Abbe of County Treasurer Tax Notice 1918
Tax notice from Pickens County Treasurer in Pickens South Carolina dated October 1 1918. Announces tax book periods from October 1 1918 to December 31 1918 with optional delayed payments in January February and March 1919 and specified additional percentages. Advises taxpayers to request township or school district tax receipts and to mail payments by December 26 1918. Details various levies including state 41. mills constitutional and ordinary county 8 mills and county bond 4 mills.
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Clart Tinton
Land Sale by Heirs at Law at Anderson Courthouse
The heirs at law will sell at public auction at Anderson courthouse lands of Capt. G A Rankin estate on sale day in November. Plots may be viewed at Farmers and Merchants Bank Anderson S C or by application to Cliff Rankin Liberty South Carolina W C Smith Easley South Carolina or J Robt Martin Greenville S C. Algo house and lot at Craytons Street No 202 Anderson S C. Terms ten percent day of sale and balance December 1st.
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Anderson Court House
Capt
G. A. Rankin
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Anderson
S. C
Cliff Rankin
Liberty
W. C. Smith
Easley
J. Robt. Martin
Greenville
S. C. Algo, House and Lot Situated On Craytons Street
Anderson, S. C
Camp Jackson and Sevier Expand Military Camps
Gen. Wilson resumes command at Camp Jackson provisional depot while a new camp rises two miles away with barracks water tower and railroad access. Banks open a camp exchange branch. two pneumonia deaths reported at base hospital. Camp Sevier proceeds with two story barracks mess halls and new detention and quarantine camps for thousands, fenced by barbed wire.
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Manny
Bank of Columbia
Camp Exchange
Donnie Weaver
Marlboro
John W. Harwood
Albemarle, N. C
Camp Sevier
War Department
Paris Station
Piedmont & Northern Railway
South Carolina Infantry
North Carolina
Sevier
General William Wilson Takes Command at Camp Wadsworth
Brig. Gen. William Wilson, recently discharged from the Camp Wadsworth base hospital after an appendicitis operation, formally assumes command of the provisional depot for corps and army troops. He relieves Col. J. I. Gohn, who remains chief of staff and will also serve as camp executive officer. Maj. Gen. Guy Carleton had previously commanded the Ninety-Sixth Division.
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Camp Wadsworth
William Wilson
J. I. Gohn
Guy Carleton
Wilson
Gohn
Charleston Firms Granted Charters For Various Ventures
The Folly Island Co of Charleston was commissioned with 40000 capital to run a general realty business and operate hotels. The Farmers' Supply Co of Mayesville seeks 25000 capital. The St. Quentin Corporation of Charleston chartered with 1000 capital. The Smith Dray Line of Greenville chartered with 15000 capital.
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Folly Island Co
Charleston
Farmers' Supply Co
Mayesville
St. Quentin Corporation of
Smith Dray Line
Greenville
Gas Shortage Strands Spartanburg Residents
Spartanburg has endured nearly two days with little gas as officials from the South Carolina Light Power and Railway Company work to repair damaged gas mains. They say the timeline is uncertain and depend on completion of repairs.
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Spartanburg
South Carolina Light, Power & Railway Company
Spartanburg War Camp Auxiliary Drives Social Morale
The 500 member women’s auxiliary to the War Camp Community Service in Spartanburg supports Camp Wadsworth by fostering wholesome social life for soldiers, hosting hospital visitations, welcoming Army women, and aiding fundraising campaigns including the Liberty Loan drive.
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Women's Auxiliary
Spartanburg
Camp Wadsworth
United Drive
Citywide 9 PM prayer signal lights under fire
Greenville residents praise the prayer signal yet fear danger from a city blackout each night at nine. A physician cites an 18 month old patient whose operation paused when the lights went out, causing great anxiety for the father and prompting talk of changing to a ring of a bell or other signal.
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Greenville
Ferry Break Leaves Camden Visitors Stranded
About 100 automobiles were stranded in Camden for nearly a week after the cable ferry failed crossing the Wa ter ee river. Cars were towed downstream. ferry discontinued. Many vehicles on the west bank at Lugoff homes belong to tourists bound for Florida. An appeal to Seaboard to move cars on flatcars stalled due to lack of flatcars.
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Camden
Wateree
Lugoff
Florida
Seaboard Railway
Wolfe names clerks for South Carolina attorney general office
Sam M. Wolfe announced appointments for the engrossing department of the general assembly for the next session. The retiring attorney general may appoint half the clerks. John J. McMahan will be chief clerk with Miss Mattie Lou Mcfant as secretary and several clerks named from Florence Anderson Orangeburg Edgefield Laurens Columbia Abbeville. The assistant attorney general pick was not yet finalized.
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Orangebourg
Ada LaBorde
Columbia
Virginia Simkins
Edgefield
Ruth Bagwell
Laurens
Helen Cannon
Florence
C. M. Killingsworth
Abbeville
Wolfe
Camden Soldier Henry T. Bown Dies in France
Message from the war department reports Private Henry T. Bown of Camden died in France on October 5 from pneumonia. A former salesman and Stand ard Oil Company agent, he served with the field artillery after leaving Camden. City bells tolled in his memory.
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France
Camden
War Department
Henry T. Bown
Field Artillery
Standard Oil Company
Approves Year’s Work at State Colored College Meeting
An Orangeburg gathering of the State Colored College board of trustees approved the annual report to the legislature. Attendees included Gov. Richard J. Manning Dr. G. B. White Col. Claude E. Sawyer E. D. Hodge Dr. William R. Lowman and A. L. Dukes. Governor Manning presided.
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Orangeburg
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State Colored College
Richard J. Manning
G. B. White
Chester
Claude E. Sawyer
Aiken
E. D. Hodge
Alcola
William R. Lowman
A. L. Dukes
Manning
Plant Rye As Wheat Substitutes in South Carolina
The Food Administration urges South Carolina farmers to boost bread crops by planting more rye and wheat. Rye serves as a good substitute for wheat, profitable and low-fuss, with Abruzzi recommended for SC. Plant in October to November, using 4 to 6 pecks per acre and modest fertilization.
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South Carolna
Food Administration
South Carolina
Columbia
Clemson College
Cotton seed price cut by one dollar per ton
The Food Administration announces a reduction in South Carolina cotton seed prices effective October 17. The new stabilized price is 71 per ton for car lots and 68 per ton for wagon lots, as stated by William Elliott Food Administrator for South Carolina.
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Columbia
South Carolina
The
Food Administration
William Elliott
Grocery stores pledge aid to housewives in wartime savings
Columbia reports that retail grocers will sign Food Administration pledges to follow fair price rules and cooperate in conserving food. Certificates will be posted in windows proving dealers enlist in the national effort to curb hoarding and high markup, bearing Hoover's signature.
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Columbia
Worr
America
Food Administration
Atricken
United States Food Administration
U. S. Food Administration
Herbert Hoover
Retreat of Germans Increases Responsibility in Food Effort
Columbia reports the Food Administration warns there will be no easing of food conservation as Germans retreat toward the Rhine. Hoover notes the population in evacuated areas must be fed, increasing workload for the administration.
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Columbia
Rhine
Food Administration
Herbert Hoover
Willian Elliott
South Carolina
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