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Aft J Aftft Thursday, march zz, xauo _ ~ Not only the Methodists but the entire town has every right to feel proud of the new building which was dedicated Sunday. # * Candidates about whom there is any doubt of election, should hesitate before ? : .... . , I signing their own announcements with the cognomen, "many friends. . *** The legislative investigating committee bas found that the State dispensary has on hand a stock of over one million dollars. The law contemplates a maximum stock of $400,000. People will naturally * wonder why was the stock increased so largely, when it was unlawful to do so. jf-.v * fe * * Dispensary request blanks give the county auditors too much to do, it has been stated by our local contemporary, the County Times. Did not the officers l? UJo tA Ko ? <3nt.xr r?f the various au Iditors before they offered for election? And if they did not, does that make them feel less in duty bound to do that particular duty of the office? And if they did j know it, why then complain at this late day? JUSTICE TO THE NEORO. Our Northern critics will please take notice. Last year two white men in Darlington county met a negro in the xoad and shot him to death. The murder was an unprovoked one. He had not harmed the white men, but they were imply drunk and recklessly shot him. if There was no malice in the killing, for it is possible,that they did not even know the negro. They were tried before a eourt in which all the officers and the jury were white men. One was sen tenced to be hanged and the other given life imprisonment. An appeal was taken ffy to the State Supreme Court and the verdict has been confirmed, therefore one "will be executed and the other enter upon a life sentence. There was no sentiment in the matter?it was simply one of Justice, and the fact remains that the , white people of South Carolina dispense justice to the negro equally with the y white man. In fact, this verdict is rather unprecedented. Under our law a verdict of manslaughter is all that could have been exptc'ed, for where there is no malice the crime of killing is manslaughter Thp npfrro is iust as fairly dealt with in this State in all things as in any part of the country. ||: THE MATTER OF LABOR. There has been no little discussion among the farmers of this section on the matter of labor. Scarcity of farm hands is becoming an item for agricuitual consideration. In making preparations for the years work, the question of securing sharecroppers is not a small one, and when the additional perplexity of obtaining competent field hands is added, the aspect is somewhat serious. The observations of, and tha, conversations with, some of the large planters, have led us to bslieve that each year the question grows yet more complicated. To select one of many instances which I we have had told us: One white man needed five hauds, and had been able to secure but one, and the season was well advanced; that one man had cost him about twenty-five dollars, just to get him, and a lick of work had not been done. And so rG . it goes. Perhaps to anyone looking only at the number of negroes who are apparently good "hands," it would be difficult to understand how any trouble could rn' 1 **'v" +Ko+ on onno arise. iue cxpiuuuu^u ? um <*u tite for money has been created in the poor workman, and it will not down back to its former happy state. Not having enough money clear to buy a piece of real estate, they rent, and when they go to the merchant to arrange for the year's supplies, they "put in" for an amount, which amount is to be mostly in provisions; but the small whetting of the tongue on the stone of finance, has sharpened the peculiar pecuniary appetite of the wage hand, and it is money they must have, and money they will have even if all manner of excuses must be resorted to. And despite the agreement in written contract, the merchant must supply the demands, or the unpicked crop will remain so, and a probability of losing men t ey be the result. So many of the negroes are without a sense of honor that they cannot be approached on that line, and a continual risk of losing money invested confronts the merchant. It is only a matter of a few years before the real complication will be confronting our p?ople and demanding of its own accord a solution. We speak of the "yellow neril." and trust combinations and many x / other things which are to a degree far from us; we have a problem of our own in this matter of labor, THE MISSIONARY SPIRIT. IMMIGRATION IN THE SOUTH AS IT CONCERNS OUR SOCIETY. An Interesting Article on Home Mission Work, Printed at the Instance of the Bamberg Auxiliary. The spirit upon which our society is founded is as broad as humanity itself. It is the same spirit which characterized the minstry of Christ among men?the spirit of service to mankind. The son of God when upon earth did not spend his time delivering literary discourses before the rich and learned, or in compliment- J ing them for their generous gifts to benevolent purposes. But he got very | close to the heart of humanity and sought to cheer the disconsolate, to heal the diseased in body and mind, and to break the bread of life to the poor, needy outcasts of society. Our mission as a society is not to serve our neighbor whose every want is supplied, but to aid the neglected and friendless among us who need our help. Nor is it our mission to add happiness to those whose lives are ready filled with the pleasant things" of earth; but rather to make lighter the burdens of those for whom life has but few joys. The many immigrants who come to our shores every year are numbered among the latter class. They leave their native homes and come to our land because their lots are not pleasant there and they come here seeking a better home. As they come to begin life anew among us what an opportunity we have of helping them to pitch their lives upon a higher and more worthy plane! Now the question presents itself, "How can we best meet their needs? We may gain somethin/g from a study of the methods ;employed by our Northern brethren, who have had experience in dealing with immigrants for a much longer time than we have had. But con. ditions in the South are so different from those in the North that we are forced to discover for ourselves the ways and means of meeting the needs of these wandering fellow beings who make their homes in our midst. The person who comes to our land to settle desires first of all to learn our language, or, at least enough about it to be able to understand and be understood sufficiently well to enter into business relations with our people. Since the majority of immigrants in the South make their homes in our cities and towns, the Home,Mission Society can reach them in a very, effective way by establishing schools in which they may learn our language and also come under the influence of Christian teachers. The effectiveness of such work will depend, however, upon the character of the teachers employed. A teacher in such a school should be first of all a person of genuine Christian character. He should have a deep and abi'ding love for human souls and above all, he should be imbued with tha spirit of service to his fellow man. In teachiug these immigrants our language we will meet an actual need of theirs. They will appreciate this and, if 11 - *- 1 - - - ? ? ~ C A ..Ui me xeacuer is a persuu ui uie ngut stamp, he or she will have a very great influence upon their lives. The teacher will, if possessed with the right sort of qualities, very soon win the hearts of his pupils, so that he can teach not only the lessons of language but the far more important lesson of the way of salvation. But, perhaps, there is still a better way of reaching the hearts of these people, that is by sending devoted men and women to do active personal work among them. I believe a few devoted followers of Christ, not necessarily acquainted with the different methods of doing per-, sonal work, but possessed of that simple, masterly power, love for mankind, which never fails to win the right of way in the human heart, will do more than any other agency in reaching the lives of | these people. To one of our missionaries in a foreign field a native once spoke in about these words: "You may preach your gospel to us, but we need not,'accept it; you may give us your literature to read, but we can refuse to read it. But when you send your physicians to heal our diseases and when you send your devoted men and women into our homes to minister to our needs and speak words of love and comfort to our troubled souls you then gain entrance into our hearts and homes and we cannot but see that mere is power auu reaiuj iu ilsc icugiuu you preacb." From these words we cau get an idea as to bow best to deal with the foreign element of our population. But the idea is worthless until put into practice. Isn't it possible for the Home Mission Society to employ a few devoted women (we suggest women because we believe they are better suited for the work) to spend their entire time in doing personal work among the immigrants in the towns and cities of our southland? A little money could be invested in no place in which it would bring greater returns. Iu a certain mill town in this State there is a Godly woman who devotes her entire time to the service or tne unnappy and neglected mill operatives. Her life and work among them is an inspiration to every one who knows her. She carries sunshine into their gloomy and cheerless homes, and with her kind words and good deeds lightens the burdens of many a toil-worn life. I have never seen this dear woman's name at the head of the "society column," I have never noticed where she entertained whist, bat, somehow, I believe her Dame wil not be missing from the HoDor Roll ol Eternity. She has chosen to measure hei life by the Christ standard as expressed in the following lines: "Measure thy life by loss instead of gain. Not by the wine drunk, but by the wine poured forth; For life's strength standeth in life's sac rifice,. And who gives the most has most to give." With a few such women as the one re. ferred, above in its service the Home Mission Society can do much to elevate tha lives of the immigrants in the South. W. D. R. In the spring time you renovate your house. Why not * our body ? Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea drives out impurities, cleanses and enriches the blood and purifies the system. 35c. H. F. Hoover. Worth the Money. A story is told in the Saturday Evening Post, that is related by Timothy Woodruff, the|New York politician. He says that an old man in business in a town not 1 far from Buffalo, recently discovering one morning that his safe was out of order, telegraphed to the maker in Buf falo to send down an expert. When the man arrived he discovered that the vault, which was an old-fashioned affair and locked with a key, could not be opened. After a hasty examination the expert took a piece of wire and began to dig out a mass of dust and lint from the key. He then opened the safe as quickly as one could desire. With a sickly smile the *old merchant meekly asked: "What's the charge?" "Twenty-five dollars," was the reply. "Does anyone.know you're in town?" "None save yourself." "Then here's fifty. You will do me a favor if you'll get out of town by the first train. If anyone knew that I had paid a man twenty-five dollars to dig the dirt out of a key for me I'd never do another dollar's worth of business in this State." Keep the little ones healthy and happy. Their tender, sensitive bodies require gentle, healing remedies. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea will keep them strong and well. 35c, Tea or tablets. H. F. Hoover. A Mother's Retort. 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