Hough & Co Enter Furniture Line With Low Prices
Lancaster county readers learn B C Hough & Co announces entry into the furniture trade promising cash or credit sales with small profits and low prices. They note past price drops in various lines and advertise forthcoming low quotes on chairs tables beds and more. Bridge bids to be let July 16 1901 with specifications at the letting.
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B. ©. Hough & Co
B. C. Hough & Co
Lancaster
B.C. Hough & Co
Haile Mine
Flat Creek
Pitanus
W. Q. Caskey
S. M. Mathis & CO
Local Matters From Lancaster County July 12 1901
Lancaster County notes mention births, visits, and farm news. J B Mackerell and Mrs B B ParDue visit relatives. Miss Florence Bell and Carrie Biggart travel from Russell Place. a cotton bloom was brought by M J Fundeburk. N E Moore returns from Columbia after illness. the Lancaster County Alliance meets July 12 with full delegation urged. G F Ferguson plans ten acres to be altered for peas and corn. corn crops are poor. houses for sale. Union services planned at A R P Church with Rev Chalmer Frazer. South Carolina College Normal Scholarships awarded after a competitive exam July 12. letters advertised list dated week ending July 6 1901. crop reports along routes show variable yields. subscribe to The Ledger.
Mules Die at Erwin Plantation in Two-Week Span
Col Springs reports seven mules dead and six sick on his Erwin plantation within under two weeks. The cause appears to be spinal meningitis, continuing from the previous notice.
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Col. Springs
Erwin
Missing Carpenter Padgett Seen Last At Boarding House
Missing since Saturday, C. H. Padgett, a carpenter and subcontractor at the factory, was last seen when a boarder invited him to supper. He claimed he would dine out, having had a drink, and has not returned. No tools or clothing are missing, deepening the mystery.
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C. H. Padgett
J. P. Yandle
Padget
Sudden Death of Aged Mt Prospect Resident John Richardson
John Richardson aged about 90, a respected Mt Prospect resident living just over the North Carolina line, died suddenly Thursday after a hearty 4th of July meal. He was a brother of the late Eli Richardson and leaves a widow with no children. His remains were buried yesterday at Bethlehem Church at noon.
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John Richardson
Mt. Prospect
North Carolina
Eli Richardson
Bethlehem Ebureh
Death of Eli Twitty in Beaver Creek Country
Mr. Eli Twitty died Thursday July 4 1901 at his home near Beaver Creek church. Born April 1805 he was 96 years old. A lifelong farmer, he remained mentally sharp though deaf and blind later in life. Survived by two children Peter T. Twitty and Mrs. J L Bell from his first marriage to Miss Terry. second wife Peggy Hammond preceded him by about twenty years. Interred at Beaver Creek Baptist Church, he had read The Ledger for 49 years and was a loyal subscriber. He was among the paper’s oldest readers and most dependable customers. The Ledger notes his passing along with two other longtime readers this year.
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Eli Twitty
Beaver Creek Church
Twitty
Mr. Twitty
Miss Terry
Peter T. Twitty
J. L. Bell
H. H. Rowell
W. B. ‘Twitty
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County
Local Matters
J. C Bowling
A Bon
Sam Barr
Dixie Section
Janie Lee
Anderson
Firs
J. A. Stennan
J B Mackerell
B. B. ParDue
Mr. W. E. ParDue
Walkup, N. C
W. A. Blakeney of
Kershaw
W. A. Gregory
Florence Bell
Carrie Biggart
Russell Place
M. J. Fundeburk
Romne
N. E. Moore
Columbia
Lancaster County Alliance
Jerry M. Knight
Sec. Co. al
G. F. Ferguson
Chalmers Frazer
Baptist Church
South Carolina College Normal
Martha Dixon
T. P. Whissepant
James Thaul
Charley Stratford
Adolphus Ford
S. N. Crocket
Reuben B. Dearmon
Ike Benson
Beile Nance
P. M. Lancaster
van Wyck
J. A. P. Sistare
J. R. Thompson
Hasseltine
Chafee Place
Craigville
Hathistore
ATL
W MM Varnadore
Neanager
Masonic Building
Ackiress Sterling Kamedy CO
Chicago
New York
Cedar Creek Township
Massey Place
W. Med. Brown
C O W. Jones
J. A. Houze
J. 2B. Bell
Massey
T. M. Fitzpatrick & Bro
Rutland
A. J. McNinch
Steci
Ali
Lancaster Mercantile A
MR. Heath
Heath Banking & Mercantile Co
Madras
Sigreme
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