02 Mar 1910
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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1910
Page
1
Feb 28 1010 notes from Lowndesville include valentine exchanges among families with jokes, district officials visiting, and trips to Autauga Georgia. Reports speak of railway disruptions near town, a near blaze at a Baptist church, ongoing cold weather hindering travel, and locals adapting to wagon and foot transport.
Schedule shows morning train departs Due West and evening train leaves, with arrivals and connections to Southern Linnaids. Passengers travel from Div Went to the evening relents to reach Lint Went around two oclock. Mention of chocolate and hot and cold drinks at Mithird's drug store and sterling silver goods at Mil rug store.
Vague, garbled text describes a night alarm and mentions names like Mery Beep Foley, Alalanxer, Piley Honey, and a company A Miliard & Co. The readable parts hint at a crueh event with involvement and reactions but lack coherent facts or dates.
A Columbia report chronicles a February health conference uniting men and women of character from across South Carolina to craft a public health education and administration program. The event, chaired by SC Mitchell and W. Gondales, outlined a feasible state health machinery to prevent disease, improve care, and extend humane treatments statewide.
A voiced argument questions who tax dodgers are and demands equal tax payment for all citizens. It condemns wasteful thrift, links wealth to effort, and argues the government should not reward extravagance. The piece asserts all men should pay the same tax, regardless of wealth, health, or misfortune, urging a universal standard.
Prof Joseph EB Lee placed a stone over a deceased relative in Due West cemetery. An engraved monogram aroused curiosity among locals. A meeting of gentlemen discussed its meaning with one member interpreting it as "Bufo Heaven." Kennedy joined the curious committee seeking a solution.
East End column reports heavy rains flooding roads on Route No 1 and Route No 3 damaging terraces and farming. urges patrons to fill mud holes to aid carriers. Mentions A K Drennan and Mrs Margaret Bass visiting, Stella Gilliam visiting grandmother, Clara Bonner and Maggie Reid as visitors, Rev. Lee and wife from Abbeville, Beatrice Adame of Augusta visiting. census costs, Roosevelt homecoming plans, and obituary of Thomas H. Dodge. Also notes local merchants reopening with new stock by Fred Cason and Horace McAllister and updates on Gambrell family and Daisy Link illness.
Volumpia Record notes Erskine College at Due West will meet in Chester on Thursday to organize funds for a $15,000 Wylie dormitory for girls destroyed December 27. The board may also consider a campus home for President J. S. Moffatt. Rev J P Knox presides. members come from Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia. The group praises insurer promptness in loss settlement.
A Democratic primary election is set in Abbeville to nominate mayor and ward officers. Polls open 8 AM to 4 PM with residents on city rolls eligible to vote after party pledge. Appointed managers listed. questioned spelling and names show OCR errors but identify election notices and polling details.
The piece lauds J. G. Hemphill as the editor of the News and Courier, praising his influence in Charleston and across the state. It claims no man has greater esteem in South Carolina, compares editoral service to princely honors, and urges preserving testimonials as part of a lasting scrapbook for future generations.
The editor notes Rev. D G Phillips of Chester declined the Due West congregation pastorate and Hon. D G Brice refused the presidency of the Due West Woman's College. Reasons include public office conflicts and ethical duties. Suggestions include reducing India missionary funds and raising Erskine College salaries to recruit editors and canvassers, with a possible shared presidency at Erskine and the Woman's College.
The Rev. D G Duillips of Chester forms a call to the prisionate of the AR sociale Reformed Ateadeter jan church at Due West with the Rev. D Y Boner serving as de easier.
A cryptic note presents a request about a male bee from Orpington. It mentions multiple daily uses or doses and asks if the recipient can provide assistance. Possible references to purchase or actions are implied, with several garbled terms and names interspersed.
A writer promotes mixing cottonseed meal with two tons of 14 percent acid and one ton of meal to produce fertilizer at $20.94 per ton delivered in Anderson South Carolina. Claims on ammonia and potash contents, weather-driven meal supply, and rising prices. Encourages buying now and lists several grade fertilizer formulas and agent contact.
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