The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-04-12
PRIVATEER PERSONALS

Privateer Township, S. c., April IL
The Rev. T. J League and wife, Baptist mis-
sionaries to China under the gospel mission
plan. we're 10 our community from Friday
until to day Sunday forenoon Mr. League
preached at Bethel and in the afternoon be
addressed the gospel mission society. Large
and ve;y attentive congregations were out
both times, and Mr.. League made pleasant
and earnest talks he impressed upon his
hearers the great density Of Cbina's popuia-
ton and showed that the work of converting
China must be gradual thing. he told the
difficulties under which the missionaries
labor, the Chinese name for them was yang
kwei TIE, pronounced yong gway "a, and
meaning "roreigu devils" He also told
about CONTIGUOUS.
In conversation Mr.. League said the idea
that American end European civilization
thrust upon China would benefit the cause Of
Cbristianity was erroneous. We will also
mention two other facts which he related in
conversation and which we think will be Of
interest to our readers; cne was that Lee was
aa common name in China as Smith is With
US, and the other was that one woman IN
about ten thousand is educated.
Mr.. League is native South Carolinlan,
having ben born in Greenville County in
September 1852 he graduated at Furnan
University 10 1887, and in October 1923 he
and his wife went to China where they re-
manned until last December. They are now
in this country for change and visit to
relatives, but will presently return to China
Las. week at the residence OF the brides
father, Mr.. John Hudson, Mr. Frsnk Ged-
dines and Miss Nellie HUDSON we're married.
Rev. Sir. Gresham performed the ceremony.
From what we can learn We suppose Messrs.
John N. Tindal, Abe Ardis aud Roliin Koio
will have the largest corn crops in the town
ship this year.
There are bstweeo 81 and 100 Hodges in
our township and the patriarch of this large
family is Ar. Elisha Hodge, who will be "a
in August, married bis first cousin, Miss
Eliza Hodge, and has six children. Ee was
a Confederate soldier, serving in Co H, Str
S. C. Cavalry.
Your correspondent was recently shown
very sweet little bouquet of pressed flowers
which were sent to one Of the youog ladies
OF Privateer Township last month by one Of
Carclins's soldier boys in Cube. We woo-
der if there is another young lady in South
Caroline who has flowers from Cuba.
Sunday felt like cool autumual day and
that afternoon there was bossoming ont
of oyercoats at Bethel Church |: seems
strange to think of wearing oyereoats in
april and it shows how uuse-sonaole the
weather is
Ia our travels over the township last week
we saw an OK whose eizs i'm pressed us 80
much that We could rot resist making some
INQUIRIES about it, This animal was being
plougbed BY joe Smiling, Redbone, who is
its owne. I, is estimated to weigh about
thousand pounds, is about IL OF l3 years old,
about d feet high and can pull eleven hun
dred poun5s. Smiling Informed us that this
OK was show when it went to Sumter. We
afterwards learned of another OK among
these people, which, though not SO large in
frame. was beaver 10 weight. II is ewaed
no ,ha Rev. L. D. Cbsvis. Med. F.