The Lancaster News
LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891
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VOL. I. NO. 19. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C.t DECEMBER. 0. 1905. PRICE-FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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'
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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
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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.
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Card of Thanks. 1
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Please allow me space in your r
valuable paper to express my
uncere appreciation and many f
g
thanks to mv devoted family ami
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neighbors for their kindness and t
issistaoee shown me during my c
ong illness. May God's richest
blessings ever rest upon each '
>ne.
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ra. Margrete Starns, j
Jackfonham Seeiion. ?
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rhose Damage Suits Against J(
Clemson College. r
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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
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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.
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: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.