14 Aug 1901
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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1901
Page
1
An eye catching diary recounts Captain Parker’s sermon to teachers and a voyage mishmash aboard a Japanese port visit. The entry sketches meals, passengers and cultural scenes, with notes on native vendors and the crowd’s reactions. It covers detours, shopping, and a long harbor journey ending with a return map of further assignments.
Miss Gordon of Abbeville speaks at Wilwin church on August 11 about education as a guide to character. The sermon by Gordon draws a large crowd and touches on civic morals, teachers, and the place of schooling in shaping the nation.
An overwhelmed supper scene in a city reveals a fatal stabbing and a night of chaos. Witnesses describe a thunderous interruption and a violent assault ending in multiple deaths and injuries. Police pursue leads as a massive, scattered narrative unfolds across the dining room.
A Tribune styled analysis argues eastern farm markets suffer from bad roads slowing shipments to cities. It contrasts distant rail shipments with near farms blocked by rough routes, urging nationwide good roads to revive profits, reduce freight costs, and restore market access for producers.
Farmers unable to reach town for provisions, milk shipments fail, schools closed, and funerals delayed due to deep mud. The piece cites widespread highway neglect and cites Chicago Post items from March 29 detailing the ongoing transport paralysis and economic disruption caused by poor roads.
Postal schedules detail near hourly mail closings from Abbeville to the Southern route with pickups and drops listed. Separate reports describe widespread road degradation, impassable routes, and the impact on farmers, funerals, and commerce across Illinois towns including Geneva, Batavia, Joliet, Lemont, Naperville, Princeton, Woodstock, and Waukegan, with many sections declared mudbound or blocked for weeks.
Montana’s new highway law places county surveyors in charge of road maintenance and planning. The surveyor chairs boards of road viewers, keeps survey records, and oversees contracts up to $200 with any excess needing county commissioner approval. Salaries vary by county from seven to three thousand dollars yearly. assistants cannot earn more than eight dollars daily.
Henry Watterson supports national road building with federal funding. The Chicago Times Herald article echoes the idea that roads should connect farms to railroads mills factories schools churches ferries and markets. This would benefit farmers, merchants, professionals, and the public by increasing land value and economic gains nationwide.
A teamster in a muddy county road finds a hat and hears a voice from underneath it. The hat contains a man who jokes he is lucky to be where he is because there is a horse underneath him. The tale, from the Foanil Journal, humorously reflects on road conditions and local wit.
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