Bandits Raid Glenn Springs Invasion From Rio Grande
A band of about 40 Texans cross the Rio Grande and raid Glenn Springs and nearby settlements. Three troopers and a boy are killed. two troopers wounded and a third missing. Two American citizens are said to have been abducted and throat slashed. U.S. forces move to pursue with reinforcements from Fort Bliss and Fort Clark while talks with Mexican officials focus on the raid.
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Alpine
Texas
Rio Grande
Glenn Springs
Fourteenth Cavalry
Coahuila
Mexico
J. Deemer
Compton
Mara- Mion
Brewstern County
Big Bend
Boquillas
Deemers
Eighth Cavalry
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Langhorne
Fort Clark
Sibley
Fourteenth
Scott
Funston
Obregon
Juan Amador
International Bridge
Green Springs
Raiders Fire On And Chase Big Liner Venizia
The Venizia with 40 American citizens aboard docked in New York from Bordeaux recounts a chase by two German commerce raiders off the Azores. The ship sped away after signals to slow and a near-miss shot, while raiders failed to overtake the liner.
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New York
Bordeaux
France
Azores
Atlantic
Andadays
Boniface
British Submarine W-31 Sunk by German Gunfire Off Denmark
Berlin reports the British submarine W-31 was sunk by gun fire from a German warship west of Horns Reefs off Denmark on May 5. The admiralty also notes destruction of a hostile aircraft by German airmen with a torpedo boat off the Flanders coast and the capture of another aircraft by torpedo boats.
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Berlin
Horns Reefs
Denmark
Admiralty
Flanders
Countess Georgiana Markievicz Sentenced to Life
Dublin officials announced that Countess Georgiana Markievicz a leading figure in the Irish revolt was sentenced to death by court martial but the sentence was commuted to penal servitude for life. The death sentence on Henry O Hanrahan was commuted to life imprisonment and further sentences on George Fluckett and John Plunkett were commuted as well.
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Dublin
London
Georgiana Markievicz
Henry O'Hanrahan
George Fluckett
John Plunkett Ware
Fala le Hose Ee MO
Mill Village Welfare Drive to Resume in South Carolina
James L. Carbery leads a restarted mill village demonstration in South Carolina aimed at home gardens canning horticulture and pest control. The program began in Rock Hill with federal and state funding shifts and now seeks to extend to more mills with state assistance and junior club activities.
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Columbia
South Carolina
James L. Carbery
Rock Hill
Carbery
United States Department of Agriculture
Head of Agriculture
Gov. Manning
House
Senate
Beaufort
Mill Village
Two Cavalry Troops for State Planned by South Carolina
Gen. A L Mills states the War Department backs forming two cavalry troops in South Carolina with local funding and federal support. Adj. General Moore pledges $10, Charleston and Columbia units petitioned, and equipment will be issued after July 1 1916 from unallotted funds.
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A. L. Mills
Division of Militia Affairs
War Department
W. W. Moore
South Carolina
Charleston
Columbia
Militia Council
Adj
Moore
Mills
Manning to Speak at Farmers Rally in Spartanburg
Gov. Richard I. Manning will visit Spartanburg on June 3 to address an agricultural rally at Converse College. The event, per a letter to Miss Lois Erwin, draws several hundred county farmers with representatives from Winthrop and Clemson Colleges to demonstrate modern farming and housekeeping methods.
History of Anderson life planned in Sumter meeting
A Sumter gathering under Dick Anderson camp and Dick Anderson chapter UDC planned a published life of Lieut. Gen. Richard Heron Anderson of Stateburg. Gen. C Irvine Walker was elected literary editor. A fundraising committee was set to obtain subscriptions and loans to cover about 1200 needed, with around 150 raised at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumter
Richard Heron Anderson
Stateburg
Sumter County
Dick Anderson
U. Dd. GC
Gen. C. Irvine Walker
Charleston
Perry Moses
E. Scott Carson
D. J. Winn
H. J. McLaurin
W. M. Graham
T. J. Richardson
Dick Anderson Camp
U. D
Several South Carolina Companies Receive Charters
The Agency and Sales Company of Columbia chartered with 35000 capital. Carolina Interstate Realty Company of Charleston chartered with 6000 capital. Model Department Store of Hampton chartered with 5000 capital. Atco Company of Columbia chartered with 2600 capital. Orangeburg Realty Insurance and Trust Company chartered with 6000 capital. Brunson Loan and Trust Company chartered with 25000 capital. American Publishing Company of Charleston chartered with 360000 capital stock to operate a general newspaper business.
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Agency and Sales Company of
Columbia
Carolina Interstate Realty Company
Charleston
Hampton
Atco Company
Orangeburg Realty, ,Insurance and Trust Company
Brunson Loan,&Trust Company
Secretary of State
American Publishing Company of Charleston
Appoints Sides for New County Commission
Gov Manning names six appointees to a commission to study forming Catawba county. J Steel Brice J Lyles Glenn and J BE McDonald are opponents while W B Wilson R 8 Mebane and R BE Reeves are proponents. Supreme Court decision expected to test the 11 shaped county act constitutionality.
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New County
J. Steel Brice
York
J. Lyles Glenn
Chester
J. BE. McDonald
Winnsboro
W. B. Wilson
Rock Hill
Watson to Head New Association in Farm Distribution Drive
B J Watson of South Carolina was elected president and Dr Clarence J Owens of Washington executive secretary of the National Association of Commissioners of Agriculture at a meeting in Washington. They endorsed a bill for a national chamber of agriculture and discussed German distribution methods as a model to boost farmer prosperity.
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Washington
B. J. Watson
South Carolina
Clarence J. Owens
National Association of Commissioners of Agriculture
National Chamber of Agriculture
Owens
Palmetto State
Watson
Orangeburg
New York
Association
Chamber of Agriculture
Landwirtschaftsrat of
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Electric railway line from Spartanburg to Clinton discussed
J F Jacobs of Clinton, elected chairman of the board of incorporators, told Spartanburg Chamber of Commerce a preliminary survey will begin soon. Citizens along the route have funded the first survey and a committee will seek subscriptions to the capital stock of the proposed road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
J. F. Jacobs
Clinton
Spartanburg Chamber of Commerce
Manning Leads Greenville Street Pageant in Illumination Celebration
Gov. Richard I. Manning led a Greenville street pageant celebrating the city’s modern street illumination system. The governor was cheered by a record crowd and addressed the South Carolina division of the Travelers' Protective association at the annual banquet.
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Gov. Manning
Greenville
Richard I. Manning
South Carolina
Travelers’ Protective Association
Preparedness urged as National Defense conference ends
Charleston hosts a National Defense conference by the National Security League. Henry C. Breckenridge leads a banquet closing the event, which officials call a success and urge broader preparedness. Speakers attack the Hay bill and warn Navy undersupply, while the Citadel chief backs civilian arms training. A resolution asks Congress to enact absolute security measures.
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Charleston
Henry C. Breckenridge
National Defense Conference
National Security League
United States
Frederick L. Huldekoper
J. Bernard Walker
Scientific American
United States Navy
Col
O. J. Bond
Citadel
Tristram T. Hyde
Congress of the United States
House of
Student Killed in Orangeburg Auto Crash
Ashley Merriman a 23 year old senior law student at the University of South Carolina was killed instantly when the automobile he rode in crashed into a tree seven miles from Orangeburg. Tylian Wolfe suffered a broken leg and injuries and several passengers including Celeste George Georgia Mannying Miss Annie Crum and Hammond Crum were bruised or shocked. Medical teams reached the scene within twenty minutes and Merriman was to graduate in June despite his high scholastic standing.
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Orangeburg
Ashley i. . Merriman
Sumrter
University of South Carolina
Tylian Sawyer Wolfe
Fsyom
Rowenville
Merriman
Wolfe
Celeste George
Lexnngton
Georgia Manning
Clio
Columbia College
Annie Lée Crum
Hammond Crum
Denmark
R. H. Jennings, Jr
E. H. Blackmon
Sid Seignious
Columbia
Crum
Ashley Merriman
University Law School
Four day canning institute planned for Chester in June
Miss Joe Yarborough county canning club agent plans a four days institute in Chester June 12 to 15 to unite girls from the canning bread and poultry clubs. About 100 girls are expected to attend. hosts include the Chester domestic science clubs and local women. Miss Minnie Garrison and Miss Lillian Snell Grove with assistants are expected to assist.
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Chester
Joe Yarborough
County Canning Club
Minnie Garrison
York County Canning Club
Lillian Snellgrove
Anderson County Canning Club
Dora Lee Walker
Grace Huffington
Misa Yarborough
Runaway Mule Kills Hartsville Driver
Daniel M. Gaskins a 31 year old planter from Kellytown section died after a mule runaway near his home. A harness fault frightened the animal causing a fall that fractured his skull and ended his life.
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Hartsville
Daniel M. Gaskins
Kellytown
Travelers' Protective association convention at Greenville
The annual session of the state convention of the Travelers' Protective association is held in Greenville with over 100 representatives. In business sessions the anti tipping law was discussed and the statewide roads plan proposed for the 1916 general assembly was endorsed.
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Greenville
Travelers’ Protective Association
General Assembly
Convention Sets Record for South Carolina Sunday School Assembly
The 39th annual gathering in Charleston attracts nearly 1,100 delegates at convention headquarters with about 900 awaiting qui site status, marking a record in the association’s history.
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Charleston
South Carolina
South Carolina News Items Highlight Careers and Campaigns
Obituary notes Henry Horlbeck M D of Columbia died in Summerville after months of ill health. Rev Thomas H Leitch resigns as editor of The Way of Faith Columbia due to impaired health. John I McLaurin seeks lieutenant governor as J B Westbrook Chester named to state board of pardons. Alex Oliphant to Join US Geological Survey field party returning to Columbia in fall. South Carolina Dental Association meeting set Chick Springs July 12 to 14. Possible military school at Chick Springs eyed. Capt John Moore of Citadel reviews proposal. Ten day campaign aims to raise 100000 for a women’s building in Columbia starting May 8.
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Henry Horlbeck
M. D
Columbia
Summerville
Thomas H. Leitch
Way of Faith
John I. McLaurin
J.B. Westbrook
Chester
South Carolina Danta’ Association
Chick Springs
John Moore
Citadel
Grenville
Tno
Paul and Barnabas Lead Gentile Mission in Perga and Antioch
In Pamphylia and Pisidia Paul assumes leadership after Barnabas. They preach in the Antioch synagogue, present a structured sermon on Jesus as Messiah, and face opposition. Many Gentiles believe while Jews resist, signaling a shift toward worldwide outreach and the gospel’s expansion beyond Israel.
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Paul
Saul
Barnabas
Pergo
Pamphylia
Asia Minor
Antioch
Pisidia
Galatia
John
Mark
Jerusalem
Aiknepn
Perga
Jesus
Peter
Pentacest
Christ
Messiah
Jesus the Justifier
Barnaban
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Ford Rio Grande
Sritibh
Carberry
State Capitol
State Department of Education
Fingerville
Enn
J. H. Swearingen
Darlington
Dillonsone
Edrefield
Florence
Greenwood
Harry
Kershaw
Lancaster
Laurens
Lexington
Marion
Metrlboro
Newberry
Oconee
Anderson
NEW Association
National Association, OF Commissioners OF Agriculture
Ashley
By. C. Sulrs
Western Newspaper Union
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