Pro tracted Services and Local Visits At Oakway
Protracted services at the Oakway Baptist Church were led by Rev. Herron with Rev. Graham of Tokeena assisting. Many additions to the church were noted and good is hoped from the efforts. The column lists numerous visitors and local residents visiting families in Oakway and Westminster, including Geo Bagwell and bride from Corona Alabama, Mrs. B. Bagwell, Broadus of Bounty Land, and others from Newberry, Central, Westminster, Seneca, and Greenville, plus extended trips and returns from trips to Georgia and Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakway
Herron
Graham
Tokeena
Geo, Bagwell
Bride
Corona
Ala
B. Bagwell
Broadus
Bounty Land
W. No Brave
Frank Suber
Newberry
King
W. K. Tindsay
Central
J. W. Bearden
M. J. Haley
Greenville
Kula Haley
Westminster
Heardton
Alice Gaines
Seneca
Our Town
Guy Meredith
Anderson
Lee
Edwards
Bullock
Texas
Sam Dickson
Ainent Grant
West Minster
W. N. Bruce
Leard Moore
Gertie Mauro
Rewtiion
Grundy Hill
Horse Cove
N. C
W. W. Bearden
J. C. Beard
Atlanta
Mertis Band
Mise Rosa Poster Spont
Waymon Mason
Wentminster
Frank Poster
Georg Tia
World Cotton Supply and Weekly Trade Figures
World cotton supply to August 15 totals 1 864 296 bales, down from 2 437 208 last year and 2 972 000 two years ago. American cotton in sight 1 050 296 bales, vs 1 608 208 a year ago. Week’s arrivals 60 732 bales. season to date 14 417 118 bales. U S exports for the week 29 708 bales. shipboard cotton uncounted 3 606 bales. American cotton takings for week 128 404 bales. season to date 11 698 601 bales. Thomas Kane, aged 62, known as the king of geegmett, arrested in Philadelphia last week. Old Hokens Aug. 18 notes crops not very good but fruit and melons plentiful. Local items include church sermon, graves yard cleanup, Norton school, and visiting Greenville residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ienancial Chronicle
Bates
United States
Old Hokens
C.D. Mann
Old Pickens Church
Norton
Ming Rubyo Grant
Clara Whitiman
Greenville
Whem
Edwin Gantt
Mia
Stephen King
Dave
Gruenvills
Bear Swamp Locals and Visitors Notice
The community of Bear Swamp reports guests from Seneca and Anderson. Local residents including Miss Plorena Burley and Miss Metty Abbott are mentioned visiting relatives in Spartanburg and Grover. Other names include Wade Burley, Mamie Burley, the Parker sisters, Clyde and Lloyd Brown, and Gena Fennell as they travel or visit nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear
Seneca Depot Needs Passenger Facilities Upgraded
Commissioner J M Sullivan reports Seneca junction depot on the Southern and Blue Ridge railroads has acute need for better passenger and baggage service. He urges a union ticket agent and a baggage master, a larger waiting room, cleaner facilities, and staff to assist female travelers and children, with the commission taking immediate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Sullivan
Railroad Commission
Seneca
Sullivan
B. L. Caugh Imat
Conmlusion
Southern
Blue Ridge
Southern Railway Company
Blue Ridge Railroad
Yaasenger Bernice
Winton
Allot
Union
Seteca
Xiation
Commission
Seaved
J. My Sullivan
New York Supports Bryan Says Sullivan in Chicago Dispatch
State Senator Timothy Sullivan of New York City tells Chairman Mack that New York will back Bryan and elect a Democratic ticket from governor to lieutenant governor. He cites sentiment from a Beattie convention and notes Tammany Hall's historic loyalty to the Democratic ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Timothy Sullivan
New York City
Mack
Sullivan
Beattie, Wah
Eagles
Bryan
New York
Chanter
Beyah
Tammany Hall
Railroads Told to Install Window Deflectors by July 1 1908
The Railroad Venicheston urges Boutherh Railway to comply with a 1908 state law requiring cinder deflectors on passenger car windows when open. Penalties up to $1,000, but current deflectors lag behind Pullman standards, detach easily, and fail to prevent cinders from entering cars. Southern Railway must comply within fifteen days or face enforcement action. Also an ad for Dr Shoop Night Cure and Book No 4 for Women by J W Bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Venicheston
Boutherh Railway
General Assembly
Ti le
Southern Railway Company
Shoop
Racine
Wis
J. W. Bell
Jealous husband shoots wife then kills himself in New York
In a Hague Court apartments tragedy, Mrs Edward H Hacker killed herself after a bitter quarrel with husband who then shot himself. Eyewitnesses say the couple had quarreled for nine days and had been married just under two years. Hacker, a McCall Pattern Company employee, was described as well to do and violently jealous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward H. Hacker
Hague Court
Hecker
Blachte
Haan Quarselie
Litle
Hacker
McCall Pattern Company
Nature and a Woman's Work and a Remedy Claim
An old style ad extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the grand remedy for women's ills contrasting old field roots with modern cures. A Missouri woman's testimony describes twelve years of suffering from female illness and credits the product and Mrs Pinkham's advice with restored health and strength.
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Lydia EK
Pinkham
Bertha Muff
N.C. St. Louisiana
Mra. Pinkham
Edvice
Lydia B. Pinkburn
_massive heart massage miracle at emergency hospital_
Washington Aug 23 News of a remarkable operation at Emergency Hospital lies. A young colored boy died during an infected knee operation after chloroform. A surgeon opened the chest and used seven minutes of heart massage with his fingers. The heart began beating after eighteen minutes and continued well for a day and a half. Blood poisoning from the knee then claimed him. The procedure is viewed as a landmark in medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hig Piles
Cotton or other crops a farmer can profit from
An editor examines a farmer's question on whether to rely on cotton and bought supplies or to grow diversified crops. He outlines rough profit comparisons for 100 acre plots including cotton, corn, peas, and oats, noting variable costs, labor, fertilizer, and the potential of cheaper crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trlona
Double Tragedy in Saluda Ends in Accidental Killing
Aug 14 Baluda. Erneal Rowe accidentally shot and killed his 18 year old cousin Miss Jousie Rowe at her home four miles from Baluda. He then shot himself in the jaw and died 46 minutes later. Ernest Rowe, 19, son of Bud Rowe, died soon after. Jousie Rowe was the daughter of J. T. Rowe. The killing is ruled accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baluda
Hhe County
Erneal
Rowe
Jousie Rowe
Young Rowe
Mias Rowe
Wan
Moti
Tie
Notable Inheritance Claim Noted in Georgia News
Porlane, Rome, Ga, AWE, BT. HH. Lite Nejoim, an old citizen of Ployd county, Nae Calton heir to a big fortune, His uncle and namesake Th. H, Lite Hejein of Brooklyn has just died, leaving an $80,000 fortune in cash and a possible $100,000 in real assets. Littlejohn, aged 12, with a wife and several children, plans to move to New York to pursue possession claims amid local farming mentions near Rome.
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Rome
AWE
Nejoim
Ployd County
Calton
Hejein
Brooklyn
Lim Hia
Corh
Dullduga
Littlejohn
Olf Ani
New York
Brooklyn Woman Finds Diamond Ring in Bird Nest
Mies Ann Dodge of Brooklyn, visiting Caldwell, N. D., found a $450 diamond ring in a bird nest at the foot of a tree while with friends. The nest belonged to a blackbird, and the ring is set with four diamonds of rare brilliancy. A jeweler says it is worth $440.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mies Ann Dodge
Brooklyn
Caldwell
N. d
Rankin, Missouri Corn Grower Turns Eighty This Month
Cameron Observer notes that David Rankin, a renowned Missouri corn grower, reaches eighty this month. He endured poverty as a boy, walked long summers until age twenty eight, and paid his last dollar to the preacher who married him in 1850. Now he owns large land, last year produced over 4 million bushels of corn, and is valued around 4 million dollars through farming and cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Observer
David Rankin
Missouri
Kelley plans English Channel swim from England to France
Daniel T. Kelley, 25 year old clerk in the North Side Bureau of Fire, announces plans to swim the English Channel next summer. An expert swimmer who represented Pittsburgh clubs in New York and other cities, he trains daily and will continue through winter until departure for England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitteburs
Daniel T. Kelley
North Site
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