The News From Bounty Land Special July Notes
Vegetation needs rain and the July heat continues. Dr J B Stribling and J B Pickett ship peaches and share fruit with friends. Family gatherings stretch from Atlanta to Greenville as relatives prepare weddings and visits. Oakman Alabama invites velma Watts to marry George Earle Bagwell at First Baptist on August 5. Community updates include visitors, teaching at Picket Past and property renovations. Relatives from Hartwell and Anderson plan visits amid local housing additions and memories of antebellum homes.
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Bounty Land
J. 8
Stribling
J. B. Pickett
H. M. Pickett
Greenville
A. M. Milam
Sandy Springs
B. M. Pickett
Atlanta
J. Pickett
Frank Pickett
Lockhart
James
Watts
Oakman
Ala
Velma
George Earle Bagwell
First Baptist Church
Bagwell
Fannie E. Morgan
Ira Burley
Kell
Bear Swamp
J. M. Gillison
Grover Davis
Athens
Wthel
Clyde Smith
Myrtle Davis
Laura Smithson
Westminster
Blackburn
Seneca
D. A. Perritt
Misseilla
May Gunthorp
Moore
Shiloh
A. C. Ballenger
Clinton
Mes
Charlie Owens
Walhalla
Robi. Rankin
Leive Perritt
Fair Play
J. J. Smith
R. N. Rankin
Willam Dickson
Milton Tix
Baptiat
Roth
Mr. Dickson
Mra
J. H. Magill
Hartwell
Siaters
Siaters, Mra. D. A. Perrity
Jasper Doyle
E.M.D
Beaverdam
Myrtle Davin
Laur Smithson
Jesele Stribling
Belton
Piedmont
J. R. McGee
Due Weat
J. W. McGee
William Lewis
South Union
Campaign meeting and community notes at Tokeena
A large crowd attended the campaign meeting at Tokeena last Saturday and enjoyed a pleasant time. Miss Marla Jolly dies at 83, burial at South Union cemetery. Rev. James Major closes a tent meeting at Knox's bridge. School opens with 86 pupils under Prof. Dunn. Stomach and Liver Tablets praised by a local resident. crops near harvest and fruit canning underway. Speakers from Valhalla and Italy noted. music by a New Orleans singer and Prof. J A Durham of Westminster present.
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South Union
Tokeena
Italy
France
Brazil
Valhalla
New Orleans
J. A. Durham
Westminster
Dunn
W. L.thomas
John M. Dewis
James Major
Oakway
Knox's Bridge
Marla Jolly
Miss Jolly
South Union Cemetery
South Union Church
Teres
Pellagra Cases Reported in Augusta South
Investigations by Dr James Woods Babcock of Columbia confirm pellagra among South's negro population. Two cases admitted to Lamar Hospital Augusta show digestive lesions salivation and mental disturbances. Local physicians seek proof the disease stems from a micro organism rather than foul corn, and note it is not leprosy nor contagious by contact.
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Augusta
James Woods Babcock
Columbia
Lamar Hospital
Augusta Physiciana
Favors Low Salaries Says High Pay Does Not Ensure Efficiency
Economist, Newry July 14, 1908 argues against high Clerk of Court salaries in Oconee. He claims capable officials come from character and service mindset, not extreme pay. Cites labor-saving court systems justify lower pay, warns higher taxes and graft from inflated salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keowee Courier
Jaynes
Oconee
State &d
Yale
Harvard
Leas
Thi Republic
Kevery
United States
Grant
Haley
Economist
Newry
Two White Men In Anderson Jail After Fatal Altercation
In Anderson near Denver two 21-year-old men Williams and French are jailed after a deadly clash over a dispute with William’s father in law Henry Martin. Martin died from a skull fracture after Williams struck him with a shovel following an argument. French fired a 32 caliber public safety pistol at Black worker Super, wounding him fatally. Suber later died from the gunshot wounds.
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Anderson
Base Williams
D. C
Williams
Henry Martin
Denver
Martin
Willams
Margie Martin
French
Wim Super
Wile Maniston
Super
W. A. Cooley
Sheriff Green
Will Suber
D. C. French
Williamston
Lynching Mockery Caught on Film in Philadelphia Park
A mob abducted a bound black man near Huntington Park and hanged him from a tree, then discharged pistols as he died. Witnesses protested as the lynchers boasted the act would boost film value for moving picture exhibitions. A photographer filmed the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Ledger
Huntington Park Avenue
Kenneday's Inne
29Th Street
Queen Lane
Bishop Potter Dead in Cooperstown
Bishop Henry Godman Potter of the Episcopal Diocese of New York died in Cooperstown after several weeks of illness. He had shown some improvement recently but relapsed yesterday and never recovered.
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Cooperstown
N. Y
Henry Godman Potter
Episcopal Diocese of
New York
Seneca Delighted by Visitors and Local Happenings
Seneca notes include candidates passing through to Valhalla, long chats with Geo Johnstone, a Tunnel History picnic, and various visits from Greenville Walterboro and Thomaston residents. Miss Mary Cherry ill with typhoid fever but improving. dances, church rallies, and civic beautification discussions emerge amid a warm roundup of local social life and upcoming speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seneca
Valhalla
Geo. Johnstone
Fires Ravage Three Homes in Rock Hill Area
Three fires struck Rock Hill today. Pride Ratteree’s barn burned with its contents, about 500 dollars loss, some insured. A. Freidheim’s Main Street home nearly destroyed, furniture damaged, losses near 10 000 dollars with 6 500 insured. Edward Garrison’s Oakland kitchen fire was extinguished.
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Pride Ratteree
A. Freidheim
Main Street
Edward Garrison
Oakland
Westminster notes lively protracted meetings and local happenings
Special from Westminster July 21 reports Rev. Coke D Mann aiding Rev. J L Singleton in M I church meetings with large attendance. Cheswell Concert Band forms in mill village, new hardware store to open November 1, and Mrs Murphy’s grandchild death news. Westminster beats Hasleynives 8 to 2 in a hot baseball game. various visits, marriages, and local politics noted.
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Westminster
Coke D. Mann
West Union
J. L Singleton
J. A. Durham
W. C. Loehr
Lavonia
Carter
R. J. Norris
B. L. Reeder
Texas
Oakway
Greenville
T. 2. Long
M. ®. Brockman
Seth
L. A.dwards
J. H.thompson
Seneca
Wille Mae McKee
Laurens
Alice Puckett
George Norris
Macon Evening News
Wil
Row. Norris
Norris
Clifford Walker
Monroe
Georgia
Lula Bowers
Inez Berryman
Boweraville
Lilie. Harrison
Eletric Ditters Praised by North Carolina Teacher
Te Conte Hesabet quotes GC Harden of Silver City North Carolina praising Electric Ditt ers as a superior medicine for stomach liver and kidney troubles and general debility. He calls it the best remedy for chills malaria and backache and notes it is sold with a guarantee at drugstores nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Harden
Silver City
North Carolina
Mr. Harden
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J. E Bauknight
Peaches
Chamberlain
Samuel Boye
Folsom
Iowa
J. W. Bell
W. J. Lunney
Sen
Bishop Potter
Bliss Minnis Kirkpatrick
Davidson College
N. C
Montreat
Asheville
Brevard
Mary Cherry
Carol Hernson
Marlo Isbell
Mary Sullivan
Maud Hammond
H. P. Duvall
Ellen Duvall
Walterboro
Mitchell Witsell
Frank Martin
Thomaston
Adams
Christine Dickson
J. R. Moore
Baptist Church
Congress
Senate
John Livingston
Lillian Caldwell
D. K. Norris
W. F. Austin
Wille
Clelia Ramsay
Daugher
Gladys
Emma Stribling
Mack Stewart
Earle Stribling
Habersham
Luke W. Verner
Phinney
Verner
Civic Association
Iing
Carol Herndon
Isbell, Hammond and Sullivan
Rock Hill
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