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THE LIBERAL VIE IVS OF A "HARD
MHELL" PREACHER.
A Sermon Upon the Different Denomi
nations into Which the Christain
Church is Divided.
A lady correspondent of an ex
change gives a sketch of a sermon
she heard in Georgia, from which
we give an extract:
The preacher was apparently
about fifty years of age, muscular
and well proportioned. On enter
ing the pulpit he took off his coat
and hung it on a nail behind him,
then opened his collar and wrist
bands, and wiped the perspiration
from his face, neck and hands. He
was clad in striped-cotton home
spun, and his shirt was of the same
material. He had traveled several
miles that morning, and seemed
almost overcome by the heat. But
the brethren sung a couple of hymns
while he cooled off, and when he
rose he looked comfortable and
good natured.
He had preached there once or
twice before, but to most of the
audience he was a stranger. Hence
he thought it necessary to introduce
himself as "Old Club Ax Davis,
from Seriven county, a Half Hard
and Half Soft-Shell Baptist."
"I have given myself that name,"
said he, "because I believe the Lord
elected me, from all eternity, to go
ahead in the backwoods and grub
out the path and blaze the way for
other men to follow. After the
thickest of it is cut away, a good,
warm Methodist brother will come
along and take my trail, and make
things smoother and a good deal
noisier. And after all the under
brush is cleared out, and the owls
and wolves are skeered back, and
rattlesnakes is killed off, a Presby
terian brother, in black broadcloth
and white cravat, will come along
and cry for decency and order.
And they'll both do good in their
spore. I don't despise a larnt man
even when he don't dress and think
and do as I do. You couldn't pay
me enough to wear broadcloth,
summer nor winter, and you
couldn't pay a Presbyterian brother
enough to go without it in dog -
days.
"God didn't make us all alike my
brethering; but every man has his
own spere. When God has a place
to fill he makes man and put him
in it. When he wanted General
Jackson, he made him, and set him
to fightin' Injuns andthe English ;
when he wanted George Waitte
field, he made him to blow the
Oospel trumpet as no other man
ever blowed it; and when he
wanted Old Club Ax Davis, he
made him and sent him to grubbin'
in the backwoods.
"But my shell isn't so hard but
I can see good pints in everybody ;
and as for Presbyterians, they are a
long wvay ahead of us Baptists and
Methodists in some things. They
raise their children better than any
people en the face of the earth.
Only a few days ago a Methodist
class -leader said to me: 'Brother
Olub Ax, I was born a Methodist,
I was raised a Methodist, and by
the grace of God I hope to die a
Methodist ; but, than kGod, I've
got a Presbyterian wife to raise
my children.' And I believe, my
brethering, if the Lord should
openithe way for me to marry agin,
I d try my best to find a Presbyte
rian woman, and run my chances of
breaking her into the saving doc
trines of feet-:washin' and immer..
sion afterwards."
Just at this point he was inter
rupted by two spotted hounds that
had been continually runnieg up
and down the pulpit stairs. One of
them jumped upon the seat and
began to gnaw his coat-tail, in
which was something he had
brought along for lunch. He
turned slowly around and took him
by the ears and tail anid threw him
out of the window behind him as
easy as if he had been a young
kitten. The other took warning
and got out as rapidly as possible,
though not without howling and
yelping as if it had been killed. He
then turned to the audience, and
said, smllgl: "St. Paul exhorted
the brothermng to 'Beware of dogs.'
I wonder what he would do if he
wore In my plaoq this tnornaiIig. It
appbara like I am compassed abo4t
with dogs, as David says he was."
li ie . had searcoelv.' commenced
preachIng a*nbd 6 hr wuas a
terrible squealing and kicking
among the mules and horses that
were tied to the trees close by.
He put his head out of the window
and said: "No harm done, my
brothering. Just a cretur with a
side-saddle on has broke loose.
Will some brother head the animal ?
for no sister can walk home this hot
day."
Quiet being restored, he con
tinued :
"Well, my brothering, I will now
try to say what I allowed to about
the Presbyterians.
"As I said before, they raise their
children a heap better than we do.
They behave better in church, and
keep Sunday better, and read the
Bible and larn the catechism better
than ours do. I declare, my broth
ering, their children are larnt that
Westminister Catechism by the
time they can begin to talk plain.
"It ain't threo weeks since I was
out cattle huntin', for two of my
yearlings had strayed off, and I
stopped in at old Brother Harkey's,
on Mill Creek, and took dinner.
He's a deacon in the Presbyterian
church over thar. Well, as true as
I stand here, my brethering, Sister
Harkey had her little gal a standin'
right before her, with toos just
even with crack o' the floor, and her
mouth turned up like a chicken
when it drinks, and she was puttin'
this question to her out o' that
catechism:
"'What are the benefits which in
this life do either accompany or
flow from justification, adoption and
sanctification '
"Now, the question itself was
enough to break the child down;
but when she had to begin in and
say that question all over (for that's
the way it was in the book), and
then hitch the answer to it, which
altogether made this: -The benefts
which in this life do either accom
pany or flow from justification,
adoption and sanctification, are
peace of conscience, joy of the
Holy Ghost, increase of grace, and
perseverance therein to the end.' I
thought the child was the greatest
wonder I'd ever seen in all my life
She tuck it through, too, without
balkin' or missin' the first word, and
she spoke so sweet, and she looked
so much like a little angel, that be.'
fore I knowed it the tears were a
running down my checks as big as
buck-shot. I've seen the day when
I could have mauled and split a
thousan' rails quicker and easier
thati I could have larnt that thing
and said it off like she did.
"Now, ny brethering, that child
didn't understand or know the
meaning of one word o' that. It
put me up to all I knew to take it
in myself. But just let that Pres
byterian grow up, and every word
of that catechism will come back to
her, and her character will i stiffen
up under it, and she'll have the
back-bone of the matter all her
life.
"Now, I can't put things into my
children that way. Nothin' don't
stay somehow. It's like drivin' a
nail in to a rotten log.
"I tell you; my brethering," he
continued, "if our childre~n had a
little more catechism, and the Pros-!
bytorians a little ?ss, it would be
better for both. -Theni, we don't
pray inl our families like they do, I
know their prayerir are mighty long
-they pray all over creation ; but,
after all, it's the right way. It's
better than prayin' too little.
"Nowv, my father and mother weore
good Biptists, and raised their chil
dren to be honest and industrious ;
but I never heard one of them pray
in my life, and I was most a grown
man before I ever prayed a prayer
myself, and it was in this wise.
"There was a big meetin' over in
Elbert county, and I know'd a
pretty gal over there that I wanted
to see. So I borrowed a little Jer,
sey wagin, which was. o stylish thing
in them days, and went over to her
house and stayed all night, and en
gaged her to ride to meetin' with me
next day, which was Sunday.
"We went and had a glorious
time-and I might as well saiy right
hero that she was afterwards my
wife ; but a comin' home.[ met with
a powerful accident that I never got
over to this day. As I was comin
down a steep hill, some part of the
gearing.gave way and let me out of
the wagmn on my cretur's heels ; and,
bein' young and skeery and not
much used to wheels, she wiggled
and kicked, and tore from one side
of the road to the other, till I
pitched head foremost as. much as
ten feet into a dee p gully, and it's a
iniracle of mer.cy,that rmyinook wasn't
broke on the spot.
"Expeotin' to be killed every mainit,
I thougas1Iout to.ask the Lord for
meravy Bnt as I-had nevar prayed
in all my life, I couldn't think ol
the first thing to say, but tho bloss
in' my father used to ask boforc
eating, when lie had company and
which was this : 'Lord make uh
thankful for what we are about to
receive.'
"Now, my brethering "do you
'sposo any Presbyterian- raised boy
was over put to such a strait as that
for a prayor ? No. lie would have
prayod for himself, and gone ofl
after the Jews and hoathons, whilst I
was huntin' up and gittin' of that
blessin'."
TuE LATE BEv. DouoLAs.-The
late Hon. B. B. Pmiglass, of Vir -
ginia, is said by ,those who know
him well to have been in his day
one of the most brilliant mon in his
Stato. In the power to grapple with
logal quostions and in skill as a do
bater ho had few oer1s and no su
periors. His physirge was of the
strongest and his longest and his
long and terrible periods of intoxi
cation soomed to have no offect in
diminishing his strength. Many
stories are told of his physical
powers. Among others is one of
the last campaign. His competitor
made an allusion which touched
old Bov.'s Virginia sense of honor.
The noxt moment the spoakor was
shot from the platform by ono vigo
rous blow from Douglas. The un
fortunate man had an arm broken,
but Boy. was not injured in the
least. In his cups he was an ex
coedingly dangerous man. On onc
or two occasions last year he visited
the reporters' gallery for the pur
poso of chastising some writoi
whom he imagined had put a slight
upon him.- Wish. Uor. Boston
Hferaldl.
How THE NEGRO SENATOR FEELS.
When a place on the blaine Com
mittoo was offorod Mr. Bruce, oi
Mississippi, lie replied that he real.
ly did not soe how any good coui
result from the proposed investi
gation. Perhaps, lie said, therc
have been some frauds. It woulk
he strange if there had not boon
but his people had just made th<
second largest crop of cotton evo
grown in the South, and that cir
cumstance furnished ample evidono<
to his mind that, they wore quito at
prosperous as the laboring classo.
North. This being the case, th<
colored people ought not to b<
stirred up by political excitement
which could do no good, and mighi
do harm by arousing anow the feel,
ings of suspicion and dislike of th<
whites, which were dying out witl:
the prosperity of the Now South
Those sentiments were felt to bc
full of the good sense which MIr
Bruce has always shown in speakinE
of affairs affecting the South and hit
people.-W afrshinyton Letter t<
ATew Orleans Times.
0, WOULD I WERE A Boy AGAIN.
John Barney was called up bofor4
Justice Mose to-day, charged witl
assault on Richard Smith. It ap
pea.s that Smith d Barney wer
walkingalong B stroet when tho;
camne upon a number of boys playing
imarblos. As both men had in thoil
e'irlior and puror days of the rep)ub
lic played marbles themselves, the;
became much interested in th<
game. One of the boys knockoi
twvo taws out of the ring and yellei
"Dubs I" while another shrieket
"Fen dubs I" The first boy made
gr-ab at the taws, when Smith go
excited and seized him by the col.
lar. "Drop that boy 1" shoutec
Barney-.who by this time was al
aglow with enthusiasm-at th<
same time knocking Smith dowvn
Mr. Smith testified that the bo'
who knocked the taws from the rinj
had failed to yell "Dubs I" in time
and he had therefore determined t<
prevent his grabbing the mnarbles
Mr. Barney, on the other hand
swore positively that the first bo:
did shout "Dubs" loud enough to bi
heard a block away, and in ampl<
season. About a dozen boys testi.
fled as to the way Barney knockec
Smith down, and all looked as wis<
as owvls as they gave their respec
tive versions of the "Dubs" proposi
tion. They were about evoni;
divided, but Barney was fined.
The editor presented a bill fo
eight years' back subscription. Th
okj farmer, was first amazed, ther
indignant. He put on his specta
eles, 'solutinized the bill, "and afte:
assuring himself tlaat it was genuine
he exolaimed : "I've been support
in' this yere paper for nIigh osit,
eight years, and I never had no suol
thing as that flung at me before
TIll stop' 'supportin' ' '. He no
only withdrew his .vuelugble. s~up
port, but failed to pay the~ bill.
WALL $TRIECT FLYERS.
[I1o the New 'rk Ilicator.]
But little is known of what are
tormed Wall Street Flyers by the
outside public, or rather by people
not familiar w ith stock operations.
Nor is it partcularly desirable that
such of our readcis should become
acquainted, in a practical way, at
least, with such unprofitable com
inodities. In order that our un
itiated friends may know, theoroti.
cally, what a Wall Street Flyer is,
we will stato that it is a transaction
in the way of a stock speculation
often entered into by a Wall street
operator, for the object of securing
a certain sum of money out of said
transaction, for a specific purpose,
and without encroaching upon funds
already in hand. That is, the spec
ulator hopes to make his flyer pro,
fitable; and, if so, he proposes to
give the result of the venturo for
the object in view when the trans
action is made. If the experiences
of the average operators of Wall
street in regard to the ultimate ro
salt of their flyers were published
they would fill many volumes, and
afford a good deal of amusement, as
well as food for reflection for those
who have not yet known what it is
to lose money in stock gambling.
There is nothing more common
among Wall street mon than to say
to their broker that they want to
take a flyer for a specific purpose;
and ofteig no sooner said than done.
Some customer will want to make
his wifo particularly happy on going
home in the afternoon by presenting
her with a five hu-drad dollar bill
to buy a camel's hair shawl ; another
will fix his mind upon stopping at
Tiffany & Co's., on his way home, to
buy a handsome pair of solitaire
ear-rings ; then, again, another will
say ho intenus taking home a 5-20
United States bond, .for his wife to
lay aside for a rainy day; in fLut;
there is scarcely an end to the vari
Otis objects for which tho proverbial
flyers referred to are indulged in.
In very many cases flyers are taken
with the view of bestowing charity.
by the presentation of any profit
which may arise, to a lone widow or
some other object equally deserving.
We would be glad to be able to be..
lievo that such flyers are generally
successfull, but experience has
shown to the contrary ; and the
widow and orphan upon whom the
Vall street operator, in the good
ness of his heart tried to bestow his
charity, has in most cases been
doomed to disappointment, because
the venture taken in this behalf has
turned out a loss instead of a profit.
Tn such cases it would have been
better, of course, if the broker with
good intentions had put his hand in
his pocket and contribited a cer.
tain amount, instead of ~risking on
the floor.
The writer has not been without
his own (.xperience in this respect;
a and he could relato some amusing,
i though quite expensive incidents of
the kind which havo'come ,homo to
y him. Before alluding to a few of
, the many unprofitable flyers of 9th..
ers, which have often been related by
- parties who indulged in them, he
.will content himself by referring to
, the cost of a dozen shirts, which
a he undertook to paly for out of the
I p)rofits of a flyer for a special pur
I pose. A young friend wvho had "got
I a-point" camne to us and said that
i. he wanted to buy a dozen new
t shirts, remarking at the same time
that if we would buy him a hundred
l Northwest common and give him
1 the profits on it, he wvas satisfied he
a would be able to pay for the shirte.
.Our young friend wvas porfeotly. sin
Score, and believed in wvhat lie said,
Sbecause he happened to be in a
broker's office, where some promi,
non01t operators wore buying North
. wost for a rise. The result of this
,flyer wvas that the dozen shirts, in
, stead of costing eighteen or tweTy
a dollars, cost nine hundred I As is
y often the case, a screw got loose in
- the Northwest pool, and instead 'of
I the stock going up it went dowvn
a with a run. A broker who happened
.. to be passing A. T. Stewart & Co.'s
- one day with his wife, said, Come, let
us go in here ; I want to buy you a
eamel's hair shawl. No soonmer said
than done: and the shawl was
bought for seven hundred and fity
r dollars. Now, wife, said the Wall
a street husband, I am going .to take
e a flyer to pay for that shawl. And
- sure enough, the proverbial flyer
r was taken, and resulted in. the
'aforesaid shawl costing seven thofsi'k
and five hundr'ed 'dollars, instead
of the price received by Stewart &
Co. sAnother caso 'yhi'h o#me 3
.~ our khowledge was wl ere"a 'Mfepd
t of oui-s oWned1P,e?yV fg 7j~r gdi
', horses worth several::ti tfth ~dbji
lars. It oncuned tonhMm to talra a
flyor to buy a handsome pair of
blankets for his horsos. Instead of
making profit enough to buy the
blankets, he lost his liorsos' Now
while we havo cited a fow * of the
many unprofitable flyers, it is but
fair that we inform our readers that
we have somnotimios hoard of trans,
action, for a specifie puoposo, real
izing a handsomo profit. We shall
content oursolvos with ah ilusion
to ono which we hoard as having
boon takon by "Old Unclo Daniel
Drew.". The fhio brown house he
formerly owned and occupied,'on the
corner of Union Square and 17th
street, was paid for out of the pro
ceeds of a purchase of two thous
and shares of Erie, which "Uncle
Drew" is said to have bought for
this purpose. He had no desire to
buy the house at all, but to help a
friend out who was compelled to
sell it, the veteran speculator agreed
to pay fifty'-sovon thousand dollars
for it. Ho thoroupon directed his
brokor to buy thd two thousand
shares of Erio referred to, and the
rosult was a'profit sufficient to pay
for the house, for which he after
wards refused three hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars.
LAw OP THI STATM
AN ACT to provide for a Roassess
mont of tho Roal Estate of this
State, to fix the Standard at which
Property shall be Assessed and
to Amend the Law in Relation to
the Organization of the State
Board of Equalization.
Be it enacted by the Sontate and
Houso of Reprosontatives of the
Stato of South Carolina, now met
and sitting in Geneaal Assembly
and by the authority of the same :
SECrioN 1. That there shall be a
valuation and assessment of all
lands, and the improvoinonts there
on, within this State, by the proper
authorities, in the year one thous
and eight hundred and seventy.
nine, at the same tim'o that the as
sessment of personal property is
made, and in the manner abid ac
cording to the- rules prescribed for
the assoss+ment of real -estato.
SEo. 2. That all propftty shall be
valued for taxation at its true -value
in money, which in all cases not
otherwise specially provided fou by
law, shall be held to be as follows,
to wit : for personal property the
usual selling price, .on the usual
terms of similar property at admin
istrators' or executors' sales at the
place where the return is jAhde ; and
for real property, the usual solling
price, on the ternis of siiail4ri pro
porty at sales for partitior ' under
the order of the Court, at the pThce
where te return' is 'to: be made.
If there be no- usual solling
price, then at what is honestly- be,
lioved could be . obtained for the.
same at a fair sale under the condi
tions before mentioned.
SE. 8."The,State Board of equal
ization shall consipt of on member
from each county of the State, to be
selected for the respective counties,
by the county board of equaliga$ion
for the year in wvhichi the Stato,
board convenes, and the selection
certified to the comptroller goneM1
on or before- the mneeting of the
State board.
SEc. d. The comptrollor..gqnoral.,
shall submit the said coi'tiflodtes -of
election, and the absttacts - f reol
property transmitted to liifn by the
county auditors to the State board
when it convenes ; and shall -traAs,
mit its decisions to the county auidi
tors, who shall forthwibh' confdrz
their action thereto. - "
SEC, 5. All acts and parts of' acts
inconsistent or repugnant to :this
act are hereby repealed. '
Approved December 24, 1878.
AN ACT to require the County Audi-e
tors to attend at bertain places
for the assessment of Taxes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
-Huse of Representatives of ' the
Stato of South Carolina, now met
and sitting in General Assemrbly,,
and by the authority of the same:
SEoTION 1. That the cOuntyv agd1..
tor's of each county be, and hereby
are, required, for the purpose of
asessing taxes, to attend at a cond.
venient point in each township two'
or moret days, if necessary ; 'and for
the balance of~ the time allowed -by
law they shall be and remain at
their respective county seats,.
SEo. 2. The sed |@#d1t0r, or
'their assistgnins, shall gve -thirty
'days' public notice of the days -upon
which they will be at the -gae
designated in the, fhrat soctlok\ of
Sm.8All,acts or 'p) ~'~
Tihcounihtehtith 'tl4 a - Nyr>
by repealed
Approved December 2M. 1878