23 Apr 1902
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Newspaper
Edgefield Advertiser
Location
Edgefield, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1902
Page
1
Local notices outline subscription and advertising rates for The Advertiser Edgefield SC with one cent per word for notices and ten cents per line for other notices. The rest reports US politics, West Point centennial plans, beef price drops, Wade Hampton statue, potato pest control tips, and cotton market cautions urging higher corn planting to boost farmer finances.
A list of factories includes a laundry a yarn mill roller mill brick yard hosiery mill coffin factory chair factory canning factory cotton factory cheap furniture factory spoke and handle factory and a wood working establishment for cabinet work mantles doors sash. Mrs W B Cogburn at bedside of her father William Lott who has had a second stroke and very low hope of recovery. A baseball game on Monday between Edgefield and Johnston juniors, Avery Role top player for Edgefield Reckling stars for Johnston, final 14 to 16 Edgefield leads. Edgefield lodge J O F is planning to attend Odd Fellows day exposition on May 13 likely by chartered car. lodge large and eager.
Correspondent from Cold Spring notes rain aiding corn and cotton plantings, Prof Perryman leaves Edgefield school after a successful term with 90 students, a granite monument for Mrs Alice Hammond is praised, local residents fall ill, and political notices urge candidates to step forward. The writer mentions a reward for Mr Collins’ attackers and signals continuing interest in rail/stead updates.
The Knights of Honor, an insurance fraternal order, is praised as a city of refuge for widows and orphans. The local lodge met Thursday evening with Wallace Sheppard initiated into full fellowship. Over ten years, families of deceased Swagefield lodge members received at least $20,000 from the Supreme K of H treasurer.
A fragment notes birds, especially thrushes, returning from tropical wintering grounds as cold mornings chill and mute their song. It reflects on instinct and the season as birds utter fewer arias while the weather shifts from mild to frosty.
Solicitor J. Wm. Thurmond of Edgefield announces his candidacy for Congress this year. The district includes Beaufort, Hampton, Bamberg, Barnwell, Aiken, Saluda and Edgefield. The sketch highlights his birth on May 1 1862 in Edgefield, early education, law admission in 1888, service in the South Carolina Legislature, and tenure as Fifth Judicial Circuit Solicitor. It notes his record on bonds, nominations, public service, farmer roots, and belief he will deliver governmental advantages to the district.
State of South Carolina Edgefield County Court of Common Pleas entry warns defendants M E Hagood C E Miller J Lewis Timmerman and Albert L Richardson non resident defendants to appoint a guardian ad litem within twenty days from summons service. plaintiff Edwin H Folk, attorney, cites 1902 action filed by 4 D Timmerman in his own right and as administrator of the estate of N D Timmerman against Farmers Bank of Edgefield and others.
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