Carter. tiK LiDGLR and Manager? Wed July 17 1901
A local column notes the death of Mrs. Marie Yoder and condolences from friends across the county. It also reports infant deaths, injuries at a cotton mill accident, a planned revival meeting, storm damage in Columb, a theft incident, and political reorganizations in South Carolina with Exposition Commissioners forming and Lancaster County appointees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Yoder
Mare Yoder
Toe
Charleston
S.C
J. M. Estridge
GW. Jones
Lancaster County
J. N. Eastridge
White Blvd
Jor Koivbt
W. G. A. Porter
Lancaster
Jones
Trustees Appointment Policy and Local Obituary Notice
Important to Trustees. Report vacancies by the 25th to fill two-year terms for incoming trustees. The County Board of Education urges clerk reports. Obituary: Miss Amelia Youns of Fairfield County born March 182s died June 20 1901 in Lancaster South Carolina. Survived by six of eleven children. Member of New Hope Baptist Church for forty years. Funeral at Lancaster Cemetery with Rev. S. N. Watson officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Youns
Fairfield County
W. R. Clinton
Lancaster
S.C
Mary Crenshaw
Magsgie Jolson
Ben Sims
Nanviereestaw
Wm Clanston
Newton Clanton
Derrington
SN Watson
County Alliance Meeting Last Friday Report
The Ledger notes the County Alliance met in the courthouse at eleven. Dr Strait lectured on trusts and coshines, urging reorganization of alliances. Officers were mostly reelected, with Nisbet president and Walters alternate. Details include veterinary tests at Tirzah and corporate notices from Charleston mining and manufacturing firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
County Alliance
Court House
Tary
de Ro Knight
Bro d. Nisbet
Dr. Strait
Straits
Cultuulst
Stepwreth
Ree
Order
State Alliance
D. E. Walters
J. B. Nisbet
Desirable houses for sale in town note
Brief ad fragment mentions several houses for sale in town and hints at contact for serious inquiries only. It also references a curiosity prompt and a unclear slogan about cures or products, with garbled brand wording.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue
Man Struck with Rake Cripples Opponent in Cartersville
Special to The State Florence reports a fatal quarrel at Cartersville as Henry Talbert and Ezekiel Hicks fought over family matters. Hicks allegedly struck Ty with a heavy rake, crushing his skull. The wounded man, Talbert’s foe in the dispute, died. Talbert reportedly married Hicks’s daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Cartersville
Meassr
Henry Talbert
Ezekiel Hicks
Hicks
Talbert
Judge Robinson’s Witty Charge to the Grand Jury
Judge Robinson delivers a satirical Wake County grand jury charge about local taxpayers and government, noting wealthy county men who travel to springs and warmer climates while others endure heat at home. He mocks tax evasion and praises civic duty, joking that shirkers belong in the mounds for swearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Robinson
Grand Jury
Greenshire
Robinson
Wake County Grand Jury
Howe
Mule shipments from Memphis to South Africa headline trade surge
Eighty five car loads of mules purchased by British agents have departed Memphis for operations in South Africa. Most stock bought locally with some from Missouri and Kansas, pushing total exports from the area past 100000 mules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
South Africa
Missouri
Kansas
Poor Millionaire Starved in London Bee Cause
Early use of Dr King s New Life Pills would have saved him. They strengthen digestion aid assimilation improve appetite. Money back if not satisfied. Sold by Crawford Bros and J F Mackey Co. draggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dr. King
Crawford Bros
J. F. Mackey &Co
Richland County Won't Bear Crawford Case Costs
The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Richland County cannot be compelled to pay costs in the Crawford case, which had been moved from Richland to Kershaw for trial. The ruling notes no statute governs such costs and leaves the issue unsettled. A new daily paper planned in Columbia titled The Progressive Degoerdt aims to feature editor McLaurin, with prominent Democrats and funds already subscribed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Richland County
Crawford
Kershaw
Columbia Record
Columbia
Degoerdt
McLaurin
Trock Hill Journal
Dexter Kirby Killed by Haynes on excursion train
Special to The State Spartanburg July 14 Dexter Kirby was shot and instantly killed by Wallace Haynes on a Southern railway excursion train near Thickety station twenty miles from Spartanburg. Companion W W Steadman was shot in the arm. Haynes fled into the night. a large posse sought him. Later, near Cowpens, Haynes was found dead from an apparent suicide after the chase. a pistol and cartridges were found nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
Dexter Kirby
Wallace Haynes
Southern Railway
W. W. Steadman
Haynes
Kirby
Pelzer
Ivers-Johnson
Darlington
Henry Spears
Charlie Watford
Lamar
Watord
Spears
Ruff
Watford
RO. B
Identity of death by own action revealed
Eldon Mattox identified as the 26 year old private in Co H of the artillery corps found dead at the Congaree hotel in the morning. He had served 19 months. a post mortem photograph aided identification by C Sutton from Savannah. The Rock Hill Herald notes the man’s death and the road project updates follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon Mattox
Congaree
Co, H
Artillery Corps
Fort Screven
Tyhee Island
Savannah
C. Sutton
Detcohn's Ant Diurgeo 100 Ad Urgently Promoted
An old advertisement snippet promotes Detcohn's Ant Diurgeo 100 claiming health benefits for incontinence and related ailments. It edges toward persuasive language about impure blood and strength, mentioning a druggist and a price around $100. The fragment is garbled with misspellings and unclear context.
World cotton supplies show drop from last year
New Orleans July 13 Secretary Hester reports the world visible cotton at 2,673,984 bales, down from 9,743,477 last week and 1,578,569 last year. American cotton totals 1,573,984 bales versus 1,698,477 last week and 1,008,669 last year. Other kinds total 1,000,000, with 1,045,000 and 670,000 cited. World afloat and held: Britain and Continent 1,244,000. India 597,000. United States 623,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Hester
Egypt
Brazil
India
Great Britain
U.U
United States
Cotton in Need of Rain Across Belt
The Cotton as Crying for Rio reports drought across the cotton belt with a month of dry weather west of the Mississippi, hindering development. Warm conditions helped drought, leaving the Mississippi valley and east Gulf States cotton small but blooming, while other sections lag behind seasonally with no near improvement and a late overall crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton Belt
Mississippi
Itv
Mississippi Valley
East Gulf States
Batlon
Notice of stockholders meeting Lancaster & Chester Railway Co
Board of Directors calls special stockholders meeting for August 3, 1901 at noon at Bank of Lancaster to consider increasing bonded indebtedness by 135,100 in First Mortgage 5 percent twenty year bonds to reconstruct and improve the railroad line. Dated July 1, 1901. C McManus, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster & Chester Railway Co
Daly
Lancaster & Chester Railway Company
Bank of Lancaster
Lancaster
Coon
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve praised for skin healing
An advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve erasing sores eruptions and boils, promising cures for cuts burns and piles with a 25 cent price at Crawford Bros and J F Mackey. A brief local note reports Virginia Carolina Chemical Co purchasing the Chester Oil Mill and the Pee Dee Oil Mill in Darlington, both 40 ton capacity plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford Bros
J. F. Mackey & Co
Bishopville
Virginia
Carolina Chemical Company
Chester
Pee Dee
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Tik Lidglr
Selow
Carter
Glennie
Lillian Lit
Maire Yurlton
Warleshere
Nol
Minnie Margaret Pardue
Clinksewles
V8 Mann
Frank Bowling
Minor Knight
John Knight
Eubanks
Baptist
Poland
Shane
H. Boldridge
Columbe
Flat Creek Township
Foo M. Lowery
Pleasant Hill Township
Lennie
Sec. Pro Tem
A.C Rawell
H. E Coffey
County Board of Education
Obitcary
Srtonaia Bereta Ny Tet
the Ledger
Secre
Nesom
Clemson College
Henry Masser
Tirzah
Rock Hil Journal
Charleston, 8. C
Blue Ridge Railroad
Fairfax Harrison
B.8. Ab. Dey
Southern
Clover Cotton Mill
Clover
TS. Carter
Mier Kermott
Tara c
Evelty
Richland
Heary Spears
Charles Watford
Catawba
Rock Hill Herald
Commercial Club Board
Rock Hill
Dr. E
Detcohn
Ant Diurgeo
Boldey & Co
Droggist, Gan
Emi Won Pla
Mester
Rio
Scott
Scott & Browne
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