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MEDITATIQNS ABOUT v THE GOOD OLD DAYS Well, Mr. Editor, I feel somewhat indisposed this morning, but I have sat down* to my old desk with a mind Lto rub up something for the public and I can't tell yet just how my mind is going to act. But I am going to let her fly and make no exf n?: ? reuse ior my scattering iuuai<w. I know that you are a good old fellow and that you love to help when help is needed and that you are going to take my scribbling up to your private room at your home and sit down beside your little "type knocker" and correct all misspelling, take out all broken words and make this very article fit to read. Yes, I have sat right here for a little more than thirty years occasionally, right at this same old desk rubbing up thoughts for the public i- and a lot of my old friends ten me that they enjoy reading what I write, and insist -on me to write often. And you see every onfe of us loves a little flattery occasionaly and perhaps this is why I have my old gun pulled -down on the public again. You know when an old gun .is only shot occasionally it scatters shot like anything, but if you shoot and keep on shooting you are bound to hit something in the "sweet." Now, Mr. Editor, you know it is very common for old people to tliink of the good old days when they were young. Yes, we old people love to ^ live in the past. . , Yes,/1 have been ruminating over " -t ? the days when 1 was young ana a thought of "old time religion" springs up in my mind when I would ride my pretty little blazeface horse down to old St. Pauls church every first and third Sunday On n 4Kb JBk \ Full line of ' [ Bells and Gift Dr ' a complete line c Arfirlps OH Aran jk ?.* -w - ?? Ladies' Toiiet S Combs, White Manicure Sets, breakable Thern * v ing Sets, Cut Gla kOnly 15 SI ' 'till Ch Shop v * ^ HoImesBri Coming: 1 iiw 9 n .! rniey s uew k I P | We want yoi most wondei I V I durance, car fko, 1 Q90 mn/ iiiv Ma* / We can m now. ? Carolina t and down about old Uncle Henry j t( ! Werts, I would over-take my n | blessed "old better-half" riding her ! little boy pony and you had better bet o: j we would slow them up until we Sf I reached the church grounds. -jcl And, Mr.' Editor, you remember i g; I there was an old block standing about j J 75 yards north of the church for the ' P I benefit of the ladies to get on and U ! off their horses. j \v i I always turned old "Squat" loose i;ti J tfntil I hitched the little pony and I after I finished hitching we would ( ! have a nice little walk and a smile j j on each other until we parted at the i , church steps. ! " - ' ' 1- ? ie< i After we entered cnurcn ws numu i have to draw in our minds for an hour or two to listen to the good old * time songs that flowed from the j ' mouths of the Eptings, Kiblers, j : Kinards, Monts, Hipps, Counts, Sing- j L ! leys, Seybts, Werts, Bedenbaughs,; i and others I can't call to memory. | [ There were no organs in the churches j Jin those days, but oh! to God that ] jy. I we had such soul stirring music in n, jour churches and more, and believe ^ j me the good singing was not all , j that we enjoyed. ? * ' -u rw When the Diessea oiu pasiui, j J. A. Sligh would enter 'the pulpit a] i and begin to pour out the gospel in 1 a] j all its plainness, purity and fullness, R( for about an hour you could see a i ? perfect revival of spirit shining in j the faces of the congregation and: jc we would return to our homes feel-! ^ ing that it was good to be there. v? H/T*. it was in these r< II 1111. 1JU1VVA) ? good old days that Mrs. W. gave me '$(. j full permission to put my shoes under c< i her bed and here you come along i after thay had been sitting under tl i there occasionally for the past 44 ri: years trying to tantalize me in a way. p( You knew it was common for men c |if i t< isplay | ? P ^ Christmas Cards, E essings along with ? >f Toilet Sets and ;e teed French Ivory ; c ets, Brushes and I ?n/l PASI*] h 1YU1 V Qi(U Jl wua a, tl Guaranteed |Un10s Bottles, Carv- ib lss. ! s; u rv f? topping Days ? ristmas I*? ii? Early f I i S1 'iv os. Drug Co. ] a 500 Pounds s b niAiio fnn/liac 0 UUUd vcuiuito ! 3V .Is : i ti L 'SI y si S( n to see the \ ! rful light en- 1 4 'y of America, I rfol ! ^ * 11 :well K A X~i a li ake delivery ? w J1 S I t( V c w b SI Auto Co. 0 _____ __J 11 ) put their shoes under the bed at ight. But I must get back to my subject f the old time religion when the >irit of God moved people to go to lurch instead of the whiz of the isoline tank. As we went to and from old St. auls we were forced to pass old ' " "t? 1 u;? nc-Je rionry wens ami ma nnv alking to church a distance of two n.rl a half miles., }STow, show me ich a sight and I would like to now who they are. Those who rode went horseback as lere were only about four buggies | lat came to old St. Pauls. I attendi conference at Beth-Eden Lutheran . lurch a short while ago and there! as not a single buggy or horse to e seen on the church grounds. Oh! hat a contrast. When I think of ich a change I wonder if the time, as come when people are going to eaven on flowery beds of ease. ] Yes, we pnce had country prayer leetings and country Sunday schools, j [ajor Jacob Epting held prayer! leetings twice a month at old Uncle! enry Werts on the second and: >urth Sunday evenings. David K. iunara wouia nuiu yiajci leeting at old Aunt Polly Kinards nd Uncle Henry Smith's occasionlly and Sunday school at some of the eighboring school houses on the off unday evenings of prayer meetings. So you can see that we had relig-1 us serviced some where in the coun y every Sunday. Now for some cause we have no -rnntrv oraver meetings nor Sunday 4hools. "No prayer meetings in our rantry churches. I gu.ss our leaders have come to le conclusion that the near cut i^thod is sufficient for country eople. Would it not be well for the hristian world to stop and consider, we are not giving away too much ) secular things. ^ i The man of God who is contin >> j: +Uq t->nqr]c n n r) hone 2,Iiy U1SClidding itwv?w v*..M ts of the farmers movement, good Dads, better markets and more favrable shipping facilities, the possibil-1 y of the gasoline engine, the motor -uck or tjie best method of fighting ie boll weevil and all manner of re- I reation and county cooperation. ;| If any of our Christian leaders are * j racticing such methods he had better ! ' / * - J . I ;ep down and out ana pray uou uiat ,i e may be born again. There are;J lings that encourage sinful nature,! nd promote its development and i, lere are things that discourage and! urb the growth of sin. We may talk about the great need;! f more money to better equip our j J Christian schools and you may en-! ow them with billions of money if ou please, but God doesn't have but j ne way of saving souls. The Saviour 1 ays, "Seek ye first the kingdom of ; eaven and its righteousness and all j lese things shall be added unto you." j Yes, let us get deep down m~our, ouls more brotherly love, less criti-: ism' and a continual striving for! etter thoughts which promote bet-' ?r deeds. < Well, I must close as the Editor, ays paper is scarce and he has to se the greater part of his paper j or advertisements, so when ' you j nish reading this article, and 11 now you are going to read it, you 1 ocniinfl to ? mv old friend j an rriff Williams store and get some- f ling good to eat. There is plenty J f good things there which are kept j erfectly clean and neat. Nothihg; round the market to cause the most efined lady to turn up her nose. T. J. W. Rev. David Petus Boyd. Reverend David Petus Boyd an- j vered the last call of his Lord and1 raster Sunday night, November 2, j 919, at Lancaster, S. C., in the j nme of his son, David Albert Boyd. | irother Boyd was the youngest son? f Kev. Mark Moore Boyd and Eli-1 abeth Epting Boyd. He was born i 1 Newberry county, S. C., Septem-| er 14th, 1848. He was therefore, little more than seventy-one years | f age when the Heavenly Summons j ame. He was preceded to the spirit i orld by his parents and all his J rothers and sisters, except his \ oungest sister, Mrs. Fannie Riser, i f Walterboro, S. C. Brother Boyd was most happily i larried December 24th, 1808, to ! Coroh rnrolinp Thompson of { 11S3 uaiuu fewberry County, S. G. 6f their | iree children only one, David Albert, | urvives him. With the wife of his outh and white they mourn as they it under the shadow of this great arrow, they have a sure hope that e is now at rest with his Lord, horn he so ardently loved and so >yally served. Brother Boyd was a real Christian j rom childhood. He joined the i lethodist church when at the age of f ?n and at sixteen he passed into a j tate of sweet assurance. While j oung he was impressed with a call; d enter the ministry, although he eferred this matter, he did not! ackslide as -he w&s constantly en-. aged in some church work as | teward, Sunday school superinten-1 ent or engaged in song and o:her; iostr helpful work in revival meet-! lgs. But in 18S1, while I was pas-j Dr on Saluda Circuit, he became niel-' ncholy and could not see why God i ad taken away his peace. I" was! nabled to lead him to see that it | -as because he refused to go for- \ 'ard and preach the Gospel as the ' [oly Spirit was moving him to do.! ifter much prayer he went forward : nd took up the work. He was! censed to preach at Emory church, ) July, 1882; it was during thatj 1 1 J - ^ J lemoraDie uisinci ^uiucicnv.c uviu; lere. He served as junior preacher pith me on the Saluda circuit during 883, and was admitted into the. outh Carolina Conference at Sum-} *r, December, 1883. For the first ,; tventy-three years he served only six I harges in every one, with one ex- j eption, the full four years, which j 'as an unusual record. Since then, j ecause of failing health, he has not; erved any work so long. His health 1 ontinued to grow worse and he was laced on the honored roll of the reired. For the last few years of j is life both body and mind gave} ray, but his spirit remained and full f divine peace. ! Lrother Boyd was a deep, spiritual lan, a good preacher, a minister ! if \ I T O I UJI I I ? 1 7-Passenger ( \ 1 5-Passenger C 1 5-Passenger r 1 5-Passenger r 1 5-Passenger r 1 5-Passenger F 1 5-Passenger 5 1 1918 modelI 1 1919 model P 1 1918 model I If you are i car we hai price. Carol i During the next ten days we will pay in cash or trade: For Eggs per dozen, 60 cents, ^or Hens per pound, 22 1-2 cents, j - Fnr Friers Der pound, 27 1-2 cents. I For Butter per pound, 40 cents. j For Peanuts, pood sound stock, i $3.00 per bushel. We also pay highest prices for 4 j foot pine wood. We have for sale Red Rust proof j Appier and Fulghum seed oats and a limited supply of Georgia Flint seed wheat. Also a supply Ballards Obelisk flour and hog feed. We can save you money on Furniture,. Rugs, Stoves, etc. We also have a j * ' * -1 -1-w.t rintinns. etc.. I lot OI Siloes, Ul^ f^vyvvtw, , at old prices. See us before buying your Xmas goods. We will also have) a nice line of fruits and candies. Respectfully, W. P. Derrick & Co. ' j Little Mountain, S. C. I ^ i ' - j u.. icwii cupppss. cifted! marKeci uy i^um ^ with song, a deep sympathetic na- j ture, a manly man, a real friend. J He was my friend all the way from j young manhood and I know that j friendship will go in the Heavenlies. j wi^n Ppt Bovd went away it was I the last of the preachers of that in-1 teresting family of preachers that j has given us preachers continually i for more than a century. ' What a J shout of triumph when all that fam- j ily met in our Father's Home. His tired and 'wasted body was laid to rest in the cemetery in Lancaster, j S. C., his pastor, ?. R. Mason, assist-1 ed by Rev W. F. Gibson, conducting! the funeral services. "We laid the pilgrim in a Chamber j Whose window looked towards the j East, And the name of that Chamber is' Peace." j J. B. Traywick. j " ! About 650 people were engaged in taking the first census of the United States. The 1920 census will require ! the services of 90,000. 9 j How Big New York Grocery Firm I Keeps Oown Rats. Vroome & Co., Butter & Cheese Merchants, New York City, says: 44We keep RAT-SNAP in our cellar all the time. It keeps down rats. We j buy it by the gross, would not be without it." Farmers use RAT-SNAP) because rats pass up all food for j RAT-SNAP. Three sizes, 25c, 50c, I $1.00. Sold and guaranteed by j Gilder and Weeks Co. { J M ???? ... .. . ? _ _ r y rou Want a :d car v re Have It Chalmers with Cord tires ' l 1 T p ?haimers l ourmg var iew Grant Touring Car lew Dort Touring Car tew 1918 model Maxwell rord Touring Car >tudebaker Touring Maxwell Touring ( Maxwell Touring V^axwell Ton Truck . \ , ' ' c * i. V-.T n the market for a good ire it and also the right i ina Auto Co. , s ___________ . ? I 20 Per Cent. Discount V V Pennsylvania I * * ! \/ oimm Pun PacincrQ I v avuuin vuu v/uu?igw We have the following sizes in stock i that will close out at twenty per cent, from list: 8?30x3 8-30x31-2 ! 6-32x3 1-2 .. 2?33x4 | ' 2?31x4' ' ', ' II rii'lrlnv fir Pn VillVIV/1 V^? T VV1AU V/VP? I I , I . < We have two more car loads of | Chalmers i expected Tuesday. Hace l your order for a car before * 11 11 they are an soia as we have delivered 40 in the last three weeks. r-?lr wruima nuiu tu. I I I ,