Address on justice reform in South Carolina by John Sheppard
The South Carolina Bar Association heard Hon. John Sheppard in Columbia deliver a landmark address on justice and reform. He urged replacing the unanimity rule with majority verdicts, citing delays and costs, and appealed for bar leadership to modernize state courts. He traced historic support for majority rule in US institutions and warned the jury system’s rigidity hampers timely justice.
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Columbia
South Carolina Bar “Association
John. Sheppard
Association
Sheppard
Edgefield
England
United States
Jefferson
Dé ‘Tocqueville
Burke Cochran
Electoral College
Congress
United States Supreme Court
de Tocqueville
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Episcopal Church
Phus
Union
South Carolina
Brevard’s Digest
Daughters of the Confederacy visit County Home
Daughters of the Confederacy and friends brought a bountiful holiday dinner to County Home inmates, sharing turkey ham and fruit and leaving supplies in each room. The group joined in a Robt. E. Lee memorial program at the opera house with essays by Marion Wright Aminee Cartlidge and Willie Adams, praised for delivery. later, John T. Ba presented a gold medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of the Confederacy
Johnston
Robi. E Lee
D. of C
B. B. Jones
Opera House
Robt. E. Lee
C. E. May
Edgefield
Leo D. Gillespie
Marion Wright
Trenton
Aminee Cartlidge
Colliers
Willie Adams
President Helps Orphans at Macon Home
A Macon Georgia industrial and orphan home led by its president reports nine years of success using Electric Bitters. The medicine strengthens vital organs purifies blood aids digestion and builds up run-down people and pale children. 50 cents at W E Linch Co Penn and Holstein successors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial and Orphan’s Home
Macon
E Linch & Co
Penn & W Holstein
G L. Penn & Son
Executor's Sale Notice in Edgefield County 1909
Notice announces an executor sale on January 21 1909 at Luther W Waltons residence near Meeting Street Edgefield county. Assets include a 20 HP engine 25 HP boiler self packing cotton gin 80 feet rubber belting wagon scales a 3 foot corn rock with gearing and fixtures for mill a black mule a bay horse and a milch cow. Cash terms. W T Walton Executor.
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Luther W. Walton
Meeting Street
Edgefield County
W. T. Walton
School year resumes at S C C I with new enrollees
After a two week holiday the S C C I students return to campus and begin studies. Three new pupils join Miss Hite of Columbia for music, Mr. Martin Mullins, and Mr C Keels of Columbia. Cadets shift battalion positions and the Co-Ed yearbook goes to press, with subscription info announced.
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Hite
Columbia
Martin
Mullins
C. Keels
Lieut
Boles
Knotts
Martin and
Keels C
Tom Bingham
White Town Farmers Plan Soil Tests Before Fertilizer Purchases
Mr J D White of the White Town farmers union told The Advertiser that members will have their soil analyzed prior to buying commercial fertilizers this year. The group uses about seventy two tons of guano annually and aims to apply only necessary plant nutrients to secure better yields. He noted increased grain sowing in the area over the past decade and favorable prospects.
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Thas
J. R. Scurry
Mr Scurry
Johnston
Edgefield Daughters
Steward Scurry
Scurry
Edgefield
J. D. White
White Town
White
Beelzebub
For Rent Five Room Residence Immediate Possession
Classified note lists a five room residence for rent with immediate possession by J. L. Mims. Property details are sparse but communicate availability and the landlord’s name for inquiries.
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J. L. Mims
Deceptive alcohol praised as evil and ruinous vow
A fierce sermon-like denunciation portrays liquor as a universal deceiver and destroyer. It warns that alcohol corrupts taste, morals, and industry, leading to crime and death, while being falsely marketed as a harmless appetizer or medicine.
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Pat
Endorsement for Fagg Minstrels at Edgefield Opera House
The managers of Abbeville Opera House in Abbeville South Carolina strongly endorse the Fagg minstrels, praising their performance. They state they have hosted them before and requested a return engagement and urge Edgefield to give them strong patronage. Also a note to enter the corn growers contest.
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Abbeville
8. C
Edgefield Opera House
Knights of Pythias Banquet Highlights Johnston Social
In Johnston a Knights of Pythias banquet at Lewis Hall entertained about 225 guests with a formal dining social, rose and fern decorations, and fruit pyramids. Mrs. C. F. Pechman hosted a W C T U gathering with piano solos and a salad course. The community mourns the death of Mrs. J. C. Lewis, a longtime Baptist and mission ally, with funeral services held. Miss Moriat Gary returns from South Carolina to Florida, and Miss Lillie LaGrone visits friends in Darlington. The Datts store project progresses, and Gen J E Lee is honored with a life size portrait at Johnston High School by the D of C Mary Ann Buie chapter.
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Knights of Pythias
Lewis
C. F. Pechman
South Carolina
Moriat Gary
Florida
Lillie LaGrone
Darlington
W. B. Datts
White, Derrick ‘and’ Co
C.D. Kenny
Sara Norris
J. C. Lewis
Baptist Church
Woman’s Missionary Society
W. M. Society
Sunbeam Society
Eden
Mary Ann Buie
D. of C
Johnston High School
J. E. Lee
G. P. Cobb
Bessie Ford Turner
Clevie Moyer
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John C. Sheppard
J. C. Sheppard
Little Mitchell
Srey SI Songyear
Helen ‘Tallman
Natalie Padgett
Gen
M. C. Butler
E. 5. Reynolds
Jesse Prince
R. A. Cochran
PL Hagood
J. B. Adams
J. A. Summerall
F. P. Johnson
J. N. Griffis
S. W. Price
W. M. Corley
M. A. Christie
Lee and
Setae
Ghter
S.C. C. I. News
White Town Union
Truxo
Parksville, 8. C
Messrs. May & Tompkins
Edgefield, 8. C
Cobb & Cheatham
Corn Growers
Lee
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