Local notes from Chester and nearby towns slip into winter
Julia Sigspaon and Alta Fewell visit Rosk Hill then return home. The AME Zion conference convened at Chester with Bishop Lomax presiding. Tax deadlines approach with no extensions. Merchants tout diamond jewelry and holiday gifts. Captain Fitzpatrick, Mr. Langley, and Mrs. Brasington are mentioned with travels and moves. A coroner investigates a five week old infant's death on Crawford plantation. Post office uncalled letters listed. The Xrate Xposition raised funds despite weather. Local churches plan a basket supper at Gills Creek. Businesses may close for Christmas week. Marriages, a Georgia geologist visit, and local deaths are noted. A jail arrest from High Point concerns a shooting case. An infant dies and a widow dies. Aunt Jane Williams is reported dead. A Kershaw man kills a colored man in a dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Sigspaon
Alta Fewell
Rosk Hill
AME Zion
Chester
Bishop Lomax
Charlotte
Caskey
Mamie Boyd
Crawford Plantation
Lanccaster
Messames
Rebecca Allen
Jane Hilton
Warshton Johson
H O McCoy
Eliza Cisten
Hough
Gills Creek
Jease Gay
Kershaw
Geo Mobbley
Florence Coats
J. M. Head
Died of the Wound in a Negro Dance Incident
Wyatt Hughes a colored man died from a gunshot wound to the abdomen after an unloaded pistol was loaded by Frank Allen during a Col. Springs farm negro dance last Monday night. Hughes died about noon Thursday. Allen claimed innocence. a statement prior to dying exonerated him from blame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kershaw
L J Jordan
Wyatt Hughes
Frank Allen
Col
Spring
Allen
Hughes
Hegboe
Alles
Marriages and incidents: Mt Pisgah vows and more
Itemacram Kershaw and Lizzie Holley wed at Mt Pisgah church. Capt A Thies and Augustus Thies visit. J W Bird and Ethel Seegers marry at Rev KT Blackmon's home. Dr EC Brazington adds X ray machine. Dr Beckham improves with electrical treatment. Buddie Gayle, 11, shoots Robi Watts, 8, at Maile Mine. injury may blind the boy. Dr L T Gregory treats him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryxot Horton
Lizzie Holley
Gilbert Holley
Mt Pisgah
R T Blackmon
Capt A Thies
Chartletee
Augustus Thies
Nova Scotia
J W Bird
A A Bird
Lancaster County
Ethel Seegers
Chesterfield
Henry Lee
KT Blackmon
EC Brazington
Beckham
Buddie Gayle
Robi Watts
Maile
Gayle
Haile
Watte
L T Gregory
Ins
Town Be Vizited by Italians Monkeys and Mare Lost
A special dispatch from Kershaw dated December 13 reports a wall company from Italy visiting Monroe North Carolina. An incident with locals and the workers leads to a wounded monkey dying amid a troublesome scene. The note ends with a lost grey mare described as about seven years old and asking for information with compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kershaw
Monroe
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Mackory
B. G C. Hough
J. H. Fitzpatrick
Washington, Ga
T. R. Langley
Dixie
N.C
Langley
B. F. Brasington
Schooly
Columns
Ark
T. A. Dabney
Frank Starnes
Maggie Starnes
Earie Sloan
Charleston
The
Strait
Elgin & Walthem
B. G Hough
J. H. McMurray
Baltimore
W. 8. McMurray
C. Hough
Dre Montgomery
Lola Heath
Annie Hardin
C D Jores
Aaron Williams
Camden
Criminal Court
Columbia Cor
Charlotte Observer
High Point
N. C
Hunter
Qcharley Clyburn
Clyburn
Wilson Wiliams
Tuesaday
Rocky Mount
Fairfield County
Wiles
Jane Williams
Jane
Itemacram Kershaw
W. P. Bennett
Preveiaes Noas
Kl. Nott & Crawford
Moore & Sowell
Foley
Seir
Nancy
B. Mackorell
Wits
Bugia
Jdus
Boye
Limia Us
Jax Si
Dad
E. E. Cloud
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