South Carolina Pig Swill Politics Stirs Heat at Senator Race
A fragmentary report in Greenville News and The News and Courier describes a caricature political cartoon showing pigs at a trough labeled various candidates. The piece mocks the South Carolina Senate race crowding to grab influence, naming Wilson and Hemphill as targets while other editors push their own reforms.
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Tee Glennile News
Sanilay
Ues
South Carolina
GC & David
Towell
Wilson
Lati
Polmistone
News and Courier
Wes
Les
Toman
Tillman linked to Clemson contract for dormitory
A Luck newspaper letter accuses Senator Tillman of favoring a black contractor, claiming a July 1901 Clemson College dormitory contract was awarded to a negro overseer with white officials present. The writer urges inquiry at Clemson to prove the claim and challenge Tillman’s integrity.
Colonel Neal Pardened and Penitentiary Foregoes Appeal
Col Neal, former state penitentiary superintendent, who pled guilty to misappropriating funds, was 87000 short in 1808 but fully repaid by bondsmen. He abandoned his appeal to the Supreme Court and was never actually imprisoned, per the Charlotte Observer.
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Colimbia
Cioverner McSweeney
Cure Cold In Mead Kermott's Chocolates Quinine
An early 19th century advertisement touts Kermott's Chocolates as a remedy to cure cold and head congestion, claiming quick relief from cold symptoms with quinine infused lozenges. The copy emphasizes rapid action and flavorful way to ease discomfort.
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Kermott's
Shot Follows Whiskey Distillery Skirmish in Landrom
Special to The State Spartasburg Aug. 2% W D Freeman shot and killed Hollard Durham in the cistern room of M C Durham's government distillery at Landrom. Durham, a half brother of M C Durham, approached with a knife when Freeman tried to seize a vial. Freeman fired with a 38 caliber pistol, the ball striking Durham's neck and killing him. Freeman surrendered to the county jail the same evening. Neither man was married.
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Spartasburg
W D. Freeman
Holland Durham
M. C. Durham
Landrom
Hollard Durham
Freeman
Hoe
Durham
Schley Counsel Convene In Preliminary Talks
Special to the Baltimore American reports Admiral Schley and his counsel met at the Sherrsham Hotel with Judge Jere M. Wilson Attorney General Rayner and Captain Parker. They reviewed the case history from Key West to the battle and planned further meetings next week while Rayner drafts the brief. A rumor of moving the court of inquiry to Newport was deemed unfounded. A separate late item notes George Gordon killed his wife near Raymond Mississippi with an axe chopping the body beyond recognition and absconding as investigators pursue.
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Admiral Schley
Shersham Hotel
Jere M. Wilson
Rayner
Parker
Key West
Judge Wilson
Rayer
Capon Springs
Washington
Mr. Rayner
Newport
Secretary Long
Weks
Colored Bishops at a Hotel in London
Afro American delegates to the International Ecumenical Quest are arriving for a meeting at Wesley’s chapel, City Road, Linden, next month. An American hotel guest group demanded separate quarters for the African delegates, prompting the proprietor to refuse and some Americans to consider leaving. He defended the decision by honoring bishops from New York Philadelphia Atlanta and an Atlantic bishop, noting no distinction when Indian princes stayed.
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London
International Ecumenical Yuest
Associated Press
Bishop Berrick
New York
Janmer
Philadelphia
Gaines
Atlanta
Bishop Arnott
Americana
Cable
Mysterious Catastrophe at Blacksburg rocks Cherokee Falls
A deadly explosion in a Cherokee Falls rock quarry killed Ed Walker Bad Lipscom and King Lindsau all Black workers employed by Cherokee Falls Manufacturing. Coroner and jury called the incident unknown in cause with no bodies buried. Also notes Joseph Wheeler Jr being commissioned as captain and announces mountain excursion rail fares from Camden to Blackburg and Shelly with return options and hotel info.
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Gaffney
Cherokee Falls
Ed. Walker
Bad Lipscom
King Lindsau
Mr Fortune
Vincent
DLA. T
Tillman and party loyalties cited in state editorials
A Sumter uproar followed the arrest of Wm. Ivey, editor of The Freeman, in Elberton for illicit liquor sales. The letter to editor recounts Tillman quotes criticizing loyalty to the Democratic Party, citing past state meetings and speeches from 1894 to 1896. Circuit Judge O. W. Buchanan posted cash bail for Ivey amid ongoing political controversy.
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Sumter
Wm. ©. Ivey
The
Freeman
Elberton
Garvey
Therton
Georgia
McLaurin
O. W. Buchanan
Ivey
Congress
One Day Cord Cure Found In Rasroowa Choce Nine
In a scarce readable fragment a claim is noted about a cure or remedy for a cord issue. Names and full context are obscured, but reference to Rasroowa or a similar place appears, and a key figure is mentioned in connection with a choice or decision. The text is incomplete and uncertain.
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Sagebeade
Ares the
Rasroowa
Local healer claims Bucklen’s Arnica for sores
Mrs Naot Gnleger of La Gu reports Bucklen’s Arnica Salve quickly heals severe sores on her head and face. The Crawford Bros and Mackey & Co endorse it for sores cuts burns and skin eruptions with a 280 cure guaranteed.
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Tos. Vv HK
Naot Gnleger
la Gu
Bucklen
Crawford Bros
Mackey & Co
Lancaster Graded School to Open September 16 1901
The Lancaster Graded School will open on September 16 1901 with pupils not buying text books until lists are provided by teachers. Out of district pupils face monthly fees including Priory Games 1.00 Termites 8.50 High School 2.00. Freshmen may enter state colleges without examination. Teachers meet September 18 at 10 oclock a.m. BF Miller Chairman, Chas T Conpers Sec and Treas. August 1901.
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Lancaster
Manco
Priory
Trespass Notice at Kibler Estate in Lancaster County
A. Kibler deceased estate near Dry Creek known as the shellwar place or Kibler place two miles south of town adjoins Welsh Mill tract warns all persons not to trespass by cutting or hauling firewood or timber. Law will be enforced. tenants may cut for home use. Oil L. Fitzpatrick, Agent. July 28, 191?
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A. Kibler
Lancaster County
Dry Creek
Fitzpatrick
Local Notices from Monroe and Lancaster County
Local items mention visits by Misa Eva Shute of Monroe and Miss Pearl Johnson of Ridgeway to relatives, births, deaths, and marriages, plus property value gains in Georgia. A protracted meeting at Zion Methodist church, a tombstone commission for Mrs. Susanna Harria, and election talk for J M Hough, Esq. Also notes on Attorney General Miller’s Charleston exposition drive, and letters advertised for the week ending August 24, 1901.
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Progres
Ziom Methodist Church
Mart T. Steele
North Carolina
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Monroe, N. C
Miva Cornelia Elliott
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Misa Lou Mackey
Heath Springs
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J. M. Riddle
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Cheaterfield County
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