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* The VOL. 2. NO. 83 SEMI-WEEKLY. The Method;st Conference. The N j Tro\ _ , ?A Prit( Proceedings of the 24th Annual Session of the Rock QyB(e] Hill District Now Being observ< Held in Lancaster. kepi ii , the No] The twenty-fourth session of broglio, the Rock Hill I^io'r'c' Confer- egrams ence met in the Methodistchurch distant m this city Thursday morning. ford, g The opening sermon was develoi preached Wednesday night by itl retu Rev- Henry Cauthen, ol \ork- sages t? ville. idcut h The business session began COnceri Thursday morning at 9 o'clock. COntro\ This session was opened with de an(j g^ votional exercises conducted by gymptc Uh?'Rev. R. E Stackhouse, the Pre- the rai siding Elder. Rey. A. E. Holler. Carolin of Chester, was elected secretary. t0 ^.tt Rev. H. B. Browne, of Colum 8ee ^ bia, the Conference Secretary of uo( Missions, addressed the Confer- trovers ence in the interest of this cause. an(j p Mr Browne is perhaps more re- 8tructi< sponsible for the very marked ernl w advance in the missionary inter 9mooth est in the South Carolina Confer- culty. euce than any member of the 4kTlv Conference, an<l he was heard tary Lc with interest. He reported the napart collection for missions in the gate t State ahead of anything in the ag0. ] past. ' parte t Reports Irom the several char The At ges of the District were called for necess! and the response to this call was torney very encouraging. The spiritual whatev condition of the church was em- entire i phasizetl, and it was brought g0 fHr out that one hundred and twenty gone, five members had been added to dent's the churoh in this district during his not the year. The financial status special of the district is better than it j9 d0n? lias been. More money has been |)e juu ruisfu ioi iii? ?up|iwri ui iiit* nun- ftjcro 1> t 1? * ? I f\ f\* W* ( V. j *** J - 44,.. . ^ H pecially gratifying was the re- rp|)e port on missions. Every charge thorou in the district fias paid its assess- cision 1 v men! lor missions save one or j]e ?; , Jiwo, and these will make full ?0 bac payment before the Animal Con- United ference in November. extent AFTERNOON SESSION. The Conference wfts called to HouS( order in its afternoon session at --Y 4 o'cIock. Uev. S. M. Jones conducted the devotional exercises n? . . ... . .The O lnis session was in the nature ot ... . , 1 ,. the dw an institute, topics being discuss , r-? I* .1 1 he eas ed. Evangelism was the principal topic of the afternoon. It w0 111 was discussed by the following ,n<,'ls'1 ?.i~ . \\r 11 \ _:?:i i> i.1 illg off ^UIll/lOIIll-ll . II , 11 /VI IIIII, l\. IT, Stackhouse, II. K Turnipseed, S M Jones, W B Duncan, Hen- "il~ ry Cauthen, W. A. Fairy, 'u r '' The It. v. Mr. Nettle^ of \h Dl,rini Southern Christian Advocate,was SNC,m' introduced to the Conference. Prof. D. W. Daniel, of Clem- ll"(,or son College, who was in to>vn 11 1 u< | with the Clemson car, was intro- 1M1; 10 dnced and made a telling speech ' in the interest of the Methodists ?)cat of Clemson. Prof. Daniel is an enthusiastic Methodist and is Mr. working hard to huiid a church at ed oil Clemson. about i night tlie Iiev W. II. Arial ?haw. preached. of c^n The Conference will conclude let' a its sessions today. surviv OTTSfH LANCAS1 LEDGER J 852 REVIEW 13?8 LANCASTEI1. S. C? JULY orth Carolina Railroad ||le farmers' IllStitlll able?Teddy Backs Up shard. The Successful Meeting Lancaster Thursday--] r B?y sperial in Oh.rloite tcrtaining and Instruc ?r: President K<>o<evelt A r . , Addresses by Clemson f 1 close touch today with c m, n , , . ? , fessors?T. he Gar Exhib *th Carolina railroad emHe received several tel. , . 1 he Clemson College ex during the day Irom As- . , , . . ^ , ,, sion work car arrived at Lau Attorney General ban- ... , . . ' . , , . . ter Wednesday night and lying details ot the latest , , , ,. . visited by large numbers ot jmeiits in the situation.? T. . . . citizens of the town and coi rn the President sent mes., 0 .. , ?u r? rbursday. 1 note who vi3 Mr. ban ford, the Lrcs.... . the car found many things f< as manilested the deepest . .. .. . terest and instruct them, l in the outcome ol this . . ? , , departments of work at Clen ersy between the federal .... . . are represented, and many \ site courts. When the first ' ' J nh A nrippl ipconni! om '< > ' ' m ot I net ion arose over ~ J ~v "*v , , XT a thorough inspection of the ilroad situation in North r ia, the President seut word , ? , Thursday, at 11 o'clock,a f; orney General Bonaparte . , , , , . 11 . j rt era institute was held in the c what could be done, tie ., f house, at which three ol ; relish the idea of any con, . .. 0i . Clnmson professors made y between the .State , , , ' , , . . dresses, lhe meeting was cf ederal courts and his in- . , _ , ~ to order bv Judge D. A. >ns to the Attorney Gen? . . Iiams, who acted as chairi ere to use every ellort to .. and after a speech imnres i out the threatened dim- r upon the farmers the import 0 President," said Secre- of studying their profession . ,eb, todav, "told Mr. Bo- cl"sel''- produced Prof. J , , . .. Harper, w ho spoke interest! a to thoroughly investi- K f . , , and clearlv Jo the tarmers a he situation several days J ,, , .. , manv things of importance. He authorized Mr. bona- " ' o do whatever he saw fii. Piead for deePer l'low'n- lo' torney General thought ii P"rI>o'es of mixing the clay .ry io send Assistant At- SOil with ",e 8Ur,H,!6 8'dl 80 1 General Sanlord and P"1 the (;r0'""1 ?ood m,,c erhedoesw.il have the ical condition. and enable Bupport of the President. hold Onger. He si as the proceedings have e<l 8,,il imPr'"ement, rotatir they met will, the I'resi- cr0Ps- a"d ll,c ec"no,nlc 1,9 approval. The Preaideut oomrnercial fertilizers. The , .. , er feeding ol stock was also t given Mr. Bonaparte any ; . .. A.r. . discussed. Prof. Harper's instructions. Whatever r ? President Roosevelt will w:,s v r>' '"s""ctlv"' ancl ? V advised. That -soil tlml 10 resu" h Praotical ' s to say so far as the Pre. fll to tl,B IW P M P +?- f..ll - i, I , Iv - tiOlk ? V s ouucerneu." i length about commerci d f? president, it is sa.d, is alily satisfied with the de izer'' ,' 8!'>>Je?' ?? ?h,?h ?" f of jpdge Pritehard. erH aIM vi,aMv tested. , i .. . j i , explained fully the needs ot I itanda ready, it is declared, ' J 1 tl " ... ,. food, and the method bv w k up the position of the , |, . plants get their food. Lie to States court to the fullest 1 . wa , , tlie various combinations o! of rederal power. , _ , food elements, and expla ;s Struck by Lightning lhe "flrecls of ll,e8e- He,"r< bung Lady Stunned. the '",in,t llml f?tilizers ar. intended to take tiie plac jttevil'e, N. U. special in work. The relative value bserver : Lightning struck cotton seed meal and other oiling of C. O. Bullaid on tdi/ers were clearly set fort I ?t side of ('ape Fear river, that, tlio-e who heard the s] iles from tOyvn, partly de- er went away with a much c ing the chimney and tear- er i lea of his perplexing f i the weather boarding. Miss x'r <iueslion. i Bullard, who was stand- l'rot. 1). Vv Daniel, the Iront of a bureau braiding speaker, earnestly discuste 1 air, was badly stunned, subject of Industrial Educa ; the same storm a large making a strong plea lor t ?* re tiee on the Wilmirtg- J ucation of the workers o id was struck, a hog lying ! world along the lines that it was killed, and a cor- lives must take, lhe sp* is knocked off the adjoin- showed conclusively the ad use of Nancy .lories, color- tages of education in general ot industrial educdiou in pi *"" " ' 1 ular. lie Dlead earnesilv h in Kershaw County. b< tter rural schools an i h pay for teachers,and showed Sarunel V incont, who liv \t w is better ana cheaper to Mr. .1. 11. Estndge'* place country people to unite in b lour miles south of Ker- >"? "1> KooJ hi*h schools tin (lied Sunday, the 14th inn, """f 10 ,ow" *du??le f .. . .. children. KOhI.oi. of 11.0 brain. He The meetlD({ wft9 weU at widow and two daughters ed by many of the most ing.? Kershaw Era. gressive farmers ot the coui ~ER N ENTERPRISE J 891 27- <907 PAK Tragedy in New York--Man i Kills Young Woman and in Shoots Down a Friend. En tive N?w York, July '25.?A sen">ro shooting in which a young woman los! her life, a man was critically injured and the fen llves ol several oilier persons icms- were endangered, occurred here waa!,ol'av* Charles Warner, a former ,|le merchant, whom the police be inly 1 '^ve to insane, shot down and ifed ' instantly killed Miss Esther in_' Norling, a voting woman, wifhout seeming cause, in a store on nson West Forty-second street and ralu- ",eM with a smoking revolver in from k'8 hand fled through the crowdex ed thoroughfare and under the c>ver of a fusillade which he arm- discharged at his pursuers, made lim PRO.HnA t hrnilrrli t Imili^inrr ourt ^ fo" "u"u,,,s I the l^le ^Patilding sporting goods a(j_ firm to West Foity-third street, illed where he eluded the pursuing Wil- P?l'ce for nearly three hours onman, ^ to suddenly appear in tfie (sing store ?f John C. Wilson, a friend ance on uPPer broadway, where he nore 8'10f Wilson twice after making f ^ a request tor a stnall loan, ngly Wilson was turning to get the bout mo"ey when the bullet struck jqe him down. Warner pushed aside . j|ie 'he employes and ran into the sub- 8'rt*elo where his flight was endis to by a blow on the head Irom a han- tri,ckman. Warner was taken j0 into custody by the police, ress- Wilson was taken to the >n of hospital, where it was said this e of H^erooon that his condition was >rop- Crh'cal. Business troubles are ably beheved to have disordered Wartalk "er'S m'"dught ~ "1 *" ' ' ,e(io Mysterious Death of a Brakeman at Salisbury. 1 . i ?rtil- Salisbury spe ial in The Obser arm- ver: b M. Carter, a white brake llt. man on southbound freight- train >lant was killed here t<? night rhich shortly betore 12 . o'clock by Id of being run over by the northbound [ f|)e fast mail iNT >. 3S. There is a great lined deal of mystery about the death .1 i v t 1 It /\ it/vim i? 'Pi. c 1 L a ssi'ii v" juuii!; luiiii, i im iroigni ^ not was 0,1 }1 sidin;r wail inn for 33 to e o' p?ss, the trainmen sitting on tHo is ol track talking during the wait. fer- When the train was approaching |)f so all the men got tip, the engineer >eak saying that he saw Carter get up oar- from tlie track. It was not Known riiIi- that he had been struck till his body was found aMer 38 passed, last Carter was about 25 years oi age the and was well thougln-of hy all tion, who knew him. J ed , M , f lu' Dentist Broke Rib Pulling their _ . , 100th. mket Yorkville special in tlie News ' U( and Courier: Or, M. W. White, a ^ heal d.'utisi, broke one of bin eit.-r ribs the other nieht while engaliow g?d in extracting a tooth for a pa ir the tun'. The too! h win a <iillicult on uild- to handle and the doctor pre^8 in to e,j j,jH sj,|e ^,H) lie a v i 1 y airidnst the tM " operating chair, lie got the toolli tend- h,m1 19 suffering no storipro ?u? inconvenience from a broker nty. rib. % CWQ JL~J V? ^ :E?FIVE CENTS PEU COPY. A Union Mystery--Ser Fires in One Houst Union .special in the Col Slate: A r.mar kale series ( en unusual, mysterious,?v< canny fires occurred last in tli? short -pa'e oi an ho half, at tlm homo of Mr. Wix of Buffalo. ; It se"ins Jh it last e^ | about 7.30 it was disc* that there was a lire in the upstair* rooms The li in a bed and by the time; the mattresses and bed cli were gotten to and throw they were practically med. After everything had a atitly been extinguished, ir the surprise of everyone, in io mmuies tiie odor oi sore burning was again noticer vestigation showed that a t.h? same room but entirely from the one burned was : This was thrown out thorough searcli of ever was then made. No tr matches or burning m seemed left. IJardly had everything easy when the attention > traded by smoke and i found that the in?ideof a < in t he same room was ablaz almost everything was c< ed. Following this mysteiio in a few minutes attenlii drawn to a p.loset in auo? he] which had be^n shut up to time and which was appi tightly closed. Inside tl clothes were found to b( ing. While the blaze was bei out the bed in another rooi i si airs was lound to be abi Following this in a fir utes fire was di covered I .o'ber place, and this mori noon the house is agf tiie. Pleasant Hill Iterr Mrs. E. II Beckham ai dren of Branchyille S. visiting her sister, Mrs. Beckham. Mrs. W. A. Beckham o 11 ill i< visiting her siste M L. Becknam. Miss Sue M irshall ar 1) ?i-y (Jauthen and brothe tea E trl Cauthen, are visit former's sister, Mrs Nann i i* i r i mams, (?i lversnaw. Miss Luell i Beckham 1 iurne 1 home Ir an an e> vi it her sister, Mrs. Watson, of Ivorshaw. <1 ; Pleasant Hill, .July -<r>. i What Does it Mca . Buriisville Kagl". One day this week w ! ^irl meet a number of <?tl i and hold up two lingers - evidently means some'hi i with the nirls; with tlio , m*ans "Let's go swiinmin S m I 1 ? ies of 5. lumbia of sevL* II Ullniuht ur and John . , < r trailing overed <v one of re was all the oi hing rn out coneu 1' ippearmch to i about lethiug 1. Inbed in r apart ablaze. and a y thing ace of aterial Bel tied vas att was iresser :e, and )iisumus fire uu was r room, r some irently lis tbe 3 burnin;: put n down use. w minin annum at tin on IS. id cliilC., are M. L. *? f Rock r, Mrs. d Miss r, Masinthe ie Wilms ret tended Sallio iex1) in? o saw a ler tifls That ng elso hoys it,