Odd Fellows Grand Lodge Convened in Columbia May Meeting
Delegates from 102 lodges gathered in the South Carolina House chamber with Grand Master Charles L. Kelley presiding. The session heard favorable reports, announced 4,816 members, and $11,474 in annual receipts with $3,090 on hand. A dormitory fund for the Greenville Odd Fellows Orphan Home sparked rapid cash pledges totaling 1,700 in minutes, plus 1,600 approved from Grand Lodge funds pending finance committee review. The next annual session will be in Anderson after a heated Aiken vs. Anderson contest.
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Columbia
Grand Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
House of Representatives
Charles L. Kelley
Joe. A. Summersett
Congaree Lodge
Summersett
Revelpte
Kelley
South Carolina
Odd Fellows’ Orphin
Greenville
J. G. Long
Union
Finance Committee
Tndapendent Order Odd Fellows
Aiken
Anderson
Meenaing
H. Endel
Hall
Georgetown
J.J. Medwatn
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Denver
HJ. Souther
Brida
Green T
M. Bennett
N. Healy
Lo M
G. Oliveiros
Atkent
Winslow
Clinton
Neuffer Fe
Bord
A. Mid Pennes
BOW
Mmlller
Rock IL
ISH
Harris
Grand Guardian
TM. Miller
Abbeville
Grand Herald
State of the Order
Cole L.dieuxe
Newberry
J. Walter Doar
Jan
A. Bummeraett
Constitution
Hy-Lawa
P. ©. Perry
Fop. McGowan
Latrens
T. BH. Butler
Gaffney
W. F. Steiglux
Kenneth Baker
Greenwood
J. Galled
Piedmont
Elect
Returte
D. B. Er Gle
Onleviit
T. M. Burgas
White Stone
Franklin Lanecaster
Appeala and
Grievancea
Joseph Leach
A. M. Doggett
A. Qualtlebaum
Leesville
Br. van Smith
Win. Deters
Charleston
J. FP
Mackey
Green
Ville
General Wade Hampton Farewell Remembered by a Confederate Soldier
A veteran recounts General Wade Hampton's farewell to his troops at Company Shops, North Carolina. Hampton, tearful and resolute, urged soldiers to return home, promised they would reunite in battle, and rode away as his words echoed. The writer, J. M. Tamasson, notes absence of notes but holds to memory of the somber farewell.
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Wade Hampton
Hillsboro
N. G
Hampton
Sam
Greensboro
Wade
Gen. Hampton
Western Army
J. M.tamasson
Night Cure Book Offer For Women By Dr Shoop
An advertisement urges women to read Book No 4 marketed as a nocturnal health aid. It claims Dr Shoop’s Night Cure provides soothing antiseptic advice and confidential medical guidance, offered free of charge through Dr J Wy Bell.
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Wea
Shoop
Racing
Wis
Safecrackers Blow Open McBee Supply Safe
Safe blowers entered the McBee Supply Company at this place last night and blew open the safe. About $116 was taken, including one $100 bill and silver coins. Entry was gained through the back door near the office using an axe hammer and pocket knife. Experts appear to have conducted the burglary.
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Meer
McBee Supply Company
Lailding
Odd Fellows Report Grants and Dormitory Plans
The Grand Lodge approved a $1,000 grant for a new dormitory at the Orphans' Home as part of a larger $2,428.66 transfer of funds from the 1906 earthquake relief and lodge subscriptions toward the project, with hopes to reach $3,000. Superintendent Vaughan and 21 inmates visited Columbia, and future sessions may relocate inmates to Aiken. there are 32 inmates currently. An additional $200 was appropriated for the Tri-State Odd Fellows support.
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oMees
Grand Lodge
Orphans’ Home
Relief Committee
San Francisco
Grand Lodges
Vaughan
Greenville
Columbia
Mameniely
Aiken
The Coming Telepost Telegraph by Delaney Company
The North American Review reports Patrick B. Delaney's perfected telegraph system the Telepost, claiming 1000 words per minute on a single wire, full-page transmissions from New York to Chicago in ten minutes, and cost-efficient service with a four-wire trunk. It notes safeguards against monopoly, an independent board, and plans to span the United States with rapid, reliable, and inexpensive messaging.
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North American Review
America
Patrick B. Delaney
United States
New Telegraph Company
Western Union
New York
Chicago
Beton
San Francisco
Telepost
Venture Union
Ste Men
Westernsion
Ite
Tna i
Trafic
Flor Fiext
Meenages
Delaney
Nix
Board of Voting Trustees
Daughter to stump for Bryan if nomination occurs
A dispatch from Omaha reports Mrs Leavitt will campaign in Colorado Wyoming and other Western states in support of William Jennings Bryan if he wins the Democratic nomination. She will address women and focus on states with woman suffrage while her father promotes the campaign.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
Omaha
William Jennings Bryan
Mra
Leavitt
Colorado
Wyoming
Min. Leavitt
Uwe
Timber owners fight fire protection reform movements
Timber owners across the United States organize to guard timber from fire. In the Pacific Northwest the Washington Forest Fire Association now has eight million acres under care with ranger patrols modeled after the U.S. forest service. Similar groups operate in Oregon Idaho and Maine with state tax funds supporting Maine. A western railroad holding vast timber tracts reports success from fire protection plans. Fire destruction once ignored now spurs concerted action as timber shortages loom.
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Pacific Northwest
Washington Forest Fire Association
Seattle
United States Forest Service
Oregon
Idaho
Western Railroad Company
Maine
Fretwell Company Seeks Charter For Livestock Business
Application filed with the Secretary of State seeks a charter for the Fretwell Company to operate from East Hankon and South McDumbe streets. The firm, capitalized at $50,000, plans to deal in livestock and vehicles.
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Anderson Intelligencer
Jos. J
Great Hankow disaster toll and river debris disaster
Beattie Wanh May 13 Hankow reveals a vast Yangtze flood caused by the Titanic steamer disaster. Nearly 10 000 lives lost as a 26 foot surge swept junks sampans and river steamers, drowning thousands and leaving riverbanks littered with wreckage and bodies.
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Hankow
Motto to Return on U S Coins Senate Action May 13
Washington May 13 The Senate today approved the House measure restoring the motto In God We Trust on United States coins. The move reaffirms a national motto and follows earlier design changes.
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Washington
Senate
House
United States
Bryan Calls To See Tillman In Washington
Washington May 13 William Jennings Bryan last night called on Senator Tillman and spent time with him discussing national politics and the outlook for the former to receive the Presidential nomination at Denver in July This is notable as his heaviest call since arriving in Washington Kidney disease kills more people than any other ailment Experts say early treatment with Foley's Kidney Cure can prevent serious outcomes.
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Washington
Jen Oigs Bryan
Tillman
Denver
Bryan
Foley
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