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MANNNG. . t'.. UNE9, 11909. Publishes All County and Town Of ficial Advertisements. Advertusers will picase re member that copy for a chance of ad. MUST be in this or.ee bv Satturday Noon in order to usare nublication the followin- week. ST. PETER'S, NO. 54, A. F. l. 'Q Meets Wednesday, June 2. FelIlowcraft Degree Conferred. EVERYTHING In REACHI'S BASEBALL 60ODS can be bought at ARANT'S DRUG STORE Watch our Window. Our prices, as usual are right. Professor J. C. Daniel is now at Al lendale. Cadet Eorace Thomas, of Clemson, blew into town last Sunday night. Summerton is to have another bank. a branch of one of the Sumter banks. All the mothers and Babies of the Presbyterian Cradle Roll are invited to be present -at Children's Day next Sunday. Misses Louise Bonneau and Celeste Hughson left Monday, the former went to Spartanburg and the latter to Sum ter. Rev. C. A. Waters need hesitate no longer to preach on the subject of raising children. He is now worthy and well qualified. All the children of the Presbyterian Sunday School are requested to meet at the church, Friday afternoon at 6 'clock, to practice for Children's Day. We regret very much our inability to publish Dr. Blanchard's excellent article in full in this issue, its length forces us to split it, and give the rest of it next week. Prof. S. H. Edmunds, superintendent of Sumter's city schools, was here this morning, and given an opportunity to see a school building such as even his city cannot boast of. Elsewhere in this issue our readers will find an opportunity to secure ex cellent reading matter cheap. The combination we offer shaould attract all lovers of good reading. There will be a farmers' rally 'and picnic at Oak Grove school house, on Fiday, the 18th, given by the Farmers' Union. State President B. Harris, and others will deliver addresses. Prof. Albert New, f&oimer princinal of the Jordan school, left last Thurs day for Cannelton,- West, Va. Mr. New is a man af considerable ability, having had the finest of educational advant ages in England. We desire to thank the Woodmen of Turbeville for an invitation to be with them at their picnic Friday, but an en gagement that is no picnic in Dr. J. F. Geiger's dental chair will prevent our attending. Sorry. The annual S. S. picnic and Field Day of the Presbyterian church will be held at Trinity school house next Tues day, June 15th. All holding any con-. nection with the Presbyterian church by family or otherwise, are invited. Last Wednesday afternoon the barn of Mr. J. Furman Bradham was de stroyed by fire, with scarcely any of the contents being saved. There was about $250 insurance on building and contents, which will not near cover the loss. 1hE TIMES management appreciates sincerely the many expressions. of ap proval of its last week's issue. Those desiring copies of the school edition to send to their friends can secure them at five cents a copy. We have a number on hand. There will be a huge picnic at Pine Grove near Turbeville next Friday, un der the auspices of the Woodmen. ?rep arations have been made to have an old time Salem picnic, which means that there will be a big crowd with the best of everything to eat. Drowned last Sunday in Black riyer, in about five miles of Kingstree. LeRoy Bradham, ten-year-old son of Mr. Henry Bradham. Rev. C. W. Blan chard conaucted the funeral service last Monday afternoon at Fellowship church, near Manning. The deceased was a grandchild of Mr. G. W. McCall of this place. The Methodist Sunday school held its annual picnic at the Davis place, about three miles south of MJanning last Fri day. They had a good time and a fine dinner. The grown ups went to the same place by moon light, and filled theinselves up on a delightful June night atmosphere, teasings and temper. Ob: they had a smashing up time The regular monthly meeting of Ruth Chapter, number, 40, Royal Arch Masons, Monday night, June 13th, at 8:30 o'clock. The Mark Master degree to be conferred on three candidates, this Chapter now has twenty-three members, four mark master members; and twen ty-six applicants for the degrees. _T wo more electric fans have been put in the hall for the summer. Dr. Jesse Alex. Clifton, Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Specialist, will be in Manning on the 28th, 29th and 30th, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, thoroughly equipped to do operations on eye, ear, nose and throat. Eye glasses fitted. All examinations free. H~eadquarters at Dr. Dickson's office. Rememb'er the dates and come early. 3 days only. Rev. Mr. Godbold, of Jordan, was in Manning last Monday, and while at tending to some business, left his son and little daughter in the buggy, an automobile came along at which the horse took fright, and in turning Rigby's corner a wheel struck a corner post,'smashing the wheel and throwing the bov out and bruising him up con siderably. The little girl clung to the buggy top and was not injured further Agaim ihe P.,xvmbe schuol electio I had to be postponed. This time the I survev of the district had not been completed. and then too, some chanzes had to be made in the district lines, Iwhich in t!l probability will reduce the properly valuation to an extent that the kiud of school building desired cannot be had. lowever, it is better to have nmale concessions and have people satisfied than to over-ride their wishes. At the Methodist church next week there will be delivered by the pastor, R1ev. F. I. Shuler. a series of lectures on de Doetrine and Polity of the Methodist church. The first lecture will be given Monday eveuing, .June 14th. at S:30. Every member of the t Methodist chuch is urged to be pres eut at all these five lectures, and the nublic generally is cordially invited to attend. The object of this course of lectures is to establish in the minds of the members the doctrines and polity of their church, and to give informa tion to any who might wish to know. L There ought to be a good attendance at these ;eeting.s There was in this town yesterdar a man giving his name as A. L. George, 1 who claims to have been charged with e murder, convicted, given one death penalty, which was commuted to life imprisonment three days before the execution. and after serving in the I Texas penitentiary over five yars, the s m.n who committed the murder for t which he was serving time, made a C dying confession, which had the effect 1 opening the prison doors and setting 0 him free, and now he is devoting his a life to going over the country in the o endeavor of trying to save boys Mr. 3 George has his pardon papers with him, and a large number of excellent testi- t monials, testifying as to his character; t one of them is from the late Bishop Duncan, of this State. His talk yester- S day afternoon and last night was well t worth hearing He spoke of the hor- l rors-of prison life, his story was indeed a pathetie, and his appeals and warning b to boys was beautifully eloquent. He b sold a pamphlet which tells his story, f< and every boy in the country should P read it. u S, Court. The court of general sessions opened P in Manning yesterday, instead of Mon- a day, owing to Judge Gage having an en- v gagement to deliver an address before ) the lav class of the South Carolina Uni versity Monday. The loss of one day a may result in not being able to clear the C docket this week. There are five homi- s cide cases all of which will probably be t tried. a The court attendance is not as large a as usual, on account of the busy season, v there being none here who were not t, compelled to come. V His Honor Judge J. W. Gage is pre- e siding. Solicitor P. H. Stoll and Ste nographer Lewis Wood are at their re- e spective pcsts. M The grand jury has returned the fol- h lowing true bills: The State vs. Jake P Gamble, murder; Gabrial McIntosh, n murder; Willie Bethune, murder; Abe o Williams, murder: Henry Belser, mur- v der: Allen Shorter, assault and battery V with intent to kill. a The first case tried was that of Allen f Shorter. The State was assisted by J. c H. Lesesne, Esq.. and the defense was a represented by W. C. Davis, Esq. Ver diet not guilty. a The case of Willie Bethune was call- c ed. the defendant is charged with the a killing of G. B. Mims, and is row in the E penitentiary for safe keeping. A. A. tl Manning, Esq., of Sumter represents tl the defendant, and in reply to an inquiry V from the Judge, as to a day for trial, stated that he was not prepared to corn- c mit himself to a time, r.or wou:.d he care t to wave any of his clients legal rights, c at the proper tin'o he would probably d make some motions, this we take to mean an indication a motion fo: a change c of venue will be made. Bethune was d brought in this morning. While the jury was out in the Short- E er case the Judge issued an order to the h sheriff to bring Willie Bethune from 11 the penitentiary. If the case is tried at s5 this term it cannot come up before Fri- C day, if then. t When court took a recess yesterday r afternoon John Nelson, colored, was on ta trial for murler. He is represented by J. H. Lesesne, Esq., and J. M. Woods, 'E Esq. The jury this morning acquitted n the accused. d The case in this court of con- C siderable interest was that against Dr. r D. O. Rhame of Summerton, indicted t for sell.ing Jamaica ginger, the grand t jury disappointed many who were ans ious to have a ruling from a court on just how the courts will construe the law so that the real status of our pro- a hibition law will be known, the grand jury after hearing the witnesses for the - State threw the case out by returning aa "No Bill." Gabriel McIntosh represented by I Mr. Woods was acquiited of murder. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased toi learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hallrs Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical 1 fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis ease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catrrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly 1 upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys- I tem. thereby destroying the foundation of 1.he disease.and giving the patient strength by build in up the constitution and assisting nature in1 doing its work. The proprietors have so muchb faith in its curative powers. that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. Sold by druggists. 75c. Halrs Family Pills are the best. Prizes Otfered by the Merchants. The following prizes will be given at Trinity school house next Tuesday, June 15th, 1909: Dr. Arant-S1.00 base ball to the winner of the sack race.1 . H. Rigbv-silk Necktie-potato race.1 The Clarendon-One pound of candyi to the girl under twelve wvho wins 1001 yard race. Manning Hard .vare Co.-Good pocketI knife-Running high jump, for boysi under twelve.1 Davis & Thames-Silk necktie-Run-1 ning broad jump: boy over twelve. < B. A. Johnson-Silk necktie-Run ning broad jump; boy under twelve. < D. Hirschmann-Parasol, to the< winner of the egg race-free for alli girls. Brown Drug Dtore-S1.00 bottle of cologne-100 yards race for girls over twelve.1 Rigby Dry Goods Co.-100 yard race. for girls-Handkerchief or necktie. Aaron Abrams-Will give one pair of 85. Burt shoes to the boy that leaves Trinity senool house at six o'clock and1 reaches his store first. Manning Grocery 0o.-Will give one pound of Whitman's candy to the girl that makes the most words out of the] word "Whitman's." Plowden Hardware Co.-Will give a pocket knife to the boy under ten who wins 50-yard race. Heriot & Bro.-Will give one box of writing paper to the girl under ten who wins the 50-yard race. S. R. Venning-One $1. gold stick pin for running high jump for boy over twelve. Louis Levi-Will give a solid gold veil pin to the young lady that recites the greatest number of Psalms. T. Nimmer, and others will give prizes to be announced the day of the picnic. The Manning Grocery contest will be open to all school girls, and the con test held between the hours of 3 and -4 o'clock in the Trinity school house. Mr. Abram's prize will be open to all public school boys. __________________ soLstEYSIoRhan AlslRg Anent That "Scholarly Reply." 1,Y lrv. c. V. BLANCHARD. There have been several issues of -our paper since Prof. New's "scholarly eplv"(. appeared. and it, was so cruel n him, to lire that second word-volley )efore his vanquished foe had rallied roin the shock of the first. It will help one to see how pitiless he s in handling his subjects. and account or much of his recklessness in the treat nent of the Easter question, as well as iis use of the witnesses lie has impelled 4 speak for him He is not the first of he devotees of the Easter celebration vho in modern times lacked exoerience nd rushed into the press to defend this ite of certain ecclesiastical bodies rhose creed. to them. becomes tanta 1ount to inspired law. Once before, a priest of his Propensi ies. a very clever personal friend, took te to task for my grievous error on this ubject. While he did observe the de ?rum of a scholarly, clean debater, of -hich my present scholarly (?' -%on t could not be accused, he uttt . d, like the last, to prove more L :1 -as set forth in the premises of my hi rticle. It need not surprise us that one who aels that the ceremony is so essential ould do all he could before.the public > make a plausible defense of it as a bhristian rite. It is its only hope, for it tterly has no support from the Canor f Scriptures and Apostolic practice, as credited by scholarly reference or our wn plain interpretation of the Word. bis affirmation I make in the face of ast experiences with its defenders, and he present formidable, irrepressible. itular exponent of the rite. The uncouth sallies my Easter wor hipping friend has made, in allusions > matters with which he, nor the sub ect in hand, had any thing to do, only hows his estimate of the desperation of is cause. The waters of his own bath ad surely gotten too hot for his com rt or he would never have taken a lunge into the private one of another, abidden. But now that he is in it, pith all the disdaia I feel for being my elf engaged in such a thing, I may be xcused, just for this once, if 1 shall de art from my usual course, and deign to dd sufficient temper to that soothing apor to force him to find covert next. erhaps. in a mud-pit. There could doubtless come good from fair discussion of this question in a :bristian spirit, but when one is repul d by disdain for the out of place tac ecs used by an assailant it is not pleas nt. Why should my titular friend turn side from the Easter question. unpro oked, to inter-meddle with the exs ence of "two rival churches of the same >wn?" Forsooth he got that from the ample of his church fathers. Would a man without authority or ven related concern do such a thing ho had not reached the ultimatum -of is strength as an advocate? How hap ened it to be any of Prof. New's busi ess that such a condition exists with ut the pales of his own church? And 'ho is the client he would defend? I -ill answer his inquiry in this matter, s no doubt he is innocently (?) seeking >r information, by saying that such a >ndition prevails by a right equally as ood as that which justified Henry the III in seceeding from the loman heir chy, and forming the Anglican burch The difference however lies in fundamental principle in-the divided aptist churches which makes such a aing possible in an orderly way; which aing is verily certified in the case to 'hich he alludes. I wish for Prof. New, and all others meerned, to take note of my declara on. I would not be a member of a uch that could not have a fuss and ivide if they want to. When the hobblinigs of an ecclesiasti d yoke becomes so opptiessive that in ividuality among the members of a iven church could not express itself, .v Americanism would resent it if I ad no knowledge of the better author y for such action. Baptists have a con ~itutional right to divide when they boose to do so for any reason, in small wns as well as great, and they have a ight by the laws of Christian ethics, > attend to their own affairs. If this right is granted, my friend ho is so jealous of our weal, need fear : lasting harm to the cause. Baptist iyision has unalterably worked by the ommon laws o'f multiplication, and ightly poised it always makes at least wo centers of influence to emphasize e divine right of individualism and he simple gospel method. The Professor's reference to mny Christmas" editorial in THE TIMES, nd the Appeal for the observance of Mother's Day," are equally as un 'orthy of a place in this discusslon. Not word in either of them can be rele 'ant to the Easter question by a far etched allusion, such as he has tried to nake. Not a claim of Aposiiolical pre ed ence or authority was made for them. fot a religious setting eyen, that would mplicate the most fastidious conscience n an embarrassment. Why did he bring ip these things? Has the question run him mad? Will he loss of his festival undo him? 1 sha1t itv im from the depths of my soul if on hi~s matter hangs the fate of his eternal tope, and he shall lose it. "Let those ho have tears to shed prepare to shed hem now." Like a confused army, he eeks hiding in unwanton places, but he hall be discovered yet. As for me I have nothing on earth to >se in the debate. If my conviction olds, I shall be as I am. If I am con -inced that I have been in error on this uubject I shall be an enlighted, benefit dd man. Mine is gain in any event, and do not need to deport from rational ies of conducting my plea. I have nothing on earth I would not xchange for something better. On this ,d all points alike. I move with a calm esolution to plant myself on a firm oundation, if it can be found, and am ot so conceited as to say there is noth ng better than I have. But I love to rade after due deliberation, my friend ,ill yet be reminded. Since the winds ave blown from such deviating sources oo rout me from my position on the Eas er question, I settle more than ever pth a calm belief that I shall not be listurbed. I scarcely write for the press that I t not weigh with scrutiny the meaning f my message. I felt sure when I gave e Easter editorial to the press, I had .out said what I meant and wanted to avy on the subject. A new and critic'l reading of that ar ile cofirms me in my former conclu ion; is, that the article is, and will be, orr all time to come, its own defense. Prof. New is like some other oreach rs I have heard, he takes his text and hen preaches from it. One who reads hee text of my article which he has as aled, and then the discussion he has nde upon it, will either conclude that l did not understand the article, or was bent on diverting the attention of 1is readers from every thing to be found in its statements. If ever he has touch ed the real issue in his discussion of the ubject, it was so lightly done that it ould only be discovered by an effort on the part of the readers of his master pices. Muddied water is sometimes mistaken for depth. That is ones only lager in his volume of words. t may make the discussion a little lengthy to insert the original article here, "but the perversity of it's assail ant warrants the encumbrance. To read it analytically by the side of the exam ination made of it in these columns, is all the defense it will need. The full text of the article is as follows: ASTER CELEBRATION, ITS ORLCIN, ETC. The Annuai Observance of Easter as a relig ious rite by the Romish church extending from aout the beginning of the 2nd century. and foiowed by many Protestant churches which have dissented from many of the other pract ices of the church of Rome on the ground of tlieir tack of scriptural authenticity, make it a sub jct of worthy consideration by those who would ... i oriin nnd import Tt has at ieaSt fig ured enough in tne controversies of r,a1il gain classic consideration in history and for j to be placed within the reaca of common unde standing. The custom is not without an lute; esting origin whose setting is founded in an a steeped in the rarest freaks of religious supe st ilo THE ORIGI OF THE FEAsT. 'rhere is a classic referernce to two sourcesC origlin: one. the Jewish Observance of the Pas: over, and the other from a Pagan custom di covered in northern Germany and brought Int England by the Saxons. In Chamber's Encye!< paedia of Universal Knowledge the Pagan or, in is recited as follows: "Many of the popular observances connecte with Easter are clearly of Pagan orig-in. Th goddess Ostara or Eastre seemis to have bee the personitication of the morning or cast. an also of the openin:g year of Spring. The Anglo-Saxon name of April was Estot monath: and it is still known in Germiany a Ostormonath. The worship of this being seem to have struck deep root iii Northern Ge'rmany and was brought into England by the Saxnns. I continued to be celebrated in mLny. parts in th north of Germany doli to tit beginning of th present (19th) century. by the kindling of bor tires and numerous othe', ri tes. * * With he usual policy. the church endeavored to give Christian signiticance to such of the rites a could not be rooted out: and in this case th conversion was particularly er.sv. Joy at the rising of the natural sun. and at th awakening of nature from the death of winter became joy at the rising of the Sun of Right cousness-at the resurrection of Christ from th grave." The Encyclopaedia Britannica. Vol. 7.-?ag 613. substantially states the same thing: "A cording to Bede (De Temp. Rat.. C. XV.) it i derived from Eastre, or Ostara. the Anglo-Sa on goddess of spring. to whom the fourth month answering to our .pril thence called Eastur Monath-was ledicated. This month. bed'e informs us was the same a the 'Mensis Paschalis ' when the old festiva was observed with the gladness of a new solem nity." Its Jewish source of origin is easy sinte i falls upon about the same season as that o their observance of the Passover. That the Ju daizing tendency on the part of the Jewish con verts to Christiardty was strong in the days o the Apostles is evidenced by the cohflicts the: had with it in the historical account furnishe< by Luke in "The Acts." and more abundantly i Pauls numerous Epistles. It is not surprising that in the 3rd and 4tl centuries. when they could not justify the rit( and its ceremonies upon Apostolic teaching an( practice, they snould justify it on the ground o its semblance to or outgrowth from the Jewisl bse-vance of Passover. As the religion of Romi is. and has ever been. a mixture of Judaism Paganism and Christianity, so in the introduc tion of this Judo-Pagan rite into the Christiar church it has tried to justify its unscriptura practice upon the ground of expediency. "W ith her usual policy. the church endeavor ed to give a Christian significance to such of tht rites." when they entered other communities as could not be rooted out," Chamber's Ency clopuedia, Vol. 3., Page 242. I will now beyoni peradventure, by classic rote, establish its plac< in time. (NoN-CHSTs ORIs.) "There is no trace of the celebraticn of Eas :er as a Christian festival in the New Testamen, r in the writings of the apostolic fathers. Thi sancity of special times or places was an ide: quite alien from the early Christian mind, tot profoundly absorbed in events thtmselves t< think of their external accidents. 'The wholi of timae is a festival unto Christians because o: the excellency of the good things which have been given," writes Chrysostom, comment:n; on the passase I Cor. V. 7, which has been er roneously tupposed to refer to an Apostolic ob servance of Easter. Origin also in the same spir it (Contr. Celsum VIII. 22) urges ;hat the Chris tian who dwells- on the truths of Christ as out Passover and. the gift of the Holy Ghost, ii every dav keeping an Easter and Pentecosta feast. The ecclesiastical historion Socrates (Hist Eccl.. V. 22) states with perfect truth thai neither Christ nor his Apostles enj9ined th< keeping of this or any other festival. 'The Apostles,' he writes. 'had no thought of appoint ing festival days. but of promoting a life 0 blamelessness and piety:' and he attributes th introduction of the festival of Easter into tht church to the perpetuation of an old usage. 'Jus1 as m:ny other customs have been established. This is doubtless the true statement of the case." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Vol. 7. Pag $14. Although the introduction of the Easter cus toms can be traced to at least the beginning o the second century. under the protest of man3 devout leaders of the church. it continued to bt a source of great perplexity to those who adopt ed it for three or four centuries. The Jewlsl wing of the church contended for and practiceC the rite on th'e Jewish Passover which fell or the 14th day of the moon. at evening, and th Easter festival would immediately follow, en tirely irrespective of the day o. the week. Th< Gentile element of the church. entire.y unfett red by Jewish tradition, identified the first da. of the week with the Resurrection festival. anC he preceeding Friday would be kept as a com emoration of the Crucifixion, irrespective o the day of the month. This see-saw confusion kept the churches il division and up-roar over the time, the natur and motive of the feast until the diversity o usage was gradually brought to an end by < erdict of the church of Rome. Then followeC~ the difticult question of computing the time which lasted until well into the eighth centurj hen a calendar was arranged to compute thE time from. not a natural moon but, an ecclesias tical imaginary moon. Hence the time of Eas rer now varies, not with reference to a particu r day of the year. neither of the real moon. s< hat it falls by the ecclesiastical code of reckon ing, anywhere from the 22nd of March to the 25t1 f April. It will be seen that the introduction of thi: unhristian ceremony into the Christian churcl has ever been a source of great perplexity ani of tea of sore trial and abuse of the rights o hristian..itizenship. One wing of a contentiol over the rite would gain ascendency and excludE from the fellowship of the church all who differ d from them in view and practice of wh.'lt hat become by prestige the most essential mark ant service of the church. When by Papal mandate~these quabbles were settled so that organic peace reigned in thi hurches over the former differences, it wa: then thought best to extend its observance ove. the entire time allotted for the Jewish Pass over, often ending the festivities in scenes o ebauchery not: " s shameful than the Feast 0 Beshazzar. It has been clearly shown by the best nut-hor ities on record that it is neith'er an introductiol f Apostolic precept or example. nor approvel y the most worthy church fathers in the im mediate apostolic succession. The question then very pertinently arises why do Protestant Christians engage in th practice? To comply with the rage of popuila sentiment? Will it be admitted that ones creeda enter has so far left the standards and require mets of original Biblical teachings, that the would rather be governed by the mandates 0 Rome and the giddy sentiments of unsanctifiet uman society than to stand for an d uphol' those simple gospel truths in the name of Chrii tianity which find their laws in the reCvelatio1 of Jesus Christ and the cry of depraved numal souls? It is not'too late for ChristIanity to correct it errors. 'T.his among other silly and hurtful it troductions will need to be eliminated cre th ushering in of-the Millennial dawn. If it shall be said. that it is observed as. memorial of the Resurrection of Jesus. one wil find least of all that spirit in the rage for oster sible excellence Averywhere manifested. Ou Lord himself gave the first day of every wee as a memorial day-of his ResurrectiOn. It wa so celebrated by tne early Christians. followin she Apostolical example. To the devout chil of God, every Christian Sabbath is a Holy Eni ter day and his heart answers back to tne tr: umphs of the Christ on that first day of th week when He brought the conquest of eterot life from the open grave whence he had .deparl ed. More thatn this is at variance with th tuth that should shine in its pristine purit every Sunday morning. Less than this ist share inspired revelation of its fact and beneti to man. The reader will readi-ly see thati the very first paragraph of my origina article, I affirmed the existence of th Easter Ceremony. Among certai churches, from about the beginning C the second century. If Prof. New ha' read that article carefully it doubtless would have saved him untold anxiet3 The question he has been trying to e~ tablish in his laborious effort is one tha has not been before me at any time. No analyiitical reader of his callabc rated effort has failed to see that this all he could prove, almost all he trie to prove, and all he did prove. Why h should challenge his reader to go wit him on a trip to its origmn in the 1Ne' Testament and apostolic usage, and the take them through such an elusive wi deress campaign to land at his neares approacb to it. "iAbout A. D). 120," a puzzle, since that was a fundamente syllogism in the discussion. All of hi efforts and enlarged authenttc state ments on the subject, except one, if m memory serves me, has been to pro'. that it was practiced by some churche from and after the beginning of the seC ond century. that one reference to th contrary I 'will examine in the light c bis own declarations in due time. Th reader will excuse me for saying jui here, that if my declaration of the abov fact was not sufficiently convincing, ME New has fully sustained me by an it falible multitude of authentic writeri By now, it must be made sure to all tha the early fathers, and churches, som if not all of theni, practiced the festiva "from and after the beginning of th 2nd century," and their own w.itness S far as it speaks behind that time sui tains my other contention, i e; that th origin of Easter, cannot be found in tb teachings of the New Testament, na the practice of the Apostles, but that nad a pagan origin and was given Jetish moulding in its application. When my disillusioned friend sha awake to the issue that is before him and the readers of the TIMES, he wi save the wear of his delicate sandals,. such circuitious journeyings to deceiy himself and the people, who may has thought with him that he was arguin a question. Stating this question adversely, I ire gave imy proof of its origin. r did n< give my views on the matter but quote Encyclpaedic authors, whos~e stats mets in all these years had not met scholar so profound as Prof. Newv 1 ainsaem. When lhe puts forth r o Encyclopaedia that upholds his position. 'Which the scholars of the world will ac cept, I will then bow out of the discus e sion so far as alien authority is concern ed. Otherwise, it seems to me that he is endangering his scholarly reputation by his insistence to the contrary. f a his "Scholarly Reply," (mark the title.) he says, 'The word 'Easter.' but not the Festival itself. is admit.tedly of pag-an origin. "we admi frankly that the word 'Easter,- is of pagan origin; but the Pascha.' to which it was then applied, e is of Christian origin." Do I need to 1 call attention to a fallacy and inconsis tencies of this statement. together with . the logical result of his 'frank confes s sion?' First, he confesses frankly that the i "word" is of heathen origin. Now, can rdidly, if the thing itself was in use among Christians before they found the New, pagan name for it, what did they call it? They must have had a name for it that woufd have passed in Christian nomenclature, and why did they swap it ofI for a purely heathen name? If the name was first found about 120 years after the beginninz of Christianity, the thing got to be quite old before they named it. But this is least of the troubles he is in. in his statemenw. ie says, "but the 'Pascha.' to which it was then applied, is of Christian origin." If we believe him, the devotees of Easter observance took a thing of Christian origin and de liberately exchanged it for a thing that was of heathen origin, and without his protest. That is just the thing I have been proving in all that I have said. He has at last confessed the truth if he would consistently stand by it. How can a man by any civil means extricate him self from such a self-imposed dilema? T said it was of heathen origin. He said the "word" was but it had been taken in exchange by the Christians for their Christian word. If the folly of his statement has not been clearly enough shown in the above analysis, let us give it one more test in the crucible. He utterly disclaims the pagan origin of the practice. After being routed from his conten tion in his first article. that it was of Christian origin, and sacred, oh, too sacred to be sooken by human lips, he is using his lapse in the last by admit ting that the "word Easter" is of heath en egigin but not the custom or rite. Let the reader turn to Chamber's En clyclopaedia of Universal Knowledge, Page 242: "Many of the popular obser vances connected with Easter" (not the name only) "are clearly of P-a-g-a-n O-r-i-g-i-n . . . . . . The Anglo-Saxon name of April was Estormonath: and it is still known in Germany as Ostermon ath. The worship of this being (mark the language) "seems to have struck deep root in Northern Germany, and was brought into England by the Sax ons . . . . . . With her usual policy, the church endeavored to give a C-h-r-i-s-r-i-a-n s-i-g-n-i-fi-c-a-n-c-e to" just the name only as Prof. New af firms?-"to such of the r-i-t-e-s,"-what does that mean?-"as could not be root ed out; and in this case the conversion was particularly easy." (see above par agraph in full.) The text says that "tbe worship of this being" was adopted in England, not the name only, and "with her usual policy, the church endeavor ed to give a Christian signiticance to such of the rites, (Pagan rites) as could not be rooted out: and in this case the conversion was particularly easy." Now, what does this mean? In the name of high heaven what does it mean? Can a man's scholarship, who can read at all, be so wanton as to deceive him in language so clear and authentic? It means what it says, that the Christian church(?) fell in love with a heathen custom, adopted it, name and all, and became thereupon heathenized to that extent. They found an idolatrous peo pie worshipping an idol; they were drawn to the custom, and they too wfor sbipped that same thing (Easter God dess.) After the heathen manner. They left the legacy to such as would choose to be their successors in the cus tom, and to this day they were patrons of that same custom. Now I have only quoted one out of many faithful wit nesses as to the origin of the custom and not the name only, but this will be a thard one for the Prof. to get out of his tway to the satisfaction- of the scholars of the world, all of whom, universally accept the authority. If there is a single reader of this paper who cannot under stand now, where the custom originat ed, (thing and name) let him go with me a little further and find, upon auth ority he can fully examine for himself, where it did not originate, and it will iadd much strength to the affirmative witness who has already spoken. [TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.] A Tobacco Experiment Station for Clarendon County. The Board of Trade has been work ing for some time now, to have the oli cials of the Deparment of Agriculture Sof the United States Government to es tablish in the Salem section of Claren don county an Experiment Station for the purpose of ascertaining the best methods of raising and curing the light er grades of tobacco for which that sec Ction is famous. Several communications Shave passed between them and Prof. i Harper of Clemson college and Hon. E. .T. Watson, head of the Department of Agriculture, Commerce and Industries of this State. In addition to this, both -of these gentlemen have been seen per sonally :twd are reminded of the fact that the Pudding Swamp section pro tduced the finest tobocco of its kind rai ed in South Carolina. Letters have been i received from both of these gentlemen l as to their efforts, and they seem to be a confident of their success. This will 1 certainly be a great thing for the tobac f co growers of this county and in fact of i the entire State. Prof. Harper is regarded as one of .the finest tobacco experts in this conn -try, having been sent by the United t States Government to Ireland at one time for the purpose of scientific inves - tigalion of tobacco growing there. At s the earnest solicitation of the Board of i Trade of Manning he has consented to a address the farmers of Clarendon upon the culture of tobacco. The exact date e has not been fixed yet but it will be 2 about the 1st of July and everyone in - terested in tobacco culture should hear t him. The exact date will be announced s later. sSoil Survey Assured. y' There is now a good prospect for a e soil survey in Clarendon, and when it is s made it will be of advantage to those -interested in intelligent farming The a Manning board of trade has, through f its secretary, Charlton DuRant, Esq., a been making the effort to interest the t government in this county and consid a erable correspondence has been carried .on. Commissioner of Agriculture Wat - son has been using his influence with .the authorities, and Congressman Le t gare is also behind the matter. ft is fhe a purpose of the board of trade to secure a soil survey, and also to secure a gov e enent experimental station in this o county. The following letter from Mil -ton Whitnev chief of bureau to Comn e missioner of Agriculture, E. J. Watson, is of much encouraging interest. r June 1, 1909. Hon.! - . T 'tson. Comm - of Agriculture. Columbia, S. C. aDear - . am in receipt of your communi cation o1i 19th enclosing request from Mr. 1 Charlton Duitant, Secretary of the Board of Trade of Manning. in which is pointed out the aeminent desirabilty of making a soil survey of 1 Carendon County. S. C. nProf. J. N. Hairper. Director of the Experi ment Statoan has also called my attention to e this matter, and I appreciate the need or mak e ing a soil survey or Clarendon County.. o. . shall be glad to give this matter careiul at "tention and as soon as ii may be found. praciik able will urranae to make the survey of this it county. Just the exact date when I may he able t to assign a party to undertake the survey is. as you know, somewhat indetinite on account of dthe large numbee of requests we have on band at the present time for the survey of different a counties in the United States. Very Truly Yours. 0 MiLTON WRITNEY, n C 'hief of Bureau. Crossed the River. Died at his home in Barnwell, las Wednesday afternoon, after a brie illness, resulting from ptomaine poison MIr. S. Itush Cole, aged 67 years. Th, deceased was formerly a Clarendor man. having for years been engage< in business in Manning, later move< to Summerton, and afterwards to Cc lumbia, and within the past year t Barnwell, where his son is engage< in school and newspaper work. Where ver he has lived he has merited th< esteem of his fellowmen. He went int the war between the States when a lad In November 1880 he was married t( Miss Ida, eldest daughter of the lat Dr. G. Allen Huggins' who survive him with two sons, R. Boyd Cole, an( G. Allen Cole. He was a member n the Methodist chureh. a mason. and ; Knight of Pythias The body wa brought to Manning Thursday even ing, accompanied by the family. Hon W~ Gilmore Sims, Clerk of Court foi Barnwell connty, and a committev from Harmony Lodge, No. 7, A. F. M. consisting of Messrs. J. P. Price an< Judge Snelliug. The funeral part was met at the depot by a large dele gatioc from St. Peter's Lodge No. 54 of which lodge the deceased was for merly a member, and the body wa taken to the Methodist church. wher it was watched during the night b: the masons. Friday morning the fun eral services were held in the Man ning cemetery, the religious servic( was conducted by Rev. F. H. Shuler pastor of the Methodist church, assis ted by Rev. C. W. Blanchard, pastor o the Clarendon Baptist church, aftei which the body laid away with masonii honors. The floral tributes were beau tiful and many. Card. Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Grifflin, wishes t thank their many friends who so kindl, aided them during the illness of thei: daughter, Lila. Yours Truly, B. D. GRIFFIN. BUSINESS LOCALS. GO-FLY keeps flies off Horses an Cattle. 25c. and 50c. at all drug stores Wanted-An offer for 15 shares o the capital stock of the Summertox Warehouse Co. Apply TIMES editor Pawley% Island-The "Alstoi House" will open June 15t1. Good boar< at reasonable rates. Apply to J. C Sparks, Proprietor, Georgeto wn, S. C Wanted in Manning during the schoo vacation period, a competent teacher t conduct a summer school. A good clas is assured. For particulars apply a TIMES office. A limited amount of expert book keeping, opening and closing books wil be taken. Isaac M. Loryea, expert ac countant, P. 0. Box 112, Manning, S C. Charleston and Manning references To Rent-One five-room dwelling oi West Boundary Street, new house, ii good neighborhood. Also 2 five-roon comparatively new dwellings on th< same street for sale. This is an excel lent opportunity to either rent or pur chase property in a desirable section o the town. Apply to J. M. Bradham Manning, S. C. Notice. The qualified electors of Midwa: School District No. 14, are hereby noti tied that an election will be held at J W. Barrow's Mill, on the 25th of June 1909, for the purpose of voting an an nual four (4) mills tax to supplemen the general school funds of said Dis trict. Polls open from 8 to 4 p. m. Reg istration certificate and tax receipt requred. JOHN J. EPPS, R. C. BURGESS, Trustees Mid way School District No Notice of Sale of Corr and Hay. I will sell at public aucti'm for cash to the highest bidder, at eleven o'clocl in the forenoon, on the 19th day c June, 1909, at the North western depoi Summerton, S. C., 200 bushels of cor in sacks and 8 tons Timothy hay. 0.0C. SCARBOROUGH, Consignee. 1785. 1905 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON. i25th Year Begins October x. Entrance examination. sill be hel at the County Court House on Frida.) July 2, at 9 a. m. All candidates for ac mission can compete in October for va cant Boyce scholarship, which pay $10 a year. ~One free tuition scholarship t each county of South Carolina. Boar and furnished room in Dormitory, Sli Tuition, 820. 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