Employment Service Advances in South Carolina
Dispatches from Columbia report the state organization of the United States employment service nearing completion with a Florence bureau opening and examiners appointed for several counties. The state is split into eastern and western districts with named representatives and a list of counties and state aid for scholastic purposes, plus instructors and a field inspector named with figures for each county.
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Columbia
The
United States Employment Service
B. M. Blankenship
Ralph Rogers
Florence
Spartanburg
Barney Haynes
Greenvile
J. J. McDevitt
J. J. Evans
Bennettsville
Incorporation Petitions Filed by South Carolina Firms
Petition filings show Jordan Music Company of Charleston seeking incorporation with 10 000 capital led by Frederick Jordan and J Waites Waring. Baber Rhyne Drug Company of Spartanburg forms with 10 000 capital led by Grover C Baber J W Rhyne and J R Brown. Eaten Hardware of Georgetown seeks 5 000 capital increase and Edward E Spann and Company of Lake City is chartered with 10 000 capital. directors listed. Camp Wadsworth troop call announced with 800 white and 1 607 negroes to report in August under Capt R F E Carwile. Also includes a 1917 18 South Carolina high school rating summary from the state board of education.
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W. Banks Cove
Jordan Music Company
Charleston
Frederick Jordan
J. Waites Waring
Baber-Rhyne Drug Company
Spartanburg
Grover C. Baber
J. W. Rhyne
J. R. Brown
Eaten Hardware Company
Georgetown
Edward E
Camp Wadsworth
R. F E. Carwile
Selective Service
State Board of Education
South Carolina
South Carolina Forest Established by Legacy of Joann de la Howe
The state preserves a 1000 acre forest along Little River in McCormick county, from Joann de la Howe who bequeathed 1700 acres in 1797. The area, mainly shortleaf yellow pine with hardwoods, grows tall pines 125 feet high and 30 to 35 inches diameter. Fire exclusion has left a thick leaf mulch preserving moisture and promoting young pines and shrubs.
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South Carolina
Joann de la Howe
Little River
McCormick County
State Game Warden Reports 1916 17-18 Finances
State Game Warden W Hampton Gibbes releases a comparative statement of receipts and expenditures showing 1916 total collections of 30 593 36 with 10 294 00 returned to counties and 1917 18 gross receipts of 34 599 92 and 13 299 50 paid to counties No fines refunded and 4 532 drawn from treasury in 1916 versus 24 320 89 expenses in 1917 18 Progress noted despite license area changes in Beaufort county districts and a reporting gap for 1917 January to July 28.
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State Game Department
W. Hampton Gibbes
State Treasury
Game Department
Oconee
Jasper
Bluffton
Yemassee
Beaufort County
Casualties for South Carolina Troops in Latest Reports
The latest casualty list for South Carolina troops shows Killed in action Corporal J D Gillespie Central Private L P Petty Trough died of wounds Corporal J B Pitt Wilson Charleston died of disease Privates Arnold Doe Jackson Philip Whitfield Salters Depot severely wounded Thomas D Holcombe Union Thomas J Carraway Rhemo accidental death Sam Johnson Huthwood.
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South Carolina
Corp
J. D. Gillespie
Central
L. P., Petty
Trough
J.B. Pittwilson
Charleston
Arnold Doe Jackson
Philip Whitfield
Salters Depot
Thos
D. Holcombe
Union
J. Carraway
Rhemo
Sam Johnson
South Carolina Militia Officers Appointed by General Orders
General orders No. 19 by Adjutant General W. W. Moore appoints Julius J. Cogswell as colonel and officers Cogswell Epps Scott Hammond Wilkins Melver and McMaster to First Regiment South Carolina Reserve Militia. Also Health Department funds of about 50 thousand dollars allocated from a 300 million total for venereal disease programs via the Public Health Service with distribution based on 1910 census.
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W. W. Moore
South Carolina
Julius J. Cogswell
Charleston
Charles J. Epps
Conway
William M. Scott
Bishipville
James R. Hammond
Columbia
Harry EK. Wilkins
Greenville
Henry W. Melver
Cheraw
J. G. McMaster
Florence
J. A. Hayne
Washington
United States Public Health Service
Congress
State Board of Health
U. S. Public Health Service
Summer School Sessions In Greenville County
More than 20 Greenville county schools have started summer sessions to aid government by letting school children work on farms during harvest time. The plan, adopted by most upper county schools, will run until harvest then pause until late winter, with about three fourths of rural schools expected to be in session within a week.
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Greenville County
Army camp notes reveal Raycroft tour and Jackson visit
Head of Fosdick Commission Dr Joseph L Raycroft tours South and Southeast camps including Camp Jackson with a focus on non military activities. At Camp Jackson the library aids officer training while Jewish Welfare Board staff expand to support soldiers. Private Sands is jailed for desertion. German prisoners arrive at Camp Wadsworth for labor.
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Fosdick Commission
South Carolina Camps
Joseph l. Raycroft
Fosdick Commissin
Washington
Camp Jackson
Raycroft
One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Field Artillery
Andrew Moses
Field Artillery Brigade
O. C. Loyd
Captain Loyd
Jackson
Camp Upton
New York
Jacob Risin
Camp Greene
Bernard Heller
Philadelphia
Raisin
Heller
Fuel Situation 16 Serious in Columbia Letter Urges Fuel Saving
Secretary Redfeld urges department employees to act as their own fuel administrators. He stresses furnace care, proper firing, and insulation, warns against wasting coal by overheating and opening windows, and notes wood use for emergencies. The message calls for collective patriotic action to conserve fuel for the army and public needs.
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Columbia
Redfeld
Department of Commerce
Rev Kirkman Finlay bids farewell for New York assignment
The Rev Kirkman G Finlay and Mrs Finlay depart Columbia for New York where he reports to YMCA officials for duty with American forces in France. Finlay leaves Trinity Episcopal Church after more than ten years of service, with friends bidding him godspeed and hoping for his safe return.
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Columbia
Kirkman G. Finlay
Finlay
New York
Fran
Borah to Address South Carolina Bar Association
United States Senator William E. Borah of Idaho will be the annual orator at the South Carolina Bar Association meeting in Glenn Springs on August 1 and 2. Other speakers include Walter Hazard of Georgetown and Circuit Judge W F Townsend of Columbia. a notable assembly is predicted.
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Borah
Bar Association
Greenville
S. C
United States
William E. Borah
Idaho
South Carolina Bar Association
Glenn Springs
Walter Hazard
Georgetown
W. F. Townsend
Columbia
Senate
Appointment timing for Benet in Senate sparks legal debate
Washington reports a dispute over how long Senator Benet of South Carolina will serve if he loses the short term election. Legal opinions say he must yield to a successor when credentials are presented, possibly immediately if Pollock wins and is seated. Greenville notes Pelham Manufacturing sues Paris Mountain Water and city for a temporary restraining order to stop water diversion from Enoree River pending injunction decision.
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Washington
Senator Benet
South Carolina
Congress
Manning
Benet
Pollock
Senate
Greenville
Pelham Manufacturing Company
Court of Common Pleas
Paris Mountain Water Company
Enoree
Baptist Minister Dr F C Hickson Arrested on Sedition Charge
Dr F C Hickson prominent Baptist minister and osteopathic practitioner was arrested in Gaffney and committed to jail in default of $2000 bond after no preliminary examination. Secret Service agent Henry S Thomas of Charlotte led the case alleging Hickson declared President Wilson should be assassinated to avert U S involvement in war.
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Gaffney
F. C. Hickson
Col
T. B. Butler
Hickson
United States Secret Service
Henry S. Thomas
Charlotte
N.C
Wilson
United States
Italian sailor Rizzo hunts dreadnaughts in Adriatic raids
Commander Luigi Rizzo, a Sicilian born at Milazzo, earned fame by torpedoing two Austrian battleships in 1916 off Pola with two torpedo boats. The dashing young officer, a knight of the Military Order of Savoy, rose from sublieutenant to lieutenant in 1915 as Italy wrestled with Austria.
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Italy
Adriatic
Luigi Lizzo
Miltary Order of
Savoy
Pola
Rizzo
Vigne
Gray
Milazzo
Danube
Black Sea
Ndt
Austria
Ome
Polish White Cross nurses aid for France led by Paderewski wife
Headed by Miss Mary Suchowski, the Polish White Cross unit in the United States recruits nurses trained at New York hospitals for service in France. Among them ten graduates and several practical nurses serve under Time Paderewska, wife of Ignace T Paderewski, who also supports relief and Poland’s reestablishment. Many nurses born under German rule recall Hun cruelty, fueling their resolve to aid the Front of Freedom.
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Mine
Paderewska
Ignace T Paderewski
White Cross
France
St. Vincent's
St. Francis
New York
Mary Suchowski
Paderowska
Poland
Gallant Surgeon Farwell Honored for Valor in France
Washingtonian Surgeon Wrey G. Farwell U S N one of the Americans cited for valor in France is popular in army and navy circles. He aided Col A W Catlin USMC when Catlin was wounded on the firing line and assisted under shellfire. Farwell has led a front line hospital and served in the Marines since last year after leaving sea duty.
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Wrey G. Farwell
U.S. N
France
Tle
We G. Farwell
U. S.N
Virginian Schaefer
Washington Navy Yard
Benjamin White
Edward S. Green
Pershing
Farwell
A. W. Catlin
Marwell
Catlin
Tibot Blaspierre
Seret
Sidney Colford
New
Quvy
Handley-Page Plan Prompts American Bombing Fleet Dream
WANTS GREAT BOMBING FLEET. W. 1 L Workman, manager of Handley-Page Ltd., London, visits the United States to promote a plan for 10 000 bombing airplanes. The planes would be piloted across the Atlantic by American senators and used to strike German territory. He claims aircraft could be ready by April 1, 1919, and that 20 000 pilots could be trained by May 1, 1918, with 4 000 trained monthly thereafter. 45 000 applications are said to be on file with authorities. The Langley, the first American built Handley-Page type, has been completed for transatlantic flight.
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W.1l Workman
Handley-Prage Company, Ltd
London
United States
Atlantic
War Department
Aircraft Board
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Abbeville
Aiken
Anderson
Bamberg
Barnwell
Beaufort
Berkeley
Calhoun
Cherokee
Chester
Colleton
Darlington
Dillon
Dorchester
Dec. Field
Fairfield
Lorence
Greenwood
Hampton
Horry
Richland
Saluda
Sumter
Antom
Williamsburg
York
Sonabe Tech
Laurens
Lexington
Wadsworth
Jewish Welfare Board
Camp Sevier
Seventeenth
Fred Sands
Veterinary Corps
Wighty
Camp
Minnesota
Fort McPherson
Georgia
Com
Langley
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