19 Sep 1900
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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1900
Page
1
In Kingstree, the local dispensary is blamed as a recurring loot magnet with repeated burglaries in six months totaling about 136 dollars. The piece calls for protection measures, debates responsibility, and notes the impact on school funds and public safety. Also reports a separate accident in Hampton Hawkins’s death risk and a state textbook list adoption by the Board of Education.
Special to the Greenville News reports an official count by the State executive committee. McSweeney leads with 51,805 votes, Evans receives 45,522, and Fillman 3,600. A long list of publishers and educational materials follows, detailing library and literature study editions and spelling and dictionary resources. The Governor and superintendent of education have been empowered to fix bonds for the companies.
An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as a life enhancing tonic for all ages. It claims to restore appetite, lift a burdensome diet, restore flesh, and ease hard work, presenting the product as the vital food that supports health and well being.
Gov Me Sweeney appoints beneficiary students to the Medical College of Charleston. First District Misa Arabella H Prentiss of Charleston, Third District John G Edwards of Laurens, Fourth District F H McMaster of Winnsboro, Fifth District F M Durham of Chester.
London dispatch reports that the powers have accepted Li Hung Chang and likely will accept Prince Ching as negotiators. They demand a central government satisfactory to the powers and full retribution for attacks on the legation. No indemnity talks yet. Berlin chatter suggests delay until Marshal von Waldersee arrives. Also contains an unrelated drug ad promoting Dr King's New Life Pills.
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