The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, July 31, 1903, Image 4
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UNION, 8. C., .TUF.Y SI. 1903.
THE SPIRITUAL
QUACK DOCTOR.
Many years ago there came into a
community an oil Indian doctor.
He was ugly, repulsive on account of
his unciennness and al together lacking
in thoso qualities that would be
likely to inspire confidence in his
ability. He put up at a small cabin
in a lonely piece of woods. Here he
began operations. He gathered herbs
and brewed his medicines. At first,
only here and there a "patient"
would seek the help of the old Indian
At
uviuiui. o'jiue ui uiese rrpurieu mar I
velous cures. Arms that had been I
paralyzed were said to be restored.
Hacks that were lame were said to be
cured. Crutches were thrown away in
many cases. Soon there began a great
movement towards this wonderful
healer. Crowds flocked to his cabin
by night and by day. Many people <
began to sing his praises; and the
louder they praised the Indian doctor,
the more violently they condemned (
the practicing phj\sicians. The In- \
dian's stock in trade was a powerful i
liniment to be applied externally and
a dollar bottle of medicine to be
taken internally. Brisk rubbing
and these two remedies, constituted
the treatment for any and every ill
that afTected mankind. For many
months the great work of healing
went on. Money, heaps of money,
flowed into the colTers of the mighty
healer. After a time he gathered
his treasures together and moved cii
to new fields of conquest. It soon
became evident that the wonderful
cures were no cures. Those who
threw away their crutches had to
make themselves new ones. Lame
backs and rheumatic joints returned
with greater fury than they possessed
formerly. Those in position to know,
affirmed that five cents would cover
the first cost of the "healing ointment"
which the Indian doctor sold
for fifty cents; while his dollar bottle
of medicine cost less than ten cents.
But many people delight to be humbugged.
Hero is the strange part of
the matter. No matter upon what
line, no matter how crude the cheat,
no matter how unreasonable the
thing may be there are always, and
everywhere, some people ready to
aUA ? :*u A u ~ I 1 * - *
vane up null lilt; milllOUg. ,'\S II IS
in the matter of medicine, so is it in
the matter of theology and religion.
Indeed, the field of spiritual .thought
is, if anything, more prolific than
almost any other. The cheat and
fraud has better chance to hide his
hand. Wider opportunities are afforded
him to play upon the credulity
of men. A crazy fanatic, an ignorant
blatherskite, a vociferous, pugnacious
expounder of "new doctrines" will
always have their following. This
need not cause any anxiety to the
real spiritual leaders of tho people.
The pastor of an organized church
need not be greatly worried over the
arrival of the spiritual quack doctor.
In fact, he need worry no more than
does the faithful physician over the
coming of the Indian doctor with his
ignorant effrontery and brazen frauds.
The spiritual quack will come. He
will come with "new" methods and
"new" doctrine. But he will also go
away. His victims will ultimately
come to see that for all his loud talk
and great display, there was nothing
in him. Besides all this, there is consolation
in the thought that even us the
thoughtful and better element among
the people refuse to turn from the
skilled physician whom they know
to the dealer in vile nostrums, so the
great bulk of the people refuse to
turn away from the pastor of the
organized work to the follies of the
spiritual quack doctor.
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BOOKS THAT DO HARM.
S
Some days since ihcre was a copy si
of a booklet, written especially for ^
children, received in the mail for o
The Times, This pamphlet is tho ^
confession of one who has grossly b
sinned. The bald confession, tho
evident morbid frtate of mind which
possessed tho writer aud the abnor- A
nial atmosphere pervading the book
go to make it any thing but wholet
\
some reading for young people. Not
long since, a preacher, working in 1
the capacity of evangelist, was con- i
stantly detailing his past drunken
life. Minute details of the "sprees''
and debauchery in which ho had indulged
during many years of his life c
were entered into for the edification ^
of the hearers. No doubt the preach- s
or's intention was to do good, but as
a matter of facts, his "confessions" \>
were calculated to do harm. Some o
time ago a fellow came through the
country selling a book which told of it
his life in the penitentiary. The v
book purported to be ft warning to l"
young men. Was it the desire to warn
young men or tlie fifty cents for the v
book that moved this peddler of scan- ^
dal? Why should a man feel called
upon to spread abroad his past life of
wickedness? What good does it ac- *
complish? Who is made better by
reading such vile enunations of a '?
diseased brain. Certainly, no child
is left richer by the addition of such eJ
knowledge. There are some things ?
it is best not to know. There are ]a
lark pages in many a life that are CI
best consigned to oblivion. Let the
miserable man, if conscience tortures tl
him, confess his sins to his God and tli
leave the matter there. If the sins fr
have been repented of, if the confes- ki
fion is made to the great God and a to
life of rectitude has been entered
upon, then the sooner these dark a
pages of life's history are put out of ^
mind the better it will be for the (ll
aiTender and for the public. ]
se
There is an aged and respected
:ouple, residents of Union county, :n
svho deserve more than passing no- wj
dee. Sixty-seven years ago Mr. t.j
Daniel Harnett married the wife of aj
his heart's ulTection. Mr. Barnett is th
about ninety years of age. Up to gc
the present time he has been able to
work in his fields. A year or two til
pastihe said to a friend: "I can n<
plough as straight a furrow as any of
them." And to see his erect form Ct
and sparkling eye was enough to con- Ci
vince one that he spoke the truth.
Sixty-seven years of married life is
more than most young couples can UJ
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promise themselves as they begin ' ,
the journey together, It is strong
evidence that tho journey has been
peaceful and happy. It is also g(
strong evidence that the hand that
has ruled in tho kitchen and the (f
house for all these years was a skilled w
and careful hand. A man does not
live to so ripe an old age, nor a cou- ,r
pie dwell together in health and har- t|
mony for so long a time upon poorly tl
prepared food. Some wives kill ti
themselves and their husbands in far s<
less time than sixty-seven years by li
poor cooking.
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How quiet and sweet these summer ii
d iys at the Thornwell Orphanage. The c
ample grounds are green with grass and h
trees, hut not so full of happy boys and I'
girls, for all are taking "holiday," some g
at home, some away. StiN tho trees b
and grass smile 011, lost soma day when h
they lest expect it. a child's lonesome
heart looks to them for a happy thought
and it is not there for them. How gool ft
the trees are! 1'hev are ever laughing ^
gleefully as the leaves swing to and fro L'
and rub against each other. Sometimes g
at raid-day they go to sleep, but not for r<
long. A little /.rtphyr comes d incing in a
among them, and every tree wakes up l>
and laughs and laughs again. Let in |>
have trees for our children. Under p
yonder straight white oak, emblem of b
strength and tenacity of purpose, lies a a
little b >y on his hack in the grass, one h
foot is drawn up and the other slightly
crossed upon it. Ilis old straw Int. is a
fallen to one side. He is looking up to w
the tree tops and catching sight of blue s<
skies and white drifting cloudlets away E
up where the straight boles of the trees r<
are pointing. And into his merry u
young life, troops of serious thoughti n
are enteiing?of the blue hei.ve-r and c<
mother's eyes look'ig d>wn up in her or
orphan hoy?of the big hopes father had *<
for him, and of his father's life broken on e
e irlh, but the threads taken up on the '1
other side?and the tree tops arc saying t<
u<> uiui. g>ioa nMn lit'ii Ij'JOH ii
ever where we are [>ointing?4-!? aid si
you 1 ambition will be h >'y and your sue ol
cess certain." And Hie b?v springs t<
his feet, clap i his h it up n hi 1 hea l, and li
runs quickly where the bell and duty arc w
calling him, and lie is saying to the trie cl
tope?"I will."?Our Monthly. b<
? ?n?wr gy- em?aw?
"It docs not seem fair to us for the
tato to establish a wholo lot of free
ahools for higher education, such as
outh Carolina collegj and the Citael
ncademv, aud then pay men to go
ver the State and solicit students,
t is unfair competition with private
nd denominational colleges."?Neweery
Observer.
SANTUC S1FTINGS.
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L Hoy Hurt?Personal Paragraphs
One Negro Killed, Another Cut ?
A Picnic?Death of a Good Man.
The red rose bloometh on her cheek.
The modest, violet in her face,
die one doth of her beauty speak,
The other tellelh of her grace,
die one an index to her health,
The other to her heart (rich pearl!)
lut speaketh clear, the priceless wealth.
And sweetness of the Country Girl "
Yes, and now is a time when the
ountry girl looks the sweetest?toother
with autumn, winter and
pring.
It is hot, and I wish that "heat
ave" Mould stay on the other side
f the Mississippi river.
Miss Alma Merritt, who is in busness
at Greenwood, is here on a
isit to her parents, llcv. and Mrs.
L M. Merritt.
Mrs. Merritt, of Pelzer, is here
isiting her father-in law, Rev. E.
I. Merritt, while her husband is in
ic encampment at Columbia.
Little Malcolm Jeter, son of Mr.
nd Mrs. L. B. Jeter, fell from the
arn loft Saturday, striking his head
bove the eye, and was badly hurt,
ut is now doing very well.
Some farmers have "laid by"
ops, some arc laying by, but quite
number will continue working until
ter, owing to the lateness of the
ops.
I wish May-pops were ripe and
e little "niggers" would take to
ic Holds gathering them and let
uit get ripe. A little "nigger"
aows how to steal as soon as it can
ddle well, if it is done crudely. j
1 asked the question, "Why can't j
negro plow out at the ends of rows I
ie I do?" and a young man ac- j
tainted with farm life answered: j
llecause he is a nigger, that's why." |
ell. I might have known that mvlf.
The folks over on the river build
g the dam are about to be besieged
ith picnics, as there have been a
wotracted" or a "series" of picnics, j
id almost a "camp" picnic one day j
is week, and a lot of good stuff has 1
>ne up?not in smoke.
As to the fruits of the^ usual pas- '
me, gambling, over at the dam, one
^gro man was killed Saturday night,
kI Sunday morning a woman was
it. The negro who did the killing
cared out. The shooting was done,
seems, on little provocation. The
jad man simply picked the money
p, and the other pulled down and
lot him, and when he found his
ictim would die, he moved on. The
oman was gambling too, when she
as cut, I guess. It is reported
ivcral of our local gamblers go over
ght often, and they may some time
et a mark too, for there are both
hite and colored gamblers.
There arc several coming here and
oing over on the river to sub-bid on
le building of the earth dam across
le bottoms. Some are regular conactors,
I hear, and we may have
line local bidders who may like to
gure in the great contractor's world.
>ut I would look at it, that if one
ad no previous knowledge of buildlg
such thing, contracting, had no
xperience above a lour to ten horse
irm, unless he had good "coaching"
y some one, he would he liable to
et his foot into a bit* hrvlo W/witrl
V"*
e as a small potato and few in a
ill, but would like to take a hand
Quite a good si/.j company of both
settled" and young people went
om over about Tinker's Creek to
teal's Shoals to have a picnic last
'riday. Through the kindness and
enerosity of Mr. I). J. Gregory, I
eceived an invitation to join them
nd enjoy the occasion, but a brother
eing unwell I tried to act in his
lace in the work shop during a
ressing time and could not attend,
ut 1 appreciate the "recognition"
11 the same and hope they will never
avc a dull picnic.
Wo arc having burning hot weather
nd a "dry drought" as tho negroes
ould say, although it has been
jarcely a week since wc had rain,
iut having such a wet spring plant
sots were shallow, and cotton, had,
lostly to take such a drastic dose of
tedicine to be made clean that it
orisefjuently was made to suffer the
tore. But it seems tim weather U
> hot, the wind blows so much, that
ven a short dry spell hurts moro
jan spells ol longer duration used
). We do not know what is the
ratter, honestly, unless wo must
iflfer plagues as did the Egyptians
r old.
Rev. J. D. Mahon preached at the
laptist church Sunday. Ilia text
as based on all found in Romans 0
liaptt-r, I to 12 veise*, which symolizes
a Death, Burial aud Resur
| H A li t
I AT '
I SUMMER
||j We take
;|g to move
jill we have
1 The Foil'
1
|l'Jj Very Fine Figured Batiste i
life Foulards, Fancy Stripe Muf
Bra Yard Wide Madras, Sea Is
Ml Fiue French Ginghams, Coi
[\\ll mifni'rm wni" til 11V. 111111
urn * i ^~
jjj| Mercerized Ckiimbniy and x>
jjj| Very Firse Combed Yarn I>
)l Silk Mouselins and Silk Str
$3 50c to 75c, cut price...,
I^=?
I Bargains
| Come 1
1 posted.
| date sti
1 prices.
1 MUTUAL
rcction. In the 'prelu 1c" to his
sermon he said in part, ''Things had
changed since he was young. There
was a rinht and wrons thins then
for church members. Now there is
not. Anything, now, that a gentleman
(or lady) can do we can sec
church members doing. That brings
the two, christian and the world, too
close together. It obliterates the
dividing line, and it takes the strictest
scrutiny by the most expert to
see who is on the Lord's side and
who on the world's. There used to
be members turned out of church for
things, but now everything under
heaven is done to keep them in,
when like things are done. Ought
there to be considered no wrong
now?'' The sermon was interesting
and held the audience's attention,
lie always doe3 that. Ilis tlock
down here have much love for him.
I am sorry to hear of the death of
Mr. Thomas Taylor, which occurred
n the hospital for the insane. Sa'urday
night last. Many will remember
that last spring he suffered a
.-troke of paralysis, was found in the
C.IJ .. . 1 \ 1 A
ueia, co one Known now long alter
he had been stricken, from which he
never fully recovered, but as he
game 1 in bodily strength he lost
mentally, and scarcely two months
ago he was sent to the asylum. Mr.
Taylor was a poor man, honest, upright,
open and frank, respectable;
and a g?ntlenian; a good carpenter,
a hard worker, but fortune never
smiled upon him. lie was getting
quite aged. The writer was connected
with him for several years in
a 1 ond of brotherhood, he being a
member of .-the Farmer's Alliance
lure, ns long as it existed, and was
true, and stiid with it until, unfortunately.
it ceased operations, lie
leaves a wife and ono son, and the
sympathy of the people arc with
them. IIby Denver.
Night Wus Her Terror.
"I would cough nearly nil nightlong,"
writes Mrs. Chas. Applcgate, of Alexandria,
I ml., "and could hardly get any
sleep. I had consumption so bad thnt
if I walked a block I would cough
frightfully and spit blood, but when all
umrr mouicincs ranee, tnree $].<X)
bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery
wholly cured mo, and I gainsd 6S
pounds." Its abslutoly guaranteed to
cure Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe, llrorschitis
and all throat and Lung troubles.
Price fiOc. and ^ 1.00. Trial bottlo free
at F. C. Duko's drug Store,
Wbo'la lie?
Who is it that makes the Fewer g dlous;
a ears-longer paint?
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JAIN S
rHE MUTU
GOODS ML
stock in August and in
our stock of summer
made
owing Cut
md Muslin*, colors, value 8;>c a
dins, Fancy Swiss, etc , value 15c I
land Percale, etc., fast colors, wo
:'ded Madras, Everett Classics, etc, f
I 121c, cut price
iadras, very pretty wash fabric, wori
itiete, beautiful styles, fast colors, v
ipe Dimities, only a few plums left
in Every Depai
:o see us and
Yours for l
uff at rock b<
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