The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-12-31
THEY OCCASIONALLY GET WORKED NIGH PITCH.

of camp meeting it is necessary TO at
tend one held in the mountains OF
North Georgia or South Carolina. Ihose
nearer the cities have too many THIS
TO be really enjoyed. The tent holders
are always hospitable and KIM, anu
no one need go with a feeling OF gone
ness in the gastric regions. Ana such
aatingl Fried yellow-leg chicken, Dig
fat chicken pie, baked turkey and
everything good. To hungry soul the
invitation. Turn up yer plate ana help
versplf" is generally accepted without
further ceremony. The good people
want Won to eat. and eat plenty ms
is always part of the program tlia'
is seldom neglected.
Frequently some bold and daredeVh
mountaineer. without the love OF the
Lord or the fear of revenue officers Ill
his heart. viii open up a blind tiger
short distance from the ground
whore mountain dew of Illicit make IS
sold To his neighbors, or to any one
else with the necessary price. occa-
Sionally these blind tigers get thelr
neighbors into trouble, but not o1ten'
as the mountain people have way Pc
culior,v their own of standing by each
other in all matters relating TO the
liouor question. Many of them regard
n little spirits as necessary, even at a
camp meeting.
At camp meeting in Lumpkin Coun'
nv n few years ago the writer heard
former dispenser of corn juice give his
expericnce. He said:
~ came through just seven years
ago if I'm spared to see September
comm, just erbout shutdown at Bald
Knob. Preachers could preach in them
DAVIS | had laid by my crap, an had
nothin' special to do, an, thinks l, IN
go to camp meeting an sell or few pintS
or ticker But l soon seed | was LOST
occorln' ter Scripter, au' somehow OF
somehow else felt powertu' pestered
inst hauled down my coiors an give
right up, an l hain't sold 40 Ticker
sense I done forgive everybody, ever
old Prother Latham, who owes fer two
,uarts or ticker bought at camp meetin
eight years ago"
At This point Brother Latham
Thought II time for change in pro
graT. and asked that all unite il
nrovey while large number Of tn
vounr people made for TIE spring.
Young folks can get mighty thirst.
at camp meeting. Frequent trips ar
made to the spring by the bellies an
haaux and Il IS also a noticeable fac
that some Of the couples had pressing
business which caused them to renal
away from the arbor, but those intel
ested IN their souls salvation usual
returned to the arbor in time to ia
into line when the parson extended til
invitation for penitents to come to ii
anxious bench.
Services are held almost continual
during the day and late into the eve
ing. and when the pine knot lights {
the platforms covered with dirt aroun
the arbor begin to flick and flare ar
cease to cast their shadows the old
people retire to their beds within Il
tents. while the younger set are give
an opportunity to make love and ST
sweet nothings while they chew swe
gum gathered from the trees near Il
springs.
To those reared amid the refining
fiuences Of cultivated society such d
corum may seem strange, but VIII
the environments and isolating circul
stances surrounding these people a
taken into consideration it Is altogeth
exeusable No class Of people on ear
have higher regard for truth, Writ
and the Christian religion, and tn
are happy in the ignorance Of the &
md frivolous ways Of the upper cru