21 Feb 1918
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Newspaper
Andrews News
Location
Andrews, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1918
Page
1
Fire at Mr J W Swail home in Andrews Saturday morning caused little damage thanks to quick help. Weekly notes cover residents visiting, subscriptions, births and local events with names and towns like Georgetown and Monck's Corner. Upcoming fashion displays at The Steele Moses Company Georgetown draw attention from Andrews readers.
Mr. Mannie Blakeley son of W. B. Blakeley postmaster of Andrews is in training at Camp Jackson. The note ties to the Andrews post office and local family.
Poem urging support for World War I, praising duty and sacrifice by mothers sending sons to defend liberty. It emphasizes fighting to protect rights, oppose tyrants, and ensure seas free, with lines about Belgium and the world that will be at peace under God.
More than fifty Andrews business leaders and citizens attended a meeting at the city hall to organize a Chamber of Commerce. E N Beard presided with W H Andrews named temporary chairman and O Raudabaugh secretary and treasurer.
Jury commissioners named grand jurors including Frank J. Roders and W. Gordon Cantley of Kingstree and W. W. Cribb of Hemingway among others. Petit jurors listed from Kingstree and nearby towns such as Hemingway Greelyville Suttons Trio and Andrews.
The town mourns the death of Mrs. Prevatt wife of W F Prevatt chief of police of Andrews She was ill a week and was improving when blood poisoning caused her death The time of passing was this Friday according to local reports
Mrs M E Thomson visits relatives in Earles. Local youths attend Friday night moving pictures. P B Feagin travels to Charleston on business and to Georgetown. C E Feagin works for E Powell this week. Mrs M E Thompson and Mrs J E Feagin with Edna visit Mrs J E Thompson. Lorrie Boyd reports a nice time in Sumter. Tom Evans and wife with Begis attend Aimwell box supper. Harald Thomson buys a place near Earles. J K Marshall family with Thelma Lucille attend Andrews on Saturday. Lucile Boyd visits Thelma and Bessie Marshall. Rose Bud Nal.
Arrangements by Majestic Theatre with Pathe Exchange give exclusive public exhibition to a propaganda film The Germans Curse in Russia. The five reels include the women’s battalion of death and Petrograd street scenes showing disorder and German intrigue amid Russia’s upheaval. The show opens Friday March 8 with high expected attendance.
Dr. D. O. DuBose becomes a full fledged member of the News Boosters, marking a step forward in community journalism support. He joins the organization after completing membership requirements and contributing to local media efforts.
Georgetown visitor Mr C C Brinkley spent Sunday with family in Kingstree. Miss Leola Gibbons and David McCoker wed Feb 10 1918, at P M Brockington’s home. Rural carrier exam set for Nesmith route March 9 at 2 30 p m with blanks from offices or Washington.
Harpers Lodge 225 meeting notes a resolution to make an 1918 act licensing itinerant horse traders and fortune tellers effective in Georgetown County. The board authorizes tax collection under the act. Furnished room for rent offered to two gentlemen at the News Office.
Dozier Mishow, one of three duck hunters who died January 3, was found Thursday morning near South Island by J H Allston. An inquest ruled accidental drowning. The funeral proceeded that evening at Elmwood Cemetery with Rev L L Bedenbaugh officiating.
A fragment discusses life beyond the coin and country as the Australian Bush, comparing se ena life to ranch work in New areas. It hints at rural routines and homestead living in a distant frontier setting.
An item notes a state budget figure of 90 070 625 96 and references a nine and a half mill tax levy. The fragmentary text presents a financial assessment using constrained identifiers and reappearing budget figures.
South Carolina legislative items dominate the Columbia dispatches as the free conference report on the appropriation bill passes with no dissent. The bill totals 3 370 625 96 dollars funded by a 9.5 mill levy, with fights over law enforcement and council of defense funding. Other items include needy schools raised to 100 000, governor’s office, departments, and institutions listed with varying allocations and borrowable amounts. The column closes with an endorsement of land lord tenant issues highlighted by Victor E Rector urging greater tenant protections.
Mr B P Porter of Ridgely, previously reached by telephone, was noted to have called at the News office today seeking information or making contact. The item records a brief, routine newsroom interaction with a local resident.
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