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The Commoner.
OCTOBER 23, 1903.
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Startling- Typqgraphical Error.
A dispatch to the Philadelphia Press
tinder date of Atlanta, Ga,, August 1,
Bays: The error of a compositor in
merely substituting the figure 'T' for
tho figure "5" In sotting up the matter
for the 1903 issue of Greer's Almanac,
which, with tho possible exception of
the Bible, is the most widely read pub
lication in rural homes, of both white
and black, in tho south, has resulted
in a period of excitement almost ap
proaching a panic among tho negroes
or Gainesville, Ga., who think the day
of judgment is i ear at hand.
The panic was caused "by a recent
sermon by Rev. J. D. Lovejoy, a ne
gro pastor, in which he declared that
the day of doom will come on Novem
ber 25 of the present year, and, as if
to dispel all doubt as to his authority,
pulled a copy of Greer's Almanac
from his pocket and pointed out the
incorrectly set item.
In tho November table of tho rising
and the setting of the sun the astron
omers calculate for the 25th that the
sun will rise at 6:59 a. m. and set at
5:01 p. m. Right here was where the
printer got in his work, which caused
the negro minister and his flock to fear
that this old world has only a few
more short months to .move in its
orbit.
By substituting the 1 for the 5 he
made it appear that on November 25
tho sun is to set at 1:01 p. m. Rev.
Lovejoy in looking over his almanac
came to this item. It attracted his
attention, and being a close student
of the Holy Scriptures, he at once
recalled that passage of Amos (viii.
9) which reads:
"And it shall come to pass in that
;iQir anifh Hio T.ord God. that I will
cause the sun to go down at noon, and
I will darken the earth in the clear
day." , , ..
The thought of doubting the tnith
of the time set in the almanac did
not once occur to the preacher. He
would just as soon have doubted, a
statement in his Bible.
On last Sabbath he took for his
text tho Scriptural passage quoted and
then, with a voice trembling with ex
citement, called attention to the er
roneous statement in the' almanac, and
with the certainty of prophecy in his
tones announced November 25 as
"that great day of the Lord's."
noinoQviiiA Ir the town which, on
June 1, suffered from the storm which
in an instant snuffed out more than
a hundred lives. With the roar of the
tornado still in their ears, the ne
groes were even more than usually
relidy to believe in such a prophecy,
and a veritable whirlwind of repent
ance and prayer at once began. Run
ners soon carried the dread news to
other colored churches in the town,
and in a short time the entire negro
nnmiinHnn nf Gainesville was gath
ered at tho Methodist church praying
and wailing.
The morning meeting became an all
day affair and the shouting and pray
ing was kept up until a late hour at
night.
The next morning many failed to ap
pear at their usual place of work,
and for two days the labor situation
of tho town was demoralized. The
negroes declared that they carea
nothing for earthly things, as they
were all soon to go to their reward.
White citizens have now persuaded
nearly all of them to go back to their
work on the idea that they will have
to live until November 25, even if the
judgment is to occur then, but all ef
forts to explain to them the error
which caused tho prophecy have been
unavailing, and Rev. Mr. Lovejoy and
his hearers are still in mortal fear of
November 25, and all because the com
positor used tho wrong figure and the
proofreader failel to catch the error.
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