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VOlj. 2. NO. 84. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., JULY 31. 1907 DfJif.F ?-!t'P ppimtc ncn rnnu
News in Brief.
A fire at, Coney Island Sunday
destroyed nearly a million dollars.*
worth of properly, sweeping seven
blocks Rev. David M. I
Ramsey, pastor of the Citadel!
Square Baptist church of Charleston,
has accepted a call lo
Richmond. . . .Rev. W. F. Smith,
a Presbyterian preacher in Tennessee,
was fatally stricken with
paralysis while ureachine Sun
If 1
day ... .The Georgia House of
Representatives was to vote yesterday
on the State prohibition
bill passed by the Senate ....
One fireman was killed and
$600,000 worth of property destroyed
by a fire in Memphis Sunday
. . . .Ten persons were killed
in New York Sunday by an explosion
that wrecked a building
.... Mrs. Capers, widow of Dr.
William T. Caper?, sister in-law
of Bishop Capers, died in Greenville
Saturday In a wreck on
the Southern Saturday, near
Shipman, Va., the engineer was
killed and several passengers injured....Two
trains on the
Coast Line collided Saturday
night near Stoney Creek, Va.
ime passenger was killed and I
several hurl. . . . A steamhoat
was burned Saturday 011 Lake
Cayuga, New York. Nino passengers
lost their lives. . . . Brady
l'owe, a young man from Darlington,
was run over and killed
by a train at Parkton, N. C.,
Friday night... J.J. McAlester,
president of a bank in South
McAlester, Indian Territory,
paid $10,000 Saturday for a
worthless ''gold" brick, which
was sold him by au alleged miner.
... A negro child 5 years old
was killed by lightning Saturday
in Abbeville county.. . .The
Census Bureau has perfected its
arrangements lor collecting co'*
ton ginning statistics covering
the cotton ciop of 1907-08. There
will be ten reports, the first appearing
September Sth and the
last March 20th.
.. . . Dewitt Marshal, a young
farmer who lived near Kerncrs
t-iiio m n f-11 <
? A * V> y V/?^ *VA? UH i i VJ I I I
loud of wheat straw and struck
? pitchfork, the prongs ot which
pierced his brenst, causing al
most instant death. . . Crops in
some sections ot Orange county,
NO., were ruined by hail storm
Saturday.. . .The barn and
mule of William Belk, a farmer,
of Farmington, N. 0., were
burned Saturday, by an incen
diary .... Miss Phillips, a young
woman about 20 yea's old, was
murdered in Madison county, N.
C., last Saturday night. The'
body was found in the woods, j
with a bullet in her head. There
is no clqe to the murderer
Berry League, a young man,
c trnmitted suicide in Spartmhurg
Monday ....Mr, W. S.
Starnes wa* tried and acquitted
in Charlotte Monday ol the
charge of assaulting his daughter.
A cleansing. clean, cooling, soothing,
healing household remedy Jh L)eWltt'? (h f
bolized Witch Hani Nuivo Fi>r borne. |
f cut?. scratches, braises, insect totes, end
More feet it iH nneqnnled. (food for Piles.
BfWai.r,of imitations. Oct Hewitt's. It is
ho best. .*told by Crawford Bros.
The Fork tiill .Meeting.
Arrangements for What is
Expected to be One of the
Greatest Revival Meetings
ever Held in Lancaster
County?Letter from Evangelist
Montgomery.
?
Plans are now being ma le for I
u:~ ?
> in? \jloviviit lufeuug io oe
held at Fork Hill Baptist church,
beginning oil .Saturday before
the second Sunday in August,
that is to say, on the 10th day ot
the month, and continuing for
ten days or two weeks. The pas
tor, the Rev. R. J. Blackmon,
and his faithful church workers
never do anything by halves
and it goes without saying that
everything will be in readiness
by the time of the opening of
meeting.
As previously announced, the
pastor will be assisted in the
meeting by that well known
and successful evangelist, the
Rev. D. P. Mongomery, of Char
leston, Missouri, who has a warm
place in the heaCs of the people
of Lancaster, his native
county. In anticipationof the fact
that immense crowds will be attracted
by Mr. Montgomery's
preaching, arrangements are
being made to hold the services
outside the church, which is in
adequate to accummodate extraordinarily
large congregations.
Comfortable seals and other conveniences
will be provided.
It has been suggested that those
living at a distance who desire to
attend the services regularly will
tind it pleasant and convenient
to come prepared to camp on the
grounds for a few days. The
officers of the church will co operate
with all wishing to make such
arrangement to remain on the
grounds day and night, doing
everything in their power to contribute
to the comlort of the
camping parties.
Mr. Blackmon, the pastor, has
received I lie following let ter from
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Evangelist Montgomery in re la
tion to tlie coming meeting, written
Irom his Missouri liorne:
Dear Bro: Your favor to hand
today, and in reply will say, that
1 am planning to come'to you?
leaving here Monday utter the
first Sunday in August. 1 think
I will he able to reach you bv
Wednesday following. It. will
be necessary to econ <mize a^
much on time as possible, as my '
time is precious and 1 want to i
do all I can while 1 am there. 111;
is immaterial to me where you
hold the meeting*, whether in the
house or in the giove?be vure,
however to secure as much comfort
tor the people as is possible
to do. I hope you will try to
l^rpire for the meeting. A-k
tho people to pray?they must
not depend on me at all. They
mils' remember Ilia' (tod alone
can uive 'he blessing?it is rigbt
to expect a great meeting, but we
must look to God instead of to (
man. I now warn against relying
on me?don't do it. 1 am glad
you have arranged to have neighboring
churches to join you in
t'ds good work. Wo ought to i
expect the greatest meeting in
the history ot the community.?
God is able to give it. lie sure
and secure a large number <?f
singeis Tins will be a great
advantage to uh in our work.?
Make tbe point with the people
tlfat it is important tha1 we begm
at the beginning 01 the meeting.;
Encourage the people to make
ttieir arrangements to spend the
whole time with us it possible. 1
don't know now just how long 1
can s'ay, but the chances are that
1 canrot stay more than two
weeks. 1 will let you hear from
mo. - <--- > T?
111 it ii-w uays. iray
lor me that I may come to you
in the fulness of the Gospel of
Christ.
Fraternally,
D. P. Montgomery.
Since the foregoing was put in
type we learn that Mr. Montgomery
has again been, heard
from and that he will arrive here
sooner than he expected, reaching
Lancaster this week. As
noted elsewhere, he will assist
Dr. Boldridge in a meeting at
Camp Creek, beginning next
Sunday.
State Farmers' Union Passed
Important Resolutions
before Adjourning.
Greenwood special in Charles
ton Suuday News: The S'ate
Farmers' Union adjourned here
to-day. The following important
resolutions were adopted at the
Friday evening and Saturday
morning sessions: "Resolved,
that the constitution be so amended
that the annual dues be
fixed at one dollar and twenty
cents instead of sixty cents as
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in,'r* uAru uj nie law anil iiiHl
the secretary be instructed to
take the necessary steps to have
the local Unions vote on the
same." It was introduced by C
P. Roberts. Hon. J. B. Watson
submitted the report on immigration,
which was adopted. It is as
follows: "We wish* to go on record
as unalterably opposed to the
foreign pauper element being
distributed among the manu ac
hiring interests in this State and
other Southern States, and :?sk
that the State support of the immigration
bureau be withdrawn,
and our State and national rep
resenativcs are hereby requested
not to encourage this pauper im
migration,"
Tho following resolution is in
keeping wi'h one adopted by
the Anderson County Union:
'We obligite and bind ourselves
not to employ tho hands of our
brother union farmers without
tirst obtaining the consent ol the
former employer.
Negro Killed by Preacher.
Chattanooga, Ten a., Jul}' 28.Rev.
-S. L. Crouch, a Methodist
minister, who is employed as
watchman in a lumb ?r yard, shot
and killed a negro here tins afternoon,
the second negro ho has
killed in the last three months
Crouch had arrested a ne gro and
while taking him to jail the
prisoner at'acked Mr. Crouch
and attempted to escape. Crouch
shot and killed his prisoner.
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Pleasant Valley Institute.
The Farmers'Rally and Picnic
in Upper Portion of
County last SaturdayGood
Speeches and Good
Dinner,
Pleasant Valley special in the
Charlotte Observer, of Sunday:
It vfas through a splenclul farm
ing section that the newspaper
man journeyed today when lie
came to this place to cover the
proceedings of the farmers' iusti
tllte wllirh liplrl nnitor til"
auspices of the State agricultural
department of South Carolina.
From Charlotte to Pleasant Val
ley'is a distance of 17 miles and
one of the finest roads in the entire
country reaches nearly the
whole distance. On every side
are improvements that go well
with the road facilities. Telephones,
fine barns, good homes
fine stock, and rubber tire turnouts
are in evidence.
The institute and picnic was
held near the home of Mr. O. W.
Potts, who was master of ceremonies.
Picnics are held here
every year and a better located
spot could hardly be found.
There is plenty of shade and
the seats are arranged on a hill
side facing a nicely constrnc'ed
stand. All these arrangements
were made by Colonel Potts and
his assistants, Messrs J. W.
Davidson, J. Z. Baihsand J. M.
Harris. Nearby was a cold drink
stand, where the weary could
quench their thirst, and not far
away was a country wagon filled
4 1- 1 - 1
wim large iioni? grown waterme
ons. The speakers' si ami
was decorated with tomatoes,
corn, melons, and other farm
products.
The exercises were opened
with prayer hy the Rev. 8. J.
Orniond, of the Methodist church.
The first speaker ol the day was
Prof. J. N. Harper, head of the
agricultural department at Clem
son College. Professor Harper
discussed agriculture from a general
standpoint, and he handled
his subject in an interesting
manner to the farmers present.
Many questions were asked and
answered. Dr. R. N. Brackett,
head of the Clemson ch< mistry
department, discussed commercial
fertilizers, and Prof, 0 S
Doggett,'of the textile depart
ment of the college, spoke ot the
manutact uring adyantaces of the
State. Th s? gentlemen made
most excellent spceohe-, showing
that they wei'e well equipped
!or their work. Their speeches
were ot necessity ol a technical
nature and only a full report j
would do them justice. No do&ht
much valuable information was
imparted to the farmers.
The orator of the day was to
have been GoverrorM- P. Ansel,
but the Governor detained if
Columbia 1 he place of orator
was well tilled by l'r< f. 1). W.
Daniel, of ibe English department
at Clemson. Protestor Daniel
goes along witb tbe workers in
the farmers' institute as a kind of
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|"whooper np ol flie hoys," or
exhor'er, and he is a good <gie.?
Lie is conversant with good literature,
a graduate of NVofford College,
a farmer's sun, and he understands
the farmer and his
family. He knows some good
jokes and he tells them well. His
subject in general w as industrial
education and in particular entertaining
the crowd. He caught
his audience at the very outset
and held it t hroughout his speech.
When he took his seat there were
enthusiastic yells of approval.?
He pleased the men, the women
and the children. The speech was
full of truths driven home with
good jokes. His ioke in urging
the boy to seize every opportunity
to get on in the world pleased
andj tickled the young people
greatly. A young fellow loaded
down with a crow bar, a lot of
old hens, a wash pot, and leading
a billy goat met a young woman.
The young woman started
back as if offended. The
young fellow indignantly inquiry
ed what troubled her. She answered
: ' ! thought you were
going to kiss me."
He; "How do you think I
could kiss you with all this plunder
?" . .
She : "Why, you could stick
the crow bar in the ground, tie
the goat to it, place the chickens
under the pot, and then proceed
to kiss."
Amid applause the speaker
urged the young men of South
Carolina to seize every opportu
nity.
The dinner was no small item
in making the d?y enjoyable.?
The ladies had brought baskets
filial -I i ' 1
HUGH n inn <vn UI
things. At the noon hour the
Olemson crowd mingled among
the young ladies, pretending that
they were bachelors They fared
on the tat of the land, and scattered
compliments broadcast.?
They bragged on the crops and
the pretty girls, the prettiest in
South Carolina, they said, [t
developed that some of the most
charming were from Providence
and^Pineville, in Mecklenburg'.
The crowd was made*up ol good
looking tolks, and the speakers
had good reason to become complimentary
in their remarks.
No picnic is complete without
the afternoon l-;?so hill game,
and the game this atternoon was
both good and exciting. The
contending nines were those of
Providence and of the C;itnwrh?
Indiana. The redmen were badly
worsted by the Providence
boys to the tune of 19 to 5.
It was a pleasant, profitable day
for Pleasant Valley and her
uue^t* ami as night came on,
tanner, wif--* and children wont
home t ir *d, but happvv.
President of Southern Arrested
and Released.
Asheville, N. (' , July 27.?
President VV. W. Finley ot the
Southern Hail way was arreated
today on a wan '.id issued by the
stato authorities and immediately
related on a writ of iiabeas
jcorpus issued bv Judge Pritchard
of the United State district
l
court.