The Spartan and I will be on vacation next week, I will unsub until I return. See y'all on the beach, Lisa "The Carolina Spartan" Issue: May 3, 1882 Mr. C.M. Van ORSDELL, Jr., has just received a dispatch stating that his father in Wilmington, N.C., is quite ill and he will leave Thursday to visit him. During which time Mr. J.B. ARCHER is authorized to deliver all finished work and collect for the same. Issue: May 10, 1882 R.K. CARSON, Esq., and Mr. William RAWLINGS have both been sick about ten days, but they are improving and both of them will be on the streets again in a few days. Hiram McABEE, Jr., reports the best stand of cotton he ever had. He is now w orking it over and does not find a missing hill in it. His corn and oats also look well. Mr. J.W. TUCK, four miles north of town, left some fine strawberries at this office about a week ago. Miss Nancy C. LANCASTER, daughter of Samuel LANCASTER, Esq., was bitten by a spider during the night about two weeks ago. She became quite sick in a few minutes after she was bitten and suffered very intensely. Soda was applied to the places bitten, and whiskey was administered in large doses {does not state whether it was administered externally or internally} and she seems to be improving. The spider was a large sleek black one with a red spot on the back. {Sounds like a black widow} The treatment has been the same as is used in snake bite, and her physician thinks the bite of this spider as dangerous as that of the most poisonous snake. Issue: May 17, 1882 It is getting about time for another wedding in town. The lights are burning low and late in two certain parlors and the family physicians say there is no one sick there. ESTATE NOTICE The creditors of the estate of Mrs. A.H. CANNON, deceased, will present their claims, properly proven, to the undersigned on or before the first day of June next and those indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment. Alice CANNON G.C. CANNON Issue: May 24, 1882 MARRIED --On the 4th of May, by Rev. A.A. James Dr. T.R. WARD and Miss Juliet LANCASTER all of Spartanburg county, S.C. Issue: May 31, 1882 Some of our readers about Gaffney's may remember John H. BOBBITT. He was born near Cherokee Ford and is a nephew of Obadiah TATE and Irving SARRATT. It gives us pleasure to state to his relatives and friends that he is now Superintendent of schools in Decatur county, Indiana, his postoffice being at Greensburg. Last week James G. HARRIS, Jr., was having some blasting done in order to get a place for a wheel at the Golightly mill place, near Dr. W.E. DEAN's and a premature explosion caused the tamping to fly in his face with great force, destroying his left eye. His physician thinks the right eye will be sound after the healing of the face. [cut off] free post Lisa

> Miss Nancy C. LANCASTER, daughter of Samuel LANCASTER, Esq., was bitten by a > spider during the night about two weeks ago. She became quite sick in a few > minutes after she was bitten and suffered very intensely. Soda was applied to > the places bitten, and whiskey was administered in large doses {does not state > whether it was administered externally or internally} and she seems to be > improving. The spider was a large sleek black one with a red spot on the back. > {Sounds like a black widow} The treatment has been the same as is used in > snake bite, and her physician thinks the bite of this spider as dangerous as that > of the most poisonous snake. Yes. Nancy was my great-great-aunt and had little use of the arm bitten, the rest of her life. In her father's will, he stated that Nancy was nearly an invalid.

Oooohhh!!! I read that newspaper clipping about your ancestor being bit by that Black Widow!! Ghastly!! I HATE SPIDERS!!! They and their brethren such as Scorpions are evil creatures, just miniature monsters ( I know, spiders a some of the most benificial of creatures, but they are still "gross"!!) !! Dave Millbrook, Al. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry V" <lvehorn@indy.rr.com> To: <SCSPARTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 7:43 AM Subject: Re: [SCSPARTA] "The Carolina Spartan" Issues: May 1882 > > Miss Nancy C. LANCASTER, daughter of Samuel LANCASTER, Esq., was bitten by > a > > spider during the night about two weeks ago. She became quite sick in a > few > > minutes after she was bitten and suffered very intensely. Soda was > applied to > > the places bitten, and whiskey was administered in large doses {does not > state > > whether it was administered externally or internally} and she seems to be > > improving. The spider was a large sleek black one with a red spot on the > back. > > {Sounds like a black widow} The treatment has been the same as is used in > > snake bite, and her physician thinks the bite of this spider as dangerous > as that > > of the most poisonous snake. > > Yes. Nancy was my great-great-aunt and had little use of the arm bitten, the > rest of her life. In her father's will, he stated that Nancy was nearly an > invalid. > > > > ==== SCSPARTA Mailing List ==== > The USGenWeb Archives for Spartanburg County are: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/sca_spar.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >