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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1908
Page
1
A new coal, coke and wood yard has opened on the lot behind Amos B Morse’s stores. They will buy old iron brass copper hides rubber tires bees wax and tallow. Special emphasis on Jellico coal offered at low prices for June July and August delivery with office in Morse’s store and phone 13.
Purity and economy claims for Cotolene compare its cotton field source to lard from pig sties. The ad argues Cotolene is a vegetable product, cleaner and cheaper, needing one third less quantity than lard or butter and endorsed by noted cooks and pure food advocates. Buy a pail of Cottolene today.
Court of Common Pleas in Abbeville State announces a master's sale by decree. The parcel includes a one acre tract and a larger tract of about SEN acres, bounded by John Williams Tanya rd and related properties. Sale to occur on the June sales day at Abbeville with payments per charter terms.
An antique advertisement promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a tonic for digestion liver and bowels priced 35 cents and sold by C A Milford and Co. The text also briefly mentions a real estate market note with short notice on property lots and a Murky reference to Nithgaworth.
Bellevue and nearby communities share a list of local goings on including school closures and home returners, church repairs and services, social visits in Abbeville and Troy, a baseball game between McCormick and Anguate, and a large gathering with attendees from multiple families and relatives. Notable names include Carrie Covannes, Minh Teague, J. Kennedy, Morrah, Wardlaw, Cowan, and Teague relations amid Long Cane communion plans.
Cedar View Mississippi merchant B G Stewart claims buyers receive the worth of gold in weight with each box of Dr King’s New Life Pills. The ad promises relief for constipation malaria and biliousness and notes the guarantee is bold at P B Spued’s drug store. The price is 25e.
Estate of W. J. Stevenson probate notice seeks final settlement and discharge by administrators John W. J. Simpson and John A. Hagen before a Abbeville County judge at 1 a.m. on the specified June date. Creditors must present claims proven and authenticated by that day to avoid barred rights. The notice includes an unrelated advertisement for laxative syrup.
West End residents and visitors are listed with travel, visits, and gatherings. EmmajArialiie Misa expected home Thursday from Blacksbury where she has taught for a year. Mr James A. Hiltapentia left the city last week. Mrs Albert Hawes of Eiberton Ga. is in the city visiting her daughter. Several others are noted traveling to Florence Hendersonville Spartanburg Greensboro and Little Mountain for vacations visits and family duties. Local clergy and society figures are mentioned among the extended network of engagements and movements.
Store ad copy and catalog notes describe ready made skirts and a wide range of fabrics and silks. The text offers discounts, mentions a trip to Alkun, a K D Brown meeting, and condolences for Dr and Mrs Calvert while promoting prices on linens silks and white goods. It mixes sales pitch with personal notices and ordering lines.
Arrangements with Major General Thomas W. Carwile enable a Veterans Special train from Columbia to Birmingham via Southern Railway for the Confederate Veterans Reunion June 9 to 11, 1908. The train departs 1:45 p.m. from Columbia with stops at Newberry Greenwood Greenville Abbeville Hodges Anderson and Belton, joining en route for Birmingham arriving next morning for the reunion. Tickets on June 6 7 and 8 with low rates and return via Southern Railway. inquire through Southern Railway agents C Lusk DP Ay Charleston S C or local agents Prosperity Spar t SB.
Morning rain disrupts due west railroad service. The evening train departs at 5 15. Greenville and Columbia trains meet near Shawls Jovetion two miles below Donside. Passengers connect from both lines to the westbound service. Freight operations and amendment notes follow. A separate brief reports a coughing interruption in a church service and a local vendor Milford's store advertises daily and Sunday papers.
Winthrop College announces the scholarship and entrance examination to award vacant ships and admit new cadets. The test will be at the County Court House of Welday on July 7 at 9 a.m. Applicants up to age limit may enter. awards go to those with the highest average meeting conditions. Applications for school and scholarship forms must go to President Johnson before the examination. Scholarships are worth 100 and free tuition. The regular session begins September 16. For details contact B. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S.C.
By re ordering almost daily we have kept this department complete so that at any time you come in we have the goods to show you in all the latest styles. We are very proud of this department and we are always glad to have you come in and look at the latest styles out.
Notice to Our Customers highlights Speed's Drug Store as agent for Huyler's Candy and DeVoe paints, touts Cinco Cigars, Deng Sto, and Speed's liniment for various horse and animal ailments. Includes testimonials and a plug for Electric Bitters as a general tonic, with pricing and local business references, all in a dense, promotional notice style.
A string of testimonials from Birmingham to Syracuse tout Cooper's New Discovery and Cooper's medicines for indigestion stomach trouble and catarrh. Speakers credit rapid relief and improved digestion after using the remedies, urging readers to inquire at City Drug Store.
The notice lists The Peoples Savings Bank leaders with Thompson Anderson Neuffer Gambrell Owens Gary Stark Cox Harris and others, plus pharmacy and bookshop references. It mentions Easter candy ads and a kidney disease warning with Foley Kidney Cure claims and Milford court house addresses.
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