General Assembly Nearing End Amid Budget Debates
South Carolina lawmakers edge toward adjournment as the House and Senate haggle over the appropriation bill. Key changes lift total spending to 2.895 million with new funding for the State Hospital for the Insane, a law enforcement fund, and university and school projects. Debate also centers on salaries, a state highway department bill, and a game warden election plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeSaussure College
George Brown
State Mill
Supreme Court
Ways and Means Committee
Hoave of Representatives
House
Ways and Means
Rural School Improvement Association
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Richey
Moore
Coast Artillery
Anderson
Board of Charities and Corrections
South Carolina
Stafford
Greenville
Parker Cotton Mills Faces Investigation Over 1914 Futures Losses
Representative John W Crews of Richland introduced a concurrent resolution directing the attorney general to investigate the Parker Cotton Mills company. The measure was referred to the judiciary committee. The DuRant bill on advertising for liquor orders passed to a third reading after debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Cotton Mills Company
John W., Crews
Richland
House
Parker Company
Judiciary Committee
DuRant
Governor Manning Seeks Funds for Guard Mobilization and Strike
Gov Manning sent two messages to the House requesting appropriations to cover costs from last summer's National Guard mobilization and from the Equinox and Gluck strike when coast artillery were sent to Anderson. The items are in the general appropriation bill and referred to the Ways and Means Committee.
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Gov. Manning
House of Representatives
National Guard
Coast Artillery
Anderson
Ways and Moana Committee
Welcome Troops Home From Border Duty
The South Carolina National Guard units and engineers returned after seven months on border duty. A special 20 car train arrived at Columbia Union Station with welcome by Gov. Manning, Lt. Gov. Bethea, and Speaker Hoyt. The units marched to the state house for addresses, then to a luncheon, with officers and Mayor Griffith present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
South Carolina National Guard
Charleston Light Dragoons
Johnson Engineers
Marion and Field Hospital
Union Station
Charleston
Engineers
Field Hospital
Marion
Florence
J. M. Graham
National Guard
Fort Moultrie
Lower Main Street
State House
Manning
Bethea
James A. Hoyt
J. Roy Pennell
A. Moultrns Brailsford
KE. L. Welles, Jr
Wyndham M. Manning
America
Lewis A. Griffith
Gov. Manning
Griffith
Hoyt
W. W. Moore
John D. Frost
United States
Red Cross Organized at Aiken
The American Red Cross chapter of Aiken was organized at a Citizens club meeting with 90 members. Officers are Dr. H. J. Ray as chairman Henry M. Dibble as vice chairman and W. W. Edgerton as secretary and treasurer. An executive committee includes Mrs. H. W. Wyman Mrs. F. P. Henderson Mrs. W. W. Mackentfuss and Mrs. Sheffield Phelps. Headquarters will be opened in the Alken Relief Society office.
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Red Cross
Aiken
American Red Cross
Citizens Club
H. J. Ray
Henry M. Dibble
W. W. Edgerton
H. W. Wyman
F. P. Henderson
W. W. Mackentfuss
Sheffield Phelps
The
Alken Relief Society
Plan Nurses Home at Chester Plan for nurses home at Pryor hospital
Dr S W Pryor and assistants consider erecting a modern nurses home for Pryor's hospital in Chester. A $100,800 hospital built recently was expected to suffice, but within 60 days the facility overran with patients from the south, forcing nurses’ fourth floor apartments to be used for patients.
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Chester
S. W. Pryor
Pryor
South
Fairmont Mills Collapse Kills Woman In Spartanburg Area
In South Carolina, the Fairmont mills near Spartanburg collapsed killing one woman and injuring several others. The General Assembly passed a 1 million dollar bond for Spartanburg County road improvements. Darlington voters approved 50 thousand dollar street bonds by 63 to 3. Confederate veteran W D Williamson died at his daughter's home in Columbia after 40 years residence in Richland. Arnold, former Sportsburg representative, sworn in as penitentiary director in Columbia. The DuRant liquor advertising bill passed the house for third time, previously approved by the senate, awaiting ratification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
General Assembly
Laney
Chesterfield
Sinkler
Charleston
South Carolina
House of Representatives
Special Committee
Hines
Lancaster
Bradfovrl
York
Whaley
State Highway Department
Fairmont Mills
Spartanburg
Spartanburg County
W. D. Willamson
Columbia
Lexington County
Richland
Tr. Arnold
Sportsburg
State Penitentiary
Darlington
Farm Loan Act creates cooperative banking system
The Farm Loan Act of June 1916 authorized a federal cooperative banking framework to fund farmers for land purchase and development. It creates a three-tier structure: a federal farm loan board, 12 federal land banks, and farmer loan associations, financing via bonds secured by mortgages and governed to keep profits from individual lenders.
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Frank R.wilson
Washington, D. C
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Federal Farm Loan Board
Secretary of the Treasury
William G
Federal Land Bank
Chiz
Federal Land Banks
Associations of Farmers
No Hindrance, A Dry Community Question
A dialogue piece explores whether a firm can equitably adjust its business plans when a community becomes dry. The exchange features Pop and a son discussing the implications of prohibition on local commerce and corporate harmony.
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Pop
Lucky Mermaid headline fragment hints at marriage and wealth
A clipped exchange portrays a wealthy man and his young wife with nautical framing. The dialogue suggests fortune and social ascent, implying a long association since meeting in a dry dock or tank context. The tone is sensational and vignette-like.
Malin Point patrons debate Pushkey recital performance
The record notes a dispute over Pushkey's organ recital with insults about his art but a counterclaim that supporters collected money. The exchange highlights rival opinions on artistic merit and community support.
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Art
Pushkey
How to join the national farm loan associations
This guide explains that farmers may join nationwide farm loan associations by organizing groups of ten or more borrowers. It covers steps to form, secure federal backing, apply for charters, value land, and issue stock to fund local banks. It outlines loan limits, stock investment, and cooperative structure.
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Frank R. Wilson
Federal Loan Bureau
Washington, D. C
National Farm Loan Associations
Federal Farm Loan Net
Federal- Farm Loan Board
Federal Land Bank
Naecc
O. E
National Farm Loan Association
Federal Hand Bank
Federal Land Banks
Sincce
Paintings Hidden Under Whitewash at Versailles
At Versailles palace a seventeenth century mural by Charles Le Brun was found beneath whitewash in a guardroom wall later altered for Mme de Pompadour in 1749 as her private apartments were created. The wall was whitewashed again in Louis Philippe's era. The works depict Hercules and Minerva.
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Charles Te Brun
Versailles Palace
le Brun
Mme. de Pompadour
Louis XV
Louis Philippe
Hercules
Minerva
June Days and March Days, Stude
A humorous Punch Bowl exchange features a landlady quipping about a steadily unsettled board bill as a playful contrast of June and March weather. The facetious dialogue highlights domestic tensions with wit and a crusty tone.
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Stude
Too Willing Tom and the Peckem Engagement Break
The Indianapolis Star notes a comic line about Harry breaking his engagement with Miss Peckem after her father offered to lend him money to marry.
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Tom
Harry
Miss Peckem
Jack
Indianapols
A Friend's Advice Boosts Recovery Through Herb Remedy
A Louisville woman details years of female troubles including headaches and nervousness. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health and sparing surgery. The ad urges readers to seek free medical guidance from the Pinkham company.
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Louisville
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mra
Neellie Fishback
Christy Ave
Dia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Masa
Druggists Pleased With Kidney Medicine Ad
A 1916 Spartanburg advertisement features Kaminer's Drug Store praising Swamp Root kidney remedy. It claims fifteen years of steady sales and personal endorsement by F W Kaminer. The ad offers a sample for ten cents plus a booklet on kidneys and bladder and notes available sizes at drug stores.
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Kaminer
F. W. Kaminer
Spartanburg
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Wate
Ady
Tipping Habit Persists Despite Signs at New York Hotel
A New York hotel proprietor fights tipping with notices asking patrons not to tip, but guests and even waiters continue tipping. Reports say staff and customers ignore the ban, with some sending sarcastic letters and others tipping freely. A London hotel reportedly banned tipping successfully, yet American patrons persist.
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New York
Old Wing Canute
Copeland
Tie
Andarao
Walters
London
Americas
Unclear OCR Summary Item on Permits and Railroads
Fragmentary notes mention permits for a single lens camera and use of oil fuel on railroads in the United States. The text also references women sailors and Finns and Norwegians, but specifics and context are missing.
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United States
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