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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1903
Page
2
Reported from Lexington county near the river shows Charles Hutto killed by Wesley Spires after a dispute over Mrs Spires. Spires surrendered to authorities in Lexington jail following the 12 to 1 pm Friday shooting near the Spires home.
The Indianola Mississippi postoffice will close permanently after postmaster Minnie Cox, a Black woman, resigned under compulsion amid threats to her safety. The Postmaster General ruled the situation duress justified nonreopening until the district accepts a Black postmaster again. President Harrison had appointed Cox. McKinley reappointed her in 1897.
A letter to The State rejects an article about Governor Manning by Thomas Jefferson Mackey. The writer, Wade Ho Manning, asserts Manning lived in comfort pre and after the war and denies Mackey’s claims of political maneuvers and negro delegates supporting Manning.
Mr W H Squier county auditor was found dead beside the track after a likely hit by a Charleston train. A sharp wound on the head and a recovered hat on Lodigo street sparked theories of accident or foul play. Squier, longtime public servant and veteran, was admired in Columbia and recently reelected. he belonged to United Confederate Veterans and Knight of Pythias. A new cotton mill named Gluck Mills won state commission, to be built near Anderson with $500,000 capital.
On February 7 1903 administrator Joan H Sizztr will file final return and settlement and apply to Lancaster County Probate Court DC for final discharge as administrator of the estate of H. A. M. Steele. Lancaster SC January 6 1903.
Police jailed a man named Tom Rowan, tracked after a Lexington depot fire and burglary. Evidence showed kerosene saturated shavings ignited. plunder hidden under a nearby house. a box of tobacco betrayed the thief. A shotgun trap triggered by the box injured no one. Rowan was found with a bandaged hand near Blanding Street Crossing and held in the city prison.
Millions find comfort from Bucklen’s Arnica Salve it relieves burns cuts ulcers rashes and fever sores. The ad promises a universal cure and urges subscription to The Lancaster Report at $1.50 per year.
An ordinance from Lancaster town authorizes a yearly one dollar and fourteen cent dog tax with a police tag upon payment. Dogs found without the tag may be seized and impounded, and if the tax plus a 25 cent fee isn’t paid within 36 hours, the dog may be killed. Ratified July 26, 1902 by the mayor and aldermen. Attest: C. D. Jones, Clerk.
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