The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, June 13, 1906, Image 1
The Lancaster News
LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL. I. NO. 72. SE/Vll-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C., JUNE 13, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
I he Revival Meetings.
i
The Services of the Christian
Crusaders Continue to Attract
Immense Crowds?
Over One Hundred Persons
i
Have Professed Conver-1
sion.
Reported for The News.
1 By the spiritually discerned.it
has been observed that the great
need of Lancaster, is not more fine
churches, more eloquent, reverend
orators, more advocators and
instructors ot science and higher
education, but more men and
women with "the old time religion,"
who are wholly given up
to God, and whose hearts are so
fillled wi'h the love of God that
their paramount desire is to
have His perftctwilldoneintheir
lives, and who delight to labor
ior uie lost ana perishing about
them. When this day dawns upon
us, then and only then will God's
kingdom come, and llis will be
done on earth as it is in heaven.
Through the medium of the
heart-searching, sou I-refreshing,
undenominational meetings ot
, the Christian Crusaders,it is said
that a better feeling of spirituality
prevails in the town at this
time than has ever before been
known in its history. Men who
, were engrossed with business
cares, and whose hearts have
been so barred against Christ
that they seemt d impregnable,
have at last been won to God,
and are now "heirs of God and
joint heirs with Jesus Christ." i
Christians of the different den- j
ommations are worshipping God, I
praying and laboring unitedly, I
for their unsaved loved ones, j
friends and neighbors; nominal 1
professors are realizing theemp- i
tiness of profession without 1
the possession of an experi j
ence with God, and are being i
renewed in faith ; backsliders <
are returning home from their
wanderings ; and sinners of all i
grades and conditions are ac- t
cepting the gospel invita'ion, |
forsaking their sins, and through I
the etlicacy of the blood of 1
Christ are being made "new j
creatures" in Christ Jesus. That *
a great work has already heen *
accomplished is the sentiment <
of many. A good Christian, com- t
raercial man has said: "We'll 1
take the town for God." God (
grant that this season of refresh- t
ing may usher in the new spirit (
lial orJi lor whieli ?!? -?
, ...v.. w?iv I'uu* ; i
pie of Lancaster have been pray- \
ilive for years! i
iNol only isihe spirit of (Jorf 1
getting hold of the hearts of 1
the more interested ones, who s
attend these meetings, but is (
arresting the attention of some
? who come out of curiosity and ?
for the purpose of being enter- i h
taine i. Some of this class are bo- i
in^j c mvicted of their sins and \
brought to (Jr?rl A man mlui I f
was very blessedly converted in '
one of the meetings, having ?
* come a distance of two miles in 1
(
the country, and had not attended
any one of the meetings previous
to this time, testified as
follows: 44 When I left home tonight,
I did not have any idea
of anything of this kind. I
thought this wou d likely be a
place of amusement, more than
anything else I did not have
any idea I would come to the
altar, but 1 feel that coming here
has been a great blessing to me.
I feel that God has torgiven me
of my f-ins, and I am going to
follow Him from this on."
There have been great out
pourings of the spirit in the altar
services during the past week.
On some nights the battle has
been so fierce that the fight has
gone on until the midnight hour,
and on one night until 12:10
o'clock. Some of these who were
converted at this late hour, were
mightily operated upon by the
Holy Spirit, but were not willing
to surrender to Christ until
about 11 o'clock. Thus, in these
instances, the victory lias been
achieved by holding on. On
Monday night 6 persons professed
taith in Christ, on Tuesday
night 8, on Wednesday night 4,
on Thursday night 6, on Friday
night 2, on Saturday night 4,
and on Sunday night 6, bringing
the soul record up to 101 professions.
God's Word, "Ye shall seek
me and find Me when ve shall
search for Me with all your
heart," is being verified in some
ol these cases of conversion.
One of the principal commercial
men of the town who earnestly
sought God lor the pardon of his
sins, had quite a desperate strugule
with the enemy of souls, ere
lie found peace to his troubled
heart. So determined was lie to
jeek until lie found Christ that
lie came forward to the altar four
nights successively With a
heart full of uratitude to God.
ind to those who prayed so ear
lestly in his behalf, in the power
it God lie made these utterances :
'1 am unworthy, hut I have put
iiv tiu-t in .lesus, and I feel
ihat He has accepted me and
forgiven my sin<. I thank God
for all you good people here who
I I..-i i -
uvv^, i icci, uetiii instrumental
n bringing me to where 1 cm
lay this. I awoke this morning
ibout the usual hour, and got
lown by my bedside and tried
;o pray. My heart was heavy,
jut I made an elh>rt to pray,
ioing up to the store I began to
hink over what I had promised
iod, and what lie had promised
;o do tor me, and 1 began to feel
rory happy. I walked to and fro
n my store, and still felt better,
finally, I could say within my
ieart, Praise (iod for it ! I now
iay, Praise (iod tor it ! I'raise
iod for it!"
The sustaining grace of God,
ind implicit trust ot a redeemed
toul was manilcsted in the touchng
testimony of a young man
,vlio whs also brought to Christ
hrough these services. He said:
God lias forgiven me of my
liiis and 1 thank Him that Ho
ins. 1 have no other thought
A Seveie Storm.
Rain, Wind and Lightning
do Considerable Damage
in Lancaster.
A rain a?d wind storm of un
usual severity, accompanied bj
thunder and lightning, visited
Lancaster last Friday afternoon
The rain fell in torrents and tlie
wind blew with cyclonic lury
doing considerable damage.
The large skylight over the store
of the Williams Hughes Co. w:u
blown oil' and the building flood
e<l with water, damaging a pari
of the stock. Store awnings weri
torn loose from their fastenings
i The front door of Mr A. 1). 11 il
liard's dwelling was blown dowi
, ancl the building otherwise dam
, aged. A part of the glass in tin
Methodist church windows was
blown out and carried by tin
, wind aB far as Mr. Poag's resi
dence. The large standpipe a'
the Poag A Harper ginnery wai
blown over. A number of shad(
trees were wrecked, among their
'he large, stately oak in Mrs. L
B. Foster's yard. The tents o
ttie Christian Crusaders wer?
damaged to the extent ot tift3
dollars or more. The tent o
Photographer Amng was als(
blown over and damaged. A paii
of valuable mules, belonging t<
the editor of this paper, wen
killed by a bolt of lightning
which struck a tree to which tin
animals had been tied by th<
hands who had been plowing
them. The same tree was struck
by lightning some two or thret
years ago.
So tar as learned there wa? n<
serious damage done in the county
except in the way of washing
the lands. The wind was no"
severe outside the town limits.
K?ad?The News.
but that I shall have to undergo
an operation to-morrow, but 1
am glad that I can feel when
I lie down upon the table, God
will guide the knife in the sur
geon's hand and it I should dit
will take my soul home tr
Heaven."
One of the policemen ol tlit
town confessed in one of the
j meetings that he had grown
somewhat cohl in his love ami
duty to (Jod in the past lew
years, and stated that through
these special meeting- he had
been brought into closer touch
with God. He is now among the
number who esteem it a duty as
I well as a blessed privilege to
i witness for Christ.
There are many unsaved ones
I at'ending the meetings regular! v,
I who are just on the verge ol
I taking the most important step
lot their lives, viz: "the step
! from sin to grace." It is the
prayer ot the Christian people
that these may soon be numbered
in the ranks of the army ol
! tl.p I.nr/l --
I * #?!! . > nun in Jjnuri ! IMIT"
1 nity is without end ! Where will
[you spend Eternity?"
- ?
/ ^
j Tillman on One of the Latest j
Developments in Dispensa- j
P| ry Investigation. j ^
Washington special in The
i State:?Discussing the dispell
sary investigation today, Sena*
- tor Tillman said it is very .
r strange that the committee ^
1 forced Mr. Lewis \V. Parker to
. testify so far and no further,
i ''Why did they not make Mr. ^
, Parker tell the name of the ?
(j
some-kind-of an official in South
r
> Carolina whom Lanahan had
i employed? I am satisfied that
Lmahnn has been guilty of all
I kinds of bribery and corruption
) and has been for some time.
What they ought to do is to j
- make Mr. Parser name the man. ^
i They cannot compel Lanahan to ^
- come down and testify against
? Evans and those fellows, but j
* they can get him down there if ^
? they prosecute him. If this man, ^
- whoever he is, has any grit in
t him and ih representing Lanaa
lltivi in a .>*/? ? *
...... tu i? icfiuiiiiiic w ay, as lie
3 may have been doinp, then he
i would prosecute Lanahan for
slander. Lanahan is the man (
f they need to feet hold of. He is
3 one of the head devils of the *
t whole stink." i
f . - . 1
> "Hub" Concludes to Saw 1
Wood and Say Nothing. j
'J 1
, Newberry special in the State: ?
i Ilavinfe seen in today's paper i
i that Mr. H. H. Evans was pre- i
I parinfe a card in reply to Mr. C. 1
: 0 Davis's testimony, The State's *
3 representative called on Mr. <
iwans today for the carl. Mr. t
? Evans stated that in view of the c
action oi the governor, directing
; t lie attorney general to institutelj
legal proceeding- against the old
board ot directors of the State j
dispensar/, which he welcomed,!
his counsel advise him to make
no statement through tlie news
papers, and that he had reluct t '
antly determined to act upon f
their advice. Mr. Evans stated, '
however, that he was ready to t
meet any charge which might be '
j preferred against him in any 0
, proceedings instilnted under theU
order ol the governor. m1
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, Mysterious Murder of a Ne- I
gro in Union County. j
t
1' ni ?n special in Gre'Miv He
? ? I
I Daily News : With hands tied *
behind him and teet roped to.
get her, Moso Hughes, colored, j"
I aged about fifty yea' s, w f hi d
i lato yesterday alternoon inTi<*er'
river, in a remote section oi the
countv. sixteen miles from here (
and one mile below Hodges Fens a
li is strongly suspected that he t
i was murdere 1 as a rosu't fit ing l
| thought t?? be implica'ed in m r,
I incendiary burning ??f va-luab'e a
property in that section about
{ April 27, at which time a lynch
Ming was narrowly averted. One
of his sons is now in jail, charg
I ed along with two others, with I
destroying the i roperty.
'<'
Served Him Right.
\ Brave North Carolina Girl
Shoots her Assailant.
Charlotte, N. C., June 10.?
,Vith rare presence of mind Miss
'earl Jones, night telephone opirator
at Selma, N.^C., last night
hot and fatally wounded Hud
Vnderson, a negro, wlto by his
>w njeonlesston,had preinedit ated
ape upon her. Miss Jones heard
loises in the rear of her oflice and
vent to investigate, 'lhe negro
it tacked her and she shot five
imes, several 'bullets taking
illect. Theknegro, wlio will die,
ias made a confession implicatng
a companion. The latter lias
. i i
/coii jiuieu. xii hi? confession
he negro admits I he purpose of
lis errand and attack and says
his is his third attempt to assault
he girl.
The negro has since died.
\ccidentallv Shot his Brother.
Jarolina'Citizen, .Jefferson.
Yesterday afternoon a serious
iccident occurred which came
lear costing a young man liis life.
While handling his gun Bogan
daker. son of Mr. K. E. Baker,
iccidentally discharged it, the
oud taking effect in the right
?
o?w. aim iubbi m nis brother,
Clarence Baker. Drs. Qregory
ind Miller were called and found
t necessary lo amputate two
ingers on the right hand. Nine
diot entered the chest, making
inly flesh wounds. Clarence is
ifteen and Began thirteen years
>f age.
^egro Shot in the Act ot
Stealing Liquor.
Fort Mill special in Charleston
lunday News: .John Mittag, an
Syear-old nejiro. a cocaine
iend, was shot by (Jlnet of Po
ice Dawson Potts in the office of
he Southern Express Company
iere on Thursday nisiht about 12
''clock. Mr. Potts was sleeping
a the otlice to c?tch a thief who
iad been stea'ing whiskey for a
peek or more. The nettro enter
d through a small window and
< so >a as the policeman Hashed
lis ligh* on him, went back
hrough this window. Mr. Potts
hot him as he ran. imhetitwr n?i?
iiiriit Hesli wounds. lie was
ecojiiiized ami was arrested
ex* morning
A Noble Contribution.
It is with great pleasure 1
,(kno ?. ledge the receipt of .f US.50
rum the St. Luke's Alliance to
he Lancaster Con ?derate Menu
nen*. their part of the Alli,!tce
tnn?l.
Al. K. Cauthen.
Treasurer L. (?. I". 1). (J.
K'ljrefield had a )00 lire
iilay. The whole town was at
>ne 'inie threatened.