The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-05-19
When Mr.. RiveS Was
Waited On" at Ducker

w a1ted On at DuCkeT
Editor Dawson News: "Exalt we
the Lord our God, and worship at his
footstool, for the Lord our God is
| holy Men ought always to pray.
| This kind cometh forth only by fast
ing and prayer. This is the fast that
i | have chosen: That ye loose the
bands of wickedness, let the Cypress
ed go free, that thou deal thy bread
/ to the hungry. In all thy ways &C
knowledge Him and He shall direct
thy paths. Every man shalt give
an account of himself to God
John Gums father and my father
were personal friends-''bull-he
men" who rarely differed. John and
! | inherited the 'bull-headedness,
and seldom agree, but this article is
/ inspired by a conversation with him
OH the Lords Prayer and by this
! sentence from my pastor He is
! puzzle to me. He is one Of the purest
men l ever met and one OF the truest
! gentlemen | have ever known This
in speaking of a personal friend, an
/ other gentleman of the county. Now
! | bear the same relationship to all
| branches of christianity that Mosby
/ did to the Confederacy-I acknowl-
edge their authority and think as |
please. In the realms of thought |
acknowledge no master, but am in
/ debted to all the schools of thought,
from Voltaire to Booth, for my
knowledge, of God.
In the year 1S79-80 | sold spirits
/ for j. r. P. Durham at Quicker Sta
ton, Ga. Becoming convinced that
their sale as a beverage was an evil
| became a pTohibitionist as to their
use or sale as a beverage, but am still
hunting a solution Of the problem.
In 1889 l determined to stop it's sale
in west Dougherty county, having
found a law that would fit the situa-
ton. In this fight | had as legal
adviser Capt Richard Hobbs of AL
bany, and as hackers Capt. John A.
! Davis of Albany and Capt Sam Sal
ter and Col. John P. Fort OF west
Dougherty. The papers were pre-
sented to the county commissioners.
| received notice that my home would
be visited by several Of the baser
sort to coerce me (my home was in
one room of the depot and my office
in the wareroom). / had always be-
lieved and do yet in prayer, but as
steadfastly believed and do yet in the
efficacy of physical defense, so | laid
all my plans before God, asked His
guidance, loaded my dOuble-barrel
shot gun with buckShOt and sat 1t
in my railing, unfastened the large
doors, but did not open them, shaded
my lamp so that its rays would focus
the door, leaving me in the shadow
(my wife in our rOOm), and waited.
Just after dark they came and de-
manded entrance. | told them to
push the door, and covered them
with my artillery and proceeded to
tell them how many different kinds
of skalawags and blackguards l
thought they were. My wife is
good music an, but had never been
able to learn the old-fashioned hymn,
The Troubles Assail," but in few
minutes the strains as her father and
mine used to sing it began, and the
gang melted away. Mrs. Salter said
wifes song did the work. Captain
Salter said my artillery made them
think while her song gave them time
to collect their thoughts. The same
night a man went to Captain Salter
and told him of an Indignation meet
ing having been held at walker sta
ton, three miles away, and petition
signed up by every man in the neigh
borhood, save my hackers, my kins-
man. my employer, Jordan Walker,
and this man asking the Central OF
Georgia railway to remove me as act
ing agent. The facts of the matter
are: The contents of the resolution
were embodied in letter from Capt.
John A, Davis, the railroads general
agent, and transmitted to my super
intendent, which ended the matter.
This instance is given to encourage
men to know and trust God, but also
to rely on all human means for pro-
lection
My life, viewed from an evangel-
lists standpoint and from my own, is
not such as l would have young men
/ follow. From both maternal ard pa
| ternal ancestors | Inherited hlgh
and at times a most ungovernable
temper, and my daily prayer has
been for 25 years, Deliver me from
I bloodguiltiness, and the battle is
not yet ended and will not be until
John Gum transplants my body in
/ the Western cemetery of Cuthberc,
but | realize more fully as l grow in
years that those that wait upon the
! Lord shall renew their strength; they
shalt run and not be weary; they
shalt walk and not faint Respect
fully. ANDREW 2. RlVEo.
Cuthbert, Ga, May 18th, 1914.
THE MEAT QUESTION A BIG ONE,