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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1902
Page
5
Local market notes report highest price for eggs and butter. Various residents and visitors noted including J B Mackarell Williams Hughes Co. Mr UH Davis and Mr W Ganson. Multiple short notices on sales rent church services and local events. Deaths include Mrs Katty Simmons and Mr Wade Hampton reported, along with smalltown accidents and births.
A Waxhaw special to the Charlotte Observer reports Hattie Nichols, colored, was shot on the streets last Saturday by Willis Barnhill, colored. Barnhill, drunk, says he thought the woman was a dog and fired. the ball struck her thigh causing a painful wound. Doctors could not locate the ball.
Citizens east of Lancaster sign 109 names seeking a rural free delivery route from Lancaster along Ginger Cake road to Rocky River road and Primus then up Redfield road. Senator Tillman endorses and forwards the petition to the Post Office Department for consideration.
Rev R G Bascom of Indiana got a practical joke in Colorado when a brother Ellis pressed him with a wad of stock from an abandoned gold mine. The mine later reopened and struck a vein, yielding a $100,000 offer for the stock, which Bascom declined.
The Rock Hill Herald reports a heavy snow on Sunday April 15 in Lancaster County. Five to six weeks of spring warmth preceded the storm, which blanketed grounds and left peaches under trees blackened. The event occurred before modern weather bureaus and temperature records.
Charleston and other cities will have a chance to bid for the State fair this year. For nearly half a century the fair has been held in Columbia annually with few exceptions. The committee, meeting here yesterday, says Columbia does not provide sufficient financial support, so bids are invited from other cities.
The Democratic Clubs of Lancaster County are notified to meet on Saturday April 26 to reorganize and elect delegates to the County Convention at the Court House in Lancaster on Monday May 5 at noon. The County Convention will select delegates to the State Convention in Columbia on May 21 and elect a County Chairman and a member of the State Democratic executive committee.
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