Anderson Meeting Delivers Turbulent Campaign Rally in South Carolina
In Anderson S C a crowd of about two thousand gathered on a cotton platform to hear gubernatorial and senatorial candidates. Ellerbe clashed with Evans and Tillman supporters, while Governor Tillman urged reform unity and defended the dispensary policy. Senator Butler defended tariff reform and attacked critics, as the crowd cheered and booed amid noisy exchanges and a Dixie finale.
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Haskell
Gary Watts
Jones
Whitman
Keitt
Yeldell
Wilborn
Gray
Joshua Ashley
John Gary Evans
Kyvans
W.A. Neal
Ivans
Neal
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Ivan
Elerbe
Anderson
Evans
Dr. Pope
Pepe
Josh Ashley
Mr. Tindal
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Mr. Ellerbe
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Darlington
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Reform Committee
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Ocala
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News and Courier
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Charleston
Milman
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Abberville
Union
Earthquake Devastates Sicily Provinces Killing Many
A Central News Agency dispatch reports a major Sicily earthquake this afternoon. Catama province towns Vert Act and Pisane were destroyed with Remisal and Safarana heavily damaged. About fifty killed and many injured. villagers fled to open countryside as government supplies and surgeons are sent to distress areas.
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London
Iome
Central News
Sicily
Rome
Catama
Vert
Act
Pisane
Remisal
Safarana
Tragic Uplift Ends in Eyebrow Hook Accident
Near Merion Station Pennsylvania a farm accident left Mark Supple hanging by an iron lantern hook after striking it with his head while jumping from a box to feed cows. The hook pierced beneath his right eyelid and exited above the eyebrow, causing intense pain before he freed himself.
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Norristown
Ang
Supple
Merion Station
Ifefs
Mark Supple
Young Supple
Campaign rally in Abbeville ends 1904 meeting history
A large Abbeville crowd heard Governor Tillman and General Butler in a campaign stop that highlighted Reform aims and anti Cleveland rhetoric. Speakers praised Alliance demands while clashes over dispensary policy and county questions emerged among attendees.
Attempted Assault Near Lowndesville Described
Aug 9 report from Lownesville recounts widow Mrs. King attacked by a black man named Veter Jarner who entered her home, removed shoes to avoid noise, threatened her, and fled when neighbors blocked the door. Police hunt ongoing with harsh stated punishment if caught.
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Lowndesville
Ile
Man and Wife Trapped Die in Folding Bed in Kansas City
Dewitt McDowell, a prominent businessman, and his wife were imprisoned in a folding bed Sunday night when it collapsed. They were rescued after several hours, but McDowell died yesterday from injuries and his wife remains seriously ill.
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Kansas
Cry
Dewitt McDowell
McDowell
Gubernatorial race in South Carolina faces uncertain result
A writer from Columbia weighing Reform primaries in South Carolina notes large undercurrents and old Alliance vote could swing the governor's race. He predicts Aiken’s nomination with Tillman’s strength and several counties as key delegates, fearing a nonconforming bid or coalition to defeat Tillman.
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US. C
Register
Reform
South Carolina
Richard Croker
Tillman
Miss Alliance
Evans
Farmers Alliance
Sub-Treasury
Pindal
Mllerbe
Tindal
Eellerbe
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Vans
Baee Dee
Eaneweevens
Ieiares
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Lexington
Cade Wielee Ealae
Orangeburg
Spartanburg
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Weather and Crops Report for Week End Aug 6
The report notes minimal temperature deviation from normal with a low of 50 at St Matthews and high readings around 6 for the week from Greenwood and Spartanburg. The week opened and closed cloudy with few clear interior days, coastal cloudiness persistent, and normal sunshine north of Georgetown. Rainfall ranged from two to five inches statewide, with heavy showers on Saturday and continuous rain through Monday night, causing flooding and crop damage especially on bottom lands. Cotton suffered yield drops and yellowing. corn generally fair but hindered by wet soils. tobacco curing began with good quality and average yield. sugar cane and sorghum look large. strawberries boosted in Darlington. melons plentiful. cabbages suffering from prolonged wet weather. J. W. Burn, Director, Columbia, S.C. Aug. 7, 184.
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St. Matthews
Greenwood
Spartanburg
Varaday
Coash
Georgetown
Ingrass
Darlington County
J. W. Burn
Columbia
S.C
Contested Reform Nominee Seen in South Carolina Race
The Columbia Register reports a murky governor race with no clear Reform nominee. Governor Tillman and supporters doubt any single frontrunner while factions backing Ellerbe, Evans, and Tindal wait for a convention verdict. tensions rise between Tillman and Butler as campaign chatter swirls.
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Tillman
Clemson College
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Friends of
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Tindal
Qoie
Fellerbe
Evans
I Voroner Tillman
Pickens
Feneral Jllerbe
Colleton Plant
Milerbe
Ot Clemson College
Ilerbe
Ilerba
Marion
Greenville
Tragedy in Charlton as Jenking fatally shoots Miss Murphy
Aug 8 Charlton Iowa. W. D. Jenking a Burlington baggage man shot Miss Julia Murphy after a bitter quarrel then killed her sister Mrs Josie Townes and wounded their mother before turning the gun on himself. He died an hour later. The family was well regarded and affluent.
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Drs Moines
Iowa
Charlton
Mornig
W. D. Jenking
Burlington
Julia Murphy
Josie ,Townes
A Young Murderer
A tragic incident near Opaliks Alabama ends with 14 year old Isomott Brooks fatally wounded by a duck shot fired by Nell Love 13. The attack came after Brooks cursed and assaulted Love with a heavy stick before authorities took Love into custody.
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Montgomery
Ala
Opaliks
Nell Love
Sam Love
Isomott Brooks
Charlea Brooks
Young Brooks
Young Love
Lttle
Brooks
Norwegian steamer Stephenson stranded off Santa Rosa Island
At Pen sacola Aug 7 a full rigged Norwegian steamship Stephenson ran aground two miles from the life saving station during a southeast gale. The coast guard post is disbanded from May to September, leaving only the captain. Captain Broad bent and his three daughters with one man hauled the apparatus two miles, threw the life line, and rescued the crew as the vessel settled in seven feet of water.
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Glia
Pensacola
Ifa
Stephenson
Santa Rosa Island
Ifo
Peone
Broadbent
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