Liquor Raids Target Private Deliveries By Express Wagons
Police report continued crackdown on illicit alcohol as raids intercept large consignments sent to private residences via Southern Express wagons. Officers seized 60 quarts and 454.5 pints of whiskey, primarily Peach and Honey, with several consignments disowned at delivery. A second haul of about fifty gallons was taken from Grove street, while a vessel from Ashley river reportedly supplied a private cellar for distribution to blind tiger agents.
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News and Courier
Southern Express Company
Fullen
Ilegal
Sergt. Quinn
Express Company
Boyle
Grove Street
Ashley River
Blind Tiger
Picnic at Richland Draws 2000 to 2500 People
Notes from South Union Tugalo Aug 22 report a large turnout at a Richland picnic with 2000 to 2500 attendees. Rev McDaniel delivered an eloquent sermon on "Waith" for Rev JH McDavid, highlighting South Union’s large Sunday school and active missionary societies. A rain would help crops. local youths enjoyed games and dances led by Robert Dickson and All yee of Marietta.
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R Tugaloo
Richland
Tuehland
Jay
South Union
S. A. McDaniel
Ladies’ Missionary Society and Auxiliary
David A. McClanahan
Robert Dickson
Oklahoma
Allyee
Marietta, Ga
What It Is To Be A Friend by Russell Wright
A reflective piece on friendship values and duties. It extols a true friend as a great soul who forgives, forgives much and forbear much, costs time and love, and remains near in joy and sorrow across life and beyond. The narrator from Richland, South Carolina, reflects on enduring friendship.
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Garden of Eden
Kidnappers Seize Topeka Baby After Shootout
In Topeka Kansas five year old Marion Bleakley was abducted this morning from her mother. A buggy fled with two men and a woman after a gunfight that missed its mark. A large posse pursued, lawmen warned, and a mobile description spread toward Lawrence and Kansas City. The case follows Bleakley’s long custody history and earlier disputes in Illinois.
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Topeka
Kans
Marion Bleakley
Charlotte Bleakley
Bleakley
SL Louis
Jas, G. Barkley
Moline
Kansas
Montgomery County
Clarence Bel Knap
Jackson
Tenn
Lawrence
Kansas City
Kanang
Railroads Pay Taxes In South Carolina
Columbia records show total railroad property in the state at 41 952 520 dollars for the current year up from 41 82 332 last year an increase of 70 188 The report details track value depots stations shops tools and lands across Southern Atlantic Coast Line Seaboard and others with a grand total of 41 962 520 dollars The August 1908 floods depressed railroad values and large increases were not expected. The Augusta Aiken line is listed among the other lines. A casual health note follows about a child with croup and a Dr Thomas electric oil claim.
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Columbia
State Board of Railroad Assessors
South Carolina
General Assembly
Southern
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard
Controller General
Coast Line
Augusta-Aiken
Farm Tips for Curing Peas and Hay Storage
Progressive farmer advises letting peas mature to yellow pods for easy curing and warns against cooling wilted peas. Practical harvest steps include mowing in the morning, tossing with a tedder, forming windrows, turning, cocking, and stacking with tops covered by straw. Rails under stacks keep hay off ground to prevent moisture and yield barn quality hay.
Inscription at Dispensary Alarm in Orangeburg News
Last night a crape and inscribed paper appeared on the retail dispensary door. The note mourns Senator Tillman’s son G M I Tillman and calls for a public funeral bier one week hence. Attorney General Lyon moves to bring graft cases to Columbia this month with Judge Memminger presiding. Indicted include W O Tatum John Black John Bell Towill L W Boykin Jos B Wylie J W Rawlinson W A Byers J S Farnum Norton A Goodman and others expected to be named.
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Orangeburg
Benjamine Ryan Tillman
Wriend
Lyon
Columbia
R.W. Memminger
W. O. ‘Tatum
John Black
John Bell
Towill
L. W Boykin
Jos. B. Wylie
J. W. Rawlinson
W. A. Byers
Farnum
Norton A. Goodman
South Carolina
Beginning With Stock for Farm Profit and Breed Focus
The article argues for a purposeful start in livestock by selecting a breed suited to a specific task. It favors using purebred sires, expanding dairy cows, beef cattle, horses and mules, hogs, and sheep, all fed from on-farm products. It also suggests outsourcing purebred breeding to specialists where appropriate.
Humus is found in sowing leguminous crops and livestock feeding
A reader argues against wasteful farming tricks like bedding corn stalks or pine boughs to add humus. The letter urges sowing leguminous crops and feeding livestock to restore soil fertility, stressing genuine, fundamentals over quick fixes for Southern fields.
Crow in Jail and Panama Press editor killed in Panama
Columbia Aug 26 William M Chandler editor of the Panama Press was killed in Panama by General Herbert Ries prominent in the Panama revolution Relatives announce the body will be brought to Columbia for interment in about eight days Chandler born in Winnsboro and raised in Augusta His family later moved to Columbia where his mother Mrs M J Chandler and sister Mrs C G P Davis reside A second item from Junction City Ga reports an unnamed man cremated this morning after attempting to burn his way out of the town jail where he was held on a robbery charge
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News and Courier
Columbia
William M. Chandler
Panama Press
Panama
Herbert O. Jeffries
Associated Press
M. J. Chandler
CG. P. Davis
Mr. Chandler
Winnsvoro
Augusta
Charles Howard & Co
Junction City
Jury clears pastor of calling woman devil incarnate
In Atlanta on August 26 a Superior Court jury found Rev. J. C. Atkinson of Jonesboro did not call Mrs. Sadie A. Bean a devil incarnate or that if he did it was acceptable. Bean sued for 20,000 dollars for defamation. The pastor admitted viewing Bean as a disturbing element but denied aiming specifically at her and criticized church members for faults in Sunday school and choir.
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Atlanta
J. C. Atkinson
Jonesboro
Sadie A. Bean
Jonesboro Methodist Church
Bean
At Kingon
Cough Remedy Ad Promotes Foley’s Honey and Tar
An old newspaper warning advocates Foley's Honey and Tar for bronchial ailments. The notice cites W. Bell from Valhalla and mentions Westminster with a Stone cypher company. It emphasizes stopping coughs and healing lungs.
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Foley
W. Bell
Valhalla
Stonecypher G Co
Westminster
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Baby
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Root
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Olutionist
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