The record., 1911-03-16

and girls but their form of amuse
ment was the play party instead of
the dance. Such games as Chase
the Buffalo, Susie in the Ring, Dan
Tucker, Laugh and go Foot, The
Girl l Left Behind Me, Eight in the
Center, Snap, Scat and many others
were played until carly bedtime,
then the gallant swain escorted his
lady fair to her home. Usually some
other member of her family was
present too. Though shut out as
it were from the outside world, and
the communicating influence of city
life those girls were very different to
those of today. 1t would be hard
indeed to find better women, NOR
ally, mentally, and physically, than
those who have spent the formative
period of their lives within the shell
ter of rural homes far from the
"maddening glare"
Many the time loves sweet story
has been told in Powderly but the
weddings which followed we're pri-
vate affairs usually occurring at the
brides home or that of some near
by minister, except in one instance,
when the ceremony that gladdened
two hearts was solemnized at the
church, which was well.filled with
witnesses. The vchivaree" which
was sure TO follow the wedding
however private, was a public an
nouncement With few exceptions
the welded ones lived happily to-
gether, divorces were almost un-
known, for vwiih secret course
which no loud storms annoy, flows
the smooth current of domestic joy.n
AS nearly all of the Presbyterian
church members had moved away,
the church was lett uncared for and
unused save by the birds, which in
great numbers, built their nests in
the cupola and by the children who
frequently passed through the eyei
open door, to play.
Occasionally, some of the Older
girls would stop there from thei
evening walk and in the dim ligh
sing anu Pray .iiS simple songs thel
knew. After few years the churcl
was bought by the Christian demon
ination, to which it still belongs
Several ice cream suppers were Civ
en- 10 help secure funds to repair thu
building.
A Baptist church was organized
in 1900 and work on the commodi
Gus new building is being rushed
The ladies of the Baptist churcl
have organized an Uaid society
and are doing splendid work.
This sketch would not be com
plete without some allusion to tha
? man whose ennobling influence
still felt in Powderly, Frank Long
who came there from Butler count
in 1898 and built up a school equa
to it not better than any In tn
J.. county. He organized brass ban
for the young men, he was leade
+. in church work, IN fact, any worth
y cause received his earnest support
. He kindled the fires of enthusiast
in the minds of his pupils and lie
4 them on to see the possibilities of
. greater future. To such a minC
? such a will as his, nothing SCENE
4 impossible, but his physical bein
g was not strong enough to hold fc
long the prisoned soul which strue
s gled for the holy and pure in tn
i life, and on Sunday, September /.
: 1903, that soul returned to Him VIII
gave it. In the death of this ma
Y Powderly lost the one who had don
e more for her elevation and upbuilC
= ing than any other.
it The mines at Powderly toda
n produce more coal than ever b.
:, fore. a new opening has been mad,
e in which modern methods and VI
d to.date machinery are used, man
Ie new houses have been built, y
with its population of some SC
" there is but one store except tn
n owned by the coal company. The
r is not milliner's shop or doctor
Is Office in the village. The free scho
5, is only in session six months, an
.r then without any music teache
ar However the easy accessibility
at Greenvllle and Central City help
lie ill these deficiencies. The villas