Where They Were at Twenty Opens Opportunity for All
A forward looking piece argues the rise of national figures from humble roles, citing bankers, publishers, rail executives, and Armour & Co. workers. It highlights that a century of American industry favors the enterprising and warns against shirking, urging readers to work to become captains of their own fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaing
Thirtk
America
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Arkansas
J. P. Morgan & Co
Frederick Underwood
Erie Railroad
Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co
Philadelphia
Couy
Boston
D. C
Everett Wilson
Frank W. Waddell
R. Edison White
E. A. Valentine
Soap Works
Robert J. Dunham
Frederick W.roll
Charles H. MacDowell
Armour Fertilizer Works
George B. Robbins
Transportation Department
Jno
E. O'Hern
Chicago
Armour
Myrick D. Harding
Fred C. Shaw
A. P. Pension
Charles Eikel
St. Paul
Amerie
Cotton Association to Meet Columbia May 5
The South Carolina division of the American Cotton Association will hold its semi annual meeting at Craven Hall in Columbia on May 5 at noon. R. M. Mixon, president, urges full county representation and attendance at county meetings prior to the convention. The gathering will discuss Warehousing Finances and Organization. Plans aim to boost warehouses for the 1920 crop and expand state organization with active membership drives including women. Mrs Cora D Mathis of Alabama will speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
South Carolina
American Cotton Association
Craven Hall
R. M. Mixon
Montgomery
Cora D. Mathis
Alabama
Mathis
Mixon
Pity the Telephone Girl
A Gastoria Gazette opinion piece defends telephone operators amid rate increase and service complaints. It describes 19 operators at the local exchange, nine or ten on duty, with 9 or 10 on a shift and others relieving every few hours. It argues bursts of calls during peak hours strain service and defends operators against criticism, inviting public visits to the operating room to see their work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastoria Gazette
Bloodiest Wars Forecast by Lurk at San Remo
At San Remo April 25 the Turkish envoy to Soviet Russia, Ghalib Kemal Bey, protests the conference decisions and warns that Christians a peace misreads. the Moslems will defend their nation and faith to the last drop of blood, while England faces a new religious war and a world tragedy. Tscheidske, former head of the Georgian peace delegation, comments on self determination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Remo
Turkey
Supreme Councils
Ghalib Kemal Bey
Athens
Soviet Russia
Key
Demandig
Aea
England
Tscheidske
Skeleton solves ear mystery in 1901 missing woman case
Indianapolis April 26 after more than twenty years the disappearance of Miss Carrie Selvage is resolved by the discovery of a skeleton in an old private hospital attic. Workmen found the remains in a small corner. three Selvage brothers identify the clothing. The building, once an orphans home and later Union States Hospital, housed Miss Selvage who suffered nervous disease. She vanished after asking a nurse for milk and was never seen again. Coroner Robinson opened the inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Carrie Selvage
Edward L., Williams, J
Joseph W. Selvage
Union States Hospital
Miss Selvage J
Miss Selvage
Robinson
Florence prepares against Mr boll weevil
Clemson College reports the boll weevil will not bring lean years to Florence County as agriculture shifts. Miss Selvage, 43, a former school teacher, is noted in a separate item. Florence Timmonsville and Lake City leaders push a chain of sweet potato curing and storing houses with a guaranteed pedigreed seed business, backed by a $50,000 company and an expert field inspector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemson College
Florence County
J. Ward McLendon
Florence
Timmonsville
Lake City
Hail and Rain Destroy Crops in Florence County Area
A severe storm six miles wide across Sumter and Florence counties caused extensive crop damage on cotton and tobacco. It disrupted dairy and ice cream operations, threatening local milk supply and prompting plans for a new refrigerating plant in Florence. Two travelers near Bethel church suffered injuries, with hailstones as large as a cup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvin
Tindal and
Brogden
Alter
Clarendon
Tobac
Arnie Helle
Florence County
J. F. Stackley
Florence
Reuay Ummegen
Tindal
John A. McKnight
Sumter
Dwight Cain
Bethel Church
Cain
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Cotton Association
Asia Minor
Russia
U.S
U. S
Skelton
Selvage
Ning
United States
Rogers Motors Co
The
Floyd Company
F. Rogers
D. J. Lee
C. McLaurin
J. C. Covington & Co
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