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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1904
Page
4
Jackson Miss June 15 The Democratic State convention voted to instruct Mississippi delegates to support Alton B Parker as long as there is any chance for his national nomination.
Fresh testimonies flood in praising Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption coughs colds and lung throat troubles. I J McFarland Benterville Va says three years of bronchitis vanished after a few bottles. Also touted as treating pneumonia grip and related issues with trial bottles offered by Crawford Bros J K Mackey Co and Fuederburk Pharmacy.
In Columbus on June 14, guards thwarted a jailbreak at the state penitentiary annex. Moses Johnson led a group into the front room to fetch soda, then attacked Guard S. E. K. Richards, who held out until reinforcements secured the ten inmates awaiting death.
CASTOR discusses money in politics as the chief evil in campaigns. He cites caucus and election purchases and recalls Thomas B Reed’s remark on corruption at the 1896 St. Louis convention. Nelson in the Boston Herald frames the crisis and Reed’s retirement consideration.
A Salem Missouri man Robert R Watts writes that five years of kidney disease left him frail and failed to respond to doctors. After two bottles of Foley's Kidney Care he is now sound and well. Sold by Fanderburk Pharmacy.
The county will award the contract to construct one bridge across the Crees river one mile west of Kershaw near Wesley Sorton. L. J. Perry, County Supervisor, sets the bid date for Tuesday June 21 1904 at 10 o clock a m to the lowest responsible bidder.
The Slampton monument commission voted to submit models by Richard Wellington Ruchsthal, a noted New York Paris sculptor. Senators McCall and Marshall and Reps Moses and Morgan attended. Total public gifts reach 7,895.22, near 2,000 short of the 20,000 state grant. The appropriation is available and work will proceed, with final design pending after model review. The statue is expected to cost 25,000 to 30,000, with the artist’s commission paid from the total.
A long time resident who spoke some English disputes a merchant's claim of being square. The corpulent man declares payment completed and demands fair treatment, saying he was misled when told he was square. He insists on no further shenanigans and asserts his associates were harmed by the misunderstanding.
The Salada sheriff keeps two men charged with a brutal murder at his table and refuses to lock them up. The Salada coroner reports a killed negro on the highway and, with surnames of the white killer known, lets the jury deem the death caused by parties unknown. The line ends with a bitter note on justice.
Warning advertisement urges users with kidney or bladder trouble to take Foley's Kidney Cure claiming it positively cures all forms of kidney and bladder disease and that failure to use it will be the reader's fault for not achieving results.
York County figure Pegleg Graham, famed for his 1876 campaign clashes with A. S. Wallace, returns to Mecklenburg after stints in York and Louisiana. The Charlotte Children of the Confederacy, led by Margaret Branch Sexton, invite him to Nashville reunion with a ticket and warm regards. Also note a local ad for Foley's Honey and Tar at Funderburk Pharmacy.
An Indiana weekly recalls a joke about an editor in heaven who allegedly rode in on a blind baggage. The tale says officials tried to eject him but he refused to leave and held the fort, humorously noting heaven’s lack of a lawyer to serve ejectment papers.
Mrs. H. Newson of Decatur Alabama recounts relief from three years of severe digestive pain after using Electric Bitters. Ad claims the medicine cures liver kidney stomach and bowel troubles. Arkansas Democratic convention instructs for Alton B. Parker for president with Parker 258 1 9 votes and Hearst 182 12. John Sharp Williams receives 1 vote.
A daughter fears goats after a judgment tale, weeping in her room. Her father consoles her by calling her a lamb and promising heaven if she dies tonight. The pattern repeats, prompting the mother to ask why, until the girl fears a parent might become a goat too.
The Ilinoise Democratic convention was captured by Hearst men. The delegation to the national convention was instructed to vote in unison for Hearst.
An advertising notice from Frank F. Jones of Charlotte North Carolina May 24 promotes Remington typewriters. The ad claims Remington models with various styles and characters including red ink capability and poly chrome features, offers delivery, demonstrations, and pre-paid postage. It notes a wide stock of Remingtons and service for all types of typewriters.
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