Colored Community Efforts Support Red Cross in Andrews
In Andrews the colored residents follow white leaders to aid Red Cross work. Mrs. Cooke DuBose Andrews and others organized, a Saturday ice cream event raised 8 dollars. The Andrews Patrons and Citizens Club met with promises of more donations. totals reported 61.70 from three captains, with June 26 set for double reports.
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Andrews
N. W. Cooke
D. O. DuBose
W. H. Andrews
Red Cross
Citizens Club
W. M. Barnett
M. D. Ransom
J. E. Tindal
War Savings and Thrift Stamps Offer For Small Investors
In South Carolina a campaign urges every man, woman, and child to own War Savings and Thrift Stamps, small Liberty Bonds with 25 cent minimums and 4 percent interest, maturing January 1, 1923, redeemable any time before then, as a patriotic alternative for those unable to buy Liberty Bonds.
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South Carolina
Siorty
South Carolina War Savings Committee
Palmetto
Notice To Business Firms Under New South Carolina Act
The act requires mercantile and industrial establishments not chartered as corporations to file the owner or partners names with the county clerk and display them at each business. Changes in ownership must be reported, with liability for debts if not updated. Penalties include fines up to ten dollars per day and five days imprisonment for each day of noncompliance, effective July 1, 1918.
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General Assembly
State of
South Carolina
Mercantile Establishment
Morrisville News Highlights Corn and Tobacco Improvements
Reports of better corn and tobacco yields following recent showers. Curing sand logs cited as a daily task for farmers. Mrs. W J Marshall returns home after a week with her sick brother Ben Smith. Bailey Cox, a young farmer, dies of pneumonia and is buried at Elim Cemetery.
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W. J. Marshall
Ben Smith
J. C. Marshell
McFarland
J. C. Jr
A. M. McKnight
Kingstree
Bailey Cox
Elim
A Call for Faithful Living and Spiritual Duty
A reader pledges space to urge public devotion to Christ and repentance. The letter laments modern pride and fashion harming church progress and urges believers to rise in God’s spirit to condemn sin and unbelief with love for all.
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Lord Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
God
Jesus
Subscription books opened for Gents Outfitting Company stock
Notice announces books of subscription to the capital stock of the Gents Outfitting Company will be opened at The Andrews News office on Monday June 30 at 11 o clock for Andrews C. C. to subscribe.
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Gents Outfitting Company, Incorporated
Oldest English Guide Book: Howell 1642 Publication
The earliest guide book printed in English is Instructions for Fortaine Travels published in 1642 by James Howell, a noted traveler of his era. The item marks a milestone in travel literature and early English publishing.
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Fortaine
James Howell
Wounded Canadian Soldier Seeks Aid and Hope in Camp Life
A letter from WM Jackson describes severe wounds from France, possible limb loss, and grim recovery. He details 12 tents housing six wounded men each, plans to buy a Victrola for amusement, and a recent theatre matinee for returned servicemen. Readers urged to donate at The News office to help fund entertainment for the injured.
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Amin
WM. Jackson
Andrews
Jackson
Majestic Theatre
France
Victrala
Switchboard Arrives for Andrews Telephone Exchange
The switchboard of the Andrews Telephone Exchange arrived this week and will be installed immediately, enabling Andrews to communicate with the outside world within a few weeks.
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Andrews
Fair Prices For Week Ending July 3rd
Merchants are urged to set minimum cash prices and higher credit delivery prices while honoring Food Administration rules. Patriotic merchants will not raise prices during the week ending July 3 and are encouraged to patronize those who comply.
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Food Administration
Heart’s safeguards and a schoolyard cigarette scare
A health note notes heart automatic action resists disturbance from tonics and stimulants. A Little Bess story from New Haven Register shows a teacher calling for students to sit erect, mistaken by a child as a cigarette request.
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Little Bess
Bessie
Mamma
New Haven Register
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Gents Outfiting Co
Postoffice
Patrio
Otic
Liberty
Farmers Warhouse
American Tobacco Co
Imperial Tobacco Co
Export Tobacco Co
Reynolds Tobacco Co
John &. Hughes& Co
Toledo
Dunn & Oakes
Reaves & Boyd
F. S. Langley
Morrisville
Mrs. F. Rhem
W. M. Marlow
Georgetown
J. J. Tart
Toronto
Canada
J. M. Irby, H. H. Thompson
Proprietors
Frank Hayes
Price Interpreting Board
Andrews, S. C
Palmetto State
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