Walhalla shows strong municipal finances in treasurer’s report
The annual treasurer’s report for Walhalla shows officers handling over $6,000 yearly and delivering a cash balance of 818.43 for 1906. It highlights liquidation of 14 predecessor claims costing 342.03 and a total available funds balance of 1,161.08 after prior contracts. Citizens urged to support local officials and avoid unwarranted criticism to enable even better stewardship next year.
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Walhalla
Wasting energy in Anderson gum chewing debate
The Anderson Daily Mail editor notes gum chewing at an opera house generated about ten horsepower per minute for the crowd. He argues the collective effort is energy wasted, enough to power a respectable manufacturing establishment, and asks if such power could be used productively.
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Anderson
British appeal courts rule paper waste not part of tea weight
The courts declare it illegal to count the paper wrap in tea weight. The era of a gentler British conscience is noted as evidence of progress. The Scientific American reports 300 WM alligator hides tanned in the United States last year.
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Scientific American
United States
Russia seeks heavy war loan in America and other items
Over three weeks Russia failed to secure a large war loan in the United States while debates raged over Eva’s apple or quince, and whether Jonah swallowed a whale or not. The British consul at Foo Chow notes cheaper matches from Japan driving Chinese products from markets. Edger M. Luckett’s monkey motion engine promises coal savings of 25 to 40 percent for railroads. Oconee County boasts top mill sites and business chances, with a dam-site misunderstanding illustrating value of proximity.
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America
Eva
Eyster
Jonah
Foo Chow
Edger M. Luckett
Southern Pacific
Oconee
In Georgia Negro Troops Barred from Roosevelt Inauguration
Brief notes report that Georgia will not permit its Negro troops to attend President Roosevelt's March 4 inauguration, with Governor Terrell citing state representation concerns. Other items include a fatal shooting near Greenville, longtime Odd Fellow A M Simpson's death, a fatal child burn in Bennettsville, and a gun accident in Simpsonville. Also covered are bank swindle sentences in Mexico City, a Supreme Court matter on county bonds, and a pneumonia prevention claim linked to Chamberlains Cough Remedy amid a Chicago theatre fire death toll.
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Terrell
J. R. Youn
Greenville
Joe Thomson
Will Bridgeman
Youn
Bridge
Oliver Crosby
Anderson
Geo. Crosland
Bennettsville
Stoy Jones
J. E. Jones
Simpsonville
Greenville County
Currie
Central Bank of
Mexico City
Manuel Batiz
Cobos Pets
Angel Batiz
Cobos
Supreme Court
Chester County
Letter From Representative Verner on State Politics
E. E. Verner writes from Columbia on January 28 about illness delaying writing, the dull legislature with over five hundred bills, and a key trespass punishment measure. He criticizes patronage in offices, suggests candidates for a county page, comments on lynching cases and law enforcement, and notes a school attendance bill that he will oppose.
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Earle
Sheldon
Ling
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Senate
Ways and Means
Page
Supreme Court
State House
E. E. Verner
Township Assessors Recommended List for Columbia Area
Columbia January 25. The following persons have been recommended as town and township assessors for various districts: Center E B Keese W B Prichard W L Thomas Keowee W M Barker Thomas A Grant Edward Gantt Chattooga R W Hunt L A King W H Mangold Pulaski D F Carter W N Rholetter George Matheson Seneca J W Byrd T S Stribling W M Campbell Tugaloo A Zimmerman S C Smith Leonard Jones Whitewater D O Sheppard D E Nicholson A L Whitmire Wagener W A Strother J L Moser C A Burton Seneca Town J J Cromer T M Lowery J M Barron Valhalla G A Norman C G Jaynes das Seaborn Westminster I S Pitts W L England W S Haley Respectfully J K K Barle
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Columbia
Center
E. B. Keese
Prichard
W. L. Thomas
Keowee
W. M. Barker
Thomas. A. Grant
Edward Gantt
Chattooga
R. W. Hunt
L. A. King
W. H. Mangold
Pulaski
D. F. Carter
W. N. Rholetter
George Matheson
Seneca
J. W. Byrd
T. 8
Stribling
W. M. Campbell
Tugaloo
A. Zimmerman
8. C. Smith
Leonard Jones
Whitewater
D. O. Sheppard
D. E. Nicholson
A. L. Whitmire
Wagener
W. A. Strother
J. L. Moser
C. A. Burton
Seneca (Town
J. J. Cromer
T. M. Lowery
J. M. Barron
Valhalla
G. A. Norman
C. G. Jaynes
Das
Seaborn
Westminster
Pitts
W. L. England
W. S. Haley
J. KK
Barle
Exemption Bill Passes for Confederate Veterans
Columbia January 20 The bill by Mr Tribble exempts all honorable discharged Confederate soldiers and sailors from license fees for any business or profession within the state or its towns Provided proof of service to the county clerk and prohibition of partnerships with non veterans remains.
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Columbia
Netwood tragedy notes prominent town business man involved
A prominent young Netwood businessman known as G Hayes killed Berkett, a colored man, in front of the post office at night. The report then pivots to a list of commercial failures in the United States and Canada, noting weekly totals and year over year comparisons.
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Netwood
Tate Earnhday
G. Hayes
Prominot
Berkett
United States
Canada
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