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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-11

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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-12-01

The two great religious bodies
of the state In session this week.
the Methodist Conference, in Co.
lumbia, and the Baptist Conven-
ton, in Spartanburs, are unusu-
ally largely attended. Bishop
A. O. Wilson, of Baltimore, is
presiding over the deliberations
of the Methodists and Mr.. G.. A.
Smith, of Timmonsville, is pres.
ident of the Baptist Convention.
The famous Creighton case is be.
fore the Conference again.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-12-01
Young Man Interferes While
Father is Beating His
Mother and is Fatally
Stabbed--Mother Slashed
With Same Knife.

Sneads, Fla, Nov. ;2S. Tho.
mas Yon was fatally stabbed at
Comfort, near here, last night by
his father Highdon A. Yon. The
senior Yon, who had been drink
ing, was beating his wife when
the son interfered, The father
drew his knife and stabbed the
young man just under the heart
and in the breast. He then cut
Mrs. Yon an ugly cash on the
face, the blade penetrating the
cheek and splitting her tongue.
Hlghdon Yon was immediately
arrested and taken 10 Marianna-
Thomas Yon died this morn.
ing. Mrs. Yon is related to
some of the best families in Jack.
son county.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-12-01
Death of One of the Recent
Candidates for Secretary of
State.

Columbia Record: Mr.. l.. M.
Ragin, formerly a state senator
from Clarendon county, who was
one of the candidates Tor the Of
hce Of secretary of State in the
recent campaign, died this morn
ing at his home, 1920 Lady Street,
as the result of paralysis. He was
stricken with the fatal mslady
Monday and little hope had been
felt for his recovery at any time
since then.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-12-01

church was founded in 1889.
Bro. Watson has been it's pastor
for six years, ani he wear we'll.
ii S people love him and 10 lay
he is stronger with them than
when he came. The member
ship at present is one hundred
and seventy six, about a hundred
having been added during tn !,
present ministry. For two year.
Bro. Watson resided in LtncaS-
ter and p cached for this church;
for tour years he has made Heath
Springs his home and a good,
comfortable home it is too. Here
again the brother exercised some
OF his mechanical turn and trans
formed an old house into large
commodious and convenient
dwelling.
Five churches have Brother
Watson as pastor. These are {:
Heath Springs, Beaver Creek.
White Bluff, Antioch and Union.
The writer visited Beaver Creek
with the pastor on the third Sun
lay N Novem Der. Without ex.
ception, this church is located
in the prettiest grove 10 be found
anywhere. The congregation
here is large, in consideration
of the fact that il is only four
miles from Heath Springs. Breth-
rem Blackmon, Hammond. Hill
lard, Young and Harris, were
among those it was my pleasure
to meet at this church. Beaver
Greek is probably over fifty years
cd, and time has dealt kindly
with it. The church is situated
on the old road that General
Sherman passed over on his way
through to North Carolina. On
this road is the famous "anvii"
rock, known far and wide. The
massive boulder is about ten
feet high, a perfect anvil in shape,
and shows by the side-marks that
it was once beneath the surface
of the surrounding grounds.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-12-01
GoV.-Elect Ansel Appoints
Private Secretary.

Greenville spe cialin The State:
Gov. Elect Martin f. Ansel an
nounced today the appointment
of Mr.. A. j. Bethea of Darling.
ton, the private secretary to the
governor, and Miss Alice Hen
derson, the private stenographer
to the governor.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-12-01
President Spencer Killed.
The Head of the GreatSouth-
ern Railway System One
OF the Victims of a Wreck
on his Own Road-Several
Others Killed Party was
on a Hunting Trip.

Washington, Nov. 29--Presi-
dent Samuel Spencer, of the
Southern rail lway, and Jour guests
In his private car were killed in
frightful wreck on that road
early this morning and a dozen
persons We're injured atLawyer's.
Va.
With a party of officials and
other guests, Mr.. Spencer was
travelling south on a train that
left Washington late last night.
They occupied a special car on
the rear of the train, which, while
making a stop for repairs, was
crushed into by passenger train
f'om the rear.
The dead are Samuel Spencer.
OF Washington, pres dent of the
Southern railway; Philip Schuy-
Ter, of New York, retired capi-
taIist; Watt Davis, OF Washing
ton, telegraph operator; a man
believed to be Francis T. Red
wood, a Baltimore banker; and
an unknown man. Chas. ID.
Fisher, a member of a Baltimore
commission firm, is missing. The
injured are &. A. Merrill, of New
York, secretary to President
Spencer, and number of colored
men, members of the crews of the
private car and the PulImans.
The responsibility for the dis
aGter has not been fixed, but it
is believed to have been due
either to negligence of the oper-
ator in allowing the second pas
senger train to run by the block
and crash into the preceding one,
which had stopped for repairs, or
to the failure OF the brakeman on
the first train to 20 back and
flag.
The engine of the second train,
crashed clear through Preside,t'
Spencer's car and into the o.,
ahead.
Immediately afterwardg
wreckage took fire. 1t -
bic that some bodies Sale
mated. President SpeR,nie
was badly burned bef'N1
taken out. All of
were taken to Lynch
wreck special.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-12-01

- L" iio't VI thc SuliI6
group. Then came the queenly
bride with the maid of honor,
Miss Copeland, of States vile n.
q. They were met at the altar by
the groom and his brother, Mr..
j. o. Williams of N. Y, who
approached from the left of the
chancel. And there, while the
rays of heavens most brilliant
SIN were fading into silvery
twlnkling stars, the vows cf these
two young people were plighted
and sealed with the marriage
ring in the presence of a large
and interested audience The Rev.
DIR Jacobs of Clinton spoke the
wor S which changed the current
OF their converging lives into
one common and lasting chan
mel.
The bride was gowned in an
elegant duchess satin, en- train,
with old point lace trimmings.
Her tilmy veil was held in place
by a corOnet of lilies of.the-vallev
and a diamond harvest moon.ihet
gift OF the groom. She carried
a shower OF bride roses. The
bridesmaids wore white mousse
line over yellew taffeta and car
rled bouquets of golden chysan-
themums tied with white gauze.
The flower girls wore creations
Of sheer lawn and round thread
lace.
The bride and groom left i'm.
mediateIy on the North bound
tain their wedding itinerary be-
ing undiscl' sed" after the legen.
dary custom of aye Olden Times"
The bridal party was served a
sumptuous wedding breakfast
at high noon Wednesday morn
ing at the residence of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Putsy Silas
Bailey.
The presents were handsome
and numerous, giving but faint
expression to the unlimited po-
pularity of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liams.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-12-01

The Supreme Court has made
permanent its tenn pOrarv iDjunc.
ton restraining the Kershaw
county board of control from
opening a dispensary in the
town Of Kershaw.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-12-01
The Work being Accomplish
ed by the well known Bap-
tist Minister who is the
Pastor Of Five Churches
The Growing Town of
Heath Springs.

heV. Sam IN. w atS0n, pastor
OF the Heath Springs Baptist
church, is a worker with few
peers in the State. He is pastor
for five churches, breaches three
sermons every Sunday in the
year, drives many miles to reach
his pastorates.
Heath Springs gets its name
from Mr.. B. ID Heath, one OF
the most pro minent men behind
the business interests of the
town, and the mineral springs
about half mile distant. Itls
on the Southern, in Lancaster
county, eleven miles from Ian
caster court house.
Heath Springs is very pretty
village, with about four hundred
inhabitants, we'll laid off streets,
good business, plenty of beauti-
fu shade trees, and a business
air that is befitting much larger
town. The -four hundred" live
in Heath Springs ard they live
not on mere pretense and sham.
1t is indeed, a most pleasant
place for a home.
Pastor Sam n. Watson, is not
simply a good preacher and ex
cellent pastor-he is "A first class
carpenter as we'll. With his own
hand he made a HANDSOME pul.
pit'and gave to his church. Ac-
cording to the catalogs of church
furniture, this pulpit would cost
Tin oak) a round seventy dollars,
and it is no make shift either ::
rather, it would be credit to
the most skilled wood workman.
The Heath Springs church is
alive In every sense of the word.
For years, the beloved Jno. S
Croxton was its pastor, and un.
der his ministry the church
made rapid strides in keeping
apace with the times. No less
true is this of the present pastor.
Among the visible results of his
labors is remodeled :church
building freshly painted, a new
pulpit, new pulpit chairs, chande-
liers, a modern communion SER
vice, and one hundred mbers
added to the church. The p,opIe
love brother Watson and uphold
him in every undertaking.
A man starting out to find an
all.round good fellow, could safe
ly stop after meeting Rev. Sam
Watson. He is fine preacher, a
good pastor, born leader, an
up-to-date carpenter, a royal
host, and an interesting taIker;
added to this, he is as fond of
Gays hunt as the next man.
Brother Watson, in company
with Brethren Yarborou h, of
Fort Lown, and j. @ Adams, of
Charlotte, are going out on
weeks hunt, camping as they
go, some time during the month
of December. Much fun and sue.
cess to these sportsmenl
The Heath Springs Baptist
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-12-01
Reported for The News.

WAS scene or sylvan
beauty and dazzling splendor
Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 2S,h
inst, when the lives OF Miss Rosa
Ellen Bailey, of Clinton and Mr..
David Reece Williams, of Ian.
caster, were bound together
with the golden chords of wed
lock.
The church chancel had been
garlanded by artistic and loving
hands, with tropical palms and
gorgeous yellow chrysanthe-
NUNS.
From the organ loft was sus
pended an immense golden wed
ding bell, and candles ensconced
in golden candelabra shed a sof
glow over the enchanted scene.
Promptly at five O'Clock the
organ pealed forth and from the
choir gallery came the melody of
sweet voices blended in the har.
Wedding Chorus. At
the same time the spacious doors,
on each side of the chaucel, were
thrown open and the bridesmaids
entered by twos, the couples
passing each other in the center
aisle marched to the rear of the
church, where the gooomsmen
awaited them.
The ushers, Mr.. G. P. Bailey.
of Clinton, and Hon. T. Yancey
Williams, of Lancaster, then en-
tered from the rear of the church.
marched down the left aisle and
took positions on the right of
the chancel. Mr.. Neville and
DR.. Young, both of Clinton, came
down the right aisle and occu
pied the lett. The bridesmaids
and groomsmen followed down
the right and left aisles in the
following order: Miss Irby, of
Laurens, with Mr.. George Heath,
of Lancaster Miss Neville, of
Clinton, with Mr.. d. ID. Mccall,
of Bennettsville ; Miss Caroline
Jones, of Newberry, with DR..
Robt. Brown, of Lancaster; Miss
Duelly, of Charleston, with Mr..
SiIas Bailey, of Clinton; Miss
katherine Copeland, of States
vile, n. O., with Prof. l.. T.
Bak er, of Columbia; Miss Clara
Ducket, of Clinton, with Prof.
Graham, of Clinton.
Miss Katherine Bean, OF Gin.
ton, came down the center aisle,
followed by DR.. Canton Foster,
of Orangeburg. They took posi-
tons in the center of the artistic
group which had been formed by
-
the preceding couples. Next
came the little flower girl: Helen
Hughes, Of Lancaster, niece
of the groom, with Helen Bailey
of Clinton, cousin of the bride,
followed by Corinne Vance and
and Mercie Bailey, both of Gin.
ton, and cousins of the bride.
The four little cherubs took DO
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-12-01

The young people Of Lam
caster had pleasant dance
Thursday night at the Jones
House.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-12-01
A Brilliant Wedding.

The Happy Marriage in Clin-
ton Wednesday Afternoon
OF MIR. d. Reece Williams,
of the Lancaster Bar, and
Miss Rose E. Bailey, one
of Clinton's most Charming
Young Ladies.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-12-01
One Negro Kills
SPARTAN

S"arranburg ST.
server: At tht
gress, Mary Z
Liberty street her
Barker was stabb
Jesse Whitmire.
in a fight over some
ter. Barker's jnguIar
severed, death ensuing
few minutes. Whitmire has r.. I
been caught. The dead man and
his slay er are colored.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-09-06
Chinese View of Our Club Women

Among the many invitations | have
received was one to meet some club
women" The club woman is an
American product. 1t is now fashion
able to belong to clubs, hence as a
rule the clubs are made up often as
follows:
First, Women who wish to attain
notoriety. They find in the club an
opportunity to read original papers.
poems and verses-as the members
have rules by which they agree to
listen to the literary productions OF
fellow members.
Second. Women who by this way
Increase their acquaintance.
Third. Women who dislike house
hold work.
Fourth, Women who really and
honestly believe they are contributing
to human knowledge and happiness
by reading papers and poems on an
cognate and possible subjects
Chinese Gentleman, in Metropolitan
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-09-06

A SOCIETY OF BACHELO LORS.

The ranks became so depleted from
this meeting that before another
could be held it became necessary to
reorganize the society, which was
done. The reunions, held on Aug. 10,
1904, and on Aug. 16, 1905, We're most
successful,
Fully 10000 people were in attend
ance at each of the gatherings. and
unique programmes portrayfhg the ex-
istence of bachelor were success
fully carried out.
On these occasions, as on previous
ones, every member wore yellow
badge upon which was .-scribed the
motto of the order, None that love
more than myself"
AT the last reunion the prize of the
oldest bachelor girl was awarded to
a giddy young woman of 80 summers,
who, in spite of her advanced age,
failed to exhibit any signs of being
afraid that she would lose out in the
contest for bachelors heart and a
happy home
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-09-06

track on the ground. No such sight
was ever before seen in the southwest
country. No train of 20 cars, contain.
ing watermelons alone, was ever be-
fore pulled out of Oklahoma. The
Alabama sweet variety has been
adopted by the melon farmers. This
is long, striped melon of yellow and
lead colors.
The production this year will be
double that of last year and the acre
age is In the same ratio The quality
of melon is also better and the de-
mand has been greater.
E. c. Lutes, lessee of some Indian
allotments in the Indian pasture south
of here, this year has cultivated 200
acres of melons, the seeds from which
he is selling to Kansas City seed
house for IL cents per pound. The
Juice is being manufactured into a
syrup by new process. His crop is
unusually fine and he has found that
more money can be realized from the
growing of melons than from any
other branch of farming.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-09-06
Weddings Often Result from Reunions
History of the Odd Orsaniza-
ton Which Is Fourteen
Years Old.

Nokomis, Ill.--The famous bach
elors' picnic was held the other day
at this place. the home of the Illi-
nois Bachelors association. Nokomis
claims no other distinction than that
of being the birthplace of such body
and the devotees of the single life
were feasted and entertained from
sunrise until dark.
The bachelors state is regarded in
this community as the ideal life. Bach
elors parade the principles of their
cult to the world from the mecca of
single blessedness, Hundreds came
from all surrounding places within a
radius of 80 miles.
Unmarried persons of both sexes
attended by companies and battalions
to aid in the beatification of bachelor
dom. A feature of the entertainment
was a wedding ceremony performed
before the assembly of skeptical
celibates.
The history of the association dates
back to Aug. 10, 1892. when a few
forlorn and hopeles bachelors of No
komis invited their fellow unfortun-
ates to unite with them in a grand
picnic, at which time new schemes
for more successful attacks on the
rapidly increasing ranks of unmarried
young ladies were given out to the
faithful.
Many marriages resulted in this re-
union, and even the president of the
order fell victim to the charms OF a
fair enchantress.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-09-06
REMARKABLE RANCH HOUSE IN
WILDS OF WYOMING.
Has Finer Cut Glass, China and Silver
Than Any Other House In State
Hostess Is Refined
and Educated.

Lander, Wyo.-A little one-story,
six-room log ranch house in Wyoming.
with sage brush land stretching away
from 1t in all directions and with only
a numbering mountain stage coach
drawn by four horses connecting 1t
with the outside world, has in it more
and finer cut glass, china and silver
than any other house, public or pri-
vate, in this state.
Arapahoe boasts not near fifty souls
all told. But the traveller going by
stage from Lander to Shoshone will
find its ranch house an uncommonly
good one at which to stay overnight,
for Mrs. Becker, its gracious hostess,
does not spend all her money en- orna-
ments for her table. She always
makes enough to pay the salaries of
two first-class Chinese cooks and to
supply her table with delicacies.
Many ranch houses look neither
more nor less inviting from the out
side than does this one Dirt, poor
food, cracked dishes, wretched serv-
ice and insufferably bad beds compose
the accommodations. The traveller is
agreeably surprised, then, when he
finds the wealth of cut glass. china
and silverware which graces Mrs.
Becker's table, excellent service, every
delicacy that city market affords,
cleanliness everywhere, easy chairs
and couches, beds fresh and comfort
able and an atmosphere of refinement
Mrs. Becker's cut glass, china and
silverware are the pride and the de
light of Arapahoe and all of the coun'
tryside round about it. Even the In
dians who have got glimpse Of them
regard them with sort CT proprietary
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-09-06
DESERT CORN FOR MELONS.
More Money Made from Juicy Fruit,
Say Oklahoma Farmers.

Lawton, Ok.-The greatest water
melon shipping station Of the south
west is Cement, Ok, small town on
the Frisco railroad, 30 miles east of
Lawton. The shipping of this sea-
sons crop began two weeks ago and
to date 120 cars have been shipped to
Kansas City. st. Louis and Denver.
Before the season closes more than
500 cars will have been shipped, In
radius of few miles of Cement
there are 700 acres planted In melons
this year. The average production to
the acre is 500 melons, or about half
car load
The melons placed on the track at
Cement bring the producers an aver
age of $50 per acre. At this rate there
will be shipped from that point this
year 350,000 melons that will place in
the pockets of the producers $4,000.
Recently there was scarcity of
cars and during the few days inter
vening between the last shipment and
the arrival of more cars 10000 melons,
or 20 car loads, were piled along the
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-09-06
Street Cars Fatal to Cats.

The street car bumped cheerily
along on the uneven tenor of its way.
The one passenger groaned in unison
with the jolts and clung to the side OF
his seat with the stolid endurance of
an Indian at the torture stake. The
conductor and driver were exchanging
"reminiscences.
1--WE ran over dog this morning" "
quoth the former.
You don't say!" responded the
driver. That was going some"
Yep; a little terrier He rushed
right out after cat, and biff 1t was
all over"
Talking of CATS resumed the
driver. IF they amt the strangest
beasts ever seen! A cat will most
ly skin through anything, but when 1t
comes to headlight it's all Off Co
ing along at night see them sitting
on the track perhaps as much as a
block away. There they'll sit, their
eyes blazing away like two electric
lights. Not move till they are
struck. They seem fairly dazed by
the headlight. It's mesmerism; that
what 1t is"
Just then another passenger board
ed the car and the conductor moved
off musingly to hold him up for a
nickel.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-09-06
MUSINGS OF DADDY
HE BOWS IN HUMILITY BEFORE
ATOM OF INFANCY.
Contrast Between Their Positions A.
most Too Painful to Dwell Upon
The Difference In Thirty
Years Of Life.

AsI look into the blue eyes OF my
habv bov I am humbled and ashamed.
In age am 80 years his senior, ana
vet am painfully conscious that IN
wisdom he is immeasurably my SUI
perior.
What have | gained in 80 years OF
life that he is not better off withoutl
| have no more hair than he. la tnat
we score equally; but at every other
polnt he has the advantage OF me.
IT is true that l have tasted pleas
ures with which my boy is unacquaint'
ed but neither has he experienced the
disappointment and regrets which ac'
company them; and so that account
also is squared. He dresses better
than |, but he is rich and can AFFORD II.
work like heather coolie; travel
in sleepless sleepers and deny myself
needful raiment that he may repose
in idleness and be clothed in white
and spotless linen. What emperor
was ever more of a tyrant; whose
slaves more numerous and servile?
Everybody loves my boy. Does ev'
cry one love me? Does every woman
and young girl l meet yearn to kiss
and smother me with affectionate
caresses? / have not observed 1t.
Is the germ fighting apparatus OF
the modern hospital employed in the
preparation of my food and my toilet
No. am pursued by unfriendly mi
crobes and invite diseases at every
lunch counter My boy is antiseptic
He is immune.
Sy boy is fearless.
While my education and experience
and knowledge have taught me to be
coward, he is wiser than that, fol
he knows instinctively that no harm
can come to him, and so no real harm
does or can come to him. He Is help
less and unafraid.
Does the insecurity of my position
or even of life itself cause him any
anxiety? No, these things do not dis
turb his infantile slumbers.
can worry about such trifles If
like, but it takes something more Sc
rious than death or financial disaster
to move him to tears. Take away hi!
bottle for moment, and you will SEE
what real calamity is.
In 80 years | have learned some
thing of good and evil, and knowing
nothing of either. he has no trouble
some responsibility in the matter.
Yes, my baby boy is wiser than l.
wiser than any of us-even Solomon
with all his wisdom, | think, was no
wiser than one of these!-N. Y. Sun
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-09-06
LOG HOTEL WHICH IS FAMOUS.

interest. Not long ago Mrs. Becker
sent an order to New York for 81, 900
worth of cut CLASH and that $1,000
worth is not all she has. Besides her
valuable collection of cut glass, china
and sllverware Mrs. Becker has many
hundred dollars worth of Navajo
blankets and Indian curios. She made
an army officers wife gift Of five or
six hundred dollars worth of blankets
and curios recently and thought moth
ing of 1t. She is western woman
and does things in western way.
Not long ago Mrs. Becker gave a
party at her ranch house to which she
invited some of the best and best
known folk in Lander and army off,
GERS and their wives from Fort Wa