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Newspaper

The Lancaster Ledger

Location

Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1901

Page

3

Local Matters Highlights and Community Notes

Local items span visits by Mr. Ed Mobley and Mr. J Newton Gaston to relatives, bookshop offerings at L A Payseur, farm listings, and farm accidents. Reports include births, illnesses, travel, purchases, and a dog head-eating incident. The piece notes courtship hunting with lead dogs, home repairs, fires, and a fatal infant meningitis case alongside a missing twenty dollar bill recovered by police.

Dying Schoolteacher Miss Ila Boyd Noted in Ledger Item

Miss Ila Boyd a Fort Lawn teacher aged about 20 died last Tuesday after a brief illness. News from local notes mentions Miss Sadie Gist of York County visiting Miss Alice Ratchford in Walkup NY, a storm toppled a large oak at S T Blackmon’s yard, and a county meeting at the courthouse next Wednesday Aug 7 urged Alliancemen and farmers to attend. Also listed are marriage plans for Prof. Ed Canthen and Kate Lothrell on Aug 6 and a memorial note for Mrs. Pitts, widow of Isaac Pitts, who died aged 71. Further items include patent filings by W R Gordon of Ocala for a self steering baggy axle and a traveling mix of local business notices.

Ila Boyd Fort Lawn Court House Bro. D. Kfird State Alliance J. F Nisbet

Road Overseers Warned to Repair Public Ways

Lancaster County Road Overseers are ordered to mobilize workers for road repairs after farmers finish harvest. County Supervisor Q. Caskey directs immediate turnout to repair washed and damaged highways, insisting full duty in needed districts. Dated July 30th LHCL.

Lancaster County Q. Caskey LHCL

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Ed Mobley Heath , Spring Mr. J. Newton Gaston Fort Mill Nicy Howze Bell Town L. A. Payseur's J. D. Kell Antioch Mies Meta Jones Hay Newberry Chas Jones J B Mackerell Douglas Church M. J. Perry P. G. McCorkle Charlotte The City M. P. Crawford Miexes Annie Twitty Ivy Crawford Monroe, N.C J. L. Bell Joe Hannah W. R. Harris Elgin J. 3. Hugins Fannie Fleming Columbia J. C. McDow Charleston Thomas R. W. Harper Elm Wylie West End Harper Poag & Harper Bessie Mayme Ira B. Jones Clarice W. B. Knight Lancaster Inez Brew Rock Hill New City Lancaster Mercantile Co Owen Paris Neal Flat Creek Lnst Kershaw M. L. Thompson Newcut Mr. Oliver Blackmon G.F. Ferguson Sam Mubley Sam J. Bo Connor Messrs Jo Jackson John Dunlap Bob Crawford Cdl Eliza Kee Hiram Kee John Sanders Methodist Church Kingdom of Heaven Earl Charles Parks Unity Camp Creek Charles Mackey Fork Hill Charley Fork Hill Church Spartanburg Clara Barrett Strait McAbee Charley Douglas Miss Strait Dean Primus Riverside Rocky River Road Rich Hill Newsman Robertson Henry Lima P. B. Blackmon Jeter Hammond Andrew Watson Primur J. R. Thompson Joe McCustock J. F. Lathan Heath Ledger A. J. Bailey Sadie Gist York County Alice Ratchford Walkup, N. Y Ed. F. Canthen West Ala. Agricultural College Kate Lothrell Xford Ala Pitts Wot Pitts SF. Gardner Isaac Pitts W.R. Gordon Oceala County Green & Hines Gordon Uncle Sam Joe Mackey & Co Rove Haneor E. R. Patterson & Co Dunlap Streets Hathistore S. M. Matais & CO Tra TE Remedy CO Chicago New York C.C.C Rutland Tiwian A. J. McNinch Lancaster Mercantile MR. Heath Heath Banking & Mercantile Co Dolacs Never Be Taporter’s Boy's Children’s Aes - Heath
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