William States Lee Engineer of the Hydro Power Vision
The article profiles William States Lee, famed for building long distance hydroelectric transmission from the Catawba River to Charlotte and beyond. It traces his rise from a boy maker of flutter wheels to chief engineer and a key driver of the Great Falls Wateree Catawba power system with Duke funding, stressing his focus on mathematics, effort, and completing large projects rather than starting new ones.
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Sagbenhy
Bake P
Lawrener
St Geode
Canad
Father Way
Wey Masy
William States Lee
Quebec
Lee
Will
Andersom
South Carolina
Mill Pond
the Major
Alain
A Man Who Works With The Sun And Saguenay
The text portrays Mr. Lee as a tireless engineer directing white coal mining in the Carolinas and managing 42 power plants with 2,400 miles of transmission lines delivering 110000 volts. It notes a move to Quebec next week to harness Saguenay power, with sixteen hour days and no time for frivolities while urging that anything under the sun can be done if one is man enough to stick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Lee
Anderson
South Carolina
Mr. Lee
Charleston Military Academy
Citadel
Eehae
Anderson ‘Light and Power ‘Commpany
Seneca River
Pita
Southern Power
Colny
Eve
Snen
Lee
Columbus Catawbe
Sal Carole
Catawba Power Company
Westinghouse
Doctor Wylie
W. S. Lee
B. Duke
New York
Great Falla
Wateree
Mr. Duke
Southern Power Company
Balan
Niagara Falls
Piedmont
Carolinas
Massachusetts
Carolina
Amelia
Quebec
Saguenay
Fisheries output in the South Atlantic States rises in 1923
The Bureau of Fisheries reports 1923 catches for the South Atlantic States show total landings of 332,600,000 pounds valued at 5 348,060 with oysters up from 397,690 bushels and shrimp up sharply from 1918 levels. The report notes 15,000 fishers and 7,424,000 dollars invested, with increases in bluefish catfish croaker and flounders while river herring mullet and Spanish mackerel decline.
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Bureau of Pitheries
The
Commerce Department
TIS
South Atlantic
Carola
Geereta
Florida
Confederate Debts and English Bond Holders
The article reports Greenwood Indiana exjournal notes on Confederate States bonds still held by English holders. It cites Austen Chamberlain stating the obligations were state level, not U S. debt, and that Washington will not intervene. It mentions criticism of the rate of affairs and lack of records on Confederate finances.
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Greenwood Ind
Confederate States
England
Milne
United States
Austen Chamberlain
Washington
F. A Macumsten
Confederacy
Kershaw County Court House Paid For
A $25 000 check to National Bank of Commerce New York confirms full payment for the Kershaw County Court House building begun in 1905 with twenty year bonds. The current county finances are clear of debt. the courthouse stands on the former LaFayette Hall lot, once a fire-destroyed historic residence. Previously, legal matters moved from the old Broad Street site, with clerk of court and probate judge in the old building while treasurer and auditor were on Law Range uptown.
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National Bank of Commerce
New York City
Kershaw County Court House
LaFayette Hall
New Court House
Old Court House
Broad Street
Old Law Range
Langdon Cheves, Charleston’s Leading Lawyer and Statesman
Langdon Cheves, son of a Scotch trader, read law at eighteen and began practice at twenty one. Within ten years he was Charleston’s leading lawyer, later becoming a congressman and one of South Carolina’s great men.
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Langdon Cheves
Charleston
Congress
Memorial Day Program Suggested for Observance
Memorial Day observance on May 10, 1925 features a glee club with pieces such as Firmly Stand Of Native Land and When the Boys Come Home, readings including Dies for the Flag at Last, an oration Vision of War, and scenes like Tenting Tonight. The Extension University of South Carolina offers the material free on request.
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Glee Club
Flanders Field
Extension
University of South Carolina
Boundaries of Carolina Appointed by Lords Proprietors
In 1663 Carolina was granted to the Lords Proprietors lying between the 31st and 46th parallels to the Pacific Ocean. Within two years the limits were altered to latitude 36 30 29.
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Carolina
Pacific Ocean
Lords Proprietors
Grant to Sir Roby Heath Carolina grant of 1629
In 1629 Charles I granted the territory between the 31st and 36th parallels under the name of Carolina to Sir Robert Heath. The historic grant defined a western Atlantic colony later reshaped by colonial actions.
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Sir Roby. Heath
Charles 1
Carolina
Sir Robert Heath
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Wm. S. Lee
American Magazine
Crowell Publishing Co
Charlotte
William
Catawba
Rvea
Appalachian
North Carolina
Catawba Falls
Great Falls
Pam
James Buchanan Duke
Somerville
Jersey
Duke
W. Gill Wylie
David Cunningham
Kershaw Court House
Camden Chronicle
J. L. McCarter
Public Accountant
Income Tax Service
P. O. Box
Aiken
J. E. Stansfield
Farmers & Merchants Bank
DR. E. Holbrook
Wyman
Western Carolina Bank
University of Pennsylvania
Drs
Rich and
Bley
Chipchase Riding School
Aiken, S. C
D. W. Gaston, JR
First National Bank
Edward S. Croft
Herbert E. Gyles
R. L. Gunter
Western Carolna Bank Bldg
Aiken, South Carolina
Claude E. Sawyer
Croft
G. A. Milner
J. Res
Farmers & Merchants Bank Bldg
South Caroline
Hendersons & Salley News AT Law
States Courts
H. J. Ray
Palmetto Engineering CO
Laurence H. McCullough
Bank of Western Carolina
South Carolina Agricultural Credit Company
Palmetto Building
Columbia
Bank OF Charleston
National Banking Association
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