12 Dec 1900
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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1900
Page
1
A New York firm Tale DEAL Seyoee Rosebery & Co. announces closing and a rapid sale of goods. Advertises heavy discounts on wool suits at 83.00 to 1000 plus pieces, children outfits from 95 cents, calico at 4 and 5 cents, and other fabrics. Wording suggests a rush to clear stock as business winds down.
Bamberg December 9 jury returns not guilty verdict at 5 30 am acquitting Rev W E Johnson of murdering W Y Bell inger in April the case drew intense local attention as jurors debated hours before reaching a decision indicating the defendant’s innocence in the grave charge and ending the lengthy trial narrative.
An advertisement explains consumption as destruction of lung by a growing germ and compares it to mouldy cheese. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as food to rebuild strength, kill germs, and restore health, urging readers to try a free sample and detailing pricing and contact in New York. The fragment also mentions a mistrial and trial progress context in incomplete form.
Johnnem, tried in a famous liquor case, stood mute no more as the jury returned a not guilty verdict at dawn. He greeted jurors, then preached at Bamberg Baptist Church by 11. The State Board reported record purchases of 6,000 barrels of whiskey and a nearly equal number of case goods, with 100 barrels moving out daily amid holiday demand.
New York Dec 7 Henry J Hayden director of the New York Central and Harlem River Railroad jumped or fell from the fourth story window of his residence tonight and was killed He was a director in several large railroad and other enterprises and a member of numerous clubs and associations
An advert claims Dr King’s New Life Pills cure a deadly constipation affecting the nerves and brain, touting safety and nationwide use with a 25 cent price at Crawford Brown Drug Store. A tragic note follows about Elian Atkins of Spartanburg, who left for Blacksburg with $20 and was found dead on a railroad track with a crushed skull and a bruised hand.
Classified help wanted note seeking a reliable man of good liver and verfect in South Carolina for an old established manufacturing wholesale house paying $908 a year. Honesty valued over experience. Reference bank available in any city. Enclosed if, and ALE) envelopes. Manufacturers, Third Floor, 334 Dearborn St, Chicago.
Special to The State Laurens South Carolina December 9 Former United States senator and prominent lawyer John L M Irby died at his home in Laurens after Brights disease. He was 46. Irby organized the Reform movement and fueled the 1890 March convention that propelled Wade Hampton to the governorship. He was a Mason and high priest of Rising Sun Chapter Royal Arch Masons. Born Sept 10, 1848, in Laurens, he studied at the University of Virginia and Princeton, was admitted to the bar in 1876, and long aided Hampton’s political rise. Interment will be at Laurens City Cemetery after funeral services conducted by the Masons.
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