Announcements for Congress from Fifth District candidates
Candidates announce bids for Congress and re election to the House of Representatives subject to Democratic primary rules. T W Williams and T W Hamel place their candidacies with emphasis on party primary results.
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Congress
Williams
House OF Representatives
House of Representiven
Democratic Party
W. Hamel
Gregory-Ferguson Company
Geo W Jones
John P Hunter seeks reelection as sheriff
The article announces John P Hunter as a candidate for reelection to the sheriff’s office pending Democratic primary approval. It praises his past record, loyalty, and willingness to perform duty with kindness and discretion, portraying him as thoroughly fitted for the position.
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John P. Hunter
Shariff
Hunter
Jobo P. Hunter
L M Cly Burn Announces Candidacy for Clerk of Court
The friends of L M Cly Burn announce him as a candidate for Clerk of Court. He pledges to abide the Democratic primary result. Having served an unexpired term of the late Porter, he declares himself a candidate for the office under Democratic rules.
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L. M. Clyburn
Teva
Porter
Conanpouno
Rs Po Offica
Ey F. Gregory
Parceli
Lancaster County Democratic primary candidates announce runs
A collection of notices from Lancaster County officials announcing re election or new candidacies for County Superintendent of Education Auditor Treasurer and related offices. Names include A C Rowell Horton Wylie Porter and others pledging to abide by primary results.
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Lancaster County
Horton
Gardner Announces Candidacy for County Supervisor
With thanks for past favors and at friends’ urging, Mr Gardner announces his bid for re election to the office of County Supervisor subject to the rules of the party and the voters.
CASKey Declares Candidacy for Lancaster County Magistrate
H pabises to the result of the primary election as candidate W P Caskey announces bid for the office of Magistrate in Lancaster County.
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Lancaster
Reported Capture Of Russian Fort Near Port Arthur
A junk carrying eight Russians and 50 Chinese arrived at Chofu on July 10. Chinese say on July 11 and 12 Japanese captured and occupied a fort near Port Arthur with 4,000 men, but Russians detonated mines trapping and killing the Japanese garrison. Russians allegedly sank a merchant ship near Port Arthur, mistaking it for a Japanese transport. crew and some Chinese aboard were rescued. The vessel may be the Hissang, overdue from New Chwang, believed lost by local agents.
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Port Arthur
Forte
New Chwhnog
Two Bottles Cure Kidney Complaint Says Observer
A letter from A H Davis of Mt Sterling Ind claims two bottles of Foley s Kidney Cure permanently cured a two year kidney ailment. The ad note appears in a Greensboro special.
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A. H. Davis
Mt. Sterling
Foley
Funderburk Pharmacy
Narrow Escape of Chaingang in Chester County
Prominent farmer John McDaniel of Chester County lost two fine mules to lightning on Saturday. The Chester chaingang of eight convicts was nearby, sheltering in a house just feet from the door when the mules were struck and killed. The convicts were slightly shocked and badly frightened.
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John McDaniel
Chester County
Chester
Rock Hill
Mrs Minerva Smith Credits Foley’s Honey and Tar Cure
A Danville resident Mrs Minerva Smith states she suffered bronchitis for twenty years before using Foley’s Honey and Tar, which she calls a sure cure. The product is sold by Fanderburk Pharmacy and promoted in this excerpt.
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Minerva Smith
Danville, Sr
Foley
Fanderburk Pharmacy
Two Questions for Candidates on Legislature to Diveuas
Letter to the News and Courier urges candidates to address biennial sessions and the price bill. It recounts Senator Brice’s price bill as a lever to keep dispensaries, the tax penalty for counties choosing removal, and argues counties should decide liquor policy locally or statewide while cautioning that prohibition requires public opposition and stopping purchases.
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News and Courier
August Kohn
Enquirer Hau
Kohn
General Assembly
House
Senate
Brice
York County
Saluda
Yorkville Enquirer
No Pity Brown Cure Advertised in Alabama Shop Cards
A fragment mentions F A Guile Edge Verbo na Ala recounting a long chase by fate and a terrible case of Pilos with 24 tumors. It claims Buck Jon's Arica Salve cured him and touts its use for burns and aches. Sold for 25 cents at Crawford Bros Mackey Co and Funderbark Pharmacy.
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F. A. Guileedge
Verbona
Ala
Buck
Jon
Crawford Bros
J. 1
Mackey & Co
Funderbark Pharmacy
Lyon kills son in law in Hibler township clash
Thomas J. Lyon Hibler township magistrate and Ed Stevens clashed on Hard Labor creek. Lyon shot Stevens five times at Dornsville killing him. The confrontation ended with Stevens dead and Lyon in custody. Pickens reports also describe a fatal thunderstorm in Easley where Mrs. Hutson was killed and her infant survived.
Sight Restored by Accidental Bat Brim Hit
Abbeville July 20 Mr Norman S Caron a farmer in this county who has been nearly blind since childhood was briefly blinded when a bat brim struck his eye in a store. He regained sight soon after and could distinguish faces and objects he had never seen before. By afternoon his vision improved rapidly and he left town for home. Doctors had given him little hope prior to the accident.
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Observer
Greensboro
Jamestown
Red Brown
Pinckney Brown
Abbeville
Norman’s. Caron
Carson
Messra. P. Rosenberry & Co
Carjeon
Stown
Pickens Court Tries Two Murders Amid Lynch Threats
In Pickens on July 20 two murder cases dominated a tense session. Henry Jones, accused in the slaying of Constable Columbus T. Jones of Easly, faced a highly charged atmosphere with threats of lynching lingering since the night of the killing. State Constable C. L Cureton escorted the prisoner from Spartanburg to Liberty, where he was met by Constable P. P. McDaniel before transfer continued.
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Pickens
Pickens Court
Peckens
Spartanburg
C. L Cureton
Liberty
P. P. McDaniel
Prisoner Hanged After Sneaked Trial in Pickens
In Pickens a prisoner was covertly brought to the courthouse and tried before a small crowd. The jury found him guilty and he was sentenced to be hanged publicly on Friday August 26 between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Mike Duke was found guilty of manslaughter and faces two years in the penitentiary or the county chain gang.
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Pickens
Sheriffs Home
Mike Duke
Jack Cannon
Tirzah Encampment Pro Rock Hill July 27 28
Large crowds expected at the Tirzah encampment in Rock Hill with a two day program. Wednesday includes executive committee meeting at the Commercial club and speeches by Talbert Daniel Watson Keitt and James. Thursday features a parade with various groups, a public Good Roads meeting, memorial exercises at the cemetery, and races and amusements in the afternoon.
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Rock Hill
Tirzah
York County Good Roads Association
Commercial Club
W. J. Talbert
Parkeraville
D. W. Daniel
Clem—son
Er. J. Watson
Columbia
Dinoner
Joseph L. Keitt
Newberry
W. A. James
Bishopville
Tirzah Committee
Herndon
York County Good Roads
J. W
Edward Lowry
Yorkville
Frank Massey
S. J. Kimball
J. A. Farris
Ian Carrol
Alex Williford
Robt. Allison
Jack Kimbrell
James A. Barber
James Henry
J. B. Ashe
Samuel C. Byars
John H. Steele
Britain protests Russian seizure of Malacca in Red Sea
Sir Charles Hardinge, the British ambassador to Russia, presented a strong protest to the Russian government over the seizure in the Red Sea and detention of the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Malacca. The note denies the vessel carried munitions for Japan and asserts Britain’s reluctance to reopen the Dardanelles passage debate.
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St. Petersburg
Charles Hardinge
Russia
Red Sea
Malacca
Hongkong
Dardanelles
Great Britain
Abe
Teele Shoots Wife Then Kills Himself Near Roopville
Dick Teele, a Carroll county farmer, killed his wife near Graham Alabama and fled to Georgia. A pursuing posse found him near Roopville where he shot himself rather than surrender. The case ends with Teele dead and the wife killed in Alabama.
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Carrollton
Dick Teele
Carroll County
Graham
Ala
Teele
Georgia
Roopville
Foley's Honey and Tar Promoted as Lung Remedy
Vendors claim Foley's Honey and Tar cures consumption in early stages and relieves symptoms in worst cases. They advertise as the greatest lung remedy and urge avoiding substitutes. Sold by Fusterburk Pharmacy.
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Foley’s
Foley's
Fusterburk Pharmacy
Lightning Strike Destroys Barn in Berkely County
During a severe electric storm near Carn's Crossroads Berkely County about eight miles north of Summerville yesterday evening a barn on Magistrate Robert L. Croze's premises was struck and burned with contents. A mule owned by Mr. Droze and another belonging to Henry Dangerfield were instantly killed. Loss estimated around $200.
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Summerville
Carn’s Crossroads
Berkely
Robert L. Croze
Droze
Henry Dangerfield
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Harry Foster
C ©Ounty
A.C. Rowell
John A.cook
J Wylie Porter
Mod Taylor
I J Perry
M . Gardner
Auvisor
Caskey
Port Arshur
Chofuo
Diveuas
Columbia State
Thomas
Lyon
Easley
William Hutson
Mr. Hutson
Neogro
Henry Jones
Columbus T. Jones
Easly
Gramme
England
Japan
Berkeley
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