Handbook of South Carolina: Resources, Institutions and Industries of the State; a Summary of the Statistics of Agriculture , Manufactures, Geography, Climate, Geology and Physiography, Minerals and Mining, Education, Transportation, Commerce, Government, Etc, EtcState department of agriculture, commerce and immigration ... The State Company, 1908 - South Carolina - 615 pages |
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