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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1902
Page
3
Local items cover bids for school bonds, pension payouts, and debt notices. Listings include a Doster Sims and Hannah Small marriage, teacher moves, and a Charleston exposition absence. Also reported are town lot bargains, post announcements, and pensioner names with monthly pay amounts.
Advertisement notes a price offer for The Ledger and Semi weekly Journal and Home and Farm all three for two dollars. The item presents a period style pitch typical of farm and general interest publications.
A man moves from a troubling courtship to marriage, leaving behind legal turmoil and entering a new domestic union. This brief report notes the transition from courtroom conflict to wedding vows within the community.
Southern Hardwood Co of Charleston South Carolina seeks specific timber logs including Hickory Dogwood and Persimmon for purchase. The notice requests logs in suitable sizes and quantities for industrial use.
Offer invites readers to pay a full year in advance and receive a complimentary annual Home and Farm subscription. The deal emphasizes convenience and savings for long-term subscribers.
Rock Hill May 7 at a city council meeting the corporation attorney was instructed to draft an ordinance authorizing ten bonds of one thousand dollars each to mature in 20 years at 4 percent interest payable semi annually. The bonds will discharge prior city debt and fund a new fire department house. An escape attempt by eighty four prisoners from an American military guard ended with five killed and nine captured. the rest escaped.
The South Carolina Court of Appeals met in Charleston with Judges Simonton Brawley and Waddill. They heard several cases including a reversal of Judge Simonton in the New York cotton futures matter against W A Moore Spartanburg, sending the case back for further action and noting gambling concerns in cotton speculation.
A short aphorism notes that a narrow mind slows understanding, concluding that mental breadth shortens the climb to insight. The line uses a sharp image to critique small thinking and praise expansive curiosity.
Classified notice for a physician and surgeon at Catawba House South Side Up Stairs. Offices open day and night. Contact phone 9G for appointments.
Special to The State reports Mes Eliza Davega found dead in her bed after breakfast. She was in her 60s and leaves one son, Dr. M. Davege, ill at home, and five daughters. Services or further details are not provided.
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