Remnant cotton crop plans and 1907 market actions
Statements from President Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association report completion of arrangements with the Farmers' Union to finance the remaining 1907 cotton crop in Tennessee Arkansas Mississippi and Alabama. The note calls for reduced acreage to avert a next winter crisis while highlighting concurrent fire losses and naval debates in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvie Jordan
Southern Cotton Association
Farmers’ Union
Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Jordan
Hobson Sees Anglo Japanese Alliance Shaping Pacific Policy
Hobson again links a Japan England alliance to a potential united front in Canadian waters. He claims 50 million in battleships could have pressured Russia to evacuate Manchuria, averting the Tassia Jivpan war, and urges Congress to authorize four ships this year to curb war clouds.
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Washington
Gregg
Tex
Roosevelt
Congress
Japan
Atlantic
Pacific
Hobson
Ala
England
Canadian
Cotton prices fall as contracts gamblers gain leverage
In Yorkville D C on April 14 1908 mills refuse to buy and farmers refuse to sell enabling cotton exchange gamblers to push prices down at will. Attorney General Lyon clarifies he did not go to Washington to argue a motion before Chief Justice Fuller only to discuss procedure.
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Cotton Exchange
Lyon
Washington
Fuller
Williamson plan praised and criticized by agricultural papers
The Progressive Farmer argues the Williamson plan boosts yields mainly by higher fertilizer use and that similar results can be achieved with other methods. The Enquirer concedes the plan has spurred corn production and credits it for that impact, though other comments vary.
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Enquirer
Cotton Mills Shutdown A Business Necessity Says Expert
The writer argues mills should close when unprofitable, acknowledging hardship for workers but deeming shutdowns wiser than receivers. He urges cotton producers to focus on other crops and to coordinate curtailment, while individuals should slow production in the absence of a broader movement.
Corn as Money Crop in York County Farming
An analysis argues corn functions as cash for farmers, noting most have both corn and cash while those with cash but no corn are rare. It explains home demand and export cash reduce local circulation and that savvy businesspeople see corn as a money crop, with financial stress tied to crop yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County
West
Equality of Taxation Debate Prompts State Review
Comptroller General Jones urges true valuation and equalized taxation as required by the state constitution. He cites widespread undervaluation of real and personal property and argues that true value assessment is the only path to genuine equality despite public indifference and political friction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
General Assembly
Correcting Taxation Attitudes and Corporate Burden
A columnist argues taxation must be uniform and fair, criticizing current practices that encourage dishonesty in property assessments. He supports full valuation of all property and warns against shifting taxes to corporations, noting consequences for public burden.
Pritchard Defiance Looms Over Dispensary Case
No new developments in the dispensary dispute as the bond deadline passed. Judge Pritchard seeks collateral held by the state to back dispensary deposits, while the state treasurer holds the collateral and plans to resist surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Court
Commission
Wapoyeeeh
Yorkville local business ads and market notes
A collage of Yorkville notices highlights local merchants bidding for attention from Gill & Allison planters to J W Dobson grocery specials. It lists sales pitches for tomato plants, coatings, medicines, and dry goods, plus bank safety ads and upcoming theater openings. Market data notes oil futures, spot prices, and port receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Miller
R. Logan
Yorkville Council
Jr. O. A
Howard Beard
WII
Louis Roth
Rosa Lindsay
Glenn
Luther Baker
Herndon & Gordon
New Orleans
J. W W. Dobson
Snyder
Star Drug Store
Starr
Loan & Savings Bank
York Drug Store
Lowney
M. W. White
York Furniture Co
First National Bank
National Union Bank
Moving Picture Palace
Herndon
Yorkville Hardware Co
Thomson Co
Global cotton supply and usage figures from New York Chronicle
The world's visible cotton supply as of last Friday evening stood at 4,221,727 bales, against 5,268,332 a year ago and 4,500,779 two years ago. American cotton visible supply was 3,017,727 bales, with weekly and season totals and regional consumption figures provided for Southern and Northern markets, plus weekly and year-to-date takings and Alexandria Cairo receipts compared to prior periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Financial Chronicle
Alexandria
Minnesota Dedication Honors Civil War Soldiers in Shiloh
In Shiloh Tennessee on April 10 Governor Johnson and a dozen Minnesota notables attended the monument dedication for Minnesota soldiers who fell in the Civil War. Johnson condemned a recent Supreme Court ruling on the Minnesota railroad rate law and urged strong state rights to prevent federal overreach into state affairs.
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Shiloh
Tenn
Johnson
Minnesota
Union of States
Supreme Court of the United States
Worthy Movement Endorsed For Yorkville Corn Fund
The Yorkville Enquirer urges support for a corn fund to grow larger crops. A subscription of 2 dollars is requested to promote the initiative. Signed by W. H. Hernden.
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Yorkville
Look
Yorkville Enquirer
Ifummers
Old York
W. H. Hernden
Corn prize contest draws York county farmers and fund grows
Farmers in York county are urged to enter a corn prize contest with nearly 200 dollars already subscribed in a week. The effort aims to reward best corn raising, with scientific methods and some luck, while local churches lose Rev. W A Hafner to Fort Mill. The Yorkville Cornet band will run a fiddlers convention at the courthouse on May 8.
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Bowling Green
Beth Shiloh
Allison Creek
W. A. Hafner
Fort Mill
York County
Enquirer
Court House
Yorkville Cornet Band
Rock Hill
The
Cotton Prices Hit Fresh Lows As Market Stays Weak
New low records for cotton set with May contracts below 4 cents amid easy open. Market fell to near 4 cents lows from January, with 850000 bales traded and little Wall Street support. Southern spot markets steady to down while traders grow nervous over spot supplies as political party precincts prepare for county convention.
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Associated Press
New York
Wall Street Clique
May
WOO
Esa
Rathsep
Social notes from Yorkville and Clover communities
Mrs. John G. Barnwell visits relatives in Boykin. Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Hartness depart for Charleston after visiting Yorkville kin. A committee on entertainment for the First Associate Reformed presbytery meeting in Yorkville is named. Clergymen from Yorkville and Bethesda churches plan to attend Bethel presbytery in Kershaw. Invitations announced for Miss Mary Emma Clinton to wed Mr. J Sean Adams at Clover Presbyterian Church on Wednesday evening April 29 at 8.
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John G. Barnwell
Boykin
Orlando Hartness
Yorkville
Charleston
J. S. Brice
W. D. Glenn
W. BE. Wylie
First Associate Reformed Presbytery
E. E. Gillespie
G. H. O'Leary
J. K. Hall
P. M Burris
Bethesda Church
Kershaw
Bethel Presbytery
Samuel J. Clinton
Mary Emma
J. Sean Adams
Presbyterian Church of
Clover
Farmers' Union corn premium fund subscriptions listed
A list of subscribers in York County pledging funds to create a five hundred dollar prize pool for the best corn acres. The table names banks, firms, and individuals in Yorkville Rock Hill McConnellsville and Hickory Grove with amounts ranging from 1 to 1000 dollars. Payments due to A L Black by September 1 1908.
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Farmers’ Union
York County
Enquirer
A. L. Black
Union
Black
Nat
Union Bank
Rock Hill
First National Bank
Yorkville
J. Frank Ashe
McConnellsville
L. M. Grist’s Sons
Bank of Clovers
B. Scott
Yorkville No
W. S. Wilkerson
Hickory Grove
the Thomson Co
W. H. Herndon
J. E. Lowry
M. J. Walker
H. I. McCaw
J. A. Tate
Thos, F. McCaw
H. A. D. Neely
L. R. Williams
P. W. Love
York Furniture Co
W. W. Lewis
M. B. Jennings
Y. RB
M. Co
D. L. Shhieder
G. H. O'Leary
W. Miller
I. W. Johnson
Carroll Bros
J. W. McFarland
Dr. W. G. White
S. M. McNeel
Jno
BR. Hart
Glenn & Allison
W. R. Carroll
Black Bros
J. Edgar Poag
C. C. Hughes
A. Y. Cartwright
J. C. Wilborn
J. R. Logan
L Witherspoon
BR. N. Moore
W. B. Moore
Yorkville Hdw. Co
M. C. Willis
Louis Roth
Rights of Way Clash Over Rail Lines In North Carolina
South and Western railway faces injunction in Ashe County on construction near Southern line. Judge Pritchard orders appearance to show cause for permanent halt and rights to roadbed adjacent to Southern tracks. Suit names South and Western, Carolina Clinchfield Ohio railways, Carolina Construction, Millard Quigg Construction, and Virginia and North Carolina citizens and companies. The Southern Carolina division claims ownership of a line known as the South Carolina and Gear line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Charlotte Observer
South & Western Railway
Southern Railway
Pritchard
South & Western
Southern
Southern Railway, Carolina Division
Citizens of
South Carolina
Southern Railway Company
Virginia
South & Western Railway Company
Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railway Company
Virginia Corporation
Carolina Construction Company
North Carolina Corporation
Millard Quigg Construction Company
South Carolina & Gear
Rival Railways Clash Over Line From Marion to Thermal City
A 1902 lease of the Marion to Camden line to the Southern railway gives way to a 1908 dispute as defendant railways and contractors seize the right of way and claim title. The South & Western contends it holds superior rights and has advanced a major stretch from Virginia coal fields toward the Atlantic coast amid competition and tunnel conflicts.
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Gia
Marion
Camden
S. C
Southern Railway Company
Southern Railway
Thermal City
Pritchard
T. S. Rollins
W. B. Rodman
Ryan
Southern
South & Western
Virginia
Carolina
Atlantic
Yorkville active in corn contest plans and town needs
Yorkville residents push a county corn contest with a planned prize fund. The committee outlines entry rules, open to all York County citizens, with a 50 cent entrance fee and a focus on two acres per competitor. Local unions to supervise plots and weighing, with prizes and fair judging.
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Farmers’ Union
Yorkville
Messrs. J. Boliver Scott
Daniel J. Forbes
Clover
W. D. Grist
J. E. Lowry
D. C
Farmers’ Union of
York County
County Union
J. B. Scott
Ornes
York County Circuit Court Opens Grand and Petit Juries
The York county circuit court convened with Judge R C Watts presiding. Grand jurors answered panels. W M Steele excused. Of 36 petit jurors named, all but 3 appeared. Seven names drawn from the five mile box to fill vacancies. The term’s first case was State versus Adam Elliott for house breaking and larceny, verdict not guilty. Monroe Rawlinson convicted of burglary and larceny and sentenced to.
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Circuit Court
York County
R. C. Watts
W. M. Steele
W. W. Boyce
Thos. J. Nichols
J. Mack Moore
W. T. Moore
M. B. Dunlap
W. T. McClain
W. D. Moore
W. H. Adkins
J. S. H. Faris
W. N. Wallace
FN. Davis
J. A. Maloney
S. L. Brown
J. A. Shillinglaw
R. FE. Parks
R. S. Poag
E. F. Wood
J. T. Cornwell
Martin T. Smith
T. G. Dowdle
W. B. Creed
S.T. Ferguson, Jr
J. H. Quinn
J. J. Dunlap
M. L. Carroll
J. Baker
E. G. M. Galloway
A. R. Kimbrell
J. G. Walker
T. W. McElwee
E. F. White
W. D. Thomasson
W. M. Wallace
S. C. Farts
M. I. Cobb
Five Mile Box
W. B. Moore
Jesse Parrott
Lesslie Smith
Gordon
S. T. Ferguson
J. R. Lindsay
B. Youngblood
Adam Elliott
Monroe Rawlinson
Lost Mules Found In Rock Hill Livery
Two valuable mules belonging to Mr. W N Ashe of Rock Hill South Carolina disappeared from the livery stable at the old market price Saturday night or early Sunday morning. A vigorous search was instituted which resulted in the mules being located. Judge Watts will hold sound calendar tomorrow afternoon at 5 45 o'clock.
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J. Bolivar Scott
Corn Contest Committee
Yorkville
Associate Reformed Church
Associate Reformed
Mamie
Connie Beard
Herndon
Jasper Light Infantry
Cabaniss
United States Army
Brock
Trinity Church
Henry Cauthen
W. F. Bennett
Charlotte Observer
W.N. Ashe
Rock Hill
S. C
Old Market
Southern Commissioner's Farm Labor Plan and Regional News
Columbia readers report Commissioner Watson returns with 33 English farmers via Alex Thompson of New Orleans for settlement across the state. They will work a year for wages before purchasing. Other items note mill wage cuts under study, a Laurens meeting, and a Washington visit by Governor Ansel regarding the Calhoun statue model. Spivens cleared in Sumter murder case. Rabens begins prison term after SC Supreme Court stay denial.
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Columbia
Watson
Philadelphia
Alex Thompson
New Orleans
England
Norway
Charleston
Havana
Laurens
Messrs. W. 8. Montgomery
Spartanburg
Calhoun
South Carolina
National Capitol
Capitol
Washington
Hobson
Ansel
New York
Supreme Court
Rudolph Rabens
Oconee County
Rabens
James Johnson
James McCarthy
John Fisher
Newry
Courteney Manufacturing Company
Columbia Special
Charlotte Observer
George Spivens
Cole Bros
Sumter
J. E. Gaillard
Manning
Gaillard
Spivens
Jack McCoomber
South
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North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
R. M. Miller, Jr
Southern Cotton Spinner’s Association
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Coates's Tavern
Newport
Rock Hill No. 1
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Bethel
R. M. Barnett
Bethany
T. E. McMackin
J. E. Beamguard
Ebenezer
J. F. Williams
Forest Hill
John M. Craig
A. A. Burris
Ogden
Piedmont
R. M. Wallace
W. B. Wilson, Jr
Sharon
J. H. Saye
Tirzah
R. R. Allison
J. 8. Br
W. B. Wilson
J., J. H. Saye
J. M. Barnett
Southern Railroad
Harry Asbury
Henry Brimm
Daisy Hart
Grand Jury
William Dunlap
Chess Lockridge
Robert Johnson
Bert Joseph
Alfred Williams
Lawrence Marley
AL Williams
John Wilkes
Sam Parham
George Irwin
Press Massey
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J. T. Pyatt
Bob Johnson
Nathan Lindsay
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Davenport College
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