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HOME COMING A TLONE OAK
PROVED A GREAT OCCASION
By HARRY AITCHESON.
Dr. J. W. Lee, pastor of the Trinity
Methodist Church, of Atlanta, Dr.
Young J. Allen, Methodist missionary
In Shanghai, China, and Dr. George
IV. Yarbrough, of Oxford, Saturday
were the guests of honor at a grand
neighborhood picnic and jollification
held at Lone Oak; Meriwether county,
and with the many happy reminders of
the former days spent In that locality
as preachers of the gospel or as na-
tfres of the section, the day was one
of joy to all who attended. Dr. Lee,
Dr. Yarbrough and Dr. Allen were each
former residents of the district and
were brought up In the rich section
which surrounds the scene of the jubi
lant home coming of Saturday. Dr.
Lee was licensed to 'preach, and de
livered his first sermon at Prospect
Church In Lone Oak, where Saturday’s
exercises were held, and Dr. Allen left
for China while living In the vicinity
of that village. Dr. Yarbrough was
also a native of Lone Oak and preach
ed at the church for seve/al years only
a short time ago.
The affair of Saturday was the event
of the year In Lone Oak, and for miles
around a stream of visitors continued
to arrive until well after the noon hour.
Crops were forgoten for the day, the
village storekeepers closed their shops
and all, old and young, joined In the
grnnd and glorious welcome to the
three sons of the village who have
won fame and distinction In their life
of Christian endeavor. The three
guests arrived In Orantvllle, the near
est railroad station to Lone Oak, Fri
day night and all three participated In
religious exercises at the Methodldt
Church In that town on that evening
before a congregation which taxed the
cni icily of the church to Its utmost.
Dr. Lee delivered the sermon and
fSir. ishedil food for , though for many
days to come. .
The three great religious workers
were the guests Friday night of At
torney William A. Post, of Grantvllle,
formerly a member of the state legisla
ture, where they wera hospitably enter-
I mined during their stay In the vicinity.
Many of the villagers took advantage
of the chance to greet their old friends
In an Informal manner and the stay at
Orantvllle was one of rare pleasure.
Dr. Young having been thousands of
miles away for many years and Dr.
Lee and Dr. Yarbrough being busily
engaged In their life work. It has here
tofore been Impossible to bring the
three men together, and naturally the
occasion was one of great pleasure and
profit to the guests of the occasion as
well ns to the hosts.
Drive to Lone Oak,
On Saturday morning the party was
driven 5 miles Into the country to .Lone
Oak, a pretty little village of thrifty
farmer folk. The drive to Prospect
Church was filled with Interest to the
three clergymen, who for the first time
Since their start on the road of life
many, many years ago, reviewed the
old scenes of early childhood and re
counted the days when they were
young school boys trudging the many
long miles each day In an effort to get
the education which is now so easily
secured by the average young person.
At Prospect Church was gathered a
great assembly of farmers, their wives,
daughters, son* and sweethearts, all
eager to meet the famous children of
Lone Oak, and all eager for a right
merry good time. .A committee con
sisting of J. N. Hall, J. L. Pritchett, A.
Lee, J. B. Hopson, J. T. Turner and
many volunteers met the visitors and
for two hour* a merry handshake and
social chat was enjoyed by not only
PROSPECT CHURCH AT LIVE OAK,
here Dr. J. W. Lee, Dr. Y
len and G. W. Yarbrough
of the country folk, many
had not met before In many years.
Rev. A. H. S. Bugg, the present pastor
"f Prospect Church, was present, and
did his share toward assuring all *
food time. ,
Many Visitors.
Delegation* of visitors were present
from Ijiorange, Newnan, Hogansvllle,
Greenville, Orantvllle, College Park
and many other places. Among the
lestor* Of the vicinity who were pres
ent were Rev. M. S. William, of Ho-
ganeville; Rev. J. P. Pressley, pastor of
the Presbyterian Chtirch at Coweta:
Rev. a. c. Andrews, of Freeman's
t’hapel; Q. W. Murphy, of LaOrange;
Professor John Henry Covin, of Ho-
gansvlllq. Among the Interesting per
sonages present were ''Grandpa” J. R-
Raw all, a relative of Dr. Lee, who, al-
th .ugh over 80 years old, and the old-
cat member of the church, attended the
Picnic In his buggy which was wheeled
np close to a window of the little
rhurrh, where he was able to hear the
axerclses of the day. Another old
member of the church and former play
mate of Dr. Allen was Robert Pow-
Hdge. who also joined heartily In the
spirit of the day, and, although unable
<" take an active part showed by hi*
presence and jovial manner of the
Pride which he took In assisting In the
raeeptlon for the visitors.
At ll o'clock as many of the party
*> could find accommodations entered
little white church where short ex-
jr' lies were held. At this hour fully
M ‘t people were on the grounds and
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not more than half that number were
nble to crowd within the little chapel,
the remainder crowding about the
doors and windows In an effort to heal'
the words of the speakers.
Dr. Lee's Talk.
Rev. A. H. S. Bugg, pastor of the
church, presided, and after a short
musical program and prayer by Dr.
Yarbrough, Introduced Dr. J. W. Lee.
of Atlanta. Dr. Lee was visibly af
fected by the great demonstration of
welcome which had been made In his
behalf, and in a cordial manner assured
the assemblage of his undying devotion
for the little church In which
preached his first sermon after recelv
Ing his license, and devotion to the
villagers who made, up the congrega
tion of that church. Ho took for the
topic of his sgrmon "Conditions of the
Spiritual World. as Contained In the
Bodk of Revelations,” and In a forceful
manner Impressed upon his hearers the
Importance of keeping the three great
requisites of this day, "law, order, right
eousness,” and gave as Illustrations
points which he brought out In his
sermon, the dominant notes In the lives
of great men of this and other ages.
He gave assurance that no nation on
the earth will submit today to tyranny
and Interred that Rusala will soon get
her just deserts.
Praise for The Georgian.
At the conclusion of Dr. Lee’s talk,
which made a profound Impression ot
all who heard It, a few brief remarks
were made by the pastor and other*
present. Dr. Lee took occasion to re
quest the congregation to Indorse The
Atlanta Georgian, which he styled "the
best paper In the South today, and one
which Is a credit to the state and the
city." Continuing, he said: "If I had
the time to spare I would visit every
community In the state of Georgia and
endeavor to have the Methodists In
dorse The Georgian, which 1s undoubt
edly the finest, cleanest and brightest
newspaper published In this vicinity,"
concluded the Atlanta guest, and al
though no formal action was taken,
The Georgian was Indorsed as the pa-
K r of the Methodists of Grantvllle and
ne Oak.
Immediately after the morning ser
vice the entire party repaired to the
grove close by the church, where a
sumptuous dinner was served by the
ladles. It was a delightful feast, there
being more than enough for everybody
and the spirit of good cheer, which was
prevalent, only added to the sense of
pleasure which nervaded the grove.
Dr. Allen’s Address.
After the Inner man had been satis
fied and the heated part of the day had
been spent In rest and quietude with
social chat, the party again went to
the church to listen to an address by
Dr. Young J. Allen, the famous mis
sionary, who for the first time In near
ly fifty years had visited his old home
and met a few of his old acquaintances.
The doctor held the closest attention of
his hearers, and making no attempt at
preaching a sermon, told of his early
life In Lone Oak. He spoke of the day
as being one of peculiar Interest to
him, a* he had never expected to again
have the opportunity of visiting his
old home and friends. Business mat
ter* however, had required that he
pay a visit to the United States, and he
would have felt his visit but half com
plete If Lone Oak and its surroundings
had not received a call from him.
"There Is no spot on earth which Is
so Identified In my memory and my
history as fsr as my life Is concerned,
as this," said Dr. Allen. "Protracted
Isolation of many years makes coming
home a glad and Joyful event. There
are very few here who knew me or
whom I knew fifty years ago, when I
left the little house up yonder with my
young bride for far-ofr China. There
are many among the young people who
greatly favor those whom I knew In my
GOURD AIN NOW THREATENS
TO BUILD A .PRIVATE JAIL
NEAR U. S. SUPREME COURT
Famous Eccentric Tells
of His Strenuous Life
in the South.
By Private leased Wire.
Washington. July 22.—Louis A. Gour
daln, the banker, broker, lottery king
and general eccentric, of Chicago, New
York and New Orleans, who has been
making 'Strenuous efforts to get back
Into a prison cell, says he will return to
Washington to spend a month while
waiting for the supreme court to con
vene; and that he may build a minia
ture Jail on Capitol Hill.
Just before he left Philadelphia for
Chicago Friday, Qourdaln was Inter
viewed.
“Are You Playing Crasy?”
'Are you craay, or only playing
crasyT' he was asked.
Well," he replied, "If I am crasy
there are a good many other people
who would like to be as crasy. I am
not playing crasy by any means. I
want to return to the penitentiary. If
I cannot get there I'-wlll build a small
one Just beside It If they get out an
Injunction against me I will build a
cell In my office In Chicago and treat
myself as though I were a prisoner, I
will wear a gray suit which one of the
Jailers got for me at Joliet and will
wear my number on It. If. I come to
Washington to stay until the' supreme
court meets I may build a miniature
Jail near the supreme court. Wouldn’t
that be line? The justices would know
I meant business then, wouldn't they?"
Story of His Life.
Seated In the ^rawing room of the
Congressional limited, Qourdaln told
his story, or as much of It as he
wanted to tell to the correspondent.
Here It la:
“I wns born March 7, 1888, a short
time after the close of the civil war,"
said he. "My grandfather on my moth
er’s side was Dr. Scudday, who stood
by the side of General Jackson at the
battle of New Orleans. My father was
Major J. K. Qourdaln, a veteran of the
Mexican and civil wars. He command
ed the Louisiana Tigers at Shiloh and
was killed at Liberty Monument In
New Orleans In 1874. He left 8188,000
to mother, but her good friends who
advised her In the management of the
estate got all of It but 180,000. This
was soon reduced to 88,000, which was
given to my brother to start In the
commission business.
Fights Big Lottery Concern.
In 1888 I went to Oklahoma, bought
land In Oklahoma City, and sold It the
.following year. In 1891 1 returned to
New Orleans and established the
Louisiana State Loan and ..Trust Com
pany, with an ‘authorised capital of
880,000,000 and a paid-up capital of
81.800,000 to carry on a building and
loan association. This was run In op
position to the Louisiana State Lottery,
which had enjoyed a monopoly of the
lottery business for twenty-live years.
Our Louisian* Grand Lottery paid
prison based on’the drawings of the
Louisiana State Lottery. The latter
got after me for conducting a lottery
business and had my places raided, but
I' had other places and. a complete set
of records on a yacht, nine league* out
In the Gulf of Mexico. It was largely
through this mlx-up that the entl-lot-
tcry law In Louisiana was passed and
the lotteries went out of business, al
though the Honduras Lottery Is con.
ducting the business today.
Buys New Orleans Daily.
"I then bought the New Orleans
Dally Item and placed a private detec
tlve of mine, Dominick C. O'Malley, In
charge. We attacked the members of
the city council and several were sub
sequently indicted for fraud. O’Malley
turned on me, however, and wanted to
get me sent to the penitential? on the
charges of embexslement and grand
larceny. I dismissed my attorney. Judge
Evans, and pleaded my own case, which
made some people think I was crasy.
I played the crasy act from every con
ceivable standpoint. I was thrown Into
the Louisiana Retreat, but the same
night. I escaped through the aid of a
pass key. I disguised myself and went
home In the morning. The searching
policemen did not recognise me, but
my little boy did. I ran upstairs, but
after a hard fight of two hours was
recaptured and taken back to the Re
treat. The following day I again es
caped, another prisoner picking the
lock* of my chain*. ; ■ .
"After a trial, ,In which I acted
my own counsel. I was freed of the
charges against me." ■
LOUI8 A. GOURD AIN,
He Is the rich Southerner who
wants to break into jail.
I
Accused of Assault on Little
Girl, and is Lodged in
Atlanta Jail.
childhood days and these are probably
the Children of those old playmates of
years ago. .... . ,
"I know you are all Interested In
China and the people there. There Is
one thing certain, they know how to
dress more comfortably than you do In
hot weather over there. No heavy gar
ments on the Chinese,. and although
they dress lightly, they dress In a
fashion that Is pleasant and looks well.
Over In China we feel that we know,
the Chinese, but they don't know us.
They don’t understand us. We can un
derstand the Chinese much more faster
than they can understand us.”
And then, after telling the good peo-
of the great country In which they
dwell and the great opportunities open
to them, he told of hi* personal expe
rience and struggle* In early life be-,
AGENT FITZWATER
DROWNED IN RIVER
Rpeclsl to The Oeorftan.
Savannah, Oa., July 28.—Chief Bpe.
clal Agent George Fltswater of the
Seaboard was drowned early yesterday
morning In the Savannah river. He
went to relieve Special Agent Waln-
wright, who was on duty at Hutchin
son's Island, and In attempting to step
from one lighter to another Fltswater
fell Into the river.
The recent troubles among the negro
roustabout* have caused the Seaboard
keep Its wharves under special guard
night, and Fltswater was assisting
this duty.
R'CH °' RLW0 28 K8 HOTEL WAITER
%«* a home o,
affluence and refinement and the cul
ture of Wellealy College to the position
of waitress at a summer resort hotel,
la the voluntary change made by Mis*
Louise Bosworth, of Elgin, III., 19-year-
old daughter of Alfred E. Bosworth. a
wealthy banker of the watch city. Mis#
Bosworth had taken Into her confi
dence a girl who earned her college ex-
,tenses during the summer by serving
ana waitress th a hotel and decided on
the same course herself.
fore he left for China. And a truly
marvelous story It was, too, and not a
person left the church at the conclu
sion but that had h love and reverence
for the doctor that nothing else than
th* simple telling of hi* life history
could have produced.
The hour was late when the day was
finally brought to a pleasant dose with
a farewell hand-slltke all around, and
with their hearts filled with pride for
the great men who have gbne out Into
the world from the quiet Hula commu
nity, the congregation quietly dispersed
with heads filled with thoughts of th*
great words spoken by the pastors dur
ing the day.
Dr. Allen and Dr. Yarbrough re
mained In Lone Oak over Sunday,
speaking at morning and afternoon
service* before large congregations.
Accused of an assault on little Annls
Jester, a 12-year-old girl of Griffin, Oa.,
Elite Connolly, a negro boy 18 years
old, was brought to Atlanta Saturday
night by Pate F. Phelps, the chief
pollco at Griffin, and lodged In the Ful
ton county Jail.
The negro Is accused of assaulting
the little girl In a field near the Jester
farm about nine miles from Griffin.
Neighbors were Informed and a posse
started In pursuit of the negro. He
was captdred In a swamp but Chief
Phelps and other officers succeded In
getting the negro away from the mob
and took him to Griffin. A riot almost
followed the attempt of the officers to
board the train and another crowd was
encountered at Experiment Station, but
the officer succeeded In. bringing th*
prisoner to Atlanta.
The negro claims that another negro
boy named Emmet Beard Is th* guilty
person and denies his own guilt en
tlrely. The officers are making
search for Beard.
COUNCIL'S U
Says Ordinance Concerning
Policemen and Liquor
Is Not Wise.
Much comment, adverse and other
wise, has been occasioned by the or.
dlnance passed at the last session of
council prohibiting saloonmen to sell
or give liquor to members of the police
force. The police force Is against the
ordinance to a man,, and Monday morn.
Ing Mayor Woodward wrote a strong
message of disapproval on the back of
the ordinance, although he did not
veto It.
Mayor Woodward declares that the
ordinance gives too much power In the
hAnds of on* man for the offense, and
also that he Is against prohibiting th*
policemen taking a drink when they are
off duty and have taken off their uni
forms.
Uls message to council reads as fol
lows:
‘I return this paper to your honor
able body without my signature of ap
proval or disapproval, not for the, pur.
pose of veto, but with the recommen
datlon that It be re-referred to the
committee for the purpose of further
consideration and perfection.
'It appears to me that your honorable
body has made the penalty on the l|.
cense* too severe by making him sub
ject to a line of 811)0, thirty (20) day* In
stockade and revocation of license. The
original ordinance from the board
police commissioners carried a fine on
:he emplgyer and only the revocation
of license on the licensee, which, to me,
appears sufficiently strong on both par
ties for the magnitude of the offense
committed. It further appears to me
that this Is too arbitrary a power to be
conferred upon on* man for such an
offense.
"At tb* time ot my remarks before
your honorable body I was not aware
that the verbiage of the original ordi
nance, as It came from the police board,
after having been fully discus*ed, had
been so materially changed:"
PEACH CROP SHORT
ABOUT ONE-HALE
Special to The Georgian.
Sparta, Oa., July 28.—This year'*
peach season, which has just closed In
this section, was perhaps the most dis
appointing In the history of the peach
raising Industry In the county. Until
few days before the season opened,
one of the largest crop* for years was
expected, but the fruit began to rot
suddenly before the season opened, and
fell off of the trees so fast that not
half of the fruit was marketed.
R. H. Moore, of Culverton, for years
one of the largest peach growers In
the county, was atue to gather but
twelve crate* from bis orchards. While
Mr. Moore suffered worse than any
other shipper, none escaped great loss.
In addition to all of this, the prices
received were on the whole unsatis
factory. • —
Untrimmsd Shapes
At $1.00
A new hat to finish up the Summer,
and at very little cost, via this sale of un r
trimmed shapes.
Shapes of medium or large sizes of white
or black chip braids.
Shapes that sold at $2.50, $3.00, $4.00
and $5.00
Tuesday $1.00
Children’s trimmed hats
At $1.00
Children’s white milans trimmed with
band and pompon, $2.50 to $5.00 hats,
$1.00 Eack
Chambsrlih-Johnsoh-DuDQse Co.
ARTNEH OF GIBSON
TELLS WR STORY
Ashton Is To Bo a Witness at
the Probing of the
Kinan Murder.
ny Private Leesed Wire.
Shelburne, N, IL, July 21.—In a
statement. made here at his country
home In the White mountains, William
. Ashton givss sonii of th* facts about
Attorney Burton W. Gibson's dtallngs
with Mrs. Stanton, the mother of Mrs.
Alice Kinan, who was murdered, which
put a new and startling aspect to 1fce
case. He will be summoned before the
grand Jury as a witness.
I do not wish to critlcls* a fallow
attorney,” eald he. "Gibson's action
was manlfsatly unfair, not altogsther
to m# but to our Joint cllsnt, Mr*.
Btenton. As the secret purchaser of
th* property. It ws* to hi* Intereet to
bid It In through hi* dummy at the
lowest posslbl* figure. As a matter of
fact, th* 188,000 for which Glbeon ob
tained control was vary much balow Us
true vslue. I had ssnt an expert to
examine It and I felt confident from
hi* report that It would bring at least
880,000 at the partition sale. That th*
expert's Judgmsnt was conssrvatlv* Is
shown by th* fact that Gibson had no
difficulty In finding a purchaser on th*
day ot the murder, which entered Into
a contract to take th* property off his
hands , for 810,000.”
The statement of Ashton contradicts
In many Important dstalls the testi
mony given by Olbson *t the prelimi
nary Inquiry before Justice McDonald.
PRIMARY DATE
FIXED AUGUST 22
Hpectsl to Tb* deorglsn.
Karon. (Is.. July 22.-Polltles did sol
crop out Is the meeting of fh* state Dem-
erratic esrcutlre commltfr# her* todsy.
Nothing concerning th* gubernatorial rsr*
was mentioned. The primary date was
Hied for Augnat 22. and the role* of the
slate Democratic eseetitlre committee were
adopted a* the roles for th* county com
mittee.
Killed IN Fell From Train.
Special to Th* Georgian.
Bristol, Tenn., July 21.—Samuel Car-
a farmer, residing near Bristol,
fellfrom a train on the Southern rail
way laet night, and was Instantly
killed.
tMHSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
DREYFUS DECORATED O
WHERE DEGRADED. O
By Private Leased Wire.
Paris, July 22.—The Install
ing of Msj. Dreyfus as a knight
of th* Legion of Honor took
place In th* place where he was
Dreyfus was dressed for the
first time In the uniform of a
major, and waa decorated with
the cross of the legion, after
which the commanding officer
In th* name of the preoldent
embraced Major Dreyfus.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOtrOOOOG
GRAVES OF U, C. V. DEAD
TOBETENDEB BYSTATE
II0U80 Bill Which Will Probably
Paw Providea for
. , l Thla.
The car* of th* graves of Georgia’s
Confederate dead by th* state seems
to be a certainly of th* near future, as
there Is now a house resolution which
would Initial* this, ready for passage.
A* stated In the resolution by Messrs.
Grssn snd Griffin, of Cobb, there are
2,000 Confederate dead burled In the
cemetery at Marietta. Th* Lodlea'
Memorial Association of that city has
lovingly cared for this csmslsry, clean
ing It of briars and weeds, snd placing
,headatont* on sach grave. A speaker’s
stand has also been erected of stone
and brick.
The- Ladles' Memorial Association
now tendsrs this esmstary to the stale
and house resolution No. 71 proridss
for th* acceptance of fh* cemetery by
th* house and senate for the state.
BAPTIST MINISTERS
DISCUSS _NEW CHURCH
Will Probably Be Locatad Neat
Georgia Avcnuo and
Grant Street. £ i
Routine matters were discussed at
thn meeting ot the Atlanta Baptlal
Ministers' Association at the First Bap.
tlst Church Monday morning, the prine
clpal topto being the location of a next
Baptist ChurcbIn the city. A commit-
[•••, lii'ii'l'M ny Hr. I./iii'lrum, rutunltted
a report to thn err,., t that It would be
well to establish ono In two or throe
blocks of the Intersection of Georgia
avenue and Orant street. Thin work
was first projected by the Young Mon'S
Bible class of the Socond Haptlal
Church.
Th* matter ot a permanent churoh
extension committee waa dlecuaaed, bu|
no action w:ut taken.
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