Congress Faces Busy Week in War Measures
Congress opens its sixth week of war with a packed calendar. The espionage bill, hotly debated for two weeks, is expected to pass. A war revenue bill moves toward the Senate as hearings flag changes. Food control and agricultural funding loom, with conferees to reconvene over Roosevelt amendments and related measures.
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Germany
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Senate
Roosevelt
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Department of Agriculture
Civic Club prizes for best gardens this year
Civic Club planned summer work focused on conserving food. Mrs. Dickson offered her services. a room on the square will host weekly canning of surplus fruit and vegetables. Costs for canning and cans are outlined. funds support helpers and supplies. Prizes encourage youths to submit best garden canning collections. The piece also reports ongoing WWI battles with British advances near Arras, Roeux, and Greenland hill, plus air combats and French counterattacks on various fronts.
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J.A. Dickson
W .R. Bradley
Philip Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Abbeville
Scarpe
W. P. Greene
Arras
Haig
Roeux
Greenland Hill
Craonne
Rheims
Malsoun
Champagne
Rust
Baltic Sea
Romisnia
Macedonia
Abbeville Reservists Enter Officers Training Camp
Several Abbeville and Abbeville County youths have gone to Fort Oglethorpe for the officers training camp. Among them are Albert A. Morse and William Joel Smith, both local residents. J W Elgin, once with McMurray Drug Co. H Owens Speed, SC Medical College graduate. Allen King and Albert Rosenberg of Rosenberg Mercantile. Carroll C. Swetenberg of Seaboard Air Line. Ernest L. Vieanska, Harvard and Virginia law graduate. Ralph J. Sytan, Watford College alum and Camden High principal. and Frank W. Bradley, USC professor and modern languages student.
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Albert A. Morse
National Bank of
Seaboard Air Line Railway
B. F. Swetenberg
Abbaville
Abbeville Coounty
Ernest L. Vieanska
Harvard
University of Virginia
Charleston
Smythe & Visanake
Isla G. A. Visanska
Abbeville
Ralph J. Sytan
Watford College
Abbeville High School
Camden High School
G. W. Sytan
Frank W. Bradley
University of South Carolina
Rev
R. F. Bradley
Troy
S. CG
Byrnes pressing the nitrate measure in Congress
Washington May 12 Congress man Byrnes of South Carolina a member of the house appropriations committee arranged with Chairman Fitzgerald for a meeting Monday to consider the $10 nitrate purchase resolution. Byrnes said he favored the measure and would aid its passage, while the outcome remained uncertain. Ralph Adams spent Sunday in the government hospital with friends at the Pryor farmers in Chester.
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Byrnea
South Carolina
House Committee On Appropriations
Fitgerald
Houston
Smith
Byrnes
Senbed Smith
House
Stacy
Senate
Ralph Adama
Chester
Pryor
United States
Vindication of the South from Britannica on North bias
A detailed polemic refutes Britannica's claim that Southern thinkers lag behind the North in letters and training. It argues the South's civilizational distinctness from New England, defends slavery era society, contrasts Jamestown and Plymouth colonies, and asserts Northern complicity in slavery. The piece previews further defense of Southern virtue and calls for unity.
Abbeville Boys Prominent in War Preparations
Abbeville residents follow the war effort with interest. Boyce Wideman has joined a New York Hospital unit and is said to have sailed for France recently. Hunter Blakeley plans a summer preaching stint in Canada after visiting his parents in Lethe. Edward McDavid passed an Annapolis exam, with Abbeville friends hoping for appointment success. William C. McGowan resigns as a Lieutenant to train at Fort Oglethorpe, while Ernest Wisanske heads there after Border service. Blanding Dick enlists with Clemson’s sixty five bound for service, Leonard Dick serves in the Light Dragoons, and Klugh Purdy sails to Fort Oglethorpe. Barnwell Aiken, Kenneth Jones return to the Navy. William Hemphill heads to the Presidio training quarter in San Francisco.
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Washington
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Pen Ook
Old South
William Cullen Bryant
Massachusetts
United States
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C. Mapaleen
Ebau Desu
South Carolina
Union
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Charleston
Petit Jean
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South
Legres
Congress
Virginia
Georgia
Boyce Wideman
New York
France
Abbeville
Due West
Hunter Blakeley
Lethe
Canada
Mr. Blakeley
Erkine
Princeton
Edward McDavid
Columbia
Annapolis
William C. McGowan
Fort Oglethorpe
Officers Reserve Corps
Ernest Wisanske
Charleston Light Dragoons
Fort Ogletthorpe
Blanding Dick
Clemson College
Leonard Dick
Light Dragoons
Klugh Purdy
Jasper County
Barnwell Aiken
Kenneth Jones
Navy
William Hemphill
Presidio
San Francisco
Memorial Day Observance by Local UDC Chapter
Memorial Day observance by the Local Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy drew a good crowd. Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary gave a scholarly address on the South’s role in national history, printed in full in this issue. Veterans and local students participated in ceremonies, with a three generation turnout and a veterans’ dinner hosted by local residents.
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Lotal
Singing of America
Fannie Sark
Mia. E. C. Heron
Allen King
Jas. S. Cochran
J. L. Daniel
Monument Park
Mra. Douthart
Mra. Cheatham
Hoya
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Columbia Soldier W M Graydon Accepted for Ft Oglethorpe Training
W M Graydon of Columbia formerly with the Abbeville Bar is listed among Columbia residents accepted for training at Fort Oglethorpe. Relatives and friends in Abbeville express hopes for his success and good luck as a soldier.
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Columbia
Abbeville
Ft Oglethorpe
Graydon
Wheat shortage looms as US crops fall short
Washington reports official wheat estimates show a world shortage and a US crop insufficient for domestic needs this year. The projected yield around 866 million bushels marks a drop from five-year averages, with reserves at record lows and export potential limited.
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Heartpeak of Agriculture
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