Summerville’s Trees Guarded by Historic Town Ordinance
Summerville South Carolina preserves a unique urban forest policy where trees on private land fall under general police powers. The town enforces strict rules, requiring at least fifteen pines per acre and forbidding sub division, with penalties including forfeiture to the railroad company.
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Supreme Court
Summerville
America
South Carolina Canal & Railroad Company
Railroad
Bootlegging Boom and Brutal Costs Across Prohibition
Government records show from January 1920 to June 30 1926, 49 agents killed and 205 injured, 332000 arrests, 23200 vehicles and 839 boats seized. Illicit stills 857731 seized. spirits 5.375 million gallons. malt wine and cider nearly 86 million gallons. Property seized valued at over 63 million dollars signaling high profits despite losses.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Dickinson backs Panama capacity raise to 100 percent
Congressman Dickinson of Iowa says a new Nicaragua canal costing 500 million is unnecessary for a century. He claims Panama operates at 40 percent capacity and with more water, lighting, and a night shift the capacity could nearly double within five years at about 25 million dollars, with profits covering the cost. Secretary Davis and several senators support the plan, likely ending Nicaragua talks for now.
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Dickinson
Iowa
Subcommittee On Appropriations
Canal
Nicaragua
Panama Canal
Davis
Diamonds Sacred to Betrothed
The diamond is described as a rainbow color gem symbolizing the sun and ice. It is celebrated as the sacred betrothal stone enhancing marital love. It notes that early large diamonds found by Europeans in South Africa were entered in a sorcerer’s leather bag, and that the finest diamonds are mined in South Africa.
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South Africa
Prohibition on Tolerable Liquor Prices Sparks Debate
The Louisville Times notes a stance against tolerable liquor at tolerable prices stirring public debate over beverage policy and pricing.
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The
Louisville Times
Keep Corn Dollars In South Carolina
Clemson College outlines how boosting corn yield to 20 bushels per acre on about two million acres would save seven to ten million dollars currently spent on imported corn. The Extension Service issue, Extension Circular 89 by R W Hamilton, covers land, varieties, fertilizers, and cultivation. Free from county agents or Clemson Extension Service, S C.
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Clemson College
South Carolina
Corn Club
Extension Service
R. W. Hamilton
S. C
Geneva Conference Fails and Naval Plan Drift
The League of Nations preparatory disarmament committee adjourned sine die after Viscount Cecil said Britain would not commit to anything affecting the forthcoming Coolidge Conference. Italian delegates pressed the private talks to align with the preparatory meeting. The British stance signals a possible Anglo American naval plan independent of the League, potentially sidelining Japan and prompting a broader English Speaking Union strategy for global self protection.
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League of Nations
Viscount Cecil
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Statistician Calculates Average Woman's Outfit Weight
A statistician claims the average woman's outfit weighs four pounds citing research, humorously noted as likely conducted north of the Arctic Circle, reported by the Fort Worth Star Telegram and Sunday Record.
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Artic Circle
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Sunday Record
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Charleston
Old South Carolina Canal & Railroad Company
Augusta, Georgia
Ford Motor
Realtors
Laird’s, Incorporated
Geo. A. Durban
Aiken, South Carolina
Insurance
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Aiken Pressing Club
Magnolia Gardens
Middleton Place Gardens
Charleston, S. C
Via
Southern Railway System
Columbia Winnsboro
York
Camden
Batesburg
Aiken Denmark
Orangeburg
Chester
Newberry
Rock Hill
Lancaster Lexington
Edgefield
Blackville
Bamberg
St. Matthews Kershaw
Columbia
W. E. McGhee
DPA
Columbia, 5. C
R. S. Brown
Augusta, Ga
Dencan
J. W. Gaston
Gaston
Cleveland
St. Matthews, S. C
Wannamaker
Cleveland Seed Farms
W. W. Wannamaker
Eidert
Palmetto State
Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educational Bureau
Carolina Life Bldg
Columbia, S. C
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