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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
/ KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Fire in the ginnery of the South
Atlantic Cotton Oil Co. at Darlington
- last Monday night did damage of $8,
3' 000 or $10,000.
Business must be good with Uncle
Sam. A number of the post masters
itt this State have recently bejen given
increases of salary.
Roy Bradford, a young man of Fort
loef CnnHov
ASliif com milieu suiduc iclov uuuuu^
afternoon by shooting. He was
twenty years old. No cause is assigned
for the act. <
J. L. Crosswell committed suicide
in his room at the Commercial hotel
in Florence last Thursday night by
taking carbolic acid. He leaves a
wife and two small children. No
^ cause has been assigned for the act.
There was a $50,000 fire in Abbeville
Friday morning, beginning in a
pressing club which was located in
v an annex'to the Glen Ethel Hotel. A
number of stores were burned, as
well- as the hotel, and the office of
the Abbeville Medium was damaged
by water.
Senator D. T. McKeithan, or Darlington,
was recently injured at Florence
by one of the lamps on his automobile
exploding while he was lighting
it His eyes were badly injured,
bpt he is getting along nicely, and it
is now thought the sight of both
eyes "will be restored.
Evidently the voters of the State
do not favor the county court sys\
tern. Some time ago an election was
held in Aiken county on the question
of establishing a county court, and
it was defeated. Last week Sumter
county held an election on tne question,
and a large majority of the
votes cast were against the proposition.
S. W. Shurlock, mate on the light
ship at Beaufort, committed suicide
Monday night shortly-after midnight
by cutting his throat with the blade
of a safety razor. His body win
found in his state room next morning.
The deed was the result of despondency
brought on by heavy drinking.
V':-:'-. The dead man had a wfe, son and
daughter in Charleston; and his body
was buried there.
! A horse belonging to Mr. Stewart
Gregg, at Clausen, Florence county,
was stung to death by a swarm of
bees. The horse Was passing a hive
and a bee stung him. He kicked
and over went the hive. Instantly
the whole swarm fell upon him
and covered .him; as though wrapped
with a blanket. The horse suffered
agonies for a while and finally died
j from the poison.
While playing with several other
children on the streets of Orangeburg
last Sunday morning, throwing rocks
and batting them about with sticks,
one of the batted rocks struck the
two-year-old son of Mr and Mrs.
Hazard E. Reeves in the eye, com
pletely destroying the sight. The
little fellow was carried to Charleston
Sunday afternoon and the injured
optic removed. It is thought that
the sight of the other is uninjured.
Wade Sellers, the* notorious blind
tiger keeper of Columbia, was tried
in that city this week for the murder
of Constable Pawner. The killing
occurred several months ago
when Parmer went to search Seller's
house. When the constable broke
the door Sellers shot him with a
' Xrag-Jorgensen rifle. The jury
could not agree, and a mistrial was
ordered. Mr. M. L. Rowell, of this
V*place, testified in the case as a wit..
V ness for the defence.
The Pickens county, grand jury
has found a true bill against Miss
Oline B. Newton, the young lady
school teacher charged with cruelly
whipping one of her pupils. The
case has already caused a sensation
in the town of Pickens and the peo-|
pie of the county are awaiting the
final outcome with much interest, as
the young lady in question, stands
very high in the estimation of the
best classes of people both in Pickens
and throughout the county.
Insurance Commissioner McMaster
has given out a statement con
cerning the worxings 01 tne iwo
mutual fire insurance companies in
Spartanburg, and he has also served
them with notice to show cause on
July 6th why their licenses should
' not be revoked. It seems that Stan:
yaroe Wilson and A. M. Alexander,
^presidents or the companies, were
'taking all the funds in salaries and
the bosses were not paid. These companies
have several policy holders
in this county whose fire losses have
not been paid.
Af a meeting of the board of trustees
of the South Carolina University
in Columbia last Thursday, Dr. H.
N. Snyder, now president of Wofford
College at Spartanburg, was elected
president. Dr. Snyder has not ac^cepted
yet, and he wired the trustees
'that he could not give them an answer
until the trustees of Wofford
held a meeting. The Methodists of
the State will not let him leave Wofford
if they can help it, although his
friends realize that his election as
president of the University is a high
compliment to him. as he was not an
applicant.
Teacher?"Georgie, what is an important
product of the goose?"
Georgie?"I dunno!"
Teacher?"Now, Georgie, think a
moment, what is in your mother's
pillows?"
Georgie?"Oh, bedbugs!"
FINDS BURIED TREASURE.
Orangeburg Negro Makes Lucky
Strike.
May Jenkins, a colored man living
in the Providence section of this
county near Four Holes Swamp,
made a lucky strike one day last
week, and found buried on his farm
185 pieces of Mexican money. The
money was found out in the open
field, and was dug up only by
chance.
Jenkins was working in the field,
and one of his children was out
there with him. The child was playine
near a stump in the field, and
digging in the dirt when a piece of
money was turned up. The child
showed the coin to Jenkins, who
thought that there possibly was more
money there and began to dig about
the stump. In the search which followed,
185 pieces of money were unearthed.
The money was not in any
vessel, but loose in the dirt.
The negro carried the money to
Parlers and exhibited it, and upon
examination it was found to bear
dates over 100 years back. The
coins were of the Mexican one dollar
piece variety, and so far no explanation
has been offered for the presence
of the money.?Orangeburg Evening
News.
Arrested on Serious Charge.
Union, June 4.?H. T. Yates, a
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Weil KllOWn Citizen Ui luio piavc auu
one of the best photographers in
this State, was arrested at Carlisle
to-day at 1:30 o'clock, charged with
being implicated in an attempt to
burn his home here on Main street
this morning. Mystery surrounds
the origin of the two fires, the first
of which occurred about 3 o'clock
when a small garage containing his
runabout was burned, and an hour
later, when it was discovered that
his house was ablaze and on investigation
many evidences of seemingly
incendiary origin were found by
the police and are now in -their possession.
Circumstances pointed so
strbngly to Mr. Yates, who left
Union hurriedly last night by private
conveyance, after having missed
the 9:22 train, that this morning a
warrant was sworn out for him and
he was committed to jail this morning.
The affair has stirred the town
completely and is very much regretted
by all.
Mr. Yates came here from Kentucky
about six years ago and was
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his wife have made this their home
ever since.
Negro Boy Kills Uncle.
Bethune, June 5.?Harry Jowers,
a colored man who lived on Mr. P.
Lee McNaughton's place, about five
miles above here, was shot and instantly
kllQd by Wilson Cousar, a 10year-old
negro boy, about two
o'clock Thursday morning.
From what can be-learned the circumstances
are as follows: The little
boy, who was a nephew of Harry
Jowers, and who was living with his
uncle, was recently whipped by him
(Jowers) for stealing. The boy, who
is a half idiot, brooded over his imaginary
wrongs and procuring a sin-1
gle-barrel shotgun the boy entered
the room where his uncle and wife
were asleep, and placing the muzzle j
of the gun near the man's head he
blew his brains out. Then placing another
shell in the gun he shot his
aunt in 1;he thigh, severely wounding
her. !
This is one of the most remarkable
cases of youthful depravity ever recorded
in this section.
Public Building Bids.
Washington, June 5.?The supervising
architect of the treasury has
asked for bids for public building
sites in South Carolina towns in compliance
with the provisions of the
public building bill passed at the recent
session of congress. Advertisements
for offers of sites are to be
opened here July 10.
The following are the towns in
which bids are called for: Abbeville,
Darlington, Gaffney, Laurens, Newberry,
Orangeburg and Union.
News from Barnwell.
[Barnwell Sentinel.]
The salary of the postmaster in
Blackville has been raised from $1,300
to $1,500 per year. Allendale
from $1,200 to $1*300.
Mrs. Robert Aldrich was taken to
the memorial hospital in Richmond
last week for treatment. Mr$. AlJ
' I 1 111 knnUI, fn.
uricn udtt utrcu iu in ucanu iui ovuiv
time, and it was decided to put her
under special treatment for awhile.
She was accompanied by Judge Robert
Aldrich. We are glad to note
that she is improving.
. Hon. J. 0. Patterson is now at
home, congress having adjourned
last Saturday night. This has beon
a very busy session with Mr. Patterson.
He has been able to accomplish
much for his constituents of the
second district, but says that he
would have been able to do much
more had it not been for the filibustering
tactics adopted by the Democrats
towards the end of the session.
He* has things in good condition,
however, and when he returns next
session he will make things hum.
At the regular monthly meeting
of the county board of commissioners
held on Tuesday, Mr. Jno. B. Harley
was elected to temporarily fill the
position of clerk, which has been so
efficiently filled by Mr? R. C. Roberts
for several years. Mr. Roberts is
away on account of ill health, and
Mr. Harley will fill the position until
Mr. Roberts is sufficiently recovered
to resume his work. On account of
the faithful services rendered by
him in the past, the board decided
to let his salary continue during his
absence.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS!
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS!
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around
the County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, June 8.?Mrs. Jacob
Ehrhardt and her daughter, Mrs.
Frances Copeland, went to Newberry
last week to see Mrs. Ehrhardt's
sister who is sick, also to take in the
commencement exercises of Newber
College.
Two colored women /came very
near having a fight on Saturday afternoon
on our streets. Parties saw
them in time to keep them from
pulling wool. A man this time was
the cause of the disturbance.
Had a nice rain Saturday afternoon;
what the old farmers call an
Eastern rain. They -say it does
all growing crops harm.
Mr. Jno. Frank Chassereau says
that one Lewis Abel on the Murdaugh
plantation, joining Mr. D. C.
Copeland has plenty cotton blossoms.
That he started with one last week
but lost it on his way to town.
Little Lucille Roberts, the infant
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Roberts,
died Saturday afternoon about
six o'clock. The little darling took
whooping cough several days ago
and fever set in, growing continually
worse until the end came. Her remains
was laid at rest at Cave's
church, where the Doctor has his
burying ground. Quite a crowd
accompanied the corpse to its last
resting place. The Doctor and his
family have the sympathy of the
town in their bereavement.
Mr. G. B. Kearse and family, of
Lodge, spent Sunday with his wife's
mother, Mrs. R. A. Owens.
Mr. and Mrs. Sharp and Miss Sturkie,
of Cameron, are spending some
time with Mr. J. B. Copeland.
Mr. I. D. Copeland for Intendant,
H. C. Copeland, Frank H. Copeland,
W. B. Moore, and W. L. Mitchum for
wardens were elected to serve our
town for one year at the election last
week.
Mrs. Roberts is spending some
time with her son, Dr. J. H. Roberts.
Miss Annie Moye Ritchie, of Richburg,
N. C., who has been spending
some time with Miss Edrie Ehrhardt,
will return to her home on Wednesday.
It is thought by some that she
carries more home with her than she
brought, at least some of the young
men are very blue over her departure.
Mr. G. B. Kearse caught a large
cat one night last week. The cat was
doing damage to Mrs. Mamie Varn's
chickens, and he was requested to
bring his dogs and try to eapture it.
Weighed about twenty pounds, and
came very near whipping all the
dogs that Mr.' Kearse had. Mr.
Kearse says that cats are game fighters.
Miss Josephine Copeland spent a
day or so at home last week. She
was on her way home from Columbia
to Savannah, where she will be for
some time to come, v
Commencing to-day the schedule
of our train will be as follows: No.
7 will arrive at 12:25 and No. 10
will leave at 1 p. m. This will give
but a short time between trains; not
much time to answer mail or attend
to business, especially if as usual
they are fifteen to twenty minutes
behind time.
Wen Ramsey, son of J. B. Ramsey,
our agent here, was bitten on the
left hand by a snake this morning.
JEE.
A Religious Letter.
Editor The Bamberg Herald:?I
would like to say to the readers of
your paper that I am a young man,
just started in the ministry, and
+Vi o T7M iatr> "Rnntlst
licl v c av.vupi^u vuv juu?w?v ,
church, and want the readers of this
paper to feel cordially invited to at-1
tend, and also I am preaching at
Midway for the folks there. My appointments
are: at Edisto first Sunday,
11 a. m. and 5 p. m., third Sunday,
11 a. and Saturday before;
at Midway second Sunday 11 a. m.
and 5 p. m.
I hope to see these churches grow
and prosper for the Lord and His
glory and hope the people who are
trying to hold up the glory of God
in this earthly sanctuary here below
will give me their aid and assistance.
Since I started my work at Edisto
in February the Sunday-school is in
a prosperous and growing condition,
anfl we have four candidates awaitng
baptism, and I hope and trust
that I might get a whole' field of
work in Bamberg county, so I could
move to the C. F. S. and finish up
the course that i started in urangeburg,
where I can take my wife and
children with me.
Mr. Editor, if this escapes the
waste basket I will come again.
With best wishes to your paper, I
will close.
REV. C. L. HARRISON.
Islandton, S. C., June 5, 1908.
Class Distinction in Graveyard.
The agent for a cemetery company
was expatiating on the good points
of a certain lot, says the New York
Sun. Presently ' the prospective
purchaser interrupted with the
enumeration of several prominent
families owning property there.
"Is this lot near theirs?" she
asked.
The agent admitted that it was
quite a distance off.
"Then," said the woman, "I don't
want it. I'd rather pay more and get
in a good neg^orhood."
The agent collapsed.
"Has it come to the point," he
asked, "where people consider their
next-door neighbors even in a graveyard."
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NEWS FROM OLAR.
Two Sad Deaths?Personal Mention.
School Commencement.
Olar, June 8.?Mr. J. H. Smoak
died at his home about two miles
irom town last Friday morning.
He had been in bad health for some
time, and the summons was not unexpected.
His remains were taken to
the Harter grave yard over River's
bridge in Barnwell county for interment
Saturday morning. * He leaves
a wife and several children.
Mr. Frank Starr is at home from
Furman University for the summer.
Olar's base ball team got the first
game of the season from Luray
Thursday afternoon by a score of 15
to 1. Rentz struck out 19 of the visitors.
Bessinger at second base and
McMillan with the stick were also
features of the game for the home
team.
Miss JLucile Kizer is at nome irom
Columbia College.
Mr. Chas. Thain, of Bullock county,
Ga.,is visiting his brother, Mr. E.
A. Thain.
Mr. Floyd C. Chitty, of the South
Carolina College, is at home for his
vacation.
Mr. J. B. Morris, Supervisor of
Barnwell county,, was in town Wednesday.
Mrs. Rountree, of Savannah, is
Vsiting her daughter, Mrs. J. J. Brabham,
Jr.
Mrs. Harrison, of Jacksonville,
Fla., is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
H. R. Pearlstine.
Mr. Dave Copeland, of Ehrhardt,
was here Saturday to meet his
daughter, who has been teaching 'in
the Fairfax school.
Mr. Able", of Leesville, brother of
Mrs. W. M. Oxner, is here attending
the commencement.
The Olar Drug Co., which is a consolidation
of our medical force, under
the management of C. B. Ray, Phg.,
has been a long needed industry here,
and ought to be a success.
Mrs. Matthews, of Williston, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Paul
Cooke.
Miss Annie Moye, of Fairfax, is
here attending the commencement.
Mr. Archie Hooton, of Denmark,
visited relatives here last week.
Miss Bessie McMillan, of Colston,
is visiting at the home of Mr. F. M.
Ray.
Miss Dora Scheider, of Daisy, Ga.,
is visiting relatives here.
Quite a crowd of out of town folks
were here, Sunday to hear the commencement
sermons.
Mrs. J. G. Barker, Sr., died very
suddenly at her home here Sunday
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Her death
was a shock to the community, as
she was apparently in very gooa
health. She was sitting in her room
talking to her litle grand daughter
, when the end came. A good christian
woman has gone to her reward. She
was a consistent member and worker
in the Baptist Church. Her remains
were laid to rest ^Monday afternoon
in the Starr cemetery about one mile
from town. A large number of reljatives?
and friends were present to
pay their last tribute. Rev. R. A.
Yongue conducted the funeral services.
She leaves to mourn her departue,
besides a host of relatives
and friends, a husband, three sons,
Messrs. G. 0., W. W., and J. G. Barker,
Jr., and one daughter, Mrs. W.
R. Bennett, to which much sympathy
is extended in their time of bereavement.
The commencement sermons preached
here in the school building Sunday
morning and evening by Revs. J.
W. Daniel and R. A. Yongue respectively
were very forceful and upliftng
in their purpose. The exercises of
the occasion will be continued this
(Monday) evening by the primary
and grammar grades, and to-morrow
evening by the high school department,
of which an account will be
given next week. B. G. J..
The Knocking of the Beat.
There is a whole heap of truth in
the following article on the newspaper
man and the chronic kicker.
Every newspaper man has characters
of the kind to contend with and
they are the bane of his life. The
article which is from the Chapel
Hill News, says:
"Did you ever think of it? Suppose
every business man in the town
took as much interest in the upbuildng
of the town as the newspaper
man. He works for railroads, churches,
schools, good streets, enforcement
of the law, and a hundred other
things for the general good. He urges,
scolds, badgers and cavorts around
generally1 until he gets what he sets
out for. Imagine his feeling, then,
when some lame string halt kind ol
a fellow reproaches him because he
doesn't boom things enough and nine
times out of ten that same fellow
has never spent one cent towards the
support of the paper and the paper he
reads with marked regularity is either
borrowed from the next door neighbor
or picked from a counter in the
store at which he trades.
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Acquitted Man Lynched.
Shreveport, La., June 6.?After being
found not guilty by a jury upon
the charge of murdering Mrs. Lettie
Bond and baby, Bird Cooper, a negro,
was lynched at Homer, East of here
by a crowd, his body beng riddled
with bullets. - ^
Ben Ra^kman, white, and co-defendant
with the negro, was not molested.
The crime for which the negro
and white man were jointly tried
occurred more than a year ago.
Boy Killed in Ball Game
LaFayette, Ga., June 5.?Willie
Watson, aged 10, was instantly killed
in a ball game here today. While engaged
in a game with a number of
his friends, a bat slipped from the
hands of one of the boys who was attempting
to hit the ball and struck
^young Watson, over the heart, causing
instant death.
! YOUNG HORSE THREW HIM
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HAS EXCITING
EXPERIENCE.
( His Horse Fell With Him Over a Ten
' Foot Embankment Into a Creek.
Neither Hurt.
! Washington, June 4.?President
J Roosevelt late yesterday afternoon
| had an exceedingly narrow escape
| from a serious accident while horse>
back riding in Rock Creek park.
Mrs. Roosevelt was with the president
and the rumors of the affair which
gained currency last night were denied
at the white house at the time,
as neither the president nor Mrs.
Roosevelt spoke of the affair upon
their return. The. rumors came from!
the occupants or several carriages
who saw the accident.
The nrpsirtpnt was ridine a new
horse, a young animal. The party
rode down through a cut in a bank,
forded a creek and were ascending
the bank on the other side. The
president's horse reared, the president
leaned forward in the saddle
and threw the reins down in loops so
as to avoid pulling the hQrse backwards.
Again on reaching the top of
the bank the horse reared a second
time and the president leaned forward
again, but the animal stood straight
up on its hind legs and'then went
over backward into the creek with
the president.
Feeling that he was going backward
the president slipped from the
saddle and, as luck would have it,
fell into the creek clbse beside the
horse, which landed on its back.
The horse fell on <he down stream
side of the president, who, realizing
that he would be in danger from the
animal's feet should the horse turn
tn-ocnrH him. eot out Of the wa^ as
rapidly as possible. The horse, however,
turned over from the president
and got up. He was captured at
once, the president remounted and
rode for an hour and a half before
returning to the white house. The
fall from the horse's back to the
stream bed was a distance of ten
feet. The stream was about two feet
deep with an exceedingly rocky bed.
Nether the president nor the horse
received the slightest Injury.
President Roosevelt's two regular
ridifcg horses were out of commission
yesterday, both being indisposed.
The president's orderly wished to
try out the new horsd, but the president
took it upon himself to do this.
He regards the horse he rode as a
good.one, but being young, he has a
tendency to rear up on slight provocation
The president was dressed in
khaki and the fact that he got thoroughly
wet did not become apparent
to those who saw him after the acci-r
dent. Several carriages which had
crossed the ford just ahead of the
president stopped and the occupants
were alarmed at whafwas happening;
The experience with its many serious
possibilities has not dulled the president's
pleasure in riding and he takes
considerable gratification in the test
of his horsemanship, as both times
the animal reared he instinctively
threw himself forward so that his
head was directly beside that of the
roaring animal, and the reins being
thrown loose had no tension whatever
to pull the horse backward.
Only the Truth.
Two tramps approached a railroad
telegraph office not far from New
York the other day and looked hungrily
through the window, but there
was not even a dinner pail in sight
; to induce them to ask for food. One
of them finally tapped on the window,
and the operator left his key
long enough to inquire:
"Well, what can I do for you?"
"Just report two empties going
East," replied the tramp with a grin,
and started down the track towards
June Lippincott's.
The Merry Widow.
A man whose wife was extremely
jealous planned a pleasant surprise
for her in the form of a trip to New
York to see "The Merry Widow,"
and wrote a friend in the city to
let him know the earliest date for
which he could secure seats. The
I next day when he was away from
home the following telegram was
delivered there, addressed to mm,
; but opened by his wife:
"Nothing doing with the widow
until the tenth. Will that suit you?"
Explanations were demanded.?
June Lipincott's.
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Died from Cutting a Com.
i Mr. James Black, a prominent citizen
and successful farmer of the
i Fort Lawn section of Chester county,
died at his home last Friday night,
says the Lancaster News. He was a
victim of blood poison, caused, it is
said by cutting a corn on his foot
with a knife which had been used
in an operation on a siclf cow,
though it was thought at the time
that the knife had been properly
cleansed. Mr. Black was about 65
years of age.
County Attorney Fired.
Asheville, N. C., June 3.?As a
result, it is alleged, of his activity
during the recent campaign preceeding
the Democratic primaries, ex
State Senator Charles A. WeDD, wno
for the past eight years has held the
position of attorney for Buncombe
county, was yesterday requested by
the board of county commissioners,
the chairman of which, Mark L.
Reed, was defeated for re-election,
to tender his resignation, which he
' promptly did. The reason given
i for the dismissal was that Mr. Webb
was not in harmony with the
board. Mr. Gallatin Roberts of
Aheville has been chosen as his
successor.
i t GOLDEN WEDDING.
i A Beautiful Tribute to Dr. and Mrs.
N. F. Kirkland, Sr.
"If you have a friend worth loving, .
Love him. Yes, and let him know
That you love him, ere life's evening
Tinge his brow with sunset glow.
Why should good vords ne'er be said
Of a friend 'till he is dead?"
Prompted by the sentiment embodied
in the beautiful lines of "A ^
Sermon in Rhyme," from which the
above verse is taken, I crave space / "^
of our obliging editor to chronicle a
few facts, and at the same time pay
tribute in my feeble way to the M
worth of the venerable and lovable
friends of my youth, Dr. and Mrs. N~
F. Kirkland, Sr., of Buford's-fridge, , >'
the celebration of whose golden wedding
it was my pleasure and privilege
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to atena at tneir noxne uu majr niu. ,
There were present of their six y -f-.living
children five, and of their ,'j*
eighteen grand-children, sixteen.
Three Methodist preachers Revs. ss|
R. A. Yongue, of Barnwell, H. B.
Browne, of Allendale, and W. C.
Kirkland, of Dillon, graced the ;occasion,
and did ample justice (as k 'M
did the rest of us) to the bountiftrl
and beautifully prepared dinner
spread on tables in the grove in &I
front of the house.
That dinner carried th# writer
back in fancy to the days of her
girlhood, when visiting in the com- y
munity?the old home of her mother?she
partook bf the abundant t ^
and toothsome dinners provided on ^
"big meetin" occasions at Mizpah
church by the good folk or tne
neighborhood. Alas! many of them /yv;
have reached a -fairer region, but M
those who survive and were present
she was glad to greet, and claep
hands across a chasm of almost
thirty years.
Dr. Kirkland, who is now seventyseven
years of age, was married
May 27th, 1858, to Mis Jennie Lawton
by Rev. L. M. Hamer, of the '
Suoth Carolina Conference. The #||
bride is the daughter of the late
Joseph Maner Lawton, a man of
great wealth and prominence in his .
day in upper Beaufort, now Hampton
county. ^
" His descendants are to-day among
the best known and most influential
people of lower South Carolina.
Amiable, sincere, kind, and charitable,
deeply religious and conscientious,
Mrs. Kirkland has proven indeed
a helpmeet to her noble husband,
who in matters religious, political,
professional, social, and domestic
has so faithfully and earnestly
discharged his whole duty. ?
It <is vouchsafed to few couples to , ^
dwell in the bonds of matrimony for
so long, a period. Fewer still live as
faithfully, and perform and keep 4
the vows and covenants made to ->r|8
each other,, as have this Isaac and.
Rebekah of whom I write; who now f"
and well spen* lives, rich in the love
in the calm evening of their useful
and confidence and reverence of V
children, relatives and friends; and
strengthened in the knowledge of
"a conscience void of offense. toward
God and man;" are spending .
a happy peaceful old age, awaiting V
the summons: "It is enough, come
up higher!"
NETTIE OGILVIE SPEAKS, ,
Bamberg, S. C., June 8th, 1908.
Union Meeting.
The Union meeting of the second
division of the Barnwell Baptist
Association met with the Colston,''
Branch Baptist church on Saturday
before the fifth Sunday in May, 1908.
After preaching by Rev. W. R.
Smith, the union was called to order
by the Moderator, Bro. J. C. McMillan.
The roll of churches was
called and names <5f delegates onrolled.
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Committee on time and place was-,
appointed: H. J. Sandifer, J. Be
Hunter, and A. D. Williams.
Committee on services, pastor and ^
officers of this church/
It was moved and unanimously
carried that we adjourn one hour an<L
a half for dinner. *
After partaking of a delicious.
dinner furnished , by the Colston ~Branch
sisters, we again repaired
to the church. After a song by the
choir and prayer by Bro. G. HSmoak,
the union was again called . 3
to order by the moderator.
The first topic, was taken up; ^
"Stewardship: its practical signifl- ;
cance." Opened by Bro. G. H, ,
Smoak in a short address, in which, .. ~|||s
he made his excuse for not discuss- ' \..?
ing the topic.
The topic was opened by Rev. D. " -p
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followed by Rev. W. R. Smiib in a
very able manner. Moved and unani-'mously
carried that we passover thia topic
and ?ake up topic No. 2, . ^5
"Preparation for and conduct of a : y
revival." Opened by Rev. S. P.
Chisolm in a very able manner and
followed by Rev. W. R. Smith.
This topic was passed over, and
after a song by the choir the com- ?mittee
on time and place made its
report, which was adopted. PlaceV
Spring Branch Saturday before the ?
next fifth Sunday. Moved that we ;f
postpone the third topic until to- .* .7
morrow at ten o'clock. Committee v:
on services to-morrow made ith report,
that Rev. W. R. Smith preach
in case Rev. M. M. Benson was not
present.
Sunday morning, after singing by
the choir and opening of the Sundayschool
by the superintendent, Bro. - Q
J. A. Gillam, topic No. 3, left over 3
from yesterday,, was taken up and V%
opened up by Rev. D. L. Roton: '
"Teachers' training for the Bible
school."
After the missionary sermon hy '/>;
Rev. W. R. Smith a collection for
State missions was taken up, which
amounted to $4.00.
j. c. McMillan, \
, THOS. CLAYTON, Moderator;
| Clerk.
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