The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-07-06
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS

which a cOlOred brother and the highest So
Gicial officer of the State gave a public sx
hibition of the fraternal relations existing
between the white and colored races. While
the evangelist stood with Outstretched arms
asking "Who will trust the Lordr' Judge
Thomas F. Hargis. of the Court OF Appeals,
was moved to confession, and took his seat
on the front OF chairs. Shortly after
there passed down the aisle a penitent
blacker than midnight. Then came others,
who, Brother Barnes observed, were careful
to choose seats as far away as possible from
the ''dusky brother" Stopping right in the
midst OF his singing, Brother Barnes said:
''My dear friends, you see that this coiored
brother has come forward to confess Christ,
and you are staying away simply because
you don't want to sit beside him. Here he
sits alone on this front row, and all that
have come forward have been careful not
to seat themselves near him. Any
man coming forward, despite the prejudice
against his color and taking a seat by the
side OF this colored brother will be brave,
noble man. 1 know in the eyes of this soci-
eSy there is a difference between you and
him, but, dear friends, before God the diff
ference does not exist. He was born this
way; he can not help his color. Still he has
q soul to save. II you stay away now 1t will
prove a success Of the deviPs device. The
devil knows Frankfort people, and has taken
this advantage of their preiudices. Oh, my
people, this same old devil is a sharp old fel-
low, but Pm going to get ahead Of him. He
doesn't think 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
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peril of eternal damnation." At this Judge
Hargis arose, and, taking the sable penitent
by the hand, sat down in a chair next to
him, Brother Barnes, in the meanwhile,
looking on, and, with quiet smile Of happy
satisfaction, exclaiming: ''The recording
angel will note this on the book of life. Praise
the Lord"
While plowing in a field in Faulkner
County, Arkansas, recently. George Smith
saw a 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
rows, leaden bullets, etc. The skulls were
all inclosed 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 az one
time of a prehistoric race have been fire.
quently found.
On a way-freight train, laden with
cross ties, near Monroe, Ga, few days ago,
a 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 it
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 eolored
men.
The Waco University has proposed to
the citizens OF Waco. Tex, to subscribe
S2O,O 900 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 18, son j. T. Davis,
farmer near Shelbyville, KY, attempted
to read a book while holding a 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.
L 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 Cult 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, ,O00,O 900 bushels. Corn is in bet
ter condition than for years, and the acreage
! is 10 to 10 per cent. greater than last year.
| A local company's bid to build water
| works for Knoxville, Tenn, has been ac-
cepted by the City Council, and at last, after
/ fifteen years. discussion, that city is to have
water-works.
Population of Arkansas, 1000, 900.
At Copenhagen, Ala, few days ago,
a large eagle swept down on a small colored
/ boy who was as work in a cornfeld. The
| bird thrust its talons into his neck and back
/ and made a strenuous effort to carry him,
/ but the boys screams attracted the neigh
bors, and when they approached the bird new
away.
An old adobe building at San Anto-
nio, Texas. over $50 years old, is being pull
| led down to make room for a modern struc-
ture. It was built by settlers from the Ca
/ nary Islands in 1870. Many of the timbers,
which are cedar wood, are good yet.
A turtle-canning company has been
organized at Tampa, Fla.
Congressman Aiken, of South Caro-
| lima, asswritten a letter to his old brigade
commander in order to stimulate the South
to take steps to secure a proper record Of
the position and conduct Of the Confederate
troops in the Gettysburg battle, and to en-