Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, March 13, 1901, Image 3
FORT MILL MELANGE.
Pithy Points Gathered for the Perusal
of Times Readers.
Mr. R. M4 Erwiu, of Pineville, |
spent Sunday in this township.
Mrs. J. C. Hughes left Friday
morning for n two weeks' visit, in
Baltimore. Md.
The supply of coal at the Millfort
Mill was exhausted last Thursday
evening and work was suspended
till yesterday morning. It
it said that a number of the opera
tivos moved to other mills because
of the shut down.
Mrs. T. 11. Belk expects to leave .
Fort Mill tomorrow morning for a
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V inn U1 ncvrmi Wt'OKB III lilt* IIOUIO (
of her brother, Dr. Alex. Mack, in
Austell, Cait. Mrs. lielk will 'be
accompanied as far ns Atlanta by
her father, llev. Dr. J. 13. Mack.
Mills A- Co., whose store was
burned in this place last Tuesday
evening, expect to hjgin business
again as soon as they can secure a
storeroom. The insurance which
they carried on their stock of goods
has not been adjusted up to this
time.
The I-year-old daughter of Mr.
T. XV. Meacham, an operative of
the Fort Mill Mfg. Company, died
at McAdensville, N. C., last Friday |
and was buried in the cemetery at
this place Saturday morning. This
is the second death in Mr. MeachaniH
family during the past month.
The ladies oT the Presbyterian
Home Missionary Society will give
a birthday supper at the residence
of Dr. Thornwell tomorrow evening
at 7 !50 o'clock. The cost of
the supper will depend entirely
upon one's age. It is purposed to i
cliarne 1 CAtll fiir I'Oiir ?f lliu
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life of those who order supper.
Cain Ellis, u crippled negro boy '
who hus loafed around town for 1
several months, was arrested this j
morning on the charge of breaking
into the depot in this place last
night. Ellis had a pistol in his
pocket when arrested, and Magistrate
Mills sent him to the chain
gang twenty-five (lays for carrying
the weapon concealed. He will latried
for housebreaking at the next
term of court in Yorkville.
Messrs. Earle Cousart and Claude
Howie, two young men whose
homes were in this place, and who
were members of Company (J. First
South Carolina regiment, in the
Spanish-American war, enlisted at
the recruiting station of the regular
army in Charlotte Saturday and
will bo sent to San Francisco tomorrow,
whence they wdl embark
for Manila. Both of them will bo
assigned to the infantry. Mr. (JoiiHiirt
whs it sergeant in the local
military company and was well
liked by all the members.
'J'he first drill of the Fort Mill
Light Infantry held in some time
has been ordered for Saturday afternoon,
and the officers of the
company are particularly anxious
that every member attend, (ien.
Floyd has invite I the company to
participate in the unveiling ceremonies
of the South Carolina monument
at Chickamauga Park. May
27, and it. is necessary that the
drills of the company be held often
and that they Is* well attended for
the next two months if the invitation
is accepted. A meeting of the
company will be held in the armory
Saturday afternoon immediately
after the drill, at which it will be
decided whether the company will
go to Chickamauga.
A ffiXtt 1 fililinvlnriitu In ?
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first-class loctnre and at the same
time help in a worthy cause will
be offered the people of this community
oil next Tuesday evening
at 8 o'clock, when ox-Coventor Hob
Taylor will deliver his celebrated
lecture, "The Fiddle and the How,"
in the auditorium of the high school
nt Koek Hill. The lecture is to be
delivered under the auspices of the
S. 1). Barron chapter, U. 1). ('.
These ladies are trying to raise
money with which to erect a Confederate
monument in Kbeno/.er
and are working hard to make th
lecture a success They ii ranged
with the Southern U
to put a c ?ach oa the southb u: d
freight train which passes Foit
Mill at 0.52 p. in., to accommodate
those who may wish to attend the
lecturt from this place. Returning.
freight train No. 74 leaves
Rock Hill at 12.35 a. m.
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Are Infanta Damned?
Editor Times: As you soy tlmt
many of your readers wish to know
why some of us are dissatisfied
with the Presbyterian confession
of faith ami why I have been 60
bitterly abused for advocating eer- i
tain changes therein, I will tell you.
l. For forty years 1 have been
preaching the Presbyterian system
of doctrine and expect to do so in
the future. For forty years 1 have
heard our confession charged with
teaching that some infants wcri* in
hell, and this has caused thousands
to join other churches. For forty
years many of our preachers ( 1
anions them) have denounced this
charge as untrue, have affirmed
that our church taught that all dying
in infancy were saved, and denied
that there was any Presbyterian
minister who said that all infants
were not saved.
'2. Last May two ministers asked
our general assembly to change
that place in our confession which
is regarded as teaching that some
infants went to hell, and make it
read, "All dying in infancy are
elect infants, and are regenerated
and saved by Christ/' The assembly
positively refused to do this,
but ordered that a footnote be put
in our confession saying that "the
present language of the confession
can not, by any fair interpretation,
be construed to tench that any of
those who die in infancy arc lost."
To my surprise and dismay
many of our ministers and some of
our Presbyteries demanded that the
next general assemby should rescind
that footnote order, their curious
plea being that it was unconstitutional.
To my surprise and
dismay it was proved in their discussion
that must, if not all, of the
Westminster assembly divines believed
that eternally damned were
the dead infants of "unbelievers,
heuthen, Jews, Papists and Mahoutetans,"
''holding that sueli infants
inherited the future of their parents.''
To my surprise and dismay
some of our church papers and
some of our leading ministers affirmed
that (iod and the lhhle were
silent as to the salvation of any
dying in infancy except the children
of believers, and hence all
others might or might not be saved,
while a few ministers said that
such children were probably lost.
i. Under these c ircumstanees 1
felt it to be my duty as an honest
man and a Christian to publicly
confess my mistake in saying that
the charge of persons against our
creed was untrue, for ( 1 ) the language
of our confession clearly admitted
of their interpretation, and
(2) the Westminster divines tie
licred that some infants were in
hell, and f.'J) many of our ministers
denied that the Bible taught
that all infants were saved. It was
also my duty as a loyal Presbyterian
to try to have our creed revised
and let it teach the salvation
of all dying in infancy.
To do this 1 s??nt an article to
the church paper. They refused
to print it, and thus shut me out.
The secular papers in Atlanta admitted
my articles and tliev were
widely copied in other papers.
Then there was u shaking anions
the dry holies,and i was denounced
as a coward and as one "not tit to
he a dojj peltcr in the Presbyterian
church,"' hecause I had j^nne to tlio
ungodly secular paper instead of
to the pious church paper. Thoy
first shut tne out and then cussed
me for heinji out.
(i. Did they answer my arguments?
1'hey tried to do so. One
tfood layman said that both Scripture
mid science, hoth predestination
and evolution, taught the damnation
of some infants, and why
then should Dr. Mark make any
fuss. One pious lady kindly published
me as "a viper," saying that
Christian parents knew < lod would
save tle-ir titad children, and then
added, "as to the rent, God in si! -nt
and s<> are we. Two honored
I'r shy riim ii *r
f!>. 111 - ( >n i: j: I II: :.)
vert i eitfh t ; ; i; ! a it'.. di
pep . i - 'i -11 J t ' ' . e ! rri'
I nian and untruthful tnd dishonest
'audit ,i(l
ri?'ty f o thii? ; '
both in 1 lie g d y e are' p p
the ungodly becular paper, bejLpa*
his article by thus kindly noticing
mo, "Well, the ninsk has at last
been dropped, the traitor's kiss has
at last been given and Judas now
appears in his real character as the
betrayer of that system of truth
to which he had pledged his allegiance."
These arguments of
these two Christian gentlemen are
weighty and unanswerableand have
peculiar force, coining from two
holy men of Clod who lejoice in being
tilled with the spirit of Christ.
7. What will we Presbyterians
do in this matter?
First, we can still say that our i
creed teaches that all dying in in- I
fancy are saved. l>ut ji-s we n.w
know tlmt the Westminster divines
believed that some infants were
damned, would it be honest, truthful,
manly or Christlike for us to
say tliis?
Secondly, we can say that Hod
teaches the salvation of the dead
infants of the elect, but is silent as
to all the rest. Do we preach such
a (lod? Does He reveal clearly
tin1 posture in prayer, the element
used in baptism, the years of Methuselah's
life, the number of Solomon's
wives and many other unimportant
events, but say nothing
concerning the salvation of these
immortal souls, of whom twenty
millions die every year, or forty
every minute? Is this the Hod of
love that we Presbyterians rejoice
to preach?
Thirdly, we can admit that our
. .
confession is not infallible, that
the Westminster divines were mistaken
in this matter and then
change our creed to agree with
Hod's word and what we really believe.
This is what I am trying
t?> do iiikI vvt.nt (liuti .?? .*
: - J ""HOIIIfJ
| ami cussing me for.
If they wish to continue their
abuse, they are welcome to do so.
If they get to heaven, they will
then confess their wrong. In the
meantime, I can enjoy Matthew, 5:
11-12, where Jesus says, "Messed
are ye, when men shall revile you.
and persecute you, and say all manner
of evil against you falsely, for
my sake. Rejoice, and be exceedingly
glad; for so persecuted they
the prophets which weie before
you." J. 15. Mack.
Deep Plowing.
Yorkvillo Enquirer.
The reporter has heard much talk
recently indicating that the doctrine
of deep plowing is taking a
tinner hold on the farmers than
ever before. The matter is not
confined to any particular section
of the county, but it seems that
the fanners of almost every section
are giving it attention.
Mr. S. II Kpps, of Fort Mill
township was in Vorkville Monday,
and in the course of a conversation
with the reporter, said that there
had been more work done in hin
neighborhood than has ever been
i i - r * o
ItllOVtll Ufllllf 11 | > II) 1 I) IH lHlie.
Then* had been two weeks of (rood
weather, with the ground in line
tlx. and the farmera had been making
the host possible use of their
time.
"And it seems an if we are all
(rone rra/.y on the deep plowing
question," said Mr. Kpps. "I'm
like the rest of them; I'm plowing
deeper than 1 ever did before, and
it looks as if almost everybody in
the neighborhood is tryinir himself
to see who (oiti plow the deepest.
Some are even subsoilin(4, but most
of us are merely ^oino us deep as
possible at one furrow."
There is no question, in the opinion
of Mr. Hpps, that the wheat
acreage is much larger in Fort Mill
this year than last, but lie is not
able to ^ive ill lie h sat is fact ion as to
present conditions. The outlook
is that the cotton acreage will be
no larger than usual in the (iold
Hill section, ami that evervhodv
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will <!<> all 111? y can to innkc corn
enough t<? run them.
Did Preachers Want a Dispensary?
Kilitor Tiim h: Will you inform
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f otict i 11 f 'I! I ' '11 ' I; ! I ' M i*
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Legislature of North Carolina for ,
that city? Citizen.
From the Charlotte Observer of
February l'J it is learned that a
conference of the ministers of that .
city was held on February 11, and
that a resolution was passed favor- ,
iuix the passage of a dispensary law
for Charlotte. The conference was
attended by a lar^e majority of the 1
clerLTVinen of Clinrl??M?? uml tlm .-..c,
ulutiou 'lopted called "upon our
people and upon all the ministers
and people of the county <>f Mecklenburg
to aid us in the suppression
of the saloon by using all honcrahlo
means to have a dispensary
law passed by the Legislature."
The resolution was sinned by the
following ministers: (J. \Y. Helk,
11. F. I'lireit/.berg, 1). M. Lituker,
A. ?T. McKelwuy, Walter II. Dodd,
O. P. A tier. T. A. Sikea. R. G. Tut- '
tie, J. K. llridges. J. A. Dorritee,
.1 W. Ktagg, II. W. Hoon, .T.Knox
Montgomery, and C\ (\ Huntington.?
Editor Times.
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A Card of Thank*.
1 desire to thank those who
were instrumental in saving my
residence from destruction by fire,
hist Tuesday night.
R. 1\ Hakkis.
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Notice to Road Overseers.
All overseers are hereby required to
rail out tlirir hamls and work and rel>air
their respective sections and place
same in good traveling condition.
Should a section he without an overseer,
parties on said section arr requested
to notify Supervisor at onee, giving
name of road, where, section begins and
ends and recommending some suitable
person for overseer.
JOHN F. COUPON,
Supervisor York County.
An Ounce of
Prevention
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Is equal to a poi\ml of cure. Ami
now is the time to use the prevention,
or later on there will he a lot
of curing done. For twenty-five ()
rents we will sell you a preparation
that we guarantee inordinary cases
with two applications, allowing an
interval of a week or two. will protect
you during the entire spring
and summer. It is very necessary
that your rooms, especially those
that arc ceiled, should have a good
coating of Kalsomiue. in order to
destroy all eggs and germs. It will
only cost to To cents, according
to the size of the room. And any
in>uy can appiy n. i lus is a trilling
cost for beautifying anil purifying
your home. Hut the main sulijeet
of this sketch is Heilbugs. They are
entitled to eonsiileration.
ARDREY'S.
Silverware.
We are milling at all times to
our lino of Sterling Silver all the
most desirable pieces for table use.
l*\>r presents or use in your family
you can timl nothing better.
T'hone *J7T. CHARLOTTE, N. O.
HEADSTONES, COFFINS, ETC.
Anyone wishing to l?ny a Monument
or Headstone of the latest style, either
in marble or granite, would do well to
eall on mi! for prices. 1 also Weep a nica
line of CofliiiStCusketsand Hurial Hobes,
I?ot 11 for ladies mid gentlemen.
T. 1). FAULKNER.
For First-class Service go to
HOIII/ION'S - RESTAURANT,
< ipjmsite 1st Presbyterian ehurcli,
CIIAKLOTTK, N. C.
Hest Oysters in the city.
longest lunch counter in the State.
'Sil West Trade street.
HOCK III LI i, S. C.,
1< KIIKI'AltY, 1 'HI 1 .
INFORMATION.
I wish my fit-ends to understand
that I it in still making and R'llilitf
1 )i<* best Saddles and Harness of
any man < .is side the lakes 1 lint
In- s'rti I'lit hair Kepainip? <!one
: he !: pi'
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C'' /iM PL A. Ml Hits
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run st'i youaa> uiuj :M
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AVE STIL
Crescent
Because they give us
prices are lower than ai
grade bicycle. We sol
year than any other
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been in the business, ;
us 110 trouble for repaii
llimiov lmviiur un mil*
V ? n. r % w y AAA W 111 A 111111
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when von can uvt a Cr
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dollars more.
I*. J. Mil
"On to Nt
This iH the command of our st
buyer ami milliner will start for the
spring and summer stock.
Miss Hattie Curtis will have eln
and with her past experience, the tal
proper conception of how to most j
leading millinery establishments of
Mill prepared to make anything in t
season she received some very gratif
of our tirst ladies on her millinery w<
want a special hat for the coming s
with Miss Cnrtis, she will take pleat
the Northern markets. A number c
received.
In clue time we will give notice
MEACHAW
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Clearance CI
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! "THE OLD REL
hi order to make roo
are selling* for a few da
WINTER CLOT!
We have a l>i^ stock <
suits and men's tine |
only last a few days, ai
nn ill aid extraordinary
"T
"OLD HICKOB
Wo arc tin4 Fort Mil
Hickory" Wagons. T
uor and need fewer re
.v .ir \ ' ]) t *>\ market.
[ J ?is m*1 1 v ? K i an ))f \
sal inaction.
T. B. IIELK
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,L SELL
Bicycles,
> 110 trouble and the
ny otlier strictly first(1
more Crescents last
year since we have
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and they have given
,'s. Don't waste your
nown cheap bicycle,
escent for a very few
LSSEY.
;w York!" fl
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Lor*?, ho on Monday, the lltli,
1 Northern markets to lny in oun^H^H
irge of our millinery department,
out she lias for tlie work and the
profitably spend two weeks in the
America, she will return to Fort
his line that you may want. Last
ying compliments from a number
ork. And if any of our ludy friends
eason and will leave their orders
sure in tilling their orders while in
f special orders have already been
of our annual spring opening.
I A EPFS.
5AT
lothing Sale
r
I ABLE STORE."
111 for spring goods we
i i i
i\ s oiny an
MI IMG AT COST.
of children's and boys'
>ants. This sale will
al those who buy now
bargains.
:Y WAGONS.
1 agents for the "Old
hose wagons run Ion.
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'pairs than any other
If you need a wagon,
" They give
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