Act and Joint Regulations Passed by the General Assembly
South Carolina acts from 1874 to 1878 cover Anderson County drainage and health powers, highway nuisances, fence law, railroad charter amendments, and funding mechanisms. Provisions authorize county commissioners to drain lands, set assessments, enforce flood gates, remove nuisances, regulate mills, and raise county funds. also extend railroad construction powers and fence mandates with penalties for noncompliance.
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General Assembly of
South Carolina
Anderson County Commissioners OF Health
Senate
House of Representatives
South Carolin
General Assembly
Anderson County
Zaid
Pat Abe
Dimulog
Circuit Court
Abel
Saeed
Anderson, Aiken
Port Hon
Anderson and
Pickens
Richmond and
Atlanta Air Line
Atlanta Air Line Railroad Company
Port Royal
Anderson
Isid County
Ssid County
Abbevilla
Oconae
Colossal Benefactions Spark Public Generosity
The week highlights two major gifts. James Lick of San Francisco donates about two million dollars to public works including baths, an Indies home, a medical school, orphans, and animal protection after fixing his estate and heirs. John Edgar Thompson’s two million dollar estate is left to trustees to support his wife and relatives and to fund female orphans of railroad workers, prioritizing Pennsylvania and Georgia lines. The Philadelphia Enquirer praises Thompson’s integrity and Lick’s philanthropic impact.
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James Lick
San Francisco
Ye Bopa
John Edgar Thompson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Georgia Railroad
Lick
California
Mr. Thompson
Philadelphia Enquirer
Europe
Pennsylvanis
Inga of Death and the Sleep Description
The text cites Leigh Hunt on death and sleep describing the sedative moment of entering sleep. It likens consciousness fading to a mother detaching from a sleeping child as the mind closes like a lid, with the spirit proceeding to its rounds.
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Inga
Wi Bussea
Leigh Hunt
Lise
Local Self-government and the rising light after dark
The piece reflects on the rebirth of local self-government doctrine after the Civil War era. It cites hope in renewed faith, notes the emergence of leaders and journalists returning to old principles, and voices belief that the cornerstone of liberty remains local self-government despite past despotism. It recalls a New Jersey lawyer’s analogy to Galileo and mentions a forthcoming president aligned with local self-government. A regional letter-writer in Athena Georgia adds a racially charged anecdote about a church altercation, illustrating lingering social tensions.
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Pioturs
New Jersey
Galileo
Wve
Athena
Watchman
Temperance Fight Divides Southern Methodists in Louisville
In Louisville the Southern Methodist Conference adopts by 825 to 48 a radical ban on all who make, sell, buy, or use intoxicating liquors. The measure, to be sent to local conferences, risks expulsion for members and seeks a total repudiation of alcohol. The report notes courage but calls for North to follow. A California sheriff tale closes with a juror’s quip and a Boston clergyman deriding hell.
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South
Raleigh
N. C
Crescent
North Carolina
Star Ft
Shelbyville Commercial
Macon Telegraph
Nashville Republican
Charleston
United States
Alabama
Daily State Journal
South Carolina
Louisiana
Confederacy
Appomattox
Lee
Bob Toombs
Bow Hill
Mexico
New York
Southern Methodists
Louisville
Lws
Whiskey-Eller
Fiist
Methodist Church South
Noah
Joseph
David
Rosoman
Cuna
Galiles
Methodist Church North
Children of
Chienga Tribune
Prophecy of Me Callout and Emancipation Fears
Extract from Mr. Cale houn's address to Southerners warns emancipation would come via Federal power from the North, produce social and political equality for freed people, undermine white dominance, and lead to widespread disorder in the South.
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Delow
Mr. Calehoun
South
Congress
Confederacy
North
Gpeiaesticae
Tle
Mulatto burglar sentenced after court antics at Barnwell
A Barnwell court heard a burglary case involving a about 25 year old mulatto man whose defiant behavior amused onlookers. He claimed his job was being a dawn state solicitor and argued he robbed a store to avoid his boss business. The judge sentenced him to four years in the penitentiary.
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Barnwell
Tsay
Coulrt Aid
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Charleston Railroad Company
Administration
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Grant
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Utal
Tere
Columbia Union~ Herald
Associate Reform Presbyterian
Austria
Turkey
Spain
Israel
Detroit Free Press
Grand Trunk Railway
Patrick MacArthur
Port Huron
Lis Visiun
Twain
Local
Heivor
Boston
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