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VOLUME .IX.
GAINESVILLE, GA„ SATURDAY, APRIL 16. 1898
NUMBER 51
full program of convention.
Cre at Gathering" of Sunday School Workers in
Gainesville Monday.
A FINE PROGRAM
Many Splendid Attractions En
gaged for Gainesville
Chautauqua.
D locates will Bogin to Arrive To-morrow.—First Session Monday
Evening 3 O’clock at First Methodist Church.—Pres
ident Witham’Comes To-morrow.
Wallace Bruce, L. F. Copelanct, The Ken
tucky Colonels, The Park Sisters, Rev.
Thomas Dixon, Dr. Warren Candler,
Prof. P. D. Pollock, anti Several
Other Promiuent Lecturers
and Entertainers Engaged.
—Fine Band to Furnish
Music. — Other
Features.
The Georgia State Sunday School Convention meets in Gainesville Monday.
It w ill he one of the most important religious gatherings ever held in the
state The international Sunday School committee will attend the convention.
1’rof. II <!• IVarcc. president of the county Sunday School association, and
chairman of the committee to provide homes for the delegates, has been hard at
.]. anc ] immediately upon the arrival of the delegates they will be ushered
into the homes assigned them.
Representatives of almost every Sunday school in the state will be present,
and not less than three hundred delegates will arrive by noon Monday. The
first meeting will he held in the First Methodist church Monday evening at 8
o'clock.
Low rates have been made by the railroads and as an unusually attractive
' program has been prepared and the attendance will be better than at previous
conventions. By every mail this week Prof. Pearce has been receiving lists of
delegates.
The officers of the association are W. S. Witham, president, Atlanta; J. W.
Wheatley, vice president, Americus; Henderson Hallman, secretary, Atlanta;
F. S. Etheridge, treasurer, Jackson; and, J. H. Miller, field worker, Marietta.
Among the members of the international committee who are expected to be
present are W. S. Witham. president of the Georgia State Sunday School associ
ation; John M. Green and Asa G. Candler of Atlanta; B. F. Jacobs of Chicago;
\Y. N. Hartshorn of Boston; George W. Bailey of Wenonah, N. J.; R. M. Scruggs
of St. Louis: Rev. H. M. Hamill of Jacksonville; W. E. Holloway of Montgom
ery. Hugh Coik of Minneapolis; John YVannamaker of Philadelphia; Rev. R.
Southerland o? Prince Edwards Island; Judge Joseph Cartel of Anniston; Seth
P. Leet of Montreal; and others of no less distinction.
The international committee usually meets a year beforehand in the city
where the international Sunday School convention is to be held, and as this (
great gathering is to assemble in Atlanta in the spring of 1899, the committee
meets there this week. • • •
A grand chorus of the Sunday Schools of Gainesville has been selected and
will furnish some very excellent music for the convention. This chorus will
furnish the music at the lecture of Mr. W. S. Witham at the auditorium tomor-
■ow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, to which everybody is invited.
The full program is as follows:
MONDAY NIGHT.
8 p. in.—Devotional exercises.
8:30 p. m.—Address by Lawton B. Evans, Augusta.
8 p. m.—Handshaking by everybody.
TUESDAY.
7 a. m.—Sunrise prayer service.
10 a. m.—Devotional exercises.
10:30 a. m.—Address of welcome by Judge J. B. Estes, Gainesville.
10:35 a. m.—Reponse by John M. Green, Atlanta.
10:40 a. m.—Address by J. H. Garner, “The Superintendent.”
11:10 a, m.—“Modern Methods for Primary Teachers,” by Mrs. William
[King, Atlanta.
11:30 a. in.—Appointment of committies on nominations, finance and resolu-
Everybody shake bands and make pthers gM they came to the
lOnventloil.
2:30 p. m.—Song seryice and devotions.
3 p> m.—Address by Rev. A. A. Marshall; Atlanta, “The Teachers’ Meeting
a Dynamo of Great Power,”
3:30 p. m.—General discussion,
4 p. m.—“Our State Association History,” TR&inas Moore, Bolton. “Fruits,”
[r. B. Reppard, Savannah. “Notes From the Field,” J. H. Miller. Experience
leeting.
4:15 p. m.—Report of committee on nominations and election of officers.
8 p. m.—Song and praise service.
8:20 p. m.—Address.
8:50 p.m.—Address by Henderson Hallman, Atlanta, “Can the Divinely
Authorized Sunday School Decay?”
9:10 p. m.—General discussion. Everybody shake hands with a kind good
night.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
8 a. m.—Sunrise prayer meeting.
10 a. m.—Song and praise service.
10:20 a. m.—“County Organizations, How Made 'Effective,” by Thomas W.
Dimmick, Carrollton.
10:40 a. m.—“Our County Work,” H. L. Owen, Dallas, president Paulding
county Sunday School Association; J. O. Hightower, Jonesboro, president Clay
ton county Sunday School Association; G. E. Greene, Forsyth, president Mon
rot county Sunday School Association; other counties, one minute reports.
11:30 a. m.—Home department.
11:42 a. m. Normal work.
12 m.—Reports of committees, unfinished business. Two minute talk from
everybody on benefits received at this convention.
1 p. m.—Adjournment with goodby handshake.
Prof. A. W. VanHoose, who has
charge of the work of securing talent
and making up the program of the
Chautaugua, has secured a number of
very valuable and select attractions..
He is getting up the program as fast as
he can secure such talent as he desires,
and it is safe to say that no Chautauqua
will have better or more attractive
features.
The Chautauqua promoters are re
ceiving all the encouragenfent they
could hope for. The people of this en
tire section are becoming aroused to
the value of it, and they propose giving
\i their hearty support. The work of
advertising the Chautauqua will he
commenced at the earliest moment
after the program is completed.
The program will have some of the
best entertainers on the platform in
America today, and everybody will be
highly entertained who attends.
Among the attractions already secured
are.
Sunitaro, the great Japanese sleight
of hand performer.
Col. L. F. Copeland, the king of the
platform.
Wallace Bruce, the great Shakspe-
rian lecturer.
Edward Havers, two lectures,“Under
the Cuban Star”—beautifully illustrat
ed with stereopticon.
•Julius Favour, two lectures on elec
tricity, with full apparatus and exper
iments,
The Kentucky Colonels, a male quar
tette, the finest in the world, for five
days.
The Park Sisters Quartette, cornets,
mandolins, guitars.
Rev. Thomas Dixon, sermon and
lecture.
Dr. W. A. Candler, three magnificent
lectures on the three kings of Israel,
Saul, David, Solomon. This in connec
tion with the normal bible class.
Prof. P. D. Pollock of Mercer, three
lectures—Sidney Lanier, The Art of
Shakspeare, The Message of Browning
to His Age.
A splendid brass band for the entire
session.
Correspondence for other attractions
is still in progress. Professor Van
Hoose is in receipt of a letter from
state school commissioner Glenn saying
that he will insist that several counties
hold teacher’s institutes here during
the week. No doubt this will be done,
and many teachers will be here and
attend the Chautauqua.
Everything considered the Chautau
qua will be the biggest and best held
in Georgia this year.
’Rah for the Gainesville Chautauqua!
Oom-pany Inspected.
Captain A. \V. Van Hoose. Lieuten
ants W. R. Chamblee and John Gaston
Received their commissions this week as
loffieers of the Piedmont Riflles. They
j will now drill regularly and get the
I company in the best shape. Thursday
1 night Col. R. U. Thomason, colonel
i°I the Third Georgia Regiment, in
spected the company. The hoys were
out in { u ii uniform and presented a
good showing. In the event the com
pany is ordered out, which seems likely
now, it can be safely predicted that
|?ood service will be rendered.
Mr. Saunders Removed.
^ r - L. L. Saunders was removed from
LQe Walton County jail Saturday and
Cari ‘ied to the hospital at the State pen-
kentiary. Mr. Saunders goes away
faring the sympathy of a large com-
of friends who trust to see him
Pardoned in the early'future.—Monroe
‘lessen ger.
Mr. Bell in the Race.
Mr. Thomas M. Kell announces in
this issue a candidate for Clerk of the
Superior court. He is well known to
the people of Hall county and would
no doubt make an efficient clerk were
he selected by the voters for the office.
He presents his claim to the people and
asks them to consider his candidacy.
He will visit all sections of the county
before the Democratic primary in July
and see the people.
Mrs. Williams Dies.
Mrs, J. T. Williams, mother of Mrs.
Allen D. Candler of Gainesville, and
grandmother of Captain Gus Clark of
Jefferson, died at her home near Had
dock’s Station m Jones county, Tues
day, after a long illness. Her death
occasioned no surprise for she has been
near death’s door for two or three
months. Mrs. Candler was at her
bedside and Colonel Candler immedi
ately went to Haddock’s Station upon
receipt of the information of her death.
The funeral occurred Wednesday at
the family burial ground in Jones
county. The many Gainesville friends
of the family extend sympathy in their
bereavement.
Improving New Holland.
Mr. Alex Nelson, who has charge of
New Holland Springs, is preparing to
do a big business this summer. He is
getting the resort in shape and is get
ting out advertising matter to he dis
tributed over the country. New Hol
land Springs is a delightful place and
the people of Gainesville hope to see Mr.
Nelson build the resort up to what it
once was, and make a success of it.
Many Changes at Express.
Several changes have taken place at
the Southern Express office this week.
Mr. Guy Smith has been placed in
charge of the transfer office at Green
ville, S. C., Mr. Tin Harris has been
running on the Belle in the absense of
the regular messenger, Mr. W. G. Smith
has been made messenger on the G. J.
& S. railroad, and Mr. S. D. Yeargin
has been made a clerk in the office
Agent H. A. Terrell keeps the boy s
moving and makes good express men
of them if they stay around him.
Episcopal Services.
The Archdeacon of Atlanta, will offi
ciate at the Episcopal church at 11:30
a. m. tomorrow. All are cordially
invited.
FOR THE CUBAN SUFFERERS!
We Want Fifty Thousand Chickens
For export to Cuba, and are paying big prices for them in cash
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