Marriages Reported in Waxhaw and Pineville Churches
Mr. K. P. Starnes and Miss Lillie Moser were married last Sunday evening by R. H. Sapp in Lancaster county. George St. Justice of Charlotte wed Miss Ethel Rose near Pleasant Valley with Rev. A. L. Stough officiating. Mrs. Turner Rogers died in Charlotte after long illness, aged fifty six, survived by husband and children. formerly of Van Wyck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waxhaw Enterprise
K. P. Starnes
Lillie Moser
R. H. Sapp
Enq
Lancaster County
Pineville
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
George St. Justice
Charlotte
Ethel Rose
Pleasant Valley
A. L. Stough
Turner Rogers
Halloween Party at Jones Residence Delights Ledger Readers
The Ledger reports a Halloween party at Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Jones’s residence on October 31, 1903. Sixteen guests enjoyed a décor filled dining room, a fruit cake with a cake ring game, fortune tokens, an apple hunt, water saucers, burning nuts, and lively games, followed by music and merriment. Other items mention juror duties, a Yorkville Enquirer quote on justice, and Grove’s Chill Tonic as a medicine ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Jones
John M. Perry
Jim Williams
Junie Hicklin
Louise Howze
Lillie Adams
Ella Gladden
Flinch
Croconole
Fewer Gallons Wears Longer Tragedy in Valdosta
In Valdosta Georgia on November 2 a mother Mrs Thomas Zant age 10 frolic frightened her year old child while holding a parlor rifle. The gun discharged wounding the infant who died next day. Zant called herself a murderess though authorities deem the shooting accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valdosta
Thomas Zant
Bold Bank Robber Captured Near Wrights Ferry
Raleigh dispatch reports Russell and Hoard of Kings Mountain police capturing the Forest City bank robber who fled with 2000 dollars five days earlier. In a road ambush near Wrights ferry the suspect drew a gun and fired. officers returned fire, wounding him. He lies in critical condition with multiple gunshot injuries and explosives found on his person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh, N
Russell
Hoard
Kings Mountain
Forest City
Wright's Ferry
Porson
Morrow Suit Compromised in Washington Visit
Attorney D F Morrow has returned from Washington where he secured a compromise of 6000 dollars for his son Marvin Morrow in the suit against Southern Railroad Co arising from the Fishing Creek wreck near Yorkville D C. The settlement, favorably viewed by fellow lawyers, avoids a lengthy trial likely yielding a smaller verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. F. Morrow
Washington, D. C
Southern Railroad Co
Fishing Creek
Yorkville
D. C
Washington
Morrow
Marvin Morrow
Bank of Blacksburg
S. C
Work Of Daring Robbers In Nashville
Two heavily armed men robbed Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph staff in Nashville at 5 a.m. They took $3,000 from the payroll safe as assistant cashier Melville Wheeler was forced to stay still and struck with a billy. The pair escaped while guards and operators were unaware until Wheeler raised the alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Joseph Craddock
Tayloratown
Craddock
Wesley Chambers
Chambers
Dan Washington
Mercer
Washington
Taylorstown
New Groes
Nashville
Tenn
Melville Wheeler
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company
Wheeler
Billy
Notice to Voters of Lancaster Registration Opens
Notice to voters of the Town of Lancaster that registration books will open at the Auditor of the County office in the Court House on Monday October 26 and on each Monday thereafter during November 1903 for those who have not registered this year. A McManus Supr Reg Town of Lancaster. Oct 19 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town of
Lancaster
A. McManus
Supr
Train Collides With Funeral Wagon Near Concord
Four people were killed instantly when Southern Railway No. 39 struck a wagon carrying a funeral party four miles from Concord, North Carolina. The impact tore the casket and corpse apart. a mule-tethered wagon swerve caused the collision, with victims John Key Benjamin Lippit Daniel Weaver and Miss Lula Townsend all local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Southern Railway
Concord
John Key
Benjamin Lippit
Daniel Weaver
Lula Townsend
Kate Lewis
Town Taxes Due Urged for Payment by Deadline
Notice from Mayor R. E. Wrim dated Oct 27 1903 warns all taxpayers to pay taxes at the Town Treasurer’s office since October. After November 10 the books will close and executions will be issued against delinquents for taxes costs and penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Wrim
Executor's Sale Under will of Joseph lurk deceased Lancaster
Executor’s sale announced for 11 o clock a.m. Saturday November 21 1903 at the late residence in Lancaster. Personal property to be sold includes a soda fountain, fire proof safe, buggy, two shotguns, fire shrieker, blacksmith and carpenter tools, household furniture, law books and other items. Terms cash. Jane M. Clark executrix. October 81 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Lurk
Lancaster
Jane M. Clark
Executrix
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Ledger
Thurlow
Garter
Ledger
Yorkville Enquirer
Louisiana
Saludat
James H. Tillman
Columbia Record
North Carolina
Rutherford
Charlotte News
Caatoaat
Clint
Grove
Ivor
E. W. Grove
James Coveshoot
Charleston
B,c
Cherry & Co
Julia Simpson
Heath Banking & Mercantile Co
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!