The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 01, 1906, Image 1
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(
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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
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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.
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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.
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> 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
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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.
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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.
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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.