Edgefield Ad Rates and Subscriptions From The Advertiser
Rates listed for subscriptions and advertising in The Advertiser Edgefield South Carolina. Price for one year is 1.60 payable in advance. six months 0.75. three months 0.50. Advertising one inch first insertion 1.00, each additional 0.50. Notices 0.01 per word per insertion. other notices 0.10 per line first insertion, 0.05 per line subsequent. Obituaries tributes and political notices treated as regular ads. Liberal contracts for 3 6 and 12 months.
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State Legislature Opens With Appointments and Bills
The Legislature met on Tuesday electing J. C. Sheppard of Edgefield president pro tem and Stevenson of Chesterfield Speaker. Key bills include child labor restrictions, a state entomology board, reapportionment of representatives, and a county solicitor proposal. A concurrent resolution to examine state farms was held for today. The governor’s message urges funds for Charleston exposition and public schools.
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J. C. Sheppard
Edgefield
Senate
Stevenson
Chesterfield
Charleston
Marshell
W. A. Strom
Rainsford
P. B. Mayson
Strom
Sheppard
United States
Tillman
Board of
Board of Trustees
Clemson College
Redistricting and convict labor debate shape South Carolina politics
The piece discusses state needs from road building using convict labor to keep up embankments and the push for better highways. It covers congressional district reform under the Burleigh bill, critiques of long shoe string districts, gerrymandering history, and the potential reshaping of districts for balance and proximity ahead of primaries.
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H. Patton
The
National Congress
South Carolina
Chesterfield
Sand Hills
Richland
Glassey Mountain
Greenville
South Carolina lawmakers weigh child labor limits in mills
South Carolina legislators will study conditions in cotton mills this month as they consider child labor. Representative F H McMaster toured mill districts and reports mixed views on needing state limits. Pelzer Manufacturing requires children aged five to twelve to attend company schools before starting work at twelve. Others in the legislature are quietly investigating, with attention expected when the issue is raised.
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H. J. Kinard
Mayson
Aiken
Committee On Commerce and Manufactures
House
John J. Thomas
South Carolina
F. H. McMaster
Charleston County
Secion
McMaster
Pelzer Manufacturing
Pelzer
Legislat ‘Ture
Assembly
Atlanta News
New Tales About Hon Tom Watson Politician and Farmer
An Appling Christmas meeting in Columbia county yields stories about Hon. Tom Watson. The McDuffie lawyer is depicted as a fiddler and left handed, wealthy landowner with 11,000 acres across several McDuffie and Columbia County plantations. He earns about 20000 yearly from farming and plans to expand ownership while continuing legal work, asserting money talks and rising wealth.
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Columbia County
Mr. Watson
McDuffie
McDuffie County
Watson Homestead
Wilson Place
Hartis Place
Cross Roads
Hobb’s Place
Watson
Georgia
Eminent Kidney and Bladder Specialist Ad
Public notice-like ad extols Dr. Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and urinary troubles. Claims thousands cured after other efforts fail, with samples and literature offered by mail from Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, NY. Addresses wedding and card services also listed.
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Bright
Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Mother’s Friend urged as vital birth aid in early 1900s
An Atlanta medicine advert touts Mother's Friend as a cure-all easing pregnancy pains, labor, and recovery. The piece cites a Minnesota mother, claims reduced labor to hours, and promotes $1 bottles. Legal notices follow on hawker licenses and a sheriff’s sale of Edgefield County land.
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Minnesota
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
Trains 44 and 48 Sleep Services Across Regions
Train routes and sleeping car services described from Jacksonville to New York and Augusta to Chicago. Through cars connect Jacksonville, Savannah, Charlotte, Columbus, and Washington with Pullman drawing room and dining car offerings. Officials listed include Ranks Ganno, J M Culp, and V P Myr, with pass agents in Washington and Atlanta.
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Lorida
New York
Florida
Augusta Sail Newe York
Washington
Pullman
Charlotte
Savannah
U. S
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Jacksonville
Fea
Sagusta
Ohbard
Columbia
Jackson Ive
Richmond
D. C
A. Ture
H. Hardwick
Washington, D
Atlenta
County Auditor Announces 1901 Tax Meeting Schedule
J B Haltiwanger County Auditor lists 1901 meeting dates across locations including Elmwood Pleasant Cane Parksville Edgefield and Roper s X Roads from January 31 to February 20 inclusive. Meetings occur weekly on various days with towns such as Longbranch Trenton Johnston and Cheatham s noted in the schedule.
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Trenton
Johnston
Elmwood
Meeting Street
Cheathan
Clark's Hill
Priday
Cheatham’s
Roper’s
Colliers
Red Hill
Edgefield
J. B. Haltiwanger
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Rocky Creek
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Whith & Cos
Spot Cash Clothing Store
W.luther Jones
Southern Railway
Ontario Veterinary College
Toronto
Canada
B. L. Jones
Highfield, S. C
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Boreble
Augusta
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Tan Ourtoux
Denmark
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Police
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Lyman Abbott
Ralph Connar
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John R. Schneider
Havana
Broad Street
Agent Veuve-Clic
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