The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, November 12, 1908, Image 7
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THE BARNWELL ASSOCIATION.
Interesting Account of Meeting at
Historic Church.
This historic body convened in its
fifty-second annual session on October
22, with the Springtown church.
SPRINGTOWN.
The story goes that over a century
ago, a flourishing village sprang up
fcear a historic spring which is now
two and a half miles east of the present
church. Local tradition also relates
that this spring enjoyed quite
a reputation as a summer resort and
that many of its patrons were from
Charleston, Savannah and other
coast towns The village of Springtown
was also the county seat of
Barnwell District of those days. Modern
history relates that fifty-two
years ago the Barnwell Association
was organized at this church. But,
old Springtown is no longer a deserted
village, for only local tradition
preserves its former glories. As one
thinks of those who made it what
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mous but anonymous lines on old
Blandford church in Petersburg, Va.
"The worshippers are scattered now,
Who knelt before thy shrine,
And silence reigns where anthems
rolled
In the days of Auld Lang Syne."
The new church is a monument to
the untiring energy and faithful work
of the present and efficient pastor, S.
P. Hair. It is situated in the midst
of the most beautiful grounds of any
church in this Association. To believe
this one has only to see them,
their old tombs shaded by beautiful
oaks and hickories mingling their
brilliant autumn leaves with the dark
green of the long leaf pine, while the
whole scene is set" in a subdued background
of waving festoons of Spanish
moss.
Originally the Springtown section
was the garden spot of the State. In
ante-bellum days the church owned
its parsonage, had a pastor for all
his time and paid, an annual salary
< of $1,000. Its membership lived in
. handsome colonial residences flanked
by avenues of cedars and china trees,
v- With a knowledge of their descendants
and an imagination of the high
\ qualities of their fathers one can see
the aptness of the misquotation,
"Happy pastor; what a favored lot
was thine!" But S. P. Hair their
present pastor and his loyal and devoted
membership are worthy successors
of a noble church ancestry.
remembered, however, that
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Springtown lay in the pathway of
Sherman's army, and that one has
only to see the clump of trees which
marked the sites of former homes
and the scattered sentinels which
mark the avenues, to realize the
truth of his aphorism describing war,
?but, I cannot repeat it here for this
m is a religious newspaper
THIS ASSOCIATION
Knows gobd things when it gets
them, so it was organized by the reelection
of its old officers, Col. R. M.
; Mixson, moderator; W. G. Britton,
? . clerk; and J. A. Jenkins, treasurer.
The introductory sermon, .by M. M.
Benson, on "The Christian's Outreach,"
was most helpful and fitting.
Dr. Derieux was the only foreign representative
on the ground, and he
was given the afternoon to talk about
8tate Missions. Derieux believes in
i- .State Missions with all his soul, and
he couldn't help making a first class
: ' speech on the subject. He always
does that, but he surpassed himself
here. On Thursday the Orphanage
man was on hand. "Mr. Jimmerson"
as he is affectionately called by some
4 4 of his Barnwell supporters. These
people love the Orphanage and love
him so much that he need never fear
v that it will not stand foremost in this
Association. Equally as warm a welcome
awaited the other brethren who
were expected, affectionately asked
after, / but who unfortunately for
themselves didn't come. Home, Foreign,
and all other phases of missions
?nnnsiriered. The sessions
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of the body were enlivened by some
striking speeches on temperance, and
fl Questions affecting some changes to
v.the constitution of the. body.
P? SOME REFLECTIONS.
One of the contested matters in#
volved the change of meeting so as
not to include Sunday in its session,
as at present. Formerly Sunday was
V. the grand climax of a successful
meeting, but latterly the pastors and
delegates leave on Saturday and the
appointed for the missionary sermon
holds forth in solitary glory. Th/ere
; *> are weighty reasons for the desired
.-* * change of date. Churches having
services on that Sunday will lose one
month's preaching if their pastors
remain at the Association. The same
reasons apply to teachers who are
absent from their classes. The body
at first yoted down the motion for an
earlier date in the week, bht later'by
common consent passed a resolution
instructing their executive committee
to refer the question to the churches,
and to announce their decision if they
desire the change.
s. The increasing impetus placed on
missions in the past two decades is
obliterating the former conception of
the function of an association. Then
it was a meeting for counsel, for receiving
letters and reports from the
churches telling of their spiritual triumphs
and defeats during the past
year. The associational sermons of
those days were frequent and sometimes
marked by doctrinal acuteness
or great converting power. The modern
tendency is to make an association
something on the order of a mis
sionary rally or institute, while the
! sermons mark the official starting
and finishing points of its work.
Doubtless the reading of letters as
practiced in some quarters has partly
contributed to this end, but it is an
unhealthy symptom to be so zealous
for the triumph of the kingdom elsewhere
that we become indifferent to
hear of its progress at home.
The attendance of the pastors of
churches in the body was very small,
and as contrasts are odious it will
not do to mention the names of those
who came up missing. But those
who were present did a yeoman's service
toward making the meeting a
success. It was a delight to see the
interest of the laymen. The finance
committee was composed of three
gentlemen, one a farmer, another a
farmer and merchant, the third a
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bank president and one of the largest
merchants in the county, and they
were as proud of;their report as if
I it had ben their work instead of the
Master's. Another prominent layman
was former Senator S. G. Mayfield,
who is one of the brainiest men
| in the State. There was also Senator
| J. B. Black whose interest was second
to none. Another interesting couple
were Drs. E. C. Smith and F. M. Willis
of Williston. When at home they
are both given to the refinements of
that modern chair of torture, the
dentists, but at Springtown they
handled in a masterly manner the
cornet and violin respectively. Something
ought to be said of the hospitable
people of that community. But
what can one say to fitly describe
them?. Perhaps, ^ir. Editor, you
might : have done them juatic# because
you are accustomed to such
things.. But for myself I was glad
that I came, when I had preached j
the missionary sermon which marked
the close of the session I was sorry'
it was over, and wanted to come
again.?W. M. J. in Baptist Courier.
Taft Going to Rest.
Cincinnati, Nov. 4.*?"please say
that I am perfectly healthy but tired,"
was the message Judge Taft wished
uttered for him tonight. "I am going
away for a complete rest for two
weeks," said Judge Taft to-night.
"No I am not going to hold political
conferences, neither am I going to
consider cabinet construction nor
make any political appointments
during this time. It is a period of
as near absolute rest and quiet as I
can make it.'
Taft leaves for Hot Springs, Virginia,
Friday. After Hot Springs the
Taft family is considering a number
of places for residence during the
months that will intervene before
his inauguration. , Among these is
Asheville, N. C., which has some objection
because of the cold, and Atlanta,
Ga., consideration of which is
now being brought forward* Three
thousand and more telegrams of congratulations
fiave been delivered to
Judge Taft to-day. Judge Taft early
this morning gave hearty expression
to the gratification he felt in the
election. *
Bryan Gives Statement.
Lincoln, Neb.,* Nov. 4.^?While
not caring to discuss at this time the
political effect of the Democratic victory
in his home state, or to analyze
the causes, William J. Bryan, this at
ternoon in an informal taia to a number
of - his friends, expressed his
pleasure at the result' in Nebraska
and the satisfaction it afforded him
to learn of the election of so many
of his political and personal friends.
Mr. Bryan said: "I am highly
gratified over the results in this statel
The national defeat has not been such
a disappointment when I have had so
many things to console us. I hope
I have convinced my friends that
running for office has only been incident
to my work. My heart has
never been set on holding office, but
I wanted to do certain work and it
looks as though the presidency might
offer an opportunity to do that work.
I am sure that in private life I can
have a chance, to do something. One
is not required to hold office to do
big things. One is simply required
to do those things within his reach
and that much is in reach of us all.
I still hope ^to be of influence in
bringing about the:needed reforms."
Small Majority in Georgia.
Macon, Ga., November 4.?The
Georgia ^Republican congressional
committee gave out the folio wine:
"Indications now Doint to a Bryan
majority of 5,000 or lees. State gave
Parker 37,000 in 1904. We claim
greatest victory of campaign, as fight
was made without outside aid of
money or speakers and with the negro
not voting. Had the registered
negro vote been cast the State would
have given Taft a majority over all.
It was a white man's fight and result
makeS'Georgia battleground in 1012.
The people generally are pleased over
Taft's election."
Night Rider by Compulsion.
* Camp Nemo, Tenn., November 6.
?A party of hine alleged night riders
were taken to Union Cityjfo'day under
charge of Capt. Cappell of Memphis.
Col. Tatom's instructions to Capt.
Cappell were: "Get them there, dead
or alive."
A feature of interest was discovered
to-day when John Cochran stated
that he was a night rider by compulsion.
It is generally admitted that
a number were simply forced to ride
with the outlaw bands or suffer punishment
at their hands. Frank James,
one of the prisoners at Camp Nemo,
cqM frwinv that hp is a distant rela
tive of Frank James, the famous outlaw.
American Tobacco Co. a Trust.
New York, November 7.?The contention
of the government that the
American Tobacco Company is a
trust operating in restraint of trade
and competition involving the antitrust
law, was sustained to-day in a
decision handed down by Judge Lacombe,
Coxe and Noyers in the United
States Circuit court here. Judge
Ward handed down a dissenting opinion.
Besides asking for an injunction
dissolving the tobacco company on
the ground that is is operating in restraint
of trade, the government asked
the court to appoint a receiver to
wind up the affairs of allied corporations.
While finding there is illegal combination
as charged in the opinion
the judges say an injunction should
be issued against all defendants except
the United Cigar Stores Company
and the R. P. Richardson, Jr.,
Company.
Injunctions are, however, stayed,
pending an appeal to the United
States supreme coi.it. The petition
asking for the appointment of a receiver
to take charge of companies
included in the combine was refus!
ed as being impracticable and wholly
unnecessary."
A pair of ox blood shoes to match
that red suit. We have them, for
ladies or gentlemen.
C. R. BRABHAM'S SONS.
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COUNTERFEITING CHARGED.
1Spartanburg
Man Arrested on Grave
Charge in Asheville.
Asheville, N. C., November 4.?J.
E. Moore, who claims to be from Spartanburg",
was arrested in this city
Monday on the charge of attempting
to pass counterfeit money on a colored
restaurant keeper. Tne negro
soon notified the officers and after
some clever work on their part he
was beguiled into giving them change
for a dollar. The money proved , to
be counterfeit and he was arrested
and searched on the spot. The offi
ers found on his person about ten
pieces of the false coin.. He has been
in the city prison since his arrest and
to-day was turned over to the government
authorities. He was sent to
the county jail to await his hearing
which will take place Friday morning
before United States Commissioner
McCall. It is believed that many
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secret service men are at work to find
them. Tftat Moore has a wife in
Spartanburg is known since he addressed
a letter to her at that city
to-day. - 1
. Defrauding by Mfcil. .
' Florence, November ' 7.?There
was ah interesting preliminary hearing
before tJnited States Commissioner
Dr. Peter B. B^cot, at this place,
yesterday. Mr. David H. Fass, a citizen
of Dillon, was brought before
the- commissioner on the charge of
using the United States mail for
fraudulent purposes.
There were a number of witnesses
summoned here to testify in the case
from various places in the eastern
portion of the State.
* The commissioner bound Mr. Fass
over to the District Court, which
meets-in Charleston in December, in
the sum of $500.
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Readings, besides several
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by Quartette.
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