Mob violence in Georgia leaves three dead
A mob near Manasas in Tattnall County Georgia fatally wounded Sim Padgett and his ten year old daughter and killed black man Sim Padgett and his daughter after accusing Padgett of harboring a suspect. In the ensuing confrontation at Padgett’s house, John Hare white farmer plus several shot and wounded relatives and neighbors, as armed men swarmed the area. The incident sparked a mass pursuit, a jail break, and heightened fear of further violence as authorities scrambled to reclaim prisoners and prevent further bloodshed. The report also notes a separate South Carolina legislative debate over juror selection and qualification rules, arguing for broader inclusion of qualified electors in juries.
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Claxton
Santa Moore
Manaasas
Tattnall County
John Hare
Sim Padgott
Padgott
Bartow Pearson
James Daniel
J. J. Kennedy
Padgett
Mra. Moore
Hare
Waa
Reidaville
Eawards
Priacyard
Roidaville
Tlare
Monroe
N.Y
General Assembly
State of
South Carolina
Varner
Oconee
Pile Remedy Offered in Collapsible Tube
Treatment for piles described as a collapsible tube product named Man Zau Pile Remedy. It promises to reach the affected area and relieve blind bleeding itching and protruding piles. Sold by J. W. Bell Walhalla and W. J. Lunney Sone with nox le attached and a 50 cent guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tryt
J. W. Bell
Walhalla
W. J. Lunney
Sone
Judge Gage Talks of Crime and Indictments Rise
The summer term of the Court of General Sessions convened with Judge Gage presiding. He warned that South Carolina remains underdeveloped in homicide prevention, noting Anderson county has had fifty seven homicide indictments while Greenvilla tallies sixty over a long period. He compared to a Scottish county with similar population and no homicide indictments in thirty years. The speech urged vigilance and reform. The piece also mentions a kidney remedy advertisement and local vendors W Holl of Walhalla and W J Luney of Seneca.
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Anderson
Court of General Sessions
Judge Gage
Gage
South Carolina
Ilo
Anderson County
Greenvilla
Scotland
New England
Studebaker
Allon Studebaker
Co. W. Pitchford CO
Walhalla, S. C
Kinard Sells Large Cotton Load At 12 Cents Yield
G M Kinard of Greenwood County, a leading farmer, sold 425 bales of last year’s cotton at 12 4 rents per pound, netting over 25000 dollars at Greenwood to Greenwood cotton mills. The sale confirms his expectation of higher prices and reflects strong local cotton trade. A stray medical line about remedies appears in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Kinard
Greenwood County
Mr. Kinard
Greenwood
Greenwood Cotton Mills
Royal Baby Christanad Baptism At Madrid Palace
May 10 baptism reported for Alfonso Prince of Asturias in the private chapel of the royal palace attended by royal family officials foreign envoys and grandees. Carde Rinaldini Peires Arthir Connaught King Edward and other dignitaries represented, with a list of foreign monarchs and nobles noted.
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Madrid
Spain
Alfonso
Prince of the Asturias
Pape
Cardinal Rinaldini
Nanolo
Edward
Peires Arthir
Connaught
Emperor William
Prince Leopold of
Hohenzollern
Empero Francia Joseph
Archduke Eugena
Aritoia
Carl of
Hortugal
Duke of
Oporto
Marking Confederate graves with 20000 white marble markers
Washington May 14 The War Department will award within days a contract for twenty thousand white marble markers to mark Confederate soldiers and sailors buried in Northern hospitals and prisons after the Civil War. Commissioner Coluin Silcott, a Confederate veteran from South Carolina, will supervise the work, which covers territories extending from South and West to the Santa Fe region, north to Boston.
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Washington
Coluin
Silcott
South Carolina
Santa Fe
Toston
Masa
Childhood School Life in Holly Springs Forty Years Ago
In Holly Springs, May 3, the longtime editor recalls a early schoolhouse built of logs with little light and a low roof. Pupils faced harsh discipline, match spelling with an apple as prize, and rough last day rituals. They played cat and town ball, rode rails, and traded simple goods, lacking modern books and cards.
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Holly Springs
Editora Couriert
Wolf
Stosrix
Brosers
Bizgeat Cnnea
Ste
Mont
Nea
Teacher
Tim
Thono Daya
Keowood Courier
Minnon
Senator Bleaxe Urges State Liquor Reenactment Debate
Senator Cole L. Bleaxe of Newberry denounces the Carey-Cothran law and calls for reenactment of the state liquor system in South Carolina. The interview portrays Dare Hicase as capable and popular but not sufficient to secure reenactment. The State liquor law is described as dead, with political certainty emphasized by the Spartanburg Journal.
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Cole L. Bleaxe
Newberry
South Carolina
la Penery
State Teachers Association to Meet at Chick Springs
State Teachers' Association President E. F. Dreher announces annual meeting at Chick Springs from the evening of June 24 through Wednesday evening. Gov. Anaol, Dr. Penry Louis Smith, and Charleston high school principal Tate will speak on topics including moral training and the teaching profession in South Carolina. Other speakers include Prof. J. W. Thompson, Frank Evans, S. H. Edmunds, N. W. Salley, and Prof. B. P. T. Brodie. Large attendance expected as no summer schools interpose.
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E. 5. Dreher
State Teachers’ Asociation
Chick Springs
M. ¥. Anaol
Penry Louis Smith
Tate
Momminger High Sches
Charleston
South Carolina
J. W. Thompson
Winthrop College
Frank Evans
Spartanburg
H. Edmunds
Sumter
N. W. Salley
Greenwood
Bp.t. Brodie
Horbine Remedy Promoted For Indigestion and Liver Ailments
A period ad extols Horbine as a vegetable blood enricher and tonic for digestion and kidney complaints. J N Andrews of Cocos and Knowledge Nova endorses its family use and benefits. Sold by Valhalla Drug Co. and W J Lunney. A charter issued for Tilghman Phosphphy Company with $1,000,000 capital. president William B Chisolm. secretary Henry A M Smith. directors Tilghman Sidell Tilghman and O B Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Androwa
Cocos and Kookledge Nova
Uocon, Hin,weites
Ita
Valhalla Drug Co
W. J. Lunney
Columbia
Tilghman Phoaphaty Company
Fova
William B. Chisolm
Chasterton
Henry A. M. Smith
Charleston
Chirolm and Smith
Tilghman
Sidell Tilghman
Brown
Preacher to Rock Pile in Atlanta Over Baseball on Sunday
A traveling preacher J. J. Arnold was sentenced by Mayor Dor nay to ten months on the task pile after his son, who played baseball on a Sunday, faced punishment. A physician testified the boy was injured and may not recover fully, while Arnold said Sunday baseball was deeply wrong and had ordered his son to abstain.
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Atlanta
J. J. Arnold
Wan Theaday
Dornay
Moab
Arnold Enid
Cayptatu
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Pio Chelating
Francisco Guillermo Carlon
Enrique Eugino Ferenando Antoniy Venancini
Chrleston Pont
Artinta
Ollister
Caston
Herring
Waihaiia Diug Company
State Teachers’ Association
Ballard
SHB
Ballard Snow Liniment Co
ST. Louis
Walhalla Drg Company
W. J Linney
Senega
S Triking Longshoreman
Loboken
Ny Day
Wriday
Hollister's
Iverant Devg Company
Madison
Wii
Irving ‘Talley
Baltimore
Sloans Liniment
Sloans
Earl S.sloan
Boston
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Preacher To Rock Pile
Tacoma
Wash
Roonevalt
Congress
United and
Northern Pacific
Ife
Senntor Daniels
Othuva
Agus
W. J. Carter
M. D
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Westminet
FF. F. Collins
Walmalla
West End
W. EF. Austin
E. L. Herndon
Sehegry
Byrd de Con
Dlp. Thomson
Watlhalin
Ottlee
O. W. Pitchford Cats
J. A. Burgess
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Valhalla
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