Appeal for Confederate veterans to verify rolls in Lancaster
The Ledger reports a meeting called by the Daughters of the Confederacy in Lancaster County to review Confederate veterans rolls from Gills Creek Buford Fist Creek and Cedar Creek. W. G. A. Porter chaired with W. C. Hough as secretary. They urged veterans and families to provide missing details to complete the rolls.
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Court House
Gills Creek
Fist Creek
Buford
Cedar Creek
W. G. A. Porter
W. C. Hough
J. E. Stewman
Messrs. Stewman
J. A. Cook
Capt Foster
Lancaster County
Daughters of the Confederacy
Working Overtime
An ad touts Dr King s New Life Pills as curing indigestion biliousness constipation sick headache and all stomach liver and bowel troubles. It claims millions are always at work night and day and promotes 25e price at Crawford Bros and J F Mackey Co drug stores.
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Dr. King
Crawford Bros
J. F. Mackey & Co
Foley's Honey and Tar Cures Colds and Pneumonia
An old advertisement proclaims Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy that cures colds and prevents pneumonia, promoting its use for respiratory comfort and protection.
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Foley
River flood outsucks Memphis as levees brace for surge
Flood danger climbs from Caruthersville to Baton Rouge with Memphis gauge at 38.5 feet. Levees tested as water rises, rail lines inundated north of Avonton, and hundreds of refugees with dependent livestock arrive. Authorities warn of possible break within days while riverboats offer viewings.
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Memphis
Tenn
Caruthersville
Baton Rouge
Emory
Pweather Bureau Sach
Fourth
Market Street
Illinois Central Tr
Avotlon Street
Ensley
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Choctaw Railroad
Hopefield
Wolf River
Hollybush
St. Francis Board
Mrs John Hopkins Claims The Fortune Heirship Investigated
Special to The State Union reports Mrs. John Hopkins and her son C C Alexander of Lancaster are potential heirs to a Charles Hill estate valued around 142000 to 144000. Wills dated 1878 and 1592 face trial May 13 with public administrator holding the estate estimated at 120000. Scraps of a Los Angeles newspaper hint at a rumored counterfeiters gang and a 1888 will leaving all to Gertrude Driggs, a variety actress, prompting searches for witnesses in Texas and Georgia before Los Angeles proceedings.
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Hill
Middle Western States
V. E. Depass
Los Angeles
Mr. Deputs
Galveston
Texas
J. A. Sawyer
Mr. DePass
Atlanta
Henry McNeise
Fr. Odell
de Pass
Sawyer
Alexander
Kalamazoo
Michigan
John P. Hopkins
Cal
Dee
Chas
Salem Charney
Gertrude Driggs
George Manning
A. Driggs
Constables Raid Blind Tiger. Patrols Clash in Charleston
A raid on a blind tiger on East Bay led to Perano being bound over to the general sessions court for obstructing constables. Verano assaulted a constable with a pistol, and Perano’s wife fought officers but was not prosecuted. Constable Crocker was fined for beating a man who insulted him, while the judge freed Britt. J W Logan of Phoenix, ill and in financial trouble, shot himself in the temple. Clemson College reports a new self acting hay press invention by a student, with a mechanism to reduce power needed for packing.
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Charleston
Perano
East Bay
Court of General Sessions
Yeater
Perino
Verano
Magwunntil
Constable Crocker
Recorder’s Court
Britt
Rodemann
Crocker
Jervey
Clemson College
Clemson
Cet Weaton
Wills Discrepancy Ties to Family Mystery
In a case tied to Mrs Hopkins and the 15 year old daughter of Mrs Driggs, two wills are found after a note reveals a prior will and a later one. The document claims Mr Hill deeded all to Alexander while a line from Charles Ell asserts he alone saved the writer’s life. T. E. D.
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Tress
Driggs
Murder charge in Bryson case and local notices
Laurens reports Deputy Owings returning from Knoxville with Bryson, charged with murder for killing Watts at Adolphus Fuller’s place southeast of the city four years ago. Greenwood to vote April 13 on dispensary after recent council election. Anderson county mills consume 90,364 bales yearly while county crop estimates lag by about 44,000 bales. Chesterfield notes capture of John Horton, charged with infanticide, by Georgia authorities. sheriff brings him back for trial alongside Will Brewer, tied to a separate county murder a year earlier.
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Anderson
Anderson County
Census Department
Greenwood
Chesterfield
John Horton
Catarrh
Georgia
Douglass
Hornerville
Will Brewer
Brewer
Albert Mann
Hornsboro
Electric Bitters Proclaimed Remedy for Liver and Kidney Ills
An advertising item extols Electric Bitters as a cure for overwork sleeplessness and nervous tension warning of collapse. It claims the tonic dispels nervousness rheumatism and neuralgia and malaria germs and promotes overall health. Available for 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed by Crasford Bros. and J F Mackey & Co.
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Crasford Bros
J. F. Mackey & Co
County Board of Equalization to Meet in March 1903
The County Board of Equalization comprising the Chairman of the Township and Special Boards of Assessors will meet on the fourth Tuesday in March 1903 at the County Auditor’s office to equalize valuations of personal property and hear grievances and appeals from valuations and assessments fixed by the Township and Special Boards of Assessors. Signed A. Cook County Auditor March 6, 1903.
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County Board of Equalization
Linst
Dnc. A. Cook, Co
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the Ledger
Thurlow
Carter
Ledger
Stewman
Foster
Cook
C. Hoven
Rivers
Mississippi
North Carolina
Raleigh
General Assembly of
North Carolin
St le
John Hopkins
Charles Hill
California
Discovery
Columbia
W. L. Logan
J. 'W. Logan
Phoenix
Clemson Boy
DER
R. Miles
Lancaster
MaNnacer
D. B. Clarkson
Mgr
Dearborn St
Chicago
Ste. J. M. Hood
Lancaster Mercantile Co
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