The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, May 08, 1909, Image 1
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.
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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
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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*.