Gov McSweeney Urges Tax Reform and Compulsory Education
Governor McSweeney in his final message urges even tax assessment reforms to evenly distribute state burdens, proposes township boards of assessors and broader public oversight, and favors a compulsory educational law tied to child labor policy. He endorses good roads funding, state college parity, pardons guidance, judicial expansion, and an immigration bureau while urging prudent fiscal management.
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McSweeney
County Board of Equalization
Court House
Theis
McMahan
Commonwealth
Board of Pardons
South Carolina College
Loss of Flesh Emulsion Promises Nourishment and Growth
An old advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a nourishing tonic for invalids convalescents consumptives weak children and anyone needing flesh bone blood and nerve support. It promises fat gain through eating fat and offers free samples with a label image and mentions Scott and Bowne chemists 409 Pearl Street New York and retail prices of 50 cents and 1.
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Scott
Legislature Convened in South Carolina Assembly
South Carolina General Assembly opened in annual session with the governor's message read and both houses adjourned in memory of Chief Justice McIver. Speaker Smith elected with 97 votes. Hamer and Withers chosen clerks. Senate presided by J. C. Sheppard pro tem. McIver funeral committee formed. No bills advanced. adjournments observed. Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic advert follows.
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Columbia
General Assembly of
South Carolina
McIver
T. C. Hamer
Altamont Moses
M. L. Smith
Kershaw
T. Y. Williams
Lancaster
Smith
Bennettsville
John 3
Senate
Tillman
Edward McIvor
Chesterfield
J. C. Sheppard
O. A. Darby
McSweeney
Henry McIver
Brown
House
Meybret
Hydrick
Raysor
Death of Chief Justice Henry Mclver Is Announced
Governor McSweeney informs the General Assembly of Chief Justice Henry Mclver’s death at his Choraw home. The long-serving jurist, hailed as South Carolina’s eminent legal figure, led the supreme court for eleven years and upheld stainless character and patriotism throughout a career of war and peace. The governor urges appropriate action on the death of a co ordinat branch chief.
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Henry Mclver
Choraw
Judge McIver
South Carolina
M. R. McSwerner
Risked Life to Save Doll Ends in Childs Death
In Charlotte on January 9 little Mary Sherrill three died from burns after a live coal ignited her doll’s dress near an open fireplace. She tried to subdue the flames but her dress caught fire before her parents reached her.
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Charlotte
N.C
Mary Sherrill
N. W. Sherrill
Wen
Mrs N A Webster Credits Dr King’s Pills For Headache Relief
Winnie Virginia resident Mrs N A Webster reports two years of sick headaches ended by Dr King’s New Life Pills. advertised to cure headache constipation biliousness. 25 cents at Crawford Bros J F Mackey Co drug stores.
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N. A. Webster
Winnie
Dr. King
Crawford Bros
J. F. Mackey & Co
Subscriptions for The Lancaster Leport
The Lancaster Leport offers annual subscriptions at $1.50 per year. Readers urged to enroll to receive future issues.
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Lancaster Leport
Second Wilcox Trial Opens in Hertford County Court
The second trial of James E. Wilcox, son of former sheriff Thomas P. Wilcox, begins in Hertford Perquimans County tomorrow for the alleged murder of Ella Maud Cropsey. The case followed a prior Elizabeth City verdict of guilty and a Supreme Court granted new trial.
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Charlotte Observer
James E. Wilcox
Thomas P. Wilcox
Pasquotank County
Ella Maud
Nellie Cropsey
Elizabeth City
Hertford
Perquimas County
Pasquotank
Wilcox
Supreme Court
Wilcox-Cropsey
North Carolina
Superior Court
James Wilcox
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Ollie Cropsey
Ollie
Carrie Cropsey
New York
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Carrie
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