Voting contest fuels big prizes for local ladies
A community voting contest opens with a first count on January 23. For each $1 spent with sponsoring merchants, voters earn 25 votes. new subscriptions yield 600 votes. merchants will not glue coupons on noncash purchases. Nominees from Abbeville to Lownesville compete for a piano and other prizes, with disqualification rules to ensure fairness.
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Vox
Publishers’ Music Co
Fied
Dargan-King Co
L. W. White Co
C. A. Milford & Co
Parker & Reese, Hays
W. A. Calvert
J. 8. Cochran
D. Poliakert
McMurray Drug Co
Obermeyer & Sons
Governor Blease vows to match Arkansas on peniten tiary reforms
In Columbia on December 18 Governor Blease attacked the hosiery mill at the penitentiary calling it a tuberculosis incubator and warned of freeing convicts if the legislature does not abolish the mill. He also pledged to veto any compulsory education bill. Miss Ruth Calvert, ninth grade pupil, suffered severe hand injuries in a basement fan accident. doctors hope to save her limb.
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Columbia
Blease
Donaghey
Arkansas
South
Carolina
Penitentiary
Arkangas
Hall
Mise
Ruth Calvert
W. A. Calvert
Alee
Miss Calvert
Fortuntely
Cheat
Pupila
G. A. Neyffer
General Assembly
Whiskey Lane
Circuit Court
Money to Burn Thrift Turns to Loss in Abbeville
Sam Wilson kept fourteen dollars in a stove corner for Christmas but a fire sparked by Robert Wilson lighted by a servant’s morning search consumed the cash. The incident leaves the sympathetic townsfolk noting thrift must meet prudence to avoid similar misfortune.
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Sam Wilson
John
Robert Wilson
Christmas Exercises at City Graded Schools
City graded schools held Christmas exercises last Friday with recitations songs and Christmas trees delighting pupils Remembrances were given to teachers by different grades The pupils will have a one week holiday resuming Monday December 30.
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Childen
Dr J J Neel to be taken to Philadelphia Hospital
Abbeville mourns the pending move of Dr J D Neel of Troy to a Philadelphia hospital for treatment after a brief stay at Greenwood hospital. The respected physician, father of Dr G P Neel, is dearly regarded and his recovery is closely watched by friends.
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J. J. Neel
Philadelphia Hospital
Abbeville
J. D. Neel
Troy
Philadelpha
Greenwood Index
Greenwood Hospital
Philadelphia
Neel
G. P. Neel
A L Vestimle Derailed In Attempted Train Wreck
An attempt to wreck the northbound Seaboard Air Line at Maxwell yards drove a spike into a switch. The train, traveling about 40 mph, derailed only the baggage coach, delaying the train about an hour with no injuries. This marks a second wrecking attempt at the same point and will be thoroughly investigated.
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Seaboard Air Line
Maxwell Yards
Greenwood Index
Marriage Licenses Issued Only to Colored Couples Since December
Judge Miller has issued multiple marriage licenses since December 10 to Black couples from Abbeville Mt Carmel Due West and Iva with both parties named. No licenses have been issued to white couples in this period. The list includes Elliott Houston Eula Davis Hunter Rosana Hall General Sanders Laura Freeman James Western Emma Williams Boney Green Gunsie Riley William Gibert Lula Harris Henry Miller Ola Harris Jake Kay Henrietta Hamilton J H Russell Mattie Baoks Iva Thomas Robertson Addie Harking Webb DuBose Carrie Pettigrew Richard Davis Georgiana Kaki and others.
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Miller
Elliott Houston
Eula Davis
Abbeville
Geo. Hunter
Rosana Hall
Mt Carmel
Sanders
Laura Freeman
James Western
Emma Williams
Boney Green
Gunsie Riley
William Gibert
Lula Harris
Henry Miller
Ola Harris
Jake Kay
Henrietta Hamilton
Due West
J. H. Russell
Abbaville
Mattie Baoks
Iva
Thomas Robertson
Addie Harking
Webb DuBose
Carrie Pettigrew
Richard Davis
Georgiana Kaki
Lethe Scholarships Should Favor State University Too
W Bradley of Abbeville County urges The Press and Banner to adjust the Lethe estate grants to include the University of South Carolina alongside Clemson and Winthrop. He argues broadening to all state institutions, including engineering and education, would prevent overconcentration at one college and better serve road, teaching, and public school needs.
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Supreme Court
Ea‘tate
County of
Abbeville
Lethe ‘School
Winthrop College
Clemson College
University
Abbeville County
Tech
W. Bradley
University of South Carolina
Local Notables Spend Holidays Across Towns
Mr G W Carrol spent Tuesday in Monroe with friends and relatives. Mrs V D Thomas went to Augusta to visit relatives. David Wood visited Tom Niebling in Augusta. Chief Justice Eugene B Garys at home for the holidays. J Frank Clinkcal es traveled to Columbia on business. Hon J Moore Mars returned from Washington. J C Shrine of Santuc neighborhood was in town. T P Quarles of Butla Ala is in Abbeville for the holidays. Gadet Wyatt Aiken back from Clemson for holidays. Hon Marshall P DeBruhl spends holidays at his Abbeville home. Clerks of the engrossing department include Maud Scott and Louise McDill from Abbeville County.
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G. W. Carrol
Monroe
V. D. Thomas
Augusta
David Wood
Tom Niebling
Eugene B. Garys
J. Frank Clinkacales, Esq
Columbia
Abbeville
Abebville County
Maud Scott
J. Frank Clinkcales
Louise McDill
Woman's College
Kenyon Bill 10 Help Prohibition Debate Spreads
Washington reports indicate strong push for Webb Kenyon bill to curb interstate liquor shipments into dry states. Anti-Saloon League leaders argue it targets shipments to speakeasies without hampering legitimate liquor use. State politics discuss compulsory education, railroad rates, and a statewide prohibition law ahead of the legislature session.
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Washington
Anti-Saloon League
Cannon
Judiciary Committee
Purley
Anti-Saloon League of America
United States
Union
Kenyon
Hquor
Visitor from Abyssinia lectures at local churches
Rev. Father C. F. Checkzzli, described as a Trinidian Abyssinian ex priest and Coptic lecturer, spoke Sunday at Bert Temple and Presbyterian church. He preaches that Africa will be the final home of the Black race as whites depart to their zones, urging moral culture and religious virtue. He set engagements for Monday and Tuesday at Afro Presbyterian church and for a farewell address.
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C. F. Checkzzli
Bert Temple
Presbyterian Church
Africa
North
Washington Post
Omaha Bee
New Ses Picayune
America
Europe
Jesus Christ
Death of Mrs Bessie Simmons in Calhoun Falls
Mrs Bessie Simmons 29 died at her Calhoun Falls home on Saturday morning. Remains were brought to Greenwood Sunday afternoon for funeral in the city cemetery at o'clock with Rev C H Jordan officiating. She was the former Miss Bessie Pinson of this city and is survived by husband, three children, parents, and several siblings.
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Bessie Simmons
Calhoun Falls
C. H. Jordan
Episcopal Church
Simmons
Joe F. Pinson
Mr. Simmons
Greenwood Index
The Value of Long Staple Cotton Advised by Anderson Mall
In Anderson County the farmer R S Ligon urges planting long staple cotton like Webber for higher premiums. He warns against mixing varieties and explains that true length is the average fiber, not pulled or ginned lengths. He predicts strong profit if growers adopt disciplined, single-variety cultivation.
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R. S. Ligon
Webber
Gluck
Darlington County
Anderson County
Webber Cotton
Anderson Mall
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