Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-12-19

oc camp meeting It Ii necessary to ut.
tcOd one held In the mountains OF
North Georgia or South Carolina. THOSE
searer the cities have too many friiis
10 be really enjoyed. The tent holders
arc always hospitab'e and KIND. anu
no one need go with feeling OF gone
ue<s In the gastric regions. And sucn
eating! Fried yellow-leg chicken Dig
Eat chicken pie. baked turkey and
everything good. To hungry soul tue
Jay,tatiou. Turn up yer plato ana heip
y.r.e,f," IL generally accepted without
further ceremony. The good people
want you to cat. and eat plenty. ms
is always a part Of the program tna'
a seldom neglected. -.
Frequently some bold and daredcvn
tuountalneer. without the love OF the
lord or the fear Of revenue ofmcers III
mis- heart. will opc0 up Dina tisrr
y, short distance from tho ground
where mountain dew Of Illicit make II
yOtd TO his nelghbots. or TO any one
s.,se with the necessary price. oeea'
s,loas,,y these blind tigers get their
,eiah,,ors into trouble. but not often.
nn Inc mountain people have way Pc
c,,,,ar;y their own Of standing by eac'i
other In all matters relating to the
;iuuor question. Many OF them regard
/. littic spirits as necessary. even ut
camp meeting.
a, camp meeting In Lumpk'n Coni'
w few years ago the writer heard
farmer dispenser OF corn juice give ILLS
experience. He said:
Il came through just seven years
ago, II I'm spared to see September
comm, Just eri,Out shutdown at Bald
Knob. Preachers could preach In them
DAYS. had laid by my crap. an had
no,hin' special to do. an, thinks !. III
go 10 camp meeting an sell rT few pinis
or ticker. But I soon secil was lost
,ccoriln' ter Scripter. Gn' somehow or
,su,snehow else felt powerful pestered.
I fast hauled down my coiors an give
right up. an hain't sold 40 liccer
sense. I done forgive everybody, even
old Brother Latham, who owes fer two
quarts or Ticker bought at camp mectin'
eight years age"
az this point "BrOthcr Latham
thought II time for change In pro,
pr,w and asked that al, unite In
nr,yey. while large runiher o. the
youn. leoplc made for TIC srring.
Young folks eau get mighty thirsty
nj camp meeting. Frequent trips are
made 10 the spring by the bellies and
t.eaux, au.t Il Is also a noticeable fact
that some OF the couples had pressing
a.psiness which caused them TO remain
away from th. arbor, but those inter
.csted ia their souls salvation usually
returned TO the arbor In time TO fal
laio line when the parson extended the
aay.ts,icn for penitents to come TO the
anxious bench.
.,cryices are held almost continually
daring the day and late into the even
ing. and when the pine knot lights oil
thc platforms covered with dirt aroun,
t.e arbor begin to dick and flare an'
cease to cast their shadows the Olde
sprop!e retire to their beds within tn
tents. while the younger set are giveI
~ opportunity to make love and sa.
swcet nothings while they chew swee
gum gathered from the trees near tn
springs.
TO those reared amid the refining In
IiGencrs OF cultivated society such dc
c6gUm may seem strange, but whel
she environments and isolating circum
stances surrounding these people ar
taken into consideration II Is altogcthe
cxruSable. No class OF people on cart
haye a higher regard for truth yirtt!
and tho Christian religion, and the
arr happy In the ignorance OF the ga
and frivolous ways Of the upper crus