The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-07-21

.""' CIV GpNH tN"hths Si', '''thch a
mertal pcMre % au @,y brush sci ~
or the long ugo, win AVS plainly gar
mented occupants, both men and wo-
men, listening in reverential awe to
an uneducated but inspired preacher
as he told them of Gods great love
for men and women who had sinned.
No pipe of organ, or note of cornet
mingled with their "Come Thou
Fount of Every Blessing" but by
their faith in God these Of today are
blessed; their faith and sacrifice back
in the old brush arbors and log wall
ed churches made the immense tenn
Piles of brick and stone of today re-
alities. In no other country could
traveller see SO democratic a gather
ing in church as the writer beheld |
in the Tabernacle in Atlanta. This
is no doubt due to the fact that in |
our country we have no State
church, but numbers of different de-
nominations; and out Of their con-
fiicts of opinion comes clarity of
thought and sanity in conduct, some
times.
Early Monday morning we pay our
Ford out Of storage and dodge
around Atlanta for a few miles un-
til we finally get Strengthened out
on the highway through College Park
to Union City. When we reached it
we found that Union City was full
and running over with ears and au-
| tomobilca from South Carolina, Ten
nessee, Florida, Alabama and Geor-
gia. We had hardly gotten still in
our parking place when up dashed
another Ford and in it were several
good fellows from Buford who had
also come down to hear the ''two
Toms" as the Georgians call them.
In this crowd was son Of Mr.. j.
| p. Crane who is we'll known in our
county. After we had left our Ford
and gotten bottle of pop we ambled
on down to the park, and as we near
ed the entrance we heard about six
thousand people all singing at once
Now that was old time stuff that hit
the spot, and we wad ed up closer
TO get the real old happy Georgia
| spirit. In Il few minutes a wave of
cheering started way out toward the
entrance. 1t rose and fell in waves
as it moved along the ranks of the
more than $4,000 people who swarm
ed over the acres Of shaded grove.
All eyes focused toward the point
where the cheering had started and
IN few moments up at the stand,
a man dressed in cream colored coat
and trousers with an almost pure
white vest was mounting the steps
to the speakers platform. His hail
once an almost frey red, was nearly
white. His face bore the lines o1
4 heavy and continuous mental strai,
: and toll, but as he faced about an,
:. let the eagle eyes rove out over tn
r great throng for a full space of sec
" onds, there was silence. And the
! like the roar of mighty blast o
i wind the cheering broke forth again
6 and again. Thomas E. Watson, thu
4 loves and reverencas the Constitu.
ton which our fothers established
even as David of old loved and rev
crcnced the ark of God, had come to
speak to his friends and comrades.
After an Introduction by the prcsi-
dent of the Farmers Union, Hon.
| Charles S. Barrett, Senator Watson
for more than two hours held the
clio: e attention of acres Of folk who
laughed and chcercd, and some of
them wept as he drove home with an
eloquence born of the gods, point
after point in his speech.
Governor Hardwick in splendid
and forccful speech followed Sena-
tor Watson and then the wires to the
ticltl Of barbccucd eats were l,t down
and thousands of folk swarmed
around the tables, which, the news
papers of Tuesday morning said car
rlcd the largest and best barbecnc
that had ever been served in the
! state of Georgia One very notice
able and encouraging feature of this
immense gathering was the practic-
ally absolute absence Of the signs of
lntoXicants. The writer observed
only one drunk person and he was in
care of the sheriff and a deputy who
were cscortng him OF the grounds.
rms was Il very remarkable showing
for gathering of 1900 to 10000
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