Manning Begins Second Term as Governor of South Carolina
Governor Richard Irvine Manning outlines reforms in his inaugural address to the South Carolina General Assembly. He calls for economy and efficiency, a state budget system, tax reform including an inheritance tax, education funding parity, and a nitrate fixation plant near Columbia, urging unity and forward progress with no specific action on woman suffrage.
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Columbia
S. C
Richard Irvine Manning
General Assembly of
South Carolina
House of Representatives
Commission On
National Guard
General Assembly
Gov. Manning
National Democratic
State Democratic Party
Manning
L. B. Harrison
Spartanburg
Pardoning Board
Harrison
Board of Pardons
Goy
Fanning
South Carolina Senate Debates Tax, Labor, and Jail Proposals
The Senate considers liquor regulation dropping monthly allowance to one quart and excluding wines and light beers. Bills for a rural police system in Greenville, six percent interest rate, six months compulsory school attendance, and 10 hour workday limits pass into discussion. Other actions include jail funding, pardons reform, and tax relief for flood damage in Congaree valley. House endorses Columbia nitrate plants site and carnival licensing scrutiny, while a tax penalty bill fails.
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DuRant
Clarendon County
South Carolina
Bonham
Greenville
Sinkler
Charleston
House of Representatives
Senate
J. J. Evans
Marlboro
Harrelson
Marion
Rawlinson
Richland
Congaree
Richland County
House of Representatves
Columbia
Scott
Anderson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Officials Back Ocho School Reform and Levy Plan
The state association of county superintendents endorsed a one fourth mill levy for county boards, a federal vocational bill, a bill to teach agriculture in schools, a state teachers examiners board, and a uniform book adoption system. The Rector rural school funding measure was supported, and J E Swearingen spoke on the needy school as two sessions drew representatives from thirty five counties.
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Columbia
State Association of County Superintendents of Education
J. E. Swearingen
W. J. Evans
Abbeville
H. Seigler
Aiken
J. B. Felton
Anderson
H. J. Crouch
Barnwell
W. M. Steinmeyer
Beaufort
I. de C. Porcher
Berkeley
W. D. Knox
Chester
J. A. Knight
Chesterfield
J. Browne
Clarendon
D.L. Lewis
Darlington
R. S. Rogers
Dillon
J. A. Parler
Dorchester
W. W. Turner
Fairfield
A. H. Gasque
Florence
J. W. Doar
Georgetown
Jas. B. Davis
Greenville
John F. Wideman
Greenwood
S. B. Owens
Jasper, Co
W. Richmore
Kershaw
Jas
H. Sullivan
Laurens
J. YT. Munnerlyn
Lee
T. J. Price
McCormick
J. Wall
Marion
Thos
A. Smith
Oconee
L. W. Livingston
Orangeburg
C. V. Clayton
Pickens
B. S. Haynes
Spartanburg
J. H
Furloughs Extended for South Carolina Guardsmen in Texas
Gov. Manning received a telegram from Col. Holmes at Camp Stewart El Paso Texas reporting extended leaves for 20 days for officers and men. Military men expect the Second South Carolina infantry to return home within 30 days. Capt. E. B. Cantey and Sgt. Gailliard Rembert are among those on leave with many enlisted men also furloughed.
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Columbia
Gov
Manning
Holmes’ B. Springs
South Carolina Infantry
Camp Stewart
el Paso
Texas
Funston
Col. Springs
Gov. Manning
South Carolina
E. B. Cantey
The
Machine Gun Company
Fairfield Shipments Signal Strong Cattle Run
About 100 cars of cattle were shipped from Fairfield's freight station marking the area as a top cattle county. Herds driven through the country in the year ended were sold to buyers mostly in the Columbia market. Cotton on the local market fell sharply from the prior year.
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Fairfield
Winnsboro
Columbia
Atlanta-Anderson electric road survey camps established
The Atlanta Anderson electric railway route plan sets up a permanent survey camp at Robert's church in Anderson County. The line will join the Piedmont Northern Electric at Anderson, linking Spartanburg to Atlanta and Georgia points. Promoter J. J. Murphy says the road will be built.
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Anderson-Atlanta
Spartanburg
Atlanta-Anderson
South Carolina Live Stock Association Ends Annual Meeting
The South Carolina Live Stock Association concludes its annual meeting in Orangeburg with resolutions on state funding, livestock disease control, cattle tick eradication, dog tax enforcement, beef and dairy topics, and plans for a livestock show next year. G. Hunter presides, Walter Sorrell is secretary, and a move to relocate Clemson tied sanitary offices to Columbia is urged. Efforts seek$5000 yearly state support and a buzzard bounty to curb disease threats.
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Columbia
Orangeburg
South Carolina Live Stock Association
G. ¥. Hunter
M. D
Prosperity
Walter Sorrell
Camden
Clemson
South Carolina
G. P. Quinerly
Auburn
New Cotton Mill Planned for Winnsboro by Boston Capital
Engineers architects and contractors visited Winnsboro Mills and met to plan a large cotton mill to be built by Boston financiers. Foundations are set to begin this week on a tract beyond the town's south limits purchased for the project.
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Winnsboro
Corp of Engineers
Winnsboro Mills
Boston
South Carolinians nominated for army service
Army positions list South Carolinians nominated for officer commissions Oron Allison Palmer provisional Second Lieutenant cavalry Thomas Troy Handy and Robert Bruce Webb Second Lieutenant field artillery Bohun Baker Kinloch Julius Andrew Mood Jr and Wilson McKay Spann to serve as Second Lieutenants infantry.
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Washington
Cavary
Oron Allison Palmer
Thomas Troy Handy
Robert Bruce Webb
Bohun Baker Kinloch
Julius Andrew Mood, Jr
Wilson McKay Spann
South Carolina Assembly Members Visit Winthrop College
South Carolina legislators visited Winthrop College in Rock Hill last week. A. J. Roach, 43, of Catawba community in York County, was killed by a heavy leg striking his head after a fall. Greenville faces a wood famine with scarce oak and pine for 10 days. York County seeks a health survey. Gov. Manning’s staff gains appointees W H Keith S I Carter B P Davies Eugene H Blake. Carter deposited SC’s electoral vote in Washington with Senator J D Smith. Delegation asked to appropriate 188 384 for county expenses. Senator Tillman honored Admiral Dewey’s death with resolutions.
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C General Assembly
Winthrop College
Rock Hill
A. J. Roach
York County
Catawba
Greenville Coal and Wood Yards
Greenville
W. H. Keith
Timmonsville
B. P. Davies
Barnwell
Eugene
H. Blake
Greenwood
Manning
S. I. Carter
Chester
Washington
Palmetto State
Carter
J. D. Smith
Marshall
South Carolina
Greenville County
Cruikshank
Columbia
B. R. Tillman
Senate Committee of Naval Affairs
Admiral Dewey
Senate
Lesson on Jesus Cleansing the Temple at Passover
The lesson situates John 2 13 22 in early Jesus ministry, noting the wedding at Cana and the temple cleansing as a sign of Jesus authority. It emphasizes Jesus fulfilling the word of God and foreseeing his death and resurrection, urging reverence for temples and the Sunday school as houses of prayer.
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John
Jesus
John the Baptist
Canaan
God
Edersheim
Christ
Hus
House of God
Temples of God
A. J. Gordon
Cascarets Ad Promises Clean Liver and Bowels
A 10 cent Cascarets advertisement claims the product cleanses the stomach, regulates digestion, removes bile, and eliminates waste and poisons in the bowels. It promises a morning improvement, insomnia-free sleep, and no gripe, urging readers to buy for relief from headaches biliousness coated tongue indigestion sour stomach and constipation.
Prison Literature Across Ages and Spaces
The London Chronicle notes that many great works arose from confinement across eras. It cites Socrates in Athens, Galileo in prison, Luther at Wartburg, Bunyan in Bedford Jail, and Raleigh in the Tower, also highlighting Paul and Revelation written during exile.
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Athens
Socrates
Gadileo
Wartburg Castle
Tower of London
Rome
Patmos
London Chronicle
Trial Gave Instant Relief from Kidney Trouble
A testimonial from Ph Nelson of Murphy North Carolina praises Kilmer Swamp Root for kidney pain back rheumatism and general wellbeing. The letter notes a July 7 1900 notarized affirmation and invites readers to sample the product via ten cent mail request and to buy larger bottles at drug stores.
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Ph. Nelson
Murphy
N. C
Edmund B. Norvell
Notary Public
Cherokee County
N.C
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Idle Curiosity Musing on Wealth and Intrusion
A fragment notes that a hotel lobby seems half full of millionaires and a speaker feels unseen. It contrasts prosperity with crowds, then warns that a stranger carrying a queer brief may draw extreme scrutiny from many. It hints at tension between wealth and fear of outsiders.
No Place to Stay in Once-Busy Town
The fragment suggests a conversation about truth, cynicism, and social decline as wells and lodging vanish from a changing town, reflecting hardship and fading communal spaces.
Dr Peerys Dead Shot cited for worm treatment
A humorous dialogue on appetite and a medical ad touts Dr Peerys Dead Shot as a cure for worms and tapeworms while claiming to improve digestion with a single dose.
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Dr. Peery
Gaining Wisdom From Losses, Anold Maxim Revisited
A short reflection notes that those who lose something and gain wisdom through it are true gainers. The saying underscores learning as the reward of loss, emphasizing personal growth over material loss.
Quinine and Digestive Ads Highlight Early Medicine Claims
The fragment lists various patent medicines and health claims, noting quinine use, Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills, Dr. Pierce's Pellets, and an aluminum billiard cue patent. It mentions U S employment by gender, and China's yearly leather imports, reflecting typical 19th or early 20th century advertising and trade data.
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South Corona Medical College
W. W. Fennell
Rock HI
J. M. Davis
R. K. Hughes
W. SS. Lynch
H. H. Wyman
Mr. Davis
CG. N. Wyatt
W. G. Houseal
Newberry
A. K. Sanders
Hagood
Sumter County
Mr. Sanders
D. J. Griffith
Sanders
J. K. Breedin
Anti-Saloon League
Fromberg
Landrums County
Williams
State Live Stock Association
International Sunday School
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Sellers
Avalng
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Ita
United States
Wright
Nebraska
Dr. Pierce
China
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