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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1905
Page
3
Property listings include 250 acres in Cedar Creek, price 750 dollars with 4 cash. Local notes cover visitors, rentals, marriages, births, school positions, and town movements. Also reports on fire loss, legal notices, and community events from Lancaster area newspapers.
The senate commerce committee issued a favorable report on W D Crum for collector of the port of Charleston South Carolina. Tillman has opposed Crum for three sessions, objecting to a colored man holding the Charleston office, but Crum's third recess appointment appears ready for confirmation despite the opposition.
Unofficial returns show Calhoun County ahead of Edgefield with 237 against 64 in Abbeville 260 against 41 in Greenwood 50 against 16 in all. The new county would reduce Edgefield within constitutional limits and a survey will be conducted tomorrow to place the measure before the legislature.
A 20 month old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs JM Peareson of Woodfull, swallowed a poultry staple. Her parents were unaware of the ingestion. She worsened and was brought to the hospital where an operation removed the staple but inflammation followed. Recovery is doubtful.
Converted to Christianity Sioux City Iowa January 4 that the dowager empress of China has become Christian and Christian Science through Minister Conger and his wife. Relatives quote letters from Pekin. Conger believes this signals opening of China to Western civilization and a Japanlike future. Fertilizer sales in the state last year rose above records by 80000 tons with tag tax income at 118914.14. For the prior year it was 98909.80. Pay your subscription.
At public auction the estate of the late ED Bowers will be sold at the home place near Primus on Wednesday January 11 1905 items include one horse wagon buggy harness shop tools and household furniture and other personal effects of the deceased cash terms J A Bowers Admr.
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