Lightning Kills Orr Mill Band Leader on Porch
Presg Moore, head of the Orr Mill Band and Orr Cotton Mill employee, was killed by lightning while on his porch late Tuesday evening. Fire from the bolt set his shirt ablaze. his wife and four children rushed to him as he fell, and the body burned near the floor. Moore had moved to Anderson from Pelzer five years ago and served as band director and a cloth room worker. A Woodmen of the World and Red Men member, he left a wife, four children, and his mother in Pelzer. The body was taken to Cedar Grove Baptist church and funeral services were held the next afternoon with band members attending in a body.
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Anderson Intellgencer
Presg Moore
Orr Mill
Orr Cotton Mill
Secret Society
Mr. Moore
Anderson
Pelzer
Woodmen of the World
Moore
Cedar Grove Baptist Church
Belton
Orr Mill Band
Greenville hires Salem landscapist for city parking plan
The Greenville park and tree commission has engaged H. P. Kelsey of Salem, Massachusetts, to prepare plans and supervise development of a general parking system. The commission ooks at banks of Reedy River and a boulevard along Richland creek, then along the river toward Furman University. Kelsey is due in the city next week to start work on the plans.
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Greenville
Park and Tree Commission of
H. P. Kelsey
Salem
Landscip
Reedy River
Richland Creek
Furman University
Kelsey
McDonald Buried at Clemson College
Harry McDonald a New York farmer died suddenly of paralysis at Clemson College Aug 17. Burial was at Old Stone church with Clemson College attendees ensuring a decent interment. He left a sister in New York and siblings in Dublin. addresses unknown.
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Clemson College
Harry McDonald
New York
M.T. Hopkins
Dublin
Ireland
Old Stome Church
Dynamite Cap Accident Injures Boy Near Asheville
A 12 year old, Emmett Williams of Biltmore, suffered severe injuries when a dynamite cap exploded in his left hand near Biltmore on Tuesday. Three fingers and the thumb were torn away, cap fragments lodged in his chest and leg, and in the nearby, his 3 year old brother also sustained cap particles in his left arm. He was taken to Biltmore Hospital for treatment.
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Asheville
Emmett Wilams
J.T. Williams
Biltmore
Bilmore
Biltmore Hospital
Corn and meal held up in South Carolina
Inspectors sample meal and grits in stores and warehouses while a special agent visits mills in other states. Large shipments of corn products await analysis by the state lab to determine toxic content. A manufacturer plans to install a plant lab to conduct his own tests to avoid trouble after a conference with Commissioner Watson.
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Columbia
State Department of Agriculture, Commerce and Industries
South Carolina
Watson
Wooden legs fool bargoer in harmless stunt
A New York Sun item recalls a boast about near perfect artificial limbs. A man in a bar pretended to stab a wooden leg to spook a drinker, causing a scuffle until it turned out the leg was the fake.
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New York Sun
Local Notices and Family Visits Across Town
Townville and Oakway match results noted with Oakway’s 4 to score. Visitors include Miss Johnson of Oklahoma City with sister Newell, Rev Banks of Newberry visiting J Walter Dickson, and B Bagwell in Townville. A Baptist meeting began, sick list rises, and Colum bian item warns Pellagra linked to corn meal shipments.
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Townville
Boyd Humphries
Mlorene
J. B. Carteharles Burkett
Walleeville
Marie Gaines
Anderson
Bolt
A. M. Holland
Plains
J.C. Speares
R. McClain
J. Rubbs
500 Sparrows Electrocuted Under Oak Tree
A large number of sparrows were found dead beneath a tree at Miss Mettie Todd’s South Main Street residence after a Tuesday storm. Officials presume electric shock caused the deaths, noting the tree itself remained uninjured. The rest of the page contains local notices and religious reflections.
Farmers Union Warehouse Company of South Carolina Formed
South Carolina Farmers Union at its July meeting moved to organize the Farmers Union Warehouse Company of South Carolina. A board of corporators applied to the Secretary of State. Capital stock set at 200000 dollars, up to 500000. Purpose to operate warehouses for cotton and other farm products, with a county drive to raise funds.
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Columbia
South Carolina Farmers’ Union
Farmers’ Union Warehouse Company of
South Carolina
H. T. Morrison
McClellanville
B. F. Keller
Cameron
B. Harris
Pendleton
Alfred Aldrich
Barnwell
State Farmers’ Union
Secretary of State For Commission
Dr. Thomas Beleeti Oll Pain Monarch Advert
An old advertisement touts a rapid relief remedy claiming to stop earache in two minutes and toothache or burn pain in five minutes. It promises relief for hoarseness in an hour muscle ache in two hours and sore throat in twelve hours under the moniker “Dr Thomas Beleeti Oll.”
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Thomas
Beleeti" Oll
Monarch
Widow with long delayed hydrophobia admitted to Bellevue
Amanda Irwin, a New York widow, was admitted to Bellevue Hospital suffering from hydrophobia after five years. Neighbors say a dog bite in 1906 started the chain of symptoms as doctors report the five year inoculation finally emerged in an acute attack. She resisted officers and required a straight jacket. The prognosis is hopeless.
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New York
Amanda Irwin
Bellevue Hospital
Georgia Solons Adjourn After Fifty Day Session
Atlanta Aug 18 The 1911 Georgia Legislature ended a fifty day session marked by Governor Hoke Smith securing US Senate support and vowing to stay in office until key laws pass. Major actions included anti lobby bill efforts and creation of the State Auditor and Department of Labor while debates over liquor laws, women lawyers, capital removal, and commission governments continued before final adjournment was delayed by Senate appointment concerns.
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Avlanta
Georgia
Hoke Smith
United States
Macon
State Auditor
Department of Labor
Senate
Black Hand extortion note at Daily Mail editor
In Anderson the Black Hand group, blamed for terror in the North, allegedly appears at the Daily Mail editor’s desk demanding 75 cents for “work” done at a house. The piece recalls kidnappings, murders, and dynamiting by the organization, noting limited activity in the South.
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Daily Mail
Black Hand
North
South
Missis
de House
High court boosts oil rebate fines on Standard Oil railways
Buffalo August 11 Judge Hazel in the U S Court under the Elkins act increases potential penalties from 75000 to 4 million against Standard Oil Company and related railroads for oil shipment rebates. The government argues each shipment was a separate offense. plea at bar is dismissed. Two indictments remain untried with about 200 counts each punishable by 20000 fines.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Elkins
Standard OM Company
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Hazel
United States
Olean
Rutland
Bellows Falls
Standard Oil Company
O'Brien
S. W. Dempsey
Bar
Company 3
Roosevelt Birth in San Francisco This Morning
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Jr in San Francisco at 2 40 this morning. The mother and child are reported in satisfactory health. The Roosevelts reside in the city where Mr Roosevelt is engaged in business.
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San Francisco
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelts
Roosevelt
National Quorum Buster
Mr Cannon argues that a Florida member should speak now before the baseball hour to ensure full attendance for an important matter. He notes the House is adequately represented and jokes that the baseball hour will trigger a quick adjournment.
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Cannon
Florida
Texas
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Omaha
Ixty
Fletcher
Castoria
Pownville
Columbian
Department of Agriculture
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Glendale
Spartanburg
State of Ohio
Toledo
Tancas County
Krank J. Cheney
I J, Cheney & Co
Krank J, Cheney
A.D
A. W. Gleason
Mall
I. J. Cheney & Co
Wall
Anderson Mail
Mettie Todd
South Main Street
Orr Mills
Ramsay's Creek
J. C. Boges
Clearmont
Mers' Union Warehouseh
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Centaun Company
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R. V. Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
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