Fatal shooting at colored church near New Cut contrasts with Lancaster Masonic jubilee
Last Sunday at a colored Baptist church near New Cut Sid Alsobrooks and Williams had a clash. Alsobrooks was mortally wounded in the stomach and attended by Dr. Sipp as Williams fled toward North Carolina. Meanwhile Lancaster county prepares a watershed Masonic celebration with six lodges invited, a 11 am procession led by Chief Marshal Crawford, and speeches by Orlando Sheppard J T Barron and W Bratton DeLoach at Academy grove during a record crowd picnic. Senator Tillman to name a West Point cadet by July 10 via competitive examination with July 3 reporting at South Carolina College. Lancaster Investment Company receives charter with $10,000 capital, T Y Williams president and Charles D Jones secretary.
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Colored Baptist
Newcut
Sid Alsobrooks
Williams
Alsobrooks
Dr. Sipp
North Carolina
Lancaster County
Masonic Hall
Marshal Crawford
Academy Grove
Orlando Sheppard
Edgefield
J T Barron
Columbia
West Point
Tillman
South Carolina College
Yorkville Enquirer
Lancaster Investment Company
T Y. Williams
Charles D. Jones
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Local Matters From Lancaster The town eyes mills and school plans
Heavy rainfall reported in Dry Creek. Miss Kitty Dunlap visits. County court convenes Monday. several local figures travel and return. Census work underway. watermelons from Florida arrive. Community pushes for a new school building funded by a mill levy, town expansion, and modern utilities to spur growth and attract capital.
Deaths and local business notes from Pleasant Plain area
Mrs Knight wife of M F Knight of Pleasant Plain section died after a brief typhoid dysentery illness. Funeral services were held at Flat Creek Baptist church where she was a member and interment followed. A cotton bloom from a fourteen acre field was sent from Chesterfield county. Porter Bros. stock of Porter Bros. was sold here, bid in by TY Williams for the Heath B M Co. at 7.54 dollars per cent on the dollar of an inventory cost of 2838.42. The Lan caster Mercantile Co. bid to 75 and stock will be moved to B M Company store.
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Lancaster
Knight
M F Knight
Pleasant Plain
Flat Creek
A A McManus
Chesterfield County
Porter Bros
Reece Williams
TY Williams
E Q
Heath B & M. Co
Lancaster Mercantile Co
B. EM. Company
Canning Outfit Offered For Ten Dollars
An ad announces a complete canning outfit with full instructions to preserve fruit and vegetables for $10. Readers are invited to write to Lancaster or call the Ledger office to obtain it, with CL McManus listed.
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Lancaster
Ledger
CL McManus
Ledger Subscription Reminder Question
A reader asks if you have forgotten to pay for Ledger subscription. The note prompts renewal and may urge timely payment. It appears as a brief public notice-style inquiry seeking confirmation of ongoing service.
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J D Winstead
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