The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-08-13
Melbourne News.

tracted meetings during the past
week near the residence OF Mr. T. L.
HAYS. of Sunnyside. Bro. Evans is
an able divine, very brilliant young
man, and is doing a great and good
work for the Masters cause. He held
his meetings in the grove at the old
Hemphill place. The writer attend
ed on Wednesday night, and We no
ticed with pleasure that he had
| large crowd The woods We're full
of people, and he gave his hearers a
powerful discourse, taking for his
subject the 18th chapter and 18th,
18th and 18th verses of the Gospel
as recorded by St. Luke. Bro. Evans
| is no doubt a man of God, as was
evinced by the large crowds that at
tended his meetings each day and
night, and were orderely and listen
preached the ablest sermon that We
have heard in many day, and gave
more light on his subject than any
minister of the Gospel that We have
ever heard handle it. He drew a
very beautiful picture of time and
eternity, of heaven and hell, and
admonished his hearers TO fee the
wrath to come, to believe in Christ
and be washed in the blood of the
Lamb.
Miss Nettie Gartman has returned
home after a pleasant visit to her
sister, Mrs. J. E. Oakes, at her home
near Vernon.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. P. Mordecai spent
Sunday in Sunnyside as the guetss
of Mr.. and Mrs. A C. Lofts.
Prof. J. Birch Hays, who is teach
ing the Melbourne school, was a Wis
itor to Columbus last week. Prof.
Hays is a very brilliant young man,
and we predict for him very bright
future.
Prof. r. E. Falkner, of Star, who
has been teaching at Fayette for
some time past, has returned home
much to the delight of his many
friends.
Mr.. NJ. H. Atkins, of Spring Hill,
was distinguished visitor to Mel
bourne last Monday.
Capt. John \. BarksdaIe, one Of
East Mississippi's best and most high
ly respected business men, who halls
from New Hope, spent last Wednes-
day in Melbourne as the distinguished
guest of the writer.
Last Tuesday, in company with
Prof Henry r. Sisson, of Fernbank,
we called for a short while at Mt.
Zion church, near Vernon, where
Hon. E. NJ. Springfield is teaching a
two weeks singing school, and while
there we enjoyed some nice music
and noticed with much pleasure that
Mr.. Springfield had good school,
and that the winsome Miss Icie Jones,
one of Fernbank' 5 most beautiful and
attractive young ladies, was the
teacher of instrumental music. Mr..
Springfield is a capable teacher of
vocal music, and We are glad to see
him making a success.
Messrs. r. B. Ray and Clarence
Younger went over to Columbus on
Thursday last.
We spent last Monday night very
pleasantly at the hospitable home OF
Mrs. Rachel Glasgow, of near YER
non, and while there We were pleased
to meet with her three lovely daugh-
ters, Misses Maude, Donnie and Het-
tie Glasgow, Prof. and Mrs. ]. t.
Glasgow, Eddie Glasgow and Roy
Glasgow.
While at Vernon last Tuesday We
were pleased to meet with our young
friend, Mr. Claude Greer, of Flint
Hill, who is attending Prof. Hol-
combs normal music school. We
also had the pleasure of meeting with |
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Jordan, Hon. c. |
s. McDougal and his lovely daugh- |
ter, Miss Angie McDougal, Hon. John |
A. Cobb, Judge Bradley, J. T. Mad |
dox, Wallace Cobb, Hon. j. c. Mil
ner, Hon. John S. Strong, Sheriff |
Hill, j. C. Mattox, Charles Mattox,
Hon. Hill McNeese, DR.. w. L. Nor
ton, r. C. Rector, ST., Tom Guyton, |
w. F. Clardy, and many other of our |
friends.
Miss bessie Gartman is on pleas
ant visit to her aunt, Mrs. j. II. Rec
dus at her home in Columbus.
Mr.. Lock Sanders, of Siden, Miss, |
visited his parents, Rev. and Mrs. |
Joel F. Sanders, last week.
We are requested to announce that ,
there will be farmers institute |
held at the Dowdle school house over
in Lowndes county on the 22d inst, |
under the auspices of the Mississippi |
Agricultural and Mechanical College