Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-04-19
PARKSVILLE NEWS.
Splendid Sermon by Rev. MIR.
Rountree. Miss Dorm Won
Prize. Ladies to Enter
Matrimonial Contest.


A kingdom is incomprehensible
without king. When we speak OF
the kingdom of Great Britain we in
voluntarily think of King George
Over 1900 years ago, Christ came
in the fullness of time, and accord
ing to and in the fulfillment of the
scriptures, and set up his kingdom.
The kingdom has already come, and
when we think of the kingdom, we
think of Christ, the king, who in.
vites all to come, without money
and without price, and join the
kingdom, but it must be upon His
the kings terms, and after all, it is
He, who picks the crowd. Many
are called, but few are chosen" and
oh, so, SO sad, SO sad. Of the many
called, so few choice spirits to pick
from, and only a few are willing to
pay the price, and the many GO
away with everlasting punishment.
because they would not hear the
Masters weeping: "Oh Jerusalem.
Jerusalem, how often I would have
gathered you, as a hen doth gather
her brood, but We would not" 1t is
so sad to see men prefer to- travel
the broad road that leads to des'
truction in face of the laments OF
the Man of sorrows" 1t is 80 sad.
But Mr.. Editor, excuse me, for ]
did not start out to preach a ser.
mon, but to give you, as best can,
the doings and happenings of this
quiet little town, and the first thing
l want to say is, that the Rev. T.
81. Garrett on yesterday preached
one of the sweetest sermons / al
most ever heard ON taking Jesus
with you. 1t was Easter, and to the
spiritually minded, thankful hearts
filled the church on account of the
great truth of the resurrection, the
triumph of which gives heart and
hope to the believer. beautiful
words were these of the Rev. Gar
rett, and I wish all could have heard
them.
Echoes are heard hereabouts
from the great educational rally
held last Friday in your town, and
our representatives feeh that a great
revival of educational interest has
been aroused in common school
education, and we congratulate Su-
perintendent of Education Fuller up
on his success.
Rev. o. N. Rountree, our Metho-
dist pastor, preached most beauti-
full sermon on practical Christianity
Sunday afternoon. In fact it was
practically itself. Mr.. Rountree is
easily among our best, most practi-
cal preachers.
Last night, the subject of our B.
Y. P. U. lesson was temperance,
and strong grounds were taken
against the blind tiger..' All our
people have to do now, is to get
a move on them to route the blind
tiger" in this community, and God
bless their efforts. They only exist
where the law-abiding people passive
ly submit to it, and our people seem
determined to stop it.
Mrs. Cornelia Connor, of Orange
burg, is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
John Bussey.
Miss Mae Adams of our sister
town, Modoc, is visiting friends and
relatives in Parksville.
We congratulate our gifted and
talented young friend, Miss Martha
Dorm, upon winning a prize in The
Advertiser contest. Some of the
girls I think, rather envy Fannie
Joe Quarles, nee Fannie Joe Strom,
in getting into the matrimonial con-
test. In fact, some of the girls, who
are struggling in one or more of the
newspaper contests, are honest
enough to say, when they get rid of
this, they are going to struggle
along on the matrimon NAL line, or
words to that effect. So, I say, hur-
rah for the Dark Corner!
Fine rains have caused the grain
fields to put on a rich hue, and the
farmers are busy getting ready for
planting. In fact, many acres have
been planted in some sections. y
The interest in agricultural mat
ters has taken good hold upon
our farmers, and a great deal of
commercial fertilizers have been
sold, and scientific preparations are
being made, which with favorable
conditions ought to produce abun-
dant harvests. So mote it be, amen.
More Anon.