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“H” is for Hamilton, Paul (1762-1816)

Dryocampa rubicunda, the rosy maple moth, is a small North American moth in the family Saturniidae, also known as the great silk moths. The emerging caterpillars, also known as the greenstriped mapleworm, mainly feed on the leaves of their host maple trees.

A listener asks: how does a woodpecker know there is a carpenter bee inside a piece of wood?

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for May 15, 2021, we recap the last week of the state legislative session with The Post and Courier's Jamie Lovegrove and The State's Maayan Schechter, look at the latest COVID-19 numbers in the state, and more.

This week on Walter Edgar’s Journal, John S. Sledge’s talks with Walter about his book, The Gulf of Mexico: A Maritime History (2021, USC Press). In it, Sledge presents a compelling, salt-streaked narrative of the earth's tenth largest body of water. In this beautifully written and illustrated volume, Sledge explores the people, ships, and cities that have made the Gulf's human history and culture so rich.

“L” is for Lancaster County

“O” is for Oliver, Robert Campbell (1833-1891). Clergyman, gospel mission founder. A native of Edgefield District, Oliver was admitted to the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in 1863. In time he would become a recognized leader of the Holiness movement as it spread through South Carolina Methodist circles. Oliver is best known for a rescue mission he founded in Columbia to serve as a refuge for homeless and troubled men. In 1888, he purchased a lot at the former of Taylor and Assembly streets in Columbia for what became Oliver Rescue Mission. The following year a gospel tabernacle was constructed. By then Oliver had come under the influence of the Holiness movement. In 1890 Robert Campbell Oliver announced plans to launch a Holiness periodical, Way of Faith.

Epimecis hortaria, the tulip-tree beauty, is a moth species of the Ennominae subfamily found in North America. It is found throughout New England south to Florida and west to Texas and Missouri. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. They can be seen flying from late March to early October. Adults are nocturnal and are attracted to lights. The immature caterpillars can be found feeding on Magnolia, Asimina, Populus, Sassafras and Liriodendron.

“C” is for Camden (Kershaw County; 2020 population: 7,248).

“F” is for femme sole traders. Feme sole traders (married women engaged in trade) held a unique status in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century South Carolina. The laws and customs of the times prevented married women from undertaking commercial dealings without consent of their husbands. An important exception to this state of affairs, however, was the granting of sole trading status. As a femme sole trader, a married woman became “as if sole” or unmarried in the eyes of the law for her economic status. Because the activities of a femme sole trader could deprive a husband of services that marriage entitled him to, his consent was required, as was his agreement not to meddle in her business ventures. Statutes regarding femme sole trading in South Carolina first appeared in 1712—and were subsequently amended in 1734 and 1744.