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ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE^S.C.,T LJESDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1910' NO. 16.
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with illustration:
OF SCENES IN THE
CHAPTER VII.
Several sober men closed around
the boy, and after disarming him, led
him away grumbling and muttering,
while Wile McCager made apologies to
"Jimmy's just a peevish child," he I
explained. "A drop or two of licker
makes his skittish. I hopes ye'l! look
over hit."
Jimmy's outbreak was interesting to
Lescott chiefly as an indication of
what might follow. Unwilling to introduce
discord by his presence, and
involve Samson in quarrels on his account.
he suggested riding back to
Misery, but the boy's face clouded at
the suggestion.
"Ef they kain't be civil ter my
friends," he said, shortly, "they've got
ter account ter me. You stay right
hyar, and I'll stay close to you. I done
come hyar today ter tell 'em that they
mustn't meddle in my business."
A short while later, wiie juc^agci
invited Samson to come out to the
mill, and the boy nodded to Lescott
an invitation to accompany him.
The mill, dating back to pioneer
days, sat by its race with its shaft now
idle. It looked to Lescott, as he approached,
like a sciap of landscape
torn from some medieval picture, and
the men about its door seemed medieval,
too; bearded and gaunt, hardthewed
and sullen.
All of them who stood waiting were
men of middle age, or beyond. A number
were gray-haired, but they were all
of cadet branches. Many of them, like
Wile McCager himself, did not bear
the name of South and Samson was
the eldest son of the eldest son.
"Samson," began old Wile McCager,
clearing his throat and taking up his
duty as spokesman, "we're all your
kinfolks here, an' we aimed ter ask ye
about this here report they yer 'lowin'
ter leave the mountings?"
"What of l>it " countered the boy.
"Hit looks mighty like the war's
a-goin* ter be on ag'in pretty soon.
Air ye a-goin' ter quit, or air ye a-goin'
ter stick? Thet's what we wants ter
know."
"I didn't make this here truce, an* I
hain't a-goin' ter bust hit," said the
boy, quietly. "When the war commences,
111 be hyar. Ef I hain't hyar
in the meantime, hit hain't nobody's
business. I hain't accountable ter no
man bui pup, an" I reckon, whar he is.
he knows whether I'm a-goin' ter keep
my word."
There was a moment's silence, then
Wile McCager put another question:
"Ef ye're plumb sot on gettin' larnin
why don't ye get hit right hyar in
these mountings?"
Samson laughed derisively.
"Who'll I git hit from?" he caustically
inquired. "Ef the mountain won't
come to Mahomet, Mahomet's got ter
go ter the mountain, I reckon."
Caleb Wiley rose unsteadily to his
feet, his shaggy beard trembling with
wrath and his voice quavering with
senile indignation
"Have ye done got too damned good
fer yore kinfolks, Samson South?" he
shrilly demanded. "Hav ye done been
follerin' atter this here puny witchdoctor
twell ye can't keep a civil
tongue in yer head fer yore elders?
I'm in favor of runnin' this here furriner
outen the country with tar an'
foothopo r>n him Furthermore. I'm in
favor of cleanin' out the Hollmans. I
was jest a-sayin' ter Bill?"
"Never mind what ye war jest
a-sayin'," interrupted the boy, Hushing
redly to the cheekbones, but controlling
his voice. "Ye've done said
enough a'ready. Ye're a right old man,
Caleb, an' I reckon thet gives ye some
license ter shoot off yore face, but of
any of them no-'count, shifless boys
of yores wants ter back up what ye
says, I'm ready ter go out thar an'
make 'em eat hit. I hain't a-goin' ter
answer no more questions."
There was a commotion of argument,
until "Black Dave" Jasper, a
saturine giant, whose hair was no
blacker than his expression, rose, and
a semblance of quiet greeted him as
he spoke.
"Samson, mebby ye've got a right
ter take the studs this a-way, an' ter
refuse ter unswer our questions, but
we've got a right ter say who kin stay
in this hyar country. Ef ye 'lows ter
quit us, I reckon we kin quit you?
and. if we quits ye, ye hain't nothln'
more ter us than no other boy thet's
gettin' too high fer his breeches. This
furriner is a visitor here today, an'
we don't "low ter hurt him?but he's
got ter go. We don't want him round
hyar no longer." He turned to Lescott.
"We're a-givin' ye fair warnin",
stranger. Ye hain't our breed. Atter
this, ye stays on Misery at yore own
Rev. J. L. Oates,
Pastor of the Associate Reformed
Church of Yorkville, and one of the
speakers at the exercises in connection
with the opening of Bethany
church.
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risk?an' hit's a-goin' ter be plumb I
risky. That thar's final."
"This man." blazed the boy, before I
Lescott could speak, "is a-visitin' me I
an' Unc' Spicer. When ye wants him I
?> nn onmp tiD thar an' git him. Every |
damned man of ye kin come. I hain't
a-sayin' how many of ye'll go back.
He was 'lowin' that he'd leave hyar
termorrer mornin,' but atter this I'm
a-tellin' ye he hain't a-goin' ter do hit.
He's a-goin' ter stay es long es he
likes' an' nobody hain't a-goin' ter run
him off. Samson took his stand before
the painter, and swept the group
with his eyes. "An' what's more," he
added, "I'll tell ye another thing. I
hadn't made up my mind ter leave
the mountings, but ye've done settled
hit fer me. I'm a-goin'.**
There was a low murmur of anger,
and a voice cried out from the rear:
"Let him go. We hain't got no use
fer damn cowards."
"Whoever said thet's a liar!" shouted
the boy. Lescott, standing at his
side, felt that the situation was more
than parlous. But, before the storm
could break, some one rushed in, and
whispered to Wile McCager a message
that caused him to raise both hands
above his head, and thunder for attention.
"Men," he roared, "listen ter me! ,
This here hain't no time fer squablin'
amongst ourselves. We're all
Souths. Tamrack South has done
gone ter Hixon, an' got inter trouble.
He's locked up in the Jailhouse." 1
"We're all hyar," screamed old Ca- 1
leb's high, broken voice. "Let's go an' J
take him out." j
Samsons anger had died. He turned, 1
hoirj a whisnered conversation ]
with McCager, and, at its end, the host
of the day announced briefly:
"Samson's got somethin' ter say ter
ye. So long as he's willin' ter stand
by us, I reckon we're willin' ter listen
ter Henry South's Boy."
"I hain't got no use for Tam'rack
Spicer," said the boy, succinctly, "but
I don't 'low ter let him lay in no jailhouse
unlessen he's got a right ter be
thar. What's he charged with?"
But no one knew that. A man supposedly
close to the Hollmans, but in
reality an informer for the Souths,
had seen him led into the jailyard by
a posse of a half-dozen men, and had
seen the iron-barred doors close on
him. That was all, except that the
Hollman forces were gathering in
Hixon, and, if the Souths went there
en masse, a pitched battle must be the
inevitable result. The first step was
to gain accurate information and an
answer to one vital question. Was
Tamarack held as a feud victim, or
was his arrest legitimate? How to
learn that was the problem. To send 1
a body of men was to invite bloodshed.
To send a single inquirer was to de- .
liver him over to the enemy.
"Air you men willin' ter take my
word about Tamarack " inquired Samson.
There was a clamorous assent,
i
and the boy turned to Lescott.
"I wants ye ter take Sally home with ,
ye. Ye'd better start right away, afore
she heers any of this talk. Hit would
fret her. Tell her I've had ter go 'cross .
ther country a piece, ter see a sick
man. Don't tell her whar I'm a-goin'."
He turned to the others. "I reckon
I've got your promise thet Mr. Lescott
hain't a-goin' ter be bothered afore I
gits back?"
Wile McCager promptly gave the assurance.
"I gives ye my hand on hit."
I ..^,,,1 Urn Achorrv lnafin' round ,
jest beyond ther ridge, as I rid over ,
hyar," volunteered the man who had
brought the message. I
"Go slow now Samson. Don't be no
blame fool," dissuaded Wile McCager.
"Hixon's plumb full of them Hollmans'
an" they're likely ter be full of licker,
hit's Saturday. Hit's apt ter be shore
death fer ye ter try ter ride through
Main street?ef ye gits thet fer. Ye
dassent do that.
"I dast do anything!" asserted the
boy, with a Hash of sudden anger.
"Some liar 'lowed awhile ago thet I
was a coward. All right, mebby I be.
Unc' Wile, keep the boys hyar tell ye
hears from me?an' keep 'em sober."
He turned and made his way to the
fence where his mule stood hitched.
When Samson crossed the ridge and
entered the Hollman country, Jim Asberry,
watching from a hilltop point of
vantage, rose and mounted the horse
that stood hitched behind a nearby
screen of rhododendron bushes and
vminir oprhirs. Sometimes, he rode just
one bend of the road in Samson's rear.
Sometimes, he took short cuts, and
watched his enemy pass. Hut always
he held him under a vigilant eye.
Finally, he reached a wayside store
where a local telephone gave communication
with Hollman's Mammouth
Department store.
"Jedge," he informed, "Samson
South's done left the party et ther
mill, an' he's a-ridin* towards town.
Shall I git him?"
"Is he comin' by hissclf?" inquired
the storekeeper.
"Yes."
"Well, jest let him come on. We
can tend ter him hyar, ef necessary."
So Jim withheld his hand, and merely
shadowed, sending bulletins, from
time to time.
(To be continued.)
THE SOUTH'S MULES
Purchases by Southern Farmers This
Season Have Been Few.
Instead of buying between 75,000
and 100.000 mules and as many or
more horses, the cotton states of the
south have sold probably more than
125.000 of these animals the past season
to dealers filling British, French,
Italian and Greek contracts, says the
Kansas City dispatch.
Less than 1,000 mules have been
moved from Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
and Kentucky to the south
since last fall. All of this, according
to leading mule dealers of the country,
indicates a tendency on the part of the
south to restrict cotton planting.
Old dealers in Missouri say they
cannot recall a year when so few I
mules and horses were purchased by i
the south as in the season now closing.
Only in the last few weeks, following
the development of buoyancy in
the New York and other cotton markets,
did the south even begin to inquire
about buying mules. The recent
sharp advances have brought a little
trade, but the aggregate sales have not i
been equal to one day's fair business 1
in horses and mules with the cotton
states in the winter of 1913-14. Without
doubt, the few mules which have
been moving to the south lately are
probably going to planters who sold
aged animals to the dealers handling
British orders. The British buyers
have been showing preference for old
mules because the mortality among
them is lower than among young
mules in the trip across the Atlantic.
Fort Worth, Nashville, Mempms ana
Oklahoma City are among the points
In the south which have been making
sales to British and other European
army buyers. A year ago these mar/r
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Rev. W. P. Grier
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Sixth Pastor of Bethany Church, now |
filling the pulpit occupied by his (
grandfather, Rev. Dr. R. C. Grier, the ,
third Pastor.
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tets were busy buying horses and ]
nules in Missouri and other middle ]
western states for distribution to ]
planters. At St. Louis, which sells the (
south as many as 50,000 mules each (
fall and winter season, fewer cotton (
nules have been handled than in the
nemory of the oldest dealers there.
Both horse and mule dealers at St.
Louis are filling European orders for
lorses and they are making such
:remendous profits that it probably
would be almost impossible for the
south to buy mules if it desired the
inimals. All of the available barns
it St. Louis are crowded with war
lorses, and new barns are being
erected to handle this vast business,
[n Kansas City, bam room is also at
i premium. At one of the concentration
posts near here, farmers are receiving
}25 a year an acre for the rent
>f land on which to hold horses and
nules awaiting shipment to Europe.
In the winter of 1913-14, the south
sought a record number of mules and
torses. Even after these purchases,
lowever, it was not supplied adequatey
with work stock and Missouri dealers
believe that, even if planters wished,
they could hardly put In as much
and to cotton this year as in 1914.
Missouri mule dealers are usually in
constant communication with the
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soum, as more man 10 pci wh ui
their trade is normally with the cotton
states.
FEBRUARY.
Some Facts Pertaining to the Month
Which Has Only Twenty-eight Days.
Written for The Yorkville Enquirer.
February, the second month of the
year, gets its name from the Latin
word Februa. The month was introduced
into the Roman calendar by the
Consul Numa, in the year 452 B. C.
The feast of Februa or the festival of
expiation and lustration, was held on
the fifteenth day of this month and
was one of the most notable occasions
In the Roman year.
The month is the shortest in the
year, and as the old and familiar dog- ;
gerel has it?"has only twenty-eight in
nine; until leap year gives it twenty- J
nine." The historical importance of i
this month of few days is great, since ;
more men who have been great factors j
in the progress of the world have been |
born in February than in any other <
month. 1
Many of the world's most famous (
battles have been fought in the month ]
which precedes the opening of spring, j
and numerous other events of world- (
wide importance in history have oc
curred in February. J
Three presidents of the United States J
were born in February?William Hen- ,
ry Harrison, Feb. 9; Abraham Lincoln, i
Feb. 12, and George Washington, Ken <
22; and the birthday of at least one '
crowned head of Europe comes in Feb- (
ruary.
The first ship to sail from the United 1
States to China, left New York, Feb- J
ruary 22. 1784.
The great rock of Gibraltar, which i
has since been converted into the '
greatest fortress in world, was taken j
from the Spaniards by the English in i
February. 1
The present Italian monarchy was J
organized in February, 1861, by the so- (
lection of Victor Emanuel I, as king. I
William, Prince of Orange, was also '
declared king of England in February, (
1869. i
It was in February, 1773, that the 1
state of Georgia was iirst settled by
General James Oglethorpe and a company
of men who having labored for
many years under the burden of debt
in England, were anxious to find a
haven in America, whose territory was
far from thickly settled at that time.
It was in February, 1773, that the
famous "Stamp Act," which met such ,
determined opposition among the i
American colonists, was repealed by 1
the British government. The stamp
act provided that all legal documents,
including bonds, deeds, notes receip.s
<tc., must be written on stamped paper
sold by the revenue department of
the British government at tixed rates.
The law was put in force in America,
but met with such determined opposition
that tva* was only averted by its
repeal. The tea tax which followed and
oilier acts of the British government
levied upon a people who having no
repr< sentation in the making of laws,
re fused to submit to taxation and the
Revolutionary war was the result.
Henry W'adsworth I,on<;fellow. recognized
as America's greatest i?oet,
and one of the greatest literary men of
th<* world was born in February, ISO!*,
other great literary people born in
February were John Raskin Margaret
K. Fangster. James Russell Lowell
William Carl (Jrimm. Mary Lyon.
Thomas A. Fdison, the greatest of
American inventors, celebrated his (ikth
birthday on February 11.
STORY OF BETHANY CHURCH
Record of Usefulness Extending Over
One Hundred and Nineteen Years.
SIX PASTORS AND* FOUR CHURCHES.
Hrmhi tix/ Parlv Pioneer* Under
v' a-"'--? ?/ ? /
an Arbor in the Woods, the Congr?gation
Grows in Strength and Usefulness,
Throwing Off Numerous
Offshoots, and Finally, in its Old
Age, Erects Handsome Modern
House.
The most complete sketch of Bethany
Associate Reformed church that
has been written up to this time, was
prepared by Rev. R. M. Stevenson for
use on the occasion of the Twentieth
anniversary of his pastorate in May,
1907. The opening of the handsome
new church building last Sunday upon
the same grounds where the congregation
first came into existence, is
an appropriate occasion for the reproduction
of the sketch which, in
part, is as follows:
It may not be generally known that
Bethany was organized from Beersheba
Presbyterian church, and owes its
origin to the introduction of hymns
into that church. Up until about 1793,
ill the Presbyterians In the vicinity
jl iviiife a iuuumaiu w ui amppLu iu
gether, and the principal churches
were Beersheba in this county, and
Long Creek in North Carolina. Somewhere
about the date given, a change
was introduced in the manual of praise
jsed in the churches, which led to the
withdrawal of a respectable minority,
who regarded the introduction of
lymns an innovation to which they
:ould not conscientiously submit. The
Associate Reformed presbytery of the
Tarolinas was their only hope for
ireachers, and Andrew Ferguson and
Tohn Miller were sent to that body
o petition for supplies. There is a
radition that Mr. Newman McElwee
was to have been baptized on the day
he rupture took place. The names of
hose who, with their families, wlthIrew
and formed the nucleus of the
lew organization, are as follows:
William McElwee, Sr., who was an
?lder in Beersheba, and his sons,
William and John McElwee, William
flenry, Alexander Henry, James Henry,
Tames Crawford, William Crawford,
Ysncis Rea, James Dunn and Joseph
Carroll. These, with other families in
>ther communities in the same conlition,
petitioned for the services of
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Handsome New B
Mr. William Dixon, a licentiate of the
\ssociate Reformed church, and for
iighteen months or more their worshiping
place was near Sparrow's
Springs, not far from the pinnacle of
King's Mountain. The people worshipng
at this house and those worshipng
at Sharon and Carmel united and
called Mr. Dixon, and he was ordain?d
and installed at Sharon, June 1st,
1795. This mountain house was the
:ommon place of worship for A. R.
Presbyterians in Gaston county, N. C.,
is well as for those in this part of
Fork county, and about the time the
)ld house was abandoned, Bethany
ind Pisgah were organized under the
jastoral care of Mr. Dixon. It is
:hought that Bethany became a preachng
place in 1796, and tradition says
:hat the first time the Sacrament of
.he Lord's Supper was observed here,
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It W'tlS 111 111C VYUUUO, AAA UIC lUVIilv
leading up from the spring west of the
King's Mountain road. The first elders
who served this congregation
were William McElwee, Sr., who, as
already said, had been an elder in the
jther church; Samuel Lessly, James
Crawford, Sr., and Alexander Henry.
These were installed and Bethany organized
in 1797. The first house of
worship was of logs and stood about
where the front gate of the cemetery
Is. I may say in passing that the
building we worship in today is the
third house the congregation has occupied.
In March, 1796, Mr. Dixon
moved into the bounds of Bethany
from Cedar Springs in Abbeville county,
and settled on what we know as
the Christopher McCarter place, across
the branch southeast of the McCarter
house. Bethany enjoyed the services
of this earnest preacher and laborious
pastor about thirty-three
years, until the infirmities of age compelled
his resignation, which took place
March 26, 1828. He died December 30,
1831, and was buried in our cemetery.
I have been told that the first burial
In our cemetery was that of a child
f Mr. Dixon.
The second pastor was Rev. Joseph
Banks, a native of the state of New
Vork, and a licentiate of the Associate
church. It should have been
dated that early in Mr. Dixon's pastorate,
he and Rev. Peter McMullen
withdrew from the Associate Reformed
THE OLD CHURC
Frame Building which gives, way to I
church and organized the Associate
Presbytery of the Carolinas. Mr. McMullen
had trouble with his presbytery,
and Mr. Dixon being a friend
and sympathizer, went with him into
the Associate body, and for forty years
these churches continued in that connection.
The call to Mr. Banks was
extended March 20, 1830, from a charge
embracing Nob Creek in Cleveland
county, N. C., Pisgah in Gaston county,
N. C., Bethany in York county, S.
C., and Sardis in Union county, S. C.
Notice how much territory was embraced
in that call, four churches each
in a separate county. Mr. Banks was
granted until the first of the next January
to give his answer, when he signified
his acceptance, but his ordination
was further delayed by sickness,
and tooK place on ucioDer loin, ibsi.
He was a pastor only two years, his
labors being brought to a close by the
action of his synod on the subject of
slavery. He returned to the north in
the early fall of 1833, and served as
pastor in Ohio, then as chaplain of the
western penitentiary of Pennsylvania,
then for eight years as a foreign missionary,
and died at Mercer, Pa., of
consumption on April 8, 1859.
The third pastor of Bethany and
Pisgah was Rev. R. C. Grler, D. D.,
who was ordained and installed in
June, 1841. This pastorate continued
seven years, when he resigned to accept
the presidency of Erskine college.
Dr. Grier lived on the Forbs place
now owned by Dr. E. W. Pressly, and
there his son and successor as president
of the college, the late Dr. W. M.
Grier, was born February 11th, 1843.
He also built and occupied for a few
years before going to Due West the
present house on the Jenkins* place
near Clover. Dr. Grier was an able
preacher and a faithful pastor and
was greatly beloved by his people.
Next came Rev. E. E. Boyce, D. D.,
who was installed over Pisgah and
Bethany June 28th, 1849, and continued
until September 7, 1885, nearly
thirty-seven years. Dr. Boyce lived
between the two churches on Crowd er's
Creek, on a place adjoining the
farm of Mr. William Lessly, for the
greater part of his time, but a few
years during the latter part of his pastorate
at King's Mountain. It is useless
to say anything to the older part
of the audience about this great and
good man. The esteem in which he
was held is shown by the number of
persons who bear his name, the frequency
with which his opinion is still
quoted and the fact that his portrait
hangs over our pulpit. He has been
described as "a Nathaniel in gentleness,
a John in loveliness and a Moses
in meekness." There are eight churches
now of our faith in the territory in
which he labored and these churches
are served by five ministers.
This brings us to the present pastorate,
the fifth in the one hundred
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BETHANY A. R. P. CHURCH.
uilding recently completed at a cost of
and ten years of Bethany's history.
From the time Dr. Boyce resigned
this branch of his charge it was supplied
by various members of the presbytery
until the fall of 1886, when a
petition was sent to the presbytery for
the moderation of a call, accompanied
by the request that the present pastor
supply them until the next meeting
with a view to settlement. I did my
first preaching at Bethany during a
communion meeting embracing the
fourth Sabbath of August, 1886. A
call was placed in my hands by the
presbytery in session at Smyrna, April
5th, 1887. It was for three-fourths
of the time and promised a salary of
$450 and a parsonage. It was accepted
and the installation took place on
the 13th of the following May. Dr.
Ross preached, propounded the con-1
stitutional questions and delivered the
charge to the pastor, and Dr. Boyce
charged the people. The text of Dr.
Ross' sermon was I Tim., iv, 16, "Take
heed unto thyself and unto the doctrine;
continue in them; for in doing
this thou shalt both save thyself and
them that hear thee."
In reviewing the work of the twenty
years it will perhaps be better to
arrange what I shall have to say under
appropriate heads.
1. I shall speak first of the officers
of the congregation. When I came,
the elders were as follows: William
McGill, William Oates, M. C. Lowrance,
W. S. Plaxco, W. D. Lessly and
W. S. Love. The impression these el- |
dc-rs made on me wnen 1 nrsi mei
them was that they were a Godly set
of men, and I had no occasion to
change this opinion when I became
better acquainted with them. Messrs.
McGill, Oates, Lowrance and Plaxco
were old men, and Messrs. Lessly and
Love represented the younger element
of the congregation. It is sad to
think that Mr. Lessly is the only one
of the six who is with us now. Mr.
Ix>ve is in the Sharon congregation,
while the others have finished their
work and entered upon their reward.
"Blessed are the dead which die in the
Lord from henceforth; yea, saith the
Spirit, that they may rest from their
labors; and their works do follow
them." Mr. Oates died in 1888, Mr.
Plaxco in 1890. Mr. Lowrance in 1891
and Mr. McGill in 1898. The deacons
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H AT BETHANY.
he handsome new brick edifice.
were Major T. P. Whitesides, John E.
Love, R. N. McElwee, J. L. McGill and
L. A. McGill. Of this number, Mr.
Love fell on sleep in 1888 and Major
Whitesides in 1904. An election of officers
was held in October, 1887, when
the following brethren were Inducted
into office: W. F. Smith, Zimri Carroll,
A. C. Stroup, J. B. Plaxco, R. N.
McElwee and Rev. J. H. Douglass,
elders, and W. M. Faulkner and E. B.
Faulkner, deacons. Mr. Douglass was
a minister, had been regularly ordained
by Bethel Presbyterian presbytery
and served as pastor for several years
in its bounds. His health was not
good, and he gave up the active work
of the ministry and engaged in farming
and teaching. He was dismissed
to the Associate Reformed church in
1883, but never connected with any
of our presbyteries. When elected elder,
he was simply installed, and not ordained
with the others. He was clerk
"Cgiw niiw ??*-w 0
county jail upon a charge of car- of
breaking, took French leave Saturday j0
afternoon, and as yet no word of his of
whereabouts has been received. The q;
negro has the appearance of being a w
consumptive, and Sheriff Thomas had Ve
allowed him the freedom of the Jail pj
yard, with shackles on. The sheriff th
has offered a reward of $15.00 for his a
capture One more gallant Con- ed
federate veteran and good citizen of ar
Cherokee county, departed this life Cc
and went to his eternal rest when Mr. b<
C. P. Huggin breathed his last, Wed- Hi
nesday evening about 11.15 n'olock, at a
his home on Victoria avenue. He had s<
been in declining health for several fa
months, and it was known that the he
end was near. His wife and nine of
children were with him at his bedside ha
when death came. Mr. Huggin was si<
seventy-one years of age. He is sur- tii
vived by his wife, who, before mar- ci
riage, was Miss Elvira LeMaster, trl
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rafe Le- ag
Master, and eleven children His th
left leg crushed so badly that it haul Si
to be amputated below the knee was ar
the result of Walter Smith, a negro, St
being run over by a freight train Just w<
before noon Friday. The accident so
happened about a mile north of the &
freight depot. Smith was a member da
of one of the gangs of workmen who ar
are engaged in constructing the lap- th
sidings being placed north of the city, to
and the injury was the result of his ev
attempt to swing the train Mr. co
W. H. Hester of Rutherfordton, N. C., ch
father of Mr. U. G. Hester, and broth- F.
er of Mr. Thomas Hester, both of this T1
city, died at his home Tuesday, at the go
age of sixty-eight years. The funeral wl
and burial took place Wednesday, sit
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hester and Mr. Pe
and Mrs. U. G. Hester attended the ye
of our session, was active in Sabbath
school work and taught a class of elders
in the Confession of Faith. Of
these officers Mr. Smith left us in 1893
and is now an active worker in the
United Presbyterian church of Fowler,
Fresno county, California; Mr Carroll
was one of the charter members of
the A. R. P." church in Clover and is
its senior elder; Mr. Plaxco moved to
Yorkville A. R. P. Church In 1900;
Mr. Douglass died in 1903, and Mr. E.
B. Faulkner in 1896. What changes
a few years make! Only three of
these brethren are with us today. Another
election was held November
18th, 1899, and resulted as follows:
For elders, W. M. Faulkner, J. L. McGill,
L. A. McGill, E. W. Pursley and
W. H. Sparrow. For deacons, N. A.
Howell, T. H. Lessly, L. B. McGill, J.
H. Quinn and R. N. Whltesides. The
installation took place December 3rd,
1899. Of these Mr. Lessly was given
a certificate to Hickory Grove in 1902,
and has since died, and Mr. J. L. McGill
died last year. Mr. E. M. Faris,
an elder in Ramah, was received by
certificate May 13th, 1904, and elected
an elder here. Our bench of elders
and board of deacons as consituted at
present consist of the following brethren:
Elders, M. P. Fails, W. M. Faulkner,
W. D. Lessly, R. N. McElwee, L.
A. McGill, E. W. Pursley, W. H. Sparrow
and A. C. Stroup. Deacons, N. A.
Howell, L. B. McGill. J. H. Qulnn and
R. N. Whltesides.
HIGH LIFE YEARS AGO
Items From the Diary of a Queen of
England.
Elizabeth Woodville, who became
Lady John Gray, wife of Sir John
Grey, and after his death the queen of
Edward IV, of England, kept a diary
when she was a girl, and the recMy
St
about 312,000.
ords of one day from that diary
give a glimpse of the life of the children
of the "upper class" in that faraway
time, before Columbus discovered
America and before printing or i
silk manufacture were known in England.
On Monday morning Elizabeth
arose at 4 o'clock and helped Catherine
milk the cows, because Rachel,
the milkmaid, had scalded her hand
the night before.
At 7 o'clock she went to walk "with
the lady my mother" in the courtyard.
Afterwards she fed twenty-five
men and women and severely chided
Roger, a youth in the home, probably
her brother, because of his ill temper.
At 8 o'clock she went to the barn
with her maid, Dorothy, ana caugni
Thump, her pony, herself. She then
rode "a matter of ten miles" without :
saddle or bridle.
At 10 o'clock she went to dinner
and there met John Grey, a most
comely youth." And then she says:
"But what is that to me? A virtuous
maid should be entirely under the directions
of her parents. John ate but
little and stole a great many tender
glances at me. He said women could
never be handsome in his eyes who
were not good tempered. I hope my
temper is not intolerable; nobody
finds fault with it but Roger, and he
is the most disorderly youth in our
house. John Grey likes white teeth;
my teeth are a pretty good color. I
(hink my hair is as black as jet,
though 1 say it: and John Grey, if I
mistake not, is of the same opinion."
At 11 o'clock the company arose
from the table and went walking in
the field. John Grey helped Elizabeth
over the stile and twice squeezed her
hand "with much vehemence"; but
she did not object, because he was a
perfect gentleman, was dutiful to his
parents, and never missed church on
Sabbath.
At 3 o'clock poor Farmer Rabinson's
house burned down by accident.
John Grey proposed a subscription for
the relief of the farmer and started it
off with twenty pounds. Elizabeth
says she never saw John look so comely
as at that moment, when he was
helping the poor unfortunate farmer.
At 4 o'clock Elizabeth went to prayers.
At 6 o'clock she fed the hogs and
poultry.
In after years, when Elizabeth became
'Jueen of England and the wife
of the dissolute Edward IV, she probably
found her greatest pleasure and
comfort in reading over the annals of
her girlhood days, when she rode her
pony bare-back, fed the chickens and
. 1 .i.knn
|ilgB? <iimi ?till l(i |iiuyc:ia, <11111 wiicii
John Orey lifted her over the stile, ,
admired her pretty white teeth and
jet-black hair, and vehemently "
soueesed her hand "twice."?Ex- ^
change, 'a
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>X& The real optimist has no illusions. C
He sees things as they are and makes c
the best of them. e
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News Happenings In Neighboring fh
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Dealing Mainly With Local Affaire ot
Cherokee, Cleveland, Qaaton, Lan- te
caater and Cheater. hi
Gaffney Ledger, Feb. 19: The sinking
fund commission of Cherokee
county has paid the treasurer of
Unipn county approximately $12,000
in settlement of the account due for cc
bonded Indebtedness assumed for the
Spartanburg and Asheville railway. a<
This is the last payment due the v<
counties from which Cherokee was B
formed. York and Spartanburg were in
paid several years ago Mrs. C. M
H. Sims died at her home in the Wilkensville
section of the county, Saturday,
following an illness of three or
weeks. She was 37 years of age, and b<
is survived by her husband and eight
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Who was Pastor of Bethany Church
for twenty-five years, and who is
now editor of the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian, the official organ of f
the Synod.
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remains were buried Sunday at Mt. h<
Joy Baptist church in Union county, fo
Mrs. Sims was a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Sanders of Union county.
She was an active member of Mesopo- m
tamia Methodist church. A large clrcle
of friends and relatives sympa- ie
thize with the bereaved family pi
Dule Eubanks, alias Frank Sims, a Ci
",n? holne- held at the nr
services. vii
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King's Mountain Herald, Feb. 18: W
R. A. Hicks, whose death by shooting M:
at Monroe, La., was announced in the Mi
Herald last week, it develops, was an
killed by his partner in the painting re
business, and room mate, E. Stroup. vii
The two men ate dinner about 1 fao'clock,
it seems, and started out of
hunting with shot guns. Here the ea
story stops so far as details go. Hicks te<
was killed while on the hunt. Wheth- T?
er purposely or accidentally, or how Mi
discovered or disclosed, we know not. he
The load entered a little to the left ch
of the center of the back of his neck ed
tearing off his left ear and a goodly Cc
portion of that side of his face and ?u
head. Stroup was remanded to Jail.
Rev. J. R. Miller, who was re- ed
cently elected pastor of the Patterson Ei
Grove Baptist church, filled his appointment
there Sunday afternoon. inl
Dr. W. O. Ruddock is installing is
a wireless receiving station. It will hr
be located over the building from the 8h
First National bank to the Patterson Be
rrr-n?c*ri, otnrp His nrime object is to ha
get the time of day from Washington,
while a competent receiver can get
baseball and other news. He will get *a'
the correct time at 12 o'clock each Ju
lay and at ten each night Leslie tn
McGinnins left Saturday for Lynch- al)
burg, Va., where he spent the night de
with relatives and went on to Wash- P?
ington Monday to assume the duties of cjl
lis office to which appointment we Fr
referred last week. He states that his ?*
first work will be either in the north- of
?rn or New England states The do
rreamery meeting of the Progressive nu
issociation on last Thursday night, r?'
was well attended. Mr. Stanley
2ombs of the division of dairying of
the state department of agriculture,
was present and gave a very enter- I
taining and educating exposition of an
;he creamery business. rie
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Chester Reporter, Feb. 18: Fort As
Lawn will have a second election for
ntendant and four wardens next
Tuesday, the election on the 9th, inst.,
laving resulted in a tie. There are
:wo tickets in the field, one being
leaded by Mayor W. L. Abernathy.
whose friends are warmly advocating
lim for re-election, while Mr. J. G.
Zfousar is the candidate for mayor on
he other ticket. Running with May>r
Abernathy for warden are Messrs
L L. Gooch. T. R. Kell. M. D., W. B. j
ilcFadden and G. W. McKeown, while J
he candidates for warden on the M
?ousar tickets are Messrs. E. J. Wil- M
>urn, D. Ferguson, E. Christopher and
7. T. Holder Dr. Robert E. Abell fl|
eft yesterday evening for Baltimore, H
Philadelphia and New York, where he H
vill visit the factories and sales I
ooms for hospital supplies. Dr. J.
?. Johnson will join him Tuesday and
issist in purchasing the equipment
or the Chester sanatorium, which will 1
e complete and up-to-date in every "
espect Mr. Jarvis Frazer was
hrown from a horse at the S. A. L.
lepot yesterday morning, while agisting
with the unloading of a car of
Ive stock, and was severely shaken
ip. though no bones were broken
direful study of the statutes bearing
in the commission form of governnent
for cities the size of Chester by
dessrs. J. C. McLure, city attorney,
nd J. B. Westbrook. member of
ouncil, brings the fact to light that Eld
,'hester will be unable to adopt the v
ommission government this spring, c
ven if the majority of the voters F
ere so inclined, as the requirements
1th regard to opening the books of
iglstration and ordering the two
scessary elections at such and such
date thereafter demand more time
tan is available before the regular
ection in May. Considerable enthuasm
has been engendered on behalf
' the commission government, and
lere is little doubt that the proposed
lange would carry, If the voters
ere allowed to express their preferice.
The requirements, however,
ake it impossible to adopt the sysm
this spring, and the voters will
tve to get ready for the old pro amme
of mayor and four aldermen.
....Mr. Arthur Braslngton of Lockirt.
who has a position with the
rillard & Boggs Construction Co., the
>ncern that is building the big power
un at Lockhart, met with a thrilling
Iventure Tuesday evening, that came
?ry near costing him his life. Mr.
rasington was out in a motor boat
the stream, when the gasoline beime
exhausted, and despite his efrts,
his vessel was swept over the
im, a drop of sixteen feet. He struck
1 rocks in the stream, and after
?ing carried down several yards by
e rapid current, was lodged upon a
lge boulder, where he remained until
10 o'clock in the morning, when a
scuing party lound him, numb with
>ld and black and blue from being
taten against the rocks. At first his
covery was despaired of, but later
ports said that he was improving.
....Mr. T. La. Eberhardt stated yesrday
that a handsome new drug
ore, one of the most up-to-date in
is section of the state, will be open[
in his building on the corner of
oln on/1 WvHo at rani a within thP
ixt sixty days. Mr. Eberhsurdt went
i to say that the names of the par?s
Interested in the new enterprise
e not for publication just at presit,
but will be given out at the proptime
We have not been inined
in recent years to agree with
:-Senator John L. McLaurln on
any matters of politics; but we
ive always been disposed to believe
at Mr. McLaurln Is an exceptionalable
man and that given a fair
iance with his cotton warehouse
stem, which has been the matter of
sse and studious study with him for
tars, he can bring about results.
?rtain of Mr. McLaurin's opponents
the general assembly seem, howrer,
to be resolved upon his comete
elimination from public life,
id lose no chance to attack him most
olently and bitterly. It strikes us
i manifestly unfair to discontinue
ly institution that has been given
ich scant opportunity to make
>od; and we are glad that the marity
of the general assembly has
en fit to give Mr. McLaurln further
iportunity to prove that the ware>use
system will do what he claims
r it
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Gastonia Gazette, Feb. 19: His
lmerous friends in Oastonla and
'er the county will be surprised to
am that Mr. W. Darius Beam, pro ietor
of the Beam Printery of this
ty, was married Wednesday afterion
at 2.30 o'clock at the parsonage
the First Baptist church in Chartte,
by Rev. Dr. W. M. Vines, pastor
that church, his bride being Miss
ladys Beam. The ceremony was
Itnessed only by two or three of the
sry close friends of the contracting
irties and has been kept secret by
e young couple....Mr. Larke Stowe,
native of this county, who has residl
for the past thirty years in Pleasit
View, Ky., spent yesterday in
impany with Mr. W. S. Hanks of
dmont, as guests of Engineer Lee
anks of the Southern. Mr. Stowe is
son of the late CoL Jasper Stows of
)uth Point township, and has a large
mily connection in the county. He
is paid his native county a number
visits since he left it but they
ive always been brief. The occann
of his visit to this section at this
ne was the Laymen's convention at
larlotte this week. His many
lends were delighted to see him
rain. Mr. Stowe is connected with
e coal mining business The
>encer mountain quarries, which
e being operated by the Carolina
one company, resumed work last
sek. It is learned from a reliable
urce that the ballasting of the P.
N. track will be resumed in a few
,y a wiin siuiic num 11110 hum a j ,
id will probably be kept up until
e entire line from Charlotte to Gasnla
is ballasted A special
angellstic meeting which has been
nducted at the West Airline M. E.
urch for the past ten days, by Rev.
C. West, came to a close last night,
le attendance and Interest were
>od throughout the entire meeting,
tiich resulted in about 60 converts
Mi88 Mary L. Wilson of
ipperell, Mass., arrived in the city
sterday morning to spend some time
siting relatives here and in other
ctions of the county among her
ilson connections. She is now with
r. and Mrs. J. White Ware on West
ain avenue, and will later visit Col.
id Mrs. R. N. Wilson and other
latives. This is Miss Wilson's first
sit to Gaston in thirty years. Her
ther, William Wilson, was an uncle
Col. R. N. Wilson of this city. In
rly life he went west as a school
Etcher among the Indians in Indian
>rritory. While there he married a
assachusetcs lady and they went to
r native state to live. When the
iril war came on, Mr. Wilson returnto
his native county, joined the
mfederate army and fought throughit
the four years of war. At the
nclusion of the struggle, he returnto
his family and home in New
lgland. He died within a year or
o after the close of the war, leav?
only one child, Miss Wilson, who
now here. Col. Wilson is her only
st cousin on the Wilson side and
e is his only full cousin The
88emer City Mercantile Co., perps
the largest general mercantile
lflhllahm?nt In Rpmpmcr fMtv. fail
Tuesday, making an assignment in
vor of their creditors and naming
dge A. C. Jones of Gastonia, as
istees. The apparent assets total
out 112,000 with about $11,000 inbtedness.
This concern was a corration,
the incorporators and prin>al
stockholders being Mr. B. L.
oneberger and Mr. John H. Wllkins
Bessemer City, and Dr. S. A. Wilklns
Dallas. The company had been
ing business in Bessemer City for a
mber of years and had a large patiage.
A considerable portion of
i assets is in outstanding accounts,
is understood.
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Lancaster News, Feb. 19: An exlination
of applicants for rural carr
for the route leading from Osce
l, was held on the 13th, instant, by
sistant Postmaster F. W. Hunter
(Continued on Page Four.)
J. S. Brice, Esq.,
ler in the Yorkville A. R. P. Church,
yho delivered the closing address in
onnection with the exercises at
lethany last Sunday.