| Show tiCCLBglABTIOAL CONTEST norrfnl Irrnl i llrlrtiilrri lUrknt fp 17 Oliootlnc Bllrn nf HIP r llli For the last week the Her Mr Ilyrd of the Christian church and the lIe Mr lllalock of the Mlnlonary Daptltt denomination have been engaged In a lively debate at Spring plate My the Atlanta Contltullon lIvery day they meet In the eotirthonae and In tho pretence of large audience they this CUM the merits nnd demerits tho claims and the credit of tbe two protections pro-tections of religious belief The de toxIn attracted largo rrowda amid one day IIrd would hurl hit denunciations ngalnsl tbe opposition antI on tIme next day lllalock would launch Invective at the faith of his brother preacher Toward Iho lost the battle became nut obstinate that nome cxcwdlUBly vigor oua langingc Sic lined On Saturday mailer renrhed n climax cli-max whrn the peniup emotions ot the women ot the two floeka gave way nnd they prepared for n rhoutlng match Tho llnptlst sitter went prepared In Indulge In n fervent demonstration and had their plaint nil laid for n regular jubilee ot prayer ami prnlre Somebody Some-body Rave the plan nwny and Ilio Christian Chris-tian church women marthniiil their vocal legions In battle array Numerically Numeri-cally they were tbe weaker hilt by cnllmtlakin nnd lung power they made up for the disparity In number Klnally just nt the clean of Illalocka talk at a sIgnal given the leader of the llaptltta opened up and the other ulster joined In The leader of the Clirlsthm church cohort took the cue aol began on her able of the house and then occurred a acme inch us tItus who were present never wltneued before Klnaliy the Christ Inn church people triumphed nol carried the day over their compelllar In vocal powers The concluding wmon nap delivered nnd at the close It was declared n drawn battle and lllalock returned 10 Tcnnes and Ilyrd returned to hal ton each claiming that lie had vanquished van-quished his opponent reeling allll runt very high dmong mIte Murray county folk and opinion la very much divided na to which one of the preacher got tho beat of the this cuatlon |
