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Newspaper

The Lancaster Ledger

Location

Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 04, 1905

Page

6

Reverend J M Whith to July and first Sabbath

A jumble of local notes recalls appointments, obits, marriages, lost items, and business news from Lancaster area. Rev J B Mitek visits Fort Mill. Helt Clyburn dies. Mason Brunson tours. a nail incident injures Julius Hegler. a marriage occurs Jan 29 1905. a boy’s overcoat is lost near RJ Flynn’s. a white tenant sought for a small farm. a monument for Mrs Esther P White is erected. Dr J H Thornwell’s condition improves. mention of local bonds for refunding county debt. details on dynamite at a saw mill and uncalled letters.

M Tompkins Dry Creek A. J. McNineb Lancaster Esther P. White Fort Mill

Schoolhouse and Hall Burned in Crescent Fire

Crescent in Spartanburg County suffered total loss when a schoolhouse and Magonic hall burned yesterday. The blaze is believed to have started from a spark from the stove chimney, dropping onto the roof and consuming the structure.

Spartanburg Crescent

Farmers Await 10 Cent Cotton Hope, Soldier Tale Says

A Greenville News item quotes a citizen recalling a city return with talk of limited cotton holdings by farmers and their wait for 10 cents a pound, likening the view to that of an old soldier friend.

Cation Thorne Greenvilla News

Lancaster Building and Loan Association Disbands

The Lancaster Building and Loan Association winds up after stockholders resolutions. Heavy taxes last year precipitated its downfall, ending a period that helped local young men save modest sums and funded new cottages, adding to town property. The long decline ends with a sense of regret.

Lancaster 8 Lancaster Building and Loan Association de. Funet

Lancaster Chapter Daughters of Confederacy Officers Reelect

Lancaster Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy held its regular meeting Thursday afternoon and unanimously reelected officers led by Mrs Ira B Janes as president and Miss Annie W yer kjioon as first vice president. The tribute to late member Harriet Jones was adopted and dinner plans were set to aid the monument fund, which totals over 800 dollars, with deposits at the Bank.

UDC Lancaster Confederacy Ira B Janes Annie W Yer Kjioon Myra Leroy Springs JT Green LU Foster McCardell Harriet Jones

Fire destroys barn and stock near Edgewood Harmony

A fire Monday evening consumed a barn and stables of J.A. Thomas between Edgewood and Harmony. Three mules valued at $600 or more died in the flames along with vehicles and feed. The blaze started from a lime barrel in the barn, leaving a loss exceeding $1,000 with no insurance. The Rock Hill Journal reports the incident and notes the financial impact on the farmer.

J.A. Thomas Edgewoor Harmony Rock Hill Journal

Farmers Demand Ten Cents for Cotton in Stand-Off

A purchasing agent urged a farmer to sell cotton for ten cents, the farmer insisted that price is market high. The agent balked, noting Greenville county offers less, while the farmer vowed to keep the sixty bales and timber-cutting nearby threatens to cover the cotton. The exchange ends with the farmer inviting further talk once a fair price is offered.

Greenville

Night fires, deaths, and gift from Vanderbilt in one report

A Charleston area column reports multiple incidents including a Richbarre farm fire blamed on faulty wiring, the death of Mr George P Ashley in a work car accident at Wavekliffe, Tenn, and M A Brawdy killed at Green Pond while returning from a funeral. It also notes Vanderbilt’s charitable gift of $50 after a railroad fire near Bethune and a tragic laudanum poisoning death of Miss Minnie Hutto in Blackville.

Iken George P. Ashley W. J. Oliver & Co Wavekliffe Tenn Green Pond M. A. Brawdy Beaufort County Fast Mail Bethune Seadboard Florida Limited Vanderbilt John McLouzan McGougan Blackville Minnie Hutto Miss Hutto the Baptist Church Sallie Hartzog L. F. Bonner

Unreadable OCR Note Near Keeseville Describes Health Travel

Fragmentary item notes a man near Keeseville with health issues after a long journey. The text is garbled but mentions Joby and a person named Brights, with inconclusive dates and details.

Joby Keesville A Bvenine Man

Notice summary of 1905 subscription books event

Notice records a 1905 meeting in Maitin 5 WP Bonnett at a grocery store in Tarrietor. Names Bonnett, Bennatt, and related corporate entities appear among attendees and signatories. The fragmentary text indicates official actions by a state secretary and local stakeholding parties in a community subscription effort.

Hough Bennett Grocery Co Secretary of State Grovery Moaigy Thary Maitin Bonnett Tareietor Beagety Bonnewi Bennatt Corpumitons

Unclear OCR fragment on Davis Muidives Dunlap practice

Fragmentary OCR text references Davis Dunlap and others with unclear place and date. No coherent event or action can be determined from the readable portion.

Nwe Pione Davis Muidives Dunlap Wiivets Latieos

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J. M. Whith Gilly Rek J B Mitek, DD Col Springs Helt Clyburn Mason Brunson The News and Courier Julius Hegler W V Hegler Antioch LJ Perry George Kennington Battie Blackmon J M Pardue Crenshaw Jany Let RJ Flynn Creek Post Office LS Elliott J. H. Thornwell the Ledger Atlanta Journal Messrs. H.& L. A. Robertson Pleasant Hill James Terry Carter W I Bradley J F Taylor McCullough J L ‘McGuirt WB Fonderburk Ellis Graydon Joseph F Perry Elmes Williams Tom Hough Mesdames RO Jones Mary Watts Emma Bell Agnes Fonderburk J D McGuirt Alica Lonng Miss Nine Crawford Misa Elmer Young MC Gardner WB Bruce Lancaster County Choraw & Chester Hanover National Bank New York City Messrs Sessongoud & Meyer Bers WJ Cunningham Edward Dunlap Cunningham Fort Bayard New Mexico Cunningham Philippines San Antonio Texas Boeing Boerne Arizona Phuraday Edward Quaningham Spain Goa United States Agohbey Government Columbia Record Columbia State Pit AR Riciburg Chester William Key Richbare Koy P. Ashley MR. Vander Bilt White Good Sale Gina Walle Mat Ao Lars Masonic Avery Wuelbues Ape Cosy JS. B. Ni
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