The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-09-11

night, took the stand and gave what
seemed to be q fair account of the row
There had been somo fussing with
Bell, when the preacher, which is the
moderator, spoke about the letters of
dismission. Brother Sloan asked,
"IIow ol(en does the Bible tell you to
forgive your brother, seven times or
sevcnty-scvcnW Brother Pearson said
scventy-sevcn. After this the mem
bcrs voted Brother Bell good charac-
acter, and Brother Sloan said he was
glad to give Brother Bell good letter.
The preacher, which being the modcra-
tor, says, "lle can't get it till he has a
trial." Simon says says, elf 1 don't
git it Pll git you." Then u sister in
the corner began to laugh, and the
preacher says, "Sistcr, shut your
mouth, l want to get rid of all these
Devils" Oliver Sloan says, "I move
we don't have no dcvils." Laughter. I
Pearson was standin' down at The al
tar, and he come down and he and
Simon stood close together, and they
went on up till they called each other
liar, and thought that 'ccptin there
was somebody to make peace they
would get to fighting. They made
such Il disturbmcnt that the outside
people broke in, and Simon said "put
ont out the light" The sisters all riz
and said, "Don't put out the light"
Brother Pearson had it, and he held it
up. There was SO much confusion
that nothing could be done. Oliver
Sloan went out, and when lie got to
the door he says, '"Thc first thing you
done after you got hero was to steal
five dollars," and he said, "You dirty
puppy, you, I'll had you by the heels
could drag you all over this yard"
Then he broke open tho door md come
back, and there was SO much confuse
mcnt that we couldn't close with a
hymn and dism ission. This was about
the time of the dissipating Of the argu-
mcnt. The five dollars was to pay for
the titles Of the church. 1 never saw
nothing more Of the money or the
titles either, but nobody has ever
'sputcd the payment.
Brother John May, another very
sanctiticd and deliberate deacon, tcsti-
fled to about the same thing as Brother
Joe Ellison did. They went to cxcuss
the question about Bells letter, and
Oliver made SO much disorder the
moderator called Oh some one to have
him ccastod or to put him out. Broth
cr Ellison made the move, and Oliver
went out. When he wanted to put
out the light the sisters got lustcratcd.
Oliver Sloan testified in his own be-
half. They had Il contracted mcctin',
and the preacher said he took the pa
per every day, and he seed in it about
II dark cloud over the people, which
was tho Democratic party, but lately
he could sec way out. [Grccnback-
crs?] [ corrupted him and told him
after church that | was Demo-
crat, but there mustn't be any politics
here. Mr.. Anderson give us
the land Oh the condition that we
wouldn't have any politics in it. That
night at the mcctin' Charlotte Bell,
Brother Bcll's wife, aXcd when they
was gwinc to let Bell alone, they was
always pickin' at him, and axed how
often did the Bible tell him to forgive
his brother. Then when they had done
with Boil, they took up Simon, and he
and Pearson got to talkin' loud. Pear
son come down and rc,chcd back his
hand Oh his wippin and s.,id, "You long
mouth r-r-rascal you, I'll fix YOU" "and
Simon dar'd him, and then got ashamed
and said, "Putout the light and let's go
home" BY this time they had made
such 'rousomont that the sinners on
the outside hccred the noise and bust
cd open the door and come in. You
know when the church wants to do
any business, only the church members
can come in. All the sinners must be
shct out. If there's one sinner in the
house they can't have any. Well the
sinners hccrcd the noise and busted in
while was tryin' to stop him and
Simon's row. What did the sinners
do? The sinners they come in and set
down on the side and swore they
.warn't goin' out. Then my wife said,
"Let's CO." got to the door and said,
"Simon you 'blecstc to be puppy.
You stole that five dollars. You ought
ITO be ashamed goin' about and talkin'
about snail shells and sayin' you kin
conjurc. You count yourself man,
but l could take you by the heels and
drag you all over the hill" Then my
wife took me home. Simon was brag-
GIN outside the house, and Pearson
inside. Bout the devils, left that
out. Those sisters in tho corner when
we was pusllin' Pearson and he was
scrin.in, they laughed an he said,
"Wcll put out them devils and fools"
1 said, "Thcm's our wives and we
don't want no sich talk as that about