State Budget Highlights Defeat and Compromise in Appropriation Bill
Free conference report on the South Carolina appropriation bill was adopted with no dissent. Total amount 3,370,625.90 including an added governor borrowing option and shifts between agencies, with large increases for needy schools and a new array of department allocations. The article also covers land lord tenant policy suggestions from Victor E. Rector and a call by W. H. Gibbes for renewed game protection enforcement statewide.
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Columbia
Free Conference
House
Senate
Council of Defense
Free Conference Committee
Governor's Office
Tovecess
Secretary of State
Comptroller General
State Treasurer's
Adjutant General's Office
Attorney General’s Office
R. R. Commission Office
State Librarian’s Office
Wees
Department of Agriculture Commerce & Industries
Judicial Department
Health Department
State Board of Medical Examiners
Woeekesee
University
Winthrop Normal and Industrial College
the Citadel
the Military College of S. CG
Bre
School For Deaf & Blind
Blate Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural & Mechanical College
State Hospital
Eseveie Eevee
House of Representatives
Medical College of
S.C
Confederate Infirmary
Pyle Hile Es
State Warehouse Commission
OK Geasariisis Peed Alee
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Abieiene
Carolina Farmer and Stockman
Victor E. Rector
University of South Carolina
Darlington County
South Carolina
Flour Census Ordered by State Food Administration
Statement by William Elliott outlines a Washington flour census basis agreed by administrators. Citizens report excess flour beyond a 30 day supply to county officials while keeping it, to aid transport saving and avoid confiscation stigma. A simple certificate is proposed for voluntary reporting.
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William Elliott
Washington
Food Administration
Hoover eases flour rule after South Carolina farmers protest
Representatives Lever and Byrnes pressed President Hoover for action on a food administration order restricting flour purchases unless paired with an equal buy of substitutes. Hoover, after reviewing the case with them, instructed state food administrators to allow flour purchases without the mandatory substitute requirement.
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Food Administration
Lever
Byrnes
Mr. Hoover
South Carolina
Mumps Seen As Minor Illness by Public and Navy
The piece notes mumps is generally deemed a minor disease by the public and health authorities, as prevention costs exceed the disease's impact. It mentions mumps ranked fifth in importance in the U S Navy in 1915 and that many trainees are incapacitated by severe cases.
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United States Navy
Washington and the Lost Cause in American Legend
Joyce Kilmer’s essay contrasts tragic martyrdom with lasting achievement, urging reverence for Washington and the American Revolution. It argues that true freedom endures while romantic causes fade, praising Washington as Father of His Country and celebrating independence as a still triumphant cause.
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Washington
Joyce Kilmer
New York Times
Robert Bruce
Robert Immet
William Wallace
Sarsfield
Sobieski
Charles T
Lee
Grant
Dixie
Yorktown
Cornwallis
British Tribute to Washington and the Stamp on Tyranny
London Graphic lauds George Washington as a true Englishman of the Pym and Hampden lineage. It credits him with teaching tyranny a lesson to foster free development of the British empire and recalls his influence on constitutional progress.
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Washington
George Washington
United States
George III
London Graphic
George Washington on law and force as limits of rule
A remark attributed to George Washington argues that no law can please all, and law requires force to be executed. It suggests inherent limits to governance where diverse tastes in a community clash with legal design.
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George Washington
Call to South Carolinians for shipyard enlistments
Horace L. Tilghman leads a statewide effort to form an eligible list of 4000 workers for U S shipyards from Columbia. Senator Tillman urges prompt enlistment of trained mechanics to support General Pershing and the war effort, stating America must supply ships and troops now.
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Columbia
Horace L. Tilghman
Mr. Tilghman
Union National Bank
South Carolina
Wiliam Banks
Tillman
Washington
Senate
America
Pershing
General Assembly Acts in Columbia
The General Assembly passed acts to create a home for the feeble minded and an industrial home for girls, introduce the Australian ballot in cities, ratify the federal prohibition amendment, admit women to the practice of law, and tighten liquor permit controls by requiring probate judges to issue permits in their offices with affidavits verified for accuracy, punishable as malfeasance.
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General Assembly
Columbia
State Council of Defense
Probate
Tilghman Names Assistants for State Shipbuilding Effort
H L Tilghman appoints a roster of county contacts to gather information on shipbuilding service for local men. The list includes Everett Spartanburg Johnston St George Thomas McCormick Duncan Aiken Greene Abbeville Guilds Bamberg Kennedy Williston Waterhouse Beaufort Fultz Moncks Corner Simons Charleston Davis Lodge Jaffney Winley Chesterfield Caldwell Chester Davis Manning Smoak Walterboro Porcher Darlington Muller Edgefield O Neal Rock Hill Melveen Kingstree Brownine Union Phelps Ridge Spring Findlay Pickens Barr Orangeburg Hunter Crosson Leesville Hughes Laurens Woodward Deloach Camden Purdy Varnville Watkins Anderson McCown Knight Turaloughs T Kennett Benettsville Beardley St Charles Wannamaker St Matthews Hanna Cheraw Jaynes Hart York.
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St. Charles
J. E. Wannamaker
St. Matthews
St. J. Hanna
Cheraw
R. T. Jaynes
Carl Ti. Hart
York
Mills Idle as Graniteville Factory Workers Strike
In Graniteville Horse Creek Valley Aiken county the Graniteville Manufacturing Company mills are closed and 500 to 600 workers are on strike seeking about a twenty percent wage increase. The mills closed due to the walkout. Ben Nunnery aboard the Jacob Jones torpedoed by a German submarine has arrived in New York and plans to visit his parents. A Spartanburg man, Charles Poster, stood before a coroner's jury charged with murdering his bride Mrsdna Herren Poster. Camp Greenn soldiers from Charlotte are moved to Camp Wadsworth Spartanburg.
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Graniteville Manufacturing Company
Graniteville
Horse Creek
Aiken County
Albert 8
Mucks
Branchville
Tuscania
I. A. Nunnery
Edgmoor
Ben Nunnery
Jacob Jones
New York
Heis
Charles Poster
Spartanburg
Dna Herren Poster
Camp Greenn
Charlotte
N. C
Camp Wadsworth
Defending health with Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
An old public health style notice urges readers to detoxify the body to stay fit for duty at sea and on land. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a tried remedy made from May-apple and other ingredients, sold in drug stores for twenty five cents.
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High Seas
Dr. Pierce
Thomas A. Knight
East St. Louis
Mr. Knight
Dean
A. M. Eggmann
Doan
Political pull debated by Senator and critic
A fragment from The Benign Variety shows a clash over political influence. Senator Sor Shin argues against political pull while the opposing voice claims such pull could be desirable if an honest leader like Mat Clevenes existed, suggesting rapid access to influence.
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Sor- Shin
Mat Clevenes
Toasted Cigarettes by Lucky Strike Spark Great Demand
The American Tobacco Company reports toasting Burley tobacco like bread to yield toasted cigarettes named Lucky Strike. The process moistens the tobacco after toasting, producing a more wholesome flavor and boosting demand to extraordinary levels.
Pertinent Suggestion on Commons and Hotels
A concise dialogue questions the nature of commons and hotels. It humorously compares food scarcity to public spaces and asks whether a hotel can be considered a house of commons.
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Commons
House of Commons
Recipe for Gray Hair Dye Promises Gradual Darkening
An old remedy advises adding Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine to water to darken gray hair. It claims the mix colors only hair not scalp, leaves hair soft and glossy, and is not alicky or greasy. The directions are said to come with Barbo Compound and can be prepared at home at low cost.
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B. B. Gossett
Mr. Gossett
W. H. Gibbes
Liege
Lexington
Lduth Cavell
Jane McCrea
Philosophy of Law
Valley Farge
Benjamin Ryan Tillman
American Tobacco Company
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
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