The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-15
NOTES FROM HMONTICELi,L,

| Ihe Progress Of the Farmors- Foreign Cap-
| i"l' Its Advantages and Its Drawbacks- y
Pleasant Sunday School Picnic.
1Correspondencc Ct Ihe Nc,os ana Herald.
MONTICELLO, May 8.--Ynur CORES.
pondcnt has often thought that he
would send you an occasional item from
this snclgllborhood, but the fear Of tres
passing upon valuable time has pre-
vented him from doing so. lie will
make Ole venture, however, and if
you do not "sit down" on him too
cflectually he may do so again.
The farmers Of this section arc vcrv
much behind in their planting opera
ttons-not that they have wantonly
ldlcd away their time, but owing TO
the continued rains. They are now
hard at work, and if the weather be
favorable, tho end of tho week will
llnd rather large cotton crop planted.
The grain is locking pretty well. Fall
oats do not promise to do much, while
those planted later will do very well.
Wheat is looking very well. Some
'"w OF the farmers lost their crops of
| wheat by having the seed run through
shutter, which destroys the germ.
III spite Of the many drawbacks with
Which they have had to contend, there
is a general appearance of cheerful
ness among the farmers, bctokcnino q
sense OF prosperity which in former
years was conspicuous by its absence,
1t is seldom that one hears the CRY Of
"hard timcs," which in former ycors
struck the car at every turn. One or
two OF the most vcnturous sDirits hovc
dccldcd to borrow money from the
English Loan Association, of which
CoiolUi Palmer, Of Columbia, is the
agent. The bringing Of so much capi-
tai in the State and placing it in such
easy reach OF tho people will, no doubt,
prove OF incstimabc benefit to MS:
but it is pity that it is necessary TO
90 through SO many formaltics to oct
possession OF the money. pcrhaps IF
the Association expended less for rod
tape it would be able to reduce the
interest on loans. Another obicction
is that the company will not lcnd less
than ono thousand dollars. There arc
many who would like to borrow and
could give security for q few hundreds,
Gut would never dream Of borrowiu.,
q thousand dollars. Yet these arc thc
men who need help. 1t is not the
writer's intention to throw cold water
on the enterprise, for ho believes that
1t IS a good thing. Our people shou d
profit by 1t to get out Of the clutches
or the ten system, for they might rs
wen cntrust themselves to the tender
incrcics Of the Devil, as to continue
their dependence upon that system. ::
Saturday, tho 9th inst, was "rcG-
letter day" with tho children of tho
Monticello Sunday School, that dav
being entiscly devoted to them. At
an early hour the people of this Soc
tion assembled in the church to listen
to an address from the beloved supcr..
inlcndcnt Of the Monticello Sunday
School, the Rev. Mr.. Lupo. 1t won4l
require too much space to report tho
speech i'll tull. The following wcro
the main points of the address: After
very pointcdly calling the attention Of
parcnts' to the care Of their childrai,.
ana the encouragement Of them i'm
their efforts to achieve laudablc ends.
he proceeded to impress on his, young
hearers the absol olutc necessity OF hay.
ING some definite aim in life. He
deprecated tho idea of allowing ono's
self to DO blown hithcr and thiiher by
every lille wind. Having established
this point, he proceeded TO prove that
education is tho most available means
of attaining the desired and or MIN. in,
life, and it. tollows.as q natural consc-
qucncc that tho Sunday School is Of
vital Importance to education, since no
education can bo complete without q
thorough acquaintance with Gods law.
as set forth in His Textbook, tho Bible
The reverend. gcntlcmail's speech. was,
short and to the point, with no; s,Der-
fluffy OF words or phrases. II was
simple. natural, pleasing and went,
directly to tho hearts OF his henrers.
} At the conclusion Of tho address ths
i school and its guests adjourned to tho
grove, where, as from a mari<inn's
wand, a table had sprung IN, loaded
with substantials and dclicacics, which.
I would have tiokled tho palate of tho
most fastidious. Aftor dinner tho
crowd formed IN groups and dispersed
among tho troes, while the Youngsters.
with notwithstanding ewes and iocund
4 smiies,. disportcd themselves beneath
the trees: The sounds, Of their merry
voices, jnbilant and rejoicing,
"With tho Joy of young hearts
Proved tifatso'' ''erthe lights Of their oladi,css,
| No shadow of sadness
From the sombre background of memory
yet starts" ~ ~
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