Abbeville Remembers Its Pioneering Citizens and Schools
A long address extols Abbeville County history and institutions. It lauds early settlers from religious persecution, notes the Long Canes massacre, and honors Erskine College, Due West Female College, Cokesbury School, and local churches. The speech praises education, religion, and public spirit, detailing schools, endowments, and notable figures from Abbeville’s civic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aod
Abbeville County
Lowndesville
Willington
Clear Spring
Due West
Abbeville Dispensary Claim Denied By Paper For Court Cost
The paper rebukes rumors that Abbeville's court house and cement pavement were funded by dispensary profits. It notes the court house debt remains about 860,000, with 28,000 paid by a special tax levy, and asserts no dispensary funds financed the 78,000 cost. It cautions against political preachers misrepresenting daily affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ttme
Abbeville
Eplendid Court House
Court House
Missionary Collections Suggest Higher Per Capita Gifts
Mr J H Ross secretary of the laymen Movement urges local organizations to set a minimum per capita for home missions at five dollars and ten dollars for foreign missions with a total annual target. He also proposes denying Christian burial to men who refuse to pay fifteen dollars, except in Mexi1 00 where no payment is required, highlighting funding needs for the missionary effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer Erskine
Secession Church
Scotland
Erskine College
Erskine
A. R. P. Erskine Theological Seminary
Due West
A. R P
Erskine Miscellany
Due West Telescope
Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Ebenezer
A. R
Erekine College
Abbeville County
W R. Hemphill
Friends
E. Pressly
D. D
N. M. Gordon
J. N. Young
J. P. Pressly
Te College
Aucvess
Brekina College
J. 8. Moffatt
J. H. Ross
Laymen's Movement
Ross
Jession
Pareto
Calls for further probes into state fraud and bonds
The writer urges the commission to uncover fraud in the State dispensary and cost of State notices, urging reports on bond repudiation before the war to fund the State house. They also question liquor contract prices and note clerical speeches opposing Santa Claus to push the gospel to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westley
New York
South Carolina
Abbeville Probate Court Summons in Pratt Pratt Case
In Abbeville County probate court Latimer Br administrator of Parla Cowan estate sues Priscilla Cowan Martha Donald Alexander Pratt Braxton Ezekiel Pratt Mattie Pratt Perouoma Pratt and Lawrence Pratt. Notice to absent defendants to answer the complaint filed November 12 1908 with 20 days to respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Lawrence
Jt ‘Adge
Mid County
Abbeville Court House
Booth
Alageseae
Peta
Marthe Dae Sietel Pratt
Mae Pretra Xt
al Bernoma Pratt
Wnd
Lawranch Patty
Authority County
State of South Carguga
Ij J. M. Nickles
Plaiitia
Trust Deed Sale of 11 Acre Abbeville County Land
Trustee N Bleckley will public sale the 11 acre tract in Mage Township Abbeville County at Kerrs Creek, adjoining C B Allen Mrs Thompson J T Carson and others, as described in a trust deed by John T Powell dated February 24 1809. Sale is cash with purchaser paying for papers. Anderson South Carolina December 1908.
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Cokesbury
Stephen Olin
Tabernacle School
Mt. Ariel
Malcolm McPherson
South Carolina
Charleston
Coke
Asbury
Dolisbury Conference School
Lucy Calvert Thomson
Methodistan
South Ccaroliaa
Abbeville
Cokesbury Conference School
U. S
Abbeville County
Greenwood County
Abbasille
Court of Common Pleas
Lino L. Newell
Guillerme Newell
Court of 16 Pleas
Abbeyville
Fannery
Wale
Tedd
Tomel County
Stan Banite
Covin
T. G. Baker
P. A
Ald County
Stata
Ty Lan Acres
Porthaser
John T. Poora
Abber Uty
Prage
Mage Township
Kerr's Creek
C. B. Atlen
2. Thompson
J. T. Carson
N. Bleckley
Anderson
Death of Mrs Coogler in Atlanta Crosses Abbeville Mourning
Notice of settlement and final discharge follows the death of Mrs Sallie Scott Coogler. She died in Atlanta last Sunday after a long life described as one of the best women in Abbeville. She was married to telegraph operator Thomas Coogier and the couple lived in various locations before settling in Atlanta. Many friends mourn her passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lethe
Rolavery
Abbeville
Bathoy
Peek
Everlisuing
Abbevilla
Erskine College
Sallie Scott Coogler
Atlanta
Thomas Coogier
A Fine Farm for Sale Abbeville South Carolina
Notice to creditors and heirs in the estate of Susan Banner, deceased, detailing indebtedness, claims, and distribution options. Describes a plantation near Abbeville with cotton land, multiple tenant houses, barns, and water wells. Purchaser options include four to five tract divisions, cash partial with long-term balance, and potential sale of additional plantation nearby. Auction-like sale terms and dates referenced by WM Mos Dee of Watts, South Carolina, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Abbeville
Paovata
Eatate
Susan
Deblaga
AML
Mort
Daing
Lote
Banister
Anister
Mexico
Litetle River
Mos Dee
Watts
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Estraet
Mr. Wilson
South Carolina Conference
Old
India
Abbevil County
Long Canes
Anguata
THE
Lethe School
John BeLa Howe
DUE West Female College
J. I. Bonner
James Boyce
P. Synod
B. E. Pressly
W. R. Hemphill
J. I Bonner
J. Lee
R. ©. Sharp
D. O. Hawthorn
J. P. Presaly
John Cowan
A. 0. Hawthorn
J. R. Wilson
Galloway
J. L. Miller
B.C. Grier
J. P. Kennedy
West Female College
Bonner College
Harbison College
Ferguson Academy
City OF Fine Crurches
Miller’s Hotel
Wm. Hughey
Episcopal Church
Thomas Parker
Thomas Jackson
D. B. Smith
Episcopal
J. Foster Marshall
J. W. W. Marshall
Dr. Marshall
Long Cane
Long Cans
Baptist Church
C. H. Toy
R. N. Pratt
Agnes Quarles
S. A. Brazeale
Richard P. Quarles
A. BR. P. Church
J. H. McDill
Thoma P. Thomson
C. B. Blagh
R. RB. Hemphill
W. 0. Bradley
J. 0. McClane
Claudis Ella Bell Eldera
W. O. Bradley
T. P. Thomson
J. Hyne McDill
C.D. Haddon
H.T. Sloan
Thomas@. Enright
Presbyterian
Methodist
Baptiste
J. L. McMillan
Frederic Minshall
Abbeville's Confederate Monument
Abbeville's
Alyhys
Willington School
Adun
Aloui
Uae
Californis
Moses Waddell
Yonn C. Calhoun
James L. Petigra
Judge AB
Longstreet
George
McDuffie
W. H. Crawford
W-D. Martin
Hugh Legare
George Ww. Ghthéleseons Crawford
D. L
F.H. Wardlaw
N. P
P. M. Butler
Dr. DeLa Howe
Pig Sons
Joh N. Waddell
University of Mississippi
Arsa
South
Western Presbyterian University
Clarksville
Tenn
United States
Andrew Johnson
Tennessee
Andrew Jackson
Jackson
Calhoun
Tackson
Martin van Buren
Mrs. Eaton
Washington
Abbevilles
Santa Claus
South Caroline
RE. Hill
B.C
Trustee's Sele
W. T. Cowan
Rosenberg Mercantile Co
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