Suffrage Debate and Bills Before South Carolina Assembly
The senate debated a referendum on woman suffrage with Epps leading a strike out move amid a partisan mood. The house passed a Bradford bond resolution to a third reading, while bills range from charity board powers to liquor laws and feeble minded custodial training. A pushing pace of legislation follows tours of state institutions and a shift to budget and reform measures across counties.
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Columbia
Senate
Shepard
E. C. Epps
Williamsburg
Stuckey
Lee County
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Board of Charities and Corrections
General Assembly
House of Representatives
Mauldin
Greenville
Ford
Fairfield
Lesesne
Clarendon
Hamer
Dillon
Cothran
Bradford
Chesterfield County
Ways and Means
Daniel
J. F. Williams
Aiken
Police Regulations Committee
DuRant
Clarendon County
South Carolina
Alexander Johnson
Johnson
House
National Committee
Banks
Calhoun
Thelma Sanders
Minnie Sanders
State Board of Health
Manning
Dillon County
Ridgell
Lexington County
Charleston
Gov. Manning
J. C. Townsend
Bonham
J. C. Townend
Harriett Stroman
Springfield
Mary G. Sledge
Chester
Cecila MclIntosh
Mayo Reese
Wedgefield
South Carolina Eyes Sweet Potato Starch Industry
Clemson College and the U S Department of Agriculture are pushing to create markets for sweet potatoes by building starch factories. W W Long leads a drive with chemists B Remmers and T E Keitt coordinating meetings with business leaders to assess feasibility and potential farmer prices. Industrial chemists, business men and farmers met in Columbia to discuss plans with more conferences planned across the state.
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Columbia
Clemson College
United States Department of Agriculture
Orangeburg
Greenville
M. Belardin
Hardin
C. C. McDonnell
Bureau of Chemistry
IF. S. Shiver
T. KE. Keitt
B. Remmers & Sons, Chemical and Consulting Engineers
Philadelphia
W. W. Long
South Carolina
Mr. Long
T. E. Keitt
South Carolina Experiment Station
B. Remmers
Bridge Material Reaches Site for Catawba River Span
The steel bridge for the Southern railway over the Catawba river between Catawba and Lancaster has arrived and a large crew is assembling it. The new structure will be significantly higher than the old bridge.
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Chester
Catawba River
Southern
Catawba and
Lancaster
$20,000 Theatre For Spartanburg To Rise On East Main
A new theatre costing 20000 will be built on East Main Street in Spartanburg. The contract is let and construction will start soon. C L Henry, Rex Theatre proprietor, designed the plans. The theatre will be the state's largest with seating over 1000, a 60 by 100 foot auditorium with rear balcony and a large front stage. It will be fireproof.
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Spartanbug
Spartanburg
Girl Killed In Auto Accident Near Charleston
Marie Monseratt a 16 year old girl died after an automobile overturned seven miles from Charleston while a group including her mother and two men and other women rode after midnight. Marie suffered fatal internal injuries and severe cuts and died en route to the hospital. The others escaped with minor injuries.
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Charleston
Marie Monseratt
Marie
Italian Sentry in Winter Uniform Hidden in Snow
A Italian sentry appears in a white winter uniform blending into snow covered mountains. The description notes how the stark white gear makes him nearly invisible to the enemy in the harsh alpine environment.
Speech Sent To Papers From Dinner Remarks
A speaker notes that his dinner remarks were transmitted to newspapers by wireless. He also comments that the air felt heavy today in Bensonhurst.
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Matbush
Bensonhurst
Worth Knowing Items from a 1914 News Snapshot
An electrical thawing method for frozen pipes, Ireland’s land area, and 40,000,000 tons of fuel in deposits are noted. Germany invents a method to time small articles by centrifugal metal casting. A two fan ventilator for air exchange is described. Southern Pacific awards 78 gold watch jobs for safety, under a point system. Alihen-Himoun, ex-sultan of Zanzibar, in Paris uses a bold method with the Koran at table. U S sugar-beet seed imports reach 18,500,000 pounds from Russia. Durable French concrete highways mix iron shavings cement and sand. Shakespeare’s birthplace records 8000 visitors in 1914 and 254 last year. Spitzbergen miners receive world news twice daily by wireless after eight months’ mats. An Australian waterproof electric motor cleans ship hulls without dry dock. A photographic plate loading and developing apparatus by a South Dakota inventor is described.
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Southern Pacific Railroad
Oach
Alihen-Himoun
Zanzibar
Paris
United States
France
Stratford-on-Avon
Spitzbergen
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State General Assembly
Laney
Chesterfield
Newberry
Lexington
Clemson
Federal
W.w.long
Tokyo’s Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange
Tokyo
Japan
Germany
Austria
Francis Joseph
Karl Pruncis Joseph
Isonzo
Red Cross
Isonzo River
Hunters Point
Cal
Ireland
South Dakota
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