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The Carlisle independent., 1907-05-30
LOCAL NEWS

;. O. Smith sells Roof Paint. J. o. Smith sells pure Eupion Oil.
 w. H. NicEols has stock peas for sale.
 Mrs. Sims is visiting relatives in Memphis.
 L. B. Krshka had business ill Little Rock Tuesday.
 Base Ball Goods of all kinds at Ayres' Drug Store.
 Mrs J. C. Ash is reported on the sick list this week.
 Topsy Hosiery gives service. Nlcho ols sells them.
 Miss Cora Wilson was in Little Rock the first of the week.
 The highest market price in cash for yea! c. A.-Hutson.
 J. M. Hackney pays the top of the market for fat calves.
 Miss Ella King is visiting her sister, Mrs. Mytchel in Memphis Capt. Dick shipped another car of cattle to St. Louls Wednesday, Harry Wilson of Little Rock spent few hours here Wednesday Robert Meidendorph made a business trip to Little Rock Tnes- day.
 Mrs. Crow of Joplin, Mo. is spending a few days in MT. Kings home.
 Mrs Wagner of Lonoke is visit igesas ;gesas her doughter, Mrs. c. A. the sn.
 When through planting cotton ". H. Nichols will buy your sur plus seed.
 j. c. Gardner and family have moved to the Kunce property new owned by M Nadoo.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-05-30

There will be preaching at the Methodist church June 9th at $ o'clock P. NJ. and also on June 9th at II A. M, by Rev. c. M. Hollett D. D., of the Methodist church at Little Rock.
 J. c. Crane
 ". M Hilbert
 Committee.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-05-30

pr. ". c. Ray. enc of the oldest and most highly respected citi zens in this vicinity, was a very pleasant caler at this office Sat urday evening The Doctors health has been poorly for some time but we are glad to see him on our streets again.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-05-30
TAX ASSESSORS NOTICE,

NOTICE IS HEREBY CIV BIN That pursuant law, will
 the taxpayers of Lonoke county in the different ohsh of assessing both real and property Arkansas for the of 1907 the following places dates, to-wit:
The Carlisle independent., 1907-05-30

lonoke Court Hose from July 3 to Aug lo after Whmh te law fixes penalty of one dollar
 l. M. EMERSON, Tax Assessor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-16
HRHSE Sz1EETBAez CAZI7CH:
RICHlNOMD,S. ASSOCIATION
WITH WORK OF BAP7ZSIS
Iany Leaders of Denomination Have Their I
Here and Churches are Among Best in the

ticial To the denomination, doubtless, than
ever before since DR.. Robert Ryland
watched and prayed for the Hsoodly
child
We appreciate our blessings when they
have flown, but why Go not the Baptists
of Richmond and Virginia realize their
blessings while we have them, and see
that there lackcth not one stone in this
high tower Of defense?
The, Woman's College continues to
grow. The number Of pupils seems to be
limited only by the capacities of the
buildings Under the wise and tactful
administration of DIR. James Nelson. the
success has simply been phenomenal
Emerson says that beauty Is the flow
cring OF virtue AID where hundreds and
thousands of farcst daughters are taught
and trained for the various walks in life.
how manifold must be the blessings. How
many homes are Frightened and
swcctcned BY the refinement OF
culture; how many S,ndayschools
and churches are supplied in some
measure with capable and efficient work
ers; how many are qualified to go as
missionaries to foreign lands.
a great movement Is now on wings,
| with skies growing brighter daily. to pro-
vide suitable home for this school--the
one thing needful. With proper accom-
modations the work of this institution OF
| learning might soon be doubled. The en-
| thusiastic and eloquent DR.. B. c. Hcnins
| is giving himself wholly to the accom-
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.emplification OF the saying: "An in
stitution is the heightened shadow Of
one man."
But surely it was q merciful provi-
dence that dropped the mantle of the
sire upon the son, and with 1t, In
some respects, a double portion of the
spirit. William Ellyson, whose name
is household word al over the State.
has seen the work of the board far
more than doubled since It passed into
his hands. There Is no man in Iall
our bounds so fully and so minutely.
acquainted with all the churches. He
has studied them like an arithmetic,
and seems to know them like an alpha
bet His is purely a work Of love.
Without one dollar Of compensation,
no man could be found more faithful
and more enthusiastic than he. VIII
liam Elyson is endowed with clear
Judgment possessed of lovable spirit,
and without n semblance of affectn-
tion is transparently pious and spirit
uallN-mindcd. Hence he enjoys the
unbounded confidence OF all. The SER
vice of this board to the city and to
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Governor of the State. is the wise and
we'll Informed corresponding secretary
Of the Education Board, and has been
as far back as the memory of man
runs, not exceeding a third OF a CEN
fury. Mr.. Ellyson is nman of letters,
and admirably fitted for the important
office he fills in seeking out and aid
ing young men to prepare for the
ministry. A distinguished professor Of
a great seminary of the North once
said to the writer, that having visited
Mr.. Ellyson in his home, he was
amazed to find ayman with such
library. and SO well read in reli-
gious literature. But Mr.. Ellyson
mourns that there has been a falling
off in the number of applicants for
the ministry. The Board. however, has
never failed for want of means to aid
any worthy applicant.
The State Mission Board is also To-
Gated in this city. and for forty-slx
consecutive years the guiding hand
which shaped its destiny was that OF
the lnmented II. Is. Ellyson. Truly
Emerson might find in him an eX-
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CHURCHES AND PASTORS
HERE AND THEIR YORK
City Known as Mecca Of the @Baptists Of the
/ of the SOuth..g
Board Has Head
Richmond.

mits of Improvement If any one
doubts that tho Herald has for it's
laudablc aim to be second to none,&
and to grow better and better, only
let him take the paper (and pay for
it, and carefully read it. and he will
1bc most pleasinglyf convinced.
At Peace.
Tho Baptists OF Richmond, as q body,
are at peace with one another and
with their brethren OF other creds,
and with all mankind. Scctarianism,
In its narrow sense, sclflshncss, big
otry, Intolerance, are. utterly at vari-s
ance with Baptist 3poity and faith
In individual cases doubtless these
charges are sometimes justly made. but
as regards the denomination always
unjustly. Nothing can be more for
cign to Baptist principles than reli-
gious Intolerance, No distinctive tenet
Of the Baptists rises higherand speaks
louder than that of absolute freedom
OF conscience. Holding the truth
dearer than life, yet must hold 1t in
love One may be Baptist In name,
in outward form and church member
ship. and yet not be Baptist at all.
One may have the she'll and yet be
without the kernel No one can be
Baptist in verify without the spirit OF
the Master, for the essential principles
arc found only in His spirit, and that
| spirit requires that we should love
our ncighbor MS ourself. II nothing
| could save the Baptists from utter en-.
| tinction but the abridgement in tho
smallest degree of tile rights and priv
lltges OF others, these Baptists must
become extinct. Baptists must grant
/ to all, young and old the right to
| choose for themselves free and un-4
trnmmelcd liberty or conscience, even
though in SO doing they should im-
| peril and suffer the loss of all that
/ they hold dear, and life itself, and
| everything except the-TRU'TI,
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Great Convention
quarters in
the State, eternity only can reveal
EOrclEn NJ iaSiOn NOurl.

the State, eternity only can reveal.
Foreign Mission Board.
1t may be mentioned also that the
Foreign Mission Board of the South
ern Convention is located in Richmond.
For fourteen years the peerless Will
bingham has been the corresponding
secretary. An all-roundcd and indom-.
liable worker. A man of prayer. and
a man or power. Beginning with this
month the number Of resident sccre-
tarics Is Increased to four, and this
uuartette of God-chosen men will pull
together for the salvation of those
who sit in darkness and groan under
errors chain. The local board, IN
Guiding the secretaries, consists Of
twenty-five busy pastors and laymen,
who often meet to talk, and work. and
pray. The rooms, which are often Wis
tied by residents and strangers. pre-
sent the appearance of busy work.
shop During the past year more than
four hundred thousand dollars passed
through this board,
The Religious Herald has been u
prime factor in tho nurture of Baptist
principles. and In the furtherance or
5denominational progress In the city
#(and am writing only of the city,.
DR.. r. H. Pitt is an editor born--and
o reflection whatever is intended upon
his past history In saying that. lie
manifestly increases in wisdom, ana
seems determined to make no mis-
tnl<es which he cannot easily correct,
and to leave nothing undone that adj
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nlishIng Of this great end. ana the best

pishing of this great end, anu the best
informed are sangulne of success.
The Baptist Sunday school Association
Of Richmond and Manchester has been
an efficient help to the cause. This as
ISOLATION has inspired and quickened the
Sunday schools in their continuous work,
and it has rendered SUBSTANTIAL help to Il
number of churches, when such help was
most opportune and timely. The monthly
reports show growing interest increased
attendance, and larger collections. The
urbane and resourceful president Of this
Organization is DR.. ". p. Mathews, and
the meeting held in the month or April
was the most largely attended in the
history Of the associa ton. The main
audience room and galleries of the spa
eious Pine Street Church We're packed to
tho utmost capacity, many standing; the
basement was then thrown open and
quickly filled. and the interesting pro-
gram was carried out In both rooms.
The Baptist Sunday schools Of the
city and vicinity were never more ac-
tive and progressive
Hon. j. Taylor Ellyson, Lieutenant
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Dr. w. p. Johnson, president, and
same secretaries as in 1915.
The preacher of convent ton SER
mon was DIR. Richard Fuller, Md.
The first foreign missionaries Of
the convention were Revs. j. L.
Shuck and Issachnr ]. Roberts,
Wing Seen San; S, G. Clopton and
wife. George Pearcy and wife.
LS49.--Appointed for Nashville. Tenn.
but on account of the prevalence
of cholera, the few brethren who
were adjourned to meet in Charles
ton, S, c., May 23d. President, DR..
w. b, Johnson, South Carolina;
Secretaries. James G. Crane, Nir-
ginla; Basil Manly, Jr, Alabama.
DR.. Burrows says In his historical
sermon: "This was the first gen
eral meeting in which brethren
from the several States united. and
which ultimately resulted in the
organization of the Southern Bap-
list Theological Seminary" Preach
or convention sermon, DR.. w. B.
Johnson.
lS51-First biennial convention. Nash
vile, Tenn. Rev. r. 3. g. Howell,
Virginia, president; j G. Crane,
Virginia; Vim. Carey Crane, Mis-
sissippi, secretaries. Preachers. J..
b, letter, Virginia, and j. L. Rey-
nolds. South Carolina. Rows. B. w.
Whilders. A, b. Cabaniss, Burton
and IT, +. Crawford We're set apart
@ as foreign missionaries.
1858, -Rultlmore. Md. President, DIR r..
3. G, Howell, Virginia; Secretaries,
II. *. Ellison, Yirginia; William
Carey Crane. mississippi, Preach
ers, II. -. g, Howell, Virginia. and
S. Iiaker. Kentucky, Movement be-
gun ito erect q house of worship
at New Orleans. q,
lS65,--Mont Ala. President, r..
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by REV. DIR. j. u. HUTSON.
'axtOr of Pine Street Baptist Church.


rTHG thrilingly historic and beautiful
| city OF Richmond mas often been
called the Mecca OF the Baptists.
In proportion to population. Richihohn -
perhaps tho greatest Baptist city IN the
world. According to reliable statistics,
more than one person in every four Of
the entire population is Il member OF
some regular Baptist church. including
Manchester and Barton Heights there
are twenty-five white Baptist churches,
and the number OF cOlofed churches the
next gcnern! census possibly may be
able to ascertain. AL these churches al
present are supplied with efficient ana
able ministcrs-there is not II vacant
pulpit In the whole nunlber--and 1t is
believed that they have Eever been more
happily and ably provided with pastors
than at this time. There are also quite
q number of editors. professors, secre-
tares and other resident ministers, whose
activities in UNCONVENTIONAL work are
ccaseless In this valiant ministerial
force are men .: renown. men OF ac-
curate and profound learning, of COM
manding eoquence. and of national repu-
tation. Doubtless the Baptist churches
/ OF Richmond, upon the whole, were never
more prosperous and progressive, more
\ lively and liberal, more harmonious ana
4 happy. than they are ut this day.
Richmond College.
Tho Baptists of Richmond have been
4 greatly blessed with noble-mndcd lay
! men. mon OF culture and OF means. whose
consecrated talents have been Il mighty
| factor in the onward and upward move
I ment Men whose answering fidelity
1 and dauntless courage have sent a thrill
I of Joy ofttmes along the lines In shadowy
4 I, fnn nd mi Gcr5v me
/ faithful and true, in times of supremest
I need have been found in the breach, and
\ the banner borne aloft.
Tho Baptist women of the city share
with their brethren in the splendid
achievements of the past. What palms.
taking toll, anxious inquiry. diligent per-
H severance have characterized their self
denying labors! Apart from the mad
dening crowd, and forgetting the siren
voice of the svcry haunts of pleasure
and fashion, they haze wrought with
beautiful devotion to the Master, with
out ostentatious CROWN or piping note OF
fame'
Richmond College. the pride Of Vir-
ginin BnptIsts, stands four sluMe. &c
every wind that blows and is a citadel
OF solidified strength, well-nigh inVnlner-
nble. President i. w. 1'oatWrlght Is moi
only highly cultured gentleman, but Is
many-sidcd and even slded leader, ahf
with the smoothness of oil brings grea,
things to pass, Tho faculty is compose.
of choice men well equipped for the higt
positions they fill and among them arc
some Of the finest minds In the country
Who can estimate the value Of such Z
body of men In II community whose life
4 work is to elevate young men, tho chiv'
airy and hope of the land. &
How peryasivo and extensive is thu
Influence Of such an institution of learn
ing! And Richmond College to-day II
stronger, more hopeful and more bene
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During the years 1S5S-1SG6 the
terrible civil war In China and the
war in our own land sadly retarded
ana embarrassed the work of for
cign missions. Communication was
cut of; chapels were destroyed;
cholera slew thousands of the
population. A. Il. Bond and Wife
appointed to China, ana J. G a.
Rohner and wife to Japan were
drowned on the outward passage;
Rev. j. L. Holmes was murdered
In China.
From this time the sessions of tho
are held annually,
1s67,--Memphis. Tenn. President. p, II,
Nell Georgia.; Secretaries, A.
Fuller Crane. Maryland; A. p.
Abcll Virginia. Preacher, w. Y.
Brantley, Maryland.
Observation-Disclosures. Md. President, T. II,
Nell. Georgia Secretaries, a. p.
Abel. virginia;,A. n, Crane, Mary
land. Preacher. Il. Il. skinner, Ten
nessee,
4 6o.---Macon, Ga. Presdent, Il. II.
Nell, Georgia: Secretaries, ~ r.
Abel, Nirginin;A. II. Crane, Mary
Il land. Preacher. u, 7. unkler. south
TAX Carolina.
1870 louisville, Ky President, r. ",
"a Nell Georgia; secretaries, j. r.
Hawkins, Kerfuclky; r. q. VIII
lams, Maryland. Preacher ~ l.,
Burrows, Virginia,
lS7l.--St. Louis. Mo. President, =. II.
Moll, Georgia.; sccretares -. G.
H.. Williams, Maryland; Truman $.
Summer, Alabama, Preacher, VIII
liam Williams, south Carolina,
1S72c-Ralegh N. G. President, James
r. Boyce, South Carolina; sec
rntarles. e. G, Williams Mary
land; Y. S. Summer, Alabama,
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5.-Thursday May Sth, the South
ern Baptist Convention was organ
lied in the First Baptist Church,
Augusta. Ga. 32S delegates from
nine States being present OF those
who participated in the formation
of tho convention only two are
known to be alivc-Iaev. j. Fl. Kill
patrick. D. D., White Plains, Ga;
and Rev. A. j. Battle, D. d., for
many years prominently Identified
with Mercer University, and
Shorter College. DR.. Fitzpatrick has
been regular attendant upon tho
sessions of the convention, and eN-
poets to be present Cd. Nd at
Richmond, Va. Ho was chairman
Of committee on order OF bust
ness at tho last session. The off,
GERS were President, Rev. w. B.
johnson, D. D.; Secretaries, Rev.
Jesse Hartwell, Alabama; James
G. Crane, Virginia. Boards Of man
ayers for foreign missions to be
located at Richmond, Va, and of
domestic missions to be located
ut Marion, Ala" were appointed.
The domestic (now known as
instructed to Consider the need
for evangellzing work among tho
Aborigines OF America. the coll
ored population, and specially to
establish the BAPTIST cause IN
New Orleans, and for opening
correspondence with the Northern
board for the mutual adjustment
Of any claims which one might
have upon the other, and measures
suggested for raising funds,
Va. The first Of
what was called triennial meet
ings. 142 delegates from eleven
States, and two representatives
Il from China. Rev. j, L. Shuck and
Yong Seen Sang, were enrolled.
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as shall tend to awaken true mis-
spirit among our people,"
The receipts of the foreign board for
this year We're $43I05.63. After all ex-
penses were paid there was Il balance
in the treasury OF nearly $4,000. The
homo board received $26.43255.
1S61,-Sayannah Ga. President, Or.
Richard Fuller, Maryland; secrc-
taries. w. C. Crane Mississippi:
George b. Taylor Virginia, Preach
er William II, Mcintosh, Alabama.
THE report OF nspecinl committee
~ on tho State and county" denied
that the South was responsible for
the dissolution of the Union, ap-
proved the formation OF tho Con-
federnte government. invokes the
prayers OF tho people for the sue
cess of the Confederate authorities
and forces warned against spirit
OF vindlctiveness or malice. urged
prayer for enemies, ana recom-
mended ~ day of resting and
prayer. M
1868, -Augusta, Gil, DR.. r. IT. Nell,
Georgia, was for first time elected
president. Secretaries, George b.
Taylor, Virginia.; Sylvanus Ian
drum. Georgia. Preacher, pr, j, l.,
Burrows. Virginia.
Notwithstanding, Ky. President, DR..
\, II. Mell, ieof6la, secretaries,
George y Taylor, Virginia, w.
# Pope Yenman, Kentucky Preach-
er, Richard EULER, Maryland, Re-
Wal port home board says: THE close
OF the preceding year left US In
thy, midst OF confusion ana dis
organization, The country pre-
scented ono continuous scene Of
PIC desoation and ruin, the hopes or
the people disappointed, their II.
rances exhausted, and the PROS
4 poets truly dark and dispirlting,''
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b, G. Howell, Virginia; Secretaries.
William Carey Crane, Mississippi;
James M. Watts. Alabama. Preach |
er, A. d. Sears, Kentucky. Name
of present home board changed to
domestic ana Indian mission
board.
Among the prominent places
aided by the home board up to this
date We're the following, oil OF
which have become self sustaining,
and large contributors to tho
work Of the convention: First Bap-
fist Church, Washington, y. c.;
Leigh street Richmond; First
Church, Raleigh, N. c.; Atlanta,
Knoxville, Chattanooga, Vicksburg,
Jackson Miss; Hannibal and st.
Joseph, Mo-; Helena, Ark; Austin
and Galveston. Texas. tl.
s57,-Louisville, ny. President, DR.. r.
B. c. Howell. Virginia; Secretaries.
w. C. Crane Mlssisslppi; George
b. Taylor !. Maryland. Preacher,
4 William Carey Crane, mississippi
u DR., Russell II, Graves, now our
senior missionary IN China, began
Ills, work with our foreign board;
this Is therefore,, the semi CEN
teunial or his appointment.
Is50.--Richmond, Va. President Or.
Richard Fuller. Maryland; Secre-
taries, w, c. Crane, Mississippi,
and George y. Taylor, Maryland.
Preacher, Duncan Il, Campbell,
Kentucky. E. 3g
At5this early day the brethren recog-
nizcd the importance OF the denomina-
tional papers as helpers, and tho fol-
lowing re solution was passed:
sn'rhat the editors of our denomlna-
tional press be affectionately requested
to publish such missionary informa-
tion,3pnd such appeals to the denoml-
nation as they may be able to procure.
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IcOR LOSS Or APPRENTICESHIP tea
spoonful Horsford's Acid Phosphate in
half glass water after meals. Quickly
restores strength. i.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-07
10 srr ON supRnmE BENcH.
Judge Waterman Assigned to That Duty
From The Superior Court.

Montpelier. Jan, 7.--At the request Of
Chief Judge John w. Rowell OF the SUI.
preme court, Chief Judge Seneca Hazel.
ton Of the superior court filed an order
Saturday evening with M. D. Smile,
clerk Of the supreme court designating
Judge Il. J., Waterman of the superior
court to sit on the supreme bench dur
ing the term Of the supreme court that
convenes on Tuesday. The act which
created the supreme and superior courts
contains section which provided that
when for any reason the chief Judge of
the supeeme court shall desire to have
a Judge Of the superior court sit on the
supreme bench he shall request the chief
judge of the superior court to designate
one member Of that court SO to do.
Some of the judges Of the supreme
court win be disqualified to sit ia sew
eral cases to be argued at the coming
term and for that reason Chief Judge
Rowell issued a request to Chief Judge
Hazelton for an additional Judge.
When all the cases which Judges Of
the supreme court heard in county court
are disposed Of In supreme court the
need for an additional Judge on the su.
preme bench for that reason will cease
to exist.