Evans Indicted For Rebates At State Dispensary Board
Newberry south Carolina grand jury returns true bill against H H Evans former head of the state dispensary board charged with taking rebates. He surrenders to the sheriff and is admitted to bail. Indictment covers two drafts totaling 500 dollars alleged to have been cashed at Newberry institutions. Montreal disaster claims about 30 lives as sprinkler tank collapsed at Her ld building causing fire and heroic rescues by firemen and a brave girl who helped others down a ladder.
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Nowberry
Lyon
Newberry
S. C
J. Frazier Lyon
R. A. Cooper
General Sessions Court
Newberry County
H. H. Evans
Old State Dispensary Board of Directors
Evans
Eugene S. Blease
Old State Dispensary
Goodman
National Bank of Savannah
National Bank of Newberry
Man
National Bank of Man
Newberry Savings Bank
Canada
Montreal
Herld
Southern Railway telegraphers secure $88000 annual wage rise
Washington reports that as part of Erdman act mediation the Southern Railway telegraph operators gain an annual increase exceeding $88,000 combined, with shorter working hours awarded by the arbitrators overseeing the dispute between the railway and 2,100 telegraphers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zonthen
Washington
Special
Anou
Southern Railway
Erdman
Texas to Vote on Prohibition at State Primary
Dallas report states the Democratic State executive committee with a 19 to 10 vote grants the party’s 50,000 members the option to submit at the coming State primary whether the Legislature should put a statewide prohibition amendment to voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Dallas
Democratic State Executive Committee
Laws to Govern Employers Liability in Washington
Special report notes the House passing a joint resolution to create a commission on employers liability and workmen's compensation. Senate and Presidential approval required. The commission, consisting of two Senators, two Representatives, and two men to be chosen by the President, will report with recommendations by November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
United States
Seaboard to Make Large August Payment
New York Special The executive committee of the Seaboard Air Line has recommended payment on August 1 of the first coupon of the bonds issued under the plan of adjustment. It earns five per cent and the payment involves an output of about unspecified amount. it is understood that applicable thereto approval will be granted.
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Seaboard
New York
Special
Exeent Committee
The
Seaboard Air Ay
Warner on Good Roads at Wrightsville Beach meeting
A speech by HB Varner highlighting how newspapers can boost the good roads movement in North Carolina. He cites Davidson county’s three road days, urges county press campaigns, and argues highways will draw tourists, boost farm prosperity, and unify the state toward broader national progress.
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Wrightsville Beach
North Carolina Good Roads Association
North Carolina Press Association
HB. Varner
Southern Good Roads
Lexington
N. C
Good Roads
Universal
Warner
Brethren of the Press
Country Weekly
Clarence H. Poe
Progressive Farmer
South
Maradam
Davidson County
North Na
Commonwealth
New England
Republic
God Almigty
North Carolina
Road Improvement by Drags Inspires Carolina Press
A handlettered plea urges North Carolina newspapers to promote the use of dirt road drags to transform rough routes into boulevards at low cost. The author cites West success, government articles, and local merchant funding to start a county program. A weekly paper could pilot drag experiments on a selected road, engaging farmers to drag a mile and publicize results.
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Tost
Pth
Carolina
South
North Carolina
Saturday Evening Post
Government Office of Public Roads
Lever Defends Cotton Pool Probe in House
Representative Lever of South Carolina blasted the administration for proceeding against cotton operators and Southern spinners over the alleged cotton pool. He warned the Attorney General’s actions could be cited as a major achievement of the administration while urging tougher measures against other trusts and reforms for the New York cotton exchange.
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New York
Representative Lever
South Carolina
Lever
Kentucky
Tennessee
Tobacco Trust
Department of Justice
Beef Trust
Butter Trust
Sugar Trust
Steel Trust
New York Cotton Exchange
Henry W. Taft
Preatt
Washington
Attor
Wickersham
Col Brock Not Guilty in State Adjutant Charge
W T Brock assistant adjutant general in the impending selection for adjutant general was found not guilty of wasting state funds with criminal intent. The court of inquiry praised some actions but faulted others amid office-system shortcomings. A separate note mentions a state institution promoting educated young women for varied roles in home, school, or public life.
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Col. Brock
W. T. Brock
Colonel Brock
Asylum Commission on Tour Inspects State Asylums
Gov Ansel appointed commission to improve conditions at the hospital for the insane travels to inspect asylums across states. Meanwhile the South Carolina Cotton Seed Crushers Association schedules a meeting at Wrightsville on July 6 and 7.
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Asylum Commission
Gov. Ansel
General Assembly
Wrightsville
South Carolina Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
Woman Succumbs to Pellagra Crisis in Pendleton Mill
E Pilgrim, 55, became deranged from pellagra and killed herself by drinking laudanum and leaping into a pond at the Pendleton cotton mill. An empty laudanum bottle lay on the bank. She is survived by her husband and several children.
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E. Pilgrim
Anderson
Pendleton Cotton Milly
Pilgrim
Watts Mills Directors Back Electric Line Plan
At a Laurens meeting the Watts cotton mill directors adopt a resolution to subscribe 25 per spindle to the Greenville Spartanburg Anderson trolley company capital stock if the line is extended from Greenville through Laurens to Clinton. Watts mills has 43 200 spindles and the bet aligns with the proposition of the Dukes backing the project.
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Laurens
Watts Cotton Mille
Greenville- Spartanburg-Anderson Trolley Company
Greenville
Clinton
Watts Mills
Dukes
New Desks for Legislatora Contract Awarded to Columbia Firm
A contract for 124 desks for the House of Representatives was awarded to a Columbia firm at a price of $2 percent per desk. The College of Charleston held its 12th annual commencement with degrees conferred before a large cultured audience and an interesting program.
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Legislatora
Hall of the House of Representatives
Columbia
Ollege of Charleston
College of Charleston
South Carolina News Highlights on Cotton and Rates
State items report Saxon mills president John A. Law defending conspiracies in the cotton market, Seaboard Air Line suspends fertilizer-rate fight, a $1,005.40 inquiry cost, and Charleston church war damages to be reimbursed. Also noting a Black cannery operator’s growth near Barnwell and Senator Smith denouncing the cotton brokers’ indictment as fraud and foreign interference.
South Carolina Delegates Attend Brussels Congress
The Congress of Road Builders South Carolina will be represented at the International Congress of Road Builders in Brussels Belgium from July 31 to August 7. Gov Ansel has appointed A C Moors and P R Freeman two South Carolina sie are now in Europe as delegates to attend congress and represent this State.
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Congress of Road Builders
South Carolina
International Congress of Road Builders
Brussels
Belgium
Gov. Ansel
A.C. Moors
P. R. Freeman
Sie
Europe
Distinctive Women Lawyer Faces Malicious Suit In DC
The eightieth year old Mrs Beeva Lockwood, first woman admitted before the U S Supreme Court, sues for 10000 damages over alleged malicious abuse of criminal process after James R Brackett, whom she helped arrest on larceny charges, refused to pay her commission from an Indian trust judgment. Also notes Treasury per capita money share, Washington police statistics, drug warning bulletins, and anti food trust bill plans.
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Beeva Lockwood
United States Supreme Court
Congress
James R. Brackett
Brackett
Lockwood
Treasury
United States
What Offended the President
Representative Harrison was refused an audience with Mr. Taft at the White House. On May 13 he was quoted in the House accusing the President and the Attorney General of agreeing to supply Congress with misleading information by back dating the Wilkersham summary in the Ber case.
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Harrison
Taft
White House
House
Wilkersham
Congress
Charge Against Army Medical Officer Sees Opposition Testimony
John J. Sheridan of Chicago counsel for the Illinois Voters' and Tax Payers' Association told the House Committee on Interstate Commerce that army navy and hospital service medical officers favor entrance exams that exclude non allopaths, arguing the Department of Health proposal would constrain medical practice.
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John J. Sheridan
Chicago
Illinois Voters’ and Tax Payers’ Association
Department of Health
House Committee On Interstate Commerce
Army, Navy
Icaring
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Sera Cloud
Fiu
B. H. Evans
Good Roads Magazine
State of
John A. Law
Saxon Mills
James A. Patten
New York Grand Jury
Aiken
Ohio
Howland
Seaboawd Air Line
Railroad Commission
J Doves
Seaboard Air Line
Boya-Brock
Bovid-Brock Court of Inquiry
Ansel
Charleston
Christ Church
Q. A. Gilmer
J. W. Newton
Snelling
Barnwell
Senator Smith
Smith
Cotton Exchange
Capital Fact
District of Columbia
American Congress
Cleveland
Baltimore
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Detriot
Food Trust
Army
Navy
A. C. Stanley
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