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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1909
Page
6
Four letters signed by George Washington were sold in Condon recently for 210 dollars. The letters, addressed to an American, date from 1777 to 1781.
An advertisement extols internal remedies for rheumatism and related diseases, asserting uric acid imbalance as the cause and promising cures through internal treatment. It warns against only external liniments and touts a product called Tetterine with testimonials and various health claims from 1908.
Dr W D Crim resigns as Charleston port collector appointed by Roosevelt. Sallie Brown of Camden dies at aged 86. An accidental air gun murder in Richmond Virginia. A Tennessee and North Carolina storm claims lives and damages property. Rowe's Heights near Fredericksburg chosen for state female normal school site. forty acres sold for 65000. Alexandria debates cook law in Virginia. Norfolk suspected violation note. Dynamite explosion halts fire at Gold Hill NC, $5000 damage. Bamberg South Carolina cotton oil mill to be rebuilt. Broadus Morehead killed. Fisher and Stamey injured in Rutherfordton NC fight. Robert Amory shot by brother Leroy, dies later. family feud cited. 50,000 attend Norfolk big event. Jamestown Exposition draws more. Greensboro furniture center hosts a March 1–15 exposition. Greensboro Hardwood Co. fire causes $40,000 loss with $21,000 insured. Garrington, Jeanes, and Young arrested in Seminole troubles. Lucky Baldwin dies worth $28 million. Detroit school inspector primary includes women voters. men hold babies in booths. Port Blanchford mine explosion injures several. German gov plans Zeppelin airships with rapid-fire guns. Barbados reports yellow fever–like disease among natives. scientists seek diagnosis. London introduces telewriter to record messages when recipient is away.
Washington notes report the Navy succession from Admiral Sperry to a new commander in chief, Taft and family visiting the White House as Roosevelt hosts guests, a blizzard disrupting a Senate event, and Roosevelt’s place in history alongside Washington and Lincoln amid debates on admiralty leadership.
The Senate advanced a sweeping funding package totaling about 139 million, with amendments for construction and travel costs for the President. It also approved a forestry provision and Panama Canal debates continued, while the House rejected a subsidy bill for American mail steamships and ongoing secret service reform was urged. The session featured tributes to President Fairbanks and a push for coast surveys and fisheries surveys under Commerce and Labor.
This week centers on massive appropriation bills likely to exceed the prior record. Roosevelt era topics arise in the Senate and House as debates touch on secret service, Panama Canal, Brownsville, and the census veto while major reforms on water powers, interstate liquor, and tariff revision move through committees.
In Athinta Georgia a special project to buy the Uncle Remus farm and sign of the Wretr's Nest home for a public memorial to Joel Chandler Harris is under way. The Indies auxiliary of the Uncle Remus Memorial association aims to raise funds with strong support. One room will house Harris writings and personal effects, another will display colonial and revolutionary Civil War flags.
Chaos broke out in Lisbon during last week’s carnival with police clashes and many injuries. About 200 arrests were made as crowds faced officers. scenes mocked royalty with coffins and funeral processions. Troops were summoned to restore order.
President Roosevelt's naval reorganization plan, described as sound and conservative, outlines a complete civil control system aligning with American policy. The report sent to Congress proposes a five service structure with a grand council and redistribution of duties among bureaus, including an assistant Secretary and several flag officers.
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