Voice from Old Pickens: church news and local notes
In Old Pickens South Carolina February 1906 local editor notes a mild February, rising cotton prep, bridge work over Little River, and community updates. Miss Margaret Hill briefly improves while Rev. Strickland preaches a sermon on spiritual lamps. New residents James Craig and wife join the Presbyterian church and Sunday school plans are discussed amidst comments on local theology and civic life.
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Old Pickens
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Editora Courier
Little River
Margaret Hill
Presbyterian
Wy. F. Strickland
James Craig
Naghtore
Greenville
EL EB
Verner
Willman
Earth
Hades
Mr. Verner
South Carolina
Cloones
Cary
Southern Industrial Exposition to be held in Atlanta in 1910
Fragments indicate plans for a Southern Industrial Exposition in Atlanta in 1910 with financial notes mentioning five hundred thousand dollars and two hundred thousand dollars, a charter for the exposition company to be applied for, and a medical oddity about relief from kidney and back pain. The text is garbled with names and phrases like Dr J. W Bell and references to individuals. no clear events beyond the expo plan emerge.
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Atlanta
Gay
Kixposition Company
Board of Pardons Named by Governor
Governor Hayward announced the appointment of South Carolina's new board of pardons. R. W. Shand of Columbia, Wilson G. Harvey of Charleston, and Ki. Mays Cleveland of Greenville were named for three and two year terms. The board starts within 20 days of the law’s signing and handles pardon petitions with limited in-session days.
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Hayward
Board of Pardons
General Assembly
R. W. Shand
Columbia
Wilson G. Harvey
Charleston
Ki. Mays Cleveland
Greenville
Shand
South Carolinoa State Bar Association
Harvey
Hotorprise Bank of
Cleveland
Marietta
Greenville County
South Carolina
Souther Cotton Association
Nosaion
Baptists of South Carolina Annual Statistics Summary
The report lists ordained ministers 444 churches 975 total membership 110029 baptisms 6718 restored 830 excluded 1418 died 1017 and total contributions 349750 with church property valued at 1624436. Sunday schools 740 with 5111 officers and teachers 60318 pupils and funds raised 13017. Woman’s mission societies show 46 societies 636 members and 16046 contributions.
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South Carolina
White Baptiste
Woman's Mission Societies
Cod liver oil and patient intake through history
Doctors have long prescribed cod liver oil but patients struggled with its old form. The text notes the oil was hard to take and offered little benefit, implying a need for alternative preparations.
General Assembly stalls on major issues in Columbia
The General Assembly adjourned without action on taxation, the dispensary, or biennial sessions. The House opposed the state dispensary while the Senate pushed for abolition or reform, blocking each other's proposals. Local option remained the goal, but no bill passed. The piece also promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a Toledo address and pharmacy lines.
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Columbia
General Assembly
House
Senate
Anna
Tillman urged to stay in Senate not run for Governor
The Marion Star calls Senator Tillman one of the South’s ablest lawmakers and urges him to retain his U S Senate seat rather than seek the governorship. It argues government control of the dispensary is best kept out of the campaign and notes Tillman’s influence in Washington. Also reports J Keys resigning as Southern Express agent in Anderson with praise for his Confederate service.
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Tilloan
United States Senate
Star
Janie
Tillman
South Carolina
South
Washington
Marion Star
Mr. Keys
Skobert
J. Keys
Southern Express Company
Keys
Kixpress Company
Uhi City
Campany
Ventoux
Land for Sale Near Chana Church in Oconee County
Land for sale in front of the Court House on a Wednesday in March 106 with multiple adjoining lands including Mrs Lillie Smith and others. The parcel contains about 50 acres with half cash and the balance due in one and two years with interest. Property mortgaged to secure purchase, purchaser may pay early. Agent John Craig. February 14 KW. Oconee County South Carolina Court of Common Pleas notices creditors must prove claims by March th, 1000 at 10 a.m. or be barred. W.O. White Master.
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Court House
Chana Church
Lillie Smith
Jonb Stewart
Lira
A. Yoo
R. KE. Pool
Mra
M. A. Yoo
Balanoo
John, Craig
State of
South Carolina
Oconea
Court of Common Pleas
Lucinda Phillipa
W.O. White
Oconna County
County of Oconee
Walhalla
S.C
Campbell Courtenay
Plaintitt
Aygninather Morgan Et al
Rock
White Oak
Branel
Sah M
Morgan’ Win
Fendley
Lit- Uo
Ab. G
Dowth
S. LI
Poplar
Tanda
Nu Om
Master Sales in Oconee County Court
County of Oconee in the Court of Common Pleas, masters sale announced to dispose of three tracts of land totaling about ninety acres near Little River and Koowoo River. Sale set for March fifth, 1906 in Walhalla with cash terms and advertising reserved rights if buyers fail to meet conditions.
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