11 Mar 1905
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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1905
Page
1
A coroner's inquest was postponed amid rumors of lynching. The Smith family posted a $2,500 reward, with the governor to be asked to supplement, for the assassin of WT Smith Jr. Police pledged cooperation to avoid violence as suspects are pursued.
March 1 report from St Stephen notes a white man identified as John E McCrackin of Conway, found dead in a ditch beside a southbound rail line. Magistrate Wilder convened a jury of inquest. cause undetermined though ground marks suggest either a fall or being thrown from a south head train. head submerged. Jonesville reports good weather reviving activity. farmers plowing and pledges to reduce cotton acreage and fertilizer use. No cotton sold since Christmas, but some bales have been ginned locally.
An advertisement urges couples to maintain health after marriage by using Electric Bitters. It cites a Bennettsville resident whose wife suffered from dyspepsia and a torpid liver before finding quick relief, regaining strength and vigor. Crawford Bros. J. B. Mackey & Co. and Funderbark Pharmacy sell and guarantee the remedy at 50 cents a bottle.
Special to Greenville News from Columbia March 6 The Supreme Court held bondsmen of dispensary constables liable in a search case involving Vieters a Charleston blind tiger dander who sued for damages of 10000 each The ruling sends the matter back to the lower court for trial and any damages assessment if allowed
An ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a quick pleasant cure for constipation and headache. Sold for 95 cents at Crawford Bros, J F Mackey & Co, and Funderburk Pharmacy. Also an alert seeking information to recover a missing Berkshire sow and six-month-old pigs from Dave McKinney. Local printer Roy Strait offers letterheads and circulars produced neatly and quickly.
March 9 dispatch from Meadquarter near Chepusa describes General Kuropatkin's forces reportedly surrounded by Gen Nogi and Gen Karokva's units. Japanese losses estimated at 40,000. Russian casualties reach 23,500. Wounded移 carted by two-wheeled carts amid exhausted troops, with scenes of death along the road and near the valley of death.
General Karoki reports via Pusan that Russian forces evacuated the Shakhe line under cover of darkness and are retreating northward. Japanese infantry press the rear guard while Russian supply dumps burn through the night. fall of Muckden looms as Japanese push hard on the east.
J Montgomery Cuskey coroner announces inquests in the county and invites contact at his Pleasant Mill residence for any needed information or requests for inquests.
Reports from Manchuria say Kuropatkin contemplates withdrawal after a day of heavy fighting. Oyama’s forces press to disrupt Russian retreat toward Tie Pass, with 7,000 plus casualties on the left flank and Japanese losses mounting.
A fragment recalls a Chicago street car conductor treated after a mob attack in a Tabor riot with Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The note claims the salve quickly healed cuts and burns and praises its usefulness for families. It lists Crawford Bros and J. B Mackey & Co and Fanderburk Pharmacy as sellers at 25 cents.
Judge John H Reagan, sole surviving Confederate cabinet member, dies in Palestine Texas at age 86 from pneumonia after a year of decline. Former postmaster general and Texas district judge, he served in the US Senate and chaired the State railroad commission before retirement and was drafting his autobiography.
Murray Drug Co of Columbia South Carolina advertises Murray's Horehound Multien Tar cough remedy. Offered in a large size bottle priced at thirty cents. Product described as a cough suppressant with tar component.
In a strong crop year the cotton market remains steady due to a southern driven reform effort to market cotton on business lines. The movement keeps prices above five cents a pound, backed by farmers and merchants. Receipts, heavy especially from Texas, highlight the need for warehouse storage and financing. Farmers must unite to sustain gains with support from southern business interests and the State.
In Sandy Level Virginia W. Barber recalls a chest illness sparked by smoke and coal dust. After no relief from other remedies he used Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds and was cured. It is touted as the greatest sale of any cough or lung medicine with trial bottles free at Crawford Bros Mackey Co and Fondernits Pharmacy. Prices 50c and 1.00 guaranteed.
Murray Drug Co. advertises Mullein and Tar ethanol for dogs, claiming a large bottle cures persistent coughing in hounds like Murray's hound. The ad touts the remedy as a tested canine remedy with claimed effectiveness and availability in Columbia area.
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