The western sentinel., 1894-01-18
DEVIL TURNED LOOSE.
A COLORED DIVINE, OF YADKIN
COUNTY,
Thinks He Has Solved aProblem-Why
There is So Much Dissatisfaction
in the Various Churches.
Correspondence of the Sentinel.l

in the Various Churches.
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SHORE, Jan. 15-A colored preach
er in this community, James Stimp-
son, thinks he has surely solved the
problem in regard to why there is so
much dissatisfaction in the various
churches. He says in Revelations
you will find these ords: After IL
thousand years the oevil shall be
turned aloose to deceive the nation"
So he thinks that old Satan has
broke his chains and is playing havoc
among the religious denominations,
causing ali the recent troubles and
disturbances in the churches and in
fuencing men and women to enter in
to the very vortex of sin and dissipa-
ton, committing thefts, murder,
suicide and al the other evils in the
category OF crime.
We desire through this medium to
pay parting tribute to the much
esteemed and much lamented John
T. Hampton, who recently bade
adieu to the ties and pleasures of
this life and went out into the great
unknown. Not only his immediate
friends mourn his death but the
county bows down in sorrow and the
sentiment of all is eve had NO better
man" He has always exhibited
those qualities of manhood that
captivated friends and ingraciated
himself into the affections of his fel
bowman. He had no enemies and
died with malice toward none and
ill III JiCc
great but he endured them with re-
markable patience and with complete
resignation to his inevitable doom.
His wife and friends were constant
and self sacrificing in their attempt
to alleviate his sufferings, admins
tering to his every want with child
like trust and flial care. All honor
to the memory of our beloved citizen,
John T hampton.
Rev L r Pruett, an excellent
Baptist divine in Mt. Airy, and his
estlmable lady we're recently rendered
a big pounding by the good people
of his denomination. 1T was the
undertaking and accomplishment of
Mrs. Blakemore, Mrs. John Thomp-
son and Mrs. W. W. Hampton to
whom credit is due for their charita-
ble and benevolent work. 1t is said
that MIR. Pruett was overjoyed by
the generosity and graciousness of
his fl lends and responded with kind
and touching words to the great
spread and treat. Amid the ceremo
MES Roland, his bright little three
year old boy said: "Mama I feel like
we are richer than we ever were be-
FORE"
Our jolly crew of merrymakers in
this community has made the past
week a delightful one by arranging
series OF sociables. On Thursday
night quite a number met at the
residence OF Mr. j F Fletcher and
enjoyed a feast of amusement in the
way OIL jests, happy chats and funny
games. The Bible says there is a
time for all things and surely this
was time to rejoice and feel that
life is worth living. On Friday night
our society circle met their appoint
ment at Mr. Julius Smiths and an
other enjoyable evening was passed.
Here a program similar to the one
on the previous evening was carried
out and all parted about II saying
:'what a good time We have had. "
Saturday night we all met at the
home of Mr. W G Logon and partici-
pated in jolly old fashion candy
pulling. This was fun indeed fer the
boys who pulled with their best girls
and continually ted them on ''tatfy." :"
Let the ball keep rolling.
Cupe Shore, our colored weather
prophet, is yet a first rate marks
man though he is blind in one eye
and has turned his eigbtieth year.
He exhibited a board the past week
on which he had cut out the center,
a distance of sixty yards. YENDis.