Local items note weather, visits, and arrivals in Chester County
Local items report Wylie visiting Chester county this week and Dr G W Poovey's return to improved health. Rev W G Neville of Yorkville is in the city. A chimney at Elgin home of Mr G F Ferguson blown down by Thursday night wind. Manly Porter returns home from months away. Main Street trees blown down by the storm. Oakridge school house damaged. Prof R N Nisbet of Waxhaw and Miss Daisy Horton of Heath Springs enroll in summer school, total 39. District conference in Blacksburg with Majs Miller and Riddle. Lee Wilson jailed 30 days for breach of peace. Capt John M Belk and wife return from Texas to visit daughter Mrs H N Clyburn. R T Beaty accepts assistant in cotton mill office. Rev J M Steadman’s baby improving at Chester. Steadman to preach tomorrow. Dunlap street house repair begun for boarding house. Farmers Supply name change to Mungo Supply verified. Mr H B Pardue loses valise at Charleston depot. valise found and returned via Atlanta ad.
Masonic Building Teardown To Erect New Temple In Waxhaw
Contractor W S Langley began tearing down the Masonic building yesterday and will erect a bendsome Masonic temple on the grounds. The upper story will include an elegant Lodge room ante rooms and several front offices. The lower floor measuring about 40 by 110 feet will be fitted as a store room. Mrs M A Perry and Mrs Bel Nance attend their ill grandmother Mrs Margaret Simms in Chester. Rev and Mrs Chalmers Fraser returned from Georgia after attending his sister's marriage. Mr and Mrs Fraser visited Georgia last week. Dr S W Moore and Emma McIlwaine were wed at Heath Springs on Wednesday. J L Tillman of Van Wyck says flood losses in the Catawba river totaled 1000 dollars.
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H. B. Pardue
Charleston
G. B. Moore
Peachland
N. C
Moore
Pardue
Mr. Pardue
Atlanta Constitution
Mr. Moore
Mr. Pardas
W.S. Langley
Wroumls
M. 4. Perry
Bel Nance
Margaret Simms
Chester
Mary Johnson
R. E. Allison
Chalmers Fraser
Lucretia Fraser
Donald Fraser
D. D
Athens
Heath Springs
J. L. Tillman
van Wyck
Catawba
Waxhaw Enterprise
Death of W. Hazeltine Chafee at Home in Aiken
Aiken June 25 special reports the death of W Hazeltine Chafee at his home after a protracted illness He resided in Lancaster years ago and had many friends in the area He leaves a wife a sister Mrs T G Croft and a brother Wm J Chafee of Augusta Ga to mourn his loss
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Aiken
W. Hazeltine Chafee
Chafee
Lancaster
T. G. Croft
Wm J. Chafee
Augusta
Catawba Falls Picnic and Tabernacle Children’s Day Observance
A Fourth of July picnic at Catawba Falls features recitals speeches and music with Rev H W Buys delivering a lecture on Courtship and Marriage Rev J W Neeley to lead. Tabernacle observes Children’s Day on July 26 with Sunday School programs and addresses plus a picnic dinner and refreshments sold by organizers.
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Catawba Falla
H. W Buys
D. D
Rock Hill
J. W. Neeley
Ligon
Tabernacle
To Cure A Cold in One Way Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
Ad claims a single cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a money back guarantee if one fails. Signature of E W Virove appears on each box. Also notes a sale or exchange offer for milking cows with young calves by J M Hood.
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E.W. Virove
J. M. Hood
Phila
Eures
Visit of Sheriff Hunters to City by the Sea and Mt Pleasant
John P. Hunter recounts a brief Charleston witness trip, meeting friends after four years and missing some who have passed on. He notes Mt Pleasant hospitality from A. T. Walters, changes like an electric trolley line, new residences, and the Islent of Palms, once Long Island, now a popular summer resort. He visited the Exposition too late and affirms Charleston's pluck and future prosperity.
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Mr. Eorrex
U S
Charleston
Tmany
Finilies
Mt. Pleasant
A. T. Walters
Palms
Mt Pleasant
Long Island
Palmer
Old City
Mt. Pleasant Jam
John P. Hunter
Watch found after four years tied to church grounds
Loomis McDowell, son of Rev G W McDowell, found Dr Pryor's $65 gold watch under a church near the old fair grounds. The watch, stolen from Pryor four years ago, bore the owner's name and was returned to him with a $5 reward. A 13 year old boy who returned it was praised by W R Nail.
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Dr. Pryor
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promoted for Skin Ailments
An old advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a universal cure for itching eczema scald heads and skin diseases. It claims quick relief for ulcers fever sores salt rheum and bruises and notes availability at Crawford Bros and J F Mackey Co drug stores. The fragmentary text includes garbled product lines and pricing.
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Bucklen
Crawford Bros
J. F. Mackey & Co
Marriage Stopped by Arrest in Polkton
Special to The Charlotte Observer from Waresboro June 25. Jno G Neely the man sought by York county sheriff for selling bogus life insurance was arrested in Polkton as he boarded the southbound vestibule. He faces a held order awaiting Sheriff Logan of Yorkville tonight. Neely denied the bill and asked the public to withhold judgment until a full statement is given. He was to marry a Peachland woman this afternoon but the arrest halted the wedding. Neely, a 48 year old widower with three children in Chester County S C, is in custody.
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Charlotte Observer
Waresboro
Jno
G. Neely
York County
Polkton
GC. S. Redfearn
Redfearn
Neely
Peachland
Yorkville
Chester County
S. C
Columbia Suffers a Big Cotton Fire
The State reports a major blaze in Columbia at the old Gongaree mill warehouse owned by Columbia Mills Company. Lightning struck last night. hundreds of bales of cotton burned as fire crews struggled to reach the site. Water supply failed and telephone lines burned, with losses possibly near $100,000.
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Colnombia
Columbia Mills Company
Duck Mill
Olympia Mills
The Panama Route For Isthmian Canal Conferees Agree
Washington June 25 The conferees on the Isthmian canal bill agreed this afternoon to accept the Senate amended form which contemplates building the Panama canal if the president can secure clear title to that route The final conference lasted about thirty minutes Mr Hepburn on behalf of the conferees tried to time limit the title perfection to six months but failed and the Senate amendment was concurred in as passed In the agreement a brief statement was to be prepared for presentation to both houses
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Washington
Isthmian Canal
Senate
Panama Canal
Hepburn
House
State to borrow funds to meet July debt interest
The State of South Carolina and the city of Columbia must borrow money to cover necessary expenditures. Governor and State treasurer secured 100,000 to pay July interest on the state debt. The economy slows as income is slow in arriving, prompting this seasonal borrowing. The piece notes dull senatorial campaign meetings with little public interest or new topics.
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South Carolina
Columbia
John Gary Evans
Vel Eamdlidate
Price
Dall
Columbia Record
Southern Railway connections and routes summary
Passenger connections described from Marion to Yorkville Blacksburg Lancaster Camden Catawba Jet Rock Hill and other points on the Southern Railway network. Train numbers 82 34 11 36 68 70 32 84 92 82 44 33 35 18 and related services link Chattanooga Asheville Atlanta Gastonia Chester Monroe Wilmington and intermediate points with arrival and departure times noted. Passenger agent details and service names included.
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Marion
Maine
Southern Ry
Chattanooga
Asheville
Blacksburg
Southera
SAT
Catawia
Monroe
AY Tancaster
Enyvnk
Camden
Fir Char Easton
Sumter
Florence
Danington
Camsden
CNW
SC Norltrem Charleston
Floren Io Imington
Wilmington
Wew
Southern
Kingsville
Lancaster
Lo& © Tran
Chester
Catawba
Hock
Pouthern
Rock Hi Toe Fort Wallatte and Paints
Nett Ab Biacksborge
Oltherth
Abe
Marionne
Hareton Op
Laven
Thermal City
Rutherfordion
Forest
City
Heurlein
Shelby
Patterson Slyg
Hickory Grove
Yorkville
Rock Hill
Riverside
Lancaster Heath Springs
Westville
Nortitround
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RE. Wylie, Esq
G. W. Poovey
Hin
W.G. Neville
G. F. Ferguson
Elgin
Mr. Manly Porter
Main Street
R.N. Nisbet
Waxhaw
Daisy Horton
Oakridge
8B. F. Miller
Maj
J.M. Riddle
Lee Wilson
Caskey
John M. Belk
Texas
H. N. Clyburn
R. T. Beaty
Bank
J. M Steadman
Dunlap
Main and
Dunlap Streets
Farmers’ Supply Company
Kerahaw
Mungo Supply Company
Secretary of State
Hazel Chafee
Tabronce
Rowell
Messia
James
Banford Rowell
Ledger
Sherif Hunter
Klanoy Ils, ‘Voor of
Joly Gi. Neely
Panama
Gills Creek Township
J, A
Funderburk
G. W. Gardner
J. Wylie Porter
W. A. Birkeney
Newall
He Kerge
Jones St
Sioux City
Voutipabslina
George Ee Hein
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