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Tili, ADVERTISER. Subscription rrlce-12 Months, $1.001 Payable In Advance. Kates Tor Advertising.?Ordinary ad* vortlsemenV), per square, on* ioser tlon ,$1.00; each subsequent Insertion, 50 cents. Liberal roduotlon made (or large alvertisemcnts. Obituaries: All over 50 words, onej cent a word. Notes of thanks: Five cents the line. . W. W. Ball, Proorlotor. Eotered at the pis'.ofllce at Laurcns, S. C, as second class mall matter. LAURENS, S. C, Aug. 16, 1905. False to His Colors. There are times when one wishes to believe that Ben Tillman is a sincere man. Nobody has ever been able to prove him guilty of downright dis honesty and in these times even that is almost a distinction for a public man. However, his shameless effrontery as a politician leaps from his throat, when ever he opens his mouth, and at no time has he uttered a more palpable and slanderous falsehood than when he accused the Anti-Tillmanites for being responsible for Dispensary corruption. Beginning with the passage of the Dis pensary Act in 1892 every Anti-Tillman newspaper in South Carolina has de nounced it as contrived in the interest of corruption and for the propagation of thieves. Day in and day out the Anti Tillman leaders have exposed it to the world as a system dripping with the foulest essences of crime, and no one knows so well as Se;.a'->r Tillman with what infamous tryanny t was rammed down the throats of the decent people of the State. He knows that he delib erately trained and taught his followers to drown the voices of all objectors to this darling child of his ripened and rampant politicnl iniquity. Now, when no longer the stinking of-1 fenses of the Dispensary can be hidden, now that they have broken the unholy quarantine of sacred Tillman sanction with which he was so long able to pro tect it, this "brave Ben Tillman" with characteristic poltroonery, deserts his pals, deserts his associates, leaves them naked to the wind's of a people's just indignation, and lifts his voice in whining vindication of those men and newspapers in South Carolina whose re lentless vigilance has probably alone pre vented the machine of which he is the proud father from stealing the whole State. At Edgelield last Saturday this fel low Tillman, the impudent acceptor of I free passes, which he denounced in oth- [ ers, who some years ago unblushingly confessed to having received whiskey I samples, squealed that he "had been] more lied upon by the newspapers' than has any other man been in South j Catolina. We have no doubt that the] Hon. C. L. Blease of the Dispensary Investigating Committee will dispute the claim wifh him. It is not for us to determine between these politicians brought up in the same nursery, but it does seem that whatever Senator Till man's past may have been he should at least have the elementary qualities of manhood that prompt one to stand by his friends. Nevertheless, watch him soon desert ,t.hp w*w?i bj In 1894 with the air ripe with charges of Dispensary corruption, with defalca tions cropping out here, there and everywhere in the State, he stood by his allies. 'He stood by them in the campaign of 189G, and again in 1898. In 1900 he took the stump to defend the Dispensary, and all over South Caro lina it was his task to rail at and spare not any man, even the preachers of the Gospel, who dared to criticise the Dis pensary system. Now, he says that the Legislature has been controlled by Conservatives for six years and that they have conspired against the Dis pensary, these same legislators who elected B. R, Tillman to the Senate, whose credentials he now holds and whose creature he is. Tillman is a man of great talent, as a public speaker able to arouse, control and persuade to his purposes he is al most without rival, and his dominance in the politics of this State as due to this power is easy to explain; but it is hard to understand how even his fol lowers, when the spell of his rasping and propelling eloquence is over, in the privacy of their own reflections, can stomach his betrayal of his own colors rd his deliverance to their enemies of i nearest friends. A Delirious Paragraph. From the Anderson Mail the follow ing is taken: "We find this editorial paragraph in the last issue of The Chronicle, a news paper published at Clinton in Laurens county: " "The record of the last court in Laurens county was horrible. Some 15 or 16 cases of murder and manslaugh ter. Bloodguiltiness has become epi demic. The county appears to be in a state of internal war. Surely some thing should be done to raise the level of moral sentiment on the matter of the sanctity of human life. Are we to become a generation of murderers and cut-throats?' " "We hope conditions in Laurens coun ty are not as bad as this paragraph would lead one to believe. A stranger reading such an article would naturally come to the conclusion that life and property are not safe in Laurens coun ty. No law-abiding man, a stranger to the county, would want to go to Lau rens after reading such an article in a newspaper published in the county. "We nave often wondered if such ar ticles do any good. Of course condi tions in Laurens are not what they ought to be, and it is the duty of the newspapers to try to improve those conditions, but we are of the opinion that more harm than good will result from publishing to the world that the county is a hotbed of lawlessness. "Such advertising will not make the people at home any better, and it will give the people abroad a very erroneous and harmful impression." We approve of the condemnation of crimes, we think that the newpapers shouli^describe actual conditions even though they be foul but the Clinton Chronicle was delirious when it printed f that paragraph. Conditions are not es 'pecially bad in Laurens now as com pared with other times. Some of those 16 murder cases are old, the accused persons having been fugitives. Nearly all the accused were negroes who killed negroes. Killings among negroes indi cate little as to the general state of society in the South. If every while man in Laurens were a saint, negroes would continue to sacrifice each other at picnicB and at churches in Summer and at hot suppers in Winter. Some times between Courts a dozen negro homicides occur and sometimes one or two. The difference is symptomatic of nothing in particular. Of course too many murders occur in Laurens and in other counties. A murder by a mob or by white cappers unless the exciting cause be atrocious indicates an un healthy state of sentiment in a commu nity. One or two of the Laurens cases have ugly features, but bloodguiltiness is no more epidemic in Laurens at this moment than usual. We do not think "we are to become a generation of murderers and cut-throats" but The Chronicle may end in a padded cell if it do not keep cooler. Perhaps the state of internal war is confined to the inte rior of The Chronicle. We deplore the homicides that have disgraced this county much more per haps than The Chronicle deplores but nothing has transpired to cause an ex hibition of moral acrobatics and dismal fit throwing. The esteemed but solemn Gazette is neglecting Ha duty. Why is it not keeping The Chronicle in bounds as usual? The Chronicle is a brilliant newspaper but nighty. The Gazette is its safety valve, sheet anchor and star ing gear. The Chronicle is always dan gerous when The Gazette is not looking. Brace Up, Contemporary. The Spartanburg Journal, fc a news paper bearing the outward mien of san ity and presenting the appearance of intelligent direction, is making itself appear silly in its tirades against the Columbia State. Many a man now living an upright life and holding a respectable place in the community was at some time in the mystic dawn of his career caught with the goods on. The abandon and the recklessness of despair are never ra tional. The Spartanburg Journal is well printed and presents the news in at tractive style. We would encourage it to try and live this thing down. The less it says, the less excuse it will give for riotous and ribald mirth. We can conceive of no bigger fool undertaking on the part of any man in South Caro lina than to assail the integrity of Am brose E. Gonzales. There are very few men in this or any other State of his greatness of mind and heart. Most people know it. The case of the Journal is by no means hopeless. If it is good, in a much shorter time than it now dreams it may live this thing down. Few news papers will stop speaking to it. A Curiosity?The Printer. A printer is the most curious being living. He may have a bank and coins and not have a ccntjhave small caps and have neither wife nor children. Others may run fast, but he gets along swift est by setting. He may be making im pressions without eloquence; may use the lye without offending and be tell ing the truth; while others cannot stand while they set, he can set stand ing and stand setting and do both at the same time; have to use furniture and yet have no dwelling; may make ?ml nut nwau r.! ond ipv/ir see a nie. much less eat it, during his life; be a human being and a rat at the same time; may press a great deal and never ask a favor; may handle a shooting iron and know nothing about a gun or pistol; he may move the lever that moves the world, and yet be as far from moving the globe as a hog under a mole hill; spread sheets without being a housewife; he may lay his form on a bed, and yet be obliged to sleep on the floor; he may use the t without shed ding blood; and from earth he may han dle "*; he may be of a rolling disposi tion and yet never desire to travel; he may have a sheep's foot and not be de formed; never be without a case, and know nothing of law or physic; be al ways correcting his errors and grow worse every day; have em?'?-s, without ever having the arms of a lass thrown around him; have form locked up and at the same time be free from jail, watch house, or other confine ments; his office may have a hell in it, and not be a bad place after all; he might be plagued by the devil and be a Christian of the best kind; and what is stronger still, be he honest or dishon est, rich or poor, drunk or sober, indus trious or lazy, he always stands up to his business.? Exchange. Poisons in Food. Perhaps you don't realize that many pain poisons originate in your food, but some day you may feel a twinge of dys pepsia that will convince you. Dr. King's New Life Pills are guaranteed to cure all sickness due to poisons of undigested food?or money back. 25c at Laurens Drug Co., and Palmetto Drug Store. Try them. Superintendent For Wares Shoals. Belton, Aug. 11.-Mr. W. C. Cobb has resigned the Superintendcncy of the Belton Mills. His resignation is to go into effect September 15th, when he will accept a similar position with the Wnres Shoals Manufacturing Company. In the severance of his official connec tion the Belton Mills suflfers a distinct loss. As Superintendent and since the organization, by his advanced ideas, businesslike methods and the peculiar tact he possesses in winning and re taining the love of all operatives he has been a most potent factor in placing the Belton Mills on the present solid finnncial basis on which they now stand. Mr. Cobb has worked contin ually for the Pelzer Manufacturing Company for the past 25 years and the faithful service he has rendered is at tested by his present position.--Cor. Anderson Daily Mail. Fraud Exposed. A few counterfeiters have lately been making and trying to sell imitations of Dr. Kl ing's New Discovery for Con sumption, Coughs and Colds, and other medicines, thereby defrauding the pub lic. This is to warn you to beware of such people, who seek to profit, through stealing the reputation or rem edies which have been successfully cur ing disease, for over 35 years. A sure protection, to you, is our name on the wrapper. Look for it, on all Dr. King's, or Bucklen's remedies, as all others are mere imitations. H. E. Bucklen& Co., Chicago, III., and Windsor, Canada. Palmetto Drug Co., and Laurens Drug Co. URGE GATHERING AT DUNCAiYS GREEK Money liaised to Build Church Yard Fence. DR. BEAirS~Al)DRESS. Bad weather But a Pleasant Day?A Gathering of the Old and the Young. The re-union at Duncan's Creek on last Thursday was a delightful affair. Notwithstanding the very unpromising weather a large number of people were present, composed of men who had passed their four score years, and in fants in arms, nearly all of whom were more or less related and whose ances tors lie buried in the old Church yard. Everybody brought lunch for them selves and for their friends and it was served in "family style" and everyone felt at home and had a royal good time. The Committee, consisting of Mrs. Emma Glenn and Mrs. Thomas Weir, have succeeded in raising more than $200. for the building of a new iron fence around the Church yard, and in view of the fact that the rock posts are already there, a little more than this will put a very handsome fence on the ground. Dr. W. S. Bean, who was atone time pastor of the Church, made an address in which he gave a brief history of the Church. With a few eliminations the address of Dr. Bean was as follows: A few historical facts along about the time the Church was founded will give a clearer idea of the condition of the country at the time Duncan'B Creek Church was organized. North and South Carolina had been divided into two colonies since 1729, about 37 years. Braddock's Defeat in 1755 was followed by Indian outbreaks The Cherokee War undertaken by the Governor of South Carolina in 1760, and Hontinc's War 1763. Quebec had been taken by Wolfe in 1759. By the Peace of Paris Canada had been ceded to Great Britain in 1763. The Indict Massacred a party at Long Canes, Abbeville district, in 1760. Fifty were killed and two children were captured. Patrick Calhoun was lead ing the party to Augusta and his broth ers wife was killed. The population of South Carolina about this time was 40,000 whites and 90,000 negroes. Population of the United States in 1776 was 2,740,000. "Greater New York" had in 1300, 3.473,202. There was one College in the South, William's and Mary's in Virginia, es tablished in 1692. J The Church of England (Episcopal) was the established church in Virginia and had been in the Carolinas. In 1763 Patrick Henry in the "Parsons Case" made an eloquent speech and succeeded in having the Church disestablished. The Legislature had fixed the salary of clergymen at 16,000 lbs of tobacco. Patrick Henry made his celebrated speech against British taxation two years later, in 1765. Georgia was only 34 years old as a Colony-having been established in 1732. John Wesley came to Georgia soon after Oglethorpe and I labored there in 1736 and L73? A'? nominations in the Colonies had in 1776 about 1441 ministers and 1940 churches. The Presbyterian churches were sprinkled along New York, Virgina and Maryland and Delaware. Francis Make mie labored in Maryland and Virginia in 1684; was imprisoned for preaching, but founded several churches. In 1705 the Presbytery of -Philadel phia was formed of Seven ministers. Four from Ireland, one from New En gland and two unknown. The Synod of Philadelphia in 1717 contained four pres byteries and 24 ministers. Princeton College, New Jersey, was founded in 1746, but was the descendant of the "Log College" founded 1728 by Wm. Tennent, of Ireland. The first church in South Carolina of Presbyterian antecedents is probably the French Huguenot church in Char leston established as early as 1689. It is independent hut its pastor is one of our ministers. Rev. Archibald Stoho who had gone to Darien with the un fortunate Scotch expedition, was going back and was ship-wrecked on the South Carolina coast in September 1700. Find ing a vacant congregation in Charles ton, he was invited to stay and take charge, which he did. The First or "Scotch in Charleston was planted by the Scotch Presbytian Church, and its titles held the property to that church forever. But within our own genera tion it has finally united with our Church. There were churches estab lished early on James' Island, John's Island and Edisto Island, Presbytery of Charles Town was also established which was independent and never came into our church organization at all. The up-country of South Carolina was largely settled by Scotch Irish people or their descendants, who came direct from the old country or by way of Vir ginia and Pennsylvania. Some came from North Carolina also where many Scotch-Irish had settled. The upper part of South Carolina was not divided into Districts for Court purj>oses until 1768, and Columbia was made the capi tal, instead of Charleston, in 1786. We can hardly ^peak then of a State or Colony of South Carolina as a united province in 1766 for the upper and lower portions were often opposed to each other. And we know how fierce was the struggle in this State during the Revolution between the Tories and the Revolutionists. The Episcopal church which had been the State church when the Carolinas were colonized was practically dises tablished in 1705 when the Laws against Dissent were repealed by the Queen's Council. But as a matter of fact the English church was established and the people were taxed for its support until after the Revolution. Mr. Wm. Tennent of New Jersey, who was called to South Carolina, made an eloquent address before the General Assembly of the State, which led to the abolition of the tax and the dises tablishment of the Episcopal church. DUNCAN'S CRBKK CHURCH. About 1763-64 Joseph Adair, Thomas Erving, William McCrorv and his brothers united in building a house of worship. In 1766 they wero visited by Mr. Dufneld, Mr. Fuller and Mr. Camp bell. Mr. Dufneld was from New Jer sey, sent by Synod of New York to Carolina in 1765 and afterward settled in Carlisle and Philadelphia. Campbell afterwards went to Bluff Church, North Carolina. Afterwards, Duncan's Creek was visited by Rev. Hezckiak Balch. Mr. Balch advised the people to choose elders, Andrew McCrory, Joseph Adair and Robert Hanna were elected and ordained by Mr. Balch. James Pollock and Thomas Logan, having come re cently into the congregation, Pollock from Pennsylvania and Logan from Ire land, both having been ordained elders before, were also elected and installed as elders at Duncan's Creek. There were about sixty communicants. Mr. Hezekiah Balch, who thus may be called the first organizer of the Church, was not its pastor. He was from Harford County. Maryland, nnd grew up in North Carolina, where his father moved when he was a child. He graduated at Princeton Princeton College in 1762, and labored as evangelist, south of Hanover Presbytery. In May 1771, he with six others was set off by the Presbytery of New York and Philadel phia as the Presbytery of Orange. This was the mother Presbytery of the Synod of South Carolina, from which South Carolina Presbytery was set off in 1784, the boundary line being drawn between the Presbyteries, along the line between the States of North and South Carolina. Just as Orange Presbytery was the mother of South Carolina Presbytery, afterwards the Synod of South Caro lina, so the South Carolina Presbytery was the mother of Hopewell Presby tery in Georgia, out of which was to grow the Synod of Georgia and the Synod of Florida. Hopewell Presby tery was set off in 1790 with the Geor gia line as the boundary and embraced the whole territory of Georgia. The Synod of the Carolinas was set off in 1788 by the Synod of New York and Philadelpha, and embraced the Presby teries of Abingdon, Virginia; Orange, North Carolina and South Carolina. The General Assembly of the Presby terian Church was organized in 1789, the same year that the Constitution of the United States was adopted, and was made up of four Synod, New York and New Jersey, the Synod of Philadelphia, the Synod of Virginia and the Synod of the Carolinians. To return to Duncan's Creek. The Church was served for ten years from 1770-1780 by James Cresswell, John Harris and Joseph Alexander?probably to the close of the Revolution. There was a considerable stir in the Church in 1788 when Mr. John Springer from Georgia undertook tosing one of Watt's Psalms instead of the old Rouse's ver sion. Mr. Springer was teaching at Ninety Six. A Mr. McCarra pretend ing to be a Presbyterian minister from Scotland, came among the Churches in this section and using Erskine sermons, gained much applause for awhile. But he lived a loose life, was detected as preaching other men's sermons and finally the Churches were closed against him. Duncan's Creek lost a good many member:; at this time; some went to the A. R. P. Churches on account of the Psalm trouble, others went to the Baptists. In 1788, Rev. James Tem pleton served the church for five iitvmtiis. t\ meeuug ui riesuy renalis was held here in 1788 and the Mr. McCorra who had troubled the church was charged with disorderly conduct and interdicted from preaching. At this meeting, Mr. John Newton was or dained by the Presbytery of South Car olina as Pastor of the Bath-Salem Church (afterwards Lexington church Georgia) and be was the first Pastor ordained over any Presbyterian congre gation. Mr. Newton lived at Lexing ton, Ga., where he died and is buried. He began the theological class in his home which was continued by Dr. Thomas Goulding, and was removed with Dr. Goulding to Columbia when the Theological Seminary was established there about 1830. So Duncan's Creek was the ordination place for the first Presbyterian pastor in Georgia, and he became the father of the Theological Seminary at Columbia. In 1789 Mr. Humphrey Hunter visited Duncan's Creek Church and preached for the people and also at Little River. In April, 1790, these two churches presented a call to Presbytery for his services, but Mr. Hunter hav ing used some other hymns besides the Rouse's version the congregation cooled off toward him, and he declined to call. After this the church was sup plied by James Templeton. Messrs Williamson, Hunter, Wilson, A. Brown and John B. Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy was called to the pastorate and was or dained by Presbytery at Duncan's Creek church 1786. Mr. Kennedy claimed the liberty of using cither ver sion of the Psalms in worship, but this gave offence to some who were more zealous than discreet, and I he omitted the Old Version alto gether, and this gave offence to a num ber who left the church altogether. These strifes and the death of the old elders diminished the church very much by the close of the century. Rev. John B. Kennedy continued in charge of Little River and Duncan's Creek. Two of the early settlers and elders in this section at that time were Col. David Glenn, an Irish immigrant who came from Savannah to South Carolina and settled on the Enorec, at Glenn's Mills. Col. Glenn fought at Cowpens with Morgan, at Eutaw Springs and at the siege of Ninety Six. He was nearly captured by "Bloody Bill Cunningham," but escaped into the cane brakes of the f?noree, He was the father of Dr. George Glenn, an elder of the Aveliegh Church Newberry. John Boycc was a Scotch-Irish Pres byterian who was in the battles at Mackstock King's Mountain, Cowpens and Eutaw. He was a Presbyterian elder nt McClintocks Church on Gilders Creek. Duncan's Creek was served down to 1838 by Rev. Arthur Mooney, A. J. Pearson, Wm. Quillian, J. B. Kennedy and John McKittrick. About 1838 the church was in a very feeble state and had almost ceased to exist. Many of the old members had removed to other places. Some had drifted into other churches, some had died and some were careless as to pros perity of the church, elder George McCreery was old and frail but living at that time. The church was irregu larly ministered to by Rev. John B. Kennedy. In 1844 Rev. Edwin Cater gave the church one-fourth of his time and during his ministry the church was revived and a good many were added to its membership. Mr. Cater ordained as elders Mr. Robert Clintock and Dr. Thomas Wier. Rev. S. B. Lewser suc ceeded Mr. Cater, and preached until the fall meeting of Presbytery until 1849. Rev. E. F. Hyde then served the church for one-half his time. In 1850 he was giving one-fourth of his time to the church and the membership varied from 27 to 43. Here Dr. Howe's History breaks off, and I know not where to get the con tinuation. But doubtless many of the older people will remember the state of the Church from that time on. The present stone building was built be tween 1830-32. And to-day the old Church still stands, deserted by its former neighbors, lonely under its ma jestic tress, keeping guard over the numerous graves of those old pioneers and their descendants, who first pene trated what was then a wilderness and took |k>ssession of the new land. Many atomy years have passed over the old Church. Indians were a terror and a danger for many years, then came the beginnings of the Revolutionary trou bles and the fierce and bloody feuds be tween the Tories and the rebel fac tions. Even after the close of the Revolu tionary War there were some disorders and disturbances, arising from the bit ter passions that had been stirred. Isaac Watts and his new version of the Psalms stirrred up another strife, and the Church was often rent and torn by the struggle between the young preach er who wanted Watts, and the old Scotch-Irish element who preferred Rouse. Wandering preachers came along who preached fine sermons which they had stolen out of other men's books and expressed pious and moral sentiments which they did not illustrate i by their lives. Elders were known as brewing the finest whiskey in this sec tion, and no doubt many of those early preachers were asked to take a toddy when they came in from a long ride. Here and there the slavery question came in for discussion and one minister disagreeing with the Presbytery, re signed his Churches and went to the free State of Ohio. Sometimes the Church languished and seemed ready to die; and then again it would revive and flourish for a while. Other Churches organized later, like Clinton, Bethany and Shady Grove drew away members, and some drifted into Baptist and Methodist Churches. The Civil War no doubt impoverished many who had been in comfortable circumstances and it swept away many of the old landmarks all over the South. Ku-klux times suc ceeded, and perhaps some of our old members may know those who left the State and remained for years, or set tled down in Arkansas and Texas. We may well hope those stormy years have passed away, that no more war shall call away our young men and desolate our homes. Could those old fathers of the Church rise from their graves they would rub their eyes. They would be astonished to hear that slavery had been over forty years, that Rouse was no longer sung in Duncan's Creek or Watts either, and that the "kist of whistles" had been brought in to help out tne music. They would wonder why elders no longer distilled whiskey and preachers no longer took toddy on their personal calls. But after all, they would find many things the same. Friendship and neighborly kindness, love and marriage, sickness and death, sin and suffering, would he still part of the experience of all lives. Still for us who are "pilgrims and strangers hero ns all our fathers were," there remains the same old Gospel, the same hope of forgiveness, and the same prayer would rise from our lips today as one house hold of faith. "0, God of Bethel, by whose hand Thy people still are fed, Who through this weary pilgaimage, Hast all our fathers led. Our vows, our prayers, we now present Before thy throne of grace; God of our fathers?bo the God Of their succeeding race." WAY TO TREAT HAY FEVER. No Stomach Dosing, Just Breathe Hyomei-Stops Sneezing and Smarting Laurens Drug Co. are reccomending to their customers as a cure for hay fever, Hyomei. It is claimed for this remedy that it stops the spasmodic paroxysms, the sneezing, the smarting and running of the eyes and nose, and other acute symp toms of this disease. Many persons have been cured of hay fever by Hyomei, and the discoverer of the remedy professes to be able to prevent both the occurrence of the an nual attack and to stop the progress of the disease, even in tne most chronic forms. A. Hamlin, of Westford, Mass. writes "Hyomei cured me of hay fever in one week's time, I consider it a duty to tell others who suffer from this disease." This endorsement is only one of hun dreds that have been received by the Eroprietorof Hyomei, and Laurens Drug o. offers to refund the money if Hyo mei does not do all that is claincd for it is the st rongest proof that can he given as to the confidence they have in Ilyo mci's |k>wer to cure hey fever. The complete outfit costs but $1.00, while extra bottles can be procured for 50 cents. TBE "10SS" COTTON PRESS I SIMPLEST. STItONOEST. 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