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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1900
Page
2
A collage of local notices and items: dentist ad seeks payments, a new restaurant promises meals and groceries, paint firm touts durability and guarantee, warning of high prices for farm produce, a man bitten by a moccasin and treated, and a fatal accidental shooting near Rock Hill with a two-mile delay note.
Mrs Mary Senn, residing about 12 miles beyond the Congaree river in Lexington county, was gored to death by a cow last night. Her husband, Tom Senn, was in Columbia at the time. A number of Columbia friends expect to go there today.
Special to The State Greenville Sept 24 dis pensary constables raided Lewis Simmons restaurant on Washington street and seized 24 quarts of whiskey and bar fixtures. they were moved to the courthouse. A warrant was sworn for Simmons and will be served tomorrow. The fixtures were valued at 1200 originally, now listed as 500.
A fragmented notice announces a tax levy for Cane Creek Township and nearby districts. It lists local levy districts and roads, naming multiple townships and waterways and indicating deadlines around December. The legible pieces reference Lancaster area governance and property tax matters.
Send to Secretary Trolloway at Pomaria or to WOU Flenniken in Columbia for a premium list. Do not delay. arrangements were for the 32nd Annual State Pair at Columbia from October 29 to now 2A inclusive.
In Columbia a young married man named Allen was fatally shot on a stairway in a Brooks Easley gambling house on a Sunday night. Three Savannah men Smith McBlrny and Sims resisted orders to leave. Smith fired, hitting Allen in the abdomen as he stepped from the stairs. Allen collapsed on the piazza. Smith was jailed later, others at large. Allen’s wife and mother were present. his father was a Southern Railway employee. Albert Allen, his brother, works in Spencer.
A Darlington News letter argues against high farm prices seen as political tricks tied to McKinley’s election. It asserts that price fixes for tobacco will not reward farmers and that true democrats oppose such schemes. The piece cites Newberry News and Herald as context.
An unclear OCR passage mentions weighing and tagging practices, public tagging, and references to Lancaster M. Co. with JM Heath and WT Gregory as presidents. The text cites bagging, rates, and vessel ties, but details are garbled and no coherent event or date is clear.
An old advertisement promotes Dr King s New Life Pills as a sugarscented health booster. It claims to transform weakness into strength and mental energy, touts daily use, and notes a price of 25 cents per box sold by Crawford Brow.
Mary Wingate a 19 year old girl born in Pineville was murdered in Rock Hill by Will Watson a Black man aged about 30 tall and heavily built. The killing happened at Annie Neals and Wingate boy friend Watson entered the room spoke then shot her three times first through the heart then through the chest and she died instantly. Watson fled and has not been found.
Mee EP Neely a Bend of the Fiver merchant faced Magistrate Seckham on a complaint by neighbors alleging seed cotton sales after dark in violation of state law. Two sacks said to be bought from Sam Hart were cited. witnesses included Mesaca Sim Gar run Will Garrison and Jim Barber. The hearing followed, with Nealy released on bail. The record reflects local legal action from the scene.
Mack Diamond Franchise Knoxville reports Boone’s Black Diamond railroad contract with Dickinson, William Kirkly and others expired last night. Boone Company claims possession. work to begin within a year. Road to be financed by American capital to run Cincinnati to Port Royal. Kiva Peduent Mills reduce working hours as cotton mills cut shifts. export goals shrink while workers retain living wages.
Riot near Shenandoah Pennsylvania leaves two dead and seven wounded as sheriff's posse clashes with rioters including Poles Shive and Taos. Deputies escort workers home. crowd confronts them with stones and gunfire prompting martial law and troop deployment.
Newberry September 20 The cotton mill industry faces a split between cotton costs and finished goods prices as Newberry Mill cuts back to three quarter time. President McCrary says operations may resume full time when market conditions stabilize, with mills like Sibley and King in Augusta already shutting down. The piece argues for prudent management to weather the downturn while workers share in the burden.
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