Dispatches From Columbia Highlight Y M C A War Drive
South Carolina Governor Manning energizes Y M C A conference in Atlanta urging full mobilization for the 135 500 000 war work fund drive in mid November. State fuel chief Gossett warns coal reports must be filed weekly or supply may be cut off for industrial plants and dealers.
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Columbia
Atlanta
South Carolina
Richard J. Manning
Southeast
Manning
Aker
Campaign spending totals reach beyond twenty three thousand dollars
Candidates campaigned statewide spending over 23000 with the top expenditure at 3121.99 by N B Dial while J Willard Ragsdale reported nothing. Expense filings were due after the campaign, with Wyatt Aiken and Fred Dominick yet to file by closing time. Rutledge Lyles Osborne appointed comptroller general following the accidental death of Carlton Sawyer. Osborne had previously served as chief clerk and helped cut the state tax levy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B. Dial
J. Willard Ragsdale
Secretary of State
Wyatt Aiken
Abbeville
Fred Dominick
Newberry
Manning
Rutledge Lyles Osborne
Anderson
Carlton W. Sawyer
Osborne
General Assembly
State Tax Commission
Physicians Mobilizing For U S Voluntary Service Corps
Physicians in South Carolina prepare to join the voluntary service corps as requests flow from the surgeon generals and the Council of National Defense. There are 49 state executive committees coordinating the effort to mobilize medical professionals nationwide.
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South Carolina
Voluntary Service Corps of
United States
Surgeon General of
Army
Surgeon General of the Navy
Surgeon General
The
Public Health Service
General Medical Board
Council of National Defango
State tax levy cut and wage relief under new valuation
The nine and one half mill state tax levy is reduced to eight and a quarter mills under a flexible levy act. Increased state tax values by at least 50 million dollars allow county levies to adjust accordingly. Governor Manning plans to brief county authorities on the changes and the eightieth twenty rule altering flour sales for households. The note also cites a regional war savings meeting plan for South Carolina counties and lists casualties among SC troops overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tax Commission
Manning
Anderson
Cherokee
Chesterfield
Fairfield
Florence
Horry
Orangeburg
Saluda
Spartanburg
Union
South Carolina
Foot
Columbia
Rk, G. Rhett
Greenville
Charleston
Central Hotel
Marion
Dillon
Darlington
Marlboro
Lee
Sumter
Williamsburg
Richland
Newberry
Lexington
Sar Luda
Kershaw
Chester
York
Lancaster
Edgefield
Aiken
Calhoun
Clarendon
Peoples National Bank
Berkeley
Dorchester
Colleton
Beaufort
Jasper
Georgetown
Bamberg
Hampton and Barnwell
Civil Service Exam Open for Clerks in Atlanta District
The civil service commission announces an open competitive examination for junior clerks of both genders on September 25. Subjects include spelling arithmetic penmanship letter writing copying and manuscript correction. Training and experience count 30 on the exam. apply for form A371 to the secretary fifth civil service district Atlanta Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Civil Service Commission
Fifth Civil Service District
Atlanta
Abbeville Clerk N. C. Elmore Seeks Comptroller General Post
N. C. Elmore formerly of Abbeville and long time clerk in the comptroller general's office announces his candidacy for the comptroller general now vacated by Carton W. Sawyer's death. Governor Manning has appointed R. L. Osborn to fill the unexpired term while Elmore contends for the full term.
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N. C. Elmore
Abbeville
Comptroller General
Carton W. Sawyer
Sawyer
R. L. Osborn
Manning
Elmore
Disloyal Private Sentenced. Camp Jackson Developments
Private Jer skin E Agrawal of the Headquarters Company Sixth Battalion F A R D is sentenced to thirty years hard labor at Leavenworth for disloyal utterances. Camp Jackson construction orders go to Benedict Crowell via word from the War Department. German prisoners at Camp Wadsworth build a new stockade with barbed wire under armed guard.
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Camp Jackson
William Cooper
Quartermaster's Corps
Quartermaster Department
Benedict Crowell
Hardaway Contracting Company
Columbia
Marion
Miss
Susie Emma Terry
James L. Cooper
George E. Mennen
Yale
Senator Benet
W. J. Snow
War Department
South Carolina
Iornest W. Leslie
Atlanta
Jack Ross
MacDonald
Ross
Jerskine Agrawal
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Agianal
United States
Camp Wadsworth
Water matter discussed at Chamber of Commerce meeting
At a regular Cham ber of Commerce meeting General French of Camp Jackson attended and the council considered the water supply for Camp Jackson. It developed that pumps and machinery the city ordered were ready for shipment but had been taken by the government before shipment.
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Columbia
Chamber of Commerce
General French
Camp Jackson
Auto accident near here injures nine travelers
Mrs. F C Gross and Leon Young of Rock Hill are hospitalized after a touring car with nine occupants ran into a sand bed and overturned. Mrs Gross lost three fingers from her right hand and sustained severe bruising. Young, 17, also suffered head and body bruises. the vehicle was wrecked.
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Camden
F.C. Gross
Leon Young
Rock Hill
Camp Jackson Tops Y M A July Physical Activity
Official July report shows Camp Jackson leading the Southeastern Department with 690,886 men reached, up about 250000 from June. In July the camp hosted 8651 games with 106, 6879 participants and 487,207 spectators attendances indicate strong YMCA engagement in the region.
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Columbia
Camp Jackson
Southeastern Department
Planning for Press Meet at Gaffney and Weevil Quarantine
The South Carolina Press Association meeting is set for September 18 in Gaffney with Old Man DeCamp arranging events including a Cowpens battleground excursion and a likely Col. Rion Mekisstek address. Clemson College reports the boll weevil quarantine line advancing in South Carolina.
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Gaffney
South Carolina Press Association
Fourth
Isstate
DeCamp
Cowpens Battleground
Col. Rion Mekisstek
Iive
Kings Mountain
York
Clemson College
G. M. Anderson
South Carolina
Robertsville
Pineland
Gil- Hisonville
Coosawhatchee
Moonshine Suppression Efforts Hit York County Areas
York officers intensify moonshine crackdown in western and northern York. Distilleries are found more easily than moonshiners who evade capture. Sheriff Fred Quinn’s party seized a crude still on Arthur Thomas’s farm in Bullene Creek Township and destroyed a large mash batch.
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York
Fred FE
Quinn
Arthur Thomas
Bulleen Creek
War Work Distribution Meeting in Columbia District
A Columbia district meeting of representatives from local industries outlined the aims of centralizing war production data and ensuring even war work distribution. A questionnaire went to 289 plants. others in Calhoun to Newberry counties are urged to respond to chairman T. Th. Stackhouse.
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Columbia
T. B. Stackhouse
War Resources Committee
Columbia District
Chamber of Commerce
C. Fitasimmons
W. B. West
Stackhouse
Washington
T. Th. Stackhouse
S.C
Calhoun
Rairfield
Tee
Richland
Chestereld
Florence
Lexington
Orangeburg
Darington
Kershaw
Marlboro
Sumter
Milton
Lancaster
Newberry
Senate confirms George M Stackhouse for navy pay inspector
The Senate confirmed George M Stackhouse of Marion a retired navy paymaster and assigned him to active duty as a pay inspector on the active list with the rank of commander. Commodore Raps dale noted the case and Stackhouse’s friends congratulate him on promotion and return to active service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
George M. Stackhouse
Marion
Nivy
Comereiman Rapsdale
Stackhouse
Sumter Auto Association Urges Compliance with Non Sunday Rules
The Sumter Automobile Association adopted resolutions urging residents to follow non Sunday orders restricting automobile use. It appointed a committee to approach the city council for a dimming light ordinance and to rally the State association to convene its legislative committee to craft a definite plan for road construction bridges and ferry building.
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Sumter
Sumter Automobile Association
State Association
State Legislative Committee
Registration for military service urged by President Wilson
President Wilson calls all men 18 to 45 in the United States to register on September 12 as part of the second great enrollment under the new manpower act. Draft boards will classify registrants, with an estimated 2.3 million to be called for service. Young men 18 to 21 face a separate educational plan, while the older group is urged to mobilize all resources for a decisive victory.
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Washington
Continental
United States
Army
Wilson
War Department
Fob Lowa
Cyvil
Why She Couldn't See Him In Court Testimony
The trial transcript shows a witness describing why she could not see her husband during a nighttime entry at a house. The judge pressed for clarity on whether a light was on and how she could identify a prisoner without seeing her spouse. The witness claimed her husband remained quiet, citing the club as a factor.
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Iyer
Minkine
Chine
Draftee Treks With Cat To Fight In War
In Providence a draftee, fearing rats, arrives with a large black cat and a bag. He insists the cat will protect him, while the army officer notes cats cannot be carried overseas. The draftee retorts that no cent means no soldier.
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Providence
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Manning Otras
Stirs Y. M
B. B. Gossett
United States Fuel Administration
Food Administration
S. C
Corp. L. I
Abercrombie
Laurens
H. M. Gerald
Lords
PF. A. Davenport
W. D. Coleman
Chappell
J. T. Elden
Enoree
R. L. Gilliam
Urbana
Pinkham
Coalley
Lydia I. Pinkham
Frank Henson
Orchade St
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Behrens Drug Co
Waco.Tex
King Roofing & Paint CO
Third Street
Cincinnati
Ohio
Sare
W.N. U
Charlotte
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