King Corn praised in James Wilsons annual report
Washington declares King Corn a national crop worth about 1.7 billion dollars for 1911, nearly equal to cotton wheat and oats combined. The farm value total is estimated at 5.504 billion. The report urges public scrutiny of cold storage prices and notes broader farm and agricultural themes including pest control plant diseases and expansion of scientific research.
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Washington
James Wilson
United States
California
Sahara Desert
Charleston Conductor Dies After Runaway Car Crash
Capt. Thomas Symmes a longtime conductor on the old railroad died after a runaway car struck him as he stepped from a train at Rel and Meeting streets. Four juvenile suspects, all colored boys under twelve, were arrested for malicious mischief in connection with the car theft and collision. Symmes had worked nearly thirty years in rail service and was a popular local figure.
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Charleston
Thomas Symmes
Old
South Carolina and Georgia
Roper Hospital
Symmes
Reland Meeting Streets
Consolidated
Redell
Bo Gus Washington
Alonzo John
Robert Pinckney
Omcer Fultz
John Hutson
Meeting Street
Consolidated Company
Capt. Symmes
Charleston Mining and Manufacturing Company
Simons-Bryant Company
High-Class Man Praises Wilson in Maryland Visit
Earle Sloan of Charleston, a noted old-South gentleman, visited Maryland and praised Governor Woodrow Wilson. Sloan recalls Wilson as a brilliant UVA student and believes he leads presidential contenders for the South. He warns old antebellum figures rarely influence South Carolina politics today.
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Charlotte Observer
Earle Sloan
Charleston
Baltimore
Palmetto
Maryland
New Jersey
Woodrow Wiison
Wilson
University of Virginia
South Carolina
Sloan
Greenwood Lutherans Grow Greenwood Dec State Synod selects pastor
Dr Mailman longtime Immanuel Lutheran pastor receives notice that the State Lutheran Synod will locate a pastor here Rev Moore named to serve The mission has grown into a church owning a building with bright prospects under Dr Mailman’s leadership
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Greenwood
Dec
T. Mailman
Immanuel Lutheran Church
State Lutheran Synod
P. EB. Moore
Tmallman
Meles
William Burns lauded as real life detective hero
The piece extols William J. Burns as a premier detective, defending him against charges of faking and praising his hands-on, tireless method. It contrasts real sleuths with fictional detectives, praising Burns for practical work, psychological insight, and professional training, and notes shifting tastes toward realism in detective fiction. It also touches on fiction’s evolution and a few unrelated notes about a pain remedy and wicker-bodied cars.
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William J. Burns
McNamara
America
Dupin
Lecocq
Sherlock Holmes
Scotland Yard
Murray
Welland Canal
Vidocq
Burns
Poe
Conan Doyle
Voltaire
Orient
Gaborlau
Wille Collins
Arsene Lupin
Unveiling of Confederate Monument Delayed for Bronze Shipments
The South Carolina women of the Confederacy monument unveiling, set for December 14, will be postponed due to a delay in shipping the bronze group from Europe. Sculptor W Ruckstuhl reports the cargo arrived too late. a new date will be set after the group is installed, likely December 18 barring further issues. Railroads may offer special round trip rates to Columbia for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
W. Ruckstuhl
Columbia
Florence Leads State in Boys Corn Club Yields
Florence, led by Jerry Moore, tops North Carolina in corn per acre among Boys' Corn Clubs. Miller Hudson of Sardis is second, with unreported figures. The top yield winner earns a trip to Washington to visit farm demonstrators. Jerry will forgo the trip this year as he attends Moronco and studies Latin, while Hudson joins the new Washington-bound group.
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Florence
Jerry Moore
Miller Hudson
Sardis
Timmonsville
Haddon
Washington
Jerry
Moronco
Prof. Briggs
Presbyterian High School
Happy Bunch of Corn
New Revolutionists
North Carolina
Final Settlement and Discharge Notice in Walhalla
Notice is given that Rosa Ribhlin administratrix of the estate of Wm Mehle deceased will apply to D A Smith Judge of Probate for Oconee County South Carolina at Walhalla Court House on December 21 1911 at 11 o clock for leave to make final settlement and obtain final discharge as Administratrix.
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D. A. Smith
Ocones County
South Carolina
Walhalla Court House
Wm. Mehle
Rosa Ribhln
Oconee County
W. C. Peden
W. P. Anderson
J. C. von Lehe
Wilhelmina Voulmhkivester
Notice of final settlement for W C Peden estate in Walhalla
W P Anderson administrator will apply to Oconee County South Carolina at Walhalla Court House on Wednesday the 20th for leave to make final settlement of the estate of W C Peden deceased. Also a classified note seeking second hand bags and burlap from Richmond Bag Company Virginia.
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Richmond Bag Company
Ausbarondy
Virginia
Notice to Debtors and Creditors for J C Von Lehe Estate
Executrix Wilhelmina Von Lehe Invest or notifies all indebted to the estate of J C Von Lehe deceased to pay promptly and all creditors to present claims within the legal period or be barred.
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J. C. von Lehe
Watate
Wilhelmina Yonleh
Ivestor
Executrix
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Steunenburg
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Jenkins’ Ferry
James T. Porter
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DR. Greg
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Thomast
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