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Sullivan's Island, S.C., and return every Saturday and Sunday! [ca. 1890?]

Broadside promoting Sullivans Island as a destination for day trips and extended visits at the New Brighton Hotel, with transport service by the Mt. Pleasant and Sullivan's Island Ferry Company and by South Carolina Railway Company, with provided service to Charleston from Columbia, S.C., and Augusta, Ga. Although undated, this broadside features an image of the New Brighton Hotel, which was known to have been in operation by 1885 and was renamed Atlantic Beach Hotel in 1896. Copy of broadside held by SCL is missing top portion of sheet and first word of text; word Excursions supplied by cataloger.

Telegram from Gov. Ransome Williams to James W. Thornton

Gov. Ransome Williams sends a telegram to Mr. James W. Thornton of Aurora, IL. The telegram illustrates the role of the state constabulary chief in working under the governor on law enforcement matters. In this case, the law enforcement task involved a request for the arrest of a wanted suspect believed to be out of state. Before police teletypes and modern information-sharing systems, the governor sometimes interceded with messages about wanted persons and extraditions on behalf of law enforcement authorities. Facilitating such exchanges is a task that was likely a responsibility of the state constabulary and one that continues under SLED.

The Immigration Society of Newberry, S.C., is prepared to furnish the country with field laborers and mechanics

Announcing charges of the society to supply foreign laborers as field hands and mechanics during Reconstruction-era; listing expenses for seasonal hire of a laborer,or an entire immigrant family, with rates for travel expenses for workers coming from New York to any point on the South Carolina and Greenville and Columbia Rail Road; and offering suggestions to improve labor relations. Officers of the society include F.W. Bruggemann, General Agent of the Society; Rev. T[haddeus] S[treet] Boinest, president; Silas Johnstone, Secretary; and B.L.McCaughrin, treasurer.

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