McKendree Barr Pleads for Fair Treatment in County Roads
In a August 27 1921 letter to The Dispatch News McKendree Barr representative argues Fork County citizens were shorted by road plans and urges equitable treatment. He recalls meetings with Richland officials about a paved road to Irmo and a proposed bridge at Hope's Ferry while denying prior pledges by lawmakers.
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Fork
McKendree Barr
Hatesburg
Dispatch-News
R. E. Mathias
Sioners
Lexington County
Irma
Richland County
Beapharts
Newberry
Chapin
Lexington
Hilton
County
Hope's Ferry
Richland
Mathias
Irmo
Columbia
Whcth
Trench
Charter Oak Dots Barbecue and Bids for Picnic Fun
The farmers near completion of fodder pulling. Mr Sim Hendrix drew his pond on Tuesday and shared fish with helpers. A barbecue at Charter Oak is hoped to succeed while Gwen Lindler recovers well from tonsil surgery. The Lindler and Harmon families visited Joe Rauch's, and Mrs Hendrix faces a serious operation. Everyone urged to attend the Charter Oak barbecue this Saturday for a good time.
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Sim Hendrix
Charter Oak
Gwendoline Lindler
Baptist Hospital
J. H. Arould
Joe Rauch
Shelton Harmon
John Frederick Heyman
Z. W. Lindler
I. A. Lindler
Hendrix
Harmon
Mirs
D. L. George
J. W. Lindler
Hattie
London to keep door open on talks with Ireland
London reports Lloyd George offers to keep negotiations with the Irish Republic alive yet refuses its demand for absolute freedom. Additional items note Prohibition Commissioner Haynes ordering disposal of seized liquor, with instructions for devaluation by type. potential rapid return of American troops from Germany after ratification of the German Peace Treaty. A U.S. Supreme Court new trial for Kenneth Gossett is reported from Columbia, Ohio. work continues on ZR-2 wreckage with two bodies found. Columbia Chamber of Commerce pushes for vocational schools at Camp Jackson and a permanent artillery post relocation. local Columbia building and land development expected to extend into next week.
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Irish Republic
Washington
Germany
Columbia
Supreme ‘Court
Kenneth Gossett
Cothran
Gosset
Abbeville
Hull
Eng
Albert L. Loftin
A.B. Martin
Columbia Chamber of Commerce
Gronp
Camp Jackson
Dial
Senator Smith
H. P. Fulmer
Fodder Pulling Not Practiced by Best Farmers
Clemson College reports farmers abandoned fodder pulling as costly and counterproductive. Experiments show ear corn yield drops 10 to 12 percent when fodder is pulled, about 3 bushels per acre, leading to replacement by cowpeas, soybeans, velvet beans, or sorghum for forage.
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Clemson College
Prof
C. Pp. Blackwell
Publicity Talk Sparks Courtroom Quips In New York Globe
A fragment shows two publicity men discussing a screen stir suit for alienation of affections by a multimillionaire's wife. The dialogue notes court attendance and a sharp judge, reflecting tabloid tone from the New York Globe.
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New York Globe
Lowell man aims for solo English Channel swim again
Henry F. Sullivan of Lowell Massachusetts seeks a third solo crossing of the English Channel after multiple near reaches since 1913. He hopes favorable weather and tides in late summer will permit a foot touch on French shores without leaving the water, swimming under the Catholic Young Men's Lyceum banner.
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English Channel
Henry F. Sullivan
Lowell
Mass
Sullivan
Boston Herald
North Foreland
Dover
England
French
France
Young Men's Lyceum of
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Rubin & Peskin’s Dry Goods
Wansea Grocerteria
Sailor Ce
J. T. Berry
Mer
London
Lloyd George
Prohibition
Haynes
Caughman-Kaminer Co
Lexington, S. C
Mack
Corner
Washington and Assembly
St. Columbia, S$. C
Sanitary Cafe
Main Street
Columbia, S. C
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