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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1900
Page
2
A dated editorial argues against adding more terms and judges. It urges efficient caseload handling by existing courts, suggesting twenty to forty weeks per judge and emphasizing quality over quantity of judicial material to prevent wasted time and overlong trials.
Senator Tillman argues the Democratic party does not need reorganization until the next national convention. He criticizes venality and ignorance tied to McKinley’s victory, urges adherence to principles and Kansas City lines, and predicts triumph for Bryan democracy while warning against panic and tax rises.
Yorkville Enquirer notes need to fix primary voting rules to limit to those with proper registration certificates. The item advocates stringent registration as required by general registration law. In other news, RoEL Collins, a farmer near Opelika, Florida, killed Lou Whitman after a crops dispute.
A Rock Hill citizens meeting on November 28 rejected a proposed additional 4 1/2 mills tax levy to ease city treasury strain. Voters favored surveying and mapping to tax previously escaped properties instead. The Harald Square Opera Company, popular in town, presented La Mascotte at Wintheap College Friday and Olivette at the opera house last evening with full houses.
Yorkville Enquirer reports the Fort Mall town plans a Temple of Patriotism in Confederate Park to honor South Carolinians who served the state. Captain S. E. White and Mr. John M. Spratt spearhead the effort, with broad public support expected for the new memorial building.
In Darlington the court terminates this afternoon to allow Judge Gage to attend a conference. The judge will return to finish remaining business, while readers are reminded of the May shooting of Mr. Byrd, wounded by a gun through a broken window. Susie Jacobs, a Black man, was arrested, tried, and convicted, and is scheduled for hanging on Friday January 18.
Special to The State reports Janes Singleton, a 75 year old Black woman, was fatally burned at her Rutledge street home in Camden after her clothing caught fire while she sat by the fire. She died from injuries despite prompt medical treatment.
A detailed, uneven clipping reports a Black man being arrested after an attempted assault on a youth near Jonesville, with reference to local lynching talk. It also covers a Florida shooting, county reform discussions, prison reforms, and local political notices including a gubernatorial candidacy and a school tuition case in Rock Hill.
Special to News and Courier from Columbia reports jailer Irwin faced a desperate struggle as three Black inmates attacked him while attempting to force an escape. Irwin, badly hurt, managed to block two escapees, Thompson and William Washington, who fled on bicycles amid the assault.
An old patent medicine ad offers Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills with testimonials from vendors PRAAX and KINNAN & MARVIN Toledo Ohio. It touts cure claims, pricing at 760 per bottle, and money back or free samples.
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