Crowds Throng Our Store Every Day
Crowds fill the store daily as shoppers search for bargains. Sales staff stay busy while customers queue for service. The retailer claims prices paralyze competition and attract cash buyers seeking the best deals.
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30 Jun 1900
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The Lancaster Ledger in Lancaster, South Carolina
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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1900
Page
1
Tremendous Clothing Sale Cuts Prices on Shoes and Hats
Merchant advertises heavy discounts on WL Douglass $3.00 shoes in tan and russet calf at $2.50, Craddock Terry Co $3.00 shoes, and $2.25 lines. Men and women’s shoes, slippers, and ties offered with dwindling stock. Large millinery sale described as the largest Lancaster has seen with bargain prices across pants, hats, and related items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craddock Terry & Co
Lancaster
Gubernatorial Candidates Clash at SumterMeeting
Crowds packed the Sumter opera house for a Columbia campaign gathering on July 26. Patterson Hoyt Barne Evans heated exchanges over coalition editorial and press gag claims while McSweeney, Gary, and Knox Livingston drew cheers. Hoyt lauded supporters as the crowd roared at depictions of the dispensary and prohibition policies amid lively chants and laughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Opera House
Patterson
Barne
W D Evans
Hoyt
McSweeney
Dr Kings New Life Pills advertised as safe cure
An old advertisement warns against harsh mineral pills and promotes Dr King's New Life Pills as gentle and effective for headache and constipation. The copy touts safety and natural ease, noting a price of 25 cents at Crawford Bros drug store.
Manning Meeting Long and Quiet
Special to The State Manning Joe 27 crowds endured seven hours of pyrotechnics with about 700 at peak and 200 at close. McSweeney touted his business administration and dispensation reforms, denied ties to Charleston blind tigers, and praised enforcement. Col Hoyt boasted longevity as a businessman and defended the dispensary law, predicting a fight with a hostile legislature. Other speakers including Appelt Whitman Gary and Patterson attacked or defended dispensary policies, with Patterson urging fiscal restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manning
Joe
McSweeney
Pons
Charleston
Blind Tigers
Ben Tillman
Col Hoyt
Manning Times
Hoyt
Appelt
South Carolina Baptist
the Baptist
Dr Keys
Geo Perry
Plice
Baptist
Walt Whitman
Isle of Palms
Gary
Patterson
Self Defense Shot Kills Eugene Wood in Saluda County
Batesburg June 26 Eugene Wood a negro was shot and killed yesterday by Geo f Duncan on the Saluda side near Peterson's mill A deputy coroner Mr Gunter held an inquest and returned a verdict that Wood died from a pistol shot fired by Duncan Duncan says Wood advanced with a pistol making the shooting self defense
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batesburg
Eugene Wood
GH Dun~ Ean
Saluda
Peterson
Ants Diuretic Ad Promises Bedding Incontinence Cure
Classified notice selling a $100 Dr E Detchon remedy for bedwetting in children and both young and old. Claims the product arrests wetting and is available from a druggist.
Manchester Cotton Mills Capital Stock Increase Notice
The Manchester Cotton Mills of Rock Hill filed notice that its capital stock will be increased to $260,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester Cotton Mills
Rock Hill
What Does it Mean for Militia Apporponment Inquiry
Adjt Gen Corbin requests exact data from Adjt Gen Floyd on all commands mustered in the state militia. He seeks counts of men in each command and branch, plus equipment details. The note hints this could precede a volunteer call to replace troops in the Philippines, possibly to be sent to China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Adjt
Corbin
USA
Floyd
Philippines
China
Shocking boiler accident near Mountville kills two men
In Laurens County near Mountville a boiler explosion on an eight horsepower engine powering a threshing machine killed Will P Fuller and Marshall Owens, while injuring J D Witherspoon and two Black workers. Witherspoon, a Yorkville native, suffered severe injuries. the engineer is likely fatally hurt and another Black man is only slightly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurens
Mountville
Will P Fuller
Marshall Owens
Negra
J D Witherspoon
Yorkville
Witherspoon
Relief in six hours by new kidney remedy
Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by a claimed remedy called New Gueav Hourm Amguican Kroney Lure. The promo cites prompt relief and cure attributed to J F Mackey of Lancaster, presenting a bold testimonial from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J F Mackey Lancaste
Schedule of Campaign Meetings by County Dates
State campaign meetings are scheduled across counties with dates from June 25 to August 22. Entries include Manning on June 27 and Georgetown on July 10, Camden on July 23, Yorkville on July 2, and Columbia on August 22, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manning
Monck's Corner
Georgetown
Kinstree
Florence
Marion
Conway
Bennettaville
Darlington
Chesterfield
Camden
Launcaster
Wheat stalks yield tale from single grain
The Yorkville Enquirer reports Mr J W Smith and Mr John W Simril of Clay Hill recounted a tale of 57 stalks of wheat from one grain. They cite Mr John M Spratt of Fort Mill as authority, claiming Mr Fred Ninis counted about 8 000 oats from a single grain, implying extraordinary yields and sparking curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J W Smith
John W Simril
Clay Hill
John M Spratt
Fort Mill
Simril
Fred Ninis
Smith
Yorkville Enquirer
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Knox Livingston
Hartwell Mayer
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State Company
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Winnsboro
Gaffney
Spartanburg
Union
Newberry
Greenville
Pickens
Walhalla
Anderson
Abbeville
Aiken
Edgefield
Lexington
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