South Carolina Cotton Mills Valuation and History
The State report details 122 mills in South Carolina with total valuation around 32.99 million, noting three counties without mills and highlighting Spartanburg Anderson and York as leaders in investment. It traces mill growth from 1893 to 1902, cites Olympia and Batesville as notable, and mentions Mary Gridley of Batesville as one of the few women presidents, with Pendleton and Granitoville as longstanding mills and early pioneers like Hutchins.
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Erased Equalization
South Carolina
Atbao
Barnwell
Beaufort
Berkeley
Harleston
Cheaterfield
Clarendon
Dorchester
Florence
Georgetown
Hampton
Horry
Saluda
Wilamsburg
Columbia
Spartanburg
Anderson
Richnd
Aikennd
Greenville
Istende
Olympia
Mary Putnam Ridley
Putnam Mills
Bateville
Ndas'ry
Alun
Carolina
Pendleton
Autun
Anderson County
Autuo
Col. Benj. F. Sloan
J. B. E. Sloan
Charleston
B. F. Sloan
Bencon
P. BH. E. Sloan
Clemson College
Rocky Creek
Hutchins
Batenville
Mrr
Wm. Bates
Henry P. Hammett
Upper South Carolina
Bates
New Egeland
Gridley
Batesville
John W. Baker
Laurens
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Japanese Formosa sugar from sweet potatoes proposed
A historical article discusses Formosa sugar produced from sweet potatoes under Japanese administration. It notes potential large yields, low costs, and rising production, comparing sweet potato sugar to beet and cane sugar. It cites high acre yields in the American South and possible global impact on the sugar industry.
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Formoca
Evonomiy
Esron Ko- Gama
Goto
Europe
United States
Far East
Formosa
Almor Unlimited
York County
Abbeville
J. H. Mattox
Clinch County
Georgia
Sarawa
West
Cruelty Claim Sparks Comical Horsehair Mishap
An elderly New York hotel guest reacts to a cab driver removing a horse tail wig, mistaking it for cruelty. The incident leads to a police response, a corrected view of the prank, and a warning against unnecessary scrutiny of gifts. The page also advertises Botanic Blood Balm for various blood and skin diseases with a promise of samples and wide availability.
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Davy Crockett
Indy
New York
Acib
Atlants
im-Anderson By
Nay Drog Co
Wilhita & Wil- Rite
Byppe Pharmecy
Uncertainty of Life and Death in Insurance Lists
A major life insurer published a pamphlet listing 435 people whose policies paid out after less than a year of coverage in 1901. Deaths clustered late in the year, with 85 in Q1 and 123 in Q4, suggesting end-year risk patterns. The company rejected 10,000 applications that year and the list includes professionals from farmers to engineers, including a dozen physicians, three of whom died early in their coverage.
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Pamphiet
Digme
Greek professor misread as mesmerist on train
A Boston scene shows bootblacks calling themselves professors as a train passenger questions a man’s claimed talents. The exchange reveals a mix of jokes and misread identities while a cough remedy ad closes the fragment.
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Boston
Carde
Ibg
Sebel
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Lieco
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Orr Gray & Co
Western and Atlantic Railway
Nashville, Chattanooga and
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Acme Paint & Cementlco
F. B. GRAYTON & CO., _ Druggista
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