South Carolina Power Company authorizing dam and power plant
The General Assembly enacted a law to authorize Louis B. Magid and Robert McMillan and associates to construct dams on the Tugaloo river to generate and transmit electric power for cities in Oconee county. It creates the South Carolina Power Company with capital up to one million dollars, rights to condemn land, and to erect transmission lines. A gas explosion at Las Esperanzas coal mine in Coahuila, Mexico killed thirty-nine and injured many, reported last week.
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General Assembly
State of
South Carolina
Louis B. Magid
Robert McMillan
Tugaloo River
Chattooga
Tallulah Rivers
Brasstown Creek
Oronee County
Chattooga River
Bell
South Carolina Power Company
Oconee County
Alsc
Las Esperanzas
State of Coahuila
Mexico
Westminster Honor Roll January 2007 Grades One to Eight
Westminster Graded School lists the January 2007 honor roll by grade. Names include Miss Harris and teacher Roxie Stoddard in 1st grade. 4th grade Miss Clyburn. 7th grade Miss Stribling. and 8th grade M. F. Drockman with several students such as Frank Anderson and Rona Harrell. Also notes Grace Stribling and Mary England among other students. The piece includes an ad for Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup and local drug stores Sacute a bottle offer.
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Westminstor Graded School
Miss Harris
Roxie Stoddard
Bernice Singleton
Ruth Singleton
Carmen Croan
Nannie Bibb
Taabel Macaulay
Ruth Goforth
Victoria Miller
Mary Anderson
Hortense Cross
Gladys Wiley
Zon Pooro
Truman Davis
Clyde Wiley
Miss Stridling
Vanasto Prichard
Wilda
Grace Stribling
Nellie Mulkey
Alice Stribling
Mary Harrell
Rosa Norris
Marie Hall
Vincy Thoroton
Robbie Simpson
Wm. Anderson
Madia Watkins
Missouri Hammett
Clybuln
Ida L. Brownles
Dosha Haley
T. King
Ada Simpson
M. F. Drockman
Frank Anderson
Rona Harrell
Bolton Marett
Kletuer Tannery
Janie Alexander
Minnie Eubanke
Mamie Wynne
Lula Martin
Leo Stribling
Othorace
M. E. Drockman
May Haley
Mary Reeder
F. Thornton
Annie Miller
Laura
Reed Smoot Wins Contest for Seat in Senate
Washington February twenty two four years contest over Reed Smoot’s Utah seat ended February twenty with a forty two to twenty eight vote in Smoot’s favor. The chamber filled gallery seats and crowded floor as the vote neared. Several senators opposed or supported Smoot as he listened and withdrew to the cloak room during voting.
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Washington
Reed Smoot
Utah
Smoot
Ekighteen
Wentmore
Senate
House
Dubois
Honsbrough
Newlands
Bacon
Burroughs
Beveridge
Olliver
Foraker
United States
Blackburn
Clark
Montana
Daniel
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
J. W
South Carolina Salary Bill Increases County Officials
The General Assembly raises Ovones County officials salaries including Sheriff 1000 dollars and County Supervisor 700, with County Commissioners at 400 and Clerk 200. The County Supervisor must keep the Court House office daily except Sundays. Magistrates in Oconee County also see increases in Walhalla Seneca Westminster and Oakway. No changes to constable fees.
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General Assembly
State of
South Carolina
Ovones County
Board of County Commissioners
Oconee County
Walhalla
Seneca
Westminster
Oakway
Aiken backs higher rural carrier pay in Congress
Congressman Wyatt Aiken returns to Congress after illness in the family and supports the Post Office pay raise for rural carriers to 900 dollars a year, arguing the carriers are the hardest worked in the country. He notes the committee approved 840 dollars but urges at least 900 for fairness. The article cites the Columbia Record. Also mentions a ManZan refund offer sold by Walhalla Drug Co and W. J. Lunney in Seneca.
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Wyatt Aiken
South Carolina
Congress
Aiken
Committee On Post Offices and Post Roads
Columbia Record
Walhalla Drug Co
W. J. Lunney
Seneca
Forger Travis Pleads Guilty in Columbia Circuit Court
T.8 Travis a young telegrapher from Elko Georgia pleaded guilty in Columbia Circuit Court to two counts of forgery. He had cashed two forged express money orders totaling 86 dollars, spent the night in riotous living, and was later captured in Jacksonville Florida. He sent his bride a taunting telegram claiming he would stay drunk. He received a five year penitentiary sentence.
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Columbia
8. C
Travis
Elko
Jacksonville
Florida
Sam
La Grippo and Preumonia Foley's Honey and Tar
A crude phrase fragment touts a cough remedy named Foley's Honey and Tar under a questionable claim to prevent pneumonia. The garbled OCR reads as a marketing style notice with no verifiable details or sources.
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Preumonia
Foley
Dispensary Commission Getting to Work in Columbia
The new State dispensary commission moves cautiously with meetings alongside the Attorney General and Governor. Ex-Speaker W. F. Stevenson of Cheraw is hired as attorney. Books will be certified and re-audited, with stock-taking at the State dispensary and sub-dispensaries. Sub-dispensaries’ stocks will be sold to county boards under Carey-Corbran. Staff downsizing and salary cuts planned. Commissioner Tatum likely retained at reduced pay.
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Columbia
W. F. Stevenson
Cheraw
Tatum
Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup Ad Listed
Laxative cough syrup with honey and tar advertised as suitable for children no opiates or character parts and compliant with the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Law for croup and whooping cough. Claims to ease coughs and colds by gently stimulating the bowels. Sold by Valhalla Drug Co W Lunney Seneca.
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Valhalla Drug Co
W. J. Lunney
Seneca
Bee
W. Lunney
Sensational Shooting in Chicago Office
Webster 8 Guerin known as Lonin Fisher, head of Harrison Art Company, was shot dead in his office by Flora McDonald wife of Michael C McDonald a notable sports figure and millionaire. She was arrested and provided no statement. no other witnesses were present.
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Chicago
Webster
Guerin
Lonin Fisher
Harrison Art Company
Mra
Flora McDonald
Michael C. McDonald
ManZan Pile Remedy Offered With Collapsible Tubes
An early advertisement announces ManZan Pile Remedy in collapsible tubes with nozzle attachments to apply the remedy directly at the trouble seat. It promises instant relief from bleeding itching or protruding piles with satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Sold by Walhalla Drug Co. W. J. Looney Seneon.
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Walhalla Drug Co
W. J. Looney
Seneon
Legislature member boards in Columbia with horse on two dollars
A legislator reports boarding in Columbia and keeping a horse for two dollars a day, noting broad sympathy for the animal and frugal arrangements amid economic concern.
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Anderson Mail
Columbia
Local Furniture Dealer Declared Bankrupt in Southeast
E. M. Andrews, proprietor operating multiple furniture businesses across North and South Carolina and Georgia, has been adjudged bankrupt. The ruling affects his holdings in the furniture trade and prompts potential liquidation proceedings.
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E. M. Andrews
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Thaw Trial Dominates New York Newsroom Gossips
The Williamsburg Record notes the Thaw trial in New York City as the hour’s sensation. It mentions a violent killing connected to a supposed betrayer of a Jewish woman and a husband’s plea of emotional insanity to avoid harsher punishment.
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Sayx
Williamsburg
New York City
Woman Indicted for Murder in Utah Senator’s Death
Washington February 19 Mrs Annie M Bradley indicted for murder in the first degree for the shooting of former Senator Arthur M Brown of Utah in this city on December 8 causing his death December 18 She likely will be arraigned under the indictment next week with trial perhaps two months away She is presently confined in the district jail.
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Washington
Annie M. Bradley
Arthur M. Brown
Utah
Bradley
Georgia and Charleston rail strike ends with gains
The Georgia and the Charleston and Western Carolina railroad strike in Augusta, Georgia, was settled last Wednesday. The companies conceded practically all striker demands including union recognition. More than six hundred workers returned to work with a three cent hourly increase and other advantages.
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Georgia
Charleston
Western Carolina
Augusta
Legislature Adjourns Without Ruling on Perjury Claim
The Legislature adjourned without deciding whether Representative Mann of Oconee county committed perjury by not voting for Senator Tillman. The issue is expected to be taken up again next session as unfinished business.
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Anderson
Representative Mann
Oconee County
Tillman
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Ovunce
County Board of Commissioners
J. W. Bell
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Mall Carriers
Atlanta
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Nzssen Strat
Candler
Mattie Allen
Broadway
Augusta, Ga
Chattanooga Med
Chattanooga, Tenn
Cardus
Royster’s Fertilizers
F. S. Royster Guano CO
Norfolk, Va
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