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Pushing Forward.org
Distance: 23.7 Mi2005 Reynolds Ave
29405-7874 North Charleston -
eGroup
Distance: 24.5 Mi1476 Ben Sawyer Blvd Ste 1 Mt Pleasant
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Howell Linkous & Nettles, LLC
Distance: 28.5 MiPO Box 1768
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Clarendon County
Distance: 34.4 Mi1665 Joe Rogers Jr.
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Clarendon County Community Development Corporation
Distance: 36.3 Mi113 East Boyce Street
29102 Manning
Description
Electricity first began to flow across the land in the 1930s. However, the prospect of electric service in the rural areas didn’t look very bright. Electric utilities already energizing the cities showed no interest in lighting the countryside. Then, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 7035 establishing the Rural Electrification Administration and rural residents took matters into their own hands. In Berkeley County, coordinated by the County Agent’s Office, six men stepped forward to undertake the task of forming an electric cooperative.Each of the six had to convince 100 folks to pay the $5 membership fee in order to reach the 600-member minimum needed to incorporate. This fee was no small amount in the 1930s and in some cases Mr. J. Perry Peagler, one of the original six board members, would even pay the membership fee for those who couldn’t afford it.