Campaigners Arrive to Promote Good Roads in Columbia
The Columbia Record’s Good Roads contingent led by D. H. Winslow and C. W. Moorman arrived between 7 and 8 PM. Congressman Ellerbe praised Georgetown County roads, recalling Carver’s Bay swamp hardships and urging swift statewide highway improvements. The Good Roads and Drainage League meeting is set for tomorrow at 11 at the courthouse, a landmark event for road building from mountains to seaboard.
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Georgetown
Williamsburg County
Ellerbe
Daily Record
J. B. Johnson
Court
Manning Welcomes Tourists At Good Roads Meeting
The Manning Record reports a hospitable welcome as the Flying Squadron of Good Roads campaigners arrived, with six of twelve cars being Brush runabouts. The meeting at the new courthouse in Manning was chaired by A C Bradham, featuring United States road official Winslow. A temporary county road group formed to push a permanent organization under the South Carolina Good Roads and Drainage League led by Col Cosgrove. Officers elected include F C Thomas as president, C M Davis as vice president, and J I Barron as secretary treasurer.
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Manning
Summerton
Alcola
New Court House
A. C. Bradham
C. W.moorman
Winslow
United States
Office of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Good Roads and Drainage League of
South Carolina
Charleston
Col. Cosgrove
F. C. Thomas
C. M. Davis
J. I. Barron
Charlton Durant
Clarendon County
Road safety and farmer plowing sparks debate
The report notes routes suitable for service and, if called to recount many he passed with photographs, would likely recommend abolishing the route. A heated discussion centers on farmers frequently plowing in the road, which Mr. Winslow deplores as a selfish practice and urges action to curb.
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Winslow
Suicide of Mrs Marion B Jennings in Spartanburg
Mrs Marion B Jennings shot herself at 8 30 this morning in the Pine street home. She had been in ill health and despondent over her condition. She died instantly, a pool of blood in her bed room. Her husband Marion B Jennings, a lawyer, is the son of State Treasurer Jennings. Four children survive from her first marriage. none from the second. The couple moved to Spartanburg from Yorkville and were well regarded here.
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Yorkville
Jennings
New Amsterdam Theatre Show Featured Song Book
The New York Sunday World sends its Song Man to Girlie at the New Amsterdam Theatre and selects a summer show song to be presented next Sunday with the World providing complete words and music. A color theatrical picture page and additional features accompany the issue.
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New York
New York Sunday World
New Amsterdam Theatre
Deafness Cure Claim Through Constitutional Remedies
An old advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh. It promotes Hal's Catarrh Cure and Hal's Household Pills, offering a hundred dollar reward for any deafness caused by catarrh that cannot be cured, directing readers to send for details from a Toledo company.
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Seoneke
Aera Ty Hal
J.d &Co
Toledo
Carolinian Promoted to General Inspector of Pay Corps
Paymaster Walter Blake Izard, a Georgetown, South Carolina native, is promoted to general inspector of the Navy pay corps. The role places him over pay offices nationwide, auditing accounts and advising on technical improvements, despite his junior rank. Izard, the youngest to hold such a duty in years, will base in Washington but travel to inspect pay offices and ships. News and Courier.
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Washington
Walter Blake Izard
Izard
Georgetown
S. C
South Carolina
Tzard
Navy Department
United States
Navy
Ivard
United States Pay Corps
Revenue Cutter Service
Regular Navy
America
Spain
Phillipine Islands
Manila
Pensacola
Florida
Pay Corps
News and Courier
Kidney Remedy Endorsed By Edwardsville Resident
A letter from J. S. Bartell of Edwardsville reports kidney congestion and severe pains improved after using Foley Kidney Pills for a few weeks. The testimonial credits prompt relief and recommends the product, citing Iseman Drug Co. and L.C. Sroft Drug as suppliers.
Jeffries hints at foul play before Reno fight
Avalon dispatch reports Jim Jeffries, recovering in Oakland, voicing suspicion about the Reno bout. He speaks of something done to him and hints at drugs, though not as an excuse. His wife Mrs. Jeffries remains convinced of his past victories and unsettled by the fight’s impact on their life.
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Avalon
Catalina Islands
Cal
Reno
Jim Jeffries
Okland
Jeffries
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Columbia Record
Good Roads
D. H. Winslow
C. W. Moorman
A. B. Welsh
A. J. Kind
Brush
Grégory-Conder Co
Kingstree
Georgetown County
Carver's Bay Swamp
Seaboard
Glarendon
Spartanburg
Marion B. Jennings
Imperial Pharmacy
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