South Carolina Troops Reach El Paso Border Camp
The First South Carolina infantry unit arrives at the El Paso border seven miles from Fort Bliss and camps on the mesa. The regiment, with 1,006 enlisted men and 49 officers, works to establish tents and latrines as 36,000 troops are noted in the region. Col Blythe and Col Wright inspect the site and praise the Palmetto State troops.
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el Paso
Texas
South Carolina
Camp Moore
Columbia
Great Lone Star State
Texarkana
Anderson
Arkansas
Dallas
Fort Worth
Texas & Pacific Railway
van Haren
Texas Ranger
Sweetwater
Allamore
Cerro Gordo
Southern Pacific
Rio Grande
Mexico
South Carolina Regiment of Infantry
E. M. Blythe
Ei Paso
Fort Bliss
United States
Sl Paso
Palmetto
Justice
Pennsylvania Troops Encamp Near South Carolina Forces at El Paso
About 12 000 Pennsylvania troops encamp across the railroad from South Carolina forces. The Palmetto troops greet the visitors as a fine division under a major general. The South Carolinians form a triangle by two rail lines about seven miles from El Paso. Shuttle trains run daily from 1 PM each hour for nine trips of 26.
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Pennsylvania
South Carolina
el Paso
Names Chairmen on Flood Relief Asks For More Funds
Columbia officials appoint local chairmen in counties hit by late July floods. Mazyck says federal money must cover the region and private funds are insufficient. List includes Cherokee C M Smith and John M Jenkins. Spartanburg H A Ligon and J J Vernon. York J M Starr. Lancaster E E M Croxton. Chester J F McKeown and J G White. Union Roy Fant and J T Jeter. Laurens H K Aiken and R L Gray. Charleston W H Mixson and W P Cantwell. Georgetown Olin W Sawyer and M L Bethune. Dorchester T L Johnson and J D Wimberly. Colleton W W Smoak and R M Jeffreys. Williamsburg W M O'Brien and G A McBlyane. Orangeburg W L Glover. Berkeley T W Williams and W K Fishburne. Calhoun J F Crouch and W J Wise. Marion T J Moore and C C Rodgers. Darlington Bright Williamson and C W Milling. Florence S P Poston and J B McBryde. Clarendon C M Mason and W R Davis. Kershaw H G Carrison Jr and M C West. Fairfield T K Elliott and D R Coleman Jr. Newberry J M Kinard and George Hunter.
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Columbia
Pierre Mazyck
State Commission On Flood Relief
Manning
Mr. Mazyck
South
Richmond
C. M. Smith
Gaffney
John M. Jenkins
Spartanburg
H. A. Ligon
Union
Roy Fant
Lockhart
J. T. Jeter
Santuc
Laurens
H. K. Aiken
R. L. Gray
Gray Court
H. B. Humbert
Charleston
W. H. Mixson
W. P. Cantwell
Georgetown
Olin W. Sawyer
M. L. Bethune
Camp Field
Dorchester
T. L. Johnson
St. George
J. D. Wimberly
Colleton
W. W. Smoak
Walterboro
R. M. Jeffreys
Williamsburg
W. M. O'Brien
Heinman
George A. McBlyane
Kingstree
W. C. Hammett
York Initiates Free City Mail Delivery Experiment
The city launches an experimental free city mail delivery under Postoffice Inspector H. G. Morgan. Temporary carriers Lewis Ferguson and C. R. Caldwell cover the town halves while a September examination will pick permanent carriers if the delivery becomes permanent.
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York
H. G. Morganeth
Lewis +. Ferguson
C. R. Caldwell
Fire devastates Inman business district in tense blaze
Fire starting in a pressing club at Inman, Spartanburg County, destroys the stores of James C. Metcaff and Thomas Brannon, the Bridges restaurant and a rear pressing club. All structures were frame and losses exceed $10,000 with limited insurance. Inman lacks a water system, bucket brigades and Spartanburg firemen arrive to battle the blaze.
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Inman
Spartanburg
James C. Metcaff
Thomas Brannon
Bridges
Apartanburg
First Land Loan Union Forms in South Carolina
The Jackson Creek Association in Richland County near Dentsville becomes the first farm loan bank act unit in the state with 17 charter members. W. J. Wilson of Pontiac is president, George W. Thomas serves as secretary treasurer, and directors include J. W. Fulmer C B Yarborough L A Rabon J O Davis and Fr H McMaster.
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Columbia
Jackson Creek Association
Richland County
Dentsville
South Carolina
Watson
W. J. Wilson
Pontiac
George W. Thomas
J. W. Fulmer
C. B. Yarborough
L. A. Labon
J. O. Davis
Fr. H. McMaster
John Motley
J. G. LeGrand
J. W. Sl
To Ask For More Money For State High School Aid
State superintendent J. J. Swearingen says applications have been sent out and a $35,000 appropriation exists to review petitions for high school state aid. He notes $100,000 is needed next year and the education board will report findings to the legislature. Scholarships at state institutions will also be considered.
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Columbia
st@te
State Board of Education
J. J. Swearingen
Education Board
State Board of Charities and Corrections
York Council Bans Underage Attendance To Public Gatherings
To prevent infantile paralysis spread the York town council enacts ordinance restricting children under 16 from visiting picture shows attending Sunday school and gathering in crowds on streets or town limits reinforcing public health measures.
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York
Caldwell Named Adjutant of South Carolina Brigade
Maj J J Shapter Caldwell of Charleston, recently resigning as assistant adjutant general of South Carolina, will be assigned by the War Department to be adjutant of the brigade in cantonments near El Paso. The unit includes the First and Second South Carolina, and the Second Florida Infantry, per Gov Manning's recommendation.
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J. 8. Caldwell
Columbia
J. J. Shapter Caldwell
Charleston
South Carolina
Camp Moore
War Department
Calhoun county shows drop in literacy voting rate
In Calhoun county 1046 enrolled qualified voters there are 86 subscribing to the condition by law. This equals 8.22 percent down from about 10 percent two years ago.
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Calhoun
St. Matthews
Dillon's First Bale Ginned at Swift & Co. Gin
The first bale of cotton for Dillon county was ginned at Swift & Co. The cotton was raised by W. O. Lane, weighed 441 pounds, and graded good middling.
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Dillon
Dillon County
Swift & Co
W. O. Lane
South Carolina News Briefs Highlight Local Tragedy and State Ventures
Dearborn Grier, 11, drowned in a wash hole near Easley. Coast artillery movements planned for Fort Moultrie with an encampment August 20 to 28. National Association of Attorneys General meet in Chicago August 28 and 29, Tom Peeples vice president. Gov. Manning names Thos. C. Gower as second lieutenant at Greenville coast artillery. A McBee accident claims Redding Basin, age 17. First 1916 cotton bale sold on Manning market at 15 cents per lb, 660 lb makes 97.50. Prudential Fire Insurance Co. of Greenville licensed to operate statewide. Swansea reports first 1916 cotton bale sold at 16 1/8 cents per lb, 490 lb.
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Dearborn Grier
Chicago
Peeples
Gov
Manning
Thos. C. Gower
The
Coast Artillery
Greenville
Redding Basin
McBee
J. McD. McFaddin
Sammy Swamp
W. G. King
Prudential Fire Insurance Company
South Carolina
Swansea
H. W. Wingard
W. H. Courtnay
Great Paul Farewell Lesson From Acts Twenty
In Pauls journey from Ephesus to Corinth and Troas he mentors churches, urging faithful living amid trials. He reviews character and methods with elders at Miletus, emphasizes public and house to house teaching, and warns leaders to guard the flock as he faces bonds and affliction.
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Ephesus
Paul
Corinth
Phillip
Troas
Jerusalem
Miletus
Ife
Am. R. V
God
Lord Jesus Christ
Kingdom of Heaven
Church of God
Jesus Christ
Christ
Why Children Run Away and the Primitive Instinct
The piece argues that children flee home not from mere mischief but from a deep rooted instinct to wander shared with animals. It claims parents misread motives, and that social conventions hide this primal urge driving people to seek distant places or new experiences.
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Little Willie
Jesse Jaumes
Maury
Europe
John
The Bad Time.
A humorous exchange centers on Billy and his new motor car with a quip about danger when he is under the vehicle. The joke plays on the idea that success brings inadvertent risk and childlike pride.
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Billy
Deep Thinkers Question Cause of New Kind of Pain
A reflective line notes that many who seem thoughtful may suffer a fresh, unnamed ache and search for its source. The remark frames contemplation as tied to unexpected discomfort.
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Styx
Southern Department
Frederick Funston
W. K. Wright
Florida
Col. Wright
Col Blythe
Capt. Young
Wright
Mahon
Blythe
Twenty-third Infantry
Bell
Sligh
Lipscomb
Clemson
Clemson College
State Board
First Land Loan Union
Bouth Carolina
International Sunday School
JE. O. Sellers
Moody Bible*Institute
Western Newspaper Union
Kodaks & Estelleri
S. Galeski Optical Co
Richmen
MGM
Lydia E. Pinkham
Popham
Williams Mfg
Cleveland
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