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aty? lamhmj Sfmttfi | Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1909 One Dollar a Year ^ COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, Feb. 22.?Sunday was almost a summer day, warm and pleasant. Even the birds seemed to enjoy the day, and sang and chirped about more than usual, making every' thing joyful around. Capt. J. M. Dannelly has moved his saw mill from Florida, and will put it up on the same site as his old mill was, and will saw up some small timber that he has on his plantation to build some tenant houses on his farms. On last Saturday evening about dusk Mr. Wilbur Kearse and Alonzo Gohazen. of the Kearse section, got into a altercation on their way home (near Mt. Pleasant church.) Knives were used by both parties, and both were badly cut about the neck and face and on left side. Some of the gashes were about seven inches long, but fortunately none were deep enough to strike vital parts. They were deep enough to be painful, and both parties must have gotten enough of the sport, as there was no one there to part them. Dr. J. H. Roberts attended the wounds of Mr. Gohagen, and Dr. J. L. Copeland attended to Mr. Kearse's cuts. Neither are considered dangerous unless blood poi son shows itself. Fertilizer hauling is in full blast among the farmers these days. Every day from two to three cars come in for them. . A? onthAriHM arp neitatine VJU1 lunu auhuvi.wvv *. o- w which to do first, whether to build a town hall or put in lights. One of our crack hunters went out h bird shooting. He had two black dogs. He was riding the road between two fields and he saw two black stumps about six hundred yards away in one of the fields, and got out of his buggy and hitched his horse and struck out in a brisk walk thinking that the stumps were his dogs. He had gotten nearly to the stumps when his dogs came up behind him on his trail from the buggy. Says he intends to get some one to kick him. Several of our town folks attended church at St. Nicholas and St. John's churches Sunday. JEE. Dr. C. P. Ervin Dead. > News was received in the city Monday morning of the death in a hospital at Philadelphia of Dr. C. P. Ervin, pastor of the Baptist church at Landrum and a former resident of this city. Dr. Ervin died at an early hour Monday from the effects of an - " - ?- - trA operation periormea a ww& agv. had been in ill health for some time. Dr. Ervin was an adopted son of Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Dargan and lived in Greenville until 1903, when Dr. Dargan and his family moyed to Anderson. He was a first cousin of Mr. Harry Dargan, of this city, and of Mrs. W. F. Cox, of Anderson. Many friends of his in this city regretted very much to hear of his death and sympathize very deeply with his widow and seven children who surP' vive him. The funeral of Dr. Ervin was held in Landrum Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Ervin was secretary of the South Carolina State Baptist Convention and was one of the leading ministers of that denomination. The following sketch of Dr. Ervin was prepared by Dr. A. J. S. Thomas, editor of the Baptist Courier: Clarence Pawley Ervin was born in Darlington, May 11, 1854. While yet a child his parents died and he was reared in the home of his foster-parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Dargan, the latter being his aunt. He was educated at Furman University and for two years, 1877-1879, he attended the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. f' After completing his studies at Furman he taught school two years at Rockingham, N. C., and two years at Ansonville, N. C. Two years he taught in Furman University. He ' * was a rare teacher and some of his friends urged him to give his life to this work, but he felt it his duty to preach and since 1879 he has devoted his talents and energies to the ministry. Dr. Ervin was pastor at Pendleton 1882-1885 and at Bamberg 18861897. Here he did a splendid work and during his pastorate a fine house of worship was erected. From Bamberg he went to Wellford, where fie was pastor for several years. Subse* quently he was pastor at Landrum ' and several other churches in that section of the State. For a number of- years up to his death his home was at Landrum. Dr. Ervin has been secretary of the State Baptist Convention since 1897 and died in officec. He lived long enough to complete the minutes of the last convention. He served his brethren in this position with singular fidelity and conspicuous ability. As a preacher Dr. Ervin was always thoughtful and scriptural and spiritual. In manner he was deliberate and simple and his style was con> versational. He was in close touch with the denominational enterprises and had excellent executive ability. -Dr. Ervin was quiet, modest and reserved. He was gentle and courteous and thoughtful of the rights and comforts of others. At all times he was a gentleman and in all conditions he was a true friend, candid, , honest, helpful, considerate. His death is a loss and he shall be missed.?Greenville News. i ASSAULTED AND MURDERED. Negro Confesses to Double Crime After Posse Captures Him. Richmond, Feb. 19.?Late yesterday a young negro, named Christian, criminally assaulted Mary Dobbs, the 14-year-old daughter of a well known farmer , living near Glen Wilton, Dotetcourt county, after which he cut her throat and stabbed her in the side, causing death. A posse was quickly formed and the whole countryside was scoured, the negro being promptly captured. At one time lynching was feared, as there was intense excitement, but this was averted by the officers. The negro is now in the hands of the authorities, and has made a full confession. Where the girl was found there were evidences of a desperate struggle. Felix Christian is Only eighteen years of age. He was to-day removed from Glen Wilton to the Dotetcourt * - J-ii -A T7IJ j county jan at r muaauc, vugmm 9 I {await trial. ? The double crime occurred at dusk {yesterday while the child was returnling from a store to her home half a I mile away. Her throat was slashed and the body showing evidence of ! criminal assault, was not found until several hours afterward. Christian is said to have been in similar trouble before. Officers in charge of Christian reached Fincastle with their prisoner safely. Judge Anderson was on the same train and will try Christian tonight. Gov. Swanson announced that he would send troops to protect the prisoner if necessary. CAUGHT IN FLORIDA. Negro Who Stole $14,000 Apprehended by Bank Cashier. r Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 19.?Thomas Gordon, a negro janitor, formerly of the First National Bank of Turtle Creek, Pa., has been landed in jail here after having been brought from Ocala, Fla., by Thomas Carroll, former cashier of the bank, who had trailed him more than 5,000 miles in eighteen months. On August 16, 1907, the First National Bank of Turtle Creek was robhod r?f J 14.750. and it was shown that there was no one save the cashier and the janitor in the bank at the time the money disappeared. Gordon managed to have a good story and the blame fell on the cashier, who sold his home and went in debt to settle the loss, being also discharged. Carroll, however, believed that the colored janitor had stolen the money, and traced him to Florida. Farmers Win Fight. Columbia, Feb. 20.?The farmers have won their long fight for better regulations for fertilizers. Col. Scarborough, the veteran chairman of the agricultural committee, called up the Laney senate bill, out of order and had it passed. The amendment proposed by Mr. Irby, making for further regulations for cotton seed oil mill inspection, was rejected because it was feared that it would overload and kill the bill. It was the only chance the farmers have had of securing the i legislation they have contended for for years. j The bill provides punishment for short* weight or fraud or putting in material from which ammonia is not ! available. All grades must be stamped and a new grade is provided with eight per cent. The companies are required to maintain the standard of each ingredient Sampling is more easily affected. It is not what the farmers want, but is a compromise of all parties. Jefferson Davis's Name Restored. Washington, Feb. 22.?Official amende for the sensational elimination of Jefferson Davis's name from the stone tablet on Cabin John bridge, six miles west of this city during President Lincoln's administration, is given in directions the president issued to-day through the secretary of war to the chief engineers of the army to restore the name. The tablet is on the bridge that arches Cabin John run on the Maryland side of the Potomac river, a structure famous for years as the longest single span stone bridge in the world. The bridge carries the conduit which brings Washington's water supply from the upper Potomac. It was begun under Mr. Davis as secretary of war and when he joined the Confederacy and be? u. Viie nqmp under CSQ16 ltB yi csiutuv uuuiv government orders was* chiseled from the tablet. Repeated efforts to restore it have been made. At the 1907 convention of the Daughters of the Confederacy at Richmond a resolution was adopted, asking for the Davis restoration and Representative Meyer of Louisiana sought to have this carried out. The erasure of the name was by direction of Caleb Smith, Lincoln's secretary of the interior, after a suggestion by Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, then speaker of the house. VICTIM OF UNLOADED GUN. Woman Jokingly Pulls Trigger and Man is Fatally Wounded. New York, Feb. 22.?That dangerous weapon, the unloaded gun. was the cause of the death of Edward Staub, who lies dead in the Bronx this morning with a bullet in his brain. Staub died after having been shot yesterday morning by Mrs. Mary Schmidheime at the latter's home. The woman was handling a supposedly empty pistol and pulled the trigger in response to Staub's jesting command to shoot him. The victim was an engraver. IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down foe Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The legislature has passed a bill appropriating $50,000 to buy school books for poor children. This is a very foolish bill, as no child is now kept out of school because they cannot buy school books. The lien law is dead at last. The bill repealing the law passed the house a few weeks ago, and last I Friday it passed the Senate. It will go into effect January 1st, 1910, and after that date one cannot give a lien over his crop. The legislature is in session again this week, having failed to adjourn last Saturday. The house was ready to adjourn Saturday, but the; Senate had several matters before it to disDose of. It is likely that the Sen ate will pass a prohibition bill of some kind before adjourning. Solicitor T. S. Sease, of Spartanburg, who has been solicitor of the seventh judicial circuit, has been elected by the general assembly to the position of judge of that circuit, to fill the vacancy caused by the elevation of Judge Hydrick to the supreme bench. It is said that Senator Otts will be a candidate for solicitor of the circuit. After filibustering for several days last week, the prohibitionists and anti-prohibitionists came to an agreejment, and the State-wide prohibition [bill passed the house. It is now before the Senate, and as to whether it will pass or not is not known. It is likely, however, that the bill providing for a vote of the people of the State neA summer on the liquor question will be passed instead of the State-wide prohibition measure. The Aiken board of health will appeal to the State Supreme Court in the matter of Miss Kirk, the alleged leper. The board wanted to move Miss Kirk to a pest house near the city limits, but her attorneys secured an injunction against the board. The matter was heard before Judge Robert Aldrich, at Barnwell, and he continued the injunction, saying that the pest house was not a proper place for the patient, but allowed the board of health to continue the quarantine at the lady's residence. The board 4.k/v.n.,nnn r, nnOoloH tn fh#? SllDrftlTie IUU1 cupv/u apyvuivu ww Court, and the matter will come up for a hearing at the April term. R. E. Carwile, James S. Verner and Augustus M. Deal have appeared before Judge Ernest Gary and'received an order from him requiring the Southern States Trust Company, which is capitalized at $4,500, to show cause before him at chambers Monday, March 1, why a receiver should not be appointed to take charge of the assets of the said company, and restraining the company from selling or issuing further contracts, bonds, etc. The action against the company is brought by W. G. Jackson, of Chester, in his own behalf and in behalf of other holders of bonds, contracts or certificates issued by the Southern States Trust Company. Peddler Held on Serious Charge. A young Syrian, well known in his community, is under arrest in Darlington charged with an attempted assault on a lady near Cheraw last week. His name is Carey Saleeby, and is one of the large family that v?Qo hoon living- in that section for 11?*0 vvv** ?4 . *?0 several years. He has been peddlihg all through that section of country for about a year and ha* always borne a good reputation. From all that can be gathered, the straight of the story is that the woman was alarmed and the matter has been grossly exaggerated. The boy cannot speak much English and in his anxiety to sell the woman he caught her arm to draw her to the buggy to look at some goods. From that the story spread and a hulaballoo was raised and it looked at one time as if a mob would be formed for lynching. The boy did not hurry from the community, he went his usual course selling goods at the houses all ''long the road and stopping in Cheraw that night. He was arrested at Society Hill by a deputy from Darlington after the alarm had been sent out, but thought that he was being arrested for not paying his license, which .he had not paid and he tendered the money to the deputy. He was terribly alarmed when he learned that it was the very much-more serious charge on which he was being held. The matter will be further investi gated, but the facts are rather in nis favor now. At the time of the alleged attempt the woman's husband was in plain sight of the house plowing and her children in the room with her. Burglars Wreck Building. Flemington, N. J., Feb. 21.?The First National bank building at Califon, N. J., near this place, was wrecked and the entire town aroused early to-day by an explosion of nitroglycerine set off by burglars, who got rothing for their pains, a crowd of citizens reaching the scene before they got the safe's inner door open. The burglars fled, leaving their tools behind. Veroline, the best automobile oil made, 75 cents a gallon, at G. Frank Bamberg's. One hundred and fifty sheets of paper, put up in tablet form, for 5c., at The Herald Book Store. | COMPROMISE ON PROHIBITION. There May be New Referendum Proposed in Senate. The whiskey situation in the Senate has within the past few days taken into its fold a referendum that ! is somewhat in the nature of a "middle ground" proposition. Although it is generally admitted that the local optionists have a majority in the upper branch of the legislature, the proposed amendment to the prohibi- i tion measure comes from the local optionists of the Senate. There has, however, been no cau- : cus, but merely an understanding on ; both sides that the matter would be ' acceptable to a majority of the senators. There has not even been a real caucus among the local optionists, ; but the matter has been discussed < by several of them and the proposed plan seems to meet with, general favor. The amendment which will be pro posed is to the following effect: Pass the prohibition bill for State- i wide prohibition to take effect July 1, 1909. Then, on August 1, 1909, < let the counties now "wet" hold special elections for or against whiskey. If the counties, or any one of the counties, should vote prohibition, then let the county dispensary be closed. If the counties, or any one or more of them, should vote for whiskey, then let the county dispensaries remain as they now are, or in as many of the counties now "wet" as may vote to retain them. This would give State-wide prohibition, practically, from July 1 to August 1, being somewhat of the nature of the hiatus which existed between the State dispensary and the county dispensary system when the latter was put into force. Enforcement of Law. A peculiar circumstance would arise in the event of the passage of this bill with the amendment as proposed. Some think that this would practically do away with the CareyCothran act. In such a case there would have to be some provision made for enforcement of the law. With this end in view, Senator Christensen, after having conferred with local option men ana tnose interested, will offer an amendment which will practicallj' be the same as the provisions now in the CareyCothran act as to enforcement of the law. That is to say, whether there will be State-wide prohibitidn or not, there will have to be some enforcement of the law. As matters now stand, the Carey-Cothran act provides that the county officers shall look into this part of the whiskey traffic with appeal to the governor in certain matters. Whether the referendum referred to above would result in several counties going dry, or would result in all the counties now "wet" retaining the county dispensaries, this amendment as to enforcement would be necessary. Senator Christensen has looked into the matter and will offer the proper amendment when the bill comes up for consideration. It will b? recalled that at the beginning of the session it was stated that there would be four prohibition bills as follows: To provide for State wide prohibition; to provide for the closing of the various, county dispen| saries; to license liquor drummers; to provide for the enforcement of the law. The last measure mentioned -? | has never oeen preesuusu ao a ate bill. The license for liquor 1 drummers passed the Senate with the amendment making it unlawful for liquor drummers to do business - here at all. There is not much doubt that the proposition as contemplated by the ' local option men, which has also met ' with some favor by fcoth prohibitionists and "middle grcund" men, will 1 go through the Senate when presented. The local option men wish to ! throw every safeguard around the enforcement of th ' law, whether 1 there are dispensaries or prohibition. ?Columbia State. ' PROMOTION FOR MR MASTERS. > , ' He is Now Editorial Secretary of Baptist Home Mission Board. The Baptist Courier of last week > contains this interesting information ! concerning Rev. V. I. Masters: "Rev. Victor I. Masters, ?so well ' known to the readers of the Courier, and indeed to all South Carolina T*nnHet? has been selected as the ; editorial secretary of the Home Mis; sion Board, and goes to Atlanta this , week to take up his new and import ant duties. The psst year he has ! been the associate editor of the Re ligious Herald and has not only en! larged his acquaintance among the ; Baptist leaders in that and other States, but gained much valuable ex perience, all of which go to better ; fit him for his new office. The Home . Board has made a wise selection and we congratulate all concerned. i Wreck Near Westminster. Westminster, Feb. 22.?Fast express train No. 35, between Washington and Atlanta^ was wrecked > four miles south of Westminster this morning, just approaching the switch ' at Harbin's sidetrack. The engine was derailed with every car. En' gineer Will O'Neal and the colored | fireman were the only ones hurt. O'Neal died a few hours later. The 1 fireman is seriously scalded, but will recover. 1 Just six years ago this same train was wrecked at the same switch. The accident is supposed to have been due to a freight train coming out of the siding a few minutes previous and a car mounting and derailing at ! this switch without being discovered, , causing sperading of rails. All trains were delayed 12 to 24 hours. ANTI GREEK RIOTS IN NEB. MOBS WREAK HAVOC IN OMAHA FOREIGN QUARTER. Shooting of Patrolman by Greek Prisoner, Together with Speeches, Prodaces Friction?Two Injured. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 21.?After an afternoon and evening of rioting by 3,000 men and boys bent on drivingGreeks from South Omaha the police late to-night quelled the disturbance after the mob had wrecked or burned more than 30 buildings and injured more than a score of persons, mostly Greeks. There was no loss of life and all the injured will probably recover. The mob consisted largely of boys from 16 to 20 years of age. The original cause of the trouble was the killing on Friday night of Policeman Edward Lowry by ohn Masurdes, a Greek, whom the officer had arrested. Masurdes was taken to the Douglas county jail as soon as he shdt Lowry for fear an attempt might be made to lynch him and he was taken on Saturday to Lincoln and placed in the penitentiary to await a hearing. Gov. Shallenger to-night expressed a willingness to call out the troops if necessary, but no such demand was made to-night, as Sheriff Bailey believes he has the situation under control. Fifteen arrests were made tonight in connection with riots. Bent on avenging the murder of Patrolman Edward Lowry, who was shot Friday night by a Greek prisoner, some 3,000 men and boys to-day partly wrecked 30 buildings in the Greek quarter of South Omaha and created a riot, during which two boys were wounded with bird shot and a dozen other persons were injured with missiles of various sorts used in smashing buildings occcupied by Greeks. The riots followed a mass meeting at which two State legislators and an attorney harangued the crowd. The police were helpless for almost three hours to disperse the rioters and Greek residents fled in panic from the quarter attacked, while the mob wrecked property. Even after the police gained control they could not disperse the crowd. The onslaught of the mob was made in three divisions. The main attack centered at Twenty-sixth and Q streets, the principal Greek quarter. The maddened crowd began its destruction by throwing stones and bricks through the windows of stores occupied by Greeks. In a short time havoc was made of these places. Saloon Attacked. Two blocks east another crowd smashed the front of a saloon and several men atempted to pillage the interior. A squad of police prevented the mob from getting the liquor. At this place the two beys were shot and the other persons injured. A third crowd rushed to Twentyfourth and L streets and demolished a confectionery store kept by Demos Bros. Mrs. Mary Demos and her aged father narrowly escaped death at the hands of the mob. The three attacks were made almost simultaneously and the destruction was complete before Chief Briggs could get his scattered forces together. Meantime Sheriff Bailey rushed his deputies to South Omaha to aid the police. The mob assaulted many Italians *- ? ? ? ? ?? lr/\? and Roumanians, who were maiaacu for Greeks. The riots grew out of the arrest of a Greek last Friday night by Policeman Lowry. While on the way to the police station the Greek shot Lowry to death and escaped. An unsuccessful attempt was made later to lynch the Greek and then a mass meeting was called for this afternoon to take some action with regard to Greek residents. The mass meeting was addressed by State Representatives Jerry Howard and J. P. Krause, Attorney B. C. Murphy and others. "The blood of an American is on the hands of these Greeks." Murphy is, said to have shouted, "and some method should be adopted to avenge his death and rid the city of this class of persons." The meeting dismissed, half of the audience rushed to the Greek quarter, where the destruction began. The crowd gave little heed to opposition, one of the damaged houses, a twostory residence, being less than 100 feet from the police station. Another Outbreak. At 9 o'clock to-night the mob again began depredations and riot callq came in from several places. The mob set fire to the house of a Greek. The fire department extinguished the blaze. Charles Nestroyl, a member of the mob, was trying to break into a building at another point and was shot in the forehead and takf.n to a hospital. a mnh smashed tbe front of a store at another point, one of the Greek employes being severely injured. The police rescued him and sent him to a hospital. At twenty-eighth and I streets the mob Set fire to a double frame building occupied as a boarding house. Twenty-five or thirty Greeks lived there. The building was destroyed, but all the occupants escaped. One arrest was made to-night. Edward Porter, 19 years old, said to be one of the leaders of the young rioters, was lodged in jail, charged with disturbance. Most of the rioters are boys under 20 years of age. General merchandise and other stores cannot- compete with The Herald Book Store in fine correspondence paper, tablets, etc. Come see our line and note our cheaper prices and better values. WOMEN DEFY NEGRO BRUTE. One Raises the Window While An* J other Fires Pistol. >Williston, Feb. 22.?About 11 'vk o'clock Saturday night a negro by i the name of Mayes, whose wife cooks .yg for Dr. Frank Willis, made an effort to enter the residence of Dr. Willis* * first at the back door and after wards through the window of Mrs. Willis* room. When the negro was discovered at |?1 the window a sister of Dr. Willis at-:"'tempted to shoot at him through the window glass, but the baby of Mrs. Willis being asleep near the window, she begged her sister-in-law not to shoot through the glass, as it might . ^ injure the infant. Finally the ladie?? ^ who were alone at home, decided that ^?H one should raise the window and the other do the shooting. When the first "-m shot was fired the negro darted undoc;i3?jS the house, where he dropped some bundles that he had purchased during the night. He then ran off in the darkness. The alarm being sounded, a number of persons were soon at the Willis residence and it was not long before the chaingang bloodhounds, whidt V|lgj were nearby, were on the trail of the negro. He was tracked to his home ^ , in the outskirts of town and placed '-M under arrest. After being placed in the guard ; house Mayes confessed that he was . ' the party who tried to enter theiJ^H house, but gave no reason for 80-.^|3 About 10 o'clock Sunday night mayor of the town hearing rumors ot^iSI Violence notified the night watchman ; 5 and the deputy sheriff to keep close 3 watch upon the guard house. J&au About 30 minutes afterwards, however, it was discovered that the lock* < rf on the guard house door had been ^g|g forced and the negro was nowhere to ^ ' By some it is stated that the lockt;^^8 were broken open, while still othert^ contend otherwise. " t No trace of the negro had beeitfgM found up to a late hour to-night. Dr. Frank Willis is absent on * / visit to Baltimore and New York. I The News in Barnwell. "JfmB Barnwell, Feb. 22.?News has just reached here of the mysterious disap- : | pearance of a negro named Mayes / ":? from Williston some time during SunSaturday night Mayes is said tft jfB. have gone to the residence of Drvl^H Frank Willis and made an attempt enter the back door. Failing in this,J^H it is stated that he went to the win?>.5|jj dow of Mrs. Willis' room. Here the negro was fired upon from within.J^H This frightened the negro away. In trying to escape he dropped some- ] bundles that he had purchased from. a town grocery and by these he wi?..'*3aB traced to his home in the outskirto-fjl of town. He was arrested and placed in the guard house. Sunday night V^g about 9 o'clock, however, the lockffd^H on the door of the guard house we?; J|| < found to have been broken and th^ .^gj negro missing. ^ It is not known here whether the negro escaped or whether he wto;^^a flews to me UUTeruur. Gov. Ansel was notified of the af- 'f*i fair at Williston last night and will .vl at once order an investigation unlesa ' developments show that the Degro '.% was not lynched. No report had been : received by him on the affair. Baptist Church News and Notices. DIRECTORY. Preaching service every Sund^ ||| morning at 11 o'clock and evening y&M at 7:30 o'block by the pastor, Rev. , O. J. Frier. Sunday-school every Sunday morn* ?yjs ing at 10 o'clock, C. W. Rentz, su- $ perintendent. B. Y. P. U. every Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, David G. Feldefc-aiM president. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Woman's M. U. meets Wednesday afternoon after eacn zna sanaay ggm after preaching service. Observance of the Lord's Supper the first Sunday in each quarter. I NEWS AND NOTICES. - T'lM Rev. 0. J. Frier attended the Baptist pastors' conference, held at Rev. S. P. Hair's residence, Healing Springs, the first of last week, and reported a pleasant and profitable oo- , casion. Quite a number of the pas- : tors of the Association were in at- "';2 tendance. A fine congregation listened to the .1^ sermon Sunday morning by the pas- % tor, which was a patriotic plea for , home missions. He showed that great civilizations in the past had gone into decay for a lack of the leavening influence of true Christian- *?< ity, and that if our country's present glory remains permanent, Pro- M testant Christianity must be on the alert and plant deep ana suuug emugelical religion. The Sunday-school reached high UJf water mark last Sunday in point of attendance, and two of the pupils, ' '*? Miss Margaret Smoak and Miss Virginia Hill, presented themselves to the church on confession of faith, at || the close of the morning service, and were received for baptism. Bro. J. W. Kirkland and wife were J received by letter also. The Sunbeam Band, under the leadership of Mrs. Dollie Lewis, will ig| meet at the church Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The B. Y. P. Ui has a new banner with the motto of the union on it, the m pastor's get-up. Full line men's low cut shoes for spring wear at J. A. Byrd's. They - $ are the Douglas make, no bettor on earth. We have them in all colors, .Jfe and nobby dressers should see our