Richardson family to relocate to California soon
Mr. and Mrs. James Richardson plan to move to California around the first of the month after Mr. Richardson accepts a lucrative position. Their Wards home has been purchased by Joe McCreight, who will make it his residence. The community reports forthcoming travel and various local social events, including a Y P B gathering and Daughters of the Confederacy activities commemorating Wade Hampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Richardson
California
Mrs. Crouch
Daughters of the Confederacy
James Richardson
Richardson
Joe McCreight
Wards
J. M. Bell
Meeting Street
Columbia Hospital
Stevens Greek Church
Turner Hall
Mesdames J. A. Lott
J. A. Dobey
Frank Kenny
Day
Trenton
Florence Peak
Edgefield
Charles Cullen
Springfield
Vaughn Waters
Saluda
P. K. Water
Elliot Hardy
Hopkins
Eula Satcher
Columbia' College
Myra Pearce
Augusta
James Watson
Turner
Leesville
Walter Hendrix
W. W. Satcher
Florence
Chas. Early
M. W. Crouch
D. of C
Wade Hampton
O. D. Black
Prize Essays Awarded by Edgefield Temperance Union
The Edgefield county Woman's Christian Temperance Union announces winners of annual essay contests on alcohol and cigarette use. First prizes go to Morgan school No 1 and Johnston High School No 6, with second prizes to Johnston No 3 and Edgefield graded No 4. The winners receive awards at a Scotch convert in the Opera House next Friday the 28th. many other schools receive honorable mention for their essays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Edgefield County
Morgan School
Johnston High School
Edgefield
Opera House
Antioch School
Colliers School
Pine Grove School
Willie R. Holmes
Ellie Rhee Dorn
Liberty Hill
Sallie D. Quarles
Newton
Trenton
The Saving Habit
A reflective piece on saving money contrasts stingy and spendthrift extremes. It urges a golden mean of saving enough for a rainy day and notes how lifestyle and opportunity tempt people to overspend until need prompts wiser choices.
McCall Patterns Carried in Stock by Rives Bros
Advertisement states McCall Magazine patterns available in stock at Rives Brothers for one year at 50 cents. It mentions a lie pattern included as a feature.
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McCall
Rives Bros
McCall Magazine
Adv
Edgefield Opera House Friday Evening Program
Edgefield Opera House presents Friday evening events featuring Amelia Hudgens Corrie Cheatham and Professor J F Scott with songs including Auld Lang Syne. The program lists Mrs Shannonhouse and other performers in a varied cultural recital.
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Mrs. Shannonhouse de
J. F. Scott E
Patriotic Day at White Town School Notes Local News
Dear Editor this item reports White Town School celebrating Washington and Lee birthdays with a Patriotic Day on February 26 including recitations songs drills and a talk on education by Rev. B Covington. It notes teacher absences illness at home and a drowning incident on Stevens Creek bridge with no banisters and plans for May 1 closing exercises and an honor roll listing students and staff.
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Washington
Arlington Monument Fund
Carrien Talbert
Wilson
Essie Bussey
Mary Winn
Washington Post
Library of Congress
Arlington
J. R. White
J. W. Miller
A. B. Barden
Barden
Honor roll misprint omits Dervey White name
The list of students includes land Sonie Freeland Earl Whit Sarah Mann Sammie Wilson Orie May White Wallace White Ben nie Ridlehoover Etta Walls Carrie Belle Freeland Nellie Mann Minnie White Furman Mann Ruth Ridlehoover Margie Mann Eldred Reynolds Osborne Freeland Margie Medlock Sanford Wilson and Myrtle White Dervey White's name should have appeared on the honor roll last month but was left off due to a mistake.
Edgefield Women Urged to Memorialize Texas Alamo Marty rs
Edgefield women, famed for patriotic tributes to local heroes, are urged to extend memorial honors to Edgefield men who died defending the Republic and the Alamo era. The piece advocates erecting memorials to J Washington, J B Bonham, and William Barrett linked to the San Jacinto era and Texas independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgefield
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Republic of Texas
United States
Santa Anna
San Jacin
Alamo
Davy Crockett
Tennessee
James Bowie
Crockett
Sam Houston
J. Washington
J. B. Bonham
William Barrett
Deacon’s Hidden Hoard Sparks Old Captain Bunce Tale
A Boston deacon known for temperance had a carpenter alter his home. While removing wainscot near the fireplace, workmen found decanters bottles a pitcher and tumblers in a hidden space. The deacon jokes that Captain Bunce, who lived there thirty years earlier, left them. The punchline quips at mistaken burglary with a frozen ice pitcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Bunce
Happiness is an actively made, self forged gift
A Pleasant Lane News letter outlines happiness as something created by will and effort, not passively awaited. It argues happiness comes from action, discipline, and personal choice, with quotes on making one’s own paradise. Notes on local residents and social items follow, including visits and a school Easter egg hunt.
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Adam
L. H. Hamilton
Augusta
T. P. Walker Jr
Greenville
S. C
Mamie Chatham
Edgefield
Thomas H. Briggs
Tom
Tiepbzibah
Pierne Timmerman
J. D. Hughey
Pro
L. Hamilton
Ruby Wasson
Minstrel Show Promised by Cadets at Institute Auditorium
Cadets of the 5. C. C. J. announce a minstrel performance in the Institute auditorium next Monday evening March 31. Students have prepared songs and jokes over weeks for an entertaining program with after acts. A Dark Town band, gags and a blackface closing clog dance are featured, with the college orchestra providing music between acts.
Seed Irish Potatoes Sale Planned By Peon and Holstein
Seed catalog style notice announcing readiness to fill orders for seed Irish potatoes including Bliss Triumph and Jobbler. Eastern grown potatoes are offered as reliable and high quality, with Peon and Holstein named as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bliss Triumph
Peon & Holstein
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Emma Black
Rev. Pendleton
Florida
Baptist Church
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Daisy Worry
Henry
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Dozier Tompkins
Sarah
Mrs
Nancy
Dr. True
Kate Mims
Amelia Hudgens
Edwin Folk
Come-Ofter
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Anne Lawton
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Mrs. Say-Little
Fly-A
Ehere
Corrie Cheatham
In Cheatham and
Lucy Tillman
Gertrude Thurmond
Lillian Pattison
Mrs. Fidgett
Flossie
Seb Elizabeth Lott
Katherine Stewart
Wrnters
Mamie Morgan
Morgars
Pauline Lewis
Rachael Simmons
Edgefield Graded School
America
J. R. Tompkins
Consultare Rye
Eleanor Mims Ard Dozier
Shannonhouse
Loch Lomond
Blue Bells of
Scotland
Annie Laurie
Campbells
Janet
Bonnie Sweet
Bessie
Duncan Gray
Ssemy Chorus
Children's
Maner Lawton
F. M. Boyd
Edgefield Chorus
Elise Hudgens
White Town School
Stetsy
Patsy
J. A. Walls
Stevens Creek
J. A
Charlie White
Maggie
Bessie Medlock
Ruby
Pearl Ridlvhoover
Editor
Pearl Ridlehoover
Nenie White
Dervey White
Georgia White
Marbie White
Earle Reynold
Emmie Reynolds
Ruby White
Thomas Mann
Ethan White
Ruth Walls
Anderson Walls
Gussie Barden
Thelma White
Earline White
Mary Wilson
Rallie Holliday
Wm. Free
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