The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-14
ALL THE NEWS IN
COLORED CIRCLES.
A Department Devoted to the
Doings of the
Race.
THE CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.
What is Transporting Among the COlOred
People in and Around
Brunswick.
TT. C. CALHOUN, Editor. |

August Both, the last excursion of the
season. All who contemplate visit
to the "fairest city" in the Gland of
flowers" should wait and 60 with
them if they want good time. Bicy-
Gle races, baseball playing and a
grand concert, ETC., et"., are among
the attractions.
We have it from a reliable source
that Bishop j. G. Embry of the 9TH
Episcopal district passed away last
Wednesday, August the 11th, 10 Phil
adelphIa, Penn. Bishop Embry it
will be remembered was only made at
tho last General Conference, last year,
so his term in the B'shopric was
short. But the bishop had accomplish
ed his work and done it we'll. He was
in age we'll up in the sixties. He is
not dead: He has entered into that
unchapging environment, God. to live
forever.
Mrs. Walker, who passed away last
Wednesday-as per previous an
nouncement-was buried yesterday
from st. Athanasius Episcopal church
with imposing ceremonies. She was
a member of the "Household of Ruth"
and that society turned out to do hon
or to all that was mortal of the soul
which had departed.
Mrs. Mary Earle has gone to Amer
icus to spend a month or so with rela-
tives.
Elder Ward arrived in the city yes
terday morning from Way hav-
ing recently returned from MOntgom-
cry, Ala, in attendance at the presid-
ing Elders Council. He held quarter
ly conference last night at st. Paul's
A. NJ. f church-Rev. P. f. Curry,
pastor.
DIR. g. A. Blair returned yesterday
morning from Americas, where he
he had been to attend the session of the
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, and
reports having a good time. He says
that there are no more hospitable peo-
pie in Georgia than those of Ameri-
Gus. He says the city hall was given
them to meet in, as their own hall was
Incomm0dIus for he large number of
delegates. The mayor personally as
snred them that everything possible
would be done TO make their session
a pleasant one. on the part of the city,
tand 1t was pleasant in every particu
lar. This speaks we'll for Americas
AN OPEN LETTER.
BRUNSWICK, Ga, Aug. u, 1897.
DR.. r. H. johnson, City:
Dear Sr-In the circular letters that
you have addressed to the various pas
tors of the city, to be read before their
congregations, modifying to some ex.
tent the subject of your addresses,
or tell of your book, which you some
time ago announced, and referring to
the articles which appeared in these
columns from my hand, you said you
were personally attacked. Let me IN
sist that you read again very carefully
those articles and you will perhaps be
able to see that the subject of your ad-
dress, or the title of your book, was
considered wholly and entirely apart
from your personality. You also said
that after reading those articles "you
heard nothing and so kept your mouth
shut" Now, upon your honor bright,
Will you not confess that the unan-
swerabe arguments of indisputable
facts set the seal of silence on your
lips, rather than that "you heard
nothing?" But what do you call those
"circulars?" Are they nothing?
Well, If | had said they were nothing
you would have been offended, but
since you yourself have said SO, per-
NIT me to agree with you. And al
though you have just reasons, because
of some of your own actions to me,
which you know full well, to consider
me unfrieDdly to you, am not, how