Roper to resign as internal revenue commissioner
Daniel C. Roper informed officials of his plan to resign with the resignation not yet received at the White House. He will stay on until after the 1919 tax season and plans to retire to private life after a long public career running the nation’s largest tax collection agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel C. Roper
Internal Revenue
White House
Roper
Revenue Bureau
Cooper
Bureau
Marlboro County
Washington
Jno
L. McLaurin
Congress
Climber Reaches New Altitude Then Plunges to Ground
Dayton Ohio February 28 Major R W Schroeder chief test pilot at Mc Cook Field yesterday fell over five miles in an airplane shattering the world altitude record and miraculously escaped death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Schroedes
D Rohlfest
Winn July Inn
Major Schroeder
Harrison W. Flickinger
McCookfield
Air Department
Aero Club of America
Aero Club of American
Federation Aeronautique International
Dayton
Ohio
R. W. Schroeder
McCook Field
Villa Friend of Americans Testimony Sparks Senate Hearing
George C. Carother, former American consular agent at Torreon, described Francisco Villa as a friend and protector of Americans in Mexico before a Senate committee on Mexican relations. He said Carranza showed antagonism toward Americans, and recalled witnessing the 1912 Torreon massacre of 303 Chinese. Carother referenced letters from William Jennings Bryan about Vera Cruz occupation and urged restoration of order by a major European power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Francisco Villa
Mexico
George C. Carother
New York
Senate
Carranza
Carothers
Torreon
Villa
Wilson
Madero
Shim
William d. Bryan White
Shire
Vera Cruz
Carothere
E Bryan
Iorder
Garden Hints on March Planting and New Vegetables
March marks the start of active seed sowing for peas, onions, beets, and other vegetables. The article outlines pea varieties, seeding depths, and thinning, plus onion growing from sets or seeds, storage after harvest, and notes new vegetables for the year including Chayote and New Zealand Spinach with planting and culinary uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Telephone
Champion
England
New Zealand
Sumter Farmer Wins Large Cotton Yield Prize
S J White of Sumter county won a $500 cash prize and silver medal for the second largest lint cotton yield in the United States for 1919. The Farm Journal of Philadelphia awarded 18 prizes for six crops including cotton, corn, wheat, oats, alfilia and potatoes to stimulate wartime production. White’s cotton yield exceeded an average 222 pounds per acre by about five times, contributing to the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. J. White
Sumter
County
United States
Farnt Journal of
Philadelphia
South Carolina
Seaboard to Conway Rail Line Discussed by Raines
The Horry Herald reports Conway businessmen anticipate a Seaboard Air Line Railroad extension from Hines Marion county toward Conway. A rapid Conway to Raines branch could be built soon with a steel bridge over the Little Pee Dee river. Surveys and observations have been conducted by company engineers in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raines
Conway
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Hines
Marion County
Horry Herald
Conn
Little Pee Dee
Little Pee Dee River
Creditor’s Notice and Final Discharge in Dillon County
Creditor s notice states administrators for Bethea C Dew and Jennie B Gaddy seek claims and prompt payments. Hearing for final discharge set Thursday March 25 at 10 am in Dillon County Probate Court with claims due by 10 am on that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethea C. Dew
Jennie B. Gaddy
John W. Gaddy
Joe Cabell
Davis
Dillon County
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Daniel Roper
Marlborg
Post Hospital
Dirytan
Phey
Skys Ward
Schroeder
Hse
Howard ¥. Dutrow
Harrison W. Plickinger
Favors Villa
Bandit
The
Dillon Herald
County Home
Mter County
Seaboad
John L. Dew
Lake View
Ford Dry Goods Company
Lake View, South Carolina
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