Install Electric Chair Planned by State Board in Columbia
The State Ter tiary board meets in Columbia to plan electrocution as capital punishment. The penitentiary will house a death chamber and prepare the chair with support from an expert electrician. The new law allocates funds and sets procedures for transporting the condemned and conducting executions with witnesses.
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Columbia
D. J. Griffith
States Prison
Penitentiary
South Carolina
Nerro Drowns During Dinner Aboard Mitchell C
Tally Washington, a passenger on the Mitchell C, fell from the bow while dining last Thursday at Longwood Creek. He attempted to swim to the boat but was outdistanced by the current and speed. He sank and drowned. his body remained unrecovered. It is believed alcohol contributed to the accident. Conway Field.
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Tally Washington
Longwood Creek
Washington
Conway, Field
Wife Hires Husband for Thirty Days for $500
Asheville March 6 Mrs P H Thrash used county rules to hire her husband from the Board of County Commissioners for one month at 500 dollars in advance. The husband had been fined for illegal liquor sales and imprisonment but the judge allowed the arrangement to favor the couple. A note also advertises S C White Leghorn eggs at 1.00 per setting of 13 from Geo H Rogers Hazard St.
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Asheville
N. C
P. H. Thrash
Board of County Commissioners
Thrash
Long
S.C
Geo. H. Rogers
Hazard St
British Explorer Captures South Pole Triumph
London reports Capt. Robert Falcon Scott has reached the South Pole, with corroboration from rival Capt. Amundsen who has returned ahead of schedule. Cablegrams from New Zealand and Buenos Aires describe the final pursuit via Ross Sea and the Terra Nova's departure from port with Mount Erebus in view.
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London
Henry Falcon Scott
South Pole
Ronald Amundsen
Capt
Scott
Amundsen
Northeast Passage
Ultima Thule
New Zealand
Robert Falcon Scott
Port Chalmers
Royal Geographical Society
Shackelton
Pole
Australia
Ross Sea
Capti Amundsen
Norway
South America
Buenos Ayres
Straits of Magellan
South Ameri
Erebus
Antarctic
Terra Bay
Nordenskiold
Scott and Amundsen South Pole Rivalry Discussed
The passage describes Captain Scott using ponies dogs and a motor sled on a staged dash from a mountain base toward the pole in late 1911 while Roald Amundsen relied on Siberian dogs and rejected ponies and motor sledges. It notes planned depletion of stores and vitality as the expedition progressed.
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Scott
Amundsen
Spivey Likely to Enter Race for State Treasurer
Senator D. A. Spivey of Horry County may run for State Treasurer opposing S. T. Carter. Spivey, a vice president of the Union National Bank of Columbia and cashier of a leading Horry bank, would challenge Carter who now serves as chief clerk under Capt. R H. Jennings.
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Horry County
Senator Spivey
S. T. Carter
R H. Jennings
Spivey
Union National Bank of Columbi
Florence Boy Missing from Home in distress
Eight year old Andrew Jackson, son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Jackson of Florence, disappeared after 6 pm yesterday. He was last seen walking with a negro man toward Coast Line station, with search by family sheriff and police ongoing. He attended the city graded school and is described as slender with dark hair and eyes.
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Florence
Andrew
William T. Jackson
Coast Line
City Graded School
Daily Item Reaches Georgetown Homes Broadly
The Daily Item distributes widely in Georgetown, securing presence in nearly every household. The extensive circulation underscores the paper’s reach and local engagement across the community.
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the Daily Item
Georgetown
Mixed up Editor Records Wedding and Auction
A Nashville Tennesseean item reports an editor's mishmash tale where William Smith is sold at public auction to Lucy Anderson on a farm near here amid seventy guests. The ceremony features Rev Jackson tying the knot with odd details and a procession of livestock and farm goods as gifts. Terms are 12 months or cash with lunch at the stable.
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William Smith
Josiah Smith
Lucy Anderson
Jackson
Mendelssohn
Berkshire
Poland
Waiting for a Warm Spell in Spring Poets
A fragmentary note reflects on a hoped warm spell not tempting spring poets. The speaker says they have not seen the warm spell lately and will try to endure if it arrives.
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Board of Directors of
the State Penitentary
Charleston
Sam Hyde
Anderson
Anderson County
Nerro
Mitchelle C
Anarctic
D. A. Spivey
W. T. Jackson
Hunt
A. B. Richards Medicine CO
Sherman
Texas
Southern Mercantile Co
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