The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 27, 1907, Image 1
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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.
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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,