The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-04-03

to nea" him scare the sinners and scarf
fy the Christians and denouaca the
fashions and ioli:es CT the day. have
not forgotten his -cbu,:e to 2 gay young
couple who behaved 'ua5cemly during
the Ssr.rcn ard the O!l nan stopped
and said. - Chat ycCYS DtHn o"2T there
with hair or his face and tnat yG%rG
wc-aal with 2 Green bonnet on her
head and t@c Gcviis n@rl;a:G:>2
arc2nd ne rel; anG his s.t-r3ps on
her ears don't STOP their giggi!2G
while an preaching Gci's message 20
sinners. | will pint EN- cut TO the con-
g-cg2tion.' But We Ead 2 number OF
.-c..'v s-,'-ct I'D -1t-.," preachers n
those days. George Pierce. the bishop.
ana Gil I.cvi@ Pierce, his father. and
Judge Lang2t:cet. the eloquent Presi-
dent CT E.ao:: college, ard Dr.. Means
and Walker Glenn and Cd brother
Parks used to aJt29d or quarterly
meetings end or revivcis. They were
81 e-eat and SCod men and the people
cane /. ON lar ana near to hear them
70 more eiolu12: and gifted Givincs
have Ccc%pi"i the p4iD!ts OF Georgia
from that DAY to this.
T.: mission wo-, was totally un-
knows 23 az organized feature Of
church VOL. The first We ever heard OF
was introduced by some northern ennis
garies who came to this region to plant
'Christianity among the Indians. Two
Of them, whose names were worcester
and Butler, were suspects, ana arrested
by order of Governor Gilmer ana
placed in Jail in Lawrenceville, where
nv father lived. 1t was believed that
these men, who were Massachusetts
yankees. were secretly trying to indu-
ence the Indians to violate the treaty
and not to sell their lads to Georgia;
but. this was never proven, and Gov
ernor Gilmer turned them out on con-
dition that they would so back to New
England, and they went. remember
the excitement that pervaded onr
townspeople during the event. John
Howard Payne, the author of Home,
Sweet Home was another suspect. He,
too, was arrested and sent to Mliledse-
Vile a prisoner, but was soon released
and sent to Washington city with al
escort. Two years ago received let
ter from an old woman in Texas. who
said she was born near Cartersville in
1891. while her father, who was Meth
odist preacher was teaching an Indian
mission school up the Ftowah river at
place called Laughing Gal, which was
the name of ali Indian chief. My old
partner, Judge Underwood. knew him
well. and said he was good Indian. He
got his feminine name according to in
dian custom, which was to name new
born child for the first thing that the
Indian doctor saw from the door Of the
wigwam after the child was born, and
so, when the doctor looked out and saw
an Indian maiden laughing. the little
baby boy had to be named Laughing
Cal. Old man Harrison, who has been
living here for sitty-fve years. is IA
miliar with the name and the home OF
Laughing Gal. The Cherokee Indians
took kindly to this missionary work.
John Ross ard Major Ridge, who were
half-breeds, became converts, and
Ross son became a preacher, and so
did his grandson ,and / and my
daughtr, Mrs. Aubrey, heard him
preach at Little Rock about twenty
years ago.
CHANGE WROUGHT BY WoMAN'S
WORK.
"But you must pardon me. l did not
forget that the object Of this confer
ence was home mission work, but elo-
quent men and cultured women who
have preceded me have faithfully COW
cred that ground in every phase and
have left for me nothing but memories
that are only kin to it. There is, how
ever, no dividing line. Both foreign
and domestic missions are founded in
Christian charity and Christian prog
ress. There was time when there
was no such organization as home mis-
sion conference. When there was not
4 parsonags;n the State, and the itene-
rant preachers were sheltered in any
house that was vacant and could be
rented for trifle-when their house
hold goods were moved from place to
place by 4 single team and the good
wife and little children were mixed up
, with the load; when two or three hun
| dred dollars was considered a liberG..
allowance for years support. But
woman's work has wrought a wo1d-
rous change over these conditions, and
almost every town and village has pro-
vided a comfortable home for the
preacher'a famiiv Tho advance On this
line has been rapid and it has been
contagious. Ten years ago there was
not preachers permanent domicile
in Gainesville. but now every church
has comfortable home attached. But
let me say just here that there is yet
room for improvement. A house is not
all of home. 1t takes shade trees and
| flowers and fruits and green grass and
vines to adorn and shade the veranda.
Even few pretty pictures and mir
ror would not come amiss, for such
| things cannot he 60 Rely rnnral e