Senate approves general appropriation bill amid university funding debate
The South Carolina Senate advanced the general appropriation bill last night, passing nine sections with only minor amendments. Key changes included modest raises for state offices and a focused debate on University of South Carolina funding and professor salaries. Total allocations after action totaled Legislative $108,167, Judicial $157,698.66, Governor $17,969.24, Secretary of State $10,000, Comptroller General $723,906.34, Attorney General $14,331.25, State Treasurer $257,834.62, Adjutant General $55,996.50, and University $193,203.70.
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Legislative Department
Judicial Department
Governor’s Office
Secretary of State’s Office
State Treasurer's Office
Adjutant General’ Office
the University
Six killed as Georgia South Carolina storm rips towns
Augusta Georgia March 7 six persons known dead and scores injured as violent wind and rain storm floods streams and devastates Warrenville Stiefleton and Warrenville in South Carolina and Georgia. Four mill villages suffer nearly complete destruction with many houses, trees, and telegraph lines toppled.
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Augusta
Georgia
South Carolina
Langley
Stiefleton
Graniteville
Warrenville
Horse Creek
Stiefeton
Gregory to Install Radio Machine at Drug Store
E. W. Gregory of the Abbeville Telephone Company has ordered a radio machine and plans to install it at the Austin Perrin Drug Store. Free concerts will be held each evening to demonstrate the device. The wireless telephone will connect listeners with friends in New York and beyond, with Mr. Gregory explaining the workings.
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E. W. Gregory
Abbeville
Humbert Family Patriarch Suffering Stroke Leads to Bedside Call
Mr Humberts father Capt J B Humbert of Princeton, long connected with Wallace House of 1876, remains in frail health after a stroke a year ago. County Engineer H B Humbert travels to his father's bedside as the bill's 67 sections proceed, with Isenatse convening at 10 30 this morning.
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H. B. Humbert
Highway Commission
J. B. Humbert
Princeton
Capt. Humbert
Wallace House
Bill
Isenatse
Speed Visits Lowndesville Relatives in Town
S. A. Speed of Lowndesville arrived in town to visit relatives. Local residents reported a brief stay with plans to depart after a social call at the town center.
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S. A. Speed of
Lowndesville
Town
House Refuses to Suspend Rules on Seed Grain Bill
Washington reports the house, by 191 to 99 and five present, refused to suspend rules and pass a 1 million dollar appropriation to buy seed grain for drought areas in the Northwest. Debate centered on destitution proof and fiscal prudence as Mondell urged passage and Garrett pressed economy.
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House
Northwest
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Mr. Mondell
Garrett
Tennessee
Congress
Agriculture Committee
Buchanan
Texas
Novelty Building to Rise in New York City
A combination church and a 17 story hotel is planned for Broadway and 14th Street in New York. The design includes a basement Sunday school and a roof missionary school with a church occupying the first three floors. Hotel guests will face strict censorship and dancing and playing will be prohibited. Estimated cost is 1,500,000 dollars.
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New York
Alte
Confederate Veteran Passes at 81 in Mill Village
W. H. Frith died Tuesday morning at his son's home in the Mill Village. The 81 year old Confederate veteran of Company G, First South Carolina Cavalry, Hampton's Brigade, was buried at Sharon at 8 PM after funeral services conducted by Rev. Kilgore.
Lloyd George to Stay as Prime Minister Amid Unionist Backing
London reports a general belief that Lloyd George will remain in office after a dinner with Unionist leaders. He stays home with bronchial catarrh and plans a rest at Criccieth, Wales. A Unionist backed move to form a National party is hinted as a coalition shift.
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Lloyd George
Lord Birkenbeld
Mr. Chamberlain
Arthur Balfour
Lord Cur‘zon
Robert Stevenson Horne
Laming Worthington Evans
Down Ing-Street
Criccieth
Wales
House of Commons
Unionist Party
Birkenhead
National Party
Caruso Body Buried Intact In Italy
Naples dispatch says Giovanni Caruso claimed the tenor Enrico Caruso was buried intact with his vocal organs undisturbed. Dr Salvia allegedly wished to remove the vocal organ for examination but Caruso’s family refused. The widow Mrs Caruso had denied a Rome paper’s report that the organs were kept for medical exam.
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Naples
Giovanni Caru
Enrico Caru
United States
Salvia
Giovanni
Caruso
Rome
Rev G M Telford Conducts Presbyterian Services This Week
Rev G M Telford leads services at the Presbyterian church with morning services lasting 45 minutes. Local stores close at 1030 to permit merchants to attend the meeting, remaining closed for the duration.
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G. M. Telford
The
Presbyterian Church
Plans for Cables for Nations Under Versailles Treaty
Washington March 7 Plans for distributing all cables taken from Germany under the Versailles provisions were presented today to the ambassadors of Great Britain France Italy and Japan by Acting Secretary Fletcher as chair of the international conference on communications. Details remain confidential pending review by governments.
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Washington
Germany
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Fletcher
State Department
International Conference On Communications
Pacific
United States
Netherlands
Atlantic
Genoa
Azores
Pineance
England
Halifax
Brest
New York
Pernambuco
Brazil
Ruths Salary Spotlight On Baseball Pay Scales
New report traces baseball salaries from 1869 Red Stockings to Babe Ruth signing a three year deal with New York Ameri can League club paying about 75000 annually. It notes total major league payrolls exceed 2 million and discusses rising costs, taxes, travel, and franchise expenses shaping the sport.
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New York
George Wright
Cincinnati Red Sox
Red Stockings
Wright
Babe Ruth
George Herman Ruth
Seven Girls Killed in Powder Explosion at Tipton Factory
Seven girls died and about thirty were severely injured at the Knowles factory near Birmingham when powder removed from cartridges exploded. The blast blackened faces and blew off the roof as workers, over fifty, disassembled metal cartridge parts before melting. The plant had recently bought 160 tons of government cartridges.
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Birmingham
England
Tipton
Knowles
Mrs W A Calvert Stricken With Illness
Mrs W A Calvert, long ill, worsened Monday night and has been nearly unconscious since. She has many friends in town and across the county who will be saddened by the news of her condition.
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W. A. Calvert
Greenwood Tragedy Claims Local Mill Worker Life
Bob Coffee, a mill operative, ended his life at home in the Grendel mill village by slashing his throat this afternoon. He leaves a family. The community notes the high school baseball team has formed and began practice Tuesday, with optimism for a sturdy spring season.
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Greenwood
Bob Coffee
Grendel Mill
Wine supply shortfall in Spartanburg churches
On March 1 Sunday Protestant churches in Spartanburg faced wine shortages as attendance surged from Billy Sunday campaigns. Pastors and officers quickly obtained more supply so no communicant was left without communion despite the strain on resources.
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Spartanburg
Interstate Cottonseed Crushers plan New Orleans meeting outcome
In New Orleans on March 7 the executive committee of the Interstate Cottonseed Crushers association decided to hold the annual convention in New Orleans May 10 11 and 12 and to arrange preparations accordingly.
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Tion Water
New Orleans
Interstate Cottonseed Crushers’ Association
Association
New Jerleans
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