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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1910
Page
8
Washington county fairs urged with October 26 to 28 dates and all farmers urged to exhibit. Merchants urged to refresh stocks and beautify premises. Editorial promotes unity, propriety, prohibition support, and cooperative effort among residents and business owners for communal growth.
The regular weekly W. C. T. W. meeting at the Baptist church included readings prayer and a discussion on the responsibilities of a father. Eight honorary and two active members were enrolled. The night featured a Blue Pond moonlight excursion by the White Ribbons and a temperance lecture by A. D. Carmichael followed by a Hannah Pritchard recitation and refreshments. The article also argues that legalizing whiskey hurts society and discusses state versus county control over prohibition with quotes from the West Fort Meade Leader.
Mrs Nannie Curtis, a noted speaker on the American temperance platform, will be here on October Sth to discuss the saloon question in an intelligent way. The hour and place will be announced later, and residents are urged to attend.
A roundup of residents and visitors: Persona B Pipkin, Henry Giles, J Ap Steaubolt, R F Scarlett, T Gainer, Rev Clyde Johnwood, Bert Davis, John Taylor, and M G Buck among others visit or move through town. Relations mention trips to Gainesville, Jacksonville, Marianna, and Panama City with family updates and a church service note.
Attention Confederate Veterans Camp McMillan U S VY No 217 calls members to a meeting in Chipley on October Ist for important business. An advertising note invites readers to B Blake Co for a sale on collars belts and harnesses. A press report jokes about a man tying $1000 to a dog's tail to reach home.
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