Work to Begin Soon on the 1 000 000 Cotton Mill
Lancaster Directors moved to boost capital from 150000 to 1060000 by July stockholders meeting. The new mill will rise east of the current building, four stories high, doubling size and capacity to 660000 spindles and 1600 looms. Electric power from Landsford will run the plant, creating local jobs and boosting Lancaster’s population and money in circulation. Col Springs is praised for his tireless efforts in Lancaster’s development.
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Lancaster
Landsford
Lanmere
Col. Springs
Local Notices and Social Notes from Lancaster
Local items report visiting relatives, appointments, and community events. Mrs W F Cloyd and Hallie Cloyd visit friends at Boykin. Sheriff Lon Clyburn spends Sunday with brother Hon W A Clyburn. Beulah church holds service on the third Saturday at 3:30 PM. The Lancaster Investment Company is formed with $10,000 capital to buy real estate, discount paper, and loan money.
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Loncaster Investment Company
TY Williams
Chas D Jones
Lancaster Investment Company
Loth Inst
Lancaster Circuit Quarterly Conference and local notices
Lancaster circuit quarterly conference scheduled at Camp Creek on the fourth Sunday and the preceding Saturday, with a China lecture at St Luke Elgin and a collection for Foreign Missions. BD Lucas reports an old woman died of natural causes. Carry Thomas, a ~70 year old colored woman, found dead in Porter’s yard after an inquest. Walter Y Ingram, formerly of Lancaster, wed Annie Mitchell of Spartanburg. they depart for Greenville to reside. Ingram now with Gates Steam Laundry. Local mule reportedly hydrophobic after biting people. Tilman’s family notes a bitten child and a dog near the house. subscription payments requested.
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Lancaster
Camp Creek
China
St. Luke
Elgin
Lucas
Carry Thomas
J E Porter
Young
Porter Lanecastrian
Spartanburg
Walter Y Ingram
Annie Mitchell
Greenville
Gates Steam
C.F Tillman
Mr. Tillaman
Changes at Lancaster Mercantile Stables Include Glass Front
Construction accompanies the million dollar mill with the Lancaster Mercantile Co stables. The East wing will be torn down and rebuilt as a two story glass front with elevator and stairs. Both floors will display buggies carriages harness and machinery. The main stable building will be altered and the entire lot fenced and shed into mule pens.
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Lancaster Mercantile Co
Mob Violence Condemned After Woman Beating and Shooting
A mob of masked young white men attacked Eliza Mobley in her home near the SC and Ga Ex Railroad depot, gagging her husband and beating her before a shot struck her face. The community decries mob violence while condemning insult to a woman and praises lawful, brave action rather than vigilante punishment.
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SC & Ga Ex
Eliza Mobley
Untitled Fragment Reflects Bank Mill and Nine Lines Progress
An obscure excerpt notes a prosperous bank and successful mill driving advancement along nine lines, with a helm steering the undertaking toward assured success. The fragment preserves a sense of collective enterprise and forward momentum without detailing specific entities or dates.
Local notice garbled plea prompts unclear inquiry
Fragmented OCR text mentions a night event and an undefined authority. Readable parts reference service at eleven, a person named Watters, and a direct action but lack coherent facts, dates, places, or a clear public or legal notice.
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W F Cloyd
Miss Hallie Cloyd
Boykin
Lon Clyburn
W A Clyburn
Kershaw Erna
Jersey
J HW Stevens
Lon E Riddle
Disie
Mr. Chas, Bo Carter
The
Spartanburg Free Lance
Bo Miller
JT Green
Worford Colege
TJ Strait
Coyle Road
Ed Gregory
Perry Mackey
Coke Carter
Clemson College
Beulah Church
W Os Langley
DeKalb Cotton Mill
Camden
Capt. W . Moore
Thermal City
Henrietta Boen
Kate Kney
Josephine Melri
BF Deardon
F Park
JF Gregory, Vm
J W Condor
S W Rhea
Columbia
Ola, Estelle
Jack Gregory
Clinde J Henry
Hickory
AJ Cunningham
T J Strait
Finley
Heath
J G Howze
Ledger
Sub Alliance
J F Nishet
Alliance
W M Blackmon
Brown
Acaiud
Koddey
Heen
Auati Aad
Bert
Luce
Tar
Cs McManus
Oyidh
Lancaster Cotton Mills
Dierties
Langastee Cotton Mills
South Carolina College
U'Ness
Ethan
Gillen
David
Reuter
Bore
Leiner
Heath Banking & Mergamtile GO
New York
Thom
Yorkville
Kershaw
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