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The VOL. 2. NO. 16. SEMI-WEEKL I The Rev. S. N. Watson. ? f( The Work being Accomplish- U ed by the well known Bap- 11 tist Minister who is the r* 81 Pastor of Five Churches-The Growing Town of h Heath Springs. P li S. E. Bon v in tli Baptist I'.osb to Rev. Sam N. Watsou, pastor ot the Heath Springs Baptist ^ church, is a worker with few Hi peers in the State. lie is pastor for five churches, preaches three ^ sermons every Sunday in the C( year, drives many miles to reach ^ his pastorates. Heath Springs pets its name \\ fr >m Mr. B. 1) Heath, one o? jj the most prominent men behind ^ the business interests of the p town, and the mineral springs w al>nut a half mile distant. It is ,i. i 1 on the Southern, in Lancaster i * I county, eleven miles trom L?n caster court house. ... <1' Heath Spsings is a very pretty h, village, with about tour hundred 0| inhabitants, well la'd oil streets, ni good busine s, plenty ot bcauti- rt lu shade trees, and a business air that is befitting a much larger ai town The "lour hundred" live |n in He?th Springs and they live ( 11 ?t on mere pretense and sham. 0 It is indeed, a most pleasant w place for a home. m Pastor Sam N. Watson, is not SI simply a good preacher and ex U cellent pastor?lie is a first chns t] carpenter as well. With his own j rr hand he mane a hauiiajme uul-im pit and gave to his church. Ac- fe cording to the catalogs of church ai furniture, this pulpit would coat it (in oak) a round seventy dollars, of i* and it is no make shift either; ra'her, it would he a credit, to ths most. skilled wood wo'km in. The ilea'h Springs church is | alive 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 n* apace with the times. No less C true is this of the present pastor hi Among the visible results of his 9* labors is a remodeled "church i' building freshly painted, a new 11 pulpit, new pulpit chairs, chande- '1' liera, a modern communion ser- >*' vice, and one hundred members jai added to the church. T ie p? >p!e M love brother Watson and uphold f' him in every undertaking. , *-*1 A man starting out to lind an H all-round good fellow, en.ml-ai -- !l1 ]y stop after meeting liov. Sun Watson, lie is a due preacher, a g ?od pastor, a horn leader, an ' S( up-to-date carpenter, a royal 1 9( host, and an interesting talker; j added to this, he is as fond of a q day's hunt as the next man Brother Watson, in company with Brethren Yarhorou h. of Fort Lown, and J. *,> Adams, of ? Charlotte, are going out on a n< week's hunt, camping as they of go. some time durinsr the mnnili I/ ot December. Much fun an 1 sue- m cess to he^e aporfsnien! <1< 1* The Heath Springs Baptist tr f h w- ^ t ; i v Lanc 1 cnrro ion i Y. LANCASTE liurch was founded in 1889. | ^ bo. Wafon has been its pastor] ir j-ixy ^ar-:. an 1 lie wo ir w?dl. [ s pe ?pl?; 1 >ve him and to iay The e is stronger with tlieni titan ^0] hen he came. The member- | lip at present is one hundred . ud seventy six, about a hundred iving bt-en add <1 during til resent ministry. For two year- of ro. Waisen resided in L tncas-, ;r and p eached for this church; ?r lour > ears he has made Heath prings his home and a good, imfortable home if is too. Here ^ gain tire brother exercised some his mechanical turn and trans- *),>}Ul1 rrmed an old house into a large ^ e(^! immodious and convenient ,nst > welling. Ellen rive churches have Brother 1/avi< 1 atson as pastor. These are: cas,e [eath Springs, Beaver Creek. wi'h 'l.ite Bluff, Antiochand Union. he writer visited Beaver Creek ^'1( ith the pa?t'?r on the third Sun- "ar'a' iv mi Nov -mher. Wiihout e\. option, this chinch is located "(,rge i the prettiest gmve to be found ni,,m ay where. The congregation ^ r< ?r?is larj:ef in cons deration pe'Hh the fact that it is only four ilos from Heath Springs. B.eth- 1,1 -n Blackmon, Hammond, Hil- gl?w ^ , ) i j I'r< Hiu, <tim !<? is, were nong those it w is my pleasure or^ran ? meet at this church. Beaver ch"ir reek is prot thlv over fifty years 8WUL'' d, Mid time his dealt Kindly nioni< ith it. The church is situated ^ie i tfie old road t hat (ieneral ?n eai " lierman p ??sed over on his way | Uirow trough to North Carolina. On en'er< lis road is ilie famous "anvil" pnssn ?ck. known far and wide. The a'9le lassive boulder is ahout ten enure et high. a perfect anvil in shape, awa>t id shows bv the side-marks that Th was once beneath the surface of Cli tlie surrounding grounds. Willi tered oung Man Interferes While m"(1 Father is Beating His touk Mother and is Fatally c Stabbed--Mother Slashed ,)r- ^ With Same Knife. down pied i Sueads, Fla., Nov. J2S. ? Tho- an,i , as Yon was fatally stabbed at t|,e rj onifort, near here, last night by f0llov is father Highdon A. Yon. The Laure inior Yon, who had been drink- Qj j/f IK, was beating his wife when nii,?o le son interfered, The father 0f pe row his knife and stabbed the'jonea aunir man just under the heart Kobt. id in the breast. He then cut Duell rs. Yon an ugly cash on the Silas ice. the blade penetrating theKatln ieek and splitting her tongue, yille, Iighdi> t Y ?n was immediately B,k.M rrested and taken to Marianna-, Duck Thomas You died this morn ! (drain ij:. Mrs. Yon is related to. une of the best families in Jack- ton, c in county. # tollov of Or # ov.-Elect Ansel Appoints tio?s Private Secretary. grouj the <ireenvill-- sp* cinl in The Sta'e: 1 came -Gov. Fleet Martin F. Ansel an- Hugl minced today fho appointment I of the Mr. A. .1. Betlioa of Darling- of Cli ?n, the private secretary to the tollov ivernor, and Miss Alice Hen- and .\ arson, tlie private stenographer ton, i > the governor. The I V -y - ; :aster REVIEW 1R7X ThWTtjdddtcc K _ .. ? w, v ji <x ^ x iwl\X i\ii C R, S. C., DECEMBER I 1906 , Brilliant Wedding. fit 018 }" f,t" group. 1 hen Ci brile with tlie Happy Marriage in Clin- Miss Copeland, ri Wednesday Afternoon C f hey were in Mr. D. Keece Williams, 'he ttr0?"' _ J. O. Williams the Lancaster Bar, and a.,proSched ,rol iiss Rose E. Bailey, one chancel. And t Clinton's most Charming rays of heuvon' mng Ladies. 8we,'e f ,d' twinkling siars. I two young peop rted for The News. i nd teilled wj, e First Presbyterian church i ring jn 1110 pres nton was a scene of sylvan 1 anj interested at y and dazzling splendor d,. .Jacobs of 01 lesday afternoon, Nov. 2Sth j WOr s which clu when tlie lives ot .Miss Rosa|0j th^i,- r>r>01 Bailey, ot Clinton,and Mr. ono common at 1 Reece Williams, ol Lan- nej r, were bound together , . , the golden chords ot wed ,n< * Wa elegant duchess , , , , , , , with old point e church chancel had been ,, , , . . ii- i I or filmy veil v tided bv artistic anil loving ... . by a coronet of li 3, witn tropical palms and , .. ,. , . and a diamond 1 oils yellow chrvsanthegift ot tbe grooi 3. I , . , a shower ot br )tn the organ loft was sus I, . . , , . , , bride-maids woi 3d an immense golden wed bell, and candles ensconced in^()N< r>L ' 1,1... can.lelahr, sho.1 ? snf "?>' bouquHs of , , tiiemums lied v over the enchanted scene. . . . . , , , I he tlower giro imptly at five o clock the , . , , , , , , o( sheer lawn ar i pealed forth and from the , , . . lace, gallery came the nielodv ot * . . ... , ,* 1 he bride and voices blended in the liar- .. , . ..... mediately on tl 3U3 Wedding Chorus. At . . t am,their wedc une tune the spacious doors, . , , ., . , , , . , ing undiscl sed' ch side ot the chancel, wen* . , darv custom of ' n open and the bridesma'd-" ... \ , , ihe hndal pn ed bv twos, the couples . , sumptuous wei ig each other in the center . . . , , . at high noon \V marched to the rear of the . . . ing at the resi le h, where the gooonistnen " ,, , parents,Mr. and ed t hem. .. .. liaiiey. e ushers, Mr. V. P. Bailey, Th, preBelU9 nlon, and Hon. T. Yancey and numerouS) , ams, of Uncaoter, then en- ex,ire,si()11 to tl from tl.e rear of lite church, (luI(lrl,y ?f Ml ieci down the leit aisle ami positions on the right of ihancel. Mr. Neville and Death of Qne oung, both of Clinton, came Candidates the riizht aisle and occu State the lett. The bridesmaid** ? groomsmen followed down Columbia lte< gilt and left aisles in the it agin, formerly ring order: Miss Irby, of from Clarendon nw, will, Mr. Gcor?e Heath, on* tl,e c"ndi ... .. ... , tice of secretary mcaster; Miss Neville, of ' recent cauipaigi >11, with Mr. D. I). McCall, jnirrtt his home, nnettsville ; Miss Caroline as the result, of | i, of Newberry, with Dr. stricken with t Brown, of Lancaster; Miss Monday and litt V, of Charleston, with Mr. felt {o\ his re<'? ... since then ojtwny, oi uniiton; Miss arine Copeland, of Slates N. O., with Prof. L. T The 'S"Pro,ne r, of Columbia; Mis. Clara permanent its t et, of Clinton, with Prof. {'vm 'eatraininj .. .... eouiitv board nil, of Clinton. opening n di" is Katheritie P.ean, oi Clin towll ,lf Ker3|ia same down the center aisle. ?ved by Dr. Cant/on Foster, The two grea angeburg. They took posi- of the state 111 s< in the center of the artis'ie the Methodist C > which had h-en formed by'lumbia, and the preceding couples. Next tion, jn Spartai tli * litt It* (lower girl : Helen'ally largely at les, o' Lancaster, niece A. C. Wilson, i groom, with Helen Pailey presiding over in ton, cousin >! the bride, of the Methodisi red by Corinne Vance and Smith, ot Tim 11 lercie Pailey. both ol Clin-' ident ot the Hap and cousins of the bride. | The famous Cre our little cherubs took po I fore the Confer* 7 ? ? "N. T"niTrr, iNnw. m ___ PRICE-FIVE CENTS PEI t;|Resident spen ?t at the altar bv er"Railway < his brother, Mr. of the Victims ol N. V., who on his ?wn R< 11 the left of the Others Killed here, while the on a Hunting s most brilliant 11 ^ into silvery! Washi iirt >n, No the vows ' f thes*- nil* I Spe le were plighted Southern railway, a h the marriage!*11 h's private car w ence of a large a Rightful wreck i early this morning i(Hence The Rev I pergoll8 were injure linton spoke l"e ; yn mged the current , ^yith a party < rging lives intoI ^ Mr> id lasting chan"ltraveHnfe south on 1 left Washington la ? gowned in an >v occupied a s satin, en train, rear of the train lace trimmings. maUing a stop for vas held in place C1.ushed into by a 1 lies of-the-valley flonl the rear, larvest moon,'he 1 ,iead are ^at n. She carried 1 ^ Washington, pr* ide ro?e^. 1 lie I Southern railway; re white mousse-1 nj \Jew York, a talVeta and car-j taUsr, Watt Davis golden chysan-1 n, a telegraph of rith white gauze-1 believed to he Fra ? wore creH^oasI wood, a Raltimore id round thread i ^ unuUown man Fisher, a member ci I groom left im-1 cominiSsion firm, is ie North boUnd|iniured arft F A A nut; itinerary dq- * ' alter the legen. V,,rk? secretary Ye Olden Times" sPe,,ce?'- and a nun irty was served a men> '"embers of tl Iding breakfast Priva,e car and the ednesday morn- T1,e resP msibilii nice of ?he bride's as"tor l'as "ol been Mrs. Luf sy Silas 's believed to in either to negligenc were handsome allowing th tiving but taint seili:er train to run ie unlimited po- a,1(l crash into the '.and Mrs. Wil- which had stopped to the failure ot tIn ? the first train to of the Recent for Secretary ol Tlie e,,thne of tli crashed clear thiol ? Spencer's car and *ord: Mr. L. M. ahead. a state senator Immediately at county, who was wreckage took fire dates lor the ot- , , ot State in the b'8 lhat 80me ho( l, died this morn m?ted. President 5 1420 Lady Street, waH badly burned paralysis. He was taken out. All r he fatal malady were taken to Ly le hope had been wreck 8peciai very at anv iimo I ? . One Negro Kill: Court ha? made Spartan^ einporarv injunc- I ? : the Kershaw c , C , . -s arranhurg si ot control from . , ~ ipensary in 'ho s,'r^eI* A1 thO? w. gross, Mary A ?? Liberty street hei t religious bodies Barker was stabb ession this week, -Jesse Whitmire. onference, in Co- in a tight oyer son; baptist C'onven- ter. Barker's .j 'm iJ>nr_r. are unusu- severed, death <* s t ended. Bishop few minutes Wh of Baltimore, is been caught. 1 lie the deliberations his sla\ er are color Is and Mr. C. A. - ?? u nsville, is pres- ?The young \ itist Convention, caster had a p] lgliton case is be- Thursday night mee again. House. J* * v'. < YA iM??. / ' ' ''v." ' ' / 1 s * COPY. cer Killed. Gcreat Southsystem One of a "Wreck Dad ? Several ? Party was Trip. v. 20 I'resincer, of the nd lour gue* it rere killed in on that road and a dozen d at Lawyer's, >f officials and Spencer was a train that te last night. pecial car on i, which, while repairs, was >assenger trai n muel Spencer, s dent of the Philip Schuyi retired capi, ot Washinglerator; a man ncis '1'. I it-11? lianl'u 1 wuiinvi, u i iv* . Chas. I). ?l a Baltimore * missing. The lerrill, of New to President . lbor of colored lie crews of t lie Pullmans, ty lor the distixed, but it ?ve been due e of the opere second pas* by the block preceding one, for repairs, or b brakeman 011 back and { ie second trajjj ^ ugh Preside^ * into the o" I terwardf r . It * iies v ?'' s salt >peK* bef K\* >t ncL V ie i! nr uiim itmiro ha* j dead mini ahd ' ed. ^ )eop!e of Lan* eaeant dance at the Jones IJk& ?, ..wjt yr>. f' , 4 iJPxXv ? t'Aol