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Newspaper
Marlboro Democrat
Location
Bennettsville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1905
Page
3
Marlboro County notes list officials including Sureus Green Outen Cleux Draka McLaurin and McCall, with Weldon Stanton and J H Thomas among treasurers and trustees. Also recorded are church circuit appointments for Bennettsville and Clio areas, plus personal notices of residents traveling, marriages, deaths, and upcoming local events and excursions in Bennettsville and surrounding towns.
Fourth Sunday notices for Ebenezer Shilo and various parishes include morning and afternoon worship times. Baptist and Episcopalian schedules show Sunday school at about 9 30 to 10 00, with prayer meetings on Thursdays and Wednesdays, and summer winter service times.
Jackson plans to replace pumps and offer regulators at the office box. July 7 exam day announced for locals. voters urged to request material via post. May 24 hotel opening for visitors noted. ads for clothes washers and home goods appear. names and places mentioned in a chaotic notice style.
A jumble of 19th century ads promotes fire insurance by J I Moore, low prices on buggies and wagons at P A Hodges, groceries and hardware items, florals from a hardware store, Kellum Sire Care medicine via Newport News, and Douglas’s drug stores offering fast relief for stomach and liver troubles.
A local notice advertises a general store offering a full line of groceries including canned goods pickles sauces candies and fruits along with gloves hosiery heavy underwear and novelties. It also highlights crockery and clothing items and mentions a small stock of guns and ammunition. The ad invites the public to visit Marion Street for bargains and to inspect the stock.
Religious notes describe Sunday worship as five Sundays in July with all churches open. Sunday schools held, evening services at 8 40, prayer meetings weekly at Baptist and Methodist churches, Sunday school time changed to 9 o clock in the morning, and Esplanade group meetings weekly. An Isle of Palms excursion is scheduled for July 7 with lunch baskets invited. Constables for court listed. master Henry Leland drawing jury. cotton weigher candidate H Woodsey announced. various local notices including “Electric Bitters” testimonials and wagon offerings. stock pasture noted. Clio resident Mr L Do Ivey mentioned.
Prepared for Work Mr. Penraon the Jeweler proclaims the latest engraving improvements for gold silver and plate. Samples of work shown by him promise up to date styles and precision in marking articles.
A fragmented 19th century newspaper notice advertises Andrew Leighton an optician and rearactionist with references to S J Pearson and multiple medical and household items. It mentions piano sales, gardening plants, and various goods, with playful sales rhetoric and prices scattered through garbled text. The piece reads like a jumble of ads and announcements, urging readers to call for offerings and to purchase items. It includes mentions of Gorihiliins plants, Ferns, Palms, and plant cuttings, along with patent medicines and horse care powders.
An unreadable OCR snippet mentions Cheraw and various times and names, with references to roads, trains, and connections. The garbled text lists names like Ly Irby, Annie Kollowke, and Ty Krosta, alongside mentions of rail topics and freight watch. It resembles a local notices page fragment with transportation and weather cues but lacks coherent facts.
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