Basket Supper and Smallpox Update at Buford
The Buford community hosts a Christmas Eve Basket Supper at the schoolhouse with proceeds aiding the church. Girls urged to bring baskets, boys likely to attend, aiming for a pleasant event. The town reports a smallpox scare subsiding with vaccination efforts and two cases in the cotton mill area. Dr. Mackey leads the mill health measures as the town nears end of the outbreak. A Monroe court sentence: John Marsh to be hanged January 6 for criminal assault. R A Barrett and Will Greep receive six months on the chain gang. Also notes a cabled remedy ad for Laxative Quinine Tablets.
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Buford
Dunlap
Mackey
State Board of Health
Charlotte Observer
Monroe
Timberlake
John Marsh
Marsh
R. A. Barrett
Will Greep
Smilar
Lancaster Robbery Victim Seeks Return of Money
W F Little writes from Lancaster thanking readers for sympathy after a November robbery. He praises the sheriff and town police, defends Lancaster’s character, asks the guilty party to repent and return the money, and notes he cannot name the thief until evidence proves guilt beyond doubt. He ends with hopeful prayers and respect.
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Ma Borron
Lancaster
S. Cy
Shen Hunter
Tam
W. F. Little
Lanecaster
South Carolina
Douglas of Charlotte Killed By Sam McCraven
A Charlotte man, Thus. Douglas, was shot and killed by Sam McCraven in Fort Mill at McCraven's sister’s home. McCraven surrendered and is in custody after a dispute over a past relationship and how it affected McCraven's sister.
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Douglas
Charlotte
Sam McCraven
McCraven
McGraven
Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Bromo Quinine
An old remedy ad touts curing a cold in a day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It notes all druggists refund money if it fails and bears KE W. Grove’s signature on each box.
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KE. W. Grove
Boy Loses Eye After Top Cap Pistol Accident
The young son of Mr. Alex Stephens was injured Thursday while playing with a paper cap pistol when a cap fragment blew into his eye, costing him sight in one eye. The accident occurred in Charlotte according to the Observer report.
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Alex. Stephens
Charlotte Observer
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PG Ledger
Charlow
Carter
Lula Walters
Ona Funderbark
Maggie Ragsdale
Janie Hicklin
Etta Lingle
J. Panderburk
WA. Liogie
Couyh
Cota
the Ledger
Matara
Grove
Heath Springs
T. S. Carter
Lancaster Council Family Protective Union
W. S. L. Porter
Council
Order
Brother Porter
Porter
Orion
Hartaville
Chantilly
Escorial
New York City
Williams-Huches CO
Bugs, Davis, & Demorest
W. B. McCaw, Esq
Yorkville
Court of Common Pleas
Mra
Elizabeth deLoach
deLoach
Sarratt
Union County
Circuit
Supreme Courts
Mr. McCaw
A. R. Simpson
S.C
Bothless
R. Forman Twitty
Dec'd
R. Furman Witty
P. T. Twitty
Lancaster Leport
E. 3. Mcbow
Elm Street
T. Eugene Funderburk
Main
Church Streets
Evan Rollings
Blott & Crawford
Lancaster Mercantile Co
W. Oy. Lirrer
Hiner
Leveaster, D. C
The
Lancaster Cotton Mills
B. Sxrrrmn
Lancaster, S.C
A.J. McNinch
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