South Carolina Marketing Bureau aids farmers at home and online
The South Carolina Marketing Bureau operates to connect farmers directly with buyers and sellers by name in distant communities. It requires no fees, handles no money, and only transmits contact details. listings must reach the office by Saturday noon for Tuesday bulletins. A Marlboro County farmer praises the bureau's help and notes several weekly wants and offers including livestock, seeds, crops, equipment, and assorted farm goods.
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State Bureau of Marketing
South Carolina
Bureau
Columbia
Marlboro County
Mexican Homes Rely on Shivering Comfort Over Heat
In the upland cities fireplaces are rare and artificial heating is debated. The tropics never require stoves, and residents often endure the cold under ponchos rather than seek warmth after European or American fashions.
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Tropics
Uplands
State shows big gain in capital investment in 1914
Washington reports a 17.3 percent rise in state capital invested in 1914 compared with 1909, totaling 203,211,000 from 173,331,000. Census figures show South Carolina population at 1,615,400 in 1910 and an estimated 1,690,000 on July 1, 1914, with large percentage increases in materials primary horsepower value of products salaried employers.
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Washington
United States Census Bureau
South Carolina
Plan Big Event at Spartanburg Music Festival 1819
The 22nd annual Spartanburg music festival will be held May 17, 1819 with Walter Damrosch and the New York Symphony Society Orchestra secured for their eighth engagement. Noted opera and concert stars join the lineup alongside Converse College Choral Society and a 550 voice children’s chorus. Artists include Miss Tilly Koenen, Miss Laura Combs, Miss Anna Case, Mrs Merley Tillotson Alcock, John Campbell, Theodore Harrison, Robert Maitland.
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Spartanburg
Walter Damrosch
New York Symphony Society Orchestra
Converse College Choral Society
Children’s Chorus
Edmon Morris
School of Music
Converse College
Tilly Koenen
Laura Combs
Anna Case
Merley Tillotson
Alcock
John Campbell
Theodore Harrison
Robert Maitland
Lexington Faces Recovery After Massive Fire
Lexington begins rebuilding after a fire with estimated losses at $100,000 or more. Officials expect future structures to surpass the old ones and insurance to cover about 40 percent of the damage.
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Lexington
Training the Child in Music and Poise
A child’s mind becomes sweeter and more sympathetic with music. Singing comes naturally, as does talking, and knowledge of rhythm helps a child slip into dancing, fostering grace and poise of carriage.
South Carolina News Highlights and Meetings
Congressman Byrnes names two successful Annapolis candidates from Williston after exams in Aiken. Elks plan state convention in Spartanburg May 17 during the Spartanburg music festival. Three fires hit Thornwell orphanage in two weeks. Jury finds for plaintiff in Louise Lowe vs L T Lester Jr et al auto dispute in Spartanburg. Congress authorizes naval militia use of Charleston immigration station unused since completion. State firemen meet in Orangeburg June 20 to 22.
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Byrnes
Annapolis
Murray Smith
C. B. Johnson
Williston
Aiken
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Spartanburg
Thornwell
Louise Lowe
T. Lester, Jr
Tom Wright
Cleaning Painted Surfaces With Gentle Cleansers
Guidance on preserving paint while cleaning white woodwork with whiting and water and a soft cloth. For exterior white window sills, use ammonia and water cautiously, as it can remove some paint along with dirt.
They Don’t Remember Heat’s Shared Suffering
In dialect, Uncle Nben suggests people forget that heat affects all alike. He quips that a hot wave would not signal widespread malaise, implying personal memory and perspective shape responses to weather.
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Nben
South Carolina Insura nce Debate Moves to Court
A Columbia based report notes calls by McLaurin for a legislative session to address state fire insurance. The Laney-Odom act faces constitutional challenges as commercial groups hire counsel to test its legality in the South Carolina Supreme Court. County prison and charity inspections press toward standardizing care and costs across the state.
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John L. McLaurin
Manning
McLaurin
Laney-Odom
Columbia
Supreme Court
Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Clarendon
Lee
Sumter
South Carolina
Foz Hugh McMaster
James A. Cathcart
South Carolina Fire Underwriters’ Association
William M. Otis
Rawley W. Holcombe
B. F. McLeod
Charleston
George H. Edwards
Darlington
BE. EF. Child
Whit
Ward for Tubercular Women Approved Near State Park
State board of health in Columbia awarded a $4,500 contract to Taylor-Waters Construction Company of Columbia to build a new brick and wood ward for 20 female patients at the state tuberculosis camp near State Park. A $5,000 general assembly appropriation funds an additional ward. the men’s ward has been in use for a year and the new unit will have modern conveniences.
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State Board of Health
Columbia
State Park
Taylor-Waters Construction Company
General Assembly
Manning Approves Textile Acts in South Carolina
Gov Manning signed two textile acts in South Carolina. One requires a weekly payroll for textile concerns and the other fixes a 60 hour work week. Violations carry a fine of 100 to 200 dollars. The acts take effect July 1 and will affect about half the state’s textile plants.
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Lookout Mountain
Parcel Post
John Deere
Nancy Hall
Berkshire
Norton Lam
Triumph
Jersey
Bermuda
Manning
Textile
South Carolina
Gymnasium Nears Completion in South with $60,000 Cost
D W McLaurin reports a new gymnasium costing about 60 000 dollars is nearly finished and will be among the finest in the South. He says routine matters were discussed and expects a large summer school attendance for teachers. Rock Hill prepares for the veteran meeting next month.
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South
D. W. McLaurin
Columbia
Winthrop College
Rock Hills
Repairs at Cedar Springs Fund For Deaf Institute
Mandamus actions will seek to compel payment by the comptroller general of a 10000 dollar repair fund for the Cedar Springs Institute for the deaf, dumb and blind. The attorney general rules no payment without a court order. Solicitor Hill of Sparte will represent the school. the comptroller general is represented by the attorney general. The writ petition will be filed early next week in the supreme court.
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Cedar Springs
Supreme Court
Comptroller General
Cedar Springs Institute
Hill
Sparte ‘E
Attorney General
Lecturing on Feeble Mindedness Seeks State Institution
Albert S. Johnstone, secretary of the state board of charities and corrections, told Associated Charities the board aims to publicize the need to protect the mentally deficient. It is cataloguing white feeble minded individuals and plans to present findings to the next general assembly to establish a state institution for long term care.
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Board of Charities and Corrections
South Carolina
South Carolin
Associated Charities
Albert S. Johnstone
State Board of Charities and Corrections
General Assembly
Dispensary Surplus Stocks Sold By County Boards
L. L. Bultman, once state dispensary auditor, says most surplus stocks from the late county systems have been disposed of by county boards. The average sale price ran about sixty percent of real value.
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L. L. Bultman
Deaths and births split by race in South Carolina 1915
Vital statistics show higher death rate among blacks than whites and a lower birth rate for blacks. In 1915 South Carolina recorded 24,501 deaths with 9,141 whites and 15,350 blacks. 44,950 births with 11,015 white males and 10,127 white females and 12,110 black males and 11,612 black females. There were 139 homicides.
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South Carolina
Bureau of Vital Statistics
States
New Enterprises Authorized with Varied Capitals
The secretary of state issued commissions or charters for several South Carolina entities. N A Taylor Inc of Columbia authorized with 10000 dollars. Consolidated Garage of Charleston with 10000. Summerton Drug Company with 2000. Hope Realty Corporation of Charleston with 25000. Pastime Amusement Company of Lake City with 2000. Rygemont Company of Spartanburg with 3000. Commercial Bank of Estill with 25000. Petitions list H A Taylor Emma D Taylor Hugo Jahnz I A Jahnz Jr V Du Bose L W Carrigan J J Murray Walter B Wilbur A Weaver J P Matthews Co T Hamer J M Truluck J Robertson J R Robertson Jr 9 M Clarke M HW O Neal E H Wyman W E B Peeples.
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N. A. Taylor, Inc
Columbia
H. A. Taylor
Emma D. Taylor
Consolidated Garage
Charleston
Hugo Jahnz
I. A. Jahnz, Jr
Summerton Drug Company
V. DuBose
L. W. Carrigan
Food Hope Realty Corporation’ of
J. J. Murray
Walter B. Wilbur
Pastime Amusement Company of
Lake City
A. Weaver
J. P. Matthews
Co. T. Hamer
J. M. Tr
Drink Hot Water With Limestone Phosphate Habit Claim
An urging calls both men and women to start each morning with hot water and a teaspoon of limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach, liver, kidneys, and bowels. Proponents say this “inside sanitation” improves health, skin, and vitality by removing daily waste and poisons.
War fuels bid to remove New York garbage for nitro glycerin
In a legal contest over a city garbage contract, New York has spent $3,760,000 in 17 years. A new bidder offers $900,000 for five years, claiming steam processing yields grease for glycerin and nitro glycerin production.
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City of
New York
Clear Red Pimply Faces Ad Promotes Cuticura
An advertisement touts Cuticura soap and ointment as the best quick safe cures for skin troubles in all ages. Free samples by mail with a book offer to send an address postcard to Cuticura Dept L in Boston. The ad notes widespread sale. A stray line mentions a young man proposing to a girl and the father as form. It ends with a brief remark about the Duke of Orleans devoted to exploring.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Ady
Elderly Women Guarded in Wartime Appeal
A vintage advertisement profile touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as relief for menopausal symptoms. Personal testimonials from Mrs Mary Ringway of Durand Wisconsin and Mrs Pierre Counnover of Blackstone Massachusetts claim improved health after use, urging middle aged women to heed warning symptoms and seek the remedy.
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Durand
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mary Ringway
Massachusetts
Blackstone
Mass
Lydia K. Pinkham
Pierre Counnover
Lydia EB
Pinkham
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Department of Agriculture, Commerce and Industries
Bureau of Marketing
Watson
F. O. B. Pellon
F. O. B. Greer
Cleveland Big Bell Cottton Seed
Sea Island
Webber Cotton
Ee Big Boll
F. O. B. Monetta
Toole Prolific
Sicver
F. O. B. Reevesville
Cleveland Cotton Seed
F. O. B. Blackstock
Denmark
King
Cook
Cleveland
Burhela Coker
Webber
Ker
Artsbass Oelie
T.o. B
Coker
Ps Coker
Williamson
Garrio
Tamworth-Berkshire
Tamworth
Duroc-Jersey
S. C
Duroc- Jersey
S&s. C
Thompson
Plymouth Rock
C. Rhode Island
S. C. Rhode
Rhode Island
Miss Virginia
Saunders
Miss Saunders
Rock Hill
State Capitol
Duke of Orleans
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