Col A P Butler's Place in History in South Carolina
Factual letter recounts Col A P Butler and Gen M C Butler's roles in Hamburg 1876 riots. Describes Butler's actions quelling rioters with supplied artillery, influencing Hamburg court cases, and leading to political realignment toward a white Democratic ticket in South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. A. P. Butler
Ambrose E. Gonzales
Col. Butler
Gonzales
Colonel Butler
South Carolina
South
Butler
Hamburg
S. C
Jim Hightower
Hightower
Gen. M. C. Butler
General Butler
Bob” Butler
Dock Adams
Edgefield
Farmers Strikes and the Impact on Industry
The piece notes monthly strikes across the industrial world ranging from fifty to several hundred, many locally significant and others nationwide. It questions the effect on business and those not responsible for the disputes, asking what it matters to a striker if workers walk out and disrupt markets and livelihoods.
The Old Clock Maker and the Walser Family Rift
An aging Swiss clockmaker in New York reflects on his family line and a son disowned for marrying a domestic servant. The tale centers on a 1833 Walser clock that never deviates, symbolizing pride, tradition, and a fractured lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newspaper Union
New York
America
Walser
Ernst
Old Walser
Prince of
Aiken Case Highlights Butler Red Shirt Tactics
The piece recounts Captain A. P. Butler leading the Sweetwater Sabre club to Hamburg and Aiken to arrest defiant negroes, with a radical court scene, a staged armor display, and a shift in South Carolina Democratic policy toward vigilant action and rhetoric.
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Brandy Station
Judge River
Jim Hightower
Augusta
Colonel Butler
Hamburg
General Butler
Jim
Judge Rivers
Sweetwater Sabre Club
Sweetwater Church
Captain Butler
Sweetwater Club
Sibley
Butler
Aiken
Tillman
Satan
Aiken County
A. P. Butler
Court House
Edgefield
South Carolina
General Ferguson
Mississippi
George Tillman
Sweetwater
Democratic Party of
Democratic Party
Daniel H. Chamber
Notice of land trespass prohibition and withdrawn hunting rights
All persons are warned not to hunt or trespass on the land of W. Luther and Ben Jones and all hunting privileges granted by Dr. B. F. Jones are withdrawn. The guardian Marian H. Childress will enforce the law fully against trespassers. Jan. 4 4t.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Luther
Ben Jones
B. F. Jones
Marvels of Modern Music Recalls Ballads Reborn
The Birmingham Age-Herald comments on popular ballads regaining favor while contrasting their revival with the drift from normalcy. It humorously notes jazz orchestras transforming classics like Home Sweet Home into chaotic, nearly illicit performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congo
Birmingham Age-Herald
Prize Fight Question Sparks Heated Debate
A fragment shows a speaker asking if readers approve of prize fighting. Another voice replies that a 50 per cent share is fair, arguing the loser deserves exactly what they got. The exchange hints at public attitudes toward prize bouts.
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Shantung
China
Japan
Elmer Benson
United States
Phillipines
Wisconsin
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McKie Meriwether
Hugh Shaw
Perdue
Savannah
Cherokee Pond
Aiken 1
Shaw
George Croft
Moultrie Gary
Bill Gary
George D. Tillman
Z. T. George
Congress
North
Mr. Willman
Gary
Charleston
General Hampton
Hampton
Cincinnatus
F. W. P. Butler
Columbia
Dorothy Whitcomb
Washington
Associated Press
Augusta‘ Chronicle
Game
Province
Guardian
J. 5
Byrd
Quarles
Timmerman
Virginia
Fifth Ave
New YoRk City
A. J. Renel
Broad St
Augusta, Ga
Arrington Bros. & CO
Gloria
Dan Patch Horse
Eaders
Cumming and
Fenwick Streets
Georgia
R. R
Soutine
C. E
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