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The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-03-21

| C.UU. O6TuOu.'.. ILL., n Ouh uOAo'
TUESDAY. l
$50 a. m. Devotional Meeting.
800. Review of Sermon.
$50. Recitation: Chap. vi, Broad.
dus Preparation and Delivery
of Sermons, conducted by Fl.
Golfer. 12 W.
1890. Lecture: The Work Of
Christ in the Economy of Re-
demption. ..............T. c. johnson.
11.30. Discussion.
t9r e. RECESS.
| 200 D. m. Devotional Meeting.
$50. METHODS OF CHURCH Work
l. How to Organize Church
for work. NV. P. Walker.
2. Discussion. atr-,l
3. Best Methods of Conduct
ing Prayer Meetings, A. L.
Jordan.
4. Discussion.
RECESS.
ft. -.f EVENING
7.30. Devotional Meeting and Song
.. Service. ...,. r..
800. Lecture: The Work of the
Holy Spirit in the Economy of
REDEEM ption........L. K. Peters.
WEDNESDAY.
s 40 a. m. Devotional Meeting.
900. Recitation Chap. VII,
Broaddus' preparation and De-
livery of Sermons... H. Cofer.
1000 Lecture: Regeneration.
j. w. Carter.
HOO. Discussion,
11.2O Outline Sermon, DIG. Daily.
200. Criticisms and Suggestions.
RECESS.
200. Devotional Meeting.
23O. METHODS OF CHURCH WORK.
" l. How to Secure the Attend
ance at Preaching Services,
R. r. Sadler
2. How to get the Members
to Attend Prayer Meeting,
~, ~. IL Oil
3. How to Reach and Save the
Young People, B. F. Byrd.
4. Discussion.
RECESS.
EVENING
730 Devotional Meeting and Song
Service.
500 Sermon. A Nicholas.
THURSDAY.
s 80, Devotional Meeting.
900. Outline Sermon from each
Member of the Institute.
10 80. Lecture: Conversion, ......
w. P. Walker.
11.3O. Discussion.
81 RECESS.
200. Devotional Meeting.
2.3O. THE PREACHER.
l, In His Study. A. L. Jordan.
2. Before HIS Audience, L. E.
Peters.
3. Anon His People. IT. G.
JohnSt u. .--
4. In Hi Closet. WI Oliver.
RECESS. a-~
EVENING.
7.30. Devotional Meeting and Song
Service ....
800. Sermon. .........J. w. Carter.
NoTE; /. III making the pro-
gram I have aimed to select practi-
Cal subjects. @
@ l have assign ed subjects to
those only who have pledged them
selves to be present.
3. l have put the older Minis
tiers on dou BILE duty,
4. suggest that as many of
our Pastors as can p ,ssihly do 80,
attend this Institute. Let each one
that attends furnish an Outline
Sermon; come at the beginning
and stay to the close.
l.. e. PETERS,
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-03-21
PROGRAM

OF THE
West Virginia Ministers Institute
TO BE HELD AT
KavenswOod, Aprol 10th 18th, 'SS.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-03-21
HOME FOLKS.
A Fearful Boa Constructor.

A few years ago a noted wild
beast tanner gave performance
with his pets in one of the leading
theaters. He took lions, tigers,
1eopards and hyenas through their
part of the entertainment, awning
the audience by his wonderful
nerve and control over them. AS a
closing act of the performance, he
was to introduce an enormous boa
constructor, thirty FIVE feet long.
He had bought it when it was two
or three years old; and for twenty
five years he had handled it daily,
so that it was considered perfectly
harmless and completely under his
control. He has seen it grow from
tiny reptile, which he often car
lied in his bosom, into a fearful
monster. rL sau5N
The curtain rises upon an Indian
woodland scene. The ~eird strains
of an Oriental band cal through
the trees A rushing noise is
heard, and a huge serpeot is seen
winding his way through the I'M
dergrowth. 1t stops. Its head is
erected. Its eyes sparkle. Its
whole body seems animated. A
man emerges from the heavy foil
age. Their eyes meet. The SER
pent quails before the man; man
is victor. The serpent is under
control of master. Under his
guidance and direction it PERFORMS
series of frightful feats. At
signal from the man it slowly APP
proaches him, and begins. to coil
its heavy. folds around him. High
er and higher do they rise, until
man and serpent seem blended in
to one. Its hideous head is reared
aoft above the mass. The man
gives little scream, and the au
dience unite in thunderous burst
of applause, but it freezes upon
their lips. The trainers scream
was wall of death agony. Those
cold, shiny folds had EN- braced him
for the last time. They had crush
ed the life out Of him, and the hor-
ror-stricken audierce heard bones
crack, las those powerful folds tight
'ened upon him Maps plaything
had become his master. His slave
for twenty five years had now en-
shaved him.
In this horrible incident is por-
trayed the whole story Of intemper-
anc9. The man who has taken the
first glass of Intoxicating liquor has
the boa of intemperanJe in his
bosom. If he throttles the mon
ster now it is easily done But if
he permits it to live, feeds and
nourishes it, he may control it for
twenty five years, but it is contin
ually growing. And some day its
soul destroying folds will encircle
his soul, and bear it to those regions
of woe "where tho worm dieth not
and the fire is not quenched."
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-03-21
The Saloon Must Go.

Friend saloonist. Pm a.thlnkin'
Thet thar's got t. be less drinkin';
Uncle Sam hes set his min T.
Wipe y'out, an he's a'gwine t..
Pack yer duds, fur "don't cher know"
Friend saloonist, you must go.
Never mind about the taxes.
Don't " worry; when axes
Yer advice and yer assistance;
Y kin answer from distance.
Pack yer buds, fur "don't cher know"
Friend saloonist, you must go.
Yes, know, 1--WE helped amazin'
Fur t'keep the cows from grain
In the streets; but milk and butter
Ill hev t. do fur US hereafter.
Pack yer buds, fur "don't cher KNOW"
Friend saloonist, you must go.
"Prohibition don't prohibit"
That's fact " kin exhibit adj
By and by; but bless my stars, sir,
You will argy through the bars, sir. q
Pack yer duds, fur ''don't cher know
Friend saioonist, you must go. A
What's all that about yer sum
Me fur damages accruin'?
WAL, " may be very KNOWN,
Alice samee yer a-go1n'.
Pack yer duds, fur "don't cher know"
Friend saloonist, you must go.
Eli? " say I've got no right t.
Exercise my sovereign might t.
Fill yer filthy ditch thet's fowin'
Thar with death an hell an Woe in?
Pack yer duds. fur "don't cher k now"
Friend saloonist, you must go.
'See the millions paid in wages?
See the want, the woe that RACES;
All the waste an crime an sinnin"
Fur the the dollars tibet yer winnin."
Pack yer buds, fur "do MT cher know "
Friend saloonist, you must go.
"Facts an Figgers"! quit yer lynn;
"Facts arr Figgers''! women sighin';
"Facts an tiggers"! babes a cryin';
"Facts an Figgers"! souls a-dyin'!
Pack yer dnds, fur don't cher know"
Friend saloonIst, you mnst CO."
But we're losin' time a-talkin'
Guess y'd better be a. waikiki.
Don't " see the storm a-risin'?
snowy ballots all the skies in?
Now, my friend, l wouldn't wonder
Ii WI soon he all showed under.
Pack yer buds, for s'dou't cher know
Friend saloonist, you must go.
RAND HAVEN, MICH. ]. H. SAMMIs.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-03-21
A Relationship Puzzle.

Just listen to the following which
lie complicated case of relation
ship: "a young woman in an Ohio
town has married her brothers
wife, father, and at last accounts,
had nearly gcnn Grey trying to
figure OF whether she was her
brothers. sister-in law, or her hus-
bands daughter-in law, or her own
mother in-law, or her sister-in-law 5
mother-in-law, or all four, and if so,
what relation her children would
be ~ her husband"
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-03-21
Circulate the Freeman.

We ask every friend 3f'the FFeeat@@ and
}sne cause 1t Fights for, 70 carefully read Miss
Wizards Christmas Message TO West Vir
CHINA Unions, w c. T. az page We are sure
the honored leader of tie White Ribbon
request to every Tenn psraare worker of our
State, and urge them to Cir c,tlate ne Free
9ra11s.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-03-21
FACT AND FUN.
Picked up for Freeman Readers.

Look at your mercies with both
eyes at your troubles and trials
with only one.
People often excuse their own
want of philanthropy by giving
tho name of fanaticism to the more
ardent zeal of others.
Lots of men who say they are
s'7oldiAra of the Lord" would not
pas muster if inspected on their
merits.
Of oil the vice in the world, re-
spectacle vice is the worst. And
how black it does look when it's
found ous.
The standard q monopoly start
ed aDout ten Years ago With vi. OOU
600 capital il now has Sl50 O0O,'
000 It's profits last year were $25,'
600.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-04-26
TO DEMOCRATS.

The County Convention meets
at Houston next Saturday. and it
is hoped a full delegation from all
the clubs will be present. The
convention is charged with the
duty Of appointing delegates to
the State Convention, which assem-
bles at Jackson on the 23rd ofMay;
delegates TO the Congressional
Convention, and a County Execu-
tive Committee, who shall have.
charge Of the canvass this year.
This being the Presidential year,
it is important that an active and
intelligent committee should lead
in the campaign soon TO open, for
we have reason to believe, our po-
litical enemies contemplate a spir-
tied fight to capture, if possible,
Chickasaw county.
There is another duty, which we
think should be assumed by tho
convention, for we are sure thero
will be representative men there
from every neighborhood in the
county, and that is, to appoint del
egates to the State immigration
Convention, which is to meet at
the Capitol on the day following
the State Convention. If the OBJ
ject Of the leaders in this move
ment IS TO invite immigrants from
the blizzard stricken north to set
tie among us and to guarantee 10
them all the rights, privileges and
immunities enjoyed by the bona
fde citizens Of the State, Chicka-
saw will lend her voice and infu-
ence to promote the scheme, but ii
the purpose is to manufacture q
public sentiment, that would pan
der to corporations and capital
and crouch at the feet Of outsiders
begging them to come to Mississip-
pi and build up the waste places
we are too indolent to reclaim, and
enjoy here advantages not accord
ed to the Average tlApayg"
should have a delegation dP inc
floor, that possesses self rSPeo'
and manhood enough to cnt&A "
/ vigorous protest. =
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-04-26

According to the census Of 1850,
the property valuations in Missis-
sipPi amount to 500 per capita,
and the average income Of the cit
izen was at that time about $40 per
capita. The property valuation Of
the town Of Houston as shown BY
the assessment roll is now about
slOO, 900 and the voting strength
Of the incorporation is 100. With
these figures before them II is pro-
posed to vote a tax Of $4,000 in
bonds to aid a railroad enterprise,
and said bonds are to draw $780,
90 interest per annum until matur-
ity. In other words, the friends
ofthe enterprise ask the property
owners Ofthe town TO donate 25
per cent Of their property TO "the
bounty bummers" and the laborers
of the community TO mortgage
themselves for an amount equal to
their average income for more
than three years. And for what
That a few shrewd manipulators,
having no money Of their own to
invest, but who have succeeded in
getting an old charter revived,
may establish basis for specula.
tion, and if they succeed in finding
somebody to buy their franchises
privileges and the bonds voted by
the people, they may make them.
selves rich. We dare say there i:
not a railroad company in America
that has complied strictly with the
terms its charter, and we defy
any corporation apologist to show
an instance in the South in which
a railroad was ever built by sub
scription.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-04-26

The Memphis Appeal comment
ing on our article of last week
headed Progress with a big p"
says:
"Every Mississippian who reads
this should resolve not 20 rest I'M
til this transaction is Investigated
and the parties to it are exposed
and punished. A test question
with every candidate for the next
Legislature should be, "Are You in
favor of investigating the swamp
land frauds, with a view to the res-
torauon Of their value to the chill
dren Of the State" If Evers has
been guilty as charged, he must
have had aiders and abettOrs in
the State. He cannot, perhaps, be
reached, but they can and they
should be. If Mississippi permits
this swindle TO pass unquestioned
she will make herselfa party to the
defrauding of her children of a
fund set apart for their education.
She cannot afford TO occupy such
an attitude any longer than she
can help. The press can do a great
deal towards achieving this result
by keeping the facts we copy from
the Okolona Messenger before the
people and urging upon them the
selection of men for the Legisla
ture who will pledge themselves
to probe this swindle to the bottom
hurt who it may"
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-04-26

We very much doubt the practi-
eability Of making the failure to
pay poll tax misdemeanor. We
have not seen the law tried and
like a great many things it may
work all right, but it does appear
to us that the present law is as
strict and and searching as there is
need for. 1t took everything but
the person, and it would do no
good to incaroerate the person
when there is no goods attached to
it. The delinquent is imprisoned,
be has no money or goods, keep
him in Jail say ten days, he takes
the insolvent oath, goes free and
leaves Jail fees that amount TO
more than his poll tax. Il is the
opinion Of many that the law is
unconstItutional.-Plaindealer.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-04-26

"Mum" a West Point correspon-
dent of the Meridian News defends
the action OF the Clay county Au-
thorities in revising the registra-
tion roll, after the railroad election,
in order that the tax might be de-
elared csrri@d, ig saying =, rs 1t
fair that the progressive, enter
prising towns and counties Of the
State should be held back and com
pelled to aid in supporting those
which have no enterprise and no
desire TO progressl" Well per-
haps not, but how does the wart
of progress in other towns and
counties Justify revision, which is
only another name for tampering
with the sacred right of the ballotl
There is an old law on
our statute books and we
believe it has never been for
mally repealed, which defines a
registration roll as a public record
and any change or alteration of a
public record is declared to be a
felony punishable by imprisonment
in the penitentiary. Then, If a
registration roll is = public record,
any change made in it after the cleo
ton has been held to make things fl
the views of gentlemen who boast
of their extraordinary progressive
ness, should be punished as any
other theft or robbery is punished
when the laws are enforced. o,
progress! how many and how varied
are the crimes committed in thy
name
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-04-26

The press convention will have
something to say about county
officers who send their Job print
ing to Ennis & Co., Marshall &
Bruce and other FOREIGN concerns.
when the work could be done as
we'll and as cbeaply at homo
offices, by men whose support and
influence all candidates for office
want. As we write we have before
us several jobs printed by Ennis &
Co, which were sent from a coun-
ty having three printing offices
that could have executed the work
in a most satisfactory manner.
Tho Press Convention will speak
/ in no uncertain tones on this mat
ter.-Clarion-Lodger.
Aud the Press Convention should
have something 70 say about the
publication OF local acts in the
State organ, at 40 cents per square.
when scarcely a dozen citizens OF
an average, in the county ever see
the same, when if said acts were
published in local papers at The
same price, the people affected by
the law would be the benefic;aries.
The difference however would DO
that several hundred dollars Of
public money which now goes into
the pockets Of the State Printer
would be distributed to the poorly
paid local press, and thereby
hangs tale. On this matter too,
the Press Convention should speak
in no uncertain tones.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-04-26
REDUCED RATES.

In response to request from
the Board ofTrade of this city the
following railroads will ISSUE
round-trip tickets for one fare at
all points along their line tor Jack
son during the fourth week in May,
when the immigration Convention,
the SpringFair, and the Democrat
ic State Convention will all be as
sembled at the Capitol.
The /. c. and branches, includ-
ing the Mississippi & Tennessee,
V. 4 NJ, n. 0. & N. E., X. c. NJ.
& B The little j., will give round
trip at one and one-third fare
Other roads not yet heard from.
Tickets will be sold from May 2lst
to 25th, good until 26th.-Clarion-
Ledger.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-04-26
Is 1t True9

The argument is made that the
poor people pay no taxes, and
therefore it is none of their busi-
ness how much tax is levied to
support the States High Schools.
If this we're true, and everybody
who paid taxes endorsed "the
gilded elephants" then the wool
hat doctrine is srronious. But is
It true that the poor people, who
are mainly the producers in this
State, pay no taxesg Isit not n
fact, that those, who produce some
thing which goes to increase the
material wealth Of the State pay
all the taxes. Does not the bales
Of cotton and bushels of corn, oats,
etc, which are raised every year
by the labor Of the poorer class OF
our people 60 to make up our ma
terial wealth, and does not the
money used to pay taxes come
from this sourc6g But suppose
the poor pay no taxes at all, and
that their number as compared
with the taxpayers in this State
is as FIVE to one. There are more
than 200, 900 heads of families in
Mississippi, then we would have
about IS, OO0tax-payers, and as only
300 boys or girls can be appor
toned TO our high schools ther,
would not be one in 100 Of tn,
landed prOpTietors Of the State
who could utilize the benefits saiC
to accrue from our "grandiloquent
Institutions. But is it true tha
everybody who pay taxes ar'
favorable 70 the nigh schools
We say not, and we would willing
ly submit the question to tn,
voters of the State, who pay take.
on 100000 worth of property O
moro. It is our deliberate con
viction that those who derive tn,
advantages should pay She expen
seN ~ any systcnt wi6ch ts,a
the masses for the benefit Of a few
who as a rule are perfectly able t,
take care OF themselves is an out
rage, which should not be tolerate,
in free government.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-04-26

A labored article of cotempo-
rary, giving the reasons why our
State Educational Institutions
should be fostered and maintained
on a liberal basis, is about as clear
and Ineligible, and contains about
as much logic as may be found in
the doggeral, designed to explain
the reason why the old COW cross
ed tho road. It ran about thus
The old COW, she crossed the road,
Whoop ia doc, whoop ia doc.
The old COW, she crossed the road,
WhsOp ia doodle doc.
The old COW, she crossed the road
Simply because she would,
And the reason why she crossed the
road
Was solely because she could"
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-04-26

As was generally believed from
the outset, the jury in the Hamll
ton case rendered a verdict Of "not
guilty" Unfortunately for Miss
issippi, the verdict ofjuries in cases
affecting the rich and influential
do not imply absolute verify. The
old form Of verdicts should be
amended so as to read: "Too pow
erful to convict" and then the
juries would not be compelled to
indulge in legal Justification. On
the other hand, when a darkey sis
'scused ofa hog" theverdict should
be: Too poor and friendless to
raise a reasonable doubt" and
send him along TO work for Ham
ilton & Co, who in turn cheat the
State out Of the rents they agree to
pay for the lease Of the peniten-
tiary.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-04-26

In the Second Congressional dis
trict, three avowed candidates are
seeking the nomination, namely:
Judge Morgan, the present incum-
bent, Hon. ". A. Boyd, of Tippah,
and Hon. z. NJ. Stephens of Union.
In this District, the people are
called upon to select between Vii
son of Chickasaw, Mitchell of Pom
totoc, and Lewis OF Noxubee. In
the First District, Hon. J. NJ. Allen
is opposed by Capt. Jas. Kincan-
non OF Lee, and Dist. Atty. Butler
of Oktibbeha.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-04-26

The Columbus Dispatch says of
Ex-Liut. Gov. W. H. Sims, whom
it urges as a candidate for Con-
gress in the lst District:
"Hon. W. II. Sims Is the right
man for the placc-with a luera-
tive practice aud large estate OF
own, commanding, as it does, an
unfair division OF his time, and
having an aversion to anything
like a scramble for Office, it will be
seen at a glance that bis consent to
offer for the Office will not be Civ
en- from selfish or purely personal
motives, but in recognition Of the
right Of the people to call him
from his Office, his clients and his
affairs to that higher retainer,
which the people demand from
their giants in matters Of State,
and he will respond to these calls,
knowing it to be the duty ofevery
good citizen according to his pow
er, place and capacity TO bring
something TO the aderning Of ouI
great eagles nest."
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-04-26

The last Legislature passed a
good law in relation to banks. It
requires private banking institu-
tions to publish quarterly state
ments of their condition, as the
United States government now re
quires ofthe National Banks. This
bill will give the public informa-
ton that it has heretofore been un-
able 70 receive. If a similar meas.
ure had been adopted ten years
ago, thousands of dollars would
have been saved to depositors.-
Brookhaven Leader.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-04-26

Clay county has voted sub
scription of 100000, and the city
of West Point $50, 900, to the Men,
phis, Oxford and Columbus Rail-
road, while Starkville has voted
$4,000 for the extension Of the
Georgia Pacific. The voting of
subscriptions to railroads is gen
orally followed, in due season, by
feast for the lawyers.-Tupelo
Journal.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-04-26

Gov. McEnery by his conduct
after his defeat for a denomination
showed himself to be q good and
trae Democrat, worthy Of the bon
ors heretofore conferred upon him
and aRy others the party may have
at its disposal in future.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-04-26

The Jury Of Inquest beld over
the body of Nathan GOldsteln, who
was suffocated in the West Point
fire, returned a verdict casting sus-
picion on Brogan ard 0'Flynn as
the incendiaries, and the parties
were arrested and held in a $4,000
bond each for their appearance at
the next circuit court.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-04-26
For Congress-.

WE are authorized TO announce HON.
&. b. MITCHELL Of Pontotoe. a. a eandi-
date for Congress from the 4th Congression-
- District, subject 20 the action oi the
Democratic Convention when holden.
WE are authorized 20 announce HON.
CLARKE LEWIS Of NOXubee, as candi-
date for Congress from the 4th Congres-
sional District, subject 70 the action Of the
Democratic Convention when holden.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-04-26

Since the death of Conkling it is
thought Blaine's chances for the
nomination have grown TO a GER
tainty.