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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1903
Page
2
The Savannah News urges statewide shift away from pistol carry as bail reform for murder suspects spreads. Chief Justice Pope's ruling strengthens rising anti pistol sentiment, with Tillman case fueling debate and judges urged to act without fear or favor to curb deadly weapons.
Charleston February 24 The court of general sessions opened with grand jury organization and court machinery set for the two week term. The docket is unusually heavy with five capital cases among those to be tried and a two week clearing period anticipated.
An Atlanta based Blood Balm Co advertises B B Jr a blood purifier. It promises free 10 000 treatments to introduce the product to homes and lists cures for tears scrotal swelling pains rheumatism pimples eruptions boils eczema itching and even cancer. The ad notes B B cures and purifies blood and sells the balm at drug stores for $1 with prepaid mail order offers.
Dr J D Alexander of Camden has invented and patented a matrix crown praised by leading dentists in the state and beyond as original and ingenious. The device promises to save time and money for both operators and patients, with an attractive folder issued by the inventor.
A runaway nearly cost J. B. Orner his life when a leg wound became a stubborn four year ulcer. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured the infection quickly. Also praised for burns, bruises, skin eruptions and piles. 25 cents at Crawford Bros. and J. F. Mackey & Co. Drug Store.
Inman South Carolina February 24 Eddy Foster 18 son of Gabriel Foster shot and badly wounded at school by teacher Reuben Pitts during noon recess Pitts a Forman University graduate and son of Rev J D Pitts says the pupil resisted a whipping Foster a member of a prominent Spartanburg family has strong ties to the community yet the incident follows a recent flogging in class triggering tension among students.
Melbourne resident H Hag gins credits Dr King's New Discovery for tuberculosis recovery after being told he had little hope. He praises the remedy as a lifesaving throat and lung cure, offered by Crawford Bros. and partners with trial bottles free. The product is marketed at 50 cents and one dollar.
In Wobrum Indiana a mob of white residents forced twenty Black residents to flee after tearing down their shacks with ropes and poles. The entire Black population was expelled following several days of warnings and the group boarded a freight train to nearby Vintonville. The incident marks the end of a race war that began ten days earlier.
An old advertisement touts Banner Salve as the most healing salve in the world. It urges readers to take Grove’s Taste Less Chill Tonic and highlights clearly printed formula including alcohol and quinine with a warning no cure and no pay.
Senator McLaurin of South Carolina discusses racial policy and labor in the South in a Commercial Advertiser interview. He says political rights for African Americans may be conceded but social equality is the core issue, noting race tensions will yield to commercial expansion and that the South is divided on Bryanism.
Since Gov Heyward's inauguration four probate judges have died in different portions of the state. Elections to fill the vacancies have already been ordered. Yesterday the elections for the counties of Kershaw and Horry were ordered to be held on Tuesday March 17.
Two people display contrasting health. one pale and sallow, the other fresh and rosy. Dr Kings New Life Pills claimed to aid digestion and prevent constipation. Advertised for 25 cents at Crawford Bros and J F Mackey Co Druggists. Gen John B Gordon ill aboard Queen and Crescent train en route to Jackson from Clinton Miss. He was moved on a stretcher to a hotel and under medical care as doctors treat severe nausea and pain.
In Maxton North Carolina at 6 pm W J Thompson a former traveling representative from Lomaville Kentucky was shot three times in his dining room by E N McLean Thompson's wife's nephew while Thompson was intoxicated and argued with McLean McLean says the shooting was in self defense concurrently a governor issued a requisition to Alabama for J A Lindsy captured there to face felony forgery charges discovered in Anderson county
At Stamford City Raleigh county a joint force of Deputy U S Marshal Conningham and Sheriff Cook battled rioting miners. Three miners were killed and several wounded as arrests were made of 73 men for alleged injunction violations. Prisoners are held in Beckley awaiting transfer and possible federal or state trial.
A con artist posing as a jewelry representative visited Pickens, sold about seventy five watch chains for a dollar each, claimed chains were made of pew metal from Camden county, handed out foil wrapped cash tiles as a joke, advertised a Charleston firm, and fled towards Easley after promising to return at 8. The scam ended with cheap chains selling now for ten cents.
A wartime style claim notes croup danger at night and cites Foley’s Honey and Tar as an instant cure. Mrs. P. L. Cordier of Mannington Kentucky reports a three year old survived after one dose. Refuse substitutes. T Eugene Funderburk, druggist.
An advertisement extols salt pork as an old fashioned remedy for consumption and promotes Scott’s Emulsion as a refined fat for easy digestion. It claims fat is vital for the consumptive, asserts a cod liver oil and hypophosphites combination aids lung disease, and invites readers to request a free sample while noting a libel disclaimer on the wrapper.
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