The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-04-11
w. HLLlJAy SEMINARY

short time received notice
from the Presiding Elder TO come To
Ellijay with the understanding that
was TO take charge Of the Seminary.
| closed my school on February and
turned over the proceeds 10 Squire
Heard TO pay my board. When | ar.
rived in l'llijay ! was given an assist.
ants position. teaching the Latin.
Greek, Higher Mathematical and
Scientific classes and also the A.B.C-
darians, while the principal took the
middle classes. He took lwo.thirds Of
the tuition and gave me one.third.
paid $500 per month board and In
five months | lacked $500 OF making
enough TO pay my board. | boarded
with Rev. y. NJ. Hipp. | Interested
myself also FL Sunday School work
preached my first Sermon In ElliJay
In the Southern Methodist Church by
the invitation of the pastor. Rev, ed.
wards. who suffered severe persecu-
ton from some OF the prominent mem
beers OF his church because he had
allowed Yankee to preach in his
church."
v. TUNNEL HILL CIRCUITS
After the close OF The school term
In the Seminary, early in July. the
Presiding Elder placed me In charge
of the Tunnel Hin Circuit. boarded
with Bro. Michael Hassler. local
preacher In our church, liyiag four
miles north OF Dalton. He once spent
a time in Oregon. where he lost a leg
In sawmill Yet. he was one of
the most energetic men | ever met.
lie ran grlst mill, sawmill and
cotton gin by water power near his
house
With crutch In one hand he could
jump on one OF his mules quicker than
! could.
Rev. Benjamin +. Powell was pastor
In Dalton and we were much together
that summer. | had found on my
arrival in Atlanta four young northern
men already in the Conference
have spoken OF Rev. Joseph Smith.
He soon returned north. The others
were Rev, Robert H. Robb. an Irish
man, who came from Philadelphia. Pa.
in 1874. and Rev. Hugh Boyd. and Bro.
Powell. mentioned above. who both
came from Philadelphia to Georgia In
1876. They both, landed at Dawson.
Vile Campground during the camp.
meeting which was In charge of Rev.
Is. NJ. Hipp.
Finding that the brethren had not
had dinner he took them to tent.
and having introduced them TO the
lady of the establishment. request
ed dinner for them. They we're soon
seated at very good repast. Bro.
Boyd, being an Irishman. felt awkward
and allowed Bro. Powell TO be spokes-
man as he was Pennsylvania Dutch
man and Of a holder nature. There
was only one thing that seemed TO be
wanting and that was bread. But as
1t seemed Ia be an oversight, neither
had courage enough to mention 1t, and
so ate in silence. The lady passed
them something looking much like
turnover, saving. "Will you have some
OF this?'' Bro Powell said. mo, thank
you. maam." And Bro. Boyd followed
suit Very soon the lady repeated the
offer with the same result. third
time brought the same reply and
request from Bro Powell for bread.
The lady then said, Il have offered IL
10 you three times already and you
refused it, | beg your pardon" said
Bro. Powell, 81 thought it was some
new sort of turnover or pie" They
then took the corn bread. After leav-
ing the tent Bro. Boyd remarked to
Bro. Powell. Wasn't that quare stuff?
II scratched all the way down."
Rev. r. H Robb was reared in the
city and was unused to country ways,
and especially Southern country ways,
so that it was not wonderful that he
should hitch his horse to a grub Ia
small sprout or root sticking out of
tie ground) instead of swinging
lsmb. according to the custom of the
legion. Yet this seemed amusing to
lie average native.
found had one great handicap
in any work as a preacher. | had
little natural musical ability and no
training. Then thing that made it
more difficult for me was the custom