The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 29, 1911, Image 2
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TltlNlTY VI NS VICTORY.
Score N-o-ii to Zero at Kud of Slow
(.anie at I'ark Thursday.
The Clemson baseball team was not
la f-?rm Thursday when they *ent
up against the strong team from
Trinity college, for they suffered a
most overwhelming defeat and lost
their first game In the State this sea?
son.
The same was one of the slowest
ever played on the local diamond and
was more like a funeral than a base?
ball same. It was In fact a funeral
for the hopes of the many Clemson
supporters who had gathered to see
the game. The crowd on the bleach?
ers and grandstand numbered some?
where about the 200 mark and was
not In a very enthusiastic frame of
mind, and If the cheering put forth
was a sign of their thoughts the
thoughts were only doleful ones.
The hs"if dosen rooters for Trinity,
however, were considerably more
trrery and could be heard most of the
time.
Oa*htt pitched a fine game for
Trinity and was well supported,
while Rivers for Clemson. pitched a
fairly good game and had extremely
poor support from his teammates,
Thomas on first base and Conelly In ,
left field being the only two other
plavers on the team that showed any
form at all. I^eo Millar umpired ?h
game and was In fact, the best fea?
ture of the game, as his d-clslona
were always fair ruid piompt.
a; Uok the game something over,
two bourse to drag itself out, at no
part of which time was the game
exciting or more than barely Interest
lag. During the last few innings of
the game the Clemson boys seemed
to lose hope and only struggled to
keep the score fr >m mounting up.
Batteries: Clem* ?n. RlrSfl and
Bates; Trinity. Oantt. It. and Maddox.
Umpire. Miller.
Score: Trinity 7; Ch-mson, 0.
Ml) i n ri i > i > \ KIOI ^ i II ARGE
Ctiaii \ Johnson, a Negro, C harged
\stth Ko|h- und ( on 11 ncd In Jail.
< i l ii on. a negro living
on th?? Shaw place about three ggUes
from n, was arrest. ?I Tu sduy af
terno. | ami hfl? ?ght to town where
he was lodged In Jail. The charge
against him ? n the warrant which
was SJSrogU oat tu fOf* Judge Wells Is
rape. The crime Is supposed to have
BOOB committed on a negro woman
living on the Shaw place on Sunday.
April 10 th.
Very little Is known about the
crlnv. It SI SBatJ '1 that the negro,
1 th<- house where the
woman was staying, and. finding her
husband absent, ? OSWSallies' the crime.
Why the warrant was no? taken out
anfsii is not known. The husband
ram* that night and finding
what had b,>, n nSSM SI I ami to Und
John*on bal only gal a glimpse of
him SS Johnson was making his es
i ape ill i Sa I Bf hirn I le fired it
Johns n but failed t ? hit him.
Kl \ MIC I'll KM \M IJ AVKS.
Will (mi ?\rm . Here In Visit Ills
?*mtl?er at lllram C ollege. Ohio.
fie >t, S I'ekham (loses hi*
pastor.iP* at the Christian church
next Sund iv. April ::oth. Instead of
May 1 Ith. the hist two weeks having
been granted him as a vacation in
order thi? he rn visit his father,
Pref a I' i knam of Hiram Oal
leg*?. oho. b. f >re he take.* up his
new work at Preacott, Arls. He ex
l" p> l- t..wn next Monday,
llav lit Matty fr'-r I; . xpr> -.-4 r*>
gret at his <| ipaftnrS ami good wishes
for *ucc*?** In his new w..rk. The
church expects soon to obtain a new
man to nil his place.
Th?>ro r light to bo a profit In rais?
ing chickens when th*y sell for II
cents a pound.
Interest In baseball has been i"
vlved by the visit of the*<Memson und
Farmers' U
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Practical Thoughts 1
i ( ?im i ii "in l by 1?:. \V. Dnbbs, Pre
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?agM Itandom Thought*.
It was the writer's good fortune to
attend the Kally Day at Bethel
church In Privateer last Saturday.
This Is an annual gathering of all
members, especially to get out those
who from any cause have not been
able to attend regularity during the
past year, to have a pleasant social
day, and get better acquainted with
each other. Appropriate services
were held in the church and short
talks were made by Kevs. Brown and
Tolar, Splnkd, and the pastor. Af?
terward an elegant dinner was serv?
ed on the grounds. Twenty odd years
ago the writer tried to describe a
Privateer picnic dinner at Cain's
mill. Well, this one was even more
so. It did not look like there was
any need to dend Privateer girls to
Winthrop to study domestic science,
if the cooking Saturday and the ele?
gant manner of serving It was any?
thing to judge by, the mothers are
running cooking schools every day,
and there are past-masters in the art
down there.
But this is not what 1 started out
to write about and is merely in pass?
ing. The main lesson to be learned
is the fine arrangement of church
school and parsonage as tho centre
not only of the religious and school
life of the community, but of the so
Ical life as well. Bethel church owns
30 acres of what Is probably the
finest natural forest of red oak,
hickory, post oak, dogwood and pine
in the country, in the midst is the
church, two hundred yards away is
the new graded school building and
two hundred yards in another di?
rection is the parsonage, the three
buildings being nearly equidistant,
and at the points of a triangle.
Along to the west of these buildings
on the hillside extending for several
hundred yards is the cemetery. The
public road from old Privateer to old
Manchester crosses the tract between
the church a al toe other two i'UllO
lug.-, vh.t tinf'Ui<r road leading from
thai section te Sumtet cr sees b?
tweea the ach ol haust and parson-1
ufco To T v. William Haynsworth,
the pastor, Is largely due the estab?
lishment of the fine graded school.
His talk at the meeting Saturday was
one every country pastor would do
well to hear, and to see if he could
' not put In operation the ideas and
j vocated by Mr. Haynsworth. He
said we have here near the centre of
Privateer township, the church the
school and the parsonage, three In?
fluences for good to every home in
the township, and he trusted every
home In the township would be
l drawn by the invisible bonds of love
j to this mighty agency for the uplift,
, spiritually and mentally of the com?
munity. If the plans of their pastor
' are heartily seconded by his people,
I and judging by the new school house,
the remodelled and freshly plainted
parsonage and tho plans for renov?
ating the old church, the July camp
meeting and Bible assembly which
has b. en In successful operation for
several years; and the unanimous
vote of the congregation on Satur?
day to make Bally Day an annual
spring festival of good things spirit?
ually, as well as for the physical
man, be scms to have the
hacking of a united people, The
Bethel people are most fortunate in
having the church, school and par?
sonage located as they are, and they
are doubly fortunate in having a
pastor who sees large things in the
future, and Is glad to live among
them and help to develop them. If
other county ehurchea could see this
place as it Was II years ago, and as
I It is today, they would no longer be
content to have preaching once or
twice a month by a pastor who lives
in t?.wti. but they would not rest un?
til th'?y haw a resident pastor, and
a good school next door to th?
1 church.
This may s<?m to SOUIC a queer
letter for the ITarsaara' Union col?
umns of h paper, but as the union
stands fof everything that win build
up the country and the country
? homes, and this Beth, i development
is aa Object lesson in concrete form,
j not theory, but ? practical demon?
stration of the most powerful agen
( kM for UlO uplift of any community,
the foregoing description Is eminently
In place. We only wish that In every
rural community in the county and
State there OOUld be just such a
combination' The church, the school
the resident pastor, surrounded by
tho homes of an Intelligent and pro?
gressive people.
Do not forget that the County
Union meets seal Friday at Cain's
min. We hope to have some Inter?
esting features .it this meeting and
want eovry local union represented,
nion News
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for Practical Farmers
lldfjnl Farmers' I nion of Suinter
ounty.)
A Country Pastor.
I've just had a talk with Berntes.
Do you happen to know who
Bamlei laf No? Well, lie's th?
Reverend ('. 1 >. Uemles, pastor of the
Presbyterian ohurch at McClelland
town, Pennsylvania.
Vou think 1 ought not to call him
"Berntes"?short off, like that. It's
the greatest compliment i can pay
him. it Involve! the thought that
there is no other Bemies?which is
the truth.
He is the running-mate of McXutt
of Du Pegs, Illinois, in the great
work of making the rural school
'worth something. Do you romem
1>? r that once in this column 1 start
lid you by asking whether or not the
rural church is to live or die? Well,
! it is still dying?exe pt in spots. It
isn't dying in McXutt's parish, nor in
Berntes.'
And if there were ten thousand
pastors like these two in the United
States, the rural church would at
once leap into leadership in the
making of our rural life what it
. hould be. Bemiei says (1 am
quoting, but condensing a little.):
"1. The rural pastorate is a
specialized calling, demanding a
high grade Of Christian manhood and
adjustlve training."
Do you get that? It takes real
men, and speically trained mnn for
rural pastors. The skips and culls of
the city yards won't do.
"2. It must have more permanency
and deflnltensss of purpose."
Do you see his point? He stayed i
eight years in one church before he
found the way to make the church
really. And he began at two hun?
dred dollars a year. The charge Is a
better-paying one now. Again Bem
les says:
Ml, There should be an increasing
development of the Biblical and mod?
ern conception of the Kingdom of
Heaven among men, by infusing the
I Spirit of the Master Man Into an I
I.adaptive progreai of th< moral, so-l
jotal* civic, Intellectual, economic a>d
1 i miner la! lif" of the rural par-sh."
I Note the words "civic, "Intellect-1
ual." "economic"?the new Bemies
touch is in them. If you think the
church has nothing to do with "?ico
nomlc" things, you differ from Berntes,
For he goes on:
"4. As God is everywhere, and His
power creates and possesses everyhing
and His spirit of life animates all
living tilings, the earthly Kingdom of
Heaven relate! to every thought and
activity of human life."
In Other words, while religion con- j
oerni Itself With things of the next
world, it musn't forget that we live In
this world. Bemies doesn't.
I'm going to skip sections 5, 6, 7,
S and 9 of the thesis which he has
nailed to the rural church door. They I
are Interesting, but I have to have
some of this space myself, in es?
sence, they assert that peace happi?
ness ami prosperity arj things to be
accomplished by religious activities.
What does he mean by "prosperity" .
in this connection? He means plain,
every-day prosperity?better farming, 1
better hogl and COWi and guaranteed
eggs. "If Christianity," says Bemies, ?
"doesn't belong in every part of life, j
it doesn't belong In any part." Bemies
says further.
"10. The rural pastor should bo
able to guide the development of the
human and natural resources of the
i
community, according to the unity of
the earthly kingdom."
And so Bemies, having preached,
better farming to his peol* for ten
v. iirs with indifferent succss, has ,
taken a threc-thundn d-aere farm and |
Is going to put on the whole armor of
Ood in the chape of overalls and
Wammua I wish we could all listen
to Iiis sermons for the next few
years.
In Articles 11 and 12 be tells us
that the meek ehall inherit the earth j
and the pastor should help them to
do it; and that, instead of "secular?
ising" the church by making it a
farming Influence, be is spiritualising
tin farmer's life. And he adds,
"There is nothing secular but sin."
In the next Article of Faith he says:
M13, The rural church Is the com?
munity center, and the rural pastor
is the community builder."
What he means, of course, Is that
these things should be. And Bennies
Is such a builder. He saw the need
of a township high school, years ago.
He used all his power of persuasion
In have one established. Finally, one
lue day, the school board voted the
high BChOOl. I believe It was til" first
high sei.I In the State to have a
course In Agriculture, Ami note, he
says "community builder." He doesn't
say "community manager"?not he!
lb doesn't try to run this high school,
?x, nol an autocrat. He Ii a be?
liever In* democracy, you see; for later
ho says:
"11. Every rural church should
harn to rely on heself and to de
v< |op her human and natural re?
sources for progress and prosperity.
'?. Every rural community
should be practically self-sufficient in
Its religious, moral, Intellectual, so?
cial, economic recreative and general
welfare."
In other words, every tub should
stand on its own bottom. The rural
community should not go with it!
knuckle In its eye to the synod or
conference, or convocation and ask
for help. It should help itself. And
d<?n't think for an instant that Bern
ies had a wealthy parish that need?
ed waking tip only, in ci'der to pour
forth plenteous revenues?quite the
contrary. It is a poor parish. That
is, the people as a rid - ui r? not well
to-do?hut they have a limestone soil,
and if they keep waking up. they will
l>e rich one of these days. Here's
another quotation from Bemles
Creed:
"16. In order to accomplish re?
sults for the earthly kingdom, the
rural pastor should co-operate as
much as possible with all existing or?
ganizations formed for the general or
particular welfare if the community;
for every institution designed to pro?
mote true progress in education, ag?
riculture, morals, industry, science,
good government, social life, econ?
omic conditions or anything which
advances the happiness and prosper?
ity of the community and nation?a
conscious or unconscious effort of
humanity to help bring In th> King?
dom of Heaven. Where there aro no
such existing Institutions the rural
pastor and church should supply
them."
So says Bemles. He means that
where the Kingdom of Heaven (mean?
ing prosperity as well as righteous?
ness) has working for it any organ?
ization or Sgency, no matter whether
that agency knows what's it's up to
or not, the rural church should help,
not hinder ,and shouldn't try to hog
the whole job?there being quite
enough to do everywhere, it Bemles
were in Page County, Iowa, he would
bs helping Jessie Field with her
school work; in Wake County, North
Carolina, he'd be aiding County Su?
perintendent Zebulon Vance Judd. In
any Southern neighborhood where
Doc to i Knapp - missionaries are i ij
work with their corn clubs, he'd ve; ,
helping Knapp; Ln Oreens County, i
Iowa, where th< rural \ at, C. A
is really making ^*"',fii he'd ?" l>
Ing that work. To a soldier like I
Hemies there's splendid lighting all
along the line.
Now, I've not much more room for
his creed. You have the substance
Of his Sixteen Articles of Faith, but
i can only hint at the fifteen specifica?
tions under them. They are (1st)
better Christian life; (2nd) more lay
workers in the church; (3rd) better
and more cheerful giving; (4th) bet
ler home life and surroundings; I
(",th> better and more scientilic ag?
riculture; (6th) "A new kind of rural
schools"; (7th) better voting and
cleaner citizenship; (Nth) good roads;
(9th) fuller intellectual life; (10th)
more and better social life; (11th)
games, sports and amusements for
the young; (12th) better community
Ufa?especially In the matter of tem?
perance; (13th) better health condi?
tions on the farm and in the home
and school; (14th) hope for the am?
bitions; (15th) cooperation in 9VSry
way in which cooperation can help;
(16th) upbuilding of helpful rural
institutions.
Ten years has Bemles labored with
these ideals In view. He has not done
all he expects to do?in feet, it took
him eight years to begin. But he has
done so much that his fame has ex?
tended all over the land. 1 was told
about him by a Boston man. They
heard about him in Wisconsin, and
he has just been put there to tell his
story to a country life conference.
What has he actually done? Well.
When he went there the church was
dead?and th?> rest of it. It is now
alive, it la the leaven In the loaf of
that community, It has built Jt broth?
erhood house, in which it holds con?
ventions, basket-ball games, enter?
tainments, and th'i like. It will soon
undertake the first of Its agricultural
activities, the cooperative marketing
of guaranteed eggs. It could pcarcely
pay the salary of two or three hun
dred a year then, now it pays a
thousand?to a ten-thousand-dollar
man.
And now 1 think I'll just put In a
lctt' r I have received from a country
minister- maybe from yours, l know
who he is, but I'm not going to tell.
I lere It is:
I have been thinking for several
months of saying good-bye to the
pastorate and going on a farm, it la
almost impossible for me to live on
my present salary. i have prayed
every day to be kept from making a
mistake. I love to preach. Bui when
I see the indifferent church people I
cannot help but say. "Whit is the
use," At one point on this circuit they
are behind sis months with my sal
I ary. Their actions Indicate that they.
My boy is now out of school at
work trying to help tne males enda
meet. Years ago he used to say,
county commistoner, for Which be re?
ceived nine hundred dollars} per year
plus mil*
Ine hundred doltarv par year
cage, drew a large^^enelon,
'Papa, when I got io tie a man I'll 11 Ived fourteen hundred dollsVs foi
I-" a preacher," but in- do< s not day
thai any ni<?re.
The most of my members are farm?
ers. They would go Into bankruptcy
if they made no more than th< y pay
their preacher. (,n^ man bought a
small farm five years ago, giving his
note for $1,760. During that time he
for an interurban going through^Mfa*
farm. He belonged to ? church
where they paid?-actually paid, the
year before, sixty dollars pastor's sal?
ary. He kiek.d like a bay steer
wh n at the first quarterly meeting of
la. * year they raised it to seventy dol"
lars.
has lived well, paid five hundred dol-1 1 appealed to the W. H. M. S. every
lars interest and has accumulated en- j y. ar until 1 got ashamed and quit. I
ough live stock to pay the debt. 1
le aid him say BO yesterday.
Another last year asked me if I
couldn't save some money. They
promised to pay m<?mark you,
promised?five hundred dollars and
yet I had fuel to buy, also water,
horse to feed and keep shod, a fam?
ily of six to feed and clothe. Hav
haven't a decent suit of clothes at
this writing. I hate to go to confer?
ence with what I have, but see no
help for it. 1 do not want to appeal
to the W. H. M. S. and 1 will not. Oh,
why will th? Church not awake and
do her duty!
Yours in Hi3 Name.
This letter wrings one's heart. I
ing sickness, bad to hire a girl to hope it will go to the hearts of those
do the cooking. He was surprised who read it. I have no answer to it.
when 1 told him I could not save a But I think Bemies has. I think
cent. He lived on a good farm, from Bemies is the answer.?Farm and
which he made a large sum, was Fi.eside.
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Opportunity is said to
knock but once?
Hut yon have a chance to open an account with this bank
six days out of every week. Once you have started to sav?
ing a part of your earnings, you will be prepared whenever
a good business opportunity prt nts itself.
Having a bank account helps create business ability.
The Bank of Siirnter
Established ISS9
The Irishman's Bank
The Irishman figured this way: "They won't be liable to
move the railroad, so begorra there'll be a good place to
hide me money." Me hid it there?put it in a knot hole in
a tie. It ought to have been a very safe depository, but?
that happened to be the tie that the section gang replaced
with a new one. The old one was burned. Pat's money ?
Oh, he should have had it in the bank. It costs nothing.
The bank is the ONLY safe place for money. There are
lots of places where money is safe temporally, but when
circumstances change and conditions are modified the safety
ceases. This bank does not change. It is ALWAYS
SAFE.
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K.reso Dip will hold the fort. Do not watt till the
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save \ our little biddies.
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