Semmes and Sumter Names in Civil War Legacy
The Indianapolis News recounts Raphael Semmes and the Sumter names tied to Civil War history. It notes Semmes as a famed Confederate admiral and ships named in his honor, parallels to John Paul Jones, and contrasts with Francis Marion and Thomas Sumter, Revolutionary heroes from South Carolina whose legacies influenced place names and public memory. The piece highlights Sumter’s origins as a Revolutionary hero, his long life, and his postwar political career, including Congress and diplomacy, linking these figures to Charleston harbor’s fort and the commerce destroyer commanded by Semmes.
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Raphael Semmes
Ween
Pener
Tion
Searsarge
Sumter
John Paul Jones
Fort Sumter
Charleston
S. C
United States
Francis Marion
South Carolina
Marion
Thomas Sumter
Carolina
John Stark
New Hampshire
Stark
Baum
Bennington
Bregman
Burgoyne
Saratoga
France
Thomas
S.C
South
Congress
Brazil
Senate
Charleston Harbor
Pee Dee church services to be held next Saturday and Sunday
The Life notes services at Pee Dee church conducted by Rev. Dr. Buckner with the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper on Sunday. It reflects on men ready to go to Africa as missionaries yet unwilling to help with a tired wife or a cross baby, highlighting contrasts in commitments.
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Pee Dee
Buckner
Africa
Vermont Experiment Station
Btuart
MISS MABEL MCKINLEY TO SING IN DILLON OPERA HOUSE
Miss Mabel McKinley, famed American soprano praised by critics as a top- tier artist comparable to Melba, will perform in Dillon with a company of artists in a grand opera concert. The engagement spans 60 concerts from New York to Cuba, with public subscriptions backing the event. Seats at Brunson's Drug Store priced 50c 75c and 1.00. Performances at Dillon Opera House with doors at 7 15 and curtain at 8 15.
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Dillon
Mable McKinley
William McKinley
New York
Cuba
Miss McKinley
Melba
Schuman Heink
Nordiex
Calve
Havana
Brunson's
Dillon Opera House
T. O'Perrall
Mer. Dillon Opera House
Kidnapping Charge In Spartanburg Cave Case
In Spartanburg County South Carolina on October 4 special: Joe Chumley, a ballad driven cousin of Frank Chumley, was kidnapped last Thursday while en route to school. He was tied and held in a cave dug out in a deep gulley barricaded with heavy boards, with a grave prepared. Joe escaped Friday and returned home to tell his father. Frank Chumley was arrested and bound over to the Court of General Sessions. Others are said to be implicated amid rumored cotton-related spats.
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Artanbure
S. C
Joe Chumley
Frank Chumley
Woodruff
Court of General Sessions
Young Chumley
Frank Chamley
Joe
Chumley
Buckner to Preach at Hamer Church Sunday P.M.
Dr Buckner will preach at the Hamer church at the usual hour Sunday afternoon October 10th and will conduct communion services there to observe the fourth Sabbath of October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamer
Buckner
Centennial Celebration Rail Fare to Pittsburg Oct 1909
Atlantic Coast Line advertises round trip travel from Wilmington to Pittsburg for the Centennial Celebration of the International Christian Society Churches of Christ in America. Fare 25.85 dollars, tickets on sale Oct 9 10 14 and 18, final return by Oct 25 1909. Inquiries to Ticket Agent or write W J Craig T C White Pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Christian Society Churches of Christ In America
W. J. Craig
T. C. White
Wilmington
N.ca
Irrigation and Soil Water Challenges in Southern California
Southern California presents irrigation as essential to farming, with waste water from ditches and reservoirs causing soil flooding and alkali buildup. Cement linings, steel or cement pipes, and puddling reduce seepage, while costly ditch cleaning, vegetation control, and animal burrowing pose ongoing issues for canal maintenance.
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California
Southern
B. A. Etcheverry
The
State University
Etcheverry
Jurupa
Riverside
Winter Cultivation Of Strawberries And Smokehouse Plan
Farmers can cultivate strawberries in winter with strong three year roots in a heated bed 40 to 50 degrees, using light exclusion and moist soil. Plant roots close together, cover with soil, minimal watering, and monitor growth by temperature. A smokehouse plan connects to a barn cellar for cool smoke and safer fire, improving preservation.
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New England
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