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The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 / VOL. I. NO. 19. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C.t DECEMBER. 0. 1905. PRICE-FIVE CENTS PER COPY. ??????? ? j 4 J u.i J WT? l n. j* i i. - -- 1 - Attempted noia=ijp. Exciting Experience of* a Young Man of Heath Springs. * / Mr. D. A. Cauthen, a well known young citizen of Heath Springs, had a thrilling expen enc? last Friday night. He had carried a young lady from a party in Heath Springs to her home in the Oakhurst section and as he was returniug home (A himself he was mad? the victim of an attempted <lhold-up." Driving along in his buggy Mr. Cauthen noticed his horse suddenly prick up its ears and about the same time an un known man with a gun in liis hand stepped into the road in front of the auimal and ordered Mr. Cauthen to halt. Instead of doing so, however, Mr. Cau-' then with one hand lashed his horse and urged him forward and with the o'lier drew his re volver and fired two or three shots in the direction of the stranger, who turned and disappeared in the darkness. Mr. Cauthen thinks that the party was a white man. Search was made in the neighborhood Sallirrlav fur llio rvcroAn K*r .v,. K,J citizens of Heath Springs, but without success. A Small Fire. But its Timely Discovery Prevents Serious Consequences?Box of Ashes the Cause. Mr. H. Ilines, one of Lancaster's leading uttorneys, nar rowly escaped having a serious fire at his home, on Cemetery street, at an early hour Saturday morning. As Mr. H. N. Sowell was passing Mr llines's place shortly before daylight, on Lis way to his livery stable up town, he discovered the fowl house on the premises in a blaze, lie promptly ?:ave the alarm and in a short time the flames wore extinguished. Owing to the timely discovery of the fire Mr. Hinds's barn near by and other buildings were no doubt saved. The ?*' origin of the fire was due to the carelessness of a servant in placing a box of ashes by the fowl house the day before. Where They Pour It. There has been a decided de ol i nn in t ^ A vuiiv 111 iuo |illUiiUlllUU VUl? (>I New York city. The people of New York appear to have little use for water except in Wall / street.? Birmingham News. * t a mm * Admiral Lord Charles Beresford claims tho distinction of being the first European who was allowed by invitation, to gaze on the face of the Mikado of Japan. This was in 1868. > oapusis in aoutn Carolina. The Church's Wonderful < Growth in the Last 1*wenty Years. The Baptist Press. Fascinating and fruitful would be a study of the development ( of the Baptists in South Carolina , since that December day in 1821 L J when representatives of three I, I associations met in the Baptist , church inColumbia and organized the Baptist State convention. , A glimpse at what has been < accomplished within twenty j years will give an idea of the in- ; teresting possibilities in the sub- < ject. We take the years 1884 < and 1904. In 1884 there were 63,000 1 Baptists in the State, in 686 ' churches, and 26,000 children : were enrolled in Baptist Sunday schools. They gave to foreign ' missions $7,200, home missions $4,300, State missions $8,500, and an entire amount to all re ligious objects of $160,000. < la 1904 were 108,000 Baptists ' in the State, in 956 churches, < and 47,000 children were in the 1 Sunday schools. The Baptists < gave to foreign missions $18,000, home missions $8,200, Slate mis i sious $13,000, and a total to all ] religious objects of $342,000. It will be seen that while twofiiths of onr present numbers have been added to us within the twenty vears-?? trnlu 'o"""1' .. j - " "V tvii'mn able growth,?the Sunday schools and benevolence to missions has 1 doubled, while the growth ol ' gifts to all religious objects has ' more than doubled. The orphan- ! ago and Aged Ministers Relief ' boards not in exi-tei ce twenty ' years ago, together received 1 more than #13.000 last year. And. whilp fho iiiiivir\t' ?!...??. es has increased, something less than one-third, the value ot church property has increased trom $743,000 to $1,366,000 or I neat ly doubled. The Baptists ot South Carolina today have invested in instilu- ^ lions belonging to the denomi- ( nation an estimated amount ol | $510,000. $75,000 of this is in ( the orphanage and $435,000 in j educational institutions. In I colleges there is $320,000 and t in hi?V? Qf?tir?r?lo <1 i k nnn fi' WWMVVIO 1 WWII* 1 ty years ago (here were no Hap- I list high schools nor orphanage, and the value of the college* was hardly half as great as now. I Basket Supper at the Carnes School House. There will be a basket supper 1 at the Carnes school house, f Wednesday, Dec. 13th, beginn- > ning at 7|p. m. The public is cordially invited fo attend. 1 Proceeds to be used for the establishment of a library. , Misses Flonnie Games, Janie McManus, Lona Walters, Carrie j McManus, lloxie Carnes, *Mes9. j Charlie Walters, Tom Carnes, j Bert Hegler, and Ernest Mc- ] Manus. Committee. < Land Sales Monday 1 jood Prices Realized?Farming Lands Bring over $15. ' an Acre at Public Auction. The official land sales advertised in The News brought quite 1 ivrnurrl f/A X/f 3 X V* Vf IT U KV HUH " lUULIUUlY f bU?lt)3 lay. The various tracts brought iiood prices, as will be seen by 1 the following figures: Sales by Clerk of Court Greg- 1 ory?Estate lands of \V. B. 1 Uauthen,Sr: Duncan place, 384 ^ acres, W. B. Caufheu purchaser ^ at |6000. ; Cedar Creek place, 470 acres, G. L. Mobley purchas 1 Br at $1825. Tract of 20 acres, sc'.d in case r?f N W A V __ a . I - - ?? . XX. UVUIIM vs. o. A. Steel, bought by J. W. Vick for $175. Sales by Sheriff Hunter?Ea tate lands of Wm. Knight: Tract No. 1, 97 acres, L. C. Lazenby purchaser at $620. ; Tract No. 2, 50 acres, same purchaser nt $505. ; Tract No. 3, 50 acres, Anderson Caskey pur chaser at $310.; Tract No. 4, 57 acres, Annie E. Wilson purchaser at $530. The sale of the Taylor lots advertised by the sheriff was postponed. , Card of Thanks. 1 \ """"""" C Please allow me space in your r valuable paper to express my uncere appreciation and many f g thanks to mv devoted family ami ' Q neighbors for their kindness and t issistaoee shown me during my c ong illness. May God's richest blessings ever rest upon each ' >ne. rM ra. Margrete Starns, j Jackfonham Seeiion. ? ^ f rhose Damage Suits Against J( Clemson College. r \ Columbia special to Charleston c L'ost:?Three Oconee farmers? wo Low ry brothers and Hop- r iins?have brought suit, against 0 jhniKiin Cnlleca f < ?? ~ ~ ' ^ r,- v. t*in of,on ??jregatmg $2G,000, alleged to have | [>een done to the plaintiffs farm. v ng lands by the dyke which the lollege authorities erected ten t /ears ago for the protection of B :he college farms against overlow of the Seneca river. \ The three suits were filed in t rJconee, and are due for trial at I ;he March term of court, though ^ it is not thought they will be * reached at that Hmo ?- .? ? v V* ua\;i JLU HI? neantime it is thought that the natter will be brought up in v lome shape before the approachng session of the legislature. The main defenceof the college people is that the college proper- 1 ;y being State property, the col- \ ege can not be sued without the S state's consent, on the principle ft hat -he State may not be saed ? sy a resident without its consent, [t is a new point, in which the 'riends of all the other State col- 8 leges are equally interested with ^ Jlemson. ! rhe Chafee-Withers Nuptials. rne Marriage of a Model Son of Lancaster to One of Camden's Most Lovable and Fascinating Daughters. In accordance willi announce Tient previously made in The !^ews,our former fellow townsnan Mr. John Gregg Clufee, iow of Aiken, was duly married ast Wednesday evening in Camden to Miss Nan Shannon Withers,[one of the mostcharrn ng young ladies of that city. The Camden Chronicle, of Friday, gives the following ac ;ount of the nuptials : A wedding of unusual inter ist was that of Miss Nan Shanlon Withers and Mr. John G. Jliafee, of Aiken, which took }lace at t'?e home of Capt. Wm. Shannon, an uncle of the bride, >n Wednesday evening at 6 j'clock, November 29ih. The lome was beautifully decorated, lie lower floor being thrown in O one. In the drawincr rnnm .. ?c -v*"' vhere the ceremony took place lie color scheme was white and creen, a profusion of clirysanhemums and asparagus fern leing used. In the dining room vhere caKe and wine were sery id the same color scheme was iarried out, carnations and iouso smilax predominating ?unch was served in the library vhere ihe decorations were of lifferent colored clirysanUienums. The bride looked particularly it tractive as she came down the ifairwav on the arm of her nn. ?/ *"* ** :le, Capt- Win Shannon, her ;own being oi wliite silk, elabnately trimmed with thread ace. She carried a shower touquet of Bride's roses and ilits of the valley. Miss Wi'hrs had for her only attendant, ler maid of honor, Mis9 Emma Shannon, who wore a dainty, rock of white French organdie rimmed with tuckingsiind Va enciennes lace and carried an irmful of American Beauty o-ms. Mr. Chafeo was attended bv tis brother Mr. James Chafee, >f Washington. After the young couple h.id eceived the best wishes of their riends tbe bride changed hor vedding gown lor a becoming raveling suit of gray cloth pret ily combined with dark blue, fearing a hat and furs to match. Mr. and Mrs. Chatee left on he 8 o'clock fraiu lor a trip lorth. Among the out of town guests vere Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Gam >rel, of Greenwood ; Mrs. N. G. I. Chafee and Miss Marie Oha ee, of Aiken and Mr. A. C. iammond, of Columbia. Mr. J. C. Crenshaw, of Van- i yyck, was among our pleasant aiier? Monday. ?Married, Sunday, Dec. 3, 905, by J. M. Hillou, N. P., of Vhite Bluff, Mr. Louis Nt-ill and diss Kflio Bowers, daughter of dr. Sam'l Bowers, of the Heath Springs section. Mrs. II. A. Dobson, of Ker; haw, has been spending a few lays with her parents, Judge and Art. D. A. Williams. The Price of Cotton The Government's Estimate Causes Prices to Bound Upward Again. The coverment's the cotton crop was made public Monday afternoon, the figure# being 10,167,818 bales. The report was regarded as bullish and prices on the cotton ex changes accordingly shot upward. At New Orleans cotfcoe promptly advanced $7. a baleOn the New York exchange the advance was 1 of a cent. The market reacted somewhat be lore the close, losing about 16 points. The report of the Nation*! Ginners' Association was also made public Monday. The noport gives 9,623,000 bales as the season's yield. Annual Conference? Where I)ctegate* From Thi? County WUt be Entertained. The Methodist Conference will convene in Spartanburg next Wednesday. The ministers and lay delegates from this county have been assigned homes as follows : Rev. R. E. Turnipseecl, with Mrs. H. S. Browne ; Rev. P. B. Ingraham, with B. B. Henry; Rev. J. C. Counts, with J. MCrawford; Rev. David Huck?# with M. O. Gentrv; Rev. O AJeffcoat, with J. U. Milster; Rev. R E. Sharp, with VV. E. Epps; Maj. J M. Riddle, with C. P. Sanders; Capt. J. W. Ilamel, with G. W. Nichols, Homicide in /h? Count 1/?On* Negro MI/m Another. A difficulty occurred Sund ?y night in Flul Cicek township, 011 Mr. William Pittman's place, (between two negroes,Levi Johiison and Uosea Thomas, in which .Johnson was killed. Thomas.was so badly wounded that he is not expected to live. We have been unable to lean* the particulars of the troub'e. Proceeding* of the liapti*t Convention. The State Baptist Convention which has been in session in Columbia for the past few days, probably adjourned last night. The following officers were elect ed for the coming year : C. A. Smith, president; William 11. Lyles and the Rev. 4 T. Iliers, vice president; th? Rev. Dr. C. P. Irvin, secretary; the Rev. V. 1. Masters, assistant secretary; the Rev. J. L. 1 Vass, treasurer. The reports of the various 'hoards were unusually ?atisf?ueItory, showing the church audi j its institutions to be in excellent condition. The state mission board showed collections for the year amounting to $19,093 ; the aged ministers' relief board, $4,623. The report of trustees of Connie Maxwell Orphanage showed that there are 183 orphans in the institutions?all | being well cared for.