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ELBERT H. AULL, )- Proprietors. W.x. P. 3'iSE A L.i ELBERT 1. A U., EDITOr. JUST A WORD. Mr. Job L,. Hughey, alias "Broad Itiver," should feel better. He relieved himself of a good deal of filth in last week's Voice. Finding himself entirely penned and in a hole, he stamps, as un worthy of his notice, what he is unable to answer without stultifying himself, and then proceeds to muddy the water with a whole lot of irrelevant things about The Herald and News and its editor, that have nothing at all to do with the question at issue. Now, Mr. Hughey, we will notice very briefly, and we trust satisfactorily, that part of your reply later on, but come back to the question we raised. We do not intend that you shall --- dodge by going off' into abuse of The Herald and News, and thus fool the people and make them believe you are a great man. You -published the charge against Senator Mower and a Mr. Koon' of Prosperity, that they were distributing registration certificates to negroes. You say you do not believe Senator Mower is guilty. Very well, then. That still leaves "a Mr. Koon of Prosperity," and as you particularly say Senator Mower is not guilty, we co3clude you believe a Mr. Koon is. Now, The Herald and News said that was a very serious charge. Not so much against "a Mr. Koon of Prosperity," as against Mr. Beden bau zh, the Supervisor of Regis tration. The time for issuing certifi cates of Registration closed the first Monday in July. Now, Mr. Hughey, the point The Herald and News made was that "a Mr. Koon of Prospe. could not be distributing,.stration WA- U tfica to ;s contrary to law unless they were first issued and signed by the Supervisor, and if he was doing It the Supervisor must be a party to it. Now, Mr. Hughey, that is the point. Tell us how a Mr. Koon could dis tribute registration certificates to ne groes unless he first obtained them from the Supervisor. Yes, that is be neath your ;notice. We have heard of that sort of reason before, .but it wont work this time, Mr. Hughey. We say again, if you have the evidence to sup port your charge fetch it along, or with draw your charge, and apologize to the persons you have wronged. PERSONAL. To Mr. Job L. Hughey: The balance of your "reply" is personal in its na ture and a tirade against me. In reply ing to that I shall be brief and pointed, and shall not hide behind The Herald and News nor the editorial we. I want you to understand that I am talking directly and pointedly to you, Mr. Job L. Hughey. In all that I have written or said of you I have been. polite and courteous. I have given you no occa sion for the temper you display in your reply. You have disregarded all the rules of polite breeding and de.scended -to the language of the blackguard. There is only one thing that I feel called Supon to notice, though I might say that with your past record it ill be comes you to be talking abo2t blood, etc., but I care nothing for that sort of thing. Your opinion of what The Her ald and News has done or has not done does not concern we mn the least. Bnt when you say that I "deliberately falsified" my report of the prohibition committee meeting, or any other re port for.that matter, you utter a mali cious lie. Now, Mr. Hughey, this is my reply to that part of your reply which is directed against me, personally, and I am personally responsible for it, and will not discuss the subject further in the newspapers. My address is New .berry, S. C., and I am not trying to bulldoze, nor am I indulging in bragga docio,'-but I am talking deliberately and Iwmean whatlIsay. E.H.A ULL. -TO ENFOECE THE DIsPENsARY. Governor Tillwan says he is going to have the dispensary law enforced at all hazards. He will also continue to search private houses if he thinks it necessary to the enforcement of the law. He proposes to devote most of his at tention to the close of his present term to the enforcement of the law. We ex pected him to do as much, but it seems to us it would be better to go ahead and enforce the law and not be making so many threats and talking so much in the newspapers. He -proposes also to take a new start with the towns and give all of them an opportunity to share in the profits if they will aid him in the enforcement of the law. If the larger towns and cities will not do this, then the Legis lature will be expected to pass a metro ~ politan police bill. In other words local self government is to be abolished and the whbole business turned over to a few men at the State capital, who will have things their own way. 'i he people may put-up with this for awhile,' but it will not last long. The dispen sary is a bad law and is bound to go sooner or later. The wore rigidly"it is -enforced the sooner it will go. It is contrary to the spirit of our institu tions and has no prohibition feature iu it ex capt to prohibit the individual from selling whiskey. But as for drinking - it and getting all one wants to drink, it rather offlers an inducement in this direction than to contribute anything to prohibit the consumption. A pro hibitionist from principle, and one who wants the sale of whiskey prohibited on account of the evils resulting from its intemperate use cannot consistently support thbe dispensary. And the ad vocates of the dispensary may expect whiskey to be sold outside of the dispensary as long as those who hurrah for the dispeasary continue to buy their whiskey from these places in preference to the dispensary. A whole army of constables will be un'able to stop them. Gov. Tillmian is going to remove trial justices who do not act as he wants them, and juries who fail to convict we suppose he will treat as did Judge P>enet the colored juror in Co lumb~ia-dismiss them from the panel. Sheriffs he will report to the Legisla ture. But do not sheriffs hold their ottices very much as do Gov. Tillman and the Legislature, by election of the people, and they are responsible to the * people and not to Gov. Tillman nor his Legislature. one Tillman will have his hands full is he carries out all of his threats. A law that rcquires all of these heroic treatments to its proper enforcement is evidently a bad law and will never be enforced. The Herald and News is not advising its violation. As long as it remains a law we shall not violate it. We trust that we may have peace, and that no more lives may be lost on account of this law. Enough blood has- already beensbed to denominate this the bloody act. TBE COMMITTEE'S ADDRESS. The address issued by Senator Irby ana his committee is not calculated to arouse much enthusiasm on -the. part of the conservatives who want to stand by the nominees of the September con vention. It is narrow, partisan, mean, prejudiced and a misrepresentation of the facts, and has not the suspicion of patriotism or a desire for the unity and peace. of the people of the State in a single line or utterance from beginning to end. The unity of the white people, we believe, is the last thing that he and his committee want. Such a state of affairs would give them more uneasi ness than anything else that could hap pen. It would threaten a continuance of their power for it is only by keeping the people divided that they have any hope of political existence. A majority of the conservatives of the State, we believe, opposed nominating another ticket and they took that position be cause they wanted a cessation of politi cal strife and from patriotic motives. Oi account of this position no nomina tions were made. Now here comes Senator Irby and his committee and talks of every one who does not the knee to him and t.x ring as an Independent a iaying plans to use th .: ro vote two years hence. Senator Irby and his committee pre tend to represent the Democratic party of South Carolina, but if there ever was issued a factional address, the one from his committee will take the prize as such. It speaks of the Conserva tives as if they were enemies to Dem ocracy, and one of the reasons for voting for a constitutional convention that he uses, is that the Conservatives are op posed to such convention. It is fac tional from beginning to end, and an effort to arou.e passion and prejudice and to keep alive all of the old bitter feeling. If we are ever to have peace and good feeling in this State we must have broader and more patriotic utterances from those who are in control and who assume leadership. Senator Irby says that the main pur pose of the constitutional convention is to disfranchise a large portion of our population by putting a 'property or educational qualification on suffrage. That is meant. to strike at the negio, but it will cut both ways. But we are not opposed to a convention so much on this ground, for really sometimes we feel very strongly that there should be some sort of qualification- for suffrage, for many of our people recently have just been voting as they were told to vote regardless of what the voter might have thought was proper. In his address he says it need not cost over $50,000, biut when it is through the cost will not fall under twice that amount. The trouble is there is no telling whbat radical changes that convention will make in the organic law once it meets. At the present time the best thing we can do is to vote down the propo sition for a constitutional convention. A train was held up near Richmond last week and entered by train robbers and about $182,000 taken from the ex press car. This sort of thing is getting vel-y common. The same day there was another similar robbery in another part of the country. Would it not be a good idea to arm the crews with Win. chesters so that they would be equal to the few robbers who hold up trains. The Augusta Chronicle suggests that thbe ex press messengers get up enough nerve to refuse to open the safes and the robbers would be powerless. To kill the messenjgers would not open the safes. Something should be done. Mrs. Ann Patience Griffin Bonhami, widow of the late ex-Governor M. L. Bonham, died at her home in Columbia the 11th instant, aged 65 years. She war the daughter of ex-Governor Francis Pickens. Bill Arp writes an interesting article on marriages and wedding presents and customs now and customs in the good old days. Read it. Yon will find it on the fourtb page. We want it distinctly understood that The Herald and News is not the organ of any faction and for that matter is riot an organ at all but a newspaper abe't is not tied to anybody's coat tail. Tihe Herald and News is not opposed to Dr. Pope on any personal grounds. True be does not personally like the editor of The Herald and News but ir that were the only reason for not sup porting him he shogld have'our hearty support. We have demonstrated on a former occasion tha t we could rise above personal feelings when the occasion and the men demanded it. On the occa sion referred to we gave our hearty sup port to a man who was not on friendly terms at the time with the editor of The Herald and News. We are not built in a narrow and prejudiced mould. We only men tion thbis because we hea rd that it has been assigned as a reason for our failure to endorse Dr. Pope. WVe cannot support him for the same reasons that we opposed nominating an cpposition ticket. We do not see how any one who opposed nominations in that convention can support Dr. Pope. If we were going to favor an opposition ticket we would much prefer a candidate who had been our way of thinking longer than Dr. Pope. He is too recent a convert from the ring to re ceive our support for the high~est office in the State. Then he is a bolter or an independent and when we went in the primaries we obligated ourselves to stand by the nominations. Dr. PopeI may get lots of votes and he may be elected. If he does we will not claim any share of the crei fr the vicor. UEV. JAMES SMITH COZBY, D. D. E:xercimes Conducted by the P'astors 41 Newberry In Honor of the Memory of Dr. Cozby-Appropriate and In structive Addresses. A large congregation assembled it the Newberry Presbyterian churet: last Sunday night to attend the re. ujorial services in honor of Dr. Cozb3 late pastor of the church. It was ar aarnest and attentive congregation im. pressed with the solemnities of the oc :asion. It was representative, mem Ders of all the churches being present Dr. Cozby had gone about among uf 5or eight,years and had greatly andeared himself to all our people. He was o bigh toned Christian gentleman and s preacher of great force and abil Ity. It was right and proper tc pay this tribute to his memory. Hi. life and example should be held ut before the people so that the lessons o: Lruth and justice and devotion t( Juty which it teaches could be im pressed upon the winds and heart. f the people. We need to have rnort lessons of unselfish devotion to dut3 ind to the service of our fellow men. rhe world is cold and selfish and any life that tends to melt this coldnest md to turn this selfishness into un 5elfish love is a life to be emulated. We give pretty full reports of the lifferent addresses on the different phases of the-life of Dr. C zby and we 3ope they wlil have the effort of stim ilating some soul to higher and nobler mpulses. They were well chosen and ittingly .poken. The pulpit was draped in mourn og. Rev. Geo. A. Wright of the Baptist hureh conducted the exersises and ifter the singing of bymn 633 a fervent tud earnest prayer was offered by Rev. D)r. J. W. Flinn, of Columbia. After the reading of the Scripte esson Rev. Mr. Wright s We have co .-t,: er to-night not a . nMonunents of marble or >rass, but of those things which for all ime abide. se cone to pay a just ind deserving tribute of praise to the ,irtues and achievements that adorned he character of one who for eight years vent in and out among us, one whom re welcomed into our homes, and at vlhose feet those of us who were rounger and those older delighted to it leaining lessons of wisdow. It is >ut proper that we think and speak of be virtues and excellencies of our lead and incorporate these into our ives and that the lives of those after >e rendered better. We can but think of our dead, the iacrifices they made for us, the love hey gave us and long to prove worthy >f such love. Their best ideals stand >it before us, and we should strive to nake these ours. He then introduced Rev. A. J. tokes, of the Methodist church, who poke of )R. COZBY IN HIS RELATIONS AS A CITIZEN. I esteem it a precious privilege to pay my mUmble but sincere tribute to one whom I es eemed, revered and loved in life, and whom now lament in death. The committee :barged with the programme of these memo ial services assigned to me the su bject, "Dr. ozbv as a Citizen." Rev. James smith :ozby, D. D., was born in Georgia. Septem er Ist, 1837; was graduated from Oglethorpe ;ollege in 18&; taught school in i iberty Oonnty, Ga.; was graduated from the Theo ogical Seminary in Columb a, S. C., in 8 vas chaplain in the Confederate army lA lud 18W4; was married to Miss Mary Law. ( f avannah. Ga., 1M64. He taught school for Lbout two years in Savannah, (4a., after th. urrender of the Confederate armies. He by ame a citIzen of Sumter. S. 1'., in 1873. ar d f New berry, R. C., in October, 188,6. He was me of the prime mo7ers and supporters of he Newberry Grade d School, and was a Vice ~resident of its Board of Trustees. He died in Clarksville, ca., where he had one hoping to recuperate his failing health. These dates and the facts connected with hemn, cover the scope of toe clvii life of one >f the best and most useful men who have ived among us. 'The civil lives of good and useful men are ike leaves upon a fruit tree--each leaf doing ts part, and doing it well, while having but ittle to differentiate it from other leaves, loing similar service. I have often noticed iow difficult it is to gather full material for Ssatisfactory and unique biography of t.ie nost efficient of men in civil lte. In this country of the severance of Church nd State, and in these times of the substi ution of pa ty-politics for state-craft; vitu >eration and abuse for facts and argutments; he greed of gain and self-advancemens for >at,aotism; when party-politics touches and oisons everything in civil life, there is ien t'onder that the facts concerning the civil ife of a prudent and faithful minister and >astor of the people are few. He could not tifford to take a conspicuous part In such af aIrs. To have done so would have b)een to tave besmirched hi-ctself and alienated him alf fronm thos; whom he would have served n the h ghest sense, and would have been intrue to Him who called and commis<iloned im for his match less work. In the eyes of others whom he might have pposed, tha political preacher would have >ecomie the partizan politician. The subject of this memorial occasion es eemed bis high calling of God in Chrit esus above every otber calling, and he es hewed anything and everything that mili sted against his life-missiona. Hence, it is no t'onder that such a minister was so lhttle mnown distinctively as a citizen. But not to uave been thus conspicuously observed did tot make the minister any t'oe lee.s, but rather .he more useful as a citizen: just as the silent td unobser ved fo. ces of n ature are the most >werful. Who has ever seen or heard or felt ,he touch of gravita ion? But this silen t and inseen force, that holds the sun and the stars n their places, and-leads the planets around n their orbits. that fixes the relation of every tom in the universe, is more powerful than he blinding flash of t he lightning, that wake he thunders in alt the air, and sends them everberating until earth's st.rong pillars hake and quiver with their shrieks. Destroy ~ravitation and segregatin follows through >t creation. Eacn atom of matter be, omies ndependent of another, * nd the universe >ecomnes a stupendous ruin. The one is no nore to the other than the spark and r,uzz. > the fire-fiy is to the so.n shinin, silently in us might. The sunlight is ilghtier than the earth luag e. The one c mes roaring and rumi:ing br,jugh all the so id ground, caves and cay rns of the earth. "shaking down monu nents and temples. andI threatening to sw.al aw up whole cltiee in a g .lf of fire.'' Bitt the ter comes so silently and softly that it toes not awaken an infant from its morning lumbers But let the hour of morning come vitt;ont the coming of the enn; the dis:nay reezes the bearts ortrien. A chili ames on he earth. The air becomes a vast field of rost. The wintry winding sheet of death nwraps the world. The Tilan of thc Frost eaches down his icy lingers and touches he earthquake's heart of fire, its seismic brobs cease; its fires die, and its powcr is one. The character of the good man is like this ~ravitation. The principle of goodness in im is the great. centripetal force that keeps oiety from segregating, and dissolving into ndividual seltishness. ie Is indeed the salt >fthe earth. Take aewa'- this principle that s regniant a.nd fortitie inl thc good man's eart, and which is exerting such saving ower over the masses then society will be lissolved by dist. ust, anarchy an<d misrule. Eternity atlone will reveal what society owes .o the int egrity of its good men The quiet civil life of Dr. Cozby deserves to >e mentioned with distinction in these res >ets, as compared with the flare and blare >f the words and works of somec other men, vho attracted m -re attention in civil affairs. ie inspired confidence noit only in himselt ut in t' e virtue and integrity of society als), >f which be was a member. His character vas opposed to anything that had a tendency o destroy or impair the confidence of man in n'n, of subject in government. Had all been -uled by his spirit discord would have ceased md strife would have been at an end. He was brave, never evading responsi ylity because it would endanger his popu arity. peace and safety. He was wise and prudent, never endanger ng good results by rash ness or prejudice. He ,s ooked to as an example, and was much ;outh aafter as a '-o'unsellor. He was found m t he streets, in the hmes. and in business :irces. imsparting th1e influence of his pure Ld wise spirit, sec r. ingly without an effort. Ele won h is associates to him, and to his anner c.f life by his transparent honesty, cmdliness of heart,- quickness of wit, and uid judgment. All felt in his presence here s a man I may trust, r may follow, .L may mitate. His silent presence was a power ul incentive to vitt e and goodness, and a ~estraint upon vice an<d wrong doing. He. who spoke as never man spse said to iis d isciples: 'Ye are thie light or the world.' Hec would have said this to this man. In him vas t he light of H im. that l ighteth every man hat cometh into the world. His exalted learning kept for, and con. ecrated to the highest and purest e'nds >lessed the wor ld. He availed hsimnelf of his, ~cholactic opportunities to prepare himnself o serv his generation well lie was useful as rteacher of youth. anid it was a beniedictior ndeed to have been the pupil of sucha eacher. Whbere ever it was permitted him he was rst and foremost in all eliorts to procure Lhe best sc.hools for the miasses. His counsel ere always had weight. 'To some degree it least t he Newberry Giradedt School may be regarded as a monument to his zeal and del ity to popultar education. When New. berry in common with the people of oui out hern States were mourning the death of the L'hieftain of our "Ls Cause," hr. Cozby strsod up as our comforter How his patri >tic eloquence thrilled all hearts will.ntever be forgotten, as long as one of us remain ao report the story. He loved his country~ with a high and holy love. When law makers and rulers were to be ehosen, he was a sient power at the polls We believe, that be voted as be prayed, and 3 ''ie who felt t hat his ballot was lint his own r to bf- used *for .etish pulrpose but as a t rust placed in bIis ba;ids for the g4xl of his people and for the glory of God. The poor and weak had his sympathy, his hand was opened to supply the one and his arm was ready to support the other. "His life was gentle: And the elemenIs i u mixed in him, that Nature iight stind up And say to all the world. 'ihis wnsa man." .1 has been with dirticilty that I refiained ,rom speaking of my friend and brother as a preaclher and as a r astor, for lie was a model as a preacher and as a astor, but I am ad monished that i mu.,t leave these topics for others who are to come after me. One of the purest and best of our citilens has gone fioimi us. "How beautiful it Is fora man to die Upon the walls of Zion; to be called Like a watch-worn. and we4ry sentinel To put his armor off, and re.st in heaven." Rev. Dr. Fox, of the Lutheran church, was then introduced and he spoke of DR. COZBY ASA PREACHER. Whatever abiding impressions Dr. Cozby may have made by his distinguished character as citi zen and pastor, in our social and educational Ife, as brother beloved, associate and friend, he will be remembered best among us as a faithful, ear nest, impressive and edifying preacher His ma ture age, rich experience. superior gifts which were refined and intensified by patient and in dustrious cultivation, would have given him prominence and even eminence in any commun ity here in our own State, or wherever he might have been called to labor. Modest in self-appre ciation, disdaining the doubtful arts that lead to notoriety, "more bent to raise the wretched than to rise,' the circle of those to whom he minis tered was never of large dimension, but drew within it by an ever-increasing expansion those I who never went away empty or unfed by Gospel truth. It is with unaffected pleasure that I stand in this place, sanctified by his public ministra tion to his now shepherdless fold, and bear a tes timony that will doubtless be corroborated in similar manner by every attendant on this occa sion, that, in the eight years of his ministry in this community, in which time I have had num berless opportunities to hear him, always gladly embraced, I cannot recall a single instance in which he did not preach to my edification and stir fresh impulse in my Christian life. Somehow or in some way, the sermons of gu - manent hold of Me,a .'o-night with little enort, iftime permi :.. could recall the texts, subjeets and mo ol the divisions of every one to which I hay .stened. Prominent among them I shall never forget a masterpiece of pulpit effort in a discourse on the Syro-Phicenician w aman preached in the original church now eight years ago, and the last I heard from his lips in the Methodist church last April, on the text, "He gave his life a ransom for imany." In his quick apprehension of the true meaniiig of the text, in his natural, logical and engaging method of its exposition, always adorned with chaste and graceful lan guage. and driven home to the.listener's con sciousness with gentle and persuasive tones, Dr. Cozby, in our humble judgment, had few equals and still fewer superiors. In his inmost convic tion, the ministry was the work which was coi mitted to him by God. He felt himself to be God's ambassador. The pulpit was his throne. And the tbemes which he presented were sur charged, with feelings of interests of the very highest moment-the universal and most impor tant interests of mankind-far beyond those for which the thunder of Demosthenes rolled in Athens, far beyond those for which Cicero shook the Senate-house in Rome. Every thought, atti tude, look and gesture bore the impress of his divine commission, and was the outward expres sion of a deep inward purpose ever struggling up through his soul, to perform, like his Divine Exemplar, the work which he had been sent to do. As he appeared in the sacred desk, clothed with meek unaffected humility, evidently re strained by the consciousness of his high respon sibility and the sense of awe of the divine Pres ence, the sacred impulse emanating from . him reached all hearts, and we were made to feel "There stands the messenger of truth; there stands The legate of the skies! His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out I s thundrs, and by him in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace." In the few moments in which we shall be per mitted to refresh our memories of Dr. Cozby's preaching, we shall endeavor to briefly represent its matter, its method and its motive. i. Primarily and distinctively Dr. Cozby was a preacher of doctrine. Now there is doctrinal preaching, and doctrinal preaching; and it is not our purpose to represent him as belonging to the school of antedated scholastics, metaphysical doc trinal preachers: but he was a firm believer in the cardinal, fundamental doctrines of revealed religion, and a most interesting and eminently successful expositor of doctrinal truth. Doctrine is something taught:-a preacher of doctrine is a teacher of scriptural truth, and to represent Dr. Cr tby as an instructive and edifying teacher of God's word is to picture him in his true charac ter. His head and his heart were not ir. conflict with each other in regard to the saving doctrines of Christianity, and he constantly set them forth as the only basis and constitution of Christian character, and the only ground of hope of eternal life and heavenly blessedness. What he had learned, he taught: what he believed, he spoke; what he felt conv-inced was the truth, lie did not hesitate to maintain and defend. He had little sympathy with the modern tendency to move away from the foundation of right dloctrine. He repudiated the clamor that is raised in some quar ters that our Christian churches are dying because of dloctrinal preaching. He ignored the demand to convert our pulpits into platforms for the dis cussion of political, philosophical, scientific or modern speculative problems, and closed his ears against the cry fer pure and simple sensa tionalism. He was convinced that the old Gospel, proclaimed with apostolic fervor, and with the unction mf the Holy Ghost, is the only hope for the human race, and that to-day it remains as distinctively as in the time of St. Paul, "the power of God unto salvation to every one that believ' eth." He therefore avoided "foolish questions," and "genealogies," and "science falsely so-called," and preached the Word in its simple, sanctifying power. And here it is just to add that he preached not only the doctrines universally accepted among Christians, but wherever the occasion offered . or demanded, anid especially in the presence of his own congregation, he proclaimed as he should the distinctive doctrines of the Calvinistic system and the Westminster Confession, which he con scientiously believed to be the truth. And doubt less those who are members of his congregation wduld cheerfully? assent to the fact that he made them not only better Christians, but also better Presbyterians. There was not, how~ever, in Dr. Cozby the slightest suggestion of sectarian intolerance or ministeriaLbigotry, and he was evidently lifted. far above any narrow exclusiveness by his breadth of mind, generosity of heart, and philanthropic nature. He was not the blind fanatic or illibcral enthusiast trammelled and handicapped by the purely traditional interpretatioiis of his owii creed,h particularly on the Sabbath question and the individual conception of the well-guarded doctrine of evolution, and he did not hesitate to publish to the world his opinions and convictions always courageously and successfully maintained. In a word, Dr. Cozby was a man independent in thought, broad in culture, careful in investiga tion , and he constantly enriched his sermons not only with doctrinal truth, but with wealth of illus tration from the various departments of human knowledge. There was an atmosphere of invig orating freshness about his pulpit efforts that clothed old themes with new interest and made them appear in new and attractive light. He was a man of thought and gave his devoted parish ioners the full enjoyment of his varied literary and theological attainments. 2. We now hasten to consider more briefly the method of Dr. Cozby's preaching. It conformed to the most approved rules of homiletical arrange ment. The order wvhich he pursued was-most natural, logical and expository. and remarkably clear in thought and presentation. He saw in the. test one great central thought around which all his arguments, sub-divisions and illustrations fe:l inito unity, and all conspired to produce a har monious and ineffaceable impression. If he had ainy defect--and in the mention of it I stand my e'f condemned-it was in the uniform use of the nianuscript, which, however, he always read with grace and excellent effect. H is c.ultivated rhetor ical taste, and his purpose always to be exact in thoug.t and expression, doubtless led him to this ac tice, wh:ch long continued, finally set tled into a pardlonable habit, But while this was his general method of pulpit preparation, some of his most excellent sermons and addresses were delivered entirely without a manuscript, arid they were so free from criticism that one cannot but wvonder why he should submit to the restraint and labor of written discourse. But whatever his reasons, which were perfectly satisfactory to him self, his pulpit manner was so full of earnestness and pathos, so.free from either affection or dull ness,'so full of reverence and conscious responsi bility, that one quickly forgot that his words were coming from any source other thiain the immediate prompting and inspiratioii of his own heart, He seemed to be like one drawing nigh to the flaming presence of Jehovah, and uinder the sense of the awful majesty, removing his shoes from off his feet as the place whereon he stood was holy groundl. Is whole attitude and demeanor were characterized by reverence and modesty. He dis dained every species of cant or affectation, aiid madIe absolutely iio effort to play ihe orator, His prayers particularly were full of profound rever ence and awe as he addressedl "the high and the lofty One who inhabiteth eternity," the Lord God Almighty, "who dweliest in the heavens," "for. giving iniquity transgression and sin, but who will in no wvise clear the guilty." As he led us within the vail, into the risen presence of the Divine M1ajesty, our feet would stay, and our hearts wiere hushed as he appeared before the mercy-seat for us. I am unable to see how those who attended the services conducted by Dr. Cozby could suppress the feeling that they had been brought into the very presence of God, and of Jesus Christ, the Reveiationi of our Heavenly Father. "At church with meek and unaffected grace His looks adorned the venerable place: Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, Aiid tools who came to scoff remained to pray." H astening iiow for want of further time for this address, we wvishi to characterize, finally. the nio tive of Dr. Cozby's preachiing. This, as it should be. is best expressed by himself, In oiie of his serimons on '"The Miinistry of Reconciliation" which with a number of others judiciously se lected were generously loaned me by his beloved companion and friend in preparation for this oc casion-he says: "I sometimes wonder, my breth ren, whether we who are commissioned to preach the Gospel, and you who are exhorted to hear it, do not to a great degree overlook the real end af the preaching of the Gospel. Sonie think, it would seem, that the main object is to belabor men on account of their sins-to declare the wrath of God against all unrighteousness and sin-and thereby to frighteni men into a course of holy living. Well, we must admit that the Gospel has a wrathfui phase, for in his letter to the Romans the apostle declares that in it 'the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men,' and again, 'Knowing the terror of the Lord, we persuade men': but still the object in preaching is not mainly to denounce sin, but it is beautifully and compendiously ex pressed in the words, The Mlinistry of Reconcilia-' tion. We ministers occupy no judgment seat, nor are the people arraigned befo're us to have sentence passed upon them, but our business is to declare the Gospel-ours is the ministry of reconciliation. His one supreme and over-mastering pur pose, therefore, was by the gentle wooings of the Gospel of Peace to point to the humble, contrite sinner the plan of salvation andthe path to rcn cialiatio2 with God. The word of God was "I his heart as a burning fire and hecouhdnot forbear to warn the neglectful, to confor the penitent, and preach to troupled omsciencs the precious cpa.latiois 'f the G e f p i,. motive was pre cuine:tlv al solely to :ive ninc. and especially t1o-e to wlim God had cu:miitted to his charge. His heart went forth in tender yearning for their souls, a:nd hence we hear him in the conclusion of a most touching selmon on the text. "So shall we ever be with the Lord." pouring out his soul in persuasive exhortation: "O my beloved congregation, what greater joy and bliss could I wisa for you than this. that you might be t.frevcr with the I,vrd, and Ibeliold his face. O if ou would only come to Christ ac cording to his invitation, and wak with him all your days. he would not leave you friend:ess and desolate when eternity shall swallow up all the things of time. I labor, I pray. I preah to yon with this great end in view, that I may win you to Christ, and that we may ever be with this glorious Lord. Come to him while lie is calling. Come to him while he is waiting. Give yourse:ves wholly to him in Covenant, and he will give him self wholly to you. May it be that through the abundant grace of God in his dear Son, we may all ever be with the Lord." And this evening. beloved, as I repeat this pa thetie entreaty in your ears, I feel that it is a voice now speaking to us from the skies, and from the near presence of the Lord Almighty, for which his soul thirsted and in which lie now rests, he is beckoning us onward and will him self stand at the pearly gates to welcome us with glad hallelujahs. At this moment could he ad dress us from the abode of blessedness in which he enjoys the ecstacies of eternity, oh, how he would redouble the earnestness of his admoni tions and strive to reaniniate our languishing zeal. "Ie being dead yet speaketh." "And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-'edged ofispring to the skies, lie tried each art, reformed each dull delav, Allured to brighter worlds and led the way." After the singing of hymn 696 Rev. E. P. McClintock, of the A. R. P. church, was introduced and spIoke of 1)R. COZl1Y AS A PASTOR. A few days before Dr. Coz,y left Newberry for the last time I spent a morning with him in his home. It had been ir timated by those who had a right to know that his (lisease w. uld probably prove fatal. Tnis made the lingered with him wider the apprehension that it might be our laIst interest on earth. Not a sladow (,ossed I to miWd LboUt the re union in the eternal hou e, hut I left hIn Oppres,zeC Wvith WaLW54M)rt the U-Vii_ in terview did close our long and close and ar -etionate associa tion. I spent an evening wi h him when he came here to look over the field with a view to sett.lement When lie decided to come, and brought his family, I was among those who ga-e him a hearty wel-ome, and all through the eight years of his pastorate otr Christian afrection grrw stronger and strong er. He honored mte with his confidence, and see.ed to apprecia e mine. He to'd me of his pleasures and kr.r;%w that I rejaiced in thent; lie told me of his sorrows and disap pointments, and knew that he had the sym pathy of my heart. I nearly always knomw the purtions of S.ipt ure on which he was feeding bi- flock, and sometimes went with him into te honjes of his people, and he with me into u ine. I thus learned to know him thoroughly as a Iastor. lie had a any excellencies and qualifica ions which he had acquired in hi- lifelong work, and employed thewM in tils his last field In the maturity of his powers and in the ripen-ss of his experi ence. From our limited time I can men tion only one or two of these. The excellence which se niedto me to be of first importance and most suitable for consideration this eve ning was his cos,ception of the office of pas tor. He regarded toe office as blood bought. He saw divine wisdomt in its adaptedness to the convict ion and conversion or sine,s and the edifying of saiats, and in addition to this lie saw that the office was one of the ascension gifts or out Saviour which lie had purchased with his blood. And in regard to his occupancy of this sacret ollice ovrr this flock he bleved in his heart that le had been called to it by Gvd. When this church sent up the call and it had been duiy consid ered by the Presbytery of South Carolina and tranlsruitted to his, the liarmony Presbyter3. a tid by his brethren of that Presbyt--ry placed in his hanals, le fully weighed all of these, ani all of the o.hor circuustances in the c vse. They were all gratifying The full unanimity of tne members of the church signing the call, the character of the church, thc judg ment of his brethren ot both Pre byteries, the earnest and affecting clause in the call "we do bereby invite and entreat you to take the care of our souls," all of these had their Influence, but that which moved hin to ac cept the call was a persuasion that they con stituted an expression of the will of God. in obedience to that conviction lie came and took up his work in this place and prosecuted it till the day ofnis release. Tiis conception could be seen in all the functions oi his olli -e and characteriz d his whole conduct. In the function which has just been dis cussed, th.it of preaching, whit-. lie was e irn est and efrective in all of our pulpits, yet when he stood here in his own, there was a fervor and a pathos and a solicitude andl an affectionate yearning that lie experienced no where else. lie feltin his whole natu e when he stood here and besought the adherents ol this chur ch that lie was beseeching tnem in Christ's steadl to be reconelledh toGodl. when his euitreaties were tunheed- d he had great heav.ness of soul. When lie stood here and instructed and comforted or ieproved and rebuked, it was with a view to an account to the King and Head of the Church who had iitrusted his r-heep to his care as an under shepherd. The same ap.peared also as lhe went irom house to house in pastoral work. He was a regular and frequent visitor in the hon es oi his people in ali cases of serlotus ill ness or affliion of any kind. He had learned lessons ofawlsdom In tue school of atfliction, and his heart had been mtellowed in tue com panionship of the .Man or Sorrows and he was very helpful to the sorrowing and the dis tressed. Al though sufrering for yeais from anm insidious disease, lie never spared himself when there waissorrow of any kind in any of his homes. In ordinary astoral visitation he was not so abundant. He loved his peo ple and greatly enjoyed their c-ompany-, and re-gretted that he cotu l not mingle mnore freely with them ;l but his assidluous labors among the afflicted and his diligent plepara tion for the hpulpit didl ot, leave as much lime as lie desired for that form of wor k. While lie regiretted the fact he was coniscienutlous in it, as in all his wore. Such, then, as I saw It, was one phase of the work us a pastor of our brother whose aeath we mourn this evening There was one other ehetment in his work to which I willI allude, It is a (delicate mat ter, a nd I appreciate the sacred proprieties of this occasion.i but I cannot forbear f'rom allnding to It- as one of the very Important elements in all his work here, and especially as a pastor. He regarded it so. I heard him say so time amid a:tain. If his gloritied spirit is conscions of the debt (if friendship I am endeavorinig to pay in this part of this service it is not willing for mec to tak.e my seat until I have at least ma ntionedh that element in his work. I i efer to the f'aithful and efficient co operation of his devoted wife, No other hu n an acency so eintered into his life and all the departments of his work as her prudence and her whole-he.ted sy-mpath v and active co-operationi. lie knew this well, and I honor his memory when I sap lie app-,eciatedi the flact. "H is hear t still safely tirusts in her." Dr. J. W. Fuinn, of Columbia, who wasi present, spoke briefly of Dr. Cu%by in his relations to the Presbaytery. lie paid him a high tribute for faithfulness to duty and as a w ise and safe coun sellor. The exercises were then closed with an earnest prayer by Dr. Holland. G. G. SALE, ATTORNEY AT LAW and REAL ESTATE AGENT, Will buy atid sell real estate in Town and Country on moderate commis sions, FOR SALE. G bRoom House, One Aere and a UHalf lot in Town of Newuierry. 2302Acres' wit h improvemtents, 7 mesfrom To wn. 1P7, Acres, tenant houses, out 1 buildings~ and good pasture. 250re ^*mil"'s'f'om Town,' o provesl, fresh land. 27"5 Acres, 8 miles of Town, one O eathouse anId good bot tom lands, do not ovel flow. All the above property on excellent terms. For particuilars apply to mie. G. G SALE. NOTICF. XTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ith at on the .5th day of November, 1894, the Board of Countty Commission ers will elect a Keeper for the Poor House for the year 189.5. All applica tions must be filed with the Board on or before the day named. J. C. DOMINICK, Chairman. THOS. S. SEASE, Clerk, TRESPASS NOTICE. AL~LIPRONS ARE HEREBY warne fromhunting, fish ing or otherwise trespassing on my lands, heretofore known as the "Senn Place," under penlalty of prosecution to the full extent of thbe la w. JOHN W. TAYLOR. Oct. 15, 1864-4t. BRIDGE TO LET. T HE BR[DGE ON BUSH RIVER at Langford's Mill will be let to the low~est bidder on Frida OctoMr at 10 o'c Comn isoners rj aiiy and l ds - - 41 (3) - %, Mr. George W. TWey Benjamin, MissourI. Good Advice Quickly Followed Cured of Rheumatism by Hood's Sarsaparilla. "C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.: " I was taken down with rheumatism over year ago. I was sick for ovtr six months. Often I would have such pains that I could hardly endure thern. A friend came to me and advised me to try Hood's Sarsaparilla. I took him at his word and got a bottle of it, and since have taken eight bottles of it. It Has Cured Me When the docto-s could do me no good what ever. After being benefitei so much from this medicine T 0nribe Hood's Sarsaparilla as a 73uerful medicine. I also advise every one who is troubled vrith rheumatism notto be with Hood'swCures out Hood's Sarsaoarilla. I am a farmer, and the medicine has given me much energy and strength to perfori my work." GEoRGE W. TULEY, Benjamin, Missouri. Hood's Pills are hand made, and perfect lnoDortion and appearanco. 25c. a box. Buy a Lof as an anvestment. T WELVE DES-IRABLE BUILD ing Lots in the eastern part of town for saleon easy terms. 0. B. MAYER. SrATE OF' SOUTH CAROLIVA COUNTYOF NEWBERRY-IN PROBATE COURT. Alonz: B. Cannon and Benjamin F. C-unon, as Administrators if the Personal Estate of Samuel W. Ben son, deceased, Plaintiff, againost Lavinia CAnuon and others, Defend ants. Complaint for sale of land to aid in payment of debts. PURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF Court herein, I will sell at public outcry, to the higjiest-tidder, at New berry Court House, on the 5h day of Novenher, 1894, all that tract of land, situate in said County, which was 8et apart to Lavinia Cannon, widow of Samuel W. Cannon, deceased, as dower, containing One Hundred and Twenty Acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of Calvin Wielier, Mrs. T. J. McCrary, Estate of Alovrzo B. Cannon, iom Greenwood, and Tract No. 2 of Estate of said Samuel W. Cannon, on the following terms, to wit: One half cash. ilance on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale. Credit portion to be se cured by bond (of the purchaser and mlortgage of the premises. Purchaser to pay for papers. J. B. FE L LER.S, J. P. N. C. Oct. 15th, 1894. STATE OF SOUTH CA ROLINA, NEWBERRY COUNTY-IN PROBATE COURT. Henry R. Lindsay, as Executor of the Will of James Gauntt, deceased, anud in his own right, Piaintiff, against John A. Lindsay, as Executor of the Will of James (Gauntt, deceased, and others. PUTRSUJANT TO AN ORDER OF LCourt herein, I will sell at public outcry, in front (of the Court House at New berry, S. C., to the highest bidder, on Monday, the 5th day of November next, that Storehouse and Lot, situata.d in the Town of New berry, and bounded by Main street, lot of A. MI. Bowers, lot of Geo. S. Mower, and lot of the Estate of Joseph Brown, deceased, on the fo-lowing terms, to wit: Onle half cash, and ihe balance on a credit of one and two years, in equal inistalmients, with interest from day of sale. Credit portion to be secured by bond of thbe pu:-chaser and mortgage of the premises. Building to be insured for at least twelve hundred and fifty dollars and policy assigned. Purchaser to pay for all pap-is. J. B. FE LLERS, J. P. N. C. Oct. 15th, 1894. Master's Sales. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OFNEWBERRY-IN COMMON PLEAS. Newberry Savings Bank against Mar. tha Smith et al. - BY OR DER OF THE COURT herein, I will sell in front of the Court House at Newherryv, on the first Mond.'y in November, 1894, "all that lot or parcel of land, in the Town of Prosperity, in the State and L;ounty aforesaid, containing Oue Acre, more or less, and bounded on .tbe west by McN ary strect, north by Luther street and south and east by lot of Dr. R. L. Luther. And also "All that other lot of land, lying and being situated in the County and State aforesaid and in the Town of Prospi rity, containi,ng 17I50 square feet, more or less, and bounded east by S::boolhouse lot, south and west by C. N. & L. R. R., and north by MIin eral Well street.?' Terms: The purchaser will be permitted to pay the whbole bid in cash, otherwise one-half of the purchase money will be required in cashb, and the balance secured by a bond and mortgage of the premises, payable in one year, with interest from day of sale. Purchaser to pay for papers. SI L AS JO HNS l'ONE, Ma-ter. Master's O1ice, i hi Oct., 1894. STA TE OF SOUT H CA ROLINA COUNTY OF NE W BER RY-IN COMMON PLEAS. The National Bank of Newberry against Jas. M. Henderson. B Y ORDER OF THE COURT herein, I will bell at p)ublic outcry before the Court House at New berry' on the First Monday in Novemb 'r, 1894, all that tract of land lyig in the Coun. ties of New berry and Union, contain lng Seven Hundred and Six Acres and a Fourth, miore or lesa, and bounded by lands of the estate of P. WV. Chick, the estate (of R. S. Chick and others. TERMs: The, purchaser will be re qjuired to pay one-i bird of the purchase money in cash, and tc secure the balance by bond and mortgage of the premises, payable in one and two years with interest from the day of sale. SI LAS JOHNST'ONE, Master. Master's Office, Sh Oct, 1894. BRIDGE TO LET T HE HARIMON BRIDGE OVER Bush River will be let to the u bidder on Friday, the 10.h of O'ct(ek. Tbe Commis. eright to reject any ~~~ImICK, Chairman. "E, Cleik. A _ TIME I There s a ti e is i when h shoul gird u' se ingteagrn ie thig s. - uhat '2~ *m here isfftiered ins wen boshoand hiden o. Clthn JAtIEJAN, 0.WTA M.1 AISl TI 01D01111.ARUAIIISil Jl8t Reeivrd. HANDSOME 2" MAMMOTH RE LEAVELL ThelFf rr ?,f fed theo world.~ tl ~i T HIS IS THE BEST FERI IThere have been many ofleia] always came out ahead of all< largest crops of all. Being a natt all crops. Adapted to all soils, in A. C. Davis of Georgia writes: I used the Natural Plant Food on Cott money that I ever got from any fertilizer. Just Half the Price of W. M. SHAV Myofoice, Mrs. Brown's Store. 0. KLETTNER THE FIRST OF ALL MERCHANTS AT NEWBERRY HOLDING A GRAND OPENING FOR TH-E FALL 1894, Not fo,r one or two days only, but an opening of Grand Bargains every day throughout the entire season. We now open up case after case of CLOTHING. You can buy a suit of Clothing from us fresh, clean and new, made of best material, latest style, custom made, for less money than you can buy a suit of clothing thai has been bargained through summer-and winter for five or ten years, refused by others. Look out if you do, and SNEEZE. You might be as naked as a Jay bird. Every Suit we sell is guaranteed Double Seamed and Saddle St itched. A cordial invitation extended and entire satisfaction guaranteed to all. 0. Klettner, THEWEER OF TH BATT LEA. The renowned:and celebrated auc tioneer, Mr. E, WV. Tho-nason, whose melodeous voice will furnish sweet music in your ear, and save you a dime every time, Messrs. W. P. Bedenbaugh and J. T Hutchison, kown to all as Honest Whiskey Bill and Upright Joe, also Mr. M. Lake will take pleasure to serve you. FOR SALE. I- WILL SELL ON SALEDAY IN . ovember, at Newberry C. H. within the legal hours of sale, to the higbest bidder, my House and Lot in the town of Helena. The lot con tains Thirty-Six One Hundreot hs (36--100) of an Acre. .The house has six roonAs. A well of goo-~l water at the back door.. Also an out house with th ree divisions, suit able for horse stable, cow stall and wood room. TERMS: Oue-half cash, balance on six months credit with interest from day of sale. The credit portion to be secured by bond of the purchaser aEd mortgage of the premises, with leave for the purchaser to pay all of his bid in cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. Possession given the 1st of January. MRS. EMMA E. HA LFACRE, Helena, S. C. -EINUL XMNTIN SEMI- ANNUALJ EXAMINA beltious for Teachers' Certificates will and third grade certificates will she rt' newed. A pplicants will bringpnik and paper. T HOS. WV. KEITTn,in School Commissioner, 4 _ LIMITEB. th afar o vr p hi\on an - "Ien- ef bvee e4stepeet atg fi the/new /O'S Spca?n pledi lieo 7ut thce Frs feve dent Wadofeself abve. SO'S SPES.iid ral entilie of is uityoo on't thelmsagodfryh.l KELEFJIRD, AFORgent 1114 ur i Nie 1wry S. . EDOHERS, D / yo ithtSiyorhsa brte/rsnwas edhmt anhv. i ufte.W r had ttebsiesadhv every Fdola.pn wih sLtani fbied etsewth. Our aindof comfeor an perodapera Undl ertiier, Laundreull god n onand ouit thems odfrte1g Chsecal rtilitorou K5E9R6 ,Aget Ther yo ie thee neit yourttern broublero setoub nears Sedsim a hands,a rvted buttnss and ae wrmh ateneia. Theine wil stlihd~ Swharindrh wear oing tAie seemsh etori t iehis citlot e r Bfys' tht we ar he Shittrt W Hrlartspent cwier usan Shilsl oaid l ehere. 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