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But by 1880 the pendulum was
| swinging back.
The going of Adoniram Judson to
India and the return and travels of
Luther Rice brought stronger re-
!igious feeling. Luther Rice travelled
and preached in every State south OF
Washington City. At the same time
he was the agent of Columbian Col
lege an apostle of education Along
the line of his travels sprang up re-
ligious institutions, Christian colleges.
One of these was Wake Forest. North
Carolinians have ever been jealous for
the separation of church and State.
No church in North Carolina had ever
asked the Legislature to grant CHAR
ter for q school There was oppoSl-
ton to the union of religion and edu-
cation, and there was some ground
for this opposition.
In 1880 no one could declare that q
college was a nursery of religion;
the argument was on the other side:
no one could say that a college Was
the power-house for missionary zeal.
The men who were opposed to the
conventions educational policy had
never heard Of revival in a college.
There was no Davidson or Trinity
College to cite as example. so Wake
Forest was a new venture for the de-
others were lukewarm and waited the
results.
In November, 1884 when the con-
vention met it was anxious to hear
the report from the school. David
Thompson made the report on the in
stitute and DIR. S. j. Wheeler on edu-
cation. Both allude to the fact that
before the first crop was gathered and
the first session ended a revival began.
The report says
eve saw blessed. because few such
incidents are to be found in the an
nails of history. That it should please
God, in such an almost miraculous
manner, to pour out His spirit upon
so many, SO young by such feeble
means, in so short a period to the con-
version, and we hope. final salvation
of about 40 souls, but such are the
facts and though to us they may APP
pear wonderful yet we rejoice in
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THE COLLEGE AND THE DENOMI-
NATION.
The Influence of Woke Forest the Baptist DenoMina-
tiCn
t,iiOn.
BY PROF. e. w. SYKES, PHI. ID.

Trinity, a Chapel HILL an A., and M
and a Wake Forest spirit 1t has been
a great help toward the unification
of the Baptist denomination to have
SO many men of the same spirit.
Hundreds of boys have been brought
together in friendships that have gone
on through life. One may be a preach
er in the West, the other a lawyer in
the East, but the cord of early love
binds them together and thus on the
loom of college life is woven the warp
and woof of UNCONVENTIONAL unity.
Strength OF the Ministry.
No movement is stronger than it's
leaders. No denomination is more
powerful than its minister's The
growth and stability of denomination
has depended upon its ministers. The
Papacy became powerful because
strong men were made Popes. The
Episcopal church, despite the fact
that its ministry in the American Rev
olution were in large measure Tories,
has had a powerful influence in Amer
lea because its ministry was we'll
trained. Those denominations that do
not train their ministers decline.
in the decade between 1S20-30 there
came into North Carolina some young
men wei trained: Samue! Wait came
from Columbia as did Jno. Armstrong,
Thomas Meredith was fresh from the
University of Pennsylvania: Patrick
Dowd lad been to Columbia; George
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an almost miraculous manner. once a
year, to pour out his spirit upon So
many, so young and in so short a PEE
riod. Among the members are many
of the finest gifts of the Institute,
and your committee rejoice and bless
God in the prospect that from this
nursery may go out many prOclaimers
of salvation through Christ. But such
are the facts and although to US they
may appear wonderful-yet we re-
joice in the result and take courage in
the belief that God, in His Providence,
is already rewarding those who have
toiled to put this institute into OPP
Grafton by their early bringing so
many to a knowledge of the trust as it
is in Jesus: those whose happy lots
have been cast as students of the Wake
Forest institute"
in 1886 the convention was again
made to rejoice that another revival
had occurred among the students.
The report says three REVEALS in
three successive years! Is this not an
unparalleled occurrence Surely God
takes delight in this institution. He
has stamped it with the seal of His
(arnrovaD appreciation. Shall It not
then continue to prosper"
In 1887 the report says goodness
and mercy have followed Wake For
est Institute from infancy to youth.
God has blessed it it every year of its
existence" Another great revival had
started in the institute and spread to
the surrounding country.
The committee grew eloquent and
declared 1--WE know of no other semi
nary of learning so signally blessed III
this respect. In this scquestered spot
of rural beauty. where the solitude
and silence of the forest were only bro
ken by the means of the passing
breezes, the lights of science now scat
ter their radiance, the hum OF indus
try is heard. and messenger of truth,
the violated law speaks out the
thunders and strains as sweet as
angels use, the gospel whispers peace
Here rests the sure hopes of the Bap-
list churches in our State. The states
man, the philanthropists, the Chris
tians need ncTor DESPAIR of the re-
public so long as our sons are thus
educated"
The battle had now been won.
These early reyivals delayed the Oppo-
sition. Education had become the
hand maid of religion. college the
nursery of Christianity, and in this
way learning had become ccbsecrateti.
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BY f. w. Skies, PHI. ID.

A college is public institution that
influences the whole State. 1t helps to
shape the social ideals of a commun-
ity. Its influence is far-reaching and
subtle. 1t has an indirect influence
on other denominations and other in
stitutions. All kinds of schools are
more or less related and none can es-
cape the Influence of the other. But
Wake Forest has direct Influence on
the organized life of the Baptist peo-
pie of North Carolina. This influence
is seen at least in four directions.
Denominational Unity.
1t was hard for Baptists to unite. 1t
took twenty wears of effort to organize
the Baptist State Convention and even
then five years afterwards came the
secession of the missionaries. But
since Wake Forest began its work
there has ben no secession or serious
division among Baptist people. True,
they have had their differences, they
have still preserved their ancient de-
mocracy, but they have remained uni
ted also Each church has preserved
its own self government, and yet when
it has looked out on the State and the
world and seen $50 much to do so liz
tie done" it has joined in that unity
that giveth strength.
And how has the college effected
this?
In the first place It was the first
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born child of the convention. 1t was
the first real tangible enterprise un-
dertaken by the Baptist people. For
a long time it was the one spot in
North Carolina that belonged to all
the Baptist people. Till the founding
of the Orphanage and the Baptist Uni
versity it remained the only spot in
the State that WAS the property of all
the people, 1t was an enterprise that
demanded united support. 1t gave the
denomination something definite to do.
1t is hard to hold rcople together when
there is nothing to be done. The Bap-
fist State Convention of 1886 called
the school the beloved object of our
watch-care
The first brick building was erected;
money was borrowed; a Gebt was
made This debt was hard to pay.
but men made sacrifices and paid it.
No man made more than Samuel Wait
but it taught him love the spot
which he always called that sacred
ground" Chas. E. Skinner and General
Alfred Dockery and host of others
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Huffman and Aaron Spivey We're grad
yates of the State University. These
men saw the need in North Carolina.
They wanted to build churches in
North Carolina TO do it they needed
a strong ministry. They said so; they
openly declared that young men called
of God to preach must be educated.
From some of the older ministers, they
met with opposition, but they persist
ed. These men were largely instrument
tai in founding the school for this
purpose Samuel Wait became its
principal, John Armstrong the first
professor of Ancient Languages and
w Meredith was elected professor OF
Mathematics
Wait and Armstrong canvassed the
State while Meredith founded the Re-
corder. which. in those early days,
was the champion of education.
In the seventy-two years of It's work
the college has sent out many hun
dred ministers. Doubtless there is not
a town or county in the State but
what has heard the voice of her sons.
Today the State convention is a re-
union of her sons. John l.. Prichard
was found a young man down in the
AIbemarIe region. He fills a martyrs
grave in Wilmington. q. shepherd too
devoted TO leave his flock when the
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their results, and take courage in the
belief that God in His good Providence
is already recording he labor of those
who have toiled to put the institution
INTO operation by thus carly bringing
to a knowledge of the truth. as it
is in Jesus those whose happy lot it
is to be placed in Wake Forest Insti-
tute."
In 1885 the committee on the insti.
tute made another report and closed
by saying your committee cannot
close this report, without referring to
the blessed fact of the late revival
among the students of the institute.
We say blessed. for few such facts can
be found in the annals of history.
That it should please God, in such
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has an easier time. Where these men
realize that God has an active work
for them to do. there the kingdom
moves. 1t is useless to mention their
names, but they are men like the
Mills brothers, the Hobgoods the
Scarboroughs. the Vanns. the Dowds
and long list of others
The Conservation of Education.
The schools in America have not
always been a nursery for Christianity.
Until about 1920 the New England
colleges had gone for years without
a revival. 1t was known that the
University of Virginia was inimical to
Christianity. Our own State Univer-
sty had not escaped the contagion
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when called on some of them can out
preach the preachers. The average
Wake Forest man leaves his college,
goes into his life-work. becomes a
Sunday-school teacher, a deacon, clerk
of his association and delegate to the
convention and often while member
of the Board of Trustees of Wake For
est. the orphanage. or the Baptist
University.
When this type of man takes charge
Of the work of a church, the minister
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put their treasure there and there
their hearts We're also. Men like
Wait. Pritchard, Mitchell Purefoy and
Wingate told the story of the institu-
ton and appealed for help, and their
story touched the purse-strings and
heart-strings of their hearers. All these
influences tended to create the tie that
binds.
Again. it brought together in one
place the young men who were to be
ministers to the denomination. They
sat at the feet of the same instruc-
tors: they met in the recitation rooms.
in society halls in the library and in
the campus; they were all stamped
with the same influence; not only did
they learn to know each other. but
to take one general viewpoint; they
all passed through the same mould.
Every institution has its ideals; no
two colleges are alike. There is a Yale
spirit, a Harvard and Princeton
spirit; so in our own State there is a
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Gngeger ipurocn ucrait5s
9obt:
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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-01-31
The Statehood Bill Is
Virtually Killed by Senate

Washington, Jan. 28.-The
statehood bill is virtually dead.
Thirty-three Democ rats in the
Senate will vote soIidly against
it, and, it is asserted now, that
at least sixteen Republicans will
oppose it in it's present form.
If the bill is so arranged that
Oklahoma and the Indian Terri
tory shall be admitted as one
state, l.aving New Mexico and
Arizona as they are, all of the
Republicans and many of the
Democrats will withdraw their
opposition.
The Senate Committee on
Territories may make this am
endment at the proper time, and
end the fight.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-01-31
Negro Troops viii
Not Be In Parade
Governor Has Refused to Let
Them Go to Inauguration
of Roosevelt.

Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 29.-Negro
troops from Georgia will not be
allowed to attend the Inaugural
ton of President Roosevelt
March 4.
Gov. Terrell will not grant
permission to the colored troops
to leave the state.
The Lincoln Guards Of Ma
con, commanded by Sandy Lock
hart, have already made arrange
ments to attend the inauguration
of the President, but when for
NAL request for leave of absence
of the company is made it will be
denied by the Governor on the
ground that he does not want the
state of Georgia repres ented on
such an occasion by negro
troops.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-01-31
Bayonets Now Rule Over
Poland Under Martial Law.

Warsaw, January 3O.-By or
der of the governor-general the
governments of Warsaw, Lode
and Petrokof have been placed
under the operation of the law
for the strict maintenance OF
public order.
The government buildings and
large factories are guarded by
troops. Part of the electric
plant has been destroyed by
strikers.
The number Of killed or
wounded during the rioting here
is estimated at 100.
Out-of-door life in the city Is
at complete stauds,ill. All the
restaurants, cafes and shops are
closed.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-01-31
Great Britain Asks
Russia to Explain
Riots May Result in Straining
Relations Between the
Two Countries.

St. Petersburg, January 30
$50 p. m.-New complications
between Great Britain and Rus
STA are feared on account of the
attack on the British consul and
vice consul at Warsaw, Saturday
night. Coming on the heels of
the p1acards posted by Assist
ant Police Chief Roudneff, accus-
ing the British of assisting the
revolutionists of Russia, the
Warsaw incident may be the
source of another outburst in
Great Britain which may again
strain relations between the two
countries.
Beyond the fact of the attack
at Warsaw resulting in the
woundipg Of the British vice
consul who is now in a hos
pital, the British EN- bassy here
has no details of the affair, but
Sir Charles Hardinge, the Brit
ish am bassador, has already
delivered a note to Foreign Min
lister Lamsdorff, asking for an
immediate investigation and ex-
PLANTATION, reserving any claims
which may be hereafter made
and at the same time asking for
protection of British consuls
throughout the empire. BY the
first train he also dispatched
Major Napier, the British mill
tary attache, to Warsaw, to
secure a full report on the cir
cumstances.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-01-31
Mr.. r. A. Wilson Seriously I'll

Mr.. r. A. Wilson is suffering
with appendicitis in its most
serious form.
DR.. Floyd McRae was here
this forenoon, and in consulta-
ton with Drs. Bradfield, Dor
miny, Ware and Thompson de-
cided not to operate, but TO let
the disease take it's course,
His case is considered ex-
trem ely serious; his father, W.
A. Wilson and brother, Hon.
Jarrett Wilson, of Sum ter county,
are with him, and with his sister.
Mrs. Pryor, and the family, and
the assistance of two trained
nur es, are doing everything
possible for his comfort.
The outcome of Mr.. Wilson's
illoess is being watched by the
whole community with manifest
interest and anxiety.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-01-31

SITUATION AT ST. PETERSBURG.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 30-Most
of the factories and mills of st.
Petersburg are in operation to-
day and the strike to all intents
and purposes is ended. A few
large establishments have not
yet fully resumed operations ow-
ing to the official for malities ne
cessary in registering their
thousands of employees. Some
of the workman at the Putiloff
works, where the strike original
ed, have asked for the celebra-
ton of religious service by the
metropolitan of st. Petersburg
before resuming work, SO as to
remove the effect of the presence
of the unfrocked priest and ex-
communicated leader" Father
Gopon. Some social democrats
are protesting the arrests of Fri
day and Saturday on the ground
that the action taken was "a vio-
lation of the implied promise
contained in the proclamation OF
the authorities"
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-01-31
OBJECT OF THE RUSSIANS


NOT CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD.
Toxic, January 80, 1870 a. m.
Russian activity on the Skakhe
river seemed to have ceased af-
ter the fights at Chenchiepao and
Heikoutal, where the japanese
were victorious. The object of
the operations is not clearly un-
derstood here, but it is suggest
ed that the Russians either in
tended to turn the Japanese left
and move a heavy force down
west of the Liao river, or were
seeking to divert attention from
some projected operation against
the Japanese right. It is re-
ported that the weather is warm
err since January Is, but it is ex-
tremely cold, so that it is inn
possible to expose tie troops at
night. The Toxic press ex-
presses the opinion that General
Kuropatkin either ordered the
movement to divert attention
from the domestic conditions in
Russia or that he had planned to
make fight bsfore Field Marsh
al Oyama had been heavily rein
forced.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-01-31
Royal Family of Spain
Almost Killed by Gas.

Madrid, Jan. 30.-King Alton
so, the queen mother and other
members of the royal ia mily had
a narrow escape from asphyxia-
ton while dining in the palace
Thursday night. Fumes escap'
ing from the hating apparatus
partially overcame the royal din
ers.
The engineer has been arrest
ed. The censor refuses to allow
the details to be sent out.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-01-31
A Marriage of Interest.

Moultrie, Ca, Jan. ga mar
rage of interest this week was
that of Miss Viola Turner,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
Turner, to Mr.. F. c. Austen.
It was a home wedding and at
tended by quite a number of
relatives and friends. Mr.. and
Mrs. Austin will make their home
in Fitzgerald. -Moultrie cor. in
Savannah Morning News.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-01-31
Bankers Call for Fund
For Cotton GrOWercr.
Resolutions Passed by Southern Banker
Convention at New Orleans, Promise
Aid to Cotton Planters.

One of the most important f.
lures of the recent New Orleaf
Cotton convention was the acfie
of the bankers of the cotton gros
ing states, in convention assex
bled in that city Jan. 25th.
following resolutions we're una
mously adopted at that meetin
Whereas, The cotton grove
of the United States have assea
bled in convention on the n
day of Jan. 1905, in the city
New Orleans, state of Lonisan
for the purpose of organizing
national cotton growers assoc
ton; and,
Whereas, The financial int
ests of the country are threafa
ed by the overproduction of I'll
ton; and,
Whereas, The price at Whiz
the cotton crop of the South
sold is such a potent factor
turning the balance of trade
our favor. making this uuesf32S7
one of vital interest to the COT
try at large; be it
Resolved, /. That we,
Southern Bankers, in conventi
assembled, heartily indorse \
object of said occasion and pron
Use our hearty cooperation.
2. That we believe that
Southern bankers are amply d
and willing to finance the hol
ings of the surplus of the prese
crop, which we propose to
provided the acreage of cot
for 1905 is reduced not less ths
Is per cent and the use of fer
lizers in like proportion.
3. That we are heartily in sY
patty with a movement to esq
lish a uniform warehouse syste
under sound legislation by "a
different states, looking not or
to the caring for the present CT
but for future crops, wheref
the farmer and merchant COZ
furnish better collateral, t1
enabling them to get money sha
have been effected.
4. That we urge the necessl
of thorough organization and "a
on the various interests of tH
country to assist in keeping Oh
question agitated from now d
til such time as a perfect orgas
cation shall have been formed.
S. That com mittee of Oil
from each cotton growing sta
be appointed, with w. H. Rive
of Elgep, Texas, as chairma
Il
and John D. Walker. of Spar
Ca, as secretary and treasure
to act as com mittee on fnan
and to cooperate with the Cote
Growers association in perfee
ing their organization and in Il
tablishing a complete warehou
system.
6. That the chairman of tl
bankers convention be requeste
to call upon the different sta
bankers associations of the 81
eral cotton growing states
raise a voluntary contribuf
from the southern banker
ten thousand dollars to assist
Southern Cotton Growers
citation in organizing and pm
into effect the ways and III
of reducing the cotton acs
this year at least IS per Ger
7. That a copy of The
lutions be sent to The
Combined s.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-01-31
Wants to Change Name.

We hear there is a movement
on foot to change the name of
Wilcox county. For further
particulars, ask Col. Cults, of
FITZGERALD. Rochelle New Era.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-01-31
Thousands OF SldVS
and Japanese Killed
In Battle Near Mukden--O Official Reports Show
that CASUALTIES Were Heavy on Both
Sides--Japs 5000, Russians 10000.

St. Petersburg, January 80,
$50 p. m.-The Russian advance
movement against the Japanese
left has failed and General Grip
enburg has notified the emperor
that he has discontinued the Of
fensive. General Mistchenko
and Gen. Kondratsvitch, while
not seriously injured, have been
obliged to relinquish their com"
mands. The war Office gives no
estimate of the Russian losses,
but they are believed to be heavy.
Toxic, January 80, 3 p. NJ
The casualties during the fight
ing at Chenchiedpao aud Heikou-
tai are estimated at 5000 on the
side of the Japanese and 10000
on the Russian side.