29 Oct 1913
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Newspaper
Edgefield Advertiser
Location
Edgefield, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1913
Page
1
The document outlines voting rules for The Advertiser contest including money handling, manager signature requirements, and fair play. It details how votes are earned via subscriptions renewals advertising or job work, with each contestant receiving 2000 votes per nomination coupon. It also covers submission deadlines, eligibility, refusals, and final decisions by the contest manager.
In the New Opera House D of C map plans for a November 4 flower show with a veiled dinner. the piece blends social notices with a veteran Civil War reflection by Mrs Mary J Thurmond praising the boys in gray and noting wartime hardships and home front efforts.
A paper read before the Daughters of the Confederacy recalls home life in the South during the Civil War. It asserts the era began with abundance in luxury and ownership, with Southerners educated and landowners who helped shape government and held high ideals.
Gates open for a fair program featuring a concert by a band. An exhibition of stock is on display in the arena with a demonstration of canning by J. H. Bussey. Horseback riding and driving events are held in the arena.
At the Edgefield Chapter meeting the United Daughters of the Confederacy appointed committees for the state convention entertainments. Appointments include reception, lunches, hospitality, decoration, merchants’ decor, and rooms arrangement with names like Mesdames Padgett Mims Evans Woodson Marsh Kennerly May and others.
Mrs O Hara explains the night watchman is favored because he sleeps by day saving board and works by night saving lodging, a slyly practical arrangement discussed by Mrs McClane.
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