A Plan to Hold Cotton Bank and Warehouse System
A proposal urges South counties to create Farmers' Cotton banks with capital up to 1 million dollars to loan money against cotton in warehouses at 5 to 6 percent interest. The aim is to empower farmers to hold cotton for higher prices, counter market speculation, and support broader world demand for textiles.
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Temperance push for constitutional prohibition gains steam
The 1911 House cited joint resolution seeks a constitutional amendment banning sale and production of alcohol. Proponents cite scientific and moral grounds, noting a dry nationwide majority and a united temperance movement coordinating with the National Anti-Saloon League to push a single bill through Congress.
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Free Rum or No Rum Prophecy in Temperance Debate
A temperance essay urges ending liquor profits through high license money as a corrupting force. It argues saloons depend on license fees to bribe and control politics and calls for a saloonless nation with the slogan Away with the High License Money Bribe Give Us Free Rum or No Rum. The piece cites Christian Endeavor World and Ep Sentinel urging Congress action against the liquor traffic.
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Christian Endeavor World
Washington
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Bacchus
Record cotton crop ginings exceed prior years in 1911 season
Census Bureau reports 13,758,652 bales ginned by December 13 from the 1911 crop of 14,885,000 bales. US totals rise above last year’s 10,695,443 bales, with 92.4 percent of the crop already ginned and comparisons to 1904 and 1908 record years.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
United States
Industrial Investments Grow Across South Carolina 1911
Statistics by E J Watson show 1911 industrial investment in South Carolina rose by 3.5 million dollars over 1910. Canneries saw a 131 340 increase, clothing 395 500, electrical plants 28 930 326, and furniture 360 000. Coffin production declined due to lower mortality.
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Agriculture, Commerce and Industries
South Carolina
Tomato Club
Greenville pig club awards 100 to boy for cheapest big pig
Terry T. Dill, 14, wins the first South Carolina pig club prize with an Essex pig weighing 308 pounds at 3.8 cents per pound. The 20 week contest measured cost efficiency, not just size, with Dill’s total cost $11.75 and weight gain of 14.5 pounds weekly.
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Terry T. Dill
Greenville County Boys
C. B. Haddon
Farmers’ Cooperative Demonstration Work
Clemson College
Greenville Daily News
Goldsmith & Agnew
Greenville County
Confederate Twenty Dollar Note Worth
The note is described as worthless beyond its monetary value. The piece reflects on the Confederate cause and the sacrifices of soldiers, calling the battle's outcome a loss and the bill a reminder of what might have been. The tone is somber and reflective about memories of the Civil War.
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N. Y. American
Life and Love and Laughter Judge’s Moral Parable
A quoted couplet extols life and love and laughter as goals. It warns that winning worldly success brings happiness, while failure yields barren joy, concluding with a judge’s moral reflection.
Extra Sunday sparks overtime for preachers in 53 Sundays year
The Greenwrood Journal notes this year has 53 Sundays for the first time since 1802 and estimates 1309 years until another 53 Sunday year. It suggests ministers will work overtime and hopes the extra Sunday yields good outcomes.
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Greenwrood Journal
City of Pickens Seeks Itemized Claims and Back Taxes
Notice to all claimants to present itemized statements for payment to City Council. City requests payment on back licenses and city taxes to enable accurate year start statements as of January 1 1912. Signed by Mayor Sam Craig and the City Council.
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Pickens
City Council
Sam Craig
Annual Meeting Notice of Pickens County Board
Annual Meeting of the Board of County Commissioners for Pickens County will be held January 4 1912. All persons with claims against Pickens County must file them with the Clerk of the Board by January 1 next for examination and payment. Joux C Carey Clerk.
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Pickens County
Pickens S
Joux C
Carey
Notice to Teachers Special Examination January 12 1912
Notice from the State Board of Education that a special teachers examination is set for January 12 1912 at 9 o'clock. Examinations will be conducted in the Court House by order of the State Board of Education. R T Hallay County Superintendent of Education.
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