Horns Creek community notes and social events
The Horns Creek column reports a light Sunday attendance, a fine sermon, and a lively Friday night gathering at Mr. and Mrs. CG A Wells with ice cream and cake. Notices mention Miss Lula Roper visiting Albany, Miss Fannie Wells visiting Colliers, and local families including the Williams and Wells households. Harvest activity, illness notes, and missionary society plans are summarized with several weekend visits to Clark’s Hill and nearby homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horn’s Creek
CG. A. Wells
Sallie Mae Miller
W. Miller
Augusta
Lonnie Smith
James Smith
Fannie Wells
Colliers
Annie Louise Crafton
Annie Louise
E. B. Williams
Gilgal
Williams
Jessie Crafton
A. A. Wells
Clark’s Hill
S. T. Adame
Many Persons Killed on Southern Railway Tracks
Atlanta report shows 174 deaths on Southern Railway property in the year ending June 20 from trespassing on tracks or swinging trains. Over the three prior years trespasser fatalities totaled 55, 126, and 146, bringing 1914 1915 and 1916 to 601 lives lost. The victims include wage earners and a large share of school boys killed while hopping trains.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway
Southern
Johnston couple wed during uncle's home ceremony
Miss Frances Andrews and Mr. Archie Lewis married last Tuesday evening in Johnson home of uncle James White. Rev. W. S. Brooke officiated with immediate family present. The bride, after briefly planning Winthrop College, left for a short wedding tour with her husband. The couple, both well regarded, are greeted with warm felicitations as civic social events unfold in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cupid
Frances Andrews
Archie Lewis
James White
W.S. Brooke
Winthrop College
Lillie Andrews
Tennessee
Johnson
Lewis
New Century Club
P. N. Lott
H. D. Grant
Ness
Dickens
Tennyson
Eva Rushton
Alina Woodward
Clara Sawyer
Zena ‘Payne
J. A. Dozier
Ruth Morris
Sallie Dozier
F. M. Boyd
Edwin Mobley
Frank Crouch
Saluda
J. Watson
Brooke
M. W. Crouch
Mesdames
C. P. Corn
M. R. Wright
W. W. Satcher
Florence
Chas
J. Howard J’ayne
Bessie Ford Turner
Miss Turner
Harmony School to Open With New Principal and Assistants
Harmony School will open next Monday with Prof. G. F. Long as principal, assisted by Miss Emmie Wright Miss Sara Stevens and Miss Stalnaker. The session starts in the old wooden building until the new brick structure and furniture, estimated at about 48.00, is ready by late November if favorable weather continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony School
G. F. Long
Emmie Wright
Sara Stevens
Stalnaker
Mt Zion News: Protracted meeting, fire, and hospital notes
Mt Zion community reports a five day revival led by Rev T H Posey with no church additions. A church ice cream reception raised funds for furnishings. Padgett store fire caused minor loss with $250 insurance. Miss Maria Padgett to Edisto Academy. Mrs Pardue aids sister Hasselvear. Mrs Shealy operated on. Mrs Pritchard to Augusta for surgery. Sunday school moving to new church building. W M S to meet at Mrs J Monroe Padgett home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Posey
W. A. Pardue
E. M. KE. M. Padgett
Maria Padgett
Edisto Academy
G. G. Pardue
Misa
Hassel
Columbia
F. L. Shealy
Baptist Hospital
J. W. Pritchard
Augusta
E. J. Richardson
Wagener
J. Monroe Padgett
Visit From Former Resident to Edgefield
Charles P. Roberts of Ninety Six visited Edgefield with his sons in law T Ar rington and Wm Ar rington. He formerly ran a mercantile store in 1878 near the current Edgefield Mercantile Company site and spoke of old Edgefield and tragic scenes witnessed on the public equate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Roberts
Messrs
T, M
Wm. Arrington
Edgefield
Mr. Roberts
Edgefield Mercantile Company
Old Edgefield
Roberts
C. M. Mellichamp
Mississippi Fair Crowd Sparks Lunch Basket Request
A young married couple at a Mississippi county fair struggle to stay together in a dense crowd. The husband jokes that with the throng forming a sea of faces they must protect the lunch basket and avoid losing sight of each other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Red Oak Grove Sunday School Notes and Death
A Red Oak Grove Sunday school report praises the children, Sunbeams, Y W A, and social circles. It notes generous offerings for Edisto academy, visits by Miss Lou Eva Parkman and others, and a death in the community, Luther Bailey, at Augusta. The article reflects on lessons, church work, and condolences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Oak Grove Church
Luther Bailey
Fannie Griffis
Martha Timmerman
Sallie Timmerman
Allie Timmerman
Edisto Academy
Lou Eva Parkman
Mamie Timmerman
Boles Mountain
Z. W. Bailey
McKie Bailey
Augusta
Essie Holston
Modoc
D. ©. Bussey- Mr. J.T. Griffis
Greenwood
J. K. Dorst
Frank Bussey
Henry Bussey
Anderson
Bussey
Watson
Iunday
J. W. Bailey
Red Hill
Wt. Littlejohn
Bailey
One Day Cold Cure Ad Says Laxa Tive BromO Quinine
An old advertisement touts a single remedy for colds named LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE with claim to cure a cold in one day. It references a signature or endorsement by E.W. GROVE and prices the product at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.W. Grove
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C. A. Wells
Johnston
Andrews-Lewis
J. W. Marsh
Gainesville
Bla
Pedrick
Williama
Spartanburg
Isam
Florida
Horace Wright
Georgetown
Staunton Lott
Batesbury High School
Pln
Keesee
Nad
Rook
M. E. Walker
Ann Mobley
Mims Mobley
Meadames
Harry Hamilton
Oliver Hamilton
Middlebrooke
Mattie Mobley
A. P. Lewis
Olin Eidson
Sumter
T. R. Denny
Zena Payne
Edgefield County Fair
MT. Zion News
Red Oak Grove
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