Veterans Gather In Greenwood Confederate Veterans Meet
A large number of Confederate veterans from this county attend the South Carolina Division gathering in Greenwood today and Wednesday. The program emphasizes comfort and ease for aging attendees with trains met, housing arranged, and veterans given official badges, identification cards, and program envelopes on arrival.
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South Carolina
Confederate Veterans
Greenwood
Southern Railway
J D Duncan of Due West Grows Diverse Farm Patchwork
J D Duncan, a resident of Due West Road, visited the city Monday. He owns a large well managed farm with cotton land leased out. His homestead hosts watermelon patches cantaloupes tomatoes and other market crops. He also cultivates grapes strawberries buckwheat bees and chickens. Duncan keeps Berkshire pigs and supplies meat for sale.
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J.D. Duncan
Due West
Mr. Duncan
Est
Emsll
Denean
Duncan
Berkshire
Watering Farm Horses in Hot Weather Dangers
Farmers water drivers with refreshment but neglect horses. In heat, horses drink sparingly until noon, then excess at noon and night causes colic and a distended stomach called hay belly. Proper care urges supplying water to horses during hot weather.
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Tom
Cotton Associations Seek Finance to Stabilize South Cotton Market
Columbia July 19 The American and South Carolina Cotton Associations say their aim is to ensure capital is available to finance the portion of the crop needing cash, enabling the market to respond to supply and demand and curb abusive manipulation by traders. The move seeks to protect farmers and stabilize prices for cotton spinners in New England.
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Columbia
S. C
Carolina Cotton Associations
South Carolina Cotton Association
South
Cotton Exchange
New England
Ranks of General Pershing and March Proposed by President
President Wilson asked Congress to formalize permanent general ranks for Pershing and March and permanent admiral ranks for Sims and Benson. The message aims to establish precedent for Pershing and March, with no official friction acknowledged though army circles note tensions.
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Pershing
Washington
General March
Navy
Sims
Benson
Congress
Wilson
March
France
Mexican government vows full action after Tampico sailor attack
U S officials say Mexico will exhaust all means to prosecute those responsible for the attack on American sailors and the murder of John W. Correll in the Tampico district. If the Carranza government cannot, it will be asked to disavow the assault, with further details awaited in coming days.
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Washington
Sec
State
Navy
Totary of State
Phillips
U. S. S. Cheyenne
Tamesi
Tampico
Mexico
Fame
Carranza
Navy Department
Daniels
Earl Peck Finney
Topeke
Gulf of Mexico
Correll
Alpine American highlights Abbeville names in Grenoble report
Mrs P A Cheatham shares news from Alpine American Grenoble issue June 26 noting South Carolina students at the University of Grenoble including Sergt Matt Cheatham Lieut Louis F Parker and Lieut James C Fair Abbeville mentions Miss Lucia Parker visiting Lieut Parker and her months of canteen work in France Sergt Chatham appears in a soldiers photo with the Wildcats tag and war experience.
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P. A. Cheatham
Grenoble
France
University of Grenoble
Abbeville
South Carolina
Matt Cheatham
Louis F. Parker
Charleston
James C. Fair
St. Matthews
Lucia Parker
Louis Parker
Abbeville School Board approves furnace contract
The Abbeville School board awarded the contract to the Moncrief Furnace Company of Atlanta to install fan blast hot air furnaces and ventilating systems in two school buildings for 8080 dollars. Automatic room controls will maintain uniform heat, with completion planned before fall classes begin.
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Moncrief Furnace Company
Atlanta
Abbeville
County Savings Bank organized to open in fall
Abbeville will gain a new bank called County Savings Bank with Dr. G. A. Neuffer as president J Allen Smith as vice president and R E Cox as cashier The bank plans a $25 000 capital and will remodel the current Bill Cason building at a cost of $15 000 The Muller Bank Fixture Construction Company of Atlanta handles remodeling with D H Hill Albert Henry and others assisting and Cason moving his store next door into the updated premises
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Abbeville
The
County Savings Bank
G. A. Neuffer
J. Allen Smith
R. E. Cox
Bill Cason
Muller Bank Fixture Construction Company
Atlanta
Cason
D. H. Hill
Albert Henry
Soldiers Fail To Keep Up Payments On Policies
Washington reports that about three fourt hs of four million officers and enlisted men with government insurance policies through the war risk bureau have failed to continue payments. The advisory committee headed by Charles Evans Hughes urged decentralizing the bureau to improve contact with policy-holders and proposed local representatives in each state plus assistance from Red Cross and labor groups. The committee also called for better advertising and a permanent business basis through legislation. John McDorman, formerly with Seaboard Air Line, visited Abbeville on leave after nearly a year in overseas service and plans to return to his position.
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Washington
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Bureau
Thirteen
Charles Evans Hughes
Insurance Bureau
Cholmeley-Tones
Red Cross
American Federation of Labor
John McDorman
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Abbeville
McDorman
Brest
Mir
RAN Aran
Peace terms for Austria handed to Austrian delegates
Paris reports the full peace conditions for Austria are now in Austrian hands. The June 2 summary is expanded with reparations similar to Germany’s treaty, military cuts to 30 000 men, universal training ended, and arms production centralized under state control. Austria must accept responsibility for wartime losses.
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Paris
St. Germain
M. Dutesta
Austria
Italy
Germany
Abbeville Soldier Honors in Bastile and Liberty Parades
Lieut Alex Dick, a well known figure in Abbeville, was chosen to participate in both Bastile Day and Liberty Parades in Paris. He held a featured place in the depictions of the celebrations, marking notable recognition for American servicemen.
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Alex Dick
Abbeville
Paris
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Carrel
United States
Correl
State Department
Mart Cheatham
the County Savings Bank
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