Youmans Deals With the Cotton Yield
A long 1898 letter from J W Youmans to J C Wilborn outlines plans for the South Carolina Cotton Growers Association. It discusses forming a National Cotton Growers Union, withholding this year’s 10–12 million bale crop to raise prices, and funding to clear liens. A Columbia convention is urged to organize county representation and push for state action to stabilize cotton futures.
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South Carolina
Col. Maxwell
Louisiana
Hector Duane
National Cotton Growers’ Union
South
Columbia
Econawara
Wilborn
Memphis
Greenville News
Pension Fraud Preventions For War Veterans
War department orders that mustering out papers note each soldier’s physical condition to curb future pension frauds. Gen. St. Clair Mulholland, Pension Agent General, warns of enforcement difficulties during rapid musters and cites a widow’s claim of deafness as an example of past fraud.
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War Department
St. Clair Mulholland
Washington
Mulholland
Conductor Cason Murdered in Dupont Georgia
Conductor Cason of the Plant system was shot and killed at Dupont Georgia by Mark Graham a negro aboard a southbound train. Cason had taken a vacation and planned to marry in South Carolina. A white boy and Graham sparked a water dispute prompting Cason to intervene. Graham fired and fled toward Florida as a mob formed to pursue him.
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Macon
Dupont
Cason
Mark Graham
South Carolina
Graham
Waycross
MccRee
Florida
Chester
Converse College
Spartanburg
Darlington
Timmonsville
Fairview Stock and Mechanical Association
Association
Fairview Church
Greenville County
Prosperity Canning Company
Granby Mills of
Columbia
Ladies of the Wayside Hospital Relief Corps
Lula Hahn
Hamburg
Mr. Hahn
John R. Culp, Jr
Hall's Cough Cure: A Hundred Dollar Cure Claim
An old advertisement touts Hall's Cough Cure as a universal remedy. It asserts internal action on the blood and promises a one hundred dollar reward for proof of failure to cure a cough or related ailments, inviting readers to send testimonials.
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Psa
Hall
Uys Kyat
Camp Cuba Vibre Dispatches from the 1st South Carolina
A soldier’s letter from Camp Cuba Vibre Panama Park Framing Aug 24 describes soldiers hoping for leave and awaiting orders to Havana or Manila. It notes two year enlistments, mentions Judge Advocate Frank G. Tompkins, improving rations, proposed ten day leaves, and officers handling supplies. It recalls Chickamauga nostalgia and a dramatic exchange involving Chaplain Brown and Col Roosevelt over arms.
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Cuba Vibre
Panama Park
Fra
Cuba
United States
War Department
Havana
Manila
Uncle Sam
Frank G. Tompkins
Uba
Harry L. Gass
Walter N. Kirkland
Huger McKeown
Jas. Simpson
R. A. Johnson
B. T. Norris
J. M. Dozier
J. B. Siles
Daniel Cunningham
A. B. Desportes
J. T. Baldwin
Woods Hughes
John Fox
Chickamauga
Jacksonville
1St
South Carolina Volunteer Infantry
Milford
Company A
Lumerix
Shafter on Santiago campaign and its outcomes
From Santiago Major General Shafter in interview aboard the Mexico reflects on the campaign ending, praising the capitulation of eastern Cuba and the roughly 24,000 enemy troops, arguing the regular army’s superiority and the avoided heavy casualties by delaying a direct assault. He notes transport difficulties, engineering concerns, and the moral strength of volunteers versus regulars.
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York
Santiago
Mexico
Shafter
United States
Tampa
Jibari
Cervera
Spirii
Tore
Toral
Thad
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Ord
B.C. Evans & Co
Spot Cash Clothiers
Eclipse
Atlas
Erie City
AEUL
Osr
Creat Smith Cottonicin
Gam
Sullivan Hardware CO
Biaber
Labastine CO
Grand Rapids, Mich
Hvans Pharmacy
Youmans
J. W. Youwans
Washdon
Comal
Habana
A. D. Niskern
Niles
United States Army
Conductor Cason
News and Courier
Brown
Arizona
Col. Roosevelt
Iew
State News
Charleston County
D. C
Augusta
Aiken
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