Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-22

Before GCd, as an honest man, never saw a more rotten combination than this from Tammany hall to hell. "
 Such was the language in which Rev. J. S. Hawkins, suspended from the ministry of the Methodist church for six months by the Camden con- ference, eXcoriated the alleged "com- bfne'' in the church which he repre- sents
 For nearly an hour and a half, Dr. Hawkins addressed an audience at the Elks theater Thursday evening. his subject being. Arkansas, the Queen of the Southwest, and the Reforms Needed to Secure to Her the Future to Which She Is Entitled Only a small crowd of auditors greeted the pastor, owing largely, no doubt. to the in- clemency of the weather; but the all- dience was the speakers throughout and he was very frequently interrupt ed by loud and prolonged applause pr. Hawkins is a pleasing speaker, and his remarks were interspersed with wit and humor and finest sar- casm. His reference to Rev Jas. Thomas as the Booker T. Washing ton of Arkansas" was one of the finest bits of sarcasm ever heard on the ros- trum in Pine Bluff, and the aud, fence, even that portion of it which was not thorouehly in accord with the speak CT. appreciated the reference and it's import. The lecture was really an eX- position of the speakers views on the now famous "church combine, but was cloaked behind the poetic title cf Arkansas. the Queen of the South west
 Hr. Hawkins was introduced to the audience by Mayor H. King White of this city, who referred to him as man of strong convictions. With the courage thereof. and with pure clean life back of him.
 Dr. Hawkins appearance before the audience was the occasion of an oVa- tion to him.
 He prefaced his remarks by stating that hemight not succeed in bfeaklhs mn tbe church combine of the Metho- djsts but by the grace of God anu the help of the good people he Wouio trv He declared that he would can ,,ss the entire state thoroughly, ana deliver this lecture wherever he Weh'' whether ever successful in knock ns o,,t that "infamcus gang or not, ne would do what he could towaro It. The matter had already reacheo '"e general conference. ..o 1Io.o nr Hawkins took up the 4,.ood of his discourse in loeicai ,'l , and events followed in natural ue., onoe He began with the lano'pe seqa %a erst civilized peoples in Amer ol .oforring to the various c'a''n' ic'' on the new country by oppos' i'la'e at;ons % The little band ol .aa- res, ing nauons saa finally gained their inae 'en,s snoe and made this the 'anu o' the free sna aaferred to the south, ana Then ne :aa. ercomiums to thls aroat section were ch'S'''s ,a wbere the truest and best ol manhood thrives. From the so'''n' ,,o rostr;cted his remarks to AfNan- s.s which he characterized as ei'e
 ,4c. of the great tidal wave or CIV ;,iz,tion which was to overspfeao 'no oast and the west. He said the s'"'o vas in a great many ways. But 'he'e <. ,,,,,st he some reformations peloie IL oan reach the full stature Of us siois'
 ,,a tnen referred to state politics. Ill ,.,ioh he said one of the refofhla'i 'ioi' ..,,,.4 e,me. and paid his respects 'o 4, ..hoed,e.bursting combine at Lle- 4,o p~c,x md to the Little ROCK coui ''' ns as,., he declared vere<rotten to the ha'teu. oro dis.
 The people, he declared, were tns. a.s. ,,,..aa with party rings, of Whatso 1 .,.or# a44ty. They must be broken. ne m vva-9o' the un-to-date poi1'ei.'n -,,,ta ro.a ia sno recent New York fes'''s' t-=o =e..rs of the times. n,o,o - r, ,eon,e of Arkansas were .. s.,,e.,.ea of their state when they o,,na nu, c,,+e7ae of it's borders and .he ,os resis. ,en =. os the aqv, when abroad resrs, tered on the hotel registers rom s0''''