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GAFFNEY CITY, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1898.
$1.00 A YEAR.
’TWAS AH ELOQUENT PRAYER
THAT MR. SMITH OFFERED IN
BEHALF OF AMERICA.
“War and Rumors of War" is All the
Talk Among the Lower Chero-
keeans—Other Neigh
borhood Notes.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Etta Jaxe, March 14.—Every male
reader should reverently ta'te of! his
hat while he reads the pathetic invo
cation of Rev. J. Mauton Smith, of
Snurgoon’s Tabernacle, London, as
offered in the House of Representa
tives at Washington, D. C,, last Fri
day. He said:
“Almighty God, we desire to thank
Thee that Thou hast given us a new
day out of the old casket of time.
Now be pleased to give us grace
and guidance that we may bring
glory unto Thee and blessing unto
others. Hear us, when we pray that
Thy richest blessing may rest upon
the President and all associated with
him in the making and enforcement
of the law of this great nation. W e
beseech Thee, O God, that heaven s
benediction may rest upon the hon
orable speaker and all the members
of this great assemblage. M e thank
Thee for their past history and we
ask that all the future may be one of
unbroken success. Give to those
who make the laws clear insight ac
companied with boldness, charity
and love. May the Hag of this
country, so spotless, ever be unfurled
and floated by the breeze of God.
We ask these and all other blessings
to rest upon this country aud all con
nected with it in the numfc of Jesus
Christ. Amen.’’
William Addis, of the Pea Ridge
section, was in this neighborhood lust
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Byers spent the
day with Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Inman
last Saturday, also J. R. Jones, of
' Asbury, and Oscar Wood, of Gaffney,
were tliere, too. Your correspon
dent joined in with them, took din
ner and had a pleasant hour’s chat.
We regret to learn that Mrs. Wm.
Jefferies is on the sick list.
Messrs. J. R. Poole, Jas. G. Gown.
F. A. Goforth and W. C. Kirby gave
us a call last Saturday evening.
Mrs. J. L. S. began gardening last
Saturday.
John Robinson planted water
melons last week. He generally has
watermelons by the 4th of July.
Mike Sellers was plowing like a
fine fellow last Saturday. Mike says
he only plows when the time of year
• comes. When other people were
killing themselves plowing he was
doing something else in its season.
He quotes the Bible, “there is a time
i a. t. : _ n ft on/I if rotora tn
nothing can make a gentleman of
Imn, is entitled, not to our wrath but
to our profoundest sympathy.
Whenener a wandering demon of
drunkenness finds a ship adrift—no
steady wind in its sail, no thoughtful
pilot directing its course—he steps
on board, takes the helm and steers
straight for the maelstrom.
The way to argue dowd a vice is
not to tell lies about it, to say that
it lias no attractions when every
body knows it has, but rather to let
it make out its case just as it cer
tainly will do on the moment of
temptation, and then meet it with
the weapons furnished by the Divine
armory.
“Occupy till I come,” is a scrip
ture hint that idleness is a sin.
Misses Lottie Inman, Inez and
Effie Hill visited Miss Jessie Strain
last Thursday. They had a fine time.
We had a pleasant call from our
good friend and township commis
sioner, P. S. Webber, last week. He
was looking after the public bridges
and roads in this section. He has
given Giles Hill a contract to oversee
certain sections of the public road in
this community. That is perfectly
rignt. Mr. Hill had the misfortune
to” loose his foot by accident last
fall, and he is disposed to do all he
can to make a living. Mr. W ebber
did a good act to appoint him. He
is a man of good judgement and will
do the county good work or have it
done.
Joe Estes, whose sufferings have
been mentioned frequently in this
paper, desires to extend to his friends
his grateful thanks for their kindness
to him during his ailliction.
Rev. Mr. Thomasson preached at
Abingdon creek yesterday. His
text was Matt. 24:12-13-14. In con
sequence of the unfavorable weather
the congregation was not as large as
it otherwise would have been.
1 took dinner with my friend R. E.
Kerr yesterday.
The Christian Endeavor Society
met at W. C. Kirby’s last night. A
large attendance was present. It
meets in our home next Sabbath
evening, 20th inst.
We regret this week being called
upon to chronicle th^ death of Mr;/.
Oregon Smith, which took place /1-
her home near Emberson, Texas, i'.n
the 2nd inst. Her disease Vas mala
rial fever and la grippe. She took
sick on the 21st ult, while attending
at Die bedside of a sick sister. She
bore her alliction with that Christian
patience and resignation which char
acterizes a child of God. Aware of
her approaching dissolution and
wishing to save her relatives and
friends at this great distance all the
anxiety it would cost them, she re
quested a relative to withhold the
sad intelligence until it was all over
with her, and then calmly write them
to meet her in heaven. She was a
consistent and valuable member of
the A. R. Presbyterian church at
Chieota, Texas, and died in the hope
of a blessed immortality beyond the
grave. She was buried at Chieota
on the 4th inst. She requested that
her pastor, Rev. Mr. Hayes, conduct
the funeral exercises at her grave,
and that No. 120—Bible songs—“The
Lord’s my shepherd I’ll not want,”
FLAW STILL PICKING FLAWS
HE FINDS FAULT WITH THE
NEW RELIGION.
However, We Can’t Expect Any Better
of Him as He Hasn’t Any Re
ligion of Any Kind, Be
It Old or New.
to do all things,” and it refers to
plowing as well as every thing else.
Mike’s right. In planting corn he
says:
Drop two uriiins for the bud-worm.
And three for the crow;
Two to pull out.
And leave one for to irrow.
Several of our veterans and young
people expect to go Charleston next
month, April 27th.
We hope a full turn out of old sol
diers will unite at Wilkinsville next
Saturday the P.Rh inst. at 10 a. m.
I found T. M. Littlejohn, Esq ,
hard at work plowing last Saturday.
He is one of our up-to-date farmers.
He is not afraid to work and seems
to enjoy it much better than some
people I know of who have equally
as much need of it.
I met our worthy senator, Hon.
Wm. Jefferies last Saturday. With
the exception of his being a little
gray ho has undergone but little
change physically In the last forty
years that I can see.
Mrs. C. W. Whisonant and Miss
Pearl were in this section last Thurs
day to^see the sick.
“Wars and rumors of war,” is
nearly all we hear now. The sullen
growl of the European war dogs has
been answered by the defiant shriek
of the American eagle and the roar of
the British lion. Gog and Magog are
gathering themselves to battle, and
its high time our people were se
riously considering the situation.
We can joke and have our fun in its
season, hut we should never suffer
ourselves to be misunderstood. We
have at the head of affairs men on
whose sober judgement and discretion
and leadersrip our people can and
will rely with implicit confidence,
and one rash act of either would
perhaps plunge the whole world into
bloody warfare.
It Is a sad thing to be born a sneak
ing poltoon, so much worse than to
inherit a bodily deformity or sickly
constitution that I feel that we should
love dlforrned souls, (if I may use
the w^resslon), with a certain ten
derness which we need not waste on
noble Matures. One who Is born
■with such congenita! Incapacity that cents per bottle.
etc., be sung by the congregation at
her grave. Just before death closed
her lips in everlasting silence she in-
audibly repeated: '‘Children of the
heavenly King,” etc, and then her
spirit took its flight to the God who
gave it. She was well known in this
and York and Chester counties, where
she has an innumerable host of
friends to whom tfiissad intelligence
will be unwelcome tidings. Her life
was an ideal one—a perpetual ray of
sunshine, a life hid with Christ in
God. She always bud a kind word
for everyone. She admired the
Christian virtures of good men and
women aud threw the mantle of
charity and forgiveness over the
faults and follies of others. “None
knew her but to love her; none
named her but to praise.” She mar
ried Garland Smith in 1889 and moved
to Texas soon afterwards. The ses
sion of Salem granted her a letter of
dismission to unite with any other
Christian church, and the A. R.
Presbyterians being the most conven
ient she united with it.
Sweet to look hack, amt see her uamc
I n life’s fair book set down:
Sweet to look forward, and behold
Eternal joys her crown.
Sweet to rettoct how >rraee divine
ller sins on Jesus laid;
Sweet to remember that His blood
ller debt of suffering paid.
She leaves a devoted husband, a
mother, four sisters, one brother and
a large circle of relatives and friends
to mourn her death. A noble woman
is gone. “Peace to her ashes and
calm to her memory.” J. L. 8.
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dreadful malady, if you will only get
the right remedy. You are having
pain all through your body, your
liver is out of order, have no appe
tite, no life or ambition, have a bad
cold, in fact are completely used up.
Electric Bitters is the only remedy
that will give you prompt and sure
relief. They act directly on your
Liver, Btomach and Kidneys, tones
up the whole system and make you
feel like a new being. They are
guaranteed to cure or price refunded.
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(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
You know, in the general run of
time, good common sense folks
catches onto a whole passel of vari
ous idys, thoughts, tricks, an’ coflum-
e rat ions—in fact, they lam some
thin’ more er less every day of this
vain an’fleetin’world. Now, white
folks, ole Flaw’s a goin’ to tromp on
somebody’s toes before he winds up
this little ball of yarn. I’m a goln’
to hue my log an’ wherever the chips
falls there they will lay so ter as I’m
concerned.
Fust an’ foremost I want to copy a
letter per verbatim as hit was wrote
forth to Joe Simmons, a young man
which, you understand, belonged to
Antnyover church an’ was in hard
surroundin’s an’ circumferences, to
make you bleeve what I tole you la^t
week in regards to religin’, here it is:
••Antn’yovkr Church,
Douwood Ukovk. Jau. '.itb. 1838.
Dear Buo:—At a regular confluence of
Antnyover church, of Dogwood tirove, held
thisoay. the fullerin' motion was passed:
"That all dellmiuent members who are In
arrears in the payment of subscriptions to
pastor’s salary an’ current expenses fer one
or more years, who arc able to pay and hain't.
or who hain't made a reasonable excuse for
same. In- excluded from the fellowship an’
brotherly love of the church. An' furder.
that the collector be axed to notify all sitch
members an' report to the ehurch.
By order of the church.
Bim. SHUfORD,
Church Clerk.
In Flaw’s way of summin’ up the
above letter would be about this:
Pay me somethin’, or you ain’t no
Christian an’ I’ll fire you out’n the
church. Hit makes me think about
the song I beam sung up at Sweet
Springs (mggrr) cp.rr.p meetin’ the
time me an' Andy McKuy rode up
there in my spankin’ new buggy
hitched to his onliest boss, Prince:
“Preacher In dc pulpit, preachin’ mighty bole.
Preachin’ fer dc money an’ not fer de sole.
I'se trwlne to wear Out hm^ w hite robe.
Ef relivin' was a thintrthut money could buy
lie rich would live an’ de poor would die.
I’se irwiue to wear dat Iona white robe, etc.”
’Way buck in my boyhood days
whitch has gone by an’ passed hit
took constant watch, yearnest pravers
an’ lovin’ hearts, obedience an’ faith
to constitute a Christian but, bless
your heart, hit looks to me like the
onliest Christians in this day and
gineration is the ones that’s got the
money an’ keeps their dues paid up.
’Way back in |my boyhood days
whitch lias gone by and passed I
have knowed preacners to plough
hard all week an’ walk from one to
twelve miles Sunday mornin’ to
preach—I warrant you it’s practiced
to a small extent furder out west yit
but hit’s a bein’driv back furder an’
furder every day like the Indians
was. “Yes, but what kind of preachin,
was it?” you say. “They didn't
have time to study their Bibles an’
they couldn’t expound forth the
great truths as they ort to.” Well, I
don’t expose they could, I—I don’t
know about that, but I do know that
they would most ingeneraly git
more downright religin’ an’ less
money out of it.
You may take a thoroughbred
game chicken what will light till he
dies an’ cross him with the female
shanghigh an’ their offspring ain’t
worth a durn so fer as fightin’ is
concerned. They’ll raise their hacks
an’ strike a turkey trot every time it
gits too hot for ’em. You can’t git
( narry one out of the whole flock that
will stand the test.
You may take the pure an’ unde
filed religin' an' cross hit up with too
mutch money—the root of all evil—
an’, bygranneys, the flock of “sheep”
you raise ain’t goin’ to stand nother.
I know one of these olo-timey
preachers, who is livin’ today, (I
saw him last 20th of May) who serv
ed as pastor fer a whole year an’
wouldn’t an’ couldn’t be persuaded
to accept a cent fer his services,
many times preachin’ a whole week
at nights an’ workin’ hard indurin’
the days, an' many an’ many the
times have I seed him stand an’ beg
the sinners to “flee from the wrath
to come” with tears trinklin’ down
his cheeks withered with ole age. I
alius will love him.
When I was a youngster I loved to
go to camp-meetins’ to hear the ole*
timey songs sung as they were layed
down in the books, an’ to hoar good,
ole-timey preachers preach forth as
they did in ole times, on’ to hear the
good ole pious sisters, when their cups
would run over, shout hallahijahs an’
smack their hands, an’ to see my ole
friends an’ fellow citizens an’ eat at
their tables an’ have them eat at
mine, till the last time I went to a
camp-meeting about six years ago.
By gracious that cooked me from
ever goin’ to another. They had
hanled an organ from town down
thar an’ had it sot up behind where
the preachers sot an’ a whole passel
of men and women was up thar by
it with brass horns, fiddles, flutes an’
one devilment an’ another till, by
gracious, the ole familiar sounds was
drowned out with them infernal
things till hit become obnoxious to
me an’ so I bundled up an’ left.
A fiddle or banjer will do very well
fer a brake-down or shindig an’ a
brass horn or a flute comes in very
well at a celebration or circus. I
hate an organ bad enough in a church,
but fer the Lord’s sake don’t let me
go to a church of worship where
there’s a fiddle, brass horn or fife.
I don’t bleeve Augustus M. Top-
lady ever intended “Rock of Ages”
to be played on fiddles, fifes or horns,
in church when he wrote it, or Wil
liam Cowper “There is a fountain,”
nor Margaret Mackey “Asleep in
Jesus.”, nor Geo. Heath “My Soul
be on thy guard,” nor none of them
ole-timey poet writers didn’t.
Now, don’t understand me to say
that a preacher ort to be fed like a
game rooster when you are condi
tionin’ him to fight—four swullers
of water an’ two pinches of ash cake
a day—but ef he has got that mutch
he ortn’t to turn a poor little spind
lin’ feller like Joe Simmons out of
the church because he don’t keep up
with his dues an’ keep other’ns in
who do keep up their dues an’ are
twice as low down an’ mean as Joe in
other respects. Flaw Picker.
Prohibitionists to the Front.
The friends and advocates of pro
hibition in Cherokee county are re
spectfully requested to meet in the
court house at Gaffney on Monday,
April 4, at 11 o'clock a. m., for the
purpose of electing delegates to the
state convention, which meets in
Columbia, S. C., April 14th, 1898.
The following call of the State Ex
ecutive Committee fully explains the
object of the meeting.
Jas. L. Strain*,
Chrra. Cherokee County, S, C.
Etta Jane, March 14,
SALL1E TAKES A MUD BATH
AND GIVES SCRIBBLER A LOT
OF TROUBLE.
Mrs. Scribbler Was in a “Plum” Dan
gerous Condition from Which
She Was Extricated
With Difficulty.
Columbia, Feb., 25, 1898.
The State Central Prohibition
Committee having determined to call
a convention of the prohibitionists of
the State to meet in Columbia, April
14, 1898, have authorized their ex
ecutive committee to issue such call.
The said committee hereby publishes
the call, and the regulations which
will he observed in selecting dele
gates to represent the several coun
ties of the State in said convention :
1. The Convention will assemble
at 8 p. m., on the 14th day of April
next, in the hall of the House of Rep
resentatives in Columbia.
2. The chairman of the respect
ive county committees will call
meetings or conventions of the pro
hibitionists of tiieir county, who
favor the enactment of laws restrict
ing the sale of alcoholic liquors in
this state to medicinal, scientific,
mechanical and sacramental pur-
posees only, and the nomination by
the Convention of a State ticket, who
will support such legislation, to be
placed before the voters for their
choice at the next Democratic pri
mary elections, and subject to the
result of said elections.
3. At such county meeting or
convention the number of delegates
selected, in the manner determined
by the body, shall be not less than
the number of Representatives from
the county in the General Assembly,
but may ne a greater number, if so
determined by said county meeting
or convention.
4. That said county meeting or
convention shall be called to meet
not later than the fourth day of
April next, and if from any cause it
shall be found impracticable to as
semble such meeting, then the county
executive committee are authorized
to appoint said delegatee and certify
their appointment to the secretary of
the State executive committee.
• •
Cui Down in Early Manhood.
Judson Huskey, son of Landrum
Huskey, of this county, died at I’aco-
let Mill, in Spartanburg county, Mon
day, of pneumonia. Mr. Huskey was
about twenty-two years old and was a
worthy young man.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
I don’t know that it is wuth much
tellin’ erbout me an' my wife, Sallie,
er startin’ ter the Chrismas tree an'
havin’ sich bad luck, but I’ll tell it
enyway an’ your readers can helve it
or not.
My wife had never bin ter er Chris-
mus tree, an’ es thar wus goin’ ter
be one in our naborhood, she took er
powful noshuu ter go an’ see it. I
told her it was so wet an’ muddy
that she had better not venter out
on the road, but I jest cood’t do er
thing with her. She sed she wus er
going’ er bust, an’ I had ter go with
her, so we got reddy, Sal in her best,
an' lit out er walkin', es that was our
only conveyunce. When we bit the
the main big road whur the mud wus,
I eaushuned Sal ter notis whar she
wus er puttin’ her feet an’ ter be sho
of good foot hold.
Well, we got along purty well till
we cum ter er big deep mudhole that
stretched plum ercross the road,
leavin’ jest er narrer path on one
side. I told Sal she colden’t walk it,
!)ut she jest bolted oa like she didn’t
hear me, an’ hadn’t got more than
half way when one foot slipped an’
rite in ter that mudhole she went,
with all her fine Chrismas clothes on.
She fell in kerbosh an’ throwed mud
an’ water all over me an’ I wus so
skeered I didn’t know what to do.
I tell you, Mr. Printer, my wife wus
in er plum danjus condishun, an’ ter
make matter wusser she let in ter
hollerin’es loud es she cood bawl.
“Git me out, git me out! I’m er
sinkin’, I’m er sinkin’T” The
weather wus purty cold an’ ter tell
the truth, I didn't lise the idy uv
gittin in that mud an’ water noway,
so I run an’ got me er long lever
pole an’ stuck it under my old lady
an’ begun ter raise her up, but every
time I got her up a little sho wood
slip offon my pole an’ drap back. I
soon seed that instid uv raisin’ her
up todes the elements I wus er git
tin’ her deeper an’ deeper in the
yeth. Nuthin’ but her face' now
remained visibul ter sight, an’ she
wus er hollerin’ in yearnest fer me
ter git her out or she wood parish.
Thar I wus, Mr. Printer, with my
300 pound wife steve up in the mud
an’ nobody in sight ter help me pull
her out. Didn’t know what ter do.
Stood thar with er sad heart. My
wife wus er screamin’.
I looked up the road an’ seed er
mus tree an’ how she had fallen by
the wayside, an’ how the Major had
taken sich er flight, an' so on. Un
cle Booker don’t bleve in Chrismus
Wes an’ parties, an told me I ought
ter staid at home with my big wife,
however he wus mity willin’ ter help
me pull her out. We got a rope an’
throwed one end ter my wife an' we
tuck hold an’ by hard pullin’ got her
ter firm ground. Uncle Booker sho
pulled hard at the rope an’ done me
a great kindness, an’ I do hope he
will git well uv the rumatiz an’ be
suple once more.
Alter I got my wife on foot I axed
her ef she wanted ter continyer on
on ter the Chrismus tree, or go back
home. Sho never sed er word but
started todes home, an’ you never
seed er big fat woman wobble over
the road in er hurry like she done.
Mr. Printer, ef you ever git eny
tidings from tlie Major let me know.
I’m erfeerd he has run plum erway.
Scribbler.
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man cumin’ an’ soon reconized it ter
be the Major. It wan’t no time till
we wus er shakin’ hands an’ er talk
in’—the Major axin' me all erbout
the gals. I soon found out that the
Major wus on his way ter the Chris
mus tree, too, an’ I told him that ef
he wood do me er favor that we
wood go erlong tergether an’ I wood
speak er good word ter the gals fer
him. 1 told him erbout my bad luck
au’ he wus mity willin’ ter assist me
—reddy ter do enything I sed. Well
I told Him ter pull off his shoes an’
roll tiis briches above his knees an’
wade in an’ pull Sal’s head up outen
the water, The Major wusn’t quite
so reddy fer he job es he thought he
wus, but the finally lie got fixed fer
bisness an’ stuck one barefoot in ter
feel the tempature uv the water. He
went on in deeper an’ deeper, but
wood stop an’ shiver an’ say it wus
so cold he coodn’t stand it, but I
urged him on to Sullie’s side, uv
telln’ him ter be manly an’ help er
feller out in sich cases. The Major
got within reachin’ distance uv Sal
an’ extended his hand, but instid uv
takin’ his hand she grab him by his
foot, an, ef you ever seed pullin’ the
Major done it. The Major wood hol
ler, “Let me go! let me go
Sal wood holler, “Pull me out!
me out!” an’ sich anuther time I
never seed in my life. Tho Major
wus er makin’ the mud an’ water fly
in every direeshun. an’ had got plum
down on his hands er pullin’ ler life
ter free hisself from the clutches uv
my wife. All at once he jecked loose
an’ jumped outen the mudhole an’
struck the road er runnin’ an’ I uint
seed him since. He left without his
shoes an’ hat an’ wus kivered with
mud. I’m raly oneasy erbout him,
but I hope he is still er kickin’ an’ es
willin es ever to do er man er favor.
Now, I wus without eny help ergin
an’ Sal still in the mud. It v.usn’t
long till Uncle Booker cum erlong
er ridin’ uv his little black Bill mule.
I never wus prouder ter see er man,
an alter we shuck hands an’ he told
me erbout the rumatiz er bein’ in ids
jlnts so bad he cood hardly walk, an’
alter talkin’ over several other little
matters, I ups an’ tell him erbout
me an’ Sal er startin’ ter the Chris-
an’
pull
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Dougherty Honor
Dr. and Mrs. King.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Blacksburo, March 14.—Invita
tions from Mr. and Mrs. Dou-dierty
always means a lovely evening to
those who are fortunate enough to be
bidden as guests to their hospitable
home. Last Tuesday night their
pretty residence in Blacksburg was
the scene of brilliancy and merri
ment. At seven-thirty the dining-
toom doors were thrown open and a
beautiful scene was presented. The
table was placed diagonally across
the room. The rich damask was
almost covered by an exquisite cen
ter piece, embroidered in white vio
lets. The rich effect which the beau
tiful cridunentstions, ribbon, flowers,
elegant gold and silver ware ana
dainty china, can be imagined,
scarcely described. There were evi
dences everywhere of the exquisite
taste of the hostess, and as the deli
cious courses followed, evidences too,
of her consummate skill as a house
wife. The menu consisted of the
following dishes, served in courses:
Oysters, meats, olives, pickles, cel
ery, salad, coffee, cake, sherbet,
chocolate and waftrs. Dinner over,
bright lights shone from parlors and
hall, and through the exquisite lace
window hangings could be seen the
followings couples gathered about
four tables deeply interested in the
fascinating game, progressive whist:
Dr. and Mrs. King, of Pennsylvania,
Mr. and Mrs. Muttings, Col. and
Mrs. Tripp. Mrs. E. Y. Webb, of
Shelby, N. C., Miss Fannie Barnett,
of Shelby, N. C., Miss Dora Hamrick,
of Shelby. X. C..Miss Chambers, of
Pa., Miss Wier, Miss Annie Freeman,
Mr. Geo. Girvin, Mr. B. Tripp, Mr.
John Tripp, Mr. Geo. Blanton, of
Shelby, N. C. Miss Hamrick won
first ladies prize, Miss Weir won sec
ond prize. Mr. Ralph Webb won
first gentleman’s prize, Col. Tripp
second prize.
Programeof N. P. I. S. S. Convention.
The program of the North Pacolet
Interdenominational Sunday School
Convention which meets at Elbethel
on the 27th of March at 10:30 a. m.,
is as follows:
Song service by the choir.
1. Devotional exercies conducted
by Rev. Simpson Blanton, Chaplain.
2. Reports of township superin
tendents—number of schools organ
ized and sections needing schools,
number of pupils in schools, number
who have united with the church, etc.
3. The teacher—Hi? selection, dis
cussed by Rev. R. C. Patrick, R. E.
Kerr and William Jefferies.
4. My needs as a teacher—by C.
L. N. Legg, C. W. Whisonant and
M. M. Tate.
5. A normal drill (on lessons of
march G) by Prof. R. O. Sams.
G. Practical prohibition—First:
Should church members support it?
Second: Its blessings.—by W. C.
Kirby, T. J. Estes, Newton G. Lit-
tlejohn and Prof. W. F. McArthur.
7. Opening question box.
All schools in our territory are re
quested to make full reports, and
t>end at least four delegates to meet
with us.
A recess of one hour will be taken
for refreshments.
T. M. Littlejohn,
Wm. Jefferies,
J. L. Strain,
Committee.
Star Farm, March 12, 1898.
A Narrow Escape.
Thankful words written by Mrs.
Ada E. Hart, of Groton, S. D. “Was
taken with a bad cold which settled
on my lungs; cough set in and
finally terminated in Consumption.
Four Doctors gave me up, saying I
could live but a short time. I gave
myself up to my Savior, determined
if I could not stay with my friends
on earth, I wou'd meet my absent
ones above. My husband was ad
vised to get Dr. King’s New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Golds.
I gave it a trial, took in a'l eight
bottles. It has cured me, and thank
God I am saved and now a well and
healthy woman. Trial bottles free at
DuPre Drug Co.
Regular size 50c and $1.00. Guar
anteed or price refunded,