Negro Population by County in South Carolina 1920 census
Washington reports South Carolina’s total population 48.6 percent Black in 1920, up from 35.5 percent in 1910. Black residents numbered 64,719, while whites grew to 318,538. The data include native and foreign-born whites, Indians, Chinese, and Japanese, with county percentages showing majorities or decreases for Black populations in many counties.
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Washington
South Carolina
Bureau of Census Department of Commerce
Abbeville
Aiken
Allendale
Anderson
Bamberg
Barnwell
Beaufort
Berkeley
Calhoun
Charleston
Cherokee
Chester
Chesterfield
Clarendon
Colleton
Darlington
Dillon
Dorchester
Edgefield
Tig Fairfield
Florence
Georgetown
Greenville
Greenwood
Hampton
Harry
Jasper
Kershawne
Lancaster
Laurens
Lee
World Congress of Working Women Calls for Delegates
The International Congress for working women expects a large turnout at its October session in Geneva with delegates from France Spain Italy Belgium Australia Porto Rico and China. Miss Zung of the YWCA will begin a long journey to attend. The meeting will consider a memorial to Mary McArthur and may promote scholarships to fund women in annual labor training schools, a step first taken in 1913.
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International Congress For
Working Women
France
Spain
Italy
Belgium
Australia
Porto Rico
China
Miss Zung
Young Women's Christian Association
Geneva
Mary McArthur
Women's Trade Union League
United States
The Key to Long Living and Women Labor Leaders
The text discusses aging, diet and digestive remedies like Chamberlain's Tablets as a path to longevity. It then shifts to the National Women's Trade Union League founding a training school for women labor leaders in Chicago, noting attendees from various occupations and the support of the Young Women's Christian Association in language classes for immigrant and English learners.
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National Women's Trade Union League
Chicago
Alice Henry
Bre
Tex
Frest
East
Middle West
Young Women's Christian Association
Crimson Clover Boosts Soil Nitrogen and Fertilizer Value
Clemson College reports crimson clover as a top water cover crop for plowing under in spring. Extension specialist N E Winters says average soils gain about forty five pounds of nitrogen per acre from air, worth eight to ten dollars in fertilizer savings. Bacteria at plant roots fix nitrogen continuously through winter to enrich soil.
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Clemson College
N. E. Winters
Rat Snap Ad Claims Saving Hog Price
James MeGuire of New Jersey endorses RAT-SNAP for rat control. He spent 1.25 on the cake, claiming it saved the price of a hog. RAT-SNAP is sold in three sizes 35c 65c and 1.25, comes as a cake with no mixing, and is guaranteed by Lexington Pharmacy and Harmon Drug Co.
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James MeGuire
Raiser
New Jersey
Lexington Pharmacy
Harmon Drug Co
Planting Crimson Clover on Varied Soils and Inoculation
The article notes common planting errors for crimson clover and stresses optimal timing from mid September to early October, the need for soil inoculation when the field lacks specific bacteria, and techniques such as rolling husked seed in inoculated dirt or coating with inoculated dust. It compares soil types and suggests rye and vetch as safer winter covers on poorer soils.
Hall Catarrh Medicine Offers Blood Purifier Tonic Claims
Those in a run down condition notice catarrh worsens when health wanes. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is advertised as a tonic and blood purifier acting through the blood to reduce inflammation on mucous surfaces and restore normal conditions. Available from all druggists. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Sowing Timing Affects Slover Growth And Clover Yields
Poor season and sowing too early cause slover to come up weakly and be killed by sun. Crimson slover responds to twelve to thirty pounds per acre. higher rates work where soil is not poor. Clover performance mirrors slover with organic matter and lime effects varying with soil quality.
Information Autoist Leads to House and Foes
A terse exchange traces routes as crowds discuss directions with one speaker claiming ties lead to his house while another asserts foes press forward along the other path. The fragment hints at a moment of navigation and confrontation within a crowded scene.
Pronounced Success of Chamberlains Diarrhoea Remedy
The remedy has found universal use for bowel complaints in children and adults. It is praised as practically without equal and widely trusted in curing diarrhea.
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Chamberlain
Dead Rat Smell But Decay Not Seen in Cellar Tale
A fragmentary note describes a dead rat found in a cellar with no odor, claimed by Mrs. Joanny and others. The jumbled text mentions RAT-SNAPS in three sizes sold by Lexington Pharmacy and Harmen Drug Co, offering a strange fall promotional line.
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Lexington McCormick
Ion Be. Marlboro
Newberne
Goonee E
Geburs Ee
Pickens
Alu Dat
Partanlur Sumitea Es
Union Ot
Williamsburg Es
Ork
Sora
Universal Car
Fordson Tractors
Detroit
Mich
Dupre Auto CO
J. D. Jordan
Mer
Lexington, S.C
Lexington
Caughman-Kaminer Company
J. S. Caughman
James L. Johnson
Swansea
M. C. Johnson
S. C
Victrolas
Victor Records
Emerson and Oker
the John Church Co
Main Street
Columbia, S.C
Farmer
Eagle“Mikado
Eagle Pencil Company
New York
The
Bank of Columbia
Columbia, S. C
Baltimore
Columbia
Main St
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