Piedmont Notes on People and Progress in April
Piedmont, April 16. Editor Keo Wee Courier shares village life. W. E. Beattie heads Piedmont Manufacturing Co with Rh. D. Sloan as secretary. The mill employs over one thousand, pays roughly a quarter million in wages yearly, and ships a carload of cloth daily. Dodson, Bartlett, Exie, and others are highlighted. Rail service, freight issues, and a looming electric line contest dominate transport talk. Weather rumbles with April showers and northers affecting gardens and trade. M. C.
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Piedmont
Keditors Keowee Courier
W.E. Beattie
Piedmont Manufacturing Co
Rh. D. Sloan
James Seaborn
China
A.P. Dodson
Oconee
Dodson
Seneca
Bill Hembree
Bill
John Barleycorn
Miss Exie
Hampton Mercantile Co
New York
Charley Bartlett
Walhalla
Fair Play
Townville
Mr. Bartlett
Southern
Belton
Greenville
Tennessee
Chicago
Texas
Planta
Old Sol
M.C
Take Foley’s Kidney Cure for early kidney trouble
An insidious warning about kidney trouble notes it can progress unnoticed to fatal malady. Take Foley’s Kidney Cure at first signs to correct irregularities and help prevent Bright’s disease and diabetes, says Dr J W Boll.
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Foley
Bright
J. W. Boll
Fines Slap Bennet and Herald Over Obscene Material
In New York on April 11, fines totaling 16000 were levied after guilty pleas to printing obscene matter and mailing it. James Gordon Bennett, The New York Herald Company, manager H W Gilliam, and the Herald corporation faced penalties of 1000, 5000, and 10000 dollars respectively. Fines paid immediately in court. The case stems from the Heralds famed personal and red light column. Also a testimonial for Foley's Kidney Cure claims notable relief for kidney disease.
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New York
James Gordon Bennet
New York Herald Company
H. W. Gilliam
Herald
Herald Corporation
Water in the milk controversy at experi ence meeting
An open experience meeting erupts into a village squabble as Brother Jones confesses he supplied the water for the milk and others recount their roles. A bystander accuses the cow seller of nonpayment, prompting Jones to regret speaking. Advertisements tout kidney remedies and a thirty day treatment from Dr Bell and Dr Lunney.
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Brother Jones
J W. Bell
Valhalla
W. J. Lunney
Seneca
Three Things to Cherish and Govern and Despise
A fragment lists three things to cherish home friends country and three to govern tongue temper actions. It adds three to hate profanity tobacco liquor and three to despise cruelty cannons ingratitude plus three to cultivate sympathy cheerfulness contentment. Selected.
Knights of Pythias Lodge Installed at Calhoun
The Greenville News reports the Knights of Pythias Lodge number Cleemon was instituted in the Masonic Hall Calhoun South Carolina on Tuesday night April 10 with Rev. D. W. Hiatt acting Grand Chancellor Commander and officers from Clemson Lodge No. 184 as installing officers. Sixteen candidates were admitted and 185 visiting knights from 19 lodges attended the event marking a strong start for Clemson Lodge’s future. Speeches by J. H. Thornwell Daniel J. E. Boggs E. C. Doyle J. H. Craig and E. A. Hines were noted as short and eloquent. The ceremony concluded around 1 a.m.
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Greenville
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Calhoun
W. ©. Smith
Park A. Dallas
E. C. Doyle
J. H. Thornwell
L. D. Spann
Joe 3. Stribling
J. R. Falls
O. R. Doyle
W. A. Tripp
W. B. Glenn
Joe E. Hopkins
W. Z. Whitmire
J. N. Morgan
Clemeon
South Carolina
Seneoa
Greer
Septus
J. H.thornwell
Daniel
J. E. Boggs
J. H. Craig
E. A. Hines
Clemson Lodge
Devas Paint Ad Targets Painters and Jewelers
A letter styled advertisement from F.W. Devas & Co New York promotes Devoe paint claiming one gallon equals two of average paint and lasts twice as long. It critiques painters and jewelers for expertise while urging readers to choose Devoe for house painting and to contact W. Bell for sales.
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Devoe
Devon
Traly
F.W. Devas & Co
New York
W. Bell
High School Establishment Guidance Issued for South Carolina
The State Superintendent will publish a pamphlet explaining the high school act and bonding act, with rules and a formal letter from Superintendent Martin. It outlines four steps: election, application, inspection, and confirmation, and stresses cooperation and territorial size for district formation.
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Columbia
Out
General Assembly
Martin
State Board of Education
South Carolina
State High School Board
Statue gaze and witty exchange in New York
A Scotchman visiting New York pauses before a Washington statue. A Yankee jokes that a good man never spoke, prompting the Scot to retort that he likely talked through his nose like the others.
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New York
Washington
Sandy
HERRING'S CATARRH CURE Ad Claims Proof Expected
In this day of medical exposures Nad touts Herring's Catarrh Cure as purely vegetable with no alcohol or cocaine and promises proof. The ad asserts the remedy will cure catarrh of the head nose and related symptoms and invites customers to prove its claims, priced at $1.00 per bottle.
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Pardoned inmate freed after 21 years in Kansas prison
Willie Sell, once sentenced to life for murdering his family in 1886, walked free from the Kansas State Penitentiary after 21 years of confinement in Lansing. He asked the warden where to go, bewildered by his new life.
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Lansing
Kans
Willie Sell
Kansas State Penitentiary
Heavy Snows Reported in Several Cities in April
Ogdensburg New York reports six inches of snow on April 10 with more falling. Montreal records thirteen inches and good sleighing while St Paul Minnesota notes worsening traffic on the Canadian Northern due to the blizzard. The spring storm disrupts lines and travel across the region.
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N. Y
Montreal
St. Paul
Minn
Canadian Northern Railway
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