Census of Religious Bodies Shows Protestant Lead in U S
United States census data for 1906 reveals 61.6 percent Protestant and 36.7 percent Roman Catholic membership. Catholic males outnumber Protestants in several states, with 212,280 religious organizations listed. Total church edifice value exceeds 1.2 billion dollars, debt about 108 million, Protestant bodies and Roman Catholics dominate.
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4000 Now Plants for U A From World Imports
During the past year the United Site Department of Agriculture has brought into the country over 2000 carefully selected plants from various parts of the world to diversify the soil. Special remark has been placed on introducing drought and cold tolerant plants. Private experimenters and official plant breeders handle them. Early results in domestic settings are encouraging. Notable imports include a drought resistant Chinese date palm and seedless pears apricots and cherries. A Himalaya clover may grow in the Southwest and Orient barley in the Gulf States. Tropic plants are being domesticated in the South.
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Insanity Bench Test Leaves Woman Free to Go
A New York City magistrate approved a test requiring a woman to touch her nose with her right forefinger with eyes closed to justify release for Bellevue Hospital examination. The judge ruled the procedure satisfactory and suggested using the test in further insanity inquiries, noting similar past cases and warning readers about misleading beliefs.
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Sunshine and Hope Letters Brighten Oconee County
A county organizer urges readers to write cheerful letters and send magazines for a Sunshine Convention at Rock Springs on August 28. Volunteers plan to ship over 200 messages, with children helping, to brighten the lives of those over 80 and others in need.
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Cashier's Ny Ch. Aug Special Mixes Mundane News
Mundane items fill the Aug special column with notes on illness affecting Mrs. d. 11 and Mrs. Gertie Watken, local campers in South Carolina, a revival in Mensnutgrove and a new lumber operation by the Buehanan-Dun Tanker Co. in Indiana, plus general community updates and weather hardships.
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World crop values soar as farm wealth sets record
United States Agriculture Secretary reports 1908 crop values at 7.78 billion, a record high. Indian corn leads with 1.615 billion, cotton 621 million, wheat 620 million, dairy and poultry valuable too. Exports data hindered by funding. agency to cooperate with cotton interests.
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Hermit of Greenbrier Dies After Long Isolation
Kentucky hermit Bratt Hayden, long confined to his Greenbrier yard since the Lincoln era, died at his home. He recalled a thwarted love affair in 1863 and spent years tending his farm, while reportedly chasing a fortune of about $100,000. Also notice from Richmond Bag Co. advertising second hand bags and burlap of all kinds and quantities.
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Crows Urge Military Growth Amid Grain and West Valley Talk
The article reports murmurs from leaders including Mikegrain and Heide of the Mikebatppi Valley urging stronger defense and expanded grain and cotton fields in the West. They advocate closer producer and carrier ties, warn against fiscal restraint, and push for new tax methods to fund defense and improve domestic prosperity. The discussion references Europe Germany and Spain, calling for faith in growth and readiness.
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New Hardware Store and Pension Meetings Report
A new hardware store will open this fall in the Riley Block by C. L. Crate, formerly of Charleston and Prosperity. Local pensioner meetings are planned as Confederate veterans select representatives, with a county pension board to be organized in October. Roosevelt trophies, including twenty cases of African game trophies, arrived in New York for distribution.
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Roosevelt
New York
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Tax sale notice for Oconee County 1909
B S Look. by virtue of two tax executions directed by W J Schroder treasurer of Oconee County S C dated April 1 1908 I will sell on Monday September 6 1908 at Walhalla Court House door at public sale property of Andrew Rearden and others and W J L H Rowch in Sugaloo Township adjoining lands of Ira Pittman A N Drennan etc cash. Sheriff W M Kay Aug 4 1909 SL 36
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