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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1903
Page
4
A lawyer refuses to press a brutal claim while a client confronts the edge of financial ruin. A dying mother, three sons, and a prayerful elder become the heart of a tense scene as faith and justice clash over a small house and a potential sale. The dialogue reveals fear, guilt, and a vow to pursue truth through the old man’s prayer.
Tremendous rains devastate Pickens county farms and bridges. The large iron bridge at Old Pickens over Keowee was forced from its foundations and carried downstream. Little River rose higher than Keowee as a family of four Black people were surrounded and three drowned. the father survived by clinging to a tree.
Examinations for vacant scholarships at Winthrop College and for new student admission will be held at the County Court House on Friday July 10 at 9 a.m. Applicants must be at least fifteen. Scholarships after July 10 will go to those with the highest exam average. Next session begins about September 16, 1903. For information and catalogue, address President D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S.C. May 22.
Fresh testimony from Benterville supports Dr King s New Discovery of Consumption Coughs and Colds as equal in curing lung and throat troubles including bronchitis. T J McFarland reports three years of bronchitis cured after using the remedy. Trial bottle offered free with regular sizes priced at 50c and 1.00, backed by local druggists Funderbark Pharmacy Crawford Bros and J F Mackey Co.
An advertisement claims Stopes cures coughs and colds in one day using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a No Cure No Pay offer priced at 250. The copy emphasizes rapid relief and a risk-free promise.
A Decatur Alabama woman recounts near death from digestive ailments until Electric Bitters cured her. Advertises 50 cent price and local druggists. Also notes Clemson College Local Institutes. county petitions due by June 15 to appoint institutes with dates August 10 to 14 at Clemson College.
A Salem Missouri resident Robert R Watts writes that five years of kidney disease left him thin and unwell. After trying many doctors and remedies he used Foley's Kidney Care and says in less than two bottles he was completely cured and is now sound and well. Eugene Funderburk confirms the note.
A historical ad claims Foley's Kidney Cure makes kidneys and bladder right, promoting relief from urinary issues with a tonic remedy. The brief advertisement emphasizes health restoration and general wellness.
Fannie Johnson and Alex Hill, both white, were arrested in Fayetteville North Carolina on the murder charge of Mo Jo Johnson near Dillon Marion county on June 6. They are to be returned to the state to stand trial after requisition papers are handled by Governor Aycock. The case follows a shooting near Dillon and an inquest that connected the couple to the crime and a later train ride north.
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