Dollar Day Promises Home Value Boost in Abbeville
Abbeville County merchants plan a July 9 dollar day offering many items at exactly one dollar to keep spending local. Greenwood may follow. crowds fill storefronts, with shoppers targeting clothes and luxury goods. One house sale drew huge activity before 8 AM as departments emptied. Main Street Greenville matches the frenzy with shoppers driving prices down and police help declined.
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Des Greenville
Abbeville
Piedmont
Abbeville County
Greenwood
Greenville
Main Street
New York
Times Square
Clemson College Warns Sweetened Poison Fails for Boll Weevil
Professor A F Conradi notes sweetened poison against boll weevil is not new and has shown little success across 24 years. Since 1898 farmers used molasses with paris green or arsenic. despite long use it never paid for itself as weevil infestations rose in eleven states.
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Clemson College
A. F. Conradi
Fourth of July Festivities At Abbeville Mills
Abbeville mill village plans a big Fourth with a morning barbecue at the Brove opposite the power house and a river of hash plus pies by the score. The mill team aims to homer in two games against Honea Path at 10 and 3. Fireworks display at 9:30 p.m. at the Mill Baseball Park, arranged by the Boy Scouts of the Abbeville Cotton Mills, featuring the Japanese Fan Revolving Fountain and the Blazing Sun.
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Mill Village
Mill
Honea Path
Abbeville
Boy Scouts
Calcium arsenate urged for cotton pests by Prof. Conradi
Prof. Conradi advocates calcium arsenate as the preferred poison for heavily infested high yielding land. He notes it has no greater arsenic content than Paris green or white arsenic of earlier days. He stresses that poisoning must be paired with good land and proper farm management, and farmers should focus on their crop with renewed attention.
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Conradi
Paris
Abbeville Votes Bond for New High School
At a citizens meeting in the Court House Abbeville chose four public school trustees J C Thomson W M Barnwell Joel S Morse and J D Kerr The bond issue of 100000 for a new high school passed 65 to 7 Disfranchisement due to poll tax and weak voter turnout slowed the election but local leaders express pride in progress and the county's educational advancement.
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Court House
Amos B. Morse
J. C. Thomson
Barnwell
Messrs
W. M. Barnwell
Joel S. Morse
J. D. Kerr
Albert Henry
Messrs Thomson
Kerr
Morse
Davidson College
Abbeville
Board of Trustees
Dee. Bist
Fulp
Chief Justice Gary Returns Home After Historic Columbia Visit
Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary returned from Greenville where the Supreme Court met in Columbia for the first time in the court’s history. The justices heard many cases and attended a Bar Association luncheon with distinguished guests including Judge Martin F. Ansel and Hon. D. Durham.
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Eugene B. Gary
Greenville
Supreme Court
City of
Columbia
Bar Association
Istter
Martin F. Ansel
Hon. D. ©. Durham
District Federal Court
Greek Baby Born in Abbeville Colony
Mr and Mrs N G Meros of the Greek Colony in Abbeville welcome a baby girl born last Thursday. The child is growing into a one hundred percent American citizen.
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N. G. Meros
Abbeville
Local anglers depart town for Dyson visit and entertainment
Cols. J. L. Perrin, W. A. Calvert, James Gilliam and Pat Roche left town Tuesday afternoon for Dyson. They will enjoy fishing and the setback parties at the place along with other entertainments offered by Mayor McMillan.
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Cols. J. L. Perrin
W. A. Calvert
James Gilliam
Pat Roche
Dyson
McMillan
Water supplies stay steady as hydrants tested
Water Superintendent C. P. Townsend reports hydrants tested under the new Fire Department chief and in good shape. He adds that despite dry weather and heavy watering for lawns, gardens, and infants, the town’s water supply remains ample and will continue to be so.
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C. P. Townsend
Te Water and Light Plant
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Retirement at North Main Street for Mr Perrin
Mr Thomas Grant Perrin returns home to North Main Street after a week in Memorial Hospital. His health has improved.
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Thos. Grant Perrin
North Main Street
Memorial Hospital
To Close on July Fourth City Businesses Agree
Practically all business houses in the city have agreed to close their places of business on Monday July the fourth. The measure reflects a wide consensus for a holiday observance with many stores expected to remain shut throughout the day.
Election Visit By Professor McTyiere Daniel
Prof. McTyiere Daniel of Newberry traveled to town Monday to observe the bond election process. He lingered to attend to other matters during his stay.
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McTyiere Daniel
Newberry
Abbeville Chamber Adopts Dollar Day Plan and New Directors
At yesterday's annual meeting in the Court House Abbeville County Chamber of Commerce elected five new directors including W. P. Greene A. O. Roche Louis J. Bristow G A Neuffer and Moore Mars The organization approved the Calhoun highway project the Dollar Day campaign and support for Abbeville Memorial Hospital Secretary Barnes noted funds flow to towns elsewhere while urging merchants to offer bargains to keep trade local The by laws were amended to four membership classes and the annual meeting shift to June with quarterly meetings set for August December and March.
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Court House
Abbeville
Calhoun Highway
Abbeville County Memorial Hospital
W. P. Greene
A. O. Roche
Louis
J. Bristow
G. A
Tso
Weaney
Barnes
Chamber
Imperial Council Opens Session in London Amid Prolonged Talks
London June 28. The imperial conference reconvened and is likely to last through July with many topics postponed for further discussion. Lloyd George invites Eamonn De Valera and Sir James Craig to London for Irish talks as empire foreign policy is reviewed privately and debates on renewing the Anglo Japanese treaty surface with possible modifications relating to the United States and China.
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London
Lloyd George
Eamonn de Valera
James Craig
Ulster
United States
China
Dr. Fair to Preach at Presbyterian Church Sunday
Rev. J. Pair D. D. will preach in the Presbyterian Church next Sunday morning.
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DR. Fair
J. ¥. Pair
D. D
Presbyterian Church
Tragedy in Kentucky Farm Kills Eleven in Fiery Collapse
Mayfield, Ky. mystery surrounds the farm home of Ernest Lawrence where eleven people were slain and bodies burned in the dwelling. Fragments were found in ruins and placed in one coffin for burial at Maplewood cemetery. Officials found an axe and firearms. cause of death undetermined. Sheriff McCain maintains a theory of a mental breakdown ending in a mass killing.
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Kentucky
Mayfield
Ernest Lawrence
Pergonsh
Maplewood
Marion McCain
C. M. Mettit
McCain
Lawrence
Otis Drew
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DE Valera
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