The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-03-22
CLIO O0RRES SpO.N NDEN OE.

OL10 O0RREsP DEN i. n
1tenas of Interest From This Huss
Ting LITTLE ctty.
& Thisis such fino weal lherftllat every
body Is busy, consequently can't
,aaas! s;;;; =; thing u u write about.
On Sunday morning the Clio Miss
ionery Society held their monthly
meeting. I want to say that Mr..
Oscar McLaurin made an address
that was complimented on all sides.
While j am not much Of foreign
mission advocate myself like to see
those who wish to engage il this work
go at 1t earnestly. It,does a vast
amount Of good to ses the young men
Of the country taking hold OF these
things. | believe though that charity
should begin at home. Let US look
after our own heather first. Let US
see that there is no suffering humanity
in our locality Let us be certain that
the gospel is heard and the Sunday
Schools attended by our own people,
apd then after doing this We can look
after our neighbors ten thousand
miles away with clear conscience.
Now this is my own opinion; ifI am
wrong | am sorry for it but I believe
| am right,
The grip is holding a tight grip on
some of our people and it seems to be
serving them very badly.
Miss Ella Hughes left this A NJ
for John Station N. q, where she
will open a millinery store.
We "shore' had a cake walk. Il
was not what you might call howl
ing success, although the Clio Lite.s
ery Society made little money to
buy botAs with. I think it went for n
good cause.
! saw something sthis morning that
impressed me very much., A canary
bird escaped from its cage; the usual
small boy was on hand to capture IT,
It few from tree 10 tree, on top of the
highest buildings in town it went. No
amount OF Whaling ccald induce It to
come down, strong men joined in the
Effort to reoapture it to no avail.
Finally they brought its 81 ded cage
tied it on long pole and held II up in
the tree. and the little bird hoped
back to prison life again. How like the
wiles Of the devil this isp He holds
out so many gilded cages with an un-
seen hand and we like the innocent
bird hop right into the open door
prisoners without ethinkins may be
for life. Is i. not strange thing that
so many people. who are able to make
an honest living by their brain and
muscle will not do it, but hold out
the devils gilded cage for the unthiak-
ing bird to hop into maybe prison.
or for life. What o lesson this is tor
US. So many people when revival
comes around aim for the highest
places, like the little bird get in the
brush and hop into the gilded cage Of
lost opportunity to do good.
when ranting rouad Ia pleasure's ring
Religion may be blinded,
Bnt IL che gives o random sting
1t little may ha minded
Hut when OH Ito sc pse tetapo5s 6e,yau,
4 ocnscionoc but cankug,
Us ! ~ 5.,}ss IS tre59vtf s},cHi St,SS~F &t
sSs tSti tStiy$j q ,SH sag a noble nl,chor. '.y Il tx
ihin!t we aro now iiviog in q tom
gerance town az nearly 80 ut last. l
have been reliably informed that in
the last week Sthe liquor shipments
have dropped gilmore than one half
of what it has been since before
Christmas. Lithia water is the best to
drink any how so I think, and others
seem to think so too, especially when
one gets back from N. g., late at
night, its cooling on Monday morn
ing.
The weather is dry. the town is dry,
and the boys seem TO be dry, 80 mote
il be.
Hon. T. l. Rogers and Jessie B.
Adams we're in town today they say
they love to. come to Clio.
Mch 20, 1901. j. +. McG.