South Carolina Considers St Louis World Fair Exhibit
Columbia Dec. 14 An effort may be made to persuade the next legislature to fund and organize a South Carolina exhibit at the St Louis World Fair. Since abolition of the state department of agriculture a decade ago the state has shown no industrial advertising. A competent collector could assemble a strong display, aiding westward settlement and showcasing soil climate and resources.
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Palmetto State
Columbia
D. C
South Carolina
St. Louis
State Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
Georgia
Charleston
Craze by liquor ends in murder suicide near Greenville
Edward Hollis, a hat drummer, killed his wife and sister-in-law in Lima, 11 miles from Greenville, then fatally shot himself after a dispute with his wife. He also fired at his mother in law and son, while his mother in law was away hunting. Hollis, reportedly drunk, was described as wild and reckless and the crime shocked the local community involving the Pool family.
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Edward Hollis
Law
Greenville
D. C
Lima
Edward Holls
Hollis
Doctor Fends Off Robber Passenger in North Carolina
In Raleigh on December 14 Dr. O J Bennett halted a robbery when a woman in a dress boarded his buggy and hid a pistol. The doctor knocked the thief over the waist and threw her out headfirst, then rode off. The dropped bundle held $400 and valuables. Damages awarded $100. Also in Carrollton Georgia, the case of M A Boyd vs Southern Railway ended with $100 damages for the plaintiff and $1,500 claimed for alleged permanent injuries denied.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
O. J. Bennett
Pollocksville
Mike
Carrollton
M. A. Boyd
Southern Railway Company
Alty
Villasoe
Commission Decides Case In Favor Of Complainant
Inter state commerce commission rules Nathan Myere vs Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Railway favors the complainant. Tariff classification for batters fur scraps and cuttings deemed unjust and ignored fair relations among commodities.
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Nathan Myere
Cleveland
Cincinnai
Loule
Chicago
Washi
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eveland
Cincinnati
Chicago and St. Louis
Twenty Five Below at St Paul Cold Snap Claims Farmer
In St Paul the thermometer plunged to 28 below zero as Joseph Zulager a 66 year old farmer living near Rice's in Benton county froze to death after falling in snow. The day also saw record lows across the northwest with trains delayed by extreme cold and widespread suffering reported.
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Joseph Zulager
St. Paul
Rice's
Benton County
Mississippi
LaCrosse
Wis
South Carolina Industries Gain Noted in Census Figures
Census Bureau preliminary data show South Carolina with 3 762 establishments in 1900, products valued at 58 748 781 dollars and capital invested 67 356 465 dollars. Average wage earners 48 1235, total wages 9 455 000, materials cost 34 027 796. Charleston reports 364 establishments, 5 027 wage earners, capital 12 473 187, product value 9 662 887, wages 1 489 906, materials cost 5 633 578, miscellaneous expenses 796 573. Capital up 130 percent since 1890. product value up 84 percent. materials up 80 percent.
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Washington
Census Bureau
South Carolina
Charleston
Farmers as Vigilants in Amite County War on Secret Societies
White farmers in Amite county Mississippi form an investigative group to uncover secret and fraternal orders among Black residents. They pledge to assist in ferreting out crimes and warn leaders if any group threatens peace, citing recent murders as justification for action.
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Mississippi
Jackson, Mils
Amite County
Woman Burns Run From House In Flames
Mrs Eliza Bright, a widow about 65, was seriously burned from head to foot when her clothes ignited in her Greenville room. She fled to the yard. neighbors aided as a physician was summoned. Death expected. Also: Vaughan wins Alabama district attorney reappointment. other federal notices and a crime report of Coffman held without bail. jewelry store safe blown at Pelzer.
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A. Eliza Bright le
Greenville, & G. Greenville
Elise Bright
Silas B. Bright
Southern Railway
Frank Street
Vaughan
Alabama
Washington
White House
Daniel N. Cooper
Lee Bryan
Senate
M. D. Wickersham
Cracked
Greenville
D. C
C. B. Marchbanks
Pelzer
Jewelry firm founder dies by his own hand in basement
Mercer W. Quarles of Quarles Bros. Jewelry in Clarkaville shot himself, collapsing from overwork and despair. In London, Theodore and Laura Jackson pleaded not guilty at Old Bailey to immorality charges, with a large crowd present, as the case opened. A line about Pyny-Balsam claims quick cough relief.
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Nashville
Dec
Mercer W. Quarles
Quarles Bros
Clarkaville
Dacks
London
Theodore
Laura Jackson
Ann Odelia Diss Debar
Old Bailey
Marleybone Polce
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for stomach cure
Ad copy asserts unduly full stomach symptoms and belching signal stomach disease and promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as the cure. It includes testimonial from Julia E Deal about severe dyspepsia, constipation, and liver torpor claiming restoration after four bottles and pellets.
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Dr. Pierce
Golders
Julia E. Deal
Ostwalt. Redell Co, N.C
K. V. Pierce
City of Memphis to be launched in Savannah soon
The steamship City of Memphis, built for the Ocean Steamship Co of Savannah, will launch in January at the Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding and Engine Co yard. May Egan, daughter of President Egan, will sponsor the ship. Completion now expected by May or June 1902, not April 1.
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Savannah
City of Memphis
Ocean Steamship Company of
Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding and Engine Company
Egan
Mies May Egan
City of
Memphis
Steamer San Blas Wrecked Off Lad rtad
A dispatch from San Francisco says the steamer San Blas, which left for Panama on November 9, was wrecked December 17 off Lad rtad. Passengers and crew were saved.
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San Blas
San Francisco
Merchants’ Exchange
Panama
Lad
Quadruple Death by Own Action Shocks Columbus
Four young people found dead in adjoining rooms at 62 East Russell Street in Columbus after sealing doors with rags and filling rooms with chloroform. The deceased include Pearl Warner and Lou Kline both tied to Manhattan restaurant staff, plus Sherman Louthous and John Jacobs. Motive unknown. authorities deem it deliberate self-destruction.
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Columbus
East Russell Street
Pearl Warner
Missouri Presbyterians Unite to Govern Westminster College
The Missouri presbyterian synods meet in St. Louis to form a joint board of management for Westminster College, each synod appointing twelve trustees. The move signals unity in evangelistic and educational work and preserves Westminster’s prosperity under shared oversight.
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Westminster College
St. Louis
Missouri Synod of the Presbyterian Church, North and South
Presbyterian Church, South
Explosion on Private Car Kills Man in Georgia
In Savannah a heater explosion in the private car of Vice President Middendorff of the Seaboard Air Line hospitalizes William Hall of Portsmouth Virginia who later dies. The blast occurred amid a party en route to Fitzgerald for a hunting trip, ice clogging pipes amid severe cold. An ensuing delay leads to securing another car. Nearby Scotland endures a snow blizzard disrupting roads and isolating districts with fatalities from exposure. The Advance steamer rescues the Edward W Young crew after being abandoned at sea. In Ireland, Mayo officials including M P O Connor O Kelly receive prison terms for meetings and intimidating speeches.
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Savannah
William Hall
Portsmouth
Middendorff
Seaboard Air Line
Middendorf
Baltimore
Fitzgerald
Fairfax
Hall
Castlebar
Ireland
Swearengen Former Bank President Dies in Louisville
George W. Swearengen, once president of the Union National Bank in Louisville and a prominent southern banker, died at his home at 64. He had notable ties to the whisky interests in the state and was a key figure in local finance. In Dublin, John Redmond, Nationalist leader, was awarded the Freedom of the City by the municipal council after returning from a U S visit with the United Irish League.
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Banke
Louisville
George W. Swearengen
Nion National Bank
South
Dublin
Redmond
City of
Dubin
John Redmond
House of Commons
Ireland
United States
United Irish League
Brigadier General Perry Dead
Bowling Green Ky December 18 W F Perry a brigadier general in the Confederate army during the Civil War died at his home in the city of pneumonia after a brief illness.
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Perry
Bowling Green
W. F. Perry
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Edward ,W. Young
Georgetown
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What Is
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J. L. Arnold, Duayton & Jackson
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Athens, ‘Au
Osborne
Syracuse
Clayton Street
Allen Hi
Talmage
Washington St
Athens, Ga
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College Avenue
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