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VOL. 3. NO. 89. SEMI-WEEKL
THE PATRICK - CONNORS
NUPTIALS. tT
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Another Account of the Pret- wi?te
ty Home Wedding Last beaut
Wednesday Afternoon of exqui
Dr. J. B. Patrick, of Rock train,
Hill, and Miss Carol T. trimn
Connors, of Lancaster. of rea
like o
u iiui'ii iur in? .M'ws. j
The handsome suburban resi
dence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles 8
Thorn Connors was the scene of ^
the most brilliant event of the . 6 ^
midsummer season, when their ^
daughter, Miss Carol Tompkins ^.jj.
Connors, became the bride of
Dr. John Burckmyre Patrick, cf
Rock Hill, Aug. 5th, at 5.30 p.
m. A large number of invitations
had been issued.
ciated
w The guests were met at the c0^jp:
front entrance by Mrs. T. J.
Strait, Mrs. D. Reece Williams, toun(j
Mrs. Joseph F. Gregory and Miss nj^y
Cornelia Elliott, and shown into cjate(]
the house, the whole lower floor ^ ^
of which was thrown open. , .
bridal
The wide, long entrance hall con(ju
was aglow with pink roses and ^
creen vines, which entwined the
broad stairway, the lofty walls gp|en
and doors aud pictures. The tjip t(
west parlor was decorated in red jj|jeB
hearts and m?rriar'? hallo* lir?au
^ ? refreg
of them extended across the p
room from the corners of ceiling (jjarj(
and from points between and ^ .
formed a graceful airy canopy. ?0'rrj
Vases of rich crimson nasturtiums
adorned the mantel, and added .
? , ? , Jones
much to the gorgeous effect. In ^ ^
this room was displayed the very
elegant and costly wedding gilts. ,
the g
The opposite parlor was the 9jt<
ceremony-room and was festoon- j
ed in green and white. In a
corner was an artistic altar made .
a red
exclusively of pure haster lilies,
6HtlI)
most beautifully massed and ar e
J of the
ranged. The surrounding wails
v were elaborately cascaded with 'n
white wisteria a id running vines. M'88
A green and white velvet art '"scic
square occupied the middle of Pu,lcl
the room. damp
A chord from the piano announced
the approach of the
bridal party. Miss Ivy Crawlord
presided a' the piano and ' '1U~^
Mr. John P oac accompanied herj '
with tlie cornet. Mendelsshon's on 1,1
march was impressive ly rend- motln
ered. First came Miss Mayme <>rr?(
(iregory down the stairs, slowly; Wl"
ai^d was, alter a proper interval, Other
Jollowed by Miss Irene (Running- bride
ham, who was in turn followed l?vab
by Miss Connors Melton, of Co- ladies
lurabia. These were the ? rides- 8(,mo
maids, and were attired in pretty ?f
sheer white silks with pink gir- Tin
dies, gloves and slippers, and ot-tov
carried pint carnations. Next Mrs
came the maid of honor, Miss groon
Elizabeth Charles Connors, sister Tomp
of the bride. She was gowned the bi
in lovely rose colored crepe de Miss
chine over taffeta, and carried ?? lia I
, - Mil 1 ?
armful of pintc carnations. Then Hill ;
caine the dainty flower-girl, lit- (tasto
i tie Miss Nell-Ray Spaun, of Co- Mrs.
lumbia, also arrayed in fleecy Conni
white with pink sash and ribbons, and
socks and slippers. Then fol- brothi
lowed, with measured step, the j Hill.
Lancas
LEDGER l&bz REVIEW 1878
Y. LANCASTER, S. Q, At
, leaning on the arm of the A FEARFUL AC
of honor, her sister. Mr*
Span. , ol Columbia, who
I.. 1 I ? * ** '1 " "? **
^p.nunj' g,vvviicu in iu^iruns i ivictirimuin jooiier
satin. The bride made a at Haile Gold Mi
iful picture in her robe of Theis Fatally Inj
site white Liberty satin, en Three Others
and garnished with pearl Hurt-Great De
ling*, finished with a yoke Qf pro t
1 lace. A coronal ot wax
range blossoms caught the A fearful disaster o
linous tulle veil, and a Haile Go'd Mine Moni
ver" of white carnations about ten o'clock, i
laiden hair ferns completed large boilers at the st
erfect toilet. The groom, exploding, fa'ally in;
1 evening suit, attended by Ernest Theis, the pc
5st man, his brother. Mr. eflicient superintendi
am Moore Patrick, entered 8eriously hurting thr<
an opposite door and met Messrs. B M. Truesd
ide at the altar. The Epis Pitman and Elmore Og
rector of Rock Hill, the wrecking the boiler
R. Maynard Marshall, offi- mill house and partial]
I; and the impressive and t^e concentrator re
rehensive Episcopal service wounded men were at
1 every voice and was pro- ^rs- Gregory, Brasing
ly uttered, during which ly? Gauthen and Sv
Dear" was tenderly enun- Kershaw. Mr. Theis,
I by the musicians. burned all over and
lowing congratulations the lractured, succumbed
I party, and guests, were iurieB yesterday morni
icted into the spacious din ? His body wa
-j* . (vharlotfn v?cf?rrlo,T
l uu ui , w uiv^ii wttb raaiani
vases and stands of mixed, ment* ' *le vouna
did roses. In the center of ma',y friel,d" a".<l ac'l'
. , , . in Lancaster who wt
ible there was an epernue ot , , , , .
allocked and grieved
of the valley, tempting , .
. , his frame end.
ihinents were deftly served
1 he accident is saic
retty young girls, Miases ,
. v been due to a weak 01
;e Knight, of (jraetoina, W. . .. , .
.. , , boiler, and the daniai
Mayme and Bess Jones, , .
* , ... .. perty is eslimaied to b
ne Thomson, U?? Wyhe. ^
this room Mesdames Ira H ybarloHe 0bser
i, W. T. Williams and |erday> ,n whijh oity ,
ly R. Thomson presided of young Thei, reBide
ease and affability. As ^ {ollow,Ilg acc0UI
nests passed out ol the op- caU8trophe_ The de,
idoortrom the one which ,rhei8 occurred( o1 c0l
entered, Miss Susie Dunlap, that paoer had Kone ?
ck Hill, decorated each with wj? b? nowd ,hat Th(
heart, clasped with while 8tales tha, tw0 boiler?
ribbon and bearing tlie date >phe rep0rt received h<
i marriage. day was to the effect
. i . ,, .one exploded:
a nearby nook in the hail,' 1
v, i . . >i One ot the most lea
Nannie .Johnson dispensed . . . ,
r explosions that ever o
?u-> punch from a out'glass goyiJj Oaroliaa took
i tureen ; and also served lerday morning at 9:<
y peanut, sandwiches. I lie at the llaile gold mine
, during the afternoon, caster county, two and
I ? ^ _ ,i miles Irora Kershaw,
1 her bouquet from 'he , '
iWO 100 horse-powe
UK on the stairs and u ? as, b|ew up_ jemo,lslling
t bv Miss May me Gregory. iH,use and mammoth s
3 newly married couple leit a,,d seriously injuring
a even'inK train to visit the "l,e "f wh"m *as a 8,11
e . and Mrs. A. I.iies,ol t
pr of the groom, Mrs. VV J. ... . ., . ,,
' () her than t hat t hi
>1 Hock Hill; thence they supposed to have bee
go to Caesar's Head and to f.et to?? low in one >
mountain resortH. The ers nothing ot a defin
is one ot Lancaster's most known a> to the ca
iq j .. ,. accident. Boiler No
le and attractive young , ' . .
, and one of the living
i; and the Kroora ;e a hand- n| jron kn?cUB,, off th(
and talented young dentist boiler No. 2, which
nh II 11 ...
v? iiiu. exploded. lhe shock
ere were a (rood many out- lic- it8 foree ,b.ein? veO
. ble even in Kershaw, i
?n guests, among them were tw? mi|eB away. 1, ,
\V. J. Orr, mother of the molished everything i
), of Rock Hill; Mrs. R. E. place, some of the
>kins, of Rock Hill, aunt of 'he boilers being h
riiie; Mrs. R. L. Mason and uPon the 8ides of
A /i c A.i cent hills. Mr. O. C.
Annie Greeorv, of Atlanta, , . , . ,
. \ ' who happened to be at
VIiss busie Dunlap, of Rock h)n(1 ft pr)gt but ten ,
Miss Clarice Knight, of fr0ni the ^boilers, whe
mia ; Mrs. J. N. Spanu, 4astrophe occurred, wt
Emma C. Melton, Miss through the side ot ti
sre Milton, of Columbia hon"e "n<l lnt" the "
.. ....... -. ,. . . hard bv, and was j
Mr. William " Patrick,'uoharme,d The injur
er ot the groom, of Rock thk injured,
F. M. H. , Mr. Ernest A. Thies
4
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ENTERPRISE 189 J
JGUST 12, 1908.
ICIHFNT ten(ient of the mine, serious
* burned about the head and bo<
and face and neck cut by talii
Explodes d Mr.* B. M. Truesdale, bad
ne?Supt. burned. Mr. J. P. Pitman, e
ured and gineer, burned and stunned 1
Seriously 4alliiifi piecesot wood and brie
Not seriously hurt,
ruction Ogburn, burned ai
cut by falling timbers.
! The accident took place shoi
ccurred ?t ly aftPr 9 O,clock The engjn
day morn a^ tjie tjme were running smooi
one of the .y, apparently performing the
amp mill accustomed duties in their a
jilting Mr. customed way. There was not
miliar and iufI slack 80 far aS ^ ol th?
about the place could tell to i
eut, and dicate that there was anythii
?e others, wroug. If the water was low
lale, J. P. one of the boilers no one w
;burn, and aware of it. Mr. Thiee, wl
house and happened lo be passing throng
observed to Mr. Pittman, tl
y destroy. eDgineer? that his clock w
lorn. The jour minutes slow and su
tended by gested that he move it fc
ton, Twit- ward a little. This M
iringel, of ^,raan proceeded to do. T
, ' stepped up on a box to get
w o was t^e cjQCjc aQ(j had just accoi
his skull p|iBhed his mission and w
to his in climbing down when the expl<
ing at 1.30 ion occurred. Mr. Thies w
is taken to buried beneath the debris, li
for inter- face ^eing cut ^y Ay*11* bric
and falling timbers and his he
man had i, ; i_ i
auu uvuv BCIIUUKiy ourue
uaintances Messrs. Pitman, Trnesdale ai
tre deeply Ogburn, the three other men
to hear ot the building, were also hurl
to the floor and almost it not
i | together covered by the loc
' material which tell all abc
defective (hem
ze to pro- Fortunately Mr. Pittmau w
?e between not badly stunned though se
erely burned and he was able
ver ot yes- crawl trora beneath the wrecks
. ^ without assistance. Mr. Th
le paren s fare(j muc|, worse, however, 1
, contains farecj much worse, however, ;
it of the he w ?s rendered unconscious a
ui? of Mr. some time was required to e
irse. after tricate him, 15 minutes at lea
i. Neither Mr. Truesdale nor M
) press, it, .
Ogburn waB seriously injur
Observer a|jhough their cuts and bur
exploded. Were most painful. Mr. I'itin
?re yester- escaped by a hair's breadth, 1
that only caj| being an exceedingly clc
one. Mr. Thies suffered t
rful boiler most serious injuries. Doct<
ccor.'ed lit were summoned and traim
plac?- yes nurses were secured Irom a d
)7 o'clock tance and everything known
? in Lan- , medical science wax done to sa
I one-half i his life. Ttie physicians f
when ihe j hoping lor the best.
r boilers I
I MAII.K MINK WE I.I. KNOWN.
t he engine i
damp mill The Haile gold mine is one
four men, the best known o' its kind in t
i of Capt. | Carolina* It was onernfpd i
his cily. j \ number of yby Cap*.
? wa'cr is jThie*, of this city, who manag
11 allowed jit, most successfully. When 1
' :he boil-| ]eft n to retire from active but
ite nature ness years ago, he committed i
one ot the direction to his son, Mr. Erne
1 blew up A. ThieBjWho has had it in char
fragments ever since. lie has made
; dome of prosper as did his father a
also then today the llaile mine is regard
was tern- as one ot the safest, if any go
r precepti mine may be esteemed safe,
more than the country,
limply de- This catastrophe is the m'
about the serious that has ever happen
parts ot in its history. There have be<
urled fai accidents of one kind and anot]
the adja- er before but not on such a sea
Gardner, an that of yesterday. No es
finding be- mate as to the damage done tl
eet away plant can be given until a eai
in the ca iul inspection by experts h
is thrown been made. The engine hou
he engine ftnd all of its contents were d<
tamp mill troyed and the big stamp m
practically was badly twisted and toT
ad are : Yesterday1^ loss was in the i
jury indicted to the taithful ei
, superin - moves, nartienlarlv tb? o,,T,ori
I r ^ J oi?^;vi i
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ng
Unveiling of Monument to
Sovereign J. F. Snipes by
)v i the Woodmen?From
k 1000 to 1500 Persons Present.
As previously announced in
-j. ,The News, the unveiling of the
es |monument to the late Sovereign
h-jJohn F. Snipes took place at
"*r Fork Hill church August 2, 1908.
Cj
The unveiling ceremonies were
6e performed by the Dixie Camp,
n No. 282. A large number of
ig Woodmen from all over the
1U county were present and took
a8 part in the procession. At half
^ past ten o'clock the procession
tie formed at the Fork Hill Woodas
men hall and marched to the
church, the Dixie Camp in front,
r- j u.. !
uco^cu u.v Hint Dig, gallant sov[e
ereign, Hiram C. Steele, bearat
ing the banner of the Dixie
n- camp, followed by the clerk of
as Dixie camp, who bore the Pike
)8" pole with long, white streamer.
88 When the procession reached the
LIS
church they were ushered up the
ad aisles in single files amid low
id. strains of music from the organ,
by Miss Dorah Hinson. At the
Uj rap of the gavel the congregaj
tion was seated and listened to a
)se sermon bearing on the tenets of
tut Woodcraft, by Rev. R. Tlios.
Blackmon. After the unveiling
at5 ceremonies at the crave the sovj
v
to ereigns again marched back to
,ge the fore&t of the Fork Hill Camp,
ies where a bountiful dinner was
'or served, having been prepared by
^or the Fork Hill Camp.
11' The table, about one hundred
;xst
leet long, was completely loaded
[r. with good things to eat?ju9t
ed such things as the good people of
ns Fork Hill Camp know how to
an prepare- This dinner was only
lor the Woodmen and their wives,
se
lie and families, which in number
}rs were about three hundred
9;1 The large audience that was
,s" present to witness the unveiling
ceremonies numbered anywhere
ve J
ire|from one thousand to tilteen
hundred. B. F Adams,
Clerk Dixie Camp, W. O. W.
Lancaster, R. F. 1). No. 2,
of
|K> lendet t, rather than the mone?
itary damage done the plant,
j Mr. Thies h quite well known
in Charlotte where he has Ire\e
quently visited. As stated, he
is a son oi Capt. and Mrs. A.
I f r *
Thies, and a brother of Messrs.
ist ,, , -
\f. ,i. inies ami tiu* lilies, all of
^.fc 'his city. lie is a bachelor anil
'j one of the m09t thrifty an<I ener
tl(. getic business men in South Carolina.
It is to be sincerely
hoped 'hat he will recover, al111
though his chances are said to
be very slim. Mr. O. J. Thies
^ and a local physician and a
nurse will go dow n this morning
j^n to see if anything additional can
be done,
ile . .
Excellent Health Advice.
tie
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?? .......a K<*u?riii i uuiiv rerne|8g
cly, for headache, biliousness and torpor
of the liver and bowels is so pronounced
that I ain prompted to say a word in itB
j]| favor, for the benefit of those seeking relief
from such afflictions. There is imrre
'n health for the digestive orgaus in a bottle
n- of Electric liitteis than in auy other roinedv
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