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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1905
Page
3
A brief letter notes the current session is uneventful aside from organization and committee assignments. Lancaster representatives secure solid committees. main issues anticipated are state revenue deficits, education, and the dispensary.
Rev Dr Harvey Hatcher a prominent Atlanta Baptist minister collapsed and died in the Beaufort South Carolina hotel lobby at 4 pm He had preached at the Baptist church that morning and planned another sermon later He recently joined a deer hunt trip with South Carolina ministers and had led the Atlanta branch of the American Baptist Publication Society He was 72, a Suffolk County Virginia native and had 50 years of active preaching service.
The State manager of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York at Rock Hill paid out today sixty five thousand dollars, the policy held by the late Benslor C. Metall of Bunnettsville.
The State notes the first week of the general assembly produced over 150 bills. Proposals range from repealing constitutional amendments to reforming marriage licenses, child marriage prevention, road laws, dispensary rules, and civil procedure. Numerous measures address judges’ terms, magistrate powers, auto speed, taxation, and public administration amid a bustling, varied agenda.
The Keath Jones Company successor to Heath Banking and Mercantile Co liquidates to settle the estate of Jas M Heath announces division of stock into departments including groceries on the corner gent’s furnishings dry goods and millinery with many inducements to attract bargain hunters.
In the next thirty days, we offer a clean sweep on a large rush of shoe boxes broken in transit. These are not old goods but current stock at first cost. Includes DREW SELBY GODMAN and other top makes at sale prices.
Reduced cost sale invites buyers to purchase any suit at actual cost for spot cash. The ad promises ample clothing in stock and urges immediate inspection, noting the rush prevents fuller details. No specific brands or locations are mentioned.
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