The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-14
GREAT LAYMEN'S MEETING.
Interesting Letter From Mr.. ID. James
Winn Who Attended Chicago Meet.

ing.
Chicago, May 9.-At $50 d. m. on
May the 1st Rev. J. p. Marion. and
| took the A. c. l.. rain and landed
in Washington at next morning. Af-
ter a stay of five hours, which we
spent in seeing some Of the many
things Of interest, including a part of
the hunt Of Teddy, we took the fast
train at 1925 direct to Chicago, and
after a continuous run of 21 hours
we arrived in this great city.
Here we found Rev. H. c. Murchi-
son, Mr.. Samuel Bradley and Mr..
James Cousar, of Bishopville, and
thirteen others from South Carolina,
all come to attend the greatest meet
ing Of modern times, the Laymen's
Missionary Congress. There were A.
500 delegates coming from every
State in the Union, and of every pro-
teStant denomnation-of every bust
ness and profession that makes this
country great. One of the merchant
princes Of New York was chairman
of the meeting, and such a sight to
see all these men, of all the churches
with one accord in one place, join
ing as one man, with one object in
view: THE spread Of Christ's king
dom, in all the world" ""~aad an earn
est purpose to give every one on this
earth chance to become children of
God.
If ,,eems to me that all these great
movements in the world: For the
| banishment Of opium from China, for
| the Punishment of the legalized sale
of whiskey from our beloved land, for
| the betterment of mankind in all
! parts of the world, all the wonderful
inventions and improvements in the
| past few years all point to the glor-
| ious day promised when men shall
| learn war no more, and no man shall
molest or make afraid. Be assured
| God is in this movement, and every
| one should ask himself or herself,
What am I doing to help God in
| this great work. 1 am my brothers
| keeper.
We were kept pretty busy during
the meeting from Tuesday to Friday
| night hearing addresses from some
| of the finest speakers in the world,
| and hearing the grand old hymns
sung by thousands.
By getting up at 900 a m. and
| having an early breakfast we manag-
| ed to visit some of the sights of the
city. We went to the great stock
yards containing 500 acres and hav-
| ing 800 miles of railroad tracks, and
having a daily capacity of $4,000 cat
tie, 100000 hogs, 1850 sheep, and
| 5000 horses. Here are located the
great packing houses of Arm~ar
Swift and others, where they say
erything is used in}some form, from
the choicest cuts of meats, to soap
and fertilizer, except the squeal of the
| IL
| Our next visit was to Lincoln Park,
one of the beautiful parks of the city.
Here was everything to feast the eyes
upon from the most beautiful flowers,
! plants and strange tropical vegeta-
ton; birds alive and in the museum,
mounted to look like life; animals of
all kinds: lions, Bengal tigers wild
dogs, wolves, and the largest rats, 1
reckon, in the world. A person could
spend days in these grounds and
houses with pleasure and profit. We
met our friend, Mr.. Timmons, who is
going as a medical missionary and
was just passing through the grounds
on his way to the medical college, and
how pleasant it is to meet one from
home in a strange place.
Our next trip was to Pullman.
where nine to twelve thousand men
| and women are at work making cars
| OF all descriptions, from the finest
new style of steel sleepers to freight
N'ho iiiSiuoilS clcClTlC street cars.
We had a hard time to get into the
works. The man in the office said it
was an iron clad rule and he certain
| ly had the iron, but by free use Of the
rabbit foot, and keeping at it we fin
ally got him to send a young man
with us, and 1 think all the party
were we'll paid for the trip. We saw
cars in all stages of construction, MAX
ing the new steel sleeping cars with
not scrap of wood in them, al
though inside they are finished in
beautiful wood finish, but on tapping
with our hand on it, we found it was
all steel. They also make the old
style wood sleeping cars but greatly
improved, and strengthened with steel