State Board appoints county education boards and sets aid rules
Columbia report notes the state board adopted high school regulations for the year and appointed county boards of education. Villages may now receive state aid for high schools with 15 pupils and under 400 inhabitants. A list of county boards follows, with members named for each county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
State Board of Education
Wunty Boards of Education
W. H. Hand
Abbeville
P. L. Grier
Due Weat
Howard Moore
Aiken
W. L. Brooker
T. Morgan
Anderson
E. C. McCants
L. M. Mahaffey
Bamberg
Mayfield
Denmark
J. H. A. Carter
Ehrhardt
Barnwell
W. M. Jones
Williston
R. Boyd Cole
Beaufort
W. J. Thomas
George Waterhouse
Berkeley
W .H. Brunson
Russell
E. A. Shingley
Sand Ridge
Calhoun
W. E. Derrick
Cameron
J. A. Merritt
St. Matthews
Charleston
Walter Whitehand
Robert E
Georgewa
J. A. Bruerton
Georgetown
Greenville
H. B. Dominick
Founin Inn
L. E. Childress
Greenwood
A. B. Sample
Greenvod
N. M. Salley
Hampton
W. H. Dowling
Hampa
George Warren
Harry
M. J. Bullock
Fair Bluff
J. Sherwood
Conway
Kersaw
B. G. Murphy
Camden
P. Gettys
Lugoff
Lancaster
H. E. Coffey
Ames H. Hamel
Kershaw
Laurens
R. E. Babb
B. Culbertson
Lee
R. E. Dennis
Bishopville
H. E. Evans
Jr. Rembert
Lexington
Samuel B. George
John W. Hook
Irma
Marion
W. F. Stackhouse
W. W. Nickles
Dilon
Marlboro
Derrick
Newberry
B. C. Counts
Prosperity
Oconee
J. P. Stribling
Richland
Brockman
Westminster
Pickens
V. O'Dell
Liberty
D. T. Kinard
J. W. Monts
Saluda
J. A. Lott
F. P. Johnson
Woodruff
Sumter
S. H. Edmunds
A. G. Osteen
Union
Davis Jeffries
James H. Hoke
Williamsburg
T. M. _ Gilland
Kingstree
C. W. Wolfe
York
J. W. Thompson
Rock Hill
E P. Castles
Smyrna
Fund by Counties for Woman's Monument Growns List
The Columbia State of the 28th reports donations by counties for the Woman's monument fund dated April 28, 1909. In Aiken County a six month old girl died after an iron bed with vertical rods trapped her neck, breaking it, when her mother briefly left the child unattended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia State of the 28Th
Woman's Monument Fund
Columbia
Aiken
Pierce Howard
Graniteville
Girls Act as Pallbearers at Miss Cooley’s Funeral
At Cooley Springs in Spartanburg County eight young ladies and schoolmates served as pallbearers for Miss Alda Cooley who died at her parents home last week. All wore white and the scene drew attention as possibly the first funeral in the state to have girl pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
Alda Cooley
Cooley Springs
Eyewitness Account Details Adana Massacre Horrors
Reverend Herbert Adams Gibbons reports an Armenian massacre across Adana and surrounding districts. He describes looting, arson, and brutal killings aided by a terrorized populace, with refugees, wounded women and children, and elevated casualties amid a powerless government response. The narrative covers attacks on Armenians in markets, telegraph offices, and the Konak, plus the burning of the Armenian Church at Tarsus and the rescue efforts by missionaries and British officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adana
Turkey
Constantinople
Herbert Adams Gibbons
Hartford
Adna
William Chambers
Young Men's Christian Association
Konak
Telegraph Office
Vail
Daughty-Wylie
Mersina
Central Turkey Mission
Daniel Miner Rogers
Henry Maurer
Tarsus
American College
Fans Threaten Umpire After Virginia League Game
Umpire Robert Pender was rushed to Roanoke city jail by police to escape a mob of furious baseball fans after Norfolk beat Roanoke 2 to 1. The crowd surged onto the field amid accusations that the game was thrown deliberately, and officers intervened to protect the official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Robert Pender
Norfolk
Puoulature
Ces Naged
Pender
Man Beaten to Death in Brooklyn Home
Thomas Brown aged sixty six was found beaten to death at his residence on President street Brooklyn N Y His son Edward appeared insane and implicated in the murder through unclear statements and behavior as investigators probed the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Brown
President Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Edward
Prohibition Closes Glassware Plants in Pittsburgh
A. Zhiman Tumbler Company faced shutdowns as Prohibition reduced demand for tumbler glassware across Pittsburgh area factories. Zhiman stated orders dwindled and many mills halted production over the past year or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
A. Zhiman
Hhis Company
Zhiman
Good Roads Demand and American Progress
The piece argues improving highways to match European standards, noting 2,500,000 miles of public roads in the United States with 30,000 stone or macadam and 108,000 gravel. It compares costs, cites higher per mile hauling costs in the U.S. versus Europe, and links road quality to school attendance, predicting rapid American progress despite vast distances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
England
United States
France
Germany
Philadelphia Ledger
Toll of Bad Roads Drives Kansas Road Plan
A Kansas Governor's message cites USDA figures showing Americans pay far more to haul goods on poor roads than on Europe’s highways. It argues for a massive, permanent road-building program, noting higher land values and year-round market access from better infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stubbs
Kansas
Sunflower
Department of Agriculture
Europe
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Liverpool
United States Department of Agriculture
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Kansas City Star
Light From Flash of Powder In Critique Of Identification
Judge D W Bond of the Middlesex Superior Criminal Court cited an English case to discuss light for identification. He recalled a time when black gunpowder produced a bright flash enabling a woman passerby to identify the shooter by the light of the discharge. The prisoner was identified in that incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Bond
Middlesex Superior Criminal Court
England
Pris
Pants in philosophy bringeth men's minds back to religion
A Bacon era quip notes that attire in philosophical discourse redirects attention to faith and divine order, suggesting clothing reflects intellectual currents and moral concerns in scholarly life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacon
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Suuiticarolina
Asylum Investigating Commission
Board of Regents
Special
Newport
Emma Keely Smith
Auditor West
Dispensary Auditor West
Barnweil
Colleton
Dorchester
Fairfield
Florence
Iken
Tees
Romberg
Barnwell Oete
Berkeley Calhoun
Charleston See
Cherokee
Chester
Chesterfield
Clarendon
Darlington
Edgefield Ia
Seve
Eeees
Larion
Seeee
Ovanee
Orangeburg
Wee
Sumterpartanburg
Triges
New York Press
Ric Syrup Co
Hicnomp
Black Crowroction Co
Newton, N.C
Demaistre
J. H. Bennett
Fountain O
Gardiner
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Boy
George F. Lambert
West Centre St
Mulunoy City
Drug & Chem. Corp
Cuticura Veraeien
Boston
Mass
Zous
Kens D. di
Aera
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