Farmers Union meeting sets Greenwood for state gathering
At Greenville on May 1 delegates selected Greenwood as the site for the South Carolina State Farmers Union annual meeting. State president O P Goodwin will call the gathering at Greenwood July 24–25. W C Moore praised for leadership as state agent. J C Stribling listed as communications contact in Pendleton South Carolina.
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Greenville
Greenwood
South Carolina
Aamman
Farmers’ Union
Another Killing In Columbia in Waverly Neighborhood
In Columbia on Sunday morning John Jacobs a carpenter killed his wife Bensie Jacobs and Will Johnson a Black man with a hammer after finding them asleep in the same bed. Johnson survived and was hospitalized. Jacobs surrendered with his employer A B Johnson and is jailed.
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Columbia
Waverly
John Jacobs
Bensie Jacobs
Will Johnson
Johnson
Taylor Lane Hospital
Jacobs
Lynching Report Shocks Shreveport After Assault
News reaches Shreveport of an assault on an eight year old girl from a noted planter at Bousier Point and the subsequent lynching of Silas Ealy, a 17 year old accused party. A crowd of about twelve citizens took him to the scene and hanged him by a limb after his confession. The act occurred several days ago but was just learned locally.
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Shreveport
Lia
Bousier Point
Silas Ealy
F Smith Dies In California
Benjamin Franklin Smith born in Pickens South Carolina in 1885 moved with his family to Missouri before settling in California in 1900 He died in Reedley California on April 9 1907 at age 72 He married Mina Rebecca Kennemar and they had six sons and one daughter plus sixteen grandchildren Surviving relatives list including Landrum Barnett A and others He joined the Baptist church at 19 and kept his faith His funeral was held in Reedley cemetery near King's River with family present from several states
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Benjamin Franklin Smith
Pickens County
South Carolina
Crawford County
Missouri
Leesburg
Roechey
Fresno County
California
Mina Rebecca F. Kennemar
D. H. Kennemur
Landrum
Whittier
Cal
Barnett A
Pasandous
King’s River
Pickens
Oconee
Central
8. C
Judge Hydrick Refuses Bail in Blacksburg Killings
In Spartanburg on May 4 Judge Hydrick denied bail for William H. Mills who killed Frank Deal at Blacksburg weeks earlier. The defense released affidavits including a statement from Mills’s wife claiming Deal was intimate with Mills’s wife, and the filings echo elements similar to the Evalyn Neath Thaw testimony in New York.
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Hydrick
Spartanburg
Wm. H. Mills
Frank Deal
Blacksburg
Mille
Deal
Aff
Ravite
Evalyn Neahit
New York
Mule Signals Mine Death At Glendower Colliery
At Glendower colliery Mount Pleasant a mine mule alarmed workers by crying out and thrashing about at the mouth of Zerbe’s slope after John Zerbe was found dead in a small ore shaft. The warm body indicated death occurred about the time the mule sounded its odd warning.
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Glendower
Mount Pleasant
John Zerbe
Zerbe
Philadelphia
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup Endorsed for Women and Children
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is praised as mild and pleasant tasting, preferred over violent purgatives like pills and tablets. Readers are invited to obtain the booklet and a sample from Dr. J. W. Boll’s location.
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Chile
J. We Bell
Walhalla
W. J. Luncey
Sondon
J. W. Boll
Askitt Why Do You Consider That Goat An Impressive Animal
Nowitt answers that the goat is impressive due to its striking forehead.
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Askitt
Nowitt
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Worth
Seneca
G. W. Gignilliat
Farmers’ Union Bureau OF Information
The
J.C. Stribling
Pendleton
Jonah
Jay
Bia
Farmers’ Organization
Italy
Amum
J. W. Bell
Panonra
F. Smith
Tutt’s
Dr. King
Cardus
J. L. Broadhead
Clanton
Ala
Chattanooga
Tent
Gardui
Ballard
SNB
Mia
C. H. Runyon
Stanhorny, Mo
Ballard Snow Liniment Co
St, Louis
Walshalla Drug CO
W. J. Lunney
U. R. Houchins
Valhalla
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