19th Century Slave Cemetery Found Near Liberty
Local historian Julia Woodson learned her father's grave remains unknown until workers uncovered artifacts on the Crane property southeast of Pickens County airport. State archaeologists estimate five or six slave graves based on casket handles beads and ground impressions while trees and plat records trace ownership to the Boggs Hollingsworth and Ansel families. The cemetery was once part of a 110 acre parcel later divided and abandoned.
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Liberty
Julia Woodson
Crane
Pickens County
City of
Woodson
Bill Green
South Carolina Archives and History Department
Green
Jonathan Leader
State Institute of Archeology and Anthropology
Boggs
Gerald Garrett
Garrett
Benjamin Boggs
Ms. Woodson
Col
Columbus Hollingsworth
Martin F. Ansel
Hollingsworth
Bucky Crane
Out-of-State Drivers Face Toll Dodging Fines
Hilton Head Island toll officials report 400 violation notices issued to South Carolina residents for Cross Island Parkway toll dodging while plans to pursue nonresidents across states grow. Georgia drivers lead nonresident violators with about 4,300 notices. North Carolina, Florida, Ohio and Virginia follow with hundreds each as talks continue to share motor vehicle records.
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Hilton Head Island
South Carolina
Buck” Limehouse
State Transportation Commission
Lockheed Martin Ims
Transportation Department
Cross Island Parkway
Pat Harrison
Department
Harrison
Georgia Motor Vehicle Department
Georgia
North Carolina
Florida
Ohio
Virginia
Toll violations drop after new collection law in June
South Carolina toll violators, mainly residents, totaled about 814 daily in April and fell to 439 daily in July after a June law allowed pursuit without witnesses. Notices to offenders exceeded 3,300. many pay up, including a company owing $2,000. Limehouse urged a plan before the summer tourist season.
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South Carolina
Limehouse
Barefoot Landing Resort Could Double North Myrtle Beach Population
North Myrtle Beach officials say an $812 million Barefoot Landing Resort west of the Intracoastal Waterway could add 12 000 to 15 000 residents to the current 12 000. The plan includes four golf courses a town center 5 000 homes and two 250 room hotels with a swing bridge connection. City Manager John Smith says staffing would rise to cover costs.
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Myrtle Beach
Oceanside
Barefoot Landing
Hodges picks Morgan Martin as transportation chairman
Gov elect Jim Hodges named former Representative Morgan Martin of Conway to chair the South Carolina Transportation Commission. The announcement, expected at Hodges' Lancaster home, requires Senate approval. Martin supports not taxing local governments for state infrastructure and backs replacing the Grace and Pearman bridges to handle port traffic.
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Columbia
Jim Hodges
Morgan Martin
Conway
State Transportation Commission
Hodges
Lancaster
Wis-Tv
Martin
Kevin Geddings
Horry County
House
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Cooper River
Charleston
Pearman
Commission
Jb. Buck” Limehouse
David Beasley
Limehouse
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Asocia
Cointed Press
John Smith
Hanaco Inc
Millbrook Baptist Church
Pine Log Road
Aiken
Transportation
Darea
John Wade
Pat
Newberry & Richland
First Baptist Church of
the City
York Street
Richland Avenue
Fred W. Andrea, III
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