South Carolina General Assembly Sees Busy Week
The South Carolina legislature reports a flurry of bills in both chambers with a focus on compulsory education and governance. Key actions include joint sessions to canvass election returns, governor messages, university matters, and appointments in the House and Senate as lawmakers prep for National Corn Exposition events.
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Senate
Judiciary Committee
Dill
State House
Rotunda
House
Smith
J. W. Hamel
Lancaster
R. ©. Carwile
Richland
Journal
J. Ralph Arnold
Spartanburg
Bill
Calhoun A. Hayes
Greenwood
General Desk
Messrs. Jordan
Woodward and Bannister
Masters
Mitchum
Stanley
Moore
Julius H. Walker
University of South Carolina
Carlisle
James Henry Rice
Weston
Columbia
Tillman
Dreher
South Carolina
B. R. Tillman
United States Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Rembert
Southern Power Company
Lee County
Miller
Appelt
Wilson
Washington
Stevenson
Chesterfield
Robert Lee Henry
Texas
State Bar Association
Congress
South Carolina Figures In Tillman Opposition Rumor
A movement to defeat United States Senator B. R. Tillman in South Carolina is discussed with possible candidates such as former Senator John L. McLaurin or Associate Justice R. C. Watts proposed. The plan, still unlaunched, reflects resentment of Tillman after railroads charges and signals a forthcoming state political realignment as new sinking fund and corporate charters appear in Columbia.
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Columbia
United States
B. R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman
Ufe
Tillman
General Assembly
Tilman
John L. McLaurin
Marlboro County
State Senate
Green
McLaurin
P Ersona
United States Senate
R. C. Watts
Justice Watts
New Sinking Fund Commission
Sinking Fund Commission
Peebles
L. J. Browning
Ways and Means Committee
House
Washington
John J. McMahan
South Carolina
Senate
McMahan
Gallinger
Union
B. Berlin
Bailey Military Institute
Aiken
Aiken County Hospital Association
Mayesville
State Revenue Forecast 1912 Comptroller Details Levy
Comptroller general A. W. Jones presents 1912 revenue estimates: tax base of 3291,500,000 at 6.14 mills yields 1,821,875. non tax income 300,308. total revenue 2,132,183. He notes a levy of 6 14 mills is one half mill higher than last year in a message to the assembly.
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A. W. Jones
General Assembly
Comptroller
Farmer Profits Highlight Corn Growth in South Carolina
W. J. McKinnon a Richland county farmer reported a net profit of 1265 on 70 acres in a statement to the South Carolina Corn Growers Association. He used no commercial fertilizers compost or plant foods. The record shows farming can be profitable without cotton.
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Columbia
W. J. McKinnon
Richland County
South Carolina Corn Growers’ Association
McKinnon
South Carolina
Abbeville Road Survey Mapped for 300 Miles
Abbeville is the site of a road survey by United States Department of Agriculture expert Abbeville Herman L. Arbenz. He maps a highway system linking the county seat with key points and belt lines to connect trunk routes. The plan envisions about 300 miles of roadways for improvement.
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Abbeville
Herman L. Arbenz
United States Department of Agriculture
Arbenz
Hookworm Campaign in Laurens County
Dr. F. M. Routh of the state board of health leads a six week hookworm campaign in Laurens county. He travels to dispensary sites with local physicians spending a day at each point while examining patients and speaking to surrounding schools about causes, treatment and effects.
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Laurens
F. M. Routh
State Board of Health
Laurens County
South Carolina Notes and Local News Roundup
The report covers the first annual meeting of the South Carolina Plant Breeders' Association in Columbia, accidents in Orangeburg, a Charleston Medical College bill hearing, county road updates, a Presbytery call meeting, Farmers' Union events, Leesville bank compromise, and various civic notes from Columbia and other towns. Included are weatherful items, political moves, and regional developments across multiple counties.
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Columbia
South Carolina Plant Breeders’ Association
Orangeburg
George W. Hinckle
Four Holes
Charleston Medical College
Joint Committee of
Robert Wilson, Jr
Lane Mullally
Colombia
Andrew Patterson
Richland County
County Board of Commissioners
Charleston
Farmers’ Union
State Farmers’ Union
Lexington
People’s Bank
Leesville
E. J. Etheredge
World News Snapshot from 1912 Era Newspaper Brief
A panoramic roundup notes the Atlanta penitentiary annual report costs per prisoner, a derailment near Atlanta on the Dixie Flyer injuring a passenger, and the Mississippi police murder conviction of Percy Newkirk. It covers New York hotel strikes, Nazim Pasha’s death, Constantinople's upheaval, Morse bankruptcy admissions, and Wilson inauguration logistics. Also mentioned are Miss Helen Miller Gould's marriage, a U.S. court denial of bond releases for Frank M. Ryan, and a New Jersey labor appointments debate.
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United States
Atlanta
Chicago
Jacksonville
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Charles Dickey
Gulfport
Miss
Percy Newkirk
Country Grand Jury
Louis Smith
Brooks Fuller
Montgomery
Louis Roney
Alabama
Smith
Roney
New York City
Nazim Pasha
London
Constantinople
Charles W. Morse
Europe
A. Levinge Whattelly
New York
Morse
South
Wilson
G. J. Owens
Birmingham
Mobile
Ala
Helen Miller Gould
Lyndhurst
New York State
Finley Johnson Shepard
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Frank M. Ryan
International Ironworkers’ Union
Miller
Trenton
N. J
Labor
New Jersey
Josiah V. Thompson
Uniontown
Pittsburg
Thompson
Wilson Faces White House Receptions Shortage Debate
Secretary Knox argues against coastwise exemptions while a commission may settle ship toll issues. A Gettysburg camp for veterans to mark the 50th anniversary is planned with 54 000 tents and 200 kitchen tents. The inaugural ball is dropped but a public reception remains likely as Wilson reshapes Washington social life.
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Knox
Panama Canal
Great Britain
America
Wer
Stimson
James E. Normoyle
H. F. Dalton
Wilson
Capitol
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
George Clinton
Washington
Elect Wilson
White House
Executive Mansion
Washington Society
United States
Judiciary
Congressional
Army
Navy
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