Tragic Self-Inflicted Gun Incident In Greenville
In Greenville on September 1 Ashin Wiswarn warned his friend Sam Skelton 36 of this city about handling a revolver. Skelton displayed the pistol and attempted to sell it when a cartridge remained in the chamber. He aimed at his temple and pulled the trigger. He died about 46 minutes later, brains splattered on the floor. Skelton was a bookkeeper for Riverside company founded by his father S. O. Skelton.
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Sreenville
Ashin Wis
Sam Skelton
Skelton
Juh
Bela Phy Stamias
Demonfee
Nim
Mr. Skelton
Riverside Company
S.O. Skelton
Financial Statement of Pelion Bank September 6 1921
The document records Pelion Bank at close of business September 6 1921 with assets totaling 89 966 54 and liabilities 83 966 54. It lists loans and discounts 74 868 05 overdrafts 2 25 silver coin 116 91 cash items 1 349 19 and other resources including furniture 2 262 80 bank house 2 560 64 and real estate owned 587 24. Liabilities include capital stock 21 225 00 surplus 1 899 00 deposits 149 204 49 savings 23 416 47 time certificates 6 150 00 cashier checks 71 58 and notes payable 22 000 00. The statement was sworn before G. L. Taylor cashier on September 12 1921 by A. Shumphat Notary Public for South Carolina.
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Pelion
8. C
Bev Isiem Anny
Delegates to Meet Before Conference in Washington
Preliminary discussions by the American delegation to form unified views and repudiate the personnel of the advisory committee are planned ahead of the armament and Pacific Eastern conference. Secretary Hughes leads the talks while Lodge Root and Underwood are cited as having views.
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Washington
United States
Hughes
Harding
Senator Lodge
Elihu Root
Senator Underwood
Underwood
Mountain
Tennessee
Congress
Army
Navy
General Pershing
Tasker H. Bliss
Supreme Council
Astende
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Memorial for Pilgrim Dead Dedicates Plymouth Granite Sarcophagus
Plymouth Mass Sept 5 The General Society of Mayflower Descendants dedicated a granite sarcophagus as a memorial to the Pilgrims who died in the colony’s first winter. The monument sits atop Cole’s Hill overlooking the sea and the original burying ground. Some bones from Plymouth Rock were placed in the memorial.
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Plymouth
Mass
General Society of Mayflower Descendants
Cole's Hill
Indiana
Plymouth Rock
Americans Buy Hapsburg Estates in Wide Acquisition
Paris reports an American syndicate led by Charles H. Sabin and Frank Munsey completed negotiations to take over the vast Hapsburg lands of Archduke Frederick and Archduke Albrecht. The holdings span Austria, Czecho Slovakia, Poland, Rumania and Italy, including Teschen steel works, dairies, sugar plantations, factories, apartments and vast forests and art treasures in Vienna.
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Paris
Archduke Frederick
Archduke Albrecht
Charles H. Sabin
J. Leonard Replogle
Frank Munsey
Thomas J. Felder
Hapsburgs
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Rumania
Italy
Teschen
Czecho- Slovakia
Vienna
Albertina Museum
Farmers busy picking cotton left by Boll Weevil
The article notes farmers are harvesting cotton that Boll Weevil left behind, reflecting the pest’s impact on agriculture and labor during the harvest period.
Rat Snap advert claimed by New Jersey hog raiser James McGuire
James McGuire, a famed hog raiser from New Jersey, endorses RAT-SNAP for rat control. He says he spent $1.25 on RAT-SNAP and it killed rats, saving the price of a hog. The cake bait comes in three sizes, requires no mixing, and cats or dogs avoid it. Sold and guaranteed by Lexington Ultre macy and Harmon Drug Co.
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James McGuire
New Jersey
Lexington Ultremacy and
Harmon Drug Co
Joanny
Lex- Mingtoy Pharmacy
Harmon Drug 1 Co
Hall's Catarrh Medicine advertisement claims cure
The ad argues catarrh worsens with poor health and that Hall's Catarrh Medicine is a blood purifier that acts on mucous surfaces to reduce inflammation. It notes circulation of circulars and lists J. Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio as the manufacturer.
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Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Registration Notice for Lexington Town Opens August to September
The books of registration for the town of Lexington will be open at the store of Caughman Kaminer Compan from August 1 to September 30, 1921, inclusive. Registered voters must obtain town registration certificates. Also, executors demand payment and holders of claims against the estate of Dr. James L. Johnson are to present or settle with the undersigned.
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Lexington
Caughman-Kaminer Compan
Caughman
James L. Johnson
Atwansea
Social notes and local visits headline a weekend roundup
A flurry of visits fills the scene as Mrs. Margaret Boozer and relatives are mentioned alongside Mr. Earle Roof in Florida visiting family. Numerous Harmon and Boozer kin share time at Greer and Glenn Springs, with health notes for John Kammer. An odd RAT-SNAP pest ad closes the item, touting three sizes and a pharmacy guarantee.
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Margaret Boozer
Earle Roof
Florida
Hampton Roof
Haskell
Harmon
Clifford Harmon
Wizzle Snelgrove
Lamon Fulmer
Rosa Harmon
Clarice
John Kammer
Glenn Springs
C. W. Harmon
Jim Boozer
Greer
Mae Leaphart
John Kaminer
Jacob Harmon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bank OF Pelion
South Carolina
G. L. Taylor
Aworn
Laylor
Shumphat
S. C
LL. W. Wise
D. R. Kneece
J. H. Latrd
Casey
Empire
Caughman Bros
Assembly Street
Columbia
Hapsburg Estates
M. C. Johnson
Swansea
Aus
Holland
Asme
Evertt
Harvard-Dayton
Victrolas
Victor Records
Emerson and Okeh
the John Church Co
Main Street
Columbia, S. C
Earle’ Seay
Shelton Harmon
Alvin, Roof
Family
Eagle “Mikado
Company
New York
The
Bank of Columbia
Baltimore
Dental Parlors
Main St. Columbia
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