Emancipation Day in Beaufort Features Miller Speech and Parades
Emancipation Day celebrations in Beaufort included a veterans parade with colored militia, exercises at the schoolhouse, and a speech by Professor Thomas E Miller of Claflin University. Gen Smalls sent congratulations while Rev Watson presided and Edward Mayers read the proclamation. Miller’s remarks urged race cooperation and referenced disfranchisement concerns amid postwar politics.
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Beaufe
Joseph Davis
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Edward Mayers
PP Watson
Smalls
Rufus Saxon
Watson
Crator
Prost
Thomas E Miller
Claflin University
Negro Educator Defends Racial Integrity in South
In Birmingham, William Connell, professor at the Bessemer Normal and Agricultural College, argues that preserving racial identity is essential for Negro progress. He warns that social line tightening is needed to protect both races, asserting white Southern women preserve racial integrity and that lax social boundaries threaten the Negro's future. There are no further developments in the Kingetree dispensary robbery and The Spartanburg Journal acquires The Free Lance to publish weekly.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jand —Wm
Bessemer Emancipation
Celes Collag
Deaton
Bat Polo
Kingetree
Lynchers Hanged and Shot Prisoner Near Birmingham
A mob of about 100 men abducted a jailed Black man in Childersburg, towed him four miles from town, forced him onto a fence, and hanged him while gunfire emptied into the body. The mob dispersed and no clues to identities remain. Municipal officials were unable to stop the attack.
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Birmingham
Ala
Age-Herald
Louis Metro
JM Ray
Wilsonville
Adams
Childersburg
Brave Men Fall From Internal Ailments
Victims described suffer stomach liver and kidney troubles along with general fatigue loss of appetite and backache. A testimonial from J W Gardner of Idaville promotes Electric Bitters as reviving strength and appetite, claiming renewed life and health. Cost 50 cents at Crawford Bros Drug Store with guaranteed bottles.
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J W Gardner
Idaville
Andie
Crawford Bros Drug Store
De King's New Discovery Gives Free Trial Bottles
Propietors of De King's New Discovery claim to have given away over ten million trial bottles to help the needy. They assert the remedy cures asthma bronchitis hoarseness and diseases of the throat chest and lungs and offer Crawford Bros Druggists free trials with a guarantee or refund for regular sizes 50 cents and one dollar.
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de King
Crawford Bros
O'Dell Inaugurated Governor Of New York
Benj O'Dell was today inaugurated governor of New York in a grand ceremony noted for its large turnout and military display. In his inaugural address he urged taxation to be eased for those in need while those benefiting from state protection and business success should contribute more. The speech called for safeguarding individual rights and welcoming all whose energy will bolster the Empire State's commercial supremacy.
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Senate
Committee
Philippines
Seoator Melatorin
Spain
Albany
Benj O'Dell
New York
Gov O'Dell
Gov. O'Dell
Woking Wide Open with New Life Pills Sold locally
An advertisement touts Dr. King’s New Life Pills as the busiest little health booster. Each sugar coated globule promises to convert weakness into strength and energy into alertness. Boxes sell for 25 cents through Crawford.
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Dr. King
Crawford
English Forces Net Early War Wins in London Report
Lord Kitchener reports General Knox has captured DeWet’s horses five wagons and 6000 rounds of ammunition. Gen Franch secures twelve prisoners and a large quantity of arms and cattle. South Carolina railroad construction in 1900 totals 203.8 miles.
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Knox
DeWet
Franch
South Carolina
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