Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^BNRT J, jHOMPaOM, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. receive rather than cen* sure. Whatever were the mo tives that influenced them, (and „ . ... „ it is always b<*8t to creditpeo- TERMS—fl Per Annum In Advance;! • l- u * 50 cents for 6 months; 25 cents for pi© with the highest motives 8 month*. unless the contrary be shown), AdvertUing Rate*: ftho conclusion they reached One Bqnare ttrat in*ertion $1.00 One Square itecond insertion..; 50 Every subsequent insertion 50 was an eminently proper one under the circumstances, and Contract advertisements inserted removes all grounds for appre- upon the most reasonable terms. KEEPING UP THE WARFARE. Mr. John Gary Evans, one of those now engaged in the can vass of the State as a candidate for the office of Governor, makes fun of the anti-Tillman ites who are laboring for the restoration of good feeling a- mong tht people of the State, and says that “We” (meaning the Tillman ites) “are being baited for with ‘peace and har mony’;” that he, for one, is “in for war.” These and other extreme utterances has he been giving forth from time to time; himself lacking in the quality of sincerity, he is blind to it in others. Judged by his own standard mankind is ever in fluenced by ulterior motives; nothing is disinterested, nothing unselfish. The reason for Mr. Evans being “in for war” is not far to seek; but for the abnor mal condition of things in this State, he would never have been known. Wafted into power by an ill wind which brought n< good to any one in the State ex cept the office-seekers, (that by strife and dissensions among the people), he knows that when such strife and disseu sions cease, his public career is ended. The day that the people of South Carolina get together again, there will be no such office-holders as Mr. John Gary Evans: as long as there such office-holders, the breach will never be healed. hension of trouble in the two counties named. Rev. John Stout. It would have been a pleasure, though a very sad one, to have been at the funeral and joined with my brother pastors in seek ing to give expression to the high estimate in which Bro. Stout was held by me. But as that privilege was denied me, I desire, in this way, feeble though it be, to put upon record of the man and his is OUR “CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATION One of the first pledges of the “Reformers” was to the effect that during their campaigns the people would have an opportun ity of passing judgment on the candidates for themselves by being brought face to face with them. This is one of the pledges that has been reieemed, but it is doubtful whether the people of South Carolina are improved in any respect, morally, socially or politically, by such a “cam paign of education” as is going on around them at this time. Officers of the government who are paid at the rate of so much a day to attend to the people’ business in Washington or Co umbia have left their posts of duty, and are engaged in an un seemly scramble for office up one side of the State and down the other, black-guarding each other, calling each other by in suiting nicknames, and general ly disgracing themselves and their State. Has such a campaign ever before been wit nessed in South Carolina, even in 1876? Better had the people never been brought “face to face” with the candidates if it is to see them deporting them selves as they are now. . A CHANGE OF VIEW. The selection of all party can didates by the primary plan, in order that the direct will of the people, free from the manipu lations of cliques and rings, may be properly expressed, was one of the chief planks in the platform of Governor Tillman and his party when they first went into power several years ago. If the will of the people found proper expression in the matter of the choice of a Sen ator at this time, it is just pos sible that Gen. Butler might prove to be the lucky man, but if left to the Legislatuie the “plum” will undoubtedly fall to the lot of Governor Tillman. Under the circumstances, with the dominant element in control of the party machinery, it is not my estimate work. My acquaintance with Bro. Stout began in 1873, the last year of his pastorate at New berry. We met at a Union meeting held with a church ^Bethel) to which I was preach ing. We spent the night at the same house. Three months af ter wards we met again, I spent the night in his own house, and then we were together for three days at another Union meeting. I At these two meetings, I saw i him in the Lord’s house, in his I own home, and in the homes of the brethren. The impressions I received then were: Here is a courtly gentleman, a devout Christian, an earnest worker, a wise leader. From that time to the date of my removal to Dar lington county, in January, 1892, I saw him only at our Conventions, still I was becom ing more and more acquainted with him by correspondence and through the religious press. 1 may be permitted to say here that my coming to my present field was in a large measure ow ing to a letter received from him urging me to come. Since then he and I have been more intimately assuciated than ever before, not only in religious work, but socially and personal ly, and the result has been to to deepen and confirm the im pressions of twenty one years ago. At his funeral the brethren spoke of “Bro. Stout as a pastor; as a preacher; as a citizen; as a leader in Chris tian work.” I did not hear, nor have I heard of, what the brethren said, and yet 7t I feel that I know about what the trend of their remarks was, or at least, what I would have said on each of the several to pics. As a pastor he was sym pathetic, prudent, laborious; as a preacher he was reverent, studious, clear, pointed, practi cal; as a citizen he loved his county, his state, his country and any and every measure which promised good to the peo ple, to the whole people, receiv ed his hearty endorsement and cordial support; his mind was too broad, his soul too big, to be confined to a class or a fac tion. As a leader in Christian work I know nothing better than to say that, no man in the State, especially among the younger men, possessed the con fidence of his brethren more than he; there were none whose judgment was confided in more than his, and none whose leadership was more implicitly followed. In each and all of these he excelled in an eminent degree, and yet, had I been call ed upon to speak, and had it been left to my choice my theme would have been; “Brother Stout as a Christian.” Some one has said that “A Christian is the highest style of man”. The beautiful spirit possessed and everywhere re flected by Bro. Stout is that for which 1 honored him highest and loved him most. What is a Christian? It is he who be- lives, trusts, loves and serves God; he who loves and lives for the good of his fellow men. Would we see a perfect Christ ian character? Would we look upon a faultless life? That char acter was possessed and that life was lived by Jesus Christ. ithout aviour. No _ _ has done more ery few, if any, have done much, in the last twenty years for foreign missions as John Stout. The magnificient work uow being performed by the Baptist women of the South for their benighted sisters in heathen lands owes its present efficiency to Bro. Stout more than to any other one man, dead or living. The writer will never forget the thrill of holy joy which ran through a letter written by Bro. Stout twenty years ago in reply to ono asking for information about Woman’s Mission Societies. Nor was he indifferent to the work at home. By no means. Every enterprise of his denomination—missions, state, home and foreign, educa tion, orphanage—had in him a firm friend and an earnest advo cate. I believe however, that foreign missions and Christian education were uppermost in his heart. The last few months of his life wore largely given to work for the Welsh Neck High School. How intense was his anxiety when he thought and spoke of that institution, where the boys and girls of moderate means in his own beloved Welsh Neck Association could receive the benefits as.l blessing of an education under positive Christ ian influences. May his fondest hopes be more than realized! Not only in work of a general character was he interested, but in his own immediate field, as many of the readers of these lines can testify, the same lov ing, helpful spirit was manifest ed. The sick and distressed, the poor and needy, found in Bro. Stout a sympathizing heart and helping hand. Many at Newberry, Society Hill and Darlington remember with tear ful eyes his loving mil istrations in times of grief and pain. When at his home in Newberry he pointed to a piece of plain I'urniture and said tome: “There is not a piece of furniture in this house which I prize more highly than that”. And then he told me the story of a poor man who had been sick; or his visiting him, and how the poor man as an expression of the gratitude he felt for the kind ness shown him, present)d Bro Stout with the piece of furni ture. When John the Baptist sant a deputation to theSaviourwith the question “Art there he that should come, &c.”, the reply was “Show John again those things you hear and see”. The last and most significant thin; they ‘heard’ was, “ti poor have the gospel preached unto them”. Not to pursue or possess wealth, fame or pleas ure, “but to seek and to save the lost”. This was His mis sion, His work, and this is the mission and work of His people. From the very beginr ing of his Christian life, Bro. Stout seem ed to have grasped this idea and we all know with what de votion he clung to it. Yes, this was the secret, the mainspring of his life. He was moulded in and by the humble, loving, self sacrificing Spirit of his Lore and Master. Whatever we may say of him—of his varied abili ties and his many sided work— his deep and ever deepening spirituality was the Divine mo tive power that made the man E roduced his work and gave us is life. This he has left behind him—a legacy to his brethren— a heritage to the world. He ' gone and yet not gone; for was it not of such as he the pious poet sang? “With us their names shall live, Through long, succeeding years Embalmed with all our hearts can give, Our praises and our tears”. On Saturday night the 16th of June just after receiving the sad news, “the end is very near”, I was sitting alone think ing of Bro. Stout—of the man, his work and his life and the thought suggested itself. “If I had to preach Bro. Stout’s fun eral sermon what text would I use?” The thought was no sooner fixed in the mind than these words presented them selves: “The disciple whom Jesus loved.” The striking similarity of spirit between the disciple “whom the Saviour lov ed” and him to whom these lines refer leads the writer to likely held. that a primary will be To be like Christ is to be a lay them on his grave as abroth- A WISE CONCLUSION. The County Executive Com mittees of the counties of Dar lington and Florence have been criticised severely insomequar- Christian; to live like Christ :s to live a Christian life. Bro. Stout was a Christian in no or- ordinary degree. He possessed a large measure of the spirit of Him who know no sin” and “who went about doing good”. This was the chief excellence and the crowning glory of his character and life. It is said that the only inscription on Bi shop Heber’s monument is this: “He loved God and little child ren”. Something of the same kind may be said of Bro. Stout. He loved God; he loved his brethren; he loved his fellow men. No man among us gave better evidence of his firm raith in the doctrine of the “brother hood of man’’ than he. No thing so thrilled his heart as an intelligent, fervent appeal for foreign missions. His soul yearned with pity for the na- er’s affectionate tribute to the memory of a Christ-like man. N. N. Burton, Swift Creek Parsonage, June 25, 1894. [HartsviUe Messenger.] The sad tidings reached Haris ville last Sunday night that Rev. John Stout, who nas been critically ill for some weeks in Dallas, Texas, had passed away about 11.40 a. m. on that day. He was born in Mobile, Ala., March 12 1842, and lived in that State until the war. When the South called for defenders he entered the army and served in Virginia until 1862, when he was transferred to the West, where he served as adjutant of an Alabama regiment until the close of the war. He was thrice wounded, and the surrender found him at home recuperat ing from a severe wound he had received in the battle of Frank lin. About one year after the sur render he came to South Caro lina, and lived for some time in Hartsvilie. And here occurred the most important event in his earthly history. During a meet ing of days, held by Elder Burn, with the Hartsvilie church, in the latter part of August, 1866, this child of many prayers was led to Christ. His father had long made it a subject of prayer that his son might become a preacher of the gospel, and though the aged man of God never had the privilege of hear ing the son preach, yet he lived to know that he was converted, and had put his hands to the plow never to look back. He was baptized Sept. 2nd and on the 7th of October following he was granted license by his church to begin his life work as teacher of the gospel. He soon entered Furman University where he graduated in due time, and then entered the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary which was then in this State: He completed the course of study in that institution in 1873, but he had, meanwhile, served pastor of the Newberry church about two or three years. In the fall of 1873 he accepted the pastorate of the old historic Baptist church at Society Hill, known as the Welsh Neck church. With this people he remained over eighteen years, and it is no exaggeration of the truth to say that no man in all the land was more highly es^ teemed or more truly loved by his church than was Mr. Stout His influence was most potent throughout the community, not only with the members of his own church, but also with Christians of every name. As a proof of this, when he was first called to the pastorate of the Darlington church, a protest against his leaving Society Hill was prepared and signed exclu sively by members of the other churches in the community, and in this protest they urged him to consider them in mak ing his decision to go or stay. And his influence was not con fined to his community. He was the leading spirit in his Association, and was its mode rator until he declined to serve any longer in that capacity. He was also one of the leading spirits in the State Convention, where he was considered one of the safest, most judicious men in the body. Also, in the Southern Baptist Convention he was regarded as one of the wisest men in its constituency, and was almost invariably put on committees that had to con sider some new work where they had little or no aid from the ex perience of the past, and where so much depended on the wis dom and good judgment of the committee that must map out a new course. At the last meet ing where he was stricken down with the complaint that carried him away, he was chair man of one of the most import ant committees, and doubtless had to do well-nigh all the work himself, as is the rule in such cases. Such men are always in demand as trustees for institu tions of learning, and our broth er had his full share of that kind of work to do. He was a trustee of every educational in stitution in which his Associa tion was interested, from its own High School up to the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, including Furman University and the Greenville Female College As the readers of the Messen ger already know, he was taken sick while in attendance upon the Southern Baptist Conven tion, and had been ill nearly. < week before his friends were aware of it. Then, for a while it was thought that he was ira proving, but the hopes thus ? uickened in the hearts of his riends were doomed to disap pointment. After lingering for more than four weeks the end came. On last Lord’s day, that day on which he had so often preach ed the Word of Life to his own people, while the congregations of earth were engaged in the solemn and delightful work of praising God, he departed to be with Christ; he entered upon that “rest that remaineth for the people of God”. “Where congregations ne'er break up. And Sabbaths have no end.” Beautiful coincidence that he should enter into the “saint’s everlasting rest” on the day of rest. Humanly s the prospect of many useful work ahead, just in his prime of manhood, the hands of monument pass away. which will never What is (Baptist Courier.) This beloved brother will not meet with us again on earth. The sad news of his death in Dallas, Texas, on last Sunday reaches us just before we go to press. No man in the State will oe missed more than Bro. Stout. Fully identified with all of our denominational interests, so wise, so prudent, so willing, so ready, so loving, how can we get along without him? It is hard to feel resigned, and it takes faith and love to God to say, “Thy will be done.” But we must say it, we must feel it. God knows best, the work is his, the workmen are his, the glory shall be his The Lord gave him to us, the Lord worked with him and through him to his own glory, and he knows what is best for Bro. Stout, for us and for the cause. We loved Bro. Stout, we trusted him, we followed him, we are better for having known him, and thank God for giving him to us for so many years. He will be sadly missed everywhere and in all our work. His death is a great loss and sad bereavement, not only to the church of which he was pastor and in the commun ity where he lived, but to the whole State and to the denomi nation at large. A fuller ac count of Bro. Stout’s life will be given next week. Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitehcr’s prescription for ItitanU and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops, SootMng 8>rups, and Castor Oil. It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years’ use by Millions of Mothers. Castoria is the Children’s Panacea —the Mothers Friend. Castoria, “CMtorla in so well adapted to children that 1 recommend it os superior to any prescription known to me.” II. A. Archer, M. D., Ill So. Oxford SL, Brooklyn, N. Y. “ The use of ‘Castoria’ la fo universal and its meritk bo well known that it seems a work of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the intelligent families who do not keep Castoria within easy reach.** Carlos Hartyn, I). D., New York City. Castoria. Castoria cures Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di- gestion, Without injurious medication. “For several years I have recommended your ‘Castoria,’ and shall always continue to do so as it has invariably produced beneficial results.” Edwin F. Pardee, M. D., 125th Street and 7th Ave., New York City. The Centaur Compj vt, 77 Murray Street, New YpmK Gitt law cards. MISjlTB CIHOPIES SLEEP IN COMFORT. R. W. BOYD. GKO. W. BROWN BOYD dt BROWN- Attornays and Counselor* at Law Office in brick building south of the Bank of Darlington. DARLINGTON C. B , & C. PROMPT PERSONAL ATTENTION TO ALL BUSINESS. K. p WOODS. T. H. SPAIN WOODS & SPA IN, (Successors to Ward & Woods.) Attorneys & Counsellors at Law Offices formerly occupied by Ward & Woods, over Bank of Darlington. Practise in State and Federal Courts. Prompt personal atten tion to all business. «. W. DAROAN. H. T. THOMPSON DARGAN & THOMPSON, Attorneys at Law, Office in Darlington Guards’ Armory building, lower floor. Tkirlinfiton, S. C’ , he had years of He was Christian ut our lives are in One who knows best when our time to cease la bor has come. Let no one think that our brother’s life should be symbolized by a broken shaft. His well rounded Christian de velopment, his beautiful breadth and balance of charac ter, his life-work as preacher and pastor, as citizen and friend and relative proclaim the fact that his earthly career is a beautiful, well proportioned STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.% County of Darlington. Court of Commdn Pleas. The Dank of Darliogton, Plaintiff, Against C. S. Nettles. J. E. Nettles, The Bank of Timmonsville, a cor poration duly chartered and doing business under the laws of South Carolina, C. B. Edwards, H. A. Ed wards and J. L. Coker, copartners under the Arm name of Edwards & Co., Thomas R. McOahan, Andrew 8. Brown, Robt. P. Evans, and JainesDillinghatn, copartners under the iirm name of McOahan, Brown & Evans, The Bank of Cheraw, a corporation duly chartered and do ing business under the laws of South Carolina, A. Nachman, R. W. Boyd, Oreenville Savings Bank, a corpo ration duly chartered and doing business under the laws of South Carolina. West Publishing Co. a corporation duly chartered and do ing business under the laws of the state of Minnesota, and Bollman Bros. Co, a corporation duly char tered and doing business under the laws of the State of South Caro lina, defendants. Copy Summons. For Relief. (Com plaint not served.) To the Defendants C. S. Nettles, J. E. Nettles, The Bank of Timmonsville, C. B. Edwards, H. A. Edwards, J. L. Coker, Thomas R. McUahan, Andrew S Brown, Robt. P. Evans, James Dillingham, The Bank of Cheraw, A. Nachman. R. W. Boyd, Greenville Savings Bank, West Publishing Co., and Bollman Bros- Co.: You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaint in this action which is filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office at Darlington Court House within twenty days after the service hereof exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanaed In the complaint. Dated May Mth. A. D. 1894. W. F. DARGAN, Plaintiff's Attorney, To the Defendants, J. E. Nettles and West Publishing Co.; 'Take Notice, That the Coinplaint in this action has been duly filed in the offide of the Clerk of the Court of Co union Pleas for Darlington County 11 Darlington, 8. C. on the 12th day of May A. D. 1894. W. F. DARGAN. PlaintifTs Attorney, May 17—8L THE "LIVINGSTON," We have just received a large lot of these CANOPIES. They are made especially for Southern Trade. We have been selling the LIVINGSTON for several seasons and they always give satisfac tion to our costomers. We have the largest and best assorted stock of furniture in Eastern So. Ca., and are selling at Prices Extremely slow. Kindly let us have your trade. BAIRD & SMOOT. Eftablifhed 1858. Re-Established 1889. Bowles&Son, Painters, Great Bargains IN Sewing Machines, Some of them almost as good as new, are now offered at the Darlington Guards’ Armory building by DAR GAN & THOMPSON, Attorneys for the White Sewing Machine Co. Jl8tf For Rent. KSIRA BLE four-room cottage in East Darlington for rent. Ap- to DARGAN A THOMPSON- Mamiiacturers —<>F- Doors, Sash, Blmus, JMOXTLDIJSTGIS —AND- Building Material. ESTABLISHED 1842. OEARLESTON, 8. 0. April, 2q 1893““! Gtiss Johnson, Watch-Maker and Jeweller. Repairing of watches and clocks a specialty. The patronage of the peo ple of the town and county of Dar lington respectfully solicited. Prompt personal attention given to all work and satisfaction guaranteed Place of business, in the front portion of Fiucken's Bakery. May 24-8m. W.B. McGIRl,U. D.S., his professional om vp-a* to the people of Darlington and vk luity. Office over the store of Edward* s *. ment A Co. Jan Will pay for three of the best weekly newspapers in the country for one year, TistelyMCiw, Ills Ueri Wtifitn, Tit ttgtta hm. These three papers will supply all the news, County, State and National, that one needs to keep fully abreast of the times. Money Is very scarce these da,d, out read ing mattei is tiouate- ly cheap, 0 ur years ago these three journals would have cost $6 in all; now they can he had by leaving at Thk Dar lington News office the small sum of Stolen I O N Monday afternoon, June, 18th, from the Oil Mill, an open-face, screw front, plain silver case Improv ed American Waltham Watch, eleven jewels. Any information concern ing It will be liberally rewarded. JA8. D. PARSONS. At tba Oil Mill.