Major Rankin on the Road for Public Office
Laurens letter from a Greenville News reader declares candidacy ambitions across national state and local offices. He jokes of student-like campaign stunts, pledges to withdraw if subscribers pay arrears, and notes varied town supports while highlighting debts in the press. He ends endorsing Chamberlain's Pain Balm with local supplier.
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Seneca
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Orphan Girl and Faithful Dog Find Rescue at Large House
A lonely girl Ter Stephens wanders a forest with her dog Fido after her mother’s death. Hoping for food and shelter, she discovers a large white house where Old Aunt Fanny and Mrs Edrones offer kindness. Ter shows a keepsake of her parents and is welcomed as a daughter with a promise of care from a mother figure and her son Arnold.
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Republican reshuffle in South Carolina sparks convention intrigue
Reports from Washington indicate Republicans expect gains from South Carolina appointments as Gold Democrats shift gains toward building a new party. Appointees purportedly aim to form a separate delegation to the next Republican Convention or even a new convention if the regular one does not welcome them. The clash hinges on President Roosevelt’s renomination and Haine’s leadership, with implications for who gains influence in the party.
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South Carolina
New Republican Party
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Haine
McLaurin Rivalry Over New Federal Court District
The Spartanburg Journal reports a close friend of Senator McLaurin claims if a northern South Carolina Federal Court District is created, the curly headed senator will be the judge. It notes patronage fights for marshal, district attorney, and clerk roles, Roosevelt's possible alienation of McLaurin, and a strategic shift toward Republican influence with Hanna rumored as a strong 1904 candidate.
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Wakeup Call From the Messengers No. 482
A well dressed man, after dining, hires a messenger to wake him at seven for a train. A uniformed boy pounds the door until the man signs a receipt proving he was thoroughly awakened. The prank ends with the man departing in a daze, cartoonish yet documented by the paper.
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