Indicts a dispenser for failing to use the request book
The Clarendon County grand jury presented a dispenser for failure to use the legal request books for intoxicating liquors. The state board of directors supports action, and the case against N. B. Matthews may proceed as county officials review the law’s strict requirements and age verification rules.
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Columbia Record
Clarendon County
Foilnge
Grand Jury
Stile Board of Directors
Columbia
Charlesston
Fines From J H Simmons Of Casey Indiana
A damaged remark touts Dr King s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds and claims it cured a fearful cough that troubled a night’s rest with promises of instant relief and permanent cure for throat and lung diseases offered by Crawford Bros J F Mackey Co and Funderburk Pharmacy with price 50 cents and 1.00 and a free trial bottle listed.
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J. H. Simmons
Casey
Funderburk Pharmacy
Negro preachers in pension fraud tied to Chesterfield case
In Charleston the United States district court pressed pension fraud prosecutions against African American preachers. Rev EJ Williams of Chesterfield was sentenced to prison term in Atlanta while Rev William J Shepherd of Beaufort faces trial next term. Rev Thompson pled guilty and received prison time. Rev Wallin pleaded not guilty yet earned six months in Maclborn jail. The pension scheme involved Robert and Nera Melua lan with multiple claims. Also reported is a fatal sawmill accident near Lochielock where Ruby Gill, a Dickson Timber worker, lost both legs and died in hospital.
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Charleston
United States District Court
EJ. Willamis
Chesterield County
United States
Atlanta
William JF. Shepherd
Beaufort
Thompson
Wallin
Sun
Maclborn
Robert McFarlin
Bind
Rev
Cash
Cheaterfield County
Binine
Sam
Robert
Nera Melua ‘Lan
Jay
Ruby
Som Gill
Dickson Timber Company
Lo'elock
New Cure for Cancer Claims Arnica Salve Heals
An 1900s advertisement proclaims Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures all surface cancers including a lip cancer from Duffield Virginia. It touts guaranteed care for cuts and burns and lists price 25 cents at Crawford Bros J Mackey Co and Funderbark Pharmacy. The ad sits alongside assorted quotes on education and gender.
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Bucklen
Jas Walters
Duffield
Crawford Bros
J Mackey & Co’s
Funderbark Pharmacy
Killing on excursion train over a woman sparks fatal quarrel
Greenville June 10. Frank Duncan was shot and killed yesterday afternoon by his stepson, Moot Dun can, on an excursion train returning from Savannah near Yemassee in Mampton county. The fight over a negro woman named Mattie Booker, said to be both men’s sweetheart, led to the fatal wound.
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Greenville
Frank Duncan
Duncan
Savannah
Yemassee
Mampton County
Mattie Booker
Fatal fight on Augusta Aiken car leaves one dead
A small race riot broke out on the Augusta and Aiken car in Augusta, Georgia. One White man, Peter Renew of Langley, South Carolina, is dead, with two white men and two Negroes wounded. Wounded include Conductor Kishburn, Mack Boyd, Will Willis, and Charley Willis. All drank alcohol before the shooting.
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Augusta
Augusta and Aiken
Peter Renew
Langley
S.C
Conductor Kishburn
Mack Boyd
Will
Charley Willis
Don’t Borrow Trouble Advertising Bluster
Raspy copy warns against borrowing trouble while exaggerating cures for ailments like biliousness Brights disease and internal murders. It touts Bleee tele Fitters and claims relief from symptoms, urging purchase at Cigws ford Bros F Mackay Co and Kunderbork Pharmacy with 50c price and guaranteed.
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Wien
Cigwsford Bros F. Mackay & Co
Kunderbork Pharmacy
State Department Opposes Agitation Over China Boycott
Washington dispatch reports the State Department urged restraint on calls for a boycott of American cotton goods by China. Acting Secretary Loomis said further agitation would be unwise as talks with Chinese officials continue and a Cotton Mill Presidents conference is planned. Loomis predicted China will avoid retaliation and that exclusion laws will guide U.S. policy. The piece notes broader views on Chinese and Japanese immigration and potential farm labor roles in the South, with politics likely to shape outcomes.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
South
China
Loomis
Chentung Liang Cheng
United States
Pacific
Price
Far East
Macine
Congress
Voley's Kidney Cure Sold By Fiedler Burk Pharmacy
A historic note reports Voley's Kidney Cure unit marketed for kidneys and bladder. Dany delay taking. Sold by Fiedler Burk Pharmacy.
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Voley
Dany
Fiedler Burk Pharmacy
Forty Outlaws Dead in Philippine Battle Report
Washington received a cable from General Corlin in Manila stating that Captain Gromwell Stacey with eighty men of Company K and 85th Company Philippine Scouts surprised the main Palajanes camp fifteen miles southeast of Catubija Daguhob. Forty Palajanes were killed and six captured. two Americans wounded, both doing well. Daguhob’s death ends the most troublesome fanatic on Samar. Operations continue in support of civil authorities.
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Washington
Dane Li
Corlin
Manila
Way IL
Carter
Gromwell Stacey
Philip
Dune 4
Catubiy
Daguhob
Planatoge Rich Promised Relief From Indigestion
Planatoge Rich advertised by Jt Mackey & Co and Fonderbark Pharmacy promises Dr King s New Life Pills to purge “clogging” materials from enorsies and ease dyspepsia and constipation. The firm claims pills start Crres heal febes and dizziness after purchase for 25 cents.
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Braco
Dr King
Crawford Brow
Jt Mackey & Co
Fonderbark
The Munky Apology and the London Clerk's Fall
A chaotic tale recounts a London clerk whose supposed apology culture falters after a confidential letter and a tense workplace. The incident erodes trust with his employer, leading to resignation, a later money dispute, and a career decline culminating in a firm split and reduced profits.
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London
Navin Minaid
Erbiga
Amerphant
Fragmented Crime and Health Notes from Foley's Ad
Fragmented OCR shows a garbled item mentioning Creumonin being robbed, car ads in Foley's Honey, and a cough remedy that supposedly stops pneumonia. It references Powderburk Pharmacy and cautions about substitutes, barking dogs, and moralizing lines about youth and hobbies, with unclear context and misreads.
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Foley
Powderburk Pharnivcy
Unclear text snippet from historic ledger clipping
Fragmentary OCR from a Ledger and a Southern Cultivator page mentions a tele phone reference and cases or strikes. The readable parts name three publications and reference payment or lead time, but essential facts are unclear.
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Chesterfield
Samuel Bob Thompson
Rey
Buth Williams Wall
Columbia State
Augusta-Aiken
Darlington
Harry Pinckney
Black Creek
Benison’s Bridge
Sumter
Martsville
Srial
Greenvilleens
Walt TH
Philippines
Munky
Creumonin
Carrors
Pnet
Murray
Tron
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