Yorkville News Briefs and Local Notes
News from Yorkville and Rock Hill include Rev J Walter Simpson departing for Edinburgh to study and tour Europe Egypt and other lands. Rock Hill attracts an ice factory with a $250 guarantee for building work within ninety days. First bale of new cotton at Yorkville sold for 11 cents a pound by Latta Bros. Neely Manufacturing expects power line work to begin soon. A dog rescued from an abandoned well near Blacksburg. Southdown sheep interest in Smyrna and surrounding neighbors. Calls for a proper Southern railway freight depot at Yorkville amid high freight charges. Plus a profile of Tom L Johnson and a quip about the steel rail trust.
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J. Walter Simpson
J. Simpson
New York
Edinburgh
Scotland
Europe
Egypt
Rock Hill
S. C. Campbell
St. Louis
Jno. Wood
Commercial Club
Yorkville
J. E. Brandon
McConnellsville
Messrs. Latta Bros
J. Claude Bell
Guthriesville
T. P. Moore
Neely Manufacturing Company
W. S. Lee, Jr
Catawba Power Company
Lee
Blacksburg
D. R. Bird
W. A. Baker
R. W Whitesides
Smyrna
Baxter Whitesides
Bethany
Whitesides
R. T. Castles
R. J. Tove
Irwin Neeland
John McDonald
Southern Railway
Southern
Shoeing a Steer Leads to Tragic Accident
Watauga Democrat reports Mr. B. F. Brannock lost a fine work steer last Friday when the animal, in stocks for shoeing, suddenly struggled and dislocated its neck, dying almost instantly.
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B. F. Brannock
How Senators Are Made
A Louisville Courier Journal excerpt argues that a noble man cannot afford to serve in Congress for a small salary. He would trade freedom and local influence for wealth and power in Washington. The piece contends many seek influence by shaping senators rather than becoming one themselves.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Congress
Washington
Students Home to Open Wake Forest Clubhouse
The Wake Forest area will welcome a new Students Home clubhouse aimed at providing better student board than existing clubs. Meanwhile a New York women’s cat club forms to promote cat ownership and find homes for feral cats, with exhibitions planned. A Wilmington Star reports a giant shark near Old Stump, 9 feet 9 inches long, weighing pounds with 61 teeth in the upper jaw and 71 in the lower.
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Wake Forest
New York
Wilmington
The Negro Question and Booker T. Washington’s Plan
A critique arguing education cannot bridge racial divides and that Booker T. Washington’s approach will intensify the race problem. The author cites Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, warns of vast chasm between races, and condemns assimilation as a threat to American character.
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Booker T. Washington
Virginia
South
Boston
New York
America
Frederic Harrison
Kelly Miller
Napoleon
Thomas E. Watson
Cherryville Streets Tamed by Steam Wagon Scraper
Aug 26 Cherryville reports steady rains and a steam driven scraper working streets amid fever cases two typhoid averages in town. A reunion of E A Rudisall descendants drew 82 relatives at the old homestead with a 60 foot table of fried chicken pies and desserts feeding about 100 attendees.
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Cherryville
E. A. Rudisall
E. H. Kohn
Two Deputies Convicted For Assault On Editor Deal
United States deputy collectors Samuels and Hasty were tried in Wilkesboro Superior Court and found guilty. Samuels received a three month jail term while Hasty was sentenced to six months for beating editor R A Deal of the Wilkesboro Chronicle over an article.
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United States
Samuels
Hasty
R. A. Deal
Wilkesboro Chronicle
Wilkesboro Superior Court
Dr J M Hunter Specializes in Cancer and Urinary Diseases
Dr J M Hunter offers non surgical treatment for cancer tumors chronic ulcers and diseases of the genital urinary organs. Free consultation. Treatments are promised with little pain and no knife and minimal blood loss. 25 years of practical experience. 113tn.
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Citizens National Bank
Gastonia
R. P. Rankin
Co. N. Evans
A. G. Myers
R. P. Ranklin
J. M. Sloan
J. A. Glenn
R.R. Haynes
York and Yorkville
Yorkville Encutrer
Tom Johnson
Philadelphia Telegraph
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Weaver
Dr. Dingley of
Main
Johnson
Mr. Dingley
Mr. Johnson
Watauga Democrat
Thios
Dixon
Saturday Evening Post
Abraham Lincoln
Buckle
Italy
Africa
Frederick Douglass
Saint Frederick
James F. Yeager
Tennessee
Craic & Wilson
J. M. Hunter
Rock Hill, S. C
Tegraphers
I. i Railroad
Seeeree
R. R
Rocky Mountains
Rockies
Cincinnati
Morse School OF Telegraphy
Cincinnati, Ohio
Atlanta, Ga, Texarkana, Tex
Buffalo, N. Y
LaCrosse
Wis
San Francisco
Cal
the Gazette Printing House
Andy Cloninger
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