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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF RELIGION, EDUCA TION, LITER A 7 URE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE .
VOL. XX.
AN UNSHAKEN FAITH,
(Furman T. Williams.)
A few weeks ago I was invited
to assist Brother Theo. Wills in a
protracted meeting at Ophir, a
church located on the Eastern
hills of Cherokee county.
On arriving I was introduced
to a man of tottering frame and
weight of years by the name of
Joseph Wyatt. I noticed the in
tense interest he had in church
work and the bold stand he would
take for what he thought to be
right On the 3rd instant I was
invited to attend the funeral of
this same brother whom I had
met only a few weeks since, who
has passed into the undiscovered
country from whose bourne no
traveler returns.
After the service a member of
gave to me the follow
ing paper which was written by
Brother Joseph Wyatt and which
was found in a book after his
death:- ’’Joseph Wyatt was born
September 221831. left Liverpool
England the 2nd day of May,
1854, landed in New York June 7
1854, and June 7th 1855 married
Mary Catharine Pascoe a noble
little woman and when she died,
I am satisfied she died in the full
triumph of a living faith in the
blessed Jesus who hath died for
us, and that I shall join hands
with her at that day when He
calls His children home. For I
know in whom I have believed,
and am persuaded that he is able
to keep that which I have com
mitted to Him against that day.
Yes, blessed Lord, I am fully sat
isfied of the fact and when I am
gone, tell the living that I was a
sinner saved by Grace.
The following paper prepared
by a member of the family was
read at his funeral. ’’Joseph
Wyatt professed a hope at Shi
loh camp ground and united with
that church about 39 >ears ago.
He joined the Baptist church and
was one of the charter members
of Ophir church and was ordain
ed a deacon serving in that ca
pacity. He was very faithful,
contending for what he thought
to be right. He has had 21 chil
dren born unto him. fourteen by
his first marriage, 6 of whom
died in infancy, the other eight
were raise and all embrace Christ
7of whom are still living. He
had seven by his second marriage
5 of them still living, and most of
them have accepted Christ. He
now dies saying it will be a hap
py exchange with me. Praise
the Lord for his goodness. He
was the youngest one of 8 boys
and the last one to leave this
world. One brother died in En
gland. two in Australia, one in
Colorado, two in Georgia* one
lost.
We, the family, bow in sub
mission to God’s will feeling that
the Lord has been very good to
us in sparing our dear father to
such a good old age, and for the
bright Christian evidence, feel-
ing that this is God’s way, and
trusting that after awhile we
will all meet in the happy beyond
where congregations never break
up and sabbaths never end, but
where the redeemed of the Lord
shall walk with Him by day for
there is no night there, Let us
rejoice and be exceeding glad
and be ready to go with Him to
the marriage of the Lamb. Sleep
on dear father we believe we will
meet you after awhile by the
grace of God.'
I recall after the first serv'ce
of the meeting at Ophir (the last
one that Bro, Wyatt attended)
how he came to me with tear
dimmed eyes and said that the
seed had been sown which would
bring forth a harvest in the fu
ture, and how he encouraged us
in the ministry.
The funeral services were con
ducted by Bros. Theo Wills and
J. R. Stone in the presence of a
large congregation. What bet
ter evidence could a man leave
to the world than to write before
his death, that he knowed in
whom he believed, and whose
faith could not be shaken by the
turmoils of life.
We feel sure that this saint of
Isreal who has fallen, died fully
assured of the fact that the God
of all grace was sufficient for
him, and is now resting from his
labors. Truly he loved his church
and its work, and we trust that
the unshaken faith he had in his
Lord will be the evidence of oth
ers who are striving to win
prize.
SILVER CITY
Mr and Mrs W B Pruitt were
the guests of Mr and Mrs T P
Pirkle Sunday p. m,
Mr Lee Price aud daughter Miss
Mae spent Sunday with Mr John
Price and family.
Miss Annie Bannister was the
guest of Miss Addie Moore Sun
day.
We have had some rain for the
last few days.
Mr and Mrs W G Bbaton, of
Mat, spent Sunday with Mr S E
McCluie and family.
Misses Annie and Mary Smith
returned to school at Cumming
Monday.
Mr and Mrs J W H Moore were
the guests of Mr Henry Moore
and family Sunday.
Misses Cora and Lizzie Bannis
ter spent Saturday night with
their grandmother Mrs Elizabeth
Bannister.
Roy, the little soh of Mr and
Mrs S T Smith has been sick, but
we are glad to &ay is improving.
Everybody come to Sunday
school and prayer meeting at Con
cord every Sunday p. m. at two
o’clock.
Chums.
Journalists are noble men ; they
always go in for the write.
GUMMING, GA. OCTOBER 14 1910
How Build or Not Build Up a
Town.
When Caiu had killed off one
fourth of the people on the earth—
leaving only three, then went into
the land of Nod and builded a city,
it is evident that he did not sit a
round like a lump on a log, a*d
growl about the Nod real estate
and people. He was not himself,
perhaps, the most exemplary of
men, and if he had some reason to
emigrate from the land of his birth,
he did not mope and whine, but
got hold of a piece of ground and
went to work to do something.
The man who could build up a
city under such auspices is the
kind of material we want in this
town ; and we will not inquire too
minutely into his antecedents, so
that he takeg hold like a man and
be good at last.
But what is more, Cain did not
advise his sou to “go west” and
get out of the old dead town.” He
named the city after him, believed
in it, worked for it, brought his
goods there and kept his money at
home. Does anybody suppose that
when strangers came to Enock,
(name of the city) with nny notion
of going into business there. Cain
told them it was a ‘‘dead old town,”
that it was established by a mur
derer, that the water was bad ; its
merchants all sharks, and its me
chanics botches—that the town
was not healthy and would “never
amount to anything no how,” Does
anybody suppose that when he
wanted to invest a few dollars in
dry goods he hustled off to the
city, or that he only went to the
merchants of “Enoch” when he
wanted a favor—wanted a little
time?
Do you think he went away
from home to get lumber that could
be had at better rates in “Enoch”
than elsewhere, or to Cincinnati
for cheap buggies when the “home
manufacturer” could meet every
demand with more stylish and sub
stantial rigs?
Do you suppose he went moping
around about taxes being too high
in Enoch and no one there know
ing anything about business? No,
sir. He evidently wasn’t built
that way. If taxes were high, he
got up and hustled to increase the
value of property, so that there
would be greater values to tax. He
built houses and encouraged others
to do so. If city lots got too low
he bought up a dozen or two, scat
tered here and there, for the double
purpose of personal profit and
strengthening values. On these he
put up plenty of houses at reasona
ble figures, good ones, too, so that
when any one came to Enoch he
did not have to move into an old
tumble-down shanty or move on.
He improved and beautified every
lot, kept the weeds down a*d set
out trees on the lots and in front of
them, even where he did not build
thu9 adding to the value of each
lot and adjoining property as well.
He found that it did not take so
much money to run a comely, well
kept town as it did a dilapidated,
God-forsaken oe, and there were
four times the values on which to
raise the required money. That’s
the way he lowered taxation, not
by sitting on a stump and howling
about it. If a man wanted to run
a factory, or some other enterprise,
he was not afraid the fellow want
ed to make some mousy, but told
him to “sail in and I’ll help you all
I can. A busidess that does not
make money is no good. VVe
want every legimate business in
Enoch to make money, and piles
of it.
Why This Effort.
Why all this effort at getting an
education? Why all this spending
of money, erectiou of buildings,
employment of teachers? What is
to be gained? Is it to make a
scientist who can gu forth into the
world and by his knowledge be
able to control the elements and
bring them subservient to man?
No not^this.
Is it to produce men and women
who can go forth into the field of
Ari, and be able to chisel from
marble or draw on canvas, pictures
as grand as those of Michael An
gelo. or a Raphael? No not this.
Is it to send foith men and wo
men equipped with every thing that
goes to make them intelligent, who
are able to answer every question
as to the construction of our uni
verse, and its age? No, not this is
the end of Due education.
The object of the education of
our country, the objectof the com
mon schools of our land is to pro
duce men and women endowed
with every element that will assist
to make themselves and the world
better. Eudowed with ever>
thought that will assist mankind
in more thoroughly and systema
tically working out the end for
which they were erected.
You remember the saying et
Ralph Waldo Emerson, that the
prince object of education is to
produce men and women, That
does not mean walking machines ;
that does not mean intellectual
machines; but that means men
and women who have hearts, a*
well as minds ; who look beyond
the material things of this world,
and look to humanity and to God
for the elevation and betterment
of mankind.
The commou school of our coun
try is its foundation stone ; bovs
and girls today are attending the
schools of our landjwho never will,
or can, enter any higher course,
How necessary is it that every
person connected with the main
tenance or support of our public
school, should be a man or woman
thoroughly equipped f~<r the ser
vice, and should give to it their
best thought. The world today is
seeking men and women who are
bonest and upright. It will not
make them honest to be educated.
It will not make them upright to
be intellectual. The training they
receive muse come from persons
themselves who know what honesty
and uprightness means, and who
will, by precept, as well as exam
ple, instill this idea thoroughly in
to the minds and hearts of their
pupils.
Atlanta, Ga..
In less than a month now auto
mobiles bv the scores will be whirl
ing around the Atlanta Speedway.
The fall meet at the Georgia track
will get going Nov. 3, and at that
time there will undoubtedly be
gathered in Atlanta more cars rep
resenting more factories than ever
betore took pirtatany race meet
in America,
Already the local automobile
association nas contracted for a
numl erof tents which will be used
for the machines that can not be
accomodated in the 79 sheet iron
garages located in the infield of
the Speedway. These buildings
can accomodate about 50 to 60 ma
chines, along with their repair
outfit*, spare parts, tires and gen
eral junk. The rest of the ma
chines will be looKed out for in
tents.
It is likely too that, this year,
for the first time, manv of the
teams will establish camps at the
track, in order to be right on the
grounds. Already a few teamß
have reserved camping space.
New cers galors have been nam,
ed for the Atlanta races this week.
The National Motor Vehicle Co*
has entered 8 cars and reserved the
right to put in two more, two
Parrys have been promised, two
McFarlan “Little Sixes” have been
entered, a Halliday, a Lozier “0”
and a Simplex have all been en
tered within the last few days,
Thirty eiuht cars are now posi
tively entered, with almost aa many
more in sight.
Work has been ttarted on resur
facing a big strip of the back stretch
aud more than a thousand dollars
will be spent for this purpose. In
addition to this the track will be
extensively patched and a huge
force of men will be kept busy
tamping down the bumps, instead
of in cutting them off as had been
the pradtice in the past.
The DBt way to build up a town
is to stand by every man in the
place who does right. Wheuever
a man is doing well do not tear
him down. All residents should
be partners, not opponents. Iu all
livelihood the more business your
riual does the more you will do.
Every business man who treats
his customers honestly, courteous
ly and fairly will get his share, and
the more business that can be se
cured by united efforts, the better
it will be for all. When a town
ceases to grow it begins to die. and
the more people try to kill each
other’s business in their town the
more readjly will utter ruin come
to all. Stand together for the ad
vancement of every citizen. If a
man shows ability to prosper do
not pull him back jealous
or weigh him down through cold
indifference.
NO- 40