Local Matters and Community Notes in Camden Area
Local notices report visits and guest stays including Mrs J S Gladney of Columbia with Mrs Dr J H L With erspoon, and Rev J M White to preach at Shiloh next Sunday at 4. Wm G Jordan and Messrs Woodward and Wesley Starnes, from Camden, visit Dr GWV Poovey. Bricks ruined by rain. Lang caster laundry ad. Irvin Clinton jailed 30 days for meat theft. laundry ad repeats. Railroad work to start on Chesterfield Lancaster line. moving residents. a switch mishap injures track, rails bent. Dixie and Lancaster Confederate Veterans camps hold a joint meeting to elect delegates for Greenwood reunion. August date set for county reunion at Heath Spring on Thursday the 6th. baskets expected. speakers to be secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
Lancaster
Greenwood
BJ Witherspoon
Lancaster Camp
Dixie Camp
W B Brace
Goo W Jones
J R Knight
Jeff Adkins
JS Blackmon
WH Rives
Willis G Moore
Capta
J M Perry
Confedere Veterans
Heath Spring
New business banner thanks patrons and Mollie Perry
A J Meninch announces a new place of business on the Leger office lot near the Methodist church. He thanks customers and friends for past favors and kindness and specifically Mollie Perry for commissioning a draped urn monument. He invites continued patronage and signs off respectfully.
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Mollie Perry
Leger
Methodist Church
A J MeNinch
Measles spread as Rock Hill recalls nine cases
Nine family members of Mr R D Sealy are bedridden with measles in Rock Hill. The Rock Hill Roller Mills operate around the clock to grind wheat for the town. A proposal from a responsible party to build a cotton seed oil mill in Rock Hill will be presented to local business leaders. About ten days ago Mr S A Matthews of Ebenezer injured his right hand when a pick slipped and pinched flesh. Blood poisoning followed and Dr Thompson of Ebenezer amputated the arm below the elbow on Thursday. The patient is reported to be recovering as well as could be expected.
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Rock Hill
Herald
S A Matthews
Ebenezer
Thompson
Car Load of Horses at Lancaster Mercantile
A car load of good horses, well broket, is available at Lancaster Mercantile Co. Manager M Hood invites buyers to inspect before they are picked over. Terms include selling, swapping with boot, or taking boot.
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Lancaster Mercantile Co
M Hood
Robbery at Gen. Hampton Home
A burglar entered Gen Wade Hampton’s home Friday night and pried open a bedroom window to steal trousers from a chair and $1000 from a pocket without waking the sleeping soldier. He fled after taking the money.
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Wade Hampton
Will cancellation of a single name nullify entire ticket
Allendale correspondent asks if removing a candidate from a primary ballot makes the whole ticket blank. The State answers no. The official ballot lists multiple offices. canceling one name leaves other offices votes valid, and a voter cannot be penalized for not voting a candidate they oppose.
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Allendale
Mills in Fine Condition Promote Daily Mill Day
Plyler and Hayes operate mills producing high grade meal and flour. The notice proclaims every day from now until September first as mill day, inviting ongoing production and sales of their grist and flour.
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Plyler & Hayes
Executor to file final return in Lancaster County probate
Notice is hereby given that on the last day of August 1900 the undersigned as Executor of the estate of John J Bowers deceased will file his final return and settlement in the Probate court of Lancaster County to discharge and finalize the estate Ang 1, 1900-304.
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John J Bowers
Goncaster
Sutro Cotton Mill Fails Hits Yorkville Bank Crash
A Yorkville to The News and Courier report says Sutro Cotton Mill collapsed taking the Loan and Savings Bank with it. The Saten Mill run by TR McClain is shaky. bankruptcy filing expected. Bank assets uncertain, deposits likely paid in full. McClain to seek bankruptcy, receivers sought by Hart and Lewis, directors offer to wind up free. Local business largely calm amid the failure.
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McClain
Messrs
Daimes W Hart
W W . Lewis
Chester
Canning Outfit Sell Offered For Ten Dollars
A complete canning outfit with full instructions is offered for ten dollars. To obtain it, write to Lancaster or call the Ledger office, L McManus.
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Lancaster
Ledger Office
L, McManus
Death of Rev Robert D Perry in Fairfield County
Telegram reports the death of Rev Robert D Perry at his Fairfield County home following spinal injuries from a freight cab accident on the GC and NRR. A Lancaster County native aged about 56, he served in the late war and spent much of his life in the ministry at Presbyterian churches in the state and Florida. He was twice married and leaves a widow and several children, plus brother Capt LJ Perry and sister Mrs F Clyburn, with condolences extended to surviving relatives.
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W W Perry
Robert D Perry
Fairfield County
Mr Perry
GC & Nrr
Lancaster County
Florida
Capt LJ Perry
F Clyburn
County News Briefs Include Visits and Travel Notes
Good rains have fallen in several sections of the county this week. Mr J B Crockett returned Sunday from a visit to relatives at Rock Hill. Mr Hough Eng of the Chesterfield bar is visiting his mother and family here. Miss Allie Hood is spending the week with relatives near Jacksonham. Mr R C Crockett, who has been in Atlanta, returned home Saturday. Pay your subscription.
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Irvin Simpson
Asheville
D KE Helms
J B Crockett
Rock Hill
Mr Hough
Eng
Chesterfield Bar
Allie Hood
Jacksonham
R C Crockett
Atlanta
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J S Gladney
Columbia
J H L Witherspoon
J M White
Shiloh
Messia J C
Wm G Jordan
Cheater County
M E Jordan
Walter Taylor
Portsmouth
TF Clyburn
Messrs Woodward
Wesley Starnes
Camden
Blowing Rock, NY
Gwv Poovey
Tanner
Langcaster
Camden Steam Laundry
Nisbet & Co
Irvin Clinton
Chain Gang
Caskey
Poag
Harper's Mill
EA Nisbet & Co
Carden, Sc
Chesterfield
H G Meliwain
Plyler
R M McCrorey
Lindway Place
Lindway
Dixie and
R D Sealy
Gen. Hampton
Ledger
M ‘Lyburn
Ang
Sutro Cotton
Yorkville Savings Bank
Charlotte Observer
Charleston
Yorkville
Cher
Westie Cras
Volto
Walming
Martiey
T. W. Segrest
Os Bola
Ioana Alia
University OF North Carolina
States Educational System
Chapel Hil
RD. Perry
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