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i VOL. 4. NO. 62. SEMI-WEEKL The Methodist Church. i36x3f room _ the h and in rear ot tne puipii is a cozy | pastor's study. The acoustics of J u the building appear to he well- .aVkV nigh perfect. ; ,c?al. ^Fhe sealing capacity of the m,*s' I An auditorium is about 400, a"( * t Jfcle that of the entire building, " t(> (Including the Sunday School Ar* | . . . /. uia.' " room and class rooms, is ahout mrnt ftoo. ' ;7r'elj The Sunday School room is(<'r.?wfv Ijf the corner of Gay and Catawba Dr. I streets, one into a vestibule on for. the^side next to Gay street and ever, I another into a similar vestibule his w J on Catawba street. The doors anjt 1 ^ are of heavy oak, the upper por-, and I tion of the interior doors being1 work WLpf plate glass. The windows are physi uHJpheautiful and costly art glass. u IFThe dimensions of the main ^ulitorium are 48x48 feet, and Boy bleats are arranged in a serniirttikVThe ceiling is of light |. e ^ak, !^f\ied and varnished, and onsists seven half octagons. 1 Xeven halfNliamonds and seven < v ^squares. The seats are also of a Blight oak. An aisle extends all mai * the way around the auditorium, a ov and there's a spacious aisle in 1 a (* ' -tHe centre. The floor is covered with a lovely velvet Brussels car- was pet, which alone cost over $t>00. 1 Ma ' The pulpit faces the centre aisle. a H't .... Iv ha ? ?? ' | wnici church as designed at the time (;hen of the adoption of the plans and j ^at specifications. As stilted in that ^jg ( article, the building is at the cor- toda> ner of Gay and Catawba streets j^r and occupies all of the site of the gatu, former church and an adjacent a hot plot equally as large or larger, grfp, which was kindly donated for | joge the purpose by Mr. T. S. Carter. * It is a strikingly handsome and |n^ 1 imposing structure, of the Gothic ^()t tl style of architecture, the stately in th< S walls and towers being of press- mjnu \ ed brick and the roof of slate. vulsi< There are four entrances, two rje(]p \ into an ante-chamber directly at fnmil The Handsome New Edifice Thes< Completed and will be Us- t ed for Religious Services Tomorrow for the First vestji Time?Description of the Sund Fine Structure. vesti The Methodists of Lancaster , will worship for the first time j)asor \ I in their elegant new church to- . s ? I inir v t J morrow, the edifice being practi- ^ tj \f cally completed and furnished. entjr 1 the only thing lacking being the' furnJp partition of folding doors dividing1 ^ () V the main auditorium and the Sun' day school room, which may arrive from the factory at any time. As is well known, the congrega- , tarv tion has been holding services in ^ the court house ever since the . destruction of the old church by p, fire on the night of Feb. 22nd of I last year. The opportunity now ' 7" * afforded, therefore, after long rT * i 1 one o i months of patient waiting, to , . ' , . con v( once again occupy their own, . ^ house of worship will no doubt , be welcomed with inexpressible ^U<y pleasure bv thecongregation and ' i , lO LIK the pastor. The faithful and efficient building committee is now having prepared for publication in the b church organ, the Southern Christian Advocate, a history of W e the Lancaster church from its original establishment down to <p: f the present, including a full and detailed description of the new building, illustrated with pic- 1511 pj tures of the same and of the pjG L members of the committee, and an(j ( I as the article and cuts are to Ik? t^rou ^ 1 reproduced in The News, we j> p J' shall here refer only briefly and " in a general way to the new Meth 7 structure. tjiey It will be recalled that there to j(1, IJ was published in these columns ; jn^ . 'A Hpanrintivo awmint , . . I ,Y. >. There are five class KERSHAW GRA a, three on the west side 01 uilding and two on the east. e rooms are each 9x11. ex- interesting Prc$ the infant class room, which _ . , . a m, , .. . mencement i <14. The latter may lie en- . from the Catawba street Sinnm8 *orn bule without going into the Kershaw's flou ay School room. 1 he main school will have i bule is 12x14, and the two cises next week, s each 12\12. morrow night, th ere is a large, commodious jng on the llth. nent or cellar. and the build- js program as/ill lie equipped with modern this week: ng and lighting plants. The Sunday, 9th, 8 e cost of the structure and rnon at the Bapt shines will nrobablv pxcppH r??. ? " ' 1 , ^ i rvc-v. ,j. n. ttoior on W- . Lancaster, e building committee is com- Tuesday 11th i ot Messrs. J. M. Riddle, Hie school auditoi man. L.^C. Lazenby, secre- Class Historv A. B. Ferguson, T. S. Car- Reese, nd C. B. Skipper. The ar- Class Essay -M ct, Mr. J. M. McMichael, of e| lotte; builder. Mr. .1. L. C|ass prophec n. of (lastonia. N. C. Draffin e building is undoubtedly Class Will Mis f the handsomest and most Address to the Miiently arranged structures; Henry N. Snydei e kind in this part of the j) j I D pr( , and is not only a credit to for(j College Iethodists of Lancaster but! On Monday nil 3 entire community as well. wj|j ^ an entert .auditorium by pill , P. F. KILGO'S ILLNESS *> which an a,im l>e cnarged, the to defray the e: 11-Known Methodist commencement inister, Who at One the surplus tula. n . A T amount still <lue me was Pastor ot Lan- . , . . t_ , __ , Admission, 15 ster Church, Took Reaerved seats 1 rychnine by Mistake. lowing is the pro* rence special in the News j?10 Trouble a Courier, May (i: The friends. A/arc*'n ?nen ghout the State of the Rev. * Ahce? M'ld^ed- B Kilgo, presiding elder of <)n a!( *10 c< Florence District of the 1 ongl"ff l.? Mis/ odist Episcopal Church, and ' le^t Senunary for are many, will he pleased .1 ,ss Sattei lee i irn that he is fast recover- n,)a ' . ,s from a severe illness with , ^ued ,n the Sen h he was seized while at 11S !R. an 1,1 aw on Saturday last, and N()U he is now at his home, in fun ,hal coJ^:itv, having returned here r ' Dorothy. F A l]cp . Kilgo was feeling bad on . * -day morning, and. having 1 * ie( * tie of Carlsbad salts in his e>,tia' thought he would take a. ana^1' nf this mwlirim. strvrhnino I Mlss SatterU*', J ra component part. In takthe medicine he evidently athleen. oo much of the strychnine ~ e dose and within twenty \. ^ QHK.EN tes he was thrown into con- : Brasingtoi ons. A physician was hur- j ^c^/askill. V called and his wife and au Cauthen, ly physician at Florence,! Magi 11. <. ijf hV-^Leo^- was wired ,rion- Hey ward 1 The local physician, how- Truesdel, Ethel had him relieved before Horton, Bleka Si rife and Dr. McLeod arrived junior McCaskill hereby saved his life. was indeed a very close call i **(>sf Card ner, lad it not l>een for prompt Junior Jacobson, on the part of the Cheraw mon, Ruth Magi ician, he would have died del. Fannie Lee in an hour. Blackwell, Randr ? le Guilty of Kidnapping Killed His Fa reer, Pa.. May b.?James Anniston, Ala., ?, charged with kidnapping" Cochran shot an< y" Whitla, was convicted ther in-law, Jar ' after a trial lasting but I Golden Springs hours. No defense was He then walked iand the jury was out but and surrendered / minutes. Mrs. Boyle, in- here this after rl under the name of Mary had divorced hi: v'th half a dozen alliases, married her and i mwtn ill#* t 1*54(1*.?ilv7 I I I i I I l\ HKUl lt) )H<\\ \ \ I II | n / I I ' V? ' *- 11 charged with aiding and mastic infelicity, intf the kidnapping. Hard- T * . .. , . Kvervlmby is likelv d the jury been sworn in buid-'r tr.mi.io. in woman's case when the !VI'1-V >>,lH MMI"' . , . ; is tlif i t us'>n whp yon ers l>ecame en^a^ed in a id the b??k nud Ki?iii. argument regarding- the ad- nrin,,r-''u . ; nay* 1 n? Usr rtunc on ol certain testimony ot op\viu'? Kidney he caae w?" adjourned .in- j morrow morning. Uihwa*. t- o, you win - ? - ? { .io<l pm-iibly Mi-rious a yon tortured to death daily with J?o- perlccily hurui!e*s, ao< why Hnffrtf when I$1.<K)I>INK OIN I - ; ptic, but *ll>?y putt 1 will k?vm yon in?t>int r- liflf and par- ' healing properties * itly cure yon. 60c h box untiled by I O. ?>*YVitt A Co , Chi. lloodine Co, Inc , Boaton, Mann ! box, They are aold h ird P?ro? , Special .4gent* 49.?4 1 Co. Y f f /my w W /*W /"^f A LANCASTER, S. C., MAY 8, 1909. DED SCHOOL Asylum Investigation. ^ ? that ;ram ot Com- Legislative Committee Tak- did ? Sxercises, Be- in? Testimony this Week one; iorrow Night -Former Patient ' First Witness. Z ? inshing graded ne P ts closing exer- Columbia Record, May 5: The canes beginning to- taking of evidence on the part of the e le 9th, and clos- the committee charged with in- be ss The following vestigating the Hospital for the face. i 1 i I Mf?A U ^ ^4L2. ? - - _ ffii ! A/1 > ctfjpfcirs in tne I A1JC,W,,t; iuis niorinnK. 1 ne cu oc committee began to take test!-; th? p :30 p. m. - Ser- mony on time. Messrs. S*wyer nurst ist Church, by i ?ud Dirk of the committee had not k idge. D. D., of not yet returned to the city from * their trip of inspection. the n 8:30 p. m., at The chief witness today was a ium: young man of fine family from f^a^ Miss Maggie i Charleston county, who has been a patient different times for a '^n liss Inez Ham- period of aoout three years. It ^ ^ appears from his testimony that a,u' ' v Miss Lena he \s as a patient at another in- a stitution ; then fie came to South neen is lx)is Gregory. Carolina and was a patient for a ,m' 0 Tenth Grade while, lie then went out and ^ '. M. A.. Litt. remained out for five years and :t>?raP sident of Wof- at his own suggestion returned 8,f)0t! to the hospital, where he remain- 11 ifht, 10th. there ed for about two months and ^'8 ' ainment at the was dismissed as "cured1'. e<** >ils ol the school The chief evidence of this witlission fee Will ,iess was directed to what he an receipts to go (erITiej harsh and bad treatment ' tpenses of the accorded the patients by some . ' avai>oioao anrl - tl/?nl? ? ."! or me attenaants. The wituess applied to the 8eeined to think there whs occa- ^ on the seats. 8|0n for harshness on the several ^0(Xj i and 2T> cts. occasions, but his sympathetic Uc extra. Fol- vaR that the treatment was rram: unnecessary. He 6poke in the t Satterlee. | kindest manner of Dr. Thompson, act. Dorothy, w|10 was the physician in charge To t erthaandMari- of the male wards, and towardsi illege girls he- the close of his testimony exSatterlee's Se- preyed his dislike at the lack of young ladies, encouragement that was given nris the lady prin- the game of baseball on the p irt Mt the maid em- 0f the management. May linary. The witness is a young man obsei iteresting little of fine education. Ha talks well, unde an idea of the What he said was not with ill- ters re girls have. feeling and there was but little exen STE: of criticism except of treatment grad redda Truesdel. by nurses that he thought harBh ning Mary Hayes. ttt times, but iu each case he sug- Ever Harris Brewer, gested that there was provocation and' ?Yederica Thies. for some sort of handling, but he ratio Elma Thies. thought this too severe. whie ladeline Trues- One of the features of the clusi morning session was that one of audi ladvs Faulkner, the witnesses who had been fonr ? brought here was apparently very eteri FESTIVAL. drunk when he entered the wit- T1 n.NannieHayes, neR*' room. He was called down the Melita Floyd, several times and finally was occa Frank Powers, asked to leave the room and did Nannie Black- 8o. Later on he returned, but Pi Slackmon, Sara again had to be sent away. He son. Cook, Minnie mfty appear as a witness later on. In ms, Paul .Jones, The questions were asked the i M. J , Hazel Horton, j witnesses by Mr. Carey andheic,ra\ Burk (iregory, did He with precision and kind- ' Cs .Johnnie Black- ness. Wyl II. Alva Trues- Under the rule of the commit Baker. Sallie tee, the names of the witnesses ?lph Horton. are not to be given in print. It ^rav ? may, therefore, be well to call S0ho ther-in-I.aw *,r*r Witness Mr. Baseball, as he seems particularly fond oi this Hold ' 'li* .' ' . " great, game. He is a Charleston 1 ec ns a ian bv birth, of good family, looks owi ues Timnis. at ,. . ,. , . , . . well and m well groomed and this morning. . . . .4 .. Su just a bit nervous. He talks twenty miles ,, . .. .. . dav' , , well, exceptionally well, and \< ,a>y to the shenn , . , of kiudlv disposition. 1,1 noon. Cochran ,. " , . . dam? . He started out by giving the s wile and re- , . . . . . . A. Cilr* .. . A. dates ot his admission to the VII,lt It IS alleged that h if , in th tilted frmn do- ... . .A . . w.,s His lirst evidence was with regard to what he regarded as bad waK( in,x j .mi treatment of patients by the male noS(' iact n early every- n,jr?eB. 1 he first case, he said. ('r'v( it tu)K r.ind lh.it drdiv h.? imv, paioH w ax that ot ? patient who wasiut wy choked by two of the nurses. He in^r ' to io i-to get Home said that this patient had refus see * riot a?vs*dto rpturn ,o th*wani *nd that KOnnil o. i iii right i? for this refusal the violence w as wnrl i>fT dung roils . ,, , . .- , , . UK] II,nnnt. riiej aie "??<>. He ?a,d that force had t? , ?r wit l are o?t only antis- be used to get the patientback. Ache, j quickly l>y their ... .. . , - can Ik <>nd yon*- name to K. he h*"" that the choking was Kb0<: lagofor atrtf? tr?.ii not neceasarv. Thd nurses were i l'01c:? bv ? r. Maekey ? , . ... Host?: jti' attracted to this patient bv his \,?fnti I i ' \ - v r - X / \ L E 5 CENTS PER COPT : S. s. CONVENTION. i | Coming Meeting of -istian Workers to be Id in Lancaster-Every iday School Urged to e Representation PRIC voice while he ??s on the ^||i de ?nd it, whs in the return the "choking" oocurred. He lot report this case to any i6 appeared to have been nly case of "ill treatment" "CJ ersonallv saw. The other Sur he heard of or said he saw j^av fleets. One patient, Mr. M? M t% lw with a black and blue He saw this patient bruis sl)a(e veral times and said that u na 1 aiient had been struck by a 111 ) named Brown. He did veater( now of the case except what 001 old him and he heard that urse claimed that the pa . had struck him first and ai the blowR were in return louirht tliis wrong. Pffates other ca?-e, l'atient B . ard this patient groinim; 11 1 nquired what was the trouiid was told that he had am punished for Irvine to tr?*t ^"an f th.' w,,rd. s,cll"la' ,aw tin. uatiem wi'urini' ' s for restraint ami under- 11 that he had been whipped. *'ax uderstood that the nurse in ^M!> lase. < i - had been d inch art: - ',H 1 a',x He hesrd tiiat the assault of 1 x< ? "ent occurred one day *K,l)a*' hat tlie nurse was dismissed *x ^ss n 24 hoiir?. l|u" ul . Baseball was asked par- Peijml irly with reference to the 1!\tK and to give the bill of fare. ^1,n^s lid so. He regarded the asac< poor- t0l% MEMORIAL DAY. t Tr| 4. T1 >e Observed in Lancaster Program of Exercises to , r>i Held Monday After- ^ ion - ^ tniorial Day. next Monday, Day. 10th, will be appropriately 8. St rved in Lancaster, as usual, S. VVoi r the auspices of the Daugh- 9. . r of the Confederacy. The Readin rises will be held in the 10. I ed school auditorium, begin- lessen* at 6 o'clock in the afternoon, ture. ybody is expected to attend. 11. to carry dowers for the deco- organi n of the soldiers' graves. 12. 1 h will he done at the con- 13. on of the exercises at the Teach* torium. a procession being 14. I led and marched to the cent- plemei es. 15. 1 le Daughters have prepared by th following program for the where sion: 1. It PROGRAM. 16,000 ayer. by Rev. R. Ixte Robin- ly. 2. li traduction of speaker, Rev. shals A. Brabham, by Prof. Bruce Chrisl ren. 3. 1 tiling of Roll, by Mr. R. E. ized S ie. ca. K nging by School Children. strain nging by Quartette, when Sea. es are being decorated by Wit ol children. deeds osing prayer, by Dr. J. II. our f ridge. have ^ ? the Si Id Killed by a Wagon imovei artariburg special in yester- *jbilit< s Charlotte Observer: Eu- ,'?na' a Gilreath. aged 2 years, rhter of Mr. and Mrs. James )n?j! r f\? ? * ? am, 01 vireer, wnue piaving the It e road in front of her home proud run over by the delivery s^(> r' >n of Wood & Wood Wed- ottf! ay afternoon and killed. Th^ ' ^j.iv ;r stopped at a neighbor's to j, i. er groceries and upon climb- niemb nto the wagon he did not pencil, he child in front of the wa-? Cott ? ? ? marke Elt DUINKEUS itc<1 oth. ri who suith Bright'R Disease, Diibetes, Back It \ou or huy Kidney or Bladder'I ronbl* /e l Win * cored if tbev'will take BLOODINE it is Pi ID AND KIPNK1 TABLETS, fiOe a rtaWe mailed by I he Bloodioe Co . Inc.. i see. and d, >'*?* ' Crawford Broe, Speei d ' f c -nl %. 4974 Editor: Please allow me in your! valuable col:o second the strong- apade by Mr. Rowell in lay's News in behalf of inty Sunday School AssDn, time is rapidly approachid those Sunday Schools ive not selected their delshould do so at once. The / School is the greatest an organization in the ^ bothjn pointjof numbers fluence. numbering !more wenty-seven millions of ? s, and the organized . > ? ociuhii inuveineni rias lore to improve the Sunhools than any other agen\vn. It is. therefore, an ini e duty and a privilege ry Sunday School to parl1 in and promote the counociation, one division of eat organized movement. >s it will increase interest convention to name a few that this great movement mmplished. It has given Sunday School world, be Cradle Roll, le Home Department, le Graded Sunday School, le plan for Teacher Train- J ie world-wiJe chain of S. mentions and institutes, use visitation. S. week and Decision atistics for the entire IS. ? Id. The International Bible ig course. mproved the quality and ?d the price of S.S. litera- \ 5 World-wide promotion of /.ed adult Bible classes. Teachers meetings. Graded Unions of S. S? irs. Jniform, graded and supltal lessons. Rally Day, now observed e Sundav Schools everv- & J holds in Ameriea alone m S. S. conventions annual- 'jfl 1 I; n the entire worla it maran army of nearly 3,000,000 I Lians. , 'he movement has organ1. S. Associations in Amerilurope, Asia, Africa, Aui, and the Islands of the h the rich heritage of good that has been left us by orbears, Lancaster should l>een the first county in ate to get into this great nent with its infinite poses of bettering the educa, A. . and moral conation of out \ We must not delay long>rganize the best Associa1 the State, and thus put ed Rose county first in the galaxy of counties where ghtfully belongs. let curbo. "on to Lancaster on 4th." S. E. Bailes. 6, I'M lit. 1. let every delegate reer to bring a note-book and This is very important. on brought lb cents on this t yesterday. i xni-ct to Rot tin; <?riRin?l ''nrl?o)i h Hazel Stilv, yon mn*t l>? <mre Witt h darbolizod Witob ltiz?l !t i* Rood foront*. b'lrnn *nd bruiiH cxpmially Rood t'oj i il*-K. Ke-tirnfr Sold by J F. M.m'Iwv '.!o, w-t*.