The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-04-30
MAYHEM MATTERS.

Sunday morning. when Rev. Mr.
Broyles preached the first sermon.
The services We're to have been begun
on last Thursday evening, but on ac-
/ count of sickness in the pastors fam
| ily the beginning was postponed. Rev.
Mr.. Broy1es arrived here Saturday
night from Corinth. The subject of
| ..The Supreme Ambition" His text
was the first verse of the forty-second
| Psalm: las the heart panteth after
| the water brooks so panteth my soul
after thee, o God. !" He said that
men gave too much time and thought
| to the ambitions of a worldly life.
The three such am mbitions he de-
scribed were: the desire for pleasure;
the thirst after money, or wealth; the
desire for making friendship. The
| first two he described as being
| agencies of the devil, and the third,
while Of a nobler character, as be-
traying a selfish motive. He said all
such ambitions aided in the makeup
of what are known as common"
men and women After describing
the debasing and degrading charac-
ters of these worldly ambitions, Bro.
Broyles, with all the e1oquence of his
manner, pictured to the congregation
| the beauty of the Supreme Ambi-
tfon'-that ambition that reaches out
to take hold of God and to appropri-
ate His blessings. 1T is an extraor-
binary man, he said, that holds
this lofty ambition Yet, an ordinary
man may possess it; but it is an ex-
traordinary time in the life of an or
binary man when this pure ambition
to know God and enjoy His blessings
takes hold of him.
Bro. Broyles' discourse was inter-
esting, instructive and inspiring. Note
the three Us 1t was enjoyed by
all, and there were but few present
who were not affected by it.
The services will continue through
out the week, and possibly longer
We would be glad to have our near
by friends and brethren, the Arte-
slams, attend these services as much
as possible.
On last Sunday night our box car
depot was burglarized. The burglars
obtained only a small amount of
money-six dollars This is the sec
ond burglary we have had within the
past few weeks. The general mer-
chandise store of M. L. Smith & Son,
in which the postoffice is located (the
store since having passed into the
hands of j. B. Fort & SOM, was
broken into about two weeks ago
and all the money in both the post
Office and store was taken. Tt is
thought that the same party that did
the first piece of mischief is guilty of
the second. However, no one has
any idea as TO who did it. They
found only few dollars in pennies
in the postoffice, and it is believed
that the guilty party was after the
postoffice money. This belief is con-
firmed by Sunday nights burglary,
the postmaster being also station
agent. Determined burglars, indeed.
1t is bad and dangerous to have such
things in community 1t is
thought that Uncle Sam will furnish
a detective
Mr.. John A. Johnson, of Columbus,
spent Sunday and Monday in this
city.
Messrs. /. c. Anderson and B. /.
Lewis, of Starkyille, visited friends
and relatives here Sunday
1Iessrs. George Levy and Glenn
Morrow, of West Point, and G. K.
Rainey, of Knoxville, Tenn, We're
guests of DR.. and Mrs. S. NJ Rainey
Sunday.
Mrs. Roscoe Bridges, of St. Louis, /
is the guest of Miss Mackie Connel. |
Mrs. S. NJ. Rainey and Miss Mary
Conne1l spent Saturday in Columbus.
Mr.. D. A. Burgin spent a few days
in West Point last week, and Mr.. j. !
Z. Tate visited Columbus Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr.. L. G. Anderson, Sr., travelling
salesman for the Scudder-Gale Gro
cery Company, was in town Monday I
mingling with the merchants. He
spent short while with his brother,
Mr. G. G. Anderson.
Mr.. Vim. R. Rainey. of the A. & NJ.
spent Saturday and Sunday with
home folks.
Mr. Roy Anderson, of the Bent Oak
neighborhood, spent Sunday with
home folks.
On the evening of April 22nd at the
home of the brides mother, Mrs.
Trammel, Miss Wilde Trammel and
Mr.. Dave Kennard were united in
m or,iaea Pow IA poo pactr,Y of