A Dangerous Meeting on Possum Ridge Ends in Confession
James Melvin's arrival on Possum Ridge stirs curiosity and fear as villagers doubt his mining claim. He confronts Louisa Banks, confessing deep love since they parted, and reveals he is in hiding after taking a life, seeking forgiveness as their doomed romance deepens.
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James Melvin
Possum Ridge
Old Man Turner
Pap Sampson
Melvin
Coon Run “Meetin House
Jason Roberts
Jason
Pap
Jim Thorn
Beckett's Mill
Turner's
Louisa
Frank
Reminiscences of Yorks early bar and notable locals
In 1810 to 1812 era Yorkville residents recall John Hooker Yale graduated lawyer linked to the bar. The memoir details Hooker Clendenen McKelvey Hill and Randolph Hill, their careers, feuds, emigration patterns, and deaths. A reflective coda covers a self owning oak tale and a Belleville mother’s deathbed reunion.
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York District
Mr. Hooker
de Saussure
South Carolina
Robert Clendenen
Clendenen
North Carolina
Hart
Union District
Colonel Williams
Job Johnson
Robert Mills
York
Mississippi
Judge Smith
Yorkville
Edward McKelvey
Bar
St. John's Berkeley
Santee
Joe Gist
Pinckney
Gist
Union Court
Broad River
McKelvey
Philander Moore
Providence
McLaurin Urges South’s Rise as Nation’s Leader
Senator John L. McLaurin speaks at Charlotte banquet urging the South to claim its historic role as industrial and political leader. He attacks the New Democracy, defends white supremacy, and warns against imperialism while champions expansion of democratic institutions.
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Great South
Yorkville Enquirer
Charlotte
Manufacturers’ Club
South Carolina
South
John L. McLaurin
Washington
Southland
DeBon’'s Review
Old South
New South
White House
McKinley
Democratic Party
Senate
Allen
Teller
America
John Brown
Roman Empire
Republic
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Thomas P. Montfort
Maurice Moore
The
Enquirer
John Hooker
Hooker
Connecticut
Yale College
Hampton
Columbia
John Henry Egan
Miss Chapman
Rose
Squire Sadler
Gulf States
Randolph Hill
Solomon Hill, Esq
Berwick
Spartanburg
Litchfield
Carolina
Canton
Charleston
Bourne
History of
William Randolph Hill
News and Courier
Athens
New Haven Register
County Court House
California
Belleville
Indiana
Chicago
Elizabeth Mueller
Paul Mueller
Dayton, O
England
Senator McLaurin
Toastmaster
John L. M'Laurin
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