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The Lancaster Ledger

Location

Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1904

Page

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Auditor's Notice for Lancaster County Tax Returns 1904

The Lancaster County Auditor announces tax return collection from January 31 to February 20 1904. Taxpayers or guardians managers and agents must list property or risk a 50 percent penalty. A one dollar tax applies to males ages 21 to 60 except maimed or Confederate soldiers. Auditor MO A Cook lists local attendance sites and dates across Osceola Pleasant Valley Belair Van Wyck Dix Dwight Tradeaville Taxabaw Flat Creek Dr. Welsh e Primus Orlock Haile Gold Mine Kershaw Heath Springs Pleasant Hill Dry Creek. An annual income of $2 or more requires a return. Prompt submission advised.

Iuancaster Osceola Pleasant Valley Belair van Wyck Dix A.m . Dwight P. m Tradeaville Taxabaw Flat Creek Church Primus Orlock Haile Kershaw Heath Springs Pleasant Hill Dry Creek MO. A. Cook

Wood freight paid carloads by James Cockshoot at Charleston

Freight details list 10 17 4m wood and Holly Logs with Stickery, noting payment for 00 carloads. James Cockshoot appears as the involved party in Charleston, C.

James Cockshoot Charleston

Lincaster and Chester Railway Schedule 1902 Nov 29

Train schedule details for Lincaster and Chester Railway dated November 29, 1902, listing westbound and eastbound daily departures and arrivals among Lancaster Fort Lawn Rasconville Richburg Chester Charlotte Columbia Atlanta Yorkville Gastonia Lenior Bascomville Fort Lawn and others, with connections to Southern Seaboard Carolina Northwestern Lancaster Southern lines and notes on station agents.

Lincaster and Chester Railway Lancaster Fort Lawn Rasconville Richburg Chester Charlotte Columbia Atlanta Yorky C&n Gastonia Lenoir Eastboun DL Lenir Ca& N Yorkville Sal Bascomville

The Confederate Generals and Lieutenant Generals

The article details ranking dates for Confederate lieutenant generals led by James Longstreet, notes four still living as Stephen D. Lee A. P. Stewart Joseph Wheeler and S. B. Buckner, and lists eight out ranking generals Cooper Johnston Lee Johnston Beauregard Bragg Smith Hood. All generals are dead, as are seventeen lieutenant generals. Memphis Commercial Appeal.

James Longstreet John B. Gordon Confederacy Stephen D. Lee Mississippi Gen. Forrest Gen. Wheeler Samuel Cooper Albert S. Johnston Robert E. Lee Joseph E. Johnston P. G. T. Beauregard Braxton Bragg Edmund Kirby Smith John B. Hood Memphis Commercial Appeal

Darlington's Century Fund Help Remember Monument

Darlington records recall the Hampton monument fund and note that about a year ago Darlington county raised a total of $1,000 to support the effort.

Darlington Hampton Monument Fund Darlington County

Anderson County Contributes Over 500 to Hamton Monument Fund

Anderson county plans a contribution exceeding 500 dollars to the Hamton monument fund. A local Daughters of the Confederacy chapter had earlier erected a memorial tablet to Wade Hamton in the county courthouse corridor, placed within a year after his death.

Anderson, Jan Anderson County Hamton Daughters of the Confederacy Wade Hampton County Court House

Saved From Terrible Death by King’s New Discovery

The Bobbitt family of Bargerton Tennessee witnessed Mrs. M L Bob bitt near death from consumption. After doctors failed, King s New Discovery cured her and relieved symptoms. The remedy is advertised as the safest lung cure with 50 cent and 1 00 dollar bottles. Free trials are offered at Crawford Bros J F Mackey Co T Eugene Funderburk Drug Store. Creditors are called to settle with J E Rutledge Dentist.

M. L. Bobbitt Bargerton Tenn Dr. King Crawford Bros J. F. Mackey & Co T. Eugene Funderburk J. E. Rutledge

Sugar mill accident claims 15 year old in Beaufort

A 15 year old boy, Ebenezer Hamilton, was struck in the head by a revolving pole at a sugar cane mill near Kean's Neck in Beaufort on Tuesday afternoon and killed instantly as his skull was broken.

Beaufort Kean Ebenezer Hamilton

Dead woman found near Greenwood. suspected death under swoon

The body of Ella Cunningham, a negro woman who lived alone with a child, was found on the edge of Greenwood yesterday. Ingestioati reports suggest she fell into a swoon or fit causing death in the cold. Meanwhile in Spartanburg a true bill for peonage is returned against farmer E C Daniel for involuntary servitude of a colored youth Leonard Brown. case set for Columbia session.

Greenwood Jan Thephetes Ella Cunningham Spartanburg S. C United States E. C. Daniel South Carolina Daniel Leonard Brown S. S. Daniel

Mob's Victim Found At Reevesville

The State reports a lynching near Reevesville Dorchester County after a mob seized Gen Lee a Negro about 30 from Reevesville. His mutilated body was found lashed to a tree with gunshots. An inquest returned a verdict of death by unknown persons.

Georges Reevesville Dorchester County Gen. Lee A. P. Wimberly T. H. Abbott General Lee R. E. Mims Lee Mims

Electric Bitters Restored Fire Man’s Strength

A Burlington Iowa locomotive fireman C W Bellamy recounts severe illness with pain and weakness. He credits Electric Bitters for restoring health and vigor after months of decline. Crawford Bros J F Mackey Co and T Eugene Funderburk guarantee satisfaction at 50 cents.

W. Bellamy Burlington Iowa Crawford Bros J. F. Mackey & Co T. Eugene Funderburk

Federal Law to Aid Dispensary in South Carolina

Washington Jan 15 The Hepburn Dolliver bill would remove liquor trade from interstate commerce protections and place it under state police powers. If enacted liquor imported into South Carolina even in original packages would be subject to state law upon crossing the state line, affecting the dispensary system.

Washington Hepburnn Dolliver Congress South Carolina House Hepburn Iowa Senate Dulliver

Legislature Proceedings on Birth Records and Railroad Rules

Saturday and Friday sessions summarize bills on vital records, divorce fears, election day prohibitions, fertilizer taxes, and twelve hour railroad work limits. Proposals give the railroad commission power over rates and connections. towns may vote out dispensaries. baggage weight rules change. political maneuvering for dispensary control and commission chairmanship noted.

Columbia Clemson College Blackwood Senate Hydrick Spartanburg Morgan Greenville Railroad Commission House Orly Whaley Charleston Bryce H. H. Evans Evans McDurmot Horry Black Tatum

Spartanburg Names New Sheriff James White

Spartanburg on January 14 announces James White, deputy Sheriff, appointed to fill the remaining 12 months of the late John E. Vernon's term as sheriff of Spartanburg County. White posted a bond of 156000 and assumed control of the office, with Coroner Foster stepping down from acting sheriff duties.

Spartanburg James White Spartanburg County John E. Vernon Foster Mr. Vernon

Pneumonia and La Grippe Cough Cure Mentioned

Cough cured quickly by Foley's Honey and Tar. Refuse substitutes. T. BE. Funderburk.

Foley T. BE. Funderburk

Wonderful nerve salve advertised for pains and piles

The ad promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a cure for cuts, wounds, burns, sore feet, stiff joints, and piles. It claims it kills pain and heals, selling for 25 cents at Crawford Bros, J. F. Mackey & Co, and T Eugene Funderhurk's Drugstore.

Bucklen Crawford Bros J. F. Mackey & Co’s T. Eugene Funderhurk

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