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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1903
Page
3
Fragmented OCR text from a local notice page shows garbled names and places including state and county mentions. Key entities are partially readable but many names and terms are unreadable, making precise summary difficult. The readable bits reference a public notice style with names and tentative associations.
Local items report visits by relatives from Richburg Camden and Charlotte, a public W O W installation in Van Wyck, an earthquake felt along the coast, medical and church news, deaths and funerals in Rock Hill and Hartsville, a mill gun accident in Charlotte, and county finances and school fund disbursement details for Lancaster.
Tabernacle High School will stage an entertainment at Tabernacle on Friday January 30 at 7 30 pm. The two literary societies invite the public to attend a free program. The notice urges attendance and notes the date and time.
Special to The Observer Monroe Jan 26 Eli Rogers a white man who has twice been in the State Hospital at Morganton shot and killed a negro boy and Miss Nancy Prexsley near his home eight miles from here The boy was killed with a shotgun while leading a team and the woman was shot through the window of her house Rogers said he killed her because he loved her He gave no excuse for killing the negro
Lancaster County treasurer W Gauthen lodges clear refusal to attend a treasurers meeting to seek higher pay, arguing he should earn no more than the county auditor, given duties and bond requirements. A Lancaster correspondent also profiles Mack Blackmon, a thrifty Black farmer who built wealth over twenty years, renting lands, selling cotton, corn, and molasses, and storing hogs while awaiting higher prices. An unrelated, garbled ad for a wholesale firm offers high salaries and club-building marketing.
Special to The State from Davidson North Carolina January 26 reports medical students are still living. Boyce is holding his own and McLeod is putting up a strong effort though prospects appear slim.
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