The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-06-22
THAT LITTLE DANCI: THAT wOR
RIES REV. !nK. S'TI;NvART.
Bill arp Replies to tho Article and
Tells How thc Preacher
was DccOyed.

Tells How the Preacher
was DccOyed.
Judge Clark had 10 rise and explain. The.
young people had engaged n hall wherein TO
nave a little dance, aud it seems somebody
who didn't approve of the business filed n
bill of injunction, which came up for a
hcnrng before his honor. Now, the Judge
is scholar and has long peruscd and en-.
J"ycu the gifted poets, and after hearing
argument he refused the Injunction, and
calling to mind the beautiful lines Of Byron
he carelcssly said: ''On with the. dsrc. =.
let JOY he unconfned" All OF this rot in.
to the papers, ot course, aud the iudge re-.
celVed 30 many letters from his good breth
rem III The church that he had to rise and
explain in very pretty letter to the press
1t secals that 1 aud my family arc in a
dancing scrapc and | wish that could gct
out of It as Pleasantly ns did his honor.
Ours occurred nearly five Years ago and
ought to be barred by the statute of iimita.
tons, but eyer and anon we hear of it from
Tar away like The sound Of Il tinklng cym-
bal, and my Christian friends feel conslraiu.
cd to write me or send the papers that tell
about II. II wasn't much of An affair, hut
grows bigger and bigger rs the years roll
| on. l have recently received The Dali
lis News, which Il kind lady sent with the
dancing paragraph marked, us usual. Ii
was IN sermon preached there a few
days ago by the Rev. George Stewart, the
partner OF Sam Jones in missionary work,
aud in it said:
"A dccoy duck is thing that proposcs
to be \ duck and is not duck. The devil
dccoys by a painted member Of the church
that has not life. The devil can tie them
anywhere
Here he related how he was caught by
one of these dccoys. he was invited 70 a
birth lay party given AT tue home of Pres
byterian elder. The Presbyterian pastor
wen! with him. They had good supper
anu pleasant cvcninguud lrf. at Oocluck.
The next morning The Atlanta Constitution
had glowing account of it and went ON TO
say that at IL o'clock the dining room WAS
cleared and from midnight to day the iolly
party trippcd the light fantastic, and among
those present appeared the names of Rev.
George Stewart nnd DIR. lIilIho,lsr"
II haven't got over that slnirch yet. Let
tcrs and postal cards poured ii saying:
1feorSc Stewart, what is tie matter with
youE'
Somehow or somehow else whenever and
wherever the Rev. MIR. Stewart tells that
in luis sermons it gets out that | am the
duck-the dccoy | hear of it from
anxious friends. II he told it as Il fable or
IN allcgory and named no names wouldn't
care. IL is right good fable and thcTc |
was enough foundation lii fact for him 10 |
build on and he built. 1t is now copyr:uht F.,
ed and stcrcotyped.
The facts urc that when one Of our bows
attained his majority in 1885 We did give |
MN birthday party, and he invited his |
young friends and We invited some of ours
"hO were older, and among them Was our
pastor, MIR. llillhOusc. 1t was a pooIiv
Of good People who were well
'alscd and well manncIcd. Rev. Mr.. Sew
ut was not invited, bu somehow he came
"lth our preacher and received n cordial
welcome. lie was not dccCYcd hithcr by
my Of us My wife and daughters had
)rOvi"cd bOuutiful feast. Tnc;c was >.
Eg, fat turkey gobbicr at each end OF the
nng table and all The space between was
ilicd with good things. Mr.. Stewart en-.
Dyed it, | know, and was given place of
iohor and he part"ok most heartily and
dispensed his wit and his wisdom with
'bundan, freedom. Our pastor onioycl il,
90, and joined in the hilarity. There were
ionc to modest or make them afraid.
About ii O'Clock, after the feast wns
'Vtr, Mr.. ilillhousc said TO my wife that
le had reason to suppose that the youny
oikS hn'. planned Il little dnncc, to which
&c hEd 10 personal ohjrcIioi., but ns manv
GOOD people had n different opinion, md ,
's nc was a minister, it would be b, tier for
nm TO retire. And 50 he did retire aud
ook MIR. Stewart with him
The young people did have a da, CO and
We all enjoyed it. especially my wife, who
vas raiscd that way. but now, alas, c,,p
'nly look on and pat her little foot to the
music. The festivities CLOSED little uf.
"r midnight and we said our prayers and
Trnt to bed.
This is all Of II that know. The cdi.
ors 0t The Constitution have searched in
Iain to find any mention Of the narty IN
heir next morning. paper or any other
'apcr, and how it got out ON Mr.. Stewart
sc are at a loss 70 know. 1t never gor out
'h mr.: iillihous", nor did anybody ever
all nm to account in letters or postal
ards.
We are all truly sorry that Mr.. Stewart
&c: smlrchrd at our house and rs he seems
% nave never recovered from it, we viii
10 all we can 10 relieve him ''ronch NO,
nine anointcd and do my prophets mo-
larm: is n cardinal ~text at our lbusr
Certainly we had no intention 10 dccov or
@ snirch him, and hope he will hsy,. cborI
ty aud cease making us n target "iie
hat hath not CHART, Is as sounding brass
'nd unkling cymbat." That is TIC cym.