Isle of Palms Bar Fight Draws State Attention
In Columbia and Charleston reports authorities pursue a civil restraining order against Seashore Hotel operators and others over alleged public nuisance at an Isle of Palms bar near the dance pavilion. The case raises questions whether action will become a criminal matter as the injunction is tested in court. Meanwhile Columbia plans to host fair week visitors with no street attractions during fair hours to boost attendance and prepare lighting and night show plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S.C
Isle of Palms Resort
Seashore Hotel
Charleston
Isle of Palms
Lyon
Gary
Supreme Beach
Riddock & Byrnes
Seashore
Charleston Hotel
Consolidated Gas and Electric Company
Eliteb
Bar
Zor J
Fair Association
B. ¥. Taylor
T.B. Stackhouse
C. W. Moorman
Chamber of Commerce
Willie Jones
Gustaf Sylvan
William Banks
A. Hardy
Love
the Fair Society
Fair Society
Pope
Supreme Court
Kershaw
Chambers
South Carolna
Supreme Court of
S. C
State
Ex-Parte Ehrlich
Y. J. Pope
Newberry
Threat letter after ex coroner Green acquittal sparks race tension
In Columbia a blue pencil note threatens to kill and burn unless ex coroner W E Green is driven from the community within 24 hours. The note targets Mrs Burnside and cites her alleged funding of Green's release. Police lack clues and fear a race riot if the threat is carried out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
W. E. Green
Burnside
Green
Burnside Place
Thomasson shot during arrest in Mitford district
Special reports James F Thomasson of Mitford Fairfield county was shot and killed by Jeff Murphy while attempting to arrest a group of black suspects. Murphy surrendered in Winnsboro. Thomasson formerly lived near Rock Hill and served as a special constable in early state dispensary days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constabulary
Frick to Take Active Control at Standard Oil NY
Reports claim Henry C. Frick will soon assume active management of Standard Oil Company as H. H. Rogers faces serious illness. Traders say Rogers aging and health setbacks prompt talk, with friends of both Rogers and Frick opposing any change in leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
Henry C. Frick
Standard Oil Company
H. H. Rogers
Rogers
Frick
Cotton Mill Spinners Meet at Boston City
The second annual session of the cotton mill spinners began in Boston on Wednesday with delegates from many states in attendance. Samuel Ross, international secretary from New Bedford, indicated that most districts will pass except one. The session is expected to continue three days and discuss shorter hours.
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Boston
Mass
Samuel Ross
New Bedford
Railroad and city issues dominate collated South carolina notices
At a railroad commission session Epps Brown general manager and L J Oliver superintendent urged a new Bennettsville exchange with higher rates, approved by a town majority. Depot plans for Belton shifted to the public square after a location dispute, and hearings on terminals and trackage will tour Charleston and Timmonsville. Western Union hearing on billed wire transport was postponed. John H Wilburn sued Southern Railway for 25000 over a May 1905 wreck loss. verdict favored Southern. Davidson County bonds for two bridges were presented to Judge Pollard. 800 bonds of 1000 each, with 60 coupons, issued by Foster Webb Porter Co. to fund the bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Railroad Commission
Epps Brown
L. J. Oliver
Charleston
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Bennettsville
Belton
Public Square
Timmonsville
Western Union
Nashville
Davidson County
W. M. Pollard
Foster, Webb & Porter Company
Sumter Plans Dedication for New Court House
Sumter Special reports the county board of commissioners has passed a resolution to dedicate the new court house. The Sumter Bar Association the county legislative delegation and Hon. Richard I Manning will handle arrangements at the board's request and will fix the date and prepare a suitable program for the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumter’s
New Court House
Sumter, Special
County Board of Commissioners
Pardons Refused in Sumter and Aiken Counties
Columbia reports Gov Ansel denied clemency for B D Dennis held six months on the chain gang for inciting a riot in Sumter county. A petition lacked case facts. Governor also refused to pardon Dennps Tay lor, a Black man sentenced for life from Aiken county in 1901 for shooting Jas Jackson. prior governor Heyward had refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Ansel
B. D. Dennis
Sumter County
Dennps Taylor
Aiken County
Jas. Jackson
Heyward
Franklin Must Hang in Orangeburg After Murder Verdict
A jury in Orangeburg finds Pink Franklin guilty of murdering constable Henry E. Valentine. He is sentenced to death with hanging set for October 25. Testimony describes the struggle at Franklin’s home and the fatal shots fired during custody. The case includes involved lawyers and local officials, with Franklin held at the penitentiary pending execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orangeburg
Pink Franklin
Henry E. Valentine
Franklin
J. S. Valantine
W. M. Carter
S G. Mayfield
Sherif Lukes
P.T. Hildebrand
Glaze & Herbert
Robert Lidewile Franklin
J. N. Adams
Columbia
Jacob Moorer
Telephone Men Strike At Automatic Telephone Co
Six employees quit at the Automatic Telephone company in Columbus over management, after the chief of the construction department was dismissed and replaced. Strikes spread as workers refused to work. In Columbia, the secretary of State issued a commission to Chapin Manufacturing Co in Chapin, Lexington county to operate with a $75,000 capital for yarn and cotton goods, with stockholders including J. B. Blackwelder M. C. Carlisle C. P. Robinson and E. T. Branch. In Chester Fort Lawn may gain a $125,000 cotton mill. promoters include Dr W. Gill Wylie of New York and J. B. Johnston W. W. Moore of Rock Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Special
the Automatic Telephone Company
Columbia, Special
Chapin Manufacturing Company
Chapin
Lexington County
J. B. Blackwelder
M. C. Carlisle
Newberry
C. P. Robinson
E. T. Branch
Fort Lawn
Chester
Special
W. Gill Wylie
New York
J. B. Johnston
W. W. Moore
Rock Hill
Wreck Kills 25 on Concord Division Express Collision
A headon collision between the southbound Quebec express and a northbound freight on the Concord division of the Boston and Maine Railroad near Canaan station left 25 dead and many injured. Passengers were largely returning from a Sherbrooke fair. casualties include unnamed victims and several identified by name from Quebec, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The wreck was attributed to conflicting orders given to the freight engineer and express crew, with a survivor list continuing to be compiled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White River Junction
Concord
Boston & Main
Canaan
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Canaan Stafion
Lusitania Sets New Transatlantic Turbine Speed Record
The Cunard liner Lusitania arrives at Sandy Hook after a Queenstown to New York crossing in 5 days 1 hour and 33 minutes, shattering the previous record. Flags waved as officials and observers saluted the giant turbine ship, whose voyage covered 2,782 miles at an average 23.01 knots.
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New York Harbor
Queenstown
New York
Eusitania
Lusitania
Sandy Hook
Aphis
Lucania
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Plymouth
Deutschland
Marine Observatory
Oe Cunarder
Late News In Brief A Patchwork of 1906 World Events
A series of brief items from 1906 cover unrest in Calcutta, political doubt over Lieutenant-Governor Chanler in Washington, and a controversial war talk. Mentions include Walter Wellman abandoning a North Pole attempt, Standart grounding blamed on seamanship, Booth’s evangelizing tour, and Metcalf denying a Pacific fleet story. Notes on the Lusitania speed, a $5 million English fortune, a Bubonic plague rat bounty, a Wyoming coal dust explosion, and rail safety saves. Oklahoma and Indian Territory population noted. Grand Army endorses hospital for soldiers.
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Calcutta
Chanler
Washington
Luke Wright
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Standart
General Booth
Salvation Army
Canada
United States
Navy
Metcalf
Leeb
Pacific Fleet
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dorchester
Fannie S. Grovesman
Norfolk
Burton and
Conquest
Accomac
Jamestown
Expositon
Robert Newton Wildbore
Richmond
Cunard
D. Willis James
Phelps, Dodge & Co
New York
San Francisco
Northern Central Railway
Grand Army of the Republic
Congress
T Aye Waclalhan Sgeaede
Train collision near Canaan injures dozens in misnumbered schedule
A southbound train from Sherbrooke carrying sleepers collided with a northbound freight near West Canaan after misreading a train number. Dozens are reported injured including Miss Abby Jansen of Nashua and Charles St. Pierre of Isle Verte. The crash stemmed from a dispatch mix up where No 30 was mistaken for No 34 due to a cipher error after the three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Shaughnessey
Castle Bar
Quebbec
Shanughnessey
Annie St. Pierre
Verte
Quebec
Fred M. Phelps
Ochiltree
Texas
A. E. Warren
Haverhill
Mass
F. C. Blake
South Corinth
Maragret Largy
Manchester
N.H
Philip Gagnon
Margaret Hitchcock
Hanover
Ni-Hi
Vermont
Montreal
Canaan
W. R. Ray, Jr
J. R. Crowley
Concord
John Greeley
No. 34
Lawrence
West Canaan
North Georgia Electric placed in receivership in Atlanta court
The North Georgia Electric Company, serving points near Atlanta with a 50 000 horsepower plant on the Chattahoochee, is placed in receivership on petition by Ellwood Allen, W D Chamberlain, and Western Union. Temporary receiver Samuel C Dunlap named. Judge Shelby previously refused a similar petition. Infatuated with mulatto woman, official Lotterne admits diverting tax funds. New Orleans report notes real estate seizure in her name as correction begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
North Georgia Electric Company
Ellwood Allen
W. D. Chamberlain
Dayton, C
Western Union Telegraph Company
Shelby
Chattahoochee River
Samuel C. Dunlap
Gainesville
Anti Oriental Riots in Vancouver Sharpen Tensions
Vancouver reports amid anti Oriental riots escalate as Japanese residents organize defenses. Threats to burn the town surface if assaults on Jap quarters continue. Anticipation grows of a forthcoming ship with 500 Japanese immigrants, raising fears of renewed trouble. Additional officers were sworn in as security measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
Mrs Ethel Blair Convicted of Manslaughter in Jan Murder
In Columbia S C Mrs Ethel W Blair was convicted of manslaughter with mercy recommendation for the murder of her husband C W Blair conductor on the Columbia Newberry and Laurens Railroad in January last A charter is granted the Taylor Erring Real Estate Company of Kinston with authorized capital stock of 50000 and stockholders J F Taylor Charles P Harvey and L Harvey
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia, S
Ethel W. Blair
C. W. Blair
Columbia, Newberry & Laurens
Taylor Erring Real Estate Company
Kinston
J. F. Taylor
Charles P. Harvey
L. Harvey
American Social Science Association Meets
The American Social Science Association gathered in Buffalo New York to discuss Is Socialism a Threatening Calamity Dr A F Weber of the New York State department of labor spoke on Labor Legislation National and International W J Ghent spoke on International Socialism Its Aims Methods and Progress followed by a general discussion
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
American Social Science Association
A. F. Weber
New York State Department of Labor
W. J. Ghent
Race Troubles In Georgia Camp At Fitzgerald
Georgia unrest spreads as militia guard the black quarters in Fitzgerald after a second mob threat within 24 hours. A Thursday assault was repelled by the sheriff and deputies amid prolonged racial tension that has persisted for months.
Trial By Jury Tested in Canal Zone Case
Washington dispatch reports that the U S Supreme Court will decide if trial by jury becomes a lasting institution in the canal zone. The case concerns a West Indian man who murdered his wife after she demanded he drop an affinity. He was to be hanged, but a writ of error halted the execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Special
Canal Zone
Supreme Court of the United States
Coast defenses and fleet coal bids prompt funds request
Congress consideration will fund coastal defenses from New York Harbor to California as well as Pacific Fleet coal procurement by bids to aid Welsh mines. Secretary Taft sails for a world voyage from Seattle and a naval armistice in Casablanca yields no delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
St Francisco
Puget Sound
Congress
Philippines
New York State
Pacific
Mary Lawless Rorscach
Portsmouth
Great Council of Red Men
Norfolk
Bridgeport
Coun
W. B. Patterson
Franklin
Agrippa Jones
Taft
Seattle
Charles G. Burton
Nevada
Grand Army of the Republic
Saratoga
Harriman
President Harahan
Illinois Central
Randolph Guggenheimer
Lynchburg
Gaynor
International Theatre Trust
Cowles
Pacific Coast
Enogh
Lusitania
Lucania
Drude
Casablanca
Verbal Echoes and Notable Events in Brief
A collage of quotes on merit duty and change opens with a note on values and resilience. News items report Gasoline fires in Pittsburgh causing 250000 in damage and four firefighters injured, Taft beginning the Kentucky campaign, legal talks on Conduit road jurisdiction, Navy officers visiting Roosevelt, Alabama Governor Comer threatening railways over state law compliance, and James M. Shumaker rumored to reveal capital scandal details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Taft
Kentucky
Morris A. Soper
Peter
Maryland
Bonaparte
Brownson
Evans
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Comer
Alabama
James M. Shumaker
Atrisburg
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Palmetto . Affairs
Negro
Constable
Gaffney
Stacy’s Ferry
Roanoke Bridge Company
J. E. Dority
Victory For Education
Winnsboro
Mount Zion Institute
Standard Oil
Southern
Columba
Circuit Court
Pere
Aet
Statz Tisss
Nrer
Badey
Boston & 16
Big Georgia Electric Company
Mrs. Blair
Georgia
Congressman Burton
Cleveland
Bryan
Tom Johnson
Charles F. Murphy
George B. McClellan
Tammany
Alice
Addicks
New York Hippodrome
Edgefield County
McCreary’s
Broad St. Augusta, Ga
Mooger Bugsy
Studebaker
W.H. Harling
W. H. Harling
The
Farmers Bank of
Edgefield
Wuleys
Wessets
Geo. P. Cobb
Heaven
Lincoln
Halifax
Massinger
South Carolina
Prince William of
Sweden
Newport
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