Last Signer of SC Secession Dies in Walhalla at 11
Valhalla dispatch reports Col R A Thompson last surviving signer of the South Carolina secession ordinance died at his Walhalla home at 11 am. Born June 13 1828 in Pickens County he served as captain then lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army. He edited papers in Pickens and Walhalla, was Pickens County commissioner in equity, and long active in politics and Masonry. Funeral set for 1 pm Sunday in Walhalla.
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Valhalla
Col A. Thompson
South Carolina
Walhalla
R. A. Thompson
Pickens County
Seven Pines
Samuel McGowan
Mrs Woodrow Wilson Dies at White House in Washington
Mrs Woodrow Wilson, wife of the U S president, died at the White House in Washington at 5 o clock Thursday afternoon after a months long struggle with Brights disease and complications. The president and their daughters were at her bedside as she passed unconscious. Congress adjourned on the news and the burial was held in Rome, her girlhood home.
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Irs
Woodrow Wilson
United States
White House
Washington
Bright
Cary T. ‘Grayson
U.S. N
McAdoo
Francis B. Sayre
Wilson
Umulty
Congress
Miracle at Westminster Healed by Faith Says Westminste r Shoemaker
Mr D A Mulkey of Westminster reports his wife healed by faith and prayer last Friday at 5 30 pm after six weeks bedridden with pellagra and near death. He recalls her sitting up, praying, then rising able to dress and eat. She vows to serve God for remainder of life.
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D. A. Mulkey
Westminster
Mr. Mulkey
Tugaloo ‘Fribune
Bethlehem School District Plans New Building
Progressive patrons met Friday afternoon at Bethlehem school to discuss a new school building needed for a forward-moving community. The one room house now serves two teachers and 84 pupils. one teacher must teach in the grove due to lack of space.
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Bethlehem
Grove
Office Seekers in Piedmont Section Debate Governor Race
The Piedmont travels of state office candidates produced score of attacks and defenses over elimination conferences and an editorial backing Cooper Manning and Clinkscales. Candidates clashed on law enforcement education and local option liquor plans while minor races drew less attention.
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Piedmont
Columbia
Robert A. Cooper
Richard S. Manning
John G. Clinkscales
Lowndes J. Browning
Charles A. Smith
Mendel L. Smith
Browning
Manning
Mr. Cooper
Cooper
Charles Carroll Sims
William C. Irby, Jr
John B. Adger McHally
Blease
John G. Richards
Gov. Blease
Simms
Charleston
Mr. Richards
Ben Tillman
Gongales
Gov. Ansel
Gov
Ricaards
Richards
Mr. Simms
Richard I. Manning
Orangeburg
South Carolina
Mark
M. C. Willis
W. W. Moore
Yorkville
Andrew J. Bethea
William M. Hamer
J. A. Hunter
B. Frank Kelley
Rural districts advance school buildings in Pickens county
Bethlehem area faces crowded schoolhouses as districts push for modern facilities. Zion district 3 below Easley erects a three room rural graded school ready for next term. Flat Rock No 4 consolidates Golden Grove and Flat Rock and will build a new three room school near Carmel Presbyterian Church. Flat Rock trustees sell old building. Miss Luella McWhorter and Mr Sam Wilson donate three acres for the new site.
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Flat Rock
Zion
Golden Grove
Carmel Presbyterian Church
Thalian Academy
Luella McWhorter
Sam Wilson
Ruhamah District Voters Approve Six Mill Tax Increase
Ruhamah district No. 5 voted a six mill tax hike to fund a modern two room school building. The district nears crowding its current schoolhouse as trustees survey the area with education in mind. Nearby King district officials and the county superintendent visited, signaling broader countywide activity in education across the west and south sides.
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Ruhamah
Ruhama
King
Twelve Mile Union Meeting at Boon Creek church
The Twelve Mile River association meets with Boon’s Creek Baptist church in Oconee county on Aug 29 30 1914. The program lists devotionals, several queries with Bible openings, and discussions led by ministers including E M Bolding H A O Kelly R A Hudson W H Nicholson B F Murphree and others.
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Union of the
Twelve Mile River Association
Boon’s Creek
Oconee County
Elijah Littleton
E. M. Bolding
H.A. O’kelly
R. A. Hudson
W. H. Nicholson
B.F. Murphree
Six Mile
E. Garner
W.M. Walker
HE. Garner
D. E. Garrett
R. P. Prince
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted For Systemic Cure
The notice advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy claimed to cure catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It asserts the remedy strengthens the constitution and offers a one hundred dollar reward for proof of ineffectiveness. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills as a supportive option.
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Hall
Bre
Tse
Twenty Rules for Raising Beef in the South
Farmers Bulletin 580 from the U S Department of Agriculture outlines beef production in the South. It stresses eradicating ticks, using good pastures, purebred bulls, selecting breeding heifers, and wintering with straw fodder. It anbefs silage for fattening, combines cottonseed meal with hulls and alfalfa hay, notes corn silage as cheaper feed, and urges early summer finishing and pasture feeding with limited hulls. The bulletin discusses breeds for grading up native stock and offers free distribution on request.
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Washington, D. C
South
United States Department of Agriculture
White
Tom Stover
Dinner with New Neighbours Unearths Meat Mix Up
In Life magazine a neighbor jokes about inviting new adjacent residents to dinner to resolve a mistaken meat order left by a butcher. The lighthearted note captures small town courtesy and humor.
Union of England Belgium and France reported in war fronts
Belgian official reports via the War Office say Belgians British and French troops have joined across the German advance line in Belgium. Liege defenses strengthen with earthworks as French forces move forward. Luxemburg activity observed. Belgian civic zeal rises and French officers aid Na mul briefings as patrols continue amid German fire.
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Brussels
War Office
Lne
Belgium
Liege
London
Berlin
Namur
Luxemburg
Alfred Lauser
Czar Praises Slavs Amid War Address at Winter Palace
The Russian emperor and Grand Duke Nicholas received the empire council and the Duma in St Petersburg. He praised the nation’s enthusiasm and unity in facing Germany and Austria declaring war, asserting Russia fights for brothers and the faith of the Russian fatherland. French troops also moved into northern Togoland as Britain expanded control.
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St. Petersburg
Londons
Nicholas
Council of the Empire
Duma
Winter Palace
Russia
Germany
Austria
Slava
Austrians Concentrate Near Swiss Basel Front
Berne dispatch reports forty thousand Austrian troops near Basel with German and French forces on the Swiss frontier. An important battle may occur at any moment.
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London
The
Times
Berne
Switzerland
Basel
Swiss
Austrians Move by Trains to Aid Germans in Alsace
Forty eight trains loaded with Austrian Tyrolean troops reached Leopold Schoehe in Baden near Basel Switzerland en route to Alsace to support German forces.
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Rome
London
Tyrol
Leopold Schoehe
Baden
Basel
Switzerland
Alsace
Goeben and Berslau Pass Otranto Straits
German cruisers Goeben and Berslau, forced from Messina Sicily, reportedly navigated the straits of Otranto into the Adriatic Sea as Allied defenses watch.
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Rome
London
Goeben
Berslau
Messina
Sicily
Straits of
Otranto
Adriatic Sea
Britain Mobilizes as War Budget Passes in Parliament
Britain approves a 500 million dollar war budget and orders 500000 more regulars under Lord Kitchener. The navy plans 7000 additional officers and men, bringing total to 218000. The Amphion is sunk by a mine with 131 dead incl. an officer. The Lance fired on Koenigin Luise days after launching.
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London
House of Commons
Lord Kitchener
Great Britain
War Office
England
Admiralty
Amphion
North Sea
Prince Albert
Collingwood
Charles Beresford
Winston S. Churchill
Admiral Beresford
Congress Panel Says Cotton Prospects Not Alarming
Washington report says members of the congressional committee investigating the South cotton crop amid war disruptions planned an address to Southern cotton growers. The statement will promise ample transport for the crop and suggest British, Oriental markets will be little affected while Continental mills remain active. Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia chairs the panel.
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Washington
Congressional Committee
Europe
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Austria Declares War as Russia Conflict Deepens
The French embassy in London reports Austria Hungary has declared war on Russia. The Austrian ambassador in St Petersburg has requested his passports as the nation enters hostilities.
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Austria
Russia
London
St. Petersburg
Austria- Hungary
French Mine Ship Captures German Steamer at Cherbourg
Paris reports a French mine-laying vessel captured and towed a 5,000-ton German steamer into Cherbourg after a clash at sea. The operation underscores ongoing naval engagements and shifting control of merchant ships during the conflict.
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Paris
Cherbourg
China Proclaims Neutrality Amid European War
The article reports Peking declaring neutrality in the European conflict. It notes intensified fortification work at the German possession of Tsingtau and authorities increasing provisions. Foreign trade in China slows and many Chinese withdraw funds from banks controlled by Russian, French, English, German, and Japanese financiers once trusted.
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Peking
China
Tsing Tau
Russia
France
England
Germany
Japan
Steel trade shows rare revival signals in New York
Activity in finance and industry showed signs of revival but most sectors remained stagnant. Steel trade reports higher prices and increased inquiries while war effects blocked foreign steel. Emergency currency distribution to New York banks continued, but withdrawals remained slow and not urgent.
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New York
American Vessels Admitted as Relief Efforts Proceed
Washington reports strict neutrality in the European war with focus on foreign ships in American waters. Measures affect reservists and possible conversion of ships like the Olympic and Vaterland. Relief funds reach Paris and Rome while Tennessee and other ships prepare to evacuate Americans. Mediation talks between France and Russia show no clear stance. It remains uncertain if Wilson’s message to the German emperor has been received.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Wilson
Commerce Department
Olympic
Europe
State Department
Paris
Rome
Tennessee
North Carolina
Falmouth
England
Mediterranean
William
Liege Siege Dominates War News as German Losses Reported
London reports Liege still resisting German assaults with Belgian sources citing 25 000 German casualties. Berlin claims the Liege assault was a unique act of heroism and will not alter broader operations. Italy remains neutral despite German push for alliance as Churchill denies a North Sea fleet engagement.
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Belgian War Ministry
Liege
Berlin
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
London
Winston Spencer Churchill
Admiralty
North Sea
Capture of German merchant craft accelerates at sea
London reports ongoing Allied success as German merchant ships fall to Allied patrols. Observers expect the war to hasten the destruction of German commerce at sea, shortening supply lines and pressuring enemy trade.
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London
Comptroller Williams Says Currency Stable Across Nation
Washington Comptroller of the Currency Williams states the financial system is sound and national banks are in good order. He sees no reason for suspension of currency payments and warns that any bank refusing legitimate demands will be promptly investigated.
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Washington
Williams
Want Exchange Opened Denied Reopening Plans
Reports that the New York Stock Exchange would reopen were promptly denied by the five member special committee. They stated the governing committee will not pursue reopening until the financial situation warrants it and ample notice will be given before any proposal.
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New York
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
French Army Invasion of Alsace Sparks War News
Paris reports the French army under General Joffre has invaded lower Alsace and occupied Altkirch and Mulhouse with cheering locals. German losses are described as very serious, while French losses are said not to be excessive. Austro Hungarian forces are being organized, and martial law is proclaimed in Alsace.
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Paris
Lower Alsace
Joseph Joffre
France
Altkirch
Muelhausen
Rolber
Peosch Satese
Tyrol
Austria-Hungary
Mulsheusen
Mie Fata Kolmar
Alsace
Americans Reported Detained as Spies in Germany
Washington confirms extensive efforts to aid Americans on the continent after reports of arrests or detentions in Germany. Secretary Bryan says communications with Berlin via Copenhagen are active, with inquiries into Archer Huntington and other nationals. The dispatches note mobilization tensions and English speakers facing espionage suspicions.
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Washington
Bryan
Gerard
Berlin
Copenhagen
Archer M. Huntington
American Geographical Society
Germany
Congress War Meet Signals Possible Early Adjournment
Washington reports administration leaders fear wartime developments in Europe could force Congress to stay in Washington beyond September 1. New signals from the capitol suggest the legislative program may be wound up and adjourned for the fall campaign.
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Congress
Washington
Europe
United States
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