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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1902
Page
3
A miscellany of sales, services, and notices. For sale feather-bed and piano bargains. Rev T A Dabney conducted a funeral in Kershaw. Lancaster Mercantile promotes school shoes. births, illnesses, and health notices. real estate and rental ads. local church and meeting notices. minor crimes and court mentions. upcoming millinery openings and store events. weathered community updates from Lancaster and surrounding towns.
Examination papers for the S. C. Military Academy appointment were graded. John Hilliard, son of A. D. Hilliard, achieved an average of 98 out of 100 and received the cadetship. Ralph Foster ranked next and was named alternate.
The obituary chronicles the death of Wm. Hervey Witherspoon of Lancaster at his father Capt. B J Witherspoon's home. Born March 27 1869 he died in his 34th year after a prolonged illness. A former Railway Mail Service employee and president of the Atlantic Electropoise Co. in 1892 he later returned home due to health. Survived by his father two brothers and two sisters he was active in Masonic and K P and K of H circles. funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church with interment in the Presbyterian cemetery. Pallbearers were local men including J Crawford D R Williams and G Heath."}
The agricultural department plans to send specialists to the South to verify the actual condition of the cotton crop amid noted discrepancies between government bale estimates and those of several commercial bodies. The move aims to reconcile conflicting figures affecting market expectations and policy.
Special to The State from Spartanburg South Carolina on September 17 the common pleas court concluded the case of Lala Moore colored versus the Southern railway. A jury awarded 500 damages for the death of Moore s husband who was killed about two years ago by a train on the Southern railway.
A stream of visitors stops by families in the region including Mrs. W. G. McCorkle, Miss Weetie Mobley, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Twitty, Mr. D. Reece Williams pursuing law studies, and many others visiting relatives here. Cotton sales reach 210 bales with top prices around 8.50. new births noted for Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Slinson and Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Blackman. A marble monument by McNineh is placed at Shiloh Cemetery for the Hood family, erected by their daughters.
Willis Barnhill attacked Rob Lindsay and Lizzie Potts while returning from the Steel Hill Camp meeting. Barnhill drew a pistol and fired, striking Lindsay in the left eye and skull, killing him before they reached Waxhaw. The incident occurred near the Allen Heath old place at the state line.
An old patent medicine claim promises stopping coughing and curing a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine tabs. The ad states No Cure No Pay and a price of 25e.
The Manchester Cotton Mill suffered a serious fire Thursday afternoon, likely started by a match in a machine in the second story picker room. The automatic sprinklers limited damage to about $100 though flames burned in the dust room for about three hours as lint and cotton fed the blaze.
A South Carolina paper notes Massachusetts Democrats reject the Kansas City platform and Bryan’s nominee Geo. Fred Williams. The platform calls for repealing tariff duties on articles controlled by trusts. The Observer also mocks South Carolina education politics with Pell and Mell leading Converse and Clemson.
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