The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, April 28, 1909, Image 1
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' VOL. 4. NO. 59. SEMI
Tradesville's Hail Facilil
A Patron of Konte No. 7 Prow
the Other Hide of the (?ueftl
?The Old and the New J
tenia Contrasted.
Editor The News.
There appeared in last
nesday's News a communica
from Tradesville which
nounced the postoffice depi
ment as an institution wl
cared only for the wishes
needs of those who had inher;
* the swell end of influence
money and insinuated that
present mail service was at
as bad or worse than none at
Such squibble is not only un;
to the department but is an
suit to the patrons of R. F.
No. 7 who signed the petii
praying the department for
establishment of the serv
Therefore I beg leave for a re
to the communication in quest
"Steve" tells you that we o
enjoyed the advantages o
good mail system. Let's c<
pare. Take a glimpse at the i
vice under the old star rc
OJ gvvi??
Those who have lived in
country can never forget the
adequacy of such a system. :
right here I may add that 95
cent of the patrons of the Trat
ville office lived in the eounl
or we might say. all of th<
Well, the star route l>eginninj
Tradesville went via 0. K., h
'' Cut and Creek to Lancaster
distance of 18 miles, the can
making the round trip daily
cept Sunday. He was schedu
to leave Tradesville, if I mist
not, at 6 a. m. and to returr
7 p. m. Of course when
days were short and the ro
bad it would often be 8 o;
o'clock in the ' night when
mail arrived at Tradesville.
was often sundown when it
rived at New Cut. after d
when it arrived at 0. K. an*
everyl>ody were not in bed asl
when it arrived at Tradesvi
they ought to have been.
Then if the carrier left n
morning on schedule time
would be gone before any lett
could be called for. read i
answered. So you see a pen
posting a letter at Lancaster
Monday morning to a patron
the Tradesville ?. ce would
... be apt to get a repiy before W
noo/1 o \? U ^ -1 - A
n^oua,y. lie ertll L'itMiy JJt* I
hearing from Tradesvilie by n
in that time now. and the Trad
ville people now get their n
by 4 o'clock same day it lea
Lancaster. Under the old s
tern the service was simply
diculous to those who lived fr
one ty three miles from a p<
office or off the route. Now
?' not only get a better grade
service, but as the carrier d
not go and come the same w
more than twice as many peo
are convenienced than before
The postmasters of the old (
continued offices of Tradesvi
O. K. and New Cut loved i
honored their positions. T1
loved their work as all hon
men or women should and nat
ally they were loath to give
up. but aside from the postm
Hers, 1 am sure that 95 per c<
- Y?uld much rather ha\o 1
resent service than the old s
' service. If the Tradesville p
pie desire and need a postofi
we certainly have no object
to their getting one. We \
their friends and wish them w<
but we think "Steve's" trou
is largely imaginary. As to w
the office at Tradesville was c
continued, it was doubtless
the same reasons that the offi<
of New Cut, 0. K. and Cre
were abolished. They we:n?
. longer needed, as the rural c
\ rier passed by and around th<
daily delivering and eollecti
, the mail, carrying postage a
postal supplies, receipting 1
Registered mail, money orde
I etc. All the former patrons
the Tradesville office can still f
their mail at Tradesville by ere
i ,nir annroved mail l>oxes and th
I can get it day or night witht
' having to call at the office, a
* 8 for thq^? who live a distar
ltom Tradeaville, I would suggt
iat it is no farther to Tradi
l ? now than before?no ft
I to the mail box than to t
V and the box can always
^at it* place of business.
[-WEEKLY.
jes Several of the most
i citizens and former
the Tradesville office
snts trons of the R. F. D.
finn f?re the office at Trad
' abolished. The postn
* self with a number of 1
having petitioned the d
for an extension of
r , that they might be <
. I avail themselves of t
tion cannot jjy any
(l?": reasoning see whereii
a.rV I at Tradesville could fa<
11C , j delivery or dispatch
^ntj | There is no other r<
iteu i from Tradesville than
j if the carrier passe
in<: i daily delivering and
>0., ! their mail, could a posi
all. more ? We think the>
'. ter service now tha
U?" Now they have free
. before, they had to <
th" l^stoffice for their mai
the Very respectfull
,cf* | Patron. Rout
'P'y R. F. D. No. 7. Lan
lon- lC., April 24. 1909.
nop
>m- Man and Wife
5er" with Murde
,ute .
Hattiesburg, Miss., .
the After a lengthy invest
jn. day by a coroner's j
an(j Minnie Crosby and hei
per i G. L. Crosby, were he
leg. murder of J. R. McSli
:rv Hattiesburg, last Sunt
?m. !in^r
at With tears streamin>
jew face. Mrs. Crosby said
f a "I was glad t<> kill
rier' ^or 1 thought it would
ex_, the happiness my husl
ije(l had once known. I di
ake 'nK- to?- My husband
) at the gun. I love myhu
the ter than I do my life."
ads ?
r Tait May Catch 1
It Dayton, Ohio, Apri
ai-- cording to advices fn
ark ington, dairies F. Co>
1 if six-year-old son of Repr
eep J- M- Cox, of the 3d
He, trict, went and shook h
l? i
? icBiuciii i <111 recenu
ext the boy wss taken il
he physician diagnosed t
ers measles.
md The President was
5on lad long enough to be <
on the disease and it is si
i of never undergone a siej
not sles.
il Father of Fourteen s
lad
les- Des Moines, Iowa, i
tail Peter M. Miller, fathe
ves teen children, committ
ys- to-day by swallowinj
ri- acid. He told his wil
om could no longer take i
)st- large a family. The
we destitute.
(H'S Eight Drowned in IV
pie River.
New Orleans, April \
lis- people were lost and se
He. on lx>ard had a thrillii
md from death when the
ley Eagle, of the Louisiat
est cum Company, went d<
nr. u^ it*:? : ?:?
in nit: live
miles south of New Or
as
en t
the Editor Shot by Tc
tHr Warren ton, Va., A
??" As the outcome of a lo
ice jnj^ tViui Prof. .J. I)
lon principal of the Warre
aro school, shot and, it is
fatally wounded W. A
son, associate editor of
,V-v renton Virginian, on M
'Is" tonight,
for
;es "**" " *
tek Dead at the Age i
no w
ar_ iviorganiown, w. v
ern 25. "Grandma" Lucii
nell died today at her h
n(j aged 106 years. In a
for time ago she was se
rs jured and since that
0f gradually declined.
?et ^?rP 'n Shenandoah coi
cj._ ginia. Her memory wj
ey perfect till the time of 1
Negro Lynched in A
est Birmingham, Ala., A
es- A negro has just been I
ar- Park wood, twelve mi lei
he Birmingham, for an ass
be mitted on a married wo
afternoon.
1
uiiiu aiiu i
d the kill- practici
only held the tari
isband liet- States <
Tieke
vention
rates to
Measles. rates in
I 25. ~ Ac- arc> as
3m Wash- 'niemliei
c. Jr, the! .t,on W1!
esentative P()1
Ohio dis-1 frem t'
lands with a
y. Later ,n^ ljav
f and the entitle t
he case as return I
hrst-cla
with the
exposed to Man ,
lid he has
?e of mea- Day
Hill.
. . Rock
i buicide. News
\pril25.- saddea
r of four- Newpoi
ed suicide c,tV- . ^
r carbolic ?Vn,,nj
fe that be Smith.
care of so in^* (
widow is \itc- an.(
lowed 1)
ort A. ?
ing dec
Iississippi stroke (
sudden
, band's
25. Eitfht vi rs
ven others
.v roi . ?ti
rig escape iter of i
? towboat cou
ia Petrol- years ol
own today jnir all 1
r about 40 Mrs. Sn
leans. Presbyt
? funeral
nezer 1
:acher. Sun(|ay
pril 24.- Rev. .1
ng stand- the sen
. Harris, faithful
nton high Lodge,
thought, number
Thomp- tend the
the Warain
street Tennes
Knox
of 106. ^jrn ?ex
fa.. April ville, Te
nda Fin- place hi
ome here, nothing
fall some edy unti
verelv in. his dead
time had business
She was was on
unty, Vir- store,
is almost wood, aj
ler death. ; day chai
I t is sj
in*? at
uabama. i Sexton i
ipril 25. ! was a m
ynched at' (?lint.v
8 south of J
lault com-: Mrs. .
man this Hill is vi
ham's ai
i
t
prominent! / 1
patrons of
were paservice
be- Impon
csville was
laster him- ,
lis patrons antJ
lepartment HeJ
the mute xxr
jnabled to
he service. Colin
manner of News j
i an office ' jay anc
cilitate the there w
of mail, of the
lute to or ( county
No. 7 and It is ex
s through present
collecting officers
tmaster do tion in
r have l>et- those
in l>efore. membe
delivery; eluding
:all at the local ur
1. this wil
y. of the
e No. 7. South C
caster, S. held.
MatU
ment tc
Charged j^.
r* City. G
April 24.? ination,
igation to visitor
ury, Mrs. an(' w"
r husband, on ^ie 1
ild for the ton croi
lane, near the tan
lav morn- experie
i edge of
f down her to find
farmen
MeShane, their cc
bring back
1 1 i Kq rrnt t
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LANCASTER, S. C., APRIL 2!
Farmers1 Union. LANCASTER
tant Meeting of Exec- ; pensi(jn RoU f(
re Officers of County . Qnc
I Local Unions to be
Id in Columbia this r,,A8S A* *9'
i |Those wlio, as a res
"CK reived in km id war. an
, . ... ,, , , less, or who, while in
libia special in Monday s both arms or both ieKs
and Courier: On Thurs- are disabled by para
1 Friday, April 29 and 30, ; able to make a living
HII be held here a meeting
omcei S 01 the various Small, .1. It. Williams,
unions of South Carolina.
pected that there will be ' ' *
at least the executive , lT,IOhe who? w,llJe
of every county organize-j
the State, and many of $150 per annum.l
comprising the general l'aiie.j. v. a. navidsoi
rship of the Union, in- n.xss ?\ No 1
the executive officers of . . ..
lions It is expected that JVT. S^SrS"
1 be the largest gathering whose income, or his
organized farmers of exceed siftO per annuo
'arolina that has vet been hlll? '* ' oliins, p.
Gregory, w. j. Hunt
j. . , , , J. Hudson. Predei
?rs of considerable mo- |.U<.HS, g. \v. malone. <
> the farmers will be con- Phillips. Alex, steel*
and discussed, and Pres- Philip snipes. t. w
has. S. Barrett, of Union glass ? , n0. j. j
a., of the national organ- (Thoso who h#vo' ,
will be a distinguished ,:0 y.*ar?. ???d whose
in the city at that time, wife's, does not cx<e<-<i
1 address the Convention u ' Anderson, Joi
narketingof the 1909 cotl>
Mr. Barrett will give .1. i? k,.ii, m. n. n. ..
iners the result of his long i?. i\ lieii. j. m. neik.
nee and intimate knowl- bowers, B. W. Bro
conditions, in the effort broukhu?uharvey o
. . .. kov, .!.? * ohen, I'
a way to aid Southern ca'skey, c. i?. ciine.
1 to secure a just price for .1. m. t authen, a. s.
itton. It is stated from 1 i:u-- ''' uuniap, v
headquarters that Mr. :
1 , , IxinlHp, 1-. M. Kins,
will be able to give out a son Kubunks. w. w
ible plan upon which all Gardner. J. W. Gardiu
ners in the cotton raising vv- ghent. .1. j. <ir
an unite to this end. >"on?l. \. ? . Hinson,
, llorion. s. II. ilarRel
its to and from this Con- s. \\ Humphries, w.
will be sold at reduced Johnstone. J. K. Jon
t the delegate. The fare Levi Knight, W. M. i<n
idpr 1 hf> povtifiootoc nlon I. I'.. IwJinmix, J.K.I.o
""" .). h. Laugh v, Thornr
follows: Delegates and m.mrih.s, w. m. m*i
rs attending the Conven- Minus, l. i\ M?? kuv
II pay full fare from start- 1 Mattox, j. <?.
nt to Columbia, taking j. "*r.
he agent who sells the bel. nrmnnd. w
certificate receipt show- < irmtnd. .1 \. Patum
ment for same. This will son- a. t. Pitman. n.
he holder to purchase a w.'^r'itnbinsonf
ticket at one-halt regular vigors, w. it. uobins
ss fare plus 50, .ents. it. .1. \i. steel?, w. it.
Stroud, <\ S. Starnos
? mm William T. Slagla, W.
md Wife I>ie Same lVrrv; u11ilson,'!'h1roRJ
.1. I?. Walker. VV. J. V
, at Home Near Rock Wright. -I. I.. William
< 'I. ASS <'. No. -'I,
Hill special in Monday's S.".
and ( oui iei . 1 wo \er\ tit** <'onfod?rat? statw
ths occurred yesterday at ?ome does not x.ttHi
*t, five miles west of this >arah 1
U 7.30 o'clock in the ,**rI,"lV
w vt 1 ! ' Cttskoy. Kaonol (
X Mrs. Km ma Nod\ Xancy I>unla|i, Kebtn*
without a moment's warn- Morton, s. 1.. i.indsa
mned dead of hanrt foil- ironmrv ll#.?i?r iM.itn.
\ at 12.30 she Mas foi- *!Brl,,i1 Nl
,y her husband, Mr. Rob>mith,
who had lieen lyiperately
ill following a ? i.a->s < . No. i. i
)f paralysis. His Wife's | Widows above the
death hastened the hus- whoso in. o.m do.-s no
annum. | K. \?1(
. | | Ad inns, Susan A. Uai
Smith was in her 60th iuk?T. M. II. Uow.rs,
id was the eldest daugrh- abet a it?nnett, </. k.
Lhe late Thos Neelv, of Berkham. M?ry M. I
m l? m ' /..! < ook, \. I - riyrmrn,
nty. Mr. Smith was 62 ,.essi'e rntUHhH*t M.
d. and has followed farm- ab.th < inkier*. Muni
his life. Roth Mr. and it. ii.?atoe. Mar^ani
lith were members of the |,on*,mt'' "'Vr"'1 '
erian church, and the u.'J; whimo V Faul
will take place at Kbe- Fundarbiirk, m. ,i.
3resbyterian church on Kunderburk. i'armHii
morning, the pastor, the Hannah
. T. Dernly ,ond?ctinK
/ices. Ml. Smith was a Hammond. '/m-en Mill
member of Rock Hill ??>? Manim J. ilunn-i
No. 111. A. F. M.. and a M?isey A- iikins,
of the brethren will at
? funeral. Mi-Mamm. m. k. Mat
? Murray, Kli/a Mi-Man
? _ . . tills M M \lnlh..r.l...
see lvian Mysteriously
l?r, Sarah \. ?hiten. <'<
Slain *bf?l h Payne, Susan
Phillips. Jain1 I'lyler. ?
ville. Tenn., April 25. Petty. Mary k. phiiiip
ton, a merchant at Hunts- N' ; K;
..... * . M. I. Koninson
nil., was Killed at that ?11^i,, Kii/aiaih itobins
itunlay ni^ht, although m. j. itobinson, suksh
was known of the trayr- *">*". Martha smi
I Sunday morning when 5.
i laxly was found on a A??' s??t,?r. m?.
. \*/l 1-211 ? 1 U
i nutrci. unfii imiii.mi fit* .Small, >lr<>tli?-r, I
his way home from his rhnau, .ian?* i
Buster Reed of Helen- Vi< k, rv a. m. Walt
nusiei iweu, <o neitu |ane U att> lc< NV1,
?ed 18, was arrested to- iinms, su*.an \vright,
rvced with the shooting. Mary l?. \ anglm, r. I
aid that Heed was shoot- 1 s,u'1*
Caldwell Phillips when """ m
,vas kille<i. The deceased Another I? atal
an of family and a son of Topeka, Kan., />
I rnstee R. B. Sexton. destroyer
hotel here early to
J. C. FeweU, of Rock sons were burned
siting atMr. J. C. Beck- three others were
id other relatives.^ jured.
5, 1909.
COUNTY fiOT HORSE AND BUG6
v Slick Trick Worked on Moi
)r the Year
roe Livery Stable t
Young Negro.
'' KA< M' i Monroe special in Chariot
ult of wounds re- Observer 25th: Will Roshboro,
i physically help-1 - <
such service, lost i urtl ^y aiwui years OI 38
, or sight, or who got a horse and buggy fro
lysis ?nd are un- Sikes' livery stable yesterdi
whose income, j evening1 in a v^ry slick manne
!rdnV.r a nan has ; to-wit i He telephoned theiSik
Company as Captain Massey, wl
, ....... has charge of a construction gai
on the Seaboard Railway, th
in such service, wanted a horse and bugg
f, and whoso in- . , , , , *
.ic?cn not ex.^.i ! and would send around for 1
TVSte i^JThere was no suspicion at tl
i. Britton Parker, stable that the darky himsc
j?4k kaph. was telephoning, so when 1
. .. . came around shortly afterwai
I sailors disnhlcd , . .. *.!_ ^
during said war, he ^ot the nS Without questlO
i wife's, doos not and drove off. Nothing mo
1.1 w. Barn- was thought about the matt
p. ijordon, owen until after 7 o'clock, when a n
rick Lucm, J?#H. fiTTO stopped at the stable ai
'..i. Miller, w. t. said that he had seen Rosebo:
i, n. p. stroud, driving near Baker's Crossin
h"ak1,1' headed toward Charlotte. Tl
'w.t.i kapii. police were notified, and th<
cached the hko of i telegraphed Chief Christenbui
income, or his requesting him to send an aut
i *7i per annum. | mobile to meet the negro. M
r Vino*' i>' j' Sikes started off in his aut
ns. A,nNi: Black" tnobile at 9 o'clock in pursi
rs.'Arthur Baker! from this side. The negro w
a. Beaver,.i. m. traced to within four miles <
irter as Charlotte, and then all trace
Y n.'t... lohnTi him was lost, and he has not y
.lames a. ? lark! been captured,
fon'cy. William It now developsjthat a warra
li'' v 1 !. ' / ' was issued for Roseboro abo
\ < kIus' iH.k- the dme he drove away, on tl
. Vvneii. <i. w. charge of stealing some cloth
r. s. oardner, from Hart Blakeley. another da
iflin. r. k. nam- key, with whom he spent Thui
a. I'sTiinsoii! day night night, or part of tl
F. Hunter, II. T. night.
es. S. II. Kelly. , ? .
light, w.j. Kong,
wry. K. .1. I.nwry, Bomb Explodes in Fanioi
h'y**a 1 - New Orleans Church
. New Orleans. April 25.?Tl
\. c. MeMnmiK. famous old St. Louis Cathedr
Neil, a. p. Ms- in Chartres street was shak<
ti. < iit.-n, s. J.: this afternoon by an explosi*
iT i'ar.itie, w!t. believed to have resulted fro
lor, ii. m. Folk! the placing of a bomb in tl
itodKors, m. i>. south tower of the building,
ion. \y. t. snipos. The explosion, heard formal
,* i* ii. shehaiu', blocks and creating wild excit
n! steira'u, w.w. ment in that section of the cit
it, John Wright, occurred at about 2.30 o'cloc
viiiiams, w tison vv|len the church was practical
is. \. \. am e. entpty of worshipers.
>is ka? ii. priest, a woman and a child we
ho lost tiudr lives the only occupants of the buil
in the state or of ing at the time and none of the
i and whose 111- waf. jnjure(|
*1M) per anmtin. J ,. . ,, ,. .,
iiiaekmoti. m. m One ot tr<e small altars in tl
.Margaret ihtiiey. front of the church was wrecke
moo. i . i; hums, handsome glass windows we
e n oaninor.i.. i - broken and a quantity of plastc
iv, M. II. Mont- . i-iii mL i
is. Marv i'hiiii|>-. ,nbr dislodged. ! he daniaj
an.k. sunn s, amounts to about $2,000.
sistan-. Kmelin. The police express the beli
that dissensions anion# some
km ii. a party of Italian workmen, e
?u'e or r.n years. ffaged in making certain repai
it , sioo I in r in the south tower of the churc
lison. < rttiuTiiK was responsible for the explosio
lev. Margaret M.
U. M. I tell, Kli/- ?? ""
iiroom.r' KilJi11 k! Charlotte Man Arrested
m. i.. ciyhurn. Chester Charged wii
\\ . ' antes. I'.h/m
s. t 'hainbers, Kieamy
K. I tint lap, Mary
; vans. Kli/.abet h Chester .-peeial in yesterday
k' ni'H . vSI \VluT' Observer: James S. Alexande
pS Minem of Charlotte. \. C.. is in tl
i < J lien t. c a mi im- county jail here on the charge ?
irdnn. susan i.. bigamy, hi.- arrest having bet
Satualay r,.nin? at tl
on. < 'hmime 11.11- Spnngstein Mill village. Office
r. m. iiiiiiison. I lowze, Williams and Grant at
Millie KniRhi. Mrs. S. O. McKeown made tl
' r!"i""V arrest, it being necessarv to e
.injiley, 1- ratwe- , ' , ,
ins. lane K. Me. circle the house as Alexand
ii-,. Mary M.-Ma- made every effort to escap
d. mis'-i m Mil darting frorr one window to a
"U*J 'n other and finally leaping into tl
>. 11. 1% . f , . i . i
v..i. Kerry, k. ?. arms of Mr. Grant, who put hi
s. t'oiiie i'res-iiv. under arrest.
I'o.e, \alley Alexander, who is said to hiv
i. Kh/.tibeth Ke.i Vvife and two children living
??n, s. I-.. ISeeves. ,,, , ^
kiiikstaiv, k. \. Charlotte, entered into a ma
ill. susan smiib. riage contract with Mrs. Mai
li/abetb Sweat O 11?* ? - ' * ' **
i/trtwii, a;las ivnss M. p'ail II
"? ?? tms city oi\ Tuesda.Hon
Thompson, April I), th?- ceremony being pe
rwitty, ihihi m. formed at the Baptist parsonaj
?. .i?no Wallers, i)V the pastor. Rev. J. S. Snvde
ite, Marilin Wil
M. C. Wilson, ?
?. w iison, i.. i Becausc He Talke
" AVtfMlt A r?r*tV Af AAnn'n \XTll
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Hotel ITire. Winnsboro, La., April 25.Lpril
24. In a {()ra Lathan shot and killed .loh
I the Central low man here today. Lathan
day four per- aid to have declared that Bov
to death and man. who is a single man, talk<
seriously in fabout his vife. Both are w<
/known residents of this place.
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iY Rev. C.E. McDonald.
n llistorinl Sketch ol the Lamented
A. K. I*. Minister Who Pmnmed
Away in (ytie^Ro^r Friday.
te
a The Centennial History of the
A. R. P. Church gives the fol.lowing
sketch of the Rev. C. E.
ay McDonald, theprominentfand ber
loved minister who died in r,h?c_
es ter last Friday and was buried
ho in Winnsboro the next day, as
published in Saturday's issue of
at The News: Charles Edgar Mcyt
Donald, son of Rev Laughlin and
it. Melissa Lucinda (Stinson) Mche
Donald was born near Richburg.
>lf S. C., Nov, 23, 1895. Prepared
he for college at New, Hope, S. C.,
rd by Mr. H. M. now Dr. Henry,
n, he graduated at Erskine college
re July 4th, 1877. Spending the
er next two years with his widowed
e- mother on their farm near New
id Hope, S. C., his theological
[ () V/VU1 nc (u as tii jcti-sKine,
g, seminary and license was granthe
ed him by the first presbytery.
?y Sept. 6th 1881. Steele Creek,
ry Mecklenburg Co. N. C., called
o- the promising licentiate and his
r. ordination land installation took
o- place Nov, 3rd, 1882. From
lit ; Oct. 1885 to April 1886, by conas
sent of his congregation and arof
rangement of his presbytery, he
of supplied the mission inChatlotte.
et N. C.
On Dec. 23rd, 1886 he was
nt happily married to Miss Margaret
ct Elizabeth, daughter of Mr.
he Robert Hemphill Harris of York
es Co., S. C. She was born July
y- 28th. 1866 Jand graduated from
s- the Charlotte Female Institute
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loou. i/uniig nis pastorate ot
Steele Creek the two former
sites. Steele Creek and Blackstocks,
were sold and Central
1S was built and hard b# a manse.
Both these were large and comfortable.
This congregation was
"e. demitted April 5th. 1892 and inal
stalled pastor of Winnsboro, S.
?n C.. May 18th, 1892. A new par,n
sonage and a new church seem
|,n to he his twin passions. Soon
'1e after his partorate began at
Winnsboro. a large and elegant
W parsonage was bought and the
e" Centennial Synod |will dedicate
y* the new church.
Ho was moderator of the synod
at Due West, 1895. delegate to
the Young People's Convention
ro of the United Presbyterian
('~ church at Saratoga, N. Y., Aug.
ni 5th, 1898. and made an address
"Echoes from the Cross" and
ho appointed delegate to the Psalm
d. Singers Conference at Belfast.
re Ireland. Aug. 1902.
!r_ In 1884 he was elected a member
of the South Carolina Historical
Society. From 1893 to
e* 1902 the editorship of the A. K.
?t P. Quarterly was his responsibiln_,
ity and he has served as edit or
rs of the ft Woman's Department of
h. the A. R. Presbyterian for fifn
teen years. A delightful and
instructive companion, a bright
and sunny Christian, a welcome
guest, a bright scholar, an effi.h
cient j?resbyter, a devoted pastor.
a popular orator, an'eloquent
preacher and a devoted Christian,
\s he lives yet in the hearts and
r. works, in the homes of a delightie
ed people.
of Since the above was written,
?n Mrs. Mcl)onald has passed hence,
ie falling asleep most happily dune
rs 15th. 1903.
id Mr. McDonald was one of the
ie members ofjthe committee which
n- got up the Centennial History of
er the A. R. P. Church and he was
e. pastor of the Winnshoro church
n- at that time, 1903
ie In the spring of 1907 Mr. Mcm
Donald received a call to the
pastorate of the Chester A. R. P.
/e church and accepted. He t<?ok
! -> llt? Kits UTAi.b 1 p
,,, r\\n rv ocj/i. xinji arm Trom
r- that time to his death he labored
v ur reasingly and faithfully in his
ii- c' arge. The church has prosv.
) red under his pastorate and
r- much good has been done. His
^e death is a great blow and [the
r. hearts of his entire con grey01 ion
are wrung with grief.
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The annual public meeting of
e> the Hampton Literary Society
? will be held in the school audiin
torium Friday night, May 7. The
is full program will be announced
v- later. The feature of the meet?d
ing will be the declaimed
>11 test for the^'old medal given t