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. LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1375 ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL. 3. NO. 25. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C., JANUARY I, 1908 PRICE?FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
Many Marriages During
the Festive Holidays. i
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Quite a Number of Young 1
Couples Take Advantage 1
of the Christmas Holidays
to get Married, as
Many as Two Mar- ,
riages Occurring:
in Lancaster in 1
One Day. i
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A beautiful home wedding in J
the Belair section was that oi t
Miss Mary Leona Howie and Mr.
Lester Edward Ross, at the home ^
of the bride's lather, Mr. J G. j
Howie, on the evening of Dec.
24th. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. O. P. Carter,
of Van Wyck. The attendants
were: Mr. Luther Howie, with
Miss Vailie Pettus ; Mr. Tom
Ross, with Miss Maggie Collins;
Miss .Azalee Howie, sister of tin*
bride, as bridesmaid, and Mr.
James R. Pierce <>t Waxhaw. .N
C., as best man. The wedding
march was played^by Miss Ellie
Howie, cousin ot the bride. The
bride was beautifully gowned in
wjiite Fit 11 h o gai.die richly j
tr inuicd in vab-inicnnes inser
oniony v. a? p? rlorni 'd by Dr J.!
II. D)'i!r'(lpe, pas'or or :ii<> 1<\ st
ch'iicii. Ti.o l?r (I * w?s
becomingly gowned >11 handsome
is i ay broadcloth, with bat lo
maUli. t*ho w;h ill* recipient
i f many useful mid elegant pre*i
n'p. A reception wan gi,ven iliej
hridxl parly later in !li? day at 1
the In m i of the bride'* parenta.
The k; mo morning, at ehv n
o'clock, there ww a ijnmt weil
? _ dint: at the T<IIUI<<11 hotel, tbe
\ contracting inrliei boiiis Mr, It 1
j.. , ... I
]? D.ivi'b-on, of Vorl.v lle, and
Miss Lizzie '1 i lrxi-in, daogh'er ol
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Hon and v o o white geraniums
Hud maiden's }i hi- (era. Afier
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iho siiiiiruce tho bridal t.siriv
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Uiaith d to the <iii in;* iomn,whe a ,
honmj t-.i ','Mier wuh so v> ?v.
The |>ai h r Mini dining room we?o |
tasteiully (!rc ujv'ed .in terns and (
?veivr*en. Oi the following day (
the hrido and nr. 0111 were jjivon
a ?eer|)t!oti ? t ihe In.me ot the
gnwiu'.! p fonts, Mr. and Mr*,
td W. ILc-s, i?l ihe M itvm see (
t on. Tne brulo win tlie incipitur
?f urn y beautiful tt<d i.s fu.
"J lie many Iriends of
^ the yotunr couple wish llcui a | ^
loinr Mini jio penus h!e. After
a l riot v sit to Chad i'ct N C.
nod i.tli r j om?. Mr. and Mi..
JJo^r wo! m lie their 1 omo no: r
M;?i \ in, N. C.
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Christ ili s mor i ?, at 10
oYhok, a. happy man iase w;ts
s 11*n11* ^ (i in J.-monitor a', the
lonm o Mr. in d Mrr, E Iimjii
II on Mii'i-o' hi roei, t ' ie
bride litinir 1le.r thinning s ster,
M.ss Ella Lj.?nne'', d iu^hu r
of Mr. a" d Mrs. B II. Bennett,
ol Ji in s Cr Iijails. and the
priom.Mr. Samuel Ua'per, one
of Lancaster's clmtr ?irl de-ei v 1
iuir yon op ni n. ( on i f ih^ iatp
J unes Li. 11 rp r I w a< ii q ivi
weddill?:, only in-ruber* i f the
lanii'ies and one or two intima e <
friends beine Dreamt. 'I ii nir.' i
he genial proprietor of t he hotel ca
dr. C. F. Til Ira an. The Rev.
>V. A. Fairey, pastor ot the Metlichurch,
officiated. The'^,
>ride, who is ono of Lancaster's \v
nost estimable young ladies, was I W(
Iressed in an elegant traveling!
!OStum?. She reepivprt nilinpr.l
n
>119 handsome presents. The "
troom ^199 many friends and ae ^
quaintances in Lancaster, where 'tl
10 was at one time engaged in w
;he lurniture business. Shortly ^
liter the ceremony Mr. and Mrs.
Davidson leit on a Southern train R
or a trip to Florida. Fi
Thursday evening, at G o'clock,
he homo of the Ilev. and Mrs.
El. L. Duffie, of Dwight, was tlie
scene of one of the prettiest wed 0
lings of the season. At that hour
iheir cultured and accomplished
laughter. Miss Cora Dufiie, wa? F.
liven in marriage to M*. Thomas se
L. Hilton, a popular young busi- <ia
iecs man of Lancaster, being Jc
jounected with the People's Sup- ri<
)!y Company. The groom, as br
? well known, is a son of tlit- iri
ate Wesley Hilton. A number L
>1 relatives and friends of the tic
ionlracting parties witnessed tlte la
nipressive nuptials. The Rev. m
E. M. Mclvissick, of East Lan 11
i?ster Circuit, was the oflieiutng
clergyman. Dr. J. K. Welsh, /.*,
?l Lancaster, acted as b^st man,
end miss ijiuiu Mcl\.Oniiua> o!
Chester, was maid ot hon<9?? ,jt
1 he wedding march was played |a
by Miss Ruby Elliott, of Lancas a
ter. The bride was lovely in a or
Iress of white organdie trimmed m
with lace. The maid ot honor 0(
also wore white organdie. An t.j
elaborate supper was served after j.
t,l>e ceremony. The bride was j.,
i he recipient of tnauy handsome
presents, consisting of silver- st
w-ire, cut gl iss, China and lm\\
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Mr.?Grriv<r Wheeler ?n I Mi s ,v
Ellie lI?in:iKii!, d?tigh'er of r
Nil* L. 1*. S. llatr.m ii d,? f Jones '(
E>i*oss II aJrf, v.ere married <it h(
Heath Springs ? n the 22na ulti- b<
ir.o. by tti?* 11 v. If. Vj. Small. la1
A' tho Ii j?tisr. P?Bt >rium, h\- <<i
'lie II'V.J. S. Snvdor. Dec. 21,
1007, Mr. J.ini's 1 lames, of Lin- oi
rater, an 1 M>s Annie M iy O n ?i
o', o t'.ii city.?Chester L?n of
Lv in. 'i
If*
Mr. Jos ph F Sfi'phonsnn and
\\;-s .1 tdia 1?. Griffin, riaiifgjitei c
of Mr. Mil Alrs?. Ilenry C. Gr 1
fi ., oi M'liirop, are t? bo ii?ariiet: 1
in that town Ibis t'V3 iit!^.
Mr. Aril.u* (\ FunderburJi * 1 t)
e isi Mo no* t'?wnni?ij? ii'd MivOla
Foivl rbnrk, daughter ?>f Mr. ^
l.aney Fund ryurk, of Chester
field county, S. were nurn ii
1 :v t M?nd.iy at the residence ol ^
ilie hride'rt father. It?v. J. A. ?|
IJ.Vdus performed ttie m irriage rj
servioe. ? Monroe Enquirer.
Mr. (y'yde McM.mis, son of
Mr U. L. McManns, of Aniioch, 11
anil Mm I) ?iav Rolling*, daughter
i-f Mr. Hansom Rollings, o. h
Oikhurat, wore married in Ivor- d
?hnw Snnd rv, Dec. 22nd, by tlio I
Rev ?I. T. Dewly, rastor oi' ihc H
PreshvJeriHn church. Tlio bride ?
v is the popular t anlier oflbeiw
Gills Creek school ens of La?i- S
.ster.
Mr. R. H. Pliarr, of Clinton,
. C. and Miss Carrie Wolf,
mghter of Mr. and Mrs. Rosser
olf, of Mecklenburg county, to
are married Christmas Eve.
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Mr. Cleveland Bird, son of Mr. or
eorge Bird, of Flat Creek, and re
iss May Cook, daughter of the jn
te Wm. Cook, of Kershaw,
ere married last Sunday, by a
otary Public M. C. Gardner. p,
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ui. "OIVI1 Virregury, SOU OI Air. til
. E. Gregory, and Miss Annie lo
Ilman, daughter of Mr. Wil pc
im Pitman, both of the Taxa eo
iw section, vtre married last . .
inday. The ceremony was per- di
rmed by the Rev. T. W. N jo
tile. 5(
Mr. Ed. Stogner, son of Mr. '?
M. Siopner, ot the Douglass Cl1
ction, and Miss Emmie Kirk, '''
mghter of Mr. John Kirk, o rv
?nes Cross Roads, were mur- f
ad last Thursday. Both the C<1
id'> and groom have many
iends and a quaintcnces in a'
incaster, where thev had posi- ,1
Qt
)U8 the present season, the ' '
M
tter with Mr Oliver Blackon
and the former with the 11
eath Joties company.
si:
ire in a Drj/ (Joints Store.
tj
Fire broke out in the dry
iods store oi MeHHtn. Myers
icobson, in tli? Moore block, ,j,
,st Friday irorning. caused by
v<
defective stovo liut?. Consid- '
able damage had been done ,
.t.. ^ d:
' ire i hh ii iman were iliscoverI
and extinguished. A lot of
othing on near-by count ers was
imaged from $75 bo $100. The ^
e>6 is covered Dy insurance.
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'orr liobbrtl Saturitdf/ Xiyftt.
The Taylor grocery and con (<
ctionery stoie oa. Main street '
as burglarised Saturday nigln.
he thief waJ evidently conco d- ^
1 in tho building at. the clo-ing v
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our^ and made his exit by un
dting the rear door. He was
sard and seen as he was getting '
it by Policeman Ferguson, who 1)1
derod him to halt as lie ran 11
t c
it of the building, but the thio
i unknown negro man, instea
oh wing tho officer, increased
ssp ed, espe uiily at or Mr
c'rgu on fired a few she s o
are him. About $1 ."> ) i
aallth rue in the till, ?oni
lisin , i.obac j ?, et *, wo e 11';y n j t[
/ ! li-< ne??ri>.
twtt.'i if Mr, Tun Ih-iu:
Mr Thomas l)o n'?. ||n o(Mr. v
laytrm Dsnnis, ot t'n* cot on !
II c ?intnuiiity, died 1 i-t ft i ur j
w hikI ?jis bulled ?>u d :.v in
fe-t Si lw C'loelery. i o wuk
bout 35 years <11 n. d unmar- '
ed. He had be mi an invalid loi 1
iVs?n years. IV
*rid/i of Mr. T/iftwts f'tiilr,
Mr. Thnmas Faile, hou of Ilie*
itn U F. Fai o, died Let Satur- h
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?y 'it noma in ine
axah'iiw arc! ion, of i:vni trouble. S
lo win about -5 years of age '<
ml !o..v- b ? wi.Io ' . ' .? '/ I uriiil S
'jia at t o I* avka o.i 151.1-o yirftl ?><
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News in Brief. (
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The court house at Rutherford- ;
n, N. C., was burned Christ- s
as eve night. Loss about $60. \
)0. It is thought that the fire r
iginated from a cigar or oiga- d
tte dropped among tra^h dur i
g an etertainment iu the build i
g that night.... A boarder a' 1
boarding house in Poltsville, v
n., killed the proprietor Christ- c
as because there was no turkey :
r dinner....J. II. Ilenley, i
>stm?8ter at Ar.sonville, N. C , f
mmitted suicide a few days ago i
. .Raleigh, N. C., voted out its c
spensarylast Thursday,the ma- t
rity for prohibition being over u
)0... . Dr. J. C. Thorn, of Gas- 1
n Shoals, S. C., committed fui 1
do Thursday by cutting his c
roat with a razor. . . . Miss Ma a
I. Bentley, a maiden ladv of o
e vicinity of Tuylorsville, N. G. j
mmitteWv suich e Christmas i
. .Ed WillrW;. col., was shot t
?d killed ThuiS3#y by another j4
'gro, Walter Kay, on .Mr. D K. 1
Kings's plantation near Fort t
ill.. . .Capt. T. L. Vail, an awed c
id prominent citizen of Char t
tte, N. C., died Thursday night ?..Mr.
William Nicholson, a 1
lostantial farmer of York ceun i
r this state, died a tew days ago >
. . .Anderson Calloway, a \oung
Bgro, was lynched at M arquez i
exas, for forcing his way into'a i
aung lady's room.... Admiral i
ewey celebrated his 70th birth- t
ay last Thursday. . . .The nude <
[ ad body of a comely young I
oman was foun'l in a small i
nd near Harrison, N. J. Two
len found in a yacht near by <
ere arrested on suspicion.... 1
is slated that Ex-Gov. John ]
ary Evans will enter the rice j
>r Senator Latimer's seat this i
?ar ...Ernest G. Stedman, a !
rominent lawyer, said to b i
orth ov $7,000,000. commit- !
il suicide in New York Thurs (
xv. by leauiii iu front ol a train c
...Mrs. Annie Reese AmesLi
rv, a teacher of music in Ron- 1
>ke College, Virginia, was shot i
death by her husband while 1
I'inn Christmas dinner.... i
v mi neir'oe* aeic .-hot at a hot
ipi or n (jie< n\v< o 1 count Friynipiht.
All j? r' e - u , rodrinki/.
. . . '>'? 11, li-.iit.ji;: Frida 1
I . U mi 'i't . r f A ken, a- ei- '
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i it .11 sh?' i iul I i 1 d J a run* i
umphroy, a 1 1-year-old lad <-f
tianta. . .John Clark, hi. vvif* 1
id throe children were burned
i death in the deatruclio of ;
ieir li?-m > rc r I? sen, M? s*. *
v fi:p J** itl.?y i ijrht . . . O rnr (
N o: lb C iroJin? nrnonimer
ch-recd villi tlie rfr?ii! *
illing oi Uovoiiuo Oili ?r IIo'?
r ci.*. ?r whom ti e Govtri lent
(Tore d a reward <>l $1,0( 0
is been c aptured.... Duncan
iielliold, n pvfsp i\ai i (Jeorpi?
irnu,r, ? ai tilled Chiis'min by
ia^on. Tnoy qnarre'od nlout a
ors3 ou t buyirv .... Charles
rinir, a ne2.ro, was (.hot, ?nd
i l?-il in'IN in pa, F a., by Deputy
lu r 11' W. IJ. \) a-, whom 1I1.
p?i\> iliroateiieil to Khoot....
11 ?hi uegioes i" Ilentifilti,
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)<!;?., fiave been ordered to leave
own since the lynching of one of
heir number for killing a promnent
business man.... John
hveeny was kil od in New York
>y a stranger to whom lie had.
etused to give the price of a
Irink . . . . John Watts is in jail
n Macon, G i., charged with killng
hi9 wife and burning her
>ody. . . . lieu Edwards,merchant
vas shot and killed in Russell
icunty Ala., by Roscoo Gentry,
armer. They wote riding in a
niggy together.. . .John Tanks,
m innocent- onlooker, was killed
n a row following a Christmas
lintier near Athens, Ga Berram
Snmers, a Californian, shot
ind killed his liule'son, mistaking
lira for a burglar.... Claude Bar>er,
of Barber. jM. C., was seiirasly
shot while hunting by Ihe
evident al discharge of a friend's
:un. . . .John Sellnrs, col., killed
lis Iriend, June Nash, another
legro, in North Carolina,because
he laiter refused to let him take a
wtnfi" of his ci: retfce.. . .New
England cotton mi Is have agreed
o curl ail production 25 per
ent. One hundred and fifty
ho isand workers will bo affectid..
. .Darlington otilcers seized
T5 gallons of liquor in that to v u
Saiurdav. large amounts wero
*lso se z d in the county last
veek... A train was wrecked
aear Lovelady, Texas, Saturday,
(viiiiiig the engineer wud injuring
a number of passengers. ... A l<.tal
fight, occurred Friday in
Caldwell county, N. C. between
tour :no;:ntainc rs, two brother?
named Clark and she Irotiu-rn
Rader, in which the Clarka and
me of the Uuler lirotli *ra v.cio
killed. Run es wfiie u-i d. . . . A ii
Italian iruit ''ai"r i t A-ii v,:b?,
N. C.t a- lobb'd <>l -f 1 000 Our.
mg the holidays.... Dr. Wi iain
Flinn,a eidiet: IVo-diyterian
minister of tii s <?i , who was
orrnerl.v a m u?b< r o! the faculty
>! the Sotuh Car l.na (hdlo^o,
lied in Colund ia as; S tuolny.
. ...VV. 11. Gamer, a 1 hi inberj*
arnier, w si c and kiilei Saturday
by a neijjhb' r, J. J. la fraud.
The trouble was about t:.'tiup
htock.
Notice to Our Customers.
arc* ? hftswl to nnnnnru-u that Foley's
Honey ami iartor coughs, < % <ls; long
ion hi os is not affected hv tim Nationa*
L'nio Food and Drn^ law i?h it oont mis no
; ia'.os <-r otln-r harinfnl >1ii, an I w? r somnieiid
it ns a safo ren ? t \ lor children
rod adults. Fundorhnrk I harmaey.
rtvuth of Mr*. Ski]>j>eryn Ifothc
A1 ?. I! >iid, t h ? mother of
VIr- (I. 11. 6<\ipp r, ?I:_cl on the
2'_-:xl -. 11.jrri-? at !i r lnuno in Chi:u^>,
1 ). I.I r?. Skipper ancl
Mr. Lee Shipper, went ii?
Jliicn^o to attend tli? funeral,
a h cl? was held last. Thursday.
Public Speaker interrupted.
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