23 Aug 1922
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Newspaper
Edgefield Advertiser
Location
Edgefield, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1922
Page
1
The Edgefield Advertiser outlines its publishing policy stating editor J L Mims, established 1935, posts Wednesday issues from The Advertiser Building Edgefield South Carolina. Communications require writer name and certain notices and obituaries are published at advertising rates.
Editorial urges Edgefield voters to weigh candidates carefully before the Tuesday election. It warns that selecting officials with low standards could hinder postwar progress and condemns drinking and unreliable legislators. The piece cites Booker T. Washington anecdotes to illustrate public accountability.
A good friend testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured his kidney trouble after long hours on his feet. T. J. Paul of Jeter Street Box 176 says the remedy helped with back pain, fatigue, and frequent urination, and he has not needed another kidney remedy since. 60c at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
The column recalls Booker T. Washington delivering a Louisville speech to the National Sunday School Convention. It notes two stories told by the famed Negro speaker and hints at a humorous anecdote about being asked to settle a dispute.
County chairman J. H. Cantelou directs executive committeemen and managers to provide polling precincts with one booth per 100 enrolled voters or majority fraction. Booth specs include wood or metal construction, 32 by 32 inches base, six feet six inches high, a front curtain, and a voter task shelf. Booths not required when precincts enroll under fifty. Edgefield, August 23, 1922.
A reflective poem speaks of shadows and sorrow but faith and hope sustain. It recalls divine promises and the sense of renewed purpose, ending with a dedication to bereaved friends.
Trenton K K Club members hosted a Friday picnic at Salters Pond with a served lunch. Guests include Kathleen Glover of Batesburg visiting Mrs. Walter Wise and several relatives traveling from Columbia Lexington and Gastonia.
Advertisement urges voters to support O. D. Seay for State Superintendent of Education in the election. The notice frames the choice as a quality endorsement and calls for campaign support.
The protracted meeting closed at Stevens Creek church last Friday with twelve joining the church and G C Mangum named regular pastor. Many local visits and family gatherings occur across the Long Cane and nearby communities as relatives and friends share weekend time. Congratulations are offered to Mr and Mrs Cleve Walton on the birth of a baby girl.
The State Chairman orders all voters to write full names and ages. Only voters aged twenty one and above may respond. If not done, contact your secretaries and attend to it by August 28 1922.
The column lists visits and hosting by local families including Mrs. Angelina Rutland, Mrs. Emeline Plunkett, and the McGee, Scott, Franklin, Rhoden, and Jackson households. It notes weddings, dinners, travels to Augusta and Edgefield, Doves shooting, and a B Y P A meeting. The Pick of The Lot endorses McLeod for governor.
W. M. Bouknight of Mulberry Hill Johnston South Carolina seeks cedar posts ten feet long with five inch small end and seven feet long with five inch small end.
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