Railways of Country Will Increase Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized railroads to raise revenues by about 1.5 billion dollars. Freight rates rise about 33 percent, passenger fares 20 percent, and Pullman charges 50 percent. Coastwise ships and electric lines may raise freight rates similarly. Rates to start within five days notice and run until March 1922. Washington July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad Labor Board
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Territory
Rockies
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Census Bureau
Sa Ae Carnet
Pa Us
Commission
Eastern
Southern Group
Western
Mountain- Pacific
Eastman
Wooley
McChord
Corner Eastman
Plan to Double Sunday School Enrollment
A plan to double Sunday School enrollment and attendance has been announced by the State Sunday School Association. It has been tested in many Sunday Schools across the South and requires no expense, with literature furnished free of charge by the South Carolina Sunday School Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Sunday School Association
Leon
Palmer
Allen & Law
Spartanburg
South
South Carolina Sunday School Association
Obedience Urged as Key to Social Order
W A Bets Olanta South Carolina argues for strict obedience to authority in education church and law. He warns that lax discipline harms individuals and society urging parents officers and pastors to enforce unwavering obedience to protect the community and reduce crime.
Gaffney Aero Club Buys Second Avro Le Rhone Plane
The Gaffney Aero Club has purchased another Avro Le Rhone aircraft. It will ship from New York at once along with a damaged plane left by the local aviator. Arrival will determine repair viability, with parts kept if irreparable. The club aims to put a machine in commission at no shared expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaffney
Gaffney Aero Club
New York
E.tain
Georgetown Social Roundup of Visits to Pawleys Island
Local residents and visitors comprise a busy social week with guests from New York New Jersey Columbia and Hendersonville. Teas dinners and a watermelon party at M. M. Thomas home drew Emma Beaty Rose Ehrich Elizabeth Ford Cleo Ford Maggie Doyle Theo Butler and others.
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Marie
Violet St. Germain
St. Simmons Island
Catherine McQuade
Hank
New York
Helman
East Orange
N. J
Wek
C. C. Farrell
New Rochell
Cornwall
Hudson
Charles Lohr
Georgetown
Columbia
Emma Beaty
Rose Ehrich
Henry Thames
Manning
Zass
Weinburg
B. G. McIntyre
Maine
Allen Donaldson
C. C. Donaldson
H. D. Walsh
John Smith
James R. Parker
Ralph Nesbit
Waverly
Mae Caughmann
Prosperity
T. C. Bomar
Olive Croft
Charleston
E. W. Munnerlyn
F. L. Munnerlyn
Choppee
Cecelia Benjamin
Elizabeth
Greenville
Spartanburg
Edgefield
F. L. Munnevige
Choppeee
Sumter
W. H. Burgess
Olmer Fishbourne
Walterboro
Bernice Haselden
Pawley
M. M. Thomas
Elizabeth Ford
Cleo Ford
Maggie Doyle
Theo Butler
Ellen Smith
Catherine Molyneaux
Jack Bruerton
A. T. Wendt
C. D. Blount
Henry Thomas
E. R. Plowden
R. M. Ford
Red Spiders Hit Spartanburg Cotton Crops
In Spartanburg July 31 farmers face heavy red spider damage to cotton on multiple farms. W J Berry near Duncan and J X Hipp on Cherokee route 2 report rapid leaf collapse and crop loss despite measures. county agent Ernest Carnes coordinates control as hot dry weather fuels pests.
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Spartanburg
W. J. Berry
Duncan
J. x. Hipp
Cherokee
Route 2
Hipp
Ernest Carnes
County Farm Demonstration
Polk
Demand for Cotton Graders at Clemson College
Clemson College reports a high demand for official cotton graders across counties under the Extension Service Cotton Association and Warehouse Commission plan. E. C. Seifert notes a grader shortage as experienced workers become buyers, with fourteen counties applying, seven filled, and more awaiting funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemson College
Cotton Association
Warehouse Commission
E. C. Seifert
Oconee
Westminister
Seneca
Valhalla
Wood Alcohol Blinds Navy Captain After Harbored Drink
In New York a 59 year old lighter captain named Gardner W Gould is blinded after drinking wood alcohol mistaken for whiskey. He was given the beverage by a foreign sailor aboard his lighter in the harbor and later collapsed. Doctors say the poison damaged the optic nerves and will leave him sightless.
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New York
Gardner W. Gould
Phypene
Gouild
Crop Prospects Optimistic in Morrisville Area
Morrisville reports good crop prospects with no setbacks and a strong tobacco curing pace. Local social notes mention Miss Eula Eaddy from Hymann South Carolina returning after a month with her cousin, plus visits among the Eaddy, Sports, Mobley, and Elliott families.
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Eula Eaddy
Hymann
S. C
Hilma Eaddy
Hugh Altmann
Rhems
Lena Sports
Loley Bryan
J. H. Eaddy
Charlie Sports
Charlie Mobley
Curtis Eaddy
Maggie Sports
Willie Morris
Willie Elliott
Beland Evans
Nesmith
Florrie Morris
J. E. Sports
Lena
Mayme
Piney Forest
Wade Altmann
Smith Swamp
L. and
M. S
Mrs. S. C. Duncan Dies After Short Illness
Mrs. S. C. Duncan of Sampit died at her home Monday morning after a brief illness. Born Miss Carterett in Whiteville, Columbus County, she was mother of twelve, including John Ward and D. D. Duncan of Andrews and M. C. Gore of North Carolina, with many grandchildren. A longtime Methodist church member, funeral services were led by Rev. Spires Tuesday at 12 noon at Oak Grove Methodist Church, burial in the family grounds.
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S. C. Duncan
Sampit
Methodist Church
Spires
Oak Grove Methodist Church
Tobacco Growers Plan Scrap Tobacco Ban Across State
Florence July 29 The central committee of the South Carolina Tobacco Growers association recommends keeping scrap tobacco off the market as North Carolina does. Board of directors to meet August 3 to endorse the plan. The move aims to improve grades and stabilize prices amid large unseen stocks and bearish market trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
South Carolina
North Carolina
South Carolina Tobacco Growers’ Association
South Carolina Tobacco Growers Association
N. A. McMillan
Mullins
Brigit Williamson
Darlington
J. W. McCown
R. E. Currin
Pee Dee Experimental Station
L. H. Lewis
F. L. Harkey
Clemson College
Association
Farmers Cure Tobacco as Social Ties Strengthen
The Route 1 notes show tobacco curing underway with farm families socializing. Mr and Mrs J J Poston of Bloomingvale hosted a chicken supper at their tobacco barns in honor of Earnest Benton and Bennie Cox who have just returned from Boykins Virginia. The two youths plan to return to Virginia until Christmas. Mrs C H Benton visited friends at Evans home Saturday and Mr and Mrs Haselden were seen in the area Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Poston
Bloomingvale
C. H. Benton
Jim Haselden
Robert Evans
Earnest Benton
Bennie Cox
Boyking
Virginia
Lele
Evan
Daisy McGee
Ladies Invited to Home Demonstration Meeting Here
Georgetown Williamsburg and Berkeley Counties residents are invited to a demonstration meeting at the Select Theater in Andrewson on Monday August 9th at 10 30 a m to discuss Home Demonstration work for the three counties in connection with the Tri County Fair under Miss Bessie Harper district representative. Assistants include Miss McMurray Russell and Mrs Doar. Christine South was to attend but is in Washington for August. Members of Home Demonstration and Girls Canning Clubs urged to attend.
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Georgetown
Williamsburg
Berkeley
Andrewson
Bessie Harper
South Carolina
Miss McMurray
Mi Russell
Doar
Home Demonstration
Girls Canning Clubs
Remodeling of School Underway Amid Crowded Classrooms
Due to crowded rooms last year the school will convert the auditorium into four classrooms, remove front stairs, and add a teachers rest room. Work started this week and will be rushed to finish before the start of the school term.
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Everal
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Pullman
Congress
S.S
Ac Ae
New Y
Satan
Prge
W. A
Olanta, S. C
Ream
Morrisville
Tobacco Growers
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