Abbeville approves bond sale and school building contract
Abbeville School District trustees sold a $100000 bond issue to Prudden and Co of Toledo for 82 and accrued interest. They awarded the contract to J B Owens of Greenville for 56296 08 to erect a new building on Chestnut street with plumbing heating and electric wiring, aiming for occupancy by June 1 1922.
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Dr Daa
Board of Trustees
Abbeville
W. M.J. Barnwell
Pradden & Co
Toledo
Ohio
J. BR. Owens
Greenville
G. A. Harrison
Cincinnati
Columbia
Prudden & Co
National Bank of Abbeville
Owens
Chestnut Street
M J White Killed in Automobile Accident Near Landrum
J Q White prominent Gaston county textile mill man aged about 60 died in a motor car crash on the Spartanburg Asheville highway two miles south of Landrum. His chauffeur was injured and the car rolled into a ditch while adjusting the headlight on a return trip from Sugar Loaf Mountain to Gastonia.
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Gastonia
N. C
J. 0. White
Gaston County
Landrum
D. C
Busi- ‘Ness Associates
Lenoir
Spartanburg
J. Q. White
Asheville — Highway
White
Landram
Sugar, Loaf Mountain
Abbeville Cotton Mill Team Schedule Ongoing Baseball Season
The Abbeville Cotton Mill team hosts Honey Path at the Baseball Park tomorrow Saturday afternoon. Next week the Abbeville mill team travels to Whitmire for two games on the Whitmire diamond before season closes after a successful run.
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Abbeville
Honey Path
Albionirg Amateurs
Abbeville Mill
Whitmire
Middling Cotton Prices Reported At 12 3 4 Cents
Middling cotton is selling for 12 3 4 cents. The description notes a main entrance lobby and walks around the building with a flag pole planned atop the roof.
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Ing
Speed Orders For Congress Set 30 Day Recess
Washington reports speeding orders for a 30 day adjournment of both houses around August 20 under an agreement with President Harding and Republican leaders. The plan includes enacting the agricultural credits bill and tax revision, with rail road debt funding and allied debt refunding to be deferred until September.
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Washington
Congress
Harding
House
Senate
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Curtin
Kansas
Lodge
Curtis
Senate Finance Committee
Shipping Board
Willis-Campbell
Finance Committee
Change of Hour at Curb Market Opens at Nine
Notice announces curb market hours shift to 9 o’clock from 8 and invites all producers to bring trucks by 8 for grading. A 50 cent seasonal fee applies per producer. Town households are urged to visit for fresh beans tomatoes fruits eggs butter and fat chickens direct from the country.
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Seuntel
Reka
Sheriff Outwits Mob In Brazell Murder Case
A mob of over 100 masked men from South Carolina attempted to seize C C Fox and Jesse Gapping at Richmond County jail to prevent their transfer in the Brazell murder case. Sheriff Plunkett moved the pair to a Georgia jail, but the group fled after learning the men had been spirited away.
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Augusta
South Carolina
Richmond County
C. C. Fox
Jease Gappins
William Brazell
Columbia
8. C
Plunkett
Fox
Gappins
Georgia
Watkins Street
Jesse Gapping
Colombia
William Brazel
Chautauqua at Donalds Opens with Community Barbecue
The Redpath Chautauqua Company will present three days of entertainment at Donalds Public School starting Wednesday August 17. A large barbecue and picnic will be held on the school grounds that opening day, inviting all nearby residents to attend.
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Redpath Chautauqua Company
Donalds
Tragic Car Accident Claims Life of James A. Emory
Laurens county report says Newberry man James A. Emory died after a car ride to visit relatives at Enoree. While the vehicle moved he leaned out to check a hind tire, fell from the running board, and fractured his skull. He died Monday at Clinton hospital. Emory leaves a wife and four children. he worked at the Oakland mill.
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Clinton Hospital
Emory
Oakland Mill
Campaign for Soldier Aid Planned in Abbeville County
Dr. G A Neuffer Red Cross chair in Abbeville announces a consolidated campaign by the War Risk Insurance Bureau Red Cross and American Legion to settle ex-service claims. Greenwood area dates August 26 27 29 30 with Abbeville visits to follow. Officials will screen veterans on questions about service related illness injury claims dental medical eye care compensation training employment and benefits including life insurance bonds and medals.
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G. A. Neuffer
Red Grogs
Abbeville County
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Red Cross
The
American Legion
Neuffer
W. D. Wilkinson
Greenwood
Abbeville
Neuifer
Camepaign
Dr. Neuffer
Mr. Wilkinson
Helped Save the State Mr John Hogan Visitation Piece
Mr John Hogan has been in the city visiting old friends while making his home in Washington He is long connected with the Government Printing Office and as a youth trained in the Medium office He lived in Abbeville during 1876 and belonged to the Red Shirt movement aiding Republican rule redemption efforts.
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John Hogan
Washington
Hogan
Abbeville
Mr. Hogan
Federal and Petit Jurors Drawn for Rock Hill Court
Federal and petit jurors drawn to serve in the Federal Court convening in Rock Hill on September 13 include Frank Sherard of Calhoun Falls and W. R. Fleming of Antreville. Petit jurors for the first week are R. H. Greene J F Gibert of Calhoun Falls and E B Thomson of Abbeville.
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Rock Hill
Frank Sherard
Calhoun Falls
W. R. Fleming
Antreville
R. H. Greene
J. F. Gibert
Calhoun' Falls
EB. R. Thomson
Abbeville
Congress Recess Delayed to August 24 or 25
Washington August 11 The movement for a recess of congress received a setback today and as a result the adjournment will not take place until the 24th or 25th.
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Washington
Congress
Woman in murder case declares hopes dead amid mystery
Madalynne Obenehain held in the Belton Kennedy homicide writes from jail in Los Angeles claiming Arthur Burch is innocent and that two poorly dressed men shot Kennedy. She says she still loves Kennedy, describes the night, and says her interests and life are finished.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Belton Kennedy
Arthur Burch
Russell Hotel
Burch
Belton
Orever
Veterans Hold Reunion at Carswell Institute
United Confederate veterans gathered at Carswell Institute for the annual reunion. About 1,000 people attended including descendants. speakers were Sheriff Os Marett, Solicitor Leon W. Harris, and Leon L. Rice. The veterans were members of the Twenty Fourth regiment.
Wilkin sons depart Florence after visit with parents
Alvin and Walter Wilkinson returned to Florence this morning after stopping to see their parents Mr and Mrs J M Wilkinson.
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Alvin
Walter Wilkinson
Florence
Mrs
J. M. Wilkinson
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Baseball News
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Brazell
Savannah
Newberry Man
Bureau OF War Risk
Insurance
DR. Weuffer
Federal and
Petit Jurors
Mia
Madalayne Obenehai
Beverly Glen
Madalynne
Sheriff's Office
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