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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1904
Page
3
Local briefs report visitors and travel in Chester and Lancaster, weather remarks, social events including marriages and charity sales, church and school community notes, a court ruling on Kennington v Catoe, a liveryman’s death in Charlotte, a boy’s Confederate monument gift, and a child death from blood poisoning after a nail injury.
Miss Sadie Lenora McCardell and Walter P. Davis wed at noon in a Chesterfield Avenue home ceremony officiated by Rev. Chalmers Fraser. The event drew about one hundred guests with a Mendelssohn wedding march, elaborate green and rose decorations, and a breakfast in the dining room. The bride, a Columbia College for Women graduate, wore blow silk crepe de chine. groom is with McCardell and Allison Bros. A $100 gift from the groom’s father accompanied wedding presents. The couple will tour Northern cities before returning in May.
Capt S White of Fort Mill enjoys a long grant to daughter Mrs Leroy Springs. He is puzzled by a published report that he was seriously ill in Lancaster, which appeared in The Times and a Kort Mill correspondence to The State. He is said to be in excellent health and looks better than in years.
Yorkville April 21 A man named Cornelius Foote claiming to represent the Foliett Cream Separator company sold or offered county and state selling rights to John B. Bratton. Bratton says he paid over 400 dollars. Foote was arrested on a warrant by Bratton alleging obtaining money under false pretenses. A preliminary hearing was held and Foote remanded to jail. The Flat Greek Democratic club meets Saturday at 2 p.m. Gardner presiding.
A fire burned the Seaboard rail line near Mina two miles east of Monroe on the rain dine of the Seaboard. The 200 foot bridge of iron and wood was destroyed along with five wooden benches. Through trains will detour via Columbus until repairs are finished likely tonight. Origin of the blaze unknown.
Notice announces a bid to repair the bridge at Tabernacle I with J. Perry and Co as superintendent. The event includes a Thursday date in April 1904 at 10 o'clock a.m. in the er tract, and calls for bids from qualified contractors.
The State promises unlimited free trips to St Louis with cash rewards for new annual paid in advance subscriptions. Rewards scale from $10 to $40 plus the trip, with larger totals for 26 or 36 new annual subscriptions. Two ministers and two teachers from South Carolina may also receive trips and cash. Further details via the Exposition Department in Columbia.
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