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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1902
Page
3
Local items include County Supervisor Caskey’s Saturday absence and Monday return, Mr. McNinch back from Columbin, and Miss Lizzie Millen visiting. Reports of weddings, deaths, illnesses, and various local movements fill the page, with church events, schooling news, and political campaigning notes.
Special to The Observer reports a morning shooting in Amico County involving K A Barret Will Green and Gus Belky. Green and Barret clashed after a dispute over seized liquor. Barret fired at Belk and Green, Belk returned fire with a double barrel shotgun. Green was wounded in the abdomen, Barret injured, Belk escaped. Green, a Davie County native living in Union, is hospitalized with doubtful recovery. Belk may have fled to South Carolina.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Chester elfir claiming a tall feature in the state. During a cam meeting service a minister misread a pause as an advance and a person named Mr Darby refused to move from a bench. The scene involved a Chestey Lantern reference.
An old advertisement touts Cas caress Candy Cathartie as a remedy for bowel issues. It claims genuine tablets stamped C C and notes availability at druggists, though it appears in a fragmentary, promotional style.
Warning to all persons not to trespass by walking riding fishing hunting cutting wood or traversing the 72 acre Gill Creek Township tract bounded by D A Wooddertork Rev G W Gard and Wylie Porter. Law will be rigidly enforced against all violators. W A Blakeney signer dated January 1, 1902.
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