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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1904
Page
2
The Columbia State urges making a registration certificate a voting prerequisite in primaries. The paper argues many qualified citizens are unregistered and notes issues with residency duration. It praises solid citizenship while condemning rootless, mobile voters.
A resident named Mr Rui Dill keeps about 466 chickens on a country plot, with 7 hens sitting, and a mix of roosters and young birds. Neighbors question the size of the brood and the potential to raise frying-sized poultry.
Fragmentary note urges paying a subscription to Lepoer with a cheerful outcome. No additional context or sources available.
Charles Rochester shot Walter Mills to death four miles east of Wolbulli. Neighbors Hadlan wife and two children were nearby as Mills returned from a neighbor's. A no 4 shot load struck Mills in the face and neck at close range. 60 shots were fired from a shotgun. A jury coroner collected testimonies.
May 12 report from St. Petersburg says Vice roy Alexieff telegraphed that Russians are blowing up docks and piers at Port Dalny on the Liao Tang Peninsula to thwart a Japanese landing. Rumors say Port Dalny has been destroyed. over 6 million spent on harbor works, with total costs rising toward 10 million. Port Arthur nearby, leased to Russia in 1900, employed about 25,000 daily in construction. Population estimated around 60,000, including Chinese Japanese Koreans and Russians.
Tokio reports official Russian losses in the Anju clash of May 10th exceed fifty. One officer and several men were killed with the rest wounded. About 700 Russians from the Fifteenth Cossack Regiment reached Liao Yang by train, then advanced on Anju. The enemy reportedly disliked fighting and showed low morale.
Special to The State Lamah May 10 Wade Plummer a 16 year old boy heroically rescued Jailson son of the pastor from drowning in Lynebe River near Lamiah. A picnic crowd watched as Plummer swam to save Gibson who crumpled from cramps and both went under. Plummer saved Gibson after two dives and kept him afloat until help arrived. Gibson lay unconscious for over an hour but was revived and resumed his duties.
J A Gulledge of Verbens Ala was twice in the hospital with a severe pile condition that produced 24 tumors. After doctors and remedies failed Backlen's Armenian Salve quickly arrested further inflammation and pain, and is advertised as conquering aches at five and ten cent stores and local druggists.
The retailer announces a new stock of 45 inch silk swisses in latest colors and Mercerized Waist Goods in fancy and champaign hues. The Nation Department is complete and ready to show any item needed, stressing exclusive sale of the Celebrated line.
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