Harms Resigns Newberry College Presidency
The Rev J Henry Harms D D resigns after ten years as president of Newberry College to become pastor of the Church of the Holy Comforter in Philadelphia. His departure is set for the close of the current session in June. Prof Wade Semple also resigns from the chemistry and biology department to take effect in June, likely entering federal service.
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Newberry
J. Henry Harms
Newberry Colin
Church of the Holy Comforter
Philadelphia
United States
Joseph A. Selss
Dr. Selss
America
Harms
South
Newberry College
Board of Trustees
Dr. Harms
Wade Semple
Department of Chemistry and Biology
Semple
Warning to Physicians On Meningitis Spread In South Carolina
Dr James Adams Wayne warned South Carolina physicians to prepare for possible meningitis spread among civilians next fall and winter. He urged mastery of lumbar puncture and intravenous serum, noting carriers may not be detected and furloughs could spread disease to civilians.
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South Carolina
James Adams Wayne
South Carolina Medical Association
Hayne
Red Cross Seeks Volunteers for Overseas Service
The Red Cross calls for men and women to volunteer for overseas service in France. Applicants must be loyal, healthy, dependable and ready to go immediately. Preference given to self supporting workers, ambulance drivers aged 31 to 40, with exceptions for those rejected by the army but healthy. Women canteen workers and stenographers are also needed.
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Red Cross
France
New Enterprises Authorized In Greenville Area
A commission was issued to Smith Brothers of Gilbert to operate a general lumber business and cotton ginning with capital stock of 10000. Petitioners are G Olin Smith and P A Smith of Gilbert Lexington county. A commission was issued to Brockman Brothers Company of Greer with capital stock of 6000 to deal in plumbing materials pumps gas and electric lighting outfits. Petitioners are J Brockman and R H Bearden of Greer.
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Smith Brothers
Gilbbert
G. Olin Smith
P. A. Smith
Gybert
Lexington County
Brockman Brothers Company
Greer
J. ©. Brockman
R. H. Bearden
Cotton Farmers Called to Moex Conference in Columbia
W G Smith State Warehouse Commissioner invites South Carolina cotton producers to a May 14 1918 meeting in Columbia at 3 pm. Purpose include statewide farmer organization pooling community marketing clubs forming the South Carolina Marketing Organization and establishing a cotton information bureau with government experts for free grading and stapling on storage.
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Moex
W. G. Smith
Columbia
Mr. Smith
Cotton Farmers of
South
South Carolina
Cotton Farmers
State Warehouse Commissioner
W.G. Smith
Fifty Shipbuilders Sought by Morehead City Plant
H L Tilghman state director of the public service reserve received a letter from the clearance section of the employment reserve stating a Morehead City North Carolina shipbuilding firm needs fifty experienced ship carpenters. Tilghman notes many enrolled carpenters lack shipbuilding experience, which is essential.
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H. L. Tilghman
United States Public Service Reserve
United States Employment Reserve
Morehead City
N. C
Tilghman
Governor appoints delegates for peace convention in Philadelphia
Governor Manning appoints about 40 delegates to represent South Carolina at the Win the War for Permanent Peace convention in Philadelphia from May 16 to 18 under the League to Enforce Peace. Taft serves as president of the league.
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Manning
South Carolina
Philadelphia
League To Enforce Peace
William Howard Taft
Cannery Planned for Manning City by Local Citizens
At a Manning citizens meeting, plans were laid to form a stock company and build a cannery to handle this year’s fruit and vegetables. A plant costing about $1 500 is proposed with immediate applications to the secretary of state for a commission. Subscriptions quickly mounted to over $1 000.
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Manning
Clemson Extension Dinner Honors State Boys Clubs
The annual dinner for winners of the state boys corn and pig clubs will be at the Jefferson Hotel in Columbia on April 26. L. L. Baker of Bishopville is supervising agent of the clubs, with record yields and pig sizes reported statewide last year.
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Extension Department
Clemson = College
Jefferson Hotel
Columbia
L. L. Baker
Bishopville
New Coal Ruling Sets Retail Margins in S C
B B Gossett state fuel administrator issues an order under the United States fuel administration establishing maximum retail gross margins per ton for coal and coke sold to consumers in South Carolina. Effective April 10 the margins are Anthracite 2.25 dollars, bituminous prepared sizes 2.00, bituminous run of mine slack and screenings 1.60, coke 2.50, including delivery to purchaser's bin or cellar.
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B. B. Gossett
South Carolina
United States Fuel Administration
Estill Firms Granted Charters for Diverse Ventures
The Estill Enterprise and Werfili zer Company of Istill receives a commission with a proposed capital stock of 50000 to operate in fertilizers a steam laundry an ice plant generate and sell electric current deal in real estate and run a ginnery and veneering plant Petitioners are M T O Neal S M Clack and A W Lawton all of Estill The Overland Palmetto Company of Walterboro is authorized to raise its capital stock from 20000 to 60000
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Estill Enterprise and Werfilizer Company
Istill
M. TI. O'Neal
S. M. Clack
A. W. Lawton
Estill
Overland Palmetto Company
Walterboro
Jamison 15 Made Chairman of State Reform Board
Governor Manning signed legislation creating the State Board of Correctional Administration to oversee the new reformatory for wayward white girls, the reformatory for negro boys, and the Florence Industrial School. Dr. A. T. Jamison of Greenwood named chairman. other appointees include B. G. Clary, J. A. Mood, E. K. Matthews, W. E. Wilbur. The board governs campuses across Richland County and Florence, with several transfers of land from the penitentiary and pending determinations for the feeble minded location. The reform school funding remains unsettled.
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Manning
General Assembly
State Board of Cirectional Administration
Reformatory For
South Carolina
Charleston
A. T. Jamison
Greenwood
Dr. Jamison
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Board of the Industrial School
State Penitentiary
State Hospital For the Insane
Institution For
Wayward Girls
Broad River
Richland County
Negro Boys
Negro Reformatory
Industrial School For Girls
State Park
Industrial School
Florence
State Board of Correctional Administration
Industrial Board
Jamison
Matthews
Clary
Correctional Board
Call for Camp Service mobilizes 150 South Carolina workers
Provost Marshal General Crowder orders Capt. Carwile to mobilize 150 white, physically qualified laborers from South Carolina at Camp Sevier in Greenville on May 6 and 7. The document lists local board apportionments across the state totaling 150.
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Columbia
Crowder
R. &. Carwile
South Carolina
Camp Sevier
Greenvile
Seven Mexican workers arrive for Columbia post office project
A party of seven Mexican men and two women from El Paso, Texas, came to Columbia to work on the new post office at Sumter and Gervais streets under contractor William H. Maxwell. A baby born to one married pair joins the group, father Porfirio Banuelos. the infant is proposed to be named Columbia.
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Columbia
el Paso
Texas
Sumter and
Gervais Streets
William H. Maxwell
Porfirio Banuelos
Doctors Elect Officers at SC Medical Association Meeting
The South Carolina Medical Association held its 70th annual session in Aiken with about 200 doctors in attendance. Highland Park hotel served as headquarters as officers were elected for the coming year led by Dr. James A. Hayne of Columbia as president.
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Aiken
South Carolina Medical Association
Highland Park Hotel
James A. Hayne
Columbia
KE. T. Kelley
Ministres
N. B. Edserton
H. T. Hail
B. A. Hines
Seneca
German spy network tied to Military Sales in Columbia
New York federal agents arrested Columbia linked Meyer and Hans Fleiss in a dragnet targeting German spies. Meyer, joint founder of Military Sales Corporation with Charles Sol Savory, was jailed March 16. Sol Savery reportedly in France. In Columbia, Sol Savery ran the Lady Street store, with other branch stores at Camp Sevier Greenie Camp Greene Charlotte and Camp Hancock Augusta.
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Columbia
John Meyer
New York
Charles Sol- Savory
Military Sales Corporaton
Meyer
Sol-Savery
France
Lady Street
Hans Fleiss
Sol Savery
Camp Sevier
Greenie
Camp Greene
Charlotte
Camp Hancock
Augusta
War Garden Drive Urged by Food Administration
Columbia urging city and rural plots to plant vegetables this spring to aid wartime needs. Businesses urged to assist employees and provide land, tools, seeds, and fertilizers for community gardens. Greenville and Lancaster examples cited as models for school and public planting efforts.
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Columbia
S.C
Food Administration
Lancaster
Greenville
Arrest of J Meyer on unfounded government remarks warrant
J Meyer conductor of the Lockhart branch of the Southern Bainas, arrested by deputy marshal J L Adams and brought before US commissioner William G Late on a warrant charging unfounded remarks against the United States government. Meyer released on 3400 bond. Senator Tillman asks British embassy to verify if A B Rhett was captured March 29 by German forces. Fire destroys Afron Pharmacy Wharton store and Demiulder art shop in Greenville, estimated loss 50000 dollars.
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J. Meyer
Lockhart
Southern
Bafinas
J. L. Adams
United States
William G. Late
Union
W. W. White
Lockhart Junction
Meyer
Tillman
Washington
A.B. Rhett
Ife
Sou Carolimnn
Afron
Wharton
Demiulder
Art Spadt
Greenville
Wave of optimism felt by the Allies
A wave of optimism spread through American and allied officials as British lines held firm on the western front and French reinforcements arrived in the Plander sector. Officers in Washington saw hope for a potential counteroffensive by General Foch to halt the German drive and steer toward Allied victory.
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Washington
Allied Nations Mobilize for a Major Summer Offensive
Rome reports Italian troops already pouring into France as France Italy Great Britain America Belgium Portugal and Russian units mass under a single command for a decisive summer attack. Secretary Baker briefed President Wilson after a cabinet meeting canceled to allow the conference on accelerating American participation in the war.
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Rome
France
Ialy
Great Britain
America
Belgium
Portugal
Baker
Wilson
Cotton Price Fixing Talk Triggers Public Alarm
Southern cotton holders warn that any price fixing could dampen loyalty among producers. Dealers suggest manufacturers might set raw cotton prices below market to cut costs on finished goods. North Carolina leaders protest to Senator Simmons as War Trade Board head Vance McCormick says no immediate danger of raw cotton price fixing. Government may fix prices on finished products.
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Washington
South
North Carolina
Cation Men
Allan Taylor
Wilmington
Simmons
Vance McCromick
Ehadmadan
War Trade Board
Propaganda Charge From Gompers At City Club
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, branded German propaganda as poisonous during a Liberty Loan speech at the City Club. He stated there is no American socialist party and argued socialist agitation is a German propaganda tactic before about 1,500 attendees.
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Cleveland, Olte
America
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Liberty Loan
City Club
Jompers
Germany
Crowder Investigating Effect of Amendment in Draft Law
At the request of Provost Marshal General Crowder the Senate Military Committee postponed action on the House amendment to the draft bill. The inquiry considers how the amendment would alter the new draft and quotas for the armed forces.
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Washington
Crowder
Senate Military Committee
Cotfon
Backache and Nervousness Affected Providence Woman Finds Relief
Providence Rhode Island woman Mrs Adeline B Lynch describes chronic backache headaches and nervousness improving after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She urges others with similar symptoms to seek the remedy and contact Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for guidance.
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Providence, R. I
Lydia E. Pinkham
Adeline B. Lynch
Plain St
Providence
R. I
Great Wall bricks show weak strength and sun-dried process
A report describes bricks used on the Great Wall as large gray blocks that break easily when touched. The bricks, dried in the sun, are said to resemble Parmice in structure, with a white interior surface. Tests confirm sun drying. historians note the bricks appear weaker than expected and potential modifications could affect the wall’s integrity.
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Walla China
Shammhaikwian
COWIE
Maroiha
Mre
Waitt
Easy Game and a Strange Courier Tale
A garbled courier-style fragment mentions a speedster, a coop resident, and a proposer named Hiteshit Gitemest tire. The text hints at traffic, catching motorists, and a Louisville setting, but specifics are unclear.
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Odo
Coop
Louisville
Tournad
Boy’s vow to help fills city with hope
A small boy’s determination to help others inspires Ditthe civds, as locals rally around his effort to fix a problem. Neighbors and volunteers join in, showing community resilience and a drive to support those in need.
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Eran College
Botermda
Jamison 15
Wayward Girl Institution
Industrial School and Negro Refromatory
Abbeville
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Barnwell
Beaufort
Berkeley
Calhoun
Charleston County
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Chester
Chesterfield
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Colleton
Darlington
Dillon
Dorchester
Edgefield
Fairfield
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Hampton
Horry
Jasper
Kershaw
Laurens
Lee
Lexington
McCormick
Marion
Marlboro
Oconee
Orangeburg
Pickens
City of Columbia
Richland
Saluda
Spartanburg
Sumter
Williamsburg
York
John M Meyer
Sol-Savory
Etsres
Cantonments
Riven
Sol Saverys
McAdoo
J. Pierpont Morgan
Meyer and Wleiss
New York Tribune
William Wallace
Gregory
Brooklyn
General Pershing
Absorbine, JR
W. F. Young
Temple Street
Springtisid
Masa
Stegall-Maness Water System, Inc
Concord
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