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In 1967, by Act 398, the General Assembly created the ABC Commission to regulate spirits and other alcoholic formulations through licensing and enforcement.

On the eve of the Civil War, per capita wealth for the free residents of All Saints was among the highest in the nation.

The porch of the former All Saints Summer Academy on Pawleys Island. The house was most likely built in the late 1830s and stood until Hurricane Hugo destroyed it in 1989. Note the homemade joggling board on the left side of the porch.

Part of All Saints' Parish, which was established in 1767, this is the fifth building for this church.

Allan’s most popular creation was “Boysi,” a comical, stereotypical black servant getting his way with his white employers.

Following her graduation in 1894 from the Women’s Medical College of the New York Infirmary for Women and Children in 1891, Allan returned to Charleston and participated in the first sitting of the South Carolina Medical Board, the only woman to do so.

As it has for generations, the family run milling company continues to produce cornmeal, mixes, feed, and breeders in addition to Adluh Flour.

The productive presidency of David Henry Sims, an Oberlin graduate and a future AME Church bishop, developed Allen University into a full fledged seat of learning.

Allen’s poetry combines contemporary philosophical concerns with a format more aligned with earlier poetic styles.

Although Allen spent only six of his sixty years in the state, his association with the Poetry Society of South Carolina came at a crucial time in his development as a writer.

Construction of the Savannah River Site after World War II briefly transformed Allendale into a boomtown. But when Interstate 95 opened east of Allendale County, the tourist-oriented economy along U.S. 301 collapsed

Allendale is South Carolina’s youngest county, yet it contains the oldest known human habitation in the state.

This image shows the Allendale branch of the AHJ Regional Library. Back of the image reads 'Buildings, New, Headquarters-A-H-J Regional Library and Allendale Branch, 1951.'

Allison received mainstream recognition with her first novel, Bastard Out of Carolina (1992), which in 1996 was adapted to a film directed by Anjelica Huston.