Newry Notes Amid Wrecks and Local Doings
Newry reports life afloat amid Time’s wrecks with Keowee Courier surviving editors. Local schools, teachers Miss Lyda Bowen and Miss Leona Grice praised, Drs. Smith and Moore noted, dam repairs near completion, and Jamestown Exposition plans discussed. Also mentions Buist’s Charleston stop, Courtenay family ties, and early Oconee developments.
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Newry
Editora Courier
Keowee
Col
Robt. A. Thompson
W. J. Jones
F. 8. Haskell
Lyda_ Bowen
Leona Grice
D. J. Smith
Walhalla
G. C. Head
Oconee
Mr. Mead
Stumplehouse Mountain
Manley
Sandora
Craughton
Atlanta
St. John Courtenay
Tne
Columbia
Ihe
Courtenay
Newry I
Buist
Charleston
Campbell Jourtenay
J. D. O'Bryant
Anniston
Alu
Evatt
Local News Snips From Greenville and Nearby Areas
Clarenes Jones in Gaffney reports 651 eggs laid by four hens with 64 chicks hatched. Dr Janes H Ware aged 92, longtime Greenville County resident, dies. Aiken woman dies in house fire while praying. Charleston truck planter tests alcohol prank. a Black worker reportedly secures a reward.
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Clarenes Jones
Gaffney
Janes H. Ware
Greenville County
Aiken
Charleston
Old Pendleton Messenger 1839 fifty years ago overview
A summarized account of the Pendleton Messenger issue dated October 11, 1839 noting its five column four page format, $2 yearly price, T. H. Russell publisher, F. W. Symmes editor, and its general news sourcing from New York Charleston and Augusta. Includes rail road debates, yellow fever epidemic impact, crop losses, obituaries, local notices, Pendleton Farmers Society officers, manufacturing company charter plans, administrator sales, and a remark on Dr. Jomo Stuart’s era.
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Anderson Mail
Pendleton Messenger
Messenger
T. H. Russell
F. W. Symmes
Nowa
New York
Charleston
Augusta
Charleston and Cincinnati
Symmes
Madison
Red Clay
Rubin Gap
Robert Y. Hayne
Louisville, Cincippati and Charleston Railroad
Flat Rock
N. C
Pickens
Anderson
John Ramary
Anderson Court House
T. H. Runsell
D, A
Governor Reappoints State Geologist Earle Sloan
Governor Ansel reappoints Earle Sloan of Charleston as State geologist for a two year term. Sloan was first appointed by Governor Sloynard when the office was created and earned an unfavorable committee report on a bill to abolish the post. His term expires April 30. Salary is $1,400.
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Columbia
W. H. Wolfe
Stanley
Wolfe
Union
New County Board
County Board
County Board of Control
Lyon
Solletter Timmerman
Timmerman
Ansel
Earle Sloan
Charleston
Sloan
Sloynard
General Assembly
No Need to Be Chiummy in Quiet Father In Law Chat
A terse exchange unfolds as a suitor and a prospective father in law spar over marriage. Each accuses the other of unsuitable qualities, then half-jokingly agrees they need not quarrel to pursue their aims. The dialogue hints at social tension and mutual stubbornness.
Judge Confronts Vagrant in Courtroom Stare Down
An austere judge peered over spectacles at a tattered prisoner charged with vagrancy. The man claimed he had never earned a dollar, replying with a quip about voting for the judge at the last election, highlighting the tense scene in the bar.
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Juniou
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Seneca
G. W. Gignilliat
J. Mat Whitmire
New Hope
Our
R. L. Boggs
Yeeman
J. W. Bell
Broom
Blanding Street
Main
Board of Directors
Chicago
Wolfram
Fuchs
Dr. Tutt
Sloans Liniment
Earl S.sloan
Boston
Mass
Old Pendleton Messenger
Foley
Florida
United States
Darlington Nowa
M. C. Kiser
Ihs
Studebaker
C. W. Pitchford CO
Walhalle, S. C
Aunt Gat
Rosa
India
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