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SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 190?.
“THREE STEPS BACK HOME”
And when he came to himself. * * *
He said: “I will arise • • • • and go to
my father and I will say. • * • • And
he arose and came to his father/*
—LUKE xv.
By REV. JOHN E. WHITE,
PASTOR SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH
I F ONE moral law la made plaljier
than any other running through
human experience, It la the law
that there le but one way possible for
a man out of the bad Into the good,
out of the false Into the true, out of the
darkness Into the light, out of the sor
row and woe of sin Into the certainty
and gladness of salvation, and that
way is by repentance.
I want to talk to Christians and get
them to realize this most Important
truth. The common fault of Christians
Is a mistake as to their relation to the
law of repentance. We think of It as
belonging to the primary department
of Christianity—the requirement of Ini
tiation Into the Christian life. It does
belong there, but It also belongs at
every stage of progress. The differ
ence between the well developed Chris
tian life and those lives lived In Im
perfect fellowship with God Is that one
repents Instantly and constantly with
every misstep and. every upward step
and the others, clinging to an old Ilrst
experience, are loaded down with un-
pardoned sins and really ashamed to
repent or even admit their fault.
In the strictest Interpretation the
parable of the prodigal son Is a mes
sage to Christians who are grieving
their Heavenly Father by living In
wayward disobedience or In a state
of hopelessness and spiritual famine.
Now, look nt It In this light: There
are here three steps In repentance.
The first Is an honest one, the second
an earnest one, the third a practical
one, or, If you will, they are an honest
reflection, an earnest resolution and a
practical revolution, all ending In a
great rejoicing.
When Ha Came to Himsalf.
When
TKo first step In repentance Is an
honest one. It concerns the facts of
a situation. It* Is an honest facing of
an actual condition, "He came to him
self.” Of ono recovering from a swoon
we say. "He Is coming to.” When his
faculties are fully normal we say, "He
has come to himself," and we mean
that reason Is again on the throne. It
seems a slight thing to ask of a man
that he be reasonable on the subject of
his exact situation In the sight of God,
but how often Is It asked In vain.
The boy running away from home
and despising his father and mother
Is really beside himself. So when
you And him battered by the world and
ask him why he ran away he will say:
I did not know what I was doing."
The mother will take him in her arms
when he comes back and she will say to
the neighbors, “He was not himself, he
did not know what he was doing." Now,
It Is In this gracious charity Christ
teaches us God our Father regards us'
when we backslide. Oh. how true it
Is. A revival of perfect sanity, of ab
solute Intelligence with regard to your
neglect of prayer and service would
mean a revival of religion. There Is
a madness In the blood of every Chris
tian who Is lured Into an habitual self
ishness of life. Into consuming anxiety
for wealth and the things that perish
to the neglect and discredit of his soul's
loyalty to his Father in heaven. Let
us pause and reflect. Are we acting
rationally In giving ourselves up to
Influences that put a distance between
us and the example of Jesus Christ?
Ask yourself when you momentarily
realize that you are a wanderer away
from the cross of Christ, Its law and
Its spirit, "Where Is this leading me:
where will It comq out? What Is the
gain to me In the long run and In
the eternal view of my soul?". Ought
we not to be able to render a satis
factory answer to ourselves about our
courses of action?
Mr. Harold Spender, the Alpine
climber. In his book on the High Pyr
enes, recently published, tells of an
unexpected climax to one of his feats.
With two companions he had scaled
one of the most difficult peaks, and de
scending, found refuge from the storm
and night In tho chalet of a goatherd.
The three men, half frozen, and ex
hausted with the long and terrible
strain, but glowing with triumph,
crouched before the Are. The goatherd’s
wife, a dull old woman, stood looking
at them silently for a while, and their
pronounced a single word:
"Pourquoir (Why?)
Spender declares that he and his
companions looked at each other with
an expression of surprise on each face.
They had risked health and strength
and life itself. "Why?" What had they
gained? There was no answer. The
one word struck llkp a blank wall
across their consciousness of useless
struggle and suffering ami danger. The
snow fell outside, and the mist shut
nut the hills. They did not talk to each
other. Each was asking himself,
"Why?"
Come to yourself, you arp good at
calculation. “Why are you risking so
much of your Immortal self In conduct
Inconsistent with Almighty God's will?"
Now press the emphasis a bit further.
"He came to himself.” He did not halt
at "coming to" but went on to fix his
mind on hlmsblf.
To be a perfectly honest man Is no
small achievement. The explanation
of the professional Impression the
preacher end the Christian worker
sometimes make on people Is our lack
of Intellectual honesty. It requires some
genuine moral courage for the best man
to unpack his soul before God. Hut
It must be done. We will be on the way
to God when we do It. I do not think
I am putting it too strongly when I
make the proposition to this audience
that If any one of us will give one hour
today before the sun goes down to an
honest study of his owji soul, an hour
of genuine self scrutiny In view of the
will of God, In view of Immortality and
eternity. In view of tight and Justice,
tliat ho will be certain one time at least
to hear his soul crying, "God bo mer
ciful to me a sinner." But to get men
to come to themselves, that Is the task.
"My people will not consider, salth the
Lord." To what pains will not even
Christians go to avoid honest self-ex
amination. We dread the aching mo
ment when conscience says "your sin,
your Ingratitude, your soul, look at It.”
I have known some Christiana who
avoid revival services because, I mean
the real cause, because of the probabll.
Ity that they will be compelled In some
solemn or tender moment, to feel, how
dishonest their spirits and lives are
from the gospel of the cross of Christ
and to realise-Just how coldly, neg
lectfully and unlovlngly they habitually
treat their Heavenly Father.
"He came to himself.". Let me tell
you, brethren of the church, that so
cial, worship, the swing of the song,
the rhythm of ceremonial, the sensuous
elements of our service have their
value, but the grandest spiritual fact
that will take place In this church to
day will be when one of you has for
gotten the song, and the prayer and
tho preacher and pushed his soul Into a
comer of his thought and asked, ob
livious of all around, “What am I In
the sight of God today?,” The evan
gelist was acute, when In reply to
someone who asked where he thought
the great world revival would begin In
England or America, he said: "Draw
a circle three feet In diameter about
yourself, kneel down In It. and cry,
•Lord, let It begin right here.' ” Wer are
saying that the one thing needed to
day la for the church to become re
vived and get on Are through and
through. 1 am not Indifferent to wl|at
the body of Christ could do In that egae,
but I haven’t got that far In my prayer
here yet. 1 hope I may get to that
after a while,' but now my prayer Is
that I may see Just one or two come to
themselves and say, "I will arise and
go to my father.” There will bo no
revival unless the vast majority of you
get revived and wc can not be revived
unless we repent first.
The Soul’s “I Will, - ”
The second step in repentance Is an
earnest one. As the first step had to
do with the reason, so this step In
volves the will: as that had to do with
an-honest reflection, so this concerns
an earnest resolution.
When the man In Christ's Illustra
tion came to himself he did not stop
with a miserable mental fumbling with
tho facts of his situation, but he imme
diately said something, said It out loud
and with a ring—"I will; I will arise.
I will go. I will say."
In speaking last Sunday about the
soul you recall that I maintained that
the soul was a self separate from Its
powers, but that the will stood In the
closest relation thereto. The will is
Soul’s right hand man, the prime min
ister of that wondrous kingdom called
man soul. It was a perverse will that
led the prodigal Into debauchery, and
that will, repentant, led him home
again. The whole range of man's spir
itual history Is mirrored In this single
suggestive fart In the parable of Jesus.
"Paradise Lost" Is the story of the
human will raptured by Satan: Para
dise regained Is the story of the hu
man will rescued by the Son of God
and reset to heavenly harmony. This
Is the lino of battle In every man's
life—the will. Whoever gets your will
has almost gotten you. The old negro.
plaining the doctrine of election.
Id: "Dare's un election goln' on all
de time. De devil he's a votin' aginst
you and Jesus he's a votin’ for you,
and whichever way you votes dat's de
way de election's a-gwlne."
Is there a man here who would ad
mit that he could not be an active,
praying, working servant of Jesus
Christ, If he were to make up his mind
to do It? I have seen men who, by
drink and drugs, had lost his will pow
er, as It seemed, but such Is not the
[case with Inactive church members be
fore me. Your will! Why with that
will of yours you could march like a
bridegroom to a marriage feast to
face a storm of carnage; you could
stand up against it thousand odds to
carry out your plans. There have been
hours when you felt your will close
upon some cherished resolution like a
vise. If that great section of Chris
tianity which In the sense of Intellec
tual ability. In the sense of character
force Is the very flower of the churches,
the men and women who,, when It
comes to planning and good sense and
meeting the financial Issues of the
church, are natural leaders, honored
and respected for their abilities and
achievements In world, would give their
wills one week ,to Jesus Christ to do
what He died to do, language would be
beggared to describe the results.
God looks over the world He has
made and He sees the planets and the
spheres, (he rivers and the oceans are
tike children sweetly moving obedient
to His will, but alas! upon man God
looks,and says: “Oh, sorrow! see the
millions who knew Me not nor obey
Me." "But. Lord, they have not
heard Thy Gospel; they will obey Thee
trlinn that nnanal ranoltoa ilmnt " An/1
when the Gospel reaches them.’ 1 And
then a grief greater than any other will
fall upon the ear: "No, no, for but
behold these thousands who have heard
My Gospel and have one 'time believed
and are even now depending upon My
Grace to save them—they are deaf to
My coll: their wills aye not Mine." )
is It hard for the flower wheh summer
comes
To turn Its face to the sun?
Is It hard for the flaming red ash to
rink
When Us course for the day Is run?
Is It hard for the dew to moisten the
earth
When night’s dark,shade doth fall?
Is It hard for the bird to answer again
Tho note of Its mate's sweet oall?
Or merely for man Is It hard to achieve
The will of the mind above?
For man who doth dally and hourly
receive -
Fresh proof of the Father's love? -
Is the only strong straining against
God's will >
To be on the part of his child?
While everything joyous fulfills his
behest
From tho mart to the tangled wild?
All life that Is fully surrendered to
God
Sweeps on witha s tep serene.
Moved by the bounding unlimited force
That throbs In the earth’s fre/h
green.
Thus as tree and flowers and forest
and glade
Adorn without effort the sod.
The fragrance and power may be felt
of a life
Wholly surrendered to God."
Repentance that Repents.
The last step In repentance Is a qyac-
lical one, "He came to himself." that
was square and honest. He said "I
pill arise, I will go, I will say," that
was resolute and earnest, but now the
best of all, "he arose and came to his
father." That was practical and It was
the consummate conclusion of nil his
misery. Reflection led to resolution and
resolution resulted In revolution and
then If I may anticipate revolution end
ed In rejoicing. “They began to be
merry.”
Now I have seen men very serious
here today. My eyes caught one face
a while ago with eyes down-cast a* In
an honest reflection and I said as I
went on spanking: "God grant that he
may come to himself." But I mu«t
any that the very man In my mind s
eye may have come to himself iodny
end he may even have said In his heart
"I will arise, I will go, I will say."
And yet If he doesn't push It to prac
tice he will mlsr a true repentance.
Repentance Is not solemn reflection:
If It were every funeral would he a
place of repentance. This week & poor
miserable husband, as they opened the
coffln. kissed the cold face and cried
Good-bye, good-bye," nnd then sat
staring at his own sould In profound
and painful reflection. Tho next day
he was drunk and staggering on the
streets. Repentance Is turning and
going. It Is doing the thing the mind
has so earnestly repeated and resolved
upon.
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“AS A MAN SOWETH”
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By REV. EVERETT DEAN ELLENWOOD, j
PASTOR UNIVERSAL1ST CHURCH
T HE season of promise and of
prophecy Is upon us. The plow
man's red scar across the fal
lowed Held Is the prelude to the reap
er's song of satlsfaotlon. The fragrant
woods, In gala dress, whisper myste
riously of more lasting joys to follow
fast upon their fleeting beauty. Every
where, across ths bleak bare fields,
men may be seen, like anxious misers,
biding their treasures In the earth. The
food that might fee<\ a multitude Is
hastily, eagerly, thrown upon the
ground, and quickly covered from sight.
Labor's mighty congregation of believ
ers engages once more in the universal
Interment, evidencing thus, a world
wide faith In tho unending resurrec
tion. For jocund spring la here, and
summoned by her melodious voice the
sower goes forth to sow his seed.
Unconsciously It may be. but none
the less truly, here Is performed a most
sublime act of faith, and it Is an act of
faith which depends for Its perform
ance upon no blind relief In Impossible
miracle or unreasonable and useless
transcendence of recognised .law. He
whose faith in the eternal persistence
of seed-time and harvest Is to And
practical expression In the labor of hi*
own sowing, makes no demand upon
faith other than that of experience.
And so It Is that
"There Is no unbelief;
Whoever plants a seed beneath the sod,
And looks to see new life appear
Through breaking clod,
He trusta In God.”
Tho faith of the sower must always
know this limitation, however. It It be
Indeed the* sure and steadfast faith
born of experience, and not the fatuous
following of foolish necromancy. He
must never allow blmself to hope or to
believe that the promised harvest sbail
differ one whit from the seed of the
sowing, save In the measure of. Its
quantity alone. He must not hope to
"gather grapes from tborne, nor figs
from thistles." He must not expect to
put his eager sickle Into an unpolluted
crop of wheat. In a field whose spring
time saw with anxious heart the min
gled wheat and tares fall from the sow
er's careless hand. Nature’s wonderful
alchemy performs no such confusing
and disastrous miracles as this. It hss
remained for the foolish, dresm-fe.'l
fancy of the theologian to fashion this
monstrosity.
Nor can the sower nope to be able to
share with another, either the honor or
the reproach of the harvest. Though
the actual toil of the reaping may fall
to other hands, yet to him alone, who
cast the seed, must come the praise or
blame. No amount of frenzied prayer
and sincere, though unfortunately de
layed repentance, can change this
eternal decree. "Be not deceived: God
Is not mocked; for whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall he also reap.”
Upon this Immutable 'principle, woven
Into th* very fiber of nature and plainly
manifested In all her manifold and
varying forms, rests the safety and
stability of tho moral universe. Of all
the lessons which man Is privileged to
learn from nature's ever outspread,
beautiful Bible, none Is more essential
to his spiritual development than this.
And of all "the foolishness of preach
ing” with which the race has been un
speakably cursed since first man was
given a conscience, none Is more per
nicious nnd disastrous In Its effects
than that sophistry which would seek
to discredit or disprove the unfailing
operation of this principle.
A system of religion which advances
as a fundamental tenet the promise
that the sinner may escape the Inevi
table penalty for his own misdeeds by
means of some miraculous vicarious
hocus-pocus scheme of Intervention can
not. In the very nature of the case,
operate for the making of truly right
eous lives among men and women. No
wonder that many of the world’s mod
ern students of ethics declare It as In
creasingly their conviction that human
civilization has developed In spite of
religion, rather than because of It!
Here Is another cause for an abiding
faith and trust In the eternal goodness
and wisdom and power of God. Should
we not be profoundly moved with grat-
REV. E. D. ELLENWOOD.
Itude, when we discover how He con
stantly "makes the wrath of man to
praise Him;” how He overrules the er
ror and foolish fancies of our theolo
gy, and makes us to grow In righteous
ness, In spite of the erroneous concep
tions we have entertained'concerning
His nature and Hla plana concerning
us?
But we should be anxious to avail
ourselves of the opportunity to be co
laborers with God In the moral vine
yard, Instead of continuing to throw
our unhappy errors In the way of His
icaven. Let us put aside our theolog
ical and traditional bias just fqr a mo
ment and seriously face ourselves with
this question: Given an Imperfect
moral being, one still quite a little
"lower than the angels,” as the field of
operation, Is It really reasonable to sup-
nose that the wholesale promlae of Irn-
tutlonary punishment, will contribute
toward the establlahment of geulne
morality and actual righteousness In
the heart of that Individual? It may
be argued that gratitude here plays her
part In the restoration of the sinner to
holiness and decency, that In return for
this tremendous sacrifice a persistent
effort toward reformation Is certain to
be made. But that nature which can
complacently accept the sacrifice and
suffering of an Innocent victim In the
place of merited personal punlahment
must be an entirely oecupled by cow
ardice and selflshneas as to leave no
room for gratitude which belongs
among the higher virtues. Were sub
stitutionary punishment for sin a fact
of experience, Instead of a fiction of
theology, the net result must bq hu
manity's utter loss of courage and self-
respect.
As a moral proposition, a Ann belief
In certain Incarceration In an eternal
ble to a belief In any form __
punishment whatever, which can be
escaped or avoided by ths acceptance
of u fetish, or by allegiance to a man
made creed.
Time was, no doubt, when the fear
of the horrors of endless punishment
In unspeakable tortures was necessary
to tame the brutish passions of man,
and whip his savago Instincts Into
some semblance of civilisation. "And
the limes of this Ignorance God winked
at; but now commandeth all men
everywhere to repdnt." But. Christian
theology, borrowing from Its founders
this old heathen doctrine of endless
torture as a punishment for sin, has
nullified It and utterly robbed It of
Its power as n deterrent, by making
provision for Its escape, under certain
conditions. All lawmakers know that
a law without a penalty, or a law
whose penalty Is uncertain In Its ap
plication, Is absolutely valueless, save
as tr legislative absurdity and curio.
ir Indeed It be true, as we are taught,
that "whom the Lord lovsth. He chaa-
teneth, and scourgeth every son whom
He recelveth." then how shall we be
convinced of His love; If He with
hold from us the chastisement so sorely
needed for our discipline In righteous
ness, and which Is certainly ours to '
reap, by reason of our sowing?
And how shall we know that our sow- ,
Ing In righteousness shall not fall of 1
Its reward, If we Are commended to be- I
Have that the iniquity which we heed- '
lessly scatter broadcast, shall not re- j
qulro reaping nt our hands? Wo are
constantly exhorted to labor for tho
certain rewards of righteousness, but •
how shall we be convinced of their un
failing quality. If we must accept tho
teaching that the results of out- evil
sowing are to bo reaped by another?
Let us show as sound Judgment In
our theology as we try to express In
our theory and practice of human legis
lation. let us at least give God credit
for as great a degree of wisdom In the
Institution and maintenance of the
divine government as that displayed !
by His Infinite children In their feeble
and imperfect attempts at aelf gov- '
emment.
SO shall we teach ourselves to be- |
Hove In ths Infallable operation of all i
of God's laws, both physical and spirit- I
uni, and, becoming convinced that j
"seed time and harvest shall not cense,” .
W'o shall make It our chief business to
sow continuously, truth, justice, love,
Imerry, kindness, patience and sacri- .
flee, which, being nurtured to maturity,,
shall bring forth Increasingly
peacable fruits of righteousness.
SOCIOLOGICAL
STATE SOCIETY
rresldenl -Dupont Ouerry, Mtcon, Os.
first V.-I’.-Dr. A. R. nolderby, Atlsnta.
Second V.-r.-Dr. E. C. Pecte, Mecon.
Scc.-Trcns.-Dr. W. T. Jones, Atlsnts.
Annual Meeting In May, 1907, at Mscen.
ATLANTA SOCIETY
President E. Marvlnib'ndenrood
Vic# Pit*. Dr. Tbeo. Toepsl
Hmtftnrjr Miss Hsttf# E. Msfijn
Trvmnrer
,.C. E. Folmuj
of etch i
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE.
Rev. C. B. Wllmcr, J. D. Cleaton, E. Marvin Underwood, Dr. R. R. Klme.
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Secret Order News and Gossip
-CONDUCTED BY CLAUDE NEALY.-
SOCIOLOGY THE TREND OF THE DAY
By DR. R, R. KIME, Atlsnta, Qs.
S OCIOLOGY Is really the art of liv
ing together In harmony for the
benefit of each other. Organ**?'
tlon for self-protection and self-preser
vation has been the forerunner of a
higher and nobler sentiment, now rap
idly^^ developing ths *»»'®Prlnclple of
which Is the "brotherhood of man.
Never before have the Amerlcnn peopte
t ha t * we *a ro° depe nd en t StfS
Sa/permanently <o elevate and
nah, April 1» to 19. did good work
along sociological lines. Besides the
various papers and discussions on these
subjects, active steps were taken to aid
In securing a state sanitarium for In
dolent tuberculosis. Many members of
the society hre working for its accom-
pllshment and the as«oclatlon ls behlnd
the movement as a body. The associa
tion also Indorsed and urged the estab
lishment of a colony for eplleptlc^ an
industrial school for the feeble-minded
lows: _ _ ...
mentihe whde muatbe Improved and
RnHroads can ndt exist wl , th . ou * *!)?
people, and the people caninotImpirove
md advance without the railroad*.
capital needs labor for Its devdop-
ment and maintenance, while labor
v£di capital to give employment and
,apply Its demands for living and ele-
nation of themselves. ...
Insurance companies can not exl|t
be benefits and protection of the in
Thus* a^mutuaT relation exlri. be
ween all the necessities and
communities, cities, states and na-
All professions, business, commercial
d labor Interests are b , c **, n " ln ? h '2
illse the relation of one to the other
in awakening that speaks well for
j future. A higher c, . v 1 , ® h J‘ eht *° 0 ’{i,
SS Is developing n higher moral
indard In dealing one with the other-
la civic honor and r, »*l t ?2i l, 2?M '^ld
nd to foster and" develop the good and
Imlnate the evil In all
^rburine..' , and"iabor?n. r er?ri; t Ja
people and nation. Never before in
• history has there been such a
ml upheaval and regeneration of
lc moral standard*. .. _
hibllc sentiment Is demanding*
her moral standard In conducting
, insurance, railroad* and In the
nagement of capital and labor The
iou* professions are falling to y
I directing their Influence Into chan-
■ that aid In a higher development
'he Medical Association of Georgia —-hnTit
1U last annual meeting ib Savan- throughout
State Commission.
"In the Interest of the state for the
better development of the people witn
a view of securing a more harmonious
relation of the races and lessening
crime, vice and diseases, bp It
••Resolved, 1. That we Indorse and
urge the legislature of the state of
Georgia to provide for the appointment
and maintenance of a commission for
the study and Investigation of the
primal causes of crime, pauperism, in
sanity and mental degeneracy.
"J. Bald commission to be composed
of two physicians, two lawyers, two
legislators and two teacher*, se ated
because of their fitness and qualifica
tion for the work.
"t. It ahall be the duty of this com
mission to study the above subjects
from a scientific and practical stand-
nolnt as they pertain to the state and
this section of the country In relation
to both white and colored races, and
make annual report* of their work. In
cluding suggestion as to the control and
prevention of these evil*.
"4. We urge the appropriation of at
least |5.««0 oy the legislature and so
much annually as may be needed for
the use of the commission, that It may
accomplish Its work In an sfflclent
manner, and disseminate such knowl
edge as will be of benefit to the va
rious profession* and general public of
^“Adopted by the Fifth District Med
ical Society. Fulton Medical Society,
Atlanta Sociological Society; also by
numerous physician* and citizens
" — the state.”
HANDY TRIBESMEN
RAISE THEIR CHIEFS
The council'fire of U^doc Tribe. No.
70, Improved Order of Red Men, wan
kindled In the hunting grounds of
Handy, reservation of Georgia, on the
12th Sun, Plant Moon, G. S. D., GO, by
S. O. Newman, past D. O. 8. Council
Are was kindled on 20th Sun. Plant
Moon, by Hon. J. R. McMIchatl. G. J.
S. , of Comanche, No. 0, whan the fol
lowing named stump officers were
elected and raised to their respective
stumps:
Dr. J. C. Jackson, sachsm; W. J.
Brown, senior sagamore; W. E. Harga-
gee, Junior sagamore; 8. G. Newman,
prophet; W. D. Byrd, K. of R.; L. H.
Moseley, C. of \V.; Q. T. Brown, K. of
W.; S. M. Wortham. G. W.; J. R.
Brown, O. of F.: V. V. Vaughn, first
sannop; T. L. Smith, second fannop; J.
T. Smith, Watt Dial, W. H Martin and
J. K. Orr, first, second, third and fourth
warriors; J. T. Webb, W. E. Smith, J.
B. Crowder and Ralph Dlnl, first, sec
ond, third and fourth braves.
The following visiting chiefs were
present and conferred the adoption,
warriors and chiefs’ degrees;
J. R. McMIchael anil S. L. Blanton,
past sachems, Comanche, No. t; W. T
Stephens, sachem, Comanche, No. 6;
S. W. Lord, post sachem, Conesnuga,
No. 22, all of Atlanta hunting grounds;
V. R. Ingram, past sachem, Coweta, No.
7; W. F. C. Llnch, past senior saga
more. Coweta, No. 7; R. T. Moses,
senior sagamofle, Coweta, No. T, hunting
grounds of Turin.
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Maxims of the
! FRATERNAL WORLD
Take care of your sick members.
Fraternal operation tends to elevate
personal character.
Many golden opportunities are neg
lected because we rely too much upon
some one else.
PIEDMONT REBEKAHS
WILL GIVE SOCIAL
It fb. the uncertainty of life that
make* a certificate In a good benefi
ciary society both necessary and de
sirable.
Ths adheslv* power of the fraternal
obligation Is truly wonderful.
GOBBLERS TO FLY
IN SHORT TIME
The -Atlanta lodge of Gobblers Is to
be Installed In the K. C. hall. In the
Austell building, on the 2tth of ths
present month or on May 1.
Some of the foremost men of the city
have signed charter applications to be
come members of the new order.
Hon. Hoke Smith. Hon. W. R. Joy
ner, William 8chley Howard, Chief
As the great fraternal order*' grow
In magnitude they become more pow
erful magnates In attracting others to
become members.
The patriotic teachings of good fra
ternal orders have done much to pro
mote that spirit of democracy that pre
vails throughout our land.
Plsdmont Rebekah Lodge, No, If, I.
O. O. F., has been doing splendid work
for the past few months, and Is grad
ually coming to the front and Increas
ing her membership every meeting
night.
For the past month the degrees have
been conferred on a number of candi
dates, every meeting night.
Past Grand Sister Emma Ivy has
been elected to Abe grand lodge,
which meets next month at Columbus,
Go., and Past Slater W. A. Spinks has
been elected D. D. G. M.
A new degree team has been formed,
and with th* seal and vigor put into
the work by the members will undoubt
edly prove to be the best In the city.
LOCAL BEAVERS
WILL ENTERTAIN
Atlanta dam, No. 2. Independent Or
der of Beavers, met last Monday night
st the hall, 67 1-2 East Hunter street
Although the weather was Inclement,
there was a good attendance. Much
business of Importance to tbs local
Beavera was transacted.
The entertainment committee Is ar-
DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA.
Where wer* you Inst Thursday night?
At th* hall, of course. Well, If you
were not you should have been.
Fraternity la the binding together of
many Individuals Into a tower of
strength for good and for the protec
tion of the unfortunate.
Just so long as the need for pro
tection and co-operation exists, just
so long will our grand fraternal so
cieties thrive end prosper.
Let every man consider seriously
what condition his own loved ones
would! be In If his salary was to stop
suddsrily and he had no means to main,
tain them.
M. D. GLEASON.
MACCABEE INITIATION
ON MONDAY NIGHT.
Greater Atlsnta Tent, No. TO, of the
Maccabees, will have a big class Inltla.
tlon at the hall, ft Central avenue, next
Monday night.
The officers are making special prep
aration* to make this a gain night and
Invite every Maccabee In Atlanta to be
present. <
The degree team will exemplify the
beautiful ritualist' work of the Mac-
Henry Jennings. Hon. Sam Small andlcabee* In a manner that will be Inter-
many others of equal prominence ore'eating entertaining and Instructive to
among the list of charter members. those who attend.
We feel aad over the removal of some
few of our members, and loved one*
of our member* recently and yet feel
that we ought to rejoice over some new
ones we have received.
early In May, which bids fair to be
ono of the most enjoyable affairs ever
given by any fraternal ortjer. Much
enthusiasm Is being manifested in th*
proposed entertainment. The commit
tee on by-laws submitted Its report sad
the by-laws wer* read and action post,
poned until next meeting night.
"MEMBER.”
TEACHERS’ EXAMINATION.
An examination for applicants for
position of teacher In the public schools
of Atlanta, Oa., will be held Friday and
Saturday, May t and 4, beginning at
noon on the Id. Applicants must be
present both days and a fee of 21.00
will be charged to each applicant tak
ing the examination.
By order of board of education.
L. M. LANDRUM.
Acting Superintendent of Schools.
IE FINE MEETING
Coneaauga tribe. Red Mon- met In th*
wigwam on Wednesday 'sleep »11 h *
good attendance. After the routine
business, our eagle-eyed first war
rior scouted the forest and discovered
one lone paleface who had wandered .
Into tho camp. After duo trial he
No. 2 Is on * boom—If you don’t
believe It add your presence next meet
ing night. Even the receipts of the
evening are going up and this la a sure
sign of success.
After council closed Thursday night
we had a jolly time playing games, etc.
If every member will bring In an
application next Thursday night you
will be doing your whole duty and need
not ask for bouquets. - ,
Watch out for the entertainment In
May. Announcement In regard to thla
later. "MEMBER."
W. E. White.
W. E. White, aged 40 years, died
Thursday night at his residence, 704
Glennwood avenue, after an Illness of
two years. He Is survived by his wife
and two daughters. The funeral serv
ices will be conducted In Maysvllle, Ga„
where the body was sent Friday nlgbL
HARGISES’ TRIAL
* SET FOR -MAY 7.
Lexington, Ky., (April 27.—Judge
James Hargis. Senator Alex Hargis,
Sheriff Ed Callahan and Jess* Spicer,
all charged with assassination of James
Cockrlll, In July. 1)02, will be called
here for trial May 7. Since the Jury
trying Britton for the same killing
could not agree, the accused ar* anx
ious for trial.
KEENE’S DAUGHTER
SUES FOR DIVORCE
New York, April 27.—The long-ex
pected shattering of th* romance it
Millionaire James R. Keene's beautiful
daughter anJ her husband. Talbott J.
Tfiylor. occurred today, when It was
announced that she asked -the New
York courts for an absolute divorce.
Sbe wad Jessica Harwell Keene, aa>l
only daughter)
the "stunt” to tho "queen's
taste.”
The popular sachem, T. F. Callaway,
Is getting over his recent Illness, i.'one-
sauga Is gaining In tnotnbershlf
wampum, and we ow* It to no one
than to our efficient past sachem.
Moon, who has brought In about tv
palefaces this term.
"LITTLE INJUN."
.md
nty
.Mrs, Katie Jones.
The funeral services of Mrs. Katie
Jonas, aged Cl years, who died Friday
night at her residence, 1452 East Fair
street, were conducted Saturday morn
ing at 10 o’clock. She Is survived by
her husband and five children. The
Interment was In Westvlew cemetery.
NOTICE!
The mayor nnd general council of the
city of Atlanta Invite bid* for lighting
the streets and public places of said
city for terms of one year, two years,
three years and five years, as per *pe--l-
flcatlona contained In a resolution of
said mayor and general council ap
proved April 22. 1*07, a copy of which
resolution will be furnished upon appli
cation to the clerk of council.
Bidden aball specif)' th- maximum
price to be ebarged by such bidder to
any person, firm or corporal Ion. within
the city of Atlanta, during the form of
contract with said city, for electric cur
rent or electricity, for light, heat, power
or other purposes for which elcctrij
current may be used.
Bids addressed to the mayor ai d gen
eral council should be tiled v-i'h the
clerk of council and will be -ne,i ;n
May *, 1907, at 3 o'clock p. ir... the
council chamber.
The right to reject any or ail hi is
reserved, W. J. oamimikll.
Clerk of CamDuiL