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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1903
Page
6
Property owners Mrs KE EK Gregory JF Blackmon JB Sims AJ Dunlap warn against trespassing by riding walking hunting or fishing on lands in Gills Creek township two to four miles north west of town. Notice says law will be enforced and is dated November 6 1903 with initials.
Under the will of Joseph Clark, sale at his late Lancaster residence by public auction. Items include soda fountain, buggy, two shotguns, tools, furniture, books and other personal property. Terms are cash. Jane M. Clark administrator. Del 31, 1903. td SUES.
Lancaster and Chester Railway timetable shows westbound and eastbound stops with times from Lancaster to Atlanta and back, listing connections with Southern Seaboard Carolina Northwestern Railways and Lancaster-Southern Railway. Officials A P AfClure and Leroy Springs noted as superintendent and president.
Representative Rixey of Virginia introduced a bill in Washington on November 13 to extend the privileges of national soldiers homes to veterans of the Confederacy. The move aims to broaden access to care and facilities for former Confederate soldiers within federal programs.
Carelessness causes many railway wrecks and worsens throat and lung sufferers. Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds has saved lives including Mrs Lois Cragg of Dorchester MA. Guaranteed by Crawford Bros J F Mackey Co and others. Price 50c and 1.00 Trial bottles free.
A Selma Alabama court hears a colored man Abraham Jones defend himself by relying on prayer and the Lord. He is found guilty of stealing cotton from a compress and sentenced to four months in jail, later claiming the Lord's hand helped him escape longer confinement.
An old fashioned advertorial claims Dr King s New Life Pills end ailments such as dyspepsia jaundice fever and constipation regardless of age. The ad lists Crawford Bros J F Mackey Co and Eugene Funderburk Drag Store as sellers and emphasizes respect for youth and old age.
Congressman Crumpacker reintroduces legislation aimed at cutting congressional representation by 4 for states that discriminate politically against Black citizens. The proposal targets states with documented racial discrimination and seeks to curb their influence in Congress.
A reflective piece on death proclaiming universal equality in the afterlife. It argues that wealth status and power vanish beyond the grave, with all beings rendered equal before fate, as even the strongest succumb and the weakest are freed from fear.
In Hendersonville area a supposed petrified man unearthed on Esquire A W Sitton’s farm was exhibited by the Petrified Phenomenon Company. Accused of fraud, Sitton was bound over to court in Asheville on a 15000 bond after a local suit alleging deception.
Anxious moments for mothers are tied to croup in children. Foley's Honey and Tar is described as the most effective remedy for throat and lung troubles, safe due to no opiates or poisons. Sold by T Eugene Fucderburk.
The body of K Raynor Bell, who vanished from his sick daughter's bedside three weeks ago in Elizabeth City NC, was found today floating in the Pasquotank River. A line wrapped twice around the body with a bag of two bricks attached. A post mortem is ordered. Since his disappearance his large daughter has died.
A rear end collision on the Illinois Central near Kentwood Louisiana killed twenty black passengers. Ten others and three white men were injured, some fatally, when the McComb City accommodation struck the northern express to Chicago.
The Cole county grand jury at Jefferson City with 106 indictments in its final report accuses four people of boodling. Prosecuting Attorney R P Stone faces four indictments for accepting a railroad pass a bribe to drop prosecutions and illegal fees. Circuit Judge Mazelle suspended Stone and a special prosecutor will try the case in December. Stone denies the charges and posted bond to await the next term. It was unclear tonight which legislators or others were indicted.
In Chester Court the case against Press Massey for murder resulted in a conviction of manslaughter and a two year penitentiary sentence. In General Sessions a mistrial was declared in State versus W H Newbold after a jury failed to agree on assault with intent to kill and concealed weapons. Notice to Lancaster voters: registration books open Mondays in November 1903 at the Auditor’s office. A McManus, Supt Reg Town of Lancaster. Oct. 19, 1903.
Classified notice seeking land and home on Flat Creek with 80 acres farming or pasture, 6-room dwelling, near Haile and Brewer mines and Jefferson and Kershaw. Freight paid on carloads. Contact T. S. Canter, Lancaster. Also an elided medicine ad noting Laxative Bromo Quinine with E. W. Grove signature on each box.
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