Hogwallow News Roundup of Local Quips and Quirks
The Hogwallow column skims daily life from the post office to the still house, listing assorted antics. Fit Smith’s dogs linger at a still, Raz Barlow’s sardine day, a two horn cow swap, and the Excelsior Fiddling Band causing a ruckus at Gimlet Creek. Atlas Peck roams Dog Hill and Rye Straw, while church rules and suffrage chatter mix with small-town chatter.
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Atlas Peck
Rye Straw
Atlas
Luke Mathewson
Jefferson Potlocks
Slim Pickens
Tickville
Musket Ridge
How Shall He Walk At Easley City Council Ordinance
At Easley city council a new ordinance requires Southern Railway to set yard limits in Easley and to stop trains at entry, with flagmen leading through limits. Railway officials requested a council hearing before enforcement to understand flagman movement, joking about walking style.
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Easley
Southern Railway
Charlie Chaplin
Pickens Association Notes Baptist Courier
Moderator C. Robinson declined re election and the body chose Pastor J. J. Foster in a unified vote. The piece lauds Foster as a selfless servant and highlights young pastor B r Welcher, serving multiple churches across four associations. It mentions T E Durham ordained a year ago and serving Glenwood Liberty No a and Smith s Grove.
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Baptist Courier
T.E. Durham
Pickens Association
Bro. Durham
Glenwood
Liberty No. 2
Smith’s Grove
Local notes from Easley and surrounding areas
Jule B. Dacus of M F Parrish is in Spar tanburg hospital with typhoid fever and is reported to be improving. Nathan Smith, four miles west of Hasley, fell from a roof on the 9th and broke four ribs but is not believed seriously injured. Mrs J A Smith, who went to Trot Springs Ark for treatment, underwent an operation there last week and is doing well. her husband J A Smith is at her bedside.
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Jule B. Dacus
M. F. Parrish
Spartanburg
Nathan Smith
Hasley
Community Fair at Vineland Schoolhouse Oct 28
A community fair will be held at Vineland schoolhouse on October 28 under George's Creek Home Betterment club to showcase rural progress. The event includes music, sermons by local pastors, a Mary E. Ferguson talk, and a picnic lunch on the grounds. Misses Mamie Williams and Elizabeth Mauldin will sell home made candies and coffee to benefit Croswell and Vineland schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vineland Schoolhouse
George’s Creek Home
Mary E. Ferguson
Winthrop College
Mamie Williams
Elizabeth Mauldin
Croswell
Vineland
Well equipped kitchen opportunity at bargain price
A promotional notice promises a great chance to obtain a perfectly convenient kitchen at a bargain price. The statement emphasizes that a well equipped kitchen is a natural right of every good house keeper and frames the offer as the greatest opportunity.
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Flutie Belcher
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Gimlet Creek
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