Bryan Enters Race for Congress in First District
State Wide News notes F M Bryan announced plans to run in the upcoming primary against incumbent George S Legare for the First district seat. Bryan, a two term Charleston legislator, joins Legare as an official candidate with talk of Leon Larrissey yet undecided. County Supervisor B J Pearman says filing window closed as of May 1.
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Charleston
F. M. Bryan
Congress
George S. Legare
Bryan
Messrs. Legare
Leon Larrissey
Dormitory Contract Awarded at Greenville Female College
At about $33,000 the contract for a new dormitory at Greenville Female College has been awarded to Jamison and Morris of Greenville. The building is to be completed by September 1, making the college’s plant one of the largest in the South outside Winthrop.
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Greenville
Greenville Female College
Jamison and Morris
South Carolina
Winthrop
South
Connor Named Candidate for South Carolina Governor
The Orangeburg News reports L. S. Connor will run in the upcoming Democratic primary for governor of South Carolina. Connor enters the race as a declared candidate seeking the party nomination.
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Orangeburg News
L. S. Connor
South Carolina
Seek Dispensary Election in Chester
Nine hundred thirty one signatures were turned in Tuesday April 50 as the final day per state law to supervisor T W Shannon requesting an election on the dispensary question at the general election in November.
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T. W. Shannon
When the Yankees Came May 1st anniversary remembered
The Daily Mail recalls an Anderson memory from May 1865 when schoolchildren near the cemetery heard the cry The Yankees are in town. Local figure C C Langston highlighted the significance of the May 1st anniversary amid Civil War echoes and raider terror.
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Anderson
Daily Mail
Fertilizer Sales Rise in South Carolina
Fertilizer sales in South Carolina have increased in recent weeks and are expected to top last year’s total. The state treasurer reports $202,073 received from tag sales so far, compared with $200,915 at the same date last year, and $255,082 taxed last year. A 25 cent per ton fertilizer tax funds Clemson College.
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South Carolina
Clemson College
No Dispensary Election In Anderson County
No election will be held this year in Anderson county on the dispensary question. Petitions signed by one fourth of the freeholders were not presented to the supervisor before May 1, so no call for an election will be issued. Additional petitions have circulated in all sections.
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B. J. Pearman
Anderson County
Church Built in One Day in Spartanburg
Spartanburg's El Bethel Methodist church rose from sunrise to dusk in a single day on South Church Street. About 5000 worshippers attended inside as 18 000 spectators watched from outside, while 150 workers and film crews documented the rapid construction and completion of the substantial new house of worship. The church, painted white with green trim and featuring carpeted aisles and a piano, surpassed the city’s first Methodist church built in 1836.
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Spartanburg
South Church Street
Crescent Avenue
Altho
El-Bethel
Augustus H. Kirby
No Election for Clarendon Dispensary Vote
In Manning Clarendon County petitions for a reestablishment of the dispensary failed as time ran out with only 419 valid signatures, about 1500 short of the requirement, keeping the county dry for four more years.
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Manning
Clarendon
Floyd Allen Faces Jury in Hillsville Court
Wytheville Virginia May 2 Floyd Allen the Carrell county mountaineer today faced the 12 men to try him for his life in the Hillsville court house tragedy. The jury was completed last night and opening statements and preliminaries were expected to dominate today. Over 200 witnesses were summoned in all Allen cases though he is indicted for five murders he faces the charge that he shot Commonwealths Attorney Foster.
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Wytheville
Floyd Allen
Carrell County
Mountaineer
Court House
Hillsville
Tudge Staples
Allen
Commonwealth
Foster
The Season Reflects Pessimism and Optimism
A brief exchange contrasts the pessimistic view that talent is scarce with the optimistic reply that the majority are mifted, highlighting a sly wordplay on mood and ability in a literary vignette.
Taft Speaks in South Carolina Stops
President Taft spoke at railway stations in Florence Dillon and Sumter South Carolina en route to Washington. He urged good government to preserve prosperity and opposed innovations seen as targeting Roosevelt. He recalled South voters who prayed differently and paid tribute to Maj Archibald Butt of the Titanic.
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Savannah
Augusta
Washington
Taft
South Carolina
Florence
Dillon
Sumter
Col. Roosevelt
South
Maj
Archibald Butt
Wall Street Buying Power Widens Interest Gap
The piece notes banks in the South charge farmers merchants and manufacturers 6 to 10 percent while Wall Street borrowing on the New York Stock Exchange can be as low as 9 percent. It urges a better organized national banking system and Congress to provide equal cheap credit nationwide.
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South
Washington
United States
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Congress
America
Underwood Gains in Clark Victory Signals Georgia Delegation Shift
Washington May 2 The Georgia result boosts Underwood in the presidential boom as Clark supporters see easier sailing for him while Wilson is sidelined. Watson claims leadership of Georgia's Baltimore delegation, with his bid already announced, and splits over him linger among Clark and Underwood camps.
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Washington
D. C
Underwood
Georgia
Champ Clark
Wilson
Clark
Thomas E. Watson
Watson
Senator Bankhead
Baltimore
Boost for Good Roads Aids Rural Free Delivery Subsidies
The House approved a plan within the post office appropriation bill to subsidize national highways used in rural free delivery. Roads would be classified into three subsidy levels of 25, 20 and 15 dollars per mile, with first year costs estimated at 16.6 to 18.0 million dollars.
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Washington, D. C
House
Post Office
Georgia Chooses Oscar Underwood for Democratic Nomination
Georgia reports showing Oscar Underwood leading the presidential preference primary with about 100 of 146 counties counted and a majority around 7,000 to 8,000 over Woodrow Wilson. Ballot listings for Champ Clark and Judson Harmon drew small votes while many voters wrote in Roosevelt Bryan and Hoke Smith. Underwood’s victory grants Georgia’s 28 votes to the national convention in Baltimore in June. The state Democratic convention meets May 10 to ratify the primary results.
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Atlanta
Oscar Underwood
Alabama
Georgia
Woodrow Wilson
Champ Clars
Judson Harmon
Theodore Roosevelt
W. J. Bryan
Hoke Smith
Underwood
Baltimore
Senti nel Subscription Notice Cites Arrears Risk
If you do not receive a copy of The Senti nel next week you may know you are in arrears with your subscription and we take it for granted you want it stopped.
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the Sentinel
South Carolina Mayors Call Homecoming For National Corn Exposition
Governors and city mayors urge South Carolinians living out of state to return during the National Corn Exposition in Columbia next January. Residents are asked to send names and addresses to the exposition association so officials can inform them. Railroads offer reduced rates east of the Mississippi and south of the Ohio. The event draws national agricultural leaders with state and federal participation and funding.
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South Carolina
Columbia
Misissippi
Ohio River
Trespass Notice Against Hunting and Trespass
All persons are warned not to hunt or trespass on the undersigned lands. Disregard will be prosecuted by Mrs. J. W. Price.
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J. W. Price
Hetrick Hosiery Mills Enlarge Plant in Walhalla South Carolina
Read in Knit Goods the October feature on Hetrick Hosiery Mills expanding at Walhalla. The firm adds dyehouse upgrades and 990 needle machines to meet rising demand. Owners William A. Hetrick and Chas F. Hetrick moved operations from Philadelphia in 1909 and now run two shifts to fulfill orders for men women children and infants with imported mercerized yarns.
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Herrick Hosiery Mills
Walhalla
So. Carolina
Hinchman
Valhalla
S. C
Oconee Knitting Mills
CoIporsate
Mills
Philadelphia
Mason and Ule
Dixon Line
120000 Homeless and Flood Struggles in Louisiana Mississippi
The United States government provides rations for about 120000 homeless in Louisiana and Mississippi with a potential rise of 50000 in a week. Federal engineers have spent over 100000 pounds in three weeks to save levees from Vicksburg south. Labor shortages hinder defense against further crevasses as floodwaters push through the region. Some ration recipients refuse to aid flood prevention efforts.
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United States
Louisiana
Mississippi
Vicksburg
More Money for Missions Reports Gain for Southern Baptists
The foreign mission board of the Southern Baptist convention closed its fiscal year with record receipts and a net gain of about 70000. Despite a year end debt of 56000, the total shows improvement from last year’s 90000. The southern Baptists were asked to raise 600000 for foreign missions beyond this.
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Richmond
Foreign Mission Board of
The
Southern Baptist Convention
Baptists of the South
Debt total at Convention reaches £690,600
The report shows a debt of £60 000 at the last Convention, lifting the total to $690,600. They fell short by £56,600. South Carolina Baptists were asked for £52,000 and contributed $51,000.
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South Carolina
Petition Turned Over to Board of Registration
The petition is sent to the board of registration and a return is requested. It is probable that movement leaders for the election may not press the measure further.
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Board of Registration
Hendricks Seeks Administer Estate of Irine M Hendricks
J B Newbery probate notice cites 8 M Hendricks to apply for letters of administration for Irine M Hendricks estate. Creditors and kindred must appear at Pickens Court of Probate on Sunday in May 1912 at 11 am to show cause why administration should not be granted.
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State of
South Carolina
Pickens
J. B. Newbery
M. Hendricks
Irine M. Hendricks
J. Ppc
No Election Ordered on Saluda Dispensary Question
In Saluda County no election will be held on whether to permit a dispensary. Petitions lacked one-fourth of qualified electors, and only about three signatures came from roughly 2400 registered voters. The supervisor will likely act as a formality to close the matter.
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Saluda
Boy Learns Trading From Father in Town Visit
A father takes his boy to town to trade, grow his capital, and learn investing with his own produce as starting wealth. The lesson emphasizes practical money skills and hands on financial experience.
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Knit Goods
Hetrick Hossey mi
Department New
Hetrick Hosieryills
Vezin & Co
Broadway
New York
William A. Hetrick
Chas. F. Hetrick
Hetrick
Walhalla, 8
Knitting Department
Westing Table
Hsetric
S.C
Alvery OF Knitting
Waching S
F. Alnallta
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