Prohibitionists Win First Round In Childs Bill Debate
In Columbia on December 7 the Prohibitionists won 70 to 42, defeating striking out the enacting words of the Childs bill. The debate featured speakers from Charleston and Beaufort County, with Nettles leading the prohibition forces and Blease advocating stricter prohibitions. The House adjourned after a brief clash over amendments, as leaders planned tomorrow’s program.
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Columbia
8. C
Childs
Charleston
Messrs
Sullivan, Tupper
Geo
I. von Kolnitz, Jr
J.W. Thomas, Jr
Messrs Youmans
Hampton
Shuman
Greenville
Rivers
Beaufort County
Roper
Nettles
Jones
Withers
Blease
Bleas
House
Prohibition
Mr. Childs
Marlboro
Buncombe
Hil
Clarendon
Bienso
Messes
Thomas
Kirby Tupper
Sullivan
Weston
Youmans
Mr. Youmans
Mr. Nettles
Childs Jail
Blackwell
Biehse
Breazeale
Buist
Byrd
En- Davis
DuBose
Edwards
Ellist
Estridge
Felder
Gary
Graham
Gun
Ter
Hammett
Hardin
Hardy
Harper
Sfenderson
Hill
Hydrick
Jeffries
Jordan
Johnson
Kennedy
Knotts
Kinard
H. J
T. J
Leman
Love
Magill
Mauldin
B. Maulsdin
W. H
McWhite
Mitchell
Oliver
Parks
Patton
Pearman
Phillips
Rast
Rogers
Skinner
Smith
Stack
Hough
Kelly
Kirkland
Lancaster
Lesesne
Lofton
Lowrance
Manning
Mishoe
Moses
Perry
Ithodes
Rowland
Russell
Singletary
Stalvey
Taylor
Tupper
von Koinitz
Williamson
Che Ilouse
Ways and Means Committee
A Happy Democratic Crew In The House Assembly
The report describes a lively return to the House of Representatives with Democratic leaders and Republicans alike greeting Speaker Crisp of Georgia. Delegates such as Springer and McMillan display jubilation while Republicans like Reed and Cannon anticipate stronger debating power in the next chamber. The scene ends as 224 members answer to their names and a quorum is declared.
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Wasitington
House of Representatives
Crisp
Georgia
Judge Crisp
William M. Springer
Ilinois
Lo McMillan
Thos. B. Reed
Maine
Durrows
Michigan
Senderson
Linois
Gear
Iowa
Culberson
Jerry Simpson
Senate
Peffer
Tom Watson
Judge Cobb
Alabama
Diplomatic Corps
Milburn
State and Gorman
Cabinet lineup proposed by The Courier Journal
The Courier Journal speculates on Cleveland’s potential cabinet by listing McKinley Reed Blaine Reid Carter Reed Depew Peck and asks why redistricting should bind Ohio to a county split by the state's largest river.
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Courier-Journal
Cleveland
William McKinley
Ohio
Treasury
Andrew Carnegie
Pennsylvania
Interior
James G. Blaine
Maine
Navy
Whitelaw Reid
New York
Thomas J. Carter
Montana
Thomas Brackett Reed
Chauncey Depew
Agriculture
Charley F. Peck
Curiosity Shop Holds Unknown Men's Effects in New York
The New York Advertiser describes a three-story public administrator storehouse at 5 Duane Street where unclaimed estates are kept. The building, opposite the old sugar house, houses items of little monetary value yet rich with solitary inventors’ hopes and long-lost kin, including unique mechanical models and antique clocks.
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New York
Nw York City
Duane Street
Census chief cites church membership figures and wealth
Charles S. Buell, head of the sixth division of the U S census, discusses rough counts of church members in the United States. He notes Catholics lead with about 6.25 million, Methodists near 4 million, Baptists around 4.5 million, and Episcopalians about 600 thousand, with wealth concentrated in main denominations.
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Charles S. Buell
United States
Methodists
Wight
Baptists
Episcopalians
Presbyterians
United Presbyterian Churches
Wood Pulp Induration and Historic Craft Wheels
A historical note describes making wood pulp into solid indurated articles via a drying, pickle and heat molding process, yielding cohesive, polishable objects. The article blends this with a survey of wickerwork in Britain, Japanese washing lore, Morrison’s obituary, and Edison lamp output estimates.
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New York Sun
Ten Years in Bed Spiritualist Woman Refuses to Rise
Anita Hallock of Wayne New York claims messages from spirit world and stayed in bed for ten years while managing a farm. After rising briefly she again refuses to leave bed and pledges to remain until death, saying no washing will occur. Relatives and neighbors discuss her condition and future.
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New York State
Anita Hallock
Wayne
Schuyler County
Colonel Crane
Hornellsville
New York Recorder
Elderly Man Scolds Staring Striker on Subway Car
An old man aboard the Sixth Avenue elevated train rebukes a man staring at a young woman as her husband reveals himself. The woman looks annoyed while the couple’s seatmate is calm until the old man departs at the next stop.
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Roop
Ave“Hue
New York Recorder
Long Nails and Odd Customs in Historical Snippets
A compilation of curiosities on long finger nails in China and a London fast men supper tale, followed by a Charleston harbor note. It recalls native rites and social foibles, then cites pilot surveys showing eighteen feet of water in Charleston jetty channel and plans to deepen a new channel.
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London
Earl of Cork
Connnoisseur
Charleston
Charleston Harbor
Channe
Remedy for Sorehead Chickens Suggested by Doctor
A physician writes to the Cotton Plant with a cure for sorehead in chickens. He reports experimenting on his Indian game and recommends applying a solution of nitrate of silver in water to the head several times. Caution is given to avoid skin contact and eye exposure. if needed, rinse eye with weak salt solution after.
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Cotton Plant
Color Line in Charleston Man Resigns for New Church
Rev. E II Colt, pastor of a colored Methodist church, resigns and plans to join the African Methodist Church. He cites color as a barrier to advancement in the M E Church and predicts others may follow him. The city hosts several colored churches under the M E Conference, run mostly by white pastors.
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Chucoh
Charleston
S. C
Rev. E. II
Colt
Weasley M. F
M. E
Coit
A.M. J
Northern Methodists
Cotton price rise questioned by Times outlook
The Times reports a financial view that the current cotton rise is unprecedented outside the civil war era and largely speculative. It notes middlemen buying aggressively amid Lancashire strikes, poor trade, and no proof of price decline, with Texas crop sizes said to be larger than widely believed and the visible supply about 100000 bales below 1801 yield.
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London
The
Times
Lancashire
Texas
Killed Himself for Love in Hoboken NJ
Lueien Aries a 27 year old Hoboken resident and Nosdale Boat Club captain shot himself at his West Hoboken home. He was engaged to Miss Kerrigan and previously to Miss Banta whose the engagement was broken. Aries was popular, wealthy, and a lieutenant in New Jersey National Guard.
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Jetsty City
N. J
Lueien Aries
N. G
N.J
Nosdale Boat Club
I Foboken
West Iloboken
Tie
Kerrigan
Emily Banta
Aries
Miss Banta
Ile
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