Political tour dates listed for South Carolina officials
Senator and Solicitor schedule across multiple towns in July and August. Saluda and Winnsboro start sequences with nearby dates, followed by Chester Yorkville Gaffney Spartanburg Union and Walhalla stops. Final note includes LL initials.
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Lexington
Saluda
Edgefield
Aiken
Bamberg
Winnsboro
Chester
Yorkville
Gaffney
Spartanburg
Union
Walhalla
Are the Y Democrats Are the Y Democrats
A debate questions whether Democrats can pledge support to the Republican nominee. The writer argues that Democrats cannot support the rival party and condemns policy Democrats and switchers as political parasites. Independent Democrats and Republicans are seen as proper outside the two parties.
No law for this Pickens escape tale
A Pickens Sentinel-Journal item recounts an automobile pair fleeing toward Texas after a librarian named Mia Keith and a young woman partner eloped with a plan to divorce and wed the man, prompting Telegrams from Anderson to locate them and Sheriff Jennings to arrest the couple in Pickens. The report notes a driver, a handsome young lady, and mentions names such as Mr Keith and Miss Sullivan amid the pursuit.
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Pickens
AS Lewis
Earle Jennings
Bidens
Mia Keith
Texas
Keith
Sullivan
Anderson Family Ties in Controversial Case
A senior judge and local lawyer discuss a case involving a man described as 48 traveling with a young woman claiming to be 22. They note the absence of clear laws to reach the parties and speculate on potential charges, with moral outrage expressed over alleged elopement and bigamy.
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Anderson
Keith
Sherif Jennings
Texas
Remarkable Lake City Visitor Praises Race Relations
Stewart Starr of Lake City visits Valhalla and The Courier office describing Lake City as a small town with no Black property owners or institutions. He boasts of bean and vegetable shipments and recalls a past Black postmaster, then asserts South Carolina has the best Black population and harmony when races stay in their places, warning that mixing races leads to trouble.
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Stewart Starr
Lake City
Valhalla
Courier
Starr
Jonah
Winsell Sezree
Republican Party
South Carolina
Robbery of Book Agent in Columbia Sparks Debate
A book agent was robbed in Columbia last week. The piece features a mused exchange on newspaper subsidies and public sentiment, with a tangential cue to rail service improvements and Pullman travel, urging daily operation for convenience. The text includes remarks by Mr. Grace of Charleston questioning subsidy claims and promoting patronage.
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Columbia
Mr. Grace
Charleston
Rhett
Valhalla
Price of Peace Featured in Skin Salve Ad
Twenty five cents is the price of peace say readers as Chamberlain's Salve relieves itching and smarting from skin diseases almost instantly. Sold by Dr. J W Bell in Valhalla and W J Lunney in Seneca.
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Chamberlain
J. W. Bell
Valhalla
W. J. Lunney
Seneca
Clearmont Local News Highlights July Events
Clearmont yard work improves church grounds Bermuda grass laid. Miss Nettle Wilson to lead Pleasant Hill school starting July 20 in Pickens county. W. CG. Driver building on farm. Five to six hundred bushels of wheat and oats to thresh. Miss Mayne Wynne to open Mountain Grove school July 20. Misses Cena Alma Wilson return from Easley visit. L. O. Pitts and J. D. Wynne s Cotton best so far. Picnic at Cross Roads drew many young folks. Prof Gus Patterson and sister Beatrice gave fine music at Clearmont Sunday.
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Clearmont
Nettle Wilson
Pleasant Hill
Pickens
W. CG. Driver
Mayne Wynne
Mountain Grove
Cena
Alma Wilson
Easley
L. O. Pitts
J. D. Wynne
Cross Roads
Gus Patterson
Beatrice
Campaign meeting at the Court House draws crowd
A crowded campaign meeting at the Court House heard candidates discuss cotton, currency, and anti gambling stances. Speakers urged elastic currency, government issuance of money, and attacks on banking privilege while praising farmers, white supremacy in Reconstruction, and prohibition. The session adjourned for dinner after Rhett closed remarks.
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Court House
Court Flouse Square
J. W. Shelor
J. C. Yongue
Methodist Church
Department of Statistics
George Johnstone
Charleston
Col. Johnstone
Col. W. W. Lumpkin
Vithert
Grace
Democratic Party
Senate
Rhett
Campaign remarks and cholera remedy promotion
Candidates for Congress and Solicitor discussed positions with little variation. After speeches by Aiken and Boggs, J J McSwain Marcus C Long P A Bonham and A H Dag nall spoke on the same themes. The piece then notes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy, praised for thirty two years, with sales across the United States and abroad and listed local vendors J W Bell Wallalla and W J Lunney Seneca.
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United States
J. W. Bell
Wallalla
W. J. Lunney
Seneca
War in Negros Island Fears Extermination of Bandits Leader
Seattle readers hear a missionary from Tabernacle Baptist Church predict a ruthless war against Negros bandits in the Philippines. He details how the ex-driver Dionict built a large sectic cult, staged miraculous appearances, and used religious fear to control hundreds. He notes 1896 battles with Spanish troops and that Americans drove the leader Papa Ysla into the mountains before troop withdrawal.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Negros
Philippines
Harry Maxfield
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Maxfield
Dionict
Daniel
Papa Ysio
Yncentos
Papa Ysla
Striking an Average Smell Trial at the Doorway
Children trespass near a kitchen door as they sniff through a crack for odors. Mrs Harwood interrupts to settle a dispute between Ethel and Tommy about turns and fairness while Tommy explains he cannot smell well due to a cold.
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Ethel
Mrs. Harwood
Tommy
Tom
David’s Heavenly Attribute Delinotor Fragment
Four year old Joe loves Bible stories and emulates David in night prayers. He asks his mother where David is and if he will go to heaven when he dies. The child wonders if David will let him hold his sling and stone soon.
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Joe
David
An Anticipative Burial on the Ocean
The ship doctor in room 45 was told a man had died in state room 45 and orders to bury him followed. Hours later the body remained. the Irish steward laughed that he went to room 46 and buried a man who was still alive, claiming he was nearly dead.
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News and Courier
United States Senate
America
Nver
Dena
Wyatt Alken praised as speaker and worker in Congress
The passage notes Wyatt Alken as a top worker in Congress while previously seen as not a strong speaker. It credits his tariff speech as outstanding in recent years and included in the Democratic campaign book. It also recognizes Aiken as a leader, effective both in speech and in legislative work.
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Anderson Mall
Wyatt Alken
Congress
Aiken
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