Local and Personal News from the City
Miss Bessie Steverson visits her sister. Several locals travel for Exposition visits and business trips to Baltimore Philadelphia New York and Washington. A row at Pennyroyal leads to a hearing. Moses and Calvin Taylor face jail terms. the last North Carolina railroad surrendered to Governor Glenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Steverson
L. L. Bolick
Hazard Street
A. H. Lucas
A. B. Edwards
City
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Exposition
Hotel Arrivals at the Tourist Hotel Guests Listed
The Tourist Hotel records show guests arriving today including W H Gulledge from Wadesboro North Carolina R S Simmons of Savannah Georgia J L Weinberg A S Ehrich J W Anderson J R Siau W D Morgan L S Ehrich J L Windley W W Hazard from City 8 L Fullward Baltimore T S Carpenter Richmond C C Hamilton Durham Jno K Pitz W W Bruce Columbia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Gulledge
Wadesboro
N.C
R. S. Simmons
Savannah
J. L. Weinberg
A. S. Ehrich
J. W. Anderson
J. R. Siau
W. D. Morgan
L.S. Ehrich
J. L. Windley
W. W. Hazard
City
Baltimore
T.S. Carpenter
Open Hostilities in Morocco Reported by Tangiers
Special to Daily Item from Tangiers August 6 reports open hostilities in Morocco with five French officers and six sailors wounded. French and Spanish battleships bombard Casablanca and nearby villages, causing many casualties among Moors. The incident stems from a French force of 150 sailors sent ashore to protect the Consulate.
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Tangiers
Morocco
Casablanca
Galileo
Duchay
Donalvoso Divazon
Casa Blanca
Victim of Sunday Night Dead in Dayton
Abe Gordon died after protecting a woman during a Sunday night shooting in Dayton. Anna Markowiz was murdered and died in hospital from bullet wounds. Coroner has finished autopsy. reports indicate assault and strangulation with brutal mutilation. Witnesses include Anni’s brothers Harry and Jacob and sister Bertha.
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Anna Markowiz
Markowit
Anni
Harry
Jacob
Bertha
Gordon
Anna
Court Martial Convicts Lieut Gen A F Trumbo
War Department reports the Fort Monroe court martial found Lieut. Gen. A F Trumbo of the 12th Cavalry guilty for writing an insulting letter to a mother in Clarksburg West Virginia about her son Earle Sims. The court sentenced him and Brig. Gen. Grant deemed the punishment inadequate but approved it.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
T Lay
Fort Monroe
A. F. Trumbo
Twelfth Cavalry
Mother Ko
12Th Cavalry
Trumbo
Grant
Stocks Plunge After Landis Ruling on Oil Trust
New York August 6 Judge Landis ruling against Standard Oil shocks markets causing a broad decline with railroad shares weakest The financial press forecasts further corporate upheaval as federal courts may spur state prosecutions and more aggressive action in coming weeks New York traders watch the volatility.
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Daily Item
New York
Landis
Standard Oil
Homicide at Prosperity Ends with Johnson Surrender
Will Johnson, who killed Fred Boyd at Prosperity, surrendered to the sheriff in Newberry on Sunday and is jailed. He gives a differing account of the events, saying Boyd's family had previously tangled with his wife, and that a confrontation near dusk led to Johnson shooting four times, one fatal. He claims no intoxication and says the pistol was loaned as security.
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Calvin Taylor
Pennyroyal
Moses
H. H. Ward
Mose
Claud C. Scurry
Newberry
Will Johnson
Fred Boyd
Prosperity
Boyd
Hair
Hunter
Johnson
Annual Picnic Draws Four Hundred At Mount Taber Church
A Newsy Letter From Carvers Bay reports Mount Taber Church held its annual picnic Saturday with about four hundred attendees. Visitors from Marion Charleston and Columbia enjoyed speeches by Rev Russell and Dr Stackhouse of Rosemary. Rev Wilson organized a Woodman of the World camp with about twenty members. Weather damaged crops along Williamsburg and Georgetown counties, truck farming may grow onions and strawberries, and North Carolina men visited to study red clay for brick machinery.
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Carvers Bay
Daily’ Item
Mount Taber Church
Marion
Charleston
Columbia
Russell
Stackhouse
Rosemary
Wilson
Plantersville
Williamsburg
Georgetown
North Carolina
A. B.C
Railroad Commission Demands Stricter Anti Pass Enforcement
Special to Daily Item from Austin Texas reports the rail road Commission issued general orders to all Texas railroads to enforce the anti pass law rigorously despite prior state court rulings.
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Daily Item
Austin
Texas
The
Railroad Commission Today
Christian Scientist Ill Admits Illness in Eddy Case
Boston August 6 an astonishing admission emerged in the Eddy Case when attorney William A Morse representing Joseph Armstrong a principal defendant reported to Commissioner Fernald that Armstrong is seriously ill and cannot give his deposition. He forwarded the attending physician’s certificate to prove the illness.
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Boston
Eddy
Wm. A. Morse
Jos. Armstrong
Fernald
Gans and Britt to Fight Next Month in San Francisco
Jimmy Britt and Joe Gans have signed to fight next month in San Francisco. Details and venue are not yet finalized.
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Gans and
Britt
Moth
Francisco
Daily Item
San Francisco
Jimmy Britt
Joe Gans
Quiet Musings on Justice and Mercy
A short reflection notes that men craving justice might beg mercy if granted and that pessimists seldom feel as worn as the world seems to them. The lines juxtapose personal desire with broader weariness.
Thermometric Record from Government Engineer's Office
Official daily temperature register lists readings with temperatures and wind direction. Includes humidity and rainfall notes, showing a Southeast wind and a listed rainfall amount.
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Government Engineer’s Office
Maritime consignments and shipments listed in port records
Five steamers and ships from Conway Black River New York and Waccamaw ports are shown with consignments to firms Gardner & Lacy Munnerlyn Elliott Munelle C Dusenbury and others. Cargoes include naval stores lumber and general goods as recorded by maritime traders.
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Stmr. Mitchelle C. Dusenbury
Conway
Naval Stores
B. A. Vm. Eluiott, Johnson
Black Re Ees
B. A. Munnerlyn & Co
Schr. Aémee Shipman
New York
Gardner & Lacy Lumber Co
Smr
Frank Sessoms
Sarvis
Blackville Naval Stores
A. Munnerlyn & Co & Co
Stmr
Erie
Bellune
Black River
Tummiber
B. A. Munelle C.dusenbury
Andise
Waccamaw
South Atlantic League games played yesterday
Charleston defeated Jacksonville 2 to 1 in Charleston. Augusta beat Macon 2 to 1 in Augusta. Savannah won over Columbia 5 to 4 in Savannah.
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Charleston
Jacksonville
Augusta
Macon
Savannah
Columbia
Depository of the People opens new business years noted
The ECBee Annual Statement shows capital of 75000 dollars and March 1905 1906 and 1907 openings. Exhibits a record of phenomenal success with figures 3500 83391.27 157715.13 190502.75 for the years involved.
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Ecbee
Come and Grow With Us 4 Perch Compounded Quarterly
Officers listed include J. B. Steele and Mae H W Fraser as president, with M. A. L Oliver as vice president and M. W Pyatt as attorney. The notice promotes a paid saving deposits program and urges saving growth.
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Mess
D. D
Farnie Rhem
Rhems
Paul Brinkley
Southern Mercantile Co
J. M. Turner
Edgefield
O. P. Bourke
J. B. Steele
People’s Bank
Mess. Cox & Stone
Providence
R.I
E. H. Smith
Pawley’s Island
Hamby
Naval Militia
Charleston.on Day of Embarking. Miss Netta Detyens
Pearl Herring
Jamestown Exposition
D.C
Mr. Harling
Johnson, Ot
Louis Gary
Harrelson
Court of General Sessions
Glenn
Abe Gordon
Lady Dead
Dayton
Standard
Texas Commissioners
Christian Scientist Ill
Montgomery
Ala
Southern Railway
Marine News
P.C. Charl L. Pe
Fs Jacksonvii
Savanna
Columbi
Oficers
Mae H.w.fraser
Pres
F. Rhem
Cashier, Ma
A. L. Oliver
Teller
M. W. Pyatt
Battorney
Hanan & Sons
Weinberg
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