Rural Telephones Bring Edgefield County Closer
The Advertiser notes rapid growth of rural telephone service across Edgefield county with lines reaching Johnston and neighboring homes. Walter Marsh builds a line to Johnston, joining users including William Toney and Miss Harriett Toney along with G. M. Smith O. D. Padgett and others as more neighbors adopt the network. The Bell Telephone Company pushes toward a county wide, interconnected system.
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Edgefield County
Walter H. Smith
T. A. Broadwater
L. G. Watson
E. N. Smith
Bell Telephone Company
Unbeliever questioned at Hogan Fulton celebration
Fragmentary dialogue records a peeling salesman and Homer Jabez discussing attendance at a Hogan Fulton celebration, with unclear location and missing context. The readable lines show names Jabs and Jabez and imply a casual exchange about not attending.
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Mr. Jabs
Hogan-Fulton
Homer Jabez
Barnyard manure urged to boost Edgefield soils
The Advertiser calls southern farmers, especially Edgefield county, to enrich land with barnyard manure. It argues soil fertility requires more than chemical fertilizers and emphasizes manure improves physical soil health, not just chemical content. The Farmers' Union Sun is cited for its view on manure’s lasting value.
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Advertiser
Edgefield County
Farmers’ Union Sun
The Souths Prosperity and Economic Rise in Cotton Wealth
The Washington Post argues that booming cotton prices create a billion dollar Southern crop and foster economic independence. Surplus capital will fund railroads, industries, and public works, expanding cities, education, roads, ports, and charitable institutions while reducing poverty excuses.
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Dixie
South
Middle West
Wall Street
Washington Post
The Beneficiary Thrash Dialogue Exchange
The exchange features Mr Calipers and Clarence-Pa with a sharp paternal tone as they clash in a terse, corrective moment. The older figure notes that thrashing serves a perceived benefit, while the younger protests the gain from punishment in a terse, old-time cadence.
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Clarence
Mr.Calipers
Poison in damaged corn sparks fear and mystery
An aged farmer recalls local beliefs about poison in corn fodder blamed for pellagra like symptoms. He notes folk explanations from enslaved communities and a lack of scientific knowledge among both Africans and physicians, detailing how greenish kernels and dust were feared as harmful.
Plum Branch News Outlook Brims With Growth and Talks of New Mills
Local notes report cotton farming taxes sale proceeds nearly paid off while scarlet fever wanes and schools reopen. Plans discuss parsonage moves by Baptist and Methodist groups, new cottages on Church street, and town to sell Parksville parsonage for a bigger preacher’s home. Anxious to see lumber arrive and lots sold as Twin City officers pursue a franchise and a cotton mill site is eyed by M K Starkey.
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John Blackwell
Church Street
Twin City
Sove
M.K. Starkey
Tassimo Path Esgattane
Colliers Collected News From Morgana To Augusta
Colliers items report Miss Rebie Morgan starting teaching at Falfa school on November 1. The Thomas and Pearl show delighted locals at the Colliers schoolhouse on the 9th. Edgefield Fair praised as a triumphant success. Georgia Reese and other Colliers folk visited Morgana. Several residents attended the Augusta Fair. Mrs. Katherine Sprouse heads to Augusta for winter. Attendees from Colliers at Augusta Fair included Mathis and Hammond families.
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T. L. Miller
Rebie Morgan
Morgana
Falfa
Thomas and Pearl
Colliers
P. B. Whatley
Greenwood
Red Oak Grove Missionary Society
J. L. Miller
Wyatt Hammond
E. B. Mathis
Carrie Hammond
Nona Mathis
Sonie Hammond
Hal Holstein
Edgefield
S. O. Whatley
J. N. Crafton
Juddie Fanning
Parksville Church Notes Highlight Obituary and Worship
The Parksville Baptist church held resolutions on the untimely death of L F Dorn and announced Thanksgiving services next Thursday. A committee including W R Parks T G Talbert and J C Morgan was formed to pursue buying or erecting a parsonage. The B Y P A met with talks on humility led by Dan A Bell Jasper Talbert Jr and L F Dorn Jr.
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Our Baptist Church
L. F. Dorn
Baptist Courier
L. B. White
Office of the
Baptist Church
W. R. Parks
T. G. Talbert
J. C. Morgan
B. Y. PA
Christ
Jon
Dan. A. Bell
Jasper Talbert, Jr
Jesus
L. F. Dorn, Jr
B. Y.P.U
R. N. Edmunds
Edmunds
Aly
W. W. Fowler
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Bell Company
The
Plum
Parksville
Wholesale Mercantile Company
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