The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-05-11
LARGE CROWD IS PRESENT
DR.. Buchanan Presides and Splen-
did Addresses Are Made by At
torneys Gardner and Price.

A splendid audience assembled
at the Christian church last nigh
to attend the Odd Fellows enter
tainment and all we're pleased
with the exercises of the evening
| Rev. Buchanan was master o.
ceremonies, and the first speaker
of the evening was the Hon. ]. r
| Gardner. Mr.. Buchanan said ir
introducing the speaker that he
did not fully understand why Mr.,
Gardner had been assigned the
subject of Love, but that he was
very anxious to hear the distin.
guished attorney tell of Love
and Lovers.
Mr.. Gardeners address was a
splendid effort from any point oil
view, and while it gave evidence
of much study, it was free from
formality, it was full of thought
and rich in sentiment. He show
ed how the humble peasant might
love and be loved, and how those
in power and aff1uence sought the
love of their fellows.
He showed that the spirit Of
love had ever characterized our
truly great men. He told how
and why the people loved and re-
vered the immortal Lincoln and
the great Mckinley. He spoke
at length of the love the southern
soldier sustained for Robt. E. Lee,
and how the armies of the north
loved Gen. Grant, and then he
pointed out the great strong love
that somehow bound together the
hearts of the two great generals,
which made possible this reunited
country. He told the story of
how, after forty years from the
solemn scenes of Appomattox,
=" the Memphis of the new world !"
beheld "the thin Gray Line" ap-
plaud the son of Gen. Grant on
southern soil.
He told how love had inspired
the soul of the poet and musician
and how it lives in story and
song. He was happy in his quo
tatious and especially SO in his
selections from Shakespeare.
He told the story of John How
ard Payne, how he had immortal
lied himself by the love he dis
played and the thought he gave
in his song of songs, Home,
Sweet Home"
Mr.. Gardner closed his address
by showing that the kingdoms at
Napolean and all the mighty gener-
ais of the world, which were built
upon courage, and baptized with hui
man blood have failed; but that the
Kingdom of Christ founded upon
love was eternal, and he declared
that after that Kingdom the truly
life must be fashioned.
When Mr.. Buchanan arose to in
troduce the second speaker he said
that he was sure the right man had
been selected to discuss the subject
of love. He said that many years
ago when he was college student
he remembered that his professor
once told him that if certain gases
were mixed there was danger of an
and he said that he did
not know just what might happen
when a lawyer undertook to discuss |
the subject of truth; but he was will
ing for Hon. S. w. Price to make |
The experiment.
Mr.. Price said he was not afraid
Of his subject and that he was just
about as familiar with it as an old |
maid was with her subject. How
children should be trained-and she
alked on that subject for two and
,ne-half hours.
Mr.. Prices address was characterize
c of the speaker, it was thoughtful,
practical and logical. He argued that
ruth is just simple honesty, and he
aid that there were three phases of
he question to which he would call at
ention: Honesty with ones self, his
elbow man and his God-but for want
# time the speaker said he would dis
'uss only the first proposition, and add
hat 'If thou art true with thyself,
hou canst not be false with any man."
Mr.. Price showed how extravaganza,
,ride and ambition would induce men