The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-02-23

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a very fine condition to visit q Church
service, if he had ever thought Of
such q thing.
Suddenly our old friend stops. He
is listening co the loud old preacher,
and it is the first time he was ever
known to do such a thing. Surely
the preacher has said something to
please him, for he draws a little nearer
to the Church and stands with his
hand up to his ear-he listens anx;
ously what does the preacher say?
by prayer, my brethren and sis
tiers, we a do anything-cven yonder
mountain, brethren and sisters, could
be moved by prayer and f%aith-faith,
brethren, faith and prayer, would
scatter yonder mountain like chaff be-
fore the wind
Nothing on earth could have pleased
this old strange man more than to
scatter this mountain-scatter the
hotel and the tower and keep the
fashionable people away. He liked
the words, and he walked nearer to
Che Church, even to the door, and then
inside. Such commotion was never
seen in a country Church before. His
good old wife ran down tho aisle to
meet him, and throwing her arms
around his neck, she shouted for Joy.
Then the daughters and the sons got
around him, aud there wal wild con-
fusion which AEON brought the whole
congregation to tears and shouting.
Such 4 revival as grew out Of this incl
dent had never been seen before. The
meeting went on for weeks, and many
joined the Church-the old man join-
| ed.
IL would be too much to give the
whole story in detail, but the old man
became a praying member, and the
burden Of all his prayers was to have
the Lord remove the mountain. It
was not a great while, as many now
living can testify, until & great storm
came and blew away the hotel and
shattered the tower. Aaron Cloud
went away and was ne yer again seen
in this County, remaining in Griffin
for a short while, he went.t to Florida,
where he died. In time this strange
old man moved away, but he still pays
the neighborhood occasional visits,
and old and feeble, he smiles as the
trains are loaded with the granite for
distant places. aud shouts to the sound
Of the dynamite that tears and scat
ters the great rock like chat before
the wind.
Returning to the region where the
countrymen Of Robbie Burns so like
to dwell, we are lost in wonder at the
immensely of the granite supply of
DeKalb County Miles or miles Of
solid granite can be viewed from any
vantage ground about Lithonia. Gran
ito could be had here to build a Chi
nese wall around the world. Greater
than the Klondike in the money value,
thousands Of acres lie unscarred by
the hand of progress only waiting to
be turned into the channels of useful
moss and to the thing, Of beauty.
Lying south Of Lithonia is a region
known as 'Arabis," and it is the only
region that we know in Georgia that
can boast Of a king. Mr. w. L.. D.
Crossley is the man that wears the
grand title of "King Of Arabia" He
is old now-along in the eighties, but
lie is still hale and hearty and none
would dare dispute his rights or aues-
ton his Judgment on matters OF
weight.
Az the aobriques, ":King Of Ara
bia." implies, Mr. Crossley has been
a mar Of importance in this district,
end, ct eoc-ss, theTe has been many
thrilling and interesting events in his
long life, bat as tho Typographical ap.
pearance Of the section is SO different
to anything see elsewhere in Geor-
gia I have not space for biography.
Granite, granite, granite! One
naturally exclaims at the great
stretches Of granite that everywhere
attracts the eye. II it were proper to
call it seas, we would say great seas Of
granite. At places an almost level
rock reaches out for a mile before you,
gray aud grim, creating o feeling that
is easier thought Of than described.
To the right aud to che left, in front
and behind, mountains Of this grim
granite look down upon you just as IL
it has looked for centuries upon CEN
turtles at the feeting things Of the
world. Many may come and mar may
go, but these same gray and gria cen
tincls will stand, defying the elements
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