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The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-26
LIFE OF THE MAN
WHO HELPED
WESLEY
George Whitefield, Poor Young Fellow,
Intensely Religious, Joined Charles
WeSIey's Little Band and
Came to Georgia.
To Preach.

he decided to go to England, get a
grant of land from the trustees, raise
money for buildings and come back to
America and found a Bethesda and
this he did. He had no difficulty in
getting the grant of 500 acres and rails
ing some money to start the work. His
schoolmaster, Mr.. Habersham, selected
the tract ten miles from Savannah, and
when Mr.. Whitefield came back the
work began. He, however, did not
wait for the building, rented the larg-
est house he could get in Savannah and
began it at once. He continued, how
ever, to preach much to the people of
the village and much to Mr.. Stephens
annoyance on Justification and the
new birth all the time He had some
times six services on Sunday, and was
not sparing of his invectives against
the easy young clericS of his day.
Gave Poor Work.
The poor people in Savannah were
about to leave, when he gave them
work at Bethesda. He was very popu-
lar in New England and New Jersey,
so he went North to get money. He
collected $4,000 and came back. The
Orphans Home was opened in 1740
He was often in Georgia, but never for
very long time after this. He COL
lected much money and invested a part
of it in negroes and cultivated rice and
raised cattle and made his orphanage
largely self-supporting. He did not do
a great deal of directly religious work
in Georgia himself, but brought in 9TH
ers who did. Mr.. lilly, Mr.. Barker,
Mr.. Polhi1l, all Baptists, he brought
here, and Mr.. Campbell says that he
had Mr.. Bedgewood, who baptized the
first Baptists in Georgia in the home
He was the lowest of low churchmen
in Georgia, and his following in Geor-
gia was very hearty. Baptists and
Presbyterians alike were his followers.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-26

journal and the journal of Mr.. Will
liam Stephens and his letters. running
through thirty years, give a great deal
of information about his career here.
Mr.. Stephens said:
A Cordial Welcome.
"'Mr Whitefield had a cordial well
come. He visited from house to house,
catechised. read prayer twice and ex-
pounded second lesson twice each day.
Read to a house full of people three
times a week expounded the lessons
at in the morning, read prayer, preach
ed twice on Sundays, expounded the
lessons. He soon found his exposure to
the hot sun and breathing the malaria
in the air was not good for him and
he had a severe chill, but as soon as
the ague was over he went on with his
work.
HE dropped Mr.. wesley's rigid rule
about dipping infants, and as Mr..
Stephens said, captivated the people.
Mr.. Stephens was an easy going
churchnan of the Sir Roger type, and
Mr.. Whitef1eld a stirring, noisy Meth
odist who prayed extempore, sang
hymns Justify, talked much of the new
birth, and of one knowing his sins
were forgiven, and so the secretary
and his pastor began to drift apart, but
the Jealous young parson did not abate
his zeal because of Mr.. Stephens pref
erences. He had been much captivat-
ed by the story of Frank Orphan House
at Han in Germany.
THE people in Savannah were very
poor, and the few little orphans in the
colony were in a sad way, so he de-
cided on founding an orphanage. 1t
was a wild, visionary scheme for a
young man not even ordained. perni-
less himself and with no wealthy back
ers to attempt. but he saw nothing but
God and the need of the helpless and
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-26
BETHESDA HOME
MONUMENT TO
WHITFIELD
"a Hero Not of Blood-Stained Fields of Car
mage and Misery, But of Living Love
for Helpless Humanity"
Was the Founder
of Bethesda

The following historical sketch of the
Bethesda Orphan House was written
by Col. j. H Estill, the president of
the Union Society, at the request of
his honor, the Mayor of Savannah, for
publication in his report
The sketch is necessarily brief and
incomplete Were a complete history
of Bethesda, past and present, written
it would fill a large volume. 1t is a
story familiar here. but will be read
again to-day by Georgians and visitors
from other states. with especial inter
est because under the shade of the
great oaks of the campus this after
noon an address will be delivered by
DR. Pinson of Columbus His subject
will be Wesley and Whitehead"
Bethesda Orphan House.
This venerable institution is sit
uated on an elevated plateau ten miles
from Savannah. on branch of Burn
side river, and about equi-distant from
the suburban settlements of Isle of
Hope and Montgomery. 1t owns 500
acres of land, the original amount
granted by the trustees of the colony
of Georgia in 1879, to Rev. George
Whitefield. The Bethesda Orphan
House is replete with historical incl
dents. When Mr.. Whitefeld arrived
in Savannah in 1885 he inquired into
the state of the children" as he tells us
land found there were many who
,,osgbt rrox,e ,,Saf,,I y,oap,hare of the ool
ony if there was proper place for
their maintenance and education.
Nothing can effect this but an orphan
house which might easily be erected if
some of those who are rich in this
wards it."
A few weeks. later Whitefield writes,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-26

fact, by those who would challenge
our right to Wesley, that he never,
technically. seeded from the National
Church known as the Church of Eng
land. / submit that this insistence
simply Sticks in the bark AS sug-
gested by another,~it is an effort to
claim the corpse rather than the real
man. He was substantially out of the
Church of England for many years be-
fore his death, and his only real relig
eous affiliations were with the people
called Methodists.
The leaders of the church certainly
did not, with one or two isolated ex-
ceptions, regard him as a member.
They repudiated and scorned him.
Their consensus of opinion, manifested
by acts as well as by words, as to his
ecclesiastical status is rather more
valuable than the occasional views of
modern churchmen, who confine them
selves to the surface fact mentioned
without looking more deeply into the
real question. From the date of what
| he calls his conversion, he ceased to
be a ritualist and he became Wesley.
the evangelist. Wesley. the spiritual
father of the Methodist. In his sermon
delivered In April. 17I7, on laying the
foundation Of the new Methodist
chapel near the city road, London. he
refers 10 the formation In Savannah
of the rudinnents Of Methodist So
ciety:' 20 his then vehement attach
n1ent' 20 the church and its rubftcs.
20 the fact that. az the time, he would
never admit a diesenter 20 the LORD &
supper unless he would be rebaptized
and, after these words. he significantly
says. Nay. when the Lutheran minis
/ ter q the salfzbufEherf ~ Ebenezef,
being - Savannah. desired 20 receive
Z d. ] tod him I IA not dare - admin
Z isfer u 20 him because ! booked upon
I him a. uDbapfiaed a. ! Judged hap
4 fisfn ~ 10 yUen 10 BE- Invalid, and such
T q counted ~ that were not episoopaiiY
4 0Fda4uedf
WssfeV sbsf Osf,
4 Puu ~ fbesf sentiments. ~ THE zeai
4 f0r fbe cbufeb from Nbich biehe
4 fioG ~ has HgW deliKffe1 Wfl ff-
fpfned A. isnEianf ir fbf beginning -
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Z fueaalinF Hss uuafoffraDlf ~ faf
4 Nbufcaes b. saff 30 r afof nine
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-26
T0-DAYS PROGRAMME.

Afternoon. at Bethesda. under the
magnificent oaks planted perhaps
by Whitehead. Rev. w. w. Pinson,
ID. D., of Columbus, Ga. will deliver
an address in place of Bishop Good
sell of Chattanooga. DIR. Pinson will
tell of Whitehead and Wesley.
EstiII, president of the Union So
ciety.
Might in the Park Tabernacle,
Bishop Galloway. of Mississippi,
will deliver an address upon
CHARLES Wesley. the Hymnist of
the Ages" Bishop Galloway Is
known as an eloquent orator and n
treat is anticipated.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-26

Continued from Twelfth Page.
observance of his natal day was very
right and proper. In Savannah, where
Wesley had lived and labored while in
this country. il was especially appro-
pirate that great attention be paid to
the celebration. Savannah had no doubt
called many of her citizens famous, but
Wesley might easily be said to be Sa-
vannah's renowned citizen.
Bishop Gambler then introduced Judge
Adams. and at the close of his address,
Hymn No. 4S6 was sung, and the ben
ediction was pronounced.
Judge Adams Address.
Judge Adams spoke as follows:
Fellow Methodists. Ladies and Gen
tlemen: This evenings exercises usher
in a notable occasion, the assemblage
of Methodists in Savannah at the BIZ
centenary of his birth. to do honor to
John Wesley. their Father in Israel,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-26

what l have most at heart is the
building of an orphan house, which I
trust will be effected at my return
from England. In the meantime l am
settling little schools in and about
Savannah, that the rising generation
may be bred up in the nurture and
admonition of the Lord" From this it
will be seen that when Robert Raikes,
the philanthropist, to whom is credited
the institution of the Sunday-school,
was only three years of age, the found
er- of Bethesda had begun to give Sab
bath instructions to poor children and
that he also carried on a system of
public instructions over a century be-
fore the states made their first efforts
in behalf of free education.
Return from England.
In 174O Whitefeld returned from
England to Savannah with the grant
of the land for his orphan house. He
writes, about the month of March l
began the great house, having only
about $50 pounds in cash. l called It
Bethesda, because it would be a house
of mercy to many souls"
1t was while soliciting contributions
in Philadelphia for his orphans, where
he collected large sums of money, thai
Benjamin Franklin. printer, philan
thropist scientist and statesman, wai
one OF Whitefeld's congregation. and il
his autobiography he bears testimony
of the heart-reaching eloquence of tbs
great preacher. Franklin writes.
Mr.. whiteheld preached up thii
charity Cthe orphan house,. and mac
large collections: for his eloquence hs'
wonderful power over the hearts an'
purses Of his hearers, Of which ], my
self. was an instance. 4 happened e
attend one Of his sermons, ia tb
course Of which perceived he intend
I'd 10 finish with 3 collection. and ! 81
lenuy resolved that he should get moth
ing from me. had. in ms pocket
handful 0f copper money. three o. f0u
silver dollars end ave uistoles iu gold
A. b. proceeded began a. softer
ane concluded ~ give tbe copper
Another stroke n his oratory deter
l Hinea me ~ give tne silver and "a
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-26

ionable doctrine. 1 was excluded from
one and another and at length shut
out of ALL"
LAS far back as 1879, to the. scandal
of good Churchmen he preached in the
open air to immense crowds and had
that hearing which was denied him in
the church buildings. At this time he
established a meeting house at the
foundry in Moofields, and soon there
after Bristol and Kings wood followed
and these were places for public
preaching and religious meetings. 9th
er preaching houses were erected. and
for fifty years, these places were set
tied upon Wesley himself They never
at any time belonged to the Church OF
England or were subject thereto. They
came into the Methodist connection
through Wesley.
THE general and systematic exclu-
sion of himself and his followers from
the Lords Supper led to his admins
tration of the sacrament to his socie-
ties at Bristol as early as l740. This
right was soon demanded and secured
by other societies, and was another
important step towards the establish
ment OF a separate church. As early
as 174l he set apart law preachers for
the preaching OF the Word, and. long
preachers administered the sacraments
In Methodist Churches. He had his
first conference In i7H and yearly
thereafter until his death. the latter
part Of the century. MIR. Watson lust
~ says, concerning these first appoint
ed lay preachers: IT has been gener-
ally supposed that Mr.. Wesley did not
consider his appointment Of preachers
~ an ordination 10 fhe ministry. but
only a. an irregular appointment %
iavmeD IN the spiritual Office 81 merely
sNpcundlnR the scriptures IN case 81
moral necessity. This IL not correct.
They were not appointed - eEpOund o.
preach merely bot were FOiemnly set
apan ~ the pastoral Office. nor were
obey reEaTdeq ~ him - iagmsn, "a.
ceff Hhen, ln common rarianoe. they
we're distinguished from she risfRy ~
fhe chureh
Wbaf AsElsg Gonfssass.
20 hnF also been seil.aaid ana q IL
fFue fhaf "a 8aH nof unfH neaFly f0ffe
rfafa HffaF aNIn fIHf H. taraf a. IL.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-26

President of Union Society, who
Will Introduce DIR. PinsOn This
Afternoon.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-26

DE Hinuifs ~ fbe conference 81
iitf sn0H that fhe formal oi4ee,t, -.
"Afe No noi dlaefnfefsfI 49, f.a,..s'-,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-26
EYES OF MILLIONS.

Continued from Twelfth Page.
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"s,rsss ~ soms'ims' ials ssoo sDf
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-03-04
MYSTERIOUS Murder In Buffalo,

Edward l.. Burdick, president OF
the Buffalo IN. y Envelope company
publisher, cubman, church mem
Der, and a man Of prominence both SO.
cially and in the business world OF
Buffalo, was cruelty murdsred in his
handsome home at 101 Ashland avenue
some time Thursday night.
His head was crushed to pulp by
repeated blows from some heavy blunt
instrument and when the deadly work
was done, sofa pillows and Turkish
rugs w5re piled upon his body by the
murderer
No arrests have been made. The po.
lice are at sea as to the identity of the
perpetrator of the terribla crime, and
every effort is being put forth tc
throw some light upon the case.
Robbery was not the motive. The
numerous detectives who have visited
the scene OF the tragedy are unani
nous in their opinions on that score
Where their suspicious may fall are
known only to themselves.
The weapon with which Mr.. Burdick
was killed has not yet been found A
golf stick, free from any signs OF
blood. was found in one corner Of the
room. It is therefore supposed that The
deadly weapon may have bsen a similar
instrument.
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Mandamus Aaalnst Railroad.

Justice Dean in the supreme court
Bt Philadelphia has handed down a
decision in the case of c. ID. Lorraine
VS.. the Pittsburg, Johnstown, Evens-
berg and Eastern Railroad company,
reversing the decision of the common
pleas court of Clearfield county, which
was in favor of the defendants, and is
suing a writ of mandamus against the
railroad.
The plaintiff is a soft coal operator
on the line of the railroad which is his
only outlet to the market.
On Nov. 10 the company notified Mr.
Lorain that on the following day, un-
less he sold his coal to the American
Union Coal company, which is con-
trolled by the president of the railroad
company, no cars would be furnished
him.
He was offered $3.50 a ton by the
American company, and he claimed to
be able to demand SO in the open
market.
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DEADLOCK BROKEN.
Alice and Ball Elected United States
Senators In Delaware.

Dover Del, March 3-The Both and
final ballot resulted as follows:
Long term-Allee, 80; Salisbury, II;
j. H. Hughes, Dem, /; Woodburn Mar
tin, DEM, 1 A. Z. Sanborn, l; E. W.
Tunnel, Dem, l.
Short term-Ball, 81; Kenney, DEM,
10; B. A. HAZEL, Dem, l; E. r. Coch,
ran, Jr., Dem, l.
There was much shouting and gen.
eral rejoicing in the chamber when
the result was announced.
Il am very happy" said Mr. Ad-
dicks, 1T gratifies me to make. one
of my best friends, Alice, United States
senator. He deserves the place from a
party viewpoint and greatly strength
ems the Union Republicans and myself
in making the fight to carry the state
in 1904 for the president. propose to
help elect majority of this legislature
of 1904 favorable to my candidacy for
the United States senats."
Colonel Dick of the Republican ra.
tional committee is said to have come
here under instructions from Chairman
Hanna to urge the regular Republi.
cans to accept the proposition agreed
upon by Mr.. Addicks and his adherents
ON Saturday.
James Frank Alice was born in Do.
yer 46 years ago. In 1889 he became
associated with the Addcks wing of
the Republican party. He was 5lect.
ed to the state senate on the Union
Republican ticket in 1898 and 1902,
each time overcoming the opposition
of Democratic and Regular Republican
Bay State Gas company of Delaware
and the Staten Island Brick company.
Mr.. Addcks began his long strug.
gle for a seat in the senate in 1888,
when the term of Eli Salisbury was
about to expire. Although unknown
to the politicians of Delawara he OBJ
tanned some backing, but when the
Republican legislature met in Jan.
uary, 1889, the caucus nomination
went to Anthony Higgins. In 1892 Mr.
Addicks again entered the senatorial
field but the Democrats carrisd the
state and George Gray was elected.
In 1894 when Mr.. Higgins term was
about to expire, Addicks made his
third essay for the senatorship. From
that time dates the split of the party
into factions styled Union and Regrr
lar Republicans. Addicks returned To
the charge in 1898, when there was
another deadlock, lasting until ad.
journment in 1899.
Last year the two Republican fac
tions united on state ticket, watch
was elected. When the balloting be
gan on Jan. 20 of this year, Addicks
again turned up as a candidate foI
both terms, receiving q votes for the
long term and 10 for the short term
The lines remained practically unbrok
en- until yesterday.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-03-04

Washington, March 3.-The monthly
statement Of the public debt shows
that at the close of business Feb. 2S,
1903, the debt, less cash in the treas
ury amounted to S9S7972, ,S9S which is
a decrease as compared with Jan. 81 Of
$5,969,665. The cash in the treasury
is classified as follows: Gold reserve,
S150,000,0OO; trust funds, 1884, ,725, ,069;
general fund, $15S,799,C46; in national
banks and repositories, Sl50,552, ,651;
total, $1,34i,O773 1866, against which
there are demand liabilities outstand-
ing amounting to 1863, ,533, ,S96, which
leaves cash balance on hand of
$374,543,47O.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-03-04
Editors Met the President,

President Roosevelt received mem.
b5rs of Republican Editorial assocja.
tion at the White House. He gave
cordial greeting and handshake to each
one. Strong opposition to the indorse-
ment of the presidents so-called
Southern policy" was developed at The
session of the executive committee
where the real interest of the conven,
tion centered. 1t was dcided that the
name of the association shall be THE
National Republican Editorial associa.
tion of the United States" The fol-
lowing officers were elected President,
John A. Sleicher, New York; vice pres.
idents, Charles Emory Smith, Pennsyl
vania; w. S. Capeller, Ohio; George
c. Rankin, Illinois; j. M. Chapple, Mas
sachusetts Stuart E. Reed, West Vir
ginia; secretary-treasurer A. o. Bun.
nell, New Yorb
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-03-04
Friday.

King Edward has announced that he
will send to the St Louis exposition
Queen Victoria's collection of jubilea
presents.
The Office building and smoke houses
of the Beechnut Packing company at
Canajoharie, n. Y, were burned. Loss,
100000; insurance, $4,000.
Mrs. Cornelia Cola Fairbanks of In.
diana was unanimously reelected pres.
ident-general of the Daughters of the
American Revolution at Washington.
An explosion Of mine dust which re-
suited in the death of three miners oc-
Cured in the Auburn and Alton com.
pany's mine, 20 miles southwest Of
Springfield, Ill.,
Five murders, the victims of which
were all wonderland three of them
his wives-is tia revolving record Of
Albert A. Knapp, given in sworn con.
fession before Mayor Bosch of Hamil
ton, o.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-03-04

Springlike weather conditions have
enlarged the jobblng demand for goods
at leading markets and favored eXpan
sion in retail trade, except where the
breaking up of country roads has op
Grated to restrict the movement Of
grain and cotton to market.
Building activity has been quite gen
orally resumed with more favorable
weather. Perhaps the most notabl,
feature of the weeks Developments
is the strength of the price situation
this not merely with regard to pro
duc5rs and manufacturers quotations
but also as to rates paid by final con
sumers.
The conviction seems to be growing
that a higher level of quotations has
been rendered necessary and thes'
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-03-04
Western PENNSYLVANIA Flood.

With every tributary of the Allegheny
and Monongahela emptying swirling
torrents into the banks of these two
streams, and rushing down to the point
where they converge to form the Ohio,
Pittsburg was given visitation Sun
day which forced hundreds of families
to either abandon their homes or seek
escape from the water in the upper
stories, While mud and water dispensed
destruction and discomfort below.
Mills in the low lying levels through
out the county, numbering between 80
and 60, were flooded and some $4,000
men are thrown idle for four or FIVE
days, with loss in wages of more
than 1925, 200.
The hood was general throughout
Western Pennsylvania, the streams
everywhere overlooking their banks
and causing more or less damage to
houses and farms In Allegheny two
railroads were temporarily paralyzed,
owing to the water which covered their
tracks.
From the territory up the Mononga
hela and Allegt eny rivers comes re-
ports that much damage was done by
the flooding of the lower floors Of
houses, mills and factories.
From all points above on both rivers
the waters are reported as either fall
ing or stationary and danger is
averted
Towns below here on the Ohio, how
ever, are still to have their worst eX
periences during the present high wa
ter today or later.
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ulted from a quarrel with her or con.

suited from quarrel with her or con.
cerning her.
The sketch which the authorities
have pieced together from the frag-
ments of circumstantial evidence
picked up in connection with the
crime, is that of Mr.. Burdick meeting
by appointment some woman in his
den after his household had retired
He was last seen by Margaret Muir
ray, one of the servants, going to th1
cellar to fix the furnace, clad in his
updershirt and trousers. The rest of
his clothes was up stairs in his room.
When he was found dead in the morn
ing he wore only an undershirt and the
rest of his clothes with the exception
of his vest, were found in the den. His
vest was up stairs. The woman came
and he spread out a light lunch for
hEr. With the lunch was a small
bottle containing Martini cocktails.
Only a small portion of the lunch was
eaten but the bottle was nearly emp
tied. After the lunch there was a
quarrel. The woman turned upon Bur.
dick and attacked him with some blunt
weapon, beating him upon the head
with maniacal fury. No arrests
have yet been made, although the po-
lice have several alleged clues.
Within a few feet of the room in
which he was brutally murdered
Thursday night, the body of Edwin L..
Burdick lay in a coffin at 5 o'clock
Saturday afternoon while Rev. L. NJ.
Powers of tbs Church of the Messiah
performed a simple funeral service.
In view of the tragic manner in
which Mr.. Burdick met death, it was
deemed best not to have any funeral
sermon. Mr.. Powers read briefly from
Scripture and offered a prayer. II
was all over quickly. There was no
music.
The body lay in the houss where
the murder occurred all Saturday
night. Sunday it was sent to Cana.
stota, Madison county, N. Y, for
burial