Students Recital Opens College Music Department
A college audience gathered for the first recital of the music department. President Bailey praised a larger attendance this session and highlighted the department's thoroughness. The program featured performers including Margaret Buck Haskin Padgett Roxela Parker Liehner and Thelma Bailey with pieces by Engelman Bohm Sails Anon de Saxey Weber.
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Bailey
Ehh Bells’ Mise
Margaret Mi Buck
Haskin Padgett de Saxey
Miss Thelma Bailey
Roxela Parker
Old English Law on Custody and Guardianship Provisions
Legal provisions discuss custody and guardianship of children under twenty one, detailing deeds and wills controlling custody, remedies for wrongful detainer, and duties of custodians with annual accounting to probate. The surrounding text blends such law with social notices and wedding showers cases.
A Picture of Eternity in Old Virginia Revival
A colored preacher in J. J. McDonald's Life in Old Virginia shares a vivid revival tale. He prompts belief by asking about eternity with a parable of a sparrow dipping its bill into the Atlantic Ocean. The tale emphasizes a daily hop to illustrate the vast, unreal length of eternity, sparking a listener’s response.
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Old
Virginia
J.J. McDonald
Lantic Ocean
Bridges Removed Improve County Roads In Edgefield
W G Collins reports from near the Greenwood line that county roads have markedly improved over years. Fifteen years ago he counted fifty two bridges. now none remain except across large streams. Elevation and drainage removed the small bridge nuisance and reduced stock hazards.
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W. G. Collins
Greenwood Line
Advertiser
Edgefield
Rehoboth News Highlights Crop Progress and Local Speeches
Farmers in Rehoboth report progress planting and fertilizing for a larger crop area, with plans for more food crops as cotton prices drift. Small grain stands are decent despite cold, and many enter the prize acre corn contest. Miss Jennie Gilchrist suffered a fractured ankle, and Mrs Zehner lectured to a large crowd while visitors joined worship.
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B. Moultrie
Marion Traylor
C. C. Burkhalter
Parksville
Jennie Gilchrist
Rehoboth
Lyon School
Woman's Missionary Society
R. M. Winn
Zehner
Mongsthe
J. L. Mims
Edgefield
Zebner
Mims
Carrie
Georgia Burkhalter
Red Hill
Gone But Not Forgotten Pauline Watson Dies at 74 at Dry Creek
At seven oclock Saturday morning January 22 Mrs Pauline Howard Watson died aged nearly 75. She leaves eight children and many grandchildren and was buried at Dry Creek church cemetery beside her husband Calvin Watson a Confederate veteran. The family note her consecrated life and faith and say they hope to meet her beyond the sky.
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Pauline Howard Watson
Dry Creek Church
Tillman
James
Richmond Watson
Johnston
Allen B. Watson
Eulals
C. W. Watson
Edgefield
Milk Punches and cows in the streets joke
Hubbite tours a visitor who jokes about the streets laid out by cows. The Britisher replies with disbelief asking what cows had been drinking, highlighting a playful exchange about local quirks.
Commercial Candor Dispute Over Color Fastness
A shopper quarrels with a clerk over dress goods claiming colors would not run. The clerk insists he stated the colors were fast and emphasizes the careful wording used to convey that point.
Chance to Make Up Reads Like Artful Engagement Patchup
A disputed engagement prompts a hopeful note that reconciliation may still be possible. One party recalls an artistic rationale for the union while the other indicates the ring should be retrieved, signaling unresolved matters and a potential closing action.
Modoc News Notes Town Growth and Local Happenings
Modoc reports four existing stores and four new ones planned plus a mill and foundry talk. Miss Carrie Still teaches the good local school. Rev. T H Garrett pastors and leaves a fine impression. Prices rise on corn meat and flour. J O Marshall to retire March 1. Town described as wide awake with welcoming merchants and sunny homes.
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Modoc
Carrie Still
Greenwood
T. H. Garrett
J.T. Reece
Twin City Power Company
Tess
Luther Gell
Halley
Tom Bussey
Tuck
King of the Horse Traders
Tommie
J.O. Marshall
Death of Joshua W. Harris in McRae Georgia
Kemp returned from McRae to report the death of his uncle Joshua W. Harris at his home in McRae on January 21. A Confederate veteran, Harris was born in the Kirksey area of Edgefield County and moved to Georgia fifteen years ago with his family. He was buried with Masonic rites and is survived by his wife a daughter and two sons. His sister in law was Miss Mattie Schenk, later Mrs. J N Schenk.
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J. Harris
Kemp
McRae
Ethan
Joshua W. Harris
Mr. Harris
Kirksey
Edgefield County
Georgia
Harris
Mattie Schenk
J. N. Schenk
Noted Athlete Opposes Cigarette Smoking at University
Pittsburg January 27. University of Pittsburgh football and track coach Joseph H Thompson leads a crusade against cigarettes among students. Chancellor S B McCormick and faculty back the stance as they discuss plans to strengthen athletic support. Thompson calls cigarette smoking a dangerous habit harming athlete welfare.
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Pittsburg
Joseph H. Thompson
University of Pittsburg
S. B. McCormick
Thompson
Father of Him Census Taker Ages Five Children
A jocular exchange shows a census taker asking the ages of five children. The father estimates Mary will be 18 in September 13, valuing John as nearly 11, and struggles to recall Helen and Fred while mentioning Archie and awaiting his wife’s return at 6:30.
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Mary
John
Helen
Fred
Archie
Heaven
Fragmentary Notice Shows Quoted Snowbound Exchange
A garbled OCR snippet shows a man and woman dialogue about pie and being snowbound. The text references a night ago and the speaker noting availability to move, hinting at a local scene or personal notice without clear names or events.
Death at Trenton Claims Mrs Stoudemayer in Fire Accident
A fire at the home of Mr. Lem Stoudemayer last Monday killed his wife Lizzie Thrailkill Stoudemayer. She burned while trying to extinguish flames on her dress after a fall in the burning room. Dr Morrall attended but she died early Tuesday morning. Interment was in Monetta. The town also notes a large Farmers Union fertilizer wagon turnout and a quiet wedding of A J Day and Marie Roper at the Leila Roper home.
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Lem Stoudemayer
Monetta
Stoudemayer
Lizzie Thrailkill
Farmers Union
Leila Roper
A.J. Day
Marie Roper
Fountain Inn
J. M. Long
Florida
Wolf
Augusta
J. F. Bettis
J. R. Moss
William Addison
Columbia
Business of a Newspaper Man
A critical look at the paradox of local journalism that booms the city to attract readers yet sends much printing out of town to save costs. The piece cites printers and merchants who tout home trade but ship work elsewhere for small per-unit savings, highlighting perceived contradictions in local business support.
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Elberton Star
How Simple. She and He Debate a Dress and Complexion
A witty exchange unfolds as a woman tells her partner the dress clashes with her complexion. He worries about expenses and being ruined, while she clarifies she means the complexion, not the garment. The humor hinges on a misheard fashion concern and a light domestic moment.
Daisy Highlight in Sermon on Creation
A renowned divine preached on The Great and Small Things of Creation noting that God cares for both vast and tiny. He illustrated with examples: the atom of an immense universe, a thread of gold in mountains, and the daisy made by God.
Hard Boiled Eggs Debate at Home
Mrs Dickenharry questions Mary about boiling eggs. The girl says thirty minutes, though the elder insists three minutes would suffice. The humorous exchange highlights kitchen mishaps in a Cleveland Leaders item.
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