Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-04-30

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white voters are abundantly able to
take care Of this problem.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Turned Down at Home. ...
The Bennettsville Democratic club
was reorganized last Saturday in op-
position to Senator. -McLaurin by q
vote of rs to So. -McLaurln dele
gates were elected to the county con-
yention. Senator McLaurin's friends
claim that the election. was not fair
test as there are SIS names on the Ben
nettsville club rolls.
The Late DR.. stoke<Z
The house of representatives devoted
an hour last Saturday to the passage
of bills by unanimous consent and
then suspended public business for the
remainder of the afternoon, during
which it listened to tributes to the
memories Of the late Representative
Crump, Of Michigan, and the late Dr.
J. William Stokes, of South Carolina
Those who spoke Of the public services
Of the late Mr. Stokes were Messrs. .Le-
yer, Elliott, Scarborough, Johnson and
Talbert, Of South Carolina; Hay, Of
Virginia.; DeArmond, of Missouri;
Jenkins, of Wisconsin; Williams, Of
Mississippi Wadsworth, of New York;
Gilbert, of Kentucky; Richardson, Of
Tennessee; Lamb, of Virginia; Thom-
as, of North Carolina, and Gambler, Of
Mississippi.
Profitable Bond Deal.
Chcraw special of April "a to the Co.
lumbia State: Mr.. W.. F. Stevenson has
just returned from a trip north. He
closed up his business with the Sea-
board Air Line railway and resigned
his attorneyship for the road, and his
resignation was accepted. He also sold
for Chesterfield her 500 shares Of COM
mon stock in S. A. L. for $13625, which
puts the county where she can pay
cash for everything for about two
years without levying any tax for next
year if she so desires. This Is consid-
cred a fine deal for the county. She
gave bonds for stock in the c. & K.
road and when the consolidation was
made she got S. A. L. stock for the c.
& K. stock and now she has sold that
for cash, while the road pays the coun-
ty in taxes $500 year more than the
interest the county pays on the bonds
breaches When Asleep.
Columbia State: DR.. D. M. Crosson,
of Leesville, S. c., a member Of the
South Carolina Medical society and a
physician of good standing, gives the
following account Of a Negro who. 1t
appears, has the habit Of preaching
sermons when he is asleep, though he
4 Is not inclined to be religious when
awake. The man is known as the
sleeping Negro preacher" and his
name is Major Perry. DR.. Crosson has
known him for many years. The case
has recently attracted considerable at
tention. DR.. Crosson says: II have
known the Rev. Major Perry for long
time and have been his family physi-
clan for eight years. He is really a
scientific wonder. He has been preach
ing every night, except occasionally
on Friday nights, for about Is years.
When he retires at night and goes to
sleep he will read out his text, tell ex-
actly where it can be found, verse and
chapter and will then begin his SER
mon. This is done while he Is in the
trance and he cannot be walked up un-
til he has finished his sermon. Nearly
every time Perry breaches he has a
convulsion and his wife has to rub
him and work with him, and 1t looks
as if he would die. He stops speaking
while laboring under this nervous
writhing; but will begin his discourse
just where he left off when the at
tack wears off. He seems to be some
what excited when he finishes his SER
mon and wakes up and Is unconscious
of anything that has transpired. A
strange part of it is that Major Perry
can neither read nor write, so you
see he could not prepare these dis
courses in advance. There is no fake,
as he has been watched often when
alone, and he always breaches. I have,
together with number of other physi-
clans, tried to wake him up when he
was in one of his frances and while
preaching, and it cannot be done. This
is not hypnotism; but it savors of in
spiration. While in this trance or deep
sleep his active mind is totally uncon-
scious of what is going on around; but
it is evident mis- subconscious mind Is
active and he does his preaching In
this subconscious state; but why ac-
tive upon 'sermonizing' alone Is deep
mystery. Major Perry is mulatto,
about so years of age. He has a wife
and is the father Of 10 children, all OF
them Industrious. as he is. He has
the respect Of this whole community
for integrity and honor. He says If
what the people Tell him about his
preaching is true it must be of divine
power that 1 preach, because l, when
young, resisted a call 1 felt to the
Masters work" Perry's home is in
Saluda county.