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TO good many uses.

fertilizer. This is a very important and pop
ular commodity and at this time Is being put
TO good many uses.
WHAT MR. STEER DID.
Our townsrnan, MIR. &. w. Speer, third son
Of Dr. a. j. Speer, had prepared for and read
at The late League Conference at WilliamstOn
a paper on the subjec "Wbat Definite Mis-
lima lIndertBke?" The paper was highly
complimented by the Conference, and by 1t
copy was requested for publication In the
Southern Christian Advocate; and this last
tion successfully and was adhitted TO the bar
For all Of which we congratulate him.
CLOSING EXERCISES.
than a week 10 come, there has been and will
be no little stir upon the part of our people,
and the coming one will be especially SO, in
which no little anxiety will be felt by the
most OF our people, as III that during II IN, Inc
mencement will be made. All who ever
went to school know something as to how It,
IL. For weeks every school boy and girl, big
the oncoming literary feast. in measure At
least, depends upon him or her, and this calls
forth their very best efforts, and with fond an
tIcipations they look forward TO the days.
when array ed In their best bib and tucker"
they will astonish the public with their thor
ough acquaintance with the regulation
textbooks. and how very intoxicating IT is
to think Of the proud moment when they
have ended performance on the stage ana
agination and anticipation they are raised
Into new world. And then the good women
are very much exercised" as TO what they
wherewithal sha II they be clothed" d"-(visitors
are expected, and their pleasure and comfort
are to be considerably What grand time II
is for the children, our good women ana we
oil a q
least, but not often, that we are Lords OF our
domain" but alas !! at such times we find that
we are only silent partners In the joint STOCK
company. Well, it is some pleasure to foot
Rev. and Mrs. Peter Stokes returned Satur-
day from very pleasant ten'days stay at
WILLIAMSON and Greenville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ardrey Pressly, Of Eberton. e, y.
came over yesterday TO the home OF the fatner
OF the last named, MIR. G. l.. Clinkscales.
Mr.. Ernest Turner, also of Elberton, was
over yesterday and worshlpped with The Pres-
byterians.
derson, came down yesterday morning-then
on to Monterey to visit their mother, Mrs.
Geo. w. Speer, who is sick.
DEATH OF DIR. J. .. Ii NDsAY.
Saturday morning message reached here
over the phone saying that the Rev. j. 0.
Lindsay, d. D., had died at his home In Due
West the evening before. Nothing Is risked
IN saying tudL dli VI OuI ptOplo noio ooo
dened to hear of 1t, and we, without excep-
tion, in this public way would express our re,
greet that the eminent divine is no more. and
that 4we all unite in giving through the COL
umpa Of the Press and Banner slight it. IT'D,
and highly esteemed. The last message re
ceived, before the above-men toned, was that
this venerable servant Of God was better, and
we hoped that the crisis had passed. and that
he world be spared for some time to come to
engage in his loved employ. But alas the
Great Am thought better to do otherwise,
and took him home. During the long life.
about seventy five years, about fifty of which
were spent In the ministry. DR.. Lindsay did
as much and perhaps more for the upbuild-
ing of Presbyterianism aud for the promo.
tion Of all his beloved Church's enterprises
and interests than any Of his cotemporartes
He was ever foremost in the defence of the
right and in the denunciation of the wrong.
Because OF his abilities along all lines OF min.
isterial work, reiglously and socially, he was
known TO be very strong man. The untlr-
ing workman has ceased from his iabors, has
finished his course, and has entered Into that
rest which remains for the people OF God.
We, in common with his large acquaintance