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\ . ? ')# ' jk / '! / - ?; ~ : ' ' ' Nt 1' ^ ' V. .*. - v ~*N ((jL.-r' ' X-; ' vr" r*. ' : r ' .;<**$?n-... x \ . II v jjum I A i jcjq 11 '. j.? Wliiskrjr and FUtois. .'v? The most common cause of mur1 der and bloodshed in South Carolina j is drunkenness. The instrument of i - crime fs generally a pistol. But > for - -'" drunkonnee&s it is fair to presume ^ 'r , , . '. **>*.. a * \ ' - that not five men would hove been . ~ murdered in the State within the last twelve months. Whiskey and pistols, . or other cppQ&aJed weapons, "have been the prime cause~tjf the murder of all but a less number than | twelve. It is.notpossible by legisla ft_ . tion to-prevent drunkenness. The . Legislature maj abate the practice ', of earrying pistolsr^ond it ; may so k , legislate as to make it more difficult ? *f" x for men to get liquor. But the '' - ^ most effectual means for the check of '~*k. \ , . . drunkenness is to create a better ' sentittient upon that subject . Men c ' y - should be made to, realize that drun kenness is disgraceful?a bar tp society, rTTtfibus t<f allrtbe interests' of social life. . Every settlement in South Carolina ? is, more or less under the influence 1 .of the mmisters c^-'-religion. "Every -family is ind^ntified in s^mpathy^if ..... not in fact with some branch -of the . Christian church. Now, therefore, * \ \ ' ' ' , , - ' u't if every preacher of the Gospel Jin | , .. ;' the State will do his duty by present-1 A -A ihg'the evils of intemperance and the sin of drunkenness to his congrega tion from, the puljfri and rn his more private ministrations in the family circle*on bis ronnd of pastoral visits; i they c&n do much to check this swell" ing tide of ruin which- threatens to deluge the :y. , It wilt not do to handle the snbjectmiufly. ' church member who indulges in drarn .drinking is in- personal danger of drunkenness. But in many cases /* i- . r. - the example of a religious is more' potest of evil than the^iapt of" his drinking. If drunkenness is hoi ex-' eluded from the church the inajority \ of our people will not regard 'it as either disgraceful or sinful, and hence the profane will be led to ruin by ecclesiastical delinquency. Let the pulpit speak out. The heralds of the , cross - should give no uncertain y sound. The whole chilrcb should be called to arms,- and those who will not come to the rescue in this hour of the country's peril?opportunity > ^ of the (jhurch?should be driven from* " the rants. . We have no need for. camp followers. We want men of God to the front, and men of God on the flanks; and men of^ God to bring up the rear, until - every grog shop in the land is^losed and cora. inon drunkenness is unknown :or & ^ disgrace in the?eyes of all but .[- those who havfc no character at stake and no mora^ to corrupt. * I - ... . . Of Tit# WA w ASSOCIAf\, ' . . tion ... - I , The Minutes of the Waceamaw Association of the Freewill Baptist L v," Church, after' long and unavailable m . .1 '11^: L *1 ? i.1 I^ i. ^ itfclay Irani tne limess 01 uju jmniw, have been printed-and sen; out as \ follows to the respective churches: Name of Church Postoffice State Beuiah, Shallbtte, N. C. L . . Chapel Hill, ? p.'\ Iron Hill, Sidn?y^~"" " P. ' Juniper Creek, ? Shallotte, " | r Green Swamp Union, Brinkley's Mt Tabor, Sidney, ? " New Britton, ....... .... Shallotte, " . New Hope, "* * "NVhiteville, " .. Pleasant Hill, peecock's . " Seven TJreek's Pirewav,- " ? Shallotte, ?Shallotte, " , Silent Grove, Shallottej M r^ .; Shiloh, . ' Curdova, " ' Bethlehem, Board Landing^S. C. u - - . Buck Creek, Pirewayr - N. C. * a n * <jane rjrancn, nicKmans, o. L v, Cedar Grove, Con#*yboro, Conwayboro,.;- >T f i . . . Cedar Bay, " u Cedar Creek, / Nichols, p"S- -r ' , v ? " , ->t"" !'V, ' * - /' ''' ""~ - - - . / J' ... * ?:?i !.< *v4 "t. . 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Mayo. -? l^1 ?" ? Judge Mackey vs Judge Lynch. . ' t v " - * '. Last week's issue of the Chester State Bulletin says : 44 Last Saturday night, after the jury had returned a verdictjof guilty against Scott Hopkins for the*" murder of James R. Stroud, and just before the Sheriff left the Court -House- with the prisoner, Judge Mackey expressed himself from the bench aa follows : I 4441 have received several communications in which it is statod that a number of persons have organized-in this comity for the purpose of ".lynching." Scott Hopkins, the prisoner at the bar, charged with murder. I am unwilling to believe these statements. mi ? -i-? 1 -1 ki. J. Ills COIIllUUlULy lliiis JCv-iUfou a profound regard for law and order, during a period when, owing to the prostitution of the pardoning power, the courts could furnish nj> redress for grave public and priy&te wrongs. I must, therefore, repel the! charge that any considerable portion of our citizens have entered into a . criminal confederacy for the purpose of Violating the laws of their country. "Lynching is organized - murder. "Those who engage in it seek to give sanctjty to crime by the strength of n n?v V\Ai?o T 4- i a 4-1-, o rtwmn nf nionw in 11UU.VC/1 O* ~JL u 119 uuv yiuuv vi inuiuj cv/ punish the assumed guilt of one. It tramples the majesty of the law under the feet of the mol>,-*md substij tutes the hot breath of revenge and j the clamor of an unreasoning throng for the calm atmosphere of the civil courts. The citizen who engages in it ^thereby impeaches the judicial tribunals of his country and proclaims to the world the utter incai, pacitity of the Commonwealth of "South Carolina to furnish adequate protection to the persons an,d propt perty 6f its citizenship. He announces by _ his ~ acts that organized government moving, throhgh legal forms is a failure, and that society has resolved'^tself into its original | barbaric el'emente^iu which all wrongs. | reaj or assumed, are redressed bj i brute force, and might makes right. A , ' j Every person accused of, crime is presumed in law.to be innrrcent, until his guilt is produced under established rules of evidence, beyond o reasonable doubt. He is entitled, a* I a sacred and inviolable right,* to a public trial b^ ftn impartial jury, and j to meet the witnesses against him face to face, and to be heard bj ' counsel in hie defense- In assenting ; that defense, he has the right to ex ! haust all resources of the law, and to j invoke the judgment of the court oi ! last resort on-a final appeal against any verdict which he may deem assail able upon legal grounds, ,, " The lefcal presumption of. inno cence sanctifies tfce #rave of man who dies by the band of a mob His pretended confession cannol overthrow the presumption, for tb< * ' 1 ^ * , v V - ? \ ^ ; ' V -; .;'V;/V pppjpj^ yboro $. C,f Saturday, April . " ,.i7^ TTTfffT T~i[l i '^-.m j horror of his fcituation ajui the terror j exercised to enforce such confession | render it -absolutely void. >l At such a ghastly spectacle, civiliz&Upn shudders',throughout, its en tiro frame,'and all good ; citizens I mourn the existence in the.'breast of a. civilized community of a *. intent 3-* ? *a it ?. ' vr. sav^g^ry - that may be arouSed to the,commission of such an appalling crime. - I ",It cannot be committed in this circuit. The conservatism of organized society here condemns it^ Any attempt to do violence to tlfe prisoner will recoil disastrously on all who en i' gage in it, if any there, be m this community trho wouldt*Jh1}8 <h*J*e violate the daws. The -Sheriff wilb place a proper gimrd ixrtlie jadvrather * to ensure the safe custody o? the* prisoner than as a protection .against * premeditated violence to his person. Assured of the aid of all good citizens of this entire judicial circuit, J ' guarantee that tha*?^gg3ifl?d which the law throws aropnd'the prisoner shall not be violated. He toll be j fully protected\ioth against injury and insult." m t ' m ^ '' Real Estate Transfers Recorded in February, 1880. Richard Fowler to 8. W. ttirrelson, "" "QOK o oroc ! M. D. Harrelson to Ervin pingletoi^, ' 50 acres, $40, Oct, 7, lljfe. *' ! John *B. Lee to Benj.- Hoore, 1*50 acres $80, Feb. 2, 1880. '* . John Darby to Joseph To^d,. 1 town lot ifi Conwayboro, $4<ljf Decf. 17, * , si i F. I. Sessions,'& -H. to }V. L. j Buck & .Co., 1 town Jot in Port! : Harrelson, $100, Dec. 1, 1879. Edmund Watts to McKenzie Strick-J land, 100 acres, $125, July 13,1879. | John Williamson to' Reuben Shelly, j 310 acres, $250, Jan. 13,JL880. . Sarah J. Herring's interest to Noah Shelly, 150 acres^^!7Jan. 4,"1880. M. M? Sellers et al, to John A. Mayo, I OKA A /ktHAA ?iino rio^ in 1S70 ~ I UtlCD) JL^-v/v^. *</; > ?/-. , ' Isaac J. Sellers to John T. Harrelson, j interest in?250 acres, $7, Jan. 12, j 1880. _ M. C. Cherry to John T? Harrelson, j I 250 acres, $7, Jan, 4^*^80. John A. Mayo to John T. Harrelson, ! 2S0 ucres $100, Jar.. 80, 1880. j Wright T. Powell et al to, F. B. Stephens, 50 acres, $18, Jan. 1,7,1 J- 1880. . ~ l| 1 GeOrgetta S. Alford to John A. Todd. GO acres, $50, Aug. 28. 1879. !L. D. Long to Ingabo B. Long, 42?j ? I - acres, gift, Jan. 3, 1880. ! Bently and Alice Weston to J. W, . j Marlow; 400 acres, . $80Q, Feb. 1, I 1880. . I ir - i -i A _ /-n...::.! i r* I ! Lteorge iviaa to v^in ifitujjuux v>. i? 1.0,4* '! low, 35 acres, $35, Jan. 1, 1880. I Riclrard and Martha K, Jftrdan to , "John W. LtovelV^.00 acres, $10, r Feb. 10, 1880. ; . I L. D. Long toll. L. Beaty, 4$, $110, if * Feb "14, 1880. [ 'Joseph Beaty to John T. Harreison, . j 27 acres, $85, Feb. 4, 1880. ? i1 John MT Woodward to Wm. Frank-, II ? lin, 9} acres, $9 25, -? 1874. , Joseph Todd to W. K. Hard^icfc, 2 [ lots in Conwa} boro $281, Feb. 20, i ' 1880? . - ' George W. Grainger et al to Samuel ^ vBt Gerald, 160 acres, $200, Jan. 27,' . 1880. >! James Reynolds to Jiiihcs W. Capps, f'I * 100 aore<"$65, Feb. 4; 1880. - j ; A. W. Faircloth to Thomas Kr Mi-! -' shoe, 115 acres, $12"), Jan. 1G, 1880. 1 I. B. Faircioth" to A. W. FairfiJoth, j acres, $84, Nov. 7*1875. r Mary E. Tddd et nl to A. J. Todd, | 13b acres $250,JFeb. 15, 1880. ' t "Wilson Floyd to James Battle, '23 j acres $1/), Jan. 14, 1880^ -> V .. s * ? ' ' " y: r ** ji. f ? *v T? ' - ;> :,v'. -;. -'ffMj ^ ~y '4 , - & < * s ' ^ . ' '*"7' " . '** 0T<-+ * / ' . ? - t ' * . . . " r?* # Y> E .' H>^l 11^ U^y ^ IHl U jIB4 H ':' * k ^ y.~\ ;* ^ 3, I 880. > 1 . ','. ''j ?.' ... Our Poor Pftiiuu* ^ - Poor parsons are almost as nutner Otis as poor clerks, and a great ^doa more numerous proportionately tljai poor tradesmen. . But few appear t< fully appreciate the unhappinefts o their plight ; and, those whom the} nallntia tn f Koir tvrnnmi bUi V C CkJL V V;aaiuun There seems to prevail ft pretty gen to be able to make^hiSiBeS^d a faita ily comfortable upon less than ^lia a foreman bricklayer earns. So lonj as be has an income of ?100, o ?150, $r, if he is peculiarly fortunate ?200 per .annum, it appears to h supposed that he ought not to was anything more. ' lfbw^the\ihousan< of poor parsons who are required t set forth the eternal goodnesa c God, and to settle all the demand of their creditors just as if they wer men of the world, are expected t< dress like gentlemen, to clothe thci families decently, to Jive in ^stylc and, at odd- times, tq ? gpjfej away^ii charity, seeing that a suij' of blool a domestic set >ant Qau rar^y- be kept a smaller es pen ee than ?82 a year, that a join of meat of any sfci; cannot be bough for much less thail ten shillings th wonder is that the poor parsons d< not.more frequently disappoint tli expectations formed of them?tha they do not'nto|% frequently? yield t< temptation and become so toured, a mean souled to unstrung as to b rendered incapable of preaching th Gospel "of - Peace. Those who hav peeked, into the home of +p?or pv - r^T- ? i' t - ? a i.1 j? son must ne (lonae inaeeu n uiey cc not npj:>reciate that bo is among th most sorely afflicted beings. By th very nature of his avocation, bis pre torsional duties should...call for th exercise of- all his mental faculties Yetdiow often dees it happen tha just at the very foment that he i sitting down to compose a^permo: upon contentment, a demand is mad dndiis already empty purse ? H feels that he must, by hook or b r>r>->iV/i on/lo mW'f flint. 1ip ninsl come what may, continue an lionets man in the eyes of his neighbor? So he neglects to buy books whic are almost inclispcnsable to the sin cessful performance of his ministeria duties; allows his wife to g about in rather a shabbier dresff thai does his housemaid, and lie gives hi children in too many cases a ver I different sort of education from tha * i whichhe himself has received Ther | mustl/e a wonderful sustaining pou i er in Christianity, or he would inev | {ablyinvariably suceumb under th | fearful strain that is put upon hiir I Occasionally he has not even th | sympathy of his own wife and famil with Jiim. The great economy whic I they have to practice is irksome t them, especially as they see that tli wives and families of men who ai much inferior to their husband ah father are living in opulence and ai j surrounded by every comfort. The ! feel, perhaps, more than he does, tl j falseness of their position ; how tty o j are in one sense, much superior 1 , the majority of their fellows, an ! how ill another, boeau.se tliey lac wealth, infinitely inferior jPoc parsons and their families go in goo society, of course* in society whic many a wealthy and com for tab cheesemonger Wonkl give his ears 1 be embraced by ; but they do so i a false position-i Uiey are patronize rather than courted; and in tc ? , . . ' "? many instances they are to feel the social insignificancfc in a mann< more -forcible than pleasant. ? It urged against pastors that they &j wont to vi&it tho richer members < + , *' r . . ; ' V aK "' -i : ^JflOLE 80. ;07. v ^ , *S . T^v' ., -'; "^ . ., /' *S> i. ,jv 4 .'' , ^'>*3 . {their flockB to the nogloct of tyieir | poorer one* v We cannot bl*m$ them ? . j greatly if the allegation is true. Af* rtejf all they ere but frail men like | their neighbors, and it id not to be | wondered if they argue that their . i*ei^bor?, una it is not to be *0 deraTat If their peculiar .condStiort " rendein it necessity for them to con- % ' can get addition, m*ie to their ?ie 1 ,ereble .tipend. by paying W?rt to ? the richer members of their congre r gatSon, it is not strange that thqy * should pay such court. Of course J it may.be urged by those who here I suffered from straitened meann * themselves that a person should ho 0 elevated above the world; that he * should put his trust m God ; and 8 that he should, love the laborer as . B much as the merchant prince. This is very pretty in theory^ but pmpons . r are no more likely to bo f$lse to '> tftcfo instincts thsiu, other . man ?st%? ?- * ???? * car^c^hWrMd If a congregapastor" to throw.his : whole b3art and ton! into his Work > h * to be a pattern of contentment awl * reiigidtrs hope; it miu^pay him so e that the more sordid cares of life J?i ^ will not everlastingly be tormenting e him. It must enable him to hvesn t ease If not in luxuty,.to properly *4- ? ^ ucate his children and equip his wife y that she may he enabled to bold her - , 0 nvrr. \n thi% Wrirld both as a woman 0 would. have-otb^M do unto u8. The v ' ' ^ 0 morally^ that ran bo held e* "man. It is therefore obvious that * : '' e he should be free from all embarrasp?' raent and independent in bis action. ? Christian Union. .? ' ' ' "pDefeat of the Sensationalist*. * We regret to say that the first en8 counter of the Salvation Army with nf tjio forces of his Santanic Majesty in e America has resultedin a victory for e the enemy. Tlie attack was made"- , on Sunday evening, at Harry Hill'a ~ v i mi . -%.r ~%T \ ii _ L J mentre, iNew-xora, one 01 me most ^ impregnate fortresses of sin in it the country, and the besieging force ; consisted of Geh. Railton, Oapt. y Emma AVestbrood, Lieuts. Elizaj beth Francis Morris, Alice Oolemah, *. M Elizabeth Pearson, Ann Shaw and d j Jeffray Boyle, the latter a special reoiinforcement from the main army ill , n , England. The legions of Satan oc - "" " * t: eupied the auditorium of the theatre j-and'ihe Salvation Army took a com- > ' y | mandmg position oil the stage. At ... / ^ .t|the door twenty-five cents admission , e | was charged, but tliis appears to ; have been a wicked deyice of 'Arry TIlv commanding the forces of tho 1 enemy. "None of the. receipts went^ ? e to the Salvation Army. The weapons i. used in the engagement were fervent ^ e" prayer, brief exhortations.and revival * " 1 ' hymns; but the published accounts s '* ' ,v ^ of the conflict state that, although 1 they were brandished Enthusiastically * . o; by Gen. Railton an<J his. subordinate ie oflicers, they filled of effects A. .e! report.states that the dropping of VHhe aspirate by the Salvation Arm^ 1 I brought smiles to the faces of their <( *e : antagonists more often than their * :y j eloquence brought tears to their eyes, te i anfi at 9 o'clock the S. A. was com ? '>1 1 ^ i /V t /V ??/M? I O ft At* 1*% [ JJCllCtl VA) Urn l U 1 m n unit ! the legions of Satan *gfcvo them * / * i *.' f # , J Reives up to the drinking of sodh d j water, ginger pop and 6uch like^ and k the enjoyment of a p&norarua of dJnfcle "r j Toih's Cabin. Of course this may itj prove only a temj>orary reverse for , ! the Salvation Army; but inasmuch _ as the police have notified it that it will not-he permitted to carry . o^ its ,o | campaign in the streets, and refused . . n it thje use of the publi^ squares, it. i ^ 1 f xir ill Ka * - * I HUt'llli* JlUt Ullll*.cijf Mi'ty iti itu4 w ts | forced to return to England without ' ^ *9, achieving the conquest of the reir' public. 1 This would be moBt de- I. Br plorable, were it not for the fact that g1 there fcre a tiumber of euccesaftil ! evangelists in America, wbo do nbt | wear uniforms and scrupulously1 avoid isensational efforts in religion. , ' . " U ' , - . 4,\. . * ' -V ! - . v ' 1 - >-1%^ S. * ' ? * . * ... . * '/V y '-cv^ Vi.' iiJ