University of South Carolina Libraries
The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW IS'S ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL. I. NO. 60. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C., KAY 2. 1906. PRICE-FIVE CENTS PER COPY. / The "Christian Crusaders. I in Y Their Meetings in Lancaster;fil to Begin next Friday Night ?Information as to their Methods of Work. 1 d< 9a Christian Crusaders will begin a series of undenominational and ^ interdenominational Gospel meet ings in their canvas tabernacle, N. at corner of Gay and Market Sts. __ -V Friday night, May 4th, at 8 0f o clock. Christains of all denom- m inations and sinners of all grades Rf ^ and conditions are cordially in- cn vited to attend. In order to give the people of th Lancaster some idea of tlie plans be and methods of the Crusaders, le nrn ronii hli oh hu roonoot tlie f^.1 J nv > v^fu vjiou uj KCJUVOU I'll O I U1 Q J losing from the Rock Hill Her ni aid, which appeared in that iour hi nal last summer during the pro at gress of the Crusaders' meetings hh in Rock Hill: The Crusaders are not here to organize a new tii religious organization, but to bi work in conjunction with all te Christian denominations iu a tn united effort to "rescue the per- lit iehing" and augment the Church tn of Christ. Persons converted in re their meetings are advised to p< connect themselves with the de- fe nomination of their choice. The m ? movement of the Christian Cru- su saders is purely an evangelistic R organization. It centers all its .(Tnrli in revival wnrIr T ?rj nk: ?. / *! Oil l/l vo *?? w . . . w yjI is to quicken spiritual interest in ed the membership of the church, to dc urge them to labor for the salva- Tl tion of souls,and to encourage the th pastors of various denominations fa in the discharge of the duties de ou volving upon them; and to seek lei the salvation of sinners, both in an the congregation and by visiting ve > from hoU8e to hou"N and also by th holding street meetings. * ft Some of the methods of the ' work are somewhat different atl from those ordinarily used in re- (*H vival work, but they are scriptural, and, therefore, persons who Wl are unaccustomed to them should w< not allow themselves to criticise, to especially after having know! edge of the fact that they are w< nsed to bring about the legiti- W( mate end of the salvation of men 18 and women. The Crusaders realize that they must secure the at- 00 tention ot sinners before they can 'e lead them to Christ, and to do co this they use such scriptural me an thods and means as thev consider ria necessary, holding to no special law of methods. A hand of Christian Crusaders is not a wandering, independent w< or irresponsible company of af' Christian workers, but every m Crusader is rigidly accountable wl to authority and discipline. The following are the words of commendation from minsters of different churches: "The Christian Crusaders seem to be imbued WI with only one purpose, ami that ,i0 th?> high and holy purpose of get- 1,0 ting men and women saved from sin, and in this work they are 4 successful. No thoughtful person , can fail to see that their work . has resulted in great good. It is A to me a humiliating thought that an much of the good they have done P has been among a class too much * '" neglected by our churches."? ah Kev. H. L. Atkins, I). D. P. E. de "God is here. Scripture is t g fulfilled in these meetings, orkville has ever seen it in tl shion it was before my tin it I have seen it."?Rev. Web . D. "I crave to be allowed to sa find nothing in ihe rules a ictrines of the Christian Cr ders, or in what they belie id teach but what I steadfast dieve,"?Rev. J. L. Stokes. "I find the Chriatain Crusade be faithful, consistent, com ated workers in the vineya the Lord. Their stay in o idst has been a ereat bene id blessing to the town ai untry. Their efforts have be eatly blessed of God. Mc an seven hundred souls ha 'en converted, reclaimed ai d into the fulness of God's lo iring this series of undenor itional Gospel meetings. ?artily endorse their doctrir id methods and means used ve souls."?Rev. 1\ J. Rogers "We have had many denomir anal tevivals in our church it, never in the history of Ch r have we had an utidenomir Dnal revival as the one whi is been conducted by the Chr an Crunaders in our town, vival in which the Christi ?ople from all churches woi: el free to take part and be embers of one family. The i iIts of the work are great.' ev. James Russell. "The Christian zeal of t aristian Crusaders has impre I me very favorably. They ha ine a good work in our cil ley have reached persons wi e Gospel whom the church iled to reach. They have taug ir church members valuat ssons of consecration and foil id personal work for the unf id. It is my candid convicti at their presence and work a benediction to any coramunil cheerfully give the brethr id sisters my cordial corame ition."?Rev. J. S. Moffatt. General Light, Dear Hro.?nt to assure you that yo irk has been a blessing to Ne n, and also to say that alter i tiding your meetings for sev seks, and noting carefully yo irk and the spirit in which done, 1 am satisfied beyond iubt that you and all of yo workers are earnest, connect d Christians, and n hearti mraend you and your band iy people, who want toaee bo: ve'l and God'a canae advance Rev. VV.F. NVnmbie. Mr. and Mr-. J F. Grejrn *nt to Taxahaw yesterd; l.ernoon to toe the forme other, Mrs. Thomas Gregoi to is very sick. ?The virtues of M annol >iir are set tortli in tod at per bv Mr. J. (J. Kdward-. t 11 also be seen by his a uncement, Mr. ]'MvMtrd*> w agent for the Kersha tiling works. ?The Williams?I I tight s 0< is introduced a new feature business, as will be seen I nouucoment elsewhere, an has been adopted * here! e patrons of the company w are in its protits. Head tl tails carefully. '!fj The McManus Case. v It Ii lis! g le' The Estate of Mrs. Annie S. C( er, _ _ | McManus, wife of Mr. ir' v- Thomas McManus,former- t! 11 nd ly of Lancaster, who was t?l killed in Railroad "Wreck, U ve Recovers a verdict in York , til V Court against Seaboard Air (j ,rB Line for Twenty five thous- a and Dollars. tl rd r< ur h fit From Yorkville Enquirer. ra(' The next case entered into was b 6 n that of .1 O. Hull, administrator o ire . . ot Annie S McManus vs the tl n(j Seaboard Air Line railroad. This tl ve was a suit for $60,000 damages b ni- on account of the killing of Mrs. a I McManus in the Whisonant t< ies trestle wreca near CJatawbi v to Junction on the 8th day ot Sep- w tember, 1004. The suit was ti ia~ brought in tlie interest of ttie ti ?8' husband and children of the 9 68 deceased. Mrs. McManus was a ti ... passenger on the tram that, went si through the trestle, and escaped s ^ the fatal plunge with a few w an t-ruises Sho wrua killo.-! W? ?M v* nu?ou \jy l?il" " ild freight train that came along and f< as went down on the wreck a short. L re- time afterward. The facto in the tl '? case have been twice gone over si in the circuit court of this county e 'ie in the two trials of the a PB suit of Waverly Fairman the ir V 0 Sea Board Air Line. Fair a t V man wa? a mail clerk and p g8 went down, in the same wreck. He was not killed but sued for de alleged injuries. In the Fairman th, case, or rather at the tirst trial 1a of it, the railroad tried to show on that the trestle went down as * ,c tlio result of an incendiary. The ty- plaintiff claimed that the catasen trophe was duo to rotten timbers, j n* The railroad pet p'e claimed iba' his could not bo as the trestle had been put in onlv about two ur h years before out of perfectly W ( . sound timbers, and that the life en of such a trestle is at least six ur years. Asa result of 'lie first ' it trial, the railroad people shifted el i n their position a little. Unable to 1 ur prove incendiary, they under NV took to maice their tight on the a y condition of t lie timbers, and on ? the ground that the defen lant * ^ had not been injured to the ex- a tent be claimed. In the second trial Fairtnan got a verdict for 5.000. The MrM.mnvi u r.v v" ' 1 " ' over, involved the additional 111 element of the carelessness r< r s of the railroa 1 company in run ninn one train so close behind w annthor, closer in fact than was ' 1,81 warranted bv the rules of the 1,1 ' 8 company. The (portion as to the 11 ^ ' came of the wreck continued to w n" figure, in this trial, and there 0 18 was some testimony as before as 111 to the condition of the timbers of which the 'res'le was con- 11 struct* d. t^u.te a number of * in1 witnesses for the railroad com b< >v I pany testified that 'bev were A there, very shortly after the w by I wreck, examined h? broken 8 ill liinlioru - - - ... | ......yV.ji IIIWIC ?M ir!?? ninuuiiy, .'II he I and so far as they wore aide to in [see the timbers were sound. I\ >ther witnesses for the plain till ko those of the deiou laut, ood men as there are in the ounty, testified that there were ot'en and decayed timbers in , 'ie trestle. From the testimony nere was no doubt of the tact liat the trestle was a new struct re, only two years old and that . had been constructed of sound imbers; but there was also just s credible testimony to show hat several bents of tiie trestle Bated over a ditch, or what ad been a ditch some ten or welve loot wide, and that the utts of the timbers were in and ill of the wafer, according to lie condition of the weather. In I his way the timbers are thought v some to have been weakened, nd the tendency of much of the 88timony was to show that this ,Tas probably the cause of the reck. Then there was no quesion of the facl that the freight rain that fel' on top of the pas enger train was running conrary to rules. The ca*e was lubbornly contested by both ides from beginning to end. It J n Q ot. . wiiiui&nvou illieroon. Messrs. Wilson & Wilson >r the plaintiff and Messrs. J. i. Glenn and W. B. McCaw for lie defense. The speeches conumed three hours and the jud^ *s charge was concluded at bout 7 o'clock. The jury relained out less than an hour ud returned a verdict tor the laintiff in the sum of $25,000. Death of Nr. W. C. Beaty fifell Known Citizen Passes Away after Brief Illness. Mr. William C. Beaty, whose esperate illness was noted in or last issue, died, at his home ere, Saturday afternoon. lie as sick but a few davs?was aticked the tirst o: last week with leuriay. Mr. Beaty was the eldr son of the late .John M. Beaty ml was in his 49th year, lie ras married about fourteen years go to Miss Kliza I'rice, daughter I the late R^v. Samuel J. Rriee, ho survives him. He also leaves brother. Mr. R T. Beaty, of lis place. Mr. Beaty was a man of rolarkably tine mind an 1 spent inch of hi- leisure moments in lading ami study. He was a rout admirer of Dickens, and as thoroughly fumilar with all le writings ot that celebrated ovelist, having real them! i niv, tiinitv time- Mr. Ileal vj ill as (?f gourd it at'.no, kind hearl1 and affect ion.it e i:t disposition id had many I'rien 1* in Lancasir an 1 through tut the county . e bad been a member ??f the resbyterian church for a mim-j 31* nt year* preceding hi- loath The remain* of Mr. Heaty ere buried in tlie new cemetery unday afternoon at f. o'clock, fter funeral services c inducted i the Preshvteri in church by lli * ,ey J 11. Wi't ;u, of Richburg. "T?~A Shocking Tragedy. Young Peris Sistare, of Lancaster, Student of Binghaar School, N. C., Drownet* while Bathing in Powf near Ashville. Mr. Peris Sistare, son of M?. and Mrs. J. A. 1*. Sistare, \vh? reside four miles above Lancaster met with a shocking death lay* Monday afternoon, about o'clock. lie was a student *>f Bingham School, N. C. and hat cone in swimming with some fellow students, in Wolfe's pond* three miles from Ashevilie. \V hik in the water tlie young man war seized with cramp, which caused him to sink to the bottom, wher? his lifeless body was later f<>un<f ? 1 - * me ? ?t?-r ii?111 uei'ii ura'.DOfl off the pond Ilis companion* endeavored to rescue him bj diving, when he disappeared below the eurface of the water, bu?i were unable to do so. Mr. and Mrs. Si&tare received a telegram Monday night apprising them o! the tragic deatV of their son, who was their only child. Peris was twenty year* old the 25th of last December. He was a bright, promising young man and was idolized by his fond parents, who have tb? profound svmpathv of their numerous friends iu tjieir great be reavement. The body was brought to Lancaster yesterday and the burial will take place here today. Democratic Club Meetings, Officers Elected and Delegates Chosen to County ' Convention A number of the DsmocraUc jclubs met last Saturday after-' noon and reorganized and elecfed delegates to the- county convention, which meets here nex< Monday. All the clubs have nu1! yet reported iesult of their ! meetings. Those reported are : (Jills Creek?Officers: I'res; dent, T. V Williams; Vice-Prefev dent, K B. Allison ; Secretaiy and Tiea?urer, 1>. Keeco Williams; Executive Committeeman, W. I*. Cnskey. Delegates to the county Convent on: T J. Strait, E. D I'lllman, Ii. B. Allison, W. 11 Rives. W. M.Moure. W. Q Caskey, J. E Stew man, W. M. Bl?ckinoi?, U. W. Jonesv I. T. Hunter, A. McManus, .1 P. Hunter, L. V. Hill, L .1. Perry, J. B. Sim-. L. M Clyburn, J. VV. Sullivan. J. Harry Foster. .1 T. Green, 11 ;< r r> limes, J. S.. II';: 'I' v - ?? llriJII, 1 1 >? J.llalll', It. .J . Ila.per, IVirt Cousar, E'c U cherts, T. W. McMuriay, Clark Uohinsnn Ilope^oU?Ofp. er : P-esid nu \V (? A. I\ i r-r; vice pres., I! C. Steele; Secretary, 1\ \J. Pelk. County exerutive eomiriiteeman. W. G. A. Porter. Delegates to convention: T M. W. CJ. Caske.v, K L. L. Itlackm* ti P. L IMier. .1 t> Porter, 1. N. rv, > S Steele, C L. Me a'Hjs. Kershaw? Delegates to convert tion : K. A. Dobson, E. D. Blakeney, L. C. Hough, ,1. M Est ridge, E. V. Trtisda'". R E Blacknion. Dr. S C Kmiode-e, J. lv. Faile, A ii. Hooch, Dr. J. E. W. Ilaile, J. I. Steven?, J. M. Carson.