Wealthy Philadelphia resident donates fortune to church work
After a revival in Philadelphia, a multimillionaire city resident transfers income from his fortune of over a million dollars to the Presbyterian Evangelical committee for church and benevolent efforts. The gift is expected to yield more than 30,000 dollars annually.
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Presbyterian Evangelical Committee
Gladiator
Isle of Wight
St. Paul
Fall River
Mass
Bristol County
Somerset
Taunton River
Pall River
Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins
Boston
Tornado Disaster Kills Hundreds Across Eight States
A multi state tornado outbreak Friday through Sunday caused about 350 deaths and thousands homeless across Texas Oklahoma Louisiana Mississippi Tennessee Alabama and Georgia. About 46 towns suffered severe damage with 2500 buildings ruined while many deaths remain uncounted among buried communities.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Associated Press
New Orleans
Appropriation Highlights for Public Works and Isthmian Canal
The committee recommends ample funds to sustain public services and continuing works for the next fiscal year under the sundry civil bill. It includes 27,697,000 for the Isthmian canal, reimbursement to the treasury from bond proceeds, and 17,692,645 for river and harbor improvements under contract authorization.
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Nantes Qu di Bile
Isthmian Canal
Roosevelt battleship program vote splits Senate
Yorkville South Carolina notes that the state delegation would struggle to act on any unexpected improvement. The Senate defeated the President Roosevelt four battleship program fifty to twenty three after a three day debate, with newer senators favoring the plan and older ones opposing.
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Roosevelt
Senate
McCullough Sees No Immediate Dispensary Action
Washington correspondent reports Hon. Joseph A. McCullough passing through Washington and saying there will likely be no further move by the dispensary receivers until the pending issues are ruled on by the circuit court of appeals.
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Washington
Joseph A. McCullough
Circuit Court of Appeals
Cuba nervously watches possible U S troop withdrawal
The civilized element in Cuba fears a U S plan to pull back troops soon raising the prospect of a new uprising within thirty days. The report of an early withdrawal is widely discussed and unsettles authorities and citizens alike.
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Cuba
United States
Tepid Public Interest Skews 1900s Tuk Politics
The Tuk people show little interest in politics, with few supporting Mr. Bryan’s presidential nomination and minimal activity in the senatorial race and county politics. A warming is anticipated after spring business concludes.
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Mr. Bryan
Relief Efforts Expand After Devastation Across Southern States
Wrecked districts draw relief as thousands visit ruined towns and gather funds. Calf and horse flee through doors while three children seek shelter under a dining table. Behrman to convene business leaders in New Orleans to coordinate aid. lists of towns across Louisiana Mississippi Georgia and Alabama report damage with several fatalities and injuries in the Rayburn family case.
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Hamilton Warner
Claude Bennett
New Orleans
Behrman
New York
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
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Assuan
Nile
Church of
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Texas
V. Klain Wellington Kee
Shanghai
Columbian Spectator
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United States Senate
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Washington
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Sonora
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China
Japan
Minqua
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Ind
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New England
American Surety Company
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New York City
Kohlsatt
Franks
Louis Strang
Mobile
Briarcliffe
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Watesier
Los Angeles
Cal
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Colombia
Canal Administration
Robert Inglis
Yonkers
Great Britain
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Mass
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West Allis
Wis
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Vandyck Hotel
Santa Barbara
Rey
Hugh M. Watson
Charlotte
N. C
Pension payments listed for Confederate veterans and widows
The 1908 Confederate pension lists, totaling 9,275 recipients up 214 from last year, will be paid soon. Class A veterans receive 96 dollars, widows in Class C No 4 receive 21.20, and overall funds show 251,217.60 distributed from a 250,000 appropriation despite a smaller artificial limb budget.
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Columbia
News and Courier
Kate Maher
Lsts
Airis Vrsivtecas
Cotton manufacturers agree to shutdowns by July 1 1908
Spartanburg April 24 President Z Cates of Arkwright mills released a statement after a Chamber of Commerce meeting. South Carolina Georgia and North Carolina cloth manufacturers will not take orders at current prices and will shut down mills indefinitely by July 1 1908. The move affects 37 mills with about 15 million dollars invested amid a demoralized cotton cloth market.
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Congress
War
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Pacific
San Francisco
New York Financial Chronicle
Fall River
House
Tawney
Spartanburg
Rh. Z Cates
Arkwright Mills
Chamber of Commerce
Georgia
North Carolina
Yorkville Local Notices Rally May Events and Sales
Local notices invite attendances at meetings and picnics in Yorkville including Club No 1 and Filbert Farmer’s union. Businesses advertise sales, bids for municipal bonds, and crop buying while banks promote savings and checking facilities. Weather and port receipts note recent market movement and seasonal storms with regional totals.
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F. MceDow
Yorkville
M. M. Ricker
Shady Grove
Yorkville B. & M. Co
Gaston Iron Works
Thomson Co
M. ©. Willis
Co. M. Sarratt
Wilkerson
M. Hall
Filbert Farmer's Union
D. M. Hall
Berkshire
Poland
T. E. McMackin
Court House
M. W. White
Sam M. Grist
J. W. Dobson
L. Williams & Co
Yorkville Hardware Co
York Drug Store
Sherwin-Williams
D. B. Johnson
Winthrop College
W. OD. Grist
J. B. Scott
D. J. Forbes
Farmers’ Union
York County
York Furniture Co
Harrison
National Union Bank
Rock Hill
First National Bank
Farmers Union corn prize and county political warnings
The piece urges farmers to enter the Farmers Union corn prize with a 50 cent fee to Arthur L. Black by June 1. It warns Democratic machinery in the county could rot and must be preserved by responsible leadership. It notes a decline in cow peas and argues peas merit more attention despite uncertain profit.
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Farmers’ Union
Arthur L. Black
May vs Southern Railway verdict awards $192.25 damages
In Rock Hill, C S May sued Southern Railway for injuries to his automobile on the sidetrack. A train struck the car after May saved his wife and child. Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $192.25 with Judge Watts offering a new trial, which was declined. Court adjourned sine die.
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C. S. May
the Southern Railway Company
The
Enquirer
May
Rock Hill
Watts
Dunlap
Speculative Market Faces Gains and Losses in Cotton
The Associated Press reports a volatile U S cotton market with new low prices and a steady close. Prices dipped 10 to 13 points from the day’s highs before slight rallies on short covering amid weather worries in the eastern belt and reports of reductions in spinner activity in Germany and the Carolina region.
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New Orleans
Houston
Associated Press
New York
Delegates Listed for First Associate Reformed Presbytery Meeting
Yorkville hosts next Monday through Wednesday as the entertainment committee releases the delegate roster with assigned officers and elders. The list includes Rev. W. C. Ewart and many other ministers, elders, and their spouses from multiple churches and missions.
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Associate Reformed Presbytery
Yorkville
W. C. Ewart
J. 8. Moffatt
D. D
W. W. Orr
R. G. Miller
T. H. Kitchens
J. T. Maberry
Mattie J. Nichols
W. C. Kerr
Jas. E. Gettys
T.S. Harris
B. Frank White
J. M. Bigham
J. M. White
J. F. Oates
C. H. Heth
Bessie Barron
J. Walter Simpson
J. F. M. Beard
Taylorsville
Southside
J. B. Pegram
Steel Creek
E. Foy
M. W. White
Wade Draffin
William Jones
J. S. Brice
C. E. McDonald
John A. White
E. Grier Carson
H. E. Pressly
Fannie B. McCaw
J. P. Knox
John O'’Farrell
Newperth
New Sterling
S. A. McElwee
W. Y. Love
J. Frank McElwee
A. S. Rogers
W. W. Boyce
R. T. Allison
Oliver Johnson
D. Preston Leslie
W. D. Glenn
R. A. Lummus
R. C. Davidson
Lyle
Joseph Martin
EB. Gillespie
James A. Pressly
T. M. Davidson
Hart
Wm. Duncan
A.T. Lindsay
L. BR. Williams
G. R. White
John H. Griffith
T. L. Carroll
W. A. McCaulay
W. W. Jenkins
J. T.bigham
W. M. Boyce
W. Brown Wylie
R. M. Stevenson
L. W. Hunter
C. M. Strong
Robert Caldwell
Social Notes from Yorkville and Nearby Towns
Miss Hazel Grist visits Rock Hill friends and Miss Leon White rests at Chicora College. Several Yorkville residents travel to Columbia Yorkville and Lincoln ton for family events. Miss Olive Walker’s recital impresses at the bie college auditorium. Mr. and Mrs. Moore of Rock Hill wed in Talladega Alabama and plan to live in Yorkville.
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Hazel Grist
Rock Hill
Leon White
Chicora College
Lee Williams
W. H. Hand
Columbia
J. R. Stewart
H. H. Beard
Paul N. Moore
Yorkville
Jensie Kell
Atlantic City
N. J
T. B. Kell
Lincolnton
N. C
R. Z. Johnson
Pet Butler
Lancaster
FR. J
Mackerell
S. W. Mitchell
Pearl
Lynette
Messrs. Inman
Annie Rogers
Winthrop
Emma Rogers
Charlotte Observer
Rev
W. C. Ewart
D. C
Mooresville
J. T. Bigham
Chester
J. Y. Miller
L. W. Jenkins
Spartanburg
John A. Jenkins
Olive Walker
Talladega County
Paul Neely Moore
Democratic and Republican meetings face limited turnout and timing notes
Report notes no arrangement to prevent conflict between two meetings with Nuance address expected around 10 30 and Democratic convention organized after. Obituary for Mrs H K Steele widow of Kennedy born in Fairfield county 1830s funeral at Trinity church led by Rev Henry Cauthen. Delegates listed for Club No 1 and Club No 2 with officers and secretary treasurers.
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Winnie Davis
Court House
Geo. T. Radcliffe
Geo
W.S. Hart
Frank C. Riddle
Yorkville
Mary T. Nance
York County
Quirer
Miss Nuance
H. K. Steele
Emmie Beard
Fairfield County
Kennedy
S. A. Weber
Beard
Trinity Church
Henry Cauthen
Thos. F. McDow
W. Thompson Jackson
W. B. Keller
Harry Neil
R. R. McCorkle
J. D. Clark
J. D. Land
S. T. Ferguson
M. B. Jennings
J. B. Scott
G. H. O'Leary
J. P. White
J. L. Moss
J. B. Wood
Wm. M. McFarland
M. L. Thomasson
Class List From Rock Hill Area Names
A dense roster of names and towns in South Carolina, listing residents across Clover, Rock Hill, Yorkville, Fort Mill, Sharon, Tirzah, Smyrna, Balloons and surrounding communities. The long alphabetical set includes Elizabeth Allen, Sarah Barnes, Rebecca Black, Nancy Boyd, Jane Boyd, Elizabeth Bunch, and many others linked to Rock Hill and neighboring locales.
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Tirzah
John H. Jones
Hickory Grove
Noah Kizer
Ramah
C. C. Lanier
Energy
J. G. Minter
Blairsville
Lee Mullinax
King's Creek
S. F. Massey
Fort Mill
C. P. Manning
Clover
Joseph A. Pursley
B. S. Peeler
H. H. Sherer
Yorkville
James M. Armstrong
J. T. Adkins
W. T. Alderson
W. S. Alexander
Rock Hill
W. F. Armstrong
W. H. Armstrong
William Ashley
B. Bogus
R. T. Bailey
W. M. Brackett
A. M. Black
S. A. Broom
James Burns
John W. Barnhill
Sidney Bryant
Thomas Bolin
T. W. Clawson
J. 8. Chambers
J. R. Cromer
J. T. Crook
James A. Clark
E. C. Childers
Sherod
Geo. Harris
F. L. Hoffman
James H. Hogue
Ss. B. Howe
R. T. Howe
G. A. Henry
J. T. Howell
A. Hudson
J. P. Hutchinson
John C. Jackson
W. B. Jones
J. L. Snead
J. L. Stewart
R. W. Smith
Smyrna
C. Sexton
D. M. Stewart
A. K. Smith
Old Point
I. G. Smythe
Pascal Sanders
J. M. Sweat
W. I. Smith
McConnellsville
Dallas Stephens
J. W. J.thompson
T. J. Thomasson
Alexander Wallace
Bethany
W. P. Wiley
Daniel Wallace
W. B. Whittaker
A. J. White
King’s Creek
J White
L. B. White
Thomas White
Zadock
Brown Wilson
W. L. White
Filbert
John Winkler
Balloon
W. W. White
Catawba
W. C. Wherry
A. F. Wood
RJ. Withers
D. D. Wright
R. L. Wood
R. P. Workman
Edgmoor
R. W. Westmoreland
J. A. Westbrooks
John W. Westbrooks
Cynthia Abernathy
S. J. Camp
D. R. Carranthers
Newport
H. A. Carr
M. E. Caton
Mary C. Cheat
Tirgah
M. C. Falls
Jane A. Ferguson
H. E. Gettys
Lesslie
Mary Hambrick
M. J. Hughes
Jane Hill
Mary R. Lindsay
Tomlinson
M. EB. Whitner
Martha L. Wallace
Mary P. Youngblood
Mort Mil
S. C. Adams
Elizabeth J. Allen
S. E. Ardrey
Mary Alley
E. Aycock
Sharon
M. J. Adkins
EK IF
Aiken
S. C. Ayers
Sarah J. Barnes
M. R. Black
Nancy T. Boyd
Nancy J
Elizabeth Draffin
M. R. Doggett
E. J. Doster
N. J. Donnan
E. J. Downs
Cc. Erwin
Catherine Forbes
E. A. Fewell
Dorcas L. Goulden
Susan Gordon
Jane Pope
Rebecca Price
Margaret Ramsey
M. E. Ramsey
N. Y. Rodgers
M.S. Robinson
L. H. Riggins
Bowling Green
Elizabeth J. Ritch
Mary E. Smith
Pauline Scott
Delicia Sparks
Martha K. Stewart
Bandana
Martha Warmoth
E. A. Witkliffe
York County and Gastonia News Docket Fire and Obituary
The report cites a Gastonia fire at the Southern railroad freight warehouse causing about 15000 dollars in damage. It also notes the death of J A Bell of Clover aged 70, with military service history and survivors listed. Other items include a York Republican convention result and various national news briefs.
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Gastonia
Southern Railroad
N. C
Court tensions flare as officer and attorney nearly clash in trial
Special Officer Merrick and Spartanburg attorney C P Sims narrowly avoided a personal confrontation in Federal court on Friday. The dispute arose after Merrick, a witness in the case, challenged Sims over insinuations during his argument before the jury. Sims refused to retract, and the attorney claimed he was being threatened by a officer. Judge Brawley intervened to preserve court dignity and calm the scene.
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C. P. Sims
Spartanburg
Greenville News
Brawley
Sims
Greenville Mills Refuse Shutdown Amid Possible July 1 Cut
Greenville Anderson and Pickens mills did not join a Spartanburg meeting to suspend operations on July 1. Greenville mills plan to maintain operation with a 24 percent production cut for three months, avoiding a shutdown. Several plants have already reduced output or stayed open, with some mills selling ahead and continuing full-time work.
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Greenville
Anderson
Pickens
Spartanburg
Greenville Mills
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