Insect Pests, Cotton Weevil Threats to South Carolina
Clemson College outlines impending cotton boll weevil invasion in 1917, urges fall seed bed prep and early varieties. Emphasizes soil fertility via legumes, cover crops, and water. warns flies harm community health and provides manure treatment methods using borax hellebore and calcium cyanamid with acid phosphate. Mentions maggot traps and Clemson fly trap plans.
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Clemson College
S. C
Georgia
Savannah River
South Carolina
Bureau of Entomology
Washington, D. C
Don’t Sell Your Breeding Hogs
Clemson College urges farmers to hold brood sows and avoid selling breeding stock as hog prices rise. With two large packing houses expected in South Carolina and strong pork demand anticipated in America and Europe, preserving breeding stock is advised for future supply and profitability.
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Clemson College
3. C
United States
America
Europe
South Carolina
Corn Belt
Cricket Hicks Joins Band and Courtship at Dog Hill
YRICKET HICKS recalls his past life and enjoys new clothes and a Sunday hat. He has taken many jobs quickly and returned them in good condition. He has long seen Miss Fritzie Allsop and rumor claims they may marry. Cricket joins the Excelsior Fiddling Band, adding French harp and foot tapping.
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Yricket Hicks
Fritzie Allsop
Cricket
Dog Hill
Excelsior
Cricket Hicks
Hicks
Tickville Sightseers Include Dhe Blind Man
A local sightseer named Dhe Blind Man visited Tickville this week along with others during the Monday outing.
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Tickville
Ixcelsior Fiddling Band Filler Draws Applause
Wetcher Henstep, noted for unusually large feet, fills in with the Ixcelsior Fiddling Band. He cannot play well but begins applause after each tune, keeping the crowd engaged.
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Wetcher Henstep
Ixcelsior
Mrs Kerns Praises Vinci For Restored Health
Mrs D W Kerns of Cumberland Maryland suffered a nervous breakdown with loss of appetite and sleep but after using Vinci reports a good appetite and sound sleep. The ad claims Vinci builds up weak and run down people including women and children and lists Pickens Drug Co in Pickens South Carolina and Reading Drug Stores in South Carolina towns as sellers.
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Cumberland
Vinci
D. W. Kerns
Pickens Drug Co
Pickens
S.C
Reading Drug
South Carolina
New Barber Opens in Pickens Next to Keowee Pharmacy
J Busy Avams announces a new barber shop in Pickens adjacent to Keowee Pharmacy. He promotes twelve years of barber experience in major cities and offers a wide range of styles including Buster Brown for children and adults. He promises good service and savings to attract customers.
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Reese’s
Keowee Pharmacy
Pickens
Buster Brown
Narrow jail escape and village oddities in a rural Gazette
Sidney Hocks used a hammer and chisel to open a jail door after an overnight escape attempt at Thunderation. The column also notes a mail carrier's demand for plain handwriting, a church supper to fund a cistern dipper, a fiddling band learning It’s a Long Way to Tipperary, and various local vignettes about residents, travel, and small-town events.
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Sidney Hocks
Thunderation
Thrailer
Thunderatton Mail Carrier Delivers Five Catches in One Day
In The Calf Ribs section of the Mail Carrier report from Thunderatton the town notes five mail order catches made in a single day.
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Thunderatton
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Hogwallow News
Dunk Botts
Mrs. Kern
Martin
MO. C. Henry
Martin & Henry
General Practice of Law
Greenville, S
Olees
Dag Hill Church
Tipperary
Washington Hocks
Hogford
Calf’ Ribs
Rosy Moseley
Yam Sims
Krazie Allsop
Hostetter Hocks
Fiddity
Flinders
Poke Eazley
Gander Creek
Wild Onion
Pickens Hardware & Grocery Company
Preston
Fred Orlando
Florida
Herd
Lekens
Bentheal
Farr
Saluda River
H. P. Hauey
J. M. Garrett
C. S. Stewart
J. Alonzo Brown
Cateechee
Constance Nickells
Kasley Rez
A.A. Pace
Hagood’s Mill
Cleveland
Craige Bros. Co
Norris
R. F. D. Place
G. A. Ellis
Morris & Company
Porter
B. B. Porter
Porter’s
Ferrol Company
Columbia, D. C
McSwain
Greenville
Sam Hocoraig Piekens
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Keowee Bank Pickens, S. C
J.P. Carey
J No.c. Carey
Craig Brosco
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