The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-08-01
Editorial Notes.

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Saturday morning in company with
ouf'worthy County Auditor; Col. D.
r. Burton, whose kindness furnished
the vehicle, for Cattle Creek Camp
Ground. A drive Of three hours,
made delightful by promising crops !
and comfortable homes at convenient |
intervals along the road, brought US
to the Camp Ground in due time for
the first morning service. The farm
of George Garvin, colored man, de-
serves special notice in this connec-
tion, because of the general appear
ance Of thrift so unusual for farmers
OF his race. We notice here more
than ordinary interest manifested by
the proprietor in the appointments Of
his home, success Of his farm and
commendable economy in its general
management, and the success attend
ing his labors should be source of
encouragement 10 others of his color,
similarly situated. The crops, with
few exceptions only, are good and
will doubtless meet the expectations
Of the owners. We learn, however,
that the drou sht has been disastrous
in its effects upon the crops about
the Camp Ground and, indeed,
throughout the Branchvillc section,
cutting the cottcn short full ope-half
and corn probably more. The farm
ers, however, true to the magnanlmi-
ty Of their natures are not discourage
ed, but in hopes Of more prosperous
future, will enter Immediately upon
preparations for another year. '''
After seeing our nag properly cared
for (and she deserved it,) ourselves
refreshed by the generous hospitality
Of our mutual friend, Mr.. A. NJ. Cox,
whose tent we made our home, and a
casual survey of our surroundings
with cheerful greeting here and
there from friends, we had almost
forgotten, we began to feel at home,
to experience that unalloyed pleas
ure which springs from the renewal
Of old associations and to enter upon
the enjoyment Of the religious ser.
vices of the occasion. II has been
said that campmcetings, having serv-
ed the purposes for which they were
instituted, should be abandoned and
protracted meetings substituted in
their place, but the results at Cattle
Creek prove that they, by the proper
effort on the part of both PREACHER
and people, may be made effective for
-good2e0en in this Advanced period of
refinement. AS centres, from which
eradiatc wholesome religious infln-
ences, no meetings can equal these,
reaching communities often widely
separated from each other that could
not otherwise be successfully reached.
The want of fruit in eampmeetings is
due rather TO-. tho sparse population
of the section in which. they are loa
Gated rather than the failure of the
peculiar kind Of meetings to meet the
demands. They should be located
in neighborhoods thickly populated
with live Methodist families, the heads
of which are willing to yield their in
dividual notions and to make the
proper sacrifices for the good of their
We are aware of no peculiar
combination Of circumstances which
made this meeting q successful one,
yet twenty-four conversions, dozen
accessions TO the church and deep,
all-pervading religious influence
through large crowd collected from
various sections Of the, county, may
be set down as the results of Cattle
Creek Campmeeting. Such results,
apart from the social features of the
occasion, the communion of thought,
and the generous hospitality which
give character to people abroad,
make campmeetings as potent for
good as in the days when our. pioneer
preachers made them subserve SO eff. |
fectlvely the aggressive policy of
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We have seldom had the pleasure
Of listening TO a series Of sermons
better calculated to accomplish, the
purposes intended than those preach
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