Tillman’s Reforms Fail to Move South Carolina Assembly
Review of Governor Tillman’s 1890 1891 recommendations shows most failed or were only partially adopted. Legislation produced 46 joint resolutions and 287 acts, many local or private, with few broad public reforms enacted.
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Newbeery
General Assembly
Tillman
Phosphate Commission
Department of Agriculture
Columbia
Thaan
Winthrop Training School
House of Representatives
Governor Tillman and the 1891 General Assembly
The article surveys 25 governor recommendations from 1891, noting only three adopted by the General Assembly. It discusses persistent legislative opposition, Tillman’s waning popularity, and intra party doubts among lawmakers, concluding the era’s assembly was unusually split and unlikely to recur.
South Carolina Industry Review Pinpoints Year Ahead
The News and Courier surveys twenty two counties showing farmers hurt by low cotton prices but aided by large corn crops. Merchants report strong collections and banks profitable. cotton mills pay dividends and manufacturing expands with new mills and factories. Planters vow dedication to cotton and expansion. tobacco and cattle sectors show growth.
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Charleston
S.C
News and Courier
South Carolina
Composition of South Carolina Legislature by N O Ivles
The Directory reports 37 senators and 124 representatives with occupations including 18 farmers 11 lawyers 5 physicians 2 editors and 1 banker in the Senate and 76 lawyers 25 physicians 7 merch ants 6 mechanics 1 toll keeper 1 lumber dealer and 1 manufacturer in the House. Religious makeup shows Methodists 45 Baptists 66 Episcopalians 20 Lutherans 8 Catholics 2 Campbellite Baptists 2 Second Adventists 2 Israelites and 1 undecided.
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South Carolina
N. O. Ivles
Senate
Noordland Collision Sinks Childwell Off Belgium Coast
Noordland of Red Star line collided with the Chile-loaded Childwell off the Belgian coast. Childwell sank with fifteen drowned. Noordland limped to Flushing with six feet of water. Survivors accuse Noordland of abandoning the wreck. Ipswich rescued Childwell crew. Rigid inquiry ordered into wreck and alleged inhumanity.
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Vijtteen Sennen Perlah
London
Testteamer
Noordland
Red Star Line
Antwerp
New York
Childwell
Chile
Belgium
Flushing
Ipswich
Noord
Heroes Of The Ocean Rescue In Dark Frostbitten Night
A six man crew from the steamer Eleanor and a passenger plunged overboard near Greenvore County Louth Ireland. Amid a half frozen sea they launched a lifeboat manned by volunteers and searched through a freezing night. One passenger died, others frostbitten, as the crew battled waves rain and cold to reach land at Greenore. The captain faced accusations of delaying rescue and two sailors plan damages claims.
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Eleanor
Ben
Sundy
Greevore
County Louth
Ireland
Tar
Runn Og
Mwe
J’or
Ilo
Prenthey
Greenore
Liverpool
Three Talk Reveals Tilman, Irby and Shell Opinions
A Columbia Journal special reports on a meeting with Tilman, Senator Irby, and Congressman Shell. The interview covers campaign strategy, party unity, and possible shifts in the Democratic slate, including Tilman’s candidacy for governor and views on a revived party front.
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Columbia
Canta Journal
Laurens
Tulliaan
Irby
Shel
Ile
Whso
Samply
Tillman
Pondent
A.ver
Webhadio
Nan
Lle
Bois Ve
Palmer
Cleve’d Wood
Somrt
South Carolin
Shell
Hie
Farmers Movement
Tishman
Treasury reports December rise in circulation totals
The Treasury Department releases a monthly statement showing December net circulation up 11.5 percent. Currency certificates and several silver forms fell, while gold certificates and treasury notes rose, yielding a countrywide per capita circulation of 24.02 dollars.
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Treasury Department
Treasury
United States
Tragic street scene ends in New Brunswick death
In Mine street near College avenue John Bene a young machinist was chased by his wife and fatally slashed his throat with a razor after declaring his intent. A crowd witnessed the fatal wound as he collapsed bleeding on the pavement.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Mine Street
College Avenue
John Bene
Tax Circular Warns Taxpayers of Strict Returns
Comp col proposer General Ellerbe issues a January New Year tax circular demanding returns of all personal property by February 20 1802. Auditors must probe and levy penalties for false or incomplete listings. The missive targets administrators trustees and others with duties to report taxable property. A separate case in New York involves Mrs Davis seeking damages over a memoir contract with Belford Lange.
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Jemason College
Clerson College
Columbia State
Tillman
Ne College
Sasto
Congi
Couvle
Bates
Secquency Noble
Coterbra
S.c
Ellerbe
Milaias
Tex Tionibons St
Theia S
Jn Thetic Cussay Ie
Sevurisol
Davis
Lange
Belford
J.inge
Emancipation Day Rally Highlights Negro Politics
In Greenville a large crowd gathered at the city park to hear Rev. EB Bourroughs speak on politics. He urged independent action and criticized white carpetbaggers for exploiting Black voters while suggesting emigration of the race to the West.
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Greenville
EB. Bourroughs
Speker
Republican Party
Theo «Tor
Srace
Hall in jail as Wise County case stirs crowd
In Bristow Tennessee on December 30 Tlalton Wall lies jailed at Wise Court. crowds clash as supporters demand justice. A suspect admits killing thirteen men and hints at further violence if tried locally, while a strong guard protects the jail amid threats of lynching.
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Bristow
Tenn
Tlalton Wall
Wise Court
Greavand
Jad
Esquire
Sayley
Swyles
Memphis
Hall
Family wiped out by rapid illness in new Kas home
A Delincey family near Atcheon Kas died within a week after moving into a new house. The father fell ill and died after the house warming, the mother soon sickened and was buried, and the two sons died today from the same illness. In Meridian Mississippi a man killed himself and his horses by driving off a 100 foot bank into the Tom Bigbee river after tying whiskey around his neck. economic ruin from bad crops driven the act.
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Atcheon
Kas
Delincey
Meridian
Mies
Epepes Station
Ala
Tombigbee River
Judge Richard Lewis Dies by Suicide in Walhalla
In Walhalla South Carolina on January 4 Judge Richard Lewis shot himself through the heart in his courthouse office and died instantly. He had served as Probate Judge and Master of Oconee County for many years and had been in poor health for two months. No cause is known.
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