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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1904
Page
3
Fragmentary notice reports appointments of TRV Jat Witite and references to Babbbath observances on the 2nd and 4th Sabbaths at Beth Pleasant and related gatherings. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
Heath Springs notes report resumed exercises at the graded school and Rev J Marion Rodgers arriving as new pastor. Visitors include Mrs Griffith in Gaffney and Mrs Hilton in Taxshaw. Local events cover sales of the Ella Walker home, bank deposits, a fugitive prisoner recaptured, and marriages and church notices.
Mr Will McMurray formerly of this county died last Thursday at his home in Miami after a brief typhoid illness. Age about 25. Remains arrived Saturday and were moved to Tirzah for interment. His sister, who had gone to Miami, returned with the body. Also noted is a late shipment of wasters and a local fire loss to the Bogan Hunter home with nearby aid. Public land auction ad promotes 1,600 acres in Waxhaw area with several financing options.
Wesley Horton, a respected citizen of Kirshaw County, fell from a scaffold while repairing a residence near Kirshaw on Thursday. He struck his head on the ground from about 15 feet, sustaining a concussion, and remained in a very serious condition according to latest reports.
Public auction advertised for two tracts in the Waxhaw district, Lancaster County, South Carolina. The property includes about 1266 acres across both sides of Waxhaw Creek, with clay soil, suitable for stock raising, and ties to General Andrew Jackson’s historic Waxhaw plantation. Sale set for February at Lancaster courthouse, with deed history tracing to Hida Bo Cure and Cureton lands, improvements noted as a tenement with outbuildings, and terms offering one fourth cash and balance in yearly installments with interest.
The town of Lancanter shows a 1903 revenue and disbursement outline with receipts from fines license cemetery lots dispensary and loans from Bank of Lancanter. Expenditures include police salaries street work lighting general running expenses and bank note interest. sworn statement lists mayor and clerk salaries and town financial details.
A fragment notes that entering another’s land against posted notice is a misdemeanor with up to 100 dollars fine or up to thirty days hard labor. It describes posting in four conspicuous places and weekly newspaper publication to prove notice within the county. It mentions fishing and hunting context.
Trustees of Fair Ground Cobleskill NY express satisfaction paying 15 cents more per gallon for Devoe paint. They compare painting 125 to 150 gallons to cover buildings, noting actual use of 115 gallons and a saving of 35 gallons. Agent estimates and costs suggest Devoe is cost effective versus competitors. The letter emphasizes counting paint costs and advocates choosing Devoe.
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