Pay Day in County Schools as $30,000 Is Borrowed
Saturday brought salary payments to many county schools after the board arranged a 30,000 loan to cover two months of teachers pay. Some schools reported totals late, causing shortfalls. Steedman school opens November first with Col J H Frick as principal and Miss Willie Vaughn as assistant. A State Fair prize winner Miss Genevive Smith, daughter of Mr and Mrs A L Smith of Barrs, also earned top honors for canned fruits, boosting Lexington County's image.
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Steedman
J. H. Frick
Chapin
Willie Vaughn
van Wyck
Lexington County
Swearingen
Genevive Smith
Lexington High School
A. L. Smith
Barrs
Miss Smith
Aiken
Lexington
County Schools Open Amid Record Enrollment
Beaver Creek News reports all county schools are open with two heavy enrollments from each. Weather remains warm for the season as farmers finish harvest. Miss Helen Stabler from the city hospital is home on vacation and friends are glad she may soon leave again. Bennie Long’s little son has died. condolences sent to the family. Mrs. B. H. Jumper visited her parents last week. Mr. Johnnie Saylor and Miss Helen Stabler were guests of Miss Lucile Gowls Sunday afternoon. Murray Jumper celebrates a birth, a boy. Congratulations to Dan iel Rucker and his bride. A large crowd attended Rev. R. C. Griffith’s farewell sermon at Oak Grove Sunday. Misses Helen Mae and Bessie Stabler visited Miss Mittie Furtick Thursday evening and with Miss Mary Ellen Saylor Sunday morning. Dora Jumper spent Sunday night and Monday with Helen Stabler. Mrs. H. D. Stabler and daughter Helen were guests of Mrs. W. W. Lucas one evening.
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Helen Stabler
City Hospital
Bennie Long
B. H. Jumper
Johnnie Saylor
Lucile Gowls
Murray Jumper
Daniel Rucker
R. C. Griffith
Oak Grove
Helen Mae
Bessie Stabler
Mittie Furtick
Misses Mae
Mary Ellen Saylor
Dora Jumper
H. D. Stabler
Helen
W. W. Lucas
Edisto News Briefs Include Ills and School Start
Edisto notes show school starting October tenth and residents reporting progress on illnesses. Mr R Peel improves after seven weeks sickness while Mrs J W Frick recovers from three weeks illness. Mrs W M Laird and daughter Nellie visit relatives Richard and Clara May Frick. A contract for a modern school building at Samaria has been let and work will begin soon with Lucile and Christabell Har assisting.
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Edisto
R. Peel
Lucile
Lioness danger and Roosevelt hunting tale spread in Africa
A London Daily Mail story from Nairobi recounts a transport agent Klopper killed by a wounded lioness after a failed bid to suffocate it with the tongue. It also narrates a bizarre sneezing-for-death method, stray lion attacks on oxen, and Roosevelt's Africa expedition with Selous.
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London
Nairobi
East Africa
London Daily Mail
Klopper
Africa
Unclear fragment hints at a fishing trip tale
A fragment mentions Sara and Frank Clarke on a fishing trip with an odd object described as built and crossing its back near the hce, but details are incomplete and unclear.
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Sara
Frank Clarke
Hens Needed for 1913 Egg Supply Estimate
London demands 8.5 million hens plus 1.5 million more to reach the 1913 goal of 120 eggs per person. Secretary Brown of the national poultry council cites the shortfall and projected consumption.
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London
England
Dwar Brown
National Gentry Council
Ring Caught in Fence Costs Boy His Finger
A ring worn by Robert Friedman of Philadelphia became caught in a fence while he was vaulting it to seek shelter from a shower. The ring snagged on an iron picket and was torn from his finger, costing him his finger in the incident.
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Robert Friedman
Phiadelphia
Friedman
Destructive Fire Destroys Swansea Building and Losses Reported
A two story brick building in Swansea owned by J J Culler and Mrs L B Rast burned last night. Ground floor held J J Lucas groceries and J Tal Berry Swansea Groceteria. upper floor housed Masons Eastern Star Woodmen of the World and offices of Courtney and Craft Jackson. Losses include about 6000 dollars for the building 1700 dollars insured and stock losses totaling thousands with various insurance. No insurance on lodge paraphernalia or offices. People housed in rooms upstairs were away. losses estimated from 250 to 700 dollars for different occupants.
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Dispatch News
Swansea
S. C
Culler
J. J. Culler
Eastern Star and Woodmen of the World
W. B. Courtney
Craft & Jackson
Lucas
Berry
Courtney
Grant
Compulsory Attendance Law Sets Effective Date
Notice states that the compulsory attendance law takes effect on November 21, 1921, in Central School District No. 43. The district office issues the directive to enforce mandatory schooling requirements starting that date.
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Central School District No. A3
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Beaver Creek News
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Columbia Dry Batteries
Ata
Southern Agriculturist
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Beast
Rhodesia
Roosevelt
Kermit
British East Africa
F. ©. Selous
Selous
Theodore Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
Portuguese Zambesia
Non
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Tive Fire
Chamberlain
Me-o-my
Jimmy Pipe
Prince Albert
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Empire
Caughman Bros
Assembly Street
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