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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1908
Page
4
The piece notes Magill and Hasden predicting varied shortages and losses on cotton from 12 to 25 percent, with 4000 bales held by planters and many stored under trees. It flags high bank deposits but warns farmers face hard times as corn also risks failure and costs rise.
A Greenwood reader praises Zach McGee’s The Dark Corner noting its vivid sketches of people in the foothills. The reviewer finds the writing pleasing, engaging, and sympathetic, displaying how environment shapes life and calling the work charming during the Christmas reading season.
It mentions F Lyon and J Fraser Lyon the attorney general visiting with friends in the city. The note conveys cordial social greetings among local figures and old acquaintances during their stay.
A historical record details Secession Guards Co F of the 2nd South Carolina Volunteers. It covers its formation at Greenwoulian, reorganization, and officers led by Perryman Maxwell and McDowell. The piece highlights battlefield bravery at Chickamauga Gettysburg and Wilderness with many killed or wounded and notes leadership changes amid the war.
A letter recalling Confederate soldiers from Abbeville County and a town visit by Dr. W. A. Hunter references war losses and local memory. The piece shifts to a proposal about locating discarded cannons as a guard for the court house and to a discussion of state-wide prohibition, urging home rule and public sentiment over legal compulsion.
Mr. G N Nickles was elected supervisor in 1900 and, taking charge December 19, led a $20,000 county debt into a period of major road and bridge rebuilds. A 1901 flood and August freshet destroyed many spans, but under Nickles the county rebuilt 18 to 26 bridges, upgraded crossings, graveled roads, and saved funds by diligent claim investigations. The work, including Dendys and Cannons bridges, and a new county farm, marked one of the state’s most modern programs.
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