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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,
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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
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- 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. *
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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.
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* <jane rjrancn, nicKmans, o.
L v, Cedar Grove, Con#*yboro,
Conwayboro,.;- >T f
i . . . Cedar Bay, " u
Cedar Creek, / Nichols,
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t(. .Conwayboro, "
Gockl Hope, - . ^.. u 44
Granger's Chapel, Cool Springs 44
H ckory Grove,. Conwayboro, -4S
Honey Camp, ^ Green Sea, 44
Macedonia, Hickrfmn s, 44
Mfea Olive, - Green Sea, 1 44
Oak Grove," Board Landing,- 44
Pauley Swamp, Port Harrelsori, 44 ~
Pleasant Meadow, Green Sea. \ 44
Pleasant Springs Gallivant s i\, 44
feasant View, Green Sea, 44
Pee Dee, , Black Mingo.
Pleasant Union, Cool Springs, " "
Pleasant Hill,- Black Mingo, 44
Socastee, . . Bucks vibei- * '^
Springfield,. ijickmaup, '* 44
Sterrett's Swamp, Comvayboro, 44
United Ohurcktes, Little River, 44
Salem, Canwayboro,; " S. C.
Those mailed to individuals will
reach them at their respective post
offices. Packages marked for Con
wayborp will be found at the store
.of Mr. J. A. Mayo.
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Judge Mackey vs Judge Lynch. .
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'. 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<
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$. 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."
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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.
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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^
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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
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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 <
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. {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
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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.
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