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greatest cause of barrier between the TWO
churches, is the question of instrumental
music in the worship Of God. If that were
out of the way we might say, Amen.
Rev. w. w. Orr presented resolution,
which was adopted, that three brethren
be requested to prepare letter addressed
to the fathers and mothers OF the church on
the subject of training the youth OF the
church for the ministry, and that the sald
pastoral letter be published IN the ASS0ca(0e
Reformed Presbyterian.
| In accordance with the resolution, Revs.
DR.. Pressly, w. B. Pressly and John Hun
ter were appointed to constitute the COM
mittee to prepare the letter.
! 1t was moved and adopted that at 7.3O
p. NJ. members of Synod assemble in the
church for the purpose of a conference on
the subject of foreign missions, and that a
general invitation be extended to the public
to attend said conference.
At this conference, after appropriate re-
ligious worship, and addresses on the SUBJ
iect of foreign missions by Revs. A. S. Sloan,
J. A. Lowry, ]. S. A. Hunter, j. E. Pressly
and the Moderator, Rev. j. G. Chalmers Of
fered the following resolution, which was
adopted:
RESOLVED, That the Board of Foreign Missions
be recommended to make a call fora suitable per-
son to engage as an assistant in the foreign mis-
sion work in Mexico.
Rev. J. S. A. Hunter offered a resolution
of thanks to the Chester congregation, the
people of Chester and the people of the
vicinity of the town for the liberal and hos
pitable manner in which members of Synod
had been entertained by them during its
sessions. Unanimously adopted by ris-
ing vote.
Synod was then formally adjourned, to
meet at Old Providence Church, Augusta
county, Va, on Thursday before the third
Sabbath in September, 1884.
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PROHIBITION IN OHIO.

The New York correspondent of the Phil
adelphia Ledger writes: "The big vote
polled by the Prohibitionists in Ohio has
greatly encouraged them here, and on all
hands they appear to be working like bea-
vers. Their candidate forSecretary of State,
Mr. Merritt, says: we are making head
way every day. We have this year what
we have lacked in previous campaigns-a
complete enrolment of those who favor our
principles in this State. Wehave been busy
on this all through the year, and now we
know just where our strength lies, and we
can handle it well. We endorse no outside
candidate unless he is reservedly pledged to
total prohibition. Our full strength is not
among temperance men alone, but many
who are confirmed drinkers are working
with us, because they feel that our plan is a
correct one, and they wish to see our princi-
ples Win.'n
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Mr.. y. G. Brice, treasurer of Synod, pre-
sented his report.
Both papers were properly referred.
Rev. NJ. w. Pressly announced the fol-
lowing as the order for divine service in the
different churches in town, and at some of
the churches in the county on Tomorrow:
Associate Reformed Presbyterian-Dr. II. Il.
Sloan at II \. NJ; Rev. William Johnston at
7.3O P. NJ.
Presbyterian-Rev. w. r. Waller at II \. NJ;
Rev. III. NJ. Henry ut 73O p. NJ
Methodist.-Rev. w. B. Pressly ut ii \. NJ;
Rev. G. +. Mcdonald at 7.30 p. NJ.
Baptist-Rev. T.. +. Boyce at II 4. NJ; Rev.
j. G. Galloway at 7.30 P. NJ.
Union Church-Rev. d. +. Haddon.
New lIope-Rev. w. l.. Pressly.
Hopcwcll-Rev. J. L. Hemphill.
Zion-Rev. J. y Lowry.
Capers Chapel-Rev. w. \. NJ: Plaxico.
White Oak-Rev. ID. C. Caldwell.
Union-Rey. w. NJ. Gricr d. d.
After prayer by the Moderator, Synod
adjourned until $50 A. NJ, Monday.
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CHURCH NOTICES.

Methodist-Rev. R. p. Franks Pastor.
Services at Philadelphia at II A. NJ; and
in the Church at Yorkville at night at the
the usual hour.
Baptist-Rev. j. E. Covirgton, Pastor.
Services at Union Church at II A. M.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian-Rev.
R. Latham, d. d., Pastor. Services at 1870
A. NJ. Sunday-school at 8 A. M.
Episcopal-Rev. Aug. Prentiss, Rector.
Evening prayer next Sunday at 3 P. M.
Sunday-school at 4 P. M.
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THE NEWS AND COURIER.

This enterprising paper announces that
it has perfected arrangements by which it
has increased it's telegraph service 1000
words daily. 1t also makes the statement
that John w. Y. Pope, Esq, until recently
editor of the Columbia Register, has been
emnlnyed ON its editorial staff.
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CONDITION OF MIR. NICHOLS.

We are pleased to learn that the condi-
tion of Mr.. John Nichols, the serious acci-
dent to whom we noticed last week, contin-
ues to improve, and he may be reasonably
considered out of danger. For gentle
man Of his age, he bears up we'll under the
painful sufferings following the amputation
of limb. Mr.. Nichols is one of our most
thorough-going and enterprising citizens,
and in this misfortune he has the sympathy
of large number of friends. Wewere mis-
informed as to the physician who assisted DR..
Bratton in the amputation of Mr.. Nichols
arm DIR. r. r. Carothers was the assist
ant, instead of DR.. Thomas Crawford, as we
were err0ne0uSlY informed
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his name in our memories as guileless Chris
tian, faithful presbyter, a Jealous and success
full laborer in the vineyard OF the Lord.
3. To surviving members of his family we ex-
tend our sympathy.
t. That we are admonshed to be faithful to our
trust kindly atfectionae one to another, that
when called from our labors, like the departed
father, we may be found rating, ready to go, and
like him. leave precious memories behind us.
w. B. PREssLY,
j. n. YOUNG, Conn.,
r. B. LEsSLIE,
The hour of having arrived, Synod took
a recess until3 o'clock, P. NJ.
MONDAY, 3 O'CLOCK P. NJ.
Synod convened at the above hour, and
in the absence Of the Moderator, Rev. j. A.
Lowry was called to the chair.
The committee on nominations made the
following report
The committee on nominations would report
the following:
|. AS alternate for Moderator's opening SER
mon ut next meeting-Rev. j. c. Galloway
y Delegate to United Presbyterian Assem-
bly-Rcv. John f. Pressly, d. d. Alternate
Rev. w. o. Cochran.
3. Delegates to Panpresbyterian Council, Bel
fast, Ireland June, lsS4-J. Boyce, d. d.; Robert
Latham ID. ID.
t. On committee on Church Extension-In
place of DR.. Ross, resigned, Rev. NJ. w. Press
ly: in place of Rev. J. NJ. Todd, resigned, j..
Killough Henry, Esq.
f.. T.. BOYCE,
d. +. HADDoH, Com.
II. II. Brown,
The committee on Church Extension, as
now constituted, was announced as follows /:
G. B. Belts, chairman A. G. Brice, clerk ;
Joseph Wylie, treasurer; Mason w. Press
ly, j. a. Brce, j. X. Henry.
The Moderator entered and resumed the
chair
The committee on Finance made the fol-
lowing report:
The following is respectfully submitted for
your consideration:
The report of the treasurer of SynOd'S fund
| Col
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MORMON DEFIANCE.

Governor Murray, of Utah, comes out with
strong report to the Secretary of the In
terror on the subject of Mormonism. Ac-
cording to Governor Murray, the Mormon
Church has asabsolute control Of the Territory,
and he is powerless to enforce the laws.
The militia are Mormons. So are the Court
officers; in short, everything in the Terri
tory is under the control Of the Mormon
elders and Legislature. Governor Murray
asks that the United States soldiers be en-
ployed to execute the processes of the
United States Courts. 1t seems very clear
that so great is the defiant spirit of Nor
mon leaders and so great their contempt of
United States authority that the govern
ment will have to leave dallying with the
question of the extirpation of polygamy
and go more seriously and systematically to
rly tf>c
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PHENOMENON IN THE SKY.

About 7 o'clock, Tuesday evening, sim
gular phenomenon was observed in the
western sky, which resembled the aurora
borealis, though it was more brilliant than
the northern light appears to us, and SEEM
ad nearer
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-01

The WORLDS COTTON EXPOSITION
Director General Burke, of the Worlds In
dustrial Cotton Centennial Exposition, has
invited designs for the main building, to
embrace 100000 square feet of floor space
and to cost $25O,00O. The premium offered
for the best plan is $1,000, for the second
best $780, for the third best $3.50. The plans
will be received until noon of November %.
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THE VIRGINIA CONTEST.

Both parties in Virginia are working like
beavers, and are concentrating all their
strength in the three close senatorial dis
tricts. These will be very apt to decide the
contest. The Democrats claim that they
can safely count upon forty House districts,
with good chances for securing ten more,
which will be enough to give them major
ity in that body. They assert also that,
with the thirteen Senators they have who
hold over, they can safely count on twenty
Senators, or within one of constitutional
majority of that body, with two districts
likely to give them a majority. Senator
Malone and his friends make about the
same claims. So thoroughly canvassed are
many portions of the State that in one town
containing 1000 voters it is known how the
electors will vote, with the exception of l6O.
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The Aurkrille Guqnirer.
YORKVILLE, 8. c.:
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. |, 1883.
"PHYsICIANs, PRESCRIPTIONS" !"

Notice is directed, in our advertising col
umns, to an important resolution, under the
above caption, adopted by the Town Coun-
Gil, and published for the information all
concerned.
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and, whereas we believe such relation would
be beneficial to the cause, and, no doubt, annu-
ally lessen the sum contributed by Synod more
rapidly than under the present arrangements
cient to enable it to enter into this relation
therefore, be it
Resolved, That this Presbytery, in behalf OF
said congregation, respectfully petition Synod
to favor this movement, and to supplement- the
salary of their pastor in a sum not exceeding
800 annually, the congregation pledging itself
to decrease this amount according to it's finan-
cal growth.
Rev. w. o. Cochran is appointed to represent
Missions.
May you be guided in all your actions by
wisdom from above. Respectfully submitted.
F. Y. PREssLY,
A. r. GwYN, Com.
n ID
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The committee on Domestic Missions sub
mitted the following report, which was
adopted:
The committee on Domestic Missions would
submit the following report:
lst. We recommend that the following claims
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called the roll.
The committee on Erskine College SUBJ
mitted their report, and pending its dis
cussion, the hour for the special order, it
being the report of the special committee
on the Erskine Theological Seminary, fur
| ther discussion of the former report was
suspended, and the latter was taken up. 1t
reads as follows:
The special committee appointed at your last
| meeting "to consider the practicability of en-
| largng the course of study and increasing the
number Of professors in the Theological Semi
nary feeling deeply the grave responsibility of
the work entrusted to them, after much dellbcr-
ation have agreed to submit the following to
your most serious and prayerful consideration.
\ theological training school was evidently FIRST
in the minds of the founders of our education
| al enterprises. a literary institution Of high
or order, for training specially the sons OF the the
church beinga prerequisite to such school of the
prophets, that having been established, as We
hope, on a permanent basis and in successful
operation, we now regard it as the solemn and
imperative duty of the church to do something
more than it has ever vet done in behalf of the
Seminary. Your committee regard it practica-
BILE, as well as desirable to enter at once upon
this work. We therefore submit the following
plan:
list. The the theological course Of study shall
hereafter embrace three years, with a session of
six mouths each year, to begin the first OF Octo-
Der and end the last Of March.
2nd. The remaining six months OF the first
year to be spent by the students in private study
and general church work, under the direction of
pastors, with the advice and consent of tho Pres
byteries. At the end of the second session, stu
dents might be licensed to exercise their gifts in
preaching the gospel, undera like direction, dur
| ing the second vacation.
| 3rd, There shall be six distinct chairs, each
having professor, three of them resident, as at
present, and three non resident all to be elected
| by the Synod fora period of four years.
(a) A president and professor of systematic
Theology, didactically, historically and polem-
ically considered, whose duty it shall alio be to
exercise a general supervision over everything,
including devotional exercises, department OF
students, hearing and criticising essays and SER
mons.
| (6) a professor of the Hebrew language, Exc
| rcsis, Old Testament and Oriental Literature
! (c) A professor of Greek. having especial ref
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the amount of two hundred dollars for the ne,

the amount of two hundred dollars for the next
Synodical year.
3rd. We recommend that the per diem of our
missionaries be increased from eight to ten dol
lars per Sabbath.
4th We recommend the following transfers {:
Rev. w. y. Love from the Memphis to the First
Presbyterv. Rev. j. B. Muse from the Alabama
and Tennessee to the Second Presbytery. Rev.
+. T.. Patterson from the Second to the Texas
Presbytery.
5th We recommend the following ASST gnment
of laborers for the year: Rev. w. L. Waller, at
Charlotte and that his salary he $50 III addition
to the contributions of the congregation. Kew.
j. Boyce, Jr., to Louisville, with a salary Of $500
in addition to the contributions of the congrega-
ton, and that the request of the Kentucky Pres
bytery as to his settlement be granted. w. Il.
Patterson to the Arkansas Presbytery for the
year. ID. w. Reid to Arkansas Presbytery TOR
four five months during summer. David
Pressly to Texas Presbytery. j. S. Mills to
Starkville.
We recommend the former arrangement as to
the settlement of r. +. Patterson, ut Lovelady:
That salary Of r. NJ. Stevenson be supplemented
s25 II. r. SLOAN,
H. +. HADDON,
J. S. A. HUNTER,
J. III. SIMPSON, cou,
II. NJ. HENRY, ''
w. o COCHRAN,
j. a. WHITE,
JAMES STRONG,
In connection with this report it was re-
solved to pay a claim to Rev. w. G. Miller
when the same shall beaudited.
A motion was offered by Rev. w. NJ.
Hunter and adopted, that previous order
Of Synod, providing for the travelling eX-
penses of our missionaries for all distances
over two hundred miles, be re-affirmed.
The order of the day, viz. : an address by
Rev. Dr. Grier on the subject of education
and in behalf of Erskine College, having ar
rived, Synod receded from business, and
DR.. Grier addressed the audience for a half
an hour on the subject assigned him. His
remarks were plain and practical, yet con-
vincing on the all-important question of ed.
ucation, and abounded in much statistical
information regarding the work already ac-
complished by the Synod in the building,
endowing and fostering of educational in
stitutions of a high order.
On the resuming of Synodical business,
the committee on OvertureS reported as fol-
lows, which report was adopted:
The only matter which has come into oul
hands, is the request which comes up in the re.
port of the Second Presbytcry touching the re.
organization of the Georgia Presbytery. This
request, as appears from the report of Presby.
terry, was an answer to the petition of Hopewel
Church. in Newton county Georgia. That Syn
cd may act intellgently in the premises, we
| recommend that the subject he referred back tc
| the Second Presbytery with instruction to over
| ture the question to the congregations in the
State of Georgia. and report the result to Synod
| ut her next annual meeting.
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Using Too Many Words.

The use of too many words is one of
the most common faults in writing.
We were attracted the other day by an
article in a newspaper entitled "Glimp-
tion." and hastily concluded that a
writer who could use so homely and
strong word as the title of his article
must have something good to say about
it. And so nc had; but he employed a
wild superabundance of words to ex-
press his thoughts. For example:
There are many persons, the majority
of persons, in fact. who see, but do not
perceive This awkward sentence be-
comes good one by simply leaving out
the redundant words, thus: 1.-THE ma
jority of persons see, but do not per-
ceive. 1t would be still better, per-
haps. to avoid the long majority, and
say: Most persons see, but do not
perceive" Thus by erasing nine
words from sentence of sixteen, the
thought is more clearly expressed be-
cause it is more directly stated. The
writer then remarks that many persons
have habit of postponipg and put
ting Off what ought TO be done at
once. The words "af1d postponing''
are useless. In explaining the pro
cess p" by which men are to get gump-
ton, he throws about his words with a
lavish hand.
"It is neither" he says, more nor
less than the doing and completing of
anything that needs to be done upon
the instant, without delay or postpone
ment, and at the same time a careful
observation of what is going on around
one.- BY the omission of more than
half the words of this bad sentence, it
is converted into fairly tolerable one.
:" 1t Is the doing of what needs to be
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Cleanliness in Butter.Makinr.

L always keep one cow, and make
butter for family use, because we relish
that which IS made at home better than
that found on the market. When hut
ter is bought at the stores, even though
1t be nice looking, we never know
whether 1t was neatly made or whether
Ii Is even wholesome. In my own but
ter-making L try TO have it as free from
all impurities as is possible. In order
to have good butter the milk must come
from the stable pure and clean. Some
of my neighbors, with unblemished rep
utatlons tor cleanliness In other re-
spects; seem to take it as a matter of
course that the milk may be brought
from the stable every morning with
scum of filth covering its top. Butter
made from such milk / regard not only
as filthy, but also as absolutely un-
wholesome.
have one neighbor who. instead of
trying to keep the filth from getting
into his milk, does all his planning in
devising the best way to get it ont. He
strains the milk as soon ~ possiblc
and uses strainer with piece of fine
cloth tied over the bottom. This gives
the milk double and pretty thorough
straining, and takes from it all that has
fallen into it, except such as have dis
solved in the milk. While he takes the
best of care of the milk after il reaches
the house, he allows it to come from
the stable in the filthiest condition Of
any / ever saw. In summer. the most
of the cows in this section run in
pastures during the day and arc kept in
large yards during the night, SO there is
Inf ~ Al.
clean. But during the winter the diff
Guilty is greater, and great care is need
ed in keeping cows in clean and
healthy condition.
give the plan which have adopted,
and which has proved very satisfactory
in nay experience. l have plenty of
room in my stable, and / give my cow
an apartment by herself, measuring
about 12X16 feet. / never tie her to
anything, but allow her to run loose.
In one corner of her room / make her
warm bed of poor or spoiled hay by
covering a space of Axe feet TO depth
of from four TO six inches. / feed her
at the opposite end of the room, some
ten feet from her bed. Her standing
hours are spent mostly at this end of
the room, while she never lies down
anywhere except on her bed. The re-
suit is | always find her bed dry and
clean. There are several advantages in
this method. The cow has a much
warmer and dryer bed, and it takes less
bedding than when the COW is tied.
The same bed, with slight additions,
will last for long time. 1t is very sell
dom, indeed, that my COW soils her bed
in any way. Again, her freedom gives
her better chance for exercise, and
keeps her warmer and healthier.
have never found any difficulty in
training a cow to lie as l wanted, when
kept in this way. Almost any cow, ex-
cepting such as have been long trained
to lie III filth, will seek dry place to
lie on, and will keep herself quite clean
if She has a chance to do SO. This plan
is adapted more especially to the large
number of New England people living
on small farms or in villages who keep
but one COVE. l.. H., IN -Amerscan
CmltiUdtOr.
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done on the instant, and carefully OBJ
serving what is going on around. ~ We
advise our young readers, after they
have "done their compositions, to
let them lie in their desks awhile, "to
get cool,n as Washington Irving used
to say. Then go over them. again,
bearing in mind Sydney Smiths recipe
for good writing: "Leave out every
other words 1t is often possible to
obey this rule almost literally, as we
see in the sentences quoted above.
Daniel Webster tells us that whatever
excellence he may have attained in the
art of composition. he owed to dis
covery he made when he was about
nineteen years old. He learned that
"all true power in writing is in the
idea, not in the style From that
time he pruned his sentences of re-
dundant words, and gave his ideas with
directncss and simplicity. - ~. w
Christian 1idrocdte
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A Whipping Story.

A boy-no matter his name, for he
sits in Parliament nova boy who was
both nervous and credulous, had been
made to believe that decoction of fresh
walnut juice used as ointment would
harden any part of the body to which it
was applied. Having been complained
of on a half-holiday. and anticipating
that he should have to '.stay at nine"
on the morrow, he procured some green
walnuts, squashed their juice out into a
basin, and daubed himself freely with
the liquid over night.
Next morning he found to his dismay
that he had stained himself TO rich
mahogany color, which would not wash
off. 1t was in vain that he rubbed him
self with a soapy sponge and called upon
his neighbors to assist him in this oper-
alton; the stains would not go; several
of his friends, however, treasured him
by saying that they did not show much,
and it was on the faith of these state
ments that the self-painted one went
into school. At nine o'clock he went
into the swishing room, and being too
shy to give the head master a hint of
Whist had happened, knelt down with
out q word. DIR. G. fairly recoiled.
But when the sixth form preposter,
who had got an inkling of the story,
laughingiy explained how and for what
purpose walnut juice had been used,
the doctors mirth was too great to allow
him to proceed with the castigation.
He threw down the birch and hurriedly
left the room. Years az Eton.