Seminole receivers sue Southern Life for 325000 fraud claim
The Seminole Securities Company receivers allege the 325000 paid by Seminole officers to Southern Life Insurance was part of a fraudulent scheme. They seek annulment of the deal and reimbursement, asserting knowledge and participation by Southern Life officers and agents.
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Seminole Securities Company
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F. G. Thompkins
Semisle Company
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Pecked by Accident Claims Watterboro Hunter
Charleston special reports Mr. DB Peurifoy of Watterboro died Tuesday afternoon while bird hunting. His sons J B Peurifoy and D B Peurifoy Jr searched for him after he failed to appear for supper and found him on the steps of the target gallery with the gun’s top of head blown off. The left barrel was empty and it is believed he rested then accidentally discharged the weapon.
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Charleston
DB. Peurifoy
Watterboro
J. B. Peurifoy
D. B. Peurifoy, Jr
Uniform weight law urged by Richland delegation
A Columbia special meeting of the Richland delegation heard requests from the county's upper region for a uniform corn weight standard. They argued current weights and measures differ and urged a law to benefit farmers. the delegation has it under consideration.
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Columbia
Richland
Three Men Die In Seaboard Collision North Of Abbeville
Three men were instantly killed when Seaboard Air Line freight trains Nos. 20 and 29 collided six miles north of Abbeville at 1 30 Wednesday morning. The engineers Clyde Moore and L H Nickles and a colored brakeman died. both locomotives and ten cars were demolished after the high speed crash.
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L. H. Nickles
New Aiken County Government Sworn In
The Special Tuesday ceremony marks the start of a new county government with a chief commissioner and four district commissioners replacing the former supervisor and two commissioners.
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Aiken
Board of County Commissioners
Forest Fire North of Aiken Burns Timberlands
A large forest fire north of Aiken has burned several thousand acres of timber. Originated Saturday amid gale winds and grew beyond control. Firefighters report ongoing flames though less intense than weekend. Four small houses destroyed. total damage estimated in the thousands.
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Aiken
Apectar
To Build New Church in Aiken on Pence Street
Rev. J. B. Dervick of Augusta was named finance and building committees to promptly erect a fine Lutheran church on the newly purchased Pence street lot. Plans are outlined for the project.
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J. B. Dervick
Augusta
Pence
South Carolina Legislature Probes Prohibition and Finance Bills
The South Carolina Senate and House debate prohibition measures, banking reforms, and municipal finances. Bills address whiskey licensing, labeling of paints, water and power rates, tax and lien laws, and public institutions funding. Several new acts pass or advance, including Sunday restrictions and veterans’ provisions, with tributes to a deceased representative.
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The Girl a Man Likes
A reflective portrait of a charming woman whose attire reflects individuality and suitableness to occasions. She listens with interest, converses brightly, and studies human nature, gaining sympathy and fascination through compassion and kindness. New Haven Register.
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News in Brief Recaps Tragedies Crimes and Disasters
A scattered digest notes a blizzard victim Gus Jahnson freezing in a hay stack near Onaha Nebraska and later seven miles to Valley. Henry Lair convicted in Chicago for white slavery scheming to lure Paris girls to America with two year federal term and $2500 fine. Oklahoma counts more bills, while Nashville juries struggle in the Cooper trial. Revenue agents destroy a Moonshine distillery at South Mountain York County. A New Orleans man dies of exposure. Carolina Automobile Company seeks capital rise to 295000. A pistol accident injures a neighbor’s daughter in High Point. Joby Gilmer Speed commits suicide in Mendham New Jersey. Law career hopefuls numbered thirty-eight saved, thirty-nine cases tried. Consul Cheney and wife honored in New York as Italian officials pay respects.
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Taft to be New York port collector and Lincoln birthday holiday
Foreign Affairs says William Loeb will be collector of the port at New York under Taft. Taft accepts Mason at sight honor from Ohio Grand Master. Congress declares Lincoln’s birthday a legal holiday in 1909 and funds a preliminary $40,000 Lincoln Way road to Gettysburg. Hadley of Easterville Mass dies leaving $150,000 estate including $10,000 to Roosevelt, who declines. House defeats $500,000 fee balloons for the army.
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Gettysburg Battle Ground
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Washington News Notes on Castro Plot Suit
The article claims sufficient evidence exists to sue ex President Castro of Venezuela for instigating the plot to assassinate Gomez the current ruler. It notes Spain felt aggrieved that its port was not on the itinerary and mentions unofficially that efforts were made to wipe out the sting of the Spar.
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Washington News
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Venezulea
Gomez
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