Why Leave Pickens County
Pickens county residents are urged to stay and boost local farming earnings amid large crops and rising corn, cotton, and forage yields. The piece cites Mr Henry Pace and another farmer on the Keowee river, notes mob law concerns after a lynching report, and argues for a local Southern Express Co office to handle growing business.
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Pickens County
Coun
Henry Pace
Pir Pace
Cts
Pace
R G. Gaine
Keowee
Pickens
Southern Express Co
Missionaries in China Stir South Carolina Hope and Fear
South Carolina clergy report on missionaries in China amid unrest. Mrs. Fletcher S Brockman and Rev J O Reavis are linked to Columbia and Nashville offices while others like Dr P Frank Price and Rev B D Lucas are shown in Nankin Soo Chow and Teng Chow postings. A note on Dr Hampden C Du Bose and family in Soo Chow closes the summary.
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China
South Carolina
Columbia
Fletcher S. Brockman
W. A. Clark
International Young Men’s Christian Association
Hong Hong
Korea
Shanghai
Brockman
Clark
J. O. Re
Chester
Reavis
S. J. Woodbridge
Woodbridge
America
Nell Sprunt
Alexander Sprunt
Eir Presbyterian Church
Charleston
J. R. Wilkinson
So Chow
Elizabeth Blake Hospital
B. D. Lucas
Chesterfield County
Soo Chow
Mr. Lucas
Thomas C. Lucas
Lula Whilden
Greenville
John Lake
Edgefield
Whilden
Canton
Lake
Carrie Bostick
Teng Chow
J. ¥. Lide
Darlington
Lide
R. W. Lide
First Baaptist Church
Ching Chow
Honan
W. W. Lawton
Lawton
Lawtonville
Phoebe Lindsay
Hampden C. DuBose
DuBose
Palmer C.dubose
Hamden
South Carolina figures linked to China mission work
The piece identifies South Carolina natives now in China, including the Rev. Robert Wilson, D. D. and his wife Mrs. Wilson. Details note Mrs. Wilson’s Charleston connections, family ties to A. I. Smythe, Hannah Rhett, Ernest Gary, and John T. Rhett, and her prior settlement work in New York before marriage.
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Ernest Gary
Columbia
John T. Rhett
Spartanburg
New York City
New York
Dr. Wilson
Farmers urged price rise by growing corn and more grain
The article urges farmers to boost cotton prices by expanding corn, wheat, and oats production. It notes President Taft issued a proclamation declaring November 30 a day of national thanksgiving.
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Taft
Farmers Use Refuse Grain To Deg Raise With Low Pork Prices
Farmers leverage their grain refuse as a deg raising aid while pork buys sit at ten cents per pound, turning low meat prices into a potential advantage for feed and production strategies.
Pastor Brooks Marks Rockefeller as Faithful Democrat
Rev Dr Arthur T Brooks marks his first anniversary at John D Rockefeller's church in New York. He praises Rockefeller as a Christian gentleman who treats the poor equally and speaks with kindness, noting there is no snobbishness in him.
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Arthur T. Brooks
John D. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Rainbow Notes From Camp Creek Singing and Local Visits
Cotton picking is common in the community. Mr and Mrs Stephen Parkins of Texas visited Mr J C Duckworth. Mr and Mrs W M Nations visited relatives at Seneca. Miss Essie May Porter returned home after five weeks with her grandparents Cantrell. Day singing at Camp Creek last Sunday drew fine singing and several good speeches. Correspondents are invited to write to the new editor. Rainbow.
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Stephen Parkins
Texas
J. C. Duckworth
W. M. Nations
Seneca
Essie May Porter
Cantrell
Camp Creek
Rainbow
Committed death by own action Hopkins suicide cited after cancer battle
News from Central reports John W. Hopkins, about 78, died from a self inflicted pistol wound just above the heart. Mrs Hopkins found him after a five minute absence, the weapon an old army pistol kept as a war relic. Interred in Seneca with funeral held last Sunday, the family receives sympathy.
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John W. Hopkins
Central
Penn's Champion Tobacco Sold for Dime a Plug
R Kelly of Central C sells a brand named Penn's Champion tobacco at a dime per plug, each plug valued at five cents. The item is described as a bargain tobacco product offered in the market.
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R. Kelly
Central
PENN
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