The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 01, 1906, Image 1
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VOL. 2. NO. 16. SEMI-WEEKL
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The Rev. S. N. Watson. ?
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The Work being Accomplish- U
ed by the well known Bap- 11
tist Minister who is the r*
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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
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county, eleven miles trom L?n
caster court house. ...
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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
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h w- ^ t ; i v
Lanc
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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
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:aster
REVIEW 1R7X ThWTtjdddtcc K
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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
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"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??.
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* 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
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