07 Dec 1901
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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1901
Page
1
A local ad touts five suits and several coats with varied prices. It promises honest, reliable wool suits, knee pants sets for boys, and vest suits for little men at very cheap prices, highlighting a sale with low figures.
A Georgia legislature memorial proposes Congress pass a bill to allocate 105.9 million dollars from captured and abandoned property proceeds and the cut-rate tax fund to educational purposes in the Southern states. The measure, introduced in both House and Senate, urges federal action to restore funds for Southern education.
Spartanburg Mount Moriah colored Baptist church violence grows as opposition led by deacons ejects Rev Mills. Police arrest about 30, with 20 arraigned in police court. mayor fines range from 5 to 20 dollars for the riot as tensions between church factions rise. Separate items note execution attempt at New Jersey prison and a Senate resolution on government exhibit shifts, plus Boston smallpox scare easing none.
An old advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as a tonic and nutrition booster. It compares grain-fed horses to frugal, weak ones and claims the product makes dull, pale, and sickly children grow stronger. The copy urges readers to request a free sample from Scott & Rownt.
A Washington dispatch to the Baltimore Sun reports Catherine Mackey, widow of ex-Judge Thomas J. Mackey of South Carolina, located with his first wife near Retalya, Virginia. The case notes mental health treatment and a theater escape, highlighting a striking move between spouses amid public attention. Ships Alabama and Massachusetts reach Charleston, Mayor welcomes officers, revenue cutter Algonquin hosts banquet.
Special to The State from Jonesville on December 4 reports Oliver Eaves, a local farmer near Jonesville, robbed by four Black men on his way home after selling cotton. robbers took about six dollars held in Union. The item also notes W C Johnson attempted suicide with morphine after a week of collecting funds, but was saved by Dr Douglass. Johnson’s family relies on his labor.
THY PRIDE OF HEROES Many solders in the last war wrote to say Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is the best for scrapes bruises cuts wounds corns sore feet stiff joints burns scalds boils ulcers skin eruptions and piles. Only 25c at Crawford Bros and J F Mackey Co’s drug store.
Get What You Ask For When you ask for Cascarets Candy Cathartic be sure you get them Genuine tablets stamped C C C Never sold in bulk A substitutor is always a cheat and a fraud Beware All druggists roc.
In Spartanburg on December 2 at public outcry master in equity J. J. Burnet oversaw the sale of the Fairmont cotton mills. A single bid of $75,000 was placed by Col. Joseph Walker. English press comments on Roosevelt’s message and Lord Rothschild suggests protection may be extended to England.
A strict trespass warning is posted by W. B. Plyler two miles west and two miles south of town. It bans walking riding hunting cutting wood or entering on the Jasper Cuningham and Chafee placer and on the J. P. Punter lands, with enforcement promised. The notice names neighbors and boundaries and dates November 21, 1901.
Public notice warns all persons not to enter hunt fish cut wood or trespass on the 100 acre tract in Gills Creek Township Lancaster County South Carolina. Bounded by McCorkle Wylie Williams Sims lands and others it is the land where Gus Armstrong resides. Law will be strictly enforced by owners J M Heath Leroy Spring and Lancaster Mercantile Co. October 1901.
A brief public notice asks readers to pay their Ledger subscription. It cautions on overdue accounts and urges timely payment to continue service. The item notes the newspaper title and implies a billing reminder from the publisher.
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