The Carey Cothran county option bill explained
Representative Thos Cothran explains the Carey Cothran bill to Greenville News readers. He says the goal is to abolish the State dispensary and establish local option by county. The law would allow county dispensary boards to operate liquor sales while prohibiting sales by manufacturers in dry counties unless permitted.
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Greenville Nowe
Cothran
Gresnvilla News
Lhe
General Assembly
Manter
Greenville
Health and liver regulators touted in 1902 advert
An early 20th century ad extols health as the ability to work with no fatigue and clean blood, praising Herbine as a liver regulator for constipation. Mrs. D. W. Smith claims it relieved her symptoms. The ad notes Walhalla Drug Co and W. J. Lunney as sellers. A separate line mentions rapid work on the Carnegie dormitory at Due West Female College.
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D. W. Smith
Walhalla Deng Co
W. J. Lunney
London
Carnegie
Due West Female College
Senator Walker Attacks Carey-Cothran Bill in Local Option Drift
Abbeville Medium notes Senator LeGrand G. Walker delivered a pointed critique of the Carey-Cothran measure. He warned the bill lacks safeguards on liquor purchasing power and exposes counties to graft with no clear reporting of license receipts. He derides the bill as a danger to conscience and local control, urging rejection. A second item extols Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a cure for chronic constipation, claiming it restores normal function and is pleasant to take.
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LeGrand G. Walker
Sion
Abbeville
Walker
Carey-Cotbran
Ton
Farmers Urged to Reduce Cotton Acreage in 1907
Charlotte N C Feb 15 A spirited effort to persuade farmers to heed the Southern Cotton Association resolution for a 10 percent cotton acreage reduction in 1907 is under way in North Carolina C Moore president of the state division directs the campaign issuing 14000 circulars containing the resolution.
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Charlotte
Southern Cotton Association
Birmingham
C. Moore
North Carolina
Enob
Dance killing in Washington Ga sparks self defense claim
Reported in the western part of the county, Ira Garrett was shot in the face by Douglas Hardin at a dance. Hardin says the shooting was in self defense after a quarrel. Both men from prominent families.
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Washington, Ga
Ira Garrett
Douglas Hardin
Hardin
Garrett
Turn on the Light Cry in South Carolina Methodist text
A fragment from a February issue prints a religious polemic poem sung to The Campbells Are Coming. Elder D and Elder B urge to “Turn on the light” against alleged clerical corruption, urging laymen to expose abuses and seek justice, with references to pay, tyranny, and reform, attributed to Rev. C. Yongive in Walhalla.
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Christian Appeal
South Carolina
Paul
Paull
D. C. Yongive
Walhalla
Wreck Kills Twenty on New York Central Train
Twenty persons were killed and 140 or more injured when an electric train on the New York Central railroad jumped the track near Woodlawn, a New York suburb, last Saturday night. The train was traveling at about sixty miles an hour at the time of the wreck.
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New York Central Railroad
Woodlawn
New York
Colleton Murderer Saved by Commutation to Life
Governor Avsol commuted R A Adams of Colleton from death to life imprisonment after a Board of Pardons recommendation. Adams killed Henry Jacques in 1908. his case sparked an extraordinary session of stateJustices and Judges. The exploder blast at London Kentucky killed five men. Local ads promote Pine Salve Carbolized and Walhalla Drug Co. offerings.
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Columbia State
R. A. Adams
Avsol
Board of Pardons
Adama
Colleton
New
Tate
Eranst Gary
Davia
Jfe
Adame
Henry Jacques
Supreme Court
Sgain
Banker's suit in Spencer over four thousand dollars
Miss Mable Int. Jerman sues Geo. A. Romoy, a noted banker, for four thousand dollars claiming he patted and tickled her during a visit, causing illness and nervous distress. The suit arises from alleged improper advances in her country home. References to Romoy’s status as a prominent banker are noted as context.
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Spencer
Mable
Jerman
Geo. A. Romoy
Misa Lutterman
Romoy
Romay Ia
Dionaire
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Opona
Walter Hemmingway
Savannah
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Econo
J. D. Adame
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Walhalla Drug Co
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Miles Medical Co
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Walthall Dring Co
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R. A Jaynes
Oconee Collection Agency
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Seneca
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FF. F. Collins
West End
W. J. Carter
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