Campaign notes and tax relief update from South Carolina
The State Board of Equalization cuts cotton mill assessment from 60 to 40 percent, reducing taxes for mills. Anderson county reports refund policy for campaign assessments. candidates withdrawing after tickets print will not receive refunds. Northern markets expect Anderson peaches to ship daily. seed samples revived by Agriculture Department for Clemson College.
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Eangianee
Canional
P. K. McCul
Adju- Renera
Anderson County
Gen. Jones
State Board of Equalization
Shuler
Orangeburg
Barron Grier
Greenwood
South Carolina
South Carolina Manufacturers’ |Tation
Ramnt
Anderson
Pers
Messrs
M. Heard
Caroline
Department of Agriculture
Clemson College
Appointment to State Board of Education Narrative
Ansel appoints D M O Driscoll of Charleston as a member of the State Board of Education from the First Congressional District to replace W K Tate who resigned to supervise elementary schools. Prof Tate recently moved from Charleston to unknown location and work.
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Ansel
D. M. O'Driscoll
Charleston
State Board of Education
W.K Tate
Ie State
Tate
Umhin
State Accounts Audited by Visiting Senate Committee
A visiting committee of the House and Senate audits state officials accounts. Members Ky Laney of Swesterfield county DL Stith of Colleton and Lt. M. Creare Woon are reported to be in poor condition. The text notes debt and misconduct in state and county purposes, with unusual tone and unclear specifics.
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Houpe
Wd Senate
Ky Laney
Fron
Swsterfield County
Amt
Stith
Colleton
Tl. M. Creare Woon
Way of the Transgressor Aikenedanty Murder Case Trial
White man Mick Dilhawn from Aikenedanty served a sentence of twenty one years in the state penitentiary for the murder of Will Hrookas in Aikanenanty. Governor Ansel commuted the sentence post release, and Bob Jones, tied to the Presley case in Edgefield 1886, faced a separate term before relations of the Presley family were killed in the same incident.
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Covington
Tennettsville
Civinstos
South Carolin Oil
Juvent
White Bato Company
Mick Dilhawn
Aikenedanty
Will Hrookas
Aikanenanty
Bob Jones
Gov. Ansel
Léirian
Presley
Edgefield
Edd Pressley
Abe
Jones
South Carolina textile and public welfare notices in Columbia
In Columbia to host sessions August 26 and 27 for two textile associations with Hendersonville members arriving by special train. Greenville textile plants host reception August 25. Dispensary sales decline across six counties. Greenville directory released listing Greenville population at 32,240 and Columbia at 45,000. Per reports, Judge Boyd to preside in Western North Carolina district. steel trolley meters planned between Charlottesville and Anderson, with broader transit talk.
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Piotory
Concussioner Wadeot
Rotary
Culnuhis
Hatver of Commerce
Ternational
Association of Factery
International Associati Labor Commissionera
Columbia
Hendersonville
Greenville
The
Baptists Summer Assembly
Baptist Summer Assembly
South Carolin
John B. White
Sampey
Jenkins
Mrs. Cratchfield
Anborg
Vines
Wake Forest
Dre ZT
Flake
Hateher
Diedmont Directory Company
Asheville
Sportantury
Charlotte
Greenvillle
Cameron
New Charters Granted for Building and Real Estate Firms
The Sever ity Building and Loan association of Spartanhure is chartered with capital stock of 100,000 to conduct general building and loan business. The Huguenot Gani company of Greenville receives charter with capital of SAN to operate a general real estate business. Togalo Tattier company of Madison is issued a charter with capital stock 43,000 for a general lumber business.
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Severity Building and Loan Association
Spartanhure
Secretary of State
Huguenot Gani Company
Greenville
San
Togalo Tattier Company
Madison
Bea
Texas City Sets Record for Undeliverable Mail
Texas City leads large cities in undeliverable mail with 42,405 pieces in the last fiscal years. Of these 26,625 had no return address and were sent to the dead letter office. Many items were letters, packages, and postal money orders, including numerous suiters and other undeliverables.
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San Antonion
Printing 3 000 000 Cards A Day Report
The Government Printing Otter reports output rising after the yyw postvsnd Dresser installation. Vyeyuortavent Mat notes improved Wyily output now around S.U/iL000.
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Otter
Taffen Vyeyuortavent Mat
Young Men Seeded for Soldiers as Army Chief Plans
Maj Leonard Bop travels to Washington amid debates on the future army leadership. The article outlines his views on modernizing recruitment and training as he prepares to assume the role of army chief of staff.
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Leonard Bop
Washington
Army
Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Counterfeit 2 Dollar Note Reported to Treasury Secret Service
The Treasury Secret Service received a report of a very poor counterfeit two dollar bill from 1899 with Washington's portrait, crudely printed from woodcut plates. Also noted are government contracts for electric light bulbs and pension divisions merged under Commissioner Davenport to form Civil War and Removal divisions handling pension claims and records.
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Treasury Secret Service
Washington
Davenport
Pension Burea Fins
Altice
Snpenguets
Name Peace Commission Soon Named
Personnel for the peace commission created in the last session of Congress will be named shortly. Officials hope former President Roosevelt will accept the chairmanship. Five members will make up the body, all to be appointed by Gea RGA lines.
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United States
Wilson
Peace Commission
Jmbrersa Penesrammission
Roosevelt
Ips Brees
RGA
Suae
Railway death toll drops for year past total
In a United States railway report the year shows 253 passengers killed, down from 384 previously, with 494% more trespassers noted. Operating revenues reached $2,418,077,558 while expenses were $1,599,443,410.
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United States
Railroads face sharp crash in 1909 losses and tickets sold
Inter State Commerce Commission data show 8 killed and 95,826 injured on rail lines in the year to June 30 1909. Passengers suffer fewest fatalities while derailments rise. Total rail capitalization nears 17.46 billion with 801 million passengers carried and freight volumes up from 1908.
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Washington, D. C
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Ax Acuinet
United States
Freign
Sy Hodh
Tessor
Sock
Fraight
Novel method of marking horses in army records
Washington DC Captain Caspar H Conrad of the Quartermaster's department proposes tattooing numbers on the inside of horses lips to record identifications, a method used in Britain. Humane society officials express concerns about pain and practicality, while officials note similar tattooing is done for cattle.
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Washington, D. C
Caspar H. Conrad
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
Luraea
Quartermaior
Army of Great Britain
John P. Heep
Teen Humane Society
Hnd
Minke
Executive Committee
D Jelvin
Melvin
Twelve Couples Married in Centenary of Prussia Death
In Potsdam Germany twelve young couples wed at Peter Iises Church to mark the centenary of Queen Louise of Prussia's death. The queen provided funds for a yearly dowry of fifty marks for six servant girls chosen for merit. The event featured twelve dowries granted in the ceremony.
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Telve
Tonle of
Prussia
Potedam
Germany
Peter Iises Charch
Louise
Lwsts Fund
Ryu
Expert Reports Locust Visitation Across Atlantic Coast
The curator Ditmars of the Bronx Zoo notes seventeen year locusts appearing along the Atlantic coast from Virginia to New Jersey. Experts warn the forthcoming year may bring a large swath of locust swarms, signaling a notable invasion in the near term.
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New York
al Hintic
Virginia
Bortorn
New Jersey
Ditmars
Zoological Gala
Brome Park
Diteaars
The One Deficiency and Oddities in Satirical Verse
A fragmentary reading merges a mock cooking class with surreal imagery of herbs, grass, a steak, and floating decorations in a soup. The prose notes absurd utensils marching like soldiers and endless lemons amid a surreal breakfast scene. A brief quip on Servia and altered baseball rules appears, followed by a joke about a pessimist.
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Satilda
Not So Bad and Confused Impressions in Sly Snippets
A fragmented column quotes humor from newspapers including the New York Telegram and Louisville Counter-Journal. It references a husband’s death, a captain, a motor, and witty exchanges about William Tell. The tone blends satire and muddled memory in a playful snapshot.
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Louisville Counter-Journal
William Tell
Elite Ten
Mr. Camros
Washington Star
Sign of a Wife Away From Home Revealed
Chicago News notes a curious superstition about meeting a man wearing varied and unusual patterns. Giles confirms limited belief, while Miles asks what such attire signifies and cites a case where the sign points to the wife being away from home.
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Miles
Giles
Chicago News
Conquests and Civilian Quips Across Gossip Columns
A collage of cheeky quotes from various papers parodies courtship, politics, and legal talk. Summer girls boast of engagements to unknowns while others joke about voting for men, alimony, rubber plants in court, and a stale $2 check from a magazine poem years later.
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Tim
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Carter
North Carolina
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Tiere
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District of Columbia
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Central Labor Union
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Varios
Dare
Texas City
Treasury Department
C. R. Macauley
New York World
Conrad
United States Army
St. Louis Republic
Servia
Bulgaria
Lauree
Courier-Journal
Brown
New Zealand
New York Telegram
Louleville Courier-Journal
Batly
Alan
Louisville Gourles Journal
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