The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-08-10
Nhe9emurrat..s g.
TIE LONG pRAYpp

Senator Joe Blackburn
lucky killing time ), !" VI Ken
w"''e WI" .1r platlur~ was as D',an na"'as ci,,
was chnniug a clowu ''"s :, pT w.
as,e.alcs ,"'., when the :, CAME nAss'1aSy
tur''s'' tarms !" ..,r religion and is ml, p'Fa'.
e',,OnIes'' s,'a MES said Blackburn. l's'2us - ce1
oIa 1 'Eph' Lilliard, the w,,a.. r ! lhinl
aaud n'ues'ass ASS, State prison, s'' tell, ,"a, Of
tnat 'Eph' had among HI. .seea,
oo'n sen, sent up for the salue ,,a ,o'' = aad
,a'li man had tried to obtain ,ps f,ssa..' Eass
,s olan,lng the guilt on the ,uoil o,1..
uaS unS feeling ceiling, Of yood-teIowsld,p d,,' sa,,
,ssn,', usu curing ln the beginning q t0as' ,s'
Ma,h,, ,sr,l,s. Rev. johnson was a a. a.aa sns
Suaa' Methodist while Rev White as,a' x,,
assd,'n.the'wool dse ,.,a,, presby ytcrIap, vas IS.
oay o'% ,san,s ~l',,e exercising in the yard Va a,
Ola trouble came up, and REV. sa'u ~ u
son proceeded to iulhp ali 'n, 'y., '0aa >
brother OF the cloth. lie mivh, 1'sI ~ u
,lnn'ns finished his job had not the sI, rna., a.,
hauled him of. Now ,hs , sua'd
aaa,as ,,au ,astea for "a long time, and pSa ,Ess'
decided es to put an end to il then lpa ~
'''' '''e'e' . he ordered that Rev., lo1' aa
son be iloggcd as the agyresso, in ',aa ,sl
particular case, and that Rev wsi. tI
oe made to witness the puni... "u'
as an object lesson. When ,u'lsa all -
leaay lor the punishment tle a. a.
darkies were brought out, and i, ps's M
'oliason .W' mad his backed ,bared ~ \
'Eph's' surprise, Rev White A., y
as a laVor that he be allowed Ia T.,
wh'le the stripes were beiny Iaia r. !
ms sinful brother and that The gua,a
DC instructed to cease floygiug IS s,l
as Ihe prayer ended. 'EpA rbouvN
Iliis Il peculiar request, but said AN An
right with Il laugh, aud So Iu,tu,' ,'
ea The guard Well, the aoggipr and
the prayer began, and Rev. Whit NJ,
closed his eyes, braced his I0'.s h,"s
against the wall and started in v,h
. loud slng-song howl. lie devo,sd
Ten minutes to the culprIt, and tlrn
went on to his family and PRAYED for
each member individually. lie prayed
Tor every member Of Rev Johnson,
former llock, for all the men who had
ever come Into contact with him, tr
the storekeepers with whom he ha
dealt, and for all the towns in Ke.
lucky he had ever been in. Then b,
crossed the State line and prayed for
all the cOmmunitie, in Tennessee,
Illinois and West Virginia which he
suspected his aching brother might
have visited, and was about to yet
into Alabama aud Georgia wher
'Eph, who had laughed until he could
hardly stand, held him up. By ths
time the guard had got on To the Joke
and was only pretending tu lay ON the
strokes, SO that the culprit was not
badly hurt. 'Jist one minute, Mr.
Warden, begged the pTayeriul Oratu.
'Jist one minute whilst | prays for
you all. He then enumerated tile
goodness OF the warden and his iaG
lily and his relatives, and was abOa
to switch of to the various guards
when he was ordered to stop. lie
regarded his brother with some salts.
faction and announced that he Ger.
tainly would like to have tinshedthat
prayer. Mr.. Warden remarked the
Rev johnson, j lkt
want T. say one thing. Dis ytre haN
lost the Methodist Church shlnt
light, for | never, never again will "
able to pray IA long prayer