now the gospel is turn
ing back from the gentiles to the Jews.
Fourth—In keeping with the fulfilled
prophecies and apparent signs this nu
merical prophecy points to the early
coming of our Lord. In 535 B. C. this
prophecy was given. Ninety years af
ter, or 445 B. C. the first event came to
pass, viz: The command to rebuild the
temple. A. D. 39, or 483 years after the
order to rebuild the temple, the second
event occurred, viz: The death of
Jesus. In 1850, or 2300 years after the or
der to rebuild, the third event trans
pired, viz: The signing of tho Crimean
treaty of peace, which gave religions
liberty to tho Jews and Christians of
Palestine, and now if wo aro as accurate
in the application of this calculation to
the foutli event as to tho former three,
we must fix upon A. D. 1901, April 11th,
for the fourth event, viz: Tho end of
this ago and ttio beginning of tho mll-
lenial age, and if this dato is correct,
then 2345 days before the end, viz: No
vembers, 1894, we may expect a second
command to restore the temple at Jeru
salem, and if this is dono, 09 wcoks
later, or 483 days, viz: March 7., 1893,
ou Lord may bo oxpocted to come as
bridegroom to receive his brldo.
I wish to bo understood; I do not say
that theso ovents last montlonoil will
certainly fall on theso dates, respective
ly, but I do Hay two things.
First—That inasmuch ns throo out of
four ovents suspended on the calcula
tion liuvo come to pass on tho proclso
day even, it would seem tho part of wis
dom to accept nothing else than the
remaining event should llkowlsc fall on
its day according to the calculation.
Second—If It docs, then what we have
said about spoclal events on the special
days named above will hold true. We
do not predict; wo simply interpret tho
predictions of holy writ, and to say the
least, those figures along tho prophecies
and the signs exhort us to bo in read
iness.
Columdi's, Ga., May 25 —[Special ]—
The first case called when Muicogee su
pertor court convened this morning was
that of the state against Robeit and
Richard Howard and Janie. Biokerstaff,
charged with the murder of Mr. T. C.
Dawson at the exposition grounds in
Columbns on tho 11th day of Novem
ber, 1891.
It will be remembered that the kill
ing took place in front of the grand
stand at the exposition grounds, where
thousands of people were assembled to
witness the races.
Mr. Dawson, the victim, was a proml-
nen citizen of Glennvlile, Ala., and
married a sister of the Howards, who
wero brothers-in-law to Blckerstaff, who
was also a prominent citizen of Bussell
county, Alabama. The domestic affairs
of Mr. Dawson and his wife were not
harmonious, and resulted In a separa
tion and the placing of Mrs Dawson In
an Insane asylum
There are many sensational features
connected with the case, some of which
yet remain to be brought out In the
courts. The case has attracted wide
spread attention on account of the
prominence of the parties interested,
two of whom, Klohard Howard and
James Blckerstaff, have been out on
bone for some time.
All three of the defendants were in
court when the case wae called this
morning, surrounded by their attorneys
and a number of lady relatives. Major
W. C. Dawson, of Eufaula, the prosecu
tor in the case and the father of Mr T.
C. Dawson, was also in court. The
court room was filled to overflowing
with eager spectators,and very little sur-
prise was felt when counsel for the de
fense began making a showing for con
tinuance. The showing set forth that
Capt. W. A. Little, leading counsel, and
Judge J. M. McNeil, who was alio a
prominent attornoy in tho case, were
sick and unable to appear in court; also
that two material witnesses for tho de
fendants were absent. Judge Boynton
granted the continuance and the case
went over until the fall term of the
court.
Hon G. L. Comer, mayor of Eufaula,
has been added to counsel for the prose
cution and appeared In court this morn
ing. Counsel for prosecution Is now com
posed of Solicitor General Carson, Hon.
W. J. Sanford of Opelika, Col. C. J.
Thornton, Judge W. B. Buttof this city
and Hon. G. L. Comer of Eufaula.
Tho defeuse'also has apowerful array
of legal talont and the case will becomo
one of the most interesting and famous
s known in the criminal annals of
Georgia.
There aro five or six other murder
cases to he tried at this term of the
court.
Took Arsenic by Mistake.
Knoxville, 7 cnn., May 25—Con
gressman L. C. Iloouk died this morning
from a dose of arsenie taken accidentally
last night.
He had applied at a drug store for a
drink of water. . Tho latter was placed
in a glass on tho counter alongside of
another glass containing a solution of
arsenic.
By mistake the congressman drank the
latter. The error waa discovered, but
emetics and other means failed to re
lieve hie stomach of the deadly drug,
and he died this morning.
Gailor trill Accest.
Atlanta, Ga., May 25.—[8pocial.[—
The Atlanta Journal sent a special cor
respondent to Sewanee, Tennessee, to
interview Bishop-eleot Gailor. He In
dicates almost positively that he will
accept and lire In Atlanta.
Violating an- Ordinance.
Quite it largo number of citizens have
been guilty of violating city ordinance
No. 331,regulating the hours for sprink
ling the streets. This, of course, was
done unintentionally, but it was done
nevertheless, and I in consequence they
will have to appear before the mayor
to-morrow to answer to tho charge. It
will be simple economy to road up on
oity regulations and ordinances, as
many a V can thus be kept in the fami
ly pocket hook.
m
Death of An Aged Citizen.
Mr. Jesse Aycock, an aged and highly
respected citizen of Amorlcus, passed
peacefully away at his home in tills city
at X p. m. Sunday, In his 57th year.
For several months past Mr, Aycock
has been in feeble hoalth^and more than
a month ago was fqjwduto take his bed.
Gradually he grew weaker, and the
faithful, dovotod wifo and those who
watched lovingly by his bedside know
that the end was very near.
For a quarter of a century, perhaps
longer, Mr. Aycock has beon a resident
of Sumter county, and during the greater
portion of that time has resided in
Americus where he was engaged in
various business pursuits. At the time
of his death he was connected with Mr.
R. E. Allison in the book business.
For a long period he had been an up
right and consistent member of the
Baptist church and died as he had al
ways lived—an honest,'Cbristian gentle
man. Hia remains were laid to rest in
Oak Grove cemetery at 4 o’clock yester
day afternoon in the presence of a large
concourse of sorrowing friends and rela
tives. The services were conducted by
Dr. A. B, Campbell, of the Baptist
church.
Id X«w Quarters.
George F. Cooper lodge, Knights of
Pythias, met In their new hall over Sul
livan's jewelry store last evening for the
first time.
Since the organization of the lodge,
several months ago, the regular meetings
have been held In Masonic hall, but the
rapid Increase in membership has gen
dered necessary the securing of a larger
hall.
Commodious and elegant quarters
have been fitted up in a portion of the
hall formerly oecnpted by the Americas 1
Social Athlotlc Club, and here the lodge
will hold Its meetings in future. More
convenient or better arranged quarters
could not be desired.
The main hall is thirty by sixty feet,
and is handsomely furnished and fitted
up for the purposo Intended. Resides \
this thoro aro four smaller apartmentt; '
or ante rooms, all of which aro connect
ed and furnished handsomely.
No lodge in tho state, perhaps, has
grown more rapidly within so short a
time as has Cooper lodge. Already the
membership numbers between seventy-
five and a hundred, and scarcely a week
passes that now names are not enrolled.
It is solidly organized and Is by far
ono of the most popular of the many
secret orders hero.
The following, taken from the Savan
nah News yesterday, Is of great Interest
to Americus people, and goes to con
firm what The Times-Relorder has
oftentimes said upon this subject al
ready:
The whistles of the Savannah,
Americus and Montgomery railroad will
be heard In Montgomery about tho mid
dle of July, and the probability Is that
they will also be heard In Savannah next
winter.
“A-man well up In railroad matters
says there la no longer any doubt that
the Savannah, Americus and Mont
gomery Intends to hare a dlreot lino of
its own to Savannah. As soon as the
work Is finished at Montgomery the
force will be transferred to this end and
will push the line to completion,
'The Savannah, Americus and Mont
gomery wants .to get to the sea and
wants terminal facilities of Its own. It
Is also Its intention as soon as possible
to run a line of steamers to Now Tork
Several officials of the road were In
the city last week, but they were very
quiet in their movements and would not
talk about their visit
■The completion of the S. A, M. Into
Savannah will Inorease the business of
the city to a considerable extent Tho
road runs through one of the most
fertile cotton-growing regions of Georgia
and Alabama, and with its own steam
ship line to New Tork it will bring
everything It possibly can this way.
The rumor that the headquarters and
shops of the Savannah, Americus and
Montgomery will be carried. to Mont
gomery on the completion of' tho road
to that city in July Is denied by Genera
Agent Bagley. lie says the Savannah,
Americus and Montgomery was built
largely by Amorlcus money, and Ameri
cus people ate responsible for its suc
cess, and it may bo authoritatively
stated that tho headquarters and offices
of tho road will bo kopt in Americus,
Two Old Cronies.
■The dry weather has run Ifonry Glover
out of the swamps, ami Be made his first
appearanco hero yesterday In many
moons. As Is usually the caso he had
something startling to tell about Anio
Gatewood, (who beats him raisiug cot
ton) and tho talo he told this timo was
fully up to the average. Ho quotes tho ;
aforesaid gontlemon as authority for the
statement that every chicken raised on
his -plantation this year has four legs—
of the yellow variety so fashionahle for
picnio dinners. Mr. Gatewood will ho
here Saturday, If it' rains and he can't
work at home, and a prompt denial of
tho charge, together with the declaration
that Mr. Glover's chickens have neither
legs, heads nor bodies, may confidently
be expected.
On I>re.s Parade.
Americus’pets, the gallant Light In
fantry, have been ordered out for dress
parade at 5 o'clock this afternoon, and
will make their utual splendid appear
ance. Captain Bagley is getting his
company in excellent trim for the state
encampment, and it Is safe to say that
there wiU not be a finer looking or bet
ter drilled body of soldiers on tho
ground than they. About forty-llvd
men, rank and file, will go to Chloka-
manga.
m
Mrs. Margaret Stowe, who died last
week, waa probably the first female ma
gician In this country. About forty
years ago she and her husband, John
Stowe, gave sleight-of-hand entertain
ment# In schoolhouiee and dining halls
of villages that has since become pros
perous cities. She was the mother of
John F. and Burt Stowe, the circus
owners.
Mrs. Lease, the Kansas alliance
woman, recently received a lotter from
Ben Butterwortli notifying her that she
had recently been elected to member
ship in the “college thinkers”- of the
world. She has also received an offer of
3150 and all expenses to make
speeches before the Chautauqua
fng at Atlanta. - _
‘ Here," says a Norwich, Conn.,
respondent of tire Mail and Express, f ,
‘fives the matronly and still beautiful
Mrs, Vice-President Foster, as she used
to be called when ruling in Washington
society, after Andrew Johnson became
president and her husband, Lafayette
S. Foster, was made president of
Senate.”