Local Notices Share Weddings Travel and Church Plans
Mrs J D Wylie and Mrs L C Payseur visit Mrs J G Poore in Colum. Wylie Mehaffey marries Henr t April 20 1995 per Rev T A Dabney. John Miller moves home. W F Cloyd to occupy Miller cottage on Main. Protracted Methodist meeting starts next Sunday. Easter decoration drew large crowd. Rock Hill surgeon treats George Blackmon foot. Mrs George Williams and baby Lancaster bound for Savannah. Williams returns by train. A Goodale juror reported with small pox. leave granted. Douglas Presbyterian preaching next sabbath 11. Delegates Leroy Springs and R Wylie elected to K P grand lodge Beaufort May 16. alternates George W Williams Hazel Witherspoon. Shute brothers return from Black Hawk MS. Hughes vs Western Union case heard in supreme court. Rich Hill school closes with address by Prof Banks. Miss Jerusha Mitchell named principal next year. enrollment above 100. two-story building erected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Miller
W F Cloyd
Mr. Miller
Main Street
Methodist
Watson B Duncan
Rock Hill
Rich Hill
Jerusha Mitchell
Banks
Lancaster Graded Schools
Mitchell
J . Blackmoo
Developer plans hotel project on Main Street site
The property on Main and Arch Streets will be torn down to grade the lot for a new hotel and storerooms. The Witherspoon or Kibler house at the core will be removed. the Boyd house will be moved to the Pong lot on the square. a one-room cottage will rise on the Heath lot on Catawba Street using materials from a torn building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col Springs
Witherspoon
Kibler
Boyd
Catawba Street
Morrison lynching warrants hearing set next Friday
A series of warrants have been issued in the Morrison lynching case. A hearing before Magistrate Caskey at Lancaster is scheduled for next Friday at 10 12. A special train may be run by the railroad to accommodate attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrison
Caskey
Lancaster
Kershaw
Sudden Death In Elderly Woman At Cotton Mill Area
Mrs. Mima Ann Garris age about seventy died suddenly last Saturday afternoon after an outdoor walk near the cotton mill. Magistrate Perry presided at the inquest which found heart failure as the cause. Survived by three grown children, burial planned at Taxahaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mima Ann Garris
James Wright
Perry
Garris
Taxahaw
Sudden Death Claims Local Residents in Late April
Reports list the death of John Taylor of Wild Cat, likely from heart trouble, at about 48. He died in his bed after supper April 23, 1905 and was buried at Rowell graveyard. Also noted is the death of Mrs Huntly of Kershaw aged 73 after months of illness, with four children surviving. A Bamperyz dispatch cites Mrs M E Ferris, wife of Rev Jabez Ferris, dying in Philadelphia hospital after long invalid years. Quinn Wilson, 30, died of consumption at his mother’s home, embalmment made and burial to King's Mountain. Rentals offered on Dunlap, French, and Arch streets. Subhead ad for Woley's Honey and Tar and Zanner Salve included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Taylor
Squire John Taylor
Rowell
Bamperyz
S$. SC
M E Ferris
Jabez Ferris
Paetor
the Baptist Church
Kershaw
Quinn Wilson
District Summer School planned for Yorkville teachers
A district summer school for Chester Cherokee Fairfield Lancaster and York counties will open Tuesday June 13 in Yorkville with board at 12.50 for 30 days. Faculty includes J W Thompson Rock Hill Supt W A Hand Chester Supt D L Bramlet Kershaw and Miss Hattie Goldsmith Greenville. A drawing instructor will be added for two weeks.
Death of Me Cliude Witherspoon shocks community
Me Cliude Witherspoon dies suddenly at his mother's Whit Street home. He was born July 6, 1855, a respected Western county planter and businessman. Funeral at Presbyterian church with Masonic honors. floral tributes noted. Remains interred in family plot beside many mourners and active/ honorary pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliude Witherspoon
de Roy Brown
Witherspoon
Lnte
Geo
Wither‘spoon
Yen
U Crawford
R L Crawford
W M Crawford
RE Wylie
MS Witherspoon
Hazel Witherspoon
M P Crawford
W McD Brown
J E Stewman
B Cunningham
WH Reeves
TE Cunningdaum
J PU Caskey
Jas P Allison
Election Notice for Dixie No 17 Four Mill Tax Vote
One third of freeholders and electors in Dixie School District No 17 Lancaster South Carolina petitioned the County Board of Education to hold an election on May 16 1905 at the Dixie school house to decide on a four mill school tax on real and personal property. Voters must show tax receipts and certificates. results to be reported to the County Auditor within ten days. W M Moore and H E Coffey, Trustees, April 22 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heath Springs
Lancaster County
Robin Mackey
Olr Board of Trustees
Dixie
South Carolina
County Board of Education
Dixie School House
W. M Moore
H E Coffey
Floridora Cotton Seed Sale and Cottage Forrent Listing
Floridora Cotton Seed priced at 75 cents per bushel offered by H M Culp R F D No 4 Lancaster. Forrent a four room cottage apply to W P Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H M Culp
R. F.D
Lancaster
W P Bennett
Also Mentioned on This Page
J.D. Wylie
L. C. Payseur
J.G. Poore
Colum
T. A. Dabney
Wylie Mehaffey
Henr T
George Blackmon
A. Goodale
Cheraw Chronicle
Douglas Presbyterian Church
H. H. Shute
Black Hawk, Miss
Sylvester Shute
W Alonzo Hughes
Western Union Telegraph Co
Supreme Court
JH Marion
Wylie
Bps
Ang
Dunlap Street
French Street
Arch Street
T.S. Carter
Agt
Woley
Funderburk Pharmacy
Alot Maj
Bo P. Miller
Msj
Bo Miller
Voethodist
UDC
J Plunter
2M Riddle
Col Leroy Spriegs
Messrs
Wol Gregory
J M Hood
W McD
Brown
Maj Miller
Mors
Jane McMillan
Jefferson
L. M. Blair
Tiane Blair
Monroe
N.C
Tions
Pia
Hebron
Mackorell’s
New York
Ecause
Blackmon of
Honest Square
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