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The Lancaster News * LEDGER >852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 vol. 2. NO. 16. SEMI-WEEKLY; LANCASTER. S. C.. DECEMBER I 1906 PRICE?FIVE CENTS PER copy. The Rev. S. N. Watson. The Work being Accomplished by the well known Baptist Minister who is the Pastor of Five Churches? The Growing Town of Heath Springs. S. E. Bon y in tli Baptist Preen. Rev. Sam N. Watsou, pastor oI the Heath Springs Baptist church, is a worker with tew peers in the State. He is pastor for five churches, preaches three sermons every Sunday in the year, drives many mile3 to reach his pa?forate8. Heath Springs gets its name from Mr. B. 1) Heath, one oi the most prominent men behind the business interests of the town, and the mineral springs about a half mile distant. It jp on the Southern, in Lancaster county, eleven miles from Lan caster court house. Heath Springs is a very pretty vinage, wun about four hundred inhabitants, well la'dofT streets, good business, plenty of beautiful shade trees, and a business air that is befittinsra much larger town The '-four hundred" live in Heath Springs and they live not on mere pretense and sham. It is indeed, a most pleasant place for a home. I'astor Sam N. Watson, is not simply a good preacher and ex cellent pastor?he is a first cla^s carpenter as well. With his own hand he made a handsome pul( * pit and gave to his church. According to the catalogs of church 5^ furniture, this pulpit would cost p (monk) a round seventy dollars,] . and it is no makeshift either; ra'her, it would be a credit to the most skilled wood workman. The Heath Springs church is aliv6 in every sense of the word. For years, the beloved Jno. S Croxtou was its pastor, and under his ministry the church made rapid strides in keeping apace with the times. No less true is this of the present pastor. Among the visible results of his labors i9 a remodeled "church building freshly painted, a new pulpit, new pulpit chairs, chandeliers, a modern communion service, and one hundred members added to tno church. Tne pj >p!e love brother VVatson and imhnlrl him in every undertaking. A man starting out to iind an j all-round {rood fellow, could sate, i ]y stop after meeting Rev. S im j Watson. He is a tine preacher, a g >od pastor, a born leader, an up-to-date carpenter, a royal host, and an interesting talker; added to this, lie is as fond of a day's hunt as the next man. Brother Watson, in company with Brethren Yarborou^h, of Fort Lown, and J. Q Adams, of Charlotte, are going out on a week's hunt, camping as they go, some time during the month of December. Much fun and success to thepe sportsmen! ( The Heath Springs Baptist y 4 church was founded in 1889 Bro. Watson has been its pasto for i-ixyftr-, an 1 he wear well Hs people 1 >ve him and ioia\ he is stronger with them thai when he came. The member ship at present is one hundred and seventy six, about a hundrec having been added during th present ministry. For two year Bro. Watson resided in L\ncas. ter and p eached for this church; for tour > ears he has made lieatl Springs his home and a good comfortable home it is too. Here again the brother exercis?d some ot his mechanical turn and trans formed an old house into a large commodious and convenient dwelling. Five churches have Brothei Watson as pastor. These are Heath Springs, Benver Creek White Bluff, Antioch and Union The writer visited Beaver Creel with the pastor on the third Sun ?av ?n November. Without ex lepiion, this church is locatet in the prettiest grove to be foum anywhere. The congregatioi here is large, in consderatior of the fact that it is only foui miles from Heath Springs. Breth ren Blackmon, Hammond, Ilil Hard, Young and Harris, wen among those it was my pleasun to meet at this church. Beavei Creek is prol-ablv over fifty yean o d, snd time lias dealt Kindl) with it. The church is situated 011 the old road that Genera Sherman p issed over on his way through to North Carolina. Ot this road is the famous "anvil' rock, known far and wide. Tlu massive boulder is about tei feet high, a perfect anvil in shape and shows by the side-marks thai iv Tvaauij\;e uciionin i lie HUriHCt of tlie surrounding grounds. Young Man Interferes Whilt Father is Beating His Mother and is Fatall> Stabbed--Mother Slashec With Same Knife. Sneads, Fla., Nov. *28.?Tho mas Yon was fatally stabbed ai Comfort, near here, last night b) bis father Highdon A. Yon. The senior Yon, who had been drink ins, was beating his wife whet the son interfered, The tathei drew his knife and stabbod the yountr man just under the hear and in the breast. lie then cui Mrs. Yon an ugly gash on tin face, ilie blade penetrating tin cheek and splitting her tongue Highdon V >n was immediatelj arrested and taken to Marianna Thomas Yon died this morn ing. Mrs. Yon is related t< some of the best tamilies in Jack son county. w * Gov.-Elect Ansel Appoint; Private Secretary. Greenville special in The Sta'e ?Gov.-Fleet Martin F. Ansel an nounead today the appointnien of Mr. A. J. Bethea of Darling ton, the private secretary to tin governor, and Miss Alice Hen dorson, the private stenographei to the governor. i A Brilliant Wedding. 'j The Happy Marriage in Clii 1 ton Wednesday Afternoc of Mr. D. Reece William ! of the Lancaster Bar, an Miss Rose E. Bailey, or of Clinton's most Charmin Young Ladies. i Reported for The News. % > The First Presbyterian churc ^ ofjClinton was a scene of sylva beauty and dazzling splendt j Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 28t inst., when the lives ot Miss Ros Kllen Bailey, of Clinton,and M r David Reece Williams, of Lai . caster, were bound togetln willi tlia i?..1.1? ' ...... .iiv/ mmuB ui we? lock. . The church chancel had bee garlanded by artistic and lovit hards, with tropical palms an ] gorgeous yellow chrysanth ) munis. j From the organ loft was su , pended an immense golden wei r ding hell, and candles ensconce in golden candelabra shed a so glow over the enchanted seen , Promptly at rive o'clock tl * organ pealed forth and from tl . choir gallery came the melody < , swoet voices blended in the ha , moniou-' Wedding Chorus. * I the same time the spacious door I on each side of the chancel, wei r thrown open and the bridosmah J entered by twos, the couph ? parsing each other in the cent' j aisle marched to the rear of tl j church, where the gooomsme awaited them, t The ushers, Mr. C. P. Baile ; of Clinton, and Hon. T. Yance Williams, of Lancaster, then ei tered from the rear of the churc] inarched down the leit aisle an took positions on the right < j the chancel. Mr. Neville an | Dr. Young, both of Clinton, catr down the riaht aisle and occi pied the lelt. The bridesman and groomsmen loliowed do* ^ the right and lett aislea in tl 7 following order : Miss Irby, < i Laurens, with Mr. George Heat * of Lancaster ; Miss Neville, < 1 Clinton, with Mr. D. I). McCal of Bennettsville ; Miss Carolir Jones, of Newberry, with 1) Robt. Brown, of Lancaster; Mi Duelly, of Charleston, with M Silas Bailey, of Clinton; Mi: Katherine Copeland, of State ville, N. C., with Prof. L. B?k~*r, of Columbia; Miss Clai Ducket, of Clinton, with Pro Graham, of Clinton. ) iVf 1 u a lw uf Uari i?/? 1 i 11 2 - lioilirilllt' l?l"(Ul, I't \jlll ton, came down the center aisl followed by Dr. Cantzon Fostc of Orangeburg. They took pot 5 tions in the center of the artis' 1 group which had b >en formed t the preceding couples. Ne: : came the little flower girl-: Holt - Hughes, of Lancaster, nie< t of the groom, with Helen Baile of Clinton, cousin of the brid 9 followed by Corinne Vance ar - and Mercie Bailey, both of Cli r ton, and cousins of the brid The four little cherubs took p sit o is in front of the entir group. Then came the queenl; bride with the fluid of honor "1- Miss Copeland, of Statesvi'-le N in They were met at the altar b; s the groom and his brother, Mr ' J. O. Williams of N. V., win 1 approached from the left of tin le chancel. And there, while tin ig rays of heaven's most brillian s in were fading into eilverj twinkling stare, the vows' f thes? two young people were plightei and pealed with the marriagf ring in the presence of a larg< n and interested audience The Rev 1r Dr .Iacob9 of Clinton spoke tin wor s which changed the rnrren Jli ot their converging lives int< r- one common and lasting chan 11" nel. ?r The bride was gowned in at elegant, duchess satin, en train, with old point lace trimmings HI % 1 Her filmv veil was held in piac< )g 1 j by a coronet of lilies of-the-vallej and a diamond harvest moon,t hi 0. gift ol the groom. She carrieii a shower ot bride ro-es. The s . bridesmaids wore white mousse line over yellew tatfeta and car ,(l . - - ?ion wuiujxtjis 01 goiuen chvsiiii themums tied with white gauze The llower girls wore creationi 1(3 of sheer lawn and round threat le , lace. rjf ; ) The britle and croom left ira r. mediately on the North bouiu U t ain,their wedding itinerary he 1 ing undiscl* sed" alter the legen re , dary custom of ;4Ye Olden Times The bridal party was served j a8 i t sumptuous wedding hreakfas 3r at high noon Wednesday morn le ing at the residence of t he bride' parents,Mr. and Mrs. i'u'sy Sila Bailey. Tin presents were handsome ' v and numerous, giving but laint expression to the uulimited po [Hilarity of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liams. j{ 1,1 Death of One of the Recen Candidates for Secretary o u State. 1 n PAlnmlu.. \f ? *f 1 ?? VU1UIHUIII 1VCV/UK1 . mr. 1.. iVl ie It agin, formerly a state senate yf from Clarendon county, who wa l( one of the candidates tor the of ' tice of secretary of State in tin ' recent campaign, died this morn '' inn at his home,1420 Lady Street *e as the result of paralysis. He w? r. stricken with the fatal malad; ri6 Monday and little hope had heei r felt for his recovery at any tim since then. ss s n The Supreme Court lias mad permanent its temporary injunc I tion restraining the Kershai county board of control froi opening a dispensary in th 11' town of Kershaw. r, The two great religious bodie ii- of the state in session this weel ic the Methodist Conference, in Cc >v lumhia, am? the Hapiisi Couveti tion, in Spartanburg, ?re iinusu mi ally largely at ended. Bisho 3e A. C. Wilson, of Baltimore, i iy presiding over the deliberation e, of the Methodisis aiul Mr. C. A id Smith, of Timnionsvilla, is pre? 11- identof the Baptist Convention e. Tlie famous Creighton case is be o fore the Conference again. ?==. B President Spencer Killed. ? The Head of the GreatSouthern Railway System One v of the Victims of a Wreck on his Own Road ?Several i a Others Killed ?Party was on a Hunting Trip. t Washiogt mi, Nov. 20-?President Samuel Spencer, of the j Southern railway, and lour guej|j j in his private car were killed in , a frightful wreck on that road early this morning and a dozen } persons were injured at Lawyer's, t v?( With a party of officials and other guests, Mr. Spencer was traveling south on a train that left Washington late last night. 1 Tiny occupied a special car on ' t lie rear of the train, which, while making a slop for repairs, was crushed into by a passenger train fiom the rear. I The dead are Samuel Spencer, of Washington, president of the Southern railway; Philip Schuyler, of New York, a retired capitalist; Watt Davis, ot Washington n li'lpitrunl, - , ? ? "f1 upcmiur, <i in.in believed to be Francis T. Iledj wood, a Baltimore banker; and an unknown man. Chas. 1). Fisher, a member of a Baltimore j commission firm, is missing. The injured are 10. A. Morrill, of New York, secretary to President . ,, Spencer, and a number of colored men, members of the crews of the . private car and the Pullmans, t The resp >nsibility for the disa?ter lias not been fixed, but it is believed to have been due s either to negligence of the oper, ator in allowing the second pas? sentier train to run by the block and crash into the preceding one, which had stopped for repairs, or ,<% ? to the failure of the brakeman on the first train to go back and / t The engine of the second traij}^ crashed clear thiough Preside^' Spencer's car and into the ? , ahead. * r Immediately afterwards 9 wreckage took lire. It r' b .02.. ble that some bodies ^ajt mated. President Speis v -pie was badly burned bef^ a taken out. All of i y were taken to Lynch 11 wreck special, e One Negro Kills e Spartan"'* ' S arranburg sr.* n ' . , C server: At th* i gross, Mary A j Liberty street liei >8 ' Barker was stabh Jesse Whitmire. ' ?? ) in a light oyer some , i- ter. Barker's jogular i- severed, death ensuing ~ Ox.., iwi? ?* ' J> ion Iinillimu ^Vllllllliro lifts J "J is been caught. The dead mail aful s his sla> er are colored. i- ?The vouug people of I.an- , i. caster had a pleasant, dance > Thursday night at the Jones House.