Value of farming lands in Lancaster County rises sharply
The News and Courier reports a strong jump in land values in Lancaster County with small farms up about 100 percent and large tracts 25 to 50 percent higher over the past year. Brokers note transactions confirm the surge, while near town properties hold firmer prices. average county land now ranges from 10 to 15 dollars per acre, up from around 9 to 10.
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Lancaster Cor
the News and Courier
Coli
Leroy Springs
Carter
Theo Yay
Jordan Plantation
Blackmon Place
Lancaster
Trenton Tragedy Points to Self Destruction Theory
The Crens ton murder case prompts debate on death by own action. Witnesses note Hughes spoke of financial strain and insomnia before a pistol wound to his temple. locked doors suggest no escape. Authorities consider a sudden mental breakdown as a possible cause amid family killings.
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Crenston
Eatioman
Trenton
Sud Conversa Inqui
BB Figere
Aiteman
Hughes
Finnew
Fragmentary political remark about Parker and cotton price slump
Disjointed line references Judge Parker election and a big cotton price slump that followed Roosevelts election. Vague insinuations suggest Republicans would have tabled the issue and kept it quiet, but the speaker implies they are currently dumb. The text ends abruptly with a stray phrase about Waxhaw.
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Judge Parker
Roosevelt
teri—Waxhaw
Japanese Shelling The Town In Port Arthur Report
Loki reports December 12 noon dispatch from Port Arthur says Japanese naval land battery commander states the Russian battleship two monitors one gunboat and one torpedo boat are neutralized and bombardment shifts to Port Arthur town where damage is heavy. Florence Army condition improves with physician optimistic on recovery. Rock Hill Herald.
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Loki
Ays
Port Arthur
Laboor
Florence
Rock Hill Herald
Fanderbark House in Chesterfield Destroyed by Fire
Fire destroyed Mr. A B Fanderbark's residence in Chesterfield Tuesday night while he was in North Carolina. Local reports say the fire was incendiary and that a Black suspect connected to a past dispute may be arrested. the house was totally burned with no one present.
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F Fanderbark
Dudley
Chester- Held County
Fanderbark
North Carolina
Une
Fanderburk
Local Deaths and Crimes Spark State Despatches
Reports from Chesterfield to Rock Hill note a negro woman dying from hydrophobia after a mad dog bite, Sam Dunlap shooting his father in Laurens during a quarrel, a new Capers & Co. store in Summerton built of artificial stone, Robert W. Terry’s suicide in Sumter while intoxicated, J B Smith arrested in Rock Hill for counterfeit or misdeed and license issues, and Alonzo Smith’s escape from custody in Greenville after burning out from the guard house.
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Summerton
Capers & Co
Rock Hill
J B Smith
Chattanooga
Tenn
Smith
O'S Stevens
Stevens
Yorkville
Greenville
Alonzo Smith
Liberty
Gilreath
Public Auction at M. Yarboroughs near Sapp X Roads
At public auction the speaker will sell from home near Sapp X Roads on Monday December 19 1904 two fine young mules two good milk cows two splendid buggies two two horse wagons and all household and kitchen furniture farming implements and other items too numerous to mention M Yarborough plans the sale
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Sapp X Roads
M. Yarborough
Bargain Push Aims To Clear Stock Before Year End
Watch out bargain seekers Our object in cutting prices for the next month is to benefit the trade by giving them the best goods for the least money. We also plan to reduce stock by January 1 as we repair our building and rearrange stock moving dry goods below and groceries up. It will be an immense job to move quickly and maximize advantage in a short one month period.
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Thurlow S. Carter
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A. B. Fanderbark
Chesterfield
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RO Koy
Father
Laurens
Sam Dunlap
Sumter
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Robert W. Terry
Mood-Osteen Infirmary
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Toh
Aga
Hake Jour Purchases
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