Colliers Community News Highlights and Local Visits
The Colliers school closed on April twenty eighth after Miss Fanning taught two terms and may return for a third. Neighbors and families, including Miss Nona Mathis and Mr. G D Mims, traveled, visited, and shared news of engagements, illness, and community events. A mad dog incident, prize prizes at Fanning’s school, and road improvements by Mr. Sawyer are noted along with social visits, births, and ongoing school and church life.
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Colliers School
Mias
Fanning
Aiken
Colliers
T. ‘L. Miller
Tandson
J. Miter
Nona Mathis
Join Mays
Edgefield
G. D. Mims
Falfa
Augusta
C. Smith
C.T. Mathis
Lizzie Mims
J. C. Whatley
North Augusta
TY. Gilchrist
Reho’oth
Joe Milest Sona
Elisha Hammond
Stevens Creek
Frank
Tom Adams
Horn’s Creek
Red Horse
J. L
Whatley
J. L. Hart
J. L. Miller
Rebie Morgan
Falls ‘School
Morgana
Rebie
Falfs
2Starphey Miller
Ellie Mathis
Ellie May Miller
D. T. Mathis
Ruby
Julia Miller
Gardener
Sweet Water
P. B. Whatley
Preston
Hull
Mathis
White Town school holds Commencement exercises May 14
White Town school celebrated commencement with forenoon child exercises led by Mrs Mamie Dorn Walker and an abundant hospitable dinner. Afternoon talks by W B Cogburn D A J Bell B E Nicholson and Rev Luther White praised education. Community funded and expanded school house, with plans to enlarge. Notable visitors and local leaders ensured comfortable reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Town
Mamie Dorn Walker
W.B. Cogburn
D. A. J. Bell
B.E. Nicholson
Luther White
Edgefield’ County
D. White
G. S. Cartledge
B. D. Kitching
Parksville Letter Recalls Sancho Panza Humor
Readers enjoyed a Parksville letter praising Sancho Panza for his old tricks and noting Don Q has been surpassed by others. The writer commends Sancho's article and suggests he should contribute regularly. A sizable audience joined the entertainment at the event’s close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sancho’ Panza
Don Q
Don
Sancho
White Town praises school and community spirit fair
A lengthy account of White Town activities highlights a school program with dec lamations recitations and dances followed by a grand dinner and speeches by Clerk Cogburn Dr Bell and Hon Nicholson praising education civic progress and local leadership. The piece also notes a funeral for Mutsatte Rogers and local social updates including marriages and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Town
Jean
Edgefield
Troy
McCormick
Plum Branch
Parksville
Modoc
D. A. J. Bell
B. E. Nicholson
Nicholson
Bro. L. B. White
Irishman and Englishman with a leg joke
An Irishman meets an Englishman with an artificial leg and asks how it happened. The Englishman explains he found Irish blood in his body and had the leg removed. The Irishman retorts that it should have settled in the head.
Orphanage Bequest Leads to Sale of 700 Acre Williston Lands
The James Terrill Smith bequest to Connie Maxwell Orphanage funded estates including the Martha Smith Home. Trustees, after concerns over land deterioration, sought a court sale. Orlando Sheppard pursued termination of the trust and sale authority was granted. About seven hundred acres near Williston may be sold to fund the orphanage, with inquiries to Dr W C Smith in Williston, the Greenwood superintendent, or Orlando Sheppard in Edgefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Terrill, Smith
Williston
S.C
Connie
Maxwell
Terrill Smith
Connie Maxwell
Martha Smith
Orlando Sheppard
Court of Equity
Barnwell County
Trenton
Leesville
W. C Smith
Greenwood
Edgefield
S. C
Lincoln’s 1853 Prohibition Viewpoint
In a Springfield Illinois speech Lincoln described the liquor traffic as a cancer in society and argued for its complete abolition. He urged laws to eradicate drinking, equating prohibition of alcohol with abolition of slavery as a constitutional good for white and black alike.
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America
Lincoln
Springfield
Illinois
Strenuous Hint Recounts Regulation Parlor Scene
A brief exchange in a regulation era parlor sets a mock dramatic tone as a man boasts his arm muscles developed with dumbbells while a woman questions the use of such strength. The dialogue, labeled Exchange, hints at social norms and playful banter of the period.
Sunday preaching at White Town school house
Saturday evening report of a large attentive crowd at the White Town schoolhouse where Rev. Luther White delivered an excellent sermon. A local bachelor is expected to bring home a bride in early June amid notes of farm progress with good cotton stands and early corn planting underway as chopping begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutsatte
Andy
J. Bell
Edgefield
J. E. Strom
Strom
Clara Faulkner
D. A. J. Bell
L. G. Bell
J. M. Bell
White Town School
Luther White
McKendree Sunday School Leads with Children’s Day Dedication
McKendree church marks its annual Children’s Day with a large Sunday school rally. Hon. B. E. Nicholson urges parents to raise useful children, while Mrs. J. M. Shaffer earns praise for planning the program. Dinner crowds enjoy generous Southern hospitality as the event wraps with brief remarks by Mr. J. L. Mims and school superintendent W. E. Turner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Pope
McKendree Church
McKendree
Mr. Wright
T. L. Taye
J. M. Shaffer
J. L. Mims
W. E. Turner
Negro: Capture After Farm Shooting Near Johnston
A Mississippi area report details a shooting on a farm near Johnston where Barney Jordan was wounded by a negro named Peter Coats. The assailant fled with a pistol. bloodhounds failed to track him, later captured near Savannah River with Coats’ father located nearby.
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Florida
Zena Payne
Columbia
P. N. Lott
New Century Club
Barney Jordan
Peter Coats
Jordan
Coats
Sand Bar Ferry
Savannah River
Sunbeam Exercises by Carrie Timmerman and Others
A list of titled pieces by Carrie Timmerman, Fred Turner, Frankie Ontts, Hallie Turner, Mattie Timmerman, and Davis Timmerman, along with Janice Morgan, Mattie Low Lowrey, Junior Cragg, and Loula Onzts. The compilation includes poems and a valedictory piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunbeam
Carrie Timmerman
Fred Turner
Fankie Ontts
Hallie Turner
Mattie Timmerman
Davis Timmerman
Papa’s Letter
Janice Morgan
Junior Cragg
Loula Onzts
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Colliers” Community
Ww. C. T. U. Growits
Hardy’s
Helen Irma
R. P. Sprouse
Luther Dorn
Tom Middleton
Travis Dorn
Fred Mims
Mr. Dorn
Grovetown
Nannie Whatley
Sawyer
Key
Clark’s Hill
J. N. Crafton
Ralph
Circle Magazine
Mamie’ Walker
Department of Stringed Instruments
Sheppard
J. ©. Sheppard
Turner
Ladia Eh
Bernion
Alam
Gov. i C. Ce
Rehoboth
W. W. Fuller
Kate Reynolds
G. H. Burton
Vernona Strom
Johnnie Quarles
Red Hill
J. C. Seigler
B. D. Seigler
Joe Cheatham
Georgia
S.C. C. 1. Comimen Seniente
Fannie Outts
Sullivan Dorn
Nita
Pearl Shaffer
Baby Dear
Evelyn Turner
Velma Timmerman
Johnston
M.T. Turner
D. of. C
Mary Ashley
Fruit Hill
P. C. Stivens Havd
Enlala
Clara Lake
John Lake
Herbert Hudson
C. F. Pechman
Alma Welling
Darlington
P. J. Ivey
Edmunday
Ida Stevens
James
Ben Stevens
Willie Tompkins
Leila Kerneghan
M. P. Cassels
Gladys Sawyer
Georgetown
Olin Sawyer
Batesburg
M T. Turner
A. P. Lewis
J. Hi. Bouknight
Mattie Low Lowrey
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