Correction on North Island storm death toll and island history
An old resident corrects May 1 report claiming North Island lost lives in the 1822 storm and notes only one family on North Inlet, Francis Withers, survived. describes fever outbreaks in 1823 from impure wells and the island’s later abandonment. asserts no deaths on the island until 1893.
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North Island
North Inlet
Francis Withers
North Hampton
Sampit River
Neptune
Welord College Summer School for Teachers on Agriculture
State Board resolution requires teacher examinations to include agriculture. Clemson College professor leads course covering soils plants fertilizers crops livestock horticulture and seed testing with emphasis on corn and cotton. Information available from A G Rembert Spartanburg S C and Smith Bros Concord Ga. T M Carraway Rome S C.
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Clemson College
A. G. Rembert
Spartanburg
S. C
Smith Bros
Concord
T. M. Carraway
Rome
S.C
Tragic Murder Case Echoes Through Georgetown Court
Georgetown county court handed down a manslaughter verdict against Dr G C Bigham and W B Avant in 1909 for the murder of Ruth Crisp Bigham near Murrells Inlet. Judge R C Watts imposed three years and six months in the state penitentiary with bail later set on appeal.
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G.C. Bigham
W. B. Avant
Georgetown
Ruth Crisp Bigham
Dr. Bigham
Murrel's Inlet
Georgetown County
R.C. Watts
Watts
State Penitentiary
Avant
Bigham
Supreme Court
Wells
Georgetown Court
Gary
Ansel
Columbia State
Dangerous Mercury Containing Catarrh Remedies Warned
Advertisement warns against nostrums labeled as catarrh cures containing mercury. It notes such products can cause harm and should be used only on a physician’s prescription. Mentions Hall's and a Toledo Ontario firm, urging caution in purchases.
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Hall
Toledo
Onto
Mney & Co
Rules for Firemen's Tournament Parade and Contest
All contestants must parade unless excused in writing. Only one trial, drawn lots decide each company run. No colored drivers allowed. Captains select judges morning of contest. Competing companies provide weight of apparatus for city scales. Couplings available on request from Chief. Hose provided on contest day. Only bonafide members may enter. Judges must follow rules with no changes.
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Lot
N. B
Sumter
Battman
Practical Joker's Firework Prank Scares Roselle Residents
New York May 21 Roselle New Jersey residents feared comet related phenomena after Her man Boehm a chemist staged a fearsome blast using a balloon dynamite fuse and sodium. Boehm and his son released the device in a vacant field causing a mile long roar and a shower of flame before authorities quelled the panic.
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New York
Rosellie
N. J
Herman C. Boehm
Boehm
Rudolph
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Welord
College
Bigham Gase
Laroe
Com
Sumter S. G
Practigal Joker
Sgares Jersey
Gomet Watchers
R. S. Hood
Nnnally
Nunnallys
Express
Nunnally’s
Georgetown Drug Co
Mutual Life of
American Surety Company of
N. Y
Maryland Casualty Company
Baltimore
D. T. Smith
H. L Oliver
Front Street
W. H. Palmer
Front ST
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