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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1904
Page
6
Local brief notes report a cottage for rent and numerous community updates. Movements include residents relocating to Craigeville and Yorkville, arrivals such as Miss Lena Hunter, weddings and sermons scheduled, crop prices, a train accident, and multiple family illnesses and travel events in Rock Hill and Heath Springs.
At a Friday trustees meeting Miss Katherine Foster was elected to lead Cotton Mill school, a branch of the Graded school. Mill attendance rose with a house to house canvass led by Capt. Skipper and teachers, enrolling nearly 100 new pupils. a suitable building is hoped, with Col Springs offering a site and half the construction costs. Lancaster correspondence.
In Primus last Saturday night John Massey was shot in the forehead and killed by John Blackmon. Both are described as colored. Blackmon was arrested by Sheriff Hunter on Sunday. An inquest ruled Massey died from a pistol wound inflicted by Blackmon.
The Kershaw Oil Mill reported 400 more bales of cotton ginned by Nov. 20 than the prior year. K T Estridge & Co at Bethune lost their barn and stables to fire last Saturday with substantial damage and one horse perished. Supt E A Thies of Haile Gold Mine attended Miss May Neninch's wedding to Samuel B Smith in Charlotte. E G Spillsbury of New York, former Haile Mine superintendent, visited the mine Friday night. Mrs Sarah Horton and son Dr E Horton visited Chalmers Horton. Dr L T Gregory took his son to Charleston for tonsil surgery. County election results: state and county tickets 1456. Presidential electors Democratic 1504, Republican 69. Congressional Finley 1502, White 70. Constitutional amendments 800 for, 184 against. Biennial sessions 800 for, 184 against. Municipal bonded indebtedness 772 for, 114 against. Local road laws 999 for, 77 against. Appeal of section 1 prohibiting local road law 877 for, 90 against.
Arbor Day was celebrated Friday at the Lancaster Grade School with tree planting on campus. Supt A R Banks led ceremonies as 400 students and about 10 citizens gathered for essays songs and a keynote address by Rev W G Neville D D president of Presbyterian College of South Carolina urging tree preservation and future planting. Trees were named for Dr Neville and local trustees and supporters.
Prepared to do the work with a gasoline engine to run a sausage and bone mill and a wood saw. The advert promises quick service to the public for meat and wood, with contact details for S. T. Blackmon at residence 56 and phone 43.
The family thanks friends for kindness during the illness and death of Mr. W. L. Bird who died on November 5. The tribute preserves lines about peaceful slumber and hope of reunion in heaven, reflecting a memorial note from the bereaved family.
Still leaders in quality goods at lower prices, offering 36 inch black puffta silk at $1.19 per yard and plain taffeta silks 19 inches wide in multiple colors at 67 cents per yard, with claims of low overhead and no large salaries to inflate costs.
A sample line of broad cloths in multiple colors is offered at 74 cents per yard with 54 inch fabrics at 55 to 69 cents. Navy Garnet and Brown mixes are 1.10 per yard. Jackets fittings available, plus blankets from 75 cents a pair to 4 dollars and comforts from 75 cents to 2 dollars. Numerous bargains highlighted to attract shoppers.
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