Pitiable tale looms in Langford murder case at Brunson
Wisconsin correspondent reports on the Langford killing near Brunson and the implicated Mary Harris the young white girl jailed in Columbia as accessory after the fact. The coroner jury blamed Richard Williams with support from Ed Rouse and Jake Brown while Mary Harris faces no charge. The narrative portrays a hungry poverty struck family and a vulnerable girl drawn into crime amid a harsh environment and limited guidance.
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J. R. Langford
Mary Harris
Columbia
Langford
Richard Williams
Godd
Ed Rouse
Jake Brown
Lanzford
Bopeep
Hmits
Harris
Mary
Mr. Langford
Ed. Rouse
Williams
New Fairfax Road
Willams
Rouse
Mir. Laneford
Corn Show Praised By W W Finley On Southern Agriculture
W W Finley president of the Southern railway writes to E J Watson praising the South Atlantic Corn exposition as a key advance in Southern agriculture. He urges continued cotton progress while promoting diversified farming, seed selection, soil fertility and crop rotation. He also notes collaboration with Mr Williams and growers like Mr Keenan and Mr Coker.
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W. W. Finley
Southern Railway
Columbia
E. J. Watson
State Department of Agriculture, Commerce and Industries
Mr. Watson
South
Williams
Keenan
Coker
Storm Overwhelms Mekpo Fishing Fleet Wars Ended
A November storm struck Mekpo Korea area sinking seven Japanese and sixty two Korean vessels with 639 aboard. Only two Japanese and thirty seven Koreans survived while the rest were lost.
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Mekpo
Korea
Population shifts dominate United States census figures
The 1910 census places US population at about 101.1 million including territories. growth 21 percent since 1900 shows varied regional gains. New York tops lists at 9.11 million with notable increases in Florida and Maryland. representation in Congress may rise beyond 392 seats.
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Boy Rescued From New York Kidnappers by Police
Giusseppi Longo eight years old was found in a East Side tenement room after a child helper overheard cries from behind a door. Police opened the door and freed him while arresting two guards and five Italians including a woman. His father is a Brooklyn businessman who had received ransom demands of 10 000 and 15 000.
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Roy Tuten
Mary
Brunson
Bob Harris
Mary Harris
Mr. Tuten
Jak Brown
Columbia
Iampton
Sherif
Chicago
Giusseppi Longo
New York
Glasgepp
Glusseppi
Asl
Giusseppi
Brooklyn
Longo
Wanted To See His Baby Drives Bank Thief Back To New York
Walter A hall a 24 year old bank teller who fled New York last July and wandered in Canada surrendered Friday and confessed stealing 44600 from the Herald Square Greenwich bank. He said longing to see his baby brought him back. He remitted 500 to his wife and later 1000, which she claims she never received. He surrendered 15000 claimed as his last funds and was remanded for sentence.
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New York
Herald Square
Greenwich Bank
Hall
Canada
Herald
Deadly rat bite leaves medical student near death
Thomas W. Blackshear a first year medical student at Atlanta lies at death in a local hospital after a black rat bit him in the center of the forehead while asleep. He and his roommate killed the rodent and doctors report a hole as large as a dollar where poisoned flesh was removed.
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Thomas W. Blackshear
Atlanta
Blackshear
Conductor Shoots Man After Alleged Insult
Conductor J B Stevens of the Southern railway fired on Henry Scott a Black man after a housekeeper accused him of insult. Stevens held Scott in his Macon Atlanta route house and shot him as he allegedly attacked the woman. Scott died from the wounds.
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J. B. Stevens
Atlanta
Macon
Southern Railway
Henry Scott
Capt. Stevens
Col Andrews of Southern Railway Praised for Lifelong Service
Colonel A B Andrews first vice president of the Southern Railway, long active in railroading since a teenage years on the Blue Ridge stone trains, served in the Hampton Cavalry during the Civil War, rebuilt bridges after the war, and guided Southern through mergers and expansion. He worked beside Samuel Spencer and later supported President Finley, enduring war injuries and continued heavy workload.
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Metropolitan Club
Columbia
Col. A. B. Andrews
Southern Railway System
Sam H. Hardwick
Col. Andrews
Blue Ridge
Belton
Walhalla
Anderson
Andrews
Ser
1St
North Carolina Cavalry
Hampton Cavalry
Wade Hampton
Hampton
North Carolina
Gen. Hampton
Raleigh and Gaston
Raleigh and Gaston Road
Richmond and
Danville
Col. Johnson
Charlotte and Augusta
Great Southern Railway
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway
Spencer
W. W. Finley
Col. B. L. Abney
Shooting near Hartsville ends in death of E D Boseman
In Hartsville area a 65 year old farmer E D Boseman was shot dead by 22 year old Coy Blackman after a quarrel over a pistol at Cicero Byrd's house on a plantation west of Hartsville. Boseman’s son Otto, 72, was seriously wounded in the yard as Blackman fled. An inquest was held and prognosis remains uncertain for Otto.
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Hartsville
E. D. Boseman
Frumer
Otto Boseman
Coy Blackman
Blackman
Cicero Byrd
W. Byrd
Fred
Boseiman
Bosemen
Otto Bosemannan
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Alder Boseman
Buffalo Engineer Found Dead in Spartanburg Hotel
Mr. Stinson a Buffalo New York telephone engineer recently hired by the Spartanburg chamber of commerce to appraise the Southern Bell plant was found dead in bed at the Hotel Finch. Dr Defoix Wilson said death due to alcoholism. John Wood chamber secretary will take the body to Buffalo tomorrow. plans on the telephone matter are paused.
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John Wood
Chamber of Commerce
Buffalo
Stinson
Talks War in Japan Nippon urges looming US threat
The Tokio Nippon calls Japan to prepare for war with the United States. It questions US aims behind funding a vast Pacific fleet, a large Pacific army, a major canal depot and naval stations in Hawaii, and fortifications in the Philippines, Hawaii, and Panama.
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Unite States
Tokio Nippon
The
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United States
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Hawaii
Philippines
Panama
Augusta Observes Jonathan Miller’s 100th Birthday
Augusta celebrated the hundredth birthday of Jonathan Miller, father-in-law of State Treasurer Pope Brown, with a 100 gun salute and a Friday reception at the home of Hon Henry Hammond, judge of the superior court circuit. He remains in good health despite some vision loss.
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Augusta
Jonathan Miller
Pope Brown
Henry Hammond
Superior Court
Preacher suspended by South Carolina Methodist Conference
At the Charleston meeting the committee found Rev. R. H. Mills of Rock Hill met the specifications of the inquiry into domestic affairs. The panel's recommendation to suspend Mills for two periods of one year each was adopted unanimously.
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South Carolina
the Methodist Church
Charleston
R. H. Mills
Rock Hill
Mills
Deportations Accelerated Over Hook-Worm Carrier Case
Eleven hundred passengers aboard the steamer Manchuria are to be sent back to their homes after arriving in San Francisco. Immigration officials say a medical inspector ordered the deportations due to hook-worm disease among the Hindu arrivals, intensifying removals of recent immigrants.
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San Francisco
Manchuria
Industrial Future Foreseen by Col Andrews
Col Andrews surveyed the system and declared South Carolina had not yet witnessed the dawn of a grand industrial future, expressing strong belief in the prophecy. August Kohn.
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Col. Andrews
South Carolina
August Kohn
Rio Janeiro Mutiny Suppressed After Bombardment
Despatches report the Cobra Island garrison back under government control after a heavy bombardment that involved two land batteries two warships and several destroyers. About 600 mutineers faced 200 casualties or captures while 200 citizens were killed or wounded. Government buildings suffered damage and a temporary armistice allowed removal of dead and wounded. The Rio Grande do Sul fired the first shot and censorship is in force as deputies consider a special session.
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Cobraxland
Marine Corps
Jel
Treasury
Effie
S Ind
Chamber of Deputies
Bob Sion
Civy
Rio Grande Do Sul
Mople
Bedouins Massacre Turkish Garrison at Kerak
Telegraph from Jerusalem reports Bedouins massacre the Turkish garrison in Kerak in the Syrian vilayet. More than 100 Christians killed in revenge for a Bedouin chief’s execution. Bedouins now hold the fortress as fighting continues nearby between tribes and government troops.
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Kerak
Damascus
Mecca
Moab
British
Church Missionary Society For
Africa and the East
Es-Salt
Carriage Car Crash Claims Carpenter in Columbia
JW D Schrogginger a carpenter from Anderson was run over by an Olympia street car on the dark track behind Harpers row north of the fair grounds in Columbia Saturday night. He died at Columbia Hospital at 11 30. His legs were severed in the impact and he died from the injuries.
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JW. D. Schrogginger
Anderson
Olympia
Harper's Row
Fairgrounds
Columbia
Taft to Appoint White Chief Justice of Supreme Court
President Taft plans to name Edward Douglas White as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Reportedly Judge Lamar of Augusta Georgia, a Democrat, will receive a position as Associate Justice, expanding the Court’s ranks.
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Edward Douglas White
United States Supreme Court
Taft
Lamar
Augusta
Charley Sundall Dies After Leap Into Hot Metal Cupola
In Barnesville Ohio Charley Sundall a molder helper leaped into a cupola of white hot metal during a work incident His flesh was entirely consumed and only the bones were recovered at the scene Authorities reported the fatal accident involved about fifty workers and occurred at a local foundry warning of extreme danger in early industrial work places
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Barnesville
Ohio
Charley Sundall
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