February Whiskey Crackdown Across South Carolina
Chief constable T J rd reports February seizures totaling 733 quarts of whiskey and 3 630 in value with 42 months imprisonment for violators. 28 stills captured across Aiken Orangeburg riboro Anderson Greenville mee Lexington and related offenses including beer fermenters and drink stands. About a hundred people left Charleston for spring court with numerous whiskey and vice law cases and eight chauffeurs to be tried for aiding prostitution. Two men accused of posing as United States book agents also feature in anticipated trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Ss. C
T. J. Rd
Govnor Manning
Mr. Id
Federal
Aiken
Orangeburg
Riboro
Anderson
Greenville
Mee
Lexington
A. M. Smith
Charleston
United States Book
Three Convicts Escape From Richland County Gang
Three convicts identified as William map, Bob Simpson, and Jack pps escaped from the Richland county gang. One is from Orangeburg county serving five years, another from Eastover with ten dollars, and Pepps from Lexing serving three years. Officers in multiple towns are on the lookout for them.
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Columbia
S. C
William Map
Bob Simpson
Jackpps
Richland County
Owman
Orangeburg
Eastover
Pepps
Two Negroes in Winnsboro Shootings Leave Bystanders Wounded
In Winnsboro South Carolina on March 6 a quarrel between Will Haman and Jerry Miller led to gunfire at Railroad Crossing on Liberty Street. George Priory was shot in the back and D. Newman in the arm while bystanders watched. Both wounded men, bricklayers at Winnsboro Mill, were hospitalized in Columbia. Haman was arrested. Miller fled.
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Winnsboro
S. C
Will Haan
Jerry Miller
Railroad Fossing
Liberty Street
George Prrory
Miller
D. Newman
Pth
Inumbia
Nebes
Winnsboro Mill
Haman
Hamnan
Federal Court Opens March Term in Florence
United States Court convened in Florence on Tuesday with about 60 to 100 cases on the docket for the March term. Judge H. presides as the court opens its session in Charleston area reporting.
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United States
Florence
Charleston
S. C
United 2 Court
F Back Horts Begin on Salts
A health ad claims a kidney cleanse using Rad Salts from a reliable pharmacy. It describes kidney clogging acids from meat and suggests four ounces in water daily to flush kidneys and prevent rheumatism headaches and bladder disorders. It touts the drink as inexpensive delightful and suitable for meat eaters to maintain kidney health.
meningitis treatment costs and mortality in South Carolina
In Greenville on March 6 Dr. J. Adam Hayne reports the average meningitis treatment cost is 30 dollars. He notes mortality drops from 80 90 percent without serum to 21 30 percent with serum. Since the epidemic began 124 cerebro spinal meningitis cases have been reported outside military camps with 8 in late December 48 in January and 68 in February. The disease affects multiple regions.
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Greenville
S. C
J. Adam Hayne
South Carolina
State Board of Health
No Music Festival Called Off in Spartanburg
Spartanburg South Carolina announces there will be no spring music festival after directors meet Saturday. Dr Edmond Morris had been sent to arrange details with artists and orchestras but his report outlined insurmountable difficulties, leading to cancellation for this year.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Edmond Morris
New York
Morris
Dawn of Tears in New York Letter Poem
Special correspondent C O McIntyre reflects from New York on wartime loss and mothers awaiting word of sons believed lost. He shifts from combat imagery to tribute and sorrow, noting the Kaiser and war’s grim toll while acknowledging poetry’s ache within.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. McIntyre
the Dispatch
New York
Kaising
Ministers Sweep Business Men In Five-Game Volleyball Set
Ministers defeated a business men’s team three games to two on the Y court yesterday afternoon. The businessmen won the first game 16 to 7, lost the second 15 to 14, and then the ministers claimed the third with ease. The businessmen forced a fourth game before the clergy won a tight fifth to clinch the series.
Ministers-MasRae vs Business Men line up reveal six players
The line up lists Ministers-MasRae players as Ministers MasRae Wells Baker Goodrich Sullivan and Clausen. Business Men roster includes Wessell Roache Hanley Cates Pickard with Green and Trice alternating.
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MasRae
Wells
Baker
Goodrich
Sullivan
Clausen
Wessell
Roache
Hanley
Cates
Pickard
Green
Trice
Foodstuffs Found With Liquor Raid on Ben Harley Home
Police serving a search warrant for liquor at 705 Hanover Street seized a large quantity of food: about 100 pounds of flour, 100 pounds of meat, 20 pounds of lard, and 15 pounds of meat. The items were not molested and were reported to headquarters.
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Ben Harley
Hanover Street
Leon George
Harley
Calotabs Purified Calomel Promises Safe Cleanse
A newspaper ad touts Calotabs as a purified calomel medicine that eliminates nausea griping and danger. One tab at bedtime with water supposedly cleanses the liver and purifies the system by morning, with no dietary restrictions. Sold only in sealed packs for thirty five cents. money back if not delighted.
Growing Sow Parsnip Seed in Drills and Storage
Instructions describe sowing parsnip seed in drills 18 inches to 3 feet apart, thinning to 3 inches, and using rich soil for best roots. Parsnips store in pits or root cellars and are often left in ground through winter. freezing is widely favored for flavor.
Early deposits cotton money in bank
The article notes that Early, after handling cotton, wisely deposited the money he received for it in the bank, securing his earnings.
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Early
Lumberton Robesonian
Notice of Special Meeting of The Peoples Hosiery Mill stockholders
A meeting of subscribers to the stock of The Peoples Hosiery Mill Inc is called to organize the corporation elect directors and officers adopt by laws and conduct other business. The meeting is at the American Bank and Trust Company Wilmington building seventh floor at eleven oclock A M on the Sunday of March 1918. Dated Wilmington February 20 1918. Incorporators Fred Rance Stacy Adams S S Seigler.
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Peoples Hosiery Milli, Incorporated
Peoples Hosiery Mill, Inc
American Bank and Trust Compacs
Trust Building
Wilmington
N. C
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Wilmington Dispatch
T the Dispatch
BIG Federal Court
Sans-Souci
Sausag
Frankforts
New England
Garolina Packing Company
New York Letter
The
Associat
Ed Press
United Press Association
Dispatch
Parsnips
Wrightsboro
Roddick
Annie P. Pretlow
United Farm Women’s Demonstration Club
Benjamin Franklin Keith
Lizzie Roddick
Hastern North Carolina
Arived
Early Bullard
Smith’s Township
Bullard
Ely
Ady
D. L. Gore Company
Fred Rance
Stacy Adams
S. S. Seigler
L Shrier & Sons
Front and Princess Streets
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