The Coming Campaign Address to South Carolina Democrats
A call from the Farmers' Association of South Carolina executive committee urging reform within the Democratic Party. It argues for economy, education, and a unified push to control state conventions, challenge entrenched interests, and elect reform-minded candidates. The piece attacks current institutions, railroads, fertilizer interests, and aristocratic factions, urging white farmers to lead a party-wide transformation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Farmers’ Association of
Farmers’ Convention
Farmers’ Ass
Farmers’ Movement
Dsyeville
Chester
Charleston
Rdson
Ley
Thatj
Ose
Ople
Sarmere’ Movement
Senate
Combia
General Assembly
South Carolina College
Hatch Fund
Lgge
Yi Geé
Couner
Senator McMaster
Clemson College
Charleton
Democratic Party
Democratic Convention
Farmers Association Calls South Carolina Convention
The Farmers' Association of South Carolina issues a call for a convention in Columbia to nominate a full state ticket from Governor down. Delegates from each county will be elected, with mass meetings urged in March to select delegates, under Q. W. Suen’s leadership.
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Farmers’ Movement
Columbia
House of Representatives
Farmers’ Association of South Carolina
Q. W. Suen
Prest
Ch’m
Value of Country Colleges Praised by Bryce and White
The essay lauds small rural colleges as essential feeders to universities. It argues they offer learning accessible to poor students near home and inspire scientific interest, citing Bryce and ex president Andrew D. White. It notes about 345 US colleges, many small and underendowed.
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Mr. Bryce
Bryce
Country College
Andrew D. White
United States
Reagan claims week-long engine test exceeds all prior feats
Philadelphia inventor James Reagan ran a Reading Railroad locomotive for 186 hours without relighting the furnace, using a patent shaking grate. He endured near nonstop work, with minimal food and oysters during a brief stop, and asserts fuel savings and faster operation could transform locomotive firing if adopted by railroads.
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Philadelphia
James Reagan
Iladelpine
Reading
Reagan
Mr. Reagan
The Alliance Prosperity For Georgia Farmers
The Georgia Alliance delivers huge savings to farmers, saving $200,000 in a year on fertilizers and lowering costs on essentials. It unites 4,000,000 farmers from coast to coast, empowering cooperative influence against monopolies. Reports from South Carolina echo rapid progress and shared mission to uplift people and curb trust power. The alliance vows ongoing work with courage to wage successful battles for farmers.
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Alliance
Atlanta Journal
Georgia
Georia
Maine
Pacific Coast
South Carolina Alliance
Georgia Alliance
Great Stewart will case ends in New York settlement
The Stewart will case in New York has concluded with a compromise, and all heirs are happy with the outcome.
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Stewart
New York
Old Tim Doctors and Modern Doctors Bleeding Pockets
A nostalgic reminiscence contrasts old time physicians with modern medical progress. The narrator recalls childhood fears of a fat family doctor who bled patients, explains early remedies, and recounts a medical college visit, cadavers, and the awe of aspiring doctors while critiquing past practices and praising advances in science.
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Rascal
Mark Harding
Mark
Bateman
Godfrey
Ralph
Atlanta
Te College
Kendrick
Darkies
Arkey
Furthergill on Indigestion and Oysters
The article cites Hall's Journal of Health noting raw oysters contain a glycogen-rich liver and their own digestive ferment hepatidase. When eaten uncooked the oyster self-digests, but cooking destroys the ferment, requiring the eater’s digestion.
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Hall
Journal of Health
Fatal Blasting Accident Kills Five in Wilkes County
A tunnel blast on the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad project in Wilkes County killed five workers and wounded twelve. The blast occurred when a laborer, George Hendly, dropped a cigarette into dynamite packed in a rock cut, triggering a massive explosion that hurled workers and rock fragments into the air. The dead are Hendly, Samuel Culls, Thomas Mmery, Joseph Falls, and Eugene Moore.
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Charlotte
N. C
Wilkes County
Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley
George
George Hendly
Samuel Culls
Thomas Mmery
Joseph Falls
Eugene Moore
Camden County land claim tale leaves claimant fearing locals
Mr. Peck reports a perilous Camden County trip as he and surveyor Mr. Brown sought lands and faced hostile villagers. He describes threats and a forced retreat by boat to Brunswick after locals suspected a land grab from outside claimants.
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Atlanta Journal
Journal
Camden County
Georgia
Camden
Brown
Old Primrose
Brunswick
Killing in Corribas County A Tragic Accident
On a Monday evening in Corribas county near Harrisburg John Howie was killed when Oscar Galloway attempting to shoot White Pharr fired accidentally. The pistol discharged as Galloway wrestled it away. Both men, who are described as colored, fled the scene and have not been located.
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Abasdine
Corporation
Coosaw Company
Coosaw River
Senate
Dr. Waddell
Mr. Jones
Darkey
Kendrick
Dr. Westmoreland
Davlcay
Ralph
Cian Lowry
John Howie
Corribas County
Harrisburg
Oscar Galloway
White Pharr
Howie
Qgalloway
Pharr
Iowie
Galloway
Mount Jessup Coal Works Blast Kills Fireman in Scranton
An explosion at Mount Jessup Coal Company in Scranton destroyed engines and boiler houses this morning. Fireman Munley of Archibald was killed instantly, and several German laborers were fatally injured as the buildings and fire spread.
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Scranton
Mount Jessup Coal Company
Munley
Archibald
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Citadel
Agricultural Bureau
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Greenfield
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Grand University
Citadel Academy
Darlington
House
Board
Department of Agriculture
Phosphate Minera
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Butler
Board of Agriculture
Orj
Chrleston
Tim
M. Berthelot
West
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