The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-05-09
aIurrhy Rally at whitevllle.

Last Friday by invitation we
visited the aforementioned vii
lage to inaugurate the Murphy
movement.
! Though the night was unpropi-
tiOus, the weather being very
threatening, yet the congregation
at the Methodist church was good.
| The people in and about White
vile are far and near known to
be intelligent and refined. There
is not a drinking saloon in the
district and but few stores selling
liquor by the quart. The fact
that no rum-mill is at work in that
section is a good indication of a
comparatively healthy moral at
mosphere. Being off the rail
road no way-bummers and rail
way s0aks are there to create q
demand for saloon. The people
are social, cultivated and deeply
interested in all that concerns
educatiOna and religious i'm
provement That night thirty
four signed the pledge. The fol
lowing night, Saturday, much
larger crowd attended and our
efforts were more successful; fifty
seven signed. Sunday we con
Guided to go to Mount. MOriah
church to worship with our Hard
Shell Baptist friends and witness
a fOOt-washing ceremony. Ar
irving upon the ground we found
an immense crowd collected. The
/ building would not hold the ladies
/ present, so many Of them. and the
men had to remain outside. We
were fortunate to get a seat.
Rev. Wiley SammOns preached.
! His sermon was far differentfrOm
what we expected. He was or
/ thodoX to the core. No bigOtry
or extreme doctrinal teaching
was exhibited. but wholesome
Bible teaehing. We were high
| Iy pleased with him and his ut
terances. He being in feeble
health the exercises were short
ened, so the foot-washing was
postponed, to the regret of many
hundreds present. Rev. w. NJ.
/ Norment and Rev. Z. j. Nicely
/ officiated in the closing exer-
cises. The former gentleman
preached in the afternoon.
In company with many others
we part0ok Of the hospitality Of 3.
A. Simmons and DR.. w. L. Baird
two Of the thrifty and solid men Of
that section. To Martin Moore
and others we are indebted for
kind attention. That night at
Whiteville we had a grand rally
for temperance. The church was
filed to overfiowing and the
good work advanced. Before
the meeting closed fifty-nine
signed, making in all one hun
dred and fifty in three nights. This
was conspicuos success. We
felt unwilling TO return home
without having won for temper
ance many promising and talent
ed young men who seemed to
hesitate. But finally they yield
to the conviction of duty and
came forward and took the pledge
/ Not eight persons were left to
/ espouse the cause Of intemper-
ance. Such good work can never
| die. The waves of its influence
| will widen through years to come
What good citizen can afford to
become a hindrance by word OF
influence to such needed move
ment? The singing, led by DR.
w. S. Nicely, assisted by many
cultured singers was so apprO,
pirate and helpful. We were vel
repaid for the labor expended il
these services in seeing fathers
mothers and sisters made happy
by having sons sign the pledge
Especially so with that gOdly
man, the venerable Rev. r. J
: Nicely. Like David of old he i;
: ripe in devoted consecra ion t.
Gods service and stands ready
and waiting to be called higher
Such old men are the salt of the
earth. Humanity is best seer
through their worth. May hi
= last days be his happiest. Hi
: face is already full Of sunshine
from the other shore. HEAVIER
bless him.
We need not state that we wert
t most PLEASANTLY domiciled whel
t it is known that we sGourneC
e while at Whiteville under tn
, hospitable roof Of Dr. J. S. Rob
t ertson and his most estima BILE an
: interesting family. TO others il
o the community we are also in
< debted for numerous courtesies
5 Prof. J. Floyd Collins has a larg
e and well disciplined school a
] this place. His scholars hav
rapidly and thoroughly advance