Week of September 21, 1916

These articles courtesy of The Gadsden County Times newspaper, Quincy.

Articles were photographed and typed by Angela Cassidy. The writers almost always use initials of people,
so I have inserted in parentheses the full name of people that I know through my genealogical research.

Sedalia News [Sedalia was a community several miles south of Greensboro and Juniper.]

The farmers are smiling over the heavy loads of corn which they are housing; especially E. L. Chester.

M. R. Strickland passed through the first of last week. We suppose he went to Elmire (Elmira, Ga.?)

Henry Todd of Federal Road passed through Thursday evening on his way to B. E. Chester's of Sycamore.

E. L. Chester visited B. E. Chester Friday.

Mrs. Geo. W. Rudd joined the Farmers Union Saturday. The farmers are expecting a feast Friday. You ought to be out and hear the little boys sawing wood for their mother to cook one more "fill."

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Pierce spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Chester.

Among those who attended services at Providence Sunday were: Miss Rossie Turner, Jack Chester, little Jennie and Mead Goodson.

We are very sorry to know of the illness of the son of Frank Moore.

Mrs. S. M. Goodson and Miss Rossie Turner went over to Greensboro Tuesday evening.

Some may think Sedalia is out in the sticks; just come over and watch the Fords and wagons going over to Jim Edwards'.

Juniper Notes

J. E. Suber and his brother, Elmer, acted their part as jurors in the county court last week.

Miss Ada Low spent Saturday at Sawdust, spending the day pleasantly with her college acquaintance, Miss Gladys Strom.

Among the girls to leave this county for the women's college at Tallahassee (Florida State College for Women) are Misses Ruby Wells, Gladys Strom and Erma Strange. Juniper boasts of her quota of students at this great institution.

A double wedding of great interest occurred at Providence last Sunday, when the pastor, Rev. F. M. Wells, performed the marriage ceremony uniting for life Mr. Webster Suber and Miss Annie Rudd, Mr. Guy Rudd and Miss Maise Rudd. The many friends of the brides and grooms wish for them a most happy life.

The basket ball court at Providence school is laid out according to rule, and is as pretty as can be. The girls and boys enjoy the game as is usual with all people with red blood in their veins.

We can't speak for the editors of the country papers, Mr. Editor, but believe that there are very few things that the Times-Union is for in the political game in this State that the common country people can afford to stand for, so that we usually find out...... (the rest was missed in photographing)

Sycamore News

Rev. P. A. Fletcher preached a very interesting sermon here Sunday morning and at the school house Sunday night.

J. R. Johnson has been sick for some time, but we are glad to say he is now rapidly improving.

Onice, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Barr, is reported very ill at this time.

Lafayette Johnson is visiting his parents here and visited the school Friday afternoon.

Rev. and Mrs. P. A. Fletcher were guests at the home of J. A. Barr Sunday.

Misses Flavia McLane and Annie McPherson visited friends and relatives here last week.

J. W. Garner made a business trip to Bristol Saturday.

Some of our people are already beginning to take pork to town and the chances are there will be quite a surplus of meat in this vicinity the next few months.

(there was more but it was missed in photographing)

Local and Personal (written from a Quincy perspective)

[Note: This is an extensive column for only one week. Since next week's issue (Sept. 28) is missing, perhaps some of this is actually from next week's issue. I cannot guarantee that all of this came out of the September 21 issue. There were some duplicate lines about the young people who went off to college, worded just slightly differently, and that is another reason I think this column may be the combination of two weeks of news instead of one./Angela Cassidy]

Dan Hinson, Jr., of Hinson was a visitor Saturday.

J. T. Taylor of Dogtown was a business visitor Saturday.

W. S. Lloyd of Havana made a business trip to the city Saturday.

J. W. Edwards of Sawdust was in the city Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Munroe of Havana were in the city Saturday.

Miss Annette Munroe left Sunday for Sweetbriar, Va., where she will attend college.

Philip May of Jacksonville is in the city on a visit to his parents. Mr. and Mrs. F. P. (Frank Pierce) May.

J. Gus and Harold Bert of Scotland spent Sunday with Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Scott.

Virgil, Otto, Misses Ione, Hazel and Winnie Hough of Gretna were visitors in the city Saturday.

J. H. Fears of Campbellton, Fla., visited his brother, B. F. Fears, of Quincy on last Sunday.

Henry Harrell left last Monday for Gainesville, where he entered the University for the coming term.

L. M. Lindsey, the popular gents' furnishing man, left Tuesday for Livingston, Ala., to be gone for about a week.

Misses Euvene Price, Mary Tarlowski and Mamie Price left Monday for Tallahassee, where they will attend college.

Geo. W. McKeown left Tuesday with Paul McKeown of Havana for Atlanta. They expect to be gone about a week or ten days.

Misses Celia McFarlin, Mary Wood Davis, Mattie Broome May, Mildred Scott and Marie Ellis left Tuesday for Tallahassee, where they will attend college.

A. T. (Alfred T.) Hearin is home again, after an absence of three weeks. While away, Mr. Hearin visited his family, who have been spending the summer at Ashville, and spent considerable time in the northern markets buying a large stock of goods for the Love & Hearin Co.

F. W. McPherson, who was here for a week on business, returned to Ft. Pierce Tuesday.

Henry Harrell left Monday for Gainesville, where he will resume his studies in the University.

W. L. Ingram, one of the prominent citizens of Gretna, was in town on business Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Shelfer (Joseph Edward and Lula Butler), Mrs. H. A. Luten, J. E. Shelfer, Jr., Louis Shelfer and Alney Luten spent Saturday in Havana.

Paul Gregory left Tuesday for Deland, where he will be a student in Stetson University. He was accompanied by Alex Bruce.

Jack McFarlin and Elwood Hall left Saturday for Gainesville, where they will attend the University.

Mrs. Chas. Conboy and children left last week for Paris, Mo., where she will visit friends and relatives.

Miss Catherine Ball left Saturday for Marianna, where she will teach school this term. While in the city, she was the guest of Miss Alice Corry.

F. F. Morgan and G. S. Gregory were interested spectators at the Knott-Catts contest before the Supreme Court in Tallahassee Tuesday.

F. H. May, Jr., who has been on a visit to Dade City, returned Monday night, having been delayed in returning home by a slight illness.

Mrs. W. A. Burns returned Tuesday from Jacksonville, where she underwent an operation three weeks ago. She is getting along nicely.

G. V. Anderson, who has been conducting a business college in Quincy, left Sunday for Ft. Pierce to accept a position as teacher in the commercial department of the high school.

A party of local fishermen returned from St. Marks this afternoon, where they spent two days. In the party were M. H. Luten, J. W. Harrel, W. L. MacGowan, W. L. Sheperd, C. C. Williams and J. C. Scarborough.

Mrs. Kahl is very ill at her home here.

Mr. and Mrs. John Allen have moved out to the Love place, where they will reside for awhile.

Mr. Gilmore of Tallahassee is superintending the work on Mr. S. E. Key's new home.

Wallace Allen left last week for Auburn, Ala., where he will resume his studies at Alabama Tech.

Miss Vergie Shelfer was here from Panama City Saturday and Sunday as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Shelfer.

Miss Cora Jones, of Live Oak, is the guest of her brother, W. E. Shelfer, this week. Miss Jones has many friends in Quincy who are always glad to see her.

Miss Mary B. Love, formerly a resident of Quincy, but who has been residing in Jacksonville for a number of years, is a welcome visitor to her old home.

John Shaw, who has spent the summer in Massachusetts, is in Atlanta, where he will resume his studies at the Georgia School of Technology.

Cattzemjammer will do some wind-jamming in Quincy next Monday. The show will be free, but doubtless a collection will be lifted; better leave your change at home.

Mrs. A. T. Hearin (Mattie Love) will arrive from Ashville Wednesday. Mrs. Hearin has been away all summer and her many friends will be very glad to welcome her back to Quincy.

Miss Annie Hinsey spent last week in Panama City. While there, she attended the marriage of her brother, Geo. W. Hinsey, to Miss Allye Bourne. The marriage was a very quiet affair, only the family and a few friends being present.

In a letter to her husband, Mrs. S. C. Crouch states that her health is improving, but is anxious to return to dear old Quincy. Mrs. Crouch is visiting her parents at Cartersville, Ga. Mr. Crouch has also visited the Georgia and several North Carolina towns this summer, returning to Quincy about two weeks ago.

Miss Mattie Long, who has been visiting friends in Jacksonville, has returned.

Mr. Rieger, a life insurance man from Pensacola, was in the city on business Monday.

Harry Thomas of Macon was in Quincy Wednesday on business.

Mr. and Mrs. Olin Brewer of Greensboro were in the city Saturday.

After spending several days very pleasantly with home folks, Sidney Cox returned to his home in Perry last Sunday.

Pierce McDonald, the county surveyor, was in the city on official business the first of the week.

The school has now a regular attendance of 384. At this time last year there were only 357 enrolled.

Friends of Miss Pauline Hearin will be interested in knowing that she will attend Converse this winter.

J. S. Shaw returned Monday night from a trip to New York and the eastern markets, where he has been buying his fall and winter goods.

We are prepared to buy any quantity of corn shelled or shucked in car load lots. Call and see us. A. L. Wilson Co. Adv. 9-I-I4-4t

W. F. Graves and brother, J. E. Graves, two prominent sawmill men of DeFuniak Springs, passed through the city Monday en route to their large mill plant at Hosford.

The following Greensboro people were in town Monday: S. W. Anderson, Mrs. S. W. Anderson, Dr. Chester Wahl, Mrs. Wahl, Mrs. Castleberry, Dr. O. W. Gardner, Mr. H. L. Davis, Mr. P. A. Fletcher and Mr. James Dezell.

Some of the Quincy girls who are leaving this week for school are Misses Mattie Broome May, Celia McFarlin, Mary Wood Davis, Euvene Price, Mammie Price, Mary Tarlowski, Marie Ellis--Woman's College, and Misses Annette and Edith Munroe--Sweet Briar.

Friends of Mr. Tarlowski will regret to learn that he has been quite ill this week.

D. A. Avant returned Tuesday night from a business trip to Jacksonville.

Miss Doub, who teaches at Amsterdam, was the week-end guest of the Misses Love.

Mrs. George Lewis and children of Tallahassee visited her parents here one day last week.

Felder McKeown who is connected with the Boykin Mercantile Company of River Junction was in Quincy Wednesday.

Mr. Strom, who will represent Gadsden county at the next session of the legislature, was in the city Saturday.

The Misses Poole, who are teachers here, have moved into the cottage on King Street next door to Mr. Ernest Quarterman.

Miss Bessie Humphrey, who, since her graduation in June, has taken special work in Tallahassee, left Friday for Artesia, where she will teach this winter.

Mrs. McKeown has been quite ill for the past few days, but her friends will be glad to learn that she is able to be in her store again.

Miss Evelyn Bryant, who will attend school in Tallahassee this winter, stopped in Quincy for a short visit with her sisters, who accompanied her to Tallahassee Tuesday.

Mrs. Walter Gilbery of Tennessee, who was, before her marriage, Miss Leila Woodward, is visiting relatives at her old home near here. She has with her her young son, who has been named James L.

Mrs. R. K. (Roderick Kirkpatrick) Shaw (Carrie Love) and son, Roderick, who formerly lived here, but are now making their home in Atlanta, arrived Monday morning for a three weeks' visit. Roderick has been suffering from defective vision, but his friends will rejoice to learn that his eye is much improved.

Miss Abbie Munroe has had as her guest the past week, Miss Roberta Jones. Miss Jones who has spent some time here with her aunt, Mrs. Barnes, will leave in a few days for her home in Birmingham. She has made many friends who will regret to have her go.

Little Sycamore Items

The work on M. C. Stringer's new house is rapidly progressing and he hopes to move into it soon.

Good many farmers in this vicinity are gathering corn this week.

Miss Willie Taylor of Chattahoochee visited her parents here last week and was accompanied back to Chattahoochee by her sister, Miss Mary, who will attend school there. Although we regret losing Mary from our school, we are glad she can attend a graded school (a school with different grades as compared to a one-room school).

Rev. B. F. Posten of Glory passed through here Monday afternoon enroute to his home from Oak Grove, where he has been conducting a week's meeting.

Fate Johnson of the Hospital corps is spending his annual vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Johnson, of this place.

D. A. Whittle took advantage of the excursion Sunday and went to see his daughter, Mrs. Hinkley, of Apalachicola.

 
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