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Local Matters and town developments in Lancaster
Cotton brought seven cents on the market. Porter Bros. Co offers shirts and pants at low prices. Clergy announces service at Episcopal church. Local tradesmen, like Pong Harper and Dente Bird, expand shops and buildings. The Clymore Heath Mile Co prepares to move into a new stable. Notes on local people, schools, and deaths. Reports include Rev Chalmers Moore ill, Mrs Porter paralyzed, and various visitors. A call for a local cotton seed oil mill highlights economic optimism for Lancaster.
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Atlantic Cotton Oil Company
Sumter
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Gibson
Camden
Lancaster