Shot wound case shocks Barnwell merchants family
October 24 news reports a robbery attempt at Eli Hills store. A Black assailant shot Hills with a shotgun while he counted money. Hills identified the assailant. a posse searched and the suspect was captured and jailed. Doctors fear eye injuries but expect recovery. The injured man is brother of R. A. Hills of Barnwell. A pharmacy ad for Foley’s Honey and Tar ends the note.
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OG. B. Wilt
Hillis
Bilis Teatisells
Eliol
Ihwad
Hiltn
Arc
Sherif Creech
Sr. Ellist
el- Ms
R. A. Hills, Haq
Barnwell
Accident at Catawba Falls leaves worker killed by live wire
At Catawba Power Company plant near Rock Hill on Sunday morning Robi Hedgepath, a local employee, was killed when a live wire shocked him after he climbed a pole to repair it. He died about an hour later, with heart trouble noted as a contributing factor. A companion assisted, the pole was completed safely, and an inquest returned a verdict consistent with the facts.
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Rock Hill
Catawba Power Company
Robi. Hedgepath
Lewire
Waste of Cotton Seed Costs South Millions Annually
An Agriculture Department official, skilled in cotton seed topics, estimates South farmers lose 27 million dollars each year by not marketing seed. He cites a 12 million bale crop yielding 6 million tons of seed, with 3.5 million tons crushed, and 2 million tons wasted or used to fertilize fields, leaving 25 million dollars in seed that is never refined and utilized. The claim suggests more seed will be brought to market.
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Agricultural Department
South
Stata
Iime
McGandlesy
Will Move to Anderson
Mr and Mrs Frank H HM move their family from their present visit to Anderson Indiana after a long stay. He will join a large city firm and return in two to three weeks to begin duties later joined by Mrs Til and children. One son Hoyt HM works at the Ridge Beverage and Waxtract Company. News notes and a local advertisement for a medicinal paste are included.
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Anderson Intelligencer
Frank H. HM
J. J. Nortta
al Hore Cove
N. G
Underground Dam Plant on Pa tapsco River Unique Power Facility
An experimental power plant built beneath a Baltimore area dam on the Pa tapsco river claims to be the first of its kind. The 220 foot long dam features a reinforced concrete shell with an underwater power chamber and a spillway partly extended. Water forces turbines via steel conduits into the dam base, then through a channel on the river bed. The setup includes a false ceiling to shield machinery from seepage and a concisely engineered water path designed to limit exposure to the interior. Nearby, a patent medicine advertisement touts a pile remedy priced at 50 cents, sold by local doctors.
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Baltimore
Patapsco
Thance
Theo Vogel Drops Dead in Barnwell
Theo Vogel, Barnwell’s one of the oldest citizens, died in Sumter after a stroke while visiting his daughter Mrs. P. J. Drew. A native of Germany who settled in Barnwell as a youth, he served in the Civil War and returned to his Barnwell home until his death.
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Barnwell
Theo. Vogel
Sumter
Vogel
P. J. Drew
Germany
Rival cricket match ends with disputed run out decision
In a lively annual contest between Police and Publicans the last wicket sparks a row as Robin Robinson is run out claiming he was short. The umpire remains firm saying it is the law and Robinson protests. An ad at the end promotes Hot-Mater’s Rocky Mountain Tea as a constipation remedy and Testor tablets.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain
J. W. Boll
Police Va
Robinson
Police
Mtdon
Testor Tablatn
J. W. Bell
Why They Search for "Aninities" in a Married Life
A Columbia Record note discusses Mrs Stuyvesant Fish's view that women are blamed for unhappy marriages. She argues wives dampen ambition after marriage, choosing comfort over effort and growing complacent, prompting husbands to seek an “affinity” away from home. The piece reflects early 20th century marital norms and gender expectations.
Age No Bar as All Ages Invited to Caroling Event
Citizens of Columbia and surrounding areas attend a broad caroling gathering celebrating inclusivity across ages. The notice mixes health ad copy about kidney pills with a gubernatorial appointment list for upcoming conventions on waterways, mining, and state taxation, reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper blend of local notices and ads. The governor names delegates to Inland Waterways, American Mining Congress, and a National Tax conference, with several Col umbia and Charleston officials listed.
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Columbia
Angel
Earle Sloan
Charlleston
Rose
Gaffney
Columbus
Ohio
A. W. Jones
W. H. Gibbes
Southern Railway to open largest transfer shed at Spencer
A Spencer dispatch reports that in a few days the Southern Railway will open a mammoth transfer shed in Spencer, claimed the largest in the world, with five miles of trackage and facilities to handle 500 cars daily. The sheds move from Salisbury for economy, to be run by Ed. March and Superintendent W. Wassum of the Spencer terminal.
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Spencer
N. C
Southern Railway Company
Salisbury
Southern
Ed. March
W. Wassum
Favorite Prescription Advert Summary Legacy of Dr. Plurea
A vintage medical pitch touts Favorite Prescription and Dr Plures Pleasant Pellets as remedies for women. It pitches toning and soothing benefits, claims to ease nervous exhaustion and functional uterine disorders, and promises gentle sleep without distress.
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Plurea
Anni Gould and Prince de Sagan Rumor of French Marriage
Cable dispatches report Anni Gould linked with Prince de Sagan and suggest a Paris marriage plan. Gould, residing at her chateau, declines adding details, while Paris circles the tale and hints at a possible ceremony soon in London.
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New York
Anni Gould Goles
France
Prince de Bagon
Amer
Mer Castellane
Mmo
Gould
Prince Dé Sagan
Paris
Gold fever in Cherokee County as mines reopen
Greenville October 24 The gold fever breaks out again in Cherokee county. The old Nolt mine about forty miles from the city has attracted attention. In recent years the mine has been worked with profit and now the owners plan to begin work again near the Hammett mine, which paid handsomely some years ago.
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Greenville
Cherokee County
Nolt
Hammett
Notice of final settlement and discharge in Adams estate
W P Anderson as executor of the will of John L Adams deceased will apply to D Byrne Clerk of Circuit Court for leave to make final settlement of the estate and obtain discharge as executor at Walhalla Court House in Oconee County South Carolina on Friday November 1 1907 at 11 o clock in forenoon or as soon thereafter as heard
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D. Byrne
Oconea County
South Carolina
Walhalla Court House
John L. Adams
W. P. Anderson
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