The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-29

ty- miles to the nearest point on the
Southern railroad.
Atlanta Journal: The Gate City Guard
will make its last appearance during the
exposition on Dec. s, when il Will enter
tain the Maryland brigade, composed of
the Fourth and Fifth Maryland Regi-
ments, the crack military organizations
of the state led by Gov. Brown and MS
official STAFF. Capt c. Baker Clotsworthy
and Commissary Sergeant b. DuNal, both
of the Fifth Regiment, are now in At
lanta making arrangements for the COM
ing of the Maryland soldiers on Dec. g.
A few years ago the Maryland boys We're
IN Atlanta and were very handsomely en-
tertained by the members of the Gate
City Guard. The Guard, on its way TO
New York, was invited to stop over in
Baltimore and did so, when it was en-
terta1ned in a most royal manner by the
Baltimore soldiers. When it was an
nounced that the Maryland brigade was
coming to the exposition the Gate City
Guard invited it to be its guest while In
the city. There was some speculation as
TO whether or not the Maryland sol
diers could, with propriety, accept the
invitation of the Guard. since ii was not In
the service Of the state, but consulta-
ton was had with Capt. Hollis of the
Guard and the Marylanders informed
him that they would accept of the hos
pitality of the Guard and would be glad
10 parade with the Atlanta company if it
bore arms. or if it had no arms. if IL was in
uniform or II 1t had no UNIFORM The
Guard has arranged accommodations for
the brigade while it is in the city and will
parade with it without arms on Maryland
day, Dec. 3. Gov. Atkinson was requested
by the Guard to allow his order permit
ting it to bear arms to stand until after
Baltimore day, but this was denied by
the governor, 30 there will be nothing left
for the Guard to do but parade without
arms, as it would be impossible to enlist
and get back in the state militia by that
time The Guard has about 100 members
enrolled and each man would have to
sign the enlistment sheet. and it would
require at least month to complete the
enlistment.
A letter from Rome to the Atlanta Con-
stitution,. says: For the past week Rev
Mr. Byrd of the Christian church and
Rev. Mr.. Blalock of the Missionary Bap-
fist denomination, have been engaged in
lively debate at Spring Place. Every
day they meet in the court house and in
the presence of large and interesting au-
dienees, they. discuss the merits and de-
merits, the claims and the creeds of the
two professions Of religious belief The
debate attracted large crowds and one
day Byrd would hurl his denunciatiOns
against the opposition, and on the next
day Blalock would launch invectives at
the faith Of his brother preacher. To-
ward the last the battle became so OBJ
stinate that some exceedingly vigorous
language was used. On Sunday matters
reached climax, when the pentup emo
tons OF the women of the two focks gave
way, and they prepared for a shouting
match. The Baptist sisters went prepared
to indulge in a ferYent demonstration
and had their plans all laid for regular
JuplIee 81 prayer ana praise; somebody
gave tn plan away, and the Christian
church women marshaled their vocal le-
glons la battle array. Numerically they
We're the weaker, but for enthusiasm and
lung power they made up for the dis
parity in numbers. Finally, lust at the
close of Blalock's talk, at a given Signal,
the leader of the Baptist opened up and
the other sisters Joined in The leader
or the Christian church cohorts took the
cue and began on her side of the house.
and then began a scene such as those who
We're present never witnessed before
Finally, the Christian church people fri
umphed and carried the day over their
competitors in vocal powers. Sunday the
concluding sermon was delivered and at
the close it was declared a drawn battle
and Blalock returned to Tennessee and
Byrd to Dalton, both claiming that he had
Vanquished his opponent. Feeling still
runs very high among the Murray county
folks and opinion is very much divided
as to which one of the preachers got the
best Of the discussion. "