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Mario Winans

Mario Winans is a singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist.

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The Big Show

Paul Wight, better known as The Big Show, is a WWE professional wrestler and actor.

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Emily Geiger

Emily Geiger risked her life by serving as a messenger for the Colonial Army during the Revolutionary War.

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Cleveland L. Sellers, Jr.

Civil rights activist, educator

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Hampton County

Hampton County and its county seat Hampton were named for Confederate general and governor Wade Hampton (1818-1902).

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Allendale County

Allendale County and its county seat of Allendale were named for the Allen family, one of whose members, Paul Allen, was the town's first postmaster.

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Newberry County

The origin of the name Newberry is unknown. The county was formed in 1785 as a part of the Ninety Six District.

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Anderson County

Anderson County and its county seat, Anderson, were named for Revolutionary War general Robert Anderson (1741-1812).

South Carolina Facts

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South Carolina State Flower

The indigenous fragrant Yellow Jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) was adopted by the General Assembly as the official State Flower on February 1, 1924. It is a climbing woody vine with evergreen leaves and blooms small, fragrant yellow flowers. 

South Carolina Glossary

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rice

(noun) - starchy seeds or grain of annual marsh grass. Rice was the largest commercial crop in 17th- and 18th-century Carolina, before cotton.