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Restrictions

Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections

Scope and Content

The Chester News was a semi-weekly, later weekly continuation of the Semi-Weekly News established in 1913. The name changed to the Chester News in September 1917 retaining the number sequence of the Semi-Weekly News. In 1917 it was a semi-weekly Democrat newspaper. About 1942, it became a weekly paper. W. Ward Pegram and Stewart L. Cassells were the owner/publishers. W. Ward Pegram, Jr. took ownership after his father’s death and published the paper until September 1971 when it merged with the Chester Reporter to form the News and Reporter which is still in publication.

Provenance

The microfilm of the newspaper is owned by the Chester County Library, Chester, SC and was scanned by the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University in 2014.

Publication Date

5-24-1918

Keywords

Chester County SC, Newspapers, Digital Collections, Local History

Disciplines

Journalism Studies | Social History

The Chester News May 24, 1918

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