The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, May 02, 1906, Image 1
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.
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The "Christian Crusaders. I
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Their Meetings in Lancaster;fil
to Begin next Friday Night
?Information as to their
Methods of Work. 1
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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.
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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
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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.