Tax reform and county assessors proposal debated
The State Board of Equalization seeks equitable property valuation across counties and outlines recommendations. Proposals include empowering county auditors to summon Township Boards of Assessors, creating township tax lists, and expanding proceedings to ensure returns are properly recorded and appeals allowed. A related piece discusses cattle fever origins and regional prevention gaps.
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State Board of Equalization
General Assembly
Gneral Assembly
State Board
Township Board of Assessors
Nu Paes
Board of Assessors
County Board of Equalization
Thirty-Fourth Annual State Fair Opens in Columbia
The Thirty Fourth Annual South Carolina State Fair runs Oct 28 to Oct 31 in Columbia. Premiums include 100 for best commercial exhibit with 165 minimum entries and 5 for floor space. Entries close Oct 21. The society stresses merit in animals and products and excludes immoral gambling. Excursion rates apply on state railroads. Secretary Wilson plans to donate 40 million seed packs costing 270000.
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Columbia
Col. Thos. W. Hollaway
State Agricultural and Mechanical Society
State House
Agricultural and Mechanical Society
Reynolds named Librarian of the Supreme Court
Columbia notes report the appointment of John S. Reynolds as Librarian of the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas S. Moorman. The decision, announced by the Supreme Court, is praised as merit based and satisfactory to the bar.
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Columbia
Johns. Reynolds
Supreme Court
Reynolds
Thomass. Moorman
LaCrosse
Wisconsin
W. T. Woodward
New York
International Harvester Company
New Jersey
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
Deering Harvesting Company
Plano Manufacturing Company
Warder, Bushnell , Glessner Company
Milwaukee Harvesting Company
Jacob Kuper
St. George’s
Staten Island
Bridgeton
N. J
William O. Garrison
Cumberland County Board of Freeholders
Garrison
Tampa
Fla
Seaboard Air Line
Palmetto
Tampa Electric Company
J. P. Munn
Tucson
Arizona
el Correo de Sonora
Mazatlan
Mexico
Mariano Gordillo
Governor’s heavy losses surfaced in Charleston gambling case
Magistrate Louis Manigault testified in Portsmouth in a civil suit against Charles Harper. Harper claimed $4,500 lost in Charleston gambling during the exposition. He described a state governor losing $7,500 in one night of high play. The testimony describes a setup with traveling visitors, fake bankers, and local grafters targeting well‑dressed guests at Charleston’s gaming dens. Local tourists and Georgians were fleeced, prompting police action to drive out the gambling ring.
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Charleston
Atlanta
Louis Manigault
Portsmouth
Manigault
Virginia
Charles Harper
Harper
Tennessee
Citizens’ Committee
Sporting
Two Exposition's Largest Creditor in Charleston Claim
In Charleston on August 15 Captain I P Wagener president of the Exposition Company filed a claim in Master G Herbert Sasa's office totaling 162952.82 dollars. His claim exceeds all others combined and covers notes endorsed by him overdrafts guaranteed by him and interest including expenses from trips to Washington and Baltimore. Additional claims filed raise total claims to 138210.99 dollars and attorney J F Ficken filed for 4470 dollars for services rendered to the exposition.
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Charleston
I’. W. Wagener
Exposition Company
G. Herbert’ Sasa
Capt. Wagener
Washington
Baltimore
J. F. Ficken
Half Million Tickets Printed for State and Senatorial Elections
The State reports half a million tickets printed and sent to county chairmen based on local estimates to cover demand. Experts expect the first primary vote total may be as low as 12 thousand, with Richland receiving 10 thousand, Charleston and Greenville 20 thousand each, Spartanburg 25 thousand, Anderson 16 thousand, and Orangeburg 14 thousand.
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South Carolina
Richland
Charleston
Greenville
Spartanburg
Anderson
Orangeburg
Columbia State
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Deafness Cure
An advertisement claims deafness caused by catarrh can be cured by constitutional remedies. It explains the ear tube inflammation leads to deafness and offers one hundred dollars for any case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Circulars free from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. druggists sell Hall's Family Pills.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Joe
Gaynor and Greene Freed in Quebec Extradition Case
Col John F Gaynor and Capt Benjamin D Greene won freedom from extradition to the United States on charges tied to harbor work frauds. Judge Caron discharged them from custody in Quebec. Friends cheered in court as Gaynor, ill with rheumatism, left the building. Washington may pursue new extradition steps, though none had been taken by late hour.
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Quebec
John F. Gaynor
Benjamin D. Greene
United States
Caron
Superior Court
Langlier
Valee
Montreal
Col. Gaynor
Capt. Greene
Washington
Vandal Strikes Mount Airy Plantation With Crop Destruction
From Brashy Creek township reports say an unknown vandal cut and destroyed an acre of cotton and corn and all garden crops at a Mount Airy plantation. No clues exist yet. Residents are urged to aid in capturing and punishing the culprit, per the Anderson Mail.
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Brashy Creek
Mount Airy
Anderson
Negro Attacks Girl in Virginia County House
In Aiken South Carolina August 12 Miss Susie Clark was attacked by an unknown Negro who beat her unconscious and slashed her throat inside her father's house near Vaucluse. A large local posse hunts for the suspect with reports of a possible capture and lynching if found. The victim remains in critical condition. A separate item notes a Augusta Georgia woman fatally shooting a sister by accident. another widower seeks a new trial after a second court event.
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Aiken
8. C
Susie Clark
Vaucluse
Arizona widow vows to shoot Gen Chaffee after alleged cruelty
Mrs Annie White of Verde Arizona, widow of a discharged Eighth Infantry soldier, travels to New York to press charges against Gen Chaffee for alleged cruelty at Camp McDowell. She claims the general burned their home and drove off cattle and warns she will shoot him if not satisfied, saying she has notified Gen Miles and awaits a settlement.
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Chicago
Annie White
Verde
Arizona
New York
Gen. Chaffee
Philippines
the Tribune
el Paso
Texas
Eighth Infantry
Camp McDowell
San
Gen. Miles
Tearful or Cheerful How Medicine Affects Women
An advice article advocates Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for what it calls woman disease. It claims the medicine restores mood by treating physical weakness and inflammation and cites a testimonial from Mrs Alice Adams in Pennsylvania praising its effects and urging others to try it.
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Pierce
Alice Adama
Laboratory
Washington Co
Saya
The Tale Bearer as a Wasted Life by Jonathan Oldstyle
The speaker condemns tale bearing as a wasteful vice that dulls character and harms community influence. Citing Ananias and Ophir, the passage warns that gossip erodes truthfulness and devotion, urging self-reflection and removal of such mischief.
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Ananias
Ophira
Peter
Jonathan Oldatyle
Southern Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company Formed
The cotton mills of this State organize a Greenville based mutual insurer to cover fire and storm losses. Known as the Southern Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company, it operates on an assessment basis with no capital stock. Secretary of State grants commission. incorporators include Jas Orr J A Brook E K Smyth and other mill presidents across sections of the State.
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Greenville
Southern Manufacturers’ Mutual Insurance Company
Jas
Orr
J. A. Brook
EK. A. Smyth
Stave
No Need for Worry About Grant
General Fred Grant once shared a jokey letter from Luzon with army friends. his son U. S. Grant III, a cadet at West Point, received anxious letters from a relative in the academy. A professor friend replied that the cadet stood higher in every respect than his father did in any matter.
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Fred Grant
Luzon
U. S. Grant
Weat Point
Thehilippines
Fred
New York Times
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J.E. Bauknight
J. H. Darby
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Bureau
Northern Territory
Chester County
Tierda
A. W. Love
Chester, D. C
Wilson
Mayo
Two Exposition
Harry
Miles
Mas
Tindall
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart, Ind
Gaynor
Greene
Augusta
Cotton Mill Insurance
Grant
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