Local Happenings and Obituary Notes July 1901
The Ledger reports visiting relatives and social events including Miss Anna Welsh returning to Columbia to finish business college. Liberty Rifles club promose to be held at Jack Church on Howth Springs road with Senator Tillman expected to speak. Town funds plan for one hundred silver monuments at the cemetery later this fall. Vigene Boyd Witherspoon, son of Mr and Mrs J B Witherspoon, dies in the North Carolina mountains and is buried in Sunter.
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Howth Springs Road
Tillman
Bay
GQ. Hotton
Boyd Witherspoon
J. B. Witherspoon
North Carolina
Sunter
E. L. Witherspoon
Cupid
G. W. Crenshaw
Five Forks
van Wyck School
J. Douglass Nisbet
New York
Catawba India Ferry
Blanche Rowe
Pineville
N. C
West
G. L. Vaughan
Springdell
Local towns suffer blackout as rival mill fixes dynamo
The Yorkville Yeoman reports a town without light until Maj. Hart arranged a temporary dynamo use by new mill owners to keep the mill running. Rival electric concerns and earlier claims are noted as the town struggles through a period of outage and transition, while a new plan develops for a formal company to operate the mill.
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Tleetrie Co
Cincinnaty
Maj
Hart
Yorkville Yeoman
Van Wyck Items Highlight Local Happenings and Fourth
Farmers report busy sunshine with growing crops and looming grain shortages. A monument unveiling for Sovereign W. B. Tillman marks the Fourth at Van Wyck with Woodmen of the World ceremonies, a large procession, speeches, and a community dinner.
Attempt to Wreck a Train Near Abbeville
An attempted sabotage disrupted a Seaboard Air Line train near Abbeville when the fishplates on a rail were removed and a sleeper derailed after the rail was struck. No serious injuries were reported. Authorities suspect recently discharged workers from the Allville shops.
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Greenville News
Columbia, D. C
Jaly
Abbeville
Allwville
Mask Remedies and Inaugural News From Early Era
An advertised remedy promises to cure eruptions and skin ailments with Bucklen's Arnica Salve, selling for 25 cents at Crawford Bros. and J. P Mackey & Co. The report notes Taft’s inauguration as governor of a Philippine island and General Wharton taking command, relieving General MacArthur amid a five-province rebellion snapshot.
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Crawford Bros
J. P Mackey & Co
Taft
Prilay
Philippine Island
Whartoa
MacArthur
Wife Murder Case Reveals Con fession and Plea Details
Regular correspondent Optio in the list issue discusses the Sykes Massey murder case. He recounts conversations with Solicitor Henry and Mr Wylie about Massey pleading guilty to manslaughter and receiving a ten year sentence. The narrative notes alleged miscommunications and protest by Wylie, plus the judge’s final ten year penitentiary sentence.
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Lepowr
Nis
Guilty Plea Sparks Controversy in Massey Murder Case
R E Wylie remarks reveal Sykes Massey’s murder conviction described as Heinous. Wylie notes he was not consulted by Massey’s assistant state attorney about accepting a manslaughter plea and that he urged reconsideration after learning of it. He points out assistant counsel’s subordinate role to the Solicitor.
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Sykes Massey
R. E. Wylie
Pistols and Clubs Used at Gathering in Orangeburg County
Special to The State Neeses South Carolina July 6. At a frolic at Aaron Chavis house near Neeses on the night of the 4th a shooting affray left seven wounded Pope Chavis and Knowlton Williams shot through the lungs both serious Aston Chavis knee Mrs Tom Chavis shot through both legs Tube Hoover head split open Dan Chavis badly Droised Ansell Williams shot through the band Liquor bowed freely and no one knows how the trouble commenced
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Neeses
S. C
Aaron Chavis
Pope Chavis
Knowlton Williams
Aston Chavis
Tom Chavis
Hoover
Dan Chavis
Ansell Williams
Engine Recovered After Buffalo Trestle Crash
The engine that plunged through the 70 foot Buffalo trestle and left Engineer Metcalf dead has been recovered from the creek bed. Railroad forces yesterday completed the salvage, and Superintendent Tripp states the engine can be repaired and returned to service without outside help.
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Buffalo Trestle
Metcalf
Tripp
Yorkville
Poor Millionaire Starves in London Over Digestion
A London poor millionaire dies after failing to digest his meals, with ads for Dr King s New Life Pills claiming to aid digestion and appetite. Pills priced 25c, money back guarantee, sold by Crawford Bros and J K Mackey Co. A Batesburg dispatch criticizes Lieut Gov Tillman s speech as indecent and unprintable by The State.
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London
Dr. King
Crawford Bros
J. K. Mackey & Co
Batesburg
Tillman
Carmden Messenger
Chaplain Rev Perkins Dead in Loninville Battle Death
Loninville Kentucky July 6 Rev Perkins chaplain of Lees Army is dead after battle. His service to his unit and the faith are noted in initial reports with mournful tribute from comrades and local church.
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Loninville, Ky
Rev Perkins
Lee
Woman Leaves Baby With Stranger Aboard Southbound Train
Mrs L H Harris of Fairdeal Anderson county reports a odd incident on the south bound first mail Sunday morning. Shortly after departure from Charlotte a strange woman asked her to watch her baby for a few minutes and then disappeared.
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L. H. Harris
Fairdeal
Anderson County
Jast Mail
Charlotte
Hemphill May Run for Senate in 1890s Campaign
The State reports a possible candidacy of John J. Hemphill of Chester for the United States Senate. Hemphill, 52, a Columbia visitor with Washington DOJ ties, is described as a thoughtful speaker whose bid could impact the upcoming campaign. He is a South Carolina College alumnus with legislative service since 1876 and multiple reelections to Congress through 1890.
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John J. Hemphill
Chester
United States Senate
Columbia
Hemphill
Washington
Department of Justice
District of Columbia
South Carolina College
Charter County
State
Freak Lightning Story From Killians Nebraska
Mose Whitaker, a Black farmer near Killians, survives a lightning strike that killed his mule and melted the plow and trace chain. Neighbors confirm the tale with Mose unharmed and unshocked, while the iron plow and line bear scorch marks as evidence.
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Mose Whitaker
Killians
Mose
Ule
Lancaster & Chester Railway stockholders to meet in August
Board of Directors of the Lancaster & Chester Railway Co has called a special stockholders meeting for August 3, 1901 at 12 noon at the Bank of Lancaster Lan caster S C to consider increasing bonded indebtedness by issuing 135000 dollars of First Mortgage 5 percent twenty year bonds to fund reconstruction and extension of the railroad line. Dated July 1 1901. By order of the Board K C McManus Secretary.
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Lancaster & Chester Railway Co
Lancaster & Chester Railway Company
Bank of Lancaster
Lancaster
S.C
K.C. McManus
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