Local notices from Kershaw era and Rock Hill Herald
January 11 1909 pensioners reminders and board appointments at the courthouse exam list for Pepetine W G Porter Hinson Collins and Dr Crawford. News on Mina Mattie White at Rock Hill and Clarence Horton visit from Memphis. L B Stephenson returns to Clinton College and aids placement of an orphan child. Kershaw Heath Spring circuits moved to Rock Hill District in exchange for Jefferson Chesterfield circuits. Dr W H Baye of Rock Hill becomes Presiding Ellat. Thomas Arledge dies at Victoria Cotton Mill of smallpox aged 35. no new smallpox cases. Rural free delivery route set to start February 1 through Walkup Carenton’s Store Osceola. endorsement process in Walkersville and McCain neighborhoods.
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Kershaw
Heath Spring
Sumter
Rock Hill
Jefferson
Chesterfield
W. H. Baye
Roath
Thomas Arledge
Victoria Cotton Mill
Arledge
Wick
Careton’s
Osceola
Walkersville
McCain
Tor
Waxhaw Enterprise
A Million Voices Thankful For Dr Kings Discovery
Homer Hall of West Point Louisiana credits Dr King’s New Discovery for curing a severe lung cough described as consumption. He reports a dramatic weight gain to 227 pounds and endorsement of the medicine priced at 4 dollars with a free trial offer at Crawford Bros and J F Mackey Co. Also notes a New York Central tunnel crash killing 15 and injuring 30.
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Homer Hall
West Point
Listes
Dr. King
Price, &Co
Crawford Brox
J. F. Mackey & Co
Stable Manure Property at Roberts Jones Litigation
A lawsuit in Dinpenssr Jr questions whether stable manure on leased urban property is real or personal property. J. O. Roberts sues J. Jones over removal of manure carted to a new garden. The case cites precedents from South Carolina and other jurisdictions and hinges on urban versus rural presumptions about manure ownership. The decision may shape tenancy rights and property classification in similar disputes.
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Mr. Roberts
Jonew
Ty New Place
Roberts
Jones
A. H. Dagnall
South Carolina
Health for 10 Cents and a Prokerage Move in Florida
Health claim for Cascarets Candy Cathartic and Genus ine tablets with no bulk sales. W H Porter leaves prokerage in Waxhaw region to become hook-keeper for a lumber company near Monbronk Florida. Mrs Porter and children plan to join him. Abbeville electric light plant destroyed Tuesday night with no insurance and about 4000 dollars loss.
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C.C.C
W. He Porter
Monbronk
Fla
Abbeville
Loxa
Oil Strike Reported in Florida With Free Flow
A Florida oil strike is reported with free flow and good grade. The discovery is described as solid, with engineers noting steady production prospects and potential impact on local industry. While details are sparse, the announcement confirms a productive well and positive outlook for output.
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Florida
Lancaster Ordinance on Theft and Property Offenses Passed
An ordinance by Lancaster South Carolina town officials defines theft of goods and property, setting penalties up to two hundred dollars fine or thirty days in jail. It also prescribes punishment for accomplices, making larceny a public offense enacted by council on January ninth.
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Lancaster
South Carolina
Coutcil
Making Vagrants a Crime in Lancaster Town
Vagrancy crime law authorized by the Lancaster mayor and aldermen to punish wandering unemployed persons without residence or visible means of livelihood. It targets idle persons and those deemed unable to work, restricting cultivation of excess land, requiring certificates of good character, and imposing fines up to 100 dollars or thirty days in jail. Ratified January 5, 1802, by Mayor Wylie and Clerk Jonas.
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Lancaster
Lau Ht
Phavete Plage
Perons
Latcaster
Chas. D
Jonas
Trespass Notice on Usher Land Buford Township
Notice warns all persons not to ride walk hunt fish or trespass on S E Usher land in Buford township bounded by H C Steele Joe H Steel W B Plyler Jackson Usher and others. The law will be enforced against all disregarding this notice. January 9, 1909. Also congress introduced a resolution for 12000 to bronze tablets commemorating six naval victories starting with John Paul Jones in 1797 and ending with the battle of Santiſco Bay in 1898 under Commodore Winfield Scott Schley.
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On-My-Landein
Buford Township
H. C. Steele
Joe
H. Steel
W. B. Plyler Jackson Usher
S. E. Usher
Congress
John Paul Jones
Santispo Bay
Winfield Scott Schley
Shooting Scrape in Orangeburg over a cow dispute
In Orangeburg on a Saturday night W L Segrest was shot multiple times by Nick Miller, both prominent county white men. Segrest, now critical, had earlier seized Miller’s cow for 60 cents in damages. Miller allegedly fired after paying the debt and surrendered to Sheriff Dukes.
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Orangeburg
W. L. Segrest
Nick Miller
Segrast
Seprest
Miller
Segrest
Dukes
For Sale of Lancaster County Lands in South Carolina
Desirable farming lands in Lancaster County, South Carolina offered for sale. 1500 acres on Waxhaw Creek birthplace of Andrew Jackson and 1600 acres on the Catawba river known as the Bowden place with water power at Catawba Falls. Sold in 100 200 or 800 acre tracts. References to D A Williams Lancaster S C and Bernard Wiesenfeld Atty No 706 Fidelity Building Baltimore Md.
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Lancuster County
S. C
Waxhaw Creek
Andrew Jackson
Catawba River
Bowden Place
Catawba Falls
D. A. Williams
Lancaster
Bernard Wiesenfeld
Atty
Fidelity Building
Baltimore
Wanted Hickory Dogwood and Persimmon Logs
Southern Hardwood Co. Charleston S C seeks logs of Hickory Dogwood and Persimmon at demand, listing location and material types for supply.
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Southern Hardwood Co
Charleston
8. C
Exposition Travel Rates From South Carolina & Guarala Railroad
The South Carolina and Guarala Railroad announced low round trip rates to Charleston, West Indies Exposition area. Tickets on sale with coupon and varied fares by town, with sale dates from Nov 30 1901 to May 31 1902 and final return by June 3 1902, trips limited to specific days and weeks through early June 1902.
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South Carolina & Guarala
Jexton
B. C
South Carolina
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WM. Crawford
W. B. Bruce
Mina Mattie R. White
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Clarence M Horton
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L. B. Stephenson
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