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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-02-28
GRIM OLD CROMWELL.
The Protector Made Christmas
Gloomy and Serious Day.

The Protector Made Christmas u
Gloomy and Serious Day.
"Christmas was illegal in CROMWELL
time" said an antiquary. Those grim
old Puritans were so gloomy that they
would not have any gayety even on
Christmas day.
Cromwell said that holly and mistle-
toe were heathenish things. He said
that they had no real Christian signif-
canoe; they were a part Of some pagan
festival of the Druids. Accordingly he
made a law that if you decorated your
house with mistletoe at Christmas you
got thirty days in jail.
'"rhe terrible old fellow forbade
Christmas celebrations-no dancing. no
singing, no playgoing, no feasting on
Christmas day; penalty, thirty days.
you see, it was his idea that Christ
mas was a religious, serious time, a
time for churchgoing and prayer and
reverence and for nothing else. The
innocent family that in Cromwelrs day
sat down TO turkey and plum pudding
and wound up with Christmas games
got a month all round.
"Only for a time, though. The people
rebelled. Willing as the people had
been to put on the gloom of those
dreadful old Puritans, they insisted on
having little joy on Christmas day,
and Cromwell after a year or two had
to give in to them. New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-02-28
THE STRANGLING FIG.
"A Curious Tropical Tree That Lives
Upon other Trees.

Upon other Trees.
Visitors to Mexico and other tropical
countries often have their attention
called to 1.-The strangling fg'-a tree
that commences it's growth as an cpl
phyte-that is, one form of plant life
that grows perched on another-far up
on the trunk or among the branches of
another tree, usually on palmetto or
some of the kinds of palms. The roots
of the strangling tree extend down
ward around the host tree to the
ground, gradually joining together,
making a tubelike mass of roots some
times as much as six feet or more in
diameter.
When the attacked tree is palm
death to it is caused not so much by the
binding around the trunk as by Shad-
ing out it's branches by the attacking
tree.
When the attacked tree is an eXogen
that is, one with wood and bark-the
attacking roots bind so tightly as to
cause stoppage of the flow of the sap.
AS the sap of a tree is really it's food
Changed by the leaves so that it can
be used and the flow of the food is
thus stopped, the attacked tree is real
ly starved to death. SO death to the
attacked tree is caused either by
smothering or by starvation or by both.
The peculiar manner in which the
f1attened roots extend down and around
the tree give them the appearance of
some thick, slow flowing material run
ming down the tree.-St Nicholas.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-02-28
Bow and ArrOw Fishing.

In the south seas and in various
groups of islands in the Indian ocean
the aborigines shoot fish with the bow
and arrow. The art is extremely diff
cult, as in taking aim at an object I'M
der water the archer has to allow for
refraction. If he were to aim directly
at the fish as he sees it, he would, of
course, miss. Long practice has, how
ever, made the natives expert to a
wonderful degree in this sport.-Lon-
don Saturday Review.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-02-28
WANTED-By Chicago whole

WANTED-By Chicago whole
sale and mail order house, assistant
m anager oman or woman) for this
county and adjoining territory.
Salary $40 and expenses paid week
ly; expense money advanced. Work
pleasant, position permanent. No
investment or experience required.
Spare time valuable. Write at once
for full particulars and enclose self
addressed envelope, Address GEN
ERAL MANAGER, 1874 f. Lake
ST., Chicago.
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81. 90 a Year. Send 10c for sample
Copy. CORRECT ENGLISH,
Evanston, III.
A WOman's Complexion

1t is rank foolishness 10 attemps
to remove sallowness or greasiness
of the skin by the use of cosmetics,
or ''locaP' treatment, as advocated
by the beauty doctors. +" The only
safe and sure way that woman can
improve her complexion is by purify
ing and enriching the blood, which
can only be accomplished by keeping
the liver healthy and active. The
liver is the seat of disease and BLOOD
pollution. Green's August Flower
acts directly on the liver, cleanses
and enrlches the blosd, purifies the
complexion 1t also cures consti-
patton, biliousness, nervousness, anG
induces refreshing sleep. A single
bottle of August Flower has been.
known to cure the Emost pronounced
and distressing case of dyspepsia
and digestion. New trial size bottle
% cents; regular size Is cents. AZ
Frost & Spies.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-02-28
1t Was Tough.

The waiter girl knew a thing Or two
about table etiquette, so she shifted
scornfulIy as she said, Its not our
custom to serve a knife with pie"
"No?' remarked the patron in surprise.
''Then bring me an ak" Christian
Register.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-02-28
He Wrifea For Money.

Lady Gushtngton-S0 your son is a
real author, How distractingly inter
esting! Ard does he write for money ?
Practical Dad-Yes; get his applica-
tons about once a week.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-02-28
A Card

We, the undersigned, do hereby
agree to refund TIE money on so
cent bottle of Green s warranted
Syrup OF Tar if il fails to cure your
cough or cold We also guarantee
a 25-cent bottle to prove satisfact~
Dry or money refunded. Fox Bros,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-02-28
Her PRrNh.

ibid he propose to her on his knees?'
"No, but she accepted him on them"
Houston Post.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-02-28

When you want anything in the
line of ioo printing The Times can
supply your wants in first-clasS
shape.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-02-28
ROMAN CATHOLIC

GERMAN EV. LUTHERAN
Services will be held at 1O:O0 a. 10. except
last Sunday of the month. Sunday School
every Sunday at HOO, G. GUrEKUNsT.
Pastor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-02-28
JOSEPHINE TUCK BAKER, Editor.
Partial contents for this Month,

Partial contents for this Month
Suggestions for the Speaker What
to say and what not to say
Suggestions for the Writer.
Error and Models in English from
noted Authors.
The Art of Conversation How to
increase ones vocabulary.
Compound Words: How to Write
them.
Shall and Will. How to use them
Punctuation; Pronunciation.
Correct English in the Home.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-02-28
Cityomcers.
School Boards,

L. M, Clausen presidents Fl. 2. Axeiberg
Secretary; E. E. Kenield, vice president
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-02-28
CHURCHES.
SWEDISH LUTHERAN.

Services every other Sunday Pastors
Vest
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-02-28
Washburn Public Library Board.

N. N. Oscar, PRESIDENT W. III. Irish.
vice-president. K. Bryaa, secretary; w.
H. Irish, Charles Peterson, Mrs. VIM. O'Neil
;. A. oscar. f.. Bryan. Mrs. James A.
Sheridan.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08
Enc Display Of Sampler.

e. D Hulgor Of ST. Louis the wei
AnnH8 travelling reures =niatiFe of
IIoiiweg q Reese of indianapolis is
tt The Halliday whore he has two
large rooms completely Giied with
heautilul Samples of china and cut
-'sss Tie display Is one Cf tle fnest
ever brought 20 Cairo and s. attract.
iug mrch attention from dealers IN
his territory Mrs. Bulger ami daHgh-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08

THE condemnation silt OF the Cairo
6 Thcbes railroad VS.. Roche was
resumed Yesterday in tho county
court. Judge Lyman c. Carter OF
Mound Cts. pesidiug
Comfy surveyor Henry G. 'Weiman
who was on the witness stand satur
cav when court Adjourned completed
his testimony for the defense. Thomas
Hobbs OF Thobes. also testified fol
rho defense. The case viii be CON
tnued today
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08

after an all night search Of Cairo. TIL.
Padrcah policeman returned to hi
nome yesterday Leach had been Il
Cairo but left the city several dayi
ago. lie formerly lived in Paducsl
and WIS a boilermaker employed d
The lliiaois Central shops. He the
"orked9with Policeman Cross VII,
was car builder Leach has beef
away from that city for several wears
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08

Mrs. E. NJ. Falls Of Louisville. Ky.
vii arrive here today ca route t.
New Orleans Ia whore She win re-.
side. She viii be the guest Of her
mother Mrs John osg. Of III Four.
t1enth street for a few hours between
trains
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08

j H. Joue ticket and Tas rnser
se4t at thc Central Union station re
'orts that tho Homeseekers' eNclr-
0Hs this week were the greatest ~
hume of business for the sun.mef
Several hundred persons from maay
ferent po' ,'s left Cairo Tor poi Is
n Missouri Arkansas. Texas Tennas
se. Mississippi indian Taifiio.e ihd
Oklahoma
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08

Srit has been aiei br Ben Michael
fi Faireab. formerly of Cairo. pa wa
rokcr AGAINST bis wife Florence
Michael Ga ciraiit court. asking for
ae aasc.fte divorce On She gromis 81
alleged bad conduct They we.c mar
RED D. years ago ID Louisville For
Gree sears the family resided "a
Cairo. Plaintiff also asks far tie cus
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08
owls sia Meetina.

The Owls bad a fine meeting last
Hf-a one Of The BEST tbey have hal
lie many seeks aThey had one initia
tioH- The candidate being John "
Haneock. and two applications for
membership were passed upCn- a fine
lunch was slrsai by ~. C.. steazs q
and a smoker concluded the meeting
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08
BUILDING SAND.

Sand delivered TO any part Of m,
fly at - cents per yarl. Cairo Con
tracting and Dredging compant
Charles Feuchter IL. secretary. roou
.. Alexander County Bank buiidlns
phone WA.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08

Mrs. stephen Birl presented her
resignation as president Of the Chill.
dren's Home society Tuesday after.
noca or a meeting held at the Home.
She. however. viii retain her member.
ship in the society
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08
Miss Hoaaa Gets Appoint,,ent.

Miss Bla1cns Hogan formerly II
Mound city, daughter Of Major Dan
icl 7 Hossr. clerk 81 the e. = court
.at Danyfye. has been abpointa bv
Judge. JEaucis a. Wright ~ t5e lr.-
sral hc'irt ne his private stenogranhrr
ThH appointment is dated Jaiv itt
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08
Real Estate Transfers.

Marg2rei Kierce and husband to
Elizabeth 4 Glynn W i. city OF Cairo
lof n block s. 81
Alexander Wilson to Willis Selmun
"a ]. Wilson's subdivision. lot a.
block o. sC5
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08
$780,.

90 when Judge Butler win try tho
case Attorneys Angus Leek and Reel
Green &C this city are retained in the
case the former by Mr. Spann and
fle .Ir-tr p Jui Sheridan
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08

Miss Clotilde Weissert. Of VIA
teennes, Ind, who has been visiting
friends at Humboldt. Tenn. has re
turned to Cairo and is the guest Of
Mrs. Edward Powers. of 1880 Walnut
|street
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08
EJECT On SUIT cnntinusa

The contested election case of IS.
q Spain SIS Thoma= g. sheridan FOR
county indge o. johnson cou1tE
came up Tuesday az Vienna and a
continuance was taken until August
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08
Sells elant

J. w Rule has sold his plant for
the manufacture OF cement blocks %
Contractor Alex : Fraser.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08
SOCIAL land PERSONAL


, es.,,.t,t. en-. AIfuDpNnbifg AlnA.
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MIA, u II nnns.hcr cr op5 park
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n,.anms NIX !. e.nd several weeks
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~ + ay,a,IoI ,isit witb relatives IA
rhtc5go
| \ = Ag,ar II tba l-pham. Agler
mr. rnn,aauy i here from chi.
a, ,aol,ne .rtar tna company
hnsinase
par,h rarhre ~ charleston No..
! TIL @nos, Il his prandmather Mrs
F,r,nsins Rafra Of ninth ana Wal
4nrt .tra.ts
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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08

ter are here with Mr.. Bulger and are
having a pleasant time renewing Old
friendships.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08
MarIaae License.

Walter Lewis Of Thebes and
lzetta HILBERT Of Olive Branch.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08

tody OF their children Minnie and
Robert Michael
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
selIs LIgerv stable.

Mrs NJ f.. Felth has sold her livery
stable equipment to w. c. Charles.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08

Miss Elizabeth Fisher OF Grianell
fa arr5vrl fs..tau.la..- Ai4is s-or
fweiTp eighth street
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08

Miss Gayebelle Moore and brother
Garnet. who have been guests OF theit
sister Mrs. F. w Williams, have re
turned to their home in Orlinda
Tenn.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08

leave SUNDAY for Minneapolis vim
Ii Visit relatives.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-07-03
Negro Commits Suicide.

Anderson, Special. = Between }
and o'clock Thursday afternoon q
negro lad of 12 years named Feaster
was found dead in the woods near
Gregg Shoals 20 miles from here.
When last seen he was going hunting
with rifle of small calibre. When
found by a colored woman all of his
clothes had been burned from his
body and bullet hole was through
his neck. 1t is thought that he COM
mitted suicide and that his clothes
caught fire from the explosion of the
cartridge, being at close range. Cor
oner Pruitt did not think it necessary
to hold an inquest and the body was
inferred.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-07-03
COFFEE COMPLEXION
Many Ladies' Have Poor Complex
ions From Coffee.

Coffee caused dark colored
blotches on my face and body. ]
had been drinking it for q long while
and these blotches gradually ap.
peared, until finally they became per-
manent and were about as dark as
coffee itself.
II formerly had as fine a complex
Ion as one could ask for.
When I became convinced that
coffee was the cause of my trouble,
I changed and took to using Postum
Food Coffee, and as / made 1t well,
according to directions, I liked 1t
very much, and have since that time
used 1t in place of coffee.
II am thankful to say am not
nervous any more, as I was when
was drinking coffee, and my COM
plexIon is now as fair and good as
It was years ago. 1t is very plain
that coffee caused the trouble"
Most bad compilations are caused
by some disturbance of the stomach
and coffee is the greatest disturber
Of digestion known. Almost any wo-
man can have fair complexion IL
she will leave OH coffee and use Pos
tum Food Coffee and nutritious,
healthy. food in proper quartity.
Postum furnishes certain elements
from the natural grains from the
field that Nature uses to rebuild the
nervous system and when that Is in
good condition, one can depend upon
a good complexion is well as a good
healthy body. There's q Reason"
Read sThe Road to Wellrille," in.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-07-03
THE uI,11sIyE HAT.

"why is it," queried plaintiye
feminine. "that a hat which, In Its
embryo stage, in the milliner's hand,
looks thing Of beauty and joy
forever, comes home a horrid mons
frosty that no sane woman in her
normal mind would buy?
1.-THE poet who wrote that famous
line, Things are not what they seem,'
was surely alluding to Easter hats.
Now 1 know exactly what you
want reassurinsly says the milliner
you always so to. Yes, indeed, some
thing dropping and pretty. real blue,
light in weight and no e5aggerations.
Like this?'
"The milliner gets out a sweet lit
tie dream of a blue hat, drops
rose on the brim. and describes how
she will put little ribbon on the
side. Effect: simple, sweet and en-
trancing.
Next day you go to try 1t on. 1t
isn't finished, but seems likely to be
quite becoming, after you have sug-
gested removing a peaker gable or
two, and raziIg off some of the front
piazza and an ell, behind.
"On the third day 1t comes home.
Heavens, what hat! IS it possible
yoa ever ordered a copfection so dia-
bo1ically ludicrous? No, never. You
did not! What that millines has done
to It you don't know. You only know
that Il this is the natural evolution
of the hat you admired in Its embryo
stage, then you and that hat have
nothing in common. You require a
totally different species.
."But you never can tell how any
species is going to turn out till you
see 1t in Its fully developed state.
Therefore, the best plan, when yol
have any dealing with the genus
milliner is to purchase full.aedged
specimen that has already attained
its normal and complete growth, and
cannot spring any startling surprises
on sou when 1t is too late."-Phila.
delphia Bulletin.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-07-03
THE PEACH TREE DoRER.

The peach borer is wasp-llke in
sect, with transparent wings and
richly.ornamented body, banded and
striped with gold, and deposits its
eggs about the base of the trunk OF
the tree. The eggs hatch out, the
larvae bore into the sap-wood, and
cause an exudation of gummy matter.
which appears in masses about the
base of the tree. The larvae seem
partly to live in this gummy substance
and partly in the sap-wood of the
tree. Sometimes three or four are
found on the same tree, occasionally
girdling and destroying 1t, but always
inducing more or less of diseased
condition ard impairing It's vigor. AL.
together 1t is a very Objectionable
and destructive insect.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-07-03

Under the old regime there had
grown up an almost universal sys-
tenn of false names, labels, pictures
and devices intended and well calcu'
lated to deceive the public at large
as to the character and quality OF
goods which they could not test and
concerning which they were entirely
at the mercy of the packers and manu-
facturers. These false names and
labels were innumerable, according
40 the indianapolis News. 1t was an
almost universal system Of false pre-
lenses. People expected it. The new
law wipes 1t all out, cuts it up root
and branch. Hereafter all kinds OF
meat products and prepared foods
must sail under their true colors and
be sold under their true names. The
law provides fer inspectors who will
really inspect, and every label, be
sides indicating the true character
of the contents of the package, must
bear the legend in plain letters: "U.
| 8. Inspected and passed under the
{. act OF June 80, 1906" The law Is the
beginning Of a new order OF things
In the line Of industries which should
have an influence throughout the COM
mercial world liz helping to establish
honesty as habit.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-07-03
AXE IN TREASON rRlALa
sharp Edge Turned Toward Prisoner

Sharp Edge u!ned oWaro Frlsoher
When Sentence Is Pronounced.
Every one is aware of the dread
fully significant part the execu.ioner's
axe plays in trial for high treason,
The sharp symbol of death is carried
before the prisoner, with its blunt
side turned toward him 80 long as he
has not been sentenced, says Macmil-
lan's Magazine, and just before sea-
tence is pronounced the sharp edge
Is turned his way.
Evelyn, who was present at the
trial of Lord Stafford in .16S9,. tells
us that the axe was turned edgeways
to the unfortunate nobleman as soon
as it was ascertained that the voting
OF his peers went against him-an ef-
fective but CHASTITY piece Of stage
management which must have had
sickening fascination for the unhap-
py and probably innocent man. In
those days, HOW happily gone by, no
one seems to have reflected on the
unnecessary cruelty Of narrowing the
feelings of men about to die by sach
shocking judicial by-play.
Not every prisoner treated this
purely symbolic but otherwise super
fuous and unpleasant ceremony as
contemptuously as did Lord Dalmer-
ino. When the three coaches convey
ed the Lords Kilmarnock, Balmerino
and Cromartie from the Tower to be
sentencediat Westminster, on July 2S,
1746, difficulty arose. 1t was not
laid down by prescription or use in
which coach, If there were more than
one the fatal axe had to be carried.
"Oh, put the - thing in here"
cried brave old Balmerino, II don't
care"
Yet, Notwithstanding his contempt
for this horrid symbol, the undaunted
old man cheerfllly suffered death for
his attachment to another symbol,
the White Cockade; but Lord Kill
marnock; In the next coach, was
dreadfully frightened, as he showed
himself to be, by his thorough reali-
zation of what the awful. axe would
mean to him. He inquired minutely
into all the details Of an execution,
wanted the Governor Of the Tower to
tell him whether his head would roll
or rebound, and when on the scaffold
he saw the executioner dressed in
white, with a white apron, he whls-
pered to his chaplain, Home, how
horriblei"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-07-03
Wreck on the Southern.

Durham, Special.-A wreck OH the
Southern road six miles west of Dur
ham Monday night at midnight sent
seventeen freight cars to the ground
and ditch, and four others were de-
rallied but not thrown to the ground
Train No. 174, freight, eastbound,
was the one wrecked. An investiga-
ton shows that there was defective
rail and while the heavily loaded cars
were coming around curve at high
rate Of speed piece Of one rail broke
and this threw the first car followin~
the engine. Sixteen others followed
and then four others left the track.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-07-03
May Be Mustered Out.

According to Adjt. Gen. Boyd this ;s
one of the most important years l.,
the history of the South Carolina mi
litia and unless the strength required
by law which is rs per cent. is shown
by each company at the encampnent
said company will be mustered out Of
service. Following his recent inter-
view is The State along these lines
the adjutant general issued letter
to each of the colonels, calling atten-
ton to this and it may result in g ma
terial decrease in the number Of COM
panies.-The State.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-07-03
Jndge Loving on the Stand.

Houston, Va, Specialize trial Of
former Judge W. G. Loving for the
murder of Young Theodore Estes, a
sequel of buggy ride which Estes
took with Loving's daughter, moved
rapidly Monday and when court ad-
journed the prosecution had rested
and the defense begun its case. The
progress of the trial was remarkable.
Before adjournment Of the morning
session q jury had been secured, most
ly middle-aged men, and all but three
of them married, IL of them being
farmers, the lone exception being a
merchant; taking Of testimony began
upon the reconvening of the court
and late in the afternoon the Com
monwealth rested its case and Judge
Loving, whose defense is the uu-
written law, had taken the witness
stand in his own behalf.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-07-03
church Scandal at Blackville.

Blacksville, Special. = What kas
been one of the greatest sensations
that this town has ever known is that
which eliminated in the excommuni-
cation from the Baptist Church here
Sunday of Rev. c. M. Billings its pas
tor. Billings resignation was asked
for and positive proof of the awful
scandal which has been generally re.
ported on him recently being in the
hands of the church, he was Sunday
excluded. The minister was enamor-
cd of a mulatto servant girl employ
ed by him and wrote endearing letters
to har after she left his roof.