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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SATURDAY. APRIL 27, 190?.
“THREE STEPS BACK HOME”
And whan he came to himaelf. • • •
Ho eaid: "I will ariee • * * • and go to
my father and I will aay. » * e e A nc f
he aroea and came to his father."
—LUKE xy.
By REV. JOHN E. WHITE,
PASTOR SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH
I F ONE moral law Is made plainer
than any other running through
human experience. It is the law
that there is but one way possible for
. man out of the bad Into the good,
* of the false Into the true, out of the
Sarkness into the light, out of the sor-
and woe of sin Into the certainty
:„d gladness of salvation, and that
* jv is by repentance.
I want to talk to Christians and get
them to realize this most Important
truth The common fault of Christians
I. a mistake as to their relation to the
Jaw of repentance. We think of It as
belonging to the primary department
Christianity—the requirement of Ini
tiation Into the Christian life. It does
belong there, but It also, belongs at
.very stage of progress. The differ
ence between tho well developed Chris
tian life “nd those llvca llve<1 ln * m -
oerfect fellowship with Qod is that one
renents Instantly and constantly with
.very misstep and every upward step
and "the others, clinging to an old first
aiperlence, are loaded down with uu-
nnrdoned sins and really ashamed to
{epent or even admit their fault.
In the strictest Interpretation tho
-arable of the prodigal Bon Is a mes
sage to Christians who are grieving
their Heavenly Father by living ln
wavward disobedience or In a state
of hopelessness and spiritual famine.
Vow, look at It ln this light: Thore
are here throe steps In repentance.
The first Is an honest one, the second
an eurnest one, the third a practical
one, or, If you will, they are nn honest
reflection, nn earnest resolution and a
practical revolution, all ending ln a
treat rejoicing.
When He Ctme to Himself.
The first stop ln repentance Is an
honest one. It Concerns the tacts of
s situation. It Is an honest facing of
an actual condition. "He came to hlm-
aelf " Of one recovering from a swoon
we say, "He Is coming to." When his
faculties aro fully normal wo say, “Ho
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 ln 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 find him battered by the world and
w hy he ran away he will sav:
I did not know what I was doing,"
The mother will take him ln her arms
when he comes back and she will aay to
v?? brighbors, "He was not himself, he
did not know what he was doing." Now,
I* *• “■ this gracious charity Christ
teaches us Ood our Father regards us
when we backslide. Oh, how true It
'*• A revival of perfect sanity, of ab
solute Intelligence with regard to your
neglect of prayer and servlco 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 cohsumlng anxiety
for wealth and the things that perish
to tho 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 come 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 hod scaled
one of the most difficult peaks, and de
scending, found refuge from the storm
and night ln the chalet of a goatherd.
The- three men, half frozen, and ex
hausted with tho 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 then
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 like a blank wall
across their consciousness pt useless
struggle and suffering and 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 are good at
calculation. "Why are you risking so
much of your Immortal self ln 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 Ills
mind on himself. _
To be a perfectly honest man is n<»
small achievement. The explanation
of the professional Impression the
preacher and the Christian Worker
sometimes make on people Js our lack
of Intellectual honesty. It requires some
genuine moral courage for the best man
to unpack his soul before Ood. But
It must bo done. Wo will bo 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 3tudy of his own soul, an hour
of genuine self scrutiny ln view of the
will of God, In view of Immortality and
eternity, In view of right and Justice,
that ho will be certain one time at least
to hear his soul crying, “God be mer
ciful to me a sinner.” But to get men
to come to themselves, that is the task.
My people will not consider, saltb 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 havs known some Christians who
avoid revival services because, I mean
the real cause, because of the probabil
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 tho cross of Christ
and to realize 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, tho 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
the preacher and pushed his soul Into a
corner of his thought and. asked, ob
livious of all around, "What am I ln
the sight of God today?” The evan
gelist was acute, when In reply to
someone who asked where lie thought
the great world revival would begin In
England or America, he said: “Draw
a circle three feet ln diameter about
yourself, kneel down In It and cry,
'Lord, let It begin right here.’" We are
saying that the one thing needed to
day Is for the church to become re
vived and get on Are through and
through. I am not Indifferent to what
the body of Christ could do ln that case,
but I haven't got that far ln my prayer
here yet. I 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 be no
! revival unless the vest majority of you
get revived and we can not be revived
unless we repent first.
The Soul’s “I Will."
The secqnd 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 lllustra
tlon esme to himself he did not stop
with a miserable mental fumbling with
the factB of his situation, but he Imme
diately said something, said U out loud
and with a ring—"I will; I will arisa
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 ln 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 splr.
itual history Is mirrored in this single
suggestive fart In the parable of Jesus.
"Paradise Lost” Is tho story of the
human will captured by Satan; Para
dise regained is the story of the hu
man will rescued by the Son of God
and reset to henvenly harmony. This
Is the line of battle In every man's
life—the will. Whoever gets your wll)
has almost gotten you. The old negro,
explaining the doctrine of election,
said: "Dere's tin election goln' on all
de time. De devil he's a votin' ag'inst
you and Jesua he's a votin' for you,
nnd whichever way you votes dst's de
way de election's a-gwine."
Is there a man here who would ad
mit that no could not be nn active,
praying, working servant of Jesus
Christ, If he were to make up his mtitfl
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. Tour 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 a thousand odds to
carry out your plana There have been
hours when you felt your will close
upon some cherished resolution like a
vise. If that great section of ChrlS'
tlanlty 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 tho
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, the rivers and the oceans are
like 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
when the Gospel reaches them.” 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 aro even now depending upon My
Grace tq save them—they are deaf to
My call: their wills are not Mine.” )
"Is It hard for the flower when aummer
cornea
To turn fta face to the sun?
It It hard for the flaming red aah to
sink
When Its course for the day Is run?
Is It hard for the dew to moisten tho
earth
When night's dark shade doth fall?
Is It hard fpr the bird to answer again
The note of Its mate's sweet call?
Or merely for man la 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 the mart to the tangled wild?
All life that is fully surrendered to
God
Sweeps on wltha s tep serene.
Moved by the bounding unlimited force
That throbs ln tho earth's fresh
green.
Thus as tree and flowers and forest
and glade
Adorn without effort the aod.
The fragrance and power may be felt
of a life
Wholly surrendered to,God."
Repentance that Repents.
The last step In repentance Is a prac
tical one, "He came to himself,” that
was square and honest. Hs said "11
will 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 all hie
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 as in I
an honest reflection and I said as I
went on epeaklng: "God grant that he j
may come to himself." But I must |
say that the very man In my mind's
eye may have come to himself today
and he may even have said ln his heart |
“I will arise, I will go. I will say." I
And yet If he doesn't push It to prao- !
tlce he will miss a true repentance. !
Repentance Is nqt solemn reflection; 1
If It were every funeral would he a [
place of repentance. This week a poor
miserable husband, aa they opened the
coffin, kissed the cold face and cried I
"Good-bye, good-bye," and then sat
staring at his own sould ln profound
and painful reflection. Tho next day
he was drunk and staggering on the
streets. Repentance le turning and
going. It Is doing the thing the mind
has so earnestly repeated and resolved '
upon.
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By REV. EVERETT DEAN ELLENWOOD, |
PASTOR UNIVERSAL1ST CHURCH
T HE season of promise and of
prophecy Is upon us. Tho plow
man's red scar across tho fal
lowed Held Is the prelude to the reap
er's song of satisfaction. The fragrant
woods, In gala dress, whisper myste
riously of more lasting Joys to follow
last upon their fleeting beauty. Every
where, across the bleak bare Helds,
men may be seen, like anxious misers,
hiding their treasures ln the earth. The
(ood that might feed a multitude le
hastily, eagerly, thrown upon the
pound, and quickly covered from sight.
Labor'B mighty congregation of believ
ers engages once more ln the universal
Interment, evidencing thus a world
wide faith In the unending resurrec
tion. For Jocund spring Is here- nnd
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
sublimo act of faltb, and It Is an act of
faith which depends for Its perform
ance upon no blind relief In Impossible
miracle or unreasonable and useless
transcendance of recognized law. He
Whose faith in tho eternal persistence
of seed-time and harvest Is to And
practical expression In the labor of his
own sowing, makes no demand upon
faith other than that of experience.
And so It Is that
"Therq Is no unbelief;
Whoever plants a seed beneath the sod,
And looks to see new life appear
Through breaking clod.
He trusts in God.”
The 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 himself to hope or to
believe that the promised harvest shall
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 thorns, nor figs
from thistles.” He must not expect to
put his eager sickle Into an unpolluted
crop of wheat, ln 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 has
remained for the foolish, dream-fed
fancy of the theologian to fashion this
monstrosity.
Nor can the sowar hope to be able to
share with another, either the honor or
the reproach of the harvest. Though
the actual toll of the reaping may fall
to other hands, yet to him alone, who
cast the seed, must come the praise or
blatae. 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 the very fiber of nature and plainly
manifested In all her manifold and
varying forms, rests the safety nnd
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 and 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, ln the very nature of the caee,
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 becauso 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.
ltude, 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, ln spite of the erroneous concep
tions we have entertained concerning
His nature and Hie plane concerning
ue?
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
E rogress In bringing In the kingdom of
eaven. Let us put aside our theolog
ical and traditional bias Just Tor a mo
ment and seriously face ourselves with
tl.ls 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 promise of Im
munity from penalty, through substi
tutionary punishment, wilt contribute
toward the establishment of geulne
morality and actual righteousness In
the heart of that Individual? It may
be argued that gratitude here plays hsr
part In the restoration of the sinner to
holiness and decency, that In return for
this tremendous sacrifice a persistent
effort toward reformation la 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 punishment
must be so entirely occupied. by cow
ardice and selfishness 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 Action of
theology, the net result must be hu
manity’s utter loss of courage and self-
respect.
As a moral proposition, a firm belief
in certain Incarceration In Rn eternal
hell for the sinner Is entirely prefera
ble to a belief In any form of future
punishment whatever, which can be
escaped or avoided by the acceptance
of a 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 savage Instincts Into
some semblance of civilization. "And
the times of this Ignorance God winked
at; but now commandeth all men
everywhere to repent." 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 a 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 a legislative absurdity and curio.
If Indeed It be true, ae we are taught,
that "whom the Lord loveth, He chas-
teneth, and ecourgeth every son whom
He recelveth,” then how shall we be
convinced of Hie love; If He with
hold from ue the chaetlsement eo sorely
needed for our discipline ln righteous
ness, and which Is certainly ours to!
reap, by reason of our sowing?
And how shall W* know that our sow- ■
Ing In righteousness shall not fall of l
Its reward, If we are commended to be- |
lleve that the iniquity which wo heed- j
leaely scatter broadcast, shall not re- I
qulro reaping at our hands? We are]
constantly exhorted to labor for the !
certain rewards of righteousness, but |
how shall we be convinced of their an- |
falling quality. If we must accept the '
teaching that the resulte of our evil i
sowing are to be reaped by another?
Let ue ehow as sound Judgment In
our theology as we try to express ln
our theory and practice of human legis
lation. Let us at least gtvo God credit
for os great a degree of wisdom In the I
Institution and maintenance of the
divine government ae that displayed
by Hie Infinite children In their feeble I
and Imperfect attempts at self gov
ernment.
Bo ehnll we teach ouraelvcs to be- .
lleve In the Infallable operation of all I
of God'i laws, both physical and spirit- I
uni, and, becoming convinced that (
"seed time and harvest shall not cease," !
we shall make It our chief business to
sow continuously, truth, Justice, Jove,.
mercy, kindness, patience nnd tacri-j
flee, which, being nurtured to maturity, j
shall bring forth Increasingly the 1
peacable fruits of righteousness. 1
SOCIOLOGICAL
8TATE SOCIETY
[resilient -Dupont Guerry, Macon, Os.
first V.-P.-Dr. A. R. Holderby, Atlanta.
Herond V.-P.-Dr. K. C. Peeto, Macon.
See..Tress.—Dr. W. T. Jones, Atlanta.
Annual Meeting In May, 1907, at Macon.
ATLANTA SOCIETY
President B. Msrrln Underwood
Vice Pres. Dr. Tbeo. Toepel
Secretary Mlaa Hattie B. Martin
Tr-aaurer C. E. lolamn
Regular meeting second Thureday nlzht
of each month at the Carnegie Library.
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE.
lev. c. B. Wllmer, J. D. Clcaton, E. Marvin Underwood, Dr. R. B» Kime.
Secret Order News and Gossip
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SOCIOLOGY THE TREND OF THE DAY
By DR. R. R. KIME, Atlanta, Os.
OCIOLOGY Is really the art of liv
ing together ln harmony for the
benefit of each bther. qrganlsa-
for self-protection and self-preser-
m has been the forerunner of a
er and nobler sentiment, now rap-
dcveloplng the baste principle of
■h Is the "brotherhood of man.
•r before have the American people
Enlzed to the same extent as now
we are dependent on each other
that permanently to elevate ana
nah, April It 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
cipient tuberculosis. Many members of
the society are working for its accom
plishment and the association *« behind
the movement as a body. The associa
tion also Indorsed and urged the estab
lishment of a colony for eplleptlrs.an
hat _ permanentiy" to elevate and industrial school fo . r
to^.asslnou?form_of.overn- of^.taUI
* 0W *’ State Commission.
"In the Intereet of the state for'the
better development of the
a view of eecurlng a more barraonloue
relation of the race, and lessening
crime vice end dlienMii be It
••Resolved. 1. That we Indoraeand
urge the leglelature 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. ,
•‘2. Bald commission to be composed
of two physician*, two
legislators And two teacher* Beltctod
because of their fltnees and qualifica
tion for the work.
"2. It ahall be the duty of this com
mission to study the ,bo f v . 8 ,
from a sclentlflc and practical stand -
n0 lnt as they pertain to the state and
this section of the country In relation
to both white and col , 0 ”l. r ^5!L
mako annual reports of their work. In
dudlmr •u**e*tlon aa to the control and
prevention of theee evlla. . .
* * We urre the appropriation of at
I by
uiie uiwu m uut luii'i _
the whole must be Improved and
ted. . ..
Ilroadi can not exist without the
io, and the people can not Improve
advance without the railroads,
pltal needs labor for Its dsvelop-
nnd maintenance, while labor
< capital to give employment and
y Its demands for living and ele-
n of themselves.
tirance companies can not exist
*ut the people, eo the people need
xneflte and protection of the In-
no companies. .
u» a mutual relation exists be-
i all the necessities and demand*
mmunltles, cities, states and na-
professlons, business, commercial
labor Interests are beginning to
:e the relation of one to the other
awakening that speake well for
uture. A higher civic rlghteoua-
ls developing a higher moral
ard In dealing one with the other.
' Ivlc honor and righteousness will
to foster and develop the good end
aate the evil In all our profee-
l. business and labor Interest* as
'Pie and nation. Never before In
history has there been such a
i upheaval and regeneration of
moral standards.
’Ac sentiment is demanding a
r moral standard ln conducting
insurance, railroads and in the
qeeient of capital and labor. The
us professions are falling In line
'reeling their Influence Into chan-
ihat aid In a higher development
'■ human race. ,
s Medical Association of Georgia
eieaicai Association or — .
last annual maetlng in Savan- throughout
least 25.900 "by the legislature and so
much annually as may be needed
the use of the commission, that U may
accomplish Its work In »» efficient
manner, and disseminate such knowl
edge aa will be of benefit to the va
rious professions and general public of
^"Adopted by the Fifth District Med
ical Society, Fulton Medical Society,
Atlanta Sociological Society, »|M
numerous physiols ns and citizens
HANOI TRIBESMEN
RAISE THEIR CHIEFS
state.”
The council Are of Modoc Tribe, No.
79, Improved Order of Red Men, was
kindled In the hunting grounds of
Handy, reservation of Georgia, on the
12th Sun, Plant Moon, G. S. D., 416, by
S. G. Newman, past D. O. B. Council
fire was kindled on 29th Sun, Plant
Moon, by Hon. J. R. McMIchael, G. J.
8., of Comanche, No. t, when the fol
lowing named stump officers were
elected and raised to their respective
stumps;
Dr. J. C. Jackson, sachem; W. J.
Brown, senior sagamore; W. E. Hargo.
gee, junior sagamore; 8. G. Newman,
prophet; VV. D. Byrd, K. of R.; L. H.
Moseley, C. of W.: C. T. Brown, K. of
W.; 8. M. Wortham, G. W.; J. R.
Brown, O. of F.: V. V. Vaughn, flrat
sannop; T. L. Smith, second sannop; O.
T. Smith, Watt Dial, W. B. Martin and
J. H. Orr, first, second, third and fourth
warriors; J. T. Webb, W. E. Smith, J.
B. Crowder and Ralph Dial, first, sec
ond. third and fourth braves.
The following visiting chiefs were
present and conferred the adoption,
warriors and chief*' degrees:
J. R. McMIchael end S. L. Blanton,
post sacheme, Comanche, No. 6; W. T
Stephens, sachem, Comanche, No. «;
S. W. Lord, past sachem. Conesauga.
No. 22, alt of Atlanta hunting grounds;
V. R. Ingram, past sachem, Coweta, No.
7; W. F. C. Llnch. peat senior saga
more. Coweta, No. 7; R. T. Moses,
senior sagamore, Coweta, No. 7, hunting
grounds of Turin.
GOBBLERS TO FLY
IN SHORT TIME
The Atlanta lodge of Gobblers I* to
be Installed In the K. C. hall. In the
Austell building, on the 22th of the
present month or on May 1.
Some of the foremost men of the city
have signed charter applications to be
come member* of the new order.
Hon. Hoke Smith, Hon. W. R. Joy-
ner, William Schley Howard, Chief
Henry Jennings, Hon. Sem Small and
many others of equal prominence are
among the list of charter members.
• Maxims of the
| FRATERNAL WORLD I
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Take care of your sick members.
Fraternal operation tend* to elevate
personal character.
Many golden opportunities are neg
lected because we rely too much upon
some one ele*.
It Is the uncertainty of life that
makes a certificate In a good benefi
ciary society both necessary and de-
The adhesive power of the fraternal
obligation Is truly wonderful.
As the greet fraternal orders 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.
Fraternity Is the binding together of
many Individual* 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 and prosper.
Let *ve?y man consider seriously
what condition his own loved ones
would be In If hi* salary was to atop
suddenly and he had no means to main,
tain them.
/ M. D. GLEASON.
PIEDMONT REBEKAHS
WILL GIVE SOCIAL
MACCABEE INITIATION
ON MONDAY NIGHT.
Greater Atlanta Tent, No. 70, of the
Maccabees, wdll have a big class inltla.
tlon at the hml, 22 Central avenue, next
Monday night. •
The officers are making special prep-
eratlons to make thl* a gala night and
Invite every Maccabee In Atlanta to bo
present.
The degree team wilt exemplify the
beautiful ritualist work of the Mac
cabee* In a manner that will be Inter
esting entertaining and Instructive to
those who attend.
Piedmont Rebekah Lodge, No, 12, I.
O. O. F., has been doing splendid work
for the pest 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 candl
dates, every meeting night.
Past Grand Sister Emma Ivy has
been elected to the grand lodge,
which meets next month at Columbus,
Ga., and Past Sister W. A. Spinks has
been elected D, D. G. M.
A new degree team has been formed,
and with the seal and vigor put Into
the work by the member* will undoubt
edly prove to bo the best In the city,
DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA.
Where were you I Set Thursday night'
At the hall, of courae. Well, If you
were not you should have been.
We feel aad over the removal of some
few of our members, and loved one*
of our members recently and yet feel
that, we ought to rejoice over some new
one* we have received.
No. 2 la on a boom—If you don't
believe It add your presence next meet
ing night. Even the receipt* of tho
evening ere going up and this Is a sure
sign of success.
After council closed Thursday night
we had a Jolly time playing garnet, 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 this
later. * "MEMBER."
LOCAL BEAVERS
WILL ENTERTAIN
W. E. Whit*.
W. E. White, aged 49 years, died
Thursday night at his residence, 794
Glennwood avenue, after an Illness of
two years. He Is survived by hie wife
and two daughters. The funeral serv
ices will be conducted In Mayn’ille, Ga.
where the body was sent Friday night.
Atlanta dam. No. 2, Independent Or
der of Beavers, met last Monday night
at the hall, 67 1-2 East Hunter street.
Although the weather waa Inclement,
there we* a good attendance. Much
business of Importance to tho local
Beavers was transacted.
The entertainment committee'Is ar
ranging plans to give an entertainment
early In May, which bids fair to be
one of the most enjoyable affaire ever
given by any fraternal order. Much
enthusiasm >1* being manifested In the
proposed entertainment The commit
tee on by-laws submitted Its report and
the by-laws were read and action post,
poned until next meeting night.
"ME61BER.'
TEACHERS' EXAMINATION.
An examination for applicants for
poettlon of teacher In the public schools
of Atlanta, On, will bo held Friday and
Saturday, May 2 and 4, beginning at
noon on the 2d. Applicants must be
present both days and a fee of 21.99
wilt be charged to each applicant tak
ing the examination.
By order of board of education.
L. M. LANDRUM.
Acting Superintendent of Schools.
HARGISES’ TRIAL
SET FOR MAY 7.
Lexington, Ky„ April 27.—Judge
James Hargis, Senator Alex Hargle,
Sheriff Ed Callahan and Jess* Splcor,
all charged with assassination of James
CockrilL In July, 1992, will be called
here for trial May 7. Since the Jury
trying Britton for the same killing
could not agree, the accused are anx
ious for trial.
KEENE’S DAUGHTER
SUES FOR DIVORCE
New Tork, April 27.—The long-ex
pected shattering of the romance of
Millionaire James R. Keene's beautiful
daughter and her husband. Talbott J.
Taylor, occurred today, when It wa*
announced that she asked the New
York courts for an absolute divorce.
She waa Jessica Harwell Keene, ami
only daughter.
(conesauga braves
E FINE MEETING
Conesauga tribe. Red Men. met In the
wigwam nn Wednesday sleep with a
E ood attendance. After the routine
uslners, our eagle-eyed first war
rior scouted the forest nnd discovered
one lone paleface who Imd wandered .
Into the camp. After due trial he was
promptly scalped by Big Chief Murray, :
who did the "stunt" to tho "queen's
taste."
The popular sachem, T. F. Callaway, '
Is getting over his recent Illness. Cone
sauga Is gaining In membership and
wampum, and we owe It to no one more '
than to our efficient past eachem. C. M. >
Moon, who has brought in about tw enty ;
palefaces this term.
"LITTLE INJUN.”
Mrs. Katie Jones.
The funeral services of Mrs. Katie
Jones, aged 61 years, who died Friday
night at her residence, 1152 East Fair
street, were conducted Saturday morn.
Ing at 10 o'clock. She Is survive! hv
her husband end five children. The
interment wee In Westvlew cemetery.
NOTICE!
The mayor and general council of the
city of Atlanta Invite bids for lighting
the streets and public places of said
city for terms of one year, two years,
three years and five years, as per speci
fications contained In a resolution of
said mayor and general council ap
proved April 22, 1907, a copy of which
resolution will be furnished upon appli
cation to the clerk of council
Bidders shall specify the maximum
price to be charged by such bidder to
any person, firm or corporation, w ithin
the city of Atlanta, during the term of
contract with said city, for electric cur
rent or electricity, for light, heat, power
or other purposes for which electrto
current may be used.
Bids addressed to the mayor and gen
eral council should be tiled with the
clerk of council and will be .i|»nrj m
May 4, 1907, at 2 o'clock p. nx, the
council chamber.
The right to reject any or all bids t*
reserved. W. J. CAMI’HKl.U
Clerk of VwauuiL