Tangled verse and county education notices at Flat Rock
Fragmented notes from Abbeville County teachers discuss grammar lessons and exams on April 24, urging county examiners to meet in Columbia. The piece also mentions Miss Nannie Harkness’s Level Land pupils, late answers from Melton's Academy and Whitefield, and local queries about Jasper Spring's naming. A call to improve Hunter's Spring school with better desks, maps, and comfort follows, urging patron support without debt. Also recounted are vivid local recollections of Confederate guerrilla Jolly and Uncle Simon, with social sketches and random vignettes on education, marriage debates, and community life in Anderson and neighboring counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat Rock
Joli
Hunter's Spring
Abbeville County
Nannie Harknessa
Level Land
Cora Bell
Carrie McWhorter
Emma Carwile
Lula McWhorter
Superintendent of Education
County Board of Examiners
Bard
Columbia
Causa of Education
Tite
Anderson County
Centerville Township
Hunter's
Elropger
Morehan
Hinka
Toasy
Johnnie
John Han
Salustion Oll
Ebaurllly
Hemarebaut
Simon
Henry Winkel
Borat
Poundsady
Seyred
Irregular Attendance Hurts School Progress and Pupil Losses
A large enrollment shows about a quarter of pupils are habitually absent. Weather and other factors contribute, but officials blame teachers when returns are not tracked. The piece urges strong follow up on absences, with teachers showing real concern for each pupil’s progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sehors
Paps
Ibisend
Dairy World notes on member cow payments and losses
Baltimore report discusses a dairy club practice where each member pays 75 cents per cow into the treasury, with a $40 assessment to the loser when a cow dies. Initiation costs are zero except for a small assessment. The club has 130 members and has paid three claims so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Michigan
Dairy World
Lone Star Cotton Picker aims to revolutionize Waco industry
The Lone Star Cotton Picker Company, formed in Waco with $5 million capital, unveils a machine designed to harvest cotton. The device uses 800 fingers on a rotating drum, brushes to strip lint, and a rear receptacle for uncultivated cotton, powered by horses or mules and operated by five workers. It claims 90 percent open cotton yield and daily output of 3,000 to 3,600 pounds, without harming the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Tex
Lone Star Cotton Picker Company
Capital
E. J. Gurley
Seth P. Turner
Angus Campbell
Parentes
Tinois
Lone Star
United States
Missouri
Bull
Caroline
Tennessee
Virginia
California
Murphy
Mascachusetts
United
Boston
Maas
New York
Fayette
Samuel N. Rockhill
Bordentown
N. J
Maine
Robinson
Atchison
Kan
Abe
Haa
Brunswick
Germany
John Jacob Astor
Mick
Astor
Tris
Brantly Ssanders
Donde
North Carolina
Goncord Times
Adam Oberholzer
Wapakoneta
Adam
J. H. Tuman
Augneta Chronicle
Richmond
Georgia Central
Tommy
Tommy Jones
Jones
Twig
Madagascar
India
Uglern
The Little Children That Are Gone and Market Remedies
A reflective sermon or editorial on child loss contrasts with a dubious medical ad for Catarthy Ouro by B. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo. The piece warns against unsafe tonics while urging reverence for heaven given children, then pivots to dubious medical claims about Hall's Catarthy Ouro and a Toledo seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hieaven
Garserenry
B. J. Cheney & Co
Tuledo, O
Esulains Poraeroury
Aula
Hall
T. I. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Dengpie
Remarkable Miscellany of 19th Century Oddities
A collage of observations and quips about crime, health, finance, and life. Notable items include a claim that Indian wars cost the U S government seventy million dollars, a note on medical school output, and varied anecdotes on tobacco for convicts, fortunes, emigration, and curious household details.
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Watkins Book Store
J. N. Watkins
Ferris Bros
Sylvester Bleckley Company
Armour & Co's
Chicago
America
Brown Bros
Cunningham Bros
Pa S
COLA
Seel & Archer
Thaghers
Wardlaw
Anderson
Claude E. Gambrell
Walter L. Casey
Melton’s Academy
A. Eugene Knight
Whitefield School
Vera McGee
Ivy Hollow School
A. M. Reed
H. SY. Caldwell
P. C. McAdams
Shady Grove
Fork Township
Savaonsh
Jasper Spring
Awera
M. N. Mirene
Orn Mosby
Mance Jolly
South
Broxey River
Texas
Jolly
Orr
South Carrolina Volunteers
Dedergl
Brown
Thia
Itm
Counnty
Tolly
Blue Ridge
Gome
Piatola
Dixie
Captain Brown
Chancelloraville
Monce Jolly
Enuay
Caldiera
Tiia
Gorizon
Tesis
Tesis, Married and Became Spencesbla
Greenville News Darck
Pierce
Dr. Sage
Delawara
Bill Anp
CILAT
Atlanta Constitution
Simon Pater Richardson
Iilk
Key West
Florida
South Carolina
Simon Peter
Dutch Fork
Newberry
Buelnesa
Unels Simon
Uasle Simon
Hand
Reao
Uncle Simon
Cla Bimon
Gilmer
Judgs Underwood
Hansel
Cantrell’s
Dahlonega
Underwood
Baye Secu, Tint Tree, It Come From 2 Seed That Was Planted By Old Noonatoatly
Gilty
Hansell
Guiitle
Frazier
Herod
Landeffark
Baron Muchersen
Dron Ayr
United States Cenena Department
General
Anderson Barnwell
Beaufort
Richland
Spartanbor
Sumter
Nov
Pall Mall Gazette
Daniel
Aanert
de Sershore
Weit
Paul
Siegfried
Brunhila
Vatersan
Lees
Ostifornia
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