Prairie-era Pell City mill pioneer G W Pratt profiled
A Pell City cotton mill story profiles George Walker Pratt a former Valhalla resident and key force behind Pell City Manufacturing Company since 1902. The piece details the town’s rise, the mill’s 650 operatives, high wages, worker welfare including housing library and school facilities, and Pratt’s leadership described as a dynamo with Chesterfield polish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duces
Ws Pratt
Aud. Draper
A. I. Ledyard
James Kt. Pierce
G. W. Pratt
Poll City
Chesterfield
Cromwell
New School Trustees Named for Oconee Districts
The 1905 to 1907 school year roster lists trustees across districts Townville Seneca Westminster Madison Walhalla and Clemson College with names such as W Dickson J W McCarley J M Faut L Bruce J F Graham and more. Superintendent of Education Colley administers the county.
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W Dickson
J W McCarley
J M Faut
Townville
Bruce
J F Graham
W J Elrod
B Bagwell
Seneca
W O Alexander
M Abbott
W Mworth
Valhalla
J H Barnett
John Fendley
WR Cobb
Westminster
WN Sullivan
D A Dickson
Leo A Pelfrey
J H Moore
P Dendy
Jaillard
Walhalla
J W Roeder
RK Duncan
Ku West Union
HE Cox
Patterson
Wo Mbell
L M Sheriff
W A Bowen
W St Phillips
J A Harbin
Geos Hamilton
R R Slayes
William
Brown
Jocasseo
Morony
M A Moss
W B Guinn
Salem
Talley
LR Cantrell
JS Alexander
O Sheppard
Joab Hudson
D P+ Grant
Tamasseo
Louis Vollrath
J P Beaty
Rochester
Whetstone
Fretwell
Wool Barker
Phillips
Wheetstone
Dallas
Wilbanks
J 1
Hunter
Cobb
Pearl Woodall
Virgie Wilbanks
Long Croek
Messiah Cobb
EL Collins
Thos
Thos and,—Walhalla, 58. ‘Thomax Ramey, Moses Moore, W Te Lhriftcreek
Rot
JS Watkins
Phat Ng
Walhi
Tylor Wilson
G Porter
John Rodgers
Aj, Holley
Jfh Cowan
J A Pere
Westminator
WA Brower
JB Cochran
Holleman
JP Jones
J C Wo
CF Chandler
St. John
JB Sanders
Jy H Wigington
James
Massive Odessa massacre described as 7000 slain in a night
Odessa dispatch claims a covert purge by third section agents and police led to a ten hour massacre in June. Shocked witnesses say 7000 killed or fatally wounded, with bodies dumped in harbors and cremation pits to crush rebellion in South Russia.
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London
Odessa
The
Standard
Peressyp
Molavanka
Social Democratic Revolutioniats
Kniaz Potemkin Tavritchesky
Third Section
Heath
St. Petersburg
Russia
Dispensary reform debate tied to Hoyt 1900 campaign
The Yorkville campaign meeting recalls Col. James A. Hoyt, the Prohibition candidate for Governor, who urged curtailing the dispensary and urged one honest buyer and seller under restriction. It notes Tillman’s opposition and Hoyt’s ahead stance on reform, with Newa and Courier reporting two new moons in July.
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Yorkville
James A. Hoyt
Tillman
Col. Hoyt
State Board of Control
Newa and Courier
Envoys named for Washington Peace Conference
President Roosevelt announced the Russian and Japanese envoys to the Washington Peace Conference. Russian envoys are Muravieff and Baron Rosen, while Japanese envoys are Baron Komura and Kogoro Takabira, reflecting each side’s intent to seek an end to the Far East conflict.
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Oyater Bay
Roosevelt
Washington
Count Cassini
Baron Komura
Kogora ‘Lakabira
United Stats
Three papers a week for $1.50 offer from local papers
A clubbing offer combines The Keowee Courier and The Charleston Semi Weekly News and Courier for $1.50 per year. The Keowee Courier is praised as a top paper in Oconee county and a strong county paper in South Carolina. The Semi Weekly News and Courier provides in depth South Carolina news on Wednesdays and Saturdays with full AP dispatches. The deal promises two leading South Carolina papers for about the price of one.
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Charleston
News and Courier
Keowee
Keoweo
South Carolina
Rockefeller gifts $10 million to general education fund
New York reports a $10,000,000 gift from John D. Rockefeller to the General Education Fund presided by Robert C. Ogden. The donation aims to support higher education in the United States and signals potential future gifts in the same line.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
General Education Fund
Robert C. Ogden
United States
Rockefeller
Dyspepsia cure claim and dispensary vote in Newberry
An advertisement from Walhalla Drug Company touts Rydale’s Stomach Tablets to cure all stomach troubles under a 25 cent trial. In Newberry, petitions for an election on dispensary status were handed to the Supervisor, totaling 1,239 votes in a county of about 3,000 registered voters, with a likely August last Tuesday election.
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Rydale
Walhalla Drug Company
Newberry
Rydale's
Radical Remedy Company
Hickory
Sane
Final Settlement and Discharge Notice in Oconee SC
Dora J D Richey Administratrix seeks leave from Judge D A Smith Probate for Oconee County SC on July 22 12805 at 10 am to make final settlement of John T Richey deceased and obtain final discharge as Administratrix of the estate.
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D. A. Smith
Oconee County
South Carolina
John T. Richey
County Action Urges Independent Local Dispensary Vote
The County Action group argues against state led whiskey reform, urging counties to act independently to end the whiskey traffic. They warn a state move would politicize the issue and invite political leadership to influence outcomes, predicting dispensaries fading county by county across the state.
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Columbia
Marion Observer
Largest whiskey seizure in Asheville distillery raid
In Asheville North Carolina revenue officers seized a distillery run by W P Black and confiscated 5000 gallons of whiskey. The tax on a large portion of the liquor reportedly had not been paid and the whiskey was said to have been produced without the Government Inspector's knowledge and stored at the proprietor’s house.
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Asheville
N.C
Internal Revenue District
W.P. Black
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George Walker Pratt
Birmina
G. W. Prat
Age-Herald
Pell City
Lee
Virginia
Boston
Pell Cty Manufacturing Company
Alabama
NEW School Trustees
Colley
Castor
G. R. Walhalla
8. C
Rydale’s Tonic
Heacock-King Feed Works
Ewalves Axp Bornens
M. Bro
Ero
Gibbes Machinery CO
Columbia, D. C
Gibbes
FBI
Taape Manke
Convaiante dc. Gayon Genuine Sabuch Antennas AO Ea
Scientific American
J. H. Moore
M. D
J. H. Darby
J. Srninuine
E. L. Hernpon
Stribling & Herndon
J.P. Carey
Picke
Carey & Shelo
R. T. Jaynes
S.C
Bell
WJ. Carter, Ht
Dentist— Ofice
Carter’s
Westminster, S. C
Pitchford Co
J. H. Burgess
Seneca, S. C
Orrick
Nimmons
Douit Buipina
W. F. Austin
J. W. Byrd & Co
Blue Ridge Railway CO
Weston and
Kiffeet
Eastuouxn
MPM
Em. Patast
Walhalia
Wast
Uni
Sonvons
Jordania
EveAdamna
eCherry
Pondieton
tAutun
Denver Tal
West Anderson
Anors
Anderson
Idle Sala
Ar Botton
Folk
Weathouxp
Ty Joon
Ly Anderson
Foundleton
Ly Tony
Ar Walhatta
Phinney
James's
Sauily Springn
Toxaway
Thrat
Ally
H.C
Weattie
Proalda Hipertotondenta Anderso
the Southern Railway
Soutis
Pullman
Southern Railway
Kk. W. Hunt
Colle, Chamberlain
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