Funeral for N G Gonzales Draws Columbia to Trinity
The funeral of N. G. Gonzales, Columbia editor, drew a crowded crowd to Trinity Church amid bitter cold. Bishop Capers led the service with hymns and prayers as business houses and cotton mills along Main Street closed in tribute, and workers paused at 3:30 for the pall.
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Columbia
N. G. Gonzales
Old Trinity Ghiardh
Capers
Samuel M. Smith
Mr. Sutterlee
Bishop Capers
Episcopal Church
Trinity
Elmwood
Jesus
Main Street
Olympia
Columbia Mills
Granby
Richland
Capital City
Palmetto
Mexico
Bankers Missing in Jacksonville Bank Failure
Jacksonville Tex Jan 20 The bank of C N Flaeger and Co failed to open its doors with the three firm members said to have left the city A depositors meeting formed a committee to begin bankruptcy proceedings while assets and liabilities remain undetermined.
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Jacksonville
Tex
Bank of C. N. Flaeger & Co
Discovery promises longer life with new remedy claims
Editor O H Downey of Churubucco Indiana asserts Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption is the infallible cure for coughs colds and grip and can prevent pneumonia or consumption. He praises its instant relief and life extending effects available at J F Mackey's and Crawford Bros.
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O. H. Downey
Churubucco
Ind
Pope Elected Chief Justice of South Carolina
In a joint assembly on January 20, Hon. Y. J. Pope was elected Chief Justice to succeed the late Henry Mes Ibver. No opposition. Capt. D. J. Griffith chosen superintendent of the penitentiary to replace himself. A vacancy for associate justice opened with Pope’s election, with several candidates listed including J. L. Tribble and Stebo J. Simpson among others.
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Columbia
Y. J. Pope
Supreme Court of
South Carolina
Henry Mes Iver
D. J. Griffith
Justice Pope
J. L. ‘Tribble
Anderson
Stebo J. Simpson
Spartanburg
Jos. A. McCullough
Greenville
C. A. Woods
Marion
J. F. Izlat
Orangeburg
The Story of Connie Sims in Paris Morning News
The Paris Morning News reports on Connie Sims a Texas born child who died in 1896 of typhoid after being brought from Goodland Illinois Territory. Hospital records confirm Connie Sims born 1884 Groesbeck Texas admitted November 17 1896 died November 2 1896. The tale ties to William H Sims a checkered life and a sequence of marriages and remarriages involving Connie’s mother Austin Peyton and other relatives.
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Paris
Texas
H. Sims
Lancaster
News and Courier
al Bre
Connie Sims
Goodland
I. T
Akin
Groesbeck
IL. T
Brosius
Wm. H. Sims
Limestone County
Connie
Indian Territory
Sam Peyton
Austin Peyton
The Secret of Long Life Secret to Long Life
The article extols longevity through healthy organs and quick germ destruction. Electric Bitters are praised for regulating stomach liver and kidneys purifying blood and boosting appetite while addressing kidney troubles female complaints nervous disorders constipation dyspepsia and malaria. Priced 50 cents and sold by Crawford Bros and I B F Mackey & Co druggists.
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Crawford Bros
I BF. Mackey & Co
Cruggist
Has Made a Good Governor
Yorkville Enquirer praises M. B. McSweeney for his governorship noting his rise after Governor Ellerbe's death. The piece credits the people's good sense over politicians, commends his wisdom fairness and conservatism, and hopes the state keeps such a valuable citizen.
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M. B. McSweeney
Ellerbe
Tillman to Speak at Charleston Commencement
The dean and faculty of the South Carolina Medical College announce that Hon. B. R. Tillman will deliver the commencement address to the graduating class of 1903 in medicine and pharmacy at the Academy of Music on April 2, 1903.
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South Carolina Medical College
B. R. Tillman
Mrs N A Webster Cures Headache with New Life Pills
A Winnie Virginia reader reports relief from two years of sick headaches using Dr King s New Life Pills. The ad promotes headaches constipation and biliousness remedies at Crawford Bros and J F Mackey Co drug stores for 25 cents.
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N. A. Webster
Winnie
Dr. King
Crawford Bros
J. F. Mackey & Co
Killing in Branchville rocks town as inquest opens
Annie Evans, a colored woman, was shot to death in Rich ard Sweat's house in Branchville. A jury convened an inquest. Sweat was arrested after a day of investigation. The gun was found in the bed between mattresses, with conflicting tales from Sweat and his wife. The victim’s daughter offered another account, and angry crowds threatened lynching Sweat, who remained alive and to be taken to Orangeburg for trial.
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Branchville
Annie Evans
Richard Sweat
Sweat
Orangeburg
Death hits South Carolina State Fair leaders
The State reports the unexpected deaths of Col Thomas W Holloway of Pomaria and Major A H White of Rock Hill, both prominent figures in the South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical Society. Holloway served as president and White as president in earlier times, their losses shock Columbia as news arrives from Greenville and Rock Hill.
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Greenville
South Carolina
Thomas W. Holloway
Pomaria
Newberry County
South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical Society
Col. Holloway
Col
Yom Holloway
E AJ. AH. White
Rock Hill
Major A. H. White
State Agricultural and Mechanical Society of
Palmetto
Major White
Columbia
Ambrose Be Dead Gonzales Tribute in State Editorial
The State pays tribute to Ambrose Be Gonzales noting his knightly soul loyalty to state and his death in the line of duty. The editorial vows his work will continue through supporters who loved him and pledges renewed adherence to the principles he upheld.
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Mr. Gonzales
James A. Hoyt, Jr
Robert Lathan
BE. J. Watson
William Banks
F. C. Withers
M. ©. Wallace
G. J. Carmack
R. L. Cureton
E. A. Heller
A. P. Browne
Ambrose
Gonzales
Wilcox murder case verdict in North Carolina
After 24 hours the Hertford jury finds James E. Wilcox guilty of murder in the second degree in the Nell Cropsey case. He receives a 30 year penitentiary sentence and plans appeal to the supreme court. The trial hinged on circumstantial evidence with notes on premeditation and deliberation.
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Miss Cropsey
James E. Wilcox
Elizabeth City
N. C
Nell Cropsey
Wilcox
Grove's Taste Less Chill Tonic Ad Claims No Cure No Pay
An old ad promotes Grove's Taste Less Chill Tonic stating the formula is plain Trot and Quinine in a tasteless form. It proclaims no cure no pay and lists a price of 50 cents.
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Grove
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Pope
Old Board of Penitentiary Directors
Capt. Griffith
John G. Mobley
Fairfield
Yorkville Enquirer
Tillman
Charleston
State Fair Society
Maj
A. H. White
Beth
W. B. Councill
Dawson
Washington
Mississippi
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