Huntsville gazette., 1882-07-08
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS

diciai officer of the State gave public ex
hipi'lon OF the fraternal relations eXistins
petWeen the white and colored races. Will
the evangelist stood with outstretched arm
asking "Who will trust the Lord" Judg
Thomas f. Hargis, Of the Court Of Appeal
was moved to confession, and took his sea
on the front row of chairs. Shortly aftel
there passed down the aisle peniten
blacker than midnight. Then came others
who, Brother Barnes observed, were carefn
TO choose seats as far away as possible from
the "dusky brother" Stopping right in th
midst OF his singing, Brother Barnes said
My dear friends, you see that this colored
brother has come forward to confess Chris
and you are s'aying away simply because
you don't want to sit beside him. Here b.
sits alone on this front row, and all that
have come forward have been careful nos
to seat themselves near him. AM
man coming forward despite the prejudice
against his color and taking seat by the
side Of this colored brother will be brave,
noble man. / know in the eyes of this soei-
ETY. there is a difference between you and
him, but, dear friends, before God the dif-
ference does not exist. He was born this
way; he can not help his color. Still he has
soul to save. IL you stay away now it will
prove success Of the devil's device. The
devil knows Frankfort people, and has taken
this advantage of their preiudices. Oh, my
people, this same old devil is sharp old fel-
low, but Pm going to get ahead Of him. He
doesn't thiak anyone will have courage to
sit next to this colored man. Friends, will
you let the devil triumph? A brave man,
remember, is he who takes seat alongside
this coored friend who has come forward to
confess Christ and save his soul from the
peril OF eternal damnation." At this Judge
Hargis arose. and, taking the sable penitent
By the hand, sat down in chair next to
him, Brother Barnes, in the meanwhile,
looking on, and, with quiet smile Of happy
satisfaction, exclaiming: 1.-THE recording
angel will note this on the book Of life. Praise
the Lord"
While blowing in field in Faulkner
County, Arkansas, recently, George Smith
saw ravine which had been washed by a
recent overflow of the Black Fork, and in
which reposed large number of human
skeletons, lying in natural positions togeth
er with several earthen bowls, shells, ar
all incosed in vessels made of clay, while
one, with handsomely engraved ornaments,
denoted that the skull belonged to an unu-
sually important parsonage. The farm has
been under cultivation over forty years, and
relics denoting the existence there at one
time of a prehistoric race have been fire.
quently found.
On way-freight train, laden with
cross-ties, near Monroe, Ca, a few days ago,
negro boy, about II or IS years old, was
jumping from car to car. AS he jumped,
one of the ties turned and threw him under
the train. He had cotton hook in his hand,
and as he fell he made grab and caught 1t
in the side Of the car, and held on until he
could catch on the box. Thus, almost by
miracle, he escaped being crushed to death
by the train.
The culture of dwarf orange trees is
receiving considerable attention in Florida.
The trees are highly ornamental and pro-
duce very fine fruit.
n. A. Anderson, one Of the recently
elected Aldermen Of Vicksburg, Miss. has
been arrested, charged with buying, at 50
each, two votes for himself from colored
men.
The Waco University has proposed to
the citizens Of Waco, Tex, to subscribe
$4,000 to complete the buildings. If the
donation is made an endowment Of $50, 900
will be raised by the Baptist Association,
which meets in July, and the university will
be placed on permanent basis.
Ed Davis, aged Is, son j. L. Davis,
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to read book while holding stallion the
other day, and for convenience buckled the
strap around his waist. The horse stepped
over the strap and became frightened and
ran, dragging the young man in circuit OF
about $50 yards, and finally made for the
barn, some distance away. When young
Davis was found, he was lying at the corner
Of the crib, with his neck broken and his
head badly mashed.
Gov Blackburn of Kentucky has been
converted under the preaching of Barnes,
the mountain evangelist.
The new cotton compress to be erect
ed in Vicksburg is to be one of the finest
and most costly in the United States, or the
world, for that matter. There is only one
like it in existence, and that is now being
placed in position at New Orleans.
A fruit-grower at Griffin, Ga, has
sixty thousand peach trees in bearing con-
dition, beside thousands Of other kinds Of
fruit trees. The peaches are ripening faster
than they can be sent to market, although
three hundred pickers and packers are en-
ployed, and hundreds OF bushels are cast
aside as too ripe for shipment
Most of the wheat in North Alabama
has been threshed. 1t is the best for many
years.
Some very large turtles are being
caught at this season on the Gulf coast. One
weighing five hundred pounds was recently
captured near Tampa.
Propping up peach trees to prevent
them from breaking down under the weight |
Of fruit is the news from all parts Of North |
Carolina.
The Kentucky Board of Agriculture
estimates the wheat crop of that State as
high as 13, 000. 900 bushels. Corn is in bet |
ter condition than for years, and the acreage |
is 10 to Is per cent. greater than last year.