McLaurin Urges Farmers to Stand Put and Hold Cotton
Former US senator John L McLaurin spoke to Greenville Sumter farmers urging them to stand firm and hold cotton in warehouse storage until better prices. He argued for organized action against price manipulation and warned against partisan approaches while comparing cotton to other fixed-price industries through trusts and distribution. He emphasized truth over faction and the need for nonpolitical, united effort in the South.
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Greenville
Sumter
United States
John L McLaurin
South
Laurin
Jesus Christ
McLaurin
New Orleans
Liverpool
Stand Pat at New Orleans Convention Voices Price Control
Citizens urged to “stand pat” and fix prices for world labor produced goods. The call asserts producers must have a voice in setting product prices and shaping policy at the convention in New Orleans.
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Pat
New Orleans
Cure Promises From King’s New Discovery
A Casey Iowa man credits Stock Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds with curing a terrible cough that disturbed his sleep. The ad claims it prevents grip and pneumonia and offers bottles at Crawford Bros J F Mackey Co and Fanderburk Pharmacy with a trial bottle free.
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J. H. Simmons
Casey
Dr. King
Crawford Bros
J. F. Mackey & Co
Fanderburk Pharmacy
Irish Immigrants Arrive aboard Celtic in New York
Among 1,986 steerage passengers arriving on the White Star liner Celtic were 1,049 Irish immigrants. Many rosy eyed girls and hundreds of Irish Americans gathered at the Burge office to welcome the newcomers. Ellis Island officials predict the Celtic voyage marks the start of a spring Irish exodus likely to surpass recent records.
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New York
Celtic
Burge
Ellis Island
Ireland
Pneumonia Fears Reduced by Foley’s Honey and Pat
The ad claims Foley’s Honey and Pat wards off pneumonia by stopping coughing and strengthening lungs. It asserts timely use prevents pneumonia attacks and warns against substitutes. Sold by Funderwurk Pharmacy.
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Foley
Funderwurk Pharmacy
Twenty Seven Years of Wedded Life for McSparton Family
In a Platte River bottom three room cottage Mr and Mrs Edwards M McSparton celebrate their twenty seventh wedding anniversary. The family includes fourteen sons and seven daughters with ten children present and three grandchildren. The latest baby is thirty three days old.
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New York Tribune
Denver
Platte River
Edwards M. McSpartton
Meiers Smith and Hyatt address Bennetteville cotton growers
In Bennetteville on April 3 Meiers Smith and Hyatt spoke to local cotton growers, organized a company, and subscribed funds to construct a $38,000 warehouse. The event followed a late arrival and featured tolling arguments in support of the movement and warehouse project. Judge Pardy fines juror while urging prompt court attendance in Chester on April 4. Columbia reports eight men sentenced to death in the state, including Parr Rochester and Small, with looming hangings likely in the coming weeks.
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Bennetteville
Meiers, Smith and Hyatt
Columbia
Adama
Ned Mack
Manning
Sam Marks
Darlington
Bob Jenkins
White
Parr
Rochester
Small
Southern Cotton Association statement on fertilizer use and acreage
President Smith releases a report from the South Carolina branch arguing fertilizer use is down and acreage is being reduced. He cites Stackhouse at Clemson, surveys across Piedmont and Pee Dee, and notes declines in guano purchases, cotton seed meal sales, and farmer commitments to curtail fertilizer. The message emphasizes unity, transparency, and a move toward South's long term prosperity.
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HM Stacks House
Clemson Agricultural College
Clemson College
Hoa ED Smith
Piedmont
Pee Dee
Dillon
South Carolina
Lexus
Jordan
Texas 8
New Orleans
Mississippi
Clark
Jobn Sharp Williams
Vardaman
John Allen
Louisiana
Alabama
Bob Poole
Seymore
Bamburg
Southern Cotton Association
South
Negro Assassinated in Orangeburg Border City
Jeff Donaldson a young negro brick mason was shot and killed at his home on the outskirts of Orangeburg on Saturday night He had worked earlier in the week at North and planned to spend Sunday at home before returning to work Monday He was detained and then shot through the heart as he approached his front door The item also mentions a local patent remedy sold by Pantherburk Pharmacy.
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Orangeburg
Jeff Donaldson
Donaldson
North
Dart
Foley's Honey and Tar Cure For Croup And Coughs
An advertisement extols Foley's Honey and Tar as best for croup and whooping cough, claiming it contains no opiates and cures quickly. Mothers are urged to keep it at home, with sale noted by Funderburk.
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Suldy Funderburst Pharmacy
Foley
Funderburk Pharmacy
Chastity Versus Voracity in Gendered Virtues
A concise aphorism compares chastity as a female virtue to voracity as a male trait, highlighting gendered expectations of restraint and appetite in moral character. The statement frames virtue and appetite as mirror traits across genders.
Notice to the Public from Coroner J. Montgomery Caskey
Coroner J Montgomery Caskey announces all inquests will be held in the county and asks the public to phone his Pleasant Hill residence when needed. The notice specifies his optometrist status and provides contact details for inquiries.
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Pleasant Hill
J. Montgomery Caskey
L C
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Mr McLaurin
Batesville
Ark
John Dow
Sulphur Rock
Don
Alert
Columbia State
Charleston News and Courier
News and Courier Ware House
Chester
S. C
Pardy
Oconee
Aaron Willians
Kershaw
Fletcher Bird
Talmer Criswell
Marion Parr, White
Smith
Southern Colton Association
E D Smith
Mangnolia
Columbian
Boards of Trade
Chambers of Commerce
Bhut
Nowepapore
Steck
HM Stackhouse
Ange
Olaf
Thig Rentlewan
Hue Wan
Ashe
Woley
Panther— Burk Pharmacy
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