President McKinley’s 1900 State of the Union summary
Washington dispatch reviews the address as brash and repetitive, noting most remains on China while finances show a surplus of over 79 million dollars and a proposed 30 million tax cut. It criticizes Hay Paunceforte surrender terms for the canal and highlights opposition to civil service reform prioritizing veterans, plus brewing tax politics shaping Senate and House actions.
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China
Gayn
Hoe
United States
Philippines
Senate
Root
House Committee On Military Affairs
Segatore Proctor
Elgind
Hay
Great Britain
Howes Civil Service Committees
Louisiana
Maine
McKinley
Gage
House Committee On Ways and Means
Cotton Crop Estimated at Ten Million Bales
Washington reports the 1900-01 cotton production at 10,100,000 bales using standard methods with many ginners reporting for the first time. Estimated lint yields per acre vary by state from 151 pounds in Alabama to 275 in Missouri, with total harvested acreage about 25,084,784 acres.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
United States
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missouri
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Holiday Excursion Rates for Xmas 1900 on the Charleston and Western Carolina
The Charleston and Western Carolina Railway announces Xmas holiday round trip tickets to any Southern Territory point at one and one third fares. Tickets on sale December 23 to 5, inclusive, also December 20, May, and January 1, 1901, with final return January 4, 1901. Student tickets available December 15 to 21 with final limit January 6, 1901. For details contact W. J. Craige, General Passenger Agent, Augusta, Ga.
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Charleston and Western Carolina Railway
W. J. Craic
Auguata
Poultry and Dairy Rise Urged to Aid Local Economy
Greenville editor urges farmers to expand poultry and dairy to meet rising demand and high prices. He notes frying chickens fetch 20 cents or more and eggs 30 to 95 cents, warns of continued imports, and calls for shelter improvements and increased production to boost local trade and families’ welfare.
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Gurenville
Greenville County
South Carolina State News Roundup of Elections and Incidents
Union arrests for forgery. Medical adviser elected to pension board. Pee Dee lines fuse into a coalition. Eleven deer killed on Hilton Head Island. New industrial insurance company formed in Columbia with £100,000 capital. Appleton man killed by accidental gun discharge while hunting. Public works talk on roads and penitentiary sales. Lighthouse supply station planned for Castle Pinckney. Ex Senator Tiby dies at 46 in Laurens. Water scarcity hits Lynchburg area as wells dry up. Attempt on Senator Henderson of Aiken near White Pond. Darlington County good roads association formed. Fiery incident in Spartanburg. young groom married to widow. Pension fraud prosecutions rise in Charleston. 37 prisoners sent to penitentiary from Charleston. Beaufort yachtsmen presumed lost after gale. Governor urged land grants for colonists. State treasury cash lower due to late tax returns. Senate supports Charleston Exposition funding. Spartanburg man found dead after leaving town. Civil and mining news with varied local notes.
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Union
W.E. Cobrina
D. Grillo
Columbia
State Pension Board
Pee Dee
Iilton Mead Island
Beaufort
William Blount
Appleton
Castle Pinkney
Charleston Harbor
John L. M. Tiby
Laurens
Bright
Lynchburg
Sumter
D. 8. Henderson
Aiken
White Pond
Darlington County
Fiat Woods
Spartanburg County
J. J. Wooten
Charleston
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John Thompson
Hugh S. Thompson
Eling Atkins
Spartanburg
Blackaburg
Bellinger
South Carolina
Breath Mining Company of
Newberry
Fiie
Saluda County
New Southern Railway
Allendale
Hardeeville
Savannah
Snowhills
Oranges
Ed Hayes
Suddoth
Spartanbrug
W. R. Matthews
Haywood
N Cc
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House Sealed by Dynamite Attack in Decatur County
A residence near Cluttsville in Decatur County was wrecked by dynamite last night. A. J. Thomas, a single man about forty, reportedly housed seven women believed linked to a white cap group. The blast seriously injured one of the women.
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Allants, GA Dev
New Decatur
Alas Raya
A. J. Thomas
Cluttsville
Thomas
Lia Henge
Wis
Hall's Catarrh Cure Saintly Remedy Claims Cure
A pasted medical ad asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional treatment for catarrh, describing it as a cure that acts internally to destroy the disease’s foundation. The ad promises a $100 reward for proof of failure or ineffectiveness and endorses the product as the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity.
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Iere
Mall
Hall
Ran All
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