Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-10-16
[From tho Baptist Couricr.1
Fork Association.

This body met in its 2Sth annual session
with Shiloh Baptist Church on Friday
before 1st Sunday in October, ins.unt,
Rev. II. l.. Sisls preached tho introduc-
tory sermon from Mat. 25:23.
After short recess, the body rc.asscm-
blcd, aud proceeded TO organize for ,h,
transaction Of business, by clec!iuc Rev.
y. j.. Sisk, Moderator, and w. j Beard,
Clerk.
number Of visiting friends and cor
respondents from other Associations favored
US with their presence and counscIs.
Among these VIC were pleased to note tho
venerable Father Dawson, who has already
finished his active work fur the Master,
and is now patiently awaiting the summon,
"Comc up higher" and tho genial Agent
of the Seminary, Brother j. c. Hudson.
who improved faithfully the opportunity
afforded him, by our Association, of speak
ing word for the Institution which ought
to be so dear to the heart Of every Southern
Baptist. After the speech, small amount
was contributed by those present towards
the temporary support of the Seminary.
We were sorry that no more was contri-
buted, but it is ground for congratulation
that our prejudiccs are being removed, even
to small extent. Only give us time,
brethren, and the the old Fork will wheel
into line, aud do her duty about this and
all other matters.
The churches report lI0 baptisms, and
S03.18 contributed to State Missions. BE.
sides, there have been some contributions
to Foreign Missions which were not re-
ported to the Association
The usual reports were read, discussed,
and passed; aud preaching provided for tho
people, morning, afternoon and night.
Tie Association meets next year with tho
Westminster Baptist Church, Oh Tuesday
before 4th Sunday in September. Rev. G.
L. Gresham breaches the Introductory SER
mon, and Rev. t. J.. Sisk writes the circu.
lar letter.
at II o'clock Sunday morning the mis-
slonary sermon was preached by Rev. G. II.
Gresham to large and attentive audience
from Mark 1915; after which collection
of sl3,75 was taken up for missions.
This amount is exclusive Of tho S03.48
above mentioned
This ended what was conceded to bo ono
of the most interesting sessions the Fork
Association ever held. G.
A TERRIBLE SulclDE.-An appalling
case of suicide occurred few days ago at
lGdmodlham, and which recalls in its feat.
urcs ancient tragedy. A farmer named
llofiingcr had two sons. The elder fell in
love with the servant maid, but had to Join
his regiment ns q soldier and serve his
three years with the colors. On his return
home hc discovered that his brother had
! supplantcd him in the affections of tho
maid. lie conjurcd her to allow old rcla.
tons 10 be re- established but she refused.
lie threatened to commit suicide, but she
laughed nt him. Some days later she went
50 far as to tauut him with cowardicc,
declaring she did not believe he could mus,
ter courage enough to drown himself in the
ncighboring lake. llc answered that ho
would not drown himself, but would take
away his life in manner which would
make her hair stand on end On tho
morning of Sunday, September I, while his
parents and sisters were at church, he took
a young horse from the stable, fastened
rope securely to him and bound the end of the
rope around his own body. He then put
a lighted slow match in the car of the poor
animal which naturally started off, and,
mad with pain, dragged tho unfortunate
lloihnger after him in all directions, finally
plunging into the Scckirchncr Lake. Later
in the day the two bodies were found in
the lake still fastened together. IIollingor
was SO fcarfully manglcd and muti!atcd as
to be quite beyond recognition.
Eranh/Nricr Ncitung.
THE PRESBYrER1AN THEOLOGICAL SEM.
INARY.-Thc Theological Seminary of
the Presbyterian Church in Columbia 10 in
a crippled condition and must have substan.
tial help or go under. During the last
three or four years it has suffered very
severe financial rcverses and has not lost
less than seventy five thousand dollars by
| It's unfortunate investments in State bonds,
| railroad stocks and the like. It's losses by
conversion bonds, Savannah city bonds and
| Wcstcrn railroad securities footed up about
sixty thousand dollars. This sum has been
increased twenty-five or six thousand dol.
lars by the failure of the Adgers ia Charles.
ton. The Directors Of the Seminary have
been in frequent consultation lately con
corning tho troubles Of the institution, but
what arrangements they succeeded in max.
ing for its future conduct We arc unable to
say. The Seminary is one of tho best in
the whole country aud deserves the sub
stantial help of all who arc concerned in
tho real prosperity of tho church and its
high educational interests.
| Sixty Pen CENr.--We arc reliably in-
formed that the death rate of tho prisoners
sent from the South Carolina Pcnitentiary
to work on the Greenwood aud Augusta
Railroad has teen sixty per cent, including