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GARNERED WITH SCISSORS | fttlif From Within and Without the County. CONDENSED fob quick beading U. ^ * torn* Items of Fact, Soma of Commant; and All Helping to Qiva an Idea of Wfiftf Our Neighbor* Art Saying and Doing. Chastar Reporter, Aug. 8: It has b^ep definitely decided by the directors' ot the Sunday School League to play a post-season series as outlined a lew days ago?that , is between a team oomposcd of first ar.d fourth-place winners and one composed of second and third^lace winners. The series will commence next Monday, August < 15th, and will, run through Friday with a game each afternoon. More definite announcement will be made in Thursday's .Reporter...... The Chester county. approach at the new steel bridge on Broad river has been completed, but we understand it will be about two weeks before the approach on the _ Union oounty side is finished and the | bridge thrown open for travel.. A ! i warrant, has been Bworn out forj Spencer Moten, of Rock Hill, charging hkn with breaking into the store of i Mrs. X. M. Peay near the city limits j Friday afternoon and stealing a quantity, of cigarettes and other merchan- ; dise ..-u.^...The Richburg baseball team met defeat at Richburg Thursday at the hands of the Woodward aggregation, 12 fo 9, but won at Edgmoor, 14 to I, Saturday ..What was reported, to the authorities yesterday morning *9 a homicide turned put to be less aerious, Robert Coleman, Jr., a negro who was struck in the head with a rpck by James Caldwell, also colored, ' proving to .have a cranium hard ; enough to stand the blow. The dif- i of nr npar Rlr. J. H. McConnell's place on the Peden's hridge. Caldwell fled. Mr. and i Mrs. S. C. Carter have returned from a I few days' visit to their son, Mr. C. B. i Carter, and daughter, Mrs. S. A. MarylO, In Timmonsvllle. Mr. Carter says i the boll weeyil Is b/isy about Tim- " roonsville, and there fyill not be a cotton yield ct tnore than one-third, j Farmers ai^{ experimenting with va- i rioua crops and are going to raise a great deal more truck than ever before. 1 Gastonia Gazette, Aug. 9: It has be- 1 come a dangerous practice to violate ' the ordinance forbidding the carrying ' of concealed Weapons. Yesterday in ? Municipal Court one person was fined ' 950 and the costs for this offense and ' another was sentenced to 90 days on : the country roads Mr. Boss Lathiin.M of Cheater, was the guest yesterday in I1 the foto* of Mrs. Mack Wilson. Mr.: Lathftn has been attending the Linwood Conference. Years ago Mr. < Lathan_was a:t*acher in Gaston coun- 1 ty and numbers of old residents will 1 remember .him. Two of his former i puplis, Messrs. T. W. and E. Lee Wil- I son, were also guests of Mrs. Wilson Monday for dinner.... Mr. J. L. Henderson, a member of the part of Gastonlans motoring through the eastern part of the Stale last week on a fishing trip, tells at paying the exorbitant price of flve.^ents for a watermelon of ubout the Baise size that sells at 50 cents here. The melon was bought in 1 a field where the watermelons were being loaded to be shipped by car loads to the city markets Messrs. James '< Townsend, Etra Love and drier Love, of Chicota, Texas, arrived here yester- 1 rtav to sncnd some weeks visiting rela- j lives and friends in the county. They made the trip all the way from thei Lone Star state by automobile. All! these yqunjrjnen are grandsons of the late James Wbitesides, who went from i Gaston county to the west many years! ago. Messrs. J. A. Y. Love and Robert: Love, fathers of the two young Messrs. j Love, are making the trip by rail and; will arrive here Wednesday. These visitors have a wide connection of kinsfolk throughout this section, who i will be interested in their trip back to the old home county Flans for the program for the all-day Red Men's picnic Saturday at Memorial Park are beginning to take definite form and a j pleasant and profitable day of recrea- '< lion and fun is assured. The attractions of the day will include music by j a 24-piece band, picnic dinner, public' speaking by some of the most promi- ' nent men of Gastonia, and a game ofM baseball Mrs. Wade Pursley and ^ Mrs. Wooten, of Clover, were in town | 1 Monday, shopping ... Miss Cora Clark ; '< has returned to the city after a month's vacation at Union, S. C. 1 Miss Florence Wells, of Clover, S. C.. j i underwent an operation at the City ' Hospital today for appendicitis. Cleveland Star, (Shelby), Aug. 9: , The Boiling- Springs High School opened yesterday with a splendid enrollment. There have been several changes in the faculty, but The Star | could not get in touch with Prof. I Huggins yesterday to learn what < changes had been made Mooresboro had a great Dairyman's Picnic Saturday with several hundred pres- < ent to enjoy the program, the purpose of which was to stimulate a deeper in- ; terest in the dairy industry in Cleve- i land county. It was a happy gather- , I ing of 500 people who had assembled . to hear the addresses, witness the; 1 demonstration, contests and athletic |< students which had been carefully ar- i ranged by County Farm Demonstrator; i K. E. Lawrence. J. I'. I-Tollins, seere-. i tary or tne .viooresnoru v.reu^i>-i.v ...... ; others who are interested in the pro- t gress the dairying industry is mak- i ing ... Rev. VV. (?. Moore, teacher of ! Bible in the Boiling Springs High ( School and pastor of the five churches, i Beaver Dam, New Hope, Mt. Sinai, t Poplar Springs and Boiling Springs, t has resigned and will leave the latter \ >f ^ * t 4 THE A. R. P.'S OF SHARON (Continued From Page One.) ?m | organization of Sharon as an Associate congregation. During th$ period intervening between 1832 and 1835, as far as the writer can* learn, Sharon congregation was in a kind of transition state. * He this as it may, In 1835, we began to un AQuonintp Reformed con-! Kregation of Sharon, supposed to hav?*! been organized by Associate Reformed I ministers of the First presbytery. At i what precise time this congregation was organized, the writer can get no ! reliable information. Tradition says it was done by,the Rev. Thomas Ketchins. who had recently himself come from the Associate presbytery of the Carolinas to the First presbytery of the A. R. I', church, bringing with him a number of congregations. It is high- | ly probable that it was done in 1835 or 1836. Who preached to this congregation as supplies from the A. R. P. presbytery and ho\y, often cannot now be told. Old people tell us that Revs. Ketchins, Flennlkin, Dr. Boyce McDonald, J. S. Pressly and S. C. Mijler all preached more or less. For several years before the writer's settlement among them, it seems to have been their custom to have sacramental meetings once a year in the summer j * " ? ^e i ill Ml'lnc QO V'C chit I lime. unr tau.r sun >j> ..u j. . attended the sacramental meeting con- I ducted by Rev. Thomas Ketch ins in , 1832. Whether or not this was the time when the congregation was organized I do not know. It was likely it was done the year before this. It is known to the writer that Dr. James Boyce held a sacramental meeting in the summer of 1840 and Kev. I- McDonald held one in the summer of 1843. ( The writer of this sketch preached at Sharon once or twice in the latter part of 1842, and hlso in the beginning of 184t In August. 1843, this congregation united with Smyrna and Olivet, both in York county, South Carolina, in a call addressed to the writer. This call was moderated by Rev. R. C. Crier, then pastor of Bethany and F'isgah, how the charge of Rev. K. K. Boyce It was presented at the meeting of presbytery at Hopewell, Chester county. in October, 1843, and was accepted. By this call they, asked for one-third time, promising .to pay therefor Slf.S. The ruling Elders subscribing to thus call were John Galloway, J. N. McElwee, Sr., John Kennedy and Hugh A. Salloway. These were the elderp fleeted and ordained at the reorganization of the congregation. The writer was ordained and installed pastor or Sharon and the above named congregations on the first Wednesday of December, 1843. Kev. Thomas Ketchins preached Ihfi ordination sermon from Matt. IT 17. -Rev. L. McDonald led in the ordinatton prayer and addresod the pastor, and Rev. S. C. Millen addressed the people. It was a cold and stormy day, nevertheless there was a good congregation. The writer began his pastoral labors at Sharon on January 1, 1844. At this time there were still a few in ihc linnrwlu of Kluirnn ad- i tiering to the Associate presbytery of i ihe Carolinas. Among them were the families of Joseph Wylie, Robert (Jiltillan, John Uainey, Joseph Kilpatrick and Mrs. Laughridge. These families were all received into the Associate Reformed church within a year or two, after the writer's pastoral relations began at Sharon. Some of these accessions from the Associate chure 1 were more than ordinarily intelligent and of good deportment. In the fall of 1844 the eldership was increase;! by the election of Robert (Jiltlllan and Thomas Whitesides. AS* we would antecedently expect from the recent transition of the congregation the love of piety and morals was not altogether as good as it should have been. It is certainly tine that the fruits of righteousness are sown in peace of them that make peace. In- I temperance. Sabbath breaking, neglect j of family worship were quite preva- | lenb Rut it must lie said in commendation of the people that for the most part they submitted to the discipline of the church readily. The attendance upon public ordinances from the ! first has been rather remarkable. Durjtig a pastorate of thirty years, it has not been the writer's lot to preach to a cold, empty house. After till however, the aggregate visible results of this long pastorate are by no means calculated to foster a spirit of pride and self-gratification. As a geenral rule our young people when they grow up recognize their baptismal engagements and make a public profession ot religion, Occasionally a family of individuals are gathered in from the world, and sometimes as a matter ol convenience and accommodation one would come from other churches. This part of this month for Virginia where he lias accepted a call . . Mr. T. 0. Caldwell of this place and Miss Nina Stallings of Bolton, Oa? were married Wednesday evening of last week at 5 o'clock at the Methodist parsonage. Rev. W. E. Poovey, pastor of Central Methodist church performing the ceremony in lus usual impressive manner in the presence of only a few friends.j Rev. and Mrs. Wade D. Rustic! landed at Vancouver, British Columbia, j (11 the ft Hi lrom Ulunu and are en n>uie| to Washington, D. C? where they wiUj visit Mrs. Hostie's relatives. Later. Jiey will eome to Shelhy for a visit! iiid will receive a hearty welcome hy i heir many friends.. . A special elec-j lion has been called to be held in Shelby Saturday August 2<i, on the luestion of paying Mayor J. T. (5ard-I ier per month lor his lull time ill1 he office, or continue the present rate I if $2ft per month for performing the1 lsuul headship duties as mayor. latter.class .has never doYie much in the way of promoting the peculiar usages erf the A. It I'. church. after all our membership todaj is little if any over double what it was thirty three years ago. But we remember with gratitude the kind words of our Blessed Lord, 'Fear not little flock Jt is your Father's good pleasure to g.vc yoii the Kingdom." : About the year 1847, the congregation with the aid of a very liberal donation of Captain John Blair of Yorkville. who had in former years lived in Sharon and hiad beyn a member there, with some other small donations outside her own members, built : large and commodious church (50x40 feet, with a gallery across onr end for the colored people. About the year 1X55, it was foil-id necessary to enlarge the session. Hy death and otherwise it had been reduced to its original number of four. Early in the year an election was fold to enlarge it aguin. The result was Messrs. Lawson Jenkins. A. F. Love, R. E. Gettys and Samuel Blair, were elected and in due time ordained and installed as ruling elders in Sharon congregation. About this time or not long before it, Mr. J. C. Mitchell, who had been elected and ordained a ruling elder at Olivet at its organization in 1843, removed into the bounds of Sharon and by the election of the people was added to the session. This session the,11 consisted of John Kennedy, Hugh A. Galloway, J. C. , Mitchell, Thomas Whitesldes, Robert Gllflllan, l^iwaon Jenkins, R. E. Gettys, A. F. Love and, Samuel Blair. Shortly after this increase of ".he session in consequence of none difficulty about the music in the cong"egation, Mr. Whitesldes, elder, and two or three others withdrew and removed their membership to Sinyrnd. In 1861, John Kennedy died, honored and lamented by the whole congregation and community at large. His memory is still kindly cherished by many. Near about the sam-i time, Dr. Henry C. Castles, who was ruling elder at Smyrna, removed into the boards of Sharon, and was elected by the people to fill the same oflice to them. This position he occupied with zeal und fidelity for three or four years. He was an intelligent, praying man. He died in 1869 in the month of February. In 1866, Lawson Jenkins moved to Bethany, where he still officiates as a ruling elder. In 1869. after many years of wfce counsel and faithful rule, Robert Gil flllan was removed by the mandiite of the Master of the church militant to the church, triumphant as we hope and trust. He was a man of more than ordinary intelligence, a man of prayer, and well versed in church history and in the C'alvanistic system of theology. He yvus conscientiously liberal ;n all the church eterprises. By these deaths and removals, the session was reduced below what "Was thought I he interest qf the congregation required. Early in 15:74, It. A. Gilflllan. W. H. Mitchell. W. M. Kennedy and J, R. Patrick were added to it by election and ordination. At the same time K. A. Latham, it. A. Patrick and it. It. Love were elected and ordained as deacons to this congregation. Although for many years the congregation hud had a set of officers cajled deacons who attended to the financial affairs of the church, the above named were the first who were ordained to that office in Sharon. During the year 17S5, in consequence of the removal of K. A. Pn*.rick out of the bounds of tfce 'congregation, J.^P. Blair was elected to lill his place? The present officers of the congregation are: Ft. A. Boss, pastor; Elders H. A. Galloway, T. K. lieKnight, recently received by certificate from Olivet and elected to the same office here; .). C. Mitchell, R. K. Gettys, A. P. l,ove, Samuel Blair, R. A. Gilflllan, W. H. Mitchell. \V. M. Kennedy and J. It. Patrick. Deacons It. A. Lit ha m, J. P. Blair and It. It. Love. Samuel Blair is treasurer, and A. F. Love is clerk of session. During the pastorate of the writer :it tsnuron, mere nave occurred iiuuui thirty cases of discipline. Of these, sixteen remained incorrigible and left the church. This is a sad affliction. As to the state of the congregation it may he said in truth it containeth much solid material. There are numbers of humble, praying, believing men and women therein, who \^e doubt not have a commanding power with tJod concerning the work of his hands. The people are for the most part attached to the doctrine and usages of the A. It. 1*. church. For many years past this congregation has not failed to meet the requisitions of the^presbyter.v and synod for pecuniary aid in any of their enterprises. It. A. I toss. SOUTH EXONERATED. Says Dr. Hayne Upon His Return From Washington. Dr. James A. Hayne, state health of lifer, returned to his office in Columbia, Monday, from Washington, where he attended the conference of health officials last week in regard to the statements sent out over the country ten days ago picturing the south in the grip of famine and pellagra. "We exonerated the south completely." Dr. I lay ne said upon his return, "and proved to the public health service and others responsible for the statements of famine and destitution that no occasion had arisen for such statements to have been sent out." Pellagra has not been at a stage to cause a nationwide scare in the south and tiiis was shown the public health service and the president at th< meet-I ing. In 1SI20 South Carolina had few-' er cases ot pellagra than in many years and during the present year the' WKY 6PA"A/A BONNER. sorriicu n *unw wwurn union - THE PLAY. Tlie boy ami the girl adventurers who were in the House of Secrets after all their adventures were now qt tlit* nine which wiis eiven for them by many of tlie little creatures who lived there. The hoy and the srlrl saw tlint after the curtain went up for the first act j that all these little creatures acting in the piny were pulling at a greut sheet. They all pulled in different dl- ! ructions, and each snarled and said he or she was right. ^ J Suddenly the sheet gave way nnd shreds of it were hePe and shreds of it | were tliere, and all was in confusion and very much mixed up. The curtail went down on the first 1 act then. "The second act," someone shouted. The curtain went up again. And everyone now was pulling in the same i direction. Voices were low,'each was offering a helpful opinion, but no one was say ; niK iiiiu ne or sn*? wus mc umj ?nc ?** j considered. Kveryone thought of each ; other, no one was left behind and no one was trampled upon, as had happened in the first act. j The curtuin went down again. "The third act," someone shouted. Once tnore the curttain went up and ! there, on the stage, was a small-sized : world. Kveryone was going this way and that, hut a|| In perfect order. No one was trying to knock anyone ?- -- - ^ "The Sheet Gave Way." ! 1 else down or rush so hard tlint he trampled on anyone. No one was pulli Ing anything ftfainst anyone else. And the worhf setffied tilled with splendid [thing.*. 7 ; The lioy and the girl left after the j play was^ver. and they found Master ! Thoughtfuiuess and the Courier Co operation. "We've just seen a play which rei minded us of you." they told the Courier ami he laughed. I "I'm so glad you liked my play," { he said. "You wrote It! It's fine," the boy ' ?ald. "Well, yon were going to ask us something?" he asked. "Oh, yes; we want to know if In any way we can always he happy?" they asked together. "But hadn't you come to the House of Secrets to ask other questions? i Didn't yyu want to he leaders?" .Master Thoughtfuiuess asked them. The hoy looked at the girl. To think that they had adventured so far and for so long and that when they had renelied tin- House they had f..r<r,iftun wlmt tliov had come for. But now that they were nt the House they found ttint they, didn't J cnre so much to he leaders. I 'They liked instead to do thtytgs with others, and to share pleasures and adventures and besides, they thought, if ; one was a leader there wouldn't he half the fun as It had been ^vith s<> ninny lenders tit d guide-posts and all as they had met. They had met so ninny more, too, in the House. "We wanted to he leaders," said the i girl, "but for my part, now I'd rather he happy. I don't mean to say that some mightn't he both, hut I haven',t the same ambitions I started out with, I guess." "Neither have I," said' the hoy. , "Ah," said Master Thoughtfulness, "you have learned the secrets of the House of Secrets! "For you have seen the rooms where J ' aU work together and play together and where each Is so happy considering the other and yet toying to make i something of themselves, too. "Yes," said Master Thoughtfulness. "you will both he happy, really happy, for you've both adventured along the road and you've learned real secrets!" | "And," said the Courier, "though you don't know it now, you will when you stop to think about your trip. He , member that it takes so many different people ami still so many different people to make up a world. "We need all our friends like Mas ter Thought fulness here, Mrs. (let-theMost-out-of-Life, the ltrnvnie Joy and #.11 .r flwnit * rii?c to ]u? tin nu. s'?u iiiit* in hi^i.i ? --leader, for each one wants the help of tlie other!" ! i increase has hoeii only ahout 20 casus over last year. "Absolutely nothing iila rni i dir. hut on t li< - other hand a sit Inalion well within the rare of the state." Dr. Ilayne saiil. No Federal aid will he asked for the ; situation in South ("arolina. Dr. Ilayne j said The S'liuil Carolina heallli of-! lieer was on the eoinmiltee fraaiinv i the resolution setting forth the condillons in the sooth and absoluteh do- | (tying tin* In mine a ml pellagra .stories, sent nut from Washington. -A DESOLATION AND DEATH Horrible Story of Conditions Now Existing in Russia. Thousands of Russia refugee's arc pouring into Brest-Litovsk, 2,000 a day \ ?many frawlingion hands and knees, ton weak to stand, and scores dying i:i dugouts along the roads. An appalling picture of the desolation, death! and devastation in the famine areas in, Russia is given by F. L. Thompson, in charge of the Brest-Litovsk district, for the American Relief Administration and the European Children's Fund, who arrived in London, Monday night, according to n correspondent of. th" Associated I'ress. "So one who hasfj't seen suffering," said,he, "can imagine how ghastly ii is.1 Bo awful are the hunger pangs that the bodies become swollen and.bloated and the cheeks are puff* d out. This state is the prelude of death, which the sufferers say is th" hapoiest stag of all. Women and children, as well as men, are to be seen in this pitiable ji condition; they have dragged themselves up to me, begging for pennies and food. "At'one place I came across ten families, formerly among the wealthiest who were living on bread made from grass, mud and straw. Thousands of others are existing on k;u*-v. which- is boiled with roots in water in order t'? make a thin soup. If acorns are available, these are added, / , . Greatest sport you to pull out your ma papers and some P Albert and a;oil up a rette! That's because is so delightfully gooi refreshing in a cigar< just like.it is in a j pipe! You never see get your fill ? P.' A joy.'usly friendly flrmetirimr. "i'i oPrince Albert will revelation to your tast other tobacco at any pi in its class! And, it ro >R1NC the n mMM UMWnMHWHMttiaBZ.?Lri ?xj; m m m '/. ": nHUmHHm in * 0 r i "The Bolshevist sentries in out of the way places are. in rags and are subsisting on the fish they catch or in some other primitive fashion. "At one vil'age a refugee staggered in. Ho spoke English and said he had! resided in Chicago until Easter. Asked' why he.entered Russia, he replied: "Because I was a fool." "The reiugce ciccuirea m* nun m rived in Russia wi'h $SOn in his posses-! sion which the EJolsheviki took, giving him 1,5(1(1,000 rubles in 'jreturn. The' same day he paid 50,000 rubles for a small piece of bread. "The country is overrun with vermin," continued Mr. Thorap-'on "and thousands of people must be dying daily," NORMAL BLOOD Prevents Disease Says Noted Authority. * Normal blood * both In quality and quantity, will prevent the presence of disease. Dr. Curtrs Brigham Los ' Angeles, declared in Cleveland O., Friday before the closing session of the twenty-fifth annual convention of the American Osteopathic assooiation. What are termed circulatory whirlpools in the child's body are caused by abnormal postures. Dr. Brigham explained. These circulatory whirl pools in addition to poison from im- | proper diet and poor care of teeth, j cause chronic diseases, and if they an-.' ||> jV Lome " ff Fill up yoi ^ papers wi know easily because it's cri l k i n' s and it stays put. rince jt's the best bet y< (c*ga"~ laid that you'll like Albert better than ar d and rette you ever rolled ^ I iv?/ immy ^sten ^ Y? im to a J*mmy P*Pe hanke ys so by all means kno\* an(j Prince Albert can < you! It's a revelati( pipe as well as in i be a rette! P. A. can't 1 e! No parch. Both are c ice is by our exclusive pi lis up process. . e Albef ational joy smoke x p0S 1 OUR |JP| | SUBS1 Mpl I SER '/' ail PLEA.1 3 8 pi aii f II wM iiimes Clock." 1 ' ustbi properly caVed for in early youth, many operations will be avoided with a savins' estimated at $2,009,000,000 annually, he said. Psychologically, the brain is the least important of the body and the pituitary body, one of the ductless glands'; Is'by "far more important, Dr. Ernest E. Tucker of New York told the delegates. The mind is the action \ of the body rather than of the I brain. Florence A. Covey, of/ Portland, Maine, road a report of experiments. She stated vaccination bus recently been found to' transmit a mild degree of tuberculosis and venereal disease. This can '>0 prevented, she declared, by exposure of the vaccine to blue and yellow light. ? J. O. White, prominent t^ill man of Gastonfa, was, killed- in an automobile accident *;.ear Landrum, Spartanburg county, Wednesday night. According^ trt such information as was availab'e yesterday ^fr. .White who had taken his wife to Sugar Loaf Mountain, near Jfendefsonville, was returning in his car, accompanied by a negro driver. It is understood that Mr. White was driving the car himself and when he lost contiol in an effort to adjust the lights, the car zig-zagged across the road and went turning over and over into the ditch. Mr. White's neck was broken and the negro suffered a broken b-g. Mr. White was general manager of the Modenft mill at Gastonia and the Morrow-eb mill at Dallas. * I. i *h!' <i ' t : / > ' v t / ,.j _ i . on along! iir makin's thPjA. mpcut ' )U ever PritlCP Prlnct Albert It rliJiLC told In toppy rtd i\t riffa- ' hmgl'tldy tln*l handsome pound and half pound tin J humidors and in tho riund crystal glast ami dor with U nave oponga moistsnor top. ? 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