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Newspaper

The Lancaster Ledger

Location

Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 05, 1902

Page

3

Local Matters and Social Notices in Lancaster

Local items report butter and egg prices from J. Bo Mackerell and Hughes Co and notes visitors and residences in Lancaster. Died is infant daughter of H. H. Horton Jr. Marion Ries of Philadelphia departed after staying with Dr Strait’s family. Magistrate Caskey’s court fines totaled 29.30 for the past quarter. Jr O U A M to meet in new hall near the cotton mill. Millionaires guests hosted by Col Springa after visiting Catawba Falls. Local moves include Cloyd, Porter, and Bowers changing residences. Lancaster sends young people to Rock Hill dance and details upcoming Lancaster Music Club program and performances.

Local Notices and Updates From Heath Springs Area

Prem Kershaw era plans a brick office building opposite Heath Banking Mercantile Co with three apartments for a law office physician and barber. Heath Stevens and Hinnow plus Moore buy Kershaw Branch Bedford Telephone System. Magistrate Cauthen injured lifting. Artesian well exceeds one hundred feet in first week. John and Sam Fair fight at Catawba dam ends with John dying. Sam jailed in Rock Hill. Miss Mamie Rollins dies of typhoid at Chicora Mill. to Lancaster for interment. Pauline Lindsay and Albert visit grandmother in Lancaster. Mrs J H W Stevens returns from Mobley Taylor wedding trip. Anna Mobley visiting Heath Springs with Mira Jessie Evans. J L Tillman of Van Wyck hurt by mule. unable to walk for months. Past frosts hurt fruit crops. SC Presbytery to meet at Abbeville April 11. Please pay subscription to The Ledger.

Messrs S. W. Heath J.T. Stevens Heath Banking & Mercantile Co

Nesbits Game Preserve Planned Along Catawba River

Nesbit and Dr Jills Nesbit of New York acquire land along the Catawba River in Lancaster County near Lyy's ferry and Southern Bridge to establish a game preserve. The site will enclose about a mile from the river with a six wire fence and host deer foxes quail and pheasants plus cottages for hunters. The project follows cheers for local section as Wyse brothers invest in nearby power plant development.

Jills Nesbit New York Catawba Ndlab Land Lancaster County Lyy's Ferry

Local Couple Relocates After Brief Edgefield Stay

Mr and Mrs J F Mackey recent Edgefield residents for three months depart for Union after visiting Charleston Exposition. Mackey is pharmacist at Lynch Drug Store. Described as handsome high toned socially gifted and well liked, friends express regret at their departure. Edgefield Chronicle. IRF Subscribe to The Ledger.

J. F. Mackey Mackey Lynch Drug Store Edgefield Union Charleston

Julius Gibbs Foiled Escape Plot Before Execution

Special to News and Cour Florence April 2 Julius Gibbs the Negro sentenced to death for the usual evine planned to escape from the county prison yesterday but his plan failed after he spoke of it to an inmate who alerted the sheriff. Gibbs is now chained in the county jail awaiting his April 25 execution.

Julius Gibbs Evine Gibbs

Pay One Year In Advance for The Ledger Offer

An offer invites readers to pay one year in advance for The Ledger and receive the Home and Farm section free for one year. The promotion emphasizes prepaid subscription as a cost-saving deal for a packed rural and home living content bundle.

Defeats in Arkansas Senate Race and House Returns

Authentic returns indicate Jan P. Clark leads for senator as 74 General Assembly members support him while Jones has 47 with 14 doubtful, totaling 135 members needed for election. Seventh district results show R Miner Wallace beating W W Tompkins for Congress. Third district unofficial tally places A Simenore ahead of J C Clady by 100 to 200 votes.

Little Rock Ark United States Jan. P. Clark General Assembly Das. K. Jones Clark R. Miner Wallace W. W. Tompkins Congress Wapficia Iugh A. Simeniore J.C. Clayde

Wanted Dogwood Hickory and Persimmon Logs

Souther Hardwood Co of Charleston South Carolina seeks hardwood logs including dogwood hickory and persimmon. responses requested from suppliers and loggers with contact details for delivery and pricing information.

Souther Hardwood Co Charleston, S.C

Dr King’s New Life Wills claim miracle cure

boasts of a powerful remedy for liver and bowels, promising relief from constipation and indigestion. Thousands bless the medicine while Crawford Bros. drug store and J.P. Mackey and Co advertise it at 25 cents.

Trespass Notice on Elijah Walters Home Place

A March 1 1902 notice warns all persons not to trespass on H Hines property in Buford Township Lancaster county bounded by T L Dester Lynches Creek Alvin Massey Alvin Massey and the Three Notch road. Trespassers will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

Buford Township Lancaster County T. L. Dester Lynche

County Alliance Meeting Notice at Court House

County alliance will meet in the court house on the second Friday eleven instant at 11 o'clock a.m. A full delegation is requested as business of importance is to be transacted. J. M. Knight, Secy.

County Alliance Court House J. M. Knight Secy

Notice of Election for Lancaster School District Bonds

Trustees of Lancaster School District order an election at Lancaster Court House on April 7, 1902 to decide issuing fifteen thousand dollars in coupon bonds for school purposes. Only qualified district residents may vote. Managers listed: Foster, J F Gregory, D Reece, Williams, Lancaster, 8 C, Miller, J E Taylor, W T Gregory, W J Cunningham, Has T Connors.

Wuerkras Lancaster Byg Eosald Ingememion General Assembly of South Carolina Sul Lancaster Court House O'Elock Bonda Foster J F Gregory D Reece Williame F Miller JE Taylor W T Gregory W J Cunningham T Connors Lancaster Rehoo

Cure Cold In Hona Kermott Chocolates Laxative

Fragmented OCR offers unclear lines about a remedy or product named Cure Cold in Hona tied to Kermott’s Chocolates and a laxative claim. Details are unreadable, with no verifiable events, dates, or organizations.

Hona Kermott

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J. Bo Mackerell Bay Coro J. Williams Hughes Co Kev, Jon Moffatt Florida Dr. Strait P. Bennett J. L. Poag Pinter Owen Mr. L. ©. Paywour W. P. Bennett’s H. H. Horton, Jr Marion Ries Philadelphia Martha T. J. Cauther Kershaw Shriff Hunter Catawba Falle Col. Springa W. F. Cloyd Clow House J. Murray Porter Adams House W. M. Crawford W. G. Bowers Kught Sottage Porter Caskey Columbia Della Caskey Commercis College C. L. McManua Rock Hill Marion Witherspoon D. Reese Williams Leroy Davidain John Crawford Connie Witherspoon Meta Jones Lancaster Music Club Rleb Allison Soong Malo Quartette Miss Paywear Silo Jno Edwarda Peay Isabel Davis Clarice Knight Eunice Beaty Walter Davis Mr. Hughes Prem Kershaw Moura S. W. Heath 8. E. Hinnow W. B. Moore Yorkville Bedford Telephone System J. T. Cauthen Itema Rock Hill Herald John Sam Fair Magrc Catawba Dam Sam Pela Mamie M. Rollins Chicora Rolling Chesterfield County Pauline Lindsay Albert J. H. W. Stevens Lancnater Mobley-Taylor Anna Mobley Mira Jessie Evans Heath Springs J. L. Tillman van Wyck Waxhaw Enterprise Presbyterian Church Abbeville Fea Aea Tae Leonor IRF Excape Bewater Jones Mac Martin Bastiste
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