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Singing the Goipel.
(By J. B. Norris.)
The Gospel Id very essence ss I see
it and feel It, whether from (be sane*
tuary, th»* lips of the layety or the
voice <of song In Uie Living Christ of
Gallilee, Ufthscmane, Calvary and
Olivet I do not minimize, rather would
i inanity hie Word as U comes from
the pulpit but I ezbalt the gospel
power in song. The Christ of God Is
power unto salvation, whether from
the fervid tongue of tho preacher or
In the songs of Zion, soaring as on
mighty pinions and lifting the soul to
heaven. This gospel comes to earth
In bodily form amid the sweetest song
of peace ever heard by mortal ears—
Rich celestial music thrilled the air
From hosts on hosts of shining ones
Who tbrongod
Eastward and westward making
bright the night.
John saw tho New Jerusalem and
heard the songs of Motes and the
Lamb. The meaning of song—how
deep It goes "a kind of inarticulate,
unspeakable speech which leads us
to the edge of the infinite, and lets
•s for a moment gaze Into that.”
These gospel songs aro the litera
ture of souls In touch with heaven—
the blest tie that binds making lumt<
none to the aged aaint his glorious
future as he commuuea with the in
visible. The sentiment of some of
these songs Is couchod In words so
choice as to suggest perfection. For
example:
"I will arise and go to Jesus” when
sung with the soft melody of the re
deemed, leads the soul gently to the
Christ of Ood where the simple truth
la revealed as It Is In Jesus.
Charlotte Rlllott while under con
viction said to the preacher, "f would
come to Christ If I knew how,” to
which he replied, ‘'come Just as you
are," and going to her room with that
thought In mind she accepted him and
then wrote:
"Just as I am without one plea,
But that thy blood was shed for me
And that thou blda‘1 mo come to thee,
O, laimb of God, I coroo. I come."
That seems (he very pith of the
gospel and leads the penitent to the
feet of Him who said, "Come unto me"
Another song:
t nm coming to the cross,
I am poor and weak and blind."
Blind ns Bartimaous until led to
the place called cavalry. I believe in
singing the gospel Into me and feel
suro that vast multitudes aro brought
to a knowledge of tho truth by these
dear songs. In tho groat upheaval
fn Naples while fffvan Roberts Is the
ostensible leader, we aro told that
(here la not much pmichng but the
gospel Is sung with mighty power,
and God greatly honors It. 1 believe
too that with groat revivals of tho
past, singing tho gospel has wrought
powerfully In results. When
heart utters speech Its language is
song. The world Is full of music to
llstmlnt; curs. Home one has said,
"Earth's silence lives and throbs and
sings." That music was n thing of
the soul—a roae-Upped shell that mur
mured of eternal sea—a strange bird
t’e hook of another shore,
iutw gob|>el songs prepare tho heart
for things unseen, lead men to the
cross, to salvation; load them Into
(he kingdom and so near the choir In
visible that they seem to catch the
Inarticulate words,, "Great and marvel-
out are thy works, laird God Almighty
thou King of salats."
And then, how uplifting to the
Journeying pilgrim as he Joins the de
vout congregation, singing "How firm
a Foundation, ye saints of the Lord."
Written, he knows not by whom, but
he knows Its substance Is In (salah
43:!. and this assurance satisfies his
longing. Or It may be "Rock of Ages
Cleft for Me," he sings this not think
ing of the author but rather of Mo
tes hid In one cleft looking upon God's
goodness, or of that spiritual rock fol
lowing the chosen people In the wil
derness
1 read this Incident the other day,
Fhr out at tea a ship lay at anchor,
becalmed on n soft, pUU eve, the tai
lors hear music floated to them over
the billows and lowering n boat row
toward the sound, and find n woman
Inshed to n spar singing:
Jeans lover of my tool.
Let mo to thy boeom fty
.While Uw billows near mo roll.
While the tempest still is high
The Bible Is, In many respects,
great song book, the sweet singer
breaks forth at times In language like
this: O, come let us sing unto the
Lord, let us make a Joyful noise to
the rock of our salvation." and the
very last line of the last of the Psalms
ends thus: "Let everything that
hath breath praise the Lord."
The great congregations do not
engage In singing as they used to—the
choir bosses the singing and the as
sembly Is dumb before the shearers.
Gov. Terrell Will Not Bs a Candidate.
The announcement that Governor
Terrell will not be a candidate for the
United States Senate teems to give
general satisfaction throughout the
State. The Governor has many warm
friends who were already pledged to
MaJ. Bacon and who would have been
embarrassed by hls candidacy. The
Governor, no doubt, fully understood
the situation and bis action Is highly
appreciated. The senatorial contest
will probably be fought out between
Mr. Bacon and Mr. Graves, with little
or no doubt as to the outcome. The
Democracy of Georgia wil re-elect Mr.
Bacon by a majority perhaps, never
equaled In such a contest In the his
tory of the state. There Is no doubt
about It and there ahould be no doubt
about It.
The Herald Is In possession of facts
and figures and scraps of history
which will be forthcoming at the prop
er time, and which will prove beyond
peradventure that Mr. Bacon Is the
mnn.
Farewell! old year; you have been
a good one!
McCall has not yet resigned as
president of the New York Life In
bu ranee Company.
It has been definitely declared that
the mosquito is responsible for the
whole yellow fever trouble.
Santa Claus, according to the Nor
folk ledger. Is one man who cares
nothing about the silk stocking ele
ment.
The oldest newspaper In the world
started In China 1200 years ago and is
still running. It Is called the Chlng
Pao, or Official Gazette, of China.
Start the New Year right—begin
using Blue Ribbon Lemon and Vanilla
Extracts, and see what you’ve ben
missing. * s
Col. Brannen, of Statesboro, has
opened hls campaign for congress In
tho First Georgia dlatrlct.
THE LIMIT.
Once on a time I knew a man
Who said It didn't pay
To advertise the goods he had
To sell or trado away.
To prove that he was off hls base
And make him clearly see
I gave him half a page of spac e
And let him have it free.
It almost scared him into fits
To see himself displayed
As I displayed him, but ho felt
It’s Influence on hls trade.
I kept it up. His business boomed.
The customers swooped down
Upon hls store until he hsd
The biggest rush In town.
One day I went around to call
And found him on the run.
With people waiting for tfielr turn
When those ahead were done.
Well, well!" 1 cried. In great delight
To see things boom that way.
"Don't advertising pay, old, man?
What have you got to say?"
I thought he'd like my work so much
And think my plan so nice
That he'd not only praise my wares.
But pay me double price.
And did he do It? Listen, please.
1 thought that I’d drop dead
When suddenly he turned on me
And vigorously said:
"Take out that advertisement quick.
GU dern ytr pesky skin!
m never got a chance to tost
Bs long et It stays la."
-Now York But
The Herald was today selected by
the Ware County Commissioners as
the paper for the official publication
of thsfr presentments, road notices,
etc. The price to be paid for the
printing la the same as fast year.
With the exception of one year,
(1902) the Herald has been the official
paper of the County Commissioners
for over twenty years.
Berlin, Jan. 3.—A dispatch from St.
Petersburg says that Professor Mlg-
Jin, a well known financial expert, of
fers the following estimate of the
losses sustained by Russia as a result
of the revolution. The direct losses
from conflagration at Baku Is fifty
million; five hundred castles and res
tdences of landowners burned, twenty-
five millions; damages to port at
Odessa, twenty-five millions; factories
destroyed, twenty-five aillloos; dam
age wrought fn sixty plundered towns
thirty millions. The damage to the
navy and military amounts to twenty-
five millions, which makes tho total
direct losses one hundred and seven
ty-five millions.
At 7:30 o'clock last night at the
home of the bride on Butler street,
Mr. C. A. Hilliard, formerly ^of Dins-
more Fla., was married to Mrs. Geor
gia A. Lott. The marriage came as
a surprise to the friends and acquain
tances of the contracting parties. The
wedding was a very quiet affair, and
except the family and officiating cler
gyman, Rev. B. E. Whittington,
Trinity church, was witnessed by Mr.
E. S. Hilliard, of DIusmore; Mr. T. J.
Wilkinson, of Waycrosa, and Mrs.
Parks.
The groom and bride are well
known in Waycrosa. Mr. Hilliard Is
a son of the late C. W. Hilliard, and
the bride the widow of the late Wal
ter T. Lott For the present, Mr. and
Mrs. Hilliard will reside In Waycross,
but will probably go to Arkansas a
little later, where Mr. Hillard has
been engaged In the saw mill business.
A Real Issue.
Waycross, Ga., Jan. 3, 1906.
Editors Herald:
Speaking of a platform for senato
rial and legislative candidates
Ware county, please allow me to sug
gest that as compared to the selection
of men who will vote right in making
the choice of a United States senator,
the matter of digging canals In Waro
county, the disfranchisement of th**
negro, tLat free pass business, etc.,
are side shows and myths. One of
the real and most important Issues
Is the selection of a senator and re
presentative from this county will bo
the choice of men who are for or
against Hon. A. O. Bacon and Hon.
John Temple Graves. The friends of
Mr. Bacon are going to make It an
issue, and if necessary, a warm one.
The Democratic party of Ware
county cannot afford to send n dele
gate tp Atlanta to vote for a man for
United States Senator who, only n
short time since was supporting a
Populist for vice president, and ants
gonlxlng the regular nominee of the
Democratic party for governor. The
men who shy their castors In
ring In Ware county will be asked to
show thetr hands fn a very positive
snd emphatic manner In regard to
the United 8tates senatorial Issue.
• * DEMOCRAT.
Coffee County's Wsy.
Coffee county Is one of the best
counties In the state snd furnishes
some unique Ideas to her sister coun
ties. We are told that they have a
new way of settling snd dividing the
estates of diseased persons. It has
become a custom to call In friends
who divide up the estate In as many
parta as there are heirs snd the di
vision, represented by numbers, are
put In a hat and well shaken, after
which tehe heirs draw their part.- It
has worked very satisfactorily, and
every one wtll agree that It Is an
improvement on the old plan of fal
ling out over the prosperity and final
ly giving It all to lawyers for fight
ing It out In the courts.—Moultrie
Observer.
(By telegraph to tho Herald.)
St. Petersburg, Jan. 3.—In a fight
which occurred between Cossacks and
workmen at Motovllka, one of the cen
ters of the coppermining district, over
thirty miners were killed. Shots were
fired from behind houses at the Cos
sacks, and they retaliated by plunder
ing the houses and killing the In
mate*. A band of Estkonians mem
bers of the Social Democratic party,
are engaged in a continual pillage of
the country seats along the Baltic
coast. Many estates have been com
pletely destroyed. A force of Cossacks
and Infantry accompanied by armed
landlords is in pursuit of the band.
No mail has been received from Cau-
cusus for two weeks. The govern
ment has not even received a telegram
from the Viceroy in that time.
(By Tslcgraph to the Herald.
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 3.—The resigna
tion of United States 8enator Chaun-
cey M. Depew was called for la a res
olution Introduced by Senator Brack
ett today. The resolution reads as
follows: "Since the adjournment of
the Senate the people of the state and
nation have been staggered by the re
lation shown to have existed for years
between the Equitable Society and
Chauncey M. Depew. Recognizing
that these disclosures have caused a
total lack of confidence In the ability
of the senator named to properly re
present the people in the body to
which he was elected,
Resolved, By the Senate that
Chauncey M. Depew be, and hereby
is requested to forthwith resign hls
seat in the United States Senate."
(By Telegraph to Tht Herald.)
New York, Jan. 3.—A woman faint
ed at the sight of seeing a man ground
to pieces la the sub way near Seventy
Second street station here this morn
ing. The man was Paaquale Toma,
a track walker. The draught from a
passing express blew off his hat and
he stepped on the local track to re
cover It and was knocked beneath the
train and literally ground to pieces.
(By Telegraph to the horald.)
New York, Jan. 3.—'The Curd of
Trustees of the New York Life this af
ternoon accepted t'ae resignation of
John A. Me Call as president and elect
ed Alexander Orr to succeed him at
a salary of $50,000 a year.
Miss P.uth Cradj. of Btnckshear, en
route to resume her studies at An
drew Female College at Cuthbert,
stopped over here with Miss Stella
Plckren for a short while.
Hon. W. M. Toomer yesterday sold
hls handsome residence on Gilmore
street to Mr. A. Sessoms. The lst-
ter disposed of his Lee Avenue res
idence to Dr. W. H. Buchanan, and
Dr. Buchanan sold hls Lee Aveune
residence to Mr. W. R. Beach.
Sessoms will probably occupy the
Toomer residence at once, and Mr.
Buchanan will also probably occupy
the Sessoms home.
Another deal which was reported
yesterday was the sale of Mr. R. O.
8cruggs two residence houses on Jane
street to Mr. Luke Campbell.
Mr. A. W. Gilchrist has purchased
the W. W. Sharpe property in the
southern part of the city, consisting
of 100 acres. Mr. Gilchrist will pro
bably divide this land up In residence
lots and place it on the market.
A floating light house Is to be erect
ed off Capo Hatteras.
A lady living near Moultrie. Colquitt
county, baa given birth to four child*
ren in one year. Two aeta of twits.
Mrs. Mollle C. Bullard, wife of Mr.
W. H. Bullard, died yesterday eve
ning at 6:30 at her home oa Albany
Avenue after a long Illness. Mrs. Bul
lard was born near Daltoa. Ga., near
ly 49 years ago, but was raised near
Augusta, Ga. She had been a resi
dent of Wa ycrosa tor a number of
years and was highly esteemed. She
was a devoted member of the First
Baptist church, and her presence la
the church and In the home circle will
be greatly missed.
Mrs. Bullard had been in failing
health for some time, though she had
been able to be up a good deal of the
time. The deceased Is survived by
her husband and two children, Henry
and Cecil Bullard, and four brothers
and a like number of sisters, as fol
lows: Messrs. W. J., M. J. and E.
D. Carswell, of Waycross; J. K. Cars
well. of Valdosta; Mrs. Dr. B. J. Smith
of Waycross; Mrs. T. M. Coleman, of
Bartow, Ga., Mrs. Holmes and Mrs.
Murphy, of near Augusta, Ga.
The funeral will be conducted at
the First Baptist church tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock by Rev. W. H.
Scruggs and the remains wtll be inter
red at Lott cemetery.
St. Petersburg. Jan. 3.—The Nevoe
Vreraya today publishes the extra
ordinary * statement which Is attrib
uted to Admiral Rojestvenslqr,
which It says that at the battle of
Txu Shims the British squadron at
Wei Shi Wei had orders to attack tha
Russian float la tha eraat of tha Jap
anese defeat
The Herald yesterday wired to Mr.
R. E. Smith, General Superintendent
of Motive Power of the Atlantic
Coast Line at Wilmington, requesting
a copy of the plans for the big new
shops to be constructed in Waycross
this year. Mr. Smith’s, answer,
which was received last night, was
as follows:
Wilmington, N. C.. Jan. 2.
Evening Herald:
Regret I cannot furnish you plans
and specifications for new shops. All
available copies are now going out to
contractors. R. E. Smith.
(By Telegraph to the Herald.)
Washington, Jan. 3.—The Navy
department this morning made public
the review of Judge Advocate General
of the Navy, of the courtmartlal case
of Commander Luclen Young, U. S.
K, who was charged on a charge of
neglect of duty as a result of the ex
plosion at San Diego, last July, of the
boilers of the Gunboat Bennington.
Some specifications were found not
prdven, but the court found him guilty
of “remlsness in the performance of
duty," and the sen’»nce is that he be
reprimanded by the See-etary of the
Navy.
Wljat's The Matter?
The reign of teror is on, crime
has become rampant and deeds of
blood are almost of daily occurrence.
What is the matter? Liquor and
pistol-toting are prime causes. A
few drinks of mean whiskey, the ev
er present pocket gun and a newly
made grave. This »s the hiatory of
most of the killings of today.
What’s the remedy? A vigorous
prosecution and a rigid enforcement
of penalties of the law. against sel
ling .liquor and carrying concealed
weapons and the affletion of death
for murder.
Try a little less of mercy and more
of severelty on the violations of the
statutes above referred to and there
will be less of crime. Make the
law a terror to evil-doers. Mercy
to criminals Is sometimes cruelty to
society.—Merriwether Vendlcator.
rell will return to the practice of Uw
when hls term as governor expires.
The only use we can now make of
the old year U to profit by its mis
takes.
Nashville Herald: Every white man
who Is a Democrat should be allowed
to vote in democratic primaries—and
no one else.
South Georgia has been very prop
erly named "the poor man’s para
dise.” We extend a general invita
tion to everybody to visit our Eden.
If people vote their common sense
instead of their prejudice Hoke Smith
- ill make a sorry race for governor.
—Thomasville Times-Enterprise.
What are they to do with the dirt
they dig out of the Panama Canal,
seems to be a serious question. Al
low us to suggest that It be dumped
on the trash pile.
It would appear to the average
American citizen that Miss Alice
Roosevelt, who is reputed to be a
sensible gtrl, is very tired of the
flunkeylsm displayed in some section#
of our country.—Ex.
The appointment of Col. J. H.
Estlll as one of the trustees of the
Old Confederate Veterans’ Home at
Atlanta la most proper and timely.
We consider this one of the best jobs
Governor Terrell has done.
The Ware county man who desires
to sit in the General Assembly at the
State Capitol, next time, must tell his
people who he proposes to support
for the United States Senate. This
part of the program will not be over
looked and no dodging the question
will be allowed.
Gen. A. W. Gllcrist, of Punts Cords,
Fla., who has large property inter
ests in Waycross, is being spoken of
for governor of Florida, and will be
urged to become a candidate at the
next election. Gen. Gflcriit was
elected president of the Florida Sen
ate last summer, and Is one Of the
most prominent men in the state.
This should be the beet year la the
history of Waycram. Let os all try
Caledonia. Minn., Jan. 2.—Matthew
Styner, Infatuated with Pearl Whea
ton, the daughter of 8. N. Wheaton,
a wealthy farmer, broke into the
Wheaton home near here last night,
shot and killed the girl and then fa
tally wounded her slater, Ruth, her
mother and himself.
Styner Is s dental student at the
University of Minnesota, and Pearl
Wheaton had refused to marry him.
Unable to secure an entrance throngh
the door, Styner broke throngh the
wndow, weh he was met by Roth
Wheaton, who, armed with a revolver,
attempted to protect the family.
The frenzied man wrested the re
volver from her and shot her twice
through the breast, then turned on
Mrs. Wheaton shooting her In the
throat sod aro.
He then ran np stairs to Pearl’s
room, and breaking In the door, he
shot her through the heart and then
ahot himself.
When the neighbors rushed la
8tyner was found with his head on
the girl's breast She was dead and
he was barely living. The only other
Inmate of the house, a child, escaped
by leaping through the window* that
8tyner broke. Mr. Wheaton was
away from home at tfis time.
From the annual report of the Pan
ama Canal Commission it appears
that most of the food for the 17,00®
men employed there is carried from
New York In the commission’s steam
ers, which are fitted with refrigerator
plants for perishable products. The
base of supply would not be so far
away If the ships sailed from New Or
leans, especially since most of the
meats and breadstuffs they carry are
grown in the Mississippi Valley.
The agitation of negro disfranchise
ment Is a state as safely guarded from
the pernicious negro vote as is Geor
gia, can work but h&rm to the people
of both races. It,is a bid for the
vote of ignorance and prejudice; an
appeal to the worst element, and has
for Its foundation stone a race hatred
which has already cost the South dear
It is a great pity that public men,
whose education and environment
should make them better informed,
will atoop to such levels to lift them
selves into ofllce.—Albany Herald.
The rebels again sign tbs
warrant of the Csar.
The "Enigmarelle" of the London
Hippodrome appears like a balky
man six feet tall weighing 193 pounds.
Its feet are of iron, the legs are of
steel and wood, and the arms are of
seel and copper, while the body Is an
insulated wire frame cased with fiber
snd rawhide, and the head is wax.
It is moved by three spring and tour
electris motors, with fourteen stor
age accumulators. In its back Is a
switchboard containing the rheostat,
fifteen switches, three levers and three
automatic brakes. Though the mo
tions are rather Jerky, the machine
very cleverly walks with tong or short
steps, nods Its head, waves its arms,
rides a cycle, and writes name on a
blackboard.
Good Resolutions.
~ Here is a set of good resolutions
that you might take now and repeat
on January 1st They are from Every
body's Magazine:
"My Country: Resolved to become
a soldier In the axmy of the Common