Cotton crop prospects and local notices from Lancaster
The Ledger reports South Carolina farmers may earn more from this cotton season than in a century, with holdings near last year’s levels and weather seen as a bigger factor than acreage. Notices include local deaths, a marriage in Heath Spring, a mule incident in Lancaster, and a plea to improve home interiors with new wall papers. Also covered are state financial rules on appropriations, Capers banquet controversy, a Hanna banquet misstatement, and a Taft friars land deal with the Philippines.
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South Carolina
M. C. Heath
M. C. Heath & Co
Heath
Mississippi
Columbia State
Arme
Devon Co letter touts zinc paints as superior shaving analogy
A letter from Devon & Co praises zinc paints over lead and oil mixes. The writer argues zinc uses fewer gallons, lasts longer, and saves cost, promising superior wear and fewer coats for long lasting results. The caller is addressed as M. Cauth Lanwaster SC Dour Sirs.
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Lanwaster SC
Davee Seul
Devon & Co
Legislative Elections Stir For Dispensary Board Seats
The approaching general assembly will see limited vacancies with competition sliding toward the dispensary management. W D Crum may not seek re election as commissioner, while Tatum of Orangeburg and Capt. W d D Black are top contenders for Crum’s post. L J Williams aims to retire as board chair with H H Evans seeking his seat. Potential dispensary directors include W McB Sloan John Bell Towill Walker Gourdin and Senator Mc Dermott. Crum’s successor race appears to pit Representative u against Captain Black. Also noted are term expirations for penitentiary directors W D Mann and W Be Love with Love seeking re election and P T Hollis pursuing the Chester post. Dr T M Gwin obituary notes his service in the Civil War and drug trade career in Chester.
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General Assembly
W. D. Crum
Representative Tatum
Orangeburg
W. d D. Black
Dispensar
L. J. Williams
Board of Dispensary Directors
H. H. Evans
W. McB. Sloan
Columbia
John Bell Towill
Representative Walker
Barnwell
Representative Gourdin
Williamsburg
Senator McDermott
Horry
Crum
Captain Black
W. D. Mann
Abbeville
W. Be Love
York
Love
P. T. Hollis
Chester
Ington
Secretary Gantt to total Revolutionary War enlistment count
Secretary of State Gantt prepares a definitive roster of Colonial soldiers from this state using old pay rolls and corrupted blanks stored in the Capitol. About 15 000 names are entered with potential reach to 20 000 including Sumter and Marion troops. The process uses a strict index system ensuring no duplicates and should wrap up in weeks.
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Columbia Correspondence News and Courier
Gantt
Capitol
Sumter
Marion
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the Ledger
Thurlow
Carter
Kershaw
Lula Horton
Lancaster
L. M. Watts
Flat Rock
Kershaw County
Daisy Godwin
J. M. Bowers
Cameron Adams
N. W. Mobley
Heyward Kirkland
Bessie Magill
J.T. Dendy
Lancaster Hotel
Mbit
Cordir
Ate Gantt
Gunter
John G. Capers
Baltimore
Washington Corre
Capers
Columbia Record
Senate
Tillman
General Taft
Friars of
Philippine Islands
United States
Tod, M. Cauth
T. M. Gwin
A. P. McLure
J. I’. Mackey
Blacksburg
York County
Diers
War Department
Davis
Alexandretta
Turkey
Leishman
Butler
County Pension Board
Ind Land
Waxhaw
J. Douglas Nisbet
M. Nisbet
E.W. Nisbet
Joseph Clark
Toine
Cherry & Co
Strouse & Bros. High Art
Douglass & Godman Shoes
Heath Banking Mere
S. C
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