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Greenville and Warm Spr. C.M. Got up at 6 a.m. Breakfast through, left Greenville for the Warm Spring Campmeeting in the company of Miss Arvilla.
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1. My week's sojourn in Greenville proved to be a most delightful occasion to me. Miss Arvilla and Mrs. Ellis(Lowrie's step-Ma) made me feel at home in every way. My room was cool, supplied with a clean bed and plenty of fresh water. Orville A. Park, a Vanderbilter, showed me a great deal of kindness and courtesy.
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2. Though small, Greenville is a very intelligent and ambitious town. Most of its youths of both sexes are either college graduates or in one or the other of the many institutions in the south.
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3. Many of the girls are pretty and sweet. Miss Lousie Wienbish is exceedingly pretty. More girls than boys in the town.
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4. Last Wednesday morning I was happy to receive a photo from Mrs. Abbie Hoss, the picture of her own dear self. My joy was boundless. By the way, what made her to remember me in that way all of a sudden? With all her caprice I love her dearly.
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5. Wrote to Brother Jacob (Arminian) . Poor but noble fellow! Last September, the morning I left Nashville for Chattanooga, I offered him some money for street car fair etc. "No thanks," said he, "Keep it for yourself, I do not care for any superfluities of life, having enough to feed and clothe myself." My regards for him shall always be the kindest.
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6. On leaving Ellis' house I gave a quarter to the colored maid. She looked full into my face and said loudly "What is this for? I wait on people here anyway". She accepted it only at my urging. Hurrah for her!
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Warm Spring C.M. and Shilo. At 4 p.m., left the Warm Spring Campground with C. Jenkins, an Emoryan, for his home. Had a very tedious time at Warm Spring depot, fully three and a half hours for the train.
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Reached Shilo, a small R.R. village on the Georgia middleland, about 9 p.m.
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Campmeeting experience
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1. The Warm Spring Campground is about 2 miles from Stenson, a R.R. station. The tents are in a far better condition than those on "The Rock" campground or of Mt. Zion. The people look to be more highly cultured than most folks I have seen at the other campgrounds. Brothers Ogletree, Tigner, and Harris with their families extended most cordial hospitality to all.
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2. Merrywether County is the native county of Dr. Allen. It is said that he was converted in a W.S. Campmeeting. I was pleased to think that I prayed and worshiped in the tent where the Doctor was brought to Christ.
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3. Met a great many Emory boys. Osgood Cook welcomed me. Miss Alice Leftwich of Nashville greeted me as an old time friend.
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4. This morning I addressed the audience. The people listened to me very attentively. Then Col. Harris, after a short talk, asked for a contribution.38.00―a liberality that I had not expected, and for which I feel sincerely thankful.
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5. It seems as intellectuality advances emotion is more and more subject to restraint. I haven't heard scarcely any shoutings in campmeetings.
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6. The biggest fools are those men and women who sit around the tent doors, and gab and laugh while the services go on.
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Shiloh. An arbor meeting being in progress about quarter of a mile from Jenkin's home, I attended the services in the morning and night. Heard two very good sermons.
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Shilo is a mere R.R. station with only a few houses and two stores. The location is pretty being surrounded by a blue belt of hills.
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In the afternoon, enjoyed a drive with Charley Jenkins. His parents are a worthy couple.
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Most of the sermons and exhortations in campmeetings seem to be directed to emotion. Death, heaven, hell, reunion are constant topics. The songs―popular―are also of the kind. Was amused to hear the people sing with a great deal of relish about the heaven "where we shall sing and shout forever" (!) I wouldn't like that, though.
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Rankin's home. At 9 a.m. left Thomaston. Got off at the tank, 10 miles from Culloden. Wandered about more than one hour and half in corn fields and peapatches trying to find the road to Joe Rankin's home. Finally, following a wagon track, I was landed at Mr. Chancellor's house. He welcomed me and, after dinner, sent me over to Joe's in a buggy.
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Miss Issie and her sister Emmie received me kindly. Joe was sent for to his school. Enjoyed a most delightful evening. Mr. Warlick from Marietta and Miss Nona from Forsyth were in the company.
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I enjoy that company most which enjoys mine.
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Forsyth. Intense though my desire was to stay longer in Miss Issie's society, I had to leave her home early in the morning for Forsyth. Mr. Rankin, her father, accompanied me in a buggy. The drive was very refreshing in the cool morning air.
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On arrival to Forsyth about 10:30 a.m., I went to Brother Bowden's. His new parsonage is one of the best I have seen. Wightman B. the pastor's son whom I had known in Emory was very kind to me. Between 5 and 6 p.m., Wightman and I had a charming drive, though the dust was very annoying.
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Brother B. has a very pretty church. He is an efficient pastor.
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A good audience―a poor collection4.00(!)
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Barnesville. Left Forsyth at 8:30 a.m.
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Barnesville reached about 9:30. Met Ed. Stephens and Osgood Cook at the depot. Went to the house of Homer Bush.
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1. Spent most of the day in □□□ Mrs. Bush is a handsome lady. Her beautiful eyes and dark ringlets charmed me.
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2. This morning on the train, met Mrs. Allen and Misses Alice and Ethel on their way to Newnan to meet Dr. Allen. They looked well.
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3. Mrs. Allen informed me that Brother O.E. Brown had accepted the chair offered by the Theological Dept of V.U. The idea! I once almost idolized Brown. When I heard the V.U. Board of Trustees played the fool to elect him to the chair, I was almost sure that he would not accept it. But, my expectations in him are found to have been too high.
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4. What excuse has Brown to offer for running the expenses of going to China and of coming back; for depriving the mission of an invaluable worker, Miss Anna Muse; for throwing away to the wind the studies he put in learning the language etc; for shaking the faith of the church; for, in short, playing such a weak-man's part? He will no doubt talk about providential call and the like stuff. I like to hear him preach on Moses. In this business I see the finger of Dr. Tillet and not that of God.
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Spoke to a good audience―in size and interest.
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Thomaston. Yesterday morning came down here to rest a day or two.
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Rained last night and today until about 2 p.m.
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Spent some hours last night and this morning in reading one of E.P. Roe's novels "The Earth Trembled".
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Received a letter from Mrs. Homes, of Bainbridge. I can not forget her kindness. The bright image of Emmie with her dark, piercing eyes, clear voice, caressing smiles―the little Alabama girl who showed me so much attachment is ever fresh in my memory.
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I wish I belonged to a nationality which I may think of without shuddering with disgust and blushing with shame. Poor Corea! Beautiful Corea! If I had an absolute power over Corea, I shall improve her in ten years.
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Senoia; Newnan; Griffin. Left Thomaston at 7:30 a.m. on the 14th. Reached Senoia about 11. Suffered a deal from cold―sickness prevented me from enjoying one of the lovelist days of the early Fall.
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Senoia is an unlit small town. Had a good turn out.
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15th―went to Newnan to see Dr. Allen. Was really glad to meet him. He takes things as a man of long experience should―at ease―without fretting. He regretted the returning of Brown.
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By the 4 p.m. train, went to Griffin, my heart being unable to bear the pain of going to Oxford without a single day's pleasure at Miss Lucy's. Very cool all day―positively cold in the night. Spent a happy evening in the company of Miss Lucy and her sister, Miss Maud.
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Griffin. Miss Lucy's home. Very pleasant―rather too cool.
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Spent the day in talking, in playing checkers, in eating peaches, etc.
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Col. Flynt, Miss Lucy's father, is a zealous Third-Party-Man. His denunciation of other parties is as vehement as his hatred of Yankees is bitter and as his prejudice against the "Nigger" is intense.
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Lucy is pretty―specially when you look at her at a distance or under a lamplight. She is intelligent and a good talker. But she has no love-capacity. It seems to me that she could not love if she wanted to. She seems to be destitute of high spiritual faculties. She enjoys the frolic and fun of social life more than anything else. She was kind to me all along; but I am done with her.
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Conyers; Oxford. Spent last Saturday and Sunday in Lithonia with Herburt Bond.
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1. It rained hard this morning, but a great crowd came down to Conyers to hear the joint debate between Livingstone and Thom Watson. The former championed the Democratic and the latter, the Third-party principles. Nothing of interest to me except novelty.
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2. It did my heart good to return to Oxford once more. But on the way to Dr. Candler's from the depot, I saw Miss Lilian Bonnell going to the Post Office with three other young ladies. Though I know her coldness (to me) my affection for Professor Bonnell awakened the sense of gladness in seeing her. But I was cruelly insulted. She averted her face from me and in every possible way tried to avoid my greeting. From the merry laughter, in which the young ladies indulged with now and then a look at me, I judged the fun was at my expense. What heartless fools some girls are! Ah, the slight cut my heart to the quick! Well!
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Mrs. Nettie Candler and her mother, Mrs. Cartright, gave me a cheerful welcome-that made me feel good all over.
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3. Thank God that 3 months ago I left Oxford with5.00, but that I came back375.00 richer.
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4. During the summer, I made about508.00 of which amount about123.00 went into expenses of all kinds―including clothes.
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5. This will be the last year of my long school-life. May God help me to make this year the best I have had in all respects!
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6. In my travels during the Summer, I avoided Sunday riding. This is one of the effects of Emory training.
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7. Wherever I went "hard time" was the subject of universal complaint.
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8. Among the places I have visited during the vacation, there are only seven small towns which I have a loving desire to visit again; viz. Appling; Reidvsille; La Grange; West Point; Bainbridge; Rankin's home; Greenville.
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9. Political excitements everythere. Nothing but politics engage the minds of the people everywhere.
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10. The great extent of uncultivated land all through the state―often I traveled hundreds of miles without seeing a single settlement worth mentioning―this shows the mmensity of the country, having 60,000,000 of people.
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Oxford. A pleasant day. This morning at 9 a.m. the school was formally opened.
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Yesterday and today I have been busy―very busy―in moving beds, chairs etc from Marvin Hall to Andrew Hall, and in fixing up my room in the latter.
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1. Nath tries his honest best to make the Hall a success. He does everything with all his might that his hands find to do.
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2. Mrs. Bonnell, Professor Bonnell's mother, said she could never again take interest in Mr. and Mrs. Brown. No doubt she voiced the sentiment of many.
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Oxford. Having made up my mind to change my boarding place to Mr. Berry's, I spent the whole evening after the school in fixing up my new abode. I hated to leave Nath, and Andrew Hall; but the Hall is so far from the College that I was compelled to take the step. The board itself does not cost me in Mr. Berry's much more than in the Hall.
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A phrenologist told me that I reflected more than I observed. He said I would step over a shining dollar without noticing it. That I do not know. But one thing is sure: I seem to have no faculty for observation.
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