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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1905
Page
5
Local items report a county check for 5000 borrowed from state sinking fund, early store closings to 6:30 pm, spring millinery opening April 4 and 5, and salary raises for county dispensers and clerks. Notes include state constable Henry McManus relocating to Charleston, a chimney fire at Dr F C the son’s Primus residence, two marriages in Unity and Flat Creek, a wage increase for county home workers, and a reward for thefts in Tabernacle.
Milton Walker aged about 22 died at his home on Esa rook Way on Friday night from consumption leaving a widow Miss Anna Cauthen daughter of Lew Cauthen from Pleasant Hill. Anna Cauthen died Friday evening March 24 1903 at about 21 a Bark Hill Baptist Church member buried at Salem Cemetery conducted by Rev David Hacks. Samuel Stogner aged about 68 died in Flint Ridge area Sunday March 24 1905 from pneumonia leaving a large family with several children in Texas noted as a gallant Civil War veteran and kind friend.
Miss Geny Williams, a young woman at Mr. B Neale plantation in Flat Creek township, died from severe burns after her dress caught fire while burning off a terrace. Her sister Miss Annie Williams sustained serious hand burns trying to help, with likely lasting deformity if she recovers use of her hand.
A United States Bureau of Soils team led by Frederick F Bosteel visits Lancaster County with Judge Ira B Jones to locate yellow clay subsoil. Two acres are chosen for government supervised farming, one near town and another two miles away, with 500 pounds of soil dug for shipment to Washington for analysis. After results, officials will decide crops and fertilizers for the plots, a move watched by local farmers.
The Commercial Club items including billiard table pool table chairs tables book case and pictures will be sold at public auction in the club rooms on Friday March 31 1905 at 12 o clock by order of the Board of Managers dated March 17 1905
A man named Perry shot and killed Boizer during a confrontation at a Miami store on Monday night after an insult was exchanged. Perry fled the scene, allegedly threatening violence earlier and claiming to be armed. Witnesses say Boizer warned him, and the assailant fired two shots, striking Boizer dead in the store doorway.
Program notes for the Moriah Union and Taxahaw Baptist Church gathering on Friday April 28 1905 include an introductory sermon and discussions on revival needs gospel support and spiritual growth. Speakers listed include Rev T A Dabney J B Line lle Rev J ff Boldridge J F M Estridge Rev Rice W L Croxton Rev LR J Blackmon M Gardner W C Hough and others with a Sunday school mass meeting led by Rev B Linwlie and missionary sermon by Rev Rive or Dr J H Boldridge
The editor reports Clyburn, a leading Lanier County farmer, urging unity to cut cotton output. He notes eight plows per farm, 68 tenant and chopper plows, and holding 200–300 bales at 101 cents, warning of worse fortune if reductions do not occur. He argues the south must produce less to regain leverage.
A correspondence to W. Lancaster warns that a bargain paint claiming 10 percent lead and 50 percent zinc is actually barytes or whiting, sand and whitewash, not proper paint. The writer brands the product as misleading, noting some dealers claim it equals Devoe and urging caution in purchases.
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