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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1902
Page
3
Local items report visits among residents of Chester and Lancaster, school openings, rail and mill developments, and public notices. The Chester cotton mill engines arrive, Kershaw Telephone Co. chartered, Heath Springs chosen for a new rural school, and local officials and residents noted in brief items.
Seven hundred bales of cotton damaged in the big cotton fire were sold today to Leroy Springs of Lancaster for 514516. Sealed bids for the lot were received at William Barnwell's office by noon. Springs made the highest and most speculative bid among offers.
Mr P W Hardin departs Rock Hill for Lancaster to assume supervisor of track and trestles on the C L & L road. Be High of Spartanburg succeeds him. The U L and L praises Hardin as capable and reliable after twelve to fifteen years in Rock Hill, leaving the road in good order. Succeeds to him. Rock Hill Herald.
Trustees and residents gather at the county court house on Friday July 1 to discuss a 20 year water and lighting franchise with a private supplier. The meeting invites trustees to place school supply orders and a Rand McNally representative will take orders with the State Board of Education for contract pricing. A. C. Rowell, County Superintendent of Education, calls for a large turnout and educational addresses.
Special to The State. In Darlington on July 3 around 9 o clock, Dr. Stephen Jackson, a respected physician, was shot and killed by A. McNinch, a whiskey-fueled white man and a cutter by trade. McNinch fired on Jackson outside his business near the old depot, narrowly missing G. Deck who stood nearby, then hid in a building before officers captured him and lodged him in jail.
Washington DC July 3 The monthly report of the statistician of the department of agriculture shows the average cotton condition on June 25 at 84.708, down from May 26 and well below the ten year average. Declines are noted in most states, led by Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, with North Carolina and Virginia showing smaller changes. Principal state readings include North Carolina 93, South Carolina 95, Georgia 91, Florida 96, Alabama 84, Mississippi 8, Louisiana 85, Texas 78, Arkansas 84, Denver 98, Oklahoma 90, Indian Territory 89.
Keep Your Bowels Strong, Cas ets Candy Cathartic advertised. The Yorkville graded school erection contract awarded to Keller & Co with a $12000 budget and architect ILE White. One state beneficiary scholarship vacancy for Lancaster County to be filled by competitive exam. Applications to Col. Gadsden, chairman, by July 15.
An item detailing scholar ships and bree tuition for teachers and ministers. It mentions loans for needs and a July 20 deadline.
UT advertises miles vans for sale or exchange for cattle. J.M. Hood signs the note, indicating available options for buyers or traders.
Railway timetable notes show connections at Marion Blacksburg Yorkville and Catawba Jet among others. Trains No 82 4 11 32 89 33 85 88 link via Southern Ry and various lines to Chattanooga Asheville Gastonia Monroe Chester Charleston Florence Wilmington and intermediate points. Changes occur daily with several connections aligning at Camden Lancaster Rock Hill and Yorkville.
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