The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-08
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

] the. mysteries and fascination of golf.
 
 John E. White is his name, and he is a preacher of righteousness. who is giv- ing ten days of his time in the evangelis- tic campaign in assisting Dr. billiard, the pastor of the Southside Baptist Church. met him on the street the other day. and in reference to the question of whether it was true that the Standard oil king used a bicycle in playing the great Scotch game, he laughingly sadi: T can prove it, for I have picture taken with him on the golf field standing beside the ! machine"
 It seems that it is not the regular bicy- cle in every detail, but is so constructed that he simply sits in the middle and holds the handle bars while his servant pushes him around the course. pr. White, however, adds that this was his custom back around 1908, and that since then he may have given it up.
 l It seems that durnig the summer in which Dr. White supplied at the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church, of which MT Rockefeller was a member, the great millionaire had him as a guest in his | famous Cleveland home. and took him out on his private links and gave him lessons. | There are mighty few men who can say that John D. 'teed up' the first bali they ever drove.
 l It was in Atlanta more than twenty years ago that I met my friend. John White. He was pastor of the Second 1 Baptist Church. I had been baptized | by Dr. Hawthorne, the south's great l pulpit orator, shortly before, while he was in charge of the First Baptist Church, and on my return to the Gate City from Louisville, where I attended the Southern Baptist Theological Semi l nary, I got to see a great deal of pr. White.
 Those were wonderful days to me, for was being taught in the doctrines and practices of the denomination to which I had given my allegiance, and although we are about the same age, Dr. White had been ordained many years before my ordination and was able to be of much use to me in lining me up with Baptist teachings, for he had been grounded in the tenets. having been graduated from Wake Forest College, North Carolina, sure-enough Baptist state ard noted for it's orthodoxy
 Primarily, John E. White is as-preacher. who magnifies his office, but he has al- ways taken a great interest in public matters and led many fight for civic righteousness during his Atlanta pastor ate. It might easily have been said of him that he was "a political parson, for he did not hesitate to take an active hand in every cleanup movement in his home town, and he was some fighter
 It so happened that he played con- spicuous part in at least one gubernato- rial cam paign, for when Hoke Smith went up against little Joe Brown who was member of the Second Baptist Church, it was just naturally meant that his pastor would be involved in the race, and he was; and having backed a winner, had the distinction of being the pastor of the governor. It never hurts the morals of state to have a preacher with in fluence at the capital The Rotarians greatly enjoyed his ad- vice to Governor Brown, for not being of the heroic mould of Hoke Smith, he told him not to make any speeches in the campaign, for his candidate was no speaker and, knowing it, was averse to doing it. From this standpoint alone it was one of the most noted political con tests ever held in Georgia, where stump speaking is carried to the point of fine art and the voters just eat up po- litical oratory.
 Little Joe, took kindly to the coun- sells of his pastor, and before and after being elected was more economical witiii talk than any governor who had ever occupied the office in Georgia It seems however that he during his incumbency, went to the state prison and it was just so fixed that there was no possible way for him to get out of making speech without disappointing the prisoners.
 
 He finally consented to the entreaties of his entourage and, getting on his feet, began Fellow citizens," but the laugh which greeted this remark caused him to stammer as he managed to change it to Fellow prisoners which, of course, only intensified the hilarity. By this time his face was red as beet, but in try ing to stick it out he added: "I am glad t, see so many of you here" This was toe much for the prisoners, who literally yelled themselves hoarse at his embar- rassment, and the governor. after few short remarks, retired, as much cha grined as schoolboy who forgets his piece on graduation day.
 I know that John has forgotten, but during the hot campaign being waged at home, the Southern Baptist Convention met at Hot Springs, and it was a favor | ite pastime of his brother Baptists who were against Joe Brown to ask his pastor to take stroll with them and halt at the Hoke Smith fountain and urge him to take a drink and get the Brown virus out of his system. Preachers love a joke as well as traveling men, and then some.
 Dr. White is now the president of the | Anderson College, as well as pastor of 1 'tl,s J-irSf 1e,n+irt f,h,r,h <f .ha. ..