Savannah River Fishway Conference at Augusta Dam
A conference between the South Carolina General Assembly fishways committee and Augusta Mayor Dunbar officials discussed adding a fishway at the Augusta Dam. A plan to appoint a joint fish warden, fund half the cost for a launch, and enforce fish laws was proposed, with directives to draft plans and have a Washington expert select the best site.
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Augusta Chronicle
South Carolina General Assembly
Savannah River
Dunbar
Smith
Carolina General Assembly
J. J. Carle
Oconee County
E. M. Rucker
B. E. Nicholson
Nisbet Wingfeld
John D. Twiggs
Verdery
Raworth
Commercial Club
Augusta
Congress
Wingfield
Fish Commission
Washington
Messrs
Earle
Rucker
Georgia General Assembly
Th House
South Carolina
Sion
Nerest
Georgiagislature
Legistute
Tugaloo
Savannah
Chauga Church Plans Graveyard Cleanup and Revival
Chauga July events highlight a church gathering with Rev S A McAbee leading a Sunday service at 4 o clock and Rev S D McAbee preaching at 11. A protracted meeting will last a week or ten days, with all welcoming attendance. Miss Mary Harbin rejoins the community after a illness. Miss Lizzie Mae Pickens visited Mary Harbin last week.
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Chauga
S.A. McAbee
Chauga Church
S. D. McAbee
Mary Harbin
Lizzie Mae Pickens
Dr Scherer Resigns as Newberry College President
Dr Jamen A B Scherer president of Newberry College hands resignation to the board to take effect October 1 He will become president of Throop Institute in Pasadena California He is regarded as one of the most able educators in South Carolina.
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Columbia
Jamen A B. Scherer
Newberry College
Newberry
Scherer
Throop Institute
Pasadena
California
South Carolina
Sunday School Convention at Center Township July 1908
Interdenominational Sunday School Convention met in Center Township with Rev J L Smeteton presiding. Topics covered included the use and abuse of Sunday school helps, how to interest nonattenders, punctuality, heart preparation for teachers, and round table management. Committee named officers, dinner hosted by ladies, and plans for next meeting on October 10 1908 at Bethel church. Health Coffee touted as a coffee substitute by Dr Shoop and sold by A P Crisp.
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Center Church
Center Township
J. L. Smeteton
J. M. Way
Way
J.J. Harrell
Round Table
W. N. Bruce
S. P. Stribling
J. ‘St. Bryant
J. N. Burgess
M. W
J. J. Harrell
Thompson
Various South Carolina notes on industry and society
The Spartanburg Wheethe Light Company will supply current for nights at Woodruff, ten miles away. Julian Harris, son of Joel Chandler Harris, will take over as editor of Uncle Remus Magazine. A new Clarendon county courthouse is under construction with a $60,000 estimated cost. England and Wales export fish landings exceed $35,000,000 annually, employing over 40,000. Fish have no eyelids and sleep with eyes open. they swallow whole and lack teeth. Frogs and toads eat only prey they believe alive. Col. RB Lee of Virginia will speak at the August Confederate reunion, with about 2,000 visitors expected in Greenville on August 12-13 and the city preparing a royal welcome. The Knights of Pythias plan a $12,000 fund to benefit South Carolina orphanages, principal kept until enough is raised to build an orphanage. Greenville News notes negro women will work on Greenville streets for light labor, such as raking grass, as punishment.
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Clarendon County
England
Wales
Col
Rb, Lee
Virginia
Greenville
Knights of Pythias
South Carolina
Grand Lodge
Greenville News
Recorder
Buttons from the collection box amuse a minister wife
A minister's wife mends clothes when a neighbor visits. After light gossip the visitor notes many buttons in her basket and a joke about a button like her husband wore on his wall. The wife reveals the buttons came from the contribution box and bids the guest farewell.
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Ladies' Home Journal
Newborn twins Bryan and Taft christened at Coney Island
Italian colleagues at Coney Island witness the christening of Bryan and Taft Palaneno incubator twins born Saturday morning weighing under three pounds combined. Mrs Palaneno insists on Bryan as a name connected to Bryan and Taft, while a Democratic leader adopts Bryan as a Democratic twin. The twins are cared for in incubators at Dreamland as heat and nerve balance concerns arise amid summer heat and a tonic advertisement closes.
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New York
Coney Island
Bryan
Taft Palaneno
Marie
Pasquale Palaneno
Pierce
Dreamland
Taft
The Coming Crops Home and Farm Overview
The piece argues 1908 farm crop value totals near 8,000 million dollars covering the nation, with much to be canned in America and exported. It notes heavy foreign demand for grain and cotton, favorable conditions by June, and a mood of optimism. It also highlights the farmer’s resilience during Wall Street panic and his steady work through planting cycles.
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America
Wall Street
What Ails You Golden Medical Discovery Ad
An old advertisement asks if you suffer headaches coated tongue heartburn and digestive woes. It touts Golden Medical Discovery a glycerine fluid extract from Golden Seal Stone root Black Cherrybark Queen's root Bloodroot and Mandrake root. It claims no alcohol or habit forming drugs and cites medical authorities to endorse its use for stomach liver and bowel regulation.
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Ita
Ri Barthglow
qTeen Med. College
Pia
Hahneiana
Ited
College
Chicago
John Kin
Bennete Mealgal College
Fendamo
BR. V. Pierce
Bute
Primary election managers named for August and September 1908
J W Shelor county chairman lists 26 local election districts with appointed managers for the August 25 and September 8 primaries. Each district names three individuals, including Belmont Clem Wilbanks Bethlehem Clemson College Comcross Damascus Double Springs Fair Play Friendship High Falls Holly Springs Jocassee Jordania Little River Long Creek Madison Newry Oak Grove Oakway Picket Post Poplar Providence Retreat Richland Salem Seneca South Union Tabor Tamassee Tokeena Tugaloo Westminster Weat Unton Valhalla and the note to notify if unable to serve.
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Belmont
Clem Wilbanks
James O. Driscoll
W. J. Gillespie
Bethlehem
R. M. Cheek
J.B. Orr
J. W. Ivester
Cherry Hill
W. A. Kelley
W. H. Alexander
James Burrell
Clemson College
Andrew Gordon
Burns Gillison
W. A. Allison
Comcross
J. H. Johnson
J. C. Barker
James Abbott
Damascus
H. Lee
D. F P. Carter
J. T. Rholetter
Double Springs
R. L. Symen
R. Hunt
Bry Mongold
Earle's Mill
W. H. Graham
J. Hanvey
L. C. Bruce
Fair Play
A. R
Jocassee
A. L. Whitmire
L. Crow
J. B. Burgess
Jordania
J. HB. Poe
Harebin
W. F. Jones
Little River
Sheppard
L. A. P. Nicholson
Jas. Cantrell
Long Creek
Robert Lee Holmes
Bilas Waddall
Sloan Phillips
Madison
J. A. Cook
R. M.tribble
Stribling
Chas
N. Gignilliat
South Union
J. B. McJunkin
T. B. Kilburn
H. Cole
Tabor
J. A. Knox
W. R. Craig
A. J. Farrow
Tamassee
J. D. Cowan
J. B. Kelley
W. BE. Rankin
Has a Government Position W. H. Taylor Goes to the Philippines
W H Taylor of Wendleton en route to San Francisco to sail for Manila on the 23d Instant after winning a civil service appointment as civil service engineer in the War Department. A Clemson College graduate of 1905, he is the son of the late Geo E Taylor and has many county friends pleased by his appointment.
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W. H.taylor
Wendleton
San Francisco
Manilla
War Department
Mr. Taylor
Clemson College
Geo. E.taylor
Pendleton
Taylor
Lily
All Day Picnic at Maxwell’s Bridge Announcement
Editors Keowee Courter announce an all day picnic at Maxwell’s Bridge on Friday August 7. The public is cordially invited and asked to bring well filled baskets. Candidates are especially invited and expected to bring the vote winning motto. An interesting program includes speaking and ball playing. J L McCarley D C Holland L O Phillips Committee.
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Keowee Courter
Maxwell's Bridge
J. L. McCarley
D. C. Holland
L. O. Phillips
Morning Service and Sunday School Notices
Rev. T. P. Epting, Pastor announces morning service every Sunday at 11 o'clock with Sunday school at 10 a.m. A cordial invitation is extended to the public to worship with us.
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T. P. Epting
Death of Dr W Hi Timmerman at 76 in Batesburg
Batesburg July 16 Dr W Hi Timmerman died yesterday afternoon after a long illness from pneumonia He was 76 years old and had served as South Carolina State Treasurer for several years before 1900 Funeral services are planned for this afternoon at 6 The interment will be at the Timmerman family burying ground in Edgefield county with a funeral party traveling from Johnston He was highly regarded in South Carolina.
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Batesburg
W. Hi. ‘Timmerman
South Carona
Timmerman
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Georgia and
Carolina
Harmony Game Wardens
Ira W. Kelley
Mansfield
Foley
Dr. Scherer
Spartanburg Wheethe Light Company
Woodruff
Julian Harris
Joel Chandler Harris
Remus
Bryan" and
Taft,” Twins
Dr. Shoop
Eli
W. H. Taylor
The
Philippines
Anderson Mail
Dean
Father Heinrichs Hung
Canyon City
Colo
Italy
Guiseppe Alia
Leo Heinrichs
St. Elizabeth's Church
Denver
Florence County
Hyman
Louis Finklea
Finklea
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Walhalla
Mmerman
Scott
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