Magnificent crops on the northwest side through Plum Branch
The Advertiser man tours the northwest side, praising a prize corn field at Mr. Winn’s Plum Branch farm. He notes exceptional yields, heavy fertilizer use, and a string of prize acres with vast potential. The journey includes visits to Rehoboth church and local households, plus an annual protracted meeting led by Rev. L B White.
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Advertiser
Edgefield
Prim Grand
John Huzhey
John
John Hughey
Job
Rehoboth Church
Littlejohn
Elfmen
Adam
Ut. Eye
Hughey
Pinm Branch
Rehoboth-Plim Branch
White Town
Plum Branch
E.C. Winn
Ryan Cochran
Mr. Winn
Cor
Baptist Church
L. B. White
Lass
McCormick
White
Winn
S. Cheatham
Cheathii
Social notes and family visits in Johnston area
Johnston area residents host and visit relatives from Savannah Augusta and Atlanta. Local trips include Miss Rosa Hirschner and Miss Fan nie Shade visiting Saluda friends, and town folk attending Centre Spring picnic. Weather rough with a damaging hailstorm and flood overflow. Ep ton Cheatham reports corn improving despite rain and plans to switch to new method.
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Mark Cox
Savannah
J. W. Hester
Addie Stansell
Augusta
Thos. Stansell
Charlie Nickerson
Anparts
Wilber Wertz
New York
Templeton
Atlanta
Lyceum
D. of G
Rosa Hirschner
Fannie Shade
Sue
Ella Smith
Sara Stevens
Saluda
JW. Payne
M.T. Turner
Mr. Payne
Saluda River
Clappelle
Thomas Stansell
Sally’s
Harlem
May Taylor
M. R. Wright
Sullivan's Island
Ben Mays
Edgefield
Nina
Andrina Outts
Greenwood
Misa Petula LaGrone
Boatwright
Harriet Toney
Kirtland
Ola
S. C
Vidalia
Geo. Waters
Brown
Sallie Bland
Alice Cox
Lucas Walker
Glenn Springs
Smith
Ocilla
M. L. Lawson
Magpie Hill
Roger Hill
Trenton on the Go reports local sowing and market updates
The Trenton note discusses Fodder pulling ending with late plantings possible, cotton beginning to open and soon on the market, and estimates of yields seen as high but likely overstated. It mentions revival services, residents traveling to Baltimore and New York, and local visits among families and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
County Places
A. J. Day
Bashier
Bank of Trenton
Henry Hughes
W.M. Leppard
Baltimore
New York
Presbyterian Church
Jerome Courtney
Darlington
Fletcher Padgett
Clyde Crouch
Saluda
Promoters push Augusta road plan through Edgefield area
A new railroad venture led by Frank Charles and partners, backed by J B Charles and Col J P fedmont, seeks rights of way along the Augusta road from Edgefield through nearby towns to Greenwood and Augusta. They aim to engage farmers and residents, anticipate either electric or steam service, and promise broad regional benefits if chartered.
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Pany
Greenville Ges
Greenville
J.B. Charles
Col
J. P. Fedmont
P. Charles
Agusta
Knoxville
Nce
Frank
J. PB
Charles Ther
HL. Zimmerly
E. Faucet
New York
Dad
Augusta Road
Henry Brigg
Charles
Greenwood
Augusta
Boston Transcript Joke on Indefinite Marriage Plan
A light item from the Boston Transcript features a quip between a couple about living on brown bread and water to improve a complexion and the man's joke that they should marry indefinitely, highlighting a witty newspaper moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Day of Departure Inferred By Southern Maid
A Southern town conversation between a mistress and her colored maid Jenny reveals plans for time off to attend a fiancé's funeral, followed by the maid declaring certainty about his hanging, illustrating bold fatalism and social dynamics of the era.
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Jenny
Mary
Ple
Colliers Letter Notes Visits and Local Happenings
Fodder pulling season under favorable weather as Colliers residents share visits with relatives. Miss Addie Smith returns from Collier and Antioch with Jamie Miller. the Harlings visit Ed Hammond. Meetings at Republican church yield additions and planned Baptism. Community reports on residents, visitors, births, illnesses, and a baseball game ending with unspecified outcome.
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Collier
Antioch
Addie Smith
Savannah
Jamie Miller
Jack Harling
Dle May Miller
Augata
Myrtle Pierce
Columbia
Mamie Addison
Edgefield
Rath Hite
Effie
Nannie Marsh
Morgana
Madge Dunn
Falfa
Effie Wates
G.W. Buswey
Republican Church
Littlejohn
John P. Mealing
Republican
Sheen
Thaiay
Meriwether
Netzhbost
J. T
Ida Miller
T. B. Gilchrist
Rehoboth
Colliers
Messrs
Tom and
F. B. Williams
Cleora
A Club and a Feast in Parksville Hat Tale
A Parksville hat sparks a fashionable secret society the Dann and Venus and other tongues. The group hosts feasts with feminine officers and notable guests including Miss Helen Smith and Mr Moore. Local anticipation grows as future public events are teased by the Advertiser correspondent Anon.
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Parksville
Venus
Polyglot Club
Aparking
Cating Club
L. F. Dorn
Helen Smith
Newberry
Moore
Greenville
Don Quixote
Sancho Panza
Panza
Sallie Parks
Martha Dorn
Coulht
Fowler
Mrs. Fowler
Cicero
Mr. Dorn
Miss Smith
Dorn
Bell
Mesars
N. Dorn
J. H. Elkins
Jas. Parks
D. A. Bell
Anon
Sancho Panza Defeats Flat Rock In July Match
In Flat Rock on July 21 Coll iers defeated Flat Rock 19 to 0 as the game showed no chance for Flat Rock. Earlier at Collier on the diamond Sweet Water won 18 to 15 in the morning and 8 to 6 in the afternoon, with Collier pitcher fatigue cited as a turning point. Mrs. C. T. Mathis visits Batesburg with adopted daughter Aminee Cartledge and Mrs. Edwards and daughter Sue. Dr. W. E. Prescott’s new gin near the terminus of the key road promises busy season under Tom Miller. G. D. Mims returns to Parksville after overseeing a flour mill overhaul. George Adams visits ill Mia Anna Swearmeigen in Trenton.
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Flat Rock
Colliers
Collier
C. T. Mathis
Batesburg
Aminee Cartledge
Edwards
Miss Sue
Grin
W. E. Prescott
Key Road
Tom Miller
Bob Parks
George Adams
Mia
Anna Swearmeigen
Trenton
Red Hill Meeting Ends With 26 Candidates For Baptism
A long annual protracted meeting at Red Hill ends with 26 candidates for baptism and one new member by letter. Evangelist J. E. McManaway and Pastor lead several powerful sermons, with visitors from multiple towns and a planned union meeting next weekend. An entertainment by Ruth Hite honored Miss Pearce of Columbia, and preparations for a large turnout continue despite runaway chickens.
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Littlejohn
J. E. McManaway
Evangelist
Sallie Haltiwanger
Salada
Janetta Quarles
Hattie Pearre
Norma North
Mattie Summerall
Fovehe
Augusta
Viola
Josepha Burnett
Greenwood
Pat Robertson
Modoc
Leila Kemp
Greenwood County
Milton Bussey
Beulah Jumper
Springfield
Wallace Prescott
Edgefield
J. L. Quarles
Johnston
Albert Talbert
J. C. McFarland
Alice Prescott
Washington, D. C
Hugh Waten
Myrtis Redd
Walter Holston
Fed Bledcoe
Ruth Hite
Marrying Freeholder? Tales From Old Civic Banter
A brief exchange shows a judge questioning a freeholder about his status and opinions, with a humorous line about marriage three years prior. In a separate frame, Mrs Styles asks for a legal mutton from a black sheep, noting mourning, reflecting playful period wit from Jewish Ledger.
One Exception In Investment Soars And Then Falls
In a wry remark, the line notes that apart from one exception all Toe’s investments have faced volatility. The sole investment spared the market wobble was an air ship, described as the exception amid broader uncertainty.
If You Were My Wife I’d Take It Poison
An Irishman in a dep ot smoking ignores a woman's rebuke and jokes that if she were his wife she would take poison. She retorts she would poison him, but he quips that if she were his wife she would take it herself, ending the exchange.
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Kansas City
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Tom
Prescott
Lewis Hammond
Miss Alpha
Baxley
Mrs. Baxley
Baby
J. N. Crafton
Kate Addison
Due West
Colliers School
Casin
T. L. Miller
Walter Harris
D. T. Mathis
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P. B. Whatley
Lucile
J. W. Thurmond
Joe Miller
Wes
RED Hill Meeting
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