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txA to exert every energy to Bthflithreatsas to oruah out vestige of manhood, degrade »§*tV*t* I«*l 4f Hie brute ** the stigma of Infamy on kvlim" ifctehooves aH raeeloving a In thsState to risen* their jht and fight to the latter end any. I al! attempts to deprive yon oi fir tights of otttrffnship*. ifevar, Mthe late civil war bas fhere n so maohjit.s^e. Judge GofE^s hilN has packed tt^ygfjr ion* nfttftnniifnti jfc WgRBU If *, T ~r?\ • > mxmtm d—gmfr iNt'ever, in anas «f the mandate* of gfXnited m&Bmt, mHfcNWnor Tillman eowstfWfcmtf ionutntian lUhdi. It vaU be composed of summsmav ?nnrox*Ax,tT, witf *& good core of 8o<Uk ffaolina and Hethmk mkto atpremacyis-mainifiined Vitkmher borders" To this Govern •r firamt has added ; “A* 1a the dc< If pnttf/k the wegetfraiion <*ee and oar po&ion on that, / wtii simply say that imt «#»* *°* hsctwmur trs whim maw axtx> (Tbb ■MfUTr* and Ogdeftve the white man Mmmt foxy”-” p^Morea men, ao you iwiizo wick ev|iyof Jp sanation ? - ro you •Uw the eetioasness of your eon Hon? If it be “a jfiybt between . wbfte tnw end (he, Siiwer enoehe it such; kee£,yonr eyes m m*hti*<* ephptioM to the M«te »e»t ptfneijnlW reeietin M ‘ pt® ®p i^g^sinfet} the victory is won or, need be, until every drop of blood f»d jnsfoafrie cense. You have to achie ve *J*ht,4o^h^^ fytary tnd a loyal canae to justif A state convention has been called: Ifdfrynaan i®Jf<*£ the Democratic committee for, the, purpose of ar to iace the “new condition tlfeSWfel j* ^.d^wation, appeal* are being made to the baser, instincts of that very., class of each an ^gtcipyi.,, |nt Che hpgis cry o? jKISSgSSiffij •Wd-thST own ne&e. tfair* — -BMN./J jMfc MANY OF THE BRETHREN ARB SATJS FIED WE NERD NO ADDITION TO THR COl LITTLE PLAIN TALK. BY FWOr; 6 T* BLACKWELL. to SUpj&Yt thetas a ettt&tttioD #e nee# not ht eral conference aafr wOof ispiwojxu stait,„ Vert&tibn w&h many of thehrefchren the brother who: is not running, for an office is opposed to the election of another or any more bishops at present, considering our financial circumstances They ask with me. Is not the work being done satis* facfcorily ? Is not the present board doing the work ? Dqfja the present board complain that the work is too heavy ? If not .then what the,need of more -bishops ? they ask. Of equine, a candidate canpmee great need why two or even three bishops ought to be elected, T)?is? he can ffl^nljpkow from Ms point er W* and will keep yon. button-holed for hours, tiding to make you see as he does. It is true that no one can blame Min for looking after hi? own interests .unless he does it exolusive of all. ether }important iuterests. Sometime ago a brother gave me a half dozen reasons why he ought to be. made bishop. It is a sign of selfdnterest, at least, when a man can see xea-ona why he should be % is this the way; the comes? If so, then quite a number called. Bueli candidates me of a certain brother who tbry eager % be. licensed to preach*ndjrhb felt and said &at God had called him, but be himself was hot prepared intellectually, experiinently, hardly religiously nor commonsenaely. Nobody else felt that he was called or at least pre pared to preach excepting himself. Sol fear it .is just so with many of the candidates who thinh they are called to the episcopacy. No one A._Al__ ealled- for neither their natural nor aoquiredability would warrant such a conclusion on the part of thought fidjnen. tip faeti% in the history of ourohuroh are have had but few occupants of that Jigh office whom ,we would ,be justified • in calling M bishops It takes a/pecuUr BWtke^PQf a man for a good oyer far-seeing, even-tempered, haying honest eojroetious, a liberal educa tion, sound religion, good character, pious habits, not given to strong drink, ^ a lover of filthy lucre, M:,* pessirnist, not having to* fcfW! i#osinepsies, a .man„ of pro ^^4, epeutiyo ability, a good Bffspsble,|| .executing must be able to read 'W ¥ well must know the peers on general _ EfML&em in •m*f**pyf spendthrjJEfc nor a dude, he must be truthftil, reliable,.positive, yet not toroid ot ;tb* proper; -enthusiasm and congeniality. ~ ^ human as from actions, of ^hfin and <he connection scarce, ~ ted* years service as an ordained give appointments and direction to the years and whose matured experience and. general knowledge are worth SSS-toUSt **ored and high- office than what they (the yonnger breth tSS^PSJBX ?2| we need more young blood on the T5SHH1. ft-tr not so much young ri*J" v'ri •^*“r - ■ 1 ID _^„,.„_iust-ha ... ... bishop, I would not like to see a man abont .worn out elevated to that position, yet if we make the mistake pfipntfipg on a young map either *o©' ignorant or who being educated lacks the other qualifications, of the £WjQ I had rather see the elderly man elevated. For a young igno rant man would try to'bulldoze hie brethren and a young educated man without the other natural qualifica tions would act the crank and go to1 the extreme.- He wotld either get the big head and ‘ scatter teai and slay” or wopld become a spend .tfnrift and consume ; the people’s money without any recompense return. The Greek word “Episcopos” means an overseer and implies aD elderly man. . True that in its Now Testament sense it was made »l most synonymous with “Pre&buteros’ which also means an overseer in its true sense. But the latter term im. plies the rank while, the former the office. It is most likely that in New ^estament times brethren were not ordained to'the office of bishop but were^appointed. The highest rani were the “presbuteroi ” The “epis copoi” was a title adopted by the Apqsfclea because they did not couut themselyps worthy of the name ifer it 140 be easily AlMr-«»* l ifted ^aod the men richest ip experience are the* ones that should be e'ected to the office, of bishop, if any are ^ needed which I doubt These men were se lected by the apostolic fathers, first, because of their known piety, second because of their eminept fitness foi v the office, third, because of theii ripe experiepee, fourth, because oi their general knowledge of men and things*. xu uuo rriiucr o uiuiu. wiy xow uj our men at Urn present, time are pe culiarly blessed with natural en dowments and acquired' ability for that hight office, mid none; of the brethren to his mind whether thej hare or have not teen^t? college and the Theological sendaary are pre pared “de facto” to discharge the functions of that saored office until they shall have been in the practical work of pasto ral duty for more than fifteen years and have served no fewer than a half dozen of our , churches, among iihach shall be at least three strong owes. This is the only requirement? a laokof which unfitted (if I may bep&mitted to say it) the great and Bainted Dr. Price for the dignity of that position, and even he had the vantage ground on that score of most of the present aspirant* because ot ids long oontadt with students and with men generally. If there be one among us having such an expo-; rienoe, having enjoyed a good liberal and Theological education, who bears a good character, is filled with thoHfly Ghost, who has proved a success in what he has undertaken ’for God and the church, who has ed himself a good disciplinarian a shrewd parliamentarian, pos ing a truhdevotij>nftO hit church, withal hawing good common dhe may be counted worthy pf • high honors, and provided we True bills for murder were re irned by the grand jury against rhit Ferrand and Anderson Brown, 'errand’s case was set. for trial feesday morning. Judge Brown ppointrd -aitomSy, B. Lee Fright 3 defend the prisoner and he en ured a plea of. not guilty for his iient. Attorney Kluttz assisted he. prosecution. The evidence bad 11 bepn given and Mr. Wright ad ressed the jm^rin behalf of Ferrand efore the close of court Tuesday ’he trial was resumed yesterday Homing and lawyer Kluttz sp ke or'the prosecution. Judge Brown haxgedtthe jury .which was out bout one hour and returned a ver* iot. of guilty. The crime for rhieb Ferrand was tried was the atal shooting of H.C, Owens, who s said to have been deputed to ar est Ferrand for having been con tested with a robbery near Cleve and, this £tate. The tragedy oc urred Bometime in February. The »nly:. witnesses in the case were those or the prosecution and their testi Sony was contradictory It ap >eared from the evidence that Fer and had been run down by Owens tnd several others who were armed. »Vh«n Owens approached him, jPer and began firing which resulted in ) wen’s death. Ferrand himself ras wounded in the affray. It was dso brought out that Owen’s had 10 warrant for Ferrand’s arrest and is threats of lynching were made by he other men in the crowd-Ferrand, t seems, was justified in defending Himself. This, however the jnrors iould not sea and the verdict was rendered as afore.-mentioned. Judge Brown has not yet passed sentence m the doomed man. Every minister and superintend Bnt of^unday-schools in my district is called upon to raise one dollar or more and send toifev. G W- Clinton, £• M, editor 6f the connectional pa per The bishops have ordered the paper removed from Salisbury to Ohajjfotte and the whole church should help. Rev. G. W. Clinton has no right to do more than any others as regards the moving of run /S'rAB and let us see to it. Address Rev. Clinton at 410 N Myers street* Charlotte, N. C. I. C. Clinton. EDITOR CLINTON AT TU8KE GEE, ALA. mmm The trial of Anderson Brown for die murder' of Callie Roberts, his P!ramours was begun immediately ifter-the conclusion of the Ferrand iase. The court appointed Messrs. J. L Rendleman, H. G. Tyson and F. F. Kluttz attorneys for the de fendant. ' After exhausting about half of the special venire of 50 men, i jury was impaneled and a plea bf not-guilty was entered for the prisoner. The evidence showed that the murder was one of the most de liberate Ones that could have been perpetrated. The defense^ pleaded insanity, but the testimony of the witnesses would not sustain the plea. The jury had the case for a short time only and returned a verdict of guilty as charged .Judge Brown immediately passed sentence and fixed July the 25th as the date on which the execution will take place. The crime for which Brown is to pay tjhe death penalty was committed iD this town on the 1st of March. : A large number of spectators filled tha court room during the progress of the trials. A CALL TO MINISTERS. .1 , H III m,mm i mi mm* m BEiNO PROMPT. * 1 * -«»• “"*■ . .Don't live a single hour of yonr Ufa \ without doing exactly what is to be , done in it, and going strsight through It from beginning to end. Work, play. < study—whatever it i% t^ktkmld ah » once arid finish it *p squarelvfifaea te . the next--thing, without letting anf moments drop between. ‘ It. is wonder- I fnl to see irow many hours these prompt people contrive to make of a day; it ia as if they pieked up the moments which * thdf dawdlers lost. And if ever you dad \ ypnrself where you have so many things pressing upon you*that yon hardly j know how to begin, let me tell yon a secret: Take hold of the very first one I that comes to hand, and you will find < the rest all fall into file and follow < after, like a company of well-drilled soldiers; and though work may be hard' 1 to meet when it charges in a squad, It ] is easily vanquished if you can bring it into line. You may have often seen ] the anecdote of the man who was asked i bow ho had accomplished so much In | bis life. “My father taught -me,” was the reply, “when I had anything to do, to go and do it.” There is. the secret— ( the magic word, now!—Lutheran. ■ ’ -* ] I ; Bolddcu U Prayer. ] Pi petitioner dime approached Au gustus . with so much fear and teem- { bling that the emperor cried: “What, ' mah! do yon think yon are giving top to an elephant?” He did not care to be . thought a hard and cruel ruler. Bis glory and honor did not in his opinion i consist in his power to inspire fear, j How often is God approached in the same spirit! A spirit of fearfulness is very different from one of reverence. God is not honored by the first; He is. ] by the last. A spirit of fearfillness is not honoring to God, and it is very hindering to ourselves. God’s • charac ter as a loving Gad, His invitations, tell us that, when we come to Him, He is waiting to be gracious. Our bold ness of access has been purchased for ns by Christ; it is given to us with our adoption into Sonahip; as children come to a father, so may we to God.— Watchman. LANCASTER (*. C.) NOTES. BY BEY. T, P, B. MOORS, P, E. As bo much has been said -relative to the Centennial, and nothing from this part of Zion, I thought I would say something, for we are not asleep at all, but fully awake and^ust elateo over the fact of our church being one hundred years old next year. I hopt that the executive committee will » organize, and agitate that not only the committee but every man, woman and child in our greatr church will be interested and give it out.ts they g< along that we arcane hundred year old, I predict that it will place cut church where the has never been be tore, and in the proper place. I lik the idea of raising one hundred thous and dollars, yea, we opg‘t to rai* at least that amount, and there ibouio be appropriation made out of it foi the superannuated ministers, met who have worked hard to make onr church what it is today and now som> of them have to go to a poor houst where some of them haye died, Om superannuated ministers should get rot less than one hundred dollars pet fear, I'know one su eannuateo sinister who is nearly eighty years old and if it was not for his son h* ind his wife would have to go to rh«* poor house. He is not one that has seen on the superannuated list th» moat of his time, but worked unti tie was put on the superannuated *ist. £ oould give his name but for modesty' sake I will rot, unless it is necessary* i Lancaster station has for its pastor this year Eider F. B. McKoy, who-is carrying everything with him. Elder McEoy is now in the midst of a glorious revival, end has had about forty-five converts and twenty or more j inerg, Our Bishop, Clinton, preached several very # strong sermons which you know he oan do. He has also been very taithfuly assisted by Brvs. Ellis Brown, B. C, Moore, Douglas,. Barber and Witherspoon. You may judge that the meeting w very interesting when the church » over half full every afternoon on weekdays. Our Lancaster high school has made yery rapid progress this year. Prof. W. R. Douglas has been very ably assisted by Prof. J. C, Cunning ham and Mile Maggie Hood, all graduates from our Livingstone Col lege. Bishop Clinton has organised h Ministers Institute and has secured serv-fess of Bey. Mr. Umpby, a Theo logical classical graduate, who meets with pc on every Wednesday after ' sdl Wm soon. It is called the school of ^ophets. I fe ll youjtla quite an ad vantage especially td those whe .who h*yf tot had the opponuuity of takiog a rheological training, and I tell yon he boys appreciate the oppartoaity. Liook out fay us for I guess all of us rill preach a Centennial sermon next 'car. Elder J. & Ellis is bolding forth ;oodnpoit hon Lmateifcjw. Elder 0. Dunlap is M Mi Mwift rodT am wry glad to say that ha la ha right ana in the right place. Je ia bow engaged hr building a horch that vu started by Elder Ferry, that when it ia complied tafll w one of the hast churches in Inn eater county. Elder R. a Moon la at Mi Carmel rod Cedar Creek, He ia aneeeeding brth aft Salem and Popular Springe, rod coatemplatea on finishing the ihureh atftelam, which should hare wen dona a long time ego. I am ike Bishop Hood said years ago, if [ staid on a charge several years 1 rould build something before I left it f I bed to tear something down and mild it again. ^ .Rev. R W. Miller is at Pleasant Sieve, fPestville, Dry Bsaeeli and Dekalb. Hals very high ty esteemed Yf his people. He is also trying to sompleto the little church at West rille. S Elder G.W. McDowell ia stiU at Dershaw, end Haile Gold Mine. He e trying to pay off the debt that is on he church at Kershaw. Mrs. J. E. Robinson, Miss Anna Ibeband others donated bm 16 00 ast year on a suit of clothes. Rock Hill end Hickory Grave :barches have Rev A H Moore for heir pgstor. Brother Moore oontcm plates on organising a church soon. Rev. J J Johnson is doing the best that be can at Piney Grove end Road > Branch, Poor pay, poor preacher is an oldsaying, but I think here is some logic in it. > Elder C C Alexander is getting along very well at Pleasant Grove, 9t James, Druville end ether points. Rev A W Wison is holding the fort at Gheraw, Mt Aaron, Smith villa and Robinson Zion. »v- " Rev O N Davkins is at Dyers Hill and Bcnnetfsvilla. He is very highly - _ aateemed as a Christian gentleman by the people both white and colored. Elder Z. Betton ia at Clio end New Zion Hill. I hope that Brother » Betton will beat the reoord this year on finanoe for he has a very large charge. They ought to pay at least 1100 Genera] Fund. Rev, C C Crawford is saooeading very nicely at McCall, Graham, eta. It being the first quarterly conference at Mt Gall, Rev. Craw&rd had a re ception for the presiding elder, and wide from the regular busiaem of the quarterly conference carried out e very nice program. As Elder J H Jackson, of Blache burg, that great ehureh builder con (empJataiikravelingaaMWV' district ■ in the interest of tbecb^R that be fe building at Gaffany CSty, I want every pastor that he visits to open the way for bias ead do all they can in giving him a liberal collection. I oonsider that it will add much to us by building a ehureh at Gaffaay, fir by bavin" n church at that pleas will open up the way for u« ia that Motion of the State. ' EEDUCED RAILROAD FIGUBE®, special bates maos By thb south fob SPECIAL OCCASIOrffc The Sooths'□ Railway feat mada low ratal on aocouot of the following ooaa sions: } To Boston, Mass , and return fourteenth aannnl ooaiWtai of People’s Boolety of Obrlplta Eodetuor and Rational Yonag People's Christian Union, one lhnltad, first olaaa fare far ha round 8-10, good Bound trip ratal To Baltimore, Md,. and return to the meeting of the Baptist Young People's j Union of America, a rafts of one limited, 4 first olass fare for the roved trip; tickets m to be S )ld July 16-17, good to return un til August 5 Bound trip vela from Charlotte $12 96 s To Boston, Mass., and return far tha e lhnltad, first olaaa fare far trip; tickets to W sold July i to return until July 31. P ratal horn Charlotte In. 50. one limited, first olaaa fare for tha trip; tickets aeld August tt-*5; good «e return until September 16 Bound trip rate frees Charlotte tn 50t To Dearer, Col., and return on hf the National Educational ' rate of one limited, first ole |2, far the round trip; tieketa sold July 3, 4, 5, and oau ba until September 1. Bound trip Charlotte 347 00, .. These are tery low rates and wUl ef fard a fine opportunity far any one to yiait tha abort points at a small eost. NOTICE. M.AZUn ril M m Caw noted Isnu if ■ V
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