Local Matters Focuses on Lancaster Commerce and Socials
Lancaster items note Mercantile Co shoe offerings for children and Best on farths. visits by Miss Estella Roddey and Mrs C O Playd. court attendance by W B Wilson of Rock Hill. various social visits, church events, and hospitalities across York Chester and Lancaster counties. Also reports tax deadline, local auction plans, a Waxhaw mill fire, and upcoming marriages of local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Street
Lancaster Mercantile Co
B.C. Hough
Death of Cedar Creek miller Mr. Wm Knight at 82
Cedar Creek township mourns as William Knight aged about 82 dies Monday night after long Bright's disease. A longtime miller at Welsh's mill he leaves six married children. his wife died months ago. He served in the Confederate army, was in the 1st S OC regular infantry, and was a Lancaster Baptist Church member. Funeral conducted by Dr. J. H. Boldridge at Douglas church with burial yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Knight
Cedar Creek Township
Knight
Welsh’s Mill
Town
Bright
1St S. OC. Regular Infantry
Lancaster Baptist Church
J. H. Boldridge
Douglas Church
Market Offerings Mention Moles and Cattle
Mr J M Hood outlines options in livestock and mole purchases while Lancaster Mercantile Co serves as a market reference point for buyers and sellers in this local note.
Death of a Youth at Heath Springs and Local Court Actions
Sad notice recalls Karnmag Twitty age two tat at Heath Springs where typhoid fever ended his bright young life after ten days’ illness. He lived in town about a year, worked for Williams Hughes Co., and was mourned by family and friends with funeral at Salem burying ground. Other items report court actions in General Sessions on housebooning and larceny sentences, and a common pleas docket including the Gibson suit over railroad embankment damages at the Catawba river. Also a local cough remedy advertisement appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marry Smith
Wilden Swaringen
Clarksville
Mr. S
Catawba River
York
Chester
Lancaster Counties
Misses Gibson
The
Railroad Co
Cunningham Hotel
Dewith
Furman
Karnmag Fyitty
Hais
Mulst
Heath Springs
Williams- Hughes Co
Salem Burying Ground
Rev. S
Watson
K. of P’s
Vapers Canteen
Iid Ballard
Cour
Wang Ulin Wits
Dicks Aind
Criminal Court
Wis
Common Pleas Court
Thompson
Mary E
Sallie B Gibson
R. R
W. J. Cherry
Maj
G. W
Hart
E. D. Blakeney
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lancaster
Mercantile Co’s
W. B. Wilson, Esq
Rock Hill
Estella Roddey
van Wyck
C.O. Playd
Kershaw
Synod of
South Carollina
Cheraw
Arthur Garrison
Fort Lawn
M. BE. Jordan
Maggie Anderson
J. S. Riddle’s
Fanderburk
R. FE. Wylie
Washington, D. C
Mamie
Annie Stover
Oakhurst
L. R. Rollings
E. J. Mathis
Camden
Mathis
Fenderburk
R. A. Smith
York County
J. W. Craig
Mr. C
Methodist Church
Funderburk's
Be Up
Mr. Hough
Wilie Jones
West Bhd
Sulucash
Blakeney
C. Broom & Sons
Waxhaw
Messrs. Broom
Wm. C. Ewart
ARP
Mary Alice Ross
Columbia
AL R. P
Addie Kershaw Carter
James Thomas Thomasson
First Methodist
Arenety
Clara Craig
John W. Craig
Craigville
Ro A. Smith
Shiloh
Wa. Knight
Od. Twitty
Ela Street
Derbark
T. Eugene FU
Corser Main
Chovel
Marie Horn
New York City
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