Local News Highlights From Lancaster Area
Local residents and visitors include Mr W T Williams of Waxhaw NC Miss Mary Hunter visiting Clinton Miss Ida Huey of Rock Hill touring relatives Miss Clara Barrett of Washington DC summering at her old home and Ella Anna Welsh of Kershaw staying with Mamie Clyburn A fatal shooting at Walters Bros store leaves Will Evans dead and George Eubanks jailed A grand Masonic celebration features Orlando C Sheppard and W Bratton DeLoach with a large community dinner and speeches.
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Clara Barrett
Washington, DC
Walters Bros
Will Evans
John Evans
George Eubanks
Evans
Eubanks
Win Evans
Wilson
Masonic Celebration Draws 1500 2000 In Lancaster County
The St John’s Day event by Lancaster county lodges drew 1500 to 2000 attendees, with 132 Masons in a procession led by Gold Hill brass band. Rev TA Dabney led prayers as Worshipful Master B J Witherspoon announced an original ode written for the occasion.
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W Bratton DeLoach
Yorkville
Hhis
Lancaster County
Marshal "Crawford
Masonic Hall
Abney Lodge
White Bluff
Flat Creek
Jackson Lodge
Gold Hill Brass Band
Main Street
Kibler
Cunningham Hotel
Academy
TA Dabney
B J Witherspoon
Gratitude for Help After Lightning Strike Damages Home
Mr and Mrs J A Estridge of Cureton's Store South Carolina thank neighbors for kindness after a severe lightning strike last Friday night. Their 14 year old daughter Maggie was lost, another daughter is gravely ill, and the family’s residence is badly damaged. The note wishes the Lord’s reward for helpers. June 25, 00.
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Maggie
J A Estridge
Cureton’s Store
Lowell withdraws from Lancaster County Sheriff race
A public notice dated June 25, 1900 announced that J C Lowell is no longer a candidate for Sheriff of Lancaster County and thanked supporters. The same issue reports social visits by Annie Bel Porter and Marie Caskey, and court records show Wm. McGee and Teney Witherspoon convicted for assault and battery, each fined five dollars.
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Lancaster County
J C Lowell
Wm. McGee
Caskey
Teney Witherspoon
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W T Williams
Waxhaw, NC
Mary Hunter
Clinton, C
Ida Huey
Rock Hill
RS Crockett
Fort Valley, Ga
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Kershaw
Mamie Clyburn
Capt . McManus
J S Gribble
Mathews, NC
WH Porter
Pleasant Hill Arp Church
Maj
BF Miller
Chesterfield County
Matilda Miller
L. W Johnson
F M Graham
Spartanburg
J N Estridge
Thos. Lee Sims
Mary Horton
Douglas Horton
Flat Creek Township
R L Simpson
Robert
Spencer, NC
Edna
J T Vick
Lancaster Cotton Mills
Miles Johnson
W W Perry
H H Hayes
Chester
Mrs Hayes
Wilkerson
W McD Brown
Hull
York County
Finley
Congress
Homicide
Young
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Our Town
Chalmers Fraser
Old
Jackson
Slace Masonry
Coxcombs
Crittera
Orlando C Sheppard
Edgefield
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Lancaster
John Beaty
S.C. Military Academy
The
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EC Secrest
W. Bratton DeLoach
WM Crayford
Mr. JF Griffin
Gastonia
Owell
Didate
Annie Bel Porter
Dixie
Marie Caskey
Pleasant Hill
Della Caskey
Er Cotton Mills
Lancaster Cotton Mills Fam
Ofice
Oder
Waddy
Thomon
Juneth
Mos
Seere
Lrol Edoco
South Carolina College
Coltumebia
ALE B.S
Neesy
FC Woodward
T. W. Segrest
Osceola
S.C. Tr
Mary Gibbon
Mare Gibbon
David G Kimbrel
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