Marriage bells drift over bounty land as townsfolk gather
A vivid note from Bounty Land recounts village life with arrivals and visits from Greenville to Spartanburg. Mrs. Lucy Burviss returns from Orangeburg and Charleston. Miss Ora Bigby opens school. households host guests, a Sunshine social forms, and notes correct an earlier marriage date.
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Bounty Land
Richland
Lucy Burviss
Orangeburg
Columbia
Charleston
of Cas
Anderson Iunday
Sallie Davis
J.B. Shanklin
Anderson
J. G. Hult
Seneca
J., L. Smith
J. J. Mickett
Greenville
Ora Bigby
Honey Path
Miss Bigby
Jasper Doyle
Maria
Emily Kend
Mixa Maria
J. A Dendy
D. A. Pervitt
Jes Lolze
Hartwell
Mes. dHell
Death of An Aged Lady in Westminster
Westminster notes report the death of an aged resident and list local social activity. Visits include WV. T. Otwell Gainesville, Mrs. Bell Waynesboro and others, with gatherings in Spartanburg in late weeks. Halloween party hosted by Misses Haley and Jack-o-Lanterns features games, a fortune teller, and festive decorations. Community events include church bazaar plans, Bible class meetings, and local accident injuries to Mrs. Leathers and Miss Eva.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
WV. T. Otwell
Gainesville
Mrs. Bell
Waynesboro
D. L. Norris
Gaillard
Ernest
Spartanburg
Mamie Traylor
J.T. Mulkey
Jacksonville
Fln
Dm. Carter
J. HW
Taylor
Greenville
Barnie Freeman
Lanford
A. Smith
Valhalla
Londay John Carter, Jr
T. C. Peden
Litgle Peden
Mreden
Harriet Peden
M. E. Peabody
CG. W. Bauknight
Stoddard
Walhalla
Nelson Bell
Morris
Shey
A. Zimmerman
Dack
Hallowe'en
Jodie
May Haley
John P. Reese
Flora
Sue Haley
Punch
John Reese
Jim Norris
May Huey
Presbyterian Church
Baraca
Leathers
W. O. Alexander
Dru
Walker
Strickland
Simpson
W. J. Carter Monady
Temperance Society
Methodist
Corn Contest Report from Oconee County Field Trial
A. H. Ellison details a 1 acre upland corn plot planted April 15 with Marlboro Prolific, yielding 41 bushels and 21 pounds. He describes March composting, multiple fertilization events totaling 400 pounds of fertilizers, several cultivations, sodas, and late drought reducing gains.
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Oconee
Singing and social notices from Hopewell Hopewell
Community notes from Hopewell include a Sunday singing at Miller Davis s, visits by Lizzie May and Edith Pickens to Mrs J S Singleton in Walhalla, and Hissie Davis from Westminster staying with Mamie Davis. Church repairs, a head on collision on the Southern road with no fatalities, a Young Matrons afternoon at Mrs Witherspoon s, Christmas craft ideas, and obituary for Elizabeth Land Tannery noting dates and survivors. Flowers and blooms are highlighted by local gardeners and club members in late October 1909.
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Dr. Spear
Lowndesville
D. A. Perritt
Robbie
T. S. Hubbard
Mrnday
Cora
Spartanburg
Bagwell
Union
Pleasant Ridge
Florence McDonald
Valhalla High School
W. H. McDonad
Mary KE. Smith
van Smith
Newberry
Ora Bagwell
George Bagwell
Corona
Ala
Presbyterian Missionar Societies
Richland
Julia D. Shanklin
Methodist Society
Mesdamos Stevenson
N. Hughs
J. J. Ballenger
Sallie Coe
Nell Sligh
W. C. Foster
Joe McDonald
J.D. McMahan
C. BE Jambrell
W. Hl” Tughs
Jasper Doyle
Missey Sallie
Myrtle Davis
Bertie Smith
Myra Ballenger
Zola Uabbard
B. M.D
Hopewell
Eddie Pickens
Lillie Land
King
Lizabeth
John W
Thomas W
Harriette
Tehug
Amanda Moore
Eva J. Gloveland
Nancy C. Prichard
Ashmore P
Levi F
Leander Tannery
W. B
States L. Hunter
James Ligon
B. H. Cross
Henrietta
Gaston
Minnie Traylor
Ia Jones
Meadames
Frank Cross
H. B. Rosser
Jamoa
Walhalla Cotton Market Prices Report
Walhalla and West Union Seneca areas list cotton seed prices for November 3. Walhalla seed price per ton is 25.00 dollars. Market notes cover nearby towns and seed trading terms. The fragment notes cotton seed value and regional price information for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walhalla
Court of General Sessions Deliberates in Oconee County
The Oconee County Court of General Sessions opened with Judge Robt Aldrich presiding. Indictments were presented to the grand jury which returned true bills on assault and battery with intent to kill weapons violations and larceny, while several dispensary law cases were acted upon as not bill or true bill. The court disposed of cases including assaults, selling liquor, perjury, and dispen sary violations with verdicts of not guilty, guilty, or suspended sentences. The grand jury completed its final presentment and was discharged after drawing holders for 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of General Session
Oconoe County
Robt. Aldrich
Sollestor — Bonham
Grand Jury
Treon ‘Thompson
W. Dickson
Green ‘Thompson
Nora Reed
Martha Gantt
Mayor's Court of
Seneca
Aaron Jones
Hen
Swede Watson
Y Laura Warren
Hen Rodgers
Oconee County
Wynor
Avan Callas
W. BE. Hardie
Matt Hopkins
United States
McDonald
Cheek
Dick Sadler
Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Praised By Mothers
Mrs Mora Deepnin of Bloyd Ky endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy for croup coughs and colds in children and adults. The medicine contains no narcotics and is safe for both children and grown folks. Sold by Dr J W Bell Walhalla and W J Lunney Seneca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Bell
Walhalla
W. J. Lunney
Seneca
Flower Show Opens With Chrysanthemums In Seneca
Seneca reports the flower show to run Thursday through Friday featuring a large chrysanthemum display and oyster and sandwich sales. Local visitors include Misses Russell Gregory Verner Foster and Stribling. The Scotch Singers lyceum, a Presbytery call meeting, and road improvements to Connerogg Creek are noted along with various social visits and travel plans. West Point mourns a cadet football player after an Harvard game injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seneca
Russell and
Gregory
Greenville Female College
Helen Hopkins
Lynn Verner
Techland
Bessie Foster
Westminster
Verna Stribling
Stribling
Luke W. Verner
State Bair
J. A. Hines
Nellie Hines
Woride Probst
Greenville
Charleston
South Carolina
Oconee
Plekens
Anedergon
Connerogg Creek
High Bridge
Oconee County
T. M. Lowery
Mx Road
Teeny
Res Burt
B. Sloan
J. J. McWhorter
Columba
Annie Kay
I. Anderson
Ruskin Anderson
Lucien Dumas
Chapeleston
Parker
Southern
Journal-Herald
Knox's Bridge
GA. White
Seneca Goon
Columbia
White
Setioot
Wester Musical Orchestra
James McCarey
M. V
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Sterling
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J. E. Bauknight
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Sunshine Social
Miss. Pernitt
Marian Taylor
Nebo
Rucklon
Capt. Ellison
Toth
A. H. Ellison
Helton
Williamston
J. D. Witherspoon
William Stribling
CG. E. Gray
W. JL. Carter
J. 8. Carter
M.E. Brockman
Nellie White
W. J. Striheling
Wedne
West Union Seneca
Ben Roy
Hon. J
Oemers’ Union
Une Sonia
Iichland
D. N. Barrow
Clemson College
Barrow
J. Wade Dickson
W. Alexander
West Point Military Academy
Harvard
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