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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1903
Page
3
Local notices list church scheduling with Rev J assigned to White Unity for Sabbath services at 1st and 8th Sundays and 4th Sabbath, plus morning service times. Details reference Viousant Hill and Gilly Creek locations and dates.
A compilation of short items lists visits, minor incidents, and local happenings around Lancaster. Notes include residents visiting relatives in North Carolina, a nonfatal shooting in Kershaw, a child’s death, mill hours, a sales job ad, a rock-throwing incident, a break-in at Walkersville, uncollected post mail, and the first cotton bale sale of 1903 with price.
The notice reports the death of Mrs. Alice Robertson, wife of Samet J. Robertson, formerly of the county, who died in Dorham North Carolina on August 29, 1903. She was about 40, daughter of Samuel Walkup, survived by husband and children, and was a member of ARPL church noted as a good woman.
The Marion Star cites three delinquent subscribers as grim warnings. One vowed to pay next week if he lived but is dead, another is blind, and a third promised to pay Saturday or go to the devil and is gone. The paper notes hundreds should take warning from these examples.
For sale 18 acres with dwelling and three tenant houses near Catawba Falls in Fairfield County. Terms and further details available from T. S. Carver.
Foley's Honey and Tar for Children is promoted as a safe cough remedy free of opiates. The product targets parents seeking a non narcotic option for child relief, emphasizing safety and reliability in early advertising.
Sheriff John Ro Logan arrested town marshal Ro G Johnston on a coroner warrant accusing him in Norman’s death after the drowning rumor. Johnston resigned and was jailed in Yorkville awaiting bail hearing as attorney W B Wilson Sr. of Rock Hill prepares to prosecute for the Norman family.
Excitement grips the cotton scene as government September condition data show a 24 percent improvement for the month and 15 percent above last year. Prices tumble on the initial reaction, then recover modestly amid a volatile late session with September at 11.13, October 10.20, December 9.95, and January 9.92, reflecting 12 to 26 point net losses before partial rebound.
The government cotton crop condition report issued today notes a condition index of 1.2, down from 79.7 on July 5, reflecting a decline in crop health and vigor across the season. The figures indicate a sharp drop in perceived cotton quality since mid year.
In Kingstone North Carolina on September 3 G W Daniels shot Will Maxwell who worked on the county line between this county and Dupris. Maxwell died instantly. The trouble stemmed from Maxwell's alleged relations with Daniels wife. Daniels fled but was pursued. The rest of the page reports random items: crop prices and sales in Orlangerburg and Charlotte, an Austrian steamer explosion blamed on Bulgarian revolutionists, and a cotton crop note with railway shipments. Also a patent medicine ad for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with KE Grove signature.
In New York Henry Edson, son of former mayor Franklin Edson, shot and killed Mrs Fannie Patten and then died by suicide. His motive cited as jealousy. The act occurred before his brother and two others. Patten refused elopement after being summoned to his house following quarrels with Edson's wife.
Aguinaldo, ex-revolutionary leader now backing U S policy, addresses countrymen from Manila urging them to abandon gambling, improve agricultural methods, and attend the public schools provided to offer educational facilities.
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