Good Roads Association of South Carolina Meeting
The annual convention met in the courthouse with sessions on good roads and a demonstration of machinery. Representatives from numerous counties attended, with speeches by Governor Ansel F. Hyatt J. W. Nash and E. D. Smith urging counties to fund permanent highways. An election for a $200,000 bond issue was discussed, set for August 20.
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Spartanburg
Good Roads Association of
South Carolina
Greenville
Chester
Abbeville
Laurens
Marlboro
Lexington
Richland
Manning
Greenwood
Anderson
Union
Cherokee
Ansel F. H. Hyattt
J. W. Nash
E. D. Smith
South Carolina Cotton Growers’ Association
Ansel
Pei
Messrs
Nash Smith
Hyatt
Nash
Pendleton
Pendleton Farmers’society
Pickens
John C. Calhoun
Pendle‘ton
General Assembly
Farmers’ Society
Jury Deliberates in Davis Gist Murder Case
The jury in the case of Arthur Davis, a Black man, charged with the murder of Clarence Gist, completes evidence phase and awaits verdict in this high profile local crime proceeding.
Monument unveiling and speeches at Sumter event in 1895
The program for the unveiling of General Sumter’s monument at Statesburg includes a grove procession to the tomb, unveiling by Mrs. J H Haynsworth and Miss Beatrice Sumter, then a return to the grove for addresses by Gov M F Ansell and ex Governor A J Montague, followed by an educational meeting in the academy with Miss Mary Nance and others presiding. A separate fire loss report lists casualties and insured items, and Chicago postal workers stage a strike with 600 Postal Telegraph Company operators joining 1,100 Western Union workers to press for 25 percent pay, 8 hour day, and union recognition with broad aims to aid Western Union strikers.
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D. B. Johnson
Hop. C. B. Martin
Superintendent of Education
Roof & Barre Lumber Company
Kaufman
Auditor Dent
Chicago
Ilt
Postal Telegraph Company
Western Union
Postal Company
Shippy
Great strike spreading by Telegraphers union urges nationwide walkout
Officers of the Telegraphers Union plan to carry the strike to all parts of the United States and Canada. About 6,000 telegraphers are out in 50 cities from Ohio to California, with numbers listed in Chicago and other hubs as strikers increase pressure on Western Union and Postal facilities. Telegrams to leaders in New York and San Francisco signal coordinated action and potential escalation.
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Unio
United States
Canada
Ohio
Californa
Chicago
California
Russell
New York
Small
San Francisco
Western
Union
Dan Touston
Western Union
British Ship Plans Spark Naval Circles With Stepped Up Size
Washington naval circles report Britain plans a keel laying for a giant battleship of about 30 000 tons displacement with novel features including triple gun turrets bearing 18 main guns. The design aims to keep the British fleet ahead, while American speakers debate a potential 40 000 ton monster and a price tag near two million dollars.
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Washington
Ito
America
100 Additional Union Mechanics Strike Joins Trades
Washington reports 100 additional union mechanics join the building trades strike. Special acting orders from executive officers indicate coordinated action across unions. The move widens industry disruption and signals sustained pressure on contractors and city projects.
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Building Trades
Washington, Special
Mississippi Democrats declare Williams nominee for U S Senate
Jackson special report states the Democratic State Executive Committee met at noon and, after a brief caucus, declared John Sharp Williams the party nominee for the United States Senate. Canvass shows Williams 59,496 to Vardaman 59,843 with a 648 vote majority per semi official county returns. Governor Vardaman concedes and appeals for unity.
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Jackson
Vardaman
Williams
Friends
United States
Vapappomen
Democratic Party
Mississippi
All Memphis Will March Big convention parade planned with Gordon chair
The Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterways Association Memphis branch held a recent meeting and appointed chairmen for committees ahead of its large convention. Gen George W Gordon a Confederate General and district congressman will chair the mammoth parade committee as Presidents and Governors arrive.
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Memphis
Executive Committee of the Lakes
Gulf Deep Waterways Association
George W. Gordon
Congress
World notes and figures from varied domains
Prominent people and events across politics, art, and science are sketched in brisk bullet style. Secretary Root Taft and Taft explore Asia and the Philippines while European rulers, painters, and scholars are profiled, including King Edward and the Kaiser. A statue for Parnell arrives in Dublin and Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ life is outlined. Also mentioned are cyclones in Kurrachi, Yukon gold, Carnegie’s library grant, and various local curiosities.
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Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Europe
Institute of France
M. Rousse
Taft
Philippines
Abbe Durrant
Paris
Siam
Edward
England
Kaiser
Carlos
Portugal
Univers
Parnell
Liverpool
Rome
Augustus St. Gaudens
Dublin
O'Connell Street
Sackville Street
Cornish
Ireland
America
New York
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Palmetto Affairs
Good Roads Convention
Laurens County
South
Carolina
Clinton
Graycourt
Sanford
Ea Ee
Ahna
Owings
Princeton
Barksdale
Cross Hill
Mountville
Renno
Waterloo
Gaifney
Merrimac
Giffney Land &Investment Co
Globe Mills
Sumter Monument
Jesse Hallman
Postal's Men
Gether
Salt , Kansas Worth
Clio
Je A Calhoun
John Millan
Kansas City
Western Unio
Topeka
Oklahoma City
Pueblo
New Orleans
Western Unit
Nashville
Dallas
Meridian
Western Uaidl
Miss
Western Postal
Minneapolis Westeanan
Milwaukee
Western Ui
St. Louis
Western Nic
Helena
Mont
West Postal
Colorado” Springs
Postal
Denver
Posttal
Fort Worth
Tex
el Paso
Post
St. Paul
Los Angeles
Fargo
Éepee
Root
Washingon
Kurrachi
India
Canaeltan
Yukon
High Point
Andrew Carnegie
New York City
Julius Leck
News York City
Hell’Gate
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Roger A. Fryer
Pryor
Carrie Mattison
Sioux
iAniefidin
Augusta
the. J. Willie Levy Co
Broad Street
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