The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 23, 1905, Image 1
The Lancaster News
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LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL I. NO. 24. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C., DECEMBER. 23. 1905. PRICE-FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
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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.
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The exercises were all good j
and highly enjoyed by all pre
^ SOiit.
The I arfies re nreeen t.incr the
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different characters in tho play
rendered their parts with great
credit to llieraselvos and teach- I
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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.
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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 ,
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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.
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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
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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. \
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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
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Sturm, uom siaes losing neavity. ,
The latest intormation from
Kharkoff says that 10,000 revolutionaries
are under arms and \1
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, 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.
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