Farmers Co operative Union adjourns after busy session
The Farmers Co operative and Educational Union in Charlotte adjourned after three meetings with officers elected for 1911 and a fall meeting to be chosen by the board. Delegates urged lobbyists to Congress and state legislatures, adopted resolutions on commerce and taxation, and sent a telegram to Gifford Pinchot praising forest conservation. A barbecue followed, with C S Barrett re elected president and A L Davis secretary treasurer. New directors include W A Morris and J M Rhodes.
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Charlotte
N. C
Farmers’ Co-operative and Educational Union
Congress
Legislative Committee
Central Bank
Gilford Pinchot
St. Paul
Minn
Creaury
Selven
C. $8. Barrett
Georgia
AL C. Davis
Avienia
Lkewise
W. R. Calli Ealle
Colorado
W. A. Morris
Alabama
C. F. Darnblazer
Texas
Petty
Virginia
W. Cox
Washington
J. M. Rhodes
Tennessee
Dr.Thomas
Aging couple wed at Gulfport Soldiers Home
Gulfport Miss September 12 a marriage license was issued to William L Griffin and Sarah J Miller both residents of the Soldiers Home. The groom born in 1889 is 80 and the bride is far advanced in years and totally blind. They married Sunday morning at the Commercial I Motel and will use the bridal chamber at the home.
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Gulfport
Miss
William L. Grifin
Sarah J. Miller
Commercial I
American posing as Italian arrested with stolen jewelry
Wean Meer, a Messina native who claims American identity, was arrested in Mloyence Italy as jewelry valued at about 198000 dollars and bonds of equal value stolen from his Messina sweetheart were found in his possession. He spent much of his life in New York and returned to Italy last year.
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Mloyence
Italy
Laborer Worthy of Hirk Attracts Justice Court Battle
Rev A Melver pastor of Shi loh Baptist church sues the congregation for 397 50 in salary in a case that moved from justice court to the Superior Court. The church and its pews and organ were levied in the prior judgment, while some members contend the church is a partnership not a corporation and seek return of the organ. The dispute centers on whether the church owes the salary and who owns the furnishings.
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Atlanta Journal
A. Melver
Shiloh Baptist Church
Justice Court
Justice Jackson
Justice's Court
Georgia Rail Road seeks charter for Hamburg to Spartanburg line
Augustan capital of Augusta and Edgefield backed applicants ask for a charter to build a 120 mile standard gauge railway from Hamburg in Aiken county to Spartanburg. Capital between 100000 and 2700000 dollars. Plan runs Edgefield Saluda Union counties via Saluda town and Glenn Springs Pacolet. Petitioners include Allen W. Jones Charles C Howard G R Coftin of Augusta A H Padgett of Wakefield and Dan Crostand of Aiken.
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Columba
Augusta
Edgefield
Georgia Rd Carolina Railroad
Hamburg
Alken County
Spartanburg
Runhrough Edgefield County
Saluda County
Saluda
Union County
Glenn Springs
Pacolet
Allen W. Jones
Chas
C. Howard
G. R. Coftin
A. H. Padgett
Wakefield
Dan Crostand
Alken
Cotton Ginning Then And Now In The South
Augusta Herald recalls the shift from old plantation gins with mule powered screws to modern public ginneries driven by steam and pneumatic systems. It notes higher throughput from forty to over a hundred bales daily, lower lint loss, and seasonal activity contrasted with summer idle periods. The piece highlights the first bale event, local pride, and the near yesterday when cotton and seed values reached about $100 per bale.
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Augusta Herald
Holland
Wyery
Colton
Governor Oates Dies After Long Public Career
Gen W C Oates former Alabama governor and noted Confederate veteran died in Montgomery at age with a long career in Congress and later as a writer. He lost his right arm at the 1864 27th battle and served as captain and colonel in the Civil War.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. C. Oates
Alabama
Oates
Congress
Tcket
United States Senate
B. Pottus
Jen. Oates
New Boll Worm Threat Destroys Cotton Bolls
Manning, Sept 9. Probate Judge J M Windham reports cotton bolls on his farm utterly destroyed by a boll worm new to the area. All growth stages are affected and about 15 percent of his crop is ruined. Blighted stalks mark heavily damaged plants and other nearby farms report similar damage. Windham will send specimens to Clemson College for an early report.
Captain Frank P. O'Brien Dies in Philadelphia Infirmary
Captain Frank P. O'Brien, age about sixty, died suddenly this morning at Burn Brae Infirmary in Philadelphia after a period of illness. A former Confederate Army veteran, he was born in Ireland and had recently come East for treatment.
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Birmingham
Ala
Frank P. O'Brien
Burn Brac Infirmary
Philadelphia
Ireland
He and His Friends Spent $17,596.10 For $5,000 Job
Atlanta, Sept. 10. KFor the Democratic nomination for Governor of Georgia, Hoke Smith paid 17,896.10 as shown in expense accounts filed today with the Comptroller General. Friends contributed 7,007.47, the rest from Smith. Governor Joseph M. Brown spent 3,950.75 to seek renomination. Brown’s family gave 600. the rest from him. The office offer pays 5,000 and two-year term. Brown’s farm expires June 11, 1911.
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Atlanta
Kfor
Georgia
Hoke Smith
Tim
Brown
Foley's Kidney Pills and Cotton Harvester Innovation
Foley's Kidney Pills promise relief for backache urinary issues and rheumatism while a Chicago group forms a five million dollar company to market a new cotton harvester. The machine uses bristle brushes to separate mature bolls from unripe ones and could replace many workers, claimed to equal forty human pickers in capacity. A testimonial quotes J Sibball of Grand View Wisconsin.
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Chicago
Local Church Notices and Schedules
A list of area church services with pastors and timings across Presbyterian Bethel Ebenezer Richland Lutheran Missionary First Baptist and others. Includes preaching on Sabbaths morning and afternoon services 11 a m to 4 p m, Sunday school times, midweek prayer meetings, missionary societies and ladies groups. An invitation extends to all to worship.
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Richland
Lutheran
First Baptist Church
John Knox Hair
Woman's Mission Society
Ladies’ Aid Society
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