Local notices and social updates fill the Lanaster scene
A collection of community items from a 1905 issue covers store ads, visits by relatives, church notices, family travel, and upcoming events. It notes a funeral in Rock Hill, a political excursion by Chester visitors, a school principal resignation in Van Wyck, a lost pocket hook and train pass, a housing for rent offer, a Cedar Camp picnic and woodcraft rally, injuries from a depot accident, and a damaging Tail storm impacting crops with lists of affected farmers and losses.
Springs Denies Involvement In Cheraw Railroad Plans
Bennettsville correspondence in The News and Courier claims Col Leroy Springs of Lancaster is the party negotiating for the Chestert o ok and Lancaster Railroad from Cheraw to Ruby. Springs says he knows nothing of these reports beyond what he read in papers, suggesting the Bennettsville writer is misinformed about any rail deal or a planned Cheraw mill.
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Lancaster
Bennettsville
News and Courier
Col Leroy Springs
Piges
Auic
Chestertiok and
Lanscaster
Cheraw
Ruby
Col
Chorawin
Pee-Dee
Col Springs
Bennethville
Col Spring
Cberaw
Taxable Property in Lancaster County 1905 Assessment
County Auditor Cook provides the statement of property assessed for taxation in Lancaster County for the year 1905, detailing total real and personal property values and tax base as the basis for levies.
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Lancaster County
Cook
Notice of Election for August 1905 in Lancaster Heath Springs and Kershaw
An election will be held at Lancaster C H Heath Springs and Kershaw on the second Tuesday in August 1905 to select a cot torweigh for each location. Polls open at 8 a m and close at 5 p m qualified voters may vote. Appointed election officers listed by locality include HB Conse WB Canthen D Wo tendels AL JH Gretyston J F Hilton WT Sttackman Henry Horton and others per Board order.
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Frrawant
Lancaster C. H
Heath Springs
Kershaw
Lancaster
Tirzah Bible Society Holds 49th Annual Meeting
The Tirzah Bible Society held its 49th annual meeting last Saturday with unusually large attendance and engaging addresses by Rev Geo H Atkinson of Monroe and Rev T H Law of the American Bible Society. Collection totaled 176.60 and several life memberships were conferred including Atkinson Little Sanders Steele Lou Robinson. Officers were reelected: R N Nisbet president TB Nisbet vice president J L Walkup secretary I W McMurray treasurer R J Belk librarian.
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Tirzah Bible Society
Geo. H. Atkinson
Monroe
T. H. Law
American Bible Society
J. W. Little
O. M. Sanders
M. A. Steele
Lou Robinson
R N Nisbe
TB Nisbet
J L Walkup
I W McMurray
R J Belk
Lancaster Public Cotton Weigher Candidate Notices
J F Nisbet announces reelection bid for Lancaster public cotton weigher. A J Bailey also announces candidacy for the same Lancaster CMH post, seeking election support.
Cotton Weigher Announcement at Heath Springs
I hereby announce myself Cotton Weigher at Heath Springs. A L Mobley states the purpose and position with a measured 8.0 designation.
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Heath Springs
A L Mobley
Lancaster Sale Sparks Record Low Prices
A weekend event in Lancaster showcases the closest prices ever seen with Saturday and Monday deals. Shoppers flock to stores as merchants tout record lows, signaling a rare price squeeze across goods and services.
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Lancaster
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