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10 IS A CENTURY OLD, i'.u.iih uii>\ i> i*r- TIST t ill Ml II IIIH.IVI TO-IIAI. VISITING MINISTERS HERE. THRI.R DAY to 118 IITVOTBD TO mi, a.WTNMU oh*i;h% ajh 12. I'roirnmmr I limi Una M*ri trrmifnl lor !*• 'rrvlri —I umorrim la lll** Oatrontnl lnnhrrwiry of tlie I'on it ill ii K of Ihr < li u roll—'l'll r Vi*ff Hour, u I niirraiood of Orunnlaii lion, \'ill Hr I Imf for Htt In for nut I MtMittK To-iitorruw Mnrntnir—< ■- grpßiitlnn ll*-|cnii Willi Fifteen Mphilmt* lt Now llna T 7.1 nnl la (hr lr**ef of flir Wlilfr l*ro tnfitnl Io o r- u *••*' * The Cit.f' hundredth ai'i,l\>riry of the fltftr.iMtion f t tie Savar ran Chur h will be to-morrow T* a co ngn-g* tJon will fittingly observe the centennial b> a rrlifloui oelebraf *r. • it \ "g-ns to tisy tnd or.di <Uy a?‘er tn .. r: w Sev eral dtstli.guD • e*| F i * -i n, i • i Fnvt barn Invited fir .•* *h- • r • oral havp p*' \ * 1 e mm, *er* of the chur h at i • ora have looking forward with n. i to the cen tennial ot • ..n Dr F li *• 'retnry of the Horn* s lioirl of Aiianta, will preach th* ■ rtn -n t.'i)* morning, ami to rJght It Krrfo<* and Ir b N Jafnrmn, * a . \ , rhv. j%nr n. joudoy. Puator of aneniinuh llaptlat lliarrli. wrrtary of the State Board of Mimlow, art 11 c?rdu<H tb> servicr* FY>Lowlrg la tha mus Dal programme tint has been arranged for today a aer vlcm: Morning- Organ Pretudo Sor.g Without Word* ..Thoma Mr Walter Clar. Voluntary. Ta Daum Laudamus In K flat T. 0 Loyd Choir. Offertory. "Pear# Troubled Heart" Mlaa El.an Morgan. Organ Postlude. Cathedral Gram) March . .O. H. Ryder. Mr. Cler. Evening*— Organ IT* bide March In P Ma> t Alex OulUnant Mr cier. Voluntary. Too Vanltaa Arthur L Wood Choir. f tfTertory. •’The New Wot I Herbert Johnson MU* Marenret May Ntcholaon. ( >rgan Prelude. March Bolennelle. E Ketterer Mr Cter. Mien Margaret May Nicholson, soprano and director F4lm Morgan, nho. Mr Chanler. ter,or. Mr Char lea D M Cirdtl, hast. Mr Walter Cler, organist Between 11 and 12 o’c|o k to-morrow morning the r* *1 rentpiinlal observance will take | ;*ce. as the day Is the anni versary of the foundii.g of the church and tha hour. It Is thought. Is that of the first meeting of the original members. The meeting will ta entirely Informs!, and members of all the congregations In the city are Invited to attend Several of the pastor* of the Tty will be preyen Nr* aped*} programme has l*en arranged for the servWV- Rev. I>r W. W. Landrum, pastor of the First Baptist Church of At.anta, to-mor row night will give remlnls'riicea. having been reared In Savannah and being a eon of the church, hie late father having been for many ypsrs It* pastor Rev |>r R. .1 Willingham of Richmond, secretary of for elgn missions, will deliver the principal dtrees of the service Tuesday night th*? concluding service will b- held Pr J. It Taylor, general manager of th w*rk of the Baptist or phan* In Georgia, and Rev. Dr P. P pollock, prcidert of Mercer VniversWy. will deliver the addresses, Pr. Pollock talking upon Christian education. Itivtory of the Church. An eventfu history has been the Sa vannah Baptists’ Beglr nlng 100 vir< no with a memb* i “hip of but fifteen. 1 has fr<>sn until It U to-d y, with Its mem bershlp of 77 t • largest ’white prot* st int fonxrrr dlon In the T v The ad mitii>tr.tt lon <f the prasnt pastor. Rev. John I Jordan. has brri of irerncml i- advanrag- to th church, the four years Iv has been with p having wor ns>at signal *u cw c. The deacons at |*restt ;ire M* \V. c, Powell. Jama Forte. Jr.. William )' Mc- Cauley, J F. Ha. it. A M West, C. W. West. I’ B Morgin. C’narUe R. B rd.vy and Charles lnulebv The ok) member* of the church sav they have never known Its affairs to b#- in a . fu! The membership is united anl h-r fnonlo OfK* of the old* *' dea l* l an *diresa n f*wr day* ago, said "Wo are one |*eople; there Is nut a Jl* ordatu ncae nor a single grumbler.** Although Favannoh was one of the first place* |n the stale in which Baptists preached tlielr doctrines, t!en regarded as new and strange, the soil here did n*t prove f be as fertile ground for the sc***! than being -*wn, m the middle section of the mate where the settler* were pouring In ecr ** if Hnvar.nnh river from the older S it hem *t* - *f colonies ns they were then There nro a number of churches m the tnlddl* tl r of counties whb h are now well into ih** aecoml ccn t' i A cist lot;, th** oldest **> nation of Baptist church*** In th** state, was organised in J7M. rd several of the churches com|<os ing it had be. n fortm and previous to the Revolution. Altt.o gh there was no regularly organ lied church In Savannah prwvioua to 2ROO the Baptist* Md r .r. ' er* 1 some adher antt here for -an* y* ? previous to that tlre A BapfU hou> of worship was erect*d an Franklin -qusre in by cn tribution from the pop]< of Savannah, and cltiaana of flouth Carolina. The house, in an unfinished state. *aa rent ed for several year# to the Proahy tar tans. In ITB, before the expiration of the lease, Rev Henry Ho rr. *• of Beaufort. H waa chaen pastor of th** ongr*v .don then • o *‘ - ii.g t.f member* of ttfre r* ni denoo n ' * J. annum, w ;.i h urn- tks well for the liberal ltv of the hurc:* going |#*opie t f at da> Ti e church on Franklin square was led leafed April 17. !**••. and th church w*m constituted on N**v 2* cf t* e same )<ar H+\ Henry H- i •mt*e t*-ir.ir the j *-t *r The building cm • .j lr*i ft,* ot on h. h now stai d* the building of the First Af rican Baptist * h • at. 1 k* *r t% of the o#l tru i' ate t be contained in that bulkJlcg The ongr- * f ••.n i‘t|r j* l to worship In the bui.dtr h n Franklin e*j .r* until I*2?. wt*n . uli ■• was com pi* ted on the it* row .. , \ by the ht.r h edi fle** u n ’hip|*ewa > juar**. U;e •, I building being turned <.s. • ♦ th* r*efro* - who wer* f*.tme 1 tr,l a -*•.*•* r greg r It Th** i• w * ,!! wi tr*” , o) at e • osi of |4 <!• and till f• *rm# th*- h* *!v of the r etr ?cr- r,e building was en larg'd In >“• at 1 the lecture r*.**m con -?rie te i in T'.e lots i w.. h the F* i i,dt.* *t *r. w#-re to the c* h r*' t-* . ITV in .try* T. ** •* m**mhera of tiie r) .r h a* t* kVdiadoti were B* v ilor) Hob "r? I- I tne first pastor. Mrs Fra i we- l|o|com!*e. r‘, wife. Dr < lcorf* the first d**a* on, Mrs P • • .e M• **-e, h;s wife. Klin* Hotert, Mary Robert, Peter Robert. SAVAN V%H It % I*ll aT t ilt IU 11. The rongn-sstlon Will (rlrlirale lt (cstesuisl innhrrierr To-day. Robert, ItahM Ilimllto. Euntc* I lot if.' Mtnih* KWher M<'K*nrD. KUS B:on>*, Jawph Ilawthorno und Mnry Httvtiiornf. On this xamo lm**, Nov. 2*4. 1900. of ofjtaitlzntion, Mary Joia was rwelvpi! n*l UiptlxM. The i liuri’h ( tinHrri-d. Tli*? rhArl**r of )rvori<>rfi? iei of th*? church w.u* tlrnwri by Hon. John Mu Brrin and oicnetl by Gov. Jofttah Tattnall in :ho year imu. The fcl lowtruc persona petition**?4 the LcgisUmiro of Grorirla for tli** charter, vix. Rev. Henry Holcombe, ?icor* Morar, W H J*hn lioao, Robert, Jowpli i s ■ REV. e. J. JAMEinN, 11. 11. rorrfaiinnding *(frrrlAry .**(( IfH •lon lloiirtl. Wtaeman, Thcialoro ('arlton. Joreph I>a vta, Imamu? Sibley ami William Darker. Hnoril f It* l'a|ori, The pa*orA from 18*0 to 1817 were: Henry Holcombe, D. D fr*>m l?hh to IVI William B. Jo!n?*n, D.D. from 1811 to 191S Benj imin Rcriven fr*m 1815 to 1819 Jum*) Sweat from 1819 lo 18?2 Jamm Meredith fr<'m 1*22 to 18^4 Henry O NVyer from US to 1*54 JoMiah 8 Law from IKi) to 1135 Chnrle* B Jones from 1853 to 1106 IJ. G. Blnney from 1896t0 1343 1 Henry O Wyer from 1*43 to IM' Albert Wllllame from 1845 to 1847 , The rbacona for the *nme prrlod were Oeorae Moep< IV, 11. Mihera. John Hoee 1n IWI Jopeph Dav Ip in William IHitterpon In I^*4 Jolin 81 i-'k iui<l M W. Wllhame —ln !*lh JoaiAh FenfleM m ix:9 HomuM Tui*p*r In 1828 H. Blair and A. H.rfnon In 1829 Ttiovnaa cinrk arl li. li. Furman..ln 18T4 Thoma* Dowell In 1939 Geonre W Davie and Jn l: florz .In 185 Falx 4. 1847. ihe church divided in the re-elfotlon of Rev Albert Wll m cip puMlot: after which time the tw-obrin were popularly kt own a the Fir t anl Second BaptlPl Churche.-s. t)>ouK! trie FI ret never changed itp corporate name Tboe who w-ere the 8* - *-nd church purohaaed the bulldlny ihen owned by the V nlUliana, on the eouth wept comer of Bull an*) York atreera. where Uicy continued to wor*htp unt.l THE MOKMMi >EVVh: Si >DAY, NUN EMbEH 'Jo, RHK). Feb 4 when the churrh was dt s-ilved. st.l the r* Jt too (A the Baptift* <A Savannah occurred (after a seiarat n of twelve year* almost to a day) Tr e bubdtr.g of the S* 4 o.d was *o!1. and from the proceed* the r■*■ *n of the pree-nt church was formel in IV.. *nd th* pa-t ir’a h tn* c.*rr.er Jones .<n I I tray ton street a, purrhaaed in Tne ptc* r during tr.** sejaratioti wera as follows First (*hut< n Rev Albert Wlillams n part of IM7 Rev Joaepn T Rot*ert from IM7 to !• • Rev Tnomae Ramhaut —from ltf to * Re\ J ii .. from K- to Rev A O Daniel from lttt to D * Becond CTjur n Ret Henry > VVyer from !t7 to * • Rev. J I* Tun (rwn !M *o !*'■ Rev Herr> o Wyer fr#m * 4 to * Rev. M Wgtsion .. from lAV. t< I After t.m ir-hes urßtd c.** B • * Church sn JAavar.nah, colled the Rev .*- .1 vantie Ijandrum "f Ma *>n. Ga In N vein her p>V and t>** be* ame pu.tor on ti** first dav of !.• f<*llowr>g De- em r. em whb'h time the following pastors have served tne ohwrch: Hyßonu- Utvinim, D. D.from !V7> to D7' Tutxv llar.ey from 173 to D'* K.iva-) j* im I*. I .from lO i 1 M Rev J ) It Holmes, l. D from 1881 to l^J! Rev H \ Goodarln. I> R . from 189! to !*>• Rev j( D Jordan from ivsl ?od* (• itiii**l ly llrfltnle. A area? revival of the chur h h and In October, Novemlwr ni**l Hw • m v -i , r. >"• when ?Uty-tW) i*‘ eon* w re n -iv- I lv baptlpm. Durmc that ye.ir there u*r eifhty-nlne accefudon-'s R**v. J. J. lllnnev wnas tlie pulor. In INV. 12!? member* %v* e received. ttpPt of them comiiwt In on I * 6 when ihe Hecon-l Buf*H*t Cliui h unify) wltli the Fire?. R v. Bylv.ums litiulrum. D. D., man |>aMie *t the tun* nnd hi? ooimectloii with the church wip fruitful of many addltionf? t lt membership. No year h.ia been .*•?> iucr* wful am IS9B, when eeventy-ix wen? haptix*J and flf’y three wer> recelvnl by letter, m.ikina a total l?. which et'|tmHe?i the nunf*er eddetl the year of th* union of th* tw chun be? The year*? hrlnKtns* lh<; rt* at est i.uriK ri. a! aalnp t* the ?hur h were ha follows; 1H39. 54; l<k. Interior of ?n?niinnh lti|itlpt * hnrrli, 129; 1871, t. 1898. 129. and the prepent >*er. 84. C>{ the prepent mem bership. thse who have been lonfr?’ con neotel w ith the chur-’h are Mr Ge *ra?' W Wylly. Kipt iteal Nov 3 18.19. Mm? Harah Jane Fraser, baptized Dec n, IN''.? Mrs. Willlmlna Turner, baptitetl Dec. 11, !839. umi Mis Mor .-.i et Oliver Ik*nl !ev. baptized Feb. jve* Mr? M.viklt Ferrlll ami a few others wh * Join el the church Qurinc the 'lo r.- yet tip. n It.*? roll. fins Hm?l Maid Phslotm. Durina Kt lona hiatory the Havanmih Baptist Church has been h'.eppetl with many able ami godly |*(*'r*, ->me of whom were prominent In 4he aff.i|rs of tlio city hiul the stat* Su*-.‘i w.* l;* v. Henry Holcombe, the flrst poator of tle church. He not only exercie*d kt* k inrluenct' in Baptist circle*. lut left Up*tn* memen loep of hIP work in behalf of hi* adopted city and stale. He was practically the father of the Georr’a penitentiary ye tem, belrr moved ?o rtierrKiiiaiiz*- fhe I /u --lalature, unrinff a m.lier syrtem of pun ishment than that then In vokup. by the execution of a men for the crime of atetUinq a un> lie permitted ta hi# *f. fort* until the btoody e,>de of the state wws reformed and the pen.ter.tiary aya tra adopted !r H* rube **- the founder of the Savannah Female On "in Asylum, which remains to-)a> one of 'be t#*t-known of the et.e%rdcr.t in-t: v.a.s of the city Tne flrst nuMttlttff to :*hler organisatiofi w ■ rcM In hi tsar lor and his wtfa. Mrs V ii * * H* mm- w-a* a memlrex of Its firs? board of dir* tors. Dr Ho rt, e wae nlso !hs originator of a t ei for m ' > **n for religloue > * n the part • / t Baptists of Geof g.a fr**m wilt h the pr- >-t Baptist Fori* v • .n *f the suit** doubt lee* the oih .•**ma. He founded M. in Enon A *m>. • i* frst e*lu • * . inr’.itution of— Bapr denit; i , ;*n of the state, i%■ lp . .J* !h* firs Bnp i * and prob es v t’ •* fir- rails:.* i- paper in the • 'ate. t • \nalytt . Re; *u’ -rv In this li w tl 4 foren.nn*-r *f his vmrwlaon. Rev. I*t Henry If* 1* <*m' ** Tucker, who for many y* rs published the Baptist It-leg. tr* o; ,'nn of ?I-' Baptist* of the S*u" Ho* A (t It . -*n the presen: •t c*. r from G **rgia, is one of Dr. it- t *tn nlti'v T..e following }t it re lew from the \V strrn K# . r ler fi at wl l l*e of interest ** Ba; ;■ ■?* | n ronr.cction with the n m;** f I>r. Holcomb* \Va tiad th*- prlv iegc of examln tr r.e first Rattpt pertoDcal puidlshed it the H*uth. if not ir. Am-fini It Is ‘The Georgia Analytical Repository, by Henry Hcdcombe. A M pastor of the Bap tpi ?'hm h in flOvannnh. Bavannah. i’rlnt(p| by S* • m >tir, \V?>*>lhopter A Sfeb bln* 38 * * Tl Ip Ip the tlfje It 1* dedicated to TH* Hx e lency. JrwiAh Talt nab. Junior, Gox'erruw of Georgia ' "It I* a 46-paffe nuigmlne, published hl monthij*. Ibe first numlwr is lng ‘For May anl June, 1902 Tlier* are no adx** rtiae nv t. t m An •la born? e ‘preface’ to Ihe first numler opens thus: " ‘The geography, the ;.wp and the politics of this slate have laudaMv ero ployc-l p.*\ernl a hie pens; but Us stfll more important e duplaeticai uflnirp remain In li • #l* p t si,aam! ar<* Pinking a jwce into unm Ttcd obllvloi Many rdigloue bodies cxiPl, find some flo?irlMh among us uukn>wn lo the public, and the memor les. virtues and labors of the mosl emJ r ent minister* concerned in their estab- lishment, rest In unprofitable silence, though capabe of rpeaklng ihe most in telligent and energetic languaite-lhe lan guage of example. Events, however re markaide, and deaths which prove that the hippy and triumphant subjects of them do not die, ntnl thus disarm the king of terror* mi *1 either make th Ir ephe meroils ap|M-.u’tince In a new*|a|H r. or be confined. In their conilnually evaporating though incptlmsibly precious Influent. , o u stl.l smaller and less conspicuous clr* e. "The periodical fulfills this procnis.* to tell of the *m*morlep. virtue* and labors* of minister*, and of the ‘events' and 'death*’ declared so important. It seems odd tlmt a magazine should announce that it will make a specialty of publish ing death-bed scenes, and yet It were well if more of them were publish*d In these days of anaesthetics, people more often die in unconsciousness than a century ago and th*- |* op4e then had morn sharp ly defined religious experiences thin are usual n*w. so impressive and instructive deathbed scene* are rarer. Deaths of the wicked, a* wdl as fli*ee of the righteous wore turned to account. For cxainpLs, conalderaMe spait Is given to one ‘John Rice of whom the * 1 • >t writ*.* “Ills life o.l*l death, howev. r w. k*d and disgraceful. *i r ?** us imtrovai > R \aluable purp**-s. He woe hr- .• *• s child fmm Eir*i*e !.* *?rcng natural parts, receive>l a pi in Kr.gßsii e<! i ‘ and wns n*4 a stranger t * the theor> *f religion Hr w rr <**r aleve it-* m ‘ mon sue, inola-el in a*lvar life ’*> ur* pulanca. florid in hi* compb xlon. fM*i dark eyes and a \> 1, steady countenance. At a suittti-.*• * he vn irri* •nl flrst He* g | I grorary shop for the uppor? of hi* ris ing family. Th*- pra dicai v which ter minated in the n : e’ion • f bt- infarr.' were keeping w. k***! <>m;un>, at., the profanatm *f ? e >* *• * h. W the meat s of gr* * and \ to ev* r temi*tatuon. by ra; : I advam * s he b* • im*‘ , 1 • In his pm :i' Arrival at this degi-- -f Wickedness, he lived the unhappy slave of vile :*?s* and r " which produceii perpetual * je- r d t- tw**n hlms*lf and Ms m ?h-nji.r*i wif* * ’ “Another article t- devoted to ihr l penance and I **w i of Mr* * ataurtt Ernst u very gcdly w mat. T *>s at samples "In almoa* every ntinler there apt ’ r *' and eion,‘ sr.-t c* *♦ tku s • f•• i Sentences were or Asb-nal.y given "There are amount* of remarkable r*' vlva.a We were f;erilly inter*-fed ih noting what i~ of -mi l t >*m *r* in ravlvai* ‘m Kentt. k** ;*‘rt • *:.% In conns' k*n WBh a tiif':te '1 ' 1 ton. fortv-flve n.:>* a- • • i* -M l* The account, among other things >a , -f *' *< f all age*, from ear if >eara old up ward. male and f* rr r aad p*-‘f and man) in tne m-' * t * r •‘I D ' it, have been Instantaneously la l m* nort eec on the ground B*.m ur.*l praarning, but more in time of sit— r *r felt the approa*-: of this -trarv aft- UOS), in deep at •) awful onv •. *r •*? >*ni. Tikelr hearts ■cam**l to swell, and they be me incapable of met on and •;>** * in*-*, bur. In many instances retained their aansea "An interesting account l glv'en of the ordination at the African Baptist r of ‘the Rev. Henry Fran i-. a nun of color, whose fre*-l m w i* recently j r chased of Mr* M i mm* i -I. In i.G !• r ton of hs character an I ministerial gift" by a number of gentlemen of Favapnah "We And In ‘hi* old periodical two Ut tar* from William Darcy, and ?h* figure?* of the Baptists of the I’nlted B:ate* for 17*0, taken from ‘Asplund s Register,* as foik*wa. Churchev A>. preachers, R-’: member* M.fTa This 1* a very quaint ind curious old publFatlon. and th* *uf f trance* between Baptist periodirds a! the beginning ami at the clo*- of the century are very striking. An !, sub r*v i. rvo| all the change* have been Improv* - menta.’* Dr James G. Blnney, one of the cir Her ia*rors of the church afterwank went as a missionary to Burmah. Rev. Henry O. Wyer. who serve*! the •hureh during the sarn* period, was w l I) known as an eloquent pulpit ora'.*r. Rev Joseph T Robert, who serve?! the church previous to :h** war, was noted as a linguist and afterwards Ailed the chair of one lent mid m**lern language* of tne lows B*ttte University. Returning to th** Biuth after tltc wsr he was planed *n charge by the Baptists of the state of th** institute for the education of teachers nr.d preacher* for the fr****lnv**n ni and re inuine*) ei the h**ad of t.je Institution nft**r it was removed so Atlanta, where it b - came the Atlti.tn Baptist Item!nary. A I>!• 11 ng iai b •-| |*r*i?‘her. Rev. Thomas RarnUiut. who succeeds 1 Rev Dr Robert, was one of the most la ting tils hfd preachers tlvat ever presldt* 1 over the affair* of the Ravannah church He remained in the city during the yellow fsver epidemic of 18M ar.d wa* noted for his effective mu) energetic work ut that time He afterwards removed to tie N rt nd became quite pr.-m rent In the aria. • f the denomination there. Dr Ramhaut w.is a naive of Irelani coming to Savannah a i young man ari beginning the atudy of law in the ofli e of Robert L. Fharlton He later entered th*- ministry and became distinguished f>>: the fervor and seal of his preaching. . w*ell as fr his loquenre and I* aridn* Givlttg up hs |Ki*t >mte in Savannah on account of ill h*-akh, he accept* I th* professorship of and Greek In th** Dharokee Baptist CoU* Ke at Casavllle, Ga He was elected president of William Jewell College of Missouri In 11M57 anl made the U|4nilkllng of this Institution ill* llfework. By his seal and ability h** mu !*• William Jeweli College the leading ■•* a .’itlorwi! liifvsitu<ton of the Umdlsts .n the West, lie was afterwards pastor or the Tabernacle liap;let Church of Brooklyn nd the First Baptist Church of Newark. N J When the epidemic of 1876 devastated the city. Rev. Timcdhy Hari**y was the shep her*l of the Baptist flock and rend* red valiant services to th dlstrees* j. In h hook ' South w art Ho! A Tour Through Georgia" mak*w **xien*l< I and comp linen tary n* fere nee to Savannah. *lw*llitu( *e (w-ctally upon the scenes which he wit neaaed here during the epl b-tni** of 187- Mr Harley afterwards returned to Eng land where ite acqulr and con* derai le pr m inen • um*ng the Baptists of u,at oun tiy Rev flylvanu* lain drum was >ne oft!. most beloved pastors the church has ha i and Is still affectionately remembered l all of the ol<l*r member* Dr. i*andmm> iMAtorat** included the years of th*- Ctvi War. He was very poi*ur with the Coti federate soldier and usually had a larg numier of them In attendance u|M>n h sermons It was said of him that a m filer who attended his church ha 1 to g t out of the bulMing very prompt y aft* • benediction or Dr. Landrum would b* down shaking him by the hand Na*ur Ally pe was l*fU\. l by them for lit- \n *rm interest In their welfare ‘n the Sn ! y previous to the evacuation of ihe I*> the Conf-*lerate forces. Dr Lau.lr m preached to a oongregatbw lrg- vn* (M>*ed of a. Idler-. On th following Sunday his congregation w*- largely cowipoeed of man in ban t*iit the sermon was ?!eUver***l ms caimly a* If th congregation had remained unchm. l. It Is that the Savannah Hap s: Churrh w-a* probably the *nly w • church on the mist from Baltimore to Galveston which di) not close lurli g th*- entire war. After a pastorate of twelve y< ars Dr Lindr um r* u**\* and to Menu*: 1-. wh- e h i. M *k charge of the Cantril Ba;**Dt Ch t h. He remained In that city during the f r -fu| epidemic of yellow fe\er anl c *>l r which ravaged the * by, and d.d no ! work administering to th- * ek an 1 . > In 1R79 he returnol to Savannah a *t -e --m lined in charge of tlia church lien* uni 1 his death in iV! Rev. J. F.. L. Holme*:. D.. who pre sided over the Baptist Church f.-r net-] ten year*, was a learned, a holarly man much beloved by his congregation. lib unexpected and much regretted lea h Dec. 5. 1891, I* well remember'd her*. Dr Holmes wa* n native of Virginia and a graduate of the Baptist TANARUS; * -.•iglcil 8* rn- Inira He was a trustee of M* r. r l*nl varsity aval moderator of the Hun twtry A-- so*-1 at ion. Rev k A Goo?1wln. who bd Dr Holmes In the pastorate or the n * Chur-h. Is generally < *> e.|e i to U one of the most eloquent pulpit orator* e #r known In davannah Dr. thsdw rk rur ren*lerel the paatorate in I>9 He n*-w has charge of the First R iptl t C; vire.a at Dalton. The Present Pastor. Ktv John D. Jordan, id* pr* * rt pi*i tor. has held the poaitUn ait * - il ls a young man for sud* ar Important pastorate, but has fully demonstrated nts ability to exerds- pro(>er . are for ha charge. Mr. Jordan Is a native of Ala bama Ha 1* * graduate o? he The*>**:i cai Pemlnsry. anl was for several years IMHdor of the First Buj-tis* Chur of LH tle Ro-k. Ark HitlOU* t i eptli call to Savannah he was In harge ,f the field work of the Baptist Young People'* Union In Iho South. H- prov,,j , v. r y cfT.otlv, worker tor the decoouuattoa la • nl eafieotiy. hot pifeer,l to return to work . v more ,'onenll to nl" •t<- Mr Jor,ln the full con i, tenee of lu* i:ji.kre*t*o*>. • IM * fl ** ,f * unite<l in whstever work he un dertake*. No tetter llluatretlon of the happy man ner In vehk’h pastor and conureganon ~.rk tofeti,. r could tw o(ler#tl than Ihe * arit u.'.i'h the me:nlera re eponded to the e.il made upon them for ■ , norm of Be|.t,mher, lKf*s. The First hurch ms one of Ihe heaviest auffererr t>> ;l,e No lime eaa watted In n res*. :aotvever. nd the work of rewlo ratlon waa . omnien 'e.l at once. Thle ■ . *--l at a coat of ahon* I: - • •>. inrludli.r a n< r pl| or*an of thi i„ ,i make. The aielltorluni of the church am ■ ( i.• . laSomtt ta th* c*t>-. THU OUKIT JU*. Hr la Konh Raley, the Inmate ol n 1m Jersey I'oorhonir. From th* New York Herald. To live to the age of I£B years 1* ar. achievement. To thus aurv)ve ami at th< iTiie tim*- retain nil one's faculties, with the • xoeption of wight, is marvelous. Ye? th** Is the rc ord of Noah XUhy. an m mils of the Bs.*riou*e, of Piscatnway •wa ship, near Plainfield. N. J. Not far - hind, in point of is Mrs Nancy ...Ulb td of KU* fiboro, N. C., who ha rt an* *1 the age of 117. Lovek>n n* w -jsipers. reflecting the wrMwile Interest taken 1n <asea w’hlch dwarf into insignificance* the acoeptf*! i *rees >*re \*:m aiwl ten" therry. are n .king Inquiries concerning th** vu g Inhoblt.it; s of the earth. In uch an lnvt-tigatlon the Fr<ll*si States mus: utv r. t in to attention. Mr Raby i* s?i*l t* be the oMes? man n America, If n*t In the world He hoe t-eeh for thirty v an* an inmate of the New Jersey institution. Is contente with h s lot. smokes and drinks whenever he f** Is o li Hned. tlweila with interest -•ii th* . *ie aFiir of the heart to whicn .'onfc**ees, .is.*l Ick4is forward t* **-v --• ral more year* .n the land of the living. \ Horn In N<rtli ( nrollns in 1773 N*ah Raby was born in Ka ton ton. Gates county. North Carbine in 1773. ills mother w ie a native of North Carolina, but his father, Andrew Bass, was on Indian Though the itioovl of an n.‘orlgin* - in h v* at*. Baby’s *ktn Is perfectly white ( I*t araWav't joor farm la *lttiate?l about four tr Us from New Market. In the Btel •in iw y. When ;i Herald correrp*and •r* * ltd at th* farm "Fncle Noah." r* i- faml.iiirlv called, was in h ac . 4" m*?i i u.*- n th*- elMing room, qiviet doztr.g in a iarg- high r*a*it rocker, w h- n'.way.H sleej***. He never goes * •and. fearing n n*.i of hl.ood to his h > I might prove fatal. He js olmor* • t.i.lv b!ind b*t U In full i**ser.*ion of niother faculties and ir>ms to en)*y *Tr .* Noah" smokes almost Incesssnl ly n pleasant lay* In the summer rrTfh- K grpe-. his way almut Ihe door \ *rd ami mingles with the male Inmates HH t..;n gray, a most now white hair m and bis bent figure denote his gisat age. • bi* muaclea are firm and he ai*- p*irs quite active. H ha.- a remarkably clear Intellect, md h * mind b* retentive on nearly all - -J* •*. The m*t noticeable thing about * 1 " ol*l man 1? his sllg/it fr.im** lie is u * Hin. wei'-Mrig l-e* than a hundred jgHind*. NN en the Herald correspondent ws* shown Info the sitting ruom and lntro • 1 :• -1. .Mr. Raby extended his hand in c..r 1 C greeting His grip was firm, and u: I fled io the vigor which hla s;4endld **n tt itlon has allowed him to retain eo long Distinctly llevncmbera Mother. "I distinctly remember my mother." soal "Fr <!e Noah." "We lived in a lit tle hut built on poles w.tv kwn In C*ar*- iiru I shall always remem**er that home. for Jt * * there that I first k-arne.l to rad But I am sorry to say that I n>d tr, even learn to write my own VN : en I wm - Mb*- it 7 years old my un-ther n rrt* 1 again, and soon after I ' * n|M . and c> hlft for myself Later was In*it. i out to a rnan named Field, • •* vvr.d many skives. I•• • with Mr Field until I wa, ” 1 f-ruck out for myivlf. I c”t > j ■ with \\ ..kw Ih-nnlopo I'nrk-r, who mr ''"rk .il-riit hr |.lce ar-l he I m.. !.'•• a %-at. 1 •lavot live yearn, when I left a oht,ln*l w | th j,„ r 1 Miehter It.-law. Rarati Parker.” Her.. I nci.. Noah wtopped arwl tip I-'.tn.l to r'-Me.y lie *hlfte>l uneasily |n f' 1 " '' h!,,r "-•I ro< ke| for n few momenta, rht it he hr.Khiene.l up ami continued: I w.- In love onee Yes. I fell in love with V Parker hut I wits too Wishful (•• pt-e. my suit, and I lost her. I thought toajle I could merry her and have the •ik pi ntatmn with nil the slaves Hhe vn th< prettiest woman I ever saw At Ihe time I fell Very hn<l. hut slneA I have -cn s*ri(l 1 didn't |op the question 1 "* v * r '•'■•l **r until it w-a too late. ' mv brother came to me and tint Mug that someth in was wrmr. ad , mr to 'ovate. Without w.titloa to ...e, t t„y wa*es or bltkllna ani.re mmdhy. I shipped to sew and was • vt*vcral months. When I K t I . k to North Tarollna T . ll,ed to See M|s. ~.i rkr. r Sh „ m „ ' > I ho.l left so suddenly without my on and after ,ome hesitation I con- hecatipe | had been In • e win, her What do you thtnk .he Ntiah, faint heart never v%on fair •’lltif It Un? Then Too l.ntc" ’’""t 11 w “* ,h, ‘ n too late. She had mnr ■l ' r new overseer two weeks before mv re-urn Perhaps I wouldn't have lived I n* had 1 married ” "I t . e Noah" sa l that he hod smoked •or more t an l?n y.r. and had been t I d ..f Iqu. r during the same period. He r- I rt I to t • reeent election but said l Oh id re voted because he hail not been • hi*, tu pay t e II He h..|o n *ad to >• 11. kson.nn rvmocraey, and hid vof. , '* •* *he oraantaatlon the liemocraiic party. Helnn unable to read, he had net kept poated in late '•ore. and had taken little lut-reat In polltb-at i'.ffair*. "I oucht to ktow somethin* shout poll •ev th. id for lam older than the |i, m . " : r,v ' r *h<“ country either." said II" I'M n 111 reflectively, as lie knorkesl tli' ashes tr ni his pip... v • 1 v not t in* to mmplaln of.” eon - ! 1 N' -'t-i•*! have had plenty to eat all niy life and have enjoytsl my ' ad most men My health has t* ..I I oukl e*(s-c|. lam never *e ttoii-. . i , and hC|i# to live several years 1 •"> lookln* forward with pleasure i to n v list i birthday on the first of r.e*t Anrll." "I the old man's birthdays the riscat " i' I-. r farm Is the objective point for the rout try folk, who drive many tad' s to offer ' . ok: initiation* fo "the old '•t man In the world." tiri-nt I Minin.'* of History. From I_e.||,'s Weekly, w’• e tt • e world's history ha* jrreater dcstructi.m nt life hoen caused by stsrva tt.n than has o urr.-d In the present famine to India Aeeordln* lo lawd Pur "" ‘ oy, rnor y-tieral. th- loss of IP* : a been fu.lv .VWi.hfst. ibe deetrucllon '■r< PS h ■ re o ftiesl 4-uO.OW.ont). while mil "'' r ~! ' Imve been destroyed. Alrout .* • •> I* r- i- are n**w <!•;indent u*on relief w ch I* furnished them by the l.riu-di v vemment The reports whloli h: \e c. me al* it this calamity hove ap palled the world. India has had several visitations of this sort !n the pr. sent century. In lAT7-M the 1-ith* frtan famine In Northwestern In .lll wer* • -ttmate-l at *01.(100. and In th* tme ler tliii in tun (tl over trtiflun porlah f 1 In Hensal and Or.sea In t5-4ki about 1 lives w.te lost from famine, and In 1S&-A9 over 1.500.00D are said to hove |>:thd ta lujpootana and utt*tiborUi* district. In India In lITT fully M 0... tvera lost from this causa In , ’* Madras, Mysore, and the sort country, while In the same year Ilia, were lost In Northern C: „ last named calamity wu the t •truetlve ;4 all the famines In , . rjr ■ f It,a world M etoftt... phea were causad by droucht at. I : of Ihe cnn>s Many famines have occurred :n F ,• but none of them reached ani f..,. the profomona of those wh!?h a. nientloneil in India amt China ! , n j --veral of them between !7> at t; . j these‘were amort* the cause* ... French revolution In tha .aat dec,, hat century, which overthrew tn I ■ons. established the nrst repnh • ruueht the first Napoleon to th r , reland, too. has frequently keen c 1 this way—ln till. I*;6. Is*, k i • -VS. That which orcurred In ihe Mined year, which was due to the i-m-y Ct, waa the severest or all. and p r y -.-rtous .oltllcal and aoelal cons" . Ihe deaths from starvation In ir. t , xK and I*l7 have been placed n: r„> ~ r irurlr,* from 10.000 to 70.000 or s. bou*h alKiut JSO.fIdO.OOO was ext* no..i t, e Hrllish yovernnicnt lo relieve tl ttess. and many millions were con- [ t y tha. United Sta'tst and other ou t . V4UAHIBI t>F ttHKI.I.IMI, How Many lllunder# Are Made—'Tj pe. writer t|icllln*. From the New York Press Our spelltn* continues In the chr 'i a state, neither caterpillar nor but'.-tl;. There Is no atilhorlly excefd Ihe w ,f an editor. Our d|c|.onHrles are *. , as *uldes. their only ambition t o t 0 put forward an many wor.K n% ir at found and os many different spel. the law allow. The writer who t; t this week aeoortfin* to Webster, r-xt t cordln* to Worcester, next accorit rc to Btormonth. next accoixkn* to the c. t. ticxt aeeordln* to the Standard, e- .| | make a pretty patchwork of pn. | It niqx-.itw to me that we are surei I In* oway from the ctymolo*lcul - j | precious to our forefathers, w * smnttertn* of Intln ail tirevk <t■ j them to build tip a vocabulary of i.or* pt<>l>ortlona on an axceedn*iy slim U... da lion. Haa It not struck you as strange -* the ad v oca tee of phonetic ipeilmf -;,| phonetic with a "ph" inatia.t of a I Ua.kllsla to be surreseful should start | right, at least. James Hadley, father ! :he president of Yale University, p re , varde.l as the oblest philologist of ha* . i ttur common spelling." he said. ”1, M' t 1 an untruetworthy guide to etymokst) Henry Sweet a Hel.leitierg I*h. D t,-s to exclaim "It te mainly am<Hig the I of half-taught dabbler* In philology ' etymo.oglcal spelling has found i n portera. ' Here we have two reoogniM authorities at cross puriroses. Inconsistency thy natne is spelling Wr used to a).ell judgment with two ici Judgement. Can’t do It now In tons places As between acknowledgment sal aekte-wl— Igcnie** lake your chut to I* a* certain ,s the other. Thera are four excellent accepted way* of spelling lit. oxide, oxyd, oxyde. The old way t IWenty-flie years ago you dared not ip.,l ketchup any way except catsup. An! *ir old hiccough of blessi-d memory haJ not given way to hickup and hiccup—both r in .'eptubie. In umerous w ord* er liv . if m our young days the x ha* t'rsn place to the a legalise la Just a* a -t<- able as legalixe. Mama Is more often tied I to-day than mamma, but the latter i '■ etymologically correct. We are kilim* diphthongs as fast as possible Presentli a font of type cast with a mat r ig* of , Ia and e, or o and e. will be regatJed as ar. halo. The heat spellers grow confused by tts ! lexicons We hardly know which to tl*e, mitre, or mlier, metre or meter, theatre or thiater, ocher, ochre, or oker. naught .r nought. Kafflt, Kaflr. Kaffer or ‘ .-r-. Mohammedan. Mohametan. M, ittirdsn i ..r Muhammadan, meager or m.-agr* *le t stone or |,m.l **tone. Indorse or endorse. | mistletoe, mls .lto*' or tnlsletoe m. l or j mould, smolder or smoulder, sabre -n --j ler. programme or program, w ■ -try or ; whisky, darkey or darky, woolen soil j len. It rests with the .dstor to say sti’ti j style shall prevail, an l no tw ■ i-.x : | agree j There Is an Inclination to b relieve! of the double consonants. Preterits, te*' tsirtlclples and present partlolpl. s buMen j 1 for centuries with double d's ar, " - r.g a haul row to hoe. ti e single I h tic genernlly accepted nowadays a* cr * Tills should Ire of advantage to t' * founders and buyers of fonts. In l* containing FC.9nn email IcMers there are I.IIM Is If one-1 spelling were get."* 1 adopted we might get along with 7 llut types are che ip. A few y ars aeo th average perfonnan-e of the car" 1 hand was too types an hour By th- new machines Invented In this countr' Ikt ' r " east every minute. The tellers are cent more quickly than the metal can be cool ed. You would be amazed to read the man uscript of brilliant writers before .’ * whipped Into shape by editor* ar. I !■' readers. Horace Greeley Is believe! have written the worst hand ev-- *— anil no one could read It except the com positor accustomed to setting up ' torlals There 1* a stock story of b - f Ir.g a discharged servant an aw f ii t i" In a letter which the fellow presen - ** a lestlmord.d of escellence snd a -tus _> obtained another Job by. Greeley ► j Haney Is not dispute.l. hut he h‘* been dead long enough to get Into the I of Fame Good spelling Is no more than the retouching of a negattv. hand-writing la nothing The typ-" I has dleeounied 11. Genluaew are n-.t I - salaries lo exhibit whst * iaa i■ ill fipereerian siyles of ct *‘ r *_ ! rhv. They are hlrl io expres. fa ; Action In graphic style. There are men - 1 the office to take care of the *1- -• ■ • and the reodere of the pnps-r or nv> 1; ! never s-e the handwriting f _ The time Is nt hand when love .>r 1 may be "indHed” on . typewriter is ihe climax of machine chirov v ’ | few years ago It would have b- t. r* * ■ I cl ns Ihe hight of Indelicacy 1 one’s sweetheart In cold type. It * **_ i dee,!, looked upon a* sacrilegious • 1 fair receiver of a Mllet doux from " ; In the plain Roman of the busln* ' ... shtid.leresl at the thought Of ”and > But to-day George a Angers ar- , much on the keys of tha mncbln- hand ul to be on Ihe alalf of With hts typewriter he enn sy times as mnch on a page, amt reail It wlihotrt specs. By the wav ever I say "my typewriter” a. me thtnk I refer to a young woman w be In my aervlee. and alrv persf lows. To atyle both woman and nv a fypwriter la confusing liieiwtlon la the order of the d.iv great brain of the up-to-date lit throis* 100 foot for any pn rr that operates In longhand. T r-e a yottng woman al-stt to t ik ? cokl and Iw-t ebullitions In short ■ transcrll>e Ahem at leisure F'en thng newspaper rejeirler has t - , r ipher and typewriter, and ’ It „ a girl, trnucy and |lnk and ntd • |f| ness l hear that n young m > w .„ this city has deslgne.l a mi , which 2.V words a minute can t v , shorthand. Why not? Il shout • c.iay as falling off a log |’ n ~ . com -of that wonderful Inyenti # Milwaukee mon* It •' de.ct._- „ tvpewnter that could be conn n phonograph; nil you had to . y rl , talk Into a funnel and have >. „ put In blue record, or violet, • spouted. A sanitary testament foe -** n administration of onlhs has been the market. It Is bourn! with ->"* 7 lulotd. Instead of leather. therefore, be seashsd and disinfected t tim* ta tlma.