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(be WS. mhwm ml &m?ht\ WEDNESDAY, PEB. I* 1893. Starved lato Insanity. Colombia Register, Feb'j. ll. "Man's Mihtt?nanity to man" >s i eft' told bale, bat the record* of pastor being starved ?to insanity \ hts congregation is rather B??sual Sooth Carotta? The &cts occasio Rig saefr records are, bowpTej^ fiot ? ?re as ene might hope. ^vr?*' The bald statement that one of ot fellow beings iu this Christian lat bas been starved to each an este thal bi? reason has been dethrone is> indeed, startling. But when tl Jhrther news is heralded abroad th; Are faithful preacher's uncomptainin wife bas suifcre? similarly, oaestara aghast, ane\ the question natural: arise*. r*0arn this dread ft d tale i truer The ?dy anster h> be give? that nod only eran it be true, bat it a shameful fact. Last Satur?ay Rev. A McSwa: Attaway-and' bi? wife were brought f Columbia and* placed in the Lunat Asylom. Mention was made of tl feet by some of the daily papers, bi The Register refrained from givio it publicity in order to avo?kf pahrn tile family of the afflicted eoupl The papers that spoke of tbe ea* withheld the names, but attr?bnt? their demented condition to r dig wt excitement. and* especially to ti doctrine of sanctification, which attaining mad* prominence ail on the land Kev. A. M. Attaway was- adm itt e to the South Carolina Conference < tbe Methodist Episcopal Charo] South, at its session iu Colamos December 9, 18So. Ile is a son < .Ber. John Attaway, who; for nearl .thirty years, has been a member ( ?the same body. Be also ha?? tw : brothers, Revs. A. W. and J. I A tia way, in the conference. Last year Mr. Atta way served th Butler Circuit, which is a charge i ?the Cckeabgry District and is locate in the upper.part of Edgefield Couti tty. At the last session of the cor tference, which-Wits held in Charles Hon last November,.-he was returne* flo the same,charge. '/The "Butler Circuit , emprises fou t???Hrche8, at a combined-valuation o $2 600. The membership number Mr, Attaway received.for tin year 1S92 the munificent >sum o ?3?0 15. Oat of this princely allow ance be was expected to -support himself and family (consisting af ii it wife and five children), and ?kee,p ? horse, which is a necessary append age of a "circuit rider.'"* The stiuggle was too great, Mr Attaway could not "make both end! meet/' and the result was almos) et*?-vatiou for the pastor and thu devoted wife ! How their litfch children fared can only ?be imagin ed* The pay of a Methodist .oirocit preacher often comes in very slowly And io the most irregular manner And when it does coroe^ 4t is ?but * beggarly pittance. Ile ??ist devote bis whole time to his annjsteri* duties, and is expected te ' keep nj appearances" for the sake of bis re liigio? and bis church. The letter of the unfortunate preacher's brother, which is append? ed to this article, tells a harrowing tale. Take a look at the case for your sei? Picture the p?ncbiug poverty, the gnawing bon ger, the hollow-eyed children clamoring for food! h is horrible to contemplate, and almost surpasses belief. Then think of the ..unhappy father and mother, who had naught but corn bread and milk to jgive the? beloved and sobering joSspting r And that bread -?as raa/ie fro!? tfceijr own toil in ti.-e Seid ; and |he supply of m;ik neatly failed. "This state of things was not for a /day, but for several mouths. Can jone be surprised that reason tottered, an4 was overthrown ? Rather it is to be Tendered at that pareo ts and children escaped actual death from starvation. Wb*t a travesty upon Christianity r-the Christianity supposed to be the Inundation of the church on earth and in heaven ? Yet such is thc economy mt the church organization that one preacher may kant aud another may JasL Liberal sararivs ase paid to many af the pas to rn in cities and tow us and OH some circuits ; church officers wf various classes provide handsome *em alteration, but the average "."circuit rider*' ? (in Methodist parlance} usually pot upon ''short grass" until he at last sinks into a ?espectable grave ko:;} starvation. {This harsh word is not generally assigned as the cause of death, as some more euphonious and nigh pounding parafe is preferred, but its correctness is often well known } Members of the Methodist Church contribute to all sorts of benevolent enterprises and ta Hie established Plissions of their own denomination. $ut while sending money to drataib the ' heathen Chinee" i-n. hi? placid ppium smokings ami bring him into tbe Cha-isl i ai J Church, they allow the laborers here at home to want ?>r the necessaries <>f life. A*?d even the impoverished chargea, which are unable ta who?y support tlieir own minister, are called upon to contribute to ?he foreign mission fund, and to other chai ch enterprises Mr. ?tta way'a ci-en-it wa? no exception, and jast year it paid $63 15 (the entire assessment), for foreign missions ! Not until a more equitable oj i vi sion }8 made between high and low aalary preachers, er until the ebwch mem? bers pay enough for all the preachers to receive a. fair and respectable sup? port, will this shameful blot i;p??n So*tb Carolin* AJetlwdism be re? moved. With the immense wealth of the Methodists throughout tije State it is a crying shame that such a pitiable occurrence as this Ottaway tragedy fchould be possible. It brings re? proach upon the church, and destroys confidence i" its sincerity a,ud integ But tbere are other preachers in tfce Coherence who fare no better than Mr A'taway has fared, only they have managet) to "weather the Ktorm" a little more sturdily than he bas, ajid have been able to fight against hunger with greater physical eu?nrar.?e indeed there are not a fee who receive even les? titan he every yea*. So much the more shame far the church at large : The membership of the Methodist Church m South Carolina was, on the 1st of Beceraber, 1892, 69,89-1, and the amount paid by them ?br the sup? port of their preachers during the :Conference year just c?osed was $1*22; 809.8& Of this amount $14,707 33' went to the ten presiding elders. The great disparity of salaries is sfeown when it is stated that they ranged from $154 74 to $2,000 for the year. H may be stated, however,, that tery few received the latter ?amocnt The follow in gr tetter from Rev. ?F. Pl Attaway will probably create a sen? sation among the Methodists of South Carolina, and it is to be hoped that it will result in bringing* about a change whereby the poor circuit preachers wfll be benefited :? Mr. Editor i I understand that it bas been repot ted and published* in*, some of the daily papers ttej* the insanity of Rev. A M. Attaway and wife, who were committed'to the Asy? lum on the 4th instant', waa eaused by religion and sspeeiaHy by sauctifr : cation. For the sake of right, let me say that 1 believe this whole story to be false. Why, reasons are below t 1 TUe physician who gave th? official explanation of it is well known to be an enemy to religion, especially sanctification. 2. The seeds of the disease were sown in Mrs- Attaway's constitution before she professed religion at all by a great fright she received, since which she has been constantly on the verge of ncr voes prostration. 3. That lor some-months before she professed sanctification she was in au exceedingly low state of health, suf? fering terribly fro? nervousness and ?ervons headaches 4. That during the fail of 1892 the fem i ly (there were five small children) was compelled to subsist almost entirely for some months on corn bread?, made from cvrn raised with their own krbor, ?nd the nwlk of their cow, and even- this, ? think, nearly failed late in the fal!. It was this or more debt than they could pay ; and to etf^e her husband's reputation she accepted suffering. ! The fact that Mr. Attaway was appointed to this field of labor and ! other fields Ike il for the past sis years by church officials', without the right even? fco complain, and the fact that a large part of the missionary appropriation previously made to this work was taken off. fixes the blame for this slate of affairs not on him, but on church officials, arv! largely ex? plains the insanity of Mr. Attaway. That this had to do wit!* Mrs. Atta? way's insanity is shown by the ?act that in November she used such expressions at this: *'l will leave my husband, for God does not require me fcolsve with a man who will only give me corn bread to eat" On the Sunday of tho session of tthe bout h Cara! ina Conference she was scarcely retained from walking ?eight miles to take the train for Charleston, the seat of the Conf?r? ence, ?o declare God's anger against uiScials who placed Uer husband in such -a -condition. These and other things were thought then to be in jest, 4>ut are seen now to have been the thoughts of a mind driven mad. I roomed with Mr. Attaway at the Conference, in Charleston, lie was sad. aud anna*orally depressed, con? stantly speaking of his straitened financial condition and his wife's ill health. I spent a week with him, ?ml assisted him in a meeting ?rxmediately afterwards. During my stay the kindness of his parishioners over flowed, and they had abundanee. I left them hopeful, cheerful and happy. What their circumstances have been since 1 d-o ;;ot know Of their circumstances last fall their relations knew nothing. Thai Mr. Attaway should engage in secular pursuits is prohibited by church law. I verily believe the solution of the whole affliction is, that in their loyalty to the religion of their God, and dcvo tion to the church of their fathers, they undertook to- carry uncomplain? ingly a load too heavy for nerve and brain, and broke down under it. That through it all they should maintain their perfect trust in God and resignation to His will, (for tiiis is sanctification) and even when bereft of reason should seem to be happy and think only of God and religion, should be made the ground of an attack ou our holy religion is an outrage on thc common sense of ali reasonable people. Respectfully, J. P. ATTAWAY. Columbia, g. C , Feb., 1895. The "fi ess Claims Company, 61? F street Washington, B. C " has for some time had standing in the country newspapers an advertisement (hat sets forth that its prepared to, get pensions as follows : Pensions procuied for soldiers of the $?eheil jon who set ved ninety days and are now disabled from, any case. This pension is payable j whether the disability was incurred before, daring or since service. Pei? sions for widows and children with? out regard to cause of" soldier's death Pensions for mothers ami fathers who are nuw dependent, whether they were dependent ap soldier when he died or not Comment on a law or code which makes possible such an advertisement seems almost unnecessary ; the increase of '?'?fi, 119 cases since 1890 -an increase of 63 per cent in two yeats-is the tao?t let se and startling commentary thereon. A pension system which will, as this adver? tisement sets forth allow a mail who served a ninety-day enlistment, anil j wi?o, perhaps, never saw any other ! engagement save that of ftilliugsgate j slinging between some noucomniision ed of?oer and a private, and who., j fui'ihertnov*', wa? writ led and fairly ? paid for U;s .s?-i%!;*es, to engage in a i drunken barroworn brawl fcwenty-ftve ! years after the close of the wart i bleak hin ai ni therein and for that, [ und t hut ow fy di MW a pensen from j tbe Government, U ?<> rotten that it 1 j smells t O. heaven tm haa nu other, ? national corruption fund of mode vu I times, the. Credit Mobil ?et? and ihe j fat ?ama Canal frauds not except* d { It is with such rulings and law? a? ate--here indicated that the Pension*] I Fund has been increased u-nti for the j j years fcMf?fcowe h W "J fhe entire roc- j , nue ot the ;and must go therefor And i thia, we are told, is the "Nation's I |$ol?of Honor?"-Town Topics. - i- IP - ! ?tc& on huiunii ?tul hor?t-8 nrid-K!? Animals j enrt-i^ ia 3u jamure* by Woolford*a Sanitary j j Lu?ou. This u* T<-r f'a?s. ?Sol? Uy A "J,. ? i Ci)itt-*% L>:u???>V, $ neuter S. C- ' Not Even the Church is Safe From the Forger. A swindler and forger ia perhaps as low a criminal as can be found io the records of crime, but a mau who swin? dles God's house and forges the names of God's people is surely in the lowest depths of degradation. The faits of a case of this kind- came out through a letter received by the Loan and Exchange bank, just iu time to prevent any one from losing any money. The victim is a weft known minister, the pastor of Zion- cfatrrch at Eas ?over. li seems rfrst few days ago he placed a check for $200 made payable at the Bank of Wilmington, N.C., to bis credit in the ho&u and Exchange Bank io this city He had not drawn oo it at all. Yesterday tbe back received a letter from the minister stating that he had discovered that the Gbeck was a bogus one. He says a few days ago a very respectable looking man ealled upon him ande gave him the check, saying that it bad been left as a legacy to the church by a Mrs. Stuart of Louisville, Ky. This man gave his name as A. G. Wilson, M. ?X., and he presented to the ?minister a lette? of introduction from Bishop Dudhiy of Kentucky. Tbis letter, the minister says he bas since learned from Bishop Dudley him? self was a forgery. Tbe man was highly educated and rn terestiog, says the minister. He was an elderly man aed had nearly white hair. The minister writes that he told him that be had paii ont $1 25 to bave the legacy recorded, and tbat he (the minister) reimbursed the scoundrel with that amount Sioce then nothing has been heard of the raecak Had the minister io question been an atteutive reader of The State he would bare been saved this trouble and ex? pense. Identically tbe same trick was played on a preacher in North Carolina within the month and a similar one in Florida. The fellow is playing a des? perate game for small profita.-The State A Daring Deed. A well-known Charleston lady is the aotbority fur an incideut connected with the barning of Marshall's wharf and the Biodgett Barrel Factory, which is deserving of mention. The News and Courier has heretofore given some account of a young Cbarles tob negro, named Daniel Jackson, who is the possessor of a remarkable falsetto voice. Jackson has bees giving a series Ol concerts in the city, and on the night of tht Marshall wharf fire was return? ing home from one of these entertain? ments wheo he learned that the fire was in progress. He ran at once to the scene sf the conflagration. Upon bis arrival at the wharf he rushed into the neighboring wooden dwelling house, which a refer? ence to tbe account of the fire published in the News and Courier will show was thought to be doomed. The melted and buming rosio from the ship-yard on the wharf ran down a plank walk adjoining this building, and everyone who witnessed the scene had given the house up as lost. At thc first glance the building ap? peared to be in flumes, and eo Jackson thought it to be when he entered it. He made his way to to the upper story of the house, where he found two sleeping children, and takiug them in his arms he brought them out of tho bouse and placed them in srfety. White coming from the house with his burdeu Jackson was forced to cross a pool of molten rosin. lu doing so his feet ?ere severely buried, and he is only now recovering from the serious injuries which his feet sustained. The shoes and stockings had to be stripped from thc members with kuives.-J?ews & Cuuricr. ? Klls of Sale, long and ?hort form, ena be foni:d at the WaUkman and jSozitftron oilier. Wbj take HII kinds of medicines for the liver, when Glenn Springs Water is H s?fe and pleasant remedy. i'or sale by W. R. Dclgar, Jr. -- ? ? - -- It Slumia Be tu Kv cry Uause. J. D. Wildon. 371 Clay S*., Sharpsburg, P.v, pavs he not bc without Dr. King'? New D?8c?>vtr\ for Consumption. Coughs and Cold.?, ihat it cured Uhf wit? who WMS threatened with I'neutfconia after an attark of "La Grippe, when various other remedies and several phy? sicians had done her no good. Kobert Barber, of Cooksport. Pa , pl* im s Or. 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