Wateringford News reports crop toil and storms
Cotton chopping is now the order of the day and a small grain harvest is under way. A severe storm hit last Thursday evening with light crop damage. An ice cream festival honored Uncle Noah Taylor. A private Pond Branch school closed abruptly. A five foot four inch rattlesnake pilot was killed. Several mad dogs seen. one slain on C. E. Lewis’s premises. Social visits noted among local families and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. M. Hallman
Noah Taylor
Pond Branch
M. M. Howard
S. A. Kyzer
Annie Howard
Missouri Kyzer
B. W. Kyzer
Gilbert
W. M. Oswald
H. A
Mrs. Howard
Roof
Sara Kyzer
J. A. Taylor
Verona Notes On Illness And Family Visits
Verona community entries report widespread illness with wishes for improvement. Mentions Mr and Mrs Rhion Derrick visiting Cap Derrick and Mr and Mrs J L Fulmer with ten daughters plus Mr and Mrs J Price and children fishing. C W Price recovered after a brief illness. John W Frazier and family visited his parents Mr and Mrs J H.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhion Derrick
Cap Derrick
J. L. Fulmer
J Price
C. W. Price
John W. Frazier
J. H
Probate Court Sale in Batesburg Lands of Barrett Jones
Probate Court of Lexington County South Carolina orders sale of land in Batesburg. Minnie Y. Jones as administratrix will offer a half acre parcel and a ten by 369 foot strip with specified boundaries at the courthouse door in Lexington on the first Monday of June. Terms: cash, purchaser covers stamps and recording. P. Hook judge. Efird and Carroll attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
South Carolina
Lexington
Minnie Y. Jones
Barrett Jones
Nellie Youmans Jones
Batesburg
Lexington County
S. B. Cartledge
Co. S. O'Neal
E.R. Landrum
Grees
Bassmate
Tee Said
Holsey’s Ferry
E. R. Landrum
P. Hook
Efird & Carroll
Sunday Notes From Frazer Local Column
Community gossip reports visits and illnesses as Mrs W L Bedenbaugh and Mrs Brandus Derrick spent time with family. Leona Oswald stayed with sister Stella Shealy. Mrs Jacob Frazier and Mrs J H Frazier illness and fever are noted. Little Howie Charles suffers tonsillitis and Jessie Keisler visits Tilman Derrick as a nurse. Verona and Cool Spring teams played ball, band perform at Ridgeroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Frazier
Howie Charles
Willie Charles
Bob Shealy
Prosperity
Shealy
Jessie Keisler
James Keisler
Hollow Creek
Tilman Derrick’s
W. L. Bedenbaugh
Stanmore Nichols
C. W. Price
John Frazier
Columbia
Virgil Bedenbaugh
Verona
Cool Spring
James Swygert
Ridgeroad
The Woman Who Used Magic to Win a King
A fragmentary tale recounts the 17th century marquise de Montespan using magic to gain favor with Louis XIV. It details her bold ambition, paid witches, love powders, and the black mass, as well as her influence, scandals, and later decline alongside Madame Maintenon and the queen Maria Theresa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis XIV
Marquise de Montesyan
Louis
Maria Theresa
Sword’s Point
de Montespan
Madam Scarron
Marquise de Maintenon
de Maintenon
de Motespa
Clerk's Sale in Lexington County South Carolina
State court sale of real estate in Lexington to settle a debt. The property, a one and seven eighths acre dot in Brookhead, is described with boundaries near Mary E Aughtry and Columbia Land & Investment Co. The auction is on the first Monday in June 1922 during lawful hours at the courthouse door. Terms require cash and payment of papers revenue stamps and recording fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
South Carolina
Lexington
Court of Common Pleas
Jessie Hendrix
Nevins B. Hendrix
Rosalie Hendrix
S.C
Court House
Fallowine
Stiete
Brookhead
Mary E. Aughtry
Columbia Land & Investment Co
A. D. Shull
Thomas Shuler
Shull
H. L. Harman
L. S
Efird & Carrol, Attys
The King's Court and a Queen's Restraint
The text recounts a turbulent period in which an open rupture led a woman to exit court, pleasing the queen after years of subjection. Maria Theresa is described as devout and plain, unable to contend with the marquise, while Louis XIV forbade mourning for the seven legitimized children of De Montespan after her death in 1707, revealing his unfeeling policy toward the woman who bore them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Theresa
de Montespan
Louis
English Archers Lose Home In Regent's Park Move
The Naval Toxophilite Society in England plans to relocate its headquarters in Regent's Park after years there. The Archers Hall houses a 4,000 year old bow and arrows from Sakwarah Egypt and Mahomet Effendi’s gift from 1794. The Turkish official’s shot beyond a quarter mile impressed Mahmoud and earned him a prized bow and arrows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Regent's Park
Archers’ Hall
Sakwarah
Egypt
Mahomet Effendi
Sublime Porte
Mahmoud
Real geniuses not queer he myth about Meredith
A Manchester Guardian column by St John Ervine argues Meredith did not live on oatmeal and reveal his genius through meals. Ervine notes Meredith enjoyed table pleasures and wine, and even pondered a cookery book, countering the stereotype of diet influenced genius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meredith
St. John Ervine
Manchester
Eng
Guardian
Dr. Johnson
Notice of Administration for W N Martin Estate
Probate Judge George S Crafts in Lexington South Carolina cites and admonishes kindred and creditors of W N Martin to appear May 25 1922 at 11 a m in the Court of Probate Lexington C H Sl C to show cause why letters of administration should not be granted. Handwritten notice dated May 10 1422 and published May 17 1922 for two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
South Carolina
Lexington
George S. Crafts
Esquire
L. J Martin
W. N. Martin
C. H
Sl. C
W. F. Hook
Lexington Co
S.C
Election Notice for Newburg District No 51 May 1922
Notice to Newburg School District No 51 electors of a May 6 1922 election at the school house to vote on an additional two mill levy for school purposes polls open 7 am close 4 pm bring tax receipt and registration certificate ordered by trustees Derrick H Julian Shealy Ben Shealy and trustees of Newburg District No 51 May 1922
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburg
E, Fh. Derrick
H. Julian Shealy
Ben Shealy
Lourd Af
Trustees of
Common Things Of Life And The Genius Of Focus
The passage notes that a true man of genius demands orderly provision of life’s basics to avoid distraction from work. It cites Herbert Spencer’s complaint about impractical jug spouts and his invention of a paper fastener, illustrating practical critique by a superior mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Spencer
Boon to Mankind the Caning Science and Its Impact
This essay praises canning as a pivotal food preservation advance rivaling the telephone wireless and air travel. It notes the 1795 French prize to Appert for hermetic sealing and heat sterilization, explaining canning saves surplus harvests, reduces waste, and broadens economic food conservation across seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Appert
Canning Expands Food Access Across Time and Space
The article extols canning as a universal boon, claiming it removes seasons and distances. It argues that canned foods let households enjoy summer crops year round and access seafood and fruits from distant regions, linking urban hotels to explorers and remote communities through preserved provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Hawaii
Alaska
South America
New York
Donts for Dairy Farmers Warns on Milking Hygiene
A list of dairy milking cautions advises cleaning the cow and flanks before milking, wiping up spills, washing the separator after each use, straining milk, using cold milk through the separator, cooling cream promptly, avoiding warm and cool cream mixing, and avoiding dusty feeds before milking. It notes not to milk with wet hands and emphasizes proper separator operation and storage conditions.
Dairying Profits Highlighted For Proper Practice
The article notes that good money can be made in dairying if done properly, stressing clean separator and milker practices as essential for success and hygiene.
Pop’s the one with a hat on says farmer’s boy
A back-country farmer’s son explains that his father is outside in the pig pen tending a sick shoot, noting as an illuminating afterthought that the old man is “Pop” and is the figure in the hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pop
B A. Franklin
Strathmore Paper Company
Christian Intelligencer
Letting Him Down Easy
A dying man calls his longtime chauffeur Sykes and laments a long, bugged journey ahead. The driver consoles him with the remark that there is one comfort, it’s all downhill. The blurb ends with a note about Hajipy and the parents whose son loves a good girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sykes
American Legion Weekly
Hajipy
Accident Leaves Minimal Car Damage
Jerry reports Mrs Cheapskate had a minor collision yesterday. Joe confirms no injuries to person or vehicle, only small paint damage to both car and bumpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry
Williams and Lucas Shoe Stock to be Sold at Public Outcry
A sheriff sale in Lexington S C lists Williams and Lucas shoe stock from Swansea D C. The personal property includes one hundred seventy three pairs of shoes. Sale set for Monday June 5 1922 at the courthouse door in Lexington. Proceeds go to satisfy a court execution in the case of W H Miles Shoe Company versus T H Williams and J J Lucas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
South Carolina
Lexington
Court of Common Pleas
W. H. Miles Shoe Company
T. H. Williams
J. J. Lucas
Williams and Lucas
Court House
S. C
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Wateringford
Probate Court
Clerk’s Sale
Lombard Iron Works & Supply Co
Gronda’ Ford
Victrolas
Victor
Emerson and Okeh
the John Church Co
Main Street
Columbia, S. C
Rose Hill Greenhouses
Lady Street
Columbia, 8. C
Washington St
Columbia, S.C
Harmon Drug Co
Lexington Pharmacs
EAGLE
Eagle Pencil Company
The
Palmetto National Bank
C. D. Kenny CO
Columbia, D. C
Montgomery Wholesale
Montgomery Grocery Co
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