12 Jan 1910
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Newspaper
Edgefield Advertiser
Location
Edgefield, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1910
Page
1
Governor urges fiscal prudence in 1910 address to General Assembly. He recommends extra mill tax, larger rural school funding, scholarship exam reform, and continued support for Confederate veterans and the Soldiers' Home. Discusses dispensary votes, rail commission authority, health, and salaries.
Fragmentary note from January 11 1910 signed by M Ansel as Governor urging lawmakers to enact laws that protect public welfare and future prosperity. Mention asks divine guidance for deliberations and references the God of nations and states.
First Assistant Postmaster General Charles P Gradfield reports that the fiscal year ending June 30 1909 saw postal service gross revenue reach 203 562 383 dollars up 12 083 720 or 6 32 percent from the prior year. There were 7 202 presidential post offices on July 1 1909 with 398 first class 1 707 second class and 5 097 third class. 60 144 post offices operated after 1 626 presidential and 9 161 fourth class postmaster appointments. The report urges amending the law to advance fourth class offices when receipts and wages justify. Nearly half of presidential offices are in leased quarters.
Special petitions addressed to President Taft circulate in Portland Maine asking for an absolute pardon for Charles W Morse. The petitions claim Morse did no intentional wrong and that his debts have been repaid. They state his jury was influenced by popular clamor and that Morse has already paid the penalty through imprisonment while awaiting the case outcome.
Zelaya addresses charges by President Mad riz of Nicaragua and denies irregularities in pardons. He presents telegrams he says come from American victims of Nicaragua's martial law to justify his stance and support his denial from last Saturday.
The report details sinking fund balances and losses including the dormitory fire at Orangeburg and insurance payout. It notes lease plans for the old State dispensary building, educational progress, a planned Supreme Court Building, and hospital and penitentiary matters. It covers commissions, philanthropy, and calls for expense provisions and officer reports.
In a post office basement struggle, Paul Sauls a 17 year old son of the night watchman shot and killed two safe blowers. The youth was lightly wounded. The two criminals were white men.
Officials in Mexico City warn that police have secret information indicating two Salvadorans and an American are in the city and awaiting a favorable opportunity to assassinate Jose Santos Zelaya.
From New York a speaker, Mr. Langley of Kentucky, warned the Panama Canal's cost could reach 500 million dollars. He argued the bill would amount to about five dollars for every man woman and child in the United States as the Isthmus project advances.
In Kittanning Pennsylvania Specifial surgeons operated on Norman Barnett, son of George Barnett, to remove an inflamed appendix. Just before the knife, the boy coughed and expelled a needle, which is thought to have cured his ailment, ending the operation.
An incident at Ballinger Texas involves a man who killed his family, with authorities from the special federal bureau investigating. Names and exact motives are unclear due to damaged text. Further details are unavailable in the readable fragment.
The list names Senate members by county with two year terms, led by Lieutenant Governor and president of the senate T. G. McLeod of Lee County and N. Graydon of Abbeville, followed by dozens of listed senators including G. W. Croft Aiken and J. H. Wharton Laurens among others, plus first entries for Abbeville in the House of Representatives with P. B. Carwile M. J. Ashley and J. Abbeville.
A compilation of voters and residence locations across South Carolina counties includes many names associated with Orangeburg Bamberg Sumter Spartanburg Pickens Richland Union Williamsburg York and Rock Hill areas. The list names individuals like Jno Bowman A J Hydrick W J Gibson J P Carey W G Mauldin and J Porter Hollis among others with town and county allocations.
The National Ginners' Association monthly report shows 9,621,000 bales ginned this season up to January 1, nearly 3,000,000 bales less than the previous year at the same point. It estimates 159,000 bales remain to be ginned. State-by-state figures follow.
In Americus Georgia a pair of local residents found forty thousand dollars in notes and valuable securities tied to the Bank of Ellaville, owned and controlled by the Bank of Southwestern, according to a special report.
General Pedro Andreas Fornos Diaz, en route to Managua to seek peace with President Madriz, drowned near Greytown when his canoe overturned after a massive wave. The incident removes from Nicaragua a fearless spirit whose intrepidity was boundless.
Former George Washington University professor Karl Hall, serving life for his mother in law's murder in 1906, made a vain escape attempt at the Tirowthau prison in Stuttgart, Germany, disrupted by a warden's dog.
Assolate Overton Price and assistant Alexascer C Shaw, associates in the firm berese, were connected to government employment. The record notes $2,000,008 spent during the war era.
Columbia special reports the State treasurer office states finances are in excellent condition. Notes totaling 100000 have been paid in interest on the state debt. Tax receipts to date from county treasurers amount to 378771.35, with 500000 borrowed for current expenses, within the legal limit.
A successful meeting in its history closed Saturday as W. Daniel of Clemson College was elected president, succeeding W. K. Tate, principal of the Memminger Normal. The State Teachers' Association and its affiliated body completed its sessions after a productive term.
The South Carolina Good Roads association plans a January 18 meeting in Columbia with officers elected last year entering their second year. A letter from president F. H. Hyatt urged county supervisors to attend and delegates from each county be appointed. A successful meeting is anticipated. The state reports high school construction and spending on common schools, with 14 new schools and 96 state high schools noted.
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