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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1905
Page
2
The General Assembly enacts that entering another's land to hunt fish trap gather or cut timber without consent is a misdemeanor. Offenders may be fined up to twenty dollars or imprisoned up to thirty days for each offense. Repeals conflicting Acts. Approved February 22, 1902.
The South Carolina division of the Southern Cotton Association reports over 60,000 pledges filed to cut cotton acreage and fertilizer use by 25 percent for 1905. The pledge binds farmers tenants and landowners to reduce 1905 planting and fertilizer by 25 percent and to report noncompliers within their precinct.
Three prisoners Allen Washington Barry McClellan and Jerry Myers escaped from the county jail at St George while awaiting trial for larceny of a trunk from Summerville. Sheriff Limehouse said a jailer allowed them to remain outside their cells in the corridor and the door was not secured properly allowing the escape.
County commissioners ordered an election on the dispensary question for Saturday May 20 in Pickens. The petitions carried a little over 1,100 signatures supporting the measure.
Bob Smalls, slated to be hanged in Darlington for the murder of a negro, has received a delay as his attorney appeals to the South Carolina supreme court. Senator Geo W Brown notified Gov Heyward that the appeal suspends the sentence until the high court rules, with John Nail also named in the case.
The Yorkville Enquirer reports that Napoleon Lanier escaped yesterday after learning of his conviction for abduction. The incident sparks criticism of a system letting a convicted defendant walk free before sentencing or imprisonment. The piece absolves Sheriff Brown of blame, noting the prisoner was on bond and beyond the sheriff's jurisdiction until the jury verdict was published. The court has ruled that bondsmen are responsible, suggesting the solicitor investigate bond viability and pursue magistrates who failed to secure proper bonds.
Yorkville April 20 Maj James F Hart a prominent lawyer and former commander of Hart's Battery during the Civil War died at his residence at 3 30 PM after months of stomach cancer He graduated from the Citadel and served with gallantry in the War between the States He survived by his widow from his second marriage three sons and two daughters
A plaster counterfeit dollar mould was unearthed four inches underground in a thicket west of the Highland Park Mill. Wyatt Mobley, a colored laborer, found the mould while digging plum bushes and notified authorities after locals advised it was a stamp used for producing fake currency. The mayor currently holds the artefact for safekeeping.
Nashville April 20 The main building of Vanderbilt University was gutted by fire originating from a defective flue on the second floor. High winds aided the blaze as every city engine responded, but the water supply proved inadequate. Loss set at 200000 with 115000 insured for building and furnishings.
A 9-year-old, Sam Felder, died after a ball game incident at his home near town. While running with a bat, he struck the ground causing the bat to strike his chin, dislocating his neck. he died about nine o clock that night despite medical help.
A special from Kershaw reports two arrests in the Sunday night safe cracking. Both suspects are African American men. John Moore is named as a leading suspect, arrested in Jefferson Tuesday night. Moore formerly worked at the Jefferson oil mill and is said to have given his wife fifty dollars yesterday.
Clarendon county reportedly maintains a county chain gang at a cost of 75 dollars per month per convict a plan few counties can afford says The State.
Offer of 100 dollars for arrest and conviction of the party or parties who set fire to and burned the barn and stables located about three miles north of Ven Wyck on Wednesday afternoon April 12 1905. J D Nisbet April 20 1905-21.
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