I'm not quite sure why some of this is included in what appears to be locate news. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE Rev. W. J. Hyde (William J.) visited Dawsonville the first of the week. The wife of Rev. J. L. R. Barrett at Gainesville is very sick. Greek Letter Fraternities have been abolished from Furman University, S.C. Dr. E. R. Carswell has been called as pastor of Bainbridge church and has accepted. Rev. C. A. Ridley of Blue Ridge preached at Ellijay last Sunday. Rev. R. P. Roper of Storeville is sick with fever. We hope for his speedy recovery. Rev. G. H. Carter has just closed a fine meeting with his church at Jackson, Ga. Rev. Geo. R. Brown preached a fine sermon at the Baptist church in Cumming during the Institute. The last convention of Kentucky Baptists by a resolution sat down on Dr. Whitsitt by a vote of about 7 to 1. Dr. Vaughan is to begin an Institute very soon in Fannin county. Eighteen of the best preachers of that section have pledged to attend. Rev. T. C. Buchanan, field agent for the Christian Index, has been in and around Cumming for the past week. Providence Sunday-school, Milton county, will enter the contest for the books at the Sunday School Convention. A bronze portrait in bas-relief of the late Rev. Dr. Thomas Armitage has been placed in the Fifth Avenue Church, New Yord City. Rev. A. F. Underwood of Cleveland than whom there is no more level headed preacher in North Georgia is avowedly opposed to alien immersion and Dr. Whitsitt. Rev. A. C. Ward, pastor of sixth church, Atlanta, and who is well known in North Georgia, has undergone a severe surgical operation and is now at Grady Hospital. Prof. H. Eager has been chosen as chairman of the Faculty of Missippi (Mississippi) College, Clinton, Miss., in place of Dr. J. C. Provine, who resigned to devote more time to study in his special department. Last Monday Admiral Sampson completely destroyed the Spanish fleet under command of Admiral Cevera, taking the Admiral and 1600 soldiers as prisoners. The city of Santiago is under control of the Americans.