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VOL. XXXI.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1902.
NO. 35.
Echeconnee Campmeeting.
Written for the Home Journal.
The annual religious feast so
eagerly anticipated by good peo
ple both far and near, has again
been spread and the poor, and
the maimed, and the halt, and
the blind partook of the supper
and were filled. It seems that
our God in his love for us and
pity for our poor hungering souls
gives us more abundantly every
and we do not hesitate in
Tribute to A Colored Citizen.
year
saying that it was the best' camp-
meeting held in several years.
In order to be ready for the
meeting in both body and soul
the families of Mr. H. J. Peavy
and Mrs. M. 0 Vinson of Byron,
moved down on Wednesday. On
Friday following the remaining
tents were filled by the families
of Mr. C. W. Kilpatrick and Mr.
Wm. Willis of Walden, Mr. J. C.
McDonald of Byron, aud Mr. Gra*
ham Thompson of Hattie. The
kindness aud hospitality of these
tent-holders was shown in a mark
ed degree and many, who would
not have been able to attend but
for the invitation of these kind
people, will remem per them with
love and appreciation and ask
that God’s blessings may be rich
ly bestowed upon them.
“ On Friday night the meeting
began and from the. number of
Christians who crowded about the
altar praying that they might be
fitted for His work and that they
might be a blessing to some one,
it was evident that it was to be a
meeting of power. The preachers
who were actively engaged in ser
vice were Revs. McGehee, Domin
gos, Johnstone, Simmons, Grif
fith, Whittington, Snow, ITucka-
bee, Mallory, Dr. Rogers and one
“half-preacher,” Mr. Dozier.
Many able sermons were deliv
ered and effective work was done
in God’s service. Six believers
united with the church, old aud
poung gladly testified of His bless
ings and His saving grace.
There was only one deficiency in
this meeting and it is one to
which we would like to call atten
tion—the lack of tents. Despite
the scarcity of tents and rain on
Sunday afternoon and Monday
there were very good crowds in
attendance. Nevertheless a lar
ger number of tentholders can
by their presence, encourage oth
ers to come, make it pleasant for
visitors while on the ground, and
above all receive a greater bless
ing in being able to attend all
services and keep in touch with
God’s children.
Let us work and pray that next
year there will be more tents, lar
ger crowds, that more shall par
take of the gospel feast and may
be able to say, “Blessed is he that
shall eat bread in the kingdom of
God.” Visitor.
Byron, Ga.
The following tribute by a
church committee to a deceased
colored citizen and farmer is fully
deserved.
“About 10 o’clock last Thurs
day night, the Angel of Death
claimed one of ovr best neighbois
and citizens; Brother Walter
Toomer. The funeral was one of
the saddest that has been attend
ed in Houston county. The fu
neral procession was one mile
long, besides those who walked to
see the last of the sad remains.
Macon. Fort Valley, Perry, Mar-
shallville, and Elko were present.
BrotherJjWalter Tooner had been
sick only one week, when God
saw fit to remove him from our
midst. He called his dear wife
aud children to his bedside and
told them ro meet him in heaven.
He preached his own funeral be
fore he died, and selected three
special hymns to be sung over his
remains. Brother Toomer was a
broad-hearted man. He had a
tender feeling for those he knew
were poor. He was always ready
speak a cheerful word to the
aged. In spite of color and wealth,
he was a friend to his colored,
brother. He was respected by
both white and black. In fact he
rnspected himfelf. Take the good
example of Walter Toomer, and
in proportion all good colored peo
pie will be respected.
His funeral was, attended by
Revs. J. J. Hollis, and Hector
Patterson, at the C. M. E.
Mount Zion church. His burial
took place at the old homestead.
He leaves a number of friends
and relatives to mourn his loss,
a dear wife, three sons, two lovely
daughters. May earth’s loss be
heaven’s gain. We sympathise
with the bereaved ones.
“Sleep on beloved, sleep and take thy
rest,
Lay down thy head upon thy Saviour’s
breast.
We love thee well—but Jesus loves thee
best.
Good night, Good night, Good night.
Oneida E. Russell, )
John Noble, > Committee.
Maggie Rountree, )
.
For the lore of county, as sucli
it would be difficult to decide be
tween the highlander of Scotland
and the mountain born inhabi
tants of the Tyrol. Both will
wander in search of fortune to the
ends or the world and yet look
back to their native mountains, as
their only real home. The same
is true of the Swiss, although in a
lesser degree. It is a very singu
lar fact thait inhabitants of moun
taiuous countries possess this feel
mg of attachment in a much in
tenser form than those of flat
countries.
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For an Appellate Court.
W. A. DAVIS.
Miss Lotta Greenup, of Ken
tucky, Avho made a reputation
some months ago by her violin
playing as an aid to her father’s
congressional campaign in the
First district of that state, is
shortly going to Europe to finish
her musical education. She has
confided to her friends that she
has refused or ignored 150 offers
of marriage since the beginning
of her father’s campaign. She
says she is in love with her music,
in which she purposes to fit her
self for a professional career.
It has been decided by the su
preme court court committee of
the Georgia Bar Association that
an intetmediate appelate court is
the proper method of relief to the
supreme conrt and there is no
doubt the efforts of tho commit
tee and the association will be di
rected to that end. A sub-com
mittee has beeu appointed to draw
a bill providing for such a court,
to be referred to the committee
at its next meeting September 13.
This sub-committee is composed
of Washington Dessau, S. B. Ad
ams and J. H. Merrill.
All the questions relative to the
creation of the new court were
left to the committee, as to the
number of judges end place of
sitting and all other questions.
The bill when prepared will be
submitted to the committee for
discussion and amendment. The
committee took occasion again to
express its belief that something
should be done to relieve the su
preme court. As one of the mem
bers expressed it: “The supreme
court has 1,000 cases iu a year of
300 working days of 10 hours
each, or' 8,000 hours. That is to
say the court must hear argument,
examine record, look up the law,
consult, decide and write an opin
ion in one case every three hours.”
Before deciding upon the recom
mendation of an appellant court
the committee rescinded its ac
tion of the last meeting recora
mending for passage by the legis
laturea-bill providing that cases
where less than $500 is involved
shall not be carried to the su
preme Court for review by that
tribunal.
405-407 Poplar St.
A Rockdole county negro, over
65 years of agei applied, the other
day, to the ordinary of that coun
ty for a license to marry the sev
enth time. He had married six
times and said he was ready for
the seventh heaven. The woman
he was to marry had outlived
six husbands. The old man re
marked: “It’s g\Vine to be nip
and tuck ’twixt us ez to which
buries tother.”
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera
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world-wide reputation for its
cares. It never fails and is pleas
ing and safe to take. For sale by
all dealers in Perry, Warren &
Lowe, Byron.
,
her convict
Journal and
says that the
The Knoxville
Tribune very aptly
man who is really interested in
the future of the South will en
deavor to arouse a determination
on the part of the people to give
the section a system of, public
such as this section has never had
before. If we expect our children
to keep pace with the progress o'
the times we must educate them
As revenue from
hire system, Georgia will receive
for second quarter, 1902, the sum
of $51,000. The convicts were
formerly a burden to the state.
They are now a source of great
revenue.
at
Every time a reorganizer makes
a speech it is featured in the re
publican organs as the right sort
of wisdom for democracy to pat
tern after. The amount of sym
pathy republican organs have in
the success of the reorganizers
continues to be one of the inter
esting features of political life.
—Commoner.
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