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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Mar 10, 2000

Page

4

South Carolina Democrats begin weak caucus amid GOP fire

Democrats in Calhoun County and Columbia met at Sandy Run Fire Station and Sims Park to select delegates pledged to Gore amid a sparse turnout. Bush and McCain had drawn 573,000 in the Republican primary, while McCain suspended his campaign. Gore faces a distant chance in a state that last backed a Democrat for president in 1976, as party leaders reflect on strategy and past primary plans.

George W. Bush Arizona John McCain McCain South Carolina Jimmy Carter Sandy Run Jonnie Albert Calhoun County Gore Albert Jim Hodges Sims Park Shandon Columbia Pat Patterson Secinct Democratic National Committee New Hampshire Iowa GOP

Chamber figures flag removal fight in South Carolina

Howard says the chamber has had a pretty good year but faces lawmakers who oppose it. The group formed a coalition with Palmetto Business Forum and South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance to push Hodges proposal removing the state flag. McNair Law Firm Chernoff Silver handle lobbying and ads planned to sway undecided senators. The plan would move the flag from the Statehouse to a Wade Hampton memorial.

Chamber Howard Cato Palmetto Business Forum South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance McNair Law Firm Chernoff/Silver Senate Jim Hodges Senate Finance Committee Hodges Statehouse Legislative Chambers Wade Hampton

Drought presses South Carolina farmers into smaller plantings

South Carolina drought since spring 1998 leaves farmers like Norwood Spann cutting from 1300 to 600 acres as drought persists into 2000. Kershaw's John Durai shifts to drought resistant soybeans while Helfert cautions that 2000 looks grim but hints at improvement by 2001 amid forecasts of late summer rains.

Sumter County Norwood Spann Kershaw County John Durai Helfert

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