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Money Advice
I “Waste Not, Want Not”
■ These words were never
H truer than when spoken of in
s' connection with MONEY,
r It’s the saving, NOT wast
ing of money, that insures
you against want when old.
In order not to waste yours,
save and deposit with this
bank steadily.
Quarterly interest will be
added.
The First National Bank
“A National Bank
, for Savings”
Capital and Surplus
$3,000,000
4 per cent Interest on eavlnge.
Compounded Quarterly
INCREASE IN RATES
10 BEDISCUSSED
* Everybody Interested In
vited to Chamber of Com
, merce This Afternoon
r -
Jt. A. Porter, chairman of th© railroads
and transportation oommitte© of the
* Chamber of Commerce, has called a spe
cial meeting of the committee, and all
citizens Interested for 8 o’clock this aft
^ ernoon at the Chamber of Commerce to
consider the proposed increase in com
modity rates by the railroads.
The committee will meet at 2:30, and
fit 8 o’clock the meeting will be opened
^ to every merchant, manufacturer, whole
saler or any other man Interested in the
proposed Increase in rates. Officials of
the Chamber of Commerce feel that the
subject is one of great importance to
practically every business man in Bir
mingham and, not being able to send out
Invitations through the mails on account
of the lack of time, request that no one
hesitate to attend the meeting if at all
" Interested.
CAPITAL DOCKET IS
SET FOR THIS WEEK
Another capital docket Is set for this
Week in the first division of the crim
inal court. Of the 19 cases on the
docket 10 are for murder, the others
for robbery. Judge W. E. Fort will pre
side and this morning will organize
the juries for the week. The docket
will be sounded by Judge Fort and the
cases set for trial.
Judge S. E. Greene will preside in
the second division, a heavy docket of
misdemeanor cases being set for trial.
The capital cases set for thin week
»i« are:
Namon Tolbert, murder; Charles
Montgomery. murder; Ed Parker,
murder; Alf Haynes and George W.
. McCarty, murder; Jim Roberts, mur
‘ der; Chat Skelton, robbery; Jim Whii
\ man, murder; Nancy Belton, robbery;
, D. H. Abbott, murder; Rosa Jone.s, rob
bery; Nelse Clark, rape; Sid Jones,
murder; Will Webb, robbery; Fred
Wadkins, murder; Frank Smith, mur
der.
KATE EMBARRASSED
BY VISIT OF THIEVES
* Kate Chatman, an old negro woman,
^ xvho lives at 2109 Fifth avenue, north
suffered from a visit of burglars in
the early hours of yesterday morning.
The burglars took everything but the
house and when Kate got up she real
ized that she had nothing wherewith
to clothe her shivering body. She ap
pealed to the police.
Detectives Jones and Propst were
i placed on the case and about 2 o’clock
■ yesterday afternoon arrested Nellie
) King and Robert Moore, both negroes
V* on the charge of burglary and grand
\ larceny. They brought the duo to the
house of Kate and the old negro worn
/ an4 who was still in a Btate of com
plete dishabille, promptly identified
her clothes, which Nellie King was
I wearing.
THE GRANdTuRY
i WILL CONVENE TODAY
)The grand jury for the Septembei
term will reconvene this morning afte:
| a few weeks’ recess, and will at onc<
resume its investigations. Since its ad
Journment a number of important casei
11 have been docketed for investigatioi
; and many witnesses have been sum
moned.
, Indications point ‘lie fact that th<
grand jury will be in session a Ion*
, time and will pro ably make its lina
report during the term of Hugo Black
v who will be elected solicitor on Tues
day next and take charge of the offic
the latter part of the month.
Plans War Loan
.■ Amsterdam, November 1.—Via Lon
€on.) The Dutch minister of financ
is preparing plans for a waf loan o
115,000,000 at 5 per cent, according t
the Telegraaf. If the necessary amoun
Is not forthcoming, says the papei
I measures will be taken to raise th
^ money by compulsion.
r*. — --
GIVES LECTURE ON
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Bliss Knapp, C. S. B., of Bos
ton Talks at Lyric
HOUSE IS CROWDED
Explain!) Mekning and Operation of
Christian Science Religion and
Says Health Is an At
tribute of God
■ ■ -
Practicaly every seat in the Lyric
theatre was occupied yesterday after
noon, when Bliss Knapp, C. S. B., mem
ber of the Board of Lectureship of the
Mother Church, the First Church of
Christ, Scientist, Boston, Mass., deliv
ered a lecture on “Christian Science.”
The speaker wap introduced by J. R.
Flemmer, first reader Church of Christ.
Scientist, Birmingham. He spoke in part
ns follows:
Not in contravention of law, but in
fulfilment thereof, did the man of Gal
ile announce himself and "forthwith pre
sent the only Bystem of healing known
to humanity—a system which no one
can improve, but one that should be
understood by all. The method em
ployed was by mental or spiritual
prayer. Consequently the only perfect
system of healing must be mental and
in fulfilment of law'. The mission of
Christian Science has been to present
the meaning or explanation of the
Christ law with such comprehenisve
simplicity as to effect a return of
Christian healing.
In all that Jesus did, he made it clear
that the power he employed was not
of himself. He specifically declared,
"The Son can do nothing of himself,
but what he seeth the Father do.” His
ability, therefore, to obliterate disease
and sin was the result of what he ac
tually knew about God, the Father of us
all. When he taught that same under
standing of God to His disciples, they
were able to perpetuate his healing
ministry. Indeed, Christian healing
wap continued for a period of 300 years
after the time of Jesus. The ability of
a Christian Scientist to heal the sick
and sinning through prayer is wholly
due to a better understanding of God,
who is the divine principle of man’s
existence. This is in agreement with
the Scriptural command, “Acquaint
thyself with him, and be at peace.”
One who is sick is not at peace* One who
is distressed either In mind or In
body it not at peace. Nevertheless, ac
quaintance with the divine nature en
dows one with the divine intelligence
w'hich inspires him with the power of
peace, and thereby rules out all dis
turbances, whether mental or physical.
Therein do you have presented in the
briefest possible statement the precise
method of Christian healing—acquaint
ance with divine nature. How then
shall we acquaint ourselves with God?
Divine Acquaintance
One of the earliest "ways of gaining
an i/sight Into the realm of God was
given by Moses in the Ten Command
ments. He led the people to think of
the divine nature*' ftthvmanifested not
through a form but through well de
fined laws. Idolatry had Its origin in
thinking of God as a form. When men
undertook to fashion what they might
conceive the precise form of God to be
they became thereby idolators, against
which we have the second command
ment of the Decalogue. As divine
Principle, manifesting His power, in
telligence, and loving-kindness through
well defined laws, He can be under
stood.
Right Desires •
If an indlviuual is made to believe
that he has no faculty for apprehend
ing spiritual law, he is cheered in
Chrstian Science by the swet assur
ance that men are natively rfnd Inher
ently spiritual. They are so as chil
dren. Indeed it is imposibl^ for one,
by the process of education to lead
himself entirely away from that native
spiritual sense. Even the supposedly
wicked man may know' God and be
saved from his evil ways. This is not
a mere high sounding theory, for it is
a familiar saying that no one is wholly
bad, for there must be at least a spark
of goodnes in him. Suppose, then, that
you address yourself to some very
wicked man and &sk him if he has
ever experienced the desire to be bet
ter and do better; has he really de
sired to be good? Few will deny that
there has been periods when they have
entertained such desires. Where do
these desires to be good come from?
What is their origin?*. No. They must
have their origin in the infinity of
good, and that means God—even as
Jesus declared, ‘‘None is good save
one, that is God.”
Health an Attribute of God
It is true that Orthodox Christians
generally accept this teaching as it
relates to temptations of sin; but
Christian Science accepts the same
teaching as it relates to temptations
of *Bickne«s. That is to say, we recog
nize that health is just as much a char
acteristic or attribute of God as ar3
honesty and goodness, and therefore,
3 the individual makes the same mistake
who believes that his health is a per
sonal possession, as he does who be
lieves that his goodness and honesty
are personal possessions. We save our
health through the recognition of Its
3 divinity—that it is the gift of God—
c and that^Jod has no more purpose to
> withdrawP it than He would honesty
t and goodness. God never died, nor is
, He ever sick. Indeed, it is unthinkable
: to conceive of a sick God. In fact,
the characteristics or attributes of
f *~\ . . In almost every line of human
Vjreaiesi endeavor some one man is rec
t tllArifioc ognized as the greatest autlior
U, UlvilllCo ity. In judging business con
ditions it is necessary to know
the situation on each of the fundamental factors
which undei’lie all trade operations. On the
several hundred subdivisions of thes
. there are several hundred best autho
on each subject. It Is by consulting tl
v of these authorities that we are able t
( deductions given in our monthly tn
We believe they have now come to b
as the last word on the respecti
treated, at the time of publication.
I We shall be glad to place these ?
hands of any business man in this
► Birmingham Trust & S
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I Birmingham, A
FEDERAL OFFICERS MAKE A
RAID ON “WILDCAT STILL”
FRED M DANIEL AND BUD COOK
ARE CAPTURED—DISTILLERY
AND CONTENTS ARE DE
STROYED
A successful raid was made yesterday
morning in the eastern part of Jefferson
county by United States authorities and
as a result two white men, Fred Mc
Daniel and Bud Cook, are In the county
jail under a federal warrant charging
them with illicit distilling, and a 76-gallon
still and 300 gallons of “mash” were cap
tured and destroyed.
The officers making the raid were Dep
uty United States Marshals W. B. Ford
and T. R. Cashion and Deputy Collector
of Internal Revenue N, W. Benefield. The
still was located about 14 miles from the
city on the other side of Irondale, and
In a sparsely settled and mountainous
section of the county.
While the deputies had been “tipped
off' that there was an Illicit “still*' in
that community, they were not informed
as to Its location. They left Sunday morn
ing for Irondale, and from that point
scoured the woods on foot. In a secluded
spot they saw evidences of the “moon
shiners* '* trade, and in a small clearing
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God must be and are lifer and health,
as truly as they are goodness and hon
esty. Consequently, one’s health can
no more be destroyed or impaired than
can God himself. If we seem to lose
our health, it is not lost but merely
hid; or, as explained in II Cor., 4:3, 4,
“it is hid to the# that are lost: In
whom the god of this world hath
blinded the minds of them which believe
not."
Who then is ‘‘the god of this world"
If not the same Satan that tempted
Job? And what of his mental blindness?
Had Satan succeeded in beguiling Job
into thg nation of goodness was a form
of selfishness, he would have Implanted
a lie, that would have blinded Job to
the fact of his goodness as an attribute
of God. In that mental blindness be
would have lost the healing power that
was ever ready and waiting to be en
tertained through that divine acquaint
ance. The same Satan would tempt
one to believe one’s health is a mere
possession or fleshy ‘condition, rather
than the gift or attribute of God; and
we save our health as Job saved his
goodness. The method is so naturally
simple that the children and common
people as readily grasp its meaning
and consequent healing today as when
taught by the gentle Nazarine.
Mrs. Eddy’s Discovery
The first case of healing that led to
the discovery of Christian Science wae
that of Mrs. Eddy. She had met with
an accident which those about her con
sidered must result fatally. Undaunted
by the weight of eo great a fear, the
effort of self-preservation turned her
naturally from the contemplation of her
extremity to seek comfort in her Bible
Always a devout student of the Bible
it was but natural that ©he should turr
to its inspired pages for comfort, con
solation or hope of relief. But there
stripped of all material aid she became
imbued with a pawning ray of spiritual
reality. She began to recognise thm
health is not a fleshy condition to hr
lost or impaired, but rather the gifl
of God, as imperishable as God himself
In that she recognized the immortalitj
of man—that which every Christiar
admits and believes. But she saw in ii
as present a possibility as are good
ness and honesty. That was in th<
year 1866. She could then say wit!
Paul, “the law of the spirit of lif<
in Christ Jesus hath made me free frotr
the law of sin and death."
Opposing Mentalities
Although it is generally admitted
that Christian Science heals botl
that Christian Science beads boti
sickness and sin by a mental process
fully 90 per cent of the popular miscon
ception concerning it relates to the
mental quality that heals. Some mis
take It for the human will, others sug
gestion, and they are th© polar oppo
sites of Christian Science. We need
therefore, to recognize with Paul twe
types of mind, "for to be carnally
minded," says Paul, “is death; but to b*
spiritually minded is life and peace.’
How then, shall one differentiate be
tween the carnal and the spiritual’
From the viewpoint of such divine lawj
as honesty and goodness; for the psalm
1st has said: “Thy law is the truth.’
Moreover, “By their fruits ye shal
know them.” Some of the fruits of th<
carnal mind are the human will, sug
gestion, anger, malice, persecution, evi
criticism and so on. These are con
tinually at war with the fruits of th«
spirit, which are goodness, honesty
health, joy, a pure affection and s<
on. The laws or attributes of Go<
eternally link man to God; they com
municate the power of God to the hu
man consciousness, and make for lifj
and peace.
Suggestion
An extraordinary claim of the rarna
mind is to project Itself through sugges
tlon. Beginning mildly, these suggestion
become more insistent only to the degre
they are believed or Indulged by the In
dividual. Consequently he alone endow
them with all the seeming power the
ever had. Psychology has seized upo
this mode of operation, so peculiar to th
carnal mind, and developed Its sugges
tlons into various systems. Some, of thes
systems have been called hypnotic sugges
tlon, vibratory suggestion, auto-sugges
tlon, therapeutic-suggestion, psycho-thei
epeutics, and even so-called Christie
psychology. They are all conceded to b
the operation of the human will or vlbra
tory suggestion—the product of the eat
nal mind whose basis is a lie. Anclentl
these systems of suggestion were eir
ployed by the magicians, astrologers an
necromancers. It Is a matter of recor
that those magicians and sorcerers wer
continually at war with Moses, Danh
and the early Christians, even as the rep
leaentatlves of these modern systems c
suggestion are continually at war wit
Christian Science. And why? Becaue
then are the product of the carnal mind
and the Scriptures declare that the carni
mind is "enmity against God." By reaao
cf Its peculiar operation, one may detei
mine with accuracy the nature of hi
thoughts, wlieth- they are good or evl
lor evil operatt*11 hrough suggestion an
appeals to the o'1, bves: the power of Go
Is expre *ed th ;h the divine attribute
and apt a to « Intelligence or reaaoi
And "K. w ye not, that to whom y
yield you. selves servasts to obey, h:
servants ye are to whom ye obey; whett
tr of sin unto death or of obedience unt
righteousness?"
Jesus repudiated the use of human wll
for he said. "I can of mine own self d
nothing • * * because I seek not mlr
own will, but the will of the Father.
We might repeat those words and sul
1 stltute honesty for an added meanlni
"1 can of mine own self do nothing •
• * because I seek not mine own sen:
honesty, but the honesty of the Fathe
m principle." It is only that hones 1
m principle that has the spiritual pow
to overcome dishonesty. It is on]
at goodness from principle that has tl
jlrltual power to overcome evil. It
nly that mind or will of God—the d
'lne principle—that has the spiritual pot
to overcome sickness and dlseas
Christ Jesus specifically declared that 1
used or employed only that will or min
, which Is God—the polar opposite of su|
gestion. Christians are, moreover, si
Joined by the Scriptures to “Let th‘ mlr
be In you, which was also Ir ,><3hr*
Jesus,”
Sin Not of God 4
Jesus employsd ths term Bln In over 1
places In the four gospels, and In ea<
oaze the corresponding word In ths Orel
manuscripts Is haniartla. The flrst meal
I lug Imputed to this word hamartla
"to miss the mark," ae In the throwlr
a log hut. The deputies approached the
hut cautiously and say the two men t ho
now are prisoners seated at a table,
across which lay a rifle. They were able
to get near the cabin without being heard,
and with a dash took the men by surprise.
The first Intimation of the presence of the
officers came with the command “Throw
up your hands.” which w’as promptly
done, for the two men gazed down ine
barrels of three small sized “cannon,”
with which the deputies were armed.
After the men were secured the deputies
proceeded to destroy the still, which was
comparatively new, and the barrels of
mash from which the "mountain dew”
was destined to be made. There was a
second still in course of construction, and
this the deputies also destroyed. There
was not any whisky found on or about the
premises.
There were three dogs in the cabin at
the time of the arrest, who, according to
the statement of the deputies, must have
been sleeping, for they showed fight and
tried to help their masters when too late.
Had they given the alarm it is possible
that a miniature seige of Letge would
have been the outcome of the raid. The
men were brought to Birmingham, where
Judge R. B. Watts. United States com
missioner, bound them over to await the
action of the federal grand Jury and set
theli bond at $300 each.
of a spear. The Greeks were much given
to the enjoyment of athletic games, and
if one were to hurl a spear and miss
the marc, he committed hamartia—the
same word which Jesus employed for
fin. So it is with archery. When a man
pulls his bow and shoots his arrow, if he
fails to hit the mark, he has transgressed
the laws of archery or committed ham
rati a. Even so sin is the transgression
of the divine law, and It Is so defined
by our lexicons.
What is it that would make a man
transgress the laws of archery? Is it not
his ignorance or lack of practice? And
what Is sin but the result of ignorance
cr disobedience of the divine law? No
educated person could transgress the sim
ple law that two and two are four, for
he not only understands it but practices
it. and he will tell the child that his
errors are not in the mathematical law
nor of that law; that mathematical law
knows nothing of mistakes but heals them
even as intelligence dispels Ignorance. So
it is that sin Is not in the divine law
nor of the divine law'. God never visited
u man with sin. God not only Is not
the author of sin. but He never afflicted
a man with it, for as the Prophet Hab
akkuk has raid, “Thou are of purer eyes
than to behold evil, and canst not look
cn iniquity.” Sin is the transgression of
God’s law, the result of ignorance, fear
oi wilfulness. When therefore Jesus came
to fulfill the law and to teach the under
standing of it, he was removing the pos
sibility of sin; and incidentally the wages
ot sin.
Disease Mental
Christian Pcience presents the under
standing of the Christ law with suclrsim
plicity and accuracy that even the chil
dren and young people readily gain its
tplritual meaning which liberates them
from suffering and Bin of every sort.
That is based on the recognition that dis
ease in its cause is mental. Consumption,
for example, is considered by many to be
an incurable disease. It is generally con
ceded that no known drug or medicine
car. heal consumption, especially in its
advanced stages. Therefore, the usual
method of today Is to resort to what If
known as the nature cure; outdoor life
exercise, and pure air are resorted to ir
the hope of abating the white plague, a*
it is called. It Is moreover generally con
ceded that consumption is largely a con
suming fear and manifestly no drug oi
medicine can cure fear. Physician read
fly admit the element of fear in nearly
ail disease, especially contagion. Wher
a frightened child» rushes to the arim
of its mother, she instinctively employ*
the proper remedy. She does not rush foi
a medicine bottle. Rather does she soothe
arid comfort the child In his fear by her
tender love and pure affection. The
enduring affection that a mother enter
tains for her child, and that wipes out
his ohildish fears, should point us to a
greater love—even the God who Is Love
The Bible declares that “fear hath tor
ment” but “perfect love casteth out fear.'
There Is no known remedy for fear save
only the tenderness and compassion ol
unselfed love. It is that understanding
cf God as divine Love that enables th(
i Christian Scientist to wipe out the feai
of consumption and to remove its phy
sical effects. On the same basis Chris
tian Science heals canoer, tumors, pneu
monia. locomtor ataxia, etc.,—and heali
them permanently.
A Surgeon’s Testimony
i The question has been frequently asked
•'How can some Inanimate drug know
► Just where to go and what to do?” At
eminent surgeon once said in my hear
lng that “No drug, medicine or physlciai
ever healed anything.” That is a remark
1 able statement, and might appear mean
ingless if uttered by some. The geutlemar
is, nevertheless, a practicing surgeon, ex
amining physician for a large life insur
ance concern, and also instruotor in phy
' slology and hygiene in a well-knowi
s American university. Moreover, the dec
3 laration was made before a legislatlvi
" committee on public health at the Mas
B sachusetts statehouse. A physician oi
7 this committee promptly challenged tin
1 declaration; whereupon the surgeon in
1 vited citations, and the committeemai
" cited appendicitis and pneumonia. "Twt
3 very good cases,” remarked the surgeon
' “Now let ub suppose the case of a ma*
" said to be suffering from appendicitis
■ He may be operated on, his appendix cul
1 out, and after a time he may recover
2 but he isn’t healed, because he no longei
“ has an appendix, and he ought to havi
” one. So It is with pneumonia,” he con
7 tlr.ued. “No drug, medicine or physlciai
“ can heal it We may assist the situatioi
J In helping to absorb the accumulatioi
* that appears; but we never can stop thi
9 accumulation nor heal the disease. If 1
I is healed at all, it is nature that <ioei
“ the healing.’* And. strange as it maj
f seem, the physician had nothing to say
II He could not fail to recognize the grea
9 truth, that it Is not the drug but naturi
j that heals.
i What la Nature?
What th,n Is nature? It cannot be i
8 thing In and of Itself. It must eharao
! terlze or be the nature of something else
J Jesus said, according to the revised ver
3 slon of the Bible, "Ood Is spirit,” and thi
* nature of spirit must be spiritual. It 1
'• spiritual nature that heals. But wo can
0 not afford to wait blindly on nature b
8 heal. The silly nonsense of trying ti
" Imagine one’s self to be well, while on
0 is suffering, will not bring a recovery
We may but turn to the man who, li
'• his great extremity, cried out to Jesu,
0 "laird, I believe, help thou mine unbelief.’
* There one may recognize the utter heln
lossness of a blind faith; but
" his disciples, with their und.
r’ had dominion over all. The
Christian Scientist proceeds <
6 lay hold of the actual unders
'■ the same spiritual nature t
y taught and demonstrated. 1
" clothed with spiritual underst
y may apply 'Intelligently to i
* case, and \i.J sick and the t
8 healed quickly and wholly.
TUTWTLER TO RB
S POPULAR LUNCI
[_ That the Tutwller tabl« i;
d luncheons were to be resun
>t lobby dining rooms, effeot
was an announcement ye
Frederick W. Rook well, vlc< v
X) of the managing company,
h Hr. Rockwell will leave
k Tork this afternoon after bs
i- several days here. He le
la pleased with the situation b<
g corns the Tutwller.
TALKS ON SUCCESS
•
Says Only Real Basis of
Success Is Service
SOON TO BE NO KINGS
Gives Examples of Different Ideas
of Success—Money, Position, Birth,
Clothes, Education—But Says
They Are Not Success
Dr. Henry M. Edmonds, at the South
Highlands Presbyterian church lust
night, dellevered a characteristic forceful
sermon on the subject, "What Consti
tutes Success.” Dr. Edmonds read from
the twelfth chapter of Leviticus. Ho told
In the beginning of the wrong impres
sions gained by young men and women
as to what constitutes success and of
how college orators imitated groat men
who visited the schools to speak of how
young men In the callowness of youth
imagined that clothes, or mannerisms
meant success, of how small boys imi
tated their elders thinking they were
achieving success.
Dr. Edmonds’ sermon In full follows:
"Some youn men and young women
look at the external aspects of success
and say, 'Well, that constitutes success,
that la the thing for mo to go eftetr,
that is the thing for me to tncoiporato In
my life.' A boy believes it success if he
can have it said of him that be can beat
any hoy In town of his size. A little
later on In life he regards himself most
happy and would be so if he could wear
his clothes with the fine abandon which
characterizes certain older boys and men
In his neighborhood; if he could just get
his sholders to fit like that, if he only
could get his trousers to hang like that
and carry himself with the ease that
characterizes this or that youngster—that
would be success.
One Idea of Success
"I remember with what eyes of envy
l regarded one young man in our town
who always went into the Pullman when
the passenger train came In and walked
down the aisles to the water cooler and
helped himself to a glass of water, just
as If he owned the train. And I said if
ever I could get that fine disregard of
the people on the train, if 1 could just
swing on a train and appear at ease,
life would he full. Then, later on, I le
garded certain older ones who could visit
barber a^>ps and be shaved as huving
attained success, and I said if T could
do that I would have achieved success.
"Wo think that certain brilliance ol
plumage is success. There is a time In
our lives when we think that a glib
speech is success und again we think
that a fine kind of silence is success, be
cause we see some men of this type who
are successful. We think that a certain
style of dress, of manner or method ol
speech constitutes success. But that Is
far from the truth and it gives rise to
the ridiculous In those who attempt tc
Imitate.
"Many men are going about the coun
try doing things they ought not to be
doing, Imitating others who have made
successes along this line. At college
many of the embryonic orators imitated a
great man who once visited the school
to deliver a lecture. He now is speaking
to colleges throughout the country. His
style of address Is a slow monotone; his
voice could reach out over vast multi
tudes and hold them in its grip. Every
little college had Its little orator who Im
itated his style, thinking it was the only
proper method of speaking. We can't
afford to Imitate the things we do or
wear or think.
"I was once visiting in the home of a
cousin. This cousin was a woman ol
perhaps 800 pounds In weight. It began
to rain just as I was preparing to leave
I, however, had to go, and Insisted upon
leaving In the rain. She insisted that ]
should not go out into the rain. 1 in
sisted that I would, and to prevent int
from go doing she ran around me and
interposed her form in the doorway—a
thing which could properly have beer
done by a 120-pound girl of about 16 yean
of age, but what appeared ridiculous lr
a woman of about 85 years of age, and
800 pounds in weight.
Two Different Speakers
"I have Been two speakers on the same
platform. One was a great blusterer and
forced ub to believe his viewpoint by th.
very force of his expressions; he was e
man who spoke In terms of continents
1 After him there came another, a little
thin man with a long face and a curloui
screech for a voice. And yet he did hit
type of work Just as effectively as thii
other man had done. Now, suppose Liu
large man had become obsessed of tlu
Idea that the little man's modo of speak
lng was the proper way to do It, or th.
little fellow had attempted to be force
ful? Each man In his own way achiever
1 success.
“There are some young men who thin!
succees Is Impossible without a certaii
amount of money to begin with. The;
say, 'If I had some money I would bi
prepared to begin my success.’ Some o
the biggest successes have been madi
| from poverty. . The great men of th
centuries have been poor. Columbus wa;
; a poor man; GallUeo was a poor man, a:
’ was also Shakespeare, Lincoln and a hos
' of others. Having gold Is not success.
“I was talking' to a young man no
long ago. I said, ‘you have a little cap
ltal and you oan be as big as any man ii
1 Alabama.’ He said, 'No. there Is m
chance for me; I haven’t any pull.' Ther
are some young men who have health an<
strength and broad shoulders who g
1 around the country talking about pull
The only pull that Is worth anything 1
' spelled p-u-s-h. A pull can get a mai
to a certain position, but he will hav
to retain his position by tils ability.
' "I know of a man who attained a posl
' tlon of responsibility through pull. H
held on for a while, but eventually los
i out because he did not have the ability
I saw him recently standing on a stree
ner, h|s clothes much worn, and hi
i drooping, the embodiment of wha
1 will do for a man.
Boys From the Country
Some young men think that aucces
nes from fine breeding, aristocrat!
sage, blue blood. That Is not true. I
were not for the fact that some ugl;
1 of the common people comes out o
i country to replenish the Impoverish
blood of the city, the country wouli
vo been lost long ago. The fact la
lit of us In the city were countr;
osiers but a little while ago.
'Mothers have oome to me crying, say
f that thslr daughters were going t
irry a common man. The Idea Is t
-ike one's own aristocracy, to be one'
m ancestors. Of course, It Is a gres
lng for a man to be able to find the
, forbears carried themselves with dlt
lotion, but I contgratulate the man wh
to say, "I don't know my father or m
andfather. but I will try to be a cred
the forefathers of the race and I wl
■ all In my powar to live a successfi
'o, as If I ’•ad kings back of me.
“A young man says I cannot do an)
§ Money in the House *
Sure, because it’s a savings
depositor’s money and a sav
ings depositor's house. The
money isn’t ready for just any £;:
whim that comes along, either. M
So much is going to the bank. M
So much for house expenses. It Is M
planned like an architect's hlue print. K I
\ Isn't that kind of a house a whole
some place to raise a family?
AMEMTEiS«sBM
BIRMINGHAM _
Two Negro Evangelists
Fail To Get The Coin
hf chahlkm h. maady
It has been said that everyone is
more or less superstitious. There may
be exceptions among the white folks,
hut it Is doubtful if there arc any
among the negroes who, seemingly, are
superstitious by nature and It Is a
matter of common knowledge how eas
ily they are Imposed upon by so-called
hoodoo and conjure doetors.
A few days ago a couple of strange
negroes called on the pastor of a col
ored congregation. They represented
thcmselvcB as evangelists and produced
credentials to that effect. They suc
ceeded In getting the consent of the
colored purson to give a special re
vival service at his church by the
promise to raise enough money to pay I
all the church debts Including bis back
salary.
They were their own press agents
ami from the crowd that assembled at
the church on the night of the opening
service they were onto thetr Job, for
It was packed to Its capacity and then
some.
Speaking of preachers and press
agents, AI G. Fields, the famous min
strel man, has this to say In his book.
"Watch Yourself Go By," nnent Billy
Sunday and Ills methods of "promoting"
a revival.
"Billy Sunday Is a competitor of
mine. He is running a show. It Is big
ger than mine but not as good. It 1h
run under tho guise of religion. Billy
Sunday has four or five advance
agents; I employ only t\yo. Billy Sun
day creates excitement for the lime
being, hut no lusting results Thoso
who remember him longest are easy
people who hand him and his aggre
gation thetr money. Billy Sunday's
show has the gift show scheme dis
tanced from the start."
Be that as It may, Billy Sunday had
nothing on the negro evangelists when
It come to attracting a crowd. He may
be more successful in getting the
money—but that Is another matter.
On the night the revival opened tho
pastor turned tho entire service over
to the two revivalists. That was his
undoing for when It come to the "usual
collection" they took It up themselves,
and that action is the excuse for this
article.
Be It said for the evangelists they
knew their business.. They prayed loud
and long; sang "Swing I,ow, Sweet
Chariot," and other refrains that are
dear to tho negroes' heart. They
preached and exhorted and ranted and
raved so that by the time for the col
lection they had succeeded in work
thlng In this world because success comes
from education. If you are a young man,
I would advise you to get an education.
I used to look into a man’s face and tell
if he were college-bred. It is true that
many men who never saw Inside a col
lege have attained success, and true that
many men who did not go to a college
have working for them college-bred men.
I Edison never saw a college. He educated
himself a3 did other men who have
attained success without a college educa
tion.
"If you have not the advantage of a
formal education, the time is yet young.
As I said last Sunday night, you can use
the Intervals of time and educate yourself
along any line.
Education 1h learning how to think and
how to use one’s powers, and many a so
called educated man is not at all educa
ted. These are not successes.
A Basis of Success
"Here Is a basis of success: The finding
of a great purpose, tho getting hold of an
aim, the beginning of a quest. Take a
I carrier plgeoil, and they are using them
now In Belgium, transport him across the
t ecountry two or three hundred miles. Tie
. a message to his leg and- turn him loose.
; He Immediately will go up Into the air
3 about 300 feet, get his bearings, and set
r cut for home. He gets there.
"Have you over seen the giant liners
leaving the port of New York? Little
, pilot boats slowly, painfully, pull the huge
, vessels out of the harbor and when they
t reach the gate leading out to the open
sea the pilots drop off and aro left be
, hind. The ocean greyhounds apparently
lift their hands, sniff the salt air, and
, seem to find on the distant liorlson a
, glimpse of a port, and they lmmedlate
9 ly make a straight course for their desti
1 nutlon.
3 "I know a boy »ho educated himself,
little by little, fighting hi* way through
, Princeton, and novg he Is making history.
, The ones he left behind 1dm In the little
3 village are continuing at the small task*
they occupied when he left them. Some
. ere clerking In tho stores for small sal
B nrles. others are playing dominoes and
l marbles.
"Hard work Is necessary to success and
t real work sometimes takes the plaoe of
, brains or finances. The fact Is that If
t you can find a young man who Is foolish
enough to say he Is going to work hard
and does hard work, that man will be
hnrd to head.
a "I went to the high school recently and
0 noted how the stone steps are worn, and I
f said that the children could get a parable
V of how hard work and etlck-to-lt-lveness
f would wear down anything.
"Did you ever think when you read a
1 novel of the hard work necessary In Its
i, writing: of how the man who wrote It
V had to stick to his work persistently until
It was done? The same thing appears
• when you look at a successful man. Be
o freer with your thoughts of such and
o remember that that man has worked while
* you slept. In many instances the only
•t secret a successful man has Is work. But
.t determination and the attaining of a pur
i- pose does not necessarily mean sueoess.
o A man may work for years und years and
y still be unsuccessful. A man may work
It years building a small boat in which he
11 may oros* the Atlantic, and still he will
il not have attained success. A man ma>
decide thet he Is going to devote his life
to discovering whether or not a sycamori
in* the congregation to a high pitch
of excitement. Then came the climax.
In their prayers and in the sermon
the evangelists had strongly impressed
on the congregation the necessity of
giving freely of their means "far de
Glory of de Uwd." They promised
choice blessings to the liberal givers,
and hinted darkly of dire happenings
to those who were niggardly with their
coin. The result is best told by a fe
male member of the congregation ^vho
related it to the white folks she cooked
for.
"When dat nigger what war In de
pulpit 'nounced dat his pawtner. Bre’r
Walker, would take up he col lection,
de deacon dey gits spicious,” she said,
"ftn* dey watches him ter see what he
gwine ter do wid de money. Bre’r Wal
ker he goes up an’ down de aisle wid
de col’lection box in one han* an’ wav
in’ a handkerchief wid de tother. when
lo an’ behol' frum dat hnn’chlef dar
draps conjure powdah an’ throws er
spell on de nlgers what war Bit tin’ in
de pews so dat dey puts all de money
dey has In dar pockets intoc de col’lec
tion box.
"When he starts down de other aisle
de odder nigger he pulls er han’chief
outen his pocket and draps some pow
dali on de flo’ uf de pulpit. Pawrt uf
de decons dey wus watchtn' de nigger
wid de collection an’ pawrt uf deni
had dey eyes on de one dat done de
prayin' an’ dey sees him drap de pow
dah.
"Dey waits ontwell de nigger brunff
up de collection den dey hops on him,
an’ takes de money in charge. Den Bre’r
White, de head deacon, he say. ‘Ah
wants ter say dat we has been watch
in’ yo’ niggers fer sometime, an' has
seen yo’ throw dem powdahs on de con‘
gratlon. We Is also seed yo’ scattah dat
powdah In dls yere pulpit. Now yo’ nig
gers Is gotter kneel right down on dat
I powdah an' pray dat de spell yo’
t’rowen on dese foikes he ’moved an'
dura hack to yo’ own black hearts, od
derwlse dar Is gwine ter he a fun’ral
wid two niggers what calls deyselfi
'vangelists as de main ’traction.’
"Dey kneel down ergin an’ begin#
ter pray, hut not Ilk* dey did when de?
was askin' fur de money. ‘Spects de?
wus dis’plnted at de actions uf de —
cons an’ jest didn't have de h'art too
pray so long. De deacons 'soorted dem
toe sr doah an’ tole dem toe beat It,
an’ dry ain't bln seen no mo.' ”
The truth of this Incident is vouched
for by Judge H. B. Abernathy of the
court of common pleas, who states the
negro pastor of the church consulted
with him as to the advisability of hav
ing the two "evangelists" arrested a»
swindlers.
After all, is there much difference
between the methods of the two ne
goes and some of th® white "spell
binders" The only difference we can
see is that the negroes failed to get
| the money, the other kind know no
! such word ns fail wlion it comes to
' getting the coin.
I is ft sycamore. He may eventually dis
cover that it Is not, and the people would
not care a continental for what he says.
Success Comes From Service
"In reality, the essential of success Is
not detirmlnatlon and work. The essent
ial of success Is service, doing something
that Is worth while, useful. I wish I
could stop and talk about our serving
universe; of the doctors, lawyers, the
business men who serve. We have got a
r.ow idea, in governmental circles. The
President Is no longer the ruler, he fs the
server. After this war, I believe there
will be no such a thing as a king whom
the people serve. I believe we will have
a new type of kings, a working king
who serves the people, and success in
every realm of life is serving.
"Jesus, when he bent his knee and took
a towel Instead of a sword, was telling
the lesson. History Is writing of the suc
i ess of men and when we read of It, we
find that it tells how they served their
time and generation, because they did
things that were worth while. Lincoln.
J.ee, Washington and those who serve us
now in high places, you can rub your
eyes and Imagine that they have the
garments of servitude, and you or I will
be gauged by the world by whether or
not we serve the world, or are doing
something that Is of service to the world.
"Jesus never drove any battle steads. Ho
never established empires and yet his
name throbs through more symphonies, Is
written on more pages of literature, and
his face looke out from more canvasses
than the face of any other man. The
reason is there. The only question as to
the success of your living will be, did she
serve, did he serve, and when the answer
is ‘yes' it Is taken up by the voices from
a choir of angels.
"Success Is service."
Bible Class Will Dine
i The newly formed Bible study classes
at the Young Men’s Christian associa
tion will meet for dinner tonight at
6:30 o'clock. Already more than 100
men have joined these classes. R. EJ.
Tidwell wrtll he the speaker of the
evening. Mr. Tidwell is the superintend
ent of the welfare department of tho
Tennessee Coal, 1 ron and Railroad com
pany. and Is wfell known in the city.
About Fifty Register
The board of reglstras of Jefferson
county concluded the special sitting
on Saturday, the two daya' seselon
adding about BO new names to the reg
istration llsta. The reason for the tight
registration Is that the board had been
In regular cession a snort time ago
and registered every one qualified at
that time. It will not be In sesaton to
day, as the law speolftea that the age
da! sittings must be held Friday and
Saturday preceding an election.
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