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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1904
Page
5
The notice lists Rev J M Wititr assigned to Gill Creek with services on the first sabbath at 1 a m and on the fourth sabbath at Pleasant Hill at 4 p m with further assignments to other locations including the Pleasant Hill schedule on the fourth sabbath at 4 pm.
Suburban notices list several marriages births and visits including Hinson wed Lila Ellis January 10 1904 and a daughter born to J A Robertson January 10 1904.Several residents travel visit relatives attend church and return to studies and work. Also a missing cow offers reward and bail granted for murder suspect C B Skipper.
Bad weather stopped the preacher from keeping the last appointment at Douglas. Providence permitting, T will preach there next Sabbath, as usual, Jos T Dendy.
A Rock Hill letter from Dallas reports a bloody affair in Texas where John Porter was killed by his wife in their bed. Porter, born in Lancaster county, had remarried after living in Jacksonville and Texas. Mrs Porter was arrested and jailed.
Col Col Leroy Springs of Lancaster laments excessive gambling touching Charlotte and warns of the harm, citing a day when small manipulators in cotton faced heavy gains then losses. The Charlotte Observer notes Germany pledges strict neutrality in the looming Russia Japan war.
Mrs J W Hamel to visit family in Lancaster. Blakeney travels to Ohio on business. M S Asheley plans to install a central at Heath Springs. Dr R S Beckham improves and sits up. Oscar Catoo recovering after hunting accident. J N Estridge critically ill at White Bluff. Simon Beckham takes Hartsville post office role. Wesley McHorton shows improvement under care from Columbia nurse. Col L C Hough and A R Hough visit Dr C N Hough, whose illness remains grave.
The Rock Hill Herald exposes a husband from Bessemer City now in Lancaster who left his wife Dora with moneyless distress in a Rock Hill waiting room. He vanished after signaling a return, prompting neighbors to aid the aggrieved woman until her husband’s absence was confirmed. The piece condemns heartless conduct and calls for punishment. It also notes editorials from Cheater Lantern urging legislative changes to judicial circuits and dispensary director salaries, proposing short sessions and biennial adjournments through 1906.
A letter to A B Forguson argues milk water and cream removal mimicry in paint frauds. It praises Devoe lead and zinc and cites Mr Evans painting his house, noting satisfaction and reuse on two more houses. J T Ladd of Cheraw, S C is quoted endorsing the product.
Public auction for two tracts known as Waxhaw Plantation and Cureton Lands in Lancaster County South Carolina. The 1266 acre Waxhaw tract and 372 acre Cureton tract lie along Waxhaw Creek and Seaboard Air Line near Waxhaw. Sale on February 1 in Lancaster Court House. terms include cash option or yearly installments up to five years with interest.
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