The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, April 25, 1894, Image 2
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ELBERT H. AULL. EirroR.
A LAY SERMON.
For the past two weeks the people of
Newberry have been greatly aroused
on the subject of religion. The Rev.
R. G. Pearson has preached a number
of strong and powerful sermons which
have been accompanied with the power
of the Spirit and have brought convic
tion to many hearts. Multitudes have
attended his preaching. There has
been a religious awakening, and much
good has been done. We sincerely
trust it will be lasting in its benefits.
Many have professed Christ and have
pledged to mend their ways. Some
fifty persons have united with the va
rious churches. When the excitement
of the hour is over and the preacher is
gone, we hope the pledges taken and
the professions made will still be re
membered.
There should be a living of the pro
fessions made. As the preacher told
us, if we are sincerely in earnest, we
need to take this religion into our
offices, and|fields, and shops, and plaoes
of business. We want to have the life
and the character and conversation a
living and ever present testimony of
the religion we profess. If It is not
such as to shine forth in the every day
life, it will not be of much value. It
should make us charitable in our judg
ment of others, kind and forbearing,
one to another, alwayb ready and will
ing with a helping hand to a brother
in distress or trouble. We should
always take delight in ministering
unto others than in being ministered
unto. Evermore ready to helpa neigh
bor or friend up the hill rather than to
be always trying to give a push down.
That is the religion that Christ taught,
not only by precept but by example.
He came to riinister unto others and
not to be ministered unto, and his
whole life and suffering and death bear
testimony to this fact. If we have re
ceived such an awakening here as will
make us strive harder to follow in his
footsteps, then we should all be thank
fal for the coming of Rev. Mr. Pearson.
The good work he has set In motion
should not stop with his departure.
We should also remember that each
church here has a devoted pastor who
is with us all the time and who is deep
ly interested in all of us, and in the
welfare of souls. And if we would only
hold up their hands and show them a
little more appreciation of their efforts
-In our behalf and co-operate with them
a little more, they would be encouraged
and their hearts would be made glad.
They are just as much interested in
your soul's welfare as Mr. Pearson;
they are just as earnest, they are just
as devoted to their work, they are just
as ready to suffer for your welfare.
Our duty now is to be just as ready and
willing to give them aid and attend on
their ministrations and hold up their
hands and encourage and co-operate
with them as we did with the preach
ing and work of Mr. Pearson, and Mr.
Pearson will be delighted to know and
belheve that we are doing it. If we
have been aroused to a sense of ouri
duty and opportunity and privilege in
this matter, then it is fortunate that
Mr. Pearson has been with us..
We hope that all of us will think
more on these things, and that we will
see in the results lasting benefits to our
town and community. Our sincere
hope is that one of the results of this
religious awakening will be to put more
love in our hearts for one another, to
cause us to be more charitable, to judge
one another more kindly, to be able to
show a greater spirit of forbearance.
The great commandment, you know,
is to love God with all your heart and
your neighbor as yourself. The man
.or the woman whose heart has not
been touched and kindled with this
love lacks the one thing needful. While
on this subject, we desire to quote here
from an article on "Judging Kindly"
that we read the other day, and with
this we bring our lay sermon to a con
clusion and send it forth with a hope
that it may be helpful and of benefit
to some one:
It is an easy thing to condemn a sinner
send him toprison and so fogt all about
him. It is a very diflerent thin to look on
a sinner with pitying eye and while con
demning what be has done, make him feel
that you are his friend and will help him to
recover himself.
The habit of harsh judgment is ungracious,
ungentle and unchristian, but altogether too
common among us. we; are prone to attrib
ute a bad motive even where It would be
posble to see agood motive. It is not too
much to say that we rather relish a rumor
'which tells against a neighbor, and find a
morbid comfort in the thought that people
are not so good as they pretend to be or seem
If a man gives largely to a charity our first
Impulse is to declare that there 1s a purpose
in it which is not quite as excellent as ap
msan Indiscrtion, either wiluly or
$:cem Just as hardfor her to hea the
wout d as possible. In a word, we are not
helpful to each' other, and are L:iuch more
I acitinedI to shove an ofrender down hill than
to pull .him up hill. We are more ap to look
on the darkest side of other pepe's lives
and to think the worse of them tan to look
on the bright side and think the best of
them. At the same time we would be gladio
have them look at us leniently and find a
good rather than a bad motive. Doing uinto
others. however, as ynu would have them do
to you neither suits our convenience nor our
appetite.
A painter of acient:tireswascomnmanded
to make a portrait oft the monarch. It so
happened that His Majesty had a very ugly
scare on his face which getydisfigured
him. The artist, with kidydiplomacy,
a.sked hissitter to lean his hea on his hand,
saying it would give a finer pose. He then
deftly arranged matters in such way that the
fingers of the monarch entirely covered -the
s.car, and so the portrait was painted with no
scare visible.
If we were to foUow the example of the
artist and charitably cover up the scars on
the lives of our friends, or If. conscious that
we need mercy ourselves, we should exercise
that virtue toward others, or if, as com
manded by Christ, we should make, not a
weak, but a loving judgment of acts which
come within our notice, we should soon hear
the rustle of angel wings In this hard world,
and the sweet perfume of the millennium
would be wafted earthward.
A kindly judgment is one "f the rarest
things on the earth, and it is als,> one of the
most excellent.
*We hope that we now have an end
of the spy system. The Herald and
News does not want to see a return to
barrooms, especially,upon the old plan.
Let us try prohibition or get some good
high license law that wiIl embody the
good features of the dispensary system.
We publish on our first page the
State Constitution of the Democratic
party as amended in 1692. Last week
we published the county constitution.
It will be well for you to file these two
copies away for handy reference so you
may know what the party Jaw is.
G3en. Farley pleads for moderation
and forbearance in politics. We hope
he will do something to bring about
such a state of affairs.
HE DISPE(AEY LAW UNCOIITITU
TIONAL,
The Supreme Court has at last filed
its decision in the dispensary case and 1
the law is declared unconstitutiona1by
a majority of the court. Only that it
could have been possible to have had
the decision sooner. Justice Pope does
not agree with a majority of the court,
but holds that the law is constitu
tional.
Di3pensaries have all been closed and
the State is, at least temporarily, out
of the whiskey bisiness. But she still
has a very large supply on hand. Gov.
Tillman says business has only been
suspended for the summer to allow
time for repairs. What he means by
that we do not know. We rather sus
pect that Gov. Tillman is really glad
that the decision is as it is. The dis
pensary law was giving him a good
deal of trouble and no doubt he is glad
to be relieved of the responsibility.
Many others who were drawing good
salaries no doubt feel just the other
way.
But the decision seems to need
further deciding and elucidating. No
one seems to know just what the des
cision decides, or rather just what the
status of affairs is. The best lawyers
give it different interpretations. Some
think we have prohibition, while others
seem to think that we are back where
we were beforei and still others that we
have no law on the subject at all just
now and that every body can sell whis
key now just as they can sell corn or
bacon. It seems to us that we have
plain and simple prohibiton.
In one paragraph the court says:
"After the fullest and most careful
and deliberate consideration we feel
constrained to say that the act is
clearly unconstitutional; except in as
far as it forbids the granting of licenses
to retail spiritous liquors beyond the
30th of June, 1893. Under this view
all subordinate questions presented in
all the cases, except the first named,
lose all practical importance, and need
not, therefore, be considered."
That portion of the act which re
peals all other acts inconsistent with
this one, it seems to us, is also of no
force, and, therefore, all the laws on
the subject prior to the passage of the
dispensary act are still of force except
that under them no license can be
issued to retail spiritous liquors. It Ir
just the same as if, under tbe lccal
option law, a town voted not to issue
license. Instead of voting on the ques
tion the Legislature has passed an act
saying no licenses shall be issued and
the Supreme Court says it is a good
law.
But we must admit that we do not
know just what the effect of the de
cision will be. The court says the law
is unconstitutional. We are very much
in the state of mind of Editor Wil
liame, of the Greenville News, who
says that he tried hard to decide what
the decision really decided and finally
came to the conclusion that he was
about ready to walk off meekly and
humbly, to an asylum for the feeble
minded without demanding extradi
tion papers or habeas corpus, until he
found nearly everybody weas in the
same fix as himself. We quote here
what he farther says which will give
some Idea of the uncertainty which
seems to prevail as to what the decision
does really mean. We hop5e, however,
that we will all soon know just where
we are at on this question. As we said
above the dispensaries have all been
closed.
In fact, we gather from the state
ment of Chief Justice McIver, that the1
decision Is yet to be decided. There is
a decision, as we understand it, or an
opinion. It is about twenty columns
long and is against the dispensary law.
Yet how it will aff et the dispensary
law or what Its practical result to any
body will be, the Chief Justice declines
to say until acase is carried before him.
Then the court will decide what Its]
decision means. Until then all is
speculation and the opening stages of
paresis.
It seems to us that nobody can do
anything with liquor now, except
drinc gIt. 80ofar as wecan see there is
nothing bearing on that poibt and any
man who is in possession of liquor de
facto may absorb it at his convenience
and dodge the police If possible. Aside
from that, we are under a prohibition
clause and also the claws of the blind.
tiger. The old license law is repealed,
we suppose, but do not know how. The
prohibition law stands but it is nQt yet
in force. The dispensary law is no law
at all, but continuestooperate. Whether
there is any scrap of the law of 1893
which escapes the general fate of the
law of 1892 is not yet revealed.
Where are we at, anyhow?
Everything was;to be settled by tbe de
cision of the Supreme Court. We were
all looking forwrd to itas disposinw of
the entire dispensary complication. NowI
we are more complicated thatt ever. We
don't know whether we are in a prohibi- I
tion State, a license State, a transition]
state or a state of sin and misery. In
junction and habeas corpus have begun
work. Old mandamus will be along pre
sently. With all of these we became famil
iar in 187ti. After that we may look for
quo warranato and that willesettle it. We
won't get out of it short of a presidential
proclamation and the United States army
and navy. Those of uswho wish to keep
from under the operations of de lanatico
inguirendo had better go out in the
is boutkshesesotsan&is waiting.]
for sikthogh~ lob s of I
and daonlJist3diesOd P&ope Its,. 1
beentrying;to*epitanna to him
we dozaotwmd- dug
out forBd tiill. 2W' xpect to
beer of himup there with 1meean
ingoundata.tlleik!i
waitng for the train t'and elis
populace under the impre- boatits ~
Charley Ross or CorysGreat Unknown.'
Just as soon as somebody finds out what'
the law is we shall insist that the law
must be.obeyed. We have been having :
rather liberal doses of preaching on that
subject recently. The dispensary law
was law, we were told by the Abbeville
Press and Banner and all the "reform"
organs, and was not to be respected, even
if it sent a constable ofdubious reputation
into the bed room of a man's wife or the
personal baggage of his daughter. What
the Supreme Court says is law, or will be
when the court says what it has said and
epounds itE ,osition. We will demand
obedients to mue law. If it is prohibition
every drop of dispensary liquor will be
contraband, and ought to be seized and
destroyed. 'Tis sport to see the engineer
hoist with his own petered out petard.
The squeak of the "equedunk" try
ig to masquerade as tbe blast of a
trumpet will make us ridiculous and
contemptible. That is what Mr. Mo
Laurin says. Will he pRlease tell us
what a "squedunk'' Is? We have tried
to ind the word, but have failed. Itj
must bha ar b ird.
Congressman McLaurin has written
i very caustic letter in which he cuts
Lround promiscuously. We agree with
the Congressman when he says we
want to pour some oil on the troubled
raters. "A good, conservative, busi
oess-like Governor, who is not an im
itator, not brilliant, but sensible, will
bring us round all rignt, and the 'old
lady' will be all the better for the little
shaking up she has had." Now we
would like te have him tell us how we
are to secure a man for Governor as
long as the politicianc _re in the laddle
and caucuses are held and all sorts of
rings are being continually formed.
Mr. McLaurin will find many men-to
help him bring about this state of af
fairs if he will only start the movement.
"It is mortifying, humiliating, for poli
tics to be on the low plane" that it is.
You are right, Mr. McLaurin. Then
come along and help uq to get on a
higher plane.
LIFE AT WHITMIRE.
Personal Notes-Militia Company Organ
aing-Lutheran Services-A Negro
Killed.
WHIr'MIRE, April 23.-Mrs. Sallie
Phifer has returned from a visit to her
daughter at Mountville.
Mrs. J. W. Holcomb and Mrs. J. C.
Duckett have gone to Atlanta on a
visit.
Mrs. D. Swindler, of Mountville, is
spending a few days with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Lee.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Reeder, of Jalapa,
spent Saturday. night and Sunday in
our town.
Dr. R. R. Jeter went to Santue last
Wed nesday to witness the marriage of
his sister, Miss May, and Mr. Clarence
Jeter.
Mr. and Mrs. D. May have been to
Monroe. N. C., to visit relatives.
Mr. B. S. Hardy is off for a few days
visiting his parents.
The Democratic club here has been
reorganized. J. S. McCarley, Esq., was
elected president and J. J. Abrams sec
retary. They have changed the place
of meeting back to Mt. Tabor church.
A military company is being organ
ized here. Forty-four names have been
enrolled. They will meet here next
Saturday afternoon and effect a perma
nent organization.
The much needed rain has come at
last. Considerable rain fell Thursday
night and a heavy one Friday after
noon, which was accompanied by con
siderable wind and hail.
The farmers have been making good
use of the beautiful weather, and some
have about flnished planting.
An enjoyable "tacky party" was
given at Mr. Walter Cameron's last
Friday evening, and furnished amuse
ment for the old and young.
Some of our young people are prac
ticing a beautiful drama, "Out in the
Streets," which they expect to present
to the public in the near future; fur
ther notice will be given later.
The decision in the dispensary case
caused little comment here as many
had anticipated the result.
Rev. Antine McCullough, a young
Lutheran minister of your city, preach
ed an interesting sermon in the Meth
odi.t church Sunday morning. There
Is talk of organizing a Lutheran church
here, and we hope it may be done.
A negro named "Mun"' Rice was
sot on Mr. F. N. Calmes' place last
Baturday morning by Jack Wilson,
from the effeots of which he died that
night. It .seems that the shooting was
provoked by Rice who was making to
wards WIlson with a huge knife, and
that the killing was altogether justifi
able on the part of Wilson. Rice is said'
to have been a bad character. J.
General Conference, K. E. Chureh, South,
Memphis, Tenn. May 3rd-31st, 1894.
For the above occasion the Rich
mrond andDanvilleRailroad andGeorgia
Pacific Railway will make special rate
o one first class fare for the round trip;
tickets to be sold A pril 30th and May
let and second, with extreme limit
June 1st, 1894.
The route via Birmingham is the
only through car line to Memphis, and
the time going and returning by the
Richmond and Dnville and Georgia
Pacific in connection with the K. C. M.
&. B. is several hours the quickest.
Be sure your tickets read over these
ines.
A Quarter Centuary Test.
For a quarter of a century Dr. King's New
Discovery has been tested, and the millions
who have received benefit from its use
estfy to Its wonderful curative power in all
iseases of Throat, Chest and Lungs. -A
remedy that has stood the tdat so long andl
at has given so universal satisfacton is ,no
,periment. Each bottle is positivel
ibe for Coughs and Colds. Trial bottle Free
It Bobertson & Gilder's Drug Store. Large
Ize soc. and $1.00.
CITIZENS' MEETINGs
PLANS AND SPE('IFICATIONS
Ibeing ready, the citizens are re
luested to meet in Opera House May
th, 1894, at 4 p. in., to decide on fur
her action in reference to water works.
E. C. JONES, Nayor.
C. A. BOWMAN, Clerk.
BTOCKHOLDERS' MEETiNG
NEWBERtRY, S. C.,
A pril, ]2th, 1894.
T HE ANNUA L MEEING OF
the Stockholders of the Newberry
Dotton Mills will he held in hall over
Martin's store, at New berry, S. C., on
Wednesday, the second day of May,
[894, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, for
he election of Directors for the ensuing
ear, and for the transaction of other
)usiness. GEO. S. MOWER,
Secretary.
CONTRACTS TO LETs
)FFICE oF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
NEWBERRY, S. C., April 21, 1894.
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
for Newberry County will be at
ong Bridge, over Little River, on
riday, May 4, at 10 o'clock a. in., to
et contract to repair that bridge.
On sme day at 2o'ciock p. mn., they
rim Jet wantract to rebuild fie Lind
uBridge over Bush River.
B order of the Board.
J. C. DOMINICK, Chairman.
Teos.. & EASE, Clerk.
hadet Sore.
We call the attention of the citizens
f Newberry and surrounding country
our stock of Goods which we beg you
w'ill call and examine.
We are receiving
IEW FRESH STOCK
EVERY WEEK.
WE BUY FOR GASH
WE SELL FOR CASH.
o Credit given to anyone. One Price.
Remember the Place:
['wo doors below Post Office, corner of
mblic square.
few Yart Racat Store.
April 24,1894.
-THERE IS NO DISPENSARY."
A Consummation Every Patriot So De
voutly Wished-Tillman as Talkative
as Usual.
[Special to The News and Courier.]
COLUMBIA, April 21.-The day of the
dispensary is at an end. The official
death came to knell at noon to-day. At
that hour telegrams were sent to every
State barroom in the State. How long
they will be closed is problematical.
There is, however, just now every
indication that the entire system has
gone to pieces, never to be revived by
the Legislature. The Court may grant a
rehearing and,give the dispensaries a
chance to gasp a little longer and then
the end will come. What is most
peculiar is that there seems to be but
few mourners around the apparently
lifeless thing. Just now, when the
whole matter is at an end, no one
seems to have ever assumed the re
sponsibility of the law. It just dropped
on the statute books "unbeknowinge"
to anyone.
CONFUSION WORSE CONFGUNDED.
The dispensaries have been closed.
What next? No one hereabouts seems
to know. It is difficult to suggest pro
babilities, for one moment one thing is
hefard and the next moment another.
Until some decision is reached the dis
pensarias will be kept closed and all
agencies of the State have orders not
to sell liquor under any circumstances.
There is some talk of trying to sell the
liquor on hand in a lump sum before
the demurrer is sent down, and there
is a rumor that the stock will be kept
in tact until there is a change in the
complexion of the Supreme Court.
THE POSSIBILITY FOR A REHEARING.
Another suggestion made during the
day was that the Attorney General
would very probably ask for a rehear
ing of the case, and in that way have
the dispensaries reopened, and just
here it may be well to put this sugges
tion down for future reference, as
something may happen in this line
very shortly. The situation is liablo to
change at any time, and until the
horrible uncertainty is over no one
knows where the State is at.
THE GOVERNOR HAS LITTLE TO SAY.
The one man who knows more than
anyone else about what is going to be
done is Governor Tillman, and just
about this time it would be very hard
to find a more non-committal man.
This morning the newspaper men
waited around for a long time before
they could get a peep at Governor Till
man. It was not known what he was
going to say or how he felt, but he was
just as jovial as if he had won the capi
tal prize in the lottery. After greetings
had been exchanged I asked Governor
Tillman "what about the dispensary
situation?"
"Ihere is no dispensary," was Gover
nor Tillman's reply.
"Well, what are you going to do with
the liquor on hand, if there is no dis
pensary, Governor?"
"Oh, well, that is a matter for the
Legislature to decide," was his reply.
"Are you going to call an extra
session of the Legislature?" was the
next query.
With a hearty laugh he answered,
"Excuse me if you please." Then he
went on to say: "I won't say anything
about what I am going to do, but I
will tell you what has already been done:
I have discharged the constables,
ordered all dispensaries to close and
quit business as State barkeeper. The
State bar has closed business and gone
into summer quarters for repairs."
Governor Tillman wound up by saying
that he was still in the ring. So much
for the expression of the Governor, and
if anyone can say what is coming 'let
her roll," as McLendon would say.
THE WATCH DOG OF THE STATE TREAS
. UY.
There was a'somewhat significant
fact developed during the payment of
the dispensary bills which came rusb
lug in all day. One of the claims was
for about $60 and It was made payable
to Ex-Constable Brown for services
rendered. It was regularly made out
and approved by Governor TRlman and
Commissioner Traxler. When it was
presented to State Treasurer Bates for
payment he said that he wa' not pre
pared to pay out any money on account
of the dispensary. When I saw Dr.
Bates about the matter he said that he
was not paying any dispensary claims.
When asked whether this was done by
legal advice or upon his own respon
sibIlity he said that he preferred not to
answer that question.
A CHANCE FOR TH E PROHIBITIONISTS.
No one has yet been able to decide
what the Supreme Court meant to say
in this paragraph:
"After the fullest and most careful
and deliberate consideration ...we feel
constrained to say that the Act is clear
ly unconstitutional, except in as far as
it forbids the granting of licenses to re
tail spirituous liquors beyond the 30th
of June, 1893. Undei this view all
subordinate questions presented in all
the cases, except the first named, lose
all practical importance, and need not,
therefore, be c'onsidered."
There are those who still insist that it
means free liquor so far as licenses are
concerned, and others who contend that
the only possible construction is that
the State will have absolute prohibi
tion. It seems that the matter will
have to be4taken to the Supreme Court
for solution. From what can be un
derstood the State Administration
will rnot move in this matter, and if the
dispensary cannot be resurrected the
Prohibitionists will have to do the
fighting if any is to be done.
THIS IS A FREE LIQUOR STATE-THlE
.ADMINISTRATION VIEW OF THE DIS
PENSARY DECIsION.
[Special to News and Courier.]
COLUMBIA, A pril 23.-One of the un
known quantities has been discovered
and this even ng Governor Tillman's
attitude is known. He does niot hesi
tate to say that in his opinion the deci
sion of the Supreme Court means no
licensing system and free liquor so far
as the license is concernr d, and he will
act accordingly. He sums up his posi
tion in this way:
"You see I am paralyzed. I can't do
a thing. It seems to me that the Court
in so many words expressly declared
that 'the dispensary law is not a pro
ibitory law,' but the Court denies
emphatically that the muDicipalties
have the right to issue licenses. Now,
if it is not a prohibition law and the
right to issue licenses does not stand,
and there is no other law applying to
the liquor traffle, it looks to me like free
liquor. It would appear that anybody
and every body can sell liquor any where
in the county, at every crossroads and
anywhere else, and start up bar rooms.
All Acts applying to the liquor traffic
inconsistent with the Dispensary Act
have been repealed, and there are none
on th bettaute books."
As to his taking any hand in the
fight for prohibition Governor Tillmnan
said: "All I have to say is thbat the
Legislature gave me authority to en
force the dispensary law. When the
Court declared the dispensary law dead
why, of course, my authority to entforee
it dies with it. I don't see what right
I have to attempt to maintain the con
stabulary to enforce a prohibition law
if it is such."
When asked abont the extra session
he said that all he knew about the
calling of the Legislature was what he
had seen in the newspapers, and that,
as a usual thing, they were wrong in
what they had to say.
It might be suggested that the more
Governor Tillman thinks over the
matter the more he seems to be de
lighted that he has been relieved of the
ispensary incubus.
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EVANGELISTIC-THE GRAND SUCCESS t
OF A NOBLE CAUSE.
-- a
The Opera House Crowded Day and Night e
for Two Weeks-From one to Two Bun- :
d red Persous Turned A way the Last S
Night-Christlans of all Denoin- S
inations Interested and Bene- e
fited-Penitents Converted. f
f
Never, in the history of the writer, r
has Newberry witnessed such scenes a
as have been seen and felt and enjoyed c
within her boundaries during the past
two weeks. Men, women and children t
of all classes (among the whites, for the c
crowds have been so great that it was E
impossible for the colored people to be i
admitted), from the most prominent of s
the professional and leading citizens to f
the humblest bread-winner in our t
midst, have mingled in one dense mass I
of humanity that seemed to be drawn l
together by an irresistible force asd for
a common cause. The old, tottering
upon the-verge of the grave; the young- I
er, in heakh cnd strength; the little ]
children, gay a:id full of life, have lis- a
tened, as neiver before, to the old, old
story of Jesus and his love. Members
of every denomination in this town
attended regularly, and with interest
and earnestness in their hearts; and
their gathering together in this eager,
anxious throng, with moistened eyes l
and quivering lips, with beaming faces f
and softened hearts, and with expres- ]
sions of forgiveness and charity toward i
neighbors and friends, gave a taste of I
the delights of a ce-sation of hostilities
and strife in COnurch and State, and of
the peaceful dawn of the coming mil
lennium which is nearer and nearer at
hand.
Not only have the entire people of a
this community (with but few excep- I
tions) been suiging day and night to I
the opera house,where the services were l
held, but citizens of the surrounding
country, for miles in every direction,
have crowded in to the meetings and i
helped to swell the great concourse of
eager listeners and anxious inquirers, f
all moved by a mighty impulse, unin
terruptedly for two solid weeks. The a
interest in these meetings was good
from the first, but as the days passed it t
became great and greater still, and as I
the nights came it grew in intensity
and power, until it has flooded New
berry with a light unsurpassed in all t
these years of blight and waste. So c
great was the feeling that business was a
practically suspended during the morn- E
ing hour of service, and our merchants t
and other business men did not, with t
but few exceptions, resist the Spirit in a
the earnest efforts that were made to <
purge this town of all uncleanness and l
lit it for the indwelling of righteous- I
A feeling has come over the whole i
community that is indescribable; a t
stillness pervaded even the streets- t
not very unlike the stillness of death a
or desolation, bnt more like the seren
ity of a quiet Sabbath of unexpressed t
peace that passes understanding; a still
ness that has penetrated almost every (
house of business, almost every resi- a
dence and almost every heart; and a
great calm has settled upon the com- r
inunity that has made many a young l
man throw down his cards, many an
older one put aside his bottle, and' a
many a young woman resolve to give t
up her dancing; a calm that has made
the blasphemer pause, the swearer cease I
his swearing; and that has caused the
scoffer to feel, if not acknowledge, that c
this deep stillness, this terrible , alm
ness, this awful quietness, this solemn
silence, is the forerunner of a judgment
to come. The events of the meetings t
have been grand and inspiring. The '
I
crowded parquet, the packed dress cir
cle, the over-flowing gallery, the full
stage, every seat in the building occu- Z
pied, and extra seats filling the aisles,
with even the standing capacity of the i
house tested to its fullest; men, women I
and children up stairs and down stairs,
wherever they could get a seat,-was a
sight that could not but gladden and
inspire the Christian's heart, quicken
the lukewarm, arouse the indifferent,
and dumbfound the vile and the un- 3
caring.
The vast throng was majestic in itst
presence alone, but when the large a
choir sang, and especially "Nearer my
God to Thee," "Jesus lover of my soul,"
accompanied by hundreds of voices in(
the congregation, it was a scene that 1
beggars description and that will live
in the memory of all present. It was
beautiful, marvelous, inspiring and
grand and glorious, even to those of us
who are too weak to be "*hat we
ought to be," and it was a glimpse of1
that heaven which we ought to have1
on earth, and an earnest of what willI
be, but more brilliant and magnificentI
yet, hereafter.
The writer did not attend all theI
meetings, but such were the incidents
and' impressions attending those at
which he had the pleasure and the
privilege of being present. But there
was a similarity in all the meetings-a
deep feeling of reverence, of piety, of
earnestness, of sincerity. Brotherly
love was manifested among the mem
bers of all denominations. Preachers,
officers, laymen, all seemed to- enjoy
the services and to take an interest in
the meetings, to understand that it was
a special season of grace, a time for
deeIsion and action and not hesitation.
The climax was reached Sunday
nighbt, the last meeting. It seemed a
culmination of two weeks' efforts in -
one direction, an answer to uraited
prayer, a concentration of mighty I
forces that bad been constantly at ~
work. The house was filled an hour ~
and a half before the time for services:
to begin. The people from the coun
try came in early because they knew it{
was their only chance for seats. The
citizens of the town who did not hurry.
were unable to find even standing -
room. Long before the appointed
hour the available space of the build
ing was packed and jam med as never
since the opera house was built. A few
had to leave their seats on account of
the crowded condition. The aisles
were almost impassible and the door
way was blocked. It is estimated that
from one to two hundred persons were
turned away. It was an overflow
meeting--an overflow without and a
spiritual overflow within. It was like
a rushing of many waters that had
been gathbering and increasing day by:
day until they had swollen into a.
mighty stream that swept everything
before it. The seating capacity of the
opera house is 750. Thbe number pres
ent on this occasion has been variously
estimated at from 1 000 to 1,500. Ths're
were probably from 1,100 to 1,200
within the' walls of the building, for
every nook 'and corner was packed.
Some contend that the number wasi
1,300. And about two-thirds of that
vast congregation pressed forward to
give the preacher their hand during
the closing moments of the services. It
was a touching sight and melted the
hardest heart.
Rev. RL. G. Pearson, tbe evangelist
who has been conducting these meet
ings, and who was born in Mississippi
but whose home is now in Asheville,
N. C., is a very earnest, zealous and
successful preacher of the gospel of
peace and love, and of whom it can be
said he goes about doing good, being in
deed and in truth a follower of the
meek and lowly Nazarine. It has '1
been said that he is not an eloquent
orator or a man of much comeliness,
and that he sometimes uses question
able (?) language. Thern wherein lay
his power and influence and magnet
ism?--for Newberry has certainly been
under the spell of his charm for two
weeks as she rever has been under the
convincing aud convicting power of
man's preaching since about the year
1832 when Rev. Daniel Baker visited
this town The older citizens say that
nothing like Mr. Pearson's meeting has
been known here since. Mr. Pearson
is eloquent-eloquent with the power
of the spirit, with the baptism of the
Holy Ghost, with consecration to is
duty and devotion to his work; and
his beauty is the beauty of the soul~ of
3e mind, of the heart, that shines in
is life and character. His sermons
re powerful fu their simplicity, earn
3tness and sincerity. he makes no
retenses, but preaches the simple
tory of the cross simply, pleadingly,
weetly, gently. With him there is no
xcitement, no ranting. He warns
rcibly, without bypocricy, truthfully,
,arfully and fearlczsly; but pleads
2ore tenderly and lovingly to the sin
er to turn and look. If be cccasion
lly uses a harsh word it is because he
beys the command of his Master to
cry aloud and spire not," and to tell
be people of their sins-he only
emonstrates the figure of the two
dged sword. He is broad and liberal!
n his views, and combines common
ense with knowledge and wonderful
amiliarity of the Bible. He is in
ensely religious, without being fanat
eal, bigoted or narrow-minded in the
east. He is surely the ideal man of
xod, "a legate of the skies," clothed
vitlh divine authority to preach truth
o a wicked and perverse generation.
ndowed with wisdom from on high
ud imbued with the very essence of
iiety, he preaches s:ith such force,
uch naturalness, such gracefulness
vxthomt self-consciousness, such win
omeness, that men, women and chil
Iren, of all cla.aes and conditions,
Irink in the sentences that flow from
uis lips. People look into each others'
aces as the preacher closes the Sacred
look from which he has been trans
nitting the intelligence and beauty of
ieaven and the glory of immortality,
ad see in each other's looks feelings
f wonder that the old story should be
ret so new to them.
Mr. Pearson's arguments are logical,
lear and convincing, and his conclu
ions reasonable and irresistible. We
ike his preaching so much that we
iave no desire to pick a flaw in any of
is sermons, if we could. The length
f this article ana the space of the pa
>er forbid a synopsis of these sermons,
vhich we would like to give. We
vish it were possible to reproduce all
he strong points of the series. They
vere a "feast of reason and flow of
oul."
These meetings will rriult in lasting
enefir to this community. Not the
east of the good that has been accom
lished is the great and precious influ
nee that has. been brought to bear
pon the membership of the differant
hurehes. There will be a higher
tandard of holy living and Christian
ctivity as one of the happy effects of
he meeting. A pastor tells us that
ot less than fifty names have been
nd will be added to the different
hurch rolls, as follows: Lutheran, 4;
aptist, 11-1 by letter; Associate Re
orwned Presbyterian, 6; Methodist, 10.
'he session of the Presbyterian churcb
3 to meet to-night. It is expected
hat there will be 10 or 12 accessions to
bat church. There will also be acces
ions to the Episcopal church.
During the meeting the contribu
ions amounted to $435 81. The ex
enses were r88 15. The balance,
347.66, was presented to Mr. Pears n
a a thank offering.
Mr. Pearson will conduct his next
oeeting at Yorkville, on'Sunday. He
eaves Newberry with the profoundest
ratitude of the hearts of our citizens,
nd the love of all for himself and his
toble wife.
May the peaceful influence that has
een and is now exerted over this con
unuity continue to show itself, in all
or lives and actions.
ENDORSED BY OTR PASTORS.
Whereas, Rey. R. G. Pearson came at our
ivitation on the 8th inst., to conduct a
nion evangelistic meetin ' in this town; and
rhereas. said meeting was closed last night
fter continuing two weeks, and we desire in
lace ourselves on record in regard to the
ieeiing and the evangelist, therefore be it
esolved.
1. Thbat we learned for onrselves his souind
ess in doctrmne, his knowledge and skill in
andling the word of God, and his power
rom the Holy Spirit in pr eaching the Gospel
nd his Christian prudence In managing a
meeting of this kind.
2. That we and out selves and our churches
dified and revived. an't that we witness
rith great joy that every class in our comn
cinnity is ie.eling the power of Gospel truth.
8 That s Pastors we 'are grteful to the
Eing anid Head of the Church that be sent
bis brother to labor so effciently and so
raternall y i.a our Miastei's work In this
own, and that we c>rdially commend him to
.11 who aze seeking the services of a faithful
vangelist. E .MCUOK
Pastor Associate Reformnec kresb.yterian
~hurch.
A. .'. SToKES,
~astor Methodist Episcopal i. hurch, south.
G. A. W EIG1:LT,
- Past or Baptist i.hurch.
J. 8. Uo zBr,
Pastor Presbyterian Church.
Newberry, s. C., A pril 23d, 18%4.
Mr. Pearson left yesterday for Spar
anburg, to rest a- day or two there;
hence he will go to Blacksburg, on
uis way to Yorkville. From Yorkville
ue will go to GJreenville, Ten.. and
uold a meeting tfbere. Then to his
uomue -in Asheville to recuperate. He
uopes to hold a meeting at Due West
iext February.
"God be with you till we meet
Lgain."
Nominations.
For County Supervisor.
JTENKINS H.8SMITH IS HEREBY
announced as a candidate for
Jounty Supervisor, subject to the Demn
ecratic primary..
[RRY D. SHOCKLEY IS HERE
Lby announced as a candidate for
ounty Supervisor as provided for
under an Act of the General Assembly
f 1893, subject to the result of the Dem
eratic primary..
D)R. D. H. WERTZ IS HEREBY
announced as a candidate for
younty Supervisor for Newberry Coon
y, subject to the Democratic primary.
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UGAR,
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RICE,
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LARD,
MOLASSES,
WHITE FISH,
MACKEREL.
ry our Java and Mocha COFFEE,
Try our JAVA COFFEE.
BACON AND HAMS,
CHEESE,
All kinds of Canned Goods
and Preserves.
My Restaurant is still open.
CAliDIES
OF ALL .KINDS.
FRE.NCH AND DOMESTIC.
New York Biscuit Co 's Crackers.
iso J. D. Masons and Law Co.'s
rackers on hand al! 'he time.
rHOS. Q. B00ZERs
a.
MOWEF
IN SPRINI
Novelties in Dress
Goods .50 to $1.50.
Plain Dress Goods.12t
to .50.
China Silks :371 to
$1.25.
Swivel Silks .65.
Black Silks .50to$1.50
French Organdies .25
to .45.
French Figured Swiss
.15 to .40.
White Dotted Swiss
.20 to .40,
White Organdies .25
to .50.
Indian Dimities .15 to
.40.
Check Muslins 8c to
.30.
All Wove Ghallies .16
to .50.
The above is
the many attracti
at our store.
MOW3
Can orrec you epenses materially
and Confectioneries from
H. G.'HOOF.
CAN
You afford topay fancy pie,when
SAVE
invetigating he qualty and qantity
your
MO NEY
will get for you~. A fresh, choiestock of
Sugar Coffe
Grist, Cheese.
Maecaroi, Flour,
Hamus, Lard,
Syrup, Caned Gos,
Lemons, Banannas,
Plain and French Cardlies,I
Look to Your Interest and
Give Me a Cai.
H. G.. HOOF.
Main Street, Nfewberry.
Teegra.
New Goods'
Arriving Daily
AT
IREISIL
TIR i8i Ml9 aP RIES.
rxP
C0.8
'GOODS
Cotton Challies 5c.
Printed Mslins' 56
o .15.
Best Prints Sc to 6tc.
Ginghams 5c to .12.,
Black Satines aOto 2f
Colored Satines .10.'t6
25..
Centemeri Kid Glovs
-all sizes and colors:
Embroidered Hand
kerchiefs .10 to .60.
Chenille Table
75 to $1.50.
Fall line of Ladies,
Misses and Children's
Rose.
Laces. Laces--al tie
Latest1 ovelties inWhfit e ,
Dream, Ecru and Black.
a partial list of
ons to be found
We Are
Ready.
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lardware.
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A CALTL FROM
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You es.n find us opposi e
C. &. G. S. Mower Co.
Yeurs anxious to plese~
IJpewrit.rs,
Bisyoles,
Mimieograpis,
Phnograps &
Sandries.
ash or lsahe
Well Equi'e Bis yd
GONZALE8 & I
Colin.bia, 8.
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Hoises, &
rfHE OUTSIDE OF'TB
in jgs should be pBIti
Autumn or Winter, orer
:1ot weather injures the
ns in the oil too qo
paint will easily rub (.
the ptslaid ondU
it hardens in drying
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