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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1900
Page
4
In Kershaw, residents discussed aiding famine-stricken India. A petition plan was floated to raise cash via town volunteers, with initial contributions including small amounts. Local leaders urged unity, and attendance indicated broad support for relief efforts. The event also touched on local political notes and upcoming state actions.
In Kansas City at Convention Hall the convention convened at 10 06am with JR Williams of Illinois nominating Adlai Stevenson and Rose of Minnesota nominating Charles Arowne. Mr Knott of Maryland nominated John Walter Smith.
Train schedule fragment lists Lancaster and Chester routes via Southern Railway connections to Charlotte, Atlanta, Columbia, and northwest lines. Mentions Cheater and Chester departures, halts, and transfers with multiple rail lines and stations, signed by Jas M. Heath and Leroy Springs.
The speaker defends Col Hoyt’s stance on liquor control from 1896 to 1898, arguing support for high license and practicality of prohibition. He cites Baptist Courier editorials of 1886 and 1958 discussions, noting the paper favored avoiding prohibition as a political issue to maintain the liquor system, while asserting Hoyt’s long standing position.
The platform reaffirms allegiance to the constitution and condemns Porto Rican taxation without representation. It calls for Cuban promises fulfilled, criticizes U S actions in the Philippines, favors direct election of senators, labor department, and repeal of war taxes. It upholds Chinese exclusion, favors a U S controlled canal, opposes imperialism, defends Monroe Doctrine, denounces the Dingley tariff, and attacks private monopolies harming workers and competition.
A clipped note from Greenwood dated July 4 1900 quotes GW Gardner managing editor of the South Carolina Baptist. The brief line reflects the era's editorial tone and local press voice.
The text reiterates the Chicago platform advocating a monetary system led by the American people. It calls for immediate restoration of free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the 16 to 1 ratio, without Wall Street influence, to maintain a stable financial level.
Democratic national committee members stay to confer with Silver Republicans and populists. Stevenson placed on the ticket for vice president by the Silver Republicans. Populists nominate National Committeeman Johnson to head the executive committee. Headquarters planned for Chicago with campaign work centered in the West. No branch headquarters to be opened in New York or other Eastern cities.
Secretary Root and General Otis conferred on sending more troops to China. Gen MacArthur protests withdrawals from the Philippines, Otis supports him, and it is decided not to draw further on MacArthur's force. A Manila base and hospital equipment will be sent, with preparations for five thousand additional troops continuing.
We promote Hall's Catarrh Cure as a remedy that acts on the blood and mucous surfaces of the body. The notice lists distributors in Toledo and nearby towns and offers testimonials free. The price is 750 per year and specifies sales through druggists with a family pill product.
Walnut logs from 22 to 28 inches diameter sell for 195 to BUS per thousand feet in Rotterdam. Poplar fetches 835, white oak 45, and hickory 54 in the same market.
Manchester Indiana resident Mr W A Hines recounts a near fatal battle with measles related lung trouble that led to consumption. He credits Dr King s New Discovery with a complete cure after doctors warned of imminent death. He notes it has helped hundreds and praises its throat chest and lung healing powers. Trial bottles are offered free at Crawford Broad Drug store.
A brief item notes a chilly bead and sake themed event called The One Bay Gala Cure. Details are sparse with limited readable facts and no clear organizers or dates.
London reports severe anti foreign violence in Pekin with executions and massacres. Chinese edicts call for extermination of foreigners as thousands die near Tien Tsin and in the river at Taku. A Shanghai dispatch warns to prepare for the worst as Kaohus and Shen si push toward Tien Tsin.
An offer for a complete canning outfit with full instructions to preserve fruit and vegetables for ten dollars. Inquiries to Lancaster or the Ledger office, CL McManus. The Newberry cotton oil mill company declares a ten percent annual dividend. Plant capacity now sixty tons with capital stock of thirty thousand dollars. It began ten years ago with twenty tons and fifteen thousand dollars capital, expanding steadily since.
An advertisement extols Dr King s New Life Pills as a remedy for poor digestion and liver issues. It promises a splendid appetite, sound digestion and regular bodily habit resulting in health and energy. Sold for 25 cents at Crawford Bros Drug Store.
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