Yorkville Enquirer and the era of Nullification
A historical reflection on Yorkville politics and the Yorkville Enquirer founded in 1833 by John E. Grist. It discusses factional violence, editorial influence in South Carolina, and the paper’s role during Nullification era debates led by Lew M. Grist and associates. The piece notes preservation of old issues and a tribute to late editors amid 19th century South Carolina tensions.
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Yorks Wille Enquirer
Joe Riddle
Gastotta
A. Great
Andson
Lewis M. Grist
Enquir
Pha Vorkville
Enquirer
South Carolina
Lew l
M. Grist
Pinckney Whig
Yorkville
Palmetto’ Press
lYork County
Adolph 8. Ochs
eWork Times
For the Enquirer
Yorkville Enquirer
John E.grist
Charleston, S. C
Male Penguin Keeps Egg Hatching At Stanley Park Zoo
In Vancouver British Columbia a king penguin at Stanley Park Zoo tends an egg alone for 14 days with no help from his mate. Keeper Alan Beet notes females usually relieve incubation but this one has not yet, leaving the male to handle the 64 day period until about October 5 unless the female assists.
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Vancouver
B. G
Stanley Park Zoo
North America
Alan Beet
Mr. Penguin
Health Department Names New Secretary and Treasurer
Miss Mae Emmett is appointed secretary and Harold Cauble treasurer of the Gaston County Health Department. The changes replace Mary Wilfong and Grace Morrow, who resigned. The staff meeting at St. Mark's Parish House next Monday will announce the appointments. H. J. Hickes of Charlotte will speak on Special Education for the Exceptional Child, introduced by Anne Taylor, with by-law revisions on the agenda.
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Mae Emmett
Harold Cauble
Gaston County Health Department
St. Mark's Parish House
Mary Wilfong
Grace Morrow
H. J. Hickes
Charlotte
Anne Taylor
Health Department
Dulin Can Re Open His Business Place
Sid Dulin's Crowders Mountain business may reopen after Judge Hubert Olive dismissed the padlock case for insufficiency of evidence that the establishment harmed the public. A temporary restraining order had been in place since January, with A Warren representing the owner.
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Sid Dulin
Crowders Mountain
Hubert Olive
Superior Court
Freida Mill
A. Warren
Named for Castle Windsor Name Origin 1917
The British royal family adopted the surname Windsor in 1917, deriving from Windsor Castle, the royal residence since the era of Edward the Confessor. The change aligned the family name with the historic seat of power and the location associated with the monarchy.
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Windsor
Windsor Castle
Edward the Confessor
Virginia Fish Saves The Day For Local Market Owner
Reporter Garland Atkins notes Guy Ladd of Ladd Sea Food Market secured fresh stock from Crane Morgan in White Stone, Virginia, after Hurricanes Connie and Diane disrupted fishing. Ladd explains fish path from Rapahannock River and calm waters allowed a strong shipment of flounder, perch, trout, mullet, catfish, oysters, among others, keeping his counters full while rivals suffer.
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Virginia
Garland Atkins
Gazette
Guy Ladd
Ladd Sea Food Market
Connie
Diane
Crane Morgan
White Stone
Rappahannock River
Ladd
Suspended Term Given Woman In Lottery Case
Georgia Robbins, 38, a Negro woman, received a suspended 90 days in prison and a fine of 28 for lottery law violations after telling officers she quit the business. Roosevelt Wilson, 36, also a Negro, was fined $5 for two ABC law violations tied to liquor, while Dorotha Tate and Bill Manus paid fines and costs for similar violations.
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Georgia Robbins
Lincoln Avenue
R. G. Brittain
Ernest Warren
Brittain
G. C. Bates
Julius T. Sanders
Roosevelt Wilson
North Rhyne Street
O. A. Warren
Wilson
Grady Stott
Dorotha Tate
North York Street
Bill Manus
South
Oakland Street
Deaf Mute Has Second Narrow Escape
Truett Saunders, a 31 year old East Gastonia man who is deaf mute, had his car collide with a P and N locomotive at the Groves street crossing in East Gastonia late Thursday afternoon but escaped injury. His vehicle had earlier plunged into the South Fork river near Belmont several times, where he was aided by Sunday school picnickers.
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V. Cusees
Europe
Orange
Barron
Earle Pegram
Loray Mills
South Carolina
Jane Gullick
Charlotte
John
Calhoun
Crowell
Hamilton
J. W. Carson
Enola Crawford
Car
Cotton Plant
Mississippi
Carson
Jno. T. Craw
Tava
Mack
United States
Meni
Port Austin
Mich
Michigan
Annie Mae Reid
On Waterways Commission
Con Johnstown
Pan
Saginaw Bay
George Hayes
Lake Huron
Port
Norman Fletcher
Sanilac
Grand Traverse Bay
Lake
Making A Go Of Life Read Roy K. Smith
Reflection on conscience and defiance from Roy K. Smith's Making A Go Of Life. It contrasts the false pride of defiance with inner guilt, citing Shakespeare and a famous French orator to illustrate conscience’s pressure. Readers are urged to recall times they faced tough choices with a clear conscience and measure inner strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy K. Smith
Abingdon Press
Records Of Local Court Actions In Gastonia
Andrew Robbins Jr, 28, Negro of Winston-Salem, paid 25 and costs for driving without a license in Gastonia municipal court. Paul Eugene McDaniel, 19, Victory Station, paid 85 and costs for speeding. Johnnie Horne Jr., 28, Lowell, paid costs for the same offense. Solicitor Grady B. Stott pressed with leave in the case of Samuel Russell Hall, 20, Negro of Gastonia R-2, and Failine Hall, 17, Negro of Gastonia R-2, charged with aiding and abetting driving without a license and driving without a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Robbins Jr
Negro
Winston-Salem
Gastonia
Paul Eugene McDaniel
Victory Station
Johnnie Horne Jr
Lowell
Grady B. Stott
Samuel Russell Hall
Failine Hall
Markets dull as eggs hold firm and hog prices rise
In Chicago butter receipts reach 774,085 while egg receipts total 11,309 with prices steady to firm. Hog markets in Raleigh show gains up to 25 percent with top quotes near 17.50 across several towns, 17.25 at multiple centers, and 17.00 at Wilson and Rocky Mount. North Carolina poultry markets in Raleigh report 4 percent NGDAS central region, fryers and broilers steady at farm price 26, fob plant. Raleigh eggs steady after an advance, Grade A large 26. Asheville fryers and broilers steady at farm price 26, fob plant. eggs steady Grade A large 49-52.
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Chicago
Raleigh
NCDA
Goldsboro
Beulaville
Siler City
Mount Gilead
Misro
Elizabethtown
Mount Olive
Castle Hayne
Kenly
Fayetteville
Clinton
Tarboro
Enfield
Hamilton
Snow Hill
Farmville
Plymouth
Jacksonville
Kinston
New Bern
Benson Lumberton
Washington
Wilson J
Rocky Mount
Poultry and Eggs
NGDAS
North Carolina
Fryers
Broilers
Asheville
Revival at Landers Chapel Focuses on Bible and Marriage
A youth revival at Landers Chapel Church runs through Sunday with courses on the Bible courtship and marriage and recreation taught by participants from Crouse High School and Pisgah. Snack suppers start at 6 30 each evening, and about 100 people attend. The Young Adult Fellowship hosts Family Night Sunday at 7 30 in the educational building with Rev. Jesse Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Winslow Brown in charge. Parents are invited to join the discussion and help clean the cemetery Saturday morning.
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Landers Chapel
Crouse
High Schoals
Pisgah
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Jesse Johnson
Bess Chapel
Winslow Brown
Lincolnton
John Harmon
Mobile
Ala
Ed Harmon
Cleo Donald
Bessemer City
Z. S. Carpenter
Sam Rhyne
Sammy
Mikie
Howard Kiser
Jean
Steve
Boone
Horn
West
W. L. Bollinger
Harold Starr
Linda
Sonny Starr
Fontana Dam
J. A. Kiser
Don
Kings Mountain
Clay Kiser
Rae
Charles Tate
Kay
David
Eddie Tate
David Tate
Joan
Violet Tate
White Ville
Howard Simpson
Charlotte
C. D. Tate
Alice Tritt
Dallas
P. A. Lynch
Gastonia
Sam Kinley
Luther Kiser
Garland Hudspeth
Hudspeth
Charlie Setzer
Hickory
Keith Carpenter
Spargo Carpenter
Norman Kiser
Darrell Kiser
Wibur
Kiser
Shelby
Bill Dixon
Berg
George Burgin
Cherryville
W. B. Payseur
Wall Street Slips Narrowly In Mixed Trading Day
Irregular market movement dominated the afternoon session with prices hardly moving beyond a point. Early briskness faded to a slow pace, tracking yesterday’s mixed performance with steels oils copper and several issues in focus. Higher gains appeared in Douglas Aircraft RCA American Telephone Kennecott Copper Monsanto and other names while Bethelehem Steel Goodrich and Southern Railway faced lower activity.
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Wall Street
New York
Motors
Hethlehem Steel
Goodrich
American Smelting
Allied Chemical
General, Electric
International Paper
Southern Railway
Standard Oil (Nj
Douglas Aircraft
RCA
American Telephone
Kennecott Copper
Monsanto Chemical
Foremost Dairies
ACF Brill
Pennsylvania Railroad
Texas Co
Miss Wilma Falls Engaged in October Wedding Plans
Miss Wilma Falls, who will wed Calvin Johnson of Belmont in October, was entertained at a miscellaneous shower Thursday night at Mrs. Lake Falls home on the Gastonia highway. Color scheme green and white, with a lime and green print dress for the guest of honor, gifts including an antique crystal bowl, and bridal games followed by refreshments and a tiered cake.
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Bowling Green
Wilma Falls
Calvin Johnson
Belmont
Lake Falls
Gastonia
Estelle
Hazel Withers
J. R. Cox
Estelle Withers
Beth Withers
Mary Florence Petty
Miss Falls
Tom Barnett
Barnett
Joe and
Marianna
Shoot Em Up Charge Lodged Against Man
Lloyd Barrett, 35, already jailed on drunkenness, faces additional counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Barber Dean Smith of Jenkins Heights filed the complaint. arresting officers Wylie Williams and Floyd Brandon report witnesses saying Barrett fired a shotgun and a 22 rifle at several people. Miss Beth Withers plans to depart this month to enter the School of Nursing at Lebanon Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte. Linen. Nearly 8,000 Americans live in most of them business.
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Lloyd Barrett
Pockert
Barber Dean Smith
Jenkins Heights
Ccase
Wylie
Williams
Floyd Brandom
Barrett
Beth Withers
School of Nursing
Lebanon
Presbyterian Hospital
Charlotte
Foggy fire alarms in St Petersburg due to fog from mosquito trucks
Fire Chief S. O. Griffiths warns residents in St Petersburg of false fire alarms caused by fog from mosquito control trucks. He urges people to use their nose and not panic, noting the odor is detectable a block away.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
S. O. Griffiths
Suspicious Atlantic Area May Be Fifth Tropical System
Weather observers monitor a suspicious area about 1,300 miles east of San Juan. The easterly wave, 2,500 miles east southeast of Miami, shows no sign of becoming a tropical storm. About 10 percent of such waves develop into storms.
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Miami
Fla
San Juan
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Roy L. Smith
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Prey
GN. Alexander
Ben Parker
Marshville
Peggy Buller
Faye Hickman
Ruth Hickman
Greensboro
Rollin Brandon
Cherry Point
H. C. Riddle
Doe Adams
J. F. Pursley
Clover
Tom Adams
D. M. Ford
Lineberger Park
Jack McIntosh
Maryland
Dot Jackson
Pearl Flanagan
Eilen Flanagan
Atlantic
Browning
Hardware Company
Roosevelt Tire Service
W. Franklin Ave
Citizens National Bank
Franklin Avenue
Cramerton
Gastonia, N.C
West Main Avenue
Stanley
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