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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1904
Page
4
The record lists religious appointments for Rev J A Wilton across multiple sites including Girls Creek and Pheasant Hill with sabbath times and hours noted. Details include Sundays at 4pm and varying sabbath blocks at Shandin Sabbath and 1st and 8th Pabbath, with locations such as 4pm at Pheasant Hill.
A fragment from a 1904 local paper notes growing wartime sympathy with Japan, a Floridora Tag Co contest win of 37.50 by J. B. Mackorell, a Chesterfield larceny suspect captured by deputies, and other community items including illness, fires, school funds, post office notices, and local injuries and amputations.
Fort Lawn resident Mr S M McWatters reports a cyclone near Cedar Shoals last Sunday destroyed a Negro household on Mr Frank Smith's property. Two family members were killed and two seriously injured, according to Chester Lantern.
South Carolina lawmakers passed a bill creating a State Department of Commerce and Immigration. The agency will attract settlers of desirable character and promote investments across the state, driven by cotton farming, manufacturing needs, farm labor demand, and anticipated Panama trade growth. Other Southern states may follow suit.
A dog bill imposing a 50 cent per capita tax on all dogs was paused by the honas and would be collected as other taxes. The action signals potential reconsideration of the measure and its administration.
Exciting House of Representatives scene in Columbia as members clash over the Capitol completion report. T Y Williams and W J Johnson exchange sharp charges while committees consider testimonies and hearings for the former commission members amid parliamentary tensions.
Special to News and Courier, Union, reports a homicide near Carlisle in the county's lower part. Will Eubanks, a white man, died after a shooting at a negro frolic or festival Saturday night. Silas Lyles, a black man, is in jail as the slayer, with several others implicated and more arrests expected. The article criticizes white men attending such events.
Malcom Johnstone, prominent Newberry figure and former Confederate veteran, died at his home at 8:30 this morning. Born November 30, 1847, he served as mayor of Newberry in 1884 85 and in the South Carolina legislature 1888 89, later as consul to Pernambuco Brazil until Cleveland's administration ended his term. He leaves brothers George and Alan Johnstone among others.
Cincinnati reports indicate A W T Lawrence once of here has been told by broker J E Wright of Kansas City that he owes $40 000 after cotton market manipulation. Now a convict at Missouri State Penitentiary he was earlier jailed for $1 500 theft from the West End Hotel. His Kentucky wife, a widow, still loves him and plans to rejoin him after his term, though doctors fear her days are few.
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