Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-07-03
PARKSVILLE LETTER.
Good Union Meeting of Third
Division. Candidates in Evil
dence. Some Visitors at
Parksville.

The union meeting of the third
division of the Edgefeld association
met agreeably to appointment Sat
urday and Sunday the 29th and 3Oth
with the Plum Branch. church. Plum
Branch is a hustling community,
and it is always a pleasure to be en-
tertained by such hospitabIe peo-
pie. The rain came in torrents on
Friday, and the threatening wealth
er conditions on Saturday, doubtless
prevented many ,from turning out,
though all the churches were repre-
sented except Clark's Hill. The
meeting was called together prompt
ly at 1880 for devotional exercises,
and after half aahour's preparation the
work of the day was begun by the
discussion of the following queries:
Can Christian be positive ne is
saved" rs the weekly prayer
meeting worth WHILE ~ The duty
of citizens of community and of
local officials in local self govern
ment." The influence of the aver
age church member" by brethren
J G Morgan, B D Kitchings, Sam
Agner, T K Collier, Rev. J E
Freeman and.others.
Sunday morning the exercises
were in the. hands of the Superin-
tendent of Plum Branch Sunday
school, who pressed some visitors
into service as teachers, and the
recitations were highly instructive
and cIeditable to the Plum Branch
school. The pastor and G Y D Free
land the superintendent, have the
work we'll in hand, and are to be
congratulated on account of a prom
ising outlook for the future.
At 1880 the pastor preached
most lucid and forceful missionary
sermon from the great commission
after which a collection was taken
amounting to $s.s5, which was
given to state missions.
An hour and a half was spent to
refresh the inner man and the fare
needs no comment to any one &C
quainted with the skill of the good
ladies in the culinary art. Suffice it
to say, those people would not like
it if you did Lot eat enough to make
you almost sick. The young ladies
roll up their sleeves and make
themselves useful as we'll as orna-
mental.
You will excuse me for keeping
it from Mrs. Anon, but allow me to
say parenthetically, that if l were a
young man hunting a wife, and 1
would be shore" sshunting one, l
think I should go to Plum Branch.
They help the spiritual by minister
itsg4to the temporal, a thing that /
fear is sometimes overlooked. The
afternoon was well spent in the in
terest of the Sunday school and B.
Y. P. U. work. Hon. 7 G Talbert
made a magnificent address on
"uow TO prepare Sunday school
lesson" Mr.. Talbert, always good
speaker was at his best, and his ad
dress made fine impression.
Things necessary for a president
to do to make 3. Y. P. U. meet
ing a success" was we'll discussed
by Rev. ]. E. Freeman, d Al
Bell and others. The last topic, how
may a B. Y. P.1U. meetings be man
aged to induce young men to exer-
else the gift of public prayer" was
we'll discussed by brother G Y D
Freeland and which closed one OF
the most profitable meeting yet held
by the baby division of our associa
ton. The next meeting comes to
Parksville in September, and we
trust that our friends who treated
us so royalty in spiritual and tenn
poral things will honor us by com
ing to Parksville. We noticed visi-
tors to the union from Augusta, Meri-
wether, Modoc, Mccormick and
Edgefeld all of whom can fully ap-
preciate the force of what we have
written relative to the hospitality
and progressiveness of hustling
Plum Branch.
Candidates at Plum Branch ga
lore, and they are all so clever. Col.
G. D. TiIlman once said he favor
ed the primary, if for no other rea-
son. than that it takes the starch out