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The Lancaster Ledger

Location

Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1902

Page

4

Jones Murder Horror and Yorkville Woodmen Suit

Special to News and Courier Ravenel Colleton County April Cain Ford colored arrested on suspicion of complicity in the murder of Mrs W W Jones wife of the Plant System Railway section master. A large crowd at the coroner's inquest demanded swift action but lynching was avoided. Evidence suggested robbery as motive. Suspect Jim Black may be involved. Ford rumored to know more. In Yorkville a separate case opened in Common Pleas over $25,000 damages against Woodmen of the World for initiation injuries at Wickwry Grove with about fifty witnesses expected and the goat device central to the dispute.

Ravenel Colleton County Cain Ford W. W. Jones Jones Plant System Railway Bebsling Arcott Walterboro Ford J.D. "Taylor Jim Black Arnett Yorkville Court of Common Pleas York Samuel W. Mitchell Woodmen of the World Wick Wry Grove Mitchell Geo. W.S. Hart Jus K F. Hart Messrs Finley & Brice Tox C. Root George Wooly Sovereign TC. Braun Atetorney Oniha, Neb

Doctor's bad plight ends with New Discovery cure

A Hebron Ohio doctor recalls two years of severe cold and stubborn cough after losing his voice. After 35 years as a physician, all remedies failed until Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds gave rapid relief. Guaranteed by Crawford Bros. and J F Mackey Co. 50 cents and 1 dollar trial bottles free.

M. L. Serborough Hebron Ohio Crawford Bros J. F. Mackey & Co

Cat Suspected of Smallpox After Roommate’s Illness

Report from Chester Lanter reveals Claude Atkins recovered from smallpox after confinement on Saluda Street. A cat sharing the room then developed sores and is suspected to have contracted smallpox. The cat was ordered killed and is believed to have died.

Claude Atkins Saluda Street Doubtess Chester

Minions Marvel At New Life Pills Cure All ills

Crawford Bros and J B Mackey Co drug store advertise No To Nae for fifty cents as a guaranteed tobacco habit cure. They claim the product purifies blood and cures stomach liver and bowel troubles, dyspepsia and fever with malaria.

Dr. King Crawford Bros J.B. Mackey & Co. Drug Store

Despondent Charleston Man Roland Turner Fatally Shoots Self

Special to the State Charleston April 23 Roland Turner 69 killed himself at his St Philip street home using a thirty eight caliber pistol. Despondency from illness and poor health, leaving one son and three daughters. Turner had moved to Charleston years ago from Orangeburg county where he farmed. His daughters ran a boarding house.

Charleston Baltimore Roland Turner St. Philip Street Turner Larner Orangeburg County

Veteran dies of heart disease on Texas train to Dallas reunion

April 22 Casualties to Veterans reports 4.V. Winters a Macon Ga. veteran died of heart disease at the depot in Terrell while en route to the Dallas reunion. Another veteran with unknown home fell from the train at St Elmo and is expected to die. Subscribe to The Ledger.

Terrell Tex V. Winters Macon Dallas St Elmo

Hall’s Catarrh Cure Advertisement Claims Cure

An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars if Hall’s Catarrh Cure cannot cure catarrh. It cites testimonials from wholesale druggists in Toledo and lists price and internal use. The text includes misspellings and promotional language typical of 19th or early 20th century ads.

Picheney Dsheny

The Pension Disease in Wisconsin

Columbia April 22 The State pension board met to finalize pensions for the year The number of pensioners is growing by about a thousand yearly due to fading stigma and the aging veteran population The increase stems from more veterans seeking aid and the age eligibility rule lowering barriers to qualification

News and Courion Columbia State Pension Board

Early furniture growth boosts North Carolina factories

The Columbia Record notes North Carolina led a twelve year surge in furniture industry, rising from six to forty five factories with capital climbing from about 125000 to over 1500000. South Carolina lags despite favorable conditions, with hardwoods abundant in the state.

North Carolina South Carolina Columbia

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