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The Lancaster News ? LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL I. NO. 24. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C., DECEMBER. 23. 1905. PRICE-FIVE CENTS PER COPY. I Catawba Falls Big Lot of Machinery Purchased by the Southern Power Company. Uharlotte Observer. Dec. 22. Mr. W S. Lee has just returned from New York city. While in the North, Mr. Lee signed con tracls for the purchase of vast quantities of machinery which is to be used in the development oi the Great Falls power, near Fort Lawn, S. C. Mr. Lee made on* purchase which is worthy of es pecial note, lie bought, of the Westinghouse Electric company fzt>u,uuu worth ol machinery sufficient to generate 40,000 horse power of electricity. The first installment will be shipped in the middle of the summer, and from that time until all is delivered, the consignments will be made every month. This equipment, the best and most costly that is to be had anywhere, will fill 25 cars and is one of the largest purchases of machinery ever made by any one connected with this State. The development at the Great Falls moves on apace. Il will be remembered that The Obser ver mentioned some time ago that a great purchase of water wheels had been made. This $250,000 purc'uase of electrical machinery evidences the size ol the plant which is to be installed on the Catawba river. Tabernacle Tidings Eentertainment and Basket Supper Liberally Patronized and Greatly Enjoyed ?Principal Hamel's Successful School "Work?Imv. provements in Tabernacle. The entertainment at Tabernacle school came off, as per announcement, Saturday night, the IG1I1 inst. A large crowd gathered at the school house to hear the exercises, and to partake of the supper ih it was sold in the baskets. As had be 11 previously tin nounced, the following was most creditably rendered : 1st Song by the school. 2nd Ivechation by Miss Odessa \ Plyer, "If yon will chew Tobac- ' | ' co. you must swallow the spit " ( 3rd Comic declamation, "Uih'Io llastus' Blessings," b.v v George Carnes. 4iii A plav entitled, ''Handy Andy," b.v several boys and \f girls of tbo 'i'abi*rna"le school. ^ 1 , 5th An ad'lress, by Prof. .1. C. JIamel, principal of tlie school. r . The exercises were all good j and highly enjoyed by all pre ^ SOiit. The I arfies re nreeen t.incr the ? - ~ r> ' different characters in tho play rendered their parts with great credit to llieraselvos and teach- I 1 . # ers. The recitations were excep tionally fine and were enjoyed and highly praised by all who heard them. Prof. Hamel gave us a most excellent address, and many were the compliments we heard given him. Following Hie exercises as mentioned above, the baskej sale was taken up. Mr. W. A. Funderburk, in his business way of doing things, soon had the ''boys" bidding for dear life lest some otber "fellow" got. bis best, girl's basnet, and in a short time all the baskets were dis posed of, at fair prices. Supper was then served. The committee then offered some fruit and other articles for sale, which were soon disposed of. Total net proceeds were $25.38. We are pleased to pay that the occasion was a grand success. The school is now in a prosperous condition. We have a good attendance, and wit h a man like Prof. Hamel at the helm, we are bound to succeed The Christmas holidays will soon be here, and our people will spend them in vaiious ways, some hunting, others visiting ?&c. We hope that all may enjoy the occasion in its fullest sense. A great deal of improvements in the way of building and paintine are going on in this section. Messrs. Pricket Plyler and Wesley Rowell will build nice dwellings in the near future. Mr. General Griffin will enlarge his commodious store-room. Mr. H. S. Plyler is having his handsome dwelling piinted. Mr. Daniel Todd has the contract. On the whole, Tabernacle is making great strides along all lines. It is, in our opinion, the warden spot of Lancaster county All we need now is the C. & L. railroad to come this way, and ihen you would see things hum. O. K., S. C. Dec. 20, 1905. \ ri T > 2\ . K; . IV. The Junior Order. Installation of Officers and: Big Banquet New Year's Night. The Lancaster Council of the Junior Ordor of United Ameri can Mechanics is making ar rangements ior a big banouet on the occasion of the installation , >f its ollicors Now War's nigh'. The installation ceremonies and , I 1 the banquet will be at the , Council's hall. All married inemb'Ts are expected to bring their families and baskets of eatables for the banquet. The : Odd Fellows are also ii.vited to ittend. The editor of the News icknowlodges a cordial iuvita- ' tion to be present. 'P1,? r . ~ - NT r? i iiu iJdJiLiisiui i^ews, o pages twice a week, $1.50. The Methodist Church Interesting History of its Growth in South Carolina, from Its Earlv Daus to the Present?All About the Hard Conditions which the Circuit Riders Bravely Met. Spartanburg cor. The News and * Courier: The Methodist Church is the \? nn ?\r*nof 1 J; 1 * JVu?|?.coi ut tim leaning cnurcnes of the State. They were not known or recognized at the be ginning of the last century. It was rather an unpromising outlook for a few poor, unlettered, moneyless men to ride torth with Bible and saddlebags and carry the Gospel to the waste places. A few preaching places were established in the lower part of the Slate just after peace was established between this country and Great Britain. The first Con terence was held in Charleston March 22, 1787, one hundred and eighteen years ago Two Bishops, Coke and Asbury, pre sided. There were then in the Conference, which, no doubt, included Georgia aud a portion ol North Carolina, 2,075 white and 241 colored members. In those days circuit riders would cover 100 to 125 miles. Marriage dis qualified a preacher for circuit work. The nominal salary in those days was $100, provided the preacher could collect it. He preached every day in the week, using private houses, school houses, brush arbors or the woods. Ridiculed as the early circuit riders were with no college or seminary training, with no stations, rich appoint ments or prelerment in view, they went forth to evangelize the State. As the years passed by the other denominations be gan to understand that there was a power and zeal amongst these people called Methodists, that wus according to knowledge and the wants of the people, and they began to adopt the plans ol Methodists, and some of the churches have gone ahead of their teachers and lor a hull century have been sowing seed beside all waters as well as on slony ridges and mountain tops. After Lho Conference ot 1787 six con secutive Conference, were hold in Charleston, and the eighth whs hold at Finch's, in the fork ol Saluda and Broad rivers. But it seemed that the country was not then ready tor Conferences, for 1 the next six were held in Charles Ion. KARLY WSIlorS. The 13th Conference was held it Camden, .fsinnurv I isini -T - ' ' > ' ? ' Asbury and Whatcoat presiding. ! That was the first appearance rf 1 the latter Bishop in this Slate. Bishop Coke's last appearance was at Augusta in 1804. Mc- , Kendree eame on the scene in ' 1808, and for seven Conferences I he and Aebury jointly nresuled. j At the Conlerence at Milledge ville,Ga.,in 1814, Asbury presided for his last time over the Conference, having been its overseer for twenty-seven years. One hundred yeais ago, December 30, 1805, the Conference met at Camden, Decembei 30. rne white membership was then 12,G15 and the colored 4,387. At that time the Conference included Georgia and North Carolina. I'lte first. Conference held out ol litis Stale was at Sparta, Ga., in 1806 North Carolina did not get one until 1814, when it was held at Fayetteville. The laHt Conlereuce held in Georgia was at Augusta, January 11, 1827. About that time Georgia organized a Conference. The last Con terence held in North Carolina was in Charlotte, November 1, 1865. Four Conferences have been belli in Spartanburg. The first was December 26, 1848, Bishop Capers presiding. That was the first time that most ol our people had ever seen a Bishop. At that time there were 33.589 white and 41,888 colored members. The other Conferences held in Spartanburg were December 11, 1862. John Early presiding; December 13, 1871, Robert Fain, Bishop; November 30, 1887, Bishop H. N. McTyeire in the chair. For the last six years there have been only six Conference secretaries. They were P. A. Williams, thirteen vears! F. A y J ? | ten years; F. M. Kennedy, four years; H. F. Cheitzberg, six years; E. 0 Watson, twelve years. Sixty years ago a presiding elder's district took in several counties. In the forties the pre sulmg elder that visited Spartanburg had his home, or rather the home of his family, in Lincoln villc, N. C. He spread over five; or six counties. A preacherj by the name of F o s t e r was the first presiding elder the writer recollects. Then came] Albert M. Shij)j>, ;t young man, and,.so lar as we know, the first college graduate that ever preached to the Methodists of this county. The presiding elder's home was moved Irom Lincolnton to Shelby about 1850. Il remained I he Shelby district until I lie Conference divided accord ing to the State line. About 1828 to 1830 there seemed to be a great negro revival in the Stale, tor in 1830 the member ' strip was 24,750 white and 21,-! 822 colored. I'liNe were sever al thousand more colored than white members irom that date to 1865, when they began to fall cifl' raj idly. The hist negroes re ported on the meiiiliordiin w;i?l ---I I 1877, when I hero were 224. On the last Conference roll there were about 282 minister' mi tlie list :i 11 < 1 the membership was 80,388. At Ihe first doz -u Conferences tiio sessions couid be held in a small room. I'reachors were only entitled to a seal in flie Conference. Lay repro senlation did not come tor a long time. As late as 1845 circuit' riders a 1 travelled on ln>rseba< k Then came the sulky period and later the buggy. I Latest from Russia. Rebels Execute Chief and Aids?Bloody Fight at Tukum. St. Petersburg, 21, 210 p. m. ?Since noon today the street* have been filled with troops, es pecuuiy i nose in tlie industrial sections. The railroad stations are in possession of the militaryWholesale arrests of the leaders ot the workmen were made last night. It is report3d that the police include in their captures the members of the second workmen's council who were placed in the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul with the members of the first council, who were arrested Saturday night. A third counci, However, promptly took the place of the second. Moscow is already cut ofT from St. Petersburg and with the provinces generally was no communication this morning. \ " V*. According to the latest information the Lithunanian insurrection has extended into the province of Vitebsk, across the borders of Livona. At Kohunhusen the chief of police and his assis tants were tried by a revolutiouary tribunal and executed. It turns out that Tukum, in Kurland, only surrendered after a severe fight which lasted for 12 hours. The insurrectionist? had fortified the town by throwing up entrenchments, before which they dug pits. They also had in position the machine guns recently captured by them. The trenches were taken by I X I- 1 1 ' Sturm, uom siaes losing neavity. , The latest intormation from Kharkoff says that 10,000 revolutionaries are under arms and \1 V , that troops are being conceutrat ed for the purpose ot recapturing the city. ?Mr. A. II. Catoe has lelt a curiosity at this office in the shape 1 of a corn c ?b, one end ot which is shaped like a human hand. Miss Haltie Miller, one of the teachers in the cotton m ill a school, lias resigned, on account of her health. * | THE NEWS IN BRIEF According to government report made public Wednesday, (be cotton ginned up to December 13th numbers 0,282,101 baler;. ? Saluda rounty voted out th?* dispensary Wednesday by a considerable majority. Henry O'Shields, a young white man of Gainesville, Ga., phot and mortally wounded bis wife .-Hid Niel Emmett Tuesday night, whom he found together. The city of Georgetown celebrated on an elaborate scale this week the centennial of its incorporation. Mrs. Dora Suggs was assaulted and murdered near Miami, Fla., Tuesday night, by an unknown person. mm' .