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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1905
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text references editor duties and July 12 1905 date with unclear local notices about Aunt Jerusha quilting party and a revisit to a visitor night. Names and places are largely unreadable. content suggests a publication notice or internal staff item without a clear event or outcome.
McCorkie Ballinore was taken to Johns Hopkins Baltimore on Wednesday night after a run in left him seriously injured. He was accompanied by De W B Cox and others from Chester and Lancaster counties to seek treatment and examination to determine the extent of the injuries and potential eye restoration.
Mrs Gibson announces the betrothal of her daughter Liowse Holt to Mr William Clyners of Kershaw South Carolina on July 26 at 8 30 pm. The ceremony will be at 40 Woodward Avenue Newcards. Mr Witherspoon will leave Kershaw for Sumter where his family business is.
Items From The Kershiw Era and local visits around Lancaster include Missen Sallie Blackman and Alvnne Horton visiting relatives, Mrs Wren Clyburn visiting her son T B Clyburn. A new fire bell was installed at the waterworks tower. Contracts awarded for two bridges on Camp Creek and Kershay road for 134 and 174 dollars respectively.
The Office of the Chairman Board of Visitors in Charleston issues a notice for one State Mentoticiary scholarship at Lancaster County. Applications are available from 3GOSDEN Chambers in Charleston or the County Superintendent of Mluen tons and must be submitted by July. The board invites competitive examination for selection.
News items from Kershaw Elloree Hampton and Moriah Association July 1903 reporting a dog hanged itself at a state farm a child burned to death at a tenant house near Vince and two escapees, Ben Bennett and Sam Jenkins, from a county work gang. The piece also lists an upcoming Union Meeting agenda at Antioch Church with speakers and sessions on temperance and missions.
W H Sowell Furniture, at 1021 Main Street, will relocate to a spacious store now used by Rion Furniture next to Carolina National Bank after August 1. Rion Furniture will move into one of the remodeled spaces opposite the bank.
An old-style advertisement appeals to readers feeling run down and lacking appetite. It describes a general malaise and suggests checking with Checkers, a tonic sold by Checkers Medicine Co. in Winston-Salem North Carolina, priced at $1 per bottle and offering a free sample.
Special to The State Kershaw July 9 Samuel Wright known as Uncle Sam a leading colored resident of Flat Rock died last week from heart failure at age 79 He mentored both races owned a farm mill and gin and never gave a note in his life His straight political loyalty and generosity were noted as his body was laid to rest on his farm amid a large crowd of white and colored friends A white neighbor recalled he patronized the mill for 20 years with only two tolls.
Rock Hill prominent citizen John G Steel died unexpectedly at his residence on Monday. The passage notes his prominence in the community and references local election chatter and dispensary votes in neighboring counties Florence and Williamaturg.
A Greenville section cotton market dispute reveals a near all mill association fixing local prices. The group, officially led, bans competition and grades cotton, pressuring brokers and export houses. Farmers claim prices are kept above true value and threaten to import buyers to prop up costs. The tie extends beyond Greenville into other towns.
From the Walhalla News a negro resident near Qonneress Creek rushed to save his horse Friday night as floodwaters rose. Unable to reach the stable door he climbed onto the roof, chopped away the roof with an axe, and the horse swam to safety after escaping the flood.
A Yorkville Enquirer fragment notes Harriet Howard of 209 West 84th Street in New York discusses a skin condition cured by Bucklen's Arnica. It mentions a fatal live-wire accident near Orangeburg involving Stephen DeMars, a former telephone strings man, who died instantly after contact.
A Senate hearing exposes disputes over mismanagement and alleged wrongdoings at a dispensary. Statements accuse Henry Mosely of misconduct while Growiyilio’s land dealings with Southern Railway are noted as compensation. The record highlights calls for proof and remedies, with focus on accountability and remedies for the alleged wrongs.
Fragmentary OCR notice mentions debtors and creditors of BL Hier who is diseased. The readable text includes phrases about Haine sega oat Vitor deornsert and whl Hwee psyocenee boos ae. Mentions Le Dame Juny 68w Adon boaters.
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