Labor Immigration Circular From Commissioner Watson
The circular from Commissioner F J Watson announces New York Port offices will rapidly fill labor applications for farmers saw mill men and others with minimum delays. Applicants must prepay $2 50 per head and arrange to cover New York to town travel. Wages range from 1 25 to 1 85 per day plus board lodging, with options for landowners to hire workers and later buy small farms. The circular emphasizes careful selection and notes exceptions for direct foreign port arrivals.
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Port of
New York
Europe
Andi
Farela
New York City
Divorce Law of South Carolina Is Inviolable Contract
A historic note discusses South Carolina divorce law. It states that a first marriage solemnized in SC cannot be dissolved by another state's decree, making a second marriage there bigamy. If the divorced person wed legally elsewhere, SC would recognize the later status and full faith and credit applies to public acts from other states.
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Benet
South Carolina
Trial Set Next Wednesday In Mutanville Case
Five defendants J H Palmar S A Eaden Penny Martin Andrew Martin and Benjamin Martin were arraigned in open court in Orangeburg after being moved from Berkeley county jail at Monck's Corner. Defense moved to quash the indictment but was overruled. Each pleaded not guilty and the trial date was set for next Wednesday. State witness H O Edwards, named in the true bill, was not arraigned as he has confessed.
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Orangeburg
J. H. Palmar
S.A. Eaden
Penny Martin
Andrew Martin
Benjamin Martin
Berkeley County
Monck
H.O. Edwards
Overworked Kidneys and Mills Revert to 11-Hour Day
Murray's Buchu gin and juniper claimed as remedies for kidney disease. May 5 report notes Murray Drug Company ad from Columbia. Union mills under President T. C. Duncan revert from 10 to 11 hours after six weeks of trial, affecting five mills with about 2,500 workers. Workers reportedly displeased with the change.
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Murray
Pravents
Bright
Murray Drug Company
Columbia
Better Agencies Needed for Southern Cotton Trade
W A Courtenay argues in The Manufacturers Record that U S cotton shifts to Europe and New England show earliness of English efficiency and poorer American agency work. He warns that current cotton sales volumes and speculative marketing may crash, urging Southern mills to push for large international results and improved goods agencies.
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W.A. Courtenay
Courtenay Manufacturing Company
Gays
Privan
Ceneira
Europe
Greenville
South
Wife Sees Husband Slain in Spartanburg South Carolina
Thomas Jones was shot on North Church Street at the deceased’s home while his wife witnessed the slaying. The attacker Thomas Godfrey surrendered and is jailed. In Columbia efforts to secure about $2,000 for state educational purposes were announced by State Superintendent Martin. Dr. Charles Melver’s board previously funded rural school improvements and lectures. James R. Gray of the Atlanta Journal has purchased a controlling stake in the paper.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Thomas Jones
Thomas Godfrey
Jones
Ous
Godfrey
Columbia
Martin
Southern Education Board
Charles Melver
James R. Gray
The
Atlanta Journal
Bloody May Day Riots in Warsaw Turn Deadly
Reports from Warsaw describe May Day violence as troops fired on demonstrators, killing and wounding many including women and children. Disturbances spread through several districts with bombings, patrol shootings, and ongoing clashes as authorities struggle to control the city.
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Warsaw
Poland
Avery
Koolasna Treat
Ithina
Conucka
Soombkowska Gite
Anburl
Paraga
Viatula River
Lots
Lotz
Nastrot
Tudor
Wigfall Among the Union Soldiers in Texas
Former Confederate senator Wigfall, escaped from the Confederacy, joined a party of Union guards in Texas. He engaged them in talk about a hypothetical capture of “old eel” and heard they would hang him. Wigfall replied he would pull at the rope himself if with them.
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Wigfall
Confederate Congress
Texas
Guard
Editors and Doctors Sharp Contrast in Roles
Exchange quip contrasts editors and doctors noting faults, apologies, and costs. It jokes that editors must spell hard words and face charges, while doctors may use grand terms without understanding them. It concludes editors are rarer, made by the Lord, with few good ones available.
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Medical College
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Valhalla
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W. Devoe & Co
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G. W. Gignilliat
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Sumter Herald
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Philadelphia Ledger
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