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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1900
Page
2
Dr Miles Walker showed a reporter a five inch tall corn stalk with a nearly perfect ear. He has worked for years to hybridize sugar corn with ordinary field corn for a table variety sweeter than normal but less sweet than sugar corn. The sample proves possible to have both kinds on one ear, though seeds are not yet separated into grains.
Two young white children of Sis Taylor drowned near Earle's bridge on Sunday while in the care of a negro woman. The elder girl aged eleven fell in first, her sister aged two also drowned as the woman dived after the first. Coroner Miller and Dea C Harris attended the inquest amid talk of possible foul play. Nearby, a snake-killing claim and railroad survey news were reported along with county records work and contractor pay details.
Adam Bonds was committed to jail yesterday for killing his wife in Jackson township Monday. He used a pistol, shooting her through the body.
European observers report allied forces advancing near Pekin and a push toward disarming the Boxers. Li Tung Chang tai seeks Empress Dowager support to open talks with powers while Gen Yong La is blamed for anti foreign violence. American refugees face travel bans, with consuls urging a return to the Philippines or America. Russian journals favor limited action, eyeing control of northern provinces to settle the crisis.
A lawyer in Indian country with questionable honesty took a Native client for legal work. The client wanted a receipt, the lawyer refused. The client said he wants one because since becoming a Christian he wants to be prepared for judgment and not go to the bad place for his receipt. The receipt was issued promptly.
A son of John Gibson, a prominent farmer, was killed by a bolt while atop a peach tree on the family place above Greenville. His brother suffered a severe shock. Remarkably, another Gibson son was struck dead by lightning at the same spot about two years ago.
A Boston court recollects Franklin J Moses and carpetbag rule. The piece cites Scott and Moses administrations, rising state debt, and alleged plunder. It lists James Pike’s eight methods of robbery and notes Moses later faced prison for petty swindling. A Louisville source comments on racial politics and a Cherokee county shooting.
The report lists sheriff nominee Johe P Hunter and clerk W S L Porter among officials, with other races including Treasurer W C Cauthen, Auditor John A Cook, and Representatives J N Estridge J W Hamel TY Williams J Harry Foster. Sup ervisor candidates are W Q Caskey MC Gardner, Coroner J E Stewman R Young, Education TM Belk AC Rowell, and Mavistrate Cedar Creek John King J A Clark. Second primary Tuesday September 11 held by same managers.
Partial returns from Lancaster and surrounding precincts show US Senator Tillman with 83 votes and Governor McSweeney with 4, while others register scattered tallies. Across districts like Kershaw Van Wyck Taxahaw and Dry Creek the counts include Sloan 97 and Winkler 447 with Livingston 254, plus numerous state officers figures and county race tallies reaching into the hundreds.
Columbia SC August primary results show Hoyt likely leading McSweeney by around ten thousand votes at Lancaster Graded School. Tillman’s interference sparked a large vote against him while Timmerman loses treasurer race. all other state officers largely reelect themselves. Congress races show incumbents rewinning. Latimer likely to succeed, with partial returns.
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