Local Notices and Community Updates from Lancaster
Local items include births with a May 2 1903 date for a son born to Mr and Mrs Geo Carnes. Election results report J H Secrest elected mayor and three commissioners in Waxhaw. Confederate reunion travel deals via Seaboard Air Line and routes through Chester or Camden. Health notices note illnesses in E E Cloud and family. Boxing of storefront front updated by L C Payseur. Rock Hill Herald correction on Mrs S E White’s parentage. Community ads tout Blanco Cero cereal at Bennett’s Grocery and new milk cows for sale.
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Lancaster Mercantile Co
Geo
Carnes
Seaborn Jones
Kershaw
J. E. Rutledge
J. F. Mackey
Columbia
A. P. McLure
J. K. Poore
L. C. Payseur
Blanke
Bennett's Grocery
J. C. Mackerell
Charlotte Galloway
Blackstocks
Waxhaw
J. H. Secrest
J. M. Niven
T. E. H. Stephenson
H. W. Broom
State Sunday School Institute
Spartanburg
Blanco Cero
Bennett’s Grocery
E. E. Cloud
Mary
Rock Hill Herald
W. H. Hodges
W. C. Wine
Rock Hill Missionary Institute
Rock Hill
J. L. Rodman
Broom
Chester
Camden
Kingsville
Lancaster
Seaboard Air Line
New Orleans
S.C
Indusiye
Monument Sold for Living Man in Stanly County
Monroe Journal reports J E bstird sold a large monument to Uncle Andrew Honeycutt, a 95 year old bedbound man, for himself and two wives, noting his past from Stanly hunting wild horses to buffalo and deer near the salt lick near Big Lick.
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J. E. Bstird
Stanly
Andrew Honeycutt
Big Salt Lick
Big Lick
South Carolina Table Tops Third in Confederate Bazaar Proceeds
The Richmond Confederate bazaar closed after a successful run with private letters noting about $20,000 cleared. Virginia led with $3,000, the Solid South table raised over $1,600, and South Carolina totaled over $1,500, with $15,000 earmarked for President Davis monument and $5,000 for the Confederate museum.
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Richmond
Davis
South Carolina
Virginia
New York
Ohio
Ilinois
Indiana
California
Confederacy
Columbia
Cotton Still Jumping in New York Market
May 7 reports show cotton prices rising to 10.86 the highest level for option sales amid brisk activity and notable market excitement.
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New York
Sheriff Sale of Osceola Store House and Lot
By virtue of a Tax Execution against Josah Griffin I will sell on the first Monday in June a store house and lot in Osceola. A fair description of sale is in the sheriff's office. Terms are cash. Purchaser to pay costs. John P. Hunter, May 8, 1903 BC.
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Josah Griffin
Osceola
John P. Hunter
Murder Shocking Killing Near Bishopville in Lee County
Special to News and Course reports W F Creech stableman of Creech and Little slain on the Cand en road west of Bishopville. Spain Kelly is accused. coroner’s inquest details a fatal neck gunshot with additional wounds. Witness H King describes Kelly pursuing Creech after a dispute, firing twice as Creech sat in a buggy. Kelly then fled on horseback.
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Bishopville
W. F. Creech
Creech & Little
Mayesville
Spain Kelly
Canden Road
Watson
A.C. Baskin
H. King
Spain
Kelly
Tun Lancaster
Lepore
Lee County
W. PL. Brown
Hel. King
Mr. Kelly
Creech
B.D
Camden
John F. Kelly
Tech
Tennessea
Ile
White man found guilty of manslaughter in Spartanburg case
The Blanchard case ends with a guilty verdict for manslaughter in the slaying of Martin Hardy a blacksmith. The jury after a lengthy trial returned the verdict and recommended mercy. sentence awaits the court.
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Spartanburg
Blanchard
Martin Hardy
Carrier on rural route held up over color dispute
Gallatin Tennessee May 7 two masked men held up rural route No 1 carrier John Allgood a colored man and threatened him with death if he did not resign Post office authorities investigate and a replacement carrier was sent out this morning Patrons along the route oppose him due to his color
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Gallatin
Tenn
John Allgood
No Cure No Pay Promise on Grove's Chill Tonic Bottle
Primitive ad copy claims Grove's Chill Tonic is a corn and quinine mixture with no cure and no pay offer. The printed form asserts a money back guarantee or similar payment terms, implying skepticism about health claims.
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E. W. Grove
Grove
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Robert Washington Phifer
Robert Washington Allison
Sarah Ann Phifer
The
House of Representatives
J. S. Wilson
O. K
Leck Gregory
J. O. Gregory
State House
W.G. A. Porter
Camp Dixie
A Coleman
Mary McMallen
Confederate Veterans
Lancaster Party
W. B. Knight
Lanecaster
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J. A. van Dohlen
Trav
Atlanta
W. E. Chisman
Monroe Journal
Foley
Wo FE. Creech
Indianola
Jim Dumps
Sunny Jim
Tam
J.B. Parrersos
Lancaster, S.C
County Board of Commissioners
L. J. Perry
W.B. Biter
Masonic Building
T. Eugene Funderburk
North Carolina
J. B. Mackorell
Saeed
Lancaster Hercantile
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