Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-22

low harder food. An estimate by Hum
bolt claims that 44,OO0 pounds of bananas
can be produced on the soil that would be
required for 1000 pounds of potatoes, and
that the area that would be required to raise
wheat enough for one man would produce
enough bananas to feed twenty-five men.
THE BAPTIST BI.CENTENNIAL.
The oldest Baptist Church in the South is
the First Baptist Church in the city of
Charleston. In was constituted in 1853 by
Rev. William Screven, who was its first
pastor Part of the original members came
from Maine with Mr.. Screven and part came
direct from England. Mr.. Screven labored
here for many years and late in life moved
to Georgetown, $. c., where he died and
where he was buried. He was succeeded
by such men as Oliver Hart, Richard Fur
man, Basil Manly, W. ~. Brantley, y. NJ.
Crawford, }. r. kendrick and +. T. Win
kler.
The Church has remarkably interesting
history. 1t has lived through wars and
fires and various revcrses. 1t was an organ
lied body hundred years before Charleston
was an incorporated city. To give an eX-
tended history of st. Michae's and the First
Baptist Church with their workings, would
be to give much Of the history of Charleston.
tors. They now occupy the third house of
worship the Church has owned. Their first
house, Il wooden building, stood where the
present house now stands. The present
house was built in 1921, while DR.. Richard
Furman was pastor. The Church has sent
out over thirty preachers, some of whom are
now the leading preachers of the South.
During the approaching session Of the
Baptist State Convention, which meets with
this Church on November Dist, the Church
will hold special services celebrating its
2OOth anniversary. Addresses will be made
by Drs. Basil Manly, ii. y. Tupper and }:
cover the history Of the Church from its or
ganization to the present time. Dr. Fur
man will speak on the Church's connection
with the cause of education and missions.
Rev. O. f. Gregory will make an address
giving the history of the Sunday-school
work of the Church. These gentlemen are
Sons of the Church, two of them sons OF for
mer pastors. a short history of this Church
was prepared few years ago by the Rev.
DR.. Shuck, at that time the pastor, and pub
lished in the "Charleston Year Book"
1t is altogether proper for the Baptists' OF
South Carolina, who communed with this
Church and who are now so numerous and
influential throughout the State, to mark
ting the 200th anniversary of this Church.
1t is right for people to gather and pre-
serve and hand down history when they
have made it. AS one of our oldest institu-
tions, it's remarkable history should be pre-
served in some more permanent FORM
News and Courier, l4M.
THE GOVERNOR AND THE WARDEN
When Houston was running for governor,
| ~ do, +l,n
posed his election. After the election, when
it was known that the old veteran had been
chosen, the warden became exceedingly
friendly. He came to General Houston and
endeavored to plead his own cause for a re-
appOintment. The general received him
most cordially and expressed himselfas very
much delighted to see him. He inquired
in what way he could serve him. "Well,"
said the warden, 81 came to ask for a reap
pointment." "Ah," said the general, 81
am glad you have done so; but what claims
have YOU to the position" "Well, COVER
nor, have held the place for a number of
years, and the prison has greatly prospered
under my administration. | have main
tanned the strictest economy in all expendi-
lures. | have been honest in all the years |
have held the trust, and what more can a
man present as claims to office than homes
ty, ability and economy After the war
den had sounded his praise for some time he
paused for breath, General Houston all the
| time paying the most earnest attention to
what he was saying. When he paused, the
general asked "You have been in this po-
sition long time ?" eyes sir" Ger
tainly." "You have been economical ?"
81 have" "And honest ." "No man can
question my honesty" "And how many
years have you been there ?" 'Six." ''Six
years of faithful, economical honest work in
the penitentiary-tha is long time, sir
Well, Mr. Warden, believe / will pardon
you out. guess you have been there long
enough. Ill pardon you. Good day, sir."--
Auam (7eros) Statesman.
! How THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY GEL
EBRATED PEACE.-lnan article on the Last
Days of WashingtOn's Army at NeWburg,"
published in Huper's Monthly, the writer
says: Although the first formal celebration
was to commence at y o'clock with prayer,
an anthem Of praise accompanied by the
band, and followed by three hundred huZ-
Zas, the excited soldiers could not wait till
then but ushered in the day with firing Of
guns and shouts and songs till hill and val
| ley rang again. Heath says that the effect
was grand when the army, with excited
voices, thundered forth the anthem "Inde-
pendence,"'b Billings:
''Thc States, o Lord, with songs Of praise
Shall in Thy strength rejoice;
And blast with Thy salvation raise
To heaven their cheerful voice.
And from plain and hilltop, field and
forest, there rose strong and great against
the sky,
Down with this earthly king;
/ No king but God
When night came the piles OF OmDlStlDle
! ,,l had n, thn
mits of Berean mountains and Storm King
/ to signal the advance Of the enemy were
| lighted up, not to herald the approach Of
! the foe, but bazed from their lofty tops like
great altar fires to the God of peace.
! POLITENESS AND IT'S PLACE.-PrODably
One-half of the rudeness Of youths Of this
! day, that later in life will develop into bru-
! tality, is due to the failure of parents to
courtesy. The son or daughter who is dis
courteous to members of the family because
Of familiarity with them, is very likely to
prove rude and Overbearing to others, and
very certain to prove Il tyrant in the house
hold over which he or she may be called
on to preside. There is at this day undeni-
ably among the rising generation lack of
courteous demeanor in the family. Ofall
places in the world let the boy understand
! home is the place where he should speak
the gentlest and be the most kindly, and
there is the place of all where courteous de-
meanOr should prevail. The lad who is
rude to his sister, impertinent to his moth
er, and vulgar in his house, will prove Il
sad husband for suffering wife, and a
cruel father to unfortunate children. The
place for politeness, as Helps puts it, is
where we mostly think it superfuous.
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