30 Jul 1919
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Newspaper
Edgefield Advertiser
Location
Edgefield, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1919
Page
1
In a 1920s Edgefield column the editor jokes about mud and Ford cars while railing at social topics. Editorial quips target race, living costs, temperance, and national concerns with regional flavor and sharp witticisms.
The item jokes about the ex-kaiser and Germany lacking a throne. It notes Chicago race prejudice akin to a past conflagration. Hoover helps Edgefield avoid picnic habits as social gatherings grow rare. A young woman buys many hats despite going bareheaded most of the time. European nations might seek to calm U S tensions, but an American race war could flare quickly.
A New York mass meeting speaker urged pursuing so called constructive work by blacks, which critics call destructive and potentially catastrophic. A Chattanooga preacher allegedly wrote to President Wilson threatening further violence before blacks submit to injustices. The piece warns such leadership in other regions could harm race relations, while predicting harmony locally.
The letter criticizes ex Governor Blease for opposing the white primary and seeking a general election bid in the seventh district. It accuses him of disloyalty to Southern traditions, hints at motives to win the negro vote, and calls for unity among white voters amid tense race and political conditions. It notes large negro voter registration and urges support for the Democratic path.
A heartfelt retrospective honors Thomas Lanham Dorn who died at age 14. The piece lauds his Christian faith, kindness, and influence on peers and family, urging memories to inspire virtue and a Christlike life. It notes his birth in 1904 and death in 1918 and emphasizes his modest generosity and church involvement.
A fragment notes that the adopted plan will not meet approval from even a handful of white men in the seventh congressional district, signaling local resistance to an unspecified proposal.
In Augusta Georgia a copy of the will of late United States Senator Benjamin R Tillman of Trenton South Carolina was filed with the local clerk of court along with executor papers naming his son B R Tillman Jr. The will previously filed in Edgefield last August following Tillman’s July 2 1918 death leaves Tillman property to Mrs Lona Tillman Moore at the Broad and Kollock Street site now used by Augusta Vulcanizing Company. Other South Carolina farm lands and remaining property are divided among his widow and four children with the Trenton home place for the widow and grandchildren receiving books and Tillman library staying in Trenton. Two busts are given to Clemson and Winthrop colleges. Children must care for one old faithful Tillman servant.
An old advertisement touts Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil as a wonderful reliable surgical dressing that relieves pain immediately. The copy emphasizes its effectiveness and claims it is not an alinement product, priced at 2 cents.
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