School Statistics of Interest Figures in State Report
Figures presented to the legislature by State Superintendent C B Martin show total school enrollment for the year ending June 30 1905 at 102 003 white and 161 272 colored pupils in public schools. White and colored school counts rose from 1904. The report details receipts from poll tax small tax dispensary extra levy and other sources totaling about 1 081 600 with expenditures largely in teacher salaries. Enrollment by counties and future dispensary profits are noted.
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General Assembly
B. Martin
Eiwcation
Pupua
Tha Pubig
Bors
Toschor
Tenchern
Coulnties
Quack Grass In Iowa Area Warned By State Agents
A rural paper warns farmers about quack grass a dangerous weed along eastern North America and the Rocky Mountains. It describes long creeping root stocks difficult to destroy and recommends cultivation based controls and careful rotation to remove roots seeds and plant matter.
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Towa
North America
Rocky Mountshin
Prosequor Pammiel
State Experiment Station
Quack Grunw
Europe
Henry Tate
Warninyg
Blue Ridge Road Auditor Arrives. Blue Ridge RR Offices Moved
Bond Anderson, new Blue Ridge railroad auditor, has arrived in the city and begun work promptly. He brings chief clerk H T Dyke from Bewthorn Railway in Washington. Superintendent J Anderson relocates to the Brown Building on South Main Street. Capt An orson expands his office at the Union Depot. A B Cauthon of High Point, N C, is appointed an associate.
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Bond Anderson
Blue Ridge Railroad
City
Tle
H.T. Dyke
Bewthorn Railway
Washington Offica
J . Anderson
Blue Ridge
Brown
South Main Street
Auditing Department
An Orson Haa
Union Depot
Hia
Capt
Anderson Haa
Apved A. B. Cauthon
High Int
N.C
Andoraan Mal
A Christmas Trip and the Woman's Rural School Meet
A Santa season letter from Superintendent Colley selects the writer to represent Oconee at the Woman's Rural School Improvement Association gathering at Winthrop College. She travels via Seneca and Charlotte meeting friends, reports on the vibrant meeting, notes the shift to educated teachers, and reflects on progress in Oconee County while praising leaders and the Sunshine Society's library drive.
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Colley
Oconee
Woman's Rural School Improvement Association
Winthrop College
Seneca
Rend
Charlotte
Rock Mill
Dr. Johnson
Mine Salley
Greenville
O. B. Martin
Mina Lula Gignilliat
Messiah
Adoptiona
Min Louise Poppenheim
Charleston
Mary Nange
Abbeville
Ida Salley
County Trusteea
Martin
Coleman
Achoola
Wasg
Minnilith Royater
North Carolina
South Carolina
Mra. Ransier
Sunshine Society
South
Yettleman Presont
Murdered His Family and Himself in Michigan Farmhouse
Rochester Michigan January 2 neighbors forced entry to the farm of Clarence Barnum finding his wife, daughter Mildred, daughter Lucie, and son Clinton dead from axe wounds. Barnum had a shotgun wound to the head and his body lay in the woodshed. The family had recently moved from near Womer Miob and Barnum reportedly grew despondent over poor harvests.
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Rochester
Mich
Clarence Barnum
Barnum
Lowiae
Clinton
Womer
Miob
Miob, Only A Few Months Ago Annocated Late In the Season. Stix
Hal's Catarrh Cure Promises Safe Inquiries
Advertises Hal's Catarrh Cure as a guaranteed remedy with claims of safety and effectiveness. J Choney and Co of Toledo endorse the product and offer its sale through Walding, King & Marvin, wholesale druggists. The notice asserts the seller's honor and financial ability to meet obligations, and promotes accompanying products The por pottle and Hal's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hal
J. Choney & Co
Props
Toledo
Lown
J. Choney
Hiserm
Walding
D& Marvin
Gate Hall
Oconon County Farmers Union Meeting Notice
Ocones County Farmers Union moots at Bounty Land Academy Saturday January 1th 1008 at 11 oclock. Delegates listed with president secretary names and addresses to county secretary. J B Pickett president A H Ellison secretary. County Alliance meets at Fairview schoolhouse Saturday January 13th at 10 80 oclock W M Kennell president.
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Ocones
Oceuss County Farmers’ Alliance
Fairview School House
W. M. Kennell
Blue Ridge Railway Schedule Fragment Between Pelton and Walhalla
Fragmentary OCR notes show a timetable or station sequence for a Blue Ridge Railway line between Pelton and Walhalla. Several unreadable entries mention stops, times, and alternating days with unclear annotations. The text references various station names and dates but remains largely indecipherable.
Three Papers a Week for $1 60 with News and Courier
A clubbing offer presents The Charleston Semi-Weekly News and Courier with The Koowee Courier for $1.50 per year. The Koowee Courier is noted as a leading paper in Oconee County and among the state’s top party papers. The Semi-Weekly News and Courier is a respected South Carolina journal issued on Wednesdays and Saturdays with full Associated Press dispatches from around the world. The deal lets readers receive two strong papers for about six percent more than a single subscription, effectively three papers weekly for a reduced price.
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Charleston
News and Courier
Kooweo Courier
Koowee Courier
Oconee County
South Carolina
South Carolinis
Carrion
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Iken
Abderson
Hamber
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Berkeley
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ORM
Choaterfield
Alarondon
Peeere
Colleton
Deesa
Kershaw
Lancanter
Renes
West Ag
Richiagd Daesa Pansies
Fonrtanburg
Wty
Umtar
Unboniecs Es
Wilbarntary
Farner
Iorida
Uegull
Morida
Maryland
Bordeaux
Paris
T. C. Corbutt
New York
Blue Ridge Road
Womah
Stokes Shelor
Presbyterian
Tryon Mythodiet
Gov. Glen
Phutoh
Glenn
Shaw
Auburn
N. Y
New Orleans
Mecklenburg
Mary Reese
Itichard Barry
Phin
Barry
England
Clemson
Taloom
Marye R. Shelor
Tutt
Castoria
Iseentaur Borpany
Fr Muraky Kerest Him
Gorabtin
Oconon County
Farmers’ Union Mooting
County Alliance Meeting
Blue Ridge Railway CO
Pelton and
Walhalla
J, Andrews
Alyoas
Union Sss
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Jordi
LysCharry
Joraan
Denver
Fevete
Sohorry Sci
Sanvon
King
Aia Oe
Virginia-Carolina Fertiliz
Mater Monte
Capoliir
Matsrini
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co
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