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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1905
Page
2
Mr Editor reports a quiet legislative week focused on organization and committee assignments. Lancaster’s J M Smith speaker and J T Withers clerk are noted. Hough chairs committees on judiciary and institutions. attention turns to state revenue, education, and the dispensary as early session work begins. J W Wanen vows to inform readers weekly.
Rev Harvey Hatcher D D of Atlanta dies suddenly in Beaufort hotel lobby at 4 pm after entering from the street. A 60 year minister and longtime head of the Atlanta branch of the American Baptist Publication Society, he preached this morning and planned another evening sermon. He and a party of South Carolina Baptists had been deer hunting on Wilton Dead Island, bagging nine deer in three days. He was 72, a native of Saffelk county, Virginia.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society office in Rock Hill paid out 65000 dollars today on a life policy held by State Senator C. B. McCull of Bennettsville. The payout confirms the settlement of a large insurance claim tied to the senator.
A lengthy preview of the South Carolina legislature's early session details over 3 days, listing proposed bills on constitutional amendments, marriage licenses, child marriages, dispensary regulations, road laws, cotton seed and corn prices, animal and poultry protections, juries, education reforms, taxation, and civil rights. Notable items include a bid to repeal parts of the 14th and 15th amendments, a licensure push for marriages, motor and auto speed rules, and new court and penal provisions. The piece notes strong activity from lawmakers, with diverse topics and several bills already introduced.
The Heath Jones Company announces liquidation of Heath Banking and Mercantile Co estate and invites bargain seekers. The firm claims low prices and fair dealings to attract customers, notes renovated stores and expanded department divisions from groceries to millinery with many inducements to offer.
For The Next Thirty Days we offer a clean sweep before buying Spring Goods. Many shoe boxes were broken in moving. they are placed on a bargain counter at first cost. Shoes include DREW SELBY GODMAN and other makes. All clothes available for actual cost for cash. Inspections welcome to confirm bargains.
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