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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1910
Page
1
Walton D. C. reports a tense filibuster as insurgents gain ground against Cannon. Giants on both sides stay in a stalemate with no recess in sight. Indications at night suggest insurgents may join with Democrats to unseat Cannon, possibly elevating Champ Clark to speaker. Rules committee reshuffles occur without clear outcomes.
Moody South Carolina March 17 1910 Raitor Daily reports on a farmer named J W Powell praised for independence through crops like corn peas potatoes and meat storage while noting a grain planter and cotton planter contrasts. A separate item notes Mr Butler Davis injuries from a fall and seven cars of fertilizers unloaded locally.
State pension board meets March 22 in the Capitol to pass on county board returns. Members include Comptroller Adolph W. Jones and Dr. William Weston. Veterans pension lists show no shrinkage despite many deaths. Plans advance for a Lutheran seminary near College Place to open for fall term.
The naval committee demands proofs that Peary reached the north pole before recommending any reward. The sub committee's near unanimous vote supports a cautious stance. Friends of Peary defend the credit due but acknowledge prior rivals and call for solid evidence before Congress and the public grant full glory.
A per curiam decision from the Supreme Court holds that in a Spartanburg assault and battery case A. S. Kimbrell's $127.60 judgment may be enforced by confinement, not as debt imprisonment but as a criminal-like fine. The sheriff’s nulla bona return led to Berry’s jailing, reversed on appeal. State council of the Improved Order of Red Men meets April 1–13 in Columbia with 500 visitors. Governor Ansel and Mayor Reamer to greet delegates. Daughters of Pachontas hold meetings. convention ends with a banquet on the 13th.
Joseph Hyde Pratt serves as a leader figure for the Southern Appalachian group or initiative named Good. The note highlights his role and the organization’s regional focus in Appalachia.
Governor Ansel asks the firm that furnished a $5,000 silver service for the battleship South Carolina to send the piece to Columbia for display at the Statehouse before the presentation ceremony. The jewelers propose keeping it in Greenville for two weeks before sending it to New York and then Charleston, amid past temperance protest surrounding the design.
Georgetown readers report prompt relief from kidney weakness with Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs Newton Sweet of Laurel Street Conway South Carolina says backache and dull pains ceased after use, kidneys began acting regularly. Sold by dealers. price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York sole agents. Remember the name Doan's and take no other.
Columbia reports the Supreme Court remands Robert Johnson of Darlington for a new trial after ruling the circuit judge mischarged on corpus delicti. Johnson, alias Tony Howard, faced a 22 year sentence for rape. The case involved an alibi and identification difficulties with the prosecutrix.
A late night alert evokes anxiety and urges use of Foley's Honey and Tar for children. The ad touts the remedy as safe and non opiate, available through druggists.
A Chanute man recounts an odd incident at a Kansas ticket office reported by The Kansas City Times. A man bought a Kansas City ticket with a $2 banknote after handling a pawn ticket and three silver dollars.
The Mississippi to Atlantic Inland Waterway project advances with the Apalachicola to St. Andrews Bay segment funded under the Rivers and Harbors bill. Engineers favoring surveys aim to extend toward Mobile and Pensacola and to improve Santa Roca Sound. Local Gulf branches of the association will organize county by county with executive committees and chairmen to gather data and memberships. The third annual convention will be held in Pensacola in fall. Citizens see inland waterway benefits tied to Panama Canal and gulf resort development.
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