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DR. BROUGHTON’S SERMON
With this issue we resume pub
lication of the series of sermons by
Rev. L. G. Broughton, pastor of the
Tabernacle Baptist church, of Atlan
ta, on Historic Women of the Bible.
This series was interrupted by the ill
ness of Dr. Broughton, who was com
pelled to take a omplete rest to re
store his failing health.
ESTHER THE GOOD QUEEN-
"The king loved Esther above all the
women, and she obtained grace and fa
vors in his sight, and he made her queen
instead of Vashti.” Esther ii, 17.
Every Bible student must have much
interest in the study of Esther, if for
no other reason, the fact that she should
be honored with the book of Esther in
the Old Testament. But a still more
striking fact is that the book bearing
her name does not contain the name of
God. It seems to have been the purpose
of the Holy Spirit to let this section
chronicle the natural sequences of human
vanity without reference to any over
ruling power. Cod often veils Himself
for the sake of letting one see the nat
uralness of His Government. Suppose
some one says. "I don't believe in inspira
tion at all." What difference does it
make? His disbelief does not change
the operation of divine law. Wrong do
ing bears its own fruit. "Whatsoever a
man soweth that shall he also reap.”
This is a common law of nature, and
needs not to have the stamp of Inspira
tion to guarantee its authenticity.
The same is true of the book of Esther.
Bike Ecclesiastes it is a book which
deals with “life under the sun ” But
we are not to deal so much with her
book as with Esther herself.
Ahasuerus was king of Persia. the
greatest empire then in existence. It
extended from India tn Ethiopia, and
contained 127 provinces or states. Never
did there reign a more lecherous old mon
arch. In the third year of his reign
he gave a great banquet to his nobles, his
princes and the various governors of
his many provinces. At this feast he
was to show the glories of bis kingdom
end his own personal glory. As some one
has said in speaking of another, His
vanity was his glory." Os course, at
this banquet everybody got drunk At
the same time Vashti, the queen, gave
a feast to the women, but though this
was a feast for women there was not
half so much vanity as among the men.
The world has slandered woman in this
respect. The vainest thing that walks
this earth is man. Woman is anxiously
proud, but man is stupidly vain. On the
seventh day of the king's feast "the heart
of the king was merry with wine In
this drunken state he ordered his serv
ants to fetch Vashti. the queen, into
his presence that he might exhibit the
beauty of her person to his reveling,
drunken company. Thank God. he met
his match. Though she was his wife,
there were some things she was not go
ing to do. She was not going to be
dragged in to exhibit herself to gratify
the lecherous eves of a wine-soaked
mob. no difference if her husband did
order it I take my hat oft to her.
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There is no law of inspiration or reason
that would compel a wife to bow to a
dog.
Don’t Say Obey.
Some one asked me why 1 did not
have obey in my marriage ceremony. 1
said, first, because I don t see any use
in making a woman declare a lie. and.
second, I don’t know how it is going to
hold out. If he should turn into a brute
she ought not obey him.
Vashti’s refusal greatly angered the
king in his drunken state. Doubtless it
would not have affected him so much
if her refusal had not been known to
his guests before whom he had talked
so big of his power and his greatness
It don't hurt the average man to know,
that his wife won't be bossed, but it'
kills him to find that other people know
it.
But the king was not lacking in sym
pathizers and advisers. And, as in most
such cases today, the sympathy is on
; the side of the man. 'Die poor woman
oft-times carry Ing in her heart the real
root of the matter, too timid to talk and
too strong to yield, has to bear the
blame. The king's sympathizers did not
stop with that, they pressed the matter
to a separation of man and wife. How
often it is that meddlers have divided
a home. Os course, the queen was not
going to recant. She would separate be
fore she would <U> it: and 1 don't blame
her. Tile king, inst'-ad of reforming, suf
fered it to be so. He had no character
and she know it. How could she recant?
Now comes the excitement. It is not
very uncommon for an old bachelor, espe
cially a widower bachelor, to get him an
agent or two to select a. wile. I have a
few such contracts now. But it is un
common to find so many. King Ahasue
rus appointed agents to go through all
his provinces and look out for the fairest
virgins ami bring them into his palace
anil remain with him for a period, and the
one that pleased him best should be
queen. Among those sent out was Mor-
I decai. a Jew. who bad been brought
I from Jerusalem a captive. He had a first
j cousin by the name of Esther, who was
I said to be the prettiest woman in the
empire. She was, however, a Jewess.
And if he succeeds in presenting her to
the king that must be kept a secret.
So the plot was carried out. Esther
agreed to keep the secret. Anything to
get into the royal family. The same then
as today. There are scores of American
women today who would be glad to be the
ser\;nt-mispress of any third-rate Euro
pean count. The secret tv.is kept. Wom
an’s tongue was vindicated. At the prop
! er time Esther was brought before the
king and crowned queen. What a leap
this was. In such a short time she
went from a poor, despised Jewish peas
ant woman to the throne of the greatest
empire in existence.
Persecuting the Jews.
Here the real trouble began. In the
king's court was one Haman, yvho be
came enraged with Mordecai. who sat in
ti. king's gate as a wot iitn.in M.ydecal
was a JeyX/ and it was very easy to
work tip feeling concerning the Jews,
just as it Is tqday lit Russia. Any
thing is taken as a pretext to butcher a
Jew. To avenge Mordecai Haman suc
ceeded in getting the king to decree
death for all Jews in his kingdom. When
Mordecai learned of this he went over
in front of the king's palace and cried,
so that the young queen heard him and
sent food and raiment to him. She yvas
greatly moved. Mordecai would not have
her raiment. Ho wanted the cruel hand
of the king checked. Just what the
poor Russian Jews want today To hear
the powers of the earth passing reso-
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lutlons of sympathy' and d.ping nothing
to stop that awful butchery jp sicken
ing. Why don't our government lay aside
commercialism this once and do some
thing for humanity. Must we do as we
did jji Cuba, wait until they bloyv up a
gun boat before the cry of humanity can
penetrate our capitol at Washington. Oh.
that something could he done, though it
be the pleading of an Esther. The re
cent lies of the Russian minister at Wash
ington, endeavoring to excuse his govern
ment, has further outraged justice. Eve
ry one at all acquainted yvith history
knoyvs his utterances are lies. Mordecai
said to Esther: “1 want liberty.” He
called her attention to the fact that she
was a Jewess, and that unless she came
to their rescue he would tell on her. What
a predicament! Os course, there was
nothing else for her but to make the ap
peal, though it was with fear and trem
bling. It is always different when one's
self is involved. Some people feel awful
hard because they are not petted, when
It is a known fact that they would not
bend 2 inches to x>ct anybody on earth.
Mordecai brought it home. Jloyv impor
tant! There would be very little trou
ble if we would put ourselves in others'
places. This .awful Russian outrage
would be solved In a day if Washington
would take the place of a Jew for one
minute. If nothing is done by this ad
ministration I'm in favor of taking it
into the conventions. Bet there lit; a
clear, ringing declaration of our oppo
sition to religious persecution among any
pcrfplc of eqrth.
Sowing- and Reaping-.
At the propel- time Esther appeared be
fore the king. Front tin- description of
iter that we find in Hie book bearing
het name site must have looked very
, beautiful. There was just enough of
heartache to soften het- countenance and
j put pathos into iter voice. When site
i approached the king, sitting upon his
throne, he at once yielded to her. not
l knowing what site wanted. He handed
i her his scepter and promised anything,
even to the half of his kingdom. Esther's
'reply was an invitation to the king and
' Haman to dine in her apartment. The
| invitation yvas .-H-.-eptod. and Haman very
I greatly elated. There was only one thing
i to mar bis anticipated enjoyment, and
that was "Mordecai the Jew sitting al
the gate of the king.” How this proud,
petty official did bate the Jew. But
he saw away out of this. Since the
; king had issued a decree for Hie death
ot the Jew. and knowing Mordecai to
| be a Jew. he concluded that the matter
might be settled tli.it way, so ho con
tra :i j i u < Ilov. that Mor.i' i jji ight
be bting-d thereon. it was his inten
tion the in-xt day to go before the king
and ask tor the execution of this hated
Jew. That night, however, while Haman
was construct mg the gallows the king
was r- iding th< book ot records, and tn
i that lie found an tieeount of Mordecai
| saving the king's lite by vigilant yvatch
| fulness at the gate. The next day' when
: Haman came to make bis request known
i tie.- king asked him; "\\ hat shall be done
1 unto Hie man whom the king delights to
honor'.'" Haman in his conceit, thinking
■that the king it.ul reference to him, re
plied: "I.et Hie royal apparel be brought
yvhieh the king useth to wear, and the
,horse that the king rideth upon, and the
crown royal which i. set upon his head,
and let Hie royal apparel and horse be
delivered to the hand of one of the king's
most noble primes, that they may ar
ray Hie man withal whom the king dc
lighteth lo honor, and bring Ipm ya Lors. -
back through the street of Hie city and
proclaim before him. Thus shall it be
(.one to the mm yvbmn th" king dciight
eth to honor." This pleased the king,
and he gav>: orders to Hainan that he
should go and perform Chis to Mordecai
i the Jew. What a di- appointment. 1 have
'often heard of "eating crow.” It seems
: to me if there is anything worse than
■ croyv. Haman ate that. Think of it!
1 Having to go ami place Hie royal robe
■upon ilie despised Jew who sal at the
! gate, the V. r- lo.in the thought of whom
iso marred th-- prospect for the banquet.
The next we hear of Haman lie is yvith
' the king at Esther's banquet. Here Esther
made known to the king the fact that she
was a Jewc. .• and thus condemned by
his de tee. Th.it. her blood and her kin
dred were being sought by those yvho
h.cl no mer.-y. That she h-.d held lot
t'.mgue, but the time had come yvhen she
must speak. She begged that Hie king
would nt least spare her life. She showed
him that this ]>ersccution of her kindred
i v.as because of jealousy and hatred.
I’pon hearing this the king said: "Who
I is he, and where is lie that darest pre
sume in bis ileart to do so?" 'Phen it was
that the ni-' ve of this remarkable woman
v.as put to tin n-st. when she turned to
the bigoo'd, self-, n ceiled Haman ami
| said: "The adversary and enemy is tills
I wicked Haman." Then one of the serv
ants of the palace said to the king: "Be
j hold the gallows wbi.-h Haman had made
for Morde.-ai. who bad spoken good for
the king, standeth in tin- house of Ha.-
man." Then the king uttered those sol
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thereon.” 'What a remarkable declara■
Ilion! The last v.-e see of Haman he is
g-d ii the gallows which he himself
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in jealousy and madness prepared for
Mordecai.
But not only yvas Haman thus execut
ed, later on we find his ten sons likewise
hanged upon the gallows, and the Jews
'throughout the entire empire given their
liberty to go and come like other citizens.
Final Suggestions.
There is no more interesting book in
the Bible. The story' that it contains is
one of interest from the first verse in
the first chapter until the last. I have
never found my interest so keen in the
study of ~|n y book. The practical sug
gestions are so many that one feels
ashamed to attempt anything like a just
review of the remarkable character that
figures in the book. I must beg indul
gence. however, while 1 make a few
suggestions at the close.
First, concerning the law of retribution.
'I here i s nothing more plainly taught in
history, both sacred and profane, than
this great truth. We all see it. standing
cut on the pages of history. Go to the
old Ghetto in Rome. There the Jewish
people were once kept inclosed by a huge
wall, not allowed to he taught outside the
gate, if so it was death on tho spot. They
were forced to live in filth and poverty
without any opportunity whatever to bet
ter their condition; ofttlmes scourged and
persecuted in every possible way. But
how about it today? Has this law of ret
ribution been suspended? Certainly not.
In the very center of the Ghetto, near the
banks of the Tiber, stands today a Jewish
synagogue in which I had the privilege
of attending worship. Just below this
synagogue is being creeled one of the
handsomest buildings In Koine for Hie
purpose of the worship of the Jews.
Walking through the campus of Hie syn
agogue one afternoon I saw a Catholic
priest, a member of that church yvhieh
bad in former days visited all this per
secution ii|.on the Jew, being chased by
something like twenty-five or fifty boys
and girls. I could but feel as I saw this
a bit of rejoicing. While 1 do not believe
in mob violence for any cause, at the
same time 1 could not. help taking off my’
bat. to the- youngsters, yvho. slill feeling
lite smart of the Jasli of lhe church of
Rome, would not allow one of its repre
sentative to attempt to propagate his
religion In their midst.
We too often look upon the operation of
this law as somefTling to dread. Why
should we not face the other side? There
is in it • u i illy as much to rejoice over.
Poor, ■■ ;■•( i q. disappointed soul, take
comfort from il It is for you. God in
His own time will bring about the day for
leveling up things-. Rest assured your
deserts ire known lo God. He keeps
books. That day will come some time.
No clou’ ever stood still; it is bound to
move. 'l’ ■ eb-monts that go to make it
are themselves forced to shift.
Praised Through Wrath.
Bastly. I must call attention to the way
God has - f bringing life out of chaos.
From ov ry point of view Mordec.-ii’s plot
was ec’: a ible It was a deliberate plan
to deci-iv • the king. And yet yvb.cn we
take tn the circumstances of the times
in ty hi-h in- 'ive.i it was not so bad. Mor
decai knew that Esther would make the
king a good queen.and a good wife. He
I kneyv also that the fact of her having
.’(•wish i . ■ in ii! her would not prevent
her In the exercise of either of these
functions still the plot Esther acquiesced
in was wrong. But see how God over
rules and makes even "the wrath of man
to praise Him." Through Esther deliver
ance conns to toe whole Jewish people.
This to me is a cause for great, rejoicing,
the fact that God does not cut us off
because of mtr mistakes and for our sins:
that Hi- still exercises watchfulness and
stands by tn help us. Oh. hoyv gracious
God is! Who is it. that, does not love
Him'' Wl-i is it that is not brought, low
in humili.--lion to say. Father’’ Who is it
that has e be begged and urged to con
i'- ss Hiu to stand for Him in His sanctu
ary, to .inhold Him in worship? Pity!
pity! the one who is so ungrai- fill, so
stupid, so vile as not to dedicate himself
and ai! tint, he has to the furtherance of
the glory of God.
In the black forest of Germany a baron
built a c.i.-tie with t'.vo lofty' towers From
cm- tower to tin other he stretched sev
eral wires, which in calm weather were
motionless and silent. When the wind be-'
gan to bi w, the wires began to play like
an Aeolian harp in the window. As the
wind rose into a fierce gale, the old baron
sat in his castle and heard his mighty
hurricane harp playing grandly over the
battlements. So. while the weather Is
calm and the skies clear, a great many of
Hie emotions of a Christian's heart are
silent. As soon as the wind of adversity
smites the chords, the heart begins to
I'l.-iv, and when G d sends a hurricane of
terrible trial you will hear strains of sub
mission and faith, and even of sublime
confidence and holy .exultation, which yve
never could have heard In the calm hours
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Race Problem Discussed at a Public
Meeting in Interest of Fort
Valley School.
(From The Phi: delphia Public Hedger.)
"Christianity' :md common sense will,
in Hie end, be IT Moses ami Aaron that
will lead us om of this yvilderness," la
the way ex-Slai” Senator Gray, of Geor
gia, prophesied Hie solution of the race -
problem in this country at the meeting I
last evening in Witherspoon hall in the j
interests of the Fort Valley, Ga., High I
and Industrial school. ,
The audience, yvhieh faced a platform j
full of distinguished speakers, was a
small one, but w is distinctly enthusiastic,
being about, one-half composed of ne
groes, for which race the institution is
conducted.
Ex-Mayor Warwick introduced ex-Post
niaster General Charles Emory Smith as
chairman of tin meeting, and Mr. Smith
began the speaking with a short address.
He said;
“This problem of what to do with and
for 9,000,u<)0 of tb»- colored people in our
country is a great question. Tho cause
of education is foremost in our minds as
a great pririeiplc, by yvhieh yve may do
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Mr. Gray said;
“I only wish to correct two mistakes In
Mr. Smith's remarks. 1 am not a state
senator. I have been, but I have reform
ed. I myself, yvas never an owner of
slaves, but ni” father and family were.
1 have left my Georgia home to plead
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and yours and mine. At the close of the
civil war slavery passed from our statute
books, never to”return; but it has left in
its stead a problem that occupies our
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Ladies’ Hands. ( have foull(1 peari.ine a great help
My experience with PEARLINE leads .| n cleaning baxfiy soiled Infani w’lothes. Easy Washing.
me to think it milder on the hands, and as lt rs. Pa away with all rubbing. think the clothes wash easier when
it takes loss of it than of to soften Mrs. Itev. .1.-. PEAIit.INE, Mrs. Rev. L. VV. K
' b b ' Silverwa/e.
itannels. ( j|| (p p f Or dish washing better than Delighted.
1 have used PEARI.INE a number ’f soap; It keeps the silver bright |am very mm h , I'.i- ; wi: '
years, and like It very nnnh for n't Mrs. Rev. 11. B. M. INE. It gives perfect sat.i •a<tloti. I
kinds’of flannel garments. They aro alll delighted with it. M -s< I'
soft and nice after washing. , Woolens.
Mrs. Rev. C. T. j fln ,[ p KA RLINE dissolved in hot Hands.
The Skin water with a very little ammonia, add- pr.-Airt t isn't rn har-1 on the
lne ’ ed (the whole mixture quite liquid) very ha P _d, i gome soape It sgo
PEARLINE does not injure the hands for rtaJns )n WO olen garments, etc. donT have to rubeo
in the least. Mrs. Rev. B. M. N. Mrs . H . L. H. "s you would If .- -u used -ei P
We use PEARLINE for bathing, and Miss M W. P.
tin,l it excellent do not liko to bathe nuiuco.
without n. Rev. H. D. S. IFlne for cleaning bottles, remming Rubb’ng
gummy substa.iicof’. Kev. I’:. .1. .LOSS xvUDu
Laces. ’ I found It a tfroat help in w;i.'• *
I like PKAKI/IN for washing lace Floors. .'.-ttii- by i* t a.n. -mt >
collars and embroidered and lace doilies, pp; \ rlini : makes paint* d doors b- k bing, thcre> > ; nu: t n.> .-,
which I do, not trusting to the washer- bright and new. Mrs. W. G. T. 511 • J ‘‘ x
woman. Mrs. Rev. J. L. : x
White Clothes. Recommended. Satisfactory
t ha . vc used PEARLtNE for the last '
ten years. Always sa.tlsfie.l with It. It p . mP ' nil ' t ,, r , thPrs if I, about It. hut. L.i-.c found Pt-.ARI-INE
never turns the clothes y» How. .. .. ~ ,■ ia t isfiu-’orv. Mrs. Rev. ■ I). 1
Mrs. Rev. R. G. J- 1 lr ' ' r ‘
Thousands of Similar Letters .Have Recommended
thinking people far more than slavery
itself.
"There is a great horde of blacks grow
ing up and multiplying. What we arc to
do today yvith them is a question for
America. Active, astute politicians have
failed to solve the problem, yet Hie poli
ticians placed in the black man's ha.id
the ballot. The ballot protects the poor
colored man, but politics have failed to
solve this problem. Industrial institu
tions alone have failed; philanthropy' has
done much, but. yvithout cooperation the
fact remains that the problem is still un
solved. Christianity ami common sense
will in the end be the Muses and Aaron
that will lead us out ot this wilderness."
The speake- etilled up the pictures ot
the old family cook, “Aunt Easter." and
tlie old black mammy who cared for him
tn bis childhood, and of their influence
upon him. Continuing, he said:
"The appeal of their posterity coming
from another world bids me speak for
them—the heroes and heroines of ante
bellum family life. Their poverty stricken
posterity' is struggling and stumbling over
a citizenship yvhieh they do not under
stand, and yvith a freedom which they do
not comprehend."
Referring specifically to the needs of
the Fort Valley school, the speaker slid
that $455 ;t month yvas needed for teach
ers’ salaries and $5,000 for annual current
expenses, lie continued:
"As to the opposition of the smith, rn
people that is a fallacy that is hardly
worth denying. Our own legislature pays
$3 for tuition to every $1 income from
taxes paid by' the colored people. That is
bv a democratic, white legislature. We,
as southern people, cannot afford to have
them raised up in ignorance, and you, as
northern people, and the American people
cannot afford it."
Need of Cooperation,
George Foster Peabody, of New York,
trustee of Hampton and Tuskegee, treas
urer of the education board of the south
and treasurer of th * general education
board, said: “For twenty years I have
had a continual interest in southern edu
cation. My attention was called to the
school at Fort Valley, which is in my na
tive state. Progress has already been
seen at that school, and I am sure that
there will be greater effl ’iency in the fu
ture. Tii” two boards of yvhieh 1 am a
member are equally Interested in the
white people, as their condition in the
smith is one of extreme poverty. One-half
of all the taxes in the south goes to
education today. There is great, need for
cooperation ami for lari r contributions,
deeper interest and wider knowledge. I
think I'hiladclpliians like New Yorkers
are far less interested than they should
be. The yvorl: of Hie schools like Fort
Valley is intended to complement the pub
lic. school woi.K. it ( moot grow until
there are teachers. The thing that needs
to be known throughout the northern
states is how great an investment will
come from the c >nt r'bution."
Dr. Wallace Buttrich, secretary' and
executive officer of the general education
board, said:
"Mr. Peabody' and 1 am here to assure
the people of Philadelphia that the boards
to winch wo belong have inspected this
school, and that we give it a hearty' and
cordial indorsement. It is deserving help.
We need have no fear of tlie southern
white people and their relations with the
nc-gro. I say this from profound convic
tion. I believe and 1 am convinced that
the conscience of the south rings true
in this matt-r."
Our Gravest Problem.
Colonel A. K. M ("lure said that lhe
race problem is now regarded by' our
statesmen as Vie gravest ever present -J
to our people. "The only solution of the
problem is to bo found In the united
energy of north and south to give tlie
colored man a chance f>>r a livelihood.
There is not in this city any' place for a
black man beyond the most menial posi
tion. Our mechanics who vote to give
them equal rights will never permit them
within their circle to work by their side.
We must not only educate tho black man,
but the white man.”
After H- A. Mathews a trustee of the.
Fort Valley senool, spoke briefly of tho
work being done tner;, Hie assistant
principal of the school, James H. T.tr
bert. made the concluding address of the
evening.
He told how Impossible It was to think
of getting rid of tho negro problem by
emigration. "The only thing to do.” lie
continued, “Is to recognize the black
man here and help him to help himself. I
believe that the black man can make a
noble history in tho southern states where
he came from, and eventually' the south
ern states will be tho best home for negro
—a negro’s paradise.
"I wish I could break down the preju
dice against him. I wish it could be
broken down In factories and th' machine
shops and everywhere. I think that when
the blacks and whites in the south are
educated the prejudice will die out. We
have got to lift up these people or they
will drag the white man down.”
Letters were read from Clark Howell,
of The Atlanta Constitution, regretting his
inability to attend, but indorsing tlie
school, and from E. W. Clark, of this
city, promising a contribution.
BOOKER’S WORK IS INDORSED
Tuskegee, Ala., May 27.-(Speclal.)-Al
an Informal meeting of the LaGrange
and West Point white business men vis
iting Tuskegee institute today, the follow
ing resolution yvas offered by C. V. Truitt
president of tho Unity Cotton Mills Com
pany, of LaGrange, Ga., anti unanimous
ly adopted:
Be it xesolved. That the Tuskegee in
stitute is a great and beneficent institu
tion and that its founder and principal
Booker T. Washington, is a great and
good ma.ii, and a benefactor of both races
in the south."
THREE LINK FRATERNITY.
Grand Lodge Odd Fellows Held Ses
sion in Atlanta.
Tlie annual meeting of the grand en
caTnpmefit of the Odd Follows ot Geor
gia came to :i close last Tuesday night.
Every seat in the large hall was
occupied, tlie platform and the slips
leading to il were covered with p-o;.-!*-
and the anteroom was W'-li filh-d by S
o’clock. Flitting here and there w--re the
uniformed men of the cantons, their
magnificent i-'galia adding a dash of
sparkling color to tin- scene, while from
all quarters came the soft rustle of the
fans of the handsomely attired women of
the Rebekah lodges.
The last night of the encampment was
given over to features of entertainment,
and tlie delegates and their friends en
joyed themselves to Hie utmost.
Judge R. T. Daniel Speaks.
At tlie conclusion of the music Judge
Robert ’1". Daniel, of Gritfin, was tntro
duecd. Judge Daniel well sustained ins
state-wide reputation as an orator <>:
ability and discussed Hie object and tlie
progress of Odd Fellowship in an able
manner.
Grand Sir” Goodwin next intiodueed
Past Grand Master William 11. Barnes, of
California. In presenting him to the au
dience Mr. Goodwin paid some high com
pliments to the old war horse of the or
der. It was Mr. Barnes who establlsh-
At 9:45 o'clock the body was called to
order by Grand Patriarch Fred Ficken,
of Waycross, who stated briefly ilie out
line of the work of tie- day. After re
ceiving the reports of. the committee on
credentials and membership, the encamp
ment proceeded to elect officers of Hie
grand encampment for tlie following year.
The following were chosen- C. B. Elliot,
of Brunswick, grand patriarch: B. C.
Randall, of Gritfin, grand high priest:
R. S. Crenshaw, of Columbus, senior
grand warden; J. S. Tyson, of Savamrih,
grand scribe; A. S. Kontz, of Atlanta,
grand treasurer; Jonas Mendel, of Sa
vannah, junior grand warden.
Tlie newly elected grand patriarch ap
pointed tlie following as his assistants
for this term: C. W. Parr, of Athens,
grand marshal; 1... S Hill, of Macon,
grand inside sentinel; A. <'. Brinson, of
Augusta, grand outside sentinel.
Grand Lodge in Session.
The first day's session of the grand
lodge of Hie Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, of the staXe of Georgia, was the
most notable in the history of the order
in this state.
The features of the day's session I.i d
Wednesday were election of offi.-t rs for
ensuing year, the number of distinguished
men present, and the record-breaking at
tendance.
The officers elected are John A Hynds
of Atlanta., past grand Capital lodge,
grand piaster of Hie grand lodge of Geor
gia; John W. Bennett, of Waycross, past
grand of the lodge at that place, deputy
grand master of the grand lodge; T. 11.
Robinson, past grand., of Gainesville,
grand warden: J. S. Tyson, of Savan
nah, grand secretary; Dr. T. A. Cheatham,
pust grand, of Macon, grand treasurer;
R. T. Daniel, of Griffin, past grand rep
resentative, grand representative.
Meets in. Valdosta. Next Year.
Tiie sixtieth annual meeting of the
grand lodge of Georgia, independent Ol
der of Odd Fellows, closed its labors
Thursday afternoon at 5 o’clock, afler
lhe most successful gathering in its long
history. More work was accomplished,
more members were present, and the
feeling was more harmonious than ever
before, and the members will return to
their homes today with the consciousness
that the order is stronger and better in
every respect by reason of the fact that
the convention was held.
In the drill the ladies made use of the
pretty idea of what is called the "living
letters," and the letters I. O. O. F., F.
L. T., tlie three links, an anchor, a cross,
the moon and seven .stars, and other
figures were represented by the moving
girls, and the wqyk was splendidly done.
Tho grand lodge selected Valdosta as
the next meeting place.
Rebekah Lodges Elect.
The Rebekah lodges ot Georgia elected
their officers for the coming year yester
day morning. Tlie following were chosen:
Miss Hattie L. Suttles, of Smyrna, for
merly vice president, was promoted to the
president's chair, in the place of Mrs.
Fannie Cook, of Atlanta, who becomes
past grand president; Mrs. Angelina Nor
ton, of Savannah, formerly grand war
den, becomes grand vice president; Mr.--.
Pauline Eton, of Waycross, from grand
secretary to grand warden; Mrs. Amanda
L. Moore, of Fitzgerald, from outer guard
to secretary, and Mrs. Ida Rhodes, of
Atlanta, treasurer.
The list of appointive officers as named
V/o Do INlo'fc Dooiei've the Sick.
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you orn P lacln # your case in expert hands. We do not believe in any form
of deception. We have no Free Medicine scheme to deceive the Bick. b’>®
H© r*H every case put under our treatment is positively guaranteed by, Not a
C?7 Dollar Need bo Paid Until Cured, and we are the only Specialists
\W
afterwards.
AT ou "' ant Honest nnd also Skillful treatment for any form of
Chronic Disease, wrife to ua Today, for our method of Heme Treatment
t*RLI;ST REf t---—>R has never been excelled.
Or - . Reynolds & Co.,
5101-2 AUSTELL BUILDING, ATLANTA, GA
by the new grand president is as fol-M
lows:
Mrs. Agnes Dickson of Way cross, grand ■
conductor; Mrs. Annie Porter, of H- -ns
wick, grand chaplain; Mrs. J
of Smyrna, grand inside guard; M s B
L. Cary, of Macon, grand In i-1- '-'uard, IS
and Mrs. Lula Barlow, ot • ambus, 43
grand marshal.
The Rebekahs were :
Grand Mastei W H Bart s, - itly H
enjoyed listening to this patriarch :' th- igg
order.
Altogether the convention mad" a splen- «■$
did record, and many favorable $
ments are heard on the streets. No m»‘t
ing of any secret order he'd tn V.-ii-ta yr,
within Hie recollect ion of any one has £
been more highly sued ssful in J
spt 11, and the tnembet leave 1
honi'-s carrying with them the best wlshej S«
of a host of friends in this city.
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HEAVY RAINS TN NORTH STATE
Hailstones Weighing- Hah? Pound
Found After Storm.
Winston-Salem, N. C.. May' 26. —(Fy“
cial.)—That portion of this county' ! ng
six miles west of this city wis vFced '■
yesterday afternoon about 5 o’clock by
one of the most remarkable and dost- : •
five hail storms within the memory of
the oldest inhabitants.
It is doubtful if this storm was ev<*r :
equalled In this or any other “(■•!: •:
size of the hailstones and in the : !(■ ':
ena. that small fish, per-h varic'c. •* 1
with the hail and some were ini ’-1 1
the stones. Buckets full of hailstc
were brought Into the city' th s mor” -.g
and some of them, after lying she
sun tha t followed in the al o r.-cion ■.: l
all night, measured six and cn ■ ie:
I inches in circumference and w- -•'■
i eight ounces each.
| Tlie roofs of <■ v-ri! houses wore tot ji
-wrecked tvhiie
in them through which a boy c-'-dd
Cattle vv-re badly bruls -d. several ;■
were killed ind ’ow
old. were crushed; window glass . :
shutters were destroyed, th” gri-e 2
gain was beaten into the ground
ruined and several people tvere injur*
The storm covered an area of a mil”
more in width and lasted for twent;- m
utes, followed by rain.
Get Rid of Scrofula,
Bunches in the neck are by no means
the only trouble it causes.
Cutaneous eruptions, tnilamma ion
the mucous m mbt i ic, catarrh,
of the eyelids and ears, diseases of j ■•*
bones, ri.-ket--. dyspepsia, general d-n '
ty, wasting, marked tendency to
sumption, are some of tlie other trou
It is a very active evil, making If * ">e
of the whole system.
The best way to get rid of scri t . .. -
to take Hood's Sarsaparilla, and PilF -th
way is radical and thorough, so that i” ‘
results are permanent.
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills positive ■
eradicate .-■■•rofula, euro all its manif”-M.a
tions, build up the whole system.
Accept no substitutes, but insist on
having Hood’s.
THIRTY CENTS FOR HILLIS
Tennesseeans Reward His Booker
Washington Remarks.
Memphis, Tenn.. May 26.—(Special, i
The utterance of the Rev. Dr. Dwight
.Hillis, of New York, about making up the
bed of Booker Washington should he be
a visitor at his home, met with condem
nation in this part of the south, and sev
eral of his admiring friends of McKen
zie, Tenn., sent him a purse of 30 cents,
with the foilwing note:
“Dear Dr. Hillis—We are ail poor, but
we want to share our substnace with
you in admiration for your wonderful
sacrifice of yourself on the altar of duty
for mere opinion's sake. Your courage
is assuming the affimative on the ques
tion: Sb.ill Booker Washington have n.«
spread his quilts'.” is one of the finest
examples of manly independence that the
twentieth century has yet produced.
"Wo rather think tlie Indianapolis
chambermaid lets you bested at this
stage of the game, and her position is
probably more remunerative than yours,
but W-” glory in your spunk, and we are
not willing for your efforts to go unre
warded. Yours affectionate!v.
“ADMIRI NG F RIENDS.”
