The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-04-12
Bateshurg Notes.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:

Winter continues to hold that
weakling "spring tide" in its arms
and is lulliog it to sleep, chow we
wish it would arouse and shake ch
its sponsor and come forth in all Its
sunshine and warm old mother earan
and cause vegetation to grow, the
flowers to bloom and the birds to
MARBLE their enchanting notes. we
live on trusting, for hope is eternal
in the human breast" and we know
that the life giving rays OF summer
will surely come and u cold hearts
will warm up. and even the female
aide of the house will forget thai
the peas have not been able to grow
that the beans have been twice Killed
in the crook, that thrice has the corn
been bitten to the ground and the
early potato has been returned to
mother earth more than once, to say
nothing of the total destruction OF
the fruit crop. Iadeed, could JACK
Frost and Fierce Wind have heard
the maledictions that have been hurled
at them they might have relented'
and in sorrow for stricken humanity,
have gathered their agencies OF 1uip
about them and sped to the Arctic
regions where their presence does 10
harm and where field and garden are
not a prey.
Our farmers are still working with
might and main to get corn in the
ground and guano ready for the cot
ton and it is astonishing how much
they have done between showers and
in the mud and cold.
Business is fairly good, however,
and the merchants, though blue, are
not really as unfortunate as the ag-
r~iculturalists, though no one has any
ground to boast of.
Since my last a good woman OF the
Samaria neighborbood has been called
to her reward. The widow of the
late Maj. Emanuel Quattlebaum an
swed the summons after a pilgrim
age of over eighty years. She was a
mother in Israel and though gone to
the haven OF rest, her deeds to her
family, to friends and humanity at
large, will live and bear fruit so long
as memory endures.
The society Of the Baptist Young
Peoples Union, of the Baptist church
here, is a dourishing one and much
good is being accomplished among
the young people. The State con.
vention, which met here last year,
was held last week in Columbia. The
delegation from here was a full and
an enthusiastic one. Rev. A. e..
Wilkins, our pastor, than whom 70
church in the State can boast Of a
superior one, headed the list, Albert
G. Jones, the Secretary Of the State
Committee, Eff. Ridgell, Miss Lottie
Ridgell, Miss Eva Cooner, Miss Rob
bic Wakefield, Mrs. DR.. FIX and
Prof. Edwards, President of the To-
cal Union, and perhaps others I have
forgotten, attended. They report a
grand meeting and are more than ever
advocates of the work among the
young people and training them up in
the Masters cause. Dr.. E.C Ridgell
was prevented at the last moment
from going, though he was first on
the program and one of the hardest
workers in the cause in the State.
Our town is delighted Cow by the
presence Of the Rsv. J. Fl. B5ldridge
and wife. Fer years he was pastor
OF the Baptist church here. He
preached one of his iuimitable SER
mons Yesterday, and it having been
noised abroad that he would preach,
standing room was almost at a pre-
MUM. He IS doing a great work at
Lancaster and his influence is largely
felt throughout the denomination in
the State. Last night another form
er pastor (and the first one) of the
Baptist church, Rev. N. n. Barton,
preached an able sermon to a crowded
house. Verify, yesterday was a field
day for the Masters cause. In the
afternoon Presiding Elder Hodges
preached a magnificent sermon in the
Methodist church. Mr.. Hodges is
one of the foremost ministers and is
perhaps one of the ablest men in the
South Carolina Conference.
Batesburg hiss lately been en-
livened by the presence of a num-
Der of visiting young ladies, some
of whom are: Miss Utsey, of St.
Georges, Miss Mary Vineyard, Of
Lexington, Miss Clara Harrigal and
Miss Irene Mcneil, Of Gr~aniteville,
Miss Holmes, CT Charleston, Miss
Kate Branch, of Mccormick, Miss