Edgefield News Briefs On War, Local People And Prices
Plour advances 75 cents a barrel. Dewey cuts wires between Edgefield and Graniteville. Mr James H Carter now clerking for Mr L E Jackson. Smallpox in Columbia and cases in Augusta Greenwood and Newberry. Mrs Emma Wadford visiting Trenton. Capt Tompkins seeks recruits for Edgefield Rifles. John B Davis offers Cuban war services. Provisions rise as war prolongs. Teachers Institutes seek organist. Rev G W Bussey appointed Cuban war chaplain. Johnnie Davis and H T Hendrix join Johnson Rifles. War prompts local patriotism and agricultural debates. Major figures Wm J Bryan offers private service. Child dies in Kirksey section after accident. Crozier Seminary grad June 1. Capt David C Bullock dies at 74. Gen M C Butler backed for Cuban Major General. Mrs Johnson dies after long illness. Abe Adams weighs in to join army. Lieut Bromby connected to Manila victory. Anonymous candidate notices limited. Clerk John B Hill collects pension funds. Pugh Jones organizes Cuban war company. Wantzv seeks Equitable Life rep for Edgefield. Keevies Dragoons pledge readiness to volunteer.
War Bonds and Taxes Debate in House Speech
Mr Talbert argues against war funding by tax on the poor and medicine, condemns revenue plans as unfair to laboring people, and urges noninterest bearing notes as alternative. He warns of rich versus poor burdens and accuses the bill’s details of exploitation during war. He calls for justice and public sacrifice.
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Income tax urged to fund war effort and aid the poor
In a forceful speech amid wartime strain, a speaker argues for an income tax as a fair source of war funding. He denounces opposition as favors for the wealthy and urges lawmakers to tax income regardless of constitutional doubts. The call emphasizes justice for the many who bear hardship and fight, and challenges peers to act boldly for national defense. The document also records a Sunday School convention agenda and related notices.
Edgefield Hog Ordinance Enforces 200 Sq Ft Enclosures
Edgefield town council adopts a hog confinement law effective May 10 1898 requiring pens to cover at least 200 square feet per hog and a 100 foot buffer from wells. Violations are nuisances with fines from one to five dollars and possible 10 days jail. Removal of noncompliant pens may be ordered at owner expense within 12 hours after notice. Signed April 29 1898 by Mayor W W Adams with clerk B J Crooker.
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Edgefield Advertiser
Dewey
Graniteville
James H. Carter
L. E. Jackson
Columbia
Augusta
Greenwood
Newberry
Emma Wadford
H. A. Mette
Trenton
Tompkins
Edgefield Rifles
John B. Davis
David S.L. Johnson
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G. W. Bussey
Parksville
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Johnnie Davis
H.T. Hendrix
Johnson Rifles
Union County
Wm. J. Bryan
J. A. Horn
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Jasco
J.D. Timmons
Crozier Theological Seminary
David C. Bullock
Ninety Six
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M. C. Butler
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Jack Dorn
Abe Adams
Lieut. Bromby
Manila
Hong Kong
Washington
S. B. Hughes
Amelia Crawford
Our Town
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Edgefield County
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Wantzv
Equitable Life Assurance Society
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Wager
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House of Representatives
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J. C. Holley
G. M. Smith
D. Z. Danigler
J. W. Duffie
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Jas. T. Bacon
W. H. Nixon
John Lake
O. Sheppard
G. F. Long
R. W. Anderson
A.J. Reamy
T. B. Lanham
A. Brunson
Peter Stokes
C.C. Herbert
R.T. Strom
L. M. Jordan
L. R. Gwaltney
G.G. Mayes
J. ¢. Morgan
Panier Ee
J. M. Moreau
J. M. Shapier
G. M. Sarre
Petre Stokes
J.T. Litrirsogx
D. Z. Dantzer
L. F. Dor
Roll of Honor
Edgefield Institute
Julia Anderson
Emmie Cartledge
Lillian Smith
Julia Tompkins
Maxcie Sheppard
Madge Mays
Fannie Schenk
Art Branson
Julia Halti
Wanger
Jack Hill
Marie Tompkins
Wad Allen
Fannie Belanger
Willie Lewis
Luul] Holston
Lizielou Jones
Henry Hughes Hill
Ethel Mays
Lucile Sheppard
Bennie Parker
Mattie Lea Schenk
Vobhn Sheppard
Dosier Lynch
Ney Woodson
Arnoldus Lewis
Alfred Covar
Earline Allen
Jamie Peak
Ellen Dunovant
James Sheppard
Ruth Timmermen
Hortense Peak
Henry Davis
South Carolina
County of Eperrie P
J.D. Allen
Probain
J. W. R. Delaughter
Frances Dowty
Baty
Stadford Regulator Co
Atlanta
R. H. Stanley
Broad St
A. Rosenthal
Broadway
Washington Street
Augusta, GA
Saluda
Rachet
New York
Europe
America
Ercales
Scindia Madras
Madras
Bregan
Phare
S.C
Thompson & Wicker
Broad Street
Pt Corner Cummings
Icker
And
Lonsdale
Erie
Hamburg
Zeigler Brothers
J. EK. Hart, Mg
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Edgefield, S. C
Dr.n. HE. Alford
Campbell
Planters Hote
Johnston Institute
Pickens Hall
Rebecca Motte
Prudente
Arge
S. M. Martin
A. J. Reamy
C. C. Herbert
Arnold
Sophie Swearingen
L. C. Latimer
Sue Sloan
Cobb
J. H. White
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