Regulation Tightens Cotton Shipments In Boll Weevil Zone
South Carolina moves to curb boll weevil spread by prohibiting seed and hull shipments from infested areas. Seed cotton and cotton seed face year long bans. hulls barred Aug 1 to Dec 31 unless specially treated. Lists of allowed items include baled cotton and oats. placards require planting seed affidavits and permits.
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Columbia
South Carolina
State Crop Post Commission
South Carolina State Crop Pest Commission
Clemson College
A. H. Conradi
Savannah
Augusta
Free Territory
New History Issued on English Government
Dr. David Duncan Wallace of Wofford College has released a 400 page volume titled The Government of England National Local Imperial. The book aims to explain the current structure of England's government in a clear authentic manner for readers unfamiliar with the facts.
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Spartanburg
Government of
England
David Duncan Wallace
Wofford College
Plan Big County Fair Approaches in Lexington
Lexington residents shift focus to the 20th annual Lexington County Fair Association event set for October 17 18 and 19. Officials plan to tear down many old structures including the main display building with work starting at the earliest possible date after a Saturday committee session.
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Lexington
Lexington County Fair Association
Committee On
Kerensky Defends Russian Revolution as Public Property
Premier Kerensky declares that new freedom in Russia is now public property and cannot be wrested from the people. He says the provisional government will guard the revolution and will resist counter revolutions from any source.
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Kerensky
Russia
Moscow
Wilson approves plan to build destroyers
President Wilson endorses Navy Department estimates for an additional 550 million dollars for destroyers to counter German submarines. Secretary Daniels will present the plan to Congress, with 226 million for building plants and expansion to broaden labor centers inland to speed production.
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Daniels
Congress
Washington
Wilson
Navy Department
Reichstag Set To Reassemble September 26
Berlin reports the reichstag main committee held a brief session on occupied territory administration with confidential discussions. The committee will adjourn until reconvening September 26 in Berlin via London.
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Berlin
London
Ground broken for $2 million projectile plant in Charleston
Secretary Daniels traveled to Charleston West Virginia to attend ceremonies marking the start of construction on a new 2,000,000 projectile plant to be ready next April. Rear Admiral Fletcher and other naval board members accompanied him. Plans for a 15,000,000 armor plate factory on the same tract are not yet finished.
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Washington
Daniels
Charleston
W. Va
Fletcher
Naval Board
Russians Drive Raids as Italians Renew Balkan Offensive
In the Baltic theater, German naval action targets Riga with Luftwaffe raids and torpedo destroyers while Russians push on Dvinsk. Italians renew attacks on the Bainsizza plateau, gaining ground north of Gorizia and near Monte San Gaffidiele as Austrian prisoners rise.
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Dvinsk
Riga
Russia
Baltic
Gulf of Riga
Gulf
Berlin
Illukst
Bainsizza
Gorizia
Carso
Monte Sangfadiele
Second Liberty Loan Drive Announced for October 1
Washington reports the next Liberty campaign tentatively set to begin October 1 with subscription books open until November 1 unless changed. The offering may reach about 3 billion dollars and details depend on Congress and the pending bond bill. Sec McAdoo cites ad costs and funding limits as factors.
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Congress
Washington
Treasury Department
Deposed Abyssinian Emperor Captured in Distress
London dispatch reports Sidi Jeassu the deposed Abyssinian emperor, who escaped Magdala, has been captured near Jibuti in French Somali land.
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London
Sidi Jeassu
Abyssinia
Magdala
Daily Mail
Jibuti
Somaililand
Cotton Production Prospects Improve Across States
Washington reports August cotton production forecasts raise total to 12,499,000 bales with August 26 condition showing a 2.5 point decline from a ten year average. Acre yield is pegged at 174.6 pounds. state readings range from Virginia 76 to California 90 with Texas 55 and Oklahoma 84.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Oklahoma
California
Arizona
Wilson Rejects Pope Peace Proposals in World War Stance
Washington reports President Wilson rejected the Pope’s peace proposals, signaling a high point in his defense of democracy against autocracy. The note aligns with allied views, likely prompting other nations to endorse his arguments. Diplomats anticipate German internal resistance and a cautious, firm response.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Germany
Germany Offers Indemnity to Argentina to Preserve Friendly Ties
Germany replies to Argentina over the submarine war and shipping losses. Official messages say the note is satisfactory and La Razón reports that it meets Argentina’s demands, promising compensation for sinking trade ships to maintain good relations.
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Buenos Aires
Germany
Argentina
Etreles
LaRazon
Inquiring Into Camp Riot In Houston
The municipal board of inquiry heard testimony about disturbances in the West End district when about 100 Negro troops fired into the district. Witnesses described women visiting the camp after dark and many empty liquor bottles around the camp.
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Houston
Texas
Municipal Board of Inquiry
West Ind
Wheat price fixed at 2.20 in food administration move
The Wheat Fair Price Committee led by N A Garfield approved a 2.20 per bushel fixed price for No 1 northern spring wheat for 1917 after three days of debate. President Wilson announced the decision from the White House as labor and farmer representatives endorsed a compromise. The plan aims to stabilize markets, lower consumer costs, and enable a fourteen ounce loaf of bread for five cents, with detailed differentials set for grades and terminals.
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Washington
Chicago
Wheat Fair Price Committee
N. A. Garfield
Wilson
White House
Food Administration
Congress
United States
Blood and Iron Rule in Russia Supposedly Starts
Reported desertions west of Fokshani allow Teutons to push in Ocna and Kezdi Vavarhely while Russians in other sectors fight back. Kerensky vows drastic punishment for soldiers who fled as unrest grows on the Bukowina front and at Moscow talks.
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Fokshani
Ocna
Kezdi-Vavarhely
Iresht
East Bukowina
Moldavia
Kerensky
Moscow
Horrible Treatment of Prisoners of War Reported
Washington reports from Rua Blan soldiers who escaped Germany describe POWs starved beaten and subjected to indignities. The statements say prisoners of all nationalities are forced to work in trenches and fields behind the lines under fire from both sides within range of guns.
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Washington
Germany
Rua- Blan
State Department
Railroads War Board orders over seven thousand empty freight cars
New York reports Fairfax Harrsion says more than 7,000 additional empty freight cars have been ordered to the south and southwest in ten days to support grain and food movements and lumber for cantonments and shipyards. About 2,600 cars are in grain states and 4,537 in lumber states.
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New York
Fairfax Harrison
Railroads War Board
Labor Agents Inspect Mills Ahead of Child Labor Law
Federal inspectors led by Francis H. Bird tour Spartanburg and Greenville mills to ensure compliance with the Wheat-ing Owens child labor measure. They explain the goal to verify workers ages and correct names with employers and parents, aiming to complete work after the law takes effect.
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Spartanburg
Wheating- Owens
Francis H. Bird
Spartanburg-Greenville
State Fair Opens in Columbia Amid Record Crowds
The 49th South Carolina State Fair begins October 22 in Columbia with expected record attendance aided by Camp Jackson activity. Prizes range from 60 cents to 125 dollars across agricultural and home life exhibits, with horse races and harness events featured. many soldiers and Camp Jackson workers will be in town during fair week.
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Columbia
Camp Jackson
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Camp Wadsworth Nears Readiness in Spartanburg
Camp Wadsworth for New York troops is 85 percent finished with the hospital building and remount station yet to start. Water from the city supply is on after two 200000 gallon tanks were installed. Four weeks ago cotton and corn fields gave way to rows of houses and graded streets, with rapid progress on paving and stone coating.
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Wadsworth
Spartanburg
Camp Wadsworth
New York
Alligator Found Guarding Company F Bar Racks in South Carolina
A three foot alligator was found by members of Company F First South Carolina infantry guarding bridges near Denmark. State insurance commissioner H McMaster departed for St. Paul Minnesota for the annual insurance commissioners convention, away a week to ten days. Rev Ben Cox of Memphis will serve as camp religious work director at Camp Sevier Greenville for the YMC A during an extended church leave, arriving this week. Cole L Blease says he will not seek office next year, speaking at farmers meetings in Pickens and Greer during a district IMO Red Men event.
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First
South Carolina Infantry
Denmark
H. McMaster
St. Paul
Minn
Insurance Commissioners
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