Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-08-03
ought to urge the necessity Of . moro general

NesoNeu, Aunt our peOpIo Nen0uiuVUe. en-
oouraged to support more earnestly our
denominational colleges, both BY generous
contributions to the. assessments asked for to
carry them on aud by sending theirsons and
daughters to them. n@f3. }ap
The committee on temperance submitted
the following paper which received the
hearty endorsement Of the District Confer
ehce: a,a e;:;. y r,y
I Your committee have 'heatd' WITH deep.
interest the reports from t9e various charges
embraced In this district upon ihfs' vital
subject, subject now engaging the. hearts
and minds Of our host men and women.
Conscious Of the fact that the peace and
welfare Of our ohuroh largely depends upon
the position she shall and does take is this
subject, we beg leave to offer the following
resolutions: le E:'I
| Resolved, That we as District Confer
ence stand ready to aid 10 every legitimate
way to arrest the tide Of ruin caused by the
sale and use Of spirituous liquors as o.
beverage, and that wo hail with Joy the sue-
cess of prohibition in various places in our
land and State. (. /. .ra
The following lay delegates were elected
to the Annual Conference, which meots in
Greenville in December next: j. D Sullivan,
D. A. Smith, j. w. Quillau and w. L.
Waite, With Rev. W. A. Hodges apd j. q.
Whitfield as altornates.
| Smiths Chapel, in Anderson county, was
selected as the place for holding the Iext
meeting Of the District Conference, year
| hence.
Tho {nlloSrfnn rnoo1,}snn so&r
and unanimously adopted:
Resolved. That the thanks of this District
Conference are duo and are hereby extended
to the members of Rock Spring Church and
the brethren and friends of the Presbyterian
and Baptist Churches for their unbounded
hospitality, and also to the railroad authors
ties for reduced rates to its members.
The following preamble and resolutions
were introduced and were unanimously
adopted by rising vote Of tho conferences
Whoreus by dioiplinary limitation tho term
of DR.. s. B. Jonee, the Presiding Elder Of
this District, must close with the . present
year; and whereas it ID the wisfi Of thia
District Conference to express its regret at
tho necessary removal Of one to whose
faithfulness, efficiency and devotion the dis
trict is largely indebted, under God. for its
present prosperous condition; therefore be it
Resolved. That We will ever cherish in
grateful recollection and emulation the ex-
ample of piety and energy which he has
so constantly displayed.
Resolved. That our prayers shall be devoutly
offered to Almighty God that his useful life
muy long be spared to the church.
These resolutions were responded to fecl-
ingly and touchingly by DR.. Jones.
REMARKS.
Rev. L. Wood preached on Thursday morn
ing and Rev. j. F. England at night; Rev.
j. W. Daniel preached on Friday morning
and Rev. W. lIutto at night; Rev. j. o.
Wilson preached on Saturday morning and
G. NJ. Boyd at night, Pr. s. B. Jones preached
on Sunday morning after which the sacro- !
mcnt Of the Lords supper was administered
to large number Of communicates. Rov.
j. E. Carlisle preached at tho Richland
Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning.
All Of these sermons were deeply interesting
and had an awakening md convictng in1u.
ence upon the people. We should State In this
connection that preaching was held ut night
minister during tho sessions of the confer
in the towns of Walhala, Seneca and West.
ence. preachers from various charges in tho
district filing these appointments. We have
no doubt but that the meeting Of the District
Conference at Rock Spring Church will
result in much good to the church and to the
entire country round about it.. The attendance
Of the people on theseasons Of the conference
was large from the beginning, aud on Satur.
day and Sunday it was Impossible to seat
more than half the visitors in ythe church.
Nothing occurred to mar the pleasure and
interest Of the meeting How could We expect
any bad behavior in such Christian, refined
and cultivated neighborhood as Rock Springs2
The delegates to the conference were bounti-
fully provided with homes and tenderly
cared for by this hospitable and kind-hearted
people. The oitizens Of Rock Spring, Of all.
denominations, deserve greatly to bo praised
for the manner in which they took care of
and entertained the District Conference.
TIE CROPS.
One word more. The drops in this neigh
borhood are said to DO tho finest and most
promising for many years. We saw some
fine cotton and corn, which appeared to us
about as good as it could possibly get Wo
, saw two fields of corn on Conneross Creek,
one containing about two hundred acres and
the other about one hundred, which we aro
satisfcd will make thirty bushels to tho acre
-nino thoueand bushels Of corn. just
thing Of i'll There are other things wo
would like to speak Of. but time and space