Evolution of cotton in Carolina history and seed trials
The article discusses cotton origins in India and the Carolinas, noting England’s demand for cheaper fiber. It describes early coastal struggles with lint adherence to seed, experiments with Indian seed, and the trials of South Carolina proprietors who found Carolina cotton hard to separate from the seed, leading to limited early cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina
Hammond
India
England
American
South
Wits
Catton
Charleston Indies
Charleston
St. Maverick
Gaillard
Te Minstrela of the Balkans Heads Chautauqua Program
The Juge-Slav Tamburlea Orchestra known as Te Minstrela of the Balkans will appear as a standout feature at Stedpath Chautauqua. Dressed in colorful homeland costumes, they perform with the tamburica and offer Balkan melodies, operatic selections, and American popular songs in varied concerts. The troupe’s music program innovations are praised as memorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Te Minstrela
Balkans
Juge-Slav
Stedpath Chautauqua
King Cotton and Southern Heritage in Cotton Fields
The piece paints cotton as central to the South’s livelihood, noting modern tools replacing the hoe and families working together during harvest. It describes children playing near field piles as elders’ songs echo across the rows, portraying cotton’s deep cultural roots in the Sunny South. It also mentions a piano moved from Boston to Portsmouth and now preserved, with a local printing note to do job printing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southland
South
Bigain
King Cotton
Claims Oldest Piano In United States Likely 1763 Zampe Build
Charles W Gay of Portsmouth New Hampshire claims his London built piano from 1763 by Johann Zampe is the nation s oldest. The instrument was brought to America about 1784 for John Jacob Astor and endured rusted strings and wood cracks from travel and dry air as it passed through the Astor and Emery families before reaching its current holder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles. WL Gay
Portsmouth
N. H
Sarah E. Robert
Edward E. Robert
Hartfordlieves
London
Johann Zampe
United States
John Jacob Astor
New York
Hartford Courant
Astor
G. Alexander Emery
Boston
Emery
Cotton Kings the South A History of a Staple
The piece traces cotton from colonial home spinning to its rise as a dominant crop in South Carolina and the South. It discusses early cultivation methods, gin invention, and the growth of mills in Greenville and the upcountry, noting leaders and regions that propelled the industry and the cotton boom despite challenges like floods and the boll weevil.
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America
William Moultrie
South Carolina
de ‘Wight
Ivery
Featton
New World
Charleston
Santee
General Moultrie
St. John's Parish
Berke- Tay
Moultrie
Massachusetts
St. David's Parish
Pee Dee
James Island
Lndy
Williamaburg
South Carolina Homespun Company
Greenville
William Bates Terves
Greenville County
Rocky Creek
Buaport
Sparthichurr
Buroee
North Carolina
Georgia
South
Piedmont
Thanking supporters as new address announced
A folded note thanks patrons for past support while with Singer Sewing Machine Co and solicits continued patronage. The speaker announces the new location at the Aiken Electric & Construction Co. store beside the Express office with phone number 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Same
Aiken Electric & Construction Co
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Hammond Cuiet
Flescy
Hemingway
Central National Farm Loan Association W
JONES
Sec
Treas
Croft Bldg
Aiken
3. C
Hendersons & Salley
State
United State Courts
H. J. Ray
Farmers & Merchants Bank Bldg
Aiken, South Carolina
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Drs. Rich and
Bley
University of Pennsylvania
Herbert E. Gyles
Claude E. Sawyer
Croft
R. L. Gunter
M.A. Wilder Gunter and Wilder
Attorneys At Law Bank of Western Carolina Building
D. W. Gaston, JR
First National Bank
G. A. Milner
J. Res
L.m.terry
Aiken, 5. C
Palmetto Engineering Co
L. H. McGullough
C. E
Mgr
Offhe Palmers&Merchants Bank
Jugoslav Tamburica
New Hampshire
Peter Gaillard
Jones Sinkler
Belvedere
Great Britain
Samuel DuBuac
Black Oak Agricultural Saviety
John Teasdale
Bryan Cape
Wade Hampton
Oke
J. H. JOHNSON, A_LA
Bank of Western Carolina Building
Bailie Furniture Co
Augusta, Gt
Broad Street
Wall Papers
Bertha Chapman
Augusta, Ga
L. L. Toney
East Hayne Avenue
S.C
Redpath
Kentucky Mountaineer
T. Dinsmore Upton
Frank Gordon
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