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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1905
Page
2
The Portsmouth peace conference drifts between hope and doubt as Japan and Russia clash over war indemnity. President Roosevelt urges compromise while Witte rejects Sakhalin terms. Officials warn the talks may fail if main demands aren’t dropped or altered, with a Tuesday session seen as pivotal.
Traxler of Timmonsville purchases J A Bull residence on North Main Street in Greenville for 4500 dollars. The note mentions he was the first commissioner of the dispensary in the old regime and served long ago under constitutional rules. The report appears in the Greenville News.
St. Petersburg August 26 The Emperor demands a division of Sakhalin with liberal pay to Japan for Russian prisoners but no indemnity. Senator Tillman’s pledge to back prohibition if a dispensary is voted out causes concern in some quarters.
Special to The Observer Wilmington Aug 27 Wade Robinson 13 son of J J Robinson Seaboard Air Line died this morning at Belton between Wilmington and Florence from a accidental shooting by his brother in law Frank Hasty who mistook the boy for a burglar The boy woke during the night Hasty fired after hearing a noise and then realized he had shot his young relative
B G Landrum, chairman of the Spartanburg County Board of Dispensary Control, writes Governor Heyward alleging malfeasance by county dispensary officers. He says fellow board members Avant and Sanford block investigations, ignore testimony, and force him from any real duty. He urges a remedy or resignation.
Yorkville reports County Supervisor Boyd ordered a local election on dispensary versus new dispensary to be held on Tuesday September 26 1905. The action prompts a public vote on the whiskey issue in the county.
The Dixie veterans’ reunion on August 24 drew well over two thousand attendees from across the county. Lovelock’s Junior Order held court in a new hall to plan a pleasant day for the veterans, with processions, prayers, speeches by Commander W. G. A. Porter and Judge G. W. Jones, music, a common dinner, and affectionate tributes to Stonewall Jackson and Confederate service.
Engineer G. W. Susan of Abbeville was pinned under his engine for four hours in a wreck on the Seaboard at Calhouty Falls Saturday night. His right leg was crushed and six of seven cars burned in the wreck, with a new cook perishing in one car. Massacre of Faithful in Rock Hill august 25 reported a local poisoning incident killed about thirty dogs in the city, some pets of high degree, others simply dogs.
The Charleston area paper reports Judge J. H. Keels of Clarendon County faces trouble for marrying a girl said to be 15, under the state age of consent. Governor to probe via the Clarendon delegation after John W. Hilton alleged Keels wed Hilton’s daughter to J. F. Broadway of Paxville, a Keels relative.
August 27 report from Newbern North Carolina states John Moore a 20 year old Black man was seized from Craven County jail by a mob of about 100 masked men and killed. Moore had robbed a country store at Clarks seven miles from Newbern injuring George Eubanks wife with a meat axe in a Friday assault. The injuries were described as severe and likely lifetime disfiguring. Also noted Columbia report that Adjutant General John Frost will retire and not seek re election.
An advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a modern blood and system cleanser. It claims relief for stomach and liver troubles and lists Crawford Bros J F Mackey & Co and Vanderburk Pharmacy as sellers at 25 cents with a guarantee.
A fragmented local notice mentions Haver Yoder and a date related to Missouri. The readable text is insufficient for definite actions or outcomes. No clear event, party, or place beyond partial names and a state reference.
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