The Southern indicator. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1903-1925, 1921-02-12

Assistant for this days. mseting.
as, Leopard Society. Leopards are
very numerous In this country. They
give the people muen trouble attack.
Ing their goats, sheep. hogs and COWS,
carrying them of In the bush and eat
ing them, but leopard will not attack
person unless he is wounded. The
Leopard Society is. a set of canaba1s
or men who eat human flesh. They
disgYisn themselves by putting on a
leopard skin and crawling about pre-.
tending to be a wounded leopard
When he sees an unarmed person by
himself. He carries in his hand a
dagger with which he stabs his prey.
The laws of the country are strictly
against the society, and the executives
are doing all they can to exterminate
1t. But 1t being secret society, it
Will take time. stThe people here seem
TO; be great believers in society. The
strongest society out here, from our
point Of view, is the Griggle Bush, or
Devil Bush, as it is commonly callod. ]
The members of. this society publicly
'o@h the dsvit Ia the1r captain. they
practice witchcraft.
Time will not permit me to de scribe
this society in full. Hope to tell you
more about It at q later date. also of
our controversies with the Mohame-
dams.
have a very bright boy, which /
hope you will support in our school.
We have several children who need
scholarships. We make $500 per
year support child, and some of our
children are almost grown. "A very
small sum indeed. but somehow by the
help OF the good Lord we get through
by supplementing the scholarship
funds with a part OF our salary.
We have just closed successful re.
vival meeting at the Zion Grove Bap-
list Church, Of which the Rev. ]. O.
Hays Is pastor. Twenty-three accept
ed Christ as their personal Saviour.
among whom was a notorious infidel.
This inhdel was a hard nut to crack.
as he would not visit church to hear
the gospel preached. A committee
was formed, consisting Of Sisters A.
Hays, l.. Smart, A Moore, c. Bowens,
P. Bryant, Bryant again and Marie E.
Burke. They went to his house. which
was about four miles away. At Arst
he made them very unwelcome. Hell
told them he had no time to bother
with them and, they had better col
back home. When they insisted on
him, he began abusing them in harsh
language. He assured them that he !
did not appreciate their interest at |
all, and that 1t was none of their busi.
ness how he died or where he would
go after death. He did not believe In
God or Jesus Christ, neither did he |
believe that there was a heaven or |
hell. The Bible to him was no more
than any other book. He got so an. |
cry with them that he cried and tried
TO drive them from his house. But
instead OF going they forced him in
the house end entered themselves, |
Singing II Dreamed That the Great
Judgment Morning Had Dawned andI
the Trumpet Had Blown" After sing.
ing, Mrs. Burke read passage ell
Scripture and laid her hand no his
head and prayed as II they were or.
daining him to the gospel ministry. |
All OF the sisters prayed. At the
close of the meeting he seemed toI
have had better spirit toward them.
He then thanked them for showing
their interest in him, but still he !
claimed that he did not have time to |
go to church. Furthermore. he was
living in house alone and had no |
one>to look after his things while he |
was away. But the spirit OF God pre- |
vailed and. some time during that
night he became anxious about the