08 Jul 1903
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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1903
Page
1
Greenwood June 30 Mr James L Andrews died this morning at a hospital in Augusta after being severely wounded last Saturday when thrown from a moving freight car. The brief state roundup also reports two murders in Marion and other local crimes with scant details.
Louisville July 2 Booker T. Washington head of the Tuskegee Institute told a large audience that lynching shows the race problem is national. He urged black self control, justice for all, and equal application of law, praising Judge Jones of Alabama while warning against mob violence.
A terse remark links universal consequences to sowing crime and reaping lawlessness. It asserts the principle applies to nations and individuals, and notes threats of destruction in Texas Indiana and Delaware as examples.
A mob of about three hundred white residents seized John Osborne, a Black man, in Charlotte after his arrest for allegedly assaulting 60 year old Lizzie Wentz in Union County. Osborne was being moved to Monroe jail when the mob overpowered deputies at Indian Trail yesterday. Preliminary hearing had occurred, but the mob took him around dawn and hanged him from a limb. Crowds gathered to view the body later in the day.
A bashful town suitor spent an evening with a girl and stayed overnight. At breakfast he misread a shirt as being missing, stuffed it into his trousers, then pulled three feet of tablecloth from his breeches in a panic. He fled as dishes crashed, while the girl seeks a more discreet suitor.
Drugstores refund money if the product fails to cure. BW groves signature appears on each box, promoting the remedy and urging purchase.
A Virginia baker, aged and in need, ends his strange twenty nine year journey ending in a Carolina poorhouse. Once prospering in Lynchburg he sent $1,100 to his wife for support of three children then disappeared. After nine years in the U S Army he wandered until reaching Seneca. A Lynchburg police chief confirms the tale after telegrams and talks. Relatives arrange his return to Lynchburg for a heartfelt welcome home.
Storms across Texas plunge Gainesville area into flood, with waters receding and reports of deaths and heavy property damage. Rail and road damage described as extensive. Train No. 6 bridge collapse near Gainesville kills engineer John Bayne and injures several passengers.
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